Kalevi
AHO (b.
1949) Concerto
for Tuba and Orchestra (2000-01) [28:30] Concerto for Contrabassoon
and Orchestra (2004-05) [34:24] 
Řystein
Baadsvik (tuba), Lewis Lipnick (contrabassoon)
Norrköping Symphony Orchestra/Mats Rondin (tuba) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew
Litton (contra.) rec. 23-24 February 2006, Grieg Hall, Bergen, Norway (tuba);
November 2006, Louis
de Geer Concert Hall, Norrköping, Sweden (contra.) BIS
CD-1574 [63:42] [DC]
Merely
broaden your horizons or enter an entirely new world, either way – this
is something special. ... see Full
Review
Hugo
ALFVÉN (1872-1960) Synnřve
Solbakken: Suite (from filmscore) Op. 50 (1934) [27:48] En
Bygdesaga (A Country Tale): Suite (from filmscore for Mans
kvinna Op. 53 (1944) [33:09] Elégie (At
Emil Sjögren’s funeral) Op. 38 [12:15] Norrköping
Symphony Orchestra/Niklas Willén rec. De Geer Hall, Norrköping,
Sweden, 17-18 June 2004, 23-27 May 2005. DDD NAXOS
8.557828 [73:12] [PCW]
Will
be enjoyed by anyone who warms to the Midsummer Vigil … see Full
Review
Volkmar
ANDREAE
(1879-1962) Piano Trio Op. 1 (1901) [27:41]
Piano Trio Op. 14 (1914) [37:18]
Locrian Ensemble: Rita Manning (violin); Justin Pearson (cello); Kathy
Rockhill (piano) rec. Potton Hall, Suffolk, 22-23 February 2006. DDD
GUILD GMCD7307
[73:49] [DC]
Andreae’s
music is honest and executed with refinement and a genuinely inventive
spirit. ... see Full Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Sir Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006) Wind
Chamber Music Wind Quintet, Op.2 (1943) [12:01]
Duo for 2 clarinets, Op. 135, Divertimento (1988) : (I. Allegro
energico [1:40] II. Allegretto [0:48] III. Vivace [0:53] IV.
Lento [1:51] V. Vivace [1:19] VI. Adagio [1:33])* Dream City
(1938) (arr. Paul Harris for wind quintet) [2:58] Hobson's Choice:
Overture (1953) (arr. Uwe Radok for wind octet) [3:30] Grand
Fantasia for flute, clarinet and piano (1940) [10:03] Overture
(1940) (arr. Uwe Radok for wind octet) [3:22] Suite Bourgeoise
for flute, clarinet and piano (c. 1939) [12:05] Scherzetto (arr.
for clarinet and piano from film score You Know What Sailors
Are) (1953) [2:44] Fantasy for solo clarinet,
Op. 87 (1966) [4:05] Fantasy for flute and clarinet (c.
1960s) [1:30] Divertimento for flute, oboe and clarinet, Op.
37 (c. 1952) [9:05] 3 Shanties for wind quintet, Op. 4 (1943)
[6:57] East Winds:
(Judith Treggor (flute); Joseph Sanders (oboe); Victoria Soames
Samek (clarinet); Jonathan Hassan (French horn); Lizbeth Elliott
(bassoon)) Paul Chilvers (piano); Veda Lin (second oboe); Allison
Rosser (second clarinet); Duncan Fuller (second French horn);
Lauren Barr (second bassoon) rec. 22-23 June 2006, Potton Hall,
Suffolk, England. DDD *op. 135 movements are separated and alternate
with successive works NAXOS
8.570294 [76:24] [MC]
On
this Naxos release Sir Malcolm is in his element with these excellently
performed wind chamber scores and I was with him all the way. ...
see Full Review
Charles
AVISON (1709-1770) Twelve
Concerti Grossi after Domenico Scarlatti (1744) CD1 Concerto
Grosso No. 1 in A major [12:55] Concerto for harpsichord, No
2 in G major [14:11] Concerto Grosso No. 3 in D minor [10:35]
Concerto Grosso No. 4 in A minor [15:29] Concerto Grosso No.
5 in D minor [9:30] Concerto Grosso No. 6 in D Major, Op. 6/6
[13:06] CD2 Concerto Grosso No. 7 in G minor [10:58]
Concerto Grosso No. 8 in E minor, Op. 6/8 [9:14] Concerto Grosso
No. 9 in C major [13:15] Concerto Grosso No. 10 in D major
[6:41] Concerto Grosso No. 11 in G major [17:24] Concerto Grosso
No. 12 in D major [15:48] The
Brandenburg Consort/Roy Goodman rec. 10-12 January and 7-9
February, 1994. DDD HYPERION
DYAD CDD22060 [76:34 + 74:05] [MS]
Crystalline
Concerti Grossi with a fascinating provenance played for the most
part with elegance and style; recommended. ... see Full
Review
Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685–1750) St. Matthew
Passion (1727/29) [161.07] Evangelist – Nico van der Meel (tenor) Christus – Raimund Nolte (bass
baritone) Claudia Couwenbergh (soprano) Marianne Beata Kielland (alto)
Markus Schäfer (tenor) Hanno Muller-Brachman (bass) Petrus/Judas/Pilatus/Pontifex
– Locky Chung (bass) Dresden Chamber Choir Cologne Cathedral Boys Choir
Cologne Chamber Orchestra/Helmut Müller-Brühl rec. May 2005, Deutschland
Radio, Sendesaal des Funkhauses, Köln. DDD
NAXOS 8.557617-19 [3 CDs: 67.45 + 49.47 + 43.45][RH]
A
well modulated and mellifluous but dramatically
involving Evangelist but a performance overall
that takes few risks. ... see Full
Review
Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Sonatas and Chorales Trio
Sonata in G (BWV 1039) [12:02] Wachet
auf, ruft uns die Stimme (BWV 645) [04:09]
Trio Sonata in g minor (after Trio
Sonata No. 4 in e minor, BWV 528) [10:15]
Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter
(BWV 650) [03:27] Sonata for violin
and bc in G (BWV 1021) [08:48] Trio
super Allein Gott in der Höh sei Her
(BWV 664) [03:52] Das alte Jahr vergangen
ist (BWV 614) [02:01] Trio super Herr
Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend (BWV 655)
[03:18] Trio Sonata in e minor (after
Trio Sonata No. 2 in c minor, BWV 526) [10:29]
Palladian Ensemble (Pamela Thorby (recorder);
Rodolfo Richter (violin); Susanne Heinrich
(bass viol); William Carter, (archlute, guitar))
rec. October 2005, National Centre for Early
Music, York, UK. DDD
LINN RECORDS CKD 275 [58:27] [JV]
The
concept is quite interesting, but its realisation
is less than ideal and it does not always
do justice to the character of Bach's compositions.
... see Full Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Johann Sebastian
BACH (1685-1750) Cello
Suites CD 1 No. 1 in G major
BWV 1007 [16:11] No. 2 in D minor BWV 1008 [17:27] No. 3 in C
major BWV 1009 [19:46] No. 4 in E flat major BWV 1010 [21:35] CD
2 No. 5 in C minor BWV 1011 [24:06] No. 6 in D major
BWV 1012 [27:26] The Song of the Birds (arr. Sally Beamish)
[2:44] Prelude from Cello Suite No.1 (Anna Magdalena manuscript)
[2:24] Prelude from Cello Suite No.1 (Johann Peter Kellner manuscript)
[2:21] Prelude from Cello Suite No.1 (Johann Christoph Westphal
collection) [2:29] Steven
Isserlis (cello) rec. Henry Wood Hall, London 4-8 December 2005
(CD1, CD2 Song, Preludes), and 17-19 July 2006 (CD2 Suites 5,
6) HYPERION
CDA67541/2 [75.10 + 61:58] [DC]
Something
like being presented with the St. Matthew Passion on a single instrument … the
best of the best in this most personal of all possible worlds ...
see Full Review
Béla BARTÓK
(1881-1945) A Portrait: His Works,
His Life see review for track listing
Jenö Jandó (all piano); Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra/Alexander
Rahbari (BB 114; 123); György Pauk (all violin solo); Vermeer String
Quartet; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Marin Alsop (BB 86a; BB 82);
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra/Antoni Wit (BB 117; BB 48a);
Kálmán Berkes (clarinet; BB 116); Budapest Symphony Orchestra/András
Ligeti (BB 101; 127)
NAXOS 8.558200/1 [77:03 + 77:18] [DC]
A
highly satisfactory overview of, and introduction to, one of the
20th century’s most significant composers. ... see Full
Review
Arnold
BAX (1883-1953) Tone
Poems In the Faery Hills (1909, revised
1921) [15:08] November Woods (1917) [20:30] The Garden
of Fand (1913, orchestrated 1916) [17:28] Sinfonietta -
'Symphonic Fantasy'(1932) [22:06] BBC
Philharmonic Orchestra/Vernon Handley rec. Studio 7, New Broadcasting
House, Manchester, 20-21 April 2005. DDD CHANDOS
CHAN10362 [75:44] [RB]
This
is an essential acquisition for all Baxians ... see Full
Review
HISTORICAL
RECORDING OF THE MONTH Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Symphony
No.3 in E flat major Op.55 Eroica (1804)
[52:05] Alexander
GLAZUNOV (1865-1936) Stenka
Razin – symphonic poem in B minor Op.13
(1886) [18:52] Vienna
Philharmonic Orchestra/Wilhelm Furtwängler
– Beethoven [Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Leo
Borchard] – Glazunov; claimed to be Vienna
Philharmonic Orchestra/Wilhelm Furtwängler
rec.16 December 1944 (Beethoven) and (2 February
1945 - Glazunov)
MELODIYA MEL CD 10 01106 [70:57] [JW]
Furtwängler’s
Eroica - the most dramatic and the most intense.
... see Full
Review
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) CD1 Symphony
No 3 in E flat major, Op.55 'Eroica' (1803) [51:01] The
Creatures of Prometheus Overture Op.43 (1801) [4.55]^ Coriolan Overture
Op.62 (1807) [8:42]^ Egmont Overture
Op.84 (1810) [8:41]^ CD2 Symphony No 6 in F
major Op.68 'Pastoral' (1808) [43:02]* Symphony No 8 in F major
Op.93 (1813) [26:05]* Fidelio Overture
Op.72b (1814) [6:45]^
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Klaus Tennstedt rec. 26 September, 3 October
1991, Royal Festival Hall, London (live recording); 11-12 May 1984,
No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London^; 15, 16 & 19 September 1985 and
27 March 1986, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London*. DDD
EMI GEMINI 0946 3 71462 2 4 [73:41 + 76:10][TP]
Klaus Tennstedt's Beethoven recordings are
fresh, lively and lovely. ... see Full
Review
Ludwig
Van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Symphony
No.6 in F major Op. 68 Pastoral (1808) [43:02] Carl
Maria von WEBER (1786-1826) Der Freischütz - Overture
(1821) [10:49] Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937)
Daphnis et Chloé – Suite No.2 (1909-12) [16:21]
Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra/Wilhelm Furtwängler rec. Berlin, 19 March 1944
MELODIYA MEL CD 10 01102 [68:13] [JW]
A
fine disc ... see Full
Review
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Symphony
no. 6 in F major op.68 “Pastoral” [34:27] Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) La Mer [20:55]
Orchestra Sinfonica
di Torino della RAI/Charles Munch rec. 8 June 1951, Turin, live
TAHRA TAH 590 [55:24][CH]
Some
points of interest but Munch made fine stereo recordings of both works
... see Full Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Symphony No. 8 in F major,
Op. 93 (1812) [23:13] König Stephan,
Op.117 (1811): Overture [6:24], Siegesmarch
[3:01], Geistlicher marsch [1:21]
Ruins of Athens, Op. 113 (1811): Overture
[4:17], Turkish March [1:52] Fidelio
Overture, Op. 72b (1814) [5:58] Tarpeja,
WoO2 (1813): Introduction to Act 2 [1:56],
Triumphal March [2:20] Namensfeier
Overture, Op. 115 (1814-15) [6:27] Wellington’s
Victory, Op. 91 (1813) [14:55]
Swedish Chamber Orchestra Örebro/Thomas Dausgaard
rec. Örebro Concert Hall, October 2002, September
2003, September 2004, September 2005. DDD
SIMAX PSC 1282 [71:44][MG]
An
enlightening CD of fresh performances and
stimulating contrasts, through which you discover
an unexpected masterpiece. … see Full
Review
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Violin Concerto
in D major Op. 61 (1806) Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
(1872-1958) Symphony No. 8 in D minor (1953-5)
Nathan Milstein (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra/Adrian Boult
Filmed at the Royal Festival Hall, London, 6 February 1972 (Beethoven)
and 18 October 1972 (Vaughan Williams) NTSC System 4:3; format; DVD-9
(dual layer-single sided); Sound Format LPCM Mono 2.0 (PCM dual mono)
Menu Languages E, F, D, E
EMI CLASSICS DVB 38845690 
[69:05][JW]
I
hope this disc heralds more such concert performances from Boult – a
conductor who could really blaze in such circumstances in the 1970s.
... see Full Review
BEETHOVEN
The Complete Piano Sonatas
John O’Conor (piano) rec. Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts except
where otherwise indicated (Volumes 1-2), 15-17 May 1985, St. Barnabas
Church, London, V1; 3-5 April 1987, Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, UK,
V2; 31 October, 1-2 November 1988, V3; 20-22 February 1989, V4; 5-27
September 1990, V5; 18-20 June 1990, V6; 10-12 June 1991, V7; 12-13
August 1992, V8; January 1993, V9
TELARC CD-80400 [9 CD: 57:11 + 63:57 + 68:49 + 67:13 + 72:35 + 65:13
+ 77:37 + 72:55 + 70:10] [CH]
Those
who feel that Beethoven has a tendency to
shout too loud may find their point of entry
to his world in these very civilized performances.
... see Full
Review
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Piano Sonata
no. 7 in D major, op. 10 no. 3 (1798) [25:22] Piano Sonata no. 4 in
E flat major, op. 7 (1797) [28:36] Piano Sonata no. 23 in F minor, op.
57 “Appassionata” (1804) [23:25]
Angela Hewitt (piano) rec. Das
Kulturzentrum Grand Hotel, Dobbiato, Italy, 7-10 September 2005.
HYPERION CDA67518 [77:23][BB]
If
you are looking for new insights into these timeless, multi-faceted
works, I cannot offer an unqualified recommendation ... see Full
Review
Arthur BENJAMIN
(1893-1960) Overture
to an Italian Comedy (1937) [6:21] Cotillon, A Suite of Dance
Tunes (1938) [12:12] North American Square Dance Suite (1951)
[13:48] Symphony (1945) [44:22]
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Myer Fredman (overture); London Symphony
Orchestra/Nicholas Braithwaite (Cotillon); London Philharmonic
Orchestra/Barry Wordsworth (Dance Suite; Symphony) rec. 1971,
1982. ADD/DDD LYRITA
SRCD.314 [76:50] [JQ]
This
is an absolutely superb issue and I count
the symphony as a major discovery ... see
Full Review ... see Full
Review
Luciano
BERIO
(1925-2003) Piano Music
Piano
Sonata (2001) [23.18]; Six Encores
(1964-1990) [12.50]; Rounds (1967)
[3.54]; Sequenza IV (1966) [13.02];
Cinque variazione (1952/3 revised 1966)
[7.43]; Touch* (1991) [1.47]; *Canzonetta
for four hands at one piano (1991) [0.51)
Andrea Lucchesini (piano); Valentia Pagni
Lucchesini (piano)* rec. 30-31 October-1 November
2004, Montevarchi (Florence). DDD
AVIE AV 2104 [61.32] [GH]
Berio
is very well served here by Lucchesini and
Avie. What we need next are more recordings
of the chamber music - perfect for the ever
enterprising and laudable Avie ... see Full
Review
Judith BINGHAM (b.
1952) Salt in the Blood (1995)
[20.40] (1, 3) The Darkness is no Darkness (1993) [8.05] (1,
2) First Light (2001) [10.22] (1, 3) The Snows Descend
(1997) [6.45] (3) The Secret Garden (2004) [21.58] (1, 2)
Thomas Trotter (organ) (2) Fine Arts Brass (3) BBC Symphony Chorus/Stephen
Jackson (1) rec. 7-8 May 2005, BBC Maida Vale Studios (tracks 1-4);
21 August 2004, live, BBC Proms (track 5)
NAXOS 8.570346 [67.50] [RH]
Judith
Bingham has not always been well represented on disc and it is
good to hear such a generous selection of her choral music in these
fine performances. ... see Full Review
Johannes
BRAHMS
(1833-1897) Symphony
No. 4 in E minor Op. 98 (1884) [39:48] Variations
on a theme by Haydn Op.56a (1873) [19:46]
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Wilhelm
Furtwängler
rec. Berlin, 12 December 1943 [claimed date
21 June 1942 for the Symphony]
MELODIYA MEL CD 10 01100 [59:42] [JW]
Melodiya
continues its inexorable way through the Furtwängler
wartime broadcast series. ... see Full
Review
Johannes
BRAHMS
(1833-1897) Piano
Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 (1881)
[46:25] Christoph
Willibald von GLUCK (1714-1787) Alceste
– overture (1776) [8:18] Eugen
D'ALBERT (1864-1932) Tiefland –
overture (1903) [9:16] *
Edwin Fischer (piano) Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra/Wilhelm Furtwängler Vienna
Philharmonic Orchestra/Wilhelm Furtwängler
* rec. Berlin, 8 November 1942 (Brahms); 29
October 1942 (Gluck) and [Munich] 30 July
1944
MELODIYA MEL CD 10 01107 [64:11] [JW]
Once
again we are confronted by the good and the
bad. ... see Full
Review
Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)
CD 1 String Quartet No. 1 in C minor,
Op.51, No.1 (c.1868-73) [30:52] String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op.51,
No.2 (c.1868-73) [32:40] CD 2 String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major,
Op.67 (1876) [33:34] Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34 (1864) [44:34]
Emerson String Quartet:
(Eugene Drucker (viola); Philip Setzer (violin); Lawrence Dutton (viola);
David Finckel (cello) Leon Fleisher (piano) (Op. 67) rec. American Academy
of Arts and Letters, New York, USA, December 2005 (Op. 51/2 & Op.
67); January 2006 (Op. 34); January 2007 (Op. 51/2). DDD
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 6458 [63:47 + 78:17][MC]
Any
release from the Emersons is worthy of attention and this set is no
exception. Great performances of the Quartets and one not so great of
the Piano Quintet. ... see Full
Review
Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Sonata for Viola
and Piano in F minor, Op. 120 No. 1 (1894) [21:44] Trio for Viola, Cello
and Piano in A minor, Op. 114 (1891) [23:51] Sonata for Viola and Piano
in E flat Major, Op. 120 No. 2 (1894) [19:52]
Lawrence Power (viola); Tim Hugh (cello); Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)
rec. 28-30 May 2006, Wathen Hall, St. Paul’s School, Barnes, London.
DDD HYPERION CDA67584
[65:29][MC]
This
is an excellently performed recording of three attractive Brahms chamber
scores ... see Full Review
Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Ein
Deutsches Requiem Op. 45 (1857-68) Richard
WAGNER (1813-1883) Götterdämmerung (1876) – Siegfried's
Rhine Journey Tristan und Isolde (1865) – Prelude;
Liebestod Evelyn
Lear (soprano); Thomas Stewart (baritone) (Brahms) Orchestre
Philharmonique et Choeurs de l'ORTF/Karl Richter (Brahms),
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (Wagner) rec. Salle Playel, Paris,
4 April 1964 (Brahms); Paris, 20 June 1965 (Wagner). DVD 9.4:3
Black and White. NTSC EMI
CLASSIC ARCHIVE DVB 38846093 [102:48]
[CC]
An
interesting DVD, although by no means the star pick of the series.
... The question, then, is where one's priorities lie. If they
are to hear Evelyn Lear, the choice is clear; ditto Schmidt-Isserstedt
in Wagner. For revelatory Brahms better look elsewhere. ... see Full
Review
Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Symphony
No. 1, Op. 68 (1876) [51:35] Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Overture - Egmont, Op. 84 (1810) [8:58] Münchner
Philharmoniker/Christian Thielemann rec. Philharmonie im Gasteig,
Munich, June 2005. DDD DEUTSCHE
GRAMMOPHON 477 6404 [60:44] [OW]
One
for Thielemann fanatics only … this disc is a non-starter. ...
see Full Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Benjamin
BRITTEN (1913-1976) The Complete Purcell Realizations
CD 1: Songs from Orpheus Britannicus
The knotting song (1939, publ. 1994) [2:04] JB Seven
songs (1947): Fairest Isle [2:20] FL; If music be the food of love
[4:10] JMA; Turn then thine eyes [1:34] JMA; Music for a while [3:14]
SW; Pious Celinda [1:25] IB; I:ll sail upon the Dog-star [1:23] RJ;
On the brow of Richmond Hill [1:50] ARJ Six songs (1948): Mad
Bess [5:23] SW; If music be the food of love [2:08] FL; There:s not
a swain of the plain [0:52] IB; Not all my torments [2:41] JB; Man is
for the Woman made [1:07] ARJ; Sweeter than roses [3:42] FL O Solitude
(1955) [6:28] JMA Five songs (1960): I attempt from Love:s sickness
to fly [2:12] SG; I take no pleasure [1:44] IB; Hark the ech:ing air!
[2:28] FL; Take not a woman:s anger ill [1:28] JMA; How blest are Shepherds
[3:29] JMA Celemene (1946, publ. 1994) [3:52] SG, IB Six duets
(1961): Sound the Trumpet [2:24] ARJ, JMA; I spy Celia [4:05] IB, RJ;
Lost is my quiet [3:18] SG, SW; What can we poor females do? [1:12]
SG, SW; No, Resistance is but vain [5:35] SW, RJ; Shepherd, leave decoying
[1:17] SG, SW CD 2: Songs from Harmonia
Sacra The Queen's Epicedium (1946) [7:24] IB The Blessed
Virgin:s Expostulation (1947) [7:25] FL Saul and the witch at
Endor (1947) [11:46] SW, JMA, SK Three divine hymns (1947):
Lord, what is man? [6:09] FL; We sing to him [1:54] JB; Evening hymn
[4:35] FL Job's Curse (1950) [5:08] SK Two divine hymns and
Alleluia (1960) [9:41] ARJ Dulcibella
(1971, publ. 1994) [2:09] IB, RJ When Myra sings (1971,
publ. 1994) [2:45] IB, RJ Let the dreadful engines of eternal will
(1971) [7:57] SK Felicity
Lott, Susan Gritton (sopranos); Sarah Walker (mezzo); James Bowman
(counter-tenor); John Mark Ainsley, Ian Bostridge, Anthony Rolfe
Johnson (tenors); Richard Jackson, Simon Keenlyside (baritone); Graham
Johnson (piano) rec. Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, London, 5–10 January
1995. DDD.
HYPERION DYAD CDD22058 [70:17 + 73:20][ED]
I
have been listening to these two generously filled discs, searching for
reasons not to buy them. I have not thought of a single one. ... see Full
Review
Alan
BUSH (1900-1995) Violin
Concerto (1948) [28.54]
Six Short Pieces (1983) [8.57] Dialectic (1929) [14.12] Manoug
Parikian (violin) BBC Symphony Orchestra/Norman Del Mar
rec. BBC Maida Vale, Studio 1, 22 November 1983 (concerto) Alan Bush (piano)
rec. The Art Workers Guild, Queens Square, Holborn, London, 11 May 1984 (Six
Short Pieces) Medici String Quartet rec. Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead,
London, 17 July 1984 (Dialectic) CLAUDIO
CB5151-2 [52.05]
[JW]
Music
and performances that are first class in every way. ... see Full
Review
William
BYRD (1539/40-1623) Cantiones
Sacrae Haec dies, no 21 (1591) [2:09] Miserere mei,
Deus, no. 13 (1591) [3:44] Laetentur coeli, no. 16 (1589) [3:09]
Salve, Regina, no. 4 (1591) [8:27] Laudibus in sanctis, no.
1 (1591) [5:18] Ne irascaris, Domine, no. 12 (1589) [9:34]
In resurrectione tua, no. 10 (1589) [1:37] Domine, non sum
dignus, no. 15 (1591) [3:33] Vigilate, no. 9 (1589) [4:18]
Domine, secundum multitudinem dolorum meum, no. 15 (1589) [3:29]
Domine, salva nos, no. 20 (1591) [4:18] Cantate Domino, no.
18 (1591) [2:08] Quis est homo, no. 2 (1591) [5:58] O quam
gloriosum est regnum, no. 13 (1589) [4:28] Choir
of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow rec. Chapel of
Trinity College, Cambridge, 8-10 July 2001. DDD CHANDOS
CHACONNE CHAN0733 [62:57]
[MG]
If
you like Byrd motets well upholstered and tightly shaped, generous
in dynamic contrasts, this CD will do nicely … see Full
Review
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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]
[Recommended
recordings]
