Magical Journey: January 2019

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Walter Braunfels - Works for Piano & Orchestra (Tatjana Blome)

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Composer: Walter Braunfels

(01) Hexensabbat, Op. 8
(05) Konzertstück, Op. 64
(09) Hebriden-Tänze, Op. 70

Tatjana Blome, piano
Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz
Gregor Bühl, conductor

Date: 2018
Label: Capriccio

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Composer: Walter Braunfels

(01) Concerto for Organ, Boys' Choir and Orchestra, Op. 38
(04) Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in F minor, Op. 43
(07) Symphonic Variations on an old French children's song, Op. 15

Iveta Apkalna, organ (1-3)
Tölzer Knabenchor (1-3)
Munich Symphony Orchestra (1-3, 7)
Hansjörg Albrecht, organ (4-6) & conductor

Date: 2012
Label: Oehms Classics
https://www.oehmsclassics.de/artikel/5842/Hansj%C3%B6rg_Albrecht_Walter_Braunfels_Konzert_f%C3%BCr_Orgel_Knabenchor_und_Orchester_und_andere_Welt-Ersteinspielungen

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Walter Braunfels - Phantastische Erscheinungen; Serenade (Dennis Russell Davies)

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Composer: Walter Braunfels

(01) Phantastische Erscheinungen eines Themas von Hector Berlioz, Op. 25
(14) Serenade, Op. 20

Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

Date: 2004
Label: cpo

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Composer: Walter Braunfels

(01) String Quartet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 60
(05) String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 61

Auryn Quartet
Matthias Lingenfelder, violin
Jens Oppermann, violin
Steuart Eaton, viola
Andreas Arndt, cello

Date: 1998
Label: cpo

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Robert Schumann - Music for Cello (Sol Gabetta)

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Composer: Robert Schumann

(01) Fünf Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102
(06) Adagio und Allegro, Op. 70
(08) Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
(11) Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129

Sol Gabetta, cello
Bertrand Chamayou, piano

Basel Chamber Orchestra
Giovanni Antonini, conductor

Date: 2018
Label: Sony Classical

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Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

(01-22) The Snow Maiden, incidental music, Op. 12

Annely Peebo, mezzo-soprano
Vsevolod Grivnov, tenor

Leipzig Radio Choir, chorus master: Pavel Brochin
Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
Kristjan Järvi, conductor

Date: 2015
Label: Sony Classical

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Paul Hindemith - Symphonies (Christoph Eschenbach)

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Composer: Paul Hindemith

(01) Symphony 'Mathis der Maler'
(04) Symphony in E flat

NDR Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

Date: 2015
Label: Ondine
https://www.ondine.net/index.php?lid=en&cid=2.2&oid=5652

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Composer: Paul Hindemith

CD1:

(01) Kammermusik No. 1, Op. 24 No. 1 (for 12 instruments)
(05) Kleine Kammermusik, Op. 24 No. 2 (for wind quintet)
(10) Kammermusik No. 2, Op. 36 No. 1 (Piano Concerto)
(14) Kammermusik No. 3, Op. 36 No. 2 (Cello Concerto)

CD2:

(01) Kammermusik No. 4, Op. 36 No. 3 (Violin Concerto)
(06) Kammermusik No. 5, Op. 36 No. 4 (Viola Concerto)
(10) Kammermusik No. 6, Op. 46 No. 1 (Concerto for for viola d'amore & chamber orchestra)
(14) Kammermusik No. 7, Op. 46 No. 2 (Concerto for for organ & chamber orchestra)

Ronald Brautigam, piano
Lynn Harrell, cello
Konstanty Kulka, violin
Kim Kashkashian, viola
Norbert Blume, viola d'amore
Leo van Doeselaar, organ

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor

Date: 1992/2003
Label: Decca
https://www.deccaclassics.com/us/cat/4737222

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Paul Dukas - L'Apprenti sorcier; Velléda; Polyeucte (François-Xavier Roth)

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Composer: Paul Dukas

(01) L'Apprenti sorcier
(02) Velléda
(06) Polyeucte

Chantal Santon, soprano
Julien Dran, tenor
Jean-Manuel Candenot, baritone

Les Siècles, orchestra
François-Xavier Roth, conductor

Date: 2013
Label: Musicales Actes Sud

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Composer: Pierre-Octave Ferroud

(01) Symphony in A
(04) Types
(07) Foules
(08) Sérénade

Elisabeth Laroche, piano (4-6)
Orchestre National de Lyon
Emmanuel Krivine, conductor

Date: 1998
Label: Naïve Classique

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Olivier Messiaen - Catalogue d'Oiseaux (Pierre-Laurent Aimard)

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Composer: Olivier Messiaen

CD1:

Catalogue d'oiseaux, livre 1-3

CD2:

Catalogue d'oiseaux, livre 4

CD3:

Catalogue d'oiseaux, livre 5-7

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Date: 2018
Label: PentaTone
http://pentatonemusic.com/aimard-messiaen-catalogue-d-oiseaux

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Composer: Olivier Messiaen

CD1:

(01-10) Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus

CD2:

(01-10) Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus (continued)

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Date: 2000
Label: Teldec

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Uuno Klami - Northern Lights; Cheremissian Fantasy; Kalevala Suite (John Storgårds)

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Composer: Uuno Klami

Northern Lights, Op. 38
Cheremissian Fantasy, Op. 19: I. Lento, molto tranquillo
Cheremissian Fantasy, Op. 19: II. Presto con bravura
Kalevala Suite, Op. 23: I. The Creation of the Earth
Kalevala Suite, Op. 23: II. The Spout of Spring
Kalevala Suite, Op. 23: III. Terhenniemi
Kalevala Suite, Op. 23: IV. Cradle Song for Lemminkäinen
Kalevala Suite, Op. 23: V. The Forging of the Sampo

Samuli Peltonen, cello
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
John Storgårds, conductor

Date: 2010
Label: Ondine
https://www.ondine.net/index.php?lid=en&cid=2.2&oid=4273

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Composer: Uuno Klami

The Adventures of Lemminkäinen on the Island of Saari
The Cobblers on the Heath Overture
Karelian Rhapsody, Op. 15
Karelian Market Place, Op. 39
The Visit to Vipunen, for baritone, male chorus and orchestra

Petri Lindroos, baritone
The Polytech Choir, chorus master: Tapani Länsiö
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor

Date: 1995
Label: Ondine
https://www.ondine.net/index.php?lid=en&cid=2.2&oid=2330

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Composer: Uuno Klami

Symphony No. 2, Op. 35: I. Moderato molto
Symphony No. 2, Op. 35: II. Allegro con vivo
Symphony No. 2, Op. 35: III. (En forme d'introduction) Misterioso e lugubre, tempo quasi adagio
Symphony No. 2, Op. 35: IV. Allegro assai
Symphonie enfantine, Op. 17: I. Poco agitato
Symphonie enfantine, Op. 17: II. Berceuse (Andante)
Symphonie enfantine, Op. 17: III. Molto vivo

Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen, conductor

Date: 1996
Label: Ondine
https://www.ondine.net/index.php?lid=en&cid=2.2&oid=3760

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Composer: Uuno Klami

Symphony No. 1: I. Allegro non troppo
Symphony No. 1: II. Prestissimo
Symphony No. 1: III. Andante molto
Symphony No. 1: IV. Allegro maestoso
King Lear Overture, Op. 33

Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen, conductor

Date: 1995
Label: Ondine
https://www.ondine.net/index.php?lid=en&cid=2.2&oid=4221

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Uuno Klami - 'Whirls' Act 1; Violin Concerto (Osmo Vänskä; Jennifer Koh)

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Composer: Uuno Klami

(01) Whirls, Act I
(09) Violin Concerto, Op. 32
(12) Suomenlinna, overture, Op. 30

Jennifer Koh, violin (9-11)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor

Date: 1997
Label: BIS
http://bis.se/conductors/vanska-osmo/klami-whirls-act-1

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Composer: Uuno Klami

(01) Lemminkäinen's Island Adventures
(02) Song of Lake Kuujärvi
(03) Suites No. 1 from the Ballet 'Whirls'
(09) Suites No. 2 from the Ballet 'Whirls'

Esa Ruuttunen, baritone (2)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor

Date: 1994
Label: BIS
http://bis.se/composer/klami-uuno/klami-whirls

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Composer: Uuno Klami

(01) The Cobblers on the Heath, Overture
(02) Tema con 7 variazioni e coda, Op. 44
(13) Kalevala Suite, Op. 23

Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor

Date: 1994
Label: BIS
http://bis.se/composer/klami-uuno/klami-kalevala-suite

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Uuno Klami - Violin Concerto; etc. (Pekka Kauppinen; Dmitri Slobodeniouk)

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Composer: Uuno Klami

(01) Violin Concerto, Op. 32
(04) Suite for String Orchestra
(08) Sérénades joyeuses
(12) Scenes from a Puppet Show

Pekka Kauppinen, violin (1-3)
Kymi Sinfonietta
Dmitri Slobodeniouk, conductor

Date: 2007
Label: Alba Records

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Composer: Uuno Klami

(01) Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra, Op. 41
(04) Hommage à Haendel, Op. 21
(08) Four Finnish Folksongs, Op. 12

Izumi Tateno, piano
Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra
Juha Kangas, conductor

Date: 2000
Label: Finlandia

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Composer: Uuno Klami

(01) All'ouverture, Op. 43
(02) Sea Pictures
(08) Kalevala Suite, Op. 23

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Leif Segerstam, conductor

Date: 1987
Label: Finlandia

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Pēteris Vasks - Sala; Musica appassionata; Credo (Atvars Lakstīgala)

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Composer: Pēteris Vasks

Sala, symphonic elegy for orchestra
Musica appassionata per orchestra d'archi
Credo per orchestra

Liepāja Symphony Orchestra
Atvars Lakstīgala, conductor

Date: 2015
Label: Wergo

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Composer: Pēteris Vasks

Vox Amoris, fantasia per violino ed archi
Distant Light, concerto for violin and string orchestra
Lonely Angel, meditation for violin and string orchestra

Alina Pogostkina, violin
Sinfonietta Rīga
Juha Kangas, conductor

Date: 2012
Label: Wergo

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Vagn Holmboe - Concertos for Violin, Viola and Orchestra (Various Artists)

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Composer: Vagn Holmboe

(01) Concerto for Viola, Op. 189
(03) Concerto for Orchestra
(04) Concerto for Violin No. 2, Op. 139

Lars Anders Tomter, viola
Erik Heide, violin

Norrköping Symphony Orchestra
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor

Date: 2013
Label: Dacapo
https://www.dacapo-records.dk/en/recordings/holmboe-concertos

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Composer: Vagn Holmboe

(01) Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op. 53
(05) Chamber Symphony No. 2, Op. 100
(09) Chamber Symphony No. 3, Op. 103a

Lapland Chamber Orchestra
John Storgårds, conductor

Date: 2012
Label: Dacapo
https://www.dacapo-records.dk/en/recordings/chamber-symphonies

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Composer: Vagn Holmboe

Requiem for Nietzsche, Op. 84: Part One: Prelude in the desert. Basel
Requiem for Nietzsche, Op. 84: Part Two: The friends. Sils Maria. The third temptation
Requiem for Nietzsche, Op. 84: Part Three: The moment. Gondola song. Jena
Requiem for Nietzsche, Op. 84: Part Four: Ecce Homo. Weimar
Requiem for Nietzsche, Op. 84: Part Five: Asgaardsreisen

Helge Rønning, tenor
Johan Reuter, baritone

Danish National Concert Choir
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Michael Schønwandt, conductor

Date: 2002
Label: Dacapo
https://www.dacapo-records.dk/en/recordings/holmboe-requiem-for-nietzsche

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Vagn Holmboe - Concertos for Piano, Clarinet and Oboe; Beatus parvo (Various Artists)

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Composer: Vagn Holmboe

(01) Concerto No. 1 for piano and orchestra, Op. 17
(03) Concerto No. 3 for clarinet and orchestra, Op. 21
(05) Concerto No. 7 for oboe and orchestra, Op. 37
(07) Beatus parvo, for choir and orchestra, Op. 117

Noriko Ogawa, piano
Martin Fröst, clarinet
Gordon Hunt, oboe

Danish National Opera Choir (7-10)
Aalborg Symphony Orchestra
Owain Arwel Hughes, conductor

Date: 2004
Label: BIS
http://bis.se/composer/holmboe-vagn/holmboe-concertos-for-piano-clarinet-and-oboe-beatus-parvo

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Composer: Vagn Holmboe

(01) Concerto for Recorder, Strings, Celesta and Vibraphone, Op. 122 (M. 276)
(04) Concerto for Flute and Orchestra No. 1, Op. 126 (M. 279)
(07) Concerto for Flute and Orchestra No. 2, Op. 147 (M. 307)

Dan Laurin, recorder
Manuela Wiesler, flute

Aalborg Symphony Orchestra
Owain Arwel Hughes, conductor

Date: 1998
Label: BIS
http://bis.se/composer/holmboe-vagn/holmboe-concertos-for-recorder-and-flute

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Composer: Vagn Holmboe

(01) Concerto No. 11, Op. 44 (M. 157) for trumpet and orchestra
(04) Concerto No. 12, Op. 52 (M. 169) for trombone and orchestra
(07) Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra, Op. 127 (M. 280)
(08) Intermezzo concertante, Op. 171 (M. 332) for tuba and orchestra

Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet
Christian Lindberg, trombone
Jens Bjørn-Larsen, tuba

Aalborg Symphony Orchestra
Owain Arwel Hughes, conductor

Date: 1996
Label: BIS
http://bis.se/composer/holmboe-vagn/holmboe-brass-concertos

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Rued Langgaard - Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6 (Sakari Oramo)

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Composer: Rued Langgaard; Jacob Gade

(01) Symphony No. 2 'Vaarbrud' (Awakening of Spring), BVN 53
(04) Symphony No. 6 'Det Himmelrivende' (The Heaven-Rending), BVN 165
(11) Upaaagtede Morgenstjerner (Unnoticed Morning Stars), BVN 336–2
(12) Jacob Gade - Tango Jalousie 'Tango Tzigane'

Anu Komsi, soprano (3)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor

Date: 2018
Label: Dacapo
https://www.dacapo-records.dk/en/recordings/langgaard-symphonies-2-6

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Composer: August Enna

(01) Overture "Cleopatra"
(02) Violin Concerto in D major
(05) Symphonic Fantasy

Kathrin Rabus, violin
NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Hermann Bäumer, conductor

Date: 2014
Label: cpo

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Composer: August Enna

(01) "Märchen", symphonic pictures
(05) "Hans Christian Andersen", festive overture
(06) Symphony No. 2 in E major

NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Michael Hofstetter, conductor

Date: 2010
Label: cpo

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Niels Gade - Symphonies Vol. 4 (Christopher Hogwood)

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Composer: Niels Gade

(01) Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 5 'Paa Sjølunds fagre Sletter'
(05) Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 25

Ronald Brautigam, piano
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Hogwood, conductor

Date: 2001
Label: Chandos
https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%2010026

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Composer: Niels Gade

(01) Echoes of Ossian, Op. 1
(02) Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 15
(06) Andante (Discarded first movement from Symphony No. 3)
(07) Symphony No. 6 in G minor, Op. 32

Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Hogwood, conductor

Date: 2001
Label: Chandos
https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%209795

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Composer: Niels Gade

(01) Concert Overture No. 3 in C major, Op. 14
(02) Symphony No. 7 in F major , Op. 45
(06) Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 20

Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Hogwood, conductor

Date: 2001
Label: Chandos
https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%209957

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Composer: Niels Gade

(01) Symphony No. 2 in E major, Op. 10
(05) Symphony No. 8 in B minor, Op. 47
(09) Allegretto, un poco lento (Discarded slow movement from Symphony No. 8)
(10) In the Highlands, Op. 7

Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Hogwood, conductor

Date: 2000
Label: Chandos
https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%209862

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Sergei Bortkiewicz - Violin Concerto; Othello (Sergey Levitin; Martin Yates)

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Composer: Sergei Bortkiewicz

(01) Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 22
(04) Symphonic poem after Shakespeare's Othello, Op. 19

Sergey Levitin, violin
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Martin Yates, conductor

Date: 2016
Label: Dutton
https://www.duttonvocalion.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=CDLX7323

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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Violin Concerto No. 3; String Trio; Sonata (Various Artists)

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Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

(01) Concerto No. 3 for Violin and Piano, Op. 102
(04) Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello, Op. 147
(07) Sonata for Violin and Cello, Op. 148

Davide Alogna, violin
Federico Stassi, viola
Roberto Trainini, cello
Fiorenzo Pascalucci, piano

Date: 2018
Label: Naxos
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.574003

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