Sloane, Steven

Lyric: Orchestral Songs by Mahler, Wolf, Zemlinsky, Wellesz, Schreker, Bloch / Schafer, Quasthoff, Goerne

2 CD / Capriccio / 2011-11-15

Works: Gustav Mahler: Rückert Lieder (5); Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Hugo Wolf: Goethe Lieder; Er ists; Denk' es, o Seele!; An den Schlaf; Alexander von Zemlinsky: Symphonische Gesänge, Op. ...
Performers: Georg, Mechthild; Goerne, Matthias; Grundheber, Franz; Klepper, Regina; Koch, Sophie; Quasthoff, Thomas; Schafer, Christine; Shirai, Mitsuko
Conductors: Eschenbach, Christoph; Bertini, Gary; Shallon, David; Albrecht, Gerd; Epple, Roger; Gulke, Peter; Sloane, Steven

A collection of recordings taken from the legendary Capriccio Archive joins some of the world's leading singers together and presents a broad repertoire of known...continue...

Hans Werner Henze und das Requiem

3 Super Audio CD / Cybele / 2010-11-05

Works: Hans Werner Henze: Requiem; Spoken Word: Mirjam Wiesemann in Conversation with Hans Werner Henze; Mirjam Wiesemann in Conversation with H.W. Henze's friend and assistant Michael Kerstan
Performers: Friedrich, Reinhold [Trumpet]; Vassilakis, Dimitri
Conductors: Sloane, Steven

Hans Werner Henze’s Requiem was composed in the early 1990s, and marked a significant turning point for the composer. Dedicated to the memory of Michael...continue...

David Greilsammer plays Tansman, Boulanger & Gershwin

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-09-28

Works: Alexandre Tansman: Concerto for Piano no 2; Nadia Boulanger: Fantasy, for piano & orchestra; George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Performers: Greilsammer, David
Conductors: Sloane, Steven

The Independent
[Tansman's] Piano Concerto No 2, from 1927, is little short of a lost masterpiece of elegant, urbane Modernism. Following a performance of it, Tansman...continue...

Martin: Six Monologues From Jedermann

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2010-05-04

Works: Frank Martin: Suite from the opera "Der Sturm", for baritone & orchestra; Six Monologues from "Jedermann", for baritone & orchestra; Symphonie concertante, for orchestra (full orchestration of "Petit...
Performers: Oliemans, Thomas
Conductors: Sloane, Steven

This MDG recording adds the Swiss composer Frank Martin's works for full orchestra to the multifaceted catalog of his works. Frank Martin always maintained close...continue...
Recording information: Stavanger (03/23/2009-03/27/2009)....continue...

Edition Klaiver-Festival Ruhr: Handel, Mendelssohn & Neue Music 2009

3 CD / CAvi Music / 2010-04-13

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Piano no 1 in G minor, Op. 25; Capriccio brillant for piano and orchestra in B minor, Op. 22; Concerto for 2 Pianos in A flat major; George Frederick Handel: Suite no ...
Performers: Berben, Léon; Chuang, Ya-Fei; Dubreuil, Pascal; Kammer, Salome; Levin, Robert D. [American Pianist]; Mauser, Siegfried; Schafer, Markus; Spring, Rudi; Stefanovich, Tamara
Conductors: Sloane, Steven

Highlights from the 2009 Ruhr Piano Festival! All tracks are live performances and recordings from the festival, which included harpsichord players for the first time....continue...

Bloch: 2 Psalms, Suite Hébraïque, Baal-Shem, etc / Sloane, Oelze, Zimmermann, et al

1 CD / Capriccio / 2009-02-24

Works: Ernest Bloch: Prelude & 2 Psalms, for soprano & orchestra (or piano); Suite hébraïque, for viola (or violin) & orchestra (or piano); Baal Shem; Jewish Poems (3), for orchestra
Performers: Oelze, Christiane [Soprano Vocal]; Weithaas, Antje; Zimmermann, Tabea [Viola]
Conductors: Sloane, Steven
Ensemble: Berlin Symphony Orchestra

The highlight of this disc must surely be the two settings of psalms 137 & 114 for soprano and orchestra and sung on this release...continue...

Edition Klavier-Festival Ruhr / Sloane, Hamelin, Schuch, et al

2 CD / CAvi Music / 2008-08-12

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan Overture in C minor, Op. 62; Fantasia in C minor, Op. 80 "Choral Fantasy"; Sonata for Piano no 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"; Christoph Willibald Gluck: C...
Performers: Hamelin, Marc-André [Piano]; Lonquich, Alexander; Schuch, Herbert
Conductors: Darlington, Jonathan; Sloane, Steven

This release of two major concerto & symphonic live events from last year's greatest piano festival around Beethoven displays an extremely high orchestral quality and...continue...

Joseph Marx: Piano Concertos / Lively, Sloane, Bochum SO

1 CD / ASV / 2005-06-21

Works: Joseph Marx: Romantisches Klavierkonzert, piano concerto in E major; Castelli Romani, for piano & orchestra
Performers: Lively, David
Conductors: Sloane, Steven
Ensemble: Bochum Symphony Orchestra

American virtuoso David Lively made his debut with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. He studied in the United States and in France at the Ecole...continue...

Piano Concertos of the 1920s / Rische, Poppen

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2005-04-12

Works: George Antheil: Concerto for Piano no 1, W. 205; Aaron Copland: Concerto for Piano; Arthur Honegger: Concertino, for piano & orchestra, H. 55; Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano in G major
Performers: Rische, Michael
Conductors: Poppen, Christoph; Sloane, Steven; Yinon, Israel
Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Pianist Michael Rische has been heard regularly in the great concert halls at home and abroad since 1970. Particularly since his discovery of the piano...continue...

20th Century Portraits - Bloch: Hiver-Printemps, etc

1 CD / Capriccio / 2004-01-01

Works: Ernest Bloch: Poèmes d'automne; Hiver-Printemps; Proclamation; Suite for Viola and Orchestra
Performers: Friedrich, Reinhold; Koch, Sophie; Zimmermann, Tabea
Conductors: Sloane, Steven
Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

ClassicsToday.com
The performances here are uniformly excellent... and the engineering is first rate. So if you want to explore Bloch beyond the "Jewish" works, this disc...continue...