Abendlied
-
19th-century Romantic German part-songs
and motets Josef
RHEINBERGER Abendlied
[2’52"] Johannes
BRAHMS Warum ist das Licht gegben
[9’20"] Felix
MENDELSSOHN Sechs Sprüche,
Op. 79 [10’59"] Anton
BRUCKNER Christus factus est [5’20"];
Ave Maria [3’09"] Johannes
BRAHMS Geistliches Lied** [4’52"]
Max REGER Drei
sechsstimme Chöre, Op. 39 [13’24"]
Richard WAGNER An
Webers Grabe [4’02"] Hugo
WOLF Sechs geistliches Lieder [13’29"]
Richard STRAUSS Der
Abend* [10’36"] 
Rodolfus Choir/Ralph Allwood and *Ben
Parry ** Tom Wimpenny (organ)
Recorded in Eton College Chapel in December
2002 DDD
HERALD HAVPCD 289 [79’40"] [JQ]
A
highly recommendable recital, which I enjoyed
very much. ... see Full
Review
Yasushi AKUTAGAWA
(1925-1989)
Rapsodia
per orchestra (1971) [15:04] Ellora Symphony
(1958) [17:24] Trinita Sinfonica (1948) [21:41]
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Takua Yuasa
Recorded at the Lower Hutt Town Hall, Wellington,
New Zealand, 29-31 January 2002.
NAXOS 8.555975 [54:09] [KS]
Thanks
be to Naxos for continuing to plumb the mines
of interesting and unusual music, and presenting
it at their ever-attractive price. Highly
recommended. ... see Full
Review
Alfonso
X el SABIO (1221-1284)
Cantigas de Santa Maria Nawba Ramal
al-Maya Bughya (overture) – instrumental
[1:06] Cantiga 100: Santa Maria, streta
do dia [3:24]Cantiga 406: Ben vennas,
Mayo [2:42] Cantiga 370: Loemos muit’a
Virgen [3:19] Cantiga 90: Sola fusti,
senlleira [3:44] Cantiga 52: Mui gran
derait’e – instrumental [1:49] Nawba
Gharibat al-Husayn Tushiyas (prelude) – instrumental
[2:16] Cantiga 230: Tod’ome deve dar loor
[2:17] Cantiga 130: Quen entender quiser
[4:57] Cantiga 56: Gran dereit’e [5:13]
Nawba Irak al-Ajam Mizan Dari – Sana "Kouli
Lmalihti" – instrumental [0:44] Cantiga
320: Santa Maria leva [3:44] Cantiga
200: Santa Maria loel [5:34] Cantiga
417: Nobre don e muy precado [5:14] Nawba
Gharibat al-Husayn, Mizan Bacit – Sana "Kad
nilto hibbi" – instrumental [1:46] Cantiga
140: A Santa Maria dadas [3:35] Nawba
Rasd al-dhil Mizan Koddam – Sana "Allah hoo
Yalamo" [1:45] Cantiga 250: Por nos Virgen
Madre [2:39] Camerata Meditarranea with
Joel Cohen, Abdelkrim Rais Andalusian Orchestra
of Fes with Mohammed Briouel
APEX WARNER CLASSICS 2564619242 [56.10]
[EM]
Both
lovers of mediaeval and non-European music
will find this coming together of cultures
fascinating and appealing. All in all, it
is an extremely well-presented, designed and
performed disc and I recommend it highly.
... see Full
Review
Georges
AURIC (1899
– 1983) La
Belle et la Bête (1946)
Axios Chorus Moscow Symphony Orchestra/Adriano
Rec. Mosfilm Studio, Moscow, December 1994
NAXOS 8.557707 [62:08] [HC]
A
most desirable release recommended to film
buffs and anyone with interest in 20th
Century French music. Auric was a fine composer,
whose music is too little-known ... see Full
Review
Johann
Christian BACH (1735-1782)
Six
Wind Symphonies, T285/3 (publ 1782): No. 1
in E flat [11'07]; No. 2 in B flat [8'40];
No. 3 in E flat [11'52]; No. 4 in B flat [7'18];
No. 5 in E flat [11'03]; No. 6 in B flat [9'18].
Consortium Classicum (Dieter Klöcker,
Waldemar Wandel, clarinets; Karl-Otto Hartmann,
Eberhard Bischmann, bassoons; Jan Schroeder,
Rolf-Jürgen Eisermann, horns; Jürgen
Normann, double-bass). Rec. Fürstliche
Reitbahn Bad Arolsen, Germany in 1991. DDD
MUSIKPRODUKTION DABRINGHAUS UND GRIMM GOLD
MDG301 0434-2 [60'03] [CC]
These
are little gems. Reissuing them has the effect
of once more highlighting these marvellous
pieces in marvellous performances. ... see
Full
Review
Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Piano Transcriptions, Volume 5 Prelude
and Fugue in G major, BWV541 (arr. Goedicke)
Prelude in B minor, BWV855a (arr. Siloti)
Prelude from Cantata, BWV35 (arr. Siloti)
Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV539
(arr. Goedicke) Air from Suite No.
3, BWV1068 (arr. Siloti) Adagio from
Sonata in F minor, BWV1018 (arr. Siloti) Fugue
in C minor, BWV575 (arr. Goedicke) Andante
from Sonata in A minor, BWV1003 (arr.
Siloti) Passacaglia in C minor, BWV582
(arr. Catoire) [12.54] Siciliano from
Sonata in E flat major, BWV1031 (arr. Siloti)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (Dorian),
BWV538, arr. Kabalevsky [13.35]
Hamish Milne (piano) Rec 3-4 October 2004,
Henry Wood Hall, London
HYPERION CDA67506 [72.03] [TB]
Hamish
Milne again and again reveals his pianistic
talents, and his playing also reflects his
love of this demanding yet rewarding repertoire.
... see Full
Review
RECORDING OF THE MONTH Johann
Sebastian BACH
(1685 - 1750) Sonatas
and Partitas for solo violin, BWV
1001-1006 (1720) [150.00] Julia
Fischer, Guadagnini violin, 1750. Recorded,
Polyhymnia, Doopsgezinde Singelkerk, Amsterdam,
Netherlands, December 2004. DSD Notes in Deutsch,
English, Français. Photos of artists.
Packaged with PTC 5186 075, Region 0 NTSC
4:3 DVD Including: Julia Fischer, Artist interview
and Session Impression [11.50] 
PENTATONE
SACD 5186 072 (PTC 5186 073 + 074) [73.08
+ 76.52] [PSh]
One
of the finest, maybe the finest, set of these
works, with just the merest hint of impatience
in a couple of places; excellently recorded.
... see Full Review
Johann
Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750) Sonatas and
Partitas for unaccompanied violin (ca. 1720)
CD1
[68:43] Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV1001 [16:12]
Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV1002 [29:04]
Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV1003 [23:28] CD2
[74:17] Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004
[29:59] Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV1005 [24:49]
Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV1006 [19:30]
Jaap Schröder (Baroque violin) Recorded
in the village church of Oltingen, Canton
of Basel, Switzerland, in 1984-5
NAXOS 8.557563-64 [2:23:00] [PL]
Expert,
beautifully pure playing that avoids any kind
of excess - it will repay repeated listening.
... see Full
Review
Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Sonatas
and Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001-1006
Jaap Schröder, Baroque violin rec.
village church of Oltingen, Canton of Basel,
Switzerland, 1984-85. DDD
NAXOS 8.557563-64 [68:43 + 74:17] [ZT]
Interpretations
for all time. ... see Full
Review
Johann Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750) Sonatas and
Partitas for Violin BWV 1001 - 1006 Sonata
No. 1 in G minor BWV 1001 [14.44] Partita
No. 1 in B minor BWV 1002 [21.34] Sonata No.
2 in A minor BWV 1003 [21.13] Partita No.
2 in D minor BWV1004 [25.51] Sonata No. 3
in C major BWV1005 [23.43]Partita No. 3 in
E major BWV1006 [15.55]
Garrett Fischbach (violin) rec. Upper Ridgewood
Community Church, Ridgewood, New Jersey, 2002-04
GARRETT FISCHBACH [57.51 + 65.29] [JW]
Whatever
Fischbach’s imperatives in these works I’m
afraid his decision-making does not convince
me; I hope others feel very differently. ...
see Full Review
Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
The Keyboard Concertos: vol. 1 Keyboard
Concerto no.1 in D minor BWV 1052 [22:46],
Keyboard Concerto no. 7 in G minor BWV 1058
[14:04], Brandenburg Concerto no.5 in D major
BWV 1050* [19:59], Triple Concerto in A minor
BWV 1044* [20:07]
Angela Hewitt (piano), Richard Tognetti
(violin)*, Alison Mitchell (flute)* Australian
Chamber Orchestra/directed from the violin
by Richard Tognetti rec. 4-5, 9 Feb 2005,
Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of
Music, Australia
HYPERION CDA67307 [76:58] [CH]
Playing
memorable for its poise, its sense and its
sensibility. ... see Full
Review
Johann Sebastian
BACH
(1685-1750) Cantatas, Vol.
27 Ein
feste Burg, BWV80 (1723) [23.40] Wo
soll ich fliehen hin, BWV5 (1724) [20.51]
Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit, BWV115
(1724) [22.44]
Suzanne Rydén (soprano), Pascal
Bertin (counter tenor), Gerd Turk (tenor),
Peter Kooy (bass) Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki
Suzuki rec. 6-9 September 2003, Kobe Shoin
Women’s University Chapel, Japan
BIS BIS-CD-1421 [68.18] [TB]
Another
volume in Suzuki’s impressive cantatas cycle
... an appealing collection. ... see Full
Review
Johann
Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750) St
Matthew Passion
Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Max van
Egmond (bass), Rene Jacobs (alto), Marcus
Schafer (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass), David
Cordier (alto), John Elwes (tenor), Peter
Lika (bass) Tolzer Knabenchoir, La Petite
Bande/Gustav Leonhardt Recorded Doopsgezinde
Kerke, Haarlem 1989 DDD
HARMONIA MUNDI RD77848 [3CDs: 74:40 +
51:10 + 46:32] Johann
Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750) St
John Passion BWV 245
Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Harry
Van Der Kamp (bass), Barbara Schlick (soprano),
René Jacobs (alto), Nico van der Meel
(tenor), Max van Egmond (bass) Choir and Orchestra
of La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken rec.
Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente, Feb, April
1987 ADD
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI GD77041 [59:30
+ 62:49] [EM]
If
one can get into the conservative and introverted
manner there is real depth and spirituality
here as well as some lovely touches of animation
and superb musicianship ... see
Full Review
Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Mass
in B minor BWV 232 (1724-1740) [109.36]
2 CDs Lucia Popp (soprano) Carolyn Watkinson
(alto) Eberhard Büchner (tenor) Siegfried
Lorenz (baritone) Theo Adam (bass) Rundfunkchor
Leipzig Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum
Leipzig/Peter Schreier St Matthew Passion
BWV 244 (1727 or 1729) [180.59] 3 CDs
Margaret Marshall (soprano) Claes H Ahnsjö
(tenor) Hermann Prey (baritone) Christoph
Dobmeier (bass) Thomas Hamberger (bass) Anton
Scharinger (bass) Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern
Tölzer Knabenchor Bach-Collegium München/Enoch
zu Guttenberg St John Passion BWV 245
(1724) [112.34] 2 CDs Inga Nielsen (soprano)
Nathalie Stutzmann (alto) Claes H Ahnsjö
(tenor) Robert Swenson (tenor) Anton Scharinger
(bass) Thomas Quasthoff (bass) Chorgemeinschaft
Neubeuern Bach-Collegium München/Enoch
zu Guttenberg Christmas Oratorio BWV
248 (1734) [165.03] 3 CDs Arleen Auger (soprano)
Annalies Burmeister (alto) Peter Schreier
(tenor) Theo Adam (bass) Dresdner Kreuzchor
Bachorchester der Dresdner Philharmonie/Martin
Flämig Mass in B minor recorded in the
Paul-Gerhardt Church, Leipzig, in November
1981 and February 1982 St Matthew Passion
recorded in Kloster Church, Alpirsbach, on
20-22 April 1990 St John Passion recorded
in Wallfahrts Church, Tading, on 2-7 April
1991 Christmas Oratorio recorded in Lukas
Church, Dresden, January 1974 - February 1975
BMG-RCA COMPLETE COLLECTION RED SEAL 82876-55701-2
[10 CDs: 53.33 + 56.01 + 76.58 + 54.26
+ 49.35 + 55.53 + 56.41 + 62.26 + 50.46 +
51.51] [CF]
A
mixed bag, but this ten-CD box provides an
insight into the German way of doing things-Bach
since the era of Karl Richter. Each performance
has its zenith, but the common denominator
is the fine standard of orchestral playing
which makes it worth the buying. ... see
Full Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Samuel
BARBER
(1910-1981) Violin
Concerto, op.14 (1940) [23:35] Cello Concerto,
op.22 (1945) [26:09] Piano Concerto, op.38
(1962) [29:00]
Kyoko Takezawa (violin), Steven Isserlis
(cello), John Browning (piano), Saint Louis
Symphony Orchestra/Leonard Slatkin Recorded
April 24th and December 2nd
1994 (violin and cello concertos), and October
6th-7th 1990 (piano
concerto), Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis
BMG-RCA CLASSIC LIBRARY 82876-65832-2 [79:19]
[GPJ]
Seventy-nine
minutes’ worth of pure musical pleasure –
at this price, what more could you want? ...
see Full
Review
Samuel BARBER
(1910-1981)
Overture:
The School for Scandal, Op. 5 (1932) [8.39]
Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24*
(1947) [17.08] First Essay, Op. 12
(1937) [8.04] Second Essay, Op. 17
(1942) [10.02] Adagio for Strings,
Op. 11 (1937) [8.12] Medea’s Meditation
and Dance of Vengeance, Op. 23 [12.45]
*Sylvia McNair (soprano) Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra/Yoel Levi rec. 4 March 1991 (Knoxville,
Second Essay, Adagio); 13 April 1991 (Overture,
First Essay, Medea’s Dance), Woodruff Memorial
Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia
TELARC CD-80250 [65.29] [TB]
A
well produced and beautifully performed disc
... see Full
Review
Stephen
BARLOW
(b.1954) The
Rainbow Bear (1998-99) Words by Michael Morpurgo
(b.1943) Sergei PROKOFIEV
(1891-1953) Peter and the Wolf – Symphonic
Fairy Tale Op.67 (1936)
Joanna Lumley (narrator) English Northern
Philharmonia/Stephen Barlow Recorded at Leeds
Town Hall, July 1999
SANCTUARY CD RSN 3041 [66.58] [JS]
Unmistakable
Englishness; shades of Bliss’s and plenty
of radiance richly redolent of VW and a touch
of Wagner. Other influences include Strauss
(in track 21) and more than a hint of John
Barry ... see Full
Review
Béla
BARTÓK (1881-1945)
The
Miraculous Mandarin, Sz73 (Op 19, 1926)
[32:52] Dance Suite, Sz77 (1923) [17:33]
Hungarian Pictures, Sz97 (1931) [11:47]
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Marin Alsop
Recorded 19/20 July 2004 at the Concert Hall,
Lighthouse, Poole, England SACD
NAXOS 6.110088 [62:12] [PL]
Naxos
will sell thousands of this disc, whatever
the reviews say but if you want guaranteed
freedom from disappointment try the Solti/LSO
... see Full
Review
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Complete
Symphonies CD2 [75:27] CD1 [54:05] CD2
[75:27] CD3 [73:37] CD4 [60:34] CD5 [72:34]
Symphony No 1 in C major, Op 21 (1800) [23:47]
Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 36 (1802) [29:34]
CD2 [75:27]
Symphony No 3 in E flat major, Op 55 ‘Eroica’
(1804) [45:09] Symphony No.4 in B flat major,
Op.60 (1806) [30:00] CD3 [73:37] Symphony
No.5 in C minor, Op.67 (1807) [33:18] Symphony
No 6 in F major, Op 68 ‘Pastoral’ (1808)
[39:56] CD4 [60:34] Symphony No 7 in A major,
Op 92 (1812) [37:26] Symphony No 8 in F major,
Op 93 (1812) [23:00] CD5 [72:34] Symphony
No 9 in D minor, Op 125 ‘Choral’ (1824)
[59:36 - see review]
Ruth Ziesak (soprano), Birgit Remmert
(alto), Steve Davislim (tenor), Detlef Roth
(bass) Schweizer Kammerchor/Fritz Näf
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich/David Zinman, recorded
in the Zurich Tonhalle, Switzerland, 25-26
March 1997 (Nos 5/6), 16-17 December 1997
(Nos 7/8), May 1998 (Nos 3/4), 12/14 December
1998 (No 9), 15-16 December 1998 (Nos 1/2)
ARTE NOVA 74321 65410-2 (complete
set) [5 CDs: 54:05 + 75:27 + 73:37 + 60:34
+ 72:34] [PL]
Zinman
is Beethoven: I can pay him no greater compliment.
... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Symphony No 2 in D major, Op. 36 (1801-2)
[32’16"] Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Symphony No 2 in D major, Op. 73
(1877) [39’46"]
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Mariss Jansons
rec. live, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 27-28
October 2004. DSD
RCO LIVE RCD 05002 [71’50"] [JQ]
One
of the finest orchestral CDs to have come
my way for a very long time. ... see Full
Review
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Violin
Concerto in D Op.61 (1806) [44.43] Romance
No.2 in F Op.50 (c.1798) [9.07]
Oscar Shumsky (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra/Andrew
Davis Recorded London, 1988
SANCTUARY RESONANCE CD RSN 3032 [53.53]
[JW]
Add
this to the roster of outstanding performances
the work’s received over the last twenty years.
... see Full
Review
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Violin
Sonata No. 9 in A, Op. 47, ‘Kreutzer’
(1803) [31’01].Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Violin Sonata
No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 (1888) [19’40]César
FRANCK (1822-1890)Violin Sonata
in A (1886) [25’08]
Jascha Heifetz (violin) Benno Moiseiwitsch,
William Kapell, Artur Rubinstein (piano) Rec.
Abbey Road Studio No. 3, London, on May
14th-15th, 1951, April
3rd, 1937 and RCA Studios, Hollywood,
on November 29th-30th,
1950. ADD From RCA Victor LM-1193, LM-71,
HMV DB3206-08.
NAXOS HISTORICAL GREAT VIOLINISTS 8.110990
[75’49] [LB]
Mark
Obert-Thorn and Naxos have to be congratulated
for adding another valuable and historic recording
to the collection of the music lover. ...
see Full Review
Ofer BEN-AMOTS
(b.
1955) Hashkivenu
– Song of the Angels (1994) BBC Singers/Kenneth
Kiesler, Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (organ)
Recorded at St. Paul’s Church, Knightsbridge,
London, June 2001 Celestial Dialogues
(1994) Alberto Mizrahi – Cantor, David
Krakauer - Clarinet Barcelona Symphony Orchestra/Karl-Anton
Rickenbacher Recorded Sala Sinfonica dei Aurditori,
Barcelona, June 2001 Shtetl Songs (1985-6)
Soprano - Re’ut Ben-Ze’ev, Piano – John Musto
Recorded at the Lefrak Concert Hall/Colden
Arts Centre, Flushing, NY, December 2001 Psalm
81 (1989)
Permonik Children’s Choir, Radka Petraskova,
soloist with percussion played by Petr Hladik
and Rostislav Mikelka/Eva Seinerova Recorded
in Karvina, Czech Republic, 1998
NAXOS 8.559421 [71.41] [GH]
At
the end of listening to this CD a few times
I feel delighted to have made the acquaintance
of Ofer Ben-Amots and can only suggest that
you might feel the same way. ... see Full
Review
Heinrich
Ignaz BIBER
(1644-1704) Balletti and
Sonatas for Trumpets and Strings
Clemencic Consort/René Clemencic Recorded
at W A R Studios, Vienna, May 2004
OEHMS CLASSICS OC 515 [69.28] [JW]
If
you don’t seek a complete traversal of these
works then this selection is well judged and
very effective. ... see Full
Review
William BOLCOM (b. 1938)
Songs of Innocence and Experience (William Blake) (1956-1982)
Christine Brewer; Measha Brueggergosman; Ilana Davidson; Carmen Pelton
(sop) Joan Morris (mezzo) Marietta Simpson (alto) Thomas Young (ten)
Nathan Lee Graham (speaker/vocals) Tommy Morgan (harmonica) Peter 'Madcat'
Ruth (harmonica and vocals) Jeremy Kittel (fiddle) Michigan State University
Children's Choir University of Michigan University Choir and Orpheus
Singers University Musical Society Choral Union University of Michigan
Chamber Choir University of Michigan Contemporary Directions Ensemble
University Musical Society University of Michigan School of Music, Ann
Arbor, Michigan/Leonard Slatkin rec. live concert, 8 April 2004, Hill
Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan. USA. DDD
NAXOS AMERICAN CLASSICS 8.559216-18 [3 CDs: 51:29 + 43:00
+ 42:42][RB]
All
credit to Naxos and everyone concerned for
their benevolent opportunism in capturing
this major work at a rare live concert. ...
see Full
Review
August BOURNONVILLE (1805-1879)
Music
to the Bournonville Ballets Sylfiden
/ La Sylphide (1836) [69:10]
Romantic ballet in two acts by August Bournonville.
Music composed by Herman
Severin Løvenskiold (1815-1870)
Solo violin: Lars Bjørnkjær
Recorded: October 2002 and September/October
2004 Napoli eller Fiskeren og hans brud/
- Napoli, or the Fisherman and his Bride (1842)
[101:41] Romantic ballet in three acts. Music:
H.S. Paulli
(1810-1891) and
Edvard Helsted
(1816-1900) (Acts One and Three), Niels
W. Gade (1817-1890) (Act Two)
and H.C. LUMBYE
(1810-1874) Finale: galop
Solo violin: Signe Madsen Solo trumpet: Lars
Ole Schmidt Recorded: May and June 2004 H.C.
LumBYe (1810-1874) Polka
Militaire (1842) [2:50] Recorded:
October 2004 La Ventana (1842)
[20:04] Ballet divertissement in two scenes.
Music composed and arranged by H.C.
Lumbye (1810-1874) and V.
C. Holm (1820-1886)
Recorded: August 2003 Conservatoriet
eller Et Avisfrieri/ Le Conservatoire, or
a Newspaper Courtship from 1808 (1849)
[62:59] Vaudeville ballet in two acts. Music
arranged and composed by H.S.
Paulli. (1810-1891)
Kermessen i Brügge eller De tre
Gaver / The Kermesse in Bruges, or The Three
Gifts. (1851) [75:04] Romantic ballet
in three acts. Music composed and arranged
by H.S. Paulli
(1810-1891) Solo
violin: Christian Gottschalck Solo Cello:
Søren Møhl Recorded: September
2000 Et Folkesagn / A Folk Tale (1854)
[98:24] Ballet in three acts. Music composed
by Niels W.
Gade (1817-1890) and J.P.E.
Hartmann (1805-1900) Solo
violin: Lars Bjørnkjær Recorded:
June and September 2004 Blomsterfesten
i Genzano / The Flower Festival in Genzano
(1858) [9:04] Originally a ballet in one
act. Music by Edvard
Helsted (1816-1900) and H.S.
Paulli (1810-1891)
Solo violin: Lars Bjørnkjær Recorded:
October 2004 Fjernt fra Danmark eller
Et Costumebal ombord / Far from Denmark, or
a Costume Ball aboard Ship (1860)
[66:53] Vaudeville ballet in two acts. Music
partly by Joseph
GLÆSER (1835-1891)
with passages by A.F.
Lincke (1819-1874)
and H.C.
Lumbye (1810-1874) Solo Piano:
David Strong Recorded: June 2003 Livjægerne
på Amager (Episode fra 1808) / The King’s
Volunteers on Amager (Episode from 1808)
(1871) [48:36] Vaudeville ballet in one
act. Music arranged and composed by V.C.
Holm (1820-1886) Recorded:
June 2002 V.C.
Holm (1820-1886) Jockey
dansen fra: Fra Siberien til Moskau (1871)
[2:47] Recorded: October 2004 Aalborg Symphony
Orchestra/Peter Ernst Lassen
rec. Aalborg Denmark 2002-2004
DANACORD DACOCD 631-639 [9 CDs: 69:10
+ 66:58 + 57:40 + 75:04 + 60:23 + 57:05 +
66:53 + 51:23] [total: 9:17:32] [JF]
A
massive recording project of ballet music
made famous by August Bournonville. More of
an archive project than everyday listening,
but a tremendous contribution to musical scholarship.
... see Full
Review
William
BOYCE
(1711-1779) Eight
Symphonies Op.2 (1760) [60.57]
Arcadia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon Recorded at
Grace Church on the Hill, Toronto, June 2003
NAXOS 8.557278 [60.57] [JW]
I
have to say I prefer Hogwood. ... see Full
Review
Ernest
BLOCH (1880-1959)
America
- An Epic Rhapsody (1926) [50:03] Suite
Hébraîque (1950) [12:40]
Lučnica Chorus/Elena MatúVsová
Slovak Radio SO/Dalia Atlas Hagai Shaham (violin)
Atlas Camerata Orchestra/Dalia Atlas rec.
Concert Hall, Slovak Radio, Bratislava, 26-31
March 2001; Haifa Israel, 11 July 2001. DDD
NAXOS 8.557151 [62:43] [RB]
A
surefire winner for Bloch specialists ...
good peformances ... I greatly liked Shaham's
sturdy singing tone. ... see Full
Review
Johannes
BRAHMS (1833
- 1897) 21 Hungarian
Dances – complete [51’47"] Orchestrated:
Brahms: Nos. 1, 3, 10; Hallen: No. 2; Juon:
No.4; Parlow: Nos. 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16, 18; Schmelling: No. 7; Schollum: Nos.
8, 9; Dvořák – Nos. 17, 19, 20, 21
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Kurt Masur.
rec. Paul Gerhardt Kirche, Leipzig, Germany,
September 1981. DDD
ELOQUENCE 476 2797 [51.47] [JPh]
Masur
having the full measure of the character of
these dances. The orchestra has no shortcomings
whatsoever in their execution. ... see Full
Review
Havergal
BRIAN
(1876-1972) Comedy
Overture – The Jolly Miller (1962)
[4.42] Violin Concerto in C major (1934-35)
[35.37] Symphony No.18 (1961) [14.26]
Marat Bisengaliev (violin) BBC Scottish Symphony
Orchestra/Lionel Friend Recorded in Studio
1, BBC Broadcasting House, Scotland, January
1993
NAXOS 8.557775 [54.45] [JW]
A
warm welcome to this bargain price reissue.
Bisengaliev proves a remarkable interpreter,
bringing intimacy and daemonic control, warmly
and sensitively accompanied. No caveats. ...
see Full
Review
Benjamin
BRITTEN
(1913-1976) The Turn of the Screw
Mark Padmore (Quint), Lisa Milne (The Governess), Catrin Wyn Davies
(Miss Jessel), Diana Montague (Mrs Grose), Nicholas Kirby Johnson (Miles),
Caroline Wise (Flora) City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
BBC WALES
PRODUCTION 2005 OPUS ARTE OA 0907 D [116:37] [EM]
Singing,
acting and production of the highest standard
... desire for a darker, more disquieting
and supernatural version has me hesitating
to wholeheartedly recommend this. ... see
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