Ruggero
LEONCAVALLO (1858-1919)
Opera
Explained. An Introduction to Pagliacci
Background M Introduction, Background
to Leoncavallo and libretti, Commedia dell'arte,
Pantaloon, the Doctor, the Bragging Captain,
The Lovers and Harlequin, Pagliacci The
story's structure; the prologue, The opening:
the circus is coming, Nedda's infidelity,
Silvio and Nedda, Canio: 'Vesti la giubba'
, Intermezzo: Act I to Act II, The play-within-the-
play opens, Canio (Pagliaccio) returns early,
The denouement, Silvio and Nedda's duet 
Music illustrations taken from Naxos 8.660021
featuring the Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Slovak
Radio Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Rahbari.
with: Canio, Nicola Martinucci (ten); Nedda,
Miriam Gauci (sop); Tonio, Eduard Tumagian
(bar); Silvio, Boje Skovhus (bar) Narrative
written by Thomson Smillie and spoken by David
Timson
NAXOS EDUCATIONAL OPERA EXPLAINED
SERIES 8.558143 [61.34] [RJF]
An
excellent introduction to one of the most
popular and well constructed works in the
operatic repertoire. ... see
Full Review
Un
Concert pour Mazarin – Italian music in
17th-century French manuscript collections
Maurizio CAZZATI (c1620-1677)
Acclamate
de terra [06:07] Girolamo
FRESCOBALDI (1583-1643) Capriccio
[02:15] anon (beginning
17th century) Bienheureuse est une âme
[01:03] Francesco
FOGGIA (1604-1688) O quam clemens
[04:42] anon (beginning
17th century) Madre, non mi far monaca
[00:45] Francesco
TURINI (c1589-1656) Sonata a 3
sopra La Monica [04:45] François
ROBERDAY (1624-1680)Fugue à
4 parties sur un sujet italien [02:26] Claudio
MONTEVERDI (1567-1643) Sancta Maria
[03:23] Ludovico
DA VIADANA (c1560-1627) Canzon
per cornetto e violino in riposta [03:21]
Giampaolo CIMA (c1570-1622)
Surge, propera, amica mea [03:39] Nicolò
FONTEI (?-c1647) Laudate pueri
[05:42] Maurizio
CAZZATI Capriccio e ciaccona [07:39]
Luigi ROSSI (?) (c1597-1653)
Passacaille pour le clavecin [03:03] Giovanni
Battista BASSANI (c1657-1716) In
caligne umbrosa [11:50] Philippe
Jaroussky, alto La Fenice: Jean Tubéry
(cornet, mute cornet & direction), Gebhard
David (cornet, mute cornet), Enrico Onofri,
Alessandro Tampieri (violin), Emilia Gliozzi
(cello), Jérémie Papasergio
(bassoon), Matthias Spaeter (archlute), Jean-Marc
Aymes (harpsichord, organ) Recorded in June
2003 at Saint-Michel in Thiérache,
France DDD
VIRGIN CLASSICS 5 45656 2 [60:48] [JV]
Italian
music as it was performed in France in the
early 17th century – first-class performances
of unfamiliar repertoire ... see Full
Review
Memories
of Love - songs
with piano accompaniment Pietro
MASCAGNI (1863-1945) ‘Pena d'amore’;
‘M’ama... non m'ama’; ‘Rosa’; ‘Alla luna’;
‘La tua stella’; ‘Serenata’ Giuseppe
MARTUCCI (1856-1909) La canzone
dei ricordi: 1. ‘No... svaniti non
sono i sogni’; 2. ‘Cantava il ruscello la
gaia canzone’; 3. ‘Fior di ginestra’; 4. ‘Su
'l mar la navicella’; 5. ‘Un vago mormorio
mi giunge’; 6. ‘Al folto bosco, placida ombria’;
7. ‘No, svaniti non sono i sogno’ Ottorino
RESPIGHI (1879-1936) ‘Nebbie’; ‘O falce
di luna’; ‘Nevicata’; ‘Notte’ Ildebrando
PIZZETTI (1880-1968) 3 Sonetti del
Petrarca, (In morte di Madonna Laura):
‘Quel rosignuol che si soave piagne’; ‘La
vita fugge e non s'arresta un'ora’; ‘Levommi
il mio pensier in parte ov'era quella ch'io
cerco’ 
José María Guerrero (tenor)
Richard Pearce piano Recorded 8th
–10th October 2003 at Snape Maltings
Concert Hall, Suffolk, England
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 61295-2 [63.39] [RJF]
An
all too rare opportunity to hear songs from
Italy ... those by Martucci and Respighi from
the German tradition. ... will be of interest
to lovers of the genre. ... see Full
Review
Marina
Mescheriakova Soprano Arias
Serge RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)
Francesca
da Rimini (1906) - O weep not, my Paolo
(Francesca’s Aria) [2’47]. Peter
Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Eugene
Onegin (1879) - Tatiana’s Letter Scene
[10’56]. Giuseppe
VERDI (1813-1901) Don Carlo
(1867) - Tu che la vanità [10’20].
Luisa Miller (1849) – Tu puniscimi,
O Signore [3’05]. Simon Boccanegra
(1857) – Come in quest’ora bruna [3’48].
Ernani (1833/4) – Surta è
la notte … Ernani, involami [6’45]. Vincenzo
BELLINI (1801-1835) Norma (1831)
- Casta diva [10’03]. Gaetano
DONIZETTI (1797-1848) Maria
Stuarda (1835) - O nube! Che lieve
per l’aria t’aggiri [5’48]. Gaspare
SPONTINI (1774-1851) La Vestale
(1807) - O nume tutelar [2’46].
Marina Mescheriakova (soprano); aSlovak
Philharmonic Chorus Slovak Radio Symphony
Orchestra/Michael Halász. Rec. Concert
Hall of the Slovak Radio, Bratislava, from
September 9th-14th,
2003. DDD
NAXOS 8.557109 [56’16] [CC]
A
memorable recital .. Delights galore. ...
see Full Review
Dimitri Mitropoulos
in New York Johann
Sebastian BACH
Chorale, Sleepers wake (orch. Eugene
Ormandy)* [5’19"] Carl
Maria von WEBER Symphony No 1,
op. 19 ** [21’59"] Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 in
D major, op. 36*** [30’24"] ohannes
BRAHMS Symphony No 2 in D major,
Op. 73**** [36’02"] Hector
BERLIOZ Les Nuits d’été
Op. 7 ***** [24’45"]
***** Eleanor Steber (soprano) New York Philharmonic
Symphony Orchestra/Dimitri Mitropoulos Rec.
venues not stated, *5 April, 1953; ** 1 April,
1951; ***29 November, 1953; **** 2 November,
1952; ***** 5 April, 1953. Mono ADD
TAHRA 531-532 [58’21" + 67’51"]
[JQ]
Self-recommending
to all admirers of this artist and I warmly
recommend it also to anyone with an interest
in great conducting. ... see Full
Review
Pierre Monteux
Nicolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
(1844-1904) Scheherezade,
symphonic suite, Op.35 Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937) Daphnis et Chloé,
Suite No.1; Alborada del gracioso; La Valse
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra/Pierre
Monteux
Recorded 1941 (La Valse), 1942 (Scheherezade),
1946 (Daphnis et Chloé) and 1947 (Alborada
del gracioso)
ARCHIPEL ARPCD 0213 [69.44] [JW]
Sound
issues aside Monteux’s performances are a
must-have. ... see Full
Review
An Long Hirteach -
St Kilda Mail-Boat - Songs
from St Kilda - Evacuated 1930see
review for extensive details of this unusual
disc
BRIGH BR003 [63’63"]
The
consummate artistry of Anne and her group
... This CD is a ‘must’ for all lovers of
song [CSS]
Anne Lorne Gillies' God-given voice ... integrity
beams out from every track ... see Full
Review
Opera Stars in Concert
Giuseppe
VERDI (1813-1901) I
vespri siciliani (1855) - Overture. La traviata
(1853) - Lunga da leic Don Carlo
(1867) - Per me giunto è il di supremod.
Vincenzo BELLINI
(1801-1835) I puritani (1835) - Il rival
salvar tu deide. Jacques
OFFENBACH (1819-1880) Les contes
d’Hoffmann (1881) - Barcarolle & Duetab.
Giacomo PUCCINI
(1858-1924) Tosca (1900) - Vissi d’artea.
Giaocchino ROSSINI
(1792-1868) Semiramide (1823) - Eccomi
alfine in Babiloniab. Gaetano
DONIZETTI (1797-1848) Lucrezio
Borgia (1833) - Vieni la mia vendettae.
Charles GOUNOD
(1818-1893) Faust (1859) - Alerte, alerteace.
aKatia Ricciarelli (soprano); bLucia
Valentini-Terrani (mezzo); cAlfredo
Kraus (tenor); dPaolo Coni (baritone);
eRuggero Raimondi (bass) Madrid
Symphony Orchestra/Gian Paolo Sanzogno. Rec.
Plaza de Toros Monumental da Madrid. Dolby
digital. NTSC. 4:3.
IMMORTAL
IMM950006 [55’00] [CC]
A
mixed bag with some interesting items. ...
see Full Review
Seiji Ozawa Hall
10th Anniversary Celebration
Ludwig Van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827)
String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat, Opus 127
(1st movement) Juilliard String Quartet July
1, 2001 Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Sonata in D
minor, Opus 108 (2nd movement) Yo-Yo Ma, cello;
Emanuel Ax, piano July 19, 2001 Béla
BARTÓK (1881-1945) String
Quartet No. 2, Opus 17 (2nd movement) Emerson
String Quartet July 25, 1995 Frédéric
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Berceuse
in D-flat, Opus 57 Dubravka Tomsic, piano
July 16, 2003 Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) La Danse
de Puck Richard Goode, piano August 1,
2002 György
LIGETI (1923-) Fém Pierre-Laurent
Aimard, piano July 20, 2003 Toru
TAKEMITSU (1930-1996) Shuteiga
("In an Autumn Garden"): Enbai
("Melisma") Reigakusha July 23,
1996 Augusta Read
THOMAS (1964-) Two movements from
Spirit Musings Fellows of the Tanglewood
Music Center July 18, 2003 Johannes
BRAHMS "Unbewegte laue Luft,"
Opus 7, No.8 Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano;
Peter Serkin, piano July 10, 2003 Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) "Irrlicht"
from Winterreise, D. 911 Matthias Goerne,
baritone; Eric Schneider, piano July 10, 2002
Hugo WOLF
(1860-1903) "Kennst du das Land"
Mitsuko Shirai, mezzo-soprano; Harmut Höll,
piano July 18, 1996 Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Leporello’s
Catalogue Aria from Don Giovanni Thomas
Quasthoff, bass-baritone; Freiburg Baroque
Orchestra August 11, 1999 Idris
LEWIS "Bugail Aberdyfi"
("Shepard of Aberdovey") Byrn Terfel,
bass-baritone; Malcolm Martineau, piano August
11, 1998 TRAD. (arr.
James Erb and Donald Bartholomew) "Shenandoah"
Chanticleer August 5, 1999 Astor
PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992) (arr. José
Bragato) Escualo
KREMERata Baltica/Gidon Kremer, artistic director
and violin soloist August 5, 1998
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - NO NUMBER [75:57]
[C Andres]
A
collection of first-rate souvenirs that is
ultimately less than the sum of its parts
... see Full Review
PASSIONS Claudio
MERULO (1533
– 1604) Toccata,
Canzone Régis
CAMPO (b. 1968) Capriccio (2003),
Sonnerie (2002) Louis
COUPERIN (1626 – 1661) Duo, Fantaisie
des duretez, Carillon, Edith
CANAT DE CHIZY (b. 1950) Véga
(1999) Brice PAUSET
(b. 1965) Six Pièces pour orgue
(excerpts) Nicolas
de GRIGNY (1672 – 1703) Hymne Pange
Lingua Gérard
PESSON (b. 1958) Etudes pour orgue
(1998) Bruno MANTOVANI
(b. 1974) Aussi... (2003)
Jean-Christophe Revel at the Jean de
Joyeuse organ of the Cathédrale Sainte
Marie d’Auch Recorded: Cathédrale Sainte
Marie, Auch, October-November 2003
AEON AECD 0420 [73:41] [HC]
Well
worth investigating, definitely not for organ
buffs only. ... see Full
Review
Lucia Popp (soprano)
Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
An
mein Herz, D.860, Der Jüngling an der
Quelle, D.300, Jägers Abendlied, D.368,
Der Einsame, D.800 Arnold
SCHOENBERG (1874-1951) Vier Lieder,
op.2 Richard STRAUSS
(1864-1949) Drei Lieder der Ophelia
op.67/1, Mein Auge, op.37/4, Meinem Kinde,
op.37/3, Die Zeitlose, op.10/7, Hat gesagt
– bleibt’s nicht dabei, op.36/3, Allerseelen,
op. 10/8 Antonín
DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) V národním
tónu, op.73 Gustav
MAHLER (1860-1911) Starke Einbildungskraft,
Ich ging mit Lust durch einen grünen
Wald, Ablösung im Sommer, Um schlimme
Kinder artig zu machen Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Es steht ein
Lind, Wo033/41, Sehnsucht, op.14/8, We kumm
ich dann de Pooz erenn? Wo033/34, Die Trauernde,
op.7/5, In stiller Nacht, Wo033/42
Lucia Popp (soprano), Irwin Gage (piano
– Schubert, Schoenberg, Strauss), Geoffrey
Parsons (piano – other items) Recorded during
the Edinburgh Festival, Queen’s Hall, 30th
August 1983 (Schubert, Schoenberg, Strauss),
13th August 1980 (others)
IMG ARTISTS BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4148-2 [79:08]
[CH]
The
record as a whole is recommended to all who
treasure lovely singing; the Dvořák group
is essential for collectors of great
singing. ... see Full Review
Sviatoslav
Richter (1915-1997)
Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Moments musicaux,
D870: No. 1 in C; No. 3 in F minor; No. 6
in Ab; Piano Sonata in E minor, D.566 Frederic
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Barcarolle in
F# major, op.60 Franz
LISZT (1811-1886) Piano Sonata
in B minor, S178
Sviatoslav Richter, piano Recorded at Jubilee
Hall, Aldeburgh, 22nd June 1965
(Schubert D.780), Parish Church, Aldeburgh,
20th June 1964 (Schubert D.566),
21st June 1966 (Chopin/Liszt)
BBC MUSIC BBCL4146-2 [79:39] [GPJ]
The
sense of a special live occasion is so strong
in this recording, and Richter is simply not
to be missed. ... see
Full Review
La
Harpe Royale –
Musical Portraits, Dances
and Laments from the Court of Louis XIV Francesco
CORBETTA (1615-1681) Fantasie
caprice de chaconne [03:15] Louis
COUPERIN (c1626-1661) Prelude en
A mi la [01:40] La Piémontoise [02:07]
Courante [01:26] Sarabande [00:47] Les Carillons
de Paris [02:04] Prelude [09:02] Robert
DE VISÉE (1680-1719) Allemande
La Royalle [03:26] Courante I & II [02:53]
Sarabande [01:37] Gavotte [00:47] Chacone
[02:23] Mascarade Rondeau [01:42] Louis
COUPERIN Tombeau de Mr de Blancrocher
[07:07] François
COUPERIN (1668-1733) Allemande
L’Auguste [03:58] Premiere & Seconde Courante
[03:31] Sarabande La Majestueuse [02:26] Gavotte
[01:23] Gigue La Milordine [01:38] Chacone
en Rondeau La Favourite [06:18] Louis
COUPERIN
Passacaille [06:11] Johann
Jakob FROBERGER (1616-1667) Lamento
sopra la dolorosa perdità della Real
Mstà di Ferdinando IV [06:14]
Andrew Lawrence-King, triple harp
Recorded in January 1996 in St Andrew’s, Toddington,
UK, DDD
DHM 05472 77371-2 [71:54]
[JV]
This
disc pays attention to the harp as solo instrument,
which is brilliantly played here ... see Full
Review
Sequentia: Dante and
the Troubadours Almeric
de PEGUILHAN (ca. 1175-1230) En
amor trob alques en que’m refraing [11:08]
Arnault DANIEL
(ca. 1180-1200) Lo ferm voler qu’el cor
m’intra [4:04] Bertran
de BORN (ca. 1140-1215) Rassa,
tan cries e monta e poia [9:21] Peire
D’ALVERNHE (ca. 1150-1215) Dejosta’ls
breus jorns e’ls loncs sers [12:14] Guiraut
de BRONHELH (ca. 1138-1215) Non
posc sofrir c’a la dolor [9:04] Arnault
DANIEL (ca. 1180-1200) Chanson
do’ill mot son plan e prim [9:18] Folquet
de MARSEILLA (ca. 1155-1231) Tant
m’abellis l’amoros pesamens [12:08] Instrumentsalstük
– Instrumental piece [8:47]
Barbara Thornton – voice Benjamin Bagbe
– voice, harp Elizabeth Gaver – fiddle Elisabetta
de Mircovich – fiddle Benjamin Bagby and Barbara
Thornton – Direction Recorded at Abbaye de
Fontevraud, France, 4-7 December, 1993 DDD
BMG DHM 82876 601632 [76:47] [PG]
A
very good album of very early music ... see
Full Review
Snapshots:
Fiftieth birthday tributes
for Oliver Knussen Louis
ANDRIESSEN (b. 1939) Very
Sharp Trumpet Sonata Charles
WUORINEN (b. 1938) Fifty Fifty
Alexander GOEHR
(b. 1932) only two notes for olly (the
other five for later) Detlev
GLANERT (b. 1960) Dancing Landscape
Elliot CARTER
(b. 1908) Au Quai Hans
Werner HENZE (b. 1926) Olly
on the Shore Augusta
Read THOMAS (b. 1964) Light
the First Light of Evening Robert
ZUIDAM (b. 1964) I suppose a
Fugue is out of Question Colin
MATTHEWS (b. 1946) Flourish,
with fireflies Julian
ANDERSON (b. 1967) Quasi una
Passacaglia Mark-Anthony
TURNAGE (b. 1960) Snapshots
George BENJAMIN
(b. 1960) Olicantus Magnus
LINDBERG (b. 1958) Bubo bubo
London Sinfonietta/George Benjamin Rolf
Hind and Nicolas Hodges (pianos) Recorded
live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London,
12th June 2002 DDD
LONDON SINFONIETTA LABEL SINF CD1-2004
[41:41] [CT]
A
double celebration of Oliver Knussen’s fiftieth
birthday and the launch of the London Sinfonietta’s
new label. ... see Full
Review
Sounds Idyllic:
A Little Organ Book In Memory Of Hubert Parry
Charles
Hubert Hastings PARRY (1848-1918) ‘Preston’
Charles Villiers
STANFORD (1852-1924) ‘Why does
azure deck the sky’ Alfred
Herbert BREWER (1865-1928) Carillon
Alan GRAY
(1855-1935) Slow Charles
MACPHERSON (1870-1927) Andante
soavemente e dolce Ivor
ATKINS (1869-1953) Chorale Prelude
on ‘Worcester’ Frank
BRIDGE (1879-1941) Lento Harold
Edwin DARKE (1888-1876) Andantino
Charles WOOD
(1866-1926) Andante Walter
Gilpin ALCOCK (1861-1947) Rather
slowly George THALBEN
BALL (1896-1987) Elegy Henry
George LEY (1887-1962) Improvisation
Henry Walford DAVIES
(1869-1941) Prelude on ‘Jesu Dulcis Memoria’
STANFORD Six
Short Preludes and Postludes, op. 101: 1.
Allegretto in F, 2. Allegro non troppo e pesante
in G minor, 3. Allegro non troppo in E flat,
4.Andante tranquillo in F, 5. Andante maestoso
in G, 6. Andante con moto in E flat BRIDGE
Six Organ Pieces: 1. Allegretto
grazioso in A, 2. Allegro comodo in B flat,
3. Allegro marziale e ben marcato in D, 4.
Andante con moto in D flat, 5. Andantino in
F minor, 6. Allegro ben moderato in D
Peter Dyke (organ) Recorded on the organ
of Hereford Cathedral, 4-6 September 2002
LAMMAS LAMM 148D [75:30] [CH]
A
nice disc which might have been something
more than that. ... see Full
Review
RECORDING OF THE MONTH
Songs
after Poems by Theodor Storm: Hermann
REUTTER (1900-1985)Fünf Lieder
nach Texten von Storm, Die Stadt, Hyazinthen
Verirrt, O bleibe treu den Toten, Wohl fühle
ich, wie das Leben rinnt Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897)Über die
Heide hallet mein Schritt, Heinrich
van EYKEN (1861-1908) Nun geht
der Mond durch Wolkennacht Felix
MOTTL (1856-1911) Schließe
mir die Augen beide Gustav
JENNER (1865-1920) Noch einmal
Paul CARRIÈRE
(1887-1929) Schließe mir die Augen
beide Alban BERG
(1885-1935) Die Nachtigall Gustav
STOLZ (1873-1957) Als ich dich
kaum geseh’n Hans
von BLOME (1834-1921) Die Nelken
Gustav EGGERS
(1835-1861) So dunkel die Straßen
Richard TRUNK
(1879-1968) Die Stadt Othmar
SCHOECK (1886-1957) April Alban
BERG (1885-1935) Schließe
mir die Augen beide Richard
MANDL (1859-1918) Gode Nacht Max
REGER (1873-1916) Nelken Franz
SCHREKER (1878-1934) Wohl fühl
ich, wie das Leben rinnt Joseph
MARX (1882-1964) Schließe
mir die Augen beide Gustav
JENNER (1865-1920) Die Nachtigall
Hans HERMANN
(1870-1931)
Nelken Hans Christian
DÉTLEFSEN (* 1951) Fünf
Gedichte von Theodor Storm , Meeresstrand,
Die Stadt, Ein grünes Blatt, Schließe
mir die Augen beide, Zur Nacht
Ulf Bästlein (baritone), Charles Spencer
(piano) Recorded Bad Arolsen, August 21-24,
2003. DDD
MUSIK DABRINGHAUS UND GRIMM MDG 603 1234-2
[66'33] [AO]
A
wonderful landmark recording that demonstrates
how poetry is translated into song ... see
Full Review
Evgeny SvetlanovMikhail
GLINKA (1804-1857)
Symphony
on Two Russian Themes in D minor (1834)
[13’56]. Sergei PROKOFIEV
(1891-1953) Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25,
‘Classical’ (1917) [13’47]. Peter
Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Symphony
No. 3 in D, Op. 29, ‘Polish’ (1875)
[45’26]. 
USSR State Symphony Orchestra/Evgeny Svetlanov.
Live performances from Usher Hall, Edinburgh,
on August 24th, 1968. ADD
BBC LEGENDS/IMG ARTISTS BBCL4145-2
[73’58]
There
is an intensity of concentration that runs
through the three works … Another gem from
BBC Legends. ... see Full
Review
TITIAN:
Venice and the Music
of Love Baldassare
DONATO (c.1525 - 1603) Ahi miserelle
- 2’07" Adrian
WILLAERT (c.1490 - 1562) Sempre
me ride sta - 1’13" Francesco
da MILANO (1497 - 1543) (Lute)
Fantasia 38 - 1’54" F.
SILVESTRINO O Dio se vede chiaro
- 2’30" Diego
ORTIZ (c.1510 - c.1570) (after
Arcadelt) (Viol Consort) O felici occhi miei
- 1’56" Adrian
WILLAERT Quando nacesti, Amore
- 2’57" Sylvestro
GANASSI (1492 - c.1550) Ricercare
No. 3. - 1’16" Riccardo
ROGNIONI (? - 1619/20) (after Rore)
(Viol & Harpsichord) Ancor che col partire
- 5’00" Andrea
GABRIELI (c.1510 - 1586) Ecco Vinegia
bella - 3’59" Francesco
da MILANO (Lute) Fantasia 42 -
1’56" Cipriano
de RORE (1515/6 - 1565) Helas comment
voulez-vous - 3’00" Adrian
WILLAERT Qual dolcezza giamai -
4’06"; O dolce vita mia - 4’24"
Andrea GABRIELI
(Harpsichord) Cantate Domino - 4’12"
Cipriano de RORE
Ancor che col partire - 2’13" Giovanni
BASSANO (c.1558 - 1617) (after de Rore)
Ancor che col partire - 3’15" G.
da MODENA Ricercare in e - 2’02"
Adrian WILLAERT
Liete e pensose - 3’56" Francesco
da MILANO (Lute) Fantasia 33 -
3’03" Philippe
VERDELOT (?1470/80 - 1552) Madonna
qual certeza - 2.48" Girolamo
PARABOSCO (c.1524 - 1557) Da pace
Domino - 1’26" Philippe
VERDELOT Italia mia - 3’43"
Concordia/Mark Levy Recorded in St. John’s
Church, Loughton, Essex - 3-5 July 2002
METRONOME MET CD 1052 [59’24"] [JPo]
An
enjoyable disc for the music - shame about
the booklet. ... see Full
Review
Galina Vishnevskaya.
Songs and operatic arias Modest
MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881) 1.
Hopak 2. Lullaby 3. Darling Savishna 4-7 Songs
and Dances of Death (orch.
SHOSTAKOVICH) Nikolai
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) 8.
The rose and the nightingale op.2 no.2 9.
The heavy clouds disperse, op.12 no.3 10.
More sonorous than the lark’s singing, op.43
no.1 11. Lullaby of the Sea Princess (Sadko)
12. Marfa’s scene and aria (The Tsar’s
Bride) 13. Lyubasha’s aria (The Tsar’s
Bride) Pyotr
Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) 14.
Lel’s song (The Snow Maiden) 15. Was
I not a little blade of grass? Op.47 no.7
16. Cradle Song op.16 no.1 17. Why? Op.6 no.2
18. Amid the din of the ball, op.38 no.3 19.Again,
as before, alone, op.73 no.6
Galina Vishnevskaya, soprano Mstislav
Rostropovich, piano (tracks 1-3, 8-10 and
15-19), London Philharmonic Orchestra/Rostropovich
(tracks 4-7 and 11-14) Recorded 11th
Sept. 1975, Abbey Rd. Studio no.1 (1-3)26th-27th
October 1976, Kingsway Hall, London (4-7 and
11-14), 19th -21st June
1978, Abbey Rd. Studio no.1 (8-10), 2nd-3rd
January 1975, Evangelisches Gemeindehaus,
Berlin-Zehlendorf (15-19)
EMI CLASSICS GREAT RECORDINGS OF THE CENTURY
7243 5 62653 2 5 [77:16] [GPJ]
Vishnevskaya
was incapable of producing a boring or disengaged
note ... the best singing here is, quite simply,
very great. ... see Full
Review
Byd o Heddwch (World
in Union) Gustav
HOLST / Charlie
SKARBECK Byd o Heddwch (‘World
in Union’) [4’22"] Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART O Isis und Osiris
(Die Zauberflöte) [3’06"]
Alain BOUBLIL/Claude
Michel SCHONBERG/Herbert
KRETZMER/Jean
Marc NAZEL Do
you hear the people sing? (Les Miserables)
[2’37"] Joseph
KOZMA/Jacques
PREVERT/Johnny
MERCER Dail yr Hydref (‘Autumn
Leaves’) [2’56"] John
Brian HUGHES Surge Illuminare [3’33"]
A. de VIRA
Softly as I leave you [3’40"] Charles
GOUNOD Sanctus (Messe Solennelle)*
[4’52"] Enoch
SOMTONGA arr. Eric
JONES Nkosi Sikelel’i Afrika [3’30"]
Elton JOHN/Tim
RICE Can you feel the love tonight?
[4’09"] Charles
GOUNOD O Fendigaid Geidwad (‘Christe
Salvator’) [3’42"] Gareth
GLYN / Eleri
CWYFAN Heriwn, wynebwn y wawr [3’36"]
Ariel RAMIREZ
/ Felix LUNA
Y Geni (‘El nacimento’) [4’04"] Adolphe
ADAM / J.
S. DWIGHT Fendigaid Nos (‘O Holy
Night’) [3’37"] J.
MARRIOTT / F,
GIARDINI Bydded goleuni (‘Let there
be light’) [4’13"] *John Ifor (tenor)
Côr Godre’r Aran/Eirian Owen Rona
Jones (piano) Recorded at St. Mary’s Church,
Dolgellau in March and June 2003
SAIN SCD2394 [53’20"] [JQ]
A
most accomplished choir. Will appeal to collectors
of male voice choir recordings. They can invest
with confidence. ... see Full
Review
Carlo Zecchi: Early
Cetra Recordings - 1937-1943 Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Concerto
in G after Vivaldi BWV 973 Domenico
SCARLATTI (1685-1757) Sonatas in
G major L.103/K.259, C major L.104/K.159,
D major L.465/K.96, G major L.490/K.523 Frédéric
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Barcarolle in
F sharp major op.60, Valse in A flat major
op.42 Franz LISZT
(1811-1886) Grand étude de concert
no.2 in F minor – "La Leggerezza",
Etude no.5 (after Paganini) in E major – "La
Chasse", Etude no.4 (after Paganini)
in E major – "Arpège" Ottorino
RESPIGHI (1879-1936) Gagliarda
(after Vincenzo Galilei), Siciliana (after
Anonymous 16th Century) Francesco
TICCIATI (1893-1949) Toccata Carlo
Zecchi (piano) (rec.1937) BACH
Brandenburg Concerto no.5 in D
major Giocondo De Vito (violin), Arrigo Tassinari
(flute), Carlo Zecchi (piano), Orchestra dell’EIAR
di Torino/Fernando Previtali (rec.1938) Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Moment Musical
no.6 in A flat major D.780 (rec.1938) CHOPIN
Mazurka in C sharp minor op.30/4
(rec.1941) BACH arr.
MAX REGER Chorale-Prelude "Ich
ruf dir, herr Jesu Christ" BWV 639 (rec.1942)
BACH Prelude
and Fugue no.13 in F sharp major BWV858 (from
Das Wohltemperierte Klavier Book I) (rec.1942)
Carlo Zecchi (piano) Francesco
GEMINIANI (1687-1762) Concerto
Grosso in G minor op.3/2 Armando Gramigna,
Virgilio Brun (violins), Enzo Francalanci
(viola), Giuseppe Ferrari (violoncello), Angelo
Succo (piano), Orchestra d’Archi dell’EIAR
di Torino/Carlo Zecchi (rec.1942) CHOPIN
Berceuse in D flat op.57, Mazurka
in A minor op.7/4, Mazurka in B minor op.33/4
ROBERT SCHUMANN
(1810-1856) Kinderszenen op.15 Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Poissons d’or
(from Images Book II) Carlo Zecchi (piano)
(rec.1942) Arcangelo
CORELLI (1653-1713) Concerto Grosso
in D op.6/1
Orchestra Sinfonica dell’EIAR di Torino/Carlo
Zecchi (rec.1943)
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A
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and perhaps the greatest of all Italian pianists.
Alas, these discs are virtually all the evidence
we have. Don’t miss them. ... see Full
Review
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Her
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