CAPRICCIO

Look, when they tell me that in my music I am mainly concerned about bringing a bit of nostalgia and lots of good humor and optimism, well, I think that's exactly how I'd like to be remembered: With...

When Toscanini encouraged Nino Rota to study at the Curtis Institute, where instructions by Fritz Reiner and a friendship with Aaron Copland awaited the precocious composer, it was already clear he...

'It simply cannot be gauged what music has lost with him' (Gustav Mahler) Hans Rott was a composer from Gustav Mahler's time who had been unknown or known only by name even to most pundits. Many...

'Yes, he is so related to my very self that he and I are like two fruits from the same tree, produced by the same soil and fed by the same air.' (Gustav Mahler) The premiere of the Symphony No. 1 in...

Salieri / Lencses / Balint / Budapest Strings Veneziana CD1. I. Allegro Moderato 2. II. Cantabile 3. III. Andantino 4. I. Allegro Sprituoso (Cadenza By R. Dohn) 5. II. Largo (Cadenza By R. Dohn) 6...

Scarlatti / Koopman Domenico Scarlatti: 16 Sonatas CD1. Sonata in C Major, K420 2. Sonata in C Major, K513 3. Sonata in C Major, K461 4. Sonata in C Major, K159 5. Sonata in a Major, K208 6. Sonata...

Schein / Kantorei / Max,Hermann Fontana D'Israel CD1. No. 1. O Herr, Ich Bin Dein Knecht 2. No. 2. Freue Dich Des Weibes Deiner Jugend 3. No. 3. Die Mit Tranen Saen 4. No. 4. Ich Lasse Dich Nicht 5...

This world premiere recording of Schmidt's Notre Dame is dominated not by Paris or Quasimodo, but by Esmeralda, played by Gwyneth Jones. She is the center of the stories which make up the plot and...

Schmidt / Juffinger Orgelwerke CD

Schmidt / Stancul / Rumpf Franz Schmidt: Variations On A Hussar'S Song CD1. Introduction 2. Theme and Variations Nos. 1-5 3. Lento 4. Variations Nos. 6-10 5. Variations Nos. 11-12 6. Variations Nos...

The seductive, addictive potential of this music can be heard and felt straight away. His film music, an important pillar of his livelihood, embodies almost everything that characterizes Schnittke's...

Alfred Schnittke as a composer of film music - that is a fact well known to anyone who has ever been concerned with Alfred Schnittke. However, only very few people are familiar with his actual work...