Per Norgard - Violin Concertos Nos.1 & 2; Spaces of Time

Per NØRGÅRD (1932-2025)

Helle Nacht – Violin Concerto No. 1 (1986-87/2002) 

Spaces of Time (1991) 

Borderlines – Violin Concerto No. 2 (2002) 

Peter Herresthal (violin)

Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

Rolf Gupta

rec. August 2010, Stavanger Concert Hall, Norway.

Dimitri Shostakovich - Symphonies Nos. 5 & 9

Dimitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)

Symphony No. 5 In D Minor op. 47

Symphony No. 9 In E Flat Major Op. 70

Russian National Orchestra

Yakov Kreizberg 

Recorded at The State House Of Broadcasting And Sound Recording, Moscow

Samuel Barber - Medea; Knoxville Summer 1915; A Hand of Bridge

Samuel BARBER (1910-1981)

Knoxville: Summer of 1915. 

Medea

A Hand of Bridge

Angela Gooch (Soprano)

David Kravitz (Baritone)

Krista River (Mezzo soprano)

Matthew DiBattista (Tenor)

Boston Modern Orchestra Project

Gil Rose

Recorded August 29, 2009 at Distler Hall, Tufts University, Somerville, MA

and Fraser Hall at WGBH Studios, Boston, MA

Gustave Charpentier - Music for the Prix of Rome

Gustave CHARPENTIER (1860-1956)

Music for the Prix of Rome

Impressions d’Italie (1889) Symphonie pittoresque

Didon (1887) Cantate pour soprano, ténor, baryton et orchestre

La Vie du poète (1888) Symphonie-drame en 3 actes et 4 tableaux

La Fête des myrtes (1887) Chœur avec orchestre

Manon Feubel (soprano)

Sabine Devieilhe (soprano)

Helena Bohuszewicz (contralto)

Julien Dran (tenor)

Bernard Richter (tenor)

Marc Barrard (baritone)

Alain Buet (baritone)

Flemish Radio Choir

The Royal Symphonic Band of the

Belgian Guides

Brussels Philharmonic

Hervé Niquet

Recorded in Brussels (Flagey) and Antwerp (De Singel), Belgium, in June 2011

Toru Takemitsu - Spectral Canticle; To the Edge of a Dream

Tōru TAKEMITSU (1930-1996)

Spectral Canticle for guitar, violin and orchestra (1995)

To the Edge of Dream for guitar and orchestra (1983)

Vers, l’arc-en-ciel, Palma for oboe d’amore, guitar and orchestra (1984)

Twill by Twilight (1988)

Jacob Kellerman (guitar)

Viviane Hagner (violin) 

Juliana Koch (oboe d’amore)

BBC Philharmonic

Christian Karlsen

rec. 2022, Philharmonic Studio, Media City UK, Salford, UK

Heitor Villa-Lobos - Chamber Music

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)

Chamber Music

The Jet Whistle (1950) 

Quintette instrumental for flute, violin, viola, cello and harp (1957)

Song of the Black Swan for violin and harp (1917)

Duo for violin and viola (1946) 

Five Songs (transcribed for flute and harp by Lorna McGhee and Alison Nicholls)

Vida Formose (Beautiful life) (1943) 

Nesta Rua (On this Street) (1943) 

Modinha (1926) 

Chanson de Cristal (Song of Crystal) (1950) 

Cancão do Marinheiro (Sailor’s Song) (1936)

Mobius: 

Philippe Honore (violin) 

Ashan Pillai (viola) 

Michael Stirling (cello) 

Lorna McGhee (flute)

Alison Nicholls (harp)

rec. St Michael’s Church, East Woodhay, May-June 2003 

 

George Benjamin - Shadowlines; Viola, Viola; Piano Sonata; Three Studies

George BENJAMIN (b. 1960)

Shadowlines

Shadowlines * 

Viola, Viola ** 

Three Studies for solo piano *** 

Piano Sonata **** 

Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) * 

Tabea Zimmermann (viola)**

Antoine Tamestit (viola) **

George Benjamin (piano) ***, ****

rec. 16-18 December 2003, 8 February 1986, 29 March 1980 (sonata), Wyastone Leys, 

Monmouth, Wales. 

 

Grazyna Bacewicz - Complete Symphonic Works Vol.3

Grażyna BACEWICZ (1909-1969)

Complete Symphonic  Works Volume 3

Symphony No 1 (1945)

Polish Overture (1954)

Partita (1955)

Concerto for Large Orchestra (1962)

In una Parte

WDR Sinfonieorchester

Łukasz Borowicz

rec. 2023, Philharmonie, Köln, Germany

Grazyna Bacewicz - Complete Symphonic Works Vol. 2

Grażyna BACEWICZ (1909-1969)

Complete Orchestral Works Volume 2      

Overture (1943)

Symphony No.2 (1951)

Variations for Orchestra (1957)

Musica sinfonica in tre movimenti (1965)

WDR Symphony Orchestra

Łukasz Borowicz

rec. 2023, Cologne Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany

Grazyna Bacewicz - Complete Symphonic Works Vol. 1

Grażyna BACEWICZ (1909-1969)

Complete Symphonic Works Vol. 1

Symphony No. 3 (1952)

Symphony No. 4 (1953)

WDR Sinfonieorchester

Łukasz Borowicz

rec. November 2021, Studioproduktion Cologne, Cologne Philharmonie

Jose Maria Usandizaga - Mendi Mendiyan (High in the Mountains)

José María USANDIZAGA (1887-1915)

Mendi Mendiyan (1910)

(High in the Mountains)

A Basque pastoral folk-opera in three acts

Tatiana Davidova (soprano)

Juan Lomba (tenor)

Marta Ubieta (soprano)

Santos Ariño (baritone)

José Antonio Carril (baritone)

Alfonso Echeverría (bass-baritone)

Coral Andra Mari de Renteria

Bilbao Symphony Orchestra

Juan José Mena

Recorded at Teatro Arriaga, Bilbao, 25-29 June, 2001

Richard Strauss - Complete Tone Poems Vol.1

Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949)

Complete Tone Poems Vol 1

Ein Heldenleben, Op 40 

Tod und Verklärung, Op 24 

SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg

François-Xavier Roth

rec. 2012-2015, Freiburg, Germany

Mozart - The Complete Masses Vol.4

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756–1791)

Complete Masses, Vol. 4

Missa brevis in G Major, K. 140 (1773) *

Mass in C Major, K. 66, "Dominicus" (1769) **

Missa brevis in F Major, K. 192 (1774) **

Carolina Ullrich, Katharina Ruckgaber, Katharina Konradi, Sopranos

Elvira Bill, Sarah Romberger, Altos

Patrick Grahl, Paul Schweinester, Martin Mitterrutzner, Tenors

Dominik Köninger, Jonas Müller, Mikhail Timoschenko, Basses

Cologne Cathedral Vocal Ensemble

Cologne Chamber Orchestra

Christoph Poppen

Recorded: October 2021 *; September 2022 ***; February 2023 ** at Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Cologne, Germany.

Emanuel Moór - Complete Piano Trios

Emanuel MOÓR (1863-1931)

Complete Piano Trios

Piano Trio in C Major, Op. 81

Piano Trio in B-Flat Major, Op. 89

Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 74a

Storioni Trio Amsterdam

Bart Van Der Roer (Piano)

Marc Vossen (Cello)

Wouter Vossen (Cello)

Release date: March 20, 2025

Ernest Bloch - Four Episodes; Two Pieces; Concertino; Suite Modale

Ernest BLOCH (1880-1959)

Four Episodes (1926)

(Humoresque macabre; Obsession; Calm; Chinese)

Two Poems (Winter-Spring) (1905)

Concertino for Flute, Viola and Strings (1948) 

Suite Modale for Flute and Strings (1956) 

Noam Buchman (flute) (Concertino; Suite); 

Yuri Gandelsman (viola) (Concertino);

Soloists of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

Dalia Atlas (Four Episodes)

Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Dalia Atlas (Two Poems)

Atlas Camerata Orchestra

Dalia Atlas (Concertino; Suite)

rec. 31 October 2005, Yaffo Tel Aviv Music Center (Episodes); 28-29 June 2006, Concert Hall of Slovak Radio (Two Poems); 31 October 2001, Bloch Concert Hall, Haifa (Concertino; Suite)

William Russo - Street Music; 3 Pieces - George Gershwin - An American in Paris

William RUSSO (1928-2003)

Street Music op. 65

3 Pieces for Blues Band

and Symphony Orchestra op. 50

George GERSHWIN (1898-1937)

An American in Paris

Corky Siegel (Harmonica, Piano)

Siegel-Schwall Band

Bass – Rollo Radford

Drums – Shelly Plotkin

Guitar – Jim Schwall

Harmonica, Piano – Corky Siegel

Soloist, Violin – Stuart Canin

San Francisco Symphony

Seiji Ozawa

Recording: Cupertino, Flint Center at DeAnza College, 5/1976 (Gershwin, Russo: Street Music); 6/1972 (Russo: Three Pieces)

Susan Chilcott - The Shining River (Songs by Copland, Strauss, Berlioz, Britten, Argento & Vaugan Williams)

Susan Chilcott - The Shining River

Aaron COPLAND (1900-1990)

Old American Songs Set 1

Old American Songs Set 2

(12) Poems of Emily Dickinson

The Little Horses

Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949)

(6) Lieder, Movement: Lieder der Ophelia 

Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869)

Tristia, Movement: No. 2, La mort d'Ophélie

Dominik ARGENTO (1927-2019)

(6) Elizabethan Songs, Movement: Winter (wds. Shakespeare)

Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958)

Orpheus with his lute

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

(4) Cabaret songs, Movement: Calypso

Iain Burnside (Piano)

Susan Chilcott (Soprano)

Dimitri Shostakovich - Symphony No.8

Dimitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)

Symphony No. 8, Op. 65 (1943)

Russian National Orchestra

Paavo Berglund

Recorded At – The State House Of Broadcasting And Sound Recording, Moscow. June 2005

Dietrich Buxtehude - Membra Jesu nostri Bux WV 75

Dietrich BUXTEHUDE (1637/39-1707) 

Membra Jesu nostri BuxWV 75

Fried- und Freudenreiche Hinfahrth BuxWV 76

The Netherlands Bach Society

Jos van Veldhoven

Recording: Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland, November 2005.

Morton Feldman - Coptic Light; String Quartet and Orchestra

Morton FELDMAN (1926-1987)

Coptic Light (1986) *

String Quartet and Orchestra (1973) 

Arditti Quartet

ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

Michael Boder*

Emilio Pomàrico

rec. 2010/18, Konzerthaus, Vienna; World Conference Center, Bonn

Franz Schubert - Alfonso und Estrella

FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

Alfonso und Estrella

Romantic Opera in Three Acts D. 762

Eva Mei soprano)

Rainer Trost (tenor)

Alfred Muff (bass)

Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Markus Werba (baritone)

Orchestra e coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari

Gérard Korsten

Recorded at Teatro Lirico di Cagliari,Italy, January 2004

Live Recording

Leonard Bernstein - Anniversaries for Orchestra; Fancy Free; Overtures

Leonard BERNSTEIN (1918-1990)

Overture to Candide (1956)

Fancy Free - complete ballet (1944) 

Anniversaries for Orchestra (1944-1948-1964-1989) (orch. Sunderland 2016) 

Overture to Wonderful Town 1953) (arr. Harmon) 

São Paulo Symphony Orchestra

Marin Alsop

Première recording (anniversaries)

rec. 2016/17, Sala São Paulo, Brazil

Robert Simpson - Chamber Works Vol.1

Robert SIMPSON (1921-1997)

Chamber Music Volume 1

String Quartet in D major (1945)

Two Songs: Trocknet nicht! (1942), The Cherry Tree (1940)

Trio for clarinet, cello and piano (1967)

Quintet for clarinet, bass clarinet and three double basses (1981)

Tippett String Quartet

Eva-Maria Hartmann (soprano), Cornelis Witthoefft (piano)

Emma Johnson (clarinet), Raphael Wallfisch (cello), John Lenehan (piano)

Peter Cigleris (clarinet), Derek Hannigan (bass clarinet), Will Duerden, Levi Andreassen, Daniil Margulis (double-basses)

rec. 2021-24, various locations, Middlesex, UK (instrumental works); Lehmann Studios, Stuttgart, Germany (songs)

 

Karl Weigl - Cello Concerto; Cello Sonata

Karl WEIGL (1881-1949)

Cello Concerto (1934) 

Two Pieces for Violoncello and Piano (1940) 

Menuetto for Violoncello and Piano (1948)

Cello Sonata (1923) 

Raphael Wallfisch (cello)

John York (piano)

Edward Rushton (piano) (sonata)

Konzerthausorchester Berlin

Nicholas Milton

rec. 2017/18, Großer Saal, Konzerthaus, Berlin; Nimbus Wyastone Estates, UK

Gabriel Faure - Piano Quintets Nos.1 & 2

Gabriel FAURE  (1845-1924)

Piano Quintet No. 1,in D minor, Op. 89 (1887-95, revised 1903-05)A Eugène Ysaÿe 

Piano Quintet No. 2,in C minor, Op. 115 (1919-21) A Paul Dukas

The Schubert Ensemble of London

Simon Blendis (violin)

Maya Koch (violin)

Douglas Paterson (viola)

Jane Salmon (cello)

William Howard (piano)

Recorded 16-18 March 2009, at Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, UK