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Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3; Symphonic Dances / Leonard Slatkin, Detroit SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-04-30

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 44; Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: ; Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Completed in 1936, two years after the hugely popular Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Rachmaninov's Third Symphony was considered by the composer to be...continue...
Recording information: Orchestra Hall, Detroit, USA....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

The Super Telarc Sound 1

1 CD / Lim / 2013-01-15

Works: Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird; Antonio Vivaldi: Spring; Autumn; Winter; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Eden Ahbez: Nature Boy; Gustav Holst: The Planets; Georges Bizet: Carm...
Performers: Brown, Ray [Australia]; Jackson, Milt; Minnelli, Liza; Pass, Joe; Peterson, Oscar; Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]; Silverstein, Joseph [Violin/Conductor]
Conductors: Shaw, Robert; Ozawa, Seiji; Serkin, Rudolf; Previn, Andre; Slatkin, Leonard; Maazel, Lorin; Kunzel, Erich

Music from the Edge [Original Score]

1 CD / Perseverance Records / 2012-11-20

Works: John Corigliano: The Edge, film score
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard

Recording information: Abbey Road Studios, London (04/2009)....continue...

Ravel: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1 - Alborada del gracioso; Pavane; Rapsodie espagnole, Bolero et al. / Jennifer Gilbert, violin [Blu-Ray Audio]

1 CD / Naxos Blu-Ray / 2012-11-13

Works: Maurice Ravel: Alborada del Gracioso, for orchestra; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Rapsodie espagnole; Pièce en forme de Habañera; Shéhérazade--Fairy Overture, f...
Performers: Gilbert, Jennifer
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: ; Orchestre National de Lyon

Ravel orchestrated his piano pieces Alborada del gracioso and Pavane pour une infante défunte to great effect; the former gains in suggestive color, and the...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium de Lyon, France (09/02/2011-09/03/2011)....continue...

Ravel: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1 - Alborada del gracioso; Pavane; Rapsodie espagnole, Bolero et al. / Jennifer Gilbert, violin

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-11-13

Works: Maurice Ravel: Alborada del Gracioso, for orchestra; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Rapsodie espagnole; Pièce en forme de Habañera; Shéhérazade--Fairy Overture, f...
Performers: Gilbert, Jennifer
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: ; Orchestre National de Lyon

Ravel orchestrated his piano pieces Alborada del gracioso and Pavane pour une infante défunte to great effect; the former gains in suggestive colour, and the...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium de Lyon, France (09/02/2011-09/03/2011)....continue...

The American Spirit: Roots & Transformations - Thomson, Boyer, Lokumbe, Ives, Harris [5 CDs]

5 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-10-30

Works: Peter Boyer: Ellis Island; Charles Ives: Lincoln, the Great Commoner, for chorus & orchestra, S. 184 (K. 5B5); Vincent Persichetti: A Lincoln Address, Op. 124; Roy Harris: Abraham Lincoln Walks at Mi...
Performers: Chandler Eteme, Janice; Deas, Kevin; Gardner, Taylor [vocals]; LaMarchina, Anthony; Mabry, Sharon; Steele, Jevetta; Vanosdale, Mary Kathryn; Wiesmeyer, Roger
Conductors: Boyer, Peter; Slatkin, Leonard; Gil-Ordóñez, Angel; Wilkins, Thomas
Ensemble: ; Post-Classical Ensemble

These four Naxos American Classics releases selected for this Americana collection... focus on some of the defining moments of that history. First... a panorama of...continue...

Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Plácido Domingo, Veronica Villarroel, Franco Zeffirelli production / Leonard Slatkin [DVD}

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2012-09-25

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Villarroel, Veronica
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: Washington National Opera Chorus; Washington National Opera Orchestra

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique / Leonard Slatkin

1 CD / Naxos Blu-Ray / 2012-09-25

Works: Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: ; Orchestre National de Lyon

Immensely influential, the remarkable Symphonie fantastique was composed while Hector Berlioz was suffering an intense and unreciprocated passion for the Irish actress Harriet Smithson. Its...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium de Lyon, France (08/31/2011-09/01/2011)....continue...

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique / Leonard Slatkin

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-09-25

Works: Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: ; Orchestre National De Lyon

Immensely influential, the remarkable Symphonie fantastique was composed while Hector Berlioz was suffering an intense and unreciprocated passion for the Irish actress Harriet Smithson. Its...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium de Lyon, France (08/31/2011/09/01/2011)....continue...

Claude Baker: Glass Bead Game; Awaking the Winds; Shadows; The Mystic Trumpeter / Slatkin; Vonk

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-09-25

Works: Claude Baker: The Glass Bead Game, for orchestra; Awaking the Winds, for chamber orchestra; Shadows (4) Dirge-Nocturnes, for orchestra; The Mystic Trumpeter, for orchestra
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard; Vonk, Hans
Ensemble: ; St. Louis Symphony

Claude Baker is a much-honored composer whose music is alive with connections and inter-related ideas. The Glass Bead Game feasts on dreamlike associations and, through...continue...
Recording information: Powell Hall, St. Louis, Missouri, USA....continue...

The Best Relaxing Classical Ever!

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-18

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109; Jules Massenet: Médit...
Performers: Chang, Han-Na; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Kalafusz, Hans; Kovacevich, Stephen; Lympany, Moura; Mesple, Mady; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Millet, Danielle; Ogdon, John; Rigutto, Bruno
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Slatkin, Leonard; Marriner, Sir Neville; Lombard, Alain; Boult, Adrian; Willcocks, David; Muti, Riccardo;
Ensemble: ; Vienna String Sextet

Bizet: Carmen Suite; Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite [Lim]

1 CD / Lim / 2012-07-17

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen Suite for orchestra no 1; Carmen Suite for orchestra no 2; Edvard Grieg: Suite no 2 from Peer Gynt, Op. 55; Peer Gynt
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard

Recording information: Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, MO (07/17/1979)....continue...