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Sir Colin Davis: The Philips Years [15 CDs]

15 CD / Decca / 2013-06-18

Originally planned as an 85th birthday tribute, this set documents over three decades of exceptional artistry by Sir Colin Davis, one of the musical pillars...continue...

Annie

1 CD / Shout Entertainment / 2013-06-18

Works: Charles Strouse: Annie, musical
Conductors: Ellison, Todd

Recording information: Entourage Studios, Los Angeles (04/08/2013)....continue...

Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 18, Nos. 3, 4 & 5 / Allegri String Quartet

1 CD / Vivat / 2013-06-18

Conductors:
Ensemble: Allegri String Quartet

World War Z [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2013-06-18

Works: Marco Beltrami: World War Z, film score
Performers: Abrahams, Leo; Afia, Alex; Baggs, Simon; Barclay, John; Baron, Chris; Berrow, Mark; Berry, Richard [French Horn]; Bhattacharya, Daniel; Bonner, Natalia; Boyd, James; Bradshaw, Catherine; Brown, Charl...
Conductors: Dunkley, Matt

Recording information: Abbey Road Studios, London; British Grove Studios, London....continue...

Morton Feldman: Violin and Orchestra / Carolin Widmann, violin; Emilio Pomarico, Frankfurt Radio SO

1 CD / ECM / 2013-06-18

Works: Morton Feldman: Violin and Orchestra, for violin & orchestra
Performers: Feldman, Morton [Composer]; Widmann, Carolin
Conductors: Pomárico, Emilio
Ensemble: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

Carolin Widmann's widely acclaimed ECM recordings have traversed a broad arc of music - from Schubert to Xenakis. Here she turns her attention to one...continue...
Recording information: Sendesaal des Hessischen Rundfunks, Frankfurt, Germany (10/2009)....continue...

Shofar Rags / Alvin Curran

1 CD / Tzadik / 2013-06-18

Works: Alvin Curran: Shofar Puro Alap, for shofar; Shofar X 17, for shofar, electronics & sampler; Shofar T Tam, for shofar & tamtam; Alef Bet Gimel Shofar, for shofar, electronics & sampler; Shin Far Shofa...
Performers: Curran, Alvin; Dreyblatt, Arnold; Winant, William [Percussion]

A Grand Concert of Musick - Archiv Produktion CD & Catalogue / Trevor Pinnock, Simon Standage, The English Concert et al.

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-06-18

Neatly enveloped in an O-card, the package contains an enchanting CD (complete with notes) from the halcyon days of The English Concert and Trevor Pinnock:...continue...

String Paths / Kristina Blaumane, Maxim Rysanov, Dobrinka Tabakova, Lithuanian CO. Janine Jansen, violin

1 CD / ECM / 2013-06-18

Works: Dobrinka Tabakova: Insight, for string trio; Concerto for cello & strings; Frozen River Flows, for violin, accordion & bass; Suite in Old Style, for viola, harpsichord & strings; Such different paths...
Performers: Andrianov, Boris; Bagurskas, Donatas; Blaumane, Kristina [Cello]; Eidukaityte-Storastiene, Vaiva; Grosz, Amichai; Jansen, Janine; Kretz, Julia-Maria; Mints, Roman; Rysanov, Maxim; Sviackevicius, Raim...
Conductors: Rysanov, Maxim
Ensemble: ; Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra

ECM New Series presents the first album devoted to the music of Tabakova, a composer born in Bulgaria in 1980 but raised from a young...continue...
Recording information: National Philharmonic Hall, Vilnius (03/2011-04/2011)....continue...

Archiv Produktion: Early Music Studio of Deutsche Grammophon 1947-2013 / Helmut Walcha, David Munrow, Ralph Kirkpatrick et al. [55 CDs]

55 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-06-18

In more ways than one, 2013 will be an Archiv Produktion year, The beloved Silver Label - the "Early Music Studio of Deutsche Grammophon", as...continue...

Ravel: Concertos and Solo Piano Works / Samson Francois, piano [3 CDs]

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-06-18

For the very first time, EMI Classics releases all of Samson Francoins' celebrated Ravel recordings in one 3-CD set, fully remastered. Known as one of...continue...

Eric Neveux: Borgia: Season 2, original soundtrack

1 CD / Silva America / 2013-06-18

Works: Eric Neveux: Borgia
Performers: Byrne, Liam; Dale, Caroline; Haveron, Andrew; Heinrich, Susanne; Kochmann, Michel-Yves; Pes, Aurelie [Soprano Vocal]; Stephenson, Karen
Conductors: Shearman, James

Recording information: Air Studios, London....continue...

Dame Janet Baker Anniversary Edition: The Great EMI Recordings [20 CDs]

20 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-06-18

The English mezzo-soprano made her debut in 1956 as Miss Roza in The Secret and is considered an outstanding singing actress, widely admired or her...continue...

Legendary Rubinstein! Chopin: Nocturnes 1-19; Mazurkas 1-51 (3 CDs) / Arthur Rubinstein, piano

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-06-18

EMI Classics is proud to release a new 3-CD box-set dedicated to an ironic artist: Arthur Rubinstein. Legendary Rubinstein! is a complete compilation o Nocturnes...continue...

Hofmann: Octet, Op. 80; Serenade, Op. 65; Sextett, Op. 25 / Berolina Ensemble

1 CD / MD&G / 2013-06-18

Conductors:
Ensemble: Berolina Ensemble

Music for clarinet, bassoon & orchestra - Danzi: Sinfonia; Mozart: Concertone / Dieter Klocker, clarinet; Karl-Otto Hartmann, bassoon

1 CD / MD&G / 2013-06-18

Conductors:
Ensemble: Suk Chamber Orchestra Prague

J.S. Bach: Cello Suites / Colin Carr, cello

2 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2013-06-18

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Suite for Cello solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1009; Suite for Cello solo no 5 in C minor, BWV 1011; Suite for Cello solo no 2 in D m...
Performers: Carr, Colin

Recording information: Wigmore Hall, London (05/05/2012)....continue...

Claudio Abbado: The Decca Years [7 CDs]

7 CD / Decca / 2013-06-18

Italian maestro Claudio Abbado will be 80 on June 26 2013.

Between February 1966 and January 1969 he made a series of 9 LP recordings

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Schumann: Carnival

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2013-06-14