KHCD-ST007 (MONO) – Eleven Against The Ice – Soundtrack from the 1957 NBC-TV Special – Music by Kenyon Hopkins – “Eleven Against the Ice” was an NBC-TV Color Special documentary broadcast in September 1957. The show followed 11 men who trailed the 640 mile safe route across the Antarctic to build the original Byrd Station. […]
KHCD-2011-084 (MONO) – An Album of Military Band Music – Music by Sousa; Holst: First Suite for Military Band, Op. 28; Rosse: The Merchant of Venice; Ansell: Three Irish Pictures; Wood: Three Dale Dances – Band of the Grenadier Guards – The regiment of the Grenadier Guards was founded by King Charles II in 1656 […]
KHCD-2011-083-3CD (STEREO) – J. S. Bach: Orgelbüchlein, BWV 599-644 – Organ Choral Preludes for the Church Year, Cantata Chorales, and other Chorale settings – Chorus of the Gedächtniskirche, Stuttgart – Helmuth Rilling, organist and conductor – Bach’s original intention for the Orgelbüchlein was to compose 164 preludes on the 161 chorale melodies he listed on the […]
KHCD-2011-082 (STEREO) – Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D, Op. 123 – Leonore Kirchstein, soprano; Jeanne Deroubaix, alto; Peter Schreier, tenor; Günter Morbach, bass; Gürzenich Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Gunter Wand – Beethoven’s personal blending of dogma and drama in his Missa Solemnis resulted in an outpouring of human emotion, a towering masterpiece from a composer often […]
KHCD-2011-081-2CD (STEREO) – The Artistry of Maurice André – Trumpet Concerti by Haydn, Hummel, Vivaldi Telemann, Albinoni & Torelli – Jean-François Chamber Orchestra/Lamoureux Orchestra/Die Weiner Solisten; Music for Trumpet and Organ – Selections by Bach, Gervaise, Viviani & Torelli – Marie-Claire Alain, organ – The quintessential classical virtuoso trumpeter, he rose to international […]
KHCD-2011-080 (STEREO) – Fennell conducts Cole Porter – Frederick Fennell and Orchestra /Fennell conducts Broadway Marches Frederick Fennell/Eastman –Rochester Orchestra Winds, Brass, and Percussion – Mercury records utilized the 35mm film recording technique in both classical and orchestral pop sessions from 1959 on through the 60s, just as Command, and Everest. The “Perfect Presence Sound” […]
KHCD-2011-079-2CD (STEREO) – Rózsa conducts Rózsa – Overture to a Symphony Concert, Op. 26/a; Three Hungarian Sketches, Op. 14; Notturna Ungherese, Op. 26; Theme, Variations and Finale, Op. 13; Concerto for String Orchestra, Op. 17; Kaleidoscope, Op. 19a (Six Short Pieces for Small Orchestra); Variations on a Hungarian Peasant Song, for violin and orchestra, Op. […]
KHCD-2011-078 (STEREO) – Korngold: Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 35 (Ulf Hoelscher, violin); Suite from the Incidental Music to Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing”, Op. 11; Theme and Variations, Op. 42 – Willy Mattes/Stuttgart Radio Orchestra – Three brilliant pieces covering Korngold’s non-movie-related orchestral pieces, highlighted by the 1947 Violin Concerto. He […]
KHCD-2011-077 (STEREO) – Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90; Variations on a Theme of Haydn, Op. 56a – L’ Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Ernest Ansermet – Ansermet recorded the Classical and Romantic repertoire late in his career, much to the surprise of some critics. His interpretations of Brahms’ symphonies fit perhaps between Klemperer’s […]
KHCD-2011-076-2CD (STEREO) – The Artistry of Rudolf Kempe – Music by Heuberger, Humperdinck, Lehár, Mendelssohn, Resnicek, Suppé, and the Strauss Family – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Rudolf Kempe – Rudolf Kempe (1910-1976) Principal Conductor to some of the leading orchestras and opera houses in Europe, was one of the last representatives of the great German […]