CDA-1690/92
Richard Wagner - Tristan & Isolde
Siw Wennberg – Isolde / Spas Wenkoff – Tristan / Björn Asker – Kurvenal / Peter Meven – König Marke / Lennart Stregård – Melot / Anne Wilkens – Brangäne / Raymond Björling – Eine Steuermann / Norrköping Symphony Orchestra - Franz Welser-Möst
CDS-1103
Paul Juon (1872-1940)- Vægtervise (Fantasy on Danish Folk Songs) Op.31 / Symphony A major Op.23
Moscow Symphony Orchestra - Christof Escher.
PR90829
The program includes sacred songs and arias by Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frederick Handel, Giuseppe Giordani, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, among others, as well as organ music, for example, by César Franck, Charles Marie Widor and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Angelika Kirchschlager, Mezzosopran / Robert Lehrbaumer, Orgel
AV 2288
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
AV 2313
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
DUX 0934
Johann Sebastian Bach / Ferruccio Busoni - Chaconne in D minor BV B 24 / Ferruccio Busoni - Fantasia after Johann Sebastian Bach BV 253 / Fantasia Contrappuntistica BV 256, Edizione Definitiva / Choralvorspiel über “Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe“ gefolgt von einer Quadrupelfuge über ein Bachsches Fragment
Lukasz Kwiatkowski, piano
DUX 0949
Little Suite for chamber orchestra / 10 Polish Dances for chamber orchestra / Dance Preludes for 9 instruments / Jeux Vénitiens for chamber orchestra / Chain 1 for chamber orchestra / Slides for 11 soloists
Maria Machowska, violin / Artur Rozmyslowicz, viola / Jan Kalinowski, cello / Roman Widaszek, clarinet / Tadeusz Tomaszewski, horn / Marek Szlezer, piano
DUX 0950
Witold Lutoslawski - String Quartet / Pawel Mykietyn - String Quartet No. 2
Lutoslawski Quartet
DUX 0961-2
Five songs (1957) / The avalanche / Not for you / Six Children’s Songs / Silver window-pane and other songs for children / Children’s Songs (1958) / Two Children’s Songs (1948) / Twenty Polish Carols for voice and piano
Anna Radziejewska, mezzo-soprano / Mariusz Rutkowski, piano
DUX 0968
Vivaldi - Sonata in G minor RV 26 / Schreyfogel - Sonata No.1 in D minor / Sonata No.4 in G minor / Sonata No.3 in F major / Sonata No.2 in D major / Heinichen - Sonata in D major / Benna - Sonata a violino in F minor / Veracini - Sonata No.7 Op. 1 in A major
Martyna Pastuszka, violin / Marcin Swiatkiewicz, harpsichord / Krzysztof Firlus, viola da gamba
DUX 0980
Alexander Tansman - Triptyque / Witold Lutoslawski - Overture for Strings / Five Folk Melodies / György Selmeczi - Concerto per 4 violini ed archi (1999) First Recording / György Orban - Court Dances (2011) First Recording
Erd dy Chamber Orchestra - Marcin Nalecz-Niesiolowski
DUX 0983
Little Suite for chamber orchestra / Funeral Music for string orchestra / Chain 1 for chamber orchestra / Chain 2 for violin and orchestra
Ilian Garnetz, violin / The Orchestra of the Opera at the Castle in Szczecin - Jerzy Wolosiuk
DUX 1103
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy - Ich wollt, meine Lieb‘ ergösse sich op. 63 nr 1 / Abschiedslied der Zugvögel op. 63 nr 2 / Gruß op. 63 nr 3 / Volkslied op. 63 nr 5 / Maiglöckchen und die Blümelein op. 63 nr 6 / Lied aus Ruy Blas op. 77 nr 3 / Robert Schumann - Ländliches Lied op. 29 nr 1 / Wenn ich ein Vöglein war op. 43 nr 1 / Schön Blumelein op. 43 nr 3 / Liebesgram op. 74 nr 3 / Das Glück op. 79 nr 16 / Frühlingslied op. 79 nr 18 / Johannes Brahms - Weg der Liebe I op. 20 nr 1 / Die Meere op. 20 nr 3 / Die Schwestern op. 61 nr 1 / Phänomen op. 61 nr 3 / Klänge I op. 66 nr 1 / Klänge II op. 66 nr 2 / Am Strände op. 66 nr 3
Urszula Kryger, mezzo-soprano / Jadwiga Rappé, alto / Hartmut Höll, piano
DUX 1128
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) - Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op. 108 / Cesar Franck (1822-1890) - Sonata in A major
Patrycja Piekutowska, violin / Anna Miernik, piano
GMCD 7407
Carl Rütti (b.1949) - Symphony ‘The Visions of Niklaus von Flüe’ for soprano solo, organ, percussion and string orchestra / Caspar Diethelm (1926-1997) - Passacaglia for string orchestra - A white Christmas rose in the snow on the small grave Op. 324 / Consolatio for string orchestra Op. 324a / Now the path completes the circle, 12 segments for string orchestra Op. 338
Maria C. Schmid, soprano / Martin Heini, Organ / Mario Schubiger, Percussion / the state philharmonic chamber orchestra of Novosibirsk - Rainer Held
GMCD 7410
Laurie Altman (b.1944) - J.B. Accordingly / Last Set Samba / A Tune for Miles Davis / Diva’s Prelude for Solo 13 String Guitar et. Al / Francesco Durante (1684-1755) - Danza, Danza / Anders Miolin (b.1961) - Azure Dream for Solo 13 String Guitar / et. al
Anders Miolin, 13 string guitar / Laurie Altman, piano
GHCD 2413
Adolphe Aadam - Giselle / Peter Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a
Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra Paris - Richard Blareau (1953) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - George Weldon (1960)
GLCD 5220
What is ‘Production Music’? In simple terms it is music provided by publishers for use by professionals mainly in the entertainment business. Most of it is specially composed for the purpose, and some pieces may last only a few seconds.
GLCD 5221
One of the strengths of the English Language is its willingness to absorb words from other cultures when a direct alternative does not already exist. Few English speakers realise how many of the words they use every day actually originated elsewhere. Among these is Smörgåsbord which the dictionary defines as “Swedish hors d’oeuvres (another import!) or buffet meal with a variety of dishes.”