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WILLIAM SCHUMAN
Symphonies Nos. 4 and 9 / Circus Overture / Orchestra Song Seattle Symphony Orchestra / Gerard Schwarz (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2005 ] "Recommended with all possible enthusiasm - thank you Naxos!" -- John Phillips, MusicWeb International, May 2005 |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Gerard Schwarz Collection Seattle Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Chamber Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos / 30 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2017 ] This remarkable collection of recordings celebrates the seventieth birthday of one of the world's leading conductors, Gerard Schwarz, whose career in music spans over half a century. |
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LUDWIG van BEEHOVEN
Beethoven - Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 5 'Emperor' Shoko Sugitani (piano) / Berliner Symphoniker, Gerard Oskamp [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 21/Oct/2008 ] |
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KRASA / LAITMAN
Brundibar / I Never Saw Another Butterfly Soloists / Northwest Boychoir / Music of Remembrance / Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] |
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ZOLTAN KODALY
Kodaly: Háry János Suite / Dances of Galanta (with Dohnanyi: Konzertstuck) Janos Starker (cello); Seattle Symphony Orchestra / Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Jul/2012 ] "The finale is the longest and most substantial…recalling earlier material and containing a cadenza and an ending which is the best, most moving part of an impassioned work. János Starker is the excellent soloist." MusicWeb |
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J. S. BACH
Bach, J.S.: Orchestral Transcriptions [by Respighi & Elgar] Ilkka Talvi (violin) / Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Feb/2012 ] "This is a delightful hour of listening, and for those of you who are weary of "historically-informed" Bach, this could be your disc of the year!...This might not be "authentic" Bach, but it is magnificent Bach. Explore" MusicWweb |
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WALTER PISTON
Piston: Symphony No.4 / Capriccio for Harp and String Orchestra / Three New England Sketches Therese Elder Wunrow (harp) / Seattle Symphony Orchestra / Gerard Schwarz, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 21/May/2003 ] "First-rate sound" (Rosette Penguin Stereo Guide) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Masterpieces for Symphonic Band, Programs 1-3 The United States Marine Band, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 16/Dec/2018 ] A unique collaboration: the All-Star Orchestra's Music Director Gerard Schwarz guest conducts the United States Marine Band. Founded by an Act of Congress in 1798, it is America's oldest continually active musical ensemble. Three programs feature... |
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PHILIP GLASS
The Concerto Project Vol 1: Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra / Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) Evelyn Glennie (timp) Jonathan Haas (timp) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ Orange Mountain Music / CD - released 28/Feb/2009 ] This is the first of a series of four CDs that Philip Glass and Orange Mountain Music have planned entitled "The Concerto Project, No. I-IV" Each disc contains two concerti. Omm0016 features Julian Lloyd Webber with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic... |
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TRADITIONAL
Jewish Music Of The Dance Alberto Mizrahi (tenor) / Barcelona Symphony, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Gerard Schwarz, Joseph Silverstein & Jorge Mester [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Feb/2007 ] "This is the best performed choral program I've come across in the Milken Series" Fanfare |
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DEBUSSY
Le compositeur et ses interpretes Various artists including Gerard Souzay, Arthur Rubinstein, Roger Desormiere, Pierre Monteux, etc [ AEON / 3 CD - released 10/May/2012 ] The 'Debussy, Music and the Arts' exhibition, organised by Paris's Musée d'Orsay, proposes to evoke the musician's major encounters with contemporary artists and poets. Paintings, drawings and pastels, along with first editions of Mallarmé, Gide, and... |
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Twelfth Night (Complete Text Dramatisation) Stella Gonet, Gerard Murphy & Full Cast [ Naxos / 3 CD - released 14/Nov/2016 ] Twelfth Night, first performed around 1600, probably at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, is the tale of separated brother and sister twins - Sebastian and Viola - and their love entanglements. It also offers the rich comic colours of Sir Toby Belch,... |
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ALESSANDRO STRADELLA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stradella: San Giovanni Battista (Oratorio in two parts) Catherine Bott, Christine Batty, Gerard Lesne / Les musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski [ Erato / CD - released 1/May/1992 ] Penguin Stereo Guide Rosette Recording |
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Emmy Rossum/Gerard Butler
O.S.T. - Phantom Of The Opera [ Sony Classical / CD - released 6/Dec/2004 ] |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Gerard Poulet (violin) Dominique Merlet (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Mandala / 4 CD Box Set - released 29/Dec/2001 ] "one immediately feels confident that he's in command, both technically and musically. He chooses consistently brisk or flowing tempos, but never sounds hurried, because his playing has such rhythmic poise" Gramophone (on Gerard Poulet's Bach) |
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Gerard Way
Hesitant Alien [ Warner / CD - released 26/Sep/2014 ] HESITANT ALIEN is the debut solo album from former My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way. Lyrically, Way wrote about what he knew at the time, "which was struggle, beginnings, finding a newness in the mundane and the abstract," he says. "I... |
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Gerard Way
Hesitant Alien [ Reprise Records / CD - released 29/Sep/2014 ] Debut solo album from Gerard Way, the former frontman of My Chemical Romance. This album takes a more alternative rock, britpop stance than the emo punk pop of his past. |
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Gerard Way
Hesitant Alien LP [ Warner / LP - released 26/Sep/2014 ] HESITANT ALIEN is the debut solo album from former My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way. Lyrically, Way wrote about what he knew at the time, "which was struggle, beginnings, finding a newness in the mundane and the abstract," he says. "I... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos Gerard Willems (piano) / Sinfonia Australis / Antony Walker (conductor) [ ABC Classics / 3 CD - released 11/May/2006 ] All 5 piano concertos performed by Gerard Willems on a Stuart & Sons piano. |
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Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum / Original Soundtrack
The Phantom of the Opera: Highlights [ Sony Classics / CD - released 29/Jan/2008 ] With a hit-laden score that includes such enduring favorites as "Music of the Night," "All I Ask of You," "Think of Me," and more, this is a wonderful collection of songs from the film produced in 2004. |