Anthology

Excerpts from some of Bach's major sacred works. ('We celebrate the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation with the music of J. S. Bach. The Bachs were Lutherans for whom adherence to and sacrifice for the faith were important. The rhythm and activity of Bach’s life and work was primarily determined by the liturgical year, so our selection from his works also follows this order: Advent – Christmas – Easter – Pentecost – The Feast of the Trinity. Bach wrote the following sentence on the margin of his Bible: “In the prayerful, sacred music of the believer, God is always present with his grace.” Perhaps we are not mistaken or are even closer to truth if we listen to the works of Johann Sebastian Bach as an answer to God’s word with the certainty of faith. The recording closes with Bach’s Setting of the Lord’s Prayer set on Luther’s chorale. This album has been released with the recommendation of the Hungarian Reformation Memorial Committee'. Featured artists include Attila Fulop [tenor], Capella Savaria, Ernst Schramm [bass], Gabor Lehotka [organ], Jozsef Reti [tenor], Julia Hamari [contralto], Kolos Kovats [bass], László Polgár [bass], Magda Kalmar [soprano], Maria Zadori [soprano] and Miklós Spányi [organ]. Total time: 73'04')

BRO Code:

174646

Units:

1

Record Label:

HUNGAROTON

Record Number:

HCD 32763

UPC:

5991813276322

Country:

HUNGARY

D/A Code:

Analog

Featuring works by Wagner [Schmerzen; Traume {from the Wesendonck Lieder}. With Jessye Norman, soprano], Walton [The Contrast Rhyme. With Elizabeth Bainbridge, mezzo-soprano], Elgar, Parry, Wood, Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Williamson, Arne et al. (BBC Choruses and BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Colin Davis. Total time: 100'47')

BRO Code:

174508

Units:

2

Record Label:

DECCA

Record Number:

482 9370

UPC:

0028948293704

Country:

AUSTRALIA

D/A Code:

Analog

Valvens spadom, Op. 71 for chorus and orchestra [with Lunds Studentsangforening]; Symphony No. 1; Hakon Jarl - incidental music, Op. 40 [all with Danish National Orchestra/ Thomas Dausgaard]; Andantino and Eight Variations for piano trio [Tre Musici]; Piano Sonata, Op. 34 [Nina Gade, piano]; Organ Fantasia, Op. 20 [Hans Fagius, organ]; Suite for Violin and Piano, Op. 66 [Elisabeth Zeuthen Schneider, violin and Bohumila Jedlickova, piano]; Liden Kirsten - excerpt from Act II of the opera [Inger Dam Jensen soprano. Paul Elming, tenor. Danish National Symphony Orchestra/ Michael Schonwandt]. (Total time: 135')

BRO Code:

174391

Units:

2

Record Label:

DACAPO

Record Number:

8.226103-04

UPC:

636943610329

Country:

GERMANY

D/A Code:

Digital

Stravinsky, Ebony Concerto. Bernstein, Prelude, Fugue & Riffs {both w. Michael Collins, clarinet}. Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue {jazz-band version w.Peter Donohoe, piano}. Milhaud, La Creation du Monde + Arrangements for The Paul Whiteman Orchestra of ‘After You’ve Gone’, ‘Nobody’s Sweetheart’, ‘Sweet Sue’, ‘My Blue Heaven’, ‘Dardanella’, ‘San’ & ‘Makin’ Whoopee!’. (Harvey & The Wallbangers w.London Sinfonietta/ Simon Rattle. Total time: 72’45’)

BRO Code:

173936

Units:

1

Record Label:

EMI/ANGEL

UPC:

5099963655629

Record Number:

6 36556 2

Country:

GERMANY

D/A Code:

Digital

Includes 'Lacrimosa' for Soprano, Chorus and Orchestra + excerpts from chamber music, choral works, symphonies and other orchestral music. (Performed by various Polish ensembles and soloists. Total time: 140'23')

BRO Code:

173831

Units:

2

Record Label:

DUX

UPC:

5902547008530

Record Number:

DUX 0853/0854

Country:

POLAND

D/A Code:

Digital

Sonata for flute and piano; Pundarika - for clarinet and piano; Asura - for violin solo; Potalaka - for recorder, cello and harp; Elegia - for harp; Meditation - for recorder solo; Kalavinka - for recorder, oboe, strings and percussion; Violin Concerto; Concerto for shakuhachi and orchestra; Clima 2 - for orchestra; Ten Night's Dreams - for chamber ensemble. (Performing artists include Nobutaka Shimizu [flute], Atsuko Jinzai [piano], Eiko Nishigaki [harp], Heikan Kureyama [oboe], Himari Umehara [piano], Kifu Mitsuhashi [shakuhachi], Midori Kugota [violin], Mutsuko Taneya [percussion], Pro Musica Nipponia and Tokyo Philharmonic/ Kazufumi Yamashita and Shunji Aratani. Recorded 1989-1996. Total time: 145'20')

BRO Code:

173532

Units:

2

Record Label:

CAMERATA

UPC:

4990355005200

Record Number:

CMCD 50022-3

Country:

JAPAN

D/A Code:

Digital

Five Canciones negras [Victoria de los Angeles, soprano with Paris Conservatory Orchestra/ Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos]; First Movement from Concierto breve for Piano and Orchestra [Alicia de Larrocha, piano with OBC Orchestra/ Lawrence Foster]; Overture and Second Act Adagietto from the Opera 'El Gato con Botas; Excerpt from the Opera 'Una voce in off' [Orchestra of Gran Teatre de Liceu/ Antoni Ros-Marba]; Piano Sonatina 'For Yvette' [Mac McLure, piano]; Madrigal for Voice, Cello and Piano [with Marisa Martins, mezzo-soprano]; Barcelona Blues - for Two Piano [Ramon Garriga and Mac McClure, pianists]; Variaciones sobre La Spagnoletta de Farnaby [Ala Voronkova, violin and Mac McLure, piano]; Divagacion [Carlota Garriga, piano]; Fourth Movement from Quadrivium for Three Stradivarius - for String Trio; Nana - Song for Voice and Piano [Nancy Fabiola Herrera, mezzo-soprano and Mac McClure, piano]. (Total time: 76'45')

BRO Code:

173350

Units:

1

Record Label:

COLUMNA MUSICA

UPC:

8429977102968

Record Number:

1CM 0296

Country:

SPAIN

D/A Code:

Analog

Purcell, Come, Ye Sons of Art [Margaret Ritchie, soprano. Alfred Deller and John Whitworth, countertenors. Bruce Boyce, baritone. St. Anthony Singers and Ensemble Orchestral de L'Oiseau-Lyre/ Anthony Lewis]. Anon. Miserere my Maker. Campion, Four Assorted Songs [Alfred Deller, countertenor and Desmond Dupre, lute]. Buxtehude, Fugue, BuxWV 174 [Denis Vaughan, organ]; Jubilate Deo, BuxWV 64; In dulci jubilo, BuxWV 52 [Eileen McLoughlin, soprano {in BuxWV 52 only}. Alfred Deller, countertenor. Desmond Dupre, viola da gamba. Eli Goren and Leonard Friedman, violins. Anna Shuttleworth, cello et al.]. Francesco Canova da Milano, Three Lute Fantasias [Desmond Dupre, lute]. (Total time: 72'21')

BRO Code:

173322

Units:

1

Record Label:

DECCA

UPC:

0028948405183

Record Number:

484 0518

Country:

AUSTRALIA

D/A Code:

Mono

An anthology of seventy tracks, featuring works by Flotow, Adam, Thomas, Verdi, Lindblad, Wennerberg, Nicolai, David, Kjerulf et al. (Total time: 152')

BRO Code:

173073

Units:

2

Record Label:

STERLING

UPC:

7393338170020

Record Number:

CDB 1700-1-2

Country:

SWEDEN

D/A Code:

Mono

Elegía - for four sopranos and chamber orchestra; Aroma Foliado - for string quartet; Rio Bravo - for baritone, violin and crystal cups; Rio de las Mariposas - for harps and steel drum; Atlas Pumas - for violin and marimba. (Elissa Johnston, Sharon Harms, Laura Mercardo Wright and Ayana Haviv, sopranos. Evan Hughes, baritone. Shalini Vijayan, violin. Lynn Vartan, marimba. Members of Southwest Chamber Music/ Jeff von der Schmidt. Total time: 62')

BRO Code:

172866

Units:

1

Record Label:

CAMBRIA

UPC:

021475012121

Record Number:

CD 1211

Country:

AMERICA

D/A Code:

Digital

Britten, Scenes from the opera Peter Grimes; Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo; The Holy Sonnets of John Donne; The Rape of Lucretia [abridged version]; Violin Concerto; Piano Concerto; Prelude and Fugue for Eighteen-Part String Orchestra. Rubbra, Symphony No.5; Loth to Depart; Piano Concerto. Berkeley, Horn Trio; Six Preludes; Four Poems of St. Teresa of Avila; Three Greek Songs; Five Poems by W.H. Auden; I Sing of a Maiden; The Lord is My Shepherd. Heming [arr. Collins], Threnody for a Soldier Killed in Action. (Vocal soloists: Joan Cross, Pamela Bowden, Nancy Evens, Peter Pears, Thomas Hemsley. Instrumental soloists: Theo Olof, Manoug Parikian [violin]; Jacques Abram, Benjamin Britten, Colin Horsley, Ernest Lush, Denis Matthews [piano]; Dennis Brain [horn]. British choruses and orchestras conducted by John Barbirolli, Norman Del Mar, Reginald Goodall, Herbert Menges, John Minchinton and Malcolm Sargent. Total time: 361')

BRO Code:

172569

Units:

5

Record Label:

EMI/ANGEL

UPC:

5099902900629

Record Number:

0 29006 2

Country:

GERMANY

D/A Code:

Mono

Poème de l´usure [2010] - for Large Ensemble {Collegium Novum Zürich/ Peter Hirsch}; Absences [2002/2003] - for Chorus and Flute {Vokalensemble Zurich/ Peter Siegwart. Philippe Racine, flute}; Des astres [2003/2004] - for Piano {E. Ferrand-N’Kaoua}; Contemplation – Lamentation [1993] - for Bass Flute, Bass Clarinet and Cello {P.Racine, E. Molinari, B. Schneider}; Three Lieder [2001] - for Voice and Piano {Ruben Drole, baritone and Jens Fuhr, piano}; Promenade [2000/2001] - Concerto for Violin and Ensemble {Raphael Oleg, violin and Ensemble Phoenix Basel/ Jurg Henneberger}; Chansons a Lou [2004] - for Soprano and Four Instruments {Martina Bovet, soprano}; Mais, hier... [1998] - for Flute and Piano {Philippe Racine, flute and Brigitte Meyer, piano}; Trois axes [2006] - for Three Alto Saxophones {Marcus Weiss, Pierre-Stephane Meuge and Serge Bertocchi}; L´humeur vagabonde [2009/2010] - for Flute and Contrabass {Felix Renggli, flute and Edicson Ruiz, contrabass}. (Total time: 123'43')

BRO Code:

172214

Units:

2

Record Label:

GENUIN

UPC:

4260036252064

Record Number:

GEN 11206

Country:

GERMANY

D/A Code:

Digital

Brosse, Millennium Overture - for orchestra; Principals - for orchestra; El Golpe Fatal - for orchestra; Music in Mycology - for orchestra; Symphony No. 1 [Artesia]; La Soledad de América Latina - for cello and orchestra; Black, White and in Between - for violin and strings; Elegy - for cello and strings; War Concerto - for clarinet and orchestra; Sophia - symphonic poem for violin and orchestra; The Birth of Music - for narrator and ensemble; Sacco and Vanzetti - musical excerpts; Kuifje de Zonnetempel - musical excerpts; Rembrandt de Musical - musical excerpts; Musical Daens - musical excerpts; Flanders International Filmfestival - overture for orchestra; Boerenpsalm - excerpts from the soundtrack; Daens - excerpts from the film score; Marie - overture and excerpts from the film score; Koko Flanel - excerpts from the film score; When the Light Comes - excerpts from the film score; Knetter - excerpts from the film score; Samaritan - excerpt from the film score; The Kavijaks - excerpts from the film score; Brod Ludaka - excerpt from the film score; Landuyt cyclus - for voice and orchestra; Eppur si Muove To My Secret Inspiration - for piano; The Dandi March - for brass ensemble; Meditation - for oboe and strings; Tango Tout Court - for violin, accordion and clarinet; Amalgest Mu Yang Gu Niang - for violin and orchestra; Artesia - for voice, sitar, tabla, flute, derbouka and percussion; Hommage a Frederic Chopin - for piano; Mustafa - for voice, accordion, violin and piano; Broken Dream - for piano and mouth organ; Springen - for trumpet, piano, bass and drums. (Performing artists include Belgian Brass, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic et al.)

BRO Code:

172158

Units:

6

Record Label:

EMI/ANGEL

UPC:

5099991930125

Record Number:

5099991930125

Country:

GERMANY

D/A Code:

Analog

An American Overture; Ballad of Heroes; Diversions; The Building of the House; Praise We Great Men; Suite on English Folk Tunes; Canadian Carnival; Young Apollo; Quatre Chansons francaise; Scottish Ballad; Occasional Overture; Sinfonia da Requiem; Les Illuminations; Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings; Nocturne; War Requiem; The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; Russian Funeral. (Soloist include Jill Gomez, Elisabeth Soderstrom [sopranos], Ian Bostridge, Robert Tear [tenors], Thomas Allen [baritone], Willard White [bass], Peter Donohoe and Philip Fowke [pianists]. Berlin Philharmonic [in 'Les Illuminations', 'Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings' and 'Nocturne'] and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/ Simon Rattle)

BRO Code:

172117

Units:

5

Record Label:

EMI/ANGEL

UPC:

5099924274326

Record Number:

2 42743 2

Country:

ENGLAND

D/A Code:

Digital

Includes works by Mayerl, Lambert [Piano Concerto; Elegy; Elegiac Blues}, Bliss, Goosens, Curzon, Collins, Coates {The Dam Busters; Wood Nymphs; Impression of a Princess}, Elgar {Introduction and Allegro}, Vaughan Williams {Tallis Fantasia}, Walton {Sonata for Strings; Old Sir Faulk; Set Me as a Seal upon Thine Heart; Siesta}, Binge, German, Langford, Farnon et al. (Performers include Richard Rodney Bennett [piano], King's College Choir, Cambridge and various British orchestras conducted by Stephen Cleobury, Eric Coates, Neville Dilkes, Vivian Dunn, Richard Hickox, Reginald Kilbey and George Weldon. Total time: 337'14')

BRO Code:

172116

Units:

5

Record Label:

EMI/ANGEL

UPC:

5099902898926

Record Number:

0 28989 2

Country:

ENGLAND

D/A Code:

Analog

The Three Piano Concerti [with Peter Donohoe, piano]; Violin Concerto No.2; Rhapsodies Nos. 1 & 2 for Violin and Orchestra [with Kyung-Wha Chung, violin]; Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra; Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion [with Katia Labeque, Marielle Labeque {pianists}, Sylvio Gualdo and Jean-Pierre Drouet {percussionists}]; The Miraculous Mandarin; Concerto for Orchestra; The Lake of Tears from the opera Bluebeard's Castle; Excerpts from Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta. (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/ Simon Rattle)

BRO Code:

172095

Units:

4

Record Label:

EMI/ANGEL

UPC:

5099921503726

Record Number:

2 15037 2

Country:

GERMANY

D/A Code:

Digital

Benjamin Britten [1913-1976], Spring Symphony; Four Sea Interludes from 'Peter Grimes'; Violin Concerto; Suite for Violin and Piano; Elegy for Solo Viola; Cello Sonata; Six Metamorphoses after Ovid. William Walton [1902-1983], Violin Concerto; Piano Quartet; Violin Sonata; Five Bagatelles for Guitar. Michael Tippett [1905-1998], Divertimento on Sellinger's Round; Little Music for string orchestra; Sonata for Four Horns; Concerto for Double String Orchestra. (Vocal soloists: Sheila Armstrong, Janet Baker and Robert Tear. Violin soloists: Alexander Barantschik, Janice Graham and Ida Haendel. Other instrumental soloists with British choruses and ensembles conducted by Paavo Berglund, Neville Marriner and Andre Previn. Total time: 316'55')

BRO Code:

172048

Units:

5

Record Label:

EMI/ANGEL

UPC:

5099909539525

Record Number:

0 95395 2

Country:

GERMANY

D/A Code:

Analog

Frederick Delius [1862-1934], Songs of Sunset; An Arabesque; A Mass of Life; String Quartet. Herbert Howells [1892-1983], Fantasy String Quartet; String Quartet 'In Gloucestershire' {No.3}; Hymnus Paradisi; Concerto for String Orchestra. Patrick Hadley [1899-1973], My beloved spake; I sing of a maiden; The Hills. (Vocal soloists: Heather Harper, Felicity Palmer, Janet Baker, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, Benjamin Luxon, John Shirley Quirk and Robert Lloyd. British choruses and ensembles conducted by Adrian Boult, Charles Groves, Philip Ledger and David Willcocks. Total time: 329'32')

BRO Code:

172047

Units:

5

Record Label:

EMI/ANGEL

UPC:

5099909540521

Record Number:

0 95405 2

Country:

GERMANY

D/A Code:

Analog