Malcolm Williamson - Chamber Music for Wind and Piano

Malcolm WILLIAMSON (1931-2003)

Chamber Music for Wind and Piano

Clarinet Trio (1958)

Concerto for Wind Quintet and Two Pianos, Eight Hands (1966)

Pas de Quatre (1967)

Pietà (1973)

Gallery (1966)

Sally Lundgren (mezzo-soprano)

Joely Koos (cello)

Antony Gray, Iain Clarke, Joe Howson, Hamish Brown (piano)

New London Chamber Ensemble

St Paul’s Sinfonia

Matt Scott Rodgers

rec. 2024/25, St Michael’s, Highgate & Henry Wood Hall, London

Einojuhani Rautavaara - Garden of Spaces; Clarinet Concerto; Cantus Articus

Einojuhani RAUTAVAARA (1928-2016)

Garden of Spaces (1971/2003)

Clarinet Concerto (2001)

Cantus Arcticus (1972)

Richard Stoltzman (clarinet)

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

Leif Segerstam

Recorded: 6/03 (Clarinet Concerto) & 11/04 (Garden of Spaces & Cantus Arcticus)

Bela Bartok - Suite No.1; Concerto for Orchestra

Bela BARTOK (1881-1945)

Suite No.1, BB39 (Op. 3, 1905) [First recording of original version]

Concerto for Orchestra, BB123 (1943)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Thomas Dausgaard

Recorded during 2019 in City Halls, Glasgow

Galina Ustvolskaya - Sonata; Trio; Duet

Galina USTVOLSKAYA (1919-2006)

Sonata for violin and piano (1952)

Trio for clarinet, violin and piano (1949)

Duet for violin and piano (1964)

Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin)

Markus Hinterhäuser (piano)

Reto Bieri (clarinet)

Recorded March 2013, Auditorio Radiotelevisione svizzera, Lugano

Hector Berlioz - La Damnation de Faust

Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869)

La Damnation de Faust (1846)

Denés Gulyás (Faust)

Robert Lloyd (Mephistopheles)

Maria Ewing (Marguerite

Manfred Volz (Brander)

Kölner Rundfunkchor – Südfunk-Chor Stuttgart – Chor des NDR Hamburg

Radio-Sinfonie Orchester Frankfurt

Eliahu Inbal

1989 Studio; digital recording

Josef Foerster - Symphony No. 4; Festive Overture; My Youth

Josef Bohuslav FOERSTER (1859-1951)

Symphony No.4 Easter Eve Op.54 (1905) 

Festive Overture Op.70 (1907) 

Meine Jugend (My Youth) Symphonic Poem Op.44 (c 1904-05)

Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Lance Friedel

rec. Slovak Radio, Bratislava, September 2004

 

Leos Janacek - The Excursions of Mr. Broucek

Leos JANACEK (1854–1928)

 The Excursions of Mr. Brouček

An opera in two parts 

(The Excursion of Mr. Brouček to the Moon, The Excursion of Mr. Brouček to the Fifteenth Century). 

Libretto by Leoš Janáček, František Serafínský Procházka, Viktor Dyk and František Gellner. 

Recorded in line with Jiří Zahrádka’s new critical edition (Universal Edition).

Jaroslav Březina

Aleš Briscein

František Zahradníček

Alžběta Poláčková

Jiří Sulženko

Jiří Brückler

Roman Janál

Martin Šrejma

Josef Moravec

Doubravka Součková

Stanislava Jirků. 

Prague National Theatre Chorus and Orchestra

chorusmaster Pavel Vaněk

Jaroslav Kyzlink

Leos Janacek - Choruses for Male Voices

Leos JANACEK (1854-1928) 

Choruses for Male Voices

4 Folk Male Choruses

4 Male Choruses, JW IV/17

4 Moravian Male Choruses, JW IV/28

Teacher Halfar, JW VI/33

Marycka Magdonova, JW IV/34

70.000 (Sedmdesat tisic) (Seventy Thousand), JW IV/36

Ceska legie (The Czech Legion), JW IV/42

Potulny silenec (The Wandering Madman), JW IV/43

3 Male Choruses, JW IV/9

Laska Opravdiva (True Love), JW IV/8

Moravian Teachers Choral Society

Lubomir Mati

 

Recorded from 31st August to 3rd September 1995 and from 22nd-24th March 1996 

in the Minorite Church in Uničov

Edvard Grieg - The Complete Songs Vol. 5

Edvard GRIEG (1843-1907)

The Complete Songs: Vol. 5

Four Romances op. 10 

Three Songs from Peer Gynt op. 23 

Reminiscences from Mountain and Fjord op. 44 

Six poems by Holger Drachmann, op. 49 

A Simple Song EG 147

 

Monica Groop (mezzo)

Roger Vignoles (piano)

Recorded Sweden, February 2004.

Orchestral Music of the Americas I - Venezuela

Venezuela!

Orchestral Music from the Americas I

Juan Bautista PLAZA (1898-1965)

Vigilia (Poema Sinfónico) (1928)

Evencio CASTELLANOS (1915-1984)

El Río de las Siete Estrellas (Poema Sinfónico) (1946)

Santa Cruz de Pacairigua (Suite Sinfónica) (1954)

Inocente José CARREÑO (1919-2016)

Margariteña (Glosa Sinfónica) (1954)

Antonio ESTEVEZ (1916-1988)

Mediodía en el Llano (1942)

Yuri Hung (b. 1968)

Kanaima (2004)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Domingo Hindoyan

rec. 2023, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, UK 

Antonio Carlos Jobim - Jobim Sinfonico

Antonio Carlos JOBIM (1927-1994)

Jobim Sinfonico

Brasilia, Sinfonia Del Alvorada

Orfeu Da Conceição*

A Felicidade

Lenda

Imagina

Saudade Do Brasil

Matita Perê *

Canta, Canta Mais

A Casa Assassinada

Bangzália

Meu Amigo Radamés

Gabriela

Garota De Ipanema

Arranged By – Tom Jobim*, Claus Ogerman, Dori Caymmi, Eumir Deodato, Mario Adnet, Nelson Riddle, Paulo Jobim

*Milton Nascimento (Vocals)

Orquestra Sinfônica Do Estado De São Paulo

Roberto Minczuk

Recorded live at:Sala São Paulo, from 9 to 11 December 2002

Gyorgy Kurtag - Kafka Fragments

Gyorgy KURTAG (b.1926)

Kafka Fragments, Op.24 (1985-86)

Texts by Franz Kafka

Curtis Macomber (Violin)

Susan Narucki (Soprano)

Recorded 31 August–3 September 2024, The Concert Hall, Dorothy Young Center for the Arts, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey

The Land of the Mountain and the Flood - Scottish Orchestral Works

The Land of the Mountain and the Flood

Scottish Orchetral Works

Cedric Thorpe DAVIE (1913-1983)

Royal Mile - Coronation March

Marcus DODS (1918-1984)

Highland Fancy

Iain HAMILTON (1922-2000)

Scottish Dances, Op. 32

Hamish MAC CUNN (1868-1916)

Highland Memories, Op. 30

The Land of the Mountain and the Flood - Concert Overture, Op. 3

Muir MATHIESON (1911-1973)

From The Grampians: Suite

Buxton ORR (1924-97)

Fanfare and Processional

Hugh S ROBERTON (1874-1952)

All in the April evening

Royal Ballet Sinfonia

John Wilson

David Lloyd-Jones

Stephen Hough - Piano Concerto; Sonatina nostalgica; Partita

Stephen HOUGH (b. 1961)

Piano Concerto ‘The world of yesterday’ (2023)

Sonatina nostalgica (2019)

Partita (2019)

Stephen Hough (piano)

Hallé Orchestra

Mark Elder

rec. live, 15, 16 & 19 May 2024, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, UK (Concerto); 11 June 2024, (Sonatina), 11 

September 2024, (Partita), St Silas the Martyr, Kentish Town, UK

Einojuhani Rautavaara - Modificata; Cello Concerto; Percussion Concerto

Einojuhani RAUTAVAARA (1928 - 2016)

Cello Concerto No.2 "Towards the Horizon" (2008/9) 

Modificata (1957, rev. 2003) 

Percussion Concerto "Incantations" (2008)

Truls Mørk (cello)

Colin Currie (percussion)

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

John Storgårds

rec. Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, 15 January 2011 (Incantations) and Music Centre, 

Helsinki, 10-12 August 2011

 

Paul Dessau - Lanzelot

Paul DESSAU (1894-1979)

Lanzelot 

Opera in 15 Scenes(1967-69)

Libretto by Heiner Müller and Ginka Tsholakova, 19 December 1969

Andreas Koch, Medicine Man, Bass

Daniela Gerstenmeyer, Cat, Soprano

Emily Hindrichs, Elsa, Soprano

Juri Batukov, Charlesmagne, Baritone

Máté Sólyom-Nagy, Lanzelot, Baritone

Oleksandr Pushniak, Dragon, Baritone

Uwe Stickert, Heinrich, Tenor

Wolfgang Schwaninger, Mayor, Tenor

Chorus of the Deutsches Nationaltheater Erfurt

Chorus of the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar

Schola Cantorum Weimar

Staatskapelle Weimar

Dominik Beykirch

Recorded live November 23, 2019, at Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar

Leopold Godowsky - 53 Studies on the Chopin Études, Vol 2

Leopold GODOWSKY (1870-1938)

53 Studies on the Chopin Études, Vol 2

Konstantin Scherbakov (piano)

Leopold Godowsky - 53 Studies on the Chopin Études, Vol 1

Leopold GODOWSKY (1870-1938)

53 Studies on the Chopin Études, Vol 1 

Konstantin Scherbakov (Piano)

 

Released: February 2020

Peteris Vasks - Plainscapes

Peteris VASKS (b. 1946)

Plainscapes

The Tomtit’s Message (Ziles ziŋa) (1981/2004) 

Silent Songs (Klusās dziesmas) (1979/1992) 

Our Mother’s Names (Mūsu māšu vārdi) (1977/2003) 

The Sad Mother (Skumjā māte) (1980-1991)

Summer (Vasara) (1978)

Plainscapes (Līdzenuma ainavas) (2002) [

Small, Warm Holiday (Mazi, silti svētki) (1988) 

Birth (Piedzimšana) (2008) 

Latvian Radio Choir

Sigvards Klava

rec. May 2011, St John’s Church, Riga, Latvia.

Ernst Toch - Tanz-Suite; Cello Concerto

Ernst TOCH (1887-1964)

Tanz-Suite For Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Double Bass And Percussion, Op. 30 (1923-24)

Concerto For Cello And Chamber Orchestra, Op. 35 (1924-25)

Christian Poltéra (Cello)

Spectrum Concerts Berlin

Thomas Carroll

Tanz-Suite: recorded from 1st to 3rd May, 2006, and Cello Concerto recorded live on 3rd May, 2006,

at the Kammermusiksaal of the Philharmonie, Berlin.

Elgar & Carter - Cello Concertos

Edward ELGAR (1857-1934) 

Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85 (1919)

Elliott CARTER (b.1908) 

Cello Concerto (2001) 

Max BRUCH (1838-1920) 

Kol Nidrei, Op. 47 (1880) 

Alisa Weilerstein (cello)

Staatskapelle Berlin

Daniel Barenboim

rec. live, 2-3, 5 April (Elgar), 15, 18 September 2012 (Carter, Bruch), Philharmonie, Berlin