Strauss / Sharp / Wolthuis - Life in Song - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Rote Rosen Woo. 76 2. Barkarole Op. 17 No.6 3. Der Stern Op.69 No.1 4. Die Nacht Op.10 No.3 5. Standchen Op.17 No.2 6. Nichts Op.10 No.2 7. Schlagende Herzen Op.29 No. 2 8. Wie Sollten Wir Geheim Sie Halten Op.19 No. 4 9. Fur Funfzehn Pfennige Op.36 No.2 10. Hat Gesagt - Bleibt's Nicht Dabei Op.36 No.3 11. Das Rosenband Op.36 No.1 12. Ich Schwebe Op.48 No.2 13. Wiegenlied Op.41 No.1 14. Muttertandelei Op.43 No.2 15. Herr Lenz Op.37 No.5 16. No.1 Kornblumen 17. No.2 Mohnblumen 18. No.3 Epheu 19. No.4 Wasserrose 20. No.1 Wie Erkenn Ich Mein Treulieb 21. No.2 Guten Morgen, 's Ist Sankt Valentinstag 22. No.3 Sie Trugen Ihn Auf Der Bahre Blob 23. Mein Herz Ist Stumm Op.19 No.6 24. Einerlei Op.69 No.3 25. No.2 Ich Wollt Ein Strausslein Binden 26. No.4 Als Mir Dein Lied Erklang 27. No.5 Amor

Born in Ontario in August 1919, Tommy Reilly studied violin from the age of eight, and began playing harmonica at the age of eleven. Though he had played in England in 1935 - 37 and continental Europe in 1937 - 39, it was not until his arrest (while studying violin at the Leipzig Conservatory) and subsequent internment 1939 - 45 in prisoner-of-war camps that he developed his virtuosity on the harmonica, basing his ideas of phrasing and interpretation on the playing of Jascha Heifetz. Returning to London in 1945, Reilly began parallel careers as a concert soloist and recitalist, a popular BBC radio and television performer, and a studio musician-composer. He performed with most of the major European orchestras and toured all over the world as a concert soloist. Inspiring the composition of more than thirty works by other composers, Reilly also transcribed a great deal of repertoire for the instrument, in addition to composing his own works. In 1967 he designed a concert harmonica, later manufactured by Hohner and marketed as the Silver Concerto Chromonica. In 1992, he became the first harmonica player to be made a Member of the Order of the British Empire. His other awards included the Gold Medal of the Deutscher Harmonika-Verband, and a Golden Badge from the British Association of Composers, Authors and Songwriters. Sir Neville Marriner and Igor Stravinsky were among those who admired his playing. Album Tracks 1. Zigeunerweisen 2. Sonata, L. 338, KK 450 in G minor 3. Gigue from Partita No. 2, BWV 1006 4. Serenade 5. Age of Innocence 6. Italian Dance 7. Spanish Dance No. 2 in G minor 8. Voice from the Past 9. Firebrand 10. Deep Purple 11. Dance of the Comedians, from the Bartered Bride 12. Overture to 'Le Nozze Di Figaro' 13. Midnight in Mayfair 14. El Cumbanchero 15. Jealousy 16. Dinah 17. Bop! Goes the Weasel 18. Firefly 19.

Many an artist can formulate a recital around the works of a single composer, but few so expertly and effortlessly as Dame Felicity Lott. Together with her longtime collaborator, pianist Graham Johnson, Lott creates an expansive view of Richard Strauss' oeuvre through the lens of one of his richest compositional periods (1885-1901). Among the best-loved of Strauss' works surface lesser-known gems, rare beauties illumined by Lott's sensitive singing and Johnson's deft, assured accompaniment. A disc to be treasured. Album Tracks 1. Waldseligkeit, Op. 49, No. 1 2. Die Nacht, Op. 10, No. 3 3. Standchen, Op. 17, No. 2 4. Leises Lied, Op. 39, No. 1 5. Schlechtes Wetter, Op. 69, No. 5 6. Des Dichters Abendgang, Op. 47, No. 2 7. Der Stern, Op. 69, No. 1 8. Die Verschwiegenen, Op. 10, No. 6 9. Die Zeitlose, Op. 10, No. 7 10. Blauer Sommer, Op. 31, No. 1 11. Ich Wollt Ein Sträusslein Binden, Op. 68, No. 2 12. Ruhe, Meine Seele!, Op. 27, No. 1 13. Allerseelen, Op. 10, No. 8 14. Einerlei, Op. 69, No. 3 15. Meinem Kinde, Op. 37, No. 3 16. Wiegenlied, Op. 41, No. 1 17. Muttertändelei, Op. 43, No. 2 18. Zueignung, Op. 10, No. 1 19. Winterweihe, Op. 48, No. 4 20. Das Rosenband, Op. 36, No. 1 21. Cäcilie, Op. 27, No. 2 22. Ach! Was Kummer Qual Und Schmerzen, Op. 49, No. 8 23. Wie Erkenn Ich Mein Treulieb Vor Andern Nun? 24. Guten Morgen, 's Ist Sankt Valentinstag 25. Sie Trugen Ihn Auf Der Bahre Bloss 26. Morgen!, Op. 27, No. 2