À
Trois: Astor
PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992) Libertango;
Tanti Anni Prima; Escualo. Nadia
BOULANGER (1887-1979) Trois
Pièces; Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Sonata
No. 1 BWV 1027 (arr. Holger Reuning); Sergei
RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Danse
Oriental Op. 2 No. 2; Radames
GNATTALI (1906-1979) unidentified
piece; George BIZET
(1838-1875) Carmen Suite (arr.
Maxine Neuman); Sergei
RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Vocalise
Op. 34 No. 14
Belmont Trio rec. 11-13 November 2002.
Auferstehungskirche Oberaudorf. DDD
THOROFON CLASSICS CTH2479 [60’20] [NL]
I
can recommend this disc to those who enjoy
cello and guitar music ... Listened to individually,
there is much pleasure to be gained but the
sum is less than the parts. ... see Full
Review
Géza Anda
(1921-76) Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Piano
Sonata No.7 in D major, Op.10 No.3 [20:17]
Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
Symphonic Études (in the form of
variations), Op.13 [21:55] Béla
BARTÓK (1881-1945) Suite
for Piano, Sz62 (Op.14) [9:25] Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Variations on
a Theme by Paganini, Op.35 [18:39]
Géza Anda (piano) Rec. Freemason’s
Hall, Edinburgh Festival, 23 August 1955.
ADD
BBC LEGENDS IMG ARTISTS/BBCL 4135-2
[70:50] [AN]
A
lyrical pleasure ... emotional tenderness
and humanity, Anda breathes life across a
generous gamut of musical expression. ...
see Full Review
Martha
Argerich/Ivry Gitlis Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Piano
Concerto No 2 Op.19 + Joseph
HAYDN (1732-1809) Keyboard Concerto
Hob.XVIII-II + César
FRANCK (1822-1890) Violin Sonata
* Claude DEBUSSY
(1862-1918) Violin Sonata * Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Fantasie Op.17
Fantasiestücke Op.12
Martha Argerich (piano) Ivry Gitlis (violin)
* London Sinfonietta/Martha Argerich (piano
and direction) + Recorded 1976-80
RCA RED SEAL 74321 988362 [2 CDs: 74.08
+ 64.18] [JW]
Lissom
drive, rhythmic verve and incision ... a penetrating
stillness and beauty of tone ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN OF THE MONTH Sir
Thomas Beecham (1879-
1961) - Great Conductors of the 20th Century
CD
1 Gioacchino ROSSINI
William Tell Overture Antonín
DVOŘÁK Legend No. 2 Richard
WAGNER Das Rheingold - Entry of
Gods into Valhalla Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART Divertimento No.
15 Frederick DELIUS
Appalachia Carl
Maria von WEBER Der Freischütz
Overture CD 2 Nikolai
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Antar Symphony
Felix MENDELSSOHN
Song without words Op. 102 Nos
2 and 3 Peter Ilyich
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 George
Frideric HANDEL Amaryllis Suite
- Sarabande Edith Furmedge (soprano) Margaret
Field-Hyde (soprano) Sylvia Patriss (alto)
Gwladys Garside (mezzo-soprano) Walter Widdop
(tenor) George Chitty (tenor) Theo Herrmann
(bass) Cuthbert Matthews (baritone) Cuthbert
Matthews (bar) (Delius) Royal Opera Amateur
Chorus (Delius) London Philharmonic Orchestra
(Rossini, Dvořák, Weber, Delius); Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra (rest) Rec. mono and
stereo (only I from Tchaikovsky) - 1934-1958.
ADD EMI CLASSICS/IMG 575938-2 [2CDs:
] [RB]
Some
very special music making here and invaluable
in its wholesale publication of many previously
unissued originals. A stunner. ... see Full
Review
Bells for Stokowski
Tielman
SUSATO (d. c.1561) The
Danserye (1551) - Selections arranged by Patrick
Dunnigan Ralph VAUGHAN
WILLIAMS (1872-1958) English Folk
Song Suite (1923) David
DEL TREDICI (b.1937) In Wartime
(2003) Michael DAUGHERTY
(b.1954) Bells for Stokowski (2002)
The University of Texas Wind Ensemble/Jerry
Junkin Recorded at the Festival-Institute
at Round Top, Texas, May 2003
REFERENCE RECORDINGS RR 104CD [64.49]
[JW]
There’s
something for everyone and very attractively
played too. ... see Full
Review
RECORDING OF THE MONTH Les
Chemins d’Amour Francis
POULENC (1899-1963)
Le
sommeil; Quelle aventure; La reine de cœur;
Ba, be, bi, bo, bu; Les anges musiciens; Le
carafon; Lune d’avril; Violon; C’est ainsi
que tu es; Dernier poème; Les chemins
d’amour Claude DEBUSSY
(1862-1918) Chevaux de bois; Beau
soir; Fleurs des blés; Rondel chinois;
Nuit d’étoiles Henri
DUPARC (1848-1933) Extase; Au pays
où se fait la guerre; Chanson triste;
Soupir; Le manoir de Rosemonde; Elégie;
Phidylé; L’invitation au voyage
Olga Pasiecznik (soprano), Ewa Pobłocka
(piano) Recorded at the National Philharmonic
Concert Hall, Warsaw, 5th-6th
January and 25th-26th
February 2002
CD ACCORD ACD 078-2 [68:13] [CH]
It
would be difficult to imagine a better duo
partnership for this music, in whose hands
it wafts in and out of the consciousness as
a perfect musical equivalent of Marcel Proust.
... see Full Review
Great
Conductors of the 20th Century: Karl BÖHM
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Overture:
Cosí fan tutte (1790) Philharmonia
Orchestra
Rec. September 1962, Kingsway Hall, London
Anton BRUCKNER
(1824-1896) Symphony No. 8 (Nowak edition,
1890) WDR Sinfonieorchester, Köln Rec.
27 September 1974, Bismarksaal, Cologne Joseph
HAYDN (1732-1809) Symphony No.
91 in E flat major (1788)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Rec. 22 September
1973, Musikverein, Vienna Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Symphony No.
9 in C major (1825)
Dresden Staatskapelle
Rec. 12 January 1979, Kulturpalast, Dresden
EMI CLASSICS/IMG ARTISTS 7243 5 75944 2 [2CDs:
78.50+77.44] [TB]
This
is a fascinating example of the central achievements
of a great conductor. ... see Full
Review
The British Cello
Phenomenon CD1 Douglas
Cameron/National Symphony Orchestra ROSSINI
William Tell Overture (Part I) [3'22"]
John Barbirolli/Ethel Bartlett BACH
Gamba Sonata BWV1027 Adagio [4'20"]
W.H. Squire/Hamilton Harty Benjamin
GODARD
Berceuse de Jocelyn [3'32"] Beatrice
Harrison/Orchestra/Eric Fenby DELIUS
Elegy [3'19"] Cedric Sharpe/Cecil
Dixon POPPER
Polonaise de Concert Op. 14 [3'43"]
Felix Salmond GRIEG
To Spring [2'59"] Lauri Kennedy/Dorothy
Kennedy POPPER
Hungarian Fantasy [4'29"] Anthony
Pini/Orchestra SAINT-SAËNS
Softly Wakes My Heart from Samson
and Dalila Op. 47 [2'54"] Raymond
Clark/Orchestra of the ROH, Covent Garden/Constant
Lambert TCHAIKOVSKY
Sleeping Beauty Op 66/ Vision Scene
(Act II) [4'33"] Reg Kilbey/Jack
Byfield MASSENET
Elégie [3'59"] Denis
Vigay/Academy of St Martins/Neville Marriner
SUPPÉ
Overture 'Morning, Noon and Night'
(Part) [3'20"] Alan Dalziel/John Constable
FAURÉ
Elégie [6'29"] Thomas Igloi/Clifford
Benson FAURÉ
Sonata No. 2 Op. 117: Andante [6'08"]
Keith Harvey/Lynn Hendry DEBUSSY
arr. HARVEY
Prélude à l'après-midi
d'un faune [8'30"] Jacqueline
du Pré/Christopher Finzi/Newbury
String Players RUBBRA
Soliloquy [16'24"] [CD2] Norman
Jones/Philharmonia/Gardelli VERDI
Overture to 'I Masnadieri' (part) [4'24"]
Derek Simpson/Ernest Lush SCHUBERT
Arpeggione Sonata: III Allegretto [9'53"]
Douglas Cummings BACH
Suite in d BWV 1008 Allemande [4'10"];
Courante [2'36"] Moray Welsh DUTILLEUX
Strophe No. 3 [2’41"] Chris
van Kampen/Ian Brown JANÁČEK
Pohadka III [3'46"]
Raphael Wallfisch/Lynn Hendry CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
Figaro [5'31"] Colin Carr KODALY
Solo Sonata Op. 8 Allegro molto vivace
[11'39"] Alexander Baillie/Dominic
Harlan GLIÈRE
Albumblätter: No.5 [2'31"];
No.12 [2'13"] Robert Cohen/Bournemouth
Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Litton WALTON
Concerto: II Allegro appassionato [6'24"]
Steven Isserlis/Stephen Hough FAURÉ
Après un Rêve [3'25"]
Tim Hugh HANDEL/HALVORSEN
Theme and Variations [5'36"] Clive
Greensmith/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Carl
Davis WOOD
‘Tom Bowling' from Fantasia on British
Sea Songs [2'03"] Paul Watkins/BBC
Symphony Orchestra HOLST
Invocation [9'53"] Rec 1930s-1990s;
mono/stereo
CELLO CLASSICS CC1010 [77.45+79.23]
[RB]
Cello
enthusiasts as well as young and aspiring
players, Du Pré collectors and British
music fans will find this set packed with
discoveries; absolutely fascinating. ... see
Full Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH
Fancy That! John
DANKWORTH (b.1927) Suite
for Emma Leonard
BERNSTEIN (1917-1990) Sonata
for clarinet and piano Arthur
BENJAMIN (1893-1960) Le Tombeau
de Ravel Sergei
RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Vocalise
Robert MUCZYNSKI
(b.1929) Time Pieces André
PREVIN (b.1929) Passing Fancy
Fancy Passing
Alan Vivian, clarinet; Susanne Powell, piano
Recorded at Llewellyn Hall, Canberra, ACT,
Australia, August 1998
REVOLVE AJM1314 [66:12] [GPJ]
A
most distinguished disc, beautifully planned
and executed, and the recording is ideal.
... see Full Review
The
French Connection André
CAPLET (1879-1925)
Quintette (1898) [27:07] Albert
ROUSSEL (1869-1937)Divertissement,
op. 6 (1905) [6:57] Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) (arr.
Arie Boers)Six Épigraphes Antiques
(1914/1987) [16:37]Joseph
JONGEN (1873-1953)
Rhapsody, op. 70 (1922) [18:03]
The
Hexagon Ensemble: Wout van den Berg, flute,
Henk Swinnen, oboe, Arno van Houtert, clarinet,
Freek Sluijs, bassoon, Christiaan Boers, horn,
Hans Eijsackers, piano Rec. Muziekcentrum
van de Omroep, Hilversum, Netherlands, no
dates given. DDD
ETCETERA KTC 1259 [68:20]
[KS]
There
is nothing here that does not delight the
ear. Recommended without hesitation. ... see
Full
Review
Enrico CARUSO,
tenor (1873-1921): The Complete
Recordings. Volume 12 (1919-1920)
Recorded in Camden, New Jersey, in September
1919, January, and September 1920. Accompanied
by the ‘Victor Orchestra’/Josef Pasternack
except tr.18 played by the ‘Victor military
band’
NAXOS HISTORICAL ‘GREAT SINGERS SERIES’ 8.110753
[68.50] [RJF]
The
final distinguished volume in Ward Marston’s
re-masterings of Caruso’s Victor recordings
... see Full Review
Great Conductors of
the 20th Century: Albert
COATES (1882-1953) Carl
Maria von WEBER (1786-1926) Oberon:
Overture (KH, 25th October
1926) Franz LISZT
(1811-1886) Mephisto Waltz no. 1 (KH,
14th October 1930) Alexander
BORODIN (1833-1887) Symphony no.
2 in b (KH, 5th-6th
November 1929) Nicolai
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) Mlada:
Procession of the Nobles (KH, 14th
October 1930) Piotr
Ilych TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Francesca
da Rimini, op. 32 (KH, 9th-10th October 1930)
Modest MUSSORGSKY
(1839-1881) Sorochintsy Fair: Gopak
(KH, 23rd October 1929) Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937) La Valse (QH,
26th March 1926) Richard
WAGNER (1813-1883) Tannhäuser:
Overture (KH, 16th September
1926), Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods,
Die Walküre: Magic Fire Music,
Götterdämmerung: Siegfried’s
Rhine Journey (QH, 26th January
1926), Tristan und Isolde: Love Duet*
(Berlin, 13th September 1929, KH,
6th May 1929) Engelbert
HUMPERDINCK (1854-1921) Hänsel
und Gretel: Prelude (KH, 26th
October 1926) Richard
STRAUSS (1864-1949) Tod und Verklärung
(KH, 12th October 1928)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra (first part of
Tristan extract), London Symphony Orchestra
(all others)/Albert Coates Dates and locations
as above (KH = Kingsway Hall, London, QH =
Queen’s Hall, London) Great Conductors Of
The Twentieth Century Vol. 17
EMI CLASSICS/IMG ARTISTS CZS 5 75486 2 [2
CDs: 79:03+78:48] [CH]
Some
thrilling music-making from an unjustly forgotten
figure. ... see Full
Review
Cancion
De Cuna:
Guitar Music from Cuba - Marco Tamayo
Edward
SIMON (b. 1969) El manicero (The
Peanut Seller) [4:33] Nico
ROJAS (b. 1921) Gunyun – El maestro
[2:10]; En
el abra del Yumuri (In Yumuri Bay) [4:52];
Francito y Alfronsito [2:38];
Lilliam [4:21];
Guajira a mi madre (Guajira for
my mother) [4:10] Carlos
FARINAS (1934-2002) Preludio [3:41]
Aldo RODRIGUEZ (b.
1955) Cancion [3:03]; Danza [1:52] Harold
GRAMATGES (b. 1918) Suite breve
[8:01] Leo BROUWER
(b. 1939) Cancion de cuna (Berceuse)
[4:04]; Zapateo [2:19];
Ojos brujos (Bewitching eyes) [2:41]
Carlos FARINAS (b.
1918) Cancion triste (Sad song) [2:55]
Hector ANGULO (b.
1932) Cantos Yoruba de Cuba [13:58]
Marco Tamayo (guitar)Rec. St. John Chrysostom
Church, New Market, Ontario, Canada, 17-20
December 2002 DDD
NAXOS 8.555887[65:31] [MC]
No
problem with the sound quality here and an
exceedingly well performed release ... see
Full Review
Enrico Caruso –
A life in words and music
Enrico Caruso (tenor) Written and Narrated
by David Timson
NAXOS 8.558131-34 [4 CDs: 59.57+58.55+64.21+62.32]
[RH]
The
story of Caruso’s life, interspersed with
thirty of his finest recordings. A fascinating,
illuminating and well-put-together set. ...
see Full Review
Pablo CASALS (1876-1973)
- Encores and Transcriptions: Volume 2
Naxos - Historical Great Cellists Series for
track listing see review
Pablo Casals (cello) Nicolai Mednikoff
(piano) tracks 1-4 Blas Net (piano) tracks
5-17 Otto Schulhoff (piano) tracks 18-20 London
Symphony Orchestra/Pablo Casals (conductor)
track 21 Historical recordings made at various
locations between 1927-1930 ADD
NAXOS 8.110976 [74.47] [MC]
A
fine historical document of the wonderful
playing of Pablo Casals ... mainly for cello
aficionados. ... see Full
Review
THE CONVICT HARPSICHORDISTDomenico
SCARLATTI (1685
- 1757) Sonata
in F minor K 386, Sonata in F minor K 387,
Sonata in E major K 380, Sonata in E major
K 381, Sonata in D major K 32, Sonata in D
major K 33 Pietro
Domenico PARADIES (1707 - 1791) Sonata
no. 10 in D major Johan
Sebastian BACH (1685 - 1750) Prelude
and Fugue no. 24 in D Major BWV 893 Prelude
and Fugue no. 15 in G major BWV 884 George
Frideric HANDEL (1685 - 1759) Suite
no. 5 in E major Padre
Antonio SOLER (1729 - 1783) Sonata
in C minor R18, Sonata in C minor R19 Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756 - 1791) Ah
vous dirai-je Maman KV265 Ron
NOGORCKA (b. 1948) This Beauteous
Wicked Place
Elizabeth Anderson (harpsichord) Recorded
2003, Move Records, Eaglemont, Australia
MOVE MD3242 [58.07] [RH]
An
fascinating recital themed around the first
harpsichord (and harpsichordist) to arrive
in Australia in 1804 ... see
Full Review
Dances of our Time
Steven STUCKY
(b.1949) Dream
Waltzes (1986) [14’13] Chen
YI (b.1953) Duo Ye (1985)
[7’38] Arturo MARQUEZ
(b.1950) Danzon No.2 (1993) [9’31]
Bruce MacCROMBIE
(b.1943) Chelsea Tango (1991) [11’05]
Wojciech KILAR
(b.1932) Krzesany (1974) [14’49]
Singapore Symphony Orchestra/Lan Shui
Recorded at Victoria Concert Hall, Singapore,
January 2002
BIS CD 1192 [58’49] [TH]
It
makes a modern counterpart to the ‘orchestral
lollipops’, or ‘concert-hall encores’ discs
we all used to love, and is equally enjoyable
on those terms. ... see Full
Review
Panayiotis DEMOPOULOS
- Nuages Franz
LISZT (1811-1886)
Nuages gris (Gray Clouds) (1881)
[3:45]; La lugubre gondola I (The Funeral
Gondola I) (1882) [4:07];
Unstern (Evil star) (1880-86)
[5:35]; Vallée
d’Obermann (1848-54) [15:24] Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Sonata
No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 [20:51] Panayiotis
DEMOPOULOS (b. 1977)
Tetractys for solo piano (2000)
[8:18]
Panayiotis Demopoulos, piano Rec. 18
April, 28 May 2003, Whiteley Hall, Chetham’s
School of Music, Manchester. DDD
DUNELM RECORDS DRD0213 [58:00] [PG]
Nothing
particularly off-putting ... harmless enough.
Hardly seems enough for a solid recommendation.
Better luck on his next effort. ... see Full
Review
Explorations
Kenneth LEIGHTON
(1929-1988) Prelude,
Hymn and Toccata Op. 96 (1987) Anthony
HEDGES (b. 1931) Three Explorations
Op. 145 (2002) Sonata Op. 53 (1974)
Five Aphorisms Op. 113 (1990) Gustav
HOLST (1874-1934) arr. Vally
LASKER 1885-1978) Japanese Suite
Op. 33 (1915) Ronald
STEVENSON (b. 1928)
Two Chinese Folk-Songs (1966)
Anthony Goldstone and Caroline Clemmow (pianos)
Recorded in the Church of St. John the Baptist,
Alkborough, North Lincolnshire, 2003 DDD
THE DIVINE ART 25024 [76:51] [CT]
An
interesting programme capped by Kenneth Leighton’s
compelling Prelude, Hymn and Toccata. ...
see Full Review
The Gigli Edition
- Volume 4: Camden and New York Recordings
1926-27.
Beniamino Gigli (tenor) Orchestras conducted
by Josef Pasternack, Nathaniel Shilkret and
Rosario Bourdon Recorded New York and Camden,
1926-27
NAXOS 8.110265 [67.15] [JW]
The
pleasure of Gigli’s voice, heard in all its
resplendent youthful ardour, never pales.
... see Full Review
Carlo Maria Giulini: Classic Archive Modest
MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881) Pictures
at an Exhibitiona (1874) (orch.
Ravel) [32’44]. Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Symphony
No. 40 in G minor, K550b (1788)
[24’24]. Manuel de
FALLA (1876-1946) El sombrero
de tres picos (1919) – Suite No. 2b[13’20].
Giuseppe VERDI
(1813-1901) Les Vêpres siciliennes
– Overturec (1855) [10’07].
aPhilharmonia Orchestra, bcNew
Philharmonia Orchestra/Carlo Maria Giulini.
Rec. aWatford Town Hall, London,
on March 3rd, 1964, Fairfield Hall,
Croydon, on bDecember 2nd,
1964, cJanuary 12th 1968.
Also includes rehearsal sequence of Guido
Cantelli rehearsing Rossini’s Semiramide Overture
with the Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala,
filmed in the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, in 1950
[3’47].
EMI
CLASSIC ARCHIVE DVA 4901149 [84’20] [CC]
This
is one of the best Pictures I have heard and
it is for this, above all, that this DVD is
most valuable. ... see Full
Review
Compilation: Glyndebourne
Gala Evening see review
for details ARTHAUS
DVD Video 100 432 [112 mins]
A
fine souvenir of a glittering gala celebrating,
with popular operatic excerpts, the first
triumphant sixty years or so of Glyndebourne.
... see Full
Review
Jascha Heifetz Live.
Volume 4: Never before published and rare
live recordings Introducing
Mr Heifetz Maurice
RAVEL Tzigane * Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Suite
No. 3 in D – Second Movement; Air on the G
string * Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1659-1695) Violin
Concerto in D No. 4 K218 # Edvard
GRIEG (1843-1907) Violin Sonata
No.3 in C minor Op.45 – Allegro espressivo
alla Romanza + Grigoras
DINICU Hora Staccato arr. Heifetz
* Nicolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Flight of the Bumble-Bee < Giacomo
ROSSINI Paraphrase on Largo
al Factotum from The Barber of Seville
arr. Castelnuovo- Tedesco* Percy
GRAINGER Londonderry Air + CROWTHER
Gweedore Brae * CHAUSSON
Poème * Pablo
de SARASATE Zapateado
* Jascha Heifetz (violin) Boston Symphony
Orchestra/Serge Koussevitzky # The Bell Telephone
Orchestra/Donald Voorhees * The Bell Telephone
Orchestra/Robert Armsbruster < Emmanuel
Bay (piano) + Recorded 1942-1950s
CEMBAL D’AMOUR CD120 [72.23]
Though
not all is gold here, there’s plenty that
Heifetz admirers will want. Inimitable and
unignorable he continues to excite. ... see
Full Review
Jascha Heifetz Live.
Volume 5: Never before published and rare
live recordings Lionel
Barrymore introduces Jascha Heifetz Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Hungarian Dance
No.1 in G (arr. Joachim) Camille
SAINT-SAËNS Introduction and
Rondo Capriccioso The Swan + C.C.
WHITE Levee Dance Mario
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO Violin Concerto
No. 2 – Second Movement Erich
KORNGOLD Suite; March Ado About
Nothing – March Sergei
PROKOFIEV Four Pieces Op.32 - Gavotte
+ Romeo and Juliet Op.75 – Pieces No. 5; Masques
# Claude DEBUSSY
Beau Soir + Clair de Lune Louis
GRUENBERG Violin Concerto – Second
Movement Cecil BURLEIGH
Giant Hills Pyotr
Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Mélodie
Edouard LALO Symphonie
Espagnole Op.21 – Andante Maurice
RAVEL Habanera + Pablo
de SARASATE Romanza Andaluza
Jascha Heifetz (violin) The Bell Telephone
Orchestra/Donald Voorhees * Emmanuel Bay (piano)
+ Milton Kaye (piano) # Recorded 1943-50
CEMBAL D’AMOUR CD121 [63.06] [JW]
A
sumptuous array of encore material in more
of less decent sound ... see Full
Review
Italian Popular
Songs: Vol. 1
Sung by: Jussi Björling, Tito Schipa,
Beniamino Gigli, Joseph Schmidt and others
No venues, orchestras or conductors indicated
Record 1926-1953 in USA. Italy, Germany, Stockholm
and England.
NAXOS HISTORICAL. 8.110768 [78.17]
[RJF]
Do
you find their equal in those who have recorded
in the last 30 years with modern technology?
I do not, so enjoy the excellent singing skills
that characterise and illuminate so much of
this disc ... see Full
Review
The Magic of
Kasarova
Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo-soprano), orchestras/conductors
see review For such locations and dates as
are given, see review
BMG CLASSICS/RCA RED SEAL 82876 51933 2 [79:57]
[CH]
Most
of the recital and sets from which these items
come are worth having so I wonder how much
point there is to this compilation. Of the
two live items, one is disappointing. ...
see Full Review
Nancy Ambrose King plays Oboe Concertos
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Oboe
Concerto in C K314 (1777) Eugene
GOOSSENS (1893-1962) Oboe Concerto
in One Movement (1927) Ralph
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
(1872-1958) Concerto for Oboe and Strings
in A minor (1944) Bohuslav
MARTINŮ (1890-1959) Concerto
for Oboe and Small Orchestra (1955)
Nancy Ambrose King (oboe) Janáček Philharmonic
Orchestra Jeremy Swerling Recorded Vitkovice
Dům Kulture, Ostrava, September 2000
and January 2002
CALA CACD 1035 [68.66] [JW]
The
repertoire and performances are of serious
interest to many and more than welcome. ...
see Full Review
Elena Kuschnerova
(piano) Pyotr
Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Theme
and Variations Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Faschingsschwank
aus Wien Op.26 Fryderyk
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Nocturne in
D flat Charles GOUNOD
(1818-1893) Faust – Waltz arr. Franz
LISZT (1811-1886) Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Images – Book
I Sergei PROKOFIEV
(1891-1953) Piano Sonata No 3
Elena Kuschnerova (piano) Recorded in
the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory,
1996
BELLA MUSICA BM 31.2173 [71.27] [JW]
Thoughtfulness
and a deft ear for colour inform this recital.
... acutely judged poetry. The finesse of
her playing is irreproachable. ... 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]