A
Noble Entertainment:
Music from Queen Anne’s London William
WILLIAMS (?1675-1701) Trio
Sonata No.6 in F major, ‘in immitation of
Birds’ [6:35] Daniel
PURCELL (c.1664-1717) Trio Sonata
No.2 in G minor [4:19] William
CORBETT (1680-1748) Trio Sonata
in C major Op.2, No.4 [4:52] Nicola
Francesco HAYM (1678-1729) Sonata
in A minor / E minor for cello and basso continuo
[3:57] James PAISIBLE
(c.1656-1721) Suite No.4 in C minor [8:55]
Johann Christian
PEPUSCH (1667-1741) Trio Sonata
in F major [4:55] Henry
PURCELL (1659-1695) Suite No.2
in G minor for solo harpsichord [8:02] Gottfried
KELLER (d.1704) Trio Sonata No.4
in B flat major [4:17] Gottfried
FINGER (c.1665-1730) Trio Sonata
in G minor [4:54] James
PAISIBLE (c.1656-1721) Sonata in
c minor, Op.1, No.3 for two treble recorders
[9:27] George Frideric
HANDEL (1685-1759) Trio Sonata
in F major HWV405 [5:43] 
The Parnassian Ensemble: Sophie Middleditch,
Helen Hooker (recorders); Joseph Crouch (cello);
David Pollock (harpsichord) rec. 18-20 January,
2003, National Centre for Early Music, York.
DDD
AVIE AV2094 [66:19] [GPU]
A
delightful anthology of chamber music from
early eighteenth century London, played with
insight and sensitivity and beautifully recorded
…. see Full Review
Advent
in Winchester: O Come, Emmanuel
Plainsong
Advent
Prose. Plainsong – Mode 1 [4:04] William
BYRD (1543-1623) Vigilate [4:13]
Paul MANZ (b.
1919) E’en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come
[2:53] Johann Sebastian
BACH (1685-1750) Chorale Prelude:
Wachet auf, BWV645* [4:02] Thomas
WEELKES (?1576-1623) Hosanna to
the Son of David [2:14] James
MACMILLAN (b. 1959) Laudi alla
Vergine Maria (2004)^ [7:14] Herbert
HOWELLS (1892-1983) A Spotless
Rose [3:25] David
WILLCOCKS (arr.) O come, O come,
Emmanuel [3:54] Johann
Sebastian BACH Chorale Prelude:
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV599 [4:23]
Franz BIEBL (1906-2001)
Ave Maria [5:14] Patrick
GOWERS (b. 1936) Ad te levavi [7:50]
Edward NAYLOR (1867-1934)
Vox dicentes: Clama [8:49] Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Chorale Prelude:
Es is ein’ Ros’ entsprungen [2:38] Charles
Villiers STANFORD (1852-1924) Benedictus
in C [5:48]
Winchester Cathedral Choir/Sarah Baldock
&*Andrew Lumsden (organ)/dir. Andrew Lumsden.
*First recording. rec. Winchester Cathedral,
16-19 January 2006 DDD
GRIFFIN GCCD 4052 [66:48] [JQ]
This
is a very enjoyable and satisfying seasonal
disc. ... see Full
Review
Miroslav Ambroš (violin)
Il Virtuoso Pablo de
SARASATE (1844-1908) Concert Fantasy on Faust [12:00] Jota
Aragonesa Op.27 [5:09] Sylvie
BODOROVÁ (b.1954) Dza more – Gypsy Ballad (1991) [5:27] Nicolò
PAGANINI (1782-1840) Cantabile in D major Op.17 (1823) [3:49]
Moses Fantasy - Introduction and Variations on a Theme from Rossini’s
Moses (Dal tuo stellato soglio) (1819) [6:37] Henryk
WIENIAWSKI (1835-1880) Scherzo tarantelle Op.16 (1856)
[4:56] Louis SPOHR (1784-1859)
Salonstücke – No.1 Barcarole Op.135/1 91845-47) [3:28] Fritz
KREISLER (1875-1962) Caprice Viennois Op.2 [4:18] Josef
SUK (1874-1935) Violin solo from Fairy Tale, from the Suite
from Raduz and Mahulena Op.16 (1897-98) arranged by Josef Suk Jr. [4:42]
Antonio BAZZINI (1818-1897) Le Ronde des Lutins Op.25 (1852)
[5:35]
Miroslav Ambroš (violin) Zuzana Ambrošová (piano)
rec. Martinů Hall, Lichtenstein Palace, Prague, undated (2006)
ARCO DIVA UP 0089-2
131 [56:40][JW]
The
general direction is essentially late nineteenth century … a barnstorming
profile with some sensitive lyric pieces to leaven the virtuosity ...
see Full Review
The
Art of English Song - see review for details -
Recorded
at numerous locations and venues between 1949 and 2004
DECCA 476 5296 [75:33 + 74:27] [GPJ]
A
hugely enjoyable if slightly quirky selection,
then. I’d love to think that, in the fullness
of time, this might turn out to be merely
‘Volume One’ – this is such a rich vein. ...
see Full
Review
Joseph
Baldassarre Music of Western Europe, 1200-1450 ANONYMOUS Saltarello
(15th century) [2:42] Guaçelm
FAIDIT (c. 1160-1207) Chant e deport [1:31] ANONYMOUS Je’ porte
membremant (15th century) [1:04] Jacopo
DA BOLOGNA (fl. 1340-1360) Con lagrima begnando
me [2:45] ANONYMOUS Under
der Linden (14th century) [3:33]; Estampie
(15th century) [0:55]; Saltarello
(15th century) [1:33] Walther
von der VOGELWEIDE (c. 1170-1230) Der
Mai [2:00] Colin MUSET c.
1200-1250) Quant je voy yver [3:00] ANONYMOUS Estampie
real (15th century) [2:51] Raimbaut
de VAQUIERAS (c. 1150-1206) Kalenda Maya [12:19] ANONYMOUS Estampie
real (15th century) [2:29] FAIDIT Fort
chausa [1:31] ANONYMOUS John
Barleycorn (15th century) [3:22] Johannes
CICONIA (1335?-1412) Non al suo amante [2:36] ANONYMOUS She
Moved through the Faire (15th century) [5:00]; Senti
du l’amour (14th century) [0:51]; Munda
Maria (15th century) [1:36] Joseph
Baldasarre (lute, citole, oud, symphonia, vielle, recorder, flute,
soprano flute, douçaine, crumhorn, tar, riq, tambourine, doumbek,
vocals)
Recording location and date not provided. TOAD
RECORDS TR0306 [63:46] [BB]
Fans
of early instrumental music should check this out. It is not only
an important introduction to a piece of music history, but fun
to listen to as well. ... see Full
Review
Jeanne
Baxtresser – A Collection of My Favorites
Claude DEBUSSY (1862–1918)
1. Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faun [10:03] Béla
BARTÓK (1881–1945) Suite paysanne hongroise (arranged
for flute by Paul Arma): 2. Chants populaires tristes [6:01]
3. Vieilles danses [6:54] Frédéric
CHOPIN (1810–1849) 4. Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. Posth.
(transcribed for flute by Julius Baker) [4:29] Friedrich
KUHLAU (1786–1832) 5. Trio, Op. 119: Movement III [5:46]
Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873–1943)
6. Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3 (arranged for violin by Jascha Heifetz; transcribed
for flute by Jeanne Baxtresser) [2:34] Samuel
BARBER (1910–1981) 7. Canzone, Op. 38a [4:06] Carl
Philipp Emanuel BACH (1714–1788) 8. Concerto for Flute in
D minor, Wq. 22: III. Allegro di molto [6:52] George
GERSHWIN (1898–1937) 9. Someone to Watch Over Me [3:47] 10.
Promenade [2:37] Claude BOLLING (b.
1930) Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio: 11. Baroque and Blue
[5:17] 12. Sentimentale [7:53] 13. Veloce [3:50] Henry
COWELL (1897–1965) 14. Two Bits [4:23]
Jeanne Baxtresser (flute) Andrew Davis (piano)(1–7), Toronto
Chamber Orchestra/Andrew Davis (8), Julius Baker (flute), Toronto Ragtime
Ensemble/Doug Riley (9), Toronto Ragtime Ensemble/Doug Riley (10), Eric
Robertson Trio (11–13), Margaret Baxtresser (piano)(14). rec. Toronto,
Ontario, Canada, Church of Saint Timothy, June 1987 (1 – 7); Grace Church
On-The-Hill, May 1986 (8), 1996 (9 – 13). rec. live in concert, June
1994 (14) MSR CLASSICS
MS 1114 [74:32][GF]
Wonderful,
charming and aristocratic playing! It is also refreshing to have a collection
of favourites that goes beyond the obvious lollipops and shows that there
is so much more or less neglected music which is just as appealing. ...
see Full Review
The
Beecham Collection – RPO: The Early Days Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) A
Midsummer Night’s Dream; incidental music – Overture Op. 61 (1843) [11:44]
Richard WAGNER (1813-1883) Die Meistersinger
von Nürnberg (1868) - Prelude to Act III [7:09] Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Symphony No.40 in G minor K550
(1788) [23:45] Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
Piano Concerto in A minor Op.54 (1845) [28:05]
Moura Lympany (piano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Thomas Beecham rec.
live, Davis Theatre, Croydon, 10 November 1946.
SOMM BEECHAM 19 [71:12] [JW]
An
intriguing, and rare, look at the RPO in its
early performances ... see
Full Review
BBC
Legends: Dennis Brain (horn) Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Horn
Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, K447 (c.1786)
[15.04] (a) Divertimento No. 14 in B flat
major, K270 (1777) I, IV (arr. Anthony Baines)
[4.21] (d) Benjamin
BRITTEN (1913-1976) Serenade
for tenor, horn and strings (1944) [24.02]
[b] Robert SCHUMANN
(1810-1856) Adagio and Allegro in
A flat major Op.70 (1848) [8.41] (c) Darius
MILHAUD (1892-1974) La Cheminé du Roi René (1939): VI Chasse à Valabre [1.59] (d) Peter
Racine FRICKER (1920-1990) Quintet
for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon
Op. 5 (1947) [16.24] (e)
Dennis Brain (horn) (a) BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sir
Malcolm Sargent, (b) Peter Pears BBC Symphony
Orchestra/John Hollingsworth; (c) Benjamin
Britten (piano); Dennis Brain Wind Quintet:
Gareth Morris (flute), Leonard Brain (oboe),
Stephen Waters (clarinet), Dennis Brain (horn),
Cecil James (bassoon) rec. (a), (b) Royal
Albert Hall, London, 30 July 1953; BBC Studios
(d) London, 19 June 1956, (e) Freemason's
Hall, Edinburgh, 24 August 1957; (Fricker):
Aldeburgh Parish Church, 21 June 1956
BBC LEGENDS MONO BBCL 4192-2 [73.36] [DD]
Another
"must have" from BBC Legends. It’s
been really interesting being reminded of
a genius sadly taken away at about the same
age as Mozart ... see Full
Review
Dennis
Brain – A Tribute
Wolfgang Amadeus
MOZART (1756-1791) Horn Concerto
No. 1 in D, K. 412 (1791?) [8:22] ¹ Horn Concerto
No. 2 in E-flat, K. 417 (1783) [13:48] ¹ Horn
Concerto No. 3 in E-flat, K. 447 (1786-7)
[15:45] ¹ Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat, K.
447 (1786-7) [14:47] ² Horn Concerto No. 4
in E-flat, K. 495 (1786) [16:21] ¹ Richard
STRAUSS (1864-1949) Horn Concerto
No.2 in E flat major (1942) [16:27] ~ Paul
HINDEMITH (1895-1963) Sonata for
Four Horns (1952) [14:18] Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Sonata
in E Major Op 109 [14:32] ³ Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Adagio and
Allegro for horn Op.70 (1849) [8:21] * Paul
DUKAS (1895-1965) La Villanelle
[5:56] # Marin
MARAIS
(1656-1728) La Basque [1:02]
#
Dennis Brain (horn) Philharmonia Orchestra/Herbert
von Karajan ¹ Philharmonia Orchestra/ Wolfgang
Sawallisch ~ SWF Orchestra/Hans Rosbaud ²
Dennis Brain Ensemble Denis Matthews (piano)
³ Gerald Moore (piano) * Wilfred Parry (piano)
# rec. London, 1944 (Beethoven) and 1953 (Mozart
Concertos), Edinburgh, 1957 (Dukas, Marais),
London, 1956 (Hindemith, Strauss), Stuttgart,
1953 (Mozart Concerto No.3)
ANDROMEDA ANDRCD 5065 [69:10 + 59:49][JW]
Brain
collectors will have all this. ... see Full
Review
British
Light Music
New London Orchestra/Ronald Corp rec.
CD1: 30 November-1 December 1995; CD2: 21-22
October 1996; CD3: 3-4 August 1999; CD4 11-12
April 2002. DDD Originally released at full
price and still available as Hyperion CDA66868;
CDA66968; CDA67148; CDA67400 respectively
HYPERION CDS442614 [4 CDs: 76:53 + 76:25
+ 78:45 + 77:58] [RB]
Prestigously
presented and well thought through. Golden
nostalgia with fidelity to a long departed
but by many still cherished past. Riches indeed!
... see Full
Review
From
Byzantium to Andalusia - Medieval Poems and
Songs - Christian-Arabic Tradition,
Lebanon Kyrie eleison [3:21]
Laudario di Cortona (Ms. 91, Biblioteca Comunale
di Cortona), Italy, 13th century
Fa mi cantar l’amor di la beata (Let me sing
the love of the blessed one) [6:47]
De la crudel morte de Cristo
(Of the cruel death of Christ) [1:59]
Laude novella [3:49] Yunus
Embre (Bahileri), Turkey, 13th
century Sallalahu ala
Muhammed [4:42] Pesrev
[1:29] Ey Dervisler [4:59]
Laudario di Cortona
Plangiamo quell crudel [4:07]
Venite a laudare (Come and
Praise) [2:40] Traditional Jewish, 12th
century Keh Moshe
[1:44] Traditional Sephardic, pre-1492
Adon Haselihot [3:21]
Galeas, mis galeas [3:48]
Traditional Andalusian School Jalla
man [4:07] Llibre Vermell de Montserrat, Catalonia,
14th century Stella
spendens in monte (Star shining on the mountain)
[8:23] Laudario di Cortona
O Maria, d’omelia [5:00]
Oni Wytars Ensemble Belinda Sykes (voice);
Jeremy Avis (voice); Peter Rabanser (voice,
ud, bagpipe, duduk); Marco Ambrosini (fiddle,
keyed fiddle, rebec, Jew’s harp); Thomas Wimmer
(fiddle, lute, rebec); Michael Posch (recorder,
reed-flute); Riccardo Delfino (harp, hurdy-gurdy);
Katharina Dustmann
(bender, darabuka, zarp, riqq, davul); Peter
Rabanser and Belinda Sykes (musical direction)
rec. GroßeSendesaal, Hessischer Rundfunk,
Frankfurt, Germany, 14-16 December 2001. DDD
NAXOS 8.557637[60:25]
[PG]
For
the casual fan of early music highly recommended.
... see Full
Review
Change
Ringing from St. Mary Redcliffe,
Bristol Grandshire Caters [8:21] Stedman
Cinques [12:58] Little Bob Maximus [9:05]
Double Norwich Court Bob Major [6:01] Erin
Caters [5:06] rec. 1973 (date not given)
SAYDISC CD-SDL 243 [41:34][DC]
I
can only listen in awe ... see Full
Review
Golden
Age of Music series: Childhood
Memories Playtime (Farnon)
– Danish State Radio Orchestra/Farnon Jolly
Juggler (Ellis) – Danish State Radio
Orchestra/Farnon Children's
Hour (Campbell) – Danish State
Radio Orchestra/Farnon Tinkerbell
(Morley)
– Danish State Radio Orchestra/Farnon Skippy
(Campbell)
– Danish State Radio Orchestra/Farnon Clockwork
Clown (White) – New Concert Orchestra/DumontPlaybox
(Charrosin)
– Louis Voss & his orchestra Little
Boy Blue (Croudson) – Louis Voss
& his orchestra Peter Pan (van der Linden) – Dolf
Van Der Linden & his orchestra Hide
and Seek "Children's Playtime Suite"
(Engleman) – West End
Celebrity Orchestra Marbles "Children's
Playtime Suite" (Engleman) – International
Radio Orchestra Pick a Back,
"Children's Playtime Suite"
(Engleman)
– Regent Classic Orchestra Ring o'
Roses "Children's Playtime Suite"
(Engleman) – Regent Classic Orchestra Children
in the Park: Dancing for joy (Duncan) – NCO/Van Der
Linden Dance of the Blue Marionettes
(Clair) – Queen's Hall Light
Orchestra/Torch Fun Fair (Martin)
– Ray Martin & his orchestra The
Dancer at the Fair (Fortis) – Charles Shadwell
& his orchestra Helter Skelter
(Essex) – National Light
Orchestra Time for Fun and Games (Brownsmith) – National
Light Orchestra In the Circus: Cowboy's
Horsemanship (Armandola) – London Concert
Orchestra Clowneries (Roger)
– Roger Roger and his Champs Elysees Orchestra
Model Railway (Williams) – New Concert
Orchestra/Leon Five o' Clock Tea in
the Dolls' House (Rosen) – Regent Classic
Orchestra The Music Lesson (Williams) – Charles Williams
& his Concert Orchestra Parade
of the Gnomes (Russell) – London Promenade
Orchestra/Collins Toytown Parade (Ferraris) – London Promenade
Orchestra/Collins Children's Overture
(Quilter) – Sidney Torch
& his orchestra Recorded in London,
England between 1939-55
GUILD GLCD 5125 [77:11][RJW]
There is much to delight in 'easy listening'
mode on this disc. Its welcome issue allows
us to put a style to those composers of
which little is heard. ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Christmas
at St. John’s College, Cambridge Chapel
Bell [0.35] Plainsong
Rorate cæli [5:21] Hymn:
O come, O come, Emmanuel [3:25] Antiphon:
O Sapientia [1:00] Otto
GOLDSCHMIDT (1829-1907) A Tender
Shoot [2:08] Herbert
HOWELLS (1892-1983) A Spotless
Rose (1919) [3:15] Hymn: Lo! He comes with
clouds descending (descant by Christopher
Robinson) [4:44] Antiphon: O Adonai [1:08]
Edward NAYLOR (1867-1934)
Vox dicentes: Clama (1911) [9:00] Antiphon:
O Radix Jesse [1:02] Judith
BINGHAM (b. 1952) The clouded
Heaven (1998) [4:50] Antiphon: O Clavis
David [1:09] John
RUTTER (b. 1943) There is a flower
(1986) [4:28] Gustav
HOLST (1874-1934) This have I
done for my true love (1916) [5:29] Antiphon:
O Oriens [0:57] Francis
POTT (b. 1957) Lullay my liking
(2004) [6:40] Antiphon: O Rex gentium [0:58]
Peter WARLOCK (1894-1930)
arr. David HILL Bethlehem
Down (1927) [4:49] Antiphon: O Emmanuel
[1:00] Morten LAURIDSEN
(b. 1943) O magnum mysterium
(1994) [6:50] Hymn: O come, all ye faithful
(descant by David Hill) [3:54] Antiphon:
Hodie Christus natus est [1:07]
The Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge/Paul
Provost (organ)/David Hill rec. St. John’s
College Chapel, 13-15 January 2006. DDD
HYPERION CDA67576 [74:41] [JQ]
This
is a very distinguished package indeed.
I shall be surprised if I encounter a finer
CD of Christmas music this year ... see
Full Review
Classic
FM at the Movies CD
1 1. John WILLIAMS
Superman: The Movie 2. Alan
SILVESTRI Back To The Future 3.
James HORNER Apollo
13 4. John WILLIAMS
Star Wars 5. Ennio
MORRICONE The Mission 6. Tan
DUN Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
7. Nigel HESS Ladies
in Lavender 8. Craig
ARMSTRONG Love Actually 9. Maurice
JARRE Ghost 10. Michael
NYMAN The Piano 11. John
BARRY Out of Africa 12. Maurice
JARRE Witness 13. David
ARNOLD The Stepford Wives 14. Danny
ELFMAN Batman 15. John
WILLIAMS Star Wars CD 2
1. John WILLIAMS
E. T. 2. John
WILLIAMS Harry Potter 3. Jan
KACZMAREK Finding Neverland 4.
Klaus BADELT Pirates
Of The Caribbean 5. John
WILLIAMS Raiders Of The Lost Ark
6. Alexandre DESPLAT
Girl With A Pearl Earring 7. John
BARRY Dances With Wolves 8. Debbie
WISEMAN Arsene Lupin 9. Hans
ZIMMER Gladiator 10. George
FENTON Stage Beauty 11. Patrick
DOYLE Shakespeare In Love 12. Craig
ARMSTRONG Romeo And Juliet 13.
Rachel PORTMAN
Oliver Twist 14. Maurice
JARRE Dr. Zhivago CD
3 1. Max STEINER
Gone With The Wind 2. Richard
ADDINSELL Dangerous Moonlight 3.
John WILLIAMS Born
On The 4th July 4. Samuel
BARBER Platoon 5. John
WILLIAMS Schlinder's List 6. John
WILLIAMS Saving Private Ryan 7.
Gabriel YARED The
English Patient 8. Elmer
BERNSTEIN The Magnificent Seven
9. Maurice JARRE
Lawrence Of Arabia 10. Howard
SHORE The Lord Of The Rings 11.
Jerome MOROSS
The Big Country
CLASSIC FM CFMCD46 [3 CDs: 65:21 +
67:33 + 57: 13][RB]
Not
aimed at a specialist market but stylishly
provides an attractive and inspiring populist
flavour of cinema over the last thirty or
so years. ... see Full
Review
Concord
of Sweet Sounds Pietro
LOCATELLI (1695-1764)
Sonata
in G minor Op.2a No.3 [9:41] Johann
Sebastian BACH attrib. (1685-1750)
Sonata in C major BWV 1033 [8:50] Carl
Philipp Emanuel BACH (1714-1788)
Sonata in A minor W. 128 [9:56] Mauro
GIULIANI (1781-1829) Gran Duetto
Concertante Op. 52 [15:15] Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Waltzes (from
Op. 9) (arr. A. Diabelli) [3:45] Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Potpourri
(arr. A. Diabelli) [9:40] Franz
SCHUBERT Waltzes (from Op. 9) (arr.
A. Diabelli) [2:23]
Lisa Beznosiuk (One keyed boxwood flute, 8
keyed ebony flute) Nigel North (13 course
lute, 6 string guitar) rec. Almondsbury Parish
Church, nr. Bristol, UK November 1986
AMON RA CD-SAR 33 [60:02] [DC]
A
sheer joy of a disc. ... see Full
Review
Plácido
Domingo - Moments
of Passion Plácido
DOMINGO Jr. 1. Willkommen
bei uns [2:42] Opernchor
des Saarländischen Staatstheaters, Radio-Sinfonieorchester
Saarbrücken/Leonid Grin Giacomo
PUCCINI 2. Turandot: Nessun
dorma [2:58] Chorus of the Royal Opera
House, Covent Garden, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Jesus
Luis Cobos Augustin
LARA 3. Granada [4:05] VVC
Symphony/Beby Silvetti Giacomo
PUCCINI 4. Tosca:
E lucevan le stelle [3:05] New
Philharmonia Orchestra/Zubin Mehta Giuseppe
VERDI (1813 – 1901) 5. Rigoletto:
La donna é mobile [2:15] London
Symphony Orchestra/Nello Santi John
DENVER 6. Perhaps Love [2:57]
John Denver (guitar and vocals), Orchestra
Lee Holdridge/Lee Holdridge Giuseppe
VERDI 7. Aida: Se quell guerrier
io fossi! … Celeste Aida [4:12] Metropolitan
Opera Orchestra/James Levine Georg
Frideric HANDEL (1685 – 1759) 8.
Giulio Cesare: Svegliatevi nel cor
[5:22] Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Edward
Downes Giuseppe
VERDI 9. Rigoletto: Questa o
quella [1:50] New Philharmonia Orchestra/Nello
Santi Giacomo PUCCINI
10. Tosca: Dammi i colori … Recondita armonia
[3:08] Paul Plishka (bass), New Philharmonia
Orchestra/Zubin Mehta Friedrich
von FLOTOW 11. Martha: M’appari
[3:47] London Symphony Orchestra/Nello Santi
Ernesto LECUONA
12. Andalucía [2:49] Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra/Lee Holdridge Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756 – 1791) 13.
Don Giovanni: Il mio tesoro [4:23]
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Edward Downes
Giacomo PUCCINI
14. Gianni Schicchi: Firenze è come un
albero fiorito [2:13] London Symphony
Orchestra/Lorin Maazel Ruggiero
LEONCAVALLO 15. Pagliacci: Recitar!
Mentre preso … Vesti la giubba [4:11]
London Symphony Orchestra/Nello Santi Giacomo
PUCCINI 16. La bohème: O soave fanciulla [3:56] Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Sherrill
Milnes (baritone), London Philharmonic Orchestra/Georg Solti Lee
HOLDRIDGE/Carol CONNORS 17. A Love
Until the End of Time [3:02] Maureen McGovern
(vocals) Giuseppe
VERDI 18. La traviata:
Libiamo ne’ lieti calici (Brindisi)
[3:11] Inva Mula-Tchako
(soprano), Nina Stemme (soprano), Ainhoa Arteta
(soprano), Kwangchul Youn (bass), Les Musiciens
de l’Orchestre de l’Opéra de Paris-Bastille/Eugene
Kohn Plácido
DOMINGO Jr. 19. Willkommen
bei uns (Long version) [2:42]
Opernchor
des Saarländischen Staatstheaters,
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken/Leonid
Grin Plácido Domingo
(tenor) rec. (tracks 1 and 19) 12 June,
2006 at Grosser Sendersaal, Studio 1, Saarländischer
Rundfunk, Germany, and 18 June 2006 at Sony
Music Studios, Tokyo, Japan No venues and
dates given for the rest of the tracks.
SONY 82876877052 [65:29][GF]
Marvellous
singing from one of the great tenors of all
times but slipshod and uninformative presentation
that may lead unaware music lovers to think
that these reissues are recent recordings.
... see Full
Review
Placido
Domingo - Italia
ti amo Furio RENDINE
(1920-1987) Vurrio [3:31] Stanislao
GASTALDON (1861-1939) Musica
proibita [3:01] Cesare
Andrea BIXIO (1896-1978) Mamma
[3:44] Ernesto
TAGUAFERRI (1888-1937) Nun me
sceta [4:01] Lorena
TASSINARI
(b. 1970) Al di la del cielo
[4:36] Ernesto
de CURTIS (1875-1937) Tu ca
nun chiagne [2:48] Eldo
di LAZZARO (1902-1968) Chitarra
romana [3:08] Emanuele
NUTILE (1862-1932) Mamma mia,
che vo' sapeI [3:46] Rodolfo
FALVO (1873-1937) Dicitencello
vuje [3:46] Francesco
Paolo TOSTI (1846-1916) Non
t'amo piu [4:30] Placido
DOMINGO Jr (b. 1965) Quarant'anni
[3:56] Eduardo
di CAPUA (1865-1917) /Alfredo MAZZUCCHI (1878-1972)
I' te vurria vasa [3:15]
Virgilio PANZUTI
(1919-1994) Mandulinate 'e sera
[4:05] Giuseppe
CIOFFI (1901-1976) Na sera 'e
maggio [3:13] Ernesto
TAGUAFERRI (1888-1937)/Nicola
VALENTE (1881-1946) Passione
[4:10] Salvatore
CARDILLO (Domenico
CARDILLO) (1874-1947) Catari',
Catari' (Core 'ngrato) [5:07]
Placido Domingo (tenor) Budapest Philharmonic
Orchestra/Eugene Kohn rec. Italian Cultural
Institute, Budapest. July-August 2005
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON. 00289 477 5565 GH
[60:36] [RJF]
Domingo
has left it late in his career to record this
popular tenor repertoire. That he can still
reflect the several moods of these pieces
with passion and involvement is cause for
rejoicing. ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH English
String Miniatures 6 Gustav
HOLST (1874-1934) A
Moorside Suite (1928) (arr. Philip Lane) [14:02] Scherzo [3:13];
Nocturne [6:30]; March [4:20] Henry
PURCELL (1659-1695) Chacony in G minor, Z.730 (ed. Benjamin
Britten) [7:07] Paul LEWIS (b.1943) Rosa
Mundi (2003) [3:36] Adam CARSE (1878-1958) The
Winton Suite (1933) [12:40] Prelude [2:22]; Air [2:17]; Dance [1:34];
Song [3:39]; Finale [2:47] Peter WARLOCK (1894-1930) Bethlehem
Down (1927) (A carol for strings arr. Philip Lane) [4:07] Paul
CARR (b.1961) A Very English Music (2002) [7:42] Cuckmere
Haven [2:39]; Cornish Air [3:08]; The Hunt Gathering [1:55] William
Lloyd WEBBER (1914-1982) Waltz in E minor (1939) [4:36] Lionel
SAINSBURY (b.1958) Two Nocturnes (1990) [4:49] Molto
lento [2:23]; Mesto e semplice [2:26] Malcolm
LIPKIN (b.1932) From Across La Manche (1998)
[15:34] Overture [4:34]; Ballade [5:23]; Dance-finale [5:37] Royal
Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland rec. (tracks 1 – 17): Phoenix
Sound, Wembley , London, UK. 10-11 November 2003; (tracks 18-20):
Sony Studios London UK, 12 August 2003. DDD NAXOS
8.557753 [74:15] [GPJ]RB]
I
hope this isn’t the last in what is proving to be an astonishingly
rich series from Naxos. The recording is typically excellent,
the playing committed, the conducting by Gavin Sutherland assured
and stylish [GPJ]
This is a classic collection and varied enough to be listenable at a single
sitting ... the RBS and Gavin Sutherland happily catch the half-lights as well
as the dazzle and the dark [RB] ... see Full
Review
Era di maggio … : Italian
music of the 16th and 17th century ANONYMOUS
(XVI century) Era di Maggio [1:23] Paolo
SCOTO (XVI century) Turlurlu la capra è moza [2:28] ANONYMOUS (XVI century) Zorzi
[0:54] Bartolomeo TROMBONCINO (1470-c.1536) Vergine bella [2:04]
Andrea ANTICO (1478-c.1556) Vergine bella che del sol vestita
[2:28] ANONYMOUS (XVI century)
Pan de miglio caldo [2:32] Francesco PATAVINO
(c.1478-1556) Un Cavalier di Spagna [3:23] Giorgio
MAINIERO (c.1535-1582) Ballo francese [1:24] Ballo inglese
[1:22] Putta nera ballo furlano [1:29] Ludovico
FOGLIANO (c.1475-c.1542) La zotta [1:34] ANONYMOUS
(XVI Century) La pastorella si leva per tempo [3:25]
El bisson [1:26] La rocha el fuso
[0:42] Giovanni DA NOLA (c.1510-c.1592) Cingari simo [1:57] Gabriele
FALLAMELO (XVI century) Siate avvertiti [4:05]
Johannes Hieronymus KAPSBERGER
(c.1580-1661) Toccata Quinta [3:12] Giovanni
Felice SANCES (1600-1679) Cntada a voce sola sopra il passacaglie
[7:01] Angelo NOTARI (1566-c.1664)
Canzone Passaggiata [4:43] Giovanni STEFANI
(XVII century) Ninfa Sconoscente [4:10] Giovanni
Battista RICCIO (XVI-XVII centuries) Jubilent omnes [4:31]
Canzon la grimaneta [4:31] Giuseppe GIAMBERTI
(c.1600-c.1662) Villan di Spagna [1:16] Girolamo
FRESCOBALDI (1583-1643) Canzona ottava detta ‘l’ambitiosa [3:33] Vincenzo CALESTANI (1589-after
1617) Damigella tutta bella [2:24]
Ensemble del Riccio: Marco Beasley (voice, percussion, bells); Lorenzo
Girodo (flutes, crumhorn); Luca Bonvini (sackbut); Ottavio Dantone (spinet,
harpsichord); Giorgio Ferraris (lute, theorbo, chitarrino); Gianni Rivolta
(flutes) rec. 1990. DDD
CONCERTO CD 2017 [67:01][GPu]
A
pleasant, but unremarkable, miscellany of
Italian Renaissance music … see Full
Review
French
Clarinet Music Camille
SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)
Sonata in E flat major for clarinet and
piano, Op. 167 (1921) [17:26] Philippe
GAUBERT (1879-1941) Fantaisie for
clarinet and piano (1911) [07:20] Ernest
CHAUSSON (1855-1899) Andante et
Allegro for clarinet and piano (1881) [09:45]
Gabriel PIERNÉ
(1863-1937) Canzonetta for clarinet
and piano, Op. 19 (1888) [03:36] Henri
RABAUD (1873-1949) Solo de Concours
for clarinet and piano (1901) [06:14] André
MESSAGER (1853-1929) Solo de Concours
for clarinet and piano (1899) [06:46] Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Première
Rhapsodie for clarinet and piano (1909-10)
[07:56]
Walter Boeykens (clarinet) Robert Groslot
(piano)
rec. dates and venue not provided. DDD
CLASSIC TALENT DOM 2910 51 [59:36] [MC]
These
are first-rate performances even if they would
not necessarily be my first choice. A disc
certainly worth hearing. ... see Full
Review
Grisha - Alma
Flamenca Isaac ALBENIZ (1860-1909)
Torre Bermeja [4:37]; Cádiz [4:14]; Granada [5:42]; Asturias [6:08].
SABICAS (1912-1990) Malagueña
[3:56]; Danza Mora [6:23]; Soleá [5:49]; Bulerias [2:40]. Paco
de LUCIA (b. 1947) Guajira [3:27]; Fandangos [3:38];
Taranta [6:26]; Bulerias [5:29].
Grigory Goryachev (guitar) rec. San Franciso, CA. (no date given)
VGo RECORDINGS VG
1012 [58:29][ZT]
If
fame and fortune are to be his companions it will be as a flamenco
player not as a classical guitarist. ... see Full
Review
Heinavanker
- Loomiselaul ANONYMOUS
Matänan Sind [2:37] Johannes OCKEGHEM
(1417-1497) Salve Regina [8:40] Ave Maria [4:36] ANONYMOUS
Mu Süda Ärka Üles [3:08] Johannes
OCKEGHEM (1417-1497) Credo sine nomine [6:41]
ANONYMOUS Rahva Önnistegija [2:42]
Johannes OCKEGHEM (1417-1497) Sanctis cuiusvis
toni [5:40] ANONYMOUS Oh Jeesus,
sinu vale [4:19] Johannes OCKEGHEM (1417-1497)
Agnus Dei cuiusvis toni [3:58] ANONYMOUS
Kas sureb nij mu koige armsam elu [4:07] Loomiselaul [6:18]
GREGORIAN CHANT Veni Creator Spiritus [0:23] ANONYMOUS
Oh jumal looja püha vaim [3:12] Mu mano tulge
latse [4:14] Heinavanker:
Eve Kopli (soprano); Kadri Hunt (alto); Margo Kölar (tenor); Anto Önnis
(tenor); Taniel Kirikal (baritone); Vambola Krigul (bass) rec.
June 2005, Maulbronn Monastery, Germany. DDD
K&K Verlagsanstalt KUK
21 [60:43][GPu]
An
interesting disc, most valuable for the performances
of traditional Estonian music rather than
for those of Ockeghem … see Full
Review
BBC
Legends Myra Hess Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Piano
Concerto No.2 in B flat major Op.19 (1798)
[30:44] ¹ Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Piano Concerto
in A minor Op.54 (1846) [30:58] ² Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Toccata
in G major BWV916 [7:29] ³
Myra Hess (piano) Scottish National Orchestra/Alexander
Gibson ¹ BBC Symphony Orchestra/Malcolm Sargent
² rec. Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 30 August 1960
¹, Royal Albert Hall, London, 18 September
1958 ², BBC Studios, London, 13 October 1950
³
BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4178-2 [69:59] [JW]
The
highlight is the Sargent-led Schumann, a real
find for Hess admirers, which will surprise
them with its athletic poeticism and wonderful
playing ... see Full
Review
Jascha
Horenstein Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911) Symphony No.6
in A Minor Tragic (1904) [84:31] Gioachino ROSSINI (1792–1868) Semiramide Overture (1822)
[12:23] Carl NIELSEN (1865-1931) Symphony No. 5 Op. 50 (1922)
[34:27] BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Rossini); Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (Mahler); New Philharmonia Orchestra
(Nielsen)/Jascha Horenstein rec. BBC Studios, 6 November 1957, Winter Gardens,
Bournemouth; 10 January 1969,
Albert Hall, Nottingham, 26 February 1971 BBC
LEGENDS BBCL 4191-2 [64:19 + 74:00] [JP]
This
is a very welcome addition to the list of
recordings available from this very able European
conductor. ... see Full
Review
Into
the Light:
Music for Orchestras in
the Community Philip
WOOD (b.1972) Partita (1. Allegretto
grazioso [1:42]; 2. Larghetto [4:51]; 3. Allegro
con brio) David ELLIS
(b.1933) 4. Fantasia upon one note [7:11]
Richard HOWARTH 5.
Playtime [1:29] David
FORSHAW (b.1938) 6. Into the Light
[9:58] Peter CROSSLEY-HOLLAND
(1916-2001) 7.Lullaby [2:00] David
ELLIS 8. Fantasia on a Ground [4:27]
Joaquin TURINA Y
PEREZ (1882-1949) 9. La Oracion
del Torero [7:56] Herbert
HOWELLS (1892-1983) 10. Elegy for
viola and strings [8:11] Francois
GOSSEC (1734-1829) Symphony in
D major (11. Allegro [5:22]; 12. Andante un
poco allegretto [3:19]; 13. Presto [3:56]
) Henry PURCELL
(1659-1695) 14. Chacony in G minor [5:16]
Jules MASSENET
(1814-1912) 15.The Last Sleep of the Virgin
[4:21] David ELLIS
Suite Francaise (16. Allemande
[1:14]; 17. Forlane [1:40]; 18. Pavane [2:29];
19. Galliard [2:02])
Richard Howarth (violin solo track 7); Richard
Muncey (solo viola track 10); Robert Glenton
(track 15) Manchester Camerata Ensemble/Richard
Howarth (tracks 1-8, 16-19) Northern Chamber
Orchestra/Nicholas Ward rec. Alderley Edge
Methodist Church, Cheshire, England, 16 December
2005; 23 January 2006 (Manchester Camerata
Ensemble); Studio 7 BBC Manchester, December
1991)
ASC ASC CD86 [79:57] [GPJ]
An
unassuming but highly enjoyable disc ... see
Full
Review
In
Memoriam Erich Kleiber
The voice of Erich Kleiber [2:13] Dr Friedrich Schanpp talks of Kleiber
[4:22] Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Symphony No.36 in C K425 Linz (1783) –
Movements one and two only [14:24] ¹ Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Symphony No.4 in B Flat Major Op.60
(1806) [24:02] ² Symphony No.5 in C Minor Op.67 (1807) [21:06] ¹ Symphony
No.6 in F Major Pastoral Op.68 (1808) [43:32] ³ Antonín
DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) Cello Concerto in B minor Op.104
(1895) [39:06] ³ Franz LISZT
(1811-1886) Les Préludes R414 (1854) [13:57] ª
Antonio Janigro (cello)³, NWDR Symphony Orchestra¹, Concertgebouw Orchestra²,
Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra³, Czech Philharmonic Orchestraª/Erich
Kleiber rec. March 1955, Hamburg (Mozart, and Beethoven No.5); April
1955, Funkhaus Wallraffplatz (Beethoven No.6, Dvořák); April 1950
(Beethoven No.4); June 1936, Berlin (commercial 78s) (Liszt)
TAHRA TAH 581-583 [3 CDs: 55:27 + 74:54 + 53:14] [JW]
Some
arresting and exciting things here for the Kleiber collector. ...
see Full Review
Nina
Koshetz – Complete Victor and Schirmer
recordings 1928/29 and 1940 and Odarka
Trifonieva Sprishevskaya – Victor recordings 1928 see
review for details Nina
Koshetz (soprano) with Celius Dougherty (piano); Pavelvsky
(piano); Leboshutz (piano); Linton (organ); Grechaninov
(piano – on the Grechaninov songs); Nina Koshetz (self accompanied at the piano);
Bruno Reibold (conductor) Odarka Trifonieva Sprishevskaya (soprano) with unidentified
accompaniment NIMBUS PRIMA
VOCE NI 7935-36 [64:44 + 53:34] [JW]
A
most persuasive and finely executed conspectus of Koshetz’s art – her
entire electric recordings including the famed Schirmer Rachmaninoff
set ... see Full Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Lighten
our Darkness:
Music for the Close of Day, including The Office of
Compline Evening Prayers John SHEPPARD
(c1515-1558) In pace [5:16]; Libera nos, salva nos [3:49]
Orlande de LASSUS (1532-1594) Justorum animae [3:06] Jacob
HANDL (1550-1591) Pater noster [4:22] William
MUNDY (c1528-1591) O Lord, the Maker of all thing [2:51]
William BYRD (1543-1623) Visita,
quaesumus Domine [5:04] Josef RHEINBERGER
(1839-1901) Abendlied [3:23] Evening Hymns William
BYRD O Christ who art the light and day [4:29] Louis
BOURGEOIS (c1510-1559) O gladsome light [1:54]
Thomas TALLIS (c1505-1585) Te
lucis ante terminum [2:24] Motets of the Virgin Mary Tomas
Luis de VICTORIA (1548-1611) Alma Redemptoris Mater [6:52];
Ave Regina caelorum [3:18]; Regina caeli laetare [3:35]; Salve Regina
[10:32] Francisco GUERRERO (1528-1599)
Ave Maria [5:06] Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)
Bogoroditsye Dyevo (Ave Maria) [2:38] Two Commendations William
BYRD In manus tuas [3:25] John
SHEPPARD In manus tuas [3:56] The Office of Compline*
[22:42] John
Harte (Reader)/Simon Wall (Precentor) The Cambridge Singers/John Rutter
rec. The Lady Chapel, Ely Cathedral, January 2006. DDD
COLLEGIUM COLCD 131 [77:33 + 22:42][JQ]
This
is a lovingly performed and deeply satisfying pair of discs that should
be self-recommending to all lovers of the music of the English church.
... see Full Review
Detailed listing (last five 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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