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Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 8

Linn Records

$15.99 ~~$20.99~~ Save 25% Nov 01, 2024

Following a critically acclaimed recording of 'The Great', the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and it's conductor Maxim Emelyanychev continue their survey of Schubert's orchestral music with Symphonies Nos. 5 & 8. If the slender No. 5 looks back at Mozart - it was composed in 1816, the year Schubert discovered the composer's chamber music - the 'Unfinished' No. 8 is a daring foray that distances itself from Schubert's earlier symphonies. The programme closes with the Rondo in A major, D. 438, featuring the SCO's Leader, Stephanie Gonley, as soloist. Widely known for their spontaneity and sensitivity, the SCO and Emelyanychev are a match made in heaven when it comes to Schubert.

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Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 8
Linn Records Nov 2024
CD
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ORCHESTRAL WORKS

MDG

$32.99 Jun 21, 2019

Max Bruch bequeathed three violin concertos to posterity - but only one of them continues to be present in today's concert halls. The composer himself regarded his op. 58 in D minor as much more finely composed than the popular G minor concerto. This benchmark recording by Andreas Krecher and the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra disappeared from the catalogue many years ago, but now the D minor concerto is being re-released in an attractive double box featuring orchestral works by Bruch. Along with it's rarities repertoire, the phenomenal acoustic dimensions of the historic Wuppertal Stadthalle and MDG's legendary natural sound make this double album a musical feast for the ears. "Schon Ellen," a heroic ballad to a text by Emanuel Geibel, was one of the most frequently sung choral works during the nineteenth century. Even though Bruch had no qualms about transferring the action from the Indian colony to the Scottish highlands, the dramatic appeal is absolutely irresistible. The 'Swedish Dances' are a genuine discovery. Bruch unfolds an overpowering widescreen spectacle with a Nordic atmosphere in the two suites; with highly imaginative instrumentations and musical magic he evokes magnificent soundscapes. Bruch's Symphony No. 2 rounds off this program of rarities. In it Schmalfuss presents the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra as an ensemble that produces a big sound and outstandingly captures the slightly melancholy tone of Bruch's music.

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ORCHESTRAL WORKS
MDG Jun 2019
CD
$32.99

BARTOK: ORCHESTRAL WORKS VOL.1 - CONCERTO FOR ORCH

ONYX CLASSICS

$20.17 Jan 03, 2020

Onyx presents a new series from Thomas Dausgaard and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra that celebrates the scope and stylistic variety in Bartok's compositional output. Whether inspired by impressionistic or late romantic music or Gypsy music from the streets of Budapest, Bartok's music speaks to us with an irresistible vitality, passion, humor and compelling seriousness. This is apparent no more so than in his youthfully exuberant Suite No.1, recorded here for the first time in it's original uncut version. The suite is paired with his last completed orchestral work, the Concerto for Orchestra.

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BARTOK: ORCHESTRAL WORKS VOL.1 - CONCERTO FOR ORCH
ONYX CLASSICS Jan 2020
CD
$20.17

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Grieg: Orchestral Music, Vol. 2 - Orchestrated Piano Pieces
Naxos Mar 2007
CD
~~$19.99~~ $13.99

Great Comedy Overtures / Friedel, Scottish National Orchestra [blu-ray Audio]

Naxos AudioVisual

Blu-Ray

$8.49 ~~$16.99~~ Save 50% Apr 14, 2015

This is an audio-only (i.e., with no video content) Blu-ray disc playable only on Blu-ray players.

It is also available on standard CD.

The flourishing genre of the comic opera had its roots in eighteenth-century Italian opera buffa, whose irrepressible brio was soon taken up outside the country’s borders. In France it produced opéra comique and operetta, and in German-speaking countries Spieloper and Viennese operetta. Some of the world’s most popular comic opera overtures, filled with gorgeous tunes, brilliant orchestration and race-to-the-finish endings, are presented here. They include staples of the concert repertoire such as Hérold’s dramatic Zampa, the textual delicacy of Wolf-Ferrari’s Il segreto di Susanna and the vivid colour of Lortzing’s Zar und Zimmermann.

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Great Comedy Overtures / Friedel, Scottish National Orchestra [blu-ray Audio]
Naxos AudioVisual Apr 2015
Blu-Ray
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Hosokawa: Orchestral Works Vol 2 / Markl, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Naxos

$9.99 ~~$19.99~~ Save 50% Sep 09, 2014

Toshio Hosokawa is one of Japan’s most eminent living composers. The first volume in this series devoted to his orchestral works [8.573239] explores the idea of the blossoming lotus – “music as plant-like development and growth” – and continues here with Blossoming II for chamber orchestra. Woven Dreams traces the journey from womb to birth by employing techniques drawn from Gagaku, the ancient Japanese court music. Of Circulating Ocean the composer writes: “I am attempting to express in sound the flow and change of water... The ocean is for me the birthplace of life, a being possessed of infinite depth and expanse.”

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Hosokawa: Orchestral Works Vol 2 / Markl, Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Naxos Sep 2014
CD
~~$19.99~~ $9.99

SPANISH DANCES
Vox Jan 1993
CD
$19.99

Beamish: The Singing

BIS

SACD

$21.99 Oct 09, 2015

These works of Sally Beamish, composed 2003-12, highlight the inspiration she has found in her adopted homeland Scotland and its landscape and history, while also reflecting her interest in jazz and Scottish traditional music. Often collaboration closely with ‘her’ performers, the present disc’s the three concertante works are all played by the eminent soloists for whom they were written: James Crabb, Branford Marsalis and Håkan Hardenberger. Conductor Martyn Brabbins and the RSNO, an ensemble that has performed her works on several occasions, join the former two soloists.

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Beamish: The Singing
BIS Oct 2015
SACD
$21.99

Bacewicz, Lutoslawski & Szymanowski

Linn Records

$20.99 Apr 04, 2025

Music Director Thomas Sondergard conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in a programme showcasing three leading composers from twentieth-century Poland. Polish music was flourishing at that time, yet the country was going through unimaginable political turmoil, having to endure the Nazi and Communist occupations. Despite this, composers Szymanowski, Bacewicz and Lutoslawski reshaped Polish musical identity, each with their own language. Moving from her early neo-classical style towards something more complex, bold and colourful, Bacewicz wrote the defiant Overture for Orchestra in occupied Poland in 1943. In the sensual King Roger (1926), performed here in a new arrangement by Ian Farrington, Szymanowski blended late Romanticism with Mediterranean and Polish influences. Lutoslawski pushed Polish music beyond Romanticism, embracing folk traditions and modern techniques. His Symphony No. 3 (1983) became a powerful symbol of freedom in Poland and marked a key moment in his late symphonic style.

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Bacewicz, Lutoslawski & Szymanowski
Linn Records Apr 2025
CD
$20.99

Ciaramella Dances: On Movable Ground

Yarlung Records

$21.99 Oct 29, 2013

“From the nobility of Europe, to the petit bourgeoisie reading Thonoit’s Arbeau’s Orchesographie, to the already pregnant bride in Brueghel’s The Peasant Wedding, everybody danced their way through the rituals of life…. Their music, like their dance, reflected a delicate balance between the restraints of culture and convention, and ingenious flourishes of improvisation….”

– Adam Gilbert

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Ciaramella Dances: On Movable Ground
Yarlung Records Oct 2013
CD
$21.99

Tigranian: Armenian Folkdances - Mugam arrangements, Opp. 2,

Grand Piano

$19.99 Apr 12, 2019

Nikoghayos Tigranian belongs to the first generation of composers and folk song collectors who laid the foundation of an Armenian national style. Tigranian's piano transcriptions of folk dances is perhaps his most important legacy, emulating folk instruments and capturing and preserving colorful depictions of Armenian folk life that are simple in texture and rich with harmonic and melodic detail. His interest also extended to Persian improvisational vocal-instrumental poems or mugams; expressive pieces that influenced contemporaries and subsequent generations of composers. Mikael Ayrapetyan is a pianist composer and producer. He is also the founder and artistic director of the music project Secrets of Armenia, which aims to increase international awareness of Armenian classical music, and actively organizes concerts featuring Armenian music in venues around the world.

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Tigranian: Armenian Folkdances - Mugam arrangements, Opp. 2,
Grand Piano Apr 2019
CD
$19.99

Christmas Trilogy & Moon Dances
Cugate Classicos Latinos Jan 2017
CD
$13.99

The Gondoliers

Opus Arte

DVD

$34.99 Oct 03, 2025

The Gondoliers, the twelfth of fourteen operas from Gilbert & Sullivan, has been an audience favourite since it's 1889 premiere. The tunes are infectious, the romantic and family conflicts heartfelt, and the satire of rank and station constantly entertaining and relevant. This Scottish Opera co-production with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and State Opera South Australia is created by some of the world's foremost G&S enthusiasts and experts.

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The Gondoliers
Opus Arte Oct 2025
DVD
$34.99

Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 77; Folk Music from Scotland

Linn Records

$20.99 Jan 24, 2025

Following two highly acclaimed albums, the Maxwell Quartet rounds off it's Haydn mini-series with the composer's two Op. 77 string quartets, juxtaposed with it's signature pairing of Scottish folk music. The quartet, which has become known for it's 'infectious enthusiasm' and 'irresistible' playing (BBC Music Magazine), showcases it's compelling storytelling with Haydn's last foray in the genre. The two quartets balance and complement each other perfectly: one brilliant, enigmatic, youthful and light, the other considered, noble and with a certain degree of gravitas. The complementary choice of Scottish folk music is equally balanced, ranging from the joyful - The Marquis of Tullibardine, Captain Campbell's March, etc. - to the more sombre - Hector the Hero. The cleverly constructed programme epitomises Hatto Beyerle's aphorism (the Maxwell Quartet's mentor, and dedicatee of this album): 'In order to truly understand Haydn's music, you must first understand folk music.'

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Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 77; Folk Music from Scotland
Linn Records Jan 2025
CD
$20.99

Tippett: The Rose Lake, Ritual Dances / Hickox
Chandos Sep 2005
SACD
$21.99

The Dance
Vox Jan 1994
CD
$29.99

SPARTACUS

VIDEO ARTISTS INT'L

DVD

$29.99 Dec 02, 2003

Rounding out this trio of November releases is the famed 1977 Grigorovich setting of Spartacus starring Vladimir Vasiliev as the heroic slave who leads the unsuccessful revolt against the Romans. Again, from the New York Times chief dance critic.

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SPARTACUS
VIDEO ARTISTS INT'L Dec 2003
DVD
$29.99

Franck: Le Chasseur Maudit, Psyche, Les Eolides / Tingaud, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Naxos

$19.99 May 22, 2020

César Franck is perhaps best known for his organ works and late masterpieces such as the Violin Sonata. His Symphony in D minor has also been widely recorded and is often coupled with LeChasseur maudit, a work that ranks among his most popular and frequently performed orchestral works. Les Éolides and Psychéare more impressionistic in atmosphere, and much appreciated for their subtle orchestration and lyrical inventiveness. Jean-Luc Tingaud’s recordings for Naxos have always done very well, with Poulenc’s Les Biches (8.573739) given a 10/10 score by ClassicsToday.com, along with comments such as ‘Tingaud’s precise, clear-eyed direction is just what this music needs’. Vincent d’Indy’s Second Symphony (8.573522), also with the RSNO, was given a rave review by Fanfare: ‘This recording [by] Tingaud and his Scottish orchestra should absolutely fire up new interest in a composer who has been unjustly neglected. Very strongly, if not urgently, recommended.’ The Royal Scottish National Orchestra has a worldwide reputation for the quality of its recordings, receiving two Diapason d’or de l’année awards for Symphonic Music and eight GRAMMY Award nominations over the last decade. The RSNO’s numerous Naxos recordings include Roussel’s Symphony No. 2(8.570529) conducted by Stéphane Denève which gained the Gramophone ‘Editor’s Choice’.

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Franck: Le Chasseur Maudit, Psyche, Les Eolides / Tingaud, Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Naxos May 2020
CD
$19.99

Canadian Bagpipes And American Brass
Altissimo Jan 2002
CD
$18.99

Dance / Stephen Beus

Centaur Records

$17.99 May 15, 2020

Dance is the new album from pianist Stephen Beus. “Mesmerizing… explosive… intelligent… he belongs on the world stage” (Salt Lake Tribune). In the space of four months, American pianist Stephen Beus won first prize in the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, first place in the Vendome Prize International Competition (Lisbon) and he was awarded the Max I. Allen Fellowship of the American Pianists Association (Indianapolis). As a result of winning the Juilliard School Concerto Competition Mr. Beus made his Carnegie Hall debut with the Juilliard Orchestra and James DePreist, playing Prokofiev Concerto No. 3. He has also performed as guest soloist with the Gulbenkian Symphony (Lisbon), Oxford Philomusica, the Tivoli Symphony (Copenhagen), the Tbilisi National Opera Orchestra, the Northwest Sinfonietta (Seattle), the Royal Philharmonic of Morocco (Casablanca), the Vaasa Symphony Orchestra (Finland) as well as with the Hamburg, Indianapolis, Nashville, Santa Fe, Utah, Fort Worth, Tucson, Yakima, Bellevue, Salt Lake, Eastern Sierra, Corvallis, Jacksonville, Texarkana and Walla Walla Symphonies.

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Dance / Stephen Beus
Centaur Records May 2020
CD
$17.99

SYMPHONIC METAMORPHOSIS MATHIS DER MALER

HYPERION

$18.49 Dec 10, 2013

This album contains Hindemith's most popular orchestral works, including the Balanchine-choreographed Symphonic Metamorphosis, performed with lapidary precision and great empathy by Hyperion regulars the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins, who have proved themselves consummate interpreters of this composer. Countermanding his reputation a composer of grim, gritty music, this is Hindemith at his most genuinely enjoyable - as Gavin Plumley writes in his informative booklet notes, "Hindemith's music is both intelligible and intellectual, as entertaining as it is finely wrought."

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SYMPHONIC METAMORPHOSIS MATHIS DER MALER
HYPERION Dec 2013
CD
$18.49

Lully, Rameau, Rebel, Mozart, Gluck: Les caracteres de la danse - Du Bourgeois gentilhomme a Orphee / Goebel, Royal Opera Orchestra

Château de Versailles Spectacles

$20.99 Mar 11, 2022

French music owes a great deal to dance, from the survival of the Ballet de Cour in the comedies-ballets of Lully, to his tragedies lyriques, these compositions imposed the French choreographic model in Europe. Here is the sequel to Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, which in 1670 marked the peak of the Comédie-Ballet, when Louis XIV stopped dancing. With his Characters of the Dance in 1720, Rebel offers a work without sung text, the first maturity of the choreographic genre, before Rameau gives it a prominent place in Pygmalion, a sumptuous ballet act. When Gluck adapts his Orphée for Paris, he amplifies the danced parts with exceptional inspiration. Finally, Mozart integrates a vast French-style ballet into his Idoménée: the Chaconne is irresistible... Galvanizing the Royal Opera Orchestra, Reinhard Goebel's sharp baton stretches the arc of a century of French-style dance !

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Lully, Rameau, Rebel, Mozart, Gluck: Les caracteres de la danse - Du Bourgeois gentilhomme a Orphee / Goebel, Royal Opera Orchestra
Château de Versailles Spectacles Mar 2022
CD
$20.99

British Light Music Miniatures / Ernest Tomlinson

Marco Polo

$19.99 Dec 01, 1994

Includes work(s) by Anthony Collins (Classical), Mark Lubbock, Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, Benjamin Frankel, Vivian Ellis, Harry Dexter, Ken Warner, Gordon Jacob, Thomas Augustine Arne, Gilbert Vinter, Geoffrey Toye, Edward White, George Melachrino, Clive Richardson. Ensemble: Dublin RTE Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson.

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British Light Music Miniatures / Ernest Tomlinson
Marco Polo Dec 1994
CD
$19.99

Molvaer: Ibsen's Ghosts / Norwegian National Ballet [Blu-ray]

BelAir Classiques

Blu-Ray

$36.99 Jun 14, 2019

This Blu-ray Disc is only playable on Blu-ray Disc players and not compatible with standard DVD players.

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Are we ever honest enough to be unaffected by lies? This is the question asked by Henrik Ibsen’s drama Ghosts (Gengangere). Oswald Alving returns from a bohemian existence in Paris to small-town Norway. Encountering people who do not communicate, Oswald responds by becoming ironic and distant. He gradually learns more of the secrets that weigh on his family, as well as those inside himself. His mother, Mrs Alving, welcomes her much-missed son home – and slowly understands what, or whom, he has brought home with him. «Ghosts is a psychological thriller in which the characters learn more and more about their own stories,» says director Marit Moum Aune. «It’s about how the unsaid can grow to become insuperable. Immense courage is required to make peace with one’s illusions.» Together with the young, critically acclaimed choreographer Cina Espejord, she retells Ibsen’s play as a ballet. The pair feel the story is suited to dance because both its inner and outer brutality can be pitted against the power of dance. Ibsen’s Ghosts is an evocative production in a modern dance style. Nils Petter Molvær has composed new music, which he performs on-stage together with Jan Bang.

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Molvaer: Ibsen's Ghosts / Norwegian National Ballet [Blu-ray]
BelAir Classiques Jun 2019
Blu-Ray
$36.99

SLAVONIC DANCES

Telarc

$19.99 Feb 01, 1999

Yoel Levi & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra give lively yet poetic readings of these popular, spirited works for orchestra. Originally written as duo-piano pieces, the Slavonic Dances are among the most popular of Dvorak's works for orchestra.

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SLAVONIC DANCES
Telarc Feb 1999
CD
$19.99