Antonin Dvorák - Dumka in D minor, Op. 35 / Dumka-Furiant, Op. 12 / Joseph Suk - Dumka in D minor, from Six Piano Pieces Op. 7 No. 5 / Franz Liszt - Complainte (Dumka), from Glanes de Woronince, S. 249 / Mily Balakirev - Dumka in E flat minor / Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Dumka in C minor "Russian Rustic Scene", Op. 59 / Mykola Lysenko - Dumka-Shumka, Second Piano Rhapsody Dvorák Dumka-Furiant, Op. 12 on Ukrainian Folk Themes, Op. 18 / Bohuslav Martinu - Dumka No. 1, H. 249, "Contemplation" / Dumka No. 2, H. 250 "Elegie" / Dumka No. 3, H. 285bis / Improvisation by Lada Valešová on Czech and Slovak Folk Songs
Lada Valešová, piano
14 CDs, premium packaging - Nearly 40 years ago, a small, regional company in the Pacific Northwest of the United States decided to scale arguably the greatest height of the operatic repertoire, Wagner’s Ring. That amazing feat launched a legendary tradition that has become universally known as the Seattle Ring, a destination for the cycle’s legions of devotees from around the world.
The Seattle Ring is luxuriously packaged in a sturdy box, containing 14 CDs in colour cardboard wallets and five, 100- page perfect-bound books – one for each of the Ring’s four librettos in original German with English translations, plus a commemorative four-colour booklet containing essays by Speight Jenkins and numerous photos documenting the 2013 Seattle Ring.
Seattle Opera Chorus and Seattle Symphony Orchestra - Asher Fisch
Antonio Vivaldi - Suonata ŕ Solo facto per Monsieur Pisendel in A, RV 29 / Suonata ŕ Solo facto per Monsieur Pisendel in F, RV19 / Johann Georg Pisendel - Sonata for violin & continuo in c / Sonata for violin in a / Antonio Montanari - Sonata for violin & continuo in d / Tomaso Albinoni - Sonata for violin & continuo in B flat /
La Serenissima - Adrian Chandler, violin / Gareth Deats, cello / Thomas Dunford, theorbo / Robert Howarth, harpsichord
Schubert-Liszt - Songs Transcriptions / Constantin Silvestri - Chants nostalgiques, Op. 27, No. 1 / Leopold Godowski - Alt-Wien / Kreisler-Rachmaninoff - Liebesleid / Liebesfreud / Tarrega-Borac - Francisco - Requerdos de la Alhambra / Schubert - Der Neugierige / Richard Strauss – Allerseelen, Op. 10, No. 8 - Tiberiu Brediceanu - Baga Doamne luna-n nor - Gheorghe Dima -De ce nu-mi vii / Schumann - Du bist wie eine Blume, Op. 25, No. 24
Luiza Borac, piano / Ion Buzea, tenor
In celebration of its 25th anniversary season, Garsington Opera releases its first commercial recording, Rossini’s rare Maometto secondo, stylishly packaged in an 86-page hardbound book with production values mirroring Garsington Opera’s exceptional artistic standards and beautiful setting.
Garsington Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Paul Nilon, tenor / Siân Davies, soprano / Darren Jeffery, bass / Caitlin Hulcup, mezzo soprano / Christopher Diffey, tenor
Johannes Brahms - Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op.120, No. 1 / Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E flat, Op. 120, No. 2 / Miklós Rózsa - Sonatina for solo clarinet, Op. 27 / Sonata for solo clarinet, Op. 41
Jean Johnson, clarinet / Steven Osborne, piano
Lubin from Chelm / Bremen Town Musicians / Two Brothers / The Ugly Duckling / The Three Wishes / The Matzoh ball Man / The Spots of the Toad / Three Fables (I Alley Vioinist, II Problem in Design, III The old Magician) / The Princess and the Man with a Pure Heart / Warrior Violinist / The Emperor’s New Clothes
David Yang, narrator and viola / Diane Pascal, violin / Kenneth Woods, cello
Hans Gál (1890 – 1987) - Symphony No. 1 /
Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856) - Symphony No. 1
Orchestra of the Swan - Kenneth Woods
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 – 1943) - Dreams, Op. 38, No. 5 / The Little Island, Op. 14, No. 2 / Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 / Piano Sonata No. 2, Op 36 / Paul Hindemtih (1895 – 1963) - In einer Nacht, Op. 15 / Bela Bartók (1881 - 1945) -Out of Doors, Sz. 81, BB 89 / Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856) - Fantasiestücke, Op. 12
Joyce Yang, piano
Jean Sibelius (1865 – 1957) - Violin Concerto, Op. 47 / Three Humoresques Op. 87-89 / Thomas Adčs (b. 1971) - Violin Concerto “Concentric Paths”
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - Hannu Lintu / Augustin Hadelich, violin
Niccolň Paganini (1782 – 1840) - 24 Caprices Op.1
Marina Piccinini, flute
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)Symphony No. 2 in C minor “Resurrection” Arrangement for Small Orchestra by Gilbert Kaplan and Rob Mathes
Marlis Petersen, soprano / Janina Baechle, mezzo-soprano / Wiener Singakademie - Heinz Ferlesch, Chorus Master / Wiener Kammerorchester - Gilbert Kapla
Francesco Gasparini (1668–1727) - Io che dal terzo ciel (Venere e Adone) / Antonio Caldara (c1670–1736) - Trio sonata in E minor, op. 1, no. 5 / George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)- Rondeau in G major / Sonata in G major (alt. ver. of f HWV 579) / Amarilli vezzosa (Il duello amoroso), HWV 82 / Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757) -Sonata in G major, K 63 / Sonata in D minor, K 32 / Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725)- Questo silenzio ombroso (Il Sonno)
Sounds Baroque - Julian Perkins, harpsichord
Anna Dennis, soprano
Andrew Radley, countertenor