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Orchestral Music of Marga Richter: Poetic Images Beyond Poetry / Gerard Schwarz

1 CD / Ravello / 2013-02-26

Works: Marga Richter: Out of Shadows and Solitude, for orchestra; Quantum Quirks of a Quick Quaint Quark , No 2; Spectral Chimes
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra; Seattle Symphonty

Composed with integrity, mystery, and ambition, the orchestral works of Richter thrive on the emotional and the visceral, conjuring vast and majestic imagery with poetic...continue...

Dvorak: Symphony No. 6; Janacek: Idyll / Gerard Schwarz, Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-01-29

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 6 in D major, Op. 60/B 112; Leos Janácek: Idyll for Strings
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

Dvorák's was a strong voice in the re-establishment of Czech musical identity, and the noble themes, open landscapes and dancing Scherzoof the Symphony No. 6...continue...
Recording information: Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Sea (04/27/2011/04/29/2011); S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium-Benaroya Hall, Seat (04/27/2011/04/29/2011); Illsley Ball No...continue...

Stravinsky: Pulcinella; Scherzo fantastique, Op. 3 / Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano; Gran Wilson, tenor; Jan Opalach, bass. Gerard Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-12-11

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella; Scherzo fantastique, Op. 3
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

The penultimate release in the Naxos Seattle Collection, featuring internationally renowned soprano Susan Graham....continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA (04/03/1990/05/16/1990)....continue...

Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 / Gerard Schwaz, Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-12-11

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 1 in G minor, Op. 13 "Winter daydreams"; Symphony no 2 in C minor, Op. 17 "Little Russian"
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

The tour starts in Uzbekistan, of which there are later glimpses. There is a visit to the historic Russian town of Suzdal and scenes from...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA (06/07/1992/05/25/1993)....continue...

Stravinsky: The Firebird, complete ballet; Fireworks, Op. 4 / Schwarz, Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-11-13

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra; Fireworks, Op. 4
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

The scintillating orchestral effects of Fireworks so impressed Sergey Dyagilev that the impresario was prompted to commission a new work from Stravinsky for his Ballet...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA....continue...

Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947 vers.); The Song of the Nightingale / Schwarz, Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-11-13

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version); Chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale), symphonic poem for orchestra
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

Paris was one of the great centres of European art, and Sergey Dyagilev and his Ballet russes brought to the city a succession of epoch-shattering...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA....continue...

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; Dumbarton Oaks; Concerto in E flat / Schwarz, Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-11-13

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Concerto for chamber orchestra in E flat major ("Dumbarton Oaks")
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

Following successes with The Firebird (Naxos 8571221) and Petrushka (Naxos 8571222), Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring was the most ambitious and controversial result of...continue...

Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Sextet from Capriccio / Schwarz, Seattle SO

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

Works: Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Capriccio, Op. 85
Performers: Talvi, Ilkka
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

Autobiographical in content, Richard Strauss's Ein Heldenleben is one of a series of tone-poems, including, Also Sprach Zarathustra (Naxos 8.571215), in which he explored the...continue...

Richard Strauss: Macbeth; Dance of the Seven Veils; Metamorphosen / Gerard Schwarz

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

Works: Richard Strauss: Macbeth (symphonic poem), Op. 23; Salome, Op. 54; Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings, AV 142
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

The three works in this program reflect different aspects of Strauss's compositional life. The tone-poem Macbeth, written between 1888 and 1891, offers a grippingly taut...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA....continue...

Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Symphonic Fantasy; Serenade for Winds; Josephs-Legende, Symphonic Fragment / Schwarz

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

Works: Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65; Serenade for 13 wind instruments in E flat major, Op. 7 (TrV 106); Josephs Legende, symphonic fragment from the ballet, o.Op. 148 (TrV 231a, AV 148)
Performers: Ritt, David
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

Richard Strauss revived some of his less well-known scores in later years, turning his richly imaginative fairytale opera Die Frau ohne Schatten into an attractively...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA....continue...

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...

Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts, Vol. 3 - Tannhauser; Meistersinger; Tristan / Alessandra Marc, soprano; Gerard Schwarz

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

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde
Performers: Marc, Alessandra
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

Themes of love and passion dominate these orchestral excerpts from Wagner's music dramas. The legend of Tannhauser contrasts the sensual allure of Venus with the...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA....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...

Schumann: Symphony in C; Konzertstuck for four Horns; 2 Symphonic Etudes; Pfitzner: Symphony in C et al. / Gerard Schwarz

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

Works: Robert Schumann: Konzertstück for 4 horns & orchestra in F major, Op. 86; Two Etudes Symphoniques, Op. 13; Felix Mendelssohn: Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde - Liederspiel, Op. 89; Johannes Brahms: ...
Performers: Bonnevie, Robert; Knapp, David C.; Robbins, Mark; Wilson, Scott
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

The musical expression of German Romanticism is the theme of this disc. The trajectory of Schumann's Konzertstuck, Op. 86, written for four horns and orchestra,...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA....continue...

Deems Taylor: Through the Looking Glass; Charles Griffes: Poem; The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan / Scott Goff, flute; Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-08-28

Works: Deems Taylor: Through the Looking Glass, for orchestra, Nos 1-5, complete; Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Poem, for flute & orchestra, A. 93; The White Peacock, for orchestra (Roman Sketches no 1), Op. 7...
Performers: Bogdashevskaya, Victoria; Danielson, Glen; Davis, Raymond; Goff, Scott [Flute]; Krimsky, Seth; Sereque, Christopher; Shapiro, Bernard; Talvi, Ilkka; Taylor, David
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

The opulent and sensual expressiveness in these composers' works has long been obscured by more turbulent developments in music of the 20th century. One of...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA....continue...

Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 / Gerard Schwarz, Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-08-28

Works: Robert Schumann: Symphony no 1 in B flat major ("Spring"), Op. 38; Symphony no 2 in C major, Op. 61
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

Faced with the challenge of following in Beethoven's giant symphonic footsteps, Robert Schumann acknowledged this musical predecessor, but expanded his forms and structures into new...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA....continue...

Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 / Gerard Schwarz, Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-08-28

Works: Robert Schumann: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 97 "Rhenish"; Symphony no 4 in D minor, Op. 120
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

The last of Schumann's Symphonies to be composed, Symphony No. 3 'Rhenish' was most likely inspired by a cruise taken by the composer and his...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA....continue...

Schumann: Manfred Overture; Piano Concerto; Overture, Scherzo and Finale / Bella Davidovich, piano; Gerard Schwarz, Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-08-28

Works: Robert Schumann: Manfred - Incidental Music; Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Overture, Scherzo & Finale for orchestra in E minor / E major, Op. 52
Performers: Davidovich, Bella
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

Robert Schumann drew inspiration from other leading Romantic voices of his day, and Manfred is the dramatic overture to a work based on verses by...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA....continue...

Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts, Vol. 1 - Flying Dutchman; Rheingold; Walkure; Siegfried; Gotterdammerung / Schwarz, Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-08-28

Works: Richard Wagner: Die fliegende Holländer; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

This selection of some of Wagner's finest orchestral excerpts opens with the 'storm-swept ballad' of Der fliegende Holländer, the opera which launched his epoch-defining later...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA....continue...

Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts, Vol. 2 - Faust Overture; Lohengrin; Parsifal / Alessandra Marc, soprano, Schwarz, Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-08-28

Works: Richard Wagner: Faust Overture; Lohengrin; Parsifal
Performers: Marc, Alessandra
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

Under the dual influences of Goethe and Berlioz, Wagner wrote A Faust Overture in Paris. Years later, in 1855, he returned to the work, revising...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA....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...

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 "Lobgesang" / Chalker, Rivera, Cole, Seattle SO & Chorale

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

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 "Lobgesang"
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Chorale

Mendelssohn wrote his Second Symphony or Lobgesang ('Hymn of Praise') in 1840, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Gutenberg's invention of movable type. This symphony-cantata,...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA (04/22/1991-04/23/1991)....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...

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe; Hovaness: Meditation on Orpheus / Gerard Schwarz, Seattle SO & Chorus

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

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Alan Hovhaness: Meditation on Orpheus, Op. 155
Performers: Goff, Scott [Flute]
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Chorale

Sergey Dyagilev commissioned Ravel to write music for the ballet Daphnis et Chloé with choreography by Michel Fokine: Daphnis was danced by Nijinsky. This 'choreographic...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA....continue...

Zoltan Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite; Dances Galanta; Erno Dohnanyi: Konzertstück for Cello / Janos Starker, cello

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

Works: Zoltán Kodály: Háry János, suite from the opera for orchestra; Dances of Galánta; Ernst von Dohnányi: Konzertstück for Cello and Orchestra in D major, Op. 12
Performers: Starker, Janos
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

When Kodály constructed a suite of music from his opera Háry János, he further immortalized the braggart soldier of the title. Dreamlike and fantastic, the...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA....continue...

Handel: Concerto Grossi, Op. 6/1, 6 & 9; Vivaldi & CPE Bach: Flute Concertos / Scott Goff, flute - Gerard Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-06-26

Works: George Frederick Handel: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Concerto Grosso in F major, Op.6/9, HWV 327; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Flute in D major, Op. 10 no 3/RV 428 "Il gardellino"; Carl Philipp Ema...
Performers: Benshoof, Theresa; Goff, Scott [Flute]; James, Simon; Miropolsky, Michael; Russ, Kimberly
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

Handel's Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 are written for small solo string ensemble and orchestra, a combination which invites elegant interplay between like-sounding but distinctive groups....continue...
Recording information: S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium-Benaroya Hall, Seat....continue...

Handel: Acis and Galatea / Dawn Kotoski, David Gordon, Glenn Siebert, Jan Opalach - Gerard Schwarz

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-06-26

Works: George Frederick Handel: As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel)
Performers: Dupree, Jillon Stoppels; Goff, Scott [Flute]; Kriewall, Judy; Morgan, Michael G.; Shapiro, Bernard; Williams, Susan
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Chorale

Acis and Galatea, variously described as a pastoral, a 'little opera' and a masque, is one of Handel's most popular works. It is a delectable...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA (03/04/1991-03/05/1991)....continue...

Arthur Honegger: Symphony No. 2; Henri Lazarof: Concerto for Orchestra No. 2 / Jeffrey Silberschlag, trumpet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-06-26

Works: Arthur Honegger: Symphony no 2, for strings & trumpet ad lib in D major, H. 153; Henri Lazarof: Icarus, concerto for orchestra No 2; Poema for orchestra
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

Completed during World War II, Honegger's Symphony No. 2 gives voice to the composer's horror of mankind's barbarity and inhumanity perpetrated during the conflict. Its...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA (1992-04-17&1993-02-08_1993-)....continue...