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The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 55: Widor: Concertos nos 1 & 2 / Markus Becker, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-11-08

Works: Charles-Marie Widor: Concerto for Piano no 1, in F minor, Op. 39; Fantaisie in A flat major, Op. 62; Concerto for Piano no 2, in C minor, Op. 77
Performers: Becker, Markus [Piano]
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Charles-Marie Widor was born in Lyon to a family of organ builders and consequently became an organist of great skill and an assistant to Camille...continue...
Recording information: BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff (06/30/2010-07/02/2010)....continue...

Vaughan Williams: Flos Campi; Suite for viola; McEwen: Viola Concerto / Lawrence Power, viola

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-11-08

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Suite for viola & small orchestra; Flos campi; John McEwen: Concerto for Viola
Performers: Power, Lawrence
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Lawrence Power has established himself as the most sought-after violist of his generation and has been favorably compared to the pioneering British violist Lionel Tertis....continue...
Recording information: BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff (01/17/2011-01/19/2011)....continue...

D'Indy: Wallenstein, Saugefleurie, etc / Power, Fischer, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2009-02-10

Works: Vincent d'Indy: Wallenstein, Op. 12; Choral varié, Op. 55; Saugefleurie, Op. 21; Lied, Op. 19
Performers: Power, Lawrence
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Vincent d'Indy is one of many great nineteenth-century composers whose reputation has suffered through the vagaries of fashion. Yet his fine body of works shows...continue...

Honegger: Cantate de Noël, Cello Concerto, etc / Fischer, Rutherford, Gerhardt, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2008-11-11

Works: Arthur Honegger: Horace victorieux, "mimed symphony" for orchestra ("Symphonie mimée"), H. 38; Concerto for Cello in C major, H. 72; Prélude, fugue, postlude, for orchestra (extracted from ...
Performers: Court, Robert; Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]; Rutherford, James
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Honegger's 'Une Cantate de Noel' is Christmas music with a difference. His last work and one of his most popular compositions, it was written for...continue...