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2026 Releases

KJELL FLEM

Piano Concerto (1992) · Cello Concerto (2005)
Oliver Triendl, piano · Benedict Kloeckner, cello · Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin · Markus L. Frank

C5565 [06/2026] PC: 21 UPC: 845221055657

A student of Einar Englund and Einojuhani Rautavaara, Kjell Flem has been active in the Norwegian music community as a composer, organist, pianist, music teacher and critic for many years. His relatively small number of compositions is founded on traditional forms, creating an atmospheric ambience deeply rooted in the natural landscape of his homeland. Flem's creative process extends over a long period of time as, in his own words, truly magical moments of inspiration are rare.

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NOSKOWSKI

Zygmunt Noskowski (1846 - 1909): Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Viotti · String Quartet No. 2 · Humorous Quartet
Meccore String Quartet

C5559 [06/2026] PC: 21 UPC: 845221055596

Zygmunt Noskowski, the influential Polish conductor and composer, is perhaps better remembered for his role as a teacher and mentor to later luminaries such as Karol Szymanowski and Mieczysław Karłowicz – and for his connection to Stanisław Moniuszko – than for his own compositions. Yet for much of the 19th century, he was Poland’s leading exponent of modern music and his works are central to the Polish tradition. After the Capriccio recordings of his Symphonies (CD C5509 and C5547) this album presents some of his string quartets and shows us again a veritable picture book of Polish romanticism.

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Johanna Senfter (1879-1961)

Symphony No. 1 in F major Op. 22 (1914) · Symphony No. 9 in E flat minor, Op. 117 (1949)
Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz · Chelsea Gallo

C5555 PC: 21 UPC: 845221055558

The German composer Johanna Senfter was a student of Max Reger, who recognized her musical talent and encouraged her to pursue advanced studies in his composition class in Leipzig, which she completed with distinction in 1909. In 1910, she was awarded the Arthur Nikisch Prize for the best student composition of the year. Born into a well-to-do industrial family, she was financially independent and able to devote herself entirely to her creative work throughout her life. In addition to numerous chamber music pieces, she left behind nine symphonies. From the youthful "Sturm und Drang" of her first symphony (1914) to the thoughtfully moving ninth (1949), composed after two world wars, the development of her musical language can be discovered here with this world premiere recordings.

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PAUL BÜTTNER

Symphony No. 3 (1915) Symphony No. 4 (1917-19)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin · Christopher Ward

C5554 [04/26 release] PC: 21 UPC: 845221055541

Paul Büttner was born in Dresden in 1870 and studied violin and oboe there at the Conservatory. Over the years Büttner could increasingly establish as a fantastic musician in Dresden. But he stayed virtually completely unknown before 1915, when famous Arthur Nikisch premiered his Symphony No. 3. Since that, Büttner was named one of the greatest and most important contemporary symphonists in succession to Brahms and Bruckner. His Symphony No. 4 from 1917 continued the success and was performed by many different orchestras. In 1933 his music was marked as "unwanted" and the regime deleted him completely from the public music culture.

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Max Meyer-Olbersleben

The Pupils of Franz Liszt - 3
Nina Karmon · Roland Glassl · Benedict Kloeckner · Oliver Triendl

C5424 PC: 21 UPC: 845221054247

Max Meyer-Olbersleben, born in 1850 in Olbersleben, Thuringia, studied at the Weimar Orchestral School under Franz Liszt, and later at the Royal Music School in Munich under Gabriel Josef Rheinberger and Peter Cornelius. He settled in Würzburg as a professor of counterpoint and composition and served as director of the Royal Conservatory of Music until his retirement in 1920. During his lifetime, 114 works were published, primarily smaller forms such as choral works, songs, and piano pieces. Through his studies in Weimar and Munich, Meyer-Olbersleben was familiar with both the traditionalist and the new German musical language of that era, and thus the chamber music gems recorded here for the first time bear witness to profound Romantic sensibility and the spirit of a new musical awakening.

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L. Kashperova

Leokadiya Kashperova (1872-1940) · Piano Concerto Op. 2 Symphony Op. 4
Oliver Triendl Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin · Anna Skryleva

C5549 [03/2026] PC: 21 845221055497

She was Igor Stravinsky's piano teacher and studied herself with Anton Rubinstein. But to this day, her compositions have remained in the shadow of the great male masters. A fate that many women of this era share with her. Although her oeuvre is nowhere near as comprehensive as that of her composing colleagues, these few works still demonstrate incredible talent, mature skill and a deeply romantic Russian sound language that is so typical of this time.

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Hindemith: Cardillac

Tomasz Konieczny · Vera-Lotte Boecker · Wolfgang Bankl · Herbert Lippert
Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper · Cornelius Meister

2CD · C5530 · [02/2026] PC: 22 UPC: 845221055305

Paris is gripped by fear. A series of murders is leaving a bloody trail through the city. We are talking about E.T.A. Hoffmann's story "Das Fräulein von Scuderi," published in 1819 and often cited as one of the earliest German crime stories. And even though the story is set in the Paris of the time of Louis XIV, the work has a deeply romantic quality, driven by a fascination with genius, coupled with dark passions and terrible crimes. In 1925, Hindemith came into contact with the publicist and poet Ferdinand Lion. To Lion's libretto, influenced by New Objectivity, Paul Hindemith set music that, for all its modernity, consciously takes up historical forms and brings them into play in a neo-baroque manner. The highly acclaimed, star-studded series of performances by the Vienna State Opera is hereby released for the first time as a gripping live recording.

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HK GRUBER

Piano Concerto · Short Stories from the Vienna Woods
Frank Dupree · ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra · HK Gruber

C5536 [02/2026] PC: 21 8452210555367

At over 80 years old, the ever agile and energetic HK Gruber has become an integral part of the
music scene – not only in Austria. As a composer, chansonnier and music educator with constructive depth and his distinctive, ironical jokes, he reliably amazes, moves, and evokes laughter in his audiences, far removed from the contrived, mathematical, contemporary musical art. His genre-spanning works are audible, vibrant journeys through the incredible diversity of music history, thus shaping his own, entirely unmistakable style. In Frank Dupree and the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, he finds his ideal partners, who skillfully realize this distinctive musical language.

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