Luigi
CHERUBINI (1760
– 1842) Medea
(1797) (sung in German) Tomislav Neralic
(bass) – Creonte, Re di Corinto; Stina-Britta
Melander (soprano) – Glauce, Figlia di Creonte;
Ludwig Suthaus (tenor) – Giasone, condottiero
degli Argonauti; Inge Borkh (soprano) – Medea,
sposa di Giasone; Sieglinde Wagner (mezzo)
– Neris, ancella di Medea; Leonore Kirschstein
(soprano) – Prima Ancella; Ursula Gust (mezzo)
– Seconda Ancella; Roland Kunz (baritone)
– Un capo; Anton Metternich (bass) – Un capo
delle guardia del Re 
Orchestra and Chorus of the Berlin State Opera/Vittorio
Gui Live recording from the State Opera, 7
October 1958 Bonus Tracks Richard
STRAUSS (1864 – 1949) Vier
letzte Lieder (1849) Inge Borkh (soprano)
Orchestre Symphonique de Vichy/Ferdinand Leitner
No venue and recording date given
PONTO PO-1010 [70:29 + 73:37] [GF]
Flawed
but interesting alternative versions ... see
Full
Review
Frédéric
CHOPIN (1809-1849)
Complete
Works for Piano and Orchestra CD
1 Krakowiak, Op.14 (1828)
[13:59] Fantasy on Polish Airs, Op.13
(1828) [15:09] Piano Concerto No.1 in E Minor,
Op.11 (1830) [42:40] CD 2
Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op.22 (1834)
[15:51] Variations on La Ci Darem La Mano,
Op.2 (1827) [18:04] Piano Concerto No.2 in
F Minor, Op.21 (1829) [35:07]
Kun-Woo Paik (piano) Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra/Antoni
Wit rec. Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, 7-12 June
2003. DDD 2 CDs for the price of one
DECCA 4751692 [71:48 + 70:02] [DRD]
A
mixed bunch of concertante works from Chopin very well played and
performed. ... see Full Review
Douglas
COATES (1898-1974)
Violin Concerto in D major (1934) [25:07] E.J.
MOERAN (1894-1950) Violin Concerto (1937-41) [32:58]
Colin Sauer (violin), BBC Northern Orchestra/Sir Charles Groves (Coates)
Alfredo Campoli (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Adrian Boult (Moeran)
rec. from live BBC broadcasts 15 March 1951 (Coates); 1954 (Moeran),
mono, historical sound. ADD
THE DIVINE ART 27806 [59:46][RB]
There
we have it: a surprising discovery (the Coates)
that survived against the odds and a hothouse
performance of the Moeran ... see Full
Review
Louis COERNE
(1870-1922)
Excalibur
op. 180 (1921) [13:13] Edward
Burlingame HILL (1872-1960) Stevensoniana
Suite No.1 Op. 24 (1916-17) [21:09] Horatio
PARKER (1863-1919) A Northern
Ballad Op. 46 (1899) [14:10] John
Alden CARPENTER (1876-1951) Sea-Drift
(1933 rev. 1942) [16:40]
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Karl Krueger
rec. London: Carpenter, 1969, (first issued
on SPAMH MIA 142); Coerne, 1968, (first issued
on SPAMH MIA 141) Hill, 1969, (first issued
on SPAMH MIA 142); Parker, 1966, (first issued
on SPAMH MIA 132), ADD
BRIDGE 9190 [65:48] [RB]
Nicely
contrasted selection reflective impressionism,
playfulness, surging pre-Raphaelite romanticism
and Tchaikovskian melos ... superbly packaged
and documented... see Full
review
Arnold
COOKE (1906-2005)
Three String Sonatas Violin
Sonata No. 2 (1951) [22:24] Viola Sonata (1937)
[21:20] Cello Sonata No. 2 (1980) [23:58]
Susanne Stanzeleit (violin) Morgan Goff (viola)
Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Raphael Terroni
(piano) rec. 2, 9, 16 Oct 2005, Music Hall,
Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London.
DDD world premiere recordings
BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY BMS 432CD [67:45]
[RB]
A
fine disc of sonatas never before recorded.
Opens a door onto yet another rewarding voice
from a disdained generation ... and there
is more to be discovered ... see Full
Review
Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918)
Prélude
à l’après-midi d’un faune [09:20], Nocturnes: 1. Nuages [06:54],
2. Fêtes [05:58], Images [35:12]
London Symphony Orchestra/Pierre Monteux rec. Kingsway Hall, London,
December 1961 (Prélude, Nocturnes), London 1963 (Images). ADD
DECCA ELOQUENCE 476 8472 [58:02][CH]
Some
vintage performances but the competition from
Munch is daunting. ... see Full
Review
Frederick
DELIUS (1862-1934)
Piano Concerto in C minor - original version
(first recording) (1904) [28:41] John
IRELAND (1897-1962) Legend
for Piano and Orchestra (1933) [11:38] Piano
Concerto in E flat major (1930) [23:52]
Piers Lane (piano) Ulster Orchestra/David
Lloyd-Jones rec. Ulster Hall, Belfast, 8-9
March 2005. DDD The Romantic Piano Concerto
– Vol. 39
HYPERION CDA67296 [64:24] [JQ]
A
most interesting disc. Delius: a genuine rarity,
especially in such a good and committed performance.
Ireland: just as good. ... see Full
Review
David DIAMOND
(1915-2005) A Diamond Jubilee Even though
the World Keep Changing (1946) [2:24] As Life What IS So Sweet? (1941)
[1:40] Anniversary in a Country Cemetery (1942) [1:40] Souvent j’ai
dit à mon mari (1943) [0:53] Sister Jane (1943) [0:53] My Little Mother
(1943) [1:45] I have Longed To Move Away (1944) [2:27] Music, when soft
voices die (1944) [0:53] Somewhere (1946) [3:26] Epitaph (1946) [1:41]
My Spirit Will Not Haunt the Mound (1946) [1:58] This World Is Not My
Home (1946) [1:06] The Shepherd Boy Sings in the Valley of Humiliation
(1946) [1:50] Brigid’s Song (1947) [1:04] Be Music, Night (1948) [2:15]
Chatterton (1950) [3:15] Love is More (1950) [2:27] My Papa’s Waltz
(1964) [1:08] Homage to Paul Klee (19730 [2:09] I Am Rose (1973) [0:55]
Don’t Cry (1983) [0:51] Hebrew Melodies (1968): My Soul is Dark
[3:45] If That High World [4:20] Saul [7:41] All is Vanity [5:18]
Helene Williams (soprano), Leonard Lehrman (piano) No recording details
given. 1994? DDD ALBANY
TROY817 [56:50] [GPu]
A
valuable collection offering a selection from the remarkable
songs of David Diamond ... see Full
Review
Jan
Ladislav DUSSEK
(1760-1812) Piano
Sonatas: No. 26 in A flat major, Op. 64 (1807,
Le retour à Paris) [32:49];
No. 24 in F sharp minor, Op. 61 (1807, Élégie
harmonique sur le mort de son Altesse Royale
le Prince Louis Ferdinand de Prusse) [15:15];
No. 18 in E flat major, Op. 44 (1800, The
Farewell) [28:14]
Markus Becker (piano) rec. Sendesaal
Radio Bremen, Bremen, 23-25 October 2003.
DDD
CPO 777 020-2 [76:51] [AOr]
Delirious
virtuosity, the daring and gracious, from
one of the great Bohemian Romantics ... see
Full
Review
Antonín
DVOŘÁK
(1841-1904) The Complete
Concertos CD1
Piano Concerto in G minor Op. 33 (1876) [38:31]
Violin Concerto in A minor Op. 53 (1879) [32:07]
CD2 Cello Concerto in B minor Op. 104 (1895)
[39:06] Silent woods for cello and
orchestra (1891) [5:23] Rondo in G
minor for cello and orchestra (1891) [7:20]
Jitka Čechová (piano) Jana Nováková
(violin) Jan Páleníček (cello) Moravian
Philharmonic Olomouc/Stanislav Vavřínek
rec. Olomouc, Czech Republic, November 2004
CUBE BOHEMIA CBCD 2426 [70:54 + 52:03]
[RB]
Not
a library recommendation but many strengths
in its poetic and thoughtful temperament.
It’s not the whole picture but there is much
that is very likeable indeed. ... see Full
Review
Bechara EL-KHOURY
(b.1957)
Danse
pour orchestra Op. 9 "Danse des Aigles" (1980);
Image Symphonique Op. 26 "Les dieux de la
Terre" (1982); Suite Symphonique Op. 29 (1982)
"La Nuit et le Fou"; Requiem for Orchestra
Op. 18 (1980); Poème Symphonique No.
1 'Le Liban en flammes', Op. 14 (1980); Poème
Symphonique No. 2 "Le Regard du Christ" Op.
2 (1979]
Orchestre Colonne/Pierre Dervaux rec. l'Eglise
Notre-Dame, Paris, September 1983. DDD
NAXOS 8.557691 [76.35] [RB]
Music
well worth hearing ... something rich and
strange ... see Full
Review
Gareth FARR
(b.1968) Ruaumoko
(1997) [27.36] Orakua (1999) [13.28] + Rangitoto
(1999) [6.00] Te Papa (1996) [9.52] Beowulf
(2000) [9.50] Conal Coad (bass) +
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth
Young rec. Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington,
May 2003, Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred
Heart of Jesus, Wellington, November 2003
and Sounds Unlimited Studio, Wellington, August
2003 and April 2004
MORRISON MUSIC TRUST MMT 2042 [67.20]
[JW]
Gamelan
sonorities, gongs, romantic tracery, ominous
drum rolls, motionless calm ... pays court
to minimalism but rather more to the buzz
of nature. ... see Full
Review
Gabriel
FAURE
(1845-1924) Piano
Music Les
Pieces Brèves Op.84 (published 1902) [15.17] Thème et Variations
[15.04] Nocturnes Nos. 1-13 (published 1883) [84.45] Préludes
Op.103 (1909-10) [24.11]
Jean-Paul Sevilla (piano) rec. IRCAM, Paris, May 1997 and 1998, Préludes
recorded La Muse en circuit, November 1995
TIMPANI 2C2083 [65.30 + 76.40][JW]
Leaden
and dispiriting I am afraid ... see Full
Review
Francesco
FOGGIA (1604-1688)
Psalmodia Vespertina, 1667 plainchant
Responsorium:
Deus in adjutorium Tomás Luis DE VICTORIA
(1548-1611) Versiculum: Domine, ad adjuvandum [01:10] plainchant
Antiphona: Ecce sacerdos [00:38] Francesco
FOGGIA Psalmus: Dixit Dominus a 5 [06:30] plainchant
Antiphona: Non est inventus [00:38] Francesco
FOGGIA Psalmus: Confitebor tibi Domine a 5 [08:31] plainchant
Antiphona: Ideo jure jurando [00:37] Francesco
FOGGIA Psalmus: Beati omnes a 5 [05:13] plainchant
Antiphona: Sacerdotes Dei [00:35] Francesco
FOGGIA Psalmus: Laudate pueri a 5 [07:03] plainchant
Antiphona: Serve bone [00:38] Francesco
FOGGIA Psalmus: Laudate Dominum a 5 [03:12] Domenico
MASSENZIO (?-1650) Hymnus: Iste confessor a 5 (with ritornelli
by Foggia) [05:05] plainchant Antiphona:
Sacerdos et Pontifex [00:53] Francesco FOGGIA
Canticum: Magnificat a 5 [09:31] Motetto loco Antiphona:
De valle lacrimarum (voce sola) [06:42] plainchant
Congedo: Benedicamus Domino [00:52] Francesco
FOGGIA Antiphona mariana: Salve Regina a 5 [04:46] Motetto:
Gaudent in caelis a 6 [05:20]
CapellAntiqua: Maria C. Schmid, Ulrike Hofbauer (soprano), Francesco
Ghelardini (alto), Cornel Frey (alto/tenor), Markus Schikora (tenor),
Bernhard Pfammatter (baritone), Richard Ackermann (bass), Alexandra
Iten (cello), Stephan Schürch (viola da gamba, violone), Jonathan Rubin
(theorbo), Jörg Ulrich Busch (organ)/Bernhard Pfammatter rec. live,
1, 3 February 2002, Nydegg Church, Bern, Switzerland
DIVOX CDX-70207 [68:03][JV]
Liturgical
music by an unjustly neglected composer of the mid-17th century in an
enjoyable live recording by a Swiss ensemble ... see Full
Review
Philippe
GAUBERT
(1879-1941)
Complete Works for Flute – Volume 3 Deux esquisses [6.38] Nocturne
et allegro scherzando [5.38] Sicilienne [2.56] Romance (1905) [7.07]
Baroque and Classical Transcriptions by Philippe Gaubert [31.05] Romance
(1908) Assez lent [3.44] Fantasie [6.49] Sur l’eau [3.28] Ballade [6.17]
Berceuse [3.30] Fenwick
Smith (flute) Sally Pinkas (piano) rec. Sonic Temple, Roslindale, Massachusetts,
April 2003 and January 2004
NAXOS 8.557307 [77.13] [JW]
Bread
and butter work but there’s enough stylistic density to keep routine
at bay. Mainly for flautists, completists and Gaubertists ... see Full
Review
Philip
GLASS (b.1937)
Symphony No.6, Plutonian Ode (2002)
Lauren Flanigen (soprano) Allen Ginsberg (text and recitation) The Bruckner
Orchester Linz/Dennis Russell Davies rec. Brucknerhaus Linz, Austria,
September 2002. ORANGE
MOUNTAIN MUSIC OMM0020 [50:47 + 50:47][DC]
You
will receive no unpleasant surprises but
I would have preferred at least some ...
see Full
Review
Edvard GRIEG (1843-1907)
The
Complete Songs: Vol. 5 Four Romances
op. 10, Three Songs from Peer Gynt
op. 23, Reminiscences from Mountain
and Fjord op. 44, Six poems by Holger
Drachmann, op. 49, A Simple Song
EG 147.
Monica Groop (mezzo); Roger Vignoles
(piano)rec. Sweden, February 2004. DDD
BIS-CD-1457 [69:02] [AOz]
Lyrical,
good-natured songs ... maybe not his finest
but still a delightful experience ... see
Full
Review
Nicolas GOMBERT
(c.1495-c.1560)
Media vita in morte sumus [6:09] Kyrie (from Missa Media Vita*) [4:33]
Gloria* [7:34] Salve Regina [8:44] Anima mea liquefacta est [6:56] Credo*
[10:15] O Crux, splendidior [6:32] Sanctus* [8:37] Quam pulchra es [4:52]
Agnus Dei* [5:23] Musae lovis [6:19]
The Hilliard Ensemble: (David James (counter-tenor); Rogers Covey-Crump
(tenor); Steven Harrold (tenor); Andreas Hirbreiter (tenor); Gordon
Jones (baritone); Robert Macdonald (bass)) rec. May 2002, Propstei St.
Gerold. DDD. ECM 1884
[76:00] [DC]
Balm
for the soul - writing that is intensely layered with the counterpoint
flowing in waves of delicious sound. ... see Full
Review
Morton
GOULD (1913-1996)
Jekyll
and Hyde Variations [21:20] Fall River Legend (complete ballet)*
[52:28] *James F. Neal (narrator)
Nashville Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth Schermerhorn rec. Ingram Hall,
Nashville USA, 5-6 December 2004. DDD
NAXOS AMERICAN CLASSICS 8.559242 [73:48] [JQ]
Well
worth investigation ... should be sought out
by anyone with an interest in twentieth-century
American orchestral music. ... see Full
Review
Charles
GOUNOD (1818-1893)
Faust
- opera in five acts (1856-9)
Faust – Jan Peerce (tenor) Méphistophélès – Cesare Siepi (bass) Valentin
– Robert Merrill (baritone) Marguerite – Victoria De Los Angeles (soprano)
Siébel – Mildred Miller (soprano) Marthe - Thelma Votipka (mezzo-soprano)
Wagner - Lawrence Davidson (baritone) Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan
Opera, New York/Pierre Monteux rec. live, the Met, 19 February 1955
ANDROMEDA ANDRCD 5037
[78.44 + 78.20][JW]
I’m
not sure if all Fausts at the Met were outstanding but this one certainly
was ... sheer class and elegance and a rip roaring cast ... see Full
Review
Alexandre
GUILMANT (1837-1911)
Grand Chorus in g minor op 84 [6'51] Caprice
in B flat major op 20 No 3 [3'36] Allegretto in b minor op 19 No 1 [5'52]
Lamentation in d minor op 45 No 1 [11'19] Offertoire 'O filii' op 49
No 2 [6'45] Sonata No 7 in F major op 89: iv) Lento assai (Reve) [4'29]
March on a theme by Handel op 15 No 2 [6'50] Scherzo Symphonique in
C major op 55 No 2 [7'36] Noel languedocien, Communion No 2 in f monir
op 60 [5'11] Sonata No 1 in d minor op 42: iii) Finale: Allegro Assai
[8'56] Robert Delcamp (organ)
rec. All Saints' Chapel, University of the South, Sewanee, Tenessee,
USA, 10, 13 October 2004. DDD
NAXOS 8.557614 [70'24][CB]
Well
considered tempi, phrasing, control and
sense of space; shame there’s not at least
one complete sonata ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Asger
Hamerik
(1843-1923) Choral-Symphony
No. 7 for orchestra, chorus and mezzo Op.
40 (1906) [35:14] Requiem for orchestra,
chorus and contralto Op. 34 (1886-7) [43:33]
Randi Stene (mezzo)
Danish National Choir DR/Saul Zaks Danish
National Symphony Orchestra DR/Thomas Dausgaard
rec. Danish Radio Concert Hall, 6-7 Sept
2002 (Requiem); 12-15 May 2005 (Symphony
7).
DACAPO 8.226033 [78.51] [RB]
Two
sensational choral-orchestral works. One
of those CDs where you want to play it to
friends without telling them beforehand
what they will be hearing. Reactions should
be fascinating. Deeply impressive. A resounding
and sonorous success. ... see Full
Review
George
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)
Water Music (Suite No. 1 in F major, HWV 348; Suite No. 2
in D major, HWV 349; Suite No. 3 in G major, HWV 350) (1717) [50.46]
George Frideric HANDEL (1685 - 1759)
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 (1749) [20.06]
Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon rec. St. Anne’s Church, Toronto, Canada,
5-8 January 2005 NAXOS
8.557764 [70.52][RH]
Infectious
enthusiasm, youth and charm ... see Full
Review
Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)
Symphony No. 1 in D major (ca.1758-9) [13:46] Symphony No. 2 in C major
(ca.1761) [9:35] Symphony No. 3 in G major (ca.1759-60) [16:43] Symphony
No. 4 in D major (ca.1759-60) [13:46] Symphony No. 5 in A major (ca.1760)
[17:47] Sinfonia Finlandia/Patrick
Gallois Irina Zahharenkova (harpsichord continuo) Rec. Suolahti Hall,
Finland, 26-28 May 2004
NAXOS 8.557571 [71:38] [DC]
The
performances exude fresh and youthful vigour with tight tempi,
and accurate and dynamic playing. ... see Full
Review
Alan
HOVHANESS (1911-2000)
Concerto No.7 for Orchestra, Op.116 (1953) [20.35] Symphony No.15
Silver Pilgrimage Op.199 (1963) [20.53] Magnificat for
Four Solo Voices, Chorus and Orchestra, Op.157 (1957) [29.47]
Audrey Nossaman, (sop) Thomas East, (ten) Elizabeth Johnson, (alto)
Richard Dales, (bar) University of Louisville Choir Louisville Orchestra/Robert
Whitney rec. Columbia Auditorium, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, 11 May
1954 (Concerto No.7, mono); 23 November 1965 (Sym. No. 15, stereo);
26-27 April, 1961, (Magnificat, mono). World premiere recordings
FIRST EDITION MUSIC FECD-0006 [71.35][MC]
Admirers
of the unique sound world of Hovhaness will be in their element with
this reissue. ... see Full
Review
Charles
IVES (1874-1954)
Songs CD 1 Songs
My Mother Taught Me [02:10]; Slow March [02:11]; Dream [03:25]; Memories
[02:41]; Berceuse [01:34]; Romanzo Di Central Park [01:55]; Slugging
A Vampire [00:25]; Spring Song [01:19]; The Cage [00:55]; Autumn [03:06];
The Things Our Fathers Loved [01:42]; Tom Sails Away [02:57]; Down East
[02:45]; Serenity [02:00]; Maple Leaves [01:00]; Like A Sick Eagle [02:16];
On The Counter [01:16]; The See’R [00:45]; Evening [01:38]; Immortality
[01:41]; The Housatonic At Stockbridge [03:32]; The Greatest Man [01:34];
Two Little Flowers [01:24]; The Side Show [00:38]; 1;2;3 [00:28]; Charlie
Rutlage [02:55] CD 2 The Circus Band [02:15]; A Night Song [01:00];
An Old Flame [02:04]; From "Night Of Frost In May" [01:22];
Iche grolle night [02:46]; Feldeinsamkeit [03:04]; Die alte Mutter [01:51];
Weil’auf mir [01:52]; Ilmenau [01:43]; Rosamunde [02:10]; Qu’il m’irait
bien [01:03]; Elegie [03:38]; Chanson de Florian [01:56]; The Children’s
Hour [02:04]; Harpalus (An Ancient Pastoral) [01:10]; There’S A Lane
[01:18]; Mirage [00:54]; A Farewell To Land [01:46]; Evidence [01:27];
The Camp Meeting [04:07]; Watchman [01:27]; His Exaltation [01:57];
At The River [01:35]; From "Paracelsus" [03:41]; Remembrance
[00:34]; At Sea [01:23]; Ann Street [00:59]; They Are There [02:39]*
Roberta Alexander (soprano);
Tan Crone (piano); Rien de Reede (piccolo)* No recording dates or location
ETCETERA KTC 2508 [50:34
+ 57:20] [CH]
Splendid
performances, the only shortcomings being
in the booklet. ... see Full
Review
Karl
JENKINS (b.
1944) Karl Jenkins and Adiemus
- The Essential Collection Adiemus
(1999 Version) (Adiemus 1) (Delta Airlines
ad) [3.56] Pie Jesu (Requiem) [4.36] Hymn
Before Action (Armed Man) [2.38] Cantus -
Song of Tears (Adiemus 2 - journey edit) [3.55]
Palladio (1st Movement) from Diamond Music
(De Beers ad) [3.47] Lacrimosa (Requiem) [4.51]
Cantilena (The Journey (C&G Ad)) [3.22]
In Paradisum (Requiem) [5.37] In These Stones
Horizons Sing (Part 1 - The Exile Song) [2.34]
Agnus Dei (Armed Man) [4.41] Cantus - Song
of the Plains (Adiemus 2 - journey edit) [3.56]
Dies Irae (Requiem) [4.41] Allegrettango (Adiemus
5) [6.01] Benedictus (Armed Man) [7.36] Beyond
the Century (The Journey) [4.52] Sanctus (Armed
Man) [7.00]
Various artists recorded CTS Studios 1996-2005.
DDD
EMI CLASSICS 3 53244 2 [72:33] [RB]
Plumbs
few depths but catchy, moving and strangely
memorable. ... see Full
Review
Dmitry
Borisovich KABALEVSKY (1904-1987)
Piano Concertos: No. 1 in A minor, Op. 9 (1928) [31'35]; No. 2, Op.
23 (1935, rev. 1973) [24'36].
In-Ju Bang (piano) Russian Philharmonic Orchestra/Dmitry Yablonsky.
rec. Russian State TV & Radio Company KULTURA, Mosc, 24-28 December
2004. DDD
NAXOS 8.557683 [56'01][CC]
For
those who only know Kabalevsky by his Colas
Breugnon Overture, this release will be
valuable in filling out the picture - I
look forward very much to hearing more from
In-Ju Bang. ... see Full
Review
Tikhon Nikolayevich
KHRENNIKOV
(b. 1913) Three Symphonies
Symphony
No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 4 (1933-35) [22:02]
Symphony No. 2 in C minor Op. 9 (1940-44)
[34:41] Symphony No. 3 in A major Op. 22
(1973) [17:27]
USSR State Symphony Orchestra/Evgeny Svetlanov
rec. 1973, 1978, Moscow. ADD
KAPELMEISTER KAP 008 [74:07] [RB]
Khrennikov's
music, drubbed in many quarters, has its
bright-eyed virtues. Some of it is sub-Shostakovich
but much of it has a noble bearing and is
impressively laid out. ... see Full
Review
Paul
Kochanski – In Memoriam Pavel
KOCHANSKI (1887-1934) Swit
– Down (1920)[4.28] Dzitki Taniec – Wild Dance (1920) [4.04]
Lot – Flight (1927) [4.39] Karol SZYMANOWSKI
(1882-1937) Roxanna’s Song from King Roger Op.46 (1926)
[6.01] Dance from Harnasie – ballet Op.55 (1923/31) [6.40]
Joaquin NIN (1879-1949) Cantos
populares españolas (1923) [9.30] Andaluz, No.4 from
Suite espagnole arranged Nin [1.39] Manuel
de FALLA (1876-1946) Suite from the ballet El amor brujo
(1924) [10.31] Canciones populares españolas Nos.
1,5,6,7,3 and 4 (1914) [12.37] Antoni SZAŁOWSKI
(1907-1973) Suite for violin and piano (1931) [9.18] Malina Sarnowska
(violin) Agata Jóźwik (piano) rec. Polish Radio Studio S2 in Warsaw,
July and October 2000
ACTE PRÉALABLE MUZYKA POLSKA AP 0061 [69.57] [JW]
Some
known quantities and some novelties – all
most valuable. I wish I could be as whole-hearted
about the performances and recording. ...
see Full Review
Charles KOECHLIN
(1867-1950) Mélodies avec orchestre
- details in the review Juliane
Banse (sop) SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart Radio-Sinfonieorchester
Stuttgart des SWR/Heinz Holliger rec. SWR,
Stadthalle Sindelfingen, Konzertsaal, 19-23
Jan 2004, 14-17 June 2004. DDD Textes de présentation
et textes chantés en français,
anglais, allemand - Chanté en français
HÄNSSLER CLASSIC
CD 93.159 [53:10 + 60:57] [RB]
If
your tastes lie in the direction of the Ravel,
Goossens, Holst and Rachmaninov or the realms
of French song you must get this set. You
will be dumb-founded at the quality of this
music and its power to move. ... see Full
Review
Charles
KOECHLIN
(1867-1950) Les
Heures persanes op. 65 (1913-1919 orch.
1921) [58:03] Radio-Sinfonieorchester
Stuttgart des SWR/Heinz Holliger rec. SWR,
Stadthalle Sindelfingen, Konzertsaal, 19-23
Jan 2004. DDD full track-listing below
HÄNSSLER CLASSIC CD 93.125 [58:03]
[RB]
Segerstam’s
plangent languor and superior recording transparency
gets my vote but despite the shorter playing
time Holliger captures more of the mystery...
see Full
Review
Gyorgy
KURTAG
(b.1926) Kafka
Fragmente Op. 24 (1985-86)
Juliane Banse (soprano) Andras Keller
(violin) rec. Reitstadel, Neumarkt, September
2005 (no other details given)
ECM NEW SERIES 1965 4763099 [59.41] [GH]
Startling
and original music, wonderfully performed
... see Full
Review
Frank Ezra LEVY
(b.
1930) A
Summer Overture (1997) [8:39] Cello Concerto
No. 2 (2002) [20:12] Rondo Tarantella (2003)
[15:53] Symphony No. 3 (1997) [20:10]
Scott Ballantyne (Cello) RTÉ National
Symphony Orchestra of Ireland/Takuo Yuasa
rec. 27-28 September 2004 at Dublin Concert
Hall, Dublin, Ireland
NAXOS 8.559234 [64:53] [DB]
Interesting
and accessible works, well-presented ... see
Full Review
Douglas
LILBURN (1915-2001)
Complete Piano Music Volumes 1 & 2
Dan Poynton (piano)
MORRISON MUSIC TRUST MMT2053 [76:51]
MMT 2054 [76:52] [RB]
Not
to be missed. Rich pickings for any of the
new breed of pianist prepared to reach for
the less obvious. They will be rewarded and
so will the listener. ... see Full
Review
Bo LINDE (1933–1970)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 18 (1958) [26:15]; Concerto for
Cello and Orchestra, Op. 29 (1965) [30:03]
Karen Gomyo (violin), Maria Kliegel (cello) Gävle Symphony Orchestra/Petter
Sundkvist rec. 5-7 March 2003 (Violin Concerto); 26-28 April 2004 (Cello
Concerto), Gevaliasalen, Gävle, Sweden First issued on Swedish Society
Discofil in 2005 NAXOS
8.557855 [56:18] [GF]
Some
of the best latter-day Swedish works in their genres ... see Full
Review
Carl LOEWE
(1796
– 1869) Lieder
– Balladen Vol. 20: Der Treuergebene op.
9, H.III,4; Mahomet’s Gesang op. 85; Hinaus!
Hinauf! Hinab!; Johann von Nepomuk op. 35,2;
Jünglings Gebet; Die Heldenbraut; Das
heilige Haus in Loretto, op. 33,2; Wohin,
Seele wirst du eilen? Op. 13,5; Das Glockenspiel
der Phantasie op. 89,1; Dein Auge op. 89,2;
Du Geist der reinsten Güte op. 89,5;
Mir jedem Pulsschlag leb’ ich dir op. 89,6;
Mondlicht op. 107,1; Wach auf! Op. 9,H.VI,1;
An Aphrodite op. 9,H.IX,4; An die Grille op.
9,H.IX,5; Auf sich selbst I; Auf sich selbst
II; An die Leier; Der Bräutigam op. 9,H.X,3
Robert Wörle (tenor), Cord Garben (piano)
rec. Kleiner Sendersaal, Radio Berlin Brandenburg,
28–30 January 2003. DDD
CPO 999 978-2 [58:27] [GF]
Well-stocked
listeners with a taste for off-the-beaten-track
romantic songs will find much to enjoy here
... see Full
Review
Alexei
LVOV (1796-1870)
Violin Concerto in A minor (In form of
a dramatic scene) (1840) [19:14] Anton
ARENSKY (1861-1906)Violin
Concerto in A minor, op. 54 (1901) [22:38]
Yuly CONIUS
(1869-1942)Violin Concerto in E minor
(1896) [20:49]
Sergei Stadler (violin) St. Petersburg
Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladislav Tchernushenko
(Lvov, Arensky); Vladimir Ponkin (Conius)
rec. Petersburg Recording Studio, 1986. ADD
MANCHESTER CDMAN156 [62:41]
[RB]
Three
compact Russian concertos; none at all well
known. Everything is played with fiery attention
by Stadler and the recording is respectably
clear. ... see Full
Review
Detailed listing (last two days)]
[Part
1 New] [Part
2 A-B] [Part 3
C-L]
[Part 4 M-R]
[Part 5 S-Z]
[Part 6 Misc A-L]
[Part 7 Misc M-Z]
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