Kalmar, Carlos

Edouard Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole; Namouna; Scherzo / Alexandre da Costa, violin

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2013-03-26

Works: Edouard Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, for violin & orchestra in D minor, Op. 21; Namouna, Suite no 1, for orchestra; Namouna, Suite no 2, for orchestra; Scherzo for orchestra in D minor
Performers: da Costa, Alexandre
Conductors: Kalmar, Carlos
Ensemble: Orquesta Sinfonica de Radio Television Espanola

Following the "Fire and Blood" CD of music by Michael Daugherty (0825646719570), Canadian/Spanish violinist Alexandre da Costa is teamed with the Spanish Radio & TV...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Monumental in Madrid (06/07/2012-06/08/2012)....continue...

This England - works by Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Britten / Carlos Kalmar, Oregon SO

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Edward Elgar: Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 "In London Town"; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 5 in D major; Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes; Passacaglia, for orchestra, Op. 33b (from "Peter Grimes")
Conductors: Kalmar, Carlos
Ensemble: ; Oregon Symphony Orchestra

Pentatone releases its second album with the Oregon Symphony, playing 'This England.' PentaTone has already planned a third album with these forces in 2013 as...continue...
Personnel: Nancy Ives (cello).

Recording information: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, Oregon (2012-02-18_2012-02-19&2012-)....continue...

Music for a Time of War by Ives, Adams, Britten, Vaughn Williams

1 CD / PentaTone Classics / 2011-10-25

Works: Charles Ives: Contemplations (2); John Adams: The Wound-Dresser; Benjamin Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 4 in F minor
Performers: Iwasaki, Jun; Sylvan, Sanford; Work, Jeffrey
Conductors: Kalmar, Carlos

Since the Oregon Symphony was established more than 100 years ago, it has been recognized for its internationally acclaimed music directors, skilled performers, diverse programs...continue...
Recording information: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR (05/07/2011-05/08/2011)....continue...

Pulitzer Prize-winning Works Schuman, Sowerby & Copland

1 CD / Cedille / 2011-06-28

Works: William Schuman: A Free Song, for chorus, baritone soloist & orchestra; Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring, ballet for 13 instruments; Leo Sowerby: The Canticle of the Sun, cantata for chorus & orches...
Performers: Cox, Ryan J.
Conductors: Kalmar, Carlos

Listen as the Chicago Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus perform three Pulitzer Prize winning pieces from composers William Schuman, Aaron Copland and Leo Sowerby. Under...continue...
Recording information: Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Millennium Park, Ch (06/25/2010-06/26/2010)....continue...

Kernis: Symphony in Waves, Newly Drawn Sky, Too Hot Toccata / Kalmar, Grant Park Orchestra

1 CD / Cedille / 2008-08-01

Works: Aaron Jay Kernis: Newly Drawn Sky; Too Hot Toccata; Symphony in Waves
Conductors: Kalmar, Carlos
Ensemble: Grant Park Orchestra

"Contemporary orchestral music recordings don't get much better than this. Aaron Jay Kernis was lucky in that the music on which his current reputation rests...continue...

Royal Mezzo - Barber: Andromache's Farewell; Britten: Phaedra; Ravel, Berlioz / Kalmar, et al

1 CD / Cedille / 2008-06-01

Works: Samuel Barber: Andromache's Farewell, Op. 39; Hector Berlioz: La Mort de Cléopâtre, for soprano & orchestra, H.36; Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade, poems (3) for soprano (or ten...
Performers: Larmore, Jennifer
Conductors: Kalmar, Carlos
Ensemble: Grant Park Orchestra

A tour de force showcasing the power and poise of one of America’s leading opera stars. Jennifer Larmore is a major international opera star familiar...continue...

Pleyel: Symphonies / Kalmar, Angerer, Wallberg, et al

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-01-01

Works: Ignaz Pleyel: Symphony in D major, B 126; Symphony in F major, B 123; Symphony in E flat major, B 134
Conductors: Kalmar, Carlos; Angerer, Paul; Wallberg, Heinz

Pleyel was most active as a composer during the period of 1785-95. After moving to Paris, he founded the publishing firm Maison Pleyel and extended...continue...

American Orchestral Works - Kolb, Corigliano, etc / Kalmar

1 CD / Cedille / 2006-06-30

Works: Barbara Kolb: All in Good Time, for orchestra; Aaron Jay Kernis: Sarabanda in Memoriam, for orchestra; Michael Hersch: Ashes of Memory, for orchestra; John Corigliano: Summer Fanfare (Echoes of Forgo...
Conductors: Kalmar, Carlos
Ensemble: Grant Park Orchestra

A world premiere recording of American orchestral works with the Grant Park Orchestra (ensemble in residence for Chicago's summer Grant Park Music Festival) and principal...continue...

Portraits - Szymanowski, Martinu, Bartók / Koh, Kalmar

1 CD / Cedille / 2006-01-01

Works: Karol Szymanowski: Concerto for Violin no 1, Op. 35, M37; Bohuslav Martinu: Concerto for Violin no 2, H. 293; Béla Bartók: Portraits (2) for violin and orchestra, Op. 5/Sz 37
Performers: Koh, Jennifer [Violin]
Conductors: Kalmar, Carlos
Ensemble: Grant Park Orchestra

"Koh offers three works for violin and orchestra by three very different Eastern European composers, none of them over-exposed and all of them distinctive. In...continue...

The Romantic Cello Concerto 1 - Dohnányi, Enescu, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-10-11

Works: Ernst von Dohnányi: Konzertstück for Cello and Orchestra in D major, Op. 12; George Enescu: Symphonie Concertante, for cello & orchestra in B minor, Op. 8; Eugen d'Albert: Concerto for Cell...
Performers: Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]
Conductors: Kalmar, Carlos
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

"The lush lyricism and engaging virtuosity of the idiomatic solo writing is graced by a quite superb soloist of whom I hope we shall be...continue...

Serenely Cedille - Bach, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, etc

1 CD / Cedille / 2005-01-01

Works: George Walker: Lyric for strings; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, Op. 37b; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor; Johannes Brahms: Fantasies (7) for Piano, Op. 116; Lita Grier: Renascence, ...
Performers: Barton Pine, Rachel [Violin]; Paperno, Dmitry; Salvatore, Ramon; Schrader, David; Stolper, Mary
Conductors: Feeman, Paul; ; Kalmar, Carlos; Hege, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Chicago Chamber Musicians; eighth blackbird; His Majestie's Clerkes

Say adios to the same old adagios you typically find on serenity-themed CDs of contemplative classical music. This new disc of calming classics drawn from...continue...

Kurka: Julius Ceasar, Symphony no 2, etc / Carlos Kalmar

1 CD / Cedille / 2004-01-01

Works: Robert Kurka: Julius Caesar, symphonic epilogue after Shakespeare, for orchestra, Op. 28; Symphony no 2, Op. 24; Music for orchestra, Op. 11; Serenade for small orchestra, Op. 25
Conductors: Kalmar, Carlos
Ensemble: Grant Park Orchestra

Brahms, Joachim: Violin Concertos / Rachel Barton

2 CD / Cedille / 2003-01-01

Works: Joseph Joachim: Concerto in Hungarian Style, for violin & orchestra no 2, in D minor, Op. 11; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77
Performers: Barton Pine, Rachel [Violin]; Klein, Alex
Conductors: Kalmar, Carlos
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Nominated for a Grammy Award in 2003. Includes a bonus track of Pine's own cadenza for the end of the first movement of the Brahms...continue...

American Works for Organ and Orchestra / Schrader, Kalmar

1 CD / Cedille / 2002-01-01

Works: Samuel Barber: Toccata Festiva for organ & orchestra, Op. 36; Walter Piston: Prelude and Allegro for organ & strings; Leo Sowerby: Concertpiece for organ & orchestra, H. 307; Michael Colgrass: Snow W...
Performers: Schrader, David
Conductors: Kalmar, Carlos
Ensemble: Grant Park Orchestra