Othmar
SCHOECK
(1886-1957) Violin
Sonata in D major Op.16 (1908-09) [17.39]
Violin Sonata in E major Op.46 (1931) [19.16]
Violin Sonata in D major WoO22 (1905 revised
1952) [19.40] Albumblatt WoO70 91908) [2.09]
Simone Zgraggen (violin) Ulrich Koella (piano)
Recorded at the Salle de Chatonneyre, Corseaux/Vevey,
October 2004
CLAVES 50 2503 [58.35] [JW]
Zgraggen-Koella
never over-play and there’s a proper balance
between distance and emotive press. I enjoyed
the playing and acoustic. Claves should
be pleased ... see Full
Review
Othmar
SCHOECK
(1886-1957) Violin
Sonata in D major Op.16 (1908-09) [17.39] Violin Sonata in E major
Op.46 (1931) [19.16] Violin Sonata in D major WoO22 (1905 revised
1952) [19.40] Albumblatt WoO70 91908) [2.09]
Simone Zgraggen (violin) Ulrich Koella (piano) rec. 25-27 Oct 2004,
Salle de Châtonneyre, Corseaux, Vevey, Switzerland
CLAVES 50-2503 [59:11] [RB]
Zgraggen
takes a cleaner less overtly romanticised
line than Barrett but is recorded with a
shade less mystery ... see Full
Review
Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
The Symphonies CD 1 [75:21] Symphony No. 1 in D major, D82 (1811-13)
[27:47] Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D417 ‘Tragic’
(1816) [31:16] Overture in the Italian Style in D major, D590 (1817)
[08:12] Overture in the Italian Style in C major, D591 (1817) [07:59]
CD 2 [69:01] Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, D125 (1812) [33:58] Symphony
No. 6 in C major, D589 ‘Little C Major’ (1818) [35:00]
CD 3 [77:43] Symphony No. 3 in D major, D200 (1814) [24:26] Symphony
No. 5 in B flat major, D485 (1816) [26:49] Symphony No. 8 in B minor,
D759 ‘Unfinished’ (1822) [26:25] CD 4 [58:23] Symphony
No. 9 in C major, D944 ‘Great’ (1828) [58:23]
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Nikolaus Harnoncourt Recorded at performances
at the Concertgebouw hall, Amsterdam, Holland during May and November
1992. DDD
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 62323-2 [4 CDs: 75:21 + 69:01 + 77:43
+ 58:23][MC]
Harnoncourt
directs wonderful playing from the Concertgebouw
and displays impressive sensitivity allowing
the listener to appreciate nuance and detail
... see Full
Review
Franz
SCHUBERT
(1797-1828) String Quartet
in G Major, op. posth. 161, D887 (1826)
(orchestrated by Victor Kissine)
Solo quartet: Gidon Kremer, violin; Andrejs
Gojikovs, Violin; Daniil Grishin, viola;
Kristine Blaumane, cello The Kremerata Baltica/Gidon
Kremer Recorded Lockenhaus, Austria, July
2003
ECM 1883 [55:02] [JL]
Schubert’s
masterpiece is treated to some wayward arranging
and interpretation but is superbly executed
by the players ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Franz
SCHUBERT (1797–1828)
Die
schöne Müllerin D 795
Jan Kobow (tenor) Kristian Bezuidenhout
(fortepiano) rec. St. Andreaskirche, Berlin,
3-6 Nov 2003
ATMA CLASSIQUE ACD2 2315 [60:56] [GF]
One
of the freshest and most uplifting interpretations
of Die schöne Müllerin I have
come across for a very long time. ... see
Full
Review
Franz
SCHUBERT (1797
– 1828) Deutsche Schubert-Lied-Edition 19: Poets of Sensibility, Vols.
1 and 2 Lieder nach Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock Dem
Unendlichen D 291☼; Selma und Selmar D 286♀♂; Furcht
der Geliebten D 285♂; An Sie D 288♀; Edone D 445♂;
Das Rosenband D280♀; Vaterlandslied D287♀; Hermann und
Thusnelda D322♀♂; Die frühen Gräber D290♀;
Die Sommernacht D289♂; Die Gestirne D444☼ Lieder nach
Friedrich von Matthisson An Laura (als sie Klopstocks Auferstehungslied
sang) D115♂; Erinnerung ("Totenopfer") D101☼;
Die Betende D102♀; Trost. An Elisa D97♂; Die Sterbende
D186♀; Vollendung D579A☼; Entzückung D413♂;
Stimme der Liebe (1st setting) D187♀; Andenken D99☼; Erinnerungen
D98♂; Der Geistertanz (1st setting, fragment) D15☼; Stimme
der Liebe (2nd setting) D418☼; Lied aus der Ferne D107♂;
Geist der Liebe D414♀; Der Geistertanz (2nd setting, fragment)
D15☼; Lied der Liebe D109♂; Geisternähe D100☼;
Der Abend D108♀; Der Geistertanz (3rd setting) D116☼;
Lebenslied D508☼; Romanze D114☼; Die Erde D579B♀;
Skolie D507☼; Naturgenuss D188♀; Die Schatten D50♂;
Totenkranz für ein Kind D275♀; Klage D415☼; Julius
an Theone D419♂; Adelaide D95♂
Simone Nold (soprano)♀, Marcus Ullmann (tenor)♂, Thomas
Bauer (baritone)☼, Ulrich Eisenlohr (fortepiano) Recorded at
Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich, Germany from November 10th to 14th,
2003, and from January 12 to 16th, 2004
NAXOS 8.557371-72 [50:45 + 56:20] [GF]
Schubert
completists will need this and anyone curious
about some lesser known repertoire can rest
assured that the singing is fully worthy
of the songs. ... see Full
Review
Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Piano
Sonata in C minor D.958 [31:30] Felix MENDELSSOHN
(1809-1847) Songs without Words, op. 19: 1 [03.33], 2 [02:18],
3 [02:18], 5 [02:45], 6 [03:07] Fryderyk
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Nocturne in B flat minor op. 9/1 [06:27]
Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Images,
Book 1 [15:22], Hommage à Haydn [02:34], L’isle joyeuse [05:55]
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Recorded live at Szeged, Hungary in 1972
DOREMI DHR-7766 [76:07] [CH]
Best
left for confirmed Richterites. ... see
Full Review
William SCHUMAN (1910-1992)
Symphony No. 7 (1960) [28:57] Symphony No. 10 American Muse
(1976) [31:51]
Seattle
Symphony/Gerard Schwarz rec. S Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Benaroya
Hall, Seattle, WA. Nov 2003 (7); Sept 2004 (10). DDD
NAXOS 8.559255
[60:48][RB]
As
you would expect with Schwarz these readings
breathe in the composer's inspiration
but leave room for even more intensity.
... see Full
Review
Dmitri
SHOSTAKOVICH
(1906-1975) Cello
Concerto no.2 in G major, op.126 (1966)
(1. Largo [14:59]; 2. Allegretto [4:44];
3. Allegretto [15:35]) Symphony no.12
in D minor, op.112 The Year 1917 –
In Memory of Lenin (1961) (1. Revolutionary
Petrograd [14:53]; 2. Razliv [12:19];
3. Aurora [4:54]; 4. The Dawn of Humanity
[10:55]) Jonathan Ayling (cello)
London Shostakovich Orchestra/Christopher
Cox Recorded live at St. Cyprian’s Church,
Glentworth Street, London NW1, 14 November
2004
DUNELM RECORDS DRDO234 [78:54] [GPJ]
A
highly enjoyable recording of a remarkable
event, and a reminder of the riches of
musical talent in which the UK abounds.
... see Full
Review
Jean
SIBELIUS (1865-1957)
Symphony
no. 1 in E minor, op. 39 [34:17], Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 43
[42:07] Leopold
Stokowski conducts his Symphony Orchestra (no. 1), the NBC Symphony
Orchestra (no. 2) Recorded in New York on 11th and 13th
July 1950 (no. 1), 15th, 16th and 23rd
September (no. 2)
CALA CACD0541 [76:25] [CH]
I’m
so overwhelmed I don’t know how to write
about this! ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Jean
SIBELIUS (1865-1957)
Symphony
No. 5 in E Flat Major Op. 82 (1914) [29:06]
En Saga (1892) [17:51] Swan of
Tuonela (1893) [8:18] Valse Triste
(1904) [4:58] Finlandia (1900)
[8:32]
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Ole Schmidt
(Charles Mackerras: Finlandia only)rec.
CTS Studios, London, 1996. DDD
REGIS RRC 1216 [69:08] [RB]
This
is one of those discs that slips way into
the background all too easily. Sibelians
need this disc. Schmidt’s Fifth could easily
stand as the only version in someone’s collection.
... see Full
Review
Leopold
Stokowski (1882-1977)
Symphonic Transcriptions Modest
MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881) A
Night on a Bare Mountain (1867, arr
Stokowski 1939) [9'17]; Khovanshchina
– Entr'acte to Act IV (1872-80, arr.
1922) [5'25]; Symphonic Synthesis of
Boris Godunov (1874, arr. 1936) [24'21];
Pictures at an Exhibition (1874,
arr. 1939) Peter
Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Morceaux,
Op. 10 (1871) – No. 2, Humoresque (arr.
1941) [2'11]; Solitude ('Again, as
before, alone'). Op. 73 No. 6 (1893, arr.
1936) [3'26] Leopold
STOKOWSKI (1882-1977)Traditional
Slavic Christmas Music (1933) [3'18]
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/José
Serebrier rec. The Lighthouse, Poole, UK
21-23 September 2004. Also includes bonus
disc of 'Russian Romantic Classics' – music
from Glinka to Shostakovich from the Naxos
catalogue [68'47]. DDD
NAXOS NAXOS 8.557645 [76'47] [CC]
No
wonder this is Naxos's self-appointed CD
of the Month for September. An excellent
release. ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Karol
SZYMANOWSKI (1882-1937)
Works for violin and piano. Violin
Sonata in D minor Op. 9 (1904) (Allegro
moderato [9:38]; Andantino tranquillo
e dolce [6:44]; Finale: Allegro molto,
quasi presto [5:42]) Lullaby (La
Berceuse d´Aitacho Enia) Op.52 (1925)
[5:25] Nocturne from Op. 28
(1915) [5:52] Roxana´s Song (1924)
[5:37] Dance of the Harnasie (1931)
[6:43] Tarantella from Op.
28 [5:58] Mythes Op. 30 (1915)
Arethusa´s Fountain [6:03]; Narcissus
[7:33]; Pan and the Dryads [8:33])
Krzysztof Bakowski (violin) Anna Górecka
(piano) rec. July 2001, Warsaw Philharmonic
Concert Hall. DDD
CD ACCORD ACD 077 [74.13] [[RB]
The
complete Szymanowski for the genre matchlessly
presented - Bakowski is a real discovery.
Where has Poland been hiding him .... and
why ... see Full
Review
Karol
SZYMANOWSKI (1882-1937)
Preludes,
Op. 1, Nos. 1, 2, 5 and 7; Masques, Op.
34; Krakowiak (Four Polish Dances, Op. 47).
Frideryk CHOPIN
(1810-1849) Nocturnes, Op. 55, Nos.
15 and 16; Polonaise No. 4, Op. 40/2; Ballade
No. 4, Op. 52; Etude in A flat major, ‘Harp
Study’, Op. 25 No. 1.
Alicja Fiderkiewicz (piano) rec. celebrity
recital, Fifth Chetham’s International Summer
School and Festival for Pianists, Whiteley
Hall, Chetham’s School of Music, Manchester,
21 Aug 2005. DDD
DUNELM RECORDS DRD0245 [64:18] [IM][PS]
Lovely,
poetic interpretations ... a delightfully,
well-contrasted recital. ... see Full
Review [IM]
Fiderkiewicz is a distinguished concert
artist and this CD is a memento of her celebrity
recital at Chetham’s earlier this year ...
see Full
Review [PS]
Georg
Philipp TELEMANN
(1681-1767) Six
Concertos for Two Flutes with bassoon, strings and continuo (1712-1721):
in A major TWV 53:A1; in E minor TWV 52:e2; in D major TWV 53:D1;
in A minor TWV 53:a1; in G major TWV 53:G1; in B minor TWV 53:h1
John Solum and Richard Wyton (flutes) Hanoverian Ensemble rec. Mary
Anna Fox Martel Recital Hall, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York,
August 2004. DDD MSR
CLASSICS MS 1113 [64:45] [PCW]
Lovers
of the baroque flute and "Telemaniacs" will wish to investigate
these well-played world premières ... see Full
Review
Joan
TOWER (b.
1938) In
Memory (2002)a [14:56] Big Sky
(2000)b [7:11] Wild Purple (1998)c
[7:18] Holding a Daisy (1996)d
[3:54] Or Like a...an Engine (1994)d
[3:13] Vast Antique Cubes (2000)e
[2:58] Throbbing Still (2000)e
[7:38] Island Prelude (1989)f
[11:17]
Tokyo String Quartetaf;
Chee-Yun (violin)b; André
Emelianoff (cello)b; Joan Tower
(piano)b; Paul Neubauer (viola)c;
Ursula Oppens (piano)d; Melvin
Chen (piano)e; Richard Woodhams
(oboe)f Recorded: American Academy
of Arts and Letters, New York, January 2004
NAXOS 8.559215 [58:26] [HC]
This
well-planned release offering an introduction to Joan Tower’s attractive
music: tensely lyrical, mildly dissonant, redolent of Bartók.
... see Full Review
Giuseppe VERDI
(1813-1901)
Don
Carlos Opera in Five Acts (1867 Paris version with additional
music unused at the first production. (Sung in French). Libretto by
Joseph Méry and Camille Du Locle after Schiller’s dramatic poem ‘Don
Carlos, Infant von Spanien’ of 1785-86. First performed at the Paris
Opera on 11 March 1867
Philippe (King of Spain), Alastair Miles (bass); Don Carlos (Infante
of Spain), Ramon Vargas (ten); Rodrigue (Marquis de Posa), Bo Skovhus
(bar); Le Grande Inquisiteur, Simon yang (bass); Elisabeth de Valois
(Philip's Queen), Iona Tamar (sop); Princesse Eboli (Elisabeth's lady-in-waiting),
Nadja Michael (mezzo); Thiabault (Elisabeth's page), Cornelia Salje
(sop); Le Comte de Lerme (A Royal Herald), Benedict Kobel (ten); An
Old Monk, Johannes Gisser (bass); A Voice from Heaven, Inna Los (sop)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera/Bertrand de Billy Live
recording, 18 October 2004
ORFEO C648 054L [4 CDs: 53.28 + 79.17 + 62.57 + 50.13][RJF]
I
welcome this opportunity to hear the opera as Verdi first intended
it to be heard in Paris on March 11th 1867 ... see Full
Review
Giuseppe
VERDI
(1813-1901) Don
Carlo (1871) - Opera in four acts. Libretto revised by du
Locle, translated to Italian by Zandarini, based on Schiller’s “Don
Carlos, Infant von Spanien” and Cormon’s “Philippe II, roi d’Espagne”.
Philip II - Robert Lloyd
(bass) Don Carlo - Rolando Villazón (tenor) Elizabeth of Valois -
Amanda Roocroft (soprano) Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa - Dwayne Croft
(baritone) The Grand Inquisitor - Jaakko Ryhänen (bass) Princess Eboli
- Violeta Urmana (mezzo) A monk - Giorgio Giuseppini (bass) De Nederlandse
Opera Chorus Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Riccardo Chailly Stage
Director: Willy Decker Rec. live at Het Muziektheatre Amsterdam,
2004 all regions OPUS
ARTE OA0932 D 
[2 DVDs: 199:00][ED]
An
automatic recommendation? On the whole,
yes. And Decker’s production is the clincher
... really great drama. ... see Full
Review
Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901)
Don Carlo (Four act version) (1867)
Jerome Hines (bass) - Filippo II; Eleanor Steber (soprano) - Elisabetta;
Richard Tucker (tenor) - Don Carlo; Blanche Thebom (mezzo-soprano)
- Eboli; Ettore Bastianini (baritone) - Rodrigo; Nicola Moscona (bass)
- L’Inquisitore; Vilma Georgiou (soprano) - Tebaldo; Charles
Anthony (tenor) - Lerma; Gabor Carelli (tenor) - Un araldo; Louis
Sgarro (bass) - Un frate; Shakeh Vartenissian (soprano) - Una voce
dal Cielo Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus/Kurt Adler Live
recording from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 5 March 1955
ANDROMEDA ANDRCD 5018 [75:25 + 78:06][GF]
I
can’t think that this will ever be someone’s first choice of Don Carlo,
but admirers of Ettore Bastianini should definitely search it out
and there is enough of good singing elsewhere too to make it a fairly
attractive proposition. ... see Full
Review
Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741)
Il Cimento dell'Armonia e dell'Inventione op. 8 - L'Estro Armonico
op. 3
Stefano Montanari, Fiorenza De Donatis (*), Paolo Zinzani (**), Laura
Mirri (**), violin; Mauro Valli, cello Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio
Dantone ARTS 47750-2
Warm
and passionate performances of Vivaldi's
two most famous sets of concertos - recommended
for repeated listening and enjoying … see
Full
Review
Antonio
VIVALDI
(1678-1741) The
Four Seasons - concertos for violin,
strings and basso continuo Op. 8, Nos 1-4
(from Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione)
(1. Spring, in E major, RV 269; 2. Summer,
in G minor, RV 315; 3. Autumn, in F major
RV 293; 4. Winter, in F minor, RV 297) Concerto
for three violins, strings and basso continuo
in F major, RV 551 Concerto for strings
and basso continuo, in D minor RV 128
Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca/Giuliano Carmignola
(baroque violin) Recorded at the Church
of San Vigilico, Col S. Martino, Treviso,
Italy on March and October, 1992 DDD
DIVOX ANTIQUA CDX-79404 [53:00] [MC]
Excellent
playing but insufficient variation in expression
and dynamic and a slightly cool ambience
convey a clinical and astringent effect
... see Full
Review
Richard
WAGNER (1813
– 1883) Lohengrin
(1850) Lauritz Melchior (tenor) – Lohengrin; Astrid Varnay (soprano)
– Elsa of Brabant; Alexander Sved (baritone) – Friedrich von Telramund;
Kerstin Thorborg (mezzo) – Ortrud; Norman Cordon (bass) – Henry the
Fowler, King of Germany; Mack Harrell (baritone) – Herald
Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, New York/Erich Leinsdorf
Recorded at live broadcast on 2nd January 1943 Appendix:
Bridal Chamber Scene (Act III, Scene 2) sung by Lauritz Melchior and
Emmy Bettendorf. Orchestra/Frieder Weissmann Recorded in Berlin 1926
NAXOS 8.110235-37
[3 CDs: 55:05 + 69:49 + 74:26] [GF]
Despite
a glassy string sound this is a thrilling
Lohengrin ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Richard
WAGNER (1813-1883)
Die
Walküre (1851-6)
Siegmund – Poul Elming (tenor) Hunding – Matthias Hoelle (bass) Wotan
– John Tomlinson (bass) Sieglinde – Nadine Secunda (soprano) Brünnhilde
– Anne Evans (soprano) Fricke/Siegrune – Linda Finnie (mezzo) Gerhilde
– Eva Johansson (soprano) Ortlinde – Ruth Floeren (soprano) Waltraute
– Shirley Close (mezzo) Helmwige – Eva-Marie Bundschuh (soprano) Rossweisse
– Hebe Dijkstra (mezzo) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim
Directed for the stage by Harry Kupfer Directed for video by Horant
Hohlfeld Recorded live at the Bayreuth Festival Theatre, June/July
1992 WARNER CLASSICS
UNITEL 2564 62319-2
[2 DVDs: 237:00][TH]
We
should be grateful that this highly-praised cycle is now reaching
us on DVD – as recent Rings go, it takes the biscuit for me. Roll
on the rest! ... see Full
Review
Richard
WAGNER
(1813-1883) Götterdämmerung
– Act II complete Brünnhilde – Frieda Leider (soprano) Siegfried
- Lauritz Melchior (tenor) Gunther – Herbert Janssen (baritone) Waltraute
- Kerstin Thorborg (mezzo) Hagen – Ludwig Weber (bass)/Emanuel List
(bass) Alberich - Edouard Habich (bass-baritone) Gutrune – Maria Nezadal
(soprano) Chorus
and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Thomas Beecham
Recorded 14th and 29th May 1936 with interpolations;
includes Act I Scene 2 Hagen’s Hier sitz to the end of the
Act and Act III Brünnhilde’s Immolation Scene with Elfriede Maherr-Wagner
(Gutrune)/Berlin State Opera Orchestra/Leo Blech, recorded 1928 Excerpts
from Frieda Leider’s Wagner; War es so schamlich (Die Walküre
Act III Scene 3) [7.33] Heil dir sonne! (Siegfried Act III Scene 3)
[4.24] Ewig war ich (Siegfried Act III Scene 3) [8.31] Berlin State
Opera Orchestra/Leo Blech, recorded 1927
GUILD GHCD 2311/12 [67.26 + 73.47] [JW]
An
imposing addition to the 1930s Wagnerian discography - and in better-than-hoped-for
sound. ... see Full
Review
Franz
WAXMAN
(1906-1967) Rebecca
- film score (1940) [72.32]
Viktor Šimčisko (violin) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Adriano
Recorded in the Concert Hall of Slovak Radio in Bratislava, November
1990 and January-February 1991
NAXOS 8.557549 [72.32][JW]
At
budget price interested parties could hardly refuse such a textually
intelligent, well-played and con amore production. ... see Full
Review
Carl
Maria von WEBER (1786-1826)
Euryanthe
(1823) Hertha Wilfert – Euryanthe Howard Vandenburg – Adolar
Inge Borkh – Eglantine Karl Kamann – Lysiart Alaxander Welitsch –
King Ludwig VI Hanny Steffek – Bertha
Choir and Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino/Carlo Maria
Giulini Recorded live in Florence, 8 May 1954
WALHALL ETERNITY SERIES WLCD 0074 [70.01 + 65.15] [JW]
All
told this is a disappointment. For Giulini
completists only... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Kurt
WEILL
(1900-1950) Symphony
no.2 (1933-34) [29:40] (1. Sostenuto
– Allegro molto [9:47]; 2. Largo [13:10];
3. Allegro vivace [6:43]) Symphony no.1
(1921) [26:50] Lady in the Dark –
Symphonic Nocturne (Concert Suite arr.
Robert Russell Bennett) [17:32]
(1. Andante misterioso ‘My Ship’ [2:53];
2. ‘Girl of the Moment’ [1:58]; 3. Bolero
‘This is New’ [3:46]; 4. Allegro alla Marcia
[1:09]; 5. ‘Dance of the Tumblers’ [1:47];
6. ‘The Saga of Jenny’ [5:58])
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Marin
Alsop rec. Lighthouse Concert Hall, Poole,
UK, 12-14 Jan 2004. DDD
NAXOS 8.557481[74:02] [GPJ]
If
you are tempted to think of Kurt Weill as
nothing more than a Sullivan to Bertolt
Brecht’s Gilbert then I beg you to listen
to this outstanding disc. ... see Full
Review
Kurt
WEILL
(1900-1950) Concerto
for Violin and Wind Orchestra Op.12 (1924) [26’27] Pëteris
VASKS (b.1946) Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra
‘Distant Light’ (1996-7) [30’31]
Anthony Marwood (violin/conductor) Academy of St. Martin in the
Fields Recorded in Henry Wood Hall London, 7-9 December 2004. DDD
HYPERION CDA 67496
[57’05] [TH]
If
you don’t know either piece and fancy the
coupling, don’t hesitate. ... see Full
Review
Adrian
WILLAERT (1490-1562)
Inclite
Sfortiadum princeps (1) Domine Jesu Christi
(2) Ne projicias nos, Domine (2) Victor
io salve (1) In convertendo (Psalm 125)
(1,2) Jachet of
MANTUA (1483-1559) Hesperiae
ultimae invicto Regi (1, 2) Enceladi Coeique
Soror (2) Missa Eceladi Coeique Soror (1,2)
O Angele Dei (1) Dum vastos Adriae fluctus
(2) Jachet of MANTUA
and Adrian
WILLAERT Nisi Dominus (Psalm
126) (1,2)
Ensemble Jachet de Mantoue (2) Les Sacqueboutiers
de Toulouse (1) Recorded Prieuré
de Froville, September 2003
CALLIOPE CAL 9342 [58.20] [RH]
An
attractive and intelligently put together
programme. The shame is that stylistic issues
mean the performances are less than ideal;
worth exploring all the same ... see Full
Review
Ernst
Wilhelm WOLF (1735-1792)
Symphonies:
E flat [16'51]; F [23'51]; C (1786) [17'20]; D [6'54].
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Weimar/Nicolás Pasquet.
rec. Concert Hall of the Franz Liszt University of Music, Weimar,
4-6 April 2003. DDD
NAXOS 8.557132 [64'56] [CC]
The
world of the Wind Serenade is never too
far away yet Wolf can attain depths of expression
that seem to post-date his period. Recommended.
... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Ellen
Taaffe ZWILICH (b.
1939) Violin
Concertoa (1998) [26'03] Rituals
for Five Percussionists and Orchestrab
(2002) [25'59]
aPamela Frank (violin); bNEXUS/IRIS
Chamber Orchestra aSaarbrücken
Radio Symphony Orchestra/Michael Stern.
aLive recording in the Kongresshalle,
Stuttgart, Germany on October 18th,
1998, bGermantown Performing
Arts Centre, Tennessee, USA on March 7th,
2004 Studio recording). DDD
NAXOS AMERICAN CLASSICS 8.559268 [52'04]
[CC]
Recommended,
especially for the Violin Concerto. There
is an integrity to the works on this disc
that is most impressive. ... see Full
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