CMAS-004 (STEREO) – Michael Praetorius: Polychoral Christmas Music – Four Concerti for Soloists, Choruses & Instruments from Polyhymnia caduceatrix et panegyrica (1619) – Westphalian Choral Ensemble – Wilhelm Ehmann, conductor – Michael Praetorious was one of the first musicians outside Italy to become a partisan of the musical revolution launched there at the end of […]
KHCD-2011-090-2CD (STEREO) – Early Decca Stereo Recordings of Georg Solti: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in e minor, Op. 64 – Paris Conservatory Orchestra (1956 recording); Rossini-Respighi: La Boutique fantasque; Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (1957 recording) – conducted by George Solti – An interesting compilation of works conducted by Georg Solti, recorded […]
KHCD-2011-089 (STEREO) – French Orchestral Favorites: La Marseillaise, arr. Berlioz for Chorus, Soloists and Orchestra; Chabrier: España; Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune; Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice; Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre; Lalo: Scherzo – Orchestre de Paris/Jean-Pierre Jacquillat – The Orchestre de Paris held its first concert on November14, 1967 in the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, with […]
KHCD-2011-088-2CD (STEREO) – Richard Strauss; Also Sprach Zarathustra – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Henry Lewis; Richard Strauss; Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24; Peter Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 – Lorin Maazel/New Philharmonia Orchestra – Two London Phase 4 LPs were used to create this special-priced 2 CD set. Henry Lewis’ recording with the Royal Philhamonic of […]
KHCD-2011-087 (STEREO) – Renaissance Music for Brass – Music by Melchior Franck, Heinrich Scheidemann, Heinrich Schütz, Thomas Stolzer, Pierre Attaingnait, John Adson, Giovanni Gabrieli, Andrea Gabrieli, Adriano Banchieri – Brass Ensemble conducted by Gabriel Masson; Festive Baroque Wind Music – Music by Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Johann Schultz, Melchior Franck, Valentin Hausmann, Daniel Speer, Samuel Scheidt, […]
KHCD-2011-086 (STEREO) – Maurice Duruflé: Requiem, for Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 9 – Hélène Bouvier, mezzo-soprano; Xavier Depraz, bass; Phillipe Caillard Chorale; Stéphane Caillat Chorale;; Marie-Madeleine Duruflé-Chevalier, organ; Lamoureux Orchestra – conducted by Maurice Duruflé; Francis Poulenc – Mass in G (1937); Motet: Hodie Christus natus est; Motet: Quem vidistis pastores – The Festival […]
KHCD-2011-085 (STEREO) – Psalm Settings by Mendelssohn & Vivaldi – Mendelssohn Psalm 42 – Wie der Hirsch schreit, Op. 42; Psalm 95 – Kommt, lasst uns anbeten, Op. 46; Vivaldi: Psalm 109: Dixit Dominus, RV 594 – Symphonic Chorus and Orchestra of the Gulbenkian Foundation of Lisbon – Michel Corboz, conductor – The Mendelssohn […]
KHCD-2011-092 (STEREO) – Requiem in d minor, WAB 39 (1849 – Edition: Haas/Orel) – Herrad Wehrung, soprano; Hildegard Laurich, alto; Friedreich Melzer, tenor;Günter Reich, bass; Laubacher Kantorei; Instrumental-Ensemble Werner Keltsch – Conducted by Hans Michael Beuerle – Psalm 146 in A, WAB 37 (ca. 1856 – Fair copy in Bruckner’s hand) – Ursula Wendt, soprano; […]
KHCD-ST009 (STEREO) – East Side-West Side – Soundtrack from the 1963 CBS-TV Production – Music composed and conducted by Kenyon Hopkins – This dramatic series featured stories about child abuse, drug abuse, rip-offs of the welfare system, crime; all of the problems of the inner city. The series centered on George C. Scott in the […]
KHCD-ST008 (STEREO) – The Hustler – Soundtrack from the 1961 Movie – Music by Kenyon Hopkins – Kenyon Hopkins, formerly an arranger for Paul Whiteman, became prominent as a film composer best known for writing music for Tennessee Williams films that did not become classics. Probably the most memorable aspects of films such as This […]