Eugen d’Albert
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Piano
Concerto No. 5 Emperor – First Movement
# Ecossaises in E flat arr d’Albert Violin
Sonata No. 5 Spring – Scherzo and Rondo
* Carl Maria von
WEBER Aufforderung zum Tanz Op.
65 Franz LISZT
(1811-1886) Au Bord d’une Source Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Capriccio in
B minor Op. 76/2 Eugen
d’ALBERT (1864-1932) Die Toten
Augen; Lied der Myrtocle Tiefland; Zwischenspiel
Tiefland; Schau her, das ist ein Taler +<
Gavotte and Minuet Op. 1 No. 4 Scherzo Op.
16/2 Wolfgang Amadeus
MOZART (1756-1791) Violin Sonata
in C – Andante ostenuto * Fryderyk
CHOPIN Nocturne in F sharp Op.
15/2 Waltz in A flat Op. 42 Etude in F minor
Op. 25/2 Etude in G flat Op. 25/9 Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Impromptus
No. 3 and 4 in B flat and F minor D946 Marche
Militaire in D Op. 51/1 D733 
Eugen d’Albert (piano) with
Andreas Weissgerber (violin) in the Mozart
and Beethoven Violin Sonatas * Berlin Orchestra
conducted by Bruno Seidler-Winkler # Gotthilf
Pistor (tenor) Recorded 1912-30
SYMPOSIUM 1146 [78.30] [JW]
I
can’t imagine any pianophile willingly renouncing
the chance to make the acquaintance of so
various, so remarkable a musician. … see Full
Review
Philip Amalong, piano Johann
Sebastian BACH
(1685 - 1750) Das
Wohltemperierte Klavier book I: Prelude
and Fugue in Bb [6.15] Johannes
BRAHMS (1832 -1897) Ballades, Op.
10 (1854): #1 in d, "Edward" [4.06];
#2 in D [6.22] Alberto
Ginastera (1916 - 1983) Piano Sonata
#1, Op. 22 (1952) [15.04] Sergei
PROKOFIEV (1891 - 1953) Ten piano
pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75
(1935): Romeo bids Juliet farewell [7.48]
Enrique GRANADOS
(1867 - 1916) Quejas ó La Maja
y el Ruiseñor [6.48] Fr.
Angelo A. DELLA PICCA (b.1923) Rondo
Capriccioso (on a theme by Mascagni) (?) [7.39]
Philip Amalong, piano Two pages of notes
in English. Photograph of the performer. "Enhanced
CD" (See Review) material by TVAcom,
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Recording dates and
locations not given.
EROICA JDT 3119 [54.02] [PSh]
Beautifully
played piano music selected for a rainy afternoon
and featuring a remarkable Ginastera Op. 22
... see Full Review
Amours, Zéphyrs
and Sirènes Marcello
UCELLINI (1603-1680)
Aria decimal terza Sopra ‘Questa Bella
Sirena’, (1645) Bellerofonte
CASTALDI (1580/1-1649) Sonata 7
Tarquino MERULA (1595-1665)
Chiacona a 3, (1637) Girolamo
FRESCOBALDI (1583-1643) Canzona
quinta detta ‘La Tromboncina’, (1628) Andrea
FALCONIERI (1585-1656) La Gioiosa
fantasia, (1650) Giovanni
BASSANO (c.1558-1656) Suzanne un
jour (1591), after Rolande de Lassus Bellerofonte
CASTALDI (1580/1-1649) Sonata 5
Salmone ROSSI (1570-1649)
Sonate Duodecima, sopra ‘La Bergamasca’
Giovanni CIMA (1570-after
11622) Sonata a 3, (1610) after
Cipriano de RORE (1515/16-1665) Anchor
che col partire Giovanni
Battista BUONAMENTE (died 1642) Sonata
Decima, sopra ‘Cavaletto zoppo’ (1628) Girolamo
FRESCOBALDI (1583-1643) Toccata
cromatica per l’Elevazione (1635) Bartolomeo
d SELMA Y SALAVERDE (died 1638) Vestiva
i colli (1638), after Palestrina Andrea
FALCONIERI (1585-1656) Bayle de
los dichos Diablos (1650) Girolamo
FRESCOBALDI (1583-1643) Canzon
decimaterza ditto ‘La Bianchina’ (1628) Salmone
ROSSI (1570-1649) Sinfonia a 3
(1608) Bellerofonte
CASTALDI (1580/1-1649) Ritornello
primo Giovanni Battista
BUONAMENTE (died 1642) Gagliarda
Decima (1626) Andrea
FALCONIERI (1585-1656) Fantasia
Padre Falla (1650) Andrea
FALCONIERI (1585-1656) Folias echa
para mi senora dona Tarolilla de Caralenos
(1650)
La Turbulente (Susi Möhlmeier (flutes/recorders),
Frédérique Thouvenot (flutes/recorders),
Claire Giardelli (cello and piccolo violoncello),
Mirella Giardelli (harpsichord and organ),
Pascal Monteilhet (theorbo and archlute))
Recorded October 2002 in Olivier Messiaen
Hall, Grenoble
NAÏVE E 8884 [55.06]
[RH]
An
interesting exploration of the development
of Italian instrumental music, with some wonderfully
infectious playing. … see Full
Review
Claudio Arrau
(piano) Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Piano
Concerto No. 1 in D minor Op. 15 (1854-58)
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Piano Sonata No. 21 in C minor
Op. 53 Waldstein (1803-04)
Claudio Arrau (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra/Basil
Cameron Recorded London 1947
URANIA SP 4216 [72.07] [JW]
Arrau:
two examples of a self he later came to disavow
but whose virtues are still illuminating and
necessary. … see Full
Review
Awake Sweet
Love - English Lute Songs by Dowland and
Purcell CD1
John DOWLAND
(1564-1626) First Book of Songs (1597)
Complete Rufus Muller (tenor); Christopher
Wilson (lute) CD2 Henry
PURCELL (1658-1695) Fifteen Songs:
Crown the Altar, If music be the food of love
and By Beauteous Softness from the Birthday
Ode to Queen Mary (1689); Strike the Viol
from Come ye sons of Art (1694); In the Black
Dismal Dungeon of Despair and Evening Hymn
words by Dr. William Fuller; Music for a while
from Oedipus ; Since from my dear Astrea’s
Sight’ from Diocletian; Thrice Happy’ and
‘One Charming Night’ from ‘The Fairy Queen’
(1692); Here the deities approve from ‘Welcome
to all pleasures’(1683); Tis Nature’s Voice
from ‘Ode on St.Cecilia’s day’(1692); O Solitude
words by Katherine Philips; ‘Sweeter than
Roses’ from ‘Pausanius’. Incassum, Lesbia’
from Elegy on Queen Mary’s death; (1695)
Michael Chance (counter-tenor); Nigel
North (archlute/theorbo), Richard Boothby
(viola da gamba); Maggie Cole (harpsichord)
Recorded at Toddington Church, Gloucestershire,
1993
BRILLIANT CLASSICS 92137 [74.32+55.57]
[GH]
This
super-budget price set is a very good place
to start a collection of early English songs.
Both composers are connected by the importance
they placed on the text and on expressing
it. … see Full
Review
Bamboo Dream
– The Cloudgate Dance Theatre of Taiwan A
film danced to the music of Arvo
PÄRT, choreographed by Lin
Hwai-Min Fratres – for piano and violin
– Gidon Kremer (violin) and Keith Jarrett
(piano) Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
– Staatsorchester Stuttgart conducted
by Dennis Russel Davies Fratres – for
12 cellos – The 12 cellists of the Berlin
Philharmonic Orchestra Tabula Rasa –
Gidon Kremer (violin), Tatjana Grindenko (violin)
and Alfred Schnittke (prepared piano), with
the Lithuanian Chamber Music Orchestra conducted
by Saulus Sondeckis. Darfe ich – Gidon
Kremer (violin) and Kremerata Baltica. Flute
– Huang Sheng-Kai Directed by Ross MacGibbon.
(DVD).
ARTHAUS
MUSIK 100 378 [63 minutes plus 25 minutes
extras] [JPh]
I
do urge you to see this … visually stunning,
danced superbly by all, and the music is wonderful.
This is a fusion of eastern and western dance
techniques, and I haven’t seen better. … see
Full Review
Sir
Thomas Beecham - The CBS collection
Sir Thomas
Beecham conducts orchestral favourites
Franz
SUPPÉ Morning,
Noon and Night in Vienna Overture [8.22]
Johann STRAUSS II
Morning Papers Waltz Op.
279 [7.58] Georges
BIZET La Jolie Fille de Perth
selection [19.49] Luigi
BOCCHERINI Overture in D [7.43]
Gioachino ROSSINI
La Cambiale de Matrimonio overture
[5.38] Jacques OFFENBACH
Les Contes de Hoffman -
suite [12.38] Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART German Dance Die
Schlittenfahrt K605 [2.59] German March
in D Haffner K249 [2.58] Emmanuel
CHABRIER España - Rhapsodie
[6.34]
Royal Philharmonic Chorus (Offenbach)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham
rec. 1950-53, London. mono
SONY CLASSICAL SMK91185 [73.38] [RB]
Lollipops
despatched with panache - a Beecham speciality.
... see Full
Review
Sir
Thomas Beecham conducts Dvořák, Balakirev
and Rimsky-Korsakov Antonín
DVOŘÁK
(1841-1904) Symphonic
Variations Op. 78 Mily
Alexeyevich BALAKIREV (1837-1910) Tamar
– symphonic poem Nicolai
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) Le
Coq d’Or Suite
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas
Beecham Recorded 1951-54
SONY CLASSICAL SMK91171 [66.39] [JW]
This
is a well-documented and cannily programmed
entrant into the happily formidably well-equipped
Beecham catalogue – long may it continue.
… see Full
Review
BERLIN CABARET
MUSIC Es Lag In Der Luft
AKADEMIE DER KÜNSTE 0014642TLR [78.13]
A
fine panoramic sweep to this Weimar cabaret
salute. … see Full
Review
BERLIN CABARET
MUSIC (2) Bei uns um die Gedächtniskirche
rum…Berlin Caberet.
Friedrich Holländer und das Kabarett
der zwanziger Jahre in Originalaufnahmen
AKADEMIE DER KÜNSTE EDEL 0014532TLR
[2 CDs: 156.20]
An
excellent conspectus of the world of the Berlin
cabaret before it and so much else was swept
away. … see Full
Review
Felicja
Blumental – Friends and Rivals: Beethoven
and Hoffmeister Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Piano
Concerto No. 1 in C Op. 15 (1798) Franz
Anton HOFFMEISTER (1754-1812) Piano
Concerto in D major (publ. 1787)
Felicja Blumental (piano) Vienna Symphony
Orchestra/Robert Wagner (Beethoven), recorded
Innsbruck 1962 Prague Chamber Orchestra/Alberto
Zedda, recorded Milan 1967
BRANA RECORDS BR 0009 [72.26] [JW]
It’s
certainly good to have Blumental’s sensitive
musicianship back in the catalogue. … see
Full
Review
Felicja
Blumental – Friends and Rivals: Mozart
and Clementi Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Piano
Concerto No. 9 in E flat major Jeunehomme
K271 (1777) Muzio
CLEMENTI (1752-1832) Piano Concerto
in C (? 1790-96)
Felicja Blumental (piano) Mozarteum Orchestra
of Salzburg/Leopold Hager, recorded Salzburg
1976 (Mozart) Prague Symphony Orchestra/Alberto
Zedda, recorded Salzburg 1980 (Clementi)
BRANA RECORDS BR 0008 [56.24] [JW]
A
cultivated, idiomatic and sensitive musician
… Brana do good work in restoring Blumental’s
legacy … see Full
Review
British Women
Composers Volume 1 Errollyn
Wallen It
all depends on you (1989) [16.07] Lindsay
Cooper The Road is Wider than
Long (1991) [15.21] Elizabeth
Maconchy (1907-1994) My Dark
Heart (1981) [20.49] Nicola
Lefanu (b.1947) The Old Woman
of Beare (1981) [18.08]
Lontano/Odaline de la Martinez Recorded 1992
at St Silas Church, London NW5, UK Notes in
English.
LORELT LNT 101 [70.54] [PSh]
Candy
for unreconstructed Feminists, for the rest
of us dry bread and vinegar with very little
jam … see Full
Review
The art of Robert
BURNS
The Musicians of Edinburgh David
Johnson Artistic Director Hilary Bell (soprano)
Paul Rendall (tenor) Geoff Davidson (baritone)
Bonnie Ridout (violin - guest) Kevin McCrae
(cello) Philip Sawyer (harpsichord/fortepiano)
Edna Arthur (violin - guest) Recorded at Rosslyn
Chapel, Roslin, Midlothian
SCOTSTOWN MUSIC no number [60.18] [CSS]
A
delight for anyone – not only for the Scot
… see Full Review
The Busch String
Quartet Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)
String
Quartet in E flat K428 (1783) Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Piano Quintet
in E flat Op. 44 (1842) Antonín
DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) String
Quartet in E flat Op. 51 (1878-79)
The Busch String Quartet Recorded 1941-42
BIDDULPH LAB 103 [80.09] [JW]
Busch
performances that have tended to be a little
overlooked, in transfers that are sympathetic
and attractive. … see Full
Review
Enrico
CARUSO (tenor) (1873-1921)
The Complete Recordings: Volume 11 (1918-1919)
NAXOS HISTORICAL GREAT SINGERS SERIES 8.110752
[66.43] [CC]
The
ease of vocalisation and delicacy of phrasing
is a delight and a fitting conclusion to this
interesting and varied disc … see Full
Review
China - Classical Music
He
ZHANHAO (b.1933) and Chen
GANG (b.1935) Butterfly
Violin Concerto (1959) [27.33] Tang Baodi
(violin); Yuan Fang (cond.) Xi
XINGHAI (1905-1945) Yellow River
Piano Concerto (arr. from cantata by Yin
CHENGZONG, Liu
ZHUANG, Chu WANGHUA,
Sheng LIHONG,
Xu WENXING)
(1936) [19.56] Yin Changzong (piano); Li Delun
(cond.) Five Themes on Taiwanese Folk Songs
[9.38] Tang Baodi (violin) Huang
TIAN Yisham Mountain Fantasia
- suite [19.28] (cond. Chen Xieyang) Sun
YILIN The Kazak Suite [23.14]
(cond. Han Zhongjie) Tian
FENG A Trip to Yi Village -
suite [18.15] (cond. Yao Guanrong) DP -
Arrangement: Yang BAOZHI
Moonlight on the Journey's Road [4.02]
DP - Arrangement: Li
GUOQUAN Fishermen's Song at
Dusk [6.22] Yao
ZHONG Spring in Xinjiang [2.43]
Symphony Orchestra of the Central Philharmonic
Society of China rec. 1990-1999. Predominantly
1990. DDD. Licensed from the China Record
Corporation
NOVALIS 150 167-2 [58.14+75.20] [RB]
Rambunctious,
cheeky, flighty, sometimes overdone, sometimes
treacly. Fasten your seatbelts ... see Full
Review
Christmas
from a Golden Age Original
recordings 1925-1950. ADD Seth B. Winner Studios
Inc., Restoration Engineer
NAXOS 8.110296 [77.28] [CMT]
In
all, a marvellously enjoyable disc which brings
unforced smiles through great artistry and
unshakeable musical conviction - no other
present required! … see Full
Review
Christmas With
The Tallis Scholars Medieval
Carols: Angelus ad virginem
[2’39]. Nowell sing we [3’01]. There is no
rose [3’35]. The Coventry Carol: Lullay: I
saw [2’19]. Lulla, lulla, thou tiny little
child [3’20]. Ave Maria: Josquin
DESPREZ (c1440-1521)
Ave Maria for four voices [5’25]. Philippe
VERDELOT (c1470/80-before 1552)
Beata es virgo/Ave Maria [5’40]. Tomás
Luis de VICTORIA (1548-1611) Ave
Maria for four voices (attrib) [2’15]. Ave
Maria for double choir [4’51]. German Chorales:
Michael PRAETORIUS
(?1571-1621) Es ist ein’ Ros’ [3’06]. Hieronymous
PRAETORIUS (1560-1629) Joseph,
lieber Joseph mein [2’30]. In dulci jubilo
[3’41]. Flemish Polyphony: Clemens
Non PAPA (c1510-c1555) Pastores
quidnam vidistis [4’43]. Missa Pastores quidnam
vidistis [31’15]. Chant from Salisbury: Missa
in gallicantu (First Mass of Christmas) [31’15].
Christmas Hymns: Christe Redemptor omnium
[3’49]; Veni, Redemptor gentium [4’30]; Slavator
mundi, Domine [2’31]; A solis ortus cardine
[4’59].
Tudor Polyphony: Thomas
TALLIS (c1505-1585) Missa Puer
natus est nobis (compl. Wulstan and Dunkley)
[23’54].
The Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips. Rec.
c.1986-1998 at The Church of St Peter and
Paul, Salle, Norfolk and Merton College, Oxford.
GIMELL CDGIM202 [156’42: 78’8 + 78’34]
[CC]
Thanks
are due to Gimell for a very rewarding and
often intensely beautiful Christmas experience.
… See Full
Review
Clarinet
Kaleidoscope Gavin
SUTHERLAND (b.1972) The
Lounge Suite (2002); Nostalgia
(arrangements); In Party Mood (arr
from Jack Strachey - original 1942) David
FANSHAWE (b.1942) Serenata
(Mother and Child) Reginald
HUNT (b.1891-1982) Meditation
(1947) Gilbert
VINTER (b.1909-1969) Song and
Dance (1961) Edward
ELGAR (1857-1934) Canto
Popolare (In the Moonlight) (1904)
Philip LANE
(b.1950)
Three Spanish Dances (1981) Frederick
KELL (1871-1950) A Graceful
Tune; A Humorous Fantasy; An
Autumn Tune; Moods (1933). Terence
GREAVES (b.1933) Clarinet
Cakewalk (1989)
Verity Butler (clarinet) Gavin Sutherland
(piano) rec. The Downs School, Great Malvern,
Sept 2002. DDD British Composer Series
CAMPION CAMEO 2022 [67.14] [RB]
Light
classics despatched with lovingly shaped playing
... see Full
Review
BARGAIN OF THE MONTH Classical
Cello Concertos CD1
Carl Philipp Emanuel
BACH (1714-1788) Cello Concerto
No. 1 in A minor Wq. 170 (H.432) Cello Concerto
No. 3 in A major Wq. 172 (H.439) Cello Concerto
No. 2 in B flat major Wq. 171 (H.436) Balázs
Máté (cello) Concerto Armonico/Péter
Szüts On authentic instruments Recording:
1995 Licensed from Hungaroton, Hungary. Brilliant
Classics DDD STEMRA 92198/1 CD2 Luigi
BOCCHERINI (1743-1805) Cello Concerto
in E flat major, No.12 (G deest) Cello Concerto
in G major, No.7 (G 480) Cello Concerto in
A major, No.2 (G 475) Cello Concerto in C
major, No.11(G 573) Julius Berger (cello)
South-West German Chamber Orchestra, Pforzheim/Vladislav
Czarnecki Recording: 1988, Matthäuskirche,
Pforzheim, Germany. Producer: Teije van Geest
Licensed from EBS, Germany Brilliant Classics
DDD STEMRA 92198/2 CD3 Luigi
BOCCHERINI (1743-1805) Cello Concerto
in D major, No.6 (G 479) Cello Concerto in
B flat major, No.9 (G 482) Cello Concerto
in C major, No.4 (G 477) Cello Concerto in
D major, No.3 (G 476) Julius Berger (cello)
South-West German Chamber Orchestra, Pforzheim/Vladislav
Czarnecki Recording: 1988, Matthäuskirche,
Pforzheim, Germany. Producer: Teije van Geest
Licensed from EBS, Germany Brilliant Classics
DDD STEMRA 92198/3 CD4 Luigi
BOCCHERINI (1743-1805) Cello Concerto
in D major, No.5 (G 478) Cello Concerto in
E flat major, No.1 (G 474) Cello Concerto
in C major, No.8 (G 481) Cello Concerto in
D major, No.10 (G 483) Julius Berger (cello)
South-West German Chamber Orchestra, Pforzheim/Vladislav
Czarnecki Recording: 1988, Matthäuskirche,
Pforzheim, Germany. Producer: Teije van Geest
Licensed from EBS, Germany Brilliant Classics
DDD STEMRA 92198/4 CD5 Leonardo
LEO (1694-1744) Cello Concerto
in D major (L 10) Cello Concerto in A major
(L 20) Sinfonie concertante for cello and
strings in C minor (L 30) Julius Berger (cello)
South-West German Chamber Orchestra, Pforzheim/Vladislav
Czarnecki Recording: 29-31 May 1999, Kirnbachhalle,
Niefern-Öschelbronn, Germany. Producer
& engineer: Reinhard Geller Licensed from
EBS, Germany Brilliant Classics DDD STEMRA
2198/5 CD6 Leonardo
LEO (1694-1744) Cello Concerto
in F minor (L 40) Cello Concerto in A major
(L 50) Cello Concerto in D minor (L 60) Julius
Berger (cello) South-West German Chamber Orchestra,
Pforzheim/Vladislav Czarnecki Recording: 5-7
July 1999, Kirnbachhalle in Niefern-Öschelbronn,
Germany. Producer & engineer: Reinhard
Geller Licensed from EBS, Germany Brilliant
Classics DDD STEMRA 92198/6 CD7 Joseph
HAYDN (1732-1809) Cello Concerto
in D major Hob. VIIb: 2 Cello Concerto in
C major Hob. VIIb: 1 Miklós Perényi
(cello) Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra/János
Rolla Recording: 1979 Producer: Zoltán
Hézser Licensed from Hungaroton, Hungary.
Brilliant Classics ADD STEMRA 92198/7
BRILLIANT CLASSICS 92198 [7 CDs: CD1 68:57;
CD2 63:26; CD3 72:37; CD4 74:42; CD5 37:21;
CD6 44:03; CD7 50:38] [MC]
Excellently
performed works with many gems waiting to
be discovered. Nothing here to deter even
the most discerning buyer. The slim and compact
packaging is simple, yet attractive … at super-budget
price an absolute steal. Highly recommended.
… see Full Review
Portraits –
Franco Corelli - Arias
Giacomo PUCCINI (1858-1924)
La fanciulla del West (1910) – Una parola
sola … Or son sei mesia [3’40];
Ch’ella mi creda libero e lontanob
[1’59]. Turandota (1826) – Non
piangere Liù [2’30]; Nessun dorma [2’57].
Toscab (1900) – Recondita armonia
[2’56]; E lucevan le stelle [2’50]. Manon
Lescaut (1893) – Tra voi bellec
[1’16]. Madama Butterfly (1904) – Addio fiortio
asilc [1’41]; Amore o grillo dir
non sapreid [0’58]. Francesco
CILEA (1866-1950) Adriana Lecouvreuera
(1902) – La dolcissima effigie [2’07]; L’anima
ho stanca [1’35]. Gaetano
DONIZETTI (1797-1848) La Favorita
– Una Vergine, un angiol di Diob
[2’43]. Lucia di Lammermoor – Tombe degli
avi miei … Fra poco a me ricoveroe
[7’24]. Jules
MASSENET (1842-1912) Werther
(1892) – Dividerci dobbiamc (with
Loretta Di Lelio, Carlotta) [3’20]; Ah, non
mi ridestarf [2’53]. Giuseppe
VERDI (1813-1901) Ernani (1844)
– Mercé diletti amici … Come rigiada
al cespiteg [3’47]. Il trovatore
(1853) – Quale d’armi … Ah sì! Ben
mio coll’essereg [6’20]; Di quella
pirag [2’07]; Deserto sulla terrah
[1’41]. Aida (1871) – Se quel guerrier … Celeste
Aidag [4’46]. Otello (1839) – Dio,
fulgar della bufera … Esultate!h
[2’25]. I Lombardi (1843) – La mia letizia
infondere [2’25]. Rigoletto (1851) – La donna
è mobilee [2’34]; Questa
o quellac [2’01]. Un ballo in maschera
(1859) – Forse la soglia attinse … Ma se m’è
forza perdertie [5’07]. La forza
del destino (1862, rev. 1869) – La vita è
inferno … O tu che in seno angelih
[6’44]. Simon Baccanegra (1857, rev. 1881)
– Sento avvampar nell’anima … Cielo pietosoc
[3’58]. Georges
BIZET (1838-1875) Carmen (1875)
– Il fiore che avevi a me tu datof
[4’14]. Arrigo
BOITO (1842-1918) Mefistofele
(1868) – Giunto sul passo estremof
[3’23]; Dai campi dai pratic [2’12].
Ruggiero LEONCAVALLO
(1858-1919) Pagliaccif (1892)
– Recitar … Vesti la giubba [3’41]; No, pagliaccio
non son [3’07]. Pietro
MASCAGNI (1863-1945) Cavalleria
rusticana (1890) - Mamma quel vino è
generoso (Addio alla madre)f [3’54].
Lodoletta (1917) – Se Franz dicesse il vera
… Ah, ritovarla nella sua capannaf
[4’59]. Umberto
GIORDANO (1867-1948) Andrea
Chénierf (1896) – Colpito
qui m’avete … Un dì all;azzurro spazio
[2’34]; Come un bel dì di maggio [3’20].
Fedoraf (1898) – Amor ti vieta
[3’13]; Mia madre … Vedi io piango [7’01].
Vincenzo BELLINI
(1801-1835) Norma (1831) – Svanir le
voci … Meco all’altar di Venerei
(with Athos Cesarini, Flavio) [9’58].
Franco Corelli (tenor); a-iOrchestra
Sinfonica di Torino della RAI/afghArturo
Basile, bFulvio Vernizzi, cdUmberto
Cattini, eAlfredo Simonetto. Rec.
in Turin on aDecember 15th,
1955, bJanuary 11th,
1956, ciFebruary 19th,
dJune 9th, 1958, ehunknown,
fApril 5th, gFebruary
5th, 1957.
WARNER FONIT 5050466-3303-2-1 [two discs]
[144’07: 73’09 + 70’58] [CC]
Accompanied
by a clutch of experienced operatic conductors,
this set represents a very worthwhile portrait
of Corelli in his Cetra years. … see Full
Review
Decoding Skin
Paul
WHITTY (b. 1970) Decoding Skin
(1995) [1’29]. Max
WILSON (b. 1973) Zeitlin [on]
(1998) [4’05] Iannis
XENAKIS (1922-2001) Evryali
(1973) [8’52] Paul
NEWLAND (b. 1966) ‘ … Butterfly
Dreaming …’ (2000) [5’11] Michael
FINNISSY (b. 1946) Eadweard
Muybridge –Edvard Munch (1997) [22’54]
Morton FELDMAN (1926-1987)
Palais de Mari (1986) [26’57]
Philip Howard (piano).
Rec. Phayd-X Studios, London, in 2002.
THE DIVINE ART 25021 [CC]
Highly
recommended, but bear in mind it is no easy
ride. … see Full
Review
Music
For Prince Nikolaus Esterházy Franz
Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809) Barytontrio
Nr.96 h-moll (Hob.XI/96) [15:18] Barytontrio
Nr.66 A-dur (Hob XI/66) [13:37] Joseph
BURGKSTEINER
(?)
Divertimento Nr.18 D-dur [11:29] Anton
NEUMANN
(1740-1776)
Divertimento Nr.22 G-dur [15:14] Alois
Luigi TOMASINI
(1741-1808)
Divertimento Nr.12 G-dur (Ko.24) [10:51]
The Polish Baryton Trio: Kazimierz Gruszczyński
(baryton); Violetta Plużek (viola); Maria
Sarap (cello) Rec. Polish Radio Studio (S-2),
July 2001. DDD
DUX 0337 [66:27] [AN]
In
a nutshell: not enough guts, not enough musicality.
… see Full Review
Sergio Fiorentino.
A Recital of Concert Encores Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
arr. Ferrucio BUSONI
(1866-1924) Nun Komm’ der Heiden Heiland,
Nun freut euch, lieben Christen Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Kinderszenen
Op. 15 – Träumerei, Phantasiestücke
Op. 12 – Warum? Fabel and Traumeswirren Sonata
No. 3 in F minor Op. 14 – Quasi variazioni
(Third Movement) Waldeszenen Op. 82 – Vogel
als Prophet, Toccata in C major Op. 7 Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Two Preludes,
La fille aux Cheveux de lin, Feux d’artifice
Erik SATIE
(1866-1925) Gymnopédies Nos. 1-3
Anton RUBINSTEIN
(1829-1894) Melodie in F Anatol
LIADOV (1855-1914) A Musical Snuff
Box. Op 32 Alexander
SCRIABIN (1872-1915) Prelude in
C sharp minor Op. 9/1 Nocturne in D flat Op.
9/2, Etude in C sharp minor Op. 45/5, Etude
in D sharp minor Op. 8/12
Sergio Fiorentino (piano) Recorded variously
in London, Guildford, Paris between 1959 and
1966
CONCERT ARTIST/FIDELIO RECORDINGS CACD9170-2
[71.28] [JW]
Fiorentino’s
linearity and sense of pointing and clarity
pay rich rewards … fluent and articulate …
a diaphanous quality … see Full
Review
Fleurs Jetées.
Songs by French Women Composers Augusta
HOLMÈS (1847-903) La
belle Madeleine, Sérénade printanière,
Parmi les meules, Chanson lointaine, La heine
Nadia BOULANGER
(1887-1979) Le ciel en nuit (1910) Avec
mes sens, avec mon Coeur (1910) Vous m’avez
dit (1910) Élégie (?1910) Soir
d’hiver (1916) Cécile
CHAMINADE (1857-1944) Madrigal,
Chanson slave, Rêve d’un soir, Amoroso,
Fleur jetée Pauline
VIARDOT-GARCÍA (1821-1910) Berceuse
cosaque (? 1886) Bonjour mon Coeur (? 1886)
Sérénade Florentine (? 1886)
Madrid (? 1886)
Rebecca de Pont Davies (mezzo-contralto)
Clare Toomer (piano) Recorded St Paul’s Church,
New Southgate, London, no date
LORELT LNT 109 [62.25] [JW]
This
intriguing collection of songs … see Full
Review
Music for
Flute and Piano Lowell
LIEBERMANN (b.
1961) Sonata for Flute and Piano [13:34]
Bela BARTÓK
(1881-1945) Arma (1904-1987) /
Suite Paysanne Hongroise [12:40] Lowell
LIEBERMANN (b. 1961) Soliloquy
for Solo Flute [5:33] Otar
TAKAKISHVILI (1924-1987) Sonata
for Flute and Piano [15:52] Bohuslav
MARTINŮ (1890-1959) First
Sonata for Flute and Piano [17:12]
Jeannine Dennis, flute Philip Amalong,
pianoRecorded at the Corbet Studio, WGUC Cincinnati,
dates not noted DDD
EROICA JDT 3052 [64:54] [PG]
A
wonderful voyage of discovery for me. … see
Full Review
Zino Francescatti (violin) in Performance
Pyotr
Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Violin
Concerto in D major Op. 35 (1878) Philharmonic-Symphony
Orchestra of New York/Arthur Rodzinski recorded
24 October 1943 Max
BRUCH (1838-1920) Violin Concerto
No. 1 in G minor Op. 26 (1868) NBC Symphony
Orchestra/Frank Black recorded 29 April 1945
Camille SAINT-SAËNS
(1835-1921) Violin Concerto No. 3 in B
minor (1880)
ORTF/Charles Munch recorded at the 1951 Strasbourg
Festival
MUSIC AND ARTS CD 1118 [79.50] [JW]
For
all that these are ancillaries to the commercial
discography they reveal Francescatti’s affectionate
and generous lyricism, supported by cast iron
technique … see Full
Review
French Choral
Music Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Trois Chansons
de Charles d’Orléans Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937) Trois Chansons
Olivier MESSIAEN
(1908-1992) Cinq Rechants André
JOLIVET (1905-1974) Epithalame
Ernest CHAUSSON (1855-1899)
Ballata
SWR Vokalensemble of Stuttgart/Rupert Huber
Recorded at Sendesaal Villla Berg SWR Stuttgart,
Jan-March 1999; November 2000
HÄNSSLER CLASSIC CD 93.055 [50.49]
[GH]
Recording
and acoustic bring out all the good things
… a good place to start a collection if you
do not have any of this repertoire. At only
50 minutes a somewhat expensive luxury. …
see Full Review
The Gigli Edition Volume
3: Camden and New York
Recordings 1923-25
Giacomo MEYERBEER
(1791-1864) L’Africaine,
‘O paradis’ Alfredo
CATALANI (1854-1893) Loreley, ‘Nel
verde maggio’ Georges
Charles GOUNOD (1818-1893) Romeo
et Juliette, ‘Ange adorable’ (Lucrezia
Bori, soprano); ‘Ah! Ne fuis pas encore’ (Lucrezia
Bori, soprano)Camille
SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921) ‘Canto
del cigno’ (A vocal treatment of Le cygne
from Carnaval des animaux) Friedrich
von FLOTOW (1812-1883) Martha, ‘M’appari’
BUZZI-PECCIA.
‘Paquita’. ‘Povero Pulcinella’ DENZA.
‘Funiculi, funicula’ DE
CURTIS. ‘Sentinella’. ‘Sto penzanno
'a Maria’. ‘Good-bye, Marie’ CARNEVALI.
‘Come, love with me’ TAGLIAFERRI.
‘Mandulinata a Napule’ Gaetano
DONIZETTI (1797-1868) L’Elisir
d’amore, ‘Quanto e bella’; Lucia di
Lamermoor, ‘Tombi degli avi miei’. ‘Tu
che a Dio spiegasti l'ali’ DE
CRESCENZO. ‘Quanno ’a femmena vo’
DI CAPUA.
‘Maria, Mari’
Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957) (tenor) Victor
Orchestra/Rosario Bourdon and Nathaniel Shilkret
Recorded in New York and Camden, New Jersey
Bargain Price.
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.110264 [67.34] [RF]
Restorations
making both minor and major improvements …
an enjoyable record of the singer at a critical
stage of his burgeoning career. An interesting
and enjoyable issue. … see Full
Review
"Good News -
Newyddion Da" The
Rhos Orpheus Male choir Côr Meikbion
Orffiws y Rhos Jacques
Offenbach (1819 - 1880) Tales of
Hoffmann (1880): opening chorus [3.02] Giuseppe
Verdi (1813 - 1901) Il Trovatore
(1853): Soldier’s Chorus [2.34] Ernani (1844):
Bandit’s Chorus [3.57] Sir
Arthur Sullivan (1842 - 1900) text
by W. S. Gilbert
(1836 - 1911) Iolanthe (1882): He Who
Shies At Such A Prize (It’s Love that
Makes the World go Round) [2.41] Antonio
Vivaldi (1678 - 1741) Gloria: Gloria
in Excelsis Deo [2.41] R.
Lowry Tui Egeo [2.44] Roger
Whittaker The Last Farewell;
Sailing [2.47] Hugh
S. Roberton The Old Woman
[1.37] George Gershwin
(1898 - 1937) Porgy and Bess
(1935): Oh I can’t Sit down [1.43]
John DENVER Country
Roads [2.38] Amanda
McBROOM The Rose [3.17]
Traditional Good
News the Chariot’s Comin’ [2.47] When
the Love Comes Tricklin’ Down [2.59] Goiezeko
Izara [1.49] Lisa Lân [2.32]
Men of Harlech [4.53] Si hei lwli
mabi [2.47] Ai am fod haul yn machlud
[4.35]
Rhos Orpheus Male Choir. Soloists: John
A Gladman, Gareth Owen, Alan Thomas. Accompanist:
Anne Phillips, piano and organ Music Director
John Glyn Williams, Deputy Music Director,
Eifion Wyn Jones Notes in English and Welsh;
Colour photos of the artists.
SAIN SCD 2341 [57.21] [PSh]
Amateur
choral singing of some very unusual — and
some very usual — repertoire … see Full
Review
Heritage and
Legacy 2; Elgar, his
forebears and successors Edward
ELGAR (1857-1934) In
the South (Alassio) Concert Overture
Op. 50 (1904) Hamish
MACCUNN (1868-1916) The Land
of the Mountain and the Flood; Overture
Op. 3 (1887) Frederic
AUSTIN (1872-1952) Symphony in
E major (1913) Arthur
BLISS (1891-1975) Pyanepsion
(final movement of A Colour Symphony 1921-22)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Douglas
Bostock Recorded at Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool,
October 2001
CLASSICO CD 1501 [69.52] [JW]
If
the Austin is more a tapestry of influences
it loses little in subjective interest and
many admirers of British music making will
find it a fascinating listen. … see Full
Review
Vladimir
Horowitz – Legendary RCA Recordings
CD 1 Piotr Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY
(1840-1893) Piano
Concerto no. 1 in B flat minor, op. 23 With
the NBC Symphony Orchestra/Arturo Toscanini,
recorded 1941 Sergei
RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Piano Concerto
no. 3 in D minor, op. 30 With the RCA Victor
Symphony Orchestra/Fritz Reiner, rec. 1951
CD 2 Frédéric
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Polonaise-Fantaisie
in A flat, op. 61, rec. 1951 Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Träumerei
(from Kinderszenen, op. 15), rec. 1950 Alexander
SCRIABIN (1872-1915) Preludes:
in D flat, op. 48/3, in G flat, op. 11/13,
in F sharp minor, op. 15/2, rec. 1956 Moritz
MOSZKOWSKI (1854-1925) Étincelles,
op. 36/6, rec. 1951 CHOPIN
Mazurka in C sharp minor, op. 30/4
Vladimir HOROWITZ
after Georges BIZET (1838-1875) Variations
on a Theme from "Carmen", rec. 1947
Sergei PROKOFIEF
(1891-1953) Toccata, op. 11, rec. 1947
CHOPIN
Nocturne in E flat, op. 9/2, rec. 1957 Muzio
CLEMENTI (1752-1832) Rondo (from
Sonata, op. 47/2), rec. 1950 Francis
POULENC (1899-1963) Presto, rec.
1947 RACHMANINOV
Prelude in G, op. 32/5, rec. 1977 SCHUMANN
Wieck Variations (from Grand Sonata
in F minor, op. 14), rec. 1976 Domenico
SCARLATTI (1685-1757) Sonatas:
in F minor, L.189, in A, L. 494, rec. 1981
Franz LISZT
(1811-1886) arr. Busoni/Horowitz
Mephisto Waltz, rec. 1979 SCRIABIN
Étude in D sharp minor,
op. 18/12, rec. 1982 Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
RCA RED SEAL 82876 56052 2 [2 CDs:
66:59+72:04] [CH]
Some
enthralling playing on the solo disc and the
finest of Horowitz’s three versions of the
Rachmaninov. Be careful with the Tchaikovsky,
though. … see Full
Review
Evgeny Kissin
in Concert Pyotr
Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Piano
Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 23 St.
Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra/Valery
Gergiev Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH
(1906-1975) Concerto for Piano,
Trumpet and Orchestra in C minor Op. 35 Bernard
Soustrot, trumpet; St. Petersburg Chamber
Orchestra/Vladimir Spivakov Recorded 30 March1987
(Tchaikovsky) 26 December 1988 (Shostakovich)
Fryderyk CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor Op. 21 Moscow
Philharmonic Orchestra/Dmitri Kitaenko [Recorded
?27 March 1984] Franz
LISZT (1811-1886) Waldesrauschen
La Leggierezza Liebestraum No. 3 in A flat
major Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C sharp
minor Etude d’exécution transcendante
No. 10 in F minor "Appassionata"
Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
Études symphoniques Op. 13 Abegg
Variations Op. 1 Widmung (Transcription Franz
Liszt) Recorded 23 May 1983 and 26 February
1989 Fryderyk CHOPIN
(1810-1849) Waltz No. 14 in E minor
Op. Posth. Mazurka in F minor Op. 63 No. 2
Mazurka in D flat major Op. 30 No. 3 Mazurka
in B flat minor Op. 24 No. 4 Mazurka in F
minor Op. 68 No. 4 Mazurka in C sharp minor
Op. 50 No. 3 Fantasie in F minor Op. 49 Piano
Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58 Recorded 23
May 1984 and 26 February 1989
Evgeny Kissin (piano)
BRILLIANT CLASSICS 92118 [4 CDs 56.28,
63.05, 65.45, 56.21] [JW]
Recent
alarming inconsistencies can do little to
inspire confidence. This CD faithfully mirrors
the perverse idiosyncrasies though not without
excitement and mastery. … see Full
Review
Otto Klemperer
Carl
Maria WEBER (1786-1826) Euryanthe
Overture Ludwig van
BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Symphony
No. 8 in F major Op. 93 Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Brandenburg
Concerto No. 5 in D major BWV 1050 Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Serenade
No. 13 in G major K525 Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Johannes BRAHMS
(1833-1897) Academic Festival Overture
Roesgen-Champion (harpsichord), R Cortet
(flute) and Henri Merckel (violin) in the
Bach Orchestra of the Staatsoper, Berlin (Weber,
Beethoven and Brahms) recorded 1927-31 Pro
Musica Chamber Orchestra, Paris (Bach and
Mozart) recorded 1946 Otto Klemperer
SYMPOSIUM 1241 [75.00] [JW]
Another
in the growing line of early Klemperers and
a boon to collectors. … see Full
Review
The
Great Violinists Volume XIX Beethoven
Violin Sonatas Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Sonata
No. 6 in A major Op. 30 No. 1 Jenö Léner
(violin) and Louis Kentner (piano) Recorded
1939 Sonata No. 8 in C major Op. 30 No. 3
Fritz Kreisler (violin) and Sergei Rachmaninov
(piano) Recorded 1928 Sonata No. 10 in G major
Op. 96 Adila Fachiri (violin) and Donald Tovey
(piano) Recorded (1927?)
SYMPOSIUM 1312 [65.45] [JW]
Something
of a catch … a strong welcome to a specialist
though historically valuable disc. … see Full
Review
Leipziger Barocksolisten
Arcangelo CORELLI (1683-1713)
Sonata
for trumpet, 2 violins and bc in D (WoO 4)
[04:20] Johann Friedrich
FASCH (1688-1758) Sonata for 2
oboes, bassoon and bc in g minor (FWV N:g1)
[07:38] Joseph Bodin
DE BOISMORTIER (1689-1755) Sonata
for descant and 2 basses in e, op. 37, 2 [04:39]
Gottfried (Godfrey)
FINGER (c1660-1730) Sonata for
trumpet, oboe and bc in C [05:23] Georg
Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767) Quartet
for recorder, 2 transverse flutes and bc in
d minor [14:14] Johann
Wilhelm HERTEL (1727-1789) Concerto
a 5 for trumpet, 2 oboes and 2 bassoons in
D [12:25] Gottfried
REICHE (1667-1734)
or Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Fanfare (Abblasen) for trumpet [00:32]
Leipziger Barocksolisten: John Roderick MacDonald,
trumpet; Thomas Hipper, oboe; Stefan Arzberger,
violin; Thomas Reinhardt, bassoon; Tobias
Martin, double bass; with Michael Schönheit,
harpsichord Recorded in March/June 2002 at
the Lutherkirche in Leipzig, Germany DDD
QUERSTAND VKJK 0227 [52:42] [JV]
A
mixed programme of baroque music in ‘alternative
instrumentations’ – neither very convincing
nor well played ... see Full
Review
Enrico CARUSO: The Complete Recordings
Volume 11 MICHELENA
A
la luz de la lunaa [4’05]. COSTA
Sei morta ne la vita miab
[3’31]. ALVAREZ
La Partidac
[4’45]. A Garanda [3’48]. Giuseppe
VERDI (1813-1901) La forza
del destino – Nè gustare m’è
dato .. Sleale! Il segreto fu dunque violate?d
[4’17]. COHAN
Over Theree [2’58]. Louis
NIEDERMEYER
(1802-61) Pietà, Signoref
[4’30]. BILLI
(arr. Malfetti) Campane a sera ‘Ave
Maria’f [3’56]. OLIVIERI
Inno di Garibaldif [2’34].
ARONA La
Compana di San Giustog [4’37].
Robert PLANQUETTE
(1848-1903) Le Régiment
de Sambre et Meuseg [4’16].
FUCITO
Sultanto a Tteh [3’05].
Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)
Samson et Dalila – Je viens célébrer
la victoirei [3’34]. Gaetano
DONIZETTI (1797-1848)
L’elisir d’amore – Venti scudi!d
[4’10]. Paolo
TOSTI (1846-1916) ‘A vicchellaj
[3’00]. TRADITIONAL
Vieni sul marj [3’36].
Ernesto De CURTIS
(1875-1937) Tu, ca nun chiagnej
[2’39]. Teodoro
COTTRAU Addio a Napolik
[3’21].
Enrico Caruso (tenor); iLouise
Homer (mezzo), aEmilio de Gogorza
dGiuseppe De :Luca (baritones);
iMarcel Journet (bass); bVincenzo
Lellezza (piano); a,c-jVictor Orchestra/Josef
Pasternack. Rec. in Camden, N. J. on abApril
16th, July cd10th,
e11th, fSeptember
26th, 1918, gJanuary
6th, hiFebruary 10th,
September j8th, k9th,
1919. ADD
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.110752 [66’43] [CC]
Caruso
completists will not hesitate. Those looking
for a celebration of the lighter side of life
shouldn’t either. … see Full
Review
Ionisation II -
Pioneer Orchestral recordings: 1927-51
Albert ROUSSEL (1869-1937)
Le
Festin d l’Araignée; Ballet – Fragments
Symphoniques (1913) Orchestra/Albert Roussel,
recorded 1929 Anton
BRUCKNER (1824-1896) Symphony No.
0 in D minor – Scherzo (1869) Symphony No.
1 in C minor – Scherzo (1865-66) Symphony
No. 2 - Scherzo (1871-72 rev. 1875-76) Orchestra
of the Staatsoper, Berlin/Fritz Zaun, recorded
(1928?) Symphony No. 3 – Scherzo (1873-77
rev. 188-89) Vienna Symphony Orchestra/Anton
Konrath, recorded (1928?) Mark
LOTHAR (1902-?) Lord Spleen
Overture, Ständchen, Fugue and
Fox-Trot (1930) Berlin Symphony Orchestra/Clemens
Schmalstich, recorded 1930 Werner
EGK (1901-1983) Kleine Abraxas
Suite (1926) RIAS Symphony Orchestra/Ferenc
Fricsay, recorded 1951 Ralph
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958) Fantasia
on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (1910 rev.
1919) NBC Symphony Orchestra/Arturo Toscanini,
recorded 1945 Charles
IVES (1874-1954) Barn Dance
from a Symphony In the Night; Third
Movement of a set for theatre or chamber orchestra
(1906-11) Pan American Chamber Orchestra/Nicolas
Slonimsky, recorded 1934
SYMPOSIUM 1258 [75.05] [JW]
Pioneer
orchestral recordings is the subtitle of this
disc and that’s no mistake … preserves some
notable examples …. Fine sound. … see Full
Review
Les
Plaisirs Les Plus Charmants: French Baroque
Guitar Music Francesco
CORBETTA (1615-1681) Prelude and
Chiacona in C major; Caprice de chaconne;
Suite in A minor. Robert
de VISEE (1656-1725) Suite in C
major; Henry GRENERIN
(1668-1748) Suite in D major; Remy
MEDARD (fl.17th Century) Suite
in G major; Antoine
CARRE (fl.17th Century)
; Six pieces from the Bibliothèque
Nationale de France, Visee ‘Masquerade’, Marin
MARAIS (1656-1728) Air, LULLY
(1632-1687) Entrée d’Isis and Entrée
d’Apollon; Francois
COUPERIN (1668-1733) Soeur Monéique
Gordon Ferries (guitar) Recorded at the Reid
Concert Hall, Edinburgh, January 2003
DELPHIAN DCD 34011 [72.14] [GH]
Represents
its period perfectly. I have nothing but praise
for Gordon Ferries’ musicianship, care and
determination … see Full
Review
Mischa Levitzki
Complete Recordings - Volume 2 Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Sonata
No. 2 in G minor Op. 22 Franz
LISZT (1811-1886) Piano Concerto
No. 1 in E flat major S124 Hungarian Rhapsody
No. 6 in D flat major S244 Hungarian Rhapsody
No. 12 in C sharp minor S244 Hungarian Rhapsody
No. 13 in A minor S244 Etude de Concert No.
3 in D flat major Un sospiro S144 Etude
d’exécution transcendante d’après
Paganini No. 3 in G sharp minor La Campanella
S140 – and remake Moritz
MOSZKOWSKI (1854-1925)
La Jongleuse Op. 52/4 Mischa
LEVITZKI (1898-1941) Waltz in A
major Valse amour Op. 2
Mischa Levitzki (piano) London Symphony
Orchestra/Sir Landon Ronald Recorded 1927-33
NAXOS 8.110769 [78.33] [JW]
Levitzki’s
jewelled treble and that fabulous trill …
see Full Review
The London Trumpet
Sound. Volume 2 (Arturo?)
SANDOVAL Mambo
Caliente arr. Tony Rickard CARILLO
Dos Gardenias arr. Richard
Payne WHITFIELD/STRONG
I Heard It Through The Grapevine
John WILLIAMS
(b.1932) Superman – theme
arr. Paul Sarcich CARRELL/CLAYTON
Amazing Grace arr. Daryl
Runswick Leoš JANÁČEK
(1854-1928) Sinfonietta – Fanfare
Jean-Baptiste
ARBAN (1825-1889) Theme and Variations
sur ‘Le Carnival de Venise’ Georg
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Music
for the Royal Fireworks – 3 Movements
Ouverture, La Réjouissance, Menuet
Aaron COPLAND
(1900-1990) Rodeo – Hoedown
The London Trumpet Sound/Geoffrey Simon
Recorded BBC Maida Vale Studio 3 and St Jude-on-the-Hill,
London, August 2001
CALA CACD 0114 [44.38] [JW]
A
light-hearted mix of virtuosity, languorous
rhythm and bold panache … 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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