Franz Schubert - Lieder with Orchestra (Orchestrations by: Britten, Brahms, Webern, Reger, Berlioz, Liszt)

Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

Lieder with Orchestra

Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo)

Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone) 

Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Claudio Abbado

Recorded live, May 2002, Grand Salle, Cité de la musique, Paris, France

Nimrod Borenstein - Piano Works

Nimrod BORENSTEIN (b.1969)

Piano Works

Etudes Op. 66 (2019)*

Etudes Op. 86 (2020)*

Reminiscences of Childhood Op. 54 (2012) 

Water Droplets in Venice Op. 75 No.2 (2019)*

Lullaby Op. 81a (2018)*

Tra Nguyen (piano) 

* World Premier Recordings

Released 2024

Andres Segovia - 1950's American Recordings, Vol.5

Andrés Segovia - The 1950s American Recordings: Volume 5

Mario CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO (1895–1968)

Capriccio diabolico 

Tonadilla (on the name of Andrés Segovia), Op. 170, No. 5

Quintet for Guitar and String Quartet, Op. 143*

Gaspar CASSADÓ (1897–1966)

Sardana chigiana 

Alexandre TANSMAN (1897–1986)

Cavatina: 

Preludio

Sarabande

Scherzino

Barcarole

Danza Pomposa 

Joaquín RODRIGO (1901–1999)

Zarabanda lejana 

Jorge GÓMEZ CRESPO (1900–1971)

Norteña 

Antonio LAURO (1917–1986)

Venezuelan Dance 

Hans HAUG (1900–1967)

Alba  

Postlude 

 

Andrés Segovia (guitar)

Quintetto Chigiano*

rec. 1954–1956, New York, except *, Siena, August 1955

Frank Bridge - Dance Rhapsody; Dance Poem; Overture 'Rebus'; Two Poems

Frank BRIDGE (1879-1941)

Dance Rhapsody, H.84 (1908)

Dance Poem, H.111 (1913) 

Two Poems by Richard Jefferies, H.119 (1916): 

I - The Open Air

II - The Story of My Heart

Overture "Rebus", H.191 (1940)

Allegro Moderato for string orchestra, H.192 (1941)

 

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Nicholas Braithwaite

Released 1979

Kempe conducts Richard Strauss Vol. 1

Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949)

Complete Orchestral Works 1

Horn Concertos Nos.1 & 2

Oboe Concerto

Duet Concertino

Burleske

Parergon zur Sinfonia Domestica

Panathenaenzug

Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

Don Juan

Ein Heldenleben

Peter Damm (horn)

Manfred Clement (oboe)

Manfred Weise (clarinet)

Wolfgang Liebscher (bassoo

Malcolm Frager (piano in Burleske)

Peter Rosel (piano)

Peter Mirring (violin)

Dresden Staatskapelle

Rudolf Kempe

Recorded VI.1970 (Till Eulenspiegel & Don Juan); III.1972 (Ein Heldenleben); IX.1975 (Horn Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Oboe Concerto, Duett-Concerto, Burleske); I.1976 (Parergon, Panathenäenzug), Lukaskirche, Dresden.

John McCabe - Visions (Choral Music)

John McCabe (1939-2015)

Visions (Choral Music)

Three Marian Carols (1964; 1973; 2008)

Soprano Vocals – Margaret Feaviour

Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Jacqueline Fox

Tenor Vocals – Edward Goater

Bass Vocals – Stephen Charlesworth 

Mangan Triptych (1979; 1980; 1983)

Amen/Alleluia (1991) 5:19

Proud Songsters (1989) 2:41

The Lily-White Rose (2009)

Soprano Vocals – Emma Tring

The Morning Watch (1968)

Organ – Iain Farrington

The Evening Watch (2003)

Organ – Iain Farrington

Great Lord Of Lords (1967)

Organ – Iain Farrington

A Hymne To God The Father (1966)

Soprano Vocals – Olivia Robinson

Tenor Vocals – Edward Goater

The Last And Greatest Herald (2008)

Organ – Iain Farrington

BBC Singers

David Hill

Recorded at St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London, 19 February 2009 and 2 July 2010.

Cesar Franck - Piano Quintet; Franz Liszt - Harmonies Poétiques et Réligieuses (excerpts)

César FRANCK (1822-1890)

Piano Quintet in f minor (1878-9)

Franz LISZT (1811-1886)

Harmonies Poétiques et Réligieuses (1845-52): 

IV. Pensée des morts 

IX. Andante lagrimoso 

Ave Maria 

Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

Borodin Quartet (Franck)

Mikhail Kopelman (violin I)

Andrei Abramenkov (violin II)

Dimitri Shebalin (viola)

Valentin Berlinsky (cello)

Recorded: December 1981, Pushkin Museum, Moscow (Franck); September 1984, 

Kloster Polling, Germany (Liszt)

Gioacchino Rossini - Otello (Lopez-Cobos, Carreras, von Stade, Ramey)

Gioacchino ROSSINI (1792-1868)

Otello - Opera in three acts. (1816)

Libretto by Francesco Berio di Salsa

Otello: José Carreras (tenor) 

Desdemona: Frederica von Stade (soprano) 

Elmiro: Samuel Ramey (bass) 

Rodrigo: Salvatore Fisichella (tenor) 

Jago: Gianfranco Pastine (tenor) 

Emilia: Nucci Condo (mezzo-soprano); 

Lucio: Keith Lewis (tenor)

 

Ambrosian Opera Chorus

John McCarthy

Philharmonia Orchestra

Jesús López-Cobos

Recorded London September 1978

Uuno Klami - Whirls (Suites 1 & 2); Lemminkainen's Island Adventures; Song of Lake Kuujarvi

Uuno KLAMI (1900-1961)

Lemminkaisen seikkailut saaressa (Lemminkainen's Island Adventures)

Laulu Kuujarvesta (Song of Lake Kuujarvi)

Pyorteita (Whirls), Ballet Suite Nos. 1 and 2

Esa Ruuttunen (baritone)

Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Osmo Vanska

Tracks 1 & 2 recorded in December 14–15, 1993; tracks 3 to 14 recorded in September 9, 1993

Alexander Scriabin - Symphony No.2; The Poem of Ecstasy

Alexander SCRIABIN (1872–1915)

The Poem of Ecstasy, Op.54 (Symphony No.4) (1905-1908)

Symphony No. 2, in C minor, Op.29 (1901)

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

JoAnn Falletta

Recorded: 2019-2022, Buffalo, NY, USA

Arnold Schoenberg - The Piano Music

Arnold SCHOENBERG (1874-1951)

The Solo Piano Music

Three Piano Pieces, Op. 11 (1909)

Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19 (1911)

Five Piano Pieces, Op. 23 (1921-1923)

Suite For Piano, Op. 25  (1921-1923)

Piano Piece, Op. 33a (1928-1931)

Piano Piece, Op. 33b (1928-1931)

Maurizio Pollini (piano)

Recording: May 1974, Munich, Plenarsaal der Bayerischen Akademie de Wissenschaften.

Alfred Zimmerlin - Euridice - Chamber Music

Alfred ZIMMERLIN (b. 1955)

String Quartet No. 2 (2003)

Euridice singt (2004-05)

String Quartet No. 1 (2001/02) 

Carmina Quartett (Quartet 2)

Æquatour (Euridice singt)

Aria Quartett (Quartet 1)

rec. October 2007, Kultur-& Kongresshaus Aarau (Euridice singt), and August 2006, Radio Studio DRS, Zurich (Streichquartette)

Gioachino Rossini - La Donna del Lago

Gioachino ROSSINI (1792-1868)

La donna del Lago (1819)

Opera in two Acts to a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola

based on The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott 

Elena – Katia Ricciarelli

Malcolm – Lucia Valentini-Terrani

Giacomo (James V of Scotland) disguised as Uberto – Dalmacio González

Rodrigo di Dhu – Dano Raffanti

Douglas D’Angus – Samuel Ramey

Albina – Cecilia Valdenassi

Serano – Oslavio Di Credico

Bertram – Antonio D’Uva

Prague Philharmonic Chorus

Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Maurizio Pollini

Recorded August & September 1983 at Sala Pedrotti, Conservatory of Pesaro, Italy

Andres Segovia - 1950's American Recordings, Vol.4

Andres SEGOVIA (1893-1987)

1950s American Recordings, Vol. 4

Luys MILAN (c. 1500-after 1560): 

Pavana III (Recorded 1952)

Fantasia XVI (Recorded 1952)

Luys DE NARVÁEZ (fl. 1526-1549): 

Canción del Emperador (Recorded December 1956)

Guárdame las vacas (Recorded December 1956)

Alonso MUDARRA (c. 1510-1580): 

Romanesca (Recorded 1952)

John DOWLAND (1563-1626): 

Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard (Recorded December 1956)

Anonymous: 

Galliard (formerly attributed to Dowland, but actual composer unknown)(Recorded December 1956)

Girolamo FRESCOBALDI (1583-1643): 

Aria detta la Frescobalda (Recorded April 1954)

Louis COUPERIN (c. 1626-1661): 

Passacaglia (Recorded 1954)

SIX 16TH CENTURY PIECES

Anonymous: Vaghe belleze (Recorded 1955)

Cesare Negri: Bianco fiore (Recorded 1955)

Anonymous: Danza (Recorded 1955)

Anonymous: Gagliarda (Recorded 1955)

Anonymous: Se io m'accorgo (Recorded 1955)

Vincenzo Galilei: Saltarello (Recorded 1955)

Robert DE VISÉE (c. 1650 - c. 1732): 

Suite in D minor (Recorded March 1957)

MANUEL PONCE (1882-1948): 

Preámbulo and Tempo di Gavotta from Suite II(formerly attributed to Alessandro Scarlatti, 1660-1725)(Recorded March 1957)

Jean-Philippe RAMEAU (1683-1764): Minuet (Recorded April 1954)

Domenico SCARLATTI (1685-1757): Sonata K. 11 / L. 352 (Recorded December 1956)

MANUEL PONCE: 

Pieces from Suite I (formerly attributed to Sylvius Leopold Weiss, 1686-1750)

Prélude Ballet, Gigue (Recorded March 1952)

Prélude, Allemande (Recorded April 1954)

Debussy & Ravel - Orchestral Works

Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918)

La Mer- Three Symphonic Sketches

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937)

Pavane pour une infante défunte

Ma Mère l'oye, Movements: Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant

Ma Mère l'oye, Movements: Les entretiens de la belle et la bête

Ma Mère l'oye, Movements: Petit Poucet

Ma Mère l'oye, Movements: Laideronette, Impératrice des Pagode

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Carlo Maria Giulini

Recorded: February 23-25, 1994 (tracks 1 to 5) & November 23 & 24, 1989 (tracks 6 to 10)

Camargo Guarnieri - Choros vol.1; Seresta

Camargo GUARNIERI (1907–1993)

Seresta for Piano and Orchestra (1965) 

Chôro for Bassoon and Orchestra (1991) 

Chôro for Flute and Chamber Orchestra (1972) 

Chôro for Violin and Orchestra (1951) 

Davi Graton (violin)

Olga Kopylova (piano)

Cláudia Nascimento (flute)

Alexandre Silvério (bassoon)

São Paulo Symphony Orchestra

Isaac Karabtchevsky

Recorded:. 2019, Sala São Paulo, Brazil

Niels Gade - Complete Symphonies Vo.4 (Nos.1 & 5)

Niels Wilhelm GADE (1817 – 1890)

Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op.5 (1842)

Symphony No. 5 in D minor Op.25 (1852)

 

Ronald Brautigam (piano)

Danish National Symphony Orchestra

Christopher Hogwood

Recorded at Danish Radio Concert Hall, Copenhagen, November 2001

Giuseppe Verdi - Messa da Requiem; Quattro Pezzi Sacri

Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901)

Messa da Requiem (1874)

Leontyne Price (soprano)

Rosalind Elias (mezzo-soprano) 

Jussi Bjorling (tenor) 

Giorgi Tozzi (bass)

Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 

Fritz Reiner 

Quattro Pezzi Sacri (1898)

Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano)

Los Angeles Master Chorale Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Zubin Mehta

Niels Gade - Complete Symphonies Vol.3 (Nos.3 & 6; Echoes of Ossian)

Niels Wilhelm GADE (1817-1890)

Symphonies, Volume 3

Overture "Echoes of Ossian" Op. 1

Symphony No.3 Op. 15 in A minor

Symphony No.6, Op. 32 in G minor

Discarded Movement from Symphony No.3

Danish National Symphony Orchestra

Christopher Hogwood

Recorded at Danish Radio Concert Hall, Copenhagen; 10 April 2001 (Echoes of Ossian), 

17 & 18 August 2001 (Symphony No. 3, incl. discarded first movement), 

14 & 19 November 2001 (Symphony No. 6)

Jose Arriola - Orchestral Music

José ARRIOLA (1895-1954)

Concertino for Piano and Orchestra 

Divertimento concertante for 2 pianos and orchestra 

Extracts from Seis poesias de Antonio Machado 

Tres textos cervantinos

Concerto for Horn and Orchestra 

Joaquin Soriano, Victor & Luis del Valle (pianos)

Javier Franc (baritone)

Carmen Duran (soprano)

Ainhoa Zubillaga (alto)

Francisco Santiago (tenor)

David Fernandez Alonso (horn)

Real Filharmonia de Galicia

Maximino Zumalave

Recording: between March 2010 and May 2011, Auditorio de Galicia, Spain