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Oliver Knussen

Oliver Knussen - Great Recordings

Oliver Knussen

255 SONGS • 13 HOURS AND 55 MINUTES • JUL 06 2022

74
Matthews: Suns Dance (1984-85) - 2. Tempo giusto (Contrabassoon)
01:38
75
Mussorgsky: Boris Godounov - Symphonic Synthesis by Leopold Stokowski - 4. Siege of Kazan
01:38
76
Stravinsky: Requiem Canticles (1965-66) - Exaudi
01:38
77
Henze: Undine - Largo
01:46
78
Henze: Undine - 3. Moderato
01:47
79
Crawford Seeger: Three Songs - 2. Prayers of Steel
01:48
80
Henze: Undine - Finale. End
01:48
81
Stravinsky: Requiem Canticles (1965-66) - Lacrimosa
01:49
82
Matthews: Suns Dance (1984-85) - 7. Tutti (= 152)
01:49
83
Henze: Undine - 3.c Variation
01:51
84
Knussen: Higglety Pigglety Pop!, op.21 - or, There must be more to Life / Scene 6 - Lion - How black it is (Jennie, Lion, Baby) (New Version 1999)
01:52
85
86
Henze: Undine - Tranquillo
01:55
87
Lieberson: Three Songs for soprano and orchestra (1981) - 3. The reed is broken
01:58
88
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - Symphonic transcription by Leopold Stokowski - Bydlo
01:57
89
Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss - Allegro sostenuto (fig. 11)
02:00
90
Knussen: Where the Wild Things Are, op.20 - Fantasy opera in Nine Scenes - Max's Room - Pantom./Ariette 1:"In the wildest woods" (Max)
02:00
91
92
Takemitsu: Day Signal (1987) - Signals from Heaven I - Antiphonal Fanfare for two brass groups
02:03
93
Henze: Undine - 2 a. Allegretto
02:01
94
Knussen: Horn Concerto, op.28 - Intrada
02:02
95
Knussen: Whitman Settings, op.25a - 3. The Dalliance of the Eagles
02:02
96
Carter: Clarinet Concerto - Deciso
02:01
97
Matthews: Suns Dance (1984-85) - 5. Tempo giusto (Viola)
02:03
98
Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss - (fig. 27)
02:03
99
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - Symphonic transcription by Leopold Stokowski - Promenade 1
02:03
100
Henze: Undine - 9. Allegro assai
02:05
101
Knussen: Music for a Puppet Court, op.11 - 3. Antiphon after "Iste tenor ascendit...".
02:04
102
Carter: Clarinet Concerto - Agitato
02:04
103
Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss - D. Coda (fig. 181)
02:04
104
Lieberson: Three Songs for soprano and orchestra (1981) - 1. Listen and Hear
02:15
105
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - Symphonic transcription by Leopold Stokowski - Catacombae - Sepulcrum Romanum
02:06
106
Carter: Clarinet Concerto - Presto
02:07
107
Henze: Undine - 8. Andante
02:10
108
Carter: Clarinet Concerto - Scherzando
02:13
109
Henze: Undine - Lento
02:13
110
Knussen: Music for a Puppet Court, op.11 - 2. Toyshop Music after "tris".
02:14
111
Matthews: Suns Dance (1984-85) - 8. Poco meccanicamente
02:14
112
Henze: Undine - Finale. Allegro
02:15
113
Henze: Undine - 1. Lento
02:18
114
Matthews: Broken Symmetry (1991-92) - 8. Sostenuto ma agitato (Scherzo 3)
02:18
115
Mussorgsky: Boris Godounov - Symphonic Synthesis by Leopold Stokowski - 3. Monks chanting in the Monastery of Choudov
02:19
116
Matthews: Suns Dance (1984-85) - 4. Allegro assai
02:23
117
Henze: Undine - 1. Recitativo
02:23
118
Knussen: Where the Wild Things Are, op.20 - Fantasy opera in Nine Scenes - Second Sea Interlude - "I was very far to" (Max, Mama)
02:23
119
Stravinsky: Requiem Canticles (1965-66) - Postlude
02:24
120
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - Symphonic transcription by Leopold Stokowski - Gnome
02:25
121
Knussen: Higglety Pigglety Pop!, op.21 - or, There must be more to Life / Scene 5 - Baby - Baby, here is Nurse (Rhoda, Jennie) (New Version 1999)
02:25
122
Knussen: Higglety Pigglety Pop!, op.21 - or, There must be more to Life / Scene 3 - Cat - Interlude 1: The Journey to the Big White House (New Version 1999)
02:27
123
124
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - Symphonic transcription by Leopold Stokowski - Cum mortuis in lingua morta
02:28
125
Lieberson: Drala for orchestra (1986) - Invocation
02:34
126
Crawford Seeger: Music for Small Orchestra (1926) - 2. In roguish humor. Not fast
02:32
127
Stravinsky: The Flood (1961-62) - The Building Of The Ark (Choreography)
02:32
128
Crawford Seeger: Suite (1952) - 2. Lento rubato
02:33
129
Henze: Undine - 4. a. Andante molto
02:33
130
Matthews: Suns Dance (1984-85) - 11. Coda
02:34
131
Stravinsky: The Flood (1961-62) - The Flood (Choreography)
02:34
132
Knussen: Higglety Pigglety Pop!, op.21 - or, There must be more to Life / Scene 9 - Higglety Pigglety Pop! - Fanfare II - Higglety. Scene 2 - Rhyme 2 (Rhoda, Jennie, Cat, Pig, Lion) (New Version 1999)
02:36
133
Knussen: Whitman Settings, op.25a - 2. A Noiseless Patient Spider
02:37
134
Knussen: Whitman Settings, op.25a - 4. The Voice of the Rain
02:40
135
Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss - Prologue
02:40
136
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - Symphonic transcription by Leopold Stokowski - The Hut on Fowl's Legs
02:40
137
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - Symphonic transcription by Leopold Stokowski - Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
02:41
138
Knussen: Where the Wild Things Are, op.20 - Fantasy opera in Nine Scenes - Parting: "Fe...! Oh please don't go" (Wild Things)
02:41
139
Lieberson: Drala for orchestra (1986) - 1. Gathering
02:42
140
Wuorinen: A Reliquary for Igor Stravinsky (1974-75) - Variation continued
02:42
141
Knussen: Higglety Pigglety Pop!, op.21 - or, There must be more to Life / Scene 8 - Recognition - Interlude 2. The Ride to Castle Yonder (New Version 1999)
02:42
142
Knussen: Music for a Puppet Court, op.11 - 4. Puzzle II "tris".
02:43
143
Knussen: Where the Wild Things Are, op.20 - Fantasy opera in Nine Scenes - Transformation/Arietta 2: "I jump and bump" (Max)
02:43
144
Matthews: Broken Symmetry (1991-92) - 6. Vigoroso (Scherzo 2)
02:44
145
Knussen: Whitman Settings, op.25a - 1. When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer
02:44
146
Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss - Valse (fig. 78)
02:45
147
Stravinsky: Ode - Eclogue: Con moto
02:45
148
Wuorinen: A Reliquary for Igor Stravinsky (1974-75) - Lament
02:48
149
Matthews: Fourth Sonata (1974-75) - 4. Molto sostenuto (Part II (2))
02:55
150
Crawford Seeger: Rissolty Rossolty
02:56
151
Matthews: Broken Symmetry (1991-92) - 10. Feroce (Scherzo & Trio 4)
02:59
152
Knussen: Where the Wild Things Are, op.20 - Fantasy opera in Nine Scenes - Coronation: "... Eat you up" (Wild Things, Max)
03:04
153
Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss - Allegretto grazioso (fig. 132)
03:05
154
Knussen: Higglety Pigglety Pop!, op.21 - or, There must be more to Life / Scene 3 - Cat - You must be going to (Cat, Jennie) (New Version 1999)
03:04
155
Knussen: Where the Wild Things Are, op.20 - Fantasy opera in Nine Scenes - Mama - Scherzo A "Sshh! Sshh!" (Max, Mama)
03:06
156
Stravinsky: Requiem Canticles (1965-66) - Interlude
03:08
157
Henze: Undine - 5. Pas de trois
03:08
158
Crawford Seeger: Suite (1952) - 1. Allegretto
03:09
159
Knussen: Higglety Pigglety Pop!, op.21 - or, There must be more to Life / Scene 9 - Higglety Pigglety Pop! - Fanfare I - Higglety. Scene 1 - Rhyme 1 (Rhoda, Jennie, Cat, Pig, Lion) (New Version 1999)
03:03
160
Matthews: Broken Symmetry (1991-92) - 4. Tempo giusto (Scherzo 1)
03:09
161
Knussen: Higglety Pigglety Pop!, op.21 - or, There must be more to Life / Scene 5 - Baby - Who can help me? (Jennie, Baby's Mother) (New Version 1999)
03:09
162
Knussen: The Way to Castle Yonder, op.21a - The Journey to The Big White House
03:10
163
164
Knussen: Higglety Pigglety Pop!, op.21 - or, There must be more to Life / Scene 1 - Jennie - Why am I longing (Jennie, Potted Plant) (New Version 1999)
03:12
165
Knussen: The Way to Castle Yonder, op.21a - - The Ride to Castle Yonder
03:13
166
Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss - B. Adagio (fig. 166)
03:14
167
Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss - Moderato (fig. 120)
03:14
168
Henze: Undine - 8. Finale
03:14
169
Stravinsky: Faun and Shepherdess op.2 - La Bergère
03:16
170
Carter: Clarinet Concerto - Largo
03:01
171
Henze: Undine - 10. Vivace
03:16
172
Knussen: Horn Concerto, op.28 - - Envoi
03:17
173
Knussen: Where the Wild Things Are, op.20 - Fantasy opera in Nine Scenes - Sea Interlude
03:17
174
Crawford Seeger: Three Songs - 1. Rat Riddles
03:18
175
176
Takemitsu: Night Signal (1987) - Signals from Heaven II - Antiphonal Fanfare for two brass groups
03:24
177
Henze: Undine - 1. Moderato
03:20
178
Stravinsky: Faun and Shepherdess op.2 - Le Faune
03:22
179
Stravinsky: Abraham and Isaac (1962-63) - After These Things God Tested Abraham
03:23
180
Carter: Clarinet Concerto - Giocoso
03:24
181
Stravinsky: The Flood (1961-62) - The Covenant Of The Rainbow "A Covenant, Noah, With Thee I Make"
03:26
182
Stravinsky: Faun And Shepherdess Op. 2 - Le Torrent
03:27
183
Stravinsky: Ode - Epitaph: Lento
03:29
184
Henze: Undine - 5. Andante con moto
03:32
185
Henze: Undine - 4. b. = 44
03:32
186
Seeger: John Hardy (1940)
03:34
187
Stravinsky: Abraham and Isaac (1962-63) - And Abraham Lifted Up His Eyes And Looked
03:34
188
Crawford Seeger: Three Songs - 3. In Tall Grass
03:35
189
Knussen: Where the Wild Things Are, op.20 - Fantasy opera in Nine Scenes - Max alone: "I dreamed that once" (Max)
03:36
190
191
Knussen: Two Organa, op.27 - 2. Organum to honour the 20th anniversary of the Schoenberg Ensemble
03:41
192
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - Symphonic transcription by Leopold Stokowski - The Old Castle
03:41
193
Knussen: Where the Wild Things Are, op.20 - Fantasy opera in Nine Scenes - Max - Scherzino: "I'm Max! (Max)
03:42
194
Knussen: Higglety Pigglety Pop!, op.21 - or, There must be more to Life / Scene 6 - Lion - Quiet in there! (Jenny, Baby, Lion) (New Version 1999)
03:42
195
Stravinsky: Ode - Eulogy: Lento
03:45
196
Knussen: Higglety Pigglety Pop!, op.21 - or, There must be more to Life / Scene 8 - Recognition - Jennie! Jennie! (Rhoda, Cat, Pig, Jennie, Mother Goose, Lion) (New Version 1999)
03:48
197
Stravinsky: The Flood (1961-62) - Melodrama: "In A Worm's Likeness Will He Wend"
03:49
198
Mussorgsky: Boris Godounov - Symphonic Synthesis by Leopold Stokowski - 6. Death of Boris
03:50
199
Mussorgsky: Boris Godounov - Symphonic Synthesis by Leopold Stokowski - 5. Outside the Church of Saint Basil - The Idiot foretells the fate of Russia - The starving crowd ask Boris for bread
03:54
200
Crawford Seeger: Andante for Strings
03:58
201
202
Carter: Clarinet Concerto - Tranquillo
04:00
203
Lieberson: Fire for large orchestra (1994/95)
04:09
204
Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss - Doppio movimento (fig. 97)
04:01
205
Knussen: Higglety Pigglety Pop!, op.21 - or, There must be more to Life / Scene 2 - Pig - Hello little Lady (Pig, Jennie) (New Version 1999)
04:02
206
Knussen: Flourish with Fireworks, op.22 Tempo giusto e vigoroso - Molto vivace
04:01
207
Matthews: Fourth Sonata (1974-75) - 3. Part II (2)
04:13
208
Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss - Tempo giusto (fig. 51)
04:13
209
Wuorinen: A Reliquary for Igor Stravinsky (1974-75) - Reliquary
04:14
210
Knussen: Where the Wild Things Are, op.20 - Fantasy opera in Nine Scenes - The Wild Things - Recit/Musica interna "It must be" (Max, Wild Things)
04:15
211
Lieberson: Drala for orchestra (1986) - 3. Raising Windhorses
04:20
212
Stravinsky: Abraham and Isaac (1962-63) - And Abraham Took The Wood Of The Burnt Offering
04:21
213
Crawford Seeger: Suite (1952) - 3. Allegro possibile
04:22
214
Wuorinen: A Reliquary for Igor Stravinsky (1974-75) - Reliquary
04:24
215
Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina - Symphonic Transcription - Entr'acte (Intermezzo) - Act V
04:25
216
Knussen: Higglety Pigglety Pop!, op.21 - or, There must be more to Life / Scene 4 - Rhoda - Are you all right, Miss? (Rhoda, Jennie) (New Version 1999)
04:44
217
Mussorgsky: Boris Godounov - Symphonic Synthesis by Leopold Stokowski - 2. Coronation of Boris
04:47
218
Matthews: Fourth Sonata (1974-75) - 1. Beginning (Part I) = 60
04:50
219
Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss - Scène (fig. 205)
04:53
220
Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss - Berceuse Of The Eternal Dwellings (fig. 215)
05:01
221
Stravinsky: Variations (1963-64) - Aldous Huxley in memoriam
05:04
222
Knussen: Higglety Pigglety Pop!, op.21 - or, There must be more to Life / Scene 7 - Ash-Tree - Now I have nothing (Jennie, Ash-Tree) (New Version 1999)
05:10
223
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - Symphonic transcription by Leopold Stokowski - The Great Gate of Kiev
05:13
224
Knussen: Higglety Pigglety Pop!, op.21 - or, There must be more to Life / Scene 1 - Jennie - You have two windows (Potted Plant, Jennie) (New Version 1999)
05:14
225
Knussen: Higglety Pigglety Pop!, op.21 - or, There must be more to Life / Scene 5 - Baby - Yum, yum (Jennie, Baby) (New Version 1999)
05:15
226
Knussen: Where the Wild Things Are, op.20 - Fantasy opera in Nine Scenes - The Wild Rumpus: "Now stop!" (Max, Wild Things)
05:16
227
Lindberg: Aura - In memoriam Witold Lutoslawski (1994) - 4. Beginning crotchet = 144
05:17
228
Knussen: Horn Concerto, op.28 - - Fantastico
05:37
229
Del Tredici: Syzygy For Soprano, Horn, Chimes And Chamber Ensemble (1968) - Ecce puer
05:36
230
Henze: Undine - 11. Adagio
05:47
231
232
Lieberson: Raising the Gaze for seven instruments (1988)
06:12
233
Lindberg: Aura - In memoriam Witold Lutoslawski (1994) - 3. Beginning crotchet = 84
06:07
234
Matthews: Fourth Sonata (1974-75) - 5. Sempre molto legato e pianissimo (Part III)
06:09
235
Mussorgsky: Boris Godounov - Symphonic Synthesis by Leopold Stokowski - 1. Outside the Novodievichi Monastery - The people ask Boris for protection - Pilgrims are heard singing in the distance - They come closer and enter the Monastery
06:15
236
Lieberson: Free and Easy Wanderer for chamber orchestra (1998)
06:34
237
Matthews: Fourth Sonata (1974-75) - 2. Part II (1)
06:56
238
Crawford Seeger: Music for Small Orchestra (1926) - 1. Slow, pensive
07:21
239
Lieberson: Drala for orchestra (1986) - 2. Offerings and Praises
07:55
240
Lieberson: Concerto for four groups of instruments (1972/73)
08:18
241
Lieberson: Ziji for clarinet, horn, string trio and piano (1987)
08:30
242
Mussorgsky: Night On The Bare Mountain
09:23
243
Lieberson: Accordance for eight instruments (1975/76)
10:32
244
Takemitsu: How Slow the Wind (1991) for chamber orchestra
10:46
245
Carter: Symphonia: Sum Fluxae Pretium Spei - 3. Allegro scorrevole
11:38
246
Takemitsu: Archipelago S. (1993) for 21 players
12:06
247
Lindberg: Aura - In memoriam Witold Lutoslawski (1994) - 2. Beginning crotchet = 54
12:30
248
Takemitsu: Twill by Twilight (1988) - In Memory of Morton Feldman - for large orchestra
12:44
249
Lindberg: Aura - In memoriam Witold Lutoslawski (1994) - 1. Beginning crotchet = 72
12:57
250
Takemitsu: Dream/Window (1985) for orchestra
13:45
251
Lindberg: Engine (1996)
14:32
252
Takemitsu: Quotation of Dream (1991) - Say sea, take me! - for two pianos and orchestra
16:16
253
Carter: Symphonia: Sum Fluxae Pretium Spei - 1. Partita
16:26
254
Carter: Symphonia: Sum Fluxae Pretium Spei - 2. Adagio tenebroso
17:30
255
Del Tredici: Syzygy for soprano, horn, chimes and chamber ensemble (1968) - Night Piece
19:03
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