Bach - Motets BWV 225-230 / The Hilliard Ensemble

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

Motets BWV 225-230

Knabenchor Hannover

The Hilliard Ensemble

London Baroque

Paul Hillier

Impressions for Saxophone and Orchestra - Virtuosistic Works by 20th Century Greek Composers

IMPRESSIONS FOR SAXOPHONE AND ORCHESTRA 

Virtuosic Works by 20th Century Greek Composers

Works by:

Mikis Theodorakis; Nikos Skalkottas Theodore Antoniou; Minas Alexiadis;  Vasilis Tenidis; Manos Hadjidakis

Theodore Kerkezos (sax )

Myron Michailidis Conductor

Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra

Britten - The Prodigal Son Op.81

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

The Prodigal Son, Op. 81 

Third "Parable for Church Performance"

Peter Pears (Tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (Baritone), Robert Tear (Tenor), 

Bryan Drake (Baritone) 

English Opera Group Orchestra 

Benjamin Britten 

Reinhold Gliere - Piano Music

Reinhold GLIERE (1875-1956)

Piano Music

Preludes (25), Op. 30

Romance, Op. 16, No. 2

12 Children's Pieces, Op. 31: No. 4. Träumereien, No. 6. Valzer, No. 10. Lied aus dem Osten, No. 11. Albumblatt

Two Piano Pieces, Op. 99: I. Impromptu for the Left Hand in E Major; II. Melodie B Flat Major

Gianluca Imperato (piano)

rec. March 2016, BartokStudio, Bernareggio, Italy. DDD

Britten - Holiday Diary (The Music for One and Two Pianos)

 

Benjamin  BRITTEN (1913-1976)

Holiday Diary

The Music for One and Two Pianos

Stephen Hough & Ronan O'Hara (Pianos)

Britten - Piano and Violin Concertos

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

Violin and Piano Concertos

Sviatoslav Richter piano 

Mark Lubotsky violin 

English Chamber Orchestra 

 Benjamin Britten

Mademoiselle - Première Audience: Unknown Music of Nadia Boulanger

Nadia BOULANGER (1887-1979)

Mademoiselle - Première Audience: Unknown Music of Nadia Boulanger

Artists: Alek Shrader, Amit Peled, Edwin Crossley-Mercer, François-Henri Houbart, Lucy Mauro, Nicole Cabell

Release Date: March 10, 2017

Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel - Piano Works

Fanny MENDELSSOHN-HENSEL (1805-1847)

Piano works

Allegro molto in C minor (1846) [3:25]

Nocturne in G minor (1838) [4:43]

Piano Sonata in C minor (1824) [13:47]

Lied in E flat (1846) [7:08]

Piano Sonata in G minor (1843) [17:42]

Adagio in E flat (1840-43) [3:50]

Andante con moto in E major (1846) [5:44]

Sonata o Capriccio (1824) [7:01]

Allegro molto agitato in D minor (1823) [1:45]

Schluss (1823) [2:13] 

Heather Schmidt (piano)

rec. 5-6 November, 2007, Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto, Canada

Wagner - Overtures (Rienzi, Faust, King Ezio, Christoph Columbus)

Richard WAGNER (1813-1883)

Overtures: Rienzi, King Enzio, Das Liebesverbot (Forbidden love), The Fairies, 

Christoph Columbus, Faust

Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra

Alexander Rahbari (conductor) 

Recorded at the Teatro Cervantes, Malaga, Spain, 2nd to 4th April 200

Fernando Sor - Guitar Music Opp. 1 - 5

Fernando SOR (1778-1839)

Guitar Music

March from 'Cendrillon'
Six Divertimenti Op.1
Six Divertimenti Op.2
Theme Varie et un Menuet Op.3
Fantasia Op.4
Six Petites Pieces Op.5

Norbert Kraft (Guitar)

Poulenc - Concerto for 2 Pianos; Concerto for Piano; Aubade

Francis POULENC (1889-1963)

Concerto for 2 Pianos 

Concerto for Piano 

Aubade

François-René Duchable (Piano) 

Jean-Philippe Collard (Piano)

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra  

James Conlon

Stanford - Clarinet Sonata & Piano Trio No.3

Charles Villiers STANFORD (1852-1924)

Clarinet Sonata, Op.129 (1911) [18:44] (1) 

Fantasies Nos. 1 and 2 for Clarinet and String Quartet, (1921, 1922) [11:39; 14:37] (2) 

Three Intermezzi for Clarinet and Piano, Op.13 (1879) [8:06] (3) 

Piano Trio No. 3, Op.158 ‘Per aspera ad astra’ (1918) [20:59] (4) 

Robert Plane (clarinet) (1, 2, 3), 

Gould Piano Trio 

(Lucy Gould (violin) (2, 4), Alice Neary (cello) (2, 4), Benjamin Frith (1, 3, 4); Mia Cooper (violin) (2), David Adams (viola) (2) 

rec. 17-19 December 2006, Potton Hall, Westleton, Suffolk, England. DDD 

Paul Dukas - Oeuvres pour piano

Paul DUKAS (1865-1935)

Oeuvres pour piano

Hervé Billaut (piano)

La plainte, au loin, du faune...

Sonate en Mi Mémol Mineur

Variations, Interlude et Finale sur un Thème de Rameau

Prélude élégiaque sur le nom de Haydn

O Sacrum Convivium! - French Sacred Choral Works

O Sacrum Convivium! - French Sacred Choral Works

Louis VIERNE (1870-1937) 

Messe solenelle, Op 16 (1900)

Francis POULENC (1899-1963) 

Quatre Petites Prières de Saint François d’Assise, S142 (1948) 

Olivier MESSIAEN (1908-1992) 

O Sacrum Convivium! (1937) 

Francis POULENC 

Quatre Motets pour un temps de pénitence, S 97 (1938-39) 

Jean LANGLAIS (1907-1991) 

Messe solenelle (1951) 

Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge

Andrew Nethsingha

Edward Picton-Turbervill and Joseph Wicks (Vierne) (organ)

rec. 2014, St John’s College Chapel, Cambridge

Biber - Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas and Passacaglia

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von BIBER (1644-1704)

Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas and Passacaglia

Rachel Podger (violin)

Jonathan Manson (vc)

David Miller (alte)

Marcin Świątkiewicz (hp)

Bohuslav Martinu - The Complete String Quartets

Bohuslav MARTINU (1890-1959)

The Seven String Quartets - 

an integral recording by the Panocha Quartet (1979-82)

Nikos Skalkottas - Orchestral Music

Nikos SKALKOTTAS (1904-1949)

Orchestral Music 

Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra

Mayday Spell - A Fairy Drama, Symphonic Suite

Three Greek Dances for strings

Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Nikos Christodoulou

Linda Finnie - Songs of the British Isles (Quilter, Britten, Parry, Holst et al.)

Songs of the British Isles

in tribute to Kathleen Ferrier

Anthony Egge & Linda Finnie 

Louis Moreau Gottschalk - The Complete Solo Piano Music (8 CDs)

Louis Moreau GOTTSCHALK (1829-1869)

The Complete Solo Piano Music (8 CDs)

Philip Martin (piano) 

rec. various dates and venues. DDD 

Stanford - Piano Trio No.2 & Piano Quartet No.1

Charles Villiers STANFORD (1852-1924)

Piano Trio No. 2 in G minor, Op. 73 (1898/99) 

Piano Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 15 (1879)

Gould Piano Trio

David Adams (viola) 

rec. 2014, Champs Hill, West Sussex, UK 

Donizetti - Nuits d'été à Pausilippe (Songs)

Gaetano DONIZETTI (1797-1848)

Nuits d'été à Pausilippe

Soirées d'automne à l'Infrascata

Giuro d'amore, "Eterno amore e fè ti giuro"

Letizia Calandra (Soprano)

Fausto Tenzi (Tenor)

Ilario Nicotra (Piano)

Poulenc - Stabat Mater; Gloria; Litanies a la Vierge Noire

Francis POULENC (1899-1963): 

Stabat Mater;
Gloria;
Litanies à la vierge noire: Notre-Dame de Roc-Amadour

Catherine Dubosc (soprano)

City of London Sinfonia

Richard Hickox

Stanford - Piano Quartet No.2 & Piano Trio No.1

Charles Villers STANFORD (1852-1924)

Piano Quartet No. 2 

Piano Trio No. 1 

Legend 

Irish Fantasies 

Gould Piano Trio

Lucy Gould (Violin); Alice Neary (Cello); Benjamin Frith (Piano)

David Adams (Viola)

Monteverdi - Madrigali Vol.3 "Venezia"

Claudio MONTEVERDI (1557-1653) 

Madrigali Vol. 3 "Venezia"

Les Arts Florissants

Paul Agnew

Peter Racine Fricker - The String Quartets

Peter Racine FRICKER (1920-1990)

String Quartet No. 1, Op. 8 (1948-49)* 

String Quartet No. 2, Op. 20 (1952-53)

String Quartet No. 3, Op. 73 (1976)* 

Adagio and Scherzo (1943)* 

Villiers Quartet

*world première recording