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Bach, Händel - Works in romantic organ arrangements / Wolfgang Baumgratz, organ

1 CD / MD&G / 2013-05-21

Works: Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Chorale improvisation & fugue after Bach's "Singt dem Herrn ein neues Lied" (BWV 225); Arrangement of Bach's Adagio (Air célèbre), BWV 1068; Arrangement of Bach' s Vari...
Performers: Baumgratz, Wolfgang

Bach and Händel in arrangements by Max Reger, Alexandre Guilmant, and Sigfrid Karg-Elert: these are the top names that have been brought together for you...continue...

Trumpet Concertos - works by Goedicke, Bohme, Shakhov, Vasilenko, Arutiunian / Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-01-15

Works: Ilya Shakhov: Romantic Concerto for trumpet & orchestra; Alexander Arutiunian: Concerto for Trumpet in A flat major; Oskar Böhme: La Napolitaine, tarantella for trumpet & ensemble, Op. 25; Serge...
Performers: Friedrich, Reinhold [Trumpet]; Tyre, Marjorie
Conductors: Mueller, Christoph-Mathia
Ensemble: ; Gottinger Symphony Orchestra

Reinhold Friedrich is one of the leading trumpet soloists of our time.

Shakhov is little known, and outside Russia his name has been subject to

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Recording information: Hannover (2011-09-16_2011-09-18&2012-)....continue...

John Cage: Voice & Piano; Trombone & Piano; Violin & Piano / Anna Clementi, voice; Mike Svoboda, trombone; Andreas Seidel, violin

3 CD / MD&G / 2012-11-13

Works: John Cage: Four Walls, for voice & piano; A Flower, for voice & closed piano; Experiences no 2, for voice; She is Asleep, for voice, prepared piano & 4 percussion; The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Spr...
Performers: Clementi, Anna; Schleiermacher, Steffen; Seidel, Andreas

Happy Birthday! MDG has a very special gift in store for the hundredth anniversary of John Cage's birth: three recordings featuring Steffen Schleiermacher, the Cage...continue...
Recording information: Ehemaliges Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster (06/26/2007); Fürstliche Reitbahn Bad Arolsen (06/26/2007); Ehemaliges Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster (10/01/2008)...continue...

Russian Orchestral Works by Glazunov, Lysenko, Scriabin & Myaskovsky / Stefan Blunier

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2012-10-16

Works: Nikolay Lysenko: Taras Bulba; Alexander Scriabin: La poème de l'extase; Rêverie, for orchestra in E major, Op. 24; Alexander Glazunov: Concert Waltz no 1 in D major, Op. 47; Nikolay Myask...
Conductors: Blunier, Stefan
Ensemble: ; Beethoven Orchestra Bonn

"Poème de l'Extase" - the title itself promises big things, and in fact Alexander Scriabin's masterpiece of the most sensuous compositional artistry with a sonorous...continue...
Recording information: Bonn (11/10/2011-11/11/2011)....continue...

Machet die Tore weit - Choral and Organ music for Advent and Christmas / Kay Johannsen, organ

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2012-10-16

Works: Andreas Hammerschmidt: Machet die Tore weit (Open Wide the Gates); Michael Praetorius: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (How Brightly Shines the Morning Star) (from the Polyhymnia caduc; Den d...
Performers: Aures, Michael [Drums]; Johannsen, Kay; Kartmann, Daniel; Lauxmann, Balduin; Mycka, Katarzyna
Conductors: Homburg, Rainer Johannes
Ensemble: ; Handel's Company; Stuttgarter Hymnus Childrens Choir

Recording information: Christuskirche, Stuttgart-Gänsheide (06/02/2011-06/05/2011)....continue...

Jean Françaix: Wind Quintets Nos. 1 & 2, L'Heure du Berger / Kammervereinigung Berlin

1 CD / MD&G / 2012-09-11

Works: Jean Françaix: Quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon no 1; L' heure du berger, for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn & piano; Quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon no 2
Performers: Zichner, Frank-Immo
Conductors:
Ensemble: Kammervereinigung Berlin

Jean Françaix's music represents a rare combination: it is modern and intelligible. When he penned his Wind Quintet No. 1 shortly after World War II,...continue...
Recording information: Fürstliche Reitbahn Arolsen (09/1993)....continue...

Lampersberg: Bunte Steine (1928-2002) - Chamber works and songs / Julia Henning, soprano; Steffen Schleiermacher, piano

1 CD / MD&G / 2012-09-11

Works: Gerhard Lampersberg: Songs (3) on poems of Thomas Bernhard, for voice & piano; Blumiade, for flute & piano; Jetzt, pieces (13) for piano; Trio for clarinet, violin & snare drum; Bunte Steine, for pia...
Performers: Henning, Julia; Kreher, Matthias; Mielke, Ralf; Schleiermacher, Steffen; Seidel, Andreas; Stopora, Stefan
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Avantgarde

Heavy-duty chord series in the piano, breathtaking leaps in the voice part, and then silence returns: emotional oppositions collide head on in Gerhard Lampersberg's songs...continue...
Recording information: Konzerthaus der Abtei Marienmünster (11/27/2011-11/28/2011)....continue...

Morton Feldman: works for Violin & Piano / Andreas Seidel, violin; Steffen Schleiermacher

2 CD / MD&G / 2012-07-17

Works: Morton Feldman: Spring of Chosroes, for violin & piano; Extensions 1, for violin & piano; Extensions 3, for piano; Vertical Thoughts 2, for violin & piano; Vertical Thoughts 4, for piano; For Aaron C...
Performers: Schleiermacher, Steffen; Seidel, Andreas

Steffen Schleiermacher and Andreas Seidel have gathered together pieces for violin and piano representing all of Morton Feldman's compositional periods, performed with flawless musical intuition....continue...
Recording information: Konzerthaus der Abtei Marienmünster (11/16/2009-11/17/2009)....continue...

Rudi Stephan: Complete Songs / Sophie Harmsen, mezzo sorprano; Alexander Vassisiev, bass; Miri Yampolsky, piano

1 CD / MD&G / 2012-06-19

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Forgotten (Zabïtïy), ballad for voice & piano; Rudi Stephan: Mitternacht, for voice & organ; Waldnachmittag, for voice & piano; Weihnachtsgefühl, for voice & piano; ...
Performers: Harmsen, Sophie; Morooka, Ryoko; Vassiliev, Anton; Yampolsky, Miri

Recording information: Konzerthaus der Abtei Marienmünster (09/27/2011-09/29/2011)....continue...

R. Strauss, Skalkottas & Aho: Concertos and Solos For Oboe / Yeon-Hee Kwak

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2012-05-22

Works: Nikos Skalkottas: Concertino for oboe & piano; Kalevi Aho: Seven Inventions and Postlude, for oboe & cello; Richard Strauss: Concerto for Oboe in D major, AV 144
Performers: Kwak, Yeon-Hee; Pia, David [Cello]
Conductors: Goritzki, Johannes
Ensemble: ; Munchner Rundfunkorchester

The outstanding oboist Yeon-Hee Kwak pays tribute to three twentieth-century composers and gives the recording premiere of the orchestral version of the Concertino for Oboe...continue...

Works for Bassoon & Piano by Bozza, Boutry, Francaix, Saint-Saens, Tansman et al. / Rodion Tolmachev, bassoon; Midori Kitagawa, piano

1 CD / MD&G / 2012-04-24

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Sonata for bassoon & piano, in G major, Op. 168; Eugène Bozza: Nocturne-Danse; Recit, Sicillenne et Rondo, for bassoon & piano; Roger Boutry: Interférences for bas...
Performers: Kitagawa, Midori; Tolmachev, Rodion

American Record Guide, September / October 2012
He has won several international competitions and now plays in St Petersburg at the Mariinsky Theater. While it is...continue...
Recording information: Konzerthaus der Abtei Marienmünster (08/22/2011-08/24/2011)....continue...

Hauer: Atonal Etudes for Piano, Op. 22 / Steffen Schleiermacher, piano

1 CD / MD&G / 2012-03-27

Works: Josef Matthias Hauer: Etudes (9) for piano, Op. 22
Performers: Schleiermacher, Steffen

Gramophone, August 2012
Hauer does make you appreciate Schoenberg's expressive and technical genius all the more. Schleiermacher's neutral detachment - he doesn't attempt to fashion Hauer's...continue...
Recording information: Konzerthaus der Abtei Marienmünster (03/26/2010)....continue...

Jean Francaix: Chamber Music / Charis Ensemble

1 CD / MD&G / 2012-02-28

Works: Jean Françaix: Octet for clarinet, horn, bassoon & strings "A huit"; Quintet for clarinet & string quartet; Divertissement, for bassoon & string quintet
Conductors:
Ensemble: Charis Ensemble

Gramophone Magazine
The Octet of 1972 is the most engaging of the present works: starting in a romantic pastoral mood, ... and the finale, scored with...continue...
Recording information: Oranienburg in Schloá Nordkirchen (1987)....continue...

Contemporary Phonola Music: Heisig, Johnson, Muller, Nancarrow / Wolfgang Heisig

1 CD / MD&G / 2012-01-31

Works: Wolfgang Heisig: Etüde KWIC & KWOC, for piano; Ringparabel, for piano; KODE, for piano; Se lo ho ben la tua parola intesa, for piano; Heislvertonungen, for narrator & piano; Jacquard, for piano;...
Performers: Heisig, Wolfgang

Sunday Times
Nancarrow wrote most of his rhythmically superhumanly complex music for the player piano, of which the pneumatic phonola used here is a close relation....continue...
Recording information: Fürstliche Reitbahn Bad Arolsen (01/27/2007/06/26/2007)....continue...

French Piano Trios: Chausson; Debussy, Mouton, Fauré / Trio Parnassus

1 CD / MD&G / 2011-11-22

Works: Ernest Chausson: Trio for Piano and Strings in G minor, Op. 3; Henri Mouton: Trio for piano, violin & cello (arr. of Debussy's "Pelléas et Mélisande"); Gabriel Fauré: Trio for Piano an...
Performers: Trio Parnassus
Conductors:
Ensemble: Trio Parnassus

Recording information: Ehemaliges Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster (09/28/2010-09/30/2010)....continue...

El Canto Quiere Ser Luz: Cuban Choral Music / National Choir of Cuba

1 CD / MD&G / 2011-09-13

Works: Roberto Valera: Babalú en La Habana Vieja, for chorus; Conoces un fuego que no da calor, for chorus; Frank Fernández: Vértigo de lluvia, for chorus; Las casas, for chorus; Oscar Hernan...
Conductors: Guerra, Digna
Ensemble: National Choir of Cuba

The CD offers an extremely colorful depiction of the classical Cuban choral song. The fourteen composers heard on this recording, most of them Cubans, draw...continue...
Recording information: Havana, Cuba (02/28/2011-03/04/2011)....continue...

A Festival of French Organ Music: Bonnet, Dubois, Gigout, Widor, et al. / Ben van Oosten, organ

1 CD / MD&G / 2011-09-13

Works: Charles-Marie Widor: Marche américaine, for organ, Op. 31/11; Gabriel Pierné: Pieces (3) for organ, Op. 29; Alexandre Guilmant: Invocation for organ in B flat; Allegretto for organ in B min...
Performers: Oosten, Ben van

Ben van Oosten is among today's best-known organ virtuosos. His complete recordings of the organ works of Marcel Dupré, Louis Vierne, and Charles-Marie Widor are...continue...
Recording information: l'Eglise Saint-Martin, Dudelange, Luxembourg, Belgium (04/2011)....continue...

Pettersson: Chamber Works with Violin

1 CD / MD&G / 2011-06-14

Works: Allan Pettersson: Elegies (2) for violin & piano; Sonata for 2 violins no 7; Sonata for 2 violins no 2; Romanza, for violin & piano; Sonata for 2 violins no 3; Andante espressivo, for violin & piano;...
Performers: Chou, Chia; Seidel, Andreas; Yu, Yamei

Pettersson's first longer work, the Concerto for Violin and String Quartet, was performed in 1951. Although Pettersson for some time had received instruction in Paris...continue...

Hauer: Music with Hölderlin; Lieder; Piano Pieces Op. 25

1 CD / MD&G / 2011-05-03

Works: Josef Matthias Hauer: Hölderlin-Lieder, for voice & piano, Op. 6; Hölderlin-Lieder, for voice & piano, Op. 12; Piano pieces with inscriptions from words of Friedrich Hölderlin, for pia...
Performers: Falk, Holger; Schleiermacher, Steffen

Austrian Josef Matthias Hauer continues to be celebrated as the "discoverer of twelve-tone playing" at his birth house in Vienna's Neustadt but has not received...continue...
Recording information: Ehemaliges Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster (09/06/2010-09/07/2010)....continue...

Vienna Piano Trio plays Beethoven, Schumann, Ravel

1 CD / MD&G / 2011-04-05

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio for Piano, Clarinet/Violin and Cello no 4 in B flat major, Op. 11; Maurice Ravel: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in A minor; Robert Schumann: Trio for Piano and Strings n...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Vienna Piano Trio

On its new CD program the Vienna Piano Trio covers 150 years of music history, again presenting itself and the great masters Beethoven, Schumann, and...continue...
Recording information: Ehemaliges Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster (08/29/2010)....continue...

Poulenc: Songs after Poems by Guillaume

1 CD / MD&G / 2011-01-25

Works: Francis Poulenc: Deux poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire, for voice & piano, FP 94; La grenouillère ("Au bord de l'île on voit"), song for voice & piano, FP 96; Banalités; Montparnas...
Performers: Falk, Holger; Zuppardo, Alessandro

Francis Poulenc and Guillaume Apollinaire had a wonderful relationship. Although fate hardly allowed the composer and the poet time to become acquainted personally. Holger Falk...continue...
Recording information: Ehemaliges Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster (12/09/2009-12/11/2009)....continue...

Blue Hour / works for flute & piano

1 CD / MD&G / 2011-01-25

Works: Zequinha de Abreu: Tico-Tico no Fubá, for voice & ensemble; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Richard Adler: Hernando's Hideaway; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko; Basque Traditional: A...
Performers: Blau, Andreas; Heilmann, Hendrik

At the age of twenty Andreas Blau was already the solo flutist in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. He made countless recordings and concerts with Herbert...continue...
Recording information: Ehem. Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster (09/21/2009-09/23/2009)....continue...

The Viennese School: Teachers & Followers of Schoenberg, Vol. 2

1 CD / MD&G / 2011-01-25

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Pieces (2) for piano, Op. 33; Natalia Prawossudowitsch: Primitivi, for piano, Op. 17; Peter Schacht: Kinderstücke, for piano; Nikos Skalkottas: Suite for piano no 3; Marc Blit...
Performers: Schleiermacher, Steffen

With Vol. 2 of Schönberg & Schüler Steffen Schleiermacher, the leading interpreter of piano music of the twentieth century, rounds off the MDG series featuring...continue...
Recording information: Ehem. Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster (2007-11-09&2007-01-20&2009-)....continue...

In Dulci Jubilo / Choral music for Christmas

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2010-11-09

Works: Friedrich Silcher: Wie soll ich dich empfangen, for chorus; Herbei, o ihr Gläub'gen; Christmas Traditional: Es kommt ein Schiff geladen, carol (German); Als ich bei meinen Schafen wacht (Echo Ca...
Conductors: Straube, Jörg;
Ensemble: ; North German Figuralchor

During the first half of the twentieth century songbooks were published in order to promote sacred and secular choral song among the general population. The...continue...
Recording information: St. Osdag Church, Mandelsloh, Germany (08/27/2009-08/29/2009)....continue...

Classica Venezolana / Music with flute

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2010-11-09

Works: Venezuelan Traditional: Pajarillo, traditional melody; Antonio Lauro: Natalia, for guitar; La Negra; Seis por derecho, for guitar; Antonio Estévez: El Ordeñador (Canto de ordeño), song...
Performers: Brito, Jesus Gonzalez; Fabiola, Jose; Gonzalez, Nirse; Maiburg, Anette [Flute]

Classica Cubana and Classica Argentina were only the beginning. Now join the flutist Anette Maiburg on a journey of discovery to Venezuela. Three musicians from...continue...
Recording information: Ehemaliges Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster (07/12/2010-07/14/2010)....continue...

Villa-Lobos: Complete Works for Guitar / Bungarten

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2010-11-09

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Suite populaire brésilienne, W 20; Estudios (12), etudes for guitar, A. 235; Prelúdios (5), for guitar, A. 419; Chôro no 1 for Guitar
Performers: Bungarten, Frank

An exceptional guitarist pays homage to Latin American's greatest composer as Frank Bungarten performs the guitar oeuvre of Heitor Villa-Lobos. He documents three important creative...continue...
Recording information: Ehemaliges Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster (10/12/2009-10/14/2009)....continue...

Marcel Dupré: Organ Works, Vol. 12

1 CD / MD&G / 2010-10-05

Works: Marcel Dupré: Chorale et Fugue for Organ, Op. 57; Regina Coeli, for organ, Op. 64; Seventy-Nine Chorales, Op. 28; Fugues Modales (4), for organ, Op. 63; Scherzo for organ, Op. 16; Élév...
Performers: Oosten, Ben van

Ben van Oosten's pilgrimage to the international sites frequented by Marcel Dupre reaches the church where the widely traveled and respected virtuoso played his last...continue...
Recording information: Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris (04/2010)....continue...

Schmidt: Symphony No. 4; Intermezzo From Notre Dame

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2010-08-10

Works: Franz Schmidt: Symphony no 4 in C major; Notre Dame
Conductors: Blunier, Stefan

This release inaugurates a new MDG series featuring live recordings with Franz Schmidt's Symphony No. 4 and the Intermezzo from his Notre Dame period. Franz...continue...
Recording information: Beethovenhalle Bonn (01/28/2010-01/29/2010)....continue...

Laitenberger: Organ Works / Andreas Sieling

1 CD / MD&G / 2010-08-10

Works: Theophil Laitenberger: Auf, auf, mein Herz, mit Freuden, chorale prelude for organ; Organ Sonata no 1; Variations on a theme after G. Frescobaldi, for viola & organ; Liebhaberstücke; Organ Sonat...
Performers: Mariani, Luca [Oboe]; Sieling, Andreas; Talirz, Wolfgang

Theophil Laitenberger dedicated 30 years of his life to music education and church music. After retirement he was able to develop his creative talents. He...continue...
Recording information: Grunewaldkirche Berlin....continue...

Player Piano 10 - In The Tradition Of Nancarrow

1 CD / MD&G / 2010-07-13

Works: György Ligeti: Etudes, Book 2 no 9 ("Vertigo"), for piano; Etudes, Book 2 no 10 ("Der Zauberlehrling"), for piano; Etudes, Book 2 no 11 ("En suspens"), for piano; Etudes, Book 2 no 12 ("Entrelac...

Vol. 10 of the Player Piano series on MDG features composers who have been inspired by Conlon Nancarrow, the master of the player piano. MDG...continue...
Recording information: Immanuelskirche Wuppertal (06/19/2005-06/24/2005)....continue...

Organ Landscape Gdansk / Janca

1 CD / MD&G / 2010-07-13

Works: Theophil Andreas Volckmar: Organ Sonata no 4 in G minor; Friedrich Christian Mohrheim: Trios (3) for organ; Jan Janca: Chorale Toccata on "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"; Organ Versets on "Hilf, He...
Performers: Janca, Jan

The rich cultural landscape of West Prussia and its capital city in Danzig (Gdansk) is home to many organs of great historical value. The organist...continue...
Recording information: 09/1986....continue...

Ravel, Honegger, Rimsky-Korsakov: Arrangments

1 CD / MD&G / 2010-06-01

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Arthur Honegger: Pacific 231, reduction for piano, 4 hands, H. 53; Maurice Ravel: Boléro
Performers: Speidel, Sontraud; Trenkner, Evelinde
Conductors:
Ensemble: Speidel-Trenkner Piano Duo

Piano arrangements of most of the great musical works are available for home performance. What distinguishes "Sheherazade," "Pacific 231," and "Bolero" from most of these...continue...
Recording information: Ehem. Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster (03/10/2009-03/11/2009)....continue...

Flying Saxophone Circus

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2010-06-01

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Jazz Suite no 2 (as used in the film "Testimony"); Antonin Dvorák: Slavonic Dances (8) for Piano 4 hands, Op. 46/B 78; Slavonic Dance no 8 for cello & piano in G minor, B. 1...
Conductors: Turkovic, Milan [Bassoon]
Ensemble: Selmer Saxharmonic

Multi-reed artist Milan Turkovic put together a group of twelve sought after soloists, international prizewinners and members of the panta rhei, clair-obscur, Alliage, and Sax...continue...
Recording information: Ehemaliges Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster (10/19/2009-10/21/2009)....continue...

De Roos: String Quartets No. 2, 3, 5 & 7

1 CD / MD&G / 2010-05-04

Works: Robert De Roos: Quartet for Strings no 5; Quartet for Strings no 2; Quartet for Strings no 7; Quartet for Strings no 3

On this recording of four string quartets by the Utrecht String Quartet the spotlight is on one of the most active Dutch composers of the...continue...
Recording information: Doopsgezinds Kerk, Haarlem (06/16/2009-06/19/2009)....continue...

Martin: Six Monologues From Jedermann

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2010-05-04

Works: Frank Martin: Suite from the opera "Der Sturm", for baritone & orchestra; Six Monologues from "Jedermann", for baritone & orchestra; Symphonie concertante, for orchestra (full orchestration of "Petit...
Performers: Oliemans, Thomas
Conductors: Sloane, Steven

This MDG recording adds the Swiss composer Frank Martin's works for full orchestra to the multifaceted catalog of his works. Frank Martin always maintained close...continue...
Recording information: Stavanger (03/23/2009-03/27/2009)....continue...

Dupre: Organ Works, Vol. 11

1 CD / MD&G / 2010-05-04

Works: Marcel Dupré: Suite Bretonne, for organ, Op. 21; Seventy-Nine Chorales, Op. 28; Les Nymphéas, for organ, Op. 54; Esquisses (3) for organ, Op. 41
Performers: Oosten, Ben van

Never before have Les Nympheas op. 54 been heard outside Marcel Dupre's native Meudon. On Vol. 11 of Dupre's complete organ works, Ben van Oosten...continue...
Recording information: The Brick Presbyterian Church, New York City (10/2009)....continue...

Martin: Concerto for Oboe; Dorati: Divertimento for Oboe; Holliger: Sonata for Oboe

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2010-04-06

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Concerto for Oboe H. 353; Heinz Holliger: Sonata for solo oboe; Antal Doráti: Divertimento for oboe & orchestra
Performers: Kwak, Yeon-Hee
Conductors: Goritzki, Johannes

Norbert Glanzbert: Holocaust Lieder; Suite Yiddish

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2010-04-06

Works: Norbert Glanzberg: Holocaust Lieder, for voice & orchestra; Suite Yiddish, for orchestra
Performers: Trekel, Roman
Conductors: Klajner, Daniel

The Franco-German composer Norbert Glanzberg dedicated many years of his life to film music, chansons, and show business. It was not until the last quarter...continue...
Recording information: Mulhouse, La Filature (2009-05-19_2009-05-20&2009-)....continue...

Cage: Violin & Piano

1 CD / MD&G / 2010-03-09

Works: John Cage: Six Melodies, for violin & keyboard; Two 4 for Violin and Piano/Sho; Nocturne, for violin & piano; Two6, for violin & piano
Performers: Schleiermacher, Steffen; Seidel, Andreas

Steffen Schleiermacher’s recording of the complete piano works of John Cage has brought him his international breakthrough. These recordings earned the pianist numerous prizes, including...continue...
Recording information: Ehemaliges Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster (10/01/2008)....continue...

Poulenc: Secular Choral Works

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2010-02-23

Works: Francis Poulenc: Chansons françaises (8), for chorus, FP 130; Chanson à boire, for male chorus, FP 31; Sept chansons, for chorus, FP 81; Petites voix, 5 songs for children's chorus, FP 83; ...
Conductors: Straube, Jörg

On its first CD on MDG the Norddeutscher Figuralchor, one of Germany's leading chamber choirs, under the conductor Jorg Straube ranges over the broad spectrum...continue...
Recording information: Ehem. Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster (2008-08-30&2009-03-20_2009-)....continue...

Concertos For Solo Organ 1

1 CD / MD&G / 2010-01-26

Works: Feliks Nowowiejski: Einzug in den Dom (Festmarsch), no 3, for organ Op. 8/3; Organ Concerto, Op. 56/1; Pièces pour orgue, Op. 9; Organ Concerto in A major, Op. 56/2
Performers: Innig, Rudolf

Rudolf Innig was awarded the Echo Klassik for his recording of Felix Nowowiejski's late-romantic organ symphonies. The Bremen Cathedral and its historic Sauer organ offer...continue...
Recording information: Bremer Dom (01/23/2009-01/24/2009)....continue...

Feldman: Late Piano Works Vol. 3

1 CD / MD&G / 2010-01-26

Works: Morton Feldman: Piano, for piano; Palais de Marie, for piano
Performers: Schleiermacher, Steffen

MDG's complete recording of Morton Feldman's late piano solo compositions crosses the finish line. For Vol. 3 Steffen Schleiermacher has chosen two very different works...continue...
Recording information: Ehemaliges Ackerhaus der Abtei, Marienmünster (12/19/2007)....continue...

Vassily Brandt, Oskar Böhme: Music for trumpet / Wolfgang Bauer, et al

1 CD / MD&G / 2009-10-13

Works: Wassily Brandt: Concertpiece no 1, Op. 11, for cornet & piano; Concert piece for trumpet & wind ensemble no 2 in E flat major, Op. 12; Country Pictures; Berceuse, for cornet & piano, Op. 14; Oskar B&...
Performers: Bauer, Wolfgang; Triendl, Oliver
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Wolfgang Bauer

Wolfgang Bauer, one of the world's leading trumpeters, is distinguished by his effortlessly supple tone. The ensemble founded by him is as ambitious as Bauer...continue...

Pavel Haas: Wind Quintet Op. 10; Suite / Ensemble Villa Musica

1 CD / MD&G / 2009-10-13

Works: Pavel Haas: Quintet for winds, Op. 10; Suite for Oboe and Piano, Op. 17; Quartet for Strings no 3, Op. 15
Performers: Goritzki, Ingo; Randalu, Kalle
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Villa Musica

The Czech composer Pavel Haas opposed with all his musical might the conquest of his country by Hitler's Germany, but his efforts were in vain....continue...

SCENE Musique pour basson & piano Vol 2 / Jensen, Kitagawa

1 CD / MD&G / 2009-08-25

Works: Paul Hindemith: Sonata for bassoon & piano; Olav Berg: Vertigo, for solo bassoon; Sonatina for bassoon & piano; Othmar Schoeck: Sonata, for bass clarinet & piano, Op. 41; Otmar Nussio: Variations on ...
Performers: Jensen, Dag; Kitagawa, Midori

The internationally renowned bassoonist Dag Jensen displays his enormous stylistic breadth, ranging from late romanticism to the avant-garde with Asian influences and then on to...continue...

SCENE For Children - Kurtag, Gubaidulina, Lachenmann, etc / Steffen Schleiermacher

1 CD / MD&G / 2009-08-11

Works: György Kurtág: Hommage à Varèse; Hommage à Kadosa, 12 microludes for piano; Microludes (12), for piano; New Microludies (12), for piano; Helmut Lachenmann: Child's Play; ...
Performers: Schleiermacher, Steffen

If you are looking for music for children that is off the beaten path Steffen Scheliermacher has gathered it all together on one CD. Some...continue...

Fagottissima Quarta - Virtuoso Rarities for 3-5 Bassoons / Gürzenich Fagottquintett

1 CD / MD&G / 2009-07-28

Works: Wolfgang Schroder: Eine kleine Lachmusik, for 2 violins, viola & double bass; Rainer Schottstadt: Reich mir die Hand, variations for bassoon quartet; Happy Birthday, variations for bassoon quartet; D...
Performers: Berg, Ursula Maria; Hennecke, Martin; Jedamzik, Thomas; Lohrer, Klaus; Rabien, Henrik; Vogtmann, Ulli; Wagner, Franka
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Ensemble: Gurzenich Bassoon Quintet

The wait has been well worth-while! The Gurzenich Bassoon Quintet is now finally presenting the long-awaited fourth part of its series featuring original compositions and...continue...

Organ Landscape - Organs in Lithuania / Martin Rost

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2009-06-16

Works: Jan Podbielski: Praeludium in d; Anonymous, Lithuanian: Aria vocetur Slowik for organ in B major (from the Jadwiga Dygulska Notebook); Ballet Marchi for organ in B major (from the Jadwiga Dygulska No...
Performers: Rost, Martin

The first mention of an organ in Lithuania is from 1408. At the time the wife of the Grand Duke was presented with a portable...continue...

SCENE Paganini Plus / Raaf Hekkema, Hans Eijsackers

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2009-06-16

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Concerto for Violin no 2 in B minor, Op. 7 "La Campanella"; Quartet for Guitar, Violin, Viola and Cello no 15 in A major, MS 42; Work(s); Grigory Kalinkovitch: Concert-capricci...
Performers: Eijsackers, Hans; Hekkema, Raaf

Raaf Hekkema loves his saxophone, and the public and the music press love his refreshingly irreverent rendering of Paganini's caprices so much that it earned...continue...

SCENE Nancarrow: Studies for Player Piano / Ivo Janssen, Calefax Reed Quintet

1 CD / MD&G / 2009-03-10

Works: Conlon Nancarrow: Study for Player Piano no 3c; Study for Player Piano no 3b; Study for Player Piano no 10; Study for Player Piano no 6; Study for Player Piano no 11, an isorhythmic blues study; Stud...
Performers: Janssen, Ivo
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Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet

"These are nimble arrangements that capture the antic (or mellow) spirit of the originals. The Studies selected include a fair number of the slower ones,...continue...