Buried Treasure: Wagner Rarities

Listening Guide   The Works Konig Enzio: Overture Beim Anritt Des Neuen Jahres: Ouvertüre Fantasia in F# 7 Compositions On Goethe’s Faust Polonia Overture Der Tag Erscheint An Weber’s Grabe Symphony In E Descendons Gaiement La Courtille Die Hochzeit: Chorus and Recitative Christopher Columbus Der Tannenbaum Adieux De Marie Stuart Rule Brittania Overture Le Deux… Continue reading Buried Treasure: Wagner Rarities

Buried Treasure: Shakespeare in Music Part II

Listening Guide   The Work IRWIN BAZELONTHE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR SUITE 1. Curtain Raiser2. Character Sketches3. Ballet for a Postman4. Introduction & Fanfare For 2 Brave Fighters5. Transformation Music6. Curtain Call Finale The Orchestra of SofiaHarold Farberman, conductor[Albany TROY508]Buy this CD on Amazon RUTLAND BOUGHTONTROILUS & CRESSIDA (THOU AND I), OP. 17 Royal Scottish… Continue reading Buried Treasure: Shakespeare in Music Part II

Buried Treasure: Shakespeare in Music Part I

Listening Guide   The Work FREDERICK KUHLAUWILLIAM SHAKESPEARE OVERTURE Odense Symphony OrchestraEdward Serov, conductor[Unicorn-Kanchana DKP(CD)9132Buy this CD on Amazon JOSEF BOHUSLAV FOERSTERFROM SHAKESPEARE, OP. 76 Prague Symphony OrchestraVACLAV SMETACEK, conductor[Supraphon LP 1110 3916]Buy this CD on Amazon VOLKMANN, ROBERTRICHARD III OVERTURE, OP.68 Northwest German PhilharmonicWerner Andreas Albert, conductor[2-cpo 999 151 cd]Buy this CD on Amazon… Continue reading Buried Treasure: Shakespeare in Music Part I

Buried Treasure: Japan Part III

Listening Guide   The Work FUKUSHIMA, KAZUOHI KYO FOR FLUTE, PIANO, STRINGS & PERCUSSION Severino Gazzelloni, fluteSoloists of Rome Symphony OrchestraBruno Maderna, conductor(RCA Victrola VICS 1313)[NONO] YUASA, JOJICOSMOS HAPTIC (1957) Steffen Schleiermacher, piano(MDG 613 1365 cd)Buy this CD on Amazon YUASA, JOJISCENES FROM BASHO (1980)1) First movement2) Second movement3) Third movement Tokyo PhilharmonicTadaaki Otaka, conductor(8-Camerata… Continue reading Buried Treasure: Japan Part III

Buried Treasure: Japan Part II

Listening Guide   The Work YASUSHI AKUTAGAWASYMPHONY NO. 11) Andante2) Allegro3) Chorale, Adagio4 Allegro molto New Symphony OrchestraYasushi Akutagawa, conductor(Fontect FOCD 3208) YASUSHI AKUTAGAWATHE ELLORA SYMPHONYNew Symphony OrchestraYasushi Akutagawa, conductor(Fontec FOCD 3208)[New Zealand SymphonyTakuo Yuasa, conductor(Naxos 8.555975 cd)] YASUSHI AKUTAGAWARAPSODIA FOR ORCHESTRANew Zealand SymphonyTakuo Yuasa, conductor(Naxos 8.555975 cd) SADAO BEKKUCONCERTO FOR PIANO & ORCHESTRA1) Allegro… Continue reading Buried Treasure: Japan Part II

Buried Treasure: Japan Part I

Listening Guide   The Work YAMADASYMPHONY IN F, TRIUMPH AND PEACE (1912)1.MODERATO2.ADAGIO NON TANTO E POCO MARCIAL3.POCO VIVACE4.ADAGIOMOLTO – MOLTO ALLEGRO E TRIOMFANTE Ulster OrchestraTakuo Yuasa, conductor(Naxos 8.555350 cd) YAMADAMANDARA NO HANA Yomiuri Nippon SymphonyShigenobu Yamaoka, conductor(JVC 116 8) [JAPAN 14 42]Ulster OrchestraTakuo Yuasa, conductor(Naxos 8.555350 cd) MOROISTRING SEXTET Iso String Sextet(King GT 9325) KONOYEETENRAKU,… Continue reading Buried Treasure: Japan Part I

Buried Treasure: “It’s All Relatives”

Listening Guide The Work GEORGE CHRISTOPH BACH CANTATA: “SIEHE, WIE FEIN UND LIEBLICH IST” (PSALM 133) Ekkehard Wagner, tenor I; Reinhart Ginzel, tenor II Hermann Christian Polster, bass Eberhard Palm, violin; Doris Linde, Monika Tutschku & Siegfried Pank, viola da gamba Achim Beyer, violone; Walter Heinz Bernstein, organ [5-Capriccio 7100] JOHANN CHRISTOPH BACH WEDDING CANTATA:… Continue reading Buried Treasure: “It’s All Relatives”

Buried Treasure: Mountains in Music

Listening Guide The Work LIZST – Mountain Symphony Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Kurt Masur, conductor MOERAN – In the Mountain Country Ulster Orchestra Vernon Handley, conductor [Chandos CHAN 10235] Buy this CD on Amazon BEASER – Mountain Songs 1. Barbara Allen 2. The House Carpenter 3. He’s Gone Away 4. Cindy Alexandra Hawley, flute Jeffrey McFadden,… Continue reading Buried Treasure: Mountains in Music

Buried Treasure: Vagn Holmboe

Listening Guide   The Work BAGATELLE No. 1 “ARABESQUE” ROUMANIAN SUITE1 Allegro2 Andante Fluente3 Allegro SYMPHONY No. 21 Impressioni (Allegro)2 Lamentazione (Adagio, molto tranquillo)3 Espressione (Allegro)Buy this CD on Amazon CHAMBER CONCERTO No. 101 Allegro Non Troppo2 Piu Allegro3 Andante4 Allegro Molto5 Un Poco Lento6 Adagio Ma Non Troppo7 Allegro Molto8 Allegro9 Finale: VivaceBuy this… Continue reading Buried Treasure: Vagn Holmboe