Bernstein, Leonard > Compact Disc

Waitin' for Benny: A Tribute to Benny Goodman - Clarinet Sonatas of Poulenc and Bernstein; Gershwin: 3 Preludes; Stravinsky: 3 Pieces et al. / Julien Hervé, clarinet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-04-30

Works: Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; Leonard Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; George Gershwin: Preludes (3) for piano; Igor Stravinsky: Pieces (3) for Clarinet solo; Morton Gould:...
Performers: Green, Ying-Lai [Double Bass]; Herve, Julien; Lovett, Maud; Sugitani, Jean-Hisanori [Piano]

Renowned as a virtuoso jazz clarinetist and legendary bandleader, Benny Goodman is also remembered for the works he commissioned from leading composers of his day....continue...
Recording information: Conservatoire de Paris (07/25/2011-07/28/2011)....continue...

Bernstein: On the Town / Frederica von Stade, Thomas Hampson, Samuel Ramey, Cleo Laine, David Garrison. Michael Tilson Thomas

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-04-02

Works: Leonard Bernstein: On the Town
Performers: Barrett, Michael; Benson, Lindsay; Collins, Stewart; Garrison, David; Harrison, Thomas; Ollmann, Kurt; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

First choice, Deutsche Grammophon's new original album series, continues and offers 10 appealing new titles. This is the third batch of 10. Earlier releases have...continue...
Recording information: Barbican Centre, London (06/1992)....continue...

The Golden Age of Light Music: Three Great American Light Orchestras - The orchestras of Percy Faith, David Rose and Paul Weston

1 CD / Guild / 2013-03-12

Works: Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; Rudi Revil: Petite (Mon Petit Monde a Moi); Percy Faith: The Last Dance, for pops orchestra; Go-Go-Po-Go; Xavier Cugat: My Shawl; Charles Trénet: La Mer (Be...
Performers: Turner, Ray
Conductors: Faith, Percy; Rose, David; Weston, Paul

Leonard Bernstein: Transcriptions for Wind Band - On the Waterfront; On The Town; Candide et al. / University of South Carolina Wind Ens.

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-02-26

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Fanfare for the inauguration of J. F. Kennedy, for brass ensemble; Candide; On the Waterfront; Dance Episodes (3) from "On the Town", for orchestra; Divertimento for Orchestra
Conductors: Weiss, Scott
Ensemble: University of South Carolina Wind Ensemble

A disc of exciting wind band transcriptions from the award-winning University of South Carolina Wind Ensemble....continue...
Recording information: Koger Center for the Performing Arts, Columbia, South C (10/20/2011-10/23/2011)....continue...

Souvenirs

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2013-02-26

Works: Joseph Kosma: Autumn Leaves (Les feuilles mortes), for voice & piano; Astor Piazzolla: Enrico IV; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in C minor for violin, oboe, strings & continuo (reconstructed from H...
Performers: Doherty, Diana; Evans, Alice; McDonald, Anna
Conductors: Summerbell, Mark;
Ensemble: ; Sinfonia Australis

Recording information: Eugene Goossens Hall at the Australian Broadcasting Cor (2002-07-17_2002-07-20&2002-)....continue...

Amore: The Opera Album

1 CD / Universal Import / 2013-02-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Nabucco; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Les Pecheurs de Perles; Jules Massenet: Werther; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Um...
Performers: Cottle, Lawrence; Jason, Neil; Johnson, Bashiri [Percussion]; Watson, Russell
Conductors: Ingman, Nick; Hayward, William; Dodd, Nicholas; Lubbock, John

Personnel: Russell Watson (tenor)....continue...

Essential Choral - Over 2 hours of uplifting classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D, RV 589; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Magnificat in D, BWV 243; Cantata no 140; Mass in B minor; George Frederick Han...
Performers: Barley, Peter; Bell, David [Organ]; Beniston, Paul; Bowley, John; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Garcia, Jose Luis; Harper, Heather; Harrhy, Eiddwen; Lott, Felici...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Willcocks, David; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Welser-Möst, Franz; Neumann, Peter; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Muti, Riccardo; Tennstedt, Klaus; Pappano, Antonio;...

This collection of popular choral classics starts with some of the glories of the Baroque era by some of its greatest composers like Vivaldi, Handel...continue...

Essential 20th Century Classics - Over 2 hours of captivating modern classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus; Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; C...
Performers: Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Currie, Colin; Devos, Louis; Donohoe, Peter; du Pre, Jacqueline; Fischer-Dieskau, Manuel; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane; Hendricks, Bar...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Temirkanov, Yuri; Barbirolli, John; Ozawa, Seiji; Prêtre, Georges; Penderecki, Krzysztof; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Kaljuste, Tönu; Metzmacher, Ingo; B...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

Essential 20th Century Classics is a 2-CD set featuring a collection of important works written between 1901 and 2000. This period is sometimes thought of...continue...

Barn Burner

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2013-01-01

Works: Michael Udow: Barn Burner, for trombone & percussion; Alfred Bartles: Elegy, for trombone & piano; David Gillingham: Sonata for bass trombone & piano; William Rivard: Quadrivalence, for trombone & pi...
Performers: Bolkosky, Gabriel; Goodson, Kathryn; Hawes, Randall; Jones, Brian

Katherine Jenkins sings Music from the Movies

1 CD / Decca / 2012-12-11

Works: Dolly Parton: L'amore sei tu (Italian version of "I Will Always Love You"); Robert John Lange: Everything I Do (I Do It for You) (Italian version; Andrew Lloyd Webber: Don't Cry for Me Argentina, son...
Performers: Jenkins, Katherine

Katherine Jenkins, a Welsh mezzo-soprano, is Britain's all-time best-selling classical-pop crossover act, an achievement no doubt attributed as much to her fashion model looks as her operatic voice. T...continue...

Close to Home - music for clarinet & piano: Bernstein: Sonata; Copland: Sonata; Coleman: Sonatine; Reich, Mandat / Michael Rowlett, clarinet; Stacy Rodgers, piano

1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-12-11

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; Jeanne Singer: Nocturne for clarinet & piano; Eric Mandat: Rrowzer!, for clarinet & piano; Valerie Coleman: Sonatine for clarinet & piano; Aaron Copl...
Performers: Rodgers, Stacy; Rowlett, Michael

The program for Close to Home began when clarinetist Michael Rowlett met two composers whose music intrigued him - Valerie Coleman and Eric Mandat. He...continue...
Recording information: First Presbyterian Church, Oxford, Mississippi....continue...

Musicals: The Premier Collection

3 CD / USM Media / 2012-11-06

Works: Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Music of the Night, song (for the musical The Phantom of the Opera); Jesus Christ Superstar; Another Suitcase in Another Hall, song (for the musical Evita); Don't Cry for Me ...
Performers: Ahmad, Irfan; Ampil, Joanna; Andrews, Julie; Astaire, Fred; Atkinson, Aimie; Ball, Michael; Barrowman, John; Bickley, Graham; Bo, Alfie; Bonney, Barbara; Bowman, Simon; Brightman, Sarah; Clark, Petul...
Conductors: Yates, Martin; Edwards, John O.; Barna, Craig; McLeod, Callum; Brooker, Stephen; Kelly, Julian; Greenwood, Andrew; Firman, David
Ensemble: ; NSO Ensemble

Rare London Musicals of the '50s

1 CD / Acrobat / 2012-11-06

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Wonderful Town; Laurie Johnson: Lock Up Your Daughters; Sandro Giovannini: When in Rome; Richard Rodgers: All at Once, song (from "Babes in Arms"); Cole Porter: Brush up your Shake...
Performers: Barry, Brendan; Bowen, Dennis; Cole, Andy; Cooper, Terence; Elliott, Peter; Green, Danny [Vocals]; Hazell, Hy; Henderson, Dickie; Jaeger, Frederick; James, Sidney; Kirkwood, Pat; Laverick, June [Voca...

Choral Collection - Anniversary Series / Bach, Bernstein, Handel, Hawes, Tallis, et al.

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-11-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230; Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Francis Poulenc: Mass in G; Eric Whitacre: Lux Aurumque; Bob Chilcott: The lily and the rose, for chorus; Leona...
Performers: Millett, Robert; Morris, Greg [Organ]; Pryce, Sally; Swait, Andrew; Thomas, Elin Manahan
Conductors: ; Short, Nigel; Chilcott, Bob; Vivian, James; Cullen, Joseph; McCreesh, Paul; Dixon, Alistair; Nicholas, Benjamin; Skidmore, Jeffrey; Backhouse, Jeremy; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Al...
Ensemble: ; Ex Cathedra; Ex Cathedra Choir; Gabrieli Consort; Huddersfield Choral Society; King's Singers; Tenebrae; The Sirens (A Capella)

2012 marks the 15th anniversary of the first release from the leading independent classical label Signum Records. Beginning life as an early music specialist (with...continue...

American Serenade - works for violin & orchestra by Bernstein, Waxman & Gershwin / Rachel Kolly d'Alba, violin

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-10-30

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Leonard Bernstein: Serenade for Violin and Orchestra "after Plato's Symposium"; Franz Waxman: Carmen Fantasy, for violin & orchestra
Performers: d'Alba, Rachel Kolly
Conductors: Axelrod, John
Ensemble: ; Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire

Recording information: La Cité des Congrès, Nantes, France (10/2011/11/2011)....continue...

Celebrating American Spirit / Kelli O'Hara, Ron Raines. Essential Voices USA

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 2012-10-30

Works: Laurie Hochman: The Pledge of Allegiance, for orchestra; David Ludwig: The New Colossus, for chorus; Truman, for chorus (part of collaborative work "Sing out Mr. President"); Larry Hochman: Reason to...
Performers: O'Hara, Kelli; Raines, Ron
Conductors: Clurman, Judith
Ensemble: ; Essential Voices USA

Sono Luminus proudly presents Celebrating the American Spirit, performed by Essential Voices USA and directed by Judith Clurman, which reconfigures musical expressions of nationhood. EVUSA...continue...
Recording information: American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City (07/11/2012); DiMenna Center for Classical Music (07/11/2012); American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City (2011-01-1...continue...

Pater Noster: A Choral Reflection on the Lord's Prayer / The King's Singers

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-10-30

Works: Plainchant: Pater noster; Heinrich Schütz: Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, motet for 2 sopranos, alto, 2 tenors, bass & continuo, SWV 386; Vater unser, der du bist im Himmel, motet for...
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Ensemble: The King's Singers

GRAMMY Award winners in 2009, The King's singers are one of the world's most celebrated ensembles. Their programming concept in this dic is unique: built...continue...
Recording information: Cathedral of the Incarnation, Nashville, TN, USA (03/23/2012/03/24/2012)....continue...

On the Shoulders of Giants

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-10-23

Works: Pérotin: Sederunt principes; Thomas Tallis: If ye love me; Hans Leo Hassler: Cantate Dominio canticum novum; Claudio Monteverdi: Crucifixus (alternative parts for Credo section of Mass SV257), m...
Performers: Davenport, Rikki [Percussion]; Foss, Chris; Humble, Aaron; Reinwald, Adam; Rudoi, Paul; Ruschmann, Gary; Shah, Shahzore; Takach, Tim; Walton, David

Recording information: Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas, University of St. Thomas, (01/23/2012-01/29/2012)....continue...

Gustavo Dudamel Discoveries / highlights from works by Beethoven, Mahler, Bernstein, Bruckner, Revueltas et al.

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-09-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 9 in D minor, WAB 109; Dmit...
Conductors: Dudamel, Gustavo
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic; Gothernburg Symphony Orchestra; Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela; Vienna Philharmonic

Discoveries, Grammy award winner Gustavo Dudamel's first 'Best of album, features favorites from Beethoven to Bernstein and several Dudamel tracks never before released on CD...continue...

NY Counterpoint - works for clarinet & piano by Horovitz, Carter, Muczynski, Bernstein & Reich / Lucia Kye, clarinet; Tony Park, piano

1 CD / Fleur de Son / 2012-09-25

Works: Joseph Horovitz: Sonatina for clarinet & piano; Elliott Carter: Pastorale for Clarinet and Piano; Robert Muczynski: Time Pieces, for clarinet & piano, Op. 43; Leonard Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet a...
Performers: Kye, Lucia; Lee, Choong-Heon; Park, Tony

Lucia Kye has proven once again that she is an artist of exquisite taste and style in this stunning representation of twentieth century clarinet literature....continue...
Recording information: Burchfield Penney Art Center SUNY at Buffalo (08/08/2010-08/10/2010)....continue...

The Art of Renee Fleming - in music of Richard Rodgers, JS Bach, Handel, Bernstein, Puccini, Schubert, Gershwin et al.

1 CD / Decca / 2012-09-11

Works: Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Ave Maria; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt; Antoni...
Performers: Anderson, Rusty; Beroukhim, Cyrus; Fleming, Renee; Gerlach, Alexis Pia; Hakim, William; Hartley, David; Kahne, David; Mills, Jesse; O'Connor, Mark [Violin]; Pearce, Steve; Pelton, Shawn; Salmins, Ral...
Conductors: Delfs, Andreas; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Tate, Jeffrey; Solti, Sir Georg; Gergiev, Valery; Levine, James; Barenboim, Daniel; Bicket, Harry; Gemignani, Paul; Summers, Patrick

A new priority album of the very best from the world's favorite soprano, released to coincide with a major international TV appearance

The Art of

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Americana - transcriptions of pieces by Copland, Bernstein, Gershwin, Dvorak, Monroe et al. / Modern Mandolin Quartet

2 CD / Sono Luminus / 2012-08-28

Works: Aaron Copland: Rodeo; Antonin Dvorák: Quartet for Strings no 12 in F major, Op. 96/B 179 "American"; Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; American Traditional: Shenandoah, folk song; George Gersh...
Conductors:
Ensemble: The Modern Mandolin Quartet

Sono Luminus presents this uniquely engaging collection of music that embodies the American spirit in Americana, the latest release by Modern Mandolin Quartet. The package...continue...
Recording information: Skywalker Sound, Marin County, California (08/22/2011-08/24/2011).

Fans of the Modern Mandolin Quartet will eagerly snap up Americana, the group's 2012 release on Dorian'...continue...

The Song of the Nightingale - Coloratura operetta arias / Ingeborg Hallstein, coloratura soprano [4 CDs]

4 CD / Acanta / 2012-07-31

Works: Franz Grothe: Lied der Nachtigall ("Zauberlied der Nacht"), for voice & piano; Napoleon ist an allem Schuld; Carl Zeller: Ich bin die Christel von der Post, song (from Der Vogelhändler); Eduard ...
Performers: Bader, Hans-Dieter; Clarin, Hans; Hallstein, Ingeborg [Soprano Vocals]; Hoppe, Heinz; Kieling, Wolfgang; Rubin, Peter
Conductors: Marszalek, Franz; Bernet, Dietfried; Ebert, Wolfgang; Geese, Heinz; Hoffman, Ernest

Ingeborg Hallstein was one of the outstanding coloratura sopranos in the second half of the twentieth century. Born in Munich on May 23, 1936, Ingeborg...continue...

American Classics - works by Bernstein, Gershwin, Mancini et al. / Ines Agnes Krautwurst, voice

1 CD / Genuin / 2012-07-31

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Candide; West Side Story; Slava! A Political Overture, for orchestra; Symphonic Dances from West Side Story; George Gershwin: Strike up the Band; Work(s); Henry Mancini: Breakfast ...
Performers: Krautwurst, Ines
Conductors: Clamor, Thomas
Ensemble: Saxon Wind Philharmonic

Genuin presents the second release of the Saxon Wind Philharmonic, this time featuring for the first time, festive wind music. Director and conductor Thomas Clamor...continue...
Recording information: Deutsche Bläserakademie, Bad Lausick, Germany (10/07/2011-10/09/2011)....continue...

Leonard Bernstein: Mass / Jerry Hadley, tenor; Kent Nagano

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-07-10

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Alleluia
Performers: Albert, Adreinne [Vocals]; Allen, Betty; Altman, Karen; Brauns, Sigurd; Cossa, Dominic; DeVoll, Raymond; Elliott, William; Lehmann, Tobias; Magruder, Charles; Magruder, June; Manno, John; Modersohn, ...
Conductors: Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Woodstock, Nixon and the Vietnam War were undoubtedly underlying influences on the increasingly oppressive dramaturgy of this incredible 'Theatre Piece' composed in memory of J....continue...
Recording information: Philharmonie, Berlin (11/2003).

Leonard Bernstein's Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers was given a mixed reception upon its premiere as the inaugural ...continue...

George Dvorsky: All Through the Night, soundtrack

1 CD / Jay Records / 2012-06-12

Works: Richard Rodgers: Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin', song (for the musical Oklahoma!); Carousel; Something Wonderful, song (from "The King and I"); Younger than Springtime, song (from "South Pacific"); Leo...
Performers: Cimmel, Brian [Piano]; Dvorsky, George; Kelly, Janis [Soprano Vocal]; Luker, Rebecca
Conductors: Edwards, John O.; Yates, Martin; Barna, Craig; Valentine, Gareth

Recording information: Abbey Road Studios, London; Clinton Recording Studios, New York....continue...

Essential Overtures - Over 2 hours of thrilling overtures (overture highlights only)

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La scala di seta; Guillaume Tell; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; George Frederi...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Gardelli, Lamberto; Davis, Colin; Willcocks, David; Muti, Riccardo; Rodzinski, Artur; Kempe, Rudolf; Tausky, Vilem; Marriner, Sir Neville; Karajan, Herbert ...

Essential American Classics - Over 2 hours of America's best-loved classical music

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Bamboula, danse des nègres for piano, Op. 2, D. 13 (RO 20); Stephen Foster: My Old Kentucky Home, for voice & piano; Beautiful dreamer; Edward MacDowell: To a Wild Rose;...
Performers: Allen, Geri; Barclay, John; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Carter, Regina [Violin]; Criswell, Kim; Gardner, Simon; Glaser, Matt; Goodchild, Mark; Hampson, Thomas; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Voc...
Conductors: Foley, Timothy; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Slatkin, Leonard; Slatkin, Felix; Richardson, Neil; McGlinn, John; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Bátiz, Enrique; Davies, Dennis R.; Paavo, Järvi; Warren-Green,...

The Golden Age of Hollywood, Vol. 3 - Incl. On the Waterfront, Birdman of Alcatraz, The Philadelophia Story and many more

1 CD / Orchid Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Leonard Bernstein: On the Waterfront; Elmer Bernstein: Birdman of Alcatraz; The Man with the Golden Arm; David Rose: The Stripper; Georges Auric: Roman Holiday; Victor Young: Shane; Around the World ...
Conductors: Bernas, Richard
Ensemble: ; Roayl Philharmonic Orchestra

Delightful classic title tracks, themes and suites from films that became legends during Hollywood's Golden Age, including the suite from Marlon Brando's iconic film On...continue...
Recording information: Cadogan Hall (01/26/2010-01/27/2010)....continue...

50 Best Songs from the Musicals [3 CDs]

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-22

Works: Alain Boublil: I Dreamed a Dream, song (for the musical Les Misérables); Bring Him Home, song (for the musical Les Misérables); Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Music of the Night, song (for the mu...
Performers: Anderson, Moira; Barstow, Josephine; Bayless, Jean; Berry, Craig; Burns, Debralee [Vocals]; Burns, Karla; Chapman, Shirley; Cogan, Alma; Criswell, Kim; Dann, Roger; Deleon, Jack; Dent, Rebecca; Garre...
Conductors: Ellis, Philip; Gemignani, Paul; Lee, Simon; Lowe, Robert; Tunick, Jonathan; Love, Geoff; Davies, Gareth; McGlinn, John; Osborne, Tony; Matz, Peter; Fonteyn, Sam; Alwyn, Kenneth; Ainsworth, Alyn; Ratt...
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble

With Pride / US Marine Drum & Bugle Corps

1 CD / Altissimo / 2012-04-24

Works: Brian Dix: Corpsman Up; Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; Kev Boyce: Rainforest, for drum corps (after First Circle); John Philip Sousa: Semper Fidelis; Washington Post; Ronald Norman Miller: For O...
Performers: Boyce, Kev; Coleman, Michael [Bugle]; Danley, Scott; Dinan, Corey; Drass, James P.; Duncan, Steve; Efthyvoulou, Nicholas; Egan, Timothy; Ervin, Michael II; Garrett, Brett; Jackson, Reginald G.; Jordo...
Conductors: Dix, Brian

The United States Marine Drum & Bugle Corps performs martial and popular music for hundreds of thousands of spectators each year. Comprised of 90 Marine...continue...

Mind Meld: Works for One Piano, four Hands - Debussy, Stravinsky, Bernstein / Zofo Duet

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 2012-04-24

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Candide; Harold Shapero: Sonata for piano 4-hands; Claude Debussy: Epigraphes antiques (6); Igor Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for piano...
Performers: ZOFO Duet [Piano Duet]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Zofo Duet

Musical compatriots. Teachers. Friends. Pianists. These are the links that bound the four remarkable 20th century composers, whose piano duo works are brought together by...continue...
Recording information: Skywalker Sound, Marin County, California (08/21/2011-08/24/2011)....continue...

Bernstein: Arias and Barcarolles; Barber: Overture to The School for Scandal; Diamond: Elegy / Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-04-24

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Arias and Barcarolles; Samuel Barber: The School for Scandal, overture for orchestra, Op. 5; David Diamond: Elegy in Memory of Maurice Ravel
Performers: Bunnell, Jane; Duesing, Dale
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

This triumvirate of composers represents an essentially lyrical impulse in American music. Leonard Bernstein's Arias and Barcarolles was completed in 1988 but had existed in...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA (1990-01-03&1990-03-18&1991-)....continue...

Trumpet & Piano: Works by Arban, Arensky, Bernstein, Dinicu / Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet

3 CD / Teldec / 2012-03-27

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Porgy & Bess; Anton Arensky: Concert Valse; Jean-Baptiste "Joseph" Arban: Variations on "Carnival of Venice," for trumpet; Variations ona Tyrolean Song; Variations ...
Performers: Markovich, Aleksandr; Nakariakov, Sergei [Trumpet]; Nakariakova, Vera

This boxed set of extraordinary trumpet/flugelhorn recordings by Sergei Nakariakov for Trumpet/Flugelhorn and piano is a true delight. Featuring the original album cover art for...continue...
Recording information: Teldec Studio Berlin....continue...

Heaven to Earth: Choral works by Barber, Ives, Bernstein, Stravinsky et al. / Westminster Choir

1 CD / Westminister Choir College / 2012-03-27

Works: Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Maurice Duruflé: Requiem; Charles Ives: Psalm 90 "Lord, thou hast been"; Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Igor Stravinsky: Credo, for chorus; Pater noster; Ralph...
Performers: Banaszek, Maurycy; Bitow, Phyllis; Brennfleck, Steven; Fetrow, Heather; Haislip, Douglas; Hansen, Joanne; Hudson, Daniel; Justen, Gloria; Maupin, Marisa; Musto, James; Neglia, James; Ostrander, Adrie...
Conductors: Flummerfelt, Joseph
Ensemble: Westminster Choir

Praised by American Record Guide as the 'gold standard for American academic choirs,' the Westminster Choir has performed and recorded with virtually every major orchestra...continue...
Recording information: Princeton University Chapel, Princeton, NJ (2002-06-??&2003-06-??&2004-)....continue...

A Festival of Psalms by Allegri, Bernstein, Byrd, Parry, Purcell, Wesley / Choir of Temple Church

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-03-07

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; William Byrd: Teach me, O Lord; Samuel Sebastian Wesley: Ascribe Unto the Lord, for chorus & organ; Henry Purcell: Thy word is a lant...
Performers: Clements, William; Millett, Robert; Morris, Greg [Organ]; Pryce, Sally; Temmink, Robert-Jan; Underwood, Giles; Wall, Simon; Watkin, Toby
Conductors: Vivian, James
Ensemble: Choir of Temple Church

The Psalms of David are arguably the portion of the Old Testament that has been enfolded most completely within the Christian tradition and its liturgies....continue...
Recording information: Temple Church, London, England (03/2011)....continue...

Converging Cultures / Fred Hamilton, Lone Star Wind Orchestra

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-02-28

Works: Joaquín Turina: La procesión del Rocio, for piano & orchestra, Op. 9; Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story; James Bonney: Chaos Theory, concerto for electric guitar & wi...
Performers: Hamilton, Fred
Conductors: Corporon, Eugene
Ensemble: ; Lone Star Wind Orchestra

American Record Guide, September / October 2012
It's a good band, and it makes a warm sound. In Alfred Reed's 1962 arrangement of Juan Turina's 'Procession...continue...
Recording information: Murchison Performing Arts Center, Winspear Hall, Denton (06/26/2010/06/25/2011)....continue...

Blah Blah Blah And Other Trifles / Sarah Walker and Roger Vignoles in Cabaret

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-02-14

Works: George Gershwin: Blah, Blah, Blah, song (from Delicious, film); They All Laughed, song (from Shall We Dance?, film); Tell me more; Girl Crazy; Cole Porter: The tale of the oyster (or The song of the ...
Performers: Vignoles, Roger [Piano]; Walker, Sarah

Recording information: Wigmore Hall (06/17/1988)....continue...

Essential Bernstein / Over 2 hours of dramatic American classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Candide; Fancy Free; On the Town; West Side Story; Facsimile; Prelude, Fugue and Riffs; Wonderful Town; Chichester Psalms; Divertimento for Orchestra; Mass; Symphony no 2 'The Age ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Barley, Peter; Blair, Lionel; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Dessay, Natalie; Gaines, Davis; Gheorghiu, Angela; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Hubbard, Bruce; Kahane, Jeffrey; Lie...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Litton, Andrew; Love, Geoff; Slatkin, Leonard; McGlinn, John; Armstrong, Richard; Paavo, Järvi; Davis, Andrew; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Davies, Dennis R.; Ericson, E...

The American composer, conductor, pianist and educator Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990) was one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history....continue...

The Erato Recitals / Soprano Sumi Jo (10 CDs)

10 CD / Erato / 2012-01-31

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Semiramide; Tancredi; Les soirées musicales; L'assedio di Corinto; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; I Capuleti e Montecchi; ...
Performers: Arevalo, Octavio; Bach, Gottfried; Barritt, Paul; Bennett, William; Black, Neil; Conlon, James; Davis, Mike [Violin]; Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]; Graham, Susan; Jo, Sumi; Kurosaki, Hiro; Maugue, Anne; R...
Conductors: Olmi, Paolo; Jordan, Armin; Montgomery, Kenneth; Carella, Giuliano; Bibl, Rudolf; Stratta, Ettore; Conlon, James; Schneider, Michael
Ensemble: ; Cappella Coloniensis

Praised for the remarkable agility, precision and warmth of her voice, and for her outstanding musicianship, Sumi Jo has established herself as one of her...continue...

Made In America: Works by Fillmore, Copland, Gould, Milburn et al.

1 CD / Altissimo / 2012-01-31

Works: Henry Fillmore: Man of the Hour, march for band; George Gershwin: Cuban Overture; Aaron Copland: Variations on a Shaker Melody, for orchestra (arr. from Appalachian Spring); Leonard Bernstein: Candid...
Conductors: Milburn, Dwayne; Pena, Leonel A.
Ensemble: ; Army Ground Forces Band

From simple folk melodies to symphonies in the concert hall, Americans listen to music that encompasses all styles and tastes. As the Musical Ambassadors of...continue...
Recording information: Ferst Center for the Arts, Georgia Institute of Technol (05/17/2004-05/20/2004)....continue...

Songbook: The Trebles of Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2012-01-10

Works: Roger Quilter: Music, When Soft Voices die for voice & piano, Op. 25/5; Love's Philosophy, for voice & piano, Op. 3/1; Arvo Pärt: Vater unser, for boy soprano or unison children's chorus & piano...
Performers: Etherington, Carleton; Nicholas, Benjamin
Conductors: Nicholas, Benjamin
Ensemble: Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum

This 'songbook' is unique to the Schola Cantorum choristers of Tewkesbury Abbey - essentially, it's a showcase for the Abbey trebles. This is evident most...continue...
Recording information: Merton College Chapel, Oxford (07/05/2010-07/07/2010)....continue...

Trumpet In Blue: works by Gershwin, Bernstein, Touvron / Guy Touvron, Chantal Riou

1 CD / Ligia Digital / 2012-01-10

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Strike up the Band; Guy Touvron: Couleur Gershwin, for trumpet, violin & piano; Daniel Guyot: Ciné-Gershwin, for trumpet & piano; Leonard Bernstein: Rondo for ...
Performers: Fontanarosa, Patrice; Glasko, Michel; Moreau, Herve; Riou, Chantal [Piano]; Touvron, Guy [Trumpet]

Arrangements for trumpet of some of Gershwin's and Bernstein's most popular works are performed by internationallyknown artist Guy Touvron. Touvron has more than 100 recordings...continue...
Recording information: Paris (02/2011)....continue...

Bernstein Symphony Edition

60 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-11-22

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Symphony no 4 in B flat maj...
Performers: Annear, Gwenyth; Biggs, E. Power; Bressler, Charles; Bushkin, Isser; Chambers, James; Entremont, Philippe; Friend, Rodney [Violin]; Greitzer, Sol; Grist, Reri [Soprano Vocals]; Guldbaek, Ruth; Jones,...
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard

Favourite Melodies / René Kollo, tenor [4 CDs]

4 CD / Red/membran / 2011-11-21

Works: Hans May: Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben; Peter Paul Kreuder: Immer und Ewig; Alois Melichar: In mir klingt ein Lied, song (after Chopin's Etude in E major, Op. 10/3); Franz Grothe: ...
Performers: Fine, Wendy; Holliday, Melanie; Juten, Grit van; Kollo, Rene [Tenor Vocal]; Liljeberg, Ingrit; Putz, Ruth-Margaret; Schachtner, Heinz
Conductors: Geese, Heinz; Ventura, Antony; Klinkhammer, Stefan; Wallat, Hans; Piesker, Rüdiger; Cremer, Curt; Ebert, Wolfgang
Ensemble: ; Members of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra (Members)

Ludwig van Beethoven Invents Jazz

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 32, Op. 111; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Cello no 2, Op. 99; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Claude Debussy: Children's Corner; La plus que len...
Performers: Braley, Frank; Capucon, Renaud; Collins, Michael [Conductor/Clarinet]; de Peyer, Gervase; Ivaldi, Christian [Piano]; Lagerspetz, Juhani; Lee, Noel [Piano]; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Nat, Yves; Pommie...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Rattle, Simon, Sir; ; Zedda, Alberto; Klemperer, Otto; Marshall, Wayne; Järvi, Paavo; Metzmacher, Ingo
Ensemble: ; Melos Ensemble of London

Ludwig van Beethoven invented jazz. That statement might seem enough to provoke a paroxysm from a musicologist, but, with a passage in his final piano...continue...

Choral Classics: Choral Classics from Cambridge / Corydon Singers

6 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Stabat Mater; Super flumina Babylonis; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Robert Ramsey: How Are the Mighty Fallen; Thomas Weelkes: When David heard; Thomas Tallis: Lamenta...
Performers: Brown, Jonathan [Organ]; Carter, William; Dexter, Keri; English, John; Kenny, Liz; Manze, Andrew; Marcus, Marshall; Masters, Rachel; Pearce, Richard; Quinney, Robert; Schlapp, Jan; Vivian, James; War...
Conductors: Brown, Timothy; Cleobury, Stephen; Robinson, Christopher
Ensemble: ; Wallace Collection (Brass Ensemble)

This 5 disc set showcases the celebrated choral music tradition of Cambridge's Clare College, King's College and St John's College. Featuring a collection of popular...continue...

It Is Really Me / Marilyn Hill Smith sing musicals

1 CD / Jay Records / 2011-11-08

Works: Tom Jones: Is It Really Me?; Sigmund Romberg: Romance, song (from "The Desert Song"); Deep in My Heart, Dear, for voice & orchestra (from The Student Prince); Frederick Loewe: I Could Have Danced All...
Performers: Rendall, David; Smith, Marilyn Hill [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Edwards, John O.; Brown, Justin

Recording information: Abbey Road Studios (09/07/1989); Cts Studios (09/07/1989); Abbey Road Studios (1990-06-22&1991-03-20&2010-); Cts Studios (1990-06-22&1991-03-20&2010-)....continue...

Awake the Dawn

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2011-10-25

Works: John Tebay: Psalm 87, for chorus & piano; David L. Brunner: Cloth of Glory, for chorus & piano; John Rutter: Be Thou My Vision for chorus, organ & orchestra; Charles Villiers Stanford: When Mary thro...
Performers: Clements, James; Jacobs, Sonya; Thoreson, Deborah; Wiram, Kristen; Yang, Guang

Recording information: Spivey Hall, Clayton State University (05/24/2011/05/26/2011)....continue...

Up In Lights / Works by Gershwin, Lloyd Webber, Rodger

1 CD / Carl Davis Collection / 2011-10-25

Works: John Kander: New York, New York (theme for the film New York New York); Richard Rodgers: Carousel; Andrew Lloyd Webber: Cats Suite for orchestra; Carl Davis: Hollywood, for orchestra ("Hollywood Them...
Performers: McLaren, Jenny; Trusler, Matthew
Conductors: Davis, Carl

Who doesn't want their name up in lights? The"X-Factor" era sparked inspiration for this album of Hollywood, Broadway & West End orchestral showstoppers. Featuring a...continue...
Recording information: Studio One, Abbey Road (2010-06-16_2010-06-17&2010-)....continue...