Albeniz "Suite Espanola, Op.47" Fruhbeck De Burgos/New Philharmonia (Super Analogue Disc KIJC 9144) Japanese pressing of the original Decca. Another wonderful recording by Kenneth Wilkinson David Gilmour "Live in Gdansk" Sides 2-5, (Columbia 88697344701 DC1) Nat "King" Cole "Penthouse Serenade" (Pure Pleasure Analogue PPAN T332) |
Hubert Parry, "Symphony No. 5", "Symphonic Variations", "Elegy for Brahms" - Boult/LPO - EMI ASD 3725 (another gorgeous large orchestra recording effort by the "two Christophers" EMI recording partnership: Christopher Bishop and Christoper Parker.) ... While the English composer Hubert Parry is often considered a composer "of relative insignificance,"* I find many of his works enjoyable if not intellectually challenging. I'm not sure I "get" the sprawling Sym 5, but it sure makes for wonderful sheets of symphonic sound. The Symphonic Variations and Elegy for Brahms, on the other hand, are very engaging works. I'd still choose the Lyrita SRCS48 recording of the Variations and Elegy for the even better recording quality from Kenneth Wilkinson, also with Boult conducting. Josquin Des Pres, "Missa Pange Lingua" - Peres/Ensemble Organum - Harmonia Mundi HMC 1239 - (The Ensemble Organum gets a most unusual choral blend of voices and textures. Well worth hearing in this recording of Missa Pange Lingua, one of the great pieces of choral music in the literature.) . |
