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Bohuslav Martinu: Early Orchestral Works - Nocturne; Village Feast; Little Dance Suite; Movement for Orchestra, H90 et al.

1 CD / Toccata / 2013-04-30

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Prelude in the Form of a Scherzo, for orchestra (after Prelude for piano, H. 181/2), H. 181a; Composition for large orchestra, H. 90 (incomplete); Posvícení (Church Festiv...
Performers: Haufa, Jakub; Krzyzanowski, Andrzej; Paciorkiewicz, Artur
Conductors: Hobson, Ian [Piano]
Ensemble: ; Sinfonia Varsovia

Martinu's mature orchestral works are now a mainstay in classical repertoire. But, the orchestral music he wrote between his late teens and early thirties is...continue...
Recording information: Witold Lutoslawski Concert Hall, Polish Radio, Warsaw (12/19/2012-12/21/2012)....continue...

George Walker: Great American Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 / Ian Hobson

1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-02-14

Works: George Walker: Icarus in Orbit, for orchestra; Piano Concerto; Abu, for 2 narrators, violin, cello & piano; Dialogus, for cello & orchestra; Da Camera for violin, cello, piano, harp, celesta, orchest...
Performers: Kouzov, Dmitry; Lupu, Sherban; Sennet, Rochelle; Vamos, Brandon; Vamso, Brandon
Conductors: Hobson, Ian [Piano]
Ensemble: ; Sinfonia Varsovia

The most recent volume in the series on Albany Records devoted to the orchestral music of George Walker includes two concertos - one for piano...continue...

Cello Heroics II: Shostakovich Cello Concerto / Gavriel Lipkind, cello

1 CD / Lipkind Productions / 2011-09-27

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Cello no 1 in E flat major, Op. 107
Performers: Lipkind, Gavriel
Conductors: Rodek, Wojciech
Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia

Cello Heroics was created to take a deeper look at the concertante literature for cello: "The Heroes of the Cello." It is a carefully planned...continue...
Recording information: Witold Lutoslawski Concert Hall of the Polish Radio....continue...

Chants d'est - Songs from Slavic lands / Wieder-Atherton, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-10-27

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Ave Maria; Ernst von Dohnányi: Ruralia Hungarica, pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 32b; Unspecified: Song in remembrance of Schubert; Alexander Tcherepnin: Songs and Dances, for...
Performers: Wieder-Atherton, Sonia
Conductors: Mangou, Christophe
Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia

A breathtaking collection of ancient folk melodies, played on lyrical solo cello with string orchestra. Naive’s astonishing new signing, Sonia Wieder-Atherton, is bound to make...continue...

Walker: Address for Orchestra, Overture, Sinfonia no 1 & 3, etc / Hobson, Sinfonia Varsovia

1 CD / Albany Records / 2008-10-14

Works: George Walker: Address for orchestra; In Praise of Folly; Sinfonia no 1; Sinfonia no 3; Hoopla "A Touch of Glee"
Conductors: Hobson, Ian [Piano]
Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia

The orchestral works on this CD of world premiere recordings incorporate a wealth of compositional techniques- archaic, arcane and contemporary. These works constitute a cross...continue...

Harris: Symphony no 11; Gould, Effinger, Moore / Ian Hobson, Sinfonia Varsovia

1 CD / Albany Records / 2008-09-09

Works: Morton Gould: Cowboy Rhapsody; Roy Harris: Symphony no 11; Cecil Effinger: Little Symphony no 1, Op. 31; Douglas S. Moore: Symphony no 2 in A major
Conductors: Hobson, Ian [Piano]
Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia

What more could an advocate for American music want? This recording combines neglected works by well-known masters (Roy Harris' Symphony No. 11 and Gould's Cowboy...continue...

Don Gillis: Twinkletoes and Other Works / Ian Hobson, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2008-03-01

Works: Don Gillis: Twinkletoes, for orchestra; Rhapsody for harp & orchestra; Concerto for Piano no 1 "Encore Concerto"; Short Overture to an Unwritten Opera, for orchestra; Rhapsody for trumpet & orchestra
Performers: Bednarczyk, Krzysztof; Hobson, Ian [Piano]; Sikorzak-Olek, Anna
Conductors: Hobson, Ian [Piano]
Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia

In both the "Encore" Concerto and the Harp Rhapsody (written for the NBC Symphony's Edward Vito), one can hear some very serious thoughts being bandied...continue...

Don Gillis: Symphony no. 3, etc / Hobson, Sifonia Varsovia

2 Super Audio CD / Albany Records / 2007-08-01

Works: Don Gillis: Symphony "X" ("The Big D"); Tulsa; Symphony no 3 "A Symphony of Free Men"
Conductors: Hobson, Ian [Piano]
Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia

Gillis was a populist American composer who wrote music that, in his own words, "kids could whistle in Waxahachie or Dubuque." Conductor Ian Hobson has...continue...

Don Gillis: Symphonies no 1, 2 & 5 1/2 / Ian Hobson, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Albany Records / 2006-11-01

Works: Don Gillis: Symphony no 1 "An American Symphony"; Symphony no 2 "A Symphony of Faith"; Symphony no 5 1/2 "A Symphony for Fun"
Conductors: Hobson, Ian [Piano]
Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia

"If you're looking for music that offers the style of, say, Gershwin, but in larger forms, then Don Gillis is your guy. His first two...continue...

Don Gillis: Symphony no 7, etc / Hobson, Sinfonia Varsovia

1 Super Audio CD / Albany Records / 2006-04-01

Works: Don Gillis: Portrait of a Frontier Town, for orchestra; The Alamo, for orchestra; Symphony no 7 "Saga of a Prairie School"
Conductors: Hobson, Ian [Piano]
Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia

"I cannot speak highly enough of the playing of the Sinfonia Varsova under Hobson's committed and affectionate leadership, set forth in warm, expansive sound. The...continue...

Górecki: Symphony no 3, Canticum Graduum / Altinoglu, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Naïve / 2005-11-15

Works: Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Symphony no 3, Op. 36 ("Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"); Canticum Graduum, Op. 27
Performers: Perruche, Ingrid
Conductors: Altinoglu, Alain
Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia

Premiered at the Royan Festival in 1977, Greckis Third Symphony has had a most unusual history. Written in a neo-modal style using extremely simple motifs,...continue...

Don Gillis: Paul Bunyan Overture, etc / Ian Hobson, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2005-06-01

Works: Don Gillis: Paul Bunyan; Symphony no 6 "Mid-Century U.S.A."; Symphony no 5 "Im Memoriam"
Conductors: Hobson, Ian [Piano]
Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia

Gillis: Symphony no 4 / Hobson, Sinfonia Varsovia

1 CD / Albany Records / 2004-12-01

Works: Don Gillis: Symphony no 4; Concerto for Piano no 2
Performers: Hobson, Ian [Piano]
Conductors: Hobson, Ian [Piano]
Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia

"Hobson brings a wealth of buoyant rhythm and catchy tune-spinning to this music, and the Poles are clearly having a ball. Frivolous, joyous, or what...continue...

Khachaturian, Sibelius: Violin Concertos / Khachatryan

1 CD / Naïve / 2004-03-01

Works: Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47; Aram Khachaturian: Concerto for Violin in D minor
Performers: Khachatryan, Sergey
Conductors: Krivine, Emmanuel
Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia

"[Sergey] Khachatryan is a spit-polish virtuoso with an indentifiable personality and a tendency toward introspection." - Magil, American Record Guide...continue...

American Light - Gillis: Star-Spangled Symphony, etc

1 CD / Albany Records / 2003-11-01

Works: Don Gillis: Star-Spangled Symphony; Amarillo, A Symphonic Celebration; Symphony no 8 "A Dance Symphony"
Conductors: Hobson, Ian
Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia

"All this stuff sounds just dandy, full of catchy tunes and broad humor, and the Polish players have the idiom down pat. Sonics are a...continue...

Porter: Symphony no 1, etc / Hobson, Sinfonia Varsovia

1 CD / Albany Records / 2003-05-01

Works: Quincy Porter: Symphony no 1; Poem and Dance, for orchestra; Symphony no 2
Conductors: Hobson, Ian [Piano]
Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia

Lutoslawski: Selected Works / Jakowicz, Michniewski, et al

1 CD / CD Accord / 1996-01-01

Works: Witold Lutoslawski: Overture for Strings; Funeral Music; Venetian Games; Partita for Violin and Orchestra; Interlude for Orchestra
Performers: Jakowicz, Krzysztof
Conductors: Michniewski, Wojciech
Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia