Gyorgy Ligeti - String Quartets Nos.1 and 2

Gyorgy LIGETI (1923-2006)

String Quartets

Andante

Allegretto

Parker Quartet

Recorded at St. Anne's Church, Toronto, Canada, from 1st to 3rd October 2007

Claudio Monteverdi - Second Vespers for the Feast of Santa Barbara (1610)

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

Second Vespers for the Feast of Santa Barbara (1610)

The Sixteen, 

Harry Christophers 

Enescu & Lipatti plays Enescu & Lipatti (Historical recordings)

Enescu & Lipatti plays Enescu & Lipatti (Historical recordings)

Kara Karayev - Symphony No.3; Leyla and Mejnun; Don Quixote

Kara KARAYEV (1918-1982)

Symphony No. 3 (1964) [25:35]

Leyla and Mejnun (1947) [13:42]

Don Quixote (Symphonic Engravings) (1960) [18:52]

Russian Philharmonic Orchestra/Dmitri Yablonsky.

Kara Karayev - Symphony No.1; Violin Concerto

Kara KARAYEV (1918-1982)

Symphony No. 1 / Violin Concerto

Kiev Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra

Dimitry Yablonsky

Janna Gandelman (Violin)

Dag Wirén - Symphony No.3 and Other Orchestral Works

Dag WIREN (1905-1986) 

Symphony No.3, Op.20 (1943-44)

Serenade, Op.11 (1937)

Divertimento, Op.29 (1953-57)

Sinfonietta, Op.7a (1933-34, revised 1939)

Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Rumon Gamba

Mauricio Kagel - 1898; Music for Renaissance Instruments

Mauricio Kagel (1931-2008)

1898
Music for Renaissance Instruments

Instrumental Ensemble
Children of the "Hauptschule Peter-Griess-Strasse"/Köln-Flittard
Collegium Instrumentale
Deutsche Grammophon

Dances with the Winds - Flute Concertos by Rautavaara, Bashmakov, Sallinen and Marttinen

DANCES WITH THE WINDS

Flute Concertos by Rautavaara, Bashmakov, Sallinen and Marttinen

Petri Alanko (Flutes)

Lahti Symphony Orchestra 

Osmo Vänskä 

Prokofiev - Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2

Sergei PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)

Violin Concertos Nos.1 and 2

Violin Concerto No.1 in D major, Op.19

Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.63

Valentin Zhuk (Violin)

The Moscow Symphony Orchestra

Dimitri Kitaenko

Delius - Violin Sonatas 1-3; Sonata for String Orchestra; Five Little Pieces

Frederick Delius: 

Violin Sonatas, Sonata For String Orchestra, Five Little Pieces

   

Eric Fenby,  Yehudi Menuhin,  Elena Duran 

Conductor:  Eric Fenby 

Bournemouth Sinfonietta 

Jakub Jan Ryba - Czech Christmas Masses

Jakub Jan RYBA (1765-1815)

Czech Christmas Masses

Czech Christmas Mass / Missa Pastoralis

Czech Madrigalists Orchestra

Czech Madrigalists Choir

Doležal, Vladimír; Kšica, Josef; Kšicová, Pavla; Sibera, Václav; Vaňkátová, Dagmar

František Xaver Thuri

Prokofiev - Ivan the Terrible & Alexander Nevsky

Sergei PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)

Ivan the Terrible (Oratorio Op.116)*

Michael Lankester Version

Alexander Nevsky (Cantata Op.70)**

Christopher Plummer (narrator)* 

Tamara Sinyavskaya* 

Sergei Leiferkus* 

Dolora Zajick** 

New London Children’s Choir*

London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus* **

Mstislav Rostropovich* **

Prokofiev - Piano Pieces from "Romeo and Juliet"; "Cinderella" and "The Love for Three Oranges"

Sergei PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)

"Romeo and Juliet", Ten Pieces, Op.75
"Cinderella", Ten Pieces, Op.97
From "The Love for Three Oranges"

Tedd Joselson (Piano)

Recorded at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall,
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, December 1991

Alexander Scriabin - Symphony No.1, Op.26

Alexander SCRIABIN (1872-1915)

Symphony No. 1, in F Major, Op.26

Yevgenia Gorokhovskaya (mezzosoprano)

Konstantin Pluzhnikov (tenor)

Leningrad Glinka Academy Choir

USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra

Vladimir Fedoseyev 

Scriabin - Symphony No.2; Symphonic Poem in D Minor

Alexander SCRIABIN (1872-1915) 

Symphony No. 2 

Symphonic Poem in D Minor

Moscow Symphony Orchestra

Igor Golovschin

Scriabin - Symphony No.3 "Divine Poeme"; Le Poème de l'extase

Alexander SCRIABIN (1872-1915)

Symphony No. 3, 'Divine Poem'

(Le) Poème de l'extase

Giuseppe Sinopoli 

New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Schumann - String Quartets Nos.1-3

Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)

String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 41 No. 1 [24:13]

String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 41, No. 2 [21:29]

String Quartet No. 3 in A Major, Op. 41, No. 3 [27:51]

Ying Quartet 

Haydn - String Quartets Op.74; Nos. 1-3

Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)

Apponyi Quartets Nos. 4 - 6 (Op. 74, Nos. 1 -3)

Kodaly Quartet

Walton - Spitfire Prelude and Fugue, Sinfonia Concertante, Hindemith Variations

WILLIAM WALTON (1902-1983) 

Spitfire Prelude and Fugue,
Sinfonia Concertante (1927 version),
 Hindemith Variations ,
March: A History of the English Speaking Peoples   

Peter Donohoe (piano)
English Northern Philharmonia/
Paul Daniel   

rec Leeds Town Hall, 3 May, 24-25 October 1996 

Ole Olsen - Symphony No.1; Trombone Concerto

Ole Olsen (1850-1927)

Asgardsreien Op.10

Trombone Concerto Op.48

Symphony No.1 Op.5

Christian Lindberg (trombone)

Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra

Rune A. Halvorsen