Bamert, Matthias

Fernando Lopes-Graca (1906-1994): Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Eldar Nebolsin, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-05-28

Works: Fernando Lopes-Graça: Concerto for Piano no 1; Concerto for Piano no 2
Performers: Nebolsin, Eldar
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: ; Orquestra Sinfonica do Porta - Casa da Musica

The music of Fernando Lopes-Graça, one of the most significant Portuguese composers of the twentieth-century, went through several phases of development. Though rooted in folk...continue...
Recording information: Sala Suggia, Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal....continue...

Relaxing Classics: Dreamy Orchestral Favourites

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-10-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3; Christmas Oratorio; Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Emmanuel Chabrier: Suite pastorale; Edward Elgar: Op. 15; Enigma Variations; Modest Mussorgsky: Khova...
Performers: Gilby, Barbara Jane; Lancaster, Geoffrey; Paulsen, Sue-Ellen; Westlake, Donald
Conductors: Stanhope, David; ; Measham, David; Lanchbery, John; Hadari, Omri; Pikler, Robert; Bamert, Matthias; Lancaster, Geoffrey; Heinze, Sir Bernard; Ronly-Riklis, Shalom; Motzing, William; Albert, Werner An...
Ensemble: ; Sirius Ensemble

Waltz of My Heart

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-10-12

Works: Johann Strauss II: Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410; An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Freikugeln, Op. 326; Richard Rodgers: Edelweiss, song (from "The Sound of Music"); Franz Lehár: The...
Performers: Harrison, Jack; Kenny, Yvonne; Payne, Geoffrey; Smith, Wilma
Conductors: Ponkin, Vladimir; Rieu, André; Bonynge, Richard; Dommett, Leonard; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Summerbell, Mark; Forestier, Jean-Louis; Rudner, Ola; Shapirra, Elyakum; Mills, Richard; Divall, Richard...

The Perfect Evening: France

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-09-21

Works: Joseph Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne; Claude Debussy: L'isle joyeuse; Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque); Camille Saint-Saëns: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello no 1 in F major, Op. 18; Gabrie...
Performers: Almonte, Caroline; Australian Trio; Gilby, Barbara Jane; Grigoryan, Leonard; Grigoryan, Slava; Macliver, Sara; Tsunoda, Miki; Woodward, Roger
Conductors: Kelly, Brett; Stanhope, David; ; Walker, Antony; Bamert, Matthias; Hopkins, John; Rosen, Albert
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Battistin

Contemporaries of Mozart Collection / Bamert

5 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-08-31

Works: Franz Krommer: Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 40; Symphony no 4, Op. 102; Carl Stamitz: Symphony in F major, Op. 24/3; Symphony in C major, Op. 13/5; Symphony in G major, Op. 13/4; Symphony in D major...
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias

Luigi Boccherini: Symphonies

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-06-29

Works: Luigi Boccherini: Symphony in D major, G. 503 (Op. 12/1); Symphony in A major, G. 508 (Op. 12/6); Symphony in C major, G. 515 (Op. 37/1)
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias

Three symphonies by Boccherini comprise the latest edition in the 'Contemporaries of Mozart' series. These symphonies are not well known and are seldom recorded. Born...continue...
Recording information: St. Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London (01/12/2009-01/13/2009)....continue...

Dohnanyi: Piano Concertos No 1 & 2

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-05-25

Works: Ernst von Dohnányi: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, Op. 5; Concerto for Piano no 2 in B minor, Op. 42
Performers: Shelley, Howard
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias

This 'Classics' release marks the 50th anniversary of Dohnanyi's death and reprises the two Piano Concertos performed in great style by Howard Shelley. He is...continue...
Recording information: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester, England....continue...

Mathieu, Chostakovitch, Mendelssohn: Concertino & Concertos / Alain Lefevre, London Mozart Players

1 CD / Analekta / 2009-11-10

Works: André Mathíeu: Concertino no 2, Op. 13; Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C minor, Op. 35; Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Piano and Violin in D minor
Performers: Archibald, Paul; Lefevre; Lefevre, David
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: London Mozart Players

Klaus Huber: Erniedright Geknechtet Verlassen Verachtet / Matthias Bamert

1 CD / Neos Production / 2009-07-08

Works: Klaus Huber: Erniedright Geknechtet Verlassen Verachtet
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias

This important oratorio by Klaus Huber is both a plea and a defense, the concomitant aspects of the work dealing with physical and spiritual hunger...continue...

Life is Beautiful, Vol. 2: Music for a Relaxing Weekend

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2009-01-27

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for Orchestra no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Concerto in D minor after Alessandro Marcello, BWV 974; Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanschina; Emmanuel Chabrier: Suite pastorale, for ...
Performers: Baldwin, Anthony; Bollard, David; Champ, John; Curtis, Paul; Pereira, David; Westlake, Donald
Conductors: Stanhope, David; Measham, David; Hadari, Omri; Walker, Antony; Pikler, Robert; Bamert, Matthias; McBride, David S.; Serebrier, José; Divall, Richard

L. Mozart: Symphonies / M. Bamert, London Mozart Players

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-11-25

Works: Leopold Mozart: Symphony in C major, LMV 7; Symphony in D major, LMV 7; Symphony in G major, LMV 7; Symphony (Partia) in C major, LMV 7
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: London Mozart Players

This is the latest release in the Contemporaries of Mozart series, one of Chandos' longest running recording projects. That all these symphonies here receive their...continue...

Classics - John Field: Piano Concerti, Nocturne no 16, etc / O'Rourke, Bamert, London Mozart Players, et al

4 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-07-29

Works: John Field: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, H. 27; Concerto for Piano no 2 in A flat major, H. 31; Concerto for Piano no 5 in C major, H. 39; Concerto for Piano no 3 in E flat major, H. 32; ...
Performers: O'Rourke, Míceál
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: London Mozart Players

The individual volumes of piano concertos by John Field have over the years been very successful both critically and commercially. Chandos now offers these recordings...continue...

Marsh: Symphonies / Bamert, London Mozart Players

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-03-04

Works: John Marsh: Symphony no 6 in D; Conversation Symphony, for 2 orchestras in E flat major (Symphony no 10); Symphony no 2 in B flat; Symphony no 7 in E flat "La Chasse"; Symphony no 8
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: London Mozart Players

The popular Contemporaries of Mozart series with Matthias Bamert and the London Mozart Players is one of Chandos’ longest-running projects with over 20 recordings in...continue...

Holloway: Violin & Horn Concertos / Kovacic, Tuckwell, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2007-10-01

Works: Robin Holloway: Concerto for Violin, Op. 70; Concerto for Horn, Op. 43
Performers: Kovacic, Ernst; Tuckwell, Barry
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra

"A beautifully-played-and-recorded programThis (re-release) is sensuous, exquisitely lyrical music that brews up an intoxicating mix of late-late-romanticism and prismatic modernismIf you don't know t...continue...

Korngold: Sursum Corda, etc / Bamert, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-08-28

Works: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Sursum Corda, symphonic overture for orchestra, Op 13; Sinfonietta in B major for orchestra, Op. 5
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Composed when Korngold was only 14, the four-movement Sinfonietta, portrays a phenomenal expertise both in the organization of musical ideas and in the handling of...continue...

Korngold: Cello Concerto, etc / Dixon, Shelley, Bamert

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-08-28

Works: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Military March in B flat major; Concerto for cello & orchestra in C, Op 37; Symphonic Serenade for string orchestra in B, Op. 39; Concerto for piano left-hand & orchestra, Op...
Performers: Dixon, Peter; Shelley, Howard
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

This disc offers four works, from several of Korngold's periods, including the Cello Concerto, an adaptation of a short piece Korngold composed in 1946 from...continue...

Korngold: Märchenbilder, etc / Bamert, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-08-28

Works: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Schauspiel Overture for orchestra, Op 4; Märchenbilder for piano, Op 3; Der Schneemann, ballet-pantomime; Violanta, opera, Op. 8
Performers: Manning, Peter
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

This disc is devoted to the adolescent compositions of Erich Wolfgang Korngold. This would not normally excite great interest but there is nothing normal about...continue...

Romantic Rhapsodies / Alain Lefèvre

1 CD / Analekta / 2007-05-15

Works: André Mathíeu: Rhapsodie romantique, for piano & orchestra; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Performers: Crowley, Robert; Lefèvre
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Richter: Symphonies / Bamert, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-04-24

Works: Franz Xaver Richter: Symphony no 53 in D major "Trumpet Symphony"; Symphony no 56 in D minor; Symphony no 29 in G minor; Symphony no 52 in D major; Symphony no 43 in F minor, Op. 3 no 5
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: London Mozart Players

This program provides an impressive example of Richter's compositional spectrum. Included on this CD are premiere recordings of Symphony in D major, No.53, which has...continue...

Rawsthorne: Piano Concertos / Bamert, Tozer, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-03-27

Works: Alan Rawsthorne: Concerto for Piano no 1; Concerto for Piano no 2; Concerto for 2 pianos & orchestra
Performers: Cislowska, Tamara Anna; Tozer, Geoffrey [Piano/Composer]
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

"This 1992 Chandos disc featuring pianist Geoffrey Tozer with pianist Tamara Anna Cislowska in the double concerto accompanied by Matthias Bamert leading the London Philharmonic...continue...

Contemporaries of Mozart - C. Cannabich: Symphonies

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-10-17

Works: Christian Cannabich: Symphony in G major; Symphony in A major; Symphony no 57 in E flat major; Symphony no 22 in C major; Symphony in D major
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: London Mozart Players

"Matthias Bamert continues his admirable Contemporaries of Mozart series with this issue devoted to the relatively unknown Christian Cannabich (1731-98). Cannabich became famous as the...continue...

An Introduction to Percy Grainger

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-09-19

Works: Percy Grainger: Country Gardens; Irish Tune from County Derry (Londonderry Air), folk song for 10 strings with 2 horns ad lib. (BFMS; Green Bushes, passacaglia for 22 solo instruments or orchestra (B...
Performers: Archer, David; Thwaites, Penelope; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Watkinson, Andrew
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Bamert, Matthias; Reynish, Timothy
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

This CD includes the cream of Grainger's vast output and the carefully planned compilation is both an ideal introduction to this extraordinary composer's music....continue...

Parry: Invocation to Music, etc / Bamert, Hickox, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-03-21

Works: Hubert Parry: The Soul's Ransom, sinfonia sacra for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Choric Song from Tennyson's "The Lotus Eaters" for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Blest Pair of Sirens for chorus & or...
Performers: Cook, Brian Rayner; Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Dawson, Anne; Elms, Roderick; Jones, Della; Wilson-Johnson, David
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias; Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir; London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

Chandos has been a major player in the long overdue rehabilitation of Parry's music. Here his most important large-scale choral works are available as a...continue...

Hoffmeister: Symphonies / Bamert, London Mozart Players

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-01-24

Works: Franz Anton Hoffmeister: Symphony in G major "La festa della Pace 1791"; Symphony in E major; Symphony in D major
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: London Mozart Players

The best-selling contemporaries of Mozart series with Matthias Bamert and the London Mozart Players is one of Chandos most long-running recording projects and they are...continue...

Hadley, Sainton / Bamert, Archer, Richardson, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-05-24

Works: Philip Sainton: The Island, tone poem for orchestra; Nadir, tone poem for orchestra; The Dream of the Marionette, ballet; Patrick Hadley: The Trees So High, symphonic ballad for baritone, chorus & or...
Performers: Archer, Neill; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Richardson, Stephen [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Wilson-Johnson, David
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra

"...the music conveys a wistful, often disturbing intensity unusual for an English work of the period... this is headily evocative stuff, and Anglophiles everywhere will...continue...

Bear Essentials - American Classcics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-05-24

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Concerto for Clarinet; Old American Songs, Set 1; John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine, fanfare for orchestra; Duke Ellington: Do nothin' till you hear ...
Performers: Boer, Harmen de; Graham, Susan; Hilton, Janet; McNaught, Graeme; Shelley, Howard; White, Willard [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Dufallo, Richard; Mosko, Stephen; Järvi, Neeme; Hickox, Richard; Turovsky, Yuli; Jeanes, Major E. W.; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Stephens, D.S.; ; Slatkin, Leonard; Dausgaard, Thomas; Bamert, Matthi...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; Blues & Royals Band; Center City Brass Quintet; Cranwell Royal Air Force College Band; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; I Musici de Montréal; N...

Stokowski's Symphonic Bach Vol 2 / Bamert, BBC Philharmonic

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-03-22

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasia and Fugue for Organ in G minor, BWV 542 "Great G minor"; Concerto for Harpsichord in F minor, BWV 1056; Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, chorale prelude for organ (Sch...
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias

"...brings out the tonal light and shade, as well as the wide dynamic range of the Stokowski arrangement, something which was only half-appreciable even in...continue...

Classics - Schoenberg: Piano Concerto, Pelleas und Melisande

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-02-22

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande, symphonic poem, Op. 5; Piano Concerto, Op. 42
Performers: Malling, Amalie
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias; Schoenwandt, Michael
Ensemble: Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Niether of the works on this disc is in the enfants-terrible style ofthe Viennese second School. Pelleas et Melisande was written in the early 1900s,...continue...

Bear Essentials - Classics for Funerals

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-02-22

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March"; Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Johann Sebastian Bach: Komm, süsser Tod, komm, sel'ge Ruh'!, BWV 478; Conc...
Performers: Austin, Michael [Organ]; Comberti, Micaela; Crabtree, Libby; Kenyon, Philip; Kirkby, Emma; Lortie, Louis; Rodgers, Joan; Scott, Jonathan; Standage, Simon; Torchinsky, Yuri [Violin]
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias; Hickox, Richard; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Standage, Simon; Järvi, Neeme; Parrott, Andrew; Guest, George; Christophers, Harry; Handley, Vernon; Hurst, Geor...
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Collegium Musicum 90; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Chorus; R...

Bear Essentials - Remembrance Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-11-09

Works: Eric Coates: The Dam Busters, march for the film score; William Walton: Prelude and Fugue "Spitfire"; A Wartime Sketchbook, for orchestra (arranged by C.Palmer from film scores); Coronation March "Cr...
Performers: Addinall, Patrick; Austin, Michael [Organ]; Bott, Paula; Collins, Anne; Crabtree, Libby; Elms, Roderick; Scott, John; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: ; Marriner, Sir Neville; Gamba, Rumon; Willcocks, David; Newsome, Roy; Brand, Geoffrey; Evans, Alex; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Stobart, James; Hickox, Richard; Bamert, Matthias; Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: ; Besses O' Th' Barn Band; Black Dyke Band; Cranwell Royal Air Force College Band; Regimental Band of the Coldstream Guards

Dohnányi: Concertos, Concertino / Bamert, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-10-19

Works: Ernst von Dohnányi: Concerto for Violin no 2 in C minor, Op. 43; Concertino, for harp & chamber orchestra, Op. 45; Concerto for Piano no 2 in B minor, Op. 42
Performers: Ehnes, James [Violin]; Lantaff, Clifford; Shelley, Howard
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

James Ehnes, whom the Guardian newspaper referred to as 'spellbinding... jaw-droppingly virtuosic' is touring extensively over the next year and will be appearing at various...continue...

Ancora - Saxton: Caritas, Violin Concerto, etc / Masson

2 CD / NMC Classics / 2004-10-01

Works: Robert Saxton: Music to Celebrate the Resurrection of Christ; I Will Awake the Dawn; Concerto for Violin; In the Beginning; Caritas
Performers: Bell, Galloway; Best, Jonathan; Bryson, Roger; Budd, Bruce; Cookson, Brian; Davies, Eirian; Gwynne, David; Hibberd, Linda; Little, Tasmin; Ormiston, Linda; Ventris, Christopher; Wilson, Paul
Conductors: Bedford, Steuart; Poole, John; Bamert, Matthias; Masson, Diego
Ensemble: BBC Singers; BBC Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; English Northern Philharmonia; Opera North Chorus

Myslivecek: Symphonies / Bamert, London Mozart Players

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-06-29

Works: Josef Myslivecek: Symphony (Overture) in C major, F 26; Symphony (Overture) in A major, F 27; Symphony (Overture) in F major, F 28; Symphony (Overture) in D major, F 29; Symphony (Overture) in B flat...
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: London Mozart Players

"There's a good deal of fire in Myslivecek's symphonies, if the half-dozen recorded here are anything to go by. They're written with consummate skill and...continue...

Bear Essentials - Handel Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-05-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Der Messias; Tolomeo, HWV 25; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Largo; Suite for keyboard (Suite de piece), Vol.2, no 8 in G major, HWV 441; Tra le fiamme,...
Performers: Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Yates, Sophie
Conductors: Standage, Simon; Hickox, Richard; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Bamert, Matthias; ; Turovsky, Yuli
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Collegium Musicum 90; I Musici de Montréal; Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Sellers Engineering Band

Verhulst: Symphony in e, Overtures /Bamert, Hague Residentie

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-04-27

Works: Johannes Verhulst: Overture for orchestra in B minor, Op. 2; Overture to Gijsbrecht van Aemstel, for orchestra in C minor, Op. 3; Overture for orchestra in D minor, Op. 8; Symphony in E minor, Op. 46
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: Hague Residentie Orchestra

"About 25 years ago the Hague orchestra began searching out and performing forgotten scores of the previous 200 years. Hans Vonk conducted and recorded Verhulst's...continue...

Bear Essentials - Dining Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-10-21

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for strings & continuo in D major, Op. 12/3, RV 124; Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Australia, Soloists of; Barnert, Matthias; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Cantilena [Instrumental Ensemble]; City of Birmingham ...
Conductors: Shelley, Howard; ; Manze, Andrew; Thomas, Ronald [Violin]; Standage, Simon; Preston, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; Garforth, David; Shepherd, Adrian; Leppard, Raymond; Weller, Walter; Turovsky, Yuli; Bam...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; Ambache Chamber Ensemble; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Cantilena; Collegium Musicum 90; Concerto Copenhagen; English Chamber Ensemble; English Cha...

Herschel: Symphonies / Bamert, London Mozart

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2003-04-22

Works: William Herschel: Symphony no 14 in D major; Symphony no 8 in C minor for strings; Symphony no 2 in D major; Symphony no 12 in D major; Symphony no 17 in C major; Symphony no 13 in D major
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias; Golding, Robin
Ensemble: London Mozart Players

Fanfare
Insturmental definition is, as usual, lovely. The SACD is compatible with conventional stereo players, but Chandos has also issued this program on a two-track-only disc.
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Herschel: Symphonies / Bamert, London Mozart

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-04-22

Works: William Herschel: Symphony no 14 in D major; Symphony no 8 in C minor for strings; Symphony no 2 in D major; Symphony no 12 in D major; Symphony no 17 in C major; Symphony no 13 in D major
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: London Mozart Players

"Matthias Bamert's lively direction and the highly professional playing of the London Mozart Players provide Herschel with the best imaginable advocacy, and we may be...continue...

Verhulst: Mass Op 20 / Bamert, Oostenrijk, Reijans, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-03-25

Works: Johannes Verhulst: Mass, for 4 solo voices, choir & orchestra, Op. 20
Performers: Claessens, Hubert; Oostenrijk, Nienke
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: Netherlands Concert Choir

"Matthias Bamert leads a superb performance. His fine chorus apparently contains mostly amateur voices, but they cope well with the music's considerable demands. This is...continue...

Bear Essentials - Wedding Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-03-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Cantata no 147, ...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Austin, Michael [Organ]; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bott, Paula; Elms, Roderick; Hicks, Malcolm; Isserlis, Steven; Jackson, Francis; Kee, Piet; Kennedy, Nig...
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias; Thomas, Ronald [Violin]; Newsome, Roy; ; Shepherd, Adrian; Hickox, Richard; Standage, Simon; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Spicer, Paul; Williams, Glyn; Williams, J. Glyn; Robinson, Chris...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ens.; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Besses o' th' Barn Band; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Cantilena (Instrumental Ensemble); Collegium Musicum 90; Collegium Mu...

Personnel: Nigel Kennedy (violin); Steven Isserlis (cello); Phillip McCann (cornet); Peter Pettinger (piano); Michael Austin , Roderick Elms, Malcolm Hicks, Francis Jackson, Simon Lindley (organ)....continue...

Nishimura / Bamert, Limori, Indermühle, Takahashi

1 CD / Camerata / 2002-12-01

Works: Akira Nishimura: A Stream - After Dark; Concerto for Oboe "Karura"; Melodies from Light and Shadow
Performers: Indermuhle, Thomas; Takahashi, Aki
Conductors: Iimori, Norichika; Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: Izumi Sinfonietta Osaka; NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo

Dopper: Symphonies no 3 & 6 / Bamert, Residentie Orchestra

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-03-26

Works: Cornelis Dopper: Symphony no 3 ("Rembrandt"); Symphony no 6 ("Amsterdam")
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: Hague Residentie Orchestra

"Both the Third and Sixth symphonies are brilliantly written and immediately attractive. This disc helps to make us aware that the Dutch have had their...continue...

Dohnányi: Piano Concerto no 1, etc / Shelley, Bamert, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-02-26

Works: Ernst von Dohnányi: Ruralia Hungarica, pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 32b; Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, Op. 5
Performers: Shelley, Howard
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"A little Wagner and a large measure of Brahms are the prime ingredients in Dohnanyi's youthful, accomplished, excessive and very likeable First Piano Concerto. Howard...continue...

Wranitzky: Symphonies / Bamert, London Mozart Players

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-02-26

Works: Paul Wranitzky: Symphony in D major, Op 36; Symphony in C major, Op 11; Grand Characteristic Symphony for the Peace with the French Republic in C major, Op. 31
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: London Mozart Players

"The symphonies recorded here are lively, interesting pieces. The first two, in D major and C minor, are in the standard four movements. They are...continue...

Stokowski's Symphonic Baroque / Matthias Bamert, BBC PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-11-20

Works: Leopold Stokowski: Water Music Suite, transcription for orchestra (after Handel); Sarabande and Courante, transcription for orchestra (from Buxtehude's Keyboard Suite, BuxWV 179); Tu mancavi a tormen...
Performers: Blake, Christopher; Davis, Richard; Dixon, Peter; Millar, Cynthia
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"...Compared with the old magician, Bamert doesn't come off at all badly: there isn't that uniquely vibrant sound that Stokowski always produced, but the playing...continue...

Hol: Symphony no 2 & 4 / Bamert, Hague Resindentie Orchestra

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-10-23

Works: Richard Hol: Symphony no 2 in D minor, Op. 44; Symphony no 4 in A major
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: Hague Residentie Orchestra

Dopper: Symphony no 2, Paan 1 & 2 / Bamert, Hague Residentie

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-03-27

Works: Cornelis Dopper: Symphony no 2 in B minor; Päân I, symphonic study in D minor; Päân II, symphonic study in F minor
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: Hague Residentie Orchestra

"Cornelius Dopper (1870-1939) is yet another almost unknown composer who is currently represented by only one other disc in the catalogs. He is fortunate to...continue...

Contemporaries of Mozart - Salieri: Symphonies, etc

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-02-27

Works: Antonio Salieri: Cublai, gran kan de Tatari, opera; Variations for orchestra on "La follia di spagna"; L'Angiolina, ossia Il matrimonio per sussurro; Symphony in D major "Veneziana"; La Locandiera, o...
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: London Mozart Players

Chandos' "Contemporaries of Mozart" series has gone from strength to strength in uncovering a wealth of previously unavailable eighteenth-century works. Matthias Bamert and the London...continue...

Raff: Piano Concerto, etc / Aronsky, Bamert, Basel RSO

1 CD / Tudor / 2001-01-01

Works: Joseph Joachim Raff: Concerto for Piano in C minor, Op. 185; Ode au printemps, Op. 76
Performers: Aronsky, Peter
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias; Meier, Jost
Ensemble: Basel Radio Symphony Orchestra

Parry: Symphonic Variations, Concertstück, etc / Bamert, LPO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-09-26

Works: Hubert Parry: Symphonic Poem Variations in E minor; Concertstück in G minor; From Death to Life, symphonic poem for orchestra; Elegy for Brahms for orchestra in A minor
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

"Bamert has a complete understanding of Parry's music..." -American Record Guide "Both recording and playing are absolutely first class." -BBC Music Magazine...continue...