Gustav Mahler - Ruckert Lieder; Richard Wagner - Wesendonck Lieder, Das Liebesmahl der Apostel

Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911)

Rückert Lieder (1901-1902)

Richard WAGNER (1813-1883)

Wesendonck Lieder (1857-1858)

Das Liebesmahl der Apostel (1843)

Yvonne Minton (mezzo-sop) 

Westminster Choir 

London Symphony Orchestra

New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Pierre Boulez

Tracks 1-10 recorded in London, EMI Studios, May 1979.

Tracks 11-16 recorded in New York City, Manhattan Center, October 6, 1975.

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

Claude Debussy - Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien

Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918)

The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien (L.124)

Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano

Nathalie Stutzmann, mezzo-soprano

Sylvia McNair, soprano

Leslie Caron, narrator

London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra

Michael Tilson Thomas

Recorded at All Saints Church, Tooting, London, September 30 - October 2, 1991.

Leonard Bernstein - Candide

Leonard BERNSTEIN (1918'1990)

Candide

Adolph Green, Dr Pangloss; Martin

Christa Ludwig, Old Lady, Soprano

Clive Bayley, Bear-Keeper; Inquisitor; Tsar Ivan, Bass

Della Jones, Paquette, Soprano

Jerry Hadley, Candide, Tenor

John Treleaven, Alchemist; Inquisitor; Sultan Achmet; Crook, Tenor

June Anderson, Cunegonde, Soprano

Kurt Ollmann, Maximilian; Captain; Jesuit Father, Baritone

Lindsay Benson, Doctor; Inquisitor; King Stanislaus

Neil Jenkins, Merchant; Inquisitor; Prince Charles Edward, Tenor

Nicolai Gedda, Governor; Vanderdendur; Ragotski, Tenor

Richard Suart, Junkman; Inquisitor; King Hermann Augustus, Baritone

London Symphony Chorus

London Symphony Orchestra

Leonard Bernstein

July 1, 1991

Malcolm Arnold - Symphonies Nos.5 & 6

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)

Symphony No. 5 Op.74 (1961) 

Symphony No. 6 Op.95 (1968)

London Symphony Orchestra

Richard Hickox

Recorded February 6-7, 1995

Malcolm Arnold - Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)

Symphony No. 3 Op.63 (1954-57) 

Symphony No. 4 Op.71 (1960)

London Symphony Orchestra

Richard Hickox 

Recorded in All Saints' Church, Tooting, London, November 22-23, 1993.

Malcolm Arnold - Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)

Symphony No.1, Op. 22

Symphony No.2, Op.40

London Symphony Orchestra

Richard Hickox 

Recorded in All Saints' Church, Tooting, London, April 25-6, 1994.

Mark-Anthony Turnage - From the Wreckage; Speranza

Mark-Anthony TURNAGE (b.1960)

From the Wreckage*

Speranza 

Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet) *

London Symphony Orchestra

Daniel Harding

rec. live, February 2013, Barbican, London

Antonin Dvorak - Requiem & Mass in D (Kertesz/Preston)

Antonin DVORAK (1841-1904)

Requiem, Op.89

Pilar Lorengar (soprano), 

Erszebet Komlossy (mezzo-soprano) 

Róbert Ilosfalvy (tenor) 

Tom Krause (baritone)

Ambrosian Singers 

London Symphony Orchestra

Istvan Kertesz

Recorded: 1968-12-14

Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

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Mass In D Major, Op.86 (B175)

Neil Ritchie (treble)

Andrew Giles (alto)

Alan Byers (tenor)

Robert Morton (bass (vocal) 

Nicholas Cleobury (organ)

Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford

Simon Preston

Recorded: 1974-04-10

Recording Venue: The Chapel of Merton College, Oxford

Kenneth Fuchs - Piano Concerto "Spiritualist"; Poems of Life; Glacier; Rush

 

Kenneth FUCHS (b.1956)

Piano Concerto, ‘Spiritualist’ (2016)

Poems of Life (2017)

Glacier (Electric Guitar Concerto) (2015)

Rush (Alto Saxophone Concerto) (2013)

Jeffrey Biegel, Piano

Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Countertenor

Christine Pendrill, Cor anglais

DJ Sparr, Electric guitar

Timothy McAllister, Alto saxophone

London Symphony Orchestra

JoAnn Falletta

recorded 2017, Abbey Road Studio 1, London

Igor Stravinsky - The Rake's Progress

Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)

The Rake's Progress (1951)

The libretto, written by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, is based loosely on the eight paintings and engravings A Rake's Progress (1733–1735) of William Hogarth, which Stravinsky had seen on 2 May 1947, in a Chicago exhibition.

Ian Bostridge (Tom Rakewell), 

Bryn Terfel (Nick Shadow), 

Deborah York (Anne Trulove), 

Anne Sofie von Otter (Baba the Turk), 

Anne Howells (Mother Goose), 

Peter Bronder (Sellem), 

Martin Robson (Trulove), 

Julian Clarkson (Keeper of the Madhouse)

Monteverdi Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, 

John Eliot Gardiner

Recording: London, Abbey Road Studios, Studio 1, 6/1997

Stravinsky - Three Greek Ballets - Apollo; Agon; Orpheus

Igor STRAVINSKY (1882 - 1971)

Apollo ballet (1928) 

Agon ballet (1957) 

Orpheus ballet (1963) 

 

London Symphony Orchestra (Apollo and Orpheus)

Orchestra of St. Luke’s(Agon)

Robert Craft

rec. 1–4 July 1995 (Apollo); 3–5, 8 Jan 1995 (Orpheus), Abbey Road Studios;

Malcolm Williamson - Organ Concerto; Piano Concerto No.3; Sonata for Two Pianos

Malcolm WILLIAMSON (1931-2003)

Concerto for Organ and Orchestra * (1961) 

Piano Concerto No.3 in E flat ** (1962) ]

Sonata for Two Pianos *** (1967) 

 * Malcolm Williamson (organ)

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Sir Adrian Boult

** Malcolm Williamson (piano)

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Leonard Dommett

*** Malcolm Williamson and Richard Rodney Bennett, (pianos)

rec. January 1974, Guildford Cathedral (organ); February 1974, Kingsway Hall (piano)

Andre Previn - Violin Concerto; Leonard Bernstein - Serenade

Andre PREVIN (1929-2019)

Violin Concerto "Anne-Sophie"*

Leonard BERNSTEIN (1918-1990)

Serenade after Plato's "Symposium" (1954) 

Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin)

Boston Symphony Orchestra*

London Symphony Orchestra

Andre Previn

Jack Gallagher - Symphony No.2 'Ascendant'; Quiet Reflections

Jack GALLAGHER (b.1947)

Symphony No.2 (Ascendant)

Quiet Reflections

London Symphony Orchestra

JoAnn Falletta

Recorded 2 & 3 September 2013 at Blackheath Halls, London

 

Ernest Bloch - Symphony in C sharp minor; Poems of the Sea

Ernest BLOCH (1880-1959)

Symphony in C sharp minor (1900) 

Poems of the Sea (1922)

London Symphony Orchestra

Dalia Atlas

rec. Abbey Road Studio 1, London, 14-15 November 2011

William Alwyn - Complete Symphonies; Sinfonietta for Strings

William ALWYN (1905-1985)

The Complete Symphonies

Sinfonietta for Strings

Symphony No. 1 (1949) 

Symphony No. 2 (1953) 

Symphony No. 3 (1956) 

Symphony No. 4 (1959)

Symphony No. 5 "Hydriotaphia" (1973) 

Sinfonietta for Strings (1970) 

London Symphony Orchestra

Richard Hickox

recorded Mar 1992 - Jan 1994 all digital recordings 

Bartok - Violin Concerto No.2; Rhapsodies Nos.1 and 2 for Violin and Orchestra

Bela BARTOK (1881-1945)

Violin Concerto No.2*

Rhapsody No.1 for Violin and Orchestra

Rhapsody No.2 for Violin and Orchestra

Kyoko Takezawa (Violin)

London Symphony Orchestra

Michael Tilson Thomas 

Recorded *November 20, 1992, and May 12-1, 1993, 

at Abbey Road Studio 1, London

Britten - War Requiem; Sinfonia da Requiem; Ballad of Heroes

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

War Requiem, Op. 66 (1962)

Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 (1941)

Ballad of Heroes, Op. 14 (1939) 

Heather Harper (soprano); 

Philip Langridge (tenor); 

Martyn Hill (tenor – Ballad); 

John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone); 

Choristers of St. Paul’s Cathedral; 

London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

Richard Hickox

rec. 24-28 February 1991, St. Jude’s Church, Central Square, London

John Adams - A Flowering Tree

John ADAMS (b.1947)

A Flowering Tree

An Opera in Two Acts

Libretto by John Adams and Peter Sellars

adapted from the Indian folktale and poetry

in translations by A.K.Ramanujan

Jessica Rivera (Soprano)

Russell Thomas (Tenor)

Eric Owens (Bass-Baritone)

London Symphony Orchestra

Schola Cantorum de Venezuela

Conducted by John Adams

Recorded live at the Barbican Center in London