Feb 2024 – Alto CD

Favourite Shakespeare Sonnets

amuletts — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 01:49:21 +0000

This superb selection is based upon collective favourites of academics and public alike and each part starts with the most popular choices’.

NB below is a SMALL selection of 60-plus Sonnets

Which will be grouped in tracks of 3 at a time

No. 18: “Shall I Compare thee to a summer’s day?” 0.83

No. 29: “When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes” 0.95

No. 30: “When to the sessions of sweet silent thought” 1.03

No. 33: “Full many a glorious morning have I seen” 0.93

No. 2: “When forty winters shall besiege thy brow” 0.87

No. 12: “When I do count the clock that tells the time” 0.85

No. 73: “That time of year thou mayst in me behold” 0.97

No. 87: “Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing” 0.97

No. 106: “When in the chronicle of wasted time” 0.83

No. 116: “Let me not to the marriage of true minds” 0.88

No. 129: “The expense of spirit in a waste of shame” 0.92

No. 14:. “Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck” 0.85

No. 34: “Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day” 0.85

No. 71: “No longer mourn for me when I am dead” 0.93

No. 49: “Against that time, if ever that time come” 0.95

No. 130: “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” 0.95

No. 55: “Not marble, nor the gilded monuments” 0.9

No. 66: “Tir’d with all these, fur restful death I cry” 0.93

No. 91: “Some glory in their birth, some in their skill” 0.83

No. 97: “How like a winter hath my absence been” 0.83

No. 19: “Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion’s paws” 0.92

No. 138: “When my love swears she is made of truth” 0.83

No. 144: “Two loves I have of comfort and despair” 1.03

& MANY MORE !

Eleven Famous Cathedral Organs

amuletts — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 01:49:09 +0000

“Includes more Famous Cathedral organs with splendid sound, again here recorded by renowned sound engineers with great experience and success in organ recordings”

Westminster Cathedral / David Hill (Engineer: A.Howell)

[1] Meyerbeer: Coronation March 4:02

Winchester Cathedral / David Hill (A.Howell)

[2] Sibelius trans. Fricker: Finlandia 8:51

Coventry Cathedral / Noel Rawsthorne (B. Culverhouse)

[3] Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever 3:42

Salisbury Cathedral / David Halls (L. Andrews)

[4] Delius arr.Fenby: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring 6:50

Hereford Cathedral / Roy Massey (H.Mudd)

[5] Mathias: Processional 3:20

York Minster / Francis Jackson (B. Culverhouse)

[6] Dubois: Toccata in G 6:49

Kings College Chapel, Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury (John H.West)

[7] Bach: In dulci jubilo BWV 608 1:21

Wells Cathedral / Malcolm Archer (L. Andrews)

[8] Vierne: Carillon de Longpont 3:57

Liverpool Anglican Cathedral / Noel Rawsthorne (B. Culverhouse)

[9] Charpentier: Te Deum Prelude 2:57

[10] Yon: Humoresque (Toccatina for Flutes) 2:40

[11] Vierne: Finale (Symphony 1) 6:39

Westminster Abbey / Timothy Farrell (B. Culverhouse)

[12] Bach arr Farrell: Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring 3:08

St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh / Catherine Ennis* (Paul Arden-Taylor) [23.05]

Reubke: Sonata on the 94th Psalm* [23:05] [13] I. Grave – Larghetto – Allegro con fuoco –

Grave 10:49 [14] II. Adagio – Lento 5:45 [15] III. Allegro – Più mosso – Allegro assai 6:30

* First release. Recorded 2003; Licensed from Nic Davidson-Porter (Mollterz)

Miklős Rőzsa: Violin Concerto, Theme, Variations & Finale; Hungarian Nocturne; The Vintner’s Daughter (suite)

amuletts — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 01:48:59 +0000

“This Concerto is probably Rozsa’s most celebrated concert work: its impassioned romanticism remains wonderfully enthralling … Theme, Variations & Finale was inspired by a wistful melody and helped to make Rozsa’s international reputation … Rozsa’s rhapsodic intensity and dramatic shading would soon lead to a remarkable career in Hollywood … Vintner’s Daughter, a picturesque set of variations, again shows the composer’s melodic appeal and he uses the orchestral palette as seductively as in his film music … Critics’ Choice for 1993” (Gramophone)

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op.24*[30:40]

[1] I. Allegro non troppo ma passionato 13:09

[2] II. Lento cantabile 8:46

[3] III. Allegro vivace 8:44

Theme, Variations & Finale, Op.13A (1933/43)[19:07]

[4] Theme, Variations 1-3 4:27

[5] Variation 4 3:55

[6] Variations 5-6 4:06

[7] Variations 7-8 3:11

[8] Finale 3:27

[9] Hungarian Nocturne, Op.28 (1964) 9:35

The Vintner’s Daughter, Op.23A (1953-55)[16:50]

(Twelve Variations on a French Folksong)

[10] Theme, Variations 1-4 4:03 [11] Variations 5-6 2:50

[12] Variations 7-8 2:06 [13] Variations 9-10 3:08

[14] Variations 11-12 4:41

William Byrd: Anthems, Motets, Services

amuletts — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 01:48:48 +0000

“William Byrd was undoubtedly the greatest English composer of his time, fully equal to his continental contemporaries Palestrina, Lassus and Victoria … what is also remarkable

Psallite Domino (from Gradualia 1607) 1:15

Ne irascaris (from Cantiones sacrae 1589) 8:20

Laetentur caeli (from Cantiones sacrae 1589) 3:45

Senex puerum portabat (from Gradualia 1605) 1:40

Sing joyfully 2:43

Non vos relinquam (from Gradualia 1607) 1:51

Vigilate (from Cantiones sacrae 1589) 4:37

Justorum animae (from Gradualia 1605) 2:49

Haec dies (from Cantiones sacrae 1591) 2:31

Teach me, O Lord 3:40

Rorate coeli desuper (from Gradualia 1605) 4:21

Ave verum corpus (from Gradualia 1605) 4:28

Second Service: Magnificat 4:06

Second Service: Nunc dimittis 2:16

Exsurge, Domine (from Cantiones sacrae 1591) 4:12

Sacerdotes Domini (from Gradualia 1607) 1:25

Short Service: Magnificat 3:22

Short Service: Nunc dimittis 2:05

Laudibus in sanctis (from Cantiones sacrae 1591) 5.41

LEONTYNE PRICE: Personal Choice

amuletts — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 01:48:32 +0000

[Gramophone Hall of Fame]: LEONTYNE PRICE: “possessor of one of the most glorious voices of our time, Price was one of the first black singers to scale the heights of international opera. The bulk of her great roles were captured on disc … Without doubt Leontyne’s glorious voice should be included in Gramophone’s Hall of Fame … one of the greatest vocal talents of the past 70 years. The fact that Karajan admired and engaged her is confirmation that she was special … her vocal gift is simply God-given; that, along with her impressive looks, make for a stunning artist.”

[1] Ritorna vincitor (Aida – Verdi) 6:56

[2] O patria (Aida – Verdi) 6:27

[3] Tacea la notte placida (Il Trovatore – Verdi) 5:55

[4] Timor di me – D’amor sull’ali rosee (Il Trovatore –Verdi) 5:14

[5] Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (La Rondine – Puccini) 2:44

[6] Vissi d’arte (Tosca – Puccini) 3:13

[7] Un bel di (Madama Butterfly – Puccini) 4:22

[8] Death of Butterfly (Madama Butterfly – Puccini) 3:36

[9] Signore, ascolta (Turandot – Puccini) 2:29

[10] Tu che di gel sei cinta (Turandot – Puccini) 2:34

[11] Summertime (Porgy and Bess – Gershwin) 2:27

[12] I Loves You Porgy (Porgy and Bess – Gershwin 2:24

[13] My Man’s Gone (Porgy and Bess – Gershwin) 4:07

[14] He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands (Trad.) 2:13

[15] Ride On (Trad.) 2:38

[16] Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (Trad.) 3:19

[17] Deep River (Trad.) 3:05

[18] Were You There ? (Trad.) 4:30

[19] Ave Maria (Schubert) 3:04

[20] O Holy Night (Adam) 4:26

[1,2] with Georg Solti / Rome Opera; [3-4] Arturo Basile & [5-10] Oliviero de Fabritiis/ (

both) Rome Opera; [11-13] Skitch Henderson / RCA Orchestra;

[14-18] [arr. & directed [Leonard de Paur; [19-20] Herbert von Karajan / V.P.O)