FINZI: Intimations of Immortality; Grand Fantasia and Toccata.

wswebmaster on November 24, 2018

FINZI: Intimations of Immortality; Grand Fantasia and Toccata. Philip Langridge, tenor; Philip Fowke, piano; Richard Hickox conducting the Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. EMI CDC7 49913-2 [DDDJ; 60:57. Produced by Brain B. Culverhouse. The verdict on this recent …

Picks of the Year: 2001

wswebmaster on November 22, 2018

This year’s choices offer some very economical and efficient means of updating and refining one’s collection of the finest 20th-century music in traditional styles. Leonard Slatkin has proven to be one of the most perceptive and sympathetic conductors of Samuel …

Picks of the Year: 1991

wswebmaster on November 22, 2018

I was absolutely captivated by Dawn Upshaw’s recital of 20th-century vocal music reviewed in 14:4, p. 445), and I can’t imagine anyone reacting otherwise. Ernest Bloch’s two piano quintets are among his masterpieces, but have never been paired on recording …

ELGAR: The Dream of Gerontius. WALTON: Belshazzar’s Feast

wswebmaster on November 22, 2018

ELGAR: The Dream of Gerontius. WALTON: Belshazzar’s Feast. Marjorie Thomas, mezzo-soprano; Richard Lewis, tenor; John Cameron, baritones; James Milligan, bass-baritone; Sir Malcolm Sargent conducting the Huddersfield Choral Society and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. EMI CHS-7 63376 2. (2 CDs, monaural) [ADD] ; …

BLOCH: Symphony In C# Minor. Schelomo. Israel Symphony. Concerto Symphonique for Piano and Orchestra. Sacred Service. SCHUMANN: Concerto in A Minor for Cello and Orchestra, op. 129.

wswebmaster on November 21, 2018

BLOCH: Symphony In C# Minor. Stephen Gunzenhauser conducting the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra. MARCO POLO 8.223103 [DDD]. 48:32. Produced by Guenter Appenheimer. (Distributed by Harmonia Mundi USA.) BLOCH: Schelomo. SCHUMANN: Concerto in A Minor for Cello and Orchestra, op. 129. Mstislav Rostropovich, cello; Leonard Bernstein conducting l’Orchestre …

BARBER: Violin Concerto. Cello Sonata. Essays 1-3. Medea’s Dance of Vengeance. Summer Music. Adagio. Overture to “The School for Scandal”. Excursions. Canzone. Nocturne. Souvenirs (Excerpts).

wswebmaster on November 21, 2018

BARBER Violin Concerto. Cello Sonata. Essays for Orchestra: 1-3. Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance. Summer Music. Adagio for Strings. Overture to The School for Scandal .Excursions. Canzone for Flute and Piano. Nocturne. Souvenirs (excerpts) · Leonard Slatkin, cond; Saint Louis SO; Elmar Oliveira (vn); Israela Margalit (pn); …

ELGAR: The Apostles. The Light of Life (Meditation).

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

ELGAR: The Apostles. The Light of Life (Meditation). Adrian Boult conducting; Sheila Armstrong, soprano (Blessed Virgin, Angel); Helen Watts, contralto (Mary Magdalene); Robert Tear, tenor (St. John); Benjamin Luxon, bass (St. Peter); Clifford Grant, bass (Judas); John Carol Case, bass (Jesus); Choir of …

MCCARTNEY: Standing Stone

wswebmaster on November 18, 2018

MCCARTNEY  Standing Stone – Lawrence Foster, cond; London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra – EMI CLASSICS 7243 5 56484 2 6 (76:45) Here it is–the “classical” music mega-event of Winter, 1997-98: Paul McCartney’s four-movement “symphonic poem,” Standing Stone. Four years (1993-97) in composition, with the …