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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...

Wolf-Ferrari: La vedova scaltra / Martin, Sollied, Muraro, D'Aguanno, Milhofer, Zanellato, Rossi, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-09-30

Works: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: La vedova scaltra, opera in 3 acts
Performers: Casagrande, Antonio; D'Aguanno, Emanuele; Esposito, Alex; Favaron, Luca; Milhofer, Mark; Muraro, Maurizio; Rossi, Elena; Sollied, Anne-Lise; Zancopé, Claudio; Zanellato, Riccardo
Conductors: Martin, Karl

Wolf-Ferrari's comic opera 'La vedova scaltra' (The Cunning Widow), is among the works he based on plays by Goldoni. It matches closely the conventions of...continue...

Poulenc: Complete Chamber Works / Tharaud, van Spaendonck

5 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-10-30

Performers: Bauer, Marc; Bernold, Philippe; Chaplin, François; Darrieux, Danielle; Delage, Pascal; Delescluse, Jean; Doise, Olivier; Emerson, Natasha; Gondeau, Marie; Groben, Françoise; Hanon, Phil...
Conductors: Durand, Pierre-Michel

The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music [Box Set]

51 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-11-21

Works: Joseph Achron: Concerto for Violin no 1, Op. 60; Golem, suite for chamber orchestra; Belshazzar; Samuel Adler: Sephardic Choruses (5), for chorus (from Ever Since Babylon); Nuptial Scene, for voice &...
Performers: Abelson, Robert; Adler, Bruce; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allardyce, Lauren; Arnold, Hubert; Aslan, Pablo; Avila, Jorge; Barr, Jean; Barrick, Clinton; Ben-Ze'ev, Re'ut; Bermel, Derek; Besley, Megan; B...
Conductors: Silverstein, Joseph; Schwarz, Gerard; Gardner, Patrick; Adler, Samuel; Winther, Rodney; Wilkins, Christopher; Kiesler, Kenneth; Itai, Avner; Marriner, Sir Neville; Corp, Ronald [Composer]; Levin, Nei...
Ensemble: ; Chamber Opera Ensemble; Cincinnati Wind Symphony; Dave Brubeck Trio; Eastman Players; Finchley Children's Music Group; Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble; Schola Hebraeica Chorus; Southern Jazz Ensemble...

Includes ashrei (ashrei yoshvei veitekha (l. glantz) / eine by various composers.

Includes b'motza'ei m'nuha (assembled for "the first s'liho by various composers....continue...

American Classics - Milken Archive - Psalms of Joy & Sorrow

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-10-31

Works: George Rochberg: Psalms (3) for Unaccompanied Choir; Jacob Druckman: Sabbath Eve Service "Shir shel yakov"; Ursula Mamlok: Cantata "Blessed is the man"; Yehudi Wyner: Friday Evening Service; Miriam G...
Performers: Bikel, Theodore; Bischof, Justin; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Evans, Joseph [Tenor]; Finkelstein, Meir; Leonard, Sarah; Mason, Patrick; Miller, Aaron David; Mizrahi, Alberto; Potton, Hugh
Conductors: Brewer, Michael; Adler, Samuel; Itai, Avner; Corp, Ronald; Rickenbacher, Karl Anton; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Gardner, Patrick; Levin, Neil
Ensemble: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; BBC Singers; Carmina Choir; Laudibus; London Chorus; New York Cantorial Choir; Rochester Singers; Rutgers Kirkpatrick Choir; Schola Hebraeica; Slovak Radio Symphony Orch...

Unique among liturgies in their singular blend of majestic grandeur, loft sentiments, and poignant simplicity, the Psalms embrace virtually every basic human emotion and mood,...continue...

Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and Experience / Slatkin, et al

2 DVD Audio / Naxos (USA) / 2005-04-19

Works: William Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and Experience, for soloists, choruses, and orchestra
Performers: Brewer, Christine; Brueggergosman, Measha; Davidson, Ilana; Ford, Nmon; Graham, Nathan Lee; Hohenfeld, Linda; Kittel, Jeremy; Morgan, Tommy [Harmonica]; Morris, Joan; Pelton, Carmen; Ruth, Peter "Mad...
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: Contemporary Directions Ensemble

The critically acclaimed world premiere recording of William Bolcom's epic 'Songs of Innocence and of Experience' is now available on DVD-Audio! Composed over 25 years...continue...

American Classics-Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and Experience

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-10-19

Works: William Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and Experience, for soloists, choruses, and orchestra
Performers: Brewer, Christine; Brueggergosman, Measha; Davidson, Ilana; Ford, Nmon; Graham, Nathan Lee; Hohenfeld, Linda; Kittel, Jeremy; Morgan, Tommy [Harmonica]; Morris, Joan; Pelton, Carmen; Ruth, Peter "Mad...
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: Contemporary Directions Ensemble

"If American composition in the late 20th Century has a single defining work, it is this sprawling masterpiece." - John von Rhein, Chicago Tribune "The...continue...

American Classics - Wyner: The Mirror, etc / Wyner, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-05-01

Works: Yehudi Wyner: The Mirror; Passover Offering; Tants un Maysele
Performers: Brown Kirchner, Judi; Creditor, Bruce; Guttman, James; Kirchner, Matthew; Lalli, Richard; Langham, Jennifer; Meyer, Carol; Schulz, Robert; Stepner, Daniel; Stoltzman, Richard; Taylor, David [trombone...

'The Mirror', a play by Isaac Bashevis Singer, explores the interior life of a Jewish woman living in a small eastern European town. Yehudi Wyner,...continue...

American Classics - Introducing American Jewish Music

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-09-01

Works: Dave Brubeck: Gates of Justice; Leonard Bernstein: Hashkiveniu; Anonymous: Hudl Mitn Shtrudl; Darius Milhaud: Études for String Quartet, Op. 442; Service sacré, Op. 279; Julius Chajes: ...
Performers: Adler, Bruce; Bloch, Robert; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Clement, Richard; Feldon, Barbara; Feldshuh, Tovah; Fisk, Eliot; Guttman, Jim; Jolley, David; Krakauer, David; Marti...
Conductors: ; Gloyd, Russell; Itai, Avner; Jaffe, Elli; Levi, Yoel; Papadopoulos, Marios; Schwarz, Gerard; Wirth, Gerald; Levin, Neil; Cullen, Joseph
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Baltimore Choral Arts Society; Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; BBC Singers; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Coro Hebraeico; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Dave Brub...

The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music is a vast recorded panorama of the rich body of Jewish music, both sacred and secular, that has...continue...

Life and Works - Johannes Brahms / Jeremy Siepmann

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-01-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/1; Sonata for Piano no 3 in F minor, Op...
Performers: Archer, Karen; Biret, Idil; Bisengaliev, Marat; Boulton, Nicolas; Britton, Jasper; Claxton, Elaine; Hegyi, Ildiko; Hodson, Steve; Jando, Jeno; Jason, Neville; Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Kevehazi, Jeno; Kl...
Conductors: ; Wit, Antoni; Rahbari, Alexander; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Constantine, Andrew
Ensemble: Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Polish Radio/TV Symphony Orchestra; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Piano Trio

Brahms is one of the best-loved yet most controversial of all the Romantics. Almost uniquely, his works have never suffered the slightest period of eclipse....continue...

1001 Nights - Rimsky-Korsakov / Bernard Cribbins

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-11-01

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35
Performers: Cribbins, Bernard; Nolan, David
Conductors: Bátiz, Enrique
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Take a musical journey through timeless classic tales and open doors to the world of the orchestra presented with beautiful music by history's greatest composers....continue...

21st Century Classics - Corghi: Divara - Wasser und Blut

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-03-01

Works: Azio Corghi: Divara-Wasser und Blut (Water and Blood), opera
Performers: Baba, Michael; Burg, Susanna Von Der; Coles, Mark; Fitz, Heinz; Hildmann, Hanslutz; Holm, Michael [Vocals]; Kiefer, Gunter; Krieg, Christopher; McLeod, Suzanne; Midboe, David; Schwarts, Robert; Thing...
Conductors: Humburg, Will
Ensemble: Münster State Symphony Orchestra

Azio Corghi has written music for the theatre, as well as orchestral and chamber music, establishing himself as one of the leading Italian composers today....continue...

Falla: El Amor Brujo, El Retablo de Maese Pedro

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1996-10-16

Works: Manuel de Falla: El Amor Brujo; El Retablo de Maese Pedro, puppet opera, G. 65
Performers: Galofre, Jordi; Herrera, Nancy Fabiola; Pons-Tena, Ismael; Valladares, Natacha
Conductors: Dini-Ciacci, Diego
Ensemble: I Cameristi del Teatro alla Scala

"For listeners who know Manuel de Falla's El Amor Brujo only in its later incarnation as a fully-orchestrated ballet score, the original 1915 version, for...continue...