‘Apocryphal Bach Masses’
ANON
Missa in C (BWV Anh 25) [20:09] Melchior
HOFFMANN (c1679-1715) Kleines Magnificat in a minor (BWV
Anh 21) [12:50] Francesco DURANTE (1784-1755)/arr.
Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Missa in c minor (BWV Anh
26) [18:33] 
Dorothee
Mields, soprano; Henning Voss, alto; Henning Kaiser, tenor; Ralf Grobe,
bass - Alsfelder Vokalensemble; I Febiarmonici/Wolfgang Helbich - Recorded
in February and June 2001 at the Studio of Radio Bremen DDD
CPO 999 834-2 [51:47]
[JVV]
Three
religious works which were once attributed to Bach – fine music, well
performed ... see Full Review
Sir
John Barbirolli Franz SCHUBERT
(1797-1828) Symphony
No.5 in B flat major D485 (1816) Symphony No.8 in B minor Unfinished
D759 (1822) Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART
(1756-1791) Symphony No.40 in G minor K550 (1788)
Hallé Orchestra/John Barbirolli Recorded Royal Albert Hall
August 1968 (D485), BBC Studios December 1965 (D759) and September 1962
(K550) BBC LEGENDS BBCL
4120-2 [73.57] [JW]
One
magnificent performance, one intelligent and thoughtful one and one
that’s to me less than stellar. … see Full
Review
Baroque
Organ Music from Northern Germany Matthias
WECKMANN (1616-1674) Praeambulum
Primi Toni a 5 - "Ach wir armen Sünder" (three verses)
Dietrich
BUXTEHUDE (1637-1707) Praeludium
in E (BuxWV 141) - Ciacona in e (BuxWV 160) "Nun bitten wir den
heiligen Geist" (BuxWV 209) Heinrich
SCHEIDEMANN (1595-1663) Galliarda
ex D - Paduana Lachrymae (after Dowland’s Lachrymae) Johann
Adam REINCKEN (1643-1722) Choralfantasie
"An Wasserflüssen Babylon"
Mario
Hospach-Martini, organ - Christian Müller Organ at the Grote Kerk
in Leeuwarden (1724/27) - Recorded January 2002 DDD
ARTE NOVA CLASSICS 92044 [62:14]
[DS]
Gives
credibility to those who find this type of music unyielding. … see Full
Review
La
Belle Homicide - Manuscript Barbe Ennemond
GAULTIER ‘le vieux’ (1577-1651) Prelude
in D minor - Canarie in D minor - L’Immortelle in D minor
- Carillon in D minor - La Poste in D minor - Prelude
in A minor - Tombeau de Mezangeau in D minor Rene
MEZANGEAU (c. 1680- c.1738) Sarabande in D minor Francois
DEFAUT (1604-1672) La Superbe in D minor Denis
GAULTIER ‘de Paris’ (1603-1672) La belle homicide in
A minor - La douce in E minor Jacques
GALLOT (details unknown) La Montespan in A minor -
La Psyche in A minor - Les castagnettes in A minor - Dialogue
in C minor - La Lucrece in F sharp minor Charles
MOUTON (1678- c.1700) La Princesse in A major La
Malassise in F sharp minor - Gavotte in F sharp minor - Le
Mouton in F sharp minor - Chaconne in G minor - Le Perier
in G minor - Depart/Double in F sharp minor Nicholas
DEBUT (1678-c.1692) Sarabande in C major
Rolf Lislevand (Lute) - Recorded in April 2003 in Maguelone Abbey, Palavas
les Flots, France DDD
ASTRÉE NAÏVE E 8880 [62:27]
[MC]
I
urge listeners who wouldn’t normally purchase a recital of lute works
to hear this superlative recording. … see Full
Review
"The
Best of Baroque Music" HANDEL:
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from "Solomon" *BACH:
Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 BACH:
Badinerie from Orchestral Suite No. 2 BACH:
Largo ma non tanto from Concerto in D minor - Christine Pichlmeier and
Lisa Stewart, violins CORELLI:
Pastorale from "Christmas " Concerto Grosso BACH:
Allegro (III) from Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 HANDEL:
Largo from "Serse" * BACH:
Bourrée I/II from Orchestral Suite No. 4 ALBINONI:
Adagio from Oboe Concerto in D minor - Stefan Schilli, oboe
PACHELBEL:
Canon and Gigue * VIVALDI:
Largo from Flautino Concerto in C major - Daniel Rothert, recorder *
TELEMANN:
Harlequinade from Overture in D major
BACH:
Largo from Harpsichord Concerto in F minor - Harald Hoerer, harpsichord
TELEMANN:
Réjouissance from Recorder Suite in A minor - Daniel Rothert,
recorder * TELEMANN:
Passepied I/II from Recorder Suite in A minor - Daniel Rothert, recorder
* MARCELLO:
Adagio from Oboe Concerto in D minor - Stefan Schilli, oboe
BACH:
Allegro from Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 ALBINONI/GIAZOTTO:
Adagio in G minor
Cologne Chamber Orchestra/Helmut Müller-Brühl Recorded at
Deutschland Radio, Cologne, 1995-99, April 2002
NAXOS 8.557124 [68:18] [DS]
The
"Best of" pattern is beginning to get old. It can be done
successfully but not here … see Full
Review
A Bird came down the Walk Toru
TAKEMITSU
(1930-1996) "A
Bird came down the Walk" for viola and piano (1995) [6.26]
George ENESCU
(1881-1955) Concert Piece for viola and piano (1906) [8.15]
Jean SIBELIUS
(1865-1957) Rondo for viola and piano (1893) [6.05] Benjamin
BRITTEN (1913-1976) Reflection
for viola and piano (1930) [3.35] Elegy for unaccompanied viola
(1930) [6.15] Nino ROTA
(1911-1979) Intermezzo per viola e pianoforte [7.44] Darius
MILHAUD (1892-1974) Quatre Visages
for viola and piano (1943) [8.49] Vincent
PERSICHETTI (b.1915) Infanta Marina,
Reflections on a Wallace Stevens poem Op. 83 (1960) [9.51] Henryk
WIENIAWSKI (1835-1880 Reverie
for viola and piano (1880) [6.52] Frank
BRIDGE (1879-1941) There is a willow
grows aslant a Brook (1927) Arr. Benjamin Britten (1932)
[8.15] Franz LISZT (1811-1886) Romance
oubliée for viola and piano (1880) [4.19]
Nobuko Imai, viola by Andreas Guarnerius, Cremona 1690 - Roland Pöntinen,
Steinway D Piano; Piano technician, Greger Hallin - Recorded 3 November
1996 at Danderyd School, Danderyd, Sweden - Notes in English, Deutsche,
and Français. Biographies and photos of performers
BIS CD 829 [78.30] [PS]
An
unusually well programmed viola and piano recital, beautifully played
and recorded. Mostly unfamiliar music that you will soon come to love
... see Full Review
Jussi BJÖRLING -
Till havs (Towards the Sea) Hugo ALFVÉN
Jag
langtar dig (I long for you) - Så tag mit hjerte (Now
take my heart) Wilhelm PETERSON-BERGER Bland
skogens höga furustammar (Among the high fir trees in the forest)
- När jag för mig själv i mörka skogen går
(When I walk alone in the dark forest) August
KÖRLING Till havs (Towards the Sea) - Aftonstämning
(Evening mood) Wilhelm STENHAMMAR Sverige
(Sweden) Jean SIBELIUS Säv,
Säv, susa (Sigh, Rushes, Sigh) - Demanten på marssnön
(The diamond on the March snow) August
SÖDERMAN Kung Heimer och Aslaug (King Heimer
and Aslaug) - Trollsjön (The enchanted lake) Carl
SJÖBERG Tonerna (Music) Ragnald
ALTHÉN Land, du välsignade (Thou blessed
land) Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Guds
lov i naturen (Nature's Praise of God) Adolphe
ADAM O helga natt (O holy night)
Jussi Björling (ten) - The Royal Orchestra/Nils Grevillius - Stockholm
Philharmonic Orchestra/Stig Westerberg - rec. 1957-59, Stockholm - CD-ROM
features including full texts and photographs. All texts and translation
on both CD-ROM and booklet - Swedish Classics Series
SWEDISH SOCIETY DISCOFIL SCD 1100 [52.07] [RB]
A
treasure snatched from last minute oblivion and a memorable memento
of a great voice and personality in music both patriotic, sentimental
and stimulating. ... see Full Review
A
Bride’s Guide to Wedding Music
NAXOS 8.557246/7 [72.28 + 72.26]
A
pleasing package ideal for planning a wedding with a classical music
element. Prepared with an eye to practicality and at modest cost. …
see Full Review
"Carlos
V Mille Regretz: La Canción del Emperador"
Heinrich ISAAC (1450 - 1517) Fortuna
Desperata: Nasci, pati, mori [4.19] Juan
del ENZINA (1469-1529) Amor con fortuna (Villancico)
[2.08] - Todos los bienes del mundo (Villancico) [4.18] Josquin
DES PRES (1440 - 1521) Vive le Roy [1.27] - La
Spagna a 5 [3.10] - Mille Regretz (Chanson) [2.17] (with
Luys de NARVÁYEZ (fl 1530 - 1550))
Mille Regretz (Canción del Emperador) [3.02] Clement
JANEQUIN (1485 - 1558) Tielman SUSATO
(c1500 - 1561) Pavana "la Battaglia" [2.07] Thoinot
ARBEAU (1520 - 1595) Belle que tien ma vie [3.16]
Antonio CABEZÓN (1510 - 1566)
Diferencias sobre "Belle que tien ma vie" [3.30]
Adrian WILLAERT (c1490 - 1562) Vecchia
Letrose (Villanesca alla Napolitana) [2.33] Cristóbal
de MORALES (c1500 - 1553) Sanctus della missa "Mille
Regretz" a 6 [6.09] - Agnus Dei della missa "Mille
Regretz" a 6 [7.03] - Jubilate Deo omnis terra a 6 [6.26]
- Circumdederunt me gemitus mortis Motete [3.09] Hieronimus
PARABOSCO (16th century) Da Pacem Domine Ricercare
XIV [5.01] Mateo FLECHA ‘El Viejo" (1481
- 1553) Totos los buenos soldados [1.47]
ANONYMOUS Dit le Bourguygnon [1.16]; Quand je bois
du vin clairet [4.51] - Harto de tanta porfía [7.18];
Fanfarria [1.08] La Capella
Reial de Catalunya, and Hesperion XXI, conducted by Jordi Savall - Recorded
at la Colegiata del Castillo de Cardona, Cataluña, Spain, 23
May 2000 - 76 pages of notes in Français, English, Castellano,
Catalá, Deutsch, Italiano and Nederlands, texts and translations
of all songs and photos of the artists - HYBRID
2.0 STEREO SACD (playable on SACD players and also on CD
players) ALIAVOX AVSA
9844 [76.26] [PS]
An outstanding release of Renaissance music superbly performed and recorded,
and attractively packaged. … see Full Review
Chameleon
Robert Sherlaw JOHNSON
(1932-2000) Three
Shakespearean Characters (1993) Robert
RAMSKILL (b.1950) Nocturne (1987) Chameleon
(1981) John HOWARD (b. 1950) African
Toccata (2002) - Variations for Piano (1983) David
Harold COX (b. 1935) Tendrilles 15/23/48 (1982)
Julian Hellaby (piano) - Recorded at Vestry Hall, Ealing, June 2000
– June 2002 ASC ASC
CS CD55 [CT]
Convincing
performances of six piano works by unfamiliar yet clearly accomplished
British composers. … see Full Review
The
Classical Saxophone Alexander
GLAZUNOV (1865-1936) Saxophone
Concerto (1933) [14.26] Charles KOECHLIN
(1867-1950) Sonatina No. 1 for saxophone and small ensemble Op.
194 No. 1 (10.43) - Sonatina No. 2 for soprano saxophone and small ensemble
Op. 194 No. 2 (10.39) Jacques IBERT
(1890-1962) Concerto da Camera for alto saxophone and eleven
instruments [12.16] André CAPLET
(1878-1925) Légende for alto saxophone, string quintet,
oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1903) [13.33] Jules
DEMERSSEMAN (1833-1866) Fantaisie sur un thème
original (1860) Georges BIZET (1838-1875)
Intermezzo from L'Arlésienne (1872) Modest
MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881) The Old Castle from Pictures
at an Exhibition (1874) Maurice RAVEL
(1875-1937) Pièce en forme d'Habanera (1926) Jean
FRANÇAIX (b.1912) Cinq danses exotiques (1962)
Eugène BOZZA (1905-1991) Aria
(1936) André JOLIVET (1905-1974)
Fantaisie-Impromptu (1953) Rudy
WIEDOEFT (1893-1940) Valse vanité (1923) George
GERSHWIN (1898-1937) arr. Galina SHAPOSHNIKOVA
Three Preludes (1927) Serge RACHMANINOV
(1873-1943) Vocalise Op. 34 No. 14 Pedro
ITTURALDE (b.1929) Pequeña Czarda (1983) Jean
MATITIA (b.1952) Devil's Rag (1988)
Arno Bornkamp (saxophone) - Camerata Amsterdam/Jeroen Weierink (Glazunov,
Koechlin, Caplet, Ibert) - Ivo Janssen (piano) - rec. 1994, Church Kortenhoef,
Netherlands (CD1); 1995 Muziekcentrum Frits Philips, Eindhoven. licensed
from Channel Classics and Challenge Records
BRILLIANT 6476 [61.39+59.29] [RB]
The
warmly singing soul of the saxophone laid bare at negligible outlay
... see Full Review
Compilation:
British Light Music Discoveries Vol. 5 Peter
HOPE (b.
1930) Kaleidoscope (1969) John FOX
(b.
1926) A Pastoral Reflection (1971) Paul
LEWIS (b.
1943) Inauguration (1968) David
LYON (b.
1938) Adagio Serioso (1972); Rondoletta (1969) Brian
DOUGLAS (b.
1944) Music for Strings (1971) Gavin
SUTHERLAND (b.
1972) Capriol Overture (2001) George
Frederic HANDEL (1685-1759)
arr. BARBIROLLI Clarinet Concerto
(1952) Geoffrey TOYE (1889-1942)
Waltz from The Haunted Ballroom (!934) Thomas
PITFIELD (1903-1999)
Overture on North-Country Tunes (1953)
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra/Gavin Sutherland - Recorded in
May 2002 at Smecky Studios, Prague
WHITE LINE (SANCTUARY) CD WHL 2144 [63:35] [IL]
Short
on memorable melodies but attractive and undemanding listening. … see
Full Review
British
String Miniatures – Volume 3 Gilbert
VINTER (1909 – 1969)
Entertainments (1966)a Edward ELGAR
(1857 – 1934) Sospiri Op.70 (1914) Peter
WARLOCK (1894 – 1930) Four Folksong Preludes (1917/23) John
FOX (born 1926) Countryside Suite (1975) Haigh
MARSHALL (1914 – 1999) Elegy (1948) Cyril
SCOTT (1879 – 1970) First Suite for Strings (1931) Gareth
WALTERS (born 1928) Sinfonia Breve (1998)
Helen Kamminga (viola)a; Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Gavin Sutherland
- Recorded: Sony Music Studios, London, September 2001 (Vinter); February
2002 - (Elgar, Warlock, Fox, Marshall, Scott) and November 2001 (Walters)
ASV WHITE LINE CD
WHL 2139 [75:04] [HC]
Thoroughly
enjoyable with the added bonus of a wonderful work, Walters’ Sinfonia
Breve … see Full Review
Casals Festivals at Prades Live concert
performances Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART
(1756-1791) PiaNo.Quartet
No.2 in E flat, K.493 (Horszowski, Y. Menuhin, Wallfisch, Casals) PiaNo.Quartet
No.2 in E flat, K.493 (Kapell, Grumiaux, Thomas, Tortelier) Oboe Quartet
in F, K.370 (Tabuteau, Pernel, Tuttle, Tortelier) Clarinet Quintet in
A, K.581 (Gonzales, Vegh Quartet) "Zeffiretti lusinghieri" from Idomeneo
(de los Angeles, Collegium Musicum, conducted by. Casals) Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Trio No.1 in D Minor, Op. 63 (Szigeti,
Horszowski, von Tobel) Trio No.2 in F, Op. 80 (Menuhin, Horszowski,
Casals) Trio No.3 in G Minor, Op. 110 (Vegh, Serkin, Casals) Adagio
and Allegro in A flat for piaNo.and horn (Curzon, Casals) String Quartet
in A Minor, Op. 41, No.1 (Vegh Quartet) Piano.Quintet in E flat, Op.
44 (Serkin, Vegh Quartet) Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 1, No.3 (Y. and H. Menuhin,
Casals) Piano Trio in D, Op. 70, No.1 "Ghost" (Goldberg, Serkin, Casals)
Piano Trio in E flat, Op. 70, No.2 (Goldberg, Serkin, Casals) Piano
Trio in D, Op. 121a "Kakadu" Variations (Goldberg, Serkin, Casals) Sonata
in F [No.1] for Cello and Piano, Op. 5, No.1 (Casals, Serkin) Sonata
in G Minor [No.2] for Cello and Piano, Op. 5, No.2 (Casals, Istomin)
Sonata in A [No.3] for Cello and Piano, Op. 69 (Casals, Cortot) Sonata
in C [No.4] for Cello and Piano, Op. 102, No.1 (Casals, Serkin) Sonata
in D [No.5] for Cello and Piano, Op. 102, No.2 (Casals, Horszowski)
Seven Variations on "Bei Männern" (Casals, Cortot) Sonata in D
[No.1] for Piano and Violin, Op. 12, No.1 (Kapell, Grumiaux) Sonata
in A [No.6] for Piano and Violin, Op. 30, No.1 (Horszowski, Goldberg)
Horn Sonata in F, Op. 17 (Casals, Horszowski) Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Trio No.1 in B, Op. 8 (Y. Menuhin,
Istomin, Casals) Trio No.2 in C, Op. 87 (Y. Menuhin, Istomin, Casals)
Trio No.3 in C Minor, Op. 101 (Y. Menuhin, Istomin, Casals) Clarinet
Trio in A Minor, Op. 114 (Oppenheim, Istomin, Casals) Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Cello Suite No.3 in C, BWV
1009 (Casals) Sonata in G for Cello and Piano, BWV 1027 (Casals, Horszowski)
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book Two: Preludes and Fugues in D, F-sharp
Minor, G, and B Minor (Horszowski) Franz
Peter SCHUBERT (1797-1828): String Quintet in C, Op.
163 (Krachmalnick, Pernel, Tuttle, Foley, Casals) Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847): PiaNo.Trio in D Minor, Op.
49 (Engel, Vegh, Casals)
Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Rudolf Serkin, Hepzibah Menuhin, Eugene Istomin,William
Kapell, Alfred Cortot, Karl Engel, Clifford Curzon, piano Yehudi Menuhin,
Sandor Végh, Szymon Goldberg, Arthur Grumiaux,Orrea Pernel, Joseph
Szigeti, Jacob Krachmalnick, violin Ernst Wallfisch, Milton Thomas,
Karen Tuttle, viola Pablo Casals, Paul Tortelier, Rudolph von Tobel,
Madeline Foley, cello David Oppenheim, Jose Gonzales, clarinet Marcel
Tabuteau, oboe Victoria de los Angeles, soprano Collegium Musicum (London)
Végh Quartet Recorded 1953-60
MUSIC & ARTS CD-1113 AAD monaural [13CDs: 63:08, 61:02, 56:25,
64:00, 75:00, 55:35, 65:56, 66:57, 69:16, 70:48, 68:46, 75:45, 69:06]
[JW]
These
documents have lasting integrity and a value that can’t be measured
by comparative versions and quibbles about frailty. … see Full
Review
Les
Musiques de Chagall CD1
– Russian and Yiddish Traditions - Tracks1-3 Yiddish Songs
Moshe leiser, voice/guitar, Ami Flammer, violin, Gérard Barreaux,
accordion Tracks 4-5 Klezmer music - Ensemble Kasbek - Tracks 6-7 Songs
of Old Russia - Moscow Male Voice Choir/Anatoly Grindenko - Tracks 8-9
Piotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Songs; If Only I had Known; Berceuse - Ina Mkrtchyan, contralto,
Evgeny Talisman, piano Tracks 10-12 Dmitri
SHOSTAKOVICH (1905-1972) Jazz Suite no.2 (excerpts)
- Russian State Symphony Orchestra/Dmitry Yablonsky - Track 13 Traditional
Russian Song – Kalinka - Mixed Choir of Sofia/Zdravko Mihaylov
- CD2 – Musical Muses Tracks 1-2 Ernest
BLOCH (1880-1959) From Jewish Life; Baal Shem - Peter
Bruns, ‘cello, Roglit Ishay, piano Track 3 Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Ach, ich fühl’s from
Die Zauberflöte - Sandrine Piau, soprano, Freiburg Baroque
orchestra/Gottfried von der Goltz Tracks 4-5 Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Sonata BWV 1029 – Vivace
- The Rare Fruits Council, Manfredo Kremer - Erbarme dich from
St.Matthew Passion - Alison Browner, contralto, Das Neue Orchester/Christoph
Spering Tracks 6-8 Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937)
Nocturne from Daphnis and Chloë Suite no.1 - CSR
Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth Jean - Two Hebraic melodies - Bernard Kruysen,
baritone, Noel Lee, piano Track 9 TCHAIKOVSKY
Pezzo Elegiaco from Piano Trio, op.50 - Vovka Ashkenazy, piano,
Richard Stamper, violin, Christine Jackson, ‘cello Track 10 Olivier
MESSIAEN (1908-1992) Amen de jugement from Visions
de l’amen - Maarten Bon & Reinbert de Leeuw, pianos Tracks 11-16
J.S.BACH ‘Cello Suite no.1 - Pablo
Casals, ‘cello NAÏVE
V 4955 [72:05] [GPJ]
Yes, bits and pieces they may be, but these CDs do make immensely enjoyable
listening, and a tremendous amount of care and thought has gone into
the compilation … see Full Review
Dreamer. A portrait
of Langston Hughes Robert OWENS (b 1925)
Heart
from Heart on the Wall John MUSTO (b
1954) Island from Shadow of the Blues -
Litany from Shadow of the Blues William GRANT
STILL (1895-1978) A Black Pierrot from Songs of Separation
Hale SMITH (b 1925) March Moon from
Beyond the Rim of Day Margaret BONDS
(1913-1972) The Negro Speaks of Rivers - Minstrel Man from Three
Dream Portraits Ricky Ian GORDON My
People from Genius Child Florence PRICE
(1888-1953) Song to the Dark Virgin Howard
SWANSON (1907-1978) Joy Kurt WEILL
(1900-1950) Lonely House from Street Scene Harriette
DAVISON (1923-1978) In Time of Silver Rain from Fields of
Wonder Jean BERGER (b 1909) Carolina
Cabin from Four Songs of Langston Hughes Harry
T BURLEIGH (1866-1949) Lovely, Dark and Lonely One Erik
SANTOS Dreamer - Poetry Readings by William Warfield,
narrator - My People - The Weary Blues - Negro - Evil - Sunday Morning
Prophecy - Madam and the Census Taker - Sylvester’s Dying Bed - Still
Here Darryl Taylor (tenor)
- Maria Corley (piano) - Erik Santos, Patricia Terry Ross (harp) and
Sandy Nordahl NAXOS
AMERICANCLASSICS 8.559136 [67.18] [JW]
A
rather odd disc that never quite gets to grips with its ostensible function
but which does liberate some worthwhile music. … see Full
Review
Petr EBEN (b.1929)
Preludio
festivo; Bedrich SMETANA (1824-1884)
Six Short Preludes; Josef KLICKA
(1885-1937) Legenda in D major; J.S.BACH
(1685-1750) Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV 545 and Fugue in D
minor arr. J.F.N. SEGER (1716-1782);
Anon 18th Cent, Three Pieces from the Chocen Manuscript;
Bohuslav MARTINŮ (1890-1959)
Vigilia revised by Novenko; Michal NOVENKO
(1962) Improvisation on Martinu’s theme; Georgi
MUSHEL (1909-1989) Two Pieces from the Suite on Uzbek Motifs
Michael Novenko plays
the Organ of the Holy Cross Deanery Church, Litmysl, Czech Republic
- Recorded at Litomysl September 2001 - Great European Organs series
No. 67 PRIORY PRCD
789 [72.32] [GH]
The
recording is good if slightly bass-light ...see Full
Review
Exil.
Home-elsewhere. Arvo PÄRT
(b1935)
For Alina Fryderyk CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Mazurka in A minor, Mazurka in A flat major, Nocturne in C sharp
minor, Barcarolle Béla BARTÓK
(1881-1945) Four Dirges Sergei RACHMANINOV
(1873-1943) Elegy, Melody Paul HINDEMITH
(1895-1953) From Ludus Tonalis, Interludium Vivace, Interludium
Moderato, Fuga Sextet in E flat and Interludium Valse John
FIELD (1782-1837) Nocturne in C minor Bohuslav
MARTINŮ (1890-1959) Polka in A, Etude in F, Carl
Jonas Love ALMQVIST (1793-1886) There’s a scent in Sätra
Forest Lepo SUMERA (b1950) Piano
piece from 1981 Käbi
Laretei (piano) Recorded in the Hall of the Royal Academy of Music,
Stockholm, May 1994
PROPRIUS PRCD 9113 [73.09] [JW]
I
especially admired the elliptical otherness she finds in the Almqvist
and the insistence and treble glint of the recent-ish Sumera piece.
… see Full Review
The
French Trumpet Volume 2:
Thierry ESCAICH
(b.1965) Résurgences
- Concerto for trumpet and orchestra (2002) [25.33] Maurice
OHANA (1914-1992) Concertino for trumpet and orchestra (1957)
[14.17] Nicolas BACRI (b.1961) Concerto
No. 2 for trumpet and strings Op. 65 (2000) [12.00]
Eric Aubier (trumpet) Orchestre de Bretagne/Jean-Jacques Kantorow rec.
Apr, Sept 2002, DDD world premiere recordings PIERRE VERANY
PV703021 [52.00] [RB]
Three
works that despite their disparate titles have a serious oratorical
role for the trumpet. When Aubier engages afterburners make sure you
are sitting down!... see Full Review
Walter
Gieseking; family archival recordings
1924-1945 Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Piano
Sonata in D D850; Rondo - Piano Sonata in A D664 Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Etudes Symphoniques - Kinderszenen Domenico
SCARLATTI (1685-1757) Sonata in D minor L414 - Sonata in
Ll23 Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Well Tempered Clavier Book 1; Prelude and Fugue in C sharp Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Sonata in D K576
Walter Gieseking (piano) - Recorded 1924-45, from Radio broadcasts,
Columbia and Homochord test pressings
ARBITER 122 [76.34] [JW]
Generosity
of spirit, beautiful touch, easy flowing elegance and a concomitant
depth of expressivity … see Full Review
An English Fantasy for Viola
and Harp Arnold
BAX (1883-1953) Fantasy Sonata for viola and harp
(1927) [22.30] Frank BRIDGE (1879-1941)
Three Pieces for viola and piano [8.57] Ralph
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958) Romance for viola
and piano [5.58]; Six Studies in English Folk Song (1926) [8.27;
Fantasia on Greensleeves (1928) [4.11] - A Winter's Willow
(1903) [2.34]; Benjamin BRITTEN
(1913-1976) Six English Folk Tunes (1941-42) [12.00]
Percy GRAINGER (1882-1961) The
Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol [3.43]
Doris Lederer (viola) - Jude Mollenhauer (harp) - rec. 24-26 Nov 2000,
LSU Recital Hall, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. DDD
CENTAUR CRC 2570
[69.46] [RB]
There
are better performances of the Bax but the other pieces work very well
indeed. If the sound of these two delicate 'voices' is for you then
you need not hesitate. ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Hallé:
English Rhapsody George
BUTTERWORTH* (1885-1916) A
Shropshire Lad: Rhapsody for Orchestra (1911) - Two English Idylls (1910-1911)
- The Banks of Green Willow (1914) - Frederick
DELIUS * (1862-1934) Irmelin: Prelude (1931) - The
Walk to the Paradise Garden (1907) - Brigg Fair: An English Rhapsody
(1907) Percy GRAINGER †
(1882-1961) Brigg Fair (1906) - Trad. Brigg
Fair (1908) James Gilchrist,
tenor, Joseph Taylor, singer Hallé Choir - Hallé Orchestra/Mark
Elder - Recorded 11-12th October 2002, BBC Studio 7, New
Broadcasting House, Manchester, UK (*), 17th October 2002,
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (†)
PASSIONATE HALLE CD HLL 7503 [62:47] [GPJ]
A
thoughtfully compiled programme, finely recorded, and containing really
impressive performances … see Full
Review
The Flemish Connection II Michel
BRUSSELMANS (1886 – 1960) Scènes
Breugheliennes (1911) Flor ALPAERTS
(1876 – 1954) Salome’s dans van de zeven sluiers (1907) Lodewijk
MORTELMANS (1898 – 1952) Lyrisch gedicht (1893) Renaat
VEREMANS (1894 – 1969) Nacht en morgenontwaken aan de Nete
(1957) Frank van der STUCKEN (1858 –
1929) Sinfonischer Prolog zu Heinrich Heines "William Ratcliff"
Op.6 Vlaams Radio Orkest;
Bjarte Engeset - Recorded: Eden Hall, Leuven, Belgium, January 2002
KLARA MMP 029
[72:19] [HC]
All
these pieces – new to the catalogue, if I am not mistaken – are all
well worth having and definitely well worth more than the occasional
hearing, which makes this finely played and well recorded release a
welcome and desirable disc...see Full
Review
"Young
Jane" Joseph Baldassarre, guitar and
vocals Young
Jane/The Minstrel Boy (traditional) [3:25] - Darcy Farrow
(S.Gillette/Campbell) [3:45] - Rosin the Bow (traditional) [1:08]
- Christmas in the Trenches (John McCutcheon) [5:40] - The
Parting Glass (traditional) [1:25] - John Barleycorn (traditional)
[3:23] - Wild Mountain Thyme (traditional) [2:14] - Jimmy
Allen (traditional) [1:47] - King of the Fayries (traditional)
[1:34] - The Erl King (S. Gillette) [3:24] - The Southwind
(traditional) [1:28] - The Green Fields of France (E. Bogle)
[4:28] - She Moved Through the Faire (traditional) [4:21] - O'Connell's
Lamentation (traditional) [1:55] - The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
(E. Bogle) [5:25] - Planxty Irwin/MacPherson's Lament (traditional)
[5:54] - The Bells of Rhymney* (I.Davies/P. Seeger) [3:48] -
Ashoken Farewell (J. Unger) [3:10]
Joseph Baldassarre, guitar and vocals - Guitars played: Antonio Baldassarre,
classical guitar 1983; Guild 212 12-string 1977; Taylor GW514 1998 ADD
TOAD RECORDS JB 1199
[58.36] [PS]
A
well crafted straightforward presentation of a number of favorite folksongs,
many dealing with WWI ... see Full Review
Jeffrey Khaner: French
Flute Music Pierre-Max
DUBOIS (1930-1995) Sonata Philippe
GAUBERT (1879-1941) Sonata in A (1917) Gabriel
FAURE (1845-1924) Fantaisie (1898) Alexandre
TANSMAN (1897-1986) Sonatine (1925) Francis
POULENC (1899-1963) Sonata (1956) Pierre
SANCAN (b.1916) Sonatine Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Syrinx (1913)
Jeffrey Khaner, flute, Hugh Sung, piano - Recorded March 1998 at Music
Designs Masters, New York City, USA
AVIE AV0027 [66:31] [GPJ]
Flautists
everywhere will naturally rush to hear it, but it is full of great delights
for the ‘general’ listener … see Full
Review
In Honor of Rudolf Kolisch
(1896-1978) Arnold
SCHOENBERG (1874-1951) String
Quartet No.1 Op.7 (1905) - String Quartet No.2 Op.10 (1907) - String
Quartet No.3 Op.30 – 2 versions (1927) - String Quartet No.4 Op.37 (1936)
- String Quartet in D major (1897) - Violin Concerto Op.36 (1935/36)
- Phantasy Op.47 (1948) Alban BERG (1885-1935)
Lyric Suite (1925/26) Béla BARTÓK
(1881-1945) Sonata for Solo Violin (1944) String Quartet No.5 (1934)
Anton WEBERN (1883-1945) Five Movements
for String Quartet Op.5 (1909) - Six Bagatelles for String Quartet Op.9
(1911/13) Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Octet in F major (1824)
Kolisch spoken interview with Will Ogdon, 1964 - Rudolf Kolisch (violin)
with Wisconsin Festival Orchestra/René Leibowitz (Schoenberg
Violin Concerto, recorded May 1967) - Rudolf Kolisch (violin) and Gunnar
Johansen (piano) in the Schoenberg Fantasie, recorded 1966 - Rudolf
Kolisch (violin) in the Bartók Solo Sonata, recorded 1966 - Kolisch
String Quartet (Schoenberg Quartets 1-4 with Clemence Gifford (soprano)
in No.2, recorded 1936, Schubert Octet with Eric Simon, clarinet, Wendell
Hoss, horn, Leonard Sharrow, bassoon and Anthony Zentrick, double bass,
recorded in 1940) Pro Arte Quartet (Schoenberg Quartet No.3 Berg Lyric
Suite, Webern Five Movements for String Quartet, Six Bagatelles for
String Quartet, recorded 1950; Schoenberg Quartet in D major, recorded
in 1952, Bartók Quartet No.5, recorded 1945)
MUSIC & ARTS 1045 [6 CDs 395.48] [JW]
Not
for the generalist but for those who appreciate the work of this notable
musician and the repertoire he espoused with such granitic concentration
… see Full Review
‘Lamentations – Holy Week in
Provence’ Guillaume
BOUZIGNAC (before 1592 – after 1641) Heu!
Unus ex vobis [03:08] Jean de la CEPPEDE (1548
– 1623) Mais qui vous meut, Seigneur* [01:20] Elzéar
GENET dit CARPENTRAS (c1470-1548) Vexilla regis [06:57] Jean
GILLES (1668 - 1705) Première Lamentation pour le
Mercredy Saint au Soir [17:52] Zacharie DE
VITRE (1659 - ?) Comme Trois Forgerons* [01:14] Guillaume
BOUZIGNAC Ha! Plange [02:45] Jean
GILLES Première Lamentation pour le Jeudy Saint au
Soir [11:24] Pierre GODOLIN (c1610)
Sur l’Albre de la Crotz* [00:52] Plainchant
Ne avertas faciem tuam Jean GILLES
Première Lamentation pour le Vendredi Saint au Soir
[09:36] The Boston Camerata:
Anne Azéma, reader*, soprano; Frederick Jodry, countertenor;
William Hite, Christopher Kale, tenor; Daniel McCabe, bass-baritone
- Paul Guttry, bass; Robert Mealy, Dana Maiben, violin; Harold Lieberman,
viola; Carol Lewis, viola da gamba; Michael Dolbow, violone; Frances
Conover Fitch, organ Schola Cantorum of Boston (dir: Frederick Jodry)
Dir: Joel Cohen - Recorded in April 1994 at the Campion Centre, Boston,
USA DDD WARNER APEX
2594 60151 2 [56:54] [JVV]
An
interesting collection of Passion music from Provence – stylish and
expressive performances, strongly recommended ... see Full
Review
Nightfall.
Close-ups of Käbi Laretei, pianist
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)
Fantasia
in C minor Domenico SCARLATTI (1685-1757)
Sonata in F major Sonata in D major Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Sonata in D minor Op.31 No.2 Tempest
Fryderyk CHOPIN (1810-1849) Mazurka
in A minor Prelude in A minor Nocturne in C sharp minor Edvard
GRIEG (1843-1907) Aften på Højfjeldet Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) La soirée dans Grenade Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Nachstück
Käbi Laretei (piano) Recorded at Studio 3, Sveriges Radio,
Stockholm 1977-78 PROPRIUS
PRCD 9073 [69.56] [JW]
Nightfall
– the crepuscular intimacies and fears of dusk. It makes for an interesting
programme … see Full Review
Lights
Out - songs by Gurney, Moeran, Caradon
and others Samuel WESLEY (1766-1837) Birthday
Song - SATB, Jacobs Henry PURCELL (1659-1695)
If music be the food of love - Griffel/Jacobs Sulyen
CARADON (b.1942) Clouds; The Dancer -
Griffel/Jacobs - Margaret's Song - Colwell/Foster - Dorian
Dirge - Jacobs - O lovely England - SATB/Foster - Lelant
- Martyn-West/Foster - Dawn - SATB Alison
EDGAR Lyonesse - SATB, Foster, Carder, Miles Ivor
GURNEY (1890-1937) Down by the Salley Gardens -
All night under the moon - Severn meadows - Nine of the Clock -
Partridge/Foster - Lights Out (five songs) - Wood/Jacobs Jeffry
WHITTON Little Vagabond - Colwell/Foster Laura
SHUR The smile - Colwell/Foster Sarah
RODGERS Acacia tree - Colwell/Foster Ernest
J. MOERAN (1895-1950) Rosefrail; Rahoon;
Loveliest of trees - Griffel/Jacobs - Six Songs of Seumus
O'Sullivan Martyn-West/Foster
- Georgina Colwell (sop) - Clare Griffel (mezzo) - Paul Martyn-West
(ten) - Jonathan Wood (bar) - Ian Partridge (ten) - Nigel Foster and
Peter Jacobs (piano) - Richard Carder (saxophone) - Patrick Miles (bass
clarinet) - rec. 6 May 2003, St Cyprian's Church, London, English Poetry
and Song Society and British Music Information Centre concert
DUNELM RECORDINGS DRD0200 [75.08] [RB]
The
disc is extremely well presented. The design is good. I hope that there
will be more of these productions. ... see Full
Review
Detailed listing (last two days)]
[Part 1 New] [Part 2 A-B] [Part 3 C-L]
[Part 4 M-R] [Part 5 S-Z]
[Part 6 Misc A-L] [Part 7 Misc M-Z]
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