Voice

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

2 CD / DRG Records / 2013-01-29

Works: Rupert Holmes: Mystery of Edwin Drood, musical play
Performers: Barasch, Nicholas; Benson, Peter; Block, Stephanie J.; Chase, Will; Creighton, Robert; Davita, Janine [Vocals]; Edelman, Gregg; Karl, Andy; Lewis, Shannon; Mueller, Jesse; Norton, Jim [Vocals]; River...
Conductors: Gemignani, Paul

Recording information: KAS Music & Sound, Kaufman Astoria Studios, New York, N (12/10/2012)....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...

Adoration and Revelation - 400 years of music in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Apocalypse / Nova Cantica

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: Anonymous: Mille anni; Canto della Sibilla; L'acqua mi giunge fino alla gola; Ergo agnus veri; Ce un tempo per nascere e un tempo per morire; De facili contempnit omnia/Propositum quidem negocii; E v...
Performers: Falinska, Bronislawa; Mangini, Sandra [Vocals]; Paluselli, Ranieri [Percussion]; Testolin, Walter; Tiso, Elisabetta; Wurdak, Ulrike

The book of Revelations has long been one of the most discussed parts of the Bible. The notion of the Apocalypse has been constantly reinterpreted...continue...
Recording information: Chiesa di Bivai, Santa Giustina, Belluno, Italy (1997-06-18_1997-07-23&1998-)....continue...

José Carreras: Verona Live, with Caballé, Kollo, Cotrubas, Nucci, Dimtrova, Raimondi, Ramey, Marton et al. / José Carreras, tenor

2 CD / Acanta / 2013-01-29

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; L'Arlesiana; Giuseppe Verdi: ...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Caballe, Montserrat; Canonici, Luca; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Carroli, Silvano; Cotrubas, Ileana; Dimitrova, Ghena; Domingo, Placido; Dvorsky, Peter; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Gha...
Conductors: Franci, Carlo; Collado, Jose

This live recording took place in August of 1988 in the Arena di Verona in honor of legendary tenor Jose Carreras, celebrating his recovery from...continue...
Recording information: Verona (08/08/1988)....continue...

Leon Kirchner: Revelations

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2013-01-24

Works: Leon Kirchner: Little Suite, for piano; Dawn, for chorus & piano; Songs (3), for voice & piano; Words from Wordsworth, for chorus & piano; A Moment for Roger, for piano; The Twilight Stood, for voice...
Performers: Bassi, James [Tenor Vocal]; Chan, Kelvin; Clark, Eileen; Cluver, Martha; Dudley, Eric; Fan, Joel; Fuchs, Andrew; Gavett, Jeffrey [Bass Baritone]; Griffin, Avery; Hensrud, Matthew; Hoagland, Diana; Ho...
Conductors: Dunn, Scott

Essential Opera Divas - Over 2 hours of glorious operatic performances

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Ma...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Arroyo, Martina; Auger, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Regine; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dernesch, Helga [So...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Rousset, Christophe; Muti, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Langrée, Louis; Karajan, Herbert von; Tennstedt, Kla...

These two CDs present a veritable galaxy of opera divas - sopranos who have won countless hearts and thrilled millions of opera lovers with their...continue...

Essential Verdi - Over 2 hours of dramatic arias and choruses

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Ernani; Macbeth; Nabucco; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Requiem Mass; Otello; Don Carlo
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bella, Benito di; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Violin]; Corelli, Franco; Crespin, Régine; D'Amico, Fiamma Izzo; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dessi, Daniella; Dimitrova, Ghen...
Conductors: Ceccato, Aldo; Davis, Colin; Serafin, Tullio; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Rudel, Julius; Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Zedda, Alberto; Gardelli, Lamberto; Patanè, Giuseppe; Prêtre, Geor...

The operas of Verdi today form the mainstay of the repertoire of opera all over the world. Some of his music has become absorbed into...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...

Sensatiable

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2013-01-17

Works: Luigi Denza: Funiculì funiculà; George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme; Andrew Lloyd Webber: Don't Cry for Me Argentina, song (for the musical Evita); Pie Jesu (fro...
Performers: Akin, Joseph [Vocals]; Akin, Mary Penick; Ernst, Janna [Piano]; Gabka, Jane; Gisclair, Jean-Paul; Gisclair, Lauren Mouney; Hardin, Harry; Kelly, Frankie J.; Meyer, Joseph [Composer]; Nolan, Jesse; Pe...

Recording information: Axistudio, New Orleans, LA....continue...

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Voice of the Century [25 discs - Includes DVDs] [Limited Edition]

25 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-01-15

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25; Nacht und Träume, D 827; Heidenröslein, D 257/Op. 3 no 3; Der Erlkönig, D 328; An den Frühl...
Performers: Alda, Catarina; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Demus, Jörg [Piano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Donderer, Georg; Dyk, Cornelis van; ...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Böhm, Karl; Richter, Karl; Gorvin, Carl; Stadlmair, Hans; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Karajan, Herbert von; Barenboim, Daniel; Weissenborn, Gunther; Fricsay, Ferenc; Gerdes, Otto; Joch...


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Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89 by Franz Schubert

Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Romanti

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The Super Telarc Sound 1

1 CD / Lim / 2013-01-15

Works: Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird; Antonio Vivaldi: Spring; Autumn; Winter; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Eden Ahbez: Nature Boy; Gustav Holst: The Planets; Georges Bizet: Carm...
Performers: Brown, Ray [Australia]; Jackson, Milt; Minnelli, Liza; Pass, Joe; Peterson, Oscar; Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]; Silverstein, Joseph [Violin/Conductor]
Conductors: Shaw, Robert; Ozawa, Seiji; Serkin, Rudolf; Previn, Andre; Slatkin, Leonard; Maazel, Lorin; Kunzel, Erich

CDCM Computer Music Series, Vol. 39: Music from the University of North Texas Center for Experimental Music

1 CD / Centaur / 2013-01-12

Works: Larry Austin: Redux, for violin & computer music; David Bithell: Hithering, an interactive environment for trumpet & computer generated sound; Joseph Klein: Zwei Parabeln nach Franz Kafka, for narrat...
Performers: Austin, Larry; Bithell, David; Clark, Thomas; Errante, F. Gerard; Gnage, Patrick; Greer, Jonathan; Klein, Heidi Dietrich [Vocals]; Klein, Joseph; Lamneck, Esther; May, Andrew; McNutt, Elizabeth; Nels...
Conductors: Gibbons, Henry

Michael Hurd: Orchestral Music & Pop Cantatas / New London Orchestra & Children's Choir

2 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2013-01-08

Works: Michael Hurd: Overture to an Unwritten Comedy; Sinfonia Concertante, for string orchestra; Dance Diversions, for orchestra; Concerto da Camera for oboe & strings; Little Suite, for orchestra; Plaine ...
Performers: Daniel, Nicholas; Gregory, Anthony; Hilton, Billie; Lush, Anna; McAslan, Lorraine; Wells, Alex
Conductors: Corp, Ronald [Composer]
Ensemble: ; New London Children's Choir

Ronald Corp leads the New London Orchestra and New London Children's Choir in a thoroughly delightful, two-disc sampler of music by the English composer Michael...continue...
Recording information: St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London (2012-03-11&2012-04-23_2012-)....continue...

Greatest Hollywood Western Soundtracks

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Elmer Bernstein: The Magnificent Seven; Alfred Newman: How The West Was Won; James Griffith: Bullwhip; Louis Silvers: Jesse James; Richard Hageman: She Wore A Yellow Ribbon; Stagecoach; Fort Apache; ...
Performers: Ives, Burl; Laine, Frankie; London, Julie; Martin, Dean; Monroe, Marilyn; Nelson, Rick; Newman, Alfred [Composer/Conductor]; Richard Hageman; Ritter, Tex; Robert Mitchum; Russell, Jane [Actress]
Conductors: Bernstein, Elmer

Charlie Chaplin: The Musical / Original Broadway Cast Recording

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2013-01-08

Works: Christopher Curtis: Chaplin, musical
Performers: Borstelmann, Jim; Colella, Jenn; Dupre, Emilee [Vocals]; Edwards, Sara; Gajda, Lisa; Hughes, Timothy; Khusidman, Ethan; Mackey, Erin; Marino, Renee; McClure, Robert; McCormick, Michael; Mendez, Micha...
Conductors: Bryan, Perri,

Personnel: Randy Cohen (keyboard programming).

Recording information: MSR Studios, NYC (11/04/2012-11/05/2012).

Chaplin: The Musical features the original Broadway cast recording of the ...continue...

Edition Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig, Vol. 2 - works by Weber, Wagner, Mozart Verdi & Beethoven / Schmitz, Brecher

2 CD / Querstand / 2013-01-08

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Der Freischütz; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Tristan und Isold...
Performers: Baumer, Margarete; Dahlberg, Friedrich; Daum, Heinz; Horand, Theodor; Meinl-Weise, Rita; Olberts, Joseph; Reinecke, Paul; Schaffrian, Rosl; Schmitz, Paul; Schurhoff, Lotte; Schwenkreis, Willi; Seider...
Conductors: Brecher, Gustav; Schmitz, Paul
Ensemble: ; Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig

This second CD in the series featuring historical recordings by the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig contains recordings from 1929 to 1945, most of them published for...continue...

Richard Strauss: Elektra / Michaela Schuster, Evelyn Herlitzius, Camilla Nylund, Hubert Delamboye, and Gerd Grochowski. Netherlands Opera

2 Super Audio CD / Challenge Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra; Recorded Sound: Applause
Performers: Bolle, Lisette [Vocals]; Engeland, Anja Van; Haegeman, Lien; Hofer, Astrid [Vocals]; Rasker, Helena
Conductors: Albrecht, Marc
Ensemble: ; Toonkunst Choir Amsterdam

The first CD release of De Nederlandse Opera on Challenge Classics! Due to its immense success this was the fourth time that this production, with...continue...
Recording information: 2011-10-06&2011-10-09&2011-....continue...

Choral Music of Gabriel Jackson: A Ship with Unfurled Sails / State Choir Latvija

1 CD / Hyperion / 2013-01-08

Works: Gabriel Jackson: The Voice of the Bard, for chorus; Now I have known, O Lord [Al-Junaid], for chorus & organ; O Doctor optime, for chorus; Missa Triueriensis, for chorus & organ; Thomas, Jewel of Can...
Performers: Fiskovics, Eduards; Lielauss, Didzis; Lineja, Laila; Lisovska, Inga; Mengelis, Ugis [Bass Vocal]; Puke, Agris; Romancane, Inese; Tomsons, Valdis; Zemitis, Kaspars [Guitar (Electric)]; Zilberte, Zane
Conductors: Sirmais, Máris
Ensemble: ; Latvija State Choir

The Latvian choral tradition is admired worldwide. Not only are the country's many choirs known for their striking vocal prowess, Latvian composers for this genre...continue...
Recording information: St. John's Church, Riga, Latvia (2010-03-11_2010-03-12&2010-)....continue...

Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Op. 123 / Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent; Orchestre des Champs-Elysees / Petersen, Romberger, Hulett, Wilson-Johnson

1 CD / PHi Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Performers: Hulett, Benjamin; Petersen, Marlis; Romberger, Gerhild; Wilson-Johnson, David
Conductors: Herreweghe, Philippe
Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent

This major work of the sacred repertoire, high on the list alongside Bach's Mass in B minor and the Mozart Requiem, is Beethoven's longest work...continue...
Recording information: Contertgebouw Brugge (11/16/2011-11/19/2011)....continue...

Quartet [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

1 CD / Decca / 2013-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Dario Marianelli: Quartet, film score; Franz Schubert: An Sylvia; Arthur Sullivan: The Mikado; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Luigi Boccher...
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Charles, Leon; Cotrubas, Ileana; D'Angelo, Gianna; Engel, Karl; Georgiadis, John [Conductor]; Heley, John; Herbert, Ita; Hughes, Ronnie; Jones, Peggy Ann; Kampen, Christopher van; M...
Conductors: Morgan, James; Nash, Royston; Munchinger, Karl; Dorati, Antal; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bartoletti, Bruno; Bonynge, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg

The original motion picture soundtrack to Dustin Hoffman's comedy Quartet brings together a variety of vintage performances from Decca's back catalog that are complemented by excerpts from the film sc...continue...

Schubert: German Mass, D 872; Mass D 167 / Popp, Dallapozza, Fischer-Dieskau. Sawallisch

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: Franz Schubert: Deutsche Messe, D 872; Deutsches Salve Regina ("Sei, Mutter"), for chorus & organ, D. 379; Psalm 23, D 706/Op. 132; Psalm 92, D 953; Hymne ("Komm, heil'ger Geist"), quartet for male v...
Performers: Dallapozza, Adolf; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Hautermann, Karin; Popp, Lucia; Ruggeberg, Erika; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]; Schloter, Elmar
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Without exception, the second edition in the RED LINE series feature absolute classics from the EMI catalog. These fantastic pieces range from Chopin to Beethoven...continue...
Recording information: Herkulessaal, München (1981-1983)....continue...

Les Miserables - Highlights from the motion picture soundtrack

1 CD / Universal Republic / 2012-12-25

Works: Claude-Michel Schoenberg: Les Miserables, musical
Performers: Crowe, Russell; Davison, Roger [Piano]; Jackman, Hugh; Whyte, Jennifer [Piano]
Conductors: Brooker, Stephen

Personnel: Neil Stemp, Robert Houston , James Bellamy, Rael Jones (programming).

Recording information: Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London.

Victor Hugo's 19th century French historical ...continue...

Black Manhattan, Vol. 2 / The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, Rick Benjamin. Anita Johnson, Robert Mack and Edward Pleasant

1 CD / New World / 2012-12-11

Works: Eubie Blake: Shuffle Along; Fizz Water; Bert Williams: Nobody, song; Wilbur Sweatman: That's Got 'Em!, rag for piano (or orchestra); Al. Johns: Honey Lamb, ballad for voice & piano; Will H. Dixon: Br...
Performers: Benjamin, Rick [Conductor]; Johnson, Anita; Mack, Robert; Pleasant, Edward; Sato, Arthur; Williams, Linda Thompson
Conductors: Benjamin, Rick
Ensemble: ; Paragon Ragtime Orchestra

Recording information: Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City (06/01/2012-06/02/2012)....continue...

Favourite Sacred Masterpieces - works by Tallis, Allegri, Pergolesi, Mozart, Bach-Gounod & Franck / various artists

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-12-11

Works: Thomas Tallis: Spem in alium; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; César Franck: Panis angelicus
Performers: Faulkner, Julie; Kertesi, Ingrid; Mukk, Jozsef [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Summerly, Jeremy; Halász, Michael; Wildner, Johannes; Kovács, László

Taken from the recent 25th anniversary boxed set, Great Sacred Masterpieces (8.501062), this single disc ranges roughly over three centuries....continue...

Maurice Greene: Spenser's Amoretti (25 Sonnet Settings) / Benjamin Hulett, tenor; Luke Green, harpsichord, Giangiacomo Pinardi, theorbo

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-12-11

Works: Maurice Greene: Spenser's Amoretti, song cycle for soprano & continuo
Performers: Green, Luke; Hulett, Benjamin; Pinardi, Giangiacomo

Master of the King's Music, Maurice Greene was an important figure in English music at the time of Handel. His sensitive settings of sonnets by...continue...
Recording information: Britten Studio, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, U.K. (02/20/2012-02/22/2012)....continue...

Agostino Steffani: Duetti da Camera / Alan Curtis; Daniela Mazzucato, Carolyn Watkinson, Paul Esswood, John Elwes

1 CD / Decca / 2012-12-11

Works: Agostino Steffani: Tu m'aspettasti al mare, chamber duet; M'hai da piangere un dì, chamber duet; Io voglio provar, chamber duet; Placidissime catene; Gia tu parti, chamber duet; E perché...
Performers: Curtis, Alan; Elwes, John; Esswood, Paul; Mazzucato, Daniela; Moller, Wouter; Watkinson, Carolyn
Conductors: Curtis, Alan

The name of Baroque composer Agostine Steffani (1654-1728) has been much in the air recently, and we have taken this opportunity to revive an Archiv...continue...
Recording information: Berlin, Studio Lankwitz (09/1981)....continue...

December Lights

1 CD / Decca Import / 2012-12-11

Works: Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Christmas Traditional: Deck the Halls (Welsh); God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); Go Tell It on the Mountain, Christmas song (American); Sleep Little Jesus (Slaap nu...
Performers: Louwerse, Mirusia; Maffioletti, Carla; Rieu, André; Skota, Kimmy [Vocals]
Conductors: Rieu, André

Peter Ash: The Golden Ticket, opera (2010) / cast, chorus & orch. of the Atlanta Opera

2 CD / Albany Records / 2012-12-11

Works: Peter Ash: The Golden Ticket, musical
Performers: Wenzelberg, Benjamin P. [Vocals]
Conductors: Ash, Peter
Ensemble: Atlanta Opera Chrous

The Golden Ticket, a new opera based on Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, was commissioned by the American Lyric Theater and Felicity Dahl....continue...
Recording information: Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center, Atlanta, GA (03/2012)....continue...

Messages to Myself: New Music for Chorus A Cappella / Michael Gilbertson, Zachary Patten, Daniel Brewbaker, Christina Thomas et al.

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2012-12-11

Works: Michael Gilbertson: Madrigals (3) after Dowland, for vocals & chorus; Zachary Patten: Magnificat, Amen, for vocals & chorus; Christina Whitten Thomas: Choral de Bêtes, for chorus; Daniel Brewbak...
Performers: Coble, Lianne; Martin, Drew [Tenor]
Conductors: Tritle, Kent
Ensemble: ; Musica Sacra

A recording of new music for a cappella chorus is performed by Musica Sacra, a chorus founded in 1964. This is their first recording in...continue...
Recording information: Mary Flagler Cary Hall, DiMenna Center for Classical Mu (05/2011)....continue...

Giovanni Paolo Colonna: Psalmi ad Vesperas (1694) / Robert Simpson, Houston Chamber Choir and Orchestra

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2012-12-11

Works: Giovanni Paolo Colonna: Psalmi ad Vesperas
Performers: Angel, Ryland; Givens, Melissa; Shircliffe, Kelli [Soprano Vocal]; Tercero, Eduardo; Trevino, Matthew [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Simpson, Robert
Ensemble: Houston Chamber Choir

The magnificent Psalmi ad Vesperas of Giovanni Paolo Colonna illustrate the little-known splendor of late 17th century sacred music in northern Italy. Colonna's music is...continue...
Recording information: The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston, Texas (10/31/2011-11/02/2011)....continue...

Portrait of a Legend - 17 arias from Mignon, La Cenerentola, Barber of Seville et al. / Giulietta Simionato, mezzo-soprano (mono)

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-12-11

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Il Barbiere di Siviglia; L' Italiana in Algeri; Tancredi; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Jules M...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bettarini, Luciano; Pellegrino, Lilliana; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Quadri, Argeo; Rossi, Mario [Management]; Previtali, Fernando; Basile, Arturo; Ghione, Franco; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Erede, Alberto; Sanzogno, Nino; Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von

Born in 1910, Giulietta Simionato had a slow start with her career, but had her big breakthrough at La Scala in 1955. Her workload was...continue...
Recording information: 1949-1960....continue...

John McCabe (b. 1939): Visions - Music for Chorus / BBC Singers, Iain Farrington, organ

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-12-11

Works: John McCabe: Marian Carols (3) for voices & chorus; Mangan Triptych, for chorus; Amen/Alleluia, for chorus; Proud Songsters, for chorus; The Lily-White Rose, for voice & chorus; The Morning Watch, fo...
Performers: Charlesworth, Stephen; Farrington, Iain; Feaviour, Margaret; Fox, Jacqueline; Goater, Edward; Robinson, Olivia; Tring, Emma [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Hill, David
Ensemble: ; BBC Singers

Choral music from one of Britain's leading composers. These wide-ranging and deeply communicative settings present a rich variety of vocal colors and textures. Includes several...continue...
Recording information: St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London, England (02/19/2009/07/02/2010)....continue...

Without You

1 CD / PS Classics / 2012-12-11

Works: Anthony Rapp: Without You, musical
Performers: Malachowski, David; Pringle, Jamie [Cello]; Rapp, Anthony [Vocals/Actor]; Weiss, Daniel A.; Wilson, Gordon

Recording information: Angel Studios, London (09/17/2012)....continue...

Gustav Klimt: - Music of his Era from the Belle Epoque at the turn of the 19th century - works by Berg, Brahms, Wolf, Webern, Sieher et al.

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-12-11

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sinfonie no 9; Alban Berg: Sieben frühe Lieder; Franz Lehár: Vilja-Lied ("Es lebt eine Vilja") (from "Die lustige Witwe"); Johannes Brahms: Sonate für Klarinette ...
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Foggin, Myers; Harvey, Kathryn [Vocals]; Hongen, Elisabeth; Hotter, Hans; Kommerell, Heidi; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Ritterbusch, Sabine; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Thurston, Fr...
Conductors: Walter, Bruno; Goehr, Walter; Klemperer, Otto; Karajan, Herbert von; Scherchen, Hermann; Heger, Robert; Fricsay, Ferenc

This is a compilation of music that was performed at the turn of the 19th century, the Belle Epoque in which Gustav Klimt flourished....continue...

Bernardo Pasquini: Cain & Abel, oratorio / Parizzi, Cipriani, Panzeri, Dirckinck, Boden

1 CD / New Pan / 2012-12-06

Works: Alessandro Stradella: Sonata for 2 violins & continuo in F major, 7. 3-6; Bernardo Pasquini: Caino e Abele, oratorio for 5 voices & orchestra; Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata a 4, for 2 violins, violetta &...
Performers: Cavina, Claudio; Fagotto, Gian Paolo; Galante, Andreana; Marchi, Alessandro de; Ragni, Nadia; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Marchi, Alessandro de
Ensemble: ; Il Teatro Armonica

The name of Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1717) has until now been associated above all with his music for keyboard, a situations perhaps explained by the fact...continue...
Recording information: Chiesa di S.Salvatore in Lauro, Rome, Italy (04/1990)....continue...

Rift: Harmony of the Planes [Original Soundtrack]

1 CD / Sumthing Else / 2012-12-04

Works: Inon Zur: Rift, video game score
Performers: Ashburn, Aubrey; Bleth, Chris [Oboe]
Conductors: Zur, Inon

Recording information: The Bridge Recording, Glendale, Calif....continue...

A Harvest of 20th Century Bassoon Music - works by Ray Luka; Villa-Lobos; Dan Welcher et al. / Leonard Sharrow, Joseph Polisi, bassoons

1 CD / Crystal Records / 2012-12-01

Works: Ray Luke: Bassoon Concerto; Daniel Welcher: Concerto Da Camera for bassoon & orchestra; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Ciranda das sete notas, for bassoon & piano, A. 548; Colin Matthews: Variations on Sumer is...
Performers: Crow-Willard, Gary [Vocals]; Polisi, Joseph W.; Roseman, Ronald; Schmidt, Thomas; Snow, John
Conductors: Gold, Ernest
Ensemble: Crystal Chamber Orchestra

American Record Guide, January/February 2013
David Noon's Motets and Monodies was written in 1972, but looks back to the wildly exploratory and hideously atonal music of...continue...

Classical Album 2013

4 CD / Decca Import / 2012-11-27

Works: André Rieu: Strauss and Co., medley for violin & pops orchestra; Paul Mealor: Wherever You Are, song; Ubi caritas, for chorus; Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song;...
Performers: Benedetti, Nicola; Bo, Alfie; Brustenghi, Alessandro, Friar; Calleja, Joseph; Domingo, Placido; Jenkins, Katherine; Jones, Aled; Karadaglic, Milos [Guitar]; Klass, Myleene; Lang Lang; Lulu; McElderry...
Conductors: Malone, Gareth; ; Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: ; Escala

The Voice: Philippe Jaroussky

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2012-11-19

Works: Nicola Porpora: Polifemo; Siface; Antonio Vivaldi: Tito Manlio; Ercole sul Termodonte; Pianti, sospiri e dimandar mercede; Giustino; L'Olimpiade; Tieteberga; George Frederick Handel: Ariodante; Serse...
Performers: Cencic, Max Emanuel; Deuter, Markus; Ducros, Jerome; Gliozzi, Emilia; Huille, Jerome [Cello]; Jaroussky, Philippe; Rial, Nuria; Rivoal, Frederic
Conductors: Haïm, Emmanuelle; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; ; Tubéry, Jean; Rhorer, Jérémie; Pluhar, Christina; Paavo, Järvi; Fasolis, Diego; Christie, William
Ensemble: ; Concerto Köln ; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble la Fenice (France); Ensemble Matheus; Europa Galante; L'Arpeggiata; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Les Arts Florissants

Established as one of Virgin Classics' bestselling artists, Philippe Jaroussky, who has been described as "the Apollo of countertenors" by Germany's A Die Zeit, stands...continue...

The Complete Astor Piazzolla Recordings

8 CD / Nonesuch / 2012-11-19

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Milonga en re; Vardarito, tango; Enrico IV; Escualo; Histoire du tango; Concierto para quinteto, tango; Soledad; Buenos Aires hora zero; Celos, tango; Le Grand Tango; Revirado; Pacho...
Performers: Assad, Odair [Guitar]; Assad, Sérgio [Guitar/Composer]; Chojnacka, Elisabeth; Desyatnikov, Leonid; Gabetta, Sol; Glorvigen, Per Arne; Kremer, Gidon; Lips, Svjatloslav; Meyer, Paul; Milva; Peka...
Conductors: ; Gupta, Rolf; Kremer, Gidon
Ensemble: Astor Quartet; Kremerata Baltica; Kremerata Musica

Classical 2013 / DiDonato, Rattle, Frag, Jaroussky, Lim, Balsom, Pahud, Villazon

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-11-19

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Sonata for Violin no 8 in G major, Op. 30/3; Fide...
Performers: Anderson, Ronald Kinloch; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Baborak, Radek; Balsom, Alison; Bostridge, Ian; Brunello, Mario; Callas, Maria; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Coates, Sam; Dalberto, Michel; D...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Armiliato, Marco; Summers, Patrick; Jensen, Eivind Gullberg; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Pinnock, Trevor; Wilson, John; Jenkins, Karl [Composer]; Petrenko, Vasily; Aadland, Eivind; ...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Matheus; Les Violons du Roy; tenThing (Brass Ensemble); The English Concert

With 45 tracks, and over 2.5 hours of classical favorites, Classical 2013 is a double album featuring the best and most popular names in classical...continue...

Vergiss mein Nicht

2 CD / Red/membran / 2012-11-19

Works: Oscar Straus: Ein Walzertraum; Maurus Katt: Wenn mein Herz Heimweh hat; Hans Moltkau: Geh' nicht fort; Niemals lass ich dich allein; Nico Dostal: Monika; Gunter Georgy-Engelhardt: Gondel, gleite du h...
Performers: Fahberg, Antonia; Sailer, Friederike; Stankovski, Ernst; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Marszalek, Franz; Mareczek, Fritz; Stech, Willi; Becker, Gerhard

Music For Paradise: The Best Of Hildegard Von Bingen / Sequentia

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-11-19

Works: Hildegard von Bingen: O Jerusalem aure civitas; O rubor sanguinis; O tu suavissima, response; O quam mirabilis, antiphon; Caritas abundat in omnia; O vis eternitatis; O beata infantia, antiphon for S...
Performers: Dellal, Pamela; Grant, Stephen; Guttry, Paul; Hargis, Ellen; Heumannskamper, Franz-Josef [Vocals]; Knutson, Lydia; Mayer, Nancy; McSweeney, Mark; Mentzel, Eric; Monahan, Laurie [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Sequentia (Early music ensemble)

Canonized by Pope Benedict in May 2012, St. Hildegard von Bingen, abbess, visionary, healer, singer, poet and composer, left two precious manuscripts filled with spiritual...continue...

Folk Treasures of America / Bands and Choruses of the US Military

1 CD / Altissimo / 2012-11-13

Works: John Newton: Amazing Grace; American Traditional: Shenandoah, folk song; Sourwood Mountain; Long Time Ago; Old Joe Clark, folk song; When the Saints Go Marching In; Samuel F. Smith: America, for chor...
Performers: Morris, Ben; Trimmins, Ken; Young, Timothy [Piano]
Conductors: Galena, Joseph; Urrutia, Cristina M. M.; Hamilton, Finley R.; Bonner, Alan; Sierichs, Alan C.; Clanton, John C.; Milburn, Dwayne; Hinton, Keith; Leyendecker, Dennis M.; Steffey, Chad, Lt.; Waite, A. ...

Altissimo presents this great collection of traditional folk songs we all grew up singing. This album contains songs spanning two centuries, from early 1800's to...continue...

Kinder singen zu Weihnacht / Haydn, Pierluigi, Gallus

3 CD / Acanta / 2012-11-13

Works: Christmas Traditional: Fröhliche Weihnacht überall; Weihnacht, wie bist du schön; Süsser die Glocken nie klingen, carol (Austrian); Ein grosse Freud' verkünd' ich euch, carol...
Performers: Hallstein, Ingeborg [Soprano Vocals]; Hoppe, Heinz; Martin, Lorenz [Organ]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Tölzer Knabenchor; Wiener Sängerknaben

O come all ye faithful: This elegant 3-CD-Set presents the most famous children's choirs singing the most beloved Christmas-carols. The Wiener Sängerknaben or the boys...continue...

The RIAS Second Viennese School Project / Schönberg, Berg, Webern, Strauss

4 CD / Audite / 2012-11-13

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21; Chamber Symphony no 1 in E major, Op. 9; Piano Concerto, Op. 42; Fantasy for Violin and Piano, Op. 47; Book of the Hanging Gardens, Op. 15; De profundis, O...
Performers: Andersen, Diane; Bastiaan, Hans; Billing, Klaus; Broddack, Lothar; Burkner, Alfred; Danco, Suzanne; Doberitz, Ernst [Viola]; Gertler, Andre; Geuser, Heinrich; Hammermeister, Emil [Harmonium]; Haupt, ...
Conductors: Rufer, Josef; Fricsay, Ferenc; Zillig, Winfried; Rother, Artur; Maderna, Bruno
Ensemble: ; Berlin RIAS Chamber Ensemble

This 4-CD box set presents historic recordings of works by Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern in the era of their composition. Each recording, made between 1949...continue...
Recording information: Berlin (1949-1965)....continue...

Turlutte et Reel / Suzie LeBlanc; La Nef, Les Charbonniers de l'Enfer

1 CD / ATMA / 2012-11-13

Works: Quebecois Traditional: Turlutte et reel; Reel a bouche / Dans Paris y' a t' une brune, medley of traditional melodies; Le navire de Bayonne; Valse d'Évangéline / Acadiana Two Step, medl...
Performers: Bordeleau, Michel; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Miron, Normand; Norman, Chris
Conductors:
Ensemble: Joli Bois; La Nef; Les Charbonniers de l'Enfer

For holiday merrymaking, ATMA proposes a jaunt to Quebec and into the world of Acadian traditional music with a festive compilation of turluttes (wordless songs),...continue...
Includes reels côté-benoœt-leblanc by various composers....continue...

Marco Beasley: Storie di Napoli / Guido Morini, Ensemble Accordone

1 CD / Alpha Productions / 2012-11-13

Works: Anonymous, Italian: Ballo de li Sante (The Saints' Ball), song; In galera li panettieri! (To Jail with Bakers!), song; Cicerenella; Stella Diana; Andrea Falconieri: Cara è la rosa, villanelle (f...
Performers: Alloisio, Roberta; Beasley, Marco
Conductors: Morini, Guido
Ensemble: Accordone

Recording information: Santa Maria Incoronata Church, Martinengo, Bergamo, Ita (03/05/2012-03/09/2012)....continue...

The Glogau Song Book / Sabine Lutzenberger, soprano; Martin Hummel, baritone; Marc Lewon, lute

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-11-13

Works: Anonymous, Glogauer Liederbuch: Christ der ist erstanden; Christ ist erstanden (Glogauer Liederbuch no 127); Christ ist erstanden (Glogauer Liederbuch no 94); Der ratten schwanz; Work(s); All voll; D...
Performers: Hummel, Martin; Lewon, Marc; Lutzenberger, Sabine
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Dulce Melos

The Glogauer Liederbuch is a forgotten treasure, a rich repository of fifteenth-century music. It contains 292 songs, devotional chants and instrumental pieces which were performed...continue...
Recording information: Refektorium Heilsbronn, Germany (08/09/2010-08/12/2010)....continue...

Giovanni Gabrieli: Sacred Symphonies / Jeffrey Skidmore, Ex Cathedra

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-11-13

Works: Giovanni Gabrieli: Vox Domini, motet for 10 voices; Symphoniae sacrae, Book 2; Sacrae symphoniae, Book 1; O Jesu mi dulcissime, motet for 8 voices (1597); Omnes gentes plaudite manibus; Maria virgo, ...
Performers: Boden, Samuel; Budd, Jeremy [Vocals]; Davidson, Grace; Skidmore, Greg; Venner, Matthew
Conductors: Skidmore, Jeffrey
Ensemble: Ex Cathedra Consort

Ex Cathedra's exuberant recordings of Baroque music from around the world have made them one of the best-loved ensembles of today. This latest release presents...continue...
Recording information: All Hallows' Church, Gospel Oak, London (05/27/2012-05/29/2012)....continue...