Kenneth Leighton - Cello Concerto; Symphony No. 3

Kenneth LEIGHTON (1929-1988)

Cello Concerto, Op. 31 (1955) 

Symphony No. 3 'Laudes Musicae', Op. 90 (1988)

Raphael Wallfisch (cello)

Neil Mackie (tenor)

Scottish National Orchestra

Bryden Thomson

rec. Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow, 23-24 Jan 1989. 

 

 

Joonas Kokkonen - Symphonies Nos.1 and 2; Opus Sonorum

Joonas KOKKONEN (1921-1996)

Symphony No.1 (1960)

Symphony No.2 (1961)

Opus Sonorum (1964)

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Sakari Oramo

Recorded at The House of Culture, Helsinski, Finland.

March 10-11 (Opus Sonorum); 12-14 (Symphony No.1; May 26-27, 2008 (Symphony No.2)

Granados - Songs Integral

Enrique GRANADOS (1867-1916)

Songs Integral

Elena de la Merced, soprano

Carol García, mezzo

David Menéndez, baritone

Rubén Fernández Aguirre, piano

Recorded: Auditorio Manuel de Falla (Granada), 12-15th June; 26th September 2016

Georg Tintner - Chamber Music

Georg TINTNER (1917-1999) 

Violin Sonata 

Piano Sonata in F Minor

Chopin Variations

Trauermusik

Prelude 

Cho-Liang Lin (Violin)  

Helen Huang (Piano)

John Antill - Corroboree; An Outback Overture

John ANTILL (1904–1986)

An Outback Overture (1954) 

Corroboree (1946) 

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

James Judd

rec. Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, New Zealand, 8-10 June 2006

 

Jean Sibelius - Music for Cello and Piano

Jean SIBELIUS (1865-1957)

Complete music for cello and piano

Theme and Variations in D minor, JS196

Andante Molto in F minor, JS36

Andantino in C major

Andantino in C major, JS 39

Serious Melodies (2) for violin or cello & orchestra, Op. 77

Four Pieces, Op. 78

Malinconia, Op. 20

Tempo di valse ('Lulu Waltz') in F sharp minor

Theme and Variations for Cello solo

Torleif Thedéen (cello)

Folke Gräsbeck (piano)

Release Date: 1st Oct 1996

Richard Wagner - Tristan und Isolde (Highlights)

Richard WAGNER (1813-1883) 

Tristan und Isolde (Highlights)

Siegfried Jerusalem (Tristan) 

Waltraud Meier (Isolde)

Matti Salminen (König Marke) 

Falk Struckmann (Kurwenal) 

Johan Botha (Melot) 

Marjana Lipovšek (Brangäne) 

Peter Maus (Ein Hirt / Shepherd)

Roman Trekel (Ein Steuermann / Steersman)

Chor der Berliner Staatsoper

Berliner Philharmoniker

Daniel Barenboim 

Release Date: 14th Jun 2004

Tigran Mansurian - Quasi Parlando; Double Concerto; Romance

Tigran MANSURIAN (b. 1939)

Double Concerto (1978)

Romance (2011)*

Quasi parlando (2012)** 

Concerto No. 2 “Four Serious Songs” (2006)* 

Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin)*; 

Anja Lechner (cello)**

Amsterdam Sinfonietta

Candida Thompson (lead violin)

rec. October 2012, Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, Amsterdam

Harald Saeverud - Complete Piano Music Vol.2

Harald SAEVERUD (1897-1992)

Complete Piano Music Vol.2

Einar Steen-Nokleberg

Released May 2002 

Reccorded at:St. Martin's Church, East Woodhay, Hampshire, UK

Donald Erb - Brass and Cello Concertos; Ritual Observations

Donald ERB (1927-2008)

Concerto for Brass and Orchestra

Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra

Ritual Observances

Lynn Harrell (Cello)

Saint Louis Symphony orchestra

Leonard Slatkin

Release Date: 1992-01-01

Gioachino Rossini - Adelaide di Borgogna

Gioachino ROSSINI (1792–1868)

Adelaide di Borgogna

Dramma in Two Acts

Libretto by Giovanni Schmidt

Margarita Gritskova (Mezzo-soprano)

Ekaterina Sadovnikova; Miriam Zubieta (Sopranos)

Gheorge Vlad; Yasushi Watanabe (Tenors)

Cornelius Lewenberg (Baritone)  

Baurzhan Anderzhanov (Bass-baritone)

Camerata Bach Choir, Poznań 

Virtuosi Brunensis

Luciano Acocella

rec. live, Trinkhalle, Bad Wildbad, Germany, 19, 23 and 25 July 2014

Micahel Tippett - Piano Sonatas Nos.1-3

Michael TIPPETT (1905-1998)

Piano Sonatas Nos.1-3

Nicholas Unwin

Recording venue: Faculty of Music Concert Hall, Cambridge; 8-9 August 1995.

Finnish Chamber Music - Kuula; Merikanto; Meriläinen; Segerstam

Finnish Chamber Music

Toivo KUULA (1883-1918)

Piano Trio in A major, Op.7

Aarre MERIKANTO (1893-1958)

Preludio viululle ja pianolle

Usko MERILÄINEN (1930-2004)

Opusculum per violino solo

Leif SEGERSTAM (b.1944)

Poem for violin and piano

Liisa Pohjola (piano)

Paavo Pohjola (violin)

Ensti Pohjola (cello)

Recorded 1974-06-21/22 (Merikanto, Segerstam); 1974-12-15 (Merilainen); 

1976-03-26/28 (Kuula) at Castel Wik, Upsala, Sweden

Ian Venables - At Midnight (Songs and Chamber Music)

Ian VENABLES (b.1955)

At Midnight

Invite, to Eternity, Op.31 (1997)

Four Songs with String Quartet (arr. Graham Lloyd)

‘A Kiss’ Op.15; 

‘Flying Crooked’, Op.28 No.1; 

‘The Hippo’, Op.33 No 6; 

‘At Midnight’, Op.28 No.2 

String Quartet, Op.32 (1998) 

Andrew Kennedy(tenor)

Dante Quartet:

 (Krysia Osostowicz (violin); 

Giles Francis (violin); 

Judith Busbridge (viola); 

Bernard Gregor-Smith (cello))

rec. 1-3 June 2009, St Paul’s Church, Deptford. DDD

Franz Liszt - St. Stanislaus

Franz LISZT (1811-1886)

Die Legende vom heiligen Stanislaus, oratorio (unfinished), S. 688 (LW Q17)*

William McGraw (Baritone) 

Kristine Jepson (Mezzo Soprano) 

Donnie Ray Albert (Baritone)

Michael Chertock (Organ) 

Teresa Buchholz (Mezzo Soprano)

Liza Forrester (Mezzo Soprano)

STacey Rishoi (Mezzo Soprano)

Gustav Andreassen (Bass)

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

May Festival Chorus 

James Conlon

*Premier Recording

Release Date: 01/27/2004 

Mikolajus Čiurlionis - Complete Music for String Quartet

Mikolajus Konstantinas ČIURLIONIS (1875-1911)

Complete Music for String Quartet

String Quartet in C minor

Theme and Variations in B minor

Two Canons

Two Fugues

Vilnius String Quartet

Recorded in 2008 at the Concert Hall of the Lithuanian National Philharmonic, Vilnius

More Info about M.K. Čiurlionis HERE

Robert Simpson - Music for Brass

Robert SIMPSON (1921-1997)

Music for Brass

Energy

The Four Temperaments

Vortex

Volcano

Introduction and allegro on a bass by Max Reger

The Desford Colliery Caterpillar Band

James Watson (conductor)

Release date: May 1991

Florence Price - Symphonies Nos.1 and 4

Florence Beatrice PRICE (1887-1953)

Symphony No. 1 in E minor (1932) 

Symphony No. 4 in D minor (1945) *

Fort Smith Symphony

John Jeter

*First world recording

rec. 2018, ArcBest Performing Arts Center, Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA

Josef Holbrooke - Symphony No.3 'Ships'; The Birds of Rhiannon

Joseph HOLBROOKE (1878-1958)

Symphony No. 3 in E minor, Op. 90 ‘Ships’ (1925)

The Birds of Rhiannon, Op. 87 (1923) 

‘The girl I left behind me’, Symphonic Variations, Op. 37 No. 2 (1905) 

Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrucken Kaiserslautern

Howard Griffiths

rec. 2016, Saarländischer Rundfunk, Großer Sendesaal, Saarbrücken, Germany

Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker Op.71 (Complete Ballet)

Peter Ilich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) 

The Nutcracker

Ballet in two acts, Op.71

Libretto by Marius Petipa 

Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, 

Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Disc 1:

1. Overture

2. No.1 Lecoration ot the Cristmas tree (Tableau I)

3. No.2 March (Tableau I)

4. No.3 Children's Galop and Entry of the Perents (Tableau I)

5. No.4 Arrival of Drosselmeyer (Tableau I)

6. No.5 Grandrather Dance (Tableau I)

7. No.6 Departure ot the Guests - Night (Tableau I)

8. No.7 The Battle (Tableau I)

9. No.8 The Forest of Fir Trees in Winter (Tableau II)

10. No.9 Waltz the Snowflakes (Tableau II)

Disc 2:

1. No.10 The Kingdom of Sweets (Tableau II)

2. No.11 Entry of Clara and Nutcracker (Tableau II)

3. No.12 Sivertissement: Le Chocolat Spanish Dance (Tableau II)

4. Le Cafe Atab Dance (Tableau II)

5. Le the Chinese Dance (Tableau II)

6. Trepak Russian Dance (Tableau II)

7. Dance of the Flutes (Tableau II)

8. Mother Gugogne (Tableau II)

9. No.13 Walz of the Flowers (Tableau II)

10. No.14 Pas de Deux (Tableau II)

11. Variation I - Tarantella (Tableau II)

12. Variation II (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy) (Tableau II)

13. Coda (Tableau II)

14. No.15 Final Waltz and Apotheosis (Tableau II)

Roma Aeterna - Two Roman Masses (Palestrina & Victoria)

ROMA ÆTERNA

Two Roman Masses

Giovanni Pierluigi da PALESTRINA  (1525-94)

Missa Papae Marcelli 

Tu es Petrus

Gaudent in coelis

Sicut cervus/sitivit anima mea

Tomas Luis de VICTORIA (1548-1611)

Missa O Quam Gloriosum

Gaudentis in coelis

Francisco GUERRERO (1528-99)

Regina caeli

New York Polyphony

Geoffrey Williams (countertenor)

Steven Caldicott (tenor)

Christopher Dylan Herbert (baritone)

Craig Phillips (bass)

with

Tim Keller (countertenor)

Andrew Fuchs (tenor)

Jonathan Woody (bass-baritone)

Recorded August 2015 at St. Cecillia Cathedral, Omaha, USA

Harald Saeverud - Complete Piano Works Vol.1

Harald SAEVERUD (1897-1992)

Complete Piano Music, Vol. 1

Siljuslatten, Op. 17

Fuglefloyt-variasjoner (Birdcall Variations), Op. 36

Ukedagene (Days of the Week)

Melodi fra Gjaetlevise-variasjoner (Theme from Pastorella variata), Op. 15

Grazietta, Op. 42

Vals til Solveig (Waltz for Solveig)

Lette stykker (Pezzi facili), Vol. 2, Op. 18

Kornstoet legges (Staking the Corn)

Potetopptak (Potato Digging)

Norronette (Norselette)

Mazurka

Ruths vals (Ruth's Waltz)

Rittet til Valhall (The Ride to Valhalla)

Trollnatt (Nocturne) - Faery Night (Nocturne)

Capriccio in C Major

Capriccio in A Minor

Capriccio in G Major

Capriccio (large) in G Minor

Capriccio (early version of 1st movement of Suite Op. 6) in G Minor

Etude capriccioso

Capriccio

Buskebjonn-slatt (Squirrel Dance)

Slatter og stev fra Siljustol, Vol. 2, Op. 22

Einar Steen-Nøkleberg (Piano)