Robert Schumann - Scenes from Goethe's Faust

Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)

Scenes from Goethe's Faust (1844-1853)

Bryn Terfel (Bass Baritone), 

Karita Mattila (Soprano), 

Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Bass),

Barbara Bonney (Soprano), 

Endrik Wottrich (Tenor), 

Brigitte Poschner-Klebel (Soprano),

Susan Graham (Soprano), 

Harry Peeters (Bass), 

Iris Vermillion (Mezzo Soprano),

Hans-Peter Blochwitz (Ten

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Tölz Boys Choir

Swedish Radio Chorus

Claudio Abbado  

Recorded Live Philharmonie, Berlin; 06/1994

E.J. Moeran - Cello Concerto; Cello Sonata; Prelude

 

Ernest John MOERAN (1894-1950)

Cello Concerto (1945) 

Cello Sonata in A minor (1948) 

Prelude for cello and piano (1944)

Peers Coetmore (cello)

Eric Parkin (piano)

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Sir Adrian Boult

rec. February 1969, Walthamstow Assembly Hall (concerto); January 1969, Decca Studio 3, London (sonata and prelude). ADD. originally issued on LP as SRCS42 (cello and piano); SRCS43 (Cello Concerto) with Rhapsody No. 2 and Overture for a Masque

Whirling Dance - Works for Flute and Traditional Chinese Orchestra /Sharon Bezaly

 

Whirling Dance

Works for Flute and Traditional Chinese Orchestra

Yiu-Kwong Chung (b. 1956) 

Whirling Dance for flute and Chinese orchestra

Yiu-Kwong Chung (b. 1956) 

Flute Concerto

Cheng-long Zhou (b.1946)

The Thivats of Autumn (arr. Zhou Chenglong for flute and chinese instrumental ensemble)

Shui-Long Ma (b. 1939)

Bamboo Flute Concerto (arr. Chen Hsuan-Ho for piccolo and chinese orchestra)

Yijun Huang: 

Fair Flowers under Full Moon (arr. Peng Xiuwen for piccolo and chinese orchestra)

Yu-Xian Deng: Longing for the Spring Breeze (arr. Qu Chunquan for flute and chinese orchestra)

Sharon Bezaly (flute and piccolo) 

Liu Hung-Yu, guzheng (Chinese zither)

Tsai Yu-Feng, yangqin (Chinese cimbalon)

Yeh Shu-Chen zhongruan (Chinese 4-string moon-shaped lute)

Taipei Chinese Orchestra

Chung Yiu-Kwong

Recorded: September 2008

Recording Venue: Zhongshang Hall, Tapei City, Taiwan

Alfredo Casella - The complete works for cello and piano

 

Alfredo CASELLA (1883-1947)

The complete works for cello and piano

Sonata in C Minor Op.8

Sonata in C Major Op.45

Notturno

Tarantella

Duo Pepicelli

Angelo Pepicelli, piano

Francesco Pepicelli, cello

First Recordings

Dynamic Recording Studio, Genoa, 1995

Giya Kancheli - Symphonies Nos. 2 and 7

 

Giya KANCHELI (1935-2019)

Symphonie n° 2 “Chants”

Symphonie n° 7 “Epilogue”

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

Michail Jurowski

Release date: 1/4/1995

Igor Markevitch - Complete Orchestral Works Vols.7 and 8

 

Igor MARKEVITCH  (1912-1983)

Complete Orchestral Works Vol.7

Piano Concerto (1928) 

Cantate (1929) 

Icare (1932 rev. 1943) 

Martijn van den Hoek (piano)

Nienke Oostenrijk (sop)

Men's Voices of Nederlands Concertkoor (Amsterdam)

Rob Vermeulen

Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra

Christopher Lyndon-Gee

rec. Musis Sacrum, Arnhem, 14-17 Apr 1998, 12-13 Apr 1999.

Igor MARKEVITCH (1912-1983)/Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

Complete Orchestral Works Vol.8

The Musical Offering (1747) (arr. three orchestral groups and solo quartet (1949-50)) 

Rémy Baudet (violin); Hans van Loenen (wooden transverse flute); Jeroen Reuling (cello); Dirk Luijmes (harpsichord)

Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra

Christopher Lyndon-Gee

rec. Musis Sacrum, Arnhem, April 1997. DDD

Joan Manén - Violin Concerto No.2; Oboe Concerto

Joan MANÉN (1883-1971) 

Concerto nº 2 (da Camera) per a violí i orquestra de corda amb arpa, op. A-24

Concert per a oboè i orquestra op. A- 39

Kai Gleusteen, violin

Eduardo Martínez, oboè

Orquestra de Cambra Terrassa 48

Xavier Puig, director

Igor Markevitch - Complete Orchestral Works Vols.5 and 6

Igor MARKEVITCH (1912-1983)

Complete Orchestral Works: Vol.5

Lorenzo il Magnifico (1940) 

Psaume (1933)

Lucy Shelton (soprano)

Arnhem Symphony Orchestra

Christopher Lyndon-Gee

rec. 3-6 September 1996, Musis Sacrum, Arnhem, The Netherlands

Complete Orchestral Works - Volume 6

La Taille de l'Homme (The Measure of Man) (1938/1939) 

Lucy Shelton (soprano)

Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra

Christopher Lyndon-Gee

rec. 23-26 June 1997, Musis Sacrum, Arnhem, The Netherlands. 

Georges Auric - Phèdre; Le Peintre et son modèle

 

Georges AURIC (1899-1963)

Phèdre - ballet (1950) 

Le Peintre et son modèle (1949)

Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg

Arturo Tamayo

rec. Feb 2005, Conservatoire, Luxembourg. DDD

 

Russian Piano Music Series - Vol. 3 Reinhold Glière

 

Reinhold GLIÈRE (1875 - 1956)

Russian Piano Music Series - Vol. 3

25 Preludes Op.30 (1907)

3 Mazurkas Op.29 (1906) 

12 Esquisses Op.47 (1909) 

Anthony Goldstone (piano)

rec. St. John the Baptist Church, Alkborough, England, 2002

British Clarinet Concertos Vol.2 (Britten, Finzi, Cooke, Mathias)

 

British Clarinet Concertos - Volume 2

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

Movements for a clarinet concerto (1941-2) 

Gerald FINZI (1901-1956)

Five Bagatelles, op.23a (1938-43) 

Arnold COOKE (1906-2005)

Concerto No.1 for clarinet and string orchestra (1955) 

William MATHIAS (1934-1992)

Clarinet Concerto, op.68 (1975) 

Michael Collins (clarinet/conductor)

BBC Symphony Orchestra

rec. 5-6 January 2012, Blackheath Halls (Finzi); 9-10 July 2015, Maida Vale Studio No.1 (other works)

Find Volume 1 HERE

Igor Markevitch - Complete Orchestral Works Vols.3 and 4

 

Igor MARKEVITCH (1912 – 1983)

Complete Orchestral Works - Volume 3

Cantique d’Amour (1936) 

L’envol d’Icare (1933) 

Concerto Grosso (1930) 

Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra

Christopher Lyndon–Gee

rec. 7 December 1995 (Cantique), 5-6 December 1995 (d’Icare) and 10-11 June 1996 (Concerto Grosso). DDD

Re–issue of Marco Polo 8.223666

Complete Orchestral Works: Vol.4

Rébus (1931) 

Hymnes (1932) / Hymne à la Mort (1936) 

Arnhem Symphony Orchestra

Christopher Lyndon-Gee

rec. 1 March 1996 and 15 June 1996, Musis Sacrum, Arnhem, The Netherlands. DDD

re-issue of Marco Polo 8.223724

Igor Markevitch - Complete Orchestral Works Vols.1 and 2

 

Igor MARKEVITCH (1912-1983)

Complete Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

Partita

Le Paradis Perdu (Oratorio)

Sarah Walker, Martijn van den Hoek, Lucy Shelton, Jon Garrison

Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra

Christopher Lyndon-Gee

Complete Orchestral Works Vol.2

Le Nouvel Âge (1937)

Sinfonietta in F (1929)

Cinéma-Ouverture (1931)

Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra

Christopher Lyndon-Gee

Respighi - Music for Piano four hands

 

Ottorino RESPIGHI (1879-1936)

Music for Piano four hands

Pezzi (6) per bambini, P. 149

Gosdemlan (Gusci di melone), P. 13

Walzer in C-Sharp Minor, P. 37

Antiche danze ed arie per liuto (Ancient Airs and Dances), Suite No. 2, P. 138 (arr. for piano 4 hands)

Release Date: 16th Dec 2013

Adriano Bassi & Massimo Palumbo (piano four hands)

Russian Piano Music Series Vol.4 - Sergei Lyapunov

 

Sergei LYAPUNOV (1859 - 1924)

Russian Piano Music Series - Volume 4

Piano Sonata in F minor Op.27 (1906-8) 

Barcarolle in G sharp minor Op.46 (1911) 

Variations on a Georgian Theme Op.60 (1914-15) 

Fêtes de Noël (1910) 

Nocturne in D flat major Op.8 (1898) 

Mazurka No.8 in G minor Op.36 (1909) 

Anthony Goldstone (piano)

rec. St. John the Baptist Church, Alkborough, England. 2000

 

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Piano Quintet; Quintet in D major; Romance; Six Studies

 

Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958)

Piano Quintet in C minor (1903) 

Romance for Viola and Piano 

Quintet in D major (1898) 

Six Studies in English Folk Song (1926) 

London Soloists Ensemble 

(Lorraine McAslan (violin - Quintets), Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola - Piano Quintet and Romance), Karine Georgian (cello - Quintets), John Lenehan (piano), Anthony Pike (clarinet - Quintet in D and Six Studies), Chris West (double bass - Piano Quintet), Time Jackson (french horn - Quintet in D))

rec. The Music Room, Champs Hill Coldwaltham, West Sussex, England, 2-4 July 2013

Three Russian Piano Concertos - Pabst; Rimsky-Korsakov; Scriabin

 

Three Russian Piano Concertos

Pavel PABST (1854-1897)

Piano Concerto in E flat major op. 82 (1882) [31:27]

Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908)

Piano Concerto in C sharp minor op. 30 (1882-3) [14:51]

Alexander SCRIABIN (1872-1915)

Piano Concerto in F sharp minor op. 20 (1896) [27:29]

Oleg Marshev (piano)

South Jutland Symphony Orchestra

Vladimir Ziva

rec. ALSION, Sønderborg, Denmark, 5-10 March 2007. DDD

 

Pēteris Vasks - Viola Concerto; String Symphony "Voices"

 

Pēteris VASKS (b.1946)

Concerto for Viola and String Orchestra (2014—15) 

Dedicated to Maxim Rysanov. World Première Recording.

Symphony for Strings ‘Voices’ (Balsis) (1991) 

Sinfonietta Rīga

Maxim Rysanov (viola & conductor)

Recorded in the presence of the composer

rec. October 2018, St John’s Church, Rīga, Latvia. 

Mozart - Bastien und Bastienne KV 50; Arias

 

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)

Bastien und Bastienne K50 (1768)

Singspiel in one act

 

Arias:

Per pietà, non ricercarte *

Aria KV 420

Misero! O sogno-Aura, che intorno *

Aria KV 431 (425b)

Adele Stolte (soprano)

Peter Schreier (tenor) *

Theo Adam (bass)

Kammerorchester Berlin

Helmut Koch

Russian Piano Music Series - Vol.2 - Vladimir Rebikov

 

Vladimir REBIKOV (1866-1920)

Russian Piano Music Series - Volume 2

Les rêves Op.15; No 2; Les démons s’amusant (1899) 

Dans leur pays Op.27; Les géants dansent (c.1902) 

Feuilles d’automne Op.29 (c.1902) 

Une fête Op.38 (1907) 

Chansons blanche Op.48 (1915) 

Esclavage et liberté Op.22 (1901) 

Two episodes from Yolka (The Christmas Tree) Op.21 (c.1902) 

Trois idylls Op.50 (1913)

Scènes bucoliques Op.28 (c.1902) 

Tableaux pour enfants Op.37 (c.1906) 

Parmi eux Op.35 (c.1906) 

Anthony Goldstone (piano)

rec. 2009, St John the Baptist Church, Alkborough, North Lincolnshire

 

Pēteris Vasks - Symphony No.2; Violin Concerto "Distant Light"

 

Pēteris VASKS (b.1946)

Symphony No. 2 (1998-99)

Violin Concerto "Distant Light" (1996-97)

John Storgårds (violin)

Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

John Storgårds (symphony)

Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

Juha Kangas (concerto)

rec. Tampere Hall, May 2002 (sym); Arts Centre, Kaustinen, April 2002 (concerto)