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The Piano Guys 2

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2013-05-07

Works: Al van der Beek: Begin Again; Mission Impossible (after Shifrin); Berlin; Just the Way You Are; Charlie Brown Medley (after Guaraldi); Me and My Cello (Happy Together); Twinkle Lullaby; Steven Sharp ...
Performers: Nelson, Steven Sharp; Schmidt, Jon; Stirling, Lindsey; Van Der Beek, Al
Conductors:
Ensemble: The Piano Guys

The second studio outing from YouTube celebrities the Piano Guys (pianist Jon Schmidt. cellist Steven Sharp Nelson, and multimedia specialists Al Van Der Beek and Tel Stewart), the appropriately title...continue...

Victor Kissine: Between Two Waves; Duo; Barcarola / Gidon Kremer, Daniil Grishin, Giedre Dirvanauskaite, Andrius Zlabys, Andrei Pushkarev

1 CD / ECM / 2013-04-30

Works: Victor Kissine: Between Two Waves, for piano & string orchestra; Duo (After Ossip Andelstam), for viola & cello; Barcarola, concerto for violin, strings & percussion
Performers: Dirvanauskaite, Giedre; Grishin, Daniil; Kremer, Gidon; Pushkarev, Andrei; Zlabys, Andrius [Piano]
Conductors: Kofman, Roman

Following on from Victor Kissine's luminous orchestration of Schuber'ts String Quartet in G Major (ECM 1883) and his own Zerkalo with Kremer and friends (ECM...continue...
Recording information: Lockenhaus Festival, Lockenhaus, Austria (07/2011)....continue...

Japanese Melodies / Yo-Yo Ma

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2013-04-23

Works: Kosaku Yamada: Matsushima Ondo, folk song, for voice & piano; Chugoku-Chiho-No-Komoriuta, folk song, for voice & piano; Rentaro Taki: Kojyo no tsuki; Japanese Traditional: Zui-Zui-Zukkorobashi, folk ...
Performers: Ma, Yo-Yo; Nakagawa, Masami; Yoshiwara, Sumire [Percussion]; Zander, Patricia
Conductors: Mamiya, Michio
Ensemble: Pro Musica Nipponia

Recording information: Niiza-Shimin-Kaikan-Hall, Saitama, Japan (11/25/1983-11/26/1983)....continue...

Dead Man Down [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

1 CD / Varese Sarabande / 2013-04-09

Works: Jacob Groth: Dead Man Down, film score
Performers: Bo, Ole; Groth, Jacod; Misen; Moller, Soren
Conductors: King, Alastair

Recording information: Timeless Recording Studios, New York, NY....continue...

God of War: Ascension [Original Soundtrack]

1 CD / La-La Land Records / 2013-04-09

Works: Tyler Bates: God of War
Performers: Bates, Tyler [Composer/Producer]; Cachia, Brian; Ellis, Greg; Nostalghia; Pearlman, Rafe
Conductors: Foster, Ben; Williams, Timothy; Ziegler, Robert

Recording information: Abbey Road Studios, London.

Though it's easy for it to get lost in the shuffle under the series' relentless combat, the soundtrack to the God of War franchise's seventh i...continue...

American Classics: Parlor Music Revisited - Music by Semyon and Daniel Kobialka

1 CD / Kobialka Music / 2013-04-09

Works: Daniel Kobialka: God Bless America Medley, for violin, viola, guitar, drums & percussion; Thomas Moore: The Minstrel-Boy; Stephen Foster: Gentle Annie; Joseph Philbrick Webster: Lorena, waltz; Americ...
Performers: Kobialka, Daniel; Kobialka, Semyon; Macias, Mason

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...

Nodebog - Musical pleasures & divertissements from 18th C. Norway / Hans Olav Gorset (flute) & Friends

3 CD / 2 L Records / 2013-03-26

Works: Anonymous, Truels Johannesson Hvidt Music Book: Preludium for alto recorder; La Lovis, air for 2 recorders; Engelsk dants (English Dance), for alto recorder; Chavailer dantz, for alto recorder; Paspi...
Performers: Bothner-By, Cathrine [Soprano Vocal]; Gorset, Hans Olav; Innervik, Kjell Tore; Johansen, Lars Henrik [Harpsichord]; Lislevand, Andre [Viola da Gamba]; Lund, Vegard; Stene, Hakon Morch

NODEBOG presents musical pleasures and "divertissements" from 18th century Norway. These rediscovered treasures from the past can only be recreated through living performance today, here...continue...
Recording information: Jar Kirke, Oslo, Norway (02/2012)....continue...

Christian Wolff: 8 Duos / Frederic Rzewski, piano; Joey Baron, percussion; Kim Kashkashian, viola; Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet

2 CD / New World / 2013-03-12

Works: Christian Wolff: For Morty, for vibraphone, glockenspiel & piano; For a Medley, for 2 percussionists; Violist and Percussionist, for viola & percussion; Percussionist 5, for 2 percussionists; Rosas, ...
Performers: Baron, Joey; de Saram, Rohan; Friedrich, Reinhold [Trumpet]; Kashkashian, Kim [Viola]; Rzewski, Frederic [Composer]; Schulkowsky, Robyn; Wolff, Christian [Composer]

Since 1987 I have been making duos for percussion with another instrument. The first was a memorial piece for Morton Feldman, For Morty, in 1987,...continue...
Recording information: Robyn Schulkowsky's Studio in Berlin (2011-10-05_2011-10-06&2012-)....continue...

Mediterraneo (Deluxe Edition) / L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-03-12

Works: Greek Traditional: Are mou rindineddha; Hasapiko; Amygdalaki tsakisa; Thalassa lypisou; Oriamu Pisulina; Agapimu fidela protini; Carlos Paredes: Sem saber; Anonymous: Tres sirenas; Abdülaziz, Su...
Performers: Andueza, Raquel; Capezzuto, Vincenzo [Vocals]; Costa, Sandro Daniel [Guitar]; Dogan, Aytac; Mayoral, David; Misia [Portugal]; Papadopoulou, Katerina; Pinto, Daniel; Rial, Núria; Rial, NLria; S...
Conductors: Pluhar, Christina
Ensemble: L'Arpeggiata

Christina Pluhar and I'Arpeggiata invite you on a musical cruise that will take you from Portugal to Turkey, following the coasts of Spain, Catalonia, Greece,...continue...
Recording information: Institut Culturel Roumain de Paris, Salle Byzantine, Pa (10/2012)....continue...

Mediterraneo / L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-03-12

Works: Greek Traditional: Are mou rindineddha; Hasapiko; Amygdalaki tsakisa; Thalassa lypisou; Oriamu Pisulina; Agapimu fidela protini; Carlos Paredes: Sem saber; Anonymous: Tres sirenas; Abdülaziz, Su...
Performers: Andueza, Raquel; Capezzuto, Vincenzo [Vocals]; Costa, Sandro Daniel [Guitar]; Dogan, Aytac; Mayoral, David; Misia [Portugal]; Papadopoulou, Katerina; Pinto, Daniel; Rial, Núria; Rial, NLria; S...
Conductors: Pluhar, Christina
Ensemble: L'Arpeggiata

Christina Pluhar and I'Arpeggiata invite you on a musical cruise that will take you from Portugal to Turkey, following the coasts of Spain, Catalonia, Greece,...continue...
Recording information: Institut Culturel Roumain de Paris, Salle Byzantine, Pa (10/2012)....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...

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...

Thomas Newman: Side Effects, original motion picture soundtrack

1 CD / Varese Sarabande / 2013-03-05

Works: Thomas Newman: Side Effects, film score; Eric Hilton: The Forgotten People
Performers: Cox, Rick; Doering, George; Fisher, Michael; Newman, Thomas; Tavaglione, Steve

Recording information: The Village....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...

50 Best Sensual Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: James Horner: Titanic; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Concerto for Piano ...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bran, Tim; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Bumbry, Grace; Callas, Maria; Cortez, Viorica; Dalton, Mitchell; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Garcia, Jose Luis; Garello, Raul; Garrett...
Conductors: ; Jansons, Mariss; Foster, Lawrence; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Roth, François-Xavier; Goodwin, Ron; Thompson, Bryden; Plasson, Michel; Barry, John; Love, Geoff; Barbirolli, John; Fedotov, Viktor; Boul...
Ensemble: ; Ahn Trio; Berlin Philharmonic Cellists; Virtuosi

This 3-CD set contains 50 tracks of sensual music from the catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics performed by some of the world's finest...continue...

50 Best Romantic Piano Classics - Popular romantic classics for solo piano or piano & orchestra

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; The Seasons, Op. 47b; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Conc...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Ahn Trio; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Angelich, Nicholas; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Bran, Tim; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Donohoe, Peter; Duchable, Francois-Rene ...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Thompson, Bryden; Galliera, Alceo; Jansons, Mariss; Foster, Lawrence; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; ...
Ensemble: ; Rostal & Schaefer Piano Duo

This 3-CD set contains 50 tracks of romantic piano music from catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics performed by some of the world's finest...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

Strange Paths - works by Michael Gordon; Iannis Xenakis; Brian Ferneyhough / Justin DeHart, percussion

1 CD / Innova / 2013-02-26

Works: Michael Gordon: XY, for percussion; Iannis Xenakis: Psappha, for solo percussion; Brian Ferneyhough: Bone Alphabet, for percussion; Stuart Saunders Smith: They Looked Like Strangers, for percussion
Performers: DeHart, Justin

On Strange Paths, Justin DeHart dives head first into this challenging repertoire and performs the monumental compositions in a lucid and inspired fashion - with...continue...
Recording information: Warren Music Studio, La Jolla, CA....continue...

Robert Een - Mystery Dances / Gadbois, Burwell, Hill, Mankin

1 CD / Starkland / 2013-02-26

Works: Robert Een: Breakdown Eleven; Riding Herd; Premonition; Death of a Dog; Dirge for Julius; Breaching the Wall; Mystery Two-Step; Gagaku Splash; Roman Bath; Breakdown Eleven (return); The Long Journey
Performers: Burwell, Carter; Een, Robert; Gadbois, Hearn; Hill, Timothy; Mankin, Nina

Keeril Makan: Target / Alex Waterman, Laurie Rubin, David Shively, Jennifer Choi

1 CD / Starkland / 2013-02-26

Works: Keeril Makan: 2, for ensemble; Zones d'accord, for cello; Target, for voice & ensemble; Resonance Alloy, for percussion
Performers: Makan, Keeril; Rubin, Laurie; Shively, David; Waterman, Alex
Conductors: Shively, David;
Ensemble: California E.A.R. Unit; Either Or (Ensemble)

Recipient of the Luciana Berio Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome, Keeril Makan has also received awards from the American Academy of Arts...continue...
Recording information: Firehouse, Pasadena, CA; SUNY Purchase; The Firehouse, Pasadena, CA....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