Robert Schumann - Symphonies Nos. 1 ‘Spring’ and 2 (re-orchestrated by Gustav Mahler)

Robert SCHUMANN (1810–1856)

Symphonies Nos. 1 ‘Spring’ and 2 (re-orchestrated by Gustav Mahler)

Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 38 ‘Spring’

Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61

Bergen Philharmonic Orchesstra

Aldo Ceccato

Recording Data: March 6-7, 1987, April 10-11, 1987 at the Grieg Hall, Bergen.

 

Paul Le Flem - Complete Piano Works

Paul LE FLEM (1881-1984)

Complete Piano Works

Avril (1910) 

Vieux Calvaire (1910)

Par Landes (1907)

Par Grèves (1907) 

Le Chant des Genêts (1910) 

7 Pièces Enfantines (1911) 

Les Korrigans – Valse Bretonne (1896)*

Pour La Main Droite (1961)*

Mélancholie!*

Éponine et Sabinius (arr.G.Koukl) (1897)*

Pavane de Mademoiselle (Style Louis XIV)*

Émotions (1939)*

*World Première Recording

Giorgio Koukl (piano)

rec. 23 March, 2015 Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland

Paul Le Flem - La Magicienne de la Mer; Symphony No.1

Paul LE FLEM (1881 – 1984)

Deux Interludes de La Magicienne de la Mer (1947)

Fantiasie pour piano et orchestre (1911)

Symphony No.1 in A major (1906/8)

 

Marie-Catherine Girod (piano)

Orchestre de Bretagne

Claude Schnitzler

Recorded: (live) Radio France, Rennes, October 1993

Jean Sibelius - Snöfrid - Cantatas and Orchestarl Works

Jean SIBELIUS (1865-1957)

Snöfrid Op. 29 (1900) 

Overture in A minor JS144 (1902) 

Coronation Cantata JS104 (1896) 

Rakastava Op. 14 (1891-1912) 

Oma Maa Op. 92 (1918) 

Andante Festivo JS34b (1922, 1938) 

Stina Ekblad (narrator) (Snöfrid)

Jubilate Choir (Snöfrid; Coronation; Oma)

Jaakko Kuusisto (violin); Ilkka Pälli (cello) (Rakastava)

Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Osmo Vänskä

Rec. April 2001; Jan 2002; May 2002; Jan 2003; Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland. 

French Music for Ballet (Sauguet, Massenet, Ibert)

French Music for Ballet

Henri SAUGUET (1901-1989)

Les Forains (1945) [25:15]

Jules MASSENET (1842 - 1912)

Ballet Suite from Hérodiade (1881 rev. 1884) 

Jacques IBERT (1890 - 1962)

Les amours de Jupiter (1945)

Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

Neeme Järvi

rec. 2018, Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn

Charles Koechlin - Ballade; L' Ancienne maison de campagne; Preludes

Charles KOECHLIN (1867-1950)

Ballade, Op. 50 (1911-15) 

L'ancienne maison de campagne, Op. 124 (1932-33) 

Préludes for Piano, Op. 209 (1946-48) 

Jean-Pierre Ferey (piano)

rec. 1993, Salle Adyar, Paris

Joseph-Guy Ropartz - Le Miracle de Saint Nicholas

Joseph-Guy ROPARTZ (1864-1955)

Le Miracle de Saint Nicolas (1905)

Psaume 136 (1897)

Dimanche (1911)

Nocturne (1926)

Les Vepres sonnent (1927)

 

Choeur Regional Vittoria d'Ille de France

Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy

Michel Piquemal

Recorded 22nd-24th April 1994 Salle Poirel, Nancy.

Günter Bialas - Works for Piano and Orchestra

Günter BIALAS (1907-1995)

Musik Für Klavier Und Orchester (1990)

Concerto Lirico Für Klavier Und Orchester (1967)

3 Moments Musicaux Für Klavier

Siegfried Mauser (Piano)

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Mathias Husmann 

Recording: 29-30 October 1991 (1-3); 23-26 September 1992 (4-6); April 1994 (7-9)

Victor de Sabata - Orchestral Music

Victor DE SABATA (1892-1967) 

La notte di Plàton

Gethsemani

Juventus  

  

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Aldo Ceccato 

Recorded in Walthamstow Assembly Halls, London on 18-20 December 2000

Kurt Weill Edition Vol.1 (5 CDs)

Kurt WEILL (1900-1950)

Weill Edition, Volume I

Disc 1

Die Dreigroschenoper (1928)

Disc 2

Die sieben Todsünden (1933) 

Mahagonny Singspiel (1927) 

Disc 3

Der Lindberghflug (1929) 

Der Jasager (1930) 

Discs 4 and 5

Der Silbersee (1933) 

rec. 1987-94

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Volume I

Die Dreigroschenoper (1928) 

Walter Raffeiner (Macheath), Peter Nikolas Kante (Peachum), Jane Henschel (Mrs Peachum), Ulrike Steinsky (Polly), Gabriele Ramm (Jenny), Rolf Wollrad (Brown), Jolanta Teresa Kuznik (Lucy), Reinhard Firshow (Ballad singer), Händel Collegium Köln, König Ensemble/Jan Latham-König

rec. Studio Stohlberger Strasse, Cologne, 14-18 March 1994

Die sieben Todsünden (1933) 

Doris Bierett (Anna I & II), Dieter Ellenbeck, Karl Markus, Carlos Feller and Malcolm Smith (Family), WDR Radio Orchestra Köln/Lothar Zagrosek

rec. WDR Hall 1, Cologne, 24 January 1987

Mahagonny Singspiel (1927) \

Trudeliese Schmidt (Jessie), Gabriele Ramm (Bessie), Horst Hiestermann (Billy), Peter Nikolas Kante (Bobby), Walter Raffeiner (Charlie), Hans Franzen (Jimmy), König Ensemble/Jan Latham-König

rec. WDR Great Hall, Cologne, 12 October 1991

Der Lindberghflug (1929) \

Wolfgang Schmidt (Lindbergh), Herbert Feckler, Lorenz Minth and Christoph Scheeben (Voices), Pro Musica Köln, WDR Radio Orchestra Köln/Jan Latham-König

rec. WDR Funkaus, Cologne, 10 January 1987

Der Jasager (1930) 

Tobias Schmesser (Boy), Hilke Helling (Mother), Ulrike Schütte (Teacher), Thomas Bräutigam, Thomas Fischer and Michael Knöppel (Students), Dortmund University Chamber Choir, orchestra/Willi Gundlach

rec. Dortmund, 10-11 June 1990

Der Silbersee (1933) 

Hans Korte (Olim), Wolfgang Schmidt (Severin), Eva Tamassy (Frau von Luber), Hildegard Heichele (Fennimore), Udo Holdorf (Baron von Laur), Frederic Mayer (Lottery agent), Michael Thomas (Narrator), Elizabeth Eaton and Andrea Andonian (Shopgirls), John Riley-Schofield and Dariusz Niemirowicz (Youths), Pro Musica Köln, WDR Radio Orchestra Köln/Jan Latham-König

rec. Studio Stolberger Strasse, Cologne, 1989

Henri Sauguet - Complete String Quartets

Henri SAUGUET (1901-1989)

Complete String Quartets

String Quartet No. 1 (1927/1941) [24:46]

String Quartet No. 2 (1947/1948) 

String Quartet No. 3 (1979) 

Quatuor Stanislas 

Laurent Causse and Bertrand Menut (violins) 

Marie Triplet (viola) 

Jean de Spengler (cello)

rec. 2016/17, Salle Poirel, Nancy, France

Isang Yun - Complete Works for Violin Solo and With Piano

ISANG YUN (1917-1995) 

Complete Works for Violin Solo and With Piano

Königliches Thema (1976) for violin

Li-Na im Garten (1984/1985) for violin

Kontraste (1987) for violin

Gasa (1963) for violin and piano

Sonata (1991) for violin and piano

Yezu Woo (Violin)

Tomoki Park (Piano)

Recorded: Sep 2021, Jun 2022, Sep 2022, at Studioboerne45, 

Berlin, Germany

South African Orchestral Music Vol.1 (Lissant-Collins; Moerane; Fagan)

South African Orchestral Music

 

Four South African Folk tunes (Transcribed by Theo Wendt)

Henry LISSANT-COLLINS (1880-1941)

Fuquoi in the Sugar Cane

Michael Mosoeu MOERANE (1904 - 1980)

Fatse la heso

Gideon FAGAN (1904 - 1980)

Karoo Symphony (1976/77)

South African Broadcasting Corporation National Symphony Orchestra

Peter Marchbank

Release Date: 11/1994

Florence Price - Symphonies Nos.1 and 3

Florence PRICE (1887-1953)

Symphony No.1

Symphony No.3

Philadelphia Orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Recording: Philadelphia, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, 

Verizon Hall, 5/2021

Two Classic Political Film Scores - Revueltas: Redes; Copland: The City

Two Classic Political Film Scores

Silvestre REVUELTAS (1899-1940)

Redes (1935)

Aaron COPLAND (1900-1990)

The City (1939)

PostClassical Ensemble

Angel Gil-Ordóñez

rec. 15 October 2007 (Copland), 11 May 2014 (Revueltas), Dekelboum Concert Hall, Clarence Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park, Maryland, USA

The Songs of William Busch

The Songs of William Busch

with Songs by Gerald Finzi, Elisabeth Poston and Michael Head 

Gerald FINZI (1901-1956)

As I lay in the early sun (Oh Fair to See, op.13b No 3) (1921)

Elizabeth POSTON (1905-1987)

Sweet Suffolk Owl (1925)

Gerald Finzi

Only the wanderer (Oh Fair to See, op.13b No 4) (1925)

William BUSCH(1901-1945)

Slumber Song (1931?)

Harvest Moon

Sweet Content (1933)

Michael HEAD (1900-1976)

Why Have You Stolen My Delight? (1933)

Gerald Finzi

Oh fair to see (Oh Fair to See, op.13b No 2) (1929)

William Busch

Fairies (1934)

Rest (1933)

Gerald Finzi

To Joy (Oh Fair to See, op.13b No 5) (1931)

Michael Head

The Singer (1939)

William Busch

The Centaurs (1942)

Ode to Autumn (1937)

Weep You no More (1935)

The Echoing Green (1943)

The Shepherd (1943)

The Bellman (1944)

L'Oiseau bleu (1944)

There Have Been Happy Days (1944)

The Lowest Trees have Tops (1944)

If Thou Wilt Ease Thine Heart (1943)

The Snowdrop in the Wind (1943)

Gerald Finzi

Harvest (Oh Fair to See, op.13b No 6) (1956)

Elizabeth Poston

The Snowdrop in the Wind

William Busch

Come, O Come My Life's Delight (1943)

Michael Head

Dear Delight (c.1965)

Elizabeth Poston

Sweet Suffolk Owl (1983)

Diana Moore (mezzo-soprano)

Robin Tritschler (tenor)

Roderick Williams (baritone)

John Reid (piano)

Recorded at Wyastone Leys, Monmouth, 21-23 June 2021

Heitor Villa-Lobos - Complete Violin Sonatas

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)

Complete Violin Sonatas

Violin Sonata (Fantasia) No.1 ‘Désésperance’ (1912) 

Violin Sonata (Fantasia) No.2 (1914) 

Violin Sonata No.3 (1920) 

Emmanuele Baldini (violin)

Pablo Rossi (piano)

rec. 7-8 January 2020, Westchester Studios, New York

Jean Sibelius - Symphony No.2; Finlandia; Valse Triste

Jean SIBELIUS (1865-1957)

Finlandia Op. 26

Valse Triste (From The Incidental Music Op. 44 To The Play "Kuolema")

Symphonie Nr. 2 D-dur Op. 43

Berliner Philharmoniker

james Levine

Recordings: Berlin, Schauspielhaus, Großer Konzertsaal, 10/1991 (op. 43);

Berlin, Philharmonie, Großer Saal, 11/1992

Richard Stöhr - Orchestral Music Vol. 1

Richard STÖHR (1874-1967)

Concert im alten Stil for strings, piano and percussion, Op. 68 (1937)

Suite No. 2 in A minor for string orchestra, Op. 120 (1947)

Agnieszka Kopacka (piano)

Sinfonia Varsovia

Ian Hobson

Recorded on 14-16 June 2021 in the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio (S1), 

Polish Radio, Warsaw

First recordings

Gaetano Donizetti - Rita (Deux Hommes et une Femme)

Gaetano DONIZETTI (1797-1848)

Rita - Deux Hommes et une Femme (1841)

Rita, strident and dominating proprietress of an inn – Katarina Karnéus (mezzo); 

Pepé, her wimp husband – Barry Banks (tenor); 

Gasparo, Rita’s first husband, thought drowned – Christopher Maltman (baritone)

Hallé Orchestra

Sir Mark Elder

rec. Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, September 2012