April 2013 – Alto CD https://altocd.com Classical Music and Nostalgia CDs Thu, 27 Jun 2024 19:48:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 J. S. BACH Complete Flute Sonatas & solo Partita https://altocd.com/product/j-s-bach-complete-flute-sonatas-solo-partita/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:40:21 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=51501 J. S. BACH Complete Flute Sonatas & solo Partita Jennifer Stinton, flute David Wright, harpsichord; Guy Johnston, cello Catalogue Number: ALC 2022 Number of Discs: 2 Date/Runtime: DDD, 2012 Time: 109:45]]>

    Sonata in B minor, BWV 1030

  • Andante 8:16
  • Largo e dolce 3:52
  • Presto 6:08

    • Sonata in E flat major, BWV 1031, attrib. Bach

  • Allegro moderato 3:42
  • Siciliana 2:11
  • Allegro 5:02

    • Sonata in A major, BWV 1032

  • Vivace 5:16
  • Largo e dolce 3:04
  • Allegro 4:40

    • Sonata in C major, BWV 1033, attrib. Bach

  • Andante 1:36
  • Allegro 2:34
  • Adagio 1:53
  • Minuet I & II 3:22

    • Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034

  • Adagio ma non tanto 3:13
  • Allegro 2:50
  • Andante 3:48
  • Allegro 5:03

    • Sonata in E major, BWV 1035

  • Adagio ma non tanto 2:42
  • Allegro 3:22
  • Siciliano 3:48
  • Allegro assai 3:28

    • Sonata in G minor, BWV 1020, attrib. Bach

  • Allegro 4:04
  • Adagio 2:52
  • Allegro 5:26

    • Partita in A minor for solo flute, BWV 1013

  • Allemande 5:05
  • Corrente 4:23
  • Sarabande 4:45
  • Bourée Anglaise 5:03
]]> Dylan Thomas reads his own Prose & More Poetry https://altocd.com/product/dylan-thomas-reads-his-own-prose-more-poetry/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:40:21 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=51502 Dylan Thomas reads his own Prose & More Poetry Dylan Thomas Catalogue Number: ALN 1937 Number of Discs: 1 Date/Runtime: ADD, 1951/3 Time: 78:50 ]]> “Thomas’ second volume Twenty-five Poems appeared in September 1936 by which time he had joined London’s bohemian society. The full meaning of his poetry – the human passage from womb to tomb – with its multiple and occasional over-dense use of compound adjectives through religious, sexual and natural imagery, continues for many readers to be obscure.” (J.Murray)

  • 1. Prologue 5.31
  • 2. A Refusal to Mourn the Death of a Child Killed
    by Fire in London 1.40
  • 3. The Force that Through the Green Fuse
    Drives the Flower…. 1.47
  • 4. Laugharne 4.21
  • 5. If I were Tickled by the Rub of Love 3.13
  • 6. In My Craft or Sullen Art 1.05
  • 7. Love in the Asylum 1.16
  • 8. Should Lanterns Shine 1.17
  • 9. Holiday Memory 18.06
  • 10. Quite Early One Morning 12.26
  • 11. Return Journey to Swansea (with supporting cast) 26.46
]]> Richard Burton reads Under Milk Wood (plus bonus poetry) https://altocd.com/product/richard-burton-reads-under-milk-wood-plus-bonus-poetry/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:40:21 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=51503 Richard Burton reads Under Milk Wood (plus bonus poetry) Richard Burton & original BBC cast (Under Milk Wood) Catalogue Number: ALN 1502 Number of Discs: 2 Date/Runtime: ADD; 1954 Time: 129:30]]> The famous original BBC production: includes Richard Burton; Richard Bebb; Hugh Griffith; Rachel Thomas; Diana Maddox; Dafydd Havard; Sybil Williams; Dilys Davies; Rachel Roberts; John Huw Jones & many more: songs set by Daniel Jones
Childrens’ songs and singing game recorded by children of Laugharne School. Produced by Douglas Cleverdon, first broadcast January 1954

  • CD 1 (69:12) CD2 (cont.)
  • [1] Intro  0.11 [6] The hand that signed the paper  1.06
  • [2] To begin at the beginning  4.33 [7] I see the boys of summer  2.52
  • [3] Captain Cat  17.23 [8] Lie still, sleep becalmed  1.21
  • [4] Time passes  23.09 [9] A Winter’s Tale  7.18
  • [5] Too late, cock  23.54

    • CD2 (60:12) Excerpt from ‘Homage To Dylan Thomas’

  • [1] Lord Cut-glass  2.37 (Memorial performance recorded at the
  • [2] The sunny slow lolling… 21.02 Globe Theatre, London 24th January 1954)
  • Richard Burton reads [10] A visit to Grandpa’s
    Dylan Thomas Poems, (Emlyn Williams)   17.30
    recorded 1954
  • [3] Hunchback in the Park  1.53 Produced by Tony Watts.
  • [4] Deaths and Entrances  1.48 Mastered by Paul Arden-Taylor
  • [5] Before I knocked  2.21 (www.dinmore-records.co.uk)
]]> Dvořák Theme & Variations; Poetic Tone Poems https://altocd.com/product/dvorak-theme-poetic-tone-poems/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:40:20 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=51495 Dvořák Theme & Variations; Poetic Tone Poems Radoslav Kvapil piano Catalogue Number: ALC 1212 Number of Discs: 1 Date/Runtime: Time: 68:37, DDD 1992]]> “Kvapil plays with great understanding. He cherishes these curious, reflective tonal sideslips, but also charges vigorously into the more energetic variations. His ability to characterize swiftly and surely is very necessary, as it is in a different manner in the Poetic Tone Pictures…he is deft and sensitive with them, and the recording is no less sensitive to the varying textural demands of such pieces” (c) Gramophone

    Tema Con Variazione (Op.36) [B.65]

  • [1] Tema, tempo di minuetto 15.15
    (Variations I to VIII)

    • Poetické Nálady (Poetic Tone Pictures) (Op.85) [ B.161]

  • [2] No.I Noční cestou (On the Road at Night) 5:31
  • [3] No.2 žertem (Toying) 4:17
  • [4] No.3 Na starém hradě (At the Old Castle) 4:06
  • [5] No.4 Jarní (Spring Song) 3.57
  • [6] No.5 Selská balada (Peasant’s Ballad) 3:40
  • [7] No.6 Vzpomínání (Reverie) 4:03
  • [8] No.7 Furiant 2:53
  • [9] No.8 Rej skřítků (Goblin’s Dance) 3:12
  • [10] No.9 Serenáda (Serenade) 4:25
  • [11] No.10 Bakchanale (Bacchanale) 4:27
  • [12] No.11 Na táčkách (Tittle-tattle) 4:01
  • [13] No.12 U mohyly (At a Hero’s Grave) 5:10
  • [14] No.13 Na svaté hoře (At Svatá Hora) 2:44
]]> Orff: Carmina Burana / Die Kluge (highlights) https://altocd.com/product/orff-carmina-burana-die-kluge-highlights/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:40:20 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=51496 Orff: Carmina Burana / Die Kluge (highlights) Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy Janice Harsanyi (Sop), Rudolph Petrak (Ten), Harve Presnell (Bar) with Rutgers University Choir also (Die Kluge) Cast/ Philharmonia/Sawallisch Catalogue Number: ALC 1219 Number of Discs: 1 Date/Runtime: ADD stereo Time 75:45 (1960/1)]]> “Ormandy & his Philadelphians have just the right panache to bring off this wildly exuberant picture of the Middle Ages…and there is no more enjoyable analogue version… tremendous vigour, warmth, and colour and a genial spontaneous enthusiasm from the Rutgers University choristers…is irresistible. Soloists are excellent…Choir and Orchestra steal the show.. Quite splendid…one of Ormandy’s most inspired recordings…exhilarating” (Penguin Guide rosette)

    FORTUNA IMPERATRIX MUNDI COUR D’AMOURS

  • 1. O fortuna 2.44 19. Stetit puella 1.49
  • 2. fortuna plango vulnera 2.39 20. Circa mea pectora 2.09
  • I PRIMO VERE 21. Si Puer cum puellula 1.00
  • 3. Veris leta facies 3.26 22. Veni, veni, venias 1.03
  • 4. Omnia sol temperat 1.47 23. In trutina 2.08
  • 5. Ecce gratium 2.34 24. Tempus est iocundum 2.14
  • UF DEM ANGE 25. Dulcissime 0.39
  • 6. Tanz 1.37 BLANZIFOR ET HELENA
  • 7. Floret silva 3.14 26. Ave formosissima 1.47
  • 8. Chramer, gip die varwe mir 3.11 FORTUNA IMPERATRIX MUNDI
  • 9. Reie 1.50 27. O fortuna 2.42
  • 10. Swaz hie gat umbe 0.33
  • 11. Chume, chum, geselle min 1.25 Die Kluge – Excerpts
  • 12. Were diu werlt alle min 1.25 28. Als die treue ward geboren 4.14
  • IN TABERNA (Paul Kuen, Hermann Prey and
  • 13. Estuans interius 2.14 Gustav Neidlinger)
  • 14. Olim lacus colueram 3.31 29. So also so, so war’s gemeint….
  • 15. Ego sum abbas 1.37 …Schuschunuhu….Was ist, wo bin ich,
  • 16. Quando sumus 3.10 wer hat das getan? 13.32
  • COUR D’AMOURS (Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Marcel Cordes,
  • 17. Amor volat undique 3.01 Rudolf Christ and Gottlob Frick;
  • 18. Dies, nox et omnia 2.09 Philharmonia Orchestra conducted
    by Wolfgang Sawallsich Rec.1956)
]]> Carlo Bergonzi sings Puccini & Verdi https://altocd.com/product/carlo-bergonzi-sings-puccini-verdi/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:40:20 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=51498 Carlo Bergonzi sings Puccini & Verdi Carlo Bergonzi with conductors Gavazzeni, Leinsdorf Solti, Serafin Catalogue Number: ALC 1224 Number of Discs: 1 Date/Runtime: ADD Stereo 79:06 1958/62]]> “This recital… shows him on peak form…all the Verdi items show the true heroic quality of his voice, still baritonal enough to sound completely happy in the wide range demanded …. Bergonzi’s is a remarkable voice and this is consistently enjoyable… conducting is incisive and dramatic” (Penguin Guide) “Bergonzi sings with sincerity and style” (Opera) “Bergonzi emerges as a model among tenors, with a rare feeling for the shaping of phrases and attention to detail.” (Penguin Guide)

  • 1. Celeste Aida (Aida:Verdi:Ghislanzoni)* 5.02
  • 2. Quando le sere al placido (Luisa Miller:Verdi:Cammarano)* 4.57
  • 3. O tu che in seno agli angeli (La Forza del Destino:Verdi:Piave)* 6.00
  • 4. Ah si, ben mio (Il Trovatore:Verdi:Piave)* 3.00
  • 5. Ah la paterno mano (Macbeth:Verdi:Piave & Maffei)** 3.56
  • 6. La rivedra nel’estai (Un Ballo in Maschera:Verdi:Somma)*** 2.08
  • 7. Di tu se fedele (Un Ballo in Maschera)*** 3.28
  • 8. E scherzo od è follia (Un Ballo in Maschera)*** 3.26
  • 9. Ma se, m’e forza perderti (Un Ballo in Maschera)* 5.14
  • 10. Che gelida manina (La Bohème:Puccini:Giacosa & Illica)**** 4.59
  • 11. O soave fanciulla (with Renata Tebaldi) (La Bohème)**** 4.03
  • 12. O Mimi tu piu non torni (with Ettore Bastianini) (La Bohème)**** 4.34
  • 13. Dovunque al mondo (with Enzo Sordello)**** 4.14
    (Madama Butterfly:Puccini:Giacosa & Illica)
  • 14. Viene la serra…Vogliatemi bene (with Renata Tebaldi)**** 15.58
    (Madama Butterfly)
  • 15. Addio fiorito asil (with Enzo Sordello) (Madama Butterfly)**** 1.57
  • 16. Recondita armonia (Tosca:Puccini:Giacosa & Illica)**** 2.46
  • 17. E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)**** 2.49
]]> NEAPOLITAN SONGS – Giuseppe Di Stefano https://altocd.com/product/neapolitan-songs-giuseppe-di-stefano/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:40:20 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=51499 NEAPOLITAN SONGS - Giuseppe Di Stefano Giuseppe di Stefano with Condutors Guarino, Oliveri Catalogue Number: ALC 1226 Number of Discs: 1 Date/Runtime: Time 75:09 / ADD/stereo, 1953/59]]> “Di Stefano was still in magnificent voice when he recorded these popular songs: the singing is both rich-toned and charming” (Penguin Guide)

  • 1. Funiculi, Funicula (Denza/Turco) * 2.32
  • 2. O sole mio (Di Capua/Capurro) ** 3.31
  • 3. Core ‘ngrato (Cardillo/Caidiferro) ** 3.37
  • 4. Torna a Surriento (De Curtis) ** 3.21
  • 5. Mattinata (Leoncavallo) * 2.07
  • 6. Ideale (Tosti) * 3.22
  • 7. A vucchella (Tosti) * 2.41
  • 8. I’te vurria vasa (Di Capua/Ruso) ** 3.40
  • 9. Marechiare (Tosi/Di Giacomo) ** 3.24
  • 10 Parlami d’amore Mariu (Bixio/Neri) ** 3.11
  • 11. A canzone ‘e Napule (De Curtis/Bovio) ** 4.14
  • 12. Chiovu ‘Abballati (Trad./arr.Favara) ** 1.23
  • 13. Carmela (De Curtis) * 3.06
  • 14. Anema ‘e core (D’Esposito/Manilio) * 4.01
  • 15. Lolita (Bixio) * 2.43
  • 16. Ti voglio tanto bene (De Curtis/Furno) ** 3.08
  • 17. L’ultima canzone (Tosti) * 4.48
  • 18. Pecche? (Pennino/De Flaviis) ** 2.51
  • 19. Cantu a Timuni (Trad./arr.Favara) ** 2.17
  • 20. Muttetti di lu Paliu (Trad./arr.Favara) ** 2.55
  • 21. I’ m’arricordo ‘e Napule (D’Esposito/Joe) * 3.54
  • 22. Torna (Valente/Vento) * 3.02
  • 23. Musica proibita (Gastaldon) * 3.44
]]> Carl Nielsen https://altocd.com/product/carl-nielsen/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:40:20 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=51500 Carl Nielsen Symphony No. 4 ‘Inextinguishable’ & Symphony No.5 LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by OLE SCHMIDT Catalogue Number: ALC 1236 Number of Discs: 1 Date/Runtime: Time: 69:45 ADD stereo 1974]]> (of complete cycle) “These are performances ablaze with life, warmth and a sense of discovery…. Ole Schmidt is a sure and penetrating guide…his readings have an authentic ring to them.” (Penguin Guide) “ Nos 4 & 5 amongst the best-paced on record..No.4 preferable to Karajan” (Gramophone)

    SYMPHONY NO.4, Op.29 “Inextinguishable”

  • 1. Allegro 10.47
  • 2. Poco allegretto 6.07
  • 3. Poco adagio quasi andante 8.34
  • 4. Allegro 8.34

    • SYMPHONY NO.5, Op.50

  • 5. Tempus giusto 10.22
  • 6. Adagio non troppo 9.29
  • 7. Allegro (Presto, Andante un poco tranqillo, Allegro) 15.52
]]> Manhattan Playboys- 20 American Light Classics https://altocd.com/product/manhattan-playboys-20-american-light-classics/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:40:20 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=51494 Manhattan Playboys- 20 American Light Classics Iain Sutherland Concert Orchestra Catalogue Number: ALC 1206 Number of Discs: 1 Date/Runtime: 77:30, ADD HiFi Stereo]]> “For over four decades when conducting the BBC’s Light Orchestras on radio… I always included pieces from the American repertoire which I knew from the Boston Pops and the Hollywood Bowl. These wonderful melodies were also a “hit” with audiences at my “Pops at the Philharmonic” concerts. I have put together a selection of favourites, including instrumental arrangements from the Great American Songbook, and themes from the movies, to bring back some of the glitz and glamour of a Golden Age. (Iain Sutherland)

  • [1] Overture: Captain Blood (Erich Korngold) 2:08
  • [2] Manhattan Playboy (Robert Farnon) 2:52
  • [3] Forgotten Dreams (Leroy Anderson) 2:38
  • [4] I’m a Brass Band (Cy Coleman arr Iain Sutherland) 2:19
  • [5] Pavanne (Morton Gould) 3:18
  • [6] Folks Who Live on the Hill (Jerome Kern) 4:08
  • [7] Marching Thro’ Georgia (Trad/Peter Hope) 4:22
  • [8] Night and Day (Cole Porter arr Reg Tilsley) 4:19
  • [9] Song Of The High Seas (Richard Rodgers) 3:06
  • [10] Overture: Mack & Mabel (Jerry Herman) 5:42
  • [11] Walking the Dog (George Gershwin) 3:06
  • [12] Tiny Ballerina (who danced in the key of C) (David Rose) 3:17
  • [13] Kentucky Love Song (Black is the Colour of My True Love’s Hair)
    (Trad/Peter Hope) 3:57
  • [14] March of the Toys (Victor Herbert) 3:48
  • [15] On Golden Pond (Dave Grusin) 4:56
  • [16] Carousel Waltz (Richard Rodgers) 5:50
  • [17] Trumpeter’s Lullaby (Leroy Anderson) 2:51
  • [18] American Salute (Morton Gould) 4:37
  • [19] How Beautiful is Night (Milt Raskin & Robert Farnon) 3:32
  • [20] Overture: West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein) arr.Peress 5:08
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