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Daniel Hope: The Warner Recordings - Bach, Mozart, Berg, Britten, Foulds, Shostakovich, Shankar, Falla et al. / Daniel Hope, violin

5 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in D minor, BWV 1052; Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV ...
Performers: Bezuidenhout, Kristian; Blankestijn, Marieke; Chakraborty, Asok; Hope, Daniel [Violin]; Knauer, Sebastian; Martin, Jaime; Mazumdar, Gaurav; Sebastian, Gilda
Conductors: Norrington, Roger; Watkins, Paul; Oramo, Sakari; Shostakovich, Maxim

Called "adventurous and brilliant" by the New York Times, Hope was named "the most exciting British string player since Jacqueline du Pré," by the London...continue...

Dragon Rhyme - Music for wind ensemble by Jennifer Higdon, Kurt Weill and Chen Yi / Carrle Koffman, soprano sax; Anton Miller, violin

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-09-25

Works: Jennifer Higdon: Soprano Saxophone Concerto; Kurt Weill: Concerto for Violin & wind orchestra, Op. 12; Chen Yi: Dragon Rhyme, for ensemble
Performers: Koffman, Carrie; Miller, Anton
Conductors: Adsit, Glen
Ensemble: Hartt School Wind Ensemble

The wind band offers considerable variety and color to composers, as demonstrated by these three disparate works. Jennifer Higdon's Soprano Saxophone Concerto brings to the...continue...
Recording information: Lincoln Theater, University of Hartford Campus, USA....continue...

Boccherini: Quintets for Guitar & Strings nos 1,2,3,4 & 9 / Massimo Scattolin, guitar

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Luigi Boccherini: Quintet for guitar & strings in D minor, G. 445 (arrangement of Piano Quintet, G. 416); Quintet for guitar & strings in E major, G. 446 (arrangement of Piano Quintet, G. 417); Quint...
Performers: Berger, Julius; Mezzena, Franco; Pagliari, Stefano [Violin]; Scattolin, Massimo [Guitar]; Volpato, Luca

These quintets for guitar and strings were created in the 1790s for the Duke of Benavente-Osuna. From the dramatic G445, whose last movement ends in...continue...

Tansy Davies: Spine / Samuel Boden, Joby Burgess, Simon Haram, Darragh Morgan, Huw Watkins

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Tansy Davies: Iris, concerto for saxophone & 15 instruments; Static, for voice & piano; Dark Ground, for solo percussion; Loure, for solo violin; Falling Angel, for 17 instruments; This Love, for voi...
Performers: Boden, Samuel; Burgess, Joby; Haram, Simon; Morgan, Darragh; Watkins, Huw
Conductors: Austin, Christopher;
Ensemble: Azalea Ensemble; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Concordia (Viol Consort)

This new recording includes make black white, a reconstruction of Dowland's Flow, My Tears performed by viol consort Concordia; the ritualistic Dark Ground for percussion...continue...

Dexter: Season 6 - Music from the Showtime Original Series

1 CD / Milan / 2012-09-25

Works: Rolfe Kent: Dexter, television series theme; Tonight's the Night (from Dexter); Cabrera Marine Jose Antonio: La Vira Tiguerre; Latinos; Dee Allen: Spill The Wine; N/A: Search And Destroy; Daniel Lich...
Performers: Banducci, Brett; Buckman, Caroline; Burdon, Eric; Chen, Daphne; Freebairn-Smith, Vanessa; Gina; Gosnell, Craig; Kaplan, Alan; Kennedy, Carrie; Kent, Rolfe; Kumar, Kevin; Lee, Songa; Liu, Lis [Violin]...

Giovanni Benedetto Platti: Sonatas for Violoncello, Violin & Basso continuo / Sebastian Hess, cello; Rudiger Lotter, violin; Florian Birsak, keyboard

1 CD / Oehms / 2012-09-25

Works: Giovanni Benedetto Platti: Trio for violin, cello & double bass in D minor; Trio Sonata, for violin, cello & continuo, WD689; Ricercata for violin & cello no 1 in D major; Trio Sonata for violin, cel...
Performers: Birsak, Florian; Hess, Sebastian; Lotter, Rudiger

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
This disc of trio sonatas and duos for cello and violin has been in my CD player...continue...
Recording information: Barockkirche St. Mauritius, Wiesentheid (08/26/2010-08/28/2010)....continue...

Tartini: Violin Concertos (8) / Giuliano Fontanella, Enrico Casazza, Paolo Ciociola, violins; Interpreti Veneziani

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Giuseppe Tartini: Concerto for Violin in A minor, D. 113; Concerto for Violin in A minor, D. 115; Concerto for Violin in G major, D. 80; Concerto in A, D96; Concerto for Violin in D minor, D. 45; Con...
Performers: Casazza, Enrico; Ciociola, Paolo; Fontanella, Giuliano; Rossi, Cristiano; Vianello, Sebastiano Maria
Conductors:
Ensemble: Interpreti Veneziani

Tartini, (b.1692) is regarded as one of the most important composers of his generation. The Italian wrote over 130 concertos, six of which form the...continue...
Recording information: Scuola Grande di S. Giovanni Evangelista, Venice, Italy....continue...

Explorer With the Clarinet - works by Hoffmeister, Schacht, Danzi, Lachner, Spohr, Mozart et al. / Dieter Kloecker, clarinet [4 CDs]

4 CD / Acanta / 2012-09-25

Works: Franz Anton Hoffmeister: Concerto for Clarinet in B flat major; Theodor Schacht: Concerto for Clarinet in B flat major; Franz Danzi: Sextet for winds in E flat major; Concerto Concertant for clarinet...
Performers: Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Donath, Klaus; Feit, Pierre W.; Hartmann, Karl-Otto; Jaap Schroder [Violin/Conductor]; Klocker, Dieter; Wandel, Waldemar
Conductors: Schroder, Jaap; ; Donath, Klaus
Ensemble: ; Consortium Classicum

Dieter Klocker dedicated his life to music with great devotion: his importance as a clarinetist is demonstrated by the fact that his name became synonymous...continue...

Tartini: Sonatas for violin & harpsichord, Op. 2/1-6; 26 Piccole Sonate autografe / Alberto Martini, violin; Ilario Gregoletto, harpsichord

3 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Giuseppe Tartini: Sonatas Op. 2 for violin and continuo; Sonata for violin & continuo in G major, B. G1; Sonata for violin & continuo in D minor, B. d1; Sonata for violin & continuo, B. D1; Sonata fo...
Performers: Gregoletto, Ilario; Guglielmo, Giovanni; Martini, Alberto; Pocaterra, Antonio

Giuseppe Tartini, born in what today is Slovenia, ranks among the most famous of late-Baroque composers. Contemporary accounts suggest that Tartini didn't so much play...continue...

The Music of Upstairs Downstairs, Series 2

1 CD / Carl Davis Collection / 2012-09-25

Works: Carl Davis: Upstairs Downstairs (Series 2), music from the television series
Performers: Bishop, Dave; Blendis, Simon; Bradbury, Adrian; Buckton, Ben [Violin]; Burgess, Joby; Cohen, David; George, Richard; Gilliver, Rebecca; Goldsmith, Adam; Griffiths, Gareth; Kanga, Skaila [Harp]; Laure...
Conductors: Davis, Carl

The 2010-2012 revival of the iconic 1970s drama Upstairs Downstairs on BBC called for new music to match the new drama. Enter contemporary British composer...continue...
Recording information: Angel Studios....continue...

Stradella: Chamber Music - Trio Sonatas; Sonatas for 2 violins et al. / Ferrais, Ephrikian, Adamo, Bignami

4 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Alessandro Stradella: Sonata for violin & continuo in A minor, 7.1-10; Sonata for violin & continuo in D major, 7.1-1; Sonata for violin & continuo in G major, 7.1-9; Sonata for violin & continuo in ...
Performers: Adamo, Giovanni; Alessandri, Giorgio; Bignami, William [Violin]; Borgatti, Franco; Bruni, Francesco [Cello]; Burattin, Armando; Carli, Maria Isabella de; Cicoria, Nazareno; Eichhorn, Holger; Emiliani...

Alessandro Stradella enjoyed such a high reputation during his career that he never lacked powerful patrons and commissions. Regarded by some as the Mozart of...continue...
Recording information: Villa Litta (Affori), Milan, Italy....continue...

Beethoven: Symphony no 6 "Pastoral"; "Triple" Concerto; Egmont Overture / Itzhak Perlman - Israel PO, Giora Schmidt, Zuili Bailey, Navah Perlman [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2012-09-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84A; Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C major, Op. 56 "Triple Concerto"; Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"
Performers: Bailey, Zuill; Perlman, Navah; Schmidt, Giora
Conductors: Perlman, Itzhak
Ensemble: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

The Israel Philharmonic is a cultural ambassador for Israel, and is regarded as one of the great orchestras of the world. Here conducted by eminent...continue...
Run Time: 99 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
Country of Origin: Austria
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Stabat Mater - works by Pergolesi, Palestrina, Vivaldi, Haydn, Dvorak, Boccherini [4 CDs]

4 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Stabat Mater; Antonio Vivaldi: Amen; Franz Joseph Haydn: Stabat Mater, H 20 bis; Antonin Dvorák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58/B 71; ...
Performers: Ahnsjo, Claes-Håkan; Anlauf, Richard; Bishop, Julia; Borg, Kim; Brown, Timothy [Choral Conductor]; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Laki, Krisztina; Levine, Joanna; Levy, Mark [Viol]; Parker, Joanna; ...
Conductors: Brown, Timothy; Leusink, Pieter Jan; Bernius, Frieder; Smetacek, Vaclav; Scogna, Flavio Emilio
Ensemble: ; Choir of Clare College Cambridge; Holland Boys Choir; Netherland Bach Collegium; Prague Philharmonic Choir; Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

This release is dedicated to some of the most famous settings of the Stabat mater, revealing the genre's varying treatment by composers over the centuries....continue...

The Best Classical Hits Ever!

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-18

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in E "The Four Seasons", Spring; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture...
Performers: Bell, David [Organ]; Eisenberg, Matthias; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Gutierrez, Horacio; Layton, Stephen; Menuhin, Yehudi; Morris, James; Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ]
Conductors: Lysy, Alberto; Sanderling, Kurt; Jansons, Mariss; Cleobury, Stephen; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo; Welser-Möst, Franz; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Gö...
Ensemble: ; Cambridge Classical Players

The Best Relaxing Classical Ever!

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-18

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109; Jules Massenet: Médit...
Performers: Chang, Han-Na; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Kalafusz, Hans; Kovacevich, Stephen; Lympany, Moura; Mesple, Mady; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Millet, Danielle; Ogdon, John; Rigutto, Bruno
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Slatkin, Leonard; Marriner, Sir Neville; Lombard, Alain; Boult, Adrian; Willcocks, David; Muti, Riccardo;
Ensemble: ; Vienna String Sextet

The Best Classical Music in the Movies Ever!

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-18

Works: John Williams: Star Wars; Schindler's List; E.T.; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 1; Stanley Myers: The Deer Hunter; James Horner: My Heart Will Go On (from the...
Performers: Abel, David [Conductor]; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Barrueco, Manuel; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Gieseking, Walter; Horner, James; Little, Tasmin; Lopardo, Frank; Meier, Waltraud; Morris, James; Mo...
Conductors: Love, Geoff; Previn, Andre; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Muti, Riccardo; Sutherland, Iain; Goodwin, Ron; Ormandy, Eugene; Lombard, Alain

The Best Wedding Music Ever!

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-18

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; George Frederick Handel: Water Music Suite no 2 in D; Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's Ma...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bayco, Frederic; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Hunt, Gordon [Oboe]; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Lundkvist, Erik; Parker-...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew; Ericson, Eric; Fischer, George; Muti, Riccardo; Lehani, Fritz

Tchaikovsky: Trio in A minor, Op. 50; Haydn: Trio in G major, Hob.XV, No. 25

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-09-18

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Trio for Piano and Strings in A minor, Op. 50; Franz Joseph Haydn: Keyboard Trio in G major ("Gypsy Trio") H. 15/25
Performers: Beluska, Vasile [Violin]; Smith, Alan [Cello]; Smith, Diana Barker [Piano]

Recording information: College of Musical Arts, Bowling Green State University (2007)....continue...

Fifty Shades of Grey: The Classical Album / Alexandre Tharaud, Barbara Hendricks, Samson Francois Alexis Weissenberg, et al.

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-18

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Johann Sebastian Bach: Keyboard Concerto in D minor, BWV 974; Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Heitor Villa-Lobos...
Performers: Augér, Arleen; Barley, Peter; Francois, Samson; Garcia, José Luis; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Lympany, Moura; Mesple, Mady; Millet, Danielle; Ousset, Cécile; Tharaud, Al...
Conductors: Lombard, Alain; Labadie, Bernard; Bátiz, Enrique; Muti, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Cellos of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Cellos; Les Violons du Roy

EMI Classics is proud to present Fifty Shades of Grey - The Classical Album, an exciting new release featuring 15 pieces of classical music personally...continue...
When E.L. James was writing her Twilight-slash-fic-turned-BSDM potboiler Fifty Shades of Grey, she apparently fueled her writing sessions by listening to tons of classical music. Once the book turned ...continue...

York Bowen: Chamber Music, Vol. 2, incl. Horn Quintet; Horn Sonata; Trios (2) / Endymion Ensemble

2 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2012-09-12

Works: York Bowen: Quintet for horn & string quartet in C minor, Op. 85; Rhapsody Trio for violin, cello & piano in A minor, Op. 80; Trio for Piano and Strings in E minor, Op. 118; Sonata for flute & piano,...
Performers: Dussek, Michael; Keen, Helen; Maxwell, Melinda; Osostowicz, Krysia; Salmon, Jane; Stirling, Stephen; Wiel, Mark Van de
Conductors:
Ensemble: Endymion Ensemble

With this attractively priced 2-CD boxed set reissue, Dutton offers a second collection of music by English composer York Bowen. This set repackages the label's...continue...

Cecilia McDowall: Shipping Forecast; Theatre of Tango; Crossing the Bridge et al. / Jeremy Huw Williams, baritone; Madeleine Easton, violin; Kathryn Thomas, flute; Andrew Hobday, narrator

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2012-09-12

Works: Cecilia McDowall: Great Hills, concertante for violin, 2 flutes & orchestra; Pavane, for orchestra; Theatre of Tango, for voice, violin & orchestra; Crossing the Bridge, for orchestra; Rain, Steam & ...
Performers: Easton, Madeleine; Kocsis, Tamas; Shaw, Joanna; Thomas, Kathryn; Williams, Jeremy Huw
Conductors: Vass, George
Ensemble: ; Ulster Orchestra

George Vass conducts the Choir of Merton College, Oxford, the Ulster Orchestra and Orchestra Nova in Dutton Epoch's fifth CD devoted entirely to the music...continue...

Christian Wolff: For Piano 1; For Pianist; Burdocks / Christian Wolff, flute; Gordon Mumma, french horn; John Nash, violin; David Behrman, viola; Frederic Rzewski, piano

1 CD / Wergo / 2012-09-12

Works: Christian Wolff: For Piano I; For Pianist; Burdocks, for 10 parts
Performers: Behrman, David; Mumma, Gordon [Composer]; Nash, Johnny; Rzewski, Frederic [Composer]; Tudor, David [Composer/Piano]; Wolff, Christian [Composer]

In the early 1960s, Wergo launched a series that would become a legend in the history of contemporary music recordings. Studio Reihe Neuer Musik featured...continue...
Recording information: Dartmouth College, Hanover NH, USA (08/1971)....continue...

Samuel Barber: An American Romantic - The Choral Music of Samuel Barber / Conspirare

1 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-09-12

Works: Samuel Barber: Twelfth Night, for 4 voices. Op. 42/1; To Be Sung on the Water, for 4 voices, Op. 42/2; The Virgin Martyrs, Op. 8 no 1; Let Down the Bars, O Death, Op. 8 no 2; Reincarnations, for 4 vo...
Performers: Brickens, Nathaniel; Burritt, Thomas; Burritt, Tom; Clarke, Karen; Debow, Faith; Henderson, Rebecca; Hughes, Patrick [Trumpet]; Jones, Adah Toland [Flute]; Punter, Melanie; Sauer, Gregory; Shaw, Bria...
Conductors: Hella-Johnson, Craig
Ensemble: ; Conspirare

On their new recording Samuel Barber - An American Romantic, Craig Hella Johnson and Conspirare honor the great composer with a selection of some of...continue...
Recording information: Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen College, Indiana (09/2011)....continue...

The Romantic Violin Concerto, Vol. 13 - Schumann: Violin Concertos in D minor & A minor / Anthony Marwood (violin)

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-09-12

Works: Robert Schumann: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Concerto for Cello in A minor, Op. 129; Fantasie for Violin and Orchestra in C major, Op. 131
Performers: Marwood, Anthony
Conductors: Boyd, Douglas
Ensemble: ; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Hyperion presents the thirteenth volume in their ongoing Romantic Violin Concerto series. Although more often featuring virtuoso showpieces by the composer/violinists of the nineteenth century,...continue...
Recording information: City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow (11/10/2011-11/11/2011)....continue...

Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no 1; Piano Concerto no 2; Violin Concerto no 1 / David Oistrakh, violin; Mstislav Rostropovich, cello; Leonard Bernstein, piano

1 Super Audio CD / Praga / 2012-09-12

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Cello no 1 in E flat major, Op. 107; Concerto for Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 102; Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor, Op. 77
Performers: Bernstein, Leonard; Jones, Mason; Oistrakh, David; Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Bernstein, Leonard; Mravinsky, Yevgeny
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philharmonic Orchestra

Offered together for the first time, this new SACD remastering from Praga features historic recordings of three acclaimed concertos by Dmitri Shostakovich, performed by the...continue...

Respighi: Violin Sonatas; Five Pieces for Violin and Piano; Serenata et al. / Tanja Becker-Bender, violin; Péter Nagy, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-09-12

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Sonata for violin & piano, in D minor, P. 15; Pezzi (5), for violin & piano, P. 62; Sonata for violin & piano, in B minor, P. 110; Six Pieces, P. 31
Performers: Becker-Bender, Tanja; Nagy, Péter [Piano]

Respighi's orchestral music is loved for its lavish, operatic fireworks and its pomp and circumstance. This recording of his music for violin and piano demonstrates...continue...
Recording information: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin (11/15/2011-11/17/2011)....continue...

The Master [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

1 CD / Nonesuch / 2012-09-11

Works: Jonny Greenwood: The Master, film score; Irving Berlin: Get Thee Behind Me Satan, song (from "Follow the Fleet"); Charles Tobias: Don't Sit under the Apple Tree, song; Paul Weston: No Other Love, son...
Performers: Ames, Robert; Beaty, Madisen; Bisengalieva, Galya; Bonneton, Charlotte; Brown, Dave; Coates, Oliver [Cello]; Cox, Simon; Finton, Andy; Fitzgerald, Ella; Foggitt, Peter; Forrest, Helen; Francoise, Ant...
Conductors: Mós, Marek; Weston, Paul; Brunt, Hugh

For the soundtrack to his Scientology-inspired movie The Master, Paul Thomas Anderson reunited with Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, who also provided the music to There Will Be Blood. The director's tale...continue...

Mozart: Violin Sonatas / Francois Fernandez, violin; Boyan Vodenitcharov, keyboard

1 CD / Flora / 2012-09-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano in C major, K 303 (293c); Divertimento for String Quartet in D major, K 136 (125a); Variations (6) for Violin and Piano in G minor on "Hélas,...
Performers: Fernandez, Francois; Vodenitcharov, Boyan [Fortepiano]

The sonatas gathered here are from Mozart's youth, composed from the ages of 13 to 20. Between Paris - which he left after his mother's...continue...
Recording information: Bra-sur-Lienne (06/2006)....continue...

Dvorak: Quintet, Op. 81; Terzett, Op. 74 / Richter, Pikaizen, Rusin, Oistrakh, Borodin Quartet

1 CD / Melodiya / 2012-09-11

Works: Antonín Dvorák: Quintet for Piano and Strings no 2 in A major, Op. 81/B 155; Terzetto for 2 Violins and Viola in C major, Op. 74/B 148
Performers: Abramenkov, Andrei; Berlinsky, Valentin; Kopelman, Mikhail; Oistrakh, Igor; Pikaizen, Viktor; Richter, Sviatoslav; Rusin, Miroslav [viola]; Shebalin, Dimitri
Conductors:
Ensemble: Borodin String Quartet

Toshi Ichitanagi "Cosmos" / Hamao Fujiwara, violin; James Ostryniec, oboe; Mayumi Miyata, sho; Izumi Shimura, piano

1 CD / Camerata / 2012-09-11

Works: Toshi Ichiyanagi: Scenes III for violin solo; Cloud Figures for oboe solo; Hoshi-No-Wa for sho; Time Sequence for piano
Performers: Fujiwara, Hamao; Miyata, Mayumi; Ostryniec, James P.; Shimura, Izumi

Born in 1933, Toshi Ichiyanagi studied with Kishio Hirao and John Cage. From 1954 to 1958 he studied at Juilliard and was awarded the Elizabeth...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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New works for violin & piano by Jan Beran and John Sanderson / John Sanderson, violin; Christopher Raphael, piano

1 CD / Gallo / 2012-09-11

Works: Jan Beran: To One in Paradise, for piano; Jeux de vagues, for violin & piano; Air de tendresse, for violin & piano; Souvenir d'Espagne, for violin & piano; Danse nocturne, for piano; Kinderszenen, fo...
Performers: Beran, Jan; Raphael, Christopher; Sanderson, John

In a world premiere recording, John Sanderson plays new pieces by Jan Beran and John Sanderson for violin solo with piano accompaniment. An award winner...continue...

George Walker: Great American Concert Music / Alison Buchanan, soprano; George Walker, piano; Gregory Walker, violin; Robert Pollock, piano

1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-09-11

Works: George Walker: Sonata for Piano no 3; Music for Three, for violin, cello & piano; The Bereaved Maid, for voice & piano; Hey Nonny No, for voice & piano; Sweet Let Me Go, for voice & piano; So We'll G...
Performers: Bates, Leon; Buchanan, Alison; Pollock, Robert; Walker, George; Walker, Gregory
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ritz Chamber Trio

This recording continues the series on Albany Records of the music of the distinguished composer George Walker, who celebrated his 90th birthday June 27. Walker...continue...

Lampersberg: Bunte Steine (1928-2002) - Chamber works and songs / Julia Henning, soprano; Steffen Schleiermacher, piano

1 CD / MD&G / 2012-09-11

Works: Gerhard Lampersberg: Songs (3) on poems of Thomas Bernhard, for voice & piano; Blumiade, for flute & piano; Jetzt, pieces (13) for piano; Trio for clarinet, violin & snare drum; Bunte Steine, for pia...
Performers: Henning, Julia; Kreher, Matthias; Mielke, Ralf; Schleiermacher, Steffen; Seidel, Andreas; Stopora, Stefan
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Avantgarde

Heavy-duty chord series in the piano, breathtaking leaps in the voice part, and then silence returns: emotional oppositions collide head on in Gerhard Lampersberg's songs...continue...
Recording information: Konzerthaus der Abtei Marienmünster (11/27/2011-11/28/2011)....continue...

Menuhin in Moscow: Beethoven, Brahms, Bach / Yehudi Menuhin, violin; Hephzibah Menuhin, piano - Svetlanov

1 CD / Melodiya / 2012-09-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata no 1 for Violin Solo; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 108; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61
Performers: Menuhin, Hephzibah; Menuhin, Yehudi
Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny
Ensemble: ; USSR State Symphony Orchestra

People still remember outstanding American violinist Yehudi Menuhin's concerts in Moscow, beginning in 1945. The tour of 1962 was particularly triumphant; Menuhin arrived not alone...continue...
Recording information: Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory (1962)....continue...

Schubert: Trout Quintet; Wanderer Fantasy / Sviatoslav Richter, piano; Borodin Quartet; Georg Hortnagel

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-11

Works: Franz Schubert: "Trout" Quintet; Fantasy for Piano in C major, D 760/Op. 15 "Wanderer"
Performers: Berlinsky, Valentin; Hörtnagel, Georg; Kopelman, Mikhail; Richter, Sviatoslav; Shebalin, Dmitri
Conductors:
Ensemble: Borodin String Quartet

George Flynn: String Fever

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-09-11

Works: George Flynn: Together, for violin & piano; Duo for viola & piano; Winter Landscape, for cello & piano
Performers: Conant, Keith; Costanza, Christopher; Flynn, George; Hersh, Stefan

Buxtehude: Opera Omnia XV - Chamber Music, Vol. 3: Trio Sonatas Op. 2 / Ton Koopman, Catherine Manson, Paolo Pandolfo, Mike Fentross

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2012-09-11

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Sonata for violin, viola da gamba & harpsichord in B flat major, Op. 2/1, BuxWV 259; Sonata for violin, viola da gamba & harpsichord in D major, Op. 2/2, BuxWV 260; Sonata for vio...
Performers: Fentross, Mike; Koopman, Ton; Manson, Catherine; Pandolfo, Paolo

The first recording of Buxtehude's complete works is steadily approaching completion; this is the final volume of the chamber music and all that remains are...continue...
Recording information: Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (12/2010/10/2011)....continue...

Death and the Civil War [Original Soundtrack]

1 CD / Valley Entertainment / 2012-09-11

Works: Brian Keane: Death and the Civil War, documentary film score
Performers: Barrett, Dan; Bergman, Roxanne; Coid, Marshall; Halverson, Kathy [Oboe, Cor Anglais]; Holtje, Erik; Jaffee, Jill; Keane, Brian [New Age]; Sternberg, Jo-Ann; Zubrycki, Bob

Recording information: Little Big Feet Studios, Monroe, CT....continue...

Debussy: The sonatas for violin; for cello; for flute; Syrinx / Jerome Pernoo, Annick Roussin, Jean-Louis Beaumadier

1 CD / Indesens / 2012-09-11

Works: Claude Debussy: Danses sacrée et profane, for chromatic harp & string orchestra, L. 103; Syrinx; Sonata for Cello and Piano; Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp; Sonata for Violin and Piano in G ...
Performers: Beaumadier, Jean-Louis; Dangain, Guy; Koerner, Jean; Pernoo, Jerome; Pierre, Fabrice; Rigollet, Elisabeth; Roussin, Annick; Xuereb, Pierre-Henri
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble orchestra La Follia

A recording of Debussy's sonatas featuring a distinguished team of soloists....continue...
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Jean Françaix: Chamber Music / Octet of France, Jean Francaix, piano

3 CD / Indesens / 2012-09-11

Works: Jean Françaix: Quartet for Strings; Sonatine for violin & piano; Tema con Variazioni for Clarinet and Piano; Divertissement for piano & string trio; Dixtuor, for wind quintet & string quintet;...
Performers: Braslawsky, David; Chenadec, Laurent Le; Descours, Lola; Esposito, Cyril; Francaix, Jean; Naganuma, Yuriko; Sajot, Jean-Louis [Clarinet]; Sentenac, Sylvie
Conductors: ; Françaix, Jean
Ensemble: Octuor de France

A three-CD set of chamber music featuring the composer himself on piano....continue...

Duo, Trio, Quartet - Haydn: Piano Trio no 20; Rossini: Duo; Schubert: Death & the Maiden / Weithaas, Tetzlaff, Roberts, Posch

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2012-09-11

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in B flat major, H 15 no 20; Gioachino Rossini: Duo for cello and double bass in D major; Franz Schubert: Quartet for Strings no 14 in D minor, D ...
Performers: Eberle, Veronika; Hecker, Marie-Elsabeth [Cello]; Helmchen, Martin; Posch, Alois; Roberts, Rachel [Viola]; Tetzlaff, Christian [Violin]; Tetzlaff, Tanja; Weithaas, Antje

Live recordings from Europe's most interesting chamber music festival, made in 2011, feature a mixture of well-known and upcoming artists of the highest quality....continue...
Recording information: Heimbach, Germany (Wasserkraftwerk, Hydroelectric plant (06/2011)....continue...

Three States at Play / Benjamin Ellin, Artem Kotov, Rivka Golani, New Note Ensemble

1 CD / Discovery / 2012-09-11

Works: Benjamin Ellin: Three States at Play, for solo violin; White Crucifixion, for viola & string orchestra; Sinfonia no 1 for string orchestra
Performers: Golani, Rivka; Kotov, Artem
Conductors: ; Pendlebury, Nic
Ensemble: New Note Ensemble; NewNote Ensemble

A multiple award winner, Benjamin Ellin was awarded First Prize and the Public Prize from the inaugural Evgeny Svetlanov International Conducting Competition in 2007. In...continue...
Recording information: St. Paul's Church, New Southgate, London....continue...

Fauvel's Rondeau: Chamber Music by John McCabe / Linda Merrick, clarinet, Peter Skaerved, violin, Neil Heyde, cello, Aaron Shorr, piano

1 CD / Guild / 2012-09-11

Works: John McCabe: Movements (7) for clarinet, violin & cello; Sonata for clarinet, cello & piano; Fauvel's Rondeaux, for clarinet, violin & piano; La Donna, for clarinet & string quartet
Performers: Heyde, Neil; Merrick, Linda; Shorr, Aaron; Skaerved, Peter Sheppard
Conductors:
Ensemble: Kreutzer Quartet

British composer John McCabe's compositions include ballets, many orchestral works and concertos as well as chamber, keyboard and vocal music. As a pianist he has...continue...
Recording information: Carole Nash Recital Room, Royal Northern College of Mus (07/09/2011-07/10/2011)....continue...

Piano Trios by Smetana, Ravel and Watkins / Weihaas, Hecker, Watkins, Donderer, Tetzlaff, Vogt, Manz

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2012-09-11

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Trio for Piano and Strings in G minor, JB 1; Maurice Ravel: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in A minor; Huw Watkins: Speak Seven Seas, trio for clarinet, viola & piano
Performers: Donderer, Florian; Hecker, Marie-Elsabeth [Cello]; Manz, Sebastian; Tetzlaff, Tanja; Vogt, Lars; Watkins, Huw; Weithaas, Antje

Live recordings from one of the best chamber music festivals in Europe, featuring well-known artists playing with fast-rising youngsters in an enjoyable program including a...continue...
Recording information: Heimbach, Wasserkraftwerk der RWE AG, Germany (06/2011)....continue...

Winds & Strings - chamber works by Spohr, Ibert, Janacek, Widmann / Leleux, Manz, Neunecker, Jensen, Arp Psoch, Donderer

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2012-09-11

Works: Louis Spohr: Nonet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Strings in F major, Op. 31; Jacques Ibert: Interludes (2) suivi de Carillion, for flute, violin & harpsichord (or harp) (from "Le Burla...
Performers: Arp, Julian; Batiashvili, Elisabeth; Bouskova, Jana; Brill, Shirley; Donderer, Florian; Hecker, Marie-Elsabeth [Cello]; Jensen, Dag; Leleux, Francois; Lieberknecht, Andrea; Manz, Sebastian; Neunecker...

A typical evening program from Europe's beloved chamber music festival, recorded live in 2011, features rarely-played jewels of chamber music. Works from various periods in...continue...
Recording information: Heimbach, Germany (Wasserkraftwerk, Hydroelectric plant (06/2011)....continue...

Conrad Höffler (1647-1705): Suites for viola da gamba / Nicola dal Maso, Rafael Bonavita, Massimiliano Raschietti

1 CD / New Pan / 2012-09-06

Works: Conrad Hoffler: Suite for viola da gamba & bass no 6 in G major (Primitiae Chelice, 6); Suite for viola da gamba & bass no 3 in D major (Primitiae Chelice, 3); Suite for viola da gamba & bass no 4 in...
Performers: Bonavita, Rafael; Maso, Nicola Dal; Raschietti, Massimiliano

Conrad Höffler (1647-1705), virtuoso on the viol, published his collection Primitiae Chelicae for viola da gamba and continuo in 1695 in Nuremberg, at a time...continue...

Le Charme de la Vieille Europe - Music for violin & orchestra by Warlock, Saint-Saens; Faure; Hemsi et al. / Roberto Sawicki, violin

1 CD / Doron / 2012-09-06

Works: Peter Warlock: Capriol Suite, for full orchestra; Camille Saint-Saëns: Le Déluge, op. 45; Havanaise for Violin and Orchestra in E major, Op. 83; Gabriel Fauré: Shylock, op. 57; Ber...
Performers: Sawicki, Roberto
Conductors: Sawicki, Roberto
Ensemble: ; Orchestre de Lancy-Geneve

Steven Staryk: A Retrospective, Vol. 2 "Violin Gems" works by Schubert, Kreisler, Wieniawski, Ravel, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Schumann, Massenet, Faure, Bartok, and Sarasate

1 CD / Centaur / 2012-09-06

Works: Franz Schubert: Sonata, D. 385; Fritz Kreisler: Liebesleid; Liebesfreud; Schön Rosmarin, for violin & piano; Gypsy Caprice; Tambourin Chinois; Marguerite (Albumblatt) for violin & piano (transcr...
Performers: Bergman, Lisa; Corwin, Jane; Kotowska, Adela; Linzon, Robert; Parnell, Raymond; Philippe, Laurent; Staryk, Steven; Wood, Robin
Conductors: ; Gamley, Douglas; Staryk, Steven
Ensemble: ; Members of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Primas Stefan's Royal Tziganes

Recording information: 1959-2003....continue...

Ernest Chausson: Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, Op. 21; Poeme, Op. 25 / Bruno Monteiro, violin. Joao Paulo Sanots, piano

1 CD / Centaur / 2012-09-06

Works: Ernest Chausson: Concert for Piano, Violin and String Quartet in D major, Op. 21; Poème for Violin and Orchestra in E flat major, Op. 25
Performers: Monteiro, Bruno; Santos, Joao Paulo

American Record Guide, July / August 2012
There is nothing in these performances to charm the listener or bring him back for more. And the music...continue...
Recording information: Great Hall of Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa, Port (06/28/2010/06/29/2010)....continue...