Eliott Carter - Late Works

Elliott CARTER (1908-2012)

Late Works

Interventions (2007) 

Dialogues (2003) 

Dialogues II (2010) 

Soundings (2005) 

Two Controversies and a Conversation (2011) 

Instances (2012) 

Epigrams (2012) 

Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano: all except Instances) 

Colin Currie (percussion: Controversies) 

Isabelle Faust (violin: Epigrams) 

Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello: Epigrams)

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Oliver Knussen

rec. 2015, CBSO Centre, Birmingham (Dialogues, Controversies); 2016, Maida Vale Studio 1, London (Interventions, Soundings, Instances); 2016, Teldex Studio Berlin (Epigrams)

Igor Stravinsky - The Fairy's Kiss; Ode; Faun and Shepherdess

Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)

Faun and Shepherdess, 

Suite for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, Op.2

The Fairy's Kiss (Le Blaiser de la fee), 

Ballet in four scenes (1928, revised 1950)

Ode, 

Elegiacal chant in three parts for Orchestra

Lucy Shelton (soprano)

The Cleveland Orchestra

Oliver Knussen

Julian Anderson - Alhambra Fantasy

Julian ANDERSON (b.1967)

Alhambra Fantasy

Khorovod* (1994)

The Stations of the Sun (1998)

The Crazed Moon (1999)

Alhambra Fantasy* (2000)

Diptych (1990)

World Premiere Recordings

BBC Symphony Orchestra 

London Sinfonietta* 

Oliver Knussen

Release Date: 7th Aug 2006

Julian Anderson - The Comedy of Change; Heaven is Shy of Earth

Julian ANDERSON (b.1967)

The Comedy of Change (2009)*

Heaven is Shy of Earth (2006/2009-10)**

London Sinfonietta *

BBC Symphony Chorus**

BBC Symphony Orchestra**

Oliver Knussen* **

Susan Bickley (Mezzo soprano)**

           

Hans Werner Henze - Heliogabalus Imperator - Works for Orchestra

Hans Werner HENZE (1924-2012)

Heliogabalus Imperator - Works for Orchestra

Los Caprichos (1963, orch. 1967) [15.27]

Heliogabalus Imperator (1971/72, rev. 1986) [29.01]

Englische Liebeslieder (1984/85) [22.49]

Ouverture zu einem Theater (2012) [4.29]

Anssi Karttunen (cello)

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Oliver Knussen

rec. live and studio, February 2014, BBC Maida Vale Studio 1, London

Eliott Carter and Oliver Knussen - Orchestral and Chamber Works

Elliott Carter and Oliver Knussen

Orchestral and Chamber Works

Disc 1

Elliott CARTER (1908-2012)

Three Occasions for Orchestra
Violin Concerto
Concerto for Orchestra

Ole Böhn (Violin)
London Sinfonietta

Oliver Knussen

Disc 2

Oliver KNUSSEN (1952-2018)

Songs without Voices
Whitman Settings
Hums and songs of Winnie-the-Pooh
Variations Op.24
Four late poems and an epigram of Rainer Maria Rilke
Sonya's Lullaby
Oceán de terre

Lisa Saffer, Lucy Shelton (Sopranos)
Peter Serkin (Piano)
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Oliver Knussen

Alexander Goehr - Marching to Carcassonne; When Adam Fell; Pastorals

Alexander GOEHR (b.1932)

When Adam Fell, Op. 89 (2011)*
Two Pastorals, Op. 19 (1965)*
Marching to Carcassonne, Op. 75 (2002)

Peter Serkin (piano)

BBC Symphony Orchestra/Oliver Knussen*
London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen

rec. live, Barbican Hall, London, 13 January 2012 ;BBC Maida Vale Studio 1, London, 5 July 2011;

 in concert, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 22 May, 2003.

Oliver Knussen - Horn Concerto; Whitman Settings; Flourish with Fireworks

Oliver KNUSSEN (1952-2018)


    Flourish with Fireworks, Op. 22 (1988)
    The Way to Castle Yonder, Op. 21a (1988-90)
    Two Organa, Op. 27 (1994)
    Horn Concerto, Op. 28 (1994)
    Music for a Puppet Court, Op. 11 (1983)
    Whitman Settings, Op. 25a (1991/92)
    … upon one note, fantazia after Purcell (1995)

Barry Tuckwell, horn
Lucy Shelton, soprano
London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen

Oliver Knussen - Symphonies Nos.2 and 3 and other Orchestral Works

Oliver Knussen (*1952)

Symphony No. 2

Symphony No. 3

Ophelia Dances

Trumpets

Coursing

Cantata

Elaine Barry, Linda Hirst (sopranos) & Michael Collins, Dward Pillinger, Ian Mitchell (clarinets)

The Nash Ensemble, London Sinfonietta, Philharmonia Orchestra, 

Michael Tilson Thomas & Oliver Knussen

Oliver Knussen - Higglety Pigglety Pop!; Where the Wild Things are.

OLIVER KNUSSEN (1952)

based on the books by MAURICE SENDAK 

Disc 1 

Higglety Pigglety Pop! Op.21 (1984-1985, new version 1999)

Libretto Oliver Knussen and Maurice Sendak

Cast: 

CYNTHIA BUCHAN

LISA SAFFER

ROSEMARY HARDY

CHRISTOPHER GILLET

DAVID WILSON-JOHNSON

STEPHEN RICHARDSON

Disc 2

 Where Wild Things Are Op.20 (1979-1983)

Libretto by Oliver Knussen and Maurice Sendak

Cast: 

LISA SAFFER

MARY KING

CHRISTOPHER GILLET

QUENTIN HAYES

DAVID WILSON-JOHNSON

STEPHEN RICHARDSON

LONDON SINFONIETTA

OLIVER KNUSSEN (Conductor)