sabato 22 dicembre 2012

Walton _ Rubbra - Viola Concertos - Volkov - Hyperion 2007


An excellent Lawrence Power performs three wonderful compositions for Viola... this perfect blend gives an unmissable listening to important English works of  twentieth-century...
sound quality: sublime!
enjoy!

venerdì 14 dicembre 2012

Casella - Symphony No. 1 _ Concerto for Strings, Timpani and Percussion - Naxos 2010


Alfredo Casella (1883-1947)

Symphony n°1, Op. 5 (1905-06)
Concerto for Piano, Strings, Timpani, and Percussion, Op. 69 (1943)

(from Wiki) "Alfredo Casella developed a deep admiration for Debussy's output after hearing Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune in 1898, but pursued a more romantic vein (stemming from Strauss and Mahler) in his own writing of this period, rather than turning to impressionism. His first symphony of 1905 is from this time, and it is with this work that Casella made his debut as a conductor when he led the symphony's premiere in Monte Carlo in 1908...
Casella had his biggest success with the ballet La Giara, set to a scenario by Pirandello; other notable works include Italia, theConcerto RomanoPartita and Scarlattiana for Piano and Orchestra, the Violin and Cello Concerti, Paganiniana, and the Concerto for Piano, Strings, Timpani and Percussion."

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martedì 4 dicembre 2012

Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No.3 - Weissenberg _ Bernstein - EMI


a magic performance of Rach3, slow, suffering, massive!
this Piano Concerto was recorded in 1979 by Weissenberg with Bernstein conducting, and it is absolutely preferable to the previous '60's version labeled RCA with Pretre conducting... a really must!
sound quality: digital remastering!
enjoy!



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domenica 2 dicembre 2012

Peter Cornelius - Stabat Mater _ Requiem - Piquemal - Harmonia Mundi 1992


Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874) was born in Mainz, Germany. He as a man of many talents, composer, violinist, poet, actor and a linguistic genius, but filled with indecision and not able to devote himself to one profession. He was a friend and admirer of Liszt, Wagner and Berlioz. His music did not meet with much success during his lifetime, even though Liszt himself conducted his first opera Der Barbier von BagdadHis church music is regarded as his best work.
Tracks list:
1. Stabat Mater: Stabat Mater Dolorosa
2. Stabat Mater: O Quam Tristis
3. Stabat Mater: Quis Est Homo
4. Stabat Mater: Pro Peccatis Suae Gentis
5. Stabat Mater: Eja Mater
6. Stabat Mater: Sancta Mater
7. Stabat Mater: Fac Me Tecum
8. Stabat Mater: Virgo Virginum
9. Stabat Mater: Fac Me Plagis
10. Stabat Mater: Fac Me Cruce
11. Requiem: 'Seele, Vergiss Sie Nicht'

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venerdì 7 settembre 2012

Zemlinsky - Lyrische Symphonie - Maazel - Brilliant 2009



this re-issue by Brilliant Classics of a 1982 DG recording presents the best version of one of the most successful works composed by Alexander von Zemlinsky ... 
Lorin Maazel conducts the Berliners, the excellent soprano Julia Varady and the incomparable baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau ...
sound quality: reasonable!
enjoy!


mercoledì 29 agosto 2012

Paul Paray Conducts Dances of Death - Liszt _ Saint-Saens _ Strauss _ Schmitt - Mercury Living Presence 1994


a compilation of very famous tracks with the addition of the beautiful and not very common "The Tragédie de Salomé by Florent Schmitt performed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra masterfully conducted by Paul Paray...
all supported by a sound quality.. "living"!
good listening!


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giovedì 9 agosto 2012

Berlioz - La Mort de Ophélie - Bernard Tétu - Harmonia Mundi 2003


Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
La mort de Ophélie

track list:

01. Le Ballet Des Ombres
02. Tristia : La Mort D'Ophélie
03. Roméo & Juliette : Mab - Bruce Brewer
04. Lelio : Choeur D'Ombres
05. Lelio : Miranda
06. Lelio : Chanson De Brigands - Jean-Philippe Courtis
07. Sara La Baigneuse - Françoise Biscara, Gaële Le Roi
08. Mélodies Irlandaises : Chanson A Boire - Bruce Brewer
09. Mélodies Irlandaises : Chant Sacré - Bruce Brewer
10. L'Enfance Du Christ : L'Adieu Des Bergers
11. Prière Du Matin
12. Veni Creator - Loïc Mallie
13. Chant Guerrier - Bruce Brewer, Jean-Philippe Courtis
14. Le Trébuchet
15. Mélodies Irlandaises : Hélène
16. Le Vin De Syracuse


A magnificent collection of chansons by Berlioz, masterfully performed and with the spirit of time...

sound quality: superb!

enjoy!


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martedì 7 agosto 2012

Elgar - Symphony No.1 - Barbirolli - Live 1970 - BBC Legends 2006


Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
track01: Introduction & Allegro for Strings, Op.47 (1904-05)
track02-05: Symphony No.1 in A flat, Op.55 (1907-08)
Halle Orchestra
conductor: sir John Barbirolli
(recorded live at the 1970 King's Lynn Festival)
BBC Legends 2006


Mahler permitting, the most beautiful late-Romantic symphony (not only) in its most compelling release (despite a far from perfect sound quality) ... a flood of feelings that follow and weave held together by poignant main theme of matrix Baroque ... Sir John Barbirolli conducts his beloved Halle Orchestra, with his usual vigor and with a touch of melancholy that made him a conductor unique and probably unrepeatable ... enjoy!

domenica 5 agosto 2012

Philippe Gaubert - Symphony in F_Les Chants De Le Mer_Concert in F - Timpani 2008


Philippe Gaubert (1879-1941)
track01-04: Symphonie en Fa (1934)
track05-07: Les Chants De Le Mer (1929)

track08-10: Concert en Fa (1933)
Orchestre Philarmonique du Luxembourg

conductor: Marc Soustrot

Philippe Gaubert was a great French impressionist composer ... he is often compared in style to Debussy and Ravel, but, most of all, his model seems to be Faurè ... his music is pregnant with insights melodic, ethereal and it possesses a gently out of the ordinary ...
Sound quality: excellent!

domenica 29 luglio 2012

Bach - Toccata & Fuge in D Minor_Great Organ Works - Curley - Decca 1995


John Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
Suite No.3 in D, BWV 1068/2: 'Air On The G-String'
Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 'The Little'
Cantata 147: Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring, BWV 147/6
Toccata, Adagio And Fugue in C, BWV 564
Prelude And Fugue in A minor, 'The Great,' BWV 543
Liebster Jesu, Wir Sind Hier, BWV 373
Cantata 29: Sinfonia in D, BWV 29/1
Harpsichord Concerto No.5 in F, BWV 1056/2: Arioso
Cantata 129: Awake Thou Wintry Earth, BWV 129/5
Cantata 140: Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme, BWV 645 'Sleepers Awake'
16. The Giant Fugue in D minor, BWV 680

Organo: Carlo Curley



Attractive reading (overtly Romantic) of these Bachian works for Organ  ...
Sound quality: excellent!