Mewton-Wood plays Twentieth Century
Piano Concertos Arthur
BLISS (1891-1975) Piano
Concerto (1938-39) [37.36] Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)
Concerto for piano and wind instruments (1924) [20.06] Dmitri
SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) Concerto for piano, trumpet and
strings Op. 35 (1933) [21.08] 
Noel Mewton-Wood (piano) - Harry Sevenstern (trumpet) (Shostakovich)
- Utrecht Symphony Orchestra (Bliss); Residentie Orchestra, The Hague
(Stravinsky) - Concert Hall Symphony Orchestra - Walter Goehr (conductor)
- rec. 1952 (Bliss, Stravinsky); 1953 (Shostakovich). mono. ADD - Transferred
by Bryan Crimp from LPs drawn from the collection of Robert Milnes -
Financial assistance from the Bliss Trust - Originally issued as Concert
Hall LPs: CHS1167 (Bliss); CHS1160 (Stravinsky) - CHSH4 (Shostakovich)
BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY
HISTORIC BMS101CDH [79.00] [RB]
Mewton-Wood
at the peak of his very considerable powers in no fewer than three concertos
… warmly recommended... see Full Review
Benno
Moiseiwitsch plays music by Russian composers Sergei
RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Preludes:
C sharp minor Op. 3 No. 2; G minor Op. 23 No. 5; B minor Op. 32 No.
10 - (two versions); G major Op. 32 No. 5; G sharp minor Op. 32 No.
12 - Moment Musical No. 4 in E minor Op. 16: Lilacs Op.
21 No. 5 Nicolai MEDTNER (1880-1951)
Piano Sonata in G minor Op. 22 [15.29] - Fairy Tales: in
E minor Op. 34 No. 2; Op. 42 No. 1 - Round Dance Op. 58 No. 1
(with Nicolai Medtner) Dmitri KABALEVSKY
(1907-1987) Piano Sonata No. 3 in F major Op. 46 () [14.44] Sergei
PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Suggestion Diabolique Op. 4
No. 4 Aram KHACHATURIAN (1903-1978)
Toccata in B flat minor Aram KHACHATURIAN
(arr. Oscar LEVANT) Gayaneh:
Sabre Dance Benno
Moiseiwitsch (piano) - rec. 1928-1948 ADD - Benno Moiseiwitsch series
Vol. 7 NAXOS HISTORICAL
8.110675 [79.21] [RB]
Moiseiwitsch
in valuable Russian repertoire captured in his sustained prime ... see
Full Review
Pilgrim’s
Progress. Pioneers of American Classical
Music Leonard
BERNSTEIN (1918-1990): Candid Overture (1956) [4’09"]
Florida Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by James Judd Ferdé GROFÉ
(1892-1972): Hollywood Suite: Production Number (1938) [2’21"]
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by William Stromberg Leroy
ANDERSON (1908-1975): The Syncopated Clock (1946) [2’26"]
Richard Hayman and his Orchestra Aaron COPLAND
(1900-1990): Danza de Jalisco (1959) [3’36"] Nashville Chamber
Orchestra conducted by Paul Gambill Amy BEACH
(1867-1944): Piano Concerto: Scherzo (1898-99) [5’57"] - Alan
Feinberg (piano); Nashville Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kenneth
Schemerhorn Leo ORNSTEIN (1892? – 2002):
A Morning in the Woods (1971) [6’20"] Janice Weber (piano) Charles
Wakefield CADMAN (1881-1946): The Legend of the Canyon (1920)
[4’07"] - Peter Zazofsky (violin); Paul Posnak (piano) Samuel
BARBER (1910-1981): Violin Concerto: Presto in moto perpetuoso
(1940) [4’01"] - James Buswell (violin); Royal Scottish National
Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop John Philip
SOUSA (1854-1932): Semper Fidelis (1888) [2’56"] - Royal
Artillery Band conducted by Keith Brion Michael
TORKE (b. 1961): Rapture: Mallets (1998/2001) [6’24"]
Colin Currie (percussion); Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted
by Marin Alsop Ned ROREM (b. 1923):
Bright Music: Fandango (1987) [3’51"] The Fibonacci Sequence Jerome
MOROSS (1913-1983): Willie the Weeper: Sexy Willie (1948)
[8’00"] - John DeHaan (tenor); Hot Springs Music Festival Chamber
Chorus; Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard
Rosenberg George GERSHWIN (1898-1937):
Cuban Overture (1932) [10’44"] - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
conducted by James Judd - Recording dates and locations not specified
NAXOS 8.559200 [64’58"]
[JQ]
A
varied and unusual sampler of the melting pot of American music … see
Full Review
"Make His Praise Glorious - American
Psalmody I" Samuel
ADLER (1928- ) Psalm
of Dedication (Psalm 100) [2.36] Mark Albro, Sr. Rosemary Ingwersen,
trumpets Charles IVES (1874-1954) Psalm
90 (1923) [11.01] - Sr. Mary Minor, Michael Hale, Pamela
Jordan, Sr. Elena Entwistle, Br. Steven Velie, bells & percussion;
Br.Peter Logan, tenor; Kathy Schuman, soprano Alan
HOVHANESS (1911-2000) Make a Joyful Noise, Op 105
[19.52] - Mark Albro, Sr. Rosemary Ingwersen, trumpets; Br. Richard
Craig, tenor - James Pfeiffer, Br. Benedict Young, trombones Daniel
PINKHAM (1923- ) Thou Hast Loved Rightousness (Psalm
45) (1959) [3.23] - Behold How Good and How Pleasant (Psalm 133)
[1.28] - Thou Hast Turned My Laments Into Dancing (Psalm 30)
[1.16] - Open To Me The Gates of Righteousness (Psalm 118) [0.54]
Ronald A. NELSON (1927- ) O Lord
Thou has searched Me and Known Me [5.20] Robert
STARER (1924- ) Psalms of Woe and Joy [9.40] Howard
HANSON (1896-1981) How Excellent Thy Name [5.12] Randall
THOMPSON (1899-1984) The Lord is My Shepherd (Psalm
23) [9.54] Gloriæ
Dei Cantores, Elizabeth C. Patterson, conductor; James E. Jordan, organ
Recorded at Methuen Memorial Music Hall, Masschusetts, USA, 1998(?)
- Booklet notes and texts in English
GLORIÆ DEI CANTORES GDCD 025 [69.49] [PS]
An
outstanding release featuring brilliant new music superbly performed
and recorded.… see Full Review
"By
the Rivers of Babylon - American Psalmody II"
Charles Martin LOEFFLER (1861-1935) By
the Rivers of Babylon, Op 3 (1901) [11.08] - Br. Patrick Clark,
Sr. Evangeline Ingwersen, flutes - Sr. Mary Magdalene Buddington, harp
- Sr. Hope Vaccaro, cello Virgil THOMSON
(1896-1989) Three Antiphonal Psalms Psalm 123 [1.17]; Psalm 133
[1.51]; Psalm 136 [2.23] - De Profundis (Psalm 130) (1920) [2.46]
Arnold SCHOENBERG (1874-1951) De
Profundis (Psalm 130) (1950) [5.49] - Sr. Estelle Cole, Br. Richard
Cragg, Br. Tim Pehta, Br. Francis Hempel, solo quartet - Sr. Lucia Smith,
soprano; Luke Norman, baritone. Clifford TAYLOR
(1923-1987) Sing to the Lord a New Song (Psalm 98) (1959)
[3.23] Jean BERGER (1909- ) The
Eyes of All Wait Upon Thee [2.21] Kent
A. NEWBURY (1925- ) Praise Ye the Lord [3.24] Gerald
NEAR (1942 - ) My Song Shall Always Be the Loving Kindnss
of the Lord [2.13] Samuel ADLER
(1928- ) Psalm 84 [3.44]; Psalm 42 [2.25];
Psalm 113 (1998) [1.52] Bruce NESWICK (1956-
) Halleluja! Sing Unto the Lord a New Song [3.35] Robert
STARER (1924- ) Give Thanks Unto the Lord [3.24] David
Ashley WHITE (20th cent.) Cantate Domino [5.41]
Paul Tingley, Sr. Rosemary Ingwersen, trumpets; James Pfeiffer, trombone;
Sr. Victoria McNeil, Horn; Br. Christopher Swidrak, tuba - GLORIÆ
DEI CANTORES, Elizabeth C. Patterson, conductor; James E. Jordan,
organ Recorded at Methuen Memorial Music Hall, Masschusetts, USA, November
1998 Booklet notes and texts in English - Distributed in USA and Canada
by Paraclete Press, www.paraclete-press.com
GLORIÆ DEI CANTORES GDCD 027 [56.04]
An
outstanding release featuring brilliant new music superbly performed
and recorded. … see Full Review
Paul
ROBESON (1898 - 1976) Spirituals
Original
1925 - 1936 Recordings
*Duets with Lawrence Brown - Git on Board, Li’l Children - Dere’s
No Hidin’ Place Down Dere [2’16] - (arr. Lawrence Brown). Recorded
September 1928, Hayes, Middx MEDLEY: Intro - Roll de Ole Chariot
(arr. Ruthland Clapham, Paul Robeson) - Mary Had a Baby, Yes,
Lord (arr. Jackson) - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (arr. Lawrence
Brown) - Heav’n, Heav’n (I Got a Robe) (arr. Henry Burleigh)
[4’05]. With Ruthland Clapham, piano, and the Mayfair Orchestra, conducted
by Ray Noble . Recorded September 1933, London - Joshua Fit de Battle
ob Jericho* (arr. Lawrence Brown) [1’55] - Recorded July 1925, Camden,
New Jersey - Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (arr. Lawrence
Brown) [2’58] - Recorded January 1926, Camden, New Jersey - Nobody
Knows de Trouble I’ve Seen (arr. Lawrence Brown) [3’01] - Recorded
January 1926, Camden, New Jersey - Hear de Lam’s a-Cryin’* (arr.
Lawrence Brown) [2’36] - Recorded March 1927, New York - Ezekiel
Saw de Wheel* (arr. Lawrence Brown) [2’00] - Recorded March 1927,
New York - I’m Goin’ to Tell God All o’ My Troubles (arr. Lawrence
Brown) [2’34] - Recorded May, 1927, New York - I Got a Home in Dat
Rock (arr. Lawrence Brown) [2’20] - Recorded May 1927, New York
- Deep River (arr. Henry Burleigh) [2’23] - Recorded May 1927,
New York - Witness* (arr. Lawrence Brown) [2’28] - Recorded May
1927, New York - Scandalize My Name (arr. Henry Burleigh) [2’05]
- Recorded June 1928, Hayes, Middx - Sinner, Please Doan’ Let Dis
Harves’ Pass (arr. Henry Burleigh) [2’03] - Recorded June 1928,
Hayes, Middx - Weepin’ Mary - I Want to be Ready (arr. Henry
Burleigh) [3’09] - Recorded September1928, London - My Lord, What
a Mornin’ (arr. Henry Burleigh) [2’50] - Recorded September 1928,
London - Hail de Crown (arr. Avery Robinson) [2’08] - Recorded
February 1930, London - Exhortation (Will Marion Cook) [2’11]
- Recorded February 1930, London - I Stood on de Ribber - Peter,
Go Ring dem Bells (arr. Henry Burleigh) [2’53] - Recorded February
1930, London - Go Down, Moses (arr. Henry Burleigh) [2’04] -
Recorded February 1930, London - Steal Away (arr.Lawrence Brown)
[3.00] - With Ruthland Clapham, piano. Recorded December 1933, London
- De Ole Ark’s a-Moverin’ (arr. Johnson) [1’02] - Recorded May
1936, London - Nearer, My God, to Thee (Carey) [4’13]
With Herbert Dawson at the Kingsway Hall Organ - Recorded October 1932
- With Lawrence Brown at the piano, except where indicated
NAXOS GOSPEL LEGENDS 8.120638 [60’26] [JP]
If
this repertoire is to your taste, the disc deserves a warm welcome and
hearty recommendation. … see Full Review
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 also www.danacord.dk
DANACORD DACOCD 605 [53.00] [RBr]
An
innocence and freshness about them that is fully realised by both performers
… see Full Review
Spanish
Classics: Preludes and Choruses from
Zarzuelas Ruperto CHAPÍ (1851-1909)
El
tambor de granaderos: Preludio (1894) (5:23) - El rey que rabió:
Coro de doctores (1891) (3:05) Francisco Asenjo
BARBIERI (1823-1894) El barberillo de Lavapiés: El
noble gremio... (1874) (6:15) Gerónimo
GIMÉNEZ (1854-1923) El baile de Luis Alonso: Intermedio
(1896) (3:32) - La boda de Luis Alonso: Intermedio (1897) (5:44) Federico
CHUECA (1846-1908) Agua, azucarillos y aguardiente: Preludio
(1897) (2:35) - El chaleco blanco: Seguidillas (2:10) - El bateo: Preludio
(3:14) - Amadeo VIVES (1871-1932) - Bohemios: Preludio (5:20)
Manuel Fernández CABALLERO
(1835-1906) El dúo de la africana: Se marcha furioso...
(1893) (3:11) Pablo LUNA (1880-1942)
El niño judío: Preludio (1918) (4:30) - Trumpet solo,
César Asensi Reveriano SOUTULLO (1880-1933)
and Juan VERT (1890-1931) La leyenda
del beso: Intermedio (1924) (5:27) - La del soto del parral: Ronda de
enamorados (1927) (4:28) Jesús GURIDI
(1886-1961) El caserío: Act II Prelude (1926) (6:13) Pablo
SOROZÁBAL (1897-1988) Don Manolito: Ensalada madríleña
(1942) (3:22) Comunidad de Madrid Orchestra
and Chorus/Miguel Roa - Notes in English, Français and Castellano
- Recorded in Auditorio de las Rozas, Madrid, Spain, May 1999
NAXOS 8.555957 [64.34] [CW]
There’s
little to add but "Please sir, I want some more!" … see Full
Review
Leopold STOKOWSKI (1882-1977)
conducts scenes from Russian and German Opera Modest
MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881) Boris
Godunov (Rimsky-Korsakov edition). Opera in 4 Acts with Prologue
- Boris and Vaarlam, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (bass); Simpleton, Lawrence
Mason (ten) - Feodor, Raymond Cauwet (boy sop) - Prologue, ‘Courtyard
Scene’, ‘Pilgrims Scene’, ‘Coronation Scene’ - Act 1, ‘Monastery Scene’,
Scene 2 ‘Orchestral Introduction and Vaarlam’s Song’ - Act 2, ‘Boris’s
Monologue’, ‘Clock Scene’ - Act 3, ‘Polonaise and Garden Scene’ - Act
4, Kromy Forrest, ‘Revolutionary Scene’, ‘Death and Farewell of Boris’
- San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Opera Choir - Recorded San Francisco
December 1952 Richard WAGNER (1813-1883)
Parsifal, Opera in 3 Acts - ‘Good Friday Spell’, ‘Symphonic
Synthesis of Act 3 arranged by Stokowski’
Leopold Stokowski and his Symphony Orchestra. Recorded New York 1952
- Reissued with the sponsorship of The Leopold Stokowski Society
CALA CACD0535 [79.34] [RJF]
The
Godunov excerpts and the singing of Rossi-Lemeni and chorus justify
the purchase of the disc. An added incentive is that highlights from
the opera are not otherwise available … see Full
Review
Hommage à Evguéni
Svetlanov (1928-2002) Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) La
mer (1905) [29’19]. Alexander SCRIABIN
(1872-1915) Poème de l’extase, Op. 54
(1908) [25’32]
Orchestre National de France/Evgeni Svetlanov -
Live performances in the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées,
25 Jan 2001 (Debussy) and in the Auditorium de Nantes 28 Jan 2001 (Scriabin).
DDD NAÏVE V4946
[54’57] [CC]
Quite
simply, a remarkable disc. Two heavily-perfumed scores prove a well-nigh
perfect coupling and provide eloquent testimony to Svetlanov’s stature
as a conductor. Recommended with enthusiasm. … see Full
Review
Utskärgård
-
musik till stränder och fjärdar (Music
for Seashore and Fjord)
Bobbie ERICSON Utskärgård Lars
FÄRNLÖF Att angöra en brygga Evert
TAUBE Sa skimrande var aldrig havet; Har Rosemarie
sins blaa Namdofjarden; Nocturne Carl-Anton
AXELSSON Overbyvals Albin
CARLSSON Arholmavalsen Stig
OLIN En gang jag seglar i hamn Nils
BJÖRKANDER Skargardsskisser Erland
von KOCH Vaglek; Elegi over sommarens korthet
Hugo ALFVÉN Skargardsbilder
Ture RANGSTRÖM Malarlegender
III Sigurd von KOCH Hafsstamningar
Gustav NORDQVIST Till Havs
Rolf Lindblom (piano) rec.
23 Feb, 12 Mar 1991, studio 2, Swedish Radio, Stockholm
PROPRIUS PRCD 9038 [70.05] [RB]
Scandinavian
piano stool nature favourites ... impressionistic, gracious, pale regret
and watercolour ... see Full Review
Victorian and Edwardian ballads
Benjamin Luxon (baritone) and David Willison (piano)
CD1 recorded London 1975 Felicity Palmer (soprano) and John Constable
(piano) CD2 recorded London 1977
DECCA BRITISH MUSIC COLLECTION 475047-2 [2CDs: 71.47+57.16] [JW]
Luxon
at full sail, his mighty Cornish frame breasting the foam and the spray
… see Full Review
A
Bride’s Guide to Wedding Music BACH:
Cantata
BWV 147:Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring; Sheep May Safely Graze; Air on the
G String - BOCCHERINI String Quartet
Op.11: Minuet VIVALDI Four Seasons:
Winter, Largo; Spring, Allegro SATIE
Gymnopédie #1 GLUCK Dance
of the blessed Spirits PACHELBEL
Canon WAGNER Lohengrin: Wedding
March CLARKE Trumpet Voluntary HANDEL
Royal Fireworks Music: Overture; Chandos Anthem: Zadok the Priest -
Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; Let the Bright Seraphim; Water
Music: Air, Hornpipe; Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade CHARPENTIER
Te Deum PURCELL Trumpet
Tune GOSS Praise my soul, King of
heaven TRADITIONAL Immortal, Invisible
PARRY Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
POSTON Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
FAURÉ Cantique de Jean Racine;
Requiem: Pie Jesu; Sicilienne, Op 78 MOZART
Laudate Dominum; Ave Verum Corpus FRANCK
Panis Angelicus STANFORD The Blue
Bird SCHUBERT Ave Maria MASSENET
Thaïs: Méditation WIDOR
Toccata WALTON Crown Imperial BRITTEN
Jubilate Deo MENDELSSOHN Midsummer
Night’s Dream music,
Op 61: Wedding March
NAXOS 8.557246/7 [72.28 + 72.26] [PS]
Warning,
brides and grooms to be, you’ll have to pay to play this music at your
wedding ... see Full Review
Winds
from the Baltic Einar
ENGLUND (1928-1999) Quintet (1989) Bo
NILSSON (b1937) Déjà connu, déjà
entendu (1975-76) Peter RASMUSSEN (1838-1913)
Quintet (1896) Villem KAPP (1913-1964)
Suite (1957) Visby
Blåsare – Elisabet Green (flute), David Nisbel (oboe), Per Kinneryd
(clarinet) - Göran Gustavsson (horn) Zbigniew Jakubowski (bassoon)
- Recorded September 1990 in Studio 3 Swedish Broadcasting Corp, Stockholm
PROPRIUS PRCD 9024
[56.29] [JW]
Simplicity,
harmonically speaking, but also a noble lyricism rooted in something
much older … 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 (traditonal) [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] [PSh]
A
well crafted straightforward presentation of a number of favorite folksongs,
many dealing with WWI ... See Full review
TALKING
BOOKS
Jaroslav HAŠEK Osudy
dobré vojáka Švejka [The Good Soldier Švejk] Read by Pavel
Landovský In CZECH ARCO DIVA UP 0049-2 831 [79.46] and
UP0061-2 381 [67.21] 2 CDs available separately
A
fine start to what promises to be a noble endeavour in enshrining this
Czech language classic on CD … see Full Review
BOOK
REVIEWS
MICHAEL WILLIAM BALFE (1808-1870)
His Life and his Operas by William Tyldsley Ashgate:
ISBN 0-7546-0558-2 £49
An
intriguing biography … a joy … 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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