Štefan
Margita: Slzy a úsmevy
(Tears and Smiles) - Slovak and
Hungarian Songs Mikuláš
SCHNEIDER-TRNAVSKÝ (1881 – 1958)
Slzy a úsmevy, Op. 25 (Tears and Smiles):
A Ring; A Song; Vesper Dominicae; A Crow Flying;
The Little Foot; Lullaby; The Morning Bell;
Magdaléna; Zo Srdca (From My Heart):
If I were a Bird; Béla
BARTÓK (1881 – 1945) Hungarian
Folksongs: Far Behind I Left My Country; Crossing
the River; The Horse-thief; In the Summer
Field; I Was in a Garden Green; Deceived in
Love; Love’s a Burden; Walking Through the
Town; The Horseman; My Love Has Gone A-ploughing;
Sylvie BODOROVÁ
(b. 1954) The Setting Sun – Seven
Slovak Folksongs for Two Voices, Harp and
Piano: Bad News; She Gave Me a Little Feather;
Sundown; Not Ploughing, Nor Sowing; Blow,
Wind, Blow; Why?; Ask Balazs 
Štefan Margita (tenor), Gabriela Beňačková
(soprano) (Bodorová), Katarína Bachmannová
(piano)(Schneider-Trnavský, Bodorová), Kateřina
Englichová (harp) (Bartók, Bodorová)
rec. Lichtenstein Palace, Prague, December
2005, January 2006
ZENTIVA UP 0084-2 131 [57:15]
One
of the pleasures of reviewing is to discover
music and musicians one probably wouldn’t
have encountered otherwise. It is a pleasure
to report to adventurous readers and hope
they will share my enthusiasm. Recommended.
... see Full
Review
The
State Funeral of Horatio, Lord Nelson George
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1739) Dead March, from Saul
William CROFT (1678-1727) Funeral
Sentences Richard AYLEWARD (1626-1669)
Preces and Responses Henry PURCELL
(1659-1695) Psalm 39 Thomas
ATTWOOD (1765-1838) Magnificat; Nunc Dimittis Maurice
GREENE (1696-1755) Lord, let me know mine end Thomas
ATTWOOD (1765-1838) Solemn Dirge Henry
PURCELL (1659-1695) Thou knowest Lord, the secrets of
our hearts George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1739)
His body is buried in peace Thomas
ARNE (1710-1778) Rule Britannia Franz
Josef HAYDN (1732-1809) Te Deum
The Revd Canon Gavin Kirk (precentor) Colin White (reader) David Thorne
(organ) The Choir of Portsmouth Cathedral/David Price rec. February
1999, Portsmouth Cathedral
HERALD AV HAVPCD 232
[76.24][RH]
Not
a disc to be dipped into, but listened to carefully it will transport
you to an earlier era. ... see Full
Review
North
- accentus - Eric Ericson CD1
Jean SIBELIUS (1865-1957) 1. Sydämeni
laulu [2:11] 2. Rakastava [6:21] (soloists: Violaine Lucas, Rigoberto
Marin-Polop) 3. Drömmarna [1:41] 4. Sortnut ääni [1:49]
Einojuhani RAUTAVAARA (b.1928) 5.
Och glädjen den dansar [2:49] 6. Sommernatten [3:01] (soloists:
Nicolas kern, Solange Añorga, Violaine Lucas) Toivo
KUULA (1883-1918) 7. Auringon noustessa [4:05] 8. Siell’
on kauan jo kukkineet omenapuut [5:11] 9. Minun kultani kaunis on [1:16]
10. Tuuti lasta Tuonelahan [3:18] 11. Nuku [2:33] Wilhelm
STENHAMMAR (1871-1927) Tre körvisor 12. September [2:01]
13. I Seraillets Have [2:01] 14. Havde jeg, o havde jeg en Dattersøn
[1:14] David WIKANDER (1884-1955) 15.
Kung Liljekonvalje [3:29] 16. Förvårskväll [4:18] Hugo
ALFVÉN (1872-1960) 17. Uti vår hage [2:17] 18.
Aftonen [3:51] CD2 Einojuhani RAUTAVAARA 1.
Die erste Elegie [9:19] (soloists: Caroline Chassany, Isabelle Dupuy-Pardoel,
Claire Henry-Desbois, Solange Añorga, Anne-Marie Jacquin, Violaine
Lucas) Kurt NYSTEDT (b.1915) 2.
O Crux [6:18] Jorgen JERSILD (1913-2004)
3. Min Yndlingsdal [3:51] Jan SANDSTRÖM
(b.1954) Två Körpoem 4. Anrop [2:56] 5. Två japanska
landskap [4:51] (soloists: Claire Henry-Desbois, Kaoli Isshiki, Caroline
Chassany) Lars Johan WERLE (1926-2001)
6. Canzone 126 di Francesco Petrarca [10:22] (soloists: Kaoli Isshiki,
Charlotte Baillot, Nicolas Maire, Alain Golven)
Choeur Accentus/Eric Ericson rec. January 1999, Théâtre
des Arts in Rouen, France (CD1, tracks 12-18, CD2, tracks 2-6); September
2001, L’Église Notre Dame du Liban in Paris, France (CD1, tracks
1-11, CD2, track 1)
NAÏVE V5037-2 [91:50] [GPJ]
A
stunningly brilliant achievement for all concerned
... see Full Review
Now
That's What I Call Brass:
Volume 3 see review for details
David Childs (euphonium) #; Derick Kane
(euphonium) $; Hans Gansch (cornet) %; Jason
McCann (tenor) ^; Iwan Williams (flügel
horn)*; Iver Kleive (organ) +; Nick Hudson
(trombone) ¢; John Doyle (flügel horn)
£; Black Dyke Band ¤; Grimethorpe Colliery
(UK Coal) Band ¥; Scottish Co-op Band §; Hendon
Salvation Army Band ª; YBS Band ±; The International
Staff Band of the Salvation Army µ; Brass
Band Oberösterreich ¿; Sellers International
Band ÷; Eikanger-Bjørsvik Band ˇ;
Buy As You View Band ˜; Enfield Citadel
Band Π. Rec. dates and locations unspecified.
DDD
WORLD OF BRASS WOB 109 CD [61:36 + 60:23]
[TP]
Will
afford pleasure to any band enthusiast who encounters it. ... see Full
Review
Else
Paaske: A Portrait Live and studio recordings
1967–1983. CD1 Peter HEISE (1830 – 1879)
Skønne
fru Beatriz; P E LANGE-MÜLLER (1850
– 1926) Genboens første vise, Op. 13, No. 1; Yderst i slaebet, det
lette, Op. 48, No. 5; Åkande, Op. 4, No. 2; Dybt i skumring, Op. 20,
No. 1; Der sang en fager fugl, no Opus No.; Himlen ulmer svagt i flammenrødt,
Op. 19, No. 1; Claude DEBUSSY (1862 – 1918) Trois Chansons de Bilitis:
La flute de Pan; La chevelure; Le tombeau des naiads; Peter HEISE Gudruns sorg: Dengang var Gudrun beredt
til døden; Hos sad jarlers aedle hustruer; Da sagte Herborg; Da sagte
Gullrønd; En gang Gudrun end ham skued; Da sagte Gudrun; Johannes
BRAHMS (1833 – 1897) O wüsst’ ich doch den Weg zurück, Op.
63, No. 8; An eine Äolsharfe, Op. 19, No. 5; Ständchen, Op. 106, No.
1; Alban BERG (1885 – 1935) Vier Lieder f¨r eine Singstimme
mit Klavier, Op. 2: Schlafen, schlafen, nichts als schlafen; Schlafend
trägt man mich; Nun ich der Riesen Stärksten; Warm die Lüfte; Max REGER (1873 – 1916) Zwei geistliche Lieder,
Op. 105: Ich sehe dich in tausend Bildern; Meine Seele ist still zu
Gott; from Zwei geistliche Lieder (1900): Wenn in bangen, trüben Stunden,
no Op. No.; Geistliches Lied: Wohl denen (1903), no Op. No.; Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685 – 1750) Kantate 94 (BWV 94) “Was frag’
ich nach der Welt”: Aria: Betörte Welt, betörte Welt CD2 Francis
POULENC (1899 – 1963) La grenouillère (1930), FP 96; Deux
melodies (1956) FP 162: La souris; Nuage; from Quatre poèmes (1931)
FP 58: Carte postale; 1904; Robert SCHUMANN (1810 – 1856) Liederkreis, Op. 39:
In der Fremde; Intermezzo; Waldesgespräch; Die Stille; Mondnacht; Schöne
Fremde; Auf einer Burg; In der Fremde; Wehmut; Zwielicht; Im Walde;
Frühlingsnacht; P E LANGE-MÜLLER Sulamith og Salomon, Op. 1: Sulamiths
sang I vinhaven; Sulamiths sang I skovduelunden; Salomons sang med brevduen;
Sulamiths sang på bjergtoppen; Sulamiths sang på bjergene; Johannes
BRAHMS Die Mainacht, Op. 43, No. 2; Vergebliches Ständchen,
Op. 84, No. 4; Gustav MAHLER (1860
– 1911) from Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Rheinlegendchen; Wo die schönen
Trompeten blasen; Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt; Ib
NØRHOLM (b. 1931) Tre sange for alt og klaver, Op. 54: Drømme;
Vandring; Blomsterdigt; Johann Sebastian BACH Weihnachts-Oratorium (BWV 248):
ecitativo: Nun wird mein liebster Bräutigam; Aria: Bereite dich, Zion
Else Paaske (mezzo) Friedrich
Gürtler (piano), Anders Riber (organ)(Reger), Bach-Collegium Stuttgart/Helmut
Rilling (Bach Cantata 94), The Danish National Symphony Orchestra/Sir
John Eliot Gardiner (Bach Christmas Oratorio) rec. various locations
1967 – 1983 DANACORD
DACOCD 647-648 [74:41 + 74:05][GF]
Exemplary!
I hope this set will also find listeners outside the Nordic countries.
It is well worth it. ... see Full
Review
Perspectives
2 Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Piano
Sonatas: No. 22 in F, Op. 54 (1804) [11'41]; No. 27 in E minor, Op.
90 (1814) [13'30]. Béla BARTÓK
(1881-1956) Out of Doors Suite, Sz81 (1926) [15'46]. Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5 (1853)
[40'29]. Andreas
Haefliger (piano) rec. Reitstadel-Neumarkt, Germany, 24-27 May 2005.
DDD AVIE AV 2082
[41'17 + 40'31][CC]
Sequels
rarely live up to the promise of the original.
Here, for once, is the exception ... Haefliger's
is a career that is moving from strength to
strength. ... see Full
Review
Reflections
Vittorio
MONTI (1868-1922) Czardas [4:59]
Traditional Deep
River (arr. Heifetz) [2:32] Danny Boy (arr. Kreisler) [4:30] Fritz
KREISLER (1875-1962) Syncopation [2:00] Miniature
Viennese Waltz [2:59] Jay
UNGAR (no dates given) Ashokan Farewell [5:18]
Sergei PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) March from “The Love for Three
Oranges” (arr. Kreisler) [1:29] Zdenek
FIBICH (1850-1900) Poem (arr. Harrington) [2:06]
Phil COULTER (b. 1942) The Battle of Kinsale [3:37]
John WILLIAMS (b. 1932) Theme from “Schindler’s List”
[4:32] Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH
(1906-1975) Prelude No. 24 in d minor op
34 (arr. Tsiganov) [1:15] Astor
PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992) Chiquilin de Bachin (arr. Lewis/Harrington)
[5:21] Milonga en Re [4:18] George
GERSHWIN (1898-1937) Summertime (arr. Heifetz) [2:08]
Aram KHACHATURIAN (1903-1978)
Sabre Dance (arr. Heifetz) [2:23]
Gregory Harrington (violin) William Lewis (piano) rec. 16-17, 30 June
2005, Sommer Center, Bronxville, New York; 22 Aug 2005, Sean Swinney
Studios, New York
ESTILE RECORDS 783707248905 [52:22][DB]
A
pleasant sounding but very shallowly-interpreted collection of familiar
tunes ... see Full
Review
Renoir:
Music of His Time
Jacques
OFFENBACH (1819-1880) Overture to La
Belle Hélène (1864) [5:09] Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra/Richard
Hayman. From Naxos 8.550473 Charles GOUNOD
(1818-1893) Petite
Symphonie: Movement 1: Adagio – Allegretto (1885) [5:33] Marc Grauwels
(flute) Orchestre de Chambre de Waterloo/Ulysse Waterlot. From Naxos
8.555954 Gabriel
FAURÉ (1845-1924) Cantique
de Jean Racine (1865) [6:25] Schola Cantorum of Oxford, Colm Carey
(organ)/Jeremy Summerly. From Naxos 8.550765 Ernest
CHAUSSON (1855-1899) Symphony in B flat, Opus
20: Movement 1 (1890) [12:38] Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy/Jérôme
Kaltenbach. From Naxos 8.5.53652 Claude
Debussy (1862-1918) Préludes Book 1 (1910): Voiles
[3:19] Les Collines
d’Anacapri [2:58] La Fille
aux cheveux de lin [2:13] Francois-Joël Thiollier (piano). From
Naxos 8.553293 Danse
Profane (1904) [5:15] Ellen Sejersted Bødtker (harp),
Vertavo Quartet, Sjur Bjærke (double bass). From 8.555328
Maurice RAVEL
(1875-1937) Ma Mère l’oye
(‘Mother Goose’) (1910): Les
entretiens de la belle et de la bête (‘The conversations of beauty
and the beast’) [4:12] Le
jardin féerique (’The fairy garden’) [3:52] Slovak Radio
Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth Jean. From Naxos 8.550173
Paul DUKAS (1865-1935)
Prélude élégiaque (1909) [4:30]
Chantal Stigliani (piano). From Naxos 8.555328
Jacques
IBERT (1890-1962) Scherzetto
for solo harp (1917) [3:28] Ellen Sejersted Bødtker (harp). From Naxos
8.555328 Philippe
GAUBERT (1879-1941) Divertissement
grec (1908) [4:05] Marc Grauwels (flute) Orchestre de
Chambre de Waterloo/Ulysse Waterlot. From Naxos 8.555954 Digital recordings:
dates and locations not given.
NAXOS 8.558176 [64:38] [GP]
Not
a CD for the serious collector, but a pleasant sampler of French
music between the 1860s and the 1910s, the years of Renoir’s
mature years as an artist ... see Full Review
Paul
Robeson
(1898-1976): Songs of Struggle see review for content details
Paul Robeson, vocals Lawrence
Brown, piano New Mayfair Orchestra/Clifford Greenwood and Ray Noble
Recorded 1927-1947 AAD
REGIS RECORDS RRC1229 [71:15] [PG]
As
the work is by a true master, and the pieces are among the highlights
of his career, this is a collection that can be truly
recommended. ... see Full Review
Piano Transcriptions
by Junichi Steven Sato (b. 1973)
Johann Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750) Passacaglia
and Fugue in c minor for Organ BWV 582 [13:35]
Franz LISZT (1811-1886)
Psalm XIII (1855) [23:13] Cesar
FRANCK (1822-1890)
transc. Alfred Cortot (1877-1962)
Violin Sonata in A (1886) [29:31]
Junichi Steven Sato (piano) rec. 20, 23-24
August 2004, DePaul University Concert Hall,
Chicago
SATO MUSIC EDITIONS SME 1001 [66:43] [DB]
Unusual
examples of the more and more rarely-encountered
art of transcription. ... see Full
Review
Tito
Schipa - Schipa Edition 2: The Complete Victor
Recordings 1924-1925, Vol. 2 Giuseppe
VERDI (1813–1901) Rigoletto: È il sol dell’anima* Gaetano
DONIZETTI (1797–1848) Lucia di Lammermoor: Verranno a te*;
Don Pasquale: Tornami a dir che m’ami* Richard BARTHELEMY (19th/20th
Cent) Pesca d’ammore Tito SCHIPA (1888–1965)
Ave Maria Vincenzo De CRESCENZO (1875-1964)
Ce steve ‘na vota CAMPERO (?) Madrigal
español Giuseppe VERDI Rigoletto:
La donna è mobile Manuel De FALLA (1876–1946)
Jota (Siete canciones populares españolas) Eduardo
Di CAPUA (1865-1917) O sole mio Franz
LISZT (1811–1886) Liebestraum (arr. Schipa)§ Tito SCHIPA A Cuba Trad.
La farfalletta (arr. Schipa)§ Anon.
La girometta (arr. Cibelli) Arturo
BUZZI-PECCIA (1854–1943) La niña querida; Mal d’amore Friedrich
von FLOTOW (1812-1883) Martha: M’appari Gaetano
DONIZETTI L’elisir d’amore: Una furtiva lagrima (take 2 and
3) Giacomo PUCCINI (1858–1924) La bohème: Sono andati?#;
Oh! Dio, Mimi!# Jules MASSENET (1842-1912)
Werther: Pourquoi me réveiller? Leo DELIBES
(1836-1891) Lakmé: Fantasie aux divins mensonges
Tito Schipa (tenor) Amelita Galli-Curci (soprano)*, Lucrezia Bori (soprano)#,
Victor Orchestra/Rosario Bourdon (except items marked § with piano accompaniment
by José Echániz) Recorded 1924–1925
NAXOS 8.110333 [72:14][JW]
A
recommendation is utterly superfluous ... see Full
Review
Elisabeth
Schumann - Early Recordings 1915–1923
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Fidelio: O, wär ich schon mit dir vereint; Carl
Maria von WEBER (1786–1826) Der Freischütz: Trübe
Augen, Liebchen; Kommt ein schlanker Bursch gegangen; Ambroise
THOMAS (1811–1896) Connais-tu le pays?; Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756–1791) Le nozze di Figaro: Non
so più; Voi che sapete; Don Giovanni: Vedrai, carino; Albert
LORTZING (1801–1851) Der Wildschütz: Auf des Lebens
raschen Wogen; Charles GOUNOD
(1818–1893) Faust: Air des bijoux; Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Durch
Zärtlichkeit und Schmeicheln; Welche Wonne, welche Lust; Don Giovanni:
Batti, batti, o bel Masetto; François
AUBER (1782–1871) Fra Diavolo: Quel bonheur; Engelbert
HUMPERDINCK (1854–1921) Hänsel und Gretel: Wo
bin ich? Wach ich? Ist es ein Traum?; Richard
STRAUSS (1864–1949) Die heiligen drei Könige aus
Morgenland; Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART
Exultate, Jubilate: Allegro; Andante; Alleluia; Le nozze
di Figaro: Deh vieni, non tardar; Die Zauberflöte: Ach, ich fühl’s,
es ist verschwunden; Elisabeth
Schumann (soprano) with orchestra, rec. 1915 (tracks 1-4), 1920 (tracks
5-14), 1922 (tracks 15-18) and 1923 (tracks 19-20) Producer and Audio
Restoration Engineer: Ward Marston
NAXOS 8.111098 [77:10] [JWo]
One
can savour the beauty of Schumann’s tone unimpeded. A fine collection
of a soprano at the start of an auspicious career ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH
Grigory Sokolov plays
Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms CD
1 and 2 Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080 (circa 1749-50) Partita No.
2, BWV 826 (circa 1727) rec. Gramzapis Studio, St. Petersburg,
Russia, 1982 (available individually on OPUS 111, OP30346) CD 3 Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Rondo in C major, Op. 51,
No. 1 (1797) Rondo in G major, Op. 51, No. 2 (1800) Rondo alla ingharese
quasi un capriccio (Rage over a lost penny), Op. 129 (1795) Sonata No.
4 in E flat major, Op. 7 (1797) Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101 (1816)
rec. Villa dei Cedri, Cola di Lazise, Italy, March 1991 (available singly
on OPUS 111, OP30420) CD 4 Fryderyk CHOPIN
(1810-1849) 24 Préludes, Op. 28 (1831-39) rec. Salle Adyar,
Paris, France, June 1990 (available singly on OPUS 111, OP30336) CD
5 Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Four Ballades, Op. 10 (1854) Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op.
5 (1853) rec. Salle Gaveau, Paris, France, 10 December 1992 (Ballades),
20 December 1993 (Sonata) (available singly on OPUS 111, OP30366)
Grigory Sokolov (piano)
NAÏVE OP30421 [5 CDs: 54:39 + 55:33 + 71:13 + 60:06 + 66:58][MC]
Accolades
for these sterling performances. Should anyone
want evidence of a true genius at work then
this set provides it ... see Full
Review
Songs in Transit
– An American Expedition Songs
in Transit (soprano) Accompanied by the composers
except Anderson, Jaffe and Mitrano - accompanied
by Judith Munro de Wette (piano) rec, Skylight
Recording Studios, Belleville, NJ. No date
given CAPSTONE RECORDS CPS 8756 [55.03]
[JW]
Some
misses here but quite a few hits. Hoiby is
someone to watch. ... see Full
Review
David
Stanhope (piano): A virtuoso recital
Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Toccata Op. 7 [4.59] Gabriel
FAURÉ (1845-1924) Ballade Op. 19 [13.41] Sergei
RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Preludes Op. 32 [38.05] Franz
LISZT (1811-1887) Wedding March and Elves Dance
from Midsummer Night’s Dream [9.16] Jean
SIBELIUS (1865-1957) arr. David STANHOPE
The Tryst [3.07]
David Stanhope (piano) rec. 21-22 July 2004, Studio, Sydney Opera House.
TALL POPPIES TP184
[69.40][RH]
A
well planned recital well executed with dazzling playing. But don’t
go rushing out to buy this disc especially for the Rachmaninov Preludes
... see Full Review
Joseph
Szigeti Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Sonata
No.3 in C for solo violin BWV 1005 [24.05] Violin Concerto in G minor
BWV 1056 restored G. Schreck from Clavier Concerto in F minor BWV1056
edited Szigeti [11.55] George Frideric HANDEL
(1685-1759) Violin Sonata in D Op.1 No.13 [14.14] Giuseppe
TARTINI (1692-1770) Violin Sonata in G Op.2 No.12 [7.08]
Violin Concerto in D minor [13.12] Joseph Szigeti (violin) Carlo Bussotti
(piano) Columbia
Symphony Orchestra/George Szell Recorded 1954 (except the solo sonata,
recorded 1949) BIDDULPH
80217-2 [71.13] [JW]
The
focus inevitably falls on the LP discs of
the 1950s; ones that show considerable decline
in Szigeti’s playing ... see Full
Review
The
Tend’rest Breast: Settings
of women’s poetry
Roger QUILTER (1877-1953) June;
A song at parting; Wild cherry. Frank BRIDGE
(1879-1941) Thy hand in mine; Where she lies asleep; Love went a-riding.
Ivor GURNEY (1890-1937) Seven
Sappho songs. Lennox BERKELEY (1903-1989)
Epitaph of Timas (Three Greek songs); John
IRELAND (1879-1962) The advent; Hymn for a child (Two songs
sacred and profane); Love and friendship; Alastair
KING (dates not known) Nocturne; The moment; Spell to bring
lost creatures home Madeleine DRING
(1923-1977) Don’t play your sonata tonight, Mr. Humphries. Montague
PHILLIPS (1885-1969) When April laughs; Hush’d is my lute;
Sing, joyous bird. Georgina
Colwell (soprano), Nigel Foster (piano) rec. Walton on Thames, 4-5 January
2005 DUNELM RECORDS
DRD0237 [58:48][RH]
Will
appeal to many simply by the composers represented
and that song-cycle by Ivor Gurney. Wonderfully
communicative performances but listen first
to see how you feel about Colwell’s voice.
... see Full
Review
HISTORICAL RECORDING OF
THE MONTH Lionel
Tertis – The Complete Columbia Recordings
1924-1933
BIDDULPH
80216-2 [4 CDs: 79.39 + 70.55 + 76.04
+ 79.27]
A Trail on
the Water: Abbado. Nono.
Pollini
A film by Bettina Ehrhardt and Wolfgang Schreiber.
with Claudio Abbado, Maurizio Pollini, Nuria
Schoenberg Nono, Alvise Vidolin and André
Richard, the Arnold Schoenberg Choir/Erwin
Ortner; the Experimentalstudio of the Heinrich
Strobel Foundation and the Berliner Philharmoniker.
Includes live-music excerpts from Nono: ...
Sofferte onde serene ... and Frammento dal
Prometeo, Schumann Piano Concerto, Schoenberg
Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5. Marenzio Il
non libro de madrigali and Mahler Symphony
No. 9. Concludes with a performance of ...
sofferte ondo serene ... from the Mozarteum,
Salzburg in August 1999. Dolby Digital 2.0.
PCM Stereo. 16:9 Anamorphic. Region Code 0
(worldwide). DVD 5. 
EUROARTS TDK DVWW-DOCNONO [76'00] [CC]
A
DVD to treasure, and one that is of real documentary
importance. May it win many converts to Nono
... see Full
Review
1605:
Treason & Dischord -
William Byrd and the Gunpowder Plot John
DOWLAND (1563-1626) George Whitehead's Almand [01:30] William
BYRD (1543-1623) Mass for 4 voices: Kyrie [01:57] A Fancie
[04:32] Mass for 4 voices: Gloria [05:56] Richard
DERING (c.1580-1630) Ardens est cor meum [02:39] William
BYRD Civitas sancti tui [05:07] Peter
PHILIPS (1560/61-1628) Ave Maria gratia plena [02:11] William
BYRD Mass for 4 voices: Credo [07:59] John
DOWLAND Sir Henry Umpton's Funeral [04:21] Thomas
WEELKES (c.1576-1623) O Lord how joyful is the King [08:25]
William BYRD From Virgin's womb/Rejoice,
rejoice [02:07] John DOWLAND M.
Bucton's Galliard [01:20] William BYRD Mass
for 4 voices: Sanctus - Benedictus [03:54] Francis
POTT (b.1957) Master Tresham: His Ducke [13:54] William
BYRD Mass for 4 voices: Agnus Dei [03:30]
The King's Singers (David Hurley, Robin Tyson, alto; Paul Phoenix, tenor;
Philip Lawson, Christopher Gabbitas, baritone; Stephen Connolly, bass)
Concordia (Mark Levy, Susanne Heinrich, Emilia Benjamin, Reiko Ichise,
Joanna Levine, viols; David Miller, lute) Sarah Baldock, organ rec.
March 2005, St Andrews Church, Toddington, UK. DDD
SIGNUM SIGCD061 [69:21][JV]
This
production on the occasion of the fourth centenary of the Gunpowder
Plot contains music which has nothing to do with the plot itself,
but is well performed ... see Full
Review
Music
for the Virgin Mary
Nicholas-Antoine LEBÈGUE (c.1631-1702) Prélude
du cinquième ton [1'14] Marc-Antoine
CHARPENTIER (1643-1704) Antiphon Ave Regina coelorum [3'07]
Motet: Sicut spina rosam [2'26] Motet: Gaude felix Anna [1'50] Nicholas-Antoine
LEBÈGUE Tierce en taille du deuxième ton [3'22] Guillaume-Gabriel
NIVERS (c.1632-1714) Antiphon: Gabriel Angelus Marc-Antoine
CHARPENTIER Magnificat pour le Port Royal [10'00] Antiphon
Almaredemptoris mater [3'03] Motet Frigidae noctis umbra totum - In
Nativitate Domini N(ost)ri Jesu Christi Canticum [11'16] Nicholas-Antoine
LEBÈGUE Noel: Ou s'en vont ces gays bergers? [2'35] Attrib.
Jean-Baptiste LULLY (1632-1687) Antiphon
Salve Regina [7'12] Guillaume-Gabriel
NIVERS Recit de Cromorne du troisième ton [3'24] Marc-Antoine
CHARPENTIER Sequence: Stabat Mater pour les réligieuses [9'09]
Guillaume-Gabriel NIVERS Dialogue
à deux choeurs du sixième ton [2'26] Marc-Antoine
CHARPENTIER Antiphon: Reginacoeli laetare [2'38] Hymn: Gaudia
Virginis Mariae [3'15] Nicholas-Antoine
LEBÈGUE Plein Jeu du huitième ton [2'01]
Alastair Ross (organ) Concerto delle Donne/Alastair Ross rec. 27 June-1
July 2005, Notre Dame, Rozay-en-Brie, France. DDD
SIGNUM SIGCD073 [69'00][CB]
These
are charming performances of charming music. Warmly recommended. ...
see Full Review
Water
Settings: Australian Music for Percussion Duo
Daryl PRATT Modern
Dance (2002) [5:43] Michael SMETANIN
(b.1958) Finger Funk (2004) [8:06] Andrew
FORD (b.1957) The Crantock Gulls (2003) [7:07] Daryl
PRATT A Room in the House (2004) [9:22] Water Settings
(2005) [20:09] Tangos Nuevos II (2002) [5:00] Peter
SCULTHORPE (b.1929) (arranged by Daryl
PRATT) Djilile (1989) [6:12]
Match Percussion: Daryl Pratt, Alison Eddington rec. April-May 2005,
Recital Room East, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney.
TALL POPPIES TP183
[62:40] [GPu]
Enjoyable
adventures in sometimes unusual sound worlds,
with much musical intelligence evident in
both writing and performance ... see Full
Review
A
World of Music Malcolm
WILLIAMSON (1931-2003) Lento
for Strings [2.45]
*; Camargue Scenes [5.25] * Wolfgang
Amadeus
MOZART (1756-1791) Piano
Concerto in A major, K.414 [25.01] **Constantin
SILVESTRI (1913-1969) Three Pieces for Strings [10.51]
*** Joaquín TURINA (1882-1949) Rapsodia Sinfonica for
piano and strings [8.32] **** London
Schubert Players/Alan Tongue
(conductor)* Anda Anastasescu (piano/director) ** / Nicholas
Miller (leader/director)
*** / Alan Tongue (conductor) and Anda
Anastasescu (piano) **** rec. Merlin Theatre, Pembrokeshire
College, December 1995 (Williamson and Turina) and live at the Bucharest Athenaeum,
Romania (Mozart/Silvestri).
ADD. CRESSIDIA
CLASSICS CRES CD 196 [52.45] [ED]
Offers listeners the chance to enjoy the familiar
alongside the lesser known ... The playing too is entirely to be
recommended. ... see Full Review
A
Year In Paris
Francis POULENC (1899-1963)
Clarinet Sonata (1962) [14.44] John
CARMICHAEL (b.1930) Pastorale (2002) [3.13] Arthur
BENJAMIN (1893-1960) Le Tombeau de Ravel – Valse-Caprices
(1958) [14.02] Louis CAHUZAC
(1880-1931) Pastorale Cévenole [5.32] Cantilène [5.07] Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Les pas sur la neige [arranged from Preludes
1910-13 edited Prorvich] [3.46] Paul
STANHOPE (b.1969) Phospheric Variations [4.40] Colin
BRUMBY (b.1933) Danza [2.08] Jean
FRANÇAIX (1912-1997) Tema con Variazioni [8.53]
Nicole Canham (clarinet) Anthony Smith (piano) rec. Move Records Studio,
Eaglemont, Victoria, October 2004
MOVE MCD 288 [63.08] [JWo]
Adroit performances on this Francophile-oriented disc. Abjures the
comfortable and the familiar. ... see Full Review
BOOK
REVIEWS
The Correspondence
of Camille Saint-Saëns and Gabriel Fauré.
Sixty Years of Friendship.
Edited
by Jean-Michel Nectoux Translated from the
French and with an Introduction by J. Barrie
Jones Ashgate 2004, 143pp and indices ISBN
0-7546-3280-6 [JW]
This
is an important addition to Fauré studies
and its appearance in an English edition is
a significant event. ... see Full
Review
Constantin Silvestri,
A Musician Before His Time: Conductor, Composer,
Pianist by
John Gritten. Published by Kitzinger (London,
1998), 304pp, ISBN 1900496-12-7 [ED]
Illuminates
a significant musician with generosity and
affection. Surely someone will rise soon to
Silvestri’s cause. It’s long overdue. ...
see Full Review
Detailed listing (last two days)]
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2 A-B] [Part 3
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[Part 4 M-R]
[Part 5 S-Z]
[Part 6 Misc A-L]
[Part 7 Misc M-Z]
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