Recordings
Recordings
Lisztomania, our Institute's seventh compact disc, produced under our own label, was released in 2018. The programme presented on this compact disc is a compilation of recordings performed by Polish-Canadian pianist Mikolaj Warszynski at Convocation Hall in January 2017. Held on "Blue Monday", the so-called most depressing day of the year, the Wirth Institute presented a special concert performance of selections of Franz Liszt to highlight the therapeutic role music plays in mental health. This recording is a hybrid of the live piano recital at the University of Alberta's Convocation Hall on January 15th, 2017 and the subsequent studio recording sessions at the same venue. Donations raised from the Lisztomania concert and subsequent sales of this CD recording will continue to benefit mental health initiatives on the UAlberta campus.
Tales from the Dinarides and Folk Inspirations from Central Europe, our Institute's sixth compact disc, produced under our own label, was released in 2017. The programme presented on this compact disc is a compilation of live recordings made by the BTW Trio and features a specially commissioned title track composed by Russian-Canadian composer Airat Ichmouratov, first performed at the "Traces of Multiculturalism" conference in Wroclaw, Poland in 2016.
Stille Nacht: Christmas Carols from Austria, our Institute's fifth compact disc, produced under our own label, was released in 2014. The programme presented on this compact disc is a compilation of live recordings made by the Austrian Choir Heimatecho as part of our annual Silent Night Christmas concert series. The programme consisted of traditional Austrian Christmas carols performed by the choir and conducted and accompanied on the piano by Jeannie Park (2003-2004, 2006, 2008, 2010-2013), Tom Geddes (2002), and conducted by Vic Lavicka and accompanied on the piano by Anton Szabo (2009).
Our Institute's fourth compact disc, produced in co-operation with the CD label DOREMI under the title "Carl Czerny: A Rediscovered Genius" was released in December 2011. The programme presented on this 3-CD set consists of live recordings from our Institute's "Carl Czerny Music Festival" of June 2002 and features many world premiere performances of works by Czerny.
Our Institute's third compact disc, produced under our own label as part of a "Music of Central Europe" series was released in 2005. The programme presented on this compact disc came from a live recording made by the University of Alberta Concert Choir and Madrigal Singers and University of Alberta Symphony Orchestra on 28 October 2004. The programme consisted of Antonín Dvořák, Overture "My Home"Op. 62a (conducted by Tanya Prochazka), Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra in b minor, Op. 104 (conducted by Michael Massey with Tanya Prochazka, cello), and Te Deum, Op. 103 (conducted by Leonard Ratzlaff).
Our Institute's second compact disc, produced under our own label as part of a "Music of Central Europe" series was released under the title "Romantic Central Europe" in 2001. A piano recital by Magdalena Adamek, the programme constists of Carl Czerny, Etude melodieuse Op. 795, no. 3, Chanson sans paroles, in A flat major, from Op. 529, Franz Schubert, Moments Musicaux, Op.94 (D 780), Fryderyk Chopin, Polonaise in A flat major, 'Heroic', Op. 53, Two Mazurkas, Op. 41, Nos. 2 & 4, and Feliks Nowowiejski, Three Polish Dances, Op. 2, Backfischens Traum, Op. 5, Marsz PCK [March of the Polish Red Cross], Op. 23.
Our Institute's first compact disc, produced under its own label as part of a "Music of Central Europe" series was released in 2001. Devoted to Bedrich Smetana's Má Vlast (My Homeland), original version, 1874-75, and Leos Janácek's Moravské Tance (Moravian Dances) with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra conducted by Grzegorz Nowak, it was recorded live on 29/30 October 1999 at the Francis Winspear Centre for Music in Edmonton.