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

 

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari - Il segreto di Susana

Ermanno WOLF-FERRARI  (1876-1948)

Il segreto di Susanna (1909)

Countess Susanna – Lidia Fridman (soprano)

Count Gil – Omar Montanari (baritone)

Sante – Guido Lamprecht (silent role)

Orchestra of the Berlin Opera Group

Felix Krieger

Recorded live, June 2022, Grosser Haus Konzerthaus, Berlin

Artur Malawski - Orchestral Works

Artur MALAWSKI (1904-1957)

Overture (1948)

Etiudy symfoniczne (Symphonic Études) (1947)

Tryptyk góralski (Mountaineers Triptych) (1949)

Toccata for Small Orchestra (1947)

Suita popularna (Popular Suite) (1952)

Beata Bilińska (piano)

Artur Malawski Podkarpacka Philharmonic

Mariusz Smolij

Recorded; 2024, Malawski Philharmonic, Rzeszów, Poland

Franz Von Suppe - Requiem in D minor

Franz VON SUPPE (1819-1895)

Requiem in D minor (1855)

for soprano, alto, tenor and bass soli, mixed choir and orchestra

Katarzyna Suska (alto)

Andrzej Hiolski (bass)

Aleksandra Baranska (soprano)

Jerzy Knetig (tenor)

Cracow Philharmonic Chorus

Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra*

Roland Bader

Recorded: 21-23 November 1989, Cracow.

Sergei Rachmaninov - Symphony No.2

Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)

Symphony No.2 in E minor, Op. 27

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Owain Arwel Hughes

Recorded: Sep 6 and 7, 2001, at the Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow, Scotland.

Arthur Farwell - Piano Music Vol.1

Arthur FARWELL (1872-1952)

Piano Music Vol. 1

The Vale of Enitharmon, Op. 91* (1930) 

Impressions of the Wa-Wan Ceremony of the Omahas, Op. 21** (1905)

Polytonal Studies, Op. 109* (1940-1952) Series 1

Lisa Cheryl Thomas (piano)

Recorded: 24-25 July 2011, Old Granary Studio, Suffolk. DDD

*First recordings/**First complete recording

Ildebrando Pizzetti - Messa di Requiem; Composizione corali

Ildebrando PIZZETTI (1880-1968)

Messa di requiem

Due Composizione corali

Tre Composizione corali

   Danish National Radio Chamber Choir

                                              Stefan Parkman                                            

Recording: Danish Radio Concert Hall, Copenhagen, 14, 15, 29 & 30 March 1990 (1-8); Odd Fellow Hall, Copenhagen, 4-6 September 1989 (9-10)

Knudage Riisager - The Symphonic Edition Volume 2

Knudåge RIISAGER (1897-1974)

Symphonic Edition Volume 2

T-DOXC (Poème Mécanique) For Orchestra, Op. 13 (1926)

Symphony No. 2, Op. 14 (1927)

Concerto For Orchestra, Op. 24 (1924)

Primavera, Concert Ouverture, Op. 31 (1934)

Sinfonia (Symphony No. 3), Op. 30 (1935)

Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

Bo Holten

Recorded in the Symphonic Hall, Musikhuset Aarhus, on 20-25 June 2011

Andres Segovia - 1950's American Recordings, Vol. 1

Andres SEGOVIA (1893-1987)

1950's American Recordings, Vol. 1

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: Prelude

Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: Gavotte I & II

Violin Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 : Bourrée

Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 : Courante

Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001: Sicilienne

Suite in E minor, BWV 996: Bourrée

Prelude in C minor, BWV 999

Suite in E major, BWV 1006a: Gavotte en Rondeau

Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: Chaconne

Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: Bourrée I & II (Originally entitled Loure)

Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001: Fugue

Georg Friedrick HANDEL (1685-1759)

Suite XI, HWV 437, III: Sarabande with Variations

Minuet I (D major) & II (D minor)

Minuet I (Andantino) & II (Grazioso) (Originally entitled Allegretto grazioso)

Gavotte in G major, HWV 491

Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH (1714-1788)

Siciliana in F sharp minor

Christoph Willibal GLUCK (1714-1787)

Orfeo ed Euridice : Ballet

Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)

Minuet and Trio in D

All Guitar arrangements b Andres Segovia

Andres Segovia (guitar)

All selections recorded in New York

Felix Mendelssohn - The Symphonies & A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)

Symphony No. 1, Op. 11

Symphony No. 5, Op. 107, "Reformation"

Symphony No. 2, Op. 52, "Lobgesang"*

Symphony No. 3, Op. 56, "Scottish"

Symphony No. 4, Op. 90, "Italian"

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61

Patrick Grahl (tenor)*

Chen Reiss (soprano)*

Sophia Burgos (soprano)*

Katharina Konradi (soprano)*

Marie Henriette Reinhold (soprano)*

Zürcher Sing-Akademie

Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich

Paavo Järvi 

Charles Villiers Stanford - Orchestral Songs

Sir Charles Villiers STANFORD (1852–1924)

Orchestral Songs

An Irish Idyll in Six

Miniatures, Op. 77, No. 2

A Fairy Lough

The Clown’s Songs from

Twelfth Night, Op. 65, No. 2

Come Away Death

Is it the Wind of the Dawn?

La belle dame sans merci

From The Triumph of Love, Op.82

I think that we were children

When in solemn stillness

O Flames of Passion

Cavalier Songs, Op. 17

From Songs of Faith, Op. 97

To the Soul

Tears

Joy, Shipmate, Joy!

From Irish Songs and Ballads

Chieftain of Tyrconnell

From Songs of Old Ireland

The Foggy Dew

When She Answered me

O Ye Dead

From Songs of Old Ireland

Battle Hymn

Lament for O R O’Neill

Emer’s Farewell to Cucullain

Songs of Erin, Op. 76, No. 22

The Alarm

Bible Songs, Op. 113, No. 3

A Song of Hope

Sharon Carty (mezzo-soprano); Morgan Pearse (baritone)

BBC Singers (male voices)

BBC Concert Orchestra

John Andrews

Recorded: 2023, Battersea Arts Centre, London

Sergei Rachmaninov - Symphony No.1; Prince Rostislav

Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)

Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13 (1895) 

Prince Rostislav, Symphonic Poem (1891)

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Owain Arwel Hughes

Recorded: Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow, September 2001

Alberto Franchetti - Symphony in E minor; Nella Foresta Nera & Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari - Sinfonia da camera

Alberto FRANCHETTI (1860-1942)

Symphony in E minor (1884)

Nella Foresta nera – Impressione sinfonica (1900)

Ermanno WOLF-FERRARI (1876-1948)

Sinfonia da camera in B-flat major, Op 8 (1901)

Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma

Francesco La Vecchia

MiNensemblet

Recorded: 1995, Alter Pfarrsaal, Nöttingen, Germany (Wolf-Ferrari)

2011, OSR Studios, Rome, Italy (Franchetti)

Frank Martin - Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2; Ballade

Frank MARTIN (1890-1974)

Piano Concerto No.1 (1934)

Ballade for Piano and Orchestra (1939)

Piano Concerto No.2 (1968-1969)

Jean-Francois Antonioli (piano) 

I Filarmonici di Torino

Marcello Viotti

Recorded in Auditorium RAI, Turin, August 1985

Leos Janacek - The Cunning Little Vixen /MacKerras

Leos JANACEK (1854-1928)

The Cunning Little Vixen  (1923)

Libretto the composer himself adapted from a novella by Rudolf Těsnohlídek.

Lucia Popp (Vixen)

Dalibor Jedlicka (Gamekeeper)

Eva Randová (Fox)

Eva Zigmundova (Gamekeeper's wife)

Vladimir Krejcik (Schoolmaster)

Richard Novak (Priest)

Vaclav Zitek (Harasta, a tramp)

Beno Blachut (Pasek, innkeeper)

Ivana Mixova (Inkeeper's wife)

Libuse Marova (Lapak)

Gertrude Jahn (Cock)

Eva Hribikova (Frantik)

Zuzana Hudecova (Pepik)

Peter Saray (Frog/Grasshopper)

Miriam Ondraskova (Cricket)

Wiener Philharmoniker

Charles Mackerras

Recording location: Sofiensaal, Vienna, March 1981

HK Guber - Piano Concerto; Short Stories from the Vienna Woods

HK GRUBER (b.1943)

Piano Concerto (2016)

Short Stories from the Vienna Woods (2019)

Luftschlösser (Castle in the Air) (1981)

Frank Dupree (piano)

Orf Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

HK Gruber

Recorded: 2024 Vienna & Stuttgart

Sur - Piano Music from Argentina

Agustin Muriago

Sur - Piano Music from Argentina

Lilian SABA (b.1961)

Para Empezar a Volar

Tres Marias

Jose RESTA (1880-1962)

Tres Danzas

Aire de Tango 

Vidalita

Bailecito

Juan Jose RAMOS (1930-1995)

Vals Miraflores

Manuel GOMEZ CARRILLO (1883-1968)

Fiesta Criolla

Miguel FRANCESE (1913-1970)

Triste

Lia CIMAGLIA (1906-1998)

Recuerdos de mi Tierra

Evocacion Criolla

Danza

Milonga

Zapateado

Arturo LUZZATTI (1875-1959)

Aire de Milonga

Leonardo BRUNELLI (1929-1964)

Milonga, Op.2

Carlos AGUIRRE (b.1965)

Milonga Gris

Adolfo CIPRIOTA (1879-1944)

Bocetos del Litoral

En la Llanura

Idilio Campero

Ladera Resbaladiza

Osvaldo GOLIJOV (b.1960)

Levante

Agustin Muriago (piano)

Romancillo - Guitar Works by Sor; Martinez Palacios; Llobet Soles & Sainz de la Maza

Romancillo:

Fernando SOR (1778 – 1839)

Andantino

from “24 Exercices très faciles” Op. 35 n.18

Antonio José MARTINEZ PALACIOS (1902 – 1936)

Sonata para guitarra

Miguel LLOBET SOLES (1878 – 1938)

Scherzo-Vals (1909)

Cinco Preludios

Preludio (1916) a Maria Luisa Anido

Preludio (1928) para Mimita

Preludio (1935) a Rosita Lloret

Preludio en la mayor (1935)

Preludio en mi mayor (1935)

Cançons populars catalanes

La filla del Merxant

La filla del Merxant (Lira Orfeo)

L’Hostal de la Peyra (Lira Orfeo)

L’Annunciació (Lira Orfeo)

Lo Rossinyol

Lo Rossinyol (incompiuto da Lira Orfeo)

Arr. Leonardo Lospalluti

Regino SAINZ de la MAZA (1896 – 1981)

La frontera de Dios

Albada y paisaje

Meditación

Idilio

Romancillo de María Belén

Sacrificio

Leonardo Lospalluti (guitar, arrangement, conductor)

Umberto Cafagna (guitar)

Mauro Squillante (mandolin)

Orchestra dell’Accademia Mandolinistica Pugliese:

Mandolins: Mauro Squillante, Sergio Vacca, Gaio Ariani, Denise Colaianni

Mandole: Valerio Fusillo, Fedele Depalma

Guitar: Leonardo Lospalluti, Nicola Nesta

Mandoloncello: Gaetano Depalma

Recording: 14-15 may 2022 “Music Suite” – Sammichele di Bari