Andres Segovia - 1950's American Recordings, Vol.4

Andres SEGOVIA (1893-1987)

1950s American Recordings, Vol. 4

Luys MILAN (c. 1500-after 1560): 

Pavana III (Recorded 1952)

Fantasia XVI (Recorded 1952)

Luys DE NARVÁEZ (fl. 1526-1549): 

Canción del Emperador (Recorded December 1956)

Guárdame las vacas (Recorded December 1956)

Alonso MUDARRA (c. 1510-1580): 

Romanesca (Recorded 1952)

John DOWLAND (1563-1626): 

Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard (Recorded December 1956)

Anonymous: 

Galliard (formerly attributed to Dowland, but actual composer unknown)(Recorded December 1956)

Girolamo FRESCOBALDI (1583-1643): 

Aria detta la Frescobalda (Recorded April 1954)

Louis COUPERIN (c. 1626-1661): 

Passacaglia (Recorded 1954)

SIX 16TH CENTURY PIECES

Anonymous: Vaghe belleze (Recorded 1955)

Cesare Negri: Bianco fiore (Recorded 1955)

Anonymous: Danza (Recorded 1955)

Anonymous: Gagliarda (Recorded 1955)

Anonymous: Se io m'accorgo (Recorded 1955)

Vincenzo Galilei: Saltarello (Recorded 1955)

Robert DE VISÉE (c. 1650 - c. 1732): 

Suite in D minor (Recorded March 1957)

MANUEL PONCE (1882-1948): 

Preámbulo and Tempo di Gavotta from Suite II(formerly attributed to Alessandro Scarlatti, 1660-1725)(Recorded March 1957)

Jean-Philippe RAMEAU (1683-1764): Minuet (Recorded April 1954)

Domenico SCARLATTI (1685-1757): Sonata K. 11 / L. 352 (Recorded December 1956)

MANUEL PONCE: 

Pieces from Suite I (formerly attributed to Sylvius Leopold Weiss, 1686-1750)

Prélude Ballet, Gigue (Recorded March 1952)

Prélude, Allemande (Recorded April 1954)

Debussy & Ravel - Orchestral Works

Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918)

La Mer- Three Symphonic Sketches

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937)

Pavane pour une infante défunte

Ma Mère l'oye, Movements: Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant

Ma Mère l'oye, Movements: Les entretiens de la belle et la bête

Ma Mère l'oye, Movements: Petit Poucet

Ma Mère l'oye, Movements: Laideronette, Impératrice des Pagode

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Carlo Maria Giulini

Recorded: February 23-25, 1994 (tracks 1 to 5) & November 23 & 24, 1989 (tracks 6 to 10)

Camargo Guarnieri - Choros vol.1; Seresta

Camargo GUARNIERI (1907–1993)

Seresta for Piano and Orchestra (1965) 

Chôro for Bassoon and Orchestra (1991) 

Chôro for Flute and Chamber Orchestra (1972) 

Chôro for Violin and Orchestra (1951) 

Davi Graton (violin)

Olga Kopylova (piano)

Cláudia Nascimento (flute)

Alexandre Silvério (bassoon)

São Paulo Symphony Orchestra

Isaac Karabtchevsky

Recorded:. 2019, Sala São Paulo, Brazil

Niels Gade - Complete Symphonies Vo.4 (Nos.1 & 5)

Niels Wilhelm GADE (1817 – 1890)

Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op.5 (1842)

Symphony No. 5 in D minor Op.25 (1852)

 

Ronald Brautigam (piano)

Danish National Symphony Orchestra

Christopher Hogwood

Recorded at Danish Radio Concert Hall, Copenhagen, November 2001

Giuseppe Verdi - Messa da Requiem; Quattro Pezzi Sacri

Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901)

Messa da Requiem (1874)

Leontyne Price (soprano)

Rosalind Elias (mezzo-soprano) 

Jussi Bjorling (tenor) 

Giorgi Tozzi (bass)

Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 

Fritz Reiner 

Quattro Pezzi Sacri (1898)

Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano)

Los Angeles Master Chorale Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Zubin Mehta

Niels Gade - Complete Symphonies Vol.3 (Nos.3 & 6; Echoes of Ossian)

Niels Wilhelm GADE (1817-1890)

Symphonies, Volume 3

Overture "Echoes of Ossian" Op. 1

Symphony No.3 Op. 15 in A minor

Symphony No.6, Op. 32 in G minor

Discarded Movement from Symphony No.3

Danish National Symphony Orchestra

Christopher Hogwood

Recorded at Danish Radio Concert Hall, Copenhagen; 10 April 2001 (Echoes of Ossian), 

17 & 18 August 2001 (Symphony No. 3, incl. discarded first movement), 

14 & 19 November 2001 (Symphony No. 6)

Jose Arriola - Orchestral Music

José ARRIOLA (1895-1954)

Concertino for Piano and Orchestra 

Divertimento concertante for 2 pianos and orchestra 

Extracts from Seis poesias de Antonio Machado 

Tres textos cervantinos

Concerto for Horn and Orchestra 

Joaquin Soriano, Victor & Luis del Valle (pianos)

Javier Franc (baritone)

Carmen Duran (soprano)

Ainhoa Zubillaga (alto)

Francisco Santiago (tenor)

David Fernandez Alonso (horn)

Real Filharmonia de Galicia

Maximino Zumalave

Recording: between March 2010 and May 2011, Auditorio de Galicia, Spain

Astor Piazzolla - Bandoneon Concerto "Aconcagua"; Tangazo; Adios Nonino

Astor PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992) 

Aconcagua, Concerto for bandoneon, strings and timpani 

Tangazo, Variations on Buenos Aires

Oblivion

Meditango 

Adios Nonino 

Bandoneon

Zita

Filippo Arlia (piano)

Cesare Chiacchiaretta (bandoneon)

Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria

Filippo Arlia

Recorded: 9-12 September 2021 at Colonia S.Benedetto, Cetraro (CS) Ital

Reynaldo Hahn - Le Rossignol Éperdu

Renaldo HAHN (1874-1947)

Le Rossignol Éperdu (1899-1910)

53 Poems for Piano

Earl Wild (piano)

I. PREMIÈRE SUITE : 1. Frontispice – 2. Andromède résignée – 3. Douloureuse rêverie dans un bois de sapins – 4. Le bouquet de pensées – 5. Soleil d’automne – 6. Gretchen – 7. Les deux écharpes – 8. Liebe ! Liebe ! – 9. Eros caché dans les bois – 10. La fausse indifférence – 11. Chanson de midi – 12. Antiochus – 13. Nevermore – 14. Portrait – 15. L’enfant au perroquet – 16. Les rêveries du prince Églantine – 17. Ivresse – 18. L’arôme suprême – 19. Berceuse féroce – 20. Passante – 21. La danse de l’amour et de l’ennui – 22. Ouranos – 23. Les héliotropes du Clos-André – 24. Effet de nuit sur la Seine – 25. Per i piccoli canali – 26. Mirage – 27. La danse de l’amour et du danger – 28. Matinée parisienne – 29. Chérubin tragique – 30. Les chênes enlacés.

II. ORIENT : 31. En caïque – 32. Narghilé – 33. Les chiens de Galata – 34. Rêverie nocturne sur le Bosphore – 35. La rose de Blida – 36. L’oasis.

III. CARNET DE VOYAGE : 37. L’ange verrier – 38. Le jardin de Pétrarque – 39. La Nativité – 40. Faunesse dansante – 41. Les noces du duc de Joyeuse – 42. Le petit mail – 43. Les pages d’Elisabeth – 44. La jeunesse et l’été ornent de fleurs le tombeau de Pergolèse – 45. Vieux bahuts.

IV. VERSAILLES : 46. Hommage à Martius – 47. La reine au jardin – 48. Le réveil de Flore – 49. Le banc songeur – 50. La fête de Terpsichore – 51. Adieux au soir tombant – 52. Hivernale – 53. Le pèlerinage inutile.

Edward Elgar - From the Bavarian Highlands & other Choral Works

Edward ELGAR (1857-1934)

From the Bavarian Highlands, Op. 27

O salutaris Hostia No. 1 in E-Flat Major

O salutaris Hostia No. 2 in E-Flat Major

O salutaris Hostia No. 3 in F Major

Tantum Ergo in D major (incomplete)

Ecce Sacerdos Magnus

The Light of Life, Op. 29 'Lux Christi'

Frank Wibaut (piano)

Harry Bramma (organ)

Worcester Cathedral Choir

Christopher Robinson

Released: 1977 & 2003

Harrison Birtwistle - Angel Fighter; In Broken Images; Virelai (sus une fontayne)

Harrison BIRTWISTLE (1934-2022)

Angel Fighter * (2009) (1)

In Broken Images (2011-2012) (2)

Virelai (sus une fontayne) (2008) (3)

* Alan Watts (Angel), countertenor

* Jeffrey Lloyd Roberts (Jacob), tenor

* BBC Singers

London Sinfonietta

David Atherton

(1) Recorded: 20 August 2011 at Cadogan Hall, London, UK

(2) Recorded: 24 May 2012 at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK

(3) Recorded: 5 December 2014 at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK

Knudage Riisager - The Symphonic Edition Vol. 3

Knudåge RIISAGER (1897-1974)

The Symphonic Edition - Vol. 3

Summer Rhapsody (on Danish Folk Melodies), op.43 (1943) 

Sinfonia Concertante, for strings, op.34 (1937)

Sinfonia Gaia (Symphony no.4), op.38 (1939-40)

Sinfonia Serena (Symphony no.5), for strings and timpani, op.52 (1949-50) 

Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

Bo Holten

Recorded: Musikhuset, Aarhus, Denmark, 10-14 September 2012; 19-20 November 2012 (Concertante).

Anthony Louis Scarmolin - Orchestral Works

Anthony Louis SCARMOLIN (1890-1969) 

Orchestral Works (1919-1964)  

The Caliph - Dance (1948) *

Three Miniatures (1920) *

Three Preludes (1995)

The Sunlit Pool (1951)

Invocation (1947)

Variations on a Folk Song (1953)

Arioso for strings (1953)

Concert Piece for trumpet and strings (1962)

Prelude (1964) *

*Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra

Joel Eric Suben 

Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra 

Joel Eric Suben  

Recorded 7, 8 & 10 February 1996 at Haviřov Civic Centre, Czech Republic, and 5-8 & 22 September 1995 at the Concert Hall of the Slovak Radio Bratislava

Per Norgard - Songs

Per NORGARD (1932-2025)

Songs:

Det abne Op.2 (1952-55)

Six Songs Op.14 (1956-7)

Fred (1955) 

Landskabsbillede (1961)

Golgotha (1962)

Tue Bentsons viser Op.27 (1960)

Du skal plante et tra (1967)

Aret (1976)

Himmelfaden (1985)

Stjernespejl (1987) 

3 Magdalene-sange (1991)

 

Lars Thodberg Bertelsen (baritone)

Per Norgard (piano)

Recorded in DR Radio House Studio 2 May/November 2000 

Andres Segovia - 1950's American Recordings, Vol. 3

Andres SEGOVIA (1893-1987)

1950s American Recordings, Vol. 3

Jean-Delphin ALARD (1815-1888): Ten Artistic Studies for Violin, Op. 19: No. 2: Study in A 

(arr. Tárrega)

Francisco TÁRREGA (1852-1909):

Marieta (Mazurka)

Preludio No. 5

Preludio No. 2

María (Gavota)

Mazurka in G

Adelita (Mazurka)

Capricho árabe

Recuerdos de la Alhambra

Isaac ALBÉNIZ (1860-1909): 

Suite española, Op. 47: No. 5: Asturias (Leyenda)

Julian AGUIRRE (1868-1924): 

Canción

Joaquin MALATS (1872-1912): 

Serenata española

Manuel PONCE (1882-1948): 

Preludes:

No. VI

No. VII

No. IX

No. I

No. III

No. IV

Tres canciones populares mexicanas: Mexican Folksong No. 3: La Valentina

Thème varié et Finale

Sonata III

from Four Pieces: Mazurka, Valse

Oscar ESPLÁ (1886-1976):

Levantine Impressions, Nos 2 & 5

All selections recorded in New York

George Crumb - Madrigals Books I-IV; Makrokosmos III

George CRUMB (1929-2022)

Madrigals, Books I-IV for soprano and instrumental ensemble

(Text: Federico Garcia Lorca), Books I-IV (1965-1969) *

Music For A Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III) for two

amplified pianos and percussion (1974)**

Double Bass [Musica Varia] – Robert Röjder *

Ensemble – Musica Varia*

Flute [Musica Varia] – Ulf Bergström*

Harp [Musica Varia] – Åsa Lännerholm*

Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Musica Varia] – Anne-Marie Mühle*

Percussion [Musica Varia] – Seppo Asikainen*

Percussion – Rainer Kuisma, Seppo Asikainen**

Piano – Barbro Dahlman, Ingrid Lindgren**

Recorded: 1983, Swedish Radio, Stockholm.

Georges Bizet - Les Pêcheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fishers)

Georges BIZET (1838–1875)

Les Pêcheurs de Perles - Opera in three acts (1863)

 

Leila – Annick Massis

Nadir – Yasuharu Nakajima

Zurga – Luca Grassi

Nourabad – Luigi De Donato

Orchestra & Chorus: Teatro La Fenice di Venezia

Marcello Viotti

Recorded live:Teatro Malibran, Venice, April 2004

Max Reger - Four Tone Poems after Arnold Böcklin; Variations and Fugue on a Theme by J.S.Bach

Max REGER (1873-1916)

Variations and Fugue on a Theme by J.S.Bach, Op.81 (1904) (arr. I. Levin, 2015) 

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

O Mensch, bewein’ dein’ Sünde gross, BWV 622 (1708-1717) (arr. Reger, 1915)

Max REGER

Four Tone Poems after Arnold Böcklin, Op.128 (1913)

Klaudyna Schulze-Broniewska (violin)

Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester

Ira Levin

Recorded: 2016, Konzerhalle ‘Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach’, Frankfurt

Nicolae Bretan - Luceafarul (The Evening Star)

Nicolae BRETAN (1887–1968)

Luceafărul (The Evening Star) - Opera in One Act, Prologue and Epilogue (1921)

Ionel Voineag (tenor) – The Evening Star; 

Bálint Szabó (bass) – Michael the Archangel; 

Elena Casian (mezzo) – The Lady-in-Waiting; 

Adriana Croitoru (soprano) – The King’s Daughter; 

Marius Budoiu (tenor) – The Mariner; 

Ioan Pojar (tenor) – The Page; Chorus,

 

Philharmonic Orchestra Transilvania, Cluj

Béla Hary

Recorded: September 1994, Cluj, Romania

Joan Tower - Strike Zones; Still/Rapids; Small; Ivory and Ebony

Joan TOWER (b.1938)

Strike Zones (2001)

Small (2016)

Still/Rapids

I. Still (2013)

II. Rapids (1996) 

Ivory and Ebony (2009)

Evelyn Glennie (percussion)

Blair McMillen (piano)

Albany Symphony Orchestra

David Alan Miller

Track 1 recorded 18 May 2014 at the Experimental Media & Performing Arts Center (EMPAC)

Track 2 recorded 16 April 2016; tracks 3-4 recorded 18 March at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall

Track 5 recorded 5 January 2017 at Sosnoff Theater, Fisher Center, Bard College, New York