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REVIEWS
Henry
RUSSELL - A Life on
the Ocean Wave – The story of a composer,
singer, entertainer by Andrew Lamb
2007 398 pp. £25 ISBN 0 9524149 6 1 Publ.
Fullers Wood Press, Croydon CR0 8HZ, U.K.
[RW]
An
excellent volume in which is pieced together
a correct account of the progressive activities
of this entrepreneur. ... see Full
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LATEST
CD REVIEWS
Friday
September 28th
Cristóbal
HALFFTER (b.
1930) Odradek (1996) [20:24] Dortmunder
Variationen (1986/7) [18:10] Tiento del primer tono
y battalla imperial (1986) [10:35] 
Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester
Frankfurt/Cristóbal Halffter rec. Hessischer Rundfunk, Sendesaal,
Frankfurt am Main, October 1998. DDD COL
LEGNO WWE 20204 [51:46] [HC]
Composer
conducted vital readings that secure a formidably committed response,
which makes this under-filled release a welcome addition to his
discography ... see Full
Review
Franz
Josef HAYDN (1732-1809) The
Complete Piano Sonatas - Vol. 6 Piano sonata in E
minor, Hob.XVI: 47 (before 1766) [10:23] Piano sonata in E
flat major, Hob.XVI: 45 (before 1766) [18:48] Piano sonata
in D major, Hob.XVI: 51 (1795) [5:28] Piano sonata in C major,
Hob.XVI: 48 (1789) [12:02] Piano sonata in E minor, Hob.XVI:
34 (1778) [13:27]* Roland
Batik (piano) rec. 26-27 May 1997, Studio Burgenland, Eisenstadt,
29 April 1998, Studio Baumgarten, Vienna*. DDD CAMERATA
CM-546 [61:13] [TP]
Haydn
playing that caresses the ear … perfect late night listening ...
see Full Review
John
JOUBERT (b.
1927) Symphony No. 1 Op.20 (1955) [31:17] London
Philharmonic Orchestra/Vernon Handley rec. early 1990s? LYRITA
SRCD.322 [31:17] [HC]
This
splendid and heartily committed performance by one of the staunchest
champions of British music aptly crowns Joubert’s birthday celebrations
... see Full Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Paul MORAVEC (b.
1957) Tempest Fantasy* (2002): I. Ariel
[4:16]; II. Prospero [5:35]; III. Caliban [7:05]; IV. Sweet Airs
[4:57]; V. Fantasia [7:31] Mood Swings (1999) [15:52] B.A.S.S.
Variations (1999) [11:32] Scherzo (2002) [3:52] Trio
Solisti (Maria Bachmann (violin); Alexis Pia Gerlach (cello);
Jon Klibonoff (piano)); David Krakauer (clarinet)* rec. January
2002, October 2003. Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, Purchase
College, State University of New York, USA NAXOS
AMERICAN CLASSICS 8.559323 [60:40] [DM]
Captivating
music with consistent energy and focus … A lovely, natural recording
and playing of real stature make this a very special disc ... see Full
Review
Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) The
Schubert Recordings - Vol.1 Sonata in B flat major
Op. posth, D.960 (1828) [40:01] Allegretto in C minor, D. 915
(1827) [6:41] Six Moments Musicaux, Op.94, D.780 (1823-1828)
[28:50] Joshua
Pierce (piano) rec. New York City, 20 July 1996. DDD MSR
CLASSICS MS 1204 [75:31] [TP]
A
disc worth hearing, and taster of what may prove to be a valuable
Schubert series ... see Full
Review
John
R. WILLIAMSON (b.
1929) Lads
of love and sorrow Love: She walks
in beauty [3:21]; She is not fair [1:58]; When we two parted
[4:00] War: The lads in their hundreds [2:37]; ’Tis
five years since [2:30]; Oh, it is the jar of nations [1:31];
On your midnight pallet lying [2:21] Sorrow and regret: Hughley
steeple [4:12]; I lay me down and slumber [2:00]; Sinner’s
rue [3:40]; Parta Quies [1:22]; He looked at me with eyes … [2:07];
Others, I am not the first [3:01]; Farewell to barn and stack … [2:25];
When the lad for longing sighs [2:02]; I hoed and trenched
and … [2:26]; Oh were he and I together [1:42] Lost love: The
new mistress [1:53]; Oh, see how thick the gold… [3:06] Religion: Easter
hymn [3:18] Pastoral: Revolution [1:49]; In
valleys of springs of rivers [4:41]; March [1:56] Conflict: Before
the battle [2:31]; I stood with the dead [3:43] Mark
Rowlinson (baritone) David Jones (piano) rec. 12 June 2006,
venue not stated. DDD Full English texts included DUNELM
RECORDS DRD0265 [66:30] [PCW]
Williamson’s
love of Housman and eloquent music continue to impress … see Full
Review
Ermanno
WOLF-FERRARI (1876-1948) Orchestral
Music Il segreto di Susanna (1909) Overture
[2:44]; Intermezzo [2:55] * I quattro rusteghi (1906)
Prelude [1:40]; Intermezzo [3:10] La dama boba (1939)
Overture [8:11] Il campiello (1936) Intermezzo [3:09];
Ritornello [2:27] L’amore medico (1913) Overture [8:22];
Intermezzo [5:22] # I gioielli della Madonna (1911)
Festa popolare [4:42]; Intermezzo [3:42]; Serenata [3:17] %;
Danza napoletana [3:48] Andrew
Marriner (clarinet)*; Stephen Orton (cello)#; Christine Messiter
(flute)% Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner;
rec. December 1991, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London EMI
CLASSICS 54585 
[54:09]
[GPu]
A
pleasant programme of orchestral pieces from Wolf-Ferrari’s operas,
which will interest the specialist more than the general listener … see Full
Review
Baroque
Trumpet Concertos Giuseppe TORELLI (1658-1709) Sinfonia
for Trumpet in D major, G.4 (1693) [3:11] Tomaso Giovanni ALBINONI (1671-1751) Oboe Concerto in D
minor, Op. 9, No. 2 (1722)* [10:45] George
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Suite in D major, HWV
341, ‘The Famous Water Piece’ (1733) [7:45] (I. Overture [1:44];
II. Gigue: Allegro [1:50]; III. Air [1:48]; IV. March (Bourrée)
[1:07]; V. March [1:17]) Johann
Friedrich FASCH (1688-1758) Concerto a 8 in D major,
FWV L:D1 [6:04] George
Frideric HANDEL Oboe Concerto No. 3 in G minor,
HWV 287 (1703?)* [8:20] Domenico
GABRIELLI (1651? 1659?-1690) Trumpet Sonata No.
4 in D major [5:36] Georg
Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767) Oboe Concerto No.21
in F minor, TWV 51:f1* [8:07] Sonata in D major, TWV 44:1 [8:43]
* arranged for trumpet by Andreas Eichele/Thomas Reiner Thomas
Reiner (trumpet) Southwest German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim/Sebastian
Tewinkel rec. Matthäuskirche, Pforzheim, Germany, 23-24 March
2006; 18-20 May 2006; 26-27 February 2007. DDD. Booklet with
notes in English and German. NAXOS
8.570501 [59:15] [BW]
Generally
reliable performances, well recorded, though many will prefer the
original oboe versions of three of these pieces … 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
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
Thursday September 27th
Sir
Edward BAIRSTOW (1874-1946) Jesu,
the very thought of thee (1925) [2:37] Blessed city, heavenly
Salem* [8:11] Evening Service in D (1906)* [8:20]: Magnificat
[4:53] Nunc dimittis [3:22] Lord, thou hast been our refuge
(1916)* [7:59] If the Lord had not helped me (1910?)* [6:20]
Let all mortal flesh keep silence (1906) [3:15] Evening Service
in G (1940)* [5:54]: Magnificat [3:38] Nunc dimittis [2:11]
Five Poems of the Spirit (1944)** [14:02] Save us, O Lord (1900)*
[5:12] Paul
Provost (organ)*, Roderick Williams (baritone)** Britten Sinfonia**
Choir of
St. John’s College, Cambridge/David Hill
rec. 13-14 January 2007, St. John’s College Chapel, Cambridge. DDD English texts
included HYPERION
CDA67497 [62:47]
[JQ]
If
this is to be the last disc by David Hill and the St. John’s choir
then the partnership has ended on a high note and Bairstow has
been well served ... see Full
Review
Judith
BINGHAM (b.
1952) Salt in the Blood (1995)
[20:40] The Darkness Is No Darkness-Segue-S.S. Wesley
(1810-76) Thou Wilt Keep Him (1993) [8:05] First
Light (2001) [10:22] The Snows Descend (1997) [6:45] The
Secret Garden (2004) [21:58] Fine
Arts Brass BBC Symphony Chorus/Stephen Jackson, Thomas
Trotter (organ) rec. BBC Maida Vale Studios, London,
7-8 May 2005 (Salt in the Blood; The Darkness Is No Darkness;
First Light; The Snows Descend); live, BBC Proms, 21 August
2004 (The Secret Garden). DDD English texts included NAXOS
8.570346 [67:50] [JQ]
This
is a real ear-opener of a disc, featuring some tremendously inventive
and imaginative music ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Luigi CHERUBINI (1760-1842) Coronation
Mass (1825) [50:47] Marche réligieuse (1825) [5:11] Philharmonia
Chorus Philharmonia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti rec. 1985. DDD. Texts
and Translations included. EMI
CLASSICS 49302 [56:00]
[GPu]
A
glorious performance of a choral masterpiece … see Full
Review
John
HARBISON (b.
1938) Piano
Trio No. 2 'Short Stories' (2003): I. Tale [5:58]; II. Ballad
[3:32]; III. Rumors and Reports [4:20]; IV. Enigma [3:51] Gatsby
Etudes (1999): No. 1 Parlors [1:57]; No. 2 Parties [2:47];
No. 3 The Green Light [3:46] The Violist's Notebook (2002),
Book I [7:47]; Book II [7:44] Ten MicroWaltzes (2004)
[8:20] Cucaraccia and Fugue* (2003): I. Cucaraccia [1:18];
II. Fugue [3:03] Cello Suite (1993): I. Preludio [2:09]; II.
Fuga – Burletta [2:41]; III. Sarabanda [2:21]; IV. Giga [1:35]
Piano Trio No. 1 (1968) [7:24] Amelia
Piano Trio (Anthea Kreston (violin and viola); Jason Duckles
(cello); Rieko Aizawa (piano)); * Steven Tenenbom; Ida Kavafian;
John Harbison (violas) rec. 5-10 May 2006, Connecticut College,
New London, Connecticut, USA NAXOS
AMERICAN CLASSICS 8.559243 [70:30] [DM]
For
the casual explorer it offers a good, inexpensive entrée to Harbison’s
musical world ... see Full Review
Joseph
JONGEN (1873-1953) Symphonie
Concertante, Op. 81 (1926) [36:25] Camille
SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921) Symphony No. 3 'Organ', Op.
78 (1886) [36:29] Olivier
Latry (organ) Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège/Pascal Rophé rec.
10-14 July 2006, Salle Philharmonique, Liège, Belgium CYPRES
CYP7610 [72:54] [DM]
The
Saint-Saëns has all the adrenaline you could ask for ... see Full
Review
Jean
LANGLAIS (1907-1991) Esquisses
Romanes et Gothiques for two organs Trois Esquisses
Gothiques (1975) [18:29] (Maestoso [5:36]; Virgo dei genitrix
[3:37]; Séquence pour la fête de la dédicace [9:15]) Canzona (from Folkloric
Suite) [3:34] Pasticcio (from Organ Book)
[2:34] Prélude (from Suite Médiévale) [2:37] Tiento (from Suite
Médiévale) [3:36] Dialogue sur les mixtures (from Suite
Brève) [3:33] Plainte (from Suite Brève)
[5:11] Incantation pour un Jour Saint (from Pâques)
[4:52] Trois Esquisses Romanes [26:53] (Moderato [8:11];
Allegro vivo [10:57]; Allegro [7:43]) Jacques
Kauffmann (grand orgue; petit orgue (Esquisses)) Frédéric
Ledroit (grand orgue (Esquisses)) rec. 13, 15 April
2004, Catédrale Angoulême. DDD Notes and organ specifications
included SKARBO
DSK4053 [71:21] [WK]
Overall
a gripping traversal of an unjustly neglected part of the composer’s
output ... see Full Review
Charles
Hubert Hastings PARRY (1848-1918) Symphony
No. 5 in B minor (1914) [23:07] Blest Pair of Sirens (1887)
[10:55] Symphonic Variations (1897) [13:18] Elegy for Brahms (1897)
[10:23] London
Philharmonic Choir/Frederic Jackson London Philharmonic Orchestra/Adrian
Boult rec. No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London, 4, 9, 19 October,
20 December 1978; 21-23 December 1966 (Blest). ADD EMI CLASSICS
65107 [58:09]
[RB]
Boult
conducting Parry ... something special. Drew grand things from
Boult even into old age. A golden anthology ... see Full
Review
Uljas
PULKKIS (b.
1975) Enchanted Garden (2000)
[19:38] Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (2001) [20:32] Symphonic
Dalí (2002) [36:46] Jaakko
Kuusisto (violin) (Garden); Sharon Bezaly (flute) (concerto)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra/Susanna Mälkki rec. Stavanger
Concert Hall, Norway, June, August 2005 BIS
SACD1339 
[78:26]
[HC]
A
remarkable instrumental flair and a sure feel for telling broad
orchestral strokes but is a personal voice at work in these imposing
works? ... see Full Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937) Rhapsodie
Espagnole (1907) [15:41] Isaac
Manuel Francesco ALBENIZ (1860-1909) Iberia (Evocacion;
El corpus en Sevilla; Triana; El Puerto; El Albaicin) (orch.
Enrique Fernandez Arbos) (1907) [30:51] Manuel
de FALLA (1876-1946) El sombrero de tres picos (1919)
[32:32] Dresdner
Philharmonie/Jörg-Peter Weigle rec. April 1989, Lukaskirche,
Dresden. ADD BERLIN
CLASSICS REFERENCE 0013902 [69:03] [RB]
Superb
Iberian music-making and a tonic for jaded palates ... see Full
Review
Best
of British Sir Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006) 1.
Four Scottish Dances Op. 59 – Nos 1-2 (1957) [2:08 + 2:09] Sir Arnold BAX (1883-1953) 2. Summer Music (1917-1920)
[9:03] Frank BRIDGE (1879-1941) 3.
Two Poems – Allegro con brio (1915) [4:09] Benjamin
BRITTEN (1913-1976) 4. Four Sea Interludes from “Peter
Grimes” – No. 2 Sunday Morning (1945) [3:59] Frederick
DELIUS (1862-1934) 5. On hearing the first cuckoo
in spring (1912) [5:53] Sir Edward ELGAR (1857-1934) 6. Enigma Variations
Op. 36 – Variations IX and XIV (1899) [3:29 + 4:38]; 7. “Give
unto the Lord” Op. 74 (1914) [7:52]; 8. Cello Concerto in E
Minor - Adagio Op. 85 (1919) [5:08]; 9. Serenade for strings – Allegro
piacevole Op. 20 (1892) [3:17] Gerald FINZI (1901-1956) 10. Clarinet Concerto
Op. 31 – Allegro vigoroso (1949) Sir
Hamilton HARTY (1879-1941) 11. Piano Concerto in
B minor – Tranquillo e calmo (1922) [8:57] Gustav HOLST (1874-1934) 12. The Planets – No.
4 Jupiter (1916) [8:00] John IRELAND (1879-1962) 13.
Four Preludes – No. 3 “The Holy Boy” (1913) [3:18] Sir Hubert PARRY (1848-1918) 14. “I was glad” (1902)
[4:49] Edmund RUBBRA (1901-1986) 15.
Violin Concerto – III Allegro Giocoso (1959) [5:12] John RUTTER (b.1945) 16. Requiem – “The Lord is my shepherd” (1985)
[5:03] Sir John STAINER (1840-1901) 17.
The Crucifixion – “God so loved the world” (1887) [3:34] Sir Charles Villiers STANFORD (1852-1924) 18. Communion
Service in C - Gloria Op. 115 (1909) [3:19] 19. “The Blue Bird” [3:49] John
TAVENER (b. 1945) 20. The Lamb (1982) [3:52]Ralph
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958) 21. Sea Songs - March
(1923) [3:51] 22. The Lark Ascending (1914) [15:03] Sir
William WALTON (1902-1983) 23. Crown Imperial (1937)
[6:45] 24. Spitfire Prelude and Fugue (1942) [7:48] see review
for performance details. Recording dates and places not given NAXOS
8.570573-74 [68:43 + 75:46] [JS]
The
most I can raise is two cheers for the performers and composers
and one very large boo for the way in which their music has been
put together ... see Full
Review
Wednesday September
26th
Richard
ARNELL
(b. 1917) Piano
Concerto op. 44 (1946) [32:31] Symphony No.
2 Rufus op. 33 (1955-57) [33:28]
David Owen Norris (piano) Royal Scottish 
National
Orchestra/Martin Yates rec. Henry Wood Hall,
Glasgow, 19-20 September 2006. DDD
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7184 [66:29]
RECORDING OF MONTH
Richard
ARNELL (b. 1917) Symphony No.
4 op. 52 (1948) [26:36] Symphony No. 5 op.
77 (1955-57) [36:48]
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Martin Yates
rec. Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow, 19-20 May 2007.
DDD
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7194 [63:49]
[RB]
Two
eloquent and exciting major works with tragic
grandeur in their sights. Finely documented,
full-throatedly performed and recorded ...
[CDLX7184] Two fine symphonies embracing the
extremes of emotion; one devastatingly likeable
and radiantly strong. ... [CDLX7194] ... see
Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Sir
Granville BANTOCK
(1868–1946) Omar
Khayyám - The Ruba’iyat according
to Edward Fitzgerald set to Music for Three
Solo Voices, Chorus, and Orchestra in Three
Parts (1906-1909) Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo)
(The Beloved) Toby Spence (tenor) (The Poet)
Roderick Williams (baritone) (The Philosopher)
Olivia Robinson (soprano) (First Pot) Siân
Menna (mezzo) (Second Pot) Edward Price (bass)
(Sixth Pot)
BBC Symphony Chorus/Stephen Jackson BBC Symphony
Orchestra/Vernon Handley rec. Watford Colosseum
(Town Hall), 1-2 October 2005, 17-18 February
2007 Three CDs for the price of two This is
a hybrid SACD and was played and reviewed
in standard CD format.
Full notes in English, German and French.
Sung words in English only.
CHANDOS CHSA 5051(3) [3 CDs: 58:14 + 73:08
+ 40:09] [RB]
A magnificent
project ... one of the living musical treasures
of the early twentieth century. ... see Full
Review
Nikolaus BRASS
(b.1949)
erinnern
und vergessen – String Quartet No.3 (2004)
[28:07] String Quartet No.2 (1999-2000/2002)
[35:33] ohne titel – Music for String Quartet
(1996) [6:45]
Auritus Quartet rec. 8-9 June 2005, 27-28
May 2006, Bavaria Music Studios, Munich
COL LEGNO WWE 20238 [70:46] [DC]
Rare
music which occupies your subconscious ...
see Full Review
Charles
CAMILLERI
(b. 1951) Piano
Concerto No. 1 Mediterranean (1948
rev. 1978) [27:13] Piano Concerto No. 2 Maqam
(1967-68) [19:33] Piano Concerto No. 3 Leningrad
(1987) [20:05]
André de Groote (piano) Bournemouth
SO/Michael Laus Winter Gardens, Bournemouth,
UK, 1993. DDD
TALENT DOM 2910 56 [67:20] [RB]
Three
stimulating piano concertos the last two of
which are as dissonant as the first is melodic-tonal.
... see Full Review
David LEISNER
(b. 1953) Acrobats
(2002) [12:48] El Coco (1999) [3:27] Nostalgia
(1985) [5:55] Dances in the Madhouse (1982)
[12:13] Trittico (1985, rev.2002) [12:38]
1 Extremes (1987) [12:30] 2
Cavatina Duo: Eugenia Moliner (flute); Denis
Azabagic (guitar); 1 Katinka Kleijn
(cello); 2 Joshua Rubin (clarinet)
rec. 23-25 May, 31 August, 18 November 2006,
WFMT Chicago
ÇEDILLE CDR 90000 096 [60:08] [GPu]
Pleasant,
intelligent chamber music which makes engaging
listening, without being especially innovative
or challenging … see Full
Review
John
McCABE
(b. 1939) Ballet
Suite No. 1 - Arthur Pendragon (2000)
[27:36] Piano Concerto No. 1 (1967) [25:25]
Pilgrim, for Double String Orchestra
(1999) [19:06]
John McCabe (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony
Orchestra/Christopher Austin rec. City Halls,
Glasgow, 12-14 June 2006. DDD
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7179 [72:34]
[RB]
John
McCabe is a powerhouse on the British music
scene and this disc is further evidence of
the life force that courses through the veins
and arteries of this strongly projected music...
see Full
Review
Canta
in Prato:
Songs, Dances and Arias Antonio
VIVALDI (1678-1741) Canta in Prato,
RV636 [4:19] King
HENRY VIII (1491-1547) Pastime
with Good Company [3:37] ANON
(Folk Song?, 16th Century)
Greensleeves [2:36] William
CORNYSHE (1468-1523) Blow thy Horn,
Hunter [2:25] Michael
PRÆTORIUS (1571-1621) Bransle
de la Torche (instrumental) [3:07] Anthony
HOLBORNE (d.1602) Image of Melancholy
(instrumental) [4 :57] Michael
PRÆTORIUS Volta (instrumental)
[1:22] Johann Michael
BACH (1648-94) Es ist ein großer
Gewinn [4:23] Claudio
MONTEVERDI (1567-1643) Clori amorosa
(pub. 1607) [2:29]; Dolci miei sospiri (1607)
[3:49]; Rosetta, che Rosetta (1607) [1:58]
Alessandro SCARLATTI
(1660-1725) Lontan dalla sua Clori: Recitativo
[0:39]; Aria [3:14]; Recitativo [1:39]; Aria
[3:57] Antonio VIVALDI
In furore iustissimæ iræ, RV626:
Aria [5:05]; Recitativo [0:36]; Aria [3:33];
Alleluia [2:00]
Capella Stravagante (Kathrin Freyburg (soprano);
Katrin Hagitte (flute, chamber organ); Julia
Prigge (violin); Margit Reinicke (violin);
Stefano Macor (viola); Laurie Randolph (viola
da gamba, guitar and percussion); Reinhard
Eger (cello); Christian Hagitte (harpsichord))
rec. Community Hall of Hochmeister Church,
Berlin, February-March 2006. DDD. Booklet
with notes in English and German. Original
texts with English and German translations.
HÄNSSLER
PROFIL PH07068 [55:34] [BW]
An
impressive début. I look forward to
hearing this group again, either in more dramatic
material or with the soloist’s tendency to
over-produce her voice toned down a little
… see Full
Review
Choral
Evensong from Tewkesbury Abbey Herbert
HOWELLS (1892-1983) Master Tallis’s
Testament* [7:00] Thomas
TALLIS (c.1505-1585) Sancte Deus
[6:43] Heathcote
STATHAM (1889-1973) Preces [1:34]
Walter ALCOCK (1861-1947)
Chant: Psalm 91 [5:52] Michael
PETERSON (1924-2006) Chant: Psalm
131 [2:11]; First Lesson (Isaiah 6 1-8) [1:52]
Gabriel JACKSON (b.
1962) Magnificat (Tewkesbury Service)
[8:57]; Second Reading (1 Corinthians 13)
[2:45]; Nunc Dimittis
(Tewkesbury Service) [4:50]; Creed
[0:57] Heathcote
STATHAM Responses and Collects
[6:27] Ralph VAUGHAN
WILLIAMS (1872-1958) Valiant-for-Truth
[5:39]; Prayers and Blessing [2:38] Hymn:
The day thou gavest (St. Clement, Descant:
John Scott (b. 1956) [3:28] Herbert
HOWELLS Te Deum (Collegium Regale)
[9:31] Louis VIÈRNE
(1870-1937) Toccata in B minor*
[4:10]
The Abbey School Choir, Tewkesbury/Benjamin
Nicholas *Carleton Etherington (organ) rec.
Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England,
26 June, 5 July 2006. DDD
DELPHIAN DCD34713 [74:37] [JQ]
This
is a splendid recreation of the timeless service
of Evensong ... see Full
Review
Love Letters
Girolamo
FRESCOBALDI (1583-1643) Oscure
Selve [2.12] Giovanni
Girolamo KAPSPERGER (1575-1661) Toccata
V [1.43] Claudio
MONTEVERDI (1567-1643) Lettera
Amorosa: se i languidi miei sguardi [7.24]
Jacopo
PERI (1561-1633) Hor che gli
augelli [1.31] Bartolome
BARBARINO (1568-1617) Audi dulcis
amica mea [4.25] Bellerofonte
CASTALDI (1580-1649) Amorevole
corrente [0.46] Sigismondo
D'INDIA (1582- 1629) Lettera
Amorosa: Torna, du que, deh torna [7.09]
Claudio
MONTEVERDI (1567-1643) Fenice
son io [1.26];
Ego flos campi [3.38]
Alessandro
PICCININI (1566-1638) Toccata
XIII [2.18] Girolamo
FRESCOBALDI (1583-1643) Lettera
Amorosa: Vanne, o carta amorosa [2.45]
Stefano
LANDI (1587-1639) Augellin [2.15]
Claudio
MONTEVERDI (1567-1643) Nigra
Sum [3.17] Giovanni
Girolamo KAPSPERGER (1575-1661) Preludio
[0.30] Claudio
MONTEVERDI (1567-1643) Lettera
Amorosa: Se pur destina [9.04]
Sigismondo
D'INDIA (1582- 1629) Torn ail
sereno zefiro, e gli augellini garruli [2.19]
Bartolome
BARBARINO (1568-1617) Osculetur
me [3.55] Giovanni
Girolamo KAPSPERGER (1575-1661) Toccata
I [0.54] Giacomo
CARISSIMI (1605-1674) Lettera
Amorosa: Scrivete occhi dolente [7.23]
Giovanni
Girolamo KAPSPERGER (1575-1661) Augellin
[3.02]; Nigra Sum [3.29]
Anon/Codex
Chigi Hymnus: Ave Maris Stella
[4.08] Tarquino
MERULA (1595-1665) Quando gli
uccelli porteranno zoccoli [4.58]
Giovanni Cantarini (tenor) Sven Schwanngerger
(chitarrones, chitarra spagnuola, traversa)
Thomas Leininger (Organo) Masako Art (Arpa
Doppia) Brigitte Gasser (Lirone) Il Vero Modo/Giovanni
Cantarini rec. February 2006, Christkatholische
kirche, Trimbach, Switzerland. DDD
THOROFON CTH 2538 [80.54] [RH]
I
enjoyed this recital immensely. Scholarship
and imagination, have given us a recital which
has re-imagined this repertoire without transgressing
the contemporary rules of performance ...
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
Tuesday
September 25th
Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Das Wohltemperirte Clavier (The
Well-tempered Clavier), Book 1
24 Preludes and Fugues BWV 846-869 (collected
1722, some pieces earlier) CD 1 No.1 in C
major BWV 846 [2:49+2:21] No.2 in C minor
BWV 847 [1:27+1:30] No.3 in C# major BWV 848
[1:14+2:13] No.4 in C# minor BWV 849 [2:43+5:18]
No.5 in D major BWV 850 [1:18+1:48] No.6 in
D minor BWV 851 [1:32+1:38] No.7 in E flat
major BWV 852 [5:46+1:41] No. 8 in E flat
minor BWV 853 [3:27+7:20] No.9 in E major
BWV 854 [1:34 +1:20] No.10 in E minor BWV
855 [2:35+1:17] No.11 in F major BWV 856
[1:16+1:24] No.12 in F minor BWV 857 [2:11+5:25]
CD 2 No.13 in F# major
BWV 858 [1:31+2:06] No.14 in F# minor BWV
859 [1:15+4:02] No.15 in G major BWV 860 [0:54+2:38]
No.16 in G minor BWV 861 [2:59+2:23] No.17
in A flat major BWV 862 [1:17+3:25] No.18
in G# minor BWV 863 [1:21+2:26] No.19 in A
major BWV 864 [1:20+2:14] No.20 in A minor
BWV 865 [1:09+5:06] No.21 in B flat major
BWV 866 [1:18+1:44] No.22 in B flat minor
BWV 867 [2:53+3:27] No.23 in B major BWV 868
[0:59+2:55] No.24 in B minor BWV 869 [3:03+7:13]
Bob van Asperen (harpsichord, Christian Zell,
Hamburg, 1728) rec. Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe,
Hamburg, February, April 1987. DDD.
VIRGIN VERITAS 3 49963 2 [61:22 + 59:51][BW]
At
their new super-bargain price van Asperen’s
two 2-CD sets of the ‘48’ deserve the strongest
recommendation except for those preferring
the piano, who should go for the reissue of
the Hewitt CDs … see Full
Review
Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Cantata movements for organ four hands
Concerto super: Was mein Gott will,das g’scheh
allzeit (BWV 111/1) [5:25] Suite: ( adagio
- ouverture - (BWV 196/1) [1:55]; allegro
(BWV 34/5) [2:23]; adagio assai BWV 12/1
[2:50]; allegro assai - gigue - (BWV 191/1)
[2:01]) Aria 'Ich habe genug' (BWV 82/1) [11:03]
Concerto Grosso (BWV 187/1) [5:49] Three Chorale
trios: (Trio super: Zudem ist Weisheit und
Verstand (BWV 92/4) [3:24]; Gefigureerd
koraal super: Der leib zwar in der Erden (BWV
161/6) [1:35]; Trio super: Ertöt uns
durch dein Güte (BWV 22/5) [2:07]) Concerto
Grosso super: Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig
(BWV 26/1) [2:54] Aria
'Die Seele Ruht in Jesu Händen' (BWV 127/3)
[8:08] Prelude super: Ach Gott, vom
Himmel sieh darein (BWV 2/1) [6:49]
Euwe and Sybolt de Jong (organ duet)
rec: Grote of Jacobijnerkerk,
Leeuwaarden, 2007
WESTRAMEDIA WM150707 [56:59][CB]
This
is different, very well done, and performed
on a really first-rate instrument ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Franz
Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809) Symphony
No. 88 in G (?1787) [20:05] Symphony No. 89
in F (1787) [21:06] Symphony No. 90 in C (1788)
[26:27] Symphony No. 90 in C: finale (alternative
version) [6:50] Symphony No. 91 in E flat
(1788) [23:00] Symphony No. 92 in G ‘Oxford’
(1789) [24:47] Sinfonia concertante in B flat
for violin, cello, oboe and bassoon (1792)*
[21:24]
Toru Yasunaga (violin); Georg Faust (cello);
*Jonathan Kelly (oboe); *Stefan Schweigert
(bassoon) Berliner Philharmoniker/Sir Simon
Rattle rec. live, 8-10, 14-17 February 2007,
Philharmonie, Berlin. DDD
EMI CLASSICS 0946 3 94237 2 9 [75:47 +
69:31][JQ]
A
set to lift the spirits. ... see Full
Review
Joseph
HAYDN
(1732-1809)
The Seven Last Words From the Cross,
Hob.III:50-56, Op.51, No.1-7 (1787)
Cherubini Quartet (Christoph Poppen,
Harald Schoneweg
(violins); Harold Schlichtig
(viola); Klaus Kämper
(cello)) rec. 18-20 July 1988, Haydn-Saal,
Schloss Eisenstadt
EMI CLASSICS CDC
7 49682
[77:02][GPu]
A
slow, monumental, and yet intimate performance
of the quartet version of one of Haydn’s
masterpieces … see Full
Review
Claudio
Monteverdi
(1567-1643) Cantate
Domino (1620) [2:11] Mass for four voices
(published 1650) [21:44] (Kyrie [3:59];
Gloria [4:34]; Credo [6:05];
Sanctus [2:32]; Benedictus [1:34];
Agnus Dei [3:00]) Domine, ne in
furore (1620) [4:00] Missa In illa
tempore for six voices (1610) [28:24]
(Kyrie [3:39]; Gloria [5:47];
Credo [10:06]; Sanctus [2:24];
Benedictus [1:33]; Agnus Dei
I [2:32]; Agnus Dei II [2:23])
The Sixteen/Harry Christophers Margaret Phillips
(organ) rec. All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London,
9-10 May 1986. DDD. Booklet with notes in
English, French and German and texts in Latin
with English translation.
HYPERION HELIOS CDH55145 [56:40][BW]
Strongly
recommended to anyone wishing to expand their
knowledge of Monteverdi beyond the Vespers
– much less dramatic music, but well worth
getting to know in such excellent performances
… see Full
Review
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756–1791)
Coronation Mass, K317 (1779) [24.46]
Missa Solemnis, K337 (1780) [21.32]
Epistle Sonata no. 16, K329 [3.52]
Epistle Sonata no. 17, K336 [3.52]
Patrizia Kwella (soprano) Ulla Groenewold
(contralto) Christoph Pregardien (tenor) Franz-Josef
Selig (bass) Cologne Chamber Choir Collegium
Cartusianum/Peter Neumann Recorded 1989, originally
issued by EMI
VIRGIN CLASSICS 00946 391803 2 5 [53.17][RH]
Neumann’s
accounts of the masses are pretty much spot-on
... see Full
Review
Camille
SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 (1872)
[18:44]* Cello Concerto No. 2 in D minor,
Op. 119 (1902) [18:01]+ La muse et le poète,
Op. 132 (1909) [15:45]+# Suite for Cello and
Orchestra, Op. 16 (1862) [17:04]+ Prière,
Op. 158 (1919) [5:55]^
Steven Isserlis (cello) #Joshua Bell (violin)
^Francis Grier (organ) *London Symphony Orchestra/Michael
Tilson Thomas +NDR Symphony Orchestra/Christoph
Eschenbach rec. *Blackheath Concert Halls,
London, September 1992; ^Eton College Chapel,
Windsor, February 1993; +Musikhalle, Hamburg,
September 1999
BMG-RCA CLASSIC LIBRARY 82876-65845-2
[76:02][SV]
The
two concertos fail to meet expectations but
at mid-price, this remains recommendable for
the tone-poem and the Suite. ... see Full
Review
Franz
SCHUBERT (1797–1828)
Austrian Contemporaries - Volume 3
1. Himmelsfunken D651
[3:01] 2. Der Mondabend D141
[2:46] 3. Bertas Lied in der Nacht
D653 [4:07] 4. Cora an die Sonne D263
[2:09] 5. Mein Gruss an den Mai D305
[3:19] 6. Die Blumensprache D519 [2:15]
7. Der Blumen Schmerz D731 [4:58] 8.
Das Lied im Grünen D917 [4:40] 9. Frühlingslied
D919 [5:19] 10. An die Sonne D270 [2:59]
11. Lambertine D301 [3:11]
12. Blondel zu Marien
D626 [3:57] 13. Der
Morgenkuss D264 [2:28] 14.
Die Unterscheidung D866/1 [5:23]
15. Die Männer sind méchant
D866/3 [2:45] 16. Das Echo D868/990C
[4:40] 17. Die Liebe D522 [3:38] 18.
Ammenlied D122 [1:44] 19. Die Macht
der Liebe D308 [1:41] 20
Abendbilder D650 [6:28]
Daniela Sindram (mezzo), Ulrich Eisenlohr
(piano) rec. Bayerischer Rundfunk,
Munich, Germany, 24–27 June 2005
NAXOS 8.557833 [71:29][GF]
This disc belongs
among the best of those I have heard in this
series ... see Full
Review
Kósçak
YAMADA (1886-1965)
Nagauta Symphony ‘Tsurukame’ (1934)*
[17:23] Symphony ‘Inno Meiji’ (1921)** [18:28]
Choreographic Symphony ‘Maria Magdalena’
(1918) [15:39]
* Touon Tetsuo Miyata; Touon Toshimitsu Moraji;
Touon Taro Yamaguchi; Touon Jun Ajimi; Touon
Keizo Miyata (Nagauta vocalists); Touon Toru
Ajimi; Touon Takehisa Takahashi; Touon Shiro
Minoda; Touon Yutaka Miyata; Touon Gojiro
Sakamoto (shamisens); Sataro Mochizuki;
Satahoshiro Mochizuki; Tatsuyuki Mochizuki;
Roei Tosha; Toru Fukahara (hayoshi)
** Yumiko Mizoiri (hichiriki) Tokyo
Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra/Takuo Yuasa
rec. 17 October 2005, Kodaira Citizens Cultural
Hall, Tokyo. Song text included
NAXOS JAPANESE CLASSICS 8.557971 [50:30][DM]
Mildly
interesting but no revelations. All credit to
Naxos, panning for gold … a risky strategy but
they can and do find some nuggets in the sand.
Regrettably this is not one of them. ... 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
Monday September 24th
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Symphony
No.4 in B flat major, Op.60 [31:33] Symphony
No.7 in A major, Op.92 [33:47] Overture to
King Stephen,
Op.117 [7:31]
Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell rec. 1960,
1963, 1967. ADD
SONY CLASSICAL SBK 48158
[73:32][TP]
As
a coupling of Beethoven 4 and 7, this disc
is unbeatable. ... see Full
Review
Manolis
KALOMIRIS (1883-1962)
Triptych for Orchestra (1937-1940)
[22.16] Symphony No 3 ‘Palamian’ in D minor
for orchestra with dramatic recitation (1955)
[30.39] Three Greek Dances (1934) [8.46]
The Destruction of Psara (1949?) [1.34]
Nikitas Tsakiroglou (orator) Athens State
Orchestra/Byron Fidetzis rec. Athens Concert
Hall Recording Centre, 20 June-2 July 2005.
DDD
NAXOS 8.557970 [63.15][GH]
At
Naxos price this disc is worth investigating
but be prepared for an epic struggle. ...
see Full Review
Gustav
MAHLER (1860-1911)
Symphony No. 3 in D minor (1893-96, rev. 1906)
[99:49]
Birgit Remmert (contralto) Heinz Saurer (posthorn)
Schweizer Kammerchor Zürcher Sängerknaben
Tonhalle Orchester Zürich/David Zinman rec.
27 February-1 March 2006, Tonhalle, Zürich,
Switzerland
BMG-RCA 88697 12918 2
[34:51 + 54:58][DM]
Zinman
achieves a certain majesty but where is the
necessary heft … the radiance … the joy? ...
see Full
Review
Knut
NYSTEDT (b. 1915)
Prayers of Kierkegaard, Op. 157 (1999)
[17:42] Salve Regina, Op. 156a (1999)
[5:04] The Word Became Flesh, Op. 162
(2001) [7:23] Nytt er livet, Op. 170*
(2003) [7:05] Jesu seben Worte, Op.
171 (2003) [11:00] Immortal Bach (J.S.
Bach arr. Nystedt) (1987) [3:54].
Beate Kronen (soprano) (trs. 3, 5-10)[ Gea
Aartun (soprano) (tr.5) * Bærum Vokalensemble
Ensemble 96/ Øystein Fevang rec. February,
April, September 2004, Uranienborg Church,
Oslo, Norway. Texts and translations provided
DEUX ELLES 2L 29SACD
[52:52][DM]
A
wonderful collection and one that I hope to
revisit again and again, with undiminished
pleasure ... see Full
Review
Alla
PAVLOVA (b. 1952)
Symphony No.5 (2006) [47:23] (1.Adagio-Vivace
[9:57]; 2.Adagio [7:44]; 3 Adagio-Vivace [12:55];
4.Largo [9:55]; 5. Vivace [6:52]) Elegy for
Piano and String Orchestra (1988)* [4:41]
Mikhail Shestakov (violin) Andrei Korobeinikov
(piano)*, Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of
Moscow Radio/Vladimir Ziva rec. Studio 5 of
the Russian State TV & Radio Company Kultura,
Moscow, 18-21 June 2006.
NAXOS 8.570369 [52:04][SA]
I
find her music sumptuous and emotionally rewarding…she
writes music that describes tragedy well ...
see Full Review
François-André
Danican PHILIDOR (1726-1795)
CD1 Simphonie No.27 in G major (Ouverture:
Le maréchal ferrant, 1761) [12:44] Carmen
Sæculare (1788): (Ouverture [4:31]; Prologus:
Odi profanum vulgus [1:18]; Prima Pars [5:18];
Seconda Pars [18:04]; Tertia Pars [12:47])
CD2 Carmen Sæculare (contd.) Pars Quarta [38:25]
Le sorcier: Ouverture in G major (1764) [8:54]
Tom Jones: Ouverture in B flat major (1765)
[7:58]
Veronica Cangemi (soprano), Nora Gubisch (mezzo),
Donald Litaker (tenor), Antonio Abete (bass)
Coro della Radio Svizzera Orchestra della
Svizzera Italiana/Jean-Claude Malgoire (Carmen
Sæculare) Prague Chamber Orchestra/Christian
Benda (Simphonie, overtures)
rec. Studio Domovina, Prague, 19 April 2005
and Auditorio della RSI, Lugano, Switzerland,
21-22 January 1998 (Carmen Sæculare).
NAXOS 8.557593-94 [54:42 + 55:16][DC]
If
the fascinating sensitivities of the late
1780s attract then this is an artefact which
will bring great pleasure. ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Sir
Charles Villiers STANFORD (1852-1924)
Sonata in F major for Clarinet and Piano,
op. 129 (1911) [18:44] (1) Fantasy no.1 for
Clarinet and String Quartet (1921) [11:39]
(2) Fantasy no.2 for Clarinet and String Quartet
(1922) [14:37] (2) Three Intermezzi for Clarinet
and Piano, op. 13 (1879) [08:06] (3) Piano
Trio no.3 in A minor, op. 158 – Per aspera
ad astra (1918) [20:59] (4)
Robert Plane (clarinet) (1, 2, 4), Gould Piano
Trio (Lucy Gould (violin) (2, 4), Alice Neary
(cello) (2, 4), Benjamin Frith (1, 3, 4));
Mia Cooper (violin) (2), David Adams (viola)
(2) rec. 17-19 December 2006, Potton Hall,
Westleton, Suffolk, UK
NAXOS 8.570416 [74:05][CH]
A
Stanford CD première and a convenient grouping
of the three chamber works with solo clarinet,
in excellent performances. ... see Full
Review
Best
of British Light Music Richard
ADDINSELL (1904-1977) 1.
Theme from “Goodbye Mr Chips” (1939) [3:19]
2. Warsaw Concerto (1941) [9:06] Sir Richard Rodney BENNETT
(b.1936) 3. Theme and Waltz from “Murder
on the Orient Express” [5:43] Ronald
BINGE (1910-1979) 4. The Watermill
[3:46] 5. Elizabethan Serenade (1951) [3:39]
Eric COATES (1886-1957)
6. Sound and Vision (ATV March) (1955)
[3:32] 7. Covent Garden (from “London Suite”)
(1933) [5:13] 8. March “Calling All Workers”
[3:26] 9. By the sleepy lagoon (1930) [3:46]
10. Dam Busters’ March [3:56] Samuel
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR (1875-1912) 11.
Hiawatha Overture [11:24] Anthony COLLINS (1893-1963)
12. Vanity Fair (1952) [3:43] Frederick
CURZON (1899-1973) 13. March of
the Bowmen (from “Robin Hood Suite”) (1937)
[4:51] Trevor DUNCAN (b.1924)
14. High Heels [3:04] Vivian ELLIS (1904-1996)
15. Coronation Scot (1938) [2:55] Robert
FARNON (1917-2005) 16. Melody
Fair [2:51] 17. Colditz March [3:08] Sir
Edward GERMAN (1862-1936) 18. Sophia’s
Waltz-Song from “Tom Jones” (1907) [3:07]
Ron GOODWIN (1925-2003)
19. Theme from “633 Squadron” [2:57]
Percy GRAINGER (1882-1961) 20.
Country Gardens [2:05]
Anthony HEDGES (b.1931) 21. Overture
“Heigham Sound” (1978) [5:39]
Albert KETÈLBEY (1875-1959) 22.
“In a Persian Market” (1921) [5:34] 23. “In
a Monastery Garden” [5:15] Billy
MAYERL (1902-1959) 24. Marigold
(1927) [3:58]
Roger QUILTER (1877-1953) 25.
A Children’s Overture [11:09]
Ernest TOMLINSON (b.1924) 26.
A Little Serenade (1955) [3:23] 27. Shenandoah
[3:53] Sidney
TORCH (1908-1990) 28. Shortcake
Walk (1952) [2:17] 29. All Strings and Fancy
Free [3:32] Geoffrey TOYE (1889-1942)
30. Concert Waltz “The Haunted Ballroom”
(1935) [6:59] Edward
WHITE (1910-1994) 31. “Puffin’
Billy” [3:02]
Haydn WOOD (1882-1959) 32. Serenade
to Youth (1954) [2:45] Bill
WORLAND (b.1921) 33. Millennium
– A Celebration March (2000) [4:30]
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (4,5,7,8,9,10,13,14,16,17,18,20,22,23,24,25,26,27,32);
Adrian Leaper (conductor) (7,8,9,10,13,16,17,18,22,23,25,32),
Ernest Tomlinson (conductor) (4,5,26,27),
Keith Brion (conductor) (20), Gary Carpenter
(conductor) (24), Andrew Penny (conductor)
(14): Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (6); Paul
Murphy (conductor) (6); RTE Concert Orchestra
(2,3,11,12,15,30,31,33); Ernest Tomlinson
(conductor) (12,15,30,31), Gavin Sutherland
(conductor) (33), Proinnsias O’Duinn (conductor)
(2,3), Adrian Leaper (conductor) (11); RTE
Sinfonietta (21); Anthony Hedges (conductor)
(21); BBC Concert Orchestra (1,28,29); Barry
Wordsworth (conductor) (28,29), Kenneth Alwyn
(1); New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (19),
Ron Goodwin (conductor) (19); Philip Fowke
(piano) (2,3) rec. no information given
NAXOS 8.570575-76 [75:51 + 74:19][JS]
These
discs could have been better in terms of their
choice of music and the order in which they
are placed, but they remain a very attractive
purchase. ... 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
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