Track Listing
1. Battle Cry of Freedom, for voice, chorus & keyboard, The
2. Star-Spangled Banner, The (National Anthem, USA), for orchestra & voice/chorus, ad lib
3. Uncle Sam's Farm
4. Vaillance Polka Militaire
5. Drums and Trumpets
6. Weeping, Sad and Lonely, for voice & keyboard
7. Columbian Quadrilles, The
8. Girl I Left Behind Me, folk song, The
9. Beauregard's Retreat From Shiloh, for narrator, chorus & piano
10. We Are Coming, Father Abraham for voice & piano
11. Kingdom Coming
12. Grafted into the Army
13. Picture on the Wall, The
14. Daniel Webster's Funeral March
15. Tenting On the Old Campground
16. Battle Hymn of the Republic, The ("Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory," words by Julia Ward Howe; music attributed to Steffe)

D.C. Hall's New Concert & Quadrille Band: Kevin M'Dermott (vocals), James H. Johnston (violin), Patrick G. Jordan (viola), Peter H. Bloom (flute, piccolo), Steven Jackson (clarinet), Henry Peyrebrune (acoustic bass).

Recorded at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy, New York in November and December, 1993. Includes liner notes by Kevin M'Dermott.

On UNION & LIBERTY!, D.C. Hall's New Concert & Quadrille Band performs Northern popular music of the Civil War era on period instruments.

D.C. Hall's New Concert and Quadrille Band: Kevin M'Dermott (tenor); James H. Johnston (violin); Henry Peyrebrune (bass violin); Patrick G. Jordan (viola); Peter H. Bloom (flute); Steven Jackson (clarinet).
Personnel: Patrick G. Jordan (viola); Peter H. Bloom (flute, piccolo); Kevin M'Dermott (tenor saxophone).

Liner Note Author: Kevin M'Dermott.

Recording information: Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy, NY (11/1993-12/1993).

Editors: Kevin M'Dermott; Jonathan Marcus.

Arrangers: Kevin M'Dermott; Patrick G. Jordan; Peter H. Bloom; Moore.

Piazzolla, A.: Suite Punta Del Este / Bragato, J.: Graciela

Includes work(s) by various composers. Soloists: Ronn McFarlane, Julianne Baird, Antonin Kubalek.

Includes prelude(s) for keyboard by John Bull. Soloist: Colin Tilney.

One of the finest Christmas recordings ever made, this 1994 production by the Baltimore Consort makes a welcome return (complete with a new cover) along with the revival of the Dorian label. Glowing with the high, clear soprano of Custer LaRue and brimming with versatile, virtuoso instrumental work by Mary Anne Ballard (viols, rebec), Mark Cudek (cittern, Baroque guitar, viols, bandora), Larry Lipkis (viol, recorder, gemshorn), Ronn McFarlane (lute), Chris Norman (wooden flutes, pennywhistle), and Webb Wiggins (organ), this program literally lives up to the promise of its title.

Many of these 20 tunes/carols/dances are among the most familiar Christmas standards--Ding dong merrily on high; Greensleeves; Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen; In dulci jubilo; The Cherry Tree Carol; Tomorrow shall be my dancing day--presented in both vocal/instrumental and strictly instrumental arrangements. But whatever the tune, and however it's presented, the result is invariably engaging, artful, classy, and infinitely repeatable, which means it's perfect for multiple repetitions, whether at Christmas or any other time of year. Chris Norman's flute improvisation on "Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen" is a classic, and Custer LaRue's rendition of the beautiful "Rorate coeli desuper" is not to be missed. In fact, that last instruction applies to this entire disc. If you're a Christmas music fan (and who isn't?) and you don't already own this CD, you know what you have to do.

-- David Vernier, ClassicsToday.com

Falla, M. De: Vida Breve (La) [Opera]

Chausson, E.: Symphony, Op. 20 / Ibert, J.: Escales / Divert

Classical Music

Haydn, F.J.: Symphonies - Nos. 23, 35, 42

The tradition of transcribing, arranging and adapting the music of Johann Sebastian Bach can be traced to the master himself: Bach made a lifelong habit of arranging works, his own and those of other composers. Indeed, Bach ranks among the most skilled and prolific arrangers in the history of music. Arrangements of his work by others can be considered in two broad catagories. In the first are contained those transcriptions which do not incorporate substantial changes to the original compositions, for example Liszt's Six Preludes and Fugues. In the second category are found those arrangements which display a creative intent on the part of the arranger - one can think of Mozart's transcription for string trio of six fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier, each preceded by an original prelude (KV 404a), or Gounod's Méditation sur le premier prélude de piano de S. Bach (1853), to which the words of the Ave Maria were subsequently added. It is to this latter genre of creative Bach transcriptions that the works contained on this disc belong. - Thomas Labé

Classical Music

Includes work(s) by Jean-Baptiste Lully, Henry Purcell, various composers, F-André Danican Philidor. Ensemble: New York Kammermusiker. Conductor: Ilonna Pederson.

Respighi, O.: Roman Festivals / Brazilian Impressions / Pine

A recording of three unaccompanied sonatas for violin by the German composer Max Reger (1873-1916) might be expected only to confirm his not altogether undeserved reputation as a writer of rather dry, academic works. Not so: this disc is an unexpected pleasure, both for the music itself and for the superb playing of the young German violinist Ulrike-Anima Mathé, who reveals herself as very much an artist to be watched. The sonatas are from Reger’s Op. 91 set of seven – he deliberately wrote one more than the six solo sonatas and partitas of JS Bach to avoid inviting too direct a comparison. Inevitably the earlier masterworks are recalled – the final sonata (included here) culminates in a magnificent 13-minute chaconne in the style of Bach’s Partita No. 2 in D minor – but Reger is as much concerned with melody and harmony as with counterpoint, and much of the music is expressively lyrical. Mathé meets the considerable technical demands with assurance and is fully sensitive to the emotional subtlety of this unusual but rewarding repertory. Dorian’s recording is exemplary.
Performance: 5 (out of 5; Sound: 5 (out of 5)

-- David Michaels, BBC Music Magazine

Dvorak, A.: 4 Romantic Pieces, Op. 75 / Violin Sonata, Op. 5

REVIEW:

[In] Haydn’s piano trios...it takes only a hint of overstatement to undermine it completely. Fortunately, this disc, which includes four of Haydn’s relatively late trios (three of them written at the same time as the London symphonies) is almost entirely without blemish. The Kalichstein– Laredo–Robinson Trio combines three formidable soloists who came together in 1977. Joseph Kalichstein’s keyboard technique is impeccable, with a consistent evenness and lightness of touch that is simply breathtaking. Jaime Laredo, in the main sparkling in his performance, has a slight tendency to over-emphasis, although generally there is a marvellous sense of ebullience in the playing. This disc includes the G major Trio (Hob XV/25) with its famous ‘Gypsy’ Rondo, but for collectors of ‘purple patches’, the E minor Allegretto of Hob XV/28 with its enigmatic chromatic theme in octaves will certainly surprise. A disc to treasure.
Performance: 5 (out of 5; Sound: 5 (out of 5)

-- Annette Morreau, BBC Music Magazine

The Art of the Bawdy Song

Haydn, F.J.: Symphonies - Nos. 38, 82, 104

Classical Music

Classical Music

BRAHMS, J.: Piano Trio No. 1 / DVORAK, A.: Piano Trio No. 4,

Guillou, J.: Organ Music (The Art of Improvisation)

Includes work(s) by Anthony Holborne. Soloist: Ronn McFarlane.

Chamber and Vocal Music (16Th-18Th Centuries, Scottish) - Ca

Frescobaldi, G.: Harpsichord Music