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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Stravinsky: Pulcinella
“Stravinsky's scoring is wonderfully inventive and is played with much sparkle and point by this excellent Polish orchestra...Jacek Kaspszyk obviously has great affection for both scores and presents all this music with élan. The Recording too...is first rate, and the concert-hall acoustic ideal for the music.” Gramophone Magazine, August 2010 | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Victoria de los Ángeles: Songs to Remember
anon.: | La Rossignoll Geoffrey Parsons (piano) El Mariner Geoffrey Parsons (piano) | Berlioz: | Absence (from Les nuits d'été, Op. 7) Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch | Dvorak: | Als die alte Mutter (No. 4 from Zigeunermelodien, op. 55) Sinfonia of London, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos | Halffter, E: | Ai que linda moça Geoffrey Parsons (piano) | Mendelssohn: | Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, Op. 34 No. 2 Sinfonia of London, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos | Mompou: | Damunt de tu, nomes les flors Gonzalo Soriano (piano) | Montsalvatge: | Canto Negra Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos Madrigal sobre un tema popular (‘El cant dels ocells') Lluis Claret (cello) Orquesta Ciutat de Barcelona, Luis A. Garcia Navarro | Ovalle: | Azulao Sinfonia of London, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos | Paladilhe: | Psyché Geoffrey Parsons (piano) | Ravel: | La Flûte enchantée (Shéhérazade No. 2) Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, Pedro de Freitas Branco | Respighi: | Stornellatrice Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, Pedro de Freitas Branco | Schubert: | An die Musik D547 Manuel Garcia Morante (piano) Ständchen 'Leise flehen meine Lieder', D957 No. 4 Manuel Garcia Morante (piano) | Strauss, R: | Ständchen, Op. 17 No. 2 Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, Pedro de Freitas Branco | Toldrá: | Cançó incerta Patronato Orquesta Ciudad de Barcelona, Antoni Ros-Marbà Maig, Quatro Canciones No. 3 Patronato Orquesta Ciudad de Barcelona, Antoni Ros-Marbà | trad.: | Sometimes I feel like a Motherless Child Geoffrey Parsons (piano) | Yradier: | La Paloma Sinfonia of London, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos |
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| |  | Ferdinand Frantz II
Loewe, C: | Odins Meeresritt "Meister Oluf, der Schmied auf Helgoland", Op. 118 Prinz Eugen, der edle Ritter, Op. 92 Heinrich der Vogler, Op. 56 No. 1 Archibald Douglas, Op. 128 Tom der Reimer "Der Reimer Thomas lag am Bach", Op. 135a Kleiner Haushalt, Op. 71 Die Uhr, Op. 123 No. 3 Meeresleuchten, Op. 145 No. 1 Der Nöck, Op. 129 No. 2 | Pfitzner: | Den heil'gen Geist, der die Konzilien leitet (from Palestrina) | Strauss, R: | Wo ist er, dessen Sündenbecher jetzt voll ist? (from Salome) |
Ferdinand Frantz (bass-baritone) Ferdinand Frantz was an unremarkable actor, but became very well known as a soloist in the Munich State Opera. He is remembered particularly for his Wagnerian roles. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Bernard Haitink conducts Strauss & WebernRecorded live at Symphony Center, December 4, 5, 6, 2008 (Strauss), and April 23-28 2009 (Webern)
Hot on the heels of an Editor’s Choice for his Alpine Symphony, Bernard Haitink conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, one of the world’s greatest Strauss ensembles, in Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life) whose US première it gave in 1900. The CSO pours out a lush interpretation of Richard Strauss’s large and complex tone poem in their newest live recording. Principal Conductor Bernard Haitink leads with restraint and allows the strings and woodwinds to sing. In the famous Battle Scene, the brass and percussion roar, while concertmaster Robert Chen paints his violin solos depicting Strauss’ wife, Pauline, with tender beauty. Webern’s early tone poem Im Sommerwind is indebted to Strauss’s rhapsodic romanticism and overflows with spacious melodies. A musical force in Chicago and around the world, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is consistently hailed as one of the finest international orchestras. “Haitink worked his customary miracles on behalf of Richard Strauss and the CSO gave him what it always gives him: superb and deeply felt playing… In Webern’s Im Sommerwind, Haitink asked for a refined beauty of sound and got it in abundance.” Chicago Tribune Concert Review “Haitink moulds [Im Sommerwind] exquisitely, while the Chicago string players spin diaphanous curtains of sound.” The Guardian, 17th June 2010 **** “Haitink’s narrative of the hero’s life is expounded with eloquence, power and depth of feeling, and is excellently relayed by the CSO. It is an interpretation to live with, revealing its soul more and more on repeated listening rather than telling you everything about itself at first go.” The Telegraph, 28th July 2010 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| | | Bernard Haitink conducts Strauss & WebernRecorded live at Symphony Center, December 4, 5, 6, 2008 (Strauss), and April 23-28 2009 (Webern)
20-page booklet with notes in English, French & German. Hot on the heels of an Editor’s Choice for his Alpine Symphony, Bernard Haitink conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, one of the world’s greatest Strauss ensembles, in Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life) whose US première it gave in 1900. The CSO pours out a lush interpretation of Richard Strauss’s large and complex tone poem in their newest live recording. Principal Conductor Bernard Haitink leads with restraint and allows the strings and woodwinds to sing. In the famous Battle Scene, the brass and percussion roar, while concertmaster Robert Chen paints his violin solos depicting Strauss’ wife, Pauline, with tender beauty. Webern’s early tone poem Im Sommerwind is indebted to Strauss’s rhapsodic romanticism and overflows with spacious melodies. A musical force in Chicago and around the world, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is consistently hailed as one of the finest international orchestras. “Haitink worked his customary miracles on behalf of Richard Strauss and the CSO gave him what it always gives him: superb and deeply felt playing… In Webern’s Im Sommerwind, Haitink asked for a refined beauty of sound and got it in abundance.” Chicago Tribune Concert Review “The way [Haitink] delineates Strauss's polyphony is very impressive, bringing out the counterpoints and subsidiary voices with nothing short of exemplary clarity. The orchestral sound is magnificent in SACD, quite stunning in the battle sequence...Haitink renders a performance of great dignity and tenderness [in the Webern]” BBC Music Magazine, October 2010 ****/* “The playing could not be subtler or more refined, with Haitink putting his distinctive stamp on the performances. The wonderful gradations of dynamic are meticulously controlled, with the strings in particular sounding glorious...A first-rate disc demonstrating the glory of orchestral music-making in the United States, a model for the rest of the world.” Gramophone Magazine, October 2010 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Jurowski conducts Strauss & RavelRecorded at Cité de la Musique - Paris, January 2009
This programme captures the musical encounter between one of the most talented conductors of his generation with arguably the best chamber orchestra musicians. They are joined by worldwide renowned pianist Hélène Grimaud in a programme featuring Strauss and Ravel, a perfect combination of familiar repertoire and works that deserve to be discovered. Vladimir Jurowski surprises the listener by a fresh style and approach. In combination with the charming and incisive Grimaud, he invites us to drift away with this extraordinary performance. Both artists are very thoughtful about the music they make and create a pure enjoyment for ear and eye. The award-winning Hélène Grimaud presents a lively rendition of Ravel’s concerto. Together with the orchestra lyricism and sonorous harmonies are expertly teased out. Picture format DVD: NTSC 16:9 Sounds formats DVD: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1 Region code: 0 Booklet notes: English, German, French Running time: 81 min FSK: 0 “The undoubted highlight of Jurowski's concert is a translucent performance of Strauss's Metamorphosen. The ebb and flow is exquisite, and the benefits of having a true chamber orchestra, rather than simply a reduced orchestral string section. The lines are individually moulded, yet never lose sight of the fluid whole.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2010 *** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Berliner Philharmoniker: Night of Dances & RhapsodiesLive Recording from The Waldbühne Berlin, 1994
Brahms: | Hungarian Dance No. 5 | Enescu: | Romanian Rhapsody in A major, Op. 11 No. 1 | Lincke: | Berliner Luft March | Liszt: | Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor | Schubert: | Fantasie in C major, D760 'Wanderer' arranged Liszt Mikhail Rudy (piano) | Smetana: | The Bartered Bride Overture | Strauss, J, I: | Radetsky March, Op. 228 | Strauss, J, II: | Die Fledermaus Overture Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324 | Strauss, R: | Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes | Suppe: | Leichte Kavallerie Overture |
Based on the amphitheatre in the ancient Greek city of Epidaurus, and nestled in a natural valley, the Waldbühne theatre seats 22,000 in leafy comfort and remains one of Berlin‘s favourite open air concert venues, with magnificent views of the stage. World class conductors lead the Berlin Philharmonic in evening concerts of popular favourites. At the Waldbühnen concert in 1994, the Berlin Philharmonic put a programme together under the heading ‚A Night of Dances and Rhapsodies‘, which presented the works of central European composers. The dance and folk pieces of music from the 19th century, which the orchestra performed under the baton of Mariss Jansons, emphasised the different styles and trends from this musically significant era. Sound Format: PCM STEREO, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1 Picture Format: 4:3 DVD Format: DVD 9, PAL Running Time: 101 mins FSK: 0 Region Code: 0 Worldwide available excluding USA/CA, Japan | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Lieder by Schubert, Strauss & SchoenbergBayerischen Staatsoper, Cuvilliés-Theater 23/7/1984
Lucia Popp was an absolute audience favourite for several decades. Besides her great operatic roles – first as a coloratura soprano, then in the lyric fach – she always maintained a large concert and lieder repertoire that demonstrated in equal degree her great musicality and charm. At the Munich Opera Festival in 1984, Lucia Popp presented a combination of lesser-known songs of well-known composers in a programme that formed a musically colourful and harmonious whole. This live recording, made in the intimate rococo hall of the Cuvilliés Theatre, allows us to experience that concert once again. Lucia Popp was partnered there by Irwin Gage, whose musical qualities matched her own, yet who refrained from placing himself in the foreground. With their opening selection of Schubert they were able to transfix the audience in such a manner that the ensuing group of Schoenberg’s early songs Op. 2 seemed to follow on quite naturally. In Strauss’s Ophelia Songs, Popp displayed her extraordinary ability to portray a stage character swiftly, yet in a manner wellrounded and accurate, by purely vocal means. The last quarter of this song recital, also devoted to Strauss, was the most popular and was received with frenetic applause. These songs reached a magnificent climax in the encore 'Allerseelen'. This was followed by a return to Schubert with 'An Silvia'. It rounded off a dramatically conceived evening of German Romanticism, a superb example of how Popp could present her admirers with a performance deeply felt in its artistry, but never calculating or sentimental. It makes one regret all the more her all-too-early death. Recorded at the Cuvilliés Theatre on 25th July, 1984 “The music of Richard Strauss suited Popp as if she were wearing a tailor-made gown. In that composer's three songs of Ophelia, the soprano places that hapless heroine vividly before us. Gage's accompaniment deftly complements his partner's giddiness...Here, then, is a memorable reminder that we'll never stop missing Lucia Popp.” International Record Review, September 2010 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Paul Schöffler Recital
Paul Schöffler (baritone) | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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