Contemporary Period > Schwarz, Gerard

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...

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...

Richard Danielpour: Symphony No. 3 'Journey Without Distance'; First Light; The Awakened Heart / Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-05-29

Works: Richard Danielpour: First Light for orchestra; Awakened Heart for orchestra; Symphony no 3 for soprano, chorus & orchestra ("Journey without Distance")
Performers: Esham, Faith
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Chorale

Strongly inclined towards neoromanticism, Richard Danielpour's music is a rich unity of energy, intensity, and serenity. First Light reveals these elements perfectly with its rhythmically...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA....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...

Echoes - Classic Works Transformed / Schwarz, Seattle Symphony

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-06-28

Works: David Schiff: Infernal, for orchestra (after Stravinsky's Firebird Suite, 1919 version); Bright Sheng: Black Swan, for orchestra (after Brahms' "Intermezzo, Op. 118/2"); David Stock: Plenty of Horn, ...
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

"The concept of Echoes was to select well-known short works - five to ten minutes in length - and to transform them for our present...continue...
Recording information: S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Benaroya Hall, Sea....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...

Continuum / Modern Orchestral Works

1 CD / Navona / 2010-11-16

Works: Stephen L. Mosko: Transliminal Music, for orchestra; Timothy D. Sullivan: Polychrome, for orchestra; Daniel Crozier: Fairy Tale, for orchestra; Michael G. Cunningham: TransActions, for orchestra; Uns...
Conductors: Trevor, Kirk; Micka, Vit; Schwarz, Gerard; Marinescu, Ovidiu

Camp Songs - Ghetto Songs / Schoenfield, Schwarz, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-11-17

Works: Paul Schoenfield: Camp Songs, song cycle for mezzo-soprano, baritone, clarinet, violin, cello & bass; Ghetto Songs, for 2 voices & ensemble; Gerard Schwarz: Rudolf and Jeanette, for ensemble
Performers: Miller, Mina; Niederloh, Angela; Parce, Erich; Schoenfield, Paul; Smith, Morgan
Conductors: ; Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Music of Remembrance

American composer and pianist Paul Schoenfield is at the keyboard for two searing, heart-piercing works commissioned by Music of Remembrance. Schoenfield gives voice to the...continue...
Recording information: Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Sea....continue...

Bloch: From Jewish Life, Schelomo; Bruch, etc / Aasgaard, Schwarz, et al

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Ernest Bloch: Schelomo; From Jewish Life; David Diamond: Kaddish; Gerard Schwarz: In Memoriam, for cello & string orchestra (or string quartet); Max Bruch: Kol Nidrei for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 47
Performers: Aasgaard, Jonathan
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
Jonathan Aasgaard is principal cellist of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and focuses the inwardly musing aspect of Schelomo's narrative virtually to perfection. ... an...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...

Krása: Brundibár, etc; Laitman / Gerard Schwarz, et al

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

Works: Hans Krása: Brundibár, children's opera; Overture for Small orchestra; Lori Laitman: I never saw another butterfly
Performers: Boaz, Holly; Davis, Jadd; DeLuca, Laura; Drumheller, Michael; Hauck, Ross; James, Auston; Korn, David; McKay, Maureen; Parce, Jesse; Sheppard, Craig; Smith, Morgan; Woltz, Evan
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Music of Remembrance; Northwest Boys' Choir

'Brandibar' is part of an inspiring human legacy. Hans Krasa's beautiful children's opera, performed 55 times at the Terezin concentration camp, stands as a memorial...continue...

The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music [Box Set]

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

Works: Joseph Achron: Concerto for Violin no 1, Op. 60; Golem, suite for chamber orchestra; Belshazzar; Samuel Adler: Sephardic Choruses (5), for chorus (from Ever Since Babylon); Nuptial Scene, for voice &...
Performers: Abelson, Robert; Adler, Bruce; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allardyce, Lauren; Arnold, Hubert; Aslan, Pablo; Avila, Jorge; Barr, Jean; Barrick, Clinton; Ben-Ze'ev, Re'ut; Bermel, Derek; Besley, Megan; B...
Conductors: Silverstein, Joseph; Schwarz, Gerard; Gardner, Patrick; Adler, Samuel; Winther, Rodney; Wilkins, Christopher; Kiesler, Kenneth; Itai, Avner; Marriner, Sir Neville; Corp, Ronald [Composer]; Levin, Nei...
Ensemble: ; Chamber Opera Ensemble; Cincinnati Wind Symphony; Dave Brubeck Trio; Eastman Players; Finchley Children's Music Group; Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble; Schola Hebraeica Chorus; Southern Jazz Ensemble...

Includes ashrei (ashrei yoshvei veitekha (l. glantz) / eine by various composers.

Includes b'motza'ei m'nuha (assembled for "the first s'liho by various composers....continue...

Lazarof: Violin Concerto no 3, etc / Schwarz, Edinger, et al

1 CD / Centaur / 2006-09-02

Works: Henri Lazarof: Concerto for Violin no 3; Viola Rhapsody, for viola & orchestra; Partita di madrigali
Performers: Edinger, Christiane; Neubauer, Paul; Schmidt, Wolfgang Emanuel
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

American Classics - M. Brouwer: Aurolucent Circles, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-01-17

Works: Margaret Brouwer: Aurolucent Circles, for percussion & orchestra; Mandala, for trombone & orchestra; Pulse; Remembrances, for orchestra; SIZZLE, for orchestra
Performers: Glennie, Evelyn; Price, Kevin
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Remarkable for its poetic sensibility, Margaret Brouwers music also demonstrates craftsmanship of the highest order. Aurolucent Circles is a percussion concerto written for the virtuoso...continue...

American Classics - Zaimont: Parable, Sacred Service

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-11-15

Works: Judith Lang Zaimont: Sacred Service for the Sabbath Evening, for baritone, chorus & orchestra; Valse Romantique; Parable; Meditations at the Time of the New Year, soprano, mezzo-soprano, chorus, gloc...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Boatman, Timm; Cowan, Martha; Diamond, Theresa; Isaacson, Michael; Kohler, Margaret; Lester, Harold; Levin, Neil; Lucey, Frances; Maddalena, James; Scarlata, Randall; Schwen...
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard; Adler, Samuel; Brewer, Michael; Strimple, Nick
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; The Ruskin Ensemble

Judith Lang Zaimont is internationally recognized for her distinctive style, which is characterized by its expressive strength and dynamism. The works featured on this CD,...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...

Walt Wagner: The Miracle; Rhythms

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2004-11-09

Works: Walt Wagner: The Miracle, piano concerto; Rhythms, for piano, winds & percussion
Performers: Schwarz, Gerard; Wagner, Walt
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard

The Concerto Project Vol 1 / Schwarz, Lloyd Webber, et al

1 CD / Orange Mountain Music / 2004-10-12

Works: Philip Glass: Concerto for Cello; Concerto Fantasy, for 2 timpanists & orchestra
Performers: Glennie, Evelyn; Haas, Jonathan; Lloyd Webber, Julian
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Recorded in January 2004, the first release in the four volume concerto project brings together a top English orchestra with two of the country's best...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 - Pasatieri: Letter to Warsaw

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

Works: Thomas Pasatieri: Letter to Warsaw, soprano & ensemble
Performers: Eaglen, Jane; Miller, Mina
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Music of Remembrance

'Letter to Warsaw' is the extraordinary musical setting of one woman's intimate first-hand account of life in the grip of the Holocaust. American composer Thomas...continue...

Lazarof: Symphony no 4 & 5 / Zeller, Schwarz, Seattle SO

1 CD / Centaur / 2004-03-06

Works: Henri Lazarof: Symphony no 4 "In Celebration"; Symphony no 5
Performers: Zeller, Richard
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Chorus; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

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 - 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...

American Classics - Klezmer Concertos and Encores

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-09-01

Works: Robert Starer: Kli Zemer (Concerto for Clarinet); Paul Schoenfield: Klezmer Rondos for flute, male vocalist & orchestra; Jacob Weinberg: The Maypole, for clarinet & orchestra; Canzonetta Suite, for c...
Performers: Aslan, Pablo; Goff, Scott [Flute]; Krakauer, David; Mizrahi, Alberto; Mooke, Martha; Schwarz, Gerard; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Svigals, Alicia
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard

'K'li zemer' means 'instrument of song' in Hebrew, and a traditional klezmer was an instrumental musician who entertained at weddings and other festive occasions in...continue...
Personnel: Alicia Svigals (violin); Martha Mooke (electric viola); Scott Goff (flute); Paul Schwendener, Neil W. Levin (recorder); David Krakauer (clarinet, bass clarinet); Alberto Mizrahi (tenor sax...continue...

Lazarof: Choral Symphony no 3, etc / Schwartz, Seattle SO

1 CD / Centaur / 2001-07-01

Works: Henri Lazarof: Choral Symphony, for alto, bass-baritone, chorus & orchestra (Symphony no 3); Encounter with Dylan Thomas, for soprano & chamber ensemble
Performers: Cook, Terry
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard

Sorrow is not Melancholy - The Music of Drattell / Schwarz

1 CD / Delos / 1995-01-01

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

Come and Trip It - Instrumental Dance Music 1780s -1920s

1 CD / New World / 1994-07-08

Works: Gilles Jullien: Prima donna Waltz; Traditional: Jenny Lind Polka; Country Fiddle Music; The Flirt Polka; Eliza Jane McCue; Alexander Reinagle: Minuet and Gavotte; Charles Grobe: Natalie; Charles Loui...
Performers: Farren, Ellen; Miller, Rodney; Moore, Alan; Plant, Judith
Conductors: Baldon, John; Schwarz, Gerard; Hyman, Dick
Ensemble: Dick Hyman Dance Orchestra; Federal Music Society members; Gerard Schwarz Dance Orchestra

Rands: Tambourin Suites, etc / Muti, Schwarz, Philadelphia

1 CD / New World / 1993-10-01

Works: Bernard Rands: Tambourin Suite no 1, for orchestra; Tambourin Suite no 2, for orchestra; Canti dell'Eclisse, for bass & chamber ensemble; Ceremonial 3, for orchestra
Performers: Paul, Thomas
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra

Juilliard Orchestra conducted by Slatkin, Foss, Schwarz

1 CD / New World / 1992-12-08

Works: Jacob Druckman: Chiaroscuro for orchestra; Joseph Schwantner: Aftertones of Infinity for orchestra; Stephen J. Albert: Into Eclipse, song cycle for tenor & chamber ensemble or orchestra
Performers: Lakes, Gary
Conductors: Foss, Lukas [Composer]; Slatkin, Leonard; Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Juilliard Orchestra

Sheng: H'Un, My Song, 3 Chinese Love Songs / Schwartz

1 CD / New World / 1992-12-08

Works: Bright Sheng: H'un (Lacerations); The Stream Flows, for solo violin; Chinese Love Songs (3) for soprano, viola & piano; My Song for piano
Performers: Lin, Lucia; Neubauer, Paul; Saffer, Lisa; Serkin, Peter [Piano]; Sheng, Bright
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: New York Chamber Symphony

Personnel: Bright Sheng (piano); Lucia Lin (violin); Peter Serkin (piano).

Recording information: American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Audi (09/17/1990-11/20/1991); Manhattan Cen...continue...

Kolb: Millefoglie, etc / Gerard Schwarz, Music Today

1 CD / New World / 1992-03-01

Works: Barbara Kolb: Millefoglie; Extremes; Chromatic Fantasy; Solitaire
Performers: Haas, Jonathan; Kooistra, Taco; Niemann, Edmund; Starreveld, Harrie
Conductors: Vaillancourt, Lorraine; Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Music Today Ensemble; Nouvel Ensemble Moderne

Engineer's Choice

1 CD / Delos / 1991-01-01

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 1 in F minor, Op. 10; David Schiff: Divertimento from Gimpel the Fool, for clarinet, violin, cello & piano; Deems Taylor: Through the Looking Glass, for orchestra, No...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Baldwin, Dalton; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Browning, John [Piano]; Cardenes, Andres; Crozier, Catharine; Golabek, Mona; Gordon, David [Tenor Vocal]; Neriki, Shigeo; Rosenberg...
Conductors: DePreist, James; Schwarz, Gerard; Wagner, Roger
Ensemble: ; Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra; Seattle Symphony Orchestra