LISTENING TO TCHAIKOVSKY: Béla Hartmann uses his knowledge of Eastern Europe to argue against the banning of all Russian culture following Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
VIDEO PODCAST: Slava Ukraini! - recorded on 24 February 2022, the day the world woke up to the news that Vladimir Putin's Russian forces had invaded Ukraine. A fifty minute video which also features Caitríona O'Leary and Eric Fraad discussing their new film Island of Saints, and pays tribute to Joseph Horovitz, Malcolm Troup and Maria Nockin.
Elgar from America Volume 1
SOMM ARIADNE 5005 (SOMM Recordings, CD)
AAD
Stereo
COMPILATION
Playing time: 78'55"
Tracks: 25
Booklet pages: 16
© 2019 SOMM Recordings
Main country of recording: US
Country of manufacture: EU
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Elgar from America Volume 1 published on 12 June 2019
Listen: Elgar: Eastcheap-Gadshill - The Boar's Head, revelry and sleep(Falstaff) (track 21, 4:59-5:56)
Edward Elgar:
Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma', Op 36
1 Theme
2 Variation I (CAE)
3 Variation II (HDS-P)
4 Variation III (RBT)
5 Variation IV (WMB)
6 Variation V (RPA)
7 Variation VI (Ysobel)
8 Variation VII (Troyte)
9 Variation VIII (WN)
10 Variation IX (Nimrod)
11 Variation X Intermezzo (Dorabella)
12 Variation XI (GRS)
13 Variation XII (BGN)
14 Variation XIII Romanza (***)
15 Variation XIV Finale (EDU)
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini, conductor
Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 85
16 Adagio - Moderato
17 Lento - Allegro molto
18 Adagio
19 Allegro - Moderato - Allegro, ma non troppo - Poco più lento - Adagio
Gregor Piatigorsky, cello
New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra
John Barbirolli, conductor
Falstaff, Symphonic Study in C minor, Op 68
20 Falstaff and Prince Henry
21 Eastcheap-Gadshill - The Boar's Head, revelry and sleep
22 Dream interlude
23 Falstaff's march - The return through Gloucestershire
24 Interlude: Gloucestershire. Shallow's orchard
25 King Henry's progress - The repudiation of Falstaff, and his death
New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra
Artur Rodzinski, conductor
Recorded live at Radio City Studio 8H, New York on 5 November 1949 (tracks 1-15) and at Carnegie Hall, New York, USA on 10 November 1940 (16-19) and 10 October 1943 (20-25).