Erich Wolgang Korngold - The Film Music

Erich Wolfgang KORNGOLD (1897-1957)

Film Music

The Sea Wolf - film music (1941) plus trailer

The Adventures of Robin Hood suite from film music (1938) 

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Rumon Gamba

rec. Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester; 1, 3 Sept 2004.

 

Philip Wilby - An English Passion according to Saint Matthew

Philip WILBY (b. 1949)

God’s Grandeur (2017) 

The Knaresborough Service (2014) 

An English Passion according to Saint Matthew (2018) 

Mhairi Lawson (soprano) 

Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano) 

Thomas Elwin (Jesus - tenor) 

Sean Boylan (Judas & Pilate – baritone) 

Ben McAteer (Peter – baritone)

Jack Wilson (organ)

David Leigh (chamber organ)

Belfast Cathedral Choir

Matthew Owens

rec. June 2021, Belfast Cathedral, UK

Malcolm Arnold - Symphonies Nos. 7, 8 & 9; Oboe Concerto

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)

Symphonies: 7 (Op.113), 8 (Op. 124), 9 (Op. 128)

Concerto for Oboe and Strings (Op. 39)

Jennifer Galloway (oboe) 

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Rumon Gamba

recorded Studio 7, NBH Manchester, Jan. 2001

Franz Schmidt - Symphony No.2; Fuga Solemnis

Franz SCHMIDT (1874-1939)

Symphony No.2 in E flat major (1911-13)

Fuga Solemnis for organ, sixteen wind instruments and percussion (1937)8

 

Anders Johnsson (organ)*

Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Vassily Sinaisky

rec. May-June 2007 (Symphony), Malmö Concert Hall; August 2007 (Fuga Solemnis) St. Petri Church, Malmö

Fazil Say - Complete Violin Works

Fazıl SAY (b. 1970)

Complete Violin Works

Violin Sonata No. 2, "Kaz Dağları" (Mount Ida), Op. 82

Cleopatra, Op. 34

Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 7

Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 25, "1001 Nights in the Harem"

Friedemann Eichhorn (violin)

Fazıl Say (piano)

Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern

Christoph Eschenbach

Recorded: 25 November 2019 tr. 1-3, 23–24 tr. 5-9, 24 tr. 4 April 2019 and 18–19 February 2019

tr. 10-13 ath the Großer Sendesaal, Saarländischer Rundfunk, Saarbrücken, Germany

 

Kurt Weill Edition Vol. 2 (5 CDs)

Kurt WEILL (1900-1950)

Kurt Weill Edition Vol.2

The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagony 

The Tsar has his Photograph Taken

Der Kuhhandel

Happy End

Anja Silja

Anny Schlemm  

König-Ensemble  

WDR Rundfunkorchester

Jan Latham-König

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CDs 1 and 2

Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (1930) 

Anny Schlemm (Widow Begbick), Thomas Lehrberger (Fatty), Klaus Hirte (Trinity Moses), Anja Silja (Jenny), Wolfgang Neumann (Jimmy), Frederic Mayer (Jakob Schmidt, Toby Higgins), Paul Wolfrum (Bill), Hans Franzen (Joe), Pro Musica Vocal Ensemble of Köln State High School for Music, WDR Radio Orchestra Köln/Jan Latham-König

rec. WDR Funkhaus Studio 1, Cologne, June 1985

CD3

Der Zar lässt sich photographieren (1928) 

Barry McDaniel (Tsar), Carla Pohl (Angèle), Thomas Lehrberger (Assistant), Ulla Tocha (Boy), Marita Napier (False Angèle), Heinz Kruse (False Assistant), Hilke Helling (False Boy), Mario Brell (Leader), Hans Franzen (Equerry), 

Köln Radio Choir, WDR Radio Orchestra Köln/Jan Latham-König

rec. WDR Funkhaus Studio 1, Cologne, November 1984

CD4

Der Kuhhandel (1935)

Lucy Peacock (Juanita), Eberhard Büchner (Juan), Christian Schotenröhr (Mr Jones), Walter Raffeiner (Mendez), Udo Holdorf (Ximenez), Oskar Hillebrandt (Conchas), Darius Nieminowicz (Emilio), Ingeborg Most (Juan’s mother), Frederic Mayer (Bailiff), Renate Zimmermann (Odette), Regina Röttger (Maiden), Franz Gerihausen (Minister), Heinz Heidbüchel (Mayor), José Wagner (Rector), Köln Radio Choir, WDR Radio Orchestra Köln/Jan Latham-König

rec. Studio Stolberger Strasse, Cologne, 1990

CD5

Happy End (1929) 

Gabriele Ramm (Lilian), Walter Raffeiner (Bill, Hannibal), Karin Ploog (Woman in grey), Steven Kimbrough (Sam, Speaker), Lutz Göhnemeier (Narrator), Pro Musica Vocal Ensemble of Köln State High School for Music, König Ensemble/Jan Latham-König

rec. Studio Stohlberger Strasse, Cologne, October 1988

Bedrich Smetana - Czech Dances & On the seashore

Bedřich SMETANA (1824-1884)

Czech Dances & On the seashore

České tance I 'Czech Dances' JB 1:107

České tance II 'Czech Dances' JB 1:114

Na břehu mořském – Vzpomínka 'On the seashore – A reminiscence' JB 1:80

Garrick Ohlsson (piano)

Recorded January 2015, Henry Wood Hall, London, United Kingdom

Benjamin Godard - The Complete String Quartets

Benjamin GODARD (1849-1895)

The Complete String Quartets

String Quartet No. 1, Op. 33 (1876) 

String Quartet No. 2, Op. 37 (1877) 

String Quartet No. 3, Op. 136 (1892) 

Quatuor Élysée

recorded. 2014, Rennes Conservatoire, France

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Willow-Wood; The Sons of Light; Toward the Unknown Region

Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1873-1958)

Toward the Unknown Region (1907) 

Willow-Wood (1909) *

The Voice of the Whirlwind (1947)

Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus (1939)

The Sons of Light (1951) 

 

Roderick Williams (baritone)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra

David Lloyd-Jones

* World Premier recording

rec. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, 20 Feb, 8 May 2005. 

Max Von Schillings - Violin Concerto; Moloch; King Oedipus

Max von SCHILLINGS (1868-1933)

Violin Concerto, Op 25*

Symphonic Prologue to the Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophocles, Op 11 (Symphonischer Prolog zu Sophokles’ “König Oedipus”)

Harvest Festival (from Moloch)

Erno Rozsa (Violin)*

Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice

Alfred Walter

 Recorded at the House of Arts in Košice, from 9th to 12th April, 1990.

Malcolm Arnold - Symphonies Nos.5 & 6

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)

Symphony No. 5 Op.74 (1961) 

Symphony No. 6 Op.95 (1968)

London Symphony Orchestra

Richard Hickox

Recorded February 6-7, 1995

Henri Dutilleux - D’Ombre et de silence - Complete Piano Music

Henri DUTILLEUX (1916-2013)

D’Ombre et de silence - Complete Piano Music:

Petit air à dormir debout (1981) 

Sonate (1946-48) 

from Au gré des ondes (1946): I. Prélude en berceuse; III. Improvisation 

Blackbird (1950)

Tous les chemins … mènent à Rome (1961)

Résonances (1965)

Figures de résonances (1970/76) pour deux pianos I-IV*

Mini-prélude en éventail (1987)

Préludes: I. D'ombre et de silence (1973); II. Sur un même accord (1977); III. Le jeu des contraires (1988) 

Bergerie (1946) 

Au gré des ondes (1946): I. Prélude en berceuse; II. Claquettes; III. Improvisation; IV. Mouvement perpetuel; V. Hommage à Bach; VI. Étude 

Robert Levin (piano); Ya-Fei Chuang* (piano)

rec. December 2008, Radio Svizzera, Lugano

  

Eyvind Alnaes - Piano Concerto & Symphony

Eyvind ALNAES (1872-1932)

Symphony in C minor, Op 7 (1897) 

Piano Concerto in D major, Op 27 (1915)

Håvard Gimse (Piano)

Oslo Philharmonic

Elvind Aadland

rec. 2016

Florent Schmitt - La Tragédie de Salomé; Chant Elégiaque

Florent SCHMITT (1870-1958)

La Tragédie de Salomé Op 50 (1907)

Chant Elégiaque, Op 24 (1911)

Ambur Braid (Soprano)

Philipp Staemmler (Cello)

Frankfurt Radio Symphony

 Alain Altinoglu

rec. 2021/22, HR-Sendesaal, Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, Germany

Sofia Gubaidulina - Triple Concerto; Sonata for Violin and Piano "Rejoice!"

Sofia GUBAIDULINA (1931-2025)

Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello and Bayan (2017)

Sonata for Violin and Cello “Freue dich!” (Rejoice!) (1981)

Baiba Skride (violin)

Harriet Krijgh (cello)

Elsbeth Moser (bayan)

NDR Radiophilharmonie

Andrew Manze

rec. live, 19-20 April 2018, Großer Sendesaal des NDR Landesfunkhauses Niedersachsen RBB, Germany (Concerto); 2022, Saal 3, Haus des Rundfunks Berlin, Germany (Sonata)

Hector Berlioz - Harold in Italy; La Mort de Cléopâtre

Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869)

Harold In Italy, Op. 16 (Harold En Italie)

La Mort De Cléopâtre, Scène Lyrique (Text: P. A. Vieillard)*

William Lincer (viola))

Jennie Tourel (mezzo-soprano)*

New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Leonard Bernstein

Recorded at Manhattan Center, New York, October 9* and 23 1961

released on CD 1999

Michael Haydn - Die Ährenleserin (Singspiel); Kantate Ninfe inbelli

Michael HAYDN (1736-1807)

Die Ährenleserin (Singspiel) MH 493 (1778)

Kantate Ninfe inbelli MH 73 (1765)

Monika Mauch

Jakob Mitterrutzner

Sascha Zarrabi

Marianna Herzig

Christian Havel

Jole de Baerdemaeker

Katharina Böhme

Maria Ladurner

Salzburger Hofmusik

Wolfgang Brunner

Malcolm Arnold - Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)

Symphony No. 3 Op.63 (1954-57) 

Symphony No. 4 Op.71 (1960)

London Symphony Orchestra

Richard Hickox 

Recorded in All Saints' Church, Tooting, London, November 22-23, 1993.

Mozart - The Complete Masses Vol. 2

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART  (1756-1791)

Mass in C minor, K. 427 ‘Great’ (1782), ed. Franz Beyer (1989)

Missa brevis in C major, K. 258 ‘Spaur’ (c. 1775-1777) 

Katharina Konradi (soprano)

Sarah Romberger (mezzo-soprano)

Martin Mitterrutzner (tenor)

Mikhail Timoschenko (bass)

Cologne Radio Choir

Cologne Chamber Orchestra

Christoph Poppen

rec. 2021, Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Cologne, Germany

James MacMillian - String Quartets

James MacMILLIAN (b.1959)

String Quartet No. 1 (Visions of a November Spring)(1988, Rvised 1991)

String Quartet No. 2 (Why is this night different?)(1998)

String Quartet No. 3 (2007)

Royal String Quartet

Michał Pepol (Cello)

Marek Czech (Viola)

Izabella Szałaj Zimak (Violin I)

Elwira Przybyłowska (Violin II)

Recorded in Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, on 13-15 July 2017