Voice

Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer / Klemperer, Adam, et al

2 CD / Living Stage / 2012-08-01

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers: Adam, Theo; Burmeister, Annelies; King, James [Vocals]; MacDonald, Kenneth; Silja, Anja; Talvela, Martti
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: BBC Chorus

Synagogue Chants

1 CD / Supraphon / 2012-08-01

Works: Anonymous: Shema Yisrael
Performers: Handler, Karol; Kohn, Jeno; Kovacs, Alexander; Lorand, Marcel
Conductors:
Ensemble: Trio Lorand

The Song of the Nightingale - Coloratura operetta arias / Ingeborg Hallstein, coloratura soprano [4 CDs]

4 CD / Acanta / 2012-07-31

Works: Franz Grothe: Lied der Nachtigall ("Zauberlied der Nacht"), for voice & piano; Napoleon ist an allem Schuld; Carl Zeller: Ich bin die Christel von der Post, song (from Der Vogelhändler); Eduard ...
Performers: Bader, Hans-Dieter; Clarin, Hans; Hallstein, Ingeborg [Soprano Vocals]; Hoppe, Heinz; Kieling, Wolfgang; Rubin, Peter
Conductors: Marszalek, Franz; Bernet, Dietfried; Ebert, Wolfgang; Geese, Heinz; Hoffman, Ernest

Ingeborg Hallstein was one of the outstanding coloratura sopranos in the second half of the twentieth century. Born in Munich on May 23, 1936, Ingeborg...continue...

Donizetti Portraits - arias from Gemma di Vergy; Caterina Comato, Lucrezie Borgia et al. / Edita Gruberova

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Emilia di Liverpool; Gemma di Vergy; Linda di Chamounix; Caterina Cornaro, opera; Lucrezia Borgia; Rosmonda d'Inghilterra
Performers: Bunz, Hans Werner; Gruberova, Edita; Haußler, Gerald; Hollop, Markus; Weber, Hanne
Conductors: Boncompagni, Elio
Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

This recital program composed of operas whose pivotal characters are women. Emilia di Liverpool, Gemma di Vergy, Caterina Camera, Lucrezia Borgia and Rosmonda d`Inghilterra are...continue...

Mysterium Crucis, Graces & Voices / Gregorian Chants for the stations of the cross

1 CD / Rondeau Production / 2012-07-31

Works: Gregorian Chant: Vexilla regis prodeunt, hymn in mode 1 (Liber Usualis no 575); Nos autem gloriari oportet; Christus factus est, gradual in mode 5 (Liber Usualis, No 655); Lectio; Dulce lignum, trope...
Performers: Astrauskiene, Diana [Vocals]; Cepaite, Adrija [Vocals]; Daugelaite, Roberta [Vocals]; Diskeviciute, Vita [Vocals]; Kalechyts, Aliona [Vocals]; Kalechyts, Antanina [Vocals]; Weber, Sonja [Vocals]

This unique disc, a selection of the most hauntingly beautiful and moving Gregorian chants for the Feasts of the Cross, was inspired by the mood...continue...
Recording information: Sommerrefektorium des Stiftes Rein, Steiermark, Österre (03/28/2012-03/31/2012)....continue...

House of Voices: More New Directions in American Choral Music - works by Yu-Hui Chang, Ted Hearne, Donald Crockett, Eric Moe, Wayne Peterson, Mark Winges / Volti San Francisco

1 CD / Innova / 2012-07-31

Works: Yu-Hui Chang: Being; Ted Hearne: Privilege, for chorus; Donald Crockett: Daglarym / My Mountains, for chorus; Eric Moe: The Crowds Cheered as Gloom Galloped Away, for chorus; Wayne Peterson: Poems (2...
Performers: Chen, Sidney [Vocals]; Eisenberg, Michael; Heaps, Madeline; Hong, Kristi; Igelsrud, Pam; Kurtenbach, David [Tenor Vocal]; McLennan, Lindsey; Sargent, Joseph; Saunders, Philip [Bass Vocal]; Smith, Mad...
Conductors: Geary, Robert
Ensemble: Volti San Francisco Vocal Ensemble

Under the direction of founder and artistic director Robert Geary, the twenty professional singers that make up Volti lead the nation in the discovery, creation...continue...
Recording information: St. Ignatius Church, San Francisco, CA (11/2009-05/2011)....continue...

Steve Reich: Drumming, Parts I-IV; Six Pianos; Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices & Organ / Russ Hartenberger, Bob Becker, James Preiss

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-31

Works: Steve Reich: Drumming, for 2 female voices, piccolo, 4 pairs of bongos, 3 marimbas & 3 glockenspiels; Six Pianos; Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ, for 3 female voices, 3 marimbas, 3 gl...
Performers: Barbara, Joan La; Becker, Bob [Percussion]; Chambers, Steve; Clayton, Jay; Ferchen, Timothy; Harms, Ben; Hartenberger, Russ; Jarrett, Janice; Preiss, James; Reich, Steve; Velez, Glen

Drumming is a classic of hope and achievement. Coming after a few years - the late sixties - when so many old barriers had fallen,...continue...
Recording information: Studio Rahlstedt, Hamburg, Germany (01/1974)....continue...

American Classics - works by Bernstein, Gershwin, Mancini et al. / Ines Agnes Krautwurst, voice

1 CD / Genuin / 2012-07-31

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Candide; West Side Story; Slava! A Political Overture, for orchestra; Symphonic Dances from West Side Story; George Gershwin: Strike up the Band; Work(s); Henry Mancini: Breakfast ...
Performers: Krautwurst, Ines
Conductors: Clamor, Thomas
Ensemble: Saxon Wind Philharmonic

Genuin presents the second release of the Saxon Wind Philharmonic, this time featuring for the first time, festive wind music. Director and conductor Thomas Clamor...continue...
Recording information: Deutsche Bläserakademie, Bad Lausick, Germany (10/07/2011-10/09/2011)....continue...

Osvaldo Golijov: La Pasión Según San Marcos / Biella Da Costa, Jessica Rivera, Reynaldo Gonzalez-Fernandez

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-31

Works: Osvaldo Golijov: La Pasión según San Marcos
Performers: Alvear, Alex; Cabrera, Gioconda; Gonzalez-Fernandez, Reynaldo; Largo, Virginia [Vocals]; Mairena, Manolo; Maldonado, Elizabeth [Vocals]; Raga, Ana Maria; Rivera, Jessica [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Guinand, Maria
Ensemble: Members of the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Ve

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The first indisputable great composition of the 21st century.
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Recording information: BiCoastal Music, Boston (01/2007); Edificio Centro Empresarial Polar, Caracas (01/2007); Heart Punch Studios, Boston (01/2007); BiCoastal Music, Boston (11/2008); Edificio Centr...continue...

Haydn: Missa in Tempore Belli; Salve Regina / Dorothea Roschmann, Herbert Lippert, Elisabeth von Magnus, Oliver Widmer

1 CD / Teldec / 2012-07-31

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Missa in Tempore belli, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in C major ("Paukenmesse"), H. 22/9; Salve Regina, for 4 soloists, chorus, strings & organ obbligato in G minor ("O...
Performers: Lippert, Herbert [Tenor Vocals]; Magnus, Elisabeth von; Roschmann, Dorothea; Widmer, Oliver
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: ; Concentus Musicus Wien

Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Concentus musicus Wien are joined by the Arnold Schoenberg Chor to deliver a consistently brilliant performance of Hayden's Paukenmesse and Salve Regina....continue...
Recording information: Casino Zögernitz, Vienna (07/1996)....continue...

Schoenberg: Complete Songs / Claudia Barainsky; Melanie Diener, Konrad Jarnot, Urs Liska, piano [4 CDs]

4 CD / Capriccio / 2012-07-31

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Waldesnacht; Eclogue; Warum bist Du aufgewacht, song for voice & piano; Zweiffler; Du kehrst mir den Rücken, song for voice & piano; Gott grüss dich Marie, song for voice...
Performers: Barainsky, Claudia; Diener, Melanie; Jarnot, Konrad; Liska, Urs; Schafer, Markus

Capriccio presents the first complete recording of songs for voice and piano by Arnold Schoenburg. This 4 CD set includes pieces such as Gurre-Lieder, Fifteen...continue...
Recording information: Siemens-Villa Berlin-Lankwitz....continue...

Puentes: Canciones de Argentina - Songs by 19th & 20th Century Argentinian composers influenced by European music / Graciela de Gyldenfeldt, soprano; Henning Lucius, piano

1 CD / Telos / 2012-07-31

Works: Ernesto Drangosch: Si les étoiles pouvaient te dire, song for voice & piano, Op. 19/1; Rechtfertigung, song for voice & piano, Op. 4/1; Lauf der Welt, song for voice & piano, Op. 4/6; Ein Lied...
Performers: Gyldenfeldt, Graciela von; Lucius, Henning [Piano]

Aptly named "Puentes," which translates from Spanish as "Bridges," this disc highlights the work of Argentinean composers of the 19th and 20th centuries who were...continue...
Recording information: Goethe Institute, Buenos Aires, Argentina (09/2011)....continue...

Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah / Christine Wolff, Britta Schwarz, Markus Schafer, Klaus Mertens

2 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2012-07-31

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70
Performers: Mertens, Klaus; Schafer, Markus; Wolff, Christine
Conductors: Hagel, Doris
Ensemble: Kantorei der Schlosskirche Weilburg

Nineteenth century oratorio composition reached its zenith with Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's Elijah. Just as Handel's Messiah, written a century earlier, had been quickly and triumphantly...continue...
Recording information: Schlosskirche Weilburg an der Lahn (11/09/2011-11/14/2011)....continue...

Street Song - Music for winds by Oquin, Tilson Thomas, Lorenz, Vaughan Williams, Stravinsky, Copland / Univ. of GA Winds

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-07-31

Works: Wayne Oquin: Tower Ascending, for clarinet & band; Ricardo Lorenz: El Muro, for wind ensemble; Michael Tilson Thomas: Street Song for brass; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Toccata marziale; James Mobberley:...
Performers: McClellan, D. Ray; Ritchey, Ellen; Sheludyakov, Anatoly
Conductors: Lynch, John P.
Ensemble: University of Georgia Wind Ensemble

The expressive range and versatility of the wind ensemble is exemplified in this program from one of the world's leading ensembles of its kind, which...continue...
Recording information: The University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, USA (02/11/2011-02/14/2011)....continue...

Aram Khachaturian: Violin Concerto; Cello Concerto, Piano Concerto / Leonid Kogan, violin; Antonin Jemelik, piano

2 CD / Supraphon / 2012-07-31

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Concerto for Cello in E minor; Ode in Memory of Vladimir Ilich Lenin, for orchestra; Gayane, ballet suite; Garun Yerevan, song for voice & piano; Za...
Performers: Jemelik, Antonin; Khachaturian, Aram; Knushevitsky, Svyatoslav; Kogan, Leonid
Conductors: Khachaturian, Aram; Gauk, Aleksandr

Soviet composer, conductor and spontaneous musician - the three faces of Aram Khachaturian

"I am firmly convinced that truly great music must in all its

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Le Belle Immagini - Magdalena Kozena sings Gluck, Mozart, Myslivecek

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La clemenza di Tito; Le nozze di Figaro; Idomeneo; Lucio Silla; La finta giardiniera; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Paride ed Elena; La clemenza di Ttio; Josef Myslivecek: Isacc...
Performers: Borovka, Vladislav; Kozena, Magdalena; Pavlis, Jindrich; Willi, Barbara Maria
Conductors: Swierczewski, Michel
Ensemble: ; Prague Philharmonia

First Choice features top artists - in the first batch, Claudio Abbado, the Emerson String Quartet, Helene Grimaud, Herbert von Karajan, James Levine, Anna Netrebko,...continue...
Recording information: Prague, Rudolfinum, Dvorák Hall (09/2001)....continue...

Orff: Carmina Burana / Christiane Oelze, Simon Keenlyside - Christian Thielemann

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana
Performers: Keenlyside, Simon; Kubler, David; Oelze, Christiane [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Thielemann, Christian
Ensemble: Deutsche Opera Berlin Chorus

Carmina Burana is among the most popular choral pieces of the 20th century, and the riveting "O Fortuna" that frames the work is quite unforgettable....continue...

Curse Upon Iron - Works for Male Choir by Veljo Tormis / Orphei Drängar Male Choir

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-07-22

Works: Veljo Tormis: Incantatio maris aestuosi (Incantation for a Stormy Sea), for chorus; Kord me tuleme tagasi; Kolm mul oli kaunist sona (I Had Three Beautiful Words), for male chorus & flute; Vastlalaul...
Performers: Alin, Andreas; Alin, Folke; Einarsson, Magnus; Gunnar Sundberg; Rombo, Elin; Sjogren, Magnus; Stolare, Henrik
Conductors: Alin, Cecilia Rydinger
Ensemble: Orphei Drängar Male Choir

A modern shaman is how Veljo Tormis (b.1930) has been described. In his large production, chiefly composed for a cappella choir, he utilizes ancient chants...continue...

Glimpses of the Moon [Original Cast Recording]

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-07-17

Works: John Mercurio: Glimpses of the Moon, musical play
Performers: Bennett, Mary Nye; Biering, Mark; Freeman, John; Gukhman, Maxim; Herndon, Jeff; Kimmell, Anna; O'Dell, Brandon; Smith, Caitlin; Uterhardt, Googie
Conductors: Pence, Ann-Carol

Recording information: Murray Soundlab, Atlanta, GA; The Lodge Studios....continue...

Great and Holy Pascha

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-07-17

Works: Byzantine Chant: Come ye, take light (Plagal 1st mode); Sticheron; Paschal Canon (Katavasia), Odes 1 & 3 (1st mode); When they who were with Mary (Hypakoe) (4th mode); Paschal Canon (Katavasia), Odes...
Performers: Bucur, Bogdan [Vocals]; Elwell, Jacob [Vocals]; Esper, James; Ferguson, Clement [Vocals]; Ferguson, Sara [Vocals]; Hyde, Ryan; James Powell [Bass Vocal/Photography]; Jokola, Nicole [Vocals]; Jones, N...
Conductors: Esper, Stephen

Recording information: Canonsburg, PA....continue...

Arianna Savall: Hirundo Maris / Petter Udland Johansen, Sveinung Lilleheier, Miquel Àngel Cordero and David Mayoral

1 CD / ECM / 2012-07-17

Works: Catalan Traditional: El Mestre, folk song; El mariner, folk song; Sephardic Traditional: Buenas noches, folk song; Ya salió de la mar la galana (She Came Out of the Sea), song (Salonica); Morena...
Performers: Cordero, Miquel Angel; Johansen, Petter Udland; Lilleheier, Sveinung; Mayoral, David; Savall, Arianna

Hirundo Maris is Latin for "sea swallow" and, like that bird's nomadic flight, harpist Arriana Savall's quintet - part early music ensemble, part folk group...continue...
Recording information: Propstei St. Gerold (01/2011).

Hirundo Maris is dedicated to the memory of Montserrat Figueras, the legendary advocate, researcher, and performer of Renaissance and Baroq...continue...

Nun danket alle Gott: Kirchenmusik Klassiker

2 CD / ZYX Records Import / 2012-07-17

Works: Recorded Sound: Church Bells; Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat, BWV 243; Pièce d'orgue (Fantasia), for organ in G major, BWV 572 (BC J83); Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Wol...
Performers: Becker-Foss, Hans-Christoph; Kraft, Walter; Lanza, Mario [Actor/Singer]; Spencer, Kenneth

The Very Best of Daniel Barenboim from the EMI Catalog [2 CDs]

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-07-17

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488; Trio for Piano and Strings no 5 in G major, K 564; Variations (10) for Piano in G major on Gluck's "Unser dummer Pöbel meint"...
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bonig, Andrea; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Evans, Geraint [Baritone]; Finnila, Birgit; Garrard, Don; Harper, Heather; Hohn, Carola...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Boulez, Pierre; Barbirolli, John

Daniel Barenboim was born in Buenos Aires in 1942 and received his first piano lessons at age five from his mother. Later, he studied under...continue...

Best of Wagner / Hanne-Lore Kuhse, soprano; Fritz Wunderlich, tenor; Theo Adam, bass

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-07-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Tannhäuser; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Parsifal; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre
Performers: Adam, Theo; Bolkestein, Els; Kuhse, Hanne-Lore; Ritzmann, Martin; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Konwitschny, Franz; Fricke, Heinz; Suitner, Otmar; Wakasugi, Hiroshi; Rögner, Heinz; Masur, Kurt; Kegel, Herbert
Ensemble: ; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra

Strauss: Elektra / Jeanne-Michele Charbonnet, Angela De, Felicity Palmer, Matthias Goerne - Gergiev

2 Super Audio CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2012-07-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers: Kravtsova, Tatiana; Popova, Ekaterina [Soprano (Vocal)]; Sergeeva, Ekaterina [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Shevtsova, Lia; Solovieva, Varvara [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

On this new set from LSO Live, Valery Gergiev conducts Strauss' Elektra, one of the most powerful operas in the repertoire, accompanied by a superlative...continue...
Recording information: The Barbican, London (2010-01-11_2010-01-12&2010-)....continue...

Alessandro Scarlatti: Venere, Amore e Ragione, serenata / Gabriella Costa, Veronica Lima: sopranos; Elena Biscuola: mezzo-soprano

1 CD / La Bottega Discantica / 2012-07-10

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Venere, Amore e Ragione; Sinfonie di concerto grosso no 10 for flute, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo in A minor
Performers: Araujo Lima, Verônica de; Biscuola, Elena; Costa, Gabriella
Conductors: Cartosio, Piero
Ensemble: Les Eléments Baroque Orchestra

Alessandro Scarlatti was undoubtedly the greatest composer of vocal music in Italy in the 17th and 18th centuries. However, despite his grandeur being recognized by...continue...
Recording information: Abbazia di San Martino delle Scale Monreale (03/27/2008-03/29/2008)....continue...

Soul of the Ultimate Nation: Collector's Edition, Vol. 2

1 CD / Howe Records / 2012-07-10

Works: Howard Shore: Soul of the Ultimate Nation, game soundtrack
Performers: Golub, Ludmila; Kavina, Lydia; Komarova, Irina [Vocals]; Volnukhina, Vera [Shakuhachi]
Conductors: Shore, Howard [Composer]

Recording information: Moscow Performing Arts Center....continue...

Leonard Bernstein: Mass / Jerry Hadley, tenor; Kent Nagano

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-07-10

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Alleluia
Performers: Albert, Adreinne [Vocals]; Allen, Betty; Altman, Karen; Brauns, Sigurd; Cossa, Dominic; DeVoll, Raymond; Elliott, William; Lehmann, Tobias; Magruder, Charles; Magruder, June; Manno, John; Modersohn, ...
Conductors: Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Woodstock, Nixon and the Vietnam War were undoubtedly underlying influences on the increasingly oppressive dramaturgy of this incredible 'Theatre Piece' composed in memory of J....continue...
Recording information: Philharmonie, Berlin (11/2003).

Leonard Bernstein's Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers was given a mixed reception upon its premiere as the inaugural ...continue...

English Song Cycles

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2012-07-10

Works: Arthur Bliss: Aubade for Coronation Morning, for 2 solo voices and chorus (for "A Garland For The Queen"), F. 37; Arnold Bax: What is it like to be Young and Fair, for SSAAT chorus; Michael Tippett: ...
Performers: Elliott, Rachel; Gomme, Hester [Soprano Vocal]; Hudson, Nick [Tenor vocals]; Maxim, Piers; Morris, Ruth; Wicks, Tanya

Recording information: St George's Church, Cambridge, England (06/1991)....continue...

Alfred Deller - Portrait of a Legend: Opera & Stage; Sacred Song; Solo Song; Folksong [4 CDs]

4 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-07-10

Works: Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen, Z 629; King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628; Indian Queen, Z 630; Olinda in the shades unseen, song, Z. 404; Thus to a ripe, consenting maid (from "Old Bachelor"), so...
Performers: Arditti, Irvine; Bevan, Maurice; Buttrey, John; Chapuis, Michel; Christie, William [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Deller, Alfred; Deller, Mark; Dupré, Desmond; Elliot, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Elliott, R...
Conductors: Deller, Alfred
Ensemble: Deller Choir; Deller Consort; Jaye Consort of Viols; King's Musick; Stour Music Festival Chorus; Stour Music Festival Orchestra

An inspired and always deeply moving artist, Alfred Deller was not only one of the greatest countertenors of all time but also an exceptional musician...continue...

Allegri: Missa in Lectulo Meo; Missa Christus Resurgens; Miserere; Motets / Choir of KingÆs College London

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2012-07-10

Works: Gregorio Allegri: Missa "In lectulo meo"; Miserere; Missa "Christus resurgens"; Christus resurgens ex mortuis, motet for double choir; Pierre Bonhomme: In lectulo meo, motet
Performers: Edwards, Joshua; Ewence, Poppy; Hogan, Simon; Leang, Julian; Macklin, Marie
Conductors: Trendell, David
Ensemble: ; Choir of KingÆs College London

Gregorio Allegri deserves better than for his reputation to rest on just one piece; alongside his iconic Miserere, which never fails to cast its spell...continue...
Recording information: St. John's Church, Upper Norwood, London, England (06/14/2011-06/16/2011)....continue...

Music by Kjartan Olafsson / Petur Jonasson

3 CD / Icelandic Music / 2012-07-10

Works: Kjartan Olafsson: StringQ, for string quartet; Tilbrigdi vid jómfrú (Variations on a Virgin), for guitar; Calculus, for solo flute; Structure II, for piano; Sextet no 2, for flute, clar...
Performers: Aarnink, Frank; Birgisson, Snorri Sigfus; Bjorgvinsdottir, Dagny [Piano]; Clapperton, James; Johannesson, Ogmundur Thor; Martial Nardeau; Olafsson, Kjartan; Petur Jonasson; Sunneva Kjartansdottir; Th...

This 3-CD collection of the music of Icelandic composer Petur Jonasson has one disc devoted to live recordings of acoustic music for traditional instruments; one...continue...

Be it So - Songs by Kayser, Werner, Sorensen / Pia Rose Hansen, mezzo-soprano; Jens Christensen, organ

1 CD / Point Classics / 2012-07-10

Works: Leif Kayser: Psalms (3) for voice & organ; Sven Erik Werner: Magnificat, for voice & organ; True Love, for voice & organ; Be it so, for voice & organ; Michael Radulescu: Mitten wir im Leben, for voic...
Performers: Christensen, Jens E.; Hansen, Pia

Mezzo-soprano Pia Hansen sings at The Royal Opera House in Copenhagen. She has appeared in Denmark, Switzerland, China, England and Syria as an opera and...continue...

Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird; L'Histoire du Soldat, suite; Les Noces; Symphony in C / Neumann; Dohnanyi

2 Super Audio CD / Praga / 2012-07-10

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra; Symphony in C; Les Noces I (The Wedding), ballet in 4 tableaux for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra; L'histoire du...
Performers: Adamec, Petr; Barova, Anna; Bogunia, Stanislav; Boublikova, Milada; Holena, Jiri; Janda, Pavel; Jedlicka, Dalibor; Jilek, Zdenek; Kostohryz, Milan; Mokros, Josef; Sulcova, Brigita; Svejda, Miroslav
Conductors: Dohnányi, Christoph von; Neumann, Václav; Kosler, Zdenek;
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Chamber Players; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague Radio Choir; Tokyo String Quartet

This specially priced two disc celebration of the music of Igor Stravinsky features historic stereo recordings made between 1970 to 1987, all remastered for SACD....continue...

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Symphony No. 4; Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" / Fritz Reiner, Chicago SO

2 CD / Widescreen / 2012-07-05

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major; Das Lied von der Erde; Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Carlo Bergonzi: A Discographic Career - Selections from Macbeth, Luisa Miller, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Un Ballo, Tosca, Andrea Chenier et al.

3 CD / Widescreen / 2012-07-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: L' Africana; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La boh&egrav...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Corena, Fernando; D'Angelo, Gianna; MacNeil, Cornell; Mercuriali, Angelo; Mill, Arnold van; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Simionato, Giulietta; Sordello, Enzo;...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Serafin, Tullio; Pritchard, John; Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von

A Portrait

3 CD / Accent Import / 2012-07-03

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Giovanni Pergolesi: Livietta e Tracollo; La Serva Padrona; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro; Requiem...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Claessens, Huub; Demeyere, Ewald; Groop, Monica; Hermans, Elisabeth; Isokoski, Soile; Jacobs, Rene; Kuijken, Sara; Laki, Krisztina; Mackie, Neil; Mechelen, Werner van; Oelze, Christia...
Conductors: Kuijken, Sigiswald
Ensemble: La Petite Bande

Mozart: Requiem; Bruckner: Te Deum

2 CD / Red/membran / 2012-07-03

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Anton Bruckner: Te Deum in C major, WAB 45; Georg Philipp Telemann: Warum verstellst du die Gebarde, sacred cantata for v...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Fischer, Fritz; Price, Leontyne; Rossel-Majdan, Hilde; Sauer, Franz; Werdermann, Hermann; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Langenbeck, Wolfgang

Finding Home

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-07-03

Works: Ricky Ian Gordon: Heaven, for voice & ensemble; God's World, song for voice & piano; I Thank You God, song for voice & piano; Prayer, song for voice & piano; Will There Really Be A Morning?, for voic...
Performers: Gordon, Ricky Ian; Heggie, Jake; Moretti, Amy Schwartz [Violin]; Moretti, Steve; Partridge, Leah [Soprano Vocal]

Recording information: Skywalker Sound, Marin County, CA; Neva Langley Ficklin (06/28/2011-07/05/2011)....continue...

"Noah" - Ave Maria; Deep River; Notte di Luce; Shenandoah; Amazing Grace et al. / Noah Stewart, tenor

1 CD / Verve / 2012-07-03

Works: Mantovani: Cara mia; Harry: Jubilee Songs of the USA; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Justin Hayward: Nights in White Satin; Vincent Youmans: Without a Song; Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah; American Traditional: ...
Performers: Baker, Steven; Bertl, Johnny M.; Dorn, Elisabeth; Dubach, Susanne [Violin, Viola]; Hintringer, Harry [Drums]; Juritz, David; Karlsson, Fridrik; Knollmueller, Christian; Laher, Werner; Sasdi, Inka [Ce...
Conductors: Dodd, Nicholas; Bertl, Johnny M.; Hein, Richard

Verve Records is thrilled to present the debut album from Harlem Tenor, Noah Stewart.

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Personnel: Susanne Dubach (violin, viola); Inka Sasdi (cello); Wolfgang Drechsler (woodwinds, horns).

Tenor Noah Stewart, a native of Manhattan's Harlem neighborhood, has won raves not only i...continue...

Carissimi: Vanitas Vanitatum / Tubéry, Mamel, et al

1 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Giacomo Carissimi: Vanitas Vanitatum II, oratorio for 5 voices, 2 violins & continuo; Sciolto havean dall'alte sponde (I naviganti), cantata for 2 sopranos, baritone & continuo; Missa "Sciolto havean...
Performers: Cote, Cecile; Debaisieux, Etienne; Favette, Philippe; Helene Cassano; Mammel, Hans-Jorg; Peter De Laurentiis; Thierry Lequenne; Tubery, Jean
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble la Fenice (France)

"These splendid performances are a celebration of Giacomo Carissimi. The three major pieces here show why Carissimi (1605-74) was so highly regarded in his lifetime,...continue...

30 Years at La Monnaie

2 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Parsifal; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Richard Strauss: Salome; Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Simon Boccanegra; Falstaff; W...
Performers: Bastin, Jules; Cupido, Alberto; Dufrasne, Arnaud [Vocals]; Gustafson, Nancy [Soprano Vocals]; Kozlowska, Joanna; Krause, Carlos [Vocals]; Lascarro, Juanita; Malfitano, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; McI...
Conductors: Cambreling, Sylvain; Pritchard, John; Pappano, Antonio; Schoenwandt, Michael; Fischer, Iván; Benjamin, George

Legendary baritone José van Dam celebrates a triple anniversary: his 70th birthday, 50 years onstage, and 30 years at La Monnaie, Brussels' opera house. This...continue...
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Entre aventuras y encantimentos / Recasens, et al

1 CD / Lauda Musica / 2012-07-01

Works: Anonymous, Spanish: Caballero de aventuras, for 3 voices; Señora, después que os vi, song; Quien tanto veros desea, song; Romance del Marqués de Mantua ("Dónde estás, señ...
Performers: Ashby, Helen; Ashby, Kate; Kempenaers, Cécile; Lamy, Hervé [Tenor Vocals]; Termont, Lieven
Conductors:
Ensemble: La Grande Chapelle

"Angel Recasens has successfully recruited many of the leading figures in European early music... perform[ing] colourful versions of these pieces, with very lively rhythms and...continue...

Bach in Jazz / Martin Petzold, tenor; Stephan-Konig-Trio

1 CD / Rondeau Production / 2012-06-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147; Italienisches Konzert, BWV 971; Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244; Johannes-Passion, BWV 245b; Es erhub sich ein Streit, BWV 19; Siehe zu...
Performers: Petzold, Martin
Conductors:
Ensemble: Stephan König Trio

Following the motto "Bach in Jazz," Stephan König and his trio translate Baroque music into elegant jazz miniatures. Together with tenor Martin Petzold, the combo...continue...
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Puccini Operas, Vol. 1 - Manon Lescaut; La boheme; Tosca

6 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-06-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca
Performers: Benacka, Stanislav; Carroll, Silvano; Deyck, Lucienne Van; Durco, Jan; Dvorsky, Miroslav; Gauci, Miriam; George, Donald; Gijsegem, Ludwig van; Gonzales, Carmen; Hallon, Ladislav; Kaludov, Kaludi; Lam...
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander; Humburg, Will
Ensemble: ; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra Brussels; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchesra

Giacomo Puccini is one of the most celebrated and beloved operatic composers that has ever lived. Included in this first installment of Puccini Operas are...continue...

Best of Accentus - Choral works by Faure, Haydn, Brahms, Dusapin

5 CD / Naïve / 2012-06-26

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Rückert Lieder (5); Johann Sebastian Bach: Komm, s&...
Performers: Anorga, Solange; Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Chiama, Jean-Francois; Costes, Pascale; Degout, Stephane; Engerer, Brigitte; Henry, Christophe; Hery, Luc; Isshiki, Kaoli; Lombard, Jean-Francois; Piau, Sa...
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Ars Nova Ensemble (Copenhagen)

Under its conductor, Laurence Equilbey, who founded accentus in 1991, the choir is committed to promoting the vocal arts as widely as possible, with more...continue...

Grant us Peace - sacred vocal music of Andreas Hammerschmidt / Jorg Breiding, Himlische Cantorey, Hanover Boys Choir

1 CD / Rondeau Production / 2012-06-26

Works: Andreas Hammerschmidt: Verleih uns Friede genädiglich, for soloists, chorus & ensemble; Sonata à 5 no 19, for 2 zinks, trombone & basso continuo; Meine Seele erhebet den Herren (Lobgesang...
Performers: Scholz, Johannes
Conductors: Breiding, Jorg
Ensemble: Johann Rosenmüller Ensemble

World premiere recording of 19 sacred choral works by an influential composer active at the dawn of Germany's Baroque revolution and whose influence would be...continue...

The Early Music Recordings of Ensemble Unicorn, Vol. 1

5 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-06-26

Works: Syrian Traditional: Dinaresade; Christmas Traditional: Edi Beo Thu, Hevene Queene, carol (English); Macedonian Traditional: Nevestinko oro; Leonel Power: Beata progenies, for 3 voices; Bulgarian Trad...
Performers: Landauer, Bernhard; Sykes, Belinda
Conductors: ; Posch, Michael
Ensemble: Ensemble Unicorn; Oni Wytars

Some of the Naxos label's best early music recordings available together at a great price!...continue...

Sångare till glädje 2012 / 8 different vocalists sing Grandert, Simon, Grieg, Ellington, Dowland, Sibelius, Bach and more

1 CD / Nosag / 2012-06-26

Works: Johnny Grandert: Vandring (Wandering), song; Marionetterna (The Marionettes), song; Fruset fotspår (Frozen Footprints), song; När isen bryter upp (When the Ice Dissolves), song; Paul Simon:...
Performers: Baraula, Andre; Baraula, Desiree; Bjorling, Raymond; Bromme, Rolf; Geiland, Stefan; Geissendorf, Wanda; Lindgren, Stefan; Lindkvist, Anna; Linse, Carolina; Mukherjee, Anouchka; Neumuller, Maria; Pett...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Foreningen Ideell Musik

The 2012 version of the FIM/nosag charity CD contains a selection of 8 fine Swedish singers from varied genres including lied, musical, chanson, opera, and...continue...

Evita

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-06-26

Works: Andrew Lloyd Webber: Evita; Don't Cry for Me Argentina, song (for the musical Evita)
Performers: Andrews, Stuart; Cerveris, Michael; Frank, Maya Jade; Martin, Ricky; Potter, Rachel; Roger, Elena; The Company; VonEssen, Max
Conductors: Blodgette, Kristen

Recording information: MSR Studios, New York City (04/29/2012-05/01/2012).

This cast recording of the 2012 Broadway return of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tony Award-winning musical Evita...continue...