Concerto for Pianoforte & Nine Players ( Gordon Watson, piano )
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Eight Poems by Li-Po ( Alexander Young, Tenor )
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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. Performances are excellent. Sleeve-note >>>
Harvey Usill's "A History of Argo" (BIRS - July 1980) - 13pp scanned / zip folder @ http://www.mediafire.com/?h4uvpic3xa7fd3o
Thanks for this one. Would you happen to have (or know where to find) an old LP with Gordon Watson playing Humphrey Searle's piano sonata? It was also on the Argo label.
ReplyDeleteNever seen that (RG6) - apparently quickly withdrawn. Those early Argo (light blue) pressings were pretty ghastly in any event - & rarely to be found in decent condition. Only currently have RG74 - Robert Still (considering uploading the SXL Still/Rubbra - Fredman sometime)...& used to have the Walton/Max Rostal, et al.
ReplyDeleteFrank - Odd, I just bought this LP with the aim of uploading it myself. (No need for that now!)
ReplyDeleteI very much like Robert Still (also Rubbra), so offering that SXL sounds like a great idea to me.
SXL6281 (Still/Rubbra) hasn't been on CD - nor LXT2794 (Rubbra/RVW Mass) or, last time I checked, ZRG5179 (Argo RVW Mass, etc). I think just a few of those old Argo RG's were re-pressed by Decca - but the original poor technical-quality (& bad reviews) means pre-1957-ish pressings are pretty scarce. There's an interesting 'history' by Harvey Usill (Argo's founder) in a BIRS magazine I might upload sometime.
ReplyDeleteI have LXT2794. I should transfer it. I have already presented a few of the old Argos via their US pressings on Westminster.
ReplyDeleteHello - Thanks again - Jerry
ReplyDeleteHi. Cheers for this. I'd be very interested indeed in having a look at the Harley Usill 'history' if you're still thinking of posting it sometime.
ReplyDeleteThe scans (in a zip file) of Harvey Usill's Argo History are now linked here..
ReplyDeletelot of thanks.
ReplyDeletenow i have a problem regarding the identification of poems by Li Po (Li Bo or in modern Chinese reading Li Bai). even double problam: to identify the Chinese original and to find Russian translation (English hasn't sound at my craddle).
unfortunately, Russian and English interpreting tradition of the Chinese verse differ in almost any sense.
There was no song-text insert with the LP...however..
ReplyDeleteThere is a .pdf treatise of Li-Po - including Lambert text-settings here with the chinese original:
http://etd.ohiolink.edu/send-pdf.cgi/Hsieh%20ChingHsuan%20Lily.pdf?osu1086095656
...as well as the more comprehensive WikiPedia links to translations of 'Li-Bai' poetry: which possibly includes all of those used by Lambert - though you may need to visit a few sites..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Bai
...as for Russian translations: you have me beat !!!
the most intersting and intriguing musical opus setting the Li Bo original verse i've heard was the so-caled 'symphony' (rather a dramatic cantata) for tenor, chorus & orchestra 蜀道难 (shu dao nan = hard are the Szechwan roads) by Chinese composer Guo Wenjing (郭文景). very impressive 23' score. BTW, the author utilised the archaic reading of the Southern Chinese dialects, even provoking the scandal at the concert. the Pekinese soloist and choristers demanded to adapt the phonetics to Mandarin, not to Sheczwan...
ReplyDeletei've found this work recorded on the single CD, riped and shared on the Web by one of thousands Chinese classical uploaders.
and, of course, Li Bo could be considered as one of the most cherished Asian poets among the western composers.
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thank you once more for the useful links.
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don't worry about the Russian translation of the verse; i can do it myself from both Chinese, and English.