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Mozart: Clarinet Concerto; Bassoon Concerto; Flute Concerto / Carbonare Zoon; Santana. Abbado, Orchestra Mozart

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-05-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Concerto for Flute no 2 in D major, K 314 (285d); Concerto for Bassoon in B flat major, K 191 (186e)
Performers: Carbonare, Alessandro; Santana, Guilhaume; Zoon, Jacques
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: ; Orchestra Mozart

In the year of his 80th birthday, Claudio Abbado and his superb orchestra continue their Mozart celebration with critically acclaimed solo concerto performances.

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Waitin' for Benny: A Tribute to Benny Goodman - Clarinet Sonatas of Poulenc and Bernstein; Gershwin: 3 Preludes; Stravinsky: 3 Pieces et al. / Julien Hervé, clarinet

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

Works: Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; Leonard Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; George Gershwin: Preludes (3) for piano; Igor Stravinsky: Pieces (3) for Clarinet solo; Morton Gould:...
Performers: Green, Ying-Lai [Double Bass]; Herve, Julien; Lovett, Maud; Sugitani, Jean-Hisanori [Piano]

Renowned as a virtuoso jazz clarinetist and legendary bandleader, Benny Goodman is also remembered for the works he commissioned from leading composers of his day....continue...
Recording information: Conservatoire de Paris (07/25/2011-07/28/2011)....continue...

Great Chamber Music - works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn etc. / various artists

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

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet for Strings in C major, Op. 33 no 3/H 3 no 39 "Bird"; Quartet for Strings in D major, Op. 64 no 5/H 3 no 63 "Lark"; Quartet for Strings in C major, Op. 76 no 3/H 3 no 77 "...
Performers: Balogh, Joszef [Clarinet]; Fehervari, Janos; Gerard, Jean-Claude; Jando, Jeno; Nishizaki, Takako; Onczay, Csaba; Rener, Boris; Toth, Istvan
Conductors:
Ensemble: Danubius String Quartet; Ensemble Villa Musica; Gould Piano Trio; Joachim Trio; Kungsbacka Piano Trio; Quatuor Ludwig; Stuttgart Piano Trio

This collection of great chamber music brings together nine giants of music in works which reveal their most immediate and indi vidual expressive worlds: proof...continue...

Nino Rota (1911-1979): Clarinet Trio; Clarinet Sonata et al. / Goran Gojevic, clarinet; Mary Kenedi, piano; Lynn Kuo, violin; Winona Zelenka, cello

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

Works: Nino Rota: Trio for clarinet, cello & piano; Improvviso for violin & piano (from the films "Lovers without Love" / "Prelude to Madness"); Toccata for bassoon & piano; Sonata for clarinet & piano in D...
Performers: Gojevic, Goran; Kenedi, Mary; Kuo, Lynn; Sweeney, Michael; Zelenka, Winona

Although he is best known for his film scores and The Godfatherin particular, Nino Rota's concert music combines traditional tonality and forms with characteristically heartfelt...continue...
Recording information: Glenn Gould Studio, C.B.C., Toronto, Ontario, Canada (11/10/2010-11/14/2010)....continue...

Jón Leifs: Scherzo concreto, Op. 58; Quintet, Op. 50; Variazioni; Pastorale, Op. 8; Elegies, Op. 35

1 CD / Smekkleysa / 2013-04-09

Works: Jón Leifs: Scherzo concreto, Op. 58; Quintet, for flute, clarinet, basson, viola & cello, Op. 50; Variations on a Theme by Ludwig van Beethoven, Op. 8; Elegies, Op. 35
Performers: Arni Askelsson; Bjarni Benedikt Björnsson; Bragi Berg_órsson; Egill Arni Pálsson; Einar Jörundsson; Eyjólfur Eyjólfsson; Gudmundur Arnlaugsson; Hafsteinn _&oacut...
Conductors: Wilkinson, Bernhardur
Ensemble: Reykjavik Chamber Orchestra

Chamber music was never the main focus of Jón Leif ' s compositional activity. The ideal venue for his often rough and primitive music was...continue...

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...

Tribute to Piazzollo / Ernesto Acher & CO

1 CD / Acqua Records / 2013-03-26

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Prepárense, tango; Lo que vendra; Marrón y azul, tango; Bandó, tango; Mufa 72, tango; Enrico IV; Retrato de Alfredo Gobbi, tango; Adiós Nonino, tango; Fracanapa, ...
Performers: Alfija, Gubaidullina; Barraquero, Cecilia; Bru, Marcelo [Cello]; Falasca, Daniel; Falasca, Tomas [Double Bass]; Falconi, Gabriel; Lulja, Demir; Masci, Sebastian; Medina, Claudio; Medina, Grace; Muran...
Conductors: Acher, Ernesto
Ensemble: ; Ernesto Acher Chamber Orchestra

Argentinean composer, arranger, and musician, Acher, directed and arranged this tribute to Piazzolla performed by a twenty one piece chamber orchestra. The compositional challenge, in...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Astral, Buenos Aires (11/2011)....continue...

The music of Mohammed Fairouz (b.1985) / Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Mellissa Hughes, soprano; David Kravitz, baritone

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-03-26

Works: Mohammed Fairouz: Tahwidah, for voice & clarinet; Chorale Fantasy, for string quartet; Sonata for solo violin ("Native Informant"); Posh, for voice & piano; For Victims, for voice & string quartet; J...
Performers: Barton Pine, Rachel [Violin]; Hughes, Mellissa; Krakauer, David; Spooner, Steven; Thompson, Christopher [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Borromeo String Quartet; Imani Winds

Mohammed Fairouz is one of the most frequently performed, commissioned, and recorded composers of his generation, melding Middle-Eastern music and poetry with Western structures to...continue...
Recording information: Oktaven Audio, Yonkers, New York (2012-03-07&2012-03-10&2012-)....continue...

Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 / Osmo Vanska, Minnesota Orch.

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-03-22

Works: Jean Sibelius: Symphony no 1 in E minor, Op. 39; Symphony no 4 in A minor, Op. 63
Performers: Hara, Burt; Ross, Anthony
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: ; Minnesota Orchestra

Of all of Jean Sibelius' seven symphonies, the two recorded here are those that reveal the furthermost poles of his symphonic art; the one an...continue...

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622; Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C minor / Matthias Schorn: clarinet

2 CD / CAvi Music / 2013-03-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 8 in C minor, WAB 108
Performers: Schorn, Matthias
Conductors: Milton, Nicholas
Ensemble: ; Innviertler Symphony Orchestra

This new release features Matthias Schorn, first solo clarinet player of the Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by Nicholas Milton. The orchestra features members of famous orchestras...continue...
Recording information: Konzerthalle Ried, Inngreis, Austria (08/31/2012-09/01/2012)....continue...

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

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...

Jack Reacher [Music from the Motion Picture]

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

Works: Joe Kraemer: Jack Reacher, film score
Performers: Altenbach, Richard; Becknell, Steven; Bisharat, Charlie; Bleth, Chris [Oboe]; Bosler, Annie [Horn]; Brand, Jacqueline; Brophy, Robert; Cani, Roberto; Clark, Heather; Clark, Stuart [Clarinet]; Clayton...
Conductors: Kraemer, Joe

Recording information: Streisand Scoring Stage, Sony Pictures Studios....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...

Antony Girard (b. 1959): In Praise of Folly; The Marriage of Orpheus; The Circle of Life / Genevieve Girard, piano; Jean-Marc Fessard, clarinet; Fabrice Bihan, cello

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-02-26

Works: Anthony Girard: Eloge de la folie, for clarinet & piano; Les Noces d'Orphée, for clarinet, cello & piano; L'Effroi de la nuit froide, for clarinet; Le Cercle de la Vie, preludes (24) for piano
Performers: Bihan, Fabrice [Cello]; Fessard, Jean-Marc [Clarinet]; Girard, Genevieve

A wide-ranging program from a contemporary French composer for whom Minimalism, oriental music, poetry and mysticism are central to his works....continue...
Recording information: Marcel Landowski Auditorium, Paris....continue...

Duke Ellington: Tone Poems - Black, Brown & Beige; Harlem; The River; Take the "A" Train / Sal Andolina, clarinet; Amy Licata, violin

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-02-26

Works: Duke Ellington: Harlem; Black, Brown and Beige Suite; Three Black Kings; The River, suite from the ballet for orchestra; Billy Strayhorn: Take the A Train
Performers: Andolina, Salvatore; Anthony di Lorenzo [Composer/Trumpet]; Licata, Amy [Violin]
Conductors: Falletta, JoAnn
Ensemble: ; Buffalo Philharmonic

Duke Ellington was a master of Big Band jazz but he also wrote in a variety of other forms including tone poems and ballets. The...continue...
Recording information: Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York, USA (05/09/2012-05/11/2012)....continue...

Poulenc: Chamber Music / Pentaedre; David Jalbert, piano

1 CD / ATMA / 2013-02-26

Works: Francis Poulenc: Sextet for wind quintet & piano in C major, FP 100; Sonata for Flute and Piano; Élégie, for horn & piano, FP 168; Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; Trio for oboe, bassoon & pi...
Performers: Bourget, Danielle; Carpentier, Martin; Forget, Normand; Jalbert, David; Lussier, Mathieu; Marsolais, Louis-Philippe
Conductors:
Ensemble: Pentaèdre (Woodwind Quintet)

Francis Poulenc's catalogue contains some 200 works, consisting of mostly of vocal music. It also includes many pieces for piano, four concertos, music for the...continue...
Recording information: Salle Pierre-Mercure, Centre Pierre-Péladeau, Montréal, (10/2010)....continue...

Erling Wold: A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil / Ken Berry Rachel Wylie, Tod Brody, Melissa Vainio, Fred Morgan and Marja Mutru

1 CD / Minmax / 2013-02-26

Works: Erling Wold: A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil, chamber opera
Performers: Amat, Laurie; Berry, Ken; Brody, Tod; Cave, Jim; Gwinn, Deborah; Hugh Livingston [Composer/Cello]; Josheff, Peter; Morgan, Fred; Mutru, Marja; Rose, Ellen; Vainio, Melissa; Wylie, Rachael
Conductors: McClure, Deirdre

Gottfried Hendrik Mann: Clarinet Concerto; Violin Concerto; Festpraludium; Troisieme Suite / Sebastian Manz, clarinet; Akkiko Yamada, violin

1 CD / CPO / 2013-02-26

Works: Johan Gottfried Hendrik Mann: Feest Preludium, for orchestra, Op. 95; Concerto for Clarinet in C minor, Op. 90; Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 101; Suite for orchestra no 3 in B flat major, Op. ...
Performers: Manz, Sebastian; Yamada, Akiko
Conductors: Bäumer, Hermann
Ensemble: ; Osnabrucker Symphonieorchester

This album features a piece from Holland that is highly virtuosic and melodious - a clarinet concerto from the late romantic era of 1885. Rising...continue...
Recording information: Stadthalle Osnabrück (08/2010)....continue...

Carlos Sanchez Gutiérrez: Diaries - Works for Large Ensemble / Cristina Valdes, Makoto Nakura, Daniel Pesca

1 CD / Urtext (Mexico) / 2013-02-26

Works: Carlos Sánchez-Gutiérrez: ...Ex Machina, for piano, marimba & orchestra; Diaries, for piano & orchestra; Memos (5), for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano & percussion; Son del coraz...
Performers: Gerber, Stuart; Hurwitz, Hanna; Kim, Isabel; Li, Richard; Nakura, Makoto; Pesca, Daniel; Valdes, Cristina
Conductors: Trigos, Juan
Ensemble: Eastman Broadband; Eastman BroadBand Ensemble

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; An American in Paris; Concerto in F / André Previn, piano, LSO

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; An American in Paris; Concerto for Piano in F major
Performers: de Peyer, Gervase; Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors: Previn, Andre
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra

EMI Classics relaunches the popular EMI Master Series: The definitive series of great classical music from a trove of the most notable and revered classical...continue...
Recording information: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (06/04/1971/06/06/1971)....continue...

Paris Méchanique - works by L. Anderson; Francaix; Joplin; Milhaud; Poulenc; Morricone; Satie et al / Michael Riessler, Pierre Charial, Sabine Meyer Trio

1 CD / Marsyas / 2013-02-26

Works: Gabriel Pierné: Cydalise et le Chèvre-Pied, ballet; Jean Françaix: Danses Exotiques (8) for 2 pianos; Francis Poulenc: Sonata for 2 clarinets, FP 7; Michael Riessler: I Venti, for clar...
Performers: Charial, Pierre; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Riessler, Michael
Conductors:
Ensemble: Trio Di Clarone

"Stellar clarinet player Sabine Meyer has never been heard in a similar program and instrumentation. A program of fun and tuneful short works." -Audiophile...continue...
Includes work(s): introduction mécanique / le flaneur des d by various composers....continue...

50 Best London Symphony Orchestra

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no 8 in F, Op. 93; Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 4; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony ...
Performers: Beroff, Michel; de Peyer, Gervase; Isserlis, Steven; Loriod, Jeanne; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]; Sitkovetsky, Dmitry
Conductors: Jochum, Eugen; Previn, Andre; Boult, Adrian; Gardelli, Lamberto; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Khachaturian, Aram; Hickox, Richard; Davis, Colin; Barbirolli, John

This 3-CD set contains 50 tracks from the catalogues of EMI Records, EMI Classics and Virgin Classics of recordings by the London Symphony Orchestra under...continue...

Adolf Busch: Chamber Music for Clarinet and Strings / Wolfgang Meyer: clarinet; Eisler Quartett

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2013-02-13

Works: Adolf Busch: Serenade for string quartet in G major, Op. 14; Bagatelles (7) for clarinet, viola & cello, Op. 53a; German Dance for clarinet, violin & cello in F major, Op. 26c; Duet for violin & clar...
Performers: Linder, Clemens; Meyer, Mischa; Meyer, Wolfgang [Clarinet]; Sachse, Pauline [Viola]; Weber, Elisabeth
Conductors:
Ensemble: Eisler Quartett

After his emigration to the U.S. in 1939, Adolf Busch founded the famous School of Music in Marlboro. Well known as both a solo performer...continue...
Recording information: Festsaal Fürstenhaus, Weimar, Germany (03/2012)....continue...

Polkastra: "I Do" The Wedding Album / Lara St. John; Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano

1 CD / Ancalagon Records / 2013-02-12

Works: Matt Van Brink: Flumpet Voluntary (after Jeremiah Clarke); Bridle Chorus (after Richard Wagner); J.S. Bachelor Party (after Johann Sebastian Bach); Canon in D, Mostly (after Johann Pachelbel); Shotgu...
Performers: Bayrakdarian, Isabel; Kodheli, Rubin; Krakauer, David; Owen, Louise; Rodriguez, Mario; Zelenka, Winona
Conductors: Otto, Matthew;
Ensemble: Polkastra

The joyful sounds of the perfect wedding day! The bride is glowing, the groom stands at the ready, and Polkastra launches into some rousing processionals...continue...
Recording information: Kaleidoscope Sound, Union City, NJ (07/04/2011-07/05/2011)....continue...

Christopher Gunning: Concertos for Guitar, Clarinet and Flute / Gunning, RPO

1 CD / Discovery / 2013-02-12

Works: Christopher Gunning: Concerto for guitar & orchestra ("Requerdos do Mallorca"); Concerto for clarinet & orchestra; Concertino for flute & orchestra
Performers: Handley, Catherine; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]; Whight, Michael
Conductors: Gunning, Christopher
Ensemble: ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Christopher Gunning has made a reputation for his compositions in film, TV, and the concert hall. After he worked with Craig Ogden on many TV...continue...

Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time / Carolin Widmann, Jorg Widmann, Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich

1 CD / Orfeo / 2013-01-29

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Performers: Altstaedt, Nicolas; Lonquich, Alexander; Widmann, Carolin; Widmann, Jorg

In 2008, the ensemble performed Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the end of time at the Salzburg Festival. Composed in 1940 in a German prisoner-of-war camp,...continue...
Recording information: Osterreichischen Rundfunks Mozarteum (07/26/2008)....continue...

Intrinsic Versatility - Music by Debussy, Mower, Hindemith, Stravinsky et al. / Miles Osland, piccolo, flute, alto flute, clarinet, soprano, alto, tenor & baritone saxophone

1 CD / Mark Custom Recording / 2013-01-29

Works: Clare Fischer: Rhapsody Nova, for wind ensemble; Claude Debussy: Syrinx; Mike Mower: Collaboraçâo, for saxophone, trumpet & piano; Conglomerate, for saxophone, trumpet & piano; Paul Hindemi...
Performers: Dailey, Raleigh; DiMartino, Vince; Osland, Miles
Conductors: Dalley, Raleigh; DiMartino, Vince;
Ensemble: University of Kentucky Wind Ensemble

Miles Osland stands out front by virtue of his versatility and flexibility. Featured as a soloist on this CD, Osland performs on piccolo, flute, alto...continue...

James Whitbourn: Annelies (chamber version) / Arianna Zukerman, soprano; Westminster Williamson Voices; Bharat Charidra, clarinet

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

Works: James Whitbourn: Annelies, for soprano, chorus, clarinet, violin, cello & piano (chamber version)
Performers: Chandra, Bharat [Clarinet]; Lincoln Trio; Zukerman, Arianna
Conductors: Jordan, James
Ensemble: Lincoln Trio

The first major choral setting of The Diary of Anne Frank takes the teenager's remarkable and penetrating observations, written whilst hiding in an Amsterdam attic,...continue...
Recording information: Princeton Meadow Church, New Jersey, USA (05/14/2012-05/16/2012)....continue...

Morton Gould: American Legend - incl. American Ballads; Derivations; Fall River Legend; Jekyll and Hyde Variations [3 CDs]

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

Works: Morton Gould: American Ballads, for orchestra; Stephen Foster Gallery; American Salute; Fanfare for Freedom for brass ensemble; Saint Lawrence Suite, for 2 trumpets & wind ensemble; Jericho, rhapsody...
Performers: Munoz, William; Porietis, Janis; Zelnick, Stephanie [Clarinet]
Conductors: Kuchar, Theodore; Weiss, Scott; Schermerhorn, Kenneth
Ensemble: ; Nashville Symphony Orchestra; National Symphony of Ukrains; University of Kansas Wind Ensemble

"Somehow, even if not consciously, virtually all of American musicians have been touched by Morton and affected by him...as a composer, as pianist, as arranger...continue...

Chamber music of Juan Sebastián Lach Lau: Islas / Ensemble 3; Electronic Hammer

1 CD / Navona / 2013-01-29

Works: Juan Sebastian Lach Lau: Pantaleón, for ensemble; 'Round Ruby, for ensemble; RZW + Continuidad Paralela, for ensemble; Yenealo[pi]aedie, for ensemble; Chamba de um acorde, for ensemble; Blank Sp...
Performers: Novello, Salvatore [Percussion]; Pastene, Daniel [Clarinet]; Sultana, Gabi [Piano]
Conductors: ; Kucera, Jan; Micka, Vit
Ensemble: Ensamble Tres; Ensemble 3; Moravian Philharmonic Chamber Players; The Electronic Hammer

With subtle influences from Cage, Ligeti, and the NY avante garde of the 50s, Lach Lau's music blends programming and algorithmic generation with traditional instruments...continue...

Works for Clarinet and Orchestra by Mozart, Copland, Kats-Chernin / Michael Collins, clarinet

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2013-01-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Aaron Copland: Concerto for Clarinet; Elena Kats-Chernin: Ornamental Air, for basset clarinet & orchestra
Performers: Collins, Michael [Conductor/Clarinet]
Conductors: Collins, Michael
Ensemble: ; Swedish Chamber Orchestra

Michael Collins combines the roles of clarinet soloist and conductor as he leads the Swedish Chamber Orchestra in three works that chart the journey of...continue...
Recording information: Örebro Concert Hall, Sweden (06/11/2012-06/16/2012)....continue...

Mambos y Fanfarria! Music for large wind ensemble by Addona, Mussorgsky, Ravel, Mendelssohn / Banda Sinfonica Juvenil Simon Bolivar

1 CD / Genuin / 2013-01-29

Works: Giancarlo Castro d'Addona: Grand Fanfare for orchestra, Op. 7; Eugenio Toussaint: Potpourri Pérez Prado, for orchestra; Alberto Ginastera: La Estancia; Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Felix Mendel...
Performers: Mendoza, Victor; Rodriguez, Valdemar
Conductors: Clamor, Thomas
Ensemble: ; Banda Sinfonica Juvenil Simon Bolivar

This symphonic wind ensemble is a product of the "El Sistema" system, the Venezuelan music education project of José Antonio Abreu. This CD testifies to...continue...
Recording information: Sala Simón Bolívar, Centro de Acción Social por la Músi (03/26/2012-03/30/2012)....continue...

Rossini: Complete Chamber Music with Piano / Sollini - Barbatano Piano Duo; Manara, Stagni, Polidori, Meloni

1 CD / Concerto / 2013-01-29

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Un mot à Paganini, elegy for violin & piano in D major (Péchés de vieillesse, book 9); Thème, for piano in E flat major; Péchés de vieillesse, Volume ...
Performers: Manara, Francesco; Meloni, Fabrizio; Polidori, Massimo; Sollini, Marco; Stagni, Danilo
Conductors:
Ensemble: Duo Sollini & Barbatano (Piano Duo)

This CD is dedicated to Rossini's rare chamber music with piano in an accomplished performance, featuring the special guest appearance of the first parts of...continue...
Recording information: Bartók Studio, Bernareggio, Milan, Italy (10/10/2011-10/11/2011)....continue...

Mary Ellen Childs: Wreck

1 CD / Innova / 2013-01-29

Works: Mary Ellen Childs: Wreck, ballet
Performers: Harada, Laura [Violin]; Kinney, Michelle; O'Gorman, Peter; O'Keefe, Patrick; Ultan, Jacqueline [Cello]

Commissioned by Minnesota's Black Label Movement dance company, Mary Ellen Childs' score for Wreck, like many of her works, finds itself grounded in the kinetic...continue...
Recording information: Wild Sound Studio, Minneapolis, MN (08/2011/12/2011)....continue...

Lee Hyla: My Life on the Plains

1 CD / Tzadik / 2013-01-29

Works: Lee Hyla: Polish Folk Songs, for 2 melodicas, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, keyboard & percus; Field Guide, for flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano & percussi...
Performers: Advocat, Amy; Bob, Sarah; Diaz, Gabriela [Violin]; Donato, Alicia Di; Moore, Rane; Popper-Keizer, Rafael; Russell, David [Cello]; Trant, Aaron; Vincent, Kate
Conductors: Means, Jeffrey

Recording information: Rogers Center for the Arts, Merrimack College, North An....continue...

Essential 20th Century Classics - Over 2 hours of captivating modern classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus; Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; C...
Performers: Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Currie, Colin; Devos, Louis; Donohoe, Peter; du Pre, Jacqueline; Fischer-Dieskau, Manuel; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane; Hendricks, Bar...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Temirkanov, Yuri; Barbirolli, John; Ozawa, Seiji; Prêtre, Georges; Penderecki, Krzysztof; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Kaljuste, Tönu; Metzmacher, Ingo; B...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

Essential 20th Century Classics is a 2-CD set featuring a collection of important works written between 1901 and 2000. This period is sometimes thought of...continue...

Viva Verdi: Overtures & Preludes / Riccardo Chailly

1 CD / Decca / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliana; Alzira; La traviata; Il corsaro; Nabucco; Jérusalem (Original Version (libr. from 1843 "I Lombardi")); Jérusalem; Giovanna d'Arco; Aida, opera; Macbeth...
Performers: Ferrando, Mauro; Meloni, Fabrizio; Prandino, Luisa; Thouand, Fabien; Zoni, Marco
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; Filarmonica Della Scala

Wiiner of the 2012 ECHO Award for "Conductor of the Year" and one of the world's most respected maestros Riccardo Chailly celebrates Verdi's bicentenary year...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium di Milano (06/05/2012-06/11/2012)....continue...

Verdi: Preludes; Ballet Music; Opera Choruses

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; I lombardi; Ernani; Attila; Macbeth; Rigoletto; Il trovatore; La forza del destino; Requiem Mass; Aida, opera; La battaglia di Legnano; Luisa Miller; La traviata; I vespri si...
Performers: Freni, Mirella; Hunt, Gordon [Oboe]; McCaw, John; Zajick, Dolora
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music,

2013 will herald the start of Giuseppe Verdi's bicentennial year. To celebrate the occasion, EMI Classics presents Verdi: Preludes, Ballet Music K& Opera Choruses. The...continue...

CDCM Computer Music Series, Vol. 39: Music from the University of North Texas Center for Experimental Music

1 CD / Centaur / 2013-01-12

Works: Larry Austin: Redux, for violin & computer music; David Bithell: Hithering, an interactive environment for trumpet & computer generated sound; Joseph Klein: Zwei Parabeln nach Franz Kafka, for narrat...
Performers: Austin, Larry; Bithell, David; Clark, Thomas; Errante, F. Gerard; Gnage, Patrick; Greer, Jonathan; Klein, Heidi Dietrich [Vocals]; Klein, Joseph; Lamneck, Esther; May, Andrew; McNutt, Elizabeth; Nels...
Conductors: Gibbons, Henry

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...

Chamber Music of Murray Gross: Talking in my Sleep / Musique 21. Jennifer Kennard, flute; Takeshi Abo, violin; Osiris Molina, clarinet

1 CD / Blue Griffin / 2013-01-08

Works: Murray Gross: Folie à deux, for flute & clarinet; Under the Influence, for wind ensemble; Cloud Forest, for flute, viola & harp; Waiting, Again, for Lady Yang, for clarinet; Between Friends, for...
Performers: Abo, Takeshi; Kennard, Jennifer; Molina, Osiris
Conductors: Goss, Murray; Whitwell, John; ; Gross, Murray
Ensemble: Extreme Duality; Folias; Michigan State Chamber Winds; Musique 21; Woodland Trio

The CD contains collection of chamber music by an award-winning composer and conductor, Murray Gross. Dr. Gross studied at Michigan State University, the New England...continue...
Recording information: Blue Griffin's Studio "The Ballroom"; Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI....continue...

Bits and Pieces - Works for Solo Clarinet by Donizetti, Osborn, Stravinsky, Messiaen, Mandat, Sutermeister / Sean Osborn, clarinet

1 CD / Albany Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Study for Clarinet no 1 in B flat major; Sean Osborn: Bits and Pieces, for solo clarinet; Character Pieces, for clarinet; Igor Stravinsky: Pieces (3) for Clarinet solo; Olivier Mes...
Performers: Osborn, Sean

This recording is a short tour of some of the most important works in the development of the clarinet as a stand-alone instrument along with...continue...
Recording information: Jack Straw Productions, Seattle (11/2011-07/2012)....continue...

Sacred Choral Music of Frank La Rocca "In This Place" / Audrey Andrist, piano; Artists Vocal Ens.

1 CD / Enharmonic Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Frank Larocca: O Magnum Mysterium, for chorus; Expectavi Dominum, for chorus; Meditation, for chorus; Miserere, for chorus; In This Place, for violin & piano; O Sacrum Convivium, for chorus; Veni San...
Performers: Andrist, Audrey; Brandes, Christine; Maltester, Diane; Stern, James; Williams, Nathan
Conductors: Dimmock, Jonathan
Ensemble: ; Artists Vocal Ensemble

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
The composer underscores the meaning of the sung texts with strong dissonances. Sometimes these resolve in the...continue...

John Corigliano, Elliott Carter: American Clarinet Concertos / Paul Meyer, Brussels Philharmonic / Eddy Vanoosthuyse, clarinet

1 CD / Aeon / 2013-01-08

Works: John Corigliano: Concerto for clarinet and orchestra; Elliott Carter: Concerto for Clarinet
Performers: Vanoosthuyse, Eddy
Conductors: Meyer, Paul

A tribute to American music! This disc presents an opportunity to sample some of the most up-to-date American music, with two masterpieces in the concertante...continue...
Recording information: Studio 1, Flagey, Bruxelles (12/19/2011-12/23/2011)....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...

Rare Italian Clarinet Chamber Music of the 19th Century / Luigi Magistrelli, clarinet

1 CD / Centaur / 2012-12-12

Works: Ernesto Cavallini: Quartet no 1 for 4 clarinets; Quartet no 2 for 4 clarinets; Etude no 22 for clarinets; Etude no 14 for clarinets; Su l'Arno andiam (Romanza) for clarinet & piano; Benedetto Carull...
Performers: Magistrelli, Luigi
Conductors:
Ensemble: Adami Clarinet Quartet; Bel Canto Ensemble (Italy)

The clarinet repertoire reached its zenith in the classical period when many composers showed their interest about this young wind instrument with great flexibility and...continue...
Recording information: (Mercadante) in Santo Stefano Ticino (Milano), Italy (2010-07-??_2010-08-??&2011-)....continue...

Dan Visconti: Lonesome Roads / Horszowski Trio

1 CD / Bridge / 2012-12-11

Works: Dan Visconti: Black Bend, for string quartet; Lawless Airs, for violin & harp; Ramble and Groove, for bassoon; Hard-Knock Stomp, for viola; Drift of Rainbows, for 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass...
Performers: Afkham, Micha; Bader, Alexander; Brandl, Wolfram; Duven, Richard; Jezierski, Stefan de Leval; Langlamet, Marie-Pierre; Lenton, Rebecca; Schlichte, Jan; Stockhausen, Majella; Streuli, Christoph; Weidm...
Conductors: ; Hasel, Michael
Ensemble: ; Horszowski Trio; Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
The opening track, Black Bend for string quintet, starts with what sounds like distant train whistles...continue...
Recording information: Kammermusiksaal, Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany (05/13/2009-05/19/2009); Performing Arts Center, Theater C, SUNY College at Purc (05/13/2009-05/19/2009); Kammermusiksaal, Philhar...continue...

Zeit Punkte - Muthspiel: Violin & Percussion Concerto; Resch: Symphony; Erod: Clarinet Concerto, Op. 88 / Benjamin Schmid, violin; Sharon Kam, clarinet

1 Super Audio CD / Preiser / 2012-12-11

Works: Christian Muthspiel: Concerto for Violin, percussion & orchestra ("Pas de deux Concertant"); Gerald Resch: Cantus Firmus, symphony for chorus & orchestra; Iván Eröd: Concerto for Clarinet O...
Performers: Kam, Sharon; Schmid, Benjamin; Uchiyama, Emiko
Conductors: Orozco-Estrada, Andres; Hiemetsberger, Johannes
Ensemble: ; Tonkunstler Orchester

These are live performances of new music for orchestra performed by the Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, which is one of the most important institutions on the Austrian...continue...
Recording information: Wiener Musikverein....continue...