WALTER PISTON
Piston: Symphony No.4 / Capriccio for Harp and String Orchestra / Three New England Sketches Therese Elder Wunrow (harp) / Seattle Symphony Orchestra / Gerard Schwarz, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 21/May/2003 ] "First-rate sound" (Rosette Penguin Stereo Guide) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Masterpieces for Symphonic Band, Programs 1-3 The United States Marine Band, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 16/Dec/2018 ] A unique collaboration: the All-Star Orchestra's Music Director Gerard Schwarz guest conducts the United States Marine Band. Founded by an Act of Congress in 1798, it is America's oldest continually active musical ensemble. Three programs feature... |
PHILIP GLASS
The Concerto Project Vol 1: Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra / Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) Evelyn Glennie (timp) Jonathan Haas (timp) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ Orange Mountain Music / CD - released 28/Feb/2009 ] This is the first of a series of four CDs that Philip Glass and Orange Mountain Music have planned entitled "The Concerto Project, No. I-IV" Each disc contains two concerti. Omm0016 features Julian Lloyd Webber with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic... |
TRADITIONAL
Jewish Music Of The Dance Alberto Mizrahi (tenor) / Barcelona Symphony, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Gerard Schwarz, Joseph Silverstein & Jorge Mester [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Feb/2007 ] "This is the best performed choral program I've come across in the Milken Series" Fanfare |
BEETHOVEN
My First Beethoven Album Various artists including Gerard Willems (piano), Seraphim Trio, Goldner, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, & Dene Olding (violin) [ ABC Kids / CD - released 15/Jul/2016 ] Beethoven is an unlikely musical hero. His friends found him difficult to get on with; and worst of all for a composer - he went deaf! But unlike Beethoven himself, his music is full of joy - not to mention the beautiful tunes, and spectacular... |
DEBUSSY
Le compositeur et ses interpretes Various artists including Gerard Souzay, Arthur Rubinstein, Roger Desormiere, Pierre Monteux, etc [ AEON / 3 CD - released 10/May/2012 ] The 'Debussy, Music and the Arts' exhibition, organised by Paris's Musée d'Orsay, proposes to evoke the musician's major encounters with contemporary artists and poets. Paintings, drawings and pastels, along with first editions of Mallarmé, Gide, and... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Classic 100: Beethoven Jayson Gillham, Nicole Car, Gerard Willems, Richard Tognetti and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Anna Goldsworthy, the Goldner String Quartet. [ ABC Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2020 ] In 2019, Beethoven was revealed as Australia's favourite composer, topping the Classic 100: Composer countdown. And so in 2020, to celebrate his 250th birthday, we're dedicating the Classic 100 to Beethoven. |
LEHAR
La Veuve Joyeuse [The Merry Widow] (Complete operetta sung in French recorded in 2006) Lyon Opera / Veronique Gens / Ivan Ludlow / Gordon Gietz / Magali Leger / Francois Le Roux / Alexandre Guerrero / David Lefort / Gerard Korsten (cond) [ Virgin Classics / DVD - released 14/Dec/2009 ] G: - It's crème Chantilly rather than Schlagobers as the greatest Viennese operetta of the 20th century goes back to its literary roots and is presented in French guise by the Opéra de Lyon. |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Twelfth Night (Complete Text Dramatisation) Stella Gonet, Gerard Murphy & Full Cast [ Naxos / 3 CD - released 14/Nov/2016 ] Twelfth Night, first performed around 1600, probably at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, is the tale of separated brother and sister twins - Sebastian and Viola - and their love entanglements. It also offers the rich comic colours of Sir Toby Belch,... |