REGER: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart (1950 / 19

Schubert, F.: Die schöne Müllerin (Wunderlich)

Berlioz: Vocal Works With Orchestra

Bach, J.S.: Vocal Music (1953-1959)

This album features many extraordinary performances of 19th Century repertoire, but it also provides a glimpse of Schuricht's advocacy of 20th century composers such as Borish Blacher and Gunter Raphael. A bonus disc featuring Schuricht in rehearsal rounds out this second portrait of one of the 20th century's greatest conductors.

Today, the name of Arnold Mendelssohn scarcely ranks as a footnote in most musical textbooks; however, he played a seminal role in the revival of German church music. His love of polyphony, combined with his characteristic warm, late Romantic harmonic language imbues Mendelssohn's scores with a sense of otherworldly timelessness.

Paul Hindemith was an all-round musician, virtuoso violist, composer and educator. He mastered all the instruments of the orchestra to a more or less professional level of proficiency, all of which was more than adequate preparation for conducting too. He was strongly influenced in his conducting by Wilhelm Furtwängler, placing the highest value on the living tradition of interpretation. This release features his 1958 recording of Bruckner’s radiant Seventh Symphony; the mature master locating Bruckner’s achievements as a high point on the continuum between Bach and his own work.

Orff: Carmina Burana

The newest recording from the SWR Vocal Ensemble presents a stunning program of choral music by Alfred Schnittke. The polished excellence of the SWR Vocal Ensemble is a perfect match for Schnittke’s command of vocal composition. This recording is a must-have for both choral enthusiasts and contemporary music mavens.

Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

Vasks, P.: Gramata Cellam / Partita / Episodi E Canto Perpet

Rarely recorded Ballets by Tommasini, Milhaud, Sauguet + Exceptional richness of musical colors + First Class, rousing interpretations.

MOZART, W.A.: Symphonies (Essential), Vols. 1-6 (Norrington)

Starring Hartmut H ll, Hartmut H�ll, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

Vaughan Williams, R.: Mass in G Minor / Silence and Music /