Nov 2024 – Alto CD

AARON COPLAND – Billy the Kid / Statements / Symphony 3

amuletts — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:03:29 +0000

(‘Copland collection’) “should be supplemented with the late-1950s recordings Copland made with the LSO for Everest. This earlier recording of Billy sounds fresher and more joyous than the remake, and is coupled with a broad and often heartfelt reading of Statements (especially in the ‘Subjective’ movement). And I far prefer the incisive and characterful Everest recording of the Third Symphony ! The quality of the Everest remastering is so good and the playing of the LSO so impressive that this is a vital embodiment of Copland’s intentions.” (Rob Cowan, Gramophone)

Billy the Kid – Ballet Suite [19:39]

[1] I. The Open Prairie 3:07

[2] II. Street in a Frontier Town 6:35

[3] III. Card Game at Night 3:06

[4] IV. Gun Battle 1:57

[5] V. Celebration after Billy’s Capture 2:07

[6] VI. Epilogue: The Open Prairie Again 2:44

Statements for Orchestra [18:04]

[7] I. Militant 2:42

[8] II. Cryptic 3:28

[9] III. Dogmatic 1:40

[10] IV. Subjective 3:53

[11] V. Jingo 2:35

[12] VI. Prophetic 3:42

Symphony No.3 [40:21]

[13] I. Molto moderato 9:31

[14] II. Allegro molto 8:14

[15] III. Andantino quasi allegretto 9:54

[16] IV. Molto deliberato (Fanfare) – Allegro risoluto 12:40

Recorded 1958/1959 stereo © Everest, licensed via Countdown / BMG Rights

András Schiff & Dinu Lipatti play J.S Bach

amuletts — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:02:27 +0000

of Schiff’s Bach) “I never recall hearing Bach better played on a piano. He has obviously profited from the return to the baroque style (he studied with George Malcolm) but as Bach on piano must be in the nature of a modern arrangement he is sparing with baroque conventions.”(Gramophone). “(Lipatti’s) classic performances were recorded by Walter Legge in a dry Geneva studio in the last year of Lipatti’s short life, but with each issue they seem to have grown in wisdom and subtlety. The reputation of these meticulous performances is fully deserved” (Penguin Guide)

András Schiff, piano (rec.1978)

Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971

1. [Allegro] 4:04 2. Andante 4:56 3. Presto 3:28

French Suite No.5 in G, BWV 816

4. Allemande 2:58 5. Courante 1:31 6. Sarabande 4:30 7. Gavotte 1:12

8. Bourrée 1:03 9. Loure 1:53 10. Gigue 3:23

Ouverture in the French Manner, BWV 831 (Partita in B minor)

11. Ouverture 8:03 12. Courante 1:54 13. Gavottes I and II 3:30

14. Passepieds I & II 2:13 15. Sarabande 3:13

16. Bourrées I & II 2:24 17. Gigue 2:12 18. Echo 2:32

Dinu Lipatti, piano (rec.1950)

Partita No.1 in B flat BWV 825

19. Praeludium 1:38 20. Allemande 2:34 21. Corrente 2:43

22. Sarabande 5:00 23. Menuet I & II 2:24 24. Gigue 2:17

25. Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring (Cantata 147) (arr. Hess) 3:21

26. Siciliana (Sonata No.2 in E flat, arr. Kempff) 3:02

[1]-[18] © Vanguard, Licensed via MNRK (NYC) Producer: Motohiko Takawa; Engineer:

Hatsuro Takanami; Location: Ishibashi Memorial Hall, Tokyo, Seymour Solomon

Productions, Inc., NYC. ® 1978 King Record Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan ID 1990

[19]-[26] Recorded Swiss Radio Studio 2, Geneva, 1950 Producer: Walter Legge

BAROQUE BOHEMIA & BEYOND – Volume 10

amuletts — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:01:24 +0000

(Vranicky) “a symphony that represents the French Revolution and events connected … a menacing first movement, marches for the English, the Prussians and the Austrians, a highly expressive ‘Fate and Death of Louis’, a funeral march, a ‘Tumult of Battle’ and finally a jubilant and affirmative ‘Rejoicing’ at the peace … it has a good deal of very attractive and effective music. I hope readers will try it” (Stamitz) “Carl Stamitz was himself a noted viola player; his beautifully orchestrated Concerto demands considerable virtuosity” (Gramophone) “a now long-running series revealing how full of depth is the wellspring of the Bohemian musical diaspora.” (MusicWeb)

Carl Philipp Stamitz (1745-1801): Viola Concerto in D [20:14]

[1] Allegro 10:25 [2] Andante moderato 5:13 [3] Rondo allegretto 4:35

Wolfram Christ viola / Kölner Kammerorchester / Helmut Müller-Brühl

Recorded Schloss Dobris, Prague,1987; Producer: Helmut Fackler

Josef Reicha (1752-1795): Flute Concerto in Bb [21:50]

[4] Allegro moderato 8:53 [5] Adagio 8:31 [6] Rondo: Allegro 4:26

Bruno Meier flute / Prager Kammerorchester / Milan Lajcik leader

Recorded Prague 1991; Producer: Ota Kramar; Engineer: Stanislav Sykora

Pavel Vranický / Paul Wranitzky (1756-1808): Great Characteristic Symphony

for the Peace with the French Republic, Op.31 [33:32]

[7] I. The Revolution. Andante maestoso – Allegro molto 11:18

[8] II. Fate and death of Louis XVI. Adagio affetuoso 10:04

[9] III. Battle Scene. Allegro 4:55

[10] IV. Chances of peace – Celebration of peace.

Andante religioso – Allegro vivace 7:15

Sinfonieorchester des Prager Rundfunks /

Recorded 1970, Maiakovsky Hall, Prague; Producer: André Charlin

Licensed from Koch via MNRK