Arthur Bliss - Choral Works

Arthur BLISS (1891-1975)

Choral Works

1 Shield of Faith  

2 Mar Portugues 

3 Birthday song for a Royal Child  

4 River Music  

5 The world is charged with the grandeur of God

Anna Crookes (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Andrew Lumsden (organ)

Finzi Singers, Finzi Wind Ensemble, Paul Spicer

Schumann - Das Paradies und die Peri; Romanzen und Balladen

Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)

Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50 

Romanzen und Balladen **

Nicolai Gedda (Tenor), Edda Moser (Soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (Mezzo Soprano), 

Regina Marheineke (Soprano), Alva Tripp (Tenor), Günter Wewel (Bass) 

Düsseldorf Städtischer Musikvereins Chorus**,  Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra 

Henryk Czyz 

Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein conducts Bernstein Vol. 7, Trouble In Tahiti & Facsimile

Trouble in Tahiti, opera in one act

1 Prelude
2 Scene 1
3 Scene 2
4 Scene 3 / 3a 'I was standing in a garden' / 'Then desire took hold of me'
5 Scene 3a
6 Scene 4
7 Interlude
8 Scene 5
9 Scene 6
10 Scene 6a
11 Scene 7

Columbia Wind Ensemble
Antonia Butler, sporano; Nancy Williams, mezzo-soprano
Michael Clarke, tenor; Mark Brown, baritone; Julain Patrick, bass baritone
Recorded at Studio 1 CBS, London, England, UK

Facsimile, Choreographic Essay, for orchestra (from the ballet)
12 Part 1.. Molto adagio
13 Part 2. Allegretto

New York Philharmonic
Recorded August 18, 1963 at Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln center, New York City

Medtner - Piano Concerto No.2; Piano Quintet

Nikolay MEDTNER (1880-1951) 

Piano Concerto No. 2 / Piano Quintet

Konstantin Scherbakov (Piano)

Moscow Symphony orchestra

Igor Golovschin

Ewald Danel (Violin I); Milan Tedla (Violin II); Zuzana Burova (Viola); Jozef Podhoransky (Cello)

Medtner - Complete Works for Violin and Piano Vol.1

Nikolay Medtner (1880–1951) 

Complete Works for Violin and Piano, Vol. 1

Violin SOnata No.3 in E Minos Op.57, "Epica"

3 Nocturnes Op.16

2 Fairy Tale Op.20; No.1 in B Flat Minor (arr. J Heifetz, for Violin and Piano)

Laurence Kayaleh (Violin)

Paul Stewart (Piano)

Khachaturian; Khoury and Stankovych - Mirror of Eternity (Works for Flute and Orchestra)

Mirror of Eternity

works for Flute and Orchestra

Aram KHACHATURIAN

Flute Concerto

Houtaf KHOURY

Mirror of Eternity

Yevhen STANKOVYCH

Chamber Symphony No.3

Wissam Boustany flute

National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

Volodymyr Sirenko

Medtner - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 3

Nikolay MEDTNER (1880-1951)

Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 3

Moscow Symphony Orchestra

Vladimir Ziva

Konstantin Scherbakov (Piano)

Lily Pons - The Odeon Recordings (1928-1929)

Lily PONS

The Odeon Recordings  1928 -29

Sings: Mozart, Delibes, Puccini, Rossini, Verdi

Reflections on Duke - Jean-Yves Thibaudet plays the Music of Duke Ellington

Reflections on Duke

Jean-Yves Thibaudet plays the Music of 

Duke Ellington

Giuseppe Verdi - Requiem / LSO; Gianandrea Noseda

Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901)

Requiem

Soloists:

Erika Grimaldi,

 Daniela Barcellona, 

Francesco Meli,

 Michele Pertusi

 

London Symphony Orchestra, 

London Symphony Chorus

Gianandrea Noseda

Chorus Director:

Simon Halsey

Southerly - Art Songs from the American South

Southerly

Art Songs from American South

Daniel Locklair (b.1949)

Portraits

John Musto(b.1954)

Shadow of the Blues

James Sclater (b. 1943)

Beyond the Rainbow

Price Walden (b. 1991)

Songs of Love (5), 'Abide with Me'

Jos Milton (tenor), Melinda Coffey Armstead (piano)

Dimitri Shostakovich - 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87

Dimitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)

24 Preludes & Fugues op. 87

 Keith Jarrett (Piano)

Alexander Scriabin - Complete Piano Sonatas

Alexander SCRIABIN (1872-1915)

The Complete Piano Sonatas

Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 6

Piano Sonata No. 2 in G sharp minor ("Sonata-Fantasy"), Op. 19

Piano Sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor ("Etats d'âme"), Op. 23

Fantaisie for piano in B minor, Op. 28

Piano Sonata No. 4 in F sharp major, Op. 30

Piano Sonata in E flat minor

Roberto Szidon (Piano)

Recordings: Munich, Residenz, Plenarsaal der Akademie der Wissenschaften, 9/1968; 4, 8 & 10/1970; 1/1971

CD Released 2004

William Schuman - Symphonies 3 and 5; Judith

William SCHUMAN (1910-1992) 

Symphony No. 3 (1941) [27:28] 

Symphony No. 5 Symphony for Strings (1943) [17:54] 

Judith (1949) [22:22] 

Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Gerard Schwarz 

Sofia Gubaidulina - Sonnengesang

Sofia GUBAIDULINA (b.1931)

Sonnengesang (Canticle to the Sun)

Jauchzt vor Gott 8'59

Hell und dunkel 11'15

Sonnengesang 41'36

 

Ivan Monighetti (Cello)

NDR Chor

Christian Schmitt (Organ)

Elbtonal Percussion

Philipp Ahmann, conductor

Yevhen Stankovych - Symphonies 1, 2 and 4

Yevhen STANKOVYCH (b.1942)

Symphony No. 2, ‘Heroic’ (1975) 

Symphony No. 1, ‘Sinfonia larga’ (1973) 

Symphony No. 4, ‘Sinfonia lirica’ (1977)

Ukraine National Symphony

Theodore Kuchar

Kenneth Fuchs - Atlantic Riband; Divinum Mysterium

Kenneth FUCHS (b. 1956)

Atlantic Riband; American Rhapsody; Divinum Mysterium; Concerto Grosso; Discover the Wild

London Symphony Orchestra

JoAnnn Falletta

Brahms - Piano Trios and Piano Quartets (3 CDs)

Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)

Piano Trios Nos.1, 2 and 3*

Piano Quartets Nos.1, 2 and 3**

Isaac Stern (Violin) * **

Jaime Laredo (Viola) **

Leonard Rose (Cello) *

Yo-Yo Ma (Cello) **

Eugene Istomin (Piano) *

Emmanuel Ax (Piano) **

Martucci - The Piano Music Vol.2

Giuseppe MARTUCCI (1856-1909)

Piano Music, Volume 2

Capriccio & Serenata, Op. 57

Capriccio & Toccata, Op. 77

Fantasia, Op. 51

Six Pieces, Op. 44

Two Nocturnes, Op. 70

Francesco Caramiello (Piano)

Leonard Bernstein - On the Waterfront and other Orchestral Works

Leonard BERNSTEIN (1918-1990) 

Candide – Overture (1956) [4:15] 

West Side Story: Symphonic Dances (1957) [22:29] 

Fancy Free: Three Dances (1944) [17:27] 

On the Waterfront Suite (1954) [17:41] 

Three Dance Episodes from On the Town (1946) [10:24] 

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Christian Lindberg 

rec. August 2016, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

Selim Palmgren - Daniel Hjort (Opera in Six Tableaux)

Selim PALMGREN  (1878-1951)

Daniel Hjort: Opera in Six Tableaux

Brahe Djaknar (Performer),  Ulf Soderblom (Conductor),
Turku Philharmonic (Orchestra)

Recording location : Turku Concert Hall, Turku, Finland

Recording date : October 1994

Prokofiev - Sinfonia Concertante; Tchaikovsky - Rococo Variations; Andante Cantabile

Sergei PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)

Sinfonia Concertante 

Peter Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)

Variations on a Rococo Theme; Andante Cantabile

Lorin Maazel 

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 

Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

Peter Dickinson - Piano Music

Peter DICKINSON (b. 1934)

Piano Music

Peter Dickinson (Piano)

Tangos - Leo Sujatovich Trio de Camara

Leo Sujatovich – Trío de Cámara – Tangos (2002)

A collection of beautifull tangos from all times played by a classical Piano Trio.

Astor Piazzolla, Anibal Troilo, Horacio Salgan, Osvaldo Berlingeri, Leo Sujatovich

Track List:

1. Responso

2. Gallo ciego

3. A don Agustín Bardi

4. Improviseta 1

5. Milonga de mis amores/Noctura

6. Soledad

7. Introducción al fuego

8. A fuego lento

9. Improviseta 2

10. A mis viejos

11. El choclo

12. Improviseta 3

Leo Sujatovich / Piano

Damián Bolotín / Violín

Patricio Villarejo / Cello

Gordon Crosse - Concertos

Gordon CROSSE (b. 1937)

Elegy for small orchestra, Op. 1 (1960) [8:20]

Concerto for chamber orchestra, Op. 8 (1962) [11:41]

Concertino, Op. 16 (1965) [12:51]

Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 26 (1969) [34:44]

BBC Symphony Orchestra/Norman Del Mar (Op. 1)

Budapest Symphony Orchestra/György Lehel (Op. 8)

Melos Ensemble (Op. 16)

Manoug Parikian (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra/Colin Davis (Op. 26)

rec. BBC Broadcast 9 September 1965 (op.1); BBC Broadcast 3 July 1968 (op.8); BBC Broadcast 26 October 1965 (op.16); BBC Broadcast 7 September 1970 (op.26)