Ferruccio Busoni - Doktor Faust

Ferrucio BUSONI (1866-1924)

Doktor Faust  

Poem for Music in Two Prologues, an Interlude and Three Main Acts Recording of the festival premiere on 28 June 2008 National Theatre, Munich

Doktor Faust – Wolfgang Koch

Wagner – Steven Humes

Mephistopheles – John Daszak

The Duke of Parma – Raymond Very

The Duchess of Parma – Catherine Naglestad

and many others

Bavarian State Orchestra

Choir and Additional Choir of the Bavarian State Opera

Andrés Máspero, choirs

Tomas Netopil

Friedrich von Flotow - Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2; Overtures

Friedrich von FLOTOW (1812-1883)

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Minor

Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Minor

Overtures:

Wintermärchen 

Fackeltanz

La Veuve Grapin

Rübezahl

Alessandro Stradella

Matthias Kirschnereit (piano)

Münchner Rundfunkorchester

Ulf Schirmer

rec. 2020, BR Studio 1, Munich

Stephen Hartke - The Horse with the Lavender Eye

Stephen HARTKE (b.1952)

The Horse with the Lavender Eye, Episodes for Violin, Clarinet and Piano ((1997)

Selections from "Post-modern Homages", for Piano (1984-92)

Sonata, for Piano (1997-98)

The King of the Sun, Tableaux for Violin, Viola, cello and Piano (1988)

Richard Faria (Clarinet)

Ellen Jewett (Violin)

Xak Bjerken (Piano)

Los Angeles Piano Quartet

Recording: January 6-7, 2006, Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 

State University of New York, NY

John Carmichael - Toward the Light

John CARMICHAEL (b. 1930)

Toward the Light

Piano Concerto No 2 (2011?)

Piano Trio ‘Toward the Light’ (2020)

Aria for viola and piano (2022)

Contrasts for viola and piano (2022)

Short Cuts for flute, oboe, clarinet and piano (2007)

On the Green for wind nonet (2007)

Antony Gray (piano) 

St Paul’s Sinfonia

Andrew Morley

rec. 2017-2022, various locations

Roberto Sierra - Three Sinfonias

Roberto SIERRA (b.1953)

Three Sinfonias

Sinfonia No. 3 "La Salsa" (2005)

Sinfonia No. 2 "Gran Passacaglia" (2004-2005)

Sinfonia No. 1 (2002)

Frost Symphony Orchestra

Thomas Sleeper

Sinfonia No. 2 recorded in April and Sinfonias No. 1 and 3 recorded in November, 2006.

All works recorded in Gusman Hall at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.

Jón Leifs - Hekla and Other Orchestral Works

Jón LEIFS (1899-1968)

Iceland Overture

Requiem

Loftr-Suite

Réminiscence du Nord (1952)

Hekla (1961)

Elegy (1961)

 

Motet Choir of Hallgrim's Church; Schola Cantorum

Iceland Symphony Orchestra

En Shao

rec Reykjavik, 1998-9

Treasures from the New World (Beach; Oswald; Nobre)

Treasures from the New World

Amy BEACH (1867-1944)

Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op.67

Romance for Violin and Piano*

Henrique OSWALD (1852-1931)

Piano Quintet in C major, Op.18

Marcos NOBRE (b.1965)

Poema XXI, op.94 No.21

Clélia Iruzun (Piano)

Roger Coull (Violin)*

Coull Quartet

Nicholas Roberts (Cello)

Jonathan Barritt (Viola)

Pilip Gallaway, Roger Coull (Violins)

Recorded at: Turner Sims, Southampton on April 8 & 9, 2019

Benjamin Britten - Songs Cycles

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

Folk Song Arrangements, Movement: The Salley Gardens (also unison vv and piano)

Folk Song Arrangements, Movement: Sweet Polly Oliver

Folk Song Arrangements, Movement: O waly waly

Folk Song Arrangements, Movement: Lord, I married me a wife

Folk Song Arrangements, Movement: She's like a swallow

Folk Song Arrangements, Movement: Bonny at morn

Folk Song Arrangements, Movement: I was lonely and forlorn

(3) Early Songs

Tit for Tat

Songs and Proverbs of William Blake

Benjamin Luxon (Baritone)

David Willison (Piano)

Recorded in the Maltings, Snape on April 12 & 13, 1986

Julius Klengel - Cello Concertos

Julius KLENGEL (1859-1933)

Concerto For Violoncello And Orchestra No 4 Op. 37 In B Minor*

Concerto For 2 Violoncellos And Orchestra Op. 45 In E Minor* **

Concerto For Violoncello And Orchestra No 1 Op. 4 In A Minor**

Xenia Jankovic (cello)*

Christoph Richter (cello)**

NDR Radio Philharmonic of Hanover

Bjarte Engeset

Recording: March 6-10, 2000, Großer Sendesaal, Hannover

Paul Moravec - Sanctuary Road (An Oratorio)

Paul MORAVEC (b.1957)

Sanctuary Road (2017) An oratorio based on the writings of William Still

Libreetto by Mark Campbell (b.1953)

Laquita Mitchell (soprano)

Raehann Bruce-Davis (mezzo-soprano)

Joshua Blue (tenor)

Malcolm J. Merriweather (baritone)

Dashon Burton (bass-baritone)

Paul Moravec (narrator)

Oratorio Society of New York Chorus and Orchestra

Kent Tritle

Release Date: 10th Jan 2020

Live Recording

Kapustin & Schnittke - Cello Concertos

Transitions

Nikolai KAPUSTIN (1937-2020)

Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 85

Alfred SCHNITTKE (1934-1998)

Cello Concerto No. 1

Eckart Runge (cello)

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Frank Strobel

Recording: Berlin, RBB, Haus des Rundfunks, 9.-10-3.2018 / 30.9.-2.10.2019

Ned Rorem - Piano Album I; Six Friends

Ned ROREM (1923-2022)

Piano Album I (1978-2001) 

Six Friends 

Carolyn Enger (piano)

rec. Greenfield Hall, Manhattan School of Music, New York, USA, 16 March and 17 April 2009

Pizzetti; Margutti & Donati - Sacred Choral Works

Ildebrando PIZZETTI (1880-1968) 

Messa da Requiem (1922)

Corrado MARGUTTI (b. 1974)

Kyrie and Sanctus from Missa Lorca (2002-2006)

Lorenzo DONATI (b. 1972)

Sicut cervus (2016)

Marco Saccardin (baritone)

Erato Choir

Dario Ribechi

rec. 2023, Abbazia di Fruttuaria, San Benigno Canavese, Turin, Italy

Geirr Tveitt - Concertos for Hardanger Fiddle Nos. 1 and 2; Nykken

Geirr TVEITT (1908-1981)

Concerto No. 1 for Hardanger Fiddle and Orchestra, Op. 163 (1955) 

Concerto No. 2 for Hardanger Fiddle and Orchestra, Op. 252, “Three Fjords” (1965) 

Nykken, symphonic painting for orchestra, Op. 187 (1956) [15.57] 

Arve Moen Bergset (Hardanger fiddle) 

Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

Ole Kristian Ruud

Rec. Sept 1999 (concertos), June 2000 (Nykken), Stavanger Concert Hall, Norway 

Ignatz Waghalter - New World Suite; Mandragola; Masaryk’s Peace March

Ignatz WAGHALTER (1881-1949)

Mandragola – Opera (Overture and Intermezzo) (1914) 

New World Suite (reconstructed by Alexander Walker) (1939/2013) 

Masaryk’s Peace March (1935) 

New Russia State Symphony Orchestra

Alexander Walker

rec. Studio 5, Russian State TV and Radio Company Kultura, Moscow, 

14-17 November 2013

Augusta Holmes - Symphonic Poems

Augusta HOLMES (1847-1903)

Symphonic Poems

Roland Furieux

Irlande. Poème symphonique

Pologne. Poème symphonique

Andromède. Poème symphonique

Ludus pro patria

Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

Michael Francis

Reza Vali - Flute Concerto, Deylámán, Folk Songs (Set No.10)

Reza VALI (b.1952)

Concerto for Flute and Orchestra

Folk Songs (Suite #10)

Deylámân

Alberto Almarza, flute

George Mgrdichian, bárbát (oud)

Janna Baty, soprano

Boston Modern Orchestra Project

Gil Rose

Luciano Simoni - Missa Solemnis

Luciano SIMONI (1932-2010)

Missa solemnis per soli, coro a quattro voci e orchestra (1987)

Edith Borsos (soprano) 

Mihai Lazar (tenor) 

Orchestra and chorus of the Târgu Mures Philharmonic 

Vasile Cazan (choir master) 

Romeo Rîmbu

Released: 16th Jun 2023

Karol Rathaus - Symphonies Nos.2 and 3

Karol RATHAUS (1895-1954)

Symphony No. 2 Op. 7 (1923) 

Symphony No. 3 Op. 50 (1942-43) 

Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt

Israel Yinon

rec. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach-Konzerthalle, Frankfurt (Oder), 24-27 June, 

8-9 July 2002.

 

Bohuslav Martinů - The Greek Passion (Opera in 4 acts, H.372)

Bohuslav MARTINU (1890-1959) 

The Greek Passion, Opera in 4 Acts, H. 372 (1954-57)

Libretto by the Composer based on an English translation of Nikos Kazantzakis’s novel Christ Recrucified 

Dshamilja Kaiser (Katerina) 

Tatjana Miyus (Lenio) 

Taylan Reinhard (Panait)

Rolf Romei (Manolios) 

Manuel von Senden (Yannakos) 

Wilfried Zelinka (Priest Grigoris) 

Markus Butter (Fotis, Priest of the Refugees) 

Graz Philharmonic 

Choruses of Graz Opera and Graz University of the Arts

Dirk Kaftan 

 

Release Date: 28th Apr 2017

Axel Borup-Jorgensen - Piano Music

Axel BORUP-JØRGENSEN (1924-2012)

Piano Music

“Thalatta! Thalatta!” Opus 127

Marine Skitser (1-6) Opus 4b

Winter Pieces (1-4) Opus 30b

Sommer Intermezzi Opus 65

Passacaglia For Klaver Opus 2b

Regndråbe Interludier Opus 144

Epigrammer Opus 78

Miniaturesuite (Praeludium, Fantasia, Interludium, Sarabande, Praeludium) Opus 3b

Praeludier For Klaver (1-7) Opus 30a

“Phantasiestück” For Celesta Opus 115

Erik Kaltoft (piano and  celesta)

Recorded at the Concert Hall of the Royal Danish Academy of Music November 13 and 14, 2015 

and February 4, 2016.

Homages for Wnd (Arnold, Gorb, Hesketh, McCabe, Orr)

Homages for Wind

Adam GORB (b. 1958)

Awayday (1996) 

Kenneth HESKETH (b. 1968)

Diaghilev Dances (2002) 

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)

Water Music, Op. 82 (1964) 

John McCABE (1939-2015)

Canyons (1990-91) 

Buxton ORR (1924-1997)

A John Gay Suite (1972-73) 

Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra

Clark Rundell

rec. 18-19 March 2006, Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester

 

The Piano Music of John Knowles Paine

John Knowles PAINE (1839-1906)

Piano Music

Romance, Op. 39

Romance, Op. 12

Nocturne, Op. 45

10 Sketches, Op. 26, "In the Country"

Prelude in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 15, No. 2

Christmas Gift, Op. 7

Funeral March in Memory of President Lincoln, Op. 9, "Solemn March"

3 Piano Pieces, Op. 41

4 Characteristic Pieces, Op. 25

Christopher Atzinger (Piano)

Released: 21 June 2019

Toivo Tulev - Songs

Toivo TULEV (b.1958)

Songs

By Night

Where Have You Hidden, Beloved

This Life That I Live

Nigra Sum

Behold, Thou Art Fair

I Am Come Into My Garden

Reveal, Reveal Your Presence

Mira Que La Dolencia De Amor

Der Herr Ist Mein Getreuer Hirt I

Rejoice, Rejoice, Rejoice!

Leave, Alas, This Tormenting

Jusquez Au Pritemps

Der Herr Ist Mein Getreuer Hirt I

Robin Blaze (countertenor)

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

Paul Hillier

Recorded November, 2006 at St. Nicholas Church, Tallin, Estonia

John Fernstrom - String Quartets Nos.3; 6 and 8

John FERNSTROM (1897-1961)

String Quartet No. 3, Op. 23

String Quartet No. 6, Op. 81b

String Quartet No. 8, Op. 93

Vlach Quartet Prague

Recorded at Maratínek Studio, Prague, Czech Republic, 

from 3rd to 5th March, 1997.