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Russian Orchestral Works by Glazunov, Lysenko, Scriabin & Myaskovsky / Stefan Blunier

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2012-10-16

Works: Nikolay Lysenko: Taras Bulba; Alexander Scriabin: La poème de l'extase; Rêverie, for orchestra in E major, Op. 24; Alexander Glazunov: Concert Waltz no 1 in D major, Op. 47; Nikolay Myask...
Conductors: Blunier, Stefan
Ensemble: ; Beethoven Orchestra Bonn

"Poème de l'Extase" - the title itself promises big things, and in fact Alexander Scriabin's masterpiece of the most sensuous compositional artistry with a sonorous...continue...
Recording information: Bonn (11/10/2011-11/11/2011)....continue...

Vivaldi ma non solo - Vivaldi: Stabat mater; Handel, Bertoni / Marita Papaizou, messo soprano

1 CD / MD&G / 2012-06-19

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso; Amen; Farnace; George Frederick Handel: Teseo; Ferdinando Bertoni: Addio, o miei sospiri, aria for voice & orchestra (from Tancredi, also used in Gluck's "Orfeo ed E...
Performers: Paparizou, Marita
Conductors: Scimone, Claudio
Ensemble: ; I Solisti Veneti

Recording information: Chiesa di San Francesco a Schio (09/13/2011-09/15/2011)....continue...

Classica Espanola - works by Granados, Albéniz, de Falla, Acosta et al.

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2012-02-28

Works: Enriqué Granados: Danzas españolas; Isaac Albéniz: España; Suite española, Op. 47; Recuerdos de Viaje; Omar Acosta: Jazmin (Tango), for ensemble; Sevillanas criollas, for e...
Performers: Alarcon, Alberto; Brito, Jesus Gonzalez; Gula, Wlodzimierz; Lama, Juan; Llorente, Luis; Maiburg, Anette [Flute]; Wangenheim, Andreas von

Recording information: Konzerthaus der Abtei Marienmünster (09/23/2011-09/25/2011)....continue...

Schreker: Irrelohe, opera / Sadnik, Greiner, Denschlag, Morouse, et al.

3 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2011-11-08

Works: Franz Schreker: Irrelohe, opera
Conductors: Blunier, Stefan
Ensemble: Beethoven Orchestra Bonn

International Record Review
It's an impressive effort. The Beethoven Orchester Bonn is fully up to the challenge of Schreker's densely scored music, though deftly balanced, exemplary...continue...
Recording information: Theater Bonn (2010-11-02_2010-11-03&2010-)....continue...

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin / Godovanets, Sulimsky, Voropaev, Rubtsova et al.

2 CD / MD&G / 2011-07-12

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin
Conductors: Gorenstein, Mark
Ensemble: State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia

It was Tchaikovsky's first opera to a text by Alexander Pushkin, and it immediately was considered a masterpiece: Eugene Onegin was heard for the first...continue...
Recording information: P.I. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Moscow (06/06/2009)....continue...

Italian Album / Tenor Timothy Richards

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2011-03-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Rigoletto; Un ballo in maschera; Macbeth; La forza del destino; Giacomo Puccini: Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; La bohème; Turandot; Tosca
Performers: Richards, Timothy [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Keitel, Wilhelm

For ten years this youthful heroic tenor from Wales has enchanted the European opera public (currently at the Comic Opera in Berlin and at the...continue...
Recording information: Stadthalle Merzig (08/23/2010-08/24/2010)....continue...

Blue Hour / works for flute & piano

1 CD / MD&G / 2011-01-25

Works: Zequinha de Abreu: Tico-Tico no Fubá, for voice & ensemble; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Richard Adler: Hernando's Hideaway; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko; Basque Traditional: A...
Performers: Blau, Andreas; Heilmann, Hendrik

At the age of twenty Andreas Blau was already the solo flutist in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. He made countless recordings and concerts with Herbert...continue...
Recording information: Ehem. Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster (09/21/2009-09/23/2009)....continue...

Eugen d'Albert: Der Golem, opera

2 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2010-11-09

Works: Eugen d'Albert: Der Golem, opera in 3 acts
Conductors: Blunier, Stefan

For centuries the legend of the golem, a clay figure resembling a human being that inspired the original Frankenstein story and was set to music...continue...
Recording information: Theater Bonn (2010-01-19&2010-01-20&2010-)....continue...

Schmidt: Symphony No. 4; Intermezzo From Notre Dame

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2010-08-10

Works: Franz Schmidt: Symphony no 4 in C major; Notre Dame
Conductors: Blunier, Stefan

This release inaugurates a new MDG series featuring live recordings with Franz Schmidt's Symphony No. 4 and the Intermezzo from his Notre Dame period. Franz...continue...
Recording information: Beethovenhalle Bonn (01/28/2010-01/29/2010)....continue...

Ponchielli: Chamber Music

1 CD / MD&G / 2010-06-01

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: Il Convegno, divertimento for 2 clarinets & piano (or band); Capriccio for oboe & piano; La Gioconda; Quartet for flute, oboe, clarinet, piccolo clarinet & piano (or orchestra); ...
Performers: Chou, Chia; Chumachenco, Nicolas; Goritzki, Ingo; Popovic, Ognjen [Clarinet]; Randalu, Kalle; Rodenhauser, Ulf
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Villa Musica

Prior to his breakthrough as an opera composer in 1872, Ponchielli (later a teacher of Puccini and Mascagni) was active in his home region of...continue...
Recording information: Fürstliche Reitbahn Bad Arolsen....continue...

Handel: Giulio Cesare HWV 17

3 CD / MD&G / 2010-03-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare
Conductors: Petrou, George
Ensemble: Orchestra of Patras

In his Julius Caesar Handel has one highlight after another in store for opera fans. This opera offers a superb characterization of the principals and...continue...
Recording information: Patras, Greece (07/24/2006-07/30/2006)....continue...

Otto Nicolai: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

1 CD / MD&G / 2009-10-13

Works: Otto Nicolai: Kirchliche Festouvertüre on "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott", for 4 voices & orchestra, Op. 32; Variations brillantes, Op. 26 (su motivi favoriti dell'opera; Die lustigen Weiber von...
Performers: Pieper, Johannes
Conductors: Stern, David
Ensemble: South Westphalia Philharmonic

There is more to Otto Nicolai than 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'. When this German composer died at the early age of thirty-nine in the...continue...

Fagottissima Quarta - Virtuoso Rarities for 3-5 Bassoons / Gürzenich Fagottquintett

1 CD / MD&G / 2009-07-28

Works: Wolfgang Schroder: Eine kleine Lachmusik, for 2 violins, viola & double bass; Rainer Schottstadt: Reich mir die Hand, variations for bassoon quartet; Happy Birthday, variations for bassoon quartet; D...
Performers: Berg, Ursula Maria; Hennecke, Martin; Jedamzik, Thomas; Lohrer, Klaus; Rabien, Henrik; Vogtmann, Ulli; Wagner, Franka
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Ensemble: Gurzenich Bassoon Quintet

The wait has been well worth-while! The Gurzenich Bassoon Quintet is now finally presenting the long-awaited fourth part of its series featuring original compositions and...continue...

SCENE Spain - Boccherini, Tarrega, Albeniz, Torroba, Espla, etc / Heinrich Albert Guitar Duo

1 CD / MD&G / 2009-01-27

Works: Luigi Boccherini: Guitar quintet in D major, G 448; Francisco Tárrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra; Joaquín Turina: Danzas gitanas, for piano, Set 1, Op. 55; Isaac Albéniz: Cantos de Espa...
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Ensemble: Heinrich Albert Duo

Performed on original period instruments with special attention paid to performance practice, this release presents the Music of Spain arranged for guitar duo. The two...continue...

SCENE Mozart: Don Giovanni / Opera Senza

1 CD / MD&G / 2007-10-23

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Conductors:
Ensemble: Opera Senza

"This is a wind arrangement by Josef Triebensee, whose life overlapped Mozart's. Opera Senza is a group of musicians from the Cologne area of GermanyThey...continue...

SCENE Mozart: Don Giovanni / Opera Senza

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2007-10-23

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Conductors:
Ensemble: Opera Senza

SCENE Haydn: Symphony no 97 & 102, etc / Fischer, et al

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2007-10-23

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 97 in C major, H. 1/97; L'anima del filosofo ossia Orfeo ed Euridice; Symphony no 102 in B flat major, H 1 no 102
Conductors: Adam, Fischer
Ensemble: Haydn Philharmonia

Gramophone Magazine
At their best, these performances combine rhythmic guile, pungency of detail and an impressive control of the music's long paragraphs. No 97, last and...continue...

SCENE Handel: Tamerlano / Petrou, Spanos, et al

3 CD / MD&G / 2007-10-23

Works: George Frederick Handel: Tamerlano
Performers: Christoyiannopoulos, Tassis; Karaianni, Irini; Katsuli, Mata; Magoulas, Petros; Nesi, Mary-Ellen; Spanos, Nicholas
Conductors: Petrou, George
Ensemble: Orchestra of Patras

Being recorded for the first time, here is the 1724 version of Handel's opera Tamerlano. Performed by the Orchestra of Patras in Greece, splendidly conducted...continue...

SCENE Haydn: Symphonies no 88 & 101, etc / Fischer, et al

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2007-05-22

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 88 in G major, H 1 no 88; L'isola disabitata; Symphony no 101 in D major, H 1 no 101 "Clock"
Conductors: Adam, Fischer

Haydn's Symphony No. 88 was involved in one of the first cases of bootlegging. Haydn gave the symphony to his regular Viennese publisher and was...continue...

The 14 Berlin Flutists - Flute Waves

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2006-09-19

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Felix Mendel...
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Ensemble: 14 Berliner Flötisten

SCENE Tchaikovsky: Oh! Chante encore! / Vinocour

1 CD / MD&G / 2006-09-19

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Lullaby, Op. 16/1; O Sing That Song, song for voice & piano, Op. 16/4; Thy radiant image, song for voice & piano, Op. 16/5; Les saisons, Op. 37b; Dumka for Pi...
Performers: Vinocour, Lev

SCENE Tchaikovsky: Oh! Chante encore! / Vinocour

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2006-09-19

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Lullaby, Op. 16/1; O Sing That Song, song for voice & piano, Op. 16/4; Thy radiant image, song for voice & piano, Op. 16/5; Les saisons, Op. 37b; Dumka for Pi...
Performers: Vinocour, Lev

Mozart: Complete Clavier Works Vol 4 / Rampe

1 CD / MD&G / 2006-08-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 13 in B flat major, K. 333 (K. 315c); Prelude and Fugue for Piano in C major, K 394 (383a); Ascanio in Alba, opera, K. 111; London sketchbook piece no 37;...
Performers: Damm, Nikolaus; Rampe, Siegbert

For the fourth volume of Mozart's complete music for keyboard MDG has recorded for the very first time the clavier sonatas K. 15. It is...continue...

Diabelli: Guitar Duos; Rossini / Tappert, Muller-Pering

1 CD / MD&G / 2006-07-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La gazza ladra; Anton Diabelli: Variationi sopra un tema favorito, for 2 guitars, Op. 57; Grande Sérénade for 2 guitars, Op. 100
Performers: Müller-Pering, Thomas; Tappert, Johannes

Mostly known as the source of theme for oen of Beethoven's most famous sets of Variations Anton Diabelli was also a publisher, composer, arranger, and...continue...

Sussmayr: Der Spiegel von Arkadian / Consortium Classicum

1 CD / MD&G / 2006-05-23

Works: Franz Xaver Süssmayr: Der Spiegel von Arkadien, opera
Conductors:
Ensemble: Consortium Classicum

Sussmayr's opera "Der Spiegel von Arkadian" was arranged by composer Johann Nepomuk Wendt for wind ensemble for use as "filler" during his own concerts. Wendt...continue...

SCENE Handel: Arianna in Creta / Petrou, Katsouli, et al

3 CD / MD&G / 2006-04-18

Works: George Frederick Handel: Arianna in Creta
Performers: Baka, Theodora; Karaianni, Irini; Katsuli, Mata; Magoulas, Petros; Nesi, Mary-Ellen; Paparizou, Marita
Conductors: Petrou, George
Ensemble: Orchestra of Patras

Handel's opera "Arianna in Creta" was composed as a vehicle for the castrato Giovanni Carestini. Although rarely performed today "Arianna in Creta" was in the...continue...

SCENE Rameau: Nouvelle Suites / Calefax Reed Ensemble

1 CD / MD&G / 2006-04-18

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Premier livre de pièces de clavecin, for harpsichord; Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin, for harpsichord; Pièces de clavecin avec une méthode su...
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Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet

Rameau is recognized as the Sir Isaac Newton of music. He was the first theorist to identify the construction of chords and define their organization....continue...

SCENE Haydn: Symphony no 92 & 94 / Fischer, et al

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2005-05-24

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: La fedeltà premiata, H 28 no 10; Symphony no 92 in G major, H 1 no 92 "Oxford"; Symphony no 94 in G major, H 1 no 94 "Surprise"
Conductors: Adam, Fischer
Ensemble: Haydn Philharmonia

Adam Fischer is famous for his recording of the complete Haydn Symphonies with this group, the Haydn Philharmonic. He has conducted in concert halls and...continue...

SCENE Una Voce Poco Fa / Bae, Alliage Quartet

1 CD / MD&G / 2005-04-26

Works: Jun Nagao: Rhapsody on Carmen de Georges Bizet, for saxophone quartet & piano; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Andreas Hilner: Fantasy after Tosca, for saxophone quartet; Sylvain Dedenon:...
Performers: Bae, Jang Eun

The French word 'Alliage' means 'alloy' and conveys the homogeneous performance culture and musical joy of the Alliage Saxophone Quartet. The quartet has commissioned numerous...continue...

SCENE Handel: Oreste / Petrou, Nesi, Mitsopolou, et al

2 CD / MD&G / 2004-11-23

Works: George Frederick Handel: Oreste, opera, HWV A11 (fragment)
Performers: Katsuli, Mata; Koroneos, Antonis; Magoulas, Petros; Mitsopoulou, Maria; Nesi, Mary-Ellen; Spanos, Nicholas
Conductors: Petrou, George
Ensemble: Camerata Stuttgart

Handel cobbled together highlights from his previous works into the successful 1734 opera 'Oreste' for an opera-crazy London. This recording features Greek singers performing Handel's...continue...

Rossini: Overtures / Consortium Classicum

1 CD / MD&G / 2004-05-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri; Work(s); La gazza ladra; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Overture to L'inganno felice; La scala di seta; Otello; Tancredi; La Cenerentola
Conductors:
Ensemble: Consortium Classicum

Rubinstein: Cello Concerto, Don Quixote, etc / Hanson, et al

1 CD / MD&G / 2003-07-22

Works: Anton Rubinstein: The demon; Concerto for Cello no 1 in A minor, Op. 65; Don Quixote, musical picture after Cervantes, humoreske for orchestra, Op. 87
Performers: Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]
Conductors: Hanson, George
Ensemble: Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

Alban Gerhardt has been able to garner much praise and recognition during his short career as a cellist. He has won numerous awards, including the...continue...

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis / Soustrot, Martinpelto, Zaremba

2 CD / MD&G / 2003-01-21

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123; Leonore, opera (early version of Fidelio), Hess 109; Ernst Krenek: Karl V, stage work with music; Krzysztof Penderecki: Passio et mors domini...
Performers: Baker, Mark; Coburn, Pamela; Courtis, Jean-Philippe; Halem, Victor von; Hirzel, Franziska; Johansen, Ronnie; LaFont, Jean-Philippe; Lippert, Herbert [Tenor Vocals]; Martinpelto, Hillevi
Conductors: Soustrot, Marc
Ensemble: Beethovenhalle Orchestra; Brno Philharmonic Choir

"After a long run of performances of Beethoven's great Mass with reduced forces, it is regreshing to hear the massive work with a large chorus...continue...

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (Arrangements) / Hünteler, et al

1 CD / MD&G / 2003-01-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Dieltiens, Roel; Hunteler, Konrad; Kussmaul, Jurgen; Kussmaul, Rainer

Escapades - Mozart, Reger, etc / Piano Duo Trenkner-Speidel Piano Duo

1 CD / MD&G / 2002-11-26

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Albert Lortzing: Der Waffenschmied; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Max Reger: Eine vaterländische Ouvertüre, for orchestra in F m...
Performers: Speidel, Sontraud; Trenkner, Evelinde
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Ensemble: Speidel-Trenkner Piano Duo

Dancing Flutes / Die 14 Berliner Flötisten

1 CD / MD&G / 2002-08-27

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh; Maurice Ravel: Ma mère l'oye; Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre in G minor, Op. 40; Zequinha de Abreu: Tico-Tico no Fubá, for voice & ensemble; Matos Rod...
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Ensemble: 14 Berliner Flötisten

All of the flutists who perform in the orchestras in Berlin have banded together to form The 14 Berlin Flutes. Until recently the modern flute...continue...

Draeseke: Symphonia Tragica, etc / Hansen, Wuppertal SO

1 CD / MD&G / 2002-01-22

Works: Felix Draeseke: Symphony no 3 in C major "Symphonia tragica," Op. 40; Gudrun, opera; Penthesilea, symphonic prelude, Op. 50
Conductors: Hanson, George

Krenek: Karl V / Soustrot, Pittman-Jennings, Hollweg, et al

2 CD / MD&G / 2001-10-23

Works: Ernst Krenek: Karl V, stage work with music
Performers: Bantzer, Christoph; Borst, Martina; Conrad, Andreas; Gjevang, Anne; Hirzel, Franziska; Hollweg, Werner [Tenor Vocals]; Medrok, Axel; Mock, Florian; Pittman-Jennings, David; Sol, Tom; Streicher, Wolf-...
Conductors: Soustrot, Marc
Ensemble: Prague Philharmonic Chorus

"...The composer's widow has claimed that this performance, recorded in connection with the Beethoven Festival in Bonn last year, is by far the finest she...continue...

Reflections - Keiser: La Forza della Virtù, etc / Scholl

1 CD / MD&G / 2001-06-26

Works: Reinhard Keiser: Die verdammte Staat-Suche oder Der verführte Claudius, opera; Sonata à 3 no 1, for flute, viola d'amore & continuo; Der gestürzte und wider erhöhte Nebucadnezzar,...
Performers: Scholl, Elisabeth
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Ensemble: La Ricordanza

Beethoven: Leonore (Version 1806) / Soustrot, Coburn, et al

2 CD / MD&G / 1999-01-19

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore, opera (early version of Fidelio), Hess 109
Performers: Baker, Mark; Brunnert, Christian; Coburn, Pamela; LaFont, Jean-Philippe
Conductors: Soustrot, Marc
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus

Beethoven had begun composing his only opera in 1804, and it was performed for the first time in the early summer of 1814 in the...continue...

Mozart, Giuliani, Carulli / Duo Sonare

1 CD / MD&G / 1997-04-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito; Ferdinando Carulli: Andante & Rondeau for 2 guitar (after Mozart KV 545 & 485), Op. 167; Larghetto and Variations, for 2 guitars (after Mozart), Op. 164;...
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Ensemble: Duo Sonare