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Mahler: Das klagende Lied; Blumine; Symphony No. 10 / Manuela Uhl, soprano; Lioba Braun, alto; Werner Gura, tenor. Blunier

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-05-21

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das klagende Lied, Cantata for Soli, Chorus and Orchestra (Version 1898/99); Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 10 in F sharp minor/major
Performers: Güra, Werner; Uhl, Manuela
Conductors: Blunier, Stefan
Ensemble: ; Czech Philharmonic Chorus Brno

Mahler initially had a hard time of it. A few compositional attempts from his youth did not turn out to his liking and were destroyed....continue...
Recording information: Bonn (05/14/2012-05/26/2012)....continue...

John Cage: Voice & Piano; Trombone & Piano; Violin & Piano / Anna Clementi, voice; Mike Svoboda, trombone; Andreas Seidel, violin

3 CD / MD&G / 2012-11-13

Works: John Cage: Four Walls, for voice & piano; A Flower, for voice & closed piano; Experiences no 2, for voice; She is Asleep, for voice, prepared piano & 4 percussion; The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Spr...
Performers: Clementi, Anna; Schleiermacher, Steffen; Seidel, Andreas

Happy Birthday! MDG has a very special gift in store for the hundredth anniversary of John Cage's birth: three recordings featuring Steffen Schleiermacher, the Cage...continue...
Recording information: Ehemaliges Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster (06/26/2007); Fürstliche Reitbahn Bad Arolsen (06/26/2007); Ehemaliges Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster (10/01/2008)...continue...

Lampersberg: Bunte Steine (1928-2002) - Chamber works and songs / Julia Henning, soprano; Steffen Schleiermacher, piano

1 CD / MD&G / 2012-09-11

Works: Gerhard Lampersberg: Songs (3) on poems of Thomas Bernhard, for voice & piano; Blumiade, for flute & piano; Jetzt, pieces (13) for piano; Trio for clarinet, violin & snare drum; Bunte Steine, for pia...
Performers: Henning, Julia; Kreher, Matthias; Mielke, Ralf; Schleiermacher, Steffen; Seidel, Andreas; Stopora, Stefan
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Avantgarde

Heavy-duty chord series in the piano, breathtaking leaps in the voice part, and then silence returns: emotional oppositions collide head on in Gerhard Lampersberg's songs...continue...
Recording information: Konzerthaus der Abtei Marienmünster (11/27/2011-11/28/2011)....continue...

R. Strauss: Der Burger als Edelmann; Four Last Songs / Lisa Larsson, soprano

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2012-04-24

Works: Richard Strauss: Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60; Lieder (5), Op. 41; Lieder (8), Op. 10; Four Last Songs, AV 150; Lieder (4), Op. 27
Performers: Larsson, Lisa
Conductors: Boyd, Douglas
Ensemble: ; Musikkollegium Winterthur

American Record Guide, July / August 2012
That takes 35 minutes. The other half-hour or so is songs, and Strauss wrote gorgeous songs - and they...continue...
Recording information: Stadthaus Winterthur (09/05/2011-09/09/2011)....continue...

Cartellieri: Gioas Re di Giuda / Katharina Kammerloher, Thomas Quasthoff

2 CD / MD&G / 2012-02-28

Works: Antonio Casimir Cartellieri: Gioas, Re di Giuda, oratorio
Performers: Hempel, Jurgen; Herzog, Ingeborg; Hoppe, Gesa; Kammerloher, Katharina; Mallet, Hugo; Quasthoff, Thomas
Conductors: Schmalfuss, Gernot
Ensemble: Gütersloh Bach Choir

Mendelssohn: Elias, Op. 70 / Spering

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

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70
Performers: Barainsky, Claudia; Bauer, Thomas E.; Trost, Rainer
Conductors: Spering, Christoph

Just as the composer would have wanted it, Christoph Spering has selected a full chorus and a magnificently dimensioned orchestra for this recording. The New...continue...
Recording information: Alfried Krupp Saal the Philharmonie Essen (11/28/2009-11/29/2009)....continue...

Schönberg: Orchestral Works

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2010-01-26

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 16; Orchestral Songs (6) Op. 8; Notturno (Adagio) for violin, harp & strings in A flat major; Transcription for orchestra of Bach's Prelude & Fugue in...
Performers: Kasleanu, Liviu; Reithmayer, Johanna [Harp]; Uhl, Manuela
Conductors: Blunier, Stefan

On his first recording as the conductor of the Beethoven Orchestra of Bonn, Stefan Blunier offers a look at four important phases in the life...continue...
Recording information: Beethovenhalle Bonn (02/12/2008-02/14/2008)....continue...

Steffani: Orlando Generoso / Bernward Lohr, Musica Alta Ripa

3 CD / MD&G / 2009-08-11

Works: Agostino Steffani: Orlando generoso, opera in 3 acts
Performers: Friedrich, Wolf Matthias; Invernizzi, Roberta; Lager, Daniel; Rydén, Susanne; Vitzthum, Franz; Waschinski, Jorg; Wessel, Kai [Countertenor Vocal]
Conductors: Lohr, Bernward
Ensemble: Musica Alta Ripa

At the end of the seventeenth century the rulers of the Duchy of Hanover, the Welph family, launched a cultural offensive and obtained the services...continue...

SCENE Türk: Transylvanian Passion Music for Good Friday / Brödel, et al

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2009-04-21

Works: Hans Peter Türk: Transylvanian Passion music for Good Friday after the Evangelist St. Matthew, for 5 voices, chorus &
Performers: Decker, Reinhard; Krause, Monika; Laabs, Annekathrin; Petzoldt, Andreas; Philippi, Ursula; Vetter, Bernhard; Weichert, Matthias; Zohm, Claudia
Conductors: Brödel, Christfried

Old traditions of sacred music come to life on this recording premiere of Hans Peter Turk's 'Good Friday Passion' for soloists, choir, and organ. The...continue...

Handel: Cantatas & Trio Sonatas / Johanna Koslowsky, Musica Alta Ripa

1 CD / MD&G / 2009-03-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Trio Sonata for 2 Violins and Basso Continuo in B flat major, HWV 388/Op 2 no 3 (4); Pensieri notturni di filli (Nel dolce dell'oblio), cantata for soprano, recorder & contin...
Performers: Koslowsky, Johanna
Conductors:
Ensemble: Musica Alta Ripa

This was the debut recording of Musica Alta Ripa 25 years ago. Soprano Johanna Koslowsky adds her crystal-clear and flexible vocal timbre to the original...continue...

Shostakovich: Complete Symphonies Vol 11 / Tamar, Shtonda, Kofman, et al

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2008-11-11

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 14 for soprano, bass, strings & percussion, Op. 135
Performers: Shtonda, Taras; Tamar, Iano
Conductors: Kofman, Roman
Ensemble: Beethoven Orchestra Bonn

A "grand discographic project" (FonoForum) is now complete: Shostakovich's complete symphonies are now available on MDG in the best SACD quality in 2+2+2 technique. Roman...continue...

Widmann: String Quartet no 1 - 5 / Leipzig String Quartet, Juliane Banse

1 CD / MD&G / 2008-11-11

Works: Jörg Widmann: Quartet for Strings no 1; Quartet for Strings no 2 ("Choral Quartet"); Quartet for Strings no 3 ("Hunting Quartet"); Quartet for Strings no 4; Attempt at the Fugue (String Quartet ...
Performers: Banse, Juliane
Conductors:
Ensemble: Leipzig String Quartet

Jorg Widmann's five part string quartet cycle is now complete, and its recording premiere by the Leipzig String Quartet with Juliane Banse is magnificent in...continue...

Wagner, Puccini, Respighi, Verdi, Humperdink: Quartets / Ziesak, Leipzig String Quartet

1 CD / MD&G / 2008-05-27

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Chrysanthemums, elegy for string quartet; Ottorino Respighi: Il tramonto; Richard Wagner: Albumblatt [für Cosima Wagner], for string quartet, WWV deest; Engelbert Humperdinck: Q...
Performers: Ziesak, Ruth

BBC Music Magazine
Is an interesting collection of curiosities. The neglected piece of real interest here is Verdi's String Quartet in E minorà played with exemplary...continue...

SCENE Fischer: Missa St. Michealia Archangeli, etc

1 CD / MD&G / 2008-01-22

Works: Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer: Le journal du printems, Op. 1; Missa Sancti Michaelis Archangeli; Missa in Contrapuncto for chorus & basso continuo
Performers: Gerchen, Matthias; Giebelhausen, Nils; Haeker, Jenny; Winter, Veronika
Conductors: Homburg, Rainer Johannes
Ensemble: Handel's Company

After two premiere recordings featuring the cantatas forming Gottfried Heinrich Stoelzel's Christmas Oratorio, the Marienkantorei Lemgo under Rainer Johannes Homburg now rediscovers Johann Caspar Ferd...continue...

SCENE Fischer: Missa St. Michealia Archangeli, etc

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2008-01-22

Works: Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer: Le journal du printems, Op. 1; Missa Sancti Michaelis Archangeli; Missa in Contrapuncto for chorus & basso continuo
Performers: Gerchen, Matthias; Giebelhausen, Nils; Haeker, Jenny; Winter, Veronika
Conductors: Homburg, Rainer Johannes
Ensemble: Handel's Company

SCENE Stoelzel: Christmas Oratorio - Epistle Cantatas

1 CD / MD&G / 2007-10-09

Works: Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: Das Volk, so im Finstern wandelt; Siehe, ich sehe den Himmel offen; Wenn dein Wort offenbar wird; Concerto for Oboe, Strings and Basso Continuo in D major; Deutsche M...
Performers: Pöhl, Albrecht; Partowi, Schirin; Post, Andreas; Rembeck, Christine Maria; Van der Linden, Paul
Conductors: Homburg, Rainer Johannes
Ensemble: Handel's Company; Marien-Kantorei Lemgo Chamber Choir

Music of Second Viennese School - Berg, Webern, et al

1 CD / MD&G / 2007-03-27

Works: Alban Berg: Early Songs (7); Lyric Suite, for orchestra (arr. from Nos.2-4 of string quartet version); Anton Webern: Variations for orchestra, Op. 30; Arnold Schoenberg: Quartet for Strings no 2 in F...
Performers: Barainsky, Claudia
Conductors: Steen, Jac van

The music of the second Viennese School is considered the jumping off point of modern music. Arnold Schoenberg and his proteges Anton Webern and Alban...continue...

Music of Second Viennese School - Berg, Webern, et al

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2007-03-27

Works: Alban Berg: Early Songs (7); Lyric Suite, for orchestra (arr. from Nos.2-4 of string quartet version); Anton Webern: Variations for orchestra, Op. 30; Arnold Schoenberg: Quartet for Strings no 2 in F...
Performers: Barainsky, Claudia
Conductors: Steen, Jac van

Liszt: Christus Oratotio / Kofman, Hirzel, et al

3 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2007-03-27

Works: Franz Liszt: Christus, oratorio for soloists, chorus, orchestra & organ, S. 3 (LW I7)
Performers: Hirzel, Franziska; Kaasch, Donald; Lukas, Ralf; Noll, Christoph Anselm
Conductors: Kofman, Roman
Ensemble: Beethoven Orchestra Bonn

Liszt took the three phases of Christ's life, Nativity, Messiah & Passion and made them the themes in his most important religious work. This is...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 4 / Thomas Christian Ensemble

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

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major
Performers: Oelze, Christiane [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Christian, Thomas
Ensemble: Thomas Christian Ensemble

In 1921 Erwin Stein arranged Mahler's 4th Symphony for chamber ensemble for one of Arnold Schoenberg's musical evenings in Vienna. The Thomas Christian Ensemble was...continue...

Mozart: Salzburg Sacred Music / Peter Neumann, et al

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2006-01-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Laudate Dominum; Mass no 16 for soloists, chorus & orchestra in C major (missa solemnis), K. 337; Church Sonata for Organ and Strings no 17 in C major, K 336 (336d); Regina c...
Performers: Flaig, Markus; Haller, Benoit; Noll, Christoph Anselm; Samuelis, Cornelia
Conductors: Neumann, Peter
Ensemble: Collegium Cartusianum; Cologne Chamber Choir

After the success of their oratorio recordings for MD&G, the Cologne Chamber Choir and conductor Peter Neumann turn their attention to Mozart. The 30 member...continue...

Händel: Athalia / Neumann, Kermes, Pasichnyk, et al

2 CD / MD&G / 2005-02-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Athalia, HWV 52
Performers: Cooley, Thomas; Friedrich, Wolf Matthias; Kermes, Simone; Lund, Trine Wilsberg; Pasiecznik, Olga
Conductors: Neumann, Peter
Ensemble: Collegium Cartusianum

Athalia was Handel's third English oratorio. Since his death, there have been relatively few performances of this work. Peter Neumann conducts the Cologne Chamber Choir...continue...

Britten: Les Illuminations, etc / Kofman, Hirzel, et al

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2005-02-22

Works: Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony for Strings, Op. 4; Les Illuminations; Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, for strings, Op. 10
Performers: Hirzel, Franziska
Conductors: Kofman, Roman
Ensemble: Kiev Chamber Orchestra

Roman Kofman was the concertmaster of the Kiev Chamber Orchestra from its founding in 1963 and became the artistic director and conductor in 1990. He...continue...

Michael Haydn: Requiem, etc / Zacharias, et al

1 CD / MD&G / 2004-07-27

Works: Michael Haydn: Missa pro defuncto Archiepiscopo Sigismundo, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, MH 155 (KL 1; Symphony in G major, MH 334 (P 16) (previously attributed to Mozart, K. 444); Symphony in B...
Performers: Mertens, Klaus; Schafer, Markus; Zomer, Johannette [Soprano Vocal]

The Lausanne Chamber Orchestra and Christian Zacharias are simply the very best when it comes to the orchestral music of Viennese classicism. This Requiem was...continue...

Brahms: A German Requiem / Helbich, Thornhill, et al

1 CD / MD&G / 2003-02-25

Works: Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45
Performers: Mertens, Klaus; Thornhill, Siri Karoline
Conductors: Helbich, Wolfgang
Ensemble: German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen

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...

SCENE Cage - Voice and Piano / Clementi, Schleiermacher

1 CD / MD&G / 2001-11-20

Works: John Cage: Four Walls, for voice & piano; A Flower, for voice & closed piano; Experiences no 2, for voice; She is Asleep, for voice, prepared piano & 4 percussion; The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Spr...
Performers: Clementi, Anna; Schleiermacher, Steffen

Händel: Belshazzar /Neumann, Brutscher, Kermes, Selig, et al

3 CD / MD&G / 2001-11-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61
Performers: Brutscher, Markus; Kermes, Simone; Selig, Franz-Josef
Conductors: Neumann, Peter
Ensemble: Collegium Cartusianum

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...

SCENE Praetorius: Christmas Motets, Chorale Concertos

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

Works: Michael Praetorius: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (from the Polyhymnia caduceatrix); Nun komm der Heiden Heiland; Puer natus in Bethlehem; Missa gantz Teudsch (Polyhymnia Caduceatrix); Vom Himmel h...
Performers: Brutscher, Markus; Geitner, Petra; Hirtreiter, Andreas; Kogel, Tilman; Leibundgut, Michael; Mammel, Hans-Jorg; Mehltretter, Florian; Schonberger, Birgit; Seidenbusch, Helmut; Seifert, Rainer
Conductors: Raml, Franz
Ensemble: Hassler Consort

"...These were some of the most popular cantiones of the fifteenth century, some of them macaronic (mixing Latin and vernacular phrases), and the duality was...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
Conductors:
Ensemble: La Ricordanza

Händel: Theodora / Neumann, Zomer, Collegium Cartusianum

3 CD / MD&G / 2001-02-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Theodora
Performers: Rasker, Helena; Schoch, Knut; Schweizer, Marco; Sol, Tom; Zomer, Johannette [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Neumann, Peter
Ensemble: Collegium Cartusianum

Following up on the spectacular success of Handel's "Susanna" MDG releases Handel's sacred drama "Theodora" of 1849 in English. Handel looked upon Theodora as one...continue...

Berg: Complete String Quartets; Webern: 3 Pieces

1 CD / MD&G / 2000-11-28

Works: Alban Berg: Quartet for Strings Op. 3; Lyric Suite for Soprano and String Quartet; Anton Webern: Pieces (3) for string quartet
Performers: Oelze, Christiane [Soprano Vocal]

"Berg's 'Lyric Suite' has been well served on CD...This new version from the young Leipzig Quartet can well stand comparison...It has all the warmth and...continue...

Schulhoff: Suite for Chamber Orchestra, etc/Tritonus Wimares

1 CD / MD&G / 2000-11-28

Works: Erwin Schulhoff: Suite for chamber orchestra, WV 58; Songs (4) for soprano with orchestra, Op. 2, WV 19; Pieces (3) for string orchestra, Op. 6, WV 5; Double Concerto for Flute and Piano, WV 89
Performers: Kimura, Norico
Conductors: Hilgers, Walter
Ensemble: Tritonus Wimares

Passio secundum Johannem / Neumann, Kölner Kammerchor, et al

2 CD / MD&G / 2000-06-27

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245
Performers: Brutscher, Markus; Holton, Ruth; Laske, Thomas; Sol, Tom
Conductors: Neumann, Peter
Ensemble: Cologne Chamber Choir

"This new recording of Bach's 'St. John Passon' offers the second version of a work with a complex compositional background...I find plenty to enjoy in...continue...

Penderecki: St. Luke Passion / Soustrot, Hirzel, et al

1 CD / MD&G / 2000-05-23

Works: Krzysztof Penderecki: Passio et mors domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Lucam "Saint Luke Passion"
Performers: Courtis, Jean-Philippe; Hirzel, Franziska
Conductors: Soustrot, Marc
Ensemble: Beethovenhalle Orchestra

With it's juxtaposition of ancient and modern styles, Gregorian chant--like passages and Bach-style narrative sit side by side with modern extended vocal techniques. The work...continue...

Handel: Susanna / Neumann, Holton, Magnus, Buwalda, et al

3 CD / MD&G / 2000-04-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Susanna, HWV 66
Performers: Holton, Ruth; Magnus, Elisabeth von; Sol, Tom
Conductors: Neumann, Peter
Ensemble: Collegium Cartusianum

By the late 1740s, Handel seems to have had enough of the rough male world of weapon-brandishing victors and looked more to female figures for...continue...

Schönberg: String Quartets no 2 & 4 /Oelze, Leipzig Quartet

1 CD / MD&G / 2000-03-28

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Quartet for Strings no 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 10; Quartet for Strings no 4, Op. 37
Performers: Oelze, Christiane [Soprano Vocal]

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...

Berio: Chamber Music - Serenata I, etc / Avantgarde

1 CD / MD&G / 1998-06-16

Works: Luciano Berio: Serenata I, for flute & 14 instruments; Sequenza IV, for piano; O King, for voice, flute, clarinet, violin, cello & piano; Sequenza IXa, for clarinet; Linea, ballet for 2 pianos, vibra...
Performers: Büning, Tilman; Christof, Josef; Klein, Kerstin; Kreher, Matthias; Moosdorf, Matthias; Nitzsche, Winfried; Schleiermacher, Steffen; Stopora, Stefan
Conductors: Gribow, Thomas Michael
Ensemble: Ensemble Avantgarde