Webster Aitken
(piano) Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Sonata
No. 28 in A major Op.101 [18.41] Sonata No.
31 in A flat major Op.110 [17.54] Sonata No.
29 in B flat major Op.106 Hammerklavier
[36.50] Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Sonata No.
20 in A major D959 [36.16] Sonata No. 21 in
B flat major D960 [41.36] 
Webster Aitken (piano) Recorded 1950 (Schubert
– released on EMS Records LPs) and live in
concert in 1961-62 (Beethoven – and previously
unreleased in any format)
BANDONEON RECORDINGS [73.25 + 77.52] [JW]
His
Schubert is more convincing, though still
highly personalised. A number of his voicings
are idiosyncratic to say the least. ... see
Full Review
Alpentöne
(Sounds of the Alps)
– Highlights from the Festival 2003
Totschna:
"Suworoff – Marsch": Lager Lukas
Heuss (clarinet, saxophone), Oleg Lips (accordion),
Alexander Ionov (balalaika), Daniel Mouthon
(voice) Nikita Pfister mit Montferrine:
La Mi-Été Nikita Pfister
(accordion, cimbalom, voice), Christian Abriel
(flute, percussion, alphorn), Diego Abriel
(percussion, vocals), Gerald Perera (double
bass), Nicolas Perillat (bass trombone, alphorn,
percussion), Michel Steiner (clarinet, flutes)
Michel Godard: "Die Schwarze Madonna
(Einsiedeln – Codex 121)": Ecce virgo
– Le feu et l’eau Michel Godard (serpent,
tuba), Linda Bsiri (vocals, Mariengeige),
Cristina Zavalloni (vocals), Gabriele Mirabassi
(clarinet), Hélène Breschand
(harp), Pierre Favre (percussion), Calixtinus
(Gregorian choir) Roland von Flüe
mit Ribi Orchester: "Alpine Jazz Suite":
Chilbi Roland von Flüe (saxophone,
clarinets), Beat Escher (violin), Heinz della
Torre (trumpet, alphorn), Martin Ledergerber
(flute, accordion), Martin Baumgartner (electronics,
percussion), Jean-Pierre Maillard (vibaphone,
percussion), Tony Renold (percussion), Christoph
Sprenger (double bass) Mike and Kate Westbrook:
"Turner in Uri": Jelly House Mike
Westbrook (composition, piano), Kate Westbrook
(painting, texts, vocals), Claudio Danuser
(baritone), Barbara Thompson (saxophone),
Chris Biscoe (saxophone), Tim Harries (double
bass), Jon Hiseman (percussion), Brass Band
Uri, Schola uriensis Shirley Anne Hofmann:
"Euphoria": Euro Cha Cha Cha – Alpenroeseli
Shirley Anne Hofmann (brass instruments,
accordion) Patricia Draeger: "Röseligarten":
Schönste Obestärn Patricia Draeger
(accordeon, flute, vocals), Sergej Simbirew
(accordion and Schwyzerörgeli, Voice),
Dani Häusler (clarinet, bass clarinet),
Marc Draeger (vibraphone, marimbaphone, bodhran,
voice), Christoph Mächler (double bass,
voice), Marc Halbheer (percussion) Peter
Waters: "Songlines": Von Gonten
nach Hundwilerhöhe I – Von Gonten nach
Hundwilerhöhe II "Quintetto
Zero":
Peter Waters (piano), Barbara Balzan (vocals),
Franco Ambrosetti (trumpet, flügelhorn),
Daniel Pezzotti (violoncello), Lucas Niggli
(percussion) Strepitz: "Suns Naturai":
Traditional Giovanni Floreani (bagpipe,
zither, vocals, computer), Lorenzo Marcolina
(clarinet, gaita), Ermes M Ghirardini (percussion),
Didier Ortolani (clarinet, bagpipe), Arianna
Cormons (violoncello), Evaristo Casonato (oboe,
English horn), Alessandro Turchet (double
bass) Recorded in Altdorf, Switzerland 15
– 17 August 2003 MUSIQUES
SUISSES MGB CD 6208 [63:12] [GF]
Sometimes
sweet, sometimes stimulatingly fresh and occasionally
too spicy. Give it a try with a glass of dry
sherry. ... see
Full Review
The
Art of the Vienna Horn Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Horn Sonata in F major, Op
17 (1800) Franz SCHUBERT
(1797-1828) Auf dem Strom, D943
Robert SCHUMANN
(1810-56) Adagio and Allegro in A flat
major, Op 70 Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-97) Trio in E flat
major, for piano, violin and horn, Op 40
Wolfgang Tomboeck, horn; Madoka Inui,
piano; Genia Kühmeier, soprano (Schubert);
Johannes Tomboeck, violin (Brahms) Recorded
at Studio 3 of the ORF Funkhaus Vienna, November
and December 2003
NAXOS 8.557471 [60'48"] [WH]
The
recital as a whole is so obviously enjoyable
and totally recommendable. ... see Full
Review
Barry Banks - Bel Canto
Arias (sung in English) Gioacchino ROSSINI
(1792- 1868) The Italian Girl in Algiers: In dreams of endless
pleasure (1813) [7.16] (a) Stabat Mater: Through her soul in
endless grieving (1841) [6.25] (b) Count Ory: May destiny befriend
you (1828) [4.38] (c) Moses in Egypt: The blow at last has fallen
(1818) [7.10] (d) Ermione: Palace of horrors!...Ah, how can I
hide the flames (1819) [7.07] (e) The Thieving Magpie: Darling!
Darling, let me embrace you! (1817) [5.03] (f) Armida: I lost
the will to action (1817) [3.22] (g) Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Don Giovanni: Could I ever
believe...Her joy is my joy (1787) [4.52] (h) Igor
STRAVINSKY (1882-1971) The Rake's Progress: Here I
stand...Since it is not by merit (1948/51) [2.40] (i) Gaetano
DONIZETTI (1797-1848) Don Pasquale: Poor lost Ernesto...I
shall go, no more returning (1843) [9.47] (j) Don Pasquale: The
night is calm (1843) [4.05] (k) The Elixir of Love: Only one
teardrop (1832) [5.14] (l) Pietro MASCAGNI
(1863-1945) Our Friend Fritz: Suzel, good morning
(1891) [8.33] (m)
Barry Banks (tenor) Alan Opie (baritone) (d) Alfred Boe (tenor) (e)
Bruce Ford (tenor) (g) Dennis O'Neill (tenor) (g) Janice Watson (soprano)
(m) Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (f, k) London Philharmonic Orchestra (a-e,
g, i-j, m) or Philharmonia Orchestra (f, h, k-l)/David Parry rec. Blackheath
Halls, London, 3-7 March 2003 (a, g, m); 24-27 September 2001 (b-e,
h); 22-27 August 2000 (i); 15, 17-18, 20-21 November 1997 (j-k); 7-11
February 1999 (l); 21-23, 27-28 September 2002 (f)
CHANDOS CHAN 3112 [77.05][SV]
Banks has a clear, open timbre and placement ... a frontal, somewhat
nasal approach to the passaggio avoids overweighting the voice and
affords him flexibility in the fioriture ...he negotiates bright-tone
without sounding fierce or overdriven. ... see Full
Review
Baroque
Duets
Giovanni Battista PERGOLESI (1710
– 1736) Stabat
Mater (1736) [39.58] Antonio VIVALDI
(1678 – 1741) Laudamus Te from Gloria in D,
RV589 [2.24]; Virgam virtutis tuae
from Dixit Dominus in D, RV594 [2.11] George
Frideric HANDEL (1685– 1759) Duetto XV: Quel fior che all’alba
ride, HWV192 (1741) [4.23]; Duetto
XVI: No, di voi non vo’fidami, HWV 189 (1741) [6.04] Claudio
MONTEVERDI (1567 – 1643) Chiome d’oro; Pur ti miro
from L’Incoronazione di Poppea [7.40]
Sara Macliver (soprano) Sally-Anne Russell (mezzo) Orchestra of the
Antipodes/Antony Walker
Recorded 4-8 October 2004, 9 December 200 4, 25 March 2005, Eugene Goossens
Hall at Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Ultimo Centre, Sydney
ABC CLASSICS ABC 476
7737 [63.17] [RH]
Macliver
and Russell have attractive, even, well-produced
voices that blend well. A charming disc ...
see Full
Review
Barbara
Bonney (soprano) Hugo WOLF (1860–1903)
10 Lieder
Der Knabe und das Immlein; Das verlassene
Mägdlein; Begegnung; Nimmersatte Liebe;
Er ist’s; Verschwiegene Liebe; Verborgenheit;
Bescheidene Liebe; Auch kleine Dinge; In dem
Schatten meiner Locken Richard
STRAUSS (1864-1949) 10 Lieder
Du meines Herzens Krönelein; Meinem Kinde;
Ich schwebe wie auf Engelsschwingen; Die Nacht;
Morgen; Allerseelen; Meine Auge; Schön
sind, doch kalt die Himmelssterne; Ich wollt’
ein Sträusslein binden; Ständchen
Barbara Bonney (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons
(piano) Recorded at Friedrich-Ebert-Halle,
Hamburg-Harburg, June 1989
ELOQUENCE 476 2387 [55:18] [GF]
I
wonder if any of her later offerings can challenge
the freshness and beauty of this compilation.
... see Full
Review
Compilation:
La Belle France (Telarc Sampler) Hector
BERLIOZ (1803-1869) ‘Villanelle’ from
Les Nuits d’Eté [2:16];
Elly Ameling/Robert Shaw/Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra; Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Arabesque
No 1 [4:13] and La fille de cheveux
de lin [2:18] Yolanda Kondonassis
(harp) Clair de lune [4:56]
John O’Connor (piano); Gabriel
FAURÉ (1845-1924)
Pavane [5:41] Leonard Slatkin/Saint
Louis Orchestra Pie Jesu [3:39] and
Sanctus [3:29]from Requiem Judith
Blegen (soprano) Robert Shaw Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra and Chorus; Prelude [6:25]
and Sicilienne [4:11] from Pelléas
et Mélisande/ Robert Shaw/Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra; Francis
POULENC (1899-1963) Salut,
Dame Sainte [2:21]; and
Seigneur, je vous en prie [1:19];
from Four Short Prayers of Saint Francis
Christopher Cock (tenor) Robert Shaw/Robert
Shaw Festival Singers; Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937) Pavane
pour une infante défunte [6:01]
Paavo Järvi/Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra;
Allegro Moderato from Quartet in
F [8:40] Cleveland Quartet; Eric
SATIE (1866-1869) Gymnopédies
Nos 1 [2:46] and 3 [3:18]
Leonard Slatkin/Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
(rec: Berlioz and Faure (Pelléas…)
in Symphony Hall Atlanta in March and May
1985; Debussy Clair de lune in Recital
Hall, Purchase, NY May 1992; the Arabesque
at the Masonic Auditorium in Cleveland, Ohio
in November 1992; Fauré Pavane in Symphony
Hall Atlanta, Georgia in May 1982 and the
Requiem in Symphony Hall Atlanta in November
1985 and May 1986; Ravel (Pavane) in Music
Hall, Cincinnati Feb and Sept 2003; and Quartet
in First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lyons
NY in Oct 1985; Poulenc in Church of St Pierre,
Gramat, France in July 1989)
TELARC CD-80653 [62:35] [IL]
Generally,
sterling performances in very good sound of
well-known French classics. ... see Full
Review
British
Light Music: Sir Vivian Dunn conducts
the Light Music Society Orchestra CD1 Percy
GRAINGER (1882-1961) Country
Gardens [2.13]; Molly on the Shore
[4:02]; Londonderry Air [3.30]; Handel
in the Strand [4.36]; Mock Morris
[3.42]; Shepherds hey [2.08] Roger
QUILTER (1877-1953) Children's
Overture (1914) [11.12] Geoffrey
TOYE (1889-1942) The Haunted
Ballroom (1934) [5.17] Cecil
ARMSTRONG GIBBS (1889-1960) Dusk
(1936) [3.29] Henry
BALFOUR GARDINER (1877-1950) Shepherd
Fennel’s Dance (1911) [5.19] CD2 Gordon
LANGFORD (b. 1930) March from
Colour Suite [3.07] Robert
FARNON (1917-2005) A
La Claire Fontaine [6.21] Ernest
TOMLINSON (b. 1924) Suite of
English Folk Dances: Jenny Pluck Pears
[3.13]; Ten Pound Lass [1.12];
Dick's Maggot [2.45]; Nonesuch
[1.58]; Hunt the Squirrel [3.27]; Woodicock
[1.38] Trevor DUNCAN
(b. 1924) March from A Little
Suite [3.07] Frederick
CURZON (1899-1973) The Boulevardier
[3.34] Ronald BINGE
(1910-1979) The Watermill [3.59]
Robert DOCKER
(1918-1992) Tabarinage [3.16] Peter
HOPE (b. 1930) Ring of Kerry
Suite: Jaunting Car [2.40]; Lough Leane
[3.37]; Killorglin Fair [3.06]
The Light Music Society Orchestra/Sir Vivian
Dunn Recorded in 1970, re-mastered in 2003
ADD
DUTTON VOCALION CDLK 4182 [46.08 + 47.33]
[EM]
This
is a disc that I heartily recommend to any
lovers of light music – although those who
are suspicious of the genre would, I am sure,
find much to surprise and beguile them here
as well ... see Full
Review
David
Bruchez - Trombone Juraj
FILAS (b. 1955) Sonata: "At the end of the
century" for trombone and piano (1997) [12:41] François
CATIN (b. 1972) Paroles – Pater Noster for soprano
and trombone (2000) [2:29] Robert SCHUMANN
(1810-1856) Romanze Il op. 94, "Einfach, innig"
[3:31] Jean-François MICHEL (b.
1957) "In memoriam" for trombone (1999)
[14:49] François CATIN (b. 1972)
Paroles – Resurrection for soprano and trombone (2000)
[3:24] Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Romanze
III op. 94 "Nicht schnell" [3:53] Jean-François
MICHEL (b. 1957) Rogations for 4 trombones (1991)
[6:47] François CATIN (b. 1972)
Paroles – Glory Holy Spirit for soprano and trombone (2000)
[4:16] Frank MARTIN (1890 - 1974) Ballade
for trombone and piano (1940) [7:58] Arthur
HONEGGER (1892-1955) Hommage du trombone exprimant la
tristesse de l’auteur absent (1921) [1:21] Ferdinand
DAVID (1810-1873), arr. Ingo LUIS
– Concertino op. 4 for 4 trombone and piano (1995) [8:55]
David Bruchez, trombone Adrienne Haering, piano Antonella Lalli,
soprano Recorded at Studio Varga à Grimisuat. 28-30 January,
2002 DDD MGB CTS-M 89
[70:11] [PG]
His
timbre is warm and bright ... Bruchez has
mastered the tenor trombone, and puts his
considerable talents on display throughout
the album. ... see Full
Review
Cantorial
Concert Masterpieces David
ROITMAN (1884 – 1943), orchestrated
and arranged Larry SPIVACK
Hayyom T’amtzeinu [5.14]
(1) Israel SCHORR
(1886 – 1935) Sheyyibane Beit
Hammikdash [9.01] (2) Pierre
PINCHIK (1893? – 1971) Der Khazn
un der Gabe [5.08] (1) Pinchas
JASSINOWSKY (1886 – 1954) , orchestrated
Robert ELHAI
The Prophecy of Isaiah [8.01] (5)
David KUSEVITZKY
(1911 – 1985), orchestrated Stanley
SILVERMAN Ezrat [5.48] (1)
Israel SCHORR (1886
– 1935), orchestrated and arranged Elli
JAFFE Ribbon Ha’olamim [12.43]
(1) Leib GLANTZ (1898
– 1964), orchestrated and arranged Larry
SPIVACK Kol M’kaddesh [3.57]
(1) Moshe GANCHOFF
(1907 – 1997), orchestrated and arranged
Steve BARNETT Hashir
Shehalviyyim [9.09] (1) Zavel
ZILBERTS (1881 – 1949), orchestrated
and arranged Warner
BASS Havdala [3.34] (3)
Aaron TISHKOWSKY
(1899 – 1972), arranged Maurice
GOLDMAN, orchestrated Larry
SPIVACK Hammavdil [5.28]
(4) William BOGZESTER
(1904 – 1970), orchestrated Steve
BARNETT Psalm of David [9.34]
(1)
Cantor Benzion Miller (1, 5) Barcelona Symphony
Orchestra(National Orchestra of Catalonia)/Elli
Jaffe (2) Oxford Philomusica/Marios Papadopoulos
(3) Barcelona Symphony Orchestra(National
Orchestra of Catalonia)/Jorge Mester (4) Vienna
Boys Choir/Chorus Viennensis/Vienna Chamber
Orchestra/Gerard Wirth Recorded: (1, 3) Centre
Cultural de Sant Cugat, Barcelona, May 2000
(2) The Warehouse, London, UK, November 1998
(5) Sala Sinfonical del Auditori, Barcelona,
May 2001 (4) Baumgartner Casino, Vienna, Austria,
May 2001
NAXOS 8.559416 [78.22] [RH]
Makes
fascinating listening, opening up an area
of musical repertoire which is probably quite
unknown to many people. ... see Full
Review
Carmina
Burana Twenty
three medieval songs from the original Benedikbeuren
manuscript c.1230
Boston Camerata/Joel Cohen Recorded in 1996
- no other details given
WARNER CLASSICS APEX 2564 62084-2 [78.45]
[GH]
I
am really enjoying Cohen’s approach. More
fun than Pickett. More musical than Clemencic.
A step further on and more confident with
his material than Binkley. ... see Full
Review
Children’s
Games Georges
BIZET (1838-1875) Jeux
d’enfants (1871) [10.14]* Paul
DUKAS (1865-1935) The Sorcerer’s
Apprentice (1897) [10.11] Gabriel
FAURÉ (1845-1924) Dolly
Suite Op.56 orchestrated Rabaud
(1894-97 orchestrated 1906) [17.20]** Anatole
LIADOV (1855-1914) The Musical
Box Op.32 (published 1893) [1.37]* Pyotr
Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) The
Nutcracker Suite Op.71a (1892) [23.21]+ Walter
MOURANT (1937-1995) The Pied Piper
[4.37]++ Marisa ROBLES
(b.1937) Themes for Narnia – from The
Narnia Suite (1981-82) [3.18]# Darius
MILHAUD (1892-1974) Brazileira
– from Scaramouche Op.165b (1937) [2.25]##
Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra/Enrique
Bátiz* Academy of St-Martin-in the-Fields/Neville
Marriner** RPO/ Enrique Bátiz+ George
MacDonald (clarinet)/Northern Sinfonia of
England/Stuart Bedford++ The Marisa Robles
Ensemble/Christopher Hyde-Smith (flute and
piccolo)# Emma Johnson (clarinet) and Gordon
Back (piano)## No recording dates or locations
SANCTUARY CD RSN 3046 [73.21][JW]
If
it encourages someone to take a chance and
introduce classical music to an inquisitive
child then I’m all for it. ... see Full
Review
Dangerous
Moonlight –
Piano Classics for the Silver Screen Richard
Addinsell (1904-1977)
Warsaw Concerto [Dangerous Moonlight]
(1941) [8:04] Sergey
Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Paganini Rhapsody – 18th
Variation (1934) [2:56] Miklós
Rózsa (1907-1995)
Spellbound Concerto [Spellbound]
(1945) [8:06] Lindley
Evans (1895-1982)
Idyll [7:14] George
Gershwin (1898-1937)
Rhapsody in Blue (1924) [16:06]
Hubert Bath
(1883-1945)
Cornish Rhapsody [Love Story 1945]
(1945) [5:29] Charles
Litolff (1918-1982)
Scherzo from the Concerto Symphonique
No.4 [7:27] Isador
Goodman (1909-1982)
New Guinea Fantasy [8:13] Charles
Williams (1893-1978)
Dream of Olwen [Where I live] (1947)
[3:04] Sergey Rachmaninov
(1873-1943)
Piano Concerto No.2 – Adagio sostenuto
[Brief Encounter] (1901) [10:44]
Isador Goodman, piano Melbourne Symphony Orchestra/Patrick
Thomas Dates of the pieces given where noted
on the sleeve or otherwise known. Associated
film noted where known. Recording dates
or locations not given.
PHILIPS ELOQUENCE CD 476 7333 [79:04]
[JF]
A
good selection of ‘silver screen’ romantic
favourites for piano and orchestra. ... see
Full
Review
English
Song Album Henry PURCELL (1659-1695)
Thomas Augustine
ARNE (1710-1778)
George MUNRO (?-1731)
Rutland BOUGHTON (1878-1960)
George BUTTERWORTH (1885-1916)
Liza LEHMAN (1862-1918)
Amy WOODFORDE-FINDEN
(1860-1919) Roger
QUILTER (1877-1935)
Astra Desmond, contralto. Recorded 12, 14
June 1944 (1-4); John Heddle Nash, baritone.
28 January 1954 (5-8) and 28 April 1954 (24-27);
Ernest Lush, piano. 28 January 1954 (5-8);
Richard Lewis, tenor. 20 December 1948 (9,
10); John Cameron, baritone. 10-11 February
1954 and 16 August 1954 (11-21); Gerald Moore,
piano. 10-11 February 1954 and 16 August 1954
(11-21); and 6 April 1952 (28, 29); Gwen Catley.
28 September 1951 (22); Alfred Piccaver. 1928
(23); Walter Midgley. 6 April 1952 (28, 29);
Owen Brannigan. 1 February 1952 (30)
DUTTON VOCALION CDLX 7104 [74:31] [EM]
This
is a fascinating disc, and includes some wonderful
performances – not least Nash’s Quilter songs
and Cameron’s Butterworth. The sound is, as
a general rule, remarkably good ... see Full
Review
Wilhelm Furtwängler
- Live in Lucerne 26 August 1953 CD 1 Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Violin Concerto in D Major Op.77 [39:48]
Yehudi Menuhin (violin) Lucerne Festival Orchestra/Furtwängler.
(Taken from 78s recorded by the Gramophone Co. for HMV DB 9448 on 7
October 1949) Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
Symphony No. 4 in D Minor Op.120 [29:17] Lucerne Festival Orchestra/Furtwängler.
(Live recording on 26 August 1953 in the Kunsthaus) CD 2 Ludwig
Van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Symphony No. 3 in E flat Op. 55
(Eroica) [52:11] Lucerne Festival Orchestra/Furtwängler (Live recording
on 26 August 1953 in the Kunsthaus) Symphony No. 7 in A Major
Op. 92 [6:08] (part of second movement) Lucerne Festival Orchestra/Furtwängler
(Live recording on 15 August 1951 in the Kunsthaus) Symphony No.
9 in D Minor Op. 120 (Choral) (extract from finale) [7.25]
(E. Schwarzkopf (sop); E. Cavelti (alto); E. Häfliger (tenor);
O. Edelmann (bass) Lucerne Festival Chorus(?) Philharmonia Orchestra/Furtwängler
(Live recording on 22 August 1954 in the Kunsthaus)
TAHRA FURT 1088-1089 [69.48 + 66.24][MW]
All
in all then, a splendid document illustrating
the art and musicianship of a very great conductor
who died prematurely (for a conductor) at
the age of 68. A sad loss! ... see Full
Review
An American Songbook:
Marilyn Horne Stephen
FOSTER (1826-1864),
arr. David MATTHEWS
Jeanie with the light brown hair [4:17]
Stephen FOSTER
(1826-1864),
arr. Colin MATTHEWS
Beautiful Dreamer [3:33] Stephen
FOSTER (1826-1864),
arr. David CULLEN
If you’ve only got a moustache [3:01]
Stephen FOSTER
(1826-1864),
arr. David CULLEN
Camptown Races [2:14] Traditional,
arr. Carl DAVIS
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
[4:40] Traditional,
arr. Carl DAVIS
I’ve just come from the fountain [1:27]
Alfred MALOTTE,
arr. Carl DAVIS
The Lord’s Prayer [3:53] Traditional,
arr. Carl DAVIS
Shenandoah [3:06] Traditional,
arr. David MATTHEWS
Billy Boy [1:48] Traditional,
arr. Aaron COPLAND
(1900-1990) Five Songs from ‘Old
American Songs’ [12:10] George
M. COHAN (1878-1942),
arr. Carl DAVIS
You’re a grand old flag [3:44] Traditional,
arr. David MATTHEWS
When Johnny comes marching home [2:00]
Irving BERLIN
(1888-1989),
arr. Carl DAVIS
God Bless America [3:01]
Alfred BRYAN (1871-1958)/Al
PIANTADOSI (1884-1955),
arr. Carl DAVIS
I didn’t raise my boy to be a soldier
[2:20] Traditional,
arr. Carl DAVIS
Battle Hymn of the Republic [3:53]
Marilyn Horne (mezzo) Osian Ellis, harp (Jeanie
with the light brown hair)
Ambrosian Singers English Chamber Orchestra/Carl
Davis Recorded at Walthamstow Assembly Hall,
London in August, 1985. DDD
ELOQUENCE 476 2743 [60:01][PG]
This
is certainly better than average among the
large number of collections of American songs
and Horne’s "Shenandoah" is as good
as any put on record ... see Full
Review
Immortal Fire –
Music for Female Saints Herbert
HOWELLS (1892–1983) A Hymn for St. Cecilia; Salve Regina
Judith BINGHAM (b. 1952) Margaret,
Forsaken (2004) Flor PEETERS (1903–1986)
Toccata, Fugue and Hymn on Ave Maris Stella, Op. 28 Hildegard
of BINGEN (1098–1179) Studium divinitas Maurice
DURUFLÉ (1902– 1986) Tota pulchra es Maria Hildegard
of BINGEN (1098–1179) De Patria etiam earum Benjamin
BRITTEN (1913–1976) A Hymn to the Virgin Hildegard
of BINGEN (1098–1179) Deus enim in prima muliere praesignavit
Benjamin BRITTEN (1913–1976) Hymn
to St. Cecilia Op. 27 Marcel DUPRÉ
(1886–1971) Magnificat Op. 18 Gustav
HOLST (1874–1934) Ave Maria Edward
ELGAR (1857–1934) Ave Maria, Op. 2 No. 2 Edvard
GRIEG (1843–1907) Ave maris stella
Girl Choristers and Lay Clerks of Winchester Cathedral/Sarah Baldock
Andrew Lumsden (organ) Recorded Winchester Cathedral, January 2005
GRIFFIN GCCD 4049 [74.27][RH]
A
well chosen programme mixing an attractive variety of including many
items not typically associated with the Cathedral liturgical repertoire
... see Full Review
Kalin
Ivanov (cello) Samuel BARBER (1910-1981)
Sonata
Op.6 or Cello and Piano Antonio VIVALDI
(1678–1741) Sonata No.5 in E minor Robert
SCHUMANN (1810–1856) Fantasiestücke Op.73 for Cello and Piano
Johannes BRAHMS (1833–1897) Sonata
No.1 in E minor Op.38 for Cello and Piano
Kalin Ivanov (cello) Emily White (piano) Rec. Patrych Sound Studio,
New York, 2004 GEGA
NEW GD 285 [69:21][LB]
Mr
Kalinov is a cellist of admirable expressive capability, from whom
I have no doubt we shall hear more in future. ... see Full
Review
The
Kiri Te Kanawa Songbook Henry
PURCELL (1659-1695) arr. Benjamin
Britten The Blessed Virgin’s Expostulation [8’29"] Franz
LISZT (1811-1886) Die Lorelei [6’19"]; Comment, disaient-ils
[2’05"]; Oh, quand je dors [5’05"]; Pace non trovo [6’29"]
Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937) Cinq Mélodies
populaires greques [7’50"] Sergei RACHMANINOV
(1873-1943) Vocalise [5’03"] Enrique
GRANADOS (1867-1916) La maja y el ruiseñor [6’13"]
Fernando OBRADORS (1897-1945) Cinco
canciones clásìcas españolas [8’53"]
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) Recorded; St.
Peter’s Church, Morden, UK, April-May 1989 DDD
DECCA AUSTRALIAN ELOQUENCE 476 2446 [57’03"]
Those
collectors who, like me, are admirers of this
gorgeous singer need not hesitate. ... see
Full Review
Ernst Levy -
Forgotten Genius in Concert: Volume
3 Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Piano
Sonata No.7 in D Op.10 No.3 (1897-98) [25.08]
Piano Sonata No.15 in D Op.28 Pastorale
(1801) [19.52] Piano Sonata No.21
in C Op.53 Waldstein (1803-04) [25.59]
Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor Op.57 Appassionata
(1804) [20.43] Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Symphonic
Etudes Op.13 (1834-37, revised 1852) [18.33]
Johannes BRAHMS
(1833-1897) Variations and Fugue on a
Theme by G.F. Handel Op.24 (1861)[21.58] Klavierstücke
Op.118 (1892) Intermezzo in A minor No.1 [1.56]
Intermezzo in A No.2 [6.54] Ballade in G minor
No.3 [3.09]
Ernst Levy (piano) Recorded in recital
– Kresge Auditorium, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (Beethoven Opp. 10/3 and 53)
December 1955, Huntington Hall, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (Beethoven Op.13)
January 1955, Sanders Theatre, Cambridge,
Mass (Beethoven Op.57), February 1955, Kresge
Auditorium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(Brahms-Handel), March 1959, Cambridge, Mass
(Schumann, Brahms Klavierstücke), November
1954.
MARSTON 52039-2 [71.03 + 73.14] [JW]
I
suggest you beg or borrow this disc and prepare
to be appalled, shocked, horrified, amazed,
stunned, bewildered, elated, confused or just
plain pole-axed. ... see Full
Review
Life
is Beautiful George
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Arrival
of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon) [3.02]
(1) Erik SATIE (1866-1925)
Gymnopédie No. 1 [3.06] (2) Léo
DÉLIBES (1836-1891) Sous le
dome épais (Flower Duet) (Lakmé)
[5.12] (3) Gareth
KOCH (b. 1962) Rumba Flamenca [3.31]
(4) Jules MASSENET
(1842-1912) Méditation (Thais)
[5.33] (5) Sergei
RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Virgin, Mother
of God (All Night Vigil - Vespers) [2.46]
(6) Antonín
DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) Allegretto
grazioso (Symphony No. 8) [5.04] (7) Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Allegro
(Brandenburg Concerto No. 2) [4.55] (8)
Pietro MASCAGNI (1863-1945)
Intermezzo (Caveleria Rusticana) [3.00]
(9) Gregorio ALLEGRI
(1582-1652) Miserere excerpt [7.42]
(10) Johann PACHELBEL
(1653-1706) Canon in D [4.29] (11)
Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741)
Gloria in excelsis Deo (Gloria) [2.17]
(12) Bela BARTÓK
(1881– 1945) arranged Andrea
KELLER No. 126 Change of Time (Mikrokosmos)
[5.23] (13) Ross
EDWARDS (b. 1943) Dawn Mantras [7.14]
(14) Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) An die Freude, excerpt
from Final movement (Symphony No. 9)
[8.41] (15) Sergei
PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Montagues and
Capulets (Romeo and Juliet) [3.54] (16)
Giulio CACCINI (1551-1618)
arranged Daniel WALKER
Ave Maria [3.22] (17)
artist details: see review Compiled 2005 from
a variety of ABC recordings
ABC CLASSICS 476 7492 [79.53] [RH]
A
disc which, with its fine array of Australian
artists, should be of wide interest, enabling
us to hear many artists who are underplayed
in Europe. ... see Full
Review
Detailed listing (last two 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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