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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Morton Gould: Concerto Grosso from 'Audubon'; Formations; Cinerama Holiday / Jeffrey Silberschlag, trumpet

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

Works: Morton Gould: Concerto Grosso for 4 solo violins & orchestra (from Balanchine's ballet 'Audubon'); Cinerama Holiday, suite; World War I, music for the CBS TV Series; American Symphonette no 2; Holoca...
Performers: Bailey, Mariel; Larionoff, Maria; Shmidt, Mikhail; Silberschlag, Jeffrey; Weller, John
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

Spanning the traditional boundaries separating "serious" and "popular" music, Morton Gould wrote prodigiously across a wide range of forms, from concert works to musicals and...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA (1994-06-13&1994-11-22&1995-)....continue...

Aaron Copland: Suite from 'Appalachian Spring'; Symphonic Ode; Paul Creston: Symphony No. 3 'Three Mysteries'

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

Works: Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring, concert suite for 13 instruments; Symphonic Ode; Paul Creston: Symphony no 3 ("Three Mysteries"), Op. 48
Performers: Assadi, Susan Gulkis; Butler, Charles; Davis, Raymond; Krimsky, Seth; Ritt, David
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

Aaron Copland's suite from the ballet Appalachian Spring won him a Pulitzer Prize and global recognition. The famous Quaker song 'Simple Gifts' and the American...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA (1992-01-06_1992-01-07&1993-)....continue...

George Gershwin: An American in Paris; Ferde Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite / Charles Butler, trumpet

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

Works: George Gershwin: An American in Paris; Ferde Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite, for orchestra
Performers: Butler, Charles
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

An American in Paris is one of Gershwin's most sumptuous and best-loved works. He called it 'a rhapsodic ballet' but denied any specific program except...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA....continue...

Bernstein: Arias and Barcarolles; Barber: Overture to The School for Scandal; Diamond: Elegy / Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-04-24

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Arias and Barcarolles; Samuel Barber: The School for Scandal, overture for orchestra, Op. 5; David Diamond: Elegy in Memory of Maurice Ravel
Performers: Bunnell, Jane; Duesing, Dale
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

This triumvirate of composers represents an essentially lyrical impulse in American music. Leonard Bernstein's Arias and Barcarolles was completed in 1988 but had existed in...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA (1990-01-03&1990-03-18&1991-)....continue...

Ernst Bloch: America; Concerto Grosso No. 1 / Patricia Michaelian, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-04-24

Works: Ernest Bloch: America; Concerto Grosso no 1, for string orchestra & piano
Performers: Michaelian, Patricia
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Chorale

Swiss-born Bloch, a pupil of Eugène Ysaÿe, emigrated to the United States in 1916. Written in 1926, two years after Bloch had become an American...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA....continue...

Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin (Complete); Concerto for Orchestra / Gerard Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-03-27

Works: Béla Bartók: Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19/Sz 73; Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

With its bizarre story of moral corruption and violence, Béla Bartók's final stage work, The Miraculous Mandarin, was banned after the first performance in 1926....continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA (1988-11-01&1989-12-06&1989-)....continue...

Copland: Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes; Piano Concerto; Billy the Kid: Suite / Lorin Hollander, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-03-27

Works: Aaron Copland: Rodeo; Concerto for Piano; Billy the Kid
Performers: Hollander, Lorin
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

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The latest instalment in Naxos's series of reissues of Gerard Schwarz's recordings of American Music with the Seattle Symphony is self-recommending. Two of Copland's...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, Seattle, WA....continue...

Howard Hanson: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7 / Schwarz, Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-01-31

Works: Howard Hanson: Symphony no 6; Lumen in Christo, for chorus & orchestra; Symphony no 7 "A Sea Symphony"
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Hanson's last two symphonies offer a fitting conclusion to his compositional career. Commissioned for the 185th anniversary season of the New York Philharmonic and dedicated...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA (1989-10-15_1989-10-16&1994-)....continue...

Howard Hanson: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5; Elegy / Gerard Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-12-13

Works: Howard Hanson: Symphony no 4, Op 34 "The Requiem"; Symphony no 5, Op 43 "Sinfonia Sacra"; Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevitsky for orchestra, Op 44; Dies Natalis I, for orchestra
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Hanson's symphonic cycle reached a profound spiritual crux at the time of the Fourth Symphony, which was written, in effect, as a Requiem for his...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA....continue...

Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 3; Merry Mount Suite / Schwarz, Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-11-15

Works: Howard Hanson: Symphony no 3, Op 33; Merry Mount, suite from the opera, Op. 31
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Hanson's symphonic cycle is one of the most important in American music. The Third Symphony, composed between 1936 and 1938, is imbued with the rich...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA....continue...

Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"; Lux Aeterna / Gerard Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-10-25

Works: Howard Hanson: Symphony no 2, Op. 30 "Romantic"; Lux Aeterna, Op 24; Mosaics for orchestra
Performers: Assadi, Susan Gulkis
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Hanson's intent in 1930 to write music that was "young in spirit, lyrical and romantic in temperament" was fully realized in his ardent Second Symphony....continue...
Recording information: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA....continue...

Alan Hovhaness: American Mystic / Centennial Collection

1 CD / Delos / 2011-10-25

Works: Alan Hovhaness: Prayer of St Gregory, Op. 62b; The rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Op. 282; Bagatelles (4) for string quartet, Op. 30; Symphony no 2 ("Mysterious Mountain"), Op. 132; Quartet for Strings no...
Performers: Butler, Charles; Schmidt, Diane
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard; Brion, Keith
Ensemble: Ohio State University Concert Band; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"My purpose is to create music not for snobs, but for all people; music which is beautiful & healing - to attempt what old Chinese...continue...

Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 1 "Nordic"; The Lament For Beowulf / Schwarz, Seattle Symphony

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-09-27

Works: Howard Hanson: Symphony no 1 in E Minor, Op 22 "Nordic"; Lament for Beowulf for chorus & orchestra, Op. 25
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Howard Hanson, a composer of imagination and sweep and a colorist of huge eloquence, is one of the most approachable of all twentieth century symphonists....continue...
Recording information: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA....continue...

Shostakovich: Cello Con. No. 1; Sym. 9; Liadov: Baba Yaga et al. / Lynn Harrell, cello

1 CD / Artek / 2011-07-26

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Cello no 1 in E flat major, Op. 107; Symphony no 9 in E flat major, Op. 70; Anatol Lyadov: Baba-Yaga, Op. 56; Musical snuffbox, Op. 32; Kikimora, Op. 63; The enchant...
Performers: Cerminaro, John; Harrell, Lynn
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Lynn Harrell joins Gerard Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony for a recording of what some regard as one of the most difficult works for cello....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...

William Schuman: The Symphonies, etc. / Gerard Schwarz

5 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-07-27

Works: William Schuman: Symphony no 4; The Orchestra Song, for orchestra; Circus Overture, for orchestra (also version for concert band arr. by D. Owen); Symphony no 9; Symphony no 7; Symphony no 10 -- Amer...
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz

Naxos is pleased to present this new 5 CD boxed set, released specially to coincide with the centenary of William...continue...

William Schuman: Symphony No.8; Night Journey

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-02-23

Works: William Schuman: Symphony no 8; Night Journey, ballet; Variations on "America", arrangement for orchestra or band (after Charles Ives)
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard

Naxos' acclaimed series of William Schuman's symphonies concludes with his powerful and at times playful 'Eighth Symphony', in which the great American composer takes full...continue...

Wiliam Schuman: Symphony no 6, Prayer In Time

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

Works: William Schuman: Symphony no 6; A Prayer in Time of War, for orchestra; New England Triptych
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard

'Whatever meaning my life has is to be found in the music itself', declared William Schuman of his extraordinary career as a composer and artistic...continue...

American Opera Classics - Taylor: Peter Ibbetson / Schwarz, Griffey, Flanigan, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-07-28

Works: Deems Taylor: Peter Ibbetson, opera, Op. 20
Performers: Austin, Charles; Buchholz, Gene; Flanigan, Lauren; Griffey, Anthony Dean; Gronlund, Carolyn; Gudas, Paul; Johnson, Barry; Lunde, Emily; Obourn, John; Richtor, Terri; Stark, Eric; Summers, Lori; Zelle...
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Chorus

From its triumphant, star-studded premiere in 1931 until 1985, 'Peter Ibbetson' was the most-performed American opera at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. The story...continue...

Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no 2; et al / Schwarz, et al

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Cello no 2 in G major, Op. 126; Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony-Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 125
Performers: Harrell, Lynn
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Renowned cellist Lynn Harrell and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Music Director Gerard Schwarz play two of the great cello concertos of the...continue...

Shostakovich: Symphony no 13 / Schwarz, Saks, et al

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 13 in B flat minor, Op. 113 "Babi Yar"
Performers: Saks, Gidon
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir

"A fitting farewell to the composer's centenary year, this is the symphony to give the lie to those who consider Shostakovich a supine collaborator with...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...

Elliott Carter - A Nonesuch Restrospective

4 CD / Warner Classics / 2009-02-24

Works: Elliott Carter: Sonata for Piano; Three Poems of Robert Frost; The Minotaur; Elegy for String Quartet; Sonata for Cello and Piano; Quartet for Strings no 1; Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello and Harpsich...
Performers: DeGaetani, Jan; Jacobs, Paul; Krosnick, Joel; Sollberger, Harvey
Conductors: ; Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; New York Chamber Symphony

Great American Composers - Copland, Harris, Hovhaness, Hanson, Diamond, Creston, Piston

6 CD / Delos / 2008-11-25

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Lincoln Portrait; Canticle of Freedom, for chorus & orchestra; An Outdoor Overture, for orchestra or band; Roy Harris: American Creed; When Johnny Comes Mar...
Performers: Aki, Syoko; Baunton, Randolph; Butler, Charles; Dane, Jean; Ellis, Randall; Ingrahan, Paul; Johnson, Ronald; Jolles, Susan [Harp]; Mendenhall, Judith; Rosenberger, Carol [Piano]
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: New York Chamber Symphony; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

American Classics - Copland: Clarinet Concerto, Quiet City, etc / Shifrin, Schwartz, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Aaron Copland: Concerto for Clarinet; Music for the Theatre, suite for small orchestra; Quiet City; Dance Panels
Performers: Baum, Neil; Shifrin, David
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: New York Chamber Symphony

Shostakovich: Symphony no 8 in C minor Op 65 / Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Artek / 2008-09-30

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 8 in C minor, Op. 65
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Shostakovich: Symphony no 5, The Golden Age Suite

1 CD / Artek / 2007-06-26

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 5 in D minor, Op. 47; The Golden Age (as used in the film "Testimony")
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Hanson: Merry Mount / Schwarz, Flanigan, MacNeil, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-05-29

Works: Howard Hanson: Merry Mount, Op. 31
Performers: Austin, Charles; Ball, Christopher; Buchholz, Gene; Dent, Fred K.; Ellis, Byron; Flanigan, Lauren; Gudas, Paul; Huber, Diana; Jessup, Daniel; Johnson, Barry; Luchetti, Gino; MacNeil, Walter; Marley, ...
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Northwest Boys' Choir

"Merry Mount is an American opera that deserves hearing; the music is exceedingly well-crafted, serious, and the dramatic structure and story are involving. Schwarz, who...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...

Hovhaness: Khrimian Hairig, etc / Schwarz, Leisner, et al

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

Works: Alan Hovhaness: Khrimian Hairig, for trumpet & string orchestra, Op. 49; Concerto for guitar & orchestra, Op. 325; Symphony no 60 ("To the Appalachian Mountains"), Op. 396
Performers: Leisner, David; Ranch, Lars
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

"What is so often missing from many performances [of Hovhaness' music] is committed playing, giving the music the strength, beauty, and confidence that so often...continue...

William Schuman: Symphony no 3 & 5 / Schwarz, Seattle

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

Works: William Schuman: Symphony no 3; Symphony no 5 ("Symphony for Strings"); Judith, ballet ("choreographic poem")
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"This is a very valuable disc and a worthy follow up to Schwarz's previous discs of Schuman symphonies. Anyone who has the original Delos disc...continue...

American Classics - Milken Archive - Jewish Operas Vol 2

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

Works: David Schiff: Gimpel the Fool; Elie Siegmeister: The Lady of the Lake; Hugo Weisgall: Esther
Performers: Besley, Megan; DeLoach, Marcus; Gallant, Michael; Gondek, Juliana; Mcpherson, Robert; Mercurio, Alissa; Meyer, Carol; Moss, Gary; Phan, Nicholas
Conductors: Kiesler, Kenneth; Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra; University of Michigan Opera Chorus; University of Michigan Opera Orchestra

Two of the 20th century's most esteemed Jewish literary figures are represented among these operas: Bernard Malamud, whose Jewish stories are an acknowledged part of...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...

A Retrospective - George Perle

2 CD / Bridge / 2006-11-01

Works: George Perle: Nine Bagatelles for piano; Three Inventions for solo bassoon; Chansons Cachées, for piano; Two French Christmas Carols, for choir; Triptych, for violin & piano; Quartet for Strings...
Performers: Boriskin, Michael; Dibner, Steven; Dodge, Baird; Goode, Richard; Gutierrez, Horacio; Macomber, Curtis; Morkoski, Molly; Oldfather, Christopher [Piano]; Perle, Shirley Rhoads
Conductors: Silverstein, Joseph; Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Music Today Ensemble; Utah Symphony Orchestra

Bridge's 'George Perle: Retrospective' celebrates the music of one of America's greatest compositional voices with a two-disc set of pieces written between 1957 and 2004....continue...

American Classics - Milken Archive - Music of the Dance

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-09-26

Works: Leon Stein: 3 Hassidic Dances, for orchestra; Darius Milhaud: Moïse (Opus americanum no 2), Op. 219; Stefan Wolpe: The Man from Midian, ballet suite for orchestra, C. 98; Lazare Saminsky: The Vi...
Performers: Mizrahi, Alberto
Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Schwarz, Gerard; Silverstein, Joseph; Mester, Jorge
Ensemble: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Stefan Wolpe's recording of the orchestral suite from the ballet 'The Man from Midian' reveals a superbly crafted concert work by one of the 20th...continue...

American Classics - Milken Archive - Sacred Services

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-09-26

Works: Paul Ben-Haim: Kabbalat Shabbat, for voice & choir; Marc Lavry: Sabbath Eve Sacred Service; Yehezkel Braun: Hallel Service
Performers: Finklestein, Meir; Frieder, Raphael; Kirchner, Matthew
Conductors: Itai, Avner; Levi, Yoel; Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ernst Senff Choir; Spectrum

American Classics - Milken Archive - Herman Berlinski

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-08-29

Works: Herman Berlinski: From the World of My Father, Suite no 1, for orchestra; Shofar Service, for shofar, voice, choir, 2 trumpets & organ; Burning Bush; Symphonic Visions for orchestra
Performers: Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Christopher, Ted; Ghigi, James; Harbach, Barbara; Keavy, Stephen; Roseman, Tim
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard; Itai, Avner
Ensemble: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; BBC Singers; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Herman Berlinski-whose colorful life included musical development in Leipzig and Paris, a stint in the French Foreign Legion, and a distinguished career as a composer,...continue...

American Classics - Milken Archive - David Stock

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-05-16

Works: David Frederick Stock: A Little Miracle, for mezzo-soprano & orchestra; Yizkor, for orchestra; Tekiah, for trumpet & ensemble; Yerusha, for clarinet & 7 instruments
Performers: Burns, Stephen; Shammash, Elizabeth
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard; Stock, David Frederick
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

David Stock's dramatic cantata for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, 'A Little Miracle,' has been described by its librettist, Bess Weldon, as an "operatic monodrama." The story...continue...

American Classics - Milken Archive - Celebration of Israel

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-04-18

Works: Samuel Cohen: Hatikvah (National Anthem, Israel); Julius Chajes: Old Jerusalem, for voice & piano; Hebrew Suite, for orchestra; Adarim, for orchestra; Herbert Fromm: Pioneers (Halutzim), for orchestr...
Performers: Kohler, Margaret; Martinez, Ana Maria; Schebesta, Martin
Conductors: Rickenbacher, Karl Anton; Jaffe, Elli; Adler, Samuel; Wirth, Gerald; Mester, Jorge; Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Eastman Players

The music on this CD is a joyous celebration of Zionist dreams and hopes, as well as of daily life in Israel. From the mystical...continue...