Romance Archive
FRANÇOIS COUPERIN: Leçons de Ténèbres; DE BROSSARD: Trio Sonatas; Stabat Mater – Lucy Crowe & Elizabeth Watts, sops./ La Nuova Musica/ David Bates – Harmonia mundi/PIAS
FRANÇOIS COUPERIN: Leçons de Ténèbres; SÉBASTIEN DE BROSSARD: Trio Sonatas; Stabat Mater – Lucy Crowe and Elizabeth Watts, sopranos/ La Nuova Musica/ David Bates – Harmonia mundi/PIAS HMU 807659, 70:20 (9-9-16) *****: Francois Couperin vs. Jean-Phillipe Rameau. Strange to think that François Couperin, harpsichordist to Louis XIV, and Rameau, the other great French harpsichordist of the time, […]
LIEUWEN: Concertos Volume II = Slovak Nat. Sym. Orch. /Franz Krager and Texas Musical Festival Orch./ Krager – MRS Classics
LIEUWEN: Concertos Volume II = Concerto for Cello and Orchestra; Romance for Violin, Cello and Orchestra; Vivace for String Orchestra; Concerto for Piano, Marimba and Orchestra – Slovak Nat. Sym. Orch. /Franz Krager and Texas Musical Festival Orch./ Krager – MRS Classics MSR 1582 (4/14/16) TT: 1:03:57 [Distr. by Albany] ****: Contemporary music fans will […]
American Friends (1993)
American Friends (1993) Cast: Michael Palin, Alfred Molina Director: Tristram Powell Producers: Patrick Cassavetti and Steve Abbott Screenplay: Michael Palin Studio: MGM (2/16/16) Video: for 16:9 screens Audio: PCM Stereo Language: English, no subtitles All regions Length: 96:00 Rating: ***1/2 “And now, for something completely different.” I couldn’t resist the analogy. It is doubtful […]
The Michael Blum Quartet – Chasin’ Oscar – A Tribute To Oscar Peterson – Michael Blum Music
The Michael Blum Quartet – Chasin’ Oscar – A Tribute To Oscar Peterson – Michael Blum Music, 46:32 ***: A well-meaning divertimento. (Michael Blum – guitar and vocals; Jim Stinnett – bass; Brad Smith – piano; Dom Moio – drums) There is an old proverb which states: “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery“. That […]
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Albert Spalding plays BEETHOVEN = Romances, Violin Sonatas [TrackList follows] – Pristine Audio
American violin virtuoso Albert Spalding receives a major tribute in these restorations of Beethoven repertory from Mark Obert-Thorn.
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Fernando Otero – Romance [TrackList follows] – Otero – piano & melodica & quintet with three vocalists – Soundbrush
A fine difficult-to-categorize album of light 21st-century chamber music from Argentina.
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E Minor; SCHUMANN: Violin Concerto in D Minor; BEETHOVEN: Romance No. 1 in G Major; Romance No. 2 in F Major – Rachel Barton Pine, v./ Goettinger Sym. Orch./ Christoph-Mathias Mueller – Cedille
Rachel Barton Pine adds the Schumann Concerto to her active repertory with a strong sense of conviction for its idiosyncratic beauties, here surrounded by more conventional fare.
MAX BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy; Violin Concerto No. 1; Romance for Violin and Orchestra – Guy Braunstein: violin, Bamberger Sym./ Ion Marin – Tudor
A nice performance marred by a rather lukewarm recording.
RIISAGER: Bricconata; Aquarelle in E; Palavas; Romance in C; Minuet; Sovesang; Violin Sonata No. 2; Two Violin Sonata; Concertino for Five Violins & Piano – Johannes Soe Hanson, violin/ Christina Bjorkoe, p./ Anne Soe Iwan, violin/ Inkeri Vanska, Inger Orbæk Lerch Hoe, Christian Ellegaard, violin – Dacapo
A once quite well-known composer, in pieces he was not so well-known for.
FAURE: Cello Sonata No. 1; Cello Sonata No. 2; Elegie; Romance; Papillon; Serenade; Sicilienne; Allegro commodo – Alban Gerhardt, cello/ Cecile Licad, p. – Hyperion
Precious music of Faure elegantly rendered in lovely harmony by two collaborators with the same high-mindedness.
* BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor; other works – Vadim Gluzman, violin / Sandis Šteinbergs, v. / Maxim Rysanov & Ilze Klava, viola / Reinis Birznieks, cello / Bergen Philharmonic/Andrew Litton – BIS
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This recording of Bruch’s celebrated First Concerto goes straight to the head of the class. The composer’s lovely Romance and Quintet are classy discmates.
BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto, Op. 61; DVORAK: Romance in f, Op. 11 – Michael Ludwig, violin/ Virginia Symphony/ JoAnn Falletta, conductor – Hampton Roads
Another Beethoven Violin Concerto? Not really needed, but this kind of quality can never be easily dismissed.
SAINT-SAËNS: Integral Cello Works = Concerto No. 1; Concerto No. 2; Cello Sonata No. 2; Cello Sonata No. 1 & other works – Soloists/Orch. del Teatro Marrucino/ Piero Bellugi – Eloquetia
Very successful performances of music both familiar and not-so.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
