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Hebräische
Melodie Joseph ACHRON(1886-1943)
Hebräische Melodie Op.33 (1911) [5:04]
Stempenyu – suite for violin and piano [6:18]
Hebräische Wiegenlied Op.35 (1912) [2:11] Joseph KAMINSKI
(1903-1972)
Recitative and Dance [3:28] Alexander WEPRIK
(1899-1958)
Suite Op. 7 [8:52]
Kaddisch (Totengebet) Op.6 [9:15] Joachim STUTSCHEWSKY
(1891-1982)
Altchassidische Weise [3:03]
Ancient Dance [5:40] Lazare SAMINSKY
(1882-1959)
Hebräische Rhapdsodie Op.3 No.2 [4:50] Julius ENGEL (1868-1927)
Zwei Stücke Op.20 [5:03]
Marat Dickermann (violin)
Monica Gutman (piano)
rec. 2008, Bechstein Centrum Frankfurt am Main
ZUK RECORDS 330 [57:01]
Midwinter
Veni Emmanuel1 [3:53]
Coventry Carol1 [3:56]
Noël Nouvelet2 [2:49]
Little Drummer Boy2 [3:31]
In the Bleak Midwinter1 [3:59]
This is the Truth2 [3:45]
I wonder as I wander2 [4:30]
My Dancing Day1 [3:07]
Es ist ein’ ros2 [4:36]
Wexford Carol1 [4:37]
Tracks marked 1 arranged by Christian Forshaw,
tracks marked 2 arranged by Jeremy Holland-Smith.
All tracks by anonymous composers except 4 &
8 which are based on versions by Gustav Holst
The Sanctuary Ensemble: Christian Forshaw (saxophones,
church organ, percussion); Grace Davidson, Joanna
Forbes, Katie Trethewey, Amy Wood (singers); Alexia
Kalogiannidis (backing vocals); Jeremy Holland-Smith
(chorus director, organ); Ian Cape (percussion)
rec. Church of St. John the Baptist, Cockayne
Hatley Bedfordshire England, and Integra Studios,
September 2008
INTEGRA RECORDS ING1003 [38:43]
Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Sonatas for flute and continuo: CD 1:
Sonata in B minor BWV 1030 [18:48]; Sonata in
E minor BWV 1034 [14:15]; Sonata in E major BWV
1035 [12:35]; Sonata in A major BWV 1032 [14:35];
CD 2: Sonata in G minor BWV 1020 [13:27];
Sonata in C major BWV 1033 [9:08]; Sonata in E
flat major BWV 1031 [11:27]; Partita in C minor
BWV 997 [20:07]; Partita in A minor BWV 1013 [13:30]
Hansgeorg Schmeiser (flute); Ingemar Rainer (harpsichord);
Orhmar Muller (cello)
rec. 10-14 September 2007 and July 1996, Wyastone
Leys, Monmouth. DDD
NIMBUS NI 5829/30 [60:20 + 67:46]
Fear
and Rejoice, O People:
Music for Advent and Christmas
The Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge/Christopher
Robinson
Iain Farrington (organ)
rec. 14–15 July 1998, Chapel of St. John's
College, Cambridge NIMBUS
NI 5589 [66:42]
Make
We Joy -
Music for Christmas by
Holst and Walton
Christ Church Cathedral Choir Oxford/Stephen Darlington
Simon Lawford (organ)
rec. Merton College Chapel Oxford, 11- 12 May
1987 NIMBUS NI7021 [49:41]
The
Spirit of Christmas Present
Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy,Huw Tregelles
Williams (organ); BBC Welsh Chorus/John Hugh Thomas,
Kevin Bowyer (organ), James Higdon (organ) The
Gulbenkian Orchestra/Michel Swierczewski, Christ
Church Cathedral Choir/Stephen Darlington, English
String Orchestra/William Boughton, Pamela Williamson
(soprano); Lyra Pringle Pherigo (flute); Welsey
Kelly (harp) rec. July, 19941,4,8;
August, 19953; May, 19876;
(P) and (C) 1996. DDD. NIMBUS NI7034
Christmas
from Lichfield
Robert Sharpe (organ); The Choir of Lichfield
Cathedral/Andrew Lumsden
rec. Lichfield Cathedral, 12-15 February 1996.
DDD.
Texts included. NIMBUS NI5496 [69:57]
Celebration
- Christmas Fanfares and Carols
Aled Jones (readings), BBC Welsh Chorus, John
Hugh Thomas, Huw Tregelles Williams (organ), Fanfare
Trumpeters of the Welsh Guards, Lt. Col. P. Hannam,
BEM, musical director
rec. 3-4 February and 1 July 1991, Brangwyn Hall,
Swansea. DDD
NIMBUS NI 5310 [73:34]
Christmas
Chant: Traditional Latin Plainchant for Christmas
The Monks of Prinknash Abbey; The Nuns of Stanbrook
Abbey
rec. Prinknash Abbey, June, 1987. DDD.
Texts and translations included. SAYDISC CD-SDL 369 [62:48]
Paul
MEALOR(b.
1975)
Stabat Mater [23:51]
Let Fall the Windows of Mine Eyes [6:51]
Between Eternity and Time [7:42]
Beata es, Virgo Maria [4:44]
Lux Benigna [4:12]
Ave [13:03]
Irene Drummond (soprano); Drew Tullock (piano)
Con Anima Chamber Choir/Paul Mealor
rec. King’s College Chapel, Aberdeen, March
2009
CAMPION CAMEO 2083 [60:25]
Stephen
DODGSON
(b. 1926) Dialogues - The Music of Stephen Dodgson,
Vol. 2
Dialogues, for guitar and harpsichord (1976) [11:44]
The Troubled Midnight, for guitar (1990) [4:18]
Suite No. 1, for clavichord (1967, rev. 2006)
[15:53]
Suite No. 2, for clavichord (1969, rev. 2006)
[12:42]
Sketchbook, for two lutes (1983) [14:48]
Roberto Morón Pérez (guitar); Julian
Perkins (harpsichord); Pawel Siwczak (clavichord);
Elizabeth Kenny (lute); Jacob Heringman (lute)
rec. Turner Sims Concert Hall, University of Southampton,
U.K., 11-13 August 2008
CAMPION CAMEO 2088 [59:25]
The
Jewish Soul David ZEHAVI (1910-1975) Eli, Eli arranged for cello and piano by
Roy Friedman [2:45] Ernest BLOCH(1880-1959) Meditation Hébraïque for cello and piano
(1924) [6:29] From Jewish Life for cello and piano (Prayer,
Supplication, Jewish Dance) (1924)
[9:07] Joachim STUTSCHEWSKY
(1891-1982)
Hassidic Suite for cello and piano (1946) [9:34]
Odeon PARTOS
(1907-1977)
Yizkor (In Memoriam) for cello and piano [10:22]
Mark KOPYTMAN
(b.1929)
Kaddisch for cello and piano (1981) [14:50] Max BRUCH(1823-1920)
Kol Nidrei Op.47 (1880) arranged for five cellos
by Günter Ribke [10:47] ¹
Amit Peled (cello)
Eli Kalman (piano)
Yotam Baruch, DaVin Lee, Andrew Talle and Jong
Bin Kim (cellos) ¹
rec. June 2008, Harduf, Israel, and December 2007,
Seventh-day Adventist Church, Spencerville, Maryland
CENTAUR CRC 2988 [63:57]
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