Breathe: New Notes for Flute from Ireland & New Zealand / William Dowdall, flute; Richard Nunns, taonga puoro1 CD / Atoll / 2013-05-14 This album contains a unique selection of solo flute music from New Zealand and Ireland, presented by Irish flautist William Dowdall. His special interest in...continue... ![]() Liszt: Christus, the original version for piano / Nicholas Horvath, piano1 CD / Hortus / 2013-05-14 A monumental symphonic poem, this world premiere of the oratorio Christus in its solo piano version retraces the life of Christ via eight episodes. In...continue... ![]() 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 Alexander Dargomyzhsky entered the history of Russian music as one of the founders of realistic art. His operas are distinguished by the finesse with which...continue... ![]() Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird, complete ballet / Moscow SO, Kitaenko1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-05-14 Conductors: Kitaenko, DmitriEnsemble: Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra In 1910 Paris, a ballet score called The Firebird proclaimed the birth of a new star: Igor Stravinsky. The script of the ballet, staged by...continue... ![]() 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 This amazing release features a concert that has not only great artistic value, but also historic significance. It was the first and arguably the last...continue... ![]() Mussorgsky: The Marriage; The Nursery / Gennady Rozhdestvensky1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-05-14 Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, GennadyEnsemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra; USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra In 1868, inspired by Dargomyzhsky's work on the opera The Stone Guest (based on Pushkin's tragedy of the same name), Mussorgsky decided to compose his...continue... ![]() In Rhythm - works for clarinet & piano by Gershwin, Templeton, Copland, Reich, Bernstein / Sebastian Manz, clarinet; Martin Klett, piano1 CD / CAvi Music / 2013-05-14 A program full of rhythm, presenting a young German clarinet player! This high-quality new release presents a "best-of" compilation of American clarinet compositions....continue... ![]() 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 Lucia loves Edgardo, but her brother Enrico - who wants her to marry his friend Arturo instead - forges a letter to Lucia pretending that...continue... ![]() 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 Handel's cantatas represent an important musical repertoire that, until recently, has been little known. Consisting of about 100 separate works, most were written over a...continue... ![]() C.P.E. Bach: Wurttemberg Sonatas 1, 2 & 3 / David Murray, piano1 CD / Summit Records / 2013-05-14 Although these pieces are known and respected among pianists by reputation, the sonatas themselves are rarely heard or performed. This recording is one of only...continue... ![]() Alessandro Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Works, Vol. 4 / Francesco Tasini: harpsichord1 CD / Tactus / 2013-05-14 This is the fourth Tactus CD containing compositions by Alessandro Scarlatti that were chiefly meant for the harpsichord and performed on it; it is a...continue... ![]() Wolf-Ferrari: Serenade for Strings; Violin Concerto, Op. 26 / Laura Marzadori, violin1 CD / Tactus / 2013-05-14 Conductors: Zuccarini, MarcoEnsemble: Orchestra Città di Ferrara Among Wolf-Ferrari's compositions, the positive mood of the Serenade for Strings is unique, or almost unique. It can be associated, even with its diversities, to...continue... ![]() 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 Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas Ensemble: ; 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... Recording information: First Congregational Church, Berkeley, CA (11/10/2012-11/11/2012)....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: guitar
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