Wolpe, Stefan

Close Connections / Helps, Wolpe, Hibbard and Ohlsson

1 CD / Bridge / 2012-12-11

Works: Louis Weingarden: Triptych, for piano; Robert Helps: Shall We Dance, for piano; Stefan Wolpe: Passacaglia, for piano (Vier Studien no 4) "On an All-Interval Row," C. 62/4, Op. 23/4; William Alden Hib...
Performers: Ohlsson, Garrick

Titanic American pianist, Garrick Ohlsson, presents an exceptionally personal album. The pianist writes: "Each of the five pieces on this recording is a work I...continue...

Tango Perpetuel - Tangos by Piazzolla, Roux, Nazareth, Ginastera, Stravinsky / Take Four Guitar Quartet

1 CD / Ars Musici / 2012-08-28

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Tango Silfo y Ondina; Patrick Roux: Comme un tango, for 4 guitars; Unto Mononen: Kangastus (Mirage); Jos Jätät minut (If You Leave Me), for 4 guitars; Ernesto Nazareth: Pie...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Take Four Guitar Quartet

American Record Guide, January/February 2013
This group plays with consistent excellence. Ensemble is perfection, tone is widely varied and always interesting and attractive. Their rhythmic ...continue...
Recording information: Christuskirche S. Blasien (06/01/2004-06/04/2004)....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...

Berlin im Licht: Works by Tiessen, Vogel, Eisler, Jarnach, Wolpe et al. / Matthew Rubenstein, piano

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-07-12

Works: Heinz Tiessen: Pieces (3), for piano, Op. 31; Wladimir Vogel: Dai tempi più remoti, pieces (3) for piano; Hanns Eisler: Pieces (8) for piano, Op. 8; Hans Heinz Stuckenschmidt: Der Champagner-C...
Performers: Rubenstein, Matthew

Out of the chaos of the 1918/1919 November revolution there emerged the "Novembergruppe," a group of the best-known artists' associations of the Weimar Republic comprising...continue...
Recording information: Berlin, Siemensvilla (01/18/2010-01/21/2010)....continue...

Nothing Remains, As It Was! 150 years workers and freedom songs Vol. 3

3 CD / Bear Family / 2011-07-05

Works: Hanns Eisler: Drum sag' der SPD ade, song for chorus; Work(s); Der neue Stern, song for chorus ("Proletarisches Weihnachtslied"); Der rote Wedding, song for chorus; Gustav Kulkes seliges Ende; Ballad...
Performers: Bossers, Johan; Bouchot, Vincent; Busch, Ernst; Eisler, Hanns [Conductor]; Garris, John; Hahnel, Hermann; Hofmann, Helmut; Ihle, Peter; Joseph, Walter; Kulisiewics, Alex; Lenya, Lotte; May, Gisela; M...
Conductors: Knothe, Dietrich; ; Pousseur, Marianne; Hanns, Eisler; Lukowsky, Rolf; Moser, Heinrich; Gruttner, Manfred; Hoft, Fritz; Scheib, Amei; Guhl, Adolf Fritz; Schmid, Josef; Dobrindt, Otto; Scherchen, Herm...
Ensemble: ; Chorus of the Erich-Weinert Ensembles; Ensembles of the Pegagogical High School Potsdam; Hein & Oss; Instrumentalgruppe; Orchestra Carl Woitschach

Music of Stefan Wolpe, Vol. 6

1 CD / Bridge / 2011-03-08

Works: Stefan Wolpe: Four Studies on Basic Rows, for piano, C. 62; A Few Piano Pieces for Youngsters (4), for piano (4th piece incomplete), C. 120; Lied, Anrede, Hymnus, Strophe zarteste Bewegung, for piano...
Performers: Holzman, David

David Holzman's first Stefan Wolpe CD (BRIDGE 9116) was a 2003 Grammy Nominee in the "Best Solo Instrumental Performance" category, and then went on to...continue...
Recording information: Rogers Center for the Arts, Merrimack College, North An (2008-07-??&2009-11-??&2010-)....continue...

Ensemble Aventure plays Schulhoff & Wolpe

1 CD / Ars Musici / 2010-08-31

Works: Erwin Schulhoff: Divertissement for oboe, clarinet & bassoon; Dada-Prolog zur "Baánachtigall"; Bass Nachtigall; Dada-Prolog zur "Wolkenpumpe"; Die Wolkenpumpe (on texts from the collection of ...
Performers: Kern, Leo; Kohn, Christian; Roth, Reinhard
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Aventure (Germany)

Music of Stefan Wolpe Vol 5 / Loeb, Boehler

1 CD / Bridge / 2009-11-10

Works: Stefan Wolpe: Lazy Andy Ant, children's story for voice/narrator & piano, C. 112; Suite for Marthe Krueger, for 2 pianos; The Angel, song for voice & piano (Singables no 2), C. 160/2; Die Reichen sic...
Performers: Boehler, Matt; Buzby, Wendy; Garcia, Zac; Loeb, Rebecca Jo; Oppens, Ursula; Whitmore, Mathew [Vocals]

Volume 5 of Bridge's Stefan Wolpe series contains premiere recordings, and is the most musically wide-ranging of any of Bridge's Wolpe CD's to date. The...continue...

Wolpe, Stahnke, Hahne, Roller, Lund / Wolpe Trio

1 CD / Cybele / 2009-01-01

Works: Dietrich Hahne: Fourtunes, for flute, cello & piano; Erik Lund: Raccontini, for flute, cello & piano; Stefan Wolpe: Trio in two Parts for Flute, Cello and Piano, C. 163; Scott Roller: Trio set, for f...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Wolpe Trio

Wolpe: Lieder, Battle Piece / Brandt-Sigurdsson, Bassers

1 CD / Neos Production / 2008-04-06

Works: Stefan Wolpe: Marches caractéristiques (5) for Piano, Op. 10; Vier Lieder auf Texte von Lenin, Majakowski und anderen, Op. 7; Lieder (8), Op. 12; Battle Piece
Performers: Bassers, Johann; Brandt-Sigurdsson, Grunnar

The turn of the year from 1929 to 1930 marked a break in the life of Stefan Wolpe: after long years and many attempts to...continue...

Hesitation Tango - Tango Collection / Aki Takahashi

1 CD / Camerata / 2007-11-01

Works: Isaac Albéniz: Hojas de album (6), Op. 165 "España"; Samuel Barber: Souvenirs, Op. 28; Alvin Curran: Tango no 1; Michael Sahl: Exiles' Cafe; Conlon Nancarrow: Tango?; James Sellars: Tango T...
Performers: Takahashi, Aki

Renowned Japanese pianist Takahashi has long had a commitment to modern music. Her first public recital, while still a graduate student, focused on the music...continue...

SCENE The Viennese School Teachers and Followers Vol 1

1 CD / MD&G / 2007-10-23

Works: Anton Webern: Variations for piano, Op. 27; Stefan Wolpe: Zemach Suite (7), for piano, C. 84; Philipp Herscovici: Frühlingsblumen, for piano; Pieces (3) for piano; Leopold Spinner: Piano Sonata,...
Performers: Schleiermacher, Steffen

On this new series the pianist Steffen Schleiermacher spins a whole network of rarely explored musical interrelations. Here musicians such as Eisler, Spinner, Herscovici, and...continue...

The Music of Stefan Wolpe Vol 4

1 CD / Bridge / 2007-04-01

Works: Stefan Wolpe: Sonata for Oboe Fragment; Sonata for Oboe and Piano, Op. 31; Song, Speech, Hymn and Strophe; Piece in Two Parts, for flute & piano, C. 150; Trio in two Parts for Flute, Cello and Piano,...
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Avery, James; Holliger, Heinz
Conductors: ; Avery, James
Ensemble: Ensemble SurPlus

Most of the works on this CD come out of Wolpe's Palestinian period, and reflect his close musical relationship and friendship with the oboist Josef...continue...

American Classics - Wolpe: The Man from Midian, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-02-27

Works: Stefan Wolpe: The Man from Midian, ballet for 2 pianos, C. 97; Sonata, for violin & piano, C. 117
Performers: Fleezanis, Jorja; Grant, Cameron; Ohlsson, Garrick; Winn, James

In his early career as a composer, Berlin-born Stefan Wolpe espoused social causes and wrote songs on revolutionary themes. With the rise of Nazism he...continue...

Oboe Sonatas / Burkhard Glaetzner, Hansjacob Staemmler

1 CD / Capriccio / 2007-02-03

Works: Nikos Skalkottas: Concertino for oboe & piano; Frank Michael Beyer: Nachtstück, for oboe & piano; Stefan Wolpe: Sonata for Oboe and Piano, Op. 31; Friedrich Goldmann: Sonata for oboe & piano; Er...

Stefan Wolpe: Einstein's Address about Peace, etc

1 CD / Bridge / 2007-02-01

Works: Stefan Wolpe: Excerpts from Dr. Einstein's Address about Peace in the Atomic Era, for voice & piano, C. 119; Hymnus aus "Der brennende Dornbusch," song for voice & piano (Frühe Lieder no 1), C. ...
Performers: Arnold, Tony [Soprano Vocal]; Grace, Susan; Greenberg, Jacob; Mason, Patrick [Baritone Vocal]; Sewailam, Ashraf; Shannon, Robert; Summers, Leah

This CD presents premiere recordings of 18 Stefan Wolpe songs in English, German, and Yiddish as well as a new recording of Wolpe's cycle of...continue...
Personnel: Jacob Greenberg, Susan Grace, Robert Shannon (piano).

Recording information: 10/24/2005-10/27/2004.

Everyone associated with this project should drop what they are doing, step...continue...

The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music [Box Set]

51 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-11-21

Works: Joseph Achron: Concerto for Violin no 1, Op. 60; Golem, suite for chamber orchestra; Belshazzar; Samuel Adler: Sephardic Choruses (5), for chorus (from Ever Since Babylon); Nuptial Scene, for voice &...
Performers: Abelson, Robert; Adler, Bruce; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allardyce, Lauren; Arnold, Hubert; Aslan, Pablo; Avila, Jorge; Barr, Jean; Barrick, Clinton; Ben-Ze'ev, Re'ut; Bermel, Derek; Besley, Megan; B...
Conductors: Silverstein, Joseph; Schwarz, Gerard; Gardner, Patrick; Adler, Samuel; Winther, Rodney; Wilkins, Christopher; Kiesler, Kenneth; Itai, Avner; Marriner, Sir Neville; Corp, Ronald [Composer]; Levin, Nei...
Ensemble: ; Chamber Opera Ensemble; Cincinnati Wind Symphony; Dave Brubeck Trio; Eastman Players; Finchley Children's Music Group; Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble; Schola Hebraeica Chorus; Southern Jazz Ensemble...

Includes ashrei (ashrei yoshvei veitekha (l. glantz) / eine by various composers.

Includes b'motza'ei m'nuha (assembled for "the first s'liho by various composers....continue...

American Classics - Wolpe / Group for Contemporary Music

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-11-21

Works: Stefan Wolpe: Quartet for Strings; Second Piece for Violin Alone, C. 165; Trio in two Parts for Flute, Cello and Piano, C. 163; Piece for Oboe, Cello, Percussion & Piano (Oboe Quartet), C. 130
Performers: Appel, Toby; Arm, Theodore; Karis, Aleck; Kennedy, Daniel [Percussion]; Macomber, Curtis; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Sollberger, Harvey; Taylor, Stephen W. [Oboe]; Wuorinen, Charles
Conductors: ; Sollberger, Harvey
Ensemble: Columbia University Group for Contemporary Music

Most of the works on this disc date from the 1960s, when Stefan Wolpe reduced the complexity of his music and became fascinated by classical...continue...

American Classics - Milken Archive - Music of the Dance

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-09-26

Works: Leon Stein: 3 Hassidic Dances, for orchestra; Darius Milhaud: Moïse (Opus americanum no 2), Op. 219; Stefan Wolpe: The Man from Midian, ballet suite for orchestra, C. 98; Lazare Saminsky: The Vi...
Performers: Mizrahi, Alberto
Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Schwarz, Gerard; Silverstein, Joseph; Mester, Jorge
Ensemble: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Stefan Wolpe's recording of the orchestral suite from the ballet 'The Man from Midian' reveals a superbly crafted concert work by one of the 20th...continue...

Works for Violin - Cowell, Antheil, Mahler, et al / Abe,

1 CD / New World / 2006-08-01

Works: Henry Cowell: Sonata for violin & piano, HC 705; Stefan Wolpe: Second Piece for Violin Alone, C. 165; George Antheil: Sonata, for violin, piano & drums no 2, W. 131; Johanna Beyer: Suite for violin &...
Performers: Abe, Miwako; Harvey, Michael Kieran

Henry Cowell (1897-1965), in the introduction to the first edition on his prophetic "symposium" titled American Composers on American Music (1933), described features of contemporary...continue...

Wolpe in Jerusalem (1933-1938)

1 CD / Mode Records / 2006-02-07

Works: Stefan Wolpe: Passacaglia, for orchestra (arrangement of C. 62/4), C. 66, Op. 23; Musik für Molières "Eingebildeten Kranken," incidental music for flute, clarinet, violin, viola & do; Klein...
Performers: Fels, Lucas; Jaime Gonzalez [Oboe/English Horn]; Maurer, Barbara; Oka, Shizuyo
Conductors: Kalitzke, Johannes; Herbers, Werner
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ensemble Recherche

Wolpe: Compositions for Piano (1920-1952) / David Holzman

1 CD / Bridge / 2002-05-01

Works: Stefan Wolpe: Sonata "Stehende Musik," for piano, C. 10, Op. 1; Gesang, weil ich etwas Teures verlassen muss; Tango for Piano; The Good Spirit of a Right Cause, for solo piano (Encouragements no 2), ...
Performers: Holzman, David

The Ocean Has No East and No West / Peter Serkin

1 CD / Koch International / 2000-03-28

Works: Anton Webern: Variations for piano, Op. 27; Stefan Wolpe: Toccata in Three Parts for Piano, C. 95; Olivier Messiaen: Cantéyodjayâ; Toru Takemitsu: Rain-Tree Sketch, for piano; Rain-Tree ...
Performers: Serkin, Peter [Piano]

"...No one plays this kind of repertoire with more understanding, sensitivity, and devotion than Serkin; indeed, too few pianists of his skill and stature bother...continue...

Music at the Bauhaus - Wolpe, Hauer, Antheil, et al

1 CD / MD&G / 1999-06-22

Works: Stefan Wolpe: Sonata "Stehende Musik," for piano, C. 10, Op. 1; Cinq marches caracteristiques (5), for piano, C. 58, Op. 10; Adagio no 5; Variation, for piano, C. 4/3, 70/2, Op. 5b/3; Tango for Piano...
Performers: Schleiermacher, Steffen

Visions - Bloch, Ben-Haim, Avni, et al / David Holzman

1 CD / Albany Records / 1998-05-01

Works: Ernest Bloch: Visions & Prophecies, for piano; Paul Ben-Haim: Pieces (5) for piano, Op. 34; Tzvi Avni: Sonata for Piano no 2 ("Epitaph"); Arnold Schoenberg: Pieces (3) for piano, Op. 11; Stefan Wolpe...
Performers: Holzman, David

This CD contains keyboard masterpieces by five of this century's most acclaimed Jewish composers in a tribute to the 50th anniversary of the founding of...continue...

The American Collection - Kramer, Bassett, et al / Lifchitz

2 CD / North/South / 1997-12-01

Works: Timothy Kramer: Colors from a changing sky, for piano; Leslie Bassett: Elaborations, for piano; Robert Starer: The Ideal Self, for voice, flute & piano; Elizabeth Bell: Variations & interludes, for p...
Performers: Lifchitz, Max

Form - Arthur Berger, Stefan Wolpe

1 CD / New World / 1996-12-01

Works: Arthur Berger: Pieces (5) for piano, complete; Septet; Stefan Wolpe: Form IV; Piece in Two Parts for Violin Alone, C. 162
Performers: Harbison, Rose Mary; Miller, Robert; Sherman, Russell
Conductors:
Ensemble: University of Chicago Contemporary Chamber Players

"...As to 'Form': the show-stopper for me, Berger's 'Five Pieces for Piano' of 1969, opens the program...Convinced as I am that all the performances on...continue...

Trumpet in Our Time / Raymond Mase

1 CD / Summit Records / 1995-06-01

Works: Steve Rouse: The Avatar, for trumpet & piano; Anthony Korf: The Living Daylights; David Sampson: The Mysteries Remain; Solo; Otto Ketting: Intrada; Stefan Wolpe: Solo Piece for Trumpet, C. 167; Kent ...
Performers: Johnson, Trent; Mase, Raymond; Pearl, David; Powell, Michael [Trombone]

Architecture and Aria - Three Centuries of the Virtuoso Oboe

1 CD / Crystal Records / 1994-05-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for oboe & keyboard in G minor, BWV 1030R; Stefan Wolpe: Sonata for Oboe and Piano, Op. 31; Antonio Pasculli: Gran Concerto for Oboe on motives from Verdi's "I vespri si...
Performers: Sargous, Harry; Ward, Laura

Wolpe: Quintet with Voice, etc / Serkin, Knussen, et al

1 CD / Bridge / 1993-11-01

Works: Stefan Wolpe: Suite im Hexachord, for oboe & clarinet. C. 65, Op. 24b; Quintet with Voice, for Baritone voice, horn, clarinet, cello, piano & harp, C. 139; Piece in Three Parts for Piano & Sixteen In...
Performers: Allen, Barbara; Bartlett, Eric; Blustine, Allen; Grabois, Daniel; Karis, Aleck; Opalach, Jan; Serkin, Peter [Piano]; Taylor, Stephen W. [Oboe]
Conductors: Purvis, William [Horn]; Knussen, Oliver
Ensemble: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; Speculum Musicae members

Works by William Bolcom & Stefan Wolpe / Marc-André Hamelin -

1 CD / New World / 1992-12-08

Works: William Bolcom: New Etudes (12) for piano; Stefan Wolpe: Battle Piece, for piano (Encouragements no 1), C. 111
Performers: Hamelin, Marc-André [Piano]

Peter Serkin - Works by Stravinsky, Wolpe, Lieberson

1 CD / New World / 1992-12-08

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Serenade for piano in A major; Sonata for piano; Peter Lieberson: Bagatelles for piano, Nos 1-3, complete; Stefan Wolpe: Work(s); Form IV; Four Studies on Basic Rows, for piano, C. 62
Performers: Serkin, Peter [Piano]