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Latino Gold

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2013-03-12

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Libertango; Enrico IV; Jorge Ben: Más que nada; Consuelo Velázquez: Besame mucho; Antonio Carlos Jobim: Garota de Ipanema, song (a.k.a. "The Girl from Ipanema"); Armand...
Performers: Karadaglic, Milos [Guitar]; Prohaska, Anna; Sidorova, Ksenija [Accordion]
Conductors: Israel, Christoph

Lutoslawski: The Symphonies nos 1-4; Fanfare for Los Angeles Philharmonic (1993) /Salonen, LA PO

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2013-03-12

Works: Witold Lutoslawski: Fanfare for Los Angeles Philharmonic, for orchestra; Symphony no 1; Symphony no 2; Symphony no 3; Symphony no 4
Performers: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: ; Los Angeles Philharmonic

World-renowned conductor, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic join together to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of legendary Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski....continue...

The music of Eleni Karaindrou - Concert in Athens / Kashkashian, Garbarek, Christopoulos, Karaindrou, Nastasa, Ripo, Gadedi et al.

1 CD / ECM / 2013-03-05

Works: Eleni Karaindrou: Death of a Salesman; Eternity and a Day; Closed Roads, for viola & orchestra; Number Ten; Voyage to Cythera; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf; The Glass Menangerie; Landscape in the M...
Performers: Anthis, Socratis; Bildea, Maria; Boulard, Marie-Cecile [Clarinet]; Christopoulos, Vangelis; Dimitriadis, Aris; Gadedi, Stella; Garbarek, Jan; Hadjiiordanou, Dinos; Karaindrou, Eleni; Kashkashian, Kim...
Conductors: Myrat, Alexander
Ensemble: ; Camerata Friends of Music Orchestra

An exceptional live recording, Concert In Athens, the tenth ECM release by Greek composer Eleni Karaindrou incorporates moving performances by guests Kim Kashkashian and Jan...continue...
Recording information: Megaron, Athens (11/19/2010)....continue...

Identity Thief

1 CD / La-La Land Records / 2013-03-05

Works: Christopher Lennertz: Identity Thief, film score; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Fred Wesley: The Payback
Performers: Anassian, Armen; Ariondo, Nick; Banducci, Brett; Bandy, Briana; Bauer, Alisha; Bergeron, Wayne; Bisharat, Charlie; Bleth, Chris [Oboe]; Booth, Bill; Brown, Amanda [The Voice/New York]; Chedwiggen, Da...
Conductors: Lennertz, Christopher

Recording information: Eastwood Scoring Stage, Burbank, CA; Sonic Fuel Studios, El Segundo, CA....continue...

Transylvanian Softwear - music by John Zorn; Guy Klucevsek; William Duckworth; Fred Frith / Guy Klucevsek, free-bass accordion

1 CD / Starkland / 2013-02-26

Works: Guy Klucevsek: Transylvanian Software; Viavy Rose Variations; Perusal; Bandoneons, Basil and Bay Leaves; Microids (3); John Zorn: Road Runner; William Duckworth: Slow Dancing in Yugoslavia; Fred Frit...
Performers: Klucevsek, Guy

Guy Klucevsek - Free Range Accordion / Montague, Kitzke, Satoh

1 CD / Starkland / 2013-02-26

Works: Stephen Montague: Aeolian Furies; Jerome Kitzke: Breath and Bone; Somei Satoh: Recitative; Lois V. Vierk: Blue Jets Red Sprites; Burt Bacharach: The Blob; One Less Bell to Answer; Guy Klucevsek: Thre...
Performers: Klucevsek, Guy

The Silver Violin - Music by Carlos Gardel, Korngold, John Williams, Howard Shores, Shostakovich / Nicola Benedetti, violin

1 CD / Decca / 2013-02-19

Works: John Williams: Schindler's List; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt, Op. 12; Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Carlos Gardel: Por una cabeza, tango for voice & chamber orchestra; Dmitry Sh...
Performers: Benedetti, Nicola; Elschenbroich, Leonard; Grynyuk, Alexei; Knowles, Gregory [Percussion]; Sidorova, Ksenija [Accordion]; Sitkovetsky, Alexander; Tom Dunn [Violin/Viola]
Conductors: Karabits, Kirill
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Acclaimed as one of the leading violinists of her generation, best-selling violin virtuoso Nicola Benedetti turns the spotlight on Hollywood in this collection of the...continue...
Recording information: The Guildhall, Southampton, England (2012-04-11_2012-04-12&2012-)....continue...

Arne Nordheim: Complete Accordion Works / Frode Haltli, accordion

1 CD / Simax / 2013-01-29

Works: Arne Nordheim: Spur, for accordion & orchestra; Signals, for accordion, electric guitar & percussion; Dinosauros, for accordion & tape; Flashing, for accordion
Performers: Bjorkenheim, Raoul; Haltli, Frode; Sorensen, Hans-Kristian Kjos
Conductors: Christian Eggen, Christia
Ensemble: Norwegian Radio Orchestra

Highly acclaimed and innovative accordionist Frode Haltli performs on the first complete recording of accordion works by his fellow countryman and musical explorer: Arne Nordheim....continue...
Recording information: NRK Store Studio, Oslo, Norway (03/21/2011-03/22/2011)....continue...

Melody Magic - Classical music arranged for 2 guitars / Frank Vignola and Vinny Caniolo, guitars

1 CD / Azica / 2013-01-29

Works: Frank Vignola: Beethoven's Fifth, for 2 guitars & bass guitar (after Beethoven); Carmen Habanera, for 2 guitars & bass guitar (after Bizet); Scheherazade, for violin, accordion, 2 guitars & double ba...
Performers: Brock, Zach; Egan, Mark; Holden, Cassidy; Labro, Julien; Raniolo, Vinny; Vignola, Frank; Wigdon, Mat [Double Bass]

Frank Vignola is one of the most sought after, innovative, and entertaining guitarists of our day. This recording captures the magic of his performances, with...continue...
Recording information: Bennett Studios, Englewood, NJ....continue...

Mogens Christensen (b.1955): Pipes and Reeds, music for organ, accordion & electronics / Adam Orvad, Christian Praestholm, Kiku Day

1 CD / Dacapo / 2013-01-29

Works: Mogens Christensen: Logitanion, for organ & electronics; Couronne, for accordion; Night Flying Winter Cranes, for shakuhachi & electronics
Performers: Christensen, Mogens; Day, Kiku; Orvad, Adam; Praestholm, Christian

Danish composer Mogens Christensen (b. 1955) is a true alchemist of sound. This album presents three of his key works that travel through the realm...continue...

Agnete's Laughter - electro-acoustic music by Birgitte Alsted / Rasmus Schjaerff Kjoller

1 CD / Dacapo / 2013-01-29

Works: Birgitte Alsted: Agnetes Latter (Agnete's Laughter), collage of recorded and computer processed sounds & vocals; Melencolia, for accordion solo; Sorgsang 5 (Lament 5), collage of recorded & computer ...
Performers: Alsted, Birgitte; Kjoller, Rasmus

Danish composer and violinist Birgitte Alsted (b. 1942) has been a pioneer of electro-acoustic music, finding the main inspiration for her music in literature and...continue...
Recording information: DIEM, Aarhus (09/27/2012); Royal Danish Academy of Music (09/27/2012); DIEM, Aarhus (1997/2004); Royal Danish Academy of Music (1997/2004)....continue...

Benjamin Schweitzer: Chamber Music / Ensemble Courage

1 CD / Wergo / 2013-01-08

Works: Benjamin Schweitzer: Abgesang (Dafne-Fragment), for 1 or 2 voices, violin, viola & percussion; achteinhalb, for voice & chamber ensemble; Anfänge/Netze (Malbork 2), for flute, clarinet, violin, ...
Performers: Eckhardt, John; Engler, Matthias; Jacoberger, Elise; Jann, Matthias; Leleu, Marion; Lempert, Uta-Maria; Lorenz, Matthias; Muller, Karina; Paulitz, Katrin; Plante, Nathan; Schwencke, Tobias; Stahn, Ol...
Conductors: Engel, Titus
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Courage

Benjamin Schweitzer began his musical studies at the junior department of the Lubeck Music Academy. At age sixteen, he received several prizes at composition and...continue...
Recording information: Studio Gärtnerstraáe, Berlin (12/05/2011-12/08/2011)....continue...

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...

Cold Blue Two - works by Daniel Lentz, John Adams; Gavin Bryars, James Tenney et al. / various artists

1 CD / Cold Blue Music / 2012-11-13

Works: Daniel Lentz: Celli, for cello & electronics (or 10 cellos); Ingram Marshall: Son of Soe-pa, for classical guitar & electronics; Phillip Schroeder: Another Shore, for celeste & digital delay; Rick Co...
Performers: Barnes, Erin; Bergman, James; Cahill, Sarah; Catron, Jessica; Cox, Rick; Diamond, Theresa; Duke-Kirkpatrick, Erika; Fernandez, Alma Lisa; Fink, Michael Jon; Iles, Alex; Klucevsek, Guy; Marshall, Clem...

Dario Marianelli: Anna Karenina [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 2012]

1 CD / Decca / 2012-11-13

Works: Dario Marianelli: Anna Karenina, film score
Performers: Dale, Caroline; Hession, Eddie; Hunt, Matthew; Liebeck, Jack; Marianelli, Dario; Peel, Hannah
Conductors: Wallfisch, Benjamin

Personnel: Jody Jenkins (programming).

Recording information: Air Lyndhurst Recording Studios.

Befitting its tale of star-crossed love in Russia's late 19th century high society, Joe Wri...continue...

Musical Advent Calendar: Jubiläums-Edition - 24 Songs for Advent and Christmas

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2012-09-25

Works: Andreas Hammerschmidt: Machet die Tore weit (Open Wide the Gates); George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Messias; Jill Nordin: Whisperin' Your Name, spiritual for chorus & piano; Astor Piazzolla: Enrico ...
Performers: Bockemuhl, Fionn; Bongard, Andreas; Comes, Barbara; Geiseler, Soren [Piano]; Hoffmann, Andreas; Knecht, Johannes; Liebfried, Caroline [Piano]; Saloniker, Stuttgarter; Settelmeyer, Matthias [Piano]; T...
Conductors: Schumacher, Jan; Schick, Berthold; Emling, Meinhard; Knecht, Johannes; Gilde, Hans de; Dücker, Martin; Kaltenbach, Anneliese; ; Crespo, Enrique; Haáler, Christoph; Kunz, Hanns-Friedrich; ...
Ensemble: ; Freiburger Spielleyt; Zither Group of the Trachtenkapelle Glottertal

For the past nine years, the Hanssler Classic/SWR co-production of the Musikalischer Advenskalender has been one of the most eagerly anticipated releases for the holiday...continue...

Zbigniew Bargielski: String Quartets / Silesian String Quartet; Roman Widaszek, clarinet; Marek Andrysek, accordion

2 CD / CD Accord / 2012-09-25

Works: Zbigniew Bargielski: Quartet for Strings no 1 ("Alpine"); Quartet for Strings no 2 ("Spring"); Quartet for Strings no 3 ("Still Life with a Scream"); A Night of Farewells, for accordion & string quar...
Performers: Andrysek, Marek [Accordion]; Widaszek, Roman
Conductors:
Ensemble: Silesian String Quartet

Zbigniew Bargielski's works for string quartet are an important and brilliant chapter in the history of Polish music, both in the last quarter of the...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music, (04/07/2008-04/28/2008)....continue...

Missa Brevis, A Mass for Accordion - haydn, Gustafsson, Mozart, Sonninen et al. / Matti Rantanen, accordion

1 Super Audio CD / Siba Records / 2012-09-25

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross; Kaj-Erik Gustafsson: Missa brevis, for accordion; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio in B minor, KV 540; Ahti Sonninen: Hymns of Zion, for ce...
Performers: Rantanen, Matti; Ylönen, Marko

In the musical climate of 19th-century Finland, members of the educated and church circles condemned little 1- and 2-row accordions as "the devil's lungs" and...continue...
Recording information: Kirkkonummi Church, Finland (2011)....continue...

Secret of the Seven Stars: Music of Hope Lee & David Eagle / Stefan Husson, accordion; David Eagle, computer, Robert Aitken, flute

1 CD / Centrediscs / 2012-08-28

Works: David Eagle: Waves and Points, for accordion & computer; Fluctuare, for flute & computer; Bellwind, for free-bass accordion; Hope Lee: Secret of the Seven Stars, for strings, accordion & percussion; ...
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Hussong, Stefan
Conductors: ; Aitken, Robert [Flute]
Ensemble: New Music Concert Ensemble; New Music Concerts Ensemble

Five works by Lee and Eagle explore reveals connections between the sound worlds of the chamber and electro acoustic music of our time and the...continue...

Wing Span - Holmboe, Franck, Bach, Christensen played on the accordion / Adam Orvad, classical accordion

2 CD / Danacord / 2012-08-14

Works: Vagn Holmboe: Sonata for accordion no 2, Op. 179a ("Burlésco"); Mogens Christensen: Couronne, for accordion; Luis Aguirre: Yemayá, for accordion; Hans Abrahamsen: Canzone, for accordion; Ha...
Performers: Orvad, Adam

Danish accordionist Adam Orvan performer contemporary Danish accordion music and classical works, giving an impression of his instrument's expressive and stylistic abilities. A graduate of...continue...

H.K. Gruber: 3 MOB Pieces; Busking; Kurt Schwertsik: Divertimento Macchiato / Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet; Swedish CO

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-07-22

Works: HK Gruber: Mob Pieces (3), for 7 interchangeable instruments & percussion; Busking, for trumpet, accordion, banjo & string orchestra; Kurt Schwertsik: Divertimento Macchiato, for trumpet & orchestra ...
Performers: Bersgtrom, Mats; Buder, Claudia; Hardenberger, Hakan [Trumpet]
Conductors: Gruber, H.K.
Ensemble: Swedish Chamber Orchestra

The common denominator of the three works presented here is the soloist Håkan Hardenberger. In 1999, the celebrated trumpet player asked HK Gruber to arrange...continue...

JS Bach: Partitas nos 2 & 4 for keyboard / Wolfgang Dimetrik, accordion

1 CD / Gramola / 2012-07-10

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Keyboard no 2 in C minor, BWV 826; Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140; Partita for Keyboard no 4 in D major, BWV 828
Performers: Dimetrik, Wolfgang

With this new recording for Gramola, the exceptionally gifted Wolfgang Dimetrik once more draws on the highly comprehensive and impressive pool of the literature for...continue...
Recording information: Waldorfschule Würzburg, Germany (10/30/2011-10/31/2011)....continue...

Nouvel Ensemble Moderne plays Bouliane, Gougeon & Rea

1 CD / ATMA / 2012-06-26

Works: Denys Bouliane: Rythmes et échos des rivages anticostiens, for chamber orchestra; Denis Gougeon: En accordéon, for accordion & chamber orchestra; Mutation, for chamber orchestra; John Rea: ...
Performers: Petric, Joseph
Conductors: Vaillancourt, Lorraine
Ensemble: Nouvel Ensemble Moderne

Denis Gougeon's Mutation, which won the 2011 Conseil québécois de la musique Opus Prize for composition of the year, is one of the four works...continue...
Recording information: Salle Claude-Champagne, Université de Montréal....continue...

Bach: Goldberg Variations / Janne Rattya, accordion

1 CD / Ondine / 2012-06-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Performers: Rattya, Janne

Ondine is pleased to announce a new release by accordionist Janne Rättyä, who performs Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations. It is time to lay aside...continue...
Recording information: Strauásaal, Residenz Zögemitz, Vienna (09/12/2011); Strauásaal, Residenz Zögemitz, Vienna (11/29/2010-11/30/2010)....continue...

People Like Us

1 CD / Lakeshore / 2012-06-19

Works: A.R. Rahman: People Like Us, film score
Performers: Bisharat, Charlie; Brophy, Robert; Broughton, Belinda; Campo, Darius; Clark, Heather; Clark, Stuart [Clarinet]; Dembrow, Brian; Doering, George; Duckles, Andrew; Duke-Kirkpatrick, Erika; Dukov, Bruce...

Recording information: Sony Studios....continue...

Kasper Rofelt: The Song I'll Never Sing, works for accordion / Bjarke Mogensen, accordion

1 CD / Dacapo / 2012-05-29

Works: Kasper Rofelt: Shadow Pieces, for solo accordion; La canción que nunca diré, for accordion & violin; Nightsong no 2, for accordion & violin; Concert Studies for accordion (Book 1); Charybdi...
Performers: Astrand, Christina; Mogensen, Bjarke; Moldrup, Toke
Conductors:
Ensemble: Mythos (Canada)

This album is a unique collaboration between the young Danish composer Kasper Rofelt and accordionist Bjarke Mogensen, to whom all works on this premiere recording...continue...
Recording information: The Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen, Denmark (2010-05-24&2010-05-28&2010-)....continue...