Dallas

Prokofiev: Scythian Suite; Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps (The Rite Of Spring) is a 1991 album by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Eduarto Mata. This was released by Dorian Recordings.

On this pristine audiophile recording, conductor Donald Johanos leads the Dallas Symphony Orchestra through Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances for Orchestra - a suite that stands among the composer's most inventive and virtuosic works.

James Richman and the Dallas Bach Society, joined with the New York Baroque Dance Company bring to you a rare gem in the form of Chapentier’s ‘Les Arts Florissants’ which he labelled as both Idyle en musique and Opéra. The story depicts the eponymous arts and two warriors drawn into a conflict between the central characters of the story, Peace and Discord. A struggle ensues and Discord with his Furies gain an upper hand. Eventually, an arbiter intercedes on behalf of Peace, the god Jupiter ends the dispute with a flurry of rightous thunderbolts and pushes Discord and his followers back, allowing Peace to flourish once more. This work was written in 1685 as best as can be judged, and thus was subject to the Royal Patent for opera held by Lully. Although Lully by the grace of King Louis XIV had monopolised the opera scene, Charpentier persevered with his complete opera ‘Médée’.

One of RR’s all-time bestsellers, and an audiophile touchstone, is Pomp & Pipes!, our first foray into the magnificent repertoire for organ and wind band. In the fourteen years since, we’ve had many requests for “more!”, and here it is, a program that’s at least as exhilarating.

The Dallas Bach Society joined with their director and prominent harpsichordist James Richman provide a masterful debut recording with Onyx Classics, Handel’s ‘Messiah’, a new edition provided by Malcolm Bruno based on the original 1741 score. Handel had composed the work at an astounishing pace, spending less than a month in the summer of 1741. At its premiere in Dublin, over 700 patrons overcrowded the Musick hall, with the ladies had been requested to dress ‘without hoops’ in help make room. The Messiah was an instant hit and is established as Handel’s greatest works.