Meister der Mozart-Zeit/Masters
of the Mozart Era Joseph
Martin KRAUS (1756-1792) Symphony
in D major Concerto Köln/Werner Erhardt
Johann Gottlieb NAUMANN
(1741-1801) Piano Concerto in B flat major
Christine Schornsheim (fortepiano) Berliner
Barock-Compagney Antonio
SALIERI (1750-1825) Symphony in
D major for chamber orchestra La Veneziana
Budapest Strings/Béla Bánfalvi
Franz Anton RÖSLER-ROSETTI
(1750-1792) Horn Concerto in E flat (1779)
Andrew Joy (horn) Kölner Rundfunkorchester/Johannes
Goritzki Carl Ditters
von DITTERSDORF (1739-1799) Symphony
in C major La prise de la Bastille
Concerto Köln/Werner Erhardt Christoph
Willibald von GLUCK (1714-1787) Overture
to Orfeo ed Euridice (1762) Ballet (Paris
Version) (1773) Kammerorchester "Carl
Philipp Emanuel Bach"/Hartmut Haenchen
Johann Georg ALBRECHTSBERGER
(1736-1809) Harp Concerto in C major (1773)
Andrea Vigh (harp) Budapest Strings/Béla
Bánfalvi Luigi
BOCCHERINI (1743-1805) String Quartet
No.19 in D major Op.15 No.1 Petersen Quartet
Giuseppe FERLENDIS
(1755-1802) Oboe Concerto in F major Burkhard
Glaetzner (oboe) Kammerorchester "Carl
Philipp Emanuel Bach"/Hartmut Haenchen
Johann Baptist VANHAL
(1739-1813) Symphony in G minor Cappella
Coloniensis/Hans-Martin Linde Johann
Christian BACH (1735-1782) Overture
to La Clemenza di Scipione Cappella
Coloniensis/Hans-Martin Linde Giovanni
PAISELLO (1740-1816) Piano Concerto
in C major Maria Luisa Tanzini (fortepiano)
Cappella Coloniensis/Gabriele Ferro François-Joseph
GOSSEC (1734-1829) Symphony in
B flat major Cappella Coloniensis/Hans-Martin
Linde Johann Baptist
WENDLING (1723-1797) Concerto for
flauto traverse and orchestra in G major Martin
Sandhoff (flauto traverse) Neue Hofkapelle
München/Christoph Hammer Carl
STAMITZ (1745-1801) Orchestra Quartet
in G major Cappella Coloniensis/Ulf Björlin
Undated German radio broadcasts in association
with Capriccio 
CAPRICCIO 67 100/02 [3 CDs: 69.36 + 71.07
+ 74.20][JW]
There’s
variety here ... encounters and discoveries
... see Full
Review
Nellie
Melba; The Hayes and
London Recordings 1921-26
see review for details
Nellie Melba (soprano - and piano on two
tracks) with An orchestra conducted by Landon
Ronald Royal Opera House Orchestra/Vincenzo
Bellezza John Brownlee (baritone) * Harold
Craxton (piano) + Landon Ronald (piano) Recorded
1921-26
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.110780 [69.37] [JW]
Her
importance is not lessened by the relative
triviality of the repertoire she essays here.
Fine transfers. ... see Full
Review
Nettle and Markham in
England Richard
ADDINSELL (1904-1977) Warsaw Concerto
Percy GRAINGER
(1882-1961) Country Gardens Ralph
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958) Fantasia
on ‘Greensleeves’ William
WALTON (1902-1983) Popular Song
(from Façade) William
WALTON (1902-1983) Tango-Pasodoble
(from Façade) Jeremy
NICHOLAS (born 1947) Quiet Peace
No.1 Madeleine DRING
(1923-1977) Fantastic Variations on ‘Lilliburlero’
No.1 Frank BRIDGE
9(1879-1941) Sally in our Alley Eric
COATES (1886-1957) By the Sleepy
Lagoon William WALTON
(1902-1983) Old Sir Faulk (from Façade)
Howard BLAKE
(born 1938) Slow Ragtime (from ‘Dances
for Two Pianos’) Howard
BLAKE (born 1938) Folk Ballad (from
‘Dances for Two Pianos’) Noel
GAY (1898-1954) The Lambeth Walk
Cyril SCOTT
(1879-1970) Lotus Land Op.47 No.1 Percy
GRAINGER (1882-1961) Lisbon (from
‘A Lincolnshire Posy’) Percy
GRAINGER (1882-1961) The Brisk
Young Sailor (from ‘A Lincolnshire Posy’)
Percy GRAINGER
(1882-1961) The Lost Lady Found (from
‘A Lincolnshire Posy’) William
WALTON (1902-1983) Swiss Yodelling
Song (from Façade) William
WALTON (1902-1983) Polka (from
Façade) Constant
LAMBERT (1905-1951) Siesta (from
‘Trois Pièces Nègres Pour Les
Touches Blanches Benjamin
BRITTEN (1913-1976) Mazurka Elegiaca
Op.23 No.2 Percy
GRAINGER (1882-1961) English Waltz
Peter WARLOCK
(1882-1961) Pavane (from ‘Capriol Suite’)
Percy GRAINGER (1882-1961)
Handel in the Strand
David Nettle and Richard Markham (pianos)
rec. 1 June 2001, King Edward’s School, Birmingham
and 30 May to 1 June 1992, Studio 1, Pebble
Mill, Birmingham. DDD
NETMARK NEMACD200 [78’03"] [RNB]
I
will be returning to these performers whenever
I need to raise a smile with entertaining
pianism. ... see Full
Review
Great
Conductors of the Twentieth Century:
Artur Rodzinski Nicolai
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) Russian
Easter Festival, Op. 36* [14’40"] Modest
MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881) Khovanshchina:
Prelude* [5’26"] Sergei
RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Symphony
No 2 in E minor, Op. 27** [42’59"] Gioacchino
ROSSINI (1792-1868) William Tell
Overture*** [11’19"] Richard
WAGNER (1813-1883) Die Walküre
The Ride of the Valkyries**** [4’55"];
Magic Fire Music**** [6’55"]; Götterdämmerung:
Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey**** [9’34"];
Funeral March**** [6’50"]; Tristan und
Isolde: Prelude to Act 1***** [10’19"];
Isoldes Liebestod***** [5’59"] Richard
STRAUSS (1864-1949): Salome: Dance
of the Seven Veils****** [9’09"]; Tod
und Verklärung, Op. 24 ****** [23’25"]
see review for details All items conducted
by Artur Rodzinski
EMI CLASSICS/IMG GREAT CONDUCTORS OF THE TWENTIETH
CENTURY 7243 5 75959 2 6 [74’59"
+ 77’37"] [JQ]
One
of the most interesting releases that I’ve
encountered in this series to date and I warmly
recommend it. ... see Full
Review
Musique
Sacrée Française Gabriel
FAURÉ
(1845-1924) Requiem* [40’41”]; Cantique de Jean
Racine [4’59”]; Ave Verum, Op. 65 No 1 [3’29”];
Salve Regina, Op. 67, No 1 [2’39”]; Ave Maria, Op. 93 [4’35”];
Messe basse [11’50”] Maurice
DURUFLÉ (1902-1986) Quatre Motets [10’04”]
Messe “Cum Jubilo” [18’33”] Olivier
MESSIAEN (1900-1992) O sacrum convivium [4’37”]
Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)
O salutaris Hostia [2’08”] Hector
BERLIOZ (1803-1869) L’Enfance du Christ –
Shepherd’s Farewell [3’25”] Charles
GOUNOD (1818-1893) Ave Maria [2’17”] César
FRANCK (1822-1890) Panis Angelicus [3’28”]
Francis POULENC (1899-1963)
Ave Verum [2’31”]; Salve Regina [4’49”]; Exultate
Deo [2’48”]; Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noël [11’10”];
Quatre Petites Prières de Saint François d’Assise
[7’06”]; Quatre Motets pour un temps de pénitence
[14’33”]
*Camilla Otaki (soprano); Mark Collins (baritone); Briony Shaw (violin)
London Musici/Martin Outram Richard Pearce (organ) Choir of Trinity
College, Cambridge directed by Richard Marlow Recording dates and locations
not given BMG
ARTISTES RÉPERTOIRES 74321 987262 [75’00”
+ 74’03”]
Performances
of the highest order and the music is exquisite. I have enjoyed this
set enormously and I’ll return to it in the future with great
pleasure. ... see Full Review
The Flute
Collection – Romantic Flute Concertos Ignaz
MOSCHELES (1794-1870)
Concertante in F major for flute, oboe and orchestra [13’34] With
Joris van den Hauwe, Oboe Gaetano DONIZETTI
(1797-1848) Concertino in D major [9’50] Jules
MOUQUET (1867-1949)Pan et les oiseaux, Op. 15 [6’53]
Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)
Tarantelle, Op. 6 for flute, clarinet and orchestra [6’42] With
Guy Vanderborght (Clarinet) Gabriel FAURÉ
(1845-1924) (orchestrated Y. TALMI)
Berceuse, Op. 16 Morceau de concours Sicilienne, Op. 78 Fantaisie, Op.
79 Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937)
(orchestrated A. HOERÉ) Pièce
en forme de Habanera Eugène DAMARÉ
(1840-1919) Le merle blanc, Op. 161 for piccolo and orchestra
All pieces for flute and orchestra unless otherwise indicated
Marc Grauwels (Flute and Piccolo) Orchestra symphonique de la Radio
& Télévision Belge/André Vandernoot Rec. Grand
Auditorium de la Radio de Bruxelles in January 1990. DDD
NAXOS 8.555977 [59’15] [C 't H]
Grauwels
is apparently one of the world’s leading
flautists, and this disc shows why. All in
all, highly recommended. ... see Full
Review
Portsmouth Remembers:
A collection of hymns, part songs and organ
pieces Henry
SMART (1813-1879) Hymn: Light's
abode, Celestial Salem (Regent Square) John
JOUBERT (b. 1927) O Lorde, the
maker of al thing Herbert
SUMSION (1899-1995) They that go
down to the sea in ships Mark
BLATCHLY (b. 1960) For the fallen
('They shall grow not old') William
P. ROWLANDS (1860-1937) Hymn: Love
Divine, all loves excelling (Blaenwern) Sir
Charles H. PARRY (1848-1918) Organ:
Chorale Prelude on Croft's 136th John
B. DYKES (1823-1876) Hymn: Eternal
Father, strong to save (Melita) Alan
GRAY (1855-1931) What are these
that glow from afar Sir
Ernest BULLOCK (1890-1979) Give
us the wings of faith Andrea
GABRIELI (1510-1586) Ricercare
IX del 12o tono Percy
DEARMER (1867-1936) Hymn: He who
would valiant be (Monk's Gate) John
IRELAND (1879-1962) Te Deum laudamus
in F Sir Charles
H. PARRY (1848-1918) Hymn: Jerusalem
Sir Michael TIPPETT
(1905-1998) Steal Away Sir
John TAVENER (b. 1944) Funeral
Ikos Gabriel FAURÉ
(1845-1924) Agnus Dei (from 'Requiem')
Karl JENKINS
(b. 1944) Benedictus (from the Mass 'The
Armed Man') Sir Henry
WALFORD DAVIES (1869-1941) Psalm
121
Organists: David Thorne, Rosemary Field
and Christopher Eastwood Portsmouth Cathedral
Choir and the Regent Brass Ensemble Organists:
David Thorne, Rosemary Field, Christopher
Eastwood Directed by Anthony Froggatt and
David Price Recorded at Portsmouth Cathedral,
England, July 1984; November 2003
GUILD GMCD 7271 [78:52] [RW]
The
boy sopranos soar effortlessly above the tenor
and bass lines, and this made the experience
rather special. ... see Full
Review
Tito Schipa
– Disques Pathé see
review for details
Tito Schipa (tenor) Unidentified accompanists
Recorded 1916-1921
MALIBRAN MR 551 [76.35] [JW]
There
are no notes but you get 25 tracks and almost
full playing time. Transfers are good without
being outstanding. ... see Full
Review
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic
Orchestra: Great Recordings from the Archives.
Volume 1: see
review for details
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
IMG ARTISTS RSPO1000-2 [eight discs] [CC]
There
is a huge amount of fascinating listening
here. No-one investing in this set will be
disappointed. Quite the reverse. ... see Full
Review
Arturo
Toscanini – All-Debussy Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Ibéria,
Prélude à l’après-midi
d’un faune, La mer, La mer in rehearsal, Broadcast
commentaries
NBC Symphony Orchestra/Arturo Toscanini Recorded
13th and 14th October
1953
GUILD GHCD 2271-72 [2 CDs: 78.12 + 67.15]
[JW]
A
collectors’ issue - extremely well produced
and presented. ... see
Full Review
Verbotene Klange.
Komponisten im Exil/Forbidden
Sounds. Composers in Exile Alexander
ZEMLINSKY (1871-1942)
Drei Ballettstücke Triumph der Zeit
(1903) Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg/Gerd
Albrecht Franz SCHRECKER
(1878-1934) Schwanensang Op.11 WDR Rundfunkchor
und Rundfunkorchester Köln/Peter Gülke
Erwin SCHULHOFF
(1894-1942) Duo for Violin and Violoncello
(1925) Gernot Süssmuth (violin) Hans-Jakob
Eschenburg (cello) Viktor
ULLMANN (1898-1944) Don Quixote
tanzt Fandango (1944) – reconstructed from
the short score by Bernhard Wulff Gürzenich
Orchester Köln/James Conlon Paul
HINDEMITH (1895-1963) Trumpet Sonata
(1939) Reinhold Friedrich (trumpet) Thomas
Duis (piano) Arnold
SCHOENBERG (1874-1951) Verklärte
Nacht for string orchestra Op.4 (1943) Camerata
Academica des Mozarteums Salzburg/Sandor Végh
Egon WELLESZ
(1885-1974) Symphonischer Epilog (1969)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/Roger
Epple Darius MILHAUD
(1892-1974) String Quartet No.1 Op.5 (1912)
Petersen Quartet Hanns
EISLER (1898-1962) Kleine Sinfonie
Op.29 (1931/32) Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester
Berlin/Hans E Zimmer Franz
WAXMAN (1906-1967) Athanael the
Trumpeter – comedy overture for trumpet and
orchestra (1944) Joachim Pliquett (trumpet)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/Hans
E Zimmer Kurt WEILL
(1900-1950) Die Dreigroschenoper (1928)
– two excerpts from historic recordings Die
Seeräuberjenny sung by Lotte Lenya Die
Moritat von Mackie Messer sung by Gisela May
with a studio orchestra/Henry Krtischl Ernst
KRENEK (1900-1991) Zwölf Variationen
in drei Sätzen Op.79 (1937) Till Alexander
Körber (piano) Paul
DESSAU (1894-1979) Hagadah Shel
Pessach; Oratorio in Three Parts (1934-36)
From Part 2 Midnight Hymn Chor des Norddeutschen
Rundfunks/Philharmonisches Staatsorchester
Hamburg/Gerd Albrecht Manfred
GURLITT (1890-1972) Wozzeck – Musical
Tragedy Op. 16 (1926) – Scenes 17, 18 and
Epilogue Wozzeck – Roland Hermann (bass baritone)
Marie – Celina Lindsley (soprano) Gabrielle
Schreckenbach (contralto)
RIAS Kammerchor/Deutsches Symphonie Orchester
Berlin/Gerd Albrecht Recorded by German radio
stations, undated
CAPRICCIO 67 097-99 [3 CDs 69.53 + 76.09
+ 56.30] [JW]
Recorded
quality from broadcast material varies ...
never less than acceptable; often much more.
Performances are fully committed, agile, idiomatic.
... see Full Review
Verbotene KLÄNGE:
Komponisten im Exil. Documentary
by Norbert Bunge and Christina Fischer-Defoy
Producer: Wolfgang Pfeiffer. Sound Format:
2.0 Stereo (Doc.); Dolby Digital 5.1 (specials).
Picture Format: NTSC. 4:3. Region Code: 0
(Worldwide).
CAPRICCIO
93 506 [72’00: Documentary: 35’00: Specials
+ 70’00: Audio] [CC]
This
is no easy ride, but is necessary viewing
for all concerned with activities in and around
Germany in the War years. ... see Full
Review
Völker Hört
Die Signale - The Internationale Unites
The Human Race: DEGEYTER
‘L'Internationale’ (Marc Ogeret)
MADSEN ‘Nar
jeg ser et roedt flag smaelde’ (Peter Abrahamson)
RENARD ‘Les
temps de cerises (Marc Ogeret) TRADITIONAL
‘En el pozo Maria Luisa’ (Nuestro Pequefio
Mundo) KLEIN
‘Komrode loost mer sangen’ (Venant Arend)
DE NOBEL
‘Morgenrood’ (De Stem des Volks) HUGHES
‘The watchword of Labour’ (Irish Transport
and General Workers' Union Band with the Guinness
Brewery Choir) GEBIRTIG
‘Arbeflose-Marsch’ (Zupfgeigenhansl) THEODORAKIS
‘Embros voithate na Sikosoume’ (Maria
Farantouri) STERNEFELD
‘ABVV-mars’ (Brecht-Eister-Koor) FUGAIN
‘Le Chiffon rouge’ (Les amies avec Michel
Fugain) AFONSO
‘Grandola villa morena’ (Jose Afonso)
TRADITIONAL
‘Brüder zur Sonnee zur Freheit’ (Hein
und Oss Kröher) TRADITIONAL
‘The red flag’ (Labour Chorus) TRADITIONAL
‘Bella ciao’ (Coro A.Toscanini di Turino)
T. PYOÖRE
‘Käy eespäin’ väki voimakas’
(Helsingin Työväenyhdistyksen Soittokunta
joht. Olavi Kosketa) BRÜGEL
‘Wir sind das Bauvolk’ (Konzertorchester
Chorvereinigung des Österreichischen
Gewerkschaftsbundes) Nils
Peter MOLLER
‘Arbetets söner’ (Chor des 26. Kongresses
der Sozialdemokratischen Arbeiterpartei 1975)
DEGEYTER ‘Die
Internationalle’ (Bundschuhchor Oldenburg)
Released by the faction of SPD party
Members of the European Parliament. First
released on vinyl in 1984, expanded new release
2004. No recording dates or venues given
THOROFON CTH 2208 [59.17] [RJF]
This
disc is recommended to all Socialist group
members of the European Parliament who should
have a bag of discs readily available for
distribution to the party faithful. ... see
Full Review
Willard White
(bass-baritone) Traditional
(arranged by Carl Davis) ‘Go down Moses’;
‘Deep River’; ‘Didn’t my Lord deliver Daniel’
Wolfgang Amadeus
MOZART (1756-1791) Don Giovanni,
‘Fin ch’han dal vino’ Georges
Charles GOUNOD (1818-1893) Faust,
‘Vous qui faites l’endormie’ Georges
BIZET (1838-1870) Les Pecheurs
de perles, ‘Au fond du temple saint’
(with Bonaventura Bottone, tenor) Sergey
PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Cinderella,
‘Ballroom Waltz and Midnight’ (Orchestra
only) Aaron COPLAND
(1900-1990) Five Old American Songs:
‘The Boatman’s dance’, ‘The Dodger’,
‘Long time ago’, ‘Simple Gifts’, ‘I bought
me a cat’ Carl DAVIS
‘On the beach at midnight alone’
(Orchestra only) Robert
Russell BENNETT (1894-1981) ‘Gershwin
in Hollywood’ (Orchestra only) Richard
RODGERS (1902-1979) South
Pacific, ‘Some enchanted evening’
George GERSHWIN
(1898-1937) Porgy and Bess, ‘I
got plenty o’ nuttin’ Jerome
KERN (1885-1945) Show Boat,
‘Ol Man River’ Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Orchestra/Carl Davis Recorded live at Liverpool
Philharmonic Hall on Dec. 31st 1998 and at
Leeds Castle (Bizet and Davis) 1999 REGIS
RRC 1176 [62.55] [RJF]
For
those who like the programme, or the too rarely
recorded singing of Willard White, this is
a worthwhile issue well recorded and at bargain
price too. ... 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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