Per Norgard - 8 Symphonies

Per NORGARD (1932-2025)

8 Symphonies (4 CDs Set)

Symphony No 1 ‘Sinfonia austera’, Op 13 (1953-1955, rev. 1956)

Symphony No 2 in one movement (1970, rev. 1971)

Symphony No 3 (1972-1975

Symphony No 4 (1981)

Symphony No 5 (1987-1990, rev. 1991)

Symphony No 6 ‘At the end of the day’, Three passages for large orchestra (1999)

Symphony No 7 (2004-2006)

Symphony No 8 (2012)

Ulla Munch (alto)

Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Danish National Concert Choir

Danish National Symphony Orchestra

Thomas Dausgaard

Vienna Philharmonic

Sakari Oramo

Oslo Philharmonic

John Storgårds

rec. 2007-15, Danish Radio Concert Hall; Wiener Konzerthaus; Oslo Konserthus; 

Oslo Opera House

Roussel - Symphony No.3; Bacchus et Ariane

Albert ROUSSEL (1869-1937)

Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 42 (1929) 

Bacchus et Ariane, Op. 43 (1930) 

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Stéphane Denève

rec. Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow, 17-18 October 2006 (Symphony); 2-4 May 2006 (Bacchus). DDD

 

Janacek - Glagolitic Mass; Taras Bulba

Leos JANACEK (1854-1928) 

Glagolitic Mass

Taras Bulba

Aga Mikolaj

Iris Vermillion

Stuart Neill

Arutjun Kotchinian

RundfunkSinfonieorchester & Chor Berlin

Marek Janowski

Saint-Saëns - Symphony No.3, "Organ Symphony" and Symphony in F, "Urbs Roma"

Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)

Symphony in F, “Urbs Roma” (1856)

Symphony No 3 in C minor, Op 78, “Organ Symphony” (1886)

Thierry Escaich (organ)

Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège

Jean-Jacuqes Kantorow

Rec. April & October 2020, Salle Philharmonique, Liège, Belgium

Orlando Furioso - Madrigali sul poema di Ludovico Ariosto

Orlando Furioso: 

Madrigali sul poema di Ludovico Ariosto

Works by: Hoste da Regio, Orlande de Lassus, William Byrd, Giaches de Wert, Benedetto Pallavicino, Cipriano de Rore, Vincenzo Ruffo, Philippe Verdelot, Bartolomeo Tromboncino, Alfonso Ferrabosco II, Alessandro Striggio, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Andrea Gabrieli

La Compagnia del Madrigale

Rossana Bertini, soprano

Nadia Ragni, soprano

Elena Carzaniga, alto

Giuseppe Maletto, tenor

Raffaele Giordani, tenor

Paolo Borgonovo, tenor

Marco Scavazza, baritone

Daniele Carnovich, bass

Recorded in Roletto, Italy, in October 2009 and September 2010

Villa-Lobos - Piano Music Vol.4

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)

Piano Music, Volume 4: 

Bachianas Brasilieras No. 4 (1930-41)

Poema singelo (1938-42) 

Carnaval des Criançasa (1920)* 

Prencette et Piá (1928)  

A Fiandiera (1921)  

Simples Coletânea (1917-19) 

Valsa romântica (1907)

Sonua Rubinsky, Tatjana Rankovich * (pianos).

Rec. Grace Church on the Hill, Toronto, Canada, on October 17th-20th, 2003

Villa-Lobos - Piano Music Vol.3

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)

Piano Music, Volume 3

Suite Floral (1917-1918) 

Ciclo Brasileiro (1936) 

Brinquedo de Roda (1912) 

Danças Características Africanas (1915) 

Tristorosa (1910) 

Chόros No. 1 “Tνpico" (1920) 

Chόros No. 2 (ca 1920)

Chόros No. 5 “Alma Brasileira”(1925)

Sonia Rubinsky, piano

Recorded in Grace Church on the Hill, Toronto, Canada, 19-23 September 2000 DDD

Thomas de Hartmann - The Piano Music

Thomas de HARTMANN (1885-1956)

The Piano Music (2 CDs)

Trois Morceaux Op. 4 Nos. 2 & 3 (1899) 

Three Preludes Op. 11 (1904) 

Twelve Russian Fairy Tales Op. 58 (1937) 

First Piano Sonata Op. 67 (1942) 

Two Nocturnes Op. 84 (1953) 

Six Pièces Op. 7 Nos. 1, 5 & 6 (1902)

Divertissements from Forces of Love and Sorcery Op. 16 (1915) 

Humoresque Viennoise Op. 45 (1931) 

Lumière noire Op. 74 (1945) 

Musique pour la fête de la patronne Op. 77 (1947) 

Second Piano Sonata Op. 82 (1951)

Elan Sicroff (piano)

rec. October 2011 and June 2015, Studio 1, Muziek Centrum van de Omroep, 

Hilversum, Netherlands.

Paul Hindemith - Das Marienleben (New Version 1948)

Paul HINDEMITH (1895-1963)

Das Marienleben (New Version 1948)

Soile Isokoski (soprano)

Marita Viitasalo (piano)

Roussel - Symphony No.2; Suite in F; Pour une fête de printemps

Albert ROUSSEL (1869-1937)

Symphony No. 2

Pour une fête de printemps

Suite in F

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Stéphane Denève

Bo Holten - The Emperor's New Clothes; Oboe Concerto; Songs of Dusk

Bo HOLTEN (b.1948)

The Emperor’s New Clothes (2004)

Oboe Concerto (1995)

Songs of Dusk (1987)

Palle Knudsen (baritone)

Gert Henning-Jensen (tenor)

Christine Nonbo Andersen (soprano)

Morten Østergaard (bassoon)

Max Artved (oboe)

Musica Ficta (vocal ensemble)

Odense Symphony Orchestra

Bo Holten (conductor)

Recorded at Carl Nielsen Salen, Odense Koncerthus, on 3 – 7 June, 2019

Roussel - Symphony No.1; Resurrection; Le marchand de sable qui passe

Albert ROUSSEL (1869 - 1937)

Symphony No.1 ‘Le poème de la forêt’ (1904-06) 

Résurrection - Symphonic Prelude (1903) 

Le marchand de sable qui passe - Incidental Music (1908)

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Stéphane Denève

rec. City Halls, Glasgow, Scotland, 20-21 October 2008 (Symphony and Prelude); Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow, Scotland, 1-3 April 2009 (Incidental music)

Paul Hindemith - Kammermusik Nos.4, 5, 6 and 7

Paul HINDEMITH (1895-1963)

Kammermusik IV - V - VI - VII

Kammermusik Nr. 4, Op. 36 No. 3 (1925) ’Violin Concerto’

Kammermusik Nr. 5, Op. 36 No. 4 (1927) ’Viola Concerto'

Kammermusik Nr. 6, Op. 46 No. 1 (1927/29) ’Viola d’amore Concerto’

Kammermusik Nr. 7, Op. 46 No. 2 (1922) ‘Organ Concerto’

Stephen Waarts, violin

Timothy Ridout, viola

Ziyu Shen, viola d'amore

Christian Schmitt, organ

Kronberg Academy Soloists

Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra

Christoph Eschenbach

Released: September 2020

Franz Schreker and his Students (Works by Schreker; Krenek and Bürger)

Franz SCHREKER (1878-1934)

Intermezzo, op.8 (1900) 

Scherzo, op.8 (1900)

Julius BÜRGER (1887-1995)

Legende (orchestral song) (1919) 

Stille der Nacht (orchestral song) (1919) 

Ernst KRENEK (1900-1991)

Sinfonie No.1, op.7 (1900)

 

Dietrich Henschel (baritone)

Lucerne Symphony Orchestra

John Axelrod

rec. KKL Luzern Concert Hall, Switzerland, 4-5 July 2006

Paul Hindemith - Kammermusik Nos. 1, 2 and 3; Kleine Kammermusik

Paul HINDEMITH (1895-1963)

Kammermusik No.1, for Chamber Orchestra, Op.24, No.1 (1921)

Kammermusik No.2, for Piano and 12 Instruments, Op.36, No.1 (1922)

Kammermusik No.3, for Cello and 10 Instruments, Op.36, No.2 (1925) 

Kleine Kammermusik for Wind Quintet, Op.24, No.2 (1922) 

Christopher Park, Xi Zhai (piano)

Bruno Philippe (cello)

Kronberg Academy Soloists & Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra

Christoph Eschenbach

rec. 2018 NDR Studio & Rolf-Liebermann-Studio, Hamburg