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Sunday, October 31, 2021

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Uncovered, Vol. 1 (Catalyst Quartet; etc.)


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Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  • (01) Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 1
  • (05) 5 Fantasiestücke for String Quartet, Op. 5
  • (10) Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor, Op. 10

Catalyst Quartet
Stewart Goodyear, piano
Anthony McGill, clarinet

Date: 2021
Label: Azica

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Saturday, October 30, 2021

Malcolm Arnold - Orchestral Works (Various Artists)


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Composer: Malcolm Arnold
  • (01) Cello Concerto, Op. 136
  • (04) Concertino for Flute and Strings, Op. 19a
  • (07) Fantasy for Recorder and String Quartet, Op. 140
  • (12) Saxophone Concerto
  • (15) Symphony for Strings, Op. 13

Raphael Wallfisch, cello
Esther Ingham, flute
John Turner, recorder
Carl Raven, saxophone

Northern Chamber Orchestra
Nicholas Ward, conductor

Manchester Sinfonia
Richard Howarth, conductor

Date: 2011
Label: Naxos

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Friday, October 29, 2021

Malcolm Arnold - Brass Chamber Music (Fine Arts Brass)


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Composer: Malcolm Arnold
  • (01) Fanfare for Louis
  • (02) Brass Quintet No. 1, Op. 73
  • (05) Fantasy for B flat Trumpet, Op. 100
  • (06) Little Suite for Brass No. 1, Op. 80
  • (09) Fantasy for Horn, Op. 88
  • (10) Little Suite for Brass No. 2, Op. 93
  • (13) Fantasy for Trombone, Op. 101
  • (14) Little Suite for Brass No. 3, Op. 131
  • (17) Fantasy for Tuba, Op. 102
  • (18) Brass Quintet No. 2, Op. 132
  • (21) Symphony for Brass, Op. 123

Fine Arts Brass
Simon Lenton & Angela Whelan, trumpets
Tim Thorpe, horn
Katy Pryce, trombone
Sam Elliott, tuba

Bryan Allen & Andy Culshaw, trumpets
Simon Hogg, Kevin Pitt & Lyndon Meredith, trombones
Stephen Roberts, conductor

Date: 2006
Label: Nimbus

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Thursday, October 28, 2021

John Ireland - Music for String Orchestra (Orchestra of the Swan)


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Composer: John Ireland
  1. Cello Sonata in G minor (arr. Matthew Forbes): I. Moderato e sostenuto
  2. Cello Sonata in G minor (arr. Matthew Forbes): II. Poco largamente
  3. Cello Sonata in G minor (arr. Matthew Forbes): III. Con moto e marcato
  4. Summer Evening (arr. Graham Parlett)
  5. In a May Morning (arr. Graham Parlett)
  6. Soliloquy (arr. Graham Parlett)
  7. Bagatelle (arr. Graham Parlett)
  8. Berceuse (arr. Graham Parlett)
  9. Cavatina (arr. Graham Parlett)
  10. A Downland Suite (arr. Ireland/Geoffrey Bush): I. Prelude. Allegro energico
  11. A Downland Suite (arr. Ireland/Geoffrey Bush): II. Elegy. Lento espressivo
  12. A Downland Suite (arr. Ireland/Geoffrey Bush): III. Minuet. Allegretto grazioso
  13. A Downland Suite (arr. Ireland/Geoffrey Bush): IV. Rondo. Poco allegro

Raphael Wallfisch, cello
Orchestra of the Swan
David Curtis, conductor

Date: 2016
Label: Naxos

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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

George Dyson - Complete Music for Piano (Simon Callaghan)


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Composer: George Dyson

CD1:
  • (01) Concerto Leggiero (arr. for two pianos)
  • (04) The Open Window
  • (12) Primrose Mount
  • (13) Bach's Birthday
  • (17) Untitled Piano Piece
  • (18) Six Lyrics
CD2:
  • (01) My Birthday
  • (04) Twelve Easy Pieces
  • (16) Prelude & Ballet
  • (18) Epigrams
  • (28) Three Wartime Epigrams
  • (31) Four Twilight Preludes, Op. 14

Simon Callaghan, piano
Clíodna Shanahan, piano (CD1 1-3)

Date: 2020
Label: SOMM Recordings

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Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Eugene Goossens; Frank Bridge - Octet & Sextets (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble)


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Composer: Eugene Goossens; Frank Bridge
  • (01) Goossens - Concertino for String Octet, Op. 47
  • (04) Goossens - Phantasy Sextet
  • (07) Bridge - String Sextet

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
Kenneth Sillito, Malcolm Latchem, Rita Manning & Robert Heard, violins
Robert Smissen & Stephen Tees, violas
Stephen Orton & Roger Smith, cellos

Date: 2013
Label: Chandos

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Sunday, October 24, 2021

Arthur Sullivan - The Harmonious Echo (Various Artists)


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Composer: Arthur Sullivan

CD1:
  1. King Henry’s Song
  2. The Lady of the Lake
  3. I heard the nightingale
  4. Over the roof
  5. Will He Come?
  6. Give
  7. Thou art weary
  8. Te moon in silent brightness
  9. O fair dove! O fond dove!
  10. The snow lies white
  11. Looking Back
  12. Looking Forward
CD2:
  1. The Maiden's Story
  2. Living Poems
  3. The Sailor's Grave
  4. Let  me dream again
  5. Other Days
  6. Little Maid of Arcadee
  7. The Distant Shore
  8. The  love that loves me not
  9. A Shadow
  10. The Lost Chord
  11. The Absent-Minded Beggar

Mary Bevan, soprano
Kitty Whately, mezzo-soprano
Ben Johnson, tenor
Ashley Riches, bass-baritone
David Owen Norris, piano

Date: 2021
Label: Chandos

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Saturday, October 23, 2021

Arthur Sullivan - Chamber & Instrumental Music (Various Artists)


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Composer: Arthur Sullivan
  1. String Quartet in D Minor
  2. 6 Day Dreams: No. 1. Andante religioso
  3. 6 Day Dreams: No. 2. Allegretto grazioso
  4. An Idyll
  5. Allegro risoluto in B-Flat Major
  6. 6 Day Dreams: No. 3. Andante
  7. 6 Day Dreams: No. 4. Tempo di valse
  8. Slowly, Slowly
  9. 6 Day Dreams: No. 5. Andante con molta tenerezza
  10. 6 Day Dreams: No. 6. Allegretto
  11. Cox and Box: Berceuse
  12. Romance in G Minor
  13. Thoughts: I. Reverie in A Major: Allegretto con grazia
  14. Thoughts: II. Melody in D Major: Allegro grazioso
  15. Twilight, Op. 12
  16. Duo concertante

Yeomans String Quartet (1 & 12)
Robert Yeomans & Anne Bunemann, violins
Louise Lansdown, viola
Gabriel Waite, cello

Jamie Walton, cello (4, 8 & 16)
Murray McLachlan, piano

Date: 2002

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Friday, October 22, 2021

Arthur Sullivan - Incidental Music (Andrew Penny)


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Composer: Arthur Sullivan
  • (01) The Merchant of Venice
  • (08) Henry VIII
  • (12) The Sapphire Necklace: Overture (arr. Roderick Spencer)
  • (13) Overture in C Major "In Memoriam"

Emmanuel Lawle, tenor
RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Andrew Penny, conductor

Date: 1992 / 2021
Label: Marco Polo / Naxos

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Thursday, October 21, 2021

Arthur Sullivan - Ballet Music (Andrew Penny)


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Composer: Arthur Sullivan
  • (01) L'île enchantée
  • (16) Thespis

RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Andrew Penny, conductor

Date: 1992 / 2021
Label: Marco Polo / Naxos

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Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Arthur Sullivan - Songs (Various Artists)


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Composer: Arthur Sullivan

CD1:
  1. Five Shakespeare Songs: Sign no more, ladies
  2. Five Shakespeare Songs: Orpheus with his lute
  3. Five Shakespeare Songs: O mistress mine
  4. Five Shakespeare Songs: The Willow Song
  5. Five Shakespeare Songs: Rosalind
  6. Love laid his sleepless head (from 'The Merry Wives of Windsor')
  7. Nel ciel seren (from 'The Merchant of Venice')
  8. Where the bee sucks (from 'The Tempest')
  9. I wish to tune my quivering lyre
  10. Sweet Day
  11. Arabian Love Song
  12. Birds in the night
  13. A life that lives for you
  14. Once again
  15. Golden Days
  16. Guinevere!
  17. None but I can say
  18. O Israel
  19. St. Agnes' Eve
  20. Edward Gray
  21. What does little birdie say?
  22. O swallow, swallow
  23. Tears, idle tears
CD2:
  1. The Window, or the Songs of the Wrens: No. 1, On the Hill
  2. The Window, or the Songs of the Wrens: No. 2, At the Window
  3. The Window, or the Songs of the Wrens: No. 3, Gone!
  4. The Window, or the Songs of the Wrens: No. 4, Winter
  5. The Window, or the Songs of the Wrens: No. 5, Spring
  6. The Window, or the Songs of the Wrens: No. 6, The Letter
  7. The Window, or the Songs of the Wrens: No. 7, No Answer
  8. The Window, or the Songs of the Wrens: No. 8, No Answer
  9. The Window, or the Songs of the Wrens: No. 9, The Answer
  10. The Window, or the Songs of the Wrens: No. 10, When?
  11. The Window, or the Songs of the Wrens: No. 11, Marriage Morning
  12. Bid me at least goodbye (for the play 'An Old Jew')
  13. E tu nol sai (for the play 'The Profligate')
  14. Ich möchte hinaus es jauchzen
  15. Lied mit Thränen halbgeschrieben
  16. Oh! Ma charmante
  17. I would I were a King
  18. Sad Memories
  19. Ever
  20. Mary Morison
  21. Old Love Letters
  22. County Guy
  23. Sweethearts

Mary Bevan, soprano
Ben Johnson, tenor
Ashley Riches, bass-baritone
David Owen Norris, piano

Date: 2021
Label: Chandos

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Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Arthur Sullivan - Irish Symphony; etc. (Owain Arwel Hughes)


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Composer: Arthur Sullivan
  • (01) Symphony in E major (The Irish)
  • (05) Imperial March
  • (06) Victoria and Merrie England, Suite No. 1
  • (09) Overture in C (In Memoriam)

BBC Concert Orchestra
Owain Arwel Hughes, conductor

Date: 2021
Label: cpo

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Monday, October 18, 2021

Frederic Hymen Cowen - Symphony No. 3; The Butterfly's Ball; Indian Rhapsody (Adrian Leaper)


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Composer: Frederic Hymen Cowen
  1. The Butterfly's Ball, Concert Overture
  2. Indian Rhapsody
  3. Symphony No. 3 in C minor 'Scandinavian': I. Allegro moderato ma con moto
  4. Symphony No. 3 in C minor 'Scandinavian': II. A Summer Evening on the Fjord: Adagio con moto - Allegretto
  5. Symphony No. 3 in C minor 'Scandinavian': III. Scherzo: Molto vivace quasi presto
  6. Symphony No. 3 in C minor 'Scandinavian': IV. Finale: Allegro ma non troppo

Czechoslovak State Philharmonic (Košice)
Adrian Leaper, conductor

Date: 1990
Label: Marco Polo

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Arthur Somervell - A Shropshire Lad; Maud (Roderick Williams; Susie Allan)


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Composer: Arthur Somervell
  • (01) Maud
  • (14) A Kingdom by the Sea
  • (15) A Shropshire Lad
  • (25) Shepherd's Cradle Song

Roderick Williams, baritone
Susie Allan, piano

Date: 2020
Label: SOMM Recordings

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Arthur Somervell; Frederic Hymen Cowen - Piano Concertos (Martin Roscoe)


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Composer: Arthur Somervell; Frederic Hymen Cowen
  1. Cowen - Concertstück
  2. Somervell - Normandy 'Symphonic Variations'
  3. Somervell - Piano Concerto in A minor 'Highland': I. Allegro moderato
  4. Somervell - Piano Concerto in A minor 'Highland': II. Adagio
  5. Somervell - Piano Concerto in A minor 'Highland': III. Allegro

Martin Roscoe, piano
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins, conductor

Date: 2011
Label: Hyperion

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Tuesday, October 12, 2021

I've got sick...

Hello everyone, I've got pretty sick and was admitted to a hospital, so I will stop posting for a few days.

Saturday, October 9, 2021

Arnold Cooke - Complete Music for Oboe; Sonata for Two Pianos (The Pleyel Ensemble)


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Composer: Arnold Cooke
  • (01) Sonata for Oboe & Piano
  • (04) Sonata for Oboe & Cembalo (or Piano)
  • (07) Intermezzo for Oboe & Piano
  • (08) Quartet for Oboe & String Trio
  • (11) Sonata for Two Pianos

The Pleyel Ensemble
Melinda Maxwell, oboe
Harvey Davies, piano
Helen Davies, piano
Sarah Ewins, violin
Susie Mészáros, viola
Heather Bills, cello

Date: 2020
Label: MPR

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Friday, October 8, 2021

Arnold Bax; Stanley Bate - Cello Concertos (Lionel Handy)


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Composer: Arnold Bax; Stanley Bate
  • (01) Bax - Cello Concerto
  • (04) Bate - Cello Concerto

Lionel Handy, cello
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Martin Yates, conductor

Date: 2016
Label: Lyrita

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Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Edward Elgar - The Apostles (Mark Elder)


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Composer: Edward Elgar
  • The Apostles, Op. 49

Rebecca Evans; Alice Coote; Paul Groves
Jacques Imbrailo; David Kempster; Brindley Sherratt

Hallé Choir & Youth Choir
Hallé Orchestra
Mark Elder, conductor

Date: 2012
Label: Hallé Concerts Society

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Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Edward Elgar - The Kingdom (Mark Elder)


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Composer: Edward Elgar
  • The Kingdom, Op. 51

Claire Rutter; Susan Bickley
John Hudson; Iain Paterson

Hallé Choir
Hallé Orchestra
Mark Elder, conductor

Date: 2010
Label: Hallé Concerts Society

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Monday, October 4, 2021

Edward Elgar - Complete Works for Organ (John Butt)


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Composer: Edward Elgar
  • (01) Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 28
  • (05) Vesper Voluntaries, Op. 14
  • (14) Cantique in C Major, Op. 3 No. 1
  • (15) Loughborough Memorial Chime
  • (16) Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 87a

John Butt, organ
Date: 2002
Label: Harmonia Mundi

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Sunday, October 3, 2021

Edward Elgar - Violin Concerto & Sonata (Renaud Capuçon)


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Composer: Edward Elgar
  • (01) Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61
  • (04) Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 82

Renaud Capuçon, violin
London Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle, conductor
Stephen Hough, piano

Date: 2021
Label: Erato

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Saturday, October 2, 2021

Edward Elgar; Amy Beach - Piano Quintets (Garrick Ohlsson; Takács Quartet)


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Composer: Edward Elgar; Amy Beach
  • (01) Beach - Piano Quintet in F sharp minor, Op. 67
  • (04) Elgar - Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84

Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Takács Quartet
Edward Dusinberre & Harumi Rhodes, violins
Geraldine Walther, viola
András Fejér, cello

Date: 2020
Label: Hyperion

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Friday, October 1, 2021

Edward Elgar; Ralph Vaughan Williams - Violin Sonatas; etc. (Jennifer Pike; Martin Roscoe)


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Composer: Edward Elgar; Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • (01) Elgar - Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 82
  • (04) Vaughan Williams - Violin Sonata in A minor
  • (07) Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending (original version)

Jennifer Pike, violin
Martin Roscoe, piano

Date: 2020
Label: Chandos

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