Harp

I Was Glad: Sacred Music of Stanford and Parry

1 CD / Vivat Import / 2013-04-09

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Services in A major, Op. 12; Magnificat in G; Evening Service (Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis) for chorus & organ (or orchestra) in B flat major, Op; Evening Service (Magnifi...
Performers: Finch, Catrin; Sampson, Carolyn
Conductors: King, Robert

Recording information: St Jude's Church, London NW 11 (09/20/2012-09/22/2012)....continue...

Samuel Adler (b.1928): Cantos; Close Encounters; Five Snapshots / Fulmer, violin; Kelly, viola; Eldan, cello; Muroki, db; Han, Harp

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-03-26

Works: Samuel Adler: Canto III for violin solo; Canto XVI, for viola solo; Canto X, for cello; Close Encounters for violin & cello; Canto VII, for bass; Canto XIX, for guitar; Canto XXI, for harp; Snapshots...
Performers: Eldan, Amir [Cello]; Fulmer, David; Han, June; Iznaola, Ricardo; Kelly, Randolph; Muroki, Kurt

The winner of many prestigious awards for composition, Samuel Adler is also Professor emeritus at the Eastman School of Music. His Canto series was written...continue...

Music for Blue Days - Tuba concertos by Erland von Koch, Vaughan Williams and Aagaard-Nilsen / Eirik Gjerdevik: tuba

1 CD / Lawo Classics / 2013-03-12

Works: Erland von Koch: Tuba Concerto; John Williams: Concerto for Bass Trombone; Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen: The Cry of Fenrir, concerto for tuba & orchestra; Music for Blue Days, for tuba & harp
Performers: Gjerdevik, Eirik; Hodnett, Anneke
Conductors: Breistein, Bjorn
Ensemble: ; Pleven Philharmonic Orchestra

Eirik Gjerdevik met Pleven Philharmonic Orchestra as guest soloist in 2010. The chemistry between soloist and orchestra was electric from the start, and plans were...continue...
Recording information: Pleven, Bulgaria (09/05/2011-09/08/2011)....continue...

Jack Reacher [Music from the Motion Picture]

1 CD / La-La Land Records / 2013-03-05

Works: Joe Kraemer: Jack Reacher, film score
Performers: Altenbach, Richard; Becknell, Steven; Bisharat, Charlie; Bleth, Chris [Oboe]; Bosler, Annie [Horn]; Brand, Jacqueline; Brophy, Robert; Cani, Roberto; Clark, Heather; Clark, Stuart [Clarinet]; Clayton...
Conductors: Kraemer, Joe

Recording information: Streisand Scoring Stage, Sony Pictures Studios....continue...

The music of Eleni Karaindrou - Concert in Athens / Kashkashian, Garbarek, Christopoulos, Karaindrou, Nastasa, Ripo, Gadedi et al.

1 CD / ECM / 2013-03-05

Works: Eleni Karaindrou: Death of a Salesman; Eternity and a Day; Closed Roads, for viola & orchestra; Number Ten; Voyage to Cythera; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf; The Glass Menangerie; Landscape in the M...
Performers: Anthis, Socratis; Bildea, Maria; Boulard, Marie-Cecile [Clarinet]; Christopoulos, Vangelis; Dimitriadis, Aris; Gadedi, Stella; Garbarek, Jan; Hadjiiordanou, Dinos; Karaindrou, Eleni; Kashkashian, Kim...
Conductors: Myrat, Alexander
Ensemble: ; Camerata Friends of Music Orchestra

An exceptional live recording, Concert In Athens, the tenth ECM release by Greek composer Eleni Karaindrou incorporates moving performances by guests Kim Kashkashian and Jan...continue...
Recording information: Megaron, Athens (11/19/2010)....continue...

Britten: The Sacred Choral Music / Choir of New College Oxford, Higginbottom

2 CD / Novum / 2013-02-26

Works: Benjamin Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27; A Wedding Anthem, for soprano, tenor, chorus & organ, Op. 46; The Company of Heaven; Te Deum in C major; Jubilate Deo, for chorus & organ in E flat major...
Performers: Bloor, Benjamin [Organ]; Cutting, Guy; Geidt, James; Grahl, Steven; Grainger, Emma; Pritchard, Nick; Saunderson, Duncan; Thain, Lawrence [Organ]
Conductors: Higginbottom, Edward
Ensemble: ; Choir of New College Oxford

Benjamin Britten's sacred music is among the most engaging and original music of its kind composed in the middle years of the 20th century. New...continue...
Recording information: Chapel of New College Oxford (2011-07-18_2011-07-20&2012-)....continue...

50 Best Chillout Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite no 3 in D, BWV 1068; Keyboard Concerto no 5 in F minor, BWV 1056; ...
Performers: Barrueco, Manuel; Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Chance, Michael; Daniels, David; Donohoe, Peter; Farr, Stephen; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal]; Gavrilov, And...
Conductors: Handford, Maurice; Marriner, Sir Neville; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Nézet-Séguin, Yannick; Warren-Green, Christopher; Olah, Erno; Norrington, Roger; Trevor, Kirk; Sawallisch, ...
Ensemble: ; 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic; Ahn Trio; Fretwork; Rostal & Schaefer Piano Duo

This 3 CD set contains 50 tracks of classical chill out music from the catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Performed by some of...continue...

Britten: A Ceremony of Carols; Bruckner: Motets; Gallus: Missa / Vienna Boys Choir

2 CD / Acanta / 2013-01-29

Works: Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28; Anton Bruckner: Locus iste, gradual for chorus in C major, WAB 23; Virga Jesse, gradual for chorus in E minor, WAB 52; Os justi meditabitur sapientiam,...
Performers: Bayer, Elisabeth
Conductors: Neyder, Anton; Gillesberger, Hans
Ensemble: ; Vienna Boys Choir

The Vienna Boys choir is the most famous and best known boys' choir in the world. In their 500 year history, they have worked with...continue...
Recording information: Casino Zögernitz, Vienna, Austria (1971-09-??&1971-11-??_1971-)....continue...

The Shakespeare Concerts Series, Vol. 1: Shakespeare's Memory / Chad Sloan, Andrea Chenoweth, Kellie Van Horn

1 CD / Navona / 2013-01-29

Works: Joseph Summer: With Mirth in Funeral, for baritone & piano (from Oxford Songs); On The Death Of A Fair Infant, for voice & string quartet; Leda and the Swan; Full Fathom Five, for mezzo-soprano, teno...
Performers: Chenoweth, Andrea [Soprano Vocal]; Ferrante, Maria; Hartelova, Lydie; Sekera, Miroslav; Sloan, Chad [Baritone Vocal]; Van Horn, Kellie; Vickers, Justin; Watson, Ian
Conductors:
Ensemble: Kalmia String Quartet

Shakespeare's Memory is the first offering in Navona's Shakespeare Concerts Series. Vol. 1 includes Summer's original chamber and vocal compositions set to Shakespeare's dramas and...continue...

Hymn to the Dawn - works for female choir by Holst, Prokofiev, Beach, Rheinberger, Mendelssohn & Rossini / Etherea Vocal Ens.

1 CD / Delos / 2013-01-29

Works: Gustav Holst: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, H99, Op. 26/3; Eastern Pictures (2), for female chorus & harp, H. 112; Sergey Prokofiev: Prelude in C major for piano (or harp), Op. 12/7; Amy Beach: Sha...
Performers: Cloutier, Grace [Harp]; Gomez, Esteli [Soprano vocal]; Greten-Harrison, Derek; Murchie, Alan; Petrus, Jessica; Sidebottom, Amanda
Conductors: ; Horn, Noah
Ensemble: ; Etherea Vocal Ensemble

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
...With only eight singers, and several of the works sung by a portion of that number, each...continue...

Songs from Evening Land - Per Norgard: songs in new instrumentations / Helene Gjerris, mezzo-soprano

1 CD / Dacapo / 2013-01-29

Works: Per Norgård: Recitatives (2), for voice & piano, Op. 16; Entwicklungen, songs (2) for alto, cello, flute, guitar & percussion; Plutonian Ode, for soprano & cello; Songs (3) from "L'Amour la po&#...
Performers: Abildskov, Anne Marie Fjord; Gjerris, Helene; Hansen, Johannes Soe; Jorgensen, Ulla Miilmann; Lutzhoft, Jesper; Moldrup, Toke; Rehling, Tine; Sorensen, Gert; Wallevik, Lotte
Conductors: Schreiber, Casper

This CD is a testimony of the extraordinary meeting between two strong artistic personalities. Danish mezzo-soprano Helene Gjerris explores six decades of vocal music by...continue...
Recording information: Royal Danish Academy of Music (05/2010-05/2011)....continue...

Mozart: Complete Flute Concertos / Frans Vester, Edward Witsenburg, flutes. Frans Bruggen

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Andante for Flute and Orchestra in C major, K 315 (285e); Concerto for Flute & Harp, K. 299 in C major; Rondo for flute & orchestra in D major, K. Anh. 184 (after Rondo for v...
Performers: Vester, Frans; Witsenburg, Edward
Conductors: Brüggen, Frans
Ensemble: Mozart-Ensemble Amsterdam

These 1972 recordings were made by the cream of the Dutch early music movement, led by one of its alma parens, Frans Brüggen. They date...continue...
Recording information: Doopegezinde Kerk, Amsterdam....continue...

Viva Verdi: Overtures & Preludes / Riccardo Chailly

1 CD / Decca / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliana; Alzira; La traviata; Il corsaro; Nabucco; Jérusalem (Original Version (libr. from 1843 "I Lombardi")); Jérusalem; Giovanna d'Arco; Aida, opera; Macbeth...
Performers: Ferrando, Mauro; Meloni, Fabrizio; Prandino, Luisa; Thouand, Fabien; Zoni, Marco
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; Filarmonica Della Scala

Wiiner of the 2012 ECHO Award for "Conductor of the Year" and one of the world's most respected maestros Riccardo Chailly celebrates Verdi's bicentenary year...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium di Milano (06/05/2012-06/11/2012)....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...

Rhapsodie: Prism of 20th Century Music

1 CD / Origin Classical / 2013-01-15

Works: Marcel Grandjany: Rhapsodie, for harp, Op. 10; André Caplet: Deux Divertissements; Marcel Tournier: Vers la source dans le bois; Toshiro Mayuzumi: Rokudan, for harp; Bernard Andres: Tanka, for h...
Performers: Schlaffer, Yumiko Endo

Recording information: St. Andrew United Methodist Church, Plano, Texas (2012-08-20&2012-08-22_2012-)....continue...

Trumpet Concertos - works by Goedicke, Bohme, Shakhov, Vasilenko, Arutiunian / Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-01-15

Works: Ilya Shakhov: Romantic Concerto for trumpet & orchestra; Alexander Arutiunian: Concerto for Trumpet in A flat major; Oskar Böhme: La Napolitaine, tarantella for trumpet & ensemble, Op. 25; Serge...
Performers: Friedrich, Reinhold [Trumpet]; Tyre, Marjorie
Conductors: Mueller, Christoph-Mathia
Ensemble: ; Gottinger Symphony Orchestra

Reinhold Friedrich is one of the leading trumpet soloists of our time.

Shakhov is little known, and outside Russia his name has been subject to

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Recording information: Hannover (2011-09-16_2011-09-18&2012-)....continue...

The Valley Sings - Choral Music by composers of the Hudson Valley / Works by Aaron Copland, James Fitzwilliam, Craig Fryer, John B Hedge

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: George Tsontakis: Rossetti Nursery Rhymes (3) for chorus; Aaron Copland: Four Motets; Panaiotis: Arise, My Love, for chorus; James Fitzwilliam: A Rose of Sharon, for 2 sopranos, baritone & chorus; Cr...
Performers: Andrawis, Shanna; Boyer, Donald; Chenette, Jeanmarie Kern; Clifton, Elizabeth Leonard; Goldin, Amy; Hedges, John B.; Joscelyn, Amy; Knickerbocker, Glenn; Lundergan, Carol; Saunders, Michael; Wagner, ...
Conductors: Lundergan, Edward
Ensemble: ; A Consort of Singers

Kairos - A Consort of Singers offers a program of choral music by composers living and working in the Hudson Valley region of New York...continue...
Recording information: Holy Cross Monastery, West Park, NY (2012-06-12_2012-06-13_2012-)....continue...

Adriaen Willaert: Chansons; Madrigali; Villanel / Romanesque

1 CD / Ricercar / 2013-01-08

Works: Adrian Willaert: Qual dolcezza giami, madrigal for 5 voices (Madrigali); Zoia zentil che per secreta via, canzona for 4 voices ("Canonza di Ruzante"); Dessus le marché d'Arras, chanson for 4 v...
Performers: Coen, Bart [Recorder]; Devaere, Hannelore; Malfeyt, Philippe; Van Laethem, Katelijne [Soprano Vocal]; Watillon, Sophie
Conductors: Malfeyt, Philippe;
Ensemble: ; Romanesque

To celebrate Adriaen Willaert's anniversary, this recording of the composer's secular repertoire gives us a very different vision of his work compared to his religious...continue...
Recording information: Église Saint-Apollinaire à Bolland (06/1994)....continue...

Philip Glass: Metamorphosis; The Hours / Lavinia Meijer, harp

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: Philip Glass: Glassworks; Metamorphosis, for piano; The Hours, music from the film score for piano
Performers: Meijer, Lavinia

Since their first encounter in May 2011, rising star harpist Lavinia Meijer has worked with some frequency with Philip Glass, even though he has never...continue...
Recording information: Doopsgezinde Kerk, Deventer (05/2012)....continue...

William Lawes: The Passion of Musicke / Sophie Gent: violin; Giovanna Pessi: triple harp; Eduardo Egüez: theorbo; Philippe Pierlot: viol

1 CD / Flora / 2013-01-08

Works: William Lawes: Consort for harp, bass viol, violin & theorbo no 1 in G minor; Corant for lyra viol (VdGS no 431); Consort for harp, bass viol, violin & theorbo no 4 in D minor; Divisions on a Pavan i...
Performers: Eguez, Eduardo; Gent, Sophie; Pessi, Giovanna; Pierlot, Philippe

On the death of William Lawes, King James I - who called him "The Father of Music" - observed several weeks of mourning. Lawes is...continue...
Recording information: Bra-sur-Lienne (08/2006)....continue...

Dan Visconti: Lonesome Roads / Horszowski Trio

1 CD / Bridge / 2012-12-11

Works: Dan Visconti: Black Bend, for string quartet; Lawless Airs, for violin & harp; Ramble and Groove, for bassoon; Hard-Knock Stomp, for viola; Drift of Rainbows, for 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass...
Performers: Afkham, Micha; Bader, Alexander; Brandl, Wolfram; Duven, Richard; Jezierski, Stefan de Leval; Langlamet, Marie-Pierre; Lenton, Rebecca; Schlichte, Jan; Stockhausen, Majella; Streuli, Christoph; Weidm...
Conductors: ; Hasel, Michael
Ensemble: ; Horszowski Trio; Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
The opening track, Black Bend for string quintet, starts with what sounds like distant train whistles...continue...
Recording information: Kammermusiksaal, Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany (05/13/2009-05/19/2009); Performing Arts Center, Theater C, SUNY College at Purc (05/13/2009-05/19/2009); Kammermusiksaal, Philhar...continue...

Flute & Harp - works by Jongen, Rota, Piazzolla. Bandi, Ermacora

1 CD / Gallo / 2012-12-11

Works: Joseph Jongen: Danse Lente, for flute & harp, Op. 56bis; Nino Rota: Sonata for flute & harp; Arthur Honegger: Romance, for flute & piano in G minor, H. 211; Ravi Shankar: L'Aube Enchantée (based...
Performers: Bandi, Isabelle; Ermacora, Laure

The two performers on this recording have chosen a varied program, concentrating on Swiss composers. Isabelle Bandi and Laure Ermacora founded their duo in 202...continue...
Recording information: Studio Stéréolith (CH-Prangins) (2010)....continue...

Harp Dances - Music for solo harp by Salzedo, Granados, Lecuona, Albeniz, Rodrigo / Floraleda Sacchi, harp

1 CD / Amadeus Arte / 2012-12-11

Works: Carlos Salzédo: Suite of Eight Dances; Song in the Night, for harp; Enriqué Granados: Danzas Españolas, Op. 37; Valses (7) poeticos; Ernesto Lecuona: Zambra gitana, for piano; Isaac Al...
Performers: Sacchi, Floraleda

Harpist Floraleda Sacchi has recorded a program built on dance rhythms....continue...
Recording information: Exclaim Studio, Italy (Olgiate Comasco) (2009-10-07_2009-10-08&2009-)....continue...

Schoenberg: Pierre Lunaire / Pierre Boulez, Ensemble Intercontemporian; Christine Schafer

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-12-11

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21; Herzgewächse, song for soprano, celesta, harp & harmonium, Op. 20; Ode to Napoleon, Op. 41
Performers: Cambreling, Frederique; Nagano, Hideki; Schafer, Christine; Vassilakis, Dimitri
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Members of the Ensemble InterContemporain

The 20th century inspired music that was provocative and challenging - music that in many ways we are still corning to terms with. The ideas...continue...

Christmas Fantasies / Valerie Milot, harp; Antione Bareil, violin

1 CD / Analekta / 2012-11-27

Works: Lewis Redner: O Little Town of Bethlehem; English Traditional: Greensleeves, folk song; Scarborough Fair; Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Antoine Bareil: Trois jours avant Noël, for violin & harp; E...
Performers: Bareil, Antoine; Milot, Valerie [Harp]

Recording information: Église St-Augustin, Saint-Augustin de Mirabel, Québec, (10/2010/04/2011)....continue...

Gunter Raphael: Chamber Music of 1946, Vol. 3 / Wolfgang Sawallisch, Eckard Sellheim, Wilhelm Neuhaus, Hans Altmann

1 CD / Querstand / 2012-11-13

Works: Günter Raphael: Sonatina for clarinet & piano, Op. 65/3 ("Entensonatine"); Sonatina for oboe & harp, Op. 65/2; Divertimento for alto saxophone & cello, Op. 74; Sonata for viola & piano no 3 in D...
Performers: Altmann, Hans; Blees, Thomas; Cassedanne, Charlotte; Klein, Franz; Manz, Emil [Sax (Alto)]; Mauruschat, Werner; Mommer, Karl Heinz [Cello]; Neuhaus, Wilhelm; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]; S...

Recording information: WDR Saal 2 (09/10/1963)....continue...

Jan Ladislav Dussek: Duos for Harp and Piano, Vol. 2 - Opp. 73; 26 & 72; Sophia Dussek-Corri: Introduction and Waltz / Masumi Nagasawa: harp; Richard Egarr: piano

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2012-11-13

Works: Jan Ladislav Dussek: Sonata (Duo) for harp & piano in F major, Op. 73 (C. 243); Duettino for harp & piano no 2 in F major (C. 190); Duettino for harp (or piano) & piano in F major, Op. 26 (C. 102); S...
Performers: Egarr, Richard; Nagasawa, Masumi

Recording information: Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (11/2011)....continue...

French Masterworks for Harp - works by Ravel, Caplet, Debussy / Ursula Holliger, harp; Peter-Lukas Graf, flute; Hans Stalder, clarinet

1 CD / Claves / 2012-11-13

Works: Maurice Ravel: Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet; André Caplet: Conte Fantastique for harp & string quartet, "Masque of the Red Death"; Divertissements, for h...
Performers: Collot, Serge; Graf, Peter-Lukas; Holliger, Ursula; Stalder, Hans-Rudolf
Conductors:
Ensemble: Die Kammermusiker Zurich

Originally released in 1987, this recording of French masterpieces for harp with ensemble features harpist Ursula Holliger. She has performed internationally as a soloist and...continue...
Recording information: Johannes Kirche Thun....continue...

Haiku: Sonia Formenti and Floraleda Sacchi play Nicola Campogrande

1 CD / Amadeus Arte / 2012-11-13

Works: Nicola Campogrande: Tililadodìn, for flute & harp; Momento Musicale, for flute & harp; Haiku, for harp
Performers: Formenti, Sonia; Sacchi, Floraleda

Floraleda Sacchi plays works by Nicola Campogrande dedicated to her in world premiere recordings....continue...

Weihnachtssingen - An Evening of Christmas Carols - works by Buxtehude; Walter Kraft; Johann Eccard; Heinrich Schutz; Peter Cornelius et al. / Lubecker Knabenkantorei

1 CD / Rondeau Production / 2012-11-13

Works: Gregorian Chant: Hodie Christus natus est, antiphon, mode 1; Johannes Unger: Organ Improvisation no 1; Organ Improvisation no 2; Organ Improvisation no 3; Organ Improvisation no 4; Organ Improvisatio...
Performers: Jensch, Jan-Handrik; Maier, Johanna; Unger, Johannes
Conductors: Muller, Michael D.
Ensemble: ; Lubecker Knabenkantorei

Since 1948 the Lübecker Knabenkantorei has invited audiences to join them for their Christmas concerts at St Mary's Church in Lübeck. These invitations have brought...continue...
Recording information: St. Gertrud Church (05/12/2012-05/20/2012); St. Marien Kirche, Lübeck, Germany (05/12/2012-05/20/2012); St. Gertrud Church (07/08/2012); St. Marien Kirche, Lübeck, Ger...continue...

Nino Rota: Chamber Music for Flute / Mario Carbotta, flute

1 CD / Dynamic / 2012-11-13

Works: Nino Rota: Duets (3) for flute & oboe; Pieces (5) for flute & piano; Trio for flute, violin & piano; Sonata for flute & harp; Quintet for flute, oboe, viola, cello & harp
Performers: Balzaretti, Carlo; Bedetti, Marino; Bianchi, Cristina; Bianchi, Marco; Carbotta, Mario; Parazzoli, Carlo; Testori, Marco

The CD features Rota's complete chamber works for flute, which he composed from 1935 to 1972. The Quintetto was dedicated to his mother and is...continue...
Recording information: Dynamic's, Genova, Italy (01/25/1998-01/26/1998)....continue...

Suzanne Farrin: Corpo di Terra

1 CD / New Focus / 2012-11-13

Works: Suzanne Farrin: Polvere et Ombra, for harp; Corpo di Terra, for cello; Uscrimi di Braccia, for viola & piano; Ma Dentro Dove, for clarinet; Time is a Cage, for violin
Performers: Hadulla, Markus; Lichten, Julia; Rubin, Josh [Clarinet]; Tamesit, Antoine; Wadden, Nuiko; Wiersma, Calvin

Suzanne Farrin's debut full length recording of her works features a series of "songs without words" for solo instruments inspired by the poetry of the...continue...

Debussy: String Quartet; Trio; Danses / Danel Quartet. Francette Bartholomée: harp; Daniel Blumenthal: piano

1 CD / Fuga Libera / 2012-11-13

Works: Claude Debussy: Quartet for Strings in G minor, Op. 10; Danse sacrée et danse profane; Piano Trio, L. 3
Performers: Bartholomee, Francette; Blumenthal, Daniel; Lecompte, Korneel [Double Bass]

Recording information: Flagey Studios 1 & 4 (2011-11-10&2011-12-04_2011-)....continue...

Harpist Catrin Finch plays the music of John Rutter - "Blessing"

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-11-06

Works: John Rutter: A Gaelic Blessing; Lord bless you and keep you; Lullaby for Ana Gwen, for harp; Suite Lyrique, for harp & orchestra; Lullaby for Pegi, for harp; A Clare Benediction, for chorus; Catrin F...
Performers: Bennett, Kia; Finch, Catrin; Thomas, Elin Manahan; Watson, Louise
Conductors: Rutter, John

For her second Deutsche Grammophon album, former Royal Harpist Catrin Finch plays music by the beloved British composer, John Rutter, as well new pieces and...continue...
Recording information: Acapela Studio, Cardiff, Wales (06/18/2012-06/21/2012)....continue...

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...

Art Song Collection - Anniversary Series / Beethoven, Britten, Gurney, Hawes, Poulenc, et al.

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-11-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble, song for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra); Ludwig van Beethoven: Sechs Gesänge mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, O...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Asti, Eugene; Bickley, Susan; Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Crawford-Phillips, Simon; Evans, Rebecca; Filsell, Jeremy [Keyboard]; Glynn, Christo...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Dante Quartet

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...

John Zorn: Music and Its Double

1 CD / Tzadik / 2012-10-30

Works: John Zorn: A Rebours, for chamber ensemble; Ceremonial Magic, for violin & drums; La Machine de l'être, for orchestra
Performers: Choi, Jennifer; Fulmer, David; Han, June; Lipowski, Alexander; Nicolas, Mike; O'Connor, Tara Helen; Pereira, Joe [Percussion]; Rubin, Josh [Clarinet]; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Winant, William [Percussio...
Conductors: Lubman, Bradley; Oramo, Sakari

Three powerful dramatic works from Zorn's remarkable concert music catalog! Zorn's unique cello concerto is a colorful virtuoso showpiece for cellist Fred Sherry and three...continue...

Saint-Seans & Tchaikovsky: Cello Concertos / Stephane Tetreault, cello

1 CD / Analekta / 2012-10-30

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Cello no 1 in A minor, Op. 33; Allegro appassionato for Cello and Piano in B minor, Op. 43; Carnival of the animals; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Variations for C...
Performers: Fortier, Isabelle; Tetreault, Stephane
Conductors: Gabel, Fabien
Ensemble: ; Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec

Stéphane Tétreault was selected to participate at the prestigious 2009 Rostropovich Cello Competition in Paris. He was the youngest participant - personally selected by Michael...continue...
Recording information: Raoul-Jobin hall in Palais Montcalm, Québec (06/2012)....continue...

Nouveau Monde: Baroque Arias and Songs by Henry Purcell, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Marc-Antoine Charpentier and George Frideric Handel / Patricia Petibon, soprano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-30

Works: José de Nebra: Vendado es amor, no es ciego; Henry Le Bailly: Yo soy la locura (Passacalle de La Folie); Anonymous: Cachua, improvisation on a melody recogida by Baltasar Martínez Compa...
Performers: Almada, Lincoln; Grare, Joël; Greenlaw, Kevin [Baritone vocal]; Hamon, Pierre; Mascardi, Evangelina; Petibon, Patricia; Rodriguez, Josias
Conductors: Marcon, Andrea
Ensemble: ; La Cetra

Admired for her remarkable creative imagination and exemplary musicianship, soprano Patricia Petibon, in her newest album for Deutsche Grammophon, offers a treasure-trove of fascinating Baroque...continue...
Recording information: Martinskirche in Basel, Switzerland (02/2012)....continue...

Hush a Bye: Music for Children - gentle lullabies and quiet music

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2012-10-30

Works: English Traditional: Hush a Bye Baby; Traditional: Sleep My Baby; Mervyn Burtch: Sleep, my gentle child; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109; Anonymou...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Giles, Ian; Souter, Martin; Spring, Matthew; Stowe, Sara

Gentle lullabies and quiet music combine to form this special program of music to invite sleep. Unlike most calming programs, this release relies on real...continue...
Includes work(s) by Anonymous....continue...

A Walk in the Rain

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-10-19

Works: Jacques Castérède: Sonatine de Mai, for flute & harp; Laurel Zucker: A Walk in the Rain, for flute & harp; Celtic Snowflakes, for flute & harp; Tennessee Cloud Suite, for flute & harp; ...
Performers: Jolles, Susan [Harp]; Zucker, Laurel

Recording information: Pelham, NY....continue...

Meditation: The Most Beautiful Classical Melodies

1 CD / Marquis Classic / 2012-10-16

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Christoph W. Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits; Ludwig van Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata; Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Erik Satie: Gymnopedie f...
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Bloemendal, Coenraad; Campbell, James [Clarinet]; Eguchi, Akira; Goodman, Erica [Harp]; Goodyear, Stewart; Grant, Cameron; Hoeppner, Susan; Krosnick, Joel; Lindemann, Jens; Ma...
Conductors: Komatsu, Chosei;
Ensemble: ; Duo Concertante; Upper Valley Duo

This collection of the most beautiful, familiar and popular classical melodies of all time, selected from the Marquis catalog of fine classical recordings, features virtuoso...continue...

Happy Birthday John! Chamber Music with Harp by John Cage / Floraleda Sacchi, harp; John Cage, speaker

1 CD / Amadeus Arte / 2012-10-09

Works: Spoken Word: John Cage speaks; John Cage: Primitive, for string piano; In a Landscape; A Room, for piano or prepared piano; Variations no 1, for any number of players and means; Waiting, for piano; 4...
Performers: Sacchi, Floraleda

September 5, 2012 marked the 100th birthday of the remarkable American composer, theorist and experimentalist John Cage, infamous, at the very least, for his unorthodox...continue...
Recording information: Como, Italy....continue...

Harrison Birtwistle: Orpheus Elegies; Three Bach Arias / Melinda Maxwell, oboe; Helen Tunstall, harp; Andrew Watts, countertenor

1 CD / The Classics Label / 2012-10-09

Works: Harrison Birtwistle: Orpheus Elegies (26); Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 21, "Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis BWV 21; Cantata "Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben", BWV 102; Cantata "Erschal...
Performers: Fulbrook, Ben [Marimba]; Maxwell, Melinda; Seaton, Claire; Stafford, William; Tunstall, Helen; Verity, Tom [Clarinet, Clarinet (Bass)]; Watts, Andrew

Harrison Birtwistle's major chamber work is scored mainly for oboe and harp, and refers to some of Rilke's sonnets. His arrangements of three Bach arias...continue...
Recording information: All Saints Church, East Finchley, England (2008-08-28_2008-08-29&2008-)....continue...

Imogen Holst: Choral Works; Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb / Clare College Choir

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-10-09

Works: Imogen Holst: Mass in A minor; A Hymne to Christ, for chorus; Psalms (3) for chorus; Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow, for chorus & harp; Hallo My Fancy, Whither Wilt Thou Go?, for chorus; Benjamin Bri...
Performers: Houghton, Tanya [Harp]
Conductors: Ross, Graham
Ensemble: ; Dmitri Ensemble

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
I have been listening to and enjoying this CD at intervals over the past several months. At...continue...
Recording information: All Hallows' Church, Gospel Oak, London (07/2011)....continue...

Britten: A Ceremony of Carols; St. Nicolas / Holst Singers; Trinity College Choir. Stephen Layton

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-10-09

Works: Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28; Saint Nicholas, cantata for tenor, treble, choruses & orchestra, Op. 42
Performers: Cole, Jeremy; Edwards, Catherine; Higgins, Jonathan; Price, Sally
Conductors: Layton, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Trinity College Choir, Cambridge

Stephen Layton leads the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge and the Holst Singers in two of Benjamin Britten's most popular choral works for Christmastide. The...continue...

Essential Britten / Over 2 hours of Britten's greatest masterworks

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Benjamin Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. 18; Simple Symphony for Strings, Op. 4; Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31; Concerto for Violin Op. 15; Saint Nicolas, Op. 42; A Ceremony of Carols, O...
Performers: Bostridge, Ian; Brightman, Sarah; Brown, Timothy; Carter, Roy [Oboe]; Clark, James [Tenor Vocal]; Drake, Julius [Piano]; Ellis, Osian; Godlee, Julian; Haendel, Ida; Harper, Heather; Lenehan, John [Pi...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Brown, Iona; Bedford, Steuart; Berglund, Paavo; Willcocks, David; Pesek, Libor; Whitfield, John; Tate, Jeffrey; Previn, Andre; Hickox, Richard; Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: ; Endymion Ensemble

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular works...continue...

Glazunov: Raymonda, Op. 57 (complete ballet) / Evgeny Svetlanov: conductor

2 CD / Melodiya / 2012-10-09

Works: Alexander Glazunov: Raymonda, Op. 57
Performers: Dulova, Vera; Kalinovsky, Sergei [Violin]; Usachev, Oleg [Trumpet]
Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny
Ensemble: Orchestra of the USSR State Academic Bolshoi Theatre

In the spring of 1896, Alexander Glazunov received a commission from Ivan Vsevolozhsky, the director of the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatre, to compose the score...continue...
Recording information: 1961....continue...

Essential British Classics - Over 2 hours of rousing classical anthems

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Sarabande; Water Music Suite no 2 in D; Messiah; Music for the Royal Fireworks; Coronation Anthem; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas; Funeral Music for Queen Mary; Jere...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Andre, Maurice; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bean, Hugh; Beniston, Paul; Brightman, Sarah; du Pre, Jacqueline; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane; Graham, Susan; Haim, ...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Briger, Alexander; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Boult, Adrian; Cleobury, Stephen; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Barbirolli, John; Handley, Vernon; Trevor, Kirk; Jenkin...
Ensemble: ; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular works...continue...

Claudia Montero: Evocaciones; Incensum / Floraleda Sacchi, harp

1 CD / Amadeus Arte / 2012-10-09

Works: Claudia Montero: Incensum, for harp; Evocaciones, for harp
Performers: Sacchi, Floraleda

These works for harp were written by Claudio Montero in 2010 for harpist Floraleda Sacchi. Evocaciones is meant to evoke the composer's home land of...continue...
Recording information: Como, Italy....continue...