Classical Recordings Quarterly

		Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions Classical Recordings Quarterly is proud to announce the tenth release of Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions. This specialist label, available only through CRQ, is devoted to the release on CD of unusual out-of-copyright recordings. Each issue costs £8 per CD, including postage, and is available by mail order/Internet only. Please order either by post, with cheque payable to “CRQ Editions”, to: CRQ Editions 39 Banner Cross Road Sheffield South Yorks S11 9HQ or by PayPal via the buttons on this page. (Please indicate if CDs without adhesive centre labels are required.) Subscribe to the CRQ Editions email newsletter \|here\| Complete fully detailed CRQ Editions Catalogue \|here\| Releases for Spring 2013 are: *Puccini: The Girl of the Golden West (La Fanciulla del West) (sung in English)* Elizabeth Fretwell (Minnie), Don Smith (Dick Johnson), Raimund Herincx (Jack Rance), Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Sadler's Wells Opera Company / Warwick Braithwaite (recording of the BBC broadcast from the Sadler's Wells Theatre of 10th January 1963) Ace New Zealand-born opera conductor Warwick Braithwaite, music director of both the Australian Opera and the Welsh National Opera Companies, here breathes new life into Puccini's masterpiece. He leads a crack team of principals: Fretwell and Smith, both from Australia, are sublime, and Herincx is the epitome of evil – the Wild West comes to Islington! Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ CD 73-74 (2 CDs) Homage to Marjorie Mitchell MacDowell: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 23; Delius: Piano Concerto; Grieg: Piano Concerto. Marjorie Mitchell (piano); American Arts Orchestra; NDR Symphony Orchestra; Music Treasures of the World Symphony Orchestra (?Vienna Symphony Orchestra) / William Strickland A tribute to the great American pianist and champion of contemporary composers, Marjorie Mitchell, here playing with commanding style and melting lyricism three of the great late romantic piano concertos. She is accompanied to the hilt in each concerto by another unsung hero of American music, conductor William Strickland, who expertly guides an international array of orchestras. Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ CD 75 (1 CD) Percy Pitt Conducts! Volume 1: French, German and Austrian repertoire The first volume in our projected series devoted to the British conductor Percy Pitt – the first music director of the British National Opera Company and of the BBC, and much admired by Richard Strauss, Elgar and Beecham. Here he conducts operatic selections by Bizet, Saint-Saëns, Thomas, Delibes, Wagner, Mendelssohn and Suppé. Great restorations of the rare original 78 discs allow for Pitt's very considerable art to be heard in all its glory – prepare to be swept off your turntable! Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ CD 76 (1 CD) Mozart: The Six String Quintets (K. 174, 406, 515, 516, 593, 614) Barchet String Quartet, with Emil Kessinger, viola The last part of the Barchet Quartet's Mozart project of the 1950s for which the ensemble was joined by viola professor at the Stuttgart Hochschüle, Emil Kessinger. The very first note of the G minor quintet – clipped in the editing process of the original and all subsequent reissues – has been restored to its full value. The compressed dynamic range of previous issues has also been alleviated. Immaculate, spirited and idiomatic playing here illuminates some of the finest works in all of Mozart's music. Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ CD 77-79 (3 CDs) Bruckner: Overture in G major; Symphony No. 9 Vienna Orchestra (?Vienna Symphony Orchestra) / F. Charles Adler Adler's fabulously rare account of Bruckner's mighty last symphony – an interpretation which compels a dramatic reassessment of his strengths as a conductor: all the might and mystery of Bruckner's final masterpiece are here fully realised. Plus the bonus of the rarely heard Overture in G major as on the original LP release. Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ CD 80 (1 CD) Wagner: Götterdämmerung (extended extracts) Kirsten Flagstad (Brünnhilde), Set Svanholm (Siegfried), Paul Schöffler(Günther), Ludwig Weber (Hagen), Doris Doree (Gutrune), Edith Coates (Waltraute), Chorus and Orchestra of the Covent Garden Opera Company / Karl Rankl (recording of the BBC broadcast from the Royal Opera House of 26th June 1950) Extended extracts from Acts 1 and 2, together with Flagstad's superb Immolation Scene from Act 3 – all a forceful reminder of the young Covent Garden Opera Company's post-war strengths in Wagner, with Karl Rankl a powerful conductor. Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ CD 81-82 (2 CDs) Mahler: Das Klagende Lied; Kindertotenlieder; Rückert-Lieder** Ilona Steingruber, soprano * and **; Sieglinde Wagner and Vera Rósza*, mezzo-sopranos; Erich Majkut, tenor, Chorus* and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Zoltán Fekete Three key early Mahler recordings led by the little known but dynamic Hungarian-born conductor, Zoltán Fekete. His account of Mahler's early cantata possesses real dramatic bite and he draws a highly committed performance from his Viennese forces. The Kindertotenlieder are of the greatest interest in that the soloist is the highly influential voice teacher Vera Rósza, who before she took to instruction was herself a distinguished singer. Ilona Steingruber, a stalwart of contemporary music in post-war Vienna, is the soloist in the Rückert-Lieder. Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ CD 83 (1 CD) Verdi: Rigoletto: excerpts (sung in French) Renée Doria (Gilda), Denise Scharley (Maddalena), Alain Vanzo (the Duke), Robert Massard (Rigoletto), Orchestra / Jésus Etcheverry Continuing our tribute to the art of soprano Renée Doria, tenor Alain Vanzo, baritone Robert Massard and conductor Jésus Etcheverry who collectively deliver both an elegant and dramatic account of highlights from Verdi's dramatic masterpiece – forget the vagaries of mad modern opera directors and enjoy the real thing! Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ CD 84 (1 CD) Also still available: CRQ CD001 Verdi: Ernani (abridged) / Molajoli CRQ CD002 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, Pathétique / Boult CRQ CD003 Homage to Mogens Wöldike (J. C. Bach; Haydn; Mozart; Dittersdorf) CRQ CD004-5 Verdi: Macbeth / Goldschmidt CRQ CD006 Busoni: Fantasia Contrapuntistica; Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude: Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ / Brendel CRQ CD007 Weber: Euryanthe Overture; Schubert: Symphony No. 8, Unfinished; Liszt: Les préludes / Schwarz CRQ CD008/09 Berg: Wozzeck / E. Kleiber; Violin Concerto / Ferras, Schmidt-Isserstedt CRQ CD010 Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Gieseking, Rosbaud CRQ CD011 Boyce: Eight Little Symphonies / Haas CRQ CD012 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 / Boult CRQ CD013/015 Mozart: Six ‘Haydn’ String Quartets / Barchet Quartet CRQ CD016/17 Giordano: Andrea Chénier / Tausky (in English) CRQ CD018 Chausson: Symphony; Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande; Debussy: Petite Suite / Fournet CRQ CD 019 Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt recital / Kentner CRQ CD 020/21Wagner: Parsifal: extended extracts / Rankl CRQ CD 22 Brahms: Symphony No. 1 / Boult CRQ CD 23 Schumann: Fantasia, Carnaval / A. Fischer CRQ CD 24 Odnoposoff plays virtuoso violin showpieces (Saint-Saëns, Sarasate, Chausson, Paganini, Bruch) CRQ CD 25 Gounod: Faust (excerpts) / Etcheverry (Doria, Vanzo, Massard, Legros) CRQ CD 26 New Year’s Day Concert with Kurt Wöss CRQ CD 27/28 Verdi: Simone Boccanegra / Mudie (in English) CRQ CD 29 Haydn: ‘Nelson’ Mass / Sternberg CRQ CD 30 Vladimir Sofronitzky plays Scriabin CRQ CD31/32 Mozart: Prussian & Hoffmeister, 3 early quartets /Barchet Quartet CRQ CD33/34 Homage to Royalton Kisch: Liszt, Schumann, Bruch, Cimarosa, Gluck, Haydn et al CRQ CD35 Rossini: Le Barbier de Seville (excerpts) / Etcheverry (Doria, Vanzo, Massard, Legros, Giovanetti) CRQ DVD1 Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Questa, Wallmann (RAI, 1957) CRQ CD36 Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 / Boult CRQ CD37-39 Mozart: Così fan tutte / Gui CRQ CD40 Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2; Fantaisie Impromptu; 12 Etudes, Op. 24 / Goldsand CRQ CD41-43 Smetana Quartet: early recordings, 1950-1955: Haydn, Richter, Schubert, Smetana, Dvořák, Janáček CRQ CD44 Bruckner: Mass No. 1 / Adler CRQ CD45/46 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf: the unknown recordings Special Offer. Purchase these Schwarzkopf CDs together with the CRQ book The Schwarzkopf Tapes (details here) for £22: CRQ CD47/48 Liszt: The Dante and Faust Symphonies / Sebastian CRQ CD49 Pfitzner: Kleine Sinfonie, Op. 44 (No. 2); Brahms: Violin Concerto / Manko, Abendroth CRQ CD50 Grieg: The Last Spring; Brahms: Symphony No. 3; Berlioz: Trojan March / Beecham CRQ CD51-52 Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos, 3, 4, 5; Sinfonia Concertante; Haydn: Concertante / Barchet et al, Reinhardt CRQ CD53 Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles (excerpts) / Etcheverry (Doria, Vanzo, Massard, Scellier) CRQ CD54-55 Beethoven, Brahms, Schumann / Aeschbacher CRQ CD56 Mozart: Coronation Mass; Haydn: Salve Regina / Blech (Cantelo, Thomas, Galliver, Cameron, Hemsley) CRQ CD57-58 Bittner: Der Musikant / Prohaska (Réthy, Riegler, Treptow, Schmitt-Walter, Bierbach) CRQ CD59 Beethoven: Archduke Piano Trio / Kogan, Rostropovich, Gilels CRQ CD60 Beethoven: Symphony No. 1; Leonora No. 3 / Conductor X (Rodzínski); Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 / Klemperer, Häfner CRQ CD061 Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet; Hamlet; Concert Fantasia. Peter Katin, piano / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult CRQ CD062-CD064 Mozart: Don Giovanni. Sutherland, Ligabue, Freni, Lewis, Blanc, Bruscantini, Monreale, Stefanoni /Chorus and Orchestra of the Glyndebourne Festival / Sir John Pritchard CRQ CD065 Brahms: Tragic Overture, Op. 81; A German Requiem, Op. 45. Irmgard Seefried (soprano); Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone); Edinburgh Choral Union; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Bruno Walter CRQ CD066-67 Homage to Irmgard Seefried Lieder and arias by Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms and Wolf. Irmgard Seefried (soprano); Erik Werba (piano);Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin); Vienna Symphony Orchestra / Ferdinand Leitner CRQ CD068 The Urania Conductors, Vol. 3: Gerhard Pflüger Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15; Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88 Hugo Steurer, piano / Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra / Gerhard Pflüger CRQ CD069 Schubert: 4 Impromptus, Op. 90 (D. 899); 4 Impromptus, Op. 142 (D. 935); Sonata in A major, Op. 120 (D. 664). Robert Goldsand, piano CRQ CD070 Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15; Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor, Op. 115† The Robert Masters Pianoforte Quartet; Pascal String Quartet with Ray Lev (piano)† CRQ CD071 Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major. Vienna Festival Orchestra (Vienna Symphony Orchestra) / Willem van Otterloo CRQ CD072 A Johann Strauss Evening with Herbert von Karajan. Overture, Waltzes, Polkas and March by Johann Strauss II / Hilde Güden (soprano), Vienna Men's Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan \| top \|