Kuntsch, Matthias

The Art of Ruggiero Ricci

5 CD / Vox Classical / 2007-10-09

Works: Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Karl Goldmark: Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 28; Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Vio...
Performers: Persinger, Louis; Ricci, Giorgio; Ricci, Ruggiero
Conductors: Kuntsch, Matthias; Froment, Louis de; Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: ; Luxembourg Radio/Television Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra

'The Art of Ruggiero Ricci' presents over six hours of great recordings from the Vox, Turnabout and Candide Records archive, including over three hours of...continue...

Night Owl

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2006-08-01

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Carnival of the animals...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Bennett, Elinor; Bohle, Walter; Flachot, Reine; Gregory, James; Hill, Sarah; Ricci, Ruggiero; Souter, Martin
Conductors: Rezucha, Bystrik; Tenant-Flowers, Sarah; Kuntsch, Matthias; Chang, Yun-Sung

Late night classics. At the end of a long day, and on into the night, this lovely album of relaxing music will help banish those...continue...

Music for a Goddess - Great Opera & Orchestral Classics for an Indulgent Moment

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2003-01-01

Works: Jules Massenet: Thaïs, opera in 3 acts; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Christoph W. Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits; Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte; Giacomo Puccini: Madama...
Performers: Morozova, Elena; Ricci, Ruggiero; Souter, Martin; Tachmanov, Alexander
Conductors: Shipway, Frank; Jackson, Don; Kakhidze, Djansug; Kuntsch, Matthias; Bubelnikov, Pavel

Soothing and uplifting music for a goddess (domestic or otherwise). An album of music to help get away from it all, bathed in orchestral bliss...continue...

G. Coates: Indian Sounds, Cette Blanche Agony, etc

1 CD / New World / 2002-10-01

Works: Gloria Coates: Cette Blanche Agonie, for soprano & chamber orchestra; Symphony no 8 ("Indian Sounds"), version for voices & chamber orchestra; The Force for Peace in War, cantata for soprano & chambe...
Performers: Osten, Sigune von; Schober, Bernd
Conductors: Kuntsch, Matthias

Gloria Coates is of a modernist generation for whom music is a vehicle for dark, disturbing emotions, for whom the range of musical sounds must...continue...

Reflections

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2002-03-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13...
Performers: Korner, Gunther; Lang, Peter [Piano]; Lester, Richard [Cello]; Ricci, Ruggiero; Souter, Martin
Conductors: Duvier, Eugen; Pitamic, Alexander von; ; Kuntsch, Matthias; Rezucha, Bystrik; Peters, Reinhard
Ensemble: ; Bamberg Piano Quintet

Adagios, Largos and Andante - composers of the past poured out their deepest thoughts in these slow movements of this orchestral, chamber and piano album....continue...

Recitals - Placido Domingo - Arias & Scenes from Boheme, etc

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-10-30

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Roberto Devereux; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Jules Massenet: Manon; Ge...
Performers: Cooper, Sylvia; Crader, Jeannine; Domingo, Placido; Dunn, Mignon; Niska, Maralin; Saunders, Arlene; Schwartzman, Seymor; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Rudel, Julius; Effron, David; Kuntsch, Matthias; Patanè, Franco; Buckley, Emerson; Guadagno, Anton
Ensemble: ; Cincinnati Summer Opera Association; New York City Opera Orchestra

Recordings 1967-70 from the early years of tenor Placido Domingo's brilliant career, when the astonishing power and beauty of his voice were in their first...continue...

World of Classics - Scandinavian Classical Music

5 CD / Columbia River Entertainment / 1998-01-05

Works: Andreas Düben: Praeludium for Organ in E major; Edvard Grieg: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16; Norwegian Peasant Dances (17) for Piano, Op. 72; Lyric Pieces (8), Book 2, Op. 38; From Holbe...
Performers: Bulva, Josef; Jeschko, Stefan; Kalafusz, Hans; Keller, Roland; Lapansky, Marian; Mourao, Isabel; Ricci, Ruggiero; Rilling, Helmuth; von Wildermann, Klaus
Conductors: Rezucha, Bystrik; Pesek, Libor; Mareczek, Fritz; Hartmann, Albert; Kuntsch, Matthias; Duatte, Roland; Faerber, Jörg
Ensemble: Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Bochum Symphony Orchestra; Luxembourg Radio/Television Symphony Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra; South German Philharmonic Orchestra; Stuttgart Philharmonic ...

25 Concerto Favorites

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 1997-07-22

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Trumpets and Strings in D major; Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93; Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Concerto for...
Performers: Alpenheim, Ilse von; Brendel, Alfred; Carroll, Edward; Gleisle, Walter; Harnoy, Ofra [Cello]; Kantorow, Jean-Jacques [Conductor/Violin]; Klien, Walter [Piano]; Lautenbacher, Suzanne; List, Eugene; Mi...
Conductors: Carroll, Edward; Kehr, Günter; Faerber, Jörg; Angerer, Paul; Reinhardt, Rolf; Reichert, Hubert; Dorati, Antal; Maag, Peter; Kunzel, Erich; Kuntsch, Matthias; Wagner, Robert; Susskind, Walte...
Ensemble: ; Cincinnati Pops Orchestra; Concerto Rotterdam; Innsbruck Symphony Orchestra; Luxembourg Radio/Television Symphony Orchestra; Southwest German Chamber Orchestra; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; Vienna...