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Rachmaninov: Works For Cello & Piano / Steven Doane, cello; Barry Snyder, piano

1 CD / Bridge / 2012-05-08

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Op. 2; Sonata for cello & piano in G minor, Op. 19; Etudes-tableaux (9) for Piano, Op. 39; Lied (Romance), for cello & piano in F minor, TN ii/32
Performers: Doane, Steven; Snyder, Barry [Piano]

The duo team of cellist Steven Doane and pianist Barry Snyder made a number of award-winning recordings for Bridge Records in the 1990s. Their traversal...continue...
Recording information: Eastman Theatre (08/1996)....continue...

Do You Dream in Color? / Laurie Rubin, mezzo; Marija Stroke, piano

1 CD / Bridge / 2012-02-14

Works: Bruce Adolphe: Do You Dream in Color?, for voice & piano; Joaquín Rodrigo: Cantiga ("Muy graciosa es la doncella"), song for voice & piano; Soneto, song for voice & piano; Serranilla, song for v...
Performers: Rubin, Laurie; Sivan, Noam; Stroke, Marija

Composer Bruce Adolphe writes: "The first time I heard Laurie Rubin sing, I was so impressed by the beauty of her voice and her compelling...continue...
Recording information: American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City (2010-12-02_2010-12-03&2010-)....continue...

Crazy Jane / Lansky, Leisner, Roxbury, Naito, Musto & Crumb

1 CD / Bridge / 2011-12-13

Works: Paul Lansky: Songs of Parting, for baritone, guitar & percussion; David Leisner: Three James Tate Songs, for baritone & guitar; Ronald Roxbury: Crazy Jane, for baritone, guitar & percussion; Akemi Na...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Crazy Jane

All of the works on this disc were composed for the trio, Crazy Jane, and all receive their premiere recordings. Paul Lansky's Songs of Parting...continue...
Recording information: The Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City (04/2010-09/2010)....continue...

Paysages: Songs by Debussy, Fauré, Messiaen / Susanna Phillips, soprano

1 CD / Bridge / 2011-10-11

Works: Claude Debussy: Ariettes oubliées; Olivier Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi; Gabriel Fauré: Les roses d'Ispahan, Op. 39 no 4; Nell, Op. 18 no 1; Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Adieu,...
Performers: Huang, Myra; Phillips, Susanna

This program of French song marks the solo debut recording of the brilliant young mezzo-soprano, Susanna Phillips. Ms. Phillips was the recipient of the Metropolitan...continue...
Recording information: 01/13/2010-01/15/2010....continue...

Primakov in Concert, Vol. 2: Bach, Mendelssohn, Debussy, Glass / Vassily Primakov, piano

1 CD / Bridge / 2011-09-13

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Songs without words, vol 1, Op. 19b; Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite no 2 in C minor, BWV 813; Philip Glass: Suite from "the Hours"; Claude Debussy: Suite bergamasque
Performers: Primakov, Vassily [Piano]

Following the critical success of Primakov in Concert, Vol. 1, Bridge is pleased to release a second compilation of the great Russia/American pianist's live recordings....continue...

Berlioz: Les Nuits d'ete; Mahler: Ruckert & Wunderhorn Songs / Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano

1 CD / Bridge / 2011-08-09

Works: Hector Berlioz: Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, song cycle; Gustav Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Verlor'ne Müh, song for voice & piano (or orchestra) in A major (Des Knaben Wunderhorn no ...
Performers: DeGaetani, Jan [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Effron, David
Ensemble: ; Eastman Chamber Ensemble

This was the last recording that Jan DeGaetani made.

Personnel: Jan DeGaetani (vocals)....continue...

Mahler: Songs Of A Wayfarer / Hermine Haselböck, mezzo-soprano; Russell Ryan, piano

1 CD / Bridge / 2011-08-09

Works: Gustav Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Rückert Lieder (5); Kindertotenlieder, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra)
Performers: Haselbock, Hermine; Ryan, Russell

The Austrian mezzo-soprano, Hermine Haselböck, winner of the Vienna Musikverein's Alexander Zemlinsky Prize, sings three of Gustav Mahler's great song cycles, accompanied by pianist Russell...continue...
Recording information: Linztzentrum, Raiding, Austria (2008-05-05_2008-05-06&2009-)....continue...

Jan DeGaetani and Gilbert Kalish in Concert

2 CD / Bridge / 2011-06-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Songs (3) (Goethe) for voice & piano, Op. 83; Abendlied unterm gestirnten Himmel, WoO 150; Francis Poulenc: Chansons Villagioises; A sa guitare; Métamorphoses (3); Main d...
Performers: DeGaetani, Jan [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Kalish, Gilbert [Piano]

To many observers, no artist has ever replaced the great mezzo-soprano, Jan DeGaetani, as an interpreter of contemporary song. Writing of her, New York Times...continue...

The Piano Trios of Mendelssohn / Argenta Trio

1 CD / Bridge / 2011-06-14

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in D minor, Op. 49; Songs without words, vol 4, Op. 53; Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in C minor, Op. 66
Conductors:
Ensemble: Argenta Trio

The Argenta Trio gives whirlwind virtuosic readings of Mendelssohn's masterpieces. The Piano Trios are works that influenced many of the great composers of the era,...continue...
Recording information: Green Music Center, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Pa (10/09/2010-10/10/2010)....continue...

George Crumb Edition, Vol. 15

1 CD / Bridge / 2011-01-11

Works: George Crumb: The Ghosts of Alhambra (Spanish Songbook no 1), for baritone, guitar & percussion; Voices from a Forgotten World (American Songbook no 5), for solo female voice, male voices, amplifi
Performers: Druckman, Daniel; Eyck, Jamie Van; Mason, Patrick [Baritone Vocal]; Starobin, David [Guitar]
Conductors: Freeman, James
Ensemble: Orchestra 2001

This exciting disc presents the first recordings of two new George Crumb song cycles. With The Ghosts of Alhambra, George Crumb returns once again to...continue...

The Music of Elliott Carter, Vol. 8

2 CD / Bridge / 2010-02-09

Works: Elliott Carter: Concerto for Horn; Mad Regales, for 6 solo voices; Tintinnabulation, for percussion sextet; Wind Rose, for wind ensemble; Sound Fields, for orchestra; On Conversing with Paradise, for...
Performers: Boyar, Simon; Gibbs, Charles; Goater, Edward; Huang, Hsin-Yun; Kolkay, Peter; Melrose, Leigh; Menna, Sian; Neidich, Charles; Nelson, Jon [Composer/Trumpet]; Owen, Martin; Price, Edward; Purvis, Willi...
Conductors: Knussen, Oliver; Epstein, Frank
Ensemble: ; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble

In celebration of Elliott Carter's 101st birthday, Bridge Records is pleased to release The Music of Elliott Carter, Vol. 8 (16 Compositions, 2002-2009), a two...continue...

Great Singers of the 20th Century, Vol. 1: Benia Valente

1 CD / Bridge / 2009-12-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Un moto di gioia, K 579; Le Nozze di Figaro; Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio!, concert aria, K. 418; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Franz Schubert: Du bist die Ruh, D 776/Op. 59 ...
Performers: Artymiw, Lydia; Effron, David; Goode, Richard; Serkin, Rudolf; Valente, Benita; Wright, Harold
Conductors: Effron, David; Schneider, Alexander

This remarkable collection highlights the career of the great American soprano, Benita Valente collecting performances from both concerts and the recording studio. The program was...continue...

Music of Stefan Wolpe Vol 5 / Loeb, Boehler

1 CD / Bridge / 2009-11-10

Works: Stefan Wolpe: Lazy Andy Ant, children's story for voice/narrator & piano, C. 112; Suite for Marthe Krueger, for 2 pianos; The Angel, song for voice & piano (Singables no 2), C. 160/2; Die Reichen sic...
Performers: Boehler, Matt; Buzby, Wendy; Garcia, Zac; Loeb, Rebecca Jo; Oppens, Ursula; Whitmore, Mathew [Vocals]

Volume 5 of Bridge's Stefan Wolpe series contains premiere recordings, and is the most musically wide-ranging of any of Bridge's Wolpe CD's to date. The...continue...

American in Rome - Beaser, Barber, Thompson, etc / Six for Five Wind Quintet

4 CD / Bridge / 2008-10-14

Works: Robert Beaser: Four Dickinson Songs, for soprano & piano; Samuel Barber: In the Dark Pinewood; Beggar's Song; Of that so sweet imprisonment; Songs (3), Op. 10; Randall Thompson: Siciliano, for barito...
Performers: Ahlbeck, Laura; Akahoshi, Ole; Arnold, Tony [Soprano Vocal]; Bagg, Jonathan; Baker, James; Berman, Donald; Druckman, Daniel; Kavafian, Ida [Violin]; Leisenring, John; Lim, Sunghae Anna; Macomber, Cur...
Conductors: Milarsky, Jeffrey; Yoo, Scott; ; Hoose, David
Ensemble: ; Collage Music Ensemble; Curiously Strong Wind Quintet; Opus One Piano Quartet; Trio Solisti

This four-disc collection contains works by 37 composers who composed these pieces while in residence at the American Academy in Rome. The earliest work dates...continue...

The Color of the World - Wolf, Caplet, Mussorgsky, Debussy, Purcell, et al / Georgine Resick, Warren Jones

1 CD / Bridge / 2008-09-09

Works: Hugo Wolf: Eichendorff Lieder; Lieder von Mörike; Gedichte (6); Auf einer Wanderung; Italienisches Liederbuch I; André Caplet: Fables (3) de Jean de la Fontaine, for voice & piano; Modest M...
Performers: Jones, Warren; Resick, Georgine

'The Color of the Word' presents songs by some of the greatest masters of the art of setting poetry to music. With the exception of...continue...

Spanish Love Songs / Lieberson, Kaiser, et al

1 CD / Bridge / 2007-10-01

Works: Enriqué Granados: Colección de tonadillas; Descúbrase el pensamiento de mi secreto cuidado, song for soprano & piano (Canciones amatorias, no; Joan Lamote de Grignon: Larirà-Abril...
Performers: Barrett, Michael; Blier, Steven; Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine; Kaiser, Joseph

This memorable recording, performed at the Caramoor Festival, features the great mezzo Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, partnered by the young tenor, Joseph Kaiser, the Tamino in...continue...

Artur Balsam in Concert at the Manhattan School of Music

2 CD / Bridge / 2007-06-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Sonata for Keyboard no 60 in C major, H 16 no 50; Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations (33) for Piano on a Waltz by Diabelli in C major, Op. 120; Johannes Brahms: Intermezzo in B mino...
Performers: Balsam, Artur

This exciting release presents the Polish born pianist Artur Balsam (1904-1994) in concert performances given during the latter part of the great artist's career. Balsam's...continue...

Dorothy Maynor in Concert at the Library of Congress

1 CD / Bridge / 2007-06-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Semele; Ludwig van Beethoven: Der Kuss (The Kiss), arietta for voice & piano, Op. 128; Adelaide, song Op. 46; Robert Schumann: Myrthen, Op. 25; Johannes Brahms: Songs (9) for...
Performers: Maynor, Dorothy; Sandor, Arpad

This release of this newly re-mastered 1940 recital by the great Dorothy Maynor is cause for celebration. This recital program contains riveting interpretations of songs...continue...

The Music of Stefan Wolpe Vol 4

1 CD / Bridge / 2007-04-01

Works: Stefan Wolpe: Sonata for Oboe Fragment; Sonata for Oboe and Piano, Op. 31; Song, Speech, Hymn and Strophe; Piece in Two Parts, for flute & piano, C. 150; Trio in two Parts for Flute, Cello and Piano,...
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Avery, James; Holliger, Heinz
Conductors: ; Avery, James
Ensemble: Ensemble SurPlus

Most of the works on this CD come out of Wolpe's Palestinian period, and reflect his close musical relationship and friendship with the oboist Josef...continue...

Harbison: Mottetti di Montale, etc / Hunt Lieberson, et al

1 CD / Bridge / 2006-12-01

Works: John Harbison: Due Libri dei Mottetti di Montale, for mezzo-soprano & ensemble; Concerto for oboe, clarinet & strings; Sonata for Piano no 1 "Roger Sessions in Memoriam"; Mirabai Songs
Performers: Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine; Jones, Warren; Pearson, Peggy; Resick, Georgine; Shannon, Robert; Sternberg, Jo-Ann
Conductors: ; Yoo, Scott
Ensemble: Greenleaf Chamber Players; Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

Bridge is pleased to be re-releasing the late Lorraine Hunt Lieberson's spectacular recording of John Harbison's poignant setting of Eugenio Montale poems of memory and...continue...

Clara Rockmore's Lost Theremin Album

1 CD / Bridge / 2006-12-01

Works: Fritz Kreisler: Liebesleid; Midnight Bells; Johann Mattheson: Air for violin & keyboard in B minor; Antonin Dvorák: Humoresques (8) for Piano, Op. 101/B 187; Anis Fuleihan: Pastorale, for ther...
Performers: Burkhart, Robert; Dorman, Mairi; Hewitt-Roth, Sara; Konstantinova, Ludmila; Lawson, Dorothy; Morel, Jorge; Reagen, Jessie; Reisenberg, Nadia; Rockmore, Clara; Sachon, Peter; Stinson, Caroline

"Everything about this release constitutes a labor of love, including the booklet notes and photographs. The boxy sonics have dated somewhat, but that shouldn't deter...continue...

Music of a Bygone Era / Frank Glazer

1 CD / Bridge / 2006-06-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Song Without Words; Alfred Grünfeld: Romanze for piano, Op. 45/1; Leopold Godowsky: Triakontameron; Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces (6), Book 3, Op. 43; Christian Sinding: Rustle o...
Performers: Glazer, Frank

String Quartets with Soprano / Valente, Juilliard Quartet

1 CD / Bridge / 2006-05-01

Works: Richard Wernick: Quartet for Strings no 5 for soprano & string quartet; Alberto Ginastera: Quartet for Strings no 3 for soprano & string quartet, Op. 40; John Harbison: The Rewaking, for soprano & st...
Performers: Valente, Benita

This disc of three major 20th century works for voice and string quartet marks the final recording by the distinguished soprano Benita Valente before her...continue...

Art of Elaine Bonazzi - Monteverdi, et al / Bonazzi, Mack

1 CD / Bridge / 2005-09-01

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Scherzi musicali, volume 2; L'Orfeo; Benjamin Britten: A Charm of Lullabies, song cycle for mezzo-soprano & piano, Op. 41; Johannes Brahms: Songs (2) for Alto, Viola and Piano, Op...
Performers: Bonazzi, Elaine; Day, Timothy; Kates, Stephen; Mack, Ellen; Tuttle, Karen

George Crumb Edition Vol 9 / Arnold, Arciuli

1 CD / Bridge / 2005-08-01

Works: George Crumb: Ancient Voices of Children, for mezzo- & boy soprano, oboe, mandolin, harp, amplified & toy piano &; Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik (A Little Midnight Music) Ruminations on 'Round Midnigh...
Performers: Arnold, Tony [Soprano Vocal]; Bress, Courtney Hershey; Colson, David; Cooper, Kathryn Dupuy; Foster, Mark; Grace, Susan; Hill, William; Kinzie, John; Rudich, Rachel; Starobin, David [Guitar]; Stucken...
Conductors: Colson, David

Men's Songs, Women's Voices / Resick

1 CD / Bridge / 2004-10-01

Works: John Harbison: Mirabai Songs; Franz Schubert: Suleika no 1, D 720; Suleika no 2, D 717/Op. 31; Heimliches Lieben ("O du, wenn deine Lippen..."), song for voice & piano (two versions), D. 922 (Op.; De...
Performers: Jones, Warren; Resick, Georgine

Library of Congress Vol 19 - Barber / Leontyne Price

1 CD / Bridge / 2004-10-01

Works: Francis Poulenc: Miroirs brûlants; Main dominée par le coeur; Ce doux petit visage; Métamorphoses (3); Samuel Barber: Songs (3), Op. 10; Songs (3), Op. 2; Songs (4), Op. 13; Nuvol...
Performers: Barber, Samuel [Composer]; Price, Leontyne

The Music of Elliott Carter Vol 5 - Nine Compositions

1 CD / Bridge / 2003-06-01

Works: Elliott Carter: Steep Steps; Diversions (2); Quartet for Oboe and Strings; Figment 2 "Remembering Mr. Ives"; Au Quai; Of Challenge and of Love; Figment; Retrouvailles; Hiyoku
Performers: Arnold, Tony; Blackwell, Virgil; Gallagher, Maureen; Greenberg, Jacob; Kolkay, Peter; Neidich, Charles; Oshima, Ayako; Rosen, Charles [piano]; Sherry, Fred
Conductors:
Ensemble: Speculum Musicae

Just Guitars - Harrison, Partch, et al / John Schneider

1 CD / Bridge / 2003-05-01

Works: Lou Harrison: Scenes from Nek Chand; Tandy's Tango; Cinna; Palace Music; Plaint and Variations on "Song of Palestine"; Serenade for Guitar; Harry Partch: December 1942; The Letter; Eleven Intrusions;...
Performers: Raff, Rebekah; Schneider, John [Guitar]; Sterling, Gene

Wolpe: Compositions for Piano (1920-1952) / David Holzman

1 CD / Bridge / 2002-05-01

Works: Stefan Wolpe: Sonata "Stehende Musik," for piano, C. 10, Op. 1; Gesang, weil ich etwas Teures verlassen muss; Tango for Piano; The Good Spirit of a Right Cause, for solo piano (Encouragements no 2), ...
Performers: Holzman, David

Marlboro Music Festival 50th Anniversary Album

2 CD / Bridge / 2001-08-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Marches (3) for Piano 4 hands, Op. 45; Giuseppe Verdi: Quartet for Strings in E minor; Franz Schubert: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D 965/Op. 129; Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet for Str...
Performers: Carmirelli, Pina; Catherine Cho; Cho, Catherine; Dusevic, Tanya; Dussing, Sarah; Goldberg, Marc; Granat, Endre; Horszowski, Mieczyslaw; Johnson, Kirsten; Katz, Martha; Kim, Soovin; Lambert, Lisa-Beth...
Conductors: Végh, Sándor
Ensemble: ; Marlboro Festival Orchestra

This setcontains both DDD and ADD recordings....continue...

Jan DeGaetani -Early Music Recital / O'Dette, Davidoff, West

1 CD / Bridge / 1999-03-23

Works: John Dowland: Firste Booke of Songes; First Book of Songs or Ayres; Whoever thinks or hopes of love for love, for 4 voices & lute (First Book of Songs); Can she excuse, P 42; Second Booke of Songes; ...
Performers: Davidoff, Judith; DeGaetani, Jan [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; O'Dette, Paul; West, Philip

Paul Lansky: Folk Images

1 CD / Bridge / 1996-04-01

Works: Traditional: The Ash Grove; Barbara Allen; Wayfaring stranger; Motherless child; Come all ye fair and tender ladies; Delia; Pretty Polly "The Demon Lover"; Paul Lansky: Strut; Hammer; Howl; Pine Ridg...

Ravel, Fauré, Poulenc, Dutilleux: Mélodies / Mason, Spillman

1 CD / Bridge / 1995-11-01

Works: Maurice Ravel: Histoires naturelles; Henri Dutilleux: Féerie au clair de lune, song for voice & piano or orchestra (Quatre mélodies no 1); Pour une amie perdue, song for voice (or 2 voices)...
Performers: Spillman, Robert

Haydn: XII Lieder, Arianna a Naxos / Folan, Beghin

1 CD / Bridge / 1995-08-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Lieder für Clavier Book 1, H 26a; Lieder für Clavier Bk 1, in G minor H 26a; Lieder für Clavier Bk 1, H 26a; Lieder für Clavier Bk 1, in B flat major H 26a; Li...
Performers: Beghin, Tom; Folan, Andrea

Schubert: Winterreise / Patrick Mason, Phyllis East

1 CD / Bridge / 1995-02-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89
Performers: East, Phyllis

Ives: Songs; Crumb: Apparition / DeGaetani, Kalish

1 CD / Bridge / 1993-09-11

Works: Charles Ives: Down East; Two Little Flowers; Tom Sails Away; The See'r, song for voice & piano, S. 344 (K. 6B49a); Songs my mother taught me; The Side-show; The White Gulls, song for voice & piano, S...
Performers: DeGaetani, Jan [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Kalish, Gilbert [Piano]

Crumb: Songs, Drones & Refrains of Death / Speculum Musicae

1 CD / Bridge / 1991-11-01

Works: George Crumb: Songs, Drones and Refrains of Death; A Little Suite for Christmas, AD 1979; Apparition
Performers: Charlston, Erik; DeGaetani, Jan; Druckman, Daniel; Kalish, Gilbert; Karis, Aleck; Orkis, Lambert; Palma, Donald; Starobin, David; Sylvan, Sanford
Conductors:
Ensemble: Speculum Musicae

Jan DeGaetani in Concert Vol 2 - Schumann, Brahms / Luvisi

1 CD / Bridge / 1991-04-01

Works: Robert Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Liederkreis, Op. 39; Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 72; Zigeunerlieder (11) for vocal quartet & piano, Op. 103; Songs (2) for Alto, ...
Performers: DeGaetani, Jan [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Dutton, Lawrence [Viola]; Luvisi, Lee

Jan DeGaetani in Concert Vol 1 - Fauré, Druckman / Luvisi

1 CD / Bridge / 1990-11-01

Works: Gabriel Fauré: La chanson d'Eve, Op. 95; Jacob Druckman: Dark upon the Harp for mezzo- soprano, brass & percussion
Performers: Biddlecome, Robert E.; DeGaetani, Jan [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Gekker, Christopher; Haas, Jonathan; Herman, Benjamin; Luvisi, Lee; Mase, Raymond; Powell, Michael [Trombone]; Wakefield, David
Conductors: Druckman, Jacob
Ensemble: American Brass Quintet

New Music with Guitar Vol 4 / David Starobin

1 CD / Bridge / 1990-10-01

Works: Michael Starobin: Chase for Amplified Guitar and Computer-generated Tape; Humphrey Searle: Two Practical Cats for Narrator, Flute/Piccolo, Guitar and Cello; Robert Saxton: Night Dance; Barbara Kolb: ...
Performers: Eddy, Tim; Fader, Oren; Hudson, Benjamin; Kennedy, Daniel; Machover, Tod; Mason, Patrick; Palma, Susan; Starobin, David
Conductors: Machover, Tod

Carter: The Vocal Works (1975-1981) / Speculum Musicae

1 CD / Bridge /

Works: Elliott Carter: A Mirror on which to Dwell; In Sleep, In Thunder; Syringa; Three Poems of Robert Frost
Performers: Bartlett, Eric; Blustine, Allen; Ciesinski, Katherine; Druckman, Daniel; Fader, Oren; Graham, John; Hudson, Benjamin; James, Dennis [doublebass]; Karis, Aleck; MacCourt, Donald; Martin, Lois; Mase, R...
Conductors: Palma, Donald; Black, Robert; Purvis, William; Starobin, David
Ensemble: Speculum Musicae