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Britten: War Requiem / Evelina Dobracheva, Anthony Dean Griffey, Mark Stone, Jaap van Zweden

2 Super Audio CD / Challenge Classics / 2012-09-11

Works: Benjamin Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
Performers: Dobraceva, Evelina; Griffey, Anthony Dean; Stone, Mark [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Zweden, Jaap van; Leeuw, Reinbert de
Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Choir; Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

In May 2011, a memorable concert of Britten's profound, impressive musical protest to war took place. The world-class performance was recorded on Challenge Classics with...continue...
Recording information: Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn (05/28/2010)....continue...

Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vol. 6: 1990-2000

14 CD / RCO Live / 2011-10-11

Works: Béla Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle, Op. 11/Sz 48; Concerto for Piano no 3, Sz 119; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastor...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barainsky, Claudia; Brautigam, Ronald; Hamelin, Marc-Andre [Piano]; Komlosi, Ildiko; Kovacs, Kolos; Laurendeau, Jean; Masseurs, Peter; Murray, Ann; Shelton, Lucy [Soprano Vo...
Conductors: Fischer, Iván; Tennstedt, Klaus; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Berglund, Paavo; Chailly, Riccardo; Dutoit, Charles; Solti, Sir Georg; Previn, Andre; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Jansons, Mariss; Haitink, B...
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

The Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is a recorded history of six decades of performances by the Concertgebouw Orchestra, taken from broadcasts contained in...continue...

Robert Zuidam: Suster Bertken / Baerts, Claessens and Asko-Schonb

1 CD / Attacca / 2011-10-11

Works: Robert Zuidam: Suster Bertken, for vocal ensemble
Performers: Claessens, Hubert
Conductors: Leeuw, Reinbert de
Ensemble: Asko-Schönberg Ensemble

This new opera, based on the writings of 15th-century anchoress Suster Bertken, premiered on December 4, 2010 at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. The recording features the...continue...
Recording information: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (12/04/2010); Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn (12/04/2010); Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (12/12/2010); Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn (12/12/2010)....continue...

Sandor Germanus: Lunapark - Microtonal Chamber Music

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2011-07-12

Works: Sander Germanus: Lunapark, for 16 musicians; Le Tourne-disque Antique, for reed quintet; Hallucinations, for string quartet; Microphobia, for alto saxophone & tap shoe; Piccadilly Circus, for 18 musi...
Performers: de Vente, Joeri; Hekkema, Raaf; Leutscher, Karin; Lohse, Antje; Marang, Michel [Clarinet]; Sander Germanus
Conductors: ; Leeuw, Reinbert de
Ensemble: Asko-Schönberg Ensemble ; Calefax Reed Quintet

Sander Germanus is the type of composer who feels very much involved in music history: "I want to add something to contemporary music," he states...continue...

The Liszt Collection [Limited Edition - 34 CDs]

34 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-06-28

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125; Totentanz for Piano, S 525; Hungarian Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra, S 123; Malédictio...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; Atkinson, Leon; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartha, Alfonz; Behrens, Hildegard; Berczelly, Istvan; Berman, Lazar; Bolet, Jorge; Cherkassky, Shura; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/C...
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Karajan, Herbert von; Fischer, Iván; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Solti, Sir Georg; Haitink, Bernard; Heinrich, Siegfried; Guest, George; Ferencsik, János; Leeuw, Reinbert de; Albrecht...

The cornerstone of DG's Liszt 200 celebration is a 34 CD limited edition superbudget box set in the style of their Brahms and Schumann boxes...continue...

Gorecki: Kleines Requiem; Lerchenmusik

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-05-31

Works: Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Kleines Requiem for a Polka (for piano and 13 instruments), Op. 66; Lerchenmusik for clarinet, cello & piano, Op. 53 ("Recitatives & Ariosos")
Performers: Boer, Harmen de; Groeneveld, Larissa; Leeuw, Reinbert de
Conductors: Leeuw, Reinbert de
Ensemble: Schoenberg Ensemble

Gorecki (1933 - 2010) became best known for his Symphony No.3, the 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' that became a hit in the 1990s, tapping into...continue...
Recording information: Amsterdam (11/1993)....continue...

Vom himmel zur holle

1 CD / Wergo / 2010-07-13

Works: Martin Smolka: Rush (Hour in Celestial Streets), for ensemble; Mauricio Kagel: Orchestrion-Straat, for chamber ensemble; Louis Andriessen: Racconto dall'Inferno, for orchestra
Performers: Bersgtrom, Mats; Brandt, Christopher; Corbett, John [clarinet]; Dierksen, Uwe; Eychmuller, Susanne; Gotz, Nandor; Groben, Francoise; Hashimoto, Shynia; Hirst, Liz; Hofer, Thomas; Klumpenaar, Marlies;...
Conductors: Rundel, Peter; Leeuw, Reinbert de
Ensemble: MusikFabrik

This new collection from MusikFabrik focuses on three composers' imaginings of music from heaven or hell. In the Old Testament, the musical praise of God...continue...
Recording information: Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal, WDR Funkhaus am Wallrafplatz K....continue...

Jan Rokus Van Roosendael: Static Motion

2 CD / Attacca / 2010-05-11

Works: Jan Rokus Van Roosendael: Tala, for orchestra; Irama, for piano & 9 percussionists; Windows, for orchestra; Static Motion, for ensemble; Space of Time, for orchestra; Echo, for wind ensemble & percus...
Performers: De Vink, Grethe
Conductors: De Waart, Edo; Gordon, Jim; Eötvös, Peter; Spanjaard, Ed; Leeuw, Reinbert de; Gruter, Jean; Gronostay, Uwe; Layton, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Amsterdams Blazers Collective; Nieuw Ensemble

What would Mozart's 75th symphony have sounded like if it were written in 1821? How would Mahler's world have developed after his Tenth symphony? Could...continue...

Donaueschinger Musiktage 2006, Vol. 4 [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / Neos Production Import / 2010-03-23

Works: Mauricio Kagel: Divertimento?, a farce for ensemble; Alberto Posadas: Anamorfosis, for large ensemble
Conductors: Leeuw, Reinbert de
Ensemble: Schoenberg Ensemble

Import Hybrid-SACD pressing....continue...

Milhaud: Viola Concerto no 1, Quatre Visages / Susanne van Els

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2009-11-10

Works: Darius Milhaud: Visages (4), for viola & piano, Op. 238; Concerto, for viola and orchestra (or piano) no 1, Op. 108; Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for cello solo, Op. 28; Paul Hindemith: Sonata for ...
Performers: Bouwhuis, Gerard; Els, Susanne van
Conductors: Leeuw, Reinbert de
Ensemble: Schoenberg Ensemble

Holnd Fstvl - A Dutch Miracle - Fifty Years - 1947-1997

7 CD / Globe / 2009-09-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Ernani; Falstaff; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492...
Performers: Alva, Luigi; Ameling, Elly; Andreolli, Florindo; Andriessen, Louis; Arnaud, Claudine; Barbieri, Fedora; Barick, David; Barwahser, Hubert; Beekman, Marcel; Benschop, Yvonne; Berberian, Cathy; Beretty,...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Molinari-Pradelli, F.; Rescigno, Nicola; Abbado, Claudio; Maderna, Bruno; De Waart, Edo; Berio, Luciano; Britten, Benjamin; Alldis, John; Duffalo, Richard; Friesen, Heinz; Leeuw...
Ensemble: American Wind Orchestra; ASKO Ensemble; Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; Danzi Woodwind Quintet; English Opera Group; Ensemble InterContemporain; Ensemble Modern; Hague Residentie Orchestra; Instrumen...

Messiaen: La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ, Visions de l'Amen / De Leeuw, Loriod, et al

6 CD / Naïve / 2008-05-27

Works: Olivier Messiaen: La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ; Visions de l'amen; Sept haïkaï, for piano, 13 winds, 6 percussion & 8 violins, I/45; Couleurs de la cité c...
Performers: Boer, Harmen de; Bon, Maarten; Bon, Marja; Dullaert, Hans; Gijsegem, Ludwig van; Holthaus, Reiner; Leeuw, Reinbert de; Loo, Martine van der; Loriod, Yvonne [Piano/Composer]; Muruzabal, Arturo; Promme...
Conductors: Leeuw, Reinbert de; Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: ASKO Ensemble; Hilversum Radio Symphony Orchestra; Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra; Percussion Group The Hague; Schoenberg Ensemble

BBC Music Magazine
A marvellous six disc box from Nanve that handily gathers previously issued live performances. àmy admiration for de Leeuw's La Transfiguration, which is...continue...

The Ligeti Project - Atmospheres, Chamber Concerto, etc / Nott, de Leeuw, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, et al

5 CD / Teldec / 2008-05-20

Works: György Ligeti: Melodien, for orchestra (or chamber orchestra); Chamber Concerto, for 13 instruments; Piano Concerto; Mysteries of the Macabre, for soprano & ensemble, or trumpet & piano/ensemble...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Bernstein, Thomas; Bonnay, Max; Breyer, Simon; Cakar, Ozan; Ebrahim, Omar; Geringas, David; Hirst, Linda; Holliger, Heinz; Karolyi, Katalin; Leonard, Sarah; Mahni, Sybille; Ma...
Conductors: ; Leeuw, Reinbert de; Nott, Jonathan
Ensemble: ASKO Ensemble; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Schoenberg Ensemble

Donaueschinger Musiktage 2006 Vol 4 - Kagel, Posadas / Reinbert de Leeuw, et al

1 CD / Neos Production / 2008-05-07

Works: Mauricio Kagel: Divertimento? Farce for Ensemble; Alberto Posadas: Anamorfosis
Conductors: Leeuw, Reinbert de
Ensemble: Schönberg Ensemble

Klaas de Vries: A King, Riding [Hybrid SACD]

2 Super Audio CD / Composers' Voice Import / 2007-04-03

Works: Klaas de Vries: A King, Riding, scenic oratorio
Performers: Hardy, Rosemary; Kale, Stuart [Tenor Vocal]; Rameker, Bruce; Saffer, Lisa; van der Kamp, Harry; Vries, Gerrie de
Conductors: Leeuw, Reinbert de
Ensemble: ASKO Ensemble; Schoenberg Ensemble

Kagel: Quirinus' Liebeskuss, Serenade, Doppelsextett

1 CD / Winter & Winter / 2007-03-13

Works: Mauricio Kagel: Quirinus' Liebeskuss; Serenade, for 3 players; Doppelsextett, for ensemble
Performers: Jurriaanse, Govert; Utrecht, Paul Van
Conductors: Leeuw, Reinbert de
Ensemble: Schoenberg Ensemble

On December 24, 2006, great contemporary composer Mauricio Kagel celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday. For this event, Winter & Winter produced The Mauricio Kagel Edtion-a limited,...continue...

Steve Reich - Phases (A Nonesuch Retrospective)

5 CD / Warner Classics / 2006-09-26

Works: Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians; Different Trains, for double string quartet & tape; Tehillim, for 3 sopranos, alto, winds, strings, percussion & keyboards; Eight Lines; You Are (Variations), for...
Performers: Becker, Bob [Percussion]; Beiser, Maya; Benschop, Yvonne; Borden, Barbara; Can, Bang On A; Goud, Ananda; Hartenberger, Russ; Kronos Quartet; Kvistad, Garry; Los Angeles Master Chorale; Metheny, Pat; ...
Conductors: ; Leeuw, Reinbert de; Lubman, Bradley; Gershon, Grant; Hillier, Paul; Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: Bang on a Can; Los Angeles Master Chorale; Members of the Brooklyn Philharmonic (Members); Members of the Steve Reich Ensemble (Members); Schoenberg Ensemble; Steve Reich & Musicians

"When the history book is written on the minimalist scene that emerged in the 1960s, it's likely that composer Steve Reich will emerge as the...continue...

Andriessen: Writing to Vermeer

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2006-04-11

Works: Louis Andriessen: Writing to Vermeer
Performers: Bickley, Susan; Duijkeren, Brenda van; Epen, Wendy van; Greve, Melanie; Hannigan, Barbara; Kistemaker, Jan; Makuuchi, Tomoko; Narucki, Susan; Niels, Marjolein; Noorduyn, Violet Serena; Schroevers, Ja...
Conductors: Leeuw, Reinbert de
Ensemble: ASKO Ensemble; Schoenberg Ensemble

Writing To Vermeer is the sixth Nonesuch release from Louis Andriessen, the most highly regarded contemporary composer working in the Netherlands today, an influential and...continue...

Pound: Ego Scriptor Cantilenae / Other Minds Ensemble, et al

1 CD / Other Minds Music / 2006-03-14

Works: Ezra Pound: Le Testament; Fiddle Music Suite no 1; Al poco giorno; Cavalcanti; Frottola; Collis O Heliconii; Aliter
Performers: Camastra, Marco; Foreman, John; Hughes, Robert; Neff, Jerome; Pereira, Jack; Rubin, Nathan; Van der Kamp, Harry; Varnum, David
Conductors: Stringer, John; Leeuw, Reinbert de; Hughes, Robert; Fera, Marcello
Ensemble: Arch Ensemble; ASKO Ensemble; Conductus Ensemble; Other Minds Festival 7 Ensemble; Villon Music Theatre Ensemble

Ezra Pound (1885-1972) was one of the most colorful and controversial figures in American literature. Born in Hailey, Idaho, he eventually founded the Imagist movement...continue...

Kagel: Die Stücke der Windrose / Leeuw, Schönberg Ensemble

1 CD / Winter & Winter / 2005-02-01

Works: Mauricio Kagel: Die Stücke der Windrose (The Compass Pieces), for salon orchestra
Conductors: Leeuw, Reinbert de
Ensemble: Schoenberg Ensemble

"No contemporary composer is more skilled at suggesting magical vistas and social, ethnic perspectives without any hint of mawkishness than Mauricio Kagel... these are vividly...continue...

The Ligeti Project V

1 CD / Teldec / 2004-06-22

Works: György Ligeti: Aventures, for 3 voices & 7 instruments; Nouvelles aventures, for 3 voices & 7 instruments; Artikulation, for tape; Musica ricercata, pieces (11) for piano; Sonata for cello; Die ...
Performers: Bonnay, Max; Ebrahim, Omar; Geringas, David; Hirst, Linda; Leonard, Sarah; Masseurs, Peter
Conductors: Leeuw, Reinbert de
Ensemble: ASKO Ensemble; Schoenberg Ensemble

The Ligeti Project Vol 4 - Hamburgisches Konzert, etc

1 CD / Teldec Import / 2003-05-20

Works: György Ligeti: Hamburg Concerto, for horn & chamber orchestra with 4 obbligato natural horns; Double Concerto, for flute, oboe & orchestra; Ramifications, for 12 strings (or string orchestra); R...
Performers: Bernstein, Thomas; Breyer, Simon; Cakar, Ozan; Holliger, Heinz; Mahni, Sybille; Neunecker, Marie-Luise; Reisen, Margriet van; Stein, Caroline; Zoon, Jacques
Conductors: Leeuw, Reinbert de; Nott, Jonathan
Ensemble: ASKO Ensemble; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Schoenberg Ensemble

New Line - Ligeti: The Ligeti Project I / Leeuw, et al

1 CD / Teldec / 2001-06-19

Works: György Ligeti: Melodien, for orchestra (or chamber orchestra); Chamber Concerto, for 13 instruments; Piano Concerto; Mysteries of the Macabre, for soprano & ensemble, or trumpet & piano/ensemble...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Masseurs, Peter
Conductors: Leeuw, Reinbert de
Ensemble: ASKO Ensemble; Schoenberg Ensemble

"This one is easy. This CD has great music, brilliantly performed under the composer's supervision and recorded with all the immediacy of which digital sound...continue...

Andriessen: Rosa - The Death of a Composer

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2000-05-16

Works: Louis Andriessen: Rosa
Performers: Andriessen, Louis; Angel, Marie; Gillett, Christopher; Kralingen, Miranda van
Conductors: Leeuw, Reinbert de
Ensemble: ASKO Ensemble; Schoenberg Ensemble

Right from the first notes of the overture, "Rosa" has an urgency you won't find in most new operas. We hear a tenor saxophone, sounding...continue...
REVIEWS:

New York Times (Publisher) (7/9/00, p.23) - "...[Andriessen's] music is as strongly pulsed, short-phrased and repetitive as Philip Glass's, but it comes out of a sourer and darker harm...continue...

Andriessen: De Materie / De Leeuw, Schoenberg Ensemble

2 CD / Warner Classics / 1996-09-24

Works: Louis Andriessen: De Materie, opera
Performers: Doing, James; Narucki, Susan
Conductors: Leeuw, Reinbert de
Ensemble: Schoenberg Ensemble

"De Materie (Matter) is a four-part musical-theatre work written 1984-88 by Dutch composer Louis Andriessen...Much of this music is based on blocks of repetitive chordal...continue...

Andriessen: De Stijl, M is for Man Music Mozart / De Leeuw

1 CD / Warner Classics / 1994-08-09

Works: Louis Andriessen: De Stijl; M is for Man, Music, Mozart, for voice & orchestra
Performers: Seriese, Astrid; Thoma, Gertrude
Conductors: Leeuw, Reinbert de; Hempel, Jurgen
Ensemble: ; Schoenberg Ensemble

Andriessen: De Tijd / De Leeuw, Schoenberg Ensemble

1 CD / Nonesuch Import / 1993-05-14

Works: Louis Andriessen: De Tijd
Conductors: Leeuw, Reinbert de
Ensemble: Netherlands Chamber Choir