Niels Gade - Complete Symphonies Vo.4 (Nos.1 & 5)

Niels Wilhelm GADE (1817 – 1890)

Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op.5 (1842)

Symphony No. 5 in D minor Op.25 (1852)

 

Ronald Brautigam (piano)

Danish National Symphony Orchestra

Christopher Hogwood

Recorded at Danish Radio Concert Hall, Copenhagen, November 2001

Giuseppe Verdi - Messa da Requiem; Quattro Pezzi Sacri

Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901)

Messa da Requiem (1874)

Leontyne Price (soprano)

Rosalind Elias (mezzo-soprano) 

Jussi Bjorling (tenor) 

Giorgi Tozzi (bass)

Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 

Fritz Reiner 

Quattro Pezzi Sacri (1898)

Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano)

Los Angeles Master Chorale Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Zubin Mehta

Niels Gade - Complete Symphonies Vol.3 (Nos.3 & 6; Echoes of Ossian)

Niels Wilhelm GADE (1817-1890)

Symphonies, Volume 3

Overture "Echoes of Ossian" Op. 1

Symphony No.3 Op. 15 in A minor

Symphony No.6, Op. 32 in G minor

Discarded Movement from Symphony No.3

Danish National Symphony Orchestra

Christopher Hogwood

Recorded at Danish Radio Concert Hall, Copenhagen; 10 April 2001 (Echoes of Ossian), 

17 & 18 August 2001 (Symphony No. 3, incl. discarded first movement), 

14 & 19 November 2001 (Symphony No. 6)

Jose Arriola - Orchestral Music

José ARRIOLA (1895-1954)

Concertino for Piano and Orchestra 

Divertimento concertante for 2 pianos and orchestra 

Extracts from Seis poesias de Antonio Machado 

Tres textos cervantinos

Concerto for Horn and Orchestra 

Joaquin Soriano, Victor & Luis del Valle (pianos)

Javier Franc (baritone)

Carmen Duran (soprano)

Ainhoa Zubillaga (alto)

Francisco Santiago (tenor)

David Fernandez Alonso (horn)

Real Filharmonia de Galicia

Maximino Zumalave

Recording: between March 2010 and May 2011, Auditorio de Galicia, Spain

Astor Piazzolla - Bandoneon Concerto "Aconcagua"; Tangazo; Adios Nonino

Astor PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992) 

Aconcagua, Concerto for bandoneon, strings and timpani 

Tangazo, Variations on Buenos Aires

Oblivion

Meditango 

Adios Nonino 

Bandoneon

Zita

Filippo Arlia (piano)

Cesare Chiacchiaretta (bandoneon)

Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria

Filippo Arlia

Recorded: 9-12 September 2021 at Colonia S.Benedetto, Cetraro (CS) Ital

Reynaldo Hahn - Le Rossignol Éperdu

Renaldo HAHN (1874-1947)

Le Rossignol Éperdu (1899-1910)

53 Poems for Piano

Earl Wild (piano)

I. PREMIÈRE SUITE : 1. Frontispice – 2. Andromède résignée – 3. Douloureuse rêverie dans un bois de sapins – 4. Le bouquet de pensées – 5. Soleil d’automne – 6. Gretchen – 7. Les deux écharpes – 8. Liebe ! Liebe ! – 9. Eros caché dans les bois – 10. La fausse indifférence – 11. Chanson de midi – 12. Antiochus – 13. Nevermore – 14. Portrait – 15. L’enfant au perroquet – 16. Les rêveries du prince Églantine – 17. Ivresse – 18. L’arôme suprême – 19. Berceuse féroce – 20. Passante – 21. La danse de l’amour et de l’ennui – 22. Ouranos – 23. Les héliotropes du Clos-André – 24. Effet de nuit sur la Seine – 25. Per i piccoli canali – 26. Mirage – 27. La danse de l’amour et du danger – 28. Matinée parisienne – 29. Chérubin tragique – 30. Les chênes enlacés.

II. ORIENT : 31. En caïque – 32. Narghilé – 33. Les chiens de Galata – 34. Rêverie nocturne sur le Bosphore – 35. La rose de Blida – 36. L’oasis.

III. CARNET DE VOYAGE : 37. L’ange verrier – 38. Le jardin de Pétrarque – 39. La Nativité – 40. Faunesse dansante – 41. Les noces du duc de Joyeuse – 42. Le petit mail – 43. Les pages d’Elisabeth – 44. La jeunesse et l’été ornent de fleurs le tombeau de Pergolèse – 45. Vieux bahuts.

IV. VERSAILLES : 46. Hommage à Martius – 47. La reine au jardin – 48. Le réveil de Flore – 49. Le banc songeur – 50. La fête de Terpsichore – 51. Adieux au soir tombant – 52. Hivernale – 53. Le pèlerinage inutile.

Edward Elgar - From the Bavarian Highlands & other Choral Works

Edward ELGAR (1857-1934)

From the Bavarian Highlands, Op. 27

O salutaris Hostia No. 1 in E-Flat Major

O salutaris Hostia No. 2 in E-Flat Major

O salutaris Hostia No. 3 in F Major

Tantum Ergo in D major (incomplete)

Ecce Sacerdos Magnus

The Light of Life, Op. 29 'Lux Christi'

Frank Wibaut (piano)

Harry Bramma (organ)

Worcester Cathedral Choir

Christopher Robinson

Released: 1977 & 2003

Harrison Birtwistle - Angel Fighter; In Broken Images; Virelai (sus une fontayne)

Harrison BIRTWISTLE (1934-2022)

Angel Fighter * (2009) (1)

In Broken Images (2011-2012) (2)

Virelai (sus une fontayne) (2008) (3)

* Alan Watts (Angel), countertenor

* Jeffrey Lloyd Roberts (Jacob), tenor

* BBC Singers

London Sinfonietta

David Atherton

(1) Recorded: 20 August 2011 at Cadogan Hall, London, UK

(2) Recorded: 24 May 2012 at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK

(3) Recorded: 5 December 2014 at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK

Knudage Riisager - The Symphonic Edition Vol. 3

Knudåge RIISAGER (1897-1974)

The Symphonic Edition - Vol. 3

Summer Rhapsody (on Danish Folk Melodies), op.43 (1943) 

Sinfonia Concertante, for strings, op.34 (1937)

Sinfonia Gaia (Symphony no.4), op.38 (1939-40)

Sinfonia Serena (Symphony no.5), for strings and timpani, op.52 (1949-50) 

Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

Bo Holten

Recorded: Musikhuset, Aarhus, Denmark, 10-14 September 2012; 19-20 November 2012 (Concertante).

Anthony Louis Scarmolin - Orchestral Works

Anthony Louis SCARMOLIN (1890-1969) 

Orchestral Works (1919-1964)  

The Caliph - Dance (1948) *

Three Miniatures (1920) *

Three Preludes (1995)

The Sunlit Pool (1951)

Invocation (1947)

Variations on a Folk Song (1953)

Arioso for strings (1953)

Concert Piece for trumpet and strings (1962)

Prelude (1964) *

*Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

Joel Eric Suben 

Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra 

Joel Eric Suben  

Recorded 7, 8 & 10 February 1996 at Haviřov Civic Centre, Czech Republic, and 5-8 & 22 September 1995 at the Concert Hall of the Slovak Radio Bratislava

Per Norgard - Songs

Per NORGARD (1932-2025)

Songs:

Det abne Op.2 (1952-55)

Six Songs Op.14 (1956-7)

Fred (1955) 

Landskabsbillede (1961)

Golgotha (1962)

Tue Bentsons viser Op.27 (1960)

Du skal plante et tra (1967)

Aret (1976)

Himmelfaden (1985)

Stjernespejl (1987) 

3 Magdalene-sange (1991)

 

Lars Thodberg Bertelsen (baritone)

Per Norgard (piano)

Recorded in DR Radio House Studio 2 May/November 2000 

Andres Segovia - 1950's American Recordings, Vol. 3

Andres SEGOVIA (1893-1987)

1950s American Recordings, Vol. 3

Jean-Delphin ALARD (1815-1888): Ten Artistic Studies for Violin, Op. 19: No. 2: Study in A 

(arr. Tárrega)

Francisco TÁRREGA (1852-1909):

Marieta (Mazurka)

Preludio No. 5

Preludio No. 2

María (Gavota)

Mazurka in G

Adelita (Mazurka)

Capricho árabe

Recuerdos de la Alhambra

Isaac ALBÉNIZ (1860-1909): 

Suite española, Op. 47: No. 5: Asturias (Leyenda)

Julian AGUIRRE (1868-1924): 

Canción

Joaquin MALATS (1872-1912): 

Serenata española

Manuel PONCE (1882-1948): 

Preludes:

No. VI

No. VII

No. IX

No. I

No. III

No. IV

Tres canciones populares mexicanas: Mexican Folksong No. 3: La Valentina

Thème varié et Finale

Sonata III

from Four Pieces: Mazurka, Valse

Oscar ESPLÁ (1886-1976):

Levantine Impressions, Nos 2 & 5

All selections recorded in New York

George Crumb - Madrigals Books I-IV; Makrokosmos III

George CRUMB (1929-2022)

Madrigals, Books I-IV for soprano and instrumental ensemble

(Text: Federico Garcia Lorca), Books I-IV (1965-1969) *

Music For A Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III) for two

amplified pianos and percussion (1974)**

Double Bass [Musica Varia] – Robert Röjder *

Ensemble – Musica Varia*

Flute [Musica Varia] – Ulf Bergström*

Harp [Musica Varia] – Åsa Lännerholm*

Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Musica Varia] – Anne-Marie Mühle*

Percussion [Musica Varia] – Seppo Asikainen*

Percussion – Rainer Kuisma, Seppo Asikainen**

Piano – Barbro Dahlman, Ingrid Lindgren**

Recorded: 1983, Swedish Radio, Stockholm.

Georges Bizet - Les Pêcheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fishers)

Georges BIZET (1838–1875)

Les Pêcheurs de Perles - Opera in three acts (1863)

 

Leila – Annick Massis

Nadir – Yasuharu Nakajima

Zurga – Luca Grassi

Nourabad – Luigi De Donato

Orchestra & Chorus: Teatro La Fenice di Venezia

Marcello Viotti

Recorded live:Teatro Malibran, Venice, April 2004

Max Reger - Four Tone Poems after Arnold Böcklin; Variations and Fugue on a Theme by J.S.Bach

Max REGER (1873-1916)

Variations and Fugue on a Theme by J.S.Bach, Op.81 (1904) (arr. I. Levin, 2015) 

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

O Mensch, bewein’ dein’ Sünde gross, BWV 622 (1708-1717) (arr. Reger, 1915)

Max REGER

Four Tone Poems after Arnold Böcklin, Op.128 (1913)

Klaudyna Schulze-Broniewska (violin)

Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester

Ira Levin

Recorded: 2016, Konzerhalle ‘Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach’, Frankfurt

Nicolae Bretan - Luceafarul (The Evening Star)

Nicolae BRETAN (1887–1968)

Luceafărul (The Evening Star) - Opera in One Act, Prologue and Epilogue (1921)

Ionel Voineag (tenor) – The Evening Star; 

Bálint Szabó (bass) – Michael the Archangel; 

Elena Casian (mezzo) – The Lady-in-Waiting; 

Adriana Croitoru (soprano) – The King’s Daughter; 

Marius Budoiu (tenor) – The Mariner; 

Ioan Pojar (tenor) – The Page; Chorus,

 

Philharmonic Orchestra Transilvania, Cluj

Béla Hary

Recorded: September 1994, Cluj, Romania

Joan Tower - Strike Zones; Still/Rapids; Small; Ivory and Ebony

Joan TOWER (b.1938)

Strike Zones (2001)

Small (2016)

Still/Rapids

I. Still (2013)

II. Rapids (1996) 

Ivory and Ebony (2009)

Evelyn Glennie (percussion)

Blair McMillen (piano)

Albany Symphony Orchestra

David Alan Miller

Track 1 recorded 18 May 2014 at the Experimental Media & Performing Arts Center (EMPAC)

Track 2 recorded 16 April 2016; tracks 3-4 recorded 18 March at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall

Track 5 recorded 5 January 2017 at Sosnoff Theater, Fisher Center, Bard College, New York

Gustav Mahler - Ruckert Lieder; Richard Wagner - Wesendonck Lieder, Das Liebesmahl der Apostel

Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911)

Rückert Lieder (1901-1902)

Richard WAGNER (1813-1883)

Wesendonck Lieder (1857-1858)

Das Liebesmahl der Apostel (1843)

Yvonne Minton (mezzo-sop) 

Westminster Choir 

London Symphony Orchestra

New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Pierre Boulez

Tracks 1-10 recorded in London, EMI Studios, May 1979.

Tracks 11-16 recorded in New York City, Manhattan Center, October 6, 1975.

Antonin Dvorak - Stabat Mater, Op.58

Antonin DVORAK (1841-1904)

Stabat Mater, Op. 58

Maria Shaguch (soprano)

Ingeborg Danz (alto)

James Taylor (tenor)

Thomas Quanthoff (bass)

Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra & Choir

Helmuth Rilling

Recording: 8-11 Jul. 1995, Silva Concert Hall, in the Hult center for the Performig Arts, Eugene, Oregon, USA

Manuel Ponce - Balada Mexicana (Piano Music)

Manuel Maria PONCE (1882-1948)

Balada Mexicana

Piano Music

Balada Mexicana

Arrulladora

Tema Mexicano Variado

Romanza de amor

Preludio y fuga sobre un tema de Handel

Mazurka No. 1

Mazurka No. 2

Mazurka No. 4

Mazurka No. 5

Mazurka No. 6

Mazurka No. 7

Mazurka No. 10

Scherzino Mexicano

Gavota

Intermezzo No 1

Rapsodia Cubana No. 1

Jorge Federico Osorio (piano)

Recorded at  St. Barnabas Church, Mitcham, London.1995