Rudner, Ola

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Opp. 21 (1831) and 61 (1843); Symphony no 3 "Scottish" / Ola Rudner

1 Super Audio CD / ARS Productions / 2013-03-04

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 21 & op. 61; Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"
Conductors: Rudner, Ola
Ensemble: ; Wurttembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen

You listen to his music and you are smitten with the brilliant youthful escapade from a just about sixteen year old boy who has already...continue...

Lalo: Cello Concerto in D Minor; Scherzo; Cello Concerto no 1 / Nadege Rochat, cello. Wurttemberg PO, Rudner

1 Super Audio CD / ARS Productions / 2012-10-06

Works: Edouard Lalo: Concerto for Cello in D minor; Divertissement, for orchestra (from opera "Fiesque"); Scherzo for orchestra in D minor; Darius Milhaud: Concerto, for cello & orchestra (or piano) no 1, O...
Performers: Rochat, Nadege [Cello]
Conductors: Rudner, Ola
Ensemble: ; Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra

French composer loved the cello in its variety which you can easily hear in this recording by the Swiss cellist Nadège Rochat and the Württembergische...continue...

Edouard Franck: Orchestral Works - Overtures; Violin Concerto / Christiane Edinger, violiin

1 CD / Audite / 2012-06-26

Works: Eduard Franck: Der römische Carneval, overture for orchestra in D major, Op. 21; Konzertstück in A major, for violin & orchestra; Fantasie for orchestra in G major, Op. 16; Concert Overture...
Performers: Edinger, Christiane
Conductors: Rudner, Ola
Ensemble: ; Wuerttembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen

Continuing the recording series of instrumental music by Eduard Franck which already includes his Violin Concertos Op. 30 and Op. 57, and also his Symphonies...continue...
Recording information: Studio der Württembergischen Philharmonie, Reutlingen, (07/25/2011-07/29/2011)....continue...

Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 / Rudner

1 Super Audio CD / ARS Productions / 2012-04-02

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"; Symphony no 5 in D major, Op. 107 "Reformation"
Conductors: Rudner, Ola
Ensemble: ; Wurttembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen

Founded in 1945, the Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen has become an internationally recognized orchestra, and it officially represents the state of Baden-Württemberg. Since the 2008/...continue...

Christmas Concert / Aurelius Boy Choir

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2011-10-25

Works: Joseph Rheinberger: Stern von Bethlehem, Oratorium, Op. 164; Arno Hermann: Engel haben Himmelslieder, for treble solo, boys' chorus & orchestra; Otto Nicolai: Weinachtsouvertüre über "Vom H...
Conductors: Rudner, Ola
Ensemble: ; Aurelius Sangerknaben Calw

The extraordinarily talented Aurelius Sängerknaben Calw youth choir brings Christmas early this year with a program of festive and reflective masterworks to make your holiday...continue...
Recording information: Studio der Württembergischen Philharmonie (06/15/2011-06/17/2011)....continue...

Best of Teddy Tahu Rhodes

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Johann Sebastian Bach: Bist du bei mir, aria arranged for voice & continuo (after Gottfried Stölzel), BWV 508; St. Matthew Passion; Ich habe genug (It is enough...
Performers: Chong, Kristian; Duck-Chong, Jenny; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Kimmorley, Sharolyn; Morgan, Alison; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Rudner, Ola; Lang-Lessing, Sebastian; Woods, Thomas; Noble, Guy

Classics at the Movies

4 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-08-09

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; Tosca; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (...
Performers: Begg, Heather; Davis, Catherine; Doherty, Diana; Drury, David; Dudman, Michael; Elms, Lauris; Fowles, Glenys; Gifford, Duncan; Goodman, Isador; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Hunter, Rita; Ivashkin...
Conductors: Thomas, Patrick; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Motzing, William; Measham, David; Walker, Antony; Challender, Stuart; Hogwood, Christopher; Pikler, Robert; Mester, Jorge; Bonynge, Richard; Stanhope, David; W...
Ensemble: ; Cantillation; Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players

Bravura Basses

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-07-26

Works: Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio); Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Fig...
Performers: Brannigan, Owen; Coad, Conal; East, Angela; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Herford, Henry; Martin, Bruce; Myers, Raymond; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Pape, Rene; Parkin, David; Parsons, Geoffrey; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Rob...
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Rudner, Ola; Measham, David; Divall, Richard; Franks, Dobbs; Solti, Sir Georg; Weigle, Sebastian; Cleobury, Stephen; Boult, Adrian; Gardiner, John Eliot; Greene, Andrew; Davis...

Stellar Sopranos

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-07-26

Works: Victor Massé: La Reine topaze (The Topaz Queen); Jacques Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann); Un mari à la porte (A Husband at the Door); George Frederick Handel: Giuli...
Performers: Connell, Elizabeth; Gruberova, Edita; Jo, Sumi; Kenny, Yvonne; Macliver, Sara; Matthews, Emma; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Price, Leontyne; Serra, Luciana; Streich, Rita; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Cohen, Brad; Dyer, Paul; Davis, Colin; Pritchard, John; Leinsdorf, Erich; Tang, Muhai; Rudner, Ola; Lang-Lessing, Sebastian; Hager, Leopold; Gaebel, Kurt

Seraphim / Soprano Sara Macliver

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-05-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Samson, HWV57; Theodora, HWV68; Thomas Arne: Cantata no 5; Antonio Vivaldi: Il Bajazet [Il Tamerlano], RV703; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV68 'Also hat Gott die Welt gel...
Performers: Andersson, Tommie; Davis, Catherine; Macliver, Sara; Smith, Stewart [Harpsichord]; Sullivan, Leanne; Vaughan, Laura; Yeadon, Daniel
Conductors: Weymark, Brett; Walker, Antony; Lang-Lessing, Sebastian; Rudner, Ola; Northey, Benjamin; Kelly, Brett

ABC Classics has done a stellar job of bringing Australian performers and composers to the attention of international audiences. This 2011 album features soprano Sara Macliver, a versatile singer who ...continue...

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...

Stillness: Music of Calm in a Changing World

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-07-13

Works: John Tavener: Song for Athene; Lament for Jerusalem; Song of Angel; Ross Edwards: Veni Creator Spiritus (Come, O Creator Spirit); Dance Mantras, for voices and drum; Yanada, for oboe; Symphony no 1 '...
Performers: Cislowska, Tamara Anna; Cleworth, Ian; Doherty, Diana; Doyle, Matthew; Franklin, Jim; Kenny, Yvonne; Lacey, Genevieve; Leske, Clemens; Lukin, Brendon; Maer, Sally; McDonald, Anna; McGuire, Marshall; ...
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Mills, Richard; Woods, Thomas; Rudner, Ola; ; Weymark, Brett; Williams, Lyn; Yuasa, Takuo; Stanhope, David; Fürst, Jànos; Porcelijn, David
Ensemble: ; Cantillation; Synergy

Commuter Classics

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2009-08-25

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Set 2; Edvard Grieg: From Holberg's Time, Op. 40; Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen (Wedding Day at Troldhaugen), lyric piece for piano, Op. 65/6; George Fr...
Performers: Cominati, Roberto; Doherty, Diana; Dyer, Paul; Grigoryan, Slava; Harvey, Michael Kieran; Hunt, Rosanne; Jiang, Lin; Kent, Linda; Kimmorley, Sharolyn; Kolomiitseva, Marina; Lancaster, Geoffrey; Macliv...
Conductors: Northey, Benjamin; Steinberg, Pinchas; Lancaster, Geoffrey; Ronly-Riklis, Shalom; Divall, Richard; Serebrier, José; O'Leary, Mark; ; Weymark, Brett; Measham, David; Walker, Antony; Stanhope, Dav...
Ensemble: ; Guitar Trek; Macquarie Trio

Winter Solstice: Beautiful Music for Solitude and Reflection

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2009-06-23

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 2, Op. 55; Alexander Glazunov: The Seasons, Op. 67; Franz Liszt: Transcendental Etudes (12) for Piano, S 139; Benj...
Performers: Biber, Kristy; Drury, David; Gifford, Duncan; Gilby, Barbara Jane; Grigoryan, Slava; Kenny, Yvonne; Kenyon, Clare; Macliver, Sara; McCallum, Stephanie; McGuire, Marshall; Sheldon, Jane; Spina, Rosari...
Conductors: Stanhope, David; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Lehmann, Wilfred; Measham, David; Walker, Antony; Mould, Stephen; Westlake, Nigel; Rudner, Ola; Caetani, Oleg;
Ensemble: ; Guitar Trek

Wrap yourself in music this winter! Composers across the ages have been inspired by this season of fresh stillness, dancing snowflakes, mighty storms and sleeping...continue...

Siegried Matthus: Beloved Dyonisos / Aris Argiris, baritone

1 CD / Genuin / 2009-01-01

Conductors: Matthus, Siegfried; Rudner, Ola
Ensemble: Wuerttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen

TV Commercial Classics

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2008-11-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Concerto for Clarinet in A major,...
Performers: Begg, Heather; Best, Roy; Brennan, David; Duck-Chong, Jenny; Fowles, Glenys; Janes, Fiona; Kameneva, Vera; Macliver, Sara; Montgomery, Belinda; Morgan, Alison; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Russell, Sally-Anne...
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Bonynge, Richard; Rudner, Ola; Measham, David; Greene, Andrew; Dommett, Leonard; Anderson, Richard; Stanhope, David; Stenz, Markus; Divall, Richard; Milton, Nicholas; Rizzi, Carlo; Pi...

Was a tv ad for pasta sauce your introduction to italian opera? Did mozart first grab your attention when his music was used to sell...continue...

100 Years - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

10 CD / ABC Classics / 2008-02-15

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Symphony in Three Movements; Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; Olivier Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie; Jean Sibelius: Lemminkä...
Performers: Dommett, Leonard; Fogg, Anthony; Harada, Takashi; Hill, Vernon; Kenny, Yvonne; Kimura, Kaori; Payne, Geoffrey; Tancibudek, Jiri
Conductors: Caetani, Oleg; Iwaki, Hiroyuki; Heinze, Sir Bernard; Otterloo, Willem Van; Hopkins, John; Divall, Richard; Douglas, Clive; Thomas, Patrick; Post, Joseph; Stenz, Markus; Fredman, Myer; Handley, Vernon...

Beamish: Viola Concerto no 2 "Seafarer", etc / Rudner, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2008-01-04

Works: Sally Beamish: Concerto for Viola no 2 "The Seafarer"; Whitescape; Concerto for Orchestra "Sangsters"
Performers: Zimmermann, Tabea
Conductors: Rudner, Ola
Ensemble: Swedish Chamber Orchestra

The British composer Sally Beamish (b. 1956) has been called a 'striking and personal voice' whose works 'combine lyricism and drama with clarity of form'...continue...

French Flute Concerto - Chaminade, Hue, Ibert, et al

1 CD / Camerata / 2007-10-01

Works: Cécile Louise Chaminade: Concertino for Flute, Op. 107
Performers: Schulz, Wolfgang
Conductors: Rudner, Ola
Ensemble: London Haydn Orchestra

The bright, airy nature of the flute is most perfectly suited to the music of these French composers. The Chaminade and Ibert are, of course,...continue...

Thuille: Symphony, Piano Concerto / Triendl, Haydn Orchestra

1 CD / CPO / 2006-01-17

Works: Ludwig Thuille: Concerto for Piano in D major; Symphony in F major
Performers: Triendl, Oliver
Conductors: Francis, Alun; Rudner, Ola
Ensemble: Bolzano-Trento Haydn Orchestra

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pianist Oliver Triendl impressively negotiates the thickets of notes that Thuille throws at him... CPO does wonderful work in the cause of neglected composers...continue...

Wild Swans

1 CD / ABC Classics / 2005-12-30

Works: Elena Kats-Chernin: Wild Swans, concert suite for orchestra; Concerto for Piano no 2; Mythic, for orchestra
Performers: Munro, Ian; Sheldon, Jane
Conductors: Rudner, Ola

Swans captivated audiences around Australia when it was first performed and broadcast on ABC TV. This recording features soprano Jane Sheldon. Also included is the...continue...

Christmas Around the World / Bolzano-Trento Haydn Orchestra

1 CD / Arts / 2003-12-01

Works: Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; James Pierpont: Jingle Bells; Traditional: Hajej, Nynej, Jezisku; Kommet, ihr Hirten; Señora Dona Maria; Kling Glöckchen, klingeling; Dormi, dormi bambin...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Breedt, Michelle; Gabba, Armando; Grisales, Ernesto; Macculi, Sabina; McKay, Dana; Nold, Simone; Siragusa, Antonio; Thomson, Jeannette
Conductors: Faldner, Barry; Rudner, Ola; Campori, Angelo
Ensemble: Bolzano-Trento Haydn Orchestra; Leonhard Lechner Children's Choir

Beamish: The Imagined Sound of Sun on Stone, etc /Harle, etc

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2001-01-01

Works: Sally Beamish: The Caledonian Road; The Day Dawn; The Imagined Sound of Sun on Stone; No, I'm Not Afraid
Performers: Beamish, Sally; Harle, John
Conductors: Rudner, Ola
Ensemble: Swedish Chamber Orchestra

"This is the second recording...of Sally Beamish's music, and the four pieces it contains confirm utterly her high standing. Her work is thoughtfully lyrical, intense,...continue...

River - Beamish: Concertos / Rudner, Dukes, Cohen, Hunt

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1999-10-07

Works: Sally Beamish: Concerto for Viola no 1; Concerto for Cello "River"; Tam Lin, for oboe & orchestra
Performers: Cohen, Robert [Cello]; Dukes, Philip; Hunt, Gordon [Oboe]
Conductors: Rudner, Ola
Ensemble: Swedish Chamber Orchestra

Ruders: The Christmas Gospel

1 CD / Bridge /

Works: Poul Ruders: Concerto for Violin no 1; Etude and Ricercare for Guitar; The Bells; Christmas Gospel
Performers: Schulte, Rolf; Shelton, Lucy; Starobin, David
Conductors: Rothman, George; Starobin, David; Rudner, Ola
Ensemble: Malmö Symphony Orchestra ; Riverside Symphony; Speculum Musicae

"...Superb performances and recordings, as throughout the disc." -Gramophone...continue...