LUKAS FOSS
Foss: Song Of Anguish / Elegy for Anne Frank / etc (with Beaser: The Heavenly Feast) James Maddalena (baritone), Kevin McCutcheon (piano), Mark Wilde (tenor), Constance Hauman (sop) / Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 31/Oct/2005 ] "..on the list was a real discovery for me, and a stunner it is, too, from the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music: Robert Beaser's one-act opera The Heavenly Feast, coupled with a differently themed but equally powerful Song of Anguish by Lukas... |
BERNHARD HENRIK CRUSELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Crusell: The 3 Clarinet Concertos Emma Johnson (clarinet) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Günther Herbig, Charles Groves, Gerard Schwarz [ ASV / CD ] Recorded: 1986 Now only available elsewhere as download |
HOWARD HANSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hanson: Symphonies Nos 4 "Requiem" / Suite from "Merry Mount" / etc Judith Mendenhall (flute) Randall Ellis (oboe) / Seattle Symphony Orchestra & Chorale, Gerard Schwarz [ DELOS / CD - released 11/Oct/1991 ] Composer, teacher, and one of the most influential musical figures in the United States between the world wars, Howard Hanson studied in New York with conservative composer Percy Goetschius and at Northwestern University, outside Chicago. |
DVORAK / STRAUSS / MUSSORGSKY / SCHOECK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martina Janková - Voyage Martina Janková (soprano) & Gérard Wyss (piano) [ Supraphon / CD - released 16/May/2011 ] "In short, her vocal colouring is incredibly fresh and young-sounding...Those top notes are really something never to forget. A disc to treasure." (Gramophone, September 2011) |
JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Recollection - Haydn Songs Martina Jankova (soprano), Gerard Wyss (piano) [ Supraphon / CD - released 15/Mar/2010 ] "Martina Janková is an accomplished singer with beautiful voice, lyrical and warm in tone...Martina already has an impressive discography and I hope to hear more from her in the future." (MusicWeb) |
GLUCK / VIVALDI / HANDEL / MONTEVERDI / PURCELL / BELLINI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Altus - From Castrato to Countertenor [3 CD set] Andreas Scholl, Alessandro Moreschi, Philippe Jaroussky, David Daniels, Max-Emanuel Cencic, James Bowman, Alfred Deller, Gérard Lesne, René Jacobs, et [ Virgin Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2008 ] All these artists are exponents of 'authentic' performance, but - fortunately for the gentlemen in question - true authenticity is restricted to the track performed by Alessandro Moreschi...the only known audio memento of a genuine castrato. |
Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum / Original Soundtrack
The Phantom of the Opera: Highlights [ Sony Classics / CD - released 29/Jan/2008 ] With a hit-laden score that includes such enduring favorites as "Music of the Night," "All I Ask of You," "Think of Me," and more, this is a wonderful collection of songs from the film produced in 2004. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: String Sextets Nos. 1 & 2 Renaud Capuçon, Christoph Koncz (violins), Gérard Caussé, Marie Chilemme (violas) & Gautier Capuçon, Clemens Hagen (cellos) [ Erato Warner Classics / CD - released 15/Jun/2017 ] "Best of all, the musicians find a near-ideal balance of urgency and patience - the hallmark of a great Brahms interpretation." Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice - June 2017 |
DAVID DIAMOND
Diamond: Symphony No. 2 / Symphony No 4 Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 31/May/2004 ] "Schwarz conducts with keen sensitivity, while the Seattle Symphony relishes the challenge of this then-unfamiliar music." ClassicsToday |
WILLIAM SCHUMAN
Schuman: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 5 / Judith Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/Jan/2007 ] "Wonderfully intense and luminous playing from the Seattle Orchestra. These are fine readings and the disc is made by the first modern recording of the Third Symphony in quite some time. Who knows, perhaps one of these days we will hear it... |
ALAN HOVHANESS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hovhaness: Symphony No 50 "Mount St. Helens" / Symphony No 22 "City Of Light" Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz & Alan Hovhaness [ Delos / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] "Although he has been stereotyped as a self-consciously Armenian composer, his output assimilates the music of many cultures. What may be most American about all of it is the way it turns its materials into a kind of exoticism." Boston Globe |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts Volume 1 Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jul/2012 ] "The brass in particular impresses…In the midst of the wonderfully glittering winds and strings in Magic Fire Music, the brass interlude sounds with satisfying richness…this is…a highly enjoyable disc" ClassicsToday |
HOWARD HANSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Music of Howard Hanson (Incls Symphonies 2 "Romantic", 4 "Requiem", 6 & 7) Carol Rosenberger (piano) Judith Mendenhall (flute) / Seattle Symphony Orchestra & Chorale, New York Chamber Symphony, Gerard Schwarz [ Delos / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] Composer, teacher, and one of the most influential musical figures in the United States between the world wars, Howard Hanson studied in New York with conservative composer Percy Goetschius and at Northwestern University, outside Chicago. Somewhat of... |
ANONYMOUS / VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Golden Age of Light Music: Light and Lively Various Artists incls Gerard Calvi, Percy Faith, Helmut Zacharias, David Rose, Joe Leahy, Frank Chacksfield, etc [ Guild / CD - released 1/Jul/2018 ] Although the title of this collection rightly suggests that there is a wealth of 'Light and Lively' music on offer, there are some more gentle - even restful - numbers to provide a welcome contrast. The opening track, Robert Farnon's famous Derby... |
HENRI DUPARC / MAURICE RAVEL / GABRIEL FAURE
Wolfgang Holzmair - Melodies francaises Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone) Gérard Wyss (piano) [ Philips / CD - released 11/Mar/1996 ] "This musical bouquet gives rare pleasure … There is something other-worldly about the reflective sostenuto that Holzmair preserves throughout." Fanfare, March 2019 |
SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / BEETHOVEN / KRENEK / BRAHMS / DUPARC / RAVEL / etc
Wolfgang Holzmair - The Philips Recitals Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone) Imogen Cooper, Gérard Wyss, Peter Stamm (piano) / San Francisco Symphony Orchestra [ Decca Austrailian Eloquence / 13 CD Box Set - released 11/Mar/2022 ] From Haydn to Eisler: the collected Philips recordings of WOLFGANG HOLZMAIR, a supreme art-song interpreter, including many long-deleted albums. |
SCHUMANN
Gerard Souzay: Schumann: Dichterliebe and other songs Gerard Souzay (baritone), Dalton Baldwin (piano) [ Decca Most Wanted Recitals Vol. 43 / CD - released 1/Aug/2014 ] The legendary Italian bass Cesare Siepi was one of the great Don Giovannis and at the height of his career - during the 1950s and 1960s - this particular role was very much his 'calling card'. |
SCHUMANN
Gerard Souzay: Schumann: Liederkreis Op. 39 and other songs Gerard Souzay (baritone), Dalton Baldwin (piano) & Jacqueline Bonneau (piano) [ Decca Most Wanted Recitals Vol. 44 / CD - released 1/Aug/2014 ] "Souzay should...rank as one of the most elegant and sensitive song interpreters on record." (Sunday Telegraph) |
DEBUSSY
Lieder Gerard Souzay (baritone) Dalton Baldwin (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 1/Apr/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "This is one of the great Debussy song-recitlas of the age." (Penguin Guide) |
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (complete 1774 Naples version] Philippe Jaroussky, Iestyn Davies, Andreas Scholl, Gérard Lesne, James Bowman, David DQ Lee, Dominique Visse, Derek Lee Ragin [ Erato / CD - released 5/May/2018 ] "This brilliant recording of Gluck's famous opera has a vibrancy from start to finish. It flows along really nicely, a lively pace that is never hurried. All parts make a great whole with three superb soloists " Nicholas Butler/Marbecks |