Diamond, David > Schwarz, Gerard

Bernstein: Arias and Barcarolles; Barber: Overture to The School for Scandal; Diamond: Elegy / Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-04-24

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Arias and Barcarolles; Samuel Barber: The School for Scandal, overture for orchestra, Op. 5; David Diamond: Elegy in Memory of Maurice Ravel
Performers: Bunnell, Jane; Duesing, Dale
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

This triumvirate of composers represents an essentially lyrical impulse in American music. Leonard Bernstein's Arias and Barcarolles was completed in 1988 but had existed in...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA (1990-01-03&1990-03-18&1991-)....continue...

Bloch: From Jewish Life, Schelomo; Bruch, etc / Aasgaard, Schwarz, et al

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Ernest Bloch: Schelomo; From Jewish Life; David Diamond: Kaddish; Gerard Schwarz: In Memoriam, for cello & string orchestra (or string quartet); Max Bruch: Kol Nidrei for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 47
Performers: Aasgaard, Jonathan
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
Jonathan Aasgaard is principal cellist of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and focuses the inwardly musing aspect of Schelomo's narrative virtually to perfection. ... an...continue...

Great American Composers - Copland, Harris, Hovhaness, Hanson, Diamond, Creston, Piston

6 CD / Delos / 2008-11-25

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Lincoln Portrait; Canticle of Freedom, for chorus & orchestra; An Outdoor Overture, for orchestra or band; Roy Harris: American Creed; When Johnny Comes Mar...
Performers: Aki, Syoko; Baunton, Randolph; Butler, Charles; Dane, Jean; Ellis, Randall; Ingrahan, Paul; Johnson, Ronald; Jolles, Susan [Harp]; Mendenhall, Judith; Rosenberger, Carol [Piano]
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: New York Chamber Symphony; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music [Box Set]

51 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-11-21

Works: Joseph Achron: Concerto for Violin no 1, Op. 60; Golem, suite for chamber orchestra; Belshazzar; Samuel Adler: Sephardic Choruses (5), for chorus (from Ever Since Babylon); Nuptial Scene, for voice &...
Performers: Abelson, Robert; Adler, Bruce; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allardyce, Lauren; Arnold, Hubert; Aslan, Pablo; Avila, Jorge; Barr, Jean; Barrick, Clinton; Ben-Ze'ev, Re'ut; Bermel, Derek; Besley, Megan; B...
Conductors: Silverstein, Joseph; Schwarz, Gerard; Gardner, Patrick; Adler, Samuel; Winther, Rodney; Wilkins, Christopher; Kiesler, Kenneth; Itai, Avner; Marriner, Sir Neville; Corp, Ronald [Composer]; Levin, Nei...
Ensemble: ; Chamber Opera Ensemble; Cincinnati Wind Symphony; Dave Brubeck Trio; Eastman Players; Finchley Children's Music Group; Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble; Schola Hebraeica Chorus; Southern Jazz Ensemble...

Includes ashrei (ashrei yoshvei veitekha (l. glantz) / eine by various composers.

Includes b'motza'ei m'nuha (assembled for "the first s'liho by various composers....continue...

American Classics - Diamond: Symphonies no 2 & 4 / Schwartz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-06-01

Works: David Diamond: Symphony no 2; Symphony no 4
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"To me, the romantic spirit in music is important because it is timeless." These words by David Diamond capture the essence not only of the...continue...

American Classics - Diamond: Symphony no 8, etc / Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-05-01

Works: David Diamond: Suite from the ballet TOM, for orchestra; This Sacred Ground, for choir, soloists & orchestra; Symphony no 8
Performers: Parce, Erich
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Girls' Choir; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"As usual with this series, conductor, orchestra, engineers, and two record companies have done a great service by bringing us some wonderful music. If you...continue...

American Classics - Diamond: Ahava, Music for Prayer

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-04-01

Works: David Diamond: AHAVA - Brotherhood, for narrator & orchestra; Mizmor L'David, for cantor, chorus & organ; Morton Gould: Hamma'ariv Aravim, for tenor, chorus & organ; Roy Harris: Mi Khamokha, for teno...
Performers: Academy and Chorus of St. Martin in the Fields; Adler, Samuel; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Chorale, Carolina Chamber; Close, Elaine; Cullen, Joseph [Choral Conductor/Organ]; Davis, Kenny [Bass/Com...
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard; Adler, Samuel; Koch, Timothy; Davis, Kenneth; Cullen, Joseph
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Carolina Chamber Chorale; Rochester Singers; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Texas Tech University Choir

"Gerard Schwartz, our most dedicated Diamond champion, draws fiery and hugely committed playing from the Seattle Symphony..." - Lawrence A. Johnson, Gramophone Magazine...continue...
Personnel: Paul Schwendener, Michael Isaacson, Neil W. Levin (recorder); Karl Dent , Richard Troxell (tenor saxophone); Aaron Miller, Chris Bowers Broadbent (organ).

Recording information: Bena...continue...

American Classics - Diamond: Symphony no 1, etc / Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-06-01

Works: David Diamond: Symphony no 1; Concerto for Violin no 2; The Enormous Room
Performers: Talvi, Ilkka
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

'Symphony No. 1', the composer's first real symphony, was written upon Diamond's return from Paris where he studied with Boulanger. The 'Violin Concerto No. 2'...continue...

American Classics - Diamond: Symphony no 3, etc / Schwartz , Starker, Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-04-01

Works: David Diamond: Psalm for orchestra; Kaddish; Symphony no 3
Performers: Starker, János
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"Performances are exemplary, with none of the too-laid-back quality that bothered me in Schwarz's Piston disc. Perhaps the conductor has more affinity for Diamond's neoromanticism...continue...

Great American Composers Collection - Hanson, et al/ Schwarz

2 CD / Delos / 2002-01-01

Works: David Diamond: Romeo and Juliet, incidental score; Serenata for Orchestra; Howard Hanson: Serenade for flute, harp & strings, Op. 35; Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Youth, Op. 40; Pastorale for obo...
Performers: Aki, Syoko; Dane, Jean; Ellis, Randall; Jolles, Susan [Harp]; Mendenhall, Judith; Rosenberger, Carol [Piano]
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: New York Chamber Symphony

Diamond Settings - Hommage à Satie / Gerard Schwarz, Seattle

1 CD / Koch International / 1996-03-19

Works: Erik Satie: Passacaille, for piano; Gymnopédies (3), for piano (also orchestrated by Debussy); Messe des pauvres (Mass for the poor), for piano, chorus & organ; David Diamond: Hommage à Sat...
Performers: Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Personnel: Clark Story, Jun Liang Du, Anne Sokol, Janet Fisher Baunton, Eric Scott, Cecilia Poellein Buss, Wesley R. Fisk, Martine Friedman, Walter Schwede, Leonid Keylin, John Weller, Michael Miropol...continue...

Engineer's Choice

1 CD / Delos / 1991-01-01

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 1 in F minor, Op. 10; David Schiff: Divertimento from Gimpel the Fool, for clarinet, violin, cello & piano; Deems Taylor: Through the Looking Glass, for orchestra, No...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Baldwin, Dalton; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Browning, John [Piano]; Cardenes, Andres; Crozier, Catharine; Golabek, Mona; Gordon, David [Tenor Vocal]; Neriki, Shigeo; Rosenberg...
Conductors: DePreist, James; Schwarz, Gerard; Wagner, Roger
Ensemble: ; Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Horizons - A Musical Journey

1 CD / Delos / 1989-01-01

Works: Maurice Duruflé: Requiem, Op. 9; Alan Hovhaness: Prayer of St Gregory, Op. 62b; Bagatelles (4) for String Quartet, Op. 30; Peter Warlock: Capriol Suite; Antonín Dvorák: Serenade fo...
Performers: Butler, Charles; Hong-Gang, Li; Rosenberger, Carol; Wang, Zheng; Wei-Gang, Li; Wilson, James [cello]
Conductors: Keene, Dennis; Schwarz, Gerard; ; Macal, Zdenek
Ensemble: Ascension Music Orchestra; Los Angeles Guitar Quartet; New Jersey Symphony Orchestra; New York Chamber Symphony; Orford String Quartet; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Shanghai String Quartet; Voices of ...