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2023-12-15 00:00:00
Another miscellany of orchestral and vocal music (Bostock, Corp, Davan Wetton, DePaul Wind Ensemble, Dreier, Elder, Pesek, The Albion Ensemble)
[…] Albion Ensemble (George Caird and Victoria Wood- oboes, Andrew Marriner and Julia Holmes- clarinets, Felix Warnock and Michael Cole- bassoons, Michael Thompson and Peter Francombtrumpets)Meridian CDE84107 [recorded 1985; CD issued 1985][CD-rip; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: St Olave's School, Orpington, Kent, UKRecording engineer and Producer: John ShuttleworthWolfgang Amadeus Mozart:01 - 07 Wind Serenade in B-flat major, K.361 'Gran Partita' [48'44]The Albion Ensemble (George Caird and Katte Clemmow- oboes, Andrew Marriner and Colin Lawson- clarinets, Angela Malsbury and Michael Harris- bassett horns, Felix Warnock and Neil Levesley- bassoons, Peter Francomb, Stephen Bell, Michael Baines and Susan Dent- Horns, Duncan McTier- double bass)Hyperion Helios CDH55093 [recorded June 1988; this CD reissue 2002][digital-download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, LondonRecording engineer: Tony Faulkner; Producer: Arthur JohnsonNorwegian Rhapsody:01 - 04 Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No.1, op.46 [14'17]05 Edvard Grieg: Two Elegiac Melodies, op.34 - […]
2023-09-28 08:05:00
Dramatick Opera: Christian Curnyn and the Early Opera Company in Purcell and Dryden's King Arthur at Temple
Dorset Garden Theatre, London in 1673Later the Queen's Theatre where Purcell's King Arthur premiered in 1691Purcell, Dryden, Thomas Guthrie: King Arthur; Lindsay Duncan, Rowan Pierce, Mhairi Lawson, Samuel Boden, James Way, Edward Grint, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn; Temple Music at Temple ChurchReviewed 27 September 2023Stylish musical performances allied to an imaginative dramatic context create a very satisfying evocation of Purcell and Dryden's dramatick opera17th century semi-opera (or dramatick opera as contemporaries called it) remains a tantalising genre, more akin to a modern West End musical theatre spectacular than anything. It is a curious hybrid that owes its existence to the particularity of late 17th century London where with a court whose tastes overran budget, a highly developed spoken theatre tradition, independent theatres where actors needed to be paid so economics forced the necessity of theatrical performances having a commercial element, and local taste. After all the fondness for mixing spoken and […]
2023-09-26 04:00:00
English Classical Clarinet Concertos (Peter Holman, The Parley of Instruments)
John Mahon (1748-1834) Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in F major (No.1 is lost)Duets Nos. 1 & 4 for Two Basset HornsJohann Christian Bach (1735-1782) Concerted Symphony in F majorJames Hook (1746-1827) Clarinet Concerto in E-flat majorColin Lawson-Clarinet/Basset Horn; Michael Harris-Basset HornPeter Holman, The Parley of Instruments(Period Instruments)Hyperion CDA66896 (1997)[Flac & Scans]
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