Johann Wilhelm Wilms - The Piano Concertos Vo. 2

Johann Wilhelm WILMS (1772-1847)

The Piano Concertos Vol.2

Piano Concerto in F, Op. 32 (1814)

Piano Concerto in E-flat, Op. 55 (1820)

Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)

Kölner Akademie

Michael Alexander Willens

rec. 2021, Immanuelskirche, Wuppertal, Germany

Johann Wilhelm Wilms - The Piano Concertos Vol. 1

Johann Wilhelm WILMS (1775-1847)

Piano Concertos, Vol. 1

Piano Concerto in E Major, Op. 3

Piano Concerto in C Major, Op. 12

Piano Concerto in D major, Op. 26

Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) 

Kölner Akademie

Michael Alexander Willens 

Release date: 1st Jul 2022

Fini Henriques - Orchestral Works

Fini HENRIQUES (1867-1940)

Orchestral Works

Romance Op. 12 (1894)

Myggedans Op. 20 No. 5 (1899)

Djævledans (1920)

Tata (1932)

Vølund Smed Sutie (1896)

Suite In F Major, Op. 13 (1894)

From: Den Lille Havfrue (1909)

Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester

Giordano Bellincampi

Recorded in Helsingborg, September 2000 and May 2001

Songs My Country Taught Me - Agnes Baltsa sings Greek Songs

Songs My Country Taught Me

Agnes Baltsa sings Greek Songs

Manos HADJIDAKIS (1925-1994)

Garífallo st'aftí (A carnation behind your ear)

Oniro pedión tis gitoniás (Dream of urban children)

O tahidrómos (The postman)

Mikis THEODORAKIS (1925-2021)

Méra Magioú (A day in May)

To tréno févgi stis októ (The train leaves at eight)

Se pótisa rodóstamo (I gave you rose-water to drink)

Stavros XARHAKOS (b.1939)

 

Stou Othona ta hrónia

Áspri méra ke ya mas (There will be better days, even for us)

Varkarólla (Barcarolle)

Ta tréna pou fígan

,

Vassilis TSITSANIS (1915-1984) 

Arhóntissa (Princess of my heart)

Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano)

Kostas Papadopoulos (bouzouki)*

Athens Experimental Orchestra

Stavros XarthakPapaos

Recorded: 1985-11-21 at Polysound Studio, Athens

Jose de Almeida Prado - Complete Nocturnes; Ilhas

Jose Antonio de ALMEIDA PRADO (1943-2010)

Complete Nocturnes

Ilhas

Nocturne No. 1 (1985)

Nocturne No. 2 (1985)

Nocturne No. 3 (1985)

Nocturne No. 4 (1985)

Nocturne No. 5 (1985)

Nocturne No. 6 (1986)

Nocturne No. 7 (1987)

Nocturne No. 8 (1987)

Nocturne No. 9 (1987)

Nocturne No. 10 (1987)

Nocturne No. 11 (1991)

Nocturne No. 12 (1991)

Nocturne No. 13 (1991)

Nocturne No. 14 (1991)

Ilhas (Islands) (1973)

Aleyso Scopel (Piano)

Recorded 4-5 October 2021 at Sala Cecilia Meireles, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Louis Glass - Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6

Louis GLASS (1864-1936)

Symphony No. 5 in C Major, Op. 57, "Svastika"

Symphony No. 6, Op. 60, "Skjoldungeaet"

South African Broadcasting Corporation National Symphony Orchestra

Peter Marchbank

Recorded 11 to 22 January 1993 at the Broadcast Center, Johannesburg

Louis Glass - Piano Fantasy; Piano Sonatas Nos.1 & 2

Louis GLASS (1864-1936)

Sonata No. 1 in E major op. 6 (c. 1889)

Sonata No. 2 in A flat major op. 25 (1897)

Piano Fantasy op. 35

Nina Gade (Piano)

Recorded in Copenhagen on 17-21 November 1993

Edvard Grieg - The Complete Songs Vol. 7

Edvard GRIEG (1843–1907)

The Complete Songs - Volume 7

Five Songs without Opus Number:

Prinsessen, EG133 

Claras Sang, EG124

Osterlied, EG146

Morgenbøn paa Skolen, EG139

Den blonde Pige (1st version), EG130

Den Bergtekne, Op. 32

Three Songs without Opus Number:

Møte

 Suk, EG134

Den blonde Pige (2nd version), EG138 

Five Songs of Otto Benzon, Op. 69:

I. Der gynger en Båd på Bølge

 II. Til min Dreng

III. Ved Moders Grav

IV. Snegl, Snegl!

V. Drømme [3:32]

Five Songs of Otto Benzon, Op. 70:

I. Eros 

II. Jeg lever et Liv I Længsel

III. Lys Nat

IV. Se dig for 

V. Digtervise

Four Songs without Opus Number:

Ragnhild, EG181; 

Den syngende Menighed, EG122

Valgsang, EG149

To a Devil, EG154

Monica Groop (mezzo)

Roger Vignoles (piano)

rec. March 2007, Kuusankoski Hall, Finland

Dimitris Dragatakis - Complete Solo Piano Works

Dimitris DRAGATAKIS (1914-2001)

Complete Piano Works

Nostalgia (before 1949) 

Butterfly (before 1949) 

Little Ballad (1949)* 

Piano Sonatina No. 1 (1961) 

Piano Sonatina No. 2 (1963)* 

Antiques (1972)

Anadromés II (Retrospections II) (1977) 

Etude I (1981)* 

Etude II (1981)* 

Inelia (1997)* 

Monologue No.4 (2001)* 

*World premiere recordings

Lorenda Ramou (piano)

rec. 3-4 September 2007, Athens Concert Hall, Athens, Greece

Richard Rodney Bennett - Orchestral Works Vol.1

Richard Rodney BENNETT (1936-2012)

Orchestral Works Volume 1

Celebration (1984) 

Concerto for Marimba & Chamber Orchestra (1987-88)

Symphony No.3 (1987) 

Summer Music (1982 arr. for orchestra 1984)

Sinfonietta (1984) 

Colin Currie (marimba)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

John Wilson

rec. 2017, City Halls, Glasgow

Josef Suk - Symphony No. 2, in C-moll, Op. 27 "Asrael"

Josef SUK (1874-1935)

Symphony No. 2, in C-moll, Op. 27 "Asrael"

Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Jakub Hrůša

Released 2020

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Hiawatha Overture; Petite Suite; Gipsy Suite

Samuel COLERIDGE-TAYLOR (1875-1912)

The Song of Hiawatha, Op 30 (1899)

Petite Suite de Concert, Op 77 (1910)

Four Characteristic Waltzes, Op 22 (1898)

Gipsy Suite (arranged by Leo Artok, 1927)

Romance of the Prairie Lilies (arranged by P E Fletcher, 1931)

Othello Suite, Op 79 (1909)

RTÉ Concert Orchestra

Adrian Leaper, conductor

Recorded 20–21 January 1993 at the Radio Centre, RTÉ Dublin, Ireland.

Bohuslav Martinu - The 6 Symphonies (Belohlavek; BBC Symphony)

Bohuslav MARTINU (1890-1959)

The Six Symphonies

Symphony No.1

Symphony No.2

Symphony No.3

Symphony No.4

Symphony No.5

Symphony No.6 'Fantaisies symphoniques'

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Jiří Bělohlávek

Recorded in the Barbican Hall, London, between October 2009 & May 2010

Lalo Schifrin - Concierto Caribeño; Guitar Concerto; Tropicos

Lalo SCHIFRIN (1932-2025) 

Concierto Caribeño For Flute And Orchestra  

Guitar Concerto 

Trópicos For Chamber Orchestra

Juan Carlos Laguna (Guitar) 

Marisa Canales (Flute)

London Symphony Orchestra

Lalo Schifrin 

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios (1-6) / AR Studio (7-11)

London, UK. July/August 1996

Umberto Giordano - Marcella (Opera)

Umberto GIORDANO (1867-1948)

Marcella (1907)

Idillio moderno in 3 episodi

Libretto: Henri Cain, Edouard Adenis, Lorenzo Stecchetti

Marcella: Serena Daolio (Soprano)

Giorgio: Danilo Formaggia (Tenor)

Drasco: Pierluigi Dilengite (Baritone) 

Clara: Natalizia Carone (Soprano)

Raimonda: Angelica Girardi (Soprano)

Eliana: Mara D’Antini (Soprano)

Lea: Maria Rosa Rondinelli (Soprano) 

Vernier: Marcello Rosiello (Baritone)

Barthelemy: Giovanni Coletta (Tenor)

Flament: Graziano De Pace (Baritone)

Slovak Chamber Choir 

Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia

Manlio Benzi 

Recorded Live at Palazzo Ducale, Martina Franca, Italy - August 2007

John Harbison - Symphony No.2; Oboe Concerto; Roger Sessions - Symphony No.2

John HARBISON (b.1938)

Symphony No. 2

Oboe Concerto

Roger SESSIONS (1896-1985)

Symphony No. 2

William Bennett (oboe)

San Francisco Symphony

Herbert Blomstedt

Recording location: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 27 May 1993 (Tracks 4-7), 

31 May 1992 (Tracks 8-11), 8 October 1993 (Tracks 1-3).

Josef Suk - Piano Music: About Mother; Moods; Six Piano Pieces

Josef SUK (1874-1935)

Piano Music

Six Piano Pieces

Song of Love, Humoreske, Recollections, Idylls,

Dumka, Capriccietto

De Maman (O matince) About Mother

Quand maman était encore une petite fille, Jadis au printemps, Comme maman chantait, la nuit, à son enfant malade; Du coeur de maman, Souvenirs

Moods

Legend, Capriccio, Romanze, Bagatelle, Spring Idyll

 

Risto Lauriala (piano)

Recorded 18-19 December 1996, in the Small Auditorium, Tampere Hall, Tampere, Finland; 

Richard Rodney Bennett - The Film Music

Richard Rodney BENNETT (1936-2012)

Film Music  

Murder on the Orient Express

Far from the Madding Crowd

Lady Caroline Lamb*

Tender is the Night

Enchanted April

Four Weddings and a Funeral

 

Philip Dukes (viola)*

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Rumon Gamba 

Recorded January 24-25 and July 4-5, 2000.

History of the Russian Piano Trio Vol. 5 (Dyck; Sternberg; Youferov)

History of the Russian Piano Trio Vol.5

Vladimir DYCK (1882–1943)

Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 25 (1910)

Constantin von STERNBERG (1852–1924)

Piano Trio No. 3 in C major, Op. 104 (1912)

Sergey YOUFEROV (1865–?1927)

Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 52 (1911)

Recorded in February and April 2018, at The Large hall of the Moscow Coservatory, Russia

H.K.Gruber - Frankenstein!!; Perpetuum mobile; Charivari; dancing in the dark

H.K.GRUBER (b.1943)

Frankenstein!!

Perpetuum mobile, 'Perpetual Motion'(Johann Strauss II)

Charivari (An Austrian journal for Orchestra)

Dancing in the Dark

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Heinz Karl Gruber (Conductor & Composer)

rec. 25-27 February 2005, BBC Broadcasting House, Manchester.

Michael Tippett - New Year (Opera in Three Acts)

Michael TIPPETT (1905-1998)

New Year

Opera in Three acts (1989)

Libretto by the composer

Rhian Lois, Jo Ann (Soprano)

Ross Ramgobin, Donny (Baritone)

Susan Bickley, Nan (Mezzo soprano)

Roland Wood, Merlin (Baritone)

Robert Murray, Pelegrin (Tenor)

Rachel Nicholls, Regan (Soprano)

Alan Oke, Presenter (Tenor)

BBC Singers

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Martyn Brabbins

rec. 2024, City Halls, Glasgow, UK

Violin Unlimited - Solo Violin Sonatas by Sculhoff, Hindemith, Jarnach and Erdmann

Violin Unlimited

Erwin SCHULHOFF (1894-1942)

Sonata for solo violin (1927) [11:52]

Paul HINDEMITH (1895-1963)

Sonata for solo violin, Op.31 No.2 (1924) [12:02]

Philipp JARNACH (1892-1982)

Sonata for solo violin, Op.13 (1922) [13:51]

Eduard ERDMANN (1896-1958)

Sonata for solo violin (1920-21) [19:27]

Baiba Skride (violin)

rec. November 2020, Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin, Germany

Claudio Monteverdi - L'Orfeo (Favola in Musica)

Claudio MONTEVERDI (1567–1643)

L’Orfeo (1607)

Ensemble Lundabarock:

Orfeo – Johan Linderoth (tenor)

La Musica, Proserpina – Kristina Hellgren (soprano)

Euridice, Ninfa 1 – Christine Nonbo Andersen (soprano)

Messaggiera – Maria Forsström (mezzo-soprano)

Speranza, Pastore 1 – Anna Zander (mezzo-soprano)

Pastore 2, Apollo – Adam Riis (tenor)

Spirito infernale 2, Pastore 3 – Daniel Åberg (baritone)

Caronte – Steffen Bruun (bass)

Plutone, Pastore 4 – Karl Peter Eriksson (baritone)

Ninfa 2 – Ann-Margret Nyberg (soprano)

Spirito infernale 1 – Rasmus Gravers Nielsen (tenor)

Spirito infernale 3 – Staffan Alveteg (bass)

Hedvig von Schantz (soprano)

Staffan Solén (tenor)

Petter Östberg (tenor)

All the singers, except Johan Linderoth and Steffen Bruun, also sing in the choir.

Höör Barock; Ensemble Altapunta

Fredrik Malmberg (organ)

rec. Eslövs Church, Sweden July/August 2019. 

British Music for Strings Vol.4 (Jacob, Dunhill, Holst I.,Bush A., Pitfield, Armstrong Gibbs)

Jacob, Dunhill

British Music for Strings IV

Gordon JACOB (1895-1984)

Denbigh Suite (1928)

Thomas DUNHILL (1877-1946)

Vectis, suite, Op.82 (1937)

Imogen HOLST (1907-1984)

Suite (1942)

Alan BUSH (1900-1995)

Homage to William Sterndale Bennett (1945-46)

Thomas PITFIELD (1903-1999)

Theme and Variations (1951)

Cecil ARMSTRONG GIBBS (1889-1960)

Shade and Shine (1958)

Southwest German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim 

Douglas Bostock

rec. 2021, Congress Centrum, Pforzheim, Germany