Egon Wellesz


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Egon Joseph Wellesz (21 October 1885 – 9 November 1974) was an Austrian-born British composer, teacher and musicologist, notable particularly in the field of Byzantine music.

ALBUMS


Egon Wellesz - Veles Ensemble*, Peter Cigleris, Gabriela Opacka-Boccadoro
Chamber Music
2023, CD, Toccata Classics, ,
Contemporary
Zemlinsky* · Wellesz* · Webern* · Kreisler* - Auner Quartett
Versinkende Sonne
2021, CD, Album, Gramola, ,
Modern
Berg* / Wellesz* - Emerson String Quartet, Renée Fleming
Lyric Suite / Sonnets By Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Op. 52
2015, CD, Album, Decca, ,
Modern/Romantic
Egon Wellesz, C. Goltz*, P. Schöffler*, F. Uhl*, S. Draksler*, K. Böhme*, L. Welter*, Miltiades Caridis
Die Bakchantinnen
2013, 2xCD, Album, Myto Historical Line, ,
Modern/Opera
Egon Wellesz - Whittlesey* · Eröd* · Hell* · Ensemble Kontrapunkte · Peter Keuschnig
Persisches Ballett • Four Songs Of Return
2010, CD, Album, cpo, ,
Modern
Egon Wellesz - Margarete Babinsky, David Frühwirth, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Roger Epple
Piano Concerto = Klavierkonzert - Violin Concerto = Violinkonzert
2010, CD, Album, Capriccio (2)
Wiener Oktett, Benjamin Britten, Egon Wellesz, Henk Badings, Marcel Poot, Paul Hindemith
20th-century Chamber Music
2010, 2xCD, Decca, Decca
Egon Wellesz, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien*, Gottfried Rabl
Symphonies 1–9
2008, Box, Comp + 4xCD, RE, cpo
Egon Wellesz, Artis Quartett Wien*
String Quartets No.3 Op.25 / No.4 Op.28 / No.6 Op. 64
2008, CD, Amb, Nimbus Records
Egon Wellesz - Margarete Babinsky
Das Klavierwerk (Gesamtaufnahme)
2006, 3xCD, Capriccio (2)
Egon Wellesz - Radio Symphonieorchester Wien*, Gottfried Rabl
Symphonies 1 & 8; Symphonischer Epilog
2004, CD, Album, cpo, ,
Modern
Egon Wellesz - Radio Symphonieorchester Wien*, Gottfried Rabl
Symphonies 3 & 5
2004, CD, Album, cpo
Egon Wellesz, Leopold Spinner, Berthold Goldschmidt, Peter Gellhorn, Vilem Tausky, Hans Gal, Mátyás Seiber, Franz Reizenstein, Karl Rankl - Ensemble Modern
Continental Britons (The Émigré Composers)
2004, 2xCD, Album, Nimbus Records, ,
Contemporary
Egon Wellesz, Regina Klepper, Sophie Koch, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Roger Epple
20th Century Portraits: Egon Wellesz
2004, CD, Album, Capriccio (2), ,
Romantic/Modern
Egon Wellesz - Radio Symphonieorchester Wien*, Gottfried Rabl
Symphonies 2 & 9
2003, CD, Album, cpo
Egon Wellesz - Radio Symphonieorchester Wien*, Gottfried Rabl
Symphonies 4, 6 & 7
2002, CD, Album, cpo
Egon Wellesz - Thomas Mohr (2), Michael Burt, Harald Stamm, Roberta Alexander, Claudia Barainsky, Michelle Breedt, Hans Aschenbach, Jörg Gottschick, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Gerd Albrecht
Die Bakchantinnen
2001, 2xCD, Album, Orfeo (2), ,
Modern/Opera
Kurt Weill / Egon Wellesz / Rudi Stephan - Stefan Tönz, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Jonathan Nott
Works For Violin And Orchestra
1999, CD, Album, Pan Classics, ,
Modern
Egon Wellesz, Andrea Duka Löwenstein, Radio Symphonie Orchester Wien*, Gerd Albrecht
Violinkonzert Op. 84 / Prosperos Beschwörungen Op. 53
1998, CD, Album, Orfeo (2)
Egon Wellesz - Karl-Andreas Kolly, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Howard Griffiths
Piano Concerto, Piano Works
1998, CD, Pan Classics, ,
Modern
Hans Gal / Egon Wellesz
Idyllikon / Präludien Für Klavier / Prosperos Beschwörungen
1985, LP, Amadeo, Österreichischer Musikrat, ,
Contemporary/Modern
Franz Schreker, Egon Wellesz, Christopher Norton-Welsh, Charles Spencer
Lieder Von Franz Schreker Und Egon Wellesz
1985, LP, Mono, Preiser Records,
Georgina Dobrée, Susan Bradshaw, Robert Schumann, Carl Reinecke, Xavier Lefèvre, Egon Wellesz, John Mayer
Recital For Clarinet And Piano
1984, LP, Chantry Records
Egon Wellesz
Musikprotokoll '82 - Steirischer Herbst
1983, LP, Promo, ORF
Robert Sylvester Plays Ysaye*, Crumb*, Wellesz*, Hindemith*
Robert Sylvester Plays Ysaye, Crumb, Wellesz, Hindemith
1974, LP, Album, Desto
Henk Badings, Egon Wellesz / The Vienna Octet*
Octet / Octet, Op. 67
1972
Wellesz* • Cerha* • Ligeti* • Dimov* • Hauer*
Steirischer Herbst (Eine Dokumentation Aus Den Musikprotokollen 1969)
LP, Amadeo
Various
Ancient & Oriental Music (Volume I Of The History Of Music In Sound)
1961
Various
Ancient & Oriental Music (Volume I Of The History Of Music In Sound)
1957

APPEARANCES +


Emerson String Quartet
The New Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon
2023, 55x CD, Box Set, ,
Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern
Simon Wallfisch, Edward Rushton
Gesänge Des Orients
2018, CD, Album, Nimbus Records
Konrad Huber, Volker Nemmer
Fahrende Gesellen: Ein Zeitreise
2018, CD, Album, Light Noise Records
Setareh Najfar-Nahvi, Theresia Schumacher
Exiled Music: Works For Violin And Piano From The 20th And 21st Centuries
2017, CD, Album, Austrian Gramophone
Pranciškus Narušis*
Laiko Ornamentai (Iš Praeities Į Praeitį...)
2010, 2xCD, Comp, Enh, RM, Vieno Aktoriaus Teatras, Vieno Aktoriaus Teatras, Vieno Aktoriaus Teatras
Arnold Schönberg*, Steffen Schleiermacher
The Viennese School - Teachers & Followers 1. Viennese Followers
2007, CD, Album, Musikproduktion Dabringhaus Und Grimm
Nelly (Pétro) Van Doesburg* – Peter Beijersbergen van Henegouwen
Repetoire De Stijl : Bauhaus : Dada
2007
The English Chamber Choir, Cappella Romana
Celebration - Veneration - Lamentation: Music For The 21st International Byzantine Congress 2006
2006, CD, Smplr, The Classical Recording Company, ,
Choral/Medieval/Oratorio
Elisabeth Klein
Piano Music From The Weimar Republic
2003, 2xCD, Comp, Classico
Roger Judd
Roger Judd Plays The Organs Of St. Laurenskerk, Rotterdam
2002, CD, Album, Priory, ,
Baroque/Contemporary/Modern/Romantic/Organ
Klaudyna Broniewska , Violine ⦁ Martin Schmeding , Orgel ⦁ Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt ⦁ Nikos Athinäos ⦁ Jürgen Bruns ⦁ Christoph Campestrini
Expressionismus
2002, 2xCD, Signum, ,
Modern
David Frühwirth, Henri Sigfridsson
Trails Of Creativity (Music From Between The Wars, Vienna-Berlin-London 1918-1938)
2002, 2xCD, Avie Records
Georg Hamann, Janna Polyzoides
Viola. Music By Austrian Composers 1930 - Present Day
1991, CD, Album, Partita (3)
James Campbell (6) With John York
James Campbell, Clarinet With John York, Piano
1978, LP, Crystal Records (5)
Various
Ancient And Oriental Music
1961
Various
The Symphonic Outlook (Volume VII Of The History Of Music In Sound)
1957, LP, Album, Mono, His Master's Voice, ,
Baroque/Classical
Various
The Symphonic Outlook - Volume VII Of The History Of Music In Sound
1957, LP, Album, His Master's Voice
Leopold la Fosse, James Avery
Twentieth-Century Austrian Music For Violin And Piano
LP, Orion,
Various
History Of Music In Sound - Volume VII. The Symphonic Outlook, 1745-1790
3xLP, Comp, RCA Victor Red Seal
Various
The Symphonic Outlook - Volume VII Of The History Of Music In Sound
Wiener Oktett
The Decca Recordings
2023, 27xCD, Comp, Mono, RM + Box, Ltd, Decca
Emerson String Quartet
Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon
2016, ,
Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern
Eugenie Russo
Crossing Borders
2015, CD, Album, Orlando Records (4)
Various
Verbotene Klänge. Komponisten Im Exil
2004, 3xCD, Album, Capriccio Digital
Various
La Belle Est Au Jardin D'Amour
2001, 2xCD, Comp, Universal, ,
Modern/Contemporary
Peter Beijersbergen van Henegouwen
Pianomuziek Uit Het Repertoire Van Pétro van Doesburg
2000
Georgina Dobrée
This Green Tide
1995, CD, Album, Clarinet Classics,