Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions

Classical Recordings Quarterly is proud to announce the fifth release of Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions. This specialist label, available only through CRQ, is devoted to the release on CD of unusual out-of-copyright recordings. Releases for Winter 2011 / 2012 are:

Wagner: Parsifal: extended extracts: Act I, from ‘Ich wähne’ to end (66’); Act II, complete (57’)
Kirsten Flagstad, Franz Lechleitner, Sigurd Björling, Otakar Kraus, Ludwig Weber, Michael Langdon
Chorus and Orchestra of the Covent Garden Opera Company / Karl Rankl
Recording of parts of the broadcast performance of 22nd June 1951
At last the opportunity to reassess Karl Rankl and the early Covent Garden Opera Company on the basis of extended performance extracts  – and you won’t be disappointed!
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ CD 020/21 (2 CDs)

Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult
The Miller International stereo recording made in 1959
Continuing our series of Boult’s long-lost Miller International recordings: is this his best Brahms 1?
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ CD 22 (1CD)

Schumann: Fantasia, Op. 17; Carnaval, Op. 9
Annie Fischer (piano)
First issued in the United Kingdom by Columbia (EMI) in 1959
One of the very greatest of Annie Fischer’s recordings: unforgettable Schumann played with real passion
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ CD 23 (1CD)

Riccardo Odnoposoff plays virtuoso violin showpieces
Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso; Havanaise; Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen; Chausson: Poème (all with Radio Geneva Symphony Orchestra/ Gianfranco Rivoli); Paganini: La Campanella (with Utrecht Symphony Orchestra / Paul Hupperts); Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 (with Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra / Walter Goehr)
The Concert Hall recordings of 1953 (Hilversum) and 1955 (Geneva)
Violin virtuosity takes on a new meaning in these legendary recordings: Bruch with bite!
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ CD 24 (1CD)

Gounod: Faust (excerpts)
Renée Doria, Françoise Louvay, Alain Vanzo, Robert Massard, Adrien Legros
Chorus and Orchestra / Jésus Etcheverry
The Véga recording of 1958
The grandest of grand operas superbly performed by the last great exponents of French operatic style
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ CD 25 (1CD)

New Year’s Day Concert
Johann Strauss I, Johann Strauss II and Josef Strauss: Marches, Polkas and Waltzes
Philharmonic Orchestra of Târgu Mureş, Romania / Kurt Wöss
The Electrecord stereo recording of 1980
One of the finest of Viennese conductors leads a highly enjoyable concert of Strauss  favourites in excellent sound– an ideal way to see in 2012!
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ CD 26 (1CD)

Special offers (sent under separate cover):

Buy any release this month and receive, with the compliments of the Stauffer Foundation of Italy, a 2 CD set of Alexander Brailowsky playing the complete Chopin Preludes and Nocturnes, the RCA recordings of 1951-1959 (no charge, postage and packing £5)

Urania Records Inc. – the complete opera recordings on a DVD-ROM in mp3 format (see article in the Autumn issue, no charge, postage and packing £5)

Also still available:

CRQ CD001 Verdi: Ernani (abridged) / Molajoli

CRQ CD002 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, Pathétique / Boult

CRQ CD003 Homage to Mogens Wöldike (J. C. Bach; Haydn; Mozart; Dittersdorf)

CRQ CD004-5 Verdi: Macbeth / Goldschmidt

CRQ CD006 Busoni: Fantasia Contrapuntistica; Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude: Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ / Brendel

CRQ CD007 Weber: Euryanthe Overture; Schubert: Symphony No. 8, Unfinished; Liszt: Les préludes / Schwarz

CRQ CD008/09 Berg: Wozzeck / E. Kleiber; Violin Concerto / Ferras, Schmidt-Isserstedt

CRQ CD010 Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Gieseking, Rosbaud

CRQ CD011 Boyce: Eight Little Symphonies / Haas

CRQ CD012 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 / Boult

CRQ CD013/015 Mozart: Six ‘Haydn’ String Quartets / Barchet Quartet

CRQ CD016/17 Giordano: Andrea Chénier / Tausky (in English)

CRQ CD018 Chausson: Symphony; Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande; Debussy: Petite Suite / Fournet

CRQ CD 019 Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt recital / Kentner

Each issue costs £7 per CD, including postage, and is available by mail order / internet only. Please order either by post, with cheque payable to “CRQ Editions”, to:
CRQ Editions
39 Banner Cross Road
Sheffield
South Yorks
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