Hans Pfitzner - Das Christ-Elflein (The Christmas Elf)

 

Hans PFITZNER (1869-1949)

Das Christ-Elflein, Op.20 (The Christmas Elf)

A Fairy Tale Opera in Two Acts

Das Elflein…………………Helen Donath

Das Christkindchen………. Janet Perry

Der Tannengreis………… Alexander Malta

Knecht Ruprecht………… Nikolaus Hillebrand

Chor des Bayerishen Rundfunks

Münchner Rundfunkorchester

conducted by Kurt Eichhorn.

Broadcast by Bayerischen Rundfunks 30th November 1979

Arnold Bax and Stanley Bate - Cello Concertos

Arnold BAX (1880-1953)

Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1934) 

Stanley BATE (1911-1959)

Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1953)

Lionel Handy (cello)

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Martin Yates

rec. Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow, Scotland - no recording date given

Ernesto Halffter - Symphonic Works

Ernesto HALFFTER (1905-1989)

Symphonic Works

Rapsodía Portuguesa *

2 Bocetos Sinfónicos

Sinfonietta in D Major **

Juh Hee Suh (piano)*

Alejandro Rutkauskas (violin)**

Peter Wolf (cello)**

Bogusław Furtok (double bass)**

Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

Muhai Tang

Release Date: August 1998

Originally recorded in 1998

Lydia Kakabadse - The Phantom Listener; The Mermaid

Lydia KAKABADSE (b.1955)

The Mermaid, for narrator, mezzo-soprano, string quartet and piano (2007) 

Russian Tableaux, for piano (2009) 

The Song of the Shirt, for mezzo-soprano and piano (1993) 

Arabian Rhapsody Suite, for string quartet (2007-8)

The Phantom Listeners, for narrator, soprano, mezzo, baritone, organ and ensemble 

Kit Hesketh-Harvey (narrator) 

Clare McCaldin (mezzo) 

Emma Brain-Gabbott (soprano) 

Michael Bundy (baritone) 

Tim Amherst (double-bass) 

Caroline Dale (cello) 

Ben Fullbrook (percussion)

 Nigel Shipway (timpani) 

Christian Wilson (piano, organ)

ad hoc quartet: Madeleine Easton (violin), Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola), Bozidar Vukotic (cello), Ben Griffiths (double-bass)

George Vass (conductor)

rec. St Michael's, Highgate, London, 5-16 February 2010.

  

Edouard Lalo - Concerto Russe; Piano Concerto; Romance-Sérénade

 

Edouard LALO (1823-1892)

Concerto Russe, for violin and orchestra, op.29 

Romance-Sérénade, for violin and orchestra (1877) 

Fantaisie-Ballet, for violin and orchestra (1885) 

Guitare, for violin and orchestra, op.28 (orch. Gabriel Pierné) 

Piano Concerto (1888) 

Jean-Jacques Kantorow (violin)

Pierre-Alain Volondat (piano)

Tapiola Sinfonietta

Kees Bakels

rec. Concert Hall, Tapiola, Finland, May 2011

 

Gustav Holst - The Planets Op.32 (Organ transcription by Peter Sykes)

 

Gustav HOLST(1874-1934) 

The Planets Op.32 

Organ transcription by Peter Sykes 

Hansjörg Albrecht (Organ)  

Kleuker Organ in St. Nikolai, Kiel

Released: January 2012 

Henning Mankell and Gösta Nystroem - Piano Concertos

 

Henning MANKELL (1868-1930)

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Op. 30 (1917) [36:42]

Gösta NYSTROEM (1890-1966)

Concerto Ricercante for Piano and Chamber Orchestra (1959) [25:18]

Anna Christensson (piano)

Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

Roberto Paternostro

rec. 2015, Ludwigshafen, Philharmonie, Germany

World premiere recording (Mankell)

Deutschlandradio Kultur production

Toshiro Mayuzumi - Bugaku; Symphonic Mood; Mandala Symphony

 

Toshiro MAYUZUMI (1929-1997)

Symphonic Mood (1950) 

(I. Moderato: Allegro moderato ; II. Vivo)

Bugaku - Ballet in Two Parts - Court Dance Music (1962) (I. Lento; II. Moderato - Un poco meno mosso - Allegretto - Lento)

Mandala Symphony (1960) 

(I. Vajra-dhatu mandala: Tempo non équilibre; II. Garbha-dhatu mandala: Extrèmement lent)

Rumba Rhapsody (1948)

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Takuo Yuasa

rec. Michael Fowler Center, Wellington, New Zealand, 23-25 Aug 2004. DDD

 

Pavel Haas & Hans Krasa - String Quartets

 

Pavel HAAS and Hans KRASA

String Quartets

Pavel HAAS (1899-1944)

String Quartet No. 2, 'Z opicích hor'

String Quartet No. 3

Hans KRASA (1899-1944)

String Quartet

Hawthorne String Quartet

Selim Palmgren - Early Piano Works

 

Selim PALMGREN (!878-1951)

Early Piano Works

Piano Sonata in D minor, Op.11 (1900)

24 Preludes Op.17 (1907)

Izumi Tateno (Piano)

Recorded at Järvenpää Hall, Finland, September 7, 1992

Gorecki - Old Polish Music; Beatus Vir; Totus Tuus

 

Henryk GORECKI (1933-2010)

Old Polish Music, Op.24 (1969)

Totus Tuus, Op.60 (1987)

Beatus Vir, Op.38 (1979)

Nikita Storojev (bass)

Prague Philharmonic Choir 

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

John Nelson

Compositores Españoles de la Generación del 51 / Horacio Lavandera

 

Compositores Españoles de la Generación del 51

Luis de PABLO (b.1930)

Leggero-Pesante (2001-2002)

(2° Mov del IV Cuaderno de "Retratos y Transcripciones")

Cristóbal HALFFTER (b.1930)

Cadencia (1983-1993)

Antón GARCÍA ABRIL (b.1933)

Lontananzas (2005)

Tomás MARCO (b.1942)

Sonata de Vesperia (1977)

Joan GUINJOAN (1931-2019)

Au Revoir Barocco (1979-1980)

Horacio Lavandera (Piano)

Recorded at Auditorio del Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Getafe, Madrid, September 13 and 14, 2007

Franz & Richard Strauss - Horn Concertos

 

Franz STRAUSS (1822-1905)

Horn Concerto in C minor, Op.8

Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949)

Horn Concerto No.1 in E-Flat major, Op.11

Horn Concerto No.2 in E-Flat major

Samuel Seidenberg (Horn)

Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

Sebastian Weigle

recorded in the hr-Sendesaal, Frankfurt, Germany

Alan Rawsthorne - Piano Concertos Nos.1 and 2; Double Piano Concerto

 

Alan RAWSTHORNE (1905-1971)

Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra (1939, revised 1942) 

Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra (1951) 

Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra* (1968) 

Geoffrey Tozer (piano); *Tamara Cislowska (piano)

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Matthias Bamert

rec. Goldsmith’s College, New Cross, London, 1-2 August 1992. DDD.

Britten - War Requiem / Rattle

 

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

War Requiem

Elisabeth Söderström, Soprano

Robert Tear, Tenor

Thomas Allen, Baritone

Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Simon Rattle

Howard Ferguson - Piano Sonata and other works with Piano

Howard FERGUSON (1908-1999)

Piano Sonata in F minor, Op. 8 (1938-1940)

Discovery, Op. 13 (1951)* 

Five Bagatelles, Op. 9 (1944) 

Partita for Two Pianos, Op. 5b (1935-1936)† 

Raphael Terroni (piano); Phillida Bannister (alto)*; Vadim Peaceman (piano)†

rec. Wyastone Leys, Monmouth, 17-18 June 2009

Financial assistance towards the making of this recording from RVW Trust and Edith Ferguson

Zemlinsky - Complete Choral Works

Alexander von ZEMLINSKY (1872-1942)

Complete Choral Works

Psalm XIII

Psalm XXIII

Psalm LXXX

(2) Poems

Minnelied +

Hochzeitsgesang+^

Aurikelchen+

Frühlingsbegräbnis*

Cologne Gürzenich Orchestra

Düsseldorf Musikverein Chorus

James Conlon, Conductor

Romano Giefer, Organ^

Mülheim Kantorei+

Deborah Voigt, Soprano*

Donnie Ray Albert, Baritone*

Ferenc Farkas - Complete Wind Quintets

Ferenc FARKAS (1905–2000)

Complete Wind Quintets

Serenade (1951) 

Quattro Pezzi (1966)a 

Gyümölcskosár (1980)b 

Antiche danze ungheresi del 17. secolo (1959) 

Rondo capriccio (1957, rev. 1959)c 

Lavottiana (1967) 

Ulrike Schneider (mezzo-soprano)b

Dieter Lange (double bass)a 

Daniel Dodds (violin)c

Phoebius Quintet

rec. Reformed Church, Arlesheim, Switzerland, June 1999 and January 2000

Paganini - 24 Caprices for Solo Violin

Nicolò PAGANINI (1782-1840)

24 Caprices for Solo Violin

Massimo Quarta

(Antonio Stradivari, 1716, "Maréchal Berthier - ex von Vecsey")

Recorded 8-12 November 2002, Studio A, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy

Gian Francesco Malipiero - Complete Piano Music Vol.1

 

Gian Francesco MALIPIERO (1882-1973)

Complete Piano Music Vol.1

A Guido M. Gatti

Bianchi e neri

Epitaffio

Filomela e l'infatuato

Hortus conclusus

Impressioni (2) per pianoforte (1914)

Poemetti lunari

Preludio e fuga

Preludio, ritmi e canti gregoriani

Variazioni sulla Pantomima dell'Amor Brujo di M de Falla

Aldo Orvieto (Piano)

Originally recorded in March 2020

Vaughan Williams - Mass in G minor - Choral Works

Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958) 

Choral Works

Mass in G minor

Lord, Thou hast been our refuge - Motet

Prayer to the Father of Heaven - Motet

O vos omnes - Motet

O clap your hands

O taste and see

O how amiable

Come down, O Love divine (Down Ampney)

The Elora Festival Singers

Thomas Fitches (Organ)

Noel Edison 

Recorded 8-11 February 2000 in the Church of St. Mary Magdalen, Toronto and St. Mary's Church, Elora, Ontario, Canada.

Vaughan Williams - A Cotswold Romance, Death of Tintagiles

Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958)

A Cotswold Romance  (1951)

adapted by Maurice Jacobson in collaboration with the composer, from "Hugh the Dover" (1910-14)

Death of Tintagiles (1913)

London Philharmonic Choir

London Symphony Orchestra

Richard Hickox

Premier Recordings

Vaughan Williams - Oboe Concerto; 10 Blake Songs; Tallis Fantasia

Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958)

Oboe Concerto in A Minor (1944)

10 Blake Songs for voice and oboe (1957)

Household Music (3 Preludes on Welsh hymn tunes for string quartet (1940/41) *

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (for double stringed orchestra) (1910)

Lajos Lencsés (Oboe)

Andreas Weller (Tenor)

Emily Körner (Violin)*

Paul Pesthy (Viola)*

Ansgar Schneider (Violoncello)*

Budapest Strings

Béla Bánfalvi 

Rossini - Tancredi

Gioachino ROSSINI (1792 - 1868) 

Tancredi

Sumi Jo, Lucretia Lendi, Anna Maria di Micco, Stanford Olsen, Patrick Peire, Ewa Podles, Pietro Spagnoli

Collegium Instrumentale Brugense

Capella Brugensis

Alberto Zedda

Liszt - Operatic Paraphrases and Transcriptions

Franz LISZT (1811-1886)

Operatic Paraphrases and Transcriptions

Polonaise from Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Oneguin"

Miserere from Verdi's "Il Trovatore"

Sarabande and Chaconne from Handel's "Almira"

Fantasy on Two Motifs from Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro"

Concert Paraphrase on Waltz from Gounod's "Faust"

Solem March to the Holy Grail from Wagner's "Parsifal"

"Liebestod" from Wagner's "Tristan un Isolde"

Alan Marks (Piano)