Basel Symphony Orchestra

Ginastera: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra; Bach, Scarlatti, Faure, Spohr: Solo Harp Works / Nicolas Tulliez, harp

1 CD / Skarbo / 2013-04-30

Conductors: Letonja, Marko
Ensemble: Basel Symphony Orchestra

This is a live recording of French harpist Nicolas Tulliez performing Ginastera's Concerto for Harp and Orchestra, among others. Tulliez is currently the principal harpist...continue...

Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5 / Dennis Russell Davies, Basel SO

1 CD / Sinfonieorchester Basel / 2012-09-25

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 3 in D major, D 200; Symphony no 5 in B flat major, D 485
Conductors: Davies, Dennis R.
Ensemble: ; Basel Symphony Orchestra

The Basel Symphony Orchestra (Sinfonieorchester Basel) is one of Switzerland's major orchestras and appears both in concert and at the opera house. The orchestra numbers...continue...
Recording information: Stadt-Casino Basel Musiksaal....continue...

Honegger: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 "Liturgique" / Dennis Russell Davies, Basel SO

1 CD / Sinfonieorchester Basel / 2012-09-25

Works: Arthur Honegger: Symphony no 3 ("Liturgique"), H. 186; Symphony no 1 in C major, H. 75
Conductors: Davies, Dennis R.
Ensemble: ; Basel Symphony Orchestra

The Basel Symphony Orchestra numbers among Switzerland's leading musical ensembles with some 100 highly qualified and highly motivated musicians. For decades it has produced a...continue...
Recording information: Stadt-Casino Basel, Musiksaal....continue...

Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7 / Mario Venzago - Basel SO

2 CD / CPO / 2011-07-26

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 "Romantic"; Symphony no 7 in E major, WAB 107
Conductors: Venzago, Mario
Ensemble: Basel Symphony Orchestra

This new recording intends to show that Bruckner did not write the same symphony nine times (as is often claimed), but that each one of...continue...
Recording information: Casino Basel, Musiksaal (08/23/2010-08/25/2010)....continue...

Schoeck: Penthesilea / Venzago, Naef, Behle, Reinhard, et al

2 CD / Musiques Suisses / 2008-07-04

Works: Othmar Schoeck: Penthesilea, Op. 39
Performers: Behle, Renate; Buchel, Imke; Davidson, Cheyne; Johnson, James; Kale, Stuart; Naef, Yvonne; Reinhard, Susanne; Trekel-Burckhardt, Ute
Conductors: Venzago, Mario;
Ensemble: Basel Symphony Orchestra; Brno Philharmonic Choir

40 Most Beautiful Love Themes - Vivaldi, Mozart, Debussy, etc / Mehta, Ristenpart, Haitink, Scimone, Masur, et al

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture; Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a; Concerto ...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Bax, Alessio [Piano]; Chambon, Jacques; Field, Joan; Golan, Itamar [Piano]; Grutzmann, Susanne; Guschlbauer, Theodor [Conductor]; Hanslip, Chloe [Violin]; Isbin, Sharon; Katsaris, Cypr...
Conductors: Guschlbauer, Theodor; Masur, Kurt; Janowski, Marek; Shostakovich, Maxim; Foster, Lawrence; Wolff, Hugh; Saraste, Jukka-Pekka; Rizzi, Carlo; Davis, Andrew; Lombard, Alain; ; Albert, Rudolf; Lazarev, A...
Ensemble: 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic; Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; Basel Symphony Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra; Borodin Quartet; Cleveland...

Felix Weingartner: Symphonies Vol 5 / Letonja, et al

1 Super Audio CD / CPO / 2008-01-29

Works: Felix Weingartner: Overture, Op. 56 "Aus ernster Zeit"; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 71
Conductors: Letonja, Marko
Ensemble: Basel Symphony Orchestra

Weingartner: Symphony no 3, etc / Letonja, Basel SO

1 Super Audio CD / CPO / 2006-06-20

Works: Felix Weingartner: Merry Overture, Op. 53; Symphony no 3 in E major, Op. 49
Conductors: Letonja, Marko
Ensemble: Basel Symphony Orchestra

Felix Weingartner (1863 - 1942) was a conductor, composer, pianist, and enthusiast of the ethereal. Weingartner wrote of this symphony: "In astrological myth its E...continue...

Weingartner: Symphony no 2, etc / Letonja, Basel SO

1 Super Audio CD / CPO / 2006-01-17

Works: Felix Weingartner: Das Gefilde der Seligan, symphonic poem, Op. 21; Symphony no 2 in E flat major, Op. 29
Conductors: Letonja, Marko
Ensemble: Basel Symphony Orchestra

This Hybrid SACD features two works of Felix Weingartner. The first, Das Gefilde der Seligen was written during the second half of the 1890s. It...continue...

Felix Weingartner: Symphonic Works Vol 1 / Letonja, Basel SO

1 Super Audio CD / CPO / 2004-09-21

Works: Felix Weingartner: König Lear, symphonic poem, Op. 20; Symphony no 1 in G major, Op. 23
Conductors: Letonja, Marko
Ensemble: Basel Symphony Orchestra

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These seem to be excellent performances. Moreover the recording is first-rate, one of the best I've heard from CPO.
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Chaya Czernowin: Shu Hai practices Javelin / Kalitzke, et al

1 CD / Mode Records / 2002-11-26

Works: Chaya Czernowin: Six miniatures and a simultaneous song, for 2 ensembles; Shu Hai in an orchestral setting, for voice, 9 recorded versions of the voice, orchestra & live elec; Shu Hai mitamen behatal...
Performers: Catchlove, Brian; Kayser, Deborah; Morris, Geoffrey; O'Dwyer, Timothy; Rae, Paula; Tooby, John; Veltheim, Erkki; Wassermann, Ute
Conductors: Hewett, Simon; Kalitzke, Johannes
Ensemble: Basel Symphony Orchestra; Elision

Kelterborn: Cellokonzert, Namenlos, Kammerkonzert

1 CD / Musiques Suisses / 2002-01-01

Works: Rudolf Kelterborn: Concerto for Cello; Namenlos; Chamber Concerto for Clarinet and 14 instruments
Performers: Monighetti, Ivan; Muller, M.; Widmer, Kurt
Conductors: Krenz, Jan; Griffiths, Howard; Wyttenbach, Jürg
Ensemble: Basel Symphony Orchestra; Collegium Novum Ensemble; Liège Philharmonic Orchestra

Englert, Schubert: Works for Piano / Keller, Venzago, et al

1 CD / Musiques Suisses / 2001-01-01

Works: Giuseppe G. Englert: Chaconne for Piano and Orchestra; Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano in C major, D 613 [fragment]; Andantino for Piano in C major, D 348 [fragment]
Performers: Keller, Christoph
Conductors: Venzago, Mario
Ensemble: Basel Symphony Orchestra

Mendelssohn: Concertos / Karin and Doris Adam, Walter Weller

1 CD / Camerata / 2000-06-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64; Concerto for Piano and Violin in D minor
Performers: Adam, Doris; Adam, Karin
Conductors: Weller, Walter
Ensemble: Basel Symphony Orchestra

Lalo: Symphony in G minor, etc / Giancarlo Andretta

1 CD / CPO / 1996-01-23

Works: Edouard Lalo: Symphony in G minor; Rapsodie norvégienne, for orchestra; Scherzo for orchestra in D minor; Divertissement, for orchestra (from opera "Fiesque")
Conductors: Andretta, Giancarlo
Ensemble: Basel Symphony Orchestra