The Work

GEORGE CHRISTOPH BACH
CANTATA: “SIEHE, WIE FEIN UND LIEBLICH IST” (PSALM 133)
Ekkehard Wagner, tenor I; Reinhart Ginzel, tenor II
Hermann Christian Polster, bass
Eberhard Palm, violin; Doris Linde, Monika Tutschku &
Siegfried Pank, viola da gamba
Achim Beyer, violone; Walter Heinz Bernstein, organ
[5-Capriccio 7100]

JOHANN CHRISTOPH BACH
WEDDING CANTATA: “MEINE FREUNDIN, DU BIST SCHÖN”
Gisela Burkhardt, soprano
Elisabeth Wilke, contralto
Ekkehard Wagner, tenor
Hermann Christian Polster, bass
Ripieni: Joseph Eichler & Cornelia Krumbiegel, sopranos
Werner Marschall, alto; Albrecht Lepetit, Reinhart
Ginzel & Wolf Reinhold, tenors
Johannes Künzel & Günther Schmidt, basses
Eberhard Palm, violin; Doris Linde, Monika Tutschku &
Bernd Musil, viola da gamba; Giselbert Treibmann, cello;
Achim Beyer, violone; Walter Heinz Bernstein, organ
Capella Fidicinia Leipzig
Hans Grüss, conductor
[5-Capriccio 7100]

JOHANN MICHAEL BACH
“ACH WIE SEHNLICH WART’ICH DRR ZEIT”
Gisela Burkhart, soprano
Eberhard Palm, violin; Doris Linde, Monika Tutschku &
Siegfried Pank, viola da gamba
Achim Beyer, violone; Walter Heinz Bernstein, organ
[5-Capriccio 7100]

JOHANN LUDWIG BACH
MOTET: ‘GEDENKE MEINER, MEIN GOTT’
Rheinische Kantorei
Das Kleine Konzert
Hermann Max, conductor
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JOHANN ERNST BACH
“MEINE SEELE ERHEBT DEN HERRN”
Martina Lins, soprano
Silke Weisheit, contralto
Martin Schmitz, tenor
Hans-George Wimmer, bass
Rheinische Kantorei
Das Kleine Konzert
Hermann Max, conductor
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DANIEL PURCELL
SONATAS NOS. 1, 2, 3 & 6 & CHACONNE IN A MINOR
Ensemble Mediolanum
Sabine Ambos, recorder
Felix Koch, cello
Wiebke Weidanz, harpsichord
[THE PURCELL BROTHERS: Christophorus CHR 77284]

GIACOMO PUCCINI, SR.
SALVE FAC, FOR SOLO VOICE WITH VIOLIN & ORGAN OBLIGATTO
The use of organ here was probably prompted by
the availability of a positive organ made in Lucca and noted
for its sweet, clear voiced resonance.

Doina Palade, soprano
Gianfranco Cosmi, organ
[Bongiovanni]

ANTONIO PUCCINI
MISERERE A QUATRO CONCERTATO
Doina Palade, soprano
Adriana Cicogna, mezzo-soprano
Orch. Liricosinfonica del Teatro del Giglio di Lucca
Gianfranco Cosmi, conductor
(Bongiovanni GB 2037)

DOMENICO PUCCINI
IL CIARLATANO
Nicola Rooi-Lemeni; Margherita Rinaldi
Renato Cesari; Carlo Gaifa
A. Scarlatti Orch. Of RAI Naples
Herbert Handt, conductor
(2-Voce 50)
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MICHAEL HAYDN
SYMPHONY IN C
1. Allegro 2. Andante 3. Menuetto 4. Allegro presto
From early 1761, it begins with signal-chords reminiscent of opera
overtures and continues to form a sonata movt of relatively
extensive form. The following andante is in song-form and written
in chamber music style, almost like a fully orchestrated string
quartet. A brief minuet and lively rondo follow.

Savaria Baroque Orchestra
Pál Németh, conductor
[Hungaroton HCD 32202)

MICHAEL HAYDN
SYMPHONY No. 34
1. Allegro con brio 2. Adagietto 3. Finale – Fugato. Allegro
Written during the early months of 1788. After a lively opening
Allegro using folk tunes, the bassoon is featured in the brief slow movt & a rather
loose-limbed fugue in the finale.

MICHAEL HAYDN
SYMPHONY No. 35 in G (Perger 27)
1. Allegro spiritoso 2. Andante 3. Finale. Presto.
Again folk music has a place in this symphony but I wanted
to play it because passages that sound much like brother
Franz Joseph’s music, particularly his Symphony No. 83
(“La Poule”).

Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss
Johannes Goritzki, conductor
[cpo 999 379] CPO HAS A COMPLETE SET
OF THE KNOWN SYMPHONIES OF MICHAEL HAYDN ON 8 CDs

LEOPOLD MOZART
SYMPHONY IN F (Eisen F6)
1. Allegro 2. Andante 3. Allegro assai

LEOPOLD MOZART
SYMPHONY IN G (Eisen G 5)
1. Allegro 2. Menuet 3. Andante 4. Presto
Example for 4-movt form with added Minuet.

Slovak Chamber Orchestra
Bohdan Warchal, conductor
(2-cpo 999 144)

FRANZ XAVER MOZART
MELANCHOLIQUE POLONAISES, OP. 22 (4)
1. Risoluto 2. Andantino con moto 3. Allegretto moderato
4. Andante espressivo

Julie Holtzman, piano

FERDINAND SCHUBERT
REQUIEM IN g (1828)
1. INTROIT: Requiem aeternam & Kyrie eleison
2. SEQUENCE: Dies Irae; Tuba mirum; Huic ergo
3. OFFERTOIRE: Domine Jesu Christie; Quam Olim Abrahae; Hostias Quam Olim Abrahae
4. SANCTUS
5. BENEDICTUS
6. AGNUS DEI
7. COMMUNION

Damien Degos, child soprano
Karl Markus, tenor; Roger Soyer, bass
Petits Chanteurs de Notre-Dame de la Joie
Ensemble Vocal Jean-Pierre Loré
Jean Galard, organ
Orchestre Francais D’Oratorio
Jean-Pierre Loré, conductor
[Erol 7415 lp]

FANNY MENDELSSOHN
DAS JAHR: 12 pieces named for each month of the year. Fanny said that
it served as a musical diary or “pleasant memoir”, as she called it, in which
she would communicate her thoughts and impressions during her sojourn in Italy
as the months went by.
Liana Serbescu, piano

ARNOLD LUDWIG MENDELSSOHN
TRIO for 2 violins and piano in A minor, Op. 76
1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Un Poco vivace
4. Finale. Sostenuto, piu allegro

CLARA SCHUMANN
SONATA IN g (1841-42)
1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Scherzo
4. Rondo

Jozef De Beenhouwer, piano
[3 cpo 999 758]

CLARA SCHUMANN
PIANO CONCERTO IN a, OP. 7 (1833)
1. Allegro Maestoso
2. Romanze. Andante non troppo, con grazia
3. Finale. Allegro non troppo

Veronica Jochum, piano
Bamberg Symphony
Joseph Silverstein, conductor
(Tudor 788)

ALMA MAHLER
FIVE SONGS
1. “DIE STILLE STADT” (THE SILENT CITY) (RICHARD DEHMEL)
2. “IN MEINES VATERS GARTEN (OTTO ERICH HARTLEBEN)
3. “LAUE SOMMERNACHT (MILD SUMMER’S NIGHT) )GUSTAV FALKE
4. “BEI DIR IST ES TRAUT (BESIDE YOU IT IS COZY) (RAINER MARIA RILKE)
5. “ICH WANDLE UNTER BLUMEN” (I STROLLED AMONG THE FLOWERS) (HEINE)

Iris Vermillion, mezzo-soprano (1-4)
Christian Elsner, tenor (5)
Cord Garben, piano
[cpo 999 455)

SIEGFRIED WAGNER
SEHNSUCHT
Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra
Werner Andreas Albert, conductor
(cpo 999 366) [CPO SERIES OF OVERTURES, SYM. POEMS, ETC.]

SIEGFRIED WAGNER
DER BARENHAUTER
1.OVERTURE
2.ACT I, SCENE 4-6 TO END OF ACT [CD 1/T5]
3.ACT II, SCENE 6-7 TO END OF ACT [CD2/T3]
4.ACT III [CD2/Ts4-9]

Hans Kraft – Volker Horn
Mayor - Henry Kiichi
Luisa – Beth Johanning
Devil – Adalbert Waller
Colonel – Nikolai Barowski
Corporal (Casper Wild) – Roland Hartmann

Chorus of the Thüringian Landestheater Rudolstadt
Thüringian Symphony Orchestra Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Konrad Bach, conductor
[2-Marco Polo 8.223713-4]
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Mozart – The Magic Flute

ACT I

ACT II

The Work

LIZST – Mountain Symphony
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur, conductor

MOERAN – In the Mountain Country
Ulster Orchestra
Vernon Handley, conductor
[Chandos CHAN 10235]
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BEASER – Mountain Songs
1. Barbara Allen
2. The House Carpenter
3. He’s Gone Away
4. Cindy

Alexandra Hawley, flute
Jeffrey McFadden, guitar
[Naxos 8.559146]

RAFF – Symphony No. 7 “IN DA ALPEN”
1. WANDERING IN THE HIGH MOUNTAINS
2. IN THE INN
3. ON THE LAKE
4. AT THE FESTIVAL

Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra (Kosice)
Urs Schneider, conductor
[Marco Polo 8.223506]

OLE BULL – A Mountain Vision
Henning Kraggerud, violin
Dalasinfoniettan, Bjarte Engeset, conductor
[Naxos 8.572827]

GARBIZU – The Shadow on the Mountain
1. Part 1 – Belatzarena
2. Part 2 – Iantzi

One of the world’s greatest txistu players, José Ignacio Ansorena
is joined by Alvaro Cendoya at the piano
[Naxos 8.572096]

XIAO YING – Melody of the Big Mountain
Wang Guo Tong, gao hu
Central Broadcasting Folk Orchestra, Beijing
Peng Xiu Wen, conductor
[HK 6.340071 lp]

ROTA – The Legend of Glass Mountain

BLANCAFORT – Mountain Songs
1. Canco Del Vent
2. Canco Dalt Del Cingle
3. Canco De L’Hivern
4. Canco De L’Adeu
5. Canco De L’Arribada Al Cim
6. Canco De La Tarda Morint
7. Canco D’Enyoranca
8. Canco Del Silenci Del Capvespre
9. Canco Del Mati Lluminos

Vol. 1 of Blancafort piano music
Miquel Villalba, piano
[Naxos 8.557332]
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CAUDELLA – Carpathian Mountains
Moldavian Philharmonic Symphony
George Vintila, conductor
[Electrecord ST-ECE 02103]

BURLEIGH – Four Rocky Mountain Sketches
1. At Sunset
2. The Rapids
3. Up the Canyon
4. The Avalanche

Rachel Barton Pine, violin
Matthew Hagle, piano
[Cedille CDR 90000 097]

ALFRED HILL – The Sacred Mountain
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Wilfred Lehmann, conductor
[HK Marco Polo 6.220345 lp]
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IVES – From the Steeples to the Mountains
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor

LUDOLF NIELSEN – From the Mountains
1. THE CASTLE RUIN
2. THE SHEPHERD
3. THE MOUNTAIN CHAPEL
4. FOLK LIFE IN THE VALLEY

THE DANISH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Frank Cramer, conductor
[da capo 8.224093]
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LYNDOL MITCHELL – Kentucky Mountain Portraits
1. 1rst movement
2. 2nd movement
3. 3rd movement

The Eastman-Rochester Orchestra
Howard Hanson, conductor
[Mercury Living Presence 434 324]

BENDIX – Symphony No.1 “Mountain Climbing”
1. OVERTURE: ADAGIO MA NON TROPPO—ALLEGRO MODERATO
2. NOTTURNO: ALLEGRO VIVACE
3. MARCIA SOLENNE: ANDANTE SOSTENUTO
4. FINALE: ALLEGRO ANIMATO

Omsk Philharmonic Orchestra
Evgenyi Shestakov, conductor
(Danacord 436-437] [4 syms]

BOND – Thinking Like a Mountain
Cui Wen, narrator
Shanghai Symphony
Victoria Bond, conductor
[Protone NRPR 2205]
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DAETWYLER – Symphony of the Alps
Orchester Der Allgemeinen Musikgesellschaft Luzerne
Jean Daetwyler, conductor
[Philips 843804 ]

NOVAK – In the Tatras
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Karel Šejna, conductor
[Supraphon vol. 2 – Sejna]
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JIN XI, XU GIN YAN & LI YU – Praise of the Tai Mountain
Central Folk Orchestra, Beijing
Qin Peng Zhang, conductor
[HK 6.340075]

MARGA RICHTER – Qhanri (Snow Mountain)
1. Theme
2. Confrontation
3. Resurgence

David Wells, cello
Marga Richter, piano
[Leonardo LE337]
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RUGGLES – Men and Mountains
1. A Rhapsodic Proclamation
2. Lilacs
3. Marching Mountains

New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
[10-NYP special edition]

WANG XI-LIN – Taixin Mountains
1. The Mountain
2. Quiet Valley & Clear Stream – Harvest

China Philharmonic Orchestra, Beijing
Wang Xi-lin, conductor
[HK 6.340194 lp]

SCHICKELE – A Year in the Catskills
1. SPRING: FANTASY
2. SUMMER: IMITATIONS
3. FALL: VARIATIONS
4. WINTER: LAMENT
5. FINALE: FAST DRIVING

Blair Woodwind Quintet
Felix Wang, cello; Melissa Rose, piano
(Naxos 8.550687)
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HOVHANESS – Symphony No. 50 “Mount St. Helens”
1. !rst movement
2. 2nd movement
3. 3rd movement

The Work

GOTHIC SYMPHONY
1 – Part 1 #1 Allegro Assai
2 – Part 1 #2 Lento Espressivo & Solenne
3 – Part 1 #3 Vivace
4 – Part 2 #1 Te Deum Laudamus – Allegro Moderato
5 – Part 2 #2 Iudex Crederis Esse Venturus
6 – Part 2 #3 Te Ergo, Quaesumus

BBC Concert Orchestra
conducted by Martyn Brabbins
BBC National Chorus of Wales

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The Work

BAGATELLE No. 1 “ARABESQUE”

ROUMANIAN SUITE
1 Allegro
2 Andante Fluente
3 Allegro

SYMPHONY No. 2
1 Impressioni (Allegro)
2 Lamentazione (Adagio, molto tranquillo)
3 Espressione (Allegro)
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CHAMBER CONCERTO No. 10
1 Allegro Non Troppo
2 Piu Allegro
3 Andante
4 Allegro Molto
5 Un Poco Lento
6 Adagio Ma Non Troppo
7 Allegro Molto
8 Allegro
9 Finale: Vivace
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SUONO DA BARDO Symfonisk Suite
1 Toccata
2 Interludio
3 Fantasia
4 Metamofosi
5 Finale (Attaca) Postludio

STRING QUARTET No. 2
1 Allegro Fluente
2 Andante Con Moto E Affettuoso
3 Presto
4 Un Poco Adagio
5 Allegro Molto E Leggiero
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SYMPHONY No. 8 “Sinfonia Boreale”
1 Allegro Molto Intensivo
2 Tempo Giusto
3 Andante Con Moto
4 Allegro Passionato
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REQUIEM FOR NIETZSCHE
1 Part One:Forspil i Orknen – Basel
2 Part Two:Vennerne – Sils Maria – Den Tredie Fristelse
3 Part Three:Ojeblikket – Gondolsang – Jena
4 Part Four:Ecce Homo – Weimar
5 Part Five:Asgaardsreien
Text to the Requiem for Nietzsche
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SONATA No. 3 FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO
1 Moderato
2 Allegro Molto
3 Adagio Non Troppo
4 Allegro Con Forza

TEMPO VARIABILE
1 Tempo Incostante
2 Tepesta
3 Tempo Calmo
4 Tempo Piovoso E Sereno
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CONCERTO FOR RECORDER, STRINGS, CELESTA & VIBRAPHONE
1 Allegro Innocente
2 Andante E Quieto
3 Allegro Giocoso – Meno Mosso – A Tempo – Poco Stretto
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STRING QUARTET No. 16
1 Allegro Non Troppo
2 Molto Vivace
3 Adagio
4 Presto
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SYMPHONY No. 12
1 Allegro Con Forza
2 Andante Sereno
3 Allegro Con Brio
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HAIDUC (MARAUDERS)

The Work

EVSTIGNEI FOMIN: THE AMERICANS

The Performers:

DON GUZMAN: Lev Kuznetsov, tenor
DONA ELVIRA: Ludmila Sergienko, soprano
ATZEM: Vladislav Verestnikov
TZIMARA: Lydia Kovaleva, soprano
SORETA: Ludmila Nam, mezzo-soprano
FOLET: Georgi Seleznev, bass
FERDINAND: Radi Afanasiev

THE USSR RUSSIAN CHORUS, directed by Igor Agafonnikov
THE USSR BOLSHOI THEATER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, under the direction of Vladimir Andropov

ACT I
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five

ACT II
Part One
Part Two
Part Three

The Work

FREDERICK THE GREAT
SYMPHONY NO. 2 IN G
Pro Arte Orchestra of Munich
Kurt Redel, conductor

FREDERICK THE GREAT
SYMPHONY NO. 3 IN D
Pro Arte Orchestra of Munich
Kurt Redel, conductor

HENRY VIII
“WHILES LIFE OR BREATH” (text by William Cornysh)

HENRY VIII
“THO’ SOME SAITH THAT YOUTH RULETH ME”

HENRY VIII
“THE TIME OF YOUTH”
Philip Langridge, tenor
St. George’s Canzona, John Sothcott

HENRY VIII
“O MY HART” (prefaced by Trolly Lolly by William Cornyshe)
Will Kippersluys, contralto
Marius van Altena, tenor
Syntagma Musicum of Amsterdam
Kees Otten, director

HENRY VIII
“PASTIME WITH GOOD COMPANY”
Oxford Camerata
Jeremy Summerly, conductor

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
STRING QUARTET
The Kohon Quartet

PSALMS OF DAVID
1- PSALM 23
2- PSALM 24
3- PSALMS 122 & 123
4- PSALM 150

ADOLPHE ATTIA, tenor
MICHEL SCHERB, baritone
EMILE KAÇMANN, bass
Chorus directed by Maurice Benhamou
Martine Geliot, celtic harp
Raymond Couste, lute
Gerard Perrotin, percussion
Pierre Pollin, trumpet
SUZANNE HAIK VANTOURA, director

HOMER
HOMERIC HYMN TO THE GODDESS DEMETER
Atrium Musicae of Madrid
Gregorio Paniagua, director

EURIPEDES
STASIMON FROM “ORESTES”
with a brief ANAKROUSIS written by DR. PANIAGUA

ARISTOPHANES
A BRIEF PASSAGE FROM ‘THE CLOUDS’

HANS SACHS
SALVE ICH GRǗSZ DICH SCHŐNE
Marius van Altena, tenor

HANS SACHS
NACHDEM DAVID WAR REDLICH
Willard Cobb, tenor
Andrea von Ramm, mezzo-soprano

HANS SACHS
GESANGWEISE TO THE TUNE OF “OUR LADY”
Drew Minter, voice & medieval harps

JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU
LE DEVIN DU VILLAGE (parts I and II)
(THE VILLAGE SOOTHSAYER)
Bernard Cottret, bass (Le Devin)
Ana-Maria Miranda, soprano (Colette)
Serge Wilfart, tenor (Colin)
Chorus & Chamber Orch.
Roger Cotte, conductor

E. T. A. HOFFMANN
OVERTURE TO “UNDINE”
Bavarian Radio Symphony
Jan Koetsier, conductor

E. T. A. HOFFMANN
SYMPHONY IN E-FLAT
Adagio maestoso
Andante con moto
Menuetto minore
Finale: Allegro molto

Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie
Tamás Sulyok, conductor

FREDERICK NIETZSCHE
1- IM MONSCHEIN AUF DER PUSZTA
2- DA GEHT EIN BACH
Michael Krücker, piano

FREDERICK NIETZSCHE
EINE SYLVESTERNACHT
Nicholas Eanet, violin
John Bell Young, piano

FREDERICK NIETZSCHE
1- ES WINKT UND NEIGT SICH
(THE RED VINE WAVES AND BOWS) – NIETZSCHE
2- AUS DER JUGENDZEIT – FRIEDRICH RUCKERT
3- JUNGE FISCHERIN – NIETZSCHE
4- GEBET AN DAS LEBEN – SALOME

John Aler, tenor
John Bell Young, piano

FREDERICK NIETZSCHE
MANFRED MEDITATION (AFTER BYRON)
John Bell Young & Thomas Coote, piano four hands

LEO TOLSTOY
WALTZ IN F
Lera Auerbach, piano

BORIS PASTERNAK
PRELUDE IN Eb MINOR

BORIS PASTERNAK
PRELUDE IN g#

BORIS PASTERNAK
PIANO SONATA (in one movement)
Lera Auerbach, piano

EZRA POUND
SELECTIONS FROM LE TESTAMENT
1- BROTHEL MUSIC
2- DICTES MOY
3- HA, VIEILLESSE FELONNE ET FIERE (“HËAULMIERE’S ARIA”)
4- DAME DU CIEL (VILLON’SMOTHER)
5- PERE NOÉ (CHORUS & VILLON)
6- FRERES HUMAINS (SEXTET)

Harry van der Kamp, baritone (Villon)
Anna Myatt, contralto (Hëaulmiere)
Sandra Bush (Villon’s mother)
Philip Booth, Villon
Villon Music Theater, Conductus Ensemble
John Stringer, conductor
Western Opera Theater
Robert Hughes, conductor
ASKO Ensemble, Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor

GORDON GETTY
THE WHITE ELECTION (Part III)
1- MY FIRST WELL DAY, SINCE MANY ILL
2- IT CEASED TO HURT ME
3- I LIKE TO SEE IT LAP THE MILES
4- SPLIT THE LARK AND YOU’LL FIND THE MUSIC
5- THE CRICKET SONG
6- AFTER A HUNDRED YEARS
7- THE CLOUDS THEIR BACKS TOGETHER LAID
8- I SHAWLL NOT MURMUR

Lisa Delan,soprano
Fritz Steinegger, piano

LIONEL BARRYMORE
PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1: FIRST MOVT
Pauline Carter, piano
Packard Concert Orchestra
Paul Sweeten, conductor

LIONEL BARRYMORE
IN MEMORIAM (TO HIS BROTHER JOHN)
The Cleveland Orchestra
Dr. Greenwald

CHARLIE CHAPLIN
THE REEL CHAPLIN
1- Part 1
2- Part 2

“A WOMAN OF PARIS”
“THE KID”
“THE CHAPLIN REVUE”
“SUNNYSIDE”
“THE GENTLEMAN TRAMP”
“LIMELIGHT”
“MODERN TIMES”

The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Carl Davis, conductor

The Work

JUOZAS NAUJALIS – The Dream
Vilnius String Quartet

MIKALOJUS KONSTANTINAS CIURLIONIS – In the Forest
The USSR Radio & Television Sym orch
Vladimir Fedoseyev, conductor

MIKALOJUS KONSTANTINAS CIURLIONIS – Piano Pieces
1 – HUMORESQUE, VL 162
2 – PRELUDE, VL 164
3 – PRELUDE,VL 169
4 – NOCTURNE, VL 178
5 – IMPROMPTU,VL 181
6 – NOCTURNE, VL 183
7 – MAZURKA, VL 234

Muza Rubackyté, piano

JUOZAS GRUODIS – String Quartet in D
Vilnius String Quartet

BALIS DVARIONAS – Festive Overture
USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra
Balis Dvarionas, conductor

ABELIS KLENITSKIS – Sinfonietta for Chamber Orchestra
1 – Prelude
2 – Theme with variations
3 – Finale

Lithuanian State Philharmonic Society Chamber Orch.

ANTANAS RACIUNAS – Symphony No. 6
1 – Allegro rusticamente
2 – Mosaic. Lento. Allegro
3 – Andante. Allegro

Lithuanian State Philharmonic Sym. Orch.
Yuonas Domarkas, conductor

VYTAUTAS BACEVICIUS – Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra
Aidas Puodziukas, piano
Lithuanian State Sym Orch
Martynas Staškus, conductor

VYTAUTAS BACEVICIUS – Symphony No. 6 “Cosmique”
Lithuanian State Sym orch
Vytautas Lukocius, conductor

VYTAUTAS BACEVICIUS – Poem Electronique, Op. 16
Lithuanian State Sym Orch
Vytautas Lukocius, conductor

JERONIMAS KACINSKAS – String Quartet No. 4
Vilnius String Quartet

JONAS NABAZAS – String Quartet No. 2
1 – Andante cantabile
2 – Andante
3 – Allegro giocoso

Vilnius String Quartet

STASIS VAINIUNAS – Rhapsody on Lithuanian Themes for Violin and Orchestra
Alexander Livont, violin
USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra
Abelis Klenitskis, conductor

JULIUS JUZELIUNAS – Symphony No.3 for Orchestra, Soloists & Choir (“Man’s Lyre”)
Words by E. Miezelaitis
1 – Lyre. Andante Quieto
2 – Man. Allegro Energico
3 – Thoughts. Allegro Grazioso
4 – Hands. Grave

Yu. Yakushev
Moscow Radio Greate Choir & Symphony Orch.
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor

EDUARDAS BALSYS – Dramatic Frescoes
Raimundas Katilis, violin
Laris Lobkova, piano
Lithuanian National Symphony Orch.
Juozas Domarkas, conductor

EDUARDAS BALSYS – Egle, Queen of the Grass-snakes: 5 fragments
A transcription for violin & piano of 5 episodes
From Balsys’ ballet:
1 – Little Asp – Mischief maker
2 – Lament
3 – Tiny Fishes
4 – Mermaid
5 – Welcoming March

Raimundas Katilis, violin
Laris Lobkova, piano

EDUARDAS BALSYS – Portraits for Symphony Orchestra
1 – Ciurlionis
2 – Gruodis
3 – Simkus

Lithuanian State Philharmonic
Juozas Domarkas, conductor

JUSTINAS BASINSKAS – “Bell” Symphony
1 – Andante
2 – Vivace
3 – Adagio
4 – Allegro molto

Lithuanian State Philharmonic Sym Orch
Juozas Domarkas, conductor

BENJAMINAS GORBULSKIS – Concerto-Fantasia for Oboe & Symphony Orchestra
Y. Rimas, oboe
Lithuanian State Philharmonic Sym Orch.
Juonas Domarkas, conductor

VYTAUTAS KLOVA – Concerto No. 2 for Cello & Orchestra
Valentinas Kaplunas, cello
Lithuanian State Philharmonic Sym Orch
Juozas Domarkas, conductor

VYTAUTAS LAURUSAS – Madrigale Strumentale
Vytautas Sondeckis, cello
Algirdas Budrys, clarinet
Petras Geniušas, piano

VYTAUTAS BARKAUSKAS – Sun, Op. 69
Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra
Robertas Šervenikas, conductor

VYTAUTAS BARKAUSKAS – Symphony No. 5, Op. 81
Lithuanian National Symphony Orch.
Robertas Šervenikas, conductor

RYMVIADUS ZIGAITIS – Youth Overture
Lithuanian State Phil.Sym Orch, Juozas Domarkas, cond.

FELIKSAS BAJORAS – Symphony No.2 (“Stalactites”)
1 – Tatra Mountains
2 – Castles
3 – Our Guide
4 – Macocha
5 – Lidice
6 – Vysehrad
7 – Jewish Cemetary
8 – Prague
9 – Departure (Russian Tanks)

St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra
Donatus Katkus, conductor

VYTAUTAS MONTVILA – Lithuanian Poems
1 – Gothic Poem
2 – Chorale
3 – Festive Poem

Lithuanian State Philharmonic Sym Orch
Juozas Domarkas, conductor

OSVALDAS BALAKAUSKAS – Catharsis for Electronic Cello & Ensemble
I. Kucinskas, electronic cello
Lithuanian State Phil. Sym Orch
Juozas Domarkas, conductor

OSVALDAS BALAKAUSKAS – Symphony No. 4
1 – Octa
2 – Hendeca
3 – Deca

Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra
Juozas Domarkas, conductor

ANATOLIJUS ŠENDEROVAS – Sonata in C for Cello & Percussion
I. Kuchinskas, cello
Z. Zhilionis, percussion

ANATOLIJUS ŠENDEROVAS – Symphony No. 2
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
S. Sondetskis, conductor

ONUTE NARBUTAITE – Metabole
Lithuanian National Sym Orch
Robertas Šervenikas, conductor

ONUTE NARBUTAITE – Tres Dei Matris Symphoniae
1 – Introitus
2 – Symphonia prima: Angelus Domini
3 – Symphonia secunda: Bethleem

Kaunas State Choir; Aidija Chamber Choir
Lithuanian National Sym Orch
Robertas Šervenikas, conductor

The Work

ANDREJS JURJANS – Latvian Dances
1) Jandals
2) Tudalin-Tagadin
3) Beggars’ Dance
4) Achkups

Latvian Radio & TV Symphony
Leonids Vigners, conductor

JAZEPS VITOLS – Fantasy on Popular Latvian Folk Songs
1) Allegro Non Troppo
2) Molto Moderato, Mesto
3) Allegro

Valdis Zarins, violin
Latvian National Sym Orch
Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor
(Marco Polo)
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JAZEPS VITOLS – Rudens Dziesma (Autumn Song)

Latvian National Sym Orch
Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor
(Marco Polo)
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YAZEP MEDYNS – Symphony No. 2 “Spring”
1) First (Moderato) and second (Andante Tranquillo) movements
2) Third (Intermezzo. Moderato Con Moto) and fourth (Andante Sostenuto) movements

Latvian Radio (and TV) Symphony Orch.
Leonids Vigners, conductor
(Melodyia)

JANIS MEDYNS – Victory of Love

Latvian Radio (and TV) Symphony Orch.
Leonids Vigners, conductor
(Melodyia)

ALFREDS KALNINS – Introduction to the Ballet “Staburags”

Latvian Television & Radio Sym Orch
Alexandrs Vilumanis, conductor

ALFREDS KALNINS – Suite from the Opera “Banuta”
1) Introduction
2) Excerpts

Latvian Television & Radio Sym Orch
Alexandrs Vilumanis, conductor

BRUNO SKULTE – “Daugava” (Parts I through VIII)

Lelde Vikmane, narrator; Dita Kalnina, soprano
Antra Bigača, mezzo-soprano; Viesturs Jansons, tenor
Samsons Izjumovs, baritone
New York Latvian Concert Choir
Chamber Choir “Balsis”; Choir Class of the Riga 4th Music School
Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
Andrejs Jansons, conductor
(Riga 800 cd)
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BRUNO SKULTE – “Ballade for the Soldier Who Did Not Return”

Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
Andrejs Jansons, conductor
(Riga 800 cd)
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BRUNO SKULTE – Excerpts from “The Heiress of Vilkaci”
1) Introduction
2) Chorus of Guests
3) Ieva’s Betrothal Song
4) Chorus of Guests
5) Midsummer Night’s Chorus
6) Raits’ Aria
7) Ieva’s Aria

Inga Sjubovska, Ieva; Guntars Rungis, Raits
Chorus & Orchestra of Latvian National Opera
Andrejs Jansons, conductor
(2-Albany TROY 944/45 cd)
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ADOLFS SKULTE – Symphony No. 3 “Cosmos”
1) First and second movements
2) Third and fourth movements

Leningrad Philharmonic
Arvid Jansons, conductor
(Melodyia 17089 90a)

JANIS IVANOVS – “Lataglian Landscapes”
1) Introduction, Allegro moderato
2) The Blue Lakes, Andante
3) Dance, Allegro moderato

Latvian National Symphony Orch.
Janis Zirnis, conductor
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JANIS IVANOVS – Symphony No. 4 “Atlantida”
1) Mvt. 1 Ira Dei. Legenda
2) Mvt. 2 Posseidonia
3) Mvt. 3 Aedes Sacra
4) Mvt. 4 Finis

“Dzintars” Women’s Choir
Latvian National Symphony Orch.
Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

JANIS IVANOVS – Piano Concerto
1) I. Moderato. Maestoso. Rubato.
2) II. Andante moderato
3) III. Allegro con Brio

Igor Zhukov, piano
Latvian National Symphony Orch.
Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
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JANIS IVANOVS – Symphony No. 11
1) First and second movements
2) Third and fourth movements

Latvian Radio Symphony
Edgars Tons, conductor

JANIS IVANOVS – Symphony No. 15 “Sinfonia Ipsa”
1) First, second and third movements
2) Fourth movement

Latvian TV & Radio Symphony
Eri Klass, conductor

VIKTORS BASTIKS – Latvian Folk Songs
1) Whose Are the Hills?
2) The Soldier’s Bride
3) The Sun Departs in a Golden Boat
4) O Little Green Pike!
5) Keep on Calling My Cuckoo
6) The Long Night
7) Clitter Clatters Riga’s Castle

Laila Liepina, soprano
Youth Choir “Balsis”
Latvian Academy of Music Mixed Choir
New York Latvian Concert Choir
Latvian National Opera Chamber Orchestra
Andrejs Jansons, conductor
(Albany TROY 1197 cd)
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TALIVALDIS KENINS – Sonata for Two Pianos
1) Animato assai
2) Largo alla ballata
3) Presto

Antra & Normunds Viksne, piano duo
(Angelok CD7701)

GEDERTS RAMANS – Symphony No. 4 for Chamber Orchestra
1) First, second and third movements
2) Fourth movement

Latvian State Philharmonic Society Chamber Orch.
Tovi Lifsics, conductor

ARTURS GRINUPS – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano
1) Andante mosso; Quasi moderato
2) Allegro molto
3) Andante con moto

Janis Bulavs, violin
Leons Veldre, cello
Aldis Liepins, piano
(Angelok vol. II)
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ARTURS GRINUPS – Symphony No. 6

Latvian Television and Radio Sym Orch
Leonids Reiters, conductor

ROMUALDS KALSONS – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
1) Allegro ma non troppo
2) Allegro con brio
3) Andante con moto
4) Allegro non troppo

Valdis Zariņš, violin
Latvian National Symphony
Terje Mikkelsen, conductor
(Simax PSC 1213 cd)
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ROMUALDS JERMAKS – Five Latvian Folk Songs
1) “I Was Thrashing Grain in the Master’s Barn”
2) “When Will You Return, Brother?”
3) “What Resounds, What Rattles?”
4) “Silver Rain Was Falling”
5) “I Was My Mother’s Only Daughter”

Antra & Normunds Viksne, piano duo
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IMANTS KALNINS – Symphony No. 4
1) First and second movements
2) Third and fourth movements

Vadim Boldirev, percussion
Latvian TV & Radio Sym Orch
Leonids Vigners, conductor
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PETERIS VASKS – “Botschaft”

Latvian National Symphony
Pauls Megi, conductor
[WERGO]: WITH FIRST SYM “STIMMEN” (1991)

PETERIS VASKS – Symphony No. 2

Tampere Philharmonic
John Storgårds, conductor
(Ondine with VC “Distant Light”)
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PETERIS PLAKIDIS – Music for Piano, Strings & Timbrels

Peteris Plakidis, piano
E. Joffe, timbrels
Strings of the Latvian Television & Radio Sym Orch
Romualds Kalsons, conductor

IMANTS ZEMZARIS – “Three Sisters” Fantasy for Two Pianos

Antra & Normunds Viksne, piano duo
(Angelok CD7701)

IMANTS ZEMZARIS – Marvel Pieces
1) “Crazy Love”
2) “Floridian Beaches”
3) “Melancholic Waltz”
4) “Love’s Craziness”

Janis Bulvas, violin; Olafs Stals, viola
Leons Veldre, cello & Aldis Liepins, piano
(Angelok)
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The Work

RUDOLF TOBIAS – Julius Caesar
Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Järvi, conductor
(Chandos: Music from Estonia)
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ARTUR KAPP – Don Carlos
Estonian State Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi, conductor
(Melodyia)

EUGEN KAPP – Kalevipoeg
1) Dance with the Maiden of the Lake
2) Karelian-Finnish Dance
3) Forging of the Swords
4) Dance of the Shepherds and Shepherdesses
5) Dance of the Wind
6) Folk Dance

BBC Philharmonic
Neeme Järvi, conductor
(Chandos)
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VILLEM KAPP – Symphony No. 2 in C minor
I. Grave, Allegro risoluto, Espressivo cantabile, Andante, Allegro risoluto
II. Adagio espressivo
III. Allegro
IV. Allegro, Largo, Allegro molto, Allegro risoluto

BBC Philharmonic
Neeme Järvi, conductor
(Chandos)
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ARTUR LEMBA – Symphony in C sharp minor
I. Andante
II. Andante
III. Scherzo, Trio
IV. Finale, Moderato Assai

Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Järvi, conductor
(Chandos)
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ARTUR LEMBA – Concerto No.1 for Piano and Symphony Orchestra
1) Movement I.
2) Movement II.
3) Movement III.

Lauri Väinmaa, piano
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Arvo Volmer, conductor
(Finlandia)

HEINO ELLER – Twilight
The Estonian Radio Orchestra
Peeter Lilje, conductor
(Antes)
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HEINO ELLER – The Dawn (Koit)
Scottish National Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi, conductor
(2-Chandos CHAN 241-26)
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HEINO ELLER – Preludes for Piano
1) B-Flat Minor (1915)
2) C-Sharp Minor (1915)
3) C-Sharp Minor (1916)
4) F-Sharp Major (1920)
5) B Major (1920)

Vardo Rumessen, piano
(ProPiano)
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HEINO ELLER – White Night (symphonic suite)
MOVEMENTS:
1) White night
2) In a dance rhythm
3) Reminiscences
4) Bonfire
5) Fisherman’s song
6) In a march rhythm
7) White night

Estonian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi, conductor
(LP)

EDUARD TUBIN – Sinfonietta On Estonian Motifs
1) I Allegro Vivace E Grazioso
2) II Ostinato. Largo
3) III Finale. Allegro Molto Moderato

Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Arvo Volmer, conductor
(Alba)

EDUARD TUBIN – Symphony No. 5
1) Allegro energico
2) Andante
3) Allegro assai

The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi, conductor
(5-BIS)
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EDUARD TUBIN – Suite from Ballet “Kratt” (“The Goblin”)
1) Introduction; No. 1. Peasant Dance; No. 2. Dance Of The Goblin
2) No. 3. Long Dance; No.4. Peasant Waltz; No. 5 Buck Dance
3) Interlude; No. 6. Dance Of The Exorcists; No. 7, The Goat; No. 8 The Cock; No. 9 Dance Of The Northern Lights

The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi, conductor
(5-BIS)
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ESTER MAGI – Piano Concerto (1953)
1) Allegro Moderato
2) Andante Sostenuto
3) Allegro

Ada Luuseoks, piano
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Arvo Volmer, conductor
(Toccata)
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ESTER MAGI – Symphony No.1 (1968)
1) Allegro Assai
2) Andante
3) Presto

Estonian TV & Radio Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi, conductor
(Melodyia)

ESTER MAGI – Trio for Piano Violin and Cello
Valdur Roots, piano
Jüri Gerrets, violin
Toomas Velmet, cello
(Melodyia)

EINO TAMBERG – Symphony No. 2, Op. 74 (1979)
Estonian Radio Orchestra
Neeme Järvi, conductor
(Antes)
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JAAN RAATS – Symphony No. 6, Op. 31
Estonian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi, conductor
(Melodyia)

JAAN RAATS – Sonata Op. 82 for two pianos
1) Movement I.
2) Movement II.
3) Movement III.

Lorenzo Meo, pianist (plays both parts)

HEINO JURISALU – Drei Estnische Taenze (Three Estonian Dances)
1) I. Neljatants
2) II. Sabatants
3) III. Labajalg

Lettland Radio Symphony
Eri Klas, conductor
(Antes BM-CD 31.9119)

HEINO JURISALU – Floetenkonzert (Concerto for Flute and Orchestra)
Latvian Radio Symphony
Eri Klaus, conductor
Samuel Saulus, flute
(Antes BM-CD 31.9119)

ARVO PART – Symphony No. 1, Op. 9, “Polyphonic”
1) Canons
2) Prelude and Fugue

The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi, conductor
(BIS)
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ARVO PART – Credo
Boris Berman, piano
Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra
Neeme Järvi, conductor
(CHANDOS)
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ARVO PART – Kanon Pokajanen
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tōnu Kaljuste, conductor
(ECM with SYM #4)
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LEPO SUMERA – Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
1)Come Cercando Un Tempo ?(Attacca)
2)Incantando. Fereco

Kalle Randalu, piano
Malmo Symphony
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
(Bis CD 690)
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LEPO SUMERA – Symphony No. 4 “Serena Borealis”
1) Allegro Ma Non Affettuoso
2) Lontano E Sonore
3) Lontano E Sonore, Cadenza Per Chitarra E Percussioni
4) Feroce
5) Dolce E Pianissimo

Malmo Symphony
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
(Bis CD 690)
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ERKKI-SVEN TUUR – Symphony No. 4 “Magma”
Dame Evelyn Glennie, percussionist
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Järvi, conductor
(Virgin Classics)
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The Work

JEAN DAETWYLER – Alphorn Concerto
1 – Betruf, Largo, Moderato, Largo
2 – Hirtentanz, Scherzo
3 – Pastorale, Misterioso, Lento
4 – Totentanz, Barbaro, Furioso, Barbaro
Jozsef Molnar, alphorn
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Urs Schneider, conductor
(Naxos 8.555978)
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WU ZU QIANG/WANG YAN QIAO/LIU DE HAI – Pipa Concerto
Liu De hai, pipa
China Philharmonic
Li De lun, conductor
(Hong Kong HK 6.340097)

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA – “Aconcagua”
1 – Allegro marcato
2 – Moderato
3 – Presto
Daniel Binelli, bandoleon
Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
(Naxos 8.572271)

HENRI SAUGUET – “The Garden’s Concerto”
Claude Garden, harmonica
Orchestre de Chambre de l’O.R.T.F.
Henri Sauguet, conductor
(Inedits LP 995021)

AMJAD ALI KHAN – “Samaagam”
1 – Ganesh Kalyan
2 – Subhalakshmi
3 – Swat Samir
4 – Maarva
5 – Durga
6 – Malkauns
7 – Dhwani
8 – Kalavati
9 – Basant
10 – Megh
11 – Khamaj
12 – Bhupali
13 – Bhairavi
Amjad Ali Khan, sarod
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
David Murphy, conductor
(World Village 608102)
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LASZLO DUBROVAY – Concerto For Hungarian Folk Instruments And Orchestra
1 – Pesante
2 – Allegro Assai
3 – Moderato
4 – Allegro Vivace
Zoltan Juhasz, shepherd’s pipe, Transsylvanian recorder
Pal Havasreti, hurdy-gurdy
Gyorgy Lanyi, bagpipe, Jew’s harp
Ilona Szeverenyi, cimbalon
MATAV Symphony Orchestra
Laszlo Kovacs, conductor
(Hungaroton HCD 32065)

DAVID BEDFORD – Recorder Concerto
1 – Movement I
2 – Movement II
3 – Movement III
4 – Movement IV
5 – Movement V
Piers Adams, recorders
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins, conductor
(NMC D049)
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RAFFAELE CALACE – Mandolin Concerto No. 1
1 – I. Marziale
2 – II. Largo Tranquillo
3 – III. Rondo
Alison Stephens, mandolin
Steven Devine, piano
(Naxos 8.570434)
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DOMENICO GAUDIOSO – Mandolin Concerto in G major
1 – I. Allegro
2 – II. Largo
3 – III. Allegro
Dorina Frati, mandolin
Symphonia Perusiana
(Dynamic CDS 193)

TOSHI ICHIYANAGI – Concerto for Koto & Chamber Orchestra
Chieko Fukunaga,koto
Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa
Hiroyuki Iwaki, conductor
(Fontec FOCD 3126)

SEAN O’BOYLE – Concerto for Didgeridoo
1 – I. Earth
2 – II. Wind
3 – III. Water
4 – IV. Fire
William Barton, didgeridoo
The Queensland Orchestra
Sean O’Boyle, conductor
(ABC Classics 476 6288)
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PENG XIU WEN – Erhu Concerto
Wang Guo Tong, erhu
Central Broadcasting Folk Orchestra, peking
Peng Xiu Wen (composer), conducts
(HK 6.340073 LP)

GYORGY RANKI – Cimbalon Concerto
Marta Fabian, cimbalom
Hungarian State Orchestra
Adam Medveczky, conductor
(Hungaroton SLPX 12 434 LP)

TAKASHI YOSHIMATSU – SAXOPHONE CONCERTO “CYBER-BIRD”, OP. 59
1 – I. Bird In Color/ Allegro
2 – II.Bird in Grief/ Andante
3 – III.Bird in the Wind/ Presto
Nobuya Sugawa, saxophone
BBC Philharmonic
Sachio Fujioka, conductor
(Chandos CHAN 9737)
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ERIC EWAZEN – Classical Concerto For Tenor Saxophone & Orchestra
1 – Allegro Energico
2 – Adagio
3 – Lento, Allegro Vivace
James Houlik, tenor sax
The Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Paul Polivnick, conductor
(Albany TROY 477)
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TRISTAN KEURIS – Concerto for saxophone quartet and orchestra (1986)
The Rascher Saxophone Quartet
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic orchestra
Otto Tausk, conductor
(11-Quattro Live QL 2009-02)
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HAJI KHANMAMMADOV – Concerto for Tar and Orchestra
Ramiz Guliyev, tar
Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra
Yalchin Adigozalov, conductor
(Azerbaijan International , vol. 3 AICD 1203)

TIMO-JUHANI KYLLÖNEN – Concerto For Accordian And Symphony Orchestra, No. 1 (Op. 60) (2001)
1 – I. Allegro Con Fuoc
2 – II. Largo E Molto Espressivo, III. Moderago Energico
Matti Rantanen, accordion
St. Petersburg State Academic Capella Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Chernushenko, conductor
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EDUARD TUBIN – Concerto for Balalaika and Orchestra
1 – 1st movement – Andante ma rubato
2 – 2nd movement – Andante sostenuto
3 – 3rd movement – Allegro giocoso
Emanuil Sheynkman, balalaika
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
(BIS CD 351)
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LIBBY LARSEN – Marimba Concerto: After Hampton
1 – After Hampton Allegro
2 – After Hampton Slowly, In Muted C
3 – After Hampton Raucous – Full Tur
John Kinzie, marimba
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
(Koch 3-7520-2)
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MARCEL KHALIFE – Andalusian Suite for Oud and Orchestra
1 – Al Zagareed
2 – Flamenco
3 – Bint El Shalabeyya
4 – Ya Banat Eskendereyah
5 – Kadouka Al Mayas
6 – Sirto Nakriz
7 – Granada
8 – Waltz Zangeran
9 – Waltz Tazanween
10 – Tagasim Hejaz Kar
11 – Logna Nahawand
12 – Finale
Marcel Khalife,oud National Symphony Orchestra (Kiev)
V. Sirinko,conductor (Nagam records NR 1011)
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ANDRE JOLIVET – Concerto for Ondes Martinot & Orchestra
Jeanne Loriod, ondes martenot
Orchestre Philharmonique de l”O.R.T.F.
Andre Jolivet, conductor
(3-Erato ERA 9123-25 LP)

PHILIP WILBY – Euphonium Concerto
1 – Part I – Non troppo allegro
2 – Part I – Dance Zeibekikos
3 – Part II – Andante
4 – Part II – Allegro vivace
David Thornton, euphonium
The Black Dyke Band
Nicholas Childs, conductor
(Naxos 8. 572166)

The Work

FOLQUET DE MARSEILLA
Tant D’Abellis L’Amoros Pessamens
Sequentia
directed by Barbara Thornton and Benjamin Bagby

PHILIPPE DE VITRY
Petre Clemens, Tam Re Quam Nimine; Lugentium Siccentur
Sequentia
directed by Barbara Thornton and Benjamin Bagby

1) WALTER VON DER WOGELWEIDE – Tagelied
2) TANNHEUSER – Tanzleich
The Ulsamer Collegium & Barock-Solisten
directed by Josef Ulsamer

SIX GOTHIC MOTETS (Anonymous)
1) Alle, Psallite Cum Luya (tenor shawm, tabor)
2) Amore Potest (tenor shawm)
3) S’on Me Regarde (fiddle, mandora, harp, psaltry)
4) In Mari Miserie (bells)
5) On Parole De Batre (tabor)
6) En Mai, Quant Rosier Sont Flouri (recorder, portative organ, fiddle, lute)
Sung by Martyn Hill, John Potter, Geoffrey Shaw,
Paul Elliot, James Bowman and Charles Brett
The Early Music Consort of London
directed by David Munrow

ADAM DE LA HALLE – TWO MOTETS
1) De Ma Dame Vient
Sung by Martyn Hill and Paul Elliot
Accompanied by fiddle
2) J’os Bien A M’aime Parler
Sung by James Bowman and Martin Brett
Accompanied by recorder and fiddle

PHILIPPE DE VITRY – TWO MOTETS
1) Imprudenter Circumivi
Sung by James Bowman and Charles Brett
Accompanied by fiddles
2) Cum Statua
Sung by James Bowman and Charles Brett
Accompanied by alto shawm

TWO MOTETS FROM ROMAN DE FAUVEL
1) Fauvel Nous A Fait Present
2) Danse Royale

TWO ESTAMPIES
1) Lamento di Tristano
2) La Rotta

THREE 13th CENTURY MOTETS
1) Selections From the Bamberg Manuscripts
2) A La Cheminee
3) He, Marotelle/En La Praerie
Florilegium Musicum of Paris

GUIRAT DE BORNELH
1) Reis Glorios
2) Trotto (Anonymous)

1) WALTER VON DER WOGELWEIDE – Palastinlied
Sung by Graham Derrick
2) RICHARD I – Ja Nuls Homes Pris
Sung by Graham Derrick

ALFONSO X
CANTIGA DE SANTA MARIA – “Entre Av’e Eva”

CARMINA BURANA
1) Clauso Cronos
2) Axe Phebus Aureo
3) Katerine Colleaudeus
Oni Wytars Ensemble

THREE MOTETS
1) Bach, Bene Venies
2) Tempus Transit Gelidium
3) Tempus Est Iocundum
Oni Wytars Ensemble

TRADITIONAL SONGS
1) Dinaresade (Syria)
Oni Wytars Ensemble
2) Nevestinko Oro (Macedonia)
Oni Wytars Ensemble
3) Dudul (Turkey)

SONGS FROM TURKEY
1) Pesrev
2) Ey Dervişler

SONGS FOR RICHARD THE LIONHEART
1) Mundus Vergens
2) Novus Miles Sequitur
3) Hac In Anni Ianua
Gothic Voices
directed by Christopher Page

GACE BRULĖ
A La Doucour De La Bele Seson
Sung by Margot Philpot

BLONDEL DE NESLE
1) L’Amours Dont Sui Espris
Sung by Margot Philpot
2) Ma Joie Me Semont
Sung by Roger Covey-Crump
3) Latex Silice (Anonymous)

1) RAIMBOUT DE VAQUIERAS – Estampie Ancienne
2) LA TIERCHE ESTAMPIE ROYAL
Hesperion XXI
directed by Jordi Savall

LA QUARTE ESTAMPIE ROYAL
Hesperion XXI
directed by Jordi Savall

1) LA SEXTE ESTAMPIE REAL
2) DANSE REAL
Hesperion XXI
directed by Jordi Savall

ALFONSO X
1) Muit E Benaventurado
2) Toda Cousa
3) A Madre Do Que Livrou
4) Madre de Deus, Non Pod Errar
Ensemble Medieval Xeremia
directed by Robert Ressicaud

FRANCESCO LANDINI
1) Ecco La Primavera
Early Music Consort
directed by David Munrow
2) De! Dinmi Tu
Sung by James Bowman, Nigel Rogers and Martyn Hill
3) La Bionda Treçça

1) MAGISTER PIERO – Con Dulce Brama
Sung by Nigel Rogers and Martyn Hill
Accompanied by sackbuts
2) DUE SALTARELLI (Anonymous)

1) GIOVANNI DA FIRENZE – Chon Brachi Assai
Sung by James Bowman and Martyn Hill
Accompanied by sackbuts
2) ISTAMPITA GHAETTA (Anonymous)

1) JACOPO DA BOLOGNA – Fenice Fu’ E Vissi
Sung by James Bowman and Martyn Hill
2) BIANCE FLOUR (Anonymous)

1) CLAP CLAP SUS ROBIN
Sung by Martyn Hill and Paul Elliott
Accompanied by psaltery, mandora, fiddle and harp
2) HENRI GILLES DE PUSIEUX – Ida Capillorum
Sung by James Bowman and Charles Brett
Accompanied by fiddle and cornemuse
3) HENRI GILLES DE PUSIEUX – Rachel Plorate Filios

O PHILIPPE, FRANCI QUI GENERIS (Anonymous)
Sung by Paul Elliott and Martyn Hill
Accompanied by tenor shawm

GUILLAUME DE MACHAUT
1) Lasse! Se J’aime Mon Loyal Ami
Sung by Paul Elliott, Geoffrey Shaw and Martyn Hill
2) Qui Es Promesses
Sung by James Bowman and Charles Brett
Accompanied by tenor shawm

1) TROTTO (Anonymous)
2) PRINCIPIO DI VIRTU (Anonymous)
3) JOHANNES CICONIA – O Rosa Bella
4) FRANCESCO LANDINI – La Bionda Treçça
5) ZACARA – Un Fior Gentil
6) CARTOLINO DE PADOVA – Alba Columba
Performed by the Newberry Consort

MAKAM RAST “MURASS’A” USUL DUYEK
Performed by members of Hesperion XXI:
Jordi Savall – lyre
Dimitris Psonis – santur
Driss El Maloumi – oud
Y. Dalal – oud
Pedro Estevan – bendir

DANSE DE L’AME
Performed by members of Hesperion XXI:
Driss el Maloumi – oud
Pedro Estevan – bendir

ISTAMPITTA “LA MANFREDINA”
Performed by members of Hesperion XXI:
Jordi Savall – viele
Pedro Estevan – darbouka, bendir

LAILI DJAN
Performed by members of Hesperion XXI:
Khaled Ahrman – rebab
Osman Ahrman – tulak
Dmitris Psonis – santur
Driss El Maloumi – oud
Siar Hashimi – darbouka
Pedro Estevan – pandereta

DANZA DEL VIENTO
Performed by members of Hesperion XXI:
Jordi Savall – viele
Dmitris Psonis – saz
Driss El Maloumi – oud
Pedro Estevan – def

MAKAM UZAL SAKIL TURNA
Performed by members of Hesperion XXI:
Jordi Savall – viele
Dmitris Psonis – santur
Driss El Maloumi – oud
Khaled Arman – rebab
Siar Hashmir – darbouka
Pedro Estevan – def

NICHOLAS GRENON – La Plus Belle Et Doulce Figure
Pierre Poulteau Recorder Trio
directed by Roger Blanchard

PIERRE FONTAINE – Pastourelle En Un Vergier

J’AI PRIUS AMOUR A MA DESIRE

GUILLAUME DUFAY – Vergine Bella

GILLES BINCHOIS
1) Je Loe Amours
2) Files A Marier

GUILLAUME DUFAY
Lamentatiae Sanctae Matris Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae

BUISNOIS – Bel Acueil

The Work

SINFONIA DEL MARE (1906)
Moscow Symphony
Antonio de Almeida, conductor
(Naxos 8.570878 cd)
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SONATA FOR CELLO & PIANO (1908)
Luca Paccagnella, cello; Sabrina Alberti, piano
(Tactus TC 881301 cd)
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SINFONIE DEL SILENZIO E DE LA MORTE (1909-10)
Moscow Symphony
Antonio de Almeida, conductor
(Marco Polo 8.223603 cd)
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1. Danza Tragica
2. Sinfonia Del Silenzio
3. Il Molino Della Morte

L’ORFEIDE (opera trilogy) (1918-22):
Chorus & Orchestra of
Maggio Musical Fiorentino
Hermann Scherchen, conductor
(2-Tahra TAH 190-191 cd)
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1. I VAGABONDI – Alberto Rinaldi (Il cantastorie); Nello Piccolo (Il cieco); Giovanna Papi (la donna); A VESPRO – Attilo Veneri (un frate); Antonietta Daviso (una donna);
Giorgio Giorgetti (voce interna)
2. IL RITORNO – Magda Olivero (la madre); Aldo Gardone (Il figlio)
3. L’UBRIACO – Renato Capecchi (L’ubriaco); Gioietta Romoli(La donna alla finestra); Luciano Bernardi(L’innamorato); Luigi Jacomini (Un vecchio)
4. La SERENATA – Marga Nativo (una fanciulla); Dino Formichini(L’iannamorato); Giancarlo Rossini
5. Il CAMPANARO – Gino Orlandini (Il campanaro)
6. L’ALBA DELLE CENARI – Manlio Micheli (Il lampionaio)

STRING QUARTET No.1 – “RISPETTI E STRAMBOTTI” (1920)
Orpheus String Quartet
(2 ASV DCD 457)
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TRE COMMEDIE GOLDONIANE (1920-22): SYMPHONIC FRAGMENTS
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Christian Benda, conductor
(Naxos 8.570883 cd)
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1. track 1
2. track 2
3. track 3

TARLO (1922)
Sabrina Alberti, piano
(Tactus TC 881301cd)

1. Alquanto Letno
2. Allegro
3. Piuttosto Ritenuto
4. Gaio

SONATA A TRE (1926-27)
Aldo Orvieto, piano; Andrea Vio, violin;
Teodora Campagnaro, cello
(Stradivarius STR 33557)

1. Primo Tempo
2. Secondo Tempo
3. Ultimo Tempo

CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN & ORCHESTRA (1932)
Andre Gertler, violin
Prague Symphony
Vaclav Smetacek, conductor
(Supraphon SU 3904 cd) [CASELLA]
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1. Allegro Con Spirito
2. Lento Ma Non Troppo
3. Allegro

STRING QUARTET No. 4 (1934)
Orpheus String Quartet
(2 ASV DCD 457)
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I CAPRICCIO DE CALLOT: ACT II
Martina Winter, soprano (GIacinta)
Markus Müller, tenor (Giglio)
Gro Bente Kjellevold, mezzo-soprano (La Vecchia Beatrice)
Bernd Valentin, baritone (Il Principe Travestito da Ciaratano)
Burkhard Ulrich, tenor (Il Poeta)
Jörg Sabrowski, baritone (Una Maschera)
Kiel Philharmonic Orchestra
Peter Marschik, conductor
(2-cpo 999 830 cd)
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1. Il Ciarlatano “Popolo ignorante”
2. Tutti si voltano
3. Il Ciarlatano “Cittadini romani!”
4. Il Ciarlatano “Perche non prendete”
5. La Vecchia Beatrice “Finalmente vi trovo”
6. Il Poeta “Giglio, Giglio, di Melpomene figlio ingrato”

SYMPHONY No.3 “DELLE CAMPANE” (1944-45)
Moscow Symphony
Antonio de Almeida, conductor
(Naxos 8.570878 cd)

1. Allegro Moderato
2. Andante Molto Moderato
3. Vivace
4. Lento

HORTUS CONCLUSIUS (THE ENCLOSED GARDEN) (1946): BOOK I
Sabrina Alberti, piano
(Tactus TC 881301cd)

1. Mosso
2. Lento, Non Troppo
3. Allegro
4. Andante
5. Tranquillo
6. Lentamente, Ma Fluido
7. Allegro Moderato
8. (Quasi Variazioni), Tranquillo, Ma Scorrevole
9. Mosso
10. Pesante
11. Piuttosto Mosso
12. Ritenuto Assai
13. Veloce
14. Tranquillo, Ma Scorrevole

SYMPHONY NO.5 (“CONCERTANTE IN ECO”) (1947)
Moscow Symphony
Antonio de Almeida, conductor
(Marco Polo 8.223696)
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1. Allegro Agitato Ma Moderatamente
2. Lento
3. Allegro Vivace Ma Ritmato
4. Lento Ma Non Troppo, Mosso (Agitato), Ritenuto (Quasi Funebre)

STRADIVARIO (1947-48): BALLET IN ONE ACT
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Christian Benda, conductor

PIANO CONCERTO NO.3 (1948)
Sandro Ivo Bartoli, piano
Saarbrücken Radio Symphony
Michele Carulli, conductor
(2-cpo 777 287 cd)

1. Allegro
2. Lento
3. Allegro Agitato

SINFONIA DELLO ZODIAC (1951)
Moscow Symphony
Antonio de Almeida, conductor
(Marco Polo 8.223697 cd)
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PART I – Spring
1. Andante
2. Mosso
3. Andante, Allegro

PART II – Summer
1. Allegro
2. Piuttosio Lento
3. Allegro, Molto Marcato

PART III – Autumn
1. Piuttosto Lento
2. Allegro Grazioso
3. Lento

PART IV – Winter
1. Leggermente Mosso
2. Andante (Pastorale)
3. Allegro

FANTASIE DI OGNI GIORNO (FANTASIES OF EVERY DAY) (1953)
Louisville Orchestra
Robert Whitney, conductor
(First Edition FECD-0036)
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DIALOGO III CON JACOPONE DA TODI (1956)
Lucia Sciannimanico, soprano; Marco Rapetti, piano
(Stradivarius STR 33557)
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1. “O Iubilo Del Core”
2. “La Venta De Priange”

SYMPHONY NO.9 (“DELL’AHIME”) (1967)
Moscow Symphony
Antonio de Almeida, conductor
(Marco Polo 8.223697 cd)
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1. Allegro Moderatamente Mosso
2. Lento Ma Non Troppo
3. Allegro, Lento

SYMPHONY NO.11 (“DELLA CORNAMUSE”) (1969)
Moscow Symphony
Antonio de Almeida, conductor
(Naxos 8.570880 cd)
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1. Energico Ma Mosso, Non Troppo Pero
2. Lento
3. Gaio
4. Molto Mosso Ma Marcando Il Tempo, Quasi Lento, Molto Mosso

GABRIELIANA (1971)
Camerata Strumenale “Citta di Prato”
Marzio Conti, conductor
(cpo 777 322 cd)

1. Mosso
2. Un Po Ritenuto
3. Allegro
4. Allegro Vivace

The Work

NOTE: Many of the recordings heard in this program are available on the Nimbus Prima Voce series: http://www.wyastone.co.uk/nimbus/prima-voce.html

CARUSO (1873-1921)

FRANCESCO TAMAGNO (1850-1905)

GIOVANNI MARTINELLI (1885-1969)

GIGLI (1890-1957)

TITO SCHIPA (1889-1965)

McCORMICK (1884-1945)

GIACOMO LAURI-VOLPI (1892-1979)

BJOERLING (1911-1960)

MARCELLA SEMBRICH (1858-1935)

NELLIE MELBA (1861-1931)

LUISA TETTRAZINI (1871-1940)

MARY GARDEN (1874-1967)

EMMY DESTINN (1878-1930)

AMELITA GALLI-CURCI (1882-1963)

FRIEDA HEMPEL (1885-1955)

LUCREZIA BORI (1887-1960)

ROSA PONSELLE (1897-1981)

GERALDINE FERRAR (1882-1967)

EIDÉ NORENA (1884-1968)

MAGGIE TEYTE (1888-1976)

CLAUDIA MUZIO (1889-1936)

ERNESTINE SCHUMANN-HEINK (1861-1936)

CONCHITA SUPERVIA (1895-1936)

SIGURD ONEGIN (1889-1943)

MATTIA BATTISTINI (1856-1928)

GIUSEPPE DE LUCA (1876-1950)

RICCARDO STRACCIANI (1875-1955)

TITO RUFFO (1877-1953)

JOHN CHARLES THOMAS (1891-1960)

LAWRENCE TIBBETT (1896-1960)

CHALIAPIN, FEODOR (1873-1938)

PINZA, EZIO (1892-1957)

KIPNIS, ALEXANDER (1891-1978)

The Work

Heitor Villa-Lobos – Symphony No. 10 “Amerindia” “Sume Pater Patrium”
Lothar Odinus, Tenor; Henryk Böhm, Baritone
Jürgen Linn, Bass-Bartione
Members Of The Staatspernchor Stuttgart
SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart
The Stuttgart Swr Radio Symphony
Directed By Carl St. Clair.
[CPO 999 786]
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Mario Tavares – Sonata No. 1 For Cello & Piano
Performed By Ibere Gomes Grosso, Cellist
With Ilara Gomes Grosso at the Piano
[Promemus MMB 79.010 LP]

Glauco Velasquez – Piano Music
The Petite Suite from 1905 in 3 Movts: Gavotte, Minuetto & Valsa Mignone
The Preludio No. 2 from 1908
Brutto Sogno from 1910
Devaneio from 1911
Clara Sverner, Piano
[Marco Polo 8.223556]
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Jose Vieira Brandao – Sonata No. 1 For Cello & Piano
Ibere Gomes Grosso, Cello
Ilara Gomes Grosso, Piano
[Promemus MMB 79.010 LP]

Francisco Mignone – Sinfonia Tropical
The Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Neschling
[BIS CD-1420]
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Radames Gnatalli – Harp Concerto
3 Movements: Allegro Moderato; Triste & Ritmado
Gianni Fumagalli, Harp
Brazilian Symphony Orchestra directed by the composer
[Festa 6514 087 LP]

Cesar Guerra-Peixe – Suite No. 2 “Nordestina”
Sonia Maria Vieira, Piano
[RCA Brazil 105.0001 LP]

Cesar Guerra-Peixe – A Retirada Da Laguna (The Withdrawal From Laguna)
Performed by the National Radio Orchestra of Brazil
Conducted by the composer

Spartaco Rossi – Sinfonia Da Patria
The Orchestra Of The Cultural Association For Music Of Tatui
The Glee Club “Professor Nacif Farah”
Conducted by the Composer
[RCA Brasil 103.0051 LP]

Camargo Guarnieri – Symphony No. 2 “Uirapuru”
Performed by the Sao Paulo State Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by John Neschling
[BIS CD-1220]
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Camargo Guarnieri – Piano Concerto No. 4
Performed by Max Barros, Piano
The Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Thomas Conlin
[Naxos 8.557667]

Claudio Santoro – Ponteio
Performed By The Brazilian String Orchestra
Directed By George Kaszas
[Chanteciler 2-08-404-058 LP]

Claudio Santoro – Asymptotic Interactions
The Symphony Orchestra of Brazil
Conducted by Isaac Karabtchevsky
[Inter-Americal Musical Editions Oas-002 LP]

Marlos Nobre – Tropical: A Work For Flute, Eb Clarinet, Piano and Percussion
Odette Ernest Dias, Flute
Jose Botelho, Eb Clarinet
Miguel Proenca, Piano
Pavel Burda, Percussion
The composer conducts the ensemble
[EMI Brazil 063 422907 LP]

The Work

Francisco Manuel Da Silva – Brazilian National Anthem
Performed by The Orchestra & Chorus Of The Classical Music Of The “Grande Oriente Do Brazil”

Elias Alvares Lobo – The Overture To The Opera “A Louca”
Performed By The Brazilian Radio Symphony
Directed By Alceo Bocchino
[EMI Coronado SC 10122 LP]

Henrique Alves De Mesquita – Overture To “A Night At The Castle”
Performed By The Brazilian Radio Symphony
Directed By Alceo Bocchino
[EMI Coronado SC 10122 LP]

Pedro Teixeira De Seixas – The Overture To The Ballet “Triumph Of Love”
Performed By The Brazilian Radio Symphony
Directed By Alceo Bocchino
[EMI Coronado SC 10122 LP]

Louis Moreau Gottschalk – Bamboula
Performed By Honorina Silva (piano)
[EMI Coronado SC 10122 LP]

Saverio Mercadante – Exulta, Oh Brasil
Performed by Tenor Mario Cesar Oliveira
Soprano Ermelinda Couto
With The Chorus & Orchestra of the Brazilian Radio
Conducted By Alceo Bocchino
[EMI Coronado SC 10122 LP]

Antonio Carlos Gomes – Il Guarany – The Love Duet Between Pery & Cecilia With Which Act I Ends
Placido Domingo sings the role of Pery
Veronica Villarroel sings the role of Cecilia
With The Chorus of the Bonn State Opera
Orchestra of the Beethovenhalle, Bonn
Conducted by Gomes expert John Neschling.
[2-Sony S2K 66273 CD]
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Antonio Carlos Gomes – Il Guarany – Pery’s Aria “Son Giunto In Tempo!”
Placido Domingo sings the role of Pery
Veronica Villarroel sings the role of Cecilia
With The Chorus of the Bonn State Opera
Orchestra of the Beethovenhalle, Bonn
Conducted by Gomes expert John Neschling.
[2-Sony S2K 66273 CD]
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Antonio Carlos Gomes – Il Guarany – Chorus Of The Aimore Tribe “Aspara, Crudel, Terribil”
Placido Domingo sings the role of Pery
Veronica Villarroel sings the role of Cecilia
With The Chorus of the Bonn State Opera
Orchestra of the Beethovenhalle, Bonn
Conducted by Gomes expert John Neschling.
[2-Sony S2K 66273 CD]
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Antonio Carlos Gomes – The Overture To Gomes’ Opera Fosca
The Brazilian Symphony
Conducted by Eleazar De Carvalho
[Angel S3CBX 450 LP]

Antonio Carlos Gomes – Lo Sciavo – Duet From Act I Between Americo & The Count (“Ah! Per Pieta”)
Alfredo Colosimo (Tenor) sings the role of Americo
Bass Luiz Nascimento sings the role of Count Rodrigo
Chorus & Orchestra Of The Municipal Theater Of Rio De Janeiro
Conducted By Santiago Guerra
[2-Master Class MC006]

Antonio Carlos Gomes – Lo Sciavo – Americo’s Aria “Quando Nascesti Tu”
Sung by tenor Giacomo Lauri-Volpi

Antonio Carlos Gomes – Lo Sciavo – Dances from Act II
Orchestra Of The Municipal Theater Of Rio De Janeiro
Conducted By Santiago Guerra
[2-Master Class MC006]

Antonio Carlos Gomes – Lo Sciavo – Orchestral Preludio to the final scene, followed by a romance sung by Ilara, a duet between Ilara & Ibere, then Americo sings a duet with Ibere & the opera ends with the principals joined by the chorus
Ida Miccolis, Soprano (Ilara)
Lourival Braga, Baritone (Ibere)
Alfredo Colosimo, Tenor (Americo)
Luiz Nascimento, Bass (Count Rodrigo)
Chorus & Orchestra Of The Municipal Theater Of Rio De Janeiro
Conducted By Santiago Guerra
[2-Master Class MC006]

Henrique Oswald – Trio, Op. 45
Performed by the Trio Da Radio, Mec
Anselmo Zlatopolsky, Violin
Ibere Gomes Grosso, Cello
Alceo Bocchino, Piano
[Promemus MMB 79.005 LP]

Alberto Nepomuceno – Serie Brasileira
In 4 Movements:
(1) Alvorada Na Serra
(2) Intermedio
(3) A Sesta (Na Rede)
(4) Batuque
The Brazilian Symphony Orchestra
Directed By Souza Lima
[Festa 6514085 LP]

Carlos Mesquita – 5 Piano Pieces
(1) Les Adieux
(2) Chanson A Deux
(3) Capricieuse
(4) Chant Sans Paroles
(5) Troisieme Valse
Performed by Honorina Silva, piano
[Promemus MMB 79.012 LP]

Ernesto Nazareth – 7 Piano Pieces
(1) Espalhafatoso (Boisterous)
(2) Escovado (Cunning)
(3) Nene (Baby)
(4) Gaucho
(5) Sarambeque (Like An African Dance)
(6) Escorregando (Going Down A Well)
(7) Apanhei-Te Cavaquinho (I Have Grabbed You, Cavaquinho!)
Performed By Iara Behs
[Naxos 8.557687]
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Barrozo Netto – 6 Piano Pieces
(1) Cavalinho De Pau (Wooden Horse)
(2) Cachimbando (A Pipe)
(3) Canto De Marujo (Sailor’s Song)
(4) Minha Terra (My Land)
(5) Rapsodia Guerreira (War Rhapsody)
(6) Serenata Diabolica (Diabolic Serenade)
Honorina Silva, piano
[Promemus MMB 79.012 LP]

Henrique Oswald – Sinfonia, Op. 43
The Brazilian Symphony Orchestra
Directed By Edoardo De Guarnieri
[Festa IG 79.021 LP]

The Work

Missa Pastoril Para A Noite De Natal by Jose Mauricio Nines Garcia
The Soloists Are:
Paulo Fortes, Baritone
Dircea Amorim, Soprano
Maura Moreira, Contralto
Isauro Camino, Tenor

The Orchestra And Chorus Of The Association Of Choral Singing Of Rio De Janeiro
Conducted By Francisco Mignone
EMI Coronado SC 10119 LP

5 Modinhas by Joaquim Manuel
Se Me Desses Um Suspiro (If You Give Me Such A Sigh)
Se Queres Saber A Causa (If You Want To Know The Cause)
Foi O Momento De Ver-Te (Was The Time To See You)
Triste Salgueiro (Sad Willow)
Desde O Dia Em Que Nasci (Since The Day I Was Born)

The Soprano Is Olga Maria Schroeter With The Orchestra Of The Collegium Musicum Da Radio M.E.C. Under The Direction Of
George Kiszely
EMI Coronado SC 10118 LP

Sinfonia In D Major by Marcos Portugal
Performed By The Gulbenkian Chamber Orchestra
Dirceted By Gianfranco Rivoli

A Hymn On Verses Of Juan VI by Marcos Portugal
Soprano Olga Maria Schroeter
With The Orchestra & Chorus Of The Collegium Musicum Da Radio M.E.C.
Conducted By J. Strutt
EMI Coronado SC 10120 LP

O Heros by Sigismond Neukomm
Performed By The Symphony Orchestra Of The
Brazilian Radio M.E.C., Conducted By Alceo Bocchino
EMI Coronado SC 10121 LP

Ora Adeus Senhora Ulina by Antonio Jose Do Rego
Olga Maria Schroeter, Soprano
(Guitar Accompanist Is Not Named)
EMI Coronado SC 10120 LP

Chula Carioca by Antonio Da Silva Leite
Soprano, Olga Maria Schroeter
Symphony Orchestra Of The Brazilian Radio, M.E.C.
Conducted By Alceo Bocchino
EMI Coronado SC 10120 LP

Overture In Bb by Bernardo Jose De Sousa Queiroz
Performed By The Brazilian National Radio Orchestra
Directed By Alceo Bocchino
EMI Coronado SC 10121 LP

Independencia by King Pedro I
The Brazilian National Radio Orchestra
Directed By Alceo Bocchino
EMI Coronado SC 10121 LP

The Work

The Overture To The Opera Ali Baba By Giuseppe Bottesini
Performed By The London Symphony Orchestra
Franco Petracchi, Conducting
(ASV CD DCA 907)
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The Mountain King By Hugo Alfven
1-Invocation: which depicts a bright summer night in terms of the magical mood of a “white night.”
2-Troll Maiden’s Dance: a grotesque and lively piece.
3-Summer Rain: a lyrical depiction of nature
4-Herd-Maid’s Dance: a vigorous virtuoso dance.

Performed By The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, Conductor
(BIS CD 585)
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Die Lorelei by Franz Liszt
Tamara Anna Cislowska at the Piano
(ABC Classics 476 6301)

The Flying Dutchman By Matthjis Vermeulen
A – Symphonic Prologue
Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Anton Kersies, Conductor

B – Passacaglia & Cortege
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Eduard Van Beinum, Conductor

C – Interlude
Utrecht Symphony Orchestra
Otto Ketting, Conductor

(Composers’ Voice 8384/4)

Suite No. 1 From The Ballet Cinderella By Erland Von Koch
1 – March And Skvaller Dance
2 – Nocturne
3 – Waltz

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Under The Direction Of B. Tommy Andersson
(Phono Suecia PSCD 710)

The Metamorphosis Of The Lycian Peasants Into Frogs By Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf
1 – Allegretto Non Troppo Presto
2 – Adagio, Ma Non Molto
3 – Minuetto. Moderato
4 – Finale: Adagio – Vivace, Ma Moderato

The Vienna Sinfonietta is conducted by
Kurt Rapf (2-Calig CAL 50 885/86)

Kalevala Suite, Op. 23 by Uuno Klami
(1) The Creation Of The Earth
(2) The Sprout Of Spring
(3) Terhenniemi
(4) Cradle Song For Lemminkainen
(5) The Forging Of The Sampo

Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
Directed By Jorma Panula
(Naxos 8.553757)
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The Paul Bunyan Suite by William Bergsma
The Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra
Directed By The Composer

The Overture Rip Van Winkle by George Whitefield Chadwick
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, Conductor
(Chandos Chan 10032)
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Edward Macdowell’s Forgotten Fairy Tales, Op.4
Performed by James Barbagallo, piano
(Marco Polo 8.223633)
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The Legend of the Glass Mountain by Nino Rota
Performed By The Rte Concert Orchestra
Directed by Proinnsias O Duinn
(Naxos 8.554323)
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The Legend For Orchestra – After The Tale Of Ama-No-Iawayado by Hiroshi Ohguri
Performed By The Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra
Directed By Tatsuya Shimono (Naxos 8.555321)
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Lament For Beowulf by Howard Hanson
The Eastman Rochester Orchestra & Chorus
Directed by the Composer
(Mercury 434 302)
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The Ballet Suite Oriane et la Prince d’Amour by Florent Schmitt
Performed By The Rhein-Palinate State Philharmonic Orch.
Directed By Pierre Stoll
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The Work

The Work

The Work

The Work

Libretto: Emidio Mucci
Recording: LP Only (Voce)

Cast:
Antonietta Cannarile Berdini – Margharita
Carlo Meliciani – Arsenio
Ottavio Garaventa – Uberto
Luigi Roni – Il Padre Di Margherita
Miriam Pirazzini – La Matrigna Di Margherita
Nelly Pucci – Chiarella
Paolo Mazzotta – Capocaccia
Giannicola Pigliucci – Giudice Del Maleficio
Francesco Carnelutti – Banditore

Orchestra & Chorus Of Rai, Milan
Danilo Belardinelli, Conductor

The Work

Georges Auric (1899-1983)

IMAGINEES
Michel Debost, flute
Claude Desulmondt, clarinet
Michele Command, soprano
Frederick Lodeon, cello
La Quatuor Parrenin
Jacques Cazauran, bass
Jean Philippe Collard, piano
Alexandre Myrat, director
(Pathe C069 16287)

PARTITA for two pianos
Genevieve Joy/Christian Ivaldi, pianos
(Adès 14.018)

TRIO for oboe, clarinet and bassoon
Robert Casier, oboe
Andre Boutard, clarinet
Paul Hongue, bassoon
(Adès 14.018)

DOUBLES JEUX for two pianos
Genevieve Joy/Christian Ivaldi, pianos
(Adès 14.018)

PHEDRE, SYMPHONIC SUITE
USSR State Symphony Orchestra
V. Dubrovsky, conductor
(2 Melodyia D 010963 6)

Louis Durey (1888-1979)

TWO PIECES FOR PIANO FOUR HANDS, OP.7
Francoise Petit/Madeleine Chacun, pianists
(Musical Heritage MHS 3834)

ROMANCE WITHOUT WORDS, OP.21
Francoise Petit, pianist
(Musical Heritage MHS 3834)

SIX PIECES OF AUTUMN 1953, OP.75
Francoise Petit, pianist
(Musical Heritage MHS 3834)

THREE PRELUDES, OP.26
Francoise Petit, pianist
(Musical Heritage MHS 3834)

TWO ETUDES, OP.29
Francoise Petit, pianist
(Musical Heritage MHS 3834)

LE BESTIAIRE, OP. 17a
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Francois Le Roux, baritone
Graham Johnson, piano
(Hyperion CDA67257)
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SONATINE, OP. 25
Emily Beynon, flute; Andrew West, piano
(Hyperion CDA67204)
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STRING QUARTET NO. 1 (1917)
Ensemble Erwartung
(2-Mandala MAN 4908/81)
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STRING QUARTET NO. 2, OP. 19
Ensemble Erwartung
(2-Mandala MAN 4908/81)
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Germaine Tailleferre

IMAGES (1918)
Porter String Quartet; Karen Andrie, cello
Elizabeth Bodine, oboe; Jill Cohen, viola
Andy Connell, clarinet; John Fairweather, violin
Gordon Mumma, horn; June Orzel, bassoon
David Ryther, violin
Nicole A. Paiement, conductor
(Helicon HE 1008 CD)
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IMPROMPTU
Josephine Gandolfi, piano
(Helicon HE 1048 CD)
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PARTITA
Carlifornia Parallèle Ensemble
California Santa Cruz Orchestra
Nicole Paiement, conductor
(Helicon HE 1048 CD)
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PASTORALE EN Ab MAJOR
Josephine Gandolfi, piano
(Helicon HE 1048 CD)
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BERCEUSE (1913)
Ruth Ehrlich, violin; Marcia Eckert, piano
(Cambria CD-1085)
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ADAGIO (1924)
Ruth Ehrlich, violin; Marcia Eckert, piano
(Cambria CD-1085)
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QUATUOR (1917 & 19)
Porter String Quartet
(Helicon HE 1008 CD)
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CONCERTINO FOR FLUTE, PIANO & CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Leta Miller, flute
Josephine Gandolfi, piano
California Parallele Ensemble & U. of Cal. Santa Cruz Orch.
Nicole A. Paiement, conductor
(Helicon HE 1048 CD)
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CHANSSONS POPULAIRES FRANCAISES
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Patrice Maginnis, soprano
Instrumental Ensemble from U. of Calif., Santa Cruz
Nicole A. Paiement, conductor
(Helicon HE 1008 CD)
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SONATA FOR HARP
Jennifer Cass, harp
(Helicon HE 1008)
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SONATA NO. 1 FOR VIOLIN & PIANO IN C#
Ruth Ehrlich, violin; Marcia Eckert, piano
(Cambria CD-1085)
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PIANO CONCERTO
Josephine Gandolfi, piano
California Parallele Ensemble
& U. Of Cal.,Santa Cruz Orch.
Nicole A. Paiement, conductor
(Helicon HE 1048 CD)
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SONATA NO. 2 FOR VIOLIN & PIANO (1951)
Ruth Ehrlich, violin; Marcia Eckert, piano
(Cambria CD-1085)
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CONCERTO GROSSO FOR 2 PIANOS, SINGERS, SAXOPHONES & ORCH.
Clinton-Narboni Duo
Emmanuel Mansard & Solveig Berg, sopranos
Charlotte Baillaux & Anne Coppey, mezzo-sopranos;
Phillipe Hoaray & Dominque Ploteau, tenors;
Francois Echasaux & Phillipe Degaetz, basses
The XAS Ensemble, saxophones
Orchestre du Conservatoire du Centre de Paris
Bruno Poindefert, conductor
(Élan 744198-2298-2 CD)
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The Work

Mily Balakirev (1837-1910)

GRANDE FANTASIE ON RUSSIAN FOLKSONGS, OP. 4
Anastiasia Seifetdinova, piano
Russian Philharmonic
Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor
(Naxos 8.570396 CD)
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OVERTURE ON THEMES OF RUSSIAN FOLKSONGS
Kansas City Philharmonic
Hans Schwieger, conductor
(Urania 5131)[GLAZOUNOV #4]

RUSSIA (SYMPHONIC POEM)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Yevgeny Svetlanov, conductor
(Hyperion CDA 66493)
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ISLAMEY
Alexander Paley, piano
(6-Brilliant Classics 92617)
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FANTASIA ON THEMES FROM GLINKA’S A LIFE FOR THE TSAR
Alexander Paley, piano
(6-Brilliant Classics 92617)
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PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2 IN Eb
Anastiasia Seifetdinova, piano
Russian Philharmonic
Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor
(Naxos 8.570396 CD)
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DUMKA: a popular Slavonic dance
AU JARDIN: almost impressionistic
THE LARK: one of Balakirev’s most popular piano works
Alexander Paley, piano
(6-Brilliant Classics 92617 CD)
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SYMPHONY NO.2 IN D
USSR Symphony
Yevgeny Svetlanov, conductor
(Melodyia SUCD 10 00152)
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Also available: BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
(2-Chandos CHAN 241-29 CD)
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Cesar Cui (1835-1918)

PRELUDES, OP. 64 (10 of 25)
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
(Naxos 8.555557 CD)
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FAIR SPRING (ECHOES OF WAR, OP. 66 NO. 4)
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Ludmila Kuznetsova, mezzo-soprano
Russian State Symphony
Valeri Polyansky, conductor
(Chandos CHAN 10201 CD)
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LE FLIBUSTIER (THE BUCCANEER)
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony
Robert Stankovsky, conductor
(Marco Polo 8.223400 CD)
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SUITE NO.4 “A ARGENTEAU”, OP. 40
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony
Robert Stankovsky, conductor
(Marco Polo 8.223400 CD)
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SUITE CONCERTANTE, OP.25
Takako Nishizaki, violin
Hong Kong Philharmonic
Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor
(Marco Polo 6.220308)
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Listening Samples

Ballade In G Minor

Nocturne In F Minor

The Work

THE GARDEN OF FAND (16:27) 1913, orch. 1916
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Adrian Boult, conductor
(Musical Heritage MHS 1769) (Lyrita SRCD.231)
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Other Recordings:
Halle Orchestra
John Barbirolli, conductor
(Mercury 50115)[RVW #8]
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BBC Philharmonic 17:28
Vernon Handley, conductor
(Chandos CHAN 10362 CD)

Royal Scottish National Orchestra 16:32
David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
(Naxos 8.553525 cd)
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ELEGIAC TRIO FOR HARP, VIOLA & FLUTE (23:02) 1916
Mobius (Naxos 8.554507 CD)
Moderate tempo
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ENCHANTED SUMMER from PROMETHEUS UNBOUND (28:04) 1910
Anne Williams-King; Lynore McWhirter
Brighton Festival Chorus
Royal Philharmonic
Vernon Handley, conductor
(Chandos CHAN 10366X CD)
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THE HAPPY FOREST 1914/orch.1921
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
(Naxos 8.553608 CD)
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Other Recording:
London Symphony Orchestra
Edward Downes, conductor
(RCA GL 42247)
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PIANO MUSIC (COMPLETE)
Eric Parkin, piano
(4 Chandos CHAN x10132 CD)
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TWO RUSSIAN PICTURES

FAREWELL, MY YOUTH

EVENINGS ON A FARM AT DIKANKA

THE MAIDEN WITH THE DAFFODIL

THE PRINCESS’S ROSE GARDEN

APPLE-BLOSSOM-TIME

ON A MAY EVENING

NEREID

SLEEPY HEAD

IN THE TWILIGHT (12:40) 1908
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
(Naxos 8.557144 CD)
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NOVEMBER WOODS (18:34) 1917
BBC Philharmonic
Vernon Handley, conductor
(Chandos CHAN 10362 CD)
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Other Recordings:
London Philharmonic
Adrian Boult, conductor
(Musical Heritage MHS 1229)
[MOERAN:SINF.](Lyrita SRCD.231)

Royal Scottish National Orchestra
David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
(Naxos 8.554093 CD)
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OVERTURE TO A PICARESQUE COMEDY (1930)
BBC Philharmonic
Vernon Handley, conductor
(5-Chandos CHAN 10122 CD)

Other Recordings:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Igor Buketoff, conductor
(RCA Vic 3005)

Royal Scottish National Orchestra
David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
(Naxos 8.555343 CD)
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FOUR SONGS FOR TENOR AND ORCHESTRA:
A LYKE WAKE; ETERNITY; GLAMOUR; SLUMBER SONG (orch. 1934)
Martyn Hill, tenor
London Philharmonic
Bryden Thomson, conductor
(Chandos CHAN 8628)
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GLAMOUR

SLUMBER SONG

ETERNITY

A LYKE-WAKE

NYMPHOLEPT (NATURE POEM FOR ORCHESTRA) 1912/orch.1915
London Philharmonic 17:49
Bryden Thomson, conductor
(Chandos CHAN 8493CD)
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Other Recordings:
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
(Naxos 8.555343 CD)
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CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN & ORCHESTRA (35:06) 1938
Lydia Morddkovitch, violin
London Philharmonia
Bryden Thomson, conductor
(Chandos CHAN 9003)
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(1) Overture, Ballad and Scherzo. Allegro Risoluto – Allegro Moderato – Poco Largamente
(2) Adagio
(3) Allegro – Slow Valse Tempo – Andante con moto

SPRING FIRE SYMPHONY (30:38) 1913
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley, conductor
(Chandos ABRD 1180) (Chandos CHAN X10155 CD)
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THE TALE THE PINE TREES KNEW (16:33) 1931
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
(Naxos 8.554509 CD)
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CONCERTANTE FOR 3 WIND INSTRUMENTS & ORCH. (28:32) 1948-49
BBC Philharmonic
Martyn Brabbins, conductor
(Chandos CHAN 9879 CD)
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(1) Elegy: Lento poco ad lib.
Gillian Callow, English horn
(2) Scherzo: Allegro–Allegretto semplice
John Bradbury, clarinet
(3) Lento
Jonathan Goodall, horn
(4) Allegro ma non troppo, brillante

MORNING SONG (MAYTIME IN SUSSEX) (8:15) 1946
Margaret Fingerhut, piano
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Bryden Thomson, conductor
(Chandos ABRD 1226)
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SYMPHONY NO.5 IN C# 1932
BBC Philharmonic
Vernon Handley, conductor
(5-Chandos CHAN 10122 CD)
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(1) Poco lento – Allegro con fuoco – Moderato
(2) Poco lento
(3) Poco moderato – Allegro -
Epilogue (Doppio movimento alla breve)

Other Recordings:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Raymond Leppard, conductor
(Lyrita 58)
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London Philharmonic Orchestra
Bryden Thomson, conductor
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Royal Scottish National Orchestra
David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
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The Work

Tempo: Allegro pesante. Nicht zu schnell. (Not too fast)
Key: E minor, with trio sections in C major, A major and B major and a coda in D minor
Time Signature: 3/4
Form: Scherzo and Trio

The Work

Tempo: Langsam, schwer (slow and heavy).
Key: F# major; beginning in D minor, with a main theme in B minor/major that goes through a series of modulations until it reaches the intended tonic before the final coda.
Time Signature: The introduction shifts from 4/4 to 3/4 to 2/4 (and one measure of 5/4) in nearly every measure, but when the principal theme is introduced the meter stabilizes into common time (4/4) for most of the remainder of the movement.
Form: Introduction-A-B-A-B-A Coda.

The Work

Tempo: Allegro Moderato
Key: B-flat minor modulating to B-flat major, with a middle section in D minor, and closing in B-flat major/minor
Time Signature: 2/4
Form: Da capo (A-B-A)

The Work

Tempo: Schnelle Viertel (3/4 ganze Takte – 4/4 alla breve)
Key: F-sharp minor with a first Trio in F major, a second Trio (Ländler) in E- flat major, concluding in F-sharp major
Time Signature: mixed meters that shift from duple to triple sometimes from measure to measure
Form: Scherzo and Trio

The Work

Principal Tempi: Andante; Adagio
Key: F-sharp major/minor with modulations into B minor, B-flat minor, D minor, A minor, A-flat minor, etc.
Time Signature: 4/4
Form: Sonata-Rondo with three principal subjects

The Work

Date(s) of composition: 1910-11
Place(s) of composition: Toblach (and New York)

Performing Versions and Completions:
Ernst Kenek edited the first and third movements with the assistance of Alban Berg and Alexander Zemlinsky, published in 1924 by Paul Zsolnay, Vienna and first performed in Vienna on 14 October 1924 under the direction of Franz Schalk; five-movement performing versions have been created by Joseph H. Wheeler, Hans Wollschlägen, Clinton A. Carpenter, Deryck Cooke, Remo Mazzetti, Jr., Nicola H. Samale and Giueseppe Mazzuca, and Rudolf Barshai in various editions (Wollschlägen and Mazzetti having withdrawn their versions, although a recording has been made of the latter with the Saint Louis Symphony under Leonard Slatkin); the premiere of Cooke’s first version was given in London on 13 August 1964, the London Symphony under the direction of Berthold Goldschmidt, after a work-in-progress performance was given under his direction on 19 December 1960 with the Philharmonia Orchestra. Joe Wheeler’s version has been recently performed (January, 1997) for the first time in many years at the MahlerFest in Boulder, Colorado under the direction of Robert Olsen. A recording of this performance has recently been released. Carpenter’s latest version was recorded in 1995 by The Philharmonia Hungarica under the direction of Harold Farberman. The Barshai version was recorded on September 12, 2001 by the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie under the direction of Rudolf Barshai on the Brilliant Classics label.

Movements: The symphony was apparently conceived by Mahler in five movements but his intention as to the movements’ order is unclear. All the performing versions thus far have presented the work in the following order of movements:

(1) ADAGIO (Andante; Adagio)
(2) SCHERZO (Schnelle Viertel) (In a fast four-beat measure) [Cooke]
(In gemächlicher Bewegung. Ohne Hast.)
(In an easy-going motion, without haste) [Carpenter]
(3) PURGATORIO (Allegretto moderato)
(Unheimlich bewegt) (extremely agitated) [Carpenter and Mazzetti do not use this title]
(4) [SCHERZO] (Allegro pesante. Nicht zu schnell) (not too fast) [Cooke]
(Kräftig, nicht zu schnell) (Powerfully, not too fast) [Carpenter]
(5) FINALE (Langsam, schwer (Slow, heavy); Allegro moderato; sehr ruhig (very restful)) [Cooke]

(Cooke first performing version)
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
(Sony Classical 82876-78742-2)
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The Work

Tempo: Sehr Langsam und Noch Zurückhaltend (very slow and yet held back); (Molto Adagio)
Key: D-flat major (subsidiary section first in D-flat minor, then in C-sharp minor) with a brief excursion into F-sharp major during the development
Time Signature: 4/4
Form: sonata form

The Work

Tempo: Allegro Assai. Sehr Trotzig (Very Obstinate)
Key: A minor (with C sections in D) and various modulations (D minor, F major, D minor, A major, A-flat minor, etc.)
Time Signature: Alla Breve with subsidiary theme in 2/4.
Form: Rondo (ABA’B'A”CC’C”A”’ Coda)

The Work

Tempo: Im Tempo Eines Gemächlichen Ländlers. Etwas Täppisch Und Sehr Derb. (In the tempo of an easy-going ländler; somewhat clumsy and very coarse).
Key: C Major, with Tempo II waltz theme in E major and E-flat major and Tempo III Ländler in F major, and various modulations.
Time Signature: 3/4
Form: Rondo (ABCBCABA Coda)

The Work

Tempo: andante comodo
Key: d major/minor with a third subject in b-flat major and various excursions into a variety of keys
Time Signature: 4/4
Form: sonata with rondo elements

The Work

Date(s) of composition: 1909-10; published by Universal Editions, Vienna (1912)
Place(s) of composition: Toblach and New York
Premiere: Vienna, 26 June 1912, Bruno Walter conducting

Orchestration: piccolo, 4 flutes, 4 oboes (4th doubling with English horn), 3 clarinets, clarinet in E-flat, bass clarinet, 4 bassoons (4th doubling with contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, bass tuba, timpani (2 players), bass drum, small drum, triangle, cymbals, tam-tam, glockenspiel, 3 deep bells, harp and strings.

Movements:
(1) Andante comodo
(2) Im Tempo eines gemächlichen Ländlers. Etwas täppisch und sehr derb
(3) Rondo-Burleske / Allegro assai. Sehr trotzig
(4) Adagio

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
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The Work

Tempo: Schwer (Heavy); Sehr Mässig (Very moderate).
Key: Begins in C minor; with principal sections in F, B-flat major, C major and minor, and ending by hovering between in C major and A minor.
Time Signature: Begins in 4/4, with principal sections in alla breve and 3/4 and numerous meter shifts to 2/4, 6/4, 2/2, 3/2, etc.
Form: Combination of sonata form and binary song form

The Work

Tempo: Allegro, keck, aber nicht zu schnell (brazen, but not too fast)
Key: A major, with subsidiary theme in F and excursions into D-flat major/minor, etc.
Time signature: 4/4 (with a few bars of 2/4)
Form: ABA song form

The Work

Tempo: Comodo Dolcissimo
Principal Key: G major with modulations into E, G, C, A-flat, F, D and B-flat major
Time signature: shifting between 3/4, 4/4 and occasional bars of 2/4
Form: sonata form (ABA’)

The Work

Tempo: Behaglich heiter (comfortably cheerful)
Principal Key: B-flat major (with a contrasting sections in G minor and major)
Time Signature: alla breve
Form: Song form (ABA)

The Work

Tempo: Etwas schleichend. Ermüdet. (Somewhat lingering, worn out).
Key: D minor/major with contrasting sections in B-flat major
Time Signature: 3/2 (occasionally altering with 2/2 and 4/2)
Form: Strophic with elements of sonata form

The Work

Tempo: Allegro Pesante (Ganze Takte, nicht schell) (alla breve, not fast)
Principal Key: A minor
Time Signature: 3/4
Form: Modified Sonata form

The Work

Dates of composition: 1907-1909; published posthumously by Universal Editions, Vienna in 1912
Place of composition: Toblach (in the Tyrolian Mountains, then part of Austria, now known as Dobbiaco)
Premiere: Munich, 20 November 1911, under the direction of Bruno Walter
Orchestration: piccolo, 3 flutes (third doubling with piccolo), 3 oboes (third doubling with English horn), 3 clarinets, clarinet in E-flat, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons (third doubling with contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, bass tuba, 2 harps, timpani, celesta, mandolin, glockenspiel, triangle, cymbals, tam-tam, tambourine, bass drum and strings.
Voices: Tenor and Alto or Baritone
Movements:
Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde (The Drinking Song of the Earth’s Sorrow) (Tenor)
Der Einsame im Herbst (Loneliness in Autumn) (Alto or Baritone)
Von der Jugend (Of Youth) (Tenor)
Von der Schönheit (Of Beauty) (Alto or Baritone)
Der Trunkene im Frühling (The Drunkard in Spring) (Tenor)
Der Abschied (The Farewell) (Alto or Baritone)

All excerpts are (1). Each movement has two music tracks–in each case (1) is on top and  (2) is on bottom.

(1) Mildred Miller, mezzo-soprano
Ernst Häfliger, tenor
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Bruno Walter, conductor
Sony MK 42034(2) James King, tenor
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(2) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Decca 289 466 381-2
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The Work

Tempo: Beginning with Poco adagio and making numerous tempo changes some of which will be mentioned below.
Key: E-flat minor (Introduction) with several intermittent key changes and ending in E-flat major.
Time Signature: 4/4 with occasional meter shifts.
Form: Introduction and combination of sonata elements (Exposition and Development) with variations and strophic forms that incorporate aspects of oratorio, cantata and operatic aria.

The Work

Tempo: Allegro impetuoso; etwas gemässigter, immer sehr fliessend (somewhat more moderate, always very fleeting); etwas gehalten (somewhat held back)
Key: E-flat major (second theme in D-flat major; third theme in D minor, with excursions into E major and minor, D-flat and A-flat major, etc.)
Time signature: 4/4 (with intervening duple and triple meters in the Veni theme).
Form: modified and extended sonata form.

The Work

Date of composition: summer, 1906; orchestrated in 1907; published by Universal Editions, February 1911.
Place of composition: Maiernigg
Premiere: Munich, 12 September 1910, Mahler conducting.

Orchestration: Piccolo (or double as 5th flute), 4 flutes, 4 oboes, English horn; clarinet in E-flat, 3 clarinets in B-flat, bass clarinet in B-flat, 4 bassoons, contrabassoon, 8 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, bass tuba, 3 timpani, bass drum, cymbals, tamtam, triangle, deep bells, glockenspiel, celesta, piano, harmonium, organ, 2 harps, mandolin, strings. Internal band: 4 trumpets, 3 trombones.

Voices: Soloists: Soprano I (Magna Peccatrix), Soprano II (Una poenitentium), Soprano (Mater Gloriosa), Alto I (Mulier Samaritana), Alto II (Maria Aegyptiaca), Tenor (Doctor Marianus), Baritone (Pater Ecstaticus), Bass (Pater Profundus), Choruses: Boys choir, Mixed Choruses I and II

Movements:
Part I : Hymnus: Veni, creator spiritus (anonymous but once attributed to Hrabanus Maurus)
Part II: Final scene from Faust by Wolfgang von Goethe.

Magna Peccatrix: Erna Spoorenberg, soprano
Una Poenitentium: Gwyneth Jones, soprano
Mater Gloriosa: Gwyneth Annear, mezzo-soprano
Mulier Samaritana: Anna Reynolds, mezzo-soprano
Maria Aegyptiaca: Norma Procter, mezzo-soprano
Doctor Marianus: John Mitchinson, tenor
Pater Ecstaticus: Vladimir Ruzdjak, baritone
Pater Profundis: Donald McIntyre, bass

Hans Vollenweider, organ
Leeds Festival Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra Chorus (Donald Hunt, chorus master)
Finchley Children’s Music Group (John Andrews, music director)
Highgate School Boys Choir (Edward Chapman, music director)
Orpington Junior Singers (Sheila Mossman, chorus master)
London Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor

Sony 88697-45369-2
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The Work

Tempo: Allegro ordinario ; Maestoso; Sempre l’istesso tempo; Gemessen! Nicht Schnell! (Measured! Not fast!); Grazioso; Immer noch Tempo II (still in Tempo II), etc.
Key: C major (opening briefly in E minor); second subject in A-flat major with occasional ventures into A, G-flat, B-flat and B major and a brief incursion into C minor.
Time Signature: 4/4; 3/2; 2/2; alla breve; returning to 4/4
Form: Modified sonata-rondo

The Work

Tempo: Andante Amoroso; Mit Aufschwung (With verve); Graziosissimo; Sehr Fliessend (very fleeting),etc.
Key: F Major (with a middle section in A-flat major and B-flat Major with modulations)
Time Signature: 2/4
Form: ABACA-DE-ABACA

The Work

Tempo: Schattenhaft. Fliessend, aber nicht schnell, an der Anfangstahten noch etwas zogernd. (Shadowy. Fleeting, but not too fast, the beginning still somewhat hesitant.); etwas flotter (somewhat brisker); klagend (lamenting); Pesante
Key: D minor with Trio in D major.
Time Signature: 3/4
Form: Scherzo and Trio (with Introduction, Coda and sonata-like development sections)

The Work

Tempo: Allegro Moderato; Tempo subito, molto moderato (Andante); Sempre l’istesso tempo; Gehalten; Poco meno mosso
Key: C minor/major (first Trio in A-flat major; second Trio in F minor)
Time Signature: 4/4
Form: ABACABA (with Introduction and Coda)

The Work

Tempo: Langsam (Adagio); Allegro risoluto, ma non troppo
Key: Beginning in B minor and modulating progressively to E minor and concluding in E major.
Time Signature: 4/4
Form: Sonata form

The Work

Occasionally, the subtitle The Song of the Night has been appended to the Seventh Symphony, presumably relating to the two movements (the second and fourth) that Mahler entitled Nachtmusik. However, Mahler did not append a subtitle to the symphony. Regarding the symphony’s principal key, some have referred to it as B minor, the key in which the symphony begins. However, the first movement is clearly in E minor which relates more directly than B minor to both the keys of the second movement and the finale (C minor/major and C major respectively), although more remotely to those of the other movements.

Date(s) of composition: 1904-5; published by Bote & Bock, Berlin (1909)
Place(s) of composition: Maiernigg
Premiere:Prague, 19 September 1909, Mahler conducting
Orchestration: Piccolo, 4 flutes (4th doubling as 2d piccolo), 4 oboes, English horn, clarinet in E-flat, 3 clarinets in A and B-flat, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, tenor horn in B-flat (referred to in English as a >baritone=), 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (bass drum, snare drum, tambourine, tam-tam, triangle, cymbals, rute (sticks), cowbells and glockenspiel), 2 harps, guitar, mandolin and strings.
Performers: Vienna Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein
Movements: 5 movements with second and fourth movements each entitled Nachtmusik and third Scherzo.
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The Works

Henry Kimball Hadley (1871-1937) – The Ocean, Op. 99
National Symphony Orchestra Of Ukraine
John Mclaughlin Williams, Conductor
(Naxos 8.559064)
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Philippe Gaubert (1879-1941) – Les Chants De La Mer
Orchestre Philharmonique Du Luxembourg
Marc Soustrot, Conductor
(Timpani 1c1135)
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Frederick Delius (1862-1934) – Sea Drift
Thomas Hampson, Baritone
Orchestra And Chorus Of The Welsh National Opera
Sir Charles Mackerras, Conductor
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Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996) – Toward The Sea For Alto Flute And Guitar
Robert Aitken, Flute
Norbert Kraft, Guitar
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Howard Hanson (1896-1981) – Symphony No. 7 “A Sea Symphony”
Seattle Symphony And Chorale
Gerard Schwarz, Conductor
(Delos DE 3130)
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Haydn Wood (1882-1959) – The Seafarer: A Nautical Rhapsody
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
Adrian Leaper, Conductor
(Marco Polo 8.223402)

John Alden Carpenter (1876-1951) – Sea Drift
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Karl Krueger, Conductor
(Bridge 9190)

Robert Hughes (1912-2007) – Sea Spells (1973)
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Willem Van Otterloo, Conductor
(RCA VRL10191)

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Ralph Vaughan Williams – A Sea Symphony

Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960) – Symphony No. 4 In C Minor, Op. 39 (“From The Seaward Skerries”)
Elisabeth Söderström, soprano
Gösta Winbergh, tenor
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Stig Westerberg, conductor
(Bluebell ABCD 001)
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Gustaf Nordqvist – Til Havs (To The Sea)
Jussi Bjoerling, Tenor
Orchestra Conducted By Bertil Bokstedt (EMI 2 17313 2)
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Gösta Nystroem (1890-1966) – Sinfonia Del Mare (Symphony No. 3)
Elisabeth Söderström, Soprano
Erling Blöndal Bengtsson, Cello
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Stig Westerberg, Conductor
(Discofil SCD 1015)
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Paul Gilson (1865-1942) – De Zee (The Sea)
Brtn Philharmonic Orchestra
Karl-Anton Rickenbacher, Conductor
(Discover DICD 920126)
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Edward Macdowell (1860-1908) – Sea Pieces, Op. 55
James Barbagallo, Piano
(Marco Polo 8.223631)
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Sir Charles Villers Stanford (1852-1924) – Songs Of The Sea, Op. 91
Gerald Finley, Baritone
BBC National Chorus Of Wales
BBC National Orchestra Of Wales
Richard Hickox, Conductor
(Chandos CHSA 5043)
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The Work

Tempo: Allegro Moderato (Sostenuto); allegro energico
Principal key: A minor with various subsidiary keys (C minor, D major and minor, F-sharp and B-flat major, A major, F minor, E-flat major and G major and minor)
Time Signature: alla breve opening leads to the principal 4/4 meter
Form: Extended sonata form with rondo elements (expositions merges with development sections and opening measures become ritornello)

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Tempo: Andante Moderato
Key: E-flat major (second theme in G minor, then in E minor and A minor) with the Development in E minor and 2 episodes, the first in E minor then E major, the second in C major.
Time Signature: 4/4
Form: Rondo form. (ABA’B'A’Coda)

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Tempo: Wuchtig (weighty or powerful) (3/8 ausschlagen ohne zu schleppen) (3/8 meter not too dragging).
Key: A minor (First trio in F major and Second trio in D major)
Time Signature: 3/8 (numerous meter shifts throughout the trios)
Form: Scherzo with two Trios (ABA’B'AACoda)

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Tempo: Allegro energico, ma non troppo. Heftig, aber markig (Vigorous, but emphatic).
Key: A minor (second theme in F major; recapitulation in A major with the second theme in D major)
Time Signature: 4/4
Form: Modified Sonata form

The Work

Date(s) of composition: 1903-4; published by C. F. Kahnt Nachfolger, Leipzig (1906) in three editions (a full orchestral score, study score and a four-hand piano transcription by Alexander von Zemlinsky) were published, the second of which reversed the order of the middle movements from Scherzo-Andante to Andante-Scherzo and contained substantial revisions in the orchestration. The orchestration of the revised Critical Edition published in 1998 by the International Gustav Mahler Gesellschaft which contains numerous revisions from the original published versions based upon reported changes Mahler is claimed to have made in the score after performances.

Place(s) of composition: Maiernigg and Vienna
Premiere: Essen, 27 May 1905, Mahler conducting the Tonkünstlerfest of the Allgemeine Deutsche Musikverein.

Orchestration: piccolo, 4 flutes, 4 oboes, English horn, clarinets in D and E-flat, 3 clarinets in A and B-flat, bass clarinet, 4 bassoons, contrabassoon, 8 horns, 6 trumpets, 3 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion (big drum, side drum, tam-tam, cymbals, triangle, glockenspiel, cow bells, deep bells, rute and hammer), xylophone, 2 harps, celesta and strings.
Performers: Vienna Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein
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Movements: 4 movements organized in modified traditional symphonic form:
1. Allegro energico, ma non troppo
{2. Scherzo (Wuchtig)} or Andante
{3. Andante} or Scherzo (Wuchtig)
4. Finale (Allegro moderato)

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Tempo: Allegro. Allegro giocoso.
Principal Key: D major.
Time Signature: 2/2

Form: Although Mahler used the term Arondo in the title of this movement, its structure is hardly that of a traditional rondo. Some commentators consider the movement to be in sonata-form, but there are several reasons to doubt the efficacy of this viewpoint, one being the first appearance of an important theme in the development section. There have been other attempts to analyze the movement based upon key relationships and sectional organization. The most consistent feature of the movement is its contrast of homophonic and fugal elements. However, the rondo-like return of the opening motto, the special function of the Grand Chorale within the scheme of the movement and the frequent development sections, among other things, make any traditional analysis of this movement necessarily flawed.

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Tempo: Sehr langsam (Very slowly)
Key: F (with modulations in the B section to C minor, G-flat major, E major, D major, etc.).
Time Signature: 4/4
Form: ABA

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Third Movement: Scherzo

In what strange simplification and falsification man lives! One can never cease wondering once one has acquired eyes for this marvel! How we have made everything around us clear and free and easy and simple! How we have been able to give our senses a passport to everything superficial, our thoughts a divine desire for wanton leaps and wrong inferences! How from the beginning we have contrived to retain our ignorance in order to enjoy an almost inconceivable freedom, lack of scruple and caution, heartiness, and gaiety of life–in order to enjoy life! And only on this now solid, granite foundation of ignorance could knowledge rise so far–the will to knowledge on the foundation of a far more powerful will: the will to ignorance, to the uncertain, to the untrue! Not as its opposite, but–as its refinement!
- Beyond Good and Evil, Friedrich Nietzsche

Tempo: Kräftig, nicht zu schnell. (Energetic, not too fast).
Key: D major with numerous minor-key modulations (f, d, a, e, etc.).
Time signature: 3/4
Rhythm: Ländler and waltz.
Form: Scherzo with two trios

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Tempo: Stürmisch bewegt. Mit grösster Vehemenz. (Stormily agitated, with the greatest vehemence).

Key: A minor, F minor in the second theme, with various major and minor key modulations; E minor for the second theme in the recapitulation and D major for the Grand Chorale.

Time Signature: 2/2

Form: ABABA with introduction and coda; contains elements of sonata form.

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Tempo: Trauermarsch. In gemessenem Schritt. Streng. Wie ein Kondukt. (Funeral March. In measured tread, austere, like a funeral cortège.)

Key: C-sharp minor (modulating to A-flat, then to B-flat minor for the first trio, D-flat major and then A minor for the second trio, etc.)

Time Signature: 2/2

Rhythm: funeral march.

Form: ABABA in the manner of a scherzo movement with two trios. [N.B.,  Edward Murphy considers the musical material for the trio sections to be too heavy and too frenetic to be considered trios in the traditional sense, especially since the climax of the movement occurs during one of them. Moreover, application of the term Ascherzo to the calmer, more melodious music of the funeral march is equally inappropriate. However, given Mahler’s retention of traditional formal frameworks within which he makes radical departures for classical principles, the use of such terms as Ascherzo and Atrio for the first movement is not necessarily inappropriate.

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Date(s) of Composition: 1901-02; published by C. F. Peters (1904), revised edition, 1919.
Place of Composition: Maiernigg and Vienna
Premiere: Cologne, 18 October 1904.

Orchestration: 4 flutes (3rd and 4th double with piccolo); 3 oboes (3rd doubles with English horn); 3 clarinets (3rd doubled with bass clarinet); 3 bassoons (3rd doubles with contrabassoon); 6 horns; 4 trumpets; 3 trombones; tuba; 4 timpani; cymbals; bass drum; side drum; triangle; glockenspiel; tam-tam; woodblock; harp and strings.
Performers: Chicago Symphony under Georg Solti
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Movements: 5 movements organized in 3 parts as follows:
Part I
1. Trauermarsch
2. Stürmisch bewegt. Mit grösster Vehemenz
Part II
3. Scherzo: Kräftig, nicht zu schnell
Part III
4. Adagietto: Sehr langsam
5. Rondo-Finale: Allegro

The Work

Key: B minor in the piano version and the Kritische Gesamtausgabe; B-flat minor and A minor in other orchestral editions.
Tempo: Ruhig. Gleichmässig. (Restful, evenly)
Time Signature: 3/2, alternating with 2/2, 4/2 and 6/2.
Orchestration: no strings; 2 flutes; 2 oboes (oboe d’amore in A minor version); 2 clarinets; 2 bassoons and contrabassoon; 4 horns; 2 trumpets; 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, harp and piano.
Form: strophic in five verses; ABAAB.

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Key: F major in piano version; E-flat major in orchestral version (with modulations into A-flat and then C major and minor.
[N.B., the volume of the Critical Edition of Mahler's works prepared under the auspices of the International Gustav Mahler Gesellschaft, Vienna, devoted to the orchestral version of four Rückert-Lieder includes 2 orchestral versions of this song, one in F and the other in E-flat. (See Band XIV, Teilband 4)].

Tempo: Äussert langsam und zurückhaltend (extremely slow and held back)
Time Signature: 4/4 (with one measure of 2/4).
Form: through-composed but with three distinct sections, the second of which contrasts somewhat with the others.

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Key: C major.
Tempo: Innig, fliessend (tender, flowing) (fliessend does not appear in the orchestral score)
Time Signature: 3/4 with numerous changes.
Form: simple strophic form
Orchestration: According to the original orchestral score, published by C. F. Kahnt, this song was not orchestrated by Mahler, but by an employee of the publisher, Max Puttmann. Many commentators have criticized the orchestration as flawed in details that Mahler would not have missed.

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Key: D major (E-flat major in final verse)
Tempo: Sehr zart und innig (Very tender and intimate)
Time Signature: 6/4 (3/4 in final six measures)
Rhythm: continuous eighth-note ostinato interwoven around the quarter-notes of the vocal line like Athe gentle rocking rhythm of a lullaby.
Form: Two-part song form.
Orchestration: 1 flute, 1 oboe, 1 clarinet in A, 2 bassoons, 3 horns, celesta, harp, violins and violas.

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Key: F major (second and final verse in the minor key)
Tempo: Sehr Lebhaft (Very fast).
Time Signature: 2/2
Rhythm: nearly moto perpetuo eighth-notes
Form: AA’; AA’ (A’ episodes in the minor)

The Work

Dates of Composition: 1901 (Rückert-Lieder); 1902 (Liebst du um Schönheit); published as Sieben Lieder Aus Letzter Zeit 1910 (C. F. Kahnt).
Place of composition: Maiernigg
Type of composition: 5 Songs in versions with piano and orchestral accompaniment.

Blicke Mir Nicht In Die Lieder
Janet Baker, mezzo‑soprano
New Philharmonia
Sir John Barbirolli, conductor
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Um Mitternacht
Jose Van Dam, bass
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

The Work

Key: D minor (with occasional hints of B-flat and A major), ending in D major.
Tempo: Mit ruhelos schmerzvollem Ausdruck (With a restless, painful expression).
Time Signature: 4/4

Form: free strophic form with a prelude and postlude, each verse being separated by an interlude of varying length. The last verse is much longer than the earlier ones and, because of its vastly different character, is considered by La Grange to be virtually a separate song unto itself.

Orchestration: the only song in the cycle initially written for full orchestra, including piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets in A, bass clarinet in A, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns in F, timpani, celesta, tam-tam, harp and muted strings.

The Work

Key: E-flat major (with each verse beginning in the minor), modulating to G-flat during each verse.
Tempo: Ruhig bewegt, ohne zu eilen (calmly restless, without hurrying)
Time Signature: 2/2 (with a few bars of 3/2)
Form: ABABAB

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Key: C minor (modulating to G minor).
Tempo: Schwer, dumpf (Weighty, muffled)
Time Signature: 4/4 alternating with 3/2.
Form: ABAB.

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Key: C minor (original piano version in C-sharp minor) with several modulations to C major, D major, G minor and B-flat major.
Tempo: Ruhig, nicht schleppend (Restful, do not drag)
Time Signature: 4/4 (with a few measures of 3/2 and 2/4)
Form: ABCB (with a brief introduction and coda)

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Key: D minor/major with various modulations.
Tempo: Langsam und schwermütig; nicht schleppend (Slow and melancholy; do not drag)
Time signature: 4/4
Form: AABA based upon the four verses of the poem.

The Work

5 Songs on Poems by Friedrich Rückert

Dates of composition: The first, third and fourth songs were written during the summer of 1901; the second and fifth were added in June, 1904. Pub. (C.F. Kahnt 1905).
Place of composition: Maiernigg
Type of composition: 5 Songs in versions with piano and orchestral accompaniment. A chamber orchestra version has been arranged by Arnold Schoenberg.

Orchestration: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets (in B-flat and A); 2 bassoons; contrabassoon; 4 horns; glockenspiel; tam-tam; timpani; celesta; harp; and strings.

Vienna Philharmonic, Bruno Walter, conductor, Kathleen Ferrier, contralto
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The Work

Tempo: Sehr Behaglich (Very Relaxed).
Key: G major (ending in E major).
Time Signature: 4/4
Form: strophic in 4 verses with a prelude and postlude.
Text: Das Himmlische Leben from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (1892)

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Tempo: Ruhevoll (poco adagio) (restful).
Principal Key: G major
Time Signature: 4/4
Form: Double theme and variations (ABABA Coda)

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Tempo: In gemächlicher Bewegung. Ohne Hast. (In an easy motion. Without haste).
Key: C minor/major (with an F major trio)
Time Signature: 3/8
Rhythm: slow ländler
Form: scherzo with two trios.

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Tempo: Bedächtig, nicht eilen. (Deliberate, without haste)
Key: G major.
Time Signature: 4/4 (with a few measures in 3/4 and 2/4)
Form: Modified sonata form

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Date(s) of Composition: 1899-1900; published by Universal (1901, rev. 1903, 1910)
Place of Composition: Maiernigg and Vienna
Premiere: 25 November 1901, Munich

Orchestration: 4 flutes (3rd and 4th doubling with piccolo), 3 oboes, (3rd doubling with English Horn); 3 clarinets in Bb, A and C (2nd doubling with E-flat clarinet, 3rd with bass clarinet); 3 bassoons (3rd doubling with contrabassoon); 4 horns; 3 trumpets; percussion (timpani, bass drum, triangle, bells, glockenspiel, cymbals, tam-tam), harp, strings. Soprano soloist in finale

Text: Wir geniessen die himmlischen Freuden, from
Des Knaben Wunderhorn.

Recording:
Emmy Loose, soprano
Philharmonia Orchestra
Paul Kletzki, conductor
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1. Bedächtig, nicht eilen (Moderately, not rushed)
2. In gemächlicher Bewegung, ohne Hast (Leisurely moving, without haste)
3. Ruhevoll, poco adagio (Peacefully, somewhat slowly)
4. Sehr behaglich (Very comfortably)

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Tempo: Langsam, ruhevoll, empfunden. (Slow, restful, deeply felt).
Key: D major (modulating to F-sharp minor, C sharp minor, etc.)
Time Signature: 4/4.
Form: Elements of rondo and sonata form with variations on two principal themes.

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Tempo: Lustig in Tempo und keck in Ausdruck (In a merry tempo and bold expression).
Key: F major (D minor in the middle section)
Time Signature: 4/4
Rhythm: lively march.
Form: strophic (ABCA)
Orchestration: alto solo, women’s and children’s choruses, 4 flutes, 3 horns, 5 clarinets (including bass clarinet), 3 bassoons, glockenspiel, 2 harps, strings without violins.
Text: Armer Kinder Bettlerlied from Des Knaben Wunderhorn