Mendelssohn, Felix: Cello Piano Works

Organ Recital: Frank, Tobias - DUPRE, M. / SWAYNE, G. / JONG

Bach: Symphonies / Harpsichord Concerto

Haydn, J.: Schöpfung (Die)

Mendelssohn, Felix: St. Paul [Oratorio]

FRANCK: Symphony in D minor / RESPIGHI: Pines of Rome

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BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 / Choral Fantasy / BRAHMS: Double

Haydn, J.: Jahreszeiten (Die)

David Geringas is one of the most versatile musicians of our time known to perform an unusually broad repertoire as both a cellist and a conductor. Alongside his friends the Gringolts Quartet he has endeavored to bring to light rarely recorded works by Walter Braunfels and Richard Strauss a rich selections that are meticulously balanced... and well shaped (The Independent).

3 x Offenbach

The Requiem concerts of the Dresden Staatskapelle on Dresden Memorial Day maintain a long tradition. It is 68 years now since February 13, 1951, when Rudolf Kempe, at that time General Music Director of the Dresden Staatsoper and Principal Conductor of the Dresden Staatskapelle, conducted the Messa da Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi, the first Requiem to be performed on this day in remembrance of the bombing of Dresden in February 1945, during which many thousands perished within the space of a few hours and large parts of the city were destroyed. The effects of the war were everywhere to be seen in Dresden in 1951; heaps of rubble dominated the city. The presentation of the Verdi Requiem in the Large Auditorium of the Staatstheater – the present-day Schauspielhaus – left a deep impression on those present, who listened in awed silence. The horrors of the air raids were still a vivid memory, the emotional and physical wounds of the war far from healed, and the experience of shared mourning helped the bereaved to come to terms with their grief over the loss of close friends and family. The daily newspaper Die Union reported: “The emotional involvement and deep gratitude of the audience could not be better expressed than by their departure in silence.” Since that day, the Staatskapelle and the chorus of the Staatsoper have met every year on Dresden Memorial Day to present one of the great Requiem settings or a similar work appropriate to the occasion.

Wolfgang Sawallisch (1923-February 22, 2013) was a world-renowned conductor, invited to appear with top orchestras in Paris, London, Milan, Tokyo, Philadelphia, Vienna and Tel Aviv. With this box set we celebrate his memory, with five recordings of him conducting Mozart, Schubert, Haydn, Mendelssohn and Orff.

To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of noted German conductor Ferdinand Leitner, Profil Edition: Gunter Haenssler presents this wonderful 12 CD retrospective to honor his recorded legacy. Leitner became known primarily as a champion of opera, which is well represented in this collection, but the first four discs showcase his singular abilities as a conductor of orchestral repertoire, both symphonic and soloist-driven. Complete performances of operas by Cornelius, Wagner and Handel complete this fine tribute to Ferdinand Leitner - one of the greats.

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