Malcolm Arnold - Symphonies Nos.5 & 6

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)

Symphony No. 5 Op.74 (1961) 

Symphony No. 6 Op.95 (1968)

London Symphony Orchestra

Richard Hickox

Recorded February 6-7, 1995

Henri Dutilleux - D’Ombre et de silence - Complete Piano Music

Henri DUTILLEUX (1916-2013)

D’Ombre et de silence - Complete Piano Music:

Petit air à dormir debout (1981) 

Sonate (1946-48) 

from Au gré des ondes (1946): I. Prélude en berceuse; III. Improvisation 

Blackbird (1950)

Tous les chemins … mènent à Rome (1961)

Résonances (1965)

Figures de résonances (1970/76) pour deux pianos I-IV*

Mini-prélude en éventail (1987)

Préludes: I. D'ombre et de silence (1973); II. Sur un même accord (1977); III. Le jeu des contraires (1988) 

Bergerie (1946) 

Au gré des ondes (1946): I. Prélude en berceuse; II. Claquettes; III. Improvisation; IV. Mouvement perpetuel; V. Hommage à Bach; VI. Étude 

Robert Levin (piano); Ya-Fei Chuang* (piano)

rec. December 2008, Radio Svizzera, Lugano

  

Eyvind Alnaes - Piano Concerto & Symphony

Eyvind ALNAES (1872-1932)

Symphony in C minor, Op 7 (1897) 

Piano Concerto in D major, Op 27 (1915)

Håvard Gimse (Piano)

Oslo Philharmonic

Elvind Aadland

rec. 2016

Florent Schmitt - La Tragédie de Salomé; Chant Elégiaque

Florent SCHMITT (1870-1958)

La Tragédie de Salomé Op 50 (1907)

Chant Elégiaque, Op 24 (1911)

Ambur Braid (Soprano)

Philipp Staemmler (Cello)

Frankfurt Radio Symphony

 Alain Altinoglu

rec. 2021/22, HR-Sendesaal, Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, Germany

Sofia Gubaidulina - Triple Concerto; Sonata for Violin and Piano "Rejoice!"

Sofia GUBAIDULINA (1931-2025)

Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello and Bayan (2017)

Sonata for Violin and Cello “Freue dich!” (Rejoice!) (1981)

Baiba Skride (violin)

Harriet Krijgh (cello)

Elsbeth Moser (bayan)

NDR Radiophilharmonie

Andrew Manze

rec. live, 19-20 April 2018, Großer Sendesaal des NDR Landesfunkhauses Niedersachsen RBB, Germany (Concerto); 2022, Saal 3, Haus des Rundfunks Berlin, Germany (Sonata)

Hector Berlioz - Harold in Italy; La Mort de Cléopâtre

Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869)

Harold In Italy, Op. 16 (Harold En Italie)

La Mort De Cléopâtre, Scène Lyrique (Text: P. A. Vieillard)*

William Lincer (viola))

Jennie Tourel (mezzo-soprano)*

New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Leonard Bernstein

Recorded at Manhattan Center, New York, October 9* and 23 1961

released on CD 1999

Michael Haydn - Die Ährenleserin (Singspiel); Kantate Ninfe inbelli

Michael HAYDN (1736-1807)

Die Ährenleserin (Singspiel) MH 493 (1778)

Kantate Ninfe inbelli MH 73 (1765)

Monika Mauch

Jakob Mitterrutzner

Sascha Zarrabi

Marianna Herzig

Christian Havel

Jole de Baerdemaeker

Katharina Böhme

Maria Ladurner

Salzburger Hofmusik

Wolfgang Brunner

Malcolm Arnold - Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)

Symphony No. 3 Op.63 (1954-57) 

Symphony No. 4 Op.71 (1960)

London Symphony Orchestra

Richard Hickox 

Recorded in All Saints' Church, Tooting, London, November 22-23, 1993.

Mozart - The Complete Masses Vol. 2

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART  (1756-1791)

Mass in C minor, K. 427 ‘Great’ (1782), ed. Franz Beyer (1989)

Missa brevis in C major, K. 258 ‘Spaur’ (c. 1775-1777) 

Katharina Konradi (soprano)

Sarah Romberger (mezzo-soprano)

Martin Mitterrutzner (tenor)

Mikhail Timoschenko (bass)

Cologne Radio Choir

Cologne Chamber Orchestra

Christoph Poppen

rec. 2021, Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Cologne, Germany

James MacMillan - String Quartets

James MacMILLIAN (b.1959)

String Quartet No. 1 (Visions of a November Spring)(1988, Rvised 1991)

String Quartet No. 2 (Why is this night different?)(1998)

String Quartet No. 3 (2007)

Royal String Quartet

Michał Pepol (Cello)

Marek Czech (Viola)

Izabella Szałaj Zimak (Violin I)

Elwira Przybyłowska (Violin II)

Recorded in Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, on 13-15 July 2017

Gilbert & Sullivan - The Mikado (Without Spoken Dialogue)

Music by Arthur SULLIVAN (1842-1900)

Words by W.S. GILBERT (1836-1911)

The Mikado (Without Sopken Dialogue)

or The Town of Titipu

Colin Wright (tenor)

Michael Rayner (baritone)

John Reed (baritone)

Valerie Masterson (soprano)

Lyndsie Holland (contralto)

John Broad (bass (vocal))

Kenneth Sandford (baritone)

Pauline Wales (soprano)

Peggy Ann Jones (mezzo-soprano)

D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Royston Nash

Recorded: 1973

Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

Alexander Zemlinsky - Die Seejungfrau; Sinfonietta Op.23

Alexander ZEMLINSKY (1871-1942)

Die Seejungfrau (1905) (world premiere recording of the new critical edition) 

Sinfonietta Op.23 (1934) (world premiere recording of version for chamber orchestra (2013) by Roland Freisitzer)

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

John Storgårds

Recorded: Helsinki Music Centre, Finland 2-4 September 2014

French Music for Woodwind Quintet - Poulenc; Ibert; Milhaud & Francaix

French Music for Woodwind Quintet

Francis POULENC (1899-1963)

Sextet for piano and wind quintet (1932) 

Jacques IBERT (1890-1962)

Trois pièces brèves (1930) 

Darius MILHAUD (1892-1974)

La Cheminée du roi René, op. 205 (1930)

Jean FRANCAIX (1912-1997)

Wind Quintet No. 1 (1948) 

The Wind Quintet of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra: 

Anna Dina Schick, flute; 

Max Artved, oboe; 

Søren Elbo, clarinet; 

Henning Due Hansen, horn; 

Jens Tofte-Hansen, bassoon; 

Ralf Gothóni, piano (Poulenc)

rec. Studio 1 Radio House, Copenhagen, 3-4 January; 5-7, 9 March 2001.

 

Christopher Gunning - Symphonies Nos. 2, 10 & 12

Chritopher GUNNING (1944-2023)

Symphony No 10 (2016)

Symphony No 2 (2003 revised 2018)

Symphony No 12 (2018)

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Kenneth Woods

rec. live, 4-6 April 2019, Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, Wales

Mozart - The Complete Masses Vol.1

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)

Complete Masses Vol 1

Missa longa in C major, K. 262 (1775)

Mass in C major, K. 317 ‘Coronation’ (1779)

Carolina Ullrich (soprano)

Marie Henriette Reinhold (mezzo-soprano)

Angelo Pollak (tenor)

Konstantin Krimmel (bass)

West German Radio Chorus Cologne

Cologne Chamber Orchestra

Christoph Poppen

rec. 2020, Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Cologne, Germany

Jean Cras - Orchestral Works

Jean CRAS (1879-1932)

Journal de Bord (1927)

Âmes d'enfants (1918)

Légende for cello and orchestra (1929)

Piano Concerto (1931)

Henri Demarquette (cello)

Alain Jacquon (piano) 

Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg

Jean-François Antonioli

rec Luxembourg, July/Sept 1996 

Miklós Rózsa - Orchestral Works

Miklós RÓZSA (1907-1995)

Overture to a Symphony Concert Op.26a (1957/1963)

Hungarian Serenade Op.25 (1956/1963)

Tripartita Op.33 (1972)

Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

Gregor Bϋhl

rec. 2023, Ludwigshafen, Germany

Henri Sauguet - Symphonies Nos.3 & 4

Henri SAUGUET (1901-1989)

Symphony No. 3 (I.N.R.) (1955)

Symphony No. 4 (du troisième age)(1971

Moscow Symphony Orchestra

Antonio de Almeida

Recorded at the Mosfilm Studio in Moscow, Russia in January, 1995.