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Butterworth, Gurney, Vaughan Williams et al: English Song Cycles (Benjamin Luxon, Roderick Williams et al)
[…] [16'36]Andrew Kennedy- tenor, Simon Crawford-Phillips- piano, Dante Quartet [Krysia Osostowicz and Giles Francis- violins, Judith Busbridge- viola, Bernard Gregor-Smith- cello]Signum Classics SIGCD112 [recorded February 2007; issued 2008][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: Potton Hall, Suffolk, UKRecording engineer: Mike Hatch; Producer: Adrian PeacockA Shropshire LadRalph Vaughan Williams: 01 - 06 On Wenlock Edge * [23'15]Ivor Gurney:07 - 14 The Western Playland ^ [24'57]15 - 21 Ludlow and Teme * [20'46]Adrian Thompson- tenor*, Stephen Varcoe- baritone^, Iain Burnside- piano, Delme Quartet [Galina Solodchin and John Trusler- violins, John Underwood- viola, Jonathan Williams- cello]Hyperion CDH55187 [recorded October 1989; this issue 2004][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: Kimpton Parish Church, Hertfordshire, UK;Recording engineer: Antony Howell; Producer: Arthur JohnsonHeracleitusIvor Gurney:01 - 07 Ludlow and Teme *#^ [18'22]George Butterworth: 08 - 11 Bredon Hill and other songs *# [11'09]12 - 16 Suite for String Quartet ^ [18'23]Peter Warlock:17 Saudades - […]
2020-04-09 07:25:34
Exquisite sketches: songs by Reynaldo Hahn from Anastasia Prokofieva & Sergey Rybin on Stone Records - L'heure exquise
[…] pronounced in the French manner) who had moved to Latin America to make his fortune. (The family moved to France when he was three). Thus, the French language is a choice and text takes on even greater importance.I have to confess that if I was looking for a disc of Hahn's songs, then you need to consider the two CD set on Hyperion (available from The Hive) with Felicity Lott, Susan Bickley, Ian Bostridge, Stephen Varcoe and Graham Johnson, but you can also buy baritone Tassis Christoyanis' boxed set of the complete songs from Bru Zane (available from The Hive).I enjoyed this disc for the willingness of Prokofieva and Rybin to take a slightly different route through the songs. Just listen to their concentrated, interior performance the 1890 song L'heure exquise to see what I mean. But I did want a greater sense that this was sung French, that these […]
2018-05-16 23:00:00
Desmarest | Rameau - Grands Motets (La Chapelle Spirituel)
Henry Desmarest (1661-1741) Grands Motets - Volume I:Dominus RegnavitTe Deum de ParisLe Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet, directionRecorded 2003, Published 2011TT 61:54Henry Desmarest (1661-1741) Grands Motets - Volume II:De ProfundisVeni CreatorCum InvocaremLe Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet, directionRecorded 2004, Published 2005TT 56:21Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)Grands Motets à grand choeur, soli, orgue et orchestre In convertendo Quam dilecta LavoraviLa Chapelle Royale, Philippe Herreweghe, directionRecorded 1982, Published 2000TT 47:08 TRACKLISTHenry Desmarest (1661-1741) Grands Motets DOMINUS REGNAVIT 01 Dominus regnavit 3:1902 Nubes et caligo 1:5003 Illuxerunt fulgura 1:29 04 Montes, sicut cera fluxerunt 1:05 05 Annuntiaverunt caeli 2:3406 […]
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