Maria - Songs
of Maria Malibran (1808-1836) Giovanni
PACINI (1796-1867) Irene,
o L'assedio di Messina (1834): Se Un Mio Desir ... Cedi Al Duol
[3:45]; Ira Del Ciel [2:22] Giuseppe
PERSIANI (c1799-1805-1869) Ines De Castro(1833): Cari
Giorni [4:09] Felix MENDELSSOHN(1809-1847)
Infelice op. 94 (Scena and Aria) (London Version) (1843)
[12:14] Manuel GARCIA (1775-1832) El
Poeta Calculista (1805): Yo Que Soy Contrabandista (Poeta) [2:23]
Vincenzo BELLINI (1801-1835) La
Sonnambula (1831): Ah! Non Credea Mirarti [4:18]; Ah!
Non Giunge [3:24] Johann Nepomuk HUMMEL(1778-1837)
Air a la Tirolienne avec Variations op. 118 (c.1829) [7:24]
Manuel GARCIA (1775-1832) La
Figlia Dell’aria (1826): E non lo Vedo … Son Regina [7:02]
Maria Malibran (1808-1836) Rataplan
[2:26] Giovanni PACINI (1796-1867) Dopo
Tante E Tante Pene (1834) [3:14] Vincenzo
BELLINI (1801-1835) I Puritani (Malibran Version)
(1835): O Rendetemi la Speme ... Qui La Voce [5:20]; Vien,
Diletto [2:48] Jacques Fromental HALÉVY
(1799-1862) Clari (1828): Come Dolce a me Favelli
[4:37] Lauro ROSSI (1810-1885)
Amelia
Ovvero Otto Anni di Costanza [1834]: Scorrete, O Lagrime
[2:33] Maria MALIBRAN for Donizetti's
L'Elisir d'Amore: Prendi, per me sei Libero [4:15]
Vincenzo BELLINI (1801-1835) Norma
(1831): Casta Diva [6:48] La Sonnambula (1831): Ah!
non credea mirarti [3:34] 
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) Celso Albelo (ten) (Elvino, Riccardo) Luca Pisaroni,
bass-bar (Giorgio) Maria Goldschmidt (flute) Robert Pickup (clarinet)
Una Prelle (harp) Maxim Vengerov (violin) Ada Pesch (violin) Daniel
Pezzotti (cello) Claudio Mermoud (guitar) International Chamber Soloists/Jurg
Hammerli Orchestra La Scintilla/Adam Fischer rec. Kirchgemeinde, Zurich-Oberstrasse,
August-October 2006 Notes in English, French and German
DECCA 475 9078 [CD: 79:46 + DVD] [RW]
The
legendary Malibran - the Callas of her day
– honoured by a tribute from Cecilia Bartoli
and Decca. ... see Full
Review
Nathan
Milstein in Portrait: Some Memories
of a Quiet Musician A
film in two parts by Christopher Nupen Featuring interviews with
Nathan Milstein in conversation with Christopher Nupen, and Pinchas
Zukerman with contributions by Thérèse Milstein and Yuri Nagai
Includes Nathan Milstein (violin) in performance, with Georges
Pludermacher (piano), playing Beethoven Kreutzer Sonata and Bach
Chaconne rec. 1986, Berwaldhallen, Stockholm ALLEGRO
FILMS A06CND 
[2
DVDs: 225:00] [IL]
Moving
and witty memories of a master violinist with two wonderful performances
... see Full Review
The Mystery of Do-Re-Mi
Q. HORATIUS FLACCUS (HORACE)
(65-8 BC) Ad Phyllidem (Carmen IV.xi) (c.15 BC) [3:52] Ode
to Phyllis (Carmen IV.xi, translated by Stuart Lyons) [3:45] PAUL
THE DEACON (c.720-c.799) / GUIDO D’AREZZO
(c.991-c.1050) Ut queant laxis [0:56] musical arrangements by Iain
Kerr and Stuart Lyons
Christopher Gabbitas (baritone); David Miller (lute) rec. Royal College
of Music, London, 18 December 2006.
SIGNUM SIGCD098 [08:34][GPu]
An
interesting contribution to a noteworthy scholarly hypothesis, but doesn’t
really justify itself as a free-standing CD … see Full
Review
John
Ogdon (1913-1998) – Seventieth Anniversary Edition
CD 1 Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op.18 [35:27] Rhapsody on a theme of
Paganini Op.43 (previously unreleased) [24:04] Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir
John Pritchard rec. 29-31 January 1962 and 21 December 1963 Gabriel
FAURÉ (1945-1924) Ballade in F sharp Op.19 [13:14) Henry
LITOLFF (1818-1891) Scherzo (Concerto symphonique No. 4 in
D minor Op.102) [6:47] City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Louis Frémaux
rec. 17-18 June 1971 CD 2 Peter Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY
(1840-1893) Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op.23 [33:33] César
FRANCK (1822-1890) Symphonic Variations [16:17] Philharmonia
Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli rec. 17-18 December 1962 Franz
LISZT (1811-1886) Hungarian Fantasia, S123 [15:20] Franz
LISZT arr Ferruccio BUSONI (1966-1924)
Rhapsodie espagnole S254 [14:41] Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir John Pritchard
rec. 22 December 1963 CD3 Béla BARTÓK
(1881-1945) Piano Concerto No. 1 Sz83 (previously unreleased) [21:45]
New Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent rec. 14, 18 October 1965
Alexander Konstantinovich GLAZUNOV
(1865-1936) Piano Concerto No. 1 in F minor Op.92 [26:44] Bournemouth
Symphony Orchestra/Paavo Berglund rec. 8-9 January 1976 John
OGDON (1937-1989) Piano Concerto No. 1 [26:54] Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra/Lawrence Foster rec. 22-22 December 1970 CD4
John OGDON Piano Sonata [23:58] rec. 21 July 1972 Theme
and Variations [7:43] rec. 24 August 1966 Franz
LISZT Piano Sonata in B minor S178 [31:09] rec. 24 April
1964 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15 in A minor S244 [5:25] Valse oubliée
No.1 S215 No.1 [2:30] rec. 25-26 July 1967 Csárdás macabre S224 [6:30]
En rêve: Nocturne S207 [2:35] rec. 10 August 1965
John Ogdon (piano) EMI
CLASSICS 3927472 [4 CDs: 79:34 + 79:52 + 75:24 + 79:53][EMc]
A
treasure trove for Ogdon’s fans and also well worth acquiring if you
are not yet familiar with the legacy of this wayward genius. ... see
Full Review
Old American
Songs Stephen
FOSTER (1826-1864) arr. Ned ROREM (b.1923) Jeanie
with the light brown hair [3:33]; Stephen
FOSTER arr. Warren Michel SWENSON (b.1937) Old folks at
home [4:41]; Ah! may the red rose live alway [3:10]; Was my brother
in the battle? [2:35]; Gentle Annie [3:14]; Why no one to love? [2:53];
My old Kentucky home, good night [4:56]; Traditional
arr. Kurt WEILL (1900-1950) The lonesome dove [3:59]; Hop
up, my ladies [1:36]; Traditional arr. Percy GRAINGER (1882-1961) Shenandoah
[2:09]; Traditional arr. Benjamin BRITTEN
(1913-1976) Soldier, won’t you marry me? [1:53]; I wonder as I wander
[3:29]; Lord! I married me a wife [1:20]; Dink’s Song [2:57]; The deaf
woman’s courtship [1:22]; Traditional arr.
Jake HEGGIE (b.1961) Dixie [3:54]; Barb’ry Allen [3:18];
He’s gone away [2:44]; Traditional arr. Aaron COPLAND (1900-1990) Simple
gifts [1:47]; I bought me a cat [2:22]; Long time ago [2:53]; At the
river [3:10]; Ching-a-ring Chaw [1:32]
Taryn Fiebig (soprano), Juan Jackson (tenor), Andrew Greene (piano)
rec. 23-24 October 2006 Eugene Goossens Hall, Australian Broadcasting
Corporation Texts included
ABC CLASSICS 476 6169 [68:05][JS]
Once
the dull Foster arrangements are passed, this
is a disc with many virtues and much interest.
You will find much to enjoy here. ... see
Full
Review
Phantasies,
Ayres and Chaconys Henry
PURCELL (1659-1695)
King Arthur: Chaconne, Z628/1 (1691) [3:29]*
Matthew LOCKE (1621-1677)
Suite No. 4 [8:38] Henry
PURCELL Fantazia No. 6, Z737 (1680)
[3:50] Fantazia No. 7, Z738 (1680) [4:10]
Matthew LOCKE Theatre
suite, MB li, p. 55, 191, 113, 116, 90 [6:09]*
Henry PURCELL
Prelude, ZN773 [1:11] Dioclesian: Two in one
upon a ground, Z627/16 (1690) [2:41] Matthew
LOCKE Suite No. 3 [10:19] Henry
PURCELL Fantazia No. 11, Z742 (1680)
[3:32] Fantazia No. 12, Z743 (1680) [3:44]
Theatre Suite, Z631/1, 632/20, 570/6, 626/13,
570/7, 570/9 [12:03]* Three parts upon a ground,
Z731 [4:52] * The
Flautadors Recorder Quartet *David Miller (theorbo and guitar) rec.
St Andrew’s Church,
Toddington, September 2006. DDD
DEUX-ELLES DXL 1123 [64:52] [MG]
Offers
a fresh perspective, the exuberance of the
theatre pieces is very enjoyable as well.
… see Full
Review
Portraits
in Brass Alexander
ARUTUNIAN (b. 1920) Trumpet Concerto in A flat major
(1950) [18:38] Ferdinand
DAVID (1810-1873) Concertino for Trombone in E flat
major Op. 4 (1837) [15:12] Huug
STEKETEE (b.1959) Portraits [15:27] Edward
GREGSON (b.1945) Concerto for French Horn and Brass
Band (1971) [17:08] Huug
STEKETEE (b. 1959) For Four and Jean-Baptiste – Quartet
Piece [2:41] Peter
Masseurs (trumpet); Timothy Dowling (trombone); Huug Steketee
(cornet); Jasper de Waal (French horn) Hepworth (Lanson Homes)
Brass Band/Mark Bentham rec. Morley Town Hall, 27-28 January
2007; Royal Conservatoire, The Hague, 25 February 2007 (Jean-Baptiste).
DDD PROJECT
AUDIO C12327 [69:08] [CT]
Exceptional
value and fabulous playing from Dutch trumpet virtuoso Huug Steketee
and friends in four major concertos for brass ... see Full
Review
Sally-Anne
Russell - Enchanting Georges
BIZET (1838–1875) 1. Seguidilla: Près de ramparts
de Séville from Carmen [2:34] Gioachino
ROSSINI (1792–1868) 2. Cruda sorte from L’Italiana
in Algeri [4:44] Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756–1791) 3. Voi, che sapete from Le
nozze di Figaro [2:56] Charles
GOUNOD (1818–1893) 4. Faites-lui mes aveux from Faust
[2:47] Christoph Willibald GLUCK (1714–1787)
5. Sposa! Euridice! … Che faro senza Euridice from Orfeo ed
Euridice [5:37] George Frideric HANDEL
(1685–1759) 6. Verdi prati from Alcina [3:50]
Henry PURCELL (1659–1695) 7. Dido’s
Lament: Thy hand, Belinda … When I am laid in earth from Dido
and Aeneas [4:27] George Frideric HANDEL
8. Iris, Hence Away from Semele [3:36] Gioachino
ROSSINI 9. Una voce poco fa from Il barbiere
di Siviglia [6:05] Pyotr Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893) 10. Oui,
Dieu le veut … Adieu, foréts
from The Maid of Orleans [7:45] Camille
SAINT-SAËNS (1835–1921) 11. Mon Coeur s’ouvre
à ta voix from Samson et Dalila [6:18] Georges
BIZET 12. Habanera: L’amour est un oiseau rebelle
from Carmen [4:30]
Sally-Anne Russell (mezzo) Adelaide Vocal Project (2, 12) Adelaide Symphony
Orchestra/Nicholas Milton rec. 11-13 April 2006, Adelaide Town Hall
Texts and English translations included
ABC CLASSICS 476 5963 [54:59][GF]
There
are ups and downs in this recital but several ups – Faust, Alcina, Semele,
The Maid of Orleans – are so good that they will be on my shortlist
for these arias ... see Full
Review
Carl
Schuricht Johannes BRAHMS
(1833-1897) Tragic Overture op.81 (1880) [14:15]* Max
REGER (1873-1916) Variations and Fugue on a Theme of J.A.
Hiller op.100 (1907) [40:17]* Ludwig van
BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Grosse Fuge in B flat major op.133
(1826) [18:56]** London
Symphony Orchestra*, New Philharmonia Orchestra**/Carl Schuricht*, Sir
Adrian Boult** rec. 31 January 1964, Hornsey Town Hall, London*, 19
August 1968, Royal Albert Hall, London, live**
BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4213-2 [73:55][CH]
A
valuable addition to the Boult discography unhelpfully coupled with
Schuricht on an off-day. ... see Full
Review
Graziella
Sciutti - The Studio Recitals 1953,
1955, 1956
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756–1791)
Le nozze di Figaro (1786) 1. Cinque … dieci … Se a
caso Madama [10:21] 2. Bravo! … Venite, inginocchiatevi [3:46]
3. Giunse alfin il momento … Deh, vieni [5:02] Così fan
tutte (1789) 4. In uomini, in soldati [2:55]
5. Una donna a quindici anni [4:06] Don
Giovanni (1787) 6. Là ci darem la mano [3:03]
7. Batti, batti, o bel Masetto [3:38] 8. Vedrai, carino
[3:31] Vincenzo BELLINI (1801–1835)
La Sonnambula (1831) 9. Come per me sereno [7:10]
I Puritani (1835) 10. Qui la voce sua soave [6:42]
Gaetano DONIZETTI (1797–1848)
Don Pasquale (1843) 11. So anch’io la virtù magica
[5:12] Linda di Chamounix (1842) 12. O luce di quest’
anima [5:12] Gioacchino ROSSINI
(1792–1868) Semiramide (1823) 13. Bel raggio
lusinghier [5:46] Graziella
Sciutti (soprano); Sesto Bruscantini (bass) (1); Sena Jurinac (soprano),
Risë Stevens (mezzo) (2); George London (bass) (6); Glyndebourne Festival
Orchestra/Vittorio Gui (1-3); Wiener Symphoniker/Rudolf Moralt (4-8);
Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux/Pierre Dervaux (9-13) rec. London,
July 1955 (1-3); Vienna, May 1955 (6-8); November 1956 (4, 5); Paris,
December 1953 (9-13)
ARCHIPEL RECORDS ARPCD0372 [66:31] [GF]
In
spite of reservations, lovers of lyrical soprano voices will find
a great deal to admire. It is good to have a disc specially devoted
to Graziella Sciutti ... see Full
Review
Beverly
Sills - Welcome to Vienna
Franz LEHÁR (1870–1948)
Die lustige Witwe: Vilja [7:19] Erich
Wolfgang KORNGOLD (1897–1957) Die tote Stadt: Marietta’s
Lied [8:03] Johann STRAUSS II
(1825–1899) Thunder and Lightning (Polka) [2:58] Voices of
Spring (Waltz)[6:32] Richard HEUBERGER
(1850–1914) Der Opernball: Im Chambre séparée [4:27]
Franz LEHÁR Giuditta:
Meine Lippen küssen so heiss [5:23]
Johann STRAUSS II A Night in Venice: Overture [6:37] Franz
LEHÁR Der Zarewitsch: Einer wird kommen [5:02]
Rudolf SIECZYNSKI (1879–1952) Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume
[5:09] Beverly Sills (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Julius Rudel rec. Fairfield Halls, Croydon,
England, May 1971 Sung texts with English translations included
EMI CLASSICS 47524 
[51:27] [GF]
A
lot to admire here but how much depends on how one reacts to Beverly
Sills’ type of voice. Those who prefer creamy voices should perhaps
look elsewhere ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Gitta-Maria
Sjöberg -Verdi and Puccini Arias see
review for details Gitta-Maria
Sjöberg (soprano) Odense Symphony Orchestra/Matthias
Aeschbacher rec. Carl Nielsen Hall, Odense, Denmark, 24-26 November
2003, 14-19 June 2004 Italian texts included.
DANACORD DACOCD 665 [77:05] [GF]
There
have been more overtly thrilling recitals
with more or less the same repertoire; few
have so consistently delved below the surface
and found the soul of the characters, presenting
them as weak, vulnerable human creatures.
... see Full
Review
Tout
passe: Chants d’Acadie Quand j’ai
parti du Canada [4:24] Ernie Arsenault’s Favourite,
the Draggers Reel [2:27] La Novelle Chanson de Terre-Neuve [6:13] Ton
Bale, The Bluebird, Annie Annie [4:14] La Pauvre Lisette [3:21] À Saint-Malo,
Laridé de Pontivy, Rond de Loudéac [3:33] Les Pèlerins [2:32] Tout
passe [6:30] La Fille tuée par sa mère, or Le Baron [5:36] Comment
veux-tu que je t’embrasse [1:44] Valse de ’Cadien [2:04]
Suite “Le Mariage”: (The Basquett of Oysters [1:43];
L’Alouette et le Poisson [2:32]; Pigeon on the Gate [1:31];
Le jour du mariage [4:33]; Laridé [1:25]) Tout d’travers,
tout à l’envers [2:52] The Bedding of the Bride, La
Disputeuse, Keep It Up! [3:06] Suzie
LeBlanc (soprano, harpsichord, shruti box, spoons); David Greenberg
(violin, voice); Chris Norman (flutes, small pipes, percussion,
voice); Betsy MacMillan (viola da gamba, voice); Sylvain Bergeron
(acoustic guitar, baroque guitar, shruti box); David McGuinness
(harpsichord, harmonium, melodica, voice); Shawn Mativetsky
(percussion, tabla) rec. 17-19 October 2006, Église Saint-Augustin
de Mirabel, Quebec Texts and translations included ATMA
CLASSIQUE ACD2 2522 [60:29] [GPu]
Suzie
LeBlanc heard, with enjoyable results, outside her normal early
music repertoire in ‘traditional’ music of some power and with
an infectious sense of joy … see Full
Review
Virtuoso - Rolf
Smedvig Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Brandenburg
Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047: 3rd movement,
Allegro assai (1718) [2:48]* Suite for Orchestra
no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: Badinerie
(1739) [1:26]^ Vincenzo
BELLINI (1801-1835) Concerto for
Oboe in E flat major: 2nd Movement, Allegro
(1825) [3:38]* Franz
Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809) Concerto
for Trumpet in E flat major, H 7e no 1: 3rd
movement, Finale (1796) [5:27]* Maria
Theresia PARADIS (1759-1824) icilienne
in E flat major [2:40]# Anthony
HOLBORNE (c. 1547-1602) Elizabethan
Dance Suite: Gigue [2:50]^ Johann
Nepomuk HUMMEL (1778-1837) Concerto
for Trumpet in E flat major, S 49/WoO 1: 3rd
movement, Rondo (1803) [3:38]* Tomaso
ALBINONI (1671-1750) Suite in G
major: 3rd Movement, Allegro [1:34]^ Concerto
for Trumpet in C major [2:08]^ Alexander
BORODIN (1833-1887) Prince Igor:
Polovtsian Dances [3:34]^ Camille
SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921) Samson
et Dalila, Op. 47: Bacchanale (1877)
[7:14]^ Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Sonata
for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i):
3rd movement, Rondo alla turca (1783) [3:05]
^ Giuseppe TARTINI
(1692-1770) Concerto for Trumpet in D
major: 3rd movement, Allegro grazioso [3:14]*
Bedrich SMETANA
(1824-1884) Bartered Bride, B 143/T
93: Dance of the Comedians (1870) [2:48]^
Anonymous Sibley
Sanctus Lydian [3:57]^ Rafael
MENDEZ (b. 1906) Romanza
[2:50]^ Manuel DE
FALLA (1876-1946) El amor brujo:
Danza rituel del fuego "Ritual Fire Dance"
(1915) [3:47] ^
Rolf Smedvig (trumpet); Michael Murray (organ)#;
Empire Brass^; various associated artists.
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Jahja Ling* rec.
various venues: 1989-1998. DDD TELARC
CD-80550 [57:53] [TP]
Smedvig's
playing has a distinctive, mellifluous and
smooth-edged tone and the tracks here demonstrate
this admirably ... see Full
Review
Song
of Songs William
WALTON (1902-1983)
Set me as a seal upon thine heart (1938)
[3:32] Guillaume
BOUZIGNAC (1592-1641) Surge, amica
mea [2:00] Howard
SKEMPTON (b. 1947) Rise up, my
love (2002) [10:38] Gabriel
JACKSON (b. 1962) I am the Rose
of Sharon (2001) [6:13]Francis
GRIER (b. 1955) Dilectus meus mihi
(1987) [7:20] John
DUNSTAPLE (c 1390-1453) Quam Pulchra
es (ca 1430) [1:49] Giovanni
Pierluigi da PALESTRINA (1525-1594)
Descendi in hortum meum (1584) [2:42]
Tomás Luis
de VICTORIA (1548-1611) Vadem et
circuibo civitatem (1572)[9:58] Jean
Yves DANIEL-LESUR (1908-2002) La
cantique des cantiques (1952) [21:35]
Laudibus/Michael Brewer rec. 14-15 January
2006, St. Giles the Martyr, Kentish Town,
London. DDD Texts and English translations
included
DELPHIAN DCD34042 [65:50] [JQ]
I’ve
found this a most enjoyable and highly stimulating
CD and I hope many other collectors will derive
similar pleasure from it. ... see Full
Review
Great Swedish Singers - Ragnar Ulfung
Jacques OFFENBACH
(1819–1880) Les Contes d’Hoffmann
(1881) 1. Il était une fois (The legend of Kleinzach) [5:09]
2. Malheureux, tu ne comprends (Hoffmann-Giulietta a.3) [6:52]
Jules MASSENET (1842–1912)
Manon (1884) 3. En fermant les yeux
(Des Grieux’s dream) [3:28] Georges
BIZET (1838–1875)Carmen (1875)
4. La fleur que tu m’avais jetée (Don José’s flower song) [3:35]
Bedrich SMETANA (1824–1884)
The Bartered Bride (1866) 5. I know a girl
who burns for you (Kecal–Jenik, a.2) [2:11] 6. How can I believe (Jenik,
a.2) [3:28] 7. Go away! You have deceived me (Jenik–Mařenka, a.3)
[4:07] Modest MUSSORGSKY (1839–1881)
Boris Godunov (1874) 8. O, the same dream
(Grigory and Friar Pimen at the Chudov monastery, a.1) [11:49] Giacomo
PUCCINI (1858–1924) Tosca (1900)
9. E lucevan le stelle [3:00] 10. O dolci mani (Cavaradossi–Tosca
a.3) [7:32] La Bohème (1896) 11. Che gelida manina [4:29]
Giuseppe VERDI (1813–1901) Un ballo in maschera
(1859) 12. Di’ tu se fedele (a.1) [3:07] 13. Forse la soglia
… Ma se m’è forza (a.3) [7:03] 14. Ah! Perchè qui! fuggite
(a.3) [5:47] 15. Ella è pura (a.3) [4:49]
Ragnar Ulfung (tenor, all); Margareta Hallin (soprano) (2); Paul Höglund
(bass) (5); Evy Tibell (soprano) (7); Bengt Rundgren (bass) (8); Birgit
Nilsson (soprano) (10); Aase Nordmo-Løvberg (soprano), Birgit Nordin
(soprano), Hugo Hasslo (baritone), Bo Lundberg (bass), Arne Tyrén (bass)
(13-15) Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Silvio Varviso (4, 9); Stora
Teatern Orchestra, Gothenburg/Styrbjörn Lindedal (5-7); Royal Orchestra
(and Chorus), Stockholm/Herbert Sandberg (1-3, 11), Bohumil Gregor (8),
Fausto Cleva (10), Sixten Ehrling (12-15) rec. at the Concert Hall,
Gothenburg 5-6 May, 1958 (5-7), at the Royal Opera House 3 October,
1958 (3, 11), 13 January 1959 (12-15), 28 February 1960 (1, 2), 28 September
1964 (10), 22 April 1966 (8), unknown venue 2 November 1968 (4, 9)
BLUEBELL ABCD101 [77:53] [GF]
Another
priceless cultural achievement from Bluebell, at long last giving Ragnar
Ulfung his rightful place in Swedish recorded opera history ... see
Full Review
Virtuoso
Cello Showpieces Buxton
ORR (1924–1997) A Carmen Fantasy (1985) [14:13] Franz
DANZI (1763–1826) Variations on a Theme from Mozart’s ‘Don
Giovanni’ (ed. Heinrich Klug) [6:54] Mario
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO (1895–1968) Figaro Variations from Rossini’s
‘The Barber of Seville’ (concert transcription, ed. Gregor Piatigorsky)
[6:40] Caspar CASSADÓ (1897–1966)
Lamento de Boabdil (1931) [3:58] Antonín
DVOŘÁK (1841–1904) Rondo in G minor, B171 (Op. 94) (1891)
[8:03] Silent Woods (Klid), B173 (Op. 68 No. 5) (1891) [5:14] Sonatina
in G major, B183 (Op. 100) (1893) (arr. Oscar Hartwieg) [20:48]
Maria Kliegel (cello) Nina Tichman (piano) rec. Clara Wieck Auditorium,
Sandhausen, Germany, 1-3 December 2004
NAXOS 8.557613 [65:51][GF]
Excellent
playing and attractive music, not frequently heard in these versions
... see Full Review
Winds
of Nagual Antonín
DVOŘÁK (1841–1904) Serenade in E Major,
Op. 22 (1875) (arr: Russel C. Mikkelson)* [27:44] David
GILLINGHAM (b. 1947) No Shadow of Turning* [9:48] Michael
COLGRASS (b. 1932) Winds of Nagual [25:15] Nikolay
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844–1908) Flight of the Bumblebee (1900)
(arr: Donald Hunsberger) [1:24]
The Ohio State University Wind Symphony/Russel C. Mikkelson rec. Weigel
Auditorium, Ohio State University, 22 April, 2006 (Dvořák), 4-5
February, 2006 * World premiere recordings
NAXOS 8.570244 [64:11][GF]
Two
fascinating works by present day composers share the space with two
warhorses in colourful garbs – all of it expertly played by this Ohio
band ... 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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