Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Ives: Decoration Day, Fourth of July, Thanksgving / James Sinclair

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-10-27

Works: Charles Ives: New England Holidays Symphony; The General Slocum; Overture in G minor; Yale-Princeton Football Game; Postlude for Orchestra in F major
Conductors: Sinclair, James
Ensemble: Malmö Symphony Orchestra

When asked to define a masterpiece in music Stravinsky chose Ives' 'Decoration Day', a tone poem that Ives later made the second movement of his...continue...

Franz Schmidt: Symphony no 2, Fuga Solemnis / Vassily Sinaisky, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-09-29

Works: Franz Schmidt: Symphony no 2 in E flat major; Fuga Solemnis, for organ, 16 wind instruments & percussion
Performers: Johnson, Anders
Conductors: Sinaisky, Vassili
Ensemble: Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Following their recording of Franz Schmidt's 'Symphony No. 1' and excerpts from his opera 'Notre Dame', the Malmo Symphony Orchestra and Vassily Sinaisky here present...continue...

Schmidt: Symphony no 1, etc / Sinaisky, Malmö SO, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-03-31

Works: Franz Schmidt: Symphony no 1 in E major; Notre Dame
Conductors: Sinaisky, Vassili
Ensemble: Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Franz Schmidt's finely crafted 'Symphony No. 1', grandiose in scale and optimistic in mood, recalls the masterpieces of other great Romantic composers, Brahms, Bruckner and...continue...

Grieg: Peer Gynt Op. 23, At a southern convent's gate Op. 20, etc / Engeset, Malmö SO, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-10-28

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Foran Sydens kloster (Before a Southern Convent), for soprano, alto, female chorus & orchestra, Op.; Bergliot, melodrama for speaker & orchestra, Op. 42
Performers: Armand, Froydis; Berg, Kirsten Braten; Galdos, Itziar M.; Gericke, Isa Katharina; Hivju, Erik; Jacobsen, Anne Marit; Larsen, Gjermund; Lovlid, Unni; Sand, Hans Jakob; Soberg, Yngve A.; Stiklestad, Kn...
Conductors: Engeset, Bjarte
Ensemble: Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Grieg's incidental music for Ibsen's play 'Peer Gynt' (1874-5) won immediate success and ranks among his most enduringly popular compositions, its huge range of orchestral...continue...

Magnard: Complete Symphonies / Sanderling, Malmö SO

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2008-08-02

Works: Albéric Magnard: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 4; Symphony no 3 in B flat minor, Op. 11; Symphony no 2 in E major, Op. 6; Symphony no 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 21
Conductors: Sanderling, Thomas
Ensemble: Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Son of Franois Magnard, the bestselling author and editor of Le Figaro Magnard could have chosen to live the comfortable life his family's wealth afforded...continue...

American Classics - Ives: Three Orchestral Sets / Sinclair, Malmö SO, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-05-27

Works: Charles Ives: Orchestral Set no 1; Orchestral Set no 2, for orchestra (& optional chorus), S. 8 (K. 1A6); Orchestral Set no 3, for orchestra, S. 9 (K. 1A8)
Conductors: Sinclair, James
Ensemble: Malmö Symphony Orchestra

"It's a sad comment on the musician's union and absurd costs of recording symphony orchestras in the U.S. that this echt-Americana project had to be...continue...

Martin: Concerto for Cello, etc / Poltéra, Stott, Ollila-Hannikainen, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2008-03-01

Works: Frank Martin: Concerto for Cello
Performers: Poltéra, Christian
Conductors: Ollila, Tuomas
Ensemble: Malmö Symphony Orchestra

"As before, Poltera's tone is rich, his intonation ideal, his technique impeccable and his commitment total. But as fine as Schoeck's and Honegger's music sounded...continue...

Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites, etc / Engeset, Dam-Jensen, Knudsen, Malmö Symphony

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-10-30

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Peer Gynt Suite no 2, Op. 55; Melodies (12), Op. 33; Den bergtekne (The Mountain Thrall), for baritone, 2 horns & string orchestra, Op. 32; Songs (6) for voice & orchestra, E...
Performers: Dam-Jensen, Inger; Knudsen, Palle
Conductors: Engeset, Bjarte
Ensemble: Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Grieg’s incidental music to Henrik Ibsen’s play 'Peer Gynt' is greatly loved by many and is generally considered to be one of the foremost expressions...continue...

Grieg: Symphony in C minor, etc / Bjarte Engeset, Malmö SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-06-26

Works: Edvard Grieg: Symphony in C minor, EG 119; Old Norwegian Romance with Variations for 2 Pianos, Op. 51; Sigurd Jorsalfar, Op. 56
Conductors: Engeset, Bjarte
Ensemble: Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Few symphonies can have been the subject of so many reservations as the 20-year-old Grieg's 'forbidden' Symphony in C minor of which the composer himself...continue...

Luminar - Valverde / Kobayashi, Schvartz, Cuendet, et al

1 CD / Mode Records / 2001-01-23

Works: Gabriel Valverde: Espacios Inasibles, for large orchestra; Resplandor de los Surem, for piano; Terra Incognita, for string trio & electronic tape; El Silencio ya no es el Silencio, for harp; 5000 Voc...
Performers: Schvartz, Haydée
Conductors: Volmer, Arvo; Cuendet, Olivier
Ensemble: Ensemble 2E2M; Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Ravel: The Two Piano Concertos, etc / Yukie Nagai, Hirokami

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1995-05-20

Works: Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano left hand; Concerto for Piano in G major; Gaspard de la nuit; pavane
Performers: Nagai, Yukie
Conductors: Hirokami, Jun'ichi
Ensemble: Malmö Symphony Orchestra

American Trombone Concertos / Christian Lindberg, DePreist

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1993-12-01

Works: Paul Creston: Fantasy for Trombone and Orchestra, Op. 42; George Walker: Concerto for Trombone; Gunther Schuller: Eine kleine Posaunenmusik; Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Concerto for Trombone
Performers: Lindberg, Christian
Conductors: DePreist, James
Ensemble: Malmö Symphony Orchestra