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ECLECTRA RECORDS 2001 CATALOG
email: eclectra@affordablearts.com
US address: 644 Butler Rd. S., New London, OH 44851 (419) 929-3500, U.S.A.
Canadian address: Maestro CMP, 10622, rue Berri, Montréal (Québec), H3L 2H1, Canada
US and Canadian distribution through Allegro Corp. (800) 288-2007 |
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TRY BEFORE YOU BUY
Click on picture to go to the sample page for each CD
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Eclectra CDs are $15.00 (US) for single CDs and $26.00 for 2CD sets |
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MONTEVERDI Vespers of the Blessed Virgin (1610) 2 CDs
Apollo's Fire, The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra / Jeannette Sorrell, conductor / Sandra Simon, Jennifer Ellis, soprano / John Buffet, treble / Margaret Bragel, alto / Ian Honeyman, Gareth Morrell, Robert Psurny, tenor / Jeffrey Strauss, baritone Machael McMurray, bass
"A stylish and dramatic approach to the piece,... brillantly motivated to Jeannette Sorrell's propulsive conducting... a thriller from first note to last."
CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER, March 1999 |
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KABALEVSKY Concerto for flute, Op. 48 (1985)
MARTIN Ballade for flute, string orchestra and piano
KENNAN Night Soliloquy
IBERT Pièce pour flûte seule
LIPSKY Trois Images
André-Gilles Duchemin, flute / Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal Bernard Jean, Marc Bélanger, conductor / Mario Duchemin, piano Ensemble de jazz Helmut Lipsky
"This imaginative collection of modern flute music is a delight from beginning to end. Canadian flutist André-Gilles Duchemin plays with vividness and verve, and the repertoire is utterly fresh... Duchemin makes the flute sound warm and strangely human, like a singer."
AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE, January 1999 |
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TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICAN PIANO TRIOS
IVES Largo
IVES Trio (1904, 1911)
PERSICHETTI Serenade No.3 Op. 17
KIRCHNER Trio 1954
The Oberlin Trio: Stephen Clapp, violin / Andor Toth, cello Joseph Schwartz, piano
"The Oberlin Trio perform this vital recital with effusive and tight virtuosity. This is a terrific collection of real American music."
FANFARE, March 1999 |
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PIANO MUSIC OF VENEZUELA
SOJO 6 Danzas venezolanas
VOLLMER Piezas de baile
CARRENO La Fausse note / Un Rêve en mer
LECUNA 5 Sonatas de Alta Gracia
LAURO Natalia
ALACIOS 6 Piezas
Monique Duphil, piano
"Monique Duphil is an excellent pianist... I'd be surprised to hear more sympathetic performances, and I hope for another tour of this unexplored terrain."
FANFARE, January 1999 |
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"This Canadian record of Venezuelan piano music from the 19th and 20th centuries is a real charmer full of sultry melody, swingy rhythm, and exotic atmosphere. Monique Duphil plays with lyrical directness and rhythmic elasticity, and the recording is suitably warm. For pure pleasure, this disc is tops."
AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE, May 1999 |
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MENDELSSOHNTrio No. 1, in D minor, Op. 49
BRAHMS Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Mario Duchemin, piano / The Laval String Quartet / The Toth Duo, violin and cello
"Mario Duchemin and the Laval Quartet give a zestful and sensitive reading of the great F-Minor Quintet... The Mendelssohn D-Minor Trio is no less vividly recorded."
FANFARE, January 1999 |
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RACHMANINOFF Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19
GINASTERA Pampeana No. 2
BRIDGE Sonata
Andor Toth, cello / Mario Duchemin, piano
"This is a playing of a high order... this disc can be warmly recommended"
FANFARE, September 1998
"The details of this strong work are played with great passion by these players."
AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE, Nov. 1998ç |
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RAVEL Trio en La mineur
LOEILLET Sonate en trio no.2, en Si mineur
DEBUSSY Premier trio en Sol
The Oberlin Trio: Stephen Clapp, violin / Andor Toth, cello
Joseph Schwartz, piano
"...an extraordinary combination of passion and precision... a fevered, emphatically arching account of the Ravel Piano Trio."
THE NEW YORK TIMES |
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ERNEST CHAUSSON Poème de l'Amour et de la Mer
Nine songs
Chanson perpétuelle, Op. 37
Nicole Duchemin, mezzo soprano / Denis Burkh, conductor / Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra / Alexander String Quartet / Janine Lachance, piano
...a major talent is generously apparent. Indeed among the more recent crop of vocalists to essay the Poème de l'amour et de la mer ? Pollet, Kassarova, et al.- Duchemin is the most gifted and secured."
FANFARE, September 1998 |
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20th CENTURY SONATAS FOR FLUTE AND PIANO
PROKOFIEV Sonata in D Major, for Flute and Piano, Op. 94 (1942-44)
HINDEMITH Sonata for Flute and Piano (1936)
BURTON Sonatine (1948)
POULENC Sonate for Flute and Piano (1957)
André-Gilles Duchemin, flute / Mario Duchemin, piano
"It's a pure pleasure to hear the Duchemin brothers playing togather."
BERLIN MORGEN POST
"Rarely have we heard such an excellent flute and piano duo."
AMSTERDAM |
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LAUGHING WITH NOVIKOVA / OBUKOVA IN RUSSIAN SONG
LAMBELT-STRAUSS-OFFENBACK-LEHAR-F.VON SUPPE-MUSSORGSKY-STRELNIKOV-VARLAMOV-RACHMANIN OV-TCHAIKOVSKY-GURILYOV -VARLAMOV-BLANTER-LISTOV-BUDASHKIN
Claudia Novikova, soprano / Nadezhda Obukhova, soprano
"If you have never heard that particular selection, I would recommend
that you do so at the earliest possible opportunity."
FANFARE, November 1998 |
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DUOS FOR VIOLIN AND CELLO
RAVEL Sonate pour Violon et Violoncelle (1922)
KODALY Duo Op. 7 pour Violon et Violoncelle (1914)
MARTINU Duo pour Violon et Violoncelle (1927)
Andor Toth, violin / Andor Toth, cello |
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“Both father and son play with great tonal warmth, gratifyingly accurate intonation (even in the highest registers), and firm (and, at time, thrilling) control of the wide-ranging dynamics these dramatic and diverse works demand.”—FANFARE, November 1999 |
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1928 Recordings from
THE ENGLISH SINGERS OF LONDON
One of the earliest recordings of Elizabethan music ever.
Contains 28 madrigals, folk songs, carols, ballads, and other Elizabethan music recorded ty the English Singers of London at the height of their powers in 1928. Texts are included.
Click on CD for much more information and reviews |
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Wolfie jammin’ at the Y2K
Figaro’s Fun from The Marriage of FIgaro
Mello Macro, Adagio from the Clarinet Concerto
A Bit of Bytemusic, from the Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
The Sad Mac Lament from Confutatis and Lacrimosa of The Requiem
Mac-in-Turk Tour from the Turkish Piano Sonata
Micro Magic from The Magic Flute overture
Updates created, performed, produced by Dick Wooley |
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NOELS AND CAROLS FROM THE OLDE WORLD
TRADITIONAL FRENCH Il est né le divin enfant
TRADITIONAL ENGLISH Sussex Carol, The Old Yeare Now Away is Fled, The Boar's Head Carol
TRADITIONAL FRENCH Entre le buf et l'âne gris, Guillo, prends ton tambourin, Noël nouvelet
TRADITIONAL ENGLISH Sweet Was the Song theVirgin Song, I Saw Three Ships
CHARPENTIER À la venu de Noël. Or nous dites, Marie
PURCELL Tell Me, Some Pitying Angel!
CHARPENTIER Vous qui désirez sans fin, Joseph est bien marié
TRADITIONAL SPANISH El noi de la mare, El Cant dels Ocells, Riu, rui, chiu
Apollo's Fire, The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra / Jeannette Sorrell, conductor Sandra Simon, soprano
"Exquisite playing…Everything that came out of Simon's mouth sounded radiant."—Cleveland Plain Dealer |
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4 CLASSICAL TRIOS FOR FLUTE, VIOLIN AND CELLO
HAYDN Trio No. 1, in C Major
BEETHOVEN Trio in C Major, Op. 87
STAMITZ Trio in G Major
DEVIENNE Trio No. 2, in G Minor, Op. 66
André-Gilles Duchemin, flute / Andor Toth, violin / Andor Toth Jr., cello |
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“…a splendidly played mixed program…There is much to admire in the realizations orf these scores, thanks to high levels of technical accomplishment and evident rapport among and between the players.” —FANFARE November 1999 |
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ROMANTIC PIANO RECITAL
SCHUMANN Kreisleriana
CHOPIN Sonata in B Minor
Monique Duphil, piano |
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“One hardly expects to hear something new in a performance of the oft-recorded Kreisleriana, but Duphil finds an original approach… There is no element of showiness or flamboyance in her technique, just solid accuracy and brilliance… There is a great deal of competition in the market…be assured that this fine pianist merits a place, and is well worth hearing.” —FANFARE May 2000 |
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ST-JOHN'S PASSION
BACH Sung in English (2cds)
Apollo's Fire, The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra/
Jeannette Sorrell, conductor / PRODUCED BY N.P.R.
“Sorrell conducts the oratorio as a sweeping saga in which the intimate episodes are balanced by explosive moments. The work is among the most imposing and impressive undertakings in the history of Apollo’s Fire” THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER |
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Blue Rider Ensemble
Schoenberg, Pierrot Lunaire
Crockett, The Cinnaman Peeler
Rea, Les Blues d’Orphie
Anne-Marie Donovan, mezzo soprano/Liselyn Adams, flute and piccolo/Paul Bendsa, clarinets/Jerzy Kaplanck, violin/Dov Scheindlin, viola/Paul Pulford, cello/Vicki Ray, piano
“This is an airy, gossamer reading in which the voice is highly integrated into the ensemble, and it is a delight. It becomes a fairy tale, if not quite one for children. I recommend it highly…”
—FANFARE, May 2000 |
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T.O.C. says “This is a collection of awesome performances. The transfers are great and if you like Shostakovich then this is a must have CD!!” |
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Shostakovich plays Shostakovich
Sonata Op. 40 for Cello & Piano
Sonata Op. 134 for Violin & Piano
Trio Op. 67 for violin cello & piano
David Oistrakh, violin
Daniil Shafran, cello (cello sonata)
Milos Sádlo, cello (piano trio)
Dmitri Shostakovich, piano
This CD includes the first ever performance of the violin sonata just weeks after it was finished. This performance was in the music room of the Oistrakh home for a gathering of friends.. |
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“Shafran and Shostakovich were both wonderful musicians…The cellist had a marvelous tone and an unerring sense of line that worked splendidly…The recording of the Violin Sonata with Oistrakh was made in 1968…it is a thrilling performance, with Oistrakh and the comoser building tremendous momentum in the second movement and playingwith hair-raising urgency in the central section of the final passacaglia. Here and in the wonderful 1947 performance of the Second Piano Trio, it is easy ot hear what an exceptional pianist the composer was.…he was capable of suddenly unleashing a surprisingly explosive power.… These recordings are required listening for all those interested in Shostakovich.”—FANFARE, November/2000 |
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The Brandenburg Concertos
Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra
Jeannette Sorrell, conductor (2cds)
Bach
Concerto No. 1 in F Major
Concerto No. 2 in F Major
Concerto No. 3 in G Major
Concerto No. 4 in G Major
Concerto No. 5 in D Major
Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major
“…near-perfect Bach. The group sounds like it’s been playing together for something like forever.” —Indianapolis Star
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INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FOR SOPRANO AND HARP
DELLA ACQUA Villanelle
POULENC A sa guitare
CAPLET "Quand reverrai-je, Hélas!"
TOURNIER La lettre du jardinier
CHAMINADE "Viens mon bien-aimé!"
RAVEL Pièce en forme de Habanera
RAVEL Cinq mélodies populaires grècques
PONCE Estrellita
DE FALLA Soneto a Cordora
OBRADORS Del Cabello mas sutil
TEDESCO Trois mélodies séphardiques
HONEGGER "O Salutaris"
SCHUMANN Drei Gësange
Nicole Duchemin, mezzo soprano/ Dorothy Weldon-Masella, harp |
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“Mendelssohn is better with Lovers!! These two GET IT ON! Passion and great playing.” T.O.C. |
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Felix Mendelssohn
Duo Lowe Beaubien, violin and piano
Darren Lowe, violin and Suzanne Beaubien piano
Laurier Chamber Orchestra, Paul Pulford, conductor
Sonata for Violin and Piano in F major
Concerto for Violin, Piano and Strings in D Minor
Romance without Words/Kreisler |
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“This CD features the inherent drama of hearing two technically adept virtuosos just fling themselves with glee at this difficult, showy writing. …everything he touches from the aggressive dotted rhythms of the sonata’s first movement to the nervously agitated finales to both works, brims over with excitement…Beaubien dazzles in the fastest scales and passagework, and they make a beautifully unified team in both works. My notes for the third movement of the sonata were a simple “Wow!” while for the concerto’s finale I managed “What a romp.” But it isn’t all speed and glitter; these artists are as playful and imaginative in the concert’s cadenza as I have heard, and the slow movements provide their share of tender relief. Even when compared to such a great performance of the concerto as Kremer/Argerich/Orpheus on DG this reading holds up, and indeed the recorded balances are superior.”—FANFARE, November/2000 |
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“Canadian music from the 70s through the 90s. What a gas. Great music and great players. Folks in the USA don’t know what they’ve been missing! T.O.C. says Check it out!!”—T.O.C. |
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String Time
Canadian Chamber Music
The Penderecki String Quartet
Tanya Prochazka, cello
Jennifer Bustin, violin
Roger Admiral, piano
David Wall In medias res for string quartet (1991)
Linda Catlin Smith, As You Pass a Reflective Surface (1991) String Quartet)
Alfred Joel Fisher, In Darkness for solo cello
Keith Hamel, Each Life Converges To Some Centre… (1992) violin and piano
Alice Ho, Caprice for solo cello (1994)
Ron Hanna, String Quartet (1973)
Piotr Grella-Mozejko, Strumienie snu for string quartet (1995) |
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The Canadian Guitar Quartet, portrait 1
Philip Candelaria, Denis Donegani, Patrick Roux, Louis Trépanier
Patrick Roux, Les scènes de quartier
Carnaval
Le vieux carrousel
Les rues mal-famées
Alla Piazzolla
Ritmato
Tranquillo
Fugato
Johann Rosenmüller
Sonata in A minor/Grave-Allegro-Adagio_Allegro-Adagio
Largo,
Adagio
Adagio
Largo
Johannes Brahms
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T.O.C. says “Damn these guys are good. I’ve known The Romeros for over 35 years. Their quartet recordings are the standard every guitar quartet must live up to. The Canadian Guitar Quartet reaches their heights. To match the Romeros they will have to keep it up for another 20 years of recordings in this class, but what a great start! |
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"…This is absolute music…I would certainly buy tickets to hear these musicians play these pieces. This is excellent, evocative music, superbly performed and recorded.", "…the disc is so outstanding as to earn the covedted "strongly recommended."—FANFARE-May 2001 |
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