La Discoteca Clásica: October 2023

10/30/2023

Conciertos Romanticos Mexicanos (Ricardo Castro and Manuel M.Ponce)

Conciertos Romanticos Mexicanos

Ricardo CASTRO (1864–1907)

Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 22

Solo works:

Berceuse

Canto de amor

Plainte Op. 38, No. 2

Manuel Maria PONCE (1882–1948)

Piano Concerto No. 1 “Romantico”

Solo works

Arrulladora mexicana

Gavota

Romanza de amor

Intermezzo

Jorge Federico Osorio (Piano)

Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería

Carlos Miguel Prieto

Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach - The Resurrection of Lazarus (1773 Version)

Johann Christoph Friedrich BACH (1732-1795)

Die Auferweckung des Lazarus (1773)

The Resurrection of Lazarus

Anja Binkenstein - Martha (soprano)

Inga Jäger – Maria (alto)

Nora Rutte – Bystander (alto)

Robert Pohlers – Lazarus (tenor)

Richard Mauersberger – Bystander (tenor)

Diogo Mendes – Jesus (bass)

Gellert Ensemble

Andreas Mitschke

rec. live, 19-20 November 2021; Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche,

Leipzig, Germany

Almeida Prado - Sinfonia dos Orixas; Pequenos funearis ao Poeta Carlos de Araujo

Jose Antonio de ALMEIDA PRADO (1943-2010)

Pequenos funerais cantantes ao Poeta Carlos Maria de Araújo (1969)*

Sinfonia dos Orixás (1984-85)

Clarissa Cabral (mezzosoprano)*

Sabah Teixeira (bass-baritone)*

São Paulo Symphony Orchestra & Choir*

Neil Thomson

Francis Poulenc - La Voix Humaine; Sinfonietta

Francis POULENC (1899-1963)

La voix humaine, text by Jean Cocteau (1958)

Sinfonietta (1947-1948)

Véronique Gens (soprano)

Orchestre National de Lille

Alexandre Bloch

rec. 2021, L’Auditorium du Nouveau Siècle, Lille, France

Malcolm Arnold - Clarinet Concerto and other Orchestral Works

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)

Commonwealth Christmas Overture Op.64 (1957)

Clarinet Concerto No.1 Op.20 (1948)

Divertimento No.2 Op.24/75 (1950)

Larch Trees Op.3 (1943)

Philharmonic Concerto Op.120 (1976)

The Padstow Lifeboat Op.94a (1967, orch. Philip Lane,2000)

Michael Collins (clarinet)

BBC Philharmonic

Rumon Gamba

rec. 2019/22, MediaCity UK Salford, Manchester

Toshio Hosokawa - Orchestral Works Vol.3

Toshio HOSOKAWA (b. 1955)

Orchesstral Works Vol.3

Meditation (To the Victims of Tsunami 3.11 for orchestra) (2011-12)

Nach dem Sturm for two sopranos and orchestra (2015)*

Klage for soprano and orchestra (2013/15)**

Autumn Wind for shakuhachi and orchestra (2011)

Susanne Elmark (soprano), Ilse Eerens (soprano)*

Mihoko Fujimura (mezzo-soprano)**

Tadashi Tajima (shakuhachi)

Basque National Orchestra

Jun Märkl

Recorded 14-15 December 2016 and 13, 15, 16 May 2017.

at the Concert Hall of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi.

Toshio Hosokawa - Orchestral Works Vol.2

Toshio HOSOKAWA (b.1955)

Orchestral Works Vol. 2

Woven Dreams *

Blossoming II *

Circulating Ocean

Orchestre National de Lyon

Royal Scottish National Orchestra*

Jun Märk

Toshio Hosokawa - Orchestral Works Vol.1

Toshio HOSOKAWA (b. 1955)

Orchestral Works Vol.1

Horn Concerto "Moment of Blossoming"

Lotus under the moonlight

Chant

Stefan Dohr (French Horn)

Anssi Karttunen (Cello)

Momo Kodama (Piano)

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Jun Märkl

Recorded in the Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow, Scotland, 10-11 June 2013.

Rudolf Moser - Works for String Orchestra

Rudolf MOSER (1892-1960)

Intrade for string orchestra, Op.38 No.2

Concerto for oboe and string orchestra, Op.86

Spielmusik for string orchestra, Op.57 No.4

Kleine Suite for string orchestra, Op.38 No.1

Concerto grosso for string orchestra, Op.32

Marc Lachat (oboe)

Chamber Orchestra I Tempi

Gevorg Gharabekyan

rec. 2020/21, Landgasthof Riehen, Switzerland

Louis Glass - Piano Music

Louis GLASS (1864-1936)

Piano Music

Piano Sonata in A flat major Op. 25 (published 1898)

Fantasi Op.35

Lyriske Bagateller (Lyric Bagatelles) Op. 26

Piano Sonata in E Major Op. 6 (published 1892)

Klaverstykke (Piano Pieces) Op. 66

Fantasistykker (Fantasy Pieces) Op. 4

Peter Seivewright (piano)

rec. Academy Concert Hall, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow September 2002; The Byre, Inverness, March 2004 (Lyriske Bagateller, Klaverstykke and Klaverstykke)

Michael Tippett - Choral Images

Michael TIPPETT (1905-1998)

Choral images

The Windhover

Plebs Angleica

The Weeping Babe

Magnificat & Nunc Dimitis

Four Songs from the British Isles

The Source

Lullaby

Negro Spirituals from A Child of Our Time

Over the Sea to Skye*

Unto the Hills (Wadhurst)*

BBC Singers

Stephen Cleobury

*Premier recordings

Recording details: January 2005

Temple Church, London, United Kingdom

Josef Holbrooke - Clarinet Chamber Music

Josef HOLBROOKE (1878-1958)

Clarinet Chamber Music

Clarinet Quintet in G, Op. 27 "Ligeia"

Cyrene, Op. 88b

Eilean Shona, Op. 74 (Clarinet Quintet alternative finale)

Nocturne (Trio), Op. 57 'Fairyland'

Phryne, Op. 98b

Variations from Quintet, Op. 27

Robert Plane (Clarinet)

Lucy Gould (Violin 1)

Mia Cooper (Violin 2)

David Adams (Viola)

Alice Neary (Cello)

Sophia Rahman (Piano)

Scott Dickinson (Viola)

Release Date: 5th Jan 2015

Hans Gál - Concertinos for Violin, Cello and Piano; String Serenade

Hans GAL (1890-1987)

Concertino for Cello and String Orchestra, Op.87 (1965)

Concertino for Piano and String orchestra, Op.43 (1934)

Concertino for Violin and String Orchestra, Op.52 (1939)

Serenade for String Orchestra, Op.46 (1946)

Nina Karmon (Violin)

Justus Grimm (Cello)

Oliver Triendl (Piano)

Sinfonietta Riga

Normunds Šnē

Recorded: 12-14 April 2023, Reformation Church, Riga (Latvia)

Pamela Harrison - Chamber Music

Pamela HARRISON (1915-1990)

Chamber Works

Quintet for clarinet and strings

Sonnet for cello and piano

Sonatina for violin and piano

Faggot Dance for bassoon and piano

Sonata for clarinet and piano

Idle Dan for cello and piano

Piano Trio

Drifting Away for clarinet and piano

Robert Plane (clarinet)

Lucy Gould (violin)

David Adams (violin)

Gary Pomeroy (viola)

Richard Lester (cello)

Benjamin Frith (piano)

Florence Plane (bassoon)

Gould Piano Trio

*All World Premier recordings

Dutch Violin Sonatas (Schlegel; Van Eijken; Brandts Buys)

Leander SCHLEGEL (1844-1913)

Sonate for violin and piano, opus 34 (1911)

Gerrit van EIJKEN (1832-1879)

Sonate for piano and violin, f minor opus 5 (1855)

Jan BRANDTS BUYS (1868-1933)

Sonate for violin and piano, opus 26 (1910)

Bob Van Der Ent (Violin)

Rene Rakier (Piano)

Thomas Schmidt-Kowalski - Symphony No.3; Cello Concerto

Thomas SCHMIDT-KOWALSKI (1949-2013)

Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 67

Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 84

Nikolai Schneider (Cello)

South West German Radio Kaiserslautern Orchestra

Manfred Newman

Morton Feldman - For Bunita Marcus

Morton FELDMAN (1926-1987)

For Bunita Marcus (1985)

Marc-André Hamelin (piano)

Recorded: June 2016 at Concert Hall, Wyastone Estate, Monmouth,

United Kingdom

Krysztof Penderecki - The Complete Quartets

Krzysztof PENDERECKI (1933-2020)

Complete Quartets

String Quartet No 1 (1960)

String Quartet No 2 (1968)

Der Unterbrochene Gedanke (1988)

Quartet for clarinet and string trio (1993)

String Quartet No 3 ‘Leaves of an unwritten diary’ (2008)

String Quartet No 4 (2016)

Silesian String Quartet

Piotr Szymyślik (clarinet)

rec. 2012/21, Concert Hall of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music,

Katowice, Poland.

Peter Dickinson - Lockdown Blues (works by Lambert, Barber, Berkeley, Poulenc, Gershwin and others)

Peter DIKINSON (1934-2023)

Lockdown Blues

Composers:

Peter Dickinson, Edward MacDowell, Constant Lambert, Francis Poulenc, Samuel Barber, Lennox Berkeley, George Gershwin, Erik Satie, Eugene Goossens, John Cage, Duke Ellington

Works:

Barber: (arr. Dickinson) Canzonetta Op. 48 (1977-8)

Berkeley: Andante Op.23/6 (1945)

Cage: In a Landscape (1948)

Dickinson: Blue Rose (1978); Freda’s Blues (2016); Lockdown Blues (2020)

Ellington: (arr. Dickinson) Twelve Melodies (1932-43)

Gershwin: Three-Quarter Blues (c1925); Who Cares? (1931)

Goossens: Lament for a Departed Doll Op.18/10 (1917)

Lambert: Elegiac Blues (1927)

MacDowell: To a Wild Rose Op.51/1 (1896)

Poulenc: Pastourelle IFP69 (1927); Bal fantôme IFP64/4 (c1934)

Satie: Trois Gymnopédies IES26 (1888); Trois Gnossiennes IES24 Nos.1-3 (1889-90)