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"PATRICK O'BRIAN MUSIC"
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ESS.A.Y Recordings has issued two recordings entitled Musical Evenings with the Captain which contain musical works referred to in Patrick O'Brian's celebrated Aubrey-Maturin historical novels.
Acclaimed by critics and lovers of Mr. O'Brian's work, these recordings offer wide-ranging and representative selections that will add understanding, pleasure and satisfaction to any reader's musical encounters with Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, whether aboard ship or in port.
Mr. O'Brian wrote the program note for the booklet in Volume 1. Volume 2 carries the musical encounters further, with citations and references to Mr. O'Brian's musical citations.
Musical Evenings with the Captain
Music from the Aubrey-Maturin Novels of Patrick O'Brian
Mela and Alexandr Tenenbaum, violins; Dorothy Lawson, cello;
Richard Kapp, fortepiano
With program notes by Patrick O'Brian and a fascinating selection of duos and trio sonatas by Locatelli, Haydn, Handel, Boccherini and Leclair, this unique cd creates the ambiance of a contemporaneous performance of the sort of music essayed by Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin in the captain's cabin on a good night at sea. Indispensable for O'Brian fans and music lovers alike. "This is the sort of recording I scour record stores for." - Audio Magazine.
ESSCD1047
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Musical Evenings with the Captain -
Volume 2
Music from the Aubrey-Maturin Novels of Patrick O'Brian
A second compendium of music referred to in the course of author Patrick O'Brian's 18 historical novels. Captain Jack Aubrey and his physician/spy friend and colleague, Stephen Maturin, spend many an unthreatened evening playing music together and with friends in the captain's quarters. Here is the Mozart Oboe Quartet, which figures prominently in The Yellow Admiral; here is the Bach Partita discussed so thoroughly in The Ionian Mission, as well as the Haydn Trio referred to in The Wine Dark Sea. All this and more, featuring oboist John Ferrillo of The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, violinist Mela Tenenbaum and fortepianist Richard Kapp. An absolute must for admirers of Mr. O'Brian's work!
ESSCD1056
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Roast Beef of Old England
After “Musical Evenings with the Captain” why not
spend some musical evenings with the crew?
“Traditional Sailor Songs from Jack Aubrey’s
Navy”
Jerry Bryant and Starboard Mess
In addition to at least 13 songs specifically identified from references in the novels, there are nearly a dozen more which might have been heard on board a British man-of-war at the beginning of the 19th Century.
A fascinating new addition to our collection of authentic music from the Aubrey-Maturin Novels of Patrick O’Brian: Shanties, ballads, airs and hornpipes - all in the traditional style (unaccompanied singing, fiddle and pennywhistle hornpipes etc.)
ESSCD5001
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CANTATAS FROM THE GEORGIAN DRAWING ROOM
CD 2-5001
CONCERT ROYAL with MARGARETTE ASHTON (soprano)
Rediscovered gems from the 18th Century
Arne: Cymon & Iphigenia
Carey: Belinda & Eurillo
Eccles: Love Kindl'd in a breast too young
Albinoni: Under ye gloomy Shade
Pepusch: The Island of Beauty; Alexis
Burgess: Caelia
Pasquali: Pastora
Includes seven world premiere recordings
"refreshingly unfamiliar and..pleasant listening" - BBC Music Magazine
"stylish and appealing performances" - British Music Society Newsletter
"excellently performed..first class recording..Margarette Ashton's voice is captivating. I recommend it without reservation" - Federation of Recorded Music Societies.
CELLO SPICE CD 2-5002
Cervetto: Cello Trio no.2 in B flat;
Mainardi: Notturno;
Aeschbacher: Suite for 4 cellos, op.44;
Norris: Rumba;
Dare: Elegie; Five pieces for cello ensemble;
Don: Quartet for cellos, op.7;
Rodrigo: Dos piezas caballerescas;
Anita Hewitt-Jones: Serenade (Spanish Dance)
8 world premieres
This is probably the only CD anywhere totally devoted to original works for three or four cellos, music which has been shamefully neglected. Cello Spice is a group of Scotland's finest cellists, namely Alison Lawrance, Gillian Copp, John Davidson and Mark Bailey.
"A wonderful disc" - BBC Radio North Network
"If you like cellos, Cello Spice is for you...... Buy it!" - Musical Opinion
"I fell on..(this disc)...with glee...I played A Celebration of cellos over and over and over" - Andre Jute Classical Jukebox
"A disc of unknown music for three and (mostly) four cellos may not seem among the most obvious proposals for inclusion on your must-buy list of CDs, but this one simply demands to be heard and enjoyed, in the same deep glow of warm contentment as comes from a glass of Laphroaig taken in a leather chair in front of a roaring log fire on a winter evening. One might imagine that the sound of cello ensemble might pall when extended over an hour, but not a bit of it; the repertoire has been skilfully chosen to show off the sheer richness of the sound of a cello quartet, and this listener has played the disc again and again with enchantment growing apace on each occasion.
That repertoire will require some explanation; Enrico Mainardi and Joaquin Rodrigo are the only names here you are likely to recognise, though I have to admit that this gentle, achingly lovely Notturno is the first piece of Mainardi's I recall hearing, and Rodrigo's Dos Piezas is hardly the best explored corner of his catalog……Marie Dare was..plainly capable of a delicate melodic line and some beautiful harmonies - the Elegie, for example, is a moving exercise in emotional restraint. The Quartet for Cellos by Nigel Don is similarly discreet, though with a hint of warm humor. And the Serenade by Anita Hewitt-Jones and the three-cello Rumba of Michael Norris are easygoing miniatures of little weight but considerable charm. All in all, a most endearing disc". - Martin Anderson - Fanfare (USA) - January 2000
NPD 85656
MICHAEL COHEN - I REMEMBER
Song cycle based on the Diary of Anne Frank - First recording
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NPD 85660
JOHN DAVIS PLAYS BLIND TOM
First Commercial Recording of a selection of works by the Georgia
slave Tom Bethune,
one of the most famous and controversial performing pianists of
the late 19th Century.
This CD reveals that Blind Tom, treated then as a kind of
"freak", was not simply a mimic
but was capable of creating works comparable with those of
Gottschalk or Joplin.
Mail Order Price £11.50 plus postage (see order information page for details)
NPD 85640
SHIRIM - KLEZMER NUTCRACKER
The Nutcracker Suite and other classical compositions arranged
for Klezmer Band
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NPD 85640
SHIRIM - OY IT'S GOOD
Traditional Jewish Songs (plus some originals) arranged for
Klezmer Band.
Music by the group SHIRIM has been used by Woody Allen in
"Deconstructing Harry".
Mail Order Price £11.50 plus postage (see order information page for details)
RLCD 251 - CHRISTMAS CAROLS FROM THE LIVERPOOL PHIL
1 Howard Darke In the Bleak midwinter 2. St.Lukes Gospel There were sheperds abiding in the field * 3. Mendelssohn arr.Willcocks Hark, the Harold Angel Sing! 4. John Rutter Angels' Carol 5. Gerold Brown arr.Peak Christmas Time is Carol time 6. Peter Wishart Alleyula, A New Work is Come on Hand 7. Clare Brown 'Just Doing My Job' * 8. Howard Darke Trad. arr. Vaughan Williams O Little Town of Bethlehem 9. William Mathias A Babe is Born 10. Este's Psalter, arr. Wilcocks While Shepherds Watched their Flocks 11. Trad. Irish arr. Wilcocks Angelus ad Virginem 12. Nick Page A Child is Born 13. Benjamin Britten, From A Ceremony of Carols There is No rose 14. Trad. arr. Peak Jingle Bells 15. Nick Page Unto us a boy is Born 16. Kenneth Hesketh Messenger carol 17. Michael Marriott arr. Peak Riding on a Donkey 18. G.K. Chesterton The Christ Child * 19. Ian Parrott Mary Rocks the Christ Child 20. Piae Cationes arr. Jacques Good King Wencelsas 21. Trad. arr. Tracey The Boar's Head Carol 22. A Christmas Cake Recipe * 23. John Gardner The Holly and the Ivy 24. John Rutter Candleight Carol 25. Laurie Lee A Christmas Landscape* 26. Franz Gruber arr. Carter Stille Nacht 27. J.F.Wade arr. Wilcocks O Come all Ye Faithful 28. Tom Cunningham Encore: Merry Christmas Jazz TOTAL PLAYING TIME 70'00
*Reading
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REAL AND FAKE MOZART
THE COMPLETE VIOLIN CONCERTOS OF MOZART IN A STUNNING NEW SERIES OF RECORDINGS FEATURING VIOLINIST MELA TENENBAUM
Mela Tenenbaum and Richard Kapp, assisted by the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, have put together a fascinating collection of Mozartiana. Apart from superb performances of Mozart’s five violin concertos, presented as the exhibitions of violin virtuosity they were almost undoubtedly intended to be, these three CDs include performances (as sympathetic as possible) of three concertos once seriously thought to be genuine Mozart. Of the three, one has the merit of being a deliberate fake, the other two are, shall we say, interesting examples of past errors of judgement...
These new recordings, just completed in Prague, offer movingly beautiful playing and state-of-the-art recording. They are certain to become classics, the recording of choice for connoisseur collectors, for many years to come.
Ms. Tenenbaum is partnered by the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra led by Richard Kapp.
Volume 1
THE REAL STUFF
VIOLIN CONCERTOS 1, 2 & 3 ARE UNDISPUTED ORIGINAL MOZART.
Concertos No. 1 in Bb K. 211, 2 in D K. 211, and No. 3 in G K216
ESSCD1070
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Volume 2
concertos numbers 4, 5 - and 6??
The 4th & 5th violin concertos are surely Mozart’s - MAYBE HIS FINEST ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE GENRE - but you don’t have to be Albert Einstein to detect that number six is a “crude forgery” - although it did fool many a hundred years ago.
Concertos 4 in D, K. 218, 5 in A K.219, No. 6 in Eb, K. 268
ESSCD1071
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Volume 3
Concertos 7 & 8 - can we be serious?
Once again, people were fooled. In the case of number 7 they were confused by an apparent documentary provenance when their ears should have known better.
Number “8”, the famous “Adelaide Concerto” at least has the merit of being a very clever and entirely deliberate forgery. This CDdoes have some genuine Mozart, by the way - three independent movements written for the violinist Brunetti: two alternatives to existing movements and a charming melodic rondo.
Concertos 7 in D K. 271a, Concerto in D K.Anh.294a -"Adelaide", Rondo in Bb K.269, Rondo in C K.373, Adagio in E, K. 261
ESSCD1072
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FOR STRINGS
DVORAK: Serenade For Strings in D minor (Op.44 arr. Nick Ingman)
DAVID BECK: Ragtime For Strings o Carols For Strings o Partita for Strings
RAYMOND PARFREY - Dolce Domenico (Dolce means 'sweetly' and this perfectly describes this piece.)
CAMERATA NOVA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
CATALOGUE NUMBER: RRCD 1306
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VICTOR DAVIES - MENNONITE PIANO CONCERTO /GOOD TIMES SUITE
Irmgard Berg, piano. London
Symphony Orchestra / Boris Brott
Includes the popular "Butterfly Dance".
CATALOGUE NUMBER: RRCD 1304
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SOUNDTRACKS
KILAR: Shadow Line o Elegy o Dawn to Destiny o The Seed o Catamount Concerto o Shadow Song o Masterplan o Dawn Over Manderley
MALECKI: Water Mountain o Warsaw Reverie
INGMAN: Rosebud (Elegy for Citizen Kane)
CATALOGUE NUMBER: RRCD 1303
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