American
Concertos Benjamin
LEES (b.1924) Violin Concerto (1958) [24.21]
Robert STARER (b.1924) Concerto
for Viola, Strings and Percussion (1958) [24.26] Meyer
KUPFERMAN (b.1926) Concerto for Cello, Tape and Orchestra
(1974) [26.43] Michael COLGRASS (b.1932)
Concertmasters for Three Violins and Orchestra (1977) [22.09]
Lou HARRISON (b.1917) Concerto for
Violin and Percussion Orchestra (1940, 1959) [15.49] Walter
PISTON (1894-1976) Concertino for Piano and Chamber Orchestra
(1937) [13.39] William BERGSMA (b.1921)
Violin Concerto (1965) [22.25] 
Lees: Ruggiero Ricci (violin), American S.O./Kazuyoshi Akiyama (rec.
1976) Starer: Melvin Berger (viola), English Chamber Orchestra/John
Snashall (rec. 1965, first release on Pye LP) Kupferman: Laszlo Varga
(cello), Music for Westchester S.O./Siegfried Landau (rec. 1975) Colgrass:
Robert Rudie (violin), Masako Yanagita (violin), Ronald Oakland (violin),
American S.O./Kazuyoshi Akiyama (rec. 1977) Harrison: Carroll Glenn
(violin), Members of Percussion Ensemble of Eastman School of Music/John
Beck (rec. 1972) Piston: Gary Steigerwalt (piano), Philharmonia Virtuosi
of New York/Richard Kapp (rec. 1976) Bergsma: Edward Statkiewicz (violin),
Polish Radio and Television Orchestra/Zdzislav Szostak (rec. 1969)
VOXBOX CDX 5158 [2CDs: 76.11+74.17] [RB]
A
generous and extremely economical selection of twentieth century American
concertos from the traditional to the extreme outer rim ... see Full
Review
‘baroque’
Johann Christian SCHICKHARDT
(1680-1762) Concerto
I for 4 treble recorders and bc in C [09:47] Joseph
Bodin DE BOISMORTIER (c1691-1755) Concerto IV for 5 recorders
in b minor, op. 15,4 [07:57] Georg Philipp
TELEMANN (1681-1767) Concerto for 4 recorders in E (arr by
Markus Zahnhausen after the ‘Concerto a.4 - Violini Senza Basso’ in
G [06:34] Joseph Bodin DE BOISMORTIER Sonata
VI for 4 recorders and bc in a minor, op. 34,6 [06:50] Johann
Christian SCHICKHARDT Concerto II for 4 treble recorders
and bc in d minor [10:19] Georg Philipp TELEMANN
Concerto for 4 recorders in F (after the Concerto a.4. Violini
Senza Basso’ in D [05:38] Joseph Bodin DE BOISMORTIER
Concerto II for 5 recorders and bc (ad lib) in a minor, op.
15,2 [07:30] - Sonata III for 4 recorders and bc in e minor, op. 34,3
[06:07] Johann Christian SCHICKHARDT Concerto
III for 4 treble recorders and bc in G
Sirena: Karina Agerbo, Marit Ernst, Pia Loman, Helle Nielsen, recorder
- Dan Laurin, recorder; Mogens Rasmussen, viola da gamba; Fredrik Bock,
theorbo, guitar; Leif Meyer, harpsichord, organ - Recorded in July 2001
at the Kastelskirken, Copenhagen DDD
BIS–CD-1234 [70:30] [JVV]
This
recording is recommendable mainly for the Concertos by Schickhardt;
the arrangements are less convincing. … see Full
Review
BETWEEN EARTH and SKY: the
HOUR OF MEDITATION and PRAYER - The Great Interactive Opera Encyclopaedia
Volume VII Francesco CILEA (1866-1950)
Adriana Lecouvreur, ‘lo son L'umile’ Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Die Zauberflöte, ‘In
diesen heil’gen Hallen’ Georges Charles GOUNOD
(1818-1893) Faust, ‘Le Veau d’or’ Gioachino
ROSSINI (1792-1868) Guillaume Tell, ‘Resta
immobile’ Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901)
Les Vêpres siciliennes’, ‘ O tu, Palermo, terra
adorata’ - La forza del destino, ‘La Vergine degli angeli’
- La forza del destino, ‘Pace, pace mio Dio’ - Macbeth,
‘Pietá rispeto, amore’ - Nabucco, ‘
Dio di Guida!’ - Nabucco, ‘Tu sul labbro dei veggenti’
- Otello, ‘Ave Maria’ Vincenzo
BELLINI (1801-1835) Norma, ‘Casta Diva’ Gaetano
DONIZETTI (1797-1868) Lucia di Lamermoor, ‘Tombi
degli avi miei’ Giacomo PUCCINI (1858-1924)
Tosca, ‘Vissi d’arte’
Performed by ‘Compagnia d’Opera Italiana’. Cond. Antonello Gotto
CANTOLOPERA 91057 CD-ROM [RJF]
Buy
one of the series, if it appeals then get the rest and you will have
an operatic diamond mine at your fingertips. … see Full
Review
DOCUMENTARY:
Dancer’s Dream:
The Great Ballets of Rudolf Nureyev: Raymonda Music by Alexander
GLAZUNOV (1865-1936)
Choreography and Stage Direction by Rudolf Nureyev after Marius Petipa
Les Etoiles, les Premiers Danseurs, le Corps de Ballet - et l’Orchestre
de l’Opéra de Paris. Musical Direction: Alexander Anissimov -
A documentary dedicated to the great ballet productions, inspired by
Rudolf Nureyev - of Raymonda at the Opéra National de
Paris - With the participation and commentaries by Nureyev and dancers:
Raymonda: Florence Clerc; Fanny Gaïda; Marie-Claude Pietragalla;
Elisabeth Platel; Noëlla Pontois; Claude de Vulpian - Jean de Brienne:
Charles Jude; Manuel Legris; José Martinez; Rudolf Nureyev -
Abderam: Jean Guizerix; Laurent Hilaire; Wilfried Romoli - (Recorded:1999.But
with excerpts from different Paris Opera productions of Raymonda
stretching back to the early 1980s)
TDK DVD Video DV-BLDDRAY [83 mins] [IL]
A
documentary strictly for balletomanes. Not those wanting to see
the ballet. … see Full Review
Duo
la Valse Sommerregn
Carl NIELSEN (1865-1931):
3 songs: O hvor er jeg glad idag; Den spillemand spiller pä
strenge; Tidt er jeg glad Christian SINDING
(1856-1941): Frühlingsrauschen, Op:32:3 Ludolf
NIELSEN (1876-1939):For Vinden danser, fra Foraar, Op.15.3;
Ved Solnedgang Op.47:1.3Piano pieces, Op.21: Paa Legepladsen;
Polichinel: Godnat. Stemninger, Op.23: Hvide Sejl; Paa
Kirkegãrden; Sommerregn. 4 Piano pieces, Op.17:
La Joie, Le douleur, Menuet, Tarantelle, Alfer Smaa, som lege (fra
operaen Isbella) Edvard GRIEG (1843-1907):
8 Piano pieces, Op.12; Arietta; Vals; Vægtersang; Alfedans;
Folkevise; Norsk; Albumblad; Fædrelandssang. 2 Sange, Op.5:
To brune øjne; Jeg elsker Dig
Pauline Kehlet (soprano), Nicolai Kjølsen (piano) Recorded
2002 at Focus Studio and Soundtrack Studio, Copenhagen UK distributor
Discovery Records (www.danacord.dk)
DANACORD DACOCD 605 [53.00] [RBr]
An
innocence and freshness that is fully realised by both performers …
see Full Review
In
Concert: Dusolina GIANNINI (soprano)
(1902-1986) Arias and Duets Giuseppe VERDI
(1813-1901) Aida
(1871) - Ritorna vincitor [6’37]. La forza del destino (1862)
- Son giunta! ... Madre, pietosa vergine [6’38]; Pace, pace mio
dio [5’29] Ambroise THOMAS (1811-1896)
Mignon (1866) - Connais-tu le pays? [6’08]Amilcare
PONCHIELLI (1834-1886) La Gioconda (1876) – Suicidio [4’19]
Giacomo PUCCINI (1858-1924) Tosca (1900) - Vissi d’arte
[3’12] Pietro MASCAGNI (1863-1945) Cavalleria
rusticana (1890) - Dite, Mamma Lucia…Sono scomunicata … Voi lo sapete,
o mamma [9’01]; Intermezzo [3’28]
Carrie JACOBS-BOND (1862-1946) I Love You Truly [1’52]
Ethelbert NEVIN (1901-1939) The Rosary [2’32]
Dusolina Giannini (soprano); Claramae Turner (contralto, Mascagni);
San Francisco Opera Orchestra/Gaetano Merola; Los Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra/Pietro Cinini (Thomas and Ponchielli) - Broadcast
performances from the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on September
19th, 1943 (Verdi Forza and Mascagni) and January 30th,
1944 (Verdi Aida, Puccini, Nevin and Jacobs-Bond) and from the Hollywood
Bowl, Los Angeles on August 15th, 1943 (Thomas and Ponchielli).
ADD mono NAXOS
HISTORICAL 8.110145 [50.24] [CC]
This
disc is definitely worth the small outlay. With the exception of some
discomfort at climaxes, sound is perfectly acceptable … see Full
Review
In Dulci Jubilo Johann Sebastian BACH
(1685
- 1750) Choral "Jesu meine Freude" (Cantata 147) Bohuslav
CERNOHORSKY (1684 - 1742) Toccata in C minor Dietrich
BUXTEHUDE
(1637 - 1707) - In Dulci Jubilo Johann
PACHELBEL
(1653 - 1706) Von Himmel Hoch Domenico
ZIPOLO
(1688 - 1726) Pastorale Louis DAQUIN
(1694 - 1772) Noel Louis VIERNE
(1870 - 1937) Carillon de Westminster Alexandre
GUILMANT
(1837 - 1911) Pastorale Johannes
BRAHMS
(1833 - 1897) – Es is ein Ros’entsprungen César
FRANCK
(1822 - 1890) - Pastorale Opus 19
Ferdinand Klinda (organ)
OPUS 99435 [45.07] [RH]
A
rather frustrating recital by the Slovakian organist Ferdinand Klinda
with no details at all of the organ that he is playing. … see Full
Review
Eastern European Piano Music
Galina USTVOLSKAYA (b
1919) Concerto
for Piano, String Orchestra and Timpani (1946) [17’23] - Sofia
GUBAIDULINA (b 1913) ‘Introitus’ Concerto for Piano
and Chamber Orchestra (1978) [24’22] - Henryk
GÓRECKI (b 1933) Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra,
Op. 40 (1980) [8’11]. Georgs PELÉCIS
(b 1947) Concertino bianco for Piano and Chamber Orchestra
in C major (1984) [13’32]
Alexei Lubimov (piano) - Deutsche Kamerphilharmonie Bremen/Heinrich
Schiff - Rec. at St. Cosmas und Damian, Thedinghausen-Lunsen, Germany,
on September 28th-29th, 1995. DDD
WARNER APEX 2564 60491-2 [63’55] [CC]
This
die-hard modernist never wants to hear the Concerto bianco again. …
see Full Review
English
Music (1842-1900):
England, My England The Spirit Of England and Pastoral England
Kenneth
ALFORD (1881-1945) Colonel Bogey, from A Bridge
on the River Kwai (1914) Benjamin BRITTEN
(1913-1976) Pizzicato Polka, from Simple Symphony
(1946) George BUTTERWORTH (1885-1916)
The Banks of Green Willow (1913) Eric
COATES (1886-1957) Dam Busters March (1954) Frederick
DELIUS (1862-1934) La Calinda (1904) On hearing
the First Cuckoo in Spring (1912) Edward
ELGAR (1865-1935) Chanson de Matin (1901) - Cockaigne
(1901) - Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 (1901) - Pomp and
Circumstance March No.4 (1907) - Symphony No.1 (Opening theme)
(1908) - Land of Hope and Glory (1914) - Nimrod, Enigma Variations
(1899) - Cello Concerto (1st movement) (1919) - John
GOSS (1800-1880) Praise my Soul the King of Heaven Percy
GRAINGER (1882-1961) Country Gardens (1918) - Shepherd's
Hey (1918) Gustav HOLST (1874-1934)
Jupiter, The Planets Suite (1916) C.H.H.
PARRY (1848-1918) Jerusalem (1916) William
WALTON (1902-1983) Orb and Sceptre (1953) - The
Battle of Agincourt from Henry V (1944) Peter
WARLOCK (1894-1930) Capriol Suite (1926) Ralph
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958) English Folk SongSuite:
6 movements (1913) - The Lark Ascending (1914) - Fantasia
on Greensleeves (1934) White Cliffs of Dover
Sung by Vera Lynn and introduced by Sir Winston Churchill - Various
orchestras/Boult/Britten/Marriner/Solti Mid-price
DECCA 443 936-2 [2CDs: 152.24] [RJW]
If
the intention is to provide an easy listening set to engage those who
like light pieces I don't think this compilation is particularly ideal.
… 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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