Since you are interested in Peer Gynt - incidental music, Op. 23, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (both piano & orchestral versions) Vladimir Ashkenazy / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Australian Decca Eloquence / CD - released 23/May/2001 ] Two versions of this masterpiece: the original piano work and the Ravel orchestration. |
SCHUBERT
Rosamunde (complete incidental music) Rohanzig Yachmi (contralto) / Vienna State Opera Chorus / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Munchinger [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] "glows with an affectionate warmth... one of Munchinger's very best records... the VPO is at its magnificent best" (Penguin Guide) |
CHARLES IVES
Keeping Score - Revealing Classical Music - Ives's Holiday Symphony (includes concert performance) The San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas [ San Francisco Symphony / DVD - released 15/Oct/2010 ] Coming of age at the dawn of the twentieth century, Charles Ives saw the halcyon days of his youth fading fast. Not willing to let them go, he invented a striking new musical language to enshrine the feelings and ideals of a simpler time. |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Keeping Score - Revealing Classical Music - Shostakovich's Symphony No 5 (includes concert performance) The San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas [ San Francisco Symphony DVD / DVD - released 20/Jan/2010 ] Classical music historian Michael Tilson Thomas hosts this unusual glimpse into the life and work of seminal Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, which rests on an unusual historical footnote. As an added bonus, the program includes a full-length... |
STRAVINSKY
Keeping Score - Revolutions in Music - Stravinsky's Rite of Spring (includes concert performance) The San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas [ San Francisco Symphony / DVD - released 24/Mar/2007 ] G :- In this DVD, Michael Tilson Thomas and the musicians of the San Francisco Symphony take you from the salons of St. Petersburg to the villages where Stravinsky found inspiration in the earthly power of Russian folk music and dance. |
BEETHOVEN
Keeping Score - The making of a performance... Beethoven's Eroica. The San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas [ San Francisco Symphony / DVD - released 27/Jun/2005 ] Not all revolutions are political. Some overturn artistic conventions. Beethoven's Eroica challenged accepted notions of music as a kind of decorative background and brought the listener along on a gripping voyage into the unconscious. Beethoven... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Keeping Score - The making of a performance... Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony. The San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas [ San Francisco Symphony / DVD - released 27/Jun/2005 ] G :- MTT delves into the notes and symbols that make up Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony, and unlocks the drama, pathos, elation and despair within. |
JOHN ADAMS
Harmonium / The Klinghoffer Choruses San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, John Adams, Lyon Opera, Kent Nagano [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 18/Nov/2000 ] A new recording of an Adams favourite |
STEVE REICH / JOHN ADAMS
Variations for Winds, Strings and Keyboards / Shaker Loops San Francisco Symphony Orchestra / Edo de Waart [ Philips Originals / CD - released 15/Apr/2006 ] "Minimalism sounds good on CD. So hypnotic is the music's effect ... your attention can focus completely on the musical processes themselves." Gramophone |
IVES
Holidays Symphony (with Copland - Appalacian Spring) San Francisco Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas [ Avie / San Francisco Symphony / Keeping Score / CD - released 20/Mar/2010 ] This album is the companion concert recording for Keeping Score, the San Francisco Symphony's multi-media project on PBS, national public radio, web sites and education. |