Eyvind Alnæs - Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

Eyvind ALNÆS (1872-1932)

Symphony No. 1 in C minor op. 7 (1897) 

Symphony No. 2 in D major op. 43 (1923) 

Latvian National Symphony Orchestra

Terje Mikkelsen

rec. Reforma Baznika, Riga, 31 July-1 August 2008. 

Portuguese Piano Trios Vol.3 (Côrte-Real; Viana da Mota; Fernandes)

Portuguese Piano Trios Vol.3

Armando José FERNANDES (1906–1983)

Sonata a 3 in D Major

Nuno CORTE-REAL (b. 1971)

Sonata Holandesa, Op. 30

José VIANA da MOTA (1868–1948)

Piano Trio in B Minor

Trio Pangea

Released: 26 January 2024

Lepo Sumera - Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6

Lepo SUMERA (1950-2000)

Symphony No.1 (1981)

Symphony No.6 (2000)

Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

Olari Elts

rec. 2023, Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn, Estonia

David Matthews - In the Dark Times; Chaconne

David MATTHEWS (b.1943)

In The Dark Time Op.38 (1984-5)

Chaconne Op.43 (1986-7)

BBC Symphony Orcchestra

Jac Van Steen

Recorded between 26-29 May 1998

Claude Debussy - Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien

Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918)

The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien (L.124)

Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano

Nathalie Stutzmann, mezzo-soprano

Sylvia McNair, soprano

Leslie Caron, narrator

London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra

Michael Tilson Thomas

Recorded at All Saints Church, Tooting, London, September 30 - October 2, 1991.

History of the Russian Piano Trio Vol.2 (Tchaikovsky; Pabst)

History of the Russian Piano Trio Vol.2

Pyotr Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)

Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50

Paul PABST (1854-1897)

Piano Trio in A Majo

Brahms Trio

Released: 1/2021

Claude Debussy - Complete Melodies

Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918)

Complete melodies 

Mady Mesplé (Soprano) 

Elly Ameling (Soprano) 

Michèle Command (Soprano) 

Frederica von Stade (Soprano) 

Gérard Souzay (Baritone)

Dalton Baldwin (Piano)

Track List

CD1

1. Nuit d'étoiles ("Nuit d'étoiles, sous tes voiles"), L.4  - Ameling

2. Fleur des blés ("Le long des blés que la brise fait onduler"), L.7  - Ameling

3. Beau soir ("Lorsque au soleil couchant les rivières sont roses"), L.6  - Souzay

4. Mandoline ("Les donneurs de sérénades"), L.29 - Souzay

5. La belle au bois dormant ("Des trous à son pourpoint vermeil"), L.74  - Command

6. Romance ("Voici que le printemps, ce fil léger d'avril"), L.52 - Mesplé

7. Paysage sentimental ("Le ciel d'hiver si doux, si triste, si dormant"), L. 45 - Mesplé

8. Triolet à Phillis ("Si j'étais le zéphyr ailé"), L. 12  - Mesplé

9. Rondeau ("Fut-il jamais douceur de coeur pareille"), L. 30  - Mesplé

10. Pantomime ("Pierrot qui n'a rien d'un Clitandre"), L. 31  - Mesplé

11. Clair de lune ("Votre âme est un paysage choisi"), L. 32  - Mesplé

12. Pierrot ("Le bon Pierrot que la foule contemple"), L. 15  - Mesplé

13. Apparition ("La lune s'attristait"), L. 53  - Mesplé

14. Rondel chinois ("Sur le lac bordé d'azalée"), L. 17  - Mesplé

15. Aimons-nous et dormons ("Aimons-nous et dormons, sans songer au reste du monde"), L. 16  - Mesplé

16. Jane ("Je pâlis et tombe en langueur"), L. 19  - Mesplé

17. En sourdine (première version), L. 28  - Mesplé

18. Romances (2), L. 79  - Mesplé & Command

19. Les Angélus ("Cloches chrétiennes pour les matines"), L. 76 - Command

20. Dans le jardin ("Je regardais dans le jardin"),L. 78  - Ameling

21. Mélodies (3), L. 81  - Souzay

22. Fêtes galantes (3), Set I, L. 80  - Ameling

CD2

23. Poèmes (5) de Baudelaire, , L. 64 - Command

24. Proses lyriques (4), , L. 84 - Ameling

25. Ariettes oubliées (6), , L. 60  - von Stade

CD3

26. Chansons de Bilitis (3),  L. 90  - Command

27. Fêtes galantes (3),  Set II, L. 104  - Souzay

28. Chansons de France (2),  L. 102: I. Rondel. Le Temps a laissié son manteau 

29. Chansons de France (2),  L. 102: II. Rondel. Pour ce que plaisance est morte 

30. Le promenoir des deux amants, L.118  - Souzay

31. Ballades de François Villon (3), L.119  - Souzay

32. Poèmes (3) de Mallarmé,  L. 127  - Ameling

33. Noël des enfants qui n'ont plus de maison,  L. 139 - Ameling

Released: 1980/1991

Walton - Violin Concerto; Troilus and Cressida (Symphonic Suite); Portsmouth Point Overture

William WALTON (1902–1983)

Symphonic Suite from ‘Troilus and Cressida’ (arr. Christopher Palmer)

Violin Concerto

Overture: Portsmouth Point

Charlie Lovell-Jones (violin)

Sinfonia of London

John Wilson

rec. 2024, Church of St Augustine, Kilburn, London

Daniel Jones - Symphonies Nos. 2 & 11

Daniel JONES (1912-1993)

Symphony No.2 (1950) 

Symphony No.11 ‘In Memoriam George Froom Tyler’ (1983)

BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra

Bryden Thomson

rec. BBC Studio, 19 January 1990; 30 March 1990

Edvard Grieg - The Complete Songs Vol. 6

Edvard GRIEG (1843-1907) 

The Complete Songs, Vol. 6

 

Digte af John Paulsen (Norway. Five Songs by John Paulsen), Op.58

Romancer og Sange (Nine Songs), Op.18

Elegiske Digte af John Paulsen (Six Elegiac Songs by John Paulsen), Op.59

Songs without opus number (Soldaten; Taaren; Vesle Gut; Fædrelandssang; Gentlemen-Menige)

Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano

Roger Vignoles, piano

Releaseed: 2007-09-17

Kaija Saariaho - Trios

Kaija SAARIAHO (1952-2023)

Trios

Mirage (2007)a 

Cloud Trio (2009)b

Cendres (1998)c 

Je sens un deuxième coeur (2003)d 

Serenatas (2008)e 

Pia Freund (soprano)a; 

Ernst Kovacic (violin)b; 

Steven Dann (viola)bd; 

Mikael Elasvuo (alto flute)c;

Florent Jodelet (percussion)e; 

Tuija Hakkila (piano)acde; 

Ansi Karttunen (cello)a-e

rec. Järvenpää Hall, 14 March 2011 (Mirage, Cendres) and Helsinki Music Centre, 2

4-26 November 2011 (other works)

History of the Russian Piano Trio Vol.1 (Alyabiev; Glinka; Rubinstein)

History of the Russian Piano Trio Vol.1

Alexander Alexandrovich ALYABIEV (1787-1851)

Piano Trio in E-Flat Major

Piano Trio in A Minor

Mikhail Ivanovich GLINKA (1804-1857)

Trio pathétique in D Minor (arr. J. Hřímalý for piano trio)

Anton RUBINSTEIN (1829-1894)

Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 15, No. 2

The Brahms Trio

Release Date: 11/2020

Daniel Jones - Complete String Quartets

Daniel JONES (1912-1993)

The Complete String Quartets

String Quartet No.1 (1946)

String Quartet No.2 (1957)

String Quartet No.3 (1975)

String Quartet No.4 (1978)

String Quartet No.5 (1980)

String Quartet No.6 (1982)

String Quartet No.7 (1987)

String Quartet No.8 (1993)

Delmé String Quartet

Galina Solodchin (violin)

John Underwood (viola)

John Trusler (violin)

Jeremy Painter (violin)

Jonathan Williams (cello)

Stephen Orton (cello)

Recording venue: The church of St. George the Martyr, 31 March - 1 April 1981 (Quartets Nos. 3-5); Snape Maltings Concert Hall, 24-26 April 1006 (other works)

Karl Goldmark - Symphonic Poems Vol. 2

Karl GOLDMARK (1830-1915)

Symphonic Poems - Volume 2

Overture: Im Frühling, Op. 36 (1889) 

Zrinyi, symphonic tone poem, Op.47 (1903) 

Overture: In Italien, Op. 49 (1903) 

Prelude; Götz von Berlichingen (1902) 

Overture: Aus Jugendtagen, Op.53 (1909) 

Prelude; Ein Wintermärchen (1907) 

Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

Fabrice Bollon

rec. Konzerhalle Bambergm Joseph-Keilberth-Saal, 2017 and 2019

Daniel Jones - Symphonies Nos. 1 & 10

Daniel JONES (1919-1993)

Symphony No. 1 (1947) 

Symphony No. 10 (1981) 

BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra

Bryden Thomson

rec. BBC studio, 12 January 1990 (1); 16 March 1990 (10)

Josef Foerster - Symphony No.1; From Shakespeare; Festive Overture

Josef Bohuslav FOERSTER (1859-1951)

Festive Overture, Op. 70 ('Slavnostní Předehra') (1907)

Symphony No. 1 In D Minor, Op. 9 (1887-88)

From Shakespeare, Op. 76 ('Ze Shakespeara') (1908-10)

Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra

Marek Štilec

Recorded 6-7 January 2021 (tracks 1, 6-10) and 19 & 22 March 2021 (2-5) at the House of Culture Ostrava, Czech Republic.

Leonard Bernstein - Candide

Leonard BERNSTEIN (1918'1990)

Candide

Adolph Green, Dr Pangloss; Martin

Christa Ludwig, Old Lady, Soprano

Clive Bayley, Bear-Keeper; Inquisitor; Tsar Ivan, Bass

Della Jones, Paquette, Soprano

Jerry Hadley, Candide, Tenor

John Treleaven, Alchemist; Inquisitor; Sultan Achmet; Crook, Tenor

June Anderson, Cunegonde, Soprano

Kurt Ollmann, Maximilian; Captain; Jesuit Father, Baritone

Lindsay Benson, Doctor; Inquisitor; King Stanislaus

Neil Jenkins, Merchant; Inquisitor; Prince Charles Edward, Tenor

Nicolai Gedda, Governor; Vanderdendur; Ragotski, Tenor

Richard Suart, Junkman; Inquisitor; King Hermann Augustus, Baritone

London Symphony Chorus

London Symphony Orchestra

Leonard Bernstein

July 1, 1991

Zemlinsky - Die Seejungfrau; Schreker - Der Geburtstag der Infantin

Alexander ZEMLINSKY (1871-1942)

Die Seejungfrau

Franz SCHREKER (1878-1934)

Der Geburtstag der Infantin, 'The Birthday of the Infanta'

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Vasily Petrenko

Released: 2021

Camille Saint-Saens - Symphonic Poems

Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)

Symphonic Poems

Phaéton – Symphonic Poem No. 2, Op. 39 (1873) 

Marche héroïque, Op. 34 (1870) 

La Jeunesse d’Hercule – Symphonic Poem No. 4, Op. 50 (1877)

Le Rouet d’Omphale – Symphonic Poem No. 1, Op. 31 (1871) 

Sarabande, Op. 93, No. 1 (1892) 

Rigaudon, Op. 93, No. 2 (1892) 

Danse macabre – Symphonic Poem, No. 3, Op.40 (1874) 

Orchestre National de Lille

Jun Märkl

rec. 2016, Le Nouveau Siècle, Lille, France

Berthold Goldschmidt - Violin; Cello & Clarinet Concertos

Berthold GOLDSCHMIDT (1903-1996)

The Concertos

Cello Concerto,Clarinet Concerto,Violin Concerto

Yo-Yo Ma (cello)

Montreal SO

Charles Dutoit

Sabine Meyer (clarinet)

Komische Oper Orchestra

Yakov Kreizberg

Chantal Juillet (violin) 

Philharmonia Orchestra

Berthold Goldschmidt

Recording locations: Henry Wood Hall, London, December 1994 (Violin Concerto); Salle Wilfred-Pelletier, Place des Artes, Montreal, 'live', February 1996 (Cello Concerto); Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin Dahlem, January/February 1997 (Clarinet Concerto).

Magnus Lindberg & Kalevi Aho - Clarinet Concertos

Magnus LINDBERG (b. 1958)

Clarinet concerto (2001-2)

Kalevi AHO (b. 1949)

Clarinet concerto (2005)

Julian Bliss (clarinet)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Taavi Oramo

rec. 2024, The Grand Hall, City Hall, Glasgow

Kaija Saariaho - Reconnaissance (Choral Music)

Kaija SAARIAHO (1952-2023)

Reconnaissance (Choral Music)

Nuits, adieux (1991)

Horloge, tais-toi ! (2005)

Écho ! (2007)

Tag des Jahrs (2001)

Überzeugung (2001)

Reconnaissance (2020)

Nuits, adieux (a cappella version, 1996)

Helsinki Chamber Choir

Nils Schweckendiek

rec. 2022, Vihti Church, Finland

Richard Strauss - Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme; Dance Suite after Couperin

Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949)

Tanzsuite Nach Couperin Av 107

Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Op. 60

Rolf Bertsch (Piano)

Chantal Juillet (Violin)

Montreal Sinfonietta

Charles Dutoit

Recording Date: May 1992