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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Julens Ljus - The Light of ChristmasTraditional Swedish Christmas songs, English carols, and more
Bohlin: | Look! Shepherds of Bethlehem | Gardner, John: | Tomorrow shall be my dancing day | Gruber, F: | Stilla natt | Handel: | Tochter Zion, freue dich | Hopkins, J H: | We three Kings of Orient are | Köhler, Emmy: | Nu tandas tusen juleljus | Lauridsen: | O magnum mysterium | Mason, L: | Joy to the World | Nielsen: | Forunderligt at sige (Text: Grundtvig) | Niles: | I wonder as I wander | Nordqvist: | I Juletid Jul, jul, strålande jul (text: Edvard Evers) | Palmgren: | Hosiannah! | Praetorius, M: | Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen | Reger: | Mariä Wiegenlied, Op. 76 No. 52 | Schubert: | Ave Maria, D839 | Sibelius: | En etsi valtaa, loistoa (text: Zacharias Topelius), Op. 1 No. 4 | Søraas: | Mitt hjerte alltid vanker | trad.: | God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen I saw three ships Bereden väg för Herran (Folk Chorale from Boda) Nar juldagsmorgon glimmar | Widéen: | På krubbans strå (Text: Erik Gustaf Geijer, Sv. ps.34:1) | Willis, R S: | It came upon the midnight clear (Carol) |
Gunilla Backman (soprano) The Stockholm Academic Male Choir, Karin Oldrren Few festivals are as rich in music as Christmas. And the thirst for music at Christmas seems never to be satisfied. The Christmas message of peace and goodwill is always relevant, whether we are thinking of our 'little world', our family and friends, or look out across the 'big world'. And perhaps, in times of tumult and struggle, it is all the more important to sing songs of peace and reconciliation. In 1917 the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams arranged Nine Christmas Carols for the choir that he got together in the ambulance unit in which he was serving in Greece. A knowledge of this background gives an extra dimension to performing these settings. How strange the carol God Rest You Merry Gentlemen, with its message "Now to the Lord sing praises… and with true love and brotherhood each other now embrace", must have sounded as it was sung by the young soldiers in the presence of war and privations. | | | (also available to download from $10.75) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s, Vol. 5
Debussy: | Préludes - Book 1: No. 11, La Danse de Puck | Liszt: | Pensée des Morts (Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173 No. 4) Polonaise No. 2 in E major, S223 No. 2 Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 17 in D minor Consolation, S. 172 No. 6 in E major Scherzo and March, S. 177 | Mozart: | Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K310 | Schubert: | Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D960 | Schumann: | Fugues (4), Op. 72 | Szymanowski: | Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 21 |
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| |  | Lieder arrangements for clarinet
Beethoven: | Adelaide, Op. 46 | Kalliwoda: | Heimathlied, Op.117 | Kreutzer, K: | Das Mühlrad | Mendelssohn: | Romanze, Op. 8 No. 10 Songs without Words Nos.2, 3, 5 & 8 | Schubert: | Romanze: Ich schleiche bang und still, D787 No. 3 (Castelli) Die schöne Müllerin, D795 (extracts) Six Lieder | Spohr: | Six German Songs for soprano, clarinet & piano, Op. 103 | Weber: | Duetto “Se il mio ben, cor mio tu sei” (with Tomoko Kuribayashi & Miki Sugita, mezzosopranos, The Panocha Quartet) |
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| | | |  | Notturno - The Timeless Music of Schubert
Schubert: | Impromptu in G flat major, D899 No. 3 Ständchen 'Leise flehen meine Lieder', D957 No. 4 Deutsche Messe, D872: Sanctus Die liebe Farbe (No. 16 from Die schöne Müllerin, D795) Wiegenlied, D498 Ave Maria, D839 Notturno in E flat major for piano trio, D897 (Op. post.148) Du bist die Ruh D776 (Rückert) Gretchen am Spinnrade, D118 Der Leiermann (No. 24 from Winterreise, D911) Die Forelle, D550 Die Blumensprache D519 (Platner) Rosamunde, D797: Romance 'Der Vollmond Strahlt auf Bergeshöh'n' An die Musik D547 Impromptu in A flat major, D899 No. 4 |
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“They look beyond the printed page...and gift all listeners with illuminating interpretations” Gramophone Magazine, July 2012 | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | |
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| |  | Schubert - The Unauthorised Piano Duos Volume 2
Goldstone & Clemmow (piano duo) “This CD is a sequel to 25026 which was very well received by the critics “A bold move, justified by the
performances…Goldstone & Clemmow play with unflagging brio and style, artistry and commitment. An
invaluable disc” – Gramophone. | | | (also available to download from $10.75) | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Jussi Björling: Arias & Songsand a complete Verdi Requiem
Beethoven: | Adelaide, Op. 46 | Borodin: | Ach! Gde ty, dge? (from Prince Igor) Sung in Swedish | Curtis, E: | Torna a Surriento Sung in Swedish | Geehl: | For You Alone Sung in Swedish | Gounod: | L'amour, l'amour... Ah, lève-toi soleil (from Roméo et Juliette) Sung in Swedish Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre… Salut! Demeure chaste et pure (from Faust) | Lehár: | Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (from Das Land des Lächelns) Sung in Swedish | Leoncavallo: | Recitar!...Vesti la giubba (from I Pagliacci) | Massenet: | Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon) | Offenbach: | Le jugement de Pâris - Au Mont Ida (from La Belle Hélène) Sung in Swedish | Puccini: | O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème) Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano (from La Fanciulla del West) | Rimsky Korsakov: | Song of the Hindu Guest (from Sadko) Sung in Swedish | Rossini: | Stabat Mater: Cujus animam gementem | Schubert: | Ständchen 'Leise flehen meine Lieder', D957 No. 4 An die Leier, D737 (Bruchmann) An Sylvia, D891 | Strauss, J, II: | Wer uns getraut? (from Der Zigeunerbaron) Sung in Swedish | Strauss, R: | Cäcilie, Op. 27 No. 2 | Verdi: | Requiem Recorded on 23rd November 1940 at Carnegie Hall Zinka Milanov (soprano), Bruna Castagna (mezzo), Nicola Moscona (bass) NBC Symphony Orchestra, Westminster Choir Di' tu se fedele (from Un ballo in maschera) Ingemisco (from Requiem) |
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Salzburg Festival live 1957 "And so she plays three choice piano sonatas: Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert.And on each occasion she presents not only the form and outward garb of the piece but also its spiritual form, its soul and its idea. She offers what is essential and intrinsic to the work, what exists behind the notes on the printed page and what is accessible only to the elect." Die Presse 13/8/1957 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Schubert: Death and the Maiden
Hyperion’s Record of the Month for October marks the debut on the label by the Takács Quartet. After seventeen years recording for Decca, including multi-awarding-winning cycles of quartets by Beethoven and Bartók, this thrilling ensemble is now embarking on a new relationship with Hyperion; future projects will include works by Brahms, Janácek and Schumann. Schubert’s famous String Quartet, D810, subtitled ‘Death and the Maiden’, is one of the pillars of the repertoire. This new performance is electrifying, and was recorded following a global concert series, enthusiastically welcomed in the press: ‘The Takács’ reading of the second movement was characterized by unremitting pain and mystery. While three of the musicians intoned the insistent theme of Death in pursuit of the Maiden, Edward Dusinberre’s violin expressed poignantly the Maiden’s tender fragility and rising panic. The final movement, in the form of a somewhat crazed tarantella, was taken at breakneck speed, as if the four musicians were driving wild horses—though they never lost control of the reins. Risk-taking, a Takács trademark, certainly didn’t fail here.’ We have every confidence that this recording, and the Hyperion/Takács collaboration in general, will prove to be one of the brightest jewels in the Hyperion catalogue. “The recording quality is ideal - natural, never aggressive. This disc is a model for what chamber music should be” The Guardian “The sharpness and subtlety of this Death and the Maiden takes it to the top of available versions. With this superb disc the collaboration couldn't have got off to a better start” The Times “Schubert's two most accessible quartets receive interpretations on this disc which are as near ideal as one is ever likely to hear. In a time of great string quartet playing, the Takács Quartet stand out for the passion and the poise of their playing.” BBC Music Magazine, October 2006 **** “With their Decca Beethoven cycle, the Takács Quartet set a modern-day benchmark. Now, with a new record company and a replacement viola-player, things look set for them to do the same for Schubert's two most popular string quartets. These works were written in 1824, a year of despondency for Schubert who was ill and clearly felt he was living under the shadow of death. Whereas in the Rosamunde, the underlying feeling is a tearful nostalgia, in Death and the Maiden, there's a black despair that at times gives way to anger.
The Takács have the ability to make you believe that there's no other possible way the music should go, and the strength to overturn preconceptions that comes only with the greatest performers. Tempi are invariably apt – the opening of the Rosamunde is wonderfully judged.
They also have a way of revealing detail that you'd never previously noticed – in the Allegro of6 D810, Schubert's sighing figure in the viola is here poignantly brought out.
But though there's plenty of humanity in these recordings, there's nothing sentimental about the playing; they make Schubert sound symphonic, and a sense of drama and tensile strength underlines everything, even a movement as luscious as the Andante of the Rosamunde Quartet, which is based on the theme that gives this quartet its name.
The recording captures the quartets vividly and realistically and Misha Donat's notes are erudite and stylish.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 “The Takács have the ability to make you believe that there's no other possible way the music should go, and the strength to overturn preconceptions that comes only with the greatest performers. …though there's plenty of humanity in these recordings, there's nothing sentimental about the playing; they make Schubert sound symphonic, and a sense of drama and tensile strength underlines everything, even a movement as luscious as the Andante of the Rosamunde Quartet...” Gramophone Magazine, Awards 2006 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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