Johanna Martzy
Johannes BRAHMS
(1833-1897) Violin
Sonata No.3 Op.108 (1888) [21.43] Jean Antonietti
(piano) recorded live, October 1953 Violin
Concerto Op.77 (1879) - second and third movements
only [16.45] Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Eugen
Jochum, recorded live, December 1951 Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Violin
Concerto in E minor Op.64 (1844) [27.32] 
NWDR Symphony Orchestra/Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt,
recorded live, January 1954 Johanna Martzy
(violin) with accompaniments as above
TAHRA 553 [66.21] [JW]
Live
Martzy is valuable and we find her here in
her youthful prime.... see Full
Review
A
Mediterranean Christmas ANON.
Takshim Farahfaza / Respondemos [3:58] Alfonso
EL SABIO (1221-1284) Madre de
Dios [3:25] ANON.
Gregis pastor [3:08] ANON.
Gloria ‘n Cielo [2:38] Folquet DE MARSEILLE
(1150-1231) Senher Dieus / ANON.
Lux refulget [3:46] Alfonso EL SABIO (1221-1284)
Santa Maria, strela do dia [3:49] ANON.
Polorum regina [2:24] Alfonso EL SABIO (1221-1284)
Como sonos per conssello [5:57] ANON.
Ave maris stella / ANON.
O Maria, Deu maire [4:15] ANON.
Mei amic e mei fiel [2:45] Alfonso EL SABIO
(1221-1284)
Todo logar mui ben / ANON.
Taouchia [5:36] ANON.
Noi siamo i magi [2:08] ANON.
Quando el rey Nimrod [4:37] ANON.
Heu! Heu! [1:57] ANON.
Pastres, placatz vostre troupèu [3:48] ANON.
En Belén tocan a fuego [4:31] ANON.
Duérmete, niño, duérme [1:48] ANON.
Nani na ya srira [1:19] ANON.
Borea / Alfonso EL SABIO (1221-1284)
Tant’ aos peccadores [9:34]
The Boston Camerata / Sharq Arabic Music Ensemble: Hayet Adad, Anne
Azéma, Equidad Barès, Anne Harley (voices); Hazel Brooks
(vielle); Joes Cohen (lauta, guitar, voice); Steve Lundahl (recorders,
slide trumpet, shofar, voice); Karim Nagi (riqq, tar, darabuka, duff,
chifonie, voice); Boujema Razgui (tar, darabuka, nay, raita, voice);
Kareem Roustom (oud, guitar, voice). Directed by Joel Cohen and Karim
Nagi. rec. Church of the Covenant, Boston, 29 June-3 July 2005. DDD
WARNER CLASSICS 2564
62560-2 [71:22] [GPu]
A
glorious, life-enhancing CD, full of exuberant
and joyful music, passionate and beautiful,
splendidly performed ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Messe
Noire Igor STRAVINSKY
(1881-1971) Serenade
in A (1925) [11'43]. Dmitri
SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) Piano
Sonata No. 2 in B minor, Op. 61 (1942) [25'57].
Sergei PROKOFIEV
(1891-1953) Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat,
Op. 83 (1939-42) [19'27]. Alexander
SCRIABIN (1872-1915) Piano Sonata
No. 9 in F, Op. 68, 'Messe noire' (1912/13)
[8'45].
Alexei Lubimov (piano). Rec. Radio Studio
DRS, Zurich in May 1998 and December 2000
(Prokofiev).
ECM NEW SERIES 1679 (465 1372) [65:52]
[CC]
This
is an absolutely tremendous disc, from all
angles. This will be one of my Records of
the Year, of that I am sure. ... see Full
Review
New
French Song
- new settings of French words by British
composers (2003-2004) Tarik
O'REGAN (b. 1972) Sainte (Mallarmè)
[3.39] Sadie HARRISON
(b. 1965) ..issu stellaire.. (Mallarmé)
[6.12] Will TODD
(b. 1970) Le Pont Mirabeau (Apollinaire)
[5.09] Edwared COWIE
(b. 1943) Les Hiboux (Baudelaire)
[4.12] Bob CHILCOTT
(b. 1955) L'enfant dort (Hugo)
[1.42] John CASKEN
(b. 1949) Colloque Sentimental
(Verlaine) [6.12] Laurence
CRANE (b. 1961) Tour de France
Statistics 1903 – 2003 (Crane) [4.47]
Adam GORB
(b. 1958) La Cloche Fêlée
(Baudelaire) [6.27] Gabriel
JACKSON (b. 1962) A la Mémoire
de Claude Debussy (Cocteau) [3.24] Michael
FINNISSY (b. 1946) Salomé
(Laforgue) [3.09] Andrew
KEELING (b. 1955) Artémis
(de Nerval) [4.31] Hugh
WOOD (b. 1932) Alicante
(Prévert) [1.47] Diana
BURRELL (b. 1948) Longtemps
ce fut l'été (Bonnefoy)
[2.15] Helen ROE
(b. 1955) Pourquoi? (Verlaine)
[5.48] Nicola LEFANU
(b. 1947) Billet à Whistler
(Mallarmè) [6.38] Edward
MCGUIRE (b. 1948) Rêves
de la Bonne Heure (McGuire) [4.52] Judith
BINGHAM (b. 1952) La Jeune Morte
(Heredia) [2.31] Roger
REDGATE (b. 1958) Mirlitonnades
(Beckett) [1.57] Howard
SKEMPTON (b. 1947) Le Pont Mirabeau
(Apollinaire) [1.34] Graham
FITKIN (b. 1963) Les Aliments
Blancs (Satie) [1.44]
Alison Smart (soprano) Katharine Durran (piano)
Recorded at the Turner Sims Concert Hall,
1-3 April 2005. DDD.
MSV CD 92100 [79.36] [ED]
Artistically
enterprising and uncompromising, with excellent
production values too, this Metier release
is well worth exploring. ... see Full
Review
David Oistrakh
Collection: Volume 1 Peter
Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) String
Quartet in D, Op. 11a (1871) [31'02].
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH
(1906-1975) Piano Trio in E minor, Op.
67b (1943/4) [23'09]. Franz
Peter SCHUBERT (1797-1828) String
Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810, 'Death
and the Maiden' (1824) – Andante con
motoc [12'21].
David Oistrakh, acPyotr Bondarenko
(violins); acMikhail Terian (viola);
acSviatoslav Knushevitsky, bMiloš
Sádlo (cellos); bDmitri
Shostakovich (piano). From Melodiya a295/8,
c00205/6, bMercury DM21.
Rec. 1946. ADD
DOREMI LEGENDARY TREASURES DHR7701 [66'43]
[CC]
A
fabulous disc, musically. To have David Oistrakh
and Knushevitsky together is special enough
– to have the composer Shostakovich as pianist
in his own music almost seems like spoiling
us. ... see Full
Review
Guher and
Suher Pekinel Leonard BERNSTEIN (1918
– 1990) Symphonic
Dances from West Side Story (1960)
[20’12"] George
GERSHWIN (1898 – 1937) Three
Preludes (1926) [6’23"] Bela
BARTOK (1881 – 1945) Sonata
for Two Pianos and Percussion (1937) [25’13"]
Guher and Suher Pekinel (pianos) Peter
Sadlo and Stefan Gagelmann (percussion). rec.
Salle de Musique, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland,
June 1988. DDD
WARNER APEX 2564 62118-2 [52.01] [JPh]
An
interesting disc, very well played and recorded,
in addition to its extremely low price. If
the repertoire attracts, then you will be
well pleased with this disc in your collection.
... see Full
Review
Peace - A Choral
Album for our Times Tomas
Luis De VICTORIA (c.1548-1611)
O
magnum mysterium [4:10] Randall
THOMPSON (1899-1984) Alleluia
[6:20] Sergei
RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Blazen
muzh, op.37 [6:15] Morten
LAURIDSEN (b.1943) O magnum
mysterium [6:52] Samuel
BARBER (1910-1981) Agnus Dei
[7:11] John TAVENER
(b.1944) Song for Athene [6:47]
Arnold SCHOENBERG
(1874-1951) Friede auf Erden, op.13
[9:19] Henryk
Mikolaj GÓRECKI (b.1933) Totus
Tuus [11:15] Frederick
DELIUS (1862-1934) To be sung
of a summer night on the water [2:41]
Edward ELGAR (1857-1934)
Lux aeterna (‘Nimrod’) [4:16]
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus/Grant Llewellyn
rec. Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill,
Mass., USA. 6-10 July 2003. DDD
AVIE AV0039 [65:15] [JQ]
Lucky
Boston! ... see Full
Review
Pensiero Antonín
DVOŘÁK (1841 - 1904) Terzetto
in D, Op 74 (1887) (arr. David Johnson) Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770 - 1827) Trio
in c, Op 9#3 (1798) Jim
COCKEY (b.
1947) music available from opmouse@ctcweb.net
Elegy to an Ancient Battlefield David
Alan EARNEST (b.
1960) music available from dav_ear@msn.com
String Trio #3: Allegretto (1998)
The Langroise Trio: Geoffrey Trabichoff,
violin; David Johnson, viola; Samuel Smith,
cello Recorded in Langroise Hall, Caldwell,
Idaho, USA, 19 December, 2003 No program notes.
Cover photo of artists.
LANGROISE TRIO 29757-78542 [71.34] [PSh]
Recommended
without reservation to lovers of good trio
playing, Shostakovich string quartets, and
modern American music. ... see Full
Review
Gregor
Piatigorsky – Concertos
and Encores Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Cello Concerto
in A minor Op.129 [24.37]
Anton RUBINSTEIN (1829-1894) Melody
in F Op.3 No.1 arranged David POPPER
[2.51] Romance in E flat Op.44 No.1 [3.07]
Sergei RACHMANINOV
(1873-1943) Vocalise Op.34 No.14 [3.17]
Cesar CUI
(1835-1918) Orientale Op.50 No.9 (from
Kaleidoscope) [2.32] Pyotr
Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Chanson
triste Op.40 No.2 [2.58] None but the Lonely
heart Op.6 No.6 [2.23] Valse Sentimentale
Op.51 No.6 [2.14] Camille
SAINT-SAENS (1835-1921) The Swan
(carnival of the Animals) [2.35] Cello Concerto
No.1 in A minor Op.33 [19.10] Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Moment Musical
in F minor [1.48] Carl
Maria von WEBER (1786-1826) Rondo
(from Sonata No.3 for piano with violin obbligato)
[2.25] Enrique GRANADOS
(1867-1916) Intermezzo from Goyescas arranged
Gaspar CASSADO [4.51]
Gregor Piatigorsky (cello) LPO/John Barbirolli,
recorded London 1934 (Schumann) RCA Victor
Symphony Orchestra/Fritz Reiner, recorded
1950 (Saint-Saëns) Ralph Berkowitz (piano)
NAXOS 8.111069 [77.58][JW]
Overall
this is a good conspectus of the concerto
and chamber Piatigorsky, nicely transferred
and annotated. ... see Full
Review
Lucia
Popp (soprano) Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Cantata “Jauchzet
Gott in allen Landen” BWV 51 (1730) [17’52”] From
Christmas Oratorio – Aria – “Grosser Herr und starker Konig” (1734) [5’22”] Georg
Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767) From Psalm 111 “Ich Danke
dem Herren von ganzem Herzen.28 (1708) [2’44”] From Psalm 111 “Er
sendet eine Erlosung seinem Volk” (1708) [2’17”] Georg
Frederic HANDEL (1685-1759) From The Messiah, Oratorio,(1742)
The Trumpet Shall Sound” [9’34”] From Samson, Oratorio,(1743)
“Let the bright Seraphim” [6’12”]
Lucia Popp (soprano), Jorma Hynninen, (bass) Carol Dawn Reinhart (trumpet)
Amsterdam Chamber Orchestra/Marinus Voorberg Recorded in Amsterdam,
1982. ADD ARTS ARCHIVES
43015–2 [44’45”][JPh]
Sheer
delight from start to finish ... see Full
Review
Prestilagoyana
- Guitar Duos Pierre PETIT
(1922-2000) 1.Tarantelle
[6:53]; 9. Toccata [6:16] Ida PRESTI
(1924-1967) 2. Prelude No.1 Allegretto [5:25]; 3. Danse D’Avila.
Allegretto brillante [4:17] Mario CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
(1895-1968) Sonatina Canonica op.196 [11:48]. 4. Mosso grazioso
e leggero [3:42]; 5. Tempo di Siciliane [5:05]; 6. Fandango en Rondeau
[2:56]; Fuga Elegiaca (1967). 13. Preludio-Fuga [5:16] Jean-Yves
DANIEL-LESUR (1908-2002) 7. Elegie (1956) [6:45] Pierre
WISSMER (1915-1992) 8. Prestilagoyana (1969). Allegro [6:43]
Joaquin RODRIGO (1901-1999) Tondilla[13:17].
10. Allegro ma non troppo [3:05]; 11.Minueto pomposo Andante [5:42 ]
12.Allegro vivace [4:23]
Joachim Schrader,
Jan Erler (guitars) rec. 11-13 October 2004, Andreaskirche Berlin Wannsee.
MDG SZENE MDG 603 1348-2
[67:41] [ZT]
For
reasons evident from the first few measures
of track one, this new release is definitely
recommended listening. ... see Full
Review
Renaissance
Christmas Music: Altdeutsche Weihnacht
Johannes ECCARD
(1553-1611) Ubers
Gebirg Maria geht [6.09] Johann
WALTER (1496-1570) Gelobet seist
du, Jesu Christ [3.25] Andreas
REUSSNER (c.1660) Uns ist ein Kindlein
heut geborn [2.57] Adam
GUMPELZHAIMER (1559-1625) Vom Himmel
hoch da komm ich her [3.30] Arnolt
SCHLICK (c1455-c1525) Maria zart
[4.39] Michael PRAETORIUS
(1571-1621) In dulci jubilo [6.12] A solis
ortus cardine [7.24] Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
[3.52] Bartholomaus
GESIUS (c 1560-1613) Christum wir
sollen loben schon Ein Kind geborn zu Bethlehem
Elly Ameling (soprano) Bernhard Michaelis
(alto) Hans-Ulrich Mielsch (tenor) Barry McDaniel
(baritone) Hans-Martin Linde (flute) Ilse
Brix-Meinert and Ulrich Koch (viola da braccio)
Johannes Koch (viola da gamba) Walter Gerwig
(lute) Der Tolzer Knabenchor singt zur
Weihnacht Motets Erhard
BODENSCHATZ (1576-1636) Joseph,
lieber Joseph mein [1.42] Orlando
di LASSO (1532-1594) Angelus ad
pastores ait [2.24] Resonet in laudibus [4.39]
Jacob HANDL (GALLUS)
(1550-1591) Omnes de Saba venient [1.46]
Johannes ECCARD
(1553-1611) Ich steh an diener Krippe
hier [3.37] Samuel
SCHEIDT (1587-1654)
O Jerusalem zart [2.02] Alpine Christmas
Carols Jetz fangen wir sum Singen an (Salzburg)
[3.24] Felsenharte Bethlehemiten (Munich)
[2.53] Auf, auf! Ihr Hirten in dem Feld [2.35]
Das allerschonst Kindl (Chiemgau) [2.39] Das
himmlische Tor (Tirol) [1.12] Still, o Himmel!
(Chiemgau) [3.49] Dort oben am Berge, da wehet
der Wind [1.13] Wir woollen dankbar sein (Salzburg)
[1.51] Tolzer Knabenchor Instrumental group/Gerhard
Schmidt-Gaden Recorded 1961 (Altdeutsche Weihnacht)
and 1965 (remainder) DEUTSCHE HARMONIA
MUNDI 2 CD 82876 69996 2 [41.51 + 35.53]
[JW]
Seasonal
bonhommie in revival from the 1960s: a selection
that is attractively coloured and affectionately
nuanced ... see Full
Review
The
Romantic Harp
Marcel GRANDJANY (1891
– 1975) Fantasy on a Theme of Haydn, Op. 31; Marcel
TOURNIER (1879 – 1951) Vers la source dans le bois; Nino
ROTA (1911 – 1979) Sarabanda and Toccata; Gabriel
PIERNÉ (1863 – 1937) Impromptu-Caprice, Op. 9; Manuel
de FALLA (1876 – 1946) Spanish Dance No. 1 from ‘La Vida
Breve’; Gabriel FAURÉ (1845 – 1924) Une Châtelaine en sa
Tour, Op. 110; Impromptu, Op. 86; Kelly-Marie
MURPHY (b. 1964) Harp Concerto ‘And then at night I paint
the stars’ – III: Scintillation (Cadenza); Sergei
PROKOFIEV (1891 – 1953) Prelude in C, Op. 12, No. 7; Carlos
SALZÉDO (1885 – 1961) Ballade, Op. 28 Judy
Loman (harp) rec. St John Chrysostom Church, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada,
13-16 July, 21-23 Aug 2003.
NAXOS 8.554561 [59:25][JW]
‘Agreeable’
sounds rather a damning-with-faint-praise
word, critically speaking, but this is a very
agreeable recording. ... see Full
Review
Martin
Roscoe:
A celebrity recital from the Fifth Chetham’s
International Summer School and Festival for
Pianists Fryderyk
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Four Ballades
(1831-42): No.1 in G minor, Op.23 (1836) [8:53]
Robert KEELEY
(b.1960) Ballade (2001) [7:58] Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Kreisleriana,
(Eight Fantasies), Op.16 (1838) [29:57]
Martin Roscoe (piano) rec. The Whiteley
Hall, Chetham’s School of Music, Manchester,
23 Aug 2005. DDD
DUNELM DRD0247 [47:18] [IM]
The
great value of this enterprising series of
CDs is that it brings these splendid performances
to far more people than could attend the recitals.
... see Full
Review
Schubert
Epilog Luciano BERIO
(1925-2003) Rendering
per orchestra (1988-90) [34:07] Aribert REIMANN
(b. 1936) Metamorphosen über ein Menuett von Schubert (D 600)
für 19 Instrumente (1997) [7:57} Hans
Werner HENZE (b. 1926) Der Erlkönig Orchesterfantasie
aus "Le Fils de L’air) (1996) [5.33] Hans
ZENDER (b. 1936) Schubert Chöre 1-4 (1996) [17:37] Kurt
SCHWERTSIK (b. 1936) Epilog zu "Rosamund" (1978)
[11.19] Chör
der Bamberger Symphoniker, Bamberger Symfoniker/Jonathan Nott rec. Joseph
Keilberth Saal, Bamberg, July 2002-January 2003. DDD in conjunction
with Bayerische Rundfunk München
TUDOR 7131 [77:13] [AO]
An
interesting recording showing how different
contemporary composers have approached Schubert
on their own terms ... see Full
Review
Andrès
Segovia and his Contemporaries - Vol. 4: Segovia
and Maria Luisa Anido Isaak
ALBÉNIZ (1860 - 1909) Asturias; Granada; Francisco
TÁRREGA (1854 - 1909) Recuerdos de la Alhambra; Variaciones
sobre la Jota Aragonesa (Gran Jota); Sueño; Enrique
GRANADOS (1867 - 1916) Danza No. 5; Anton
RUBINSTEIN (1829 - 1894) Romance Op. 26 No. 1; Isaak
ALBENIZ Cadiz; Luis MILAN (c.
1500 – c. 1561) Pavana VI; Pavana IV; Gaspar
SANZ (1640 - 1710) Pavana; Anon.
Canzone; Saltarello; Federico Moreno
TORROBA (1891 - 1982) Burgalesa; Albada; Arada; Anon.
El Noi de la Mare; El Testamente de Amelia; Francesco
TARREGA Danza Mora; Minuet; Robert
de VISEE (1660 – 1720) Entrada; Giga; Bourree; Minuet
Maria Luisa Anido (guitar)(1–8), Andrès Segovia (guitar)(9–24)
Recorded early 1930s (7-8), the Soviet Union 1956?(1–6), New York January
1944 (9–24) DOREMI DHR-7719
[65:22] [GF]
All
in all a fascinating disc, for the opportunity
to hear Anido and there is more to come. ...
see Full Review
Liselotte
Selbiger plays Henry
PURCELL (1659-1695) Suite
No. 2, in G minor, Z 661 [4:17] Studio production
by Danmarks Radio, 1951 François
COUPERIN (1668-1733) Le Rossignol
en-amour (14° ordre) [3:36] Les Graces Naturèles
(11° ordre) [3:02] COL LD3, 1949 Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Sarabande.
From Partita BWV 825 [4:28] HMV DB 5296, 1949
Two-part Inventions No. 4 in D minor BWV 775
[0:54] No. 6 in E major BWV 777 [2:16] No.
8 in F major BWV 779 [0:55] COL LDX 7016,
1950 From The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book
I BWV 846, 847, 854, 855 [13:41] COL SELK
1003, 1951 Domenico
SCARLATTI (1685-1757) Sonata in
D minor Longo 413 [2:12] Sonata in E major
Longo 23 [3:38] Sonata in C major Longo 104
[2:04] Toccata in D minor Longo 422 [3:41]
BE OK 1014, c.1953 Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Preludes
BWV 933-938 [8:39] From Four Duets (Klavierübung
III) BWV 804-805 [5:55] Studio production
by Danmarks Radio, c. 1952 Carl
Philipp Emanuel BACH (1714-1788) Sonata
V in F major Wq 55 [6:31] Studio production
by Danmarks Radio, c. 1952 Bonus CD Jean-Philippe
RAMEAU (1683-1764) Suite in E minor
[15:33] COL 33 KC2, 1955 François
COUPERIN (1668-1733) Les Folies
françoises, ou les Dominos (13° ordre)
[7:04] Passacaille (8° ordre) [7:52] COL 33
KC2, 1955
Liselotte Selbiger (harpsichord and clavichord)
Recording dates and locations, if known, noted
above
DANACORD DACOCD 645 [72.42 + 32.18] [JW]
A
more equable and less temperamental approach
to the repertoire ... see Full
Review
Arias
for Senesino George
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Bel
contento gia gode quest’alma [5:53] Pompe
vane di morte! [2:13] Dove sei, amato
bene? [4:58] Tomaso
ALBINONI (1671-1751) Stelle
ingrate [3:15] Selvagge amenita [3:47]
Antonio LOTTI (1667-1740)
Discordi pensieri [6:52] Alessandro
SCARLATTI (1660-1725) Del ciel
sui giri [5:07] Antonio
LOTTI (1667-1740) Fosti caro
agi’occhi miei [5:10] George
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Dall’ondoso
periglio [1:42] Aure, deh, per pieta
[5:31] Al lampo dell’armi [2:52]
Cara sposa [9:21] Nicola
PORPORA (1686-1768) Va per la
vene il sangue [8:06]
Andreas Scholl, counter-tenor Choir of the
King’s Consort Academia Bizantina/Ottavio
Dantone rec. Auditorium di Milano, 25-26,
28-30 June 2004. DDD
DECCA 475 6569 [65:31] [EM]
A
very pure, piercing voice, full of dramatic
intensity and lyrical beauty, with great dynamic
control and fantastic expression. ... see
Full
Review
Shall
I Compare Thee? Choral settings on Shakespeare
Texts Kevin OLSON
(b.1970) Summer
Sonnet [4.46] Martha
SULLIVAN (b.1964) Blow, blow thou
winter wind [2.37] Jaakko
MÄNTYJÄRVI (b.1963) Four
Shakespeare Songs (1984) [11.53] Matthew
HARRIS (b.1956) It was a Lover
and his Lass [3.09] Take O Take Those Lips
Away [1.35] Who is Sylvia? [1.21] And Will
A’Not Come Again? [2.39] John
RUTTER (b.1945) It was a Lover
and his Lass (1975) [2.28] Nils
LINDBERG (b.1933) Shall I compare?
(1998) [2.26] Håkan
PARKMAN (1955-1988) Madrigal (Take
O Take Those Lips Away) [1.37] Sonnet 147
(My love is as a fever) [3.03] György
ORBÁN (b.1947) Orpheus with
his lute (early 1990s) [2.20] O Mistress mine!
[1.03] Juhani KOMULAINEN
(b.1953) Four Ballads of Shakespeare [10.00]
Robert APPLEBAUM
(b.1941) Spring [2.51] Witches’ Blues
[4.53] Sonnet 18 (Shall I compare thee to
a summer’s day?) [3.13] Chicago a cappella
Jonathan Miller (bass and artistic director)
Recorded at Northeastern Illinois University,
November 2004 and March 2005-11-14
CEDILLE CDR 90000 085 [63.00] [JW]
However
adeptly sung these are examples of composers
unable to make linguistic, expressive and
intellectual connections with their material.
... see Full
Review
Show Some
Emotion Maurice
RAVEL
(1875-1937) Pavane
pour une infante défunte (1899) [6:23]
Sonatine (1903/05) [11:30] Enrique
GRANADOS (1867-1916) Spanish Dance,
Op. 37 no. 2 "Oriental" (1890) [4:41] Heitor
VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959) A Lenda
do Caboclo (1920) [4:04] Claudio
SANTORO (1919-1989) Paulistana
no. 1 (1953) [1:30] Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Suite Bergamasque
(1890) [17:23] Robert
CASADESUS (1899-1972) Prelude,
Op. 5 no. 24 (1924) [5:03] Rick
ROBERTSON (b. 1960) Romance (2003)
[3:03] Germaine TAILLEFERRE
(1892-1983) Deux Pièces: Larghetto
(1946) [3:19], Valse Lente (1948) [2:04]
David DeLucia, piano rec. Neighborhood
Music School, New Haven, Connecticut, February
2005
PERSONAL LABEL 09419 [59:10] [DS]
If
you are looking for romantic music played
with devotion, David DeLucia is certainly
your man. ... see Full
Review
Silk Road Journeys:
Beyond the Horizon Sandeep
DAS and Indrajit
DEY, arranged by LJOVA
Mohini
(Enchatnment) [1:47] Ensemble
Improvisation Oasis [3:00]
Zhao JIPING
and Zhao LIN
Distant Green Valley [7:06] Georgian/Armenian
traditional, arranged Gevorg
DABAGHYAN Akhalqalaqi Dance
[1:22] Zhao JIPING
Echoes of a Lost City [1:18]
Kayhan Kalhor, arranged
LJOVA Mountains
are Far Away [6:09] Kazakh/Chinese
traditional, arranged Zhao
LIN Yanzi (Swallow Song)
[3:25] Zhao LIN Battle
Remembered [4:00] Zhao
JIPING Summer in the High Grassland
[4:37] Fikret AMIROV
Kor Arab [4:08] Uzeyir
HAJIBEYOV Shikasta (Minstrel’s
Song) [1:48] Turkish
traditional, arranged Shane
SHANAHAN Night at the Caravanserai
[7:56] Kayhan KALHOR
Gallop of a Thousand Horses
[5:07] Sandeep DAS
Tarang (Currents)
[6:27] Zhao JIPING
Sacred Cloud Music [5:30]
Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble Alan Pierson,
conductor. Recorded: Right Track Studios,
New York, September 20-26, 2004.
SONY CLASSICAL SD 93962 [63:33] [GPu]
Sophisticated,
richly collaborative music, often beautiful,
often very moving … see
Full Review
Stokowski
conducts Percy Grainger Favourites and others Percy
GRAINGER (1882-1961) Country Gardens* [1:32]; Mock Morris
[2:55]; Early One Morning [3:30]; Shepherd's Hey* [1:36]; Irish Tune
from County Derry [3:30]; Molly on the Shore [3:26]; Handel in the Strand*
[3:45] Jean SIBELIUS (1865-1957) Berceuse
from The Tempest (arr. Stokowski)
[4:59]; Valse Triste from Kuolema [4:30] Ralph
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958) Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas
Tallis [16:03] Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)
Vocalise [7:51] Enrique GRANADOS
(1867-1916) Intermezzo from Goyescas (arr. Otto
Langey) [4:46] Claude DEBUSSY
(1862-1918) Clair de Lune (orch. Stokowski)
[5:29] Jacques IBERT (1890-1962) Escales
(Ports of Call) (I. Rome-Palermo; II. Tunis-Nefta; III. Valencia) [14:09]
Leopold Stokowski conducts
his Symphony Orchestra * Percy Grainger at the piano rec. 31 May, 8
Nov 1950 (Grainger); 15 Mar 1950, 4 Oct 1949 (Sibelius); 3 Sept 1952
(RVW); 25 Feb 1953 (Rachmaninov); 11 Dec 1947 (Granados); 24 May 1947
(Debussy); 11 Feb 1951 (Ibert)
CALA CACD0542 [77:58][RB]
Magnificent
performances: notable Ibert, Sibelius, Debussy
and Vaughan Williams tracks. Other items hold
a dreadful fascination including a succulently
over the top Vocalise. ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Zoltán
Székely and the Hungarian String Quartet
Historical recordings and previously unissued
public performances, 1937-1968. Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Quartet
K 456 ("Dissonant") (*Menton Festival, 13
July 1958) [25.08] Quartet in D minor K 421(Rec.
for HMV in London 1946) [25.45] Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Quartet No.
14 in D minor ("Death and the Maiden") (*Menton
Festival, 22 July 1958) [37.42] Quartet No.
15 in G Major, Op. 161 (*Menton Festival,
22 July 1958) [39.31] Quartet No. 14 in D
minor ("Death and the Maiden") (Chamber Music
Society LP CM-17, rec. 1952) [35.50] Josef
HAYDN (1732-1809) Quartet in C
major Op 74 No 1 (*University of Southern
California, Los Angeles, 5 July 1950) Quartet
in D Major Op 64 No. 5 (*University of Southern
California, Los Angeles, 1951) Quartet in
D Major Op 64 No. 5 (from 78s) (Rec. for HMV
in London, 1946) Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Quartet
in C, Op. 59 No. 3 (*Menton Festival, 21 July
1961) [25.52] Quartet in C# minor, Op. 131
(*Menton Festival, 21 July 1961) [34.25] Quartet
in F Op. 59 No. 1 (*Budapest, Academy of Music,20
Dec. 1968)[38.54] Zoltan
KODÁLY (1882-1967) String
Quartet No. 2, Op. 10 (Concert Hall Soc. LP
CHS-1157, rec. 1952) [17.13] Béla
BARTÓK (1881-1945) Fifth
String Quartet (*Menton Festival, July 1961)
[30.42] Sixth String Quartet (*Menton Festival,
July 1961) [28.23] Third String Quartet (*Budapest,
Academy of Music. 20 Dec. 1968) [15.03] Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Quartet in A
minor Op. 51 No. 2 (Budapest, Academy of Music.
20 Dec. 1968) [31.12] Nicola
Antonio PORPORA (1686-1768) Sonata
II in G (from Sonate XII di Violino e Basso
(osia di Cimbalo e violoncello)) (Amer. Decca
78 G-25877). Zoltán Székely
with Géza Fried, piano [8.19]. Pyotr
Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Quartet
in D Major, Op. 11 (Concert Hall Soc. LP CHS-1183,
rec. 1952) [25.10] Antonín
DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) Quartet
in F Major, Op. 96 ("American") (Concert Hall
Soc. LP CHS-1157, rec. 1952) [26.10] Alexander
GLAZUNOV (1865-1936) Violin Concerto
in A Minor, Op. 82 (Dutch Decca 78 set X-10110,
rec. 1942).[20.56] Székely, with Hague
Residence Orchestra conducted by Willem van
Otterloo Cinq Novellettes pour Quatuor d'archets,
Op. 15 (Concert Hall Soc. LP CHS-1183 rec.
1952 [28.31] Edouard
LALO (1823-1892) Guitarre (Dutch
Decca 78 set X-10110, rec. 1942) Székely
with Jean Antonietti, piano.[3.27] Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Quartet in
A minor, Op. 41 No. 1 (*University of Southern
California, Los Angeles, 1 July 1951) [21.35]
Claude DEBUSSY
(1862-1918) Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
(*University of Southern California, Los Angeles,
1 Aug. 1951) [22.22]
Hungarian String Quartet – [1] Székely--Moskowsky-Koromzay-Palotai.
[2] Székely-Moszkowsky-Koromzay-Magyar.
[3] Székely-Moskowsky-Halleux-Palotai.
[4] Székely-Kuttner-Koromzay-Magyar.
* Public performances. Technical reconstruction
(2004) by Maggi Payne. Issued with the kind
cooperation of Prof. Gabriel Magyar and the
Székely Estate.
MUSIC & ARTS CD1161[8 CDs:
78.41 + 75.27 + 77.47 + 73.46 + 77.39 + 68.27
+ 78.52 + 74.30] [JW]
That’s
it. One of my Records of the Year wrapped
up this side of Christmas. I know quartet
records don’t sell well - but this one deserves
to. ... see Full
Review
The
Golden Age of Light Music Travellin’ Light
- Great American Light Orchestra Volume 2 see
review for details Recorded 1948 - 1954
GUILD LIGHT MUSIC GLCD 5114 [76.49] [RH]
Perhaps
the selection will not create many new light
music devotees but it will certainly make
existing ones very happy. ... see Full
Review
Trinity
Sunday at Westminster Abbey: Matins The
bells of Westminster Abbey [1’17"] Thomas
TOMKINS (1572-1656) The Preces
[1’19"] Sir
George ELVEY (1816-1893) Psalm
115 [3’57"] Benjamin
BRITTEN (1913-1976) Te Deum in
C [8’21"] Sir
William WALTON (1902-1983) Jubilate
[3’51"] Thomas
TOMKINS and John FARMER (fl.1591-1601)
The Responses [5’25"] Eucharist Francis
GRIER (b. 1955)
Missa Trinitatis Sanctae
[15’05"] Evensong Sir
Edward BAIRSTOW (1874-1946) Psalm
107 [9’48"] Herbert
HOWELLS (1892-1983) Magnificat
[5’22"} and Nunc Dimittis [3’02"]
‘Westminster Service’ Sir
John STAINER (1840-1901) I saw
the Lord [7’15"] Sir
Charles STANFORD (1852-1924) Fantasia
and Toccata in D minor, Op. 57 [12’40]
The Choir of Westminster Abbey/James O’Donnell
Robert Quinney (organ) rec. Westminster Abbey,
15-16, 21-22 June 2005. DDD
HYPERION CDA 67557 [78’02"] [JQ]
This
is a splendid and stimulating disc, which
I’ve enjoyed very much. More please! ... see
Full
Review
Tzigane: a
treasury of Gypsy-inspired music Zoltán
KODÁLY (1882-1967) arr.
Anthony Goldstone: Dances of Galánta
[16.07] * Joseph
HAYDN (1732-1809) arr. Anthony
Goldstone: ‘Gypsy rondo’ – Rondo all’ongarese
(presto) from Trio in G major, Hob. XV:25,
with a cadenza by Franz Schubert [3.30] *
Franz LISZT
(1811-1886): Hungarian Rhapsody no. 6
[7.15] Ferruccio
BUSONI (1866-1924): Chamber Fantasy
on Bizet’s Carmen [7.51] Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) arr. Anthony
Goldstone: Hungarian Dance no. 11 [3.07] *
Johannes BRAHMS
(1833-1897): Hungarian Dance no. 2 [3.02]
Ernst von DOHNÁNYI
(1877-1960): Rhapsody in F sharp minor,
op.11, no. 2 [6.54] Manuel
de FALLA (1876-1946): Fantasia
bætica (Andalusian Fantasy) [12.12]
Augusta HOLMÈS
(1847-1903): Rêverie tzigane [4.09]
* George ENESCU
(1881-1955): Romanian Rhapsody no. 1,
in the composer’s concert transcription [12.23]
Anthony Goldstone (piano) Recorded in
St John the Baptist church, Alkborough, 2005.
DDD. * = first recording
DIVINE ART 25033 [77.30] [ED]
A
pianistic tour de force without a doubt, and
most warmly recommended. ... see Full
Review
Vocalise
Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Vocalise
Op.34 No.14 transcribed by Leonard Rose [6.46] Pyotr
Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Pezzo Capriccioso Op.62 revised
by Karl Maria Schwamberger [6.34] Wilhelm
PETERSON-BERGER (1867-1942) Till Rosorna [3.32] E[vert]
TAUBE (1890-1957) Nocturne transcribed by Mats Bergstrom
[2.54] Isaac ALBÉNIZ (1860-1909)
Asturias revised by W Thomas-Mifume [6.34] Cuba revised by
W Thomas-Mifume [5.14] Sevilla revised by W Thomas-Mifume
[3.53] Sergei PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)
March transcribed by Gregor Piatigorsky [1.30] Gabriel
FAURÉ (1845-1924) Sicilienne from Pelléas et
Mélisande Op.80 transcribed by Mats Bergstrom [4.22] Berceuse
Op.16 transcribed by Mats Bergstrom [3.44] Après un rêve
transcribed by Pablo Casals [3.01]
Mats Rodin (cello) Staffan Scheja (piano) Mats Bergstrom (guitar)
Jan-Erik Gustafsson (cello) Recorded at Swedish Radio studio 3, Stockholm,
August 1994 DAPHNE 1024
[49.25] [JW]
A
cello recital with a twist of lime. ... see
Full Review
Welte-Mignon
Piano Carl Maria
von WEBER (1786-1826)
Aufforderung
zum Tanz Op.65 – Rondo brilliant [8.40] Artur
Schnabel Leo
DELIBES (1836-1891) Valse lente
from Coppelia [3.06] Arthur Nikisch Pietro
MASCAGNI (1863-1945) Intermezzo
from Cavalleria rusticana [2.18] Georg
Zscherneck Franz
LISZT (1811-1886) Liebesträume
No.3 [3.35] Eugen d’Albert La Campanella
[4.03] Ferruccio Busoni Reminiscences
of Norma – Grande Fantasie [11.37] Ferruccio
Busoni Matthias
van den GHEYN (1721-1785) Prelude,
Coucou (Carillon) [2.13] Fanny Davies Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (17560-1791) Sonata
K576- first movement [3.38] Raoul Pugno
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Sonata No.18 Op.53 Waldstein
– first movement [7.00] Teresa Carreño
Fryderyk CHOPIN
(1810-1849) Polonaise Op.71 No 2 – [5.06]
Theodor Leschetizky Benjamin
GODARD (1849-1895) Gavotte Op.16
No.3 [2.14] Lazzaro Uzielli Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Hochzeitsmarsch
und Elfenreigen – Midsummer Night’s Dream
arranged Franz
LISZT [7.00]
Felix Dreyschok Paul
de SCHLOZER (1841-1898) Etude in
E flat [2,40] Josef Lhevinne Emil
von SAUER (1862-1942) Echo of Vienna
– Concert Waltz [5.36] Emil von Sauer
Welte-Mignon Piano Rolls made between 1905
and 1909; pianists noted as above, reproduced
and recorded in the Waldhaus salon
TUDOR 7104 [70.04] [JW]
Not
a convincing example of the Welte roll and,
like the system itself, a very great deal
needs to be taken on trust. ... see Full
Review
Laurel
Zucker – Virtuoso Flautist Sergei
PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Sonata in D major for flute and piano,
Op.94 [25:42] Francis POULENC (1899-1963)
Sonata for flute and piano [13:05] Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Syrinx for solo flute [3:15] Cécile
CHAMINADE (1857-1918) Concertino for flute and piano, Op.
107 Laurel Zucker
(flute) Robin Sutherland (piano) No recording date or location given
CANTELINA RECORDS
660012 [50:08][DC]
It’s
the best demo disc I’ve heard for long time. ... see Full
Review
20th
Century Swiss Organ Music Paul
MÜLLER-ZÜRICH (1898 – 1993) Fantasia (1970) [3:33] Canzone
(1970) [1:45] Introitus (1970) [4:29] Arthur
HONEGGER (1892 – 1955) Deux Pièces (1917) [7:05] Hans
VOLLENWEIDER (1918 – 1993) Vorspiel (1970) [2:32] Frank
MARTIN (1890 – 1974) Passacaille (1944) [12:47] Agnus Dei
(1966) [4:04] Ernst HESS (1912 – 1968)
Präludium Op.60/4 [2:22] Chaconne Op.60/1 [3:29] Conrad
BECK (1901 – 1968) Zwei Präludien (1932) [18:15] Max
KUHN (1896 – 1994) Präludium und Fuge in C [2:30] Pastorale
und Fuge (1976) [2:36] Präludium und Fuge in A [2:50] Phantasie und
Fuge (1975) [5:50]
Jeremy Filsell, organ of the evang.-ref. Kirche Küsnacht rec. evang.-ref.
Kirche, Küsnacht, November 2004
GUILD GMCD 7285 [74:58][HC]
Filsell
plays superbly throughout this generous programme of mostly unfamiliar
and rewarding music ... see Full
Review
BOOK
REVIEWS
The
Cambridge Companion to the Concerto, edited
by Simon P. Keefe Pub:
Cambridge University Press, 2005 (1st
ed.) 309 pp. Paperback: ISBN 052154257X £17.99
Hardback: ISBN 052183483X £45.00 [ED]
Has
the potential to be informative in the right
hands ... serves as the springboard for further
reading on this absorbing musical genre. ...
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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