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Ullmann: Symphony 1 - Von Meiner Jugend / Albrecht

1 Super Audio CD / Glossa / 2010-01-02

Works: Viktor Ullmann: Der zerbrochene Krug; Symphony no 1 ("On my youth") (reconstructed by Bernhard Wulff); Don Quixote tanzt Fandango, overture for orchestra; Symphony no 2 in D
Conductors: Albrecht, Gerd

The composer Viktor Ullmann (1898-1944) could not have predicted, fortunately, that his name would come to be inseparably linked to the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto. Not...continue...
Recording information: Studio 4, Flagey, Brussels (05/2008)....continue...

Hans Werner Henze: Gogo no Eiko

2 CD / Orfeo / 2009-08-28

Works: Hans Werner Henze: Das verratene Meer (The Ocean Betrayed), music drama in 2 acts (aka "Gogo no Eiko")
Performers: Hirano, Yasushi; Kim, Kwang-Jin; Komori, Teruhiko; Midorikawa, Mari; Mihara, Tsuyoshi; Takahashi, Jun
Conductors: Albrecht, Gerd

BBC Music Magazine
Some of [Henze]s most beautiful and compelling music...Gerd Albrecht is a passionate advocate for the work...and the Japanese cast capture its claustrophobic world...continue...

C.P.E. Bach: Flute Concertos / Michiko Takahashi, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

14 CD / RCO Live / 2009-03-10

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98; Anton Webern: Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 10; Im Sommerwind, idyll for orchestra; Carl Nielsen: Symphony no 5, Op. 50; Luigi Dallapiccola: Commiat...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Brendel, Alfred; Devos, Lode; Dorow, Dorothy; Hargan, Alison; Herbers, Werner; Kilduff, Barbara; Kim, Yong-Hee; Lewis, Keith; Meel, Nico van der; Olof, Theo; Oosterkamp, Wou...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Kondrashin, Kirill; Vis, Lucas; Jochum, Eugen; Haitink, Bernard; De Waart, Edo; Sanderling, Kurt; Vonk, Hans; Davis, Colin; Järvi, Neeme; Dorati, Antal; Cerha, Friedrich; B...

The Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is a transcription in sound of the concert-giving history of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, based upon radio recordings from...continue...

Pettersson: Complete Symphonies / Albrecht, Arnell, et al

12 CD / CPO / 2007-01-30

Works: Allan Pettersson: Symphony no 2; Symphonic Movement; Symphony no 3; Symphony no 4; Symphony no 5; Symphony no 16, for alto saxophone and orchestra; Symphony no 6; Symphony no 7; Symphony no 8; Sympho...
Performers: Kelly, John Edward
Conductors: Francis, Alun; Trojahn, Manfred; Albrecht, Gerd; Sanderling, Thomas; Honeck, Manfred; Arnell, Johan M.; Ruzicka, Peter
Ensemble: ; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra; Hannover Radio Symphony Orchestra; Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra; Swedish Radio S...

"Let me attempt to give some perspective to the symphonies of Pettersson: more often than not, they seem roiling and building toward some climax, exuding...continue...

Musica Rediviva

1 CD / Orfeo / 2003-10-17

Works: Erwin Schulhoff: Landschaften, symphony for mezzo-soprano & orchestra, Op. 26, WV 44; Menschheit, symphony for alto & orchsetra, Op. 28, WV 48; Der Bürger als Edelmann, concert suite for paino, ...
Performers: Rische, Michael; Soffel, Doris
Conductors: Albrecht, Gerd

Close Encounters with Great Singers - Fischer-Dieskau

1 CD / Video Artists International / 2003-06-24

Works: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Jon Tolansky: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in Conversation with Jon Tolansky (Interview)
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Holm, Richard; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Varady, Julia [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Kubelik, Rafael; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Barbirolli, John; Keilberth, Joseph; Böhm, Karl; Albrecht, Gerd
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Egon Wellesz: Die Bakchantinnen

2 CD / Orfeo / 2002-02-01

Works: Egon Wellesz: Die Bakchantinnen, opera
Performers: Alexander, Roberta [Soprano Vocals]; Aschenbach, Hans; Barainsky, Claudia; Breedt, Michelle; Burt, Michael; Gottschick, Jorg; Mohr, Thomas; Stamm, Harald
Conductors: Albrecht, Gerd

Gurlitt: Soldaten / Albrecht, Burt, Breedt, Barainsky, et al

2 CD / Orfeo / 2000-04-18

Works: Manfred Gurlitt: Soldaten, opera in 3 acts
Performers: Barainsky, Claudia; Breedt, Michelle; Burt, Michael; Harper, Thomas [Tenor Vocal]; Horn, Volker; Kohn, Andreas; Lindsley, Celina; Malmberg, Urban; Mohr, Thomas; Molsberger, Friedrich; Worle, Robert
Conductors: Albrecht, Gerd
Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

20th Century German Opera - Zemlinsky, Schreker, et al

1 CD / Capriccio / 2000-01-01

Works: Franz Schmidt: Notre Dame; Alexander von Zemlinsky: Es war einmal, opera; Der Traumgörge, opera; Der Kreidekreis, opera; König Kandaules, opera; Franz Schreker: Der Ferne Klang, opera in 3 ...
Performers: Behle, Renate; Coburn, Pamela; Haage, Peter; Hermann, Roland; Johansson, Eva; Jones, Gwyneth, Dame [Soprano Vocal]; Lindsley, Celina; Moll, Kurt; Pederson, Monte; Protschka, Josef; Protschka, Peter; ...
Conductors: Perick, Christof; Graf, Hans; Albrecht, Gerd; Soltesz, Stefan
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Chorus; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra; Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra; Hessian Radio Chorus Fran...

Korngold: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Gerd Albrecht, et al

1 CD / CPO / 1999-06-01

Works: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: A Midsummer Night's Dream, film score (after Mendelssohn)
Performers: Breedt, Michelle; Burt, Michael; Lindsley, Celina; Weir, Scot
Conductors: Albrecht, Gerd

When the Nazis invaded Austria in 1938, the connections established by Korngold at Warner Brothers not only guaranteed him a livelihood but also saved his...continue...

Musica Rediviva - Wellesz: Violin Concerto, etc / Albrecht

1 CD / Orfeo / 1998-10-12

Works: Egon Wellesz: Concerto for Violin Op. 84; Prosperos Beschwörungen, for orchestra, Op. 53
Conductors: Albrecht, Gerd
Ensemble: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

Musica Rediviva - Ullmann: Der Zerbrochene Krug, etc

1 CD / Orfeo / 1996-04-01

Works: Viktor Ullmann: Slavonic Rhapsody for orchestra with saxophone obbligato; Der zerbrochene Krug
Performers: Barainsky, Claudia; Breedt, Michelle; Dewald, Thomas; Gottschick, Jorg; Hermann, Roland; Junghanns, Egbert; Kelly, John Edward; Kunzli, Robert; Morloc, Renee; Prein, Johannes Werner
Conductors: Albrecht, Gerd
Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Viktor Ullmann: Cornet; Don Quixote tanzt Fandango; Klavierkonzert

1 CD / Orfeo / 1995-11-01

Works: Viktor Ullmann: Don Quixote tanzt Fandango, overture for orchestra; Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, 12 pieces for speaker & orchestra; Concerto for piano & orchestra, Op. 25
Performers: Ardasev, Igor [Piano]
Conductors: Albrecht, Gerd

Wozzeck

1 CD / Capriccio / 1995-01-01

Works: Manfred Gurlitt: Wozzeck, one-act opera in 18 scenes with epilogue, Op. 16
Performers: Berggold, Christiane; Ginzel, Reinhart; Gottschick, Jorg; Hermann, Roland; Lindsley, Celina; Scharinger, Anton; Schudel, Regina; Worle, Robert; Wottrich, Endrik
Conductors: Albrecht, Gerd

Pettersson: Symphony No.8

1 CD / Orfeo / 1994-09-29

Works: Allan Pettersson: Symphony no 8
Conductors: Albrecht, Gerd

Erwin Schulhoff: Symphonie No. 2; Pavel Haas: Studie für Streichorchester; Gideon Klein: Partita für Streicher

1 CD / Orfeo / 1994-04-13

Works: Erwin Schulhoff: Symphony no 2; Gideon Klein: Partita for strings; Pavel Haas: Study for String Orchestra; Viktor Ullmann: Symphony no 2 in D
Conductors: Albrecht, Gerd