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Stravinsky: Rite of Spring, Firebird / Horenstein, et al

1 CD / Vox Classical / 2012-01-31

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), concert suite for orchestra no 2
Conductors: Horenstein, Jascha
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Messiaen: Works for Orchestra / Cambreling, et al

8 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2008-09-18

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Les offrandes oubliées; L' Ascension, 4 meditations for orchestra, I/12a; Poèmes pour Mi; Turangalîla-Symphonie; Réveil des oiseaux, for piano & orchestra, ...
Performers: Boffard, Florent; Friedel, Horst; Hartmann-Claverie, Valerie; Latzko, Reinhard; Lentz, Thierry; Maier, Markus; Muraro, Roger; Naef, Yvonne; Ott, Gunhild; Pencz, Wolfhard; Schorer, Jochen
Conductors: Cambreling, Sylvain
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

"This 8-CD set contains almost all of Messiaen's music for orchestra or large mixed ensembles...While listeners might still have individual preferences in certain works, all...continue...

Icon - Dinu Lipatti - The Master Pianist plays Bach, Chopin, Liszt, etc

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-09-02

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Keyboard no 1 in B flat major, BWV 825; Orgelbüchlein; Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 1124; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; S...
Performers: Lipatti, Dinu
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Galliera, Alceo; Ackermann, Otto; Beinum, Eduard Van; Ansermet, Ernest; Sacher, Paul
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra; Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra; Zürich Tonhalle Orchestra

Romanian pianist and composer Dinu Lipatti had his career cut devastatingly short by his death from Hodgkin's disease at aged 33. Yet in spite of...continue...

Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky - Violin Concerto in D, Pulcinella Suite, etc / Stravinsky, Stanske, Bergmann, et al

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2008-06-10

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Concerto for Violin in D major; Le baiser de la fée (The Fairy's Kiss), ballet in 4 scenes for orchestra; Etudes (4) for orchestra; Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for...
Performers: Bergmann, Maria; Stanske, Heinz
Conductors: Stravinsky, Igor
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Swiss Italian Orchestra

This collection continues the survey of Stravinsky conducting his own works begun with the internationally acclaimed Music & Arts set. All but one of the...continue...

Les ballets Russes Vol 2 - Ravel, Poulenc / Gielen, Viotti, Southwest German RSO

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2008-03-14

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Francis Poulenc: Les biches, suite for orchestra (from the ballet), FP 36
Conductors: Gielen, Michael; Viotti, Marcello
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

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Ravel's radiantly magical Daphnis et Chloé complete, in a glowing, ecstatic choral performance, with a glorious "Daybreak" and a thrilling closing "Danse gé...continue...

Archive - Bruch, Bach, Fortner, Pfitzner / Taschner

1 CD / MD&G / 2007-06-26

Works: Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Hans Pfitzner: Concerto for Violin in B minor, Op. 34; Wolfgang Fortner: Concerto for Violin & orchestra
Performers: Taschner, Gerhard
Conductors: Müller-Kray, Hans; Kempe, Rudolf; Rosbaud, Hans
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Unfortunately not all of Taschner's recordings have survived; but those that have include the violin concertos of Bruch, Pfitzner, and Fortner heard in exquisite quality...continue...

Bartok: The Wooden Prince, Concerto for Orchestra / Gielen

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2006-09-18

Works: Béla Bartók: Wooden Prince, Op. 13/Sz 60; Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116
Conductors: Gielen, Michael
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

This program features two works documenting Bartok’s amazing artistic development—his early triumph, the mime-ballet The Wooden Prince, and his last great work, the popular Concerto...continue...

Stravinsky: Symphony in 3 Movements, Symphony of Psalms, etc

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2006-08-21

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements; Symphony in C; Symphony of Psalms
Conductors: Gielen, Michael
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

The Symphony in Three Movements was composed during the height of WWII (1942-45) and reflects the composer's impressions, mostly gained through cinematic representations, of the...continue...

Bartók: Music for Piano and Orchestra / Sherman, Gielen

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-08-08

Works: Béla Bartók: Concerto for Piano no 3, Sz 119; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106; Portraits (2) for violin and orchestra, Op. 5/Sz 37
Performers: Sherman, Russell
Conductors: Gielen, Michael; Peskó, Zoltán; Schneidt, Hanns-Martin
Ensemble: ; Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Since its foundation in 1946, the main aim of the SWR Symphony Orchestra has been to increase audience awareness not only of the symphonic repertoire...continue...

Revolutions of the Past / Weinmeister

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2005-11-08

Works: Witold Lutoslawski: Concerto for Cello; Sacher Variation, for cello solo; Metamorphoses; Claude Debussy: Sonata for Cello and Piano; Nocturne and Scherzo for Cello and Piano; Anton Webern: Little Pie...
Performers: Veselka, Stefan; Weinmeister, Bruno
Conductors: Schiff, Heinrich
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Here is a program of seminal modern cello music. The young Salzburg-born cellist Bruno Weinmeister, a student of Heinrich Schiff and protg of Friedrich Gulda,...continue...

Bartók: Violin Concerto, etc / Gielen, Ostertag, et al

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2005-09-15

Works: Béla Bartók: Pieces (4) for Orchestra, Op. 12/Sz 51; Concerto for Violin no 1, Sz 36; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106
Performers: Ostertag, Christian
Conductors: Gielen, Michael
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Ostertags performances received rave reviews and the concert at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden was even recorded for broadcast on television. Ostertag attributes his special feel for...continue...

Carter: Piano Concerto, Three Occasions, etc/ Gielen, Oppens, et al

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2005-06-14

Works: Elliott Carter: Piano Concerto; Concerto for Orchestra; Three Occasions
Performers: Oppens, Ursula
Conductors: Gielen, Michael
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

This album contains some of Elliot Carter's most significant orchestral works in definitive performances conducted by Michael Gielen, known especially for his championing of modern...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 9; Boulez: Rituel / Gielen

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2005-02-15

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 9 in D major; Pierre Boulez: Rituel; Notations (11 pieces developed from piano version), for chamber orchestra
Conductors: Gielen, Michael
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Gielens Mahler interpretations have attained an almost cult status among collectors. This unique program includes works by 20th century composer and fellow conductor Pierre Boulez....continue...

Klebe: Piano Music Vol 2 / Matthies, Köhn, Ruzicka, et al

1 CD / Marco Polo / 2004-09-21

Works: Giselher Klebe: Poèma drammatico, for 2 pianos & orchestra (with quotations from operas by Verdi), Op. 130; Soggetto cavato primo, for piano, 4-hands, Op. 122; Soggetto cavato secondo, for pia...
Performers: Kohn, Christian; Matthies, Silke-Thora
Conductors: Ruzicka, Peter
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

This second release of Klebe piano music features the 'Poema Drammatico', written as an homage to Verdi, including quotations from 'Otello', 'Simone Boccanegra', 'Macbeth', and...continue...

Faszination Musik - Mahler: Symphony no 1; Ives / Gielen

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2003-04-17

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Charles Ives: Central Park in the Dark, for orchestra, S. 34 (K. 1C27); Contemplations (2)
Conductors: Gielen, Michael
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Faszination Musik - Messiaen: Éclairs sur l'Au-delà

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2003-04-01

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Éclairs sur l'au-delà...
Conductors: Cambreling, Sylvain
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

"Cambreling and his players have abundant power and precision, in a well-judged recording: but they are at their best in short movements such as the...continue...

Faszination Musik - Messiaen: La Transfiguration, etc

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2002-09-18

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Réveil des oiseaux, for piano & orchestra, I/40; La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ
Performers: Fernandez, Julio; Jung, Christoph; Loriod, Yvonne [Piano/Composer]
Conductors: Rosbaud, Hans; Cambreling, Sylvain
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

"Loriod's performance is astounding and makes an instructive comparison for any future interpreter of her husband's piano music. Even if you have Boulez's recording on...continue...

Faszination Musik - Gielen Edition

5 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2002-06-06

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 8 in F major, Op. 93; Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Grosse Fuge for String Quartet in B flat major Op. 133; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 9 in C major, D...
Performers: Brocheler, John; Diener, Melanie; Litwin, Stefan; Oelze, Christiane [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Gielen, Michael
Ensemble: Anton Webern Choir Freiburg; Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus; Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Faszination Musik - Scriabin: Symphony no 3; Busoni, etc

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2002-06-04

Works: Alexander Scriabin: Symphony no 3 in C minor, Op. 43 "Le divin poème"; Ferruccio Busoni: Berceuse élégiaque, for orchestra, Op. 42, KiV 252a; Maurice Ravel: Une barque sur l'océ...
Conductors: Gielen, Michael
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Faszination Musik - Berg, Webern, Schoenberg, etc / Gielen

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2002-06-04

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Die glückliche Hand, 1-act drama, Op. 18; Alban Berg: Der Wein; Anton Webern: Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 10; Cantata no 1 for soprano, chorus & orchestra, Op. 29; Eduard St...
Performers: Brocheler, John; Diener, Melanie; Oelze, Christiane [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Gielen, Michael
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Mahler: Symphony no 6; Berg, Schubert / Gielen, et al

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2001-07-27

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 6 in A minor "Tragic"; Alban Berg: Pieces (3) for orchestra, Op. 6; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 10 in D major (sketch), D. 936a
Conductors: Gielen, Michael
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Bach-Busoni, Liszt, Bartók: Piano Concertos / Lipatti, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2001-03-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord in D minor, BWV 1052; Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Béla Bartók: Concerto for Piano no 3, Sz 119
Performers: Lipatti, Dinu
Conductors: Beinum, Eduard Van; Ansermet, Ernest; Sacher, Paul
Ensemble: ; Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra

"God lent the world His chosen instrument, whom we called Dinu Lipatti, for too short a space." -Gramophone...continue...

Faszination Musik - Mahler: Symphony no 2, et al / Gielen

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2000-05-18

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"; György Kurtág: Stele, Op. 33; Arnold Schoenberg: Kol nidre, Op. 39
Performers: Banse, Juliane; Johnson, James; Kallisch, Cornelia
Conductors: Gielen, Michael
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Chorus; European Soloists Academy; Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Michael Gielen's performance of the Mahler Second Symphony with the SWR Baden-Baden and Freiburg Symphony Orchestra is the finest Mahler Symphony recording of the new...continue...

Kelemen: Archetyphon II, etc / Bareza, Hersett, Kontarsky

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1998-02-05

Works: Milko Kelemen: Archetypon II; Nonet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Strings; Composé; Apocalyptica; Infinity
Performers: Kontarsky, Alfons; Kontarsky, Aloys
Conductors: Bareza, Niksa; Méfano, Paul; Bour, Ernest; Franz, Helmut
Ensemble: Ensemble 2e2m; North German Radio Chorus Hamburg; Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Zagreb Radio Symphony Orchestra

Hommage á Jan Koetsier / Das Rennquintett

1 CD / Bayer / 1996-07-27

Works: Jan Koetsier: Quintet for Brass, Op. 65; Concerto for Brass Quintet and Orchestra, Op. 133; Introduction and Variations on the "Vysehrad" Theme, Op. 71; Quintet for Brass, Op. 141 "Lirico"
Performers: Jansen-Zacks, Annette
Conductors: ; Eberle, Christoph
Ensemble: Renn Quintet; Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Kelemen - Portrait Of A Composer - Drammatico, etc

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1995-12-06

Works: Milko Kelemen: Drammatico Requiem for Sarajevo for cello & orchestra; Sonnets for string quartet; Passionato for flute & 3 choir groups; Changéant for cello & orchestra
Performers: Palm, Siegfried; Sebon, Karl Bernhard
Conductors: Tamayo, Arturo; Mende, Heinz; Bour, Ernest
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Poulenc: Les Biches, Animaux Modèles, etc / Marcello Viotti

1 CD / Claves / 1991-09-01

Works: Francis Poulenc: Les animaux modèles, suite for orchestra, FP 111; Les biches (The Does), ballet, FP 36; Les mariés de la Tour Eiffel, ballet (collaborative work; Deux marches et un int...
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Ligeti: Cello Concerto, Lontano, Double Concerto, etc

1 CD / Wergo / 1988-09-01

Works: György Ligeti: Concerto for Cello; Lontano, for orchestra; Double Concerto, for flute, oboe & orchestra; San Francisco Polyphony, for orchestra
Performers: Bahr, Gunilla von; Lannerholm, Torleif; Palm, Siegfried
Conductors: Gielen, Michael; Bour, Ernest; Howarth, Elgar
Ensemble: Hessian Radio Orchestra Frankfurt; Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

A Portrait of Bengt Hambraeus Vol 1 / Jacob, Hellsten, Bour

1 CD / Swedish Society Discofil /

Works: Bengt Hambraeus: Cadenza pro organo grande; Canvas with Mirrors for tape & organ; Continuo, a partire da Pachelbel
Performers: Cherney, Lawrence; Hellsten, Hans; Jacob, Werner
Conductors: Bour, Ernest
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Künneke: Piano Concerto no 1; Mendlessohn / Wirtz, Smola

1 CD / Koch International /

Works: Eduard Künneke: Concerto for piano & orchestra no 1 in A flat major, Op. 36; Felix Mendelssohn: Serenade & Allegro giocoso, for piano & orchestra in B minor, Op. 43; Capriccio brillant for piano...
Performers: Wirtz, Tiny
Conductors: Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Smola, Emmerich
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

This disc features a world premiere recording of Eduard Kunneke's Piano Concerto No. 1, his attempt to get away from his reputation as a "light...continue...