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Arnold Schönberg: Pierrot Lunaire Op. 21; Suite Op. 29 / Alda Caiello; Prazak Quartet

1 Super Audio CD / RCO Live / 2012-06-12

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21; Suite, septet in E flat major, Op. 29
Performers: Caiello, Alda; Dohnal, Karel; Klepac, Jaromir [Piano]; Kunt, Vaclav; Polak, Milan [Clarinet]; Spilka, Vit
Conductors: Hula, Pavel
Ensemble: ; Prazak Quartet

This ambitious program by the Prazák Quartet and friends focuses on two key works by Arnold Schoenberg. The melodrama Pierrot Lunaire is a setting of...continue...
Recording information: Prague, Lichtenstein Palace, Martinu Hall (Hamu)....continue...

Horizon 4

2 CD / RCO Live / 2012-01-10

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5; Geert van Keulen: Fünf tragische Lieder, for voice & orchestra; Detlev Glanert: Fluss ohne Ufer, for orchestra; Willem Jeths: Scale 'le tombeau de Mahler', for orch...
Performers: Mijnders, Marijn; Naselow, Monica; Ogrintchouk, Alexei; Roth, Detlef; Van Rijen, Jorgen
Conductors: Zagrosek, Lothar; Stenz, Markus; Spanjaard, Ed; Robertson, David; Mälkki, Susanna

This fourth release in the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra's 'Horizon' Series brings together two forms of homage. CD 1 represents a tribute to Gustav Mahler, the...continue...
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 / Jansons

3 Super Audio CD / RCO Live / 2011-01-11

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
Performers: Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Merbeth, Ricarda
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss

Mariss Jansons and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra continue their Mahler cycle with this set of the second and third symphonies. Jansons performed the works during...continue...
Recording information: Concertgebouw Amsterdam (2009-12-03_2009-12-04&2009-)....continue...

Horizon, Vol. 3

1 Super Audio CD / RCO Live / 2010-10-12

Works: Michel van der Aa: Spaces of Blank, for voice & orchestra; Otto Ketting: Trajecten in four movements, for orchestra; Tristan Keuris: Antologia for orchestra; Sofia Gubaidulina: Der Reiter auf dem wei...
Performers: Stotijn, Christianne
Conductors: Spanjaard, Ed; Stenz, Markus; Robertson, David

With this third release in the Horizon series, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra once again underlines the importance of contemporary music in its concert programming. The...continue...
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Dvorak: Requiem; Symphony No. 8

2 Super Audio CD / RCO Live / 2010-05-11

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Requiem for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, B. 165 (Op. 89); Symphony no 8 in G major, Op. 88/B 163; Recorded Sound: Applause
Performers: Quasthoff, Thomas; Stoyanova, Krassimira; Vogt, Klaus Florian
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss

Among the activities undertaken by the Vienna Singverein to commemorate its 150th anniversary season was a series of performances of Dvorak's Requiem with the Royal...continue...

Horizon 2: Tribute To Messiaen

1 Super Audio CD / RCO Live / 2010-03-09

Works: Geert van Keulen: La plainte, au loin, du faune... (after Dukas), for orchestra; Olivier Messiaen: Les offrandes oubliées; Chronochromie; Marc-André Dalbavie: La source d'un regard, for o...
Conductors: Benjamin, George; Metzmacher, Ingo

Recording information: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam....continue...

Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition

1 Super Audio CD / RCO Live / 2010-01-12

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel; Recorded Sound: Applause
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss

This special mid-priced release on RCO Live features Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition' in the orchestrated version by Maurice Ravel. Recorded live at the Concertgebouw...continue...
Recording information: Concertgebouw Amsterdam (2008-05-22_2008-05-23&2008-)....continue...

C.P.E. Bach: Flute Concertos / Michiko Takahashi, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

14 CD / RCO Live / 2009-03-10

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98; Anton Webern: Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 10; Im Sommerwind, idyll for orchestra; Carl Nielsen: Symphony no 5, Op. 50; Luigi Dallapiccola: Commiat...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Brendel, Alfred; Devos, Lode; Dorow, Dorothy; Hargan, Alison; Herbers, Werner; Kilduff, Barbara; Kim, Yong-Hee; Lewis, Keith; Meel, Nico van der; Olof, Theo; Oosterkamp, Wou...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Kondrashin, Kirill; Vis, Lucas; Jochum, Eugen; Haitink, Bernard; De Waart, Edo; Sanderling, Kurt; Vonk, Hans; Davis, Colin; Järvi, Neeme; Dorati, Antal; Cerha, Friedrich; B...

The Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is a transcription in sound of the concert-giving history of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, based upon radio recordings from...continue...