Victorian Parlour Evening
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Composer: F. Edward BacheComposer: Michael William Balfe
Composer: John Blockley
Composer: Hart Pease Danks
Composer: Fred Gilbert
Composer: Carl Heins
Composer: Jules Massenet
Composer: James Lyman Molloy
Composer: Brinley Richards
Composer: Louis Spohr
Composer: Arthur Sullivan
Composer: Francis Thome
Composer: Paolo Tosti
Composer: Irish Traditional
Composer: Scottish Traditional
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2000-07-25
Music Label: Griffin (Qualiton)
Soundtracks:
- Rondoletto - Spohr
- I Dreamt That I Dwelt in Marble Halls
- Come into the Garden, Maud - Balfe, M.W.
- Prithee, Pretty Maiden
- Londonderry Air - Traditional
- Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes
- Slumber Song: The Widow to Her Child - Heins
- The Arab's Farewell to His Favourite Steed - Blockley, John
- Let Me Dream Again - Sullivan, Sir Arthu
- Silver Threads Among the Gold - Danks, H.P
- Simple Aveu (Romance Sans Paroles) - Thome, F
- The Man That Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo - Gilbert, Fred
- Warblings at Eve - Richards, Brinley
- Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charmes - Traditional
- A Young Girl's Prayer - Bache, F Edward
- Comin' Through the Rye - Traditional
- La Mia Canzone - Tosti, F Paolo
- Meditation - Massenet, Jules
- Love's Old Sweet Song - Malloy, James Lyman
Music reviews of Victorian Parlour Evening
Music Review: Excellent program selection, but overblown performances
Rating: 2 Stars
This was a disapointment. After reading the list of songs included, I looked forward to hearing this CD. The instrumentalists are wonderful in interpretation and presentation, but the vocalists, though technically very good, seem overblown for these songs. Their performances border on the operatic, with just not the right amount of nuance for the repertoire. The soprano fares better than the male voices, but when there is a duet, they never seem to truly blend, but just compete with one another. I remember the great period recordings of Joan Morris and William Bolcolm, some of which are still available on CD(including a relatively new one- see Amazon for title and details), and this CD, though well-intentioned, never approaches that level of sophistication and purity of performance.
General CDs
- Styles > Classical
- Chamber Music > General
- Featured Composers, A-Z > ( M ) > Massenet, Jules
- Moore, Thomas
- ( S ) > Spohr, Ludwig
- Sullivan, Arthur
- Forms & Genres > Concertos > General
- Rondos
- Historical Periods > Classical (c.1770-1830) > Forms & Genres > Chamber Music
- General
- Romantic (c.1820-1910) > Forms & Genres > Chamber Music
- Vocal & Song
- Instruments > Strings > Violin
- Opera & Vocal > General
- Languages > English
- Operettas
- Vocal Non-Opera > Songs & Lieder > Folk Songs
- Folk > General
- Pop > Easy Listening > General
- Massenet, Jules - Works by Massenet
- Moore, Thomas - Works by Moore
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