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RECORDING
OF THE MONTH William
ALWYN
(1905-1985) Elizabethan
Dances (6) (1956-57) [17:34] The
Innumerable Dance - An English Overture
(1933) [10:37] Concerto for Oboe, Harp and
Strings (1943-44) [18:51] Aphrodite in
Aulis - An Eclogue for small orchestra
after George Moore (1932) [05:09] The
Magic Island (1952) [10:53] Festival
March (1951) [08:05] Eleanor Hudson
(harp) Jonathan Small (oboe)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/David
Lloyd-Jones rec. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool,
19-22 January 2006. DDD. world premiere
recordings (The Innumerable Dance;
Aphrodite in Aulis)
NAXOS 8.570144 [71:09] [RB]
Recording
is natural without being distanced and performances
evince commitment and sympathy. The unique
experience of hearing more than sixteen
minutes of previously unrecorded Alwyn.
... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Well-Tempered
Clavier, Book I BWV 846-869 [144.36]
Peter Watchorn (pedal harpsichord) rec.
20-22 October 2005, St. Mary of the Hills,
Milton, MA.
MUSICA OMNIA 0201 [144.36][KM]
Perhaps
the finest harpsichord recording of this monumental work ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Johann Sebastian
BACH (1685-1750)
The Bach Cantata Pilgrimage - Volume 15: Cantatas
for The Third Day
of Christmas Sehet, welch eine Liebe hat uns der Vater
erzeiget, BWV 64 (1723) [17:39] Süsser Trost, mein Jesus kömmt, BWV
151 (1725) [17:07] Selig ist der Mann,
BWV 57 (1725) [22:56] (For the Second Day of Christmas)Ich freue mich
in dir, BWV 133 (1724) [18:15] Katharine
Fuge, Gillian Keith, Joanne Lunn (sopranos); William Towers, Robin Tyson (altos);
James Gilchrist (tenor); Peter Harvey (bass)/The Monteverdi Choir/English Baroque
Soloists/Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
rec. St. Bartholomew’s, New York, 27 December 2000 SOLI
DEO GLORIA SDG 127 [76:15]
[JQ]
A
delight from start to finish. This unfolding series goes from
strength to strength ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH William BYRD (1539/40-1623) Laudibus
in sanctis - The Byrd Edition: Volume 10 Quis est homo?
CS 3-4 [6:19] Tribulatio proxima est, CS 8-9 [5:28] Apparebit
in finem, CS 12 [2:33] Salve sancta parens [4:37] Alleluia,
Ave Maria … Virga Iesse [3:39] Beata es, virgo Maria [2:06]
Beata viscera [1:48] Regina caeli [4:48] Salve regina, CS 6-7
[7:07] Fac cum servo tuo, CS 5 [4:41] Ecce quam bonum [3:41]
In manus tuas, Domine [2:14] Unam petii a Domino [3:50] Visita
quaesumus, Domine [3:19] Domine, exaudi orationem meam, inclina,
CS 10-11 [6:26] Laudibus in sanctis, CS 1-2 [5:44] The
Cardinall’s Musick/Andrew Carwood rec. Fitzalan Chapel, Arundel
Castle, 10-12 May 2006. DDD HYPERION
CDA67568 [69:45] [MG]
“The
style and character are true to the text”,
a comment that serves well for Carwood’s
consistently excellent performances of Byrd’s
motets … see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Leos
JANÁČEK
(1854-1928) String
Quartet No.1 (Kreutzer Sonata) (1923)
[18:13] String Quartet No.2 (Listy duverne)
(Intimate Letters) (1928) [26:01]
Martinu Quartet (Lubomir Havlak (violin
I); Petr Matejak (violin II); Jan Jisa (viola);
Jitka Vlasankova (cello)) rec. 29 February
and 1 March 2000, Hlubos Chateau
ARCO DIVA UP 0036-2 131 [44:23] [SA]
I've
never heard these quartets better played and I imagine they will become
a benchmark recording, at least that's how they will remain for me
... see Full Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Franz SCHUBERT
(1797-1828) String Quartet No.14 in D Minor
D810 “Death and the Maiden” (1824) [35:58] String Quartet No.13
in A Minor D804 “Rosamunde” (1824) [33:09]
Takács Quartet rec. St. George’s, Brandon Hill, Bristol, 22-25 May
2006. DDD
HYPERION CDA67585 [69:09][TP]
It just doesn’t get any better than this. ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Dimitri
SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)
Lady
Macbeth of Mtsensk (1934) Katerina
Ismailova: Eva-Maria Westbroek (soprano)
Sergey: Christopher Ventris (tenor) Boris
Ismailov/Old convict: Vladimir Vaneev (baritone)
Zivoniy Ismailov: Ludovit Ludha (tenor)
Priest/Guard: Alexander Vassiliev, (baritone)
Chief of Police: Nikita Storojev (baritone)
De Nederlandse Opera Chorus
Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam/Mariss Jansons
Martin Kusèj (director) rec. Amsterdam,
25-28 June 2006. DVD all regions; NTSC
OPUS
ARTE OA 0965 D [236:00] [AOz]
This
is wonderful … so well performed on all
counts that it makes an outstanding choice.
... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Jean SIBELIUS
(1865-1957) Kullervo op. 7 (1892) [71:47] Charlotte Hellekant
(mezzo) Nathan
Gunn (baritone) Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Men's Chorus/Robert
Spano rec. 27-28 May 2006, Symphony Hall, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta,
Georgia. DDD TELARC
CD-80665 [71:47][RB]
Few
have conveyed so well as Spano the arching tragedy of this work and
the male chorus are magnificently idiomatic ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Anna Netrebko
– Russian Album Peter TCHAIKOVSKY
(1840 – 1893) Iolanta (1892): Arioso No. 1 [2:58];
Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873 – 1943)
Song Op. 21 No. 7 “It is beautiful here” (1902) [2:24]; Song Op. 4
No. 4 “Oh, do not sing to me” (1893) [5:04]; Nikolai
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844 – 1908) The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1900): Aria from
act 4 [3:27]; The Snow Maiden (1882): Scene and Aria from Prologue
[4:28]¹; Finale from act 4 [5:31]²; The Tsar’s Bride (1899):
Scene and Aria from Act 4 [5:29];
Peter TCHAIKOVSKY Romance Op.
38 No. 6 Pimpinella – Florentine Song [2:45]; Mikhail
GLINKA (1804 – 1857) A Life for the Tsar (1836):
Cavatina and Rondo from Act 1 [6:41]; Sergei
PROKOFIEV (1891 – 1953) War and Peace (1944): Excerpt
from Scene 4 [8:11]³; Sergei RACHMANINOV
Francesca da Rimini (1906): Excerpt from Tableau 2 [3:16];
Peter TCHAIKOVSKY
Eugene Onegin (1879): Letter Scene from Act 1 [13:03];
Anna Netrebko (soprano), Zlata Bulycheva (mezzo)¹³, Dmitry Voropaev
(tenor)²³, Alexander Morozov (bass-baritone)²³, Ilya Bannik (bass)¹
Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre/Valery Gergiev rec.
Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, December 2005, January, May, June
2006 DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON
00289 477 6384 [63:19][GF]
Readers
who trust my judgement need read no further. My advice is: Place your
orders! ... see Full Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH The
Best of Andreas Scholl see
review for details Andreas
Scholl (counter-tenor) Barbara Bonney (soprano) Edin Karamazov
(lute, archlute) Stacey Shames, Hyun-Sun Na, Siobhán Armstrong
(harp) Harvey Brough (psaltery) Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo) Baroque
String Quartet, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Orchestra of the Age
of Enlightenment/Sir Roger Norrington, Australian Brandenburg
Orchestra/Paul Dyer, Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone, Les
Talents Lyriques/Christophe Rousset
rec. various locations 1998–2004 DECCA
475 7667 [77:26]
[GF]
I
was completely enthralled from beginning to end. A marvellous
disc! ... see Full Review
BARGAINS
OF THE MONTH
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Late String Quartets CD 1 String Quartet No. 12
in E flat major, Op. 127 (1824-25) [36:59] String Quartet No.
13 in B flat major, Op. 130 (1825-26) [35:43] CD 2 Große
Fuge in B flat major, Op. 133 (1825-26) [15:28] String Quartet
No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131 (1826) [36:40] CD 3 String
Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 (1825) [42:14] String Quartet
No. 16 in F major, Op. 135 (1826) [25:10] Alban
Berg Quartet: (Günter Pichler, violin; Gerhard Schulz, violin;
Thomas Kakuska, viola; Valentin Erben, cello) rec. live performances,
July 1989, Mozartsaal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria.
DDD EMI CLASSICS GREAT RECORDINGS
OF THE CENTURY 4768202 [3 CDs: 72:47 + 52:13 + 67:29] [MC]
These
are truly Great Recordings of the Century. I would be
completely content to have these performances of Beethoven’s
late string quartets as the only set in my collection. ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Orchestral
Works La Mer, L(esure
No.) 109 (1905) [24.26] Trois Nocturnes, L 91 (1899)
[22.32] Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L 86 (1884) [10.29]
Marche écossaise, L 77 (1891) [6.23] Berceuse héroïque,
L 132 (1914) [4.47] Musiques pour Le Roi Lear, L 107 (1904)
[4.58] Jeux, L 126 (1913) [18.15] Images, L 122 (1909)
[35.24] Printemps (1882, lost; reconstructed Büsser, 1913)
L 24 [16.00] Choeurs
de l’O.R.T.F.Michel Sedrez and Fabienne Boury (pianos) Orchestre National
de l’ORTF/Jean Martinon Salle Wagram, Paris, February 1973 and April
1974. ADD EMI CLASSICS
GEMINI 3 65235 2 [74.15 + 70.07] Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Orchestral Works Children's Corner,
L 113 (1908, orch. André Caplet 1910) [17.55] Petite Suite,
L 65 (1889; orch. Henri Büsser 1907) [13.34] Danses sacrée et profane,
L 103 (1904) [9.15] La Boîte à joujoux, L 28 (orch. André Caplet)
(1913) [31.40] Fantaisie for piano and orchestra, L 73 (1885)
[23.53] La plus que lente, L 121 (1910) [6.00] Première
Rapsodie for orchestra with principal clarinet, L 116 (1910) [8.11]
Rapsodie for orchestra with [alto] saxophone solo, L 98 (1911)
[10.02] Khamma, L 125 (Légende dánsée, orch. Charles
Koechlin) (1911) [20.24] Danse, L 69 (Tarantelle styrienne,
orch. Maurice Ravel) (1890) [5.44]
Jules Goetgheluck, (oboe) Marie-Claire Jamet, (harp) Aldo Ciccolini,
(piano) John Leach, (cimbalom) Guy Dangain, (clarinet) Jean-Marie
Londeix, (saxophone) Fabienne Boury, (piano) Orchestre National de
l’ORTF/Jean Martinon Salle Wagram, Paris, February
1973 and April 1974. ADD
EMI CLASSICS GEMINI 3 65240 2 [72.54 + 74.54][PSh]
Not
just good, but better or best Debussy in brilliant sound and attractive
format, a must buy for all collectors. ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Sir Edward ELGAR
(1857–1934) Concert Overture: Cockaigne (In London
Town) Op. 40 (1900-01) [14:38]; Cello Concerto in E minor Op.
85 (1919) [29:59]; Sea Pictures Op. 37 (1899) [23:46]: (I.
Sea Slumber Song [5:04]; II. In Haven (Capri) [2:06]; III. Sabbath
Morning at Sea [6:20]; IV. Where Corals Lie [4:10]; V. The Swimmer
[6:06]) Jacqueline
du Pré (violoncello) Janet Baker (mezzo) Philharmonia
Orchestra (Cockaigne), London Symphony Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli)
rec. Kingsway Hall, London, 27 August 1962 (Cockaigne); 19
August 1965 (Cello Concerto); No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London, 30
August 1965 (Sea Pictures)
EMI GREAT RECORDINGS OF THE CENTURY 7243 5 62886 2 1 [68:38][GF]
Among
the many jewels in the GROC series this
one shines possibly brighter than any of
the others. ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Mikhail GLINKA (1804-1857) Ruslan
and Ludmilla (1842): Dances in Naina’s Castle; Eastern
Dances in Black Sea Castle [22:21] Dance for violin
and orchestra [8:23] Dance for oboe and cello with orchestra
[7:54] Andante Cantabile and Rondo [11:50] Majestic
Polonaise [4:35] Ivan Susanin (1836): Valse; Krakowiak;
Mazurka [16:22] Kamarinskaya (1848) [6:34] Moscow
Radio Symphony Orchestra/Mark Ermler (Ruslan); Boris Demchenko
(Dance; Andante); Vladimir Fedoseyev (Susanin); Konstantin
Ivanov (Kamarinskaya); Ilmar Lapins (Polonaise) rec. Moscow,
1982-1994. ADD/DDD. REGIS RRC1242 [78:01]
[RB]
Almost
eighty minutes of Russian-sourced Glinka and all in vivacious,
colourful and spatially well-upholstered recordings. ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Franz LISZT (1811-1886) Fantasie
and Fugue on “Ad Nos Salutarem Undam” (from Le Prophète by
Meyerbeer) S259, R380 (1850) [16.05] Prelude and Fugue on B.A.C.H.,
S260, R381 (1870) [12.01]
Variations on “Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen”, S179/673, R382 (1862) [17.02] Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Four Sketches (for the pedal piano), Op.56
(1845) [14.14] Jennifer Bate (organ,
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK) rec. 1977; 1978. DDD Notes in English. Photo of
the artist. SANCTUARY CLASSICS
CDRSN3077 [59:22]
[PSh]
A
tour de force of eloquence, brilliance, and virtuosity, encompassing
a vast range of musical moods and styles, in thundering sound
quality. Among the finest organ recordings ever made. ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Darius
MILHAUD (1892-1974) La
création du monde - ballet, Op. 81 (1923) [16:47] Saudades
do Brasil, Op. 67: no 7, Corcovado; no 9, Sumaré;
no 8, Tijuca; no 11, Larenjeiras (1920-1921)
[7:25] Le boeuf sur le toit - ballet, Op. 58 (1919)
[19:35] Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67 (1920-1921) [19:35]
(complete: Overture; no. 1,– Sorocabo;
; no. 2, Botafogo; no. 3, Leme; no. 4, Copacabana;
no. 5, Ipanema; no. 6, Gavea; no. 7, Corcovado;
no. 8, Tijuca; no. 9, Sumaré; no. 10, Paineras;
no. 11, Larenjeiras; no. 12 Paysandu) ORTF
National Orchestra/Leonard Bernstein Concert Arts Orchestra/composer
(Saudades complete) rec. 12-13 November 1976, Salle Wagram,
Paris (Bernstein); 10-12 Sept 1956, Studio A, Capitol Tower,
Hollywood. ADD EMI
CLASSICS GREAT RECORDINGS OF THE CENTURY 3458082 [67:01]
[MC]
This
release is sheer delight from start to finish and I cannot help
thinking that it would make the perfect introduction to Milhaud’s
music. ... see Full Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Luigi
ROSSI (1607-1653) Le
Canterine Romane - Roman cantatas for two and three sopranos: Disperate
speranze à 3 [05:04] Piango, prego e sospiro a 3 [04:44] Infelice
pensier à 2 [11:13] Passacaille del seigneur Luigi [02:43] Corrente [01:05] Occhi
belli à 2 [02:54] Sarabanda [01:09] Balletto [00:42] Noi
siam tre donzellette semplicette à 3 [28:48] Ai sospiri,
al dolore à 2 [03:13] Arie di passacaglia [03:31] Speranza
al tuo pallore à 2 [03:20] Poi che mancò la speranza [05:42] Fan
battaglia à 3 [02:56] Tragicomedia
(Barbara Borden, Suzie LeBlanc, Emily Van Evera (soprano);
Päivi Järviö, (mezzo); Eric Headley (viola da gamba, lirone);
Stephen Stubbs (chitarrone, guitar); Andrew Lawrence-King (arpa
doppia, harpsichord, organ))/Stephen Stubbs rec. September
1992, Sender Freies Berlin, Germany. DDD WARNER
APEX 2564 61782-2 [77:40] [JV]
One
of the best recordings of Italian 17th-century music ever made
- both music and performance are brilliant ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Giuseppe
VERDI
(1813-1901) Falstaff
- opera in three acts (1893) Falstaff -
Tito Gobbi (bar); Alice Ford - Elisabeth
Schwarzkopf (sop); Ford - Rolando Panerai
(bar); Meg Page - Nan Merriman (mezzo);
Mistress Quickly - Fedora Barbieri (cont);
Nannetta - Anna Moffo (sop); Fenton - Luigi
Alva (ten); Pistol - Nicola Zaccaria (bass);
Bardolph - Renato Ercolani (ten); Dr. Caius
- Tomaso Spataro (ten)
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus/Herbert
von Karajan rec. June 1956, Kingsway Hall,
London. ADD
EMI CLASSICS 0946 3 77349 2 6 [55.02
+ 64.36] [RF]
This
excellent recording and performance of Verdi’s
final operatic masterpiece should be part
of every collection. At bargain price it
is a stocking-filler without equal for any
opera-lover who doesn’t already own it.
... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Janet Baker
- An Anthology of English Song Ralph VAUGHAN
WILLIAMS (1872-1958) The Call (1911, from Five
Mystical Songs) Youth and Love (1904, Songs of Travel)
John IRELAND (1879-1962) A
Thanksgiving (1938) Her Song (1925, Songs to Thomas Hardy
Poems) Michael Dewar HEAD, (1900-1976)
A Piper (1923) Cecil Armstrong GIBBS
(1889-1960) This is a Sacred City (By a Bierside)
(1924) Love is a Sickness, Op.44/1 (1922) Thomas
Frederick DUNHILL (1877-1946) The
Cloths of Heaven, Op.30/3 (1916?) Peter
WARLOCK (1894-1930) Balulalow (Trad, 16th Cent.
arr Warlock) Youth (1928) Herbert
HOWELLS (1892-1983) King David (1921) Come Sing
and Dance (1928) Ivor GURNEY
(1890-1937) Sleep (from Five Elizabethan Songs)
I Will Go with My Father a-ploughing Thomas
DUNHILL To the Queen of heaven Gerald
FINZI (1901-1956) Come away, come away, death It was a
lover and his lass (both from Let us garlands
bring, Op.18, 1942)
Janet Baker (mezzo) Martin Isepp (piano) rec. 1963, Saga STXID5213
(LP); ECD3360, SCD9012 (CD). ADD
REGIS RRC 1265 [44:52][RB]
This
iconic Baker collection.
Another winner from Regis. ... see
Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Impressions
for Saxophone and Orchestra Mikis
THEODORAKIS (b.1925) Cretan
Concertino (alto and orchestra) arr.
Yannis Samprovalakis (1952) [10:44]
Adagio (soprano and strings) (1993) [3:44]
Nikos SKALKOTTAS
(1904-1949) Concertino (soprano and
strings) arr. Yannis Samprovalakis (1939)
[11:38] Theodore
ANTONIOU (b.1935) Concerto Piccolo
(alto and orchestra) (2000) [16:00] Minas
ALEXIADIS (b.1960) Phrygian
Litany (soprano and orchestra) [7:53]
Vassilis TENIDIS
(b.1936) Rhapsody of Pontos (alto
and orchestra) (1997) [13:24] Manos
HADJIDAKIS (1925-1994) Mr
Knoll from Gioconda’s Smile op.
22 (alto and orchestra) [3:39]
Theodore Kerkezos (saxophones) Thessaloniki
State Symphony Orchestra/Myron Michailidis
rec. Aristotle University Hall, Thessaloniki,
Greece, 12-15 December 2005, 29-31 March
2006. DDD
NAXOS 8.557992 [67:09] [PCW]
Whether
your motivation is to hear music for the
saxophone or from Greece, this disc is an
unmissable bargain … see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH The
Maiden & the Nightingale – Songs of Spain Enrique
GRANADOS (1867–1916) 1. Goyescas (1916):
La maja y el ruiseñor [6:11]; Xavier MONTSALVATGE
(1912–2002) Cinco canciones negras (1946):
(2. I. Cuba dentro de un piano [4:06]; 3. II. Punto de habanera [1:55];
4. III. Chévere [1:55]; 5. IV. Canción de cuna para dormer a un negrito
[2:20]; 6. V. Canto negro [1:18]) Enrique
GRANADOS Colección de canciones amatorias
(Góngora y Argote)(orch. Ferrer): (7. Llorad corazón [2:29];
8. Iban al pinar [1:51]) Joaquín
RODRIGO (1901–1999) Cuatro madrigales amatorios (Traditional):
(9. I. E con qué la lavaré? [2:26]; 10. II. Vos me matasteis [2:32];
11. III. De dónde venís, amore? [1:02]; 12. IV. De los álamos
vengo, madre [1:55]) Tríptic de Mossén Cinto:
(13. I. L’harpa ssagrada [4:10]; 14. II. Lo violí de Sant Francesc
[3:02]; 15. III. Sant Francesc I la cigala [3:50])
Federico MOMPOU (1893–1987)
El combat del somni (orch. Ros-Marba):
(16. I. Damunt de tu, només les flors [4:41]; 17. II. Aquesta nit
un mateix vent [2:53]; 18. III. Jo et pressentia com la mar [2:03])
Oscar ESPLÁ (1886–1976) Cinco canciones playeras españolas:
(19. I. Rutas [1:25]; 20. II. Pregón [3:01]; 21. III. Las 12 [1:30]; 22. IV. El pescador sin dinero [3:20]; 23. V.
Copilla [1:32]) Eduardo TOLDRÁ (1895–1962)
24. Cançó de grumet [2:02]; 25. Cançó incerta
[2:43]; 26. Maig [4:01]; 27. Anacreóntica
[2:17]; Xavier MONTSALVATGE
28. Madrical sobre un tema popular (El cant dels ocells)
(1992) [4:58]
Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), New Philharmonia Orchestra (1),
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (2–12, 19–23)/Rafael
Frühbeck de Burgos; Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux (13–18), Patronato
Orquesta Ciudad de Barcelona (24–27)/Antoni Ros-Marbá; Orquestra Ciutat
de Barcelona/Garcia Navarro (28); rec. Kingsway Hall, London, 18 April
1969 (1); Salle Wagram, Paris, 5–8, 10, 27, 28 February 1962 (2–12
and 19–23); 10–14 March 1969 (13–18), Palacio de la Música, Barcelona,
13, 14, 16, 17 January 1969 (24–27); Barcelona (soundtrack from the
Closing Ceremony of the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games)(28)
EMI CLASSICS GREAT RECORDINGS OF THE CENTURY 7243 5 62904 2 6
[78:13][GF]
Riches
aplenty on this well-filled disc which shouldn’t be missing from any
respectable collection of vocal music. ... see Full
Review