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Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross / Almeida

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Seven last words of Christ on the Cross, H 20 no 2
Performers: Bezhko, Boris; Evseeva, Elena; Maruna, Margarita; Mishenkin, Arkady
Conductors: Almeida, Antonio de
Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Orchestra; Russian State Academy Chorus

Korngold: The Sea Hawk, Deception / William Stromberg, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-07-31

Works: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: The Sea Hawk; Deception
Performers: Romishevskaya, Irina; Zagorinsky, Alexander
Conductors: Stromberg, William T.
Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Choir; Moscow Symphony Orchestra

"The complete 1940 English release of Warner Brothers' The Sea Hawk is 126 minutes long. The complete 2005 Naxos recording of Erich Wolfgang Korngold's score...continue...

The Instruments of the Orchestra / Jeremy Siepmann

7 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-11-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts; Anonymous, Troubadour: Domna, pos vos ay chausida; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Con...
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Banks, Kevin; Banowetz, Joseph; Biret, Idil; Bisengaliev, Marat; Bloch, Thomas; Bostridge, Ian; Burashko, Andrew; Cano, Carmen; Castets, Maryse; Chapelle, Corinne; Clynes, Mandred; Do...
Conductors: Elmendorff, Karl; Posch, Michael; Bogár, István; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Ward, Nicholas; Wildner, Johannes; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Studt, Richard; Mogrelia, Andrew; Clark, Keith...
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Accentus Austria (Early Music); Almanac Singers; Aradia Ensemble; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmoni...

Not just a cursory overview of the instruments, this is a set of portraits in depth, featuring individual instruments in many contexts (orchestral, chamber, folk,...continue...