Mahler - Symphony No.8 (Royal Concertgebouw /Haitink)

Gustav MAHLER (1860-1910)

Symphony No.8 in E Flat

"Symphony of a Thousand"

Ileana Cotrubas

Heather Harper

Hanneke van Bork

Birgit Finnilä

Marianne Dieleman

William Cochran

Hermann Prey

Hans Sotin

Toonkunstkoor

De Stem des Volks

Collegium Musicum Amstelodamense

Children's Choirs of St Willibord's and St. Pius X Churches Amsterdam

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Bernard Haitink

recorded 1971, Amsterdam. This release 1995

Miaskovsky and Vainberg (Weinberg) - Violin Concertos

Nikolai MIASKOVSKY (1881-1950)
Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 44 (1938)

Mieczyslaw VAINBERG  (WEINBERG) (1919-1996)
Violin Concerto in G minor Op. 67 (1959) 

Ilya Grubert (violin)
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra

Dmitri Yablonsky

rec. Studio 5, Moscow State Broadcasting and Recording House, Russia, 27 Feb - 5 Mar 2003

Mahler - Symphony No. 5 (Berlin Philharmoniker/Haitink)

Gustav MAHLER (1860-1910)

Symphony No.5 in C Sharp minor

Berlin Philharmoniker

Bernard Haitink

Recorded at Philharmonic, Berlin, 5 /1988

Mahler - Symphony No.2 "Resurrection" (Minnesota Orchestra/Osmo Vänskä)

Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911)

Symphony No. 2 in C minor ‘Resurrection’ (1888-94)

Ruby Hughes (soprano); Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano);
Minnesota Chorale
Minnesota Orchestra/Osmo Vänskä


rec. 2017, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, USA. DSD
German texts and English translation included

Johann Kuhnau - Biblical Sonatas

Johann KUHNAU (1660-1722)

Biblical Sonatas (1689-1700)

Christian Brembeck (Organ and Harpsichord)

Shostakovich, Britten and Prokofiev - Cello Sonatas

Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)
Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 (1934)

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)
Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 65 (1961) 

Sergei PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)
Cello Sonata in C major, Op, 119 (1949)

Jamie Walton (cello); Daniel Grimwood (piano)

rec. 16-18 February 2011, Wyastone Leys Concert Hall, Monmouthshire, Wales

Weinberg - Cello Sonatas

Mieczyslaw WEINBERG (1919-1996)

Cello Sonatas

Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 21
Cello Sonata No. 2, Op. 63
Solo Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 72
Solo Cello Sonata No. 3, Op. 106


Hsin-Ni Liu (Piano)
Dmitry Yablonsky Cello)

Liadov - Solo Piano Music

Anatol LIADOV (1855-1914)

Solo Piano Music

Stephen Coombs (piano)

Bright Sheng - China Dreams; Nanking! Nanking!

Bright SHENG (b.1955)

Orchestral Works

China Dreams
Two Poems from the Sung Dynasty
Nanking! Nanking! (A Threnody for Orchestra and Pipa)

Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Samuel Wong

Juliana Gondek (Soprano)
Qiang Zhang Pipa)

Britten - The Turn of the Screw

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

The Turn of the Screw

Peter Pears
Jennifer Vyvyan
David Hemmings
Oliver Dyer
Joan Cross
Arda Mandikian

English Opera Group Orchestra

Benjamin Britten

Rutland Boughton - Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3

Rutland BOUGHTON (1878-1970)

Symphony No. 2 (Deirdre); Symphony No. 3

BBC Philharmonic
Edward Downes

Original recordings April and October 1985 from BBC Sound Archive

released as CD, November 19, 1996

Guitar Music of Colombia

Guitar Music of Colombia

Adolfo MEJÍA (1905-1973)
Bambuco en mi (1967)
Gentil MONTAÑA (1942-2011)
Suite Colombiana No. 3
Lucas SABOYA (b.1980)
Suite Ernestina (2011)
Gentil MONTAÑA
Suite Colombiana No. 2
Hector GONZÁLEZ (b.1961)
Preludio (1999)

José Antonio Escobar (guitar)

rec. 2012, St John Chrysostom Church, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

Mortari, Galeotti and Tedeschi - Musica per Arpa

Luigi Maurizio TEDESCHI (1867-1944)
Cesare GALEOTTI (1872-1929)
Virgilio MORTARI (1902-1993)

Harp Music

Eleonora Volpato (harp).

Grieg - Works for Piano Duo

Edvard GRIEG (1843-1907)
Works for Piano Duo

Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 (1868 two piano version published 1876)
(Two Piano Version with second piano part by Grieg and Károly (Carl) Thern (1817-1886))
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Op. 46 for piano duet (1874 arranged for two pianos 1877-78) 
Norwegian Dances, Op. 35, for piano duet (1881)
Homage March from Sigurd Jorsalfar Op. 56 No. 3, for piano duet (1872 revised 1902)
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)
Sonata in C major, K.545 (1788) with second piano part by Grieg (1877)


Anthony Goldstone and Caroline Clemmow (pianos)
rec. St John the Baptist Church, Alkborough, North Lincolnshire, 2006

Ronald Stevenson - Piano Music Vol.2

 Ronald STEVENSON (1928-2015)

Piano Music - Volume 2

Frank MERRICK (1886-1981)
Hebridean Seascape (c.1935/1986)
Three Scots Fairy Tales (1967)
A Carlyle Suite (1995)
Rory Dall Morison’s Harp Book (1978)
Three Scottish Ballads (1973) 

Savourna STEVENSON (b.1961)
Lament for a Blind Harper (1986)

All works transcribed by Ronald Stevenson

Christopher Guild (piano)
rec. 5 & 12 June 2016(?), Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton

Sigismondo D'India - Musiche a una e due Voci

Sigismondo D'INDIA (ca. 1580-1629)

Musiche a una e due Voci

Ensemble Arte Musica 

Francesco Cera

Released: 01 juli 2018 

Recording Location: Palazzo Cagnano, Laureana Cilento, Italy

Eivind Groven - Symphony No.1 "Towards the Mountains"; Orchestral Works

Eivind GROVEN (1901-1977)

Hjalarljod, overture, Op.38 (1950)
Symphony No.1, Op.26 Innover viddene (Towards the Mountains) (1938, 1951)
Symfoniske slåttar nr.1, Op.43 (Norwegian Symphonic Dances No.1) (1956) (I. Brureslått; II. Springar; III. Gangar )
Faldafeykir (Symfoniske slåttar nr.2), Op.53 (Norwegian Symphonic Dances No.2) (1965) (I. Gibø-springar; II. Taug gangar; III. Sevlien (halling))

Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Eivind Aadland
rec. Stavanger Concert Hall, Norway, October 2001. DDD

Martinu - Cello Concertos Nos.1 and 2

 Bohuslav MARTINŮ (1890-1959)

Cello Concerto No. 1 (1930, 1939, 1955)

Cello Concerto No. 2 (1944-45)

Angelica May (cello)

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Václav Neumann

rec Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, 2-3 Nov 1981, DDD

Heino Eller - Violin Concerto; Symphony No.2; Symphonic Legend

Heino ELLER (1887–1970)

Violin Concerto in B minor (1933-34, 1937, 1964) [23:16]

Symphonic Legend (1928, 1938) [23:54]

Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra (1916, orch. 1964) [6:18]

Symphony No. 2 (Unfinished): I. Andante. Allegro molto (1947) [13:44]

Baiba Skride (violin)

Estonian National Symphony Orchestra/Olari Elts

rec. 2013-18

Carlos Guastavino & Eduardo Falú - Works for Guitar and Strings

Eduardo FALU (1923-2013)
Suite Argentina Para Guitarra, Cuerdas, Corno y Clavecín

Carlos GUASTAVINO (1912-2000)
Jeromita Linares, Para Guitarra y Cuarteto De Cuerdas, de La Serie "Las Presencias" N°6

Orchestrated By – Oscar Cardozo Ocampo
Cello – Oleg Kotzarew
Guitar – Eduardo Falú
Viola – Tomás Tichauer
Violin – Elías Khayat

Camerata Briloche

Guitar Music of Argentina

Guitar Music of Argentina Vol.1

Maximo PUJOL (b.1957) Tres Piezas Rioplantenses and Suite del Plata No 1

Narciso SAUL (b.1957) Boulevard San Jorge

Hector AYALA (1914-1990) Serie Americana

Carlos GUASTAVINO (1912-2000) Sonata No. 1

Juan FALU (1948) Tres Piezas

Walter HEINZE (b.1943) Concorancias

Victor Villadangos (guitar)

Recorded at St.Johns Church Newmarket, Ontario, February 2000

John Tavener - Canciones Españolas; Requiem for Father Malachy

John TAVENER (b.1944)

Canciones Españolas (1972)
Requiem for Father Malachy (1973)

James Bowman (counter-tenor); Kevin Smith (piano) (Canciones)

The King’s Singers; The Nash Ensemble/John Tavener

rec. Church of St John The Evangelist, Islington, London, 16-17 September 1975. ADD.
originally  released: RCA LP LRL1 5104.