Swierczewski, Michel

Le Belle Immagini - Magdalena Kozena sings Gluck, Mozart, Myslivecek

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La clemenza di Tito; Le nozze di Figaro; Idomeneo; Lucio Silla; La finta giardiniera; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Paride ed Elena; La clemenza di Ttio; Josef Myslivecek: Isacc...
Performers: Borovka, Vladislav; Kozena, Magdalena; Pavlis, Jindrich; Willi, Barbara Maria
Conductors: Swierczewski, Michel
Ensemble: ; Prague Philharmonia

First Choice features top artists - in the first batch, Claudio Abbado, the Emerson String Quartet, Helene Grimaud, Herbert von Karajan, James Levine, Anna Netrebko,...continue...
Recording information: Prague, Rudolfinum, Dvorák Hall (09/2001)....continue...

Rule Britannia

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-09-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351; Coronation Anthem; Messiah, HWV 56; Samson, HWV 57; Solomon, HWV 67; Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32; Ronald Binge: The Watermill; E...
Performers: Bradley, Jonathan; Carreras, Nicole; Doherty, Diana; Drury, David; Goodman, Isador; Hall, Dimity; Kenny, Yvonne; Kimmorley, Sharolyn; Macliver, Sara; Payne, Geoffrey; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu
Conductors: Abbott, Graham; Braithwaite, Nicholas; Summerbell, Mark; Taddei, Marc; Northey, Benjamin; Measham, David; Leighton-Jones, Michael; Johnson, Craig; Stanhope, David; Walker, Antony; Swierczewski, Miche...
Ensemble: ; Cantillation

Musical Handyman

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-08-17

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjez; Georges ...
Performers: Duck-Chong, Jenny; Dudman, Michael; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Morgan, Alison; Munro, Ian; Olding, Dene; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Russell, Sally-Anne; Schaupp, Karin; Spina, Rosario La; Tedeschi, Si...
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Northey, Benjamin; Woods, Thomas; Dommett, Leonard; Measham, David; Braithwaite, Nicholas; Challender, Stuart; Swierczewski, Michel; Nicholls, Christopher; Bonynge, Richard; Stanhope,...

Alexander Lokshin: Les Fleurs du Mal

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2010-02-01

Works: Alexander Lokshin: Vocal Symphonic Poem, for soprano & orchestra; Hungarian Fantasy, for violin & orchestra; The Art of Poetry, for soprano & chamber orchestra; Sinfonietta no 2, for soprano & chambe...
Performers: Redik, Wolfgang; Tabery, Vanda
Conductors: Swierczewski, Michel

This third disc on BIS of the orchestral music of Alexander Lokshin opens with Les fleurs du mal, his first acknowledged composition. The piece was...continue...
Recording information: Helmut-List-Halle, Graz, Austria (07/2005)....continue...

Auber: Haydee / Swierczewski / Philippe, Comparetti, et al [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2007-05-29

Works: Daniel-François Auber: Haydee
Performers: Comparetti, Bruno; Medioni, Paul; Philippe, Isabelle; Schmidt, Anne Sophie; Vidal, Mathias
Conductors: Swierczewski, Michel

This comic opera, which made its debut in Paris in 1847, tells the story of a Venetian admiral, Loredan (Bruno Comparetti), his bitter rival Malipieri...continue...
Run Time: 137 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Country of Origin: USA
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Lokshin: Symphonies no 5, 9, 11 / Swierczewski, Black, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2006-07-01

Works: Alexander Lokshin: Symphony no 5 "Shakespeare Sonnets"; Symphony no 9; Symphony no 11
Performers: Black, Jeffrey; Khadem-Missagh, Vahid; Mattanovich, Ulrike; Tabery, Vanda; Winkler, Ruth
Conductors: Swierczewski, Michel
Ensemble: recreation

Almost twenty years after his death it is still difficult to properly evaluate the work of Russian composer Alexander Lokshin. His uncompromising stance led to...continue...

Enchantment / Magdalena Kozená

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-05-09

Works: Charles Gounod: Cinq Mars; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; La Clemenza de Tito; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesa...
Performers: Delgado-Boge, Claire; Gritton, Susan; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Kozena, Magdalena; Marcinger, Ludovit; Martineau, Malcolm; Massis, Annick; Parat, Edwige; Sampson, Carolyn
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Swierczewski, Michel; Goebel, Reinhard; Stryncl, Marek; McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: ; Gabrieli Consort & Players; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Musica Antiqua Köln ; Musica Florea

A richly-colored voice, a perfect technique and a vivid musical imagination: the recipe for a portrait of an exceptional artist. 'Enchantment' is a personal selection...continue...

Love Moods - The Most Romantic Classics

2 CD / DG Deutsche Grammophon (USA) Import / 2004-01-13

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; James Horner: My Heart Will Go On (from the film "Titanic"); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Concerto...
Performers: Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonney, Barbara; Caballe, Montserrat; C...
Conductors: Levine, James; Wordsworth, Barry; Swierczewski, Michel; Karajan, Herbert von; David, Colin; Kleiber, Carlos; Daniel, Paul; Muti, Riccardo; Loges, Karl-Heinz; Abbado, Claudio; ; Serafin, Tullio; Previ...
Ensemble: ; Members of the London Symphony Orchestra (Members); Roby Lakatos Ensemble

This selection contains both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Barbara Bonney, Montserrat Caballé, Ileana Cotrubas (soprano); Magdalena Kozená, Anne Sofie von Otter, Teresa Berganza ...continue...

Le Belle Immagine - Mozart, Gluck, Myslivecek /Kozena, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2002-01-15

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Idomeneo; Lucio Silla, K 135; La finta giardiniera, K 196; Christoph Willibald Gluck: O del m...
Performers: Kozená, Magdalena; Willi, Barbara Maria
Conductors: Swierczewski, Michel
Ensemble: Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

"Poised between soprano and mezzo, Magdalena Ko ena's richly coloured voice combines fullness and warmth with the bloom and freshness of youth. Add to this...continue...

Lokshin: Symphony no 4, etc / Tabery, Swierczewski, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2001-10-07

Works: Alexander Lokshin: Symphony no 4 ("Sinfonia stretta"); Scènes (3) du Faust de Goethe, for soprano & orchestra
Performers: Tabery, Vanda
Conductors: Swierczewski, Michel
Ensemble: ; Bremen State Philharmonic Orchestra

"Despite being hailed as a genius by Shostakovich among others, Alexander Lokshin remains one of the least well-known of 20th-century Russian composers... but the composer's...continue...

Meditations for All Seasons - Music for Spring, Summer, etc

4 CD / Nimbus Records / 2001-03-06

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"; Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 6 in D major ("Le Matin"), H. 1/6; Aaron Copland:...
Performers: Anderson, John; Ashton, Graham; Bennett, Elinor; Bowyer, Kevin; Cornes, Jeremy; Hall, Judith; Hamburger, Peter; Hodges, Maurice; Johnston, Robert; Jones, Martin [Piano]; Lawson, Colin; Leister, Karl;...
Conductors: Laredo, Jaime; Fischer, Adam; Boughton, William; Wright, Simon; ; Swierczewski, Michel; Tippett, Michael
Ensemble: ; Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra; Brandis Quartet; English Northern Philharmonia; English String Orchestra; English Symphony Orchestra; Gulbenkian Foundation Symphony Orchestra Lisbon; Scottish Cha...

The Jane Austen Companion

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Sinfonia (String Symphony) for string orchestra no 4 in C minor; Michael Haydn: Symphony in F major, MH 25; Johann Friedrich Fasch: Concerto for trumpet, oboe d'amore & violin in E...
Performers: Anderson, John; Kuchl, Rainer; Michejew, Alexander; Thomas, Peter [Violin]; Wallace, John [Trumpet]
Conductors: Boughton, William; Fischer, Adam; Swierczewski, Michel
Ensemble: Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra; English String Orchestra; Gulbenkian Foundation Symphony Orchestra Lisbon

Méhul: Complete Symphonies / Swierczewski, et al

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Etienne-Nicolas Méhul: Le jeune Henri; Symphony no 1 in G minor; Symphony no 2 in D major; Le trésor supposé; Symphony no 3 in C major; Symphony no 4 in E major
Conductors: Swierczewski, Michel
Ensemble: Gulbenkian Foundation Symphony Orchestra Lisbon

Waldteufel: Waltzes, Polkas, Galops / Michel Swierczewski

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Emile Waldteufel: Les Patineurs Valse ("Skater's Waltz"), Op. 183; Bonne Bouche Polka for orchestra, Op 163; España Waltzes for orchestra, Op. 236 (after Chabrier); Joyeux Paris Polka for orches...
Performers: Gulbenkian Foundation Orchestra, Lisbon; Rabinovitsj, Max; Swierczewski, Michel
Conductors: Swierczewski, Michel
Ensemble: Gulbenkian Foundation Symphony Orchestra Lisbon

Recording information: England....continue...

Weill: Symphonies 1 & 2, etc / Swierczewski, Gulbenkian

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-10-03

Works: Kurt Weill: Symphony no 1; Symphony no 2; Kleine Dreigroschenmusik
Conductors: Swierczewski, Michel
Ensemble: Gulbenkian Foundation Chamber Orchestra Lisbon

Offenbach: Music from the Operettas / Swierczewski, et al

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-10-03

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Orphée aux enfers; La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein; Le voyage dans la lune; Die Rheinnixen; Souvenir d'Aix-les-Bains Waltz; American Eagle Waltz
Conductors: Swierczewski, Michel
Ensemble: Gulbenkian Foundation Symphony Orchestra Lisbon

Meditations for a Quiet Dawn - Vaughan Williams, Ives, et al

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-10-03

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Variants (5) of 'Dives and Lazarus'; Charles Ives: Contemplations (2); Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 24 in D major, H 1 no 24; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: ...
Performers: Bochmann, Michael; Douglas, Audrey; Lynn, Susan; Waddington, Thomas
Conductors: Boughton, William; Swierczewski, Michel; Fischer, Adam; Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra; BBC Welsh Symphony; English String Orchestra; English Symphony Orchestra; Gulbenkian Foundation Chamber Orchestra Lisbon