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Horn Expression / Zuk, Polish RO

1 CD / Zuk Records (Germany) / 2010-12-14

Works: Ivan Jevtic: Danse d'été for horn & string orchestra; Malcolm Arnold: Fantasy for Horn solo, Op. 88; Kerry Drew Turner: Sonata for horn & string quartet; Emile Ristori: Concerto for Horn in...
Performers: Zuk, Zbigniew
Conductors: Stanienda, Jan
Ensemble: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Polish-born Zbigniew Zuk graduated from the Academy of Music in Lodz. He has held the position of principal horn in the Lodz Philharmonic, Polish Chamber...continue...

Gemini - Penderecki: Symphony no 2, etc / Polish Radio SO, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-11

Works: Krzysztof Penderecki: Symphony no 2 "Christmas"; Te Deum; Lacrimosa; Magnificat, for bass, 7 men's voices, boys' chorus, chorus & orchestra; Kanon
Performers: Gadulanka, Jadwiga; Hiolski, Andrzej; Lagger, Peter; Ochman, Wieslaw; Podles, Ewa
Conductors: Penderecki, Krzysztof
Ensemble: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Polish Radio/TV Chorus, Cracow; Polish Radio/TV Symphony Orchestra, Cracow

The Gemini Series features an impressive roster of singers, conductors, soloists, and ensembles of international renown, all from the incomparable EMI Classics stable. EMI's rich...continue...

Gemini - Penderecki: Cello Concerto, etc / Penderecki, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-04-24

Works: Krzysztof Penderecki: Anaklasis, for string orchestra & percussion; Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima; Fonogrammi, for flute & chamber orchestra; De Natura Sonoris I, for orchestra; Capriccio for...
Performers: Blumental, Felicja; Palm, Siegfried; Wilkomirska, Wanda
Conductors: Penderecki, Krzysztof
Ensemble: Cracow Philharmonic Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

"[With Penderecki] as conductor of all of the performances on these discs, you can be sure the performances are pretty much definitive... The Cello Concerto...continue...

Polish Fantasy - Paderewski, Penderecki / Blumental, et al

1 CD / Brana Records / 2006-09-02

Works: Ignace Jan Paderewski: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 17; Polish Fantasia on original themes, for piano & orchestra, Op. 19; Krzysztof Penderecki: Partita, for harpsichord, electric guitar, bass ...
Performers: Blumental, Felicja
Conductors: Froschauer, Helmuth; Penderecki, Krzysztof; Wagner, Robert
Ensemble: ; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

The repertoire on this new release is a timely reminder of Felcija Blumental's protean abilities. Here, she resurrects a piano concerto and patriotic fantasy by...continue...

Max Schubel: Orchestral Music / David Oberg, et al

1 CD / Opus One / 2005-12-01

Works: Max Schubel: Aquirelle, rhapsody for english horn, cello & orchestra; Aurora Angelica, for orchestra; April's Ascension into Blue Eternity, for orchestra; Cellophonica
Performers: Krupa, Arkadiusz; Lapinski, Zdzislaw
Conductors: Oberg, David
Ensemble: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Orchestral Music - Hewitt, Yeagley, Maudlin / Oberg, et al

1 CD / Opus One / 2005-11-01

Works: Harry Donald Hewitt: Prelude to Spoon River for orchestra, Op. 53/3; David Yeagley: HaNitzol, for oboe & orchestra; Jacek, opera; Michael Mauldin: Petroglyph, for strings; Dances (3) from Chaco Canyo...
Performers: Eckard, Kevin; Govich, Marilyn; Kadichevski, Meirav; Richman, Pamela; Streets, Barbara
Conductors: Oberg, David
Ensemble: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Film Music Classics - Kilar: Dracula, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-02-22

Works: Wojciech Kilar: Dracula
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Cracow Philharmonic; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Thanks in part to its powerful music, Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' (1992) ws acclaimed as one of the most authentic versions of this story, and won...continue...

Fennelly: Chrysalis, etc / Suben, Polish Radio National SO

1 CD / Albany Records / 2002-06-01

Works: Brian Fennelly: Thoreau Fantasy no 2 for orchestra ("Ambrosial Mornings"); Lunar Halos (Parasalenae), for double bass & orchestra; Concert Piece for trumpet & orchestra; Reflections/Metamorphoses, f...
Performers: Gekker, Christopher
Conductors: Suben, Joel Eric
Ensemble: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Górecki: Symphony no 2, etc / Wit, Kilanowicz, Dobber, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-04-01

Works: Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Beatus vir, for Baritone, Mixed Chorus and Orchestra, Op 38; Symphony no 2 for Soprano, Baritone, Mixed Chorus and Orchestra, Op 31 "Copernicana"
Performers: Kilanowisz, Zofia
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Polish Radio/TV Chorus

"...Listeners moved by [Gorecki's Third Symphony, the "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"] naturally have wished to explore more of Gorecki's work, and have found - often...continue...

Schubel: Esquisses en désarroi, etc / Suben, Oberg, et al

1 CD / Opus One / 2001-01-01

Works: Max Schubel: Esquisses en désarroi, rhapsody for cello, french horn & orchestra; Recherche pour la Vision au delà, for orchestra; Cyrèniäde, for voice & orchestra
Performers: Kovach, Gabriel; Segev, Inbal; Treadway, Theresa
Conductors: Oberg, David; Suben, Joel Eric
Ensemble: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Robb, Mauldin, Boyadjian, Van Appledorn / Oberg, Rex, et al

1 CD / Opus One / 2000-09-01

Works: John Donald Robb: Elegy for Our War Dead; Scenes from a New Mexico Mountain Village, Op. 9; Michael Mauldin: Desert Light; Hayg Boyadjian: Scorpius Rising; Mary J. Van Appledorn: Rhapsody for Violin ...
Performers: Rex, Charles
Conductors: Oberg, David; Suben, Joel Eric
Ensemble: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

The Music of Rolv Yttrehus / Suben, Rowe, Jarvis, et al

1 CD / CRI / 2000-01-25

Works: Rolv Yttrehus: Symphony no 1; Gradus ad Parnassum, for voice & orchestra; Music for winds, percussion, cello & voices; Angstwagen, for soprano voice & percussion
Performers: Druckman, Daniel; Gottlieb, Gordon; Wheeler, Janet
Conductors: Suben, Joel Eric; Leonard, Peter; Jarvis, Peter; Yttrehus, Rolv
Ensemble: ; Composers Guild of New Jersey Performance Ensemble; Louisville Orchestra; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Guitar Collection - Carmen Concerto / Kraft, Breiner, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1998-01-21

Works: Enriqué Granados: Valses (7) poeticos; Peter Breiner: Carmen Concerto for guitar & orchestra (after Bizet)
Performers: Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]
Conductors: Breiner, Peter
Ensemble: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Images - Music by Eleanor Cory / Fulkerson, Suben, et al

1 CD / Soundspells / 1996-10-01

Works: Eleanor Cory: Pas de Quatre, for flute/alto vlute, violin, cello & piano; Canyons, for chamber orchestra; Ehre, for violin; Hemispheres
Performers: Bruce, Diane; Finckel, Chris; Forbes, Charles; Fulkerson, Gregory; Oldfather, Christopher [Piano]; Rosenfeld, Jayn; Vas, Meg Bachman
Conductors: Suben, Joel Eric
Ensemble: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Fennelly: In Wildness Is The Preservation, etc

1 CD / New World / 1994-04-13

Works: Brian Fennelly: A Thoreau Symphony, on Civil Disobedience; In Wilderness Is the Preservation of the World (Orchestral Fantasy After Thoreau); Quartet for Strings in Two Movements; Sonata Seria; Empir...
Performers: Cleveland, Dennis; Cobb, John; Fennelly, Brian; Lederer, Doris; Shaw, Clyde; Smith, Sharon
Conductors: Suben, Joel Eric; Fischer, Eduard; Cipera, Bohumil
Ensemble: Audubon Quartet; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Prague; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Matrix 5 - Penderecki: Anaklasis, Threnody, etc / Penderecki

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1994-03-19

Works: Krzysztof Penderecki: Anaklasis, for string orchestra & percussion; Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima; De Natura Sonoris I, for orchestra; Capriccio for violin & orchestra; Canticum canticorum Sa...
Performers: Wilkomirska, Wanda
Conductors: Penderecki, Krzysztof
Ensemble: Cracow Philharmonic Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra