Koch International > Mendelssohn, Felix

Christmas Escapes

1 CD / Koch International / 2007-10-09

Works: Christmas Traditional: Les anges dans nos campagnes (French), carol (AKA Angels We Have Heard On High); Nowell, Nowell, Tidings True, carol ("Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, this is the salutation"); Hayl Ma...
Performers: Aureole; Gramercy Brass; Hesperus; Lamoreaux, Rosa; Lionheart; St. Thomas Men and Boy's Choir Of Men & Boys
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Ensemble: Aureole Trio; Hesperus; Lionheart

Traditional Christmas holiday music, mixed between choir and brass versions. Perfect for getting into the traditional holiday spirit....continue...

Christmas Rhapsody - John Bayless

1 CD / Koch International / 2007-10-09

Works: John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; Traditional: Angels we have heard on high; I'll be home for Christmas; O come, O come Emmanuel; The first nowell; Sweet little Jesus boy; Away in a manger; What chi...
Performers: Bayless, John

"I have often wondered why classical piano virtuosos have never recorded their own arrangements of Christmas carols. John Bayless has filled this void with an...continue...

Merry Christmas - Carols / Vienna Choir Boys

1 CD / Koch International / 2007-10-09

Works: John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; Traditional: Maria durch ein' Dornwald ging; Heissa Buama; Il est né, le divin enfant; The Huron carol; Les anges dans nos campagnes; The first nowell; Deck ...
Performers: Wirth, Gerald
Conductors: Golino, Lucio; Wirth, Gerald
Ensemble: Vienna Ambassade Orchestra; Vienna Boys' Choir

"Of all the albums I have, this is the one I play over and over again. There is something really unique about this choir, their...continue...

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival - Takemitsu, Rossini, et al

1 CD / Koch International / 2001-06-12

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Sonata a quattro no 4 in B flat major; Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata for 2 violins in C major, Op. 56; Toru Takemitsu: Rain Spell, for flute, clarinet, harp, piano & vibraphone; Felix M...
Performers: Daniels, Eddie; Danilow, Marji; Goodyear, Stewart; Kim, Benny; Kim, Eric; Neikrug, Marc; Redman, Carol; Shamai, Ariel

Musica Mundi - Mendelssohn: Sinfonie no 1, Oktett / Mas Conde

1 CD / Koch International / 1999-04-13

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 11; Octet for strings in E flat major, Op. 20
Conductors: Mas, Salvador

Felix Mendelssohn had written some acknowledged masterpieces by his middle teens, and this disc presents two of his best achievements from that period. The key...continue...

Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto in E Minor, etc / Eley, Stone

1 CD / Koch International / 1996-04-23

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Piano in E minor; Robert Schumann: Konzertsatz, for piano and orchestra in D minor; Clara Wieck Schumann: Sonata for Piano in G minor; Fanny Mendelssohn: Das Jahr, cyc...
Performers: Eley, Jennifer
Conductors: Stone, Sayard
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

"Mendelssohn's E minor Piano Concerto Fragment (recorded here for the first time) makes a compelling opener. Ably supported by the English Chamber Orchestra, Jennifer Eley...continue...

Künneke: Piano Concerto no 1; Mendlessohn / Wirtz, Smola

1 CD / Koch International /

Works: Eduard Künneke: Concerto for piano & orchestra no 1 in A flat major, Op. 36; Felix Mendelssohn: Serenade & Allegro giocoso, for piano & orchestra in B minor, Op. 43; Capriccio brillant for piano...
Performers: Wirtz, Tiny
Conductors: Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Smola, Emmerich
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

This disc features a world premiere recording of Eduard Kunneke's Piano Concerto No. 1, his attempt to get away from his reputation as a "light...continue...