Aíres
Látinos Antonio
LAURO (1917-1986)
Vals Venezolano no. 3 [3:21] Eduardo
FALÚ (b.
1923) La Cuartelera [2:48] Domingo
PRAT (1886-1944) Chacarera [1:43]
Remo PIGNONI
(1915-1988)
Pa’ la Dorita (gato) [1:52]; Por el Sur (huella)
[2:55] Gerónimo
BIANQUI PIÑERO (b.
1905) Del Tiempo E’Naupa (milonga urbana)
[3:28] Ariel RAMÍREZ
(b.
1921) La Peregrinación (huella)
[2:31] LAURO:
Vals Venezolano no. 2 [1:43] Arahualpa
YUPANQUI (1908-1992)
La Pobrecita (zamba) [3:33] Anonymous:
Viva Jujuy (Argentine folksong) [2:31] Jõao
TEIXEIRA GUIMARAES (1883-1947)
Sons de Carrilhões (Sounds of Bells)
[2:23] Jorge CARDOSO
(b.
1949) Pablo de los Regresos (huella) [2:01];
ilonga [3:59]; Gato [1:35] Astor
PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992)
Otoño Porteño (tango) [4:07];
Invierno Porteño (tango) [3:21]; Primavera
Porteña (tango) [4:48] Manuel
Maria PONCE (1882-1948) Scherzino
Mexicano [3:18] 
Pawel Nawara (guitar) Tomasz Kaszubowski (guitar)
rec. Hard Record Studio, Warsaw, 5 December
2003; 17 January, 14 May, 4 June, 6 November
2004. DDD
CD ACCORD ACD 139-2 [54:23] [BB]
Mostly
unfamiliar Latin-American - predominantly
Argentinean – music that proves very rewarding,
and is very well-played by a young Polish
guitar duo. ... see Full
Review
Janet
Baker - Full
Circle: Her last year in opera Extracts
from Alceste and Orfeo ed Euridice by Christoph
Willibald von GLUCK (1714-1787); Mary Stuart by Gaetano DONIZETTI (1797-1848); Dream of Gerontius by Edward
ELGAR (1857-1934) rec. September 1981-July 1982, Royal
Opera House, Covent Garden, English National Opera, London Coliseum,
Glyndebourne, Haddo House, Carnegie Hall, New York. Video Director:
Bob Bentley NTSC 4:3; Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo WARNER
MUSIC DIVISION 50-51011-4855-2-7 
[72:00]
[CF]
She
has about her an abundance of warmth, affection and sensitivity,
not only as a human being but particularly as a consummate artist.
... see Full Review
The
Birds and the Springs Nikolaus
BRUHNS (1685–1697) Prelude and Fugue in E minor [8:55] Louis
Claude DAQUIN (1694–1772) Noël Grand Jeu
et Duo (c. 1645) [5:54] Dietrich BUXTEHUDE
(c. 1637–1707) Choral Prelude Von Gott will ich nicht
lassen [2:37] Louis VIERNE (1870–1937)
Carillon de Westminster (1926) [6:48] Hans
Friedrich MICHEELSEN (1902–1973) Toccata from Organ Concerto
II, Es sungen drei Engel (1943) [6:12] Johann
PACHELBEL (1653–1706) Ciacona in F minor [8:48] Nicolas
Antoine LEBÈGUE (c. 1631–1702) Noël, cette
journée [1:54] Jan Pieterszoon SWEELINCK (1562–1621)
Variations on Est-ce Mars [5:45] Antonio
VIVALDI (1678–1741) Largo from Concerto for Sopranino and
Strings in C (transcr. Bengt Berg) [3:13] Dietrich
BUXTEHUDE Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor [7:20] Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685–1750) Choral Prelude, O Lamm Gottes,
unschuldig [9:07] Olivier MESSIAEN (1908–1992)
Communion. Les oiseaux et les sources (The Birds and the Springs)
from Messe de la Pentecôte (1950) [6:28]
Bengt Berg (organ) rec. Matteus Church, Stockholm, May 1974 (Bruhns–Micheelsen),
Vånga Church, Östergötland, 12–15 September 1974.
PROPRIUS PRSACD 7742 
[74:23][GF]
It
is hard to believe that these marvellously played and reproduced recordings
are more than thirty years old. ... see Full
Review
Zdenek
Bruderhans plays 20th Century Flute Concertos
Jacques IBERT (1890-1962)
Concerto for flute and orchestra [18.03]* Anatol
VIERU (1926-1998) Concerto for flute, strings and percussion
(1954-55) [21.59]** Josef MATEJ
(1922-1992) Concerto for flute, strings and harpsichord (1967) [16.12]
*** Andre JOLIVET (1905-1974)
Second Concerto for flute, strings and percussion [15.48]****
Zdenek Bruderhans (flute) Prague Symphony Orchestra/Vaclav Smetacek*;
Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra/Anatol Vieru**; Moravian Philharmonic/J
Noheji ***; Elder Conservatoire Percussion Ensemble/G. Dudley**** rec.
live, 15 May 1959 *, December 1967 **, 11 March 1968 ***, 28 July 1985
****. No recording locations given
ARBITRIUM (no CD number given) [72.20] ]ED]
An
interesting disc that I will occasionally revisit ... see Full
Review
Captain
Blood and
other Swashbucklers
Miklós RÓZSA (1907–1995)
The King’s Thief (1955) (reconstructed by Christopher Palmer)
[7:37] Victor YOUNG (1900–1956) Scaramouche (1952)
(reconstructed by William Stromberg) [18:44] Erich
Wolfgang KORNGOLD (1897–1957) Captain Blood (1935)
(Reconstructed by John Morgan) [19:50] Max
STEINER (1888–1971) The Three Musketeers (1935) (arranged
by John Morgan) [18:50]
Brandenburg Philharmonic Orchestra/Richard Kaufman rec. Jesus Christ
Church, Berlin (Dahlem), Germany, 14-16 April, 15-21 June 1994. DDD
NAXOS 8.557704 [65:16]
[GF]
Provided
you have at least the remnants of a sweet tooth and don’t mind
unabashed wallowing in lush late-romantic orchestral sounds, this
can definitely be a disc for you. I won’t be separated easily from
my copy. ... see Full Review
Chameleon
Brass
– It’s All Been Arranged Freddie
MERCURY (1946–1991) arr. Nock
Bohemian Rhapsody [6:00] John Philip
SOUSA (1854-1932) arr. Battles Washington Post [2:36] George
GERSHWIN (1898-1937) arr.Fox Prelude [3:46] M. BENNETT (?) Five Towns: Banbury [0:56]; York [1:27];
Milton Keynes [1:13]; Salisbury [1:33]; Bath [1:26] TRAD
arr. Fox Londonderry Air [5:53] GERSHWIN,
arr. Thompson Porgy and Bess [13:57] Albert
Eric MASCHWITZ (1901–1967) arr. Fowler A Nightingale Sang
in Berkeley Square [2:58] Gioachino ROSSINI
(1792-1868) arr. Frackenpohl William Tell Overture [2:32] Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) arr., Frackenpohl Air on a G string
[4:51] TRAD, arr Henderson Amazing
Grace [3:44] Chameleon
Brass (Giles Fowler (trumpet); Matthew Wells (trumpet); Ian Stott (horn);
Stephen Thompson (trombone); Rich Fox (tuba)) rec. St. John’s Church,
Spencer Hill, Wimbledon, 9-10 April 2001. DDD
LONDON INDEPENDENT RECORDS LIR009 [52:50] [GPJ]
These
are gifted musicians who clearly enjoy making music together, and
have an infectious sense of fun. ... see Full
Review
Conciertango Astor
PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992) Double Concert (Hommage
à Liége) (1985) [18:08] Oscar
Emilio (Cacho) TIRAO (*1941) Conciertango
Buenos Aires (1985) [22:57] Oliviero
LACAGNINA (*1951) Concerto Serenata
(Omaggio a Astor Piazzolla) (1994) [27:33]
Edoardo Catemario (guitar) Michael Zisman (bandoneon) Orchestra
Vincenzo Galilei/Nicola Paszkowski rec. October 2005, Auditorium Latani,
Fiesole, Italy ARTS
47728-8 SACD HYBRID
[68:50][DC]
An
interesting release containing much good music:
there
is much to enjoy here, but it could all have
been just that little bit better. see Full
Review
Credo - John
Paul II
Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618 - Mozart
Ave Maria - Caccini/Mercurio
Sancta Maria - Mascagni,
arr. Mercurio
Ave Maria (arr. from Bach´s
Prelude No.1 Bwv846) Panis Angelicus - Franck,
orch. Michelot
Domine Deus (Petite Messe Solennelle-Gloria)
- Rossini
Pietà, Signore - Niedermeyer, arr.
Reynolds
Gloria a Te, Cristo Gesù - (The Hymns
of Great Jubilee) Proteggimi orch. Serio/
Sartori - F. Sartori/L.
Quarantotto Frondi Tenere ...Ombra
Mai Fu (Serse/ Act 1) - Handel
Mille Cherubini in Coro - Schubert,
arr Mercurio
Ingemisco (Messa da Requiem) - Verdi
Ave Maria "Ellens Gesang III, D 839 - Schubert,
orch. Weingartner
Agnus Dei - Bizet,
arr. Guiraud
Cujus Animam Gementem (Stabat Mater) - Rossini
I Believe - Eric
Levi EXTRA CONTENTS From: Meditations
on the Genesis on the threshold of the Sistine
Chapel by John Paul II
The Nativity Adeste Fideles (O Come,
All Ye Faithful) - Trad.
arr. Mercurio
Andrea Bocelli Live in Tor Vergata 2000
Ave Maria – Schubert
Andrea Bocelli (tenor) Orchestra and Choir
of Santa Cecilia National Academy/Myung-Whun
Chung Alberto
Michelini Elenco
(director) Picture format: PAL 4:3 Audio Format:
Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
WARNER DVD 2564 63367-2 [63:00] [DC]
If
you are looking for a tastefully compiled
reminder of John Paul II’s long and influential
career accompanied by appropriate and movingly
performed sacred vocal music than you need
look no further. ... see Full
Review
Da
Vinci - Music From His Time Josquin DESPREZ (c.1440-1521)
1 Tu solus qui facis mirabilia (motet) [3:26];
2 Intrada [1:17] Serafino DALL’AQUILANO
(1466-1500) 3 Quanus è misero l’uom [1:31] Philippe VERDELOT (c1500-1552)
4 Italia mia (madrigal) [3:34] ANONYMOUS
5 Pavana [2:43] Costanzo FESTA (c.1490-1545)
6 Frottola: Quando ritrovo la mia pastorella [3:11]; 7 Madrigal: Madonna
oymè [4:32] Filippo DE LURANO (c.1475-1520)
8 Instrumental Frottola [2:25] ANONYMOUS
(or Josquin DESPREZ) 9
Frottola: El grillo* [1:39]; 10 Frottola: In te, Domine, speravi* [2:51]
Josquin DESPREZ 11 Ave Mariat
(muter) [6:49] ANONYMOUS (Gregorian
Antiphon with Falsobordone Psalm) 12 Venite adoremus/Venire exultemus
[3:57] Josquin DESPREZ 13 Inviolata,
integra et casta es Maria (motet) [4:32]; 14 Doleo super te (motet)
[2:36]; 15 Miserere mei, Deus (Psalm 50) (motet) [12:24]; 16 Gloria
from Missa La sol fa re mi [4:18] Alexander
AGRICOLA (1446-1506) 17 Sanctus from Missa Re fa mi re fa
[3:46]; 18 Virgo sub ethereis (cantus super librum) [2:17] Johannes OCKEGHEM (c.1410-1497)
19 36-Voice Canon: Deo Gratias [2:09]
Huelgas Ensemble/Paul van Nevel (2-8, 17-19); The Waverly Consort/Michael
Jaffee (9-11); Capella Antiqua München/Konrad Rühland (1, 13-16); Niederaltaicher
Scholaren/Konrad Rühland (12)
SONY CLASSICAL 82876 82813 2 [70:00][JL]
An
enjoyable, cleverly assembled anthology of
15th century music culled from
some old recordings by four ensembles ...
see Full
Review
Das
Partiturbuch:
Instrumental Music at the Courts of 17th
Century Germany Antonio
BERTALI (1605-1669) Sonata a 4
in D minor for 2 violins, viola da gamba and
bassoon [9:29]; Ciaconna
in C major for solo violin [8:45]; Sonata
a 3 in G major for 2 violins and bassoon [3:18]
Johann Michael NICOLAI
(1629-1685) Sonata a 2 in A minor for
violin and viola da gamba [3:36];
Sonata a 2 in C major for violin and
bassoon [5:40] ANON:
Ciaconna a 3 in C major for 2 violins and
viola da gamba [2:17] Johann
Heinrich SCHMELZER (c. 1623-1680) Sonata
variata in D minor for violin and viola da
gamba [6:38] Adam
DRESE (c. 1620-1701) Sonata a 3
in A minor for 2 violins and viola da gamba
[4:32]; Sonata
a 2 in A minor for two violins and viola da
gamba [4:10] Samuel
CAPRICORNUS (1628-1665) Ciaconna
in D major for violin and viola da gamba [4:17]
Nathanael SCHNITTELBACH
(1633-1667) Ciaconna in A major for solo
violin [9:36]
Ensemble Echo du Danube/Christian Zincke rec.
Studios of Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt,
Germany, 25-28 November 2002.
NAXOS 8.557679 [62:28] [BB]
Hear
the sounds of German court music in the 1600s,
stuff that led courtiers from a good meal
to an evening of toe-tapping and dancing.
Check out this well-done disc. ... see Full
Review
English
String Miniatures 5
Pamela
HARRISON (1915-1990)
Suite for Timothy (1948) [18.13] Francis
CHAGRIN (1905-1972) Renaissance
Suite (1969) [7.03] Percy
FLETCHER (1879-1932) Folksong and
Fiddle Dance (1914) [9.01] Paul
LEWIS (b. 1943) Suite navarraise
(2002) [10.55] Albert
CAZABON (1883-1970) Giocoso (1950s)
[2.56] Thomas
ROSEINGRAVE (1690-1766) Three Pieces
arranged by Humphrey SEARLE (1915-1982)
Fugue I [4.26] Voluntary IV [2.49] Fugue III
[2.29] John
IRELAND (1879-1962) A Downland
Suite (1932, revised 1941, completed by Geoffrey
BUSH, 1978) [17.50]
Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland rec.
The Warehouse, London, September 2002
NAXOS 8.557752 [75.43] [JW]
Sutherland
invariably gets the best out of his bands, and so it proves here,
even if not everything is from either the top or even middle drawers.
... see Full Review
Eileen
Farrell: Puccini Arias and Others in the Great Tradition
Giacomo PUCCINI (1858–1924)
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro; La bohème: Quando m’en
vo’ soletta per la via; Si, mi chiamano Mimi; Donde lieta uscì; La rondine:
Chi il bel sogno di Doretta; Tosca: Non la sospiri; Vissi d’arte
Madama Butterfly: Spira sul mare; Un bel di vedremo; Manon
Lescaut: In quelle trine morbide Turandot: Tu che di gel
sei cinta; In questa reggia Christoph Willibald
GLUCK (1714–1787) Alceste: Grands dieux! Du destin,
qui m’accable Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Ah perfido! Op. 65 Fidelio: Abscheulicher, wo eilst du hin?
Carl Maria von WEBER (1786–1826)
Der Freischütz: Leise, leise, fromme Weise; Und ob die Wolke
sie verhülle Eileen Farrell
(mezzo) Columbia Symphony Orchestra/Max Rudolf rec. Columbia 30th
Street Studio, 15, 22 September 1959 (Puccini), 2 April 1958 (Ah perfido!),
6 February, 13 May 1959
SONY CLASSICAL 82876 78763 2 [76:16] [GF]
One
of the truly great sopranos of the last fifty or so years. ...
see Full Review
The
Complete Félia Litvinne (1860-1936) and Natalya Yermolenko-Yuzhina
(1881-c.1937) see
review for details Félia
Litvinne (soprano) various accompanists and orchestras, including
Alfred Cortot (piano) rec. c.1902-c1911; Natalya Yermolenko-Yuzhina
(soprano) unknown accompaniments
rec. 1908-09 MARSTON 52049-2 [75.38
+ 77.18] [JW]
My
last encounter with Marston’s vocal output was their splendid Mary Lewis
reclamation; this one is just as good. ... see Full
Review
First Impression:
The Band Of Oboes Rob ROGERS
1. The Key to Happiness [2:51] 2. Mr Cheesy Smiles
[2:25] 3. El Gato Inglès [3:02] 4. Dalyan [6:37] 5.
Desiderata [4:44] 6. Inside Out [4:14] Onomatopoeia -
7. Ba-ba-diddly doo-dah [0:52] 8. Doo…..doo-wah [2:12] 9. Ma-na, ma-na
[1:30] 10. Lost Cause – a ballad [3:03] 11. Reel motivation
[3:18] Tell me, man – A minor sonata - 12. Cool breeze from
Sicly [1:55] 13. …..enthusiastically spirited [2:05] 14. Walking calmly
[2:18] 15. Swingin’ vivaciously [1:36] 16. Reed all about it
[3:36] The Band
of Oboes: Rob Rogers (oboes, oboe d’amore, cor anglais); Steve Lock
(bassoon, contra); Mark Robinson (guitar); Adrian Knight (piano); Brian
Strong (bass); Will Rogers (drums and percussion) rec. Mill Farm Studio,
May–November 2005. DDD
ZEN ZZCD9823 [47:19][GPJ]
Rogers
has brought together a superb band of highly talented players, and there’s
the promise of more CDs in this vein. This really is something different,
unassuming, yet pulled off with aplomb. ... see Full
Review
Flute Waves Georg
Friedrich HÄNDEL (1685-1759) Entrance of the Queen of Sheba [3:00] Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937) Le Tombeau de Couperin [11:18] Giuseppe
VERDI (1813-1901) La Traviata: preludio
[3:28] Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Le nozze di Figaro: Overture [4:22]
Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY
(1809-1847) Ein Sommernachtstraum: Scherzo [4:44] Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Concerto BWV 1060 C minor [13:19]
Siegfried MATTHUS (b. 1934) Des
Meeres und der Flöten Wellen [6:08] Grigoras
DINICU (1889-1949) Hora Staccato [2:29] Henry
MANCINI (1924-1994) The Pink Panther Suite [10:34]
Die 14 Berliner Flötisten (Thomas Beyer, Wolfgang Dasbach, Rudolf Döbler;
Wolfgang Dünschede, Christina Fassbender, Jochen Hoffmann, Christiane
Hupka, Hiko Iizuka, Frauke Leopold, Robert Lerch, Ulf-Dieter Schaaff,
Beate-Gabriela Schmitt, Werner Tast, Birgit Roth (special guest))Andreas
Blau (music director) rec. 20-22 June 2005, Christuskirche,
Berlin-Oberschöneweide
MUSIKPRODUKTION DABRINGHAUS UND GRIMM MDG 908 1393-6
[60:18][DC]
This
is a warmly recommended issue for everyone interested in flutes of all
shapes and sizes. ... see Full
Review
French
Organ Masterworks
Jules GRISON (1842-1896)
Toccata in F [6:19] Maurice DURUFLÉ
(1902-1986) Scherzo, op 2 (1924) [5:48] Alexandre
GUILMANT (1837-1911) Scherzo, from Organ Sonata No 5 in
c op 80 [5:39] Maurice DURUFLÉ
Meditation op posth. (1964) [3:37] Gabriel
PIERNÉ (1863-1937) Scherzando, from 3 Pieces for Organ op
29, No 3 [4:53] Samuel ROUSSEAU (1853-1904)
Scherzo [3:48] Joseph JONGEN (1873-1953)
Scherzetto op 108 (1938) [3:07] Jehan ALAIN
(1911-1940) Choral Phyrgien, from 2 Chorals for Organ (1935) [3’07]
Joseph BONNET (1884-1944) Toccata,
from 12 Pièces for organ op 5 No 3 (1910) [4:26] Alexandre
GUILMANT Scherzo, from Organ Sonata No 8 in A op 91 (1906)
[6:04] Jehan ALAIN Choral Dorien,
from 2 Chorals for Organ (1935) [4:05] Charles-Marie
WIDOR (1844-1937) Toccata, from Organ Symphonie No 5 in F
minor op 42 No 1 (1880) [5:17] Scherzo, from Organ Symphonie No 4 in
F minor op 13 No 4 (1876) [5:21] Vincent
D’INDY (1851-1931) Prelude in E flat minor op 66 (1913) [4:02]
Louis VIERNE (1870-1937) Impromptu,
from Pièces de Fantaisie – Suite No 3 op 54 No 2 (1927) [3:04] Charles
Marie WIDOR Finale, from Organ Symphonie No 8, op 42, No
4 (1887/1901) [6:06] David
M. Patrick (organ) rec. Gloucester Cathedral, July 2004, August 2005.
ADD SANCTUARY CLASSICS
CD RSN 3073 [74:45] [CB]
An
exciting collection of bonbons…phenomenal technique…perhaps lacking
a little space and grandeur ... see Full
Review
Guitar
Music of Argentina 2
Quique SINESI (b.
1960) Somidos de aquel día (Sounds from that Day) [3:54]; Contramarca
(Opposing Tide) [4:26]; Cielo abierto (Open Sky) [5:35] Carlos
MOSCARDINI (b. 1959) Doña Carmen (Vals Criollo) [3:22] Diego
Máximo PUJOL (b. 1957) Elegia por la muerte de un tanguero
[9:49] Sergio NATALI (b. 1964) Mate
dulce (Sweet Maté) [4:05]; Mate caliente (Hot Maté) [2:19] Victor
VILLADANGOS (b. 1958) Hora libre (Free Hour) [1:49]; Tucututá
[2:59] Pepe FERRER (b. 1958) El
Felipe (Gato) [1:45] Marcelo CORONEL
(b. 1962) Imaginario popular Argentino (Popular Argentine Legends)
[9:06] Julio SANTILLÁN (b. 1974) Estudio
No. 4 “Mal ando” (Badly Off) [2:33] Carlos
GUASTAVINO (1912-2000) Sonata no. 3 [14;56]
Victor Villadangos (guitar) rec. St. John Chrysostom Church, Newmarket,
Ontario, Canada. 6-9 August 2004. DDD
NAXOS 8.557658 [66:39] [BB]
Villadangos
sounds like he was born to play this music, both in terms of traditional
classical technique and also in its unique rhythmic and percussive
character ... see Full Review
Heifetz
Transcriptions
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) Nocturne Op.
55, No.2 [5:27] Alexander Krein (1883-1951) Dance No. 4 [1:09] Stephen
Foster (1826-1864)
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (1854) [3:16] Nikolai
Rimsky-Korsakov
(1844-1908) The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumblebee
(1900) [1:17] Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714-1787) Orpheus and
Eurydice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits (1762) [3:15] Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
The Love for Three Oranges: March (1921) [1:40] Claude
Debussy (1862-1918) Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
(1894) [8:10]; Children’s Corner
Suite: No. 6 Golliwog’s Cakewalk (1906-08) [3:07] Mario
Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968) Tango (1921-25)
[1:42] Trad. Afro-American:
Deep River [2:29] Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Masks (1935)
[2:09] Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Stimmungsbilder No. 1 - Auf stillen Waldespfad (1883-84) [2:49]
Flausino Vale (1894-1954) Preludio 15: Ao pé da foguiera
[1:26] Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909) Suite Espanŏla: No. 3 Sevilla
(1886) [4:15] Grigoraş Dinicu (1889-1949) Hora Staccato
(1906) [2:08] Ernö von Dohnanyi (1877-1960)
Suite in F-sharp Minor: Romanza (1908-1909) [4:37] Manuel
Ponce (1882-1948) Estrellita (1912) [3:16]
George Gershwin (1898-1937) Porgy and Bess: A Woman is
a Sometime Thing (1935) [4:23]
Su Yeon Lee (violin); Michael Chertok (piano) rec. Robert J. Werner
Recital Hall, University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music,
1-3 September 2004 NAXOS
8.557670 [57:38] [WK]
A
violinist of fine technique. When she can apply equal energy to
all types of music she will be a formidable performer. ... see Full
Review
Hi-Fi Fiedler Nicolai
Rimsky-Korsakov
(1844 - 1908) Le Coq d’Or: Suite (1908) [25.01] rec 25 November
1956 Gioachino Rossini
(1792 - 1868) William Tell: Overture (1829) [11.46] rec.
25 November 1956 Pyotr Ilyich
Tchaikovsky (1840
- 1893) Marche Slav (1876) [9.41] rec. 25 November 1956 Emmanuel
ChAbrier (1841
- 1894) España (1883) [6.22] rec. 25 June 1958 Franz
LISZT (1811 - 1886) Hungarian Rhapsody #2, S.242m/359b
(1847) [9.34] rec. 3 January 1960 Rákóczy March, S.117 (1871)
[6.42] rec. 4 January 1960
Boston “Pops” Orchestra/Arthur Fiedler rec. Symphony Hall, Boston, USA
CD tracks, 2.0 stereo. SACD Tracks 2.0 stereo and 3.0
surround sound. ADD Hybrid SACD Notes in English, technical note
also in Deutsch and Français.
SONY BMG 82876 67895 2
[69.40][PSh]
An
exciting evening at “the Pops,” possibly the
best Coq d’Or you can buy, but otherwise not
always the very best performances and newer
digital recordings of this music might be
a more satisfactory choice. ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH The
Art of the Lindsays CD
1 Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) String
Quartet in C major, K465 Dissonance (1785) [38.15] Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) String Quartet No.13 in A minor, Rosamunde D804
(1824) [34.05] CD 2 Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937) String
Quartet in F major (1902-1903) [28.42] Franz
Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809) String Quartet in E flat, Op.64
No.6 (1790) [18.37] Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809-47) String
Quartet No.6 in F minor, Op.80 (1847) [24.49] CD 3 Antonín
DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) String Quartet No.12 in F major,
Op.96 (B.179) American (1893) [27.18] Ludwig
Van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) String Quartet in F minor,
Op.95, Serioso (1810) [20.80] Alexander
BORODIN (1833-1887) String Quartet No.2 in D major (1885)
[28.37] CD 4 Leoš JANÁČEK (1854-1928) String
Quartet No.1 The Kreutzer Sonata (1923) [17.15] Sir
Michael TIPPETT (1905-1998) String Quartet No.5 (1990-1991)
[27.57] Béla BARTÓK (1881-1945) String
Quartet No.6, Sz.114 (1938) [30.41] CD 5 Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Piano Quintet in A major, D667, The
Trout (1819) [37.53] Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897) Clarinet
Quintet in B minor, Op.115 (1891) [39.57] The
Lindsays: (Peter Cropper, violin; Ronald Birks, violin (all tracks
except Schubert Quintet); Robin Ireland, viola (all tracks except
Bartók); Bernard Gregor-Smith, cello) Roger Bigley, viola (on Bartók
only) Kathryn Stott, piano (Schubert Quintet only); Leon Bosch,
double-bass (Schubert Quintet only); Janet Hilton, clarinet (Brahms
Quintet only) see review for recording details SANCTUARY
CLASSICS RESONANCE CDRSB404 [5 CDs: 72:22 + 72:18 + 76:33 +
76:11 + 77:53] [DRD]
I
really can’t recommend this highly enough. It was a source of joy
on our recent holiday and will make excellent Christmas presents.
A really great advertisement for chamber music. ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH
L’invitation
au voyage –Mélodies from La
belle époque Jules CRESSONNOIS (1823–1883) L’invitation
au voyage (Charles Baudelaire) [3:29]
Léo DELIBES (1836–1891) Départ (Èmile
Augier) [4:23] Bonjour, Suzon! (Alfred
de Musset) [2:59] Regrets! (Armand
Silvestre) [4:58] Charles
LECOCQ (1832–1918) La cigale
et la fourmi (Jean de La Fontaine) [1:45]
La chauve-souris et les deux belettes
(Jean de La Fontaine) [3:16] Émile
PESSARD (1843–1917) Le spectre
de la rose (Théophile Gautier)
[4:42] Oh! quand je dors (Victor Hugo)
[2:34] Benjamin GODARD
(1849–1895) Chanson du berger
(Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian) [1:56] Guitare
(Victor Hugo) [2:35] L’invitation au voyage
(Charles Baudelaire) [4:13] Viens!
(Victor Hugo) [2:49] Paul
PUGET (1848–1917) Madrid
(Alfred de Musset) [3:27] Comment, disaient-ils
(Victor Hugo) [2:27] Paul (1852–1933)
and Lucien
(1860–1909) HILLEMACHER
Soupir (Sully Prudhomme) [3:31]
Si mes vers avaient des ailes (Victor
Hugo) [1:34] L’invitation au voyage (Charles
Baudelaire) [1:52] Ici-bas (Sully Prudhomme)
[1:59] Sérénade (Alfred
de Musset) [2:09] Émile
PALADILHE (1844–1926) Psyché
(Pierre Corneille) [2:44] Les papillons
(Théophile Gautier) [2:59] La
chanson des blondes (Jean Aicard) [3:27]
Danse indienne (Jean Lahor) [6:06]
Henri DUPARC (1848–1933) L’invitation
au voyage ((Charles
Baudelaire) [4:26]
John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Graham Johnson
(piano) rec. All Saints Church, East Finchley,
London, 2-4 August 2004. DDD
HYPERION CDA67523 [78:14] [DC]
There
isn’t a dull moment in this long recital.
Good songs need not be masterpieces to be
enjoyed, especially when performed this well
... see Full
Review
Detailed listing (last five 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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