Heitor Villa-Lobos - Floresta do Amazonas; Philip Glass - Metamorphosis I (from Aguas de Amazonia)

Amazonia

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)

Floresta do Amazonas, W 551

Philip GLASS (b.1937)

Metamorphosis I (from Aguas de Amazonia)

Camila Provenzale (Soprano) 

Philharmonia Zurich

Simone Menezes

Recorded in October 2022 at Zurich Opera House

Moses Pergament - Chamber Music

Moses PERGAMENT (1893-1977)

Chamber Music

Sonatina for Flute & Strings

Pezzo for 4 flutes

Sonata for flute

Little Suite for Two Recorders

Chaconne for viola (or violin) solo

Vem spelar i natten (Who plays in the night ?)

Visan (The Song) for chorus

Nu Samlar Gud I Sin Hand for chorus ("Now God Gathers in His Hand")

Kol Nidre

Emil Dekov (violin)

Gunilla von Bahr (flute)

Kerstin Hindart (piano)

Lucia Negro (piano)

Musica Sveciae

Paavo Pohjola (violin)

Ulla Vrethammar (cello)

Zahari Mirchev (violin)

Zahari Tchavdarov (viola), 

Lulea Chamber Choir

Max Reger - The Cello Suites

Max REGER (1873-1916)

The Cello Suites

A complete recording of the three solo suites, Op. 131c

Suite No.1 in G major, Op. 131c

Suite No.2 in D minor, Op. 131c

Suite No.3 in A minor, Op. 131c

Christian Erben (Cello)

Recorded at Bethanienkirche, Leipzig; January 24-26, 2022

William Lloyd Webber - Invocation; Serenade for Strings; Aurora

William LLOYD WEBBER (1914-1982)

Invocation

Aurora - tone poem for orchestra

Benedictus

Invocation

Jesus, Dear Jesus

Lento

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

Mass: Princeps pacis

Nocturne

Serenade for Strings

Three Spring Miniatures

Julian Lloyd-Webber (Cello)

Tasmin Little (Violin)

Westminster Singers

City of London Sinfonia

Richard Hickox

Recorded in: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London 8 July 1997, 24-25 July 1997 

and 14 November 1997

Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez - Symphonies Nos.1 and 2; Reisado do Pastoreio

Oscar LORENZO FERNANDEZ (1897-1948)

Reisado do Pastoreio (A Pastoral Epiphany)(1930)

Symphony No.1 (1945)

Symphony No.2 'O Caçador De Esmeraldas' ('The Emerald Hunter') (1946-47)

Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra

Fabio Mechetti

Recorded 24, 26-30 September 2023 at the Sala Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Symphony No. 1 (tracks 4-7) is a world premiere recording. 

Recording sponsored by the Foreign Ministry of Brazil.

Hans von Bulow - Piano Music Vol.2

Hans von BÜLOW (1830-1894)

Piano Music Vol.2

Mazurka-Impromptu, Op.4 

Invitation à la Polka, Op.6 

Chant Polonais alla Mazurka, Op.12 

Mazurka-Fantasie, Op.13 

Elfenjagd, Op.14 

Trois Valses caractéristiques, Op.18 

Königsmarsch, Op.28 

Mark Anderson (piano)

rec. Wyastone Leys, Monmouth, 17-18 October 2012

Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Complete String Quartets

Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958)

String Quartet in C minor (1898)

String Quartet No 1 in G minor (1908)

String Quartet No 2 in A minor ‘For Jean on her Birthday’ (1942-1943)

Verdi Quartett

rec. 2017, WDR Klaus-von-Bismarck Saal, Cologne, Germany

Julius Isserlis - Piano Music

Julius ISSERLIS (1888-1968)

Piano Music

Ballade in G minor, Op.3 No.1: Ballade in E flat minor, Op.3 No.2

Moment triste 

from Ten Preludes, Op.2 ; No.1 in C major: No.2 in C minor: No.4 in B minor: No.6 in F minor: No.7 in F minor: No.8 in E flat major: No.10 in G minor

Prelude exotique, Op.10 No.2 

Toccata in fourths, Op.10 No.1 

Ballade in A minor, for cello and piano*

Skazka, Op.6 

Drei Klavierstücke, Op.8 

Souvenir russe, Op.9 

Capriccio in A minor, Op.12 

Memories of Childhood, Op.11 

Warum? 

Russian Dance, Op.7 

Sam Haywood (piano)

Steven Isserlis (cello)*

rec. January 2013, Potton Hall, Suffolk

Edouard Lalo and Albert Roussel - Orchestral Works

Lalo & Roussel: Symphonic Works 

Edouard LALO (1820-1892)

Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21*

Albert ROUSSEL (1869-1937)

Concert pour petit orchestre, Op. 34

Piano Concerto in G Major, Op. 36

Alain Raes (Violin)*

Svetlin Roussev (Piano)

Orchestre De Douai- Region Hauts de France

Jean-Jacques Kantorow

Recorded 6-28-3-2016, Auditorium Henri Dutilleux, Douai, France

Bohuslav Martinu - Sinfonietta ‘La Jolla’, La revue de cuisine

Bohuslav MARTINŮ (1890-1959)

Sinfonietta ‘La Jolla’ H. 328 (1950) 

La revue de cuisine H. 161 (1927) 

Toccata e due canzoni H. 311 (1946) 

Merry Christmas 1941 (H. 286 bis) trans. Roger Ruggeri (1941) 

Tre ricercari H. 267 (1938)

Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Christopher Hogwood

rec. April 1991 at Ordway Music Theatre, St Paul, Minnesota, USA

Leroy Anderson - Orchestral Music Vol.3

Leroy ANDERSON (1908-1975)

Orchestral Music - Volume 3

Harvard Sketches* (1939) 

Melody on Two Notes* (1966)

Mother’s Whistler* (1940)

The Penny Whistle Song (1951)

The Phantom Regiment (1951) 

Plink! Plank! Plunk! (1950) 

Promenade (1951)

Sandpaper Ballet (1954)

Saraband (1948) 

Serenata (1947) 

Old MacDonald Had a Farm (1947)

Seventy-Six Trombones (Willson arr. Anderson) (1958) 

Sleigh Ride (1948)

Suite of Carols for Brass Choir (1955) 

Wintergreen for President (Gershwin arr. Anderson)* (1932)

The Typewriter 1 (1950) 

A Trumpeter’s Lullaby 2 (1949)

The Syncopated Clock (1945) 

Alasdair Malloy 1 (typewriter)

Catherine Moore 2 (trumpet)

BBC Concert Orchestra

Leonard Slatkin

rec. The Colosseum, Town Hall, Watford, UK, 12-14 April 2007

* World premiere recording

Hans von Bulow - Piano Music Vol. 1

Hans von BÜLOW (1830-1897)

Ballade for piano, Op. 11

Carnevale di Milano - Ballabili e Intermezzi, Op. 21

La certa - Impromptu pour le piano, Op. 27

Marche héroïque, Op. 3 - d'apres des motifs hongrois populaires

Mark Anderson (Piano)

Recorded by Nimbus Records at Wyastone Leys, Monmouth U.K., 

5 April and 1 August 2011.

Vittorio Rieti - Complete Piano Solo & Duo Works, Vol 2

Vittorio RIETI (1898-1994)

Complete Piano Solo & Duo Works, Vol 2

Briciole (1920)

Due Studi (1923)

Piano Suite (1926)

Chess Serenade (1941-1945)

Contrasti (1967)

New Waltzes (1956-1957)

Chirinomos (1972)

Valse pour Léonor (1972)

Four Piano pieces (1992)

Giorgio Koukl (piano)

Virginia Rossetti (piano)

rec. 2023, Studio Bottega del Pianoforte, Lugano, Switzerland

Hans Rott - Symphony No.1

Hans ROTT (1858-1884)

Symphony No. 1 in E Major

Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911)

Blumine

Anton BRUCKNER (1824-1896) 

Symphonic Prelude in C minor

Bamberger Symphoniker

Jakub Hruša 

Recorded At – Joseph-Keilberthsaal, Konzerthalle Bamberg

Released: October 2022

Robert Saxton - Scenes from the Epic of Gilgamesh

Robert SAXTON (b.1953)

Scenes from The Epic of Gilgamesh (2023)

The Resurrection of the Soldiers (2021)

English Symphony Orchestra

English String Orchestra 

Kenneth Woods

Recorded 7 April 2021 and 7 March 2023 at Waystone Concert Hall

The Film Music of Alan Rawsthorne

Alan RAWSTHORNE (1905-1971) 

The Film Muisc

The Captive Heart

West of Zanzibar 

The Cruel Sea 

Where No Vultures Fly 

Uncle Silas 

Lease of Life 

The Dancing Fleece 

Burma Victory 

Saraband for Dead Lovers

BBC Philharmonic

Rumon Gamba

Recorded in May 1999 at: New Broadcasting House, Manchester

Released March 2000

Arthur Butterworth - Symphony No.1; Ruth Gipps - Symphony No.2; Malcolm Arnold - Organ Concerto

Arthur BUTTERWORTH (1934-2014)

Symphony No.1 Op.15 

Ruth GIPPS (1921-99)

Symphony No. 2 Op.30 

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)

Concerto for Organ and Orchestra Op.47

Ulrik Spang-Hanssen (organ)

Münchner Symphoniker, 

Royal Aarhus Academy Symphony Orchestra

Douglas Bostock

rec. 1998/2001, Arco Studios, München; Gellerup Church, Aarhus, Denmark

Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No.2; Symphony for Strings Op.118a

Dimitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102

Symphony for Strings in A-Flat Major, Op. 118a*

Dmitri Shostakovich Jr (Piano)

I Musici de Montréal

Maxim Shostakovich

Yuli Turovsky*

Recorded in the Church of Ste. Madeleine, Outremont, Montreal on August 5 & 6, 1984.

Vittorio Rieti - Complete Piano Solo and Duo Works Vol.1

Vittorio RIETI (1898-1994)

Complete Piano Solo and Duo Works Volume 1

Suite champêtre (1948)

Three Vaudeville Marches (1969)

Second Avenue Waltzes (1942)

Gossip (1979)

Valse Fugitive (1970)

Twelve Preludes (1979)

Six Short Pieces (1932)

Five Pieces for Young Pianists (1942)

Giorgio Koukl (piano)

Virginia Rossetti (piano)

rec. 2022, Studio Bottega del pianoforte, Lugano, Switzerland

Première recordings, except Suite & Waltzes

Jón Leifs - Edda, Part II " The Lives of the Gods"

Jón LEIFS (1899-1968)

Edda, Part II: The Lives of the Gods Op 42 (1951/66)

Oratorio in 6 parts for soloists, mixed choir and orchestra

Hanna Dóra Sturludóttir (mezzo-soprano) 

Elmar Gilbertsson (tenor) 

Kristinn Sigmundsson (bass)

Schola Cantorum Reykjavík

Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Hermann Bäumer

rec. 2018, Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland