Herbert Von Karajan / Karajan - The Second Life, a film by Eric Schulz / [DVD]1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-05-14 A brand new 80-munite documentary/film, on DVD for the first time. A must-have product for anyone with more than a passing interest in one of ...continue...![]() Gustavo Dudamel - The European Concert: works by Brahms, Haydn, Beethoven / Gautier Capucon, Berliner PO [DVD]1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-05-14 Works: Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a "St. Anthony"; Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Cello no 1 in C major, H 7b no 1; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor...Performers: Capucon, Gautier Every year the Berliner Philharmoniker invite artist for the orchestra's traditional birthday concert on May 1st. In 2012, the guests were Gustavo Dudamel, conducting, and ...continue...![]() Songs of Logan Skelton: The Islander, Into Deep Waters; Jennifer Goltz, soprano; Stephen Lusmann, baritone;Logan Skelton, piano1 CD / Blue Griffin / 2013-05-14 ![]() Lullaby & Nocturne; Neruda, Stravinsky, Lyapunov, Kreisler, et al.; David Hays, violin; Peter Collins, piano1 CD / MSR Classics / 2013-05-14 This recording brings together some of the finest works in the genre of lullabies and nocturnes written for violin and piano. The works share the...continue... ![]() Songs of Logan Skelton: Dickinson Songs: An Intimate Nature, Unknown Peninsula; Jennifer Goltz, soprano; Logan Skelton, piano1 CD / Blue Griffin / 2013-05-14 ![]() Songs of Logan Skelton: The Mad Potter, A Kind of Weather; Stephen Lausmann, baritone; Logan Skelton, piano1 CD / Blue Griffin / 2013-05-14 Logan Skelton is a much sought after pianist, teacher and composer whose work has received international critical acclaim. As a composer he has a special...continue... ![]() Jacob Druckman: Lamia1 CD / BMOP/Sound / 2013-05-14 BMOP/sound presents five works of the American master Jacob Druckman in a disc that exhibits the award-winning Boston Modern Orchestra Project and conductor Gil Rose...continue... ![]() Vincent Persichetti: Harmonium; Sherry Overholt, soprano; Joshua Pierce, piano1 CD / MSR Classics / 2013-05-14 Harmonium, a song cycle for soprano and piano on poems by Wallace Stevens was written in 1951. He selected 20 of the 85 poems in...continue... ![]() Max Reger: The Forgotten Romantic: Silhouettes, Io. 53; Ten Small Lecture Pieces, Op. 44; Six Imtermezzi, Op. 45; Leaves and Flowers; Six Piano Pieces; Martha Thomas, piano2 CD / ACA Digital / 2013-05-14 The piano pieces heard on this 2-cd set represent the great variety in Max Reger's writing that has made it difficult to assess his contribution...continue... ![]() Amy Williams: Crossings - Richer Textures, BrigidÆs Flame, Falling, Astoria, et al.; JACK Quartet; Jeffrey Jacobs; Amy Williams1 CD / Albany Records / 2013-05-14 Conductors:Ensemble: Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo The compositions of Amy Williams have been presented at renowned contemporary music venues in the United States, Australia and Europe. Her works have been performed...continue... ![]() Bottesini's Greatest Hits - Bottesini: Fantasy on Themes from La Sonambula, Reverie, Tarantella, et al.; Paganini: Variation on One String; Mark Morton, double bass2 CD / Albany Records / 2013-05-14 This unique recording features Mark Morton performing the double bass and piano parts of popular works by Bottesini and Paganini on the first disc, while...continue... ![]() Elliott Carter Edition, Vol. 9 - Tell Me Where is Fancy Bred, Voyage, Warble for Lilac Time, et al.; Various performers1 CD / Bridge / 2013-05-14 This retrospective disc presents music composed by the late Elliott Carter over a period of more than 70 years. Unquestionably, the major work presented here...continue... ![]() David Patterson: Loon's Tail Flashing - Chamber Music / A. Hern Baumgartner and Charles Peltz1 CD / Albany Records / 2013-05-14 Conductors: Patterson, DavidEnsemble: New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble Composer David Patterson is on the faculty at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He was a recipient of a Fulbright Scholars Award and the Chancellor's...continue... ![]() The Art of David Tudor (1963-1992); Tudor, Cage, Wolff; David Tudor, John Cage7 CD / New World / 2013-05-14 The sprawling electronic music career of David Tudor (1926 - 1996) may be impossible to adequately represent with any set of recordings. The reasons for...continue... ![]() Steven R. Gerber: (Mostly) Solo Piano Music - Three Little Duets, Two Intermezzi, Piano Sonata, et al.; Steven Gerber, piano; Gregory Fulkerson, violin; Jennifer Rinehart, piano1 CD / Albany Records / 2013-05-14 Born in 1948, composer/pianist Steven R. Gerber studied at Haverford College and Princeton. His music has been performed by orchestras and ensembles across the United...continue... ![]() Fred Lerdahl, Vol. 4 - Spirals, Three Diatonic Studies, Imbrication, Wake, Fantasy Etudes; Mirka Vitala, piano; Bethany Beardslee, soprano1 CD / Bridge / 2013-05-14 Volume 4 of Bridge's Fred Lerdahl series offers music composed over a span of four decades. Three recent pieces, Spirals, Three Diatonic Studies, and Imbrications,...continue... ![]() Findlay in Blue - Gershwin, Gottschalk, Gould; Findlay Cockrell, piano1 CD / Albany Records / 2013-05-14 Pianist Findlay Cockrell has had a long and distinguished career in upstate New York as a soloist, chamber musician and concerto soloist. He served on...continue... ![]() Music For Your Star Sign: Gemini by Grieg, Schumann, Wagner, Nicolai and Offenbach1 CD / AAO Music / 2013-05-14 ![]() An Immortal Legacy - Choral works by Tallis, Morley, Gibbons, Byrd, MacMillan, Tippett, Britten, Chilcott / The Sixteen1 CD / Coro / 2013-05-14 Works: Thomas Tallis: Psalm Tunes (9) for Mister Parker; Absterge Domine; In manus tuas; I call and cry to thee; Loquebantur variis linguis; Thomas Morley: Aprill is in my mistris face, madrigal for 4 voice...Performers: Evans, Robert; Lane, Carys; MacKenzie, Neil; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals] Conductors: Christophers, Harry Ensemble: ; The Sixteen ![]() ![]() Liszt: Christus, the original version for piano / Nicholas Horvath, piano1 CD / Hortus / 2013-05-14 ![]() Alexander Dargomyzhsky: Rusalka / Ivan Kozlovsky, Veronica Borisenko, et al. Evgeny Svetlanov2 CD / Melodiya / 2013-05-14 Conductors: Svetlanov, EvgenyEnsemble: Choir of the Bolshoi Theatre of the USSR; Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre of the USSR ![]() Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird, complete ballet / Moscow SO, Kitaenko1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-05-14 Conductors: Kitaenko, DmitriEnsemble: Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra ![]() Russian Avant-Garde Music - works by Edison Denisov, Sofia Gubaidulina, Alfred Schnittke / Rozhdestvensky1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-05-14 Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, GennadyEnsemble: USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra ![]() Mussorgsky: The Marriage; The Nursery / Gennady Rozhdestvensky1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-05-14 Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, GennadyEnsemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra; USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra ![]() ![]() Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Renata Scotto, Giuseppe di Stefano, Ettore Bastianini, et al. / La Scala, Milan; Nino Sanzogno2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2013-05-14 Conductors: Sanzogno, NinoEnsemble: La Scala Chorus; La Scala Orchestra Milan ![]() Handel: Cantatas, Vol. 1 / Roberta Mameli, soprano; Stefan Plewniak & Enrique Gomez, violins; Marta Semkiw, cello1 CD / Ayros / 2013-05-14 Conductors: Vitale, MarcoEnsemble: Contrasto Armonico ![]() C.P.E. Bach: Wurttemberg Sonatas 1, 2 & 3 / David Murray, piano1 CD / Summit Records / 2013-05-14 ![]() Alessandro Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Works, Vol. 4 / Francesco Tasini: harpsichord1 CD / Tactus / 2013-05-14 ![]() Wolf-Ferrari: Serenade for Strings; Violin Concerto, Op. 26 / Laura Marzadori, violin1 CD / Tactus / 2013-05-14 Conductors: Zuccarini, MarcoEnsemble: Orchestra Città di Ferrara ![]() Francesco Canova da Milano: Il Divino - Lute Music; Paul O'Dette, lute1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2013-05-14 Francesco da Milano (dubbed "Il Divino") was celebrated as the preeminent composer of lute music in Renaissance Italy. He was widely published in his lifetime...continue... ![]() Neapolitan Flute Concertos, Vol. 2; Carlo Ipata, flute; Auser Musici1 CD / Hyperion / 2013-05-14 Conductors:Ensemble: Auser Musici Hyperion presents a second volume of flute concertos from eighteenth-century Naples featuring flutist Carlo Ipata and the period band Auser Musici. Their first album of...continue... ![]() Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan1 CD / Philharmonia Baroque / 2013-05-14 Conductors: McGegan, NicholasEnsemble: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra On this release from the orchestra's own label, Music Director Nicholas McGegan and his period instrument Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra perform Beethoven's fourth and seventh symphonies...continue... ![]() Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 17 K 453, No. 27 K595; Angela Hewitt, piano; Orchestra da Camera di Mantova; Hannu Lintu1 CD / Hyperion / 2013-05-14 Conductors: Lintu, HannuEnsemble: Orchestra da Camera di Mantova On this second release in the series, virtuoso pianist Angela Hewitt turns to two of Mozart's greatest and most popular concertos. Together with her frequent...continue... ![]() Eugen d'Albert: Solo Piano Music; Piers Lane, piano1 CD / Hyperion / 2013-05-14 The oblivion which has overtaken Eugen d'Albert in the second half of the twentieth century would have surprised anyone who saw his prodigious rise to...continue... ![]() York Bowen: The Complete Works for Violin and Piano; Chloe Hanslip, violin; Danny Driver, piano2 CD / Hyperion / 2013-05-14 Young virtuoso Chloë Hanslip and York Bowen specialist Danny Driver join forces to present Bowen's complete works for violin and piano. Many of these works...continue... ![]() Philip Glass: Cello Concerto No. 2 "Naqoyqatsi": Life as War; Matt Haimovitz, cello; Cincinnati SO, Dennis Russell Davies1 CD / Orange Mountain Music / 2013-05-14 Conductors: Davies, Dennis RussellEnsemble: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra In 2001, Philip Glass composed the music for the film Naqoyqatsi: Life as War. It was the last film in a trilogy by director Godfrey...continue... ![]() Griffes: Piano Music / Garrick Ohlsson, piano1 CD / Hyperion / 2013-05-14 The piano works of American composer Charles Tomlinson Griffes represent a remarkable musical achievement. Griffes was active as a composer for little more than twelve...continue... ![]() The Panufnik Legacies; London Symphony Orchestra, François-Xavier Roth1 CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2013-05-14 Conductors: Roth, François-XavierEnsemble: London Symphony Orchestra LSO Live's The Panufnik Legacies offers a collection of new works by ten emerging young composers. These pieces were commissioned as part of the LSO...continue... ![]() Palestrina: Missa Ave Maria, Missa Beata Virgine; James O'Donnell; Westminster Cathedral Choir1 CD / Hyperion / 2013-05-14 Conductors: O'Donnell, JamesEnsemble: Westminster Cathedral Choir This mid-priced reissue features James O'Donnell and the Westminster Cathedral Choir at the peak of their powers, performing key works of the Italian Renaissance. These...continue... ![]() Weber: Der Freischütz; Christine Brewer, soprano; Sally Matthews, soprano; Simon OÆNeill, tenor2 Super Audio CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2013-05-14 Conductors: Sir Colin DavisEnsemble: London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra Sir Colin Davis conducts the London Symphony Orchestra and chorus and a stellar cast of soloists in a concert performance of Weber's eerily fantastical opera,...continue... ![]() Andres Segovia Archive: Spanish Composers / Roberto Moronn Pérez: guitar1 CD / Reference Recordings / 2013-05-14 ![]() Bach: Partita BWV 826; Brahms: Piano Pieces (8), Op. 76; Prokofiev: Sonata No. 7 / Eldar Djangirov, piano1 CD / Motema Music / 2013-05-14 ![]() Handel: Dixit Dominus; Scarlatti: Dixit Dominus; Concerto No. 4 / Choir of The QueenÆs College, Oxford1 CD / Avie Records / 2013-05-14 Conductors: Rees, OwenEnsemble: Brook Street Band; Choir of The QueenÆs College, Oxford ![]() Mahler: Symphony No. 5 / MDR SO, Fabio Luisi1 CD / Querstand / 2013-05-14 Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minorConductors: Luisi, Fabio Ensemble: MDR Symphony Orchestra Recording information: Gewandhaus zu Leipzig (04/08/1997-04/13/1997)....continue... ![]() Telemann: Trio Sonatas for Recorder / Ensemble Luxurians; Margaret Hunter, soprano1 CD / Querstand / 2013-05-14 Conductors: Rotaru, AlinaEnsemble: Ensemble Luxurians ![]() The Historical Trombone: Renaissance Trombone - Works by Ortiz, Monteverdi et al. / Ercole Nisini: Renaissance trombone1 CD / Querstand / 2013-05-14 ![]() Wolfgang Rihm: Symphony "Near Far"; Hans Begemann, baritone; Luzerner Sinfonieorchester; James Graffigan1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2013-05-14 Conductors: Graffigan, JamesEnsemble: Luzerner Sinfonieorchester This release presents the world première recording of Wolfgang Rihm's latest orchestral work, the symphony Nähe fern (Near Far), commissioned by and composed in close...continue... ![]() The Chants of the Holy Spirit - Gregorian chants; Gloriae Dei Cantores Women's Schola1 CD / Gloriae Dei Cantores / 2013-05-14 Conductors:Ensemble: Gloriae Dei Cantores Women's Schola The feast of Pentecost commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Twelve apostles and other followers of Jesus as described in the Bible....continue... |
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