Mantovani
By Special Request, Volume 2 
Mantovani and his Orchestra Recorded 1940 – 1951
GUILD GLCD 5113 1 CD [76.50] [RH]
A
fascinating disc as it gives us an opportunity
to appreciate the wider aspects of Mantovani’s
art. ... see Full
Review
Nellie
Melba - The Complete American Recordings: Volume
2
NAXOS 8.110335 [74.33]
A
degree of surface noise but the voice is forward
and perfectly audible; pitching has been carried
out with acumen. ... see Full
Review
Nathan
Milstein Volume 1 Nikolai
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) Flight
of the Bumblebee [1.16] Jules
MASSENET (1842-1912) Meditation
from Thais (same performance, two
transfers) [3.45] Henryk
WIENIAWSKI (1835-1880) Scherzo-Tarantelle
in G minor Op.16 (1856) [3.29] Caprice-Etude
in A Op.18 [1.28] Antonio
VIVALDI (1678-1741) Violin Sonata
in A major RV31 arr. RESPIGHI
[5.54] Max BRUCH
(1838-1920) Violin Concerto No.1
in G Minor Op.26 (1868) [24.01] Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Violin Sonata
No.2 in A Op.100 (1886) [18.29] Nicolo
PAGANINI (1782-1840) Caprices Op.1
Nos 5 and 17 [5.42] Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Abendlied
[2.35]
Nathan Milstein (violin) with Valentin
Pavlovsky (piano) Artur Balsam (piano) New
York Philharmonic Orchestra/Artur Rodzinski
Recorded 1933-44
DOREMI DHR 7706 [74.04] [JW]
Milstein
was seldom less than exalted in his playing
and much of this programme is precisely that
– Olympian. ... see Full
Review
Missa Gregoriana Gregorian
Chant Creator Alme Siderum (Introitus) [2:31] Gaudete [4:26] Kyrie
Im 5. Ton (Kyrie) [2:06] Gloria Im 5. Ton (Gloria [3:13] Graduale: Viderunt
Omnes (Epistula) [0:44] Halleluja: Vidimus Stella (Evangelium)
[2:20] Marianische Antiphon Der Quadragese: Ave Regina Caelorum [1:41]
Improperia: Popule Meus [9:00] Sequenz: Victimae Paschalis Laudes [2:04]
Hymnus: Ad Christum Regem [4:13] Terra Tremuit (Offertorium) [1:27]
Sanctus Im 5. Ton (Sanctus) [1:50] Agnus Dei Im 5. Ton (Agnus Dei) [1:32]
Pascha Nostrum (Communio) [1:34] Hymnus: A Solis Ortus Cardine (Ite
Missa Est) [5:04] Hymnus Eclesiae Hochfest Christi Himmelfahrt
(Viri Galilaei) [3:05] Hochfest Der Pentecoste, Hymnus (Veni Creator
Im 8. Ton) [3:40] Hochfest Des Pentecoste, Introitus (Spiritus
Domini) [3:12] Fest Der Aufnahme Maria In Den Himmel (Signum Magnum)
[3:02] Fest Maria Geburt (Solemnitas) [2:46] Marianische Antiphon (Salve
Regina) [1:58] Magnificat [4:06]
cantArte
Regensburg/Hubert Velten Compilation dated 2005 from earlier recordings
probably by Bayerischen Rundfunk (no date) DDD 5.0 Surround
CAPRICCIO
SACD 71051 
[65:36][DB]
Medieval
wallpaper – don’t bother. ... see Full
Review
Mood
Swings Elvis COSTELLO:
My mood swings Elvis Costello, vocal Gordon
Matthew SUMNER: Until... Gordon Matthew Sumner ("Sting"),
vocal Kate CURTIS and Will SOUTH:
The Abyss Jacqui Dankworth, vocal Blatchington
Mill School Venus
Flytrap Ian Shaw, vocal BJÖRK:
I’ve Seen it All Björk, vocal Emma
LUDLOW: Shallow Footsteps Sophie Grimmer, vocal Daniel
MONK: Song Jacqui Dankworth, vocal Meredith
MONK: Gotham Lullaby Meredith Monk, vocal Richard
Rodney BENNET: I Never Went Away Richard Rodney Bennet,
vocal Arieh MILLER: Swearing
At the Moon Ian Shaw, vocal Emma TILYER:
When Darkness Comes Adey Grummet, vocal Ron
SEXSMITH: Dumptruck Ron Sexsmith, vocal Errolyn
WALLEN: Daedalus Errolyn Wallen, vocal Randy
NEWMAN: Real Emotional Girl
Elvis Costello, vocal Performed and/or accompanied by the Brodsky Quartet
Recorded at Snake Ranch Studio, London, UK, 2003 - 2004. Notes in English
BRODSKY BRD 3501 [55.23]
[PSh]
An
unsalvageable disaster of a disk ... unless
it’s a friend of your daughter who wrote that
song, in which case you’ll need a dozen copies
for all the aunts and uncles... ... see Full
Review
The
Complete National Anthems of the World
Eight CD Box: [9:36:40]
Slovak Radio SO/Peter Breiner rec. Slovak
Radio Concert Hall, Bratislava, Slovakia,
1996-2004. DDD
MARCO POLO 8.208009 [8 CDs: 73:31
+ 73:37 + 69:57 + 70:47 + 66:24 + 72:59 +
71:43 + 77:42][RB]
Mandatory
purchase for the nationality/sovereignty expert,
major libraries, bandmasters, state musicians
and organisers of international visits. ...
see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Nordic
Spell Kalevi AHO
(b.1949) Concerto
for flute and orchestra (2002) [30.34] Lahti
Symphony Orchestra/Osmo Vänskä Haukur
TÓMASSON (b.1960) Flute
Concerto No.2 (2001) [21.43] Iceland Symphony
Orchestra/Bernhardur Wilkinson Christian
LINDBERG (b.1958) The World of
Montuagretta (2001-02) [20.48]
Swedish Chamber Orchestra/Christian Lindberg
Sharon Bezaly (flute, alto flute) with accompanists
as above Recorded in Sibelius Hall, Lahti,
November 2003 (Aho), in Reykjavik, June 2004
(Tómasson), Orebro Concert Hall, November
2003 (Lindberg)
BIS CD 1499 [74.27] [JW]
Wonderful
stuff. Bis has been on a winner with Sharon
Bezaly for some time now but this is surely
the most splendid so far ... see Full
Review
Nordisk romantik
Peter Erasmus LANGE-MÜLLER
(1850-1926) Tre
Madonnasange Op.65 (1900) [7.24] Emil
HARTMANN (1836-1898) Fire åndelige
sange [13.14] Oskar
LINDBERG (1887-1955) Frya andliga
sånger med melodier från Dalarna
(1945) [10.37] Pingst (1911) [1.56]
Edvard GRIEG
(1843-1907) Fire Salmer Op.74 (1906)
[25.25] Robert Bǿgelund Vinther
Jysk Akademisk Kor/Sǿren Birch Recorded
at Lystrup Church, September 2000
DANACORD DACOCD 558 [58.38] [JW]
The
choir proves adept exponents ...recorded sound
is sympathetic ... some congenial and attractive
music ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH David
Oistrakh. Violin Concertos – Historic
Russian Archives: MENDELSSOHN;
DVOŘÁK; SHOSTAKOVICH;
LALO; BRUCH;
BEETHOVEN; KABALEVSKY;
TANEYEV;
PROKOFIEV; TCHAIKOVSKY;
SIBELIUS; BARTÓK; SZYMANOWSKI; HINDEMITH;
GLAZUNOV; CHAUSSON; RAVEL; STRAVINSKY; MIASKOVSKY
BRILLIANT
CLASSICS 92609 [10 CDs 60.01 + 64.46 +
63.24 + 60.04 + 57.47 + 54.38 + 49.43 + 49.22
+56.35 + 56.31] [JW]
Capturing,
unearthing, re-issuing some of the most consistently
memorable violin playing of the twentieth
century in repertoire entirely congenial to
Oistrakh. What are you waiting for? ... see
Full
Review
Magda
Olivero (soprano) Operatic recital
Magda Olivero (soprano) Orchestras conducted by Ugo Tansini, With Armando
La Rosa Parodi, Alfredo Simonetto, Arturo Basile Ermelinda Magnetti
(piano) + PREISER 89612
[78.16] [JW]
A
consistently impressive musician whose sole
complete commercial recording, of Turandot
in 1938, deserved to be augmented. ... see
Full Review
The
Orpheus of Amsterdam Jan
Pieterszoon SWEELINCK (1562-1621) Toccata
in C [4:27]; Malle Sijmen [1:39];
Ricercar [11:40] Samuel
SCHEIDT (1587-1654) Echo
ad manuale duplex, forte & lente [9:46]
(Echo ad manuale duplex, forte & lente
[5:46]; -Echo alio modo…cantus variante [4:00])
Est-ce Mars [10:34] (Thema-Est-ce
Mars [0:43]; 1. Variatio a 4 voci in cantu
[0:43]; 2. Variatio a 4 voci in cantu colorato
[1:04]; 3. Variatio bicinium in cantu [0:58];
4. Variatio a 4 voci triplici contrapuncto
[0:51]; 5. Variatio a 4 voci in cantu colorato
[0:55]; 6. Variatio bicinium duplici contrapuncto
[0:59]; 7. Variatio a 3 voci in cantu colorato
[1:03]; 8. Variatio a 3 voci in cantu colorato
[1:11]; 9. Variatio a 3 voci in basso colorato
[0:54]; 10 Variatio a 4 voci in cantu colorato
[1:13]) Heinrich
SCHEIDEMANN (c.1595-1693) Magnificat
VII toni [12:12]: (Versus 1 [1:55];
Versus 2 [3:15]; Versus auff 2 Clavier [4:50];
Versus pedaliter [2:12])
Gail Archer, organ Rec: Wellesley College,
Massachusetts, 11 January 2004 DDD
CALA CACD88043 [50:36] [CB]
There are countless other better recordings
of this music than this, which is unfortunately
let down by an organist seemingly out of her
depth. ... see Full
Review
Penny Merriments:
Street Songs of 17th Century England
The City Waites
Recorded at St Paul’s Church, New Southgate,
London, September 2004
NAXOS 8.557672 [70.25] [JW]
Delicious
entertainment. Bawdy, brave, nautical, noxious
... the zest is palpable, accents and colours
infectious, instrumentation and vocal antics
fusing with élan. ... see Full
Review
William
Primrose; Great Violists Henri CASADESUS
(1879-1947) Viola Concerto in B minor in the
Style of Handel [15.21] RCA Victor Orchestra/Frieder Weissmann, recorded
New York, May 1946 William WALTON
(1902-1983) Viola Concerto (1929) [22.33] Philharmonia Orchestra/William
Walton, recorded London, July 1946 Hector
BERLIOZ (1803-1869) Harold in Italy H68 (1834) [41.47]
Boston Symphony Orchestra/Serge Koussevitzky, recorded Boston, November
1944 William Primrose (viola)
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.110316 [79.43][JW]
Given
the competition A/B listening hands the palm
to Naxos. ... see Full
Review
William Primrose
Collection - Volume 1 Hector
BERLIOZ (1803-1869) Harold
in Italy H68 (1834) [41.09] Boston
Symphony Orchestra/Serge Koussevitzky, recorded
Boston, 1944 Arnold
BAX (1883-1953) Viola Sonata (1922)
[26.56]
Harriet Cohen (piano), recorded London, 1937
William Primrose (viola) with accompanists
as above
DOREMI DHR 7708 [68.08] [JW]
Amongst
the violist’s most significant recordings
and all admirers will want them in their collection.
... see Full
Review
Rarities
of Piano Music - Schloss vor Husum 2004
Festival - vol. 16 Joseph
HAYDN (1732-1809) Capriccio
in G major, Hob. XVII/1 (1765) [6:55]
Edna Stern, piano Frederic
CHOPIN (1810-1849) arr. Franz
LISZT Meine Freuden [4:20]
Salvatore SCIARRINO
(b. 1947) Anamorfosi (1980) [1:39]
Eugene GOOSSENS
(1893-1962) The Punch and Judy Show
Op. 18/6 [0:38] Marc-André Hamelin
- piano Francis POULENC
(1899-1963) Thème varié
(1951) [12:54] Anatol Ugorski - piano
Percy GRAINGER
(1882-1961) Ramble on the love-duet
from Richard Strauss's `Der Rosenkavalier'
(1927) [8:26] Igor Kamenz - piano Joseph
MARX (1882-1964) Schmetterlingsgeschichten
(world première recording): I Praeambulum
[1:06]; II Von der Waldglockenblume
[1:12]; III Von alter Sehnsucht [2:54]
Jonathan Powell, piano Antonio
VIVALDI (1678-1741) arr. J. S. BACH
Concerto in D major BWV 972 (from Vivaldi
Concerto Op. 3/9 RV 230) [10:44] Franz
LISZT (1811-1886) Tarentelle
(Dargomizhsky) S.483 (1879) [5:04] Boris
Bloch, piano Cèsar
CUI (1835-1918) Far niente Op.
10/2 (1887) [9:50] Elena Kuschnerova, piano
Zygmunt STOJOWSKI
(1870-1946) Caprice orientale Op
10/2 [3:59] Sergei
BORTKIEWICZ (1877-1952) Etude D
flat major Op 15/8 [4:43] A.
HARRINGTON GIBBS (1895-1956) arr. Art
TATUM Runnin' Wild [1:45]
Jonathan Plowright, piano Rec. live Husum
Festival, Germany, 2004. DDD
DANACORD DACOCD 649 [79:04] [RB]
Husum
sets the unhackneyed agenda again. For that
'surprised by delight' experience do try this
disc ... see Full
Review
Rêveries:
Saxophone and Organ VCHARPENTIER
Prélude (Te Deum) [2.18] ELGAR
Largamente (Pomp and Circumstance March)
[2.02] SAINT-SAËNS
Le Cygne [3.02] FRANCK
Prélude [3.14] FAURÉ
Pie Jesu (Requiem) [3.18] BACH
Three minuets [4.40]; Badinerie (Suite No.2)
[1.37] BAIWIR
Planète
océan (1987) [3.15] VIVALDI
Largo (Winter from Four Seasons) [2.48]
GRIEG
Solveig’s
Song [4.15] VIVALDI
Adagio (violin concerto in A minor) [2.48]
SATIE
Gymnopédies
1 and 3 [2.48] CLARKE
Trumpet tune [3.07] RACHMANINOV
Vocalise [4.59] BOZZA
Chanson
à bercer (1964) [3.03] BACH
Aria (Prepare thyself Zion - Xmas Oratorio)
[5.16]; Bist du bei mir [2.42]; Louré
(cello suite) [3.04] CIMAROSA
Larghetto (oboe concerto) [2.53] RORIVE
Novummonasterium
(1976) [4.18] BACH
Gavottes (Suite No.3) [3.47] Jean-Pierre
Rorive (soprano saxophone) André Lamproye
(organ) Recorded at Studio Récital,
Liège, Eglise du Sacré-Coeur
de Robermont et Eglise St-Remy de Huy in 1996
PAVANE RECORDS ADW 7364 [71.38] [CF]
The
title ‘Rêveries’ is a misnomer, it should
be ‘Cauchemars’. ... see Full
Review
Romanian
Trombone Concertos Călin
IOACHIMESCU (b. 1949) Concerto for
Trombone, Double Bass and Orchestra (1986) [13:49] (a) Sorin
LERESCU (b. 1953) Side Show (1997) [14:31] (b)
Fred POPOVICI (b. 1948) to Traiect for Barrie (1997)
[13:54] (b) Liviu DANCEANU (b. 1948) Şapte Zile – Concerto for
Trombone and Orchestra (1991) [24:03] (c)
Barrie Webb (trombone) (a) Dorin Marc (double bass) Mihail Jora Philharmonic
Orchestra, Bacău/Ovidiu Bălan; (b) Traiect Ensemble / Sorin
Lerescu; (c) Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra/Cristian Brâncuşi
Rec. SMEI Studio, Bucharest, 2001. DDD.
METIER MSV CD92021 [66:23][ED]
To
be recommended to those in search of distinctive
if sometimes unremitting voices that can reward
attentive listening. ... see Full
Review
Masters
of Romantic Choral Music
see review for details
CAPRICCIO 67 136/38 [3 CDs: 68:26 + 69:30
+ 66:19] [GPJ]
A
highly enjoyable and interesting compilation,
then, demonstrating the special qualities
of German choral singing and featuring some
attractive rarities. ... see Full
Review
RUSSIAN
OPERA AT THE BOLSHOI: The Vintage Years Excerpts
from Sadko (Rimsky-Korsakov), A Life for the Tsar and
Ruslan and Ludmilla (Glinka), Russalka (Dargomyzhsky),
Boris Godunov and Khovanshchina (Mussorgsky), Cherevichki,
Eugene Onegin, Queen of Spades and Mazeppa (Tchaikovsky),
plus Prokofiev's Vocalise.
Fyodor Chaliapin, Mark Reizen, Ivan Petrov, Maxim Mikhailov, Aleksei
Krivchenia, Alexander Ognivtsev, Elena Obraztsova, Grigorii Bolshakov,
Pavel Lisitsian, Sergei Lemeshev, Ivan Kozlovsky, Panteleimon Nortzov,
Galina Vishnevskaya (singers). Archive excerpts from the Russian National
Archives
WARNER MUSIC VISION 50467-4772-3 
[110'00][CC]
Here
is a magnificent treat for all lovers of Russian opera. ... see Full
Review
Tito
Schipa – The Complete Victor Recordings 1922-24
Tito Schipa, tenor (all tracks) Tomas BARRERA
and Rafael CALLEJA 01. Emigrantes: Granadinas [2:51]
Victor Orchestra/Joseph A. Pasternak Recorded: 3 February 1922 Ruggero
LEONCAVALLO (1858-1919) 02. Pagliacci: O Columbina, "Harlequin's
Serenade" [2:06] Victor Orchestra/Joseph A. Pasternak Recorded:
3 February 1922 Jose PADILLA 03.
La Corte del Amor: La de ojos azules ("Princesita Mariposa")
[2:59] Victor Orchestra/Joseph A. Pasternak Recorded: 9 March 1922
TRADITIONAL 04. Ay, Ay, Ay
"A soma te a la ventana" [3:56] Victor Orchestra/Joseph
A. Pasternak Recorded: 28 March 1922 Jules
MASSENET (1842-1912) 05. Manon, Act II: Chiudo gli occhi
(En fermant les yeux) [3:31] Victor Orchestra/Joseph A. Pasternak
Recorded: 3 May 1922 Richard BARTHELEMY 06.
Chi se nne scorda 'cchiu [2:53] Victor Orchestra/Nathaniel Shilkret
Recorded: 3 November 1922 Pasquale Mario
COSTA 07. Napulitanata [3:46] Victor Orchestra/Nathaniel
Shilkret Recorded: 3 November 1922 Gonzalo
ROIG 08. Quiereme mucho [3:34] Rosario Bourdon, conductor
Recorded: 12 March 1923 Manuel Maria PONCE
(1882-1946) 09. A la orilla de un palmar [3:01] Rosario
Bourdon, conductor Recorded: 12 March 1923 Pedro
Palacios Y SOJO 10. A Granada, "Cancion andaluza"
[3:02] Victor Orchestra/Nathaniel Shilkret Recorded: 31 May 1923
Gioacchino ROSSINI (1792-1868) 11.
Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act I: Ecco ridente in cielo [3:32] Victor
Orchestra/Nathaniel Shilkret Recorded: 31 May 1923 Vincenzo
BELLINI (1801-1835) 12. La Sonnambula, Act I: Son geloso
del zefiro [4:28] with Amelita Galli-Curci, soprano; Rosario Bourdon,
conductor Recorded: 1 June 1923 Gioacchino
ROSSINI (1792-1868) 13. Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act I:
Se il mio nome saper [2:56] Tito Schipa, tenor and guitar / Studio
pianist, piano Recorded: 22 September 1923 Ambroise
THOMAS (1811-1896) 14. Ah! non credevi (Elle ne croyait
pas) [4:19] 15. Addio, Mignon, fa core (Adieu, Mignon, courage)
[3:15] Rosario Bourdon, conductor Recorded: 14 May 1924 Alfonso
Esparza OTEO 16. Mi viejo amor [3:11] Rosario Bourdon,
conductor Recorded: 14 May 1924 Francesco
CIMMINO 17. Serenata Medioevale (1st take) [3:24]
18. Serenata Medioevale (2nd take) [3:18] Rosario Bourdon, conductor
Recorded: 14 May 1924 Eduardo Sanchez De
FUENTES 19. Rosalinda [2:47] Rosario Bourdon, conductor
Recorded: 14 May 1924 Manuel DE FALLA (1876-1946)
20. 7 Canciones populares espanolas: IV. Jota [2:52] Victor
Orchestra/Charles Adams Prince Recorded: 16 May 1924 Emile
PALADILHE 21. Suzanne: Comme un petit oiseau [2:22]
Victor Orchestra/Charles Adams Prince Recorded: 16 May 1924 Tito
SCHIPA (1888-1965) 22. A Cuba [2:36] Victor Orchestra/Charles
Adams Prince Recorded: 16 May 1924 Giuseppe
VERDI (1813-1901) 23. Un di felice eterea [3:20] 24.
Parigi, o cara 03:41 with Amelita Galli-Curci, soprano; Rosario
Bourdon, conductor Recorded: 17 September 1924
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.110332 [77.42][JW]
With
fine sounding transfers, with shellac crackle to a minimum, and good
quality originals employed, this is a fine start to the Naxos Schipa
edition. ... see Full Review
David
Theodor Schmidt (piano)Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) English Suite No. 6 in
D minor, BWV811 (1906) [25.07] Transcriptions: Wachet auf (arr.
Busoni) [3.25]; Nun freut euch (arr. Busoni) [2.08]; Ich ruf
zu dir (arr. Busoni) [3.00]; Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (arr.
Hess) [3.39]; Sinfonia: Dir danken dir (arr. Kempff) [4.21] César
FRANCK (1822-1890) Prélude, Chorale et Fugue (1884)
[18.59] David Theodor
Schmidt (piano) Rec 13-15 April 2004, Heinrich Lades Halle, Erlangen
FAMIRO 4 035766 500163
[61.11] [TB]
The
pianism on display is that of a real talent
with an exciting future. ... see Full
Review
Sounds
Baroque Georg MUFFAT (1653-1704)
Toccata Secunda [5:41] Henry PURCELL
(1659-1695) Voluntary in G [3:11] François
COUPERIN (1668-1733) Kyries, (Messe pour les Paroisses):
Plein chant du premier Kyrie, en Taille [1:15]; Fugue sur les jeux d’anches
[2:06]; Recit de Cromhorne [2:21]; Dialogue sur la trompette et le Cromhorne
[1:50]; Plein chant [1:11] Johann Sebastian
BACH (1685-1750) Allein Gott in der H·h sei Ehr
BWV 663 [6:42] Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 538: Toccata
[5:19]; Fugue [7:50] Jesu, meine Freude BWV 753 (completed Charleston)
[2:29] Johann Philipp KIRNBERGER (1721-1783)
Ich dank dir schon [2:10] J.S. BACH
Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend BWV 709 [2:49] Georg
BÖHM (1661-1733) Prelude and Fugue in C major:
Prelude [2:02]; Fugue [2:37] J.S. BACH
Komm, Gott, Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist BWV 667 [2:36] François
COUPERIN Benedictus Cromhorne en Taille (Messe pour les
Parroisses) [4:05] Carl Phillip Emanuel BACH (1714-1788) Sonata
in A Wq 70/4: Allegro Assai [4:43]; Adagio [3:16]; Allegro [3:18]
J. KIRNBERGER Musical Circle
[3:23] John STANLEY (1712-1786)
Voluntary op. 7 No. 7: Diapasons Adagio [1:54]; Cornet
[2:30]; Voluntary op. 7 No. 9: Largo staccato [1:01];
Vivace [2:41]
Terence
Charleston, organ Rec: St Saviour:s Church, St Albans, 11-12 September,
10 October 2004. DDD
LAMMAS
LAMM 181D [79:11][CB]
The
booklet is excellent, but it doesn’t save an otherwise all too opaque
release. ... see Full Review
Janos
Starker (cello)
Antonín DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) Cello
Concerto in B minor, op.104 (1895) [38:06] Max
BRUCH (1838-1920) Kol Nidrei (1881) [09:56] Piotr
Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Variations on a Rococo
Theme, op.33 (1876) [15:46]
Janos Starker (cello) London Symphony Orchestra/Antal Dorati Recorded
6th, 7th and 10th July 1962 (Dvořák,
Bruch), 26th and 27th June 1964 (Tchaikovsky),
in Watford Town Hall, UK
MERCURY
SACD 475 6608 [63:48] [CH]
The
recordings come up newly minted, but I cannot
warm to the performances. ... see Full
Review
Songes et Élémens
Jean-Baptiste LULLY
(1632-1687) Passacaille
d’Armide (1686) transc. d’Anglebert
[5’10] Les Songes Agréables d’Atys
(1676) transc. d’Anglebert
[2’55] Marche de la Cérémonie
turque/Menuet pour les Faunes (1670)
[3’00] Nicolas
DE GRIGNY (1672-1703) Veni
Creator (1699): en Taille a 5 [2’32;
Fugue a 5 [2’28]; Duo [2’50]; Récit
de Cromorne [3’49]; Dialogue sur les grand
jeux [3’25] Louis-Nicolas
CLERAMBAULT (1676-1749) Suite
du Deuxième Ton (1710/1714):
Plein jeu [2’37]; Duo, Gay [1’35]; Trio, Gracieusement
[2’21]; Basse de Cromorne, Gay [1’40]; Flutes
[3’08]; Récit de nazard, Gayement et
gracieusement [2’28]; Caprice sur les grands
jeux, Gayement [2’11] Jean-Philippe
RAMEAU (1683-1764) Les Boreades
(1764) transc.
Thilo Muster: -Entrée
[4’38]; Entrée de Peuples [3’36]; Gavotte
pour les Heures et les Zephyrs [2’47]; Contredanse
en Rondeau [2’47] Jean-Féry
REBEL (1666-1747) Les Eléments
(1737) - Loure: la Terre et l’eau
– Chaconne: le Feu [5’00] Michel
CORRETTE (1707-1795) Pièces
de mon Livre de Clavecin qui se peuvent toucher
sur l’orgue (1734) Feste Sauvage –
Tambourin [1’59] Marc-Antoine
CHARPENTIER (1643-1704) Te
Deum (1690) - Prelude [1’42] Olivier
Vernet, organ rec: St Croix, Bordeaux, 29th
April 2004 DDD LIGIA DIGITAL LIDI 0104154-05
[68’20] [CB]
Despite
being slightly brutally recorded, this is
hugely entertaining and highly recommended.
... see Full Review
Spirito
Latino Francois
BORNE (1840 - 1920), arr. Iwan
Roth and Raymond
Meylan Fantasie Brillante sur
des airs de Carmen Manuel
de FALLA (1876 - 1946), arr. Daniel
Gauthier Siete Canciones populares
Españolas Claude
DEBUSSY (1862 - 1918) Rapsodie
Georges BIZET (1838
- 1875), arr. Paul Harvey
Spanish Serenade Enrique
GRANADOS (1867 - 1916), arr. Larry
Teal Intermezzo (from Goyescas)
Christian GUILLONEAU
(b. 1958) Bal pour Baptiste
Darius MILHAUD (1892
- 1974) Scaramouche Vadim
NESELOVSKYI (b. 1977) San Felio
Daniel Gauthier (saxophone) Jang Eun Bae
(piano) Recorded 17-18 August 2004, Fürstliche
Reitbahn Bad Arolsen
MUSIK DABRINGHAUS UND GRIMM MDG 6003 1324-2
1CD [65.26] [RH]
Imaginative
and well thought out programme ... charming
and sometimes thoughtful listening. ... see
Full
Review
Trumpet
masterpieces Paul
HINDEMITH (1895-1963) Sonata for
trumpet and piano [16.48] Bohuslav
MARTINŮ (1890-1959) Sonatine
for trumpet and piano [7.16] Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937) Kaddisch
[4.14] George ENESCU
(1881-1955) Légende [6.14]
Thorvald HANSEN
(1847-1915) Sonata for trumpet and piano
[9.48] Karl PILSS
(1902-1979) Sonata for trumpet and piano
[15.52]
James Watson (trumpet) Simon Wright (piano)
Rec. Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music,
London, 2005. DDD.
DEUX-ELLES DXL 1109 [60.10] [ED]
Despite
obviously competent performances this was
a pleasing rather than seminal release; though
trumpet lovers may find it of more lasting
value. ... see Full
Review
Zeynep
Ucbasaran (piano) Domenico
SCARLATTI (1685-1757)
Sonatas:
K1 in D minor [02:07], K9 in D minor [03:49],
K11 in C minor [02:59], K146 in G [02:40]
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) 7 Bagatelles op.33
(1802) [20:19] Ahmet
Adnan SAYGUN (1907-1991) Inci’s
Book op.10 (1934) [08:48], 12 Preludes on
Aksak Rhythms op.45 (1967): nos. 1 [01:56],
4 [02:20], 7 [02:38], 10 [02:21], 11 [00:55]
Leonard BERNSTEIN
(1918-1990) Touches (Chorale, 8
Variations, Coda) (1980) [08:45] Robert
MUCZYNSKI (b.1929)
6 Preludes op.6 (1953-4) [06:59]
Zeynep Ucbasaran (piano) Recorded January
24th-26th 2005 at the
Abravanel Hall, Music Academy of the West,
Santa Barbara, California
EROICA JDT3223 [66:47] [CH]
A
very fine performance of the Beethoven Bagatelles
and some interesting excursions into contemporary
byways. ... see Full
Review
BOOK REVIEWS
FERRIER - A
CAREER RECORDED by
Paul Campion Thames Elkin ISBN 0-903413-71-X
244pp. Ł19.99
A
highly enjoyable read, lavishly illustrated
with ... clearly a must for all Ferrier enthusiasts.
She will never grow old. ... see Full
Review
IAN VENABLES
Song
album (high) Thames Elkin 2004 Introduction
(Graham J Lloyd)
It
is my belief that the personality of this
composer as clearly discernible in these varied
songs will, when the rest of his music (particularly
the song cycles and the Piano Quintet) is
better known, assume a stature in the pageant
of English music in the 20th Century....
see Full Review
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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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