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Roccoco Cello Variations - Beethoven; Gemrot; Martinu / Jeremy Findlay, cello; Per Rundberg, piano

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

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations (7) for Cello and Piano on Mozart's "Bei Männern", WoO 46; Variations (12) for Cello and Piano in F major on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen", Op. 66; Jiri Gemro...
Performers: Findlay, Jeremy [Cello]; Rundberg, Per

This hybrid multichannel SACD from Praga features a collection of 'Rococo' variations for cello and piano. In works that span several centuries, cellist Jeremy Findlay...continue...
Recording information: Prague, St. Vavrinec Church....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...
Recording information: Concertgebouw Amsterdam....continue...

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 / Bernard Haitink

1 Super Audio CD / RCO Live / 2012-01-10

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 15 in A major, Op. 141
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

All concerts given by Bernard Haitink, in his capacity as honorary conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, are considered high points of the Amsterdam concert...continue...
Recording information: Concertgebouw Amsterdam (03/17/2010-03/21/2010)....continue...

Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vol. 6: 1990-2000

14 CD / RCO Live / 2011-10-11

Works: Béla Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle, Op. 11/Sz 48; Concerto for Piano no 3, Sz 119; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastor...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barainsky, Claudia; Brautigam, Ronald; Hamelin, Marc-Andre [Piano]; Komlosi, Ildiko; Kovacs, Kolos; Laurendeau, Jean; Masseurs, Peter; Murray, Ann; Shelton, Lucy [Soprano Vo...
Conductors: Fischer, Iván; Tennstedt, Klaus; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Berglund, Paavo; Chailly, Riccardo; Dutoit, Charles; Solti, Sir Georg; Previn, Andre; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Jansons, Mariss; Haitink, B...
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

The Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is a recorded history of six decades of performances by the Concertgebouw Orchestra, taken from broadcasts contained in...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...

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...

Berg: Lulu Suite, Drei Orchesterstücke Op. 6 / Gatti, Efraty, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, et al

1 Super Audio CD / RCO Live / 2008-10-14

Works: Alban Berg: Pieces (3) for orchestra, Op. 6; Lulu-Suite, 5 symphonic pieces from the opera for soprano & orchestra ("Lulu-Symphonie"); Recorded Sound: Applause
Conductors: Gatti, Daniele
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Since his stormy debut with The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Daniele Gatti has been a regular guest at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, where he has established...continue...

Stravinsky: L'Oiseau de Feu, Le sacre du printemps / Jansons, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

1 Super Audio CD / RCO Live / 2008-08-12

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), concert suite for orchestra no 2; Le sacre du printemps; Recorded Sound: Applause
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Two of Igor Stravinsky's first important ballet scores are brought together on this fine-sounding SACD, recorded live, with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra helmed by its...continue...

Debussy: La mer; Ravel: La valse; Dutilleux: L'Arbre des songes / Jansons, Sitkovetsky, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

1 Super Audio CD / RCO Live / 2008-05-13

Works: Claude Debussy: La mer; Henri Dutilleux: L'arbre des songes, concerto for violin & orchestra; Maurice Ravel: La valse; Recorded Sound: Applause
Performers: Sitkovetsky, Dmitry
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Celebrating its 120th anniversary this year, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra enjoys international renown for its "velvet" strings, "golden" brass and unique woodwinds. Under Mariss Jansons,...continue...

Brass of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

1 Super Audio CD / RCO Live / 2007-06-12

Works: Willem Van Otterloo: Serenade for brass and percussion; Nick Woud: The Call, for brass ensemble; Giovanni Gabrieli: Sacrae symphoniae, Book 1; Hans Werner Henze: Ragtimes and Habaneras, sinfonia, als...
Conductors: Meylemans, Ivan
Ensemble: Brass of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Brass)

The original idea for this CD came from the Prix de Salon, an incentive prize for young musicians from the Concertgebouw Orchestra that must be...continue...

Poulenc: Gloria; Honegger / Jansons, et al

1 Super Audio CD / RCO Live / 2006-11-14

Works: Francis Poulenc: Gloria in G major; Arthur Honegger: Symphony no 3 ("Liturgique"), H. 186
Performers: Orgonasova, Luba
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss
Ensemble: Groot Omroepkoor; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

"The Concertgebouw plays magnificently, the slow movement is simply gorgeous, and the finale rises to one of the most frightening climaxes yet captured on disc....continue...

Shostakovich: Symphony no 7 / Jansons, Royal Concertgebouw

1 Super Audio CD / RCO Live / 2006-08-08

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 7 (as used in the film "Testimony")
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

"This was a performance, played with the Concertgebouw's phenomenal spectrum of coloring, phrasing and dynamic subtlety that asserted the symphony's organic structural credentials and spoke...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 6 / Jansons, et al

2 Super Audio CD / RCO Live / 2006-06-13

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 6 in A minor "Tragic"; Hans Werner Henze: Sebastian im Traum, for orchestra
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Mariss Jansons joins one of the greatest Mahler traditions in the world of symphonic music with his first recording of a Mahler symphony with the...continue...

Stravinsky: Petrushka; Rachmaninov / Jansons, et al

1 Super Audio CD / RCO Live / 2006-01-10

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version); Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Performers: Bal, Jeroen; Beynon, Emily; Damrow, Fritz
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

One year after the RCO Live labels highly successful launch, the label presents its fourth release with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, led for this disc...continue...