12 November 2010

Kurt Weill - "Chansons" - Catherine Sauvage / Christiane Legrand, etc. - Philips 1958

L'Opera de quat'sous:  
Side One:  Chant des Canons (Les Quatre Barbus)  ~  Bilbao Song (Catherine Sauvage)  ~  Complainte de Mackie (Yves Robert)  ~  Chanson de Barbara (C.Sauvage)  ~  Le roi d'Aquitaine (Q.Barbus)  ~  La Fiancee du Pirate (C.Sauvage)  ~  Grandeur et decadence de la ville de Mahagonny - Overture   ~  Speak Low (Christiane Legrand)
Side Two:   Ballade de la ville agreable   ~  Sorabaya Johnny (C.Sauvage)  ~  Le Grand Lustucru (Q.Barbus)  ~  Nanna's Lied (C.Sauvage)  ~  Tango des Matelots   ~  J'attends un navire (C.Legrand)  ~  Alabama Song (C.Sauvage)  ~  September Song 
2 files zip FLAC  Mega Download
Orchestra  under the direction of  Franck Aussman            
Philips 'Realites'  V.4.   Original 1958 French Philips pressing/matrices: AA 77.454 / AA 77.455    Re-edited December 2012

10 November 2010

Gordon Watson / Alexander Young - Charles Groves. Lambert Piano Concerto -&- 8 Li-Po Poems - Argo 1955

Constant Lambert:
Concerto for Pianoforte & Nine Players    ( Gordon Watson, piano )
Eight Poems by Li-Po    ( Alexander Young, Tenor )     
4 files zip WAV Mega Download
The Argo Chamber Ensemble  conducted by  Charles Groves  
Argo  RG 50     c.1960 Matrices: ARG 2119 -1L / ARG 2120 -1L   
Very good recordings & a tape-to-disc transfer of  'near-mastertape' quality.  Excellent performances.  
Re-edited: September 2012 / March 2021    NOT ON CD  Sleeve-note>>>

Constant Lambert conducts (1930-1950)   http://musicparlourhistorical.blogspot.co.uk/2010/10/constant-lambert-conducts-lambert.html