Spanjaard, Ed

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Encinas, Fiorillo, Romanko, Stoyanov. Spanjaard

2 CD / United Classics / 2013-03-26

Conductors: Spanjaard, Ed
Ensemble: Netherlands Ballet Orchestra

Il trovatore, an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play El Trovador (1836) by...continue...

Tango Royal - Works by Piazzolla, Kraayengof, Alvarez / Carel Kraayenhov, bandoneon

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2012-05-29

Performers: Eschkenazy, Vesko; Koele, Heleen; Kraayenhof, Carel
Conductors: Spanjaard, Ed
Ensemble: Sexteto Canyengue

Tango Royal is a selection of Tangos by Piazzolla and others arranged for world renowned bandoneón player Carel Kraayenhof and his own sextet (Sexteto Canyengue)...continue...

Willem Jeths: Monumento / Ed Spanjaard, Otto Tausk

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2012-05-08

Works: Willem Jeths: Scale 'le tombeau de Mahler', for orchestra; Quartet for Strings no 3 (Intus trepidare); Meme, for 2 violas & ensemble; Monument to a Universal Marriage, for 2 voices, clarinet & string...
Performers: Els, Susanne van; Imai, Nobuko; Sekhuis, Mijke; Strobos, Karin; van den Oudenwijer, Lars Wouters
Conductors: Spanjaard, Ed; Tausk, Otto

Willem Jeths studied composition under Hans Kox and Tristan Keuris in Utrecht, completing his studies there with the Composition Prize in 1988. He gained his...continue...

Michel van der Aa: Spaces of Blank; Mask; Imprint / Christianne Stotijn, Gottfried von der Goltz

1 CD / Disquiet Media / 2012-02-14

Works: Michel van der Aa: Spaces of Blank, for voice & orchestra; Mask, for ensemble & soundtrack; Imprint, for violin, cello, strings, 2 oboes, harpsichord & organ
Performers: Stotijn, Christianne; Von der Goltz, Gottfried
Conductors: Spanjaard, Ed; Tausk, Otto; von der Goltz, Gottfried
Ensemble: Asko-Schönberg Ensemble ; Freiburg Baroque Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

The three works on this first CD from Disquiet Media - composer, filmmaker, and director Michel van der Aa's own multimedia label - constitute a...continue...
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Horizon 4

2 CD / RCO Live / 2012-01-10

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5; Geert van Keulen: Fünf tragische Lieder, for voice & orchestra; Detlev Glanert: Fluss ohne Ufer, for orchestra; Willem Jeths: Scale 'le tombeau de Mahler', for orch...
Performers: Mijnders, Marijn; Naselow, Monica; Ogrintchouk, Alexei; Roth, Detlef; Van Rijen, Jorgen
Conductors: Zagrosek, Lothar; Stenz, Markus; Spanjaard, Ed; Robertson, David; Mälkki, Susanna

This fourth release in the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra's 'Horizon' Series brings together two forms of homage. CD 1 represents a tribute to Gustav Mahler, the...continue...
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Pentatone: The First 10 Years [11 Hybrid SACD - DSD]

11 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48; Sextet for Strings in D major, Op. 70 "Souvenir de Florence"; Romeo & Juliet; Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95...
Performers: Beekman, Bram; Chen, Sa; Fischer, Julia [Violin]; Helmchen, Martin; Kodama, Mari [Piano]; Marriner, Andrew; Steinbacher, Arabella
Conductors: Boni, Marco; Kreizberg, Yakov; Murphy, Simon; Foster, Lawrence; Janowski, Marek; Marriner, Sir Neville; Vonk, Hans; Pletnev, Mikhail; Nagano, Kent; Spanjaard, Ed
Ensemble: ; Chamber Soloists of The New Dutch Academy; New Dutch Academy

Celebrating over a decade of quality releases is Pentatone's newest compilation; 'Pentatone, The First 10 Years'. This 10-disc set, recorded in SA-CD sound for superior...continue...

Horizon, Vol. 3

1 Super Audio CD / RCO Live / 2010-10-12

Works: Michel van der Aa: Spaces of Blank, for voice & orchestra; Otto Ketting: Trajecten in four movements, for orchestra; Tristan Keuris: Antologia for orchestra; Sofia Gubaidulina: Der Reiter auf dem wei...
Performers: Stotijn, Christianne
Conductors: Spanjaard, Ed; Stenz, Markus; Robertson, David

With this third release in the Horizon series, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra once again underlines the importance of contemporary music in its concert programming. The...continue...
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Jan Rokus Van Roosendael: Static Motion

2 CD / Attacca / 2010-05-11

Works: Jan Rokus Van Roosendael: Tala, for orchestra; Irama, for piano & 9 percussionists; Windows, for orchestra; Static Motion, for ensemble; Space of Time, for orchestra; Echo, for wind ensemble & percus...
Performers: De Vink, Grethe
Conductors: De Waart, Edo; Gordon, Jim; Eötvös, Peter; Spanjaard, Ed; Leeuw, Reinbert de; Gruter, Jean; Gronostay, Uwe; Layton, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Amsterdams Blazers Collective; Nieuw Ensemble

What would Mozart's 75th symphony have sounded like if it were written in 1821? How would Mahler's world have developed after his Tenth symphony? Could...continue...

W.A. Mozart: Arias

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2010-04-27

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio!, concert aria, K. 418; Ah, lo previdi...Ah, t'invola agl'occhi miei, recitative and aria for soprano & orchestra, K. 272; Ah, se in ciel, benigne st...
Performers: Ruiten, Lenneke
Conductors: Spanjaard, Ed

Recording information: Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (04/2009)....continue...

Tsoupaki: St. Luke Passion

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2010-03-09

Works: Calliope Tsoupaki: St. Luke's Passion, for chorus & ensemble
Performers: Alkhouri, Bassem [Qanoun]; Arvanitis, Ioannis; Beekman, Marcel; Hanna, Raneen [Vocals]; Labrakis, Harris [Ney]
Conductors: Spanjaard, Ed
Ensemble: Nieuw Ensemble

This new St. Luke Passion, from Greek composer Calliope Tsoupaki, is a dualistic masterpiece. The deeply religious composer found her inspiration in the icon featured...continue...
Recording information: Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam (06/05/2008)....continue...

Bart Visman: Sables, Oxygène; New Heaven!; Septet

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2010-01-12

Works: Bart Visman: Septet, for string quartet, piano, piccolo & bass clarinet; New Heaven!, for male chorus; Sables, Oxygène, song cyle for voice & orchestra
Performers: Hannigan, Barbara
Conductors: ; Dijkstra, Peter; Spanjaard, Ed
Ensemble: ; Het Trio; Schoenberg Quartet; The Gents

Sables, Oxygene was premiered last year to great acclaim. Visman has succeeded in writing a modern yet accessible orchestral song cycle, which may remind listeners...continue...

De Raaff: Orchestral Works / Eötvös, Benjamin, et al

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2009-09-01

Works: Robin de Raaff: Unisono, for orchestra; Piano Concerto; Concerto for orchestra
Performers: Raat, Ralph van
Conductors: Spanjaard, Ed; Eötvös, Peter; Benjamin, George

De Raaff's greatest artistic affinity may lie now with his composer colleagues, but instead with architects like Frank Lloyd Wright and Frank Gehry, whose strict...continue...

Theo Loevendie: Chamber & Vocal Works / Hardy, van Nes

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2009-09-01

Works: Theo Loevendie: Venus and Adonis; Back Bay Bicinium; Turkish Folk Poems (6); Naima; Music for Flute and Piano
Performers: Hardy, Rosemary; Snijders, John; Van Nes, Jard
Conductors: Spanjaard, Ed
Ensemble: Nieuw Ensemble

French Choral Music / Spanjaard, Netherlands Chamber Choir

1 CD / Globe / 2009-09-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Chansons de Charles d'Orléans (3), song cycle for chorus, L. 92; Maurice Ravel: Trois chansons, for chorus (or voice & piano); André Jolivet: Epithalame (3), for chorus; Jea...
Performers: Beekman, Marcel; Borden, Barbara; Coupe, Robert
Conductors: Spanjaard, Ed
Ensemble: Netherlands Chamber Choir

This is a must-have for choral fans! Essential French choral masterworks in virtuoso performances, including 2 world premiere....continue...

Holnd Fstvl - A Dutch Miracle - Fifty Years - 1947-1997

7 CD / Globe / 2009-09-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Ernani; Falstaff; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492...
Performers: Alva, Luigi; Ameling, Elly; Andreolli, Florindo; Andriessen, Louis; Arnaud, Claudine; Barbieri, Fedora; Barick, David; Barwahser, Hubert; Beekman, Marcel; Benschop, Yvonne; Berberian, Cathy; Beretty,...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Molinari-Pradelli, F.; Rescigno, Nicola; Abbado, Claudio; Maderna, Bruno; De Waart, Edo; Berio, Luciano; Britten, Benjamin; Alldis, John; Duffalo, Richard; Friesen, Heinz; Leeuw...
Ensemble: American Wind Orchestra; ASKO Ensemble; Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; Danzi Woodwind Quintet; English Opera Group; Ensemble InterContemporain; Ensemble Modern; Hague Residentie Orchestra; Instrumen...

Kagel: Kantrimiusik / Spanjaard, Turnstall, Bickley, Belk, Nieuw Ensemble

1 CD / Winter & Winter / 2009-04-14

Works: Mauricio Kagel: Kantrimiusik
Performers: Belk, Alan; Tunstall, Angela
Conductors: Spanjaard, Ed
Ensemble: Nieuw Ensemble

Taken as a whole, the eight movements and seven intermezzi of this pastoral music from many countries make up the kind of program often presented...continue...

Gudmundsen-Holmgreen: For Piano, Plateaux / Puhjonen, et al

1 CD / Dacapo / 2009-02-24

Works: Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen: Plateaux, for piano & orchestra; For Piano
Performers: Pohjonen, Juho
Conductors: Spanjaard, Ed
Ensemble: Danish National Symphony Orchestra

Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (b. 1932), one of the most important composers in Scandinavia, is both famous and notorious for simple, contrasting music that often borders on...continue...

Super Audio CD Sampler Vol 2

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2007-07-31

Works: Alexander Glazunov: Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 82; Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 73; Sergei Taneyev: At the Reading of a Psalm, cantata, Op. 36; Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto ...
Performers: Beekman, Bram; Fischer, Julia [Violin]; Kodama, Mari [Piano]; Marriner, Andrew
Conductors: Kreizberg, Yakov; Vonk, Hans; Pletnev, Mikhail; Murphy, Simon; Nagano, Kent; Boni, Marco; Spanjaard, Ed; Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; London Symphony Orchestra; Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; Netherlands Radio Symphony; New Dutch Academy; Royal Concertgebouw C...

PentaTone presents a CD specifically designed to assist in the setup of a surround system. This disc features 70 minutes of highlights from the PentaTone...continue...

Mozart: Concert Arias (complete) / Matt, Spanjaard, et al

6 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2007-06-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Der Liebe himmlisches Gefühl, K 119 (382h); Concert Aria(s)
Performers: Van der Heijden, Francine
Conductors: Spanjaard, Ed
Ensemble: European Sinfonietta

Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder, Arias / Charlotte Margiono, et al

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2006-11-21

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Wesendonck Lieder; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Tannhäuser; Die Walküre
Performers: Margiono, Charlotte
Conductors: Spanjaard, Ed
Ensemble: Limburg Symphony Orchestra

Pierre Boulez: Eclat; Sur Incises [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Juxtapositions / 2006-02-21

Works: Pierre Boulez: Eclat for 15 Instruments; Sur Incises
Conductors: Spanjaard, Ed; Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Ensemble Incontemporain; Netherlands Nieuw Ensemble

This Juxtapositons release includes two films from highlighting the work of conductor/composer Pierre Boulez. "Eclat" is a real study of resonance written for fifteen instruments...continue...
Run Time: 142 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Japanese, German, Dutch...continue...

Fauré: Requiem / Spanjaard, Oelze, Peeters, et al

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2005-06-01

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Pavane, Op. 50; Madrigal, for 4-voice chorus & orchestra or 4 solo voices & piano, Op. 35; Les Djinns, for chorus & orchestra or piano, Op. 12; Ave Verum, Op. 65;...
Performers: Oelze, Christiane [Soprano Vocal]; Peeters, Harry
Conductors: Spanjaard, Ed
Ensemble: Maastricht Symphony Orchestra; Netherlands Chamber Choir

Super Audio CD Sampler

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2005-06-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Quartet for Oboe and Strings in F major, K 370 (368b); Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"; Felix Mendelsso...
Performers: Basrak, Cathy; Beekman, Bram; Eschkenazy, Vesko; Knudsen, Sato; Kodama, Mari [Piano]; Kralingen, Miranda van; Louwens, Christian; Lowe, Malcolm; Lugansky, Nikolai [Piano]; Spanjaard, Ed; Wakao, Keisu...
Conductors: Boni, Marco; Kreizberg, Yakov; Haenchen, Hartmut; Korniev, Nikolai; Spanjaard, Ed; Murphy, Simon; Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: Netherlands Chamber Choir; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; New Dutch Academy; Royal Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Russian National Orchestra; St. Petersburg Cham...

Music for Trombone / Jörgen Van Rijen, Alla Libo, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2005-05-10

Works: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Sonata à 3; Henri Dutilleux: Choral, Cadence et Fugato, for trombone & piano; Bernhard Krol: Capriccio da camera, for trombone & 7 instruments, op. 35; Guy Ropa...
Performers: Cortvrint, Vincent; Libo, Alla; Rijke, Helenus de; Van Rijen, Jörgen
Conductors: ; Spanjaard, Ed
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Viotta Ensemble (Members of the Royal Concertgebou

Carter: Homages & Dedication / Spanjaard, Nieuw Ensemble

1 CD / Naïve / 2004-01-01

Works: Elliott Carter: Luimen, for trumpet, trombone, vibraphone, mandolin, guitar & harp; Scrivo in Vento; Con Leggerezza Pensosa - Omaggio a Italo Calvino, for clarinet, violin & cello; Changes, for guita...
Performers: Boer, Harmen de; Gimeno, Angel; Halewijn, Herman; Kappers, Arjan Arjens; Kooistra, Taco; Leerkes, Edith; Rombout, Ernest; Snijders, John; Starreveld, Harrie; Stoop, Ernestine
Conductors: Spanjaard, Ed; Hamel, Micha
Ensemble: Nieuw Ensemble

"These are new readings, fresh and attractive, of these personable, brief pieces. Carter handles this mixed ensemble with customary humor and grace, and concentrates on...continue...