Recordings, Last Year > Waltz

The Golden Age of Light Music: Light Music While You Work, Vol. 4 - Strauss, Jr., Davis, Bizet, Barnes, Hoschna, et al.

1 CD / Guild / 2013-05-14

Works: Horatio Nicholls: Cavalcade of Martial Songs, medley for band; Johann Strauss II: Das Spitzentuch der Königin; Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410; Künstlerleben, Op. 316; Con Conrad: Lonesome a...
Conductors: Fryer, Harry; Munro, Ronnie; Pursglove, Reg; Collins, Harold; Java, David; Davidson, Harry; Crean, Richard; Burston, Reginald

Balalaika Favourites! - Classic recordings of Russian Folk tunes / Osipov State Russian Folk

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2013-05-07

Works: Nikolai Pavlovich Budashkin: Fantasy on Two Folk Songs for balalaika ensemble; Russian Traditional: At Sunrise; My Dear Old Friend, Please Visit Me; Vecherny zvon (The Evening Bell), folk song; Step'...
Performers: Belov, Rudolf
Conductors: Gnutov, Vitaly;
Ensemble: Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra; Russian Balalaika Orchestra

A lively and exciting collection of Russian folk and classical favorites performed on the inimitable balalaika!...continue...

The Golden Age of Light Music: A Glorious Century of Light Music - Kern, Duke, Goodwin, Styne, Kalman, Monnot, Anderson, Berlin / various artists

1 CD / Guild / 2013-04-09

Works: Jerome Kern: Look for the Silver Lining, song (from "Sally"); Vernon Duke: April in Paris, song (for the revue Walk A Little Faster); Ron Goodwin: Puppet Serenade, for orchestra; Jule Styne: The Part...
Conductors: Ornadel, Cyril; Mauriat, Paul; Goodwin, Ron; Mantovani; Carste, Hans; Pourcel, Frank; Roger, Roger; Vaughn, Billy; Gould, Morton; Chacksfield, Frank; Rose, David; Arlt, Hans-Georg; Black, Stanley; va...

Vladimir Ashkenazy: 50 Years on Decca / Ashkenazy, Perlman, Harrell, Fistoulari, Solti, Kondrashin et al. [Limited Edition]

50 CD / Decca / 2013-04-02

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G minor, Op. 40...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Ashkenazy, Vovka; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Belkin, Boris; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Cash, Teresa [Soprano Vocal]; Civil, Alan; Cohen, Franklin; Cooke, Terry; Corkhill...
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Fistoulari, Anatole; Maazel, Lorin; Segal, Uri; Zinman, David; Kertész, István; Previn, Andre; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Barenboim, Daniel; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Solti, S...

Decca Classics releases Ashkenazy: 50 Years on Decca on April 2, 2013, a limited edition box-set comprised of 50 CDs to celebrate the labels remarkable...continue...

Icon - André Rieu

1 CD / UMe Records / 2013-03-19

Works: Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau (On the Beautiful, Blue Danube), waltz for orchestra (with chorus ad li; Frühlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), waltz for orchestra (with voice...
Performers: Dickerson, Brian; Erens, Suzan; Louwerse, Mirusia; Maffioletti, Carla; Monarcha, Carmen; Rieu, Andre

The 2013 compilation Icon rounds up 12 classical crossover highlights André Rieu recorded for various labels now owned by Universal. There are several classical pieces (a Strauss medley, "Radetzk...continue...

Happy New Year: Opera Gala from Dresden / Diana Damrau; Piotr Beczala. Thielemann

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-12

Works: Emmerich Kálmán: Gräfin Mariza; Die Csárdásfürstin; Die Zirkusprinzessin; Kaiserin Josephine; Der Teufelsreiter; Die Herzogin von Chicago; Das Veilchen vom Montmartre; D...
Performers: Beczala, Piotr; Denoke, Angela; Labin, Ana-Maria; Schopf, Ingeborg [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Thielemann, Christian
Ensemble: ; Staatskapelle Dresden

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A unique occasion, and a unique product offering - welcome 2013

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Recording information: Semperoper, Dresden (2011-12-31&2012-12-29_2012-)....continue...

The Golden Age of Light Music: Three Great American Light Orchestras - The orchestras of Percy Faith, David Rose and Paul Weston

1 CD / Guild / 2013-03-12

Works: Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; Rudi Revil: Petite (Mon Petit Monde a Moi); Percy Faith: The Last Dance, for pops orchestra; Go-Go-Po-Go; Xavier Cugat: My Shawl; Charles Trénet: La Mer (Be...
Performers: Turner, Ray
Conductors: Faith, Percy; Rose, David; Weston, Paul

Ernesto Lecuona: The Piano Music; Selected Songs / Carole Farley, soprano, John Constable, piano, Polish National RSO, Michael Bartos [6 CDs]

6 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-03-07

Works: Ernesto Lecuona: Rapsodia Negra for piano and orchestra; Andalucía, suite for piano (Suite Española); Ante el Escorial; Zambra gitana, for piano; Aragonesa, for piano; Granada, for piano; Z...
Performers: Constable, John [Keyboards]; Engel, Bruce [Trumpet]; Farley, Carole; Fleishaker, Vivian [Oboe]; Geissinger, Katie; Henreckson-Farnum, Elizabeth; Hoff, Denise; Jolles, Renee; Kocher, Gerald [Trumpet];...
Conductors: Bartos, Michael
Ensemble: ; Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

Released in 1995 - the centenary of Ernesto Lecuona's birth - the first installment of Thomas Tirino's pioneering survey of the composer's piano music caused...continue...

Desert Island Discs

3 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2013-03-05

Works: Eric Coates: By the Sleepy Lagoon, valse serenade for orchestra; Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2; Paganini Variations; Giaco...
Performers: Alexander, Roberta [Soprano Vocals]; Baillie, Alexander; Bjorling, Jussi; Boriskin, Michael; Botha, Johan; Chen, Evelyn; Dawson, Lynne; Farrall, Joy; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Ormandy, Eugene; Slatkin, Leonard; Pritchard, John; Cleobury, Nicholas; Daniel, Paul; McGegan, Nicholas; Szell, George; Previn, Andre; Foster, Lawrence; Maazel, Lorin; Davis, Carl; S...
Ensemble: ; Taverner Players

Florent Schmitt: Complete Original Works for Piano Duet and Duo, Vol. 2 / Andrey Kasparov and Oksana Lutsyshyn, pianos

1 CD / Grand Piano / 2013-02-26

Works: Florent Schmitt: Sur Cinq Notes, for piano, 4 hands, Op. 34; Reflets d'Allemagne, waltzes (8) for piano, 4 hands, Op. 28; Courtes Pièces (8), for piano, 4 hands, Op. 41
Conductors:
Ensemble: Invencia Piano Duo

This second of four volumes of the complete original works features two world première recordings....continue...
Recording information: Chandler Recital Hall, Old Dominion University, Norfolk (2011-05-18&2010-06-04&2010-)....continue...

Philip Glass: Solo Piano Music / Jeroen van Veen

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Philip Glass: Glassworks; Metamorphosis, for piano; Mad Rush; Wichita Vortex Sutra, for piano; The Hours, music from the film score for piano; Truman Sleeps (for the film "The Truman Show"); The Olym...
Performers: van Veen, Jeroen [Piano]

This selection of pieces showcases Glass's music for solo piano, with each of the works baring the hallmarks of minimalism. Among the pieces featured in...continue...
Recording information: Barbara Church, Culemborg, The Netherlands (10/23/2006-10/28/2006)....continue...

Reynaldo Hahn: Works for Piano Solo / Cristina Ariagno, piano [4 CD & DVD]

5 CD / Concerto / 2013-02-26

Works: Reynaldo Hahn: Le rossignol éperdu, poems (53) for piano; Pièces d'amour et autres inédits, for piano; L'inspiration, waltz for piano; Juvenilia, 6 pieces for piano; Au clair de la lun...
Performers: Ariagno, Cristina

Hahn was labeled as a composer of salon music, a lightweight, whose compositions were written to satisfy the academic tastes of social circles in the...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium Fazioli, Sacile, Italy (10/2009-12/2010)....continue...

James Adler & Friends - works by Ornstein, Adler, Turok, Bedford, Liszt / James Adler, Jordan P. Smith; Malcolm J Merriweather

1 CD / Ravello / 2013-02-26

Works: Leo Ornstein: Scherzino for piano; James Adler: Passacaglia for piano; Reverie, Interrupted, for tenor saxophone & piano; Fantasy Grotesque on a Medieval Theme, for piano; Fantasy for piano on "The B...
Performers: Adler, James; Merriweather, Malcolm J.; Smith, Jordan P.

Adler and Friends showcases works by Adler and others, performed by Adler himself and showcases his penchant for both contemporary and traditional concert repertoire. Adler...continue...
Recording information: Yamaha Artist Services, New York (2011-08-24_2011-08-25&2012-)....continue...

Justin Rubin: A Waltz Through the Vapor / Matthew McCright

1 CD / Innova / 2013-02-26

Works: Justin Rubin: The Still Waters of Sagamore Hill, for piano; Affetuoso, for piano (no 2 from Piano Album 2008); Lullaby for Max, for piano; Musical Specimen, for bassoon, marimba & piano; Con seriet&#...
Performers: Campbell, Jefferson; Chernyshev, Alexander [Piano]; Husby, Betsy [Cello]; Koshinski, Gene; Lipke-Perry, Tracy [Piano]; McCright, Matthew; Scott, Lorie [Flute]

Sacred Heart cathedral in Duluth, Minnesota, is where the performances on composer Justin Rubin's latest album were captured. The building's hundred-year-old bricks and sandstone work...continue...
Recording information: Sacred Heart Studios, Duluth, Minnesota (2010-10-19&2011-12-16&2012-)....continue...

Jean-Paul Penin: Paris 1930, 12 Valses / Jean Dubé: piano

1 CD / Syrius / 2013-02-12

Works: Jean-Paul Penin: Paris 1930, waltzes (12) for piano
Performers: Dube, Jean

These twelve waltzes, mixing classical rigueur and complete tonal liberty, give original views of Paris in the 1930s: singular, joyous, and grandiose....continue...
Recording information: Studio Acoustique, Passavant (04/2012)....continue...

Fiorentino Edition, Vol. 2: The Complete Liszt Recordings / Sergio Fiorentino, piano [6 CDs]

6 CD / Piano Classics / 2013-02-12

Works: Franz Liszt: Album d'un voyageur, S 156; Venezia e Napoli, S 162; Grandes Études de Paganini; Concert Etudes (2) for Piano, S 145; Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; Hungarian Rhapsod...
Performers: Fiorentino, Sergio
Conductors: Riede, Erich; Handley, Vernon

Piano Classics presents a second volume in their series of recordings by the great Italian pianist Sergio Fiorentino. This superb, specially-priced six disc set is...continue...
Recording information: 1958-1997....continue...

The Very Best of Benjamin Britten [3 CDs]

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Benjamin Britten: The Young person's guide to the orchestra; Cello Symphony, Op. 68; Elegy for Viola solo; Peter Grimes; Passacaglia, for orchestra, Op. 33b (from "Peter Grimes"); Quartet for Strings...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Alley, John [Piano]; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Blatchly, Mark; Booth, Claire; Bostridge, Ian; Coleman-Wright, Peter; Dean, Stafford; Drake, Julius [Piano]; Fullbrook, Charles; Gritton, Susan;...
Conductors: Pesek, Libor; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Knussen, Oliver; Brown, Iona; Warren-Green, Christopher; Paavo, Järvi; Hickox, Richard; Willcocks, David; Brunelle, Philip; Haitink, Bernard; Harding, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble; Endymion Ensemble

Since his death in 1976 many musicians have looked at Benjamin Britten's scores anew - not simply the repertory Britten never recorded, but the many...continue...

Antoine de Lhoyer: Guitar Duos / Heinrich-Albert Guitar Duo

1 CD / MD&G / 2013-01-29

Works: Antoine de Lhoyer: Duo Concertant for 2 guitars in A major, Op. 31/1; Duo Concertant for 2 guitars in C major, Op. 31/2; Duo Concertant for 2 guitars in E minor, Op. 31/3; Waltzes (12), for 2 guitars...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Heinrich Albert Duo

Once again the Heinrich Albert Duo has taken on something very special. Antoine de Lhoyer's duos combine a sovereign command of musical convention around 1800...continue...
Recording information: Konzerthaus der Abtei Marienmünster (06/08/2012-06/10/2012)....continue...

Elisha Abas plays Chopin & Yedida / Elisha Abas, piano

1 CD / Urlicht / 2013-01-29

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka for piano no 5 in B flat major, Op. 7/1, CT. 56; Mazurka for piano no 6 in A minor, Op. 7/2, CT. 57; Mazurka for piano no 7 in F minor, Op. 7/3, CT. 58; Mazurka for...
Performers: Abas, Elisha [Piano]

Israeli pianist Elisha Abas has garnered critical raves for his fearless, passionate, and sometimes controversial interpretive approach to piano music of the romantic era. In...continue...
Recording information: Klavierhaus, New York City (02/05/2011/04/01/2011)....continue...

The Music of Sparky Davis / Petr Vronsky, Vit Micka, Karolina Rojahn

1 CD / Navona / 2013-01-29

Works: Sparky Davis: And One Last Waltz, for orchestra; Symphony in B flat major; Adagio di molto misterioso, for orchestra; Fantasy Sonata for piano; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Rojahn, Karolina
Conductors: Micka, Vit; Vronsky, Petr
Ensemble: ; Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

Composer Sparky Davis, who takes a "modern, not modernistic" approach to writing his music, expands the vocabulary of music to include non-traditional elements and adds...continue...

French Piano Music - Debussy: Estampes; Children's Corner; Ravel: Jeux d'eau; Gaspard de la Nuit / / Benjamin Moser, piano

1 CD / Oehms / 2013-01-29

Works: Claude Debussy: La plus que lente; Estampes (3) for Piano; Children's Corner; Maurice Ravel: Jeux d'eau; Gaspard de la nuit
Performers: Moser, Benjamin

In celebration of Claude Debussy's 150th birthday, pianist Benjamin Moser chose to perform Estampes and Children's Corner on this disc supplemented by Ravel's Jeux d'eau...continue...
Recording information: Studio 2, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich (01/19/2011-01/21/2011)....continue...

Joseph Merk: Fleurs d'Italie; Air suisse varié et Rondeau; Valses brillantes / Martin Rummel, cello; Roland Kruger, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-01-29

Works: Josef Merk: Air suisse varié et Rondeau, for cello & piano, Op. 32/8; Fleurs d'Italie, fantaisies sur les motifs les plus favoris d'opéras nouveaux, for cello & piano; Valses brillantes, fo...

Joseph Merk was the most outstanding cellist in Vienna in the first half of the nineteenth century. Although Beethoven's Triple Concerto was not originally written...continue...
Recording information: Schloá Weinberg, Kefermarkt, Austria (09/12/2011-09/13/2011)....continue...

Richard Eilenberg (b. 1848): Petersburger Schlittenfahrt; Waltzes; Polkas / WDR Radio Orch.

1 CD / CPO / 2013-01-29

Works: Richard Eilenberg: Cürassier, galop for orchestra, Op. 133; Das erste Herzklopfen, for orchestra, Op. 50; Norwegische Rentierpost, galop for orchestra, Op. 314; Die Mühle im Schwarzwald, id...
Conductors: Simonis, Christian
Ensemble: ; WDR Radio Orchestra Koln

Having given us the rousing marches, sprightly polkas, and yearning waltzes of Bilse, the West German RSO in Cologne, under its conductor Simonis, now treats...continue...
Recording information: Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal, Funkhaus Wallrafplatz, Köln (2003-02-06_2006-02-11&2010-)....continue...

Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor / Vardan Mamikonian, piano

1 CD / Dynamic / 2013-01-29

Works: Franz Liszt: Liebesträume for Piano, S 541; Sonata for Piano in B minor, S 178; Valses oubliées (4) for Piano, S 215; La lugubre gondola for Piano, S 200 (2nd version); Funerailles
Performers: Mamikonian, Vardan

Born into a musical family in Yerevan, Armenia, Vardan Mamikonian began his piano studies at the Yerevan Spendiarian School of Music with Arkui Haroutunian. He...continue...
Recording information: Hessischer Rundfunk, Sendesaal, Frankfurt am Main, Germ (02/20/2012-02/22/2012)....continue...

New Year's Concert 2013 / Welser-Most, Vienna PO

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2013-01-22

Works: Josef Strauss: Die Soubrette, polka schnell, Op. 109; Theater-Quadrille, Op. 213; Sphären-Klänge, Op. 235; Die Spinnerin, polka française, for orchestra, Op. 192; Hesperus-Bahnen, walz...
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic

Since 1939, the Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Concert has become a tradition and the world's most famous classical music event. The list of names of...continue...
Recording information: Goldener Saal des Wiener Musikvereins (01/01/2013)....continue...

Sibelius: Complete Symphonies, Tone Poems / Paavo Berglund, Bournemouth SO

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Jean Sibelius: Symphony no 1 in E minor, Op. 39; Symphony no 4 in A minor, Op. 63; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 43; Symphony no 3 in C major, Op. 52; Symphony no 5 in E flat major, Op. 82; Symphony ...
Conductors: Berglund, Paavo
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

EMI Classics releases an exclusive 4-CD collection honoring the career of Finnish conductor Paavo Berglund who died earlier this year at the age of 82....continue...

Monumental Karajan! - Mozart, Schubert, Brahms, Wagner, Sibelius, Smetana, Mendelssohn, Strauss et al.

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"; Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a "St. An...
Performers: Zoller, Karlheinz
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan, who was the principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic for 35 years, is widely considered to have been one of...continue...
Recording information: Berlin....continue...

Ein Straussfest

1 CD / Lim / 2013-01-15

Works: Johann Strauss II: Explosions-Polka, for orchestra, Op. 43 (RV 43); 'Im Krapfenwaldl' Polka francaise, Op. 336; Champagner-Polka, Op. 211; Prinz Methusalem; An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 31...
Performers: Keyes, King
Conductors: Kunzel, Erich

Recording information: Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH (06/02/1984-06/03/1984)....continue...

Klassik

5 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento for String Quartet in D major, K 136 (125a); Divertimento for String Quartet in B flat major, K 137 (125b); Divertimento for String Quartet in F major, K 138 (12...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Gerlovic, Vanda; Pivka, Marian; Ruk-Focic, Bozena
Conductors: Abel, Hermann; Pitamic, Alexander von; Münchner, Herbert; ; Nanut, Anton
Ensemble: ; Zagreb Soloists

The Golden Age of Light Music: Melodies For The Starlight Hours / Laurie Johnson, Andre Kostelanetz, David Rose, Morton Gould et al.

1 CD / Guild / 2013-01-08

Works: Robert Katscher: When Day is Done; Jerome Kern: I've Told Ev'ry Little Star, song (from "Music in the Air"); Frederick Loewe: I Could Have Danced All Night, song (for the musical My Fair Lady); Huber...
Performers: Pitch, Harry; Race, Steve
Conductors: Johnson, Laurie; Bregman, Buddy; Faith, Percy; Kostelanetz, André; Dumont, Cedric; Farnon, Robert; Osser, Glenn; Race, Steve; Clegg, Johny; Jones, Leslie; Deveraux, Georges; Gould, Morton; Kin...
Ensemble: ; Ferrante & Teicher

Bohumir Kryl - World Famous Wizard of the Cornet (rec. 1901 - 1918)

1 CD / Archeophone / 2013-01-08

Works: Jean-Baptiste "Joseph" Arban: Variations on "Carnival of Venice," for trumpet; Jules Levy: German Air (Du Du), for cornet; Grand Russian Fantasia; John Hartmann: Arbucklenian Polka; Facilita for corn...
Performers: Haines, Leroy [Trombone]; Kryl, Bohumir

Recording information: 1901-1918....continue...

Strauss Family, Lehar: Waltzes, Polkas & Overtures / Rudolf Kempe

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald; Leichtes Blut, Op. 319; Indigo und die vierzig Räuber; 'Im Krapfenwaldl' Polka francaise, Op. 336; Kaiserwaltzer Waltz, Op. 437...
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Without exception, the second edition in the RED LINE series feature absolute classics from the EMI catalog. These fantastic pieces range from Chopin to Beethoven...continue...
Recording information: Musikvereinssaal, Vienna, Austria (1958-02-12&1958-02-19_1958-)....continue...

Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit; Piano Concerto in G; Valses Nobles et Sentimentales; Debussy: Children's Corner / Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano

1 Super Audio CD / Praga / 2013-01-08

Works: Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit; Concerto for Piano in G major; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Claude Debussy: Children's Corner
Performers: Michelangeli, Arturo Benedetti
Conductors: Gracis, Ettore

Praga presents the first release in a series of recordings by the legendary pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, specially remastered for SACD. Michelangeli is widely considered...continue...

Instrumentals

5 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Wayne Shanklin: Chanson d' Amour; Bert Kaempfert: Wonderland by Night; Peter Mösser: Morgen; Louis Louiguy: Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White, song (for the film Underwater); Frank W. Meacham:...
Performers: Bilk, Acker; Calvert, Eddie; Capova, Sylvia; Cramer, Floyd; Davis, Tom [Piano]; Eddy, Duane; Fordham, George; Hogwallop, Lester; Jaccottet, Christiane; Kangas, John; Karas, Anton; Landry, McGeorge; M...
Conductors: Kaempfert, Bert; Vaughn, Billy; Prado, Perez; Miller, Glenn; Miller, Mitch; Greger, Max; Brown, Les; ; Faith, Percy; Mantovani; Justis, Bill; Goodman, Benny; Bush, Lou; Baxter, Les; Anthony, Ray; Hay...
Ensemble: ; Bill Black's Combo; Chris Barber's Jazz Band; Paul Kuhn Combo

Includes crazy otto medley by various composers....continue...

Debussy & Ravel: Piano Music / Ilja Hurnik, piano

1 CD / Supraphon / 2013-01-07

Works: Claude Debussy: Arabesques (2) for Piano; Estampes (3) for Piano; Images (6), for piano, Sets I & II, L. 110 & L. 111; Children's Corner; Maurice Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Performers: Hurnik, Ilja

How many timbres shades and characters can a melodic instrument express? The repertoire for solo oboe is sparse, yet oboists can boast of a true...continue...
Recording information: Domovina Studio, Prague....continue...

Barn Burner

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2013-01-01

Works: Michael Udow: Barn Burner, for trombone & percussion; Alfred Bartles: Elegy, for trombone & piano; David Gillingham: Sonata for bass trombone & piano; William Rivard: Quadrivalence, for trombone & pi...
Performers: Bolkosky, Gabriel; Goodson, Kathryn; Hawes, Randall; Jones, Brian

Harp Dances - Music for solo harp by Salzedo, Granados, Lecuona, Albeniz, Rodrigo / Floraleda Sacchi, harp

1 CD / Amadeus Arte / 2012-12-11

Works: Carlos Salzédo: Suite of Eight Dances; Song in the Night, for harp; Enriqué Granados: Danzas Españolas, Op. 37; Valses (7) poeticos; Ernesto Lecuona: Zambra gitana, for piano; Isaac Al...
Performers: Sacchi, Floraleda

Harpist Floraleda Sacchi has recorded a program built on dance rhythms....continue...
Recording information: Exclaim Studio, Italy (Olgiate Comasco) (2009-10-07_2009-10-08&2009-)....continue...

Remembranza - Piano pieces by Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos; Nazareth, Granados, Albeniz / Rosa Antonelli, piano

1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-12-11

Works: Astor Piazzolla: La última grela, tango song; El mundo de los dos, tango song; Adiós Nonino, tango; Imperial, tango; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Poema singélo, for piano, A. 434; Valsa da dor,...
Performers: Antonelli, Rosa [Piano]

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
One of the highlights for me on this disc is the Valsa Da Dor by Villa-Lobos. It's...continue...
Recording information: Nola Studios, New York City, NY....continue...

Franz Liszt: Selected Works / Dmitri Vorobiev, piano

2 CD / Blue Griffin / 2012-12-11

Works: Franz Liszt: Konzertetüden (2), for piano, S. 145 (LW A218); Consolations (6) for Piano, S 172; Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude, for piano (Harmonies poétiques no 3), S. 173/...
Performers: Vorobiev, Dmitri

Acclaimed pianist Dmitri Vorobiev, major prize-winner of the Busoni, Cincinnati World, Ibla Grand Prize, A.M.A. Calabria, Iowa and Alabama International Piano Competitions, winner of UNISA...continue...
Recording information: Blue Griffin's Studio "The Ballroom" (08/25/2012-08/26/2012)....continue...

Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov: Complete Works for Piano / Olga Solovieva, piano

2 CD / Northern Flowers / 2012-12-11

Works: Anatol Lyadov: Biryulki, 14 pieces for piano, Op. 2; Pieces (6) for piano, Op. 3; Arabesque, 4 pieces for piano, Op. 4; Etude for piano in A flat major, Op. 5; Impromptu for piano, Op. 6; Intermezzi ...
Performers: Solovieva, Olga

The complete works for piano by Anatoly Lyadov are performed by Rissan pianist Olga Solovieva. Lyadov's piano works include works written from his student days...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall, Moscow Theatre and Concert Center (05/30/2010-06/01/2010); Studio One of Russian Radio House, Moscow, Russia (05/30/2010-06/01/2010); Concert Hall, Moscow Theatre ...continue...

Gustav Klimt: - Music of his Era from the Belle Epoque at the turn of the 19th century - works by Berg, Brahms, Wolf, Webern, Sieher et al.

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-12-11

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sinfonie no 9; Alban Berg: Sieben frühe Lieder; Franz Lehár: Vilja-Lied ("Es lebt eine Vilja") (from "Die lustige Witwe"); Johannes Brahms: Sonate für Klarinette ...
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Foggin, Myers; Harvey, Kathryn [Vocals]; Hongen, Elisabeth; Hotter, Hans; Kommerell, Heidi; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Ritterbusch, Sabine; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Thurston, Fr...
Conductors: Walter, Bruno; Goehr, Walter; Klemperer, Otto; Karajan, Herbert von; Scherchen, Hermann; Heger, Robert; Fricsay, Ferenc

This is a compilation of music that was performed at the turn of the 19th century, the Belle Epoque in which Gustav Klimt flourished....continue...

50 Shades of Classical [Box Set]

3 CD / Big Eye / 2012-11-27

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Sonata for Piano no 21 in C major, Op. 53 "Waldstein"; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Sonata for piano no 8 in ...
Performers: Ahlert, Bernd; Capova, Sylvia; Cernecka, Ida; Dechenne, Danielle; Goldmann, Dieter; Kraus, Eberhard; Ksendzov, Nora [Piano]; Lagendaal, Henrik; McKenzie, Silas [Piano]; Penn, Virginia [Violin]; Pivka...
Conductors: Langer, Walter; Raucheisen, Michael; Lang, Ferdinand; ; Chabala, Zdenek; Kovats, Zoltan
Ensemble: ; Caspar da Salo Quartett

Mando Chronicles / Peter Ostroushoko, mandolin

3 CD / Red House Records / 2012-11-27

Works: American Traditional: Paddy on the Turnpike; Lantern in the Ditch; Old Virginia Reel; Monkey on a Dog Cart; Peter Ostroushko: Ace of Spades / Brilliancy, medley for mandolin, guitar & cello; Mr. Bill...
Performers: Anderson, Marc [Percussion]; Bensel, Jim Ten; Blake, Nancy; Blake, Norman; Chang, Sunmi [Violin]; Chouinard, Dan; Dworsky, Richard; Freymouth, Dirk; Gimble, Johnny; Gotham, Danny [Guitar]; Johnson, P...

Debussy: The Piano Works / Martino Tirimo, piano

4 CD / Musical Concepts / 2012-11-27

Works: Claude Debussy: Suite bergamasque; Images Oubliées; Rêverie, for piano, L. 68; Tarentelle styrienne; Arabesques (2) for Piano; Arabesque, for piano no 2 in G major, L. 66/2; Ballade (sla...
Performers: Tirimo, Martino

Given rave reviews by Gramophone and Penguin, this four-disc set is an excellent choice for reference recordings in true digital sound (DDD)....continue...
Recording information: Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London, England (1988-1991)....continue...

Vergiss mein Nicht

2 CD / Red/membran / 2012-11-19

Works: Oscar Straus: Ein Walzertraum; Maurus Katt: Wenn mein Herz Heimweh hat; Hans Moltkau: Geh' nicht fort; Niemals lass ich dich allein; Nico Dostal: Monika; Gunter Georgy-Engelhardt: Gondel, gleite du h...
Performers: Fahberg, Antonia; Sailer, Friederike; Stankovski, Ernst; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Marszalek, Franz; Mareczek, Fritz; Stech, Willi; Becker, Gerhard

Johann Strauss Edition, Vol. 23 / Pollack, Slovak Sinfonietta Zilina

1 CD / Marco Polo / 2012-11-13

Works: Johann Strauss I: Fortuna-Polka, for orchestra, Op. 219; Wiener Kreuzer-Polka, for orchestra, Op. 220; Oesterreichischer National-Garde-Marsch, for orchestra, Op. 221; Aeaciden, waltz for orchestra, ...
Conductors: Pollack, Christian
Ensemble: ; Slovak Sinfonietta Zilina

Despite charitable funds raised by the Fortune and Viennese Kreutzer polkas, revolutionary Habsburg insurgencies became a dangerous fact of life in the Vienna of 1848....continue...
Recording information: Fatra House of Arts, Zilina, Slovakia (01/07/2012-01/08/2012)....continue...

Jonathan Goldstein: Cyclorama / Balanescu Quartet and Ensemble

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Jonathan Goldstein: Reverie for ensemble; Notturno for ensemble; Everywhere, for piano & ensemble; Cras amet, for voice & ensemble; Crystals, for ensemble; Elegy for ensemble; Etude for cello no 1; E...
Performers: Davidson, Grace; Holland, Nicholas; Pearson, James
Conductors: Goldstein, Jonathan
Ensemble: Balanescu Ensemble

Jonathan Goldstein is an award-winning composer of music for film, TV, and advertising. This, his first album, is a ranging view of his instrumental works...continue...
Recording information: St. Jude's-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London....continue...

The RIAS Second Viennese School Project / Schönberg, Berg, Webern, Strauss

4 CD / Audite / 2012-11-13

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21; Chamber Symphony no 1 in E major, Op. 9; Piano Concerto, Op. 42; Fantasy for Violin and Piano, Op. 47; Book of the Hanging Gardens, Op. 15; De profundis, O...
Performers: Andersen, Diane; Bastiaan, Hans; Billing, Klaus; Broddack, Lothar; Burkner, Alfred; Danco, Suzanne; Doberitz, Ernst [Viola]; Gertler, Andre; Geuser, Heinrich; Hammermeister, Emil [Harmonium]; Haupt, ...
Conductors: Rufer, Josef; Fricsay, Ferenc; Zillig, Winfried; Rother, Artur; Maderna, Bruno
Ensemble: ; Berlin RIAS Chamber Ensemble

This 4-CD box set presents historic recordings of works by Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern in the era of their composition. Each recording, made between 1949...continue...
Recording information: Berlin (1949-1965)....continue...

Fifty Shades of Emotions / works by Bach, Marcello, Verdi, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, et al.

3 CD / Belmondo S.R.O. / 2012-11-13

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin, Strings & Cembalo (L'autunno, Le Quattro Stagioni 'The Four Seasons'), Op. 8/3; Concerto for Violin, Strings & Cembalo in G minor (L'estate, Le Quattro Stagioni ...

Arturo Toscanini conducts Rossini, Verdi & Waldteufel / NBC SO

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2012-11-13

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; La Cenerentola; La Gazza ladra; William Tell; Il Signor Bruschino; Giuseppe Verdi: La Forza del Destino; Emile Waldteufel: Les Patineurs Valse ("Skater's W...
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: ; NBC Symphony Orchestra

The recordings of these overtures were made in June, 1945 and January, 1953. These recordings were made long before scholars edited the Rossini operas and...continue...