Tag: Franz Joseph Haydn
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Haydn: Oxford & London Symphonies; Mozart: Paris Symphony
“performances are robust, yet elegant … both slow movements are beautifully shaped … in the last movement of the ‘Oxford’ the dancing violins are a special delight in one of the composer’s most infectious finales” (Penguin Guide) “Finally, a lovely modern recording, most naturally balanced … the ‘Paris’ Symphony glowingly played by the English Sinfonia.…
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Haydn: Stabat Mater
“Stabat Mater was the first of Haydn’s vocal works to achieve an international reputation” (Prof. H.C.Robbins-Landon) “the Scandalously neglected Stabat Mater … this version finds a distinctive place … Darlington takes note of period practice and finds extra detail. The other striking quality is the warmly atmospheric cathedral atmosphere, which yet allows ample detail ……
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Dances of Old Vienna
“a captivating release of the most delightful musical confectionery imaginable. ..ensemble is a small chamber group similar to that led by the Strausses and the playing has an appropriately intimate Viennese atmosphere. ‘WB’ shows a strong personality as leader and soloist and colourful writing bubbles with good spirits and attractive melodies…entirely rare repertoire…not to be…
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Haydn ‘Nelson’ Mass; Croft Burial Service
(Haydn) “resonant King’s acoustic…the effect is admirably full-blooded and vivid” (Penguin Guide 3 stars) (Croft) “Another unforgettable experience is the singing of Croft’s Burial Service, recorded in procession with the voices gradually drawing nearer.” (Haydn) “a fine and vital performance under David Willcocks, with a first-rate quartet of soloists (Gramophone)
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Joan Sutherland Collector’s Album: Rare Broadcasts
“includes the most perfect trill (the Bononcini) we have ever heard” (alto) ‘After so many spinto Annas who sound like refugees from Brünnhilde’s riding club, it was a revelation to hear a fresh, young lyric voice of uncommon purity at the command of an impeccable musician…She did not stun with bravura; she captivated with humanity’…
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Andres Segovia – Maestro
Segovia was in his 95th year when he died in 1987. By then he had become the most famous guitarist of his day and had been responsible for enhancing both the status and the repertoire of the guitar immeasurably. He was touring and playing right up to the end and gave his last recital in…
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Pablo Casals: ‘Song of the Birds’ and Cello Encores
“From 1950 Casals became a celebrity again ….He founded the Prades Festival where many recordings were made including, in 1954, his most sought-after recording after the Bach Suites: an arrangement by his brother of an old Catalan Christmas song Cant del Ocells (Song of the Birds). This piece …was very dear to Casals, so much…
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Fritz Wunderlich Arias
“His singing of Mozart was exemplary …..style and elegance, perfect breath control, and superb diction. And a belief in what he was singing! All this in evidence in Ottavio’s sublime aria Dalla sua pace. What other singer has made Dies Bildnis into such a heartfelt love song? Few tenors have captured so well Belmonte’s anticipation…
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Richter in Spoleto
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Haydn: Stabat Mater
Haydn originally planned a moderate new choral work for his own singers and forces, and assumed he could not match Pergolesi’s setting of this beautiful text; but he became truly inspired in its writing, and turned in a work which helped the spread of his fame to Rome as well as to Paris and London.
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Six Trumpet Concertos
BBC Radio 3 Building a Library, First Choice October 2015
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Karaoke Opera: Oratorio Arias For Soprano & Tenor
