Sept 2018 – Alto CD https://altocd.com Classical Music and Nostalgia CDs Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:45:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Bach Violin Concertos – (including Brandenburg Concerto No.4) BWV 1041-1042-1043-1049 https://altocd.com/product/bach-violin-concertos-including-brandenburg-concerto-no-4-bwv-1041-1042-1043-1049/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:44:58 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=52217 Bach Violin Concertos - (including Brandenburg Concerto No.4) BWV 1041-1042-1043-1049 David Oistrakh Members Vienna Philharmonic* Harpsichords Georg Fischer (1-3) George Malcolm (4-6) (with Igor Oistrakh)** Royal Philharmonic / Eugene Goossens Moscow Chamber Orchestra / Rudolf Barshai*** Flutes – Alexander Korneyev & Naum Zeidel*** Catalogue Number: ALC 1399 Number of Discs: 1 Date/Runtime: Time: 68:51, Stereo 1962/1957 Barcode: 5055354413995]]>
“this is the first time he has tried recording them without a conductor in the eighteenth-century way; The result is an enormous success. The orchestra lacks nothing in precision, while the balance is the best I ever remember in these works.. His tone escapes from the orchestral web exactly when it should, and one hears every orchestral detail without losing a note of the solo part. These are in fact superb recordings. David Oistrakh’s playing is tremendously good.” (Gramophone)

    Concerto for Violin No.1 in A minor, BWV1041*
    1. I. (Allegro) – 4:03 2. II. Andante – 7:27 3. III. Allegro assai – 3:53
    Concerto for Violin No.2 in E major, BWV1042*
    4. I. Allegro – 8:23 5. II. Adagio – 7:04 6. III. Allegro assai – 2:54
    Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043**
    7. I. Vivace – 4:11/ 8. II. Largo ma non tanto – 7:26/ 9. III. Allegro 5:15
    Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G major, BWV1049***
    10. I. Allegro – 7:42 11. II Andante – 4:30 12. III Presto – 5:40
]]> ‘Finest Hour’ Winston Churchill’s Greatest Speeches Plus Nostalgic Wartime News Bulletins https://altocd.com/product/finest-hour-winston-churchills-greatest-speeches-plus-nostalgic-wartime-news-bulletins/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:44:58 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=52218 ‘Finest Hour’ Winston Churchill’s Greatest Speeches Plus Nostalgic Wartime News Bulletins Winston Churchill BBC bulletins Catalogue Number: ALN 1504 Number of Discs: 2 Date/Runtime: Time: 150:00; AAD, 1933/46 Barcode: 5055354415043 ]]>
150 minutes of stirring memories including nostalgic Wartime News Bulletins

    CD1 [Time – 72:40]
    [1] Britain Must Arm (USA speech) (Oct.16th,1938) [4.23]
    [2] Churchill as P.M. (Blood. Toil, Tears..)
    (May 13th,1940) [5.20]
    [3] Be Ye Men of Valour (May 19th,1940) [10.40]
    [4] Colossal Military Disaster (Fight on the Beaches)
    (June 4th, 1940) [12.20]
    [5] Their Finest Hour (June 18th,1940) [3.17]
    [6] The First Year (Never Have so Many)
    (Aug.20th,1940) [8.04]
    [7] The Crux / Every Man to his Duty (Sept.11,1940 [5.57]
    [8] Give us the Tools (Feb.9th,1941) [3.22]
    [9] Westward Look, the Land is Bright
    (Apr.27th,1941) [1.16]
    [10] Do Your Worst (from London, Blitz
    (July 14th,1941) [3.50]
    [11] Some Chicken – Some Neck ! (Canada Parliament)
    (Dec.30th,1941) [2.05]
    [12] The End of the Beginning (Nov.10th,1942) [3.52]
    [13] Unconditional Surrender (War Ends in Europe)
    (May 8th, 1945) [6.42]
    [14 ] The Sinews of Peace (Iron Curtain) (May 5th, 1946) [2.05]
    (Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri)
    CD2 [Time – 78:00]
    [1] NEWS BULLETINS: Hitler Marches into Austria – [2:53]
    Chamberlain Returns from Munich – Invasion of Poland –
    UK Mobilisation – Evacuation of Children – War Declared
    [2] WARTIME NEWS & NOSTALGIA: Fall of France –[18:04]
    Air Raid Warning – The Blitz – Navy News – Vera Lynn –
    UK Bomber Report – The V-Sign – News from North Africa –
    Lili Marlene – El Alamein – Japan Attacks – Italy Surrenders –
    Italy declares War on Germany – Moonlight Serenade (exc) –
    D Day Reports – Field Marshal Eisenhower –
    East and West Meet – Vera Lynn – Hitler is Dead –
    Fall of Berlin – German Surrender – Atom Bomb Hiroshima
    Taunting the Government before Appointment as P.M:
    [3] St.George & The Dragon (April 29th 1933) [2:00]
    [4] A Sense of Collective Security (April 30th 1938) [1:44]
    Further Major Wartime Speeches:
    [5] The First Month of War (Oct.1st, 1939) [1:22]
    [6] In the End, All Will be Well (Fall of France) (June
    17th,1940) [1:23]
    [7] War of the Unknown Warriors (July 14th,1940) [5:04]
    [8] Lift up your Hearts (June 12th, 1941) [4:42]
    [9] Hitler is a Monster of Wickedness (June 22nd,1941) [2:46]
    [10] For More than a Year… (July 29th, 1941) [5:00]
    [11] We are still Masters of our Fate (Sept.9th ,1941) [6:57]
    [12] Never Give in (Oct.29th,1941) [4:10]
    [13] How are we Going to Win this War? (Nov.7th,1941) [2:14]
    [14] Speech Broadcast U.S Congress (May 19th, 1943) [1:38]
    [15] Thanksgiving Day (Nov.23rd, 1944) [1:17]
    [16] This is Your Victory (V.E day Crowds)(May 8th,1945) [1:48]
    [17] We Need a United States of Europe
    (Zürich,Sept 1946) [5:09]
    Looking back: History recollected by WSC
    [18] The Lurking Dangers: the Loaded Pause (1937) [3:55]
    [19] The King’s Invitation (8th May, 1940) [4:15]
]]> Very Best of Military Bands https://altocd.com/product/very-best-of-military-bands/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:44:58 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=52219 Very Best of Military Bands Royal Marines Coldstream Guards Life Guards & Royal Horse Scots & Welsh Guards Grenadier Guards Catalogue Number: ALN 1966 Number of Discs: 1 Date/Runtime: Barcode: 5055354419669 Price (trade): £6.99]]> ‘

“77+ minutes of classics in superb sound – includes all the (UK best-seller) original LP plus 30 minutes with favourites of the Royal Marines and Grenadier Guards !

    ROYAL MARINES
    1. A Life on the Ocean Wave 1:04
    2. Quick March: Captain General 2:50
    3. Where’er You Walk 2:33 4. Hearts of Oak 1:02
    5. Land of Hope & Glory – Cockaigne 3:28
    6. Crimond & Sunset 2:42
    7. Salute for Heroes – Rule Britannia 1:48
    8. Quick March: Passing By 2:27
    9. Crown Imperial 2:40 10. Jerusalem 2:18
    11. Royal Flourish #2-Lead Kindly Light-
    Last Post & Nightfall in Camp 3:18
    COLDSTREAM GUARDS
    12. On the Quarter Deck 2:45 13. Scipio 1:47
    14. The Thin Red Line 2:57
    LIFE GUARDS & ROYAL HORSE GUARDS (combined bands)
    15. Grand March from Aida 2:38
    16. Fehrbelliner Reitermarsch 2:51
    SCOTS GUARDS
    17. Lili Marlene 3:38
    WELSH GUARDS
    18. Birdcage Walk 2:40 19. Thunderbirds 2:47
    GRENADIER GUARDS
    20. Colonel Bogey 2:12 21. Semper Fidelis 2:42
    22. The Guns of Navarone2:16 23. On Ilkley Moor Bahtat 1:58
    24. Lincolnshire Poacher 1:13 25. Blaydon Races 2:05
    26. Calling All Workers 3:05 27. The Floral Dance 2:42
    28. Eton Boating Song2:35 29. Nimrod / Nightfall in Camp 6:38
]]> Berlioz: Harold in Italy Op.16, & Overtures: Benvenuto Cellini; Beatrice et Benedict; Royal Hunt and Storm https://altocd.com/product/berlioz-harold-in-italy-op-16-beatrice-et-benedict-royal-hunt-and-storm/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:44:58 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=52212 Berlioz: Harold in Italy Op.16, & Overtures: Benvenuto Cellini; Beatrice et Benedict; Royal Hunt and Storm
London Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis

Catalogue Number: ALC 1369
Number of Discs: 1
Date/Runtime: Time 68:04, DDD, 2000-7
Barcode: 5055354413698
Price: £6.99

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“Yet again Sir Colin Davis demonstrates his supreme mastery as a Berlioz interpreter … especially fascinating is to compare this latest Harold en Italie with earlier versions – the biggest contrast is the extra tautness of Davis’s interpretation, with speeds consistently faster … the textures are sparer, sharper and lighter – bringing extra incisiveness all round. One other benefit is that the magnificent Tabea Zimmermann, is balanced as part of the orchestra. The beauty of her tone, with its nut-brown colours on the C-string, is never masked, but the balance allows pianissimi of a delicacy never achieved by the 1975 version. In the introduction there is a repeat marked ‘pianissimo possibile’ – just what you hear in magic tones.” (Gramophone)

 

Harold en Italie [40:14]

    • 1. I. Harold Aux Montagnes 14:13

 

    • Scenes de melancolie, de bonheur et de joie

 

    • 2. II. Marche des pélerins chantant la priere du soir 7:56

 

    • 3. III. Sérénade d’un montagnard des abruzzes 6:29

 

    • 4. IV. Orgie de brigands. Souvenirs des scenes 11:35

5. Overture: Benvenuto Cellini 10:08
6. Overture: Béatrice et Benedict 8:10
7. Les Troyens: Act IV-29 – Chasse Royale et Orage 9:10

]]> Russia: Romance & Drama https://altocd.com/product/russia-romance-drama/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:44:58 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=52213 Russia: Romance & Drama Yuri Ahronovitch London Symphony Orchestra Catalogue Number: ALC 1371 Number of Discs: 1 Date/Runtime: Time 79:07, DDD, 1981 Barcode: 5055354413711 Price (trade): £6.99 ]]>


“Ahronovitch is direct and exciting and the title is well borne out by the performances. The recording is brilliant without being aggressively so, and has plenty of weight (with splendid brass sonorities in Night on the Bare Mountain) plus an effective ambience. The Sabre Dance has great energy and the Prokofiev March from Love for three oranges is nicely pointed, and it includes favourites such as the BBC TV Onedin Line theme – the Adagio from Spartacus. In short, this is excellent value and does much to recommend the L.S.O series.”(Gramophone). (Tchaikovsky): “recording spectacular, and the balance truthful … fusillade of canon at the end of ‘1812’ is impressively realistic” (Penguin Guide)

    [1] Khachaturian: Gayaneh – Sabre Dance 2:32
    [2] Khachaturian: Spartacus –
    Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia 9:52
    [3] Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije – Troika 3:15
    [4] Borodin: Prince Igor – Polovtsian Dances 11:14
    [5] Glinka: Ruslan & Lyudmila – Overture 5:23
    [6] Khachaturian: Masquerade – Waltz 4:27
    [7] Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain 12:14
    [8] Prokofiev: Love of Three Oranges – March 1:45
    [9] Shostakovich: Gadfly Suite – Folkfeast 2:51
    [10] Tchaikovsky: Marche Slave 9:24
    [11] Tchaikovsky: Overture ‘1812’ 15:14
]]> Frederick Delius: 11 Favourites https://altocd.com/product/frederick-delius-11-favourites/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:44:58 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=52214 Frederick Delius: 11 Favourites

Sir Thomas Beecham
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Catalogue Number: ALC 1374
Number of Discs: 1
Date/Runtime: Time 75:15, stereo, 1957/62
Barcode: 5055354413742
Price: £6.99

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“Contains Delius’ most essential statements. Summer Night on the River, On Hearing the First Cuckoo, Brigg Fair and the Irmelin Prelude are simply magical in their effect, and Beecham’s interpretations arise out of the depths of the music itself … passages such as the introduction to Brigg Fair, seem to be outside time, one yet again wonders at the poetic rightness of every nuance, the delicately exact textural balance. His identification with the composer is so complete that one is not sure whom to credit for some features … This (collection) must surely be recognised as a gem. Sleigh Ride and the Marche Caprice are entertaining enough , but all the rest are wonderful Delius – and conducted by someone who has remained the one and only Delius interpreter. Each performance is superb.” (Gramophone)

 

    • [1] A Song Before Sunrise 5:58

 

    • [2] On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring 6:51

 

    • (No.1 of ‘Two Pieces for Small Orchestra’)

 

    • [3] La Calinda (Dance, from Florida Suite 1st mvt.) 4:36

 

    • [4] Intermezzo and Serenade from ‘Hassan’ 3:56

 

    • [5] Brigg Fair, An English Rhapsody 15:31

 

    • [6] Prelude to Irmelin (rev.1932) 4:26

 

    • [7] Marche Caprice (No.1 of ‘Two Pieces’) 3:46

 

    • [8] Intermezzo from ‘Fennimore and Gerda’ 5:02

 

    • [9] Over the Hills & Far Away (Fantasy Overture) 12:41

 

    • [10] Sleigh Ride (‘Winternacht’) 5:20

 

    [11] Summer Evening 6:12
]]> Vaughan Williams:The Lark Ascending Greensleeves; Job (A Masque for Dancing) https://altocd.com/product/vaughan-williamsthe-lark-ascending-greensleeves-job-a-masque-for-dancing/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:44:58 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=52216 Vaughan Williams:The Lark Ascending Greensleeves; Job (A Masque for Dancing) Philharmonia Orchestra Barry Wordsworth** Consort of London Robert Haydon Clark* David Jurwitz (violin)* Catalogue Number: ALC 1384 Number of Discs: 1 Date/Runtime: Time: 66:38, DDD 1990/1 Barcode: 5055354413841]]>
(Lark)“(David juritz’ tone is pure and effortlessly controlled … a few lines that inspired Vaughan Williams are spoken before by Niamh Cusack, a legitimate recording device” (Job): “it (was) to the credit of Collins that Barry Wordsworth was chosen for their recording of Vaughan Williams’ Job with the Philharmonia . In my opinion, he fully justifies the risk, with an extremely fine interpretation that I would rank next to Boult’s (EMI) as far as recordings are concerned … He never lets us forget that this score was written for the stage, and the drama behind the notes is fully realized … Collins provided a clear and balanced recording” (Gramophone)

    [1] (Poem extract) Niamh Cusack; The Lark Ascending*
    (David Juritz, violin) 14:54
    [2] Greensleeves* 4:06
    Job (A Masque for Dancing)** [47:20]
    [3] Scene I: Introduction * Pastoral Dance *
    Satan’s appeal to God • Saraband of the Sons of God 9:44
    [4] Scene II: Satan’s Dance of Triumph 3:15
    [5] Scene III: Minuet of the Sons of Job and their Wives 4:52
    [6] Scene IV: Job’s dream * Dance of plague, pestilence,
    famine and battle 4:14
    [7] Scene V: Dance of the three Messengers 5:10
    [8] Scene VI: Dance of Job’s comforters * Job’s curse
    *A vision of Satan 4:55
    (Saxophone: Glen Martin; Organ: Leslie Pearson)
    [9] Scene VII: Elihu’s dance of youth and beauty * Pavane of
    the Sons of the Morning (Violin: James Clark) 6:30
    [10] Scene VIII: Galliard of the Sons of the Morning * Altar dance
    and heavenly pavane 5:20
    [11] Scene IX: Epilogue ‘ 3:15
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