Axelrod, John

American Serenade - works for violin & orchestra by Bernstein, Waxman & Gershwin / Rachel Kolly d'Alba, violin

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-10-30

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Leonard Bernstein: Serenade for Violin and Orchestra "after Plato's Symposium"; Franz Waxman: Carmen Fantasy, for violin & orchestra
Performers: d'Alba, Rachel Kolly
Conductors: Axelrod, John
Ensemble: ; Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire

Recording information: La Cité des Congrès, Nantes, France (10/2011/11/2011)....continue...

Berlioz: Herminie; Les Nuits d'été; Ravel: Shéhérazade / Véronique Gens, soprano

1 CD / Ondine / 2012-06-26

Works: Hector Berlioz: Herminie, cantata ("scène lyrique") for soprano & orchestra, H. 29; Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, song cycle; Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade, poems (3) for so...
Performers: Gens, Veronique
Conductors: Axelrod, John
Ensemble: ; Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire

Ondine is pleased to announce a new release by famous soprano Véronique Gens, who performs Herminie and Les Nuits d'été by Hector Berlioz and Shéhérazade...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium 2000, Nantes, France (2009-09-25&2010-10-26_2010-)....continue...

French Impressions: Works for Violin and Orchestra by Saint-Saens, Ysaye, Chausson, Ravel / Rachel Kolly d'Alba, violin

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-10-25

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Violin no 3 in B minor, Op. 61; Eugène Ysaÿe: Berceuse in F minor, for voilin & orchestra, Op. 20; Rève d'enfant for violin & piano, Op 14; Ernes...
Performers: d'Alba, Rachel Kolly
Conductors: Kantorow, Jean-Jacques; Axelrod, John

This is the 2nd Album release by remarkable Swiss violinist Rachel Kolly d'Alba, playing French & Belgian violin music....continue...

Ernst Krenek: Karl V, Kehraus Um St. Stephan / Koenigs, Axelrod [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Capriccio / 2009-09-29

Works: Ernst Krenek: Karl V, Op. 73; Kehraus Um St. Stephan
Performers: Henschel, Dietrich; Mavropoulou, Chariklia; Pesendorfer, Albert; Sadnik, Roman
Conductors: Koenigs, Lothar; Axelrod, John
Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra; Vorarlberg Symphony Orchestra

Run Time: 288 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: German, English, French
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Rihm: Sotto Voce / Arditti String Quartet

1 CD / Kairos Music Production / 2009-09-08

Works: Wolfgang Rihm: Dithyrambe; Sotto voce 1; Sotto voce 2
Performers: Hodges, Nicolas
Conductors: Nott, Jonathan; Axelrod, John
Ensemble: AML Lucerne Symphony Orchestra; Arditti Quartet (String Quartet)

The Dithyrambe Concerto for String Quartet & Orchestra consciously does without the classic concerto form. Instead of a dialogue between the string quartet and the...continue...

Say: 1001 Nights in the Harem, etc / Axelrod, Kopatchinskaya, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-03-31

Works: Fazil Say: Concerto for Violin (1001 Nights in the Harem); Summertime Variations, for piano; Patara Ballet, for soprano, ney, piano & percussion; Alla Turca Jazz, fantasia on the rondo from the piano...
Performers: Bicer, Celalettin; Kopatchinskaya, Patricia; Koselerli, Aykut; Say, Fazil; Soysev, Burcu
Conductors: Axelrod, John
Ensemble: AML Lucerne Symphony Orchestra

BBC Music Magazine
[The Violin Concerto] is colourful and consistently engaging, filled with ear-catching textures, rhythms and melodies... The orchestra matches Kopatchinskaja's vigour and ...continue...

Antonín Dvorák: Symphony No. 9; Tschechische Suite / 9; Czech Suite, Op. 39 / John Axelrod

1 CD / Genuin / 2008-05-18

Conductors: Axelrod, John
Ensemble: Wurttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

Franz Schreker und seine Schüler / Henschel, Axelrod, et al

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2008-02-12

Works: Franz Schreker: Intermezzo for strings, Op. 8; Scherzo for String Orchestra; Julius Burger: Legende, for baritone & orchestra; Stille der Nacht, for baritone & orchestra; Ernst Krenek: Symphony no 1,...
Performers: Henschel, Dietrich
Conductors: Axelrod, John
Ensemble: AML Lucerne Symphony Orchestra

This is the second release in a series of projects between the LSO and Nimbus Records. It is unlikely that Schreker, Burger, or Krenek would...continue...

Bernstein: Kaddish; Schoenberg / Pisar, Axelrod, Lucerne SO, et al

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2007-05-13

Works: Kurt Weill: Das Berliner Requiem, cantata for tenor, baritone, male chorus & wind orchestra; Arnold Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46; Leonard Bernstein: Symphony no 3 ("Kaddish"), for sopra...
Performers: Furmansky, Abbie; Immler, Christian M.; Remmers, Janjob
Conductors: Axelrod, John
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Chorus

Schoenberg and Weill, both born in Europe and forced to emigrate after the National Socialists seized power, went on to develop rather contrasting forms of...continue...

Franz Schreker und Ausdruckstanz / John Axelrod, Lucerne SO

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2006-02-14

Works: Franz Schreker: Der Geburstag der Infantin (The Birthday of the Infanta), pantomime in one act; Valse lente, for orchestra; Festwalzer und Walzerintermezzo, for orchestra; Der Wind, for orchestra; Ei...
Performers: Brand, Thomas; Christinat, Lukas; Dimitrov, Dimitar; Somodari, Peter; Suits, Paul
Conductors: Axelrod, John

This CD is the first to be issued in a new relationship between Nimbus Records and the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra under John Axelrod. The entire...continue...

Wallin: Act, etc / Grubinger, van Zweden, Axelrod, et al

1 CD / Ondine / 2003-10-16

Works: Rolf Wallin: Act; Das war schön! (That was Nice!), for solo percussion & orchestra; Tides
Performers: Grubinger, Martin
Conductors: Zweden, Jaap van; Axelrod, John; Saraste, Jukka-Pekka
Ensemble: ; Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

'Act' is the Ondine premiere of works by Norwegian composer Rolf Wallin, a figure of increasingly international renown who celebrated his 50th birthday in 2007....continue...