Gaetano Donizetti - Belisario (Lyric tragedy in three acts)

Gaetano DONIZETTI (1797-1848)

Belisario - Lyric tragedy in three acts (1836)

Giostiniano, Byzantine Emperor - Alastair Miles (bass) 

Belisario, supreme commander of his army - Nicola Alaimo (baritone)

Antonina, Belisario’s wife - Joyce El-Khoury (soprano)

Irene, their daughter - Camilla Roberts (soprano)

Alamiro, a prisoner of Belisario - Russell Thomas (tenor)

Eudora, a friend of Irene - Julia Sporsén (soprano)

Eutropio, Antonina's would-be lover and co-conspirator - Peter Hoare (tenor)

Eusebio, warden of the prisons - Edward Price (baritone)

Ottario, leader of the Alani and Bulgars - Michael Bundy (baritone)

Centurion - Darren Jeffery (bass-baritone)

BBC Singers

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Mark Elder

Recorded: BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, October 2012

Robert Simpson - Horn Trio and Horn Quartet

Robert SIMPSON (1921-1997)

Trio for horn, violin and piano (1984)

Quartet for horn, violin, cello and piano (1975)

Richard Watkins (horn)

Pauline Lowbury (violin)

Christopher Green-Armytage (piano)

Caroline Dearnley (cello)

Recorded on 4-6 October; 20, 21 December 1993, Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom

Mario Pilati - Concerto for Orchestra; Three Pieces for Orchestra; Suite for Strings & Piano

Mario PILATI (1903-1938)

Concerto for Orchestra (1931-1932)

Three Pieces for Orchestra (1929)

Suite for Strings and Piano (1925)

By the Cradle (Ninna-Nanna) (1938)

Tomas Nemec (piano)

Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Adriano

Recorded at the Slovak Radio, Bratislava, May 2000 and January 2001

Eduard Bagdasarian - Piano and Violin Music

Eduard Ivanovich BAGDASARIAN (1922-1987)

Twenty-Four Preludes (1958)* 

Rhapsody in B minor (version for violin and piano) 

Nocturne in A minor 

Mikael Ayrapetyan (piano), Vladimir Sergeev (violin)

*World première recording

Recorded: Great Concert Hall of the Moscow State University of Culture and Arts, Moscow, Russia, 

6-7 October 2012

Cyril Scott - Lotus Land and other PIano Works

Cyril SCOTT (1879-1970)

Piano Music

Two Pieces Op. 47 (1905)

Two Pierrot Pieces Op. 35 (1904)

Pierrette (1912)

Five Poems (1912)

Trois Danses Tristes Op. 74 (1910)

Over the Prairie: Two Impressions (1911)

Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 66 (1909)

Dennis Hennig (piano)

Recorded:  1991

Arthur Bliss - The Beatitudes

Arthur BLISS (1891-1975)

Madame Noy - A Witchery Song for soprano and instrumental ensemble (1918)* 

Rout, for soprano and chamber ensemble (1920)*

The Enchantress - scena for contralto and orchestra (1951)**

The Beatitudes (1961)*** 

*Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano)/Wigmore Ensemble

Recorded: 11 March 1958

**Pamela Bowden (contralto); BBC Symphony Orchestra

Rudolf Schwarz

Recorded: 21 April 1957

***Heather Harper (soprano); Gerald English (tenor); Goldsmiths Choral Union; Royal Choral Society; Wembley Philharmonic Society; BBC Chorus; BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sir Arthur Bliss

Recorded: 31 August 1964, Royal Albert Hall, London

BBC Broadcasts, MONO Recordings

Hans Eisler - Film Music: Hangmen also Dies; The 400 Millonen; The Grapes of Wrath

Hans EISLER (1898-1962)

Film Music

Hangmen also Dies (1942-1943)

400 Millionen Filmmusik (1938-1939)

The Grapes of Wrath, Alternative Film Music (1942-1942) 

Kleine Sinfonie, Op. 29 (1932)

Hörfleissübung (1931)

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Johannes Kalitzke

Recorded Große Sendesaal im Haus des Rundfunks in Berlin, July 2016

William Bolcom - The Complete Rags

William BOLCOM (b. 1938)

The Complete Rags

Eubie's Lucky Day (1969)

Epithalamium (1993)

Tabby Cat Walk (1968)

Knockout: “A Rag” (2008)

Rag-Tango (1971, revised 1988)

The Garden of Eden (1969):

Old Adam; The Eternal Feminine; The Serpent's Kiss; Through Eden's Gates

California Porcupine Rag (1968)

The Gardenia (1970)

The Brooklyn Dodge (1972)

Contentment (2015)

Three Ghost Rags (1970-71):

Graceful Ghost Rag; The Poltergeist; Dream Shadows

Raggin' Rudi (1974)

Epitaph For Louis Chauvin (1967)

Seabiscuits Rag (1967)

Estela: “Rag Latino” (2010)

Fields Of Flowers (1977)

Incineratorag (1967)

Knight Hubert (1971)

Lost Lady Rag (1969)

Glad Rag (1967)

Last Rag (1968)

Brass Knuckles (1969) – collaboration with William Allbright

Marc-André Hamelin (piano)

Recorded:2021, Mechanics Hall, Worcester, USA

Giacomo Manzoni - Masse: Omaggio a Edgard Varese; Arnold Schoenberg - Chamber Smphony No.1

Giacomo MANZONI (b.19320

Masse:Omaggio a Edgard Varèse (For Piano And Orchestra)

Arnold SCHOENBERG (1874-1951)

Kammersymphonie

Chamber Symphony No. 1 op. 9

Maurizio Pollini (piano)

Berliner Philharmoniker

Giuseppe Sinopoli

Recording: Berlin, Philharmonie, 9/1980 (Manzoni), 6/1981 (Schoenberg)

Carmina Burana - Medieval Songs (The Boston Camerata; Joel Cohen)

Carmina Burana

Twenty three medieval songs from the original Benedikbeuren manuscript c.1230

I. Right And Wrong Go Marching

II. Lors Of Misrule

III. Hail, Bountiful Venus !

The Boston Camerata

Joel Cohen

Recorded June 28 - July 3 1996, Campion Center, Weston Mass. USA

Morton Gould - Fall River Legend; Jekyll and Hyde Variations

Morton GOULD (1913-1996)

Jekyll and Hyde Variations

Fall River Legend (Complete Ballet)

Nashville Symphony Orchestra

Kenneth Schermerhorn

Recorded 5-6 D, 2004 December at Ingram Hall, Nashville, USA

Kempe conducts Richard Strauss Vol. 3

Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949)

Complete Orchestral Works 3

Metamorphosen

Alpine Symphony

Aus Italien

Macbeth

Don Quixote

Dance Suite from Pieces by Couperin

Paul Tortelier, cello; 

Max Rostal, viola

Dresden Staatskapelle

Rudolf Kempe

Recorded 1970-1975, Dresde, Germany

Heinrich Ignaz von Biber - Requiem; Agostino Steffani - Stabat Mater

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von BIBER (1644-1704)

Requiem à 15 in A

Agostino STEFFANI (1654-1728)

Stabat Mater

Marta Almajano (soprano)

Mieke van der Sluis (soprano)

John Elwes (tenor)

Mark Padmore (tenor)

Frans Huits (baritone)

Harry van der Kamp (bass)

Koor and Barockorkest van de Nederlandse Bachvereniging

Gustav Leonhardt

rec 22-24 October 1994, Pieterskerk, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Sofia Gubaidulina - Seven Words; Ten Preludes; De Profundis

Sofia GUBAIDULINA (1931-2025)

Seven Words (for violoncello, bayan and strings)

Ten Preludes (for Violoncello solo)

De Profundis (for bayan solo)

Elsbeth Moser (bayan)

Boris Pergamenschikow (violoncello)

Münchener Kammerorchester

Christoph Poppen

Recorded January 2001; Himmelfahrtskirche Sendling, München, Germany

Roberto Sierra - Kandinsky - Chamber Music

Roberto SIERRA (b.1953)

Kandinsky, for violin, viola cello and piano (2003)

Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (2005-2006)

Treinta  tre formas de mirar un mismo objeto(33 Ways to Look at the Same Object) for piano four hands (2005-2008)

Continuum

Cherl Seltzer and Joel Sachs, Directors

Renee Jolles (violin)

Stephanie Griffin (viola)

Kristina Reiko Cooper (cello)

Moran Katz (clarinet)

Cherl Seltzer (piano)

Joel Sachs (piano)

Recorded 2010, 2013, 2014 at KAS Music & Sound, Astoria, New York, USA

Edward Elgar - Symphony No. 1; Introduction and Allegro for Strings

Edward ELGAR (1857-1934)

Symphony No. 1 in A flat

Introduction and Allegro for Strings

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Tadaaki Otaka

Andres Segovia - 1950's American Recordings, Vol.6

Andrés SEGOVIA (1893-1987) 

1950s American Recordings - Vol. 6

Robert SCHUMANN (1810 – 1856)

Romanza (from Lieder-Album für die Jugend, Op. 79 No. 4 „Frühlingsgruss“) 

César FRANCK (1822 – 1890)

29 Short Pieces:

Quasi lento 

Moderato 

Johannes BRAHMS (1833 – 1897)

Waltzes, Op. 39:

No. 8 in B flat major

Edvard GRIEG (1843 – 1907)

Lyric Pieces, Op. 47:

No. 3: Melody 

Alexander SCRIABIN (1872 – 1915)

Preludes, Op. 16:

No. 4 in B minor 

Miguel LLOBET (1878 – 1938)

El Mestre 

Manuel de FALLA (1876 – 1946)

Homenaje, ’Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy 

Carlos PEDRELL (1878 – 1941)

Guitarreo

Joan MANÉN (1883 – 1971)

Fantasía-Sonata 

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887 – 1959)

Douze Etudes:

No. 7 in E major 

Preludes:

No. 1 in E minor 

No. 3 in A minor

Douze Etudes:

No. 8 in C sharp minor

No. 1 in E minor 

Federico Moreno TORROBA (1891 – 1982)

Sonatina (Allegretto; Andante; Allegro)

Madroños

Nocturno

Serenata burlesca 

Andrés Segovia (guitar)

rec. New York 1952, 1954, 1956

 

Benjamin Britten - Death in Venice

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

Death in Venice, Op. 88. Opera in two acts

Libretto by Myfanwy Piper based on the short novel by Thomas Mann

Peter Pears (tenor) 

John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)

James Bowman (countertenor)

Stuart Harling (baritone)

Kenneth Bowen (tenor)

Michael Bauer (voice)

Michael Follis (voice)

Neville Williams (bass-baritone)

Angela Vernon Bates (voice)

Sheila Brand (voice)

Anna Vincent (voice)

Anne Wilkens (mezzo-soprano)

Iris Saunders (soprano)

Penelope McKay (soprano)

Stephen James Adams (voice)

Janice Hooper Roe (voice)

Peter Leeming (baritone)

Robert Carpenter Turner (voice)

Ronald Murdock (voice)

Keith Jones (voice)

English Opera Group Chorus

English Chamber Orchestra

Steuart Bedford

Recorded in The Maltings, Snape,  Suffolk, UK, April 1974, under the supervision of the composer.

Gordon Crosse - Ariadna; Changes

Gordon CROSSE (1937-2021)

Ariadne - Concertante for solo oboe and twelve players Op. 31 (1972) [a]

Changes - A Nocturnal Cycle in four parts and two interludes for soprano and baritone soloists, mixed chorus and orchestra Op. 17(1966) [b]

[a] Sarah Francis (oboe)

London Symphony Orchestra ensemble

Michael Lankester

[b] Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano)

John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)

Orpington Junior Singers

Highgate School for Boys Choir

London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

Norman Del Mar

rec. 20-21 August 1974, Kingsway Hall, London (Ariadne); 27-30 October 1969, Walthamstow Assembly Hall (Changes)

Antonin Dvorak - Violin Concerto; Romance; Mazurek (Anne-Sophie Mutter)

Antonín DVOŘÁK (1841-1904)

Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 

Romance for violin and orchestra in F minor, Op. 11 

Mazurek for violin and orchestra in E minor, Op. 49 

Humoresque in G flat major, Op. 101, No. 7 (arr. violin and piano, Fritz Kreisler) [3:12]

Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin)

Ayami Ikeba (piano) (Humoresque)

Berliner Philharmoniker

Manfred Honeck

Recorded: June 2013, Philharmonie Berlin, Germany (Concerto, Romance, Mazurek), 

Meistersaal, Berlin, Germany (Humoresque)