ArtNr. GMCD 7424/25_INT

Zurich Sounds
A Commemoration of Zurich’s Music Born a hundred years ago by bringing together the City Library founded in 1623 with the Cantonal Library of 1835 the Zentralbibliothek Zürich opened its doors. This recording of chamber ...
Composer: Hermann Nägeli (1811-1872), Volkmar Andreae (1879-1962), Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee (1786-1868), Hermann Goetz (1842-1876), Hermann Nägeli, Johann Carl Eschmann (1826-1882), Otmar Schoeck (1886-1957)
Artists: Muriel Schwarz - Sopran, Ruben Drole - Bariton, Trio Fontane

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ArtNr. GMCD 7393

Ivr d'amour - Songs by Jules Massenet
Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (1842-1912) is best known for his operas Manon written in 1884, Werther in 1892, and Thaïs in 1894 and have remained firm favorites in the opera ...
Composer: Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Artists: Sally Silver (soprano), Richard Bonynge (piano), Gabriella Swallow (cello)

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ArtNr. GMCD 7382

Hommage à R.S.
Robert Suter, born in 1919, spent most of his life in Basel - a city renowned for its devotion to modern music. This CD presents both facets of his personality. ...
Composer: Robert Suter (1919-2008), Claudia Sutter
Artists: Claudia Sutter (piano, alto, sprechgesang), Leslie Leon (mezzo-soprano)

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ArtNr. GMCD 7373

Après un rêve - Lieder
This is a unique recital of lieder by composers who were contemporaries of one another whose music is likely to appeal to the same music-lover. Alongside relatively familiar songs by ...
Composer: Max Reger (1873-1916) Richard Strauss (1864-1949), Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949), Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924), Richard Strauss (1864-1949), Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876-1948), Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)
Artists: Sarah Maeder (soprano), Gérard Wyss (piano)

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ArtNr. GMCD 7366/67

Czeslaw Marek - Songs & Choral Music
The Polish composer Czeslaw Marek (1891-1985) is one of the most highly-regarded of musicians in his native land but his music has been rarely heard outside of Poland. This unjust ...
Composer: Czeslaw Marek (1891-1985)
Artists: Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), Jean Rigby (mezzo-soprano), William Dazeley (baritone), Krysztof Smietana (violin), Iain Burnside (piano), Philharmonia Chorus, David Hill (chorus master), Philharmonia Orchestra, Gary Brain (conductor)

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ArtNr. GMCD 7359

Michael William Balfe - Songs and Ballads Rediscovered
Michael William Balfe was an Irish composer, best-remembered for his opera The Bohemian Girl. After a short career as a violinist, Balfe pursued an operatic singing career, while he began ...
Composer: Michael William Balfe (1808-1870)
Artists: Sally Silver (soprano), Richard Bonynge (piano)

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ArtNr. GMCD 7348

Ancient Sorceries, Music for countertenor and recorder
The strong historical resonances of both the countertenor voice and the recorder have inspired these magical works, all with inventive colours and surprisingly varied textures. Richard Steinitz's Hymn to Apollo ...
Composer: Richard Steinitz (b.1938), Arthur Butterworth (b.1923), Stephen Hough (b.1961), Nicholas Marshall (b.1942), John McCabe (b.1939), John Gardner (b.1917), John Joubert (b.1927)
Artists: Nicholas Clapton - countertenor, John Turner - recorder, Jonathan Price - cello, Ian Thompson - harpsichord, Michael Harper - bells

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ArtNr. GMCD 7341

Remembrance of Things Past
Guild is pleased to present music by John Dowland combined with world premiere recordings of 5 new lute songs by Peter Croton, lute teacher at the renowned Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. ...
Composer: John Dowland (1563-1626), Peter Croton (b.1957)
Artists: Theresia Bothe (voice), Derek Lee Ragin (voice), Peter Croton (lute)

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ArtNr. GMCD 7308

God Be In My Head - Sacred & Secular Treble Solos

Composer: Bach/Gounod, Bennett, Britten, Britten, Caldara, Clarke, Fauré, Humfrey, Hurford, Lallouette, Mendelssohn, Orff, Sharpe, Shephard, Walford Davies, Warlock
Artists: Freddy de Rivaz - Treble Solo, Nicholas Robinson - Piano & Chamber Organ, James Davy - organ, Simon Johnson - Piano & Organ

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ArtNr. GMCD 7295

Denn Du bist Fern - Lieder von Johann Carl Eschmann

Composer: Eschmann
Artists: Yvonne Howard - Mezzo-Soprano, Richard Edgar-Wilson - Tenor, Kathron Sturrock - Piano, Niamh Molloy - Cello, Nicholas Korth - Horn

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ArtNr. GMCD 7286

Chamber Music and Songs by Hermann von Glenck

Composer: von Glenck
Artists: Nancy Ruffer - Flute, Levine Andrade - Viola, Jean Kelly - Harp, Louise Innes - Soprano, William Coleman - Bass/Baritone, Edward Rushton - Piano, Kalliopi Emmanuil - Piano, Isolda Crespi Rubio - Piano

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