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TROUBADISC

TROUBADISC TROCD01432

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Review [JW]

Contemporary Sacred Music from Estonia
Andres UIBO (b.1956)
Antiphons (2005) [10:43]
Veljo TORMIS (b.1930)
At the Crossroads (1991) [9:27]
Tower Bell in my Village (1978) [14:29]
Arvo P�RT (b.1935)
From Canon of Repentance (1996)
Kontakion� [3:32]
Ode VI [10:12]
Prayer after the Canon [14:15]
Orthodox Singers/Valery Petrov
rec. Keila Newand, Apostolic Church, Estonia, March 2007�
TROUBADISC TROCD01432 [62:42]

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NIMBUS

NIMBUS NI 5824/6

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Review [JQ]

RECORDING OF THE MONTH

 


Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)
Albert Herring - A Comic Opera in Three Acts Op. 39 (1947) [133:35]
Lady Billows, an elderly autocrat � Joan Cross (soprano)
Albert Herring, from the greengrocer�s � Peter Pears (tenor)
The English Opera Group Chamber Orchestra/Benjamin Britten
rec. live The Royal Theatre, Copenhagen, 15 September 1949. DDD
English libretto included

NIMBUS NI 5824/6 [3 CDs: 51:43 + 51:52 +30:00]

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NIMBUS

NIMBUS NI5302

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Review [BW]

 


William Byrd (1539/1543?-1623)
Mass for Three Voices (early 1590s) with the Propers for the Nativity

Introitus: Puer natus est nobis (Gradualia, 1607) [5:15]
Kyrie (Mass for Three Voices) [0:41]
Gloria (Mass for Three Voices) [4:49]
Gradualis: Viderunt omnes fines terrae; Dies sanctificatus (Gradualia, 1607) [3:19]
Credo (Mass for Three Voices) [7:31]
Offertorium: Tui sunt c�li (Gradualia, 1607) [1:20]
Sanctus; Benedictus (Mass for Three Voices) [2:47]
Communio: Viderunt omnes fines terrae (Gradualia, 1607) [1:16]
Agnus Dei (Mass for Three Voices) [3:40]
Antiphon: Hodie Christus Natus est [2:18]
Hymn: Christe redemptor omnium [3:55]
Antiphon: O admirabile Commertium [4:31]
Hymn: A solis ortus cardine [4:40]
Response: O magnum misterium [5:49]
Christ Church Cathedral Choir/Stephen Darlington
rec. Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire, England, 13-14 May 1991. DDD.
Booklet with notes in English, texts and translations.
Music edited by David Skinner and published by The Cardinall�s Musick (edition), Headington, Oxford OX3 7LS
NIMBUS NI5302 [51:51]

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NIMBUS

NIMBUS NI5287

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Review [BW]

 


William Byrd (1539/1543?-1623)
Mass for Four Voices (1592?) with the Propers for the Feast of Corpus Christi
Introitus: Cibavit eos (Gradualia, 1605) [3:41]
Kyrie (Mass for Four Voices) [2:04]
Gloria (Mass for Four Voices) [5:44]
Gradualis: Oculi omnium (Gradualia, 1605) [4:07]
Sequentia: Lauda Sion salvatorem (plainsong) [6:36]
Credo (Mass for Four Voices) [7:45]
Offertorium: Sacerdotes Domini (Gradualia, 1605) [1:44]
Sanctus; Benedictus (Mass for Four Voices) [3:49]
Communio: Quotiescunque manducabitis (Gradualia, 1605) [3:04]
Agnus Dei (Mass for Four Voices) [3:35]
Processional Hymn: Pange lingua gloriosi (Gradualia, 1605) [7:34]
Hymn to the Blessed Sacrament: Ave verum corpus (Gradualia, 1605) [4:16]
Hymn to the Blessed Sacrament: O salutaris hostia (Gradualia, 1605) [2:15]
Christ Church Cathedral Choir/Stephen Darlington
rec. Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire, England, 2930 October 1990. DDD.
Booklet with notes in English, texts and translations.
NIMBUS NI5287 [56:14]

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NIMBUS

NIMBUS NI5237

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Review [BW]

 


William Byrd (1539/1543?-1623)
Mass for Five Voices (early 1590s) with the Propers for All Saints� Day

Introitus: Gaudeamus omnes (Gradualia, 1605) [4:31]
Kyrie (Mass for Five Voices) [1.34]
Gloria (Mass for Five Voices) [5.42]
Gradualis: Timete Dominum (Gradualia, 1605) [4.00]
Credo (Mass for Five Voices) [10.11]
Offertorium: Justorum animae (Gradualia, 1605) [2.50]
Sanctus; Benedictus (Mass for Five Voices) [4.14]
Communio: Beati mundo corde (Gradualia, 1605) [2.55]
Agnus Dei (Mass for Five Voices) [4.12]
Motet: Laudibus in Sanctis [5.44]
Motet: Laudate pueri Dominum [3.42]
Motet: Laudate Dominum [2.37]
Christ Church Cathedral Choir/Stephen Darlington
rec. Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire, 13-14 November 1989. DDD.
Booklet with notes in English, texts and translations.
NIMBUS NI5237 [52:12]

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NIMBUS

NIMBUS 5261

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Review [BW]

 


The Last of the Troubadours: The Art & Times of Guiraut Riquier
Martin Best Medieval Ensemble (Martin Best (voice, lute, oud, psaltery); Jeremy Barlow (recorders and pipes); David Corkhill (nakers, hammer dulcimer, tabors, drums, bells and timbrel); Alastair McLachlan (rebecs and fidele))
rec. Wyastone Leys, Monmouth, 6-7 January 1981. ADD.
Booklet with translations but no original texts.
NIMBUS NI5261 [42:16]

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NIMBUS

NIMBUS NI7951

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Review [GF]


Igor Gorin - Volume 2
Igor Gorin (baritone)
Orchestra/Donald Vorhees (1-6); Orchestra/O�Connell (13); Orchestra/Carmen Dragon (14-21); Adolf Baller (piano) (7-12)
rec. 21-22 November 1939 (7-12); 8 June 1942 (13); 1955 (1-6, 14-21)
NIMBUS PRIMA VOCE NI 7951 [79:30]

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CALA

CALA CACD0548

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Review [JW]

Georges BIZET (1838-1875)
Symphony in C (1855) [28:09]
L'Arl�sienne suite No.1 (1872) (arr. Georges Bizet) [16:53]
L'Arl�sienne suite No.2 (1872) (arr. Ernest Guiraud) [15:04]
Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918)
Children�s Corner (1908) (arr. Andr� Caplet)� [18:09]
Leopold Stokowski and his Symphony Orchestra
rec. Manhattan Center, New York, 1952, 1949 (Debussy)
CALA CACD0548 [78:15]

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CENTAUR

CRC 2918

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Review [JF]

American Fantasies: Arnold Schoenberg and American Music
Arnold
Schoenberg (1874-1951) Phantasy for Violin with Piano accompaniment, Op.47 (1949) [9:51]
John
Cage (1912-1992) Six Melodies for Violin and Keyboard (1950) [12:20]
Gunther
Schuller (b.1925) Recitative and Rondo (1954) [14:59]
Donald
Harris (b.1931) Fantasy for Violin and Piano (1955) [8:18]
Leon
Kirchner (b. 1919) For Solo Violin (World Premiere Recording) (1985) [9:20] Duo No.2 for Violin and Piano (2001) [15:56]
Jean
Coulthard (1908-2000) Day-Dream (World Premiere Recording) (1970) [1:33]
Hasse Borup (violin); Mary Kathleen Ernst (piano)
rec. 20 December 2006 and 3-9 January 2007, National Slovenian Radio in Ljubljana. DDD
CENTAUR CRC 2918 [72:19]

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HERA

Hera02115

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Review [SV]

Niccol� PAGANINI (1782-1840)
Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, MS 48, La Campanella (1826) [29:19]
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor, MS 60 (1829-30) [30:42]
Michael Jelden (violin)
Vogtland-Philharmonie, Greiz-Reichenbach/Stefan Fraas
rec. Neuberinhaus Reichenbach/Vogtland, January 2004
EDITION HERA HERA02115 [60:02]
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