Rutland Boughton - Songs

Rutland BOUGHTON (1878-1960)

Songs for mezzo and piano: 

Four Songs Op.24 (1907); 

Five Celtic Love Songs (1910); 

Songs of Womanhood Op.33 (1911); 

Three Songs Op.39 (1914); 

Symbol Songs (1920); 

Sweet Ass (1928).

Louise Mott (mezzo)

Alexander Taylor (piano)

rec. Music Hall, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, 24 April, 1 May 2005.

World premiere recordings

Bohuslav Martinu - Cello Concertos Nos.1 and 2

Bohuslav MARTINŮ (1890-1959)

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

Cello Concerto No. 2 (1945)

Concertino for cello, wind instruments and percussion (1924) 

Raphael Wallfisch (cello)

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Jiří Bĕlohlávek

rec. Spanish Hall, Prague Castle, 24-28 June 1991, DDD

 

Nino Rota - Cello Concerto No.2; Concerto for Strings

Nino ROTA (1911/1979)

Cello Concerto No.2 (1973)

Concerto for Strings (1977)

Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano (1973)

I Musici di Parma

Enrico Bronzi (Cello and Conductor)

Release Date: June 30, 2009

Ernst Krenek - Symphony No.2

Ernst KRENEK (1900-1991)

Symphony No.2

Hanover Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

Takao Ukigaya

Digital recording: 21 - 25 March 1994

British Music For Viola And Orchestra

British Music For Viola And Orchestra

Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958)

Suite for Viola and Orchestra (1934)

Herbert HOWELLS (1892-1983)

Elegy for viola, string quartet and string orchestra (1917) 

William WALTON (1902-1983)

Viola Concerto in A minor (1929, rev 1961) 

York BOWEN (1884-1961)

Viola Concerto in C minor, Op.25 (1907) 

Helen Callus (viola)

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Marc Taddei

rec. 2005, Michael Fowler Centre Auditorium, Wellington, New Zealand

Theodore Antoniou - Complete Piano Works

Theodore ANTONIOU (1935-2018)

Complete Piano Works

Entrata (1983)*

Aquarelle (1958)*

Piano Sonata, Op.7*

Syllables (1965)*

Prelude and Toccata (1982)

Inventions and Fugue, Op.4, No.1 (1958)*

Inventions, Prelude and Fugue, Op.4, No.2 (1958)*

Seven Rhythmic Dances (2000)

Synaphes (2001)*

Konstantinos Destounis (Piano)

*World Premier Recordings

 

Alfredo Catalani - La Falce

Alfredo CATALANI (1854-1893)

La Falce

Egloga orientale in un atto

Libretto di Arrigo Boito

Paola Romano, Carlo Torriani, 

Orchestra dell'Opera Ucraina di Dniepropetrovsk

Silvano Frontalini

Alfredo Catalani - Ero e Leandro; Scherzo; Andantino; Contemplazione; Il Matino

Alfredo CATALANI (1854-1893)

Ero e Leandro - symphonic poem (1884) 

Scherzo (1878) 

Andantino* (1871?) 

Cantemplazione (1878) 

Il Mattino "sinfonia romantica"* (1874) 

Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma

Francesco La Vecchia

rec. 16-17 April 2011 (Contemplazione), 1-2 July 2011 (Andantino and Il Mattino), 11-13 July 2011 (Ero e Leandro) and 3-4 June 2012 (Scherzo); Auditorium di Via Conciliazione (Scherzo) and OSR Studios, Rome (remainder)

*world premiere recordings

Charles Ives - The Sonatas for Violin and Piano Nos.1-4

Charles IVES (1874-1974)

The Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Nos. 1-4

Gregory Fulkerson (violin) & Robert Shannon (piano) 

Edvin Kallstenius - Symphony No.1; Sinfonietta No.2; Musica Sinfonica

Edvin KALLSTENIUS (1881-1967)

Symphony No. 1 Op. 16 in E flat major 

Sinfonietta No. 2 Op. 34 in G major 

Musica Sinfonica Op. 42 

Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

Frank Beermann

rec. 2007, Konserthuset, Helsingborg, Sweden

Maurice Ravel - The Complete Works for Solo Piano

Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937)

The Complete Works for Solo Piano

Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Recording location: Wang Zaal, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, 10-14 March 1991

Michael Daugherty - This Land Sings – Inspired by the Life and Times of Woody Guthrie

Michael DAUGHERTY (b 1954)

This Land Sings – Inspired by the Life and Times of Woody Guthrie (2016)

Annika Socolofsky (soprano); John Daugherty (baritone)

Dogs of Desire

David Alan Miller

rec. 2017, Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, Troy, New York

Aribert Reimann - Melusine

Aribert REIMANN (b.1936)

Melusine (1971)

Opera in four acts, Libretto by Claus H. Henneberg

Katrin Dieckelt, soprano (Gast)

Marlene Mild, soprano (Melusine)

Elisabeth Sommermann, soprano (Gast)

Teresa Erbe, mezzo-soprano (Pythia)

Gabriele May, mezzo-soprano (Madame Lapérouse)

Sibrand Basa, tenor (Der Architekt)

Bernardo Kim, tenor (Gast)

Richard Kindley, tenor (Max Oleander)

Song-Hu Liu, baritone (Graf von Lusignan)

Dariusz Siedlik, baritone (Der Maurer)

Tim Stekkelies, baritone (Gast)

Wieland Satter, bass-baritone (Der Geometer)

Thomas Fleischmann, bass (Oger)

Nürnberger Philharmoniker

Peter Hirsch

Aarre Merikanto - Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3

Aarre MERIKANTO (1893-1958)

Symphony No. 1 in B minor Op. 5 (1914-1916) 

Symphony No. 3 (1952-1953) 

Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

Petri Sakari

rec. Turku Concert Hall, 7-10 March 2010. 

World première recordings

Chopin - Piano Concerto No.2; Ballade; Berceuse; Polonaise No.6

Frederic CHOPIN (1810-1849)

Piano Concerto No. 2op. 21

Ballade No. 4 op. 52

Berceuse op. 57

Polonaise No. 6 »Héroïque« op. 53

3 Mazurkas op. 50

Nelson Freire

Gürzenich-Orchester Köln

Lionel Bringuier

Recorded: 2013-03-05; Philharmonie Köln (Concerto)

Recorded: 2013-12-20; Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg

John Adams - A Flowering Tree

John ADAMS (b.1947)

A Flowering Tree

An Opera in Two Acts

Libretto by John Adams and Peter Sellars

adapted from the Indian folktale and poetry

in translations by A.K.Ramanujan

Jessica Rivera (Soprano)

Russell Thomas (Tenor)

Eric Owens (Bass-Baritone)

London Symphony Orchestra

Schola Cantorum de Venezuela

Conducted by John Adams

Recorded live at the Barbican Center in London

Korngold and Schmidt - Music for Strings and Piano Left Hand

Erich Wolfgang KORNGOLD (1897-1957)

Suite for 2 Violins, Cello and Piano Left Hand Op.23

Franz SCHMIDT (1864-1939)

Quintet in G Major for 2 Violins, Viola, Cello and Piano Left Hand 

Leon Fleisher (piano); Joseph Silverstein and Jaime Laredo (violins); Michael Tree (viola) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) 

Jonathan Berger - Miracles and Mud; Eli Eli; Sink or Swim

Jonathan BERGER (b.1954)

Eli Eli

Sink or Swim

Miracles and Mud

for amos

Doubles

St. Lawrence String Quartet

Livia Sohn (Violin)

Alun Hoddinott - The Ten Piano Sonatas

Alun HODDINOTT (1929-2008)

The Ten Piano Sonatas:

CD 1

Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 17 (1959) 

Piano Sonata No. 2 Op. 27 (1961) 

Piano Sonata No. 3 Op. 40 (1965) 

Piano Sonata No. 4 Op. 49 (1966) 

Piano Sonata No. 5 Op. 57 (1968) 

CD 2

Piano Sonata No. 6 Op. 78/3 (1972) 

Piano Sonata No. 7 Op. 114 (1984) 

Piano Sonata No. 8 Op. 125 (1986) 

Piano Sonata No. 9 Op. 134 (1989) 

Piano Sonata No. 10 Op. 136 (1989) 

Martin Jones (piano)

rec. Concert Hall of the Nimbus Foundation, Wyastone Leys, Monmouth, 17-18 December 1992, in the presence of the composer. 

Georges Bizet - Djamileh, WD 27 (Opera in One Act)

George BIZET (1838-1875) 

Djamileh, WD 27

Opera Comíque in One Act

Eric Barry (tenor), George Mosley (baritone), Jennifer Feinstein (mezzo-soprano)

Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra

Poznań Chamber Choir

Lukasz Borowicz

Recorded: 4–6 April 2017

University Hall, Concert Hall of the Poznań Philharmonic, Warsaw, Poland

Wagner Without Words - Piano Music and Transcriptions

Wagner Without Words

Llyr Williams (Piano)

Disc 1

Entrey Of The Guests From Tannhäuser

Composed By – Richard Wagner

Transcription By – Franz Liszt

Fantasy

Composed By – Richard Wagner

Spinning Chorus From The Flying Dutchman

Composed By – Richard Wagner

Transcription By – Franz Liszt

"Song Without Words" From Albumblatt Für Ernst Benedikt Kietz

Composed By – Richard Wagner

Elsa's Bridal Procession From Lohengrin

Composed By – Richard Wagner

Transcription By – Franz Liszt

Zürich Waltzes

Composed By – Richard Wagner

                                              Siegfried's Rhine-Journey From 'Götterdämmerung'

Composed By – Richard Wagner

Transcription By – Glenn Gould, Llyr Williams

Disc 2

Liebestod From 'Tristan And Isolde'

Composed By – Richard Wagner

Transcription By – Franz Liszt

Scenes From Parsifal

Composed By – Richard Wagner

Transcription By – Llyr Williams

Transformation Music

Parsifal And The Flower Maidens

Good Friday Music

In Das Album Der Fürstin M.

Composed By – Richard Wagner

Santo Spirito Cavaliere From 'Rienzi'

Composed By – Richard Wagner

Transcription By – Franz Liszt

Sonata For The Book Of Mrs. M. W.

Composed By – Richard Wagner

Walhall From 'The Ring Of The Nibelungen' (Das Rheingold)

Composed By – Richard Wagner

Transcription By – Franz Liszt

Albumblatt For Mrs. Betty Schott

Composed By – Richard Wagner

Prelude To 'The Meistersinger From Nürnberg'

Composed By – Richard Wagner

Transcription By – Glenn Gould, Llyr Williams

Recorded At – Wyastone Leys, Monmouth,United Kingdom. 

From 15-16 March 2014