Milhaud, Darius

Weill: Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra, Op. 12; Stravinsky: Histoire du soldat; Milhaud: Suite Op. 157b / Gabriele Pieranunzi, violin

1 CD / Concerto / 2013-05-28

Works: Kurt Weill: Concerto for Violin & wind orchestra, Op. 12; Igor Stravinsky: L'histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale), suite transcribed for violin, clarinet & piano; Darius Milhaud: Suite for violin,...
Performers: Carbonare, Alessandro; Pieranunzi, Enrico; Pieranunzi, Gabriele
Conductors: Tate, Jeffrey
Ensemble: San Carlo Theater Orchestra (Naples)

The CD presents for the first time ever, two recordings that took place at different times, on the stage of the oldest opera theatre in...continue...
Recording information: The San Carlo Theatre, Naples (10/21/2006/05/07/2012)....continue...

Hahn: Chansons grises - songs by Zemlinsky, Boulanger, Milhaud, etc / Janina Baechle; Charles Spencer, piano

1 Super Audio CD / Marsyas / 2013-02-26

Works: Reynaldo Hahn: Chansons grises (7); Alexander von Zemlinsky: Songs (6), for mezzo-soprano or baritone & piano (or orchestra), Op. 13; Lili Boulanger: Dans l'immense tristesse, for voice & piano; Atte...
Performers: Baechle, Janina; Spencer, Charles [Piano]

After only a few years, Janina Baechle has become one of the great mezzo-sopranos of our time. Her debut album as a recitalist documents a...continue...

Exiles' Café - works by Bartok, Bowles, Sahl, Milhaud, Rachmaninov, Chopin, Fairouz / Lara Downes, piano

1 CD / Steinway & Sons / 2013-02-26

Works: Béla Bartók: Hungarian folksongs (3) from the Csik district, Sz 35a; Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka for piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 6/1, CT. 51; Mazurka for piano no 49 in F minor,...
Performers: Downes, Lara [Piano]

This music comes from the Exiles' Café, a place both real and metaphorical where the travelers of the world gather to find a home away...continue...
Recording information: Sono Luminus, Boyce, Virginia (09/12/2012-09/14/2012)....continue...

Les Ballets Russes, Vol. 9 - works by Milhaud, Scarlatti & Sauget / German Radio PO. Reimer

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2013-02-26

Works: Darius Milhaud: Le train bleu, ballet for orchestra (or piano), Op. 84; Vincenzo Tommasini: Le donne di buon umore (Good Humored Ladies), ballet (after Scarlatti Sonatas); Henri Sauguet: La Chatte, b...
Conductors: Reimer, Robert
Ensemble: ; Deutsche Radio Philharmonie

Rarely recorded Ballets by Tommasini, Milhaud, Sauguet. Exceptional richness of musical colours. First Class, rousing interpretations....continue...
Recording information: SWR Studio Kaiserslautern (2011-11-21_2011-11-23&2012-)....continue...

Classical Caffeine - works by Vivaldi, Bach, Handel, Mozart and Beethoven

1 CD / Delos / 2013-02-26

Works: Rodion Shchedrin: Carmen Ballet; Sergey Prokofiev: Classical Symphony, Op. 25; Darius Milhaud: Scaramouche; Dmitry Shostakovich: The Gadfly; Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Concerto for Trumpet in E major; Dm...
Performers: Aharonian, Rouben; Bailey, Zuill; Bilger, David [trumpet]; Dinnerstein, Simone [Piano]; Gugnin, Andrey; Kholodenko, Vadym; Safonova, Svetlana; Schwarz, Gerard; Taylor, Stephen W. [Oboe]; Tennant, Sco...
Conductors: DePreist, James; Schwarz, Gerard; Orbelian, Constantine; Lapunov, Anatoly;
Ensemble: ; Brazilian Guitar Quartet; Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; iDuo; Los Angeles Guitar Quartet; Shanghai Quartet; Style of Five; The Russian Folk Ensemble Balalaika

A delightful array of lively and upbeat classics that are sure to wake you up and get you going. Selections have been chosen exclusively from...continue...

Paris Méchanique - works by L. Anderson; Francaix; Joplin; Milhaud; Poulenc; Morricone; Satie et al / Michael Riessler, Pierre Charial, Sabine Meyer Trio

1 CD / Marsyas / 2013-02-26

Works: Gabriel Pierné: Cydalise et le Chèvre-Pied, ballet; Jean Françaix: Danses Exotiques (8) for 2 pianos; Francis Poulenc: Sonata for 2 clarinets, FP 7; Michael Riessler: I Venti, for clar...
Performers: Charial, Pierre; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Riessler, Michael
Conductors:
Ensemble: Trio Di Clarone

"Stellar clarinet player Sabine Meyer has never been heard in a similar program and instrumentation. A program of fun and tuneful short works." -Audiophile...continue...
Includes work(s): introduction mécanique / le flaneur des d by various composers....continue...

Micromania: 85 Piano Miniatures by Frescobaldi, Bach, Kurtag / Matthias Veit, piano

2 CD / TYXart / 2013-02-26

Works: Carl Nielsen: Goddag! Goddag! (Good Day!...), for piano (Humoresque Bagatelles), FS 22/1 (Op. 11/1); Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for keyboard in C minor, K. 73 (L. 217); Franz Joseph Haydn: Allegro ma...
Performers: Veit, Matthias

Pianist Matthias Veit believes that in our fast-paced music world, including the classical world, our lives consist of increasingly fragmented and frenetic listening across eras....continue...
Recording information: Rügheim, Schüttbau, Germany (12/2008)....continue...

Pas de Deux: French Music for Piano Duo / Milhaud, Ravel, Bizet, Poulenc / Mona and Rica Bard, piano

1 Super Audio CD / Audite / 2012-11-13

Works: Darius Milhaud: Scaramouche, Op. 165b; Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole; Georges Bizet: Jeux d'enfants, for piano 4 hands, Op. 22; Francis Poulenc: Sonata for 2 pianos, FP 156; Élégie ...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Piano Duo Mona & Rica Bard

Having already garnered a number of accolades, sisters Mona and Rica Bard present a specially programmed pas de deux through eighty years of French piano...continue...
Recording information: Siemens-Villa, Berlin Lankwitz (11/25/2011-11/28/2011)....continue...

Pastoral - works by Tomasi; Ibert; Milhaud; Auric; Poulenc; Roussel; Martelli; Ferroud; Honegger et al / Jean-Louis Beaumadier & Friends

1 CD / Skarbo / 2012-11-13

Works: Henri Tomasi: Le Tombeau de Mireille, for galoubet (fife) (or oboe) & tamborine; Le petit chevrier corse; Jacques Ibert: Pastoral, for 4 pipes; Darius Milhaud: Exercice musical, for pipe (or flute) &...
Performers: Beaumadier, Jean-Louis; Bride, Philip; Callier, Yannick; Daoues, Stella; Desmond, Yves; Gabriel, Andre; Imbert, Cedric; Marzullo, Claire; Raynaut, Jacques

"The title of this lovely collection describes the character of the pieces heard on this new CD performed by Jean-Louis Beaumadier and friends. The friends...continue...
Recording information: La Grange, Studio Alys (2010)....continue...

Martha Argerich: Lugano Concertos / Gabriela Montero, Karin Merle, Susan Roberts and Helene Schneidermann [4 CDs]

4 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-30

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 15; Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 19; Francis Poulenc: Concerto for 2 Pianos in D minor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Gulda, Paul; Gulda, Rico; Gurning, Alexander; Merle, Karin; Mogilevsky, Alexander; Montero, Gabriela; Norman, Daniel; Roberts, Susan; Sakai, Akane [Piano]; Schneiderman, Hel...
Conductors: Rabinovitch, Alexandre; Capilla, Erasmo; Vedernikov, Alexander; Dutoit, Charles; Chmura, Gabriel; Marin, Ion; Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: ; Lugano Percussion Group

Since 2002 Martha Argerich's Progetto at the Lugano's Festival has brought together many notable artists for memorable concerts of chamber and orchestral music. This deluxe...continue...

Milhaud: Le boeuf sur le toit (arr. piano 4 hands); works by Smit, Toch, Schoenberg, Gál, & Schulhoff / Friederike Haufe, Volker Ahmels: piano

1 CD / Gramola / 2012-10-09

Works: Darius Milhaud: Le boeuf sur le toit, reduction of ballet for piano, 4 hands, Op. 58arr; Leo Smit: Divertimento, for piano, 4 hands; Ernst Toch: Sonata for piano, four-hands, Op. 87; Arnold Schoenber...
Performers: Ahmels, Volker; Haufe, Friederike

The perfectly attuned German piano duo of Friederike Haufe and Volker Ahmels presents an exceptional program of rarely performed works for piano four-hands by composers...continue...
Recording information: Franz Liszt Saal, University of Music and Performing Ar (2009-10-25_2009-10-26&2010-)....continue...

The Oboe: 1903-1953 / Georges Gillet, Joseph Fonteyn, Georges Blanchard and Myrtile Morel

2 CD / The Classics Label / 2012-10-09

Works: Anonymous: Petite Mignon (attrib. Carmen); Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Samuel Huguenin: La nuit de Noël; Georges Guilhaud: First Concertino, for oboe & piano; Farandole, for oboe & piano,...
Performers: Addimando, Caesar [Oboe]; Blanchard, Georges [Oboe]; Bleuzet, Louis [Oboe]; Christiansen, Christian; De Busscher, Henri [Oboe]; Dyke, Spencer [Violin]; Eran, Thomas [Piano]; Felumb, Svend Christian; ...
Conductors: Mengelberg, Willem; Gmeindl, Walter; Koussevitzky, Sergey; Kreisler, Fritz; Szigeti, Joseph [Violin]

As a fascinating feature of this disc of oboe music, Goossens' mentor Henri de Busscher demonstrates the Brahms violin concerto solo in a 1940s educational...continue...

Lalo: Cello Concerto in D Minor; Scherzo; Cello Concerto no 1 / Nadege Rochat, cello. Wurttemberg PO, Rudner

1 Super Audio CD / ARS Productions / 2012-10-06

Works: Edouard Lalo: Concerto for Cello in D minor; Divertissement, for orchestra (from opera "Fiesque"); Scherzo for orchestra in D minor; Darius Milhaud: Concerto, for cello & orchestra (or piano) no 1, O...
Performers: Rochat, Nadege [Cello]
Conductors: Rudner, Ola
Ensemble: ; Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra

French composer loved the cello in its variety which you can easily hear in this recording by the Swiss cellist Nadège Rochat and the Württembergische...continue...

Musique de Chambre

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-08-28

Works: Alessandro Stradella: Pietà, Signore (Agnus Dei), aria di chiesa (spurious, by Niedermeyer or Fétis); Felix Mendelssohn: Songs (6), Op. 19a; Jacques Castérède: Brèves rencont...
Performers: Baril, Louise-Andree; Chayer, Roger-Luc; Lucignano, Veronique
Conductors:
Ensemble: Quintette National

Recording information: Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur, Montreal, Canada; La Faculté de musique de l'Université de Montréal, Cana; L'Église Ste-Angèle-de-Mérici de St-...continue...

Bach, Geminiani, Bartok: Violin Sonatas / Philippe Hirshhorn

1 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 2 in A minor, BWV 1003; Francesco Geminiani: Sonata for violin & continuo no 9 in C minor, Op. 4/9; Béla Bartók: Sonata for Violin solo, Sz ...

Milhaud: Symphonies de chambre, etc / Dekaise, et al

1 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Darius Milhaud: Little Symphony, for chamber orchestra no 1, "Le Printemps", Op. 43; Little Symphony, for chamber orchesrra no 2, "Pastorale", Op. 49; Little Symphony, for chamber orchestra no 3, "S&...
Performers: Andre Gregoire; de Reyghere, Greta; Jean-Louis Demoulin; Pol Gerimont
Conductors:
Ensemble: L'Ensemble des Temps Modernes

Bartok: Contrasts, Sz. 111; Milhaud: Suite Op. 157b; Stravinsky: L'Histoire du Soldat, suite; Staar: Structures V / Pamina Trio

1 CD / La Ma de Guido / 2012-06-12

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale), suite transcribed for violin, clarinet & piano; Béla Bartók: Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, Sz 111; Darius Milhaud: Su...

One of the most successful ensembles of their generation, the Pamina Trio was founded by Japanese violinist Ikulo Kitakado, Spanish clarinetist Beatriz Lopez and Japanese...continue...

Classical Music for Children, Vol. 2 - Debussy, Grieg, Schumann - Funny Stories, Foreigh Lands, Good Night, Sleep Tight

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-06-12

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 9 in E flat major; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 94 in G major, Hob. 1; Symphony no 45 in F sharp minor, H 1 no 45 "Farewell"; Concerto for Piano in D major; Claude...
Performers: Czapski, Jutta; Erber, Gerhard; Funke, Christian; Oistrakh, Igor [Violin]; Olbertz, Walter; Ousset, Cecile; Pekinel, Guher [Piano]; Pekinel, Suher [Piano]; Pistorius, Andreas; Resick, Georgine; Rosel...
Conductors: Flor, Claus P.; Haenchen, Hartmut; Blomstedt, Herbert; Herbig, Günther; Suitner, Otmar; Klee, Bernhard; Masur, Kurt; Neumann, Václav; Rögner, Heinz; Weigle, Jörg-Peter; Vonk, Hans...

French Connection

1 Super Audio CD / ARS Productions Import / 2012-05-02

Works: François Borne: Fantasie brillante for Flute and Piano on Bizet's Carmen; Robert Muczynski: Sonata for saxophone & piano, Op. 29; Piet Swerts: Klonos, for saxophone & piano; Louis Mayeur: Grande...
Performers: Arakelyan, Hayrapet; Bae, Jang Eun

Born in 1991 in Yerevan, Armenia, Hayrapet Arakelyan is the winner of numerous saxophone competitions all across Europe, from Scotland to Russia and has played...continue...
Recording information: Campus 44, Krefeld (09/06/2011-09/08/2011)....continue...

L'Album des Six: The Complete Works of "The Six" for Flute and Piano / Emily Beynon, flute; Andrew West, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-04-10

Works: Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Flute and Piano; Valse (pour Micheline Soulé), for piano in C major (for collab. work, Album des Six), FP 17; Georges Auric: Aria, for flute & piano; Imaginé...
Performers: Beynon, Emily; West, Andrew

Fanfare
Hyperion has enriched the catalogs with far more than its fair share of superb releases, and this is yet another one... urgently recommended to everyone...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (04/20/2000-04/22/2000)....continue...

Music for Flute in 20th Century

1 CD / Camerata / 2012-04-10

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata in D major, Op. 94; Bohuslav Martinu: Sonata for Flute and Piano; Darius Milhaud: Sonatina for flute & piano, Op. 76; Paul Hindemith: Sonata for flute & piano
Performers: Adrian Cox; Schulz, Wolfgang [Flute]

A program of 20th century masterpieces for flute and piano is performed by Wolfgang Schulz, principal flutist of the Vienna Philharmonic....continue...
Recording information: Studio Baumgarten, Vienna....continue...

My First Ballet Album / Halasz - Slovak PO

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

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; The Sleeping Beauty; The Nutcracker; Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird; Petrushka; Léo Delibes: Coppélia; Sylvia; Aaron Copland: Rodeo; Darius Milhaud: The...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Rahbari, Alexander; Mogrelia, Andrew; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Lenárd, Ondrej; Casadesus, Jean-Claude; Kuchar, Theodore; Anichanov, André; Craft, Robert; Lyndon-Gee, Chr...

A bird dancing, an ox on a roof, flowers doing a waltz, a swan twirling about... what world is this? This is the magical world...continue...

Milhaud: For Four Hands / Maurizio Moretti; Angela Oliviero, piano

1 CD / Camerata / 2012-01-10

Works: Claude Debussy: Petite suite for Piano 4 hands; Gabriel Fauré: Dolly, Op. 56; Louis Durey: Neige, for piano, 4 hands; Carillons, for piano, 4 hands; Darius Milhaud: Le boeuf sur le toit, reducti...
Performers: Moretti, Maurizio; Oliviero, Angela

The Italian duo piano team of Maurizio Moretti and Angela Oliviero offer a program for piano, four-hands of French compositions....continue...
Recording information: Complesso Museale di Santa Croce, Umbertide, Italy (12/18/2003-12/19/2006)....continue...

Arthur Rubinstein: The Complete Album Collection

144 CD / RCA Records / 2012-01-10

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle for Piano in F sharp major, B 158/Op. 60; Waltz for piano no 2 in A flat major, Op. 34/1, CT. 208; Mazurka for piano no 35 in C minor, Op. 56/3, CT. 85; Concerto...
Performers: Courte, Robert; Dalley, John; Feuermann, Emanuel; Fournier, Pierre; Frezin, Adolphe; Heifetz, Jascha; Kochanski, Pawel; Mayes, Samuel; Piatigorsky, Gregor; Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]; Sandor, Arpad; S...
Conductors: Coates, Albert; Barbirolli, John; ; Ormandy, Eugene; Golschmann, Vladimir; Dorati, Antal; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Steinberg, William; Toscanini, Arturo; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Munch, Charles; Susskind, ...
Ensemble: ; Pro Arte Piano Quartet

From December on, "Arthur Rubinstein The Complete Album Collection" will be the world's biggest CD edition for a solo artist according to Guinness World Records

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Milhaud: Orchestral & Chamber Music

1 CD / Divine Art / 2012-01-01

Works: Darius Milhaud: Suite for violin, clarinet & piano, Op. 157b; Suite symphonique (5), for orchestra no 2, "Protée", Op. 57; Little Symphony, for chamber orchestra no 3, "Sérénade", Op. ...

Ludwig van Beethoven Invents Jazz

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 32, Op. 111; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Cello no 2, Op. 99; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Claude Debussy: Children's Corner; La plus que len...
Performers: Braley, Frank; Capucon, Renaud; Collins, Michael [Conductor/Clarinet]; de Peyer, Gervase; Ivaldi, Christian [Piano]; Lagerspetz, Juhani; Lee, Noel [Piano]; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Nat, Yves; Pommie...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Rattle, Simon, Sir; ; Zedda, Alberto; Klemperer, Otto; Marshall, Wayne; Järvi, Paavo; Metzmacher, Ingo
Ensemble: ; Melos Ensemble of London

Ludwig van Beethoven invented jazz. That statement might seem enough to provoke a paroxysm from a musicologist, but, with a passage in his final piano...continue...

Homage to Paderewski / Jonathan Plowright, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-11-08

Works: Józef Wieniawski: Étude for piano, Op. 44/22; Ernest Schelling: Nocturne à Ragusa; Con tenerezza, for piano; Béla Bartók: Hungarian Folktunes (3) for Piano, Sz 66; Arthur Ben...
Performers: Plowright, Jonathan; Shorr, Aaron

Following the resounding success of Jonathan Plowright's 2010 Hommage à Chopin, the acclaimed British pianist becomes the fi rst artist to record the album of...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, England (2011-01-28_2011-01-30&2010-)....continue...

Dancing: The Jazz Fever of Milhaud, Martinu, Seiber, Burian & Wolpe

1 CD / Channel Classics / 2011-10-11

Works: Stefan Wolpe: Suite from the Twenties, for orchestra (arr. by Geert van Keulen); Emil Frantisek Burian: Suite Americaine, for orchestra (originally for 2 pianos), Op. 15; Bohuslav Martinu: Jazz-Suite...
Conductors: Herbers, Werner
Ensemble: ; The Ebony Band

The advent of American jazz and dance music in Europe was a gift from the gods for young composers hungry to find new paths and...continue...

Christmas in the Holy Cross Church Chemnitz / Gotthold Schwanz, baritone; Steffen Walther, organ

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2011-10-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue for Organ in C major, BWV 547; O Jesulein süss, O Jesulein mild, BWV 493; Ich steh' an deiner Krippen hier, BWV 369; Ermuntre dich, mein schwacher Geist,...
Performers: Schwarz, Gotthold; Walther, Steffen

Recording information: Church of the Holy Cross, Chemnitz, Germany (07/2010)....continue...

20th Century Miniatures - Ibert, et al /The London Wind Trio

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Jacques Ibert: Pièces (5) en trio, for oboe, clarinet & bassoon; Darius Milhaud: Pastorale, for oboe, clarinet & bassoon, Op. 147; Suite d'après Corrette (8), for oboe, clarinet & bassoon, ...
Performers: Birnstingl, Roger; Puddy, Keith

Three Pianists / Cheng-Chow Trio

1 CD / Arioso Classics / 2011-10-11

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/1; Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in D minor, WoO 1/2; Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in F major, WoO 1/3; Hungarian D...
Performers: Cheng, Angela [Piano]; Chow, Alan; Chow, Alvin
Conductors:
Ensemble: Cheng-Chow Trio

Recording information: Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto, Canada....continue...

Four Faces of Jazz / Weill, Gershwin, Stravinsky, Milhaud

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2011-10-11

Works: Kurt Weill: Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife), song for voice & piano (from "Die Drei; Anstatt-daá-Song (Instead-of Song), for voice & piano (from "Die Dreigroscheno...
Performers: Parkhouse, David
Conductors: Herrmann, Bernard
Ensemble: London Festival Recording Ensemble

Recording information: Decca Studio No. 3, West Hampstead, London (08/16/1971-08/18/1971)....continue...

The Legacy of Edwin Franko Goldman / US Army Field Band

1 CD / Altissimo / 2011-09-27

Works: Edwin Franko Goldman: Cheerio, for band; My Old Kentucky Home, for band; Onward-Upward for band; On the Mall; Peter Mennin: Canzona; Darius Milhaud: Suite française (5), for wind band, Op. 248a;...
Performers: Nevius, Daniel
Conductors: Grogan, Jack H.

The Legacy of Edwin Franko Goldman honors one of America's prominent band composers of the early 20th century, having composed over 150 works, including many...continue...
Recording information: Kraushaar Auditorium, Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryl (08/1994)....continue...

Nettle & Markham In France / 28 Contrasting Pieces for 2 Pianos

1 CD / Netmark / 2011-09-13

Works: Darius Milhaud: Scaramouche, Op. 165b; Gabriel Fauré: Dolly; Erik Satie: Gymnopedie for piano no 1; La Belle Excentrique; Cécile Chaminade: Le Matin; Jacques Ibert: Histoires; Georges Bizet...
Performers: Markham, Richard; Nettle, David

A unique collection of 28 tracks of light French two-piano classics, including the ever-popular "Scaramouche." This disc features a comprehensive selection of the best of...continue...
Recording information: St. George's, Brandon Hill (06/07/1993-06/09/1993)....continue...

Cello Elegies and Romances, Vol. 2

1 CD / The Classics Label / 2011-09-01

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Lied (Romance), for cello & piano in F minor, TN ii/32; Gabriel Fauré: Elégie for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24; Darius Milhaud: Elégie, for cello & piano, Op. 251; C...
Performers: Lynex, Penelope; Wells, Alexander

Penelope Lynex and Alexander Wells have built up a large repertoire that includes unusual items in addition to those better known, and extends from Bach...continue...
Recording information: Wathen Hall, St. Paul's School, Barnes, London, England (2004-11-20_2004-11-21&2006-)....continue...

20th Century Classics: Milhaud / Janos Starker, cello; Emmanuel Pahud, flute; Brigite

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-12

Works: Darius Milhaud: La création du monde, Op. 81; Concerto, for marimba, vibraphone & orchestra (or piano), Op. 278; Concerto, for cello & orchestra (or piano) no 1, Op. 136; Le boeuf sur le toit,...
Performers: Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Gage, Irwin; Ivaldi, Christian [Piano]; Le Sage, Eric; Lee, Noel [Piano]; Pahud, Emmanuel; Sadlo, Peter; Starker, Janos
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard; Celibidache, Sergiu; Susskind, Walter; Alldis, John; Milhaud, Darius; Prêtre, Georges
Ensemble: Concert Arts Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Groupe Vocale de France; Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

French Orchestral Miniatures V.3

1 CD / Scandinavian Classic / 2011-06-28

Works: Georges Auric: Le peintre et son modèle, ballet; Jacques Ibert: Felicie Nanteuil, film score; Albert Roussel: Petite suite, for orchestra, Op. 39; Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante d&eacu...
Conductors: Bostock, Douglas

In a slightly modified version of the programmatic slogan of Ingo Metzmacher one could ask: "Whos's Afraid of French Music?"(in the shades of Edward Albee)...continue...

Solo Migration / Eiichi Chijiiwa, violin

1 CD / Indesens / 2011-06-14

Works: Sherban Lupu: Airs dans le genre roumin, for violin; Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for violin solo no 3 in D minor ("Ballade"), Op. 27/3; Jean Martinson: Sonatine for violin no 5, Op. 32/1; Arthur H...
Performers: Chijiiwa, Eiichi

All Music Guide - Mike Brownell
Solo Migration, an album by violinist Eiichi Chijiiwa, is based on an interesting premise. Chijiiwa, of Japanese descent, is himself...continue...
Recording information: Eglise Evangélique Saint Marcel, Paris, France (04/2010)....continue...

Forbidden Saxophone

1 CD / dB Productions / 2011-04-26

Works: Darius Milhaud: Scaramouche (3), suite for saxophone & orchestra (or piano), Op. 165c; Paul Hindemith: Sonata; Pavel Haas: Suite for Oboe and Piano, Op. 17; Erwin Schulhoff: Sonata for alto saxophone...
Performers: Skold, Magnus; Thorell, Johannes [Saxophone]

Recording information: SAMI Studio A (2007-08-23_2007-08-24&2008-)....continue...

In the Woods

1 CD / Pilfink Records / 2011-03-08

Works: Manuel de Falla: Homenaje - M. de Falla; Darius Milhaud: Ségoviana, for guitar, Op. 366; Albert Roussel: Ségovia for guitar, Op. 29; Jorge Gomez Crespo: Norteña for guitar; Toru ...
Performers: Nieminen, Kai

Guitarist Kai Nieminen studied at the Sibelius Academy and the University of Hyväskylä. He has given recitals and appeared as a soloist with orchestras in...continue...
Recording information: Juuka Church (05/21/2004-05/23/2004)....continue...

Cirque / 20th C.Chansons / Ricci

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 2011-02-22

Works: Henri Sauguet: Cirque, songs (5) for voice & piano; La Voyante (The Fortune-Teller), for voice & piano; Le Chemin des Forains, for voice & piano; Darius Milhaud: Poèmes de Jean Cocteau (3), song...
Performers: Lockert, Daniel; Ricci, Celine

"The magic and ambience of a 1920 French street circus comes alive in Cirque, a spectacular collection of works brought to life by soprano Céline...continue...
Recording information: Skywalker Sound, Marin County, CA (2009-08-19_2009-08-20&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...

Sari Biro Legacy: Historic Performances

4 CD / Cambria / 2011-01-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Keyboard no 2 in C minor, BWV 826; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in D major, K 492/L 14; Sonata for Harpsichord in E major, K 380/L 23; Sonata for Harp...
Performers: Biro, Sari
Conductors: Vardi, Emanuel; Loibner, Wilhelm

In celebration of her 100th birthday, Cambria releases The Sari Biro Legacy - a 4 CD boxed set (with 44 page booklet) authorized by the...continue...

French Music for Clarinet and Piano

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-01-11

Works: Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; Claude Debussy: Petite pièce, for clarinet & piano (or orchestra), L. 120; Première Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Orchestra; Darius Milhaud: S...
Performers: Spaendonck, Ronald Van; Tharaud, Alexandre

Recording information: Radio France (04/1996)....continue...

Virtuoso Clarinet / Michael Collins

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-10-26

Works: Alamiro Giampieri: Carnival of Venice, capriccio variations for clarinet & orchestra in B flat; André Messager: Solo de concours for clarinet & piano; Darius Milhaud: Scaramouche (3), suite for ...
Performers: Collins, Michael [Conductor/Clarinet]; Lane, Piers

Michael Collins is one of the most versatile clarinetists, possessing a dazzling virtuosity and sensitive musicianship that have made him the favourite of conductors, composers,...continue...
Recording information: Britten Studio, Hoffmann Building, Snape Maltings, Suff (02/01/2010-02/03/2010)....continue...

Saxophone Recital / Koryun Asatryan

1 CD / Hänssler Classic Import / 2010-10-19

Works: François Borne: Fantasie brillante for Flute and Piano on Bizet's Carmen; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO ...
Performers: Asatryan, Koryun; Bae, Jang Eun

Milhaud: Suite; Scaramouche; Violin Sonata No. 2

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-09-28

Works: Darius Milhaud: Suite for violin, clarinet & piano, Op. 157b; Scaramouche, Op. 165b; Sonata for violin & piano no 2, Op. 40; Sonatina for clarinet & piano, Op. 100; Le Printemps, for violin & piano, ...
Performers: Eliane, Reyes, [Piano]; Fessard, Jean-Marc [Clarinet]; Pelassy, Frédéric

Darius Milhaud frequently composed music for stage and screen. The 'Suite' derives from his incidental music for Jean Anouilh's play 'Le Voyageur'. The outer movements...continue...
Recording information: Conservatoire Royal Musique de Bruxelles....continue...

The Jazz Age for Piano Duo

1 CD / Divine Art / 2010-09-20

Works: George Gershwin: An American in Paris, original score for 2 pianos (unpublished); Edward Burlingame Hill: Jazz Studies, for 2 pianos; Darius Milhaud: La création du monde, reduction of ballet fo...
Performers: Duo, Goldstone & Clemmow Piano
Conductors:
Ensemble: Goldstone & Clemmow Piano Duo

With CDs approaching 40 in number and a busy concert schedule, the British piano duo Goldstone and Clemmow is firmly established as a leading force....continue...
Recording information: St. John the Baptist Church, Alkborough, North Lincs., (2010)....continue...

In fremden Ländern

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-09-14

Works: Edvard Grieg: Troldtog (March of the Dwarfs), lyric piece for orchestra no 4 (orchestration of Op. 54/3); Bedrich Smetana: Vltava (The Moldau), symphonic poem (Má Vlast no 2), JB 1; Franz Jose...
Performers: Ousset, Cecile; Pekinel, Guher [Piano]; Pekinel, Suher [Piano]; Rosel, Peter
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Neumann, Václav; Herbig, Günther; Rögner, Heinz; Weigle, Jörg-Peter

Sexturor à Vent / Arnold, Bach, Barthe, et al.

1 CD / Crystal Records / 2010-08-17

Works: Darius Milhaud: Scaramouche (3), suite for saxophone & orchestra (or piano), Op. 165c; Bernhard Heiden: Intrada for saxophone & wind quintet; Paul Hindemith: Konzertstück for 2 Alto Saxophones; ...
Performers: Gadgil, Sunil; Pittel, Harvey
Conductors:
Ensemble: Westwood Wind Quintet