Bour, Ernest

Zino Francescatti plays Brahms - Violin Concerto; Serenade no 2 / Zino Francescatti, violin

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2012-08-28

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77; Serenade for orchestra no 2 in A major, Op. 16
Performers: Francescatti, Zino
Conductors: Bour, Ernest
Ensemble: ; Baden-Baden and Freiburg Symphony Orchestra

Although Zino Francescatti (1902-1991) had a long and successful career, which ended in 1976 with his retirement, the number of his recordings available today is...continue...
Recording information: Baden-Baden Hans-Rosbaud-Studio....continue...

Nicolai Gedda sings Arias & Lieder / Werner Singer, Erik Werba, piano

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2012-03-27

Works: Adolphe Adam: Le Postillon de Lonjumeau; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Iphigenie in Aulis; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Gioachino Rossini: Le Comte Ory; Mikhail Glinka: Ein Leben für...
Performers: Gedda, Nicolai; Singer, Werner; Werba, Erik [Piano]
Conductors: Bour, Ernest
Ensemble: ; SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg

Hänssler Classics is proud to present this valuable compilation of songs and arias recorded by Gedda from the years 1954 to 1965. This anthology features...continue...

Music Painters [5 CDs]

7 CD / Naïve / 2012-01-31

Works: Maurice Ravel: Une barque sur l'océan, for orchestra; Rêves, song for voice & piano; Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 1; Deux mélodies hébraïques (Two Hebraic Melodies); Conc...
Performers: Armstrong, Louis; Ashkenazy, Vovka; Barreaux, Gerard; Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Blumenthal, Daniel; Bon, Maarten; Bostridge, Ian; Bruns, Peter; Cabasso, Laurent; Casals, Pablo; Cassard, Philippe; Ch...
Conductors: Krivine, Emmanuel; Robertson, David; Equilbey, Laurence; ; Grindenko, Anatoly; Yablonsky, Dmitry; Mihaylov, Zdravko; Von der Goltz, Gottfried; Spering, Christoph; Jean, Kenneth; Halász, Michael;...
Ensemble: ; Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars; Duo Campion-Vachon; Ensemble Kasbek; Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five; Rare Fruits Council; Tempo Jazz Men; Végh Quartet

50 Most Essential Mozart Masterpieces

4 CD / X5 Group / 2011-11-15

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro; Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Symphony no 40 in G minor; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major; Gran Partita in B flat major; Sonata for Piano no 11 in A majo...
Performers: Bezaly, Sharon; Boyd, Douglas; Brautigam, Ronald; Collins, Finghin; Falout, Joze; Ganter, Elisabeth; Gassmann, Frank; Griffiths, Semra; Hoelscher, Ulf; Holzapfel, Maszella; Malling, Amalie; Mamou, Ro...
Conductors: Beissel, Heribert; Parry, David; Macci, Francesco; Kosler, Zdenek; Bethke, Neithard; Arp, Klaus; Lapinsch, Ilmar; Kangas, Juha; Frantz, Justus; Bour, Ernest; Gal, Tamas; Marturet, Eduardo; Böhm,...
Ensemble: ; New York Philomusica; Salzburg Soloists; St. Petersburg Soloists

This compilation is designed to give new classical music fans a wide sampling of Mozart's extensive repertoire. Mozart was a star on the musical scene...continue...

The 50 Darkest Pieces of Classical Music

4 CD / X5 Group / 2011-10-25

Works: Franz Liszt: Totentanz, for piano, S. 525 (LW A62); Nuages gris (Grey clouds); Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker; Swan Lake Suite; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 1; Camille Saint-Saëns...
Performers: Abbuhl, Emanuel; Bavnov, Tomislav; Berhey, Emmy; Collins, Finghin; Fagius, Hans; Feller, Harald; Gillblad, Per-Olof; Muehlen-Wester, Andreas; Ponti, Michael; Pontinen, Roland; Schnorr, Klemens; Stanb...
Conductors: Schmidt-Gertenbach, Volke; Beissel, Heribert; Parry, David; DePreist, James; ; Susskind, Walter; Gál, Tamás; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Segerstam, Leif; Francis, Alun; Peskó, Zoltá...
Ensemble: ; Camerata Antonio Luco; Capella Istropolitana; La Tempesta; Moyzes Quartet

Some of the great classical composers have a dark side and while perhaps hidden in their personal lives, it comes alive in their music. There...continue...

Serene Classics / Includes works by Palestrina, Bach, Tallis, Purcell and Schubert

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Gregorian Chant: Salve regina; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Salve Regina, motet for 5 voices (from Motets Book V); Missa pro defunctis a 5; Tomás Luis de Victoria: O sacrum convivium, motet...
Performers: Gruberova, Edita; Haider, Friedrich; Henschel, Dietrich; Isokoski, Soile; McDaniel, Barry; Meier, Waltraud; Munderloh, David; Viitasalo, Marita; Woytowicz, Stefania
Conductors: Jennings, Joseph; Higginbottom, Edward; Werner, Fritz; Nagano, Kent; Barenboim, Daniel; Bour, Ernest; Svetlanov, Evgeny; O'Donnell, James [Organ]; Satomaa, Tauno

Unwind with Warner Classic's new release, 'Serene Classics: Music for a Calmer You". Take a micro-vacation as you relax to titles such as Salve Regina,...continue...

Gorecki: Symphony No.3 Op.36

1 CD / Apex / 2011-01-25

Works: Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Symphony no 3, Op. 36 ("Symphony of Sorrowful Songs")
Performers: Woytowicz, Stefania
Conductors: Bour, Ernest

Recording information: 1985....continue...

Otto Ketting: Early Orchestral Works

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2009-09-01

Works: Otto Ketting: Symphony no 1; Canzoni (2), for orchestra; Concertino for 2 trumpets & orchestra; Variations for orchestra; Collage for orchestra no 9
Performers: Teunissen, Dick; Van Der Knaap, Arend
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard; Vonk, Hans; Ketting, Otto; Porcelijn, David; Bour, Ernest
Ensemble: ; Netherlands Wind Ensemble

These works by Otto Ketting were composed between 1957 and 1963. They are characterized by the fact that they all, in true brotherly fellowship, have...continue...

Les ballets Russes Vol 4 - Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky / Ahronovitch, Wakasugi, Bour, et al

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2009-02-16

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Igor Stravinsky: Chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale), symphonic poem for orchestra
Performers: Ostertag, Christian
Conductors: Ahronovitch, Yuri; Wakasugi, Hiroshi; Bour, Ernest
Ensemble: ; Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-B

This is the fourth volume of a series that intends to publish all the ballet music composed or arranged for performance by Sergej Diaghilev. This...continue...

Bartók: Klavierkonzerte Nr. 1-3

1 CD / Col Legno / 2008-05-01

Works: Béla Bartók: Concerto for Piano no 3, Sz 119; Concerto for Piano no 1, Sz 83; Concerto for Piano no 2, Sz 95
Performers: Anda, Géza
Conductors: Bour, Ernest

Lachenmann: Orchestral Works & Chamber Music

1 CD / Col Legno / 2008-05-01

Works: Helmut Lachenmann: Interieur I, for percussion soloist; Schwankungen am Rand, for orchestra; Air, music for large orchestra & solo percussion
Performers: Caskel, Christoph; Dierstein, Christian
Conductors: Bour, Ernest; Zagrosek, Lothar

Kelterborn: Changements, Ensemble-Buch, etc / Holliger

1 CD / Col Legno / 2008-05-01

Works: Rudolf Kelterborn: Changements, for orchestra; Ensemble-Buch; Escursioni; Fantasia for piano trio; Variations for oboe & string orchestra
Performers: Holliger, Heinz; Kolle, Andrea; Schneider, Beat; Widmer, Kurt
Conductors: Bour, Ernest;
Ensemble: ; Orion Trio

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Boris Christoff Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-06-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Così dunque tradisci...Aspri rimorsi atroci, recitative and aria for bass & orchestra, K. 432 (K. 4; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride;...
Performers: Christoff, Boris
Conductors: Schuchter, Wilhelm; Pradella, Massimo; Bour, Ernest; Fistoulari, Anatole; Simonetto, Alfredo; Cluytens, André

With his commanding stage presence and thunderous voice, Boris Christoff was the heir to a long tradition of Slavonic basses. The singer courted controversy and...continue...

Mozart: Concertos & Arias / Gulda, Szeryng, et al

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2006-01-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488; Concerto for Violin in D major, K 271a (271i); Ch'io mi scordi di te...Non temer, amato bene, K 505; Concerto for Horn no 3 in E f...
Performers: Bergmann, Maria; Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Danco, Suzanne; Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Gulda, Friedrich; Pears, Peter, Sir; Szeryng, Henryk
Conductors: Rosbaud, Hans; Bour, Ernest; Sacher, Paul
Ensemble: ; Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

In celebration of the Mozart Year, SWR Music has opened their historic archives to present a program of concertos and concert arias, featuring a roster...continue...