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The American Trumpet - music for trumpet and orchestra by Eyler, Rouse, Starer, Sondheim, Carbon, Froom / Jeffrey Silberschlag, trumpet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-10-30

Works: Leo Eylar: Dance Suite, for trumpet & string orchestra; Steve Rouse: The Avatar; Robert Starer: Invocation, for trumpet & string orchestra (or piano); Stephen Sondheim: Sweeney Todd; John Carbon: Not...
Performers: Greitzer, Deborah; Silberschlag, Jeffrey
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

The unique qualities of the American trumpet tradition are celebrated in this wide-ranging disc. From the drama of Leo Eylar's dazzling Dance Suite to the...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA (06/1994)....continue...

Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Symphonic Interludes from Intermezzo / Gerard Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-09-25

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Intermezzo, Op. 72
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

This is "as good a performance and interpretation - and technical recording - of Also sprach Zarathustra as one would expect to find" (Gramophone). Inspired...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA (03/31/1987/05/13/1987)....continue...

Strauss: Symphonica Domestica; Symphonic Fragment from Die Liebe der Danae / Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-09-25

Works: Richard Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica for orchestra, Op. 53 (TrV 209); Die Liebe der Danae - Opera, Op. 83, TrV 278
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Richard Strauss's orchestral music includes several works with autobiographical significance, including Ein Heldenleben (Naxos 8.554417). Scored for large symphony orchestra, the Symphonia domestica d...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA (11/14/1988/11/15/1988)....continue...

Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, orchestral suite and waltz sequences

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-09-25

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Performers: Cerminaro, John; Hausmann, Ben; Larionoff, Maria
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

One of Richard Strauss's supreme achievements, Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose) is a romantic story of love and intrigue, a miraculous bend of...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA....continue...

Alan Hovhaness: Symphony No. 1 "Exile"; Symphony No. 50 "Mount Saint Helens" / Schwarz, Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-07-31

Works: Alan Hovhaness: Symphony no 1 ("Exile Symphony"), Op. 17; Fantasy on Japanese woodprints, Op. 211; Symphony no 50 ("Mount St. Helens"), Op. 360
Performers: Johnson, Ron
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

One of the most intriguing and individual of 20th century American composers, Alan Hovhaness rejected the cosmopolitan modernism of other leading composers of the 1930s...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA....continue...

Peter Mennin: "Moby Dick"; Symphony no 3; Symphony no 7 "Variation-Symphony" / Schwarz, Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-07-31

Works: Peter Mennin: Concertato for Orchestra "Moby Dick"; Symphony no 3; Symphony no 7 "Variation-Symphony"
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Peter Mennin was a leading member of the school of American symphonic composers who came of age in the 1930s and 1940s, a group that...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA (1994-11-21_1994-11-22&1995-)....continue...

Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet Suites Nos. 1 & 2; Pushkin Waltz No. 2 / Gerard Schwarz, Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-07-31

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Pieces (10) for Piano from "Romeo and Juliet", Op. 75; Romeo and Juliet Suite no 2, Op. 64b; Two Pushkin Waltzes, Op. 120
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Sergey Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet was completed after the composer's final repatriation to Soviet Russia after a period abroad. It was written for the Kirov...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA (03/11/1986/10/14/1986)....continue...

Deborah Drattell: Sorrow is not Melancholy / Goff, Shifrin, Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-04-24

Works: Deborah Drattell: Sorrow is not Melancholy, for orchestra; Concerto for Clarinet ("Fire Dances"); Lilith, for orchestra; The Fire Within, for flute & orchestra; Syzygy, for orchestra
Performers: Goff, Scott [Flute]; Shifrin, David
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

The music of Deborah Drattell is saturated in vivid color and neo-Romantic vitality, and this selection reflects both its warmth and also its dynamism. In...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA....continue...

Stephen Albert: In Concordiam; TreeStone / Gerard Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-03-27

Works: Stephen J. Albert: In Concordiam for violin & orchestra; Treestone, songs (6) for soprano, tenor & chamber orchestra
Performers: Gordon, David [Tenor Vocal]; Shelton, Lucy [Soprano Vocals]; Talvi, Ilkka
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: New York Chamber Symphony; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Stephen Albert is counted as one of the most accomplished pioneers of 'The New Romanticism': a generation of composers seeking to reclaim some of the...continue...
Recording information: RCA Studios, New York City (05/15/1989); Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA (05/15/1989); RCA Studios, New York City (05/26/1988); Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA (05/26/1988)....continue...

Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin (Complete); Concerto for Orchestra / Gerard Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-03-27

Works: Béla Bartók: Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19/Sz 73; Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

With its bizarre story of moral corruption and violence, Béla Bartók's final stage work, The Miraculous Mandarin, was banned after the first performance in 1926....continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA (1988-11-01&1989-12-06&1989-)....continue...

Copland: Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes; Piano Concerto; Billy the Kid: Suite / Lorin Hollander, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-03-27

Works: Aaron Copland: Rodeo; Concerto for Piano; Billy the Kid
Performers: Hollander, Lorin
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

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The latest instalment in Naxos's series of reissues of Gerard Schwarz's recordings of American Music with the Seattle Symphony is self-recommending. Two of Copland's...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, Seattle, WA....continue...

J.S. Bach: Transcriptions for orchestra by Respighi and Elgar / Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-03-27

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659; Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 752; Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, chorale prelude for organ (Schübler Chorale no 1), BWV 645 (BC K...
Performers: Talvi, Ilkka
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Respighi had always been committed to the art of transcription, arranging Bach's Violin Sonata in E minor in 1908-09 with acute perception. This was followed...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA....continue...

Howard Hanson: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7 / Schwarz, Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-01-31

Works: Howard Hanson: Symphony no 6; Lumen in Christo, for chorus & orchestra; Symphony no 7 "A Sea Symphony"
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Hanson's last two symphonies offer a fitting conclusion to his compositional career. Commissioned for the 185th anniversary season of the New York Philharmonic and dedicated...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA (1989-10-15_1989-10-16&1994-)....continue...

Howard Hanson: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5; Elegy / Gerard Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-12-13

Works: Howard Hanson: Symphony no 4, Op 34 "The Requiem"; Symphony no 5, Op 43 "Sinfonia Sacra"; Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevitsky for orchestra, Op 44; Dies Natalis I, for orchestra
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Hanson's symphonic cycle reached a profound spiritual crux at the time of the Fourth Symphony, which was written, in effect, as a Requiem for his...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA....continue...

Rimsky-Korsakov: Orchestral Suites: Snow Maiden, Sadko, Mlada, Le Coq d'or

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-12-13

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden; Sadko; Mlada; Le Coq d'Or (The Golden Cockerel; Zolotoy petushok), concert suite for orchestra
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Rimsky-Korsakov's orchestral genius shines through in his colorful operatic suites, and that from his final opera Le Coq d'or is richly dramatic and expressive. The...continue...
Recording information: Benaroya Hall, Seattle, Washington, USA (2011-03-09&2011-03-18&2011-)....continue...

Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 3; Merry Mount Suite / Schwarz, Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-11-15

Works: Howard Hanson: Symphony no 3, Op 33; Merry Mount, suite from the opera, Op. 31
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Hanson's symphonic cycle is one of the most important in American music. The Third Symphony, composed between 1936 and 1938, is imbued with the rich...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA....continue...

Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"; Lux Aeterna / Gerard Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-10-25

Works: Howard Hanson: Symphony no 2, Op. 30 "Romantic"; Lux Aeterna, Op 24; Mosaics for orchestra
Performers: Assadi, Susan Gulkis
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Hanson's intent in 1930 to write music that was "young in spirit, lyrical and romantic in temperament" was fully realized in his ardent Second Symphony....continue...
Recording information: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA....continue...

Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Overtures / Schwarz, Seattle Symphony

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-09-27

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34; May Night; The Tsar's Bride; Overture on Russian Themes (ii), for orchestra, Op. 28; The Maid of Pskov; Dubinushka (The Little Oak Stick) (I), ton...
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Rimsky-Korsakov's colorful Capriccio espagnol reflects a Russian fascination with distant lands, evoking sunny climes and exotic dancing in one of the composer's most popular and...continue...
Recording information: Benaroya Hall, Seattle, Washington....continue...

Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 1 "Nordic"; The Lament For Beowulf / Schwarz, Seattle Symphony

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-09-27

Works: Howard Hanson: Symphony no 1 in E Minor, Op 22 "Nordic"; Lament for Beowulf for chorus & orchestra, Op. 25
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Howard Hanson, a composer of imagination and sweep and a colorist of huge eloquence, is one of the most approachable of all twentieth century symphonists....continue...
Recording information: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA....continue...

Holiday Classics / Gerrd Schwarz - Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-11-16

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71A; Franz Gruber: Silent Night; George Frederick Handel: Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Gerard Schwarz: Variations on Greensleeves, ...
Performers: Carroll, Susan; Cerminaro, John; Hausmann, Ben; Iascone, Adam; Larionoff, Maria; Muzzolini, Valerie; Olka, Christopher; Rafanelli, Paul; Robbins, Mark; Russ, Kimberly; Spicciati, Shannon
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Recording information: Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA (12/11/2007-05/15/2008)....continue...

William Schuman: The Symphonies, etc. / Gerard Schwarz

5 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-07-27

Works: William Schuman: Symphony no 4; The Orchestra Song, for orchestra; Circus Overture, for orchestra (also version for concert band arr. by D. Owen); Symphony no 9; Symphony no 7; Symphony no 10 -- Amer...
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz

Naxos is pleased to present this new 5 CD boxed set, released specially to coincide with the centenary of William...continue...

American Classics - Foote: Francesca da Rimini Op 24, Air and Gavotte, etc / Schwarz, Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-05-26

Works: Arthur Foote: Francesca da Rimini, symphonic prologue for orchestra, Op. 24; Serenade, for orchestra, Op. 25; Character Pieces (4) after the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám for orchestra, Op....
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Born in Massachusetts, Arthur Foote was unusual among 19th century American composers in that practically all of his training took place in the United States....continue...

Sheng: The Phoenix, Red Silk Dance, etc / Schwarz, Sheng, Hill, Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-03-31

Works: Bright Sheng: Red Silk Dance, for piano & orchestra; Tibetian Swing, for orchestra; The Phoenix, for voice & orchestra; H'un (Lacerations)
Performers: Hill, Shana Blake; Sheng, Bright
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

'The Phoenix', co-commissioned by the Seattle Symphony and Danish National Symphony Orchestra, was inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen tale, the mythical bird symbolizing for...continue...

American Classics - Jones: Tuba Concerto, etc / Schwarz, Olka, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-02-24

Works: Samuel Jones: Concerto for tuba & orchestra; Symphony no 3 ("Palo Duro Canyon")
Performers: Olka, Christopher
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"Samuel Jones is a sensitive musician with great imagination, and he is a real craftsman. These works should be part of the core of the...continue...

William Schuman: Symphony no 3 & 5 / Schwarz, Seattle

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-12-12

Works: William Schuman: Symphony no 3; Symphony no 5 ("Symphony for Strings"); Judith, ballet ("choreographic poem")
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"This is a very valuable disc and a worthy follow up to Schwarz's previous discs of Schuman symphonies. Anyone who has the original Delos disc...continue...

American Classics - Milken Archive - Jewish Operas Vol 2

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-11-21

Works: David Schiff: Gimpel the Fool; Elie Siegmeister: The Lady of the Lake; Hugo Weisgall: Esther
Performers: Besley, Megan; DeLoach, Marcus; Gallant, Michael; Gondek, Juliana; Mcpherson, Robert; Mercurio, Alissa; Meyer, Carol; Moss, Gary; Phan, Nicholas
Conductors: Kiesler, Kenneth; Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra; University of Michigan Opera Chorus; University of Michigan Opera Orchestra

Two of the 20th century's most esteemed Jewish literary figures are represented among these operas: Bernard Malamud, whose Jewish stories are an acknowledged part of...continue...

American Classics - Milken Archive - Herman Berlinski

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-08-29

Works: Herman Berlinski: From the World of My Father, Suite no 1, for orchestra; Shofar Service, for shofar, voice, choir, 2 trumpets & organ; Burning Bush; Symphonic Visions for orchestra
Performers: Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Christopher, Ted; Ghigi, James; Harbach, Barbara; Keavy, Stephen; Roseman, Tim
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard; Itai, Avner
Ensemble: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; BBC Singers; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Herman Berlinski-whose colorful life included musical development in Leipzig and Paris, a stint in the French Foreign Legion, and a distinguished career as a composer,...continue...

American Classics - Milken Archive - David Stock

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-05-16

Works: David Frederick Stock: A Little Miracle, for mezzo-soprano & orchestra; Yizkor, for orchestra; Tekiah, for trumpet & ensemble; Yerusha, for clarinet & 7 instruments
Performers: Burns, Stephen; Shammash, Elizabeth
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard; Stock, David Frederick
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

David Stock's dramatic cantata for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, 'A Little Miracle,' has been described by its librettist, Bess Weldon, as an "operatic monodrama." The story...continue...

Shostakovich: Execution of Stepan Razin / Schwarz, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-03-21

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: The Execution of Stepan Razin, cantata, for bass, chorus & orchestra, Op. 119; October, symphonic poem, Op. 131; Fragments (5), for small orchestra, Op. 42
Performers: Austin, Charles
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Chorus; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"The many releases marking what would have been Dmitri Shostakovich's 100th birthday included such winners as a vintage DG DVD of Leonard Bernstein leading the...continue...

American Classics - Schuman: Symphonies no 7 & 10 / Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-10-18

Works: William Schuman: Symphony no 7; Symphony no 10 -- American Muse
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

This is the second release in the new Naxos series dedicated to the complete Symphonies of William Schuman. Dating from 1960 and 1976 respectively, Schumans...continue...
Recording information: S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Nebaroya Hall, Sea....continue...

American Classics - Schuman: Symphonies no 4 & 9 / Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-05-17

Works: William Schuman: Symphony no 4; The Orchestra Song, for orchestra; Circus Overture, for orchestra (also version for concert band arr. by D. Owen); Symphony no 9
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"A fine kickoff to what should be a rewarding series." - Lawrence A. Johnson...continue...

MIlken Archive - Lukas Foss, Robert Beaser / Gerard Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-04-19

Works: Lukas Foss: Song of Anguish, cantata for baritone & orchestra; Elegy for Anne Frank, for orchestra, piano solo & narrator; Lammdeni, for chorus & percussion ensemble; Adon Olom, for tenor, chorus & o...
Performers: Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Hauman, Constance; Maddalena, James; McCutcheon, Kevin; Wilde, Mark
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard; Wilkins, Christopher; Brewer, Michael
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Laudibus; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

A major force on the American music scene for more than six decades, Lucas Foss has achieved remarkable distinction as a composer, conductor and pianist....continue...

American Classics - Jewish Tone Poems / Schwarz, Levi, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-07-01

Works: Aaron Avshalomov: Four Biblical Tableaux (B'nai Brith Rigual Suite), for orchestra; Sheila Silver: Shirat Sara, symphony for strings; Jan Meyerowitz: Symphony Midrash Esther
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard; Levi, Yoel
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

These world premiere recordings will appeal to all lovers of orchestral tone poems in the Romantic and modernest traditions. Avshalomov's delightful miniatures shimmer with colors...continue...

American Classics - Weisgall: T'kiatot, etc / Schwarz, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-06-01

Works: Hugo Weisgall: T'kiatot; Psalm of the Distant Dove, for voice & piano; Choral Etudes (4) for a capella chorus; A Garden Eastward, cantata for high voice & orchestra
Performers: Bryn-Julson, Phyllis [Soprano Vocal]; Martinez, Ana Maria; Okerlund, Kristen; Ovitsky, Steven A.; Schwendener, Paul
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard; Itai, Avner; Mester, Jorge
Ensemble: BBC Singers; Orquesta Simfonica de Barcelona i Nacion Catalunya; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"Here there is no Holocaust-invoking dramatic work and hardly any settings of traditional music. There is, however, in the 'Choral Etudes' a set lovely and...continue...

American Classics - Diamond: Symphonies no 2 & 4 / Schwartz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-06-01

Works: David Diamond: Symphony no 2; Symphony no 4
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"To me, the romantic spirit in music is important because it is timeless." These words by David Diamond capture the essence not only of the...continue...

American Classics - Diamond: Symphony no 8, etc / Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-05-01

Works: David Diamond: Suite from the ballet TOM, for orchestra; This Sacred Ground, for choir, soloists & orchestra; Symphony no 8
Performers: Parce, Erich
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Girls' Choir; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"As usual with this series, conductor, orchestra, engineers, and two record companies have done a great service by bringing us some wonderful music. If you...continue...

American Classics - Diamond: Ahava, Music for Prayer

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-04-01

Works: David Diamond: AHAVA - Brotherhood, for narrator & orchestra; Mizmor L'David, for cantor, chorus & organ; Morton Gould: Hamma'ariv Aravim, for tenor, chorus & organ; Roy Harris: Mi Khamokha, for teno...
Performers: Academy and Chorus of St. Martin in the Fields; Adler, Samuel; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Chorale, Carolina Chamber; Close, Elaine; Cullen, Joseph [Choral Conductor/Organ]; Davis, Kenny [Bass/Com...
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard; Adler, Samuel; Koch, Timothy; Davis, Kenneth; Cullen, Joseph
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Carolina Chamber Chorale; Rochester Singers; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Texas Tech University Choir

"Gerard Schwartz, our most dedicated Diamond champion, draws fiery and hugely committed playing from the Seattle Symphony..." - Lawrence A. Johnson, Gramophone Magazine...continue...
Personnel: Paul Schwendener, Michael Isaacson, Neil W. Levin (recorder); Karl Dent , Richard Troxell (tenor saxophone); Aaron Miller, Chris Bowers Broadbent (organ).

Recording information: Bena...continue...

American Classics - Toch: Cantata of the Bitter Herbs, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-03-01

Works: Ernst Toch: Cantata of the Bitter Herbs, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, Op. 65; Jephta, rhapsodic poem for orchestra ("Symphony 5"), Op. 89
Performers: Christopher, Ted; Clement, Richard; Meyer, Carol; Shammash, Elizabeth
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"The sound is fine in both works, with Naxos's customary blended acoustic contibuting to the effect Schwarz achieves in the symphony." - Hecht, American Record...continue...

American Classics - Adolphe: Ladino Songs, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-01-01

Works: Bruce Adolphe: Ladino Songs of Love and Suffering, for soprano, horn & guitar; Mikhoels the Wise, opera in 2 acts; Out of the Whirlwind, for mezzo-soprano, tenor, wind orchestra, piano, harp & string...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; College-Conservatory of Music Wind Symphony; Fisk, Eliot [Guitar]; Jolley, David; Mills, Erie; Mills, Ernie; Pancella, Phyllis; Schwarz; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Shelton,...
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard; Winther, Rodney
Ensemble: Cincinnati College-Conservatory Wind Symphony; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"Based on Jewish poetry from the Spanish expulsion, 'Ladino Songs' is a captivating song cycle for soprano, guitar & French horn. 'Out of the Whirlwind'...continue...
Personnel: Phyllis Pancella (mezzo soprano); John Aler (tenor); Eliot Fisk (guitar).

Recording information: Batsyr University Chapel, Seattle, WA (01/2000-01/2001); Colden Center For The Arts...continue...

Lazarof: Tableaux, Violin Concerto, etc / Ohlsson, Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-01-01

Works: Henri Lazarof: Tableaux (after Wassily Kandinsky) for piano & orchestra; Concerto for Violin; Symphony no 2
Performers: Kamei, Yukiko; Ohlsson, Garrick
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"On the whole, Lazarof doesn't have a terribly distinct voice but he's a good craftsman, and his style is dissonant but not risky or outrageous;...continue...

American Classics - Piston: Symphonies no 2 & 6 / Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-07-01

Works: Walter Piston: Symphony no 2; Symphony no 6 ("Gettysburg")
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"In some ways Piston was the dean of American muisc. But as a result of his intellect and his association with the university environment, he...continue...

American Classics - Diamond: Symphony no 1, etc / Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-06-01

Works: David Diamond: Symphony no 1; Concerto for Violin no 2; The Enormous Room
Performers: Talvi, Ilkka
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

'Symphony No. 1', the composer's first real symphony, was written upon Diamond's return from Paris where he studied with Boulanger. The 'Violin Concerto No. 2'...continue...

American Classics - Piston: Symphony no 4, etc / Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-05-01

Works: Walter Piston: Symphony no 4; Capriccio for harp & string orchestra; New England Sketches (3) for orchestra
Performers: Wunrow, Therese Elder
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"This is one of several Naxos issues from an American music series that was produced in the 90s on Delos. It is good to have...continue...

American Classics - Explore America Vol 1

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-05-01

Works: Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring, ballet for 13 instruments; Charles Wakefield Cadman: Four American Indian Songs, for voice & piano, Op. 45; John Alden Carpenter: Adventures in a Perambulator, suit...
Performers: Bolcom, William [Composer]; Buswell, James; Corley, Maria; Currie, Colin; Farley, Carole; Posnak, Paul; Rorem, Ned; Starker, Janos; Taylor, Darryl; Weber, Janice; Zazofsky, Peter
Conductors: Gambil, Paul; Williams, John McLaughlin; Alsop, Marin; ; Davies, Dennis R.; Sinclair, James; Stromberg, William T.; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Brion, Keith
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Kreutzer Quartet; Nashville Chamber Orchestra; Northern Sinfonia Chorus; Royal Artillery Band; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Ukraini...

The American Classics series captures some of the great moments of American music. In this collection, as wide-ranging and diverse as our land, little-known gems...continue...

American Classics - Diamond: Symphony no 3, etc / Schwartz , Starker, Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-04-01

Works: David Diamond: Psalm for orchestra; Kaddish; Symphony no 3
Performers: Starker, János
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"Performances are exemplary, with none of the too-laid-back quality that bothered me in Schwarz's Piston disc. Perhaps the conductor has more affinity for Diamond's neoromanticism...continue...

American Classics - Hovhaness: Symphony no 22, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-04-01

Works: Alan Hovhaness: Concerto for Cello, Op. 17; Symphony no 22 ("City of Light"), Op. 236
Performers: Starker, Janos
Conductors: Davies, Dennis R.
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"I particularly like Hovhaness's early works, when his Armenian roots were just coming to the fore. There is a freshness and sense of excitement and...continue...