Alban Berg

(1885-1935)

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Signum Quartett play Bartók, Berg & Schnittke

Signum Quartett play Bartók, Berg & Schnittke


Bartók:

String Quartet No. 3, Sz 85

Berg:

String Quartet, Op. 3

Schnittke:

String Quartet No. 3


Signum Quartett

The latest release by the Signum Quartett showcases music written during the 20th century.

Berg, Bartók and Schnittke all took different approaches in their quest to further the development of the string quartet and this makes for an interesting and varied programme.

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Mercury Living Presence 2

Mercury Living Presence 2


includes

Albéniz:

Iberia, books 1-4 (complete)

Albéniz, M P:

Sonata in D

Alford:

Colonel Bogey March

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Anderson, Leroy:

Belle of the Ball

Eastman Rochester 'Pops' Orchestra, Frederick Fennell

Pirate Dance

Frederick Fennell

Suite of Carols - excerpts

Frederick Fennell

A Christmas Festival: Overture

Frederick Fennell

Sandpaper Ballet

Frederick Fennell

Forgotten Dreams

Frederick Fennell

Trumpeter's Lullaby

Frederick Fennell

The Penny Whistle Song

Frederick Fennell

Bugler's Holiday

Frederick Fennell

Irish Suite

Frederick Fennell

anon.:

My Lady Careys Dompe

Auber:

Les diamants de la couronne: Overture

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Auric:

Ouverture

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Bach, C P E:

Twelve Variationen über die Folie d'Espagne, Wq118/9/H263

Bach, J C:

Duetto in La Maggiore, Op. 18:5

Bach, J S:

French Overture in B minor, BWV831

Toccata in F sharp minor, BWV910

Bach, W F:

Concerto a due Cembali in E

Barber, S:

Medea Orchestral Suite, Op. 23

Capricorn Concerto

Bartók:

Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123, Sz.116

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Dance Suite, BB 86, Sz. 77

Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorati

Two Portraits Op. 5

Erwin Ramor (violin)

Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorati

Mikrokosmos (selection)

Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorati

The Wooden Prince

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, BB 114, Sz. 106

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73 (complete ballet)

BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Antal Dorati

Divertimento for Strings, Sz. 113

BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Antal Dorati

Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion, BB 115, Sz. 110

Geza Frid, Luctor Ponae (pianos)

Members of the London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73 (suite)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

First Rhapsody

Beethoven:

Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral'

The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43

Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Egmont Overture, Op. 84

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Consecration of the House Overture, Op. 124

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Berg:

Drei Orchesterstücke, Op. 6

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Lyric Suite - for soprano and string quartet

Helga Pilarczyk (soprano)

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Bergsma:

Gold and the Senor Commandante

Berlioz:

Chasse royale et Orage (from Les Troyens)

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Besard:

Branle Gay

Bizet:

Carmen: Danse Bohème

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

La Patrie Overture

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

L'Arlesienne Suites 1 & 2

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Bloch, E:

Sinfonia Breve

Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Borodin:

Prince Igor Overture

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Bull, J:

Les Buffons

The King's Hunt

Byrd:

La Volta

Carpenter, J A:

Adventures in a Perambulator

Cese:

Inglesina

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Chabrier:

España

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Suite Pastorale

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Fête Polonaise

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Gwendoline Overture

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Danse Slave

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Joyeuse Marche

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Bourrée Fantasque

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Chadwick:

Symphonic Sketches

Chambonnières:

Le Moutier

Chopin:

Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65

Polonaise brillante Op. 3 for cello & piano

Coates, E:

The Three Elizabeths Suite

London 'Pops' Orchestra, Frederick Fennell

Knightsbridge March from London Suite

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

London Suite

Frederick Fennell

Four Ways Suite

Frederick Fennell

Copland:

Rodeo (Four Dance Episodes)

Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Corigliano:

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

Hilde Somer (piano)

Victor A|essandro

Couperin, F:

La Pantomime

Couperin, L:

Tombeau de M de Blancrocher in F major

Pavane in F sharp minor

Debussy:

Trois Nocturnes

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Petite Suite

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Images for orchestra: II. Ibéria

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

La Mer

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Cello Sonata

Delibes:

Sylvia

London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari

Dieupart:

Passepied

Dvorak:

Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World'

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik

Falla:

La vida breve: Interlude & Dance

Fetler:

Contrasts for Orchestra

Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Fischer, J K F:

Passacaille en Ré mineur - Uranie

Françaix:

Piano Concertino in F major

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Francisque:

Branle de Montirande

Franck, C:

Pièce héroïque, M37

Marcel Dupre (organ)

Trois Chorals pour grand orgue, M. 38-40

Marcel Dupre (organ)

Freixanet:

Sonata in A

Frescobaldi:

Aria detta la Frescobalda (1627)

Corrente in F major

Galliards (5)

Partite dodici sopra l'aria di Ruggiero

Ganne:

Father of Victory

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Gershwin:

An American in Paris, tone poem

Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Giannini:

Symphony No. 3 for Winds

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Goldman:

On the mall

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Gould, M:

Symphony No. 4 ‘West Point’

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Spirituals for Strings

Fall River Legend Suite

Gounod:

Faust - Ballet Music

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Grainger:

Lincolnshire Posy

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Country Gardens

Eastman Rochester 'Pops' Orchestra, Frederick Fennell

Shepherd's Hey

Eastman Rochester 'Pops' Orchestra, Frederick Fennell

Colonial Song

Eastman Rochester 'Pops' Orchestra, Frederick Fennell

Children's March 'Over the Hills and Far Away'

Eastman Rochester 'Pops' Orchestra, Frederick Fennell

The Immovable Do (The Cyphering C)

Eastman Rochester 'Pops' Orchestra, Frederick Fennell

Mock Morris

Eastman Rochester 'Pops' Orchestra, Frederick Fennell

Handel in the Strand

Eastman Rochester 'Pops' Orchestra, Frederick Fennell

Irish Tune from County Derry 'Danny Boy'

Eastman Rochester 'Pops' Orchestra, Frederick Fennell

Spoon River

Eastman Rochester 'Pops' Orchestra, Frederick Fennell

My Robin Is to the Greenwood Gone

Eastman Rochester 'Pops' Orchestra, Frederick Fennell

Molly on the Shore

Eastman Rochester 'Pops' Orchestra, Frederick Fennell

Grieg:

Våren, elegiac melody for strings, Op. 34 No. 2

Griffes:

Poem for flute & orchestra

Hanson, H:

Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 21 'Nordic'

Symphony No. 2, Op. 30 'Romantic'

Song of Democracy

Symphony No. 3, Op. 33

Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevitzky, Op. 44

Lament for Beowulf, Op. 25

Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Youth, for piano and strings

Hanssen:

Valdresmarsj (March of the Valdre)

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Hartley, W:

Concerto for 23 Winds

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Hérold:

Zampa - Overture

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Hindemith:

Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik

Holst:

Suite No. 1 for Military Band in E flat major, Op. 28 No. 1, H105

Suite No. 2 for Military Band in F major, Op. 28 No. 2, H106

Hovhaness:

Symphony No. 4, Op. 165

A. Clyde Roller

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Ibert:

Escales

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Ives, C:

Orchestral Set No. 1 'Three Places in New England'

Symphony No. 3 'The Camp Meeting'

Kennan:

Pieces (3) for Orchestra

Khachaturian:

Two Armenian Dances

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

King, K:

Barnum and Bailey's Favorite

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Klohr:

The Billboard

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Kodály:

Variations on a Hungarian Folksong 'The Peacock'

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik

Liadov:

The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62

Kikimora, Op. 63

Liszt:

Mephisto Waltz No. 1

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Loeffler:

Deux Rapsodies

MacDowell:

Suite No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 42

Marcello, A:

Oboe Concerto in D Minor

Martinu:

Variations on a Theme of Rossini

Massenet:

Phèdre: Overture

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

McCauley:

Miniatures (5) for Flute & Strings

McCoy:

Lights Out

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

McPhee, C:

Tabuh-Tabuhan

Meacham:

American patrol (for toy ocarinas)

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Mendelssohn:

Variations concertantes Op. 17

Mennin:

Canzona

Symphony No. 5

Milhaud:

Le Boeuf sur le toit, Op. 58

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Suite française, Op. 248

Montaine:

Birds of Paradise, Op. 34

Moore, D:

The Pageant of P.T. Barnum

Mozart:

Serenade No. 10 in B flat major, K361 'Gran Partita'

Symphony No. 38 in D major, K504 'Prague'

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik

Mussorgsky:

Khovanshchina: Prelude & Dance of the Persian Slaves

Paray:

Mass for the 500th Anniversary of the Death of Joan of Arc

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Peerson:

The Primerose (P VI/4)

The Fall of the Leafe

Persichetti:

Symphony for Band, Op. 69

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Psalm for Band, Op. 53

Peter, J:

Sinfonia in G

Philips, P:

Pavana Dolorosa

Galiarda Dolorosa

Phillips, B:

Selections from McGuffey's Reader

Picchi:

Balli d'Arpicordo

Piston:

The Incredible Flutist

Prokofiev:

March in B flat major Op. 99 'Military March'

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Rameau:

Gavotte et doubles

Ravel:

Rapsodie Espagnole

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Alborada del gracioso (orchestral version)

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Pavane pour une infante défunte

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

La Valse

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Le Tombeau de Couperin

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Daphnis et Chloé - Suite No. 2

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Valses nobles et sentimentales

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Ma Mère l'Oye

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Reed, H O:

La Fiesta Mexicana

Respighi:

The Birds

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Impressioni brasiliane

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Fountains of Rome

Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Pines of Rome

Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Ancient Airs and Dances, Suites Nos. 1, 2 & 3

Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorati

Rogers, Bernard:

Three Japanese Dances

Carol Dawn Mayer (mezzo)

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Once Upon a Time

Roussel:

Suite in F major, Op. 33

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Saint-Saëns:

Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 'Organ Symphony'

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Danse macabre, Op. 40

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

San Miguel:

The Golden Ear

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Satie:

Parade

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Scarlatti, D:

Keyboard Sonata K541 in F major

Keyboard Sonata K175 in A minor

Keyboard Sonata K381 in E major

Schmitt, F:

La Tragédie de Salomé, Op. 50

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Schoenberg:

5 orchestral pieces, Op. 16

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

5 orchestral pieces, Op. 16

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik

Schuller:

7 Studies on Themes of Paul Klee

Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Schuman:

New England Triptych: Three Pieces for Orchestra After William Billings

Sessions:

The Black Maskers

Smetana:

The Bartered Bride (extracts)

Sousa:

Hands Across The Sea

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

U.S. Field Artillery March

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

The Thunderer

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Washington Post

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

King Cotton

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

El Capitan March

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

The Stars and Stripes Forever

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Strauss, R:

Serenade in E flat major for Winds, Op. 7

Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Parergon zur Symphonia Domestica for piano (left hand) & orchestra, Op. 73

Hilde Somer (piano)

Victor A|essandro

Stravinsky:

The Rite of Spring

Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Tchaikovsky:

Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique'

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Romeo & Juliet - Fantasy Overture

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32

Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Swan Lake, Op. 20

Rafael Druian (violin)

Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Teike:

Alte Kameraden

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Telemann:

Bourree alla Polacca

Thomas, Ambroise:

Gavotte from 'Mignon'

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Mignon Overture

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Raymond Overture

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Thomson, V:

Symphony on a Hymn Tune

The Feast of Love

Vaughan Williams:

English Folk Song Suite

Toccata Marziale

Weber:

Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Webern:

Five Pieces for Orchestra Op. 10

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Weiner, Leó:

Lakodalmas 'Wedding dance', Op. 21b

Widor:

Organ Symphony No. 6 in G minor, Op. 42 No. 2: Allegro

Marcel Dupre (organ)

Symphony No. 2, Op. 13, No. 2, IV. Salve Regina

Marcel Dupre (organ)


This new collection of 55 CDs from the acclaimed label offers a wealth of recordings from the 1950s and 1960s in an unrivalled range of repertory.

This ranges from solo Bach played by harpsichordist Rafael Puyana to American composer and conductor Howard Hanson in his own works as well as music by fellow-Americans. Key artists include Antal Dorati in works ranging from Beethoven to Bartók and Berg; Frederick Fennell, Rafael Kubelík, Paul Paray and János Starker.

An extensive 182 page booklet includes new essays on the history and development of the Mercury label by Thomas Fine (son of Wilma Cozart Fine, legendary producer of the MLP label) and Mike Gray. Numerous photographs are included and full recording information is documented. When we say full recording information, we mean it too. All the details collectors love to see is here: the microphones, the recording location, the original engineers, the subsequent remastering engineers, even the type of recording equipment.

Two CDs of true rarities are included: Dorati’s 1953 mono recording of The Rite of Spring; and making its first-ever appearance on CD is John Corigliano’s Piano Concerto. The CD also includes a rare 16 minute interview with Corigliano and pianist Hilde Somer.

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Mercury Living Presence - 4785092

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Berg: Lulu

Berg: Lulu


Anneliese Rothenberger (Lulu), Toni Blankenheim (Dr. Schön), Gerhard Unger (Alwa), Kerstin Meyer (Gräfin Geschwitz), Erwin Wohlfahrt (Der Maler), Kim Borg (Schigolch), Benno Kusche (Ein Tierbändiger/Rodrigo), Ernst Wendt (Der Medizinalrat), Maria von Ilosvay (Eine Theatergarderobiere), Jürgen Förster (Der Prinz), Elisabeth Steiner (Ein Gymnasiast), Karl Otto (Der Theaterdirektor), Kurt Marschner (Ein Kammerdiener) & Rolf Mamero (Jack the Ripper)

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Leopold Ludwig

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The Art of Chailly

The Art of Chailly


Bartók:

Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123, Sz.116

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73 (complete ballet)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Laurenscantorij Choir

Berg:

Piano Sonata, Op. 1

orch. Theo Verbey

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Berio:

Orchestral transcriptions

Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi

Bruckner:

Symphony No. 7 in E Major

Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Debussy:

Sarabande

orch. Ravel

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Danse in E major

orch. Ravel

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Dvorak:

Carnival Overture, Op. 92

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World'

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Gershwin:

Rhapsody in Blue

version for two pianos and orchestra

Katia and Marielle Labeque (pianos)

Cleveland Orchestra

Lullaby for Strings

Cleveland Orchestra

An American in Paris, tone poem

Cleveland Orchestra

Cuban Overture

Cleveland Orchestra

Mahler:

Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor

Peter Masseurs (trumpet), Jakob Slagter (horn)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Mendelssohn:

Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 'Scottish'

Gewandhausorchester

Piano Concerto No. 3 in E minor (1842/44)

Roberto Prosseda (piano)

Gewandhausorchester

Hebrides Overture, Op. 26

Gewandhausorchester

Sketch (Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish")

orch. Christian Voss

Gewandhausorchester

Messiaen:

Turangalîla Symphony

Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Takashi Harada (ondes Martinot)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Mussorgsky:

Pictures at an Exhibition

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Ravel:

Boléro

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Rossini:

Guillaume Tell Overture

Giuseppe Laffranchini (cello solo)

Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala

Il Signor Bruschino Overture

Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala

Overture: Bianca e Falliero

Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala

Il barbiere di Siviglia Overture

Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala

Armida Overture

Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala

Semiramide Overture

Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala

L'inganno felice Overture

Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala

Matilde di Shabran Overture

Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala

Overture: Demetrio e Polibio

Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala

La gazza ladra Overture

Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala

Schoenberg:

Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4

Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

5 orchestral pieces, Op. 16

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Shostakovich:

Moscow-Cheryomushki - Suite from the operetta, Op. 105

Philadelphia Orchestra

Ballet Suite No. 5 from 'The Bolt' Op. 27a

Philadelphia Orchestra

The Gadfly - excerpts from the film music, Op. 97

Erez Ofer (solo violin)

Philadelphia Orchestra

Stravinsky:

Petrushka (1947 version)

Jacques Zoon (flute), Peter Masseurs (trumpet), Ruud van der Brink (piano)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Pulcinella

Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano), Pietro Ballo (tenor), William Shimell (bass)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Tchaikovsky:

Romeo & Juliet - Fantasy Overture

Cleveland Orchestra

Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32

Cleveland Orchestra

Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

Wiener Philharmoniker

Varèse:

Tuning up

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Amériques

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Poème Electronique

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Arcana

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Nocturnal

Sarah Leonard (soprano)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Men of the Prague Philharmonic Choir

Un grand sommeil noir

Mireille Delunsch (soprano)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Webern:

Passacaglia for Orchestra, Op. 1

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra


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Pierre Boulez conducts Mahler & Berg

Pierre Boulez conducts Mahler & Berg


Berg:

Lulu-Suite (Five Symphonic Pieces) for soprano and orchestra

Anna Prohaska (soprano)

Mahler:

Das klagende Lied

Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Anna Larsson (contralto), Johan Botha (tenor)

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor


Pierre Boulez is an icon of today’s classical scene and closely associated with the works of Mahler.

Featuring the acclaimed Vienna Philharmonic and the chorus of the Vienna State Opera – historically connected to Mahler, Berg and Boulez.

These performances were recorded live at the opening concert of the prestigious Salzburg Festival in 2011, conceived as a tribute to Gustav Mahler, and will be released to coincide with the maestro’s 88th birthday in March.

Mahler’s 2-act Das Klagende Lied is a mythical tale of fratricide, guilt and retribution, based on stories by the Grimm brothers and Ludwig Bechstein.

“[the Mahler's] its brightly lit orchestral effects have always brought the best out of his conducting; the performance has both spaciousness and finely focused detail...The Lulu Suite is even more remarkable, for there's an emotional breadth to Boulez's approach now that just wasn't there in his earlier, pioneering performances. His balance between rigour and expressiveness exactly mirrors Berg's music” The Guardian, 14th March 2013 ****

“This new performance...is remarkable for its transparency, but Boulez has added actual drama to his mastery of Mahler's early orchestration...There's real atmosphere here...The choir, perfectly trained and singing with impeccable diction and attention to dynamics, cannot be praised highly enough. The Lulu-Suite that follows receives a marvellous reading as well...this new Boulez is a major entry.” International Record Review, May 2013

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refractions: Choral Works by Valen, Berg, Messiaen & Webern

refractions: Choral Works by Valen, Berg, Messiaen & Webern


Berg:

Die Nachtigall

Messiaen:

Cinq rechants

O sacrum convivium

Valen:

Ave Maria

Hvad est du dog skiøn, Op. 12

Kom regn fra det høie, Op. 25

Der 121. Psalm

Webern:

Entflieht, Op. 2

Two Songs, Op. 19 (Texts: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)


Berit Norbakken Solset (soprano)

Det Norske Solistkor, KORK & Members of the Oslo Sinfonietta, Grete Pedersen

Music in the early 20th century did pass from one medium to another, from late Romanticism into an unknown future. Refractions allows the listener to sample this transition through the choral music of four very different composers.

“an unusually diverse and unhackneyed 20th-century programme.” Gramophone Magazine, May 2013

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Brigitte Fassbaender: The Great Lieder Recordings

Brigitte Fassbaender: The Great Lieder Recordings


includes

Berg:

Lulu: final scene

Mahler:

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (4 songs, complete)

Schoenberg:

Das Buch der Hängenden Gärten, Op. 15

Schubert:

Winterreise D911

Schumann:

Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart, Op. 135

Dichterliebe, Op. 48

and songs by Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Milhaud and Wolf; oratorio arias by Rossini, Handel, JS Bach and Schumann; opera arias and scenes by Ponchielli, Massenet, Saint-Saens, Verdi, Flotow, Enescu; operetta excerpts by Fall, J Strauss II, Oscar Straus, Heuberger, Offenbach and Zeller


Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo); Wolfgang Sawallisch, Erik Werba, Irwin Gage, Karl Engel, Aribert Reimann (piano); with Anneliese Rothernberger (soprano), Patricia Wise (soprano), Lucia Popp (soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), José van Dam (bass-baritone)

Lawrence Foster, Jeffrey Tate, Willi Boskovsky, Sir Neville Marriner, Willy Mattes

Brigitte Fassbaender rose to woldwide fame in the role of Octavian in the Strauss/Hofmannsthal comedy Der Rosenkavalier. Fassbaender took her Octavian to all the major centres including London, Milan, Vienna, New York and Tokyo and continued singing the role for over 20 years.

Fassbaender says that, in her operatic repertoire, she wanted to be as wide-ranging as possible, while always respecting her limitations. Running parallel to her appearances in the theatre, Fassbaender developed her career in the concert hall and on the recital platform. Her discography is even richer in oratorio (Bach, Handel, Rossini, Schumann) and Lieder than in opera.

If you pick up any retrospective writing on a singer you will encounter attempts to describe their voice in words. In the case of Brigitte Fassbaender there is more description of her performances and interpretations than of her actual sound. Alan Blyth has spoken of ‘a very personal, no-holds barred manner of singing’, while Richard Wigmore wrote that ‘her bold, bronze timbre, with its dash of astringency, was not conventionally beautiful. Yet beauty was never her prime concern.’

In a recent interview Fassbaender looked back on her career in its time. ‘It was very different then – there was much less stress and competition (...). And we had more opportunities to sing for recordings and to take more risks in our work. I feel gratitude, but also amazement, for all the wonderful, strenuous, many-sided, nerve-wracking things that I was allowed to experience.'

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Die Vier Elemente: II Feuer

Die Vier Elemente: II Feuer


Bartók:

Out of Doors, Sz. 81, BB89: Mit Trommeln und Pfeifen

Berg:

Im Zimmer

Chopin:

Étude Op. 10 No. 12 in C minor ‘Revolutionary'

Eisler:

Ardens sed virens

Hessenberg:

Struwwelpeter-Suite, Op. 7a: Die gar traurige Geschichte mit dem Feuerzeug

Mozart:

Als Luise die Briefe, K520

Reger:

Schmied Schmerz

Satie:

Feu d'artifice

Schubert:

Prometheus, D674 (Goethe)

Schumann:

Belsazar, Op. 57

Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Am Camin

Scriabin:

Étude Op. 8 No. 10 in D flat major

Wolf, H:

Der Feuerreiter (No. 44 from Mörike-Lieder)

Liebe mir im Busen zundet (No. 17 from Spanisches Liederbuch: Weltliche Lieder)

Schmerzliche Wonnen und wonnige Schmerzen (No. 53 from Spanisches Liederbuch: Weltliche Lieder)

Locken, haltet mich gefangen (No. 47 from Goethe-Lieder)

interspersed with readings from works by Goethe, Krolow, Schiller, Hoffmann, Kunert, Jandl, Esquivel and Rilke


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The Ensemble BonaNox present the next volume of their interpretations of the four elements; Fire. Their previous volume, Water obtained great reviews. (German booklet only)

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Open Your Eyes: Lieder for the Turn of a Century

Open Your Eyes: Lieder for the Turn of a Century


Berg:

Sieben frühe Lieder

Schoenberg:

Brettl-Lieder

Strauss, R:

Acht Gedichte aus 'Letzte Blätter', Op. 10


Katherine Broderick (soprano) & Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Soprano Katherine Broderick makes her debut recording on Champs Hill Records with a recital disc of Strauss, Berg and Schoenberg, accompanied by Malcolm Martineau.

Katherine Broderick was the winner of the 2007 Kathleen Ferrier Award. Following studies at the National Opera Studio in London, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Royal Northern College of Music and the Mendelssohn Hochschule in Leipzig, she is now a member of the ENO Young Singers Programme. In demand at opera houses in the UK and Europe, her stage repertoire encompasses Wagner, Verdi, Mozart and Britten.

The repertoire on 'Open Your Eyes' was all composed between 1885 and 1908 and opens with Eight poems by Herman Gilm from his Letze Blätter which Richard Strauss set in 1885 while still in his very early twenties. The set includes three of his best‐loved songs (also recorded by Felicity Lott on CHRCD037), including Die Nacht, where he shows his flair for nocturnal tone painting and Allerseelen or 'All Souls Day' where the most lyrical of vocal lines is set against the background of flower‐decked graves.

Alban Berg composed his 'Seven Early Songs' starting in 1905, while a student of Schoenberg, with the songs influenced by Strauss, Mahler, Wolf and Debussy and having a distinct sense of a romantic musical world expanded beyond its limits, on the brink of dissolving into modernism.

Arnold Schoenberg's Brettl Lieder or Cabaret Songs of 1901 are tonal works, intended to use a more popular song idiom to convey more 'serious' ideas, and setting eight poems taken from a collection published as simply 'German Songs' in 1900 by Otto Julius Bierbaum. The most unusual of the set is Hugo Salus' Der Genügsamerliebhaber or 'Easily satisfied lover': a man tells us that his lady‐friend has a black cat with a soft, velvety coat. The woman spends all her time caressing her cat's fur while it sits on her lap, and it shivers when he strokes it. Later, he puts the kitty on his bald head and she plays with it and laughs. Throughout the songs, Schoenberg responds to the texts with simplicity and humour, and no little suggestiveness in this instance.

“Here's an irresistable recital of questing, late-Romantic songs...Katherine Broderick has just the voice and temperament to express these subtle and exciting shifts between innocence and experience, tonality atonality. A sense of tenderness and vulnerability tempers the high brilliance of her soprano...For Schoenberg's calculatedly popular Brettl-Lieder, Broderick becomes entertainer supreme, with knowing, vividly characterised and confiding performances” BBC Music Magazine, March 2013 *****

“[Broderick's] varied experience pays dividends in this recital...Given the scope of her Strauss, it is no surprise to find that Broderick is equally engaging in the contrasting demands of Berg's Seven Early Songs and Schoenberg's cabaret-based Brettl-Lieder...a judicious mix of not-too-brash bravado and playful sensuality makes this perofrmance just the ticket.” Gramophone Magazine, March 2013

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Chen Reiss: The Nightingale and the Rose

Chen Reiss: The Nightingale and the Rose


Bellini:

Vanne, o rosa fortunata

Berg:

Die Nachtigall

Brahms:

An die Nachtigall, Op. 46 No. 4 (Text: L.C.H. Hölty)

Fauré:

Les roses d'Ispahan Op. 39 No. 4

Franck, C:

Roses et papillons

Le mariage des roses

Grieg:

Seks Sange, Op. 48 No. 4 'Die verschwiegene Nachtigall'

Zur Rosenzeit (No. 5 from Seks Sange, Op. 48)

Guastavino:

La rosa y el sauce

Hahn, R:

Le rossignol des lilas

Krenek:

Die Nachtigall

Mahler:

Ablösung im Sommer (Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit)

Meyerbeer:

Die Rosenblätter

Purcell:

Sweeter than Roses (from Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country, Z585)

Rimsky Korsakov:

The Nightingale and the Rose

Saint-Saëns:

Le Rossignol (de Banville)

Schubert:

Heidenröslein, D257

Schumann:

Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne (No. 3 from Dichterliebe, Op. 48)

Meine Rose, Op. 90 No. 2

Sherwin, M:

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

Strauss, R:

Rote Rosen, AV76

Das Rosenband, Op. 36 No. 1

Viardot-Garcia:

Les deux roses

Weber:

Das Röschen ('Ich sah ein Röschen am Wege steh’n'), J. 67 (Op. 15 No. 5)

Zeira:

Shnei Shoshanim (Two roses)


Chen Reiss (soprano) & Charles Spencer (piano)

Chen Reiss’s debut album 'Liaisons' was internationally acclaimed for both the repertoire selection and the sheer brilliance of the musicianship displayed by Reiss.

Gramophone magazine called her performances of arias by Haydn, Mozart, Salieri and Cimarosa "standard-setting" and BBC Music magazine called it "top-drawer".

For her second ONYX CD Chen Reiss and pianist Charles Spencer have assembled a wonderful collection of songs on the subject of 'The Nightingale and the Rose' – songs that convey the magic of being in love, the heartbreak of love lost, the memories, the fun, the fantasies all associated with that strange, mysterious, dangerous and all-powerful condition –

love.

In repertoire that ranges from Purcell to Krenek, Hahn to Meyerbeer and Rimsky-Korsakov, and ends in Berkeley Square in London, this is a programme tailor-made for Chen Reiss’s remarkable voice and it will seduce you.

“It is a measure of her gifts that Chen Reiss takes all these composers in her stride. That vocal stride is impressive: sustained lyric tone that is only rarely forced...Charles Spencer is as ever the perfect partner” BBC Music Magazine, April 2013 ****

“Reiss fields a supple, vernal lyric-coloratura that soars without strain or hardness into the stratosphere. Discerningly partnered by Charles Spencer, she can spin a pure legato and always phrases musically, with rubato growing naturally from the curve of the line and the flux of the harmony...this is a more-than-promising recital from a soprano whose vocal ease and allure make her an artist to watch.” Gramophone Magazine, March 2013

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