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

Gustav Mahler - Ruckert Lieder; Richard Wagner - Wesendonck Lieder, Das Liebesmahl der Apostel

Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911)

Rückert Lieder (1901-1902)

Richard WAGNER (1813-1883)

Wesendonck Lieder (1857-1858)

Das Liebesmahl der Apostel (1843)

Yvonne Minton (mezzo-sop) 

Westminster Choir 

London Symphony Orchestra

New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Pierre Boulez

Tracks 1-10 recorded in London, EMI Studios, May 1979.

Tracks 11-16 recorded in New York City, Manhattan Center, October 6, 1975.

Antonin Dvorak - Stabat Mater, Op.58

Antonin DVORAK (1841-1904)

Stabat Mater, Op. 58

Maria Shaguch (soprano)

Ingeborg Danz (alto)

James Taylor (tenor)

Thomas Quanthoff (bass)

Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra & Choir

Helmuth Rilling

Recording: 8-11 Jul. 1995, Silva Concert Hall, in the Hult center for the Performig Arts, Eugene, Oregon, USA

Manuel Ponce - Balada Mexicana (Piano Music)

Manuel Maria PONCE (1882-1948)

Balada Mexicana

Piano Music

Balada Mexicana

Arrulladora

Tema Mexicano Variado

Romanza de amor

Preludio y fuga sobre un tema de Handel

Mazurka No. 1

Mazurka No. 2

Mazurka No. 4

Mazurka No. 5

Mazurka No. 6

Mazurka No. 7

Mazurka No. 10

Scherzino Mexicano

Gavota

Intermezzo No 1

Rapsodia Cubana No. 1

Jorge Federico Osorio (piano)

Recorded at  St. Barnabas Church, Mitcham, London.1995

Sergei Rachmaninov - Symphony No.3; Vocalise; Youth Symphony

Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)

Symphony No.3 in A minor Op.44 (1936)

Symphonic Movement in D minor (‘Youth Symphony’) (1891)

Vocalise Op.34 No.14 (arrangement for orchestra, 1912)

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Owain Arwel Hughes

Recorded at the Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow, Scotland on 10 and 11 September 2001

Henrique Oswald - Piano Music

Henrique OSWALD (1852-1931)

Six Morceaux, op.4 (c.1887) 

Trois Romances, op.7 

Il Neige (1902) 

Six Pièces, op.14 

Feuilles d'Album, op.20 

Braz Velloso (piano)

Recorded: Eglise Evangélique, Saint Marcel, Paris, 11-12 June 2012.

Edward Elgar & Ralph Vaugahn Williams - Violin Sonatas

Edward ELGAR (1857-1934)

Violin Sonata in E minor, Op.82 (1918) [25:36]

Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958)

Violin Sonata in A minor (1954) [26:50]

The Lark Ascending (1914) [14:18]

Jennifer Pike (violin)

Martin Roscoe (piano)

Recorded at Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk; 27-29 October 2019

William Henry Fry - Santa Claus Symphony; Overture to Macbeth; Niagara Symphony

William Henry FRY (1813 -1864)

Santa Claus, Christmas Symphony

Overture to Macbeth

Niagara Symphony

The Breaking Heart

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Tony Rowe

Recorded: 5-6 August 1999, at Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow

Dimitri Shostakovich & Sergei Prokofiev - Violin Concertos No.1

Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)

Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77

Sergei PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) 

Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19

Daniel Matejča (violin) 

Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Tomáš Netopil

Published: October 3, 2025

Andres Segovia - 1950's American Recordins, Vol.2

Andrés SEGOVIA (1893-1987)

1950s American Recordings: Volume 2

Fernando SOR (1778–1839)

Deuxième Grande Sonate, Op. 25:

1. II: Allegro non troppo 

2. IV: Minuet 

3. Variations on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 9 

Grande Sonate, Op. 22:

4. III: Minuet 

Six Divertimentos for the Spanish Guitar, Op. 2:

5. No. 3: Andantino 

Deux Thèmes et Douze Menuets Pour la Guitare, Op. 11:

6. No. 5 in D major 

Sonata (Grand Solo), Op. 14:

7. Introduction and Allegro 

Folies d’Espagne and Minuet, Op. 15a:

8. Minuet in E major

9. Minuet in A major, Op. 11 No. 6 

10. Study in A major, Op. 6 No. 12 

11. Study in G major, Op. 29 No. 11 

12. Study in B minor, Op. 35 No. 22 

13. Study in A major, Op. 6 No. 6 

Mauro GIULIANI (1781–1829)

Sonata, Op. 15:

14. I: Allegro spiritoso 

Manuel PONCE (1882–1948)

15. Andantino variato on a theme by Paganini 

Franz SCHUBERT (1797–1828)

Piano Sonata in G major, Op. 78, D894:

16. III: Menuetto 

Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)

Songs without Words, Op. 19:

17. No. 6 (Venetian Gondola Song) 

Fryderyk CHOPIN (1810–1849)

18. Prelude in A major, Op. 28 No. 7 

Felix MENDELSSOHN

String Quartet No. 1 in E flat, Op. 12:

19. Canzonetta 

 

Andrés Segovia (guitar)

Recorded: New York 1952, 1954, 1955