Jean Françaix - Works for Winds

Jean FRANÇAIX (1912-1997)

Works for Winds

Francis POULENC (1899-1963)

Musique pour faire Plaisir (arr. Françaix, 1984) 

Jean FRANÇAIX (1912-1997)

Neuf pièces caractéristiques (1973) 

Sept danses (d’après le ballet sur «Les Malheurs de Sophie») (1948/1970) 

Élégie pour commémorer le bicentenaire de la mort de W. A. Mozart (1990) 

Emmanuel CHABRIER (1841-1894)

Cortège burlesque (1883, arr. Françaix, 1991) 

Frédéric CHOPIN (1810-1849)

Trois Écossaises op. posth.72 (c.1826, arr. Françaix , 1989) 

Variations sur un air populaire allemande (c.1826, arr. Françaix, 1989) 

Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

Trois marches militaires D.733 (1822, arr. Françaix , 1987) 

Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne

Nicolas Chalvin

rec. January 2021, Lausanne Opera, Switzerland.

Where Should this Music Be? - Songs of Lola Williams

Lola WILLIAMS (1913-2013)

Where Should this Music Be?

Songs of Lola Williams

O Mistress Mine

Lola Williams

There’s Only One Man

Lola Williams

Scene from The Tempest, Act I

Lola Williams

Our Revels Now Are Ended

Lola Williams

Cuckoo Sings (for Spring)

Lola Williams

Owl Sings (for Winter)

Lola Williams

Celia Sings: Be Merry

Lola Williams

How Do I Love (Thee) You?

Lola Williams

Sonnet 116

Lola Williams

Feste’s Song

Lola Williams

Sigh No More, Ladies

Lola Williams

Sweet Lullaby

Lola Williams

Blow, Blow,Thou Winter Wind

Lola Williams

Come Away,Death

Lola Williams

Threnos (for Romeo and Juliet)

Lola Williams

Plot of the Fairy King

Lola Williams

Christmas Words

Lola Williams

Manger Scene

Lola Williams

My Dancing Day

Stuart Saunders Smith

Sarah Moulton Faux, soprano; Ted Taylor, piano

with Heather Johnson, Laura Krumm, mezzo-sopranos; Nicholas Tamagna, countertenor

Ernesto Halffter - Piano Music

Ernesto HALFFTER (1905-1989)

Piano Music

CD1

Crepusculos (1925); Marche Joyeuse (1922) ; Sonata per pianoforte (1926) ; L’Espagnolade (1937) ; Grűss (1940) ; Serenata a Dulcinea (1944); Dos piezas cubanas (1944); Preludio y danza (1974) ; Llanto por Ricardo Viňes (1943) ; Sonate ‘Homenaje a Domenico Scarlatti (1985); Nocturno otaňal ‘Recordando a Chopin’ (1987); Homenaje a J. Turina (1988) ; Homenaje a F. Mompou (1986) ; Homenaje a R. Halffter (1987) 

CD2

Suite de las Doncellas (1927-8) ; Valencia II –Pasodoble (1923) ; Panaderos (1923); Boleras de la Cachucha (1923) ; Tres piezas infantiles (para cuatro manos) (1923) 

 

Guillermo Gonzalez (piano); Belen González Domonte (piano)

rec. Sala de concierto. Fundaciones Juan March de Madrid, 9 January, 5 April, 16 May 2006

Malcolm Arnold - The Dancing Master Op.34 (Opera in One Act)

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)

The Dancing Master, Op. 34 (1952)

Eleanor Dennis (soprano)

Catherine Carby (mezzo-soprano)

Fiona Kimm (mezzo-soprano)

Ed Lyon (tenor)

Mark Wilde (tenor)

Graeme Broadbent (bass-baritone)

BBC Concert Orchestra

John Andrews 

Elgar - Symphony No.1 (Barenboim)

Edward ELGAR (1857-1934)

Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55

Berlin Staatskapelle

Daniel Barenboim

Recorded: 2015-09-21

Recording Venue: Philharmonie, Berlin

Brahms - The Three Piano Trios

Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)

The Three Piano Trios

Piano Trio No.2 in C major

Piano Trio No.3 in C minor

Piano Trio No.1 in B major

David Perry, violin; 

Paulina Zamora, piano; 

Uri Vardi, cello

Arnold Bax - Symphonic Variations; Concertante for Piano (Left Hand) and Orchestra

Arnold BAX (1883-1953)

Symphonic Variations (1916-18) 

Concertante for Piano (Left Hand) and Orchestra (1949) 

Ashley Wass (piano)

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/James Judd

rec. Concert Hall, Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset, 21-22 May 2008. DDD

Charles Wuorinen - Works for Violin and Piano

Charles WUORINEN (1938-2020)

The Blue Bamboula (1980)

Six Pieces (1977)

Spinoff (1983)

The Long and the Short (1969)

Fantasia (1974)

Benjamin Hudson, violin

Garrick Ohlsson, piano

Speculum Musicae

Jon Leifs - Icelandic Cantata; Fine I & II; Icelandic Overture

Jon LEIFS (1899-1968)

Icelandic Overture Op.9

Icelandic Cantata Op.13

Elegy Op.53

Fine I Op.55

Fine II Op.56

Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Chorus of the Icelandic Opera

Graduale Chorus of Langholts Church

Petri Sakari

Recorded at Iceland Broadcast Hall; 5-8 December 1994

Spyridon Samaras - Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle

Spyridon SAMARAS (1861-1917)

Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle (1905)

Chevalier d’Aubigny - Angelo Simos (tenor)

Duc de Richelieu - Tassis Christoyannis (baritone)

Duc d’Aumont - Pavlos Maropoulos (bass)

Chevalier d’Auvray - Pantelis Kontos (baritone)

Mademoiselle Gabrielle de Belle-Isle - Martha Arapis (soprano)

Marquise de Prie - Marina Krilovici (soprano)

Pazardzhik Symphony Orchestra and Kaval Choir of Sofia

Byron Fidetzis

rec. 16-22 June 1995, Municipal Theatre of Pazardzhik, Bulgaria

French libretto with Greek, German, and Italian translations

Khachaturian - Spartacus (Ballet Suites 1-3)

Aram KHACHATURIAN (1903-1978)

Spartacus - Ballet Suites 1-3

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Neeme Järvi

Release Date: 1991

Originally recorded in 1990

Venue: Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow

Jeremy Gill - Before the Wresting Tides

Jeremy Gill (b.1975)

Before the Wresting Tides

Serenada Concertante

Notturno Concertante

Ching-Yun Hu, piano

Erin Hannigan, oboe

Chris Grymes, clarinet

Boston University Marsh Chapel Choir

Boston Modern Orchestra Project

Gil Rose

Déodat de Sévérac - Piano Music Vol.3

Déodat de SÉVÉRAC (1872-1921)

Piano Music - vol. 3

Le chant de la terre (1900) 

Piano Sonata in B flat minor (1898)

Stances à Madame de Pompadour (1909)

Pippermint-Get (1907) 

Jordi Máso (piano)

rec. Jaffre Auditorium, Spain, 8-9 October 2011

Szymanowski / Janacek - String Quartets

Karol Szymanowski and Leos Janacek

String Quartets

Karol SZYMANOWSKI (1882-1937)

String Quartet No. 1, Op. 37 (1917) 

Leos JANACEK (1854-1928)

String Quartet No. 1 'Kreuzer Sonata' (1923) 

Karol SZYMANOWSKI (1882-1937)

String Quartet No. 2, Op. 56 (1927) 

Leos JANACEK (1854-1928)

String Quartet No. 2 'Intimate Letters' (1928) 

Schoenberg Quartet

Janneke van der Meer (Violin)

Wim de Jong (Violin)

Henk Guittart (Viola)

Viola de Hoog (Cello)

Release Date: September 2007

Originally recorded in 2005

Venue

Singelkerk, Amsterdam

and

Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

20th Century Foxtrots Vol.3 - Central and Eastern Europe

20TH Century Foxtrots VOL.3

Central and Eastern Europe

Gottlieb Wallisch, piano

Composer(s):

Reinhold Glière

Tibor Harsányi

Mihail Jora

Klimenty Arkad'yevich Korchmaryov

Yulian Krein

Simon Laks

Aleksandr Levin

Mihovil Logar

Alexander Moyzes

Yevgeny Mravinsky

Dora Pejačević

Leonid Alekseyevich Polovinkin

Dmitry Shostakovich

Mischa Spoliansky

Alexandre Tansman

Ivo Tijardović

Dimitri Tiomkin

Alexander Tsfasman

Pancho Vladigerov

Eugene Zádor

Release Date: October 2021

This recording was made on a modern instrument: Steinway, Model D

Dutch Hidden Gems - Works for Viola by Badings, Koetsier, Werkman and Bosmans

Dutch Hidden Gems

Henk BADINGS (1907-1987)

Concerto for Viola and String Orchestra

Arne WERKMAN (b.1960) 

Pavane for Viola and String Orchestra

Jan KOETSIER (1911-2006) 

Concertino for Viola and Orchestra

Henk BADINGS (1907-1987) 

Sonata for Viola and Piano

Henriette BOSMANS (1895-1952) 

Arietta for Viola and Piano

Dana Zemtsov, viola

Anna Fedorova, piano

Phion, Orchestra of Gelderland & Overijssel

Shizuo Kuwahara

Aurelio Barrios y Morales - Antologia de su obra Sinfonica

Aurelio BARRIOS Y MORALES (1880-1943)

Symphony in F minor (1913) 

The Guardian Angel (1909) 

At the Sunset of Life for String Orchestra (1940) 

Fugue in F minor for String Orchestra (1909) 

Orquesta Sinfónica de Coyoacán Nueva Era A.C

Rodrigo Elorduy

Rec. Centro de negocios ICC, Mexico City, Mexico

Khachaturian - Film Music - Othello and The Battle of Stalingrad Suites

Aram KHACHATURIAN (1903-1978)

Othello & The Battle of Stalingrad

Jana Valaskova (soprano), 

Viktor Simcisko (violin)

Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, 

Slovak Philharmonic Chorus

Adriano

Catalan Concertinos and Fantasias - Works by Joan Manén and Marc Migó

Catalan Concertinos and Fantasias

Marc MIGÓ (b. 1993)

Fantasia popular (2016, rev. 2017) 

Piano Concertino (2016) 

Epitafi a Hans Rott for strings (2015) 

Joan MANÉN (1883-1971)

Violin Concertino, Op. A-49 (date unknown) 

Rapsòdia catalana, Op. A-50 (1954) 

Kalina Macuta (violin); Sergi Pacheco (piano); Daniel Blanch (piano). 

National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

Volodymyr Sirenko

rec. October 2018 Concert Hall of Ukrainian Radio, Kyiv

First Recordings