MAGNIFICAT
ANON Magnificat,
'Motet a grand choeur par M' [24'07] Claude
BALBASTRE (1727-1799) Joseph revenant
un jour [5'45] Ou s'en vont ces gais berger?
[5'39] Jean-Francois
DANDRIEU (1682-1738) Or nous dites
Marie [5'22] Louis-Claude
DAQUIN (1694-1772) Noël sur
les Flutes [7'04] Michel
CORRETTE (1709-1795) Tous les bourgeois
de Chastres [3'26] Tambourins [1'36] 
Daniel Meylan (organ) Agnieszka Kowalczyk,
soprano, Jean-Francois Lombard, haute-contre,
Bertrand Bochud, tenor, Olivier Bettens, basse,
La Camerata Baroque, Arabesque/Daniel Meylan
rec. Temple du Pampigny (Switzerland) 3-4
June 2005, St Jean-de-Losne (France), 28-29
August 2005. DDD
HORTUS 043 [52'59] [CB]
Surely
another little known treasure of 18th century
French organ building. ... see Full
Review
Trumpet
Magic A Tribute To Rafael Méndez
Jenö HUBAY (1858-1937)
Hejre Kati arr. MÉNDEZ [3.24] Giacomo
PUCCINI (1858-1924) Musetta's Waltz from La Boheme arr.
MÉNDEZ [3.15] Giuseppe VERDI
(1813-1901) Caro nome from Rigoletto arr. MÉNDEZ [3.09] Bedřich
SMETANA (1824-1884) Dance of the Comedians from The Bartered
Bride arr. MÉNDEZ [3.47] Léo
DELIBES (1836-1891) Bell Song from Lakmé arr. MÉNDEZ
[4.03] Georges BIZET (1838-1875)
Habanera from Carmen arr. MÉNDEZ [3.56] Danse bohème from Carmen
arr. MÉNDEZ [3.56] Gioachino
ROSSINI (1792-1868) Una voce poco fa from Barber of Seville
arr. MÉNDEZ [5.21] Vittorio
MONTI (1868-1922) Csárdás arr. MÉNDEZ [4.07] Pablo
de SARASATE (1844-1908) Zigeunerweisen arr. MÉNDEZ
[6.02] Rafael MÉNDEZ (1906-81)
Canto moro [3.21] Intermezzo [3.24] Plegaria Taurina [3.54] Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Violin Concerto in E minor arr.
MENDEZ/KOFF [3.32] Rafael
CALLEJA (1874-1938)/ Tomas BARRERA
(1870-1938) Farewell my Granada [4.14] arr. MÉNDEZ/KOFF Bernardino
MONTERDEL a Virgen de la Macarena arr. MÉNDEZ/KOFF
Geoffrey Payne (trumpet)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra/Jean-Louis Forestier rec. Iwaki Auditorium,
ABC, Melbourne, March 2003, April 2004
ABC CLASSICS 476 9163 [64.06] [JW]
A
faithful homage to Mexican trumpeter, Rafael Méndez ... see Full
Review
Michelangeli
plays Beethoven Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Piano
Sonatas: No. 3 in C, Op. 2 No. 3 (1794/5) [27'10]; No. 32 in C minor,
Op. 111 (1822) [29'00]. Also includes bonus items: Baldassare
GALUPPI (1706-1785) Sonata No. 5 in C [16'17].
Domenico SCARLATTI (1685-1757) Sonatas: C minor, Kk11; C,
Kk159; A, Kk322; B minor, Kk27.
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano). rec. 1960s, RAI Turin (Beethoven
1962). LPCM. 4:3. All regions. mono
OPUS ARTE MONO OA0939D 
[84'00][CC]
Warmly
recommended as wholly representative of Michelangeli's art. Momentary
glitches in picture quality should deter no-one. ... see Full
Review
Paradisi
Portas:
Music from 17th Century Portugal Duarte
LOBO (c.1565-1646) Audivi
vocem de cælo [2:10] Manuel CARDOSO
(1566-1650) Kyrie and Gloria, from Missa Paradisi portas
[10:46] ANONYMOUS Obra de falsas
cromáticas de 1° tono* [4:00] Manuel
LEITÃO DE AVILES (d.1630) Tract: Adjuva nos [1:59] Manuel
CARDOSO (1566-1650) Credo, from Missa Paradisi portas
[8:33] Duarte LOBO (c.1565-1646)
Pater peccavi [1:39] Manuel CARDOSO
(1566-1650) Paradisi portas [2:31] Pablo
BRUNA (1611-1679) Tiento de 1° tono de mano derecha*
[4:26] Manuel CARDOSO (1566-1650)
Sanctus, from Missa Paradisi portas [2:25] Sitivit anima
mea [3:18] Benedictus and Agnus Dei, from Missa Paradisi portas [6:02]
COMMUNION CHANT Manducaverunt, et
saturati sunt [1:00] ANONYMOUS Tanto
ergo sacramentum [2:23] Estêvão de BRITO
(c.1575-1641) Heu, Domine [3:10] Gaspar
dos REIS (?) (d.1674) Concertato sobre o canto chão de Ave
Maria* [2:05] Estêvão Lopes MORAGO (c.1573-after
1630) Jesu redemptor, suscipe illam [1:27] Martinho
Garcia de OLAGUE (dates unknown) Verso do 1° tom*
[1:08] Luis de ARANDA (d.1627) Quomodo
sedet sola [2:58] * organ solo
The Choir of the Queen’s College, Oxford/Owen Rees Tom Wilkinson (organ)
rec. 19-21 April 2005, Chapel of the Queen’s College, Oxford
GUILD GMCD 7296 [63:08][GPu]
An
attractive programme – much of it unfamiliar – very competently performed.
Recommended to those with an interest in the period. ... see Full
Review
Pops
Caviar:
Alexander BORODIN (1833
– 1887)
In the Steppes of Central Asia [7:42]; Nicolai
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844 – 1908) Russian Easter Festival Overture
[13:22]; Alexander BORODIN Prince
Igor: Overture [10:07]; Polovtsian Dances [11:03] (rec. 20-21 June 1957);
Aram KHACHATURIAN (1903 – 1978)
Gayane: Lullaby [4:57]; Lezghinka [2:48]; Dance of the Rose Maidens
[2:03] Dance of the Kurds [1:58]; Sabre Dance [2:28] (rec. 23 May 1958);
Nicolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Tsar Saltan:
The Flight of the Bumblebee [1:26] (rec. 30 May 1958) Piotr
Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840 – 1893) Eugene Onegin: Polonaise
[4:34] (rec. 27 June 1958); The Sleeping Beauty: Waltz [4:32]; Aram
KHACHATURIAN Masquerade Suite: Galop [2:40] (rec. 25 June
1959) Boston Pops Orchestra/Arthur
Fiedler rec. Symphony Hall, Boston. recording dates see above. 
BMG-RCA
Red Seal 82876716182 SACD [69:40] [GF]
If
the programme appeals, why not give it a chance?
Be warned though: turn the volume down, otherwise
you may be blown out of your chair. ... see
Full
Review
Regina
Caeli William
HARRIS (1883 -1973)
Bring us, O Lord God; Faire is the Heaven
Tarik O’REGAN (b.
1978) Sub tuum praesidium Anton
BRUCKNER (1824 – 1896) Ave Maria
Traditional arr.
Stephen CLEOBURY (b.
1948) Joys Seven Benjamin
BRITTEN (1913 – 1976) A Hymn to
the Virgin Edvard
GRIEG (1943 – 1907) Ave Maris Stella
Johannes ECCARD
(1553 – 1611) Presentation of Christ
in the Temple Igor
STRAVINSKY (1882 – 1971) Ave Maria
Carlo GESUALDO
(1560 – 1613) O vos omnes Andrew
MARCH (b. 1973) Phos Hilaron; Nunc
Dimittis; Magnificat; Be still and know; Marian
Antiphon No. 3; Spiritus; A Song of Revelation
Henryk GORECKI
(b. 1933) Totus Tuus
Corpus Christi College Chapel Choir/Daniel
Soper; Rebecca Drake rec. 21-22 March 2005,
Corpus Christi College Chapel, Cambridge
LAMMAS RECORDS LAMM 188D [67.35][RH]
A
live snapshot ... the young singers bring
freshness and vitality ... see Full
Review
Rosa
Mystica –
Organ Music from Brentwood
Cathedral played by James Devor Charles-Marie
WIDOR (1844 – 1937) Finale
from Symphonie VI [6:06] Jean
LANGLAIS (1907 – 1991) Rosa
mystica from Triptyque grégorien
(1978) [4:32] Girolamo
FRESCOBALDI (1583 – 1643) Aria
detto Ballestto [9:43] Herbert
HOWELLS (1892 – 1983) Psalm-Prelude
on Psalm 139 (1938) [6:42] Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685 – 1750) arr.
Marcel DUPRÉ Sinfonia
from Cantata No. 29 (1783; 1941)
[4:18] Samuel BARBER
(1910 – 1981) arr. CULLEN
Adagio for Strings (1938) [8:09]
Jeremiah CLARKE
(c. 1670 – 1707) Trumpet Voluntary
[2:18] Guy BOVET
(b. 1942) Toccata Planyanska [5:25]
Léon BOËLLMANN
(1862 – 1897) Priére á
Notre-Dame from Suite Gothique
[4:22] Johann Sebastian
BACH (1685 – 1750) Prelude and
Fugue in C Minor BWV 549 [5:27] Andrew
WRIGHT (b. 1955) O Lamb of God
I Come [3:42] Olivier
MESSIAEN (1908 – 1992) Dieu
parmi nous (La nativité du Seigneur)
(1935) [8:28]
James Devor (organ) rec. Brentwood Cathedral,
Brentwood, Essex, England, December 2004,
January 2005. DDD
HERALD HAVPCD308 [69:14] [TP]
Devor
shows much promise in this recital that mixes
old chestnuts, arrangements of famous works
and more obscure pieces ... see Full
Review
Elisabeth
Schumann (1888-1952): Early Recordings
1915-1923
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770–1827) Fidelio: O, wär ich schon
mit dir vereint; Carl Maria von WEBER (1786–1826) Der Freischütz:
Trübe Augen, Liebchen; Kommt ein schlanker Bursch gegangen; Ambroise THOMAS (1811–1896) Connais-tu le pays?;
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756–1791) Le nozze
di Figaro: Non so più; Voi che sapete; Don Giovanni: Vedrai,
carino; Albert LORTZING (1801–1851) Der Wildschütz:
Auf des Lebens raschen Wogen; Charles
GOUNOD
(1818–1893) Faust: Air des bijoux; Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Durch
Zärtlichkeit und Schmeicheln; Welche Wonne, welche Lust; Don Giovanni:
Batti, batti, o bel Masetto; François
AUBER
(1782–1871) Fra Diavolo: Quel bonheur; Engelbert
HUMPERDINCK (1854–1921) Hänsel und Gretel: Wo bin
ich? Wach ich? Ist es ein Traum?; Richard STRAUSS (1864–1949) Die heiligen drei Könige
aus Morgenland; Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Exultate,
Jubilate: Allegro; Andante; Alleluia; Le nozze di Figaro:
Deh vieni, non tardar; Die Zauberflöte: Ach, ich fühl’s,
es ist verschwunden;
Elisabeth Schumann (soprano) with orchestra rec. 1915 (tracks 1-4),
1920 (tracks 5-14), 1922 (tracks 15-18) and 1923 (tracks 19-20). Producer
and Audio Restoration Engineer: Ward Marston. ADD
NAXOS 8.111098 [77:10][AO]
Re-masterings
of the early Edison and Polydor recordings give a glimpse of a great
singer in her youth ... see Full
Review
Stabat
Mater Hildegard
of BINGEN (1098-1179) O
Euchari [05.41] Giovanni Battista PERGOLESI
(1710-1736) Stabat Mater (1736) [35.00] Jean
François LALLOUETTE (1651-1728) O mysterium ineffabile
[02.01] Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER (1636-1704)
Serve bone [02.19] Pulchra es [02.30] Richard
DERING (c. 1580-1630) O bone Jesu [02.55] Jan
Baptist VERRIJT (c. 1610-1650) In nomine Jesu [02.43]
Claudio MONTEVERDI (1567-1643)
Ut queant laxis [03.26] Confitebor Terzo alla Francese [06.14]
Emma Kirkby (soprano) Catherine
Denley, (mezzo) London Baroque St Albans Abbey Girls Choir/Simon Johnson
rec. Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, St. Albans, Hertfordshire,
England, 14-16 February, 11 May 2005. DDD LAMMAS RECORDS LAMM
184D [63.42][MC]
Spirited
and impassioned singing ... an abundance of confidence ... see Full
Review
David
Stanhope (Piano): A Virtuoso Recital Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Toccata Op.7 (1829-32) [4:59]
Gabriel FAURÉ (1845-1924) Ballade Op. 19 (1880) [13:41]
Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) 13 Preludes Op. 32 (1910)
[38:05] Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) arr. Franz LISZT (1811-1886)
Wedding March and Elves’ Dance from music
to A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1843) [9:16] Jean SIBELIUS (1865-1957) arr. David STANHOPE (b.1952) The
Tryst (1899) [3:07]
David Stanhope, piano rec. The Studio at Sydney Opera House, 21-22 July
2004. TALL
POPPIES TP184 [69:40][WK]
A
middle road between virtuosity and emotional depiction. ... see Full
Review
Renata
Tebaldi - Classic Recitals
Giuseppe VERDI (1813 –
1901) Don Carlo: Tu che le vanità; Un ballo in maschera:
Ecco l’orrido campo … Ma dall’arido stelo divulsa; Morrò ma prima in
grazia; Giovanna d’Arco: Oh ben s’addice questo torbido cielo
… Sempre all’alba ed alla sera; Giacomo PUCCINI (1858 – 1924) Turandot: In
questa reggia; Amilcare PONCHIELLI (1834
– 1886) La Gioconda: Suicidio!; Giacomo
PUCCINI La rondine: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta; Pietro
MASCAGNI (1863 – 1945) Cavalleria rusticana: Voi lo
sapete; Francesco CILEA (1866 – 1950) L’Arlesiana:
Esser madre è un inferno
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) New Philharmonia Orchestra/ Oliviero de Fabritiis
rec. Kingsway Hall, London, September 1964
DECCA 475 7166 [52:21][GF]
Fairly
late Tebaldi. ... some steel but uncommonly inward readings with
girlish timbre and the required power to make the climaxes tell
... cordially recommended. ... see Full
Review
Though
Lovers Be Lost -
Music shadowing the two world wars Benjamin
BRITTEN (1913-1976)
Temporal Variations (1936) [12:58] Gerald
FINZI (1901-1956) Interlude (1933-1936)
arranged by Howard Ferguson for Oboe and Piano [12:21] Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937) Le Tombeau de Couperin – Prelude; Forlane; Menuet; Rigaudon (1914-17)
arranged by Daniel Pailthorpe [18:29] Henri
DUTILLEUX (b.1916)
Sonata for Oboe and Piano (1947) [11:13] Eugene
GOOSSENS (1893-1962) Concerto in One Movement,
Op. 45 (1927) [13:11]
Emily Pailthorpe (oboe); Julian Milford (piano) rec. Potton Hall, Westleton,
Suffolk, 15-16 September 2000. DDD
OBOE CLASSICS CC2008 [69:13][JF]
Less
of a homogenous collection inspired by a particular theme than an opportunity
to add a few desirable works to my collection of English chamber music.
... see Full Review
Valse
Café Anatol
LIADOV (1855-1914) The Musical Snuff Box
Op.32 [1.58] A. SCHULZ-EVLER (1854-1905)
Concert Arabesque on themes by Johann Strauss [12.31] Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Waltz No.15 Op.39 [1.27] Johannes
STRAUSS II (1825-1899) Frülingsstimmen Op. 410 (1883) – arranged
by Ignaz FRIEDMAN (1882-1948) [10.40] Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Soirée de Vienne No.7 arranged by Franz LISZT S427 (1852)(1811-1886) [6.21] Soirée de Vienne
No.6 arranged by Franz LISZT S427 (1852) (1811-1886) [6.23] Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) La plus que lente (1910) [4.22] Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1927) La Valse (1919-20) arranged by Miguel
Baselga [11.28]
Miguel Baselga (piano) rec. Auditorium de Zaragoza, July 2005
COLUMNA MÚSICA 1CM0144 [56.28][JW]
Rarities
here but somewhat exhausting listening though a recital without much
intellectual gruel is not in itself especially damning. ... see Full
Review
Vienne
1900
Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949)
Also sprach Zarathustra - Introduction (1896) [1:50] Orchestre National
de Bordeaux-Aquitaine/Alain Lombard Anton
WEBERN (1883-1945) Langsammer Satz (1905) [8:18] Quatuor
Arditti Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Intermezzo, Op. 117 no. 1 (1892) [4:48] Ballade, Op. 118 No. 3 (1892)
[3:33] Andrea Bonatta (piano) Arnold
SCHOENBERG (1874-1951) Verklärte Nacht –Sehr Ruhig (1899)
[4:02] Quatuor Arditti with Thomas Kakuska (viola) and Valentin Erben
(cello) Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911)
Symphonie No. 5 (1904) – Adagietto [10:26] Symphony No. 6 (1906)
– Scherzo [13:15] Orchestre National de France/Bernard Haitink Johann
STRAUSS II (1825-1899) arr. Arnold SCHOENBERG
Rosen aus dem Süden (1880) [10:10] Quatuor Arditti with Louise
Bessette (piano) and Hakon Austbö (harmonium) Aloexander
von ZEMLINSKY (1871-1942) Une Tragédie Florentine (1916)
– Overture [4:44] Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France/Armin Jordan
Alban BERG (1885-1935)
Quatour, Op. 3 (1910) – Langsam [9:28] Quatuor Arditti Gustav
MAHLER arr. Clytus GOTTWALD (b. 1925) Ich bin der Welt
abhanden gekommen (1901-04) [6:04] Chœur de Chambre Accentus/Laurence
Equilbey Arnold SCHOENBERG Quatuor
en ré majeur (1897) 1. Allegro Molto [6:56] Quatuor Arditti Richard
STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel (1895) [15:34] Orchestre National
de Bordeaux-Aquitaine/Alain Lombard Anton
WEBERN Cinq Mouvements pour quatuor à cordes, Op. 5 (1909)
[11:16] Quatuor Arditti Franz
SCHREKER (1876-1934) Gesänge für tiefe Stimme (1909): Die
Dunkelheit sinkt schwer wie Blei [2:21] Sie sind so schön [2:52] Anna
Holroyd (mezzo-soprano); Camerata Versailles/Amaury du Closel Arnold
SCHOENBERG Quatuor à cordes II, Op. 10 (1907) – 3. Litanei
[5:53] Dawn Upshaw (soprano); Quatuor Arditti Richard
STRAUSS Sonate pour violincelle et piano, Op. 6 (1883) –
Andante ma non troppo [8:15] Anne Gastinel (cello); Pierre-Laurent
Aimard (piano) Johannes BRAHMS
Quintette, Op. 111 (1890) – Adagio [7:43] Quatuor
Danois with Serge Collot (viola) Gustav
MAHLER arr. Arnold SCHOENBERG Lieder
eines fahrenden Gesellen (1885) – Die zwei blauen Augen [5:18] Jean-Luc
Chaignaux (baritone); Quatuor Arditti; Marc Marder (double bass); Michel
Moragues (flute); Paul Meyer (clarinet); Hakon Austbö (harmonium); Isabelle
Berteletti (percussion); Louise Bessette (piano) Alban
BERG 5 Variations sur un thème de Schumann (1906-07) [1:36]
Quatuor Arditti Thème et 5 Variations pour violon et piano (1906-07)
[3:52] Irvine Arditti; Stefan Litwin (piano) rec. locations and dates
not supplied NAÏVE V
5039 [77:12 + 72:20] [JQ]
An
introduction to the musical world that the
Great War and atonality swept away .... see
Full Review
Rozezni mne
láskou… [Touch my Heart-strings]
Josef
SUK (1874-1935)
Píseň lásky Op.7/1 [6.30] Idylky 1 Op.7/4
[1.57] Capriccietto Op.7/6 [1.45] Karel
BENDL (1838-1897) Ukolébavka
[3.26] Máj [2.21] Intermezzo Op.109b
[4.10] Serenáda Op.109c [5.56] Milostná
scena Op.109a [5.19] Zdeněk
FIBICH (1850-1900) Poème
Op.41 IV/14 [1.16] Antonín
DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) Na starém
hradě [from Poetic Tone Pictures] Op.85/3
[4.54] Vitěslav
NOVÁK (1870-1949) Písně zimních
nocí [Songs of Winter Nights] Op.30 [18.03]
Tomáš Víšek (piano) Recorded
at the Music School in Brandys nad Labem,
Czech Republic, July 1999
TOMÁS VÍŠEK TV 0001-1154
[55.44] [JW]
A
Czech pianist really inside his repertoire
and one who promotes it with warmth and imagination.
... see Full
Review
BOOK REVIEWS
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Parsonage - The Evolution of Jazz in Britain,
1880-1935
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Mahler Family Letters Edited,
translated, and annotated by Stephen McClatchie
Published in hardback by OUP (New York, 2006)
ISBN 0-19-514065-6
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