Akathistos
Fragments 
Jouissance (Deborah Kayser - soprano; Jerzy
Kozlowski - bass-baritone; Anne Norman – shakuhachi;
Peter Neville – percussion; Nick Tsiavos –
double bass/artistic director) rec. 8-9 July
2004, Iwaki Auditorium, Australian Broadcasting
Corporation’s Southbank Centre, Melbourne
ABC CLASSICS ABC 476 8064 [78.59] [RH]
Anyone
who loves chant should be interested in this
disc, though it should come with a health
warning for purists. ... see Full
Review
American
Tapestry Leo
KRAFT (b. 1922) L’Unicorno (2003)a
[10:02] Hilary TANN (b. 1947) Water’s
Edge (1993) Harold SCHIFFMAN (b. 1928)
Concertino for Oboe and Chamber Orchestra (1977)b [13:15]
Mark ALBURGER (b. 1957) Symphony
No.1 in C major Op.21 (2000) [22:21]
David Jolley (horn)a; William Meredith (oboe)b The
North/South Chamber Orchestra/Max Lifchitz rec. LeFrak Auditorium of
the Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College, CUNY, January 2004
(Kraft, Tann) and Recital Hall of the Purchase College of Performing
Arts Center, Purchase, NY, January 2004 (Schiffman, Alburger)
NORTH/SOUTH RECORDINGS NSR 1037 [55:10][HC]
A
very enjoyable programme. One of the finest discs that I have heard
from this label. ... see Full
Review
Bandstand
in the Park HOPWOOD,
Lionel MONCKTON (1861-1924) Soldiers
in the Park [2:14]
BBC Wireless Military Band/Lieutenant Bertram Walton O’Donnell,
MVO, ARAM
later FRAM (1932) Jose PADILLA
El Relicario [2:14] National Band of New Zealand/K.G.L.
Smith (1953) Emil WALDTEUFEL (1837-1915) Acclamations Waltz [4:08]
The Band of the Grenadier Guards/Lt.-Col. George Miller (1932) André de BASQUE, alias of Albert William KETČLBEY (1875-1959) A Japanese Carnival [3:06]
Callender’s Senior Band (1938) PARTRIDGE Coronation
Bells [2:48] The
Band of the Grenadier Guards/Major F. J. Harris, MBE (1952) Leroy ANDERSON (1908-1975) arr. LANG The Syncopated Clock
[2:40] The Capitol Symphonic Band/Louis
Castellucci (1950) RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) arr. O’DONNELL Dance
Of the Tumblers – from "The Snow Maiden" [3:27]
BBC Wireless Military Band/Lieutenant Bertram Walton O’Donnell, MVO,
ARAM later FRAM
(1929) Henry WALFORD DAVIES (1869-1941) Royal Air Force
March Past [2:34] Central
Band of the Royal Air Force/Wing Commander A. E. Sims, MBE (1951) Heini KRONBERGER; Mary MARRIOTT Frog King’s Parade National Band of New
Zealand/K.G.L. Smith (1953) [2:25] Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Golliwog’s Cakewalk – from "Children’s Corner" Suite [2:35]
BBC Wireless Military Band/Lieutenant Bertram Walton O’Donnell, MVO,
ARAM later FRAM
(1929) KÜHNE Parade
of the Puppets [3:00]
Band of the Coldstream Guards/Major James Causeley Windram (1932)
Eric COATES (1886 - 1957) London Bridge March [2:56] Band of HM Grenadier uards/Captain
George Miller (1934) Moritz MOSZOWSKI (1854 - 1925) arr. LAKE Malaguena – from "Boabdil" [3:41]
BBC Wireless Military Band/Lieutenant Bertram Walton O’Donnell,
MVO, ARAM
later FRAM (1935) WHEELER The Little Clock on the
Mantle – Characteristic Piece [2:45]
Eastbourne Municipal Band/H.G. Amers (1929) Carl Michael ZIEHRER (1843 - 1922) Auersperg March [2:54] Deutschmeister Kapelle/Julius Herrmann (1952)
CANEVA & MCALLISTER Fiesta Paso Doble [2:51] Band of the Welsh Guards/Captain F. L. Statham
(1949) Clare GRUNDMAN (1913-1996) An American Folk Rhapsody [5:18] Band of the Irish Guards (1948) Jack BEAVER (1900-1963)
The Gay Cavalier [3:19]
The "All Star" Concert Brass Band/Harry Mortimer, OBE (1954)
Kenneth Anthony WRIGHT, arr. Arthur J. WOOD
Dainty Lady [2:58] Callender’s Senior Band (1938) Roger BARSOTTI Mariquita
[2:31] Royal
Military School
of Music (Kneller Hall)/Major M. Roberts (1944) Edrich SIEBERT alias of Stanley Smith MASTER
(1903-1984) Three Jolly Sailormen [3:14]
The "All Star" Concert Brass Band/Harry Mortimer, OBE
(1952) Archibald JOYCE (1873-1963) Victorious – Military Waltz
[2:42] Royal
Military School
of Music (Kneller Hall)/Major M. Roberts (1944) Hans MAINZER The Merry Musicians [2:43] Band of the Queen’s Royal Regiment/Roger
Barsotti (1943) Ronald BINGE (1910-1979) Cornet Carillon [2:58]
The "All Star" Concert Brass Band/Harry Mortimer, OBE
(1954) Karl KOMZAK (1850-1905) Andreas Hofer March [3:28]
Deutschmeister Kapelle/Julius Herrmann (1952) Dates of composers given
where known Recordings re-mastered from a variety of recorded sources
GUILD GLCD 5117 [76:52][JW]
Guild
turns military in this latest entrant in their Light Music series. ...
see Full
Review
Gabriela Beňačková:
Slovak Songs Mikuláš
SCHNEIDER-TRNAVSKÝ (1881 – 1958) Songs about Mother:
If Only They Knew; Mother; If I Knew; Little Flower: Far and Wide; The
Nightingale; A Lovely Dream; Student Period Songs: The Settler; The
Bowed Rose; Your Shy Eyes; The Girl Is Being Married; From My Heart:
The Withering Tree; The Cuckoo; Roses Sylvie
BODOROVÁ (b. 1954) The Setting Sun – Seven Slovak
Folk Songs for Two Voices, Harp and Piano: Bad News; I Gave Him a Little
Feather; Sundown; Not Ploughing, Nor Sowing; Blow, Wind, Blow; Why?;
Ask Balazs Bonus: Two Folk Songs: Forsaken by Her Lover; Nightingale’s
Song Gabriela Beňačková
(soprano); Štefan Margita (tenor) (Bodorová); Katarína Bachmannová (piano);
Kateřina Englichová (harp)(Bororová); Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Bohumil
Gregor (bonus tracks) Recorded in Lichtenstein Palace, Prague, November
2005. Bonus tracks: Czech Radio Prague, live recording, Dvořák
Hall, Prague Rudolfinum, 1 February 1986.
ZENTIVA UP 0001-2 131 [57:11] [GF]
Wonderful
Slovak songs performed by one of the most
feted Slovak sopranos of recent times. ...
see Full
Review
The
Best Ever Music for Relaxation Collection
3CDs
- see review for details
ABC Philharmonic Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony
Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra,
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony
Orchestra, West Australian Symphony Orchestra,
Sinfonia Australis, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
& Orchestra
ABC CLASSICS 476 2882 [3 CDs: 63:03 +
60:53 + 68:08] [DC]
I
could quite happily fall asleep with these CDs on as an ambient backdrop,
and with the disc changer on ‘repeat all’ could also imagine never waking
again. ... see Full Review
Brasileira:
Piano Music by Brazilian Women Maria
Helena Rosas FERNANDES (b. 1933) Prelúdio [1:29];
Valsa [2:30] Kilza SETTI (b.
1932) Cinco Peças sobre Mucama Bonita [3:35] Adelaide
Pereira da SILVA (b. 1928) Valsa-Chôro No. 2 [3:11];
Suite No. 2 [5:44] Chiquinha GONZAGA
(1845-1935) Corta-Jaca (Brazilian Tango) [2:12]; Meditaçăo
[2:26]; Atraente (Polka) [3:09] Nininha
GREGORI (b. 1925) Cenas Brasileiras [13:32] Maria
Luizi PRIOLLI (1915-2000) Arabesco [1:46];
Lundu Carioca [1:36] Clarisse LEITE
(1917-2003) Suite Nordestina [7:54] Branca
BILLHAR (1887-1936) Samba Sertanejo [4:13]
Luciana Soares (piano) rec. January 2003; Marsh Auditorium, University
of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg. DDD
CENTAUR RECORDS CRC 2680 [53:17][ABi]
Pleasant
listening ... most of the pieces are short
and light ... see Full
Review
British
Modern - The Louisville Orchestra Arthur
BLISS (1891-1975) Discourse
for Orchestra (first version)
(1957) [19:41] Edmund
RUBBRA (1901-1986) Improvisation
for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 89
(1955) [12:35] Malcolm
ARNOLD (b. 1921) Concerto for Two
Violins and Strings (1962) [17:25]
John ADDISON
(1920-1998) Concerto for Trumpet, Strings
and Percussion (1949) [17:48]
Sidney Harth (violin) (Rubbra) Peter McHugh
and Paul Kling (violins) (Arnold); Leon Rapier
(trumpet) (Addison) The Louisville Orchestra/Robert
Whitney (Bliss, Rubbra, mono); Jorge Mester
(Arnold, Addison, 3, 4, stereo). rec. Louisville,
1955-1973
FIRST EDITION MUSIC FECD 1904 [67:36]
[LF]
The
tapes are perfectly preserved. Bliss the most interesting; Rubbra the
most cherishable; Arnold the most eloquently performed and the Addison
substantial and brilliant. ... see Full
Review
Buried
Treasures – The
Golden Age of Light Music Kenneth ESSEX
(real name Rufus Isaacs) Castles In The Air [2:32] Celebrity
Symphony Orchestra, 1952 Robert FARNON
Swing-Hoe [2:34] Danish State Radio Orchestra/Robert Farnon,
1951 Stanford ROBINSON Valse
Serenade [4:30] BBC Theatre Orchestra (leader: Alfred Barker)/Stanford
Robinson, 1946 Larry COLEMAN, Alfredo CORENZO
Venezuela [2:30] Wally Stott and his orchestra, 1954 Ray
MARTIN Parlour Game [2:59] Harmonic Orchestra/Wal-Berg,
1950 Leroy ANDERSON Penny Whistle
Song [2:25] Sidney Torch and his orchestra, 1953 George
MELACHRINO London - March [4:27] Melachrino Orchestra/George
Melachrino, 1947 Philip GREEN Song
of Soho: Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra [6:27] – from the film
"Murder Without Crime". Associated British Picture Corporation
Orchestra/Philip Green; pianist William McGuffie, 1950 John
HOLLIDAY Dickon O'Devon [2:15] Queen's Hall Light
Orchestra/Charles Williams, 1946 Edward WHITE
Effervescence [2:49] Dolf van der Linden and his
orchestra, 1954 Malcolm LOCKYER Pizzicato
Rag [3:01] Malcolm Lockyer and his orchestra, 1954 Trevor
DUNCAN Rhythm For Romance [2:42] New Concert Orchestra/Frederic
Curzon, 1953 Leighton LUCAS Target
For Tonight - Theme from the Film [2:18] Leighton Lucas and his
orchestra, 1947 Hugo de GROOT Automation
[2:11] Celebrity Symphony Orchestra/Hugo De Groot, 1953 arr. George
MELACHRINO There Is A Tavern In The Town – Juke Box Fantasy
[4:03] Melachrino Orchestra/George Melachrino, 1947 William
HILL-BOWEN The Girl From Cuba [2:51] William Hill-Bowen
and his orchestra, 1953 Anita MISHELL
Serbian Sunset [3:56] Mischa Michaeloff and his orchestra,
1951 Edward STANELLI, real name Edward
Stanley de GROOT Atlantis [8:22] Sidney Torch and
his orchestra, 1948 Charles ANCLIFFE
Secrets [3:07] Harry Davidson and his orchestra, 1952 Lambert
WILLIAMSON This Is The Business [2.26]
Queen's Hall Light Orchestra/Sidney Torch, 1948 Robert
STOLZ Selection of Popular Melodies: Don't Ask Me Why,
Springtime In Vienna, White Horse Inn, Hallo! Sweet
Fairy Doll, Hallo You, The Woods Of Vienna Are Calling,
White Horse Inn, Little Melody From Vienna, Spring
Parade. [8:12] The Tonhalle Orchestra, Zurich/Robert Stolz, 1949
GUILD GLCD 5118
[77.44][JW]
Another
fine layer of excavation from Guild ... see Full
Review
Annette Celine:
Was it a Dream? Jean
SIBELIUS (1865 – 1957) Säv, säv, susa (Sigh, sedges, sigh)
Op. 36 No. 4; Svarta rosor (Black roses) Op. 26 No.1; Flickan kom ifrĺn
sin älsklings mote (The girl came from meeting her lover); Var det en
dröm? (Was it a dream?) Op. 37 No. 4; Demanten pĺ marssnön (The
diamond on the March snow) Op. 36 No. 6; Jules
MASSENET (1842 – 1912) Oh! Si les fleurs avaient des
yeux; Ouvre tes yeux bleus; Heure vécue?; Plus vite; Voix Supręme; Henri
DUPARC (1848 – 1933) Au pays oů se fait la guerre; Romance
de Mignon; Chanson triste; Gabriel FAURÉ (1845 – 1924) Au bord de l’eau; Pablo LUNA (1880 – 1942) De Espana vengo; Pablo SOROZÁBAL (1897 – 1988) Noche Hermosa; Sebastián de YRADIER (1809 – 1865) La Paloma; Leo DELIBES (1836 – 1891) Avril; Pyotr Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840 – 1893) Nur wer die
Sehnsucht kennt (None but the lonely heart) Op. 6 No. 6; Inmitten des
Balles (At the ball) Op. 38 No. 3; Marguerite
MONNOT (1930 – 1961) Hymne a l’amour; Dino
OLIVIERI (?) J’attendrai; Louis
GUGLIEMI (?) La vie en rose
Annette Celine (soprano) Christopher Gould (piano) rec. St Paul’s School,
London, August 2003 BRANA
RECORDS BR0011 [68:55][GF]
I
am afraid that the only recommendation I can give is: Don’t buy this
disc! ... see Full Review
Paul
CÉZANNE - Music of His Time Hector
BERLIOZ (1803-1869) The Trojans at Carthage – Prelude [5:01]
San Diego Symphony Orchestra/Yoav Talmi Georges
BIZET (1838-1875) L’Arlésienne, Suite No. 2 – Pastorale [5:47]
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra/Anthony Bramall Emmanuel
CHABRIER (1841-1894) 10 Pičces pittoresques: Mélancolie [2:09];
Improvisation [4:47] Georges Rabol (piano) Henri
DUPARC (1848-1933) Chanson triste [3:25]; Le Manoir de Rosemonde
[2:37]; Elégie [3:07] Paul Groves (tenor), Roger Vignoles (piano) Gabriel
FAURÉ (1845-1924) Masques et Bergamasques, Op. 112: Gavotte
[3:44]; Pastoral [4:22] RTE Sinfonietta/John Georgiadis Léon
BOËLLMANN (1862-1897) Piano Quartet in F minor, Op. 10: Finale:
Allegro [7:50] Ilona Prunyi
(piano), Béla Bánfalvi (violin), János Fejérvári (viola), Károly Botvay
(cello) Erik SATIE (1866-1925) Gymnopédie
No. 1: Lent et douloureaux [2:41] Klara Körmendi (piano) Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Prélude ŕ l’aprčs-midi d’un faune [10:33]
Jan van Reeth (flute), BRT Philharmonic Orchestra/Alexander Rahbari
Louis VIERNE (1870-1937) 24 Pičces
en style libre, Op. 31: Epitaphe [3:58] Claude
DEBUSSY Nocturnes: Nuages [7:34] BRT Philharmonic Orchestra/Alexander
Rahbari Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937)
Miroirs: Noctuelles [4:18]; Oiseaux tristes [3:47] François-Joël
Thiollier (piano) NAXOS
8.558179 [76:37][DC]
Well
done Naxos - absinthe all round! ... see Full
Review
Class
Brass on the Edge
Aram KHACHATURIAN
(1903-1978) arr. Rolf SMEDVIG
Sabre Dance from Gayne (1940) [2:18] Camille
SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921) arr. Rolf
SMEDVIG Danse Bacchanale from Samson and
Delilah (1877) [7:13]+ Georges BIZET
(1837-1875) arr. Rolf SMEDVIG
Farandole from L'Arlésienne (1872) [3:28]*
Aragonaise from Carmen (1875) [2:21]+ Dmitri
SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) arr. J Samuel
PILAFIAN Festive Overture (1954) [6:34]+ Mikhail
IPPOLITOV-IVANOV (1837-1875) arr. E SMEDVIG
Procession of the Sardar from Caucasian Sketches [4:35]
Gabriel FAURÉ (1845-1924)
arr. Rolf SMEDVIG Pié
Jesu from Requiem (1887) [3:33] Georges
ENESCU (1881-1955) arr. Rolf SMEDVIG
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 (1901) [11:07] Sergei
PROKOVIEV (1891-1953) arr. E
SMEDVIG March from The Love for Three Oranges
(1921) [2:45] Leoš JANÁCEK
(1854-1928) arr. Rolf SMEDVIG
Allegretto from Sinfonietta (1926) [2:23]+ Reinhold
GLIÈRE (1875-1956) arr. E
SMEDVIG Russian Sailor's Dance from The
Red Poppy (1927) [2:58] Igor STRAVINSKY
(1882-1971) arr. Rolf SMEDVIG
Berceuse from The Firebird (1910) [3:05] Leonard
BERNSTEIN (1918-1990) arr. Rolf SMEDVIG
Overture to Candide (1956) [4:17] Aaron
COPLAND (1900-1990) arr. J Samuel PILAFIAN
Saturday Night Waltz from Rodeo (1942) [4:04] Jaques
OFFENBACH (1819-1880) arr. Rolf
SMEDVIG Cancan (1858) [1:32]
Empire Brass Timothy Morrison (trumpet)+ Andrew Roe (trumpet)* Richard
Jensen and Frank Epstein (percussion) rec. Berkshire Performing Arts
Center, Lennox, Massachusetts, 29-30 August 1992. DDD
TELARC
CD-80305 [63:27] [TP]
If the repertoire appeals it will be unlikely to disappoint at this
price. ... see Full Review
Concertos
for Four Horns Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
Konzertstück
for four horns (1849) [17:12] George Frideric
HANDEL (1685-1759) Concerto in F major (c.1746) [6:16] Georg
Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767) Overture in F major (1725) [23:46]
Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809) Symphony No.31
in D major, ‘Horn Signal’ (1765) [28:07]
American Horn Quartet: Kerry Turner, Charles Putnam, David Johnson,
Geoffrey Winter. Sinfonia Varsovia/Dariusz Wišniewski rec. Polish Radio
Studios, Warsaw, 18-20 July 2003. DDD
NAXOS 8.557747 [75:40] [GPu]
An
enjoyable CD, and the American Horn Quartet are certainly fine musicians.
There are, though, better performances of all the music to be had elsewhere
... see Full Review
Four
Seasons Spring Classics 1.
Antonio VIVALDI: Spring, from
The Four Seasons, Allegro 3:29 2. Antonio
VIVALDI: Spring, from The Four Seasons, Largo 2:52 3. Antonio
VIVALDI: Spring, from The Four Seasons, Danza pastorale 4:26
4. Peter TCHAIKOVSKY: Nutcracker
Overture 3:41 5. Edvard GRIEG:
An der Frühling (To the Spring) 2:23 6. Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN: Für Elise 2:46 7. Peter TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz, from Serenade for Strings
3:51 8. Edvard GRIEG: Morgenstimmung
4:17 9. Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART:
Allegro, from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 5:16 10. Georges BIZET, Habanera, from Carmen 2:15 11. Luigi
BOCCHERINI: Menuet 3:28 12. Antonio
VIVALDI: Allegro from Flute Concerto " Il Gardellino
4:02 13. Robert SCHUMANN: Des
Abends 3:20 14. Felix MENDELSSOHN:
Frühlingslied 2:54 15. Christian SINDING:
Frühlingsrauschen 2:44 16. Robert SCHUMANN:
Larghetto, from Symphony No. 1 "Spring" 5:27 17. Franz SCHUBERT: Andante con moto, from Symphony
No. 5 8:37 18. Johann STRAUSS:
Rosen aus dem Süden 9:42 Slovak Chamber Orchestra/Bohdan Warchal (1-3)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Enrique Batiz (4) Hak˘n Austbö, piano (5)
Misha Goldstein (6,13) Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra/Zdenek Kosler (7)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Mark Ermler (8) Kammerorchester Mannheim,
Florian Heyerick (9) Orchestra Filarmonica de Mexico/Enrique Batiz (10)
New York Harp Ensemble (11) Jed Wentz, flute; Musica ad Rhenum (12)
Daniel Benkö, guitar (14) Opus Chamber Orchestra (15) Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields/Neville
Marriner (16) Hanover Band/Roy Goodman (17) Bratislava Radio Symphony
Orchestra/Otto Aebi (18) Summer Classics 1.
Antonio VIVALDI: Summer, from The Four Seasons, Allegro non
molto 5:55 2. Antonio VIVALDI:
Summer, from The Four Seasons, Adagio-presto 2:25 3. Antonio
VIVALDI: Summer, from The Four Seasons, Presto 3:02 4. Camille
SAINT-SAËNS: The Swan 2:54 5. Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART: Rondo alla Turca 3:24 6. Georges
BIZET: Les Toréadors, from Carmen 2:19 7. Peter
TCHAIKOVSKY: Scene from Swan Lake 3:10 8. Leo DELIBES: Flower Duet, from Lakmé 5:57 9. Jacques
OFFENBACH: Can Can 3:14 10. Franz LISZT: Liebestraum 4:31 11. Robert
SCHUMANN: Träumerei 3:07 12. Leo
DELIBES: Notturno, from Coppelia 2:39 13. Johann STRAUSS: Wiener Bonbons 3:49 14. Felix
MENDELSSOHN: Venetian Gondola Song 2:57 15. Frédéric
CHOPIN: Nocturne Op. 9/2 4:16 16. George
Frideric HANDEL: Réjouissance, from Fireworks Music 1:53
17. Peter TCHAIKOVSKY: Barcarolle,
June, from the Seasons 3:46 18. Antonín DVOŘÁK:
Waldesruhe, for cello and orchestra 4:53 19. Claude
DEBUSSY: Clair de Lune 4:53 20. Nikolai
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Flight of the Bumblebee 1:13 21. Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART: Andante "Elvira Madigan" from Piano
Concerto No. 21 6:26 Slovak Chamber Orchestra/Bohdan Warchal (1-3) Wladislav
Warenberg, cello; Sara Crombach, piano (4) Klára Würtz, piano (5) Orchestra
Filarmonica de Mexico/Enrique Batiz (6) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Enrique
Batiz (7, 8, 12) Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra/Ondrej Lenard (9,
13) Misha Goldstein, piano (10, 11, 14, 15, 19) Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields/Neville
Marriner (16) Alexander Warenberg, piano (17) Zara Nelsova, cello; St.
Louis Symphony Orchestra/Walter Susskind (18) Armenian Philharmonic
Orchestra/Loris Tjeknavorian (20) Derek Han, piano; Philharmonia Orchestra/Paul
Freeman (21) Autumn Classics 1. Antonio
VIVALDI: Autumn, from The Four Seasons, Allegro 5:26 2. Antonio
VIVALDI: Autumn, from The Four Seasons, Adagio 2:17 3. Antonio
VIVALDI: Autumn, from The Four Seasons, Allegro 3:29 4. Jacques OFFENBACH: Barcarolle 2:51 5. Johann
Sebastian BACH: Air 4:44 6. Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART: Adagio "Out of Africa" from Clarinet
Concerto 6:24 7. Gabriel FAURÉ:
Sicilienne 3:24 8. Johann STRAUSS:
Wein, Weib und Gesang 4:37 9. Johannes BRAHMS:
Lullaby (Wiegenlied) 1:35 10. Ludwig van
BEETHOVEN: Adagio Pathetique 4:42 11. Peter
TCHAIKOVSKY: Mélodie 3:14 12. Claude
DEBUSSY: Arabesque No. 1 4:04
13. Johannes BRAHMS: Allegretto,
from Symphony No. 3 6:00 4. Frédéric CHOPIN:
Raindrop Prelude 4:42 15. Edvard GRIEG:
Nocturne, from Lyric Suite 4:27 16. Franz
LISZT: Waldesrauschen 4:04 17. Peter
TCHAIKOVSKY: Autumn Song 3:23 18. Gabriel
FAURÉ: Berceuse 3:26 Slovak Chamber Orchestra/Bohdan Warchal
(1-3) New York Harp Ensemble (4) London Baroque Soloists (5) Harmen
de Boer, clarinet; Sinfonietta Amsterdam/Lev Markiz (6) Marc Grauwels,
flute; Orchestra de Télévision Belgique/André Vandernoot (7, 18) Bratislava
Radio Symphony Orchestra/Otto Aebi (8) Karin Lechner, piano (9) Misha
Goldstein (10, 12, 14) Borika van den Booren, violin; Kiev Chamber Orchestra/Roman
Kofman (11) Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra/Jaap van Zweden (13)
London Symphony Orchestra/Yondani Butt (15) Klára Würtz, piano (16)
Alexander Warenberg, piano (17) Winter Classics 1. Antonio
VIVALDI: Winter, from The Four Seasons, Allegro non molto
3:42 2. Antonio VIVALDI: Winter,
from The Four Seasons, Largo 2:18 3. Antonio
VIVALDI: Winter, from The Four Seasons, Allegro 3:52 4. Frédéric
CHOPIN: Minute Waltz 1:42 5. Giuseppe
VERDI: Choir of the Hebrew Slaves, from Nabucco 4:53 6. Johannes
BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No. 1 3:01 7. Edvard
GRIEG: Aases Tod, from Peer Gynt 5:11 8. Antonín
DVOŘÁK: Humoreske 3:24 9. Richard
WAGNER: Ride of the Valkyries (Walkürenritt) 4:49 10. Alessandro
MARCELLO: Adagio from Oboe and Strings 3:42 11. Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN: Adagio Mondschein Sonate 5:34 12. Jules
MASSENET: Meditation, from Thais 5:16 13. Gabriel
FAURÉ: Élégie, for Cello and Orchestra 6:22 14. Erik
SATIE: Gymnopédie 3:17 15. Modest
MUSSORGSKY: The Old Castle 5:09 16. Georg
Frideric HANDEL: Allegro moderato, from Harp Concerto 6:02
Slovak Chamber Orchestra/Bohdan
Warchal (1-3) Martijn van den Hoek, piano (4) Bulgarian National Choir/Georgi
Robev (5) Györ Philharmonic Orchestra/Janos Sandor (6) Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra/Mark Ermler (7) Anna Holblingova, violin; Jan Szalay, piano
(8) Philharmonia Orchestra/Yuri Simonov (9) Robin Williams, oboe; Heidelberger
Kammerorchester (10) Misha Goldstein, piano (11) Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra/Frank Shipway (12) Timora Rosler, cello; Zilina Chamber Orchestra/Dwight
Bennet (13) Hakřn Austbö, piano (14) Alexander Warenberg, piano (15)
Maria Grafova, harp; Janacek Philharmonic/Hartmut Haenchen (16)
BRILLIANT CLASSICS 92760 [4 CDs: 76:16 + 77:51 + 73:09 + 68:44][DC]
Safe
gift fodder then, for all grandmothers and relatives who have ‘good
taste’. ... see Full Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Emil
Gilels Edition
Fryderyk CHOPIN
(1810-1849) Nocturne
in C minor Op. 48 No. 1,
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 35
, Polonaise in A flat major Op. 53 "Heroic",
Impromptu No. 2 in F sharp major Op. 36, Piano
Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58 Franz
LISZT (1811-1886) Piano Sonata
in B minor , Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15 "Rákoczy
March",Piano Sonata in B minor ,Hungarian
Rhapsody No. 9 "Peszter Carnaval" , Valse
oubliée No. 1,Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Piano Sonata
No. 1 in F sharp minor Op. 11 , Arabesque
in C major Op. 18 ,Piano Sonata No. 2 in G
minor Op. 22 (with original finale) , Carnaval,
Op. 9 Sergei PROKOFIEV
(1891-1953) Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor
Op. 14, Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor Op.
28, Piano Sonata No. 8 in B flat major Op.
84,Visions fugitives (selection) Op.22 , Toccata
Op. 11, March from "Love for Three Oranges"
Alexander SCRIABIN
(1872-1916) Piano Sonata No. 3
in F sharp minor Op. 23, Piano Sonata No.
4 in F sharp minor Op. 30,Préludes
Op. 74 Nicolai MEDTNER
(1880-1951) Sonata in G minor Op.
22 Claude DEBUSSY
(1862-1918) Suite Pour le Piano, Images,
book I Maurice RAVEL
(1875-1937) Prélude, Forlane, Toccata,
from Le Tombeau de Couperin, Pavane pour une
infante défunte ,Jeux d'eau Pyotr
Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) 6
Morceaux, Op. 19 Alexander
GLAZUNOV (1865-1936) Piano Sonata
No. 2 in E minor Op. 75 Sergei
RACHMANINOFF (1873-1943) Daisies
Op. 38 No. 3, Vocalise Op. 34 No. 14. Prelude
in C sharp minor Op. 3 No. 2, Prelude in B
flat major Op. 23 No. 2, Prelude in G flat
major Op. 23 No. 10, Prelude in B major Op.
32 No. 11, Prelude in G minor Op. 23 No. 5,
Etude-tableau in E flat minor Op. 39 No. 5,
Johannes BRAHMS
(1833-1897) Four Ballades Op. 10 , Fantasien
Op. 116 Carl Maria
von WEBER (1786-1826) Piano Sonata
in A flat major Op. 39 Sergei
RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Piano Concerto
No. 3 in D minor Op. 30 Pyotr
Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Piano
Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 23 Franz
LISZT (1811-1886) Piano Concerto
No. 1 in E flat major Fryderyk
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Piano Concerto
No. 1 in E minor Op. 11, Andante Spianato
et grande polonaise Brillante in E flat major
Op. 22
Emil Gilels (piano) USSR State Symphony Orchestra,
Kyrill Kondrashin, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra,
Kyrill Kondrashin Recording: 1-1949 (1), 10-1962
(2-4), 6-1952 (5/6)
BRILLIANT CLASSICS 92615 [10 CDs: 68.50
+ 73.57 + 78.38 + 70.21 + 50.54 + 66.08 +
78.37 + 72.18 + 71.27 + 72.12] [JW]
Only
the most sanguine of Gilels admirers can afford
to be without it. The sound can be problematic,
the provenance not yet fully established but
the performances are, for the most part, magnificent.
... see Full Review
The
Great Female Pianists: Volume 1 – Masters of the Piano Roll Series
Wanda
Landowska (piano) Myra Hess (piano) Rolls recorded 1924-26
DAL SEGNO DSPRCD 011 [73.11] The Great Female Pianists Volume
2 – Masters of the Piano Roll Series Cécile Chaminade (piano)
Rolls recorded 1921
DAL SEGNO DSPRCD 012 [73.21]
Dal
Segno is undertaking an extensive series of
piano roll issues based on 1992 transfers.
... here are the first two volumes ... see
Full
Review
The History of Brass Band Music
The Modern Era: 1970-2000 Robert
Simpson (1921-1997)
Energy (1971) [10:20] Wilfred Heaton
(1918-2000)
Contest Music (1972) [15:25] Joseph
Horovitz (b.
1926) Euphonium Concerto (1972) [16:50] Edward
Gregson (b.
1945) Connotations (1976) [12:39] Philip
Wilby (b.
1949) Jazz (1974) [14:32]
Grimethorpe Colliery (UK Coal) Band/Elgar Howarth rec. Dewsbury Town
Hall, 16-17 April 2005. DDD
DOYEN DOY CD163 [69:46] [JF]
Not
only is the music great and the recording
excellent, but the CD itself is value for
money ... a major addition to the archive
of brass recorded sound. ... see Full
Review
Horowitz
in Moscow Domenico
SCARLATTI Sonata
in B minor L33 Sonata in E major L23 Sonata
in E major L224 Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Sonata
No.10 in C major K330 Sergei
RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Prelude
in G major Op.32 No.5 Prelude in G sharp minor
Op.32 No.12 Alexander
SCRIABIN (1873-1916) Etude in C
sharp minor Etude in D sharp minor Op.8 No.12
Franz SCHUBERT
(1797-1828) Impromptu in B flat major
D935 Franz LISZT
(1811-1886) Valse caprice No.6 from Soirées
de Vienne after Schubert Sonetto 104 del
Petrarca Fryderyk
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Mazurka in C
sharp minor Op.30 No.4 Mazurka in F minor
Op.7 No.3 Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Traumerei
from Kinderszenen Op.15 Moritz
MOSZKOWSKI Étincelles from
Morceaux caractéristiques Op.36 No.6
Sergei RACHMANINOV
(1873-1943) Polka de W.R.
Vladimir Horowitz (piano) Recorded in Moscow
in 1986 No encoding information provided.
Directed by Brain Large.
SONY DVD SVD 64545 [104:00] [JW]
The
film captures the clamour of the audience,
their raptness, the occasional weeping ...
see
Full Review
Masters
of the Piano Roll: Fauré plays Fauré – Strauss plays
Strauss Rolls
recorded 1905-27 and in all cases played by the composers, with the
exception of the Grainger, which is played by the composer and Rose
Grainger as a duet. recorded in 1918
DAL SEGNO DSPRCD 010 [72.58] [JW]
Given
caveats this has been reasonably well done
... see Full
Review
Howard
Hanson conducts American Masterworks CD
1 Samuel BARBER
(1910-1981) Capricorn Concerto
Walter PISTON
(1894-1976) The Incredible Flutist
Charles Tomlinson
GRIFFES (1884-1920) Poem for
Flute and Orchestra Kent
KENNAN (1914-2003) Three Pieces
for Orchestra William
McCAULEY (1917-1999) Five Miniatures
for Flute and Strings William
BERGSMA (1921-1994) Gold and
the Señor Commandante - Ballet
Suite CD 2 Charles
IVES (1874-1954) Three Places
in New England; Symphony No. 3 "The
Camp Meeting" William
SCHUMAN (1910-1992) New England
Triptych Peter
MENNIN (1923-1983) Symphony No.
5 CD 3 Morton GOULD
(1913-1996) Spirituals; Fall
River Legend - Ballet Suite Samuel
BARBER (1910-1981) Medea -
Ballet Suite CD 4
George Whitefield
CHADWICK (1854-1931) Symphonic
Sketches Edward
MACDOWELL (1860-1908) Suite
for Large Orchestra Johan
Friedrich PETER (1746-1813) Sinfonia
in G CD 5 Douglas
MOORE (1893-1969) Pageant of
P. T. Barnum John
Alden CARPENTER (1876-1951) Adventures
in a Perambulator Bernard
ROGERS (1893-1968) Once upon
a time - Suite of Five Fairy Tales Burrill
PHILLIPS (1907-1988) Selections
from McGuffey's Reader
Eastman-Rochester Orchestra/Howard Hanson
Rec. rec. 1956-1963, Eastman Theatre, Rochester,
NY, USA. ADD
MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE 475 627-4 0 MM5 [5
CDs: 72:02 + 77:08 + 63:14 + 69:16 + 74:13]
[JW]
You
can safely purchase this ... performances are authoritative and delivered
with relish and affection ... well recorded too. ... see
Full Review
Images
of Three Centuries Alberto
GINASTERA (1916-1983) Sonata for Piano [14:33] Mark
FISH (b. 1969) Three Ages of Woman [6:00] Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Images Book 1 [15:19] Modest
MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881) Pictures at an Exhibition [32:24]
Aileen Chanco (piano) rec.
2005, Hollcraft Studios. DDD
CON BRIO RECORDINGS CBR251 [69:29][ABi]
This
disc gives Chanco ample opportunity to showcase her considerable talents
as a pianist. ... see Full Review
The
Italian Dramatic Lament Claudio
MONTEVERDI (1567-1643) Lamento d’Arianna [10:47] Jacopo
PERI (1561-1633) Al fonte al prato [01:44] Giovanni
Girolamo KAPSBERGER (c.1575-c.1661) Sferraina
(from Libro Quarto) [03:37], Capona (from Libro Quarto) [03:21] PERI
Lungi dal vostro lume [02:54] Giulio
CACCINI (1545-1618) Vedrň ’l mio sol [04:01] PERI
Se tu parti da me [04:14] MONTEVERDI
Si dolce č il tormento [04:25] KAPSBERGER
Passacaglia (from Libro Quarto [09:13] CACCINI
Amarilli [03:16] Richardo
ROGNIONO (fl. c.1620) Ancor che col partire [02:56] PERI
Uccidimi dolore [09:38] CACCINI
Amor ch’attendi [01:56]
The Catacoustic Consort (Annalisa Pappano, Artistic Director, lirone
and treble viola da gamba, Catherine Webster, soprano, Michael Leopold,
theorbo, Becky Baxter, baroque triple harp) rec. 29 April-2 May 2004,
St. John Chrysostom Church, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. DDD
NAXOS 8.557538 [62:03][CH]
A
very attractive programme excellently performed. ... see Full
Review
Goran
Krivokapić (guitar) Franz
WERTHMÜLLER (1769-1841)(transcribed Franz
Pfeifer) Sonata
in A major, Op. 17 [13:41] J.S. BACH
(1685-1750)(transcribed Goran Krivokapić)
Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005 (orig. violin solo) [18:36] Domenico
SCARLATTI (1685-1757) (transcribed Carlo
Manchione) Sonata K. 162: Andante [7:16] Sonata K. 208: Andante
et cantabile [4:11] Sonata K. 209: Allegro [5:06] Dušan
BOGDANOVIĆ (b. 1955) Sonata No. 2 for Guitar (1985)
[12:21] Goran Krivokapić
(guitar) rec. St. John Chrysostom Church, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada,
28 April–1 May 2005. NAXOS
8.557809 [61:11][DC]
A
must for guitarists, of great interest to seekers of new and stimulating
repertoire and a recording of demonstration quality ... see Full
Review
Laudario
Di Cortona: Devotional Songs of the Thirteenth Century
Salve, salve, virgo pia [2:55] De la crudel morte de Cristo [3:22] Ave donna santissima [2:18]Laudar vollio per amore [3:11] O divina virgo, flore [2:18] Altissima luce
[2:22] Laude novella
[3:17] Ave regina gloriosa [3:30] Alta trinitŕ beata
[3:45] Peccatrice nominata [3:46] Ciascun ke fede sente [2:56] Magdalena degna da laudari [3:37] Sia laudato san Francesco [2;33] Madonna santa Maria [4:10] Omne homo [4:34]
Gloria n’ cielo [2:24]
Ensemble Vocale La Dolce
Vista: Giulia Galasso (soprano), Angela Bucci (soprano), Raffaella Siniscalchi
(mezzo), Daniela Trailo (alto), Christine Steubühr (alto), Dario Paolini
(tenor) Luigi Polsini (viol, lute), Antonio Addamiano (recorder, harp),
Sandro Pippa (percussion, cialamello, tambourin de Béarn), Giovanni
Caruso (lute, percussion) Directed by Giovanni Caruso Recorded
11-13 June, 2004, Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Salisano,
Rieti TACTUS TC 270001
[50:58][GPu]
A
lovely recording of fascinating music, well sung and with some attractive
instrumental colours ... see Full
Review
Life
is Beautiful
with ABC Classic FM: Volume 2
Johann Sebastian BACH
(1985-1750)
Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 BWV1068 [3:26]
* Modest MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881)
Dawn
on the Moscow River from Khovanshchina [5:32] #
Emmanuel CHABRIER (1841-1894)
Idylle
from Suite Pastorale [4:59] * Frédéric
CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Prelude in D-Flat Op. 28 No.4 "Raindrop" [4:42]
% Edward ELGAR (1857-1934)
Chanson de matin Op. 15 No.2 [3:51] # Ottorino
RESPIGHI (1879-1936)
The Dove from The Birds [4:30] + Gabriel
FAURÉ (1845-1924)
In paradisum from Requiem [3:30] £
Pavane Op. 50 [5:27] ^ George
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)
Ombra mai fú (Largo) from Xerxes [3:37]
# Alessandro MARCELLO (1669-1747)
arr. Johann Sebastian BACH (1985-1750) Adagio from
Concerto in D Minor BWV974 [4:44] % Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)
Adagio from Clarinet Concerto [7:31] ¥ Camille
SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)
The Swan from Carnival of the Animals [3:02]
º Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741)
Allegro from Flute Concerto No.3 "The Goldfinch" [4:05]
¢ Antonín DVOŘÁK
(1841-1904)
Largo from Symphony No.9 "From the New World" (excerpt)
[4:08] § Christoph
Willibald GLUCK (1741-1787)
Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orphée et Eurydice
[6:03] ¤ Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937)
Pavane pour infante défunte [6:20] *
Edvard GRIEG (1843-1907)
Morning
from Peer Gynt [4:02] *
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra/David Stanhope * and Omri Hadri +; West
Australian Symphony Orchestra/David Measham #; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra/Richard
Divall ¤; Sydney Symphony Orchestra/Matthias Bamert ^, José
Serebrier §, Robert Pikler ¥ and David McBride ¢; Sydney
Philharmonia Motet Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra/Anthony Walker
£ Donald Westlake (clarinet) ¥; John Champ (piano) %; David
Pereira (cello), Anthony Baldwin and David Bollard (pianos) º;
Paul Curtis (flute) ¢ Various recording dates and locations. ADD/DDD
ABC
CLASSICS 476 8775 [78:36] [TP]
This
disc is certainly not for classaholics, but as a gift for those making
their first forays into classical music, or for those wanting a "mood"
disc to help them relax, this CD is unlikely to disappoint…
see Full Review
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 Bartok);
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) rec. CD
1 Mozart: Recorded at the Holy Trinity Church, Wentworth, Yorkshire,
UK, 27-28 January 1997; Schubert: Bishopsgate Hall, London, UK. No recording
date given; CD 2 Ravel: Holy Trinity Church, Wentworth, Yorkshire, UK,
5-7 July 1994; Haydn: Holy Trinity Church, Wentworth, Yorkshire, UK,
26-28 April 1999; Mendelssohn: live, Blackheath Concert Halls, London,
UK, September 1988; CD 3 Dvořák: Concert Hall, Faculty of Music,
University of Cambridge, UK. No recording date given; Beethoven: Holy
Trinity Church, Wentworth, Yorkshire, UK, 25-27 June 2001; Borodin:
Holy Trinity Church, Wentworth, Yorkshire, UK, 24-26 July 2002; CD 4
Janáček: Concert Hall, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge,
UK. No recording date given; Tippett: Wigmore Hall, London, UK, 21-23
December 1992; Bartók: Henry Wood Hall, London, UK. No recording date
given; CD 5 Schubert and Brahms: live, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield,
UK during The Lindsays weekend of farewell concerts, the 29 July 2005
(Schubert), 30 July 2005 (Brahms).
SANCTUARY CLASSICS RESONANCE CDRSB404
[5 CDs: 72:22 + 72:18 + 76:33 + 76:11 + 77:53][MC]
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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