Individual
performers are very committed and very lively,
though their performance style tends to
favor the Islamic part of the Mediterranean
equation ... see Full
Review
Children
of Our Time Anthony
PITTS (b.1969) Thou knowest my
lying down (1993) [3.29]; Nicholas
O’NEILL (b.1970) Ave Verum Corpus
(1994) [5.56]; Ruth
BYRCHMORE (1966) In the Silence
of the night (1995) [14.44]; Mark
EDGELY SMITH (b.1955) Five Madrigals
to poems of e.e.cummings (1995) [11.50];
Sir Michael TIPPETT
(1905-1998) Five Negro Spirituals (1958)
[12.24]; Eugenio
Manuel RODRIGUES (b.1958) Eres
(1994) [6.03]; Francis
POTT (b.1957) Amore langueo (1989)
[15.41] 
Schola Cantorum of Oxford/Jeremy Summerly
rec. Hertford College, Oxford, 10-11 March,
3 June 1995. DDD
HYPERION CDA67575 [70.18] [GH]
All
of the music makes a real and genuine impression
with no weak links. A generally fine and
interesting disc; well worth exploring.
... see Full
Review
Jae-Hyuck
Cho (piano) Ludwig
Van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Sonata for piano No. 21 ‘Waldstein’
in C, Op.53 (1803-04) Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937)
Jeux d’eau (1901) Robert SCHUMANN (1810-56)
Sonata for piano No.2 in G minor, Op.22 (1833-38) Franz
LISZT (1811-86) Mephisto Waltz No.1,‘Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke’
S514 (1859-60) Fryderyk CHOPIN (1810-49)
Fantasie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op.66 (1835) Albert
Hay MALOTTE (1895-1964) The Lord’s Prayer (1935) arranged
for piano by Jae-Hyuck Cho
Jae-Hyuck Cho (piano) rec. live, fifth Chetham’s International Summer
School and Festival for Pianists, Whiteley Hall, Chetham’s School
of Music, Manchester, England, 26 August 2005. DDD
DUNELM RECORDS DRD0259 [66.03][MC]
A
really fine live recital from Cho but the competition in the feature
scores is extremely fierce ... see Full
Review
Alfred Cortot – The Master
Classes
Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Fryderyk
CHOPIN (1810-1849) see review for full details
Alfred Cortot (piano) Recorded in Master Classes at the École Normale
de Musique, Paris between 1954 and 1960
SONY CLASSICAL S3K89698 [3 CDs: 65.03 + 75.42 + 56.50] [JW]
An
important document, no question, from a psychologically acute
teacher who fused the practical with the poetic and never shied
away from questions of the heart, and the soul. ... see Full
Review
Janet
Craxton: Music for Oboe and Strings
Francis
ROUTH (b.1927) Oboe Quartet Op.34 (1977) [9:51] Elizabeth
MACONCHY (1907-1994) Oboe Quartet (1972) [15:57] Richard
STOKER (b. 1938) Polemics for Oboe and String
Trio (1970) [11:37] Nicola LEFANU
(b. 1947) Variations for Oboe Quartet (1968) [10:51] Lennox
BERKELEY (1903-1989)
Quartet for Oboe and String Trio (1967) [14:20] Elisabeth
LUTYENS (1906-1983) Driving out the Death for
Oboe and String Trio Op.81 (1971) [14:23]
Janet Craxton (oboe) London Oboe Quartet (Perry Hart, violin; Brian
Hawkins, viola; Kenneth Heath, cello (except Routh); Charles Tunnell,
cello (Routh)) rec. Routh: studio recording, BBC Broadcasting House,
London, 9 September 1978; Maconchy: live, Concert Hall, Broadcasting
House, London, 22 March 1974; Stoker: studio recording, BBC Broadcasting
House, London, 23 December 1971 (mono); LeFanu: studio recording,
BBC Maida Vale Studios London, c.1973; Berkeley: live, Wigmore Hall,
London 22 May 1968; Lutyens: live, Concert Hall, Broadcasting House,
London, 1 May 1975. ADD
OBOE CLASSICS CC2011 [77:35][RB]
This
is a thornier blend of oboe pieces than is usual from Oboe Classics
but it’s well worth the effort.. ... see Full
Review
Czech
Classical Music Bedřich
SMETANA (1824-1884) Overture/The Bartered Bride Leoš
JANÁČEK (1854-1928) I.Introduction/Glagolitic Mass
Antonín DVOŘÁK (1841-1904)
Slavonic Dance No.1; III.Scherzo.Vivace/ Serenade in E major Bedřich
SMETANA III.Finale.Presto/ Piano trio in G minor Leoš
JANÁČEK III.Andantino/ In the Mists Josef
SUK (1874-1935) Longing - Spring Antonín
DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet No.2 in A major; Biblical Song
No.8; Slavonic Dance No.10 Bedřich SMETANA
Why
Shouldn´t We Be Happy from The Bartered Bride
Moravian Philharmonic Olomouc/Milan Kaňák; Brno Philharmonic
Orchestra/Leoš Svárovský; Kristina Kasíková; Martin Kasík; Czech Chamber
Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice/Leoš Svárovský; Czech Trio; Tomáš
Víšek; Wihan Quartet; Sergej Koptchak; Aleš Bárta; Czech Philharmonic
Choir of Brno; Czech Chamber Soloists´ Orchestra/Petr Fiala
ARCO DIVA UP0094-2 131 DDD [48:56] [RB]
Recommendable,
if you can find it inexpensively, as an
entrée into the world of Czech music;
even if it is limited to the nineteenth
century. ... see Full
Review
Danish Piano Concertos IV Victor
BENDIX (1851-1926) Piano Concerto in
G Minor Op. 17 (1884) [38:06] Rudolph SIMONSEN
(1889-1947) Piano Concerto in F Minor (1915) [30:42]
Oleg Marshev (piano) Aalborg Symfoniorkester/Matthias Aeschbacher
rec. Aalborg, Denmark, 21-27 January 2005
DANACORD DACOCD 641 [69:07] [WK]
A
very worthwhile disc that I hope will help to bring to the fore two
composers who should be much better known. ... see
Full Review
Andrew
Dewar (organ) Triumph
and Tribulation - A Portrait of German Romanticism Gustav
MERKEL (1827-1885) Variations for the Organ on
a Theme of Beethoven (Sonata in E-Flat Op.109) Op.45 (1868) [15:26]
Franz LISZT (1811-1886) Variations on “Weinen, Klagen,
Sorgen, Zagen” (1859-1863) [20:00] Carl
REINECKE (1824-1910) Sonata for Organ Op.284 (1909)
[16:48] Max REGER (1873-1916) Three Pieces from Op.65 #9,7,8
(1901): (Kanzone Es-Dur [5:34]; Präludium d-Moll [6:16]; Fuge D-Dur
[4:28])
Andrew Dewar (organ) rec. Walcker Organ, Sankt Maria Kirche, Schramberg,
Germany (Merkel; Liszt); Späth Bros. Organ in the Heilige Geist Kirche,
Schramberg (Reinecke; Reger). 26 April 2005, Sankt Maria Kirche, 25
April 2005, Heilige Geist Kirche.
EDITION HERA HERA 02118 [69:62][WK]
Andrew
Dewar shows himself an organist of promise and a gifted program creator.
... see Full Review
Sergei
Dukachev
Pyotr Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Meditation, Op.72 No.5 (1893) Sergei
RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Seven Preludes: C sharp minor,
Op.3 No.2; B flat major, Op.23 No.2; D minor, Op.23 No.3; D major,
Op.23 No.4; G minor, Op.23 No.5; G major, Op.32 No.5; G sharp minor,
Op.32 No.12 Sergei PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)
Romeo and Juliet, Op.75 (1937) - No. 10 – Romeo and Juliet at parting
Sonata No.2, Op.14 (1912) (Allegro ma non troppo; Allegro marcato;
Andante; Vivace) Sergei
Dukachev (piano) rec. lunchtime celebrity recital, Fifth Chetham's
International Summer School and Festival for Pianists, Whiteley
Hall, Chetham's School of Music, Manchester, 24 August 2005, 28
August 2005 DUNELM
RECORDS DRD0248 [55:50] [EB]
All
in all, what we get is a fine recital, only spoiled by the odd bit
of extraneous noise, and perhaps by the slightly bitty programme.
... see Full Review
If
you want a conspectus this will certainly fill a need but for really
authoritative performances you must go elsewhere. ... see Full
Review
Finnegan’s
Wake –
New music for violin and piano Aaron
COPLAND (1900-1990) Sonata for violin and piano (1943)
[19:27] Elliott CARTER (b.1908)
Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi, for violin solo (1984)
[7:11] Ching-chu HU (b.1969) Passions,
for violin and piano (2001) [9:59] Jeremy
Dale ROBERTS (b.1934) Capriccio,
for violin and piano (1977) [11:25] Morton
FELDMAN (1926-1987) Spring of Chosroes, for violin
and piano (1977) [14:15] David GOMPPER
(b.1954) Finnegan’s Wake, for violin and piano (1997) [7:45]
Wolfgang David (violin),
David Gompper (piano) rec. 19-23 April 2003, Gnessin Academy, Moscow.
DDD. ALBANY RECORDS
TROY680 [70:06][GPu]
A
richly various and enjoyable programme, which contains three important
works and three of genuine interest. Well-played and decently recorded
... see Full Review
Dietrich
Fischer-Dieskau Haydn and Mozart Discoveries
Franz Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)
Un cor sì tenero (Il disertore) [3:39] Spann’ deine langen
Ohren (La vera costanza) [2:34] Tergi I vezzosi rai (Acide
e Galatea) [6:06] Dice benissimo (La scuola de’ gelosi)
[2:34] Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)
Männer suchen stehts zu naschen, K.433 [2:11] Ich möchte wohl der
Kaiser sein, K.539 [2:48] Nach der welschen Art (La finta giardiniera
[German version]) [3:07] Mentre ti lascio, K.513 [8:01] Così dunque
tradisci … Aspri rimorsi atroci, K.432 [4:19] Un bacio di mano, K.451
[2:05] Hai già vinta la causa … Vedrò mentr’io sospiro (Le nozze
di Figaro) [4:56]
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Wiener Haydn-Orchester/Reinhard
Peters rec. October, 1969, Vienna
DECCA 475 7169 [42:56] [GPu]
A
rewarding collection, characterised by some
fine singing – but presented in thoroughly
unhelpful fashion ... see Full
Review
Sacred
songs - Renée Flemingin concert from Mainz Cathedral George
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Alla Hornpipe (Water
Music, Suite II in D major, HWV 349) Messiah: Rejoice
greatly (HWV 56) Andreas HAMMERSCHMIDT (c.1612-1675) Machet
die Tore weit* César FRANCK (1822-1890) Panis
angelicus* arr. Chris Hazell Gabriel
FAURÉ (1845-1924) Berceuse (Dolly,
op.56) orch. Henri Rabaud Max REGER (1873-1916) Mariä Wiegenlied Traditional, arr. Thiel Adeste fideles* Engelbert
HUMPERDINCK (1854-1921) Hansel und Gretel: Abends
will ich schlafen gehn (Abendsegen) (with five boys
from the Mainzer Domchor) Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Ave Maria, (D839) arr. Hazell Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Laudamus te (Mass
in C minor, K427) Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869) L'Enfance
du Christ: L'Adieu des bergers* arr. Hazell Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Réjouissance (Orchestral
Suite No.4 in D major, BWV 1069) Siegfried
OCHS (1858-1929) (attrib. Handel) Dank sei dir, Herr Adolphe
ADAM (1803-1856) Cantique de Noël. O
Holy Night*. arr. Hazell Renée
Fleming (soprano) Mainzer Domchor*/Mathias Breitschaft Deutsche
Kammerphilharmonie Bremen/Trevor Pinnock rec. live, 13 November
2005 Bonus Songs* Leonard BERNSTEIN (1918-1990) A
Simple Song (Mass, 1971) Traditional arr. Rob Mathes The Holly and the Ivy Franz
Xaver GRUBER (1787-1863) Silent Night. arr. Hazell Renée
Fleming (soprano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/ Andreas Delfs DECCA
DVD VIDEO 074 3129 DH 
[70:00]
[RJF]
Not
many can encompass the diverse styles of this recital as well
as Fleming. Add the magnificent setting, the assured orchestral
accompaniment and the superb choir, and lovers of great singing
should not hesitate. ... see Full
Review
For the
Left Hand: Vol. 1 Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937)
Concerto
for Piano and Orchestra in D (1929/1930)
[20:34] Alexander
SCRIABIN (1872-1915) Nocturne,
Op 9 No 2 (1895) [5:40] Camille
SAINT-SAËNS (1875-1937) Six
Etudes Op 135 No 1 (1912) [19:13] Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)/Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Chaconne (Study
No 5) [13:17]
João Carlos Martins (piano) Bulgarian
National Symphony/Boris Spassov rec. June
2001, Salle Bulgaria, Sofia.
LABOR LAB 7033-2 [58:46] [DB]
People
can look into this for the less-often-encountered
works such as the Saint-Saëns and Bach/Brahms,
but overall, the Ravel and Scriabin can
be found on far more enjoyable terms elsewhere.
... see Full
Review
The
Great Pianists: Walter
Gieseking - Vol. 1 Robert
SCHUMANN (1811-1855) Piano Concerto in A
minor, Op. 54 (1841-1845) [25:11] Edvard
GRIEG (1811-1855) Piano Concerto in A minor,
Op. 16 (1868) [26:09] Cesar FRANCK
(1811-1855) Symphonic
Variations (1885) [15:27] Walter
Gieseking (piano) Dresden Staatskapelle/Karl Böhm (Schumann) Berlin
State Opera Orchestra/Hans Rosbaud (Grieg) London Philharmonic
Orchestra/Henry Wood (Franck), rec. c.1940-42 (Schumann);
28 April, 13 October 1937 (Grieg), 31 October 1932 (Franck)
NAXOS 8.111110 [70:48][DRD]
The
Franck is good, otherwise a slightly nondescript
collection of two warhorses which fall
below the top rank. ... see Full
Review
The Griller
Quartet play English rarities Arnold
BAX (1883-1953) String Quartet
no.1 in G major (1918) [24:29] Cecil
ARMSTRONG GIBBS (1889-1960) String
Quartet in A major op.73 (1932) [17:07]
Elizabeth MACONCHY
(1907-1994) Quintet for Oboe and Strings
(1932) [12:05] Edric
CUNDELL (1893-1961) String
Quartet in C op.27 (1932) [17:53]
Griller Quartet with Helen Gaskell (oboe)
rec. 17 and 25 April 1941 AK1009/12 (Bax);
3 May 1933 B4450/2 (Gibbs); 21 April 1933
B4448/9 (Maconchy); 18 April 1933 B4442/4
(Cundell). ADD
DUTTON CDBP 9762 [72:34] [RB]
Three
string quartets and an oboe quintet. Apart
from the Bax none of these could be described
as music of forthright lyricism but the
sense of change and chill is strong in
the three 1932 works ... see Full
Review
The Golden
Age of Light Music – The Hall of Fame:
Volume 1 David ROSE
(1910-1990) Holiday
For Strings Vivian
ELLIS (1903-1996) Coronation
Scot Leroy
ANDERSON (1908-1975) Serenata
Robert FARNON
(1917-2005) Portrait Of A Flirt
Noel COWARD
Mad About The Boy Jack
STRACHEY In Party Mood George
MELACHRINO Gracious Gown
H OLSSON
and Percy FAITH
(1908-1976) Bubbling Over (Gardebylaten)
Anthony COLLINS
Vanity Fair Albert
KETÈLBEY (1875-1959) In A Persian Market Franz
LEHAR (1870-1948) Vilia
Bernie WAYNE
Brief Interlude Victor
HERBERT (1859-1924) Wooden
Shoes Percy
FLETCHER (1879-1932) My
Love To You Jonny
HEYKENS Serenade No. 1 (Ständchen)
Leon JESSEL Wedding
of the Rose George
GERSHWIN (1898-1937) An
American in Paris Irving
BERLIN (1888-1989) Say It Isn't So arranged by Robert
Farnon Eric COATES
(1886-1957) Four Centuries
Suite : Rhythm - 20th Century (Eric
Coates) Clive
RICHARDSON (1909-1998) Holiday
Spirit, Outward Bound, London Fantasia
Recorded 1930-55
GUILD LIGHT MUSIC GLCD 5120 [77.53]
[JW]
Another
well annotated and transferred disc, slightly
treble-suppressant once again. A high
ratio of classics. Newcomers particular
will find much to stimulate and entertain.
... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH A
Golden Year Peter
GRAHAM (b. 1952) Journey to the Centre of the
Earth (2005) [14.54] Johan
de MEIJ (b. 1953) Extreme Make-over (2005)
[15.54] Philip WILBY (b.
1949) Northern Lights (2005) [13.16] Bramwell
TOVEY (b. 1953) The Night to Sing (2005)
[16.50] John PICKARD (b.
1963) Eden (2005) [14.46] Black
Dyke Band/Nicholas J. Childs rec. Morley Town Hall, May,
October 2005 (Graham, de Meij, Wilby, Pickard); live recording
of winning performance British Open 2005, Symphony Hall,
Birmingham (Tovey). DDD DOYEN
DOYCD205 [75:45] [CT]
A
fabulous recording charting Black Dyke’s 150th Anniversary
year in music. ... see Full
Review
Jascha
HEIFETZ (1901–1987)
Transcriptions for Violin and Piano Fryderyk
CHOPIN (1810–1849) Nocturne, Op. 55, No. 2; Alexander
KREIN (1883–1951) Dance No. 4; Stephen
FOSTER (1826–1864) Jeanie with the light brown hair;
Nikolay RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844–1908)
The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the bumble-bee; Christoph
Willibald GLUCK (1714–1787) Orpheus and Eurydice: Dance
of the Blessed Spirits; Sergei PROKOFIEV
(1891–1953) The Love for Three Oranges: March; Claude DEBUSSY (1862–1918) Prélude à l’après-midi
d’un faun; Mario CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
(1895–1968) Tango; Traditional
Negro Deep River; Sergei PROKOFIEV
Romeo and Juliet: Masks; Richard
STRAUSS (1864–1949) Stimmungsbilder: No. 1 Auf stillen
Waldespfad (Along the silent forest path); Flausino
Rodrigues VALE (1894–1954) Ao pé da fogueria (By the
bonfire)(Preludio 15); Isaac ALBÉNIZ (1860–1909) Suite Española: No. 3:
Sevilla; Grigoraş DINICU (1889–1949)
Hora staccato; Claude DEBUSSY Children’s
Corner Suite: No. 6 Golliwogg’s Cake-walk; Ernö
DOHNÁNYI (1877–1960) Suite in F sharp minor: Romanza;
Manuel PONCE (1882–1948) Estrellita (My little star);
George GERSHWIN (1898–1937)
Porgy and Bess: A woman is a sometime thing
Su Yeon Lee (violin), Michael Chertock (piano) rec. Robert J Werner
Recital Hall, University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music,
1–3 September 2004
NAXOS 8.557670 [57:38][GF]
Miss
Lee more or less skims the surface, beautifully, cleanly, musically
immaculately but without yet showing her heart. ... see Full
Review
Horowitz in Moscow
Domenico SCARLATTI (1685-1757)
Sonata
in B minor, L.33, Sonata in E, L.23, Sonata in E, L.224 Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Sonata in C, K.330 Serghey
RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Prelude in G, op.32/5, Prelude
in G sharp minor, op.32/12 Alexander SCRIABIN
(1872-1915) Etude in C sharp minor, op.2/1, Etude in
D sharp minor op.8/12 Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Impromptu in B flat, D.935/3 SCHUBERT
trans. Franz LISZT (1811-1886) Valse Caprice no.6 from
"Soirées de Vienne" LISZT
Sonetto 104 del Petrarca, from "Années de
pèlerinage, deuxième année: Italie". Frederic
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Mazurka in C sharp minor, op.30/4,
Mazurka in F minor, op.7/3, Polonaise in A flat, op.53 Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Traumerei, from "Kinderszenen"
Moritz MOSZKOWSKI (1854-1925) Etincelles,
op.36/6 RACHMANINOV Polka de
VR Vladimir Horowitz
(piano) rec. Great Hall, Moscow Conservatory, 1986 Introduction
and interval includes various footage, interviews etc. SONY
SVD 64545 [104:00] [CH]
This
DVD conserves a complete concert by one
of the greatest of all pianists, with
the added emotion of his return to his
homeland after 61 years. ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Hans
Hotter and Birgit Nilsson Arias & Scenes
from Der fliegende Holländer and Die Walküre +
Schubert lieder Richard
WAGNER (1813–1883) Der fliegende Holländer: Wie
aus der Ferne (Love Duet, act II) [15:06]; Die
Walküre: Complete Final Scene [37:24]; Der
fliegende Holländer: Die Frist ist um (The
Dutchman’s Monologue, act I) [7:33] Franz
SCHUBERT (1797–1828) Selected Lieder: An
die Musik, D. 547 [2:37]; Meeresstille, D. 216
[1:56]; Am Bach im Frühling, D. 882 [3:26]; Im
Frühling, D. 547 [4:02] Birgit
Nilsson (soprano); Hans Hotter (bass) Philharmonia Orchestra/
Leopold Ludwig (Wagner) rec. London, May 1957. Gerald Moore
(piano) (Schubert) rec. London, 1949. Concertgebouw Orchestra,
Amsterdam/ Bruno Walter (Die Frist ist um)
rec. 1936 ARCHIPEL RECORDS
ARPCD 0334 [72:06] [GF]
It
was with the anticipation of something extraordinary that I
put the CD in the player. I was not let down. ... see Full
Review
Jewish
String Quartets Darius
MILHAUD (1892-1974) Études sur des
thèmes liturgiques du Comtat Venaissin (1973) (Modéré 4:53;
Animé 2:05; Modéré 1:51) Juilliard String Quartet
(Joel Smirnoff, violin; Ronald Copes, violin; Samuel Rhodes, viola;
Joel Krosnick, cello) Abraham Wolf BINDER
(1895-1966) Two Hassidic Moods (1934) (I. Meditation
4:41 5. II. Dance 7:09) Bochmann String Quartet (Michael
Bochmann, violin; Mark Messenger, violin; Helen Roberts, viola;
Peter Adams, cello) Ruth SCHONTHAL
(b. 1924) String Quartet No. 3, In Memoriam Holocaust (1997)
(I. Grave 8:00; II. Lament and Prayer 10:49) Bingham
String Quartet (Stephen Bingham, violin; Sally-Ann Weeks, violin;
Brenda Stewart, viola; James Halsey, cello) John
ZORN Kol Nidre (1996) 6:20 Ilya Kaler, violin;
Perrin Yang, violin; George Taylor, viola; Steven Doane, cello Sholom
SECUNDA (1894-1974) String Quartet in C Minor (1945)
(I. Allegretto 9:15; II. Adagio 4:02; III. Allegro
7:47; IV. Allegro con fuoco 10:30) Bochmann
String Quartet rec. Oct 2001, AAAL, NYC (Milhaud); Nov 1998 (Binder,
Secunda), Feb 1999 (Schonthal), St Silas, London; Sept 1999, Kilbourn
Hall, Eastman School, Rochester, USA (Zorn)
NAXOS AMERICAN CLASSICS MILKEN ARCHIVE 8.559451 [77:49][JW]
A
Jewish quintet of quartets and quartet movements although many will
have to dig deep to excavate ostensible signs of that Jewish element
... see Full Review
Wilhelm Kempff in Caracas
Wolfgang Amadeus
MOZART (1756-1791)Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor K466
[30.31] Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827)Piano Concerto No.4 in G [34.31] Piano Concerto No.5
in E flat major [40.38] Ecossaise in E flat [3.10] Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Impromptu No.3 D899 [4.55] Christoph
Willibald von GLUCK (1714-1787) Gavotte [3.38] arranged
Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Wilhelm Kempff (piano) Venezuela Symphony Orchestra [O.S.V.]/Rios
Reyna rec. live, Caracas, March 1956
INSTITUTO DISCOGRAFICO ITALIANO IDIS 6481/82 [71.09 + 45.16]
[JW]
Pass
by. ... see Full Review
The
Kiss of a Divine Nature - The Contemporary
Perotin Disc
1: A film by Uli Aumuller - Music performed by the Hilliard
Ensemble [93:24] Disc 2: Bonus feature: The Perotin Symposium.
- Who was Perotinus Magnus Myth or History/ Perotinus Magnus
- The Vision of the Film Project [116:20] Disc 3: The Soundtrack
with the Hilliard Ensemble [73:23] Language: German with
subtitles GB; F; SP; JP Sound Format: PCM Stereo OD 5.1.075.5.1
Picture Format: 16.9 ARTHAUS
MUSIK 100695 [360:00]
[GH]
The
whole Gothic period is quite fascinating and deserves this kind
of detailed approach. ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH
[70.16][JW]
BARGAIN
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