Poul Ruders - Clarinet Quintet; Throne; Piano Quartet

Poul RUDERS (b. 1949)

Clarinet Quintet (2014)

Throne (1988)

Piano Quartet (2016)

Rudersdal Chamber Players: 

Jonas Frølund (clarinet)

Christine Pryn and Isabelle Bania (violins)

Mina Fred (viola)

Manuel Esperilla (piano)

Piano Quartet and Throne recorded June 17-20 2021 and Clarinet Quintet recorded March 10-11 2022 in Nærum Adventistkirke, Copenhagen.

Edvard Grieg - The Complete Songs Vol. 4

Edvard GRIEG (1843-1907)

Complete Songs, Volume 4

Five Poems to texts by John Paulsen, op. 26 (1876), 

Twelve Melodies to poems by A. O. Vinje, op. 33 (1881), 

Songs without opus No: 

Min lille Fug, 

Blåbæret 

Til L. M. Lindemans Solvbryllup 

Til Kirken hun vandrer 

Den hvide, røde Rose 

Odalisken synger 

På Hamars Ruiner 

Jenta, 

Til Generalkonsul Chr. Tønsberg

 

Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano)

Roger Vignoles (pianoforte)

Rec.: 27th April-1st May 2001, Danderyds Gymnasium, Sweden

Klengel & Schumann - Romantic Cello Concertos

Romantic Cello Concertos

Julius KLENGEL (1859-1933) 

Cello Concerto No.3 in A minor op.31 

Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856) 

Cello Concerto in A minor op.129 

Widmung from Myrthen 

Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949) 

Romanze in F major for cello and orchestra  

Clara WIECK SCHUMANN (1819-1896) 

Romanze from Piano Concerto in A minor 

Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)

Hungarian Dance No.5 ( arr. Piatti)

Raphaela Gromes (cello) 

Julian Riem (piano) 

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Nicholas Carter

Andreas Oswald - 12 Sonatas for Violin & Basso Continuo

 Andreas OSWALD (1634-1665)

12 Sonatas for Violin & Basso Continuo

Capella Jenensis

Released 2023

Ernst von Dohnanyi - Ruralia Hungarica; Four Rhapsodies

Ernst von DOHNANYI (1877–1960)

Ruralia Hungarica, Seven Pieces for Piano, Op. 32a  

Four Rhapsodies, Op. 11

Wolf Harden (Piano)

Recorded 14-15 August, 1987 at Festeburgkirche, Frankfurt, FRG.

Portuguese Music for Cello and Orchestra (Braga-Santos; Freitas Branco; Lopes-Graça; Costa)

Portuguese Music for Cello and Orchestra

Luiz COSTA (1879-1960)

Poema

Fernando LOPES-GRAÇA (1906-1994)

Concerto da Camera Op. 167 (1965-66)

Luís de FREITAS BRANCO (1890-1955)

Cena Lírica (1916)

Joly BRAGA SANTOS (1924-1988)

Cello Concerto Op. 66 (1987)

Bruno Borralhinho (cello)

Orquestra Gulbenkian

Pedro Neves

rec. Gulbenkian Auditorium, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal, 22-26 June 2015

Dimitri Shostakovich - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3

Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)

Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10 (1924-1925) 

Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 14 ‘To October’ (1927) 

Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 20 ‘The First of May’ (1929) 

Netherlands Radio Choir

Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

Mark Wigglesworth

rec. October 2006 (No. 1), October 2010 (Nos. 2 & 3), Music Centre for Dutch Radio & Television, 

Studio MCO5, Hilversum, The Netherlands

Ernst Toch - Symphonies Nos.5, 6 and 7

Ernst TOCH (1887-1964)

Symphony No.5, Op.89 - 'Jehpta'Rhapsodic Poem (1963)

Symphony No.6, Op.93 (1963)

Symphony No.7, Op.95 (1964)

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

Alun Francis

Recorded: Jesus Christus-Kirche Berlin, 18-19 & 30-31October 1995

Franz Berwald - 4 Symphonies

Franz BERWALD (1796-1868)

4 Symphonies

Sinfonie singuliere (No.3) in C major (1842)

Sinfonie cpricieuse (No.2) in D major (1842)

Sinfonie No.4 in E flat major (1845)

sinfonia serieuse (No.1) in G minor (1845)

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra 

Neeme Jarvi 

Recorded: May 1985

Harold Truscott - Symphony in E major; Suite in G Major; Elegy

Harold TRUSCOTT (1914–1992)

Symphony in E Major

Suite in G Major

Elegy

National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

Gary Brain

Recorded 16-17 December 1993 at the National Concert Hall, Dublin

Cover painting: “Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop’s Grounds” by John Constable 

 

Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn - Sacred Music, Vol. 1

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)

Christus Op. 97 oratorio fragments for soloists, mixed choir and orchestra

Part I: The Birth of Christ 

Part II: The Passion of Christ

Wie der Hirsch schreit nach frischem Wasser (Psalm 42) Op. 42

Cantata for soloists, mixed choir and orchestra

Fanny HENSEL-MENDELSSOHN (1805-1847)

Lobgesang ‛Meine Seele ist stille’

Cantata for soprano, alto , mixed choir and orchestra

RIAS Kammerchor Berlin

Kammerakademie Potsdam

Justin Doyle

Valentin Silvestrov - To Thee We Sing - Sacred Choral Works

Valentin SILVESTROV (b.1937)

To Thee We Sing

Sacred Choral Works

Alleluia (2006)

From Liturgical Chants

Diptych

Two Sacred Chants

Two Sacred Songs

Two Christmas Lullabies

Ieva Ezeriete (soprano)

Agate Burkina (soprano)

Dace Srautmane (alto)

Karlis Rutentals (tenor)

Rudolfs Bertins (tenor)

Latvian Radio Choir

Sigvards Klava

Released: October 2015

 

Ernst von Dohnanyi - Symphony No.1; American Rhapsody

Ernst VON DOHNÁNYI (1877-1960)

Symphony No. 1, Op. 9

American Rhapsody, Op. 47

Gillian Callow (Solo cor anglaise)

John Bradbury (Solo clarinet)

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Matthias Bamert

Recorded: 19-20 November 1997 at New Broadcasting House, Manchester

Fernando Lopes-Graça - Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2

Fernando LOPES-GRAÇA (1906 - 1994)

Piano Concerto No.1 (1940) 

Piano Concerto No.2 (1950, rev. 1971)

Eldar Nebolsin (piano)

Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto - Casa da Música

Matthias Bamert

rec. Sala Suggia, Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal, 11-12 March 2011 (Piano Concerto No.1) and 13-14 May 2011 (Piano Concerto No.2)

Cesar Franck - Piano Quintet; Franz Liszt - Harmonies Poetiques et Religieuses

César FRANCK (1822-1890)

Piano Quintet in f minor (1878-9) 

Franz LISZT (1811-1886)

Harmonies Poétiques et Réligieuses (1845-52) 

1V. Pensée des morts  

1X. Andante lagrimoso 

Ave Maria 

Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

Borodin Quartet (Franck)

rec. December 1981, Pushkin Museum, Moscow (Franck); September 1984, 

Kloster Polling, Germany

John Adams - City Noir; Fearful Symetries; Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance

John ADAMS (b. 1947)

City Noir (2009)

Fearful Symmetries (1988)

Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance (2016, rev. 2020)

ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

Marin Alsop

rec. 2022, Grosser Sendesaal, ORF Funkhaus and Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Vienna, Austria

Adalbert Gyrowetz - Sinfonia Concertante; Piano Concerto; Symphony in A Major

Adalbert GYROWETZ (1763-1850)

Sinfonia Concertante 

Piano Concerto;

Symphony In A Major 

Michael Foyle (Violn)

Emily Sun (Violin)

Rosalind Ventris (Viola)

Julian Trevelyan (Piano)

London Mozart Players

Howard Griffiths

Frederick Delius - Fennimore and Gerda

Frederick DELIUS (1862-1934)

Fennimore and Gerda (Opera In Eleven Scenes)

Randi Stene (Mezzo Soprano) 

Judith Howarth (Soprano) 

Peter Coleman-Wright (Baritone) 

Mark Tucker (Tenor) 

Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra & Choir

Richard Hickox

Recorded in the Concert Hall of Danish Radio, Copenhagen, 11-14 May, 1997.

Roots - Violin Music by Gershwin, Price, Grant Still, Coleridge-Taylor, Dvorak

Roots

Xavier Dubois FOLEY (b. 1994)

Shelter Island 

Coleridge-Taylor PERKINSON (1932-2004)

Blue/s Forms for solo violin (1979)

George GERSHWIN (1898-1927)

Porgy and Bess Selection (arr. Jascha Heifetz) 

William Grant STILL (1895-1978)

Suite for Violin and Piano (1943) 

Florence PRICE (1887-1953)

Adoration 

Fantasie No 1 in G minor 

Fantasy No 2 in F-sharp minor 

Samuel COLERIDGE-TAYLOR (1875-1912)

Deep River, Op 59 No 10 (1905) 

Antonín DVORAK (1841-1904)

Sonatina, Op 100 (1893) 

Randall Goosby (violin)

Zhu Wang (piano)

Xavier Dubois Foley (double bass)

rec. 2020/21, Mary Flagler Cary Hall, The DiMenna Center, New York City

Edvard Grieg - The Complete Songs Vol. 3

Edvard GRIEG (1843-1907) 

The Complete Songs Volume 3

Vier Lieder Für Altstimme, Op. 2

Fire Digte Af "Fiskerjenten", Op. 21

Songs From 'Haugtussa' (Not Included In Op. 67)

Seks Sange, Op. 48

Songs Without Opus Numbers

Monica Groop (Mezzo-Soprano)

Ilmo Ranta (Piano)

Recording data: May 1998 at Danderyd Grammar School (Danderyds Gymnasium), Sweden

Hilding Rosenberg - Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2

Hilding ROSENBERG (1892-1985) 

The Piano Concertos 

Piano Concerto No. 1 (1930) 

Piano Concerto No. 2 (1950)  

Mats Widlund (piano) 

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Petter Sundkvist  

 rec Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, 12-15 Sept 1997 No. 1; 19-21 Aug 1997 (No. 2)

Richard Strauss - Cello Sonatas

Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949)

Cello Sonata In F Major, First Version (1881)

Selected Songs, Arranged For Cello And Piano

Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 1

Die Nacht, Op. 10 No. 3

Due Meines Herzens Krönelein, Op. 21 No. 2

Ach Lieb, Ich Muss Nun Scheiden, Op. 21 No. 3

Cäcilie, Op. 27 No. 2

Morgen!, Op. 27 No. 4

Cello Sonata In F Major, Op. 6 (1883) 

Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Suite (Arranged By Julian Riem)

Raphaela Gromes (Cello) & Julien Riem (Piano)

Recorded: 9th – 11th October 2019 at Studio 2 Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich, Germany

Joly Braga Santos - Complete Chamber Music Vol.3

Joly BRAGA SANTOS (1924-1988)

Complete Chamber Music - Volume 3

Aria a Tre con Variazione, Op. 62, for clarinet, viola and piano (1984)

Improviso, Op. 70, for clarinet and piano (1988) 

Aria I, for bassoon and piano (1946) 

Piece for Flute and Piano

Aria I, Op. 2, for cello and piano (1943) 

Tema e Variações, Op. 12, for cello and piano (1948)

Canção (Song), for viola and piano (1971)

Aria II, Op. 57, for cello and piano (1977) 

Melodia, for cello and piano (1987) 

Nocturno, Op. 1, for violin and piano (1942) 

António Saiote (clarinet) 

Leonor Braga Santos (viola) 

Carolino Carreira (bassoon) 

Nuno Ivo Cruz (flute) 

Catherine Strynckx (cello) 

Irene Lima (cello) 

Luís Pacheco Cunha (violin)

Olga Prats (piano)

rec. April and June 2018, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon

Philip Glass - Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3

Philip GLASS (b. 1937)

Symphony No. 2 (1995) 

Symphony No. 3 (1994)

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Marin Alsop

Rec. The Concert Hall, Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset, UK, 20-21 July 2003

Leone Sinigaglia - Complete Works for String Quartet Vol.2

Leone Sinigaglia (1868-1944)

Complete Works for String Quartet Volume 2

Romanza for string quartet and horn, Op 3 (1889)

Ave Maria (1888)

Allegro energico (undated)

Gavotta (1888)

Novelletta (undated)

Moderato mosso (undated)

Scherzo in D major (1888)

Adagio (undated)

Momento antico (1888)

String Trio in A major (1889)

Trio-Serenata, Op 33 (1906)

Wawrzyniec Szymański (horn)

Archos Quartet

rec. 2021, KunstWERK, Germany