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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...

50 Best Songs from the Musicals [3 CDs]

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-22

Works: Alain Boublil: I Dreamed a Dream, song (for the musical Les Misérables); Bring Him Home, song (for the musical Les Misérables); Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Music of the Night, song (for the mu...
Performers: Anderson, Moira; Barstow, Josephine; Bayless, Jean; Berry, Craig; Burns, Debralee [Vocals]; Burns, Karla; Chapman, Shirley; Cogan, Alma; Criswell, Kim; Dann, Roger; Deleon, Jack; Dent, Rebecca; Garre...
Conductors: Ellis, Philip; Gemignani, Paul; Lee, Simon; Lowe, Robert; Tunick, Jonathan; Love, Geoff; Davies, Gareth; McGlinn, John; Osborne, Tony; Matz, Peter; Fonteyn, Sam; Alwyn, Kenneth; Ainsworth, Alyn; Ratt...
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble

Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream; Die erste Walpurgisnacht / Harnoncourt

1 CD / Apex / 2011-02-22

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Die Erste Walpurgisnacht, cantata for chorus & orchestra, Op. 60
Performers: Bantzer, Christoph; Coburn, Pamela; Hampson, Thomas; Heilmann, Uwe; Magnus, Elisabeth von; Pape, Rene; Remmert, Birgit
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus

"Mendelssohn's highly potent brand of magic here in rhythmically robust live recordings of eight numbers from A Midsummer Night's Dream, and a formidable team of...continue...
Recording information: Stefaniensaal, Graz....continue...

R. Strauss: Enoch Arden / Emanuel Ax, Patrick Stewart

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2007-08-28

Works: Richard Strauss: Enoch Arden, Op. 38; Pieces (5) for Piano, Op. 3
Performers: Ax, Emanuel; Stewart, Patrick

Based on Tennyson's poem of love and sacrifice, Enoch Arden tells the sale of a young Scottish sailor who leaves his family to make his...continue...

Reich: Remixed 2006

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2006-11-07

Works: Steve Reich: Work(s); Come Out
Performers: Hamm, Daniel; Reich, Steve; Ruotsi, Ruoho; Smoke, Alex
Conductors:
Ensemble: Four Tet

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...

Prokofiev: Peter & the Wolf, etc / Karloff, et al

1 CD / Artemis / 2006-10-17

Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67; Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60
Performers: Karloff, Boris
Conductors: Rossi, Mario
Ensemble: Vienna State Orchestra

Tubby the Tuba presents Play it Happy / Vieira

1 CD / Koch International / 2006-10-03

Works: George Kleinsinger: Tubby the Tuba; Tubby the Tuba meets a Jazz Band; The Story of Celeste
Performers: Tripp, Paul; Vieira, Meredith
Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen
Ensemble: Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra

For over 60 years audiences have been charmed by the adventures of a tuba name Tubby. All day long, Tubby plays oompah, oompah with his...continue...

Codex Chantilly- airs de cour / Pérès, Ensemble Organum

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-08-08

Works: Johannes Cuvelier: Se Galaas et le puissant Artus; Guido: Dieux gart qui bien le chantera, rondeau for 3 voices; Or voit tout en aventure, ballade for 3 voices; Anonymous, Codex Chantilly: Sans joie ...
Performers: Benet, Josep; Cabre, Josep; Fauche, Francois; Schaap, Naneke
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Organum

Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail / Gardiner, Minetti

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-06-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384
Performers: Clarkson, Julian; Hauptmann, Cornelius [Bass Vocal]; Kazimierczuk, Angela; Minetti, Hans-Peter; Olsen, Stanford; Orgonasova, Luba; Peper, Uwe; Sieden, Cyndia; Tindall, Paul
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir

"The overture immediately establishes the extra zest of the performance... with Orgonasova in particularly oustanding form". -Penguin Guide...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...

Lehár: The Merry Widow

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2004-03-02

Works: Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow
Performers: Gedda, Nicolai; Kraus, Otakar; Kunz, Erich; Kurty, Hella; Loose, Emmy; Mattoni, André von; Niessner, Anton; Schmidinger, Josef; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: ; Ackermann, Otto
Ensemble: Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra

"The stellar vocal soloists are, then and now, names to conjure with even the smaller roles are well and knowledgeably cast Schwarzkopf shows her seductive...continue...
The mono recording of this work with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf in the lead role, in the full bloom of her youth, is a special treat, a brilliant, fully realized version of the work that, even more helpful...continue...

Monteverdi: Selva Morale / Christie, Les Arts Florissants

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2003-10-01

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale; Chi vol che m'innamori, motet for alto, tenor, bass & 3 strings (from Selva morale e spirituale), SV; O ciechi il tanto affaticar che giova, motet for 5...
Performers: Fauche, Francois
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

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...

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...

Chansons sur des poèmes de Ronsard / Clément Janequin

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2001-07-01

Works: François Regnard: Ni nuit ne jour; Dedans ce bois; Hereux ennui; Contre mon gré; Mon triste coeur; Las, toi qui es de moi; Bois Janin à moi; Guillaume Boni: Rossignol mon mignon; Las! ...
Performers: Boterf, Bruno [Tenor Vocals]; Busnel, Marc; Fauche, Francois; Lusson, Matthieu; Perugi, Andrea
Conductors: Visse, Dominique;
Ensemble: Ensemble Clément Janequin

The poetry of Pierre de Ronsard enjoyed unprecedented popularity with musicians in the mid-16th Century. By the 1570's, almost every major French or Flemish composer...continue...

Dance on a Moonbeam /Crofut, Baird, Upshaw, von Stade, et al

1 CD / Telarc / 2000-07-25

Works: David Grover: While You Sleep; Traditional: Dandling Songs; The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night; The Cuckoo; Leatherwing Bat; Sweet nightingale; Dance to your daddy; O can ye sew cushions; The Christ ...
Performers: Baird, Julianne; Blanchard, Carver; Brown, Joel; Brubeck, Chris; Cowdery, Jim; Crofut, Bill; Crofut, Susie; Follari, Susan; Guth, John; Holtzberg, Maggie; Kagin, Justin; Keith, Billy; Limb, Roger; Lu...
Conductors: Revzen, Joel
Ensemble: Chorus Angelicus; London Symphony Orchestra

Listen to the Storyteller - Marsalis, Meyer, Doyle

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1999-09-07

Works: Wynton Marsalis: The Fiddler and the Dancing Witch; Edgar Meyer: The Lesson of the Land; Patrick Doyle: The Face in the Lake
Performers: Bell, Joshua; Douglas, Jerry; Greene, Graham; Marsalis, Wynton; Meyer, Edgar; Winslet, Kate
Conductors: Sadin, Robert; Mercurio, Steven
Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's

A Splash of Pops / Keith Lockhart, Boston Pops Orchestra

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-06-29

Works: John Philip Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op. 49; John Rosamond Johnson: Lift Every Voice and Sing; John Stafford Smith: The Star-spangled Banner; Traditi...
Performers: Brown, Blair; Bullock, Donna; Cooper, Chuck; Danieley, Jason; Graves, Denyce; Hollis, Tommy; Kadleck, Tony; Kaye, Judy; LaChanze; Mitchell, Brian Stokes; Rolfs, Thomas; White, Alton
Conductors: Lockhart, Keith
Ensemble: Boston Gay Men's Chorus; Boston Pops; Boston Pops Gospel Choir; Middlesex County Volunteers Fifes & Drums; Tanglewood Festival Chorus

Bernstein Century - Kaddish, Chichester Psalms

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1998-07-14

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Symphony no 3 ("Kaddish"), for soprano, speakers, choruses & orchestra; Chichester Psalms
Performers: Montealegre, Felicia; Tourel, Jennie
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Camerata Singers; Columbus Boychoir; New York Philharmonic

Prima Voce - The Spirit of Christmas Past

3 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-10-01

Works: John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Hallelujah; Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Hanns Eisler: The oldest Christmas stor...
Performers: Baillie, Isobel; Caruso, Enrico; Crooks, Richard [Tenor]; Destinn, Emmy; Erb, Karl; Gigli, Beniamino; Gluck, Alma; Hollister, Carroll; Laughton, Charles; Lehmann, Lotte; Lush, Ernest; Lutsky, Eugene;...
Conductors: Pasternack, Josef; Molajoli, Lorenzo; Rogers, Walter; O'Connell, Charles; Weigert, Hermann
Ensemble: Chorus; Orchestra

You are invited to be a guest at the 'Prima Voce' Christmas party! Includes seasonal songs, carols and readings from the greatest opera stars of...continue...

Sing We Noel / Joël Cohen, Boston Camerata

1 CD / / 1997-09-11

Works: Christmas Traditional: Nowel; Ad cantus leticie, conductus (12th c., English); Angelus ad virginem (English); Synge We to Thys Mery Cumpane, carol (English); Gabriel fram evene king sewnt (Angelus ad...
Performers: Armstrong, Nancy; Baker, Mark; Boston Camerata; Cohen, Joel [Early Music]; Fithian, Bruce; Hallmark, Rufus; Jeppesen, Laura; Klebanow, Susan; Linfield, Nicholas; Roth, Kenneth; Stevens, Charles Robert
Conductors: Cohen, Joel [Early Music]
Ensemble: Boston Camerata

This selection includes two spoken word tracks in which Nicholas Linfield reads the texts "Iesu Sweete Sone Dere (14th cent. English)" and " Make We Mere As We May (16th cent. English)."

These ...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...

Poulenc: Babar the Elephant, etc / Meryl Streep, et al

1 CD / Koch International / 1996-10-15

Works: Francis Poulenc: L'Histoire de Babar; Maurice Ravel: Ma mère l'oye
Performers: Golabek, Mona; Golabek, Reneé; Streep, Meryl
Conductors: Falletta, JoAnn
Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Classics for Children / Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops

1 CD / RCA Records / 1995-07-18

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Benjamin Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op. 46; Peer Gynt; Charles Gounod: Marche fun&e...
Performers: Downs, Hugh; Farrell, Eileen; Hoherman, Martin; Lipman, Samuel; Litwin, Leo
Conductors: Fiedler, Arthur
Ensemble: Boston Pops; Boston Pops Orchestra

David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf"

1 CD / RCA Records / 1992-02-11

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Benjamin Britten: The Young person's guide to the orchestra; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a
Performers: Bowie, David
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene

In 1982, David Bowie released In Bertolt Brecht's "Baal"; four years earlier, the prestigious RCA Red Seal classical label had Bowie narrating Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, and with his stint on Bro...continue...

Songs from the Trilogy

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1989-08-22

Works: Philip Glass: MEDLEY; Akhnaten; Einstein on the Beach
Performers: Andoniadis, George; Childs, Lucinda; Cummings, Claudia; Esswood, Paul; Gibson, Jon [Avant-Garde]; Glass, Philip; Hiskey, Iris; Johnson, Samuel [Reggae]; Landry, Richard; Liss, Rhonda; McFarland, Robe...
Conductors: Keene, Christopher; Davies, Dennis R.; Riesman, Michael
Ensemble: New York City Opera Chorus; New York City Opera Orchestra; Philip Glass Ensemble; Stuttgart State Opera Chorus; Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra; Stuttgart State Orchestra

Personnel: Philip Glass (organ); Iris Hiskey, Claudia Cummings, Sheryl Woods (soprano); Paul Esswood, Douglas Perry (tenor); Paul Zukofsky (violin); Richard Landry (bass clarinet); Jon Gibson (sopra...continue...