Playlist
[All recordings are available at full price unless indicated otherwise.]
Hot Off The Press:
BACH Sehet, welch eine Liebe hat uns der Vater erzeiget, BWV64 (first Chorus played); Selig ist der Mann, BWV57 (Aria 'Ich wunschte mir den Tod' played)
(from CD of Cantatas for Christmas entitled 'Cantatas Vol.15: New York' - also including Susser Trost, mein Jesus kommt, BWV151; Ich freue mich in dir, BWV133):
Katharine Fuge, Gillian Keith, Joanne Lunn (sopranos), Robin Tyson, William Towers (altos), James Gilchrist (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass), The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
SOLI DEO GLORIA SDG127 (CD)
KASTALSKY God is with Us
(from CD entitled 'A New Joy - Oxthodox Christmas Music from Estonia, Russia and Ukraine' - also including works by BARVINSKYI, IZVEKOV, KEDROV, LEONTOVYCH, PART, STETSENKO, TCHAIKOVSKY and YATSYNEVYCH):
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier (director)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU907410 (CD)
ANON Quem lohannes - Agnus from a Christmas Mass in the Winchester Troper
(from CD entitled 'Medieval Christmas' - Tenth to Sixteenth Century Secular & Liturgical Music for Feast Days):
The Orlando Consort, Robert Macdonald (bass)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU907418 (CD)
DELIBES The Flower Duet
(from CD entitled 'Katherine Jenkins: Serenade' - also featuring works by BACH, BIZET, BRODSKY, PACHELBEL, PARRY and PUCCINI):
Katherine Jenkins (mezzo-soprano), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), The Philharmonia Orchestra, Anthony Inglis (conductor), Nicholas Dodd (conductor)
UCJ MUSIC 4765718 (SACD/CD Hybrid)
Building A Library Recommendations:
FINZI Survey of Works
Reviewer: Chris de Souza
Choral and Orchestral:
FINZI Dies Natalis
(c/w VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Five Mystical Songs; HOLST A Choral Fantasia; Psalm 86):
Wilfred Brown (tenor), English Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Finzi (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 5655882 (CD, budget)
FINZI Dies Natalis
(c/w Clarinet Concerto*; Romance for strings; Nocturne)
Ian Bostridge (tenor), Andrew Marriner (clarinet)*, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)
PHILIPS 4544382 (CD, not currently available)
FINZI Intimations of Immortality
(c/w Dies Natalis):
John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Corydon Singers, Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best (conductor)
HYPERION CDA66876 (CD)
FINZI Intimations of Immortality
(c/w For St Cecilia)
James Gilchrist (tenor), Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, David Hill (conductor)
NAXOS 8557863 (CD, budget)
FINZI Requiem da Camera
(c/w BRITTEN Deus in adjutorium meum; Chorale on an old French carol; Cantata misericordium; HOLST Two Psalms):
Stephen Varcoe (baritone), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), The Britten Singers, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN8997 (CD)
FINZI The Fall of the Leaf
(from CD entitled 'English Landscapes' - also including works by BAX, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS; DELIUS, ELGAR and IRELAND):
Halle Orchestra, Mark Elder (conductor)
HALLE CDHLD7512 (CD, mid-price)
Concertos:
FINZI Clarinet Concerto
(c/w Nocturne (New year Music); Ecolgue*):
Andrew Marriner (clarinet), Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner (conductor), Piers Lane (piano)*, English Chamber Orchestra*, Nicholas Daniel (conductor)*
DECCA 4737192 (CD, mid-price)
FINZI Clarinet Concerto; Five Bagatelles
(c/w Three Soliloquies from 'Love's Labours Lost'; A Severn Rhapsody; Romance for strings; Introit in F for solo violin and small orchestra):
Robert Plane (clarinet), Northern Sinfonia, Howard Griffiths (conductor)
NAXOS 8553566 (CD, budget)
FINZI Cello Concerto
(c/w LEIGHTON Cello Concerto):
Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN9949 (CD)
FINZI Cello Concerto; Grand Fantasia and Toccata
(c/w Eclogue for piano and strings):
Tim Hugh (cello), Peter Donohoe (piano), Northern Sinfonia, Howard Griffiths (conductor)
NAXOS 8555766 (CD, budget)
FINZI Concerto for violin and small orchestra
(c/w In Year's Defaced*; Prelude for strings; Romance for strings):
Tasmin Little (violin), John Mark Ainsley (tenor)*, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN9888 (CD)
Songs:
FINZI In Terra Pax*; Earth and Air and Rain (Rollicum-rorum played)+; Let Us Garlands Bring (Who is Sylvia played)^;
(c/w Dies Natalis; For St Cecilia; Amen - Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice; Magnificat; Romance for strings):
Choir of Winchester Cathedral*, Donald Sweeney (bass)*, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra*, David Hill (conductor)*, Benjamin Luxon (baritone)+, David Willinson (piano)+, Bryn Terfel (baritone)^, Malcolm Martineau (piano)^
(2-disc set also features Philip Langridge (tenor), London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox (conductor), Choir of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom (conductor), City of London Sinfonia, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner (conductor))
DECCA 4688072 (2-CD, mid-price)
FINZI A Young Man's Exhortation (The Comet at Yelham played)*; Before and After Summer (Channel Firing played)+
(c/w Earth and Air and Rain+; Till Earth Outwears*; I Said to Love+):
Martyn Hill (tenor)*, Stephen Varcoe (baritone)+, Clifford Benson (piano)
HYPERION CDA66161/2 (2-CD)
FINZI By Footpath and Style (To Master and the Leaves played)
(c/w Earth and Air and Rain*; To a Poet*):
Roderick Williams (baritone), Sacconi Quartet, Iain Burnside (piano)*
NAXOS 8557963 (CD, budget)
Consumer Spot - PraGa Da Camera:
DVORAK Octet-Serenade in E, Op.22 (1st movement played)
(c/w Slavonic Dances Op.72 Nos. 2, 3 & 8 *; Serenade Op.44 in D minor):
Czech Nonet, Ivan Klansky (piano), Pavel Hula, Vladimir Klansky (violins), Prague Wind Quintet*, Petr Duda (horn)*
PRAGA PRD350021 (CD, mid-price)
ROUSSEL Serenade Op.30 (1st movement played)
(c/w Le Marchand de Sable Qui Passe; Impromptu Op.21; Duo for bassoon and double-bass; Divertissement, Op.6 for wind quintet and piano; Trio, Op.40 for flute, viola and cello):
Czech Nonet, Katerina Englichova (harp), Daniel Wiesner (piano)
PRAGA PRD350018 (CD, mid-price)
Recommended but not played:
MOZART Divertimento No.11 in D, K251; Quartet in G, K370 for oboe, violin, viola and cello; Adagio in C for cor anglais, violin, viola and cello; Quintet, K407 for French horn and strings*:
Czech Nonet, Pavel Kudalasek (violin), Vladimir Leixner (cello), Prazak Quartet*
PRAGA PRD350021 (CD, mid-price)
Recommended but not played:
HAYDN String Quartet in D minor, Op.72 No.2 'Fifths'; String Quartet in C, Op.72 No.3 'Emperor'; String Quartet in B flat, Op.76 No.4 'Sunrise':
Prazak Quartet
PRAGA PRD350019 (CD, mid-price)
WEBER Quintet, Op.34 for clarinet and strings (3rd movement played); 'Grand Duo Concertant' in E flat, Op.48 J.204 for clarinet and piano (2nd movement played)
(c/w Seven Variations on a theme from 'Silvana'):
Pascal Moragues (clarinet), Mari Izuha (piano), Prazak Quartet
PRAGA PRD350025 (CD, mid-price)
LALO Concerto Russe, Op.29 for violin and orchestra (2nd movement played)
(c/w Symphonie Espagnole, Op.21):
Gerard Poulet (violin), Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Valek (conductor)
PRAGA PRD350017 (CD, mid-price)
New Releases - Operatic Vocal Recitals:
Reviewer: Alexandra Wilson
CILEA 'Poveri fiori' (Adriana Lecouvreur); KORNGOLD 'Ich ging zu ihm' (Das Wunder der Heliane)
(from CD entitled 'Homage - The Age of the Diva' - also including arias from operas by GOUNOD, JANACEK, MASSENET, PUCCINI, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, SMETANA, R. STRAUSS, TCHAIKOVSKY and VERDI):
Renee Fleming (soprano), Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev (conductor)
DECCA 4758069 (CD)
LEONCAVALLO 'Recitar!...Vesti la giubba' (I Pagliacci); VERDI 'Dio! Mi potevi scagliar'
(from CD entitled 'Forbidden Love' - also including arias from operas by BOITO, CILEA, GIORDANO, MASCAGNI and PONCHIELLI):
Salvatore Licitra (tenor), Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppi Verdi, Roberto Rizzi Brignoli (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL 82876 788522 (CD)
PROKOFIEV War and Peace - Excerpt from Scene 4; RACHMANINOV Song Op.4 No.4
(from CD entitled 'Russian Album' - also including songs and arias by GLINKA, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV and TCHAIKOVSKY):
Anna Netrebko (soprano), Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4776384 (CD)
TCHAIKOVSKY 'Ja vas ljublju' (Pique Dame); ROSSINI 'Largo al factotum della citta' (The Barber of Seville)
(from CD entitled 'Tales of Opera' - also including arias from operas by BELLINI, CILEA, LEONCAVALLO, MASSENET, MOZART, THOMAS, VERDI and WAGNER):
Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Munich Radio Orchestra, Ulf Schirmer (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL 82876 884822 (CD)
Interview - Jos van Immerseel:
DEBUSSY Preludes Book 1 (No.11 La danse de Puck played)
(c/w Images)
Jos van Immerseel (piano Erard 1897)
CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS4892 (CD)
DEBUSSY Melodies de jeunesse (Les papillons played)
(c/w Ariettes oubliees; Proses lyriques; Trois poemes de Stephane Mallarme)
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Jos van Immerseel (piano Erard 1897)
NAIVE V4932 (CD)
J. STRAUSS Fruhlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring) Waltz, RV410 (excerpt played)
(c/w Tritsch-Tratsch Polka; Die Fledermaus - Overture and Csardas; Waltz 'Nordseebilder'; Polka 'Im Sturmschritt'; Neue Pizzicato-Polka; Perpetuum Mobile; Overture 'Der Zigeunerbaron'; Waltz 'An Der Schonen, Blauen Donau'; March 'Egyptischer'; Polka 'Eljen a Magyar!'; Furioso-Polka):
Anima Eterna, Jos van Immerseel (director)
ZIG ZAG TERRITOIRES ZZT020601 (CD)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Sheherazade, Op.35 (excerpt played)
(c/w BORODIN In the Steppes of Central Asia; Polovtsian Dances)
Anima Eterna, Jos van Immerseel (director)
ZIG ZAG TERRITOIRES ZZT050502 (CD)
RAVEL Piano Concerto for the Left Hand (excerpt played)
(c/w Bolero; Pavane pour une infante defunte; Rapsodie Espagnole; La Valse):
Claire Chevallier (piano Erard 1905), Anima Eterna, Jos van Immerseel (director)
ZIG ZAG TERRITOIRES ZZT060901 (CD)
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Responsorium: Honor virtus et potestas
(from CD entitled 'Le Chant des Templiers' - Music from The Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem in the Twelfth Century):
Ensemble Organum, Marcel Peres (conductor)
AMBROISIE AM9997 (CD)
BACH Aria 'Ich habe genug' (Cantata BWV82)
(from CD entitled 'Sacred Cantatas for Bass' - BWV 56, 82 & 158):
Hanno Muller-Brachmann (bass), Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Helmut Muller-Bruhl (conductor)
NAXOS 8557616 (CD, budget)
RODRIGO Concierto Pastoral (Finale played)
(from CD entitled 'Bridge Across the Pyrenees' - also including BORNE Fantasie Brillante sur des airs de Carmen; IBERT Flute Concerto):
Sharon Bezaly (flute), Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra, John Neschling (conductor)
BIS SACD-1559 (CD/SACD Hybrid)
Radio 3's Disc Of The Week:
DEBUSSY The Complete Preludes (Book 1 played complete)
Steven Osborne (piano)
HYPERION CDA67530 (CD)
