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On Concertzender this week and available to download for a couple of years:

Programmamaker/presentator Thijs Bonger gaat verder met zijn speurtocht door de muziekgeschiedenis, op jacht naar piano-etudes. Een uur vol pianomuziek die je zelden of nooit hoort. We zijn alweer toe aan deel XIX, waarin we op reis gaan naar het 19e eeuwse Italië, naar Bologna om precies te zijn. Stefano Golinelli(1818-1891) draaide heel aardig mee in het circus van de klavierleeuwen die rond 1850 heel Europa afschuimden. Schumann noemde hem 'een onverwacht levensteken uit operaland Italië'.

[Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki]

There's some interesting items on Polish Radio Dworka this Saturday night:

Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki Uwertura do baśni,,Duch ponurych wysp", wyk. Polska Orkiestra Radiowa, dyr. Maciej Żółtowski;

Stanisław Moniuszko Fragmenty opery ,,Halka" (libretto: Włodzimierz Wolski), wyk. Halina Słoniowska – sopran, Bogdan Paprocki – tenor, Andrzej Hiolski – baryton, Barbara Nieman – sopran, Kazimierz Pustelak, Jan Góralski i Lesław Pawluk – tenory, Edmund Kossowski i Edward Pawlak – basy, Chór i Orkiestra Teatru Wielkiego w Warszawie, dyr. Zdzisław Górzyński;

Zygmunt Noskowski Muzyka baletowa z opery ,,Chata za wsią", wyk. Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia, dyr. Mirosław Błaszczyk;

Stanisław Moniuszko Aria Franka z opery ,,Flis" oraz Scena i Aria Stefana z III aktu opery ,,Straszny Dwór", wyk. Piotr Beczała – tenor, Polska Orkiestra Radiowa,  dyr. Łukasz Borowicz; Eugeniusz Morawski Fragmenty baletu ,,Świtezianka", wyk. Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia, dyr. Andrzej Straszyński;

Ludomir Różycki, libretto: Jerzy Żuławski Fragmenty opery ,,Eros i Psyche", wyk. Krystyna Jamroz – sopran. Bogdan Paprocki – tenor,  Krystyna Szczepańska i Pola Lipińska – mezzosoprany, Kazimierz Dłucha – tenor, Jerzy Artysz, Jerzy Kulesza i Eugeniusz Banaszczyk – barytony, Edmund Kossowski - bas, Chór i Orkiestra Polskiego Radia i TV w Krakowie, dyr. Antoni Wicherek;

Ludomir Różycki Suita z baletu ,,Pan Twardowski" op. 45, wyk. Narodowa  Orkiestra  Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia w Katowicach, dyr. Tadeusz Wojciechowski;

Tadeusz Szeligowski, libretto Roman Brandstaetter Fragmenty opery ,,Bunt żaków", wyk. Leonard Mróz – bas, Kazimierz Pustelak – tenor, Sławomir Jurczak – baryton, Adrian Milewski – bas, Józef Frankstein – bas, Piotr Kusiewicz – tenor, Warszawska Filharmonia Radiowa, dyr. Mieczysław Nowakowski;

Artur Malawski Wierchy balet pantomima, wyk. Bożena Harasimowicz-Haas – sopran, Ryszard Minkiewicz – tenor, Marcin Bronikowski – baryton, Chór Polskiego Radia w Krakowie, Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna  Polskiego Radia, dyr. Tadeusz Wojciechowski

15:00 - 16:00 Concertzender live!

Portret van de Russische componist Nicolai Ivanovitsj Zaremba (1821-1879). Een opname d.d. 25 januari 2012 gemaakt in de Sweelinckzaal van het Conservatorium van Amsterdam.

1. Zeven pianowerken.
Ivan Alexandrov, piano.

2. Strijkkwartet.
Fenrych Kwartet.


Today on Conzertzender.

Tonight on HR2 German Radio

Opéra: Konzert aus Frankfurt mit Mitgliedern des Museumsorchesters
Ruth Ziesak, Sopran / Katharina Magiera, Alt / Jörg Dürmüller, Tenor / Johannes Martin Kränzle, Bariton
Kammerchor Hofheim
Leitung: Hans-Georg Dechange
Franz Messer: Zwei Ouvertüren • Mendelssohn: Die erste Walpurgisnacht op. 60 • Mendelssohn: Fragment "Loreley" • Mendelssohn: Konzertarie "Infelice" op. 94

I know nothing about Franz Messer save his interesting dates: 1811 - 1860.

Just got a couple of CDs of chamber music by J-E Bonnal and am eager to hear :

"POEMES FRANCISCAINS"
pour soli, choeur et orchestre,
sur des poèmes de Francis Jammes,
a été enregistré (non commercialisé) par
l'Orchestre et les choeurs de la BBC
sous la direction de John Poole
et diffusé 2 fois sur BBC3 en mars 1999.

Has anyone a copy of this broadcast?

Here's another goodie!

Reissiger: Three Sonatas / Carlo Jans, Daniel Blumenthal
CD / Pavane / 1997-08-10
PVN 7392


Works: Reissiger, Karl Gottlieb : Sonata for Violin and Piano in B minor, Op. 45; Reissiger, Karl Gottlieb : Sonata Brillante for Violin and Piano, Op. 185; Reissiger, Karl Gottlieb : Grande Sonata for Violin and Piano in B minor, Op. 190...

Here's an exciting new release from MD & G:

Klughardt: Piano & String Quintet
Leipziger Streichquartett, Julian Steckel, Olga Gollej

Tonight ( Saturday) Czech Radio - Vltava is broadcasting what appears to be two very rare Czech romantic operas by Sebor & Rozkosky.

How exciting is that!

Did anyone manage to download last night's broadcast on Belgian Radio of Cesar Franck's opera "Stradella"?

My computer froze during the 3rd Act, though I managed to salvage the first two acts of this 1844 juvenalia, written when the composer was 15.

Speaking of young composers, I don't suppose that anyone has anything else but the overture of Arriaga's " Los Escavos Felices"?

Rozycki's Pieta was broadcast on Polish Radio on Saturday.

I missed it by 10 minutes. Did anyone record it?

P.S. Love the new UC format! Well done, you guys!

What a treat! The new CPO recording of Worysch Symphony No.2 Op.60.

I've got No.1 somewhere ... must dig it out!

Rare romantic operas on DVD! Another dream come true! Superb! More PLEASE...

Nicolai Zaremba was Tchaikovsky's mentor.

Not a prolific composer nor a particularly gifted one according to Wikipaedia.

On 1 May, Dutch Radio Concertzender presented an hour long broadcast promotong a new CD of Zaremba's music.

Apparently there is a new CD released of Zaremba's music by Thijs Bonger.

Tonight on Polish Radio ( Dworka): Karol Szymanowski's operetta from 1907: Lottery for Husbands

Would it be feasible to have a Trading Section on the UC site where members can buy or sell LPs and CDs?

As an example, my collection is far too esoteric to appeal to most E-Bay users, but many of my recordings would doubtless appeal to UC collectors.

All trades to be conducted on a personal basis without the need for UC to get involved with money transactions , with perhaps
a percentage of each sale to be donated to the UC Website on an honour basis.

Many of us know the somewhat apocryphal story of Silas G Pratt's greeting to Wagner when they met in in America: " I understand , Sir, that you are known as the Silas G Pratt of Germany!", but what do we know of this modest, shrinking violet's music?

Just downloaded an hour-long opera from a BBC broadcast of 1967: The Lake of Menteith by Harold Noble.

A web search has yielded nothing.

Can Albion, or any other knowledgeable Anglophile, enlighten me as to the life & times of  the composer and this rather lovely opera?

Like a surprising number of composers, Arthur Goring Thomas met his untimely end under a train.

Does anyone have a recording of his cantata: The Swan & the Skylark.

It was recorded from a concert given in New York several years ago along with some songs and duets.

I had contacted Richard Slade, the tenor who organised the concert, in the hope of obtaining a recording, but (alas) to no avail