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Schütz: Weihnachtshistorie, Auferstehungshistorie -- Hillier, Ars Nova Copenhagen

April 12, 2020, 4:00 pm
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Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)

01-19 Schütz Weihnachtshistorie SWV435
20-29 Auferstehungshistorie SWV450

Ars Nova Copenhagen; Paul Hillier, dir
Rec 29-30 March (Auferstehungshistorie) and 1-2 December 2008 (Weihnachtshistorie), Garnisons Kirke Copenhagen
 
DaCapo 8.226058 (2009) out of print


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357.2 MB
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 Tracklist:
Schütz Weihnachtshistorie SWV435
01 Eingang
02 Evangelist
03 Intermedium 1. Der Engel zu den Hirten auf dem Felde
04 Evangelist
05 Intermedium 2. Die Menge der Engel
06 Evangelist
07 Intermedium 3. Die Hirten auf dem Felde
08 Evangelist
09 Intermedium 4. Die Weisen aus Morgenlande
10 Evangelist
11 Intermedium 5. Hohepriester und Schriftgelehrte
12 Evangelist
13 Intermedium 6. Herodes
14 Evangelist
15 Intermedium 7. Der Engel zu Joseph
16 Evangelist
17 Intermedium 8. Der Engel zu Joseph
18 Evangelist
19 Der Beschluss

Schütz Auferstehungshistorie SWV450
20 Introitus: Chor
21 Der Ostermorgen
22 Jesus erscheint der Maria Magdalena
23 Der Jüngling im Grabe
24 Jesus erscheint den Frauen
25 Rat der Hohenpriester
26 Jesus erscheint den Emmausjüngern
27 Jesus erscheint den elf Jüngern
28 Der Sendungsbefehl
29 Conclusio: Chor


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Eduard Tubin - Kratt - The 11 Symphonies - Concertos

April 13, 2020, 4:05 pm
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Eduard Tubin (1905-1982)
Kratt - Ballet in four acts
Sinfonietta on Estonian motifs
Iris Oja mezzo
Estonian National SO
Arvo Volmer
Alba 2005
digital download, booklet





 
Eduard Tubin
Symphonies 1-10
Toccata
Suite from the ballet Kratt
Gothenburg SO
Neeme Jarvi
BIS 2002
flac, cue, logs, booklet                                   



Eduard Tubin
Double Bass Concerto
Violin Concerto No. 2
Ballade
Valse Triste
Estonian Dance Suite
Hakan Ehrle double bass
Gustavo García violin
Gothenburg SO
Neeme Jarvi
BIS 1987
flac, cue, logs, booklet 


Eduard Tubin: Symphony No. 11
Arvo Part (1935)
Nekrolog
Symphony No. 1
Erkki-Sven Tuur (1959)
Searching for Roots
Insula Deserta
Zeitraum
Royal Stockholm PO
Paavo Jarvi
Virgin 1997
flac, cue, logs, scans



Budashkin: Siberian Rhapsody
Johanson: Sonatina for Balalaika and Piano
Tubin: Balalika Concerto
Golz Elegy No. 1
Troyanovsky: Four Russian Folksongs
Zwetnow. Cadenza
Nicolaus Zwetnow balalaika
Royal Stockholm PO
Kjell Ingebretsen
Lucia Negro piano
Caprice 1981
digital download, cover


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Reicha, Myslivecek, Pichl: Flute Trios (The Reicha Trio)

April 14, 2020, 4:00 pm
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Antonin Reicha (1770-1836)
Grand Trio in G major
Josef Myslivecek (1737-1781)
Trio in D major
Václav Pichl (1741-1805)
Divertimento in A major
The Reicha Trio
(Period Inastruments)
Arta F10051-2 (1996)


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Paër - Il Santo Sepolcro (Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Ensemble)

April 15, 2020, 4:00 pm
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Johann Simon Mayr (1763-1745)
Invito - Gia trafitto
Ferdinando Paër (1771-1839)
Oratorio - Il Santo Sepolcro (1822)
Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Ensemble
(Period Instruments)
Naxos 8.572492 (2012)




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Vermon Handley & Malcolm Binns: Rubbra - Piano Concerto & Symphony No.4

April 16, 2020, 4:00 pm
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Edmund Rubbra:
01. - 03. Symphony No.4, op.53 [27'01]
04. - 06. Piano Concerto in G major, op.85* [27'15]
07. Soliloquy for Cello and Orchestra, op.57^ [12'21]

Malcolm Binns- piano*; Raphael Sommer- cello^; London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vernon Handley

BBC Radio Classics 1565691932  (recorded 24 February 1976; this CD release 1997

(CD-rip; flacs, booklet, cover and inlay scans)

Recording venue: BBC Maida Vale Studio 1, London
Recording engineer: not given; Producer: Robert Simpson

Given the recent interest in Edmund Rubbra's music on the chat-box, I thought it worth posting this rather rare and fine concert recording. The BBC Genome gives the first broadcast date for the concert as 26 September 1976 (the first in a series of concerts for the composer's 75th birthday celebrations) and was rebroadcast on 3 January 1982. The eminent musicologist and composer Robert Simpson was producer. BBC Radio Classics (issued on the BBC's behalf by Carlton Classics) was a short-lived series that preceded the better known BBC Legends, but this very fine concert was never reissued in the later series.

Until Piers Lane's new recording appears as no.81 in Hyperion's Romantic Piano Concerto series, this and Denis Matthews' 1965 recording with Malcolm Sargent are the only recordings of the Rubbra Piano Concerto. It is difficult to imagine a finer or more eloquent performance than Binns and Handley give here - but no doubt the sound recording will be superior.

The composer himself conducted the premiere of his fourth of eleven symphonies at a Promenade Concert in wartime London (wearing his Army uniform on the podium as required by regulations). A recording of that performance has been issued by Somm Records but I think Vernon Handley is a more persuasive conductor. Handley was a great supporter and interpreter of Rubbra's music and it is surprising that he made only one commercial recording of a Rubbra symphony- the second, for Lyrita (with a wonderful booklet essay by the conductor). He also made a recording of the Soliloquy for Lyrita with Rohan de Saram - rather superior to the performance by Raphael Sommer here.

For me, Handley's is a noble and well-judged performance of the fourth symphony, the best that I have heard. It is only slightly let down by being recorded in concert with no opportunity to patch some occasional ragged playing by the London Symphony.

I must apologise for the poor quality of the scans. I borrowed this disc to rip many years ago and did not have time to digitise the booklet and inlay before having to return the disc. I have cobbled the scans together from various internet sources.

Download from MEGA.

Appendix
I have also added an PDF upload of Gramophone's British music specialist Andrew Achenbach's well-reasoned survey of Rubbra's music and recordings from the June 2001 issue (even though he doesn't mention Handley's Symphony No.4 and is rather more enthusiastic about Richard Hickox's recordings of the symphonies than me). Not a lot has changed in the 19 years since then with the orchestral repertoire on disc other than the aforementioned Somm issue (Rubbra's 1942 performance of Symphony No.4 coupled with Adrian Boult's 1954 performance of Symphony No.2) and recordings of the Viola Concerto with Lawrence Power (Hyperion) and the Violin Concerto with Krysia Osostowicz (Naxos) being issued.

Download Rubbra survey from MEGA.
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Vocal Music - Nilsson - Von Stade - Tragicomedia - Moreschi - Lesne - Dominguez - Tourel

April 17, 2020, 4:00 pm
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Birgit Nilsson
Lieder and Songs
Schubert
Wagner
Grieg
Sibelius
Leo Taubman piano
RCA 1961
digital download, cover


Dominick Argento (1927-2019)
Casa Guidi
In Praise of Music
Clarinet Concerto
Federica Von Stade mezzosoprano
Burt Hara clarinet
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue
Reference Records 2002
flac, cue, log, scans



Domenico Mazzocchi (1592-1665)
Lacrime Amare
Madrigali, Motetti e Arie
Suzie Le Blanc
Barbara Borden
Paul Agnew
Harry van der Kamp
Tragicomedia
Teldec 1996
flac, cue, log, scans


Le Temps des Castrats
Arias by Purcell, Handel, Bach,
Hasse, Porpora,
Caldara, Mozart, Rossini
J. Bowman, A. Deller, A. Christofellis, A. Moreschi
EMI 1994
flac, cue, log, scans






O Lusitano
Portuguese villacetes, cantigas and romances
Gerard Lesne
Circa 1500
Nancy Hadden
Virgin 1992
flac, cue, log, scans





Vaughan Williams
Songs
Five Mystical Songs
On Wendlock Edge
Anthony Rolfe Johnson tenor
Simon Keenlyside baritone
Graham Johnson piano
The Duke Quartet
Collins 1991
flac, cue, log, scans



Gerard Souzay
Arias by Handel, Lully and Rameau
(plus Monteverdi and Gluck)
Raymond Leppard
Serge Baudo
Robert Corman
Decca 1964
digital download, cover




David Daniels
Serenade
Songs by Beethoven, Schubert.
Caldara, Gluck, Cesti, Lotti,
Gounod, Vaughan Williams,
Poulenc and Purcell
Martin Katz piano
Virgin 2000
flac, cue, log, scans





Jennie Tourel mezzosoprano
Leonard Bernstein piano
Songs by Schumann, Strauss, Tchaikovsky,
Rachmaninov. Duparc, Debussy, Satie,
Liszt, Poulenc, Offenbach
Sony 1974
digital download, cover





George London
Songs by Richard Rodgers,
Kurt Weill, Frederick Loewe and Jerome Kern
(plus Wagner scenes) 
The Roland Shaw Orchestra
Hans Knappertsbusch
Wiener Philharmoniker (Wagner)
Decca 1957 (1958 Wagner)
digital download, cover




Waltraud Meier
Lieder by Schubert and Strauss,
includong the Last Four Songs
Joseph Breinl piano
Farao 2007
digital download, cover







Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Scenes from Salome, Capriccio,
Der Liebe der Danae and Ariadne auf Naxos
Bamberger Symphoniker
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Orfeo 1999





Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
Les Nuits d´ Ete
W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Haffner Serenade
Ian Bostridge tenor
Glenn Dicterow violin
New York Philharmonic
Colin Davis
DG 2006
digital download, cover



Oralia Dominguez
Arias By Donizzetti, Rossini,
Bizet, Verdi, Cilea and Wagner
Berlin Radio SO
Janos Kulka
DG 1959
digital download, cover





Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)
Poeme d´l´Amour et de la Mer
Chanson Perpetuelle
Melodies
Jessye Norman soprano
Michel Salberto piano
Quatour et Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
Armin Jordan
Erato 1983
flac, cue, log, scans


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Paccini - Saffo

April 18, 2020, 4:00 pm
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Giovanni Pacini (1796-1867)

 Francesca Pedaci, Carlo Ventre, Roberto de Candia
Mariana Pentcheva, Gemma Bertagnolli, Aled Hall
Dir: Maurizio Benini
Wexford Festival Opera Chorus
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
Marco Polo ( 1996) 8.223883-4 DDD Stereo 2  CDs
Live recording in Wexford, 1995. (Very good sound)

[flac & cue, inlays, art work & disc scans]



Review

"A contemporary of Rossini and Meyerbeer, Giovanni Pacini (1796-1867) never achieved an international reputation and, until recently, his music was generally forgotten. His Saffo (1840) concerns the legend of the ancient Greek poet Sappho, whose unrequited love for the handsome Phaon drives her to fling herself from the Leucadian rock. It was considered Pacini’s masterpiece, and the present recording clearly shows why. Having established a reputation as a facile tunesmith, his style by 1840 had deepened beyond mere imitation of Rossini. Though bouncy tunes alternate with the long, elegiac lines that modern ears find more appropriate to drama, Pacini’s thematic invention runs high. Recorded live at the 1995 Wexford Festival, the performance is punctuated by stage noises and applause. Nevertheless, there is a pleasing balance between singers and orchestra, and the singing itself is competent and often artistic. Francesca Pedaci’s Saffo reveals a commanding soprano, dark, emotive and poignant. Mezzo-soprano Mariana Pentcheva is at her limit negotiating Pacini’s passagework at least at Benini’s tempi. His choices aren’t unreasonable though, and his sympathetic flexibility is welcome. Tenor Carlo Ventre displays a ringing voice if not a subtle approach, while Roberto de Candia often achieves fine baritonal warmth. The chorus is well rehearsed, the orchestra lively" Barrymore Laurence Scherer -www.classical-music.com


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Salome – Inga Nielsen, Michael Schønwandt – Copenhagen 1997

April 19, 2020, 4:00 pm
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Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Salome

Inga Nielsen (Salome), Robert Hale (Jochanaan), Reiner Goldberg (Herodes), Anja Silja (Herodias)
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Michael Schønwandt
Chandos CHAN 9611(2) (1999)
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Arriaga: String quartets -- Cuarteto Casals

April 20, 2020, 4:00 pm
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 Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806-1826)

01-04 String quartet n1 in d
05-08 String quartet n2 in A
09-12 String quartet n3 in E-flat

Cuarteto Casals:
Vera Martínez Mehner, Abel Tomàs Realp, vn
Jonathan Brown, va; Arnau Tomàs Realp, vc

Rec 1-3 May 2003, Studio Auditorium de Anacrusi (Gerona, Spain)
First release 2003; re-released 2009; this release Harmonia Mundi 'Musique d'Abord' HMA1957038 (2013) out of print
XLD rip   flac IMAGE, cue, web covers, booklet*
280.6 MB
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*Covers (2003, 2009) and booklet (2009) included from earlier releases; the 2013 edition comes in a kleenex-weight cardboard folder, no booklet, and precious little information.

Tracklist
01 String quartet n1 in d - I. Allegro
02 String quartet n1 in d - II. Adagio con espressione
03 String quartet n1 in d - III. Menuetto (Allegro)
04 String quartet n1 in d - IV. Adagio. Allegretto
05 String quartet n2 in A - I. Allegro con brio
06 String quartet n2 in A - II. Andante con variazioni
07 String quartet n2 in A - III. Menuetto (Scherzo)
08 String quartet n2 in A - IV. Andante ma non troppo. Allegro
09 String quartet n3 in E-flat - I. Allegro
10 String quartet n3 in E-flat - II. Andantino (Pastorale)
11 String quartet n3 in E-flat - III. Menuetto (Allegro)
12 String quartet n3 in E-flat - IV. Presto agitato
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Hermann Goetz piano concerto - (Paul Baumgartner) Othmar Schoeck - Sommernacht (Orchestre Du Studio De Geneve) (lp rip 24-96)

April 21, 2020, 6:11 pm
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Hermann Goetz
Piano Concerto, Op. 18
Conductor – Erich Schmid
Orchestra – Beromünster Radio Orchestra
Piano – Paul Baumgartner

Othmar Schoeck
'Sommernacht', Pastorales Intermezzo for String Orchestra, Op. 58
Conductor – Paul Klecki
Orchestra – Orchestre du Studio de Genève


Label:
Genesis – GS 1010, Genesis – GS1010
Format:
Vinyl, LP
Country:
US
Released:
1971
Genre:
Classical
Style:
Romantic, Modern

Tracklist

A1
Hermann Goetz
Piano Concerto In B Flat Major, Op. 18
1. Mässig Bewegt

A2
Hermann Goetz
Piano Concerto In B Flat Major, Op. 18
2. Mässig Langsam
(26:23)

B1
Hermann Goetz
Piano Concerto In B Flat Major, Op. 18
3. Langsam, Lebhaft
(12:12)

B2
Othmar Schoeck
'Sommernacht', Pastorales Intermezzo for String Orchestra, Op. 58
(14:00)

My notes:
I have not added a track break between the first and second movements of the piano concerto, because it is unbanded and I'm not sure where the break would go as the music is continuous.
This lp had a lot of crackle and isn't the best pressing, the music's good though! I'd also like to note the timings on the lp cover are quite far out, the technics should not be off speed!

Turntable:
Technics 1200GR with Shure V15 (iii) cartridge and original VN35MR stylus.
Digitised with an IVinyl usb phono preamp and Audacity using ASIO4ALL at 24 bit 96 khz.
I've used clickrepair to clean up some of the crackles. I wasn't sure if I needed to use any other filters, please let me know if I should have for future reference!
Download:
http://oldgramophonerecords.co.uk/zips/Hermann%20Goetz%20piano%20concerto%20-%20Othmar%20Schoeck%20-%20Sommernacht.zip
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Arias for Anna de Amicis (Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques)

April 22, 2020, 4:00 pm
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Arias for Anna de Amicis by:
Nicolo Jommelli (1714-1774)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)
Giovanni Batista Borghi (1738-1796)
Josef Myslivecek (1737-1781)
Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782)
Pasquale Cafaro (1716-1787)
Teodora Gheorghiu, Soprano
Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques (Period Instruments)
Aparte AP021 (2011)
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Okko Kamu & James DePreist: Aulis Salilinen - Symphonies No.2, No.4, No.5 & No.6

April 23, 2020, 4:00 pm
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BIS CD511Aulis Sallinen:
01. Sunrise Serenade, op.63 [7'44]
02. Symphony No.2, op.29 'Symphonic Dialogue for Solo Percussion'* [15'35]
03. - 06. Symphony No.6, op.65 'From a New Zealand Diary' [42'47]

Gert Mortensen- percussion*; Malmo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Okko Kamu

BIS CD511  (recorded November 1990; CD issued 1992)

BIS CD607
01. - 03. Symphony No.4, op.49 [23'38]
04. Shadows. Prelude for orchestra, op.52 [9'48]
05. - 09. Symphony No.5, op.57 'Washington Mosaics' [39'31]

Malmo Symphony Orchestra conducted by James DePreist

BIS CD607^  (recorded March 1993; CD issued 1994)

(digital downloads; flacs, booklet, cover and inlay scans)

Recording venue: Malmo Concert Hall, Sweden
Recording engineer & Producer: Robert von Bahr & Ingo Petry^

Here are two early BIS digital recordings of the contemporary Finnish composer Aulis Sallinen's symphonies in digital downloads kindly provided by MIMIC friend Howard. The recording of the second and sixth symphonies was one of the last actually made by BIS owner Robert von Bahr before he handed over to independent recording teams.

Until CPO's series of the complete symphonies with Ari Rasilainen was issued in the early to mid  noughties, this BIS series of recordings only had two competitors - with Okko Kamu recording the fourth and fifth symphonies for the Finlandia label before it was subsumed into Warner Music.

In general I prefer all of the BIS and Finlandia issues of Sallinen's often bleak but always dramatic music to those on CPO - mainly due to superior orchestral playing and recorded sound. In the case of Washington Mosaics, written for Mstislav Rostropovich and the National Symphony, this rather diffuse and, dare I say it, overlong work is much better held together by James DePreist.

The same accusation of prolixity may also be levelled against the sixth symphony, written for the New Zealand Symphony, but of course I have a personal interest and very much enjoy this performance under Okko Kamu. The third movement, depicting an abandoned gold mining district, is particularly evocative.

In the case of possibly Sallinen's finest symphony, the fourth, honours are just about equal between DePreist and Kamu's Finlandia recording (also available here on MIMIC along with Kamu's recordings of the first and third symphonies for BIS). Kamu is superior at the beginning of the first movement but DePreist soon catches up.

Download Symphonies No.2 & No.6 from MEGA.

Download Symphonies No.4 & No.5 from MEGA.
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Othmar Schoeck violin and horn concerti (Ulrich Lehmann etc) (LP 24-96)

April 25, 2020, 8:53 am
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Othmar Schoeck
Violin Concerto Op. 21
Horn Concerto Op. 65

Conductor – Edmond de Stoutz
Violin – Ulrich Lehmann
Horn – Jozef Brejza
Orchestra – Zürcher Kammerorchester

Label: Mace Records – MCS 9047
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Genre: Classical


track list
Konzert (Quasi Una Fantasia) in B-dur Für Violine Und Orchester, Op. 21

A1
Allegretto

A2
Grave, Non Troppo Lento

B1
Allegro Con Spirito


Konzert Für Horn Und Streichorchester, Op. 65

B2
Lebhaft, Energisch Bewegt

B3
Ruhig Fliessend

B4
Rondo, Äusserst Schnell Und Leicht

my notes

This lp had quite a bit of clicking and a slite warp which can be heard as gentle thuds now and then. I have used clickrepair but personally don't think they detract from the music.
My copy on Mace records (MCS 9047) has absolutely nobody credited for anything, other than the composer! however Discogs has another version on Ex Libris (EL 16 541) which is where the credits came from. Recorded in 1969.

Turntable:
Technics 1200GR with Shure V15 (iii) cartridge and original VN35MR stylus.
Digitised with an IVinyl usb phono preamp and Audacity using ASIO4ALL at 24 bit 96 khz.
No other filters accept clickrepair have been used here.
download:BBhttp://oldgramophonerecords.co.uk/zips/Othmar%20Schoeck%20-%20Violin%20and%20horn%20concerti.zip

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Montemezzi: L'amore dei tre re -- Montemezzi, Pinza, Met Opera (1941)

April 25, 2020, 4:00 pm
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Italo Montemezzi (1875-1952)
L'amore dei tre re
Opera in three acts with libretto by Sem Benelli (1877-1949)

Ezio Pinza (Archibaldo), Richard Bonelli (Manfredo)
Grace Moore (Fiora), Charles Kullman (Avito)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus; dir: Italo Montemezzi

Recorded 15 February 1941, New York

Bonus - Pinza rarities:
-arias (Mozart, Donizetti, Gounod, Verdi, Handel)
-interview

Guild (2003) GHCD 2232/5 AAD mono 2 CDs (out of print)
Ripped, scanned, and contributed by Wagnay
 EAC rip    [flac, cue, logs, scans]
316 MB
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XXth Century Ballets - Copland - Lambert - Dukelsky - Tcherepin - Carter - Prokofiev

April 26, 2020, 4:00 pm
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Nikolai Tcherepin (1873-1945)
Narcisse et Echo
The Hague Chamber Choir
Residentie Orchestra The Hague
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Chandos 1998






Constant Lambert (1905-1951)
Pomona
Tiresias
English Northern Philharmonia
David lloyd-Jones
Hyperion 1999






Vladimir Dukelsky (1903-1969)
Zephyr et Flore
Epitaphe
Ilma Achnadeeva soprano
Netherlands Theatre Choir
Residentie Orchesra The Hague
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Chandos 1999


                 

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
The Tale of the Stone Flower
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda
Chandos 2003








Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
The Wooden Prince
The New Symphony Orchestra of London
Walter Susskind
Bartok Records 1953







Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
The Prince of the Pagodas
London Sinfonietta
Oliver Knussen
Virgin 1990








Aaron Copland (1990-1990)
Grohg
Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
Prelude for chamber orchestra
The Cleveland Orchestra
London Sinfonietta
Oliver Knussen
Argo 1994




Philip Glass (1937)
In The Upper Room (Selection)
Glasspieces
The Philip Glass Ensemble
Michael Riesman
CBS 1987








Elliott Carter (1908-2010)
The Minotaur
Two Songs
Piano Sonata
New York Chamber Symphony
of the 92nd Street Y
Gerard Schwarz
Jan DeGaetani
Paul Jacobs
Nonesuch 1990


George Bizet (1838-1875) Rodion Shchedrin (1932)
Carmen Ballet
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Hamlet Icidental Music
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936)
Carnaval Overture
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler
RCA 1999




Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Schlagobers
Tokyo Metropolitan SO
Hiroshi Wakasugi
Denon 1989







Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Le Baiser de la Fée
Three pieces from The Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky)
Hong Kong PO
David Atherton
Virgin 1995







Pierre Henry (1927-2017)
Music for Maurice Bejart
Messe pour le Temps present
La Reine Vert
Le Voyage
Variations pour una porte et un soupir
Philips 2015
digital download, cover


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Popper: Works for cello & orchestra -- Meneses, Zollman, Basler S-O

April 27, 2020, 4:00 pm
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 David Popper (1843-1913)

01-03 Cello concerto in E minor op24
04-09 Im Walde, Suite for cello & orchestra op50
10 Papillon for cello & orchestra op3 n4
11 Tarantelle for cello & orchestra op33
12 Hungarian Rhapsody for cello & orchestra op68
13 Elfentanz for cello & orchestra op39

Antonio Meneses, violoncello
Basler Sinfonie-Orchester; Ronald Zollman, dir

Recorded Sep-Nov 1994, Volkshaus & Musiksaal Stadt-Casino, Basel
Pan Classics (1995); reissued Pan Classics 10318 (2014) [nearly] out of print
XLD rip     .flac image, cue, webcovers + booklet, tracklist
258.9 MB
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Tracklist
1 Concerto in E minor for cello & orchestra op24 - I. Allegro moderato
2 II. Andante
3 III. Allegro molto moderato
4 Im Walde, Suite for cello & orchestra op50 - I. Eintritt. Allegro moderato
5 II. Gnomentanz. Allegro ma non troppo
6 III. Andacht. Adagio
7 IV. Reigen. Allegro moderato
8 V. Herbstblume. Andantino
9 VI. Heimkehr. Allegro vivace
10 Papillon for cello & orchestra op3 n4 - Sehr schnell
11 Tarantelle for Cello & Orchestra op33 - Allegro vivace
12 Hungarian Rhapsody for cello & orchestra op68 - Andante maestoso - Allegretto - Presto
13 Elfentanz for Cello & Orchestra op. 39 - Presto
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Britten conducts Britten

April 28, 2020, 4:00 pm
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Britten conducts Britten

Vol. 1 Operas 1

Benjamin Britten (1913-76)

Albert Herring
Billy Budd
Owen Wingrave
Peter Grimes

Janet Baker, Owen Brannigan, April Cantelo
Lauris Elms, Geraint Evans, Sylvia Fisher
Peter Glossop, Heather Harper, Michael Langdon
Norma Lumsden, Benjamin Luxon, Peter Pears
Nigel Rogers, John Shirley-Quirk, Robert Tear
Jennifer Vyvyan, Claire Watson, Jean Watson
Ambrosian Singers
Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir
Royal Opera House Covent Garden
London Symphony Orchestra
English Chamber Orchestra




Vol. 2 Operas 2
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Death in Venice
Gloriana
Phaedra
The Rape of Lucretia
The Turn of the Screw


John Mark Ainsley, Richard van Allan, Elizabeth Bainbridge
Janet Baker, Josephine Barstow, James Bowman
Owen Brannigan, Joan Cross, Alfred Deller
Heather Harper, Elizabeth Harwood, Thomas Hemsley
Peter Hoare, Della Jones, Yvonne Kenny
Philip Langridge, Norman Lumsden, Benjamin Luxon
Arda Mandikian, Alan Opie, Peter Pears
John Shirley-Quirk, Jonathan Summers, Robert Tear 
BrynTerfel, Josephine Veasey, Jennifer Vyvyan
Janice Watson, Helen Watts, Willard White
English Chamber Orchestra
English Opera Group
London Symphony Orchestra
Steuart Bedford 
Charles Mackerras


Vol. 3
The Burning Fiery Furnace
The Prodigal Son
The Little Sweep
Gemini Variations
Children's Crusade
Curlew River
A Ceremony of Carols
Rejoice in the Lamb
Golden Vanity
A Boy was Born
Songs from "Friday Afternoons"
Psalm 150
War Requiem
Noye's Fludde
Cantata academica
Hymn to St. Cecilia
Saint Nicolas
Spring Symphony

Galina Vishnevskaya, Jennifer Vyvyan, Norma Procter
Peter Pears, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, John Shirley-Quirk
Bryan Drake, Harold Blackburn, Michael Hartnett
Simon Preston, Eileen O'Donovan, Stephen Alexander
Caroline Clack, Marie-Thérèse Pinto, Darien Angadi
Sheila Rex, Owen Brannigan, Agnes Giebel
Highgate School Chorus, Melos Ensemble London, Bach Choir
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra & Chorus
Royal Opera House Orchestra
English Chamber Group
Copenhagen Boys Choir
Wandsworth School Boys Choir
English Opera Group Orchestra & Chorus
Norman del Mar
George Malcolm



Vol. 4
Cantata Misericordium
Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra
Les illuminations
Nocturne
Piano Concerto
Prelude & Fugue for 18 strings
Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings
Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo
Simple Symphony
Sinfonia da Requiem
Songs and Proverbs of William Blake
Symphony for Cello and Orchestra
The Holy Sonnets of John Donne
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Tit for Tat
Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge
Violin Concerto
Winter Words

Osian Ellis, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Julius Katchen
Mark Lubotsky, Peter Pears, Gervase de Peyer
Sviatoslav Richter, Mstislav Rostropovich
John Shirley-Quirk, BarryTuckwell 
English Chamber Orchestra
Royal Opera House Covent Garden
New Philharmonia Orchestra
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra

Decca 2006 digital download, cover
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Arias for Nancy Storace (Accademia di Monaco)

April 29, 2020, 4:00 pm
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Arias for Nancy Storace by:
Antonio Salieri (1750-1825)
Giuseppe Sarti (1729-1802)
Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816)
Vicente Martin y Soler (1754-1806)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Stephen Storace (1762-1796)
Joachim Tscheide, Accademia di Monaco
(Period Instruments)
Coviello Classics COV 91715 (2017)
[Flac & Scans]




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Adrian Boult: Holst - Choral and Orchestral Works (HDTT)

April 30, 2020, 4:00 pm
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HDTT 3811
Gustav Holst:
01. The Hymn of Jesus, op.37* [21'40]
02. The Ballet from The Perfect Fool, op.39 [10'40]
03. Egdon Heath, op.47 [12'50]

BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus*; London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Adrian Boult

HDTT 3811 (recorded March 1961 and March 1962*; first issued in Europe as Decca LP SXL6006 in 1962)

(digital download; 24bit/96kHz flacs; booklet, cover and inlay scans)

Recording venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Recording engineer: Alan Reeve; Producer: Christopher Raeburn

A download of this HDTT release briefly appeared in the c-box in a 24bit/192kHz version. Here it is again in a different download as the music, performances and recorded sound are of such high quality that they deserve a more permanent home.

According to the HDTT website, this digital transfer was made from a London 4-track tape and the recording team is given as Kenneth Wilkinson with Ray Minshull and Michael Bremner. Conversely, the Decca CD issues that I have give the recording team shown above. I suspect that Decca is correct. The current HDTT booklet gives no information at all. An earlier issue of the booklet informs, in one place, that the transfer was made from the original Decca LP but in another, that the source was analog tape - so it is all very confusing.

In view of the large file sizes, I have uploaded as a folder rather than the usual zipped single file so that each track can be downloaded separately. I have also included the booklets from the two Decca CD releases and sleeve scans from the original LP release. In their release, HDTT have placed The Hymn of Jesus third and have the three movements of The Perfect Fool ballet as a single track. I have sequenced the music in line with the LP.


Download from MEGA.
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Bellini - Norma- Cristina Deutekom

May 2, 2020, 3:20 am
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Vincenzo Bellini ( 1801 - 1835)


Cristina Deutekom, Tatiana Troyanos, Robleto Merolla
Clifford Grant, Janice Felty, Gary Burgess

Chorus and Orchestra of de San Francisco Opera Association
dir: Carlo Felice Cillario

Gala (1999)  GL 100.548 - 2 CDs mono
Live recording, War Memorial  S. Francisco,  October, 31 1975



[flac & cue, inlays, art work and discs scans]



Rewiew

"This recording was a great surprise because I've heard Norma many times but listening to the young Deutekom in fearless, secure voice was an exciting experience I enjoyed tremendously. The voice from the opening phrases impresses with its abundant power, even registers and easy, healthy top, middle and lower notes (no squeezing, pushing or weakening of tone for this lady). The vocal authority in declamation passages is incredible and eliminates any competition. When we get to the cantabile however, things are more complicated. Deutekom fails to change the mood enough in slower, tranquil moments and this is one reason why Casta Diva doesn't quite have the impact it should. Furthermore she has a few intonation problems, the words are not always correctly pronounced (but at least they ARE) and of course in more florid moments her very individual coloratura spoils the scene if you've heard the role before. Fortunately here, this is basically only apparent in bello a me ritorna. But the sheer beauty and authority of her instrument quickly compensate and one only has to listen to 'In mia man' to hear one of the most exciting versions of this stunning scene and be convinced that this is a superb achievement. Hers was by far the easiest reading of this role I've heard so far.

Of the other principals I mostly enjoyed Merolla; a visceral Italian tenor of the Del Monaco/Corelli mould and an excellent choice for the role of Pollione. Troyanos' instrument is often too dark to project the qualites of Adalgisa and although Deutekom has a bright but mature sound, the combination is not ideal. But Troyanos is in fantastic voice, sings very well so brings enough musical greatness to the evening. With Grant perfectly reliable as Oroveso and Cillario at the pit matching their energy levels this must have been one of the great SFO nights. Though not perfect this Norma deserves 5 stars for the excitement it offers, the price and decent broadcast sound "Armindo - www.amazon.com
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