Minnesota Orchestra

Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 / Osmo Vanska, Minnesota Orch.

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-03-01

Works: Jean Sibelius: Symphony no 1 in E minor, Op. 39; Symphony no 4 in A minor, Op. 63
Performers: Hara, Burt; Ross, Anthony
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: ; Minnesota Orchestra

Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5 / Osmo Vanska

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-01-16

Works: Jean Sibelius: Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 43; Symphony no 5 in E flat major, Op. 82
Conductors: Vanska, Osmo
Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, etc / Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Minnesota Orchestra

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2009-10-13

Works: Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106
Conductors: Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw
Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski's nineteen-year tenure with the Minnesota Orchestra (1960-1979) was one of the great American musical partnerships, yielding several highly acclaimed recordings that have stood...continue...

Paulus: To Be Certain of the Dawn / Osmo Vänskä, Minnesota Orchestra

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2009-03-01

Works: Stephen Paulus: To Be Certain of the Dawn
Performers: Baldwin, Christina; Cokorinos, Philip; Futral, Elizabeth; Tessier, John
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Tutti! - Orchestral Sampler

1 Super Audio CD / Reference Recordings / 2008-10-14

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden (Snegurochka) (i), opera ("springtime tale") in 4 acts with a prologue; George Whitefield Chadwick: Suite Symphonique, for orchestra, L. 2/20; Ron Nelson: Roc...
Performers: Blumenstock, Elizabeth; Istomin, Eugene
Conductors: Oue, Eiji; Serebrier, José; Junkin, Jerry; Schwarz, Gerard; Paul, James; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; McGegan, Nicholas; Seelig, Timothy
Ensemble: ; Minnesota Orchestra; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Turtle Creek Chorale

This is the first SACD from Reference Recordings! It contains the world premiere recording of Eiji Oue conducting the Minnesota Orchestra in his own composition,...continue...

Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra, Wooden Prince, Dance Suite / Skrowaczewski

3 CD / Vox Classical / 2008-07-01

Works: Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; Dance Suite for Orchestra, Sz 77; Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19/Sz 73; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106; Divertimento for String ...
Conductors: Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw
Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Ravel: Complete Works for Orchestra Vol 1 / Skrowaczewski

2 CD / Vox Classical / 2008-04-08

Works: Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano in G major; Rapsodie espagnole; Miroirs; Boléro; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Menuet antique; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Quartet for Strings i...
Performers: Capps, Ferald; Simon, Abbey
Conductors: Froment, Louis de; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw
Ensemble: Luxembourg Radio/Television Symphony Orchestra; Minnesota Orchestra; New Hungarian Quartet

Mozart: Twelve Great Piano Concertos / Klien, Brendel, et al

5 CD / Vox Classical / 2008-04-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 17 in G major, K 453; Concerto for Piano no 20 in D minor, K 466; Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488; Concerto for 2 Pianos in E flat major, K 3...
Performers: Brendel, Alfred; Firkusny, Rudolf; Haebler, Ingrid; Klien, Walter [Piano]; Weiss, Alan
Conductors: Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Melles, Karl; Maag, Peter; Zinman, David; Kehr, Günter; Angerer, Paul
Ensemble: Mainz Chamber Orchestra; Minnesota Orchestra; Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Chamber Orchestra; Vienna Pro Musica Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

Ravel: Boléro, etc / Skrowaczewski, Minnesota Orchestra

1 CD / Regis Records / 2007-03-12

Works: Maurice Ravel: L'éventail de Jeanne; Boléro; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Rapsodie espagnole; La valse; Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 2
Conductors: Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw
Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

"..[Rhapsodie]...seductive seriousness... lingers in the memory...worth purchase alone...one of the best versions on disc..." - (Penguin Guide)...continue...

Beethoven: Symphony no 9 / Vänskä, Juntunen, et al

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2006-10-07

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Davies, Neal [Bass Baritone]; Juntunen, Helena; Karnéus, Katarina; Norman, Daniel
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Minnesota Chorale; Minnesota Orchestra

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Beethoven: Symphonies no 3 & 8 / Vänskä, Minnesota Orchestra

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2006-06-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 8 in F major, Op. 93
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

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Skrowaczewski: Concerto Nicolò / Skrowaczewski

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 2005-11-08

Works: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski: Concerto Nicolò, for piano left hand & orchestra; Concerto for orchestra
Performers: Graffman, Gary
Conductors: Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw
Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Casa Guidi - Frederica von Stade sings Argento / Oue, et al

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 2005-10-11

Works: Dominick Argento: Casa Guidi; Capriccio for Clarinet and Orchestra "Rossini in Paris"; In Praise of Music, songs (7) for orchestra
Performers: Hara, Burt; Von Stade, Frederica
Conductors: Oue, Eiji
Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

"Professor Johnson's recording has a see-through quality, with superb dynamics and natural scaling of the solo instruments... it's good to have Reference Recordings back, and...continue...

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, etc / Skrowaczewski, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab / 2005-06-07

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 1; Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 2; Ma mère l'oye; Valses nobles et sentimentales
Conductors: Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw
Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Beethoven: Symphonies no 4 & 5 / Vänskä, Minnesota Orchestra

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2005-01-03

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Expanded Edition - Haydn: Favorite Concertos/ Ma, Lin, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2003-09-30

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Trumpet in E flat major, H 7e no 1; Concerto for Cello no 2 in D major, Op 101/H 7b no 2; Concerto for Violin no 1 in C major, H 7a no 1; Concerto for Keyboard in D m...
Performers: Ax, Emanuel; Cho-Liang, Lin; Ma, Yo-Yo; Marsalis, Wynton
Conductors: Leppard, Raymond; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Marriner, Sir Neville; Ax, Emanuel
Ensemble: ; Franz Liszt Academy Chamber Orchestra; Minnesota Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra

"Marsalis has to be taken seriously as a classical artists, and this performance shows why. His control of his instrument makes it sound like he...continue...

Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Études-Tableaux, etc / Oue

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 2001-10-02

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45; Songs (14), Op. 34; Études-tableaux (5) for orchestra (orchestrated by O. Respighi, P. 160 in his catalogue)
Conductors: Oue, Eiji
Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Respighi: Pines of Rome, etc / Eiji Oue, Minnesota Orchestra

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 2001-09-04

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Belkis, Queen of Sheba, suite from the ballet, P. 177; Ballata delle gnomidi, symphonic poem, P. 124; Pines of Rome
Performers: Shelton, Chad
Conductors: Oue, Eiji
Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Showcase - Strauss, et al / Eiji Oue, Minnesota Orchestra

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 2000-10-17

Works: Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20; Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Deems Taylor: Through the Looking Glass, for orchestra, Nos 1-5, complete; Dominick Argento: Valentino Dances; Jean Sibelius: Finlandia, Op...
Performers: Villars, Jon
Conductors: Oue, Eiji
Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Copland 100 / Eiji Oue, Minnesota Orchestra

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 2000-08-15

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Appalachian Spring; Symphony no 3
Conductors: Oue, Eiji
Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

The year 2000 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of American composer Aaron Copland, and in celebration, Eiji Oue and the Minnesota Orchestra deliver...continue...

Bolero! - Orchestral Fireworks / Oue, Minnesota Orchestra

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 2000-03-14

Works: Dmitry Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon (Kola Bryun'yon), opera, Op. 24/Op. 90 (2 versions); Deems Taylor: Through the Looking Glass, for orchestra, Nos 1-5, complete; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Tale of Tsar...
Performers: Oue, Eiji
Conductors: Oue, Eiji
Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

"What sets this release apart are the wonderful wind solos, full of poetic grace, and the general excellence of this orchestra. The Ravel is quite...continue...
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Argento: Valentino Dances, etc / Oue, Minnesota Orchestra

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 2000-02-15

Works: Dominick Argento: Valentino Dances; Reverie, Reflections on a Hymn Tune, for orchestra; Le Tombeau d'Edgar Poe; Valse Triste; A Ring of Time
Performers: Schimmel, William; Shelton, Chad
Conductors: Oue, Eiji
Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

"The Minnesota Orchestra is in great shape these days, as this brilliantly played and vividly engineered disc demonstrates. Dominick Argento has been a cherished part...continue...

Poems to Music

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 1999-10-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Autumn (The Four Seasons); Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo a...
Performers: Haas, Douglas; Kehr, Gunter; Lautenbacher, Suzanne
Conductors: Nanut, Anton; Faerber, Jörg; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Mata, Eduardo; Susskind, Walter; Landau, Siegfried
Ensemble: ; Ljubljana Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Minnesota Orchestra; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; Westchester Symphony Orchestra

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde / DeYoung, Villars, Oue, et al

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 1999-08-17

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Performers: DeYoung, Michelle
Conductors: Oue, Eiji
Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Bernstein: Suite from Candide, etc / Eiji Oue

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 1999-05-17

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Candide; Meditations (3) from "Mass", for cello & orchestra; also for cello & piano; I Hate Music, cycle of "5 kid songs" for soprano & piano; Divertimento for Orchestra
Performers: Ross, Anthony
Conductors: Oue, Eiji
Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Ravel Orchestrations - Pictures at an Exhibition, etc / Oue

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 1999-05-14

Works: Maurice Ravel: Miroirs; Shéhérazade--Fairy Overture, for orchestra (or 2 pianos); Claude Debussy: Pour le piano, suite for piano, L. 95; Tarentelle styrienne; Robert Schumann: Carnaval,...
Conductors: Oue, Eiji
Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

"...Of particular note...is the performance of Pictures at an Exhibition...the pictures "look" the same, but sound as if they have had accumulations of traditional grime...continue...

Bruckner: Symphony no 9 / Skrowaczewski, Minnesota Orchestra

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 1999-05-14

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 9 in D minor, WAB 109
Conductors: Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw
Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

"...Dyed-in-the-wool Brucknerians who know this work intimately will be unable to suppress astonishment at just how much aural detail and orchestral perspective is conveyed by...continue...

Tutti! - Orchestral Sampler

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 1999-05-14

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Snow Maiden; George Whitefield Chadwick: Suite Symphonique, for orchestra, L. 2/20; Ron Nelson: Rocky Point Holiday; Igor Stravinsky: Firebird; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Conce...
Performers: Blumenstock, Elizabeth; Istomin, Eugene
Conductors: Oue, Eiji; Serebrier, José; Junkin, Jerry; Schwarz, Gerard; Paul, James; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Seelig, Timothy
Ensemble: ; Dallas Wind Symphony; Minnesota Orchestra; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Turtle Creek Chorale

Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale, etc / Oue, Minnesota

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 1999-05-13

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), concert suite for orchestra no 2; Chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale), symphonic poem for orchestra; Le sacre du printemps
Conductors: Oue, Eiji
Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Exotic Dances From the Opera / Eiji Oue, Minnesota Orchestra

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 1999-05-13

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Snow Maiden; Richard Strauss: Salome, Op. 54; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Mazeppa; Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina; Henri Rabaud: Marouf, Cobbler of Cairo; Anton Rubinstein: ...
Conductors: Oue, Eiji
Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Ports of Call / Eiji Oue, Minnesota Orchestra

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 1999-05-13

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Jean Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26; Jacques Ibert: Escales; Hugo Alfvén: Swedish Rhapsody no 1, for orchestra ("...
Conductors: Oue, Eiji
Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Mephisto & Co. / Eiji Oue, Minnesota Orchestra

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 1999-05-13

Works: Franz Liszt: Episodes from Lenau's Faust, S 110; Modest Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain; Anatol Lyadov: Baba-Yaga, Op. 56; César Franck: Le Chasseur maudit (The Accursed Huntsman), sympho...
Performers: Fleezanis, Jorja
Conductors: Oue, Eiji
Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

25 Romantic Moods

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 1997-07-22

Works: Erik Satie: Gymnopedie for piano no 1; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Christian Sinding: Rustle of Spring (Frühlingsrauchen), for piano, Op. 32/3; Franz Schubert: Rosamunde Incide...
Performers: Glazer, Frank; Hampe, Konrad; Klien, Walter [Piano]; Rose, Jerome; Silfies, George; Simon, Abbey; Starke, Gerhard; Storck, Helga [Harp]; Tomsic, Dubravka
Conductors: Zinman, David; Maag, Peter; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Slatkin, Leonard; ; Abravanel, Maurice; Mata, Eduardo; Susskind, Walter
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Minnesota Orchestra; New York Camerata; Philharmonia Hungarica; Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; Utah Symphony Orchestra

25 Beethoven Favorites

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 1996-10-03

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84A; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Sonata for Piano no 21 in C major, Op. 53 "Waldstein"; Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight";...
Performers: Berry, George; Brendel, Alfred; Flissler, Eileen; Hokanson, Leonard; Klien, Walter; Lautenbacher, Suzanne; Rose, Jerome; Silfies, George; Simon, Abbey; Woodhams, Richard
Conductors: Nanut, Anton; Schonzeler, Hans-Hubert; Reichert, Hubert; Semkov, Jerzy; Wallberg, Heinz; Mehta, Zubin; Gielen, Michael; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Lizzio, Alberto
Ensemble: Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Ljubljana Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ljubljana Symphony Orchestra; London Festival Orchestra; Minnesota Orchestra; St. Louis Symphony Chorus; ...