Richard Strauss

(1864-1949)

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In Memoriam - Ursula Schröder-Feinen

In Memoriam - Ursula Schröder-Feinen


Beethoven:

Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin? (from Fidelio)

Er sterbe!...Es schlägt der Rache Stunde (from Fidelio)

Peter Wimberger (Pizarro), Peter Meven (Rocco), Wold Appel (Jaquino)

O namenlose Freude! (from Fidelio)

Ernst Kozub (Florestan)

Strauss, R:

Die Frau ohne Schatten (highlights)

Hildegard Behrens (Empress), Linda Karén (Nurse), Matti Kastu (Emperor) & Gerd Feldhoff (Barak)

Orest! Orest! (from Elektra)

Siegmund Nimsgern (Orest)

Läßt du den Bruder nicht nach Hause, Mutter? (from Elektra)

Astrid Varnay (Klytamnestra)

Ah! Du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund küssen lassen (from Salome)

Astrid Varnay (Herodias), Wilhelm Ernest (Herodes)

Wagner:

Schlafst du, Gast? Ich bin's! (from Die Walküre)

Gerd Brenneis (Siegmund)


Ursula Schröder-Feinen (soprano)

Chorus & Orchestra of the Deutschen Oper am Rhein/Arnold Quennet, Peter Schneider & Günther Wich

Live Recordings 1971-1977

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Pierre Monteux in France

Pierre Monteux in France

1952-58 Concert Performances


Beethoven:

Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'

Paris 6 or 8/11/1958

Maria Stader, Helene Bouvier, Libero de Luca, Josef Greindl

Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36

Paris 3/5/1956

Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93

Strasbourg 17/6/1955

Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

Strasbourg 13/6/1952

Couperin, F:

Sonate en Quatuor 'La Sultane'

Paris 8/11/1958

Debussy:

Images for orchestra

Paris 3/5/1956

Jeux - Poème dansé

Paris 9/6/1955

Elgar:

Enigma Variations, Op. 36

Paris 24/9/1958

Franck, C:

Symphony in D Minor

Paris 24/9/1958

Hindemith:

Nobilissima Visione

Paris 8/11/1958

Mozart:

Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K491

Montreux 22/9/1958

Robert Casadesus (piano)

Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K219 'Turkish'

Annie Jodry (violin)

Prokofiev:

Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 'Classical'

Paris 8/5/1958

Ravel:

Shéhérazade

Strasbourg 13/6/1952

G. Moysan (sop)

Respighi:

Pines of Rome

Rimsky Korsakov:

Le Coq d'Or Suite

Paris 8/5/1958

Strauss, R:

Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24

Paris 3/5/1956

Stravinsky:

Petrushka (1911 version)

Paris 8/5/1958 & 9/6/1955

The Rite of Spring

Strasbourg 17/6/1955

Tchaikovsky:

Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

Paris 8/5/1958

Wagner:

Der fliegende Holländer: Overture

Paris 9/6/1955


French National Orchestra, Pierre Monteux

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Strauss, R: Ariadne auf Naxos

Strauss, R: Ariadne auf Naxos


Recorded in 1954

Capriccio - C67166

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Off the beaten track

Off the beaten track

Piano Rarities


Bartók:

Pe loc (No 3 from Romanian Folk Dances)

Cui:

Causerie (Etude), Op. 40 No. 6

Driver:

Doll's Lullaby (from Seven Blakemore Poems)

First recording

Sarabande

First recording

Fauré:

Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1

arr. Grainger

Glière:

Prelude in C minor, Op. 16, No. 1

Aux Champs, Op. 34, No. 7

Prelude in E flat (from 12 Children's Pieces, Op. 31)

Grieg:

Jeg Elsker Deg, Op. 41 No. 3

Griffes:

The White Peacock

Ireland:

The Almond Trees

Lecuona:

Suite Andalucía: Córdoba

Liadov:

Berceuse, Op. 24, No. 2

Prelude in B flat minor, Op. 31, No. 2

Prelude in B minor, Op. 11, No. 1

Rachmaninov:

Elegie, Op. 3 No. 1

Schubert:

Moments Musicaux, D780: No. 3 in F minor

arr. Godowsky

Scriabin:

Étude Op. 2 No. 1 in C sharp minor

Mazurka in E minor, Op. 3 No. 7

Mazurka in C sharp minor, Op. 3, No. 6

Mazurka in E minor, Op. 25 No. 3

Etrangeté, Op. 63 No. 2

Masque, Op. 63, No. 1

Shostakovich:

Prelude for piano, Op. 34 No. 17 in A flat major

Strauss, R:

Träumerei (No 4 from Stimmungsbilder, Op. 9)

Tchaikovsky:

Waltz in A flat, Op. 40 No. 8

Vaughan Williams:

The Lake in the Mountains

Villa-Lobos:

O Polichinelo (from Prole do Bebê, book 1)


Robin Zebaida (piano)

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Cinema Classics 2006

Cinema Classics 2006

Classical Music Made Famous In Films


Bach, J S:

Motet 'Jesu, meine Freude' (excerpt)

Kingdom of Heaven

Scholars Baroque Ensemble

Donizetti:

Una furtiva lagrima (from L'elisir d'amore)

Match Point

Vincenzo la Scola (tenor)

Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, Pier Giorgio Morandi

Elgar:

Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55 - Opening Theme

Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, George Hurst

Mozart:

Porgi amor (from Le nozze di Figaro)

The Skeleton Key

Marina Mescheriakova (soprano)

Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia, Michael Halász

First movement from String Quartet No. 21

Monster-in-Law

Eder Quartet

Pachelbel:

Canon & Gigue

The Upside of Anger

Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Helmut Müller-Brühl

Purcell:

When I am laid in earth (from Dido and Aeneas)

The Downfall (Der Untergang)

Kym Amps (soprano)

Scholars Baroque Ensemble

Rondeau from Abdelazer

Pride and Prejudice

Terence Charlston (harpsichord)

Rimsky Korsakov:

Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Leaper

Rossini:

Il barbiere di Siviglia Overture

Robots

Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Will Humburg

Strauss, J, II:

An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Johannes Wildner

Strauss, R:

Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: Introduction (Sunrise)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Zdenek Košler

trad.:

Song of the Volga Boatmen

Lord of War

Red Army Choir & Band, Victor Fedorov


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Strauss, R: Salome

Strauss, R: Salome


Birgit Nilsson (Salome), Eberhard Wächter (Jokanaan), Gerhard Stolze (Herod), Grace Hoffman (Herodias)

Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

“[Solti's] overwhelming account of Strauss's Salome ... Nilsson 's account of the title role remains another towering monument to her tireless singing” Gramophone Magazine

“Nilsson is splendid throughout; she is hard-edged as usual but, on that account, more convincingly wicked...Of this score Solti is a master. He has rarely sounded so abandoned in a recorded performance...Waechter makes a clear, young-sounding Jokanaan.” Penguin Guide, 2010 edition ****

Decca - Originals - 4757528

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Ruhr Piano Festival Edition Vol. 9: Transcriptions & paraphrases

Ruhr Piano Festival Edition Vol. 9: Transcriptions & paraphrases


Höller, Y:

Monogramme, 14 character pieces for piano

Tamara Stefanovich (piano)

Kreisler:

Liebesleid

(trans. Rachmaninov)

Kirill Gerstein (piano)

Liebesfreud

(trans. Rachmaninov)

Kirill Gerstein (piano)

Kursanov:

Paraphrase on 'Scheherazade' by Rimsky-Korsakov

Nicolai Tokarev (piano)

Liszt:

Die Stadt - Mässig Geschwindt (No. 1 from Schwanengesang, S560, after Schubert)

Das Fischermädchen (No. 2 from Schwanengesang, S560, after Schubert)

Aufenthalt (No. 3 from Schwanengesang, S560, after Schubert)

Am Meer (No. 4 from Schwanengesang, S560, after Schubert)

Abschied (No. 5 from Schwanengesang, S560, after Schubert)

In der Ferne (No. 6 from Schwanengesang, S560, after Schubert)

Staud:

Peras, music for piano

Anica Vacic (piano)

Strauss, R:

Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28

(trans. for two pianos by Otto Singer)

Anthony & Joseph Paratone (pianos)

Don Juan, Op. 20

(trans. for two pianos by Ludwig Thuille)

Anthony & Joseph Paratone (pianos)

Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes

(trans. for two pianos by Victor Babin)

Anthony & Joseph Paratone (pianos)

Stroppa:

Ahu Tongariki

Tamara Stefanovich (piano)

Miniature estrose 1st Book: extracts

Tamara Stefanovich (piano)

Tchaikovsky:

The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a

(trans. for two pianos by Nicolas Econoumu)

Anthony & Joseph Paratone (pianos)

Wagner:

Symphonic Episodes (3) from Der Ring der Nibelungen

(trans. Sergej Pavtschinski)

Nikolai Tokarev (piano)

Wild:

Seven Virtuoso Etudes on Gershwin Songs: extracts

(Girl Crazy & Show Girl)

Kirill Gerstein (piano)


Anika Vavic and Tamara Stefanovich

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Strauss, R: Elektra

Strauss, R: Elektra


Anny Konetzni (Elektra), Daniza Ilitsch (Chrysothemis), Martha Mödl (Clytemnestra), Franz Klarwein (Aegisth), Hans Braun (Orest)

Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Dimitri Mitropoulos

Recorded live in 1950

Membran - 223246

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50th Anniversary Celebration

50th Anniversary Celebration


Berlioz:

Le Corsaire Overture, Op. 21

Sir Alexander Gibson

Chabrier:

Gwendoline Overture

Sir Thomas Beecham

Elgar:

Enigma Variations Op. 36: Var. XIV (EDU): Finale

Yehudi Menuhin

Holst:

The Planets: Mars

Vernon Handley

Rachmaninov:

Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 - Adagio

Andre Previn

Strauss, R:

Don Juan, Op. 20

Sir Charles Mackerras


Membran Royal Philharmonic Collection - 204507

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Music for Organ, Brass & Percussion

Music for Organ, Brass & Percussion


Campra:

Rigaudon

Clarke, Jeremiah:

Trumpet Tune

Dupré:

Poeme Heroique, Op. 33

Gigout:

Grand Choeur Dialogue

Hovhaness:

Prayer of Saint Gregory, Op. 62b

Karg-Elert:

Nun danket alle Gott, marche triomphale, Op. 65 No. 59

Monteverdi:

Deus in Adjutorium from Vespers

Poulenc:

Suite française (d'après Claude Gervaise), FP80

Purcell:

Trumpet Tune and Bell Symphony

Voluntary on the 100th Psalm, Z721

Strauss, R:

Feierlicher Einzug der Ritter des Johanniter-Ordens, Op. 103


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