St. Clair, Carl

Michael Daugherty (b.1954): Mount Rushmore; Radio City; The Gospel According to Sister Aimee / Paul Jacobs, organ

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-04-30

Works: Michael Daugherty: Mount Rushmore, for chorus & orchestra; Radio City; The Gospel According to Sister Aimee, for organ, brass & percussion
Performers: Jacobs, Paul [Organ]
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl
Ensemble: ; Pacific Symphony

GRAMMY Award-winning composer Michael Daugherty explores three icons of "The Greatest Generation", a turbulent period of adversity and achievement in the United States of America...continue...
Recording information: Orange County Performing Arts Center, Renée and Henry S....continue...

Philip Glass: The Passion of Ramakrishna / Pacific SO & Choral

1 CD / Orange Mountain Music / 2012-10-09

Works: Philip Glass: Passion of Ramakrishna, for soloists, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Chandler Eteme, Janice; Deas, Kevin; Feinblatt, I-Chin; Nomura, Christòpheren; Preston, Nicholas
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl
Ensemble: Pacific Symphony

Orange Mountain Music presents the world première recording of Philip Glass' The Passion of Ramakrishna. Commissioned by the Pacific Symphony and premiered in 2006 during...continue...

John Stevens: Grand Concerto 4 Tubas

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2011-11-15

Works: John Stevens: Jubilare!, for orchestra; Adagio for strings; Grand Concerto for 4 tubas & orchestra; Adagio for 8-part tuba-euphonium ensemble; Power, for tuba ensemble; Benediction, for tuba quartet
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl;
Ensemble: ; Melton Tuba Quartett

Divergence / Violin concertos by Sackman, Michal & McKinley / Ondrej Lebr; Glenn Dicterow, violins; Karen Dreyfus, viola

1 CD / Navona / 2011-09-27

Works: Nicholas Sackman: Concertino for violin & orchestra; Scott Michalski: Encomiums, for orchestra; William Thomas McKinley: Concert Variations, for violin, viola & orchestra; Unspecified: Untitled CD-RO...
Performers: Dicterow, Glenn; Dreyfus, Karen
Conductors: Micka, Vit; Vronsky, Petr; St. Clair, Carl
Ensemble: Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra; Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra

This collection of violin concerti, written by three living composers, offers listeners a sampling of modern classical music as well as an example of how...continue...

Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen / St. Clair/Staatskapelle Weimar [7 DVD]

7 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-03-30

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Aurich, Frieder; Bassek, Christiane; Blanck, Kirsten; Briend, Jean-Noel; Caspar, Joana; Caves, Erin; Foster, Catherine; Guber, Carola; Gunther, Alexander; Gunther-Dissmeier, Susann; Hansmann, Christi...
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Weimar; Weimar Deutsches Nationaltheater Opera Chorus

"The sharpness of tone and brilliance of tempo achieved by Carl St.Clair... and his ability to conjure exhilarating and, as required, finely structured chamber sounds...continue...
Run Time: 930 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, French, Ital...continue...

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Symphonies

7 CD / CPO / 2009-11-17

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Symphony no 1, for orchestra, "O Imprevisto", A. 114 (Op. 112); Symphony no 11, for orchestra, A. 527; Symphony no 2, for orchestra, "Ascensao", A. 132 (Op. 160); New York Skyline...
Performers: Böhm, Henryk; Linn, Jurgen; Odinius, Lothar
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl

Heitor Villa-Lobos is without a doubt Brazil's most famous composer and one of the great creative personalities of the twentieth century. His oeuvre is gigantic...continue...
Recording information: Stadthalle Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany (1997-2000)....continue...

From Bow to String

1 CD / Navona / 2009-11-17

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio for Piano in B minor, K 540; William Walton: Concerto for Viola; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Dicterow, Glenn; Dreyfus, Karen
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl; Swoboda, Jerzy

Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen / St. Clair/Staatskapelle Weimar [Blu-Ray]

4 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-09-29

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Aurich, Frieder; Bassek, Christiane; Blanck, Kirsten; Briend, Jean-Noel; Caspar, Joana; Caves, Erin; Foster, Catherine; Guber, Carola; Gunther, Alexander; Gunther-Dissmeier, Susann; Hansmann, Christi...
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Weimar; Weimar Deutsches Nationaltheater Opera Chorus

The sharpness of tone and brilliance of tempo achieved by Carl St. Clair and his ability to conjure exhilarating and, as required, finely structured chamber...continue...
Run Time: 930 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, Fre...continue...

Wagner: Gotterdammerung / St. Clair/Weimar State Opera, Schmittberg, Hoff [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-08-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Foster, Catherine; Hoff, Mario; Meszar, Renatus; Mowes, Tomas; Schmittberg, Norbert; Weissmann, Nadine; Zumbult, Marietta
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Weimar

A bleak wind chord of E flat minor opens Richard Wagner's 'Gotterdammerung'. It establishes the dominant atmosphere of the piece from its first bar: twilight,...continue...
Run Time: 277 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, French, Ital...continue...

Wagner: Gotterdammerung / St. Clair/Weimar State Opera, Schmittberg, Hoff [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-08-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Foster, Catherine; Hoff, Mario; Meszar, Renatus; Mowes, Tomas; Schmittberg, Norbert; Weissmann, Nadine; Zumbult, Marietta
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Weimar

This is a BLU-RAY disc and it will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as AHM 101359. A bleak...continue...

Wagner: Siegfried / St. Clair/Weimar State Opera, van Hall, Aurich [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-07-28

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Performers: Aurich, Frieder; Foster, Catherine; Hoff, Mario; Mowes, Tomas; Porstein, Heike; Tsumaya, Hidekazu; van Hall, Johnny; Weissmann, Nadine
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Weimar

'Siegfried' is the Second "day" - and third part - of Richard Wagner's 'Ring', the musical saga that its author spent more than a quarter...continue...
Run Time: 251 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, French, Ital...continue...

Wagner: Siegfried / St. Clair/Weimar State Opera, van Hall, Aurich [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-07-28

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Performers: Aurich, Frieder; Foster, Catherine; Hoff, Mario; Mowes, Tomas; Porstein, Heike; Tsumaya, Hidekazu; van Hall, Johnny; Weissmann, Nadine
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Weimar

This is a BLU-RAY disc and it will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as AHM 101357. 'Siegfried' is...continue...
Run Time: 251 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, French, I...continue...

Wagner: Die Walkure / St. Clair/Staatskapelle Weimar, Foster, Blanck [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-06-30

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Bassek, Christiane; Blanck, Kirsten; Caspar, Joana; Caves, Erin; Foster, Catherine; Guber, Carola; Gunther-Dissmeier, Susann; Hansmann, Christine; Joel, Marie-Helen; Meszar, Renatus; Michel, Silona; ...
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Weimar

"Weimar's 'Ring' is a highly commendable ensemble production from a German theatre carefully pooling its no doubt limited financial resources. Although the staging itself is...continue...
Run Time: 237 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, French, Ital...continue...

Wagner: Die Walkure / St. Clair/Staatskapelle Weimar, Foster, Blanck [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-06-30

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Bassek, Christiane; Blanck, Kirsten; Caspar, Joana; Caves, Erin; Foster, Catherine; Guber, Carola; Gunther-Dissmeier, Susann; Hansmann, Christine; Joel, Marie-Helen; Meszar, Renatus; Michel, Silona; ...
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Weimar

This is a BLU-RAY disc and will not play on a standard DVD player. A DVD release is available as AHM 101355. Richard Wagner's 'Ring...continue...
Run Time: 237 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, French, I...continue...

Wagner: Das Rheingold / St. Clair/Staatskapelle Weimar, Hoff, Gunther [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-05-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Aurich, Frieder; Bassek, Christiane; Briend, Jean-Noel; Caves, Erin; Gunther, Alexander; Gunther-Dissmeier, Susann; Hansmann, Christine; Hoff, Mario; Mezar, Renatus; Michel, Silona; Mowes, Tomas; Tsu...
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Weimar

"Weimar's 'Ring' is a highly commendable ensemble production from a German theatre carefully pooling its no doubt limited financial resources. Although the staging itself is...continue...
Run Time: 166 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, French, Ital...continue...

Wagner: Das Rheingold / St. Clair/Staatskapelle Weimar, Hoff, Caves, Aurich [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-05-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Aurich, Frieder; Bassek, Christiane; Briend, Jean-Noel; Caves, Erin; Gunther, Alexander; Gunther-Dissmeier, Susann; Hansmann, Christine; Hoff, Mario; Mezar, Renatus; Michel, Silona; Mowes, Tomas; Tsu...
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Weimar

This is a BLU-RAY disc and it will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as AHM 101353. Outside Germany,...continue...
Run Time: 166 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, Fre...continue...

5th [S]eason - orchestral and chamber works by Jonathan Sacks / Richard Stoltzman, clarinet; David Pihl, piano etc.

1 CD / Navona / 2009-04-28

Conductors: St. Clair, Carl; Trevor, Kirk
Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

Bolcom, Bassett, Cowell et al / Sargous, Toronto Sinfonietta

1 CD / Crystal Records / 2009-01-01

Works: William Bolcom: Aubade for oboe & piano "For the Continuation of Life"; Spring Concertino for oboe & small orchestra; Lawrence Singer: Sensazione II for oboe & orchestra; Henry Cowell: Ostinati with ...
Performers: Bolcom, William [Composer]; Conway, Robert; Sargous, Harry
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl

Villa-Lobos: Symphony no 10 "Amerindia" / Carl St. Clair

1 CD / CPO / 2008-02-26

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Symphony no 10, for orchestra (Sinfonia ameríndia), for 3 soloists, chorus & orchestra, A. 511
Performers: Bohm, Henryk; Linn, Jurgen; Odinius, Lothar
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl

Hardly any other CPO edition has had an impact like that of their complete recording of the symphonies of Heitor Villa-Lobos, certainly Brazil’s most famous...continue...

Liszt: Die legende von der heiligen Elisabeth

2 CD / CPO / 2007-11-20

Works: Franz Liszt: Die Legende von der heilgen Elisabeth, oratorio for soloists chours & orchestra, S. 2 (LW I4)
Performers: Diener, Melanie; Frohlich, Klaus; Gunther, Alexander; Hoff, Mario; Meszar, Renatus; Palsa, Dennis; Peckova, Dagmar
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl

The Legend of St. Elizabeth, begun in Weimar in 1857, completed in Rome in 1862, and premiered in Budapest in 1865, is certainly one of...continue...

Villa-Lobos: Symphony no 2, New York Skyline Melody

1 CD / CPO / 2007-03-27

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Symphony no 2, for orchestra, "Ascensao", A. 132 (Op. 160); New York Skyline Melody, W 408
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl

"This is music as complex as it is listenable. Villa-Lobos is clearly influenced by his French contemporaries, who were unquestionably the most adventurous and skillful...continue...

30th Anniversary Sampler - Enescu: Rumanian Rhapsody, etc

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 2006-10-10

Works: Tylman Susato: Het derde musyck boexken...alderhande danserye; George Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody no 1 in A major, Op. 11 no 1; Gabriela Lena Frank: Three Latin American Dances, for orchestra; Franz Li...
Performers: Blythe, Stephanie; Fan, Joel; Fleezanis, Jorja; Fox, Virgil [Organ]; Graffman, Gary; Hell, Felix; Krol, Tim; Oswald, Mark; Rozario, Patricia [Soprano Vocals]; Smith, Hugh
Conductors: Junkin, Jerry; Oue, Eiji; Lockhart, Keith; St. Clair, Carl; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Goodwin, Paul
Ensemble: ; The University of Texas Wind Ensemble

A collection of highlights from critically acclaimed Reference Recordings releases, celebrating this esteemed independent label's 30th anniversary. "Brilliant performances, dazzling sound." -Washingto...continue...

Villa-Lobos: Symphony no 7, etc / St. Clair, Stuttgart Radio

1 CD / CPO / 2004-03-01

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Symphony no 7, for orchestra, A. 458; Sinfonietta no 1 (Em memória de Mozart), for orchestra, A. 115
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl

"Villa-Lobos wrote the Symphony [No. 7] in Rio de Janeiro for a competition in Detroit. It was his most complicated symphony to that point, full...continue...

Villa-Lobos: Symphonies no 3 and 9/ St. Clair, Stuttgart RSO

1 CD / CPO / 2002-10-01

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Symphony no 3, for orchestra & brass, "A Guerra", A. 152; Symphony no 9, for orchestra, A. 510; Overture de l'Homme Tel
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl

"This is another outstanding entry from a great series. The playing is totally committed, and if anything, is better than the earlier releases, as the...continue...

Classics - Music of Gabrieli / Empire Brass

1 CD / Telarc / 2002-04-23

Works: Giovanni Gabrieli: Sacrae symphoniae, Book 1; Canzon no 16, for 12 parts, C. 209; Canzon no 14, for 10 parts, C. 207; Canzoni et sonate (21); Canzon no 15, for 10 parts, C. 208; Canzon no 10, for 8 p...
Conductors: ; St. Clair, Carl
Ensemble: Empire Brass

Danielpour: An American Requiem / St. Clair, Blythe, et al

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 2002-01-08

Works: Richard Danielpour: An American Requiem, for soloists, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Blythe, Stephanie; Oswald, Mark; Smith, Hugh
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl

"The solo setting of the English texts are sensitive and well integrated, and they are magnificently sung - in fact, lovers of great singing are...continue...

Villa-Lobos: Symphonies no 6 & 8, etc / St. Clair, SWR RSO

1 CD / CPO / 2001-08-01

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Symphony no 6, for orchestra, "Sobre a linha das montahnas do Brasil", A. 447; Symphony no 8, for orchestra, A. 499; Suite para quinteto dupio de cordas (3), for double string qui...
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl

"The Stuttgart orchestra is not quite world class, but is sounds at home in this difficult music. St. Clair's ideas sound right, and everyone does...continue...

Villa-Lobos: Symphonies no 4 & 12 / St. Clair, Swedish RSO

1 CD / CPO / 2001-01-01

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Symphony no 4, for orchestra & brass, "A Vitória", A. 153; Symphony no 12, for orchestra, A. 539
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl

Why are the symphonies of Heitor Villa-Lobos so under represented in the catalog? The Fourth is an exciting work, with fanfare brass, thunderous, cymbal-splashed climaxes,...continue...