La Discoteca Clásica: January 2019

1/30/2019

Kurtág - Complete Choral Works

György KURTÁG (b.1926)

Complete Choral Works

Omaggio a Luigi Nono
György Kurtág Composer
(8) Choruses
Songs of Despair and Sorrow

Marcus Creed
Stuttgart Vocal Ensemble
Ensemble Modern

Kurtág - Song Cycles (Opp.17 and 19); Quasi una Fantasia

György KURTÁG ( b.1926)

Song Cycles
Messages of the Late Miss R.V Troussova, Op. 17*
Scenes from a Novel, Op. 19**
...Quasi una Fantasia..., Op. 27 -

Ensemble Modern
Peter Eötvös

Mathias Tacke** (Violin)
Rosemary Hardy* (Soprano)
Hermann Kretzschmar (Piano)
Martha Fabian** (Cymbalom)
Thomas Fichter** (Double Bass)
Christine Whittlesey** (Soprano)

Bloch - Symphony in E-Flat Major, Macbeth, 3 Jewish Poems, In Memoriam

Ernest BLOCH (1880-1959)

Macbeth (1903-10): Two symphonic interludes (1939)

Symphony in E flat (1954-5)

In memoriam (1952)

Three Jewish Poems (1913)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Dalia Atlas

rec. St Barnabas Church, Mitcham, Surrey, 14-15 October 1996

Japanese Piano Works (Takemitsu; Ikebe; Moroi and Fujiie)

Japanese Piano Works

KEIKO FUJIIE (*1963)
Suite: On the waters’ edge

TORU TAKEMITSU (1930-1996)
Rain Tree Sketch

SHINICHIRO IKEBE (*1943)
La Terre est bleue comme une Orange

SABURO MOROI (1903-1977)
Klaviersonate Nr. 2
I. Adagio energico – Allegro, ma non troppo
II. Scherzo – Presto appassionato
III. Andante sostenuto

Gerhard Opitz, piano

Arnold Bax - Violin Sonatas No.2; G minor & F major

Arnold BAX (1883-1953)

Violin Sonata No. 2 (1915)

Ballad for Violin and Piano (1916)

Legend for Violin and Piano (1915)

Sonata in G minor: Allegro appassionato (1901)

Sonata in F major (1928)

Laurence Jackson (violin)

Ashley Wass (piano)

rec. Potton Hall, Westleton, Suffolk, England; 4 December 2004

Arnold BAX (1883-1953)

Violin Sonata No.1 in E major (1910-15 revised 1920, 1945)
Violin Sonata No.3 (1927)
Original second and third movements of the First Sonata (1910): (Slow and sombre ; Allegro molto vivace)

Laurence Jackson (violin)
Ashley Wass (piano)

rec. Potton Hall, Suffolk, December 2004

Teresa Carreño - Piano Music

Teresa CARREÑO (1853-1917)

Piano Music

Le printemps Op.25

Plainte (Queja). Elegia No.1, Op.17

Ballade (Balada) Op.15

Intermezzo Op.34

La corbeille de fleurs (La cesta de flores), Valse Op.9

Mazurka de Salon Op.30

Un bal en rêve (Un baile en sueños)

Partie (Partida) Elegia No. 2, Op.18

La fausse note (La nota falsa) Op. 39

Un rêve en mer (Un sueño en el mar) Op.28

Kleiner Waltzer (Mi Terasita)

Le sommeil de l’enfant (El sueño del niño) Op.35

Vals gaya

Venise (Venecia) Op.33

Une revue à Prague (Una revista en Praga)

Clara Rodriguez (piano)

rec. Complejo Teresa Carreño, Sala José Félix Ribas, Caracas. 2002

Anton Rubinstein - Symphony No.6; Don Quixote

Anton RUBINSTEIN (1829–1894)

Symphony No 6 in A Minor, Op 111
Don Quixote – Humoresque for Orchestra, Op 87*

Philharmonia Hungarica
Gilbert Varga
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra*
Michael Halász*

Khachaturian - Violin and Cello Concertos

Aram Il'yich KHACHATURIAN (1903-1978)

Violin Concerto in D minor (1940)
Cello Concerto in E minor (1946)

Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Scottish National Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
Raphael Wallfisch (cello) London Philharmonic Orchestra/Bryden Thomson
rec. St Jude on the Hill, Hampstead, London, 5-6 May 1987 (Cello Concerto); Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow 5, 7 September 1990 (Violin Concerto)

James Cohn - Symphonies Nos. 3, 4 and 8; Miniatures for Orchestra

James COHN (b.1928)

Symphonies Nos. 3, 4 and 8
Miniatures for Orchestra

Slovak Radio Symphony orchestra

Kirk Trevor

James Cohn - Symphonies Nos. 2 and 7

James COHN (b.1928)
Symphony No. 7 op. 45 (1967)

Symphony No. 2 op. 13 (1949)

Variations on ‘The Wayfaring Stranger’ op. 34 (1960)

Waltz in D op. 29a (1957, orch. 1962)

Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Vakhtang Jordania (7; Vars)

Kirk Trevor (2; Waltz)

rec. Studios 1-2 Slovak Radio, Bratislava, Slovakia, 28 September – 3 October 2001. DDD

British Divertimentos & Sinfoniettas

Michael TIPPETT (1905-1998)
Divertimento for Chamber Orchestra "Sellinger’s Round" (1953)

Alan RAWSTHORNE (1905-1971)
Divertimento for Chamber Orchestra (1961-62)

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)
Sinfonietta Op.1 (1932)

Lennox BERKELEY (1903-1976)
Sinfonietta Op.34 (1950)

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)
Sinfonietta No.1 Op.48 * (1955)

English Chamber Orchestra/Norman Del Mar
* London Symphony Orchestra/Nicholas Braithwaite
rec. March 1977, Kingsway Hall (Tippett, Rawsthorne, Britten, Berkeley);
6 September 1978, Watford Town Hall (Arnold). ADD

Geirr Tveitt - Wedding Suite, Troll Tunes

Geirr TVEITT (1908-1981)

Hardanger Folk Tunes Suite No.4 "Wedding Suite"
Hardanger Folk Tunes Suite No.5 "Troll Tunes"

Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Ole Kristian Ruud
Release Date: 09/30/2003

Spohr - Octet Op.32; Clarinet Concerto No.1; Nonet Op.31

Louis SPOHR (1784-1859)
Octet in E major, Op.32
Clarinet Concerto No.1 in C minor, Op.26
Nonet in F major, Op.31

Vienna Octet (Op.32)
Gervase de Peyer (clarinet) London SO/Colin Davis (Op.26)
Fine Arts Quartet, New York Wind Quintet (Op.31)
rec. 1958-61, stereo, ADD

Brahms - Piano Concerto No.1 Op.15 & 4 Ballads Op.10

Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)

Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, Op. 15 (1853-1858)
4 Ballades, Op. 10 (1854)
Paul Lewis (piano)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Harding

rec. January 2016, Berwaldhallen, Stockholm (concerto); Teldex Studio, Berlin (Ballades)

Havergal Brian - Symphonies Nos.20 and 25

Havergal BRIAN (1876-1972)

    Fantastic Variations on an Old Rhyme
    Symphony No.20 in C Sharp minor (1962)
    Symphony No.25 in A minor (1966)

National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
Andrew Penny

Havergal BRIAN (1876-1972)

Symphony No. 8 in B Flat Minor (1949)
Symphony No. 21 in E Flat Major (1963)
Symphony No. 26 (1966)

New Russia State Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Walker

rec. 2016, Studio 5 Russian State TV and Radio Company Kultura, Moscow

Alban Berg - Songs

Alban BERG (1885-1935)

Songs

Seven Early Songs
Five Orchestral Songs
Youthful Songs*
Two Songs

Jessye Norman (Soprano)
Ann Schein (Piano)*

London Symphony Orchestra

Pierre Boulez

Antonio BERTALI (1605-1669)

Sonatas

Le Concert Brise

Anne Schumann,
Stefan Legée, sacqueboute
Monika Fischaleck, doulciane - Matthias Spaeter, archiluth -
Hadrien Jourdan & Carsten Lohff, clavecin & orgue

William Dongois (Cornet, Cornettino, Mute Cornet & Direction)

Recorded in July 2012, Evangelische Johanneskirche, Halle (Saale),Germany

Britten - A Ceremony of Carols; Friday Afternoons

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

Choral Music

Friday Afternoons, Op. 7 (1933 - 35) for choir & piano
Three Two-Part Songs (1932) for boy's or female voices &
piano (Walter de la Mare)
A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28 (March 1942) for treble voices & harp

Alexander Wells (Piano)
Skaila Kanga (Harp)

New London Children's Choir

Ronald Corp