Scherchen, Hermann

Franz Liszt: Les Preludes; Mazeppa Battle of the Huns; Mephisto Waltz No. 1, Hungarian Rhapsodies 1-6 / Scherchen (rec. 1957-1960)

2 CD / Widescreen / 2013-03-05

Conductors: Scherchen, Hermann
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Schoenberg: Erwartung, monondram, Op. 17 / Helga Pilarczyk, soprano

1 CD / Wergo / 2013-02-12

Conductors: Scherchen, Hermann
Ensemble: Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie

In the early 1960s, Wergo launched a series that would become legendary in the history of contemporary music recordings. Studio Reihe Neuer Musik featured some...continue...

Gustav Klimt: - Music of his Era from the Belle Epoque at the turn of the 19th century - works by Berg, Brahms, Wolf, Webern, Sieher et al.

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-12-11

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sinfonie no 9; Alban Berg: Sieben frühe Lieder; Franz Lehár: Vilja-Lied ("Es lebt eine Vilja") (from "Die lustige Witwe"); Johannes Brahms: Sonate für Klarinette ...
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Foggin, Myers; Harvey, Kathryn [Vocals]; Hongen, Elisabeth; Hotter, Hans; Kommerell, Heidi; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Ritterbusch, Sabine; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Thurston, Fr...
Conductors: Walter, Bruno; Goehr, Walter; Klemperer, Otto; Karajan, Herbert von; Scherchen, Hermann; Heger, Robert; Fricsay, Ferenc

This is a compilation of music that was performed at the turn of the 19th century, the Belle Epoque in which Gustav Klimt flourished....continue...

Bach: Mass in B minor / Pierrette Alarie, Nan Merrimann, Leopold Simoneua, Gustav Neidlinger - Scherchen

2 CD / Tahra / 2012-08-14

Conductors: Scherchen, Hermann
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Tahra's series of historic remasterings of recordings by the great conductor Hermann Scherchen has won the label many accolades. Scherchen recorded an unusually wide range...continue...

Hermann Scherchen: Enregistrements "Live" Inedits

2 CD / Tahra / 2012-03-13

Works: Franz Schubert: Rondo for Violin and Strings in A major, D 438; Maurice Ravel: Ma mere l'Oye; Arnold Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46; George Frederick Handel: The Water Music; Ludwig van B...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Danco, Suzanne; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Hellmann, Claudia; Koth, Erica; Lins, Heniz Maria; Lippmann, Ursula; Rialland, Louis; Schech, Marianne; Spoerri, Lore; Traxel, Josef
Conductors: Scherchen, Hermann

To celebrate the 120th anniversary of the birth of the great German conductor Hermann Scherchen, Tahra assembled this collection, which includes only previously unissued recordings...continue...

Gustav Mahler Symphonies Nos. 1 "Titan"; 5 & 7 "Song of the Night" / Scherchen

6 CD / Tahra / 2011-07-12

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Symphony no 7 in E minor
Conductors: Scherchen, Hermann
Ensemble: ; Vienna Opera Orchestra

In his day, Hermann Scherchen was considered a pioneer of avant-garde music. However, he also regularly interpreted the works of Bach, Schoenberg and especially Mahler....continue...
Recording information: Londres (09/1953); Vienne (09/1953); Londres (09/1954); Vienne (09/1954)....continue...

Nothing Remains, As It Was! 150 years workers and freedom songs Vol. 3

3 CD / Bear Family / 2011-07-05

Works: Hanns Eisler: Drum sag' der SPD ade, song for chorus; Work(s); Der neue Stern, song for chorus ("Proletarisches Weihnachtslied"); Der rote Wedding, song for chorus; Gustav Kulkes seliges Ende; Ballad...
Performers: Bossers, Johan; Bouchot, Vincent; Busch, Ernst; Eisler, Hanns [Conductor]; Garris, John; Hahnel, Hermann; Hofmann, Helmut; Ihle, Peter; Joseph, Walter; Kulisiewics, Alex; Lenya, Lotte; May, Gisela; M...
Conductors: Knothe, Dietrich; ; Pousseur, Marianne; Hanns, Eisler; Lukowsky, Rolf; Moser, Heinrich; Gruttner, Manfred; Hoft, Fritz; Scheib, Amei; Guhl, Adolf Fritz; Schmid, Josef; Dobrindt, Otto; Scherchen, Herm...
Ensemble: ; Chorus of the Erich-Weinert Ensembles; Ensembles of the Pegagogical High School Potsdam; Hein & Oss; Instrumentalgruppe; Orchestra Carl Woitschach

Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria; The Four Seasons

1 CD / Tahra / 2011-03-08

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo; Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"
Performers: Coertse, Mimi; Dressel, Ina; Olevsky, Julian
Conductors: Scherchen, Hermann

Unorthodox yet always fascinating, Hermann Scherchen considered routine a deadly enemy of art and he avoided falling into the trap of descriptive music. As is...continue...

Hermann Scherchen conducts Weber, Liszt

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2010-05-15

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon; Abu Hassan; Peter Schmoll; Euryanthe; Preciosa; Jubel; Franz Liszt: Mazeppa I, for piano, S. 138 (LW A172); Les Préludes, symphonic poem for piano, S. 511a
Conductors: Scherchen, Hermann

Hermann Scherchen combined a eloquence with intellectual profundity and openness to produce the most radical experiences of contemporary music in a way which at that...continue...

Haydn: Symphonies

2 CD / Tahra / 2010-03-09

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 45 in F sharp minor, H 1 no 45 "Farewell"; Symphony no 48 in C major ("Maria Theresia"), H. 1/48; Symphony no 92 in G major, H 1 no 92 "Oxford"; Symphony no 94 in G ma...
Conductors: Scherchen, Hermann

2009 marked the two-hundredth anniversary of Haydn's death. Among the greatest interpreters of this composer is certainly Hermann Scherchen who recorded twenty-one of his symphonies,...continue...

Beethoven Complete Symphonies Vol 1 - Symphonies no 1-4 (1951-1954)

2 CD / Tahra / 2009-11-10

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
Conductors: Scherchen, Hermann

The great German conductor Hermann Scherchen began his career as a violist, playing with the Bluthner Orchestra of Berlin while still in his teens. He...continue...

Beethoven Complete Symphonies Vol 2 - Symphonies no 5-8 (1951-1954) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Orchestra

2 CD / Tahra / 2009-11-10

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Symphony no 8 in F major, Op. 93
Conductors: Scherchen, Hermann

The great German conductor Hermann Scherchen began his career as a violist, playing with the Bluthner Orchestra of Berlin while still in his teens. He...continue...

Beethoven Complete Symphonies Vol. 3 - Symphony No.9 (1951-1954)

1 CD / Tahra / 2009-11-10

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Laszlo, Magda; Munteanu, Petre [vocals]; Standen, Richard
Conductors: Scherchen, Hermann

The great German conductor Hermann Scherchen began his career as a violist, playing with the Bluthner Orchestra of Berlin while still in his teens. He...continue...
Recording information: 09/1953....continue...

Mozart, Beethoven, Ravel: Piano Concertos / Casadesus, Jochum, Dohnányi, et al

1 CD / Medici Masters / 2009-04-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano left hand
Performers: Casadesus, Robert
Conductors: Jochum, Georg Ludwig; Dohnányi, Christoph von; Scherchen, Hermann
Ensemble: ; Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos / Paul Badura-Skoda, piano (rec. 1951-1958)

3 CD / Genuin / 2008-05-18

Conductors: Scherchen, Hermann
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 / Munch, Reiner, Bernstein, et al

5 CD / XXI-21 Productions / 2007-02-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Symphony no 5 in C min...
Performers: Gonzalez, Irma; Harrell, Mack; Jobin, Raoul; Nikolaidi, Elena
Conductors: Munch, Charles; Bernstein, Leonard; Reiner, Fritz; Monteux, Pierre; Szell, George; Paray, Paul; Kempen, Paul van; Scherchen, Hermann; Walter, Bruno

Beethoven's Nine Symphonies by nine conductors and nine orchestras in outstanding performances recorded in the late forties and fifties, reunited by a unique vision of...continue...

Legendary Treasures - Vivaldi: 12 Violin Concertos /Olevsky

2 CD / Doremi / 2004-01-04

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Il cimento dell'Armonia e dell'Invenzione, concertos (12) for solo instrument, strings, and continuo
Performers: Olevsky, Julian
Conductors: Scherchen, Hermann
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Beethoven: Symphony no 5, etc / Hermann Scherchen, et al

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2003-02-07

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 19
Performers: Badura-Skoda, Paul
Conductors: Scherchen, Hermann
Ensemble: Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of London; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Schoenberg: Moses und Aron / Scherchen, Greindl, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-09-04

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Moses und Aron, biblical drama in 3 acts (unfinished)
Performers: Driscoll, Loren; Gotz, Werner; Greindl, Josef; Hoffmann, Robert; Hoppe, Fritz; Melchert, Helmut; Nissen, Hans-Heinz; Oelke, Alice; Reitan, Ronald; Sardi, Ivan; Treptow, Gunther; Turke, Marina
Conductors: Scherchen, Hermann
Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus

Joseph Schmidt - 1904-1942

1 CD / Bel Age / 2001-09-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Bitten, song for voice & piano, Op. 48/1; Louis Lewandowski: Preist den Herrn, er gab seine Lehre; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La La Forza Del Destino; Jacques Offenbach: Les ...
Performers: Brongeest, Cornelius [Baritone Vocal]; Bronsgeest, Cornelis; Krenn, Fritz; Mania, Paul; Schmidt, Joseph
Conductors: Hindemith, Rudolf; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Scherchen, Hermann; Stiedry, Fritz; Schillings, Max von; Groot, Hugo de; Tiggers, Piet

Classics for the Occasion - Palate Pleasers

1 CD / Valmark / 1999-03-31

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"
Conductors: Scherchen, Hermann; Konwitschny, Franz
Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Scherchen conducts Reger

2 CD / CPO / 1995-01-25

Works: Max Reger: Eine Lustspielouvertüre (Comedy Overture) for orchestra, Op. 120; Serenade for orchestra in G major, Op. 95; Romantic Suite, Op. 125; An die Hoffnung, Op. 124; Variations and Fugue fo...
Conductors: Scherchen, Hermann

Schoenberg: 5 Orchestral Pieces, Erwartung, etc / Scherchen

1 CD / Orfeo / 1992-04-03

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 16; Erwartung, Op. 17; Die glückliche Hand, 1-act drama, Op. 18
Performers: Laszlo, Magda
Conductors: Scherchen, Hermann
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Mahler: Symphony no 7 in e / Scherchen, Vienna Symphony

1 CD / Orfeo / 1992-04-03

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 7 in E minor
Conductors: Scherchen, Hermann
Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Mahler: Symphony no 9 / Scherchen, Vienna Symphony

1 CD / Orfeo / 1990-09-27

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 9 in D major
Conductors: Scherchen, Hermann
Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Kurt Weill: Der Lindbergflug; Ballad of Magna Carta; Weill & Hindemith: Der Lindbergflug

1 CD / Capriccio / 1990-01-01

Works: Kurt Weill: Der Lindberghflug (The Lindbergh Flight), cantata for tenor, baritone, bass, chorus (with children's; Ballad of the Magna Carta, cantata for tenor, bass, chorus & orchestra; Kurt Weill an...
Performers: Calaminus, Joachim; Clemens, Helmut; Duttbernd, Fritz; Feckler, Herbert; Mergler, Betty; Minth, Lorenz; Pechner, Gerhard; Scheeben, Christoph; Schmidt, Wolfgang; Tyl, Noel; Wirl, Erik
Conductors: Latham-Koenig, Jan; Scherchen, Hermann