Debussy & Ravel - Orchestral Works

Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918)

La Mer- Three Symphonic Sketches

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937)

Pavane pour une infante défunte

Ma Mère l'oye, Movements: Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant

Ma Mère l'oye, Movements: Les entretiens de la belle et la bête

Ma Mère l'oye, Movements: Petit Poucet

Ma Mère l'oye, Movements: Laideronette, Impératrice des Pagode

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Carlo Maria Giulini

Recorded: February 23-25, 1994 (tracks 1 to 5) & November 23 & 24, 1989 (tracks 6 to 10)

Nicolae Bretan - Golem & Arald (Two Operas in One Act)

Nicolae BRETAN (1887-1968)

Golem, Opera in one act (1924)

Alexandru Agache (baritone) - Golem, The Man of Clay 

Tamás Daróczy (tenor) - Rabbi Löw, Golem’s Creator

Sandra Sandru (soprano) - Anna, Löw’s Grand-daughter

Dan Zancu (bass) - Baruch, Löw’s Disciple

Arald, Opera in one act (1939)

Dan Zancu (bass) - The Poet 

Alexandru Agache (baritone) - The Seer

Jonel Voineag (tenor) - Arald, King of the Avars 

Sandra Sandru (soprano) - Maria, Empress, Arald’s Beloved

 

Philharmonic Orchestra Moldova, Iasi

Cristian Mandeal

Golem and Arald were recorded in Romania, September 1987, Centenary of Bretan's birth.

 

Korngold & Nielsen - Violin Concertos

Erich Wolfgang KORNGOLD (1897-1957)

Violin Concerto in D major op.35 (1945)

Carl NIELSEN (1865-1931)

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, FS61/Op.33 (1911)

Jiyoon Lee (violin)

Odense Symphony Orchestra

Kristiina Poska  

Recorded 26-28 June 2017 in Carl Nielsen Hall, Odense, Denmark

Stephen Hough's English Piano Album (Rawsthorne, Elgar, Bantock, Bowen, Reynolds, Bridge, Leighton, Hough)

Stephen Hough's English Piano Album

Alan RAWSTHORNE (1905-1971)

4 Bagatelles

Stephen REYNOLDS (b.1947)

Two Poems in Homage to Delius

Two Poems in Homage to Fauré

Stephen HOUGH (b.1961)

Valse Enigmatiques

Edward ELGAR (1857-1934)

In Smyrna

Granville BANTOCK (1868-1946) 

Song to the Seals (arr. Hough)

York BOWEN (1884-1961)

Rêverie d'Amour, Op. 20 #2

Serious Dance, Op. 51 #2

The Way to Polden (an ambling tune) Op. 76

Frank BRIDGE (1879-1941)

The Dew Fairy

Heart's Ease

Kenneth LEIGHTON (1929-1988)

Six Studies (Study-Variations), Op. 56

Stephen Hough (piano)

Renée Fleming - Strauss Heroines

Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949)

Strauss Heroines

Der Rosenkavalier - Monologue Scene (Act I)

Der Rosenkavalier - Trio And Finale (Act III)

Arabella - Duet (Act I)

Cappriccio

Renée Fleming (soprano)

Susan Graham (mezzo soprano)

Johannes Chum (tenor)

Walter Berry (bass-baritone)

Barbara Bonney (soprano)

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Christoph Eschenbach

Recorded at Wiener Musikverein, 15-19 December 1998

Carl Nielsen - The Complete Piano Music

Carl NIELSEN (1865-1931)

Complete Piano Music

Five Piano Pieces Op 3 (FS10)

Symphonic Suite Op 8 (FS19)

Humoresque Bagatelles Op 11 (FS22)

The Dream Of Merry Christmas (FS34) (Poco Adagio)

Chaconne Op 32 (FS79) (Tempo Giusto)

Theme With Variations Op 40 (FS81) (Andante)

Suite Op 45 (FS91)

Three Piano Pieces Op 59 (FS131)

Piano Music For Young And Old Op 53 (FS148)

Piano Piece In C

Mina Miller (piano)

Recorded 17, 18, 21, 22 July 1986

Joseph Marx - Orchestral Works Vol.2

Joseph MARX (1882-1964)

Orchestral Works Volume 2

Alt-Wiener Serenaden (1941-42) 

Partita in modo antico (version for string orchestra of Quartetto in modo antico) (1937-38, arr. 1941) 

Sinfonia in modo classico (version for string orchestra of Quartetto in modo classic) (1940-41, arr. 1944) 

Bochum Symphony Orchestra

Steven Sloane

Recorded 2003, Stadhalle, Wuppertal, Germany

Wilhelm Furtwangler - Symphony No.2

Wilhelm FURTWANGLER (1886-1954) 

Symphony No. 2

Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

Neeme Järvi

Released 2025

Richard Strauss - Symphonia Domestica; Die Tageszeiten

Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949)

Symphonia Domestica, Op.53 (1904)

Die Tageszeiten (Times of the Day), Op.76, For Male Chorus and Orchestra (1928)

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Berlin Radio Choir

Marek Janowski

Release Date: 01-06-2015

Ethel Smyth - Der Wald (Opera in One Act)

Ethel SMYTH (1858-1944)

Der Wald (1899-1901)

Natalya Romaniw (soprano) – Röschen

Claire Barnett-Jones (mezzo-soprano) – Iolanthe

Robert Murray (tenor) – Heinrich

Andrew Shore (baritone) – A Pedlar

Morgan Pearse (baritone) – Count Rudolf   

Matthew Brook (bass) – Peter

Rebecca Lea (soprano) – A Youth

Andrew Rupp (baritone) – First Huntsman

BBC Singers

BBC Symphony Orchestra

John Andrews

rec. 2023, Studio 1, Maida Vale Studios, London

Paul Büttner - Symphony No. 2; A Vision; Heroic Overture

Paul BÜTTNER (1870-1943)

Heroic Overture in C major (1925)

Prelude, Fugue and Epilogue: A Vision (1922)

Symphony No.2 in G major (1902)

Brandenburg Staatsorchester Frankfurt

Jörg-Peter Weigle

rec. 2022, Messehalle, Frankfurt, Germany

Arnold Schoenberg - Gurrelieder (Ozawa/Boston Symphony)

Arnold SCHOENBERG (1874-1951)

Gurrelieder

For Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra

Waldemar: James McCracken

Tove: Jessye Norman

Waldtaube (Wood Dove): Tatiana Troyanos

Bauer (Peasant): David Arnold

Klaus-Narr (Klaus the Jester): Kim Scown

Sprecher (Narrator): Werner Klemperer

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Tanglewood Festival Chorus

Seiji Ozawa

Live recording: Symphony Hall, Boston, April 1979.

Hugo Alfven - Symphony No.5; Andante Religioso

Hugo ALFVÉN (1872-1960)

Symphony No. 5 in A minor, Op. 54 (1943-1958)

Andante religioso from Revelation Cantata, Op. 31 (1913)*

Norrköping Symphony Orchestra

Niklas Willén

Recorded at: De Geer Hall, Norrköping, Sweden, 15-17 June 2004; 23-27 May, 2005*

Hugo Alfven - Symphony No.4 "From the Outermost Skerries"; Festival Overture

Hugo ALFVÉN (1872-1960)

Symphony No. 4 "From the Outermost Skerries" Op. 39 (1919)

Festival Overture Op. 52 (1944)

Arndis Halla, (soprano vocalise) 

Johann Valdimarsson, (tenor vocalise)

Sigrun Edvaldsdottir (violin) 

Richard Talkowsky (cello) 

Kristjan Th. Stephensen (cor anglais)

Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Niklas Willén.

Recordded at, 10–13 June 2003 at Haskolabo University Cinema Auditorium, Reykjavik, Iceland

 

British Tone Poems Vol.2 (Bliss, Foulds, Fogg, Goossens, Vaughan Williams, Howell, Cowen, Hadley)

British Tone Poems - Volume 2

John FOULDS (1880-1939)

April-England, Op.48 No.1 (1926, orchestrated 1932)

Eric FOGG (1903-1939)

Merok (1929) 

Eugene GOOSSENS (1893-1962)

By the Tarn, Op.15 No.1 (1916) 

Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958)

Harnham Down (ed. James Francis Brown) (1904-07)

Dorothy HOWELL (1898-1982)

Lamia (1918) 

Frederic Hymen COWEN (1852-1935)

Rêverie (1903) 

Patrick HADLEY (1899-1973)

Kinder Scout (1923) 

Arthur BLISS (1891-1975)

Mêlée fantasque (1921, revised 1937) 

BBC Philharmonic

Rumon Gamba

Recorded: 2019, MediaCity UK, Salford

British Tone Poems Vol.1 (Austin, Alwyn, Bantock, Gurney, Balfour Gardiner, Vaughan Williams)

British Tone Poems - Volume 1

Frederic AUSTIN (1872-1952)

Spring. Symphonic Rhapsody (1902-07) 

William ALWYN (1905-1985)

Blackdown. A Tone Poem from the Surrey Hills (1926) 

Granville BANTOCK (1868-1946)

The Witch of Atlas. Tone Poem No 5 for Orchestra (1902) 

Ivor GURNEY (1890-1937)

A Gloucestershire Rhapsody for Orchestra (1919-21), ed. Philip Lancaster and Ian Venables 

Henry BALFOUR GARDINER (1877-1950)

A Berkshire Idyll for Small Orchestra (1913) 

Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958)

The Solent. Impression for Orchestra (1902-03) ed. James Francis Brown 

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Rumon Gamba

Recccorded:  14-16 September 2016, BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff

Hugo Alfven - Symphony No. 3; Legend of the Skerries

Hugo ALFVÉN (1872-1960) 

Symphony No. 3 (1905) 

Legend of the Skerries (1904)

Dalecarlian Rhapsody (1931) 

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Niklas Willén.   

Recorded Glasgow, February 1 and 1 1996

Schreker; Korngold & Krenek - Orchestral Works

Franz SCHREKER (1878-1934)

Die Gezeichneten – Overture (shortened version) (1913-15)

Erich Wolfgang KORNGOLD (1897-1957)

Sinfonietta Op.5 (1912)

Ernst KRENEK (1900-1991)

Potpourri Op.54 (1927)

Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire

Sascha Goetzel

rec. 2024, Centre de Congrès, Angers, France

Hugo Alfven - Symphony No. 2; The Prodigal Son Suite

Hugo ALFVÉN (1872-1960) 

Suite from the ballet "The Prodigal Son" 

Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 11

National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

Niklas Willén

Recorded from 29th to 31st May 2000 in the National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland.

Hugo Alfven - Symphony No.1; Festival Overture; The Mountain King

Hugo ALFVEN  (1872-1960)

Festspel, Op. 25 (Festival Overture)

Suite From Bergakungen (The Mountain King)

Uppsalarapsodi, Op. 24 (Svensk Rapsodi Nr. 2) (Uppsala Rhapsody - Swedish Rhapsody No. 2)

Symphony No. 1 In F Minor, Op. 7

Scottish National Orchestra

Niklas Willn

Recorded in Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow, on 21st and 22nd May, 1996