Post Romantic Period > Harmonium

Schoenberg: Pierre Lunaire / Pierre Boulez, Ensemble Intercontemporian; Christine Schafer

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-12-11

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21; Herzgewächse, song for soprano, celesta, harp & harmonium, Op. 20; Ode to Napoleon, Op. 41
Performers: Cambreling, Frederique; Nagano, Hideki; Schafer, Christine; Vassilakis, Dimitri
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Members of the Ensemble InterContemporain

The 20th century inspired music that was provocative and challenging - music that in many ways we are still corning to terms with. The ideas...continue...

Franz Poenitz: Songs and Hymns with Harp / Laura Vinciguerra & Susanna Bertuccioli, harp Iⅈ Sophie Marilley mezzo-soprano

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-06-26

Works: Franz Poenitz: Fantasia for harp in G flat major, Op. 65; Thirteenth Psalm of David, for mezzo-soprano & harp, Op. 30; Spukhafte Gavotte, for 2 harps, Op. 75; Der Fischer, for soprano (or tenor) & ha...
Performers: Bertuccioli, Susanna [Harp]; Brizi, Claudio; Marilley, Sophie; Vinciguerra, Laura

This world premiere recording is the second installment of the Poenitz cycle on Brilliant Classics presents works for solo voice, accompanied by harp(s) and harmonium....continue...
Recording information: Complesso Musicale di S. Croce, Umbertide - Perugia, It (10/05/2011-10/10/2011)....continue...

The Richard Strauss Edition [35 CDs + CD-Rom]

36 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-02-28

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24; Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28; Don Juan, Op. 20; Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Metamorph...
Performers: Becker, Herbert; Beranova, Katerina; Bierbach, Franz; Blankenburg, Heinz; Boese, Ursula; Botha, Johan; Cassilly, Richard; Clement, Manfred; Damm, Peter; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Dunn, Mignon; E...
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf; Plasson, Michel; Karajan, Herbert von; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Böhm, Karl; Keilberth, Joseph; De Waart, Edo

This truly unique set comprises a superb collection of some of the greatest performances of Richard Strauss's orchestral, operatic, chamber and vocal works, brought together...continue...

Reflections - Thoughtful hymns & religious songs / Victoria Singers

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2011-10-25

Works: Billy Hill: In the chapel in the moonlight, song; Alice Hawthorne: Whispering Hope, for voice & piano; Evelyn Danzig: Scarlet Ribbons, for voice & piano; Jean Villard: When The Angelus Was Ringing (T...
Performers: Ayres, Paul
Conductors: Tenant-Flowers, Sarah
Ensemble: Victoria Singers

A reflective, moving collection of hymns & other music with a religious theme. Organ, piano, & harmonium accompany an intimate choir of singers who perform...continue...

Faure: Requiem Op.48, Pelleas Et Melisande Suite, Three Melodies, Etc.

1 CD / Scandinavian Classic / 2011-08-30

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80; Rêve d'amour, Op. 5 no 2; Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Aurore, Op. 39 no 1; Pavane, Op. 50
Performers: Mertova, Nadezda; Spang-Hanssen, Ulrik; Zanasi, Furio; Zdvihal, Petr
Conductors: Bostock, Douglas
Ensemble: Chamber Philharmonic of Bohemia

Richard Strauss: Complete Chamber Music / Sawallisch, Ritzkowsky, Pirner

9 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Ständchen, for piano quartet in G major (TrV 114, AV 168); Festmarsch (no 2) in D major for piano quartet (TrV 136, AV 178); Pieces (2) for piano quartet (TrV 169, AV 182); Quar...
Performers: Hess, Sebastian; Kandinskaia, Anna; Metzger, Roland; Mrongovius, Begonia-Uriarte; Mrongovius, Karl-Hermann; Pirner, Gitti; Ritzkowsky, Johannes; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]; Sebestyen, Ern...
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Ensemble: Sinnhoffer Quartet; Wiener Streichtrio

For the first time issued in one set: the complete chamber music of Richard Strauss! Produced by the prestigious Bayerische Rundfun and with performances by...continue...

Référence Harmonium, Vol. 1: Les Grands Moments de l'Harmonium

1 CD / Gallo / 2011-05-10

Works: Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Sonatina for harmonium in A minor, Op. 14/3; Impressionen, Op. 102, Nos. 10 & 7; Camille Saint-Saëns: Morceaux, Op. 1; Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély: Derniè...
Performers: Verdin, Joris

Thre is no single musical instrument with a history as clearly defined as that of the French harmonium. Its existence is entirely linked to the...continue...
Recording information: Collégiale de Neuchâtel (11/13/2009-11/14/2000)....continue...

Milestones - 6 Cello Concertos / Peter Wispelwey, et al

4 CD / Channel Classics / 2010-12-14

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Cello no 1 in C major, H. 7b/1; Symphony no 104 in D major, H 1 no 104 "London"; Concerto for Cello no 2 in D major, H. 7b/2 (Op. 101); Robert Schumann: Concerto for ...
Performers: Giacometti, Paolo; Wispelwey, Pieter
Conductors: ; Tognetti, Richard; Renes, Lawrence; Steen, Jac van
Ensemble: ; Florilegium Musicum Ensemble (Netherlands); Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; Netherlands Wind Ensemble

Cellist Pieter Wispelwey’s many excellent Channel Classics recordings have won the artist many fans. Milestones, a specially priced collection of cello works spanning 200 years,...continue...

Cesar Franck: Prelude, Choral Et Fugue

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-04-27

Works: César Franck: Prelude, Chorale and Fugue for Piano, M 21; Les Djinns, symphonic poem for piano & orchestra (also arr. for 2 pianos), M. 45; Prélude, aria, et final, for piano, M. 23; Sympho...
Performers: Chamayou, Bertrand; Latry, Olivier
Conductors: Denève, Stéphane

The Guardian
This is an intriguing collection of CTsar Franck's five works involving a solo piano... [Chamayou] demonstrates that both the solo-piano PrTlude, Aria et Final...continue...
Recording information: MC2: Grenoble (France) & Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow (Scot (11/2009/12/2009)....continue...

Robert Craft Edition, Vol. 2: Arnold Schoenberg

6 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-03-30

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: German Folksongs (3) for chorus, Op. 49; Folksongs (3) for chorus; Quartet for Strings no 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 10; Suite for string orchestra in G major; Gurrelieder; Pelleas un...
Performers: Alley, John [Piano]; Carey, Tim; Frautschi, Jennifer; Hulse, Eileen; O'Neill, Richard; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Silja, Anja; Welch-Babidge, Jennifer; Williams, Sioned; Wyn-Rogers, Catherine
Conductors: Craft, Robert
Ensemble: ; Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble

In addition to his special command of Stravinsky's and Schoenberg's music, Robert Craft is well known for his recordings of works by Monteverdi, Gesualdo, Shutz,...continue...

Percy Grainger: Tuneful Percussion

1 CD / Move / 2010-02-01

Works: Percy Grainger: Shepherd's Hey; Gamelan Anklung, arrangement for tuneful percussion (after traditional Balinese music); Irish Tune from County Derry (Londonderry Air), folk song for military band & o...
Performers: Anderson, Mary; Boerema, Kirsten; Clarke, Wendy; Hosking, Sylvia; Knoop, Mark; McAlley, Vaughan; Plumpton, Clifford
Conductors: Lichnovsky, Michael

Recording information: Move Records (05/1999-11/1999)....continue...

Toccata Festiva

1 CD / Skarbo / 2008-11-01

Works: Samuel Barber: Toccata Festiva for organ & orchestra, Op. 36; Léon Boëllmann: Scènes du Moyen Age; Charles-Marie Widor: Duos (6) for piano & harmonium; Eugène Gigout: Contemplatio...
Performers: Ferey, Jean-Pierre; Ledroit, Frederic

César Franck: Intégrale de l'oeuvre d'harmonium

2 CD / Ricercar / 2007-09-01

Works: César Franck: Pieces (5), for harmonium, M. 26; Prélude, fugue, et variations, for piano & harmonium, or 2 pianos in B minor, Op. 18, M. 30a; Offertoire for harmonium in A major; Petit ...
Performers: Immerseel, Jos van; Verdin, Joris

Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, etc / Craft, Wyn-Rogers, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-03-27

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Herzgewächse, song for soprano, celesta, harp & harmonium, Op. 20; Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21; Orchestral Songs (4) Op. 22; Chamber Symphony no 1 in E major, Op. 9
Performers: Alley, John [Piano]; Appel, Toby; Carey, Tim; Carey, Timothy; Feld, Melanie; Hulse, Eileen; Kay, Alan R.; Komer, Chris; Lowenstern, Michael; Morelli, Frank [Bassoon]; Neidich, Charles; O'Connor, Tara...
Conductors: Craft, Robert
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra members; Philharmonia Orchestra; Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble

Arnold Schoenberg sought to write music that avoided traditional tonal implications, which eventually led him away from tonality altogether. Herzgewächse is a short piece for...continue...

The Essential Sibelius

15 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2006-11-04

Works: Jean Sibelius: Symphony no 1 in E minor, Op. 39; Symphony no 4 in A minor, Op. 63; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 43; Symphony no 3 in C major, Op. 52; Symphony no 5 in E flat major, Op. 82; En saga, ...
Performers: Autio, Antti; Derwinger, Love; Ekblad, Stina; Forsberg, Bengt; Gräsbeck, Folke; Gribajcevic, Anna Kreetta; Groop, Monica; Häggander, Mari Anne; Hakala, Tommi; Hynninen, Jorma; Juntunen, Hel...
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo; Järvi, Neeme; Hyökki, Matti; Riska, Astrid; Sund, Robert; Panula, Jorma;
Ensemble: Dominante Choir; Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Helsinki University Chorus; Jubilate Choir; Lahti Boys' Choir; Lahti Symphony Orchestra; Orphei Drängar; Tempera String Quartet; YL Male Voice Cho...

Vienne 1900

2 CD / Naïve / 2006-01-17

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28; Sonata for Cello and Piano in F major, Op. 6; Anton Webern: Langsamer Satz for String Quartet, M 78; Movements (...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Arditti, Irvine; Austbo, Hakon; Berteletti, Isabel; Bessette, Louise; Bonatta, Andrea; Chaignaud, Jean-Luc; Collot, Serge; Erben, Valentin; Gastinel, Anne; Holroyd, Anna; Kaku...
Conductors: Lombard, Alain; ; Haitink, Bernard; Jordan, Armin; Closel, Amaury du
Ensemble: Arditti Quartet (String Quartet); Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra; French National Orchestra; National Orchestra d'Ile de France; ORTF Philharmonic Orchestra; Quatuor Danois; Versailles Camerata

Sibelius: Complete Piano Quartets / Kuusisto, Gräsbeck

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2005-02-07

Works: Jean Sibelius: Piano Quartet, for 2 violins, cello & piano in D minor, JS 157; Ljunga Wirginia, quartet for violin, cello & piano, 4 hands; Scherzo, for violin, cello & piano, 4 hands in E major, JS ...
Performers: Grasbeck, Folke; Kuusisto, Jaakko; Lonnqvist, Peter; Turunen, Taneli; Vanska, Satu; Viitanen, Harri

The British Cello Phenomenon / du Pré, Marriner, Isserlis

2 CD / Cello Classics / 2004-06-15

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord no 1 in G major, BWV 1027; Suite for Cello solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1008;...
Performers: Baillie, Alexander; Barbirolli, John, Sir; Bartlett, Ethel; Benson, Clifford; Brown, Ian [Classical]; Byfield, Jack; Carr, Colin; Clark, Raymond; Cohen, Robert; Constable, John; Cummings, Douglas; Da...
Conductors: Cameron, Douglas; Fenby, Eric; Lambert, Constant; Marriner, Sir Neville; Finzi, Christopher; Gardelli, Lamberto; Litton, Andrew; Davis, Carl; Watkins, Paul
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; National Symphony Orchestra; Newbury String Players; Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House ...

Alfvén: Cantatas Vol 2 / Volmer, Larsson, Zetterström, et al

1 CD / Sterling / 2004-02-06

Works: Hugo Alfvén: Uppenbarelsekantat "Revelation Cantata", Op. 31; Cantata for the 450th Anniversary of Uppsala University, Op. 45
Performers: Jorda, Elena; Larsson, Charlotta; Larsson, Per-Ove; Modin, Per; Popov, Stanislav; Rigeblad, Nils; Zetterstrom, Fredrik
Conductors: Volmer, Arvo
Ensemble: Malmö Opera Chorus ; Malmö Opera Orchestra

Strauss: Complete Music for Winds and Brass

11 CD / Arts / 1999-10-12

Works: Richard Strauss: Ständchen, for piano quartet in G major (TrV 114, AV 168); Festmarsch (no 2) in D major for piano quartet (TrV 136, AV 178); Pieces (2) for piano quartet (TrV 169, AV 182); Quar...
Performers: Hess, Sebastian; Holm, Mathias; Kandinskaia, Anna; Metzger, Roland; Mrongovius, Karl-Hermann; Pirner, Gitti; Reuter, Stefan; Ritzkowsky, Johannes; Sadlo, Peter; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]...
Conductors: Scholl, Klaus Reiner;
Ensemble: Amade Wind Ensemble

Organ Spectacular - Walton, Fauré, et al / David Briggs

1 CD / Delos / 1999-01-01

Works: David Briggs: Improvisation; William Walton: Coronation March "Orb and Sceptre"; Gabriel Fauré: Shylock, incidental music and suite for tenor & orchestra, Op. 57; Gordon Balch Nevin: Will o' the...
Performers: Briggs, David

Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, etc / Boulez, Schäfer, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1998-10-20

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21; Herzgewächse, song for soprano, celesta, harp & harmonium, Op. 20; Ode to Napoleon, Op. 41
Performers: Boffard, Florent; Cambreling, Frederique; Cherrier, Sophie; Conquer, Jeannne Marie; Damiens, Alain; Desjardins, Christophe; Kang, Hae Sun; Nagano, Hideki; Pittman-Jennings, David; Queyras, Jean-Guihe...
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Ensemble InterContemporain

"...The three performances are in fact all very well played, but they seem to have become progressively more free and expansive, with a finer sense...continue...

Dvorák: Concerto for Cello; et al / Wispelwey, Renes

2 CD / Channel Classics / 1998-08-01

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Andante cantabile for Cello and Strings, Op. 11; Antonin Dvorák: Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104/B 191; Rondo for cello & piano in G minor, B. 171 (Op. 94); Fro...
Performers: Giacometti, Paolo; Komen, Paul; Shapiro, Lois; Wispelwey, Pieter
Conductors: Renes, Lawrence;
Ensemble: Florilegium Musicum Ensemble (Netherlands); Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra

"Pieter Wispelwey appears at ease with Dvorak's style...he powerfully conveys a tremendous sense of spontaneity encompassing the Bohemian folk harmonies tinged with regret and homesickness....continue...

R. Strauss: Complete Chamber Music Vol 2 - Melodrams, etc

1 CD / Arts / 1996-06-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Das Schloss am Meere ("Hast du das Schloss gesehen"), melodrama for narrator & piano, o.Op. 92 (TrV; Hochzeitspräludium (Wedding Prelude) for 2 harmoniums in B flat major, o.Op....
Performers: Mrongovius, Karl-Hermann; Uriarte, Begona

Saint-Saëns: Chamber Works / The Banff Camerata

1 CD / Summit Records / 1995-04-01

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Septet for piano, trumpet, string quartet & bass in E flat major, Op. 65; Wedding Cake for Piano and String Orchestra in A flat major, Op. 76; Fantasie for Violin and Harp, ...
Performers: Andrist, Audrey; Bowman, Peter; Brough, George; Heinrich, Thomas; Hickman, David [Trumpet]; Mentec, Marianne Le; Rolston, Shauna

Schoenberg: Suite, Verklärte Nacht, etc / Pierre Boulez

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1993-07-13

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Suite, septet in E flat major, Op. 29; Verklärte Nacht for String Sextet, Op. 4; Little Pieces (3) for chamber orchestra (no 3 unfinished)
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Arnaud, Guy; Arrignon, Michel; Caussé, Gérard [Viola]; Cazalet, André; Damiens, Alain; Dizes-Richard, Maryvonne Le; Gazeau, Sylvie; Ghestem, Jacques; Knox...
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Members of the Ensemble InterContemporain

Sibelius: The Tempest (Complete) / Vanska, Lahti SO

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1992-11-01

Works: Jean Sibelius: The Tempest, Op. 109
Performers: Hirvonen, Anssi; Junttila, Lasse; Keinonen, Heikki; Kerola, Paavo; Krohn, Markku; Paasikivi, Lilli; Rouvali, Matti; Saarempaa, Leena; Saloranta, Jyrki; Silvonen, Ilkka; Tanskanen, Juha-Pekka; Tiihone...
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Lahti Opera Chorus; Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, etc / Shelton, Da Capo Chamber

1 CD / Bridge / 1992-05-01

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21; Herzgewächse, song for soprano, celesta, harp & harmonium, Op. 20
Performers: Christie, James David; Emelianoff, Andre; Flax, Laura; Jolles, Susan [Harp]; Lester, Joel; Rothenberg, Sarah; Shelton, Lucy [Soprano Vocals]; Spencer, Patricia
Conductors: Knussen, Oliver
Ensemble: Da Capo Chamber Players