Puttin' On The Ritz
Liszt De Produndis
Slavonic Serenades
Hovhaness Celestial Fantasy
Antonin Dvorak
Johannes Brahms
Puttin' On The Ritz
(Music of the Grand Salon)
Performed by Millennium Symphony
Released: 2007
Label: ERM Media
- Tracks
- 1. Charleston (Mack & Johnson)
2. Anything Goes (Porter)
3. Cheek to Cheek (Berlin)
4. Embraceable You (Gershwin)
5. La Cumparsita (Rodriguez)
6. Clarinet Marmalade (Shields & Ragas)
7. What'll I Do? (Berlin)
8. Nola (Arndt)
9. My Hero (Strauss)
10. Night & Day (Porter)
11. Puttin' on the Ritz (Berlin)
Liszt De Produndis
Performed by Philip Thomson
Accompanied by the Hungarian State Orchestra
Released: 1991
Label: Hungaroton
- Tracks
- 1. Liszt De Profundis (Maxwel)
2. Schubert/Liszt Wanderer-Fantasia in C
3. Liszt Fantasy on themes from Beethoven's "Ruins of Athens"
Slavonic Serenades
Performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Released: 1996
Label: Dorian Discovery
- Tracks
- Anton Arensky Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky
1. Theme Moderato
2. Var. 1 Un poco piu mosso
3. Var. 2 Allegro non troppo
4. Var. 3 Andantino tranquillo 5. Var. 4 Vivace
6. Var. 5 Andante
7. Var. 6 Allegro con spirito
8. Var. 7 Andante con moto - coda
Josef Suk
9. Meditation on the Old Czech Carol, "St. Wenceslas" (Op. 35a)
Antonin Dvorak
10. "Notturno" from String Quintet in G (Op. 77)
Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov
11. Chanson triste
Alexander Glazunov Suite for String Quartet Op. 35 Arr. Stratton
12. I. Introduction and Fugue
13. II. Scherzo
14. III. Orientale
15. IV. Theme & Variations
16. V. Valse
Hovhaness Celestial Fantasy
Performed by the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
Released: 1998
Label: Dorian Recordings
- Tracks
- 1. The Holy City, Op. 218
Alleluia and Fugue, Op. 40b
2. I. Alleluia, Andante
3. II. Fugue, Moderato
4. Armenian Rhapsody No. 3, Op. 189
In Memory of an Artist, Op. 163
5. I. Fantasy on a Fourth
6. II. Allegro Vivo
7. III. Adagio Espressivo
Processional and Fugue, Op. 76, No. 5
8. I. Processional
9. II. Fugue
10. Celestial Fantasy, Op. 44
11. Armenian Rhapsody No. 3, Op. 51
Psalm and Fugue, Op. 40a
12. I. Andante
13. II. Fugue, Allegretto
Another contender here is in "Celestial Fantasy", played by the Slovak Radio Orchestra, Kerry Stratton conducting. The Alleluia and Fugue is full and beautiful with a warm, immediate sound (Dorian 93166). This release is my first recommendation for those wanting a good sampling of Hovhaness’s shorter works. Every piece is delicious, with first class sound and execution. Included are The Holy City; Armenian Rhapsodies 2 and 3; In Memory of an Artist; Processional and Fugue; Celestial Fantasy, and Psalm and Fugue. The disc would be well worth buying just for Processional and Fugue, which has not been recorded anywhere else; it’s divine. Celestial Fantasy a quiet, meditative work, is also on Delos 3157 and Crystal 508.
the listener’s companion"
by Alexander J. Morin
ISBN 0879306386,
published 2002,
Backbeat Books, page 359.
Antonin Dvorak
Performed by the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Released: 2002
Label: Universal Music
- Tracks
- Czech Suite, Op. 39
1. I. Preludium - Pastorale
2. II. Polka
3. III. Sousedská - Minuetto
4. IV. Romance
5. V. Finale - Furiant
6. Songs My Mother Taught Me
Arr. Kreisler
Serenade for Winds, Op.44
7. I. Moderato, quasi marcia
8. II. Minuetto. Tempo di minuetto
9. III. Andante con moto
10. IV. Finale. Allegro molto
Johannes Brahms
Performed by the Nuremberg Symphony
soloists Daniel Weiss (cello) and Jung Yoon Yang (violin)
Release: (pending)
- Tracks
- Violin Concerto D Major Opus 77
1. Allegro non troppo
2. Adagio
3. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace
Double Concerto for Violin and Cello Opus 102
4. Allegro
5. Andante
6. Vivace non troppo
