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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...

Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings; Nocturne; Finzi: Dies Natalis / Mark Padmore, tenor; Stephen Bell, horn

1 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-05-08

Works: Benjamin Britten: Serenade, for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31; Nocturne, Op. 60; Gerald Finzi: Dies Natalis, cantata for soprano (or tenor) & string orchestra, Op. 8
Performers: Bell, Stephen; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Shave, Jacqueline
Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia

Celebrated tenor Mark Padmore and the Britten Sinfonia present a program featuring some of the most beautiful English music for voice and orchestra ever written....continue...
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Sound the Bells! American Premières for Brass / The Bay Brass

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-03-08

Works: John Williams: Sound the Bells!, fanfare for brass & percussion (or orchestra); Fanfare for a Festive Occasion, for brass & percussion; Aloft! To the Royal Masthead! for brass & percussion; Michael T...
Performers: Avdienko, Victor; Biancalana, Jeff D.; Cooper, Christopher; Cummings, Kale; Froelich, Ray; Hemphill, Thomas; Herbert, David; Hull, Douglas; Inouye, Mark; King, John [Trumpet]; Rioth, Doug; Shapiro, M...
Conductors: Neale, Alastair; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Ward, Robert; Budin, Jeffrey; Broughton, Bruce; Welcomer, Paul; Floyd, Charles

San Francisco-based ensemble The Bay Brass presents a showcase of American music both rousing and moving with these first recordings of recent works by John...continue...

Brahms: Lieder und Gesänger

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-06-08

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (3) for chorus, Op. 42; Choruses (4) for female voices, 2 horns & harp, Op. 17; Songs (7) for chorus, Op. 62; Gesänge (5) for vocal sextet, Op. 104; German folk songs (49)...
Performers: Klier, Manfred; Langlamet, Marie-Pierre

Works by Brahms:
3 Gesange for six-part mixed choir, Op. 42
4 Gesange, Op. 17
7 Lieder for mixed choir, Op. 62
5 Gesange, Op. 104, for mixed choir
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Brahms: Horn Trio Op 40, Violin Sonata no 1 Op 78, etc / Van der Zwart, Faust, Melnikov

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-10-14

Works: Johannes Brahms: Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano in E flat major, Op. 40; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in G major, Op. 78; Fantasies (7) for Piano, Op. 116
Performers: Faust, Isabelle; Melnikov, Alexander; Zwart, Teunis van der

"Faust cuts loose with fervor in the Violin Sonata, op. 78. The combination of her passionately Romantic expressiveness with her somewhat cool tone sounds ideally...continue...

Vivaldi: Doubles Concertos / Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-10-09

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV 156; Concerto for 2 Oboes in D minor, RV 535; Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in E major ("L'estro armonico" no 12), Op. 3/12, RV; Concert...
Performers: Beuse, Christian; Boschien, Michael; Fiedler, Joachim; Freiheit, Jan; Kallweit, Georg; Loffler, Xenia; Luks, Vaclav; Matzke, Werner; Rovensky, Miroslav; Seiler, Midori
Conductors:
Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin

Having explored the neglected repertoire of German overtures and the favorite concertos of Mozart, the Akademie fur Musik Berlin transports us to sunny Italy for...continue...

Mozart: Wind Concertos / Müllejans, Freiburg Barockorchester

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-09-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Horn no 4 in E flat major, K. 495; Concerto for Oboe in C major, K 314 (285d); Concerto for Bassoon in B flat major, K 191 (186e); Concerto for Horn no 1 in D ma...
Performers: Agrell, Donna; Arfken, Katharina; Zwart, Teunis van der
Conductors: Müllejans, Petra

This exhilarating performance on period instruments illustrates some of the dramatic changes that wind instruments were undergoing when these concertos were composed. Constantly pushing against...continue...