Antonio CALDARA
(1671-1736) Trio Sonatas Op 1 Nos 1 in F major,
2 in G major, 5 in E minor, 7 in A major, 10 in F minor (1693) Chiacona
Op 2 No 12 in B flat major (1699) Cello Sonata No 5 in F major (1735)
Cello Sonata No 14 in A minor (1735)
Parnassi musici Recorded in the Hans-Rosbaud-Studio in Baden-Baden
November 2001 CPO
999 871-2 [67.04] [JW]
Sensitively
shaped, instrumentally compelling performances recorded in a winningly
sympathetic acoustic. … see Full Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH André CAPLET (1878-1925)
Épiphanie
(1923) [20.24] Edouard LALO (1823-1892)
Cello Concerto (1876) [25.13] Gabriel
FAURÉ (1845-1924) Élégie (1879)
[6.46] Xavier
Phillips (cello) Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie/Emmanuel Plasson Rec.
April 1999, Angelika-Kauffmann-Saal, Schwarzenberg, Vorarlberg, Austria
EMI Début series
EMI CLASSICS 5 73503 2 [52.51] [RB]
An
outstanding disc made so not merely by Xavier Phillips’ brilliance of
execution but by the imaginatively volatile Caplet. Do not miss it.
… see Full Review
Alfredo CASELLA
(1883-1947) L'Opera per PianoForte (Piano Works)
Pavane,
Opus 1 (1902) Variations sur une Chaconne, Opus 3 (1903) Toccata,
Opus 6 (1904) Sarabande, Opus 10 (1908) Notturnino (1909)
Berceuse Triste, Opus 15 (1910) À la manière
de…, Opus 17 (1911-14) Nove pezzi, Opus 24 (1914) Sonatina,
Opus 28 (1916) A notte alta, Opus 30 (1917) Deux Contrastes,
Opus 31 (1916-18) Inezie, Opus 32 (1918)
Cocktail's Dance (1918) Undici pezzi infantili,
Opus 35 (1920) Due Canzoni popolari Italiane, Opus 47 (1928)
Due Ricercari sul nome B-A-C-H, Opus 52 (1932) Sinfonia, Arioso
e Toccata, Opus 59 (1936) Ricercare sul nome Guido Gatti (1942)
Studio sulle terze maggiori (1942) Sei Studi, Opus 70
(1943-44)
Lya de Barberiis (piano) Recorded at Cetra Art Studios, Rome, Italy,
20th September 1979.
WARNER FONIT 0927 47043-2 [62.03+67.34+55.38] [NH]
More
lost Italian treasure resurfaces … See Full
Review.
CHOPIN
RECITAL –
Vol. 1 -
Frédéric CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Scherzo
no. 2 in b flat, op. 31, Mazurkas: f, op. 7/1, A flat, op. 17/3 [not
B flat, op. 17/1 as stated on cover], b flat, op. 24/4, c sharp, op.
30/4, D, op. 33/2, c sharp [not e as stated on cover], op. 41/1, Introduction
and Rondo in E flat, op. 16, Waltzes: A flat, op. 42, c sharp, op. 64/2,
A flat, op. 64/3, e, op. Posth, Nocturne in D flat, op. 27/2, Etudes:
G flat, op. 10/5, F [major, not minor as stated on cover], op. 10/8,
c, op. 10/12, Polonaise in A flat, op. 53
Joyce Hatto (piano) - Recorded 2nd January, 14th March 1992 and
27th April 1997, Concert Artist Studios, Cambridge
CONCERT ARTIST/FIDELIO RECORDINGS CACD 9160-2 [77:45] [CH]
As
good a Chopin recital as you will find. But be warned; it may impel
you to buy the complete cycle from which it is drawn, so making purchase
superfluous. … see Full Review
Muzio CLEMENTI (1752-1832)
Compositions for Pianoforte, Vol. 1 -
Three Sonatas, op. 40, in G, b and d, (1801) - Three Sonatas, op. 50,
in A, d & g – "Didone abbandonata" (1805)
Maria Tipo (piano) - First published 1978, location and date not given
WARNER FONIT 3984
27267-5 [2 CDs, 67:07, 72:47] [2 CDs, 67:07, 72:47]
Some
often very fine music, but this may not be the best way to present it.
… see Full Review
Cecil
COLES (1888-1918)
Music
From Behind The Lines: Overture: The Comedy of Errors (1909-11)
- Fra Giacomo (1913) - Scherzo in A minor (1909-11) -
Four Verlaine Songs: "Fantastic in appearance", "A
slumber vast and black", "Pastoral: The sky above the roof",
"Let’s dance the jig" (1909) - From the Scottish Highlands
(1903) - Behind the Lines (1918) - Sarah Fox, soprano, Paul Whelan,
baritone. BBC Scottish
Symphony Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins - Rec. City Hall, Glasgow on 12 and
13 December 2001 DDD
HYPERION CDA67293 [62'44] [RB]
A
talent for lighter fare conjoined with the drama of the concert scena
and of tragedy. ... see Full Review
Edward
Elzear "Zez" CONFREY
(1895-1971) Dizzy
Fingers - The Red Lantern - By the Waters of Minnetonka - Novelette
- Waltz Mirage - Greenwich Witch - Afghanistan - Kitten on the Keys
- Kinda careless - The Sheik of Araby - Heaven’s Garden - Stumbling
- Jaywalk - Tap Dance of the Chimes - Humorestless - That thing called
Love - Midsummer’s Nightmare - Tricks - Coaxing the Piano - Concert
Etude - My Pet - Relaxation - Fantasy of Today [Classical
and Jazz Versions] - Recorded on piano rolls by Zez Confrey, realized
by Artis Wodehouse WARNER
CLASSICS 0927 49309-2 [61.49] [JW]
Plenty
of Jazz Age verve and not a little reflective nostalgia too. … see Full
Review
Aaron COPLAND (1900-1990)
Three Latin-American Sketches (1959/1971) - Quiet City (1940) -
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (1947) - Appalachian Spring (1944)
- Laura Arden (clarinet)
Nashville Chamber Orchestra/Paul Gambill - Recorded at Austin Peay State
University, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA, March and November 2001
NAXOS 8.559069 [62.47] [GH]
New to Copland … then this is a very good place
to start … see Full Review
Aaron COPLAND (1900-1990)
The World of Aaron Copland Fanfare
for the Common Man (1942) Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra/Zubin
Mehta Rec. July 1976, Royce Hall, Los Angeles Lincoln Portrait (1942)
Gregory Peck (speaker) Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra/Zubin Mehta
Rec. May 1968, Royce Hall, Los Angeles Quiet City (1939) Academy
of St Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner Rec. October 1975, St
John's, Smith Square, London Appalachian Spring (1944) Detroit
Symphony Orchestra/Antal Dorati Rec. November 1984, Old Orchestra Hall,
Detroit Five Songs from 'Old American Songs' (1950-58) Marilyn
Horne (mezzo soprano)/English Chamber Orchestra/Carl Davis Rec. August
1985, Walthamstow Assembly Hall El salón México (transcribed
Bernstein) (1938) Peter Jablonski (piano) Rec. June 1990, Walthamstow
Assembly Hall Danzón Cubano (1945) Baltimore Symphony
Orchestra/ David Zinman Rec. January 1993, Joseph Meyerhoff Hall, Baltimore
DECCA 473 146-2 [79.46]
[TB]
Scores
seven or eight out of ten. … see Full Review
Ernö DOHNANYI (1877-1960)
Piano works, volume II. Capriccio
in B minor, opus 2, number 4 (1896/7) [9:12] Winter Dances,
(Ten Bagatelles), opus 13 (1905) [32:46]: I. Widmung, II Marsch der
lustigen Brüder III. An Ada, IV. Freund Viktor’s Mazurka, V. Sphärenmusic,
VI. Valse amiable, VII. Un Mitternacht, VIII. Tolle Gesellschaft, IX.
Morgengrauen, X Postludium. Six Piano Pieces, opus 41
(1945) [21:23]: I. Impromptu, II Scherzino, III. Canzonetta, IV. Cascades,
V. Ländler VI. Cloches Three Singular Pieces opus
44 (1951) [31:32]: I. Burletta, II. Nocturne - Cats on the Roof, III.
Perpetuum Mobile Lawrence
Schubert (piano) Recorded in the Baldwin Studio, New York City, 20-22
August, 1996. DDD
NAXOS 8.554800 [76:55] [KS]
Fine
music in adequate performances with a piano far too brightly lit … see
Full Review
JOHN
DOWLAND (1562
- 1626) TOBIAS HUME (1569 ? - 1645)
Dowland v Hume Simon
Biazeck - Tenor Miriam Morris - Viola da Gamba Elizabeth Kenny - Lute
Rec: Recorded 21 - 23 August 2001 in the Jacqueline Du Pré Centre,
Oxford ZENOBIA
ZEN403 [63.17] [KM]
There
is little good to be said about this disc. see... full
review.
Antonín DVOŘÁK (1841-1904)
Requiem,
op. 89* (1890) Symphony no. 9 in e, op. 95 – "From the New World"
(1893) Oksana Krovytska
(soprano)*, Wendy Hoffman (mezzo-soprano)*, John Aler (tenor)*, Gustav
Beláček (bass)*, Westminster Symphonic Choir*, New Jersey Symphony
Orchestra/Zdenek Macal Recorded 12th, 18th-19th October 1999, New Jersey
Performing Arts Centre, Newark, NJ
DELOS DE 3260 [2 CDs: 70:51+64:27] [CH]
Chiefly
on account of some of the soloists, this cannot displace Kertesz as
the prime recommendation for the Requiem; a fine "New World".
… see Full Review
Bechara
EL-KHOURY
(b.1957) Symphonie
‘Les ruines de Beyrouth’ Op.37 (1985); Méditation symphonique
‘Colline de l’étrange’ Op.53 (1993); Harmonies crépusculaires
Op.55 (1993); Poème Symphonique No. 4 ‘Le vin des nuages’
Op.59 Ukraine National
Symphony Orchestra/Vladimir Sirenko - Rec. Grand Concert - Studio of
the National Radio Company of Ukraine, Kiev, February/March 2002
NAXOS 8.557043 [63.49] [GH]
Not
comfortable listening … but always arresting … strong, dramatic and
visual music … see Full Review
Lars-Åke
FRANKE-BLOM (b.1941)
Endymion
(1997-2000) [13.01] - Längtäns väv - symphonic
poem (1983-84) [21.41] - Symphony No. 3 Fire on Earth (1992-93)
[23.15] Norrköping
SO/Michail Jurowski (Endymion); Tuomas Ollila (Sym); Jukka-Pekka
Saraste (Längtäns väv) - rec. live Hall of Louis
de Geer, Konserthuset, Norrköping, 1999 (Endymion); 19-20
Aug 1999 (Sym); Hörsalen, 1984 (Längtäns väv).
DDD PHONO SUECIA
PSCD 054 [58.11] [RB]
Tough
going … the avant-garde language of the 1970s. Some evidence of a move
to lyricism even if it is tortured and hard won. ... see Full
Review
Andrea
GABRIELI (c.1510
- 1586) Psalmi
Davidici (1583):- Antiphona Ne reminiscaris Domine [3.13] -
Psalm 6 Domine ne in furore tuo arguas me [7.02] - Psalm 31 (32) Beati
quorum remissae sunt iniquitates [9.13] - Psalm 37 (38) Domine in furore
tuo arguas me [13.12] - Psalm 50 (51) Miserere mei Deus [10.37] - Psalm
101 (102) Domine exaudi orationem meam [13.19] - Psalm 129 (130) De
profundis clamavi ad te Domine [4.50] - Psalm 142 (143) Domine exaudi
orationem meam [8.06] - Aniphona Ne reminiscaris Domine [9.09]
Capella Ducale Venetia/Livio Picotti - Recorded in 22-27 March 2001
in Abbazio Benedettina di San Giorgio, Maggiore
CPO 999 863-2 [69’01] [JP]
Pleasant,
rather predictable, in the final balance … boring … see Full
Review
Niels Wilhelm GADE (1817
– 1890) Symphony
No. 1 in C minor Op.5 (1842) Symphony No. 5 in D minor Op.25 (1852)
Ronald Brautigam
(piano) Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR/Christopher Hogwood Recorded:
Danish Radio Concert Hall, Copenhagen, November 2001
CHANDOS CHAN 10026 [58:09] [HC]
Relaxed
and light-hearted … attractive and enjoyable, superbly played and warmly
recorded. … see Full Review
Edward GERMAN (1862-1936)
Merrie
England (1902) - operetta William MacAlpine – Raleigh (ten),
June Bronhill – Bessie (sop), Peter Glossop – Essex (bass),
Leslie Fyson – Silas/Long Tom (bar), Queen Elizabeth – Monica
Sinclair – Queen (mezzo sop), Patricia Kern – Jill/Kate (contr)
Howard Glynne – Wilkins (bar), Neil Howlett – Long
Tom (bar), Eric Wilson-Hyde – Big Ben (bar)
The Williams Singers Michael Collins and Orchestra
Rec. Abbey Road Studios, London 1959/1960
EMI CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE CFP 575767-2 [2CDs: 97.00] [RW]
Rustic
romanticism … full of olde English charm … see Full
Review
Alberto GINASTERA
(1916 - 1983) Concerto
for Harp op. 25 (1956) Variaciones Concertantes op. 23 (1953) Concerto
for Strings op. 33 (1966)
Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp) Orchestre de Picardie/Edmon Colmer
Recorded June 2001, January 2002, Théâtre Impérial,
Compiègne Distributed in UK by Discovery Records
ASSAI 222282 [62.00] [RH]
A
fine introduction to the music of this underrated composer, a well put
together selection of his orchestral pieces. … see Full
Review
Charles GOUNOD
(1818-1893) Faust
(1859) Georges
Noré (tenor) - Faust Roger Rico (bass) – Mephistopheles Roger
Bourdin (baritone) - Valentin Ernest Frank (bass) - Wagner Huguette
Saint-Arnaud (mezzo-soprano) - Siebel Geori Boué (soprano) -
Margarita Betty Bannerman (mezzo-soprano) – Martha Hubert Dawkes and
Herbert Dawson (organists) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham
Recorded at Abbey Road from November 1947-June 1948
NAXOS 8.110117-18 [2 CDs: 136.40] [JW]
A
cohesive and stylish performance irradiated by the orchestra’s excellence
and Beecham’s panache and sensitivity. … see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)
Symphony
in D major, No.104 ‘London’ (1795) [28:40] - Symphony in G major, No.94
‘Surprise’ (1791) [23:54] - Overture: ‘Acide e Galatea’, in D major
[06:17] Heidelberger Sinfoniker/Thomas
Fey - Recorded at the Burgerhaus Morlenbach, no dates given. DDD
HÄNSSLER CLASSIC CD 98.340 [58:51] [MC]
This
stellar release surpasses all other versions … the benchmark recording
of the symphonies against which all others will now be judged. … see
Full Review
GEORG
FRIEDRICH HAENDEL
(1685-1759)
- Israel in Egypt (1738) - Zadok the Priest (1727) - The King Shall
Rejoice (1727) - Sopranos: Ruth Holton, Elizabeth Friday, Donna Deam
- Alto: Ashley Stafford, Michael Chance, Patrick Collin, Jonathan Peter
Kenny - Tenor: Nicholas Robinson, Philip Salmon, Paul Tindall, Andrew
Tusa - Bass: Julian Clarkson, Christopher Purves - The Monteverdi Choir
The English Baroque Soloists,
John Eliot Gardiner - Rec: June 1990, Gottingen, Germany, and Queen
Elizabeth Hall, London (Israel); June 1993, Notre Dame du Liban, Paris
(Anthems) PHILLIPS
473 304-2 PM2 [103.17] [KM]
An
excellent recording featuring some of the best Handelian choral singing…
See Full Review
George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)
Six
Concerti Grossi Op. 3 (c1715-22) - Twelve Concerti Grossi Op. 6 (1739)
Water Music Suites Nos. 1 in F major and 2 in D major (c1715-17 rev
1736) - Music for the Royal Fireworks (1749)
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields conducted by Iona Brown (all Concerti
Grossi) and by Sir Neville Marriner (Water and Fireworks Music) - Recorded
1994 BRILLIANT CLASSICS
99986 [5 CDs 271.47] [JW]
A
generally satisfying and successful traversal and vigorously pleasurable.
… see Full Review
Georg Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)
Messiah
(1742) - Sara Macliver (soprano) - Alexandra Sherman (alto) - Christopher
Field (counter-tenor) - Paul McMahon (tenor) - Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bass)
- Cantillation Orchestra
of the Antipodes/Antony Walker - Recorded July 2002 at the Cardinal
Cerretti Memorial Chapel, St Patrick’s Estate, Manly, Sydney
ABC 472 601-2 [2 CDs 141.12] [JW]
Messiah
lives through voice and sinew and heart and there’s not enough of them
here. … see Full Review
Georg
Frideric HANDEL
(1685-1759) Concerto
Grossi, Opus 6 (1739): No. 1 in G major; No. 2 in F major; No. 8 in
C minor; No. 9 in F major; No. 10 in D minor; No. 12 in B minor
Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Iona Brown - Rec. 23-30 August 1994,
Henry Wood Hall, London
HÄNSSLER CLASSIC CD94.001 [72.53] [TB]
Abundant
subtleties and the highest levels of inspiration … see Full
Review
George
Frideric HANDEL
(1685-1759) Coronation
Anthems (1727) Zadok the Priest HWV 258 Let thy Hand be strengthened
HWV 259 The King shall rejoice HWV 260 My Heart is inditing HWV 261
* Silete Venti for Soprano and Strings HWV 242 (1742) + Rebecca
Ryan (soprano) + Elizabeth Franklin-Kitchen (soprano) * David Bates
(counter-tenor) * Edward Lyon (tenor) * Nicholas Warden (bass) * Tallis
Chamber Choir Royal Academy Consort/Jeremy Summerly Recorded in Dukes
Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London in February and April 2002 NAXOS
8.557003 [66.28] [JW]
A
delightfully well-realised shaping to the line, the choir softened in
tone, violin entries crisp and well articulated, orchestral colour apt
and suggestive. … see Full Review
Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)
Il
mondo della luna (1777): - Overture; - Ragion nell’alma siede;
The Creation (1798): - With verdure clad the fields appear;
On mighty pens uplifted soars the eagle aloft; L’anima del
filosofo (1791): Overture; Al tuo seno fortunate; Die
Jahreszeiten (1801): Welche Labung für die Sinne!; Licht
und Leben sind geschwächet ; Notturno No. 3 in C major
(1792) Solo e pensoso (1798)
Sara Macliver, soprano Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra/Ola Rudner Rec.
September 2001 Studio, Tasmanian SO, Hobart, Tasmania
ABC CLASSICS 472 447-2 [56.36] [WH]
Sheer
delight … see Full Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Alistair HINTON (b.1950)
String
Quintet (1969- 1977)
Sarah Leonard (soprano) Jagdish Mistry (violin) Marcus Barcham-Stevens
(violin) Levine Andrade (viola) Michael Stirling ('cello) Corrado Canonici
(double bass) rec 1999, UK
ALTARUS AIR-CD-9066(3) [3CDs: 41.23+62.45+65.14] [CSS]
A
gloriously uninhibited declaration of a young composer's musical philosophy
… an experience from which one cannot come away unmoved. … see Full
Review
Ruggero
LEONCAVALLO (1857-1919)
Pagliacci -
Carla Gavazzi (Nedda, soprano), Carlo Bergonzi (Canio, tenor), Carlo
Tagliabue (Tonio, baritone), Salvatore Di Tommaso (Peppe, tenor), Marcello
Rossi (Silvio, baritone)
Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Milano della Radiotelevisione Italiana/Alfredo
Simonetto - Recorded June 1951, Milan
CETRA OPERA COLLECTION, WARNER FONIT 8573 87272-2 [71:03] [CH]
If
this had been in state-of-the-art sound it could have met any competition
whatever; the lead singers and the conductor provide four good reasons
for getting it even so. … see Full
Review
Ingvar LIDHOLM (1921
- ) Orchestra
Works 1963 - 1998 Poesis per orchestra (1963) (a,b) Greetings
from an Old World (1976) (c) stund, när ditt inre (hour,
when your soul) (1998) (d) Kontakion (1978) (e,f)
Gunnar Idenstam (Piano) (a) Björn Malmqvist (Double Bass) (b)
Niklaas Veltman (Cello) (c) Peter Mattei (Baritone) (d) Odin Hagen (Trumpet)
(e) Eva Pettersson-Veltman (Bassoon) (f) Norrköping Symphony Orchestra/Lü
Jia
Recorded April 2002, May 2000, November 2001- Louis de Geer Concert
Hall, Norrköping, Sweden
BIS BIS-CD-1240 [70.28] [RH]
With
works spanning 35 years, this disc forms an excellent introduction to
this Swedish composer's fascinating work … see Full
Review
Franz
LISZT
(1811-1886) Mephisto
Waltz No. 1 S.514 (1859-60) - Sonata in B minor S.178 (1852-53) - Funeral
Ode La Notte S.699 (1864-66) - Rapsodie espagnole S.254 (c1863)
Joyce Hatto (piano) -
Recorded Concert Artist Studios, 1989 and 1999
CONCERT ARTIST/FIDELIO CACD 9067-2 [66.11] [JW]
This
series couldn’t have got off to a better, more subtle or invigorating
start … see Full Review
Franz
LISZT (1811-1886)
Années
de Pelèrinage: Troisieme Année (51.05) (1877) - Songs
(composed 1840s - 1850s): Ein Fichtenbaum sich einsam (3.17);
Du bist wie eine Blume (2:46); Im Rhein, im schönen Strome
(3.16); Die Vätergruft (6.38)
John Reschl, baritone; May Kay Kapustka, piano - Notes in English. Texts
of poems in German only. Recorded at Denver Center for Liszt Studies,
Colorado, U.S.A. December 2001
LISZT DIGITAL LD004 [67.10] [PS]
Flawed
performances of frequently recorded piano repertoire, less often recorded
songs. … see Full Review
Franz
LISZT (1811-1886)
Via
Crucis (The 14 stations of the cross) S. 53 (Latin & German
sacred texts selected by C. Sayn-Wittgenstein) (1879) (43.12) - Ave
Verum Corpus, S. 44 (text: Pope Innocent VI) (1871) (2.56) - Le
crucifix, S. 342 version 3 (text: V. Hugo) (1884) (4.42) - Die
Seligkeiten (The Beatitudes, Matthew 5:3-10), S. 25 (1859)
(9.32) - John Reschl, baritone. JoAnn Stump, mezzo-soprano - Mary Kay
Kapustka, piano. Francis Slechta, organ
Church of the Holy Ghost Choir/Richard Robertson - Notes in English.
Texts translated into English, except for S. 53. Recorded at Church
of the Holy Ghost, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., February 2002 - http://www.lisztdigital.com
LISZT DIGITAL LD003
[60.47] [PS]
A
first rate church choir group performs a rarely heard religious masterpiece.
… see Full Review
Franz LISZT (1811-1886)
"The Timeless Madonna" - Ave Maria in E - "Die
Glocken von Rom" S.182 (1862) (8.03) * - Ave Maris Stella,
S. 34/1 (1871) (5.07) - Ave Maris Stella, S. 34/2 (1871) (8.00)*
- Ave Maria II, S. 38 (1869) (2.48) - Ave Maria II, S.
342 (1884) (6.45)* - Ave Maria I, S. 20/1 (1846) (4.28) - Ave
Maria I (from Harmonies Poètiques et Réligieuses),
S.154 (1852) (7.50)* - Ave Maria IV, (1881) (2.09) ‡ - Ave
Maria IV, (1881) (2.53)* - Rosario, S. 56 (1879) (8.32) -
Inno a Maria Virgine, S. 39 (1869) (8.51) ¤ † - Ave Maria
- [after Arcadelt] , S. 659 (1832) (6.03) ¤ - Jacques
ARCADELT (1505
- 1568) Ave Maria (1.47) - ‡John Reschl, baritone. *Mary
Kay Kapustka, solo piano. - ¤Francis Slechta, solo organ. †Don Hilsberg,
harp Church of the Holy
Ghost choir/Richard Robertson, conductor and organ Notes in English.
Text: Luke 1:28,41 and the Council of Ephesus, translated. Recorded
at Denver Center for Liszt Studies, January, 2002, and Church of the
Holy Ghost, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. February 2002 - http://www.lisztdigital.com
LISZT DIGITAL LD002
[73.27] [PS]
A
first rate church choral group performs some rare musical masterpieces.
… see Full Review
Hans Christian LUMBYE
(1810-1874) Complete Orchestral Works Vol. 6 5th
of June, March (Entry March) (1853) Little Prince Christian Carl's
Waltz (1871) The Dream of the Warrior, Fantasy (1856) Regards
to the Fredericians, Galop (1861) Harvest Flower, Polka, Op.
208 (1856) Sadness Waltz (La résignation) (1844) Echo
from the Old Gods at Tivoli Island, Galop (1844) Princess Thyra
Polka (1871) A Festive Night at Tivoli, Musical Entertainment
(1861) Senora Ysabel Cuba's Polka (1861) Pomona Waltz
(1853)
Tivoli Gondola Galop (1843) Pepita Polka (1858) Nordic
Sworn Brother Galop (1862)
Tivoli Symphony Orchestra/Tamas Vetö Rec. Concert Hall, Tivoli
2000 MARCO POLO 8.225223
[66.04]
Full
of life and the players obviously enjoyed the recording session. … 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]