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The debut album from chamber choir Cantoribus, featuring a cappella works by Timothy Hamilton.

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Related Artists: Elisabeth Meister, Cantoribus, Timothy Hamilton


 

Catalogue No: 5060192780406


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Cantoribus offers a novel approach to small ensemble singing … It’s one that is worthwhile to experience (Musicweb International)

Timothy Hamilton is a composer, singer, and founder and musical director of the choral group Cantoribus. Hamilton has fairly prestigious credentials: he studied singing with Benjamin Luxon, Teresa Cahill and Janice Chapman; he studied composition with Paul Edlin and jazz piano with Lionel Grigson. Hamilton has written a substantial body of choral and sacred music, and has also composed orchestral works and film and television scores. From the evidence here, I would say that Hamilton appears to be a talented composer and his choral group sings with commitment and great beauty. According to the album notes Hamilton composed the music on this disc “to reflect some of the feasts and seasons of the liturgical year,” but with no chronological scheme in mind. It is sung a capella, as are the works by Stanford and Adam. Hamilton’s music is conservative in its expressive manner but not without grit and mettle. While much of it is very lush and fluid, and maybe even serene, it often features an anxious or unsettled sense especially in faster-paced middle sections or in upward melodic surges or even in harmonies that strike you as slightly cool emotionally when heard against their warmer main line. Crucifixus may be the piece here that embodies many of these stylistic elements. It begins in a restive way with the word “Crucifixus” sung repeatedly. Soon it is proclaimed loudly and emphatically, almost as if shouted, and then the character of the music turns both dark and ethereal. A sense of struggle ensues but finally a consoling character emerges at the close. Here in this short work (3:44) a whole world of emotion and religious fervor is effectively conveyed … The sound reproduction is fine and the album notes are informative. Full texts are provided too … He is an imaginative and stimulating composer of sacred choral music whose style is quite individual within its conservative character … If you are interested in contemporary sacred choral music, this disc should prove of considerable interest. (Classical.net)

Track listing

  1. Salvator Mundi
  2. Angele Dei
  3. Ave verum
  4. In remembrance
  5. The Lord is my shepherd
  6. Crucifixus
  7. The Lord’s prayer
  8. The evening hymn
  9. O sacrum convivium
  10. Panis angelicus
  11. Beati quorum via
  12. Oh holy night
  13. Star of Bethlehem


The red of a woman’s heart

 
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The poet sings
 

Australian art-songs by twentieth-century composers.

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Related Artists: Lisa Harper-Brown, David Wickham


 

Catalogue No: 5060192780390


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Soprano Lisa Harper-Brown and pianist David Wickham, both English but now based in Perth, have released a sequel to The Poet Sings (2012), their first volume devoted to neglected 20th-century Australian art song, and particularly female composers. The Red of a Woman’s Heart features three collections by Margaret Sutherland, including of William Blake poetry and six settings of Judith Wright, which for Wickham “are the best of the genre in Australia.” Many composers were still looking to England for lyrical material, so the Wright cycle is particularly significant, as are Raymond Hanson’s two settings of poems by the extraordinary Australian radical socialist poet Mary Gilmore. Other highlights include two sets by Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Profiles from China and Thirteen ways of looking at a blackbird. There is a lightness of touch about this recording, with a great sense of presence and space that makes it an excellent complement to the selections recorded by Ian Munro and Elizabeth Campbell nearly a decade ago. The interplay between Harper-Brown and Wickham is seamless, as though the music is being produced by a single entity. Harper-Brown is completely at home with the demands of this excitingly varied material, from the dance rhythms of Sutherland’s Blake songs, to the melancholy of two Jewish songs by Linda Phillips **** (Limelight)

Track listing

  1. Memory, hither come
  2. Piping down the valleys wild
  3. How sweet I roamed
  4. I love the jocund dance
  5. Young and old
  6. The yew tree
  7. Sappho’s loneliness
  8. The rock
  9. Poetics
  10. A lament of scarlet cloud
  11. The dream
  12. Crepuscule
  13. The son of heaven
  14. Night
  15. The pilgrim
  16. This is my delight
  17. Oranim yerukim
  18. Tavas z’havi
  19. Among twenty snowy mountains
  20. I was of three minds
  21. The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds
  22. A man, a woman
  23. I do not know which to prefer
  24. Icicles filled the long window
  25. O thin men of Haddam
  26. I know noble accents
  27. When the blackbird flew out of sight
  28. At the sight of blackbirds
  29. He rode over Connecticut
  30. The river is moving
  31. It was evening all afternoon
  32. Silence, beautiful voice
  33. The night wind
  34. I who am dead a thousand years
  35. Jenny kissed me
  36. O mistress mine
  37. Tom o’ Bedlam’s song
  38. Midnight
  39. Winter kestrel
  40. The old prison
  41. Woman’s song
  42. The twins
  43. Bullocky


Mendelssohn: The complete works for cello and piano

 
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Live recording of every work for cello and piano by Mendelssohn.

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Related Artists: Marie Macleod, Martin Sturfält


 

Catalogue No: 5060192780383


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This is a disc on which the stance of the playing ideally matches the scale and perspective of the music. Mendelssohn’s works for cello and piano are not numerous but, with two sonatas together with the “Variations concertantes” and a couple of miniatures, they fit neatly onto one CD. Mendelssohn was not a cellist, but he had a brother who was, and it was for him that he wrote the “Variations concertantes” and the two sonatas. Given Mendelssohn’s talents as a pianist, it is understandable that in his duo music he did not exactly underplay the pianist’s virtuoso requirements, but here in the chopping and changing of priorities in the “Variations concertantes” Marie Macleod and Martin Sturfält weave a scintillating, tightly knit fabric, full of colour and energy. Instinctive coordination and passion are maintained in the B flat Sonata No 1, the cello’s tonal spectrum and the piano’s variety of touch and weight astutely and expressively applied both to the music’s lyricism and to its bravura flourishes. They also possess exciting panache for the D major Sonata No 2, a performance combining brilliance with emotional warmth. (Daily Telegraph)

Powerfully eloquent (Guardian)

Real technical brilliance, which Sturfält has in abundance … a masterly performance. (Manchester Evening News)

Track listing

  1. Variations concertantes Op.17
  2. Sonata no.1 in Bb Op.45 – I. Allegro vivace
  3. Sonata no.1 in Bb Op.45 – II. Andante
  4. Sonata no.1 in Bb Op.45 – III. Allegro assai
  5. Lied ohne Worte Op.109
  6. Assai tranquillo
  7. Sonata no.2 in D Op.58 – I. Allegro assai vivace
  8. Sonata no.2 in D Op.58 – II. Allegretto scherzando
  9. Sonata no.2 in D Op.58 – III. Adagio
  10. Sonata no.2 in D Op.58 – IV. Molto allegro e vivace


Paul Carr: Seven Last Words from the Cross

 
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Paul Carr: Requiem For An Angel
 

The première recording of Carr’s Seven Last Words from the cross and other choral works.

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Related Artists: William Dazeley, Chorus Angelorum, Bath Philharmonia, Gavin Carr, Paul Carr


 

Catalogue No: 5060192780376


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This is a finely presented CD. The performances from the baritone, William Dazeley in The Seven Last Words is excellent. The choral singing is always well-balanced and clear. And finally the Bath Philharmonia under Gavin Carr give a committed account of this deeply felt music. The liner-notes by the composer are always helpful. The sound quality is faultless. This is an excellent production from one of Britain’ leading composers. Every piece is enjoyable, approachable and ultimately inspiring and often moving. It may be that some folk will not approve of Paul Carr’s largely ‘traditional’ musical language. However, to my ear this CD proves that there is still ever so much to be ‘said’ using a largely tonal musical structure. This music does not require any ‘ism’ but simply a genuine inspiration — truly devotional in the broadest sense. (MusicWeb International)

Drawing on Arvo Pärt and the Slavonic choral tradition, the key work here is a substantial work which, Britten-like, interpolates the Seven Last Words with religious texts ranging from Phineas Fletcher to Saint Pio of Pietrelcina … All are strongly performed and richly recorded (Classical Music)

The role of Jesus, most eloquently fulfilled here by William Dazeley … Fluency and ease with which he handles his forces … Exemplary results from his assembled performers (Gramophone)

Track listing

  1. Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do
  2. Woman, behold Thy son! … Behold thy Mother!
  3. Verily, I say unto thee, today thou shalt be with me in paradise
  4. Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?
  5. I thirst
  6. It is finished
  7. Father, into Thy hands I commend my spirit
  8. Air for Strings
  9. Ave Maria
  10. The Beatitudes of Jesus
  11. The Cloths of Heaven


Ronald Corp: Songs of the Elder Sisters

 
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The songs of Ronald Corp
Ronald Corp: Dhammapada
Ronald Corp: Things I didn’t say
Ronald Corp: String, Paper, Wood
Ronald Corp: Lullaby for a lost soul
 

Settings of texts by Buddhist nuns, for mezzo-soprano, baritone, alto flute, clarinet and viola.

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Related Artists: Sarah Castle, Samuel Evans, Ronald Corp


 

Catalogue No: 5060192780369


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The texts are strongly meditative, evoking the calm and poise of those who wrote them. Corp has expertly matched this in music, and by craving for variety, greater characterisation and even drama one is no doubt missing the point. This is music that will work well late at night with the lights down. The five performers certainly seem convinced by it. (Gramophone)

Track listing

  1. Prelude
  2. Ambapali’s song
  3. Anopama’s song
  4. Vimala’s song
  5. Interlude 1
  6. Kisogotami’s song
  7. Vasitthi’s song
  8. Interlude 2
  9. Punna’s song
  10. Mutta’s song
  11. Patacara’s song
  12. Mettika’s song
  13. Interlude 3
  14. Sela’s song
  15. Soma’s song
  16. Khema’s song
  17. Uppalavanna’s song
  18. Interlude 4
  19. Subha’s song


British rhapsody

 
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Heatwave
 

Romantic British music for viola and piano.

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Related Artists: Su Zhen, Simon Lepper


 

Catalogue No: 5060192780352


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Viola music of virtuosic brilliance, splendidly played by Su Zhen and Simon Lepper in this well-recorded Stone disc. (Gramophone)

Thanks to Lionel Tertis (1876-1975), the great viola player who inspired many works last century, British composers have had a close association with the instrument. This disc is full of the rhapsody and lyricism that suits its middle-voiced, rich tone, opening with the poignant First Meeting (Souvenir) by Eric Coates, composer of Desert Island Discs’ theme tune and himself a violist. Delius, in an arrangement of his Violin Sonata No 2, and York Bowen’s Phantasy follow the mood deliciously. The Welsh composer Rhian Samuel (b.1944), in contrast, exploits the viola’s capacity for sparseness and eloquence in Blythswood, written as she watched seascapes and mountains while resident in the remote Scottish Highlands. Beautifully played, this is an addictive disc. (Observer)

Zhen and Lepper play all the selections with sensitivity and the ultimate in technical prowess. I enjoyed this foray into British music and think listeners will like it too. (Fanfare)

One of the 40 men and women who make Beijing great (Time Out Beijing)

Su Zhen – someone who makes people love the viola (Musical Instrument Magazine)

Track listing

  1. Coates: First meeting (souvenir)
  2. Richardson: Rhapsody for viola and piano
  3. Delius: Violin sonata no.2 adapted for viola
  4. Samuel: Blythswood – Tangled webs
  5. Samuel: Blythswood – Gannets diving
  6. Samuel: Blythswood – To become the song
  7. Bowen: Phantasy for viola and piano


Hugo Wolf – the complete songs – vol.7: Spanisches Liederbuch – Weltliche Lieder

 
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Hugo Wolf – the complete songs – vol.1: Mörike Lieder part 1
Hugo Wolf – the complete songs – vol.2: Mörike Lieder part 2
Hugo Wolf – the complete songs – vol.3: Italienisches Liederbuch
Hugo Wolf – the complete songs – vol.4: Keller, Fallersleben, Ibsen & other poets
Hugo Wolf – the complete songs – vol.5: Heine, Reinick, Shakespeare & Byron
Hugo Wolf – the complete songs – vol.6: Lenau & Spanisches Liederbuch (Geistliche Lieder)
Hugo Wolf – the complete songs – vol.8: Eichendorff Lieder
Hugo Wolf – the complete songs – vol.9: Michelangelo Lieder & early songs
 

The seventh disc in the first complete recording of the songs of Hugo Wolf (1860-1903), recorded live at the Oxford Lieder Festival. This seventh disc features the secular songs from the Spanish songbook.

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Related Artists: Birgid Steinberger, Anna Huntley, Benjamin Hulett, Marcus Farnsworth, Sholto Kynoch


 

Catalogue No: 5060192780345


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This is a disc few would regret buying – ****  (BBC Music Magazine)

Track listing

  1. Klinge, klinge, mein Pandero
  2. In dem Schatten meiner Locken
  3. Seltsam ist Juanas Weise
  4. Treibe nur mit Lieben Spott
  5. Auf dem grünen Balkon
  6. Wenn du zu den Blumen gehst
  7. Wer sein holdes Lieb verloren
  8. Ich fuhr über Meer
  9. Blindes Schauen, dunkle Leuchte
  10. Eide, so die Liebe schwur
  11. Herz, verzage nicht geschwind
  12. Sagt, seid Ihr es, feiner Herr
  13. Mögen alle bösen Zungen
  14. Köpfchen, Köpfchen, nicht gewimmert
  15. Sagt ihm, dass er zu mir komme
  16. Bitt’ ihn, o Mutter, bitte den Knaben
  17. Liebe mir im Busen zündet’ einen Brand
  18. Schmerzliche Wonnen und wonnige Schmerzen
  19. Trau nicht der Liebe
  20. Ach, im Maien war’s
  21. Alle gingen, Herz, zur Ruh
  22. Dereinst, dereinst, Gedanke mein
  23. Tief im Herzen trag’ ich Pein
  24. Komm, o Tod, von Nacht umgeben
  25. Ob auch finstre Blicke glitten
  26. Bedeckt mich mit Blumen
  27. Und schläfst du, mein Mädchen
  28. Sie blasen zum Abmarsch
  29. Weint nicht, ihr Äuglein!
  30. Wer tat deinem Füsslein weh?
  31. Deine Mutter, süsses Kind
  32. Da nur Leid und Leidenschaft
  33. Wehe der, die mir verstrickte
  34. Geh, Geliebter, geh jetzt!


Advent calendar

 
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Requiem æternam
 

A musical countdown to Christmas with 25 wonderful carols.

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Related Artists: Mary-Louise Aitken, Jeremy Carpenter, The Choir of Somerville College, Douglas Knight, Robert Smith, David Crown


 

Catalogue No: 5060192780338


Reviews
 

Lusty performances, and a nice mix of familiar and less familiar selections. (BBC Music)

One of the most interesting programmes of carols this year (Gramophone)

This is a truly excellent and worthwhile disc (International Record Review)

At last, a Christmas disc you can enjoy for the quality of the performances! It would make a great gift, but you might want to keep it for yourself. This is a disc you can enjoy in private, and in the company of friends and family with above average taste in music. It’s that good. No Xmassy ersatz here. This is the real thing! The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford, conducted by David Crown make this a disc to cherish. Their enthusiasm is genuinely infectious. You get caught up in the sheer joy of the singing, excitement, whether you celebrate Christmas or not.  That’s high praise, especially in a market saturated with the blasé and conventional. The Somerville Choir are young, but older than many church choristers.  Thus they sing with freshness and energy, yet are mature enough to sound as if they’re singing because they have chosen, spontaneously, to get together and enjoy themselves. (Classical Iconoclast)

Track listing

  1. The twelve days of Christmas (Rutter)
  2. Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Ehr’ (Bach)
  3. I saw three ships (Rutter)
  4. Jacob’s ladder (Darlington)
  5. Bethlehem Down (Warlock)
  6. Veiled in darkness (Rudolph)
  7. Out of your sleep (Bennett)
  8. Bogoroditsye Dyevo (Head)
  9. Wie soll ich dich empfangen (Bach)
  10. The Angel Gabriel (Archer)
  11. Jesus Christ the apple tree (Poston)
  12. The three kings (Cornelius)
  13. The seven joys of Mary (Sartin)
  14. Silent night (Willcocks)
  15. Advent carol (Young)
  16. Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Bach)
  17. Nova! nova! (Chilcott)
  18. O thou, the central orb (Wood)
  19. Rocking (Willcocks)
  20. A tender shoot (Goldschmidt)
  21. In the bleak mid-winter (Darke)
  22. Ding dong! merrily on high (Wood)
  23. Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht (Bach)
  24. Tomorrow shall be my dancing day (Gardner)
  25. A merry Christmas (Warrell)


Schubert Lieder Year by Year

 
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Hugo Wolf – the complete songs – vol.2: Mörike Lieder part 2
Hugo Wolf – the complete songs – vol.3: Italienisches Liederbuch
Hugo Wolf – the complete songs – vol.4: Keller, Fallersleben, Ibsen & other poets
Hugo Wolf – the complete songs – vol.5: Heine, Reinick, Shakespeare & Byron
Hugo Wolf – the complete songs – vol.6: Lenau & Spanisches Liederbuch (Geistliche Lieder)
Britten: Canticles & The heart of the matter
 

A wonderful survey of Schubert’s Lieder, with one song taken from each year of his composing career.

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Related Artists: Mary Bevan, Raphaela Papadakis, Anna Huntley, James Gilchrist, Benjamin Hulett, Daniel Norman, Marcus Farnsworth, Sholto Kynoch


 

Catalogue No: 5060192780321


Reviews
 

CHOICE FOR THE CURIOUS, Terrific. Amazing value. (Classic FM)

Here is a most unusual collection of Schubert Lieder. Eighteen songs are arranged in chronological order, with one representative song selected from each year, beginning with Schubert’s earliest known song, Der Vatermörder, D 10, written in 1811 when he was 14, and ending with his last composed song, Die Taubenpost, D 965a, written in 1828, shortly before his death. If you’re wondering why there are 18 songs instead of 17—the number of years between 1811 and 1828, it’s because Die Taubenpost, which really is Schubert’s last known song, was arbitrarily tacked on to the end of the Schwanengesang collection, D 957, by its first publisher, Tobias Haslinger, and there it remains today in most modern performances. So, just to cover all bases, the current CD also gives us one other, slightly earlier, song from 1828, Der Winterabend. The highly informative booklet note omits one crucial detail. It doesn’t tells us who came up with the idea for this program, whether it was pianist Sholto Kynoch’s brainstorm or the joint vision of the seven singers that share the honors of presenting the songs. Whoever was responsible should be congratulated, for the individual songs chosen, even if you ignore the chronological theme, make for an exceptionally satisfying recital.Obviously, I can’t conclude this review without mentioning the excellent keyboard support afforded all seven singers by pianist Sholto Kynoch. Not only has he had to learn the accompaniments to these 18 songs, but his task is made all the more challenging by having to adjust his tone and touch to complement the unique vocal timbres of each of the vocalists. Credit, too, goes to Stone, for a bright, but not glaring, detailed recording. Strongly recommended. (Fanfare)

Mary Bevan’s soprano brings warm scents and breezes of spring to “Lob der Tränen” (1818) and the vernal tenor of James Gilchrist gives sweet, if slow, performances of “Frühlingsglaube” (1820) and “Im Frühling” (1826). Best of all is the cultivated, supple and stable tenor of Benjamin Hulett in “Abendstern” (1824). (BBC Music)

An interesting disc, with many good things in it. (International Records Review)

Track listing

  1. Der Vatermörder, D10
  2. Klaglied, D23
  3. Die Schatten, D50
  4. Gretchen am Spinnrade, D118
  5. Erlkönig, D328
  6. Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen, D343
  7. Die Blumensprache, D519
  8. Lob der Tränen, D711
  9. Die Götter Griechenlands, D677
  10. Frühlingsglaube, D686
  11. Der Blumen Schmerz, D731
  12. Nachtviolen, D752
  13. Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D774
  14. Abendstern, D806
  15. Auf der Brücke, D853
  16. Im Frühling, D882
  17. Frühlingslied, D919
  18. Der Winterabend, D938
  19. Die Taubenpost, D965a


Britten: Canticles & The heart of the matter

 
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Sonnets
 

Live recording of Britten’s five canticles, with the extended version of Canticle III (The heart of the matter).

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Related Artists: Daniel Norman, Christopher Gould, Benjamin Maclean, William Towers, Roderick Williams, Harriet Walter, Richard Watkins, Hugh Webb


 

Catalogue No: 5060192780314


Reviews
 

Both sets of performances are very fine. Those from Oxford around Norman are easier on the ear … The Oxford performance has a wider-ranging essay by recent Britten biographer Paul Kildea … Both discs are well recorded. (International Record Review)

This release is  a valuable addition to the Britten discography (Classical Iconoclast)

Those expecting five “canticles” will not be disappointed (Fanfare)

Track listing

  1. Canticle I: My beloved is mine
  2. Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac
  3. Prologue: Where are the seeds of the Universal Fire
  4. Reading: The earth of my heart was broken and gaped low
  5. Song: We are the darkness in the heat of the day
  6. Reading: In such a heat of the earth
  7. Canticle III: Still falls the rain
  8. Reading: I see Christ’s wounds weep in the Rose on the wall
  9. Epilogue: So, out of the dark
  10. Canticle IV: Journey of the Magi
  11. Canticle V: The death of Saint Narcissus


The complete Quilter songbook – vol.2

 
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The second disc in a four-disc series that will comprise the first complete recording of the songs of Roger Quilter (1877-1953).

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Related Artists: Mark Stone, Stephen Barlow


 

Catalogue No: 5060192780307


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The talented baritone Mark Stone adds another fine disc to his discography. Once again, the range of colour and dynamic in his singing is impressive, precisely geared to the words of each song. In every way this is an English equivalent to German Lieder or French mélodie. Roger Quilter is an extraordinary composer. Born into a wealthy family, he was a delicate child and ill health dogged him throughout his life. He was educated at Eton but never had any idea of trying to earn a living. It did not help that he was homosexual, at a time when any gay activity was strictly illegal. Nonetheless, he was wealthy enough to leave his parents’ apartment and set up on his own nearby in Mayfair, devoting his whole life to writing songs, 38 of which are on this second disc (of four) in Stone’s ‘Complete Quilter Songbook’. Going from one song to another is a delight. It reminds me that Quilter’s songs were favourites with the great Jessye Norman, drawing out her great ranger of expression in their easy lyricism and easy freshness. When each song is so delightful it is hard to pick out particular examples, except that Quilter’s love of poets of the 17th century – Herrick, Suckling, Lovelace etc – drew out some of his finest inspirations. As in previous discs from Mark Stone, Stephen Barlow in his accompaniments matches his partner perfectly. (Gramophone).

Quilter’s songs feature in may English song recitals, but this second volume of Mark Stone and Stephen Barlow’s excellent complete edition confirms that they’re more than mere programme fillers. This wealthy Old Etonian might be mistaken for a patrician amateur, but he was a serious musician who studied in Germany alongside Percy Grainger and others, and wrote successful operas, light music, and more than a hundred songs. Heard together, their individuality becomes more evident, sprightly and limpidly lyrical in a characteristically Edwardian manner; they influenced Philip ‘Peter Warlock’ Heseltine and others. They lack Vaughan Williams’s dynamic originality, perhaps, yet they have deeply felt undercurrents, sometimes a melancholy hinting at Quilter’s ill health, repressed sexuality and mental decline after his nephew’s murder in World War Two. They’re mostly strongest when they emory Quilter’s response to some already power poetry, from Shakespeare and the Earl of Rochester to Byron, Blake and Keats; Quilter’s own early lyrics sound distinctly weedy. The concluding Herrick sequence To Julia is particularly good. Stone’s high. slightly grainy baritone and incisive diction deliver Quilter’s often long, soaring lines with compelling fervour, and Barlow’s fluent accompaniment is the opposite of the dreaded effete tinkling sometimes inflicted on these songs. **** **** (BBC Music)

This second of four discs will be the first complete recording of the songs of Roger Quilter (1877-1953). As well as setting Blake, Byron, Keats, Binyon and the Earl of Rochester, the Sussex-born composer also wrote some of his own texts, sometimes using a pseudonym. The mood of these songs is wistful, fairly conventional and often with intricate piano parts, elegantly played by Stephen Barlow. Mark Stone’s performances are assured and persuasive … this Volume 2 is full of pleasures, not least the song cycle To Julia, to poems of Robert Herrick. (Observer)

Track listing

  1. The jealous lover
  2. Why so pale and wan?
  3. I dare not ask a kiss
  4. To Althea, from prison
  5. The constant lover
  6. Come back!
  7. A secret
  8. Fairy lullaby
  9. Dream valley
  10. The wild flower’s song
  11. Daybreak
  12. Island of dreams
  13. At close of day
  14. The answer
  15. There be none of beauty’s daughters
  16. Morning song
  17. Go, lovely rose
  18. O, the month of May
  19. The time of roses
  20. My heart adorned with thee
  21. To wine and beauty
  22. Where be you going?
  23. The jocund dance
  24. April love
  25. Come, spring! sweet spring!
  26. The reign of the stars
  27. Spring voices
  28. I have a friend
  29. The sea-bird
  30. Moonlight
  31. By the sea
  32. Tulips
  33. Prelude
  34. The bracelet
  35. The maiden blush
  36. To daisies
  37. The night piece
  38. Julia’s hair
  39. Interlude
  40. Cherry ripe


JS Bach: Goldberg Variations

 
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Internationally renowned organist Robert Costin performs the much-loved Goldberg Variations (1741) on the organ of Pembroke College, Cambridge – a modern reconstruction of a period instrument (dating from 1708).

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Catalogue No: 5060192780291


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Though nowadays played on all manner of instruments, from harp to accordion, the Goldberg Variations was originally written for harpsichord. However, hearing this masterful performance by Robert Costin on the Pembroke College organ, it’s impossible to imagine that Bach, an accomplished organist, didn’t compose it on such an instrument. Right from the wistful charm of the opening “Aria”, the organ’s timbre is a model of acoustical grace, a perfect union of instrument and space, and as Costin launches into the Variations, its full majesty is revealed in rich, satisfying sonorities that build to an epic climax with the “Variatio 30 –Quodlibet”. A marvellous, engrossing performance by a true master. ***** (Independent)

Organist Robert Costin is well known here in New Zealand and, indeed he has been here recently playing the Goldberg Variations on organs around the country. And here is the recording he made of Bach’s great work in 2012 on the organ of Pembroke College, Cambridge. We have recordings of the Goldberg Variations on the harpsichord, modern piano, strings, jazz group and even with a consort of viols, but none, as far as I can see, on the organ. Given that Bach was a fine organist surely he would have expected the Goldbergs to be performed on the instrument, and Robert Costin proves that it works extremely well. Yes, the crispness one gets from the harpsichord is not there ( but neither is it on any of the string arrangements ), but it rarely seems to matter. In short, this great set of variations sounds as natural on the organ as any of the works that Bach composed for the instrument. With the Pembroke College organ sounding superb and with Costin’s registrations sounding very convincing and the sound extremely natural,  this is, for all Bach lovers, a self recommending release. ***** (The Dominion)

This is a remarkably successful record … The clarity of the playing is admirable, as is the recording quality. All in all, a fascinating and, in its way, important release. ***** (Organ Magazine)

All in all, a superb recording which may become my default Goldberg (Organists’ Review)

On this recording, British organist Robert Costin, a graduate of the University of Cambridge, plays them brilliantly on the Pembroke College Organ … I really enjoyed the Stone Records disc and I think our readers will as well (Fanfare)

If you want a Goldberg recording, you’ll be spoilt for choice – there are dozens. And you have a wide choice of instruments: harpsichord or piano (the leaders) but also harp; saxophone quartet; string trio; jazz trio; marimba; accordion; and a few organ recordings – by Catherine Ennis, Jean Guillou, Elena Barshai, and now Robert Costin, Director of Music at Ardingly College. Costin plays the Pembroke College, Cambridge, organ, a period instrument containing some Father Smith pipework and reconstructed by Mander in 1980. It is eminently suited to the repertoire. Helped by a sympathetic acoustic, Costin delivers a sensitive and accomplished performance, making this recording a strong contender in a crowded field. (Organ Club)

Track listing

  1. Aria
  2. Variatio 1 (a 1 Clav.)
  3. Variatio 2 (a 1 Clav.)
  4. Variatio 3 – Canone all’unisono (a 1 Clav.)
  5. Variatio 4 (a 1 Clav.)
  6. Variatio 5 (a 1 o vero 2 Clav.)
  7. Variatio 6 – Canone alla seconda (a 1 Clav.)
  8. Variatio 7 – Al tempo di giga (a 1 o vero 2 Clav.)
  9. Variatio 8 (a 2 Clav.)
  10. Variatio 9 – Canone alla terza (a 1 Clav.)
  11. Variatio 10 – Fughetta (a 1 Clav.)
  12. Variatio 11 (a 2 Clav.)
  13. Variatio 12 – Canone alla quarta
  14. Variatio 13 (a 2 Clav.)
  15. Variatio 14 (a 2 Clav.)
  16. Variatio 15 – Andante – Canone alla quinta (a 1 Clav.)
  17. Variatio 16 – Ouverture (a 1 Clav.)
  18. Variatio 17 (a 2 Clav.)
  19. Variatio 18 – Canone alla sesta (a 1 Clav.)
  20. Variatio 19 (a 1 Clav.)
  21. Variatio 20 (a 2 Clav.)
  22. Variatio 21 – Canone alla settima
  23. Variatio 22 – Alla breve (a 1 Clav.)
  24. Variatio 23 (a 2 Clav.)
  25. Variatio 24 – Canone all’ottava (a 1 Clav.)
  26. Variatio 25 – Adagio (a 2 Clav.)
  27. Variatio 26 (a 2 Clav.)
  28. Variatio 27 – Canone alla nona (a 2 Clav.)
  29. Variatio 28 (a 2 Clav.)
  30. Variatio 29 (a 1 o vero 2 Clav.)
  31. Variatio 30 – Quodlibet (a 1 Clav.)
  32. Aria da capo


Hugo Wolf – the complete songs – vol.6: Lenau & Spanisches Liederbuch (Geistliche Lieder)

 
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The sixth disc in the first complete recording of the songs of Hugo Wolf (1860-1903), recorded live at the Oxford Lieder Festival. This sixth disc features settings of Lenau and the sacred texts from the Spanish songbook.

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Related Artists: Birgid Steinberger, Anna Huntley, Benjamin Hulett, Marcus Farnsworth, Sholto Kynoch


 

Catalogue No: 5060192780284


Reviews
 

The quality of sound in these latest discs in Stone’s Wolf series is wonderfully vivid and full of presence … Presentation is first-rate … Anna Huntley, nicely evocative … pointedly sung by Bejamin Hulett … well brought out by Marcus Farnsworth … Birgid Steinberger shading her tone beautifully. Sholto Kynoch is the excellent accompanist throughout … Another splendidly wide-ranging selection of songs. (Gramophone)

These pioneer recordings are the most significant achievement of the Oxford Lieder project, and on that count alone it represents a landmark. But Kynoch’s commitment to live performance by young singers should not be diminished by comparison with the all-time great recordings. It renews the lifeblood of a long tradition, which has found a thriving home in Oxford. (Oxford Today)

An inspiration for all! (Classical Iconoclast)

The ever-impressive Oxford Lieder Festival – ****  (BBC Music Magazine)

Track listing

  1. An***
  2. Traurige Wege
  3. Nächtliche Wanderung
  4. Herbstentschluss
  5. Frage nicht
  6. Herbst
  7. Scheideblick
  8. Meeresstille
  9. Stille Sicherheit
  10. Liebesfrühling
  11. Frühlingsgrüsse
  12. Abendbilder
  13. Nun bin ich dein
  14. Die du Gott gebarst, du Reine
  15. Nun wandre, Maria
  16. Die ihr schwebet
  17. Führ mich, Kind, nach Bethlehem
  18. Ach, des Knaben Augen
  19. Mühvoll komm’ ich und beladen
  20. Ach, wie lang die Seele schlummert!
  21. Herr, was trägt der Boden hier
  22. Wunden trägst du, mein Geliebter


The complete Havergal Brian songbook – vol.2

 
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The second CD in a two-disc series that comprises the complete songs of Havergal Brian (1876-1972).

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Catalogue No: 5060192780277


Reviews
 

Brian fanatics, while no doubt queueing up for more, will savour the consistently strong performance by these three fine musicians (BBC Music Magazine)

Mark Stone and Sholto Kynoch prove strong interpreters of the songs, some of the most individual in the British repertoire… Strongly recommended. (Gramophone)

Even when Brian’s prosody seems curious or arbitrary he shapes the vocal lines with a pleasing naturalness, and he finds an altogether more intimate approach in songs like ‘Farewell’. (Stone also provides the booklet notes, which are well researched and free from egregious error.) (International Record Review)

Track listing

  1. The defiled sanctuary
  2. Renunciation
  3. Lady Ellayne
  4. The land of dreams
  5. The birds
  6. Der König in Thule
  7. Gretchen am Spinnrade
  8. The mad maid’s song
  9. Why dost thou wound and break my heart
  10. The night piece
  11. Piping down the valleys wild
  12. The blossom
  13. The chimney sweeper
  14. The fly
  15. The little black boy
  16. Dear Adonis
  17. Transporting joy
  18. Four miniatures – I. Allegro
  19. Four miniatures – II. Lento tranquillo e sempre rubato
  20. Four miniatures – III. Andante e grazioso
  21. Four miniatures – IV. Andante tranquillo e sempre rubato
  22. When the sun goes down
  23. On parting
  24. Love is a merry game


The complete John Ireland songbook – vol.1

 
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English Love
 

The first CD in a four-disc series that will comprise the first complete recording of the songs of John Ireland (1879-1962)


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Catalogue No: 5060192780260


Reviews
 

Mark Stone uses all his gifts in this splendid collection of John Ireland’s songs to bring out their varied range of expression. One might say that he treats them with the subtlety that other singers adopt when singing German Lieder. These lovely and varied songs certainly deserve it. Sensibly, Stone starts off with the best-known of all Ireland’s songs, his setting of Masefield’s ‘Sea Fever’. His speed is daringly slow but he sustains it superbly, not least on the final sustained pianissimos in each stanza, ‘And the seagulls crying’ or ‘When the long trick’s over’. The delicacy of Stone’s tonal shading is exquisite. In a vigorous song such as ‘Hope the Hornblower’, setting a poem by Henry Newbolt, the bite of Stone’s attack, matched by the accompaniment of Sholto Kynoch, is ideal, full of flair and swagger. The ordering of the songs also helps, with military songs and songs of the sea providing revealing sequences. If these songs are out of fashion, then Stone and Kynoch make them sound fresh and new. Ireland’s settings of Rupert Brooke include the most celebrated poem of all, ‘The Soldier’, simply dedicated, bringing out its form as a sonnet. Stone and his partner are particularly effective in the sharply rhythmic songs, often march-time, but it is striking how Stone can always vary his tone colours beautifully for the slow, meditative songs. Altogether a disc to leave one freshly enthusiastic about the writing of John Ireland, often strikingly supported by his idiomatic piano-writing (Gramophone)

Its virtues are very considerable indeed. Stone is blessed with a most beautiful voice, which he uses intelligently, and his words are crystal-clear … The recorded sound is excellent, as is the booklet, where you will find a measured introduction to the composer, background and descriptive notes on each song written by Stone himself, and complete song texts … The programme has been intelligently planned … Piano accompaniment is well brought out by Sholto Kynoch,  whose playing throughout the disc is of great sensitivity … This highly enjoyable collection (International Record Review)

Ireland devotees should savour the new material in this crazy quilt of the poignant and frivolous (BBC Music)

Stone delivers it in a relaxed, slightly understated way … his performances with pianist Sholto Kynoch are models of discretion. (Guardian)

Stone’s baritone proves a lively and expressive guide, ably partnered by Kynoch (Financial Times)

Stone has been doing very valuable work on behalf of English songs on his own label, and that continues here. Ireland’s music does not deserve the neglect it has suffered. He had a genuine melodic gift, real imagination, an excellent sense of text-setting. Many of these songs show real inspiration. The Five Songs by Turlay Royce are light ballads that he wrote under that pseudonym. These popular songs were known as “royalty ballads,” and publishers would pay famous singers to perform them. Stone’s notes point out that “Turlay Royce” is an anagram of Royalty Cure. Light they may be, but they are delightful. Ireland responded sensitively to poetry, and these songs are fine examples of a keen musical mind finding the right atmosphere to amplify and/or comment on the words of the poems, so that the music is consistently adding something of its own. Some of these songs have a strong inward-looking and intimate quality to them that can be quite gripping. In the softer and more lyrical songs, Stone’s singing is lovely. He varies his dynamics nicely … His feel for the shape of the line and his ear for shading make for some very effective and beautiful work here. The Heart’s Desire, Song from O’er the Hill, “The Soldier” (the first of the Two Songs to Poems by Rupert Brooke), and quite a few others are quite special … The overall impression with which one is left is one of satisfaction mixed with gratitude for being introduced to so many imaginative, colorful songs with a wide emotional range. (Fanfare)

Track listing

  1. Sea fever
  2. The bells of San Marie
  3. The vagabond
  4. Hope the horn blower
  5. The East Riding
  6. In praise of Neptune
  7. Here’s to the ships
  8. Song from o’er the hill
  9. The Lent lily
  10. Ladslove
  11. Goal and wicket
  12. The vain desire
  13. The encounter
  14. Epilogue
  15. The heart’s desire
  16. We’ll to the woods no more
  17. In boyhood
  18. Spring will not wait
  19. Hawthorn time
  20. Spring sorrow
  21. The soldier
  22. Blow out, you bugles
  23. Blind
  24. The cost
  25. A garrison churchyard
  26. Love’s window
  27. Billee Bowline
  28. When I grow old
  29. Hillo, my bonny
  30. Porto Rico


The complete Quilter songbook – vol.1

 
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The first disc in a four-disc series that will comprise the first complete recording of the songs of Roger Quilter (1877-1953).

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Catalogue No: 5060192780253


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EDITOR’S CHOICE – Mark Stone could not be more sensitive in his response to the words with his remarkably clear diction, and his accompanist, Stephen Barlow, is comparably understanding, helped by the realistic sound quality recorded in the Champs Hill Music Room. Stone’s own detailed notes on each song as well as his brief biography of Quilter ideally enhance enjoyment. An outstanding disc of English song, making one look forward to the forthcoming issues in this Quilter songbook. (Gramophone)

CHOICE FOR THE CURIOUS (The New Release Show, Classic FM)

Stone’s sturdy baritone and Barlow’s bright accompaniment bring out the Debussyian melodic elegance in Quilter’s songs, while avoiding the preciosity that sometimes afflicts them **** (BBC Music)

Stephen Barlow’s project to record all of Quilter’s songs is a worthy one… this first instalment, sensitively sung by baritone Mark Stone with Barlow accompanying, is a promising start (The Guardian)

Stone’s engagingly natural style and immaculate diction are supported by Barlow’s sympathetic playing. (Sunday Times)

Rich in nuance, sensual contrasts of colour and range of textual expression… collectively eloquent and ideally committed to extracting the essence of each song – **** (Classic FM Magazine)

His lyric baritone has warmth, and he is quite effective at conveying words and meaning as well as phrasing with sensitivity. If you have either or both of the discs I mentioned, and feel that you have all the Quilter you need, this may be superfluous. But if you don’t have those and you are a collector of vocal music—particularly English vocal music—this is definitely worth acquiring. Also, if either of those earlier discs turned you into a serious Quilter fan, here is a very good way of expanding your collection … Stephen Barlow is an alert, colorful collaborator at the piano, and the natural recorded sound is perfectly balanced between voice and keyboard. Stone provides excellent notes about the young Quilter (presumably subsequent volumes will focus on his later years) along with specific notes about each song or group of songs along with complete texts. This is a model of how to produce a disc of this nature. (Fanfare)

Track listing

  1. Who is Silvia?
  2. When daffodils begin to peer
  3. How should I your true love know?
  4. Sigh no more, ladies
  5. In the highlands
  6. Over the land is April
  7. A London spring
  8. Come away, death
  9. O mistress mine
  10. Blow, blow, thou winter wind
  11. Trollie lollie laughter
  12. A coronal
  13. Passing dreams
  14. A land of silence
  15. In spring
  16. ‘Tis Saint Valentine’s day
  17. Hark, hark, the lark
  18. Come Lady-Day
  19. Come unto these yellow sands
  20. Tell me where is fancy bred
  21. I will go with my father a-ploughing
  22. Cherry Valley
  23. I wish and I wish
  24. Non nobis, Domine
  25. Orpheus with his lute
  26. When icicles hang by the wall
  27. A song at parting
  28. A good child
  29. The lamplighter
  30. Where go the boats?
  31. Foreign children
  32. Fear no more the heat o’ the sun
  33. Under the greenwood tree
  34. It was a lover and his lass
  35. Take, O take those lips away
  36. Hey, ho, the wind and the rain


Ronald Corp: String, Paper, Wood

 
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Première recordings of chamber works by Ronald Corp OBE


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Catalogue No: 5060192780246


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As with the other works on this CD, Corp is well served by the musicians: Rebecca de Pont Davies is in full command of the composer’s rather wide-ranging melodic line, being naturally richer in her middle and upper registers. The inclusion of the intensely expressed texts in the booklet is an added advantage. An excellent recording (IRR)

Known mainly as a conductor of light music, Corp’s sunny String Quartet, spiky cantata, and flowing Clarinet Quintet mark him out as an engagingly colourful composer. Excellent performances. (BBC Music)

Superbly played by the Maggini, relishing the original textures that Corp devises for the four instruments … Corp’s writing is fluent in responding to each prose passage … Andrew Marriner is the brilliant clarinetist … Nicely intimate sound. (Gramophone)

Track listing

  1. String Quartet No.3 – I. Allegro piacevole
  2. String Quartet No.3 – II. Cantilena and scherzo
  3. String Quartet No.3 – III. Allegro giocoso
  4. The Yellow Wallpaper – An ancestral hall for the summer
  5. The Yellow Wallpaper – We took the nursery at the top of the house
  6. The Yellow Wallpaper – I don’t know why I should write this
  7. The Yellow Wallpaper – It changes as the light changes
  8. The Yellow Wallpaper – The smell
  9. The Yellow Wallpaper – Only two more days to get this paper off
  10. Clarinet Quintet (‘Crawhall’) – I. Semplice – Allegro energico
  11. Clarinet Quintet (‘Crawhall’) – II. Andante
  12. Clarinet Quintet (‘Crawhall’) – III. Allegretto grazioso
  13. Clarinet Quintet (‘Crawhall’) – IV. Allegro vivace


Beethoven: Complete String Trios

 
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Catalogue No: 5060192780239


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IRR OUTSTANDING – Anyone coming to these works afresh should certainly consider investing in these accounts that, exceptionally well recorded and readably annotated, mark an auspicious debut for this impressive ensemble (IRR)

BBC CHOICE – Altogether a resounding success ***** / ***** (BBC Music)

In every way an excellent and exciting disc played with impeccable precision by a fabulous trio (Musicweb International)

full of charm… an abundance of wit… gentle and intense (The Strad)

Track listing

  1. String Trio in E flat Major, Op.3 – I. Allegro con brio
  2. String Trio in E flat Major, Op.3 – II. Andante
  3. String Trio in E flat Major, Op.3 – III. Menuetto: Allegretto
  4. String Trio in E flat Major, Op.3 – IV. Adagio
  5. String Trio in E flat Major, Op.3 – V. Menuetto: Moderato
  6. String Trio in E flat Major, Op.3 – VI. Finale: Allegro
  7. Serenade for String Trio in D Major, Op.8 – I. Marcia: Allegro
  8. Serenade for String Trio in D Major, Op.8 – II. Adagio
  9. Serenade for String Trio in D Major, Op.8 – III. Menuetto: Allegretto
  10. Serenade for String Trio in D Major, Op.8 – IV. Adagio – Scherzo: Allegro molto – Adagio – Allegro molto – Adagio
  11. Serenade for String Trio in D Major, Op.8 – V. Allegretto alla Polacca
  12. Serenade for String Trio in D Major, Op.8 – VI. Thema con variazioni: Andante quasi allegretto – Variazioni I-IV – Allegro – Tempo I
  13. Serenade for String Trio in D Major, Op.8 – VII. Marcia: Allegro
  1. String Trio in G Major, Op.9 No.1 – I. Adagio – Allegro con brio
  2. String Trio in G Major, Op.9 No.1 – II. Adagio ma non tanto e cantabile
  3. String Trio in G Major, Op.9 No.1 – III. Scherzo: Allegro
  4. String Trio in G Major, Op.9 No.1 – IV. Presto
  5. String Trio in D Major, Op.9 No.2 – I. Allegretto
  6. String Trio in D Major, Op.9 No.2 – II. Andante quasi allegretto
  7. String Trio in D Major, Op.9 No.2 – III. Menuetto: Allegro
  8. String Trio in D Major, Op.9 No.2 – IV. Rondo: Allegro
  9. String Trio in C Minor, Op.9 No.3 – I. Allegro con spirito
  10. String Trio in C Minor, Op.9 No.3 – II. Adagio con espressione
  11. String Trio in C Minor, Op.9 No.3 – III. Scherzo: Allegro molto e vivace
  12. String Trio in C Minor, Op.9 No.3 – IV. Finale: Presto


Schubert: Winterreise

 
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Catalogue No: 5060192780222


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RECORDING OF THE MONTH – Like Hans Hotter, Matthew Rose leaves one with a sense of a vast burden of suffering determinedly endured against appalling odds (Gramophone)

CD OF THE WEEK (CD Review, BBC Radio 3)

It may sound like a contradiction in terms to call Rose’s performance both poignant and chilling, but his ability to express heartbreak and horror simultaneously makes this, for me, the most compelling Winterreise I’ve ever heard. This may be Rose’s debut recording, but he’s no stranger to the opera stages of La Scala, Covent Garden, and the Met. His partner in this enterprise, Gary Matthewman, is an indescribably sensitive accompanist, responsive to every inflection in vocal line and making more of his part than many a veteran pianist in this extraordinary cycle. This gets my highest possible recommendation: five gold stars. (Fanfare)

Written for tenor voice, often sung by a baritone, it acquires – literally – added depth in this beautiful reading by the Grammy-winning British bass Matthew Rose, who sings it mostly a fourth lower than its original key. Schubert himself called them “terrifying” songs and confessed to his own emotional exhaustion at having written them. Rose and Matthewman, while in full, expressive form, convey that sense of being utterly wrung out. (Observer)

This Winterreise is beautifully put together in every way: interpretation, recording, liner notes, artwork. (BBC Music Magazine)

Rose and Matthewman show natural flair and finesse. Rose’s German is superb, relishing Müller’s text while never turning tricksy. Matthewman’s pianistic control and responsiveness confirm that he is becoming the new Lieder generation’s go-to accompanist. (Entartete Musik)

C’est un volume de grande qualité et de belle facture que présente Stone Records avec une nouvelle interprétation du Voyage d’hiver de Schubert par la basse britannique Matthew Rose, accompagné par son jeune compatriote, le pianiste Gary Matthewman. La voix à l’assise solide, dotée d’une rondeur et d’une épaisseur confortables, donnant l’illusion de la facilité, déploie dès le numéro 1 (« Gute Nacht ») un timbre envoûtant sans que soient négligées l’articulation ni la diction, claire et compréhensible. Certains passages établissent une véritable osmose entre le piano et la voix (comme le début de « Der greise Kopf », nº 14, ou encore « Die Krähe », nº 15, très doux, intime, comme chuchoté). Les transitions sont particulièrement réussies au sein des morceaux qui font intervenir des changements de climat, la virtuosité du pianiste épousant la richesse des nuances vocales, avec de très beaux effets de contrastes (particulièrement dans « Rast », nº 10, et au service de la dimension dramatique du nº 11, « Frühlingstraum »). (Forum Opera)

Track listing

  1. Gute Nacht
  2. Die Wetterfahne
  3. Gefrorne Tränen
  4. Erstarrung
  5. Der Lindenbaum
  6. Wasserflut
  7. Auf dem Flusse
  8. Rückblick
  9. Irrlicht
  10. Rast
  11. Frühlingstraum
  12. Einsamkeit
  13. Die Post
  14. Der greise Kopf
  15. Die Krähe
  16. Letzte Hoffnung
  17. Im Dorfe
  18. Der stürmische Morgen
  19. Täuschung
  20. Der Wegweiser
  21. Das Wirtshaus
  22. Mut
  23. Die Nebensonnen
  24. Der Leiermann


Hugo Wolf – the complete songs – vol.5: Heine, Reinick, Shakespeare & Byron

 
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The fifth disc in the first complete recording of the songs of Hugo Wolf (1860-1903), recorded live at the Oxford Lieder Festival. This fifth disc features settings of Heine, Reinick, Shakespeare and Byron.


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Related Artists: Sarah-Jane Brandon, Daniel Norman, William Dazeley, Sholto Kynoch


 

Catalogue No: 5060192780215


Reviews
 

The quality of sound in these latest discs in Stone’s Wolf series is wonderfully vivid and full of presence … Presentation is first-rate … beautifully sung by Daniel Norman … Sarah Jane, aptly fresh, finely controlled … powerfully sung by William Dazeley. Sholto Kynoch is the excellent accompanist throughout. (Gramophone)

The latest instalment in this evolving anthology of Lieder by Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) is the best yet from the enterprising Stone Records, not least because it comprises some of Wolf’s liveliest – and, coincidentally, least-known – songs. The opening Heine group includes the seven Liederstrauss songs, sensitively handled by Norman. This is followed by a couple of Byron and Shakespeare settings, and a plentiful selection of Reinick, whose poetry brought out a genial quality in Wolf. The programme is intelligently varied in pace, content and voice-type, with Dazeley’s baritone providing the most character and Brandon’s soprano the purest lyricism. Their German diction is surprisingly good. **** (Financial Times)

An inspiration for all! (Classical Iconoclast)

The ever-impressive Oxford Lieder Festival – ****  (BBC Music Magazine)

Track listing

  1. Sie haben heut’ abend Gesellschaft
  2. Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen
  3. Das ist ein Brausen und Heulen
  4. Aus meinen grossen Schmerzen
  5. Mir träumte von einem Königskind
  6. Mein Liebchen, wir sassen beisammen
  7. Es blasen die blauen Husaren
  8. Wo ich bin, mich rings umdunkelt
  9. Es war ein alter König
  10. Ernst ist der Frühling
  11. Mädchen mit dem roten Mündchen
  12. Du bist wie eine Blume
  13. Wenn ich in deine Augen seh’
  14. Spätherbstnebel
  15. Mit schwarzen Segeln
  16. Sterne mit den goldnen Füsschen
  17. Wie des Mondes Abbild zittert
  18. Wo wird einst
  19. Lied des transferierten Zettel
  20. Sonne der Schlummerlosen
  21. Keine gleicht von allen Schönen
  22. Gesellenlied
  23. Morgenstimmung
  24. Skolie
  25. Wohin mit der Freud?
  26. Liebchen, wo bist du?
  27. Nachtgruss
  28. Frühlingsglocken
  29. Ständchen
  30. Liebesbotschaft
  31. Frohe Botschaft
  32. Dem Vaterland