Dutch Archive
Eric VLOEIMANS / Holland Baroque Society – Old, New and Blue – Channel Classics
Eric VLOEIMANS / Holland Baroque Society – Old, New and Blue – Channel Classics multichannel SACD 35613, 63:05 (12/10/13) *****: (Eric Vloeimans; trumpet/ Marc Constandse; bandeon/ Judith Steenbrink; violin and director) A spectacular collaboration between Dutch genre-hopping trumpeter and Holland’s leading early music ensemble. Dutch jazz has for a long time now distinguished itself from […]
BORTKIEWICZ: Lyrica Nova; Etude in D-flat Major; Nocturne; Esquisses de Crimee; Three Preludes; Piano Sonata No. 2 – A. Soldano, p. – Divine Art
The music of Bortkiewicz receives ardent and luxurious realization from pianist Soldano. BORTKIEWICZ: Lyrica Nova, Op. 59; Etude in D-flat Major; Nocturne from Op. 24; Esquisses de Crimee, Op. 8; Three Preludes; Piano Sonata No. 2 in c-sharp, Op. 60 – Alfonso Soldano, p. – Divine Art dda 25142, 69:31 (10/14/16) [Distr. by Naxos] ****: The […]
“Cesko” – Works of SCHULHOFF, & DVORAK – Ragazze Q. – Channel Classics
“Česko” = ERWIN SCHULHOFF: String Quartet No. 1; DVOŘÁK: String Quartet No. 13 in G Major, Op. 106; SCHULHOFF: Esquisses de jazz (arr. Leonard Evers) – Ragazze Quartet – Channel Classics multichannel SACD CCS SA 36815, 65:00 [Distr. Harmonia mundi] (5/15/15) ****: A very attractive program of Bohemian yin and yang. The “young Dutch/British” Ragzze […]
Gabriel Espinosa & Hendrik Meurkens – Samba Little Samba – Zoho
A lighthearted little earful.
CPE BACH: Hamburger Sinfonien 1-6 – Ostrobothian Ch. Orch./ Sakari Oramo – Alba
A remarkably proficient and glowing account of these superb symphonies.
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![SATIE: “Satie Slowly” [TrackList follows] = Philip Corner, piano – Unseen Worlds
SATIE Orchestrated by Michel Decoust [TrackList follows] – Orchestre Régional de Basse-Normandie/ Jean-Pierre Wallez – Skarbo](https://www.audaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/SATIEx2.jpg)
SATIE: “Satie Slowly” [TrackList follows] = Philip Corner, piano – Unseen Worlds SATIE Orchestrated by Michel Decoust [TrackList follows] – Orchestre Régional de Basse-Normandie/ Jean-Pierre Wallez – Skarbo
Satie for piano, but very slowly, and also for orchestra.
SATIE: “Satie Slowly” [TrackList follows] = Philip Corner, piano – Unseen Worlds SATIE Orchestrated by Michel Decoust [TrackList follows] – Orchestre Régional de Basse-Normandie/ Jean-Pierre Wallez – Skarbo
Satie for piano, but very slowly, and also for orchestra.
RUUD VAN EETEN: “Inner Music” = Punctus Einz; Jhero; Piano Quintet No. 1 – Amstel Sax Q./Matangi String Q./Saskia Lankhoorn, p.– Navona
An interesting but incomplete impression left by these unfamiliar works.
LOVREGLIO: Concerto for sax quartet and orchestra (1938); Quatuor for saxophones (1934); Andante for sax quartet (1938) – Dynamic CDS 759, 56:29 – Quartetto dei Sassofoni AccademiaAmstel Quartet – Amstel Tracks NOW! = BACH: Nun komm…; LAGO: Ciudades; BRAHMS: Poco Allegretto from Sym. No. 3; NYMAN: 3 Movements from String Quartet No. 2; MOZART: Adagio & Fugue K.546; Barber: Adagio for Strings; SWELLINCK: Chromatic Fantasy; RIVIER: Grade et Presto; Ravel: Pavane; TAN DUN: 3 mov’t – Amstel Quartet – Challenge
A pair of fun classical sax quartet CDs.
LOVREGLIO: Concerto for sax quartet and orchestra (1938); Quatuor for saxophones (1934); Andante for sax quartet (1938) – Dynamic CDS 759, 56:29 – Quartetto dei Sassofoni AccademiaAmstel Quartet – Amstel Tracks NOW! = BACH: Nun komm…; LAGO: Ciudades; BRAHMS: Poco Allegretto from Sym. No. 3; NYMAN: 3 Movements from String Quartet No. 2; MOZART: Adagio & Fugue K.546; Barber: Adagio for Strings; SWELLINCK: Chromatic Fantasy; RIVIER: Grade et Presto; Ravel: Pavane; TAN DUN: 3 mov’t – Amstel Quartet – Challenge
A pair of fun classical sax quartet CDs.
“Basso Bailando” – PIAZZOLLA: The Four Seasons in Buenos Aires; ROTA: Divertimento Concertanto for double bass & orch.; FALLA: Seite Canciones Populares Espanolas – Rick Stotijn, doublebass/ Malin Broman, v./ Lavinia Meijer, harp/ Swedish Radio Sym. Orch. – Channel Classics “Oblivion” – SCHOENFIELD: Café Music; PIAZZOLLA: The Four Seasons in Buenos Aires; Oblivion; La Muerte del Angel; Libertango; TURINA: Circulo; ALBENIZ: Tango – Gelius Trio – Thorofon standard CD
Two fine tango/Spanish albums with just strings – no bandoneon.
“Basso Bailando” – PIAZZOLLA: The Four Seasons in Buenos Aires; ROTA: Divertimento Concertanto for double bass & orch.; FALLA: Seite Canciones Populares Espanolas – Rick Stotijn, doublebass/ Malin Broman, v./ Lavinia Meijer, harp/ Swedish Radio Sym. Orch. – Channel Classics “Oblivion” – SCHOENFIELD: Café Music; PIAZZOLLA: The Four Seasons in Buenos Aires; Oblivion; La Muerte del Angel; Libertango; TURINA: Circulo; ALBENIZ: Tango – Gelius Trio – Thorofon standard CD
Two fine tango/Spanish albums with just strings – no bandoneon.
MOZART: Piano Concertos Nos. 15 & 27 = Martin Helmchen, p./ Netherlands Ch. Orch./ Gordan Nikolić – PentaTone
Lovely, inventive versions of two Mozart Piano Concertos in hi-res surround.
“The Sea” = Songs of DEBUSSY, FAURE, SCHUBERT – Henk Neven, baritone – Onyx
Fine song singing is hard to beat, and Nevens proves himself among the best.
“Mood Indigo – Symphonic Music of ERIK LOTICHIUS:” Variations and Finale on “Mood Indigo” (Duke Ellington); Concerto No. 1 for piano and orch.; Four Songs on American Poetry; Ragtime for Orchestra – Sandro Ivo Bartoli, p. (Concerto)/ Miranda van Kralingen, sop. (Four Songs)/ St. Petersburg Academic Sym. Orch./ Vladimir Lande – Navona Records CD + DVD
This Dutch composer got a St. Petersburg recording session for four of his works, including one consisting of variations on the Ellington tune.
“Evensong” = VLOEIMANS & FONDSE: Evening; VLOEIMANS: Lex; Requiem; Your Majesty; FONDSE: Waterfront – Eric Vloeimans, trumpet/ Netherlands Sym. Orch. /Jurgen Hempel – Challenge Classics
An update from the Netherlands in the style of the Miles Davis/Gil Evans collaborations.
“Ragazze Quartet, Vivre” – HAYDN: Quartet in D Minor, ‘Fifths Quartet;’ SCHUBERT: Quartet in D Minor, ‘Death and the Maiden’; JORG WIDMANN: Hunting Quartet – Channel Classics
Very polished played by this female quartet on two classics and a wild contemporary quartet.
BACH, J.S.: 6 Suites for Cello Solo – Pieter Wispelwey, baroque cello and piccolo cello + one 52:00 documentary DVD in Dolby Digital 5:1 (16:9) ‘392’ – EPR Classics (2 CDs + DVD)
For lovers of Bach, the cello, great music, this DVD+CD set is a must.
PHILIP GLASS: Piano music arranged for concert harp = Opening from “Glassworks;” Metamorphosis; Sel. from “The Hours” – Lavinia Meijer, harp – Channel Classics
An enjoyable multichannel recording of some of Glass’ solo piano music which to me sounds even better on the harp.
MOZART: The Magic Flute, with Fritz Wunderlich/Bernard Haitink (1958) – Myto (2 discs)
A genuine delight to find an unearthed production of The Magic Flute with the miraculous tenor Fritz Wunderlich as Tamino.
JULIUS RONTGEN: Symphonies Nos. 8 and 15, Variations on a Norwegian Folk Song– NDR Radiophilharmonie/Carmin Fuggiss, soprano/David Porcelijn – CPO
Rontgen is a fascinating figure, worthy of performing and not just of historical context.
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