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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...

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...

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...

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...

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. 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...

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...

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

Tutti! - Orchestral Sampler

1 Super Audio CD / Reference Recordings / 2008-10-14

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden (Snegurochka) (i), opera ("springtime tale") in 4 acts with a prologue; George Whitefield Chadwick: Suite Symphonique, for orchestra, L. 2/20; Ron Nelson: Roc...
Performers: Blumenstock, Elizabeth; Istomin, Eugene
Conductors: Oue, Eiji; Serebrier, José; Junkin, Jerry; Schwarz, Gerard; Paul, James; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; McGegan, Nicholas; Seelig, Timothy
Ensemble: ; Minnesota Orchestra; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Turtle Creek Chorale

This is the first SACD from Reference Recordings! It contains the world premiere recording of Eiji Oue conducting the Minnesota Orchestra in his own composition,...continue...

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

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...

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...

Stock: American Accents, etc / Schwarz, Stock, Gulkis, et al

1 CD / Innova / 2006-03-24

Works: David Frederick Stock: Symphony no 2; Concerto for Viola; American Accents, for orchestra
Performers: Assadi, Susan Gulkis
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard; Stock, David Frederick
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Shostakovich: Execution of Stepan Razin / Schwarz, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-03-21

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: The Execution of Stepan Razin, cantata, for bass, chorus & orchestra, Op. 119; October, symphonic poem, Op. 131; Fragments (5), for small orchestra, Op. 42
Performers: Austin, Charles
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Chorus; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"The many releases marking what would have been Dmitri Shostakovich's 100th birthday included such winners as a vintage DG DVD of Leonard Bernstein leading the...continue...

American Classics - Schuman: Symphonies no 7 & 10 / Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-10-18

Works: William Schuman: Symphony no 7; Symphony no 10 -- American Muse
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

This is the second release in the new Naxos series dedicated to the complete Symphonies of William Schuman. Dating from 1960 and 1976 respectively, Schumans...continue...
Recording information: S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Nebaroya Hall, Sea....continue...

American Classics - Schuman: Symphonies no 4 & 9 / Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-05-17

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
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"A fine kickoff to what should be a rewarding series." - Lawrence A. Johnson...continue...

Hovhanness: Symphony no 29 "Trombone", etc / Lindberg, et al

1 CD / Delos / 2005-01-01

Works: Alan Hovhaness: Symphony no 29, for baritone horn (or trombone) & band, Op. 289 (arranged by Hovhaness); The rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Op. 282; Prayer of St Gregory, Op. 62b; Celestial Fantasy, Op. 4...
Performers: Butler, Charles; Lindberg, Christian; Plutz, Eric; Schmidt, Diane
Conductors: Brion, Keith; Schwarz, Gerard; Pearson, Donald
Ensemble: Ohio State University Concert Band; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; St. John's Episcopal Cathedral Choirs, Denver

Influenced deeply by poetry, nature and spirituality, Alan Hovhaness's music combines the beauty of the Pacific Northwest with the lyric mysticism of the Armenian and...continue...

American Classics - Diamond: Symphonies no 2 & 4 / Schwartz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-06-01

Works: David Diamond: Symphony no 2; Symphony no 4
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"To me, the romantic spirit in music is important because it is timeless." These words by David Diamond capture the essence not only of the...continue...

American Classics - Weisgall: T'kiatot, etc / Schwarz, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-06-01

Works: Hugo Weisgall: T'kiatot; Psalm of the Distant Dove, for voice & piano; Choral Etudes (4) for a capella chorus; A Garden Eastward, cantata for high voice & orchestra
Performers: Bryn-Julson, Phyllis [Soprano Vocal]; Martinez, Ana Maria; Okerlund, Kristen; Ovitsky, Steven A.; Schwendener, Paul
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard; Itai, Avner; Mester, Jorge
Ensemble: BBC Singers; Orquesta Simfonica de Barcelona i Nacion Catalunya; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"Here there is no Holocaust-invoking dramatic work and hardly any settings of traditional music. There is, however, in the 'Choral Etudes' a set lovely and...continue...

American Classics - Diamond: Symphony no 8, etc / Schwarz

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

Works: David Diamond: Suite from the ballet TOM, for orchestra; This Sacred Ground, for choir, soloists & orchestra; Symphony no 8
Performers: Parce, Erich
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Girls' Choir; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"As usual with this series, conductor, orchestra, engineers, and two record companies have done a great service by bringing us some wonderful music. If you...continue...

American Classics - Diamond: Ahava, Music for Prayer

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-04-01

Works: David Diamond: AHAVA - Brotherhood, for narrator & orchestra; Mizmor L'David, for cantor, chorus & organ; Morton Gould: Hamma'ariv Aravim, for tenor, chorus & organ; Roy Harris: Mi Khamokha, for teno...
Performers: Academy and Chorus of St. Martin in the Fields; Adler, Samuel; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Chorale, Carolina Chamber; Close, Elaine; Cullen, Joseph [Choral Conductor/Organ]; Davis, Kenny [Bass/Com...
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard; Adler, Samuel; Koch, Timothy; Davis, Kenneth; Cullen, Joseph
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Carolina Chamber Chorale; Rochester Singers; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Texas Tech University Choir

"Gerard Schwartz, our most dedicated Diamond champion, draws fiery and hugely committed playing from the Seattle Symphony..." - Lawrence A. Johnson, Gramophone Magazine...continue...
Personnel: Paul Schwendener, Michael Isaacson, Neil W. Levin (recorder); Karl Dent , Richard Troxell (tenor saxophone); Aaron Miller, Chris Bowers Broadbent (organ).

Recording information: Bena...continue...

American Classics - Toch: Cantata of the Bitter Herbs, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-03-01

Works: Ernst Toch: Cantata of the Bitter Herbs, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, Op. 65; Jephta, rhapsodic poem for orchestra ("Symphony 5"), Op. 89
Performers: Christopher, Ted; Clement, Richard; Meyer, Carol; Shammash, Elizabeth
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"The sound is fine in both works, with Naxos's customary blended acoustic contibuting to the effect Schwarz achieves in the symphony." - Hecht, American Record...continue...

American Classics - Piston: Symphonies no 2 & 6 / Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-07-01

Works: Walter Piston: Symphony no 2; Symphony no 6 ("Gettysburg")
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"In some ways Piston was the dean of American muisc. But as a result of his intellect and his association with the university environment, he...continue...

American Classics - Diamond: Symphony no 1, etc / Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-06-01

Works: David Diamond: Symphony no 1; Concerto for Violin no 2; The Enormous Room
Performers: Talvi, Ilkka
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

'Symphony No. 1', the composer's first real symphony, was written upon Diamond's return from Paris where he studied with Boulanger. The 'Violin Concerto No. 2'...continue...

American Classics - Piston: Symphony no 4, etc / Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-05-01

Works: Walter Piston: Symphony no 4; Capriccio for harp & string orchestra; New England Sketches (3) for orchestra
Performers: Wunrow, Therese Elder
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"This is one of several Naxos issues from an American music series that was produced in the 90s on Delos. It is good to have...continue...

American Classics - Explore America Vol 1

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-05-01

Works: Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring, ballet for 13 instruments; Charles Wakefield Cadman: Four American Indian Songs, for voice & piano, Op. 45; John Alden Carpenter: Adventures in a Perambulator, suit...
Performers: Bolcom, William [Composer]; Buswell, James; Corley, Maria; Currie, Colin; Farley, Carole; Posnak, Paul; Rorem, Ned; Starker, Janos; Taylor, Darryl; Weber, Janice; Zazofsky, Peter
Conductors: Gambil, Paul; Williams, John McLaughlin; Alsop, Marin; ; Davies, Dennis R.; Sinclair, James; Stromberg, William T.; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Brion, Keith
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Kreutzer Quartet; Nashville Chamber Orchestra; Northern Sinfonia Chorus; Royal Artillery Band; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Ukraini...

The American Classics series captures some of the great moments of American music. In this collection, as wide-ranging and diverse as our land, little-known gems...continue...

American Classics - Diamond: Symphony no 3, etc / Schwartz , Starker, Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-04-01

Works: David Diamond: Psalm for orchestra; Kaddish; Symphony no 3
Performers: Starker, János
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"Performances are exemplary, with none of the too-laid-back quality that bothered me in Schwarz's Piston disc. Perhaps the conductor has more affinity for Diamond's neoromanticism...continue...

American Classics - Hovhaness: Symphony no 22, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-04-01

Works: Alan Hovhaness: Concerto for Cello, Op. 17; Symphony no 22 ("City of Light"), Op. 236
Performers: Starker, Janos
Conductors: Davies, Dennis R.
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"I particularly like Hovhaness's early works, when his Armenian roots were just coming to the fore. There is a freshness and sense of excitement and...continue...

Carol's Concerto Collection / Rosenberger, Schwarz, et al

2 CD / Delos / 2001-01-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Keyboard in D major, H 18 no 2; Concerto for Keyboard in G major, H 18 no 4; Richard Strauss: Burleske for piano & orchestra (or 2 pianos) in D minor, o.Op. 85 (TrV 1...
Performers: Rosenberger, Carol [Piano]
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; New York Chamber Orchestra; Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Tutti! - Orchestral Sampler

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 1999-05-14

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Snow Maiden; George Whitefield Chadwick: Suite Symphonique, for orchestra, L. 2/20; Ron Nelson: Rocky Point Holiday; Igor Stravinsky: Firebird; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Conce...
Performers: Blumenstock, Elizabeth; Istomin, Eugene
Conductors: Oue, Eiji; Serebrier, José; Junkin, Jerry; Schwarz, Gerard; Paul, James; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Seelig, Timothy
Ensemble: ; Dallas Wind Symphony; Minnesota Orchestra; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Turtle Creek Chorale

Delos Double - Hovhaness Collection Vol 2

2 CD / Delos / 1999-01-01

Works: Alan Hovhaness: Symphony no 50 ("Mount St. Helens"), Op. 360; Prelude and Quadruple Fugue for orchestra (or strings & tympani), Op. 128; Quartet for Strings no 3, Op. 208/1; And God Created Great Wha...
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard; Brion, Keith
Ensemble: Ohio State University Concert Band; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Music of Howard Hanson Vol 1 / Schwarz, Rosenberger, et al

2 CD / Delos / 1998-01-01

Works: Howard Hanson: Symphony no 2, Op. 30 "Romantic"; Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Youth, Op. 40; Symphony no 4, Op 34 "The Requiem"; Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevitsky for orchestra, Op 44; Sympho...
Performers: Baunton, Randolph; Johnson, Ronald; Jolles, Susan [Harp]; Mendenhall, Judith; Rosenberger, Carol [Piano]
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: New York Chamber Symphony; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Engineer's Choice 2

1 CD / Delos / 1997-01-01

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op. 49; Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Richard Rodney Bennett: Barcarolle for piano; Peter Warlock: Capriol Suite, for full orchestra; Rodion Shched...
Performers: Brainerd, Clayton; Crozier, Catharine; Fraser, Donald [1~Composer]; Rosenberger, Carol [Piano]; Vogel, Allan; Zukerman, Eugenia
Conductors: Litton, Andrew; Schwarz, Gerard; ; DePreist, James; Macal, Zdenek; Keene, Dennis; Cichowicz, Vincent
Ensemble: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Guitar Quartet; Millar Brass Ensemble; Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; New Jersey Symphony Orchestra; Seattle Symph...

Diamond Settings - Hommage à Satie / Gerard Schwarz, Seattle

1 CD / Koch International / 1996-03-19

Works: Erik Satie: Passacaille, for piano; Gymnopédies (3), for piano (also orchestrated by Debussy); Messe des pauvres (Mass for the poor), for piano, chorus & organ; David Diamond: Hommage à Sat...
Performers: Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Personnel: Clark Story, Jun Liang Du, Anne Sokol, Janet Fisher Baunton, Eric Scott, Cecilia Poellein Buss, Wesley R. Fisk, Martine Friedman, Walter Schwede, Leonid Keylin, John Weller, Michael Miropol...continue...

Khachaturian, Prokofiev: Piano Concertos / Atamian, Schwarz

1 CD / Delos / 1994-01-01

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Concerto for Piano in D flat major; Sergey Prokofiev: Concerto for Piano no 3 in C major, Op. 26
Performers: Atamian, Dickran; McDaniel, Larey
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Secret Classics

1 CD / Delos / 1994-01-01

Works: Arvo Pärt: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra & bell; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Suite no 3 for orchestra, Op. 101; Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Sergey R...
Performers: Jones, Karen [Flute]; Marc, Alessandra; Smith, Kenneth [Flute]
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme; Ermler, Mark; Barlow, Richard; DePreist, James; Stephenson, Mark; Schwarz, Gerard; Wallberg, Heinz; Marlow, Richard
Ensemble: ; Cambridge Trinity College Choir; London Musici; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Oregon Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Music for Young People - 3 Russian Fairy Tales / Makarova

3 CD / Delos / 1994-01-01

Works: Carol Rosenberger: Prince Ivan and the Frog Princess, for narrator & piano (after Prokofiev); The Snow Queen, for narrator & piano (after Tchaikovsky); Sergey Prokofiev: Music for Children, Op. 65; V...
Performers: Rosenberger, Carol [Piano]; Schwarz, Gerard; Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Personnel: Carol Rosenberger (piano).

Recording information: First Congregational Church, Los Angeles, CA (10/20/1986-01/30/1991); Micro Plant, Los Angeles, CA (10/20/1986-01/30/1991); Seattle...continue...

Hovhaness: Mysterious Mountain, etc / Schwarz, Seattle SO

1 CD / Delos / 1994-01-01

Works: Alan Hovhaness: Symphony no 2 ("Mysterious Mountain"), Op. 132; Prayer of St Gregory, Op. 62b; Prelude and Quadruple Fugue for orchestra (or strings & tympani), Op. 128; And God Created Great Whales,...
Performers: Butler, Charles
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Portraits of Freedom - Copland, Harris / Schwarz, Seattle SO

1 CD / Delos / 1993-01-01

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...
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

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

The Firebird / Makarova, Schwarz, Seattle Symphony

1 CD / Delos / 1991-01-01

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Firebird
Performers: Makarova, Natalia
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra