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Dancing with the Orchestra - Stravinsky, etc: / D. Cabassi

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2008-05-13

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Movements (3) from Pétrouchka; Béla Bartók: Dance Suite for piano, Sz. 77, (reduced from orchestral score); Manuel de Falla: El Amor Brujo; Maurice Ravel: La valse
Performers: Cabassi, Davide

Piano transcriptions of orchestral works were long regarded as an insignificant genre, but ambitious transcriptions were actually works of art in their own right. Proof...continue...

Stravinsky - Jeu de cartes, Le baiser de la fee

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2008-04-08

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Jeu de cartes; Le baiser de la fée (The Fairy's Kiss), ballet in 4 scenes for orchestra
Conductors: Francis, Alun
Ensemble: Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

Alun Francis has conducted the major English orchestras including the BBC Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra, the City...continue...

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé / Gielen, SWR Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-11-14

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 2
Conductors: Gielen, Michael
Ensemble: Europa ChorAkademie

In 1909 Maurice Ravel received a commission from the Russian impresario Sergei Diaghilev for a ballet for his already legendary ensemble, the Ballets Russes, which...continue...

Falla: El amor brujo, Noches en los jardines de España

2 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-08-08

Works: Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo; Nights in the gardens of Spain; Danza del molinero (from "El sombrero de tres picos")
Performers: Castro, Ricardo
Conductors: Leaper, Adrian
Ensemble: Grand Canary Philharmonic Orchestra

At the request of the Spanish dancer Pastora Imperia, Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) composed the ballet 'El amor brujo' in 1914/15. In the following year,...continue...

Bernstein - Music from the Theatre / Montgomery, Jena PO

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-06-13

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Candide; Symphonic Dances from West Side Story; On the Waterfront; Fancy Free, ballet
Performers: Heath, Dennis; Montgomery, David; Sima, Camelia
Conductors: Montgomery, David
Ensemble: Jena Philharmonic Orchestra

In 1944 the dancer-choreographer Jerome Robbins discovered in the young, still-unknown Leonard Bernstein a partner whose gifts and artistic inclinations made a fortunate match with...continue...

Schulhoff: Ogelala, Suite, Symphony no 2 / Dohnanyi, Viotti

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-06-13

Works: Erwin Schulhoff: Ogelala, ballet, WV 64; Suite, for orchestra, Op. 37; Symphony no 2
Conductors: Dohnányi, Oliver von; Viotti, Marcello
Ensemble: ; Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra

Born in 1894, Czech composer Erwin Schulhoff was a prodigy whose life was cut tragically short. He died in 1942 in the Nazi concentration camp...continue...

Music for the Theatre Vol 2 - Copland, et al / Hogwood

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-05-09

Works: Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring, ballet for 13 instruments; Music for the Theatre, suite for small orchestra; Samuel Barber: Capricorn Concerto, for flute, oboe, trumpet & strings, Op. 21
Performers: Friedrich, Reinhold [Trumpet]; Schnoller, Isabelle; Zoboli, Omar
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher
Ensemble: Basel Chamber Orchestra

"Christopher Hogwood leads near ideal performances...and they respond well to his crisp, period-instrument-influenced approach...wholly remarkable." -ClassicsToday...continue...

Beethoven: Complete Overtures / Zinman, Tonhalle Orchestra

2 CD / Arte Nova / 2005-04-12

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43; Egmont Overture, Op. 84A; Coriolan Overture in C minor, Op. 62; Leonore Overture no 1 in C major, Op. 138; Ruins of Athens, Op. 113; Leonore Ove...
Conductors: Zinman, David
Ensemble: Zürich Tonhalle Orchestra

"Of course what is what Beethoven is supposed to sound like. All the warmth, the breath, the depth, the height, the solemnity, the hilarity, the...continue...