Geirr Tveitt - 100 Hardanger Tunes, Op. 151: Suites Nos. 2 and 5

Geirr TVEITT (1908-1981)

100 Hardanger Tunes, Op. 151: Suites Nos. 2 and 5

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Bjarte Engeset

Venice 1629 / The Gonzaga Band

Venice 1629

Music by: Heinrich Schutz, Claudio Monteverdi, Dario Castello, Biagio Marini, Alessandro Grandi, Benedetto Re and others

The Gonzaga Band 

Faye Newton (soprano), Jamie Savan (director & cornetts), Helen Roberts (cornett), Oliver Webber (violin), Theresa Caudle (violin & cornett), & Steven Devine (organ & harpsichord))

1629 was a remarkable year for new music in Venice. Heinrich Schütz came to the city to learn of the new Italian style from Claudio Monteverdi and his contemporaries, publishing his seminal first volume of Symphoniae Sacrae during his visit.

Geirr Tveitt - 100 Hardanger Tunes - Suites Nos. 1 and 4

Geirr  TVEITT (1908-1981)

100 Hardanger Tunes - Suites Nos. 1 and 4

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Bjarte Engeset

William Walton - The Symphonies

William WALTON (1902-1983)

Symphony No.1 (1931-35)

Symphony No.2 (1957-60)

Orchestre National de Lille

Owain Arwell Hughes

Geirr Tveitt - Piano Concerto No.4 "Aurora Borealis"; Variations on a Folk Song

Geirr TVEITT (1908-1981) 

Piano Concerto No. 4

Variations on a Folk Song

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Havard Gimse and Gunilla Süssmann (Pianos)

Bjarte Engeset

Geirr Tveitt - Piano Concertos Nos.1 and 5

Geirr TVEITT (1908-1981)

Piano Concerto No. 1 in F major, Op. 1

Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 156

Håvard Gimse, piano;

Royal Scottish National Orchestra,

Bjarte Engeset

William Busch - Piano and Cello Concertos

William BUSCH (1901-1945)

Cello Concerto (1940/1941) 

Piano Concerto (1937/1938) 

Raphael Wallfisch (cello)

Piers Lane (piano)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Vernon Handley

Wolf-Ferrari - The Two Piano Trios

Ermanno WOLF-FERRARI (1876-1948)

Piano Trio in D major Op. 5 

Piano Trio in F-sharp minor Op. 7

Trio Archè

Bach - Motets BWV 225-230 / The Hilliard Ensemble

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

Motets BWV 225-230

Knabenchor Hannover

The Hilliard Ensemble

London Baroque

Paul Hillier

Impressions for Saxophone and Orchestra - Virtuosistic Works by 20th Century Greek Composers

IMPRESSIONS FOR SAXOPHONE AND ORCHESTRA 

Virtuosic Works by 20th Century Greek Composers

Works by:

Mikis Theodorakis; Nikos Skalkottas Theodore Antoniou; Minas Alexiadis;  Vasilis Tenidis; Manos Hadjidakis

Theodore Kerkezos (sax )

Myron Michailidis Conductor

Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra

Britten - The Prodigal Son Op.81

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

The Prodigal Son, Op. 81 

Third "Parable for Church Performance"

Peter Pears (Tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (Baritone), Robert Tear (Tenor), 

Bryan Drake (Baritone) 

English Opera Group Orchestra 

Benjamin Britten 

Reinhold Gliere - Piano Music

Reinhold GLIERE (1875-1956)

Piano Music

Preludes (25), Op. 30

Romance, Op. 16, No. 2

12 Children's Pieces, Op. 31: No. 4. Träumereien, No. 6. Valzer, No. 10. Lied aus dem Osten, No. 11. Albumblatt

Two Piano Pieces, Op. 99: I. Impromptu for the Left Hand in E Major; II. Melodie B Flat Major

Gianluca Imperato (piano)

rec. March 2016, BartokStudio, Bernareggio, Italy. DDD

Britten - Holiday Diary (The Music for One and Two Pianos)

 

Benjamin  BRITTEN (1913-1976)

Holiday Diary

The Music for One and Two Pianos

Stephen Hough & Ronan O'Hara (Pianos)

Britten - Piano and Violin Concertos

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

Violin and Piano Concertos

Sviatoslav Richter piano 

Mark Lubotsky violin 

English Chamber Orchestra 

 Benjamin Britten

Mademoiselle - Première Audience: Unknown Music of Nadia Boulanger

Nadia BOULANGER (1887-1979)

Mademoiselle - Première Audience: Unknown Music of Nadia Boulanger

Artists: Alek Shrader, Amit Peled, Edwin Crossley-Mercer, François-Henri Houbart, Lucy Mauro, Nicole Cabell

Release Date: March 10, 2017

Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel - Piano Works

Fanny MENDELSSOHN-HENSEL (1805-1847)

Piano works

Allegro molto in C minor (1846) [3:25]

Nocturne in G minor (1838) [4:43]

Piano Sonata in C minor (1824) [13:47]

Lied in E flat (1846) [7:08]

Piano Sonata in G minor (1843) [17:42]

Adagio in E flat (1840-43) [3:50]

Andante con moto in E major (1846) [5:44]

Sonata o Capriccio (1824) [7:01]

Allegro molto agitato in D minor (1823) [1:45]

Schluss (1823) [2:13] 

Heather Schmidt (piano)

rec. 5-6 November, 2007, Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto, Canada

Wagner - Overtures (Rienzi, Faust, King Ezio, Christoph Columbus)

Richard WAGNER (1813-1883)

Overtures: Rienzi, King Enzio, Das Liebesverbot (Forbidden love), The Fairies, 

Christoph Columbus, Faust

Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra

Alexander Rahbari (conductor) 

Recorded at the Teatro Cervantes, Malaga, Spain, 2nd to 4th April 200

Fernando Sor - Guitar Music Opp. 1 - 5

Fernando SOR (1778-1839)

Guitar Music

March from 'Cendrillon'
Six Divertimenti Op.1
Six Divertimenti Op.2
Theme Varie et un Menuet Op.3
Fantasia Op.4
Six Petites Pieces Op.5

Norbert Kraft (Guitar)

Poulenc - Concerto for 2 Pianos; Concerto for Piano; Aubade

Francis POULENC (1889-1963)

Concerto for 2 Pianos 

Concerto for Piano 

Aubade

François-René Duchable (Piano) 

Jean-Philippe Collard (Piano)

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra  

James Conlon

Stanford - Clarinet Sonata & Piano Trio No.3

Charles Villiers STANFORD (1852-1924)

Clarinet Sonata, Op.129 (1911) [18:44] (1) 

Fantasies Nos. 1 and 2 for Clarinet and String Quartet, (1921, 1922) [11:39; 14:37] (2) 

Three Intermezzi for Clarinet and Piano, Op.13 (1879) [8:06] (3) 

Piano Trio No. 3, Op.158 ‘Per aspera ad astra’ (1918) [20:59] (4) 

Robert Plane (clarinet) (1, 2, 3), 

Gould Piano Trio 

(Lucy Gould (violin) (2, 4), Alice Neary (cello) (2, 4), Benjamin Frith (1, 3, 4); Mia Cooper (violin) (2), David Adams (viola) (2) 

rec. 17-19 December 2006, Potton Hall, Westleton, Suffolk, England. DDD