Alpentöne
-
Highlights from the festival ’05 rec.
in August 2005 in Switzerland
MUSIQUES SUISSES MGB CD 6236 [78:06] [GF]
This
is unpredictable music – sometimes sublime,
sometimes violent, sometimes beautiful, sometimes
even slightly repulsive – but never for a
moment dull. Something for unprejudiced listeners.
... see Full
Review
Andante
Cantabile – Cello
Encores
Gabriel
FAURÉ (1845–1924) Après un rêve
(arr. Milton Katims) [3:05] Maria
Theresia von PARADIS (1759–1824) Sicilienne
(arranged for violin by S. Dushkin, transcribed
for cello by Lynn Harrell) [2:49] Gabriel
FAURÉ Sicilienne Op. 78
[3:26] Claude
DEBUSSY (1862–1918) Beau soir
(transc. Alexander Gretchaninoff) [2:30] Maurice
RAVEL (1875–1937) Pièce
en forme de habanera [2:55] Henri
DUPARC (1848–1933) Phidylé
[5:36] Camille
SAINT-SAËNS (1835–1921) The Swan
(Carnival of the Animals) (ed. Leonard Rose)
[2:28] Manuel
de FALLA (1876–1946) Nana (Suite
populaire Espagnole) [2:14] Aleksandr
GLAZUNOV (1865–1936) Spanish Serenade
[2:52] Enrique
GRANADOS (1867–1916) Intermezzo
(Goyescas) [4:01] Franz
SCHUBERT (1797–1828) Moment
musical in F minor, D 780 No 3 (arr. L.
Schulz) [1:55]; An die Musik D
547 [2:34]; Nacht und Träume D
827 [4:17] Robert
SCHUMANN (1810–1856) Träumerei
(Kinderszenen, Op. 15) [2:49] George
Frederic HANDEL (1685–1759) Where’er
you walk (Semele) [4:13] Arthur
SULLIVAN (1842–1900) An Idyll [3:01]
Edward
ELGAR (1857–1934) Salut d’amour,
Op. 12 [3:02] Paul-Joseph-Guillaume
HILLEMACHER (1852–1933) Gavotte
tendre [3:25] Fryderyk
CHOPIN (1810–1849) Nocturne in
C sharp minor, op. posth. (transc. Piatigorsky)
[4:05] Alfredo
CATALANI (1854–1893) Ebben?
… Ne andrò lontana (La Wally) (arr.
Vladimir Cosma) [3:02] Rentaro
TAKI (1879–1903) Kojo no tsuki
(The Moon on the Ruined Castle) [1:12]
Ernest
BLOCH (1880–1959) Prayer (From
Jewish Life – No. 1) [4:31]
Lynn Harrell (cello) Bruno Canino (piano)
rec. St. Barnabas, North Finchley, London,
UK, June 1988
DECCA ELOQUENCE 476 7487 [70:45] [GF]
‘Light
music’ this may be classified as, but performed with such musicality
and conviction even the most hackneyed pieces are shown in a new
light. ... see Full Review
The
Art of English Song
CD 1 Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
(1872–1958) Silent noon (Rossetti) [3:36]
Linden Lea (Barnes) [2:17] Thomas
Frederick DUNHILL (1877–1946) The cloths of heaven (Yeats)
[2:07] Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone),
Malcolm Martineau (piano) Henry
PURCELL (1659–1695) Fairest isle (from King Arthur) (Dryden)
[2:31] Barbara Bonney (soprano) The Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher
Hogwood John DOWLAND (1563–1626)
If my complaints could passions move (from First Booke of Songs) [4:38]
Barbara Bonney (soprano), Jacob Heringman (lute) John
WILBYE (1574–1638) Of joys and pleasing pains (from First
Set of English Madrigals) [2:24] Orlando
GIBBONS (1583–1625) Dainty fine bird (from Madrigals and
Motets 1612) [1:44] The Consort of Musicke/Anthony Rooley John
DOWLAND In darkness let me dwell [4:16] Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor),
Edin Karamazov (lute) Far from triumphing court [5:07] Andreas Scholl
(counter-tenor) Edin Karamazov (lute), Christophe Coin (bass viol) Ivor
GURNEY (1890–1937) Sleep (from Five Elizabethan Songs) (Fletcher)
[3:08] Peter WARLOCK (1894–1930)
Captain Stratton’s fancy (Masefield) [1:54] Haydn
WOOD (1882–1959) A brown bird singing (Barrie) [2:45] James
MOLLOY (1839–1909) Love’s old sweet song (Bingham) [4:46]
Felicity Palmer (soprano), John Constable (piano) Percy
GRAINGER (1882–1961) The sprig of thyme [2:33] The pretty
maid milkin’ her cow [1:17] Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Bengt Forsberg
(piano) Trad. (arr. Britten)
Early one morning [2:57] The foggy foggy dew [2:27] Peter Pears (tenor),
Benjamin Britten (piano) George
BUTTERWORTH (1885–1916) Loveliest of trees (from 6 Songs
from A Shropshire Lad) (Housman) [2:40] Bredon Hill (from Bredon
Hill and Other Songs) [4:44] John
IRELAND (1879–1962) I must go down to the seas again (Masefield)
[2:20] Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano) Thomas
CAMPION (1567–1620) Come let us sound [3:02] Emma Kirkby
(soprano), Anthony Rooley (lute) Thomas
MORLEY (1557–1602) It was a lover and his lass [2:24] Peter
Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano) Thomas
ARNE (1710–1778) The soldier tir’d (from Artaxerxes) [4:04}
George Frideric HANDEL (1685–1759)
Let the bright seraphim (from Samson) [5:52] Joan Sutherland (soprano),
Harry Dilley (trumpet) Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House,
Covent Garden/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli CD 2 Ralph
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The vagabond (from Songs of Travel) (Stevenson)
[3:14] Gerald FINZI (1901–1956)
O mistress mine (from Let us garlands bring) (Shakespeare) [2:11] Bryn
Terfel (bass-baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano) Henry
PURCELL (arr. Britten) The Blessed Virgin’s expostulation
[8:29] Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano) trad.
(arr. Leon) I am a poor wayfaring stranger [4:45]º Trad.
The salley gardens (Yeats) [2:15] Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Edin
Karamazov (lute)º Stacey Shames (harp), Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Henry
PURCELL If music be the food of love (Heveningham) [2:07]
Barbara Bonney (soprano) The Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
Anon. (arr. Britten)
The Lincolnshire poacher [2:03] Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten
(piano) Orlando GIBBONS (1583–1625)
The silver swan (from Madrigals and Motets 1612) [1:17] The Consort
of Musicke/Anthony Rooley Anon.
(arr. Britten) The plough boy [2:04] Peter Pears (tenor),
Benjamin Britten (piano) Henry
ECCLES (1675?–1735?) I burn, my brain consumes to ashes [3:44]º
Henry PURCELL I’ll
sail upon the dog-star (D’Urfey) [1:33] Catherine Bott (soprano), David
Roblou (harpsichord) Paula Chateauneuf (lute), Anthony Pleeth (cello)º
trad. (arr. Leon) My
love is like a red, red rose (Burns) [3:50] I will give my love an apple
[2:35] Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Edin Karamazov
(lute( Stacey Shames (harp), Orpheus
Chamber Orchestra George Frideric
HANDEL O had I Jubal’s lyre (from Joshua) [2:33] Janet Baker
(mezzo), English Chamber Orchestra/Raymond Leppard Roger
QUILTER (1877–1953) O mistress mine (from Three Shakespeare
Songs) (Shakespeare) [1:38] Now sleeps the crimson petal (from Three
Songs) (Tennyson) [2:18] Hubert
PARRY (1848–1918) Love is a bable (trad.) [1:41] Bryn Terfel
(bass-baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano) Anon.
(arr. Roberton) The fidgety bairn [2:49] Kathleen Ferrier
(contralto), John Newmark (piano) Anon.
(arr. Hughes) The stuttering lovers [1:42] Kathleen Ferrier
(contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano) Anon.
(arr. Whittaker) Blow the wind southerly [2:22] Kathleen
Ferrier (contralto) Hubert PARRY
Blow, blow, thou winter wind (Shakespeare) [1:58] Robert Tear (tenor),
Philip Ledger (piano) Henry PURCELL
Music for a while (from Oedipus) (Dryden, Lee) [2:51] Anne Sofie von
Otter (mezzo), Jory Vinikour (harpsichord) Ralph
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS In dreams (from Songs of Travel) (Stevenson)
[2:57] George BUTTERWORTH
On the idle hill of summer (from Bredon Hill and Other Songs) (Housman)
[3:08] Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano) Trad.
(arr. Leon) I loved a lass [3:37] Andreas Scholl (countertenor),
Edin Karamazov (lute) Stacey Shames (harp), Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Henry PURCELL Thy hand,
Belinda … When I am laid in earth (from Dido and Aeneas) (Tate) [4:46]
Barbara Bonney (soprano) The Academy of Ancient Music/ Christopher Hogwood
rec. 1949–2004 DECCA
476 5296 [75:33 + 74:27] [GF]
Two-and-a-half
hours of wonderful songs, wonderfully performed but presented without
any discernible logic. For those who don’t bother about such matters
this is a good, and cheap, way of getting a cross-section of the
best of English songs. ... see Full
Review
Autour de Messiaen Michèle
REVERDY (b.1943)Concerto
pour Orchestre (1994) [22:09] Tristan
MURAIL (b.1947) Attracteurs
étranges (1992) [11:03] Qigang
CHEN (b.1955) Instants d'un
opéra de Pékin (2000) [10:06]
Gilles TREMBLAY
(b.1932) Croissant, for String
Quartet (2001) [19:32]
Jean-Michelle Fonteneau (cello Murail)
Mack McCray (Piano Chen) San Francisco
Conservatory New Music Ensemble/Ensemble Parallèle/Nicole
Paiement rec. November 2002, University of
California, Santa Cruz Recital Hall
MSR CLASSICS MS 1151 [62:51] [DC]
An
interesting collection, showing how varied are the voices which emerged
from the Parisian ferment, orbiting one of the greatest names of 20th
century music. ... see Full Review
Autumn:
A Collection of Seasonal Classics Antonio
VIVALDI (1678-1741) Autumn from The
Four Seasons, Op.8 [11:15] George
Frederic HANDEL (1685-1759) La Rejouissance (The
Rejoicing) from Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV351
(1749) [2:09] Hamish MACCUNN (1868-1759) Harvest
Dance from Highland Memories, Op.30 (arr. Carse) (1997)
[3:10] Frederick DELIUS (1862-1934) 'Late
Swallows' 3rd movt. from String Quartet RTVIII/8 (1916) [11:105] Ralph
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1952) 'Bloomsbury
Square on a November Afternoon' 2nd movt. from A London
Symphony (1913) [7:21] Christopher
GUNNING (b. 1844) Autumn
Festival from Yorkshire Glory Sergey
PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Autumn Sketch , Op.8
(1910 rev. 1914, 1935) Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869) Dream
of a Witches' Sabbath from Symphonie Fantastique,
Op.14 (1830) [10:13] Anatol Konstantinovich
LIADOV (1855-1914) Baba Yaga, Op.56
(c.1891-1904) [3:19]; The Enchanted Lake, Op.62 (1909)
[6:02] Moscow
Virtuosi, Vladimir Spivakov (violin); Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Alexander
Gibson, Jose Serebrier; Royal Ballet Sinfonia/John Wilson; Brodsky
Quartet; Philharmonia Orchestra/Owain Arwel Hughes; Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic Orchestra/Vernon Handley; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Enrique
Batiz; Orquestra Filarmonica de la Cuidad de Mexico/Enrique Batiz.
rec. 1987-1999. DDD/ADD RESONANCE
CD RSN 3074 [76:16] [JuW]
This
disc has a noticeably better thematic progression than its companions
in the series, from the golden glow of early autumn, through harvest
festival to Halloween and the short wet days of November ... see Full
Review
The
Berlin Philharmonic Story
A Film by Günther Attein Produced by Paul Smaczny
and Masaki Tazaki Picture Format NTSC; 16:9 anamorphic; Sound Formats
PCM Stereo; Languages English and German; Region Code 0 (worldwide);
Disc Format DVD5 EUROARTS
DVD 2051808 
[60:00][JW]
A
building site of a documentary…a kind of crypto-political Travelogue
with a bit of music chucked in ... see Full
Review
Zdenek
Bruderhans plays music for solo flute Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Syrinx (1913) [2.23] Arthur
HONEGGER (1892-1955) Danse de la chèvre (1921) [3.00]
Edgar VARÈSE (1883-1965)
Density 21.5 (1936, rev. 1946) [3.35] André
JOLIVET (1905-1974) Cinq Incantations (1936) [18.21] Paul
HINDEMITH (1895-1963) Acht Stücke (1927) [6.00] Larry
SITSKY (b.1934) First sonata for solo flute (1959) [12.49]
Luciano BERIO (1925-2003) Sequenza
I (1958) [5.48] Anatol VIERU (1926-1998)
Rezonante Bacovia (1963) [5.59]
Zdenek Bruderhans (flute) rec. Elder Hall, University of Adelaide, South
Australia, 1992-1994.
ARBITRIUM 1110 [60.09] [ED]
A
well-recorded disc showcasing a highly accomplished
flautist. The repertoire ranges from the seminal
to some equally interesting lesser-known works
... see
Full Review
Adolf
Busch plays Bach and Beethoven Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Violin Concerto in A minor
BWV1041 [16:02]+ Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Violin Concerto in D major
Op.61 (1806) [40:42]* Romance No.1 in G major Op.40 [6:21]# Romance
No.2 in F major Op.50 [7:57]# Adolf
Busch (violin and director
+)
Busch Chamber Players rec. Town Hall NY, 26 March 1943+ New York Philharmonic-Symphony
Orchestra/Fritz Busch rec. Carnegie Hall, 8 February 1942* WOR Radio Orchestra/Alfred
Wallenstein
rec. 21 February 1942# MUSIC & ARTS
CD 1183 [61:03]
[JW]
Accustomed
fluidity of expression and lyricism … one hears musical bedrock,
the real thing. Rapt, celestial, relaxed and beautiful –I defy
you to resist him ... see Full
Review
Captain
Blood and
other Swashbucklers Miklos
ROZSA (1907-1995) The
King’s Thief (1955) [7:37] (reconstructed by Christopher
Palmer) Victor YOUNG (1900-1956) Scaramouche (1952)
[18:44] (reconstructed by William Stromberg) Main Title [1:34];
Vanished merchant [2:06]; The tomb, Andre and Aline [3:46];
Why? [1:48]; Pavane [2:19]; Andre escapes [1:37]; The Big Apple
[1:23]; The Magic Box-Roses and Napoleon [3:25]; End Cast [0:46] Erich
Wolfgang KORNGOLD (1897-1957) Captain Blood (1935)
[19:50] (reconstructed by John Morgan) Main Title [2:49]; Slaves
- Arabella and Blood [6:57]; Tortuga [1:45]; Port Royal – Island
of Magra – English Pirate Ships [5:07]; Pirate’s Flag [1:39];
Finale [1:32] Max STEINER (1888-1971) The
Three Musketeers (1935) [18:50] (reconstructed by John
Morgan) To Paris – Fencing Demonstration [3:46]; Love Theme
[4:08]; Fight behind Palace [2:06]; Night-time - Pigeons [2:56];
Carriage Ride [2:45]; Finale [3:08] Brandenburg
Philharmonic Orchestra/Richard Kaufman rec. Jesus Christ Church,
Berlin, Germany, 14-16 April, 15-21 June 1994. DDD NAXOS
FILM MUSIC CLASSICS 8.557704 [65:16] [JW]
Splendidly
realised and vitally performed all four scores sound thoroughly
authentic, richly and painstakingly restored. ... see Full
Review
José Carreras: The
Vienna Comeback Jules
MASSENET: Ouvre tes yeux bleus Reynaldo
HAHN: L’heure exquise Gabriel
FAURE: Après un rêve Joaquín
TURINA: Nunca olvida, Los dos miedos Tata
NACHO: Tengo Nostalgia de ti, Intima Giacomo
PUCCINI: Sole e amore, Terra e mare, Menti all’avviso Franz
LISZT: I vidi in terra angelici costume, Benedetto
sia ’l giorno, Pace non trovo Francesco
Paolo TOSTI: Apri, Non t’amo più, A vucchella, L’ultima
canzone Encores: Salvatore
CARDILLO: Catari Agustìn
LARA: Granada Rodolfo
FALVO: Dicitencello vuie Francesco
CILEA: È la solita storia (Lamento di Frederico,
from L’Arlesiana) Edvard
GRIEG: Jeg elsker Dig José Carreras
(tenor) Vincenzo Scalera (piano) rec. live concert. 16 September
1988, Opernhaus am Ring, Vienna
Picture: 4.3; Sound: PCM Stereo ARTHAUS
MUSIK
DVD 101401 [120:00] [DC]
Despite
the technical deficiencies of this DVD it will always be a worthwhile
document, representing a great artist’s will to survive and carry
on creating. ... see Full Review
Chansons
de Troubadours et Danses de Jongleurs ANON Dananza
amoroso [4:19] Thibaut DE CHAMPAGNE Amour me fait
commencer une chanson [3:05] Bernard DE VENTADORN Can vei la lauzeta
mover [5:58] ANON Comminciamento
di goia [5:18] Bernard DE VENTADORN Ben m an perdut [6:23] Gaucelm
FAIDIT Fortz chausa es [10: 13] Beranguier
DE PALOL Tantm'abelis [2:59] ANON La
nova estampida real [4:41] Gaucelm
FAIDIT Jamais nuill terns [5:54] Lo rossinholet
selvatge [8:05] ANON Improvisation
sur Quis dabit occuli mei [5:10] Millenarium
(Carole Matras (voice and harp), Christophe Deslignes (organetto),
Thierry Gomar (percussion)) rec. Notre-Dame de Centeilles,
November 2000. DDD RICERCAR
RIC 243 [63:10] [EM]
This
is an enjoyable disc – a good collection of beautiful songs and
dances. The performances are of a consistently high standard, and
includes some amazing virtuosity ... see Full
Review
Anita
Chen - Piano and Violin Edvard
GRIEG (1843-1907) Piano
Concerto in A minor (1867-68) [28:32] Julius
Edwardovich Conus (1869-1942) Violin Concerto
in E minor (1898)
[19:10] Albert MARKOV (b. 1933) Excerpts
from “Formosa” Suite (c. 1999): Taiwanese Improvisation [3:43]; Formosa
Capriccio [7:58] Anita Chen
(piano, violin) Russian Philharmonic Orchestra/Dimitri Polyansky rec. March 2006,
Moscow Radio Studio 5. DDD BEL
AIR MUSIC BAM 2039 [59:26]
[WK]
A
force to be reckoned with on both the piano and violin. ... see Full
Review
Con
Amore – Violin
Encores: Kyung Wha Chung
Fritz KREISLER (1875–1962) La Gitana [3:00] Liebesleid
[3:30] Ede POLDINI (1869–1957)
Dancing Doll (arr. Fritz Kreisler)[2:23] Henryk
WIENIAWSKI (1835–1880) Scherzo-Tarantelle Op. 16 (ed.
Zino Francescatti)[4:41] Edward ELGAR (1857–1934)
Salut d’amour, Op. 12 [2:57] La Capricieuse, Op. 17 [4:26]
Pjotr TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893)
Valse sentimentale, Op. 51 No. 6 (arr. Michael Press) [2:28]
Fritz KREISLER Praeludium and
Allegro (in the style of Gaetano Pugnani) [5:41] Ottokar
NOVÁČEK (1866–1900) Moto perpetuo (arr. Josef
Gingold) [3:01] Claude DEBUSSY (1862–1918)
Beau soir (arr. Jascha Heifetz) [2:21] Fryderyk
CHOPIN (1810–1849) Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op. posth.
(arr. Nathan Milstein) [3:49] Henryk WIENIAWSKI
Caprice in A minor (arr. Fritz Kreisler) [1:39] François-Joseph
GOSSEC (1734–1829) Gavotte (arr. Fritz Meyer) [2:45]
Fritz KREISLER Liebesfreud
[3:13] Cécile CHAMINADE (1857–1944)
Sérénade espagnole (arr. Fritz Kreisler) [2:33] Camille
SAINT-SAËNS (1835–1921) Caprice (after Étude en
forme de valse, Op. 52 No. 6) (transc. Eugène Ysaÿe) [8:18] Johannes
BRAHMS (1833–1897) Hungarian Dance No. 1 (arr. Joseph
Joachim) [3:14] Kyung Wha
Chung (violin), Phillip Moll (piano) rec. Forde Abbey, Chard, Somerset,
UK, October 1985 DECCA
ELOQUENCE 476 7554 [60:35] [GF]
For
technically and musically accomplished violin lollipops, maybe
lacking the last ounce of charm, no one need look further than
this inexpensive collection ... see Full
Review
Dolci
miei sospiri - Arie antiche Claudio
MONTEVERDI (1567-1643) Dolci miei
sospiri (1607) [03:31] Damigella tutta
bella (1607) [01:44]
Girolamo FRESCOBALDI (1583-1643) Entro
nave dorata (1630) [02:36] O mio cor (1630) [07:04]
Claudio MONTEVERDI Quando l'alba
in oriente (1607) [03:24] Confitebor tibi Domine (1640/41) [06:26] John
DOWLAND (1563-1626) In darkness let me dwell (1610) [04:21]
Come again, sweet love (1597) [02:39] If my complaints (1597) [03:25]
Go crystal tears (1597) [04:06] Sigismondo
D'INDIA (1582?-1629?) Apertamente dice la gente (1609)
[01:38] Piangono al pianger mio (1609) [04:17] Donna l' vorrei dir
molto (1609)
[01:41] Giulio CACCINI (1545?-1618)
Dite o del foco mio (1614) [02:56] Amarilli
mia bella (1602) [03:05] Robert
JONES
(1597-1615) Ite caldi sospiri (1609) [02:42] George
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Mi palpita il
cor, cantata (HWV 132) [09:00] Giacomo
CARISSIMI (1605-1674) Apritevi inferni, cantata [07:46]
William Matteuzzi (tenor); Hubert Hoffmann (archlute) Münchner Barocksolisten
(on period instruments)/Hans Ludwig Hirsch rec. October 1991, Alte
Evangelische
Kirche, Diessen am Ammersee, Germany. DDD
ARTS 47711-2 [72:29] [JV]
When
this programme was recorded, it was already out of step with
the interpretation of early music at the time … see Full Review
English
String Miniatures Vol. 5 Pamela
HARRISON (1915-1990)
Suite
for Timothy (1948) [18:13] Francis CHAGRIN
(1905-72) Renaissance Suite (1969) [07:03] Percy
FLETCHER (1879-1932) Folksong and Fiddle Dance (1914)
[09:01] Paul LEWIS (b.1943) Suite
navarraise (2002) [10:55] Albert CAZABON
(1883-1970) Giocoso (1950s) [02:56] Thomas
ROSEINGRAVE (1690-1766) Three Pieces arranged by Humphrey
Searle (c.1966): Fugue I [4.26] Voluntary IV [2.49]
Fugues III [2.29] John IRELAND (1879-1962)
A Downland Suite (1932), completed by Geoffrey
Bush (1978) [17:47] Royal
Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland rec. 18-20 September 2002, The Warehouse,
London, England. DDD
NAXOS 8.557752 [75.43] [MC]
For
me this fifth volume has been the least satisfying
of the ‘English String Miniatures’ series.
Thank goodness for the inclusion of Ireland's
A Downland Suite ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Juan
Diego Flórez: Sentimiento
latino Pedro
Elías GUTIÉRREZ (1870–1954) 1. Alma llanera (1914)
[3:18] José Alfredo
JIMÉNEZ (1926–1973) 2. Ella (1950s) [3:44] María
Isabel GRANDA LARCO (Chabuca GRANDA) (1920–1983) 3. La flor de
la canela [3:42] Carlos GARDEL (1890–1935)
and Alfredo
Le PERA 4. El día quem e quieras(1935) [4:38] Agustin
LARA (1900–1969) 5. Granada (1932) [4:15]Trad. (arr.
Flórez)
6. La jarra de oro [3:16] José PADILLA (1889–1960) 7. Princesita (from La
corte del amor) (1916) [3:10] María
GREVER (1884–1951) 8. Júrame (1920s) [3:37] Manuel
María PONCE (1882–1948) 9. Estrellita (1914) [3:04] María
Isabel GRANDA
LARCO (Chabuca GRANDA) and Eduardo Óscar
ROVIRA 10. Fina estampa [2:34] Noel
ESTRADA (1918–1979) 11. En mi viejo San Juan (1940s?) [4:44] Ernesto
LECUONA (1895–1963) 12. Siboney (1929) [4:00] Nilo
MENÉNDEZ and Adolfo
UTRERA 13. Aquellos ojos verdes [4:14] María Isabel GRANDA
LARCO (Chabuca GRANDA) 14. Bello durmiente [2:38] Jesús
Monge RAMIREZ (1910–1964) 15. México lindo (1940s) [4:03] Juan
Diego Flórez (tenor), Daniel
Binelli (bandoneon) (4, 7, 8), David Gálvez (guitar) (2, 3, 9, 10, 14), Shields-Collins
Bray (piano) (7, 9), Juan Diego Flórez (bongos (10), Mariachi de Oro with Swang
Lin, Eugene Cherkasov, Xiao-Hua Sheng (violin) (2), Michael Shih, Adriana Voirin
De Costa (violin) (7, 9), Laura Bruton (viola) (7, 9), Karen Basrak (cello) (7,
9), William Clay (bass) (7, 9), Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra/Miguel Harth-Bedoya
(1, 3-6, 8, 11-13, 15)
rec. 25 September–2 October 2004, Landreth Auditorium, Fort Worth, Texas DECCA
475 7576 [55:08] [GF]
Sensible,
sensitive, intelligent, technically impeccable, extremely beautiful –not
a trace of bad behaviour. Singing of this calibre can refine even
the slightest of material – and this is not all that slight. ...
see Full Review
French Choral
Music
Jean ABSIL
(1893-1974) Bestiaire - Cinq petite
pièces pour quatuor vocal mixte
Op 58 (1944) [7.07] Francis
POULENC (1899-1963) Sept
Chansons pour choeur mixte a capella (1936)
[14.57]; Un Soir de Neige - Petite
cantata de chamber pour six voix mixtes (1944)
[7.16] Maurice RAVEL
(1875-1937) Trois Chansons (1917)
[7.15] Claude DEBUSSY
(1864-1918) Trois Chansons de Charles
d’Orléans (1898/1908) [6.33] Paul
HINDEMITH (1895-1963) Six Chansons
(1939) [8.24]
Europa Chor Akademie/Sylvain Cambreling rec.
Radio Bremen, Sendesaal, 4-5 February 2005
CAPRICCIO 67 151 [51.31] [GH]
Good
quality performances of standard and non-standard
repertoire from a golden age of French choral
music. ... see Full
Review
German Romantic
Wind Music Heinrich
Kaspar SCHMID (1874-1953) Quintet
for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon
in B-flat, Op. 28 (1919) [19:07] Karl
GOEPFART (1859-1942) Quartet for
flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon in d minor,
Op. 93 (1907) [14:24] August
REUSS (1871-1935) Octet for two
oboes, two clarinets, two horns and two bassoons
in B Major*, Op. 37 (1918) [26:02]
Renaissance City Winds World premier recording*
rec. June 1996, Carnegie Free Library, Carnegie,
Penn., USA. DDD
CENTAUR CRC 2594 [59:33] [MC]
These
are well performed and recorded scores that
will appeal to those willing to be adventurous
... see Full
Review
The
Golden Age of Light Music - The 1950s - Volume
3: Say It With Music
Irving BERLIN (1888-1989)
Say It With Music
Stanley Black and his Orchestra [3:02] Harold
ARLEN (1905-1986) That Old Black Magic David Rose
Orchestra [3:18] Mario NASCIMBENE
(1913-2002) Song of the Barefoot Contessa (My Gypsy Heart)
Charles Williams and his Concert Orchestra [2:50] Edward
WHITE (1910-1994) White Wedding New Concert Orchestra/Dolf
Van Der Linden [2:54] Leroy ANDERSON
(1908-1975) Sandpaper Ballet (Leroy Anderson) Leroy Anderson
and his 'Pops' Concert Orchestra [3:17] Georges
AURIC (1899-1983) Sur Le Pavé (Pavements of Paris)
Frank Chacksfield and his Orchestra [2:32] Richard
ADDINSELL (1904-1977) Out Of The Clouds – theme arr.
Laurie Johnson) Joe "Mr Piano" Henderson with Laurie Johnson
and his Orchestra [2:51] Richard
ROGERS and Lorenz HART Manhattan
Les Baxter and his Orchestra [3:07] Philippe-GERARD
(real name Philippe BLOCH) (b.1924)
Without My Lover Geoff Love and his Orchestra [2:51] Eddie
HAYWOOD (1915-1989) Rainfall Percy Faith and his
Orchestra featuring Bernie Leighton, harpsichord [2:35] Roger
ROGER (1911-1995) The Toy Shop Window Roger Roger
and his Champs Elysées Orchestra [2:33] Frank
PERKINS (b.1908) Barbara Frank Perkins and his 'Pops'
Orchestra [2:45] D ARENDO
(real name Arend HONHOFF) (b.1918)
Eleanora Cyril Stapleton and his Orchestra [2:15] Len
STEVENS (d.1989) Easy Street (Len Stevens) Danish
State Radio Orchestra/Robert Farnon [2:26] Philip
GREEN (1910-1982) Wagon Trail (featured in the film
Golden Ivory) Philip Green and his Orchestra [2:30] VERCOLIER
Starlight Lullaby William Hill-Bowen and his Orchestra
[2:27] Arthur SCHWARTZ
(1900-1984) If There is Someone Lovelier Than You arr. Robert
Farnon Robert Farnon Orchestra [2:34] Benjamin
FRANKEL (1906-1973) A Kid For Two Farthings - theme
arr. Wally Stott Wally Stott and his Orchestra [2:13] Frederic
CURZON (1899-1973) Savoir Faire New Concert Orchestra/Dolf
Van Der Linden [3:12] George MELACHRINO
(1909-1965) Waltz - In Water Colours Melachrino Orchestra/George
Melachrino [3:09] Arden E CLAR
Port of Spain Richard Hayman and his Orchestra [2:41]
Oscar STRAUS (1870-1954)
Waltz Dream (Ein Walzertraum) Augmented Hamburg Radio
Orchestra/Harry Hermann [3:26] Robert
FARNON (1917-2005) En Route Danish State Radio Orchestra/Robert
Farnon [2:37] Francis MEILLEAR
(real name Frank CORDELL) (1918-1980)
Big Ben Waltz Frank Cordell and his Orchestra [2:05] Peter
DENNIS (real name Dennis BERRY)
Holiday In Hollywood Dolf Van Der Linden and his Metropole
Orchestra [2:57] Jerome KERN,
P.G. WODEHOUSE, Guy BOLTON Till The Clouds Roll By arr.
Gordon Jenkins Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra [3:16] Joyce
COCHRANE Prelude to Peace Geraldo and his New Concert
Orchestra - Sidney Bright, piano [3:21] rec. 1952-55
GUILD LIGHT MUSIC GLCD 5119 [77.14] [JF]
If
you want the musical equivalent of nursery food then this CD
is for you. These tunes are a kind of musical ginger sponge with
hot custard. ... see Full Review
Great
Pianists: Gieseking Concerto Recordings Vol.
1 Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Piano Concerto in a minor, Op.
54 [29:11]* Edvard GRIEG (1843-1907) Piano
Concerto in a minor, Op. 16 [26:09]** César
FRANCK (1822-1890)*** Variations symphoniques [15:27] Walter
Gieseking (piano)
Dresden State Orchestra/ Karl Böhm* Berlin State Opera Orchestra/Hans Rosbaud**
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Henry Wood*** rec. c.1940-1942 Dresden*, Electrola-Saal
No. 2, Berlin 28 April and 13 October 1937**, Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London
31 October 1932*** NAXOS 8.111110 [70:48]
[DB]
Vintage
recordings of popular works performed with cool reserve ... see Full
Review
Hear
my Prayer Charles
Villiers STANFORD (1852-1924) Justorum
animae, Op. 38, No. 1 [3:08] Herbert
HOWELLS (1892-1983) Magnificat [5:36] Henry
PURCELL (1659-1695) O God, Thou art my
God [4:08] Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Hear
my prayer [12:34] Gabriel
FAURÉ (1845-1924) Cantique
de Jean Racine, Op. 11 [5:54] Maurice
DURUFLÉ (1902-1986) Four Motets on Gregorian
Themes, Op. 10: No. 1: Ubi caritas et amor [2:35] Gerald
FINZI (1901-1956) God is gone up,
Op. 27, No. 2 [5:03] Edgar
BAINTON (1880-1956) And
I saw a new Heaven [5:37] Henry
PURCELL Remember not, O Lord [3:08] Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Vesperae
solennes de Confessore, K. 339: Laudate Dominum [4:23] Antonio
LOTTI (c.1667-1740) Crucifixus [3:41] Eleanor
DALEY (b.1955) Requiem: In Remembrance [2:35] Stephen
CHATMAN (b.1950) Remember [2:49] Edward
ELGAR (1857-1934) Lux
aeterna [3:51] César
FRANK (1822-1890) Panis
angelicus [4:14] Karina
Gauvin (soprano) Matthew Larkin (organ) Choir of St John's,
Elora/Noel Edison rec. St John's Church, Elora, Canada, 21-25
January 2004. DDD NAXOS
8.557493 [69:17]
[EM]
The
lack of immediacy in the recording produces muffled results and
this is not a disc that I can easily recommend. ... see Full
Review
Michalis
Kontaxakis - Guitar Recital Manuel
Maria PONCE (1882-1948) Sonata III (1927) [15:45]:
Allegro Moderato; Chanson; Allegro non troppo Joaquín
CLERCH (b.1965) Preludios de Primavera:Homenaje
a Francisco Tárrega (2005): Primavera [3:37]; Las olas de Moncofa
[0:32]; Homenaje a Tchaikovsky [1:33]; El Adios [2:44]; Y si
pienso en la Habana [1:10]; Souvenir de Granada [2:00]; Cuando
tu no estás
[2:07] Frank MARTIN (1890-1974) Quatre
pièces brèves pour la guitar (1933): Prelude [2:42]; Air [1:42]; Plainte [2:47];
Comme une Gigue [2:17] Ernst KRENEK (1900-1991) Suite,
Op.164 (1957): Allegro moderato [0:56]; Andante sostenuto [1:35]; Allegretto
[0:43]; Larghetto [1:40]; Allegro [1:11] Francisco
TARREGA (1852-1909) Fantasy on themes from La Traviata [7:11];
Marieta: Mazurka[2:34]; Maria: Gavota
[1:27] Aram Il’yich KHACHATURIAN (1903-1978) Prelude
for Guitar [1:47] Michalis Kontaxakis
(guitar)
rec. 23-26 March 2006, St. John Chrysostom Church, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada NAXOS 8.570191 [58:01]
[ZT]
The
programme is interesting and refreshing, however the very capable
playing is overall too sedate. ... see Full
Review
Lang
Lang: Memory Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Piano
sonata in C, K.330 [19.42] Frédéric
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Piano sonata
no. 3 in B minor, op.35 [38.03] Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Kinderszenen,
op.15 (1838) [21.32] Franz
LISZT (1811-1886) (arr. Vladimir
HOROWITZ): Hungarian Rhapsody no.
2 in C sharp minor [9.05]
Lang Lang (piano) rec. Friedrich-Ebert-Halle,
Hamburg, August 2005. DDD.
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 00289 477 5976 [79.51
+ 9.05] [ED]
A
gifted pianist who mixes thoughtful and showy
elements. Growing artistic maturity, even
if he does not yet fully meet the challenge
... see Full
Review
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