Carl Ruggles - The Complete Music of Carl Ruggles

Carl RUGGLES (1876-1971)

The Complete Music of carl Ruggles 

Toys (Judith Blegen, Soprano - Michael Tilson Thomas, Piano)

Vox Clamans in Deserto (Beverly Morgan, Mezzo - Speculum Musicae)

Men

Angels - Original Trumpet Version (Brass Ensemble - Gerard Schwarz, Leader)

Men and Mountains

Angels - Trumpet/Trombone Version (Brass Ensemble - Gerard Schwarz, Leader)

Sun-Treader  

Portals

Evocations (Original Piano Version - John Kirkpatrick)

Evocations (Orchestral Version)

Organum

Exaltation - For Brass, Chorus and Organ (Gregg Smith Singers - Leonard Raver, Organ)

Buffalo Philharmonic

Michael Tilson Thomas

Released: April 2012 

Walter Piston - Symphonies Nos.2 and 6

Walter PISTON (1894-1976)

Symphony No. 2 (1943)

Symphony No. 6 (1955) 

Seattle Symphony

Gerard Schwarz

Recorded at Seattle Center Opera House, Seattle, Wash., Nov. 23, 1988 (No. 2); 

Dec. 6, 1989 (No. 6).

Thierry Lancino - Violin Concerto; Prelude and Death of Virgil

Thierry LANCINO (b. 1954)

Violin Concerto (2005)

Prelude and Death of Virgil (2000)*

Isabelle Faust (violin)

Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg

Arturo Tamayo (Concerto)

Matteo de Monti (baritone)*

Orchestre National de France*

Gerard Schwarz (Virgil)*

rec. live, Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, 3 November 2005 (concerto); 

Auditorium Olivier Messiaen (Radio France), Paris, 2 December 2000. Radio France.

world première recordings

Deborah Drattell - Sorrow is not Melancholy; Fire Dances; Lilith

Deborah DRATTELL (b.1956)

Sorrow is not Melancholy

Clarinet Concerto, "Fire Dances"*

Lilith I 

Lilith II 

The Fire Within **

Syzygy

David Schifrin (Clarinet)*

Scott Giff (Flute)**

Seatle Symphony 

Gerard Schwarz

Recorded on 15 & 16 November 1993 (Sorrow is not Melancholy, Lilith, Syzygy); 

17 June 1994 (The Fire Within, Fire Dances: Concerto for Clarinet) 

at the Seattle Center Opera House, USA

Samuel Jones - Tuba Concerto; Symphony No.3 "Palo Duro Canyon"

Samuel JONES (b. 1935)

Tuba Concerto (2005) 

Symphony No.3, Palo Duro Canyon (1992)

 

Christopher Olka (tuba)

Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Gerard Schwarz

rec. 31 October 2006 (Concerto); 9 January 2007 (Symphony), 

Benaroya Hall, Seattle, Washington. 

Copland - Apalachian Spring Suite, Symphonic Ode; Paul Creston - Symphony No.3

Aaron COPLAND (1900-1990)

Suite from ‘Appalachian Spring’

Symphonic Ode

Paul CRESTON (1906-1985)

Symphony No 3  'Three Mysteries'

Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Gerard Schwarz

Peter Mennin - Symphonies Nos.3 and 6; Moby Dick

Peter MENNIN (1923-1983)

Concertato Moby Dick, for orchestra (1952) 

Symphony no.3 (1946) 

Symphony no.7 Variation-Symphony (1963) 

Seattle Symphony

Gerard Schwarz

rec. Seattle Opera House, Washington, USA, 21-22 November 1994, 30 January 1995. DDD

 

Alan Hovhaness - Symphonies Nos.1 and 50; Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints

Alan HOVHANESS (1911-2000)

Symphony No.1 'Exile', Op.17, No.2 (1936, rev.1970) 

Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints, Op.211 (1965)

Symphony No.50 'Mount Saint Helens', Op.360 (1982) 

 

Ron Johnson (marimba)

Seattle Symphony

Gerard Schwarz

rec. Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA, USA, 6-7, 12 June 1990 (Symphony No.1); 17, 19 May 1992 (Fantasy; Symphony No.50).

 

Alan Hovhaness - Symphony No.48; Soprano Saxophone Concerto

Alan HOVHANESS (1911-2000)

Symphony No. 48 Vision of Andromeda

Prelude and Quadruple Fugue

Concerto for Soprano Saxophone

Greg Banaszak (soprano saxophone), 

Eastern Music Festival Orchestra

Gerard Schwarz 

Recorded at the Eastern Music festival, Dana Auditorium, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC, from 3rd to 7th July, 2013

Richard Danielpour - Symphony No.3; First Light; The Awakened Heart

Richard DANIELPOUR (b. 1956)

First light (1988) 

The awakened heart (1990) 

Symphony No. 3 "Journey without distance" (1989)*

Faith Easham (soprano)*

Seattle Symphony Orchestra and Chorale

Gerard Schwarz

rec. Seattle Opera House, 20 January 1991 (First light) and 13-15 October 1991 (other tracks)

Ernst Toch - Cantata of the Bitter Herbs; Jeptha (Rhapsodic Poem)

 

Ernst TOCH (1887-1964)

Cantata of the Bitter Herbs. 

Jephta, Rhapsodic Poem (Symphony No. 5).*

Theodore Bikel, narrator; Carol Meyer, soprano; Elizabeth Shammash, mezzo; Richard Clement, tenor; Ted Christopher, baritone; 

Prague Philharmonic Choir; 

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; 

Seattle Symphony*

Gerard Schwarz,.

Joseph Achron - Violin Concerto; The Golem; Two Tableaux from Belhazzar

Joseph ACHRON (1886-1943)

Violin Concerto no. 1, Op. 60

Elmar Oliveira, violin

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin*/Joseph Silverstein

Rec. Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin July 1998. DDD

Co-production with Deutschland Radio and the ROC GmbH-Berlin

The Golem (Suite): Creation of the Golem; The Golem's Rampage; The Fatigued Wanderer (Lullaby); Dance of the Phantom Spirits; Petrifying of the Golem

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Gerard Schwarz

Rec. Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic, Sept 2000. DDD

Two Tableaux from the Theatre Music to Belshazzar

Barcelona Symphony/National Orchestra of Catalonia/Gerard Schwarz

Rec. Centre Cultural de Sant Cugat, Barcelona, Spain. Jan 2000. DDD

world premiere recordings

William Schuman - Symphonies Nos.4 and 9

William SCHUMAN (1910-1992)

Symphonies Nos. 4 and 9; Circus Overture; Orchestra Song 

Seattle Symphony

Gerard Schwarz 

Recorded at the S.Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Benaroya Hall, Seatle, in September and November 2003  and February/March 2004

William Schuman - Symphonies 3 and 5; Judith

William SCHUMAN (1910-1992) 

Symphony No. 3 (1941) [27:28] 

Symphony No. 5 Symphony for Strings (1943) [17:54] 

Judith (1949) [22:22] 

Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Gerard Schwarz 

Howard Hanson - Merry Mount

Howard Hanson (1896-1981)
Merry Mount, Op. 31

Opera in Three Acts and Six Scenes
Libretto by Richard L. Stokes, based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story, The Maypole of Merry Mount

Howard Hanson - Symphonies Nos.5 and 7; Piano Concerto

Howard Hanson: 

Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 / Piano Concerto / Mosaics

Gerard Schwarz; 

Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Carol Rosenberger (Piano)

Howard Hanson - Symphonies Nos.3 and 6

Howard Hanson (1896-1981) 

Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6; Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Youth

Gerard Schwartz 

 New York Chamber Symphony 

Seatle Symphony

Howard Hanson - Symphonies No. 1 "Nordic" and No. 2 "Romantic"

Howard HANSON (1896-1961)

Symphonies No. 1 "Nordic" and No. 2 "Romantic"

 Seattle Symphony

 Gerard Schwarz

Lukas Foss - Elegy for Anne Frank; Song of Anguish; Robert Beaser: The Heavenly Feast

Lukas FOSS (!922-2009)

Elegy for Anne Frank; 

Song of Anguish; 

Robert Beaser: 

The Heavenly Feast

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; 

Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Gerard Schwarz / Christopher Wilkins/ Michael Brewer

Laudibus

David Diamond - Symphony No. 1; Violin Concerto No.2; The Enormous Room

David Diamond (1915- 2005)

Symphony No. 1, Violin Concerto No. 2, The  Enormous Room

Gerard  Schwarz

Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Ilkka Talvi