La Discoteca Clásica: May 2024

5/31/2024

Camargo Guarnieri - Piano Concertos Nos. 4, 5 and 6

Mozart Camargo GUARNIERI (1907-1993)

Piano Concerto No.4 (1968)

Piano Concerto No.5 (1970)

Piano Concerto No.6 (1987)

Max Barros (piano);

Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

Thomas Conlin

rec. Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, Poland, 20–24 June 2006 (No.4),

13-14 May 2007 (No.5), 26 August 2007 (No.6)

Camargo Guarnieri - Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 and 3

Mozart Camargo GUARNIERI (1907 - 1993)

Piano Concerto No. 1 (1931)

Piano Concerto No. 2 (1946)

Piano Concerto No. 3 (1964)

Max Barros (Piano)

Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

Thomas Conlin

Recorded in the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall from 20th – 21st August 2004 (No. 1), and 24th to 25th June, 2004, No. 2, and 4th – 5th January 2003 , No. 3

Fernando Remacha - Complete Symphonic Works

Fernando REMACHA (1898-1984)

Obra sinfónica completa.

Alba (1922

Sinfonia en Tres Tiempos (1925)

Homenaje a Gongora (1927)

Cartel de Fiestas (1946-47)

Baile de la Era (1951)

Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga.

José Luis Temes

First world recordings

Randall Thompson - Symphony No.2; George Chadwick - Melpomene, Rip Van Winkle, Tam O'Shanter

Randall THOMPSON (1899-1984)

Symphony No. 2

George Whitefield CHADWICK (1854-1931)

Melpomene Overture,

Rip Van Winkle Overture,

Tam O'Shanter - Symphonic Ballad

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Neeme Jarvi

Recorded at The Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall; 29 April & 6 May 1995

Kevin Puts - Symphony No.4; To Touch the Sky; If I were a Swan

Kevin PUTS (b.1972)

If I Were a Swan (2012)

To Touch the Sky. Nine Songs for Unaccompanied Chorus on Texts by Women (2011)

Symphony No 4 'From Mission San Juan' (2007)*

Conspirare

Craig Hella Johnson

*Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

*Marin Alsop

rec. September-October 2012, St Martin’s Lutheran Church, Austin, Texas; *live, June 2012,

Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore. Maryland

Eugen d'Albert - Die Toten Augen (The Dead Eyes)

Eugen D'ALBERT (1864-1932)

Die Toten Augen (1912-13)

(The Dead Eyes)

Drama in one act with a prelude and a postlude by Hanns Heinz Ewers after Marc Henry

Dagmar Schellenberger (sop) - Myrtocle, wife of Arcesius

Hartmut Welker (bar) - Arcesius, Roman ambassador in Jerusalem

Norbert Orth (ten) - Galba, a Roman captain, friend of Arcesius

Margaret Chalker (sop) - Arsinoe, Myrtocle's slave woman

Anne Gjevang (alto) - Maria von Magdala

Eberhard Büchner (ten) - Ktesiphar, an Egyptian miracle healer

Philharmonischer Chor Dresden

Dresdner Philharmoniker

Ralf Weikert

rec. 1-2 Mar 1997, Konzertante Opernaufführung, Dresden Kulturpalast

John Williams - Treesong; Violin Concerto; Three Pieces from Schindler's List

John WILLIAMS (b.1932)

Treesong

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

Schindler's List,

I-Movement: Theme from Schindler's List

II-Movement: Jewish Town (Krakow Ghetto Winter '41)

III-Movement: Remembrances

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Gil Shaham (Violin)

John Williams

Recorded at Boston Symphony Hall, 10/1999 (Concerto, 3 Pieces);

10/2000 (TreeSong).

Tauno Marttinen - Violin & Piano Concertos; Phantasy for Cello & Orchestra

Tauno MARTTINEN (1912-2008)

Violin Concerto op. 13, MV 63

First Piano Concerto op. 154, MV 65

Phantasy for Cello & Orchestra op 154, MV 84 *

Philippe Graffin (Violin)

Ralph van Raat (Piano)

Marko Ylonen (Cello)*

Turku Philharmonic Orchestra/ Ari Rasilainen

Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra/ Hannu Lintu*

Igor Stravinsky - The Fairy's Kiss; Ode; Faun and Shepherdess

Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)

Faun and Shepherdess,

Suite for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, Op.2

The Fairy's Kiss (Le Blaiser de la fee),

Ballet in four scenes (1928, revised 1950)

Ode,

Elegiacal chant in three parts for Orchestra

Lucy Shelton (soprano)

The Cleveland Orchestra

Oliver Knussen

Igor Stravinsky - The Rake's Progress

Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)

The Rake's Progress (1951)

The libretto, written by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, is based loosely on the eight paintings and engravings A Rake's Progress (1733–1735) of William Hogarth, which Stravinsky had seen on 2 May 1947, in a Chicago exhibition.

Ian Bostridge (Tom Rakewell),

Bryn Terfel (Nick Shadow),

Deborah York (Anne Trulove),

Anne Sofie von Otter (Baba the Turk),

Anne Howells (Mother Goose),

Peter Bronder (Sellem),

Martin Robson (Trulove),

Julian Clarkson (Keeper of the Madhouse)

Monteverdi Choir, London Symphony Orchestra,

John Eliot Gardiner

Recording: London, Abbey Road Studios, Studio 1, 6/1997

Georgy Catoire - Complete Works for Violin and Piano

Georgy CATOIRE (1861–1926)

Complete Works for Violin and Piano

Violin Sonata No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 15

Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 20, "Poème"

Elegy in D Minor, Op. 26

Laurence Kayaleh (Violin)

Stephane Lemelin (Piano)

Recorded 21-22 June, 2015 at Pollack Hall, Schulich School of Music,

McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Dvorak - Symphony No.5; The Water Goblin

Antonin DVORAK (1841-1904)

Symphony No.5 in F Major, Op.76

The Water Goblin, Op.107

Scottish National Orchestra

Neeme Jarvi

Enrique Fernandez Arbos - Complete Chamber Works

Enrique FERNANDEZ ARBOS (1863-1939)

La Obra de Camara - Complete Chamber Works

Tres piezas originales en estilo español, Op.1*

Tango, Op.2**

Seis rimas de Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Op.3***

Cuatro canciones para la marquesa de Bolaños, Op.4***

Pieza de concurso****

Trio Bellas Artes*

Ara Malikian (Violin), Serouj Kradjian (Piano)**

Emilio Sanchez (Tenor), Fernando Turina (Piano)***

Rafael Ramos (Cello), Miguel A.Ortega Chavaldas (Piano)****

Recorded April and May 2004, in estudios Cezanne, Las Rosas, Madrid, Spain

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Piano Works

Mario CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO (1895-1968)

Piano Works

Crinoline

Cipressi Op. 17

Alghe Op. 12

Vitalba e Biancospino, fiaba silvana Op. 21

Epigrafe Op. 25

I naviganti Op. 13

Massimo Palumbo

Recorded at Villa Nazari, S. Giorgio su Legnanno (MI), Italy. July 12-15, 1996

Cantar d'amore - Italian lovesongs from Renaissance and folk tradition

Cantar d'amore

Italian lovesongs from Renaissance and folk tradition

Ensemble Oni Wytars

Composers

Joan Ambrosio DALZA (fl.1508)

Giacomo GORZANIS (c.1520-a.1575)

Pietro Jacopo de JENNARO(1436-1508)

Athanasius KIRCHNER (1602–80)

Giovan Tomaso di MAIO(c.1500-53)

Alonso MUDARRA (1510–80)

Barbara STROZZI (1619–77)

Bartolomeo TROMBONCINO (1470–1535)

Works

trad.: Alla femminisca

trad.: Alla montanara

trad.: Cinquecento catenelle

trad.: La Rondinella

trad.: Ninna nanna palermitana

trad.: Pizzica di San Vito

trad.: Vurria ca fosse ciaola

Dalza: Calata

Gorzanis: Questi capelli d'or

Jennaro: Vulumbrella

Kirchner, A: Antidotum Tarantulae

Maio, G: Maronna non è cchiù

Mudarra: Romanesca

Strozzi: Che si può fare

Tromboncino: Tu dormi

Nikolai Medtner - The Three Piano Concertos; Sonate-Ballade Op. 27

Nikolai MEDTNER (1880-1951)

The Three Piano Concertos; Sonate-Ballade Op. 27

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 33

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 50

Piano Concerto No. 3 in E minor, Op. 60 'Ballade'

Sonata-Ballada in F sharp major, Op. 27

Geoffrey Tozer (piano)

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Neeme Järvi

Release Date: June 2005 (Compilation)

Originally recorded in March 1991

Japanese Orchestral Favourites - Ifukube; Akutagawa; Toyama

Yuzo TOYAMA (1931-2023)

Rhapsody

Hidemaro KONOYE (1898-1973)

Etenraku

Akira IFUKUBE (1914-2006)

Japanese Rhapsody

Yasushi AKUTAGAWA (1925-1989)

Music for Symphony Orchestra

Kiyoshige KOYAMA (1914-2009)

Kobiki-Uta

Takashi YOSHIMATSU (b.1953)

Threnody to Toki

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

Ryusuke Numajiri

William McClelland - Where the Shadow Glides (Songs, Solo Piano and Choral Works)

William McCLELLAND (b.1950)

Where the Shadow Glides

Songs, Solo Piano and Choral Works

Cædmon’s Hymn • Five for Piano • These Last Gifts

Krista River, Mezzo-soprano • Alex Guerrero, Tenor

Thomas Meglioranza, Baritone • Robert May, Margaret Dudley,

Thomas McCarger and Suzanne Schwing, Narrators

Donald Berman and Blair McMillen, Pianos • David Enlow, Organ

The New York Virtuoso Singers • Harold Rosenbaum

Michael Daugherty - Bay of Pigs; Gee's Bend; TROYJAM

Michael DAUGHERTY (b.1954)

Bay of Pigs (2006), for Classical Guitar amd Strings

Gee's Bend (2009), for Electric Guitar and Orchestra

TROYJAM (2008) for narrator and Orchestra

Manuel Barrueco (Classical Guitar)

D.J.Sparr (Electric Guitar)

Michael Lippert (Narrator)

Anne Carson (Librettist)

Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra

Neal Gittleman

Recorded Live at the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center, Dayton, Ohio, USA. *Nov 1 & 2 2013, **March 24, 25, 26, 2011 and ***Nov. 9 & 10 2012