Seattle Symphony Orchestra

The Essential Wedding - Wedding favorites by Bach, Handel, Stainer, Pachelbel, Wagner

2 CD / Decca / 2004-05-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, B...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Dilley, Harry; Farnes, Richard; Hurford, Peter; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Michael Laird Brass Ensemble; National ...
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Marriner, Sir Neville; Cleobury, Stephen; ; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Karajan, Herbert von; Morris, Wyn; Guest, George; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Page, Neil; Rudel, Julius; Ingman, Nick...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Choir of Uppingham School; English Sinfonia; Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra; Huddersfield Choral Society; King's College Choir of Cambridge; Michael Laird Bras...

Personnel: Felicity Palmer, Leontyne Price, Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Luciano Pavarotti (tenor); Anthony Way (treble); Harry Dilley (trumpet); Stephen Cleobury , Richard Farnes, Peter...continue...

American Classics - Diamond: Ahava, Music for Prayer

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-04-01

Works: David Diamond: AHAVA - Brotherhood, for narrator & orchestra; Mizmor L'David, for cantor, chorus & organ; Morton Gould: Hamma'ariv Aravim, for tenor, chorus & organ; Roy Harris: Mi Khamokha, for teno...
Performers: Academy and Chorus of St. Martin in the Fields; Adler, Samuel; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Chorale, Carolina Chamber; Close, Elaine; Cullen, Joseph [Choral Conductor/Organ]; Davis, Kenny [Bass/Com...
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard; Adler, Samuel; Koch, Timothy; Davis, Kenneth; Cullen, Joseph
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Carolina Chamber Chorale; Rochester Singers; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Texas Tech University Choir

"Gerard Schwartz, our most dedicated Diamond champion, draws fiery and hugely committed playing from the Seattle Symphony..." - Lawrence A. Johnson, Gramophone Magazine...continue...
Personnel: Paul Schwendener, Michael Isaacson, Neil W. Levin (recorder); Karl Dent , Richard Troxell (tenor saxophone); Aaron Miller, Chris Bowers Broadbent (organ).

Recording information: Bena...continue...

American Classics - Adolphe: Ladino Songs, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-01-01

Works: Bruce Adolphe: Ladino Songs of Love and Suffering, for soprano, horn & guitar; Mikhoels the Wise, opera in 2 acts; Out of the Whirlwind, for mezzo-soprano, tenor, wind orchestra, piano, harp & string...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; College-Conservatory of Music Wind Symphony; Fisk, Eliot [Guitar]; Jolley, David; Mills, Erie; Mills, Ernie; Pancella, Phyllis; Schwarz; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Shelton,...
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard; Winther, Rodney
Ensemble: Cincinnati College-Conservatory Wind Symphony; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"Based on Jewish poetry from the Spanish expulsion, 'Ladino Songs' is a captivating song cycle for soprano, guitar & French horn. 'Out of the Whirlwind'...continue...
Personnel: Phyllis Pancella (mezzo soprano); John Aler (tenor); Eliot Fisk (guitar).

Recording information: Batsyr University Chapel, Seattle, WA (01/2000-01/2001); Colden Center For The Arts...continue...

American Classics - Klezmer Concertos and Encores

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-09-01

Works: Robert Starer: Kli Zemer (Concerto for Clarinet); Paul Schoenfield: Klezmer Rondos for flute, male vocalist & orchestra; Jacob Weinberg: The Maypole, for clarinet & orchestra; Canzonetta Suite, for c...
Performers: Aslan, Pablo; Goff, Scott [Flute]; Krakauer, David; Mizrahi, Alberto; Mooke, Martha; Schwarz, Gerard; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Svigals, Alicia
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard

'K'li zemer' means 'instrument of song' in Hebrew, and a traditional klezmer was an instrumental musician who entertained at weddings and other festive occasions in...continue...
Personnel: Alicia Svigals (violin); Martha Mooke (electric viola); Scott Goff (flute); Paul Schwendener, Neil W. Levin (recorder); David Krakauer (clarinet, bass clarinet); Alberto Mizrahi (tenor sax...continue...

Diamond Settings - Hommage à Satie / Gerard Schwarz, Seattle

1 CD / Koch International / 1996-03-19

Works: Erik Satie: Passacaille, for piano; Gymnopédies (3), for piano (also orchestrated by Debussy); Messe des pauvres (Mass for the poor), for piano, chorus & organ; David Diamond: Hommage à Sat...
Performers: Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Personnel: Clark Story, Jun Liang Du, Anne Sokol, Janet Fisher Baunton, Eric Scott, Cecilia Poellein Buss, Wesley R. Fisk, Martine Friedman, Walter Schwede, Leonid Keylin, John Weller, Michael Miropol...continue...

Music for Young People - 3 Russian Fairy Tales / Makarova

3 CD / Delos / 1994-01-01

Works: Carol Rosenberger: Prince Ivan and the Frog Princess, for narrator & piano (after Prokofiev); The Snow Queen, for narrator & piano (after Tchaikovsky); Sergey Prokofiev: Music for Children, Op. 65; V...
Performers: Rosenberger, Carol [Piano]; Schwarz, Gerard; Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Personnel: Carol Rosenberger (piano).

Recording information: First Congregational Church, Los Angeles, CA (10/20/1986-01/30/1991); Micro Plant, Los Angeles, CA (10/20/1986-01/30/1991); Seattle...continue...