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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 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...

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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...

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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...

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...