Sept 2020 – Alto CD https://altocd.com Classical Music and Nostalgia CDs Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:46:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Malcolm Arnold Symphony No.5; Belles of St.Trinian’s, Divertimento No.2, Machines etc https://altocd.com/product/malcolm-arnold-symphony-no-5-belles-of-st-trinians-divertimento-no-2-machines-etc/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:46:18 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=52419 Douglas Bostock
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Aarhus Academy Symphony Orchestra

Catalogue Number:  ALC 1424
Number of Discs: 1
Date/Runtime: 78:30 DDD, 1999/2001
Barcode: 5055354414244

]]> “exciting reading of Arnold’s finest symphony from unexpected sources, coupled with enchanting CD debutants … The 5th is a marvellous symphony, perhaps his greatest – powerfully argued, confidently structured, and full of memorable invention. It is good to see it so well played and recorded in Munich, guided by Douglas Bostock who comes into his own in four extra works, which are all first recordings. Divertimento- a splendidly characterful triptych; there is much outrageous fun in the St Trinian’s score – bursting with irreverent ideas and effects; and the lovely, nostalgic ‘Sarabande’ of Solitaire (one of his most touching tunes).”(Gramophone)

Symphony No.5, Op.74 [29:55]
1. I. Tempestuoso 9:21 2. II. Andante con moto 9:05
3. III. Con fuoco 4:54 4. IV. Risoluto 6:33
Divertimento No.2, Op.75 [9:03] world premiere recording
5. I. Fanfare: Allegro 2:13 6. II. Nocturne: Lento 3:12
7. III. Chaconne: Allegro con spirito 3:37
8. Symphonic Study: Machines [6:34] world premiere recording
Solitaire (excerpts from the ballet) [5:48]
9. Sarabande 3:55 10. Polka 1:53
Homage to the Queen (ballet excerpts) [9:21]
11. Prelude & Opening Scene 4:39 12. Dance of the Insects 1:07
13. Fire Dance 1:08 14. Finale 2:26
Little Suite No.2, Op.78 [8:36]
15. I. Overture: Allegro moderato 2:58 16. II. Ballad: Andantino 3:30
17. III. Dance: Vivace 2:07
The Belles of St. Trinians – Comedy Suite [8:33]
world premiere recording
18. I. Prelude: Allegro 1:37 19. II. Train to Trinians: Allegro brillante 1:41
20. III. Flash and Miss Fritton: Andante moderato 2:03
21. IV. Races and Games (Tribal Warfare): Allegro 1:59
22. V. Finale: Allegro 1:10
]]> Bach ..to Guitar / Legendary Guitarists https://altocd.com/product/bach-to-guitar-legendary-guitarists/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:46:18 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=52420 Julian Bream
Andrés Segovia
John Williams

Catalogue Number:  ALC 1426
Number of Discs: 1
Date/Runtime: 73:30 ADD stereo
Barcode: 5055354414268

]]> “The great Segovia is the link here as the man who popularised classical guitar, showing also how well arrangements of Bach’s music are suited to it, and those stars who followed since. Segovia was so impressed by Bream the child prodigy at age 15, that he offered to take him on tour …‘A prince of the guitar has arrived’, claimed Segovia when he first heard young John Williams”.

Julian Bream
[1] Prelude, Fugue & Allegro. 13:22
 
Andrés Segovia
[2] Prelude (Cello Suite #1 BWV 1007) 2:16
[3] Loure (Cello Suite #3 BWV 1009) 3:40
[4] Siciliano (Violin Sonata #1 BWV 1001) 3:15
[5] Gavotte en Rondeau (Violin Partita #3 BWV 1006) 2:54
[6] Fugue (Violin Sonata #1 BWV 1001) 5:05
[7] Prelude for Lute (BWV 999) 1:15
[8] Bourrée (Lute Suite #1 BWV 996) 1:29
[9] Gavottes (Cello Suite #6 BWV 1012) 3:48
[10] Chaconne (Violin Partita #2 BWV 1004) 13:52
 
John Williams
Cello Suite #3 (BWV 1009 trans. Duarte) [21:55]
[11] Prelude 3:56 [12] Allemande 4:02 [13] Courante 3:24
[14] Sarabande 2:47 [15] Bourrées 4:09 [16] Gigue 3:35
]]> Berlioz: L’Enfance du Christ https://altocd.com/product/berlioz-lenfance-du-christ/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:46:18 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=52421
  •      ALC 1608 WEBSITE TEXT

    • Sir Colin Davis
    London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
    Yann Beuron
    Karen Cargill
    William Dazeley
    Matthew Rose, Peter Rose
    Tenebrae (Director: Nigel Short)

    Catalogue Number:  ALC 1608
    Number of Discs: 2
    Date/Runtime: DDD; 2006, 96:40
    Barcode: 5055354416088

     

     

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    Financial Times’ Disc of the Year; New York Times’ CDs of the Year
    “Performance: ***** Recording: ***** ‘Beuron, probably today’s finest lyric tenor, gives the performance an essential idiomatic core in his narration … [Tenebrae are] dramatically alert and glowing as stained glass, the angelic messages skin-pricklingly ethereal.” (BBC Music Magazine) “[Sir Colin’s] revisitation of this truly classic score is utterly and totally compelling.’ (International Record Review)

    Disc 1 [41:04]
    1. Part I, Le Songe d’Hérode: Prologue – 1:53
    2. Scene 1 – Marche Nocturne 8:25
    3. Scenes 2 & 3 – Toujours Ce Rêve! 8:49
    4. Scene 4 – Les Sages de Judée 3:33
    5. Scene 4 – Les Devins Font Des Évolutions 1:27
    6. Scene 4 – La Voix Dit Vrai, Seigneur 4:11
    7. Scene 5 – O Mon Cher Fils 8:20
    8. Scene 6 – Joseph! Marie! 4:22
     
    Disc 2 [55:28]
    1. Part II, La Fuite en Égypte: Ouverture 6:25
    2. L’adieu des Bergers a la Sainte Famille (The Shepherds’ Farewell) 4:32
    3. Le Repos de la Sainte Famille (The Holy Family At Rest) 6:39
    4. Part III, L’Arrivée à Saïs: Depuis Trois Jours 3:33
    5. Scene 1 – Dans Cette Ville Immense 5:25
    6. Scene 2 – Entrez, Pauvres Hébreux 7:36
    7. Scene 2 – Trio for Two Flutes and Harp 6:23
    8. Scene 2 – Vous Pleurez, Jeune Mère 4:27
    9. Epilogue – Ce Fut Ainsi Que Par un Infidèle 3:08
    10. Epilogue – O Mon Âme 7:16
    ]]>         Great Shakespeare Speeches: Famous Voices https://altocd.com/product/great-shakespeare-speeches-famous-voices/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:46:18 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=52422 Richard Burton
    Laurence Olivier
    Orson Welles
    Alec Guinness
    Paul Robeson
    etc

    Catalogue Number:  ALN 1976
    Number of Discs: 1
    Date/Runtime: 77:52 ADD stereo 1958-62 
    Barcode: 5055354419768

    ]]>     A treasure-trove of classic lines, spoken by Shakespearean stars Olivier, Burton, Gielgud, Ashcroft, Guinness, Redgrave, Finney, Welles, Robeson & many…

    1. Once more unto the breach / Henry V: Act 3/Sc.1 – L. Olivier 2:11
    2. Upon the King Henry / V: 4/1 – L.Olivier 3:11
    3. This day is called the feast of Crispian/ Henry V: 4/3 – R Burton 2:22
    4. Methinks I am a prophet new inspired / Richard II: 2/1 -M. Hordern 2:57
    5. Now is the winter of our discontent / Richard III:1/1 -L. Olivier 3:20
    6. If it were done when ’tis done / Macbeth: 1/7- A. Guinness 1:44
    7. Is this a dagger that I see before me /Macbeth: 2/1- A.Guinness 2:36
    8. Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow/ Macbeth: 5/5 – M. Redgrave 0:52
    9. Full fathom five / The Tempest:1 /2 – M. Field-Hyde, I Lang 2:21
    10. Be not afear’d … / The Tempest:3/2 – P.Wymark, P.Strick, M.Malleson 1:18
    11. Our revels now are ended / The Tempest: 4/1- R. Burton 0:45
    12. O that this too too solid flesh /Hamlet: 1/ 2 – R.Burton 1:59
    13. To be or not to be /Hamlet: 3/1- R.Burton 2:22
    14. Get thee to a Nunnery /Hamlet: 3/1- R.Burton & Linda Marsh 3:21
    15. How all occasions do Conspire /Hamlet: 3/2 –R. Burton 2:06
    16. Alas, poor Yorick/ Hamlet: 5/1–R. Burton 2:41
    17. If music be the food of love /Twelfth Night:1/1- Robert Hardy 1:52
    18. I left no ring with her / Twelfth Night: 2/2- Siobhan McKenna 1:55
    19. Fie fie unknit that threatening brow/ Taming of the Shrew: 5/2- P. Ashcroft 2:50
    20. But soft! what light through yonder … /Romeo & Juliet: 2/2 -A.Finney, C.Bloom 3:25
    21. Gallop apace you fiery-footed steeds/ Romeo & Juliet: 3/2- C.Bloom 1:44
    22. O bid me leap ../ Romeo & Juliet: 4/1 – Claire.Bloom 0:41
    23. Well Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight / Romeo & Juliet: 5/1- A.Finney 1:33
    24. How oft when men… /Romeo & Juliet: 5/3 –Albert .Finney 2:50
    25. If you prick us do we not bleed?/ Merchant of Venice: 3/1- Eric Portman 1:08
    26. The quality of mercy / Merchant of Venice: 4/1 –P.Ashcroft 1:21
    27. Sir, spare your threats ../The Winter’s Tale: 3/2– Elizabeth Sellars, Eric Porter 3:21
    28. I am not what I am…/ Othello: 1/1 – Cyril Cusack 1:25
    29. Most potent grave and reverend Signiors / Othello: 1/3- O.Welles 2:57
    30. If wives do fail / Othello: 4/3 Anna Massey, Celia Johnson 2:32
    31. It is the Cause … Soft you… / Othello: 5/2 –Paul Robeson 4:31
    32. All the world’s a stage / As You Like It: 2/7 – J.Gielgud 1:45
    33. It is not the fashion to see the lady/ As You Like it: Epilogue- V. Redgrave 1:49
    34. [Death of King Lear] King Lear: 5/3 -J. Gielgud 2:35
    ]]>         German Baroque: from Hammerschmidt to Telemann https://altocd.com/product/german-baroque-from-hammerschmidt-to-telemann/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:46:17 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=52417 Jordi Savall Hesperion
    Nikolaus Harnoncourt
    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Catalogue Number:  ALC 1420
    Number of Discs: 1
    Date/Runtime: 76:46 DDD 1986/ ADD 1975
    Barcode: 5055354414206

    FULL NOTES. PRINTABLE PDF

    ]]>     “Some of the earliest masterworks of Jordi Savall plus his famous authentic Forerunners !”

    ANDREAS HAMMERSCHMIDT (1612?-1675)
    Four Suites from “Erster Fleiß”/
    Suite in d for Gamben (a 5) [14:41]
    1. Paduan (I, Nr. 3) [5:02] 2. Galliard (II, Nr. 39) [1:50]
    3. Ballet (I, Nr. 7) [4:07] 4. Sarabande (I, Nr. 27) [0:55]
    5. Courente (I, Nr. 24) [1:04] 6. Ballet (I, Nr. 26) [1:41]
    Suite in G for Gamben (a 5) [10:02]
    7. Paduan a 6 (II, Nr. 5) [4:35] 8. Galliard (II, Nr. 21) [1:27]
    9. Ballet (II, Nr. 8) [1:47] 10. Sarabande (II, Nr. 41) [0:37]
    11. Aria/Ballet (II, Nr. 40) [1:34]
    Suite in G for Winds (a 5) [13:32]
    12. Paduan (I, Nr. 2) [4:18] 13. Galliard (I, Nr. 34) [1:27]
    14. Aria (II, Nr. 11) [2:00] 15. Courente (I, Nr. 21) [1:52]
    16. Ballet (I, Nr. 8) [1:44] 17. Ballet (I, Nr. 36) [1:36]
    18. Sarabande (I, Nr. 17) [0:32]
    Suite in C for Strings (Gamben) and Winds (a 5) [12:29]
    19. Paduan (II, Nr. 1) [4:55] 20. Galliard (II, Nr. 48) [1:18]
    21. Ballet (II, Nr. 32) [0:52] 22. Mascharada (I, Nr. 11) [3:17]
    23. Ballet (I, Nr. 33) [1:13] 24. Sarabande (I, Nr. 12) [0:51]
     
    GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN (1681-1767) TafelMusik III
    Concentus Musicus Wien / Nikolaus Harnoncourt
    Part 3 from Suite in Bb for 2 oboes & strings:
    25. Menuet [5:08] 26. Furioso [2:17]
    Concerto in Eb for 2 horns & strings [18:04]
    27. Maestoso [3:46] 28. Allegro [5:17] 29. Grave [3:39] 30. Vivace [5:21]
    ]]>         Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 ‘Babi Yar’ Incidental Music for King Lear, Op. 58a https://altocd.com/product/shostakovich-symphony-no-13-babi-yar-incidental-music-for-king-lear-op-58a/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:46:17 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=52418 Kirill Kondrashin
    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
    Edward Serov
    St. Petersburg Chamber Orchestra
    Mezzo-soprano – Nina Romanova*
    Bass – Vitaly Gromadsky (Sym.13)

    Catalogue Number:  ALC 1422
    Number of Discs: 1
    Date/Runtime: 69:05 ADD stereo 1962/ DDD 1984
    Barcode: 5055354414220

    ]]>     Shostakovich: Incidental Music for King Lear, Op. 58a [1] Return from the Hunt 0:52 [2] At the Hut 2:04 [3] In Regan’s Castle 1:16 [4] The Camp 1:23 [5] March 1:36 [6] Trumpets 1:21 [7] Cordelia’s Ballad* 4:37   Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 ‘Babi Yar’ for Bass, Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 113 [8] Babi Yar 14:55 [9] Humour 7:49 [10] In the Shop 10:58 [11] Terror 10:23 [12] Quarry 11:36 ]]>     Paul Robeson: Songs of Struggle & Love (Very Best of …Volume II – 29 tracks) https://altocd.com/product/paul-robeson-songs-of-struggle-love-very-best-of-volume-ii-29-tracks/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:45:57 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=52382 Paul Robeson

    Catalogue Number:  ALC 1416
    Number of Discs: 1
    Date/Runtime: 76:23
    Barcode:5055354414169

    ]]>     This collection is the companion to ALC1256 ‘Very Best of /Ol’ Man River’ and focuses more on his ‘Songs of struggle’ and on Spirituals and Lullabies Paul Robeson once said: ‘The artist must elect to fight for Freedom or for Slavery.’

    [1] Summertime (Porgy and Bess) New Mayfair Orch / Greenwood 2:34
    [2] Carry me Back to Green Pastures (Pepper) Orch / Ray Noble 2:50
    [3] Were You There when they Crucified my Lord? (Trad. spritual) 2:42
    [4] By and By (Trad. spritual) 2:24
    [5] John Henry (Trad; arr.Johnson) Lawrence Brown, piano 2:27
    [6] Joe Hill (Robinson, Hayes) Lawrence Brown, piano 2:39
    [7] The Peat-Bog Soldiers (Moorsoldaten; arr.Eisler) Lawrence Brown 2:25
    [8] Kevin Barry (Anon. Irish) 2:09
    [9] Native Land (Donayevsky) Lawrence Brown, piano 2:19
    [10] The Four Insurgent Generals (Anon. Spanish Civil War) 2:23
    [11] Oh, How Proud Our Quiet Don (Dzerzhinsky) Lawrence Brown 3:18
    [12] Killing Song (Sanders of the River) (Spoliansky, Wimperis) 2:19
    [13] Congo Lullaby (Sanders of the River) (Spoliansky, Wimperis) 3:03
    [14] At Dawning (Cadman) 2:20
    [15] Didn’t my Lord Deliver Daniel ? (Trad. spiritual) 1:27
    [16] Steal Away to Jesus (Trad. spiritual) 2:57
    [17] St.Louis Blues (Handy) Orchestra / Ray Noble 3:26
    [18] Mah Lindy Lou (Strickland) Orchestra / Ray Noble 3:11
    [19] Cradle Song (Gretchaninov) Lawrence Brown, piano 2:07
    [20] Passing By (Purcell:Herrick) Lawrence Brown, piano 2:19
    [21] Lazin’ (from Big Fella) Orchestra / Eric Ansell 2:44
    [22] Thora (Weatherley:Adams) Orchestra / Walter Goehr 3:23
    [23] Love At My Heart (Graves:arr.Wood) Orchestra / Walter Goehr 2:03
    [24] Encantadora Maria (Kilyeni) Orchestra / Ronnie Munro 2:38
    [25] Ebenezer (The Proud Valley) with Male Chorus 2:26
    [26] All Men are Brothers / Ode to Joy (Beethoven/Schiller) 2:39
    [27] Song of the Plains (Red Army Song) (arr.Knipper) Lawrence Brown 3:05
    [28] The Soviet Anthem (edited) with Chorus 2:06
    [29] Jerusalem (Blake) 2:21
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