Mad Songs
see review for details 
Catherine Bott (soprano), New London Consort
Recorded in Temple Church, London January
and November 1990
DECCA THE BRITISH MUSIC COLLECTION 476 2099
[67:13] [EM]
Bott
pulls this CD off well, imbuing the songs
with wit and intelligence ... dramatic impersonations
... impeccable enunciation. ... see Full
Review
John McCORMACK:
Acoustic Recordings (1910-1911) John
William CHERRY (?) 01. Dear Little
Shamrock [04:05 Giuseppe
VERDI (1813 – 1901) 02. Rigoletto:
Bella figlia dell'amore [03:50] with Nellie
Melba, soprano / Mario Sammarco, baritone
/ Edna Thornton, contraltoCharles
GOUNOD (1818 – 1893) 03. Faust:
All'erta! All'erta [02:52] with Nellie Melba,
soprano / Mario Sammarco, baritone 04. Faust:
All'erta! All'erta [02:51] with Nellie Melba,
soprano / Mario Sammarco, baritoneGeorge
A. BARKER (?) 05. The Irish Emigrant
[04:00] Frederic
Nicolls CROUCH (?) 06. Kathleen
Mavourneen [03:43] Charles
MARSHALL (c 1859 – 1927) 07. I
Hear You Calling Me [03:49] Traditional08.
Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms
[03:20] Liza LEHMANN
(1862 – 1918) 09. In a Persian Garden:
Ah! Moon of My Delight [04:22] Traditional
10. Molly Bawn (arr. D. MacMurrough) [03:39]
Ernest R. BALL
(?) / Chauncey OLCOTT
(1858 – 1932) 11. Mother Machree [03:19]
Victor HERBERT
(1859 – 1924) 12. Naughty Marietta: I'm
Falling in Love with Someone [03:14] Dermot
MACMURROUGH (?) 13. Macushla [03:06]
Jacob BLUMENTHAL
(?) 14. An Evening Song [04:30] Traditional
15. She is Far from the Land [04:23] Attilo
PARELLI (?) 16. The Happy Morning
Waits (L'Alba Nascente) [02:50] Georges
BIZET (1838 – 1875) 17. Les Pecheurs
de Perles: Del tempio al limitar [03:11] with
Mario Sammarco, baritone 18. Les Pecheurs
de Perles: Del tempio al limitar [03:04] with
Mario Sammarco, baritone Gioachino
ROSSINI (1792 – 1868) 19. Les Soirées
Musicales, No. 12: Li Marinari [03:20] with
Mario Sammarco, baritone 20. Les Soirées
Musicales, No. 11: Mira la bianca luna [03:28]
with Emmy Destinn, soprano 21. Il Barbiere
di Siviglia: O il meglio mi cordavo... Numero
guindici [03:27] with Mario Sammarco, baritone
Amilcare PONCHIELLI
(1834 – 1886) 22. La Gioconda: Badoer
questa notte... O grido di quest' anima [04:19]
with Mario Sammarco, baritone
John McCormack (tenor), Victor Orchestra
(tracks 1, 5 – 19), New Symphony Orchestra/Landon
Ronald (tracks 2 – 4), Studio Orchestra/Percy
Pitt (tracks 20 – 22) Recorded 1910 - 1911Ward
Marston, archivist and restoration producer
John McCormack - Edition, Vol 2
NAXOS 8.110329 [78:41] [GF]
Can
be safely recommended to everybody with an interest in masterly singing.
A voice that could fine down to a thin, thin silver thread, absolutely
steady. ... see Full Review
Morley and Gearhart
Rediscovered Livingston GEARHART (1916-1996)
Three Blind Mice (traditional) [2.39] Baby Boogie (1948) [2.17]
Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949)
Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier (1911)
[4.54] Manuel Da FALLA (1876-1946)
Dance of Terror from El Amor Brujo (1915) [2.18] Ritual Fire
Dance from El Amor Brujo (1915) [3.08] Jerome KERN (1885-1945) All The
Things You Are (1939) [2.17] Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897) Eight Waltzes
from Op.39 Nos 6, 3, 5, 4, 10, 6, 8, 7 and recapitulation of No.6 (1865)
[9.08] Waltz in A major Op.39 No.15 [1.46] Francis POULENC (1899-1963) Mouvements
perpétuels (1918) [1.30] George GERSHWIN (1898-1937) I Got Rhythm
(1930) [2.33] An American in Paris
(1928) [9.49] Concerto in F – finale only [4.26] Alberto DOMINGUEZ Frenesi (1940) [2.00]
Irving BERLIN (1888-1989) Russian lullaby
(1927) [1.41] Gabriel FAURÉ (1845-1924) Nocturne from
Shylock Op.57 (1889) [2.47] Vernon DUKE April in Paris
(1932) [2.04] Hoagy CARMICHAEL (1899-1951) Star Dust (19260
[2.18] Johann STRAUSS (1825-1899) Blue Danube
Waltz Op.314 [5.04] Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937) Pièce en forme
de Habañera (1907) [2.23] Reinhold GLIÈRE (1875-1956) Sailor’s Dance
from The Red Poppy (1927) [3.18] Wendell KEENEY (1903-1989) Mountain Tune
(1936) [2.42] Philip BRAHAM Limehouse Blues (1924) [3.06]
Germaine TAILLEFERRE (1892-1983)
La Tirelitentaine from Jeux de plein air [2.22] Jacques OFFENBACH (1819-1880) Can-Can
[1.24] Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) Flight
of the Bumblebee – The Tale of Tsar Saltan [1.10] Vincent YOUMANS (1898-1946) Tea for Two (1925) [1.12] Fryderyk CHOPIN (1810-1849) Waltz in D
Flat major Op. 64 No.1 Minute Waltz [2.02] Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Fêtes – From
Nocturnes [5.18] Felix ARNDT (1889-1918) Nola (1916) [2.04]
Franz LISZT (1811-1886) Hungarian Rhapsody
No.2 in C sharp minor [5.03] Jean LENOIR Parlez moi d’amour (c.1928)
[1.48] Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Jesu,
Joy of Man’s Desiring – Cantata No.147 arranged
GEARHART [3.34]
In Thee Is Joy - In
dir ist Freude Organ Chorale [2.10] Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Prelude
in G Minor Op.23 No.5 (1901) [3.50] Sergei PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)
March from The
Love of Three Oranges (1919) [1.32]
Richard RODGERS (1902-1979)
With A Song
In My Heart (1929) [1.48]
Zoltan KODÁLY (1882-1967)
The Viennese Musical Clock – from Háry János (1926)
[1.55]
Harold ARLEN Stormy
Weather (1933) [2.54] Edward Zez CONFREY (1895-1971)
Kitten on the
Keys (1921) [1.36] Johnny GREEN Body
and Soul [3.10] Egbert van ALSTYNE (1882-1951)
Goodnight Ladies
(1911) [1.08]
Virginia Morley and Livingston
Gearhart (pianos) All
arrangements by Gearhart except Arensky, Brahms and Tailleferre
Recorded New York and Pennsylvania 1947-54
IVORY CLASSICS 72004 [64.03 +60.45]
[JW]
Transfers
are spot-on – not too much filtering. If you
fancy some two-piano wizardry you know where
to find it.
... see Full
Review
My Lady
Rich - her Teares and Joy anon
How
should I your true love know [00:28] Robert
JONES (fl. 1597-1615) O he is gone
[02:28] And is it night? [03:50] John
DOWLAND (c. 1563-1626) Mr Dowland's
Midnight [01:00] William
BYRD (c. 1540-1623)
Weeping full sore [06:26] John
DOWLAND My Lady Rich's galliard
[01:52] anon Hampton
Court Masque [02:05] John
DOWLAND Come when I call [01:53]
Charles TESSIER (fl.
1600) Casche toy, celeste soleil [03:16]
Au joly bois [01:58] anon
Vuestros ojos [01:17] Charles
TESSIER Reveillez vous, belle Cattin
[02:35] anon Corranto
Lady Riche [01:17] William
BYRD In fields abroad [04:28] anon
My little sweet darling [01:14]
A la volta Mistress Lettice Rich [00:32] John
BARTLET (fl. 1606-1610) Surcharged
with discontent [01:19] The thrush did pipe
full clear [03:40] Then Hesperus on high [01:28]
anon Sweet
stay awhile [01:44]
A toy [01:01] He is dead and gone, lady [00:31]
Anthony HOLBORNE
(c. 1545-1602) The funerals [04:17]
John COPRARIO (d.
1626) Funeral Teares [22:56]
Emily Van Evera, soprano, recorder; Caroline
Trevor, contralto; Daniel Norman, John Potter,
tenor; Michael Dore, bass; Richard Campbell,
Susanna Pell, Reiko Ichise, Asako Morikawa,
Susanne Heinrich, viola da gamba; Christopher
Mororngiello, lute; Lynda Sayce, bass lute,
bandora; Jacob Heringman, cittern; Lucy Carolan,
virginals Recorded in March 1997 and October
2003 at St Andrew's Church, Toddington, Gloucestershire,
UK. DDD
AVIE AV0045 [74:35] [JV]
Good
times and bad times in the life of an aristocratic
lady of the Elizabethan era illustrated in
music ... see Full
Review
A Painted Tale:
Lute Songs Thomas MORLEY (1557-1602)
It was a lover and his lass; Who is it that this dark night; Will you
buy a fine dog; A painted tale; Alfonso FERRABOSCO
II (1575-1628) So beauty on the waters stood; Fly from the
world; John DOWLAND (1563-1626)
Flow my tears; A galliard to Lachrimae; If my complaints; Come again
sweet love; Lady if you do spite me; In darkness let me dwell; Pierre
GUERDON (1564-1620) Cesses mortels de soupier; Si jamais
mo name blessee; Etienne MOULINE (c.1600-c.1670)
Je suis ravi de mon Uranie; Enfin la beaute que j’adore; Joachim
Thibault de COURVILLE (d.1581) Si je languis; Claudio
MONTEVERDI (1567-1643) Nigra Sum; O quam pulcra; Ego flos
campi; Rec. Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC’s Ultimo Centre, February
2003
Paul McMahon; tenor with Tommie Anderson lute; Daniel Yeadon, viola
da gamba
ABC CLASSICS 476 192-9 [72.08][GH]
All
in all, a worthy and enjoyable disc of not always run-of–the–mill repertoire,
nicely and naturally recorded. ... see Full
Review
Four
Temperaments Thomas TALLIS (c1505-1585)
A
Solfing Song [02:24] William BYRD (c1539-1623)
Queen's Goodnight (Prelude and Ground) [05:29] Robert
PARSONS (c1530-1571) A song of Mr Robert Parsons [01:42]
Thomas TALLIS In nomine II a 4 [01:50]
Robert PARSONS In nomine III a 5
[01:47] De la court [05:14] Alfonso FERRABOSCO
I (1543-1588) Pavan a 5 [02:05] William
BYRD Missa a 4: Kyrie [02:34] Alfonso
FERRABOSCO I In nomine II a 5 [02:28] William
BYRD Missa a 4: Gloria [05:35] Thomas
TALLIS In nomine I a 4 [02:13] William
BYRD Missa a 4: Credo [08:18] Alfonso
FERRABOSCO I In nomine I a 5 [02:44] William
BYRD Missa a 4: Sanctus [03:49] Alfonso
FERRABOSCO I In nomine III a 5 [02:26] William
BYRD Missa a 4: Agnus Dei [04:16] Robert
PARSONS Ut re mi fa sol la [04:57] Alfonso
FERRABOSCO I Fantasia a 4 [03:26] William
BYRD Pavan a 6 [02:17] Galliard a 6 [01:29] Robert
PARSONS A Song called Trumpets [02:03] Alfonso
FERRABOSCO I Sur la Rousée (Fantasia a 6) [02:51]
Phantasm Asako Morikawa,
tenor and bass viols; Emilia Benjamin, bass viol Phantasm: Laurence
Dreyfus, treble viol and director; Wendy Gillespie, treble and tenor
viols; Jonathan Manson, tenor viol; Markku Luolajan-Mikkola, bass viol
Recorded in August 2004 at St Mary's Church, South Creake, Norfolk,
UK DDD AVIE AV2054
[72:09] [JV]
Another
outstanding recording by Phantasm, which presents English consort music
in its full glory ... see Full Review
Nadia Reisenberg - 100th Anniversary Tribute Dmitri
KABALEVSKY (1904-1987) Twenty-Four Preludes Op.38
(1943) [46.05] Peter Ilyich
TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Twelve
Pieces for Piano Op.40 (1878) [40.53] Romance in F minor Op.5 (1868)
[5.19] Nocturne Op.10 No.1 (1872) [4.12] Humoresque Op.10 No.2 (1872)
[2.39] Souvenir de Hapasal Op.2 (1867) [11.54] Sergei
RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Elegie Op.3 No.1 (1892) [5.41]
Prelude in C sharp minor Op.3 No.2 (1892) [3.52] Melodie in E major
Op.3 No.3 (1892) [5.01] Serenade in B flat minor Op3 No. 5(1892) [3.31]
Polka de W.R (1911) [3.48] Waltz in A major Op.10 No.2 (1893-94) [3.57]
Barcarolle in G major Op.10 No.3 (1893-94) [4.28] Mazurka in D flat
major Op.10 No.7 (1893-94) [5.34]
Nadia Reisenberg (piano) Recorded on Westminster LPs between June 1954
and May 1955
IVORY CLASSICS 74002 [75.44 + 74.15][JW]
Playing
that is splendid by anyone’s standard ...
see Full
Review
Roumi PETROVA
Project
Bacillus Bulgaricus
Bacillus Bulgaricus for Piano Quartet
(2003) (a) [26:48] Rodopa Suite for String
Quartet (2001) (b) [10:39] Poem for
Violin and String Quartet (2002) (c) (b)
[8:09] Pictures from Bulgaria (1999)
(b) [7:14] Sonata for Violoncello and Piano
(2003) (d) [20:17]
(a) Bulgarian Piano Quartet: Krasimira Ivanova
(violin), Roumi Petrova (viola), Kalin Ivanov
(cello), Elena Antimova (piano) (b) The Forte
String Quartet: Mikhail Kuchov, Alexander
Abeyev (violins), Roumi Petrova (viola), Kalin
Ivanov (cello) (c) Yuri Kharenko (violin)
(d) Kalin Ivanov (cello), Elena Antimova (piano)
Rec. New York, 2003; DDD
PETROVART PUBLISHING [65:11][ED]
Rhythmically
catchy and tuneful ... contemporary composition
can provide undemanding pleasure ... see Full
Review
Psalms
and Prophets David
ZIEMS 23rd
Psalm (2000) [3:10] Stephen
SCHWARTZ On the Willows (Psalm
137) (1971) [3:05] John
FOLEY S.J. Come to the Water (1978)
[5:25] Alicia SOLOMON
Wait on the Lord (Psalm 27) (2001)
[5:25] Wolfgang Amadeus
MOZART (1756 – 1791) Laudate Dominum
(Psalm 117) [2:27] Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809 – 1847) Rest
in the Lord (Psalm 37) [3:00] George
Frederick HANDEL (1685 – 1759) How
Beautiful are the Feet 2:20] He Shall Feed
His Flock [3:40] Dan
SCHUTTE S.J. Here I Am, Lord *
(1981) [4:05] Charles
E. CONLEY What Return Can I Make
to the Lord (Psalm 116) (1982) [5:30] Michael
JONCAS On Eagle’s Wings (Psalm
91) (1979) [4:34] Alicia
SOLOMON I Lift Mine Eyes (Psalm
121) (2001) [3:45]
Alicia Solomon (mezzo-soprano) David Ziems
(guitars, banjo, mandolin and backup vocal)*;
Donese Mayfield and Alicia Solomon (keyboards);
Giselle Vivian (viola) Rec. 2001 Albuquerque,
New Mexico
EROICA JDT 3090 [46.30] [BB]
Not
profoundly moving music then, but it will
find a place with listeners who find quiet,
contemplative singing useful in aiding relaxation
and assisting the reduction of stress. ...
see Full
Review
Raphael:
The Music of the Courtier
Josquin des PRES (1480-1520)
Victimae paschali; A l’heure que je vous
Heinrich ISAAC
(c.1450-1517) J’ay pris amours; Easter
Mass Loyset COMPERE
(c.1450-1518) Crux triumphans; Chef a
la ramacina; Scaramella Francisco
SPINACINO (fl.1507) Ricercare;
Malor me bat Marchetto
CARA (1465-1525) Mentre io vo per
questi boschi Francesco
da MILANO (1497-1543) Ricercar
(88); Ricercar La Compagna
Orlando Consort; I Fagiolini; Concordia; Christopher
Wilson (lute) Recording dates and venue not
given The National Gallery promotion
METRONOME MET CD 1075 [62.18] [GH]
I
find it difficult to wholly recommend this
disc. It does however give an overall view
of music around 1510 and as an introduction
to the music of that era it may well be useful.
... see Full
Review
Salsa Nueva
Cancion
y Danza (Mompou). Worcestershire (Lorenz).Ancestro
I. Ancestro 2 ( Estevez). La Salsa del Sr
Ligeti (Riu). Fur Elena (Arismendi). Su-Muy-Key
(Ortiz). One hand in. Solo-Clave (Perrin).Congabite
(Toro). Conclave (lzarra). Tumbao (Leon).
Toccatta Montuna (Finch). La Fiesta (Corea).
Canto de Bemba (Leon). Recordando a Celia
(Paredes). Sal-Cita (Rugeles). I wouldn't
normally say (Wallen). Celtica o Salsa (Gribbin).
Triple Enclave (Alvarez). Barnyard Song (Pritchard).
Pan con Timba (Lopez-Gavilan).
Elena Riu (piano); Wilmer Sifontes (Latin
percussion) Recorded: St Philips, Norbury,
London, August 2004
SOMM RECORDINGS SOMMCD 237 [74:57]
[HC]
The
best thing to do with a disc such as this
is to sit down, relax and enjoy. ... see Full
Review
Sanctuary G.F.
HANDEL (1685-1759) Waft her angels, through
the Skies’ from Jeptha; Cavatina:’Quando mai Spietata’
from Radamisto; ‘Ritorna, oh caro’ from Rodelinda; Where’er
You Walk ‘from Semele; Evaristo Felice
DALL’ABACO (1675-1742) Aria: Cantabile from Concerto
Op. 6 no. 1; Concerto a piu instruments in D Op. 5 no. 6; Alessandro
MARCELLO (1669-1747) Concerto in D minor for oboe, strings
and continuo; Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741)
Concerto in G for Violin and cello; Antonio
SARTORIO (1630-1680) Orfeo tu dormi? from L’Orfeo; Tomaso
ALBINONI (1671-1751) Concerto in D minor for oboe, strings
and continuo Op. 9 no. 2
Kirsten Barry (baroque oboe); Lucinda Moon (baroque violin); Jamie Hey,
(baroque cello). Australian Brandenburg Orchestra/Paul Dyer rec. Eugene
Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, September 2003. DDD
ABC CLASSICS 476 2840 [60.38][GH]
In
the mood for late night arrangements of Italian arias and for oboe or
string concertos then this is your ‘man’ ... see Full
Review
Philip Scriven - Piping
Hot Charles IVES (1874-1954)
Variations on America [8'57] Joseph
BONNET (1884-1944) Elfes [3'37] César
FRANCK (1822-1890) Prelude, Fugue et Variation [10'18]
Louis VIERNE (1870-1937) Scherzo
(Symphony 2) [4'03] Simon PRESTON (b.1938)
Alleluyas (1965) [5'13] Oskar LINDBERG
(1887-1936) Gammal fabodpsalm [4'35] Olivier
MESSIAEN (1908-1992) Transports de joie (L'Ascension)
[5'04] Jean LANGLAIS (1907-1991)
Cantilene (Suite Breve) [5'20] Patrick
GOWERS (b.1936) An Occasional Trumpet Voluntary (1995)
[2'55] Samuel BARBER (1910-1981)
arr. William Strickland Adagio
for strings [8'36] Jehan ALAIN (1911-1940)
Litanies [4'26] Maurice DURUFLÉ
(1902-1986) Prelude et Fugue sur le nom d'Alain (1947)
[11'55] Philip Scriven,
organ Rec. Lichfield Cathedral, 25-26 May 2004. DDD
REGENT REGCD210 [76'01][CB]
In
an age when the organ CD market is swamped
more than ever before, one has to offer so
much more in order to make a really distinctive
recording. ... see Full
Review
Severnside
Composers’ Alliance - Inaugural Piano
Recital Geoffrey
SELF Sonatina 1 Ivor
GURNEY Preludes (first set) F sharp;
A minor; D flat; D sharp minor; D. Jolyon
LAYCOCK L’Abri Pataud Richard
BARNARD On Erin Shore Steven
KINGS Fingers pointing to the Moon
Ivor GURNEY
Preludes 2nd set –Fragment;
F minor; D flat; C. F sharp. Susan
COPPARD Round and Around John
PITTS Aire 1; Fantasy 1; Fantasy
5.
James PATTEN
Nocturne 3; Nocturne 4. Sulyen
CARADON Dorian Dirge Ivor
GURNEY Preludes 3rd
set C minor; F sharp (unfinished). Raymond
WARREN Monody; Chaconne.
Peter Jacobs (piano) Recorded by Jim
Pattison
DUNELM DRDO238 [78.22] [CSS]
Peter
Jacobs is to be congratulated for the careful
programming ... see Full
review
Songs
of the Soul Carlos
SURINACH (1915 - 1997) Canciones
del Alma (Songs of the Soul) (1964)
Tomas Luis de VICTORIA
(1548 - 1611) Iste Sanctus; Senex
puerum portabat; O Quam Gloriosum; Beati Immaculati
Alan RIDOUT (1934
- 1996) O Flame of Love So Living Sasha
Johnson MANNING (b.1963) Romanca
VI Clare MACLEAN
(b.1958) Aunque es de Noche Geoffrey
BURGON (b.1941) But Have Been Found
Again (1983) Carl
RÜTTI (b.1949) An den Geist
The Saint Louis Chamber Chorus/Philip
Barnes
Recorded St. Margaret of Scotland Church,
St. Louis, USA, 23-25 May 2004
GUILD GMCD 7272 [58.09] [RH]
An
interesting programme with entirely creditable performances. Just occasionally
I wished for a little more Latin bravura ... see Full
Review
Sounds
Parisian Naji
HAKIM (b.1955) Le Tombeau d’Olivier
Messiaen (Par ma vie, par ma mort [6’33]; Je rends grace à mon Dieu
[6’25]; Christ avec le Saint-Esprit [6’02]) Vexilla Regis Prodeunt
Olivier MESSIAEN (1908-1992) Apparition
de l’Eglise éternelle [9’53] Louis VIERNE
(1870-1937) Messe Basse pour les enfants défunts: (Prélude
[5’33]; Introit [4’43]; Offertoire [5’49]; Elevation [2’14]; Communion
[5’59]; Défilé [9’33])
David Bednall, organ rec. Blackburn Cathedral, 31 May- 2 June 2004
LAMMAS RECORDS LAMM 175D [73’42][GMS]
Some
of the music is like written-down improvisation - very well presented
by David Bednall ... see Full
Review
The Spinning
Girl Stanislaw
MONIUSZKO (1819-1872) The Spinning
Girl arranged Melcer
[3.00] Johann Sebastian
BACH (1685-1750) Siciliana arranged
Galston
[3.24] Arcangelo
CORELLI (1653-1713) Sarabanda [1.40]
Christoph Willibald
von GLUCK (1714-1787) Orfeo – Dance
of the Spirits – Menuet [5.16] Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Sonata
No.14 in C sharp minor Op.27/2 Moonlight
(1801) [14.42] Friedrich
KUHLAU (1786-1823) Sonatine in
C Op.20 No.1 (1819) [8.40] Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Impromptu
No.1 in F minor D935 (1828) [9.39] Fryderyk
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Mazurka in A
minor Op.68 No.2 (1827) [1.56] Karol
SZYMANOWSKI (1882-1937) Etude No.1
Op.4 (1902) [3.38] Etude No.3 Op.4 (1902)
[4.57] Prelude Op.1 No.1 (1900) [1.51] Prelude
Op.1 No.7 (1900) [2.42] Heitor
VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959) The Three
Maries [3.29] Aram
KHACHATURIAN (1903-1978)
Toccata (1932) [3.54] Dmitri
KABELEVSKY (1904-1987) Sonatine
in C Op.13 No.1 (1930) [4.54] Kurt
WEILL (1900-1950) Tango Ballade
[2.59]
Felicja Blumental (piano)
No recording location or date
BRANA RECORDS BR0014 [76.59] [JW]
Something
of a mixed bag. An odds and ends feel to it
... see Full
Review
Strike:
New Zealand percussion music Gareth
FARR Volume Pig [11:21] Ross
HARRIS Ricochet (1999) [7:35] Miriama
YOUNG Iron Tongue [5:05] Don
McGLASHAN Work Songs (1989) [9:43] David
DOWNES Painting with Breath [6:03] Murray
HICKMAN Cube (1999) [23:12] Traditional,
arr. George UPU Taku Manu E [5:43]
Percussion: Jeremy Fitzsimons, Alison Low Choy, Murray Hickman,
Tim Whitta With Gareth Farr, Bruce McKinnon and Ryan Reiss, percussion,
and Rolf Gjelsten, accordion rec. Adam Concert Room, Victoria University
of Wellington, New Zealand, 31 Jan–3 Feb 2000 DDD
CREATIVE NZ MMT2030 [68:42] [PG]
Fans
of percussion music or other drum ensembles are encouraged to give this
album due attention. Just make sure you don’t turn it up too loud. ...
see Full Review
Anu Tali – Action Passion
Illusion Erkki-Sven TÜÜR (b.1959)
Zeitraum for orchestra (1992) [12:38] Jean
SIBELIUS (1865-1957) The Wood Nymph, op.15 (1894)
[10:18] Melodrama for narrator, two horns, piano and strings Erkki-Sven
TÜÜR Action Passion Illusion for string
orchestra (1993) [17:17] Sergey RACHMANINOV
(1873-1943) Three Russian Songs, op.41 (1927) [12:25]
Lasse Pöysti (narrator), Tanel Joamets (piano) State Choir Latvja
Nordic Symphony Orchestra (Lev Klychkov, leader)/Anu Tali Recorded:
Estonia Concert Hall, 19th and 21stFebruary 2003 (Action Passion Illusion),
19th and 21st April, 2003 (Zeitraum, 3 Russian Songs), 3rd September
2004 (Wood Nymph orchestra) and 28th November 2004 (Wood Nymph narrator)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 61992-2 [53:16][GPJ]
Anu
Tali extends her repertoire to take in the younger generation of Estonian
composers ... see Full Review
Tango
Dorado Astor
PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992)
Verano Porteno; Adios Nonino;
Balada para un loco; Milonga del Angel; Neotango;
Zum; Escualo; Sur: Los Suenos; Tangata; Libertango
Osvaldo PUGLIESE
(1905-1995) La Yumba Alejandro
SCARPINO Seguime Si Podes Domingo
FEDERICO (1916-2000) Saludos
Juan Carlos COBIAN
Los Mareados Manuel
ROMERO/Azucena MAIZANI/Oreste CUFARO
Cancion de Buenos Aires Gerardo
MATOS RODRIGUEZ (1897-1948) La
Cumparsita; La Cumparsita (Live version)
Osvaldo RUGGIERO
Bordoneo Y 900 Homero
Aldo EXPOSITO/Virgilio Hugo EXPOSITO
Absurdo Homero
Aldo EXPOSITO/Enrique Mario
FRANCINI/Hector STAMPONI
Pedacito de Cielo Agustin
BARDI (1884-1941) Galla Ciego
Julian PLAZA
(1928-2003) Nocturna Alfredo
Le PERA/Carlos GARDEL (1890-1935) Volver
Arrangements and transcriptions by Christiaan
van Hemert
Tango Dorado/Christiaan van Hemert (bandoneón)
Jacqueline Edeling (bandoneón) Alexandre Mota
Kanji (violin) Derk Lottman (violin) Margreet
Markerink (piano) Eelco van de Meeberg (guitar)
Maaike Wierda (double-bass) Richard Prada
(vocals) Claudia Copier (vocals) Recorded
at the Cristofori Amsterdam, Holland, July
1 - 2, 2004 (CD 2) and the Lucent Danstheater,
The Hague, Holland, March 11, 2004 (CD 1)
DDD
BRILLIANT CLASSICS 6933 [47:24 + 46:09][MC]
An
abundance of heart and soul and with the true
spirit of the Tango. A fine release that will
provide considerable pleasure. ... see Full
Review
Richard
Tauber: Opera Arias, Vol. 2
Richard Tauber (tenor) with orchestra except Sadko with piano
accompaniment by Mischa Spoliansky and violin by Dajos Bela Recorded
1926 – 1946 NAXOS 8.111001
[77 48] [GF]
At
least one Tauber disc should be in every serious
collection of vocal music. ... see Full
Review
Great Conductors: Toscanini
Franz
Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809) Symphony
No. 88 in G major* [20’40"] Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Symphony
No. 40 in G minor, K. 550** [22’44"]
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) String Quartet in F
Major, Op. 135: Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo
[8’25"]; Vivace [2’58"]*** [11’23"]
Nicolò PAGANINI
(1782-1840) arr. Toscanini Moto
Perpetuo**** [4’40"] Gioachino
ROSSINI (1792-1868) William Tell
Overture***** [11’43"]
NBC Symphony Orchestra/Arturo Toscanini Recorded
in NBC Studio 8H, New York City *8 Mar 1938;
**7 Mar 1938 and 27 Feb 1939; *** 8 Mar 1938;
****17 Apr 1939; ***** 1 and 29 Mar 1939 ADD
NAXOS HISTORIC 8.110895 [71’56"]
[JQ]
An
interesting and recommendable CD that captures
the great conductor at the start of the last
phase of his career. ... see Full
Review
Ukraine Composers’
Series (Set One) Ilya
POLSKY (b. 1924) Overture
[11:06] Volodimir
PODGORNY (b. 1928) Concerto
for Domra and Orchestra [12:00] (b. a)
Alexandre MAMANTOV
Concert
Polonaise [4:12] Dmitro
KLEBANOV (b. 1907) Suite no.
2 for String Orchestra [12:10]; Four
Preludes and Fugues for Orchestra [22:50]
Grigory TSITSALUK
(b. 1923) Elegy for French Horn and
String Orchestra [4:40] (b. b) Nicholai
STETSUN (b. 1942) Youth Overture
[3:35] Anatoly
GAYDENKO (b. 1934) Kursky Karagody
[11:26] Vitaly GUBARENKO
(b. 1934) Kupalo [6:35]; Chamber
Symphony no. 2 [20:40] (b. c); Choreographic
scenes from ‘Zaporozhtsy’ [33:10]
Boris Michaev (domra) Mikkola Ostrovsky
(French horn) Bogodar Kotorovich (violin)
Kharkov Philharmonic Orchestra/Vakhtang Jordania
Rec. Philharmonic Hall, Kharkov, 2004
ANGELOK1 CD-7710/11 [71:09
+ 71:28] [ED]
Tonal
parallels with the officially acceptable compositions
of Shostakovich or Prokofiev though none of
the composers here possesses a comparable
imagination or technique. ... see Full
Review
Astrid Varnay
Richard
WAGNER (1813-83) Der
fliegende Holländer (1843) – Johohoe!
Traft ihr das Schiffa [7’54]; Tannhäuser
(1845) – Dich teure Halle!b [5’34];
Lohengrin (1850) – Einsam in truben Tagenc
[5’09]; Die Walküre (1870) – Du bist
der Lenzd; War er so schmähliche;
Tristan und Isolde (1865) – Mild und leisef
[6’19] Ludwig van
BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Fidelio (1814)
– Abscheulicher!f [7’22] Giuseppe
VERDI (1813-1901)Simon Boccanegra
(1857) – Come in quest’ora brunaf
[4’18]; Il trovatore (1853) – Vanne, lasciami
… d’amor sull’ali roseef [6’19];
Macbeth (1847) – La luce languef;
Don Carlo (1867) – O don fatalef
[4’09]; Ludovic HALÉVY
(1833-1908) La Juive (1835) – Il
va venirf [4’28]
Astrid Varnay (soprano) eGeorge
London (baritone); aSinfonieorchester
des Saarlandisches Rundfunks/Rudolf Michl;
beSinfonieorchester des Bayerischen
Rundfunks, dfNiederösterreichisches
Tonkünstlerorchester/bdefHermann
Weigert; cRIAS Symphony Orchestra/Richard
Kraus. Rec. abde1954, c1953,
fJune 19th-20th,
1951. ADD
ARCHIPEL RECORDS ARPCD0221 [78’00] [CC]
Recommended
if you don’t have these wonderful examples
of great singing already ... see Full
Review
Viennese
Waltzes and Polkas Johann
STRAUSS II
(1825-1899):
Künstlerleben Waltz op. 316; Éljen
a Magyar Schnell-Polka; Wo die Zitronen
Blühen Waltz; Schatzwalzer from
Der Zigeunerbaron op. 418 (arr. Anton
Webern); Wein, Weib und Gesang Waltz
op. 333 (arr. Alban Berg) Josef
STRAUSS (1827-1870) Dynamiden
(Geheime Anziehungskräfte)
Waltz op. 173; Frauenherz-Polka op.
166 Johann STRAUSS
II and Josef
STRAUSS Pizzicato-Polka
Wiener Streichsextet Recorded at ‘Schloss
Grafenegg’, Haitzendorf, Austria 11/02 DDD
PAN CLASSICS 510 159 [50:42] [AB]
A
fine memento of the Vienna String Sextet, but for general listening
many will prefer the full orchestral versions rather than transcriptions
for string sextet. ... see Full
Review
Earl
Wild at 30: Live Radio Broadcasts from the 1940s.
Domenico SCARLATTI (1685-1757)
Sonata in D major K96 L465 [4.04] Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Capriccio from Three Fantasies
for Piano Op.16 (1829) [2.20] Louis-Claude
DAQUIN (1694-1772) Le Coucou from Premier livre de pièces
for harpsichord [2.06] Modest MUSSORGSKY
(1839-1881) Ein Kinderscherz (1859) [2,25] Sergei
RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Polichinelle Op.3 No.4 from
5 Morceaux de fantasie (1892) [3.12] Prelude in G major from Preludes
Op.32 (1910) [2.20] Edward MacDOWELL
(1860-1908) Hexentanz from Two Fantastic pieces Op.17 (1884)
[2.42] Franz LISZT (1811-1886)
Sonata in B minor (1853) [27.48] Fryderyk
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Polonaise in A flat major Op.53 Heroic
(1836) [5.52] Earl Wild
(piano) Recorded in NYC on ABC and NBC during the 1940s.
IVORY CLASSICS 74003 [53.40] [JW]
Warm,
natural-sounding ... often fluent, eventful and infused with life ...
see Full Review
SCORE
REVIEW
New
PETER WARLOCK Critical Edition - Volumes
1-6 Thames Publishing Price is £9.95 for each
volume Available from: William Elkin Music
Services Wood Green Industrial Estate, Station
Road, Salhouse, Norwich, NR13 6NY Telephone
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Warlock’s
songs range from exquisitely, sublimely beautiful,
and heart-rendingly tender, to boisterously
rollicking and rowdy. ... see Full
Review
BOOK
REVIEW
Eric
Charles Blake
Wars, Dictators and the Gramophone 1898-1945
pp320;
illustrated; laminated cover. published by
Sessions of York, Huntingdon Rd, York YO31
9HS, England Buy
from MusicWeb £10 plus postage
- immediate delivery
I
recommend this volume without hesitation to
anyone wanting to get a wider picture of the
times. There is much to interest and indeed
entertainment ... see Full
Review
LONDON –
a Musical Gazetteer By
Lewis and Susan Foreman Yale University
Press, New Haven and London, 2005 ISBN 0-300-10402-2
(chalk.paper) 384 pp 107 b/w illus large format
paperback ISBN 0 300 10402 2 £15:99.
.....must
find itself a place on music-lovers’ shelves
beside the British Music Yearbook and is excellent
value for the quite modest price. see Full
Review
The
Singer’s Ego Finding
Balance between Music and Life By: Lynn
Eustis 162 pp. Published by GIA Publications,
Inc. Chicago, IL. USA
This
is a book that should sit well used on the shelves of all singers, aspiring
singers and teachers. It won’t take you long to read it, and it is well
worth an annual re-read. Recommended highly. ... see Full
Review
THE
MAHLER SYMPHONIES - An Owner’s Manual by
David Hurwitz 195 pages, Amadeus
Press, 2005; 1-57467-099-9
All
in all, this is the ideal book for a would-be Mahlerite, or for evangelical
Mahlerites to give to others who they would like to convert ... see
Full Review
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