My Drafts e-mail folder always has a BRO list in the works. It's beginning
to get to the whittling-down stage... so I feel a similar urge coming
on as Dave's, who asked for...
>...recommendations for the unusual or unique releases... [such as]
>a recording on Schwann of the two symphonies by the philosopher-pianist
>Eduard Erdmann (1896-1958). Has anyone heard this?
Yes: overwrought and laborious, few delights to my ear. Only at the end
of the 2nd symphony is anything like musical simplicity reached, making
for something enjoyable. If you were after a German, tonal & 20th century
composer, I'd suggest:
Josten, Werner {1885-1963}: Concerto Sacro I-II {w.David del Tredici,
piano}; 'Jungle' Symphonic Poem; Canzona Seria {American Symph./ Stokowski};
Symphony in F (Polish National Radio Orch./ Strickland. Total time:
72'03') $ 3.99 | AMERICA | ADD | BRO Code: 116283 | CRI CD 597
Or:
Hindemith, 'Works for 2 Pianists': 'Mathis der Maler' Symphony; Sonata
for Piano 4-Hands; Waltzes Op.6; Rag Time; Sonata for 2 Pianos. (Andreas
Grau & Gotz Schumacher. 77"57') $5.99 | GERMANY | DDD | BRO Code: 100895
>WERGO CD 6633-2 |
Yet another CD that puts the lie to legends about Paul H: dull craftsman.
Here's some of the cream of my last 8 or 9 BRO orders. Let's go by a few
nationalities:
USAmerican:
Mayer, William {b.1925}: Country Fair {Robert Nagel Brass Trio}; Dream's
End {Members of the St. Paul Chamber Orch.}; Miniatures for Soprano &
7 Players; Two News Items; Khartoum {Catherine Rowe, soprano w.Arthur
Weisberg conducting}; Brass Quintet {Iowa Brass Quintet}; Essay for Brass
& Winds {NY Brass and Woodwind Ensemble/ Balaban}; 'Eve of St. Agnes'
for Soloists, Mixed Chorus & Orch. (Peabody Conservatory/ Gregg Smith.
Total time: 72'58') $ 3.99 | AMERICA | ADD | BRO Code: 116392 | CRI CD 767
Flagello, N. {b.1928}: Divertimento for Piano & Percussion; Prelude,
Ostinato & Fugue; 2 Waltzes; Piano Sonata; 3 Episodes; 'Electra' for
Piano, Celesta, Harp & Percussion; 'Homage to Chopin' Etude. (Joshua
Pierce, piano w.Paul Price Percussion Ensemble) $ 6.99 | AMERICA | ADD
>BRO Code: 5811 | PREMIER PRCD 1014
The 3 CRIs above are favourites from my last BRO binge, concentrating
on that label ...after recommendations I got through MCMList.
Piston, Sinfonietta*; Symphonies 2 & 6. (Seattle Symph.*& NY Chamber
Symph./ Schwarz) $4.99 | AMERICA | DDD | BRO Code: 13895 | DELOS DE 3074
Compare this with the Naxos re-release ...and get this for the Sinfonietta
bonus.
Czech:
Ondrej Kukal, Violin Concerto, Op.7 {performed by the composer w.South
Bohemia Chamber Philharmonic/ V.Valek}; 'Danse Symphonique' for Large
Orchestra, Op.10 {Prague Radio Orch./ composer}; 'Clarinettino' Concerto
for Clarinet & Strings, Op.11 {Ludmilla Peterkova w.Jakub Waldman,
doublebass & New Vlach String Quartet}; 'Present' Duo for Violin & Cello
{Jana Vlachova & Mikael Ericsson}; String Quartet #1, Op.9. (New Vlach
Quartet) $ 2.99 | AUSTRIA | ADD | BRO Code: 115238 | CAMPION RRCD 1343
-- I reviewed this for MCML; nothing heavy, but much that's on the musical
mark.
Jelinek {1901-1969}, 'The Two Blue O's' for Harpsichord, 8 Percussionists,
Harp & Double Bass + Other 'Harpsichord Concertos of the 20th Century'
by Francaix*, Martinu & Farkas {Concertino} (Eva Braito w.Bratislava
Chamber Orch. *& Artemis Ensemble Vorarlberg/ Kantschieder) $6.99 |
Austria | DDD Koch/Schwann 3-1422-2 | BRO Code: 102107
Martinu, Duos for Violin & Cello #'s 1 & 2. Kodaly, Duo for Violin &
Cello Op.7. (Raphael Oleg & Sonia Wieder-Atherton) $ 5.99 | FRANCE |
DDD | BRO Code: 108817 | VALOIS V 4716
Outstanding playing and sound.
Brits:
Stevens, Bernard {1916-1983}: Anything.
Walton, Crown Imperial {arr. Wright}; 'Henry V' Suite; March and Siegfried
Music {both arr. Watson}; Music for Children; A Wartime Sketchbook {both
arr. Hindmarsh}; The First Shoot. (Black Dyke Mills Band/ Watson)
$5.99 | ENGLAND | DDD | BRO Code: 112968 | ASV CD 2093
McCabe {b.1939}, String Quartets #'s 3-5. (The Vanbrugh Quartet)
$6.99 | ENGLAND | DDD | BRO Code: 103856 | HYPERION CDA 67078
Also his Edward II: Ballet in 2 Acts. (Royal Ballet Sinfonia/ Wordsworth)
$11.98 | 2 CDs | ENGLAND | DDD | BRO Code: 101273 | HYPERION CDA 67135/6
Also his 4th symphony/Flute Concerto CD.
Irish:
Kinsella {b.1932}, Symphonies 3 & 4. (National Symphony Orch.of Ireland/
Proinnsias O Duinn) $6.99 | Germany | DDD | Marco Polo 8.223766 | BRO
Code: 63892
Turkish:
Rey {1904-1985}, Andante and Allegro for Violin and Strings {w.Suna Kan,
violin}. Erkin {1906-1972}, Sinfonietta. Kodalli {b.1924}, Adagio.
Tanc {b.1933}, Lyric Concerto for Flute, Oboe & Strings. ('Music for
Strings from Turkey' w.Northern Sinfonia of England/ Griffiths) $ 6.99
>AUSTRIA | DDD | BRO Code: 114307 | KOCH/SCHWANN 3-1480-2
Approaches AA Saygun for wow factor.
Nordic:
Koppel, Herman {1908-1998}: Concerto for Orchestra Op.101; Symphonies 6
& 7. (Aalborg Symph./ Atzmon. Total time: 74'19') $ 6.99 | GERMANY |
DDD | BRO Code: 113010 | MARCO POLO 8.224135
Recent discovery for me. Not way out in originality, but top-rate
craftsman with musical felicity.
Italian:
Petrassi, 'Sesto Non-Senso' for a Cappella Chorus; 'Sonata da Camera'
for Harpsichord & 10 Instruments {w.Bruno Canino}; Concerto for Orchestra
#3 {'Recreation Concertante'}; '4 Inni Sacri' for Tenor, Baritone &
Orch.; 'Nosche Oscura' Cantata for Chorus & Orch. (Swiss-Italian Radio
Orch./ Rossi et al. Rec.1959-76) $ 3.99 | ITALY | M | BRO Code: 16042
>ERMITAGE ERM 145
A little far out, not conservative.
Dutch:
Andriessen {1892-1981}, Ricercare; Symphony #4. Diepenbrock {1862-1921},
Lydische Nacht. Van Gilse {1881-1944}, 'Thijl' Funeral Music. Badings
{1907-1987}, Symphonische Proloog. (Hague Orch./ Spanjaard) $5.99 ENGLAND
>DDD | BRO Code: 6304 | OLYMPIA OCD 507
Compilations:
Ravel, Debussy: String Quartets. (Quartetto Italiano) $ 5.99 | AUSTRALIA
>ADD | BRO Code: 704 | PHILIPS 464360-2
Outstanding in the Debussy.
Gregson {b.1945}, 'Contrasts' Concerto for Orchestra. Hoddinott,
Concerto for Orchestra, Op.127. McCabe, Concerto for Orchestra.
(Liverpool Phil./ Bostock. Also includes Lewis Foreman in discussion
with the 3 composers. Total time: 78'08') $6.99 | DENMARK | DDD | BRO
Code: 113288 | CLASSICO CLASSCD 384
Piston, Clarinet Concerto. Veale, Clarinet Concert. Brett Dean {b.1961},
Ariel's Music. Lutoslawski, Dance Preludes. Nigel Sabin {b.1960}, An
Australian Holiday. (Paul Dean, clarinet w.Queensland Symph./ Mills.
Total time: 69'37') $ 5.99 | AUSTR | DDD | BRO Code: 115596 | ABC
{AUSTRALIAN} 456678-2
Rozsa, Tripartita for Orchestra. Morton Gould, Folk Suite. Menotti,
Triplo Concerto a Tre. Marc Lavry {1903-1967}, 'Emek' Symphonic Poem.
(London Symph./ Amos. Total time: 72'59') $ 5.99 | USA | DDD | BRO Code:
117012 | KLEOS CLASSICS KL 5103
Soundtracks:
Herrmann, 'Psycho' & 'North by Northwest' Suites. (National Phil./
composer & London Studio Symph./ Johnson) $ 7.99 | ENGLAND | ADD | BRO
Code: 24339 | UNICORN UKCD 2080 Several other Herrmann gems there, too.
Bert Bailey ...listening to Joan Armatrading
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