Narcisa Freixas - Complete Piano Works

Narcisa FREIXAS (1859-1926)

Piano Integral

(Complete Piano Works)

Piano infantil (1a sèrie)

Piano infantil (2a sèrie) (Llibre de nines)

Llibre de les danses

Peces caracteristiques

Ester Vela (Piano)

Recorded July 2019

Music by Ketil Hvoslef

Ketil HVOSLEF (b.1939) 

Music By Ketil Hvoslef (Ketil Sæverud)

1-Mi-Fi-Li, Symphonic Poem (1971)

2-Kvartoni (1974)

3-Double Concerto For Flute, Guitar And String Orchestra (1977)

4-Sextet For Flute And Percussion (1986)

[1] Conductor – Per Dreier

Orchestra – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

[2] Guitar – Cecilia Peijel

Piano – Carl-Axel Dominique

Recorder [Descant] – Clas Pehrsson

Recorder [Tenor] – Clas Pehrsson

Soprano Vocals – Solveig Faringer

[3] Conductor – Ketil Hvoslef

Ensemble – Stockholm Chamber Ensemble

Flute – Gunilla von Bahr

Guitar – Diego Blanco (2)

[4] Ensemble – Kroumata Percussion Ensemble

Flute – Manuela Wiesler

CPE Bach - Four Orchestral Symphonies WQ 183 /H 663-666

Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH (1714-1788)

Four Orchestral Symphonies 

with twelve obbligato parts WQ 183/H663-666

Orchestral Symphony in D major WQ 183 No.1/H 663

Orchestral Symphony in E flat major WQ 183 No.2/H 664

Orchestral Symphony in F major WQ 183 No.3/H 665

Orchestral Symphony in G major WQ 183 No.1/h 666

Kammerorchester "Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach" 

Continuo Michael Christfried Winkler (Harpsichord)

Harmut Haenchen

Nigel Clarke - The Miraculous Violin; Samurai; Black Fire

Nigel CLARKE (b. 1960)

1. Pernambuco (1994) 

2. The Miraculous Violin (2000) 

3. Loulan (2002) 

4. Samurai (1995, rev 2007)

5. Premonitions (1989) 

6. Black Fire (2006) 

Peter Sheppard Skaerved (violin) [1,2,3,6]

Bd. Sgt. Ivan Hutchinson (trumpet) [5] 

Band of HM Royal Marines, Plymouth [4,6] 

Longbow [2]

Lt. Col. Chris Davis  [2,4,6]

rec. [1, 3-6] 17-19 January 2007, HMS Rayleigh, Plymouth, UK; [2] 23 December 2006, All Saints Church, Tooting, London, UK. DDD

Edward Nesbit - Sacred Choral Music

Edward NESBIT (b.1986)

Sacred Choral Works

Mass

Evening Psalms

Fanfares and Rounds for organ solo

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis

The Choir of King’s College, London

Joseph Fort

Ruby Hughes (soprano)

Joshua Simões (organ)

rec. 2021, Dutch Church, Austin Friars, London

Romuald Twardowski - Violin Concerto; Spanish Fantasia

Romuald TWARDOWSKI (b. 1930)

Spanish Fantasia (Fantazja hiszpanska) (version for violin and orchestra) (1984) 

Serenade for string orchestra (2003)

Violin Concerto (2006) 

Niggunim - Melodies of the Hasidim for solo violin and orchestra (1991) 

Capriccio in Blue - George Gershwin in memoriam for solo violin and orchestra (1979) 

Kinga Augustyn (violin), 

Toruń Symphony Orchestra

Mariusz Smolij

rec. 2017, Hall of Karol Szymanowski, ZSM, Toruń, Poland

CPE Bach - Six Symphonies for Strings WQ 182 (Hamburg 1773)

Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH (1714-1788)

Six Symphonies for Strings and Continuo, WQ 182. Hamburg 1773

Symphony in G major WQ 182/1, H 657

Symphony in B flat major WQ 182/2, H 658

Symphony in C major WQ 182/3, H 659

Symphony in A major WQ 182/4, H 660

Symphony in B minor WQ 182/5, H 661

Symphony in E major WQ 182/6, H 662

Kammerorchester "Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach"

Christine Schornsheim (Harpsichord)

Hartmut Haenchen

Salomon Jadassohn - Piano Trios Nos 1,2 and 3

Salomon JADASSOHN (1831-1902)

Piano Trios: 

No. 1 Op. 16 (1858)  

No. 2 Op. 20 (1860) 

No. 3 Op. 59 (1880) 

Syrius Trio 

Elizabeth Cooney (violin)

Jane Cords-O’Hara (viola) 

Bobby Chen (piano)

rec. 14-15 March 2009, Champs Hill, Coldwaltham

world premiere recordings

 

Felix Blumenfeld - 24 Preludes Op.17

Felix BLUMENFELD (1863-1931) 

24 Preludes Op.17

Etude for the left hand, Op. 36

Etude de concert in F sharp minor, Op. 24

Mark Viner (piano)

Carl Maria von Weber - Der Freischütz

Carl Maria von WEBER (1786-1826)

Der Freischütz - J. 277 (1817-21)

Maximilian Schmitt (Max), 

Polina Pasztircsák (Agathe), 

Kateryna Kasper (Ännchen), 

Dimitry Ivashchenko (Kaspar), 

Yannick Debus (Kilian), 

Matthias Winckhler (Kuno), 

Christian Immler (Hermit), 

Max Urlacher (Samiel)

Freiburger Barockorchester

Zürcher Sing-Akademie

René Jacobs

Release Date: 29th Apr 2022

Samuel Jones - Tuba Concerto; Symphony No.3 "Palo Duro Canyon"

Samuel JONES (b. 1935)

Tuba Concerto (2005) 

Symphony No.3, Palo Duro Canyon (1992)

 

Christopher Olka (tuba)

Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Gerard Schwarz

rec. 31 October 2006 (Concerto); 9 January 2007 (Symphony), 

Benaroya Hall, Seattle, Washington. 

David Jennings - Music for Piano

David JENNINGS (b.1972)

Piano Sonata, Op.1 (1988/95) 

Sonatina No.1 Op.2 No.1 (1980s)

Sonatina No.2 Op.2 No.2 (1980s) 

Sonatina No.3 Op.2 No.3 (1980s) 

Prelude and Fugue Op.6 (1992/99) 

Three Lyrical Pieces, Op.17 (2010)

Miniature Suite, Op.18 (2010) 

Harvest Moon Suite, Op.19 (2009-10)

James Willshire (piano)

rec. 17-19 July 2012, Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, Cumbria

Shostakovich - Cantatas - The Song of the Forests

Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)

The Execution of Stepan Razin, Op. 119 (1964) 

The Sun Shines over our Motherland, Op. 90 (1952) 

The Song of the Forests, Op. 81 (1949) 

1. The war ended in victory 

2. We will clothe our homeland with forests 

3. Memories of the past 

4. The pioneers plant the forests 

5. The people of Stalingrad go forth

6. A walk into the future 

7. Glory 

Alexei Tanovitski (bass), Konstantin Andreyev (tenor)

Narva Boys Choir 

Estonian Concert Choir

Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

Paavo Järvi

rec. live, 18-20 April 2012, Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn, Estonia

Splendours of the Gonzaga – Sacred music from Wert to Monteverdi

Splendours of the Gonzaga – Sacred music from Wert to Monteverdi

Biscantores

Luca Colombo

rec. 2020, Parish church of Palazzo Pignano (Cremona), Italy

Texts and translations included

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Contents

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

Confitebor III alla francese a 5

Benedetto Pallavicino (c1551-1601)

Dum complerentur (1. pars) – Cum ergo essent (2. pars) a 8

Salamone Rossi (c1570-1630)

Keter Yitnu a 4

Giaches de Wert (1535-1596)

Adesto dolori meo a 6

Claudio Monteverdi

Laetaniae della Beata Vergine a 6

Giaches de Wert

Omnis homo primum a 5

Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (c1554-1609)

Magnificat VIII. toni a 6

Benedetto Pallavicino

Misericordias Domini a 8

Claudio Monteverdi

Cantate Domino a 6

Amante Franzoni (1575-?1630)

Dixit Dominus VI. toni a 8

Giaches de Wert

Speremus meliora omnes a 5

Salamone Rossi

Yesusum midbar a 5

Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi

Regina coeli a 4

E.J. Moeran - Serenade in G; In the Mountain Country; Rhapsodies Nos.1 and 2

Ernest John MOERAN (1894-1950)

Serenade in G

In the Mountain Country

Rhapsody No.1

Rhapsody No.2

Nocturne *

Hugh Mackey (Baritone)

The Renaissance Singers

Ronnie Lee (Chorus master)

Ulster Orchestra

Vernon Handley

Almeida Prado - Piano Concerto No.1; Concerto Friburgeois; Aurora

José Antônio de ALMEIDA PRADO (1943-2010)

Piano Concerto No 1 (1982-83)

Aurora (1975) 

Concerto Fribourgeois (1985)

Sonia Rubinsky (piano)

Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra

Fabio Mechetti

rec May 2019, Sala Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Alkan - 11 Pièces dans le style religieux, Op.72, Étude Alla-Barbaro

Charles Valentin ALKAN (1813-1888)

11 Pièces dans le style religieux, Op.72, 

Étude Alla-Barbaro 

Mark Viner (piano)

Rodion Shchedrin - Old Russian Circus Music; Symphony No.2

Rodion SHCHEDRIN (1932-2025)

Old Russian Circus Music

Symphony No. 2

BBC Philharmonic

Vassily Sinaisky

Franco Margola - Music for Oboe and Strings

Franco MARGOLA (1908-1992)

Music for Oboe and Strings (Musica per archi e Concerti per oboe)

Trittico

Partita for Oboe and Strings

Arioso

Piccolo Concerto

Oboe Concerto (incomplete)

Notturno e fuga

6 Madrigali

Antiche musiche di virginalisti inglesi

Paolo Grazia, oboe 

Ensemble Respighi 

Federico Ferri

Ustvolskaya, Silvestrov, Kancheli - Works for Piano and Orchestra

Galina USTVOLSKAYA (1919-2006)

Concerto for Piano, String Orchestra and Timpani (1946)

Valentin SILVESTROV (b. 1937)

Four Postludes (2004) * 

Giya KANCHELI (1935-2019)

Sio for String Orchestra, Piano and Percussion (1998) * 

Valentin SILVESTROV

Hymn 2001 (2001)

Elisaveta Blumina (piano)

Jürgen Spitschka (timpani and percussion)

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

Thomas Sanderling

rec. 15-19 February 2015, SWR-Funkstudio, Stuttgart, Germany

* World premiere recordings

Kaija Saariaho - Emilie Suite; Quatre instants; Terra memoria

Kaija SAARIAHO (1952-2023)

Quatre instants (2002)

Terra memoria (2009) 

Émilie Suite (2011)

Karen Vourc’h (soprano)

Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg

Marko Letonja

rec. 12-14 July 2014, Neugartheim-Ittlenheim Hall, France (Quatre instants and Émilie Suite); 28-29 October 2013, Cité de la musique de Strasbourg, France (Terra memoria)

Piano Works by 'The Mighty Handful' (Mussorsky, Cui, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Balakirev)

Piano Works by 'The Mighty Handful'

Modest MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881)

Pictures at an Exhibition 

César CUI (1835-1918)

Nocturne in F sharp minor, from Op 22

Alexander BORODIN (1822-1887)

Scherzo in A flat 

Petite Suite 

Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908)

Scherzino in A, from Op 11

Romance in A flat, from Op 15 

Waltz in C sharp, from Op 15 

Mily BALAKIREV (1837-1910)

Islamey, Oriental Fantasy [8:55]

 

Philip Edward Fisher (piano)

rec. 25-26 August 2010, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, UK

Shostakovich - Violin Sonata, Op. 134 & 24 Preludes, Op. 34 (arr. for Violin and Piano)

Dimitri SHOSTAKOVICH  (1906–1975)

Violin Sonata, Op. 134 & 24 Preludes, Op. 34 

(arr. Dmitry Tsyganov and Lera Auerbach for violin and piano)

Sergei Dogadin (Violin)

Nikolai Tokarev (Piano)

Recorded: 28-30 December 2016 at Jakobysaal, Musikhochschule, Hannover, Germany

John Corigliano - Symphony No.2; The Mannheim Rocket

John CORIGLIANO (b.1938)

Symphony No. 2 

The Mannheim Rocket

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

John Storgårds

World Premier Recordings