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Lutoslawski: The Symphonies nos 1-4; Fanfare for Los Angeles Philharmonic (1993) /Salonen, LA PO

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2013-03-12

Works: Witold Lutoslawski: Fanfare for Los Angeles Philharmonic, for orchestra; Symphony no 1; Symphony no 2; Symphony no 3; Symphony no 4
Performers: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: ; Los Angeles Philharmonic

World-renowned conductor, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic join together to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of legendary Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski....continue...

Dutilleux: Correspondences / Barbara Hannigan; Anssi Karttunen

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-01-22

Works: Henri Dutilleux: Correspondances, for soprano & orchestra; Tout un monde lointain. . ., concerto for cello & orchestra; The Shadows of Time, for 3 children's voices & orchestra
Performers: Buffin, Basile; Hannigan, Barbara; Karttunen, Anssi [Cello]; Selvestrel, Alexandre; Sztykgold, Armand
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: ; Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France

This remarkable album is released on the 97th birthday of a composer who has been working for more than seven decades and has had a...continue...
Recording information: Alfortville, France (09/2012); Opéra Bastille, salle Liebermann, Paris, France (09/2012); Alfortville, France (12/2011); Opéra Bastille, salle Liebermann, Paris, Franc...continue...

Shostakovich: Prologue to 'Orango: Symphony No. 4 / Salonen

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-06-19

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Orango, opera prologue (sketches); Symphony no 4 in C minor, Op. 43
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: ; Los Angeles Philharmonic

Commissioned to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the October Revolution in 1932, Orango tells the fantastical story of a human-apehybrid, who, through a combination of...continue...
Recording information: Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles (12/2011)....continue...

Echoes Of Time

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-02-15

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor, Op. 77 (published as Op. 99); Seven Dolls' Dances; Giya Kancheli: V & V, for violin & taped voice with string orchestra; Arvo Pärt: Spie...
Performers: Batiashvili, Elisabeth; Grimaud, Helene
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka

Lisa Batiashvili's debut album for Deutsche Grammophon 'Echoes of Time' is a matter of the heart - an unusual, very individual and fascinating program by...continue...

Stravinsky: The Firebird; The Rite of Spring

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2008-06-24

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra; Le sacre du printemps
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka

The Essential Wynton Marsalis

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2007-07-10

Works: Jeremiah Clarke: Suite in D major; Ode on Union of King and Parliament; Jean Joseph Mouret: Suite de Symphonies no 1; Henry Purcell: Indian Queen, Z 630; John Stanley: Trumpet Voluntary for Organ; Ma...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Bennett, William [flute]; Black, Neil; Burr, Jon; Cho-Liang, Lin; Hurst, Robert Leslie III; Koch, Philip; Marsalis, Wynton; Newman, Anthony; O'Connor, Mark [Violin]; Riley, Herlin; ...
Conductors: Newman, Anthony; Leppard, Raymond; Nelson, John; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Hunsberger, Donald; ; Marsalis, Wynton
Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble; English Chamber Orchestra; Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra; Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing Trio; Orchestra of St. Luke's; Philharmonia Orchestra

The name Wynton Marsalis has become almost a metaphor for music in our time, be it visionary jazz or beautifully wrought performances of classical works...continue...

Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Bartók, etc / Salonen

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-10-10

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain; Béla Bartók: Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19/Sz 73; Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

"Wow, this is some disc! There are so few new major-label productions featuring today's "big" artists--and let's face it, so many of those turn out...continue...

Herrmann: The Film Scores - Vertigo, Psycho, etc / Salonen

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2005-10-18

Works: Bernard Herrmann: The Man Who Knew Too Much, film score; Psycho; Marnie, film score; North by Northwest, film score; Vertigo, film score; Torn Curtain, film score; Fahrenheit 451, film score; Night P...
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

"There is much to savour here A winner of a disc resplendently played and engineered If this generous new Sony collection doesnt succeed in alerting...continue...

Drive Time - Autobahn

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2005-06-28

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Lohengrin; Maurice Jarre: Mad Max; Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh; Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; Johannes B...
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Mehta, Zubin; Jarre, Maurice; Kostelanetz, André; Fiedler, Arthur; Thomas, Michael Tilson; ; Maazel, Lorin; Boulez, Pierre; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Wien-Berlin

The Essential Igor Stravinsky

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2003-03-25

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Fireworks, Op. 4; Firebird; Pétrouchka; Le sacre du printemps; Suite no 1 for small Orchestra; Rag-time for 11 instruments; Histoire du soldat - Trois danses; Piano-Rag-Music,...
Performers: Albert, Adrienne; Anderson, Linda; Baker, Israel; Berberian, Cathy; Bressler, Charles; Cho-Liang, Lin; Craft, Robert [Conductor]; Entremont, Philippe; Garrard, Don; Goodman, Benny; Gramm, Donald; Hei...
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Stravinsky, Igor; ; Craft, Robert
Ensemble: C. B. C. Symphony Orchestra; Cleveland Orchestra; Columbia Jazz Combo; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; London Sinfonietta; London Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Bartok: Piano Concerto no 1, 2 & 3 / Bronfman, Salonen

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2001-09-11

Works: Béla Bartók: Concerto for Piano no 2, Sz 95; Concerto for Piano no 3, Sz 119; Concerto for Piano no 1, Sz 83
Performers: Bronfman, Yefim [Piano]
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Bach: Transcriptions / Salonen, Los Angeles Philharmonic

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2000-08-29

Works: Leopold Stokowski: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, transcription for orchestra (after Bach, BWV 565); Little Fugue in G minor, transcription for orchestra (after Bach, BWV 578); Edward Elgar: Arrangeme...
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

This lush and appealing program will be popular with novice and expert listeners alike. Included are orchestral arrangements of some of Bach's most famous compositions...continue...

Triumph of the Piano - Keyboard Classics from Bach to Bartók

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2000-01-18

Works: François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Book 2; Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Part Invention no 1 in C major, BWV 772; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in G major, K 13/L 486; Wolfg...
Performers: Ax, Emanuel; Bronfman, Yefim [Piano]; Casadesus, Robert; Crossley, Paul [Piano]; Entremont, Philippe; Freire, Nelson [Piano]; Gould, Glenn; Groethuysen, Andreas; Immerseel, Jos van; Leonhardt, Gustav...
Conductors: Szell, George; Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra members; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Shostakovich: Piano Concertos no 1 & 2, etc /Bronfman, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1999-11-23

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C minor, Op. 35; Concerto for Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 102; Quintet for piano & strings in G minor, Op. 57
Performers: Bronfman, Yefim [Piano]; Copes, Ronald; Krosnick, Joel; Rhodes, Samuel [Viola]; Smirnoff, Joel; Stevens, Thomas [Trumpet]
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

"This goes to the top of my list of recommendations for these works...because of overall quality and the convenience of one-stop shopping... Bronfman excels in...continue...

Sensemayá - Music of Silvestre Revueltas / Salonen, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1999-03-02

Works: Silvestre Revueltas: Sensemay; Ocho por radio, for chamber orchestra; La Noche de los Mayas, suite for orchestra (compiled by José Limantour from the film score); Homenaje a Federico García...
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group

Music in Film

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1999-01-12

Works: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Adventures of Robin Hood; Sergei Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78; David Raksin: Laura; Alfred Newman: Captain from Castile; Aaron Copland: Red Pony; Franz Waxman: A Place...
Conductors: Williams, John [Composer]; ; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Raksin, David; Newman, Alfred; Copland, Aaron; Waxman, Franz; Tiomkin, Dimitri; Bernstein, Leonard; Heindorf, Ray; Arnold, Malcolm, Sir; Rozsa, Mi...
Ensemble: Accademia Monteverdiana Chorus; Columbia Studio Orchestra; Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra; La Scala Philharmonic; London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orches...

Classic Wynton

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1998-11-10

Works: Jeremiah Clarke: King's March; Prince of Denmark's March; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Trumpets and Strings in D major; Henry Purcell: Indian Queen, Z 630; John Stanley: Trumpet Voluntary for Orga...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Bennett, William; Black, Neil; Cho-Liang, Lin; Marsalis, Wynton; Newman, Anthony; Stillman, Judith Lynn; Tunnell, Charles; Watson, Ian
Conductors: Newman, Anthony; Leppard, Raymond; Nelson, John; Hunsberger, Donald; Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble; English Chamber Orchestra; Orchestra of St. Luke's; Philharmonia Orchestra

This new compilation from Sony of some of Wynton Marsalis' finest classical recordings is for anyone who is not yet convinced that he may well...continue...
Personnel: Wynton Marsalis (trumpet); Kathleen Battle (soprano); Cho-Liang Lin (violin); William Bennett (flute); Neal Black (oboe); Judith Lynn Stillman (piano); Ian On Awi Watson (harpsichord); An...continue...

György Ligeti Edition Vol 4 - Vocal Works / Salonen, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-01-28

Works: György Ligeti: Nonsense Madrigals, for 6 men's voices; Mysteries of the Macabre, for soprano & ensemble, or trumpet & piano/ensemble (arr. from "Le Grand M; Aventures, for 3 voices & 7 instrumen...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Bryn-Julson, Phyllis [Soprano Vocal]; Chilcott, Bob; Connolly, Stephen [Bass Vocals]; Ebrahim, Omar; Ernman, Malena; Hardy, Rosemary; Hurley, David; Kataeva, Irina; Lawson, Ph...
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra members

Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra / Salonen, Los Angeles PO

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1996-11-19

Works: Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Ballet - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-08-22

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Adolphe Adam: Giselle; Maurice Ravel: Ma mère l'oye; Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo; Igor Strav...
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson; Lane, Louis; Black, Stanley; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Rabinowitz, Harry; Williams, John
Ensemble: ; Cleveland Pops Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Lutoslawski: Symphonies 3 & 4, etc / Salonen, Los Angeles PO

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-10-04

Works: Witold Lutoslawski: Symphony no 4; Les espaces du sommeil, for baritone & orchestra; Symphony no 3
Performers: Shirley-Quirk, John
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

A Swedish Serenade / Salonen, Stockholm Sinfonietta

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1993-04-26

Works: Dag Wirén: Serenade for strings, Op. 11; Lars-Erik Larsson: Little Serenade for string orchestra, Op. 12; Lille Bror Söderlundh: Concertino for oboe & string orchestra; Ingvar Lidholm: Mu...
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex / Salonen, von Otter, Cole, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1992-06-30

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Oedipus rex
Performers: Chereau, Patrice; Cole, Vinson; Estes, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Gedda, Nicolai; Sotin, Hans; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Eric Ericson Chamber Choir