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Czeslaw Marek: Songs & Choral Music / Szmytka, Rigby, Dazeley, Smietana, Burnside

2 CD / Guild / 2012-02-14

Works: Czeslaw Marek: Lieder (6) for voice & piano, Op. 1; Songs (5) on Poems by Lenau, for voice & piano, Op. 17; Lieder (2) for voice & piano, Op. 12; Na Wsi (Rural Scenes), for voice & piano, Op. 30a; Wi...
Performers: Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Dazeley, William; Rigby, Jean; Szmytka, Elzbieta
Conductors: Brian, Gary; Brain, Gary
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra

Polish-born composer Czeslaw Marek (1891-1985) spent his youth in Lviv, Vienna and Berlin, but went to Switzerland at the outbreak of World War I, where...continue...

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess / Smallens, Price, Warfield, Calloway, et al

2 CD / Guild / 2008-07-08

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Performers: Calloway, Cab; Colbert, Helen; Dowdy, Helen; James, Joseph; Lamar, Moses; McCurry, John; Price, Leontyne; Riemann, Walter; Roberts, Howard A.; Scott, Leslie [Vocals]; Thigpen, Helen; Warfield, Willia...
Conductors: Smallens, Alexander
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

This complete recording of Porgy and Bess is taken from a broadcast of a live recording at the Titania Palast, Berlin on September 21, 1952....continue...

Music in Zurich 1500-1900 - Senfl, Wagner, etc

1 CD / Guild / 2007-10-01

Works: Huldrych Zwingli: Herr nun heb den wagen; Ludwig Senfl: Allein din huld; Paul Hofhaimer: Nach Willen Dein; Anonymous, Hor Tablature: Scaramella; Johann Caspar Bachofen: Lobe Zion; Welt, ich achte dei...
Performers: Boreham, Abigail; Davies, Chris; Davislim, Garrie; Davislim, Steve; Edgar-Wilson, Richard; Filsell, Jeremy [Keyboard]; Fong, William; Hooper, Richard; Howard, Robert; Howard, Yvonne; Howat, Roy; Jaco...

During the summer of 2007, the Central Library of Zurich, Switzerland, displayed musical manuscripts, music prints and archival material from their vast collection under the...continue...

Weigl: Die Schweizer Famile / Rom, et al

2 CD / Guild / 2006-07-01

Works: Joseph Weigl: Die Schweizerfamile, singspiel
Performers: Bootz, Stephan; Müller-Kopp, Tobias; Maszel, Robert; Pöyhönen, Petri; Payer, Roman; Vargas, Marillia; Vermeulen, Olivia
Conductors: Rom, Uri
Ensemble: Dreieck Orchestra

'The Swiss Family' was one of the most popular German-language 'Singspiels' during the first half of the 19th century, and at its inception it was...continue...

Music for Fanny Hünerwadel / Howard, Edgar-Wilson, et al

1 CD / Guild / 2006-06-01

Works: Alexander Müller: Tempo di Mazurka, for piano solo; Johann Carl Eschmann: Kleine Studie, for piano solo; Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst: Moderato, for piano solo; Ferdinand Furchtegott Huber: Sehnsucht ...
Performers: Edgar-Wilson, Richard; Fuller, Andrew; Gough, Ursula; Howard, Yvonne; Inoue, Yuko; Liebeck, Jack; Molloy, Niamh; Ruhemann, Ileana; Sewart, Charles; Sturrock, Kathron

Many of the composers featured on this unique recording, such as Baumgartner, Eschmann, and Muller, actively promoted Hunerwadel's talents, resulting in ever-increasing contacts with her...continue...
Includes work(s) for violin & piano: andante espressivo for by Henri Vieuxtemps....continue...

Songs of Johann Carl Eschmann / Howard, Edgar-Wilson

1 CD / Guild / 2006-05-01

Works: Johann Carl Eschmann: Two Poems by Pauline E., for voice & piano, Op. 2; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 7; Heimgekehrte, for voice, piano & horn, Op. 10; Zwiegesang, for voice, cello & piano, Op. 1...
Performers: Edgar-Wilson, Richard; Fuller, Andrew; Howard, Yvonne; Korth, Nicholas; Sturrock, Kathron

Johann Karl Eschmann was born in Winterhur, Switzerland on April 12, 1826. His father was a music teacher and introduced Johann to music at an...continue...

Wagner: Gotterdammerung Act II, etc / Beecham, et al

2 CD / Guild / 2006-02-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung; Die Walküre; Siegfried
Performers: Habich, Eduard; Janssen, Herbert; Laubenthal, Horst R.; Leider, Frida; Marherr, Elfriede; Melchior, Lauritz; Nezadal, Maria; Schorr, Friedrich; Thorborg, Kerstin; Vocals], Emanuel List [Bass; Weber, ...
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Blech, Leo
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Here is an essential release for anyone who loves great Wagnerian singing and the conducting art of Sir Thomas Beecham. By the time of this...continue...

Simon Mayr: Sisara / Franz Hauk, Vanessa Barkowski, et al

2 CD / Guild / 2005-09-01

Works: Simon Mayr: Sisara, oratorio
Performers: Barkowski, Vanessa; Braun, Stefanie; Hauk, Franz; Mieden, Petra van der; Or, Talia; Schneider, Claudia
Conductors: Hauk, Franz

"The first thing that is interesting about this oratorio is that it is in Latin. The second interesting thing is that all the roles and...continue...

Memorial Concerts - Boito, Verdi / Arturo Toscanini

2 CD / Guild / 2005-07-01

Works: Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Nerone; Spoken Word: Broadcast Commentary; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21
Performers: Guarrera, Frank; Nelli, Herva; Nessi, Giuseppe; Prandelli, Giacinto; Siepi, Cesare; Simionato, Giulietta; Ticozzi, Ebe
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis, Violin Concerto / Toscanini

2 CD / Guild / 2004-10-01

Works: Spoken Word: NBC Broadcast Commentary, 28 December 1940; Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123; Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Castagna, Bruna; Heifetz, Jascha; Kipnis, Alexander; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra; Westminster Choir

Verdi: Otello / Toscanini, Merriman, Vinay, Valdengo, Nelli

3 CD / Guild / 2004-09-01

Works: Spoken Word: NBC Broadcast Commentary on Otello; Interview with Ramon Vinay; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Assandri, Virginio; Chabay, Leslie; Merriman, Nan; Moscona, Nicola; Nelli, Herva; Newman, Arthur; Valdengo, Giuseppe; Vinay, Ramon
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Chorus

Gounod: Roméo et Juliette / Godovkin, et al

2 CD / Guild / 2004-05-01

Works: Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
Performers: Burlak, Ivan; Kozlovsky, Ivan; Mikhailov, Maxim; Ostrumova, Nina; Pasechnik, G.; Shumskaya, Yelisaveta
Conductors: Orlov, Alexander Ivanovich

Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet, etc / Toscanini, NBC SO

3 CD / Guild / 2004-04-01

Works: Recorded Sound: NBC Sunday Concert Broadcast commentary; Hector Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17; La damnation de Faust, Op. 24
Performers: Garris, John; Harrell, Mark; Moscona, Nicola; Swarthout, Gladys
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Chorus; NBC Symphony Orchestra

Rossini: Petite Messe Solenelle; Wagner, Strauss/Barbirolli

2 CD / Guild / 2004-03-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle; Spoken Word: Broadcast Commentary (Carnegie Hall; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Charles Gounod: Ring out, wild bells, song for voice & piano; Camil...
Performers: Bonnelli, Richard; Castagna, Bruna; Cordon, Norman; Ginster, Ria; Kullman, Charles; Meisle, Kathryn; Pauly, Rose; Tibbett, Lawrence; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Barbirolli, John

Orr: Italian Overture, From the Book of Sparrow, etc

1 CD / Guild / 2000-09-01

Works: Robin Orr: Italian Overture for wind, strings and harpsichord; From the Book of Philip Sparrow, for mezzo-soprano (voice) and strings; Rhapsody for string orchesta; Journeys and Places, for mezzo-sop...
Performers: Stephen, Pamela Helen
Conductors: Griffiths, Howard
Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

Handel: Messiah / Timothy Dean, Pro Christe Choir

2 CD / Guild / 1995-10-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah, HWV 56
Performers: Finnie, Linda; Kucharek, Helen; Macann, Rodney; Mackie, Neil; Smith, Jennifer [Soprano]
Conductors: Dean, Timothy
Ensemble: Pro Christe Choir; Pro Christe Orchestra