Rickenbacher, Karl Anton

Nicolai: Symphony In D Major

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-05-18

Works: Otto Nicolai: Overture to "The Merry Wives of Windsor"; Overture to Il Templario (Der Tempelritter); Overture to Der Heimkehr des Verbannten (Homecoming of the Exile); Weihnachts-Ouvertüre, WoO ...
Conductors: Rickenbacher, Karl Anton

Recording information: Kulturraum, Bamberg....continue...

Bext Adagio Voices 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Ave Maria; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Requiem, Op. 48; Ave Verum, Op. 65; Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Cantique de J...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Boufil, Paul; Bouillat, Jean-Louis; Butt, John [Organ, Conductor]; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Collot, Delphine; Cornwe...
Conductors: Schoenwandt, Michael; Hill, David; Barenboim, Daniel; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Haitink, Bernard; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Ferro, Gabriele; Paavo, Järvi; Guadagno, Anton; Lomba...
Ensemble: ; Capella Bavariae; Cellos ensemble of the Orchestre de Paris; Consort of Musicke; Ensemble instrumental de Genève ; Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne; La Orfanelle della Pieta; Le Concert d'As...

This 6-CD set covers many of the most popular melodic works composed for the human voice and is programmed for a relaxed listening experience. This...continue...

Olivier Messiaen - Complete Edition

32 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2008-12-09

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Preludes (8) for Piano; La fauvette des jardins; Petites esquisses d'oiseaux (6), for piano, I/54; Études (4) de rhythme; Cantéyodjayâ; Rondeau, for piano, I/24;...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Banlaky, Akos; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Barker, Noelle; Cantin, Catherine; Collerette, Hélène; C...
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun; Nagano, Kent; Boulez, Pierre; ; Kreder, Jean-Paul; Davis, Andrew; Chailly, Riccardo; Rickenbacher, Karl Anton
Ensemble: ; Members of the Ensemble Le Madrigal (Members); Sextuor Jeanne Loriod

The 2008 Messiaen celebrations come to an overwhelming climax with this superb 32-CD set of his complete works. This limited edition set from Deutsche Grammophon...continue...

The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music [Box Set]

51 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-11-21

Works: Joseph Achron: Concerto for Violin no 1, Op. 60; Golem, suite for chamber orchestra; Belshazzar; Samuel Adler: Sephardic Choruses (5), for chorus (from Ever Since Babylon); Nuptial Scene, for voice &...
Performers: Abelson, Robert; Adler, Bruce; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allardyce, Lauren; Arnold, Hubert; Aslan, Pablo; Avila, Jorge; Barr, Jean; Barrick, Clinton; Ben-Ze'ev, Re'ut; Bermel, Derek; Besley, Megan; B...
Conductors: Silverstein, Joseph; Schwarz, Gerard; Gardner, Patrick; Adler, Samuel; Winther, Rodney; Wilkins, Christopher; Kiesler, Kenneth; Itai, Avner; Marriner, Sir Neville; Corp, Ronald [Composer]; Levin, Nei...
Ensemble: ; Chamber Opera Ensemble; Cincinnati Wind Symphony; Dave Brubeck Trio; Eastman Players; Finchley Children's Music Group; Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble; Schola Hebraeica Chorus; Southern Jazz Ensemble...

Includes ashrei (ashrei yoshvei veitekha (l. glantz) / eine by various composers.

Includes b'motza'ei m'nuha (assembled for "the first s'liho by various composers....continue...

American Classics - Milken Archive - Psalms of Joy & Sorrow

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-10-31

Works: George Rochberg: Psalms (3) for Unaccompanied Choir; Jacob Druckman: Sabbath Eve Service "Shir shel yakov"; Ursula Mamlok: Cantata "Blessed is the man"; Yehudi Wyner: Friday Evening Service; Miriam G...
Performers: Bikel, Theodore; Bischof, Justin; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Evans, Joseph [Tenor]; Finkelstein, Meir; Leonard, Sarah; Mason, Patrick; Miller, Aaron David; Mizrahi, Alberto; Potton, Hugh
Conductors: Brewer, Michael; Adler, Samuel; Itai, Avner; Corp, Ronald; Rickenbacher, Karl Anton; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Gardner, Patrick; Levin, Neil
Ensemble: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; BBC Singers; Carmina Choir; Laudibus; London Chorus; New York Cantorial Choir; Rochester Singers; Rutgers Kirkpatrick Choir; Schola Hebraeica; Slovak Radio Symphony Orch...

Unique among liturgies in their singular blend of majestic grandeur, loft sentiments, and poignant simplicity, the Psalms embrace virtually every basic human emotion and mood,...continue...

American Classics - Milken Archive - Celebration of Israel

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-04-18

Works: Samuel Cohen: Hatikvah (National Anthem, Israel); Julius Chajes: Old Jerusalem, for voice & piano; Hebrew Suite, for orchestra; Adarim, for orchestra; Herbert Fromm: Pioneers (Halutzim), for orchestr...
Performers: Kohler, Margaret; Martinez, Ana Maria; Schebesta, Martin
Conductors: Rickenbacher, Karl Anton; Jaffe, Elli; Adler, Samuel; Wirth, Gerald; Mester, Jorge; Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Eastman Players

The music on this CD is a joyous celebration of Zionist dreams and hopes, as well as of daily life in Israel. From the mystical...continue...

Stephan: Die ersten Menschen / Rickenbacher, Nimsgern, et al

2 CD / CPO / 2006-04-18

Works: Rudi Stephan: Die ersten Menschen, opera
Performers: Aschenbach, Hans; Cerny, Florian; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Ronge, Gabriele Maria
Conductors: Rickenbacher, Karl Anton
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

At the beginning of the twentieth century Stephan was one of Germany's most highly promising composers. Not least his 'Music for Orchestra' (1913) become an...continue...

Weinberg: Piano Concerto no 2, etc / Rickenbacher, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-06-21

Works: Jacob Weinberg: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C Major; Quartet for Strings Op. 55; Shabbat Ba'aretz (Sabbath in the Holy Land Service), Op. 41
Performers: Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Mason, Patrick [Baritone Vocal]; Osorio, Jorge Federico
Conductors: Rickenbacher, Karl Anton; Kiesler, Kenneth
Ensemble: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; BBC Singers

"...All of the artists involved in this release are top-drawer. Jorge Federico Osorio makes a strong case for the Piano Concerto, even though I have...continue...

American Classics - F. Jacobi: Cello Concerto, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-11-16

Works: Frederick Jacobi: Concerto for Cello; Sabbath Evening Service, for cantor & chorus; Hagiographa, 3 Biblical narratives for piano & string quartet; Ahavat olam, for cantor, chorus & organ; Pieces (2) ...
Performers: Bloch, Robert; Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]; Krinke, Brian; Lee, Richard; Levin, Neil; Mason, Patrick [Baritone Vocal]; Miller, Aaron; Reuss, Stefan; Schwendener, Paul; Taylor, George; Werner, Joseph; Yan...
Conductors: Rickenbacher, Karl Anton; Cullen, Joseph; Adler, Samuel
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; New York Cantorial Choir

Frederick Jacobi was championed by such legendary conductors as Koussevitzky, Stokowski, and Monteux. Jacobi's 'Jewish' compositions combine the refinements of the great European romantic tradition...continue...

In utero - Music for My Baby

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-07-13

Works: Claude Debussy: Quartet for Strings in G minor, Op. 10; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Gabriel Faur...
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Biesebender, Volker; Bruder, Klaus; Fernow, Wolfgang; Gens, Veronique; Tomter, Lars Anders; Vignoles, Roger; Warren-Green, Christopher
Conductors: ; Warren-Green, Christopher; Brown, Iona; Pesek, Libor; Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Saraste, Jukka-Pekka; Rees, Jonathan; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Rickenbacher, Karl Anton
Ensemble: Avodah Trio; Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; Borodin String Quartet; English Chamber Orchestra; Fretwork; Harmoniemusic of London; London Chamber Orchestra; Nash Ensemble; Northern Sinfonia; Norwegian Ch...

Murail: Gondwana, Desintegrations, etc

1 CD / Naïve / 2004-05-01

Works: Tristan Murail: Gondwana, for orchestra; Desintegrations, for magnetic tape & 17 instruments; Time and Again
Conductors: Prin, Yves; Rickenbacher, Karl Anton
Ensemble: Beethovenhalle Orchestra; Itineraire Ensemble; ORTF National Orchestra

Murail's avant-garde music explores the acoustic properties of sound itself, inviting the listener on a journey to undiscovered worlds of sound....continue...

American Classics - Ben-Amots: Celestial Dialogues, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-04-01

Works: Ofer Ben-Amots: Hashkivenu-Song of the Angels, a short choral cycle for chorus & organ; Celestial Dialogues, for voice (cantor), clarinet, percussion & strings; Shtetl Songs, for voice & piano; Psalm...
Performers: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; BBC Singers; Ben-Ze'ev, Re'ut; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Hladik, Petr; Kiesler, Kenneth; Krakauer, David; Lee, Richard; Mikeska, Rostislav; Mizrahi, Alberto; Musto,...
Conductors: Kiesler, Kenneth; Rickenbacher, Karl Anton; Seinerova, Eva; Seinerov, Eva
Ensemble: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; BBC Singers; Permonik Children's Chorus

'Celestial Dialogues' combines two great Jewish musical traditions: a klezmer clarinet solo - driving from the haunting virtuoso typical of traditional eastern European Jewish bands...continue...
Personnel: Alberto Mizrahi (cantor); David Krakauer (clarinet); John Musto (piano); Chris Bowers Broadbent (organ); Rostislav Mikeska, Petr Hladik (percussion).

Recording information: Karvina,...continue...

Milhaud: 9 Petites Symphonies, 3 Opéras-minutes

1 CD / Koch International / 2001-01-23

Works: Darius Milhaud: Little Symphony, for chamber orchestra no 1, "Le Printemps", Op. 43; Little Symphony, for chamber orchesrra no 2, "Pastorale", Op. 49; Little Symphony, for chamber orchestra no 3, "S&...
Performers: Baranska, Aleksandra; Stec, Gregorz
Conductors: Rickenbacher, Karl Anton
Ensemble: Capella Cracoviensis

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Liszt: Complete Music for Solo Piano Vol 53a / Leslie Howard

2 CD / Hyperion / 1998-12-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Fantasy on "Ruins of Athens" (Beethoven) for Piano and Orchestra, S 122; Totentanz for Piano, S 525; Grande Fantasie Symphonique on "Lelio...
Performers: Csurgay, Istvan; Howard, Leslie
Conductors: Rickenbacher, Karl Anton
Ensemble: Budapest Symphony Orchestra

'Exemplary, and superbly recorded' (BBC Music Magazine)

'Howard's dedication is clear in all his playing here, with clear, crisp articulation vividly caught in finely balanced...continue...

Liszt: Complete Music for Solo Piano Vol 53b / Leslie Howard

3 CD / Hyperion / 1998-12-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125; De Profundis, Psaume Instrumental for piano & orchestra, S. 121a (LW H3); Wanderer Fantasy (Fantasie von Franz Schubert), for piano & orchestra...
Performers: Csurgay, Istvan; Howard, Leslie
Conductors: Rickenbacher, Karl Anton
Ensemble: Budapest Symphony Orchestra

'Exemplary, and superbly recorded' (BBC Music Magazine)

'Hyperion's production, as always, is superb. For the Lisztian, this is indispensable' (Fanfare, USA)

'Howard's dedication is cl...continue...

Wagner: Kantaten, Overtüren / Karl Anton Rickenbacher

1 CD / Orfeo / 1994-07-15

Works: Richard Wagner: Neujahrs-Kantate, for chorus & orchestra, WWV 36; Nicolai ("Singt ein Lied dem edlen Kaiser"), folk hymn for solo voice, chorus & orchestra, WWV 44; Faust Overture; Descendons gaiment...
Performers: Wagner, Friderike
Conductors: Rickenbacher, Karl Anton
Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Chorus; Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

Hartmann: Symphony no 2 Adagio / Rickenbacher, Bamberg SO

1 CD / Koch International / 1994-01-01

Works: Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Symphony no 2 "Adagio"; Gesangsszene zu Giraudoux' Sodom & Gomorrha, for baritone & orchestra; Sinfonia Tragica
Performers: Nimsgern, Siegmund
Conductors: Rickenbacher, Karl Anton
Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Louis Spohr: Symphonien 6 & 9

1 CD / Orfeo / 1984-06-06

Works: Louis Spohr: Symphony no 6 in G major ("Historical"), Op. 116; Symphony no 9 in B minor ("Die Jahreszeiten"), Op. 143
Conductors: Rickenbacher, Karl Anton