Honegger Archive
Koussevitzky Conducts Barber, Honegger, Brahms – Boston Symphony Orchestra – Pristine Audio
Pristine Audio continues with the Koussevitzky restorations…!
Hinrich Alpers – RAVEL: Complete Piano Works – Honens (2 CDs)
The piano music of Maurice Ravel has a powerful acolyte in Hinrich Alpers.
Yevgeny Mravinsky, cond. = BARTOK: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; HONEGGER: Symphony No. 3 “Liturgique”; STRAVINSKY: Agon – Leningrad Philharmonic Orch./ Yevgeny Mravinsky – Praga Digitals
Three archive recordings conducted by Yevgeny Mravinsky during the second half of the ’60s, remastered to stereo SACD.
Yevgeny Mravinsky, cond. = BARTOK: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; HONEGGER: Symphony No. 3 “Liturgique”; STRAVINSKY: Agon – Leningrad Philharmonic Orch./ Yevgeny Mravinsky – Praga Digitals
Yevgeny Mravinsky and his loyal Leningrad Philharmonic indulge their potent talents upon three modern works of enduring quality.
Reiner Rarities, Vol. 3 = Works of DEBUSSY, RAVEL, BERLIOZ, HONEGGER – Pristine Audio
A third installment of Reiner Rarities grants us some exquisite French repertory, lovingly restored.
“Belle Nuit” = (TrackList Follows) – Kathryn Goodson, piano/Randall Hawes, Bass trombone/Timothy McAllister, & Donald Sinta, sax/Gail Williams, horn – Navona (2 CDs)
Like being in a French café!
HONEGGER: Symphonies Nos. 2 & No. 4 “Deliciae Basiliensis” Sinfonieorchester Basel/ Dennis Russell Davies – Sinfonieorchester Basel
Two Honegger symphonies to celebrate and enjoy for both performance and sound.
“YVES RAMETTE, Cascading into Reverie: Works for Piano & Works for Orchestra” = Variations on a Theme of Honegger; Naïades; Pastels; Fontaines et Cascades; Sonate; Humoresque; Prélude, Fugue et Postlude; Sym. No. 3; Sym. No. 5, “Hymn for Life” – Eric Himy, p./ Czech Radio Sym. Orch./ Vladimir Válek / Netherlands Radio Phil. Orch./ Jan Stulen – Navona
The Fifth Symphony and especially the piano works are worth hearing.
HONEGGER: Symphony No. 2; HENRI LAZAROF: Concerto for Orchestra No. 2, “Icarus”; Poema for Orch. – Seattle Sym./ Gerard Schwarz – Naxos
Two modern composers’ reactions to themes of tragedy and triumph.
HONEGGER: Symphony No. 1 in C Major; Symphony No. 3 “Liturgique” – Sinfonieorchester Basel/ Dennis Russell Davies – SOB
The iconoclastic member of Le Six, Arthur Honegger, has two symphonies rife with 20th century angst, brilliantly realized by the Basel Symphony Orchestra.
FRANK MARTIN: Concerto for Cello and Orch.; HONEGGER: Concerto for Cello and Orch.; OTHMAR SCHOECK: Con. for Cello & String Orch. – Christian Poltéra, cello / Malmö Sym. Orch. / Tuomas Hannikainen – Bis
Three very different Swiss composers turn their attention to the cello with striking results.
ALLAN PETTERSSON: Symphony No. 1; Symphony No. 2 – Norrköping Sym. Orch./ Christian Lindberg – BIS (CD + DVD)
A remarkable completion of the composer’s First Symphony, but the work itself might prove too challenging for many.
“Music for Two Pianos” – DEBUSSY: En blanc et noir; Jeux; Lindaraja; RAVEL: Entre cloches; Rapsodie espagnole; La Valse – Vladimir & Vovka Ashkenazy – Decca “Piano Duets” – ANTON LISTE: Grande Sonate (4 hands); HONEGGER: Pastorale d’eté; HANS SCHAEUBLE: Los Caprichos; FRANK MARTIN: Pavane couleur du temps – See Siang Wong & Hans Adolfsen – Guild
A fine pair of two-piano albums; one with a 4-hand work.
HONEGGER: Jeanne d’Arc au Bucher – Vera Zorina, narrator/ Frances Yeend & Carolyn Long, sop./ Martha Lipton, mezzo-soprano/ David Lloyd, tenor/ Kenneth Smith, bass-bar./ Temple University & St. Peter’s Boys' Choir/The Philadelphia Orchestra/ Eugene Ormandy – Pristine
The 1952 performance of Honegger’s ardent oratorio benefits from the presence of Vera Zorina, who set the mark for devotional ardor in the title role.
ARTHUR HONEGGER: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 – Suisse Romande/ Ernest Ansermet – HDTT
Two of the Swiss composer’s greatest symphonies, in excellent hi-res reissue from the original 1968 LP.
Gilles Vonsattel plays RAVEL, DEBUSSY & HONEGGER – Honens
A youthful virtuoso proves himself a master colorist in Gallic and Swiss repertory that shares a penchant for diaphanous textures and rhythmic complexity.
French Orchestral Music = CHAUSSON: Symphony in B flat; FAURE: Pelleas et Melisande Suite; HONEGGER: Rugby; Pacific 231; Pastorale d’Ete – Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Netherlands/Jean Fournet – Regis
A defining disc of great French music with spacious sound and performances by the underrated conductor Jean Fournet.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
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