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Sunday, May 31, 2020

Mario Pilati; Achille Longo - Piano Quintets (Circolo Artistico Ensemble; Aldo Ciccolini)


Information

Composer: Mario Pilati; Achille Longo
  • (01) Pilati - Piano Quintet in D major
  • (04) Longo - Piano Quintet

Circolo Artistico Ensemble
Giuseppe Carotenuto, violin
Nicola Marino, violin
Giuseppe Navelli, viola
Manuela Albano, cello
Dario Candela, piano (1-3)
&
Aldo Ciccolini, piano (4-6)

Date: 2011
Label: Naxos
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572628

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Mario Pilati - Chamber Music (Francesco Manara; Luca Signorini; Dario Candela)


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Composer: Mario Pilati

CD1:
  • (01) Sonata for violin and in F minor
  • (04) Preludio, Aria & Tarantella on Old Neapolitan Folk tunes
  • (07) Sarabanda for violin and piano (from Suite for Piano and Strings)
  • (08) 2 Pezzi for violin and piano
  • (10) Caccia for violin and piano
  • (11) Tammurriata (from the 'Echoes of Napels')
CD2:
  • (01) Sonata for cello and piano in A minor
  • (04) Inquiétude, Melodic Etude for cello and piano
  • (05) Bagatelle for piano, I serie
  • (10) Bagatelle for piano, II serie

Francesco Manara, violin
Luca Signorini, cello
Dario Candela, piano

Date: 2017
Label: Brilliant Classics
https://www.brilliantclassics.com/articles/p/pilati-chamber-music-for-violin-cello-and-piano/

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Saturday, May 30, 2020

Mario Pilati - Preludio, aria e tarantella; Bagatelles (Adriano)


Information

Composer: Mario Pilati
  • (01) Preludio, aria e tarantella (Sopra vecchi motivi popolari napoletani)
  • (04) Quattro canzoni popolari italiane
  • (08) Bagatelles
  • (13) Divertimento

Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Adriano, conductor

Date: 2020
Label: Naxos
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.574168

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Mario Pilati - Concerto for Orchestra; Suite for Strings and Piano (Adriano)


Information

Composer: Mario Pilati
  • (01) Concerto for Orchestra in C major
  • (04) 3 Pieces for Orchestra
  • (07) Suite for Strings and Piano
  • (11) By the Cradle (Alla culla - Ninna-nanna)

Tomáš Nemec, piano (1-3)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Adriano, conductor

Date: 2008
Label: Naxos (Marco Polo)
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.570873

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Friday, May 29, 2020

Nino Rota - Complete Solo Piano Works Vol. 1 (Eleanor Hodgkinson)


Information

Composer: Nino Rota
  • (01) 15 Preludes
  • (16) Fantasia in G
  • (17) 7 Pezzi difficili per bambini

Eleanor Hodgkinson, piano
Date: 2020
Label: Grand Piano
https://grandpianorecords.com/Album/AlbumDetails/GP827

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Nino Rota - Chamber Works (Various Artists)


Information

Composer: Nino Rota
  • (01) Sonata for Violin and Piano
  • (04) Improvviso in D minor for Violin and Piano (from the film "Amanti senza amore")
  • (05) Improvviso for Violin and Piano "Un diavolo sentimentale"
  • (06) The Legend of The Glass Mountain (from the film "The Glass Mountain")
  • (07) Sonata for Flute and Harp
  • (10) Trio for Flute, Violin and Piano

Alessio Bidoli, violin
Bruno Canino, piano
Massimo Mercelli, flute
Nicoletta Sanzin, harp

Date: 2020

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Nino Rota - Music for the Films of Federico Fellini (Riccardo Chailly)


Information

Composer: Nino Rota
  • (01) Amarcord
  • (05) Otto e mezzo
  • (11) La dolce vita (arr. William Ross)
  • (19) Il Casanova di Federico Fellini (orch. Bruno Moretti)
  • (25) I Clowns
  • (26) Amarcord (arr. William Ross)

Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala
Riccardo Chailly, conductor

Date: 2019
Label: Decca
https://www.deccaclassics.com/us/cat/4832869

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Thursday, May 28, 2020

Olivier Messiaen - L'Ascension; etc. (Paavo Järvi)


Information

Composer: Olivier Messiaen
  • (01) Le Tombeau resplendissant
  • (02) Les Offrandes oubliées, méditation symphonique
  • (03) Un sourire
  • (04) L'Ascension, quatre méditations symphoniques

Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
Paavo Järvi, conductor

Date: 2019
Label: Alpha
https://outhere-music.com/en/albums/l-ascension-le-tombeau-resplendissant-les-offrandes-oubliees-un-sourire-alpha548

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Olivier Messiaen - Préludes; Ile de feu; Fantasie burlesque (Chiara Cipelli)


Information

Composer: Olivier Messiaen
  • (01) 8 Préludes
  • (09) Pièce pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas
  • (10) Fantaisie burlesque
  • (11) 4 Études de rythme: Ile de feu I & II
  • (13) Prélude

Chiara Cipelli, piano
Date: 2020
Label: Piano Classics
https://www.piano-classics.com/articles/m/messiaen-8-pr%C3%A9ludes-ile-de-feu-i-ii-fantasie-burlesque/

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Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Olivier Messiaen - Complete Organ Works (Gillian Weir)


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Composer: Olivier Messiaen

CD1:
  • La Nativité du Seigneur
  • Diptyque
CD2:
  • Le Corps glorieux
  • Verset pour la fête de la dédicace
CD3:
  • Le Banquet céleste
  • Apparition de l'église éternelle
  • Livre d'orgue
CD4:
  • Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité
CD5:
  • L'Ascension
  • Messe de la Pentecôte
CD6:
  • Livre du Saint Sacrement (Part I)
CD7:
  • Livre du Saint Sacrement (Part II)

Gillian Weir, organ
Date: 1994
Label: Collins Classics


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Monday, May 25, 2020

Jaromir Weinberger - Orchestral Works (Karl-Heinz Steffens)


Information

Composer: Jaromir Weinberger
  • (01) From the Opera 'Schwanda, the Bagpiper'
  • (07) Bohemian Songs and Dances I-VI
  • (13) Overture 'The Beloved Voice'

Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz
Karl-Heinz Steffens, conductor

Date: 2019
Label: cpo
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/jaromir-weinberger-orchesterwerke/hnum/5510420

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Fritz Volbach - Symphony; Es waren zwei Königskinder (Golo Berg)


Information

Composer: Fritz Volbach
  • (01) Es waren zwei Königskinder, symphonic poem, Op. 21
  • (02) Symphony in B minor, Op. 33

Sinfonieorchester Münster
Golo Berg, conductor

Date: 2019
Label: cpo
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/fritz-volbach-symphonie/hnum/9254282

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Sunday, May 24, 2020

Henry Litolff - Piano Trios (Leonore Piano Trio)


Information

Composer: Henry Litolff
  • (01) Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 47
  • (05) Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 56
  • (09) Serenade for violin and piano, Op. 91

Leonore Piano Trio
Benjamin Nabarro, violin
Gemma Rosefield, cello
Tim Horton, piano

Date: 2020
Label: Hyperion
https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68305

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Josef Labor - Piano Quintet & Quartet (Various Artists)


Information

Composer: Josef Labor
  • (01) Piano Quintet in E minor, Op. 3
  • (05) Piano Quartet in C major, Op. 6

Nina Karmon, violin
Pauline Sachse, viola
Justus Grimm, cello
Niek de Groot, double bass
Oliver Triendl, piano

Date: 2019
Label: Capriccio
http://capriccio.at/josef-labor-1842-1924

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Robert Kahn - Piano Trios (Hyperion Trio)


Information

Composer: Robert Kahn

CD1:
  • (01) Piano Trio No. 1 in E major, Op. 19
  • (04) Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 33
CD2:
  • (01) Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 35
  • (04) Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 72

Hyperion Trio
Hagen Schwarzrock, piano
Oliver Kipp, violin
Katharina Troe, cello

Date: 2014
Label: cpo
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/robert-kahn-saemtliche-klaviertrios/hnum/3506424

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Saturday, May 23, 2020

Friedrich Gernsheim - Lieder (Gernsheim-Duo)


Information

Composer: Friedrich Gernsheim
  • (01) Sechs Lieder, Op. 14
  • (07) Fünf Lieder, Op. 19
  • (11) Vier Lieder, Op. 34
  • (14) Fünf Gedichte von Otto Julius Bierbaum, Op. 74a
  • (19) Neue Lieder, Op. 88
  • (22) Abendlied

Gernsheim-Duo
Anna Gann, soprano
Naoko Christ-Kato, piano

Date: 2019
Label: Genuin
http://www.genuin.de/en/04_d.php?k=533

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Robert Franz - Gesammelte Osterwald Lieder und Gesänge (Various Artists)


Information

Composer: Robert Franz
  • The complete settings of poems by Wilhelm Osterwald

Harriet Burns, soprano
William Searle, tenor
Marc Verter & Sebastian Wybrew, piano

Date: 2019
Label: MPR
http://www.mikepurtonrecording.com/cd-shop/mpr106

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Friday, May 22, 2020

Christopher Rouse - Seeing; Kabir Padavali (David Alan Miller)


Information

Composer: Christopher Rouse
  1. Seeing
  2. Kabir Padavali: 1. Bijak, shabda 69
  3. Kabir Padavali: 2. Tagore 50
  4. Kabir Padavali: 3. Bijak, shabda 55
  5. Kabir Padavali: 4. Bijak, shabda 4
  6. Kabir Padavali: 5. Tagore 92
  7. Kabir Padavali: 6. Tagore 97

Orion Weiss, piano (1)
Talise Trevigne, soprano (2-7)

Albany Symphony
David Alan Miller, conductor

Date: 2015
Label: Naxos
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.559799

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Christopher Rouse - Symphony No. 2; Flute Concerto (Alan Gilbert; Sharon Bezaly)


Information

Composer: Christopher Rouse
  • (01) Flute Concerto
  • (06) Symphony No. 2
  • (09) Rapture

Sharon Bezaly, flute
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Alan Gilbert, conductor

Date: 2009
Label: BIS Records
https://bis.se/conductors/gilbert-alan/christopher-rouse-orchestral-music-ii

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Christopher Rouse - Symphony No. 1; Clarinet Concerto (Alan Gilbert; Martin Fröst)


Information

Composer: Christopher Rouse
  1. Iscariot, for chamber orchestra
  2. Clarinet Concerto
  3. Symphony No.1

Martin Fröst, clarinet
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Alan Gilbert, conductor

Date: 2008
Label: BIS Records
https://bis.se/composer/rouse-christopher/christopher-rouse-orchestral-music

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Thursday, May 21, 2020

Philip Glass - Violin Concerto No. 2; Violin Sonata (Piotr Plawner)


Information

Composer: Philip Glass
  • (01) Violin Concerto No. 2 "The American Four Seasons"
  • (09) Violin Sonata

Piotr Plawner, violin
Gerardo Vila, piano
Bern Chamber Orchestra
Philippe Bach, conductor

Date: 2020
Label: Naxos
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.559865

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Philip Glass - Symphony No. 11 (Dennis Russell Davies)


Information

Composer: Philip Glass
  • Symphony No. 11

Bruckner Orchester Linz
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

Date: 2018
Label: Orange Mountain Music

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Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Philip Glass - Symphonies Nos. 1-10 (Dennis Russell Davies)


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Composer: Philip Glass
  • Symphony No. 1 'Low'
  • Symphony No. 2
  • Symphony No. 3
  • Symphony No. 4 'Heroes'
  • Symphony No. 5 'Requiem, Bardo, Nirmanakaza'
  • Symphony No. 6 'Plutonian Ode'
  • Symphony No. 7 'Toltec'
  • Symphony No. 8
  • Symphony No. 9
  • Symphony No. 10

Basel Symphony Orchestra (1, 4)
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (2, 5)
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra (3)
Bruckner Orchester Linz (6-10)
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

Compilation: 2016
Label: Orange Mountain Music
http://www.orangemountainmusic.com/

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Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Morton Gould - Symphonettes Nos. 2-4; Spirituals for Orchestra (Arthur Fagen)


Information

Composer: Morton Gould
  • (01) Symphonette No. 4 "Latin-American Symphonette"
  • (05) Symphonette No. 3 "Third American Symphonette"
  • (09) Symphonette No. 2 "Second American Symphonette"
  • (12) Spirituals for Orchestra

Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Arthur Fagen, conductor

Date: 2020
Label: Naxos
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.559869

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Morton Gould - Derivations; etc. (Scott Weiss)


Information

Composer: Morton Gould
  • (01) Fanfare for Freedom
  • (02) Saint Lawrence Suite
  • (06) Jericho Rhapsody
  • (07) Derivations for Solo Clarinet and Band
  • (11) Symphony No. 4 'West Point'

Stephanie Zelnick, clarinet (7-10)
University of Kansas Wind Ensemble
Scott Weiss, conductor

Date: 2011
Label: Naxos
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572629

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Morton Gould - American Ballads; Foster Gallery (Theodore Kuchar)


Information

Composer: Morton Gould
  • (01) American Ballads
  • (07) Foster Gallery
  • (20) American Salute

National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
Theodore Kuchar, conductor

Date: 2000
Label: Naxos
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.559005

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Monday, May 18, 2020

Aaron Copland - Billy the Kid; Grohg (Leonard Slatkin)


Information

Composer: Aaron Copland
  • (01) Grohg (One-Act Ballet)
  • (07) Billy the Kid (Complete Ballet)

Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Date: 2019
Label: Naxos
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.559862

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Aaron Copland - Symphony No. 3; Latin American Sketches (Leonard Slatkin)


Information

Composer: Aaron Copland
  • (01) Symphony No. 3
  • (05) Three Latin American Sketches

Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Date: 2017
Label: Naxos
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.559844

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Sunday, May 17, 2020

Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring; Hear Ye! Hear Ye! (Leonard Slatkin)


Information

Composer: Aaron Copland
  • (01) Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
  • (19) Appalachian Spring (Complete Ballet)

Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Date: 2017
Label: Naxos
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.559806

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Aaron Copland - Rodeo; Dance Panels (Leonard Slatkin)


Information

Composer: Aaron Copland
  • (01) Rodeo (Complete Ballet)
  • (06) Dance Panels - A Ballet in Seven Sections
  • (13) El Salón México
  • (14) Danzón Cubano

Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Date: 2013
Label: Naxos
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.559758

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Saturday, May 16, 2020

Alan Hovhaness - Collection Vol. 2 (Various Artists)


Information

Composer: Alan Hovhaness

CD1:

  • (01) Symphony No. 50 "Mount St. Helens", Op. 360
  • (04) Prelude and Quadruple Fugue, Op. 128
  • (05) String Quartet No. 3 "Reflections on my Childhood", Op. 208, No. 1
  • (07) And God Created Great Whales, Op. 229, No. 1
CD2:
  • (01) Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain", Op. 132
  • (04) Symphony No. 53 "Star Dawn", Op. 377
  • (06) Alleluia and Fugue, Op. 40b
  • (07) String Quartet No. 2 "Adanad Suite", Op. 147
  • (10) Celestial Fantasy, Op. 44
  • (11) Meditation on Orpheus, Op. 155

Seatle Symphony Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, conductor (Opp. 40b, 44, 128, 132, 155, 229/1 & 360)

Ohio State University Concert Band
Keith Brion, conductor (Op. 377)

Shanghai Quartet (Opp. 147 & 208/1)

More info and reviews:
http://www.amazon.com/Hovhaness-Collection-Vol-2/dp/B00000JSAT


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Alan Hovhaness - Collection Vol. 1 (Various Artists)


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Composer: Alan Hovhaness

CD1:

  • (1) Prayer of St. Gregory, Op. 62b
  • (02) Symphony No. 22 "City of Light", Op. 236
  • (06) 4 Bagatelles, Op. 30
  • (10) Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints "Hanga Genso", Op. 211
CD2:
  • (01) The Flowering Peach, incidental music, Op. 125
  • (09) Symphony No. 1 "Exile Symphony", Op. 17 No. 2
  • (12) A Rose Tree Blossoms, motet, Op. 246 No. 4
  • (13) String Quartet No. 4 "The Ancient Tree", Op. 208 No. 2

Seatle Symphony Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, conductor (Opp. 17/2, 62b & 211)

Seatle Symphony Orchestra
Alan Hovhaness, conductor (Op. 236)

Ohio State University Concert Band
Keith Brion, conductor (Op. 125)

St. John's Episcopal Cathedral Choir
Donald Pearson, conductor (Op. 246/4)

Shanghai Quartet (Opp. 30 & 208/2)

More info & reviews:
http://www.amazon.com/Hovhaness-Collection-Essential/dp/B00000071K


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Friday, May 15, 2020

Howard Hanson - Orchestral Music Vol. 2 (Gerard Schwarz)


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Composer: Howard Hanson

CD1:
  • (01) Symphony No. 1 in E minor, 'Nordic'
  • (04) Piano Concerto in G major, Op. 36
  • (08) Suite from the Opera 'Merry Mount', Op. 31
CD2:
  • (01) Symphony No. 3
  • (05) Lament for Beowulf, Op. 25
  • (06) Symphony No. 5, 'Sinfonia Sacra', Op. 43

Carol Rosenberger, piano
Seatle Symphony Chorale & Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, conductor

Date: 1998
Label: Delos Music


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Howard Hanson - Orchestral Music Vol. 1 (Gerard Schwarz)


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Composer: Howard Hanson

CD1:
  • (01) Symphony No. 2, 'Romantic'
  • (04) Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Youth
  • (05) Symphony No. 4, Op. 34, 'Requiem'
CD2:
  • (01) Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevitzky
  • (02) Symphony No. 6
  • (08) Serenade for Flute, Harp and Strings, Op. 35
  • (09) Mosaics
  • (10) Symphony No. 7

Carol Rosenberger, piano
New York Chamber Symphony Orchestra
Seatle Symphony Chorale & Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, conductor

Date: 1998
Label: Delos Music


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Thursday, May 14, 2020

Various Composers - Howard Hanson conducts American Masterworks


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CD1:
  • (01) Samuel Barber - Capricorn Concerto, Op. 21
  • (04) Walter Piston - The Incredible Flutist (Ballet Suite)
  • (16) Charles Tomlinson Griffes - Poem for Flute and Orchestra
  • (17) Kent Kennan - 3 Pieces for Orchestra
  • (20) William Alexander McCauley - 5 Miniatures for Flute and Strings
  • (25) William Bergsma - Gold and the Señor Commandante (Ballet Suite)
CD2:

  • (01) Charles Ives - 3 Places in New England
  • (04) Charles Ives - Symphony No. 3 "The Camp Meeting"
  • (07) William Schuman - New England Triptych
  • (10) Peter Mennin - Symphony No. 5
CD3:
  • (01) Morton Gould - Spirituals
  • (06) Morton Gould - Fall River Legend (Ballet Suite)
  • (12) Samuel Barber - Medea (Ballet Suite)
CD4:
  • (01) George Chadwick - Symphonic Sketches
  • (05) Edward MacDowell - Suite for Large Orchestra, Op. 42
  • (10) Johann Friedrich Peter - Sinfonia in G
CD5:
  • (01) Douglas Moore - Pageant of P.T. Barnum
  • (06) John Alden Carpenter - Adventures in a Perambulator
  • (12) Bernard Rogers - Once Upon A Time (Suite of 5 Fairy Tales)
  • (17) Burrill Phillips - Selections from McGuffey's Reader

Eastman-Rochester Orchestra
Howard Hanson, conductor

Recorded: 1956-1963
Compilation: 2004
Label: Mercury (Decca)
https://www.deccaclassics.com/us/cat/4756274

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Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Various Composers - Composers of African Descent (Duo Dolce)


Information

  • (01) William Grant Still - Summerland (Transcribed by Timothy Holley)
  • (02) William Grant Still - Mother and Child (Transcribed by Timothy Holley)
  • (03) Howard Hanson - Suite for Cello and Piano
  • (07) Richard Thompson - Piano Preludes Nos. 1 & 5
  • (09) Adolphus Hailstork - Theme and Variations on "Draw the Sacred Circle Closer"
  • (14) John Wineglass - Piano Suite No. 2 "Times of Solitude"
  • (17) Moses Hogan - Deep River (Spiritual)
  • (18) Moses Hogan - Let Us Break Bread Together (Spiritual)
  • (19) Moses Hogan - Give Me Jesus (Spiritual)
  • (20) Moses Hogan - Were You There (Spiritual)
  • (21) Michael Abels - Chris and Rose Love Theme (From the film "Get Out", arranged by Ryan Reeson)

Duo Dolce
Kristen Yeon-Ji Yun, cello
Phoenix Park-Kim, piano

Date: 2020
Label: MSR Classics
http://www.msrcd.com/catalog/cd/MS1752

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Various Composers - Music by Black Composers (Rachel Barton Pine)


Information

  • (01) David N. Baker - Blues (Deliver My Soul)
  • (02) Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson - Blue/s Forms for solo violin
  • (05) Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson - Louisiana Blues Strut (A Cakewalk) for solo violin
  • (06) William Grant Still - Suite for Violin and Piano
  • (09) Noel DaCosta - A Set of Dance Tunes for Solo Violin
  • (14) Clarence Cameron White - Levee Dance
  • (15) Duke Ellington - In a Sentimental Mood (arr. Wendell Logan)
  • (16) Dolores White - Blues Dialogues for solo violin
  • (20) Errollyn Wallen - Woogie Boogie
  • (21) Billy Childs - Incident on Larpenteur Avenue
  • (22) Daniel Bernard Roumain - Filter for Unaccompanied Violin
  • (23) Charles Brown - A Song Without Words

Rachel Barton Pine, violin
Matthew Hagle, piano

Date: 2018
Label: Cedille
https://www.cedillerecords.org/albums/blues-dialogues-music-by-black-composers/

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Various Composers - Violin Concertos by Black Composers (Rachel Barton)


Information

  1. (01) Chevalier de Meude-Monpas - Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major
  2. (04) Chevalier de Saint-Georges - Violin Concerto in A major, Op. 2
  3. (07) Joseph White - Violin Concerto in F sharp minor
  4. (10) Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Romance in G major for violin & orchestra

Rachel Barton, violin
Encore Chamber Orchestra
Daniel Hege, conductor

Date: 1997
Label: Cedille
http://www.cedillerecords.org/albums/violin-concertos-by-black-composers-of-the-18th-and-19th-centuries

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Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Various Composers - Les Six & Satie (Pascal & Ami Rogé)


Information

  • (01) L'Album des Six
  • (07) Georges Auric - Valse
  • (08) Georges Auric - Cinq bagatelles
  • (13) Louis Durey - Deux Piéces pour piano à quatre mains, Op. 7
  • (15) Arthur Honegger - Trois Contrepoints: I. Prélude
  • (16) Arthur Honegger - Pastorale d'été
  • (17) Darius Milhaud - Scaramouche
  • (20) Francis Poulenc - Capriccio (d'aprés Le Bal masqué)
  • (21) Germaine Tailleferre - Jeux de Plein Air
  • (23) Germaine Tailleferre - Valse lente
  • (24) Germaine Tailleferre - Intermezzo
  • (25) Erik Satie - Parade

Pascal Ami Rogé, piano
Date: 2020
Label: Onyx
http://www.onyxclassics.com/cddetail.php?CatalogueNumber=ONYX%204219

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Various Composers - Compositrices à l'aube du XXe siècle (Juliette Hurel; Hélène Couvert)


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  • (01) Mel Bonis - Sonate
  • (05) Lili Boulanger - Nocturne
  • (06) Lili Boulanger - D'un matin de printemps
  • (07) Clémence de Grandval - Suite
  • (12) Mel Bonis - Pièce, Op. 189
  • (13) Mel Bonis - Scherzo (Finale), Op. posthume 187
  • (14) Cécile Chaminade - Sérénade aux étoiles, Op. 142
  • (15) Augusta Holmès - Trois petites pièces

Juliette Hurel, flute
Hélène Couvert, piano

Date: 2020
Label: Alpha
https://outhere-music.com/fr/albums/compositrices-a-l-aube-du-xxe-siecle-alpha573

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Monday, May 11, 2020

Lili Boulanger; Nadia Boulanger - Mélodies (Cyrille Dubois)


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Composers: Lili Boulanger; Nadia Boulanger
  1. Nadia Boulanger - Prière
  2. Nadia Boulanger - Poème d'amour
  3. Nadia Boulanger - Versailles
  4. Nadia Boulanger - Écoutez la chanson bien douce
  5. Nadia Boulanger - Le Couteau
  6. Nadia Boulanger - Heures ternes
  7. Nadia Boulanger - Soir d'hiver
  8. Nadia Boulanger - Élégie
  9. Nadia Boulanger - La Mer
  10. Lili Boulanger - Quatre Chants: I. Dans l'immense tristesse
  11. Lili Boulanger - Quatre Chants: II. Attente
  12. Lili Boulanger - Quatre Chants: III. Reflets
  13. Lili Boulanger - Quatre Chants: IV. Le Retour
  14. Nadia Boulanger, Raoul Pugno - Les Heures claires: I. Le Ciel en nuit s'est déplié
  15. Nadia Boulanger, Raoul Pugno - Les Heures claires: II. Avec mes sens, avec mon cœur
  16. Nadia Boulanger, Raoul Pugno - Les Heures claires: III. Vous m'avez dit
  17. Nadia Boulanger, Raoul Pugno - Les Heures claires: IV. Que tes yeux clairs, tes yeux d'été
  18. Nadia Boulanger, Raoul Pugno - Les Heures claires: V. C'était en juin
  19. Nadia Boulanger, Raoul Pugno - Les Heures claires: VI. Ta bonté
  20. Nadia Boulanger, Raoul Pugno - Les Heures claires: VII. Roses de juin
  21. Nadia Boulanger, Raoul Pugno - Les Heures claires: VIII. S'il arrive jamais

Cyrille Dubois, tenor
Tristan Raës, piano

Date: 2020
Label: Aparté
https://www.apartemusic.com/albums/nadia-et-lili-boulanger-melodies

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Lili Boulanger; Nadia Boulanger - Clairières (Nicholas Phan)


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Composers: Lili Boulanger; Nadia Boulanger
  • (01) Nadia Boulanger - Versailles
  • (02) Nadia Boulanger, Lili Boulanger - Heures ternes
  • (03) Nadia Boulanger, Lili Boulanger - Reflets
  • (04) Nadia Boulanger, Lili Boulanger - Attente
  • (05) Nadia Boulanger, Lili Boulanger - Cantique
  • (06) Nadia Boulanger - La mer est plus belle
  • (07) Nadia Boulanger - Soleils couchants
  • (08) Lili Boulanger - Clairières dans le ciel
  • (21) Nadia Boulanger - Soir d'hiver
  • (22) Gabriel Fauré - Lydia

Nicholas Phan, tenor
Myra Huang, piano

Date: 2020
Label: Avie Records
http://www.avie-records.com/releases/clairieres-songs-by-lili-nadia-boulanger/

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Lili Boulanger - Clairières dans le ciel & other works (Martyn Hill)


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Composer: Lili Boulanger
  • (01) Clairières dans le ciel
  • (14) Les Sirènes
  • (15) Renouveau
  • (16) Hymne au soleil
  • (17) Pour les funérailles d'un soldat
  • (18) Soir sur la plaine

Martyn Hill, tenor

Andrew Ball, piano
New London Chamber Choir
James Wood, conductor

Date: 1994
Label: Hyperion
https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDH55153

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Sunday, May 10, 2020

Ethel Smyth - Songs and Ballads (Lucy Stevens)


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Composer: Ethel Smyth
  • (01) Four Songs
  • (05) Songs and Ballads, Op. 3
  • (10) Lieder, Op. 4
  • (15) Three Songs

Lucy Stevens, contralto
Elizabeth Marcus, piano
Berkeley Ensemble
Odaline de la Martinez, conductor

Date: 2020
Label: SOMM Recordings
https://somm-recordings.com/recording/dame-ethel-smyth-songs-and-ballads

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Clara Schumann - Romance (Isata Kanneh-Mason)


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Composer: Clara Schumann
  • (01) Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7
  • (04) 3 Romances for piano, Op. 11
  • (07) Scherzo No. 2 in C minor, Op. 14
  • (08) 3 Romances for violin and piano, Op. 22
  • (11) Widmung (Piano transcription of Robert Schumann’s song Op. 25 No. 1)
  • (12) Mondnacht (Piano transcription of Robert Schumann’s song Op. 39 No. 5)
  • (13) Piano Sonata in G minor

Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
Elena Urioste, violin (8-10)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Holly Mathieson, conductor (1-3)

Date: 2019
Label: Decca
https://www.deccaclassics.com/us/cat/4850020

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