Symphonies, solo concertos and chamber music

Morton Feldman
»The Viola in my Life IV« (1971)

Antoine Tamestit Viola
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
Francois-Xavier Roth Conductor

Recorded May 10th 2022

Leoš Janáček
»Des Spielmanns Kind« (1912)

Natalie Chee Violin solo
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
Francois-Xavier Roth Conductor

Recorded May 10th 2022

Richard Strauss
»Ein Heldenleben« op. 40 (1898)

Natalie Chee Violin solo
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
Francois-Xavier Roth Conductor

Recorded May 10th 2022

Richard Strauss
»Don Quixote« op. 35 (1897)

Jean-Guihen Queyras Violoncello
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
Francois-Xavier Roth Conductor

Recorded 18 January 2022

Jean-Philippe Rameau
Suite from »Les Indes galantes« (1735)

Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
Francois-Xavier Roth Conductor

Recorded 18 January 2022

Vito Žuraj
"Unveiled" Concerto for violoncello and orchestra (2020/2021). German premiere*

Jean-Guihen Queyras Violoncello
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
Francois-Xavier Roth Conductor

*A joint commission by Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Konzerthaus Berlin, ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna and Ljubljana Festival.

Recorded 18 January 2022

Alexander von Zemlinsky
Sinfonietta in B major op. 5 (1912)

Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
James Conlon conductor

Recorded 16 November 2021

Alexander von Zemlinsky
Sinfonietta (1934)

Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
James Conlon conductor

Recorded 16 November 2021

Igor Strawinsky
Divertimento from »Le Baiser de la Fée« (1928/24)

Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
François-Xavier Roth Conductor

Recorded 6 April 2021

Igor Strawinsky
Wind Symphonies (Symphonies d’instruments à vent) (1920/47)

Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
François-Xavier Roth Conductor

Recorded 6 April 2021

Igor Strawinsky
»Capriccio« for Piano and Orchestra

Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet Piano
François-Xavier Roth Conductor

Recorded 6 April 2021

Enno Poppe
»Kiss« Fanfare for twelve brass instruments (2020) Premiere

Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
François-Xavier Roth conductor

Recorded on 29 June 2021.

Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 2 in C major op. 61 (1845/46)

Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
François-Xavier Roth conductor

Recorded on 29 June 2021.

Johannes Brahms
Double Concerto a Minor for Violin, Violoncello and Orchestra op. 102 (1887) Original version

Torsten Janicke violin
Bonian Tian violoncello
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
François-Xavier Roth conductor

Recorded on 21 September 2021.

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 E flat Major, WAB 104 »Romantic« (1874)

Torsten Janicke violin
Bonian Tian violoncello
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
François-Xavier Roth conductor

Recorded on 21 September 2021.

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Violin Concerto in E minor op. 64 (1845)

Arabella Steinbacher violin
Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne
Lahav Shani Conductor

Recorded on 21 February 2021.

Béla Bartók
Music for String, Percussion and Celesta (1936)

Isabelle Faust violin
Peter Eötvös conductor

Recorded on 9 July 2021.

Peter Eötvös
»Alhambra« (2018) Violin concerto No. 3

Isabelle Faust violin
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
Peter Eötvös conductor

Recorded on 9 July 2021.

Olga Neuwirth
»Spraying Sounds of Hope« (2020) Dished up for Brass Ensemble and Percussion. Premiere

Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
François-Xavier Roth conductor

Recorded on 26 January 2021.

Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor (1854-57)

Kirill Gerstein piano
Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne
François-Xavier Roth Conductor

Recorded on 26 January 2021.

Márton Illés
TÉR-SZÍN-TÉR (2020) for orchestra. World premiere

SWR Experimental Studio Live Electronic
Thomas Hummel Sound direction
Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne
François-Xavier Roth conductor

Recorded on 26 January 2021.

Philippe Manoury
»Fanfare for Brass« World premiere

Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne
François-Xavier Roth Conductor

Recorded on 10 November 2020.

Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in C minor op. 37

Kristian Bezuidenhout Piano
Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne
François-Xavier Roth Conductor

Recorded on 10 November 2020.

Györgi Ligeti
»Poème Symphonique« for 100 metronomes

Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne
François-Xavier Roth Conductor

Recorded on 10 November 2020.

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 7
1. Movement

Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
François-Xavier Roth Dirigent

Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
François-Xavier Roth conductor

Recorded on December 10, 2019 at Cologne Philharmonie

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 5 C sharp minor (1901–1903)

Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
François-Xavier Roth conductor

Recorded on February 12, 2019 at Cologne Philharmonie

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 7 in C major op. 60 »Leningrad« (1941)

Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne
James Conlon Conductor

Recorded on 9 April 2019.

Sergej Prokofjew
Sonate C-Dur für zwei Violinen, op. 56 (1932)

Torsten Janicke Violine
Anna Heygster Violine

Eugène Ysaÿe
Sonate Nr. 3 »Ballade« (1923) in d-Moll

Torsten Janicke Violine

Bernard Andrès
»Algues«. Sieben Stücke für Flöte und Harfe (1988)

Alja Velkaverh Flöte
Antonia Schreiber Harfe

Igor Strawinsky
»Élegie« für Viola solo (1944)

Nathan Braude Viola

Igor Strawinsky
»Suite italienne« (1932)
Bearbeitung für drei Violoncelli von Georg Heimbach

Bonian Tian, Angela Chang, Georg Heimbach Violoncelli

Igor Stravinsky
»Three Pieces for String Quartet« (1914-18)

Jordan Ofiesh and Anna van der Merwe violins
Öykü Canpolat viola
Jee-Hye Bae Violoncello

Georg Friedrich Händel
Ouverture for »Musick for the Royal Fireworks« (1794). Arrangement by Matthias Höfs