Raphaël Arié Gioacchino
ROSSINI (1792-1868) Il Barbiere die Siviglia:
La calunia è un venticello [3.38] Vincenzo
BELLINI (1801-1835) La Sonnambula: Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni
[3.40] Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901)
Ernani: Infelice e tuo credivi [3.24] Simon Boccanegra: Il lacerato
spirito [4.16] Don Carlo: Ella giammai m'amò [8.22] Charles
GOUNOD (1818-1893) Faust: Mais ce Dieu que peut-il pour moi
[10.12] Mikhail GLINKA (1804-1857)
A Life for the Tsar: They guess the truth [5.56] Modest
MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881) Boris Godunov: In the town of Kazan
[2.05] Boris Godunov: I have attained the highest power [6.06] Boris
Godunov: Farwell, my so [8.42] Anton RUBINSTEIN
(1829-1894) The Demon: I am he whom you called [3.44] Pyotr
Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Eugene Onegin: Everyone knows
love on earth [5.52] Alexander BORODIN
(1833-1887) Prince Igor: I hate a dreary life [3.33] Nicolai
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) Sadko: Against the cruel rocks
[2.59] Giacomo PUCCINI (1858-1924)
La Bohème: Vecchia zimarra, senti [2.43] 
Raphaël Arié (bass) L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Alberto Erede and
Isidor Karr LSO/Josef Krips L’Orchestre de la Sociéte des Concerts du
Conservatoire de Paris/Alberto Erede
PREISER 89610 [75.20][JW]
Elegance
and precision habitually displayed ... triumphs in the lyricism of Anton
Rubinstein or in the full warmth he brings to Onegin. There, one feels,
he is intimately at home. ... see Full
Review
Twentieth Century Bassoon
Concertos Heitor
VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959) Ciranda des sete
notas (1933) [11.30] Paul HINDEMITH
(1895-1963) Concerto for trumpet, bassoon and string orchestra (1949-52)
[16.24] André JOLIVET (1905-1974)
Concerto for bassoon, string orchestra, harp and piano (1954) [14.11]
Sofia GUBAIDULINA (b.1931) Concerto
for bassoon and low strings (1975) [27.29]
Sergio Azzolini (bassoon) Matthias Höfs (trumpet) Vida Izadi (harp)
Tomoko Takahashi (piano) Kammerakademie Potsdam/Maurice Bourgue Recorded
in the Funkhaus, Berlin, Studio 10, August-November 2001
CAPRICCIO 67.139 [69.36][JW]
A
contrasting quartet of Twentieth Century bassoon
concertos, loyally and persuasively performed,
and well presented ... see Full
Review
Bay Mir
Bistu Sheyn. Great Songs of the Yiddish
Stage - Volume 2 Sholom
SECUNDA (1894-1974) Bay
Mir Bistu Sheyn [2.49] Dos yidische lid [9.53]
Mayn yidishe meydle [2.51] Skrip klezmerl,
skripe [4.03] Alexander
OLSHANETSKY (1892-1946) Ikh hob
dikh tsufil lib [5.12] Eyn kuk af dir [3.51]
Glik [2.35] A gute heym [3.41] Nu, zog mir
shoyn ven [4.11] Unter beymer [3.09] Ikh bin
farlibt [4.13] Louis
GILROD (1879-1930) A malke af peysekh
[2.50] Arnold PERLMUTTER
(1859-1953) and Herman
WOHL (1877-1936) Lebn zol kolumbus
[1.56] Ilia TRILLING
(1895-1947) Mit dir in eynem [3.25] Herman
WOHL (1877-1936) Slutsk [3.36]
Samet un zayd [6.37] UNKNOWN
Hundl mitn shtrudl [2.55]
Simon Spiro (tenor) Amy Goldstein (soprano)
Bruce Adler (tenor) Robert Abelson (baritone)
Joanne Borts (mezzo) Robert Bloch (tenor)
Benzion Miller (tenor) David Krakauer (clarinet)
Vienna Chamber Orchestra/Elli Jaffe Barcelona
Symphony/National Orchestra of Catalonia Recorded
2000-01
NAXOS MILKEN ARCHIVE 8.559432 [68.45]
Whether
exuberant and yearning, uplifting or mournful
these songs captivated their listeners – and
reach out beyond the confines of Jewish theatre.
... see Full
Review
Bel Canto: Great Tenors of the
78 Era, Part I
Enrico Caruso [28:00] Beniamino Gigli [28:11] Tito Schipa [27:59] Richard
Tauber [27:50] Leo Slezak [28:04] Joseph Schmidt [28:58] A series by
Jan Schmidt-Garre.
EUROARTS 2050207 
[170:00][KS]
Except
for the annoying Mr. Zucker, these are priceless
archives, highly recommended to all lovers
of great singing. ... see Full
Review
Rafal Blechacz
- Piano Recital Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Piano
Sonata in G minor, Op. 22 (1833-38) [16'04].
Franz LISZT
(1811-1886) Three Concert Studies: Waldesrauchen,
S145 (1859) [4'08]; La Leggierezza,
S144 (1844) [4'48]; Gnomenreigen,
S145 (1844) [3'02]. Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Suite
bergamasque (1905) [17'24]. Karol
SZYMANOWSKI (1882-1937) Variations
in B flat minor, Op. 3 (1901-3) [12'01].
Frédéric
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Polonaise
in A flat, Op. 53 (1843) [6'58].
Rafal Blechacz (piano) Rec. Pomeranian Philharmonic
Concert Hall, Bydgoszcz, 2-5 April 2005.
DDD
CD ACCORD ACD136-2 [66'04] [CC]
Rafal
Blechacz was born as recently as 1985 yet
he plays with a maturity beyond his years.
I look forward to hearing more from this
young man. ... see Full
Review
A Tribute
to Nadia Boulanger Claudio
MONTEVERDI (1567-1643) Madrigals
Hor che’l Ciel e la Terra (1638) [5.56]
Lasciatemi morire (1614) [2.55] Zefiro torna
(1634) [8.04] Ardo (1638) [4.18] Ohime,
dov’e il mio ben? (1619) [1.43] Chiomo d’oro
(1619) [2.32] Iol ballo dell’ingrate (1618)
[9.06] Amoir (lamente della ninfa) [4.13]
Ecco mormorar l’onde (1590) [3.15] Petit
Concert Consilium [1.01] ANONYMOUS
A pri ai qu’en chantant plour
[1.29] Le lay des amants [1.12] S’on me
regarde [0.58] Gabriel
FAURÉ (1845-1924) Madrigal
Op.35 (1883) [3.44] Guillaume
COSTELEY Las je n’irais plus
jouer au bois [2.21] Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Dieu qu’il
la fait bon regarder (1898) [2.09] Lili
BOULANGER (1893-1918) Pie Jesu
(1918) [4.28] Leo
PREGER Cantique de St Jean de
la Croix [3.04] François
COUPERIN Epitaphe du paresseux
[1.38] Musette [1.12] Marcelle
de MANZIARLY L’Ouseau blessé
[2.02] Claudin
de SERMISY Amours partez [0.50]
Jean-Baptiste LULLY
Trio d’Amadis [0.48] Nicolas
de la GROTTE Quand ce beau Printemps
(1572) [1.02] Jean
FRANÇAIX (1912-1997) Trios
épigrammes (1938) [5.35] Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Liebesliederswalzer
Op.52 [21.46] Der Gang zum Liebchen Op.31/3
[2.54] Die Schwestern Op 60/1 [1.20] Klänge
Op.66/2 [2.02] Die Meere Op.22/3 [2.17]
Valses Op.39 – Nos 6, 15. 2, 1/14,10, 5,
6 in that order [8.24] Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Mondenschein
D875 [6,13] Jean
FRANÇAIX (1912-1997) Concerto
for piano and orchestra (1936) [16.28] Lili
BOULANGER (1893-1918) Introduction
et Cortège (1914) [3.02] Nocturne
(1911) [3.26]
Vocal and Instrumental Ensemble (Monteverdi)
recorded 1937 Vocal Quartet (Petit Concert)
recorded 1949 Vocal Quartet, Nadia Boulanger
and Dinu Lipatti (pianos) (Liebesliederswalzer
Op.52) recorded 1937-38 Nadia Boulanger
and Dinu Lipatti (pianos) (Brahms Valses)
recorded 1937 Quartet/vocal ensemble (Brahms
vocal) recorded 1938 Jean Françaix
(piano) Paris Philharmonic Orchestra/Nadia
Boulanger, recorded 1930 Yvonne Astruc (violin)
Nadia Boulanger (piano) (Lili Boulanger)
recorded 1930 Nadia Boulanger (director
and pianist) as noted above
CASCAVELLE VEL 3081 [75.39 + 67.56]
[JW]
The
warmth, energy, commitment and zeal are
still audible to this day. ... see Full
Review
Classical
Music for Flutes
Franz Joseph HAYDN
(1732-1809) Trios
for two transverse flutes and cello: No.
1 in C (H IV,1) [09:10]; No. 4 in G (H IV,4)
[05:25]; No. 2 in G (H IV,2) [06:50]; No.
3 in G (H IV,3) [13:19] Carl
Philipp STAMITZ (1745-1801) Duetto
for two transverse flutes No 1 in D [09:14]
Trio for two transverse flutes and cello
No 6 in G [14:53]
Lesley Holliday, Peter Harrison, transverse
flute; Rachel Gray, cello Recorded May 2003
at All Saints' Church, Ingleby Arncliff,
North Yorkshire, UK DDD
DIVERSIONS RECORDS 24117 [58:56] [JV]
Music
written for the many amateur flute players
in the second half of the 18th century -
an entertaining disc ... see Full
Review
A tribute to
Hugues Cuenod François
COUPERIN (1668-1733) Première
Leçon de Ténèbres pour
le Mecredy Saint [21.22] Instrumental ensemble/Daniel
Pinkham, recorded Boston, 1950 Trois chansons
pour ténor et clavecin [8.40] Instrumental
ensemble/Daniel Pinkham, recorded Boston,
1950 Motet; Audite omnes et expanescite
(c.1700) [9.34] Instrumental ensemble/Daniel
Pinkham, recorded Boston, 1950 Troisième
Leçon de Ténèbres pour
le Mecredy Saint (17140 [17.01] Paul Derenne/Yvonne
Gouverné Choir/Instrumental ensemble/Jane
Evrard, recorded Paris, 1936 Igor
STRAVINSKY (1882-1971) Cantate
(1952) [25.56] New York Concert Choir directed
by Margaret Hillis/Instrumental ensemble/Igor
Stravinsky, recorded New York, 1952 Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Musique
maçonnique – Eine Kleine Freimaurerkantate
K623 [49.46] Gerard Souzay, Jean Giraudeau,
Hélène Salomé (piano)
Choir of the Oratory of Mulhouse/Orchestre
Pro Musica/Joseph-Victor Meyer, recorded
Paris, 1950 Marcel
DELANNOY (1898-1962) Philippine
– Opérette – Complainte de l’homme-serpent
(1937) [3.06] Orchestra/Maurice Jaubert,
recorded Paris, 1937
Hugues Cuenod (tenor) with accompanists
as above
CASCAVELLE VEL 3080 [65.21 + 69.52]
[JW]
In
the main these are trusty transfers, the
odd hit and miss side join apart; Cuenod
will give lasting pleasure and reward, as
he always did ... see Full
Review
Elfenreigen
– fairy round dance Robert
Nicolas Charles BOCHSA (1789-1856)
Nocturne
Concertant in G minor Op.71/3 (c.1818) [10.26]
Marcel TOURNIER
(1879-1951) Deux Preludes Romantiques
Op.17 (1909) [3.37] Willy
HESS (1906-1997) Elfenreigen
Op.79 (1972-73) [4.14] Johann
Baptist KRUMPHOLTZ (1747-1790) Sonata
in F major Op.8 No.5 (c.1780) [13.35] Gabriel
PIERNÉ (1863-1937) Impromptu-Caprice
in A flat major Op.9 for harp (1887) [5.25]
Louis SPOHR
(1784-1859) Sonata in C minor WoO23
[16.03] Carl Philipp
Emanuel BACH (1714-1788) Hamburg
Sonata in G major Wq No.133 [9.47] Bruno
HILSE (19th/20th
century) Suite Op.6 [15.11]
Henner Eppel (flute) Christian Topp
(harp) Recorded House of Audio Studios,
Karlsdorf, October 2003
GUILD GMCD 7294 [79.23] [JW]
There’s
little here that is intellectually taxing
but a lot that is dextrous and ear titillating.
... see Full
Review
Beniamino
Gigli: The Gigli Edition, Vol. 9 Ernesto
De CURTIS (1875 – 1937) Soltanto tu, Maria Alois
MELICHAR (1896 – 1976) Anima mia Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685 – 1750)/Charles
GOUNOD (1818 – 1893) Ave Maria Georges
BIZET (1838 – 1875) Agnus Dei César
FRANCK (1822 – 1890) Panis Angelicus Robert
SCHUMANN (1810 – 1856) Il fior di loto (Die Lotosblume) Edvard
GRIEG (1843 – 1907) Un rêve (En dröm) Francesco
CILEA (1866 – 1950) L’arlesiana È la solita storia BECCE
Tu sei la vita mia CURCI Notte
a Venezia BLANC Giovinezza Giacomo
PUCCINI (1858 – 1924) Inno a Roma Giuseppe
VERDI (1813 – 1901) Aida Se quel guerrier io fossi … Celeste
Aida Giacomo PUCCINI La bohème
O soave fanciulla Cesare A. BIXIO
(20th Century) Ninna nanna della vita Paolo
TOSTI (1846 – 1916) La serenata CINQUE
Mattinata veneziana De CURTIS
Ti voglio tanto bene Paolo TOSTI
L’ultima canzone Paolo TOSTI Marechiare
Luigi DENZA (1846 – 1922) Occhi
di fata Gioacchino ROSSINI (1792 –
1868) La danza Beniamino
Gigli (tenor), Maria Caniglia (soprano) (track 14), Berlin State Opera
Orchestra/Alois Melichar (tr 1-3), Bruno Seidler-Winkler (tr 4-10),
La Scala Orchestra and Chorus/Giuseppe Antonicelli (tr 11-12), Orchestra/Walter
Goehr (tr 13-14, 19-22), Orchestra/Dino Olivieri (tr 15-18) Recorded
24th May 1936 in Electrola Studio A, Berlin(tr 1-4); 2nd
June 1936 in Electrola Studio A, Berlin (tr 5-10), 8th March
1937 at the Teatro della Cannobiana, Milan (tr 11-12), 28th
May 1937 in Studio 1, Abbey Road, London (tr 13-14), 24th
February 1938 at the Pro Salute Studios, Milan (tr 15-18), 4th
June 1938 in Studio 1A, Abbey Road, London (tr 19-22)
NAXOS 8.110270 [73 29][JW]
The
most purely Gigli-esque things here, the ones that capture voice and
vocal gesture in the most intimate and rewarding way, are the things
one would expect ... see Full Review
Gregorian Feast In Festo
Sanctissimi Corporis et Sanguinis Christi (Feast of Corpus Christi)
Introit: Cibavit eos Gradual: Ocui Omnium Offertory: Sacerdotes Domini
Communion: Quotiescumque Manducat In Navitate Domini, Ad Missam in
Die (Nativity of Our Lord, Mass during the day) Introit: Puer Natus
est nobis Gradual: Viderunt omnes Offertory: Tui sunt caeli Communion:
Viderunt omnes In Epiphany Domini (Feast of the Epiphany) Introit:
Ecce Advenit dominator Gradual: Omnes de Saba Offertory: Reges Tharsis
Communion: Vidimus stellam Dies Irae (1) In Assumptionis B. Mariae
Virginis, Ad Missam in Die (Feast of the Assumption, Mass during
the day) Introit Gaudeamus omnes Gradual: Propter venitatem Offertory:
Assumpta est Maria Communion: Optimam partem S. Andrea Apostoli (Feast
of St. Andrew the Apostle) Introit: Mihi autem nimis Gradual: Constitues
eos Offertory: Mihi autem nimis Communion: Venite post me Commune
Unius Martyrir non Pontificis (Propers for the feast of a non Episcopal
martyr) Introit: Invirtute tuam Gradual: Beatus Vir Offertory: Gloria
et honore Communion: Qui vult venire post me
Pro Cantione Antiqua (James Griffett, Ian Partridge, Gordon Jones, Brian
Etheridge, Michael George, Adrian Peacock) Stephen Roberts (cantor)
(1) rec. October 1991, St. Jude’s Church, Hampstead; February 1990,
All Hallows Church, Gospel Oak; November 1992, St. Jude’s Church,
Hampstead
REGIS RECORDS RRC 1217 [65.13][RH]
Highly
recommendable for good straightforward chant singing. Always mellifluous,
always shapely. I feel churlish for wanting more. ... see Full
Review
Zino
Francescatti Johann Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750) Violin
Sonata No.2 in A BWV 1015 [12.39] Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Violin Sonata in E flat K481 [21.42]
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Violin
Sonata No.3 in E flat Op.12 No.3 [14.45] Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor
Op.23 [17.22] Zino Francescatti
(violin) Robert Casadesus (piano) Recorded 1950-54
BIDDULPH 80214-2 [70.12][JW]
Biddulph
keeps up its perceptive retrieval of hard-to-trace
Francescatti-Casadesus recordings. ... see
Full
Review
Genesis
Suite (1945) Arnold
SCHOENBERG (1874-1951) Prelude
[5.53] Nathaniel
SHILKRET (1889-1982) Creation [11.07]
Alexandre TANSMAN
(1897-1986) Adam and Eve [11.32] Darius
MILHAUD (1892-1974) Cain and Abel
[4.46] Mario CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
(1895-1968) The Flood [11.03] Ernest
TOCH (1887-1964) The Covenant (The
Rainbow) [5.36] Igor
STRAVINSKY (1882-1971) Babel [5.37]
Tovah Feldshuh, Barbara Feldon, David
Margulies, Fritz Weaver and Isaiah Sheffer
(speakers) Ernst Senff Choir Radio Symphony
Orchestra of Berlin/Gerard Schwarz Recorded
Jesus Christus Kirche, Berlin, December 200.
Narration NYC, April 2003
NAXOS 8.559552 [55.38] [JW]
It’s
all done as well as it could be but whether
you’ll listen to Genesis more than once I
very, very much doubt. ... see Full
Review
The
Hallelujah Tree Meyer
KUPFERMAN (1926-2003) The
Hallelujah Tree (2000) [17.13] Dana
Paul PERNA Three Conversations
between Two Flutists, Pop 55 (1980) [13.15]
Deux Berceuses for flute and piano
Pop 87a (1988) [10.17] Jeff
MANOOKIAN (b.1953) Sonata for
piccolo and piano (2003) [23.09] Miguel
CHUAQUI Ancient Wing for
flute solo (1993 revised 1998) [6.12]
Laurel Ann Maurer (flute, piccolo and alto
flute) Manah Atanessyan (harp) John Warner
Jensen (piano) Suzanne Duffy (flute) Serenade
Chamber Orchestra of Armenia/Jeff Manookian
Recorded Staller Centre, SUNY, NY, 1994, Cinema
House Hall, Yerevan, Armenia 2002 and Counterpoint
Studios, Utah 2003
4TAY 4029 [70.16] [JW]
This
is an adventurous and wide-ranging survey
of works that owe their genesis to the very
able soloist and are played by her with great
finesse. ... see Full
Review
Clara Haskil
- 1947-1954 Recordings Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Piano
Concerto No.3 in C minor Op.37 [26.03] Winterthur
Symphony Orchestra/Henry Swoboda, recorded
1950 Piano Concerto No.4 in G major Op.58
[32.55] LSO/Carlo Zecchi, recorded 1947 Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Piano
Concerto No.9 in E flat major K271 Jeunehomme
[29.52] Stuttgart Radio Orchestra/Carl Schuricht,
recorded live, 1952 Piano Concerto No.13 in
C major K415 [25.52] RIAS Symphony Orchestra/Ferenc
Fricsay, recorded live 1954 Piano Concerto
No.19 in E major K459 [26.18] Cologne Radio
Symphony Orchestra/Ferenc Fricsay, recorded
live 1952 Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor
K466 [29.51] RIAS Symphony Orchestra/Ferenc
Fricsay, recorded 1954 Piano Concerto No.23
in A major K488 [24.58]
Vienna Symphony Orchestra/Paul Sacher,
recorded 1954 Clara Haskil (piano) with accompaniments
as above Recorded 1944-54
ANDROMEDA ANDRCD 5003 [3 CDs: 69.02 +
75.16 + 61.53] [JW]
It’s
a question of how much of Haskil’s Mozart
(in particular) you have and whether you need
it in so-so transfers. ... see Full
Review
Josef Herrmann
(1903-1955) Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Fidelio
(1814) - Ha, welch ein Augenblicka
[3'00]. Carl Maria
von WEBER (1786-1826) Euryanthe
(1823) – Kein Schlaf gibt Ruhe meinem
wildenb [8'39]. Richard
WAGNER (1813-1883) Die Meistersinger
von Nürnbergc (1868) -
Was duftet doch der Flieder [6'10];
Wahn! Wahn! Überall Wahn! [7'00];
Verachtet mir die Meister nicht [6'49].
Die Walküred (1850)
- Leb' wohl, du kühnes, herrliches
Kind [11'59]. Hugo
WOLF (1860-1903) Der Corregidor
(1896) - Nicht geschlossen?d
[9'37]. Richard STRAUSS
(1864-1949) Die Frau ohne Schatten
(1919) - Sie haben es mir gesagte
[7'32]. Salome (1905) - Wo ist er,
dessen Sündenbecher jetzt voll ist?f
[4'10]. Giuseppe
VERDI (1813-1901) Otello (1887)
- Ich glaube an einen Gotte
[5'29].
Josef Herrmann (baritone); fChristel
Goltz (soprano); fRudolf Dittrich
(tenor) Staatskapelle Dresden aChorus
and abOrchestra/afJoseph
Keilberth, bdKarl Elmendorff, eKurt
Streigler; cBavarian Radio Chorus;
cMunich Philharmonic Orchestra/Ferdinand
Leitner. Rec. afMitteldeutcher
Rundfunk, ac1945, f1948,
bdeReichsender Dresden, be1943,
d1944; c1954. mono ADD;
from cDGG 19047
PREISER 93445 [76'56] [CC]
Issued
in 1995 in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary
of Herrmann's death, this acts as a timely
reminder of the stature of a wonderful, and
occasionally great, artist. ... see Full
Review
Highdays and
Holidays Peter
YORKE (1902-1966)
The
Playful Pelican [2,51] Peter Yorke or Louis
Voss and his orchestra Highdays and Holidays
[2.54] Louis Voss and his Orchestra Heini
KRONBERGER and
Mary MARRIOTT Buddha’s Festival
of Love [3.08] The West End Celebrity Orchestra
Albert KETÈLBEY
(1875-1959) Wedgewood Blue [2.59]
Louis Voss Grand Orchestra In a Chinese Temple
Garden [3.07] Louis Voss Grand Orchestra Gerhard
WINKLER (1906-1977) Neapolitan
Serenade [2.40] Regent Classic Orchestra Siegfried
TRANSLAUTER Wedding March in Midget
Land [2.58] London Concert Orchestra Erich
BÖRSCHEL (1907-1988) Sparrows’
Concert – Intermezzo [3.18] Louis Voss Grand
Orchestra Barry TATTENHALL
April Day [2.44] London Concert
Orchestra Frederick
George CHARROSIN (d.1976) Busy
Business [2.48] International Radio Orchestra
Wilfred BURNS The
Ballet Dancer [3.12] Bosworth’s String Orchestra
Philip GREEN
(1910-1982) Tequila – Paso Doble [1.29]
Louis Voss Grand Orchestra George
CROW Wild Goose Chase [3.11] Louis
Voss Grand Orchestra Charles
WILLIAMS (1893-1978) Cutty Sark
[3.00] National Light Orchestra Serenade to
a Mannequin [2.18] Bosworth’s String Orchestra
Charles WILLIAMS
(1893-1978)
Salute to Speedway [3.00] West End Celebrity
Orchestra Henry CROUDSON
(1898-1971) Jack and Jill – miniature
overture [2.59]
Louis Voss and his Orchestra Claud
VANE Palace of Variety [2.38] National
Light Orchestra John
BATH Sportsman’s Luck [2.52] West
End Celebrity Orchestra David
HART Sabre Jet [2.51] West End
Celebrity Orchestra Claud
VANE Big Dipper [2.34] Louis Voss
and his Orchestra Haydn
WOOD (1882-1959) Sketch of a Dandy
[2.57] Louis Voss and his Orchestra Art
STRAUSS and Robert
DALE Flight of the Toy Balloon
[2.52] National Light Orchestra Kenneth
ESSEX Travel Centre [2.44] West
End Celebrity Orchestra Roy
HARTLEY Sleepy Grasshopper [2.53]
Regent Classic Orchestra Gerald
CROSSMAN (b.1920) Typical Teenager
[2.46] Louis Voss and his Orchestra Louis
MORDISH (1908-1996) Harlequin’s
Flirtation [2.56]
London Bijou Players Recorded 1940s and 1950s
GUILD GLCD 5115 [76.40] [JW]
Of
all the publishers’ libraries of mood music
Bosworth was always one of the most engaging.
Guild has here collated some prime specimens
from 1937 to 1953. ... see
Full Review
Frank
Huang (violin): Laureate series Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Fantasy for violin
and piano in C major D.934 Op.159 [24.45] Heinrich
ERNST (1814-1865) Fantasie Brillante sur l’opéra
‘Otello’ de Rossini Op.11 [12.45] Arnold
SCHOENBERG (1874-1951) Phantasy for violin with piano accompaniment
Op. 47 [8.28] Franz WAXMAN (1906-1967)
Carmen Fantasy [11.20]
Frank Huang (violin); Dina Vainstein (piano) rec. July 2002, Country
Day School Performing Art Centre, King City, Ontario, Canada
NAXOS LAUREATE SERIES 8.557121 [57.18][PW]
At
Naxos’s
cheap price worth it for the interesting
and convincing Schoenberg. As for the rest,
there are more interesting recital discs
out there. ... see Full
Review
In
The Beginning:
Choral Masterpieces of the 1940s Benjamin
BRITTEN (1913-1976) Rejoice
in the Lamb, op.30 (Festival Cantata)
[17:53] Ildebrando
PIZZETTI (1880-1968) Tre composizioni
corali: I: Cade la sera [3:56];
II: Ululate [5:40]; III: Recordare,
Domine [9:05] Gerald
FINZI (1901-1956) Lo, the
Full, Final Sacrifice, op.26 [15:32]
Aaron COPLAND
(1900-1990) In the Beginning [18:17]
Jonathan Hyde (treble), Jeremy Kenyon
(alto), James Gilchrist (tenor), Allan Smith
(bass), James Birchall (bass), Frances Bourne
(mezzo-soprano), Robert Houssart (organ)
Gloucester Cathedral Choir/Andrew Nethsingha
(Chorister Voice Coach, Russell Burton)
Recorded 15th, 16th,
28th and 29th April
and 29th May 2005, Gloucester
Cathedral
AVIE AV2072 [70:39] [GPJ]
A
fascinating and imaginative programme with
some delightful solo contributions and a
spine-tingling and massive sound ... but
I can’t say that this CD makes the most
of the choir’s sterling qualities and high
potential. ... see Full
Review
Jewish
Tone Poems Aaron
AVSHALOMOV (1894-1964) Four
Biblical Tableaux (1928) [12.08] Berlin
Radio Symphony Orchestra/Gerard Schwarz
recorded Jesus Christus Kirche, Berlin,
May 1999 Sheila
SILVER (b.1946) Shirat Sara
(1985) [22.32] Seattle Symphony/Gerard
Schwarz recorded Benaroya Hall, Seattle,
May 1999 Jan MEYEROWITZ
(1915-1998) Symphony - Midrash Esther
(1954) [28.26]
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra/Yoel Levi
recorded Jesus Christus Kirche, Berlin,
November 2000
NAXOS MILKEN ARCHIVE 8.559426 [63.19]
[JW]
Can
safely be recommended to the inquisitive.
A great deal of variety, geographic, aesthetic,
temporal – and some splendid performances
to boot. ... see Full
Review
Great Pianists - Kapell
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Piano
Concerto No. 2 in B flat, Op. 19A (1793-5) [27'24]. Franz
Peter SCHUBERT (1791-1828) Waltzes (1815-21)b
– B, D145 No. 2 [0'55]; B minor, D145 No. 6 [1'07]; E, D365 No. 26 [0'38];
F, D365 No. 32 [1'01]; F, D365 No. 34 [0'47]. German Dances (1823/4)b
– B flat, D783 No. 6 [0'44]; B flat, D783 No. 7 [0'44]. Ländler in D,
D734 No. 1 (c1822) [0'59]. Sergei
RACHMANINOV (1874-1942) Cello Sonata in G minor, Op.
19c (1901) [31'08].
William Kapell (piano); cEfrem Kurtz (cello); aNBC
Symphony Orchestra/Vladimir Golschmann. From RCA Victor originals. Rec.
aCarnegie Hall, New York City on June 26th, 1946,
bRCA Studios, Hollywood on July 3rd, 1952, RCA
Studio No. 2, New York City, on April 23rd and 24th,
1947. ADD NAXOS
GREAT PIANISTS 8.110767 [65'17][CC]
A
highly enjoyable disc, thoroughly recommended. ... see Full
Review
Reginald
Kell – The Complete American Decca Recordings
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622
[28.49] Clarinet Quintet in A major K581 [30.22] Wind Serenade in C
minor K388 (384a) [19.29] Wind Serenade in E flat major K. 375 [22.43]
Clarinet Trio in E flat major K498 Kegelstatt Trio [20.34] Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Clarinet Trio in B flat major Op.11
Gassenhauer Trio [18.35] Robert SCHUMANN
(1810-1856) Fantasiestücke Op.73 [10.23] Carl
Maria von WEBER (1786-1826) Grand Duo Concertante Op.48 [18.21]
Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897) Clarinet
Quintet in B minor Op.115 [35.37] Trio for clarinet, cello and piano
Op.114 [23.52] Sonata for clarinet and piano in F minor Op.120 No.1
[20.57] Sonata for clarinet and piano in E flat major Op.120 No.2 [20.07]
Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921) Clarinet
Sonata in E flat major Op.167 [18.41] Alec
TEMPLETON (1909-1963) Pocket-size sonata No.1 for clarinet
and piano (1949) [7.36] Antoni SZALOWSKI
(1907-1973) Sonatina for clarinet and piano (1936) [10.34] Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Première Rhapsodie for clarinet and piano
[8.07] La Plus que Lente [2.42] La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin [2.29] Rêverie
[2.45] Le Petit Berger [2.22] Walter MOURANT
(1910-1955) Ecstasy [4.05] The Pied Piper [4.00] Blue Haze [3.22]
Reginald PORTER-BROWN (1910-1982)
Dance of the Three Old Maids [2.54] Paul
HINDEMITH (1895-1963) Clarinet Sonata in B flat (1939) [16.30]
Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971) Three
Pieces for Solo Clarinet [6.32] Béla BARTÓK
(1881-1945) Contrasts [17.44] Darius
MILHAUD (1892-1974) Suite Op.157b (1936) [10.51] Ralph
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958) Six Studies in English Folksong
[9.10] George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)
Siciliana and Gigue – from Recorder Sonata in F major HWV 369 transcribed
by Reginald Kell [3.49] Adagio – from Violin Sonata in F major HWV 370
transcribed by Reginald Kell [3.36] Allegro – from Oboe Sonata in F
major HWV 363a transcribed by Reginald Kell [2.44] Arcangelo
CORELLI (1653-1713) Giga – from Recorder Sonata in C major
Op.5 No.9 [3.06] Fritz KREISLER (1875-1962)
Rondo on a Theme by Beethoven [3.21] Caprice Viennois Op.2 [4.05]
Liebesleid [3.46] Liebesfreud [3.29] Stars in My Eyes – from the film
The King Steps Out [2.43] Schön Rosmarin [2.05] Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937) Pièce en forme de habanera [3.21] Alan
RICHARDSON (1904-1978) Roundelay [3.41] Benjamin
GODARD (1849-1895) Berceuse from Jocelyn [5.23] Arthur
BENJAMIN (1893-1960) Jamaican Rumba [2.42]
Reginald Kell (clarinet) with Zimbler Sinfonietta – Mozart Clarinet
Concerto; Fine Arts String Quartet – Mozart and Brahms; Kell Chamber
Players – Mozart Serenades; Frank Miller (cello) and Mieczyslaw Horszowski
(piano) – Beethoven and Brahms Trios; Joel Rosen (piano) – Schumann,
Brahms Sonatas, Weber, Debussy Rapsodie, Hindemith; Brooks Smith (piano)
– Saint-Saëns, Templeton, Szalowski, Vaughan Williams, Handel, Corelli,
Richardson, Godard, Benjamin; Melvin Ritter (violin) and Joel Rosen
– Bartók, Milhaud; Camerata and his Orchestra – Debussy, Mourant, Porter-Brown,
Kreisler Recorded 1950-57
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON ORIGINAL MASTERS 00289 477 5280 [6 CDs: 79.02
+ 73.24 + 78.07 + 76.54 + 75.06 + 70.15][JW]
A
splendid survey, finely transferred, well
illustrated and also sporting some of the
clarinettist’s idiosyncratically musical paintings
– a touch of Miró maybe for the colourist
supreme. ... see Full
Review
Jeffrey
Khaner – arrangements
for flute Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Clarinet
Sonata No. 1 in F minor, op. 120 No. 1 (1894)
[21:17] Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E flat, op.
120 No. 2 (1894) [20:31] Clara
SCHUMANN (1819-1986) Three Romances,
op. 22 (1853) [8:59] Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1846) Three Romances,
op. 94 (1849) [11;00]
Jeffrey Khaner (flute) Charles Abramovic (piano)
rec. January 2004, Curtis Hall, Philadelphia,
USA. DDD
AVIE
AV 2075 [61:55] [GPJ]
I
enjoyed this disc enormously. The sheer quality
of Khaner’s playing ensure an experience full
of musical delights ... see Full
Review
Anders
Kilström – Solo Johan
HAMMERTH (b. 1953) Preludium 7 (2000) [5:54]
Preludium 3 (1999) [5:20] PerMagnus LINDBORG
(b. 1968) Runs and Resonances (1996) [8:14] Pär
LINDGREN (b. 1952) Winding Threads (1998) [15:16] Anders
NILSSON (b. 1954) Les Cloches de la Nuit (1987) [4:17] Rolf
MARTINSSON (b. 1956) Libra Op.36 (1996) [6:16] Gemini Op.46
(1998) [5:44] Leo Op.44 (1997) [6:01]
Anders Kilström (piano) rec. Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, October 2003
and November 2004 DAPHNE
1018 [57:40][HC]
A
formidable pianist ... a splendid collection
of fine, idiomatically written recent Swedish
piano pieces. ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Kingám
- New
Swedish Flute Music. 1.
Stellan SAGVIK
(b. 1952) Kingám (flute
and percussion) [9:06]; 2. Tommie
HAGLUND (b. 1959) Fragile (flute
and percussion) [3:06]; 3. Stellan
SAGVIK Vampire State Building
(flute and piano) [8:17]; 4. Martin
LARSON (b. 1967) Boughs (flute
and marimba) [11:13]; 5. Stellan
SAGVIK Flute Concerto #1 (flute
and strings) [14:20]; 6. B
Tommy ANDERSSON (b. 1964) Impromptu
(flute and vibes) [4:27]; 7 – 17 Stellan
SAGVIK Solar Plexus (flute solo)
[24:16]; 18. Nocturne (flute and vibes)
[4:51]
Kinga Práda (flute), Markus Leoson
(percussion) (1, 2, 4, 6, 18), Ilona Jánky
Práda (piano) (3), Filarmonica de
Cluj Strings/Stellan Sagvik Recorded June
9th 1997 in Filarmonica Concert
Hall, Cluj-Napocan, Transylvania (5), July
20th 1999 in Bygdeå Church,
Sweden (7 – 17), November 25th
2002 in Gäddviken, Stockholm, Sweden
(1, 2, 4, 6, 18), March 9th 2003
in Studio 2, Swedish Radio, Stockholm (3)
NOSAG CD 029 [79:38] [GF]
The
musical sceneries are full of surprises,
beauty, rhythms, changes, meditation – always
alive, always thrilling, like life itself!
Recommended to anyone except the tone-deaf.
... see Full
Review
The
Art of Gareth Koch: A Guitar Anthology
ABC 476 7497 "She Moved through the
Fair" Dances from Spain Gareth
KOCH (b. 1962): Lavender and
Gossip (Rumba Flamenca) – Bargaining with
the Goatherd – The Ferry’s Wake Celtic
Ballads: Traditional Celtic, arr.
Gareth Koch: The Curragh of Kildare – Johnny
Comes Marching Home – She Moved through
the Fair Australian Ballads:
Traditional Australian, arr. Gareth Koch:
The Overlander – Farewell and Adieu (Brisbane
Ladies) – On the Springtime it Brings on
the Shearing – Van Diemen’s Land Gareth
KOCH: Van Diemen Suite:
I. The Butcher of Winnaleah – II. Devil’s
Kitchen – III. Walls of Jerusalem – IV.
Cathedral Rock Gareth
KOCH: Dances from Spain: Sweet
Pine and Cypress – Pain and Revelation –
The Moon’s Reply – Darkness and Love Manuel
de FALLA (1877 – 1946)(arr. Gareth
Koch): Dance of the Miller
Celtic Ballads: Traditional
Celtic, arr. Gareth Koch: Salley Gardens
– Ballad – Skye-Boat Song Gareth Koch (guitar),
recorded in February 1997 at Christ Church
Cathedral, Newcastle, Australia, with the
kind permission of Dean Graeme Lawrence
ABC 476 7498 Carl
ORFF (1895 – 1982): Carmina Burana
(arr. Gareth Koch): Fortune, Empress
of the World: O Fortuna – Fortune
plango vulnera; Spring: Veris
leta facies – Omnia Sol temeprat;
On the Green: Tanz – Floret
silva – Chramer, gip die varwe mir – Swaz
hiengat umbe – Chume, chum geselle min!
– Swaz hie gat umbe; In the Tavern:
In taberna quando sumus;
The Court of Love: Amor volat
undique – Dies, nox et omnia – Tempus est
iocundum – Dulcissime; Fortune, Empress
of the World: O Fortuna Songs
of the Trouvères: Anonymous
(13th century)(arr.
Gareth Koch): Eve’s Garden; ADAM
de la HALLE (1237 – 1288): Robin
Loves Me Gareth Koch (guitar), recorded
in June 1997 at Christ Church Cathedral,
Newcastle, Australia, with the kind permission
of Dean Graeme Lawrence ABC 476 7499
"The Fragrance of Paradise" Gareth
KOCH: The Lustful Abbot – Taste
of the Fountain – Saladin’s Dream – The
Unveiled Queen – The Hags of Gloucester
– The Fragrance of Paradise – The Joust
– Song of Devotion to the Virgin – Journey
to the Otherworld (a. Voyage – b. In the
Crypt) – The Knight of the Swan – The Wild
Hunt – The Lost Grail – Simon, the Gregarious
Hermit – Come with Me, My Giselle – Merlin’s
Prophecy – Sigh of the Moor – Crusade Song
Gareth Koch (guitar),´recorded in March
1999 at St. Scholastica’s Chapel, Glebe,
Sydney, Australia ABC 476 7500 "España!"
– Spanish and classical guitar favourites
Isaac ALBENIZ (1860
– 1909): Sevilla ‘Sevillanas’ (from
Suite Española) – Asturias ‘Leyenda’
(from Suite Española); Richard
CHARLTON (b. 1955): Afterthoughts:
Cantilena (after Torroba) – Reverie (after
Debussy) – Sarabande (after Falla) – Rondeau
(after Ponce); Enrique
GRANADOS (1867 – 1916): Spanish
Dance No. 4 ‘Villanesca’ (from Danzas Españolas);
Manuel de FALLA
(1877 – 1946): Dance of the Miller
‘Farruca’ (from The Three Cornered Hat)
– Spanish Dance No. 1 (from La Vida Breve);
Isaac ALBENIZ:
Córdoba (from Songs of
Spain); Enrique
GRANADOS: Spanish Dance No. 5
(from Danzas Españolas); Joaquín
NIN (1883 – 1949): Seguida Española:
The Old Castle – Murciana – Catalana – Andaluza;
Gaspar SANZ (1640
– 1710): Suite Español: Pasacalle
– Paradetas – Canarios; Joaquín
RODRIGO (1901 – 1999)(arr. Gareth
Koch): Adagio (from Concierto de Aranjuez);
Heitor VILLA-LOBOS
(1887 – 1959): Prelude No. 4
Gareth Koch (guitar), Herwig Tachezi (cello)(tracks
9 – 15) Recorded in July 2000 at St. Scholastica’s
Chapel, Glebe, Sydney, Australia (tracks
1 – 7); in May 1993 at Bernardi-Saal, Wr.
Neustadt, Austria (tracks 8 – 18); in August
1992 at Church of the Holy Cross, Klingfurth,
Austria (tracks 19 – 20) ABC
CLASSICS 476 7496 [56:41 + 42:42 + 60:19
+ 69:07] [GF]
I
have enjoyed this box very much and am convinced
that it will appeal to many listeners, guitar
lovers or just "normal" music
lovers. At the price nobody will regret
buying this set ... see Full
Review
Kreisler
plays Kreisler Fritz KREISLER (1875-1962)
Caprice
Viennois [3.46] Tambourin Chinois [3.29] Liebesfreud [3.15] Liebesleid
[3.37] Schön Rosmarin [1.59] La gitana [3.11] Rondino on a theme of
Beethoven [2.30] Johann Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750) Gavotte from Partita No.3 in E arranged
KREISLER [3.18] Wolfgang Amadeus
MOZART (1756-1791) Rondo from Haffner Serenade K250 arranged
KREISLER [7.35] Fryderyk CHOPIN
Mazurka in A minor Op.67 No.4 arranged
KREISLER [2.48] Johannes BRAHMS
(1833-1897) Waltz in A Op.39 No.15 arranged
David HOCHSTEIN [2.20] Antonín
DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) Humoresque Op.101 No.7 arranged
KREISLER [3.43] Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY
(1840-1893) Andante cantabile from String Quartet No.1 arranged KREISLER [4.34] Nicolai
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) Hymn to the Sun from The Golden
Cockerel arranged KREISLER [4.04] Chant Hindou from Sadko
arranged KREISLER [3.17] Manuel
de FALLA 1876-1946) Spanish Dance from La vida breve arranged
KREISLER [3.22] Ede POLDINI (1869-1957)
Dancing Doll arranged KREISLER [2.28]
Cyril SCOTT (1879-1970) Lotus
Land arranged KREISLER [4.06]
TRADITIONAL Londonderry Air arranged
KREISLER [3.45]
Fritz Kreisler (violin) Franz Rupp (piano) Recorded in 1936 and 1938
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.110992
[67.08][JW]
Every
Kreislerian will love this programme but I hope younger listeners
gravitate toward his inimitable way with these originals and transcriptions.
... see Full Review
Mario
Lanza: Because You’re Mine Nicholas
BRODSZKY Because You’re Mine; Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) (adapted Irving Aaronson) The Song Angels
Sing; Johnny LEHMAN Lee-Ah-Loo;
Cole PORTER (1893-1964) You Do
Something To Me; Nacio Herb BROWN
Temptation; Miklós RÓZSA (1907-1995)
Lydia; Nicolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) Song of India;
Bob MERRILL If You Were Mine;
Lee KAUDERER Call Me Fool; Constantine CALLINICOS You Are My Love The
Student Prince Sigmund ROMBERG (1887-1951)
Orchestral Introduction; Serenade; Golden Days Drink, Drink, Drink;
Nicholas BRODSZKY Summertime in
Heidelberg; Beloved; TRADITIONAL
Gaudeamus Igitur; Sigmund ROMBERG
Deep In My Heart, Dear; Nicholas BRODSZKY
I’ll Walk With God
Mario Lanza (tenor) Orchestra/Constantine Callinicos, except tracks
5, 6, conducted by Ray Sinatra. Recorded in Hollywood 1952; 1954
NAXOS 8.120784 [58:41][GF]
With
Lanza in opera the arias go straight to his heart; most of the songs
on this disc go straight to his wallet. ... see Full
Review
Tonya
Lemoh - piano Franz LISZT (1811-1886)
La Vallée d'Obermann [11:45] Frederick
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Sonata in B minor Op. 35 no. 2 [19:17]
Charles GRIFFES (1884-1920) The
White Peacock (Roman Sketches Op. 7 no. 1), The Fountain
of the Acqua Paola (Roman Sketches op. 7 no. 3) [4:16; 2:55]
Niels Viggo BENTZON (1919-2000)
Suite (Ouverture, Rigaudon, Courante, Sarabande, Menuet, Réjouissance,
Sicilienne, Gigue) [10:08] Alberto GINASTERA
(1916-1983) Danzas Argentinas (Danza del viejo boyero;
Danze de la moza danosa; Danza del gaucho matrero) [7:49] J.S.
BACH arr F. BUSONI Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ BWV
639 [3:27]
Tonya Lemoh (piano) rec. live, Musikhuset Aarhus 3 Nov 2004.
CLASSICO CLASSCD913 [60:35][RB]
An
auspicious if not unmixed debut - outstanding in Bentzon, Liszt and
Ginastera. ... 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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