French Opera Overtures (Auber; Planquette; Lecocq)

French Opera Overtures

Daniel François-Esprit AUBER (1782-1871) 

Le Domino noir (1837) 

La Muette de Portici (1828)  

Les Diamants de la Couronne (1841)

 

Jean Robert PLANQUETTE (1848-1903) 

Les Cloches de Corneville (1877) 

Alexandre Charles LECOCQ (1832-1918)

La Fille de Madame Angot (1918)

Ballet suite Mam’zelle Angot (arr. by Gordon Jacob, 1947) 

Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

Neeme Järvi

rec. 2022, Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn

Jean Sibelius - Symphonies Nos 4 & 5

Jean SIBELIUS (1865-1957)

Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 63

Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 82

Berliner Philharmoniker

James Levine

Recorded:1994-02 (Symph.4) and  1992-11 (Symph.5) at Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin

Xavier Montsalvatge - Piano Music Vol.2

Xavier MONTSALVATGE (1912-2002)

Piano Music, Volume 2

Alegoria a la memoria de Joaquin Turina

3 piezas para la mano izquierda

El arca de Noe

Schubertiana

Pastoral d'Automne

Milonga

5 ocells en llibertat

Bressoleig

Alborada en Aurinx

Improviso epilogal

Concierto de Albayzin

Jordi Masó (piano)

Granollers Chamber Orchestra

Francesc Guillén

Recorded at the Auditorium, Jafre, Spain (May 2008); and a the Teatre-Auditori de Granollers, Spain (October 2008) Piano Concerto

Arnold Bax - Chamber Music with Harp

Arnold BAX (1883-1953) 

Chamber Music with Harp

Quintet for harp & strings

Elegiac Trio

Fantasy Sonata

Sonata for flute & harp

Mobius

Martin Storey (Cello)

Ashan Pillai (Viola)

Kanako Ito, Philippe Honoré (Violins)

Lorna McGhee (Flute)

Alison Nicholls (Harp)

Recorded in St Silas the Martyr, Chalk Farm, London

 from 24th to 26th February 1999.

Alfred Schnittke - Concerto Grosso No.1; Concertos for Oboe & Harp; and for Piano

Alfred SCHNITTKE (1934 -1998)

Concertos

Concerto Grosso I Für 2 Violinen, Cembalo, Präp. Klavier Und Streicher (1977)

Konzert Für Oboe, Harfe Und Streichorchester (1971)

Konzert Für Klavier Und Streichorchester (1979)

Helen Jahren (oboe) 

Kjell Axel Lier (harp) 

Patrik Swedrup (violin) 

Christian Bergqvist (violin) 

Roland Pöntinen (piano)

New Stockholm Chamber Orchestra

Lev Markiz

Recorded August 20/22, 1987 (tracks 1 to 6 & 8) and September 5/6, 1987 (track 7)

 at Danderyd Grammar School, Sweden.

French Music For The Stage (Auber; Boieldieu; Delibes; Massenet; Thomas)

French Music For The Stage 

Ambroise THOMAS (1811-1896)

Overture To 'Raymond, Ou Le Secret de la Reine' (1851)

Daniel-Francois-Esprit AUBER (1782-1871)

Overture To 'Fra Diavolo, Ou L'Hôtellerie de Terracine', S18 (1830)

François-Adrien BOIELDIEU (1775-1834)

Overture To 'Le Calife de Bagdad" (1809)

Overture To 'La Dame Blanche' (1825)

Leo DELIBES (1836-1891)

Scène Du Bal And Vieille Chanson From 'Le Roi S'amuse' (1882)

Jules MASSENET (1842-1912)

Espada (1908)

Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

Neeme Jarvi

Recording venue:

Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn; 30 and 31 May 2018 (Espada), 6 May 2019 (Overtures to Raymond, Fra Diavolo, and Le Calife de Bagdad), and 31 May 2019 (other works).

Front cover The Curtain, pastel and charcoal painting (c. 1880) by Edgar Degas (1834 – 1917)

Ideale - The Songs of Paolo Tosti (Ben Heppner)

Francesco Paolo TOSTI (1841-1916)

Songs

Ideale

Entra!

In The Hush Of The Night

Lasciami! Lascia Ch'io Respiri

Vorrei Morire!

L'alba Separa Dalla Luce L'ombra

'A Vucchella

Seconda Mattinata

Penso!

Chitarrata Abruzzese

Plaintes D'amour

Demain

Lo Ti Sento!

I Dare To Love Thee

Lasciali Dir!

Pierrot's Lament

Invan Preghi

Non T'amo Piu

Goodbye!

Ben Heppner (tenor)

Members Of The London Symphony Orchestra

Rosalba Lo Duca

Recorded: 2002-12-07

Recording Venue: Sony Music Studios, London

Xavier Montsalvatge - Piano Music Vol.1

Xavier MONTSALVATGE (1912–2002)

Piano Music Volume 1

3 Impromptus (1933)

Siciliana (1940)

3 Divertimentos (1941)

Ritmos (1942)

Elegia a Maurice Ravel (1945)

Divagación (1950)

Sonatina para Yvette (1961)

Sketch (1966)

Recondita Armonia, for Piano and String orchestra (1955)*

Jordi Masó

Granollers Chamber Orchestra*

Francesc Guillen*

Recorded March 2008 at theAuditorium, Jafre, Spain and at the 

Teatre-Auditori de Granollers, Spain, October 2008

 

Bernard Herrmann - Psycho (Complete Music for Alred Hitchcock’s Classic Film)

Bernard HERRMANN (1911-1975) 

Psycho

Complete Music for Alred Hitchcock’s classic suspense thriller

National Philharmonic Orchestra

Bernard Herrmann

Recorded at Barking Assembly Hall on 2nd October 1975.

Tor Aulin - Violin Concertos 1- 3

Tor AULIN (1866-1914) 

Violin Concertos 1-3

Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 7, "Concert Piece"

Violin Concerto No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 11

Violin Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 14

Ulf Wallin (violin)

Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester

Andrew Manze

Recorded: 18-21 September 2012 at Konserthuset, Helsingborg, Sweden

Cyril Scott - Piano Concertos Nos.1 and 2; Early One Morning

Cyril SCOTT (1879-1970)

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C (1913-14) 

Early One Morning - Poem for Piano and Orchestra (1931, rev.1962) 

Piano Concerto No. 2 (1958) 

John Ogdon (piano)

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Bernard Herrmann

rec. 1970s. 

Charles Wuorinen - Chamber Music

Charles WUORINEN (1938-2020)

Chamber Music

Scherzo (2007) *

First String Quartet (1971) **

Viola Variations (2008) ***

Second Piano Quintet (2008) ****

Peter Serkin (piano) *,****

Lois Martin (viola) **,***; 

Brentano String Quartet 

(Mark Steinberg (violin), Serena Canin (violin), Misha Amory (viola), Nine Lee (cello)) ****; 

Curtis Macomber (violin) **; Jesse Mills (violin) **; Fred Sherry (cello) **

rec. Theater C SUNY (State University of New York) Purchase, New York 19 May 2004 **

rec. American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York 29 October 2009 ***

rec. American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York 18 September 2009 ****

rec. American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York 19 September 2009 *

 

Bernard Herrmann - Psycho Suite for String Quartet; Echoes; Souvenirs de Voyage

Bernard HERRMANN (1911 - 1975)

Echoes for String Quartet (1965) 

Souvenirs de Voyage for Clarinet Quintet (1967) 

Psycho Suite for String Quartet (transcribed and arranged by Richard Birchall) 

Julian Bliss (clarinet)

Tippett Quartet 

John Mills (violin) 

Jeremy Isaac (violin) 

Julia O’Riordan (viola) 

Bozidar Vukotic (cello)

rec. St. Paul’s Church, Southgate, 10 and 28 June 2010 (Echoes; Souvenirs); Kore Studios, London, 5 October 2010 (Suite)

Schumann; Saint-Saens & Gliere - Works for Horn and Orchestra

Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)

Konzertstück, Op.86 

Adagio and Allegro, Op.70 (orch. Ernest Ansermet)

Camille SAINT-SAENS (1835-1921)

Morceau de Concert, Op.94 

Reinhold GLIERE (1875-1956)

Horn Concerto, Op.91 

Markus Maskuniitty (horn)

Martin Schӧpfer, Kristofer Ӧberg, Monica Berenguer Caro (horns)

Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

Sakari Oramo

rec. 2016/18, Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden.

Dimitri Kabalevsky - Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra

Dimitri KABALEVSKY (1904-1987)

Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra

Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 9 (1928)

Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 23 (1935 rev. 1973)

Piano Concerto No. 3 in D major, Op. 50, ‘Dedicated to Soviet Youth’

Fantasy in F Minor (after F. Schubert's D. 940)

Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra on the theme of the song "School Years", Op. 75

Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 99 ‘Prague’

Michael Korstick (Piano)

NDR Radiophilharmonie

Alun Francis 

Released: August 2012

Leroy Anderson - Orchestral Muisc Vol.4

Leroy ANDERSON (1906-1975)

Orchestral Works Vol.4

A Christmas Festival

Alma Mater

Belle of the Ball

Blue Tango

Forgotten Dreams

Irish Suite

Scottish Suite

Summer Skies

Edward MACDOWELL (1860-1908) 

Woodland Sketches, Op. 51: No. 1 To a Wild Rose

Kim Criswell (soprano) & William Dazeley (baritone)

BBC Concert Orchestra

Leonard Slatkin

Recorded at The Colosseum, Town Hall, Waterford, UK from 3rd to 5th September, 2007.

Elena Kats-Chernin - Unsent Love Letters (Meditations on Erik Satie)

Elena KATS-CHERNIN (b.1957)

Unsent Love Letters (Meditations on Erik Satie)

1 Love Token

2 Unsent Love Letters

3 Behind Your Pearls

4 Le Chat Noir

5 Threads Of Grey Velvet

6 Sarabande

7 Garden Gothique

8 Very Shiny

9 Absynthe Cocktail

10 The Gymnast

11 One Table, One Chair

12 Eggshell

13 Imaginary Building

14 Piano Tower

15 Phonometrician

16 Modern Romantic

17 Maple In The Evening

18 Tuesday Suit

19 Wonder About Yourself

20 Patchouli

21 Notebooks

22 Postcard To A Critic

23 Dance In 7/4

24 Biqui

25 Darkness

26 For Whom It Tolls

Tamara-Anna Cislowska (piano)

Recorded December 5-9, 2016 at Eugene Goossens Hall, Australia

Edward Elgar - Symphony No.2; Sea Pictures / Mackerras

Edward ELGAR (1857-1934)

Symphony No.2, in E Flat Major, Op.63

Sea Pictures, Op.37

Della Jones (Mezzo soprano)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Charles Mackerras

rec. Walthamstow Assembly Hall, March 1993

Kalevi Aho - Wind Quintets 1 & 2

Kalevi AHO (b.1949)

Wind Quintet No. 1 (2006) 

Wind Quintet No. 2 (2014) 

Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet

Michael Hasel (flute); 

Andreas Wittmann (oboe); 

Walter Seyfarth (clarinet); 

Fergus McWilliam (horn); 

Marion Reinhard (bassoon)

rec. 2014, Kammermusiksaal, Philharmonie, Berlin (No. 1) & 2017, 

Traumton Studios, Berlin-Spandau (No. 2)

Heinrich Ignaz Biber - Requiem

Christoph BERNHARD (1628-1692)

Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener

Tribularer si nescirem

Johann Michael NICOLAI (1629-1685)

Sonata à 6 in A minor

Heinrich Ignaz Franz BIBER (1644-1704)

Requiem in F minor (C 8)

Johann Joseph FUX (1660-1741)

Sonata à 4 in G minor (K 347)

Omnis terra adoret (K 183)

Vox Luminis

Freiburger Barock Consort

Lionel Meunier

rec. 2019, Église Saint-Jean l'Évangéliste, Beaufays, Belgium

Valentin Silvestrov - Symphony for Violin and Orchestra "Dedication"

Valentin SILVESTROV (b. 1937)

Symphony for Violin and Orchestra ‘Widmung’ (‘Dedication’) (1990-1)

Postludium for Piano and Orchestra (1984)

Janusz Wawrowski (violin)

Jurgis Karnavičius (piano)

Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra

Christopher Lyndon-Gee

rec. 2022, Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall, Vilnius, Lithuania

Iannis Xenakis - Synaphaï; Aroura; Antikhthon; Keqrops

Iannis XENAKIS (1922-2001)

Synaphaï - for Piano and Orchestra (1969)

Aroura - for String Orchestra (1971)

Antikhthon - ballet, for String Orchestra

Keqrops - for Piano and Orchestra**

Geoffrey Douglas Madge (Piano)*

Roger Woodward (Piano)**

New Philharmonia Orchestra

Elgar Howarth 

Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester**

Claudio Abbado**

Recording locations: Kingsway Hall, London, 28 & 29 November 1975 (Synaphai, Aroura, Antikhthon): Konzerthaus, Vienna, 30 October 1992 (Kekrops)

Brasiliana - Three Centuries Of Brazilian Music

BRASILIANA: Three Centuries Of Brazilian Music

Music by:

Cláudio SANTORO (1919-1989)

Mozart Camargo GUARNIERI (1907-1993)

Henrique OSWALD (1852-1931)

Francisco MIGNONE (1987-1986)

Francisco BRAGA (1868-1945)

Luiz LEVY (1861-1935)

César Guerra PEIXE (1914-1993)

Eduardo DUTRA (1908?-1963/4?)

Octavio PINTO (1890-1950)

Leopoldo MIGUEZ (1850-1902)

Luiz Álvares PINTO (1719-1789)

Francisco (Chiquinha) GONZAGA (1847-1935)

Alberto NEPOMUCENO (1864-1920)

José Mauricio Nunes GARCIA (1767-1830)

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)

Radames GNATTALI (1906-1988)

José SIQUEIRA (1907-1985)

Ernesto NAZARETH (1863-1934)

Alexandre LEVY (1864-1892)

Fructuoso VIANNA (1896-1976)

Oscar Lorenzo FERNANDEZ (1897-1948)

Arnaldo Cohen - piano

Recordings made in the former Academy of Music, Stockholm in June 2000

Arnas Launis - Aslak Hetta (Opera in Three Acts)

Armas LAUNIS (1884-1959)

Aslak Hetta - Opera in Three Acts (1922)

Aki Alamikkotervo (tenor)

Ilkka Hämäläinen (tenor)

Anna-Kristiina Kaappola (soprano)

Arttu Kataja (bass)

Tuomas Katajala (tenor)

Jaakko Kortekangas (baritone)

Raimo Laukka (baritone)

Kai Lehtinen (narrator)

Tiina Penttinen (mezzo-soprano)

Eeva-Liisa Saarinen (mezzo-soprano)

Raili Viljakainen (soprano)

Lassi Virtanen (tenor)

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Kampin Laulu Chamber Choir

YL Male Voice Choir

Sakari Oramo

Recorded at the House of Culture, Helsinki, March 8-13, 15, 18-19, 2004

Swedish Violin Sonatas (Stenhammar; Aulin; Kallstenius)

Swedish Violin Sonatas 

Wlhelm STENHAMMAR (!871-1927)

Violin Sonata in A minor Op 19 (1899-1900)

Tor AULIN (1866-1914)

Four water-colours (1899)

Edvin KALLSTENIUS (1881-1967)

Violin Sonata inE minor Op.7 (1908)

Nils-Erik Sparf (Violin)

Bengt Forsberg (Piano)

Recorded in the Concert Hall of the Academy of Music, Stockholm. April and December 1991