Discs: 12 CD Box Set

William Malloch (speaker), Jennie Tourel (mezzo-soprano), Lee Venora (soprano), Martha Lipton (mezzo-soprano), Reri Grist (soprano), James Chambers (french horn), Raymond Sabinsky (mandolin), Erna Spoorenberg (soprano), Gwenyth Annear (mezzo-soprano), Gwyneth Jones (soprano), Donald McIntyre (bass), Hans Vollenweider (organ), Vladimir Ruzdjak (baritone), John Mitchinson (tenor), Anna Reynolds (mezzo-soprano), Norma Procter (mezzo-soprano), René Kollo (tenor), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano)

New York Philharmonic, Collegiate Chorale, Women's Chorus of The Schola Cantorum, Boys' Choir of The Church of The Transfiguration, Leeds Festival Chorus, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Finchley Children's Music Group, Highgate School Boys Choir, Orpington Junior Singers, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

Composers

Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911)

Works

CD 1
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major 'Titan'
Mahler: Symphony No. 10 in F sharp major - Adagio

CD 2
Gustav Mahler Remembered
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection' Mvt. I

CD3
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection' Mvt. II-V

CD 4
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 Mvt. I

CD 5
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 Mvt. II-VI

CD 6
Mahler: Symphony No. 4

CD 7
Mahler: Symphony No. 5

CD8
Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor 'Tragic'

CD 9
Mahler: Symphony No. 7

CD 10
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand'

CD 11
Mahler: Symphony No. 9

CD 12
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde

Camilla Nylund (soprano), Gerhild Romberger (alto), Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor), Georg Zeppenfeld (bass)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Singverein, Andris Nelsons

Composers

Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)

Works

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'

This is the latest release in the acclaimed series of the complete symphonies by W.A. Mozart, recorded by the Danish National Chamber Orchestra and their renowned Austro-Hungarian chief conductor Adam Fischer.

On this volume you can enjoy the symphonies nos. 28, 29 and 30 as well as the informative CD booklet offering the conductor's commentaries to each symphony as well as reflective essays on W.A. Mozart and the Classic period.

Danish National Chamber Orchestra
Ádám Fischer
Recorded: 2 October 2009, April 2010
Recording Venue: Danish Radio Koncerthuset, Studio 2, Denmark

Composers

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-91)

Works

Mozart: Symphony No. 28 in C major, K200
Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A major, K201
Mozart: Symphony No. 30 in D major, K202

Celebrating the legacy of Herbert von Karajan 30 years after his death (16th July)

Mastered at 24bit/96kHz from original analogue sources

Presented on CD + High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-ray disc in 24-bit audio

Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan

Composers

Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich (1840-93)

Works

Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 1-6
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13 'Winter Daydreams'
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17 'Little Russian'
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3 in D major, Op. 29 'Polish'
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique'

To celebrate the 60th birthday of the international renowned conductor, Christian Thielemann, Sony Classical is pleased to release this stunning new recording of Schumann's complete symphonies performed by the world class Staatskapelle Dresden under the baton of Thielemann. This breathtaking release comes after the success of the critically acclaimed New Year's concert which was conducted by Thielemann. An expert of romantic German repertoire, Thielemann's brilliant interpretation of Schumann's Symphonies is performed wonderfully by the Staatskapelle Dresden. Robert Schumann (1810-1856) is considered one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. His four symphonies are considered masterpieces amongst German romantic symphonic works.

Awards
Diapason d'Or February 2020 Vidéo

Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann

Composers

Schumann, Robert (1810-56)
Works

Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4
Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 38 'Spring'
Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61
Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 97 'Rhenish'
Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120

As early as the 17th century in the days of Fleet Admiral Michiel de Ruyter, one of the initiators of the Netherlands Marine Corps, music has played an important role in the navy. Transforming from ships' bands and ensembles into a land-based full-sized orchestra ashore, the Marine Band turned into the all-round musical ambassador of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

From military marching formation, intimate accompanying ensemble, extended big band and classic symphonic wind band to a stunning cover band; no music style is absent from the enormous repertoire.

The Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy developed an appreciation for Russia and the music of her great composers. As part of the celebrations of 300 years Peter the Great and the jubilee of the city, concert tours to St. Petersburg were made in 1997 and 2003. In 2009 the branch of the Hermitage in Amsterdam was opened with a concert and attended by Queen Beatrix and President Medvedev.

In 2013 the Marine Band and the Drums & Fifes of the Netherlands Marine Corps participated in the famous International Military Music Festival 'Spasskaya Tower” on the Red Square in Moscow.

In 2017 the Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy appointed maestro Arjan Tien as its principal conductor and music director. Musicians and critics alike appreciate his interpretations for their warmth, energy and sensitivity, and he is widely considered to be one of the most versatile conductors of his generation.

Russian Music for Military Band

Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy & Soloists of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Arjan Tien

Awards
Presto Editor's Choice September 2018

Composers

Bortnyansky, Dmitri Stepanovich (1751-1825)
Glière, Reinhold (1875-1956)
Khachaturian, Aram Ilich (1903-78)
Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeievitch (1891-1953)
Rimsky Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich (1844-1908)
Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-75)
Stravinsky, Igor Feodorovich (1882-1971)

Works

Bortnyansky: Kol slaven
Glière: Solemn Overture for the 20th anniversary of the October Revolution
Khachaturian: March 'To the Heroes of the Patriotic War'
Prokofiev: Four Marches for Military Band, Op. 69: No. 1 Athletic Festival March
Prokofiev: March in B flat major Op. 99 'Military March'
Rimsky Korsakov: Concerto for Trombone & Military Band in B flat major
Rimsky Korsakov: Concertstück for clarinet and military band
Rimsky Korsakov: Variations for oboe and military band
Shostakovich: March of the Soviet Militia, Op. 139
Stravinsky: Circus Polka
Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments

L'arte del mondo
Werner Ehrhardt

Composers

Zimmermann, Anton (1741-81)
Works

Zimmermann, A: Sinfonia in C major
Zimmermann, A: Symphony in B flat
Zimmermann, A: Symphony in E minor

Krystian Zimerman (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle

Awards
Presto Recording of the Week 24th August 2018
Presto Recordings of the Year Finalist 2018

Composers

Bernstein, Leonard (1918-90)

Works

Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 'The Age of Anxiety'

Marking Leonard Bernstein's centenary, Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the American composer's three symphonies and Prelude, Fugue and Riffs. The Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia had a long association with Bernstein, who first conducted the orchestra in 1948. “I find these symphonies revelatory in the true sense of the word,” says Pappano. “They are hugely emotive and personal … At heart, Lenny was filled with the desire for the brotherhood of man to be something real and concrete … As a great Renaissance man, he was trying to make the world good.”

Awards
Gramophone Magazine September 2018 Recording of the Month
The Times Records of the Year 2018
Presto Recording of the Week 24th August 2018
Gramophone Awards 2019 Finalist - Orchestral
Presto Recordings of the Year Finalist 2018
International Classical Music Awards 2019 Winner - Symphonic Music

Discs: 2 CDs (Casebound Deluxe Set)

Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Sir Antonio Pappano

Composers

Bernstein, Leonard (1918-90)

Works

Bernstein: Prelude, Fugue & Riffs for Solo Clarinet and Jazz Ensemble
Bernstein: Symphony No. 1 'Jeremiah'
Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 'The Age of Anxiety'
Bernstein: Symphony No. 3 'Kaddish'

Deutsche Grammophon proudly continues the widely acclaimed, Grammy winning Shostakovich Symphony cycle with Music Director Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Andris Nelsons is the Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and new Gewandhauskapellmeister of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. With both appointments, and in leading a pioneering alliance between these two esteemed institutions, he is firmly underlined as one of the most renowned, exciting and innovative conductors on the international scene today. After the “scandalously successful” (Sunday Times) Symphony No. 10 in 2015 and “the sheer expressive beauty” Gramophone Magazine) of Symphonies Nos. 5, 8, 9 from 2016 Andris Nelsons and his Bostonians turn their attention to the extrovert Fourth and dramatic Eleventh - both recorded live for the third instalment of this long-term collaboration of the Boston Symphony Orchestra - “America's most cultured orchestra” (BBC Music Magazine).

Awards
Presto Recording of the Week 6th July 2018
Presto Recordings of the Year Finalist 2018
Gramophone Magazine September 2018 Editor's Choice
BBC Music Magazine October 2018 Orchestral Choice
Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year 2018 Recording of the Year
Grammy Awards 61st Awards (2018) Winner - Orchestral Performance

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons

Composers

Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-75)

Works

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 'The year 1905'

Along with Suchon and Cikker, Alexander Moyzes was one of the leading Slovak composers of his generation. His compositional style was inspired by the folk music and beautiful landscapes of his native land, but also took account of contemporary trends in European music after the First World War. These early symphonies, infused with Moyzes' masterful orchestration and control of counterpoint, signify a new period in 20th century Slovak music. This album is a reissue of a previous release from 2000 that was part of the Marco Polo complete Moyzes symphonic cycle. Fanfare wrote of the original release: “A [release] no collection of 20th century symphony can do without. Bring on the remaining 10!” ClassicsToday.com wrote: “Moyzes' music is engaging, well crafted, and beautifully orchestrated- qualities clearly understood and successfully conveyed by Ladislav Slovak and his Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ladislav Slovák

Composers

Moyzes, Alexander (1906-84)

Works

Moyzes: Symphony No. 2 in A minor, Op. 16
Moyzes: Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 4

Pursuing a musical career was no easy matter for women in the 19th century, but Louise Farrenc's character and determination resulted in her becoming a respected part of the European scene, and the first ever female senior professor of piano at the Paris Conservatoire. Farrenc's Second Symphony owes something to Mozartian models, with imaginative writing for winds and hints of Beethoven. The Third Symphony is notable for a richness of harmonic writing which, in its colour and lyricism, is reminiscent of Mendelssohn and Schumann.

Solistes Européens Luxembourg, Christoph König

Composers

Farrenc, Jeanne Louise (1804-75)

Works

Farrenc: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 35
Farrenc: Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 36

Albert Camus once wrote 'when I describe what the catastrophe of modern man looks like, music comes into my mind - the music of Gustav Mahler'. If asked to specify a particular work, it is quite possible that Camus would have proposed Symphony No. 6 in A minor - the symphony that Bruno Walter claimed portrayed 'a terrifying, hopeless darkness, without a human sound'. Nevertheless, the period during which Mahler wrote his Sixth was one of the most successful and happiest of his life - prior to any marital difficulties, at the time of the birth of his second daughter Anna, his professional reputation growing.

Alma Mahler, in her memoirs, suggested that the symphony was in fact predicting instances of future distress in the composer's own life, and she and various commentators have proposed various interpretations of different elements. Most famous of these are possibly the hammer strokes in the Finale, falling, according to Alma, like 'blows of fate' on the 'hero' of the symphony.

But Osmo Vänskä has a reputation for engaging with even the most iconic scores at face value, avoiding preconceived ideas and 'time-honoured' traditions. His and the Minnesota Orchestra's recording of Mahler's Sixth follows upon the 2017 release of the composer's Fifth Symphony. Nominated to a 2018 Grammy Award, that interpretation has been described as 'at once committed and detached, intense and transcendentally timeless' (Norman Lebrecht) and 'an exceptional performance that promises great things to come' (allmusic.com).

Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä

Composers

Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911)

Works

Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor 'Tragic'

Christian Thielemann and the Staatskapelle Dresden already released the Bruckner symphonies Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 and continue their Bruckner Cycle at the Philharmonie in Munich with Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Bruckner's first masterful composition. Thielemann, widely regarded as the leading Brucknerian of our age, opted for the livelier early original Linz version of this symphony. Buckner himself called it 'a cheeky wench' and said about the finale: 'Never again have I been so audacious and bold'.

Recording date: Philharmonie Munich, September 2017

Sound format: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.0

Picture: 16:9, HD

Booklet: English, German, French

Total running time: 56 mins

Contents

Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
Staatskapelle Dresden
Christian Thielemann

This is the only available recording of Carl Czerny's Symphony No. 6, performed here by SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern and Grzegorz Nowak.

Composers

Czerny, Carl (1791-1857)

Works

Czerny: Symphony No. 2, Op. 781
Czerny: Symphony No. 6 in G minor