KHCD-2011-100 (STEREO) – Trumpet Concerti by Johann Wilhelm Hertel, Leopold Mozart & Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Edward Tarr, trumpet; Helmut Hucke, oboe; Consortium Musicum/Fritz Lehan – With the exception of Joseph Haydn’s Concerto for Trumpet from 1796, the musical literature for solo trumpet from the second half of the 18th century has been known until […]
KHCD-2011-099 (STEREO) – Americana – Leonard Bernstein: Overture to “Candide”; Elie Siegmeister: Western Suite; Morton Gould: American Salute; Vaclav Nelhybel: Etude Symphonique – Utah Symphony Orchestra /Maurice Abravanel; Ferde Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite – Morton Gould and His Orchestra – Maurice Abravanel recorded extensively with his Utah Symphony Orchestra, and Vox/Turnabout produced many fine recordings […]
KHCD-2011-098 (STEREO) – Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in c minor, Op. 68 – William Steinberg/Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Wagner: Prelude to Act III/Dance of the Apprentices/Entrance of the Meistersingers from “Die Meistersinger”; Prelude to “Die Meistersinger” – Eugene Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra – Last in the Steinberg/PSO Brahms Symphony cycle (the others are KHCD-2010-022 Brahms Symphonies Nos. 3&4; […]
KHCD-2011-097 (STEREO) – Alessandro Grandi: Music for San Marco, Venzia, San Georgio, Ferrara & Santo Maria Maggiore, Bergamo – Accademia Monteverdiana/Denis Stevens – Alessandro Grandi (1586 – after June 1630, but in that year) was a northern Italian composer of the early Baroque era, writing in the new concertato style. He was probably born in Ferrara and spent the first part of his life […]
KHCD-2011-096 (STEREO) – Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat – Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra/Günter Wand – Günter Wand in his later years became a supreme advocate of Bruckner’s symphonies, recording the cycle of 9 twice; the first time in the mid-70s with the Cologne Radio Symphony, arguably the better of the two cycles. His supreme […]
KHCD-2011-095-2CD (STEREO) – The Artistry of Günter Wand – Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D, “Haffner”, K. 385; Symphony No. 38 in D, “Prague”, K. 504; Schoenberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16; Webern: Cantata No. 1, Op. 29 (Anna Westhoff, soprano; Gürzenich Chorus) – Gürzenich Symphony Orchestra of Cologne; Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks Concerto in […]
KHCD-2011-094 (STEREO) – J. S. Bach Four Great Organ Toccatas: Toccata and Fugue in d minor, S. 565; Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C, S. 564; Toccata and Fugue in d minor, S. 538 “Dorian”; Toccata and Fugue in E, S. 566 – Harry Grodberg plays on the Cavaillé-Coll Organ in the Great Hall of […]
KHCD-2011-093 (STEREO) – Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring – USSR Symphony Orchestra/Yevgeny Svetlanov; Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in b minor, D. 759 “Unfinished; Weber: Oberon Overture; Brahms, Tragic Overture, Op. 81 – USSR Symphony Orchestra/Paul Kletzki – Svetlanov’s reading of Stravinsky’s “Rite” is extraordinary in its power, grit, and lyricism, in a wide-range Melodiya/Angel recording. […]
KHCD-2011-091 (STEREO) – Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1 in b-flat minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 23 – Ilana Vered, piano; Kazimierz Kord/London Symphony Orchestra; Stravinsky: Three Pieces from “Petrushka” – Ilana Vered, piano – Very detailed, yet passionate performance of Tchaikovsky’s beloved Piano Concerto No. 1 with Ilana Vered accompanied by the London Symphony with […]
KHCD-ST012 (STEREO – Slaughter On Tenth Avenue – Soundtrack to the 1957 Universal-International Motion Picture – Music by Richard Rodgers – Joseph Gershenson/Universal-International Orchestra – The book “The Man Who Rocked The Boat” by William J. Keating and Richard Carter was the basis of this movie, dubbed a “documentary” drama about New York City docks. […]