PHILIPPE
MAGNAN – oboe
and cor anglais recital - Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Rondo
alla Turca - Frederic CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Valse-Minuet - Sergei RACHMANINOV
(1873-1943) Vocalise - Raymond GUIOT
(b.1930) Afternoon Blues - Billie
HOLLIDAY (1915-1959)
Don’t explain - Eugène BOZZA
(1905-1991) Lied for cor anglais and piano - Conte pastoral
for oboe and piano - Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918)
Le petit berger - Rêverie - Gustav
MAHLER (1860-1911) Frühlingsmorgen - C-T.
LALLIET (1837-1892) Fantaisie originale for cor anglais
and piano - Raymond GUIOT Charlevoix-Atmosphère
for oboe and piano - Le Virtuose-Hockeyeur for oboe and piano
- Erik SATIE (1866-1925) 3 Gymnopédies
- Johan Vaclav KALLIWODA (1801-1886)
Morceau de salon - Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV(1844-1908)
Le vol du bourdon
Philippe Magnan, oboe and cor anglais, Claude Soucy, piano - Recording
venue and date not given
DISQUES PELLÉAS PELLÉAS CD0112 [68:25] [GPJ]
Style
and imagination … plentiful evidence of flawless technique as well as
scarily perfect intonation! … see Full
Review
Willem
Mengelberg. Archives inédites II
- Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Symphony
No. 1 in C Op. 21 (1800) - Symphony No. 3 in E flat Op. 55 Eroica (1800)
– minus First Movement - Egmont Overture Op. 84 (1810) - Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Bella mia fiamma… Resta
o cara Concert aria K528 (1787) - Max TRAPP
(1887-1971) Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1931) - Alexander
VOORMOLEN (1895-1980) Concerto for two oboes and orchestra
- Carl Maria von WEBER (1786-1826) Euryanthe;
Overture (1823) - Interview with Mengelberg in Munich 1938 - Chapel
Carillon, recorded August 2000 - Walter Gieseking (piano) - Jaap and
Hakon Stotyjn (oboes) with Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Egmont – Salzburg
1943 and Weber – Salzburg August 1942), Concertgebouw Orchestra (Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 – October 1940, Symphony No. 3 – April 1940, Mozart –
March 1942, Trapp – October 1935, Voormolen – February 1944)
Willem Mengelberg TAHRA
TAH 401/402 [2 CDs 130.17] [JW]
I
was greatly taken by performances, works and the unusual presentation
of the set and give it a firm and enthusiastic recommendation. … see
Full Review
Benno
Moiseiwitsch plays
Chopin Volume Two - Fryderyk CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Scherzo
No 1 in B minor Op 20 - Scherzo No 2 in B flat minor Op 31 - Scherzo
No 3 in C sharp minor Op 39 - Scherzo No 4 in E Op 54 - Barcarolle in
F sharp minor Op 60 - Etudes Op 10 Nos 4, 10 and 11 - Etude Op 25 No
3 - Ballade No 3 in A flat Op 47 - Impromptu No 1 in A flat Op 29 -
Polonaise No 9 in B flat Op 71 No 2 - Waltz No 14 in E minor Op posth.
- Nocturne No 19 in E minor Op 72 No 1 - Fantasie-Impromptu in C sharp
minor Op 66 Benno Moiseiwitsch
(piano) - Recorded 1929-1952
APR 5576 [78.17] [JW]
Grace,
esprit and drive … see Full
Review
Erica Morini in Concert -
19th Century Concertos - Louis SPOHR
(1784-1859) Violin Concerto No. 9 in D minor (1820) - Max
BRUCH (1838-1920) Violin Concerto in G minor Op. 26 (1868)
- Henryk WIENIAWSKI (1835-1880) Violin
Concerto No. 2 in D minor Op. 22 (1862) - Erica Morini (violin)
Musica Aeterna Orchestra/Frederic Waldman - Recorded live 1963-68
ARBITER 106 [74.27] [JW]
A
tempting prospect … a very individual talent … see Full
Review
Naxos
Musical Journey Compilation:
Russian Fireworks - Mikhail
IPPOLITOV-IVANOV (1859-1935) Procession of the Sardar
* - Anatoly LYADOV (1855-1914)
Eight Russian Folk-Songs: ** Religious Chant; Christmas
Carol; Plaintive Song; Humorous Song; Legend of the Birds; Cradle Song;
Round Dance, Village-Dance Song. Dmitry - Baba-Yaga ((1904)
*** The Enchanted Lake (1909) *** Kikimora
(1910) *** Dmitry KABALEVSKY (1904-1987)
Comedian’s Galop (1940) ** Modest
MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881) Gopak (from The Fair
at Sorochintsy – (1874-80 unfinished) ** Dance of the Persian
Slaves (from Khovanshchina – (1873 5th Act
unfinished) ** Anton RUBINSTEIN
(1829-1894) Dance of the Bayadères and Bridal
Procession from Feramors ****
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Ricahrd Hayman *; Kenneth
Jean ** ; Stephen Gunzenhauser *** and Michael Halász - With
views of St Petersburg, Odessa, Yalta, Ukraine, Crimea and Uzbekistan
- Aspect Ratio:1.33:1 - Remastered in Dolby Digital and DTS Surround
NAXOS DVD DVDI 1027
[54 mins] [IL]
A
feast for the eye… performances, although not top drawer, are at the
least acceptable enough, and often quite spirited … see Full
Review
The Legendary Violinist
- David NADIEN -
Romantic and Virtuoso music from the Golden Age of the Violin - Edward
ELGAR (1857-1934) Salut
d’amour - Niccolò PAGANINI (1782-1940)
Moto Perpetuo - Jules MASSENET (1842-1912)
Meditation from Thais - Pablo de
SARASATE (1844-1908) Caprice Basque - Zapateado - Habañera
- Introduction and Tarantella - Franz DRDLA
(1869-1944) Souvenir - Fritz KREISLER
(1875-1962) Caprice Viennois - Praeludium and Allegro -
Joachim RAFF (1822-1882) Cavatina -
Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Ave Maria
- Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847)
On wings of song - Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918)
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair - William
KROLL (1901-1980) Banjo and Fiddle - Anton
RUBINSTEIN (1829-1894) Melody in F - Henry
VIEUXTEMPS (1820-1881) Regrets - Gabriel
FAURÉ (1845-1924) Berceuse
David Nadien (violin) - Boris Barere (piano) - No Recording details
[from Kapp LPs] CEMBAL
D’AMOUR CD111 [74.11] [JW]
Had
your fill of anaemic fiddlers? Have a transfusion of Nadien and luxuriate
in the richness and succulent power of a remarkable musician. … see
Full Review
Ginette
Neveu (1919-1949) Hommage Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Violin
Concerto in D Op 61 (1806) – two versions Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Violin Concerto in D Op 77 (1878) Violin
Sonata in D minor Op 108 (1886-88) Two Radio Interviews with Ginette
Neveu in 1949 Ginette
Neveu (violin) with Jean Neveu (piano) in the Brahms Sonata recorded
on 21 September 1949 SWDR Orchestra/Hans Rosbaud in the Beethoven Concerto
recorded on 25 September 1949 Radio Filarmonica Orkest/Willem Van Otterloo
in the Beethoven Concerto recorded on 1 May 1949 Orchestre National
de France/Roger Desormière in the Brahms Concerto recorded on
25 April 1948 TAHRA
355 [3 CDs 156.33] [JW]
A
set of major importance collates much previously unpublished material.
All Neveu’s off-air material is precious … see Full
Review
Nightmare
in Venice - Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741)
The Nightmare Concerto (La Notte) in G minor RV439 - Concerto
grosso in A minor RV522 - Robert JOHNSON
(1583-1633) The Satyrs’ Masque - The Flatt Masque - The Witches’
Dance - Nicholas LESTRANGE (1603-1655)
The Furies - Giovanni Paolo CIMA
(17th century) Sonata a Tre in A minor - Henry
PURCELL (1659-1695) Suite from The Fairy Queen - Prelude/Rondeau
- Fairy Dance - Dance of the Savages - Dance of the Followers of Night
- Chaconne - Dario CASTELLO (17th
century) Sonata Decima - Jean-Marie LECLAIR
(1697-1764) Demon Airs 1-3 - Simphonie -
RED PRIEST Fantasy on Corelli’s La Folia
Red Priest (Piers Adams (recorders), Julia Bishop (violin), Angela East
(cello) and Howard Beach (harpsichord)) - Recorded in the Françoys-Bernier
concert hall at the Domaine Forget in Saint-Irénée, Québec,
May 2001 DORIAN DOR
90305 [65.54] [JW]
Entertaining,
naughty … I’ll be sure to be at their next concert. I’ll be the guy
in the earmuffs. … see Full Review
Janko
NILOVIC
(b.1941) Double
Concerto for seven trombones (1975) [22.45] - Suite Balkanique for seven
trombones and four percussion (1974) [18.59]
L’Ensemble de Trombones de Paris - Rec. 1977 ADD
CRYSTAL RECORDS CD223 [41.53] [RB]
This
music would go down well in any company. … see Full
Review
Nordic
Wind Band Classics Geirr TVEITT (1908-1981)
The
Old Mill on the Brook Op. 204 (1962) Sinfonietta di soffiatori
Op. 203 (1962) Einojuhani RAUTAVAARA
(b. 1928) A Soldier’s Mass Op. 40 (1968) Aulis
SALLINEN (b. 1935) Chorali Op. 22 (1970) for 32 Winds,
Percussion, Harp and Celesta Hugo ALFVÉN
(1872-1960) Festival Overture Op. 26 (1909) Revised and re-orchestrated
by Gunnar Johansson (1974) Carl NIELSEN
(1865-1931) Paraphrase on ‘Nearer My God to Thee’ FS 63 (1912)
Realised by Wayne D. Gorder Ole SCHMIDT
(b. 1928) Hommage à Stravinsky (1985) for Symphonic
Winds, Timpani and 3 Percussion
Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra/Clark Rundell Recorded
Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester, 27 and 28 April, 2002
DDD CHANDOS CHAN 10038
[59:23] [CT]
Polished
performances of largely little known but worthwhile Scandinavian repertoire
for symphonic wind band … see Full Review
Norwegian Rhapsody: Orchestral
Favourites Johan
Halvorsen (1864-1935) Entry of the Boyars (1893);
Wild Dance (1904) Johan Severin Svendsen
(1840-1911) Norwegian Carnival of Artists (1874); Edvard
Hagerup Grieg (1843-1907) Last Spring Op.34/2
(from Two Elegiac Melodies) (1881); Morning Mood Op.46/1
(1874-75/1888) (from Peer Gynt Suite No.1); Norwegian Dance
No.2 Op.35/2 (1881) Nils Geirr Tveitt
(1908-1981) Folk Tunes from Hardanger Op.151 Excerpts from Suite
No. 1 Nos. 1, 2, 11, 14 (1954) Harald SAeverud
(1897-1992) Rondo Amoroso Op. 14/7 (1941); Ballad of Revolt
Op.22a/5 (1943) Edvard Fliflet Braein
(1924-1976) Towards the Sea (1947)
Eivind Groven (1901-1977) Overture
(1950) Ludvig Irgens Jensen (1894-1969)
Bols Song (from incidental music to Driftekaren) (1938)
Bjarne Brustad (1895-1978) I
went to bed so late (c1960) Johannes Hanssen
(1874-1967) March of the Valdre (1904)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra/Eivind Aadland Recorded August 2002
(Groven: October 2000) at Stavanger Concert Hall.
BIS CD-1367 [64.50] [JF]
A
finely played … explores a number of by-ways and gives a great deal
of pleasure into the bargain. … see Full
Review
Elmar
Oliveira plays
Favourite Encores - Jules MASSENET
(1842-1912) Meditation
from Thais - George GERSHWIN
(1898-1937) transcribed Heifetz Porgy and Bess - Summertime
- My Man’s Gone Now - Bess, you is my Woman Now - It Ain’t Necessarily
So - Tempo di Blues - Sergei RACHMANINOV
(1873-1943) Vocalise Op. 34 No. 12 - Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937) Valses Nobles et Sentimentales Nos.
6 and 7 arr Heifetz - Christoph Willibald von
GLUCK (1714-1787) Melodie from Orfeo arr Kreisler
- Ottokar NOVÁCEK (1866-1900)
Perpetuum mobile - Joseph ACHRON
(1886-1943) Hebrew melody - Fritz
KREISLER (1875-1962) Liebesfreud - Victor
HERBERT (1859-1924) Three Pieces - Serenade - Canzonetta
- A la Valse - Bedrich SMETANA (1824-1884)
Aus der Heimat Nos. 1 and 2 - Modest
MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881) Hopak - William
KROLL (1901-1980) Banjo and Fiddle - Manuel
de FALLA (1876-1946) Suite Populaire Espagnole -
Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Lied
ohne Worte arr Kreisler
Elmar Oliveira (violin) - Robert Koenig (piano) - Recorded Concordia
College, Bronxville, New York July 2000
ARTEK AR-0007-2 [74.23] [JW]
A
somewhat mixed recommendation but Oliveira on top form is a dazzling
and magnetic performer. … see Full
Review
Navah
Perlman (piano)
- PIANO WORKS - Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Toccata
in C minor (c1710) [10.31] - Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Sonata No.30 in E Op.109 (1820) [19.00] - Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Variations sérieuses Op.54
(1841) [11.43] - Fryderyk CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Nocturne in D flat Op.27 No.2 [6.14] - Nocturne in B Op.32 No.1
[4.49] - Sergei PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)
Romeo and Juliet Suite Op.75 (excerpts) (1937) [18.02]
Navah Perlman (piano) - Rec. Potton Hall, Suffolk in November 1999 DDD
EMI DEBUT SERIES 7243
5 74019 2 0 [70.45] [CF]
Takes
no hostages, meets its technical demands head on and, with freshness,
plumbs the music’s emotional depths. … see Full
Review
Maud
Powell (1867-1920) The Complete 1904-1917 Recordings Volume 3 TENAGLIA
(c1610-20 – after 1661) Air
–Have Pity, Sweet Eyes Jean-Marie LECLAIR
(1697-1764) Tambourin George Frideric HANDEL
(1685-1750) Xerxes; Largo Felix MENDELSSOHN
(1809-1847) Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64; Finale Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Minuet in G No 2 Rene
de BOISDEFFRE (1834-1906) Au bord d’un ruisseau Op 52 (At
the brook) Antonín DVOŘÁK (1841-1904)
Humoresque GILBERT (1879-1964) Marionettes
– Scherzo Jenö HUBAY (1858-1937)
Hejre Kati Zephyr Moritz MOSKOWSKI
(1835-1880) Serenata arr Rehfeld NERUDA
(1843-1915) Slavonic Cradle Song Op 11 Camille
SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921) The Swan Jules
MASSENET (1842-1912) Crépuscule – arr Powell Jean
SIBELIUS (1865-1957) Musette Op 27 Valse Triste SAAR
(1868-1937) Gondoliera Florent SCHMITT
(1870-1958) Chanson à bercer Henryk
WIENIAWSKI (1835-1880) Kujawiak Op 3 No 2 Mazurka Op 19 No
2 Giacomo PUCCINI (1858-1924)
La Bohème Potpourri Samuel COLERIDGE-TAYLOR
(1875-1912) Deep River arr Powell
Maud Powell (violin) with variously George Falkenstein (piano) Arthur
Loesser (piano) Waldemar Liachowsky (piano) Francis J Lapitino (harp)
Brass Orchestra Orchestra conducted by Josef A Pasternack Recorded 1909-17
NAXOS 8.110963 [68.58]
[JW]
A
sensitive ear for contour and phrasing … see
Full Review
Nadia Reisenberg.
The acclaimed Haydn recordings - Joseph HAYDN
(1732-1809) Sonata
No. 13 in G major Hob XVI; 6 (1766) - Fantasia in C major Hob
XVII; 4 (1789) - Sonata No. 62 in E flat major Hob XVI; 52 (1794) -
Tema con Variazioni in C major Hob XVII; 5 (1791) - Sonata No.
50 in D major Hob XVI; 37 (1780) - Arietta con variazioni in
A major Hob XVII; 2 (1771) - Sonata No. 53 in E minor Hob XVI; 34 (1784)
- Capriccio in G major Hob XVII; 1 (1765) - Sonata No. 35 in
A flat major Hob XVI; 43 (1783) - Arietta con Variazioni in E
flat major Hob XVII; 3 (1774) - Sonata No. 60 in C major Hob XVI; 50
(1794/95) - Andante Varié in F minor hob XVII; 6 (1793)
Nadia Reisenberg (piano)
- Recorded in New York 1955-1958
IVORY CLASSICS 70806 [2 CDs 147.52] [JW]
Enlivening,
elucidatory and generous performances that resound down nearly fifty
years of recorded history … see Full Review
Medieval
Chant - Riga
Mass A 14th Century Mass from the Cathedral of Riga
- Introitus
- Terribilis Est; Kyrie Tropus; Gloria; Graduale - Locus iste; Alleluia
- Vox exultationis; Sequentia - Res est admirabilis; Evangelium; Credo;
Offertorium - Domine Deus; Sanctus; Pater Noster; Agnus Dei; Communio
- Domus Mea; Responsorium - Fundata est; Hymnus - Urbs Ierusalem beata;
Magnificat; Benedicamus Domino
Schola Cantorum Riga (Janis Mors, Aigars Reinis, Kaspars Milasevics,
Gatis Zelmenis, Janis Laucenieks, Rihards Dubra, Guntars Pranis, Gundars
Regers, Karlis Bimbers) Recorded Riga Cathedral, May 2002
UPE Classics 4750404004024 [53.40] [RH]
A
striking reconstruction of a medieval plainchant mass from Riga. Highly
recommended for all those interested in Gregorian chant….see Full
Review
Aaron
ROSAND: My Legacy.
Karol SZYMANOWSKI (1882-1937) Nocturne
and Tarantella Op. 28 (1915) - Three Myths Op. 30 (1915) - Romance Op.
23 (1910) - Roxana’s Song (from King Roger Op. 46) (1926) -
Frédéric CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Nocturne in E flat major Op. 9 No. 2 transcribed Sarasate - Nocturne
in E minor Op. 37 No. 1 transcribed Wilhelmj - Nocturne in D major Op.
27 No. 2 transcribed Wilhelmj - Nocturne in C sharp minor Op. Posth.
transcribed Milstein - Henryk WIENIAWSKI
(1835-1880) Capriccio-Valse Op. 7 (1852) - Saltarelle (Caprice)
- Souvenir de Moscou Op. 6 (1853)
Aaron Rosand (violin) - Hugh Sung (piano) - Recorded at the Curtis Institute,
May 2001 ARTEK AR
0011-2 [73.27] [JW]
My
admiration for Rosand is undimmed. He is a violinist we will hear whatever
he plays. … see Full Review
Sacred Vocal Music from 18th
Century Switzerland
- Franciscus
Josef Lenti MEYER (1720-1789) Hymno Ambrosiano: Te deum laudamus
(1763) [10:29] - Johannes SCHMIDLIN (1722-1772)
Gloria in excelsis deo (1758) [6:19] - Magnificat anima mea Dominum(1758)
[14:23] - Johann Caspar BACHOFEN (1695-1755)
Aria a due: Schäfelein wo bleibest du doch? (1755) [11:54]
- Trio: Christi Tod, des Todes Tod (no date given) [3:37] - Wo is Jesus
meine Liebe? (no date given) [8:02] - Johann
Jakob WALDER (1750-1817)/ Johann Heinrich
EGLI (1742-1810) Drittes Morgenleid (date unavailable) [3:21]
- Solo: Auf meines Gottes true (date unavailable) [1:12]
The Choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, Geoffrey Webber,
conductor - The Cambridge Baroque Camerata, Jonathan Helyer Jones, director
- Soloists: Helen Asby, Carris Jones, Andrew Griffiths, James Collin,
Alexandra Kidgell, Julia Doyle, Clara Green, David Wright, Abigail Boreham,
Richard Hopper, Catherine Bell, Jonathan Stainsby, Jennifer Dunford.
Rec. 2002, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. DDD
GUILD GMCD 7248 [60:20]
Average
performance of average music. … see Full
Review
The
Complete Aksel Schiøtz
Recordings 1933-1946: Vol. 8 - CD 1: Victor
BENDIX (1851-1926) Hvor
tindrer nu min Stjerne (1) - Recorded November 17th 1939 - Halfdan
KJERULF (1815-1868) Mit Hjerte og min Lyre (2) - Recorded
December 30th 1939 - Henrik RUNG (1807-1871)
arr. Paaskeklokken kimed’ mildt (Faroe melody) (3) - Recorded
February 21st 1939 - Peter HEISE (1830-1879)
Det var paa Isted-Hede (4), Sange af Shakespeare: Der
var en Svend med sin Pigelil (It was a lover and his lass) (5),
Dengang jeg var kun saa stor søm saa (When that I was
and a little tiny boy) (6), Husker du i Høst (7), Over
de høje fjelde (8), Aften på Loggiaen (9), Erotiske
Digte af Emil Aarestrup: Til en Veninde (10), Skoveensomhed
(11) - Recorded February 21st 1939 (4), May 12th 1938 (5-6), June 8th
1940 (7), May 23rd 1942 (8-11) - Thomas LAUB
(1852-1927) Aftensuk, Bag de fjerne bjergetinder (12),
Aldrig, Herre, Du forglemme (13) - Recorded March 13th 1942 -
Knud Vad THOMSON (1905-1971) Til
Glæden (14) - Recorded May 22nd 1942 - Jens
BJERRE (1903-1986) Til en ung mor (15) - Recorded
May 22nd 1942 - Otto MORTENSEN (1907-1986)
Min Skat (16), Sommervise (17) - Recorded February
4th 1943 - Oluf RING (1884-1946) Trækfuglene.
Præludium (18), Hjemvee (19) - Recorded February 4th
1943 - Aksel AGERBY (1889-1942) Havren
(20) - Recorded June 27th 1941 - ANONYMOUS
Jeg véd en urt (21), Vægtervers (22)
- Recorded June 20th 1944 - Laurids LAURIDSEN
(1882-1945) Syng om Fred (23) - Recorded June 20th
1944 - Mogens BANG (b. 1914) Herr,
vort Herskab - Recorded June 20th 1944 -
DANISH FOLK-TUNE Det haver så nyligen regent (25)
- Recorded May 23rd 1946 - Aksel Schiøtz (tenor),
Herman D. Koppel (piano) (1-4, 7, 25), Chr. Christiansen (piano) (5-6),
Folmer Jensen (piano) (8-11, 16-19), Grete Kordt (piano) (12-15), Holger
Lund-Christiansen (piano) (20), Eyvind Møller (piano) (21-24),
Male chorus (3) - Locations (presumably Danish) not given; dates as
above - Original HMV recordings transferred at the Abbey Road Studios
by Andrew Walter - CD 2: Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
Dichterliebe, op. 48 (1) - Recorded December 17th-21st 1942
- Edvard GRIEG (1843-1907) To
brune Øine op. 5/1 (2), Jeg elsker Dig op. 5/3 (3),
Ved Ronderne op. 33/9 (4), Våren op. 33/2 (5), Udfarten
op. 9/4 (6), Foraarsregn op. 49/6 (7), Vær hilset,
I Damer op. 49/3 (8), En Digters sidste Sang op. 18/3 (9)
- 2-6 recorded February 17th 1943 (already included in Vol. 2), 7-9
recorded on wire in Copenhagen, transmitted by telephone to Oslo and
broadcast by the NRK June 5th 1945 - Finn HØFFDING
(1899-1997) "17. Mai 1940" (10) - As for
7-9 above - Christoph Ernst Friedrich WEYSE
(1774-1842) Altid freidig naar du gaar (11) - Mogens
BANG (b. 1914) Herre, vort Herskab (12) - 11-12 Broadcast
and recorded by the NRK, October 8th 1945 - Niels
GADE (1817-1890) Aprilvise (13) - Johan
Peter Emilius HARTMANN (1805-1900) Til de Faldne (incomplete)
(14) - Knudåge RIISAGER (1897-1974)
Danmarks Frihedssang (incomplete) (15) - 13-15 Live on Danish
Radio May 5th 1945 Aksel
Schiøtz (tenor), Folmer Jensen (piano) (1-6), Kåre Siem
(piano) (11-12). The pianists in 7-10 and 13-15 appear to be unknown
- All except 2-6 published for the first time. Dates and locations (where
known) as above DANACORD
DACOCD 458 [2 CDs: 70:09, 66:00] [CH] Brief biographical notes on
the great Danish tenor Aksel Schiøtz can be found in my review
of Vol. 1.
Indispensable
for Schiøtz’s incomparable singing of the wonderful (yet almost
unknown) Heise songs. But the early Dichterliebe is an important find
too. … see Full Review
The Complete Aksel Schiøtz Recordings
1933-1946: Vol. 9
- Emil REESEN (1887-1964) Farinelli:
Sangen har vinger, Den som har livets mildhed søgt, Livets
glæder. Der er en sang (1) - Recorded November 25th 1941 -
Old sailors’ tunes arr. Niels CLEEMENSEN (1900-1950)
En sømand har sin enegang, Rosvald og Rosa (2) - Recorded
March 17th 1943 - Oscar RASBACH (1888-1975)
Trees (3) - Recorded June 26th 1941 - Cole
PORTER (1891-1964) Night and Day (4) - Recorded September
2nd 1941 (4) - Carl L. SJØBERG (1861-1900)
Tonerna (5) - Mogens SCHRADER (1894-1934)
I de lyse nætter (6) - Emil
REESEN (1887-1964) Flag i storm (7) - Dan
FOLKE (1906-1954) Sangen om Hjemmet (8) - 5-8 recorded
June 26th 1941 - Knudåge RIISAGER (1897-1974)
Danmarks Frihedssang (9) - Recorded May 11th 1945, Stockholm
- Bernhard CHRISTENSEN (b. 1906) De
24 timer (Jazz-oratorio): Geografi (10), Skolen på
ho’ det (Jazz-oratorio): Møde i skolegården (11)
- Recorded August 22nd 1934, January 23rd 1936 - Kai
Normann ANDERSEN (1900-1967) Filmsstrimler (medley)
(12) - Recorded January 16th 1933 - Jacob GADE
(1879-1963) Lykkeland – Valse-serenade (13) - Carlo
THOMSON (1898-1954) Solens vuggesang – Serenade (14)
- 13-14 recorded September 9th 1938 - Egon
ANKERSTJERNE (1901-1981) Mens jeg har dig endnu, lille
mor (15) - Recorded May 30th 1938 -
Adapted from Franz DOELLE Spil din egen zigeunersang –
tango (16) - Adapted from Hand OTTEN Som
et eventyr fra gamle dage (17) - Adapted
from Ludwig SCHNIDSEDER O skønne Venezia (18)
- 16-18 recorded April 7th 1938
Aksel Schiøtz (tenor: 13-18 issued anonymously as "The Masked
Tenor"), Orchestra/Emil Reesen (1), Christian Thomsen with instrumental
ensemble (2), Aage Juhl Thomsen’s Orchestra (3-8), Sune Waldimar’s Orchestra
(9), Three Rhythm Girls, Kjeld Nørregaard (piano) (10), Copenhagen
Boys’ Choir/Mogens Wöldike, male trio, Grete Kordt (piano) (11),
The Five Syncopes, Erik Tuxen and his Orchestra (12), Bobby Pagan at
the Palladium Cinema Wurlitzer Organ (13-15), "Wives" - Orchestra/Aksel
Bendix (16-18) - Locations and dates (where known) as above - Original
HMV recordings (except 12, a Polyphon recording) transferred at the
Abbey Road Studios by Andrew Walter
DANACORD DACOCD 459 [72:22] [CH]
Fans
of Schiøtz’s will enjoy this glimpse of his lighter side and
his first recordings. … see Full Review
The Complete Aksel Schiøtz Recordings
1933-1946: Vol.
10 - Carl NIELSEN (1865-1931) Prinsesse
Tove (1920) (1), Sundt Blod (1915) (2, 25), Hiemvee
(1915) (3, 16), Sang bag Ploven op. 10/1 (1894) (4, 24), Sjælland
(1908) (5), Jægersang (1908) (6), I Aften op. 10/5
(1894) (7), Sommersang op. 10/3 (1894) (8), Aprilsvise
(1924) (9), Af Sted! (1915) (10), Fynsk Forår: Den
milde dag (1921) (11, 22), Den danske sang (1924) (12), Irmelin
Rose op. 4 (1891) (13), Genrebillede op. 6 (1891) (14), Havet
omkring Danmark (1908) (15), Hymne til Danmark (1916) (17),
Jens Vejmand (1907) (18), Skjaldens Sange op. 40 (1920):
Sangen om Danmark (19), Prinsesse Tove (20), Klagesang
(21), Maskarade: Magdelone’s Dance Scene (23)
Aksel Schiøtz (tenor), Chr. Christiansen (piano) (1-4), Herman
D. Koppel (piano) (5-10, 12-17), Gerald Moore (piano) (11), Holger Lund-Christiansen
(piano) (18), Arne Skjold Rasmussen (piano) (19), Folmer Jensen (piano)
(24, 25), Royal Orchestra, Copenhagen/Johan Hye-Knudsen (20-21, 23),
Copenhagen Philharmonic/Svend Christian Felumb (22), Ingeborg Steffenson
(mezzo-soprano), Einar Norby (baritone) (23) - Recorded February 14th
1938 (1-4), September 5th 1938 (5-7), October 7th 1938 (8-10), May 26th
1939 (11), June 8th 1940 (12), June 11th 1940 (13-15), June 21st 1940
(16), October 5th 1940 (17), June 27th 1941 (18), October 5th 1942 (19),
August 22nd 1940 (20-21), September 2nd 1940 (22), December 27th 1939
(23), January 28th 1943 (24-25) (11) recorded in London. Other locations
(presumably Danish) not given - Original HMV recordings (except 19,
a Danish Society issue) transferred at the Abbey Road Studios by Andrew
Walter DANACORD DACOCD
460 [64:49] [CH]
The
conclusion of a wonderfully enriching series. Nielsen’s songs are important
if you want to know the bricks from which he built his symphonies. Schiøtz
is the ideal interpreter. … see Full Review
Artur Schnabel plays
Beethoven, Brahms and Schumann -
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827): 1.
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15 (1798) *** [37’56"] - 2.
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19 (1795) ** [28’10"]
- 3. Bagatelle in A minor, "Für Elise"
[3’03] - 4. Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Op. 37 (1801) ** [33’49"]
- 5. Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 (1806) ** [31’33"]
- 6. Rondo in C major, Op. 51, No. 1 [4’42"] - 7. Piano
Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor" (1809)
*** [36’35"] - 8. Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 5, No. 2 * [23’33"]
- Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897): 9.
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15 (1859) **** [47’22"] -
10. Intermezzo in E flat major, Op. 117, No. 1 [4’53"] -
11. Intermezzo in A minor, Op. 116, No. 2 [3’18"] - 12.
Rhapsody in G minor, Op. 79, No. 2 [6’01"] - 13. Piano Concerto
No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 (1881) ***** [45’16"] - Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-56) 14. Kinderszenen, Op. 15 (1838)
- Artur Schnabel (piano) * Gregor Piatigorsky (cello) ** London Philharmonic
Orchestra conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent *** London Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent ****London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted
by George Szell ***** BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian
Boult - Recording dates and venues: 1. EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1,
London 23 March, 1932 - 2. EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London 5 April,
1935 - 3. EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 3, London 9 May, 1932 - 4. EMI Abbey
Road Studio No. 1, London 17 February, 1933 - 5. EMI Abbey Road Studio
No. 1, London 16 February, 1933 - 6. EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 3, London
13 April, 1933 - 7. EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London 24 March, 1933
- 8. EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 3, London 6 and 16 December, 1934 - 9.
EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London 9 January and 18 December, 1938
- -10, 11 and 12. EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 3, London 4 June 1947 -
13. EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London 7 and 14 November 1935 - 14.
EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 3, London 3 June 1947
NAXOS 8.505189 [69’08" + 70’04" + 60’07" + 61’34"
+ 62’16"] [JQ]
An
abundance of pianistic wisdom. Transfers by Mark Obert-Thorn - well
up to his usual high standards. … see Full
Review
The
Seasons in Zurich: Choral Music from
the 18th Century. Johannes
SCHMIDLIN (1722-1772), Hymnus auf die Allmacht, Weissheit
und Gúte Gottes. Hans-Jacob OTT
(1715-1769), Die Jahreszeiten. Johann
Caspar BACHOFEN (1695-1735), Irdisches Vernúgen
in Gott. Catherine May and Elizabeth Franklin-Kitchen (sops) and
Stephen Wells (bass). Robert Howarth (organ); Gareth Deats (cello),
Fred Jacobs (theorbo) The
Purcell Singers/Mark Ford - Recorded in All Saints, Tooting, London,
3rd-4th May 2002
GUILD GMCD 7255 [73.56] [RJF]
Choral
and solo singing of the highest order in music that will be new to all
but a few[RJF]
Pedestrian
music hampered by inadequate performances [KS]…
see Full Review
‘Serenade’-
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Serenade
No.13 in G major KV 525 ‘Eine kleine Nachtmusik’ (1787) - Georg
Friederich HANDEL (1685-1759) Largo: ‘Ombra mai fu’ from
opera: Xerxes (1738) Arranged by Sir Neville Marriner - Johann
PACHELBEL (1653-1706) Canon in D major - Arcangelo
CORELLI (1658-1718) Concerto grosso Op.6 No.8 in G minor
‘Christmas Concerto’ - Johann Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750) ‘Air on the G string’, from Suite No.3 for orchestra
in D major BWV 1068 - Tomaso ALBINONI
(1671-1751) Adagio for organ and strings Reconstructed by Remo Giazotti
- Christoph Willibald GLUCK (1714-1787)
‘Dance of the Blessed Spirits’ from opera: ‘Orfeo and Eurydice’
(1762) - Henry PURCELL
(1659-1695) Dido’s: Lament ‘When I am Laid in Earth’ from opera
‘Dido and Aeneas’ (1689) Orchestrated by Leopold Stokowski - Georg
Friedrich HANDEL (1685-1759) ‘Arrival of the Queen of Sheba’
Sinfonia: introduction to the third act of Handel’s oratorio ‘Salomon’
(1748) Academy of St. Martin
in the Field/Iona Brown - Recorded in July 1996, Henry Wood Hall, London
DDD HÄNSSLER CLASSIC
CD 94.040 [67:40] [MC]
Listeners
requiring any of these famous works will not be disappointed. … see
Full Review
BEVERLY
SILLS (soprano) ‘The Art of Beverly
Sills.’ Operatic arias by:- BELLINI,
(I Puritani). DONIZETTI,
(Anna Bolena, Linda di Chamounix, Lucia di Lamermoor, Maria
Stuarda and Roberto Devereux). HEUBERGER,
(Der Opernball). KORNGOLD,
(Die Tote Stadt). LEHÁR,
(Die lustige Witwe). MASSENET,
(Manon). Douglas MOORE, (The
Ballad of Baby Doe). MOZART,
(Zaide). OFFENBACH, (Les
Contes d’Hoffman). THOMAS, (Mignon).
Richard STRAUSS (Daphne and
Sechs Lieder). Recorded
1959 (Baby Doe) and between 1969 and 1973 with various orchestras, conductors
and recording venues. Bargain price
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 471-766 2 [2CDs: 134.31] [RJF]
Singing
pure as crystal, notes hit unflinchingly, all the requisite coloratura
‘needle’, with characterisation good and diction even better. … see
Full Review
Ruth
Slenczynska. The Legacy of a Genius -
Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Italian
Concerto in F major BWV 971 - Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in
D minor BWV 903 - Toccata in C minor BWV 911 - Sonata in D major
BWV 963 - Fryderyk CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Six Chants Polonais (S.480/R.145) from Seventeen Polish
Songs Op. 74 – arranged Franz Liszt - Franz
LISZT (1811-1886) Consolation No. 1 in E major (from
S.172/R12) - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15 in A minor Rákóczy
March (from S.244/R106)
Ruth Slenczynska (piano) - Recorded San Francisco 1951 and 1952
IVORY CLASSICS 70802 [68.31] [JW]
Part
of the golden legacy of an outstanding musician … see Full
Review
Solomon.
Concert recordings 1 - Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Piano Concerto no 3 in C minor Op 37 (? 1800) -
Pyotr Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Piano Concerto No 1
in B flat Op 23 (1875 rev 1879 and 1889)
Concertgebouw Orchestra/Eduard van Beinum, 18 December 1952 (Beethoven)
- Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra/Hans Schweiger, 29 or 30 January
1952 (Tchaikovsky) APR
5651 [67.01] [JW]
Heat
of the moment playing … nothing derails him from a triumphant conclusion.
… see Full Review
TANGO GOES SYMPHONY -
Angel VILLOLDO/Enrique
DISCEPOLO/Juan Carlos CATAN:
El Choclo - Geraldo RODRIGUEZ/Pascual
CONTURSI/Enrique MARONI:
La Cumparsita - Peter BREINER/Ján
STRASSER: Miss Mendacity - Julián
PLAZA: Nostalgico - Astor
PIAZZOLLA: Adios, Nonino - Tito
RIBERO/L. Diaz VÉLEZ:
La milonga y yo - Pascual De GRILLO:
Lágrimas v sonrisas - Cole
PORTER:
So in Love - Astor PIAZZOLLA:
Oblivion - Jacob GADE: Jealousy
Tango - Astor PIAZZOLLA:
Lo que vendra - Alfredo GOBBI:
Orlando Goni - Francisco CANARO:
Nobeza de Arrahal - Julián PLAZA:
Melancolico Razumovskyn
Orchestra/Peter Breiner
NAXOS 8.557004 [67.09] [RW]
Modern
tango arrangements by Peter Breiner … suffering from a stock formula
approach … see Full Review
Works for Violin and
Piano - Karol SZYMANOWSKI (1882-1937)
Violin
Sonata in D Minor, Op.9 (1904) - Benjamin BRITTEN
(1913-1976) Suite for Violin and Piano, Op.6 (1934) - Edvard
GRIEG (1843-1907) Violin Sonata No.3 in C Minor, Op.45 (1887)
Rafal Zambrzycki-Payne
(violin) - Carole Presland (piano) - Recorded April, 1997, No.1 Studio,
Abbey Road, London
EMI CLASSICS DEBUT SERIES 5 72825 2 [58’41] [TH]
A
real winner, imaginative planning allied to excellent playing and recording
– all at budget price. … see Full Review
Michelle de Young Henri
DUPARC (1848-1933)
L’invitation
au voyage [4.32] Extase [3.52] Le Manoir de Rosemonde [2.45] Chanson
triste [3.12] Élégie [2.54] Richard
WAGNER (1813-1883) Wesendonck Lieder (1857) [21.36] Franz
LISZT (1811-1886) Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher [9.20] La
perla [6.23] Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949)
Zueignung Op.10 No.1[1.54] Befreit Op.39 No.4 [5.54]
Michelle de Young (soprano) Kevin Murphy (piano) rec St Michael’s Church,
Highgate, London, January 1998
EMI DEBUT SERIES 7243 5 73163 2 3 [62.27] [CH]
An
impressive disc despite the absence of any light touches or swifter
tempi to alleviate the ‘Angst’ which pervades all the songs chosen.
… see Full Review
BOOK REVIEWS
GILBERT & SULLIVAN - A
DUAL BIOGRAPHY by Michael Ainger Oxford
University Press, New York & Oxford, 504pp ISBN 0-19-514769-3 £35
[RW]
For
those familiar with the Gilbert & Sullivan story this book will
be a fascinating read, for not only does it put situations in proper
context, but it gives fresh insight into the way the Gilbert-Sullivan-Carte
triumvirate functioned....see full review
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[Part 4 M-R] [Part
5 S-Z]
[Part 6 Misc A-L] [Part
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