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Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream; Die erste Walpurgisnacht / Harnoncourt

1 CD / Apex / 2011-02-22

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Die Erste Walpurgisnacht, cantata for chorus & orchestra, Op. 60
Performers: Bantzer, Christoph; Coburn, Pamela; Hampson, Thomas; Heilmann, Uwe; Magnus, Elisabeth von; Pape, Rene; Remmert, Birgit
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus

"Mendelssohn's highly potent brand of magic here in rhythmically robust live recordings of eight numbers from A Midsummer Night's Dream, and a formidable team of...continue...
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Weill: Das Berliner Requiem

1 Super Audio CD / Glossa / 2010-01-02

Works: Kurt Weill: Das Berliner Requiem, cantata for tenor, baritone, male chorus & wind orchestra; Vom tod im Wald (Death in the Forest), ballad for bass & 10 wind instruments, Op. 23; Paul Hindemith: Der ...
Performers: Goossens, Ivan; Jespersen, Jakob Bloch; Venken, Hilde [Vocals]
Conductors: Hillier, Paul
Ensemble: I Solisti del Vento

After Jean Cocteau had issued tracks such as Le Coq et l'Arlequin (1918) and Le Rappel a l'ordre (1926), arguing against French Impressionism and German...continue...
Recording information: Jezuïentenkerk, Heverlee, Belgium (09/05/2007-09/07/2007)....continue...

Michel Corboz Edition Vol 5 - Arthur Honnegger

2 CD / Cascavelle / 2007-01-01

Works: Arthur Honegger: Le roi David; La danse des morts; Cantate de Noël; Cantique de Pâques
Performers: Balleys, Brigitte; Cachemaille, Gilles; Elwes, John; Fournier, Brigitte; Kisafaludy, Oers; McNair, Nicholas; Okada, Naoko; Palmer, Felicity; Rabinovitsj, Max; Teixeira, Susana Oliveira; Thérau...
Conductors: Corboz, Michel
Ensemble: Gulbenkian Foundation Chorus Lisbon; Gulbenkian Foundation Symphony Orchestra Lisbon; Pequenos Cantores do Grêmio Literário

This significant series devoted to the artistry of Michel Corboz gathers some of the most important choral works by one of the major French composers...continue...

Eisler: Deutsche Sinfonie / Inbal, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2006-01-17

Works: Hanns Eisler: Deutsche Sinfonie, Op. 50
Performers: Depoil, Jean-Louis; Koch, Sophie; Masur, Carolin; Roux, Pierre; Rydl, Kurt; Schulte, Eike Wilm
Conductors: Inbal, Eliahu
Ensemble: French Radio New Philharmonic Orchestra; Maîtrise de Radio France

Hanns Eisler, a pupil of Arnold Schoenberg, wrote the Deutsche Sinfonie as a plea against the terrible events surrounding World War II. Set to the...continue...

Charles Münch - La France résistante - Honegger, Jolivet

1 CD / Cascavelle / 2005-08-01

Works: Arthur Honegger: La danse des morts; Symphony no 2 for Trumpet and Strings; André Jolivet: Les trois complaintes
Performers: Barrault, Jean-Louis; Bernac, Pierre; Panzera, Charles; Pascal, Andre; Turba-Rabier, Odette
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris ; Yvonne Gouverné Chorus

Geirr Tveitt: Baldurs draumar, Telemarkin / Ruud, et al

2 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2004-01-01

Works: Geirr Tveitt: Baldur's Dreams; Telemarkin
Performers: Bergset, Arve Moen; Elkemo, Jon; Fremmerlid, Magne; Kringelborn, Solveig; Oien, Trine; Oien, Ulf
Conductors: Ruud, Ole Kristian
Ensemble: Stavanger Symphony Orchestra

"[Tveitt] lost around four-fifths of his music manuscripts in a house fire late in his life. In 1999, researchers began a massive conservation project, in...continue...

Honegger: Nicolas de Flue

1 CD / Musiques Suisses / 1999-02-04

Works: Arthur Honegger: Nicolas de Flue
Performers: Bideau, Jean-Luc
Conductors: Koch, Alois
Ensemble: Lucerne Academy Choir; Lucerne Boys Choir; Lucerne Collegium Musicum Choir; Lucerne Girls Choir; Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra

Novak: Dido, etc / Kubelik, Schmiege, Kurokouchi, et al

1 CD / Audite / 1999-01-01

Works: Jan Novák: Dido; Mimus Magicus
Performers: Fiedler, Hans Herbert; Kurokouchi, Makiko; Novak, Dora; Novakova, Clara; Schmiege, Marilyn
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Male Choir; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Braga: San Domenico di Guzman / Piantini, Teatro San Carlo

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 1998-09-28

Works: Antonio Braga: San Domenico di Guzman
Performers: Albertazzi, Giorgio; Bonfatti, Gregory; Di Cesare, Ezio; Gallo, Lucio; Mari, Enrica; Serraiocco, Danilo; Trevisan, Antonella
Conductors: Piantini, Carlos
Ensemble: Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra

Schoenberg: Gurrelieder / Sinopoli, Voigt, Larmore, et al

2 CD / HBDirect Import / 1996-06-11

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
Performers: Brandauer, Klaus Maria; Larmore, Jennifer; Moser, Thomas; Riegel, Kenneth; Voigt, Deborah; Weikl, Bernd
Conductors: Sinopoli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Dresden State Opera Chorus; Leipzig Radio Orchestra; Prague Chamber Chorus Male Choir

"This intensely expressive performance is molded and projected with rare discrimination by Guisepe Sinopoli...Jennifer Larmore's passionate address in the Song of the Wood Dove is...continue...

The Classical Kids Collection Vol 1

4 CD / Children's Group / 1991-10-18

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Piccolo in C major, RV 443; Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Sonata for Reco...
Performers: Armin, Adele; Binsley, Richard; Bodle, Douglas; Braun, Adriana; Braun, Russell; Brown, Nils; Budd, Barbara; Childs, Mark; Cowell, John; Feore, Colm; Forster, Elizabeth; Granik, Jon; Hammond, Susan; L...
Conductors: Babiak, Walter
Ensemble: St. Simon's Chorus, Toronto; Studio Arts Orchestra; Toronto Boys' Choir