Issue 64 - April 2014

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Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
Emily Van Evera, sopr ano / Ben Parry, bar itone / Andrew Parrott
Taverner Choir & Players
AVIE continues to mine the rich catalog of recordings made by Andrew Parrott and his
Taverner Choir & Players with a sumptuous reissue of Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas.
The performance is as fresh as when the recording was made in 1994, with baritone Ben Parry
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as the Trojan hero Aeneas, and soprano Emily Van Evera as the abandoned Queen of Carthage,
delivering an interpretation of Dido’s Lament that is as dignified as it is sublime.
“places the accent on giving meaning and colour to every word of the text … Parrott directs the
excellent Taverner Players in a performance that charms as well as moves in abundance.” –
BBC Music Magazine, * * * * * / * * * * *
Gesualdo: Tenebrae Responses for Good Friday
“Expressive vibrato is used judiciously in these performances, and with an organic sense of phrasing, sensitive
dynamics and pretty good clarity of delivery when it
comes to text, this is a fine recording with which I can live
quite happily. Gesualdo’s remarkably anguished harmonies are served very well indeed. MusicWeb
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“the Avie set favours near-vibrato-less singers of
ambiguous fach - proper voices indeed” Gramophone
“Daniels is magnificent in the title role - technically
brilliant...impassioned...and lyrically supple...BBC
“This new version of Monteverdi's Orfeo is thoroughly
researched and reimagined...a gentle, lyrical vision of
a miraculous opera.” The Observer AV2278
Schubert: Str ing Quintet in C, D. 956 / String Quintet, “Quartettsatz”
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Cypress String Quartet with Gary Hoffman, cello
The Cypress String Quartet is a “wonderful ensemble” (Gramophone) whose “extremely fine playing”
(The Classical Reviewer) has lent itself to music of Dvořák and contemporary Americans on their recordings
for AVIE. They now turn to core 19th-century fare, some of the greatest chamber music ever written: Schubert’s single-movement “Quartettsatz”, and the composer’s final chamber work, the enduring String Quintet,
joined by eminent Canadian cellist Gary Hoffman. The Cypresses’ elegant and clear signature sound lends
itself perfectly to these two masterworks.
“artistry of uncommon insight and cohesion” – Gramophone
“beautifully proportioned and powerful.” The Washington Post
Dvořák: The Amer ican Album-Griffes, Puts, Barber
“The Cypress Quartet play with taut rhythms and great
tonal refinement, both as individuals and in a beautifully
rounded ensemble sound. A reflective approach to the more
lyrical moments of the Dvořák...gives the pleasing impression
that you're in the room with them while they're playing for
their own enjoyment.”
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Dvořák: Cypr esses for str ing quar tet, B152
String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op. 106 (B192)
“the eponymous Cypress Quartet play these
arrangements with exquisite shading and a fine
sense of nuance…” BBC Magazine
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Paganini: Capr ices (arr. Piccinini) - Marina Piccinini, flute
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Flautist Marina Piccinini relishes tradition with a twist. Having recorded J. S. Bach’s Flute Sona2CDs for
tas with the Brasil Guitar Duo – the first ever recording using this combination of instruments
the price
(AV 2196) – she astounds again with Piccinini matches Paganini’s vision and independence of
of 1-1/2
spirit, explaining, “I was drawn to transcribe and record all the Caprices as a challenge and stimulus for my own development, a path towards pushing the envelope outside my personal comfort
zone. What I discovered and fell in love with was a musical voice that demanded a far greater emotional expression through technical perfection of phrasing, flexibility of embouchure, depth of sound, breath control,
digital dexterity and precise articulation.”
“Piccinini’s intelligent musicality and command manage to reveal these familiar works in a
new, thought-provoking light that transcends the question of instrument.”
“Piccinini makes her own magic … Brilliant technical fluency and keen interpretive senses” – Baltimore Sun
“Splendidly recorded … evocative … the playing is first class.” – MusicWeb International | “a rather wonderful musician” – Flute Magazine
J. S. Bach: Flute Sonatas
"Marina Piccinini’s flute-playing is very special, her lyrical phrasing cool, exquisitely shaped and with an underlying
delicate sensuality." Gramophone
"Gorgeous tone, rock-solid rhythm, beautiful phrasing, and no identifiable technical flaws. This is great playing."
American Record Guide (on the Brasil Guitar Duo)
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Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27
Karl Stobbe, violin
Canadian violinist Karl Stobbe makes an indelible mark with his debut recording for AVIE, a
bold traversal of Ysaÿe’s Six Sonatas for Solo Violin. Seminal works of the 20th century, Ysaÿe
– a virtuoso violinist himself – was inspired by J. S. Bach’s works for solo violin, and remarked,
"at the present day the tools of violin mastery, of expression, technique, mechanism, are far more
necessary than in days gone by. In fact they are indispensable, if the spirit is to express itself without restraint.” Stobbe handles Ysaÿe’s extended characteristics and virtuoso techniques with
aplomb, imbuing the Sonatas with the highest musical values as well.
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Karl Stobbe is recognised as one of Canada’s most accomplished and diverse violinists. Whether as a concertmaster, soloist, chamber musician, or teacher, Karl is known for his dedication to excellence on the
violin and classical music in all its forms. He has appeared in North America’s most notable concert halls,
including Carnegie Hall, Boston’s Jordan Hall, the National Arts Centre in Ottowa, Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto and Segerstrom Hall in
Costa Mesa, California. As a chamber musician and soloist, Karl has shared the stage with many leading and diverse violinists of our day,
from James Ehnes to Mark O’Connor. Also an accomplished luthier, Karl’s passion for the construction and mechanics of the violin contributes to his utmost ability as a performer.
“soulful musicianship” – San Francisco Classical Voice | “a clinic in the art of violin playing” – Winnipeg Free Press
Perspectives 6
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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No. 10 in G major , Op. 14 No. 2 / No. 30 in E major , Op. 109
Berio: Six Encor es: Er denklavier / Six Encor es: Wasser klavier / Six Encor es: Luftklavier
Six Encores: Feuerklavier | Schumann: Fantasie in C major, Op. 17
Andreas Haefliger (piano)
On ‘Perspectives 6’ Andreas Haefliger juxtaposes the Piano Sonatas of Beethoven with other composers,
casting an enlightening glow on the works which one would not detect if played in isolation. Themes of
humanity, nature and love run through a programme emphatically to be listened to rather than analysed
intellectually. Haefliger opens with Beethoven’s early Piano Sonata No. 10, Op. 14, then segues into two
of Berio’s seldom heard encores, Erdenklavier and Wasserklavier. He emerges to perform Beethoven’s late
Piano Sonata No. 30, Op. 109, followed by two more miniatures by Berio, Luftklavier and Feuerklavier.
The album culminates with Schumann’s Fantasy in C major.
Haefliger’s critically and commercially successful Perspectives series mirrors his live recitals, and vivid
memories linger in audiences who have heard his numerous performances of these works throughout Europe and the USA.
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Stradivarius in Rio-Viktoria Mullova & Fr iends, Matthew Barley (cello), Paul Clarvis
(percussion), Luis Guello (dr, perc), Carioca Freitas (guitar)
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Abreu: Tico-tico no fubá | Azevedo, W: Brasileirinho | Baptista, A: Balada de um louco | Costa, S: Segue teu
destino | Jobim: Dindi / Chovendo na roseira / Falando de amor / Por toda minha vida | Monte: Vilarejo |
Nucci: Toada | Rocha Vianna Filho: Rosa | Veloso, C: Luz do sol | Vogeler: Linda Flor (Ai ioio)
Brazil and everything Brazilian is going to be very much in the news in 2014 with the World Cup taking place
there. Brazilian music and the spirit of Rio will be everywhere, so Viktoria Mullova’s new album
‘Stradivarius in Rio’ arrives at just the right time!
Viktoria Mullova’s last recording
Bach, J S: Violin Concer to No. 1 in A minor , BWV1041 / Violin Concer to No. 2 in E major ,
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BWV1042 / Violin Concerto in D, BWV1053 arr. harpsichord No. 2 in E / Concerto for Violin &
Harpsichord in C minor, BWV1060 arr. from Concerto for Violin & Oboe/Concerto for two harpsichords with
Ottavio Dantone (har psichor d)
Viktoria Mullova (violin), Accademia Bizantina
“thrilling, robustly profiled accounts” May 2013
“Mullova plays the two solo concertos elegantly, with beautiful precision and, in the
middle movement, considerable eloquence.” July 2013
“Breezy tempi, scintillating details and muscular bowing in the allegros cede to slow movements
of thoughtfully differentiated timbres” July 2013 ****
“Mullova plays the glorious ‘Siciliano’ second movement beautifully, while tongue-in-cheek elaborations in the accompaniment lend a sense of uninhibited exuberance to the finale… The two original concertos match anything else on disc.”
August 2013
“The Violin Concertos in E major and A minor are served wonderfully. Both performances are transparent and light but
always expressively engaging… Dantone’s continuo in the first movement of the E major finds Mullova revealing a tremendous depth of feeling.”July/August 2013
Other acclaimed recordings by Viktoria Mullova
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Vivaldi - Violin Concertos Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
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The Peasant Girl with friends
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Beethoven - Violin Sonatas Nos. 3 & 9 & Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
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Bach, J S - Sonatas & Par titas for solo violin, BWV1001-1006
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“To hear Mullova play Bach is, simply, one of the greatest things you can experience” The London Guardian
Bach - Violin Sonatas, Ottavio Dantone (harpsichord, organ), Vittorio Ghielmi (viola da gamba) & Luca Pianca (lute) ONYX4020
Viktoria Mullova & Katia Labèque - Recital
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Released for the Australian Tour in July
The Story of King's College Choir, "The Boast of King's"
Ave Maria (Robert Parsons) (unpublished) / Praise My Soul, the King of Heaven (hymn, P.D) /
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God is Our Hope and Strength (P.D.) / Miserere (Grigorio A llegri, arr. Mozart)
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Dimittis (Herbert Howells)* / Fecisti Nos (Philip Radcliffe) / King Henry VI’s Prayer (Henry Ley) / Night & Day (Cole
Porter)* / Dayton Ohio 1903 (Randy Newman)* / Plainsong Organ Music: Psalm Prelude Op.32 (Herbert Howells)* /
Prelude & Fugue in B (Marcel Dupré * / Trio in D minor (J.S.Bach)
A visual & musical journey around King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, describing its history as well as the life and work
of its world-famous Choir
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Evensong from King’s College Cambridge
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Introit – Adrian Batten: O Praise the Lord | Sentences - I will arise; Almighty and most merciful Father; Almighty God, the father of our Lord Jesus Christ leading into The Lord’s Prayer (Read by the Chaplain of
King’s College Chapel, the Rev. Martyn Hughes), Responses – William Smith / Psalms – When the Lord turned again the
captivity of Sion (No. 126); Except the Lord built the house (No. 127); Blessed is everyone that feareth the Lord (No. 128);
Many a time have they fought against me (No. 129) First Lesson – Isaiah LXI (Read by Christopher Keyte) | Magnificat in G
– Charles Villiers Stanford (Solo treble: Richard White) | Second Lesson – St. Luke IV. 16-32, (Read by The Rev. Martyn
Hughes) / Nunc Dimittis in G - Charles Villiers Stanford, (Solo baritone: John Walker) | Creed | Prayers | Collects / Anthem –
Patrick Hadley: My beloved spake | Prayers for the Queen, The Royal Family and for the founder of the college, King Henry
VI | Final responses – William Smith | Concluding Voluntary – Francis Jackson: Toccata in B Minor • The Choir of King’s
College, Cambridge, Boris Ord (director ), Hugh McLean (organ)
J.S. Bach: Sacr ed Par t-Songs-O Jesu so meek, O Jesu so kind | Jesus is this dark world’s light | Lord, pour not thy vengeance on me | Now is the mournful time | It is finished | Breath of God, life giving | God liveth still
The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, David Willcocks (dir ector ), Simon Preston (or gan)
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Twenty Favourite Psalms from Great Cathedrals
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Psalm 12: Christ Church Oxford (chant: Ouseley) / Psalm 13: Christ Church Oxford (chant: Parratt) Psalm 14:
Christ Church Oxford (chant: Armstrong) all Stephen Darlington / Psalm 23: Lichfield / Jonathan ReesGCCD4082
Williams (chant:Walford Davies) / Psalm 24: St.Fin Barre's, Cork / Andrew Padmore (chant:Barnby) / Psalm
32: Salisbury Cathedral / Simon Lole (chant:Turle) / Psalm 33: Salisbury Cathedral / Simon Lole
(chants:Howells/Finzi) / Psalm 34: Salisbury Cathedral / Simon Lole (Russell/Day) / Psalm 45: Aberdeen /Andrew Morrisson /
Dundee /Richard Lightband & Inverness Cathedral / Russell Grant (chant: Cooke) / Psalm 47: Ely Cathedral / Arthur Wills &
Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal / Richard Popplewell (chant:Beckwith) Psalm 67: Westminster Abbey/ Martin Neary
(chant:Bairstow) / Psalm 78: Wells / Anthony Cross (chants:Oakley/Walmisley) / Psalm 84: Exeter Cathedral / Lucian Nethsingha (chant:Parry) / Psalm 101: Lincoln Cathedral / Philip Marshall (Lincoln Minster Chant Book) / Psalm 121: Lichfield /
Jonathan Rees-Williams (chant:Walford Davies) / Psalm 122: Lichfield / Jonathan Rees-Williams (chant: Harris) / Psalm 137:
Corpus Christi Cambridge / Mark Lee (chant:Walford Davies) / Psalm 138: Coventry Cathedral / Paul Wright (chant:Alcock) /
Psalm 149: Wells Cathedral / Malcolm Archer (chant:Turle) / Psalm 150: Wells Cathedral / Malcolm Archer (chant:Stanford).
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The Judas Tree: A Musical Dr ama of J udas Iscar iot
Poetry and prose by Thomas Blackburn (1916-1977)HTGCD267
Music by Peter Dickinson (born 1934)
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The Judas Tree is the fruit of a collaboration between the poet Thomas Blackburn (1916– 77) and composer
Peter Dickinson. The Washington Cathedral performance is captured here.Blackburn explores the role of Judas
in the events leading up to Christ passion and death. The varied types of music are deliberately designed to
exploit Blackburn's telling imagery. The Judas Tree is the fruit of a collaboration between the poet Thomas
Blackburn (1916– 77) and composer Peter Dickinson. The Washington Cathedral performance is captured here.
Blackburn explores the role of Judas in the events leading up to Christ passion and death. The varied types of
music are deliberately designed to exploit Blackburn's telling imagery.
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Desenclos: Requiem | Salve Regina | Nos autem
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Poulenc: Litanies À La Vier ge Noir e: Notr e Dame De Rocamadour
Villette: O sacr um convivium Op. 27 | Hymne à la Vier ge, Op. 24 | Attende Domine, Op. 45
The Choir of King’s College London, David Trendell
Winner of the coveted Prix de Rome, Alfred Desenclos remains an almost unknown figure in 20th-century music. His contribution to the distinguished French tradition of Requiem Mass settings dates from 1963; incorporating influences from Gregorian chant as well as rich harmonies based on added-note chords, this piece with its
passionate outpourings is a revelation. It forms the centrestone of David Trendell’s programme, which also
features music by Villette – who shared Desenclos’ interest in jazz – and Poulenc, that represent some of the
most significant religious choral music of the 20th century.
“This undergraduate choir has a formidable musical unity under David Trendell...Desenclos’s Requiem (1963)
is spaciously dignified and meditative.” The Sunday Times
Benjamin Nicholas, new Dobson organ at Merton College Oxford
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J S Bach arranged by M arcel Dupré: Sinfonia, Cantata No 29 'Wir danken dir , Gott',
BWV29 / arranged by Maurice Duruflé: Ertödt uns durch dein' Güte (Cantata No 22, 'Jesus nahm zu sich die
Zwölfe', BWV22) | César Franck: Pièce héroïque | John Stanley: Voluntary in A minor, Op 6 No 2
Olivier Messiaen:Pr ièr e apr és la Communion (Livr e du Saint Sacr ement, No XVI) | J S Bach: Toccata
and Fugue in D minor, BWV565 | Felix Mendelssohn: Andante with Variations in D, Op 82 | Jean Langlais:
Dialogue sur les mixtures (Suite Brève No IV) | Marcel Dupré: Cortège et Litanie, Op 19 No 2
In a golden age of organ-building, Merton College's new Dobson instrument stands out as exceptional. It is only
the third American-built organ sent to the UK since the Second World War, a bold commissioning choice made
by Benjamin Nicholas, Reed Rubin Organist and Director of Music at Merton College. demonstrates on the
organ's début recording.
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New releases from
Beethoven: Septet, op.20 / Quintet for Pianos & Winds Op.16
Vienna Octet, Members incl. Boskovskys, etc, Walter Panhofer
Legendary Recordings
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“The Decca recording of the Septet was made by the older
generation of the Vienna Octet –which consists of the first desk of the V.P.O. Their performance
has elegance but also conveys a sparkle and sense of enjoyment that is exhilarating” (Penguin
Guide, 3 stars) (Quintet)
“these players now sound as though they know the music inside out ... The new version of the
Beethoven Quintet has to compete …and the Vienna Octet must surely get nearer to Beethoven's intentions”
Bartók: Piano Concer tos Nos. 1,2 & 3
First time on a single budget CD
Géza Anda, Berlin R.S.O, Ferenc Fricsay
Legendary Recordings
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“Anda’s recordings of the concertos have acquired classic status. Anda seems ideally cast as soloist and
Fricsay is a natural Bartókian. Performances are refined yet urgent, incisive but red-blooded too....The
Berlin Radio Orchestra plays with considerable virtuosity”
“At long last we have a worthy recording of the Bartók Second Concerto ... This will be valuable in helping to spread a knowledge of an important work in Bartok's output which is rarely heard in the concert hall. Géza
Anda in particular is to be congratulated for the way he romps through any difficulties ... There is no lack of recordings of the more popular Third Concerto, but the new one is, to my mind, way ahead of the field.” Gramophone
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / An Amer ican in Par is / Piano Concer to
in F / I Got Rhythm / Love Walked in / 'S Wonderful Fascinatin' Rhythm
Bernstein's pairing set the standard for all others'
Legendary Recordings
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Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic / Eugene List / Frederick Fennell / Eastman-Rochester Orch.
(Rhapsody:) “Bernstein’s coupling was recorded when he was at the peak of his creativity, with West
Side Story only 2 years behind him. This set the standard by which all subsequent pairings of (these)
came to be judged; inspirational, exceptionally flexible but completely spontaneous”
(Piano Concerto:) “no punches are pulled in its presentation at all. Eugene List hammers out the piano
part with tremendous skill and conviction, at times handling its bravura moments with very great brilliance indeed …The Eastman-Rochester orchestra offers the ideal blend of concert and intimate style” (Gramophone)
Brahms: Piano Concer to No.2, Op.83 / *Violin Sonata No.1, Op.78
Sviatoslav Richter / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf
*Oleg Kagan, violin
1st time on budget this coupling
Legendary Recordings
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(Concerto) “Richter’s 1960 performance has all the intensity of a live occasion and finds him in splendid
form. ... the basic structure is always kept in sight: there is impressive weight and authority as well as a
warm Brahmsian feeling and it is far more dashing and spontaneous than his later recording (with
Maazel)” (Penguin Guide 3 stars) | (Sonata) ‘This was an extremely successful concert and it really should
come out on record’. (Sviatoslav Richter 1985)
Twenty Gems of Viennese Operetta
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J. Strauss I, Mein Her r Mar quis (Die Fledermaus) Hilde Gueden, Or chestr a of the Vienna State
Opera, Robert Stolz,1960 | J. Strauss II, Komm in die Gondel (Eine Nacht in V enedig), Sandor Konya, Orchestra,
Fried Walter, 1962 | Heuberger: Im chambre séparée (Der Opernball), Anneliese Rothenberger and Helga Hildebrand with the FFB Or chestr a, Wer ner Schmidt-Boelke, 1960 | J. Strauss II, Wer uns getr aut (Der Ziegeunerbaron), Karl Terkal, Hilde Gueden, Vienna Philharmonic, Heinrich Hollreiser, 1961 / Her die Hand, es muss
ja sein (Der Zigeunerbaron), Hermann Prey, Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Ackermann, 1955 / Ja das schreiben
und das lessen (Der Zigeunerbaron), Kurt Boehme, Orchestra, Robert Stolz, 1956 | Zeller, Sei nicht bös (Der
Vogelhändler), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Ackermann, 1960 | Millöcker, Soll ich
reden? Darf ich schweigen? (Der Bettelstudent), Karl Terkal, Wilma Lipp, Bavarian Radio Orchestra, Werner
Schmidt-Boelcke, (1956) | Kálmán: Grüss mir mein Wien (Gräfin Maritza), Fritz Wunderlich, Cologne Radio
Orchestra, Fritz Marszalek, 1962 / Sag ja, mein Lied, sag’ja (Gräfin Maritza) Hilde Gueden, Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Robert
Stolz, 1960 / Zwei Märchenaugen (Der Zirkusprinzessin), Rudolf Schock with orchestra, 1958 | Fall, Heut könnt einer sein Glück bei mir
machen (Madame Pompadour), Hilde Gueden, Orchestra of Vienna State Opera, Robert Stolz, 1960 | Léhar, Hab ein blaues Himmelbett
(Frasquita), Peter Anders with Orch, Franz Marszalek, 1953 / Im heimlichen Dämmer der silbernen Ampel Eva, Anneliese Rothernberger,
FFB Orchestra, Werner Schmidt-Boelke / Du bist meine sonne (Giuditta), Waldemar Kmentt, Vienna State Oper a Or chestr a /Rudolf
Moralt, 1958 / Hör ich Zymbalklänge (Zigeunerliebe), Hilde Gueden, Or chestr a of Vienna State Oper a, Rober t Stolz, 1960 / Von Apfelblüten einen Kranz (Das Land des Lächelns) Nicolai Gedda, Philhar monia, Otto Acker mann, 1955 / Balkanliebe, Bar car olle: Leise
erklingen die Glocken vom Campanile (Kattnig), Anneliese Rothenberger, FFB Orchestra, Werner Schmidt-Boelke, 1960 | Stolz: Mein
liebeslied muss ein walzer sein (Im W eissen Rössl), Hilde Gueden, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Robert Stolz, 1960 | Kunneke: Ich bin nur
ein armer Wandergesell (Der V etter aus Dingsda, Sandor Konya, Orchestra, Franz Marszalek, 1961
re ALC1049 Golden Operetta) “for listeners wanting the lollipops sung by famous singers ...With Schwarzkopf, Loose, Kunz and Gedda on top
form they are self-recommending and so is Rita Streich ... But there are many other tracks to treasure: Wunderlich, fresh & ardent; Rudolf
Schock brilliant & heroic; Wilma Lipp, lively & charming; Jussi Björling -uninhibitedly brilliant; Richard Tauber’s caressing of phrases;
Sena Jurinac’s lovely tone ... readers can safely invest” MusicWeb
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Orient Express - Light Classics: Europe & Beyond
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Waltz from Murder on the Orient Express (Richard Rodney Bennett arr Iain Sutherland) / Cockles and
Mussels (Trad arr Peter Hope) / Tea for Two (V incent Y oumans arr Shostakovich) / The Skaters’ Waltz (Emile
Waldteufel) / Swedish Rhapsody (Alfven arr Faith) / Tango (Albéniz) / A Star is Born (Robert Farnon) / Fado
(Song Dance Suite / Gilbert Vinter) / La Calinda (Koanga / Delius) / Gymnopédie No.1 (Eric Satie arr Debussy)
Procession of the Sardar (Ippolitov-Ivanov) / Automne (Cecile Chaminade arr Robert Docker) / Praeludium
(Jarnefelt) / The Holy Boy (John Ireland) / Tango: Jealousy (Jacob Gade) / Humoresque (Dvořák) / Czardas
(Monti arr Mantovani) / Intermezzo: Im Chambre Separée (The Opera Ball / Heuberger) / España (Chabrier)
Overture: Susannah’s Secret (Wolf-Ferrari)
“The Iain Sutherland Concert Orchestra conducted by Iain himself, pr oving that ‘light’ music can be taken
seriously”. The previous albums, both also in superb modern sound are: ALC1192- The Merrymakers – 20 British
Light Classics, and ALC1206 Manhattan Playboys-20 American Light Classics
Khachaturian: Violin Concer to in D minor , Op. 46
Boris Gutnikov, USSR Large S.O, Konstantin Ivanov (licensed by M elodyia)
Piano Concerto in D flat major, Op. 38
Annette Servadei, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Joseph Giunta (licensed by Hyperion)
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Piano Concerto: previously on Hyperion) “She is nimble-fingered, clearly revelling in the showy passage-work of
the first movement (and sparkling in its final cadenza), but takes a more expansive view of the work than usual” (Gramophone)
“Gutnikov’s reading of the Violin Concerto is worthy to stand alongside the Oistrakhs and Kogans.
Servadei delivers a most poetic & reflective performance” (MusicWeb)
Johnny Mathis: Hits from the Velvet Voice
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Wonderful, Wonderful / It’s Not for Me to Say / Chances Are / A Certain Smile
Misty / You are Beautiful / Stairway to the Stars / How High the Moon / Tonight Maria / Secret Love /
Teacher, Teacher / My Funny Valentine / Wild is the Wind / Tenderly / I’ve Got the World on a String / You’d be
So Nice to Come Home to / All the Time / Starbright / Small World / That Old Black Magic / Someone / My Love
for You
Bonus Tracks-Sleigh Ride / Winter Wonderland
Johnny ‘the Velvet Voice’ is one of the most successful vocal entertainers of all time, with enormous numbers of
successful albums in the USA and many other countries, achieving 350 million sales (Guinness Book of Records
Paul Gambaccini in 2003)
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Michael Duke: Duo Sax-Music for Two Saxophones
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Adler, S: Contr asting Inventions | Cockcroft: Slap me | Dubois, P: Capr ices (6)
Galante:Saxsounds III | Hindemith: Konzer tstück für zwei Altsaxophone | Lamb, D: Bar efoot
Dances | Lauba: Ars | Maderna: Dialodia | Stanhope, P: Air | Stockhausen: Knabenduett
Michael Duke (saxophone)
One of Australia’s leading saxophonists, Michael Duke presents his debut CD on the Saxophone
Classics Label. Drawing specifically from the canon of music for two saxophones this collection
showcases the flexibility of tone and diversity of colour of the instrument across a breadth of
musical styles.
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Inspirales
Bottermund:Var iations on a Theme of Paganini | Cassadó: Dance of the Gr een Devil / Suite for
Solo Cello | Fitzenhagen: Capriccio | Piatti: Tarantella, Op. 23 | Popper: Barcarole Vénetienne / Spinning Song | Rostropovich: Humoresque, Op. 5 | Stutschewsky: Dance Orientale | Tortelier: Spirales /
Saxe | Zori: Carmeniana (after Bizet)-Aragonaise, Habanera, Nocturno, Seguedilla, Dance Boheme
Hillel Zori (cello) & Arnon Erez (piano)
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Hailed by the renowned cellist Bernard Greenhouse to have "all of the wonderful attributes of a young Emanuel
Feuerman,"Hillel Zori has distinguished himself by winning coveted prizes in many international competitions,
and enjoys a distinguished career as soloist as well as a member of the Israel Piano Trio.
“Inspirales” features works written and inspired by the great cellist-composers of the past, from Fitzenhagen and
Popper through to Tortelier and Rostropovich. Zori himself has a contributed a dazzling “Carmeniana’ based on
Bizet’s Carmen, and recorded here for the first time.
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genre of classical music.
Benny Goodman: Clar inet Classics
HTGCD268
Bartók: Contr asts for violin, clar inet & piano, BB 116, Sz. 111 with Bela Bartók
(piano) & Joseph Szigeti (violin) | Beethoven: Variations on ‘Là ci darem la mano' from Mozart's ‘Don Giovanni',
WoO 28 arr. Bellison* | Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 120 No. 2* | Debussy: Rhapsody
for clarinet & piano (or orchestra), L. 116 'Première rapsodie',
The Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York, Sir John Barbirolli
Mozart: Clar inet Quintet in A major , K581, Budapest String Quartet
Weber: Rondo fr om Gr and Duo Concer tante in E Flat, Op. 48 (3r d Movt.)
Benny Goodman (clar inet) / *Nadia Reisenberg (piano) / As a jazz clar inettist Benny Goodman had no
peer. But his enthusiasm and virtuosity led him to interpret the most important works of the classical clarinet canon and to commission new works. This CD release gathers together some of his most notable achievements in the
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Schnittke: Complete Piano Music
Piano Sonatas No. 1, 2, 3 / Variations / Prelude and Fugue / Improvisation and Fugue / VariaDCD34131
tions on a Chord / Little pieces / Homage to Stravinsky, Prokofiev & Shostakovich / Five Apho2CD Edition
risms / Sonatina for piano four hands / Cadenza to Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor,
K491, first movement / Two Cadenzas to Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 21 in C major, K467 /
Cadenza to Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 25 in C major, K503, first movement / Two Cadenzas to Mozart’s
Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major, K39
Simon Smith (Steinway model D piano) with Richard Beauchamp and John Cameron
“This career-retrospective offers a fascinating glimpse of how a series of strokes affected Alfred Schnittke’s
work. Captured by Simon Smith with extraordinary sensitivity, detail and emotional commitment.”
The Independent
“ The young British pianist Simon Smith gives compelling, expressive performances. Schnittke's reputation grows ever greater in death
than in life.” The Observer
Rachmaninov: Songs (6), Op. 4 / Songs (6), Op. 8 / Songs (14), Op. 14
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Were you hiccoughing, Natasha? / Songs (12), Op. 21 / Songs (15), Op. 26
3CD Edition
Letter to K.S. Stanislavsky / Songs (14), Op. 34 / 6 Songs, Op. 38
Evelina Dobraceva, Ekaterina Siurina (sopr anos), Justina Gringyte (mezzo-soprano), Daniil Shtoda (tenor),
Andrei Bondarenko, Rodion Pogossov (bar itones), Alexander Vinogradov (bass) & Iain Burnside (piano)
This is the first complete recording for 20 years of Rachmaninov’s published song output. With the addition of
two delightfully comic occasional pieces, it lays two further claims to importance: Delphian's seven singers –
hand-picked by renowned pianist Iain Burnside – are all native Russian speakers, and every song is performed
in the key in which Rachmaninov wrote it, respecting both the specificity of vocal colour and the carefully designed tonal and expressive trajectory within each opus.
For the first 25 years of his career Rachmaninov regularly expressed himself in song, from Tchaikovskian beginnings to the very personal range of vocal and pianistic utterance in his final two collections. Almost a century after exile brought down the
curtain on this period of his creative output, Burnside and his singers bring these works to shimmering, gushing, crackling, magnificent life.
“This is a richly rewarding and fascinating set...[Vinogradov] sings these epics with a marvellously fluent legato...But the star of the show
is undoubtedly Burnside, playing throughout with unfailing intensity and sensitivity: voice and piano are truly equal partners here, and the
results are electrifying.” The Daily Telegraph
“Eighteen years have passed since the last survey of Rachmaninov’s songs — all written between 1890, when the composer was 17, and 1917,
when he left Russia for good — appeared on disc...Burnside restricts himself to the published sets and a couple of bonus items. The comic
Were You Hiccupping, Natasha? and A Letter to KS Stanislavsky are among 73 songs in all, divided among seven singers. Burnside’s brilliant
playing — certainly the equal of Shelley’s technically, but more sensitive to the needs of his singers — allures the ear at every turn, which
can’t be said of the forceful voices of Evelina Dobraceva, Rodion Poggossov and Justyna Gringyte — although Gringyte delivers a mystical
Christ Is Risen without pushing. The stars are Andrei Bondarenko and Alexander Vinogradov, both young but mature interpreters. Daniil
Shtoda, a sometime Gergiev protégé, shows himself as stylish and thoughtful in A Dream and The Little Island. Ekaterina Siurina’s sweet
soprano comes into its own in the Op 38 set, while she and Vinogradov make something special of Two Farewells. Mixed results, but the best
is superb.” HC, The Sunday Times “A feast of song.” | BBC Magazine
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The Art of Sviatoslav Richter-A more iconic 20th century classical pianist is hard to imagine
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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 8 in C minor , Op. 13 'Pathetique' / 17 in D minor , Op. 31 6CD Edition
No. 2 'Tempest' / 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata' / 3 in C major, Op. 2 No. 3 / 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 1 / 12 in A flat major, Op. 26 'March Funebre' / 22 in F major, Op. 54
Bagatelles in F, Op. 33 No. 3 / C Major, Op. 33, No. 5 / (11), Op. 119: No. 2 in C major / (11), Op. 119: No. 7
in C major / (11), Op. 119: No. 9 in A minor / (6), Op. 126: No. 1 / (6), Op. 126: No. 4 / (6), Op. 126: No. 6 in
E flat major | Chopin: Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47 | Debussy: Préludes - Book 1: No. 2, Voiles
Préludes - Book 1: No. 3, Le vent dans la plaine | Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 32 in G minor, Hob.XVI:44
Mussorgsky: Pictur es at an Exhibition (piano ver sion) | Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Nos. 8 in B flat major, Op. 84 / 7 in B flat major, Op. 83 / Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major, Op. 10, Prague Symphony
Orchestra, Karel Ancerl | Rachmaninov: Piano Concer to No. 2 in C minor , Op. 18, Sinfonie-Orchester
der Nationalen Philharmonie Warschau, Stanislaw Wislocki | Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 16 in A minor, D845 / Moments Musicaux, D780: No. 1 in C / Impromptu in E flat major, D899 No. 2 / Impromptu in A flat major, D899 No. 4
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concer to No. 1 in B flat minor , Op. 23, Wiener Symphoniker, Herbert von Karajan
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The Great War
GEMMCD9355
United Forces March - The Metropolitan Military Band / Your King And Country
Want You - Edna Thornton / It's A Long Way To Tipperary - John McCormack (Singer) / Pack Up Your
Troubles - Murray Johnson / Good Bye-ee - Courtland & Jeffries / Oh, It's A Lovely War! / Mademoiselle
From Armentieres - The Jolly Old Fellows / Roses Of Picardy - John McCormack (Singer) / With Our Boys
At The Front - Sergeant E Dwyer / In The Trenches - Major A.E. Rees / Smoke Clouds - Herbert Payne / If
You Want To Find The Sergeant Major - The Roosters Concert Party / In Summertime On Bredon - Gervase
Elwes / Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty / Another Little Dr ink - The Jolly Old Fellows / Keep The
Home Fires Burning (Till The Boys Come Home) - John McCormack (Singer ), Wr iter : Ivor Novello /
Lena Guilbert Ford / Have You News Of My Boy, Jack? - Louise Kirkby / Over There - Enrico Caruso / Never Mind The Foot Controller - Florrie Forde / A Bachelor Gay (The Maid Of The Mountains) - Peter Dawson
(Singer) / You Can't Beat Us - Arthur Fields / Gas Shells Bombardment / We All Went Marching Home - The
Black Diamonds Band / How Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down On The Far m? - Harry Fay / Grand Peace Record, The - Military Band / Land Of Hope And Glory - Clara Butt
An evocation in music and drama through recordings made at the time. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Great War, a wonderful
selection of authentic recordings from the period – ‘unofficial’ and ‘official’ music, dramatic sketches, the testimony of a British sergeant and
UNIQUELY, the sound of the British gas shell bombardment of Lille in 1918. A moving memorial which attempts to capture the feelings of
the time.
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The Golden Age of Light Music-Light and Latin
Malaguena - Ernesto Lecuona, WERNER MÜLLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA (as 'Ricardo Santos'); Baia (Na
Baixa do Sapateiro) - Ary Barroso, arr. Percy Faith, PERCY FAITH AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Cuban Love Song
- Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields, Herbert Stothart, PAUL WESTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Tico Tico GLCD5213
Zequinha de Abreu, CARMEN DRAGON Conducting THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA; Poinciana - Nat Simon, Buddy Bernier, XAVIER CUGAT AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Duerme (Time Was)
- Miguel Prado, TITO PUENTE AND HIS ORCHESTRA; High In Sierra - Ernesto Lecuona, STANLEY BLACK AND HIS
ORCHESTRA; I Love You (from 'Mexican Hayride') - Cole Porter, arr, Robert Farnon, ROBERT FARNON AND HIS ORCHESTRA ('Jack Saunders' on disc label); Brazil (Aquarela do Brasil) - Ary Barroso, arr. Percy Faith, PERCY FAITH AND
HIS ORCHESTRA; Beguine By Night - Eric Winstone, GROUP-FORTY ORCHESTRA; Adios - Enric Madriguera, ANDRE
KOSTELANETZ AND HIS ORCHESTRA; No Te Importe Saber - René Touzet, arr. Laurie Johnson, AMBROSE AND HIS
ORCHESTRA WITH STRINGS Conducted by LAURIE JOHNSON; Berceuse Cubaine - Frank Engelen, THE BRUSSELS
NEW CONCERT ORCHESTRA; Oracion Caribe - Agustin Lara, arr. Mario Ruiz Armengol, MARIO RUIZ ARMENGOL
AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Nightingale - Xavier Cugat, XAVIER CUGAT AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Noche De Ronda (Be Mine Tonight) - Maria Toroso Lara,
TITO PUENTE AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Quiet Village - Les Baxter, CLEBANOFF STRINGS AND PERCUSSION; Brazilian Butterfly - Ronald Hanmer,
THE CONNAUGHT LIGHT ORCHESTRA; Sweet Bolero - Hermann Garst, EDDIE BARCLAY AND HIS ORCHESTRA; The Moon Of Manakoora (from
the film 'The Hurricane') - Frank Loesser, Alfred Newman, AXEL STORDAHL AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Cordoba (from 'Cantos Dos Espana') - Isaac Albéniz,
ANDRE KOSTELANETZ AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Adios Mariquita Linda - Marcos A. Jiminez, DENNIS FARNON AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Siboney Ernesto Lecuona, STANLEY BLACK AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Tropical Merengue - Rafael Merdina Munoz, RICHARD HAYMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Espana - Emmanuel Chabrier, CARMEN DRAGON Conducting THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA;
The Golden Age of Light Music-The Composer Conducts-Volume 3
GLCD5214
Mucho Gusto - Percy Faith, PERCY FAITH AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Someday (from 'The Vagabond King') Rudolf Friml, 101 STRINGS Conducted by RUDOLF FRIML; Clarinet Candy - Leroy Anderson, LEROY ANDERSON AND
HIS ORCHESTRA; Aries - Hal Mooney, HAL MOONEY AND HIS ORCHESTRA; El Caballero - Richard Hayman, RICHARD HAYMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA; A Frenchman In New York - David Rose, DAVID ROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA; 'The Village Of Daughters' (Theme from the film) - Ron Goodwin, RON GOODWIN AND HIS CONCERT ORCHESTRA; Boy Meets Girl - Meredith Willson, MEREDITH WILLSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Happiness Day - Roger Roger,
ROGER ROGER AND HIS CHAMPS ELYSEES ORCHESTRA; 'The Moonraker' (Theme from the film) - Laurie Johnson,
LAURIE JOHNSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Sound And Vision – Associated TeleVision March - Eric Coates, ERIC
COATES AND HIS CONCERT ORCHESTRA; Romantic Mood - Walter Stott, TELECAST ORCHESTRA Conducted by
WALTER STOTT; Here They Are - Hans May, HARMONIC ORCHESTRA Conducted by HANS MAY; Journey Into Melody
- Robert Farnon, ROBERT FARNON AND HIS ORCHESTRA; The Falcons - Charles Williams, real name Isaac Cozerbreit,
CHARLES WILLIAMS AND HIS CONCERT ORCHESTRA; Comic Cuts - Sidney Torch, SIDNEY TORCH AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Sensation For Strings
- Philip Green, PHILIP GREEN AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Longing - Annunzio Paolo Mantovani, MANTOVANI AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Bright Lights Victor Young, VICTOR YOUNG AND HIS ORCHESTRA; My Love Is In Florence - Guy Luypaerts, GUY LUYPAERTS AND HIS ORCHESTRA (as 'GUY
LUPAR’ on LP label); Autumn Song - Otto Cesana, OTTO CESANA AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Humpty Dumpty - Peter Yorke, PETER YORKE AND HIS
CONCERT ORCHESTRA; Twilight Serenade - Alfredo Antonini, ALFREDO ANTONINI AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Mississippi - Frank De Vol, FRANK DE
VOL AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Chats De Gouttiere (Alley Cats) - Gérard Calvi, real name Grégoire Elie Krettly, GÉRARD CALVI AND HIS ORCHESTRA;
The Golden Age of Light Music-Song of the West
GLCD5215
'Around The World In Eighty Days') - Victor Young, THE CINEMA SOUND STAGE ORCHESTRA; Ranch
House Party (from 'Portrait Of A Frontier Town') - Don Gillis, NEW CONCERT ORCHESTRA Conducted by STANFORD
ROBINSON; Prairie Sunset - Ernest Tomlinson, BOSWORTH ORCHESTRA; Sioux War Dance - Ray Martin, RAY MARTIN
AND HIS CONCERT ORCHESTRA; Colorado Trail - Traditional, arr. Robert Farnon, ROBERT FARNON AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Overland To Oregon - Suite - Trevor Duncan, real name Leonard Charles Trebilco, UNIDENTIFIED ORCHESTRA; Stampede - Herbert Leonard Stevens, NEW CENTURY ORCHESTRA Conducted by SIDNEY TORCH; Frontier Marshall - Jack Beaver, DANISH STATE RADIO ORCHESTRA Conducted by ROBERT FARNON (‘The Melodi Light Orchestra
Conducted by Ole Jensen’ on record label); Pow Wow - Robert Farnon, ROBERT FARNON AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Tall In
The Saddle - John Cacavas, TELECAST ORCHESTRA Conducted by ROBERT FARNON; Home On The Range - Traditional,
MANTOVANI AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Rocky Trail To A Peaceful Valley - Waters; Hall, LEROY HOLMES AND HIS
ORCHESTRA; Prairie Rider - Charles Williams, arr. Cecil Milner, NEW CONCERT ORCHESTRA Conducted by JACK LEON; Colorado Sunset - Jack Brown, NEW CENTURY ORCHESTRA Conducted by SIDNEY TORCH; American Panorama - Wilfred Burns, THE SYMPHONIA ORCHESTRA Conducted by CURT ANDERSEN; California Here I Come - Buddy De Sylva; Joseph Meyer; Al Jolson, HAL MOONEY AND HIS ORCHESTRA; 'High Noon' - Theme from the film - Dimitri Tiomkin, DAVID CARROLL AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Lazy Cowboy - Ruth Guthrie, RAY MARTIN AND HIS CONCERT ORCHESTRA; Song Of The West - Billy Vaughn, arr. George Greeley, BILLY VAUGHN AND HIS ORCHESTRA;
The Golden Age of Light Music-Springtime
GLCD5216
The First Day Of Spring - Leroy Anderson, LEROY ANDERSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA; April Is Coming Assi Rahbani, Mansour Rahbani, arr. Ron Goodwin, RON GOODWIN AND HIS CONCERT ORCHESTRA; Tip Toe Through
The Tulips With Me - Joseph A. Burke, Al Dubin, FRANK CHACKSFIELD AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Blossom - Mark Charlap, real name Morris Isaac Charlip, RICHARD HAYMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Spring In Baden Baden (Frühling In
Baden-Baden) - Lothar Brühne, BADEN-BADEN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conducted by HANS ROSBAUD; Springtime
(Also known as 'Love's Springtime') - Cedric King Palmer, THE BOSWORTH ORCHESTRA; Mayflies - Edward Stanelli,
NEW CONCERT ORCHESTRA Conducted by DOLF VAN DER LINDEN ('Nat Nyll' on disc label); Spring Cruise - Peter
Yorke, DANISH STATE RADIO ORCHESTRA Conducted by ROBERT FARNON ('Melodi Light Orchestra Conducted by
Ole Jensen’ on disc label); Spring Gambol - Harold Smart, THE LIGHT SYMPHONIA Conducted by ROBERTO CAPELLI;
Mother Nature - Harry Rabinowitz, NEW CONCERT ORCHESTRA Conducted by DOLF VAN DER LINDEN ('Nat Nyll’ on
disc label); Garden Party - George French, L’ORCHESTRE DEVEREAUX Conducted by GEORGES DEVEREAUX; Those
Far Away Hills - Reginald King, REGENT CLASSIC ORCHESTRA; Spring Promenade - Frederic Curzon, NEW CONCERT ORCHESTRA Conducted by
CEDRIC DUMONT; Rainbow’s Glory - Cedric King Palmer, DOLF VAN DER LINDEN AND HIS METROPOLE ORCHESTRA; High Cloud - Herbert
Leonard Stevens, CRAWFORD LIGHT ORCHESTRA (probably STUTTGART RADIO ORCH); Spring Fashion - Alan Braden, GROUP-FORTY ORCHESTRA Conducted by LAURIE JOHNSON; Spring Song - Haydn Wood, QUEEN’S HALL LIGHT ORCHESTRA Conducted by CHARLES WILLIAMS; Prelude For Gardenias - Peter Barrington, real name Felton Rapley, NEW CONCERT ORCHESTRA Conducted by JACK LEON; Forest Mood - Frederic Bayco,
THE BOSWORTH ORCHESTRA; June Is Calling - Wilfrid Sanderson, NEW CONCERT ORCHESTRA Conducted by JAY WILBUR; April Kiss - Peter
Dennis, real name Dennis Alfred Berry, DOLF VAN DER LINDEN AND HIS METROPOLE ORCHESTRA; (I'll Be With You) In Apple Blossom Time Fleetson, Albert Von Tilzer, ERNEST MAXIN AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Sunbeams And Butterflies - Albert William Ketèlbey, ELITE NOVELTY ORCHESTRA; We'll Gather Lilacs (from 'Perchance To Dream') - Ivor Novello, arr. Sidney Torch, QUEEN’S HALL LIGHT ORCHESTRA Conducted by CHARLES
WILLIAMS; Beautiful Spring - Paul Lincke, LONDON PROMENADE ORCHESTRA Conducted by ERIC ROGERS;
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Volkmar Andreae: Symphony in F / Li-Tai-Pe, Op.37 (1931) Eight Chinese Songs for Tenor and
Orchestra / Concertino for Oboe and Orchestra, Op.42 (World Premiere Recording)
Benjamin Hulett (tenor ), John Anderson (oboe), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra,
GMCD7400
Marc Andreae (conductor )
This is the latest volume in Guild's series of recordings of the music of the great Swiss composer and conductor
Volkmar Andreae (1879-1962), and the third of his orchestral music. A distinguished aspect of these orchestral
recordings is that they are all conducted by the composer's grandson, the much-admired Marc Andreae, which
gives the performances a genuine sense of authority. These are all new recordings, made in England by the greatly
distinguished Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. To judge by the reaction to our earlier issues of Andreae's music, we are confident this new release will be widely welcomed, not least for the oboe playing of John Anderson in
the Concertino, and the singing of Benjamin Hulett in the wonderful Li-Tai-Pe songs.
Music for Cor Anglais
GMCD7399
Antonio Pasculli (1842-1924): Melodia per Corno Inglese e Pianoforte - Melody for cor anglais
and fortepiano / Amelia - Un pensiero del Ballo in maschera, Fantasia per Corno Inglese e Pianoforte - Amelia's
Musings from 'Un Ballo in Maschera' - for cor anglais and fortepiano / Fantasia II per Corno Inglese e Pianoforte
sopra motivi dell' opera 'Un ballo in maschera' di Verdi - Fantasy II on a Theme from Verdi's 'Un Ballo in
Maschera' for cor anglais and fortepiano / Omaggio a Bellini, Duetto per Corno Inglese e Arpa - Omaggio a Bellini - Duet for cor anglais and harp*
Carlo Yvon (1798-1854): Sonata in F per Corno Inglese e Pianoforte - Sonata in F, for cor anglais and fortepiano
Giovanni Daelli (1800?-1860):Fantasia per Corno Inglese e Pianoforte - sopra motivi dell' opera 'Il Trovatore' del
M.° Verdi - Fantasy on a Theme from Verdi's 'Il Trovatore' - for cor anglais and fortepiano
Fantasia per Corno Inglese e Pianoforte sopra motivi dell' opera 'Luisa Miller' del M.° Verdi - Fantasy on a Theme
from Verdi's 'Luisa Miller' - for cor anglais and fortepiano
Martin Frutiger (cor anglais), Petya Mihneva (for tepiano), *Sarah Verrue (har p)
Antonio Pasculli, who lived from 1842 to 1924 was a legendary Italian oboist and composer, who became known as "the Paganini of the oboe"
owing to his astonishing technical virtuosity on the oboe and cor anglais and for his superb compositional skills. He left a lot of music for the
cor anglais as well as for the oboe, and we are particularly proud to present this complete recital devoted to some of his most brilliant compositions for the instrument, with many of his works based upon famous themes from Italian operas of the 19th-century. In addition, this outstandingly played and recorded CD includes music by two earlier composers for the cor anglais, and the result is a dazzling display of virtuoso playing and expressive characterisation by Martin Frutiger, one of the leading exponents on the cor anglais currently before the public.
Orchestral Masterworks from Switzerland
GMCD7403
Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957: Festlicher Hymnus Op. 64 for large orchestra (1950)
Overture to William Ratcliff (by Heinrich Heine) Op.29 | Ernst Widmer (1927-1990): Concerto for piano, percussion and orchestra Op. 160** | Adolf Brunner (1901-1992): Partita for piano and orchestra
Fali Pavri (piano), Simon Lowdon, Heather Corbett, John Poulter, Alan Stark (per cussions), Martin Gibson (timpani), *Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Rainer Held (conductor )
This CD, with four world premiere releases, offers a representative slice of 20th-century Swiss music, ranging
from Othmar Schoeck’s late-Romanticism via the neoclassicism of Adolf Brunner to the Modernism of Ernst
Widmer. Nearly fifty years separate Schoeck’s first and last major orchestral works, recorded here – but his commitment to the German Romantic tradition remains undimmed. Brunner’s neoclassical Partita betrays the influence of Hindemith, but has a Brahmsian meatiness to its piano part, while Widmer’s influences in his exuberant
concerto range from Bartók to Brazilian street music.
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Arioso & Brillante
Albinoni: Concer to for Tr umpet and Or gan in D major | J.S. Bach: Menuet/Badiner ieSACD7184
Orchestral Suite No.2 BWV1067 / Arioso from Cantata BWV156 Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary
'Prince of Denmark's March'/Trumpet Tune | Gounod/Bach: Ave Maria | Haendel: Ombra mai fu
(Largo) from Xerxes | Loeillet • Sonata in C major Op.3 | Telemann • Concerto in f minor | Vivaldi:
Concerto in F major RV455 | Viviani: Sonata prima in C major Op.4
Gábor Tarkövi, Tr umpet, Peter Kofler, Or gan
The Hungarian trumpet player Gábor Tarkövi comes from a family of mainly brass playing musicians and
switched from clarinet to trumpet. Since 2005, he has been the solo trumpet player in the Berlin Philharmonic;
“In this orchestra I work with wonderful colleagues, who always inspire me. That is a very lovely feeling.”
Classical Trumpet Concertos
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Haydn: Tr umpet Concer to in E flat major , Hob. VIIe:1
Hummel, J: Tr umpet Concer to in E (or E flat) major , WoO/S49
Mozart, L: Tr umpet Concer to in D major
Neruda, J B G: Tr umpet Concer to in E flat major
Gábor Tarkövi (tr umpet), Bamberger Symphoniker, Karl-Heinz Steffens
“[Tarkövi] traverses every technical challenge with pronounced and disciplined placement...The Haydn is an object
lesson in supreme control, the Neruda smooth and efficient and the Mozart pinpoint in its pristine piccolo trumpet
intonation.” Gramophone
Italian Trumpet Concertos & Arias
SACD7161
Marcello: Concer to for Tr umpet in D minor | Scarlatti: Ar ie con tr omba sola / #4, Rompe spr ezz*
#6, Mio tesoro per te moro * | Vivaldi: "Domine Deus" from Gloria, RV 589 * / Concerto for Trumpet in B Flat Major |
Galuppi: Ar ia " Alla Tr omba della Fama" * | Tartini: Concer to for Tr umpet in D Major | Baldassare: Sonata in
F Major | Albinoni: Concerto à 5 in B Flat Major, Op. 7 #3
Gábor Tarkövi, tr umpet, * Mojca Erdmann, sopr ano, Bavarian Radio Chamber Orchestra/Radoslaw Szulc
“this is still an attractive disc... listen in amazement to Tarkövi’s dexterity and warmth in all five concertos.”
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Anton Bruckner: Messe Nr. 3 f-Moll
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller / Anke Vondung / Dominik Wortig / Franz-Josef Selig
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Einstudier ung: Florian Helgath
Bamberger Symphoniker - Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie, Robin Ticciati
SACD7193
Robin Ticciati is in his fifth season as Principal Conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. He will
begin his tenure as Music Director of Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 2014.
The Mass No. 3 in F minor WAB 28 by Anton Bruckner is a setting of the mass ordinary for vocal soloists, chorus and orchestra, and organ ad libitum. After the 1867 success of Bruckner's Mass No. 1 in D minor, he was
commissioned "to write a new Mass for the Burgkapelle." Bruckner wrote the first version between Septembers
1867 - 1868, in Linz (just before his move to Vienna) made slight revisions in 1877 and 1881, in preparation for
performances at the Hofkapelle, mainly to address "difficulties of execution" but also to take into account what he had learned from studying
Mozart's Requiem, correcting some instances of parallel octaves if not justified by Mozart's example. In the 1890s Bruckner was still revising
the work, but there were very little changes made to the vocal parts after 1868. The composer dedicated the piece Hofrat Imhof at "the last
minute." Leopold Nowak, however, believed that the piece was actually dedicated to conductor Johann Herbeck.
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
Gregori, G: Concer to Gr osso Op. 2 No. 9 / Concer to Gr osso Op. 2 No. 10
Jonah Schenkel (tr eble), Alex Potter (counter tenor )
Zürcher Sängerknaben, Barockorchester Capriccio, Alphons von Aarburg
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“[Schenkel] is quite simply the most accomplished boy soprano I have ever heard. His voice
is strong and agile yet innocent and pure in timbre. He clearly understands the text and delivers it with patient sincerity...He shapes phrases beautifully and adds some discreet but pleasing ornamentation...there is is a pleasing contrast between [the voices] of Schenkel and Potter.”
Con Bravura– Franz & Karl Doppler, vir tuoso music for two flutes and piano
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Andante und Rondo op. 25 / Valse di Bravura op. 33 / Duettino Hongrois op. 36 sur des motifs
hongrois / La Sonnambula op. 42, Paraphrase en Souvenir de Adelina Patti / Souvenir de Prague op. 24, Duo
concertant sur des motifs bohémiens / Rigoletto Fantaisie op. 38 «Duo concertant» / Duettino op. 37 sur des motifs américains
Walter Auer (Principal Flutist of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra) / Karl-Heinz Schütz, Flute,
Christoph Traxler, Piano
Albert Franz Doppler (October 16, 1821 – July 27, 1883), was a flute virtuoso and a composer best known for
his flute music. He also wrote one German and several Hungarian operas for Budapest, all produced with great
success. His ballet music was popular during his lifetime.
Karl Doppler (September 12, 1825, Lember g – March 10, 1900, Stuttgart) was a Hungarian flute virtuoso,
conductor, music director, composer. He was the younger brother of the composer Franz Doppler and father of the composer Árpád Doppler.
He worked until 1865 as music director at the Theater in Budapest, and from 1865 to 1898 as the Hofkapellmeister in Stuttgart. He composed
several Hungarian operas, collection of Hungarian folk dances and choirs.
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A Bach Recital-Penelope Thwaites (piano)
Prelude in A minor, BWV942 / Italian Concerto, BWV971 / Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund
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und Tat und Leben': Jesu, bleibet meine Freude arr.Hess / Chorale Prelude BWV639 'Ich ruf' zu
dir, Herr Jesu Christ' arr.Busoni / Cantata BWV22 'Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe' arr. Walter Rummel
Prelude in C major, BWV924 / Prelude in D major, BWV925 / Prelude in F major, BWV927 / Prelude in F major, BWV928 / Trio in G minor, BWV929 / Christ lag in Todesbanden – Cantata, BWV 4 Jesus Christus Gottes
Sohn – Chorale arr. Walter Rummel | Liszt: Fantasy & Fugue in G minor (J S Bach BWV542) for piano, S463
Prelude and Fugue in a minor, BWV 543 (J.S. Bach), S. 462/1
The Australian pianist Penelope Thwaites launched her international career with a Wigmore Hall recital in London 1974, and has since appeared in over thirty countries on five continents, as recitalist, broadcaster and concerto soloist. In a wide-ranging repertoire, the music of J S Bach has been particularly important to her, often beginning and ending her recitals. She has appeared with major orchestras such as the London Philharmonic, the Philharmonia and the BBC Concert
Orchestra, and with leading orchestras in Australia, USA and Europe.
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Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764):
Six sonates en trio pour deux violons et la Basse Continue, OEuvre IV
Ensemble Rosasolis
Marieke Bouche, violon, Guillaume Humbrecht, violon, Nicolas Crnjanski, violoncelle, Julie Blais,
clavecin
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The trio sonata originated in Italy and was extensively used by Corelli and Vivaldi.
Leclair had a special talent which declared itself very early on in his instrumental output and especially in
Op.4. The slow movements of this collection display a contrapuntal sense unique in the French music of the
time, a feel for the long phrase that justifies his nickname of ‘the French Bach’ – or “Everything announces
him as the French Corelli”, according to Charles-Henri de Blainville
In this collection abounding in formal innovations and timbral experiments, Leclair is careful not to overload
the harmonic language. And so French flowers of new colours bloomed in Corelli’s classical garden!
Ensemble Rosasolis was founded in 2003 by musicians with aim to shar e their passion for 17th - and 18th-century vocal and instrumental music, and approach it in a true chamber-music spirit.
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Here at EOS we try to bring you outstanding artist and repertoire that as they say go under the radar. So from our label partners
in Norway we introduce you to Eli Kristin Hanssveen (soprano) accompanying by Operaorkestret, John Fiore
Sempre Libera-Charpentier, G: Depuis le jour (from L ouise) | Donizetti: C'en est donc
fait...Par le rang et par l'opulence...Salut à la France / Pour ce contrat fatal...Salut à la France (both LWC1041
from La fille du regiment) / Regnava nel silenzio...Quando rapito in estasi (from Lucia di Lammermoor )Massenet: Je suis encore tout Ãtourdie (from Manon) | Mozart: Ruhe sanft, mein holdes
Leben (from Zaide) / Der Halle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (from Die Zauberflöte) | Puccini: Chi
il bel sogno di Doretta (from La Rondine) Manon Lescaut - Intermezzo / O mio babbino caro (from
Gianni Schicchi) | Ravel: Air du Feu: “Arriere” from L'enfant et les Sortilèges | Strauss, R: Sento un
certo non so che (from Die schweigsame Frau) Verdi: È str ano! è str ano!...Ah! for s è lui / Sempre
libera (both from La Traviata)
“a short ride in a fast machine...Can she do all this? Well, yes, and often rather well” Gramophone
“It is [in the Ravel] that the Operaorkesteret under the sensitive John Fiore show themselves to be quite superb and not merely a band
knocked together for a recording...Hanssveen clearly loves the experience. This all demonstrates that her voice is marvellously flexible
and...she is well able to delve into and indeed inhabit the romantic heart of these chosen pieces.” MusicWeb International, 21st March 2014
Grieg: Haugtussa, Op. 67 / 12 Melodies to poems by A.O. Vinje, Op. 33
Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo-soprano), Nils Anders Mortenson (piano)
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Gramophone Magazine wrote of Marianne Beate Kielland: “The mezzo-soprano is quite outstanding:
strong, firm, sensitive in modulations, imaginative in her treatment of words, with a voice pure in
quality, wide in range, and unfalteringly true in intonation.”
Grieg: Holber g Suite, Op.40 | Johan Kvandal: Sonata for Str ings, Op.79
Odd Grüner-Hegge: Elegiac Melody for Str ings | Knut Nystedt: Concer to Ar ctandr iae for
Strings, Op.128 - Ensemble Allegria
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“This is a marvellous disc of brilliant music that introduced me to three new composers for which I am extremely
grateful. The Ensemble Allegria is well named since ‘Allegria’ translates as ‘merriment’ and the overwhelming
impression one gets while listening to these superb young musicians is that they’re all having a really enjoyable
time making music together. This is communicated very powerfully in these performances.” MusicWeb, Steve
Arloff
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Then our friends from Belgium aiming to create a varied and contrasting
sound-world with, La Roza Enflorese brings together instruments from different places and periods (vieles, rape, lute, vihuela, recorders, crumhorns,
and percussion from the Near and Middle East). While this instrumental
richness contrasts with the Sephardic tradition, in which songs were performed by a
female singer accompanied at most by a frame drum, it nonetheless exemplifies the
influences which enriched this tradition after the 1492 diaspora. This approach seems
especially appropriate at a time when cultural boundaries are being erased (at least
through the arts) and when culture is becoming more and more a matter of encounters.
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“A Delightful recital of traditional Sephardic songs full of authentic colour. [E] Edith Saint-Mard performs with a fairly typical folk singer's stamp She is skilled and at the same time restrained in her use of ornament. Michael Nader is an excellent foil to her. Instrumentalist
and singers together help to create an exceptional climate of nostalgia, mostly sad, but not without its moments of joy and humor.”
Gramophone
“From the first listen of the album La Roza Enflorese, I let myself go to the fascination... seduced by the realization of these Belgian artists
that vibrated a different color, a more restrained spontaneity, in a manner so classic my Sephardic culture. (…) I remain appreciative to the
performances of these young musicians of cittern, flute, of Crumhorn, lute, viol, percussion. These aren't warble votes or broken, soft muestras
s'nonas that rocked my childhood or that I listed in my children, but the resonances of a distinction rare and beneficial, sometimes, and I do
not deny it, perhaps more strict, to capture! Emotions, images sometimes transparent, sometimes silent, or smiling escape from these romances, of these traditions women, memories of all the newspapers... A CD that should be part of the disco of the perfect gentleman!”
Los muestros. The voice of the Sephardim, Rivka Cohen
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