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Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897) Fantasien Op.116 (1892) Capriccio [2.28]; Intermezzo [4.26]; Capriccio [3.32]; Intermezzo [4.37]; Intermezzo [2.47]; Intermezzo [3.40]; Capriccio [2.13] Intermezzi Op.117 (1892) No.1 [4.42]; No.2 [4.05]; No.3 [6.10] Klavierstücke Op.118 (1893) Intermezzo  [1.52]; Intermezzo [6.18]; Ballade [3.25]; Intermezzo [2.44]; Romanze [3.53]; Intermezzo [5.06] Klavierstücke Op.119 (1893) Intermezzo [3.36]; Intermezzo [5.11]; Intermezzo [1.32]; Rhapsodie [4.22] Elena Kuschnerova (piano) Recorded Studios 1 and 2, Bavarian Radio, 2002-04 ARS PRODUKTION 38 436 [77.00][JW]

A most worthwhile survey ... It has the strength of its convictions ... see Full Review

Frederic CHOPIN (1810-1849) Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op 23 (1835-36) [10:09] Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op 38 (1836-39) [8:10] Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47 (1840-41) [8:00] Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 (1842) [11:36] Impromptu No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 29 (1837) [4:57] Impromptu No. 2 in F sharp major, Op. 36 (1839) [6:23] Impromptu No. 3 in G flat major, Op. 51 (1842) [5:38] Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op. 66 (1834) [5:49] Bolero, Op. 19 (1833) [8:39] Eugene Mursky (piano) rec. SWR Kammermusik Studio, Villa Berg, 13-14 August, 17 September 2004. DDD HÄNSSLER PH04065 [69:24][TO]

Scrupulously detailed Ballades that too often turn cold and stiff. ... see Full Review

BARGAIN OF THE MONTH Aaron COPLAND (1900-1990) Old American Songs (orchestral version): * First Set: 1 The Boatmen’s Dance (Minstrel Song) [3:04]; 2 The Dodger (Campaign Song) [2:15]; 3 Long Time Ago (Ballad) [3:04]; 4 Simple Gifts (Shaker Song) [1:36]; 5 I Bought Me A Cat (Children’s Song) [2:10]; Second Set: 6 The Little Horses (Lullaby) [2:49]; 7 Zion’s Walls (Revivalist Song) [1:56]; 8 The Golden Willow Tree (Anglo-American Ballad) [3:37]; 9 At The River (Hymn Tune) [2:52] 10 Ching-A-Ring Chaw (Minstrel Song) [1:33]; 11 Down A Country Lane [2:51] Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson **: 12 Nature, The Gentlest Mother [3:55]; 13 There Came A Wind Like A Bugle [1:32]; 14 The World Feels Dusty [1:55]; 15 Heart, We Will Forget Him! [2:26]; 16 Dear March, Come In! [2:04]; 17 Sleep Is Supposed To Be [2:43]; 18 Going To Heaven! [2:50] 19 The Chariot [3:08] Billy the Kid (selection): 20 Waltz - Molto moderato [3:51]; 21 Prairie Night – Molto moderato [4:42]; 22 Celebration Dance – Allegro [2:15] Thomas Hampson (bar)* Dawn Upshaw (sop) ** Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra/Hugo Wolff Recorded in the Ordway Music Theatre, St Paul, Minnesota, in September 1992 (Old American, Orchestral Pieces); September 1993 (Eight Poems) WARNER APEX 2564 62089-2 [59:08][SA]

A great disc ... see Full Review

Georg Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Destero dall empia dite (Amadigi) (1715) M’hai resa infelice (Deidamia) (1741) Piagero la sorte mia (Giulio Cesare) (1724) Scherza in mar (Lotario) (1729) Ombre piante; Se’l mio duol (Rodelinda) (1725) Tutta raccolta ancor (Scipione) (1726) Orrida a gl’occi miei (Ariodante) (1735) Ah. crudel (Rinaldo) (1711) Sommi dei; Barbaro, partiro (Radamisto) (1720) Emma Bell (soprano) Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Richard Egarr Recorded 8–10 September 2004, Usher Hall, Edinburgh LINN CKD 252 [51.24][RH]

I will treasure this disc as a record of a fine singer at a wonderful peak in her career but I can’t get rid of the feeling that the engineers could have made her sound even better. ... see Full Review

Paul Le FLEM (1881-1954) Works for solo piano: Avril (1910) [5:51]; Vieux calvaire (1910) [6:23]; Sept prières enfantines (1911) [11:47]; Par grèves (1910) [7:59]; Par landes (1907) [5:55]; Chant des Genêts (1911) [11:42] Violin Sonata (1905) [29:05] Marie-Catherine Girod (piano) Annick Roussin (violin) rec. La Clé d'Ut, 10-12 Nov 1992. AAD Collection Musiques Françaises ACCORD 476 160 9 [78:42][RB]

Melancholy, heroic, sombrely optimistic ... echoes with the sound of bells and the beautiful magnificence of marine landscapes - in wind, rain and sunshine. I cannot overstate the high quality of this music. ... see Full Review

Franz LEHÁR (1870-1948) Das Land des Lächelns (1929) Romantic operetta in two parts. Libretto by Herzer, Lohner-Beda and Leon Sou-Chong: René Kollo (tenor) Lisa: Birgit Pitsch-Sarata (sop) Graf Ferdinand von Lichtenfels: Fred Liewehr (bar) Mi: Dagmar Koller (sop) Graf Gustav von Pottenstein: Heinz Zednik (bass) Lin-Po: Herbert Prokipa Korean Court Ballet Südfunkchor Stuttgart and Radioorchester Stuttgart/Wolfgang Ebert Musical arrangement by Bert Grund Staged and Directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt rec. soundtrack August, September 1973, filmed September, October 1973. DVD. DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON UNITEL 0040 073 4056 [100:00][ED]

A curiosity despite Kollo’s contribution. ... see Full Review

Karol RATHAUS (1895-1954) Symphony No. 2 Op. 7 (1923) [33:59] Symphony No. 3 Op. 50 (1942-43) [42:56] Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt/Israel Yinon rec. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach-Konzerthalle, Frankfurt (Oder), 24-27 June, 8-9 July 2002. DDD CPO 777 031-2 [77:28][RB]

Moderately attractive music in a tough idiom requiring some persistence. ... see Full Review

Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) Sadko - opera-bylina in seven tableaux (1898) Sadko - Georgy Nelepp (ten) Volkhova - Elisabeta Shumskaya (sop) Lyubava - Valentina Davidova (mezzo) Nezhata - E Antonova (alto) The Sea King - S Krasovsky (bass) Duda - S Koltypin (bass) Sopel - A Peregudov (ten) First City Elder - T Chernyakov (ten) Second City Elder - S Nikolau (bass) Viking Merchant - Mark Reizen (bass) Venetian Merchant - Ivan Kozlovsky (ten) Apparition - Pavel Lisitsian Minstrels, Jesters, Soothsayers, Wandering Pilgrims Bolshoi Theatre Chorus and Orchestra/Nikolai Golovanov rec. 1950, USSR, from Melodiya D-01480-87. AAD. mono PREISER 90655 [52:17 + 54:36 + 59:51][RB]

Music-making of real allure ... a fine example in historic sound of one of Rimsky's supernatural operas ... see Full Review

Xaver SCHARWENKA (1850-1924) Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 32 (1873) [28.05] Anton RUBINSTEIN (1829-1894) Piano Concerto No. 4 in D minor, Op. 70 (1864) [31.23] Marc-André Hamelin (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Michael Stern rec. 18-19 February 2005, Caird Hall, Dundee HYPERION CDA 67508 [59.41][TB]

Both concertos rate as worthy of our attention more than a century on, even though they are not as firmly positioned in the repertory as they used to be. ... 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

 

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Béla BARTÓK (1881-1945) Piano Music vol. 4 - for children (gyermekeknek) BB53, Sz.42 (revised 1943) Vol. 1 Based on Hungarian Folk tunes [37:07] Vol. 2 Based on Slovakian Folk tunes [39:12] Jenö Jandó (piano) Recorded at the Phoenix Studio, Budapest, Hungary, 24-27 September, 2002. NAXOS 8.555998 [76:19] [SA]

I can’t single out any single piece from the 29 on this disc – I can say I never tired of them after at least six hearings. ... see Full Review

Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869) Grande Symphonie funèbre et triomphale, Op. 15 [34’30"] La Mort de Cléopâtre* [23’08"] Overture Benvenuto Cellini, Op. 23*** [10’23"] Overture Le Carnaval romain, Op. 9*** [9’15"] Overture Les Francs-Juges, Op. 3***[13’17"] Overture Le Corsaire, op. 21*** [8’31"] Les Troyens, excerpts**: Chasse royale et orage [14’10"]; Ballet [4’41"]; Marche troyenne [5’20"] Chorale Populaire de Paris Musique des Gardiens de la Paix/Désiré Dondeyne *Nadine Denize (mezzo-soprano) * **Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France/Gilbert Amy *** Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg/Alain Lombard Recorded: Notre-Dame, Paris, 1958; * and ** Studios of Radio France, Paris, 1980; *** Strasbourg, 1980 ADD WARNER APEX 2564 62183-2 [57’45" +65’51"] [JQ]

Useful and enjoyable. If you wish to explore some of the French master’s less frequently heard works this is a good and inexpensive anthology. ... see Full Review

Louis GLASS (1864-1936) String Sextet Op. 15 in G major (1892) [32:46] Piano Quintet Op. 22 in C major (1896) [38:03] Christina Bjørkøe (piano) Copenhagen Classic rec. Danmarks Radio, Radio House, Concert Hall, 9-10 Oct 1999 (op. 15); 23-25 Mar 2003 (op. 22). CPO 777 062-2 [70:47] [RB]

Neither work touches the heights of the Fifth Symphony but this is honest music which retains the capacity to charm and move. ... see Full Review

Alexander GLAZUNOV (1865-1936) String Quartet No. 3 in G major op. 26 (1886) [27:45] String Quartet No. 5 in D minor op. 70 (1898) [28:45] The Fridays (Les Vendredis or Pyatnitsy: cycle for string quartet: Prelude and Fugue (book 1 No. 1) [10:16]; Kuranta (book 2 No. 6) [2:02] The Shostakovich Quartet (Andrei Shishlov; Alexander Balashov; Alexander Galkovsky; Alexander Korchagin) rec. State Radio and TV Committee of the Moscow Central Recording Studio 1979 (3); 1975 (5); 1974. ADD REGIS RRC 1211 [69:15] [RB]

I commend this inexpensive disc to explorers of the string quartet who already know and love their Smetana and late Dvorak chamber music. ... see Full Review

Reinhold GLIÈRE (1875-1956) Symphony No. 3 in B minor Il’ya Muromets Op. 42 (1911) [93:02] Cello Concerto Op. 87 (1946-47) [46:26] Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Harold Farberman (Symphony) Sergei Sudzilovsky (cello) Russian Cinematic Symphony Orchestra/Sergei Skripka Rec. Dec 1978, All Saints Church, Tooting, London. DDD (symphony); Mosfilm Studio, Moscow, July 1986 (concerto). DDD REGIS RRC 2068 [65:27 + 74:01] [RB]

This is a real treat for those who like to venture around the periphery of Russian nationalist repertoire and like a more spacious approach to the Symphony. ... see Full Review

Saburo MOROI (1903 – 1977) Sinfonietta in B flat For Children Op.24 (1943) [15:46] Two Symphonic Movements Op.22 (1942) [19:09] Symphony No. 3 Op.25 (1944) [33:20] National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland/Takuo Yuasa Recorded: National Concert Hall, Dublin, September 2002 NAXOS 8.557162 [68:15] [HC]

Traditional ... solid, warmly post-romantic and lushly scored music played with admirable commitment and conviction. ... see Full Review

Sergei RACHMANINOV (1875 - 1945) The Bells, Op. 35 (1912) [35:15] Spring, Op. 20 (1902) [15:57] Three Russian Songs, Op.41 [12:04] Alexandrina Pendachanska Op.35, (soprano) Kaludi Kaludov Op.35, (tenor) Sergei Leiferkus Opp. 35, 20 (tenor) Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia Philadelphia Orchestra/Charles Dutoit. rec. Memorial Hall, Philadelphia, USA, January 1992. DDD DECCA ELOQUENCE 476 7702 [63:55]. [JPh]

All of Rachmaninov’s works for choir and orchestra. A nice idea and the performances are more than satisfactory and allow us to enjoy these works at super budget price. ... 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

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 2^nd 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

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

 

 

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