Missa
Russica 2 Dimitri
Moîsseîevich IAΪTCHKOV (1882-1953)
Dostoïno
iest (Hymn to the Mother of God) [3:52] Pavel
Gripôrievitch TCHESNOKOV (1877-1944)
Soviet prevetchnyi (Gabriel’s annunciation)
[3:40] Serge RACHMANINOV
(1875-1943) Nyné otpuchtchaîechi
(Song of Simeon) [3:37] Bogoroditse Devo (Ave
Maria) [2:44] Slava v vychnikh Bogou (Gloria
in excelsis) [2:32] Tébé poïem
[2:31] Nikolaï
APOSTOLOV-STROUMSKI (late 19th
early 20th c.) Velikoïe
slavoslovié (Grand doxology) [10:40]
Vladimir Ivanovich
MARTINOV (b. 1946) 
Apocalypse, Missa Russica [30:32] Choeur orthodox
Russe de Riga/Archiprêtre Johann Shenrock
Recording venue and specific dates not given.
Copyright 2004
EDITIONS HORTUS 034 [60:14] [KS]
Some
simply sublime singing. A superb ensemble
refined into one of the most uniformly blended,
consistently-in-tune choirs that I have heard
in some time ... see Full
Review
Oboe
Concertos Hugo
SCHUNCKE (1823-1909) Concerto
for oboe and orchestra in A minor (1845) [24.23]
Carl NIELSEN
(1865-1931) Fantasy Pieces for oboe and
string orchestra Op.2 [4.07 plus 2.40] Johann
Wenzelaus KALLIWODA (1801-1866) Morceau
de Salon Op.28 [10.01] Josef
Guy ROPARTZ (1864-1955) Pastorale
and Dances for oboe and orchestra [10.06]
Lajos Lencses (oboe) Radio Symphony Orchestra
Stuttgart, SWR/Bernhard Güller Recorded
Stuttgart, SWR, Funkstudio, March 2001 and
February 2002
CAPRICCIO 67 134 [51.48]
To
say a disc is undemanding but enjoyable is
often a critic’s shorthand indication of a
tepid hour’s worth of listening – but in this
case it’s nothing less than the truth. ...
see Full
Review
Music for Organ:
Volume 5: Organ Music by Manchester Composers.
John
E. ELLIS (b.1943) Variations on
‘Veni Emmanuel’ (2002) Norman
COCKER (1889-1953) Interlude*,
Paean*, Angelus*, Trio*, Cradle Song** [*
1922; **1927] Ronald
FROST (b.1933) Passacaglia for
the birthday of St. Ann’s (1979) Ernest
TOMLINSON (b.1924) Three Lyrical
Pieces (1958) Douglas
STEELE (1910-1999) Chorale Prelude
– On Gibbons’ ‘Angel’s Song’ (1947) David
ELLIS (b.1933) Vetrate di Ricercata
(2002)
Ronald Frost (organ, St. Ann’s Church, Manchester)
Recorded in November 2002, January, February
and July 2003.
DUNELM RECORDS DRD0244 [67 39] [PS]
This
is a desirable, varied and outstandingly interesting
disc. ... see Full
Review
Ivo
Pogorelich Recital Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) English
Suite No.2 in A minor BWV807 [23.22] English
Suite No.3 in G minor BWV808 [25.16] Domenico
SCARLATTI (1785-1757) Sonata in
D minor K1 [2.30] Sonata in E major K20 [3.31]
Sonata in E minor K98 [3.32] Sonata in C major
K159 [2.54] Sonata in G minor K450 [3.37]
Sonata in C major K487 [4.09] Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Sonata
No.11 in B flat major Op.22 [32.21] Bagatelle
in A minor WoO 59 Für Elise [3.43]
Ivo Pogorelich (piano) Recorded at the Palazzo
Palladiana di Caldogno, Nordera near Vincenza,
October 1986 (Bach), Schloss Eckartsau, near
Vienna, January 1987 (Scarlatti, Beethoven)
Picture Format NTSC Colour 4;3, region Code
0; Sound Formats PCM Stereo DTS 5;1; Menu
Language, English Directed by Humphrey Burton;
Executive Producer: Horant H Hohlfeld.
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON UNITEL DVD 073 4045 [107:00]
[JW]
Pogorelich’s
concentrated stillness captured with simplicity and gimmick-free acuity
... see Full Review
William
Primrose - Great Violists Henri
CASADESUS (1879-1947) Viola
Concerto in B minor in the style of Handel (1) [15:21] Sir
William WALTON (1902-1983) Viola Concerto (2) [22:33] Hector
BERLIOZ (1803-1869) Harold in Italy op.16 (3) [41:47]
William Primrose (viola), RCA Victor Orchestra/Frieder Weissmann (1),
Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir William Walton (2), Boston Symphony Orchestra/Serge
Koussevitzky (3) Recorded 8th May 1946 in New York City (1),
22nd-23rd July 1946 at the EMI Abbey Road Studio
no. 1, London (2), 28th November 1944 in Symphony Hall, Boston
(3) CD transfers by Mark Obert-Thorn
NAXOS 8.110316 [79:43][CH]
A
useful compilation of recordings by the first great modern violist.
... see Full Review
Rags
and Tangos
James
SCOTT (1885-1938) Evergreen Rag
(1915) [2:45]; Modesty Rag – A Classic (1920) [4:11]; Peace
and Plenty Rag (1919) [2:56]; Troubador Rag (1919) [4:25]
Ernesto NAZARETH (1863-1934)
Apanhei-te, Cavaquinho - Choro (1915) [2:36]; Vitorioso
- Tango (c. 1912) [4:31]; Odeon – Tango brasileiro (1910)
[2:53]; Nove de Julho – Tango argentine (1917) [4:47]; Labrinto
- Tango (1917) [3:59]; Guerreiro - Tango (1917) [3:10]; Plangente
– Tango brasileiro (com estilo de Habanera) (c.1925) [5:54]; Tango
brasileiro (1926) [2:15]; Fon-Fon! - Tango (1930) [2:34]
Joseph F. LAMB (1877-1960) Ragtime
Nightingale (1913) [4:16]; American Beauty Rag (1913) [3:50];
Bohemia Rag (1919) [4:09]; Topliner Rag (1916) [4:27]
Joshua Rifkin, piano
Recorded at St. George’s Church, Bristol, in August 1990 DDD
DECCA ELOQUENCE 476 2445 [64:29][PG]
A
collection of some very good piano performances
of ragtime or early tangos ... see Full
Review
Recorder
Quartet: Italian and English Renaissance Consort Music
CD 1 Early Italian Recorder Music Giovanni
RICCIO (d. c.1620) Sonata No 4;
Dario CASTELLO
(d. 1629) Sonatas 15 and 16; Gianbattista
GRILLO (d. 1622) Canzona II a 8;
Giovanni GABRIELI
(1567-1613) Canzon seconda and Canzon
II a 8 and Canzon prima ‘La Spiritata’; Girolamo
FRESCOBALDI (1563-1643) Capriccio
(di obligo di cantare) and Capriccio (sopra
la bassa fiamenga); Constanzo
PORTA (1528-1601) Girometta a 8;
Giovanni TRABACI
(1575-1647) Canzona franzesa settima;
Giosette GUAMI
(1540-1611) Canzon 25 a 8; Giovanni
da PALESTRINA (1525-1594) Ricercar
del terzon tuono
CD 2 Browning my dere – English Consort
Music William BYRD
(1543-1623) The leaves be greene; In Nomine
I and IV; Christopher
TYE (1505-1572) In Nomine Reporte;
In Nomine Crye; In Nomine Re la te; Sit fast;
Henry STONINGS
(16th century) Browning my dere; Clement
WOODSTOCK (c. 1575) Browning my
dere; John DOWLAND
(1563-1626) Lacrimae Antiqua; Sir Henry
Upton’s funeral; The Earle of Essex Galliard;
Semper Dowland simper dolens; The King of
Denmark’s Galliard; John
BALDWIN (1560-1615) browning a
3; Proportions of a minim; Cuckow as I wake;
Elway BEVAN
(1564-1638) Browning; John
WARD (1571-1638) Fantasia; Richard
DEERING (1580-1630) Fantasia; John
OKEOVER (1590-1663) Fantasia; Thomas
SIMPSON (1562-1630) Canzon
Flanders Recorder Quartet with Maria Verbruggen.
CD1: Viol da Gamba ensemble and Guy Penson,
(harpsichord) and Guy de Mey (tenor). rec.
Studio Steurbout, Ghent, Belgium, 1992
BRILLIANT CLASSICS 92504 [66.26 + 63.21]
[GH]
I
recommend this disc to everyone with an interest
in Renaissance music and/or early chamber
music. ... see Full
Review
Severnside
Composers’ Alliance:
A recital by two pianists. Bohuslav
MARTINŮ (1890-1959) Three
Czech Dances (1949) [16:31]; David
BEDFORD (b.1932) Hoquetus David
(1987) [5:02]; John
PITTS (b.1976) Changes (1995)
[3:34]; Robin HOLLOWAY
(b.1943) Gilded Goldbergs Suite (1997)
[23:26]; Jolyon LAYCOCK
(b.1946) Die! A1 Sparrow (2002)
[11:51]; Francis
POULENC (1899-1963) Élégie
(1959) [6:15]; Witold
LUTOSŁAWSKI (1913-1994) Paganini
Variations (1941) [5:50].
Steven Kings and Christopher Northam (pianists).
Recorded ‘LIVE’ at a recital given in the
Bristol Music Club, 76, St. Paul’s Road, Clifton,
Bristol BS8 1LP, 14 May 2005. DDD
DUNELM RECORDS DRD0243 [73:14] [PSc][IM]
Congratulations
to the Alliance for: putting on such a stimulating
programme of this relatively little-known
music. Strongly recommended to enterprising
listeners. [PSc]
My repeated use of the adjective "brilliant"
here is quite deliberate! Very well recommended.[IM]
... see Full
Review
Martial
Singher – French opera arias Jean-Baptiste LULLY (1632-1687)
Amadis - Bois épais, redouble ton ombre [4:03]
André GRÉTRY (1741-1813) Richard, Coeur de Lion - Blondel's Air [4:11]
Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869) The Damnation of Faust - Mephistopheles' Air
[2:17]; Serenade [1:48]; Song of the Flea [1:39] Charles
GOUNOD (1818-1893) Roméo et Juliette - Ballad
of Queen Mab [2:55] Ambroise
THOMAS (1811-1896) Hamlet - Chanson Bachique
[3:50] Jules MASSENET (1842-1912) Herodiade - Vision Fugitive
[4:14] Jacques OFFENBACH (1819-1880) The Tales of Hoffmann - Dapertutto's
Air "Scintille diamant" [4:04] Georges
BIZET (1838-1875) Carmen - Toreador Song
[3:34] Martial Singher
(baritone) Metropolitan Opera Orchestra/Paul Breisach Recorded in 1945,
released as Columbia Masterworks Set M-578 (71678-D - 71681-D)
PRISTINE AUDIO MP3 Format download [32'40"][ED]
I
defy anyone to play these tracks through once
and not do so immediately again. Singher’s
approach is so obviously right. Benchmark
references ... see Full
Review
Tango
Infinito Ulysses
PASSARELLA (b.1955) Suite
Rioplatense [12.47] Preludio y Milonga [6.55]
Pieza Rioplatense No.2 [4.27] Desolación
(1997-2002) [11.41] Aníbal
TROILO (1914-1975) Sur (arranged
by H Ulysses PASSARELLA)
[5.39] Lucio DEMARE
(1906-1974) Malena (arranged by H
Ulysses PASSARELLA) [3.33] Acho
MANZI (b.1933) El ultimo organito
(arranged by Jessica
KUHN) [4.22] Juarés
Lamarque PONS (1917-1982) Tres
Ritmicas de Tango (orchestrated by H
Ulysses PASSARELLA) [13.17]
Recitations of poems by Homero Manzi
by Acho Manzi Jessica Kuhn (cello) Anna Stümke
and Ferenc Kölcze (violins) Clarissa
Miller (viola) Thomas Herbst (bass) Recorded
Marktoberdorf, December 2004
ANTES EDITION BM CD 31.9214 [69.10] [JW]
There’s
enough variety here to keep "tango surfeit"
at bay though nothing matches Piazzolla’s
stunning memorability and emotional directness,
though the performances are committed and
commanding. ... see Full
Review
Transcendent
Journey Johann Sebastian
BACH (1685-1750) Cantata
No.645 - Wachet auf, ruft uns die stimme,
arranged Chuquisengo
[4.55] Cantata No.147 – Jesus bleibet meine
freude, arranged Chuquisengo
[3.14] Toccata in C minor BWV911 John
FOULDS (1880-1939) Gandharva-music
Op.49 (1915 revised 1926) [3.29] April-England
Op.48 No.1 (1926) [7.27] George
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Chaconne
in G major HWV 435 [11.09] Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) – Franz
LISZT (1811-1886) Symphony No.7
– Allegretto (1811-12), arranged by Liszt
S263d (1838) with a passage for four hands
in multichannel technics [9.21] John
CORIGLIANO (b.1938) Fantasia on
an Ostinato (1985) [12.57] Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Toccata in
C major Op.7 (1833) [5.26] Sergei
PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Toccata in
D minor Op.11 (1912) [4.29]
Juan José Chuquisengo (piano) Recorded
in Studio 2, Bavarian Radio, October-December
2003. Co-production with Bavarian Radio.
SONY CLASSICAL SK93829 [72.40] [JW]
Chuquisengo
is a questing musician ... a unique programme
that attests to his intellectual and expressive
powers. ... see
Full Review
Madeleine
de Valmalète: Rediscovered master Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Fantasia in D minor, K.397*
[4‘57"]; Sonata in D, K. 576 * [14‘01"] Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937) Le Tombeau de Couperin [19‘57"];
Jeux d’eau [4‘53"] Franz LISZT
(1811-1886) Hungarian Rhapsody no. 11 [5‘17"] Aleksandr
LABIEFF arr. LISZT L’Alouette
[3‘40"] Modest MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881)
Gopak [1‘23"] Manuel de FALLA
(1876-1946) Ritual Fire Dance [3‘06"] Sergei
PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) March from Love of Three
Oranges [1‘28"]Sergei RACHMANINOV
(1873-1943) Barcarolle, op. 10/3 [4‘08"]Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Feux d' artifice (Preludes Bk.
II) [3‘36"] Gabriel FAURÉ
(1845-1924) Nocturne in E flat, op. 36* [6‘14"]; Impromptu
in F minor, op. 31* [3‘25"]
Madeleine de Valmalète - piano Rec. Berlin 1928, except Fauré
(Dec, 1961) and Mozart (Grenoble, Feb. 1992). *first commercial release
ADD/DDD ARBITER 144
[77:01] [ED]
Time
shall not wither the validity of de Valmalète’s
approach, nor age the execution of it. ...
see Full
Review
The Complete
César Vezzani -
Volume 2 - His Master’s Voice, France, 1924-1925
Complete Acoustic Recordings
see review for details
MARSTON 52045-2 [79.02 + 78.19] [JW]
Vezzani
could not wish for a better arena in which
to be heard than this splendidly produced
and transferred double CD set. ... see Full
Review
Pablo
Sáinz Villegas - Guitar Recital
Joaquín TURINA (1882-1949)
1. Sevillana (Fantasia) [5.45] Hommage à Tárrega [4.51]: 2.
I Garrotin [2.39] 3. II Soleares [2.12] Federico Moreno TORROBA (1891-1982)
Sonata-Fantasía [17.07]: 4. I Lento-Allegretto [10.01]
5. II Allegretto [1.43] 6. III Allegro [5.23] From Castillos de España
[5.42]: 7. Torija [3.33] 8. Sigüenza [2.10] Suite
castellana [8.29]: 9. I Fandanguillo [1.42] 10. II Arada [4.07] 11.
III Danza [2.40] Joaquín RODRIGO (1901-1999) 12.
En los trigales [3.59] 13. Invocación y danza (Homenaje a Manuel
de Falla) [8.31] Manuel DE FALLA (1876-1946) 14.
Homenaje ‘Le tombeau de Claude Debussy’ [3.45] Roberto GERHARD (1896-1970) 15.
Fantasia : Interlude in Cantares [4.39] Andrés SEGOVIA (1893-1987) Cinque
Anecdotas [10.36]: 16. I Allegretto [2.39] 17.
II Allegro moderato con grazia [1.06] 18. III Lento malinconico [2.55]
19. IV Molto tranquillo [1.09] 20.
V Allegretto vivo [2.46] Francisco TÁRREGA (1852-1909) 21.
Maria-Gavota [1.28]
Pablo Sáinz Villegas (guitar) Recorded 3-5 May 2004, Holy Martyrs of
Japan Church, Bradford, Ontario, Canada
NAXOS 8.557596 [75.36][CA]
It
is always interesting to follow from the very beginning the career of
young musicians who give signs of true promise to the music profession.
Certainly Villegas is amongst them so we await his next CD ... see Full
Review
BOOK
REVIEWS
Bach
Performance Practice,
1945 - 1975: A Comprehensive Review of Sound
Recordings and Literature by Dorottya Fabian
University
of New South Wales, Australia. October 2003.
42 illustrations and 17 music examples. Hardback,
328 pages, 234 x 156 mm. Including a CD consisting
of brief excerpts from various performances
of the Goldberg Variations, Brandenburg Concertos,
and Passions from published recordings discussed
in the text. ISBN 0 7546 0549 3. PURCHASE
Through MusicWeb International
£55 £50 post-free
A
detailed and fascinating look at one of the
most interesting periods in the history of
music which answers as well as raises a number
of interesting questions. ... see Full
Review
Max Bruch
- His Life and Works by
Christopher Fifield 16 b/w illustrations
400 pages Size: 23 x 15 cm ISBN: 1843831368
Binding: Paperback First published in second
edition: 2005 Price: 39.95 USD / 19.99 GBP
[RB]
Fifield's
humanising communicative faculty successfully
elevates Bruch from the slough of one-work
composers. ... see Full
Review
Ferruccio
Busoni: A Musical Ishmael Della Couling
2005
354 pp SCARECROW PRESS INC. ISBN 0 8108 5142
3 (hardcover) $45
Many
thanks to Couling and Scarecrow for starting
what could be a major shift in the assessment
of modern thought and modern music. ... see
Full
Review
The Cambridge
Companion to Elgar Edited
by Daniel Grimley and Julian Rushton CUP 2004
ISBN 0 521 53363 5 Paperback £17.99
[EM]
Contains
some fascinating and original material on
this great composer ... I would recommend
it to any true Elgar enthusiast already familiar
with other books on the market. ... see Full
Review
IGOR
STRAVINSKY - Orchestrations of The
Song of the Flea by Modest Mussorgsky.
The Song of the Flea by Ludwig van
Beethoven. Publication
and Commentary by Arkady Klimovitsky. St Petersburg:
School of Music Publishing House (The Russian
Institute for the History of the Arts), 2003
387 pages ISBN 5-9500057-1-6 $150 Includes
a CD of historical recordings by Feodor Chaliapin
[9:23]
All
fascinated by Russian music and culture in
the decade before the outbreak of the First
World War will find much to please them ...
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]
Return
to Front page