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World War Z [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2013-06-18

Works: Marco Beltrami: World War Z, film score
Performers: Abrahams, Leo; Afia, Alex; Baggs, Simon; Barclay, John; Baron, Chris; Berrow, Mark; Berry, Richard [French Horn]; Bhattacharya, Daniel; Bonner, Natalia; Boyd, James; Bradshaw, Catherine; Brown, Charl...
Conductors: Dunkley, Matt

Recording information: Abbey Road Studios, London; British Grove Studios, London....continue...

Motown: The Musical [Original Broadway Cast Recording]

1 CD / Universal Music / 2013-06-04

Works: Ethan Popp: Motown
Performers: Banta, Alden; Bashkow, Jack; Baxmeyer, Bobby; Brescia, Kenny; Carney, Sean; Christopher, Nicholas [Vocals]; Chudoba, John; Cohen, Randy; Eidem, Bruce; Groves, Todd; Hough, Alvin [Keyboards]; Jackson,...
Conductors: Joubert, Joseph

Recording information: MSR Studios, NYC (04/21/2013-04/22/2013).

Opening in April of 2013, Motown: The Musical is the Broadway adaptation of Motown founder Berry Gordy's autobiography, one stuf...continue...

A Bach Notebook for Trumpet - works by 10 members of the Bach Family, transcribed for trumpet and piano / Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, trumpet; Daniel-Ben Pienaar, piano

1 Super Audio CD / Linn Records / 2013-04-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue for Organ in G major, BWV 541; An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653; BWV 68 (v); Concerto for Harpsichord in A major, BWV 1055; BWV 85 (v); Orgelbüchle...
Performers: Freeman-Attwood, Jonathan; Pienaar, Daniel-Ben

This recording is a celebration of the famous Johann Sebastian and ten other lesser-known Bachs, re-imagined for trumpet and piano. Bach specialist Daniel-Ben Pienaar arranged...continue...
Recording information: St George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol, UK (03/26/2012-03/28/2010)....continue...

The Lost City: Lamentations Through the Ages / Miranda Laurence and Susanna Fairbairn, sopranos; Robert Vanryne, trumpet

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

Works: Cecilia McDowall: The Lord is Good, for chorus; Pablo Casals: O vos omnes; Dominique Phinot: Incipit oratio Jeremiae prophetae, motet for 8 voices; Benjamin Britten: Sacred and profane, Op. 91; John ...
Performers: Fairbairn, Susanna; Laurence, Miranda; Vanryne, Robert
Conductors: Watson, Christopher
Ensemble: ; Sospiri

The Lamentations of Jeremiah may be unremittingly sad, but they have had a deep resonance for composers throughout the ages. This is a collection that...continue...
Recording information: Eglise St. Laurent, Roujan, Languedoc Roussillon (08/09/2011-08/12/2011)....continue...

At Any Price [Music from the Motion Picture]

1 CD / Milan / 2013-04-23

Works: Dickon Hinchliffe: At Any Price, film score
Performers: Gardham, Paul; Macauley, Al; Spong, Paul

Recording information: Eastcote Studios, London....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...

Landscapes: Torke: Jevelin; Mojave; Ticheli: Simple gifts; An American Elegy; Copland: Quiet City / Ji Hye Jung, marimba; Steve Leisring, trumpet

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

Works: Michael Torke: Javelin, overture for orchestra; Mojave, for marimba & wind ensemble; Frank Ticheli: An American Elegy, for symphonic band; Simple Gifts (Four Shaker Songs), for band; Aaron Copland: Q...
Performers: Jung, Ji Hye; Leisring, Steve; Marco, Margaret
Conductors: Popiel, Paul W.
Ensemble: University of Kansas Wind Ensemble

Landscapes is a journey through the rich tapestry of American wind band music, performed by one of the country's leading ensembles. One of Michael Torke's...continue...
Recording information: Lied Center of Kansas, Kansas City (2012-04-01_2012-04-02&2012-)....continue...

Amiche da Morire

1 CD / RCA Records Import / 2013-03-19

Works: Debbie Harry: One Way Or Another; Pasquale Catalano: Amiche da Morire, film score; Imelda May: Pulling the Rug; Per Kristian Ottestad: You Make Me Happy; Ed Cobb: Tainted Love
Performers: Campagnoli, Gianfranco; De Luca, Domenico; May, Imelda; Pasquale Catalano; Rey, Lindsey; Romano, Fabrizio; Sasso, Paolo
Conductors: Catalano, Pasquale

Tine / Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet; Kathryn Stott, trumpet

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-03-12

Works: Jacques Ibert: Impromptu, for trumpet & piano; Alexander Glazunov: Albumleaf for trumpet & piano in D flat major; George Enescu: Legende; Edvard Hagerup Bull: Perpetuum mobile, for trumpet & piano; G...
Performers: Helseth, Tine Thing; Stott, Kathryn

TINE is the eponymous recital disc by the exciting young Norwegian trumpet virtuoso Tine Thing Helseth. Her first two albums for EMI Classics (Storyteller and...continue...
Recording information: The Friary, Liverpool (06/24/2012-06/27/2012)....continue...

Geoffrey Burgon: Choral Music / Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens

1 CD / Hyperion / 2013-03-12

Works: Geoffrey Burgon: At the round earth's imagined corners, for voice, trumpet & organ; The Assumption (no 1 of Christ's Love), for chorus; Short Mass, for chorus; Of flowers and emeralds sheen, for chor...
Performers: Beckett, Kevin; Bednall, David; Cullow, Simon [Counter Tenor Vocal]; Hart, Catherine; Henderson, Frances; Macleod-Jones, Iain; Maxwell, Léonie; Rowntree, Richard; Sheldrake, Christopher; Thoma...
Conductors: Owens, Matthew
Ensemble: ; Wells Cathedral Choir

This mid-priced reissue featuring the Wells Cathedral Choir conducted by Matthew Owens offers a selection of evocative and accessible choral works by English composer Geoffrey...continue...
Recording information: Wells Cathedral, Somerset, England (02/20/2006-02/23/2006)....continue...

License to Thrill - Works and transcriptoins by Bach, Vivaldi, Gershwin, Chick Corea, Piazzolla et al. / Joe Burgstaller, trumpet

1 CD / Summit Records / 2013-03-12

Works: Joe Burgstaller: Within, for chorus & trumpet; Lullaby; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for solo keyboard no 1 in D major (after Vivaldi Op. 3/9), BWV 972 (BC L189); George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; ...
Performers: Arnhold, Joelle [Vocals]; Burgstaller, Joe; Burke, Mary; Butterman, Karl [Vocals]; Cheng, Stephanie; Clark, Alex; Ferrari, John; Ganger, Joshua [Vocals]; Gargiulo, Julian [Piano]; Herrington, Benjami...

Trumpet titan Joe Burgstaller (formerly of Canadian Brass) presents a compendium including baroque, classical, contemporary classical, traditional spiritual, diazole, Chick Corea, and Sting! This wond...continue...
Recording information: 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...

Jean Françaix: Le Gai Paris - chamber music with winds / Eric Aubier, trumpet; Philippe Cuper, clarinet; Lola Descours, bassoon

1 CD / Indesens / 2013-03-12

Works: Jean Françaix: Le Gay Paris, for solo trumpet, flute,2 oboes, 2 clarinets, basson, contrabassoon & 2 horns; Concerto for clarinet & orchestra with strings, harp & piano; Divertimento for flute &...
Performers: Aubier, Eric; Cuper, Philippe; Descours, Lola; Francaix, Jean; Gallet, Pascal; Lucas, Vincent; Prost, Nicolas; Sajot, Jean-Louis [Clarinet]; Wagschal, Laurent
Conductors: Cuper, Philippe; Françaix, Jean;
Ensemble: Octuor a Vent Paris-Bastille; Paris Wind Octet

Jean Françaix personified grace and humor, clarity and modesty, tenderness and intelligence. He aspired to be the continuation of a line that, after Debussy and...continue...
Recording information: Antony, France (02/2012/05/2012); Auditorium du CRR de Saint-Maur (02/2012/05/2012); Rennes (02/2012/05/2012); Sequenza, Montreuil, Canada (02/2012/05/2012); Temple Saint-Marcel...continue...

Blow the Wind Northerly - Francaix: 7 Dances from Les Malheurs de Sophie; Le Gay Paris; Janacek:: MladiÆ for Wind Quintet; Klein: Divertimento for Wind Octet / Stevenson Winds

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2013-03-12

Works: Jean Françaix: Sept Danses from Les Malheurs de Sophie; Le Gay Paris, for solo trumpet, flute,2 oboes, 2 clarinets, basson, contrabassoon & 2 horns; Leos Janácek: Mládí (Youth), s...
Performers: Laville, Emmanuel; O'Keeffe, Mark
Conductors:
Ensemble: Stevenson Winds

David Owen Norris: Prayerbook Parts I, II & III: Faith, Hope & Charity / The Waynflete Singers et al., Edward Higginbottoom

1 CD / EM Records / 2013-03-12

Works: David Owen Norris: Prayerbook, oratorio for 3 voices, chorus, string quartet & organ
Performers: Cleverley, Adrian; Coram, David [Organ]; Domingue, Robert [Trumpet]; Eustace, Hari; Manghan, Joe [Bass]; Price, Keith [Timpani]; Sledge, Tim [Cymbals]; White, Andy
Conductors: Norris, David Owen; Higginbottoom, Edward
Ensemble: Over-The-Bridge Close-Harmony Group, Clare College; The Choristers Of New College, Oxford; Waynflete Singers

David Owen Norris, celebrated around the world as a pianist and broadcaster, is increasingly recognized as a composer with a distinctive tone of voice. Prayerbook...continue...
Recording information: Romsey Abbey (09/13/2012-09/14/2012)....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

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...

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...

Phantom [Original Score]

1 CD / Milan / 2013-02-26

Works: Jeff Rona: Phantom, film score
Performers: Hara, Craig; Rona, Jeff; Unterberger, Christof

Steve Rouse: Chamber Music - Violin Sonata; Cello Sonata; Diamonds; The Avator; Shadow Rounds et al. / Benjamin Sung, violin; Jihye Chang, piano; Paul York, cello et al.

1 CD / Centaur / 2013-02-26

Works: Steve Rouse: Sonata for Violin; Sonata for cello & piano; The Flying Boy, for trombone & brass quintet; Diamonds; The Avatar, for trumpet & piano; Shadow Rounds, for 8 trumpets; Inconceivable Things,...
Performers: Changa, Jehye; Gurt, Michael; Rouse, Steve; Shuster, Brett; Sung, Benjamin; Tunnell, Meme; Tunnell, Michael; York, Paul

Shostakovich, Mozart, Bach: Piano Concertos / Constantine Orbelian, piano; Moscow CO

1 CD / Delos / 2013-02-26

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C minor, Op. 35; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for 2 Pianos in E flat major, K 365 (316a); Concerto for Piano no 12 in A major, K 414 (385p); Johan...
Performers: Nakariakov, Sergei [Trumpet]; Orbelian, Constantine; Shames, Jonathan
Conductors: Korsakov, Andrei; Gum, Nanse
Ensemble: ; Moscow Chamber Orchestra

Some fans of Constantine Orbelian's work as conductor may still not be aware of his brilliant career as a concert pianist before he assumed the...continue...
Recording information: Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Russia (1991-1992)....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...

50 Best Chillout Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite no 3 in D, BWV 1068; Keyboard Concerto no 5 in F minor, BWV 1056; ...
Performers: Barrueco, Manuel; Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Chance, Michael; Daniels, David; Donohoe, Peter; Farr, Stephen; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal]; Gavrilov, And...
Conductors: Handford, Maurice; Marriner, Sir Neville; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Nézet-Séguin, Yannick; Warren-Green, Christopher; Olah, Erno; Norrington, Roger; Trevor, Kirk; Sawallisch, ...
Ensemble: ; 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic; Ahn Trio; Fretwork; Rostal & Schaefer Piano Duo

This 3 CD set contains 50 tracks of classical chill out music from the catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Performed by some of...continue...

Maxwell Davis: Piccolo Concerto; Trumpet Concerto; Maxwell's Reel; Five Klee Pictures / Stewart McIlwham, piccolo; John Wallace, trumpet

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

Works: Peter Maxwell Davies: Piccolo Concerto, J. 285; Concerto for Trumpet, for trumpet & orchestra, J. 219; Maxwell's Reel, with Northern Lights, for orchestra, J. 294; Klee Pictures (5), for school orche...
Performers: McIlwham, Stewart; Wallace, John [Trumpet]
Conductors: Maxwell Davies, Peter
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

A wide cross-section of Maxwell Davies's work is represented on this programme, part of the ongoing Naxos reissues of recordings fist released by Collins Classics....continue...

Daniel Schnyder: "Brass" - Trumpet Concerto; Little Songbook; Subzero Concerto / David Taylor; Reinhold Friedrich

1 CD / Marsyas / 2013-02-26

Works: Daniel Schnyder: Concerto for Trumpet; Little Songbook, suite for soloist & brass quintet; subZERO, concerto for bass trombone & ensemble
Performers: Friedrich, Reinhold [Trumpet]; Schnyder, Daniel; Taylor, David
Conductors: ; Jarvi, Kristjan
Ensemble: Absolute Ensemble; Manhattan Brass; North German Radio Philharmonic

On this release some of the world's best brass players perform extraordinary compositions by Daniel Schnyder....continue...
Personnel: Reinhold Friedrich (trumpet); David Taylor (bass trombone); Manhattan Brass, Absolute Ensemble, Radio Philharmonic....continue...

Classical Caffeine - works by Vivaldi, Bach, Handel, Mozart and Beethoven

1 CD / Delos / 2013-02-26

Works: Rodion Shchedrin: Carmen Ballet; Sergey Prokofiev: Classical Symphony, Op. 25; Darius Milhaud: Scaramouche; Dmitry Shostakovich: The Gadfly; Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Concerto for Trumpet in E major; Dm...
Performers: Aharonian, Rouben; Bailey, Zuill; Bilger, David [trumpet]; Dinnerstein, Simone [Piano]; Gugnin, Andrey; Kholodenko, Vadym; Safonova, Svetlana; Schwarz, Gerard; Taylor, Stephen W. [Oboe]; Tennant, Sco...
Conductors: DePreist, James; Schwarz, Gerard; Orbelian, Constantine; Lapunov, Anatoly;
Ensemble: ; Brazilian Guitar Quartet; Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; iDuo; Los Angeles Guitar Quartet; Shanghai Quartet; Style of Five; The Russian Folk Ensemble Balalaika

A delightful array of lively and upbeat classics that are sure to wake you up and get you going. Selections have been chosen exclusively from...continue...

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

1 CD / Centaur / 2013-02-26

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

Ein Hofer Koenigspaar: The Organ in St. Marien und St. Michaelis - works by Purcell, Mendelssohn, Bach, Brahms, Dvorak et al. / Georg Stanek & Ludger Stuhlmeyer, organ

1 CD / Rondeau Production / 2013-02-26

Works: Vincent Lübeck: Praeambulum for Organ in G major; Henry Purcell: Indian Queen, Z 630; Felix Mendelssohn: Prelude & Fugue for organ in G major, Op. 37/2; Elias, oratorium, Op. 70; Orgelsonate c-M...
Performers: Grabner, Eva [Organ]; Kelber, Cornelius [Trumpet]; Stanek, Georg; Stuhlmeyer, Ludger; Wilkens, Jens [Violin]

Hof's city cantors present the city's two remaining important historic organs on this CD. The recorded pieces, which include works by Purcell, Dvorak, Sigfrid Karg-Elert,...continue...
Recording information: St. Marien (07/24/2012); St. Michaelis (07/24/2012); St. Marien (07/25/2012); St. Michaelis (07/25/2012)....continue...

Maurice André - The Trumpet Maestro: Carnival of Venice; Rhapsody in Blue; Summertime et al. (great hits rec. 1956 - 1961)

2 CD / Indesens / 2013-02-12

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Concerto en fa; Un américain à Paris; Porgy and Bess; Strike up the Band; Ernesto Lecuona: Siboney, song for voice & piano (or orchestra); Michael Carr: S...
Performers: Andre, Maurice
Conductors: Faustin, J.; Denjean, Jacques

Maurice André's first great hits, from the years 1956 to 1961....continue...
Recording information: 1956-1959....continue...

Jennifer Higdon: Chamber Music - "Dash" for trio; Alto Sax Sonata; Trumpet Songs; Legacy; Piano Trio / Univ. of Wyoming Music Dept. Faculty

1 CD / Albany Records / 2013-02-12

Works: Jennifer Higdon: Dash; Sonata, for alto saxophone & piano; Trumpet Songs; Song; Legacy; Piano Trio
Performers: Bogard, Theresa; Fadial, John; Meredith, Scott; Riner, Nicole [Flute]; Santos, Rubia; Turpen, Scott; Vanderborgh, Beth
Conductors:
Ensemble: Verismo

Three world premiere recordings highlight this disc of chamber music by the distinguished American composer Jennifer Higdon. Ms. Higdon served as Eminent Artist-in-Residence at the...continue...
Recording information: University of Wyoming Fine Arts Concert Hall (12/2010)....continue...

Viktor Kalabis: Symphonies & Concertos / Petr Skvor, violin; Zuzana Ruzickova, harpsichord; Josef Suk, violin; Milan Langer, piano et al.

3 CD / Supraphon / 2013-02-07

Works: Viktor Kalabis: Symphony, No 2, Op 18 ("Sinfonia Pacis"); Concerto for Violin & orchestra no 1, Op. 17; Symphonic Variations for large orchestra, Op. 24; Concerto for large orchestra; Symphony no 3, ...
Performers: Formacek, Jiri; Kejmar, Miroslav; Langer, Milan; Peter Skvor [Violin/Conductor]; Ruzickova, Zuzanna; Suk, Josef
Conductors: Kosler, Zdenek; Kalabis, Viktor; Neumann, Václav; Slovák, Ladislav; Belohlávek, Jirí; Konvalinka, Milos; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Koutnik, Tomas Norbert; Formacek, Milos
Ensemble: ; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Wind Ensemble; Czech Philharmonic Wind Ensemble; Prague Chamber Orchestra; Prague Symphony Orchestra

To mark the 90th anniversary of the birth of Viktor Kalabis, one of the most distinguished 20th-century Czech composers, Supraphon is releasing this special selection...continue...
Recording information: Prague....continue...

The Very Best of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Ridente la calma, K 152 (210a); Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz...
Performers: Fischer, Edwin [Piano]; Gieseking, Walter; Grummer, Elisabeth; Jackson, Harold; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo; Pritchard, John; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Böhm, Karl; Susskind, Walter; Schmidt, Heinrich; Karajan, Herbert von; Matacic, Lovro von; Gellhorn, Peter; Szell, George; Ackermann, Otto

Multi-award winning opera singer Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, praised for the 'pristine beauty of her lyric soprano' voice by The Guardian, was revered in opera houses worldwide...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...

Bond for Orchestra - music from the films by John Barry, Paul McCartney, Marvin Hamlisch, Duran Duran / Carl Davis

1 CD / Carl Davis Collection / 2013-01-29

Works: John Barry: Thunderball; Diamonds are Forever; Moonraker; Goldfinger; You Only Live Twice; The Living Daylights; Octopussy; On Her Majesty's Secret Service; The Man with the Golden Gun; From Russia w...
Performers: Barker, Guy; Goldsmith, Adam; Holmes, Dave; Pask, Andy; Sporcl, Pavel; Thomas, Ian [Percussion]; Vinter, Andy
Conductors: Davis, Carl
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra

Carl Davis presents a compilation of instrumental covers from the classic James Bond series....continue...
Recording information: Abbey Road Studios....continue...

Sunny Knable: American Variations; Bartok in Brooklyn; Harlem Cycle, Grimm's Hood / Richard Cionco, piano

1 CD / Centaur / 2013-01-29

Works: Sunny Knable: American Variations, for piano; Bartok in Brooklyn, for piano & string quartet; Harlem Cycle, for voice & piano; Grimm's Hood, for 2 trumpets, piano & percussion; Trio, for flute, cello...
Performers: Bailey, D'Vorah; Carrier, Sarah; Cionco, Richard; Drew, Joe; Finger, Matt; Flatt, Ian; Hoffman, Elizabeth; Knable, Sunny

Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen: Christmas and sacred music by J.S. Bach, Telemann & Handel / Lucia Popp, soprano (rec. 1982)

1 CD / Acanta / 2013-01-29

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Ich danke dem Herrn von ganzem Herzen (Psalm 111), TWV 714; George Frederick Handel: Samson, HWV 57; Messiah, HWV 56; Johann Sebastian Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248; Cant...
Performers: Doll, Susanne; Hynninen, Jorma; Popp, Lucia; Reinhart, Carole Dawn; Schuster, Frits [Double Bass]; Sekreve, Henk; Waterman, Joël; Waterman, Robert
Conductors: Voorberg, Marinus

Acanta presents this 1982 re-issue of Christmas and sacred music featuring soprano Lucia Popp. During this time Lucia Popp had reached the height of her...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...

Moe's Bit o'Blue: Music of Perry Goldstein, Douglas O'Grady, Jonathan Santore, et al. / Maureen Horgan, trombone

1 CD / Centaur / 2013-01-29

Works: Douglas O'Grady: Improvisation no 1, for trombone; 11 Dimensional Supergravity, for flute & trombone; Moe's Bit o'Blues, for trombone; Robert Suderburg: Chamber Music III; Jonathan Santore: The Insol...
Performers: Bartholow, Lisa [Flute]; Chesebrough, Constance [Piano]; Hartman, Scott; Horgan, Maureen; Jones, Bart [Trumpet]; Josephson, Julie; McElroy, John; Robinson, Don; Saunders, David; Suderburg, Robert; Wi...

Scarlatti: 12 Sinfonie di Concerto Grosso / I Solisti di Milano

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Sinfonie di concerto grosso no 1 for 2 flutes, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo in F major; Sinfonie di Concerto grosso (12); Sinfonie di concerto grosso no 3 for flute, 2 vio...
Performers: Bodanza, Giuseppe; Cambursano, Glauco; Cavallo, Bruno; Loppi, Augusto
Conductors: Ephrikian, Angelo
Ensemble: I Solisti Milano

I Solisti di Milano and their committed musicianship will be familiar to listeners who have followed their progress through much other, often neglected or hardly...continue...
Recording information: Villa Litta Modigliani, Milan, Italy....continue...

Essential Choral - Over 2 hours of uplifting classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D, RV 589; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Magnificat in D, BWV 243; Cantata no 140; Mass in B minor; George Frederick Han...
Performers: Barley, Peter; Bell, David [Organ]; Beniston, Paul; Bowley, John; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Garcia, Jose Luis; Harper, Heather; Harrhy, Eiddwen; Lott, Felici...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Willcocks, David; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Welser-Möst, Franz; Neumann, Peter; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Muti, Riccardo; Tennstedt, Klaus; Pappano, Antonio;...

This collection of popular choral classics starts with some of the glories of the Baroque era by some of its greatest composers like Vivaldi, Handel...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...

Trumpet Concertos - works by Goedicke, Bohme, Shakhov, Vasilenko, Arutiunian / Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-01-15

Works: Ilya Shakhov: Romantic Concerto for trumpet & orchestra; Alexander Arutiunian: Concerto for Trumpet in A flat major; Oskar Böhme: La Napolitaine, tarantella for trumpet & ensemble, Op. 25; Serge...
Performers: Friedrich, Reinhold [Trumpet]; Tyre, Marjorie
Conductors: Mueller, Christoph-Mathia
Ensemble: ; Gottinger Symphony Orchestra

Reinhold Friedrich is one of the leading trumpet soloists of our time.

Shakhov is little known, and outside Russia his name has been subject to

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Recording information: Hannover (2011-09-16_2011-09-18&2012-)....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; Cápova, Sylvia; Calvert, Eddie; Cramer, Floyd; Davis, Tom [Piano]; Eddy, Duane; Fordham, George; Hogwallop, Lester; Jaccottet, Christiane; Kangas, John; Karas, Anton; Landry, McGe...
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...

John Rutter: The Tewkesbury Collection / Carleton Etherington, Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2013-01-08

Works: John Rutter: Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge, for trumpet, choir & organ; Dormi, Jesu; This is the day which the Lord hath made, anthem for chorus; Carol of the Magi, for baritone, cello, choir & orc...
Performers: Borrett, Christopher; Etherington, Carleton; Lowdon, Alexandra; Monk, Christopher; Tomlinson, Juliet; Wells, Gavin
Conductors: Etherington, Carleton
Ensemble: Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum

For his final recording with the Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum, Benjamin Nicholas celebrates Britain's best-loved living composer, John Rutter. This program explores the full range...continue...
Recording information: Tewkesbury Abbey (2011-03-14_2011-03-16&2011-)....continue...

Quartet [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

1 CD / Decca / 2013-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Dario Marianelli: Quartet, film score; Franz Schubert: An Sylvia; Arthur Sullivan: The Mikado; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Luigi Boccher...
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Charles, Leon; Cotrubas, Ileana; D'Angelo, Gianna; Engel, Karl; Georgiadis, John [Conductor]; Heley, John; Herbert, Ita; Hughes, Ronnie; Jones, Peggy Ann; Kampen, Christopher van; M...
Conductors: Morgan, James; Nash, Royston; Munchinger, Karl; Dorati, Antal; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bartoletti, Bruno; Bonynge, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg

The original motion picture soundtrack to Dustin Hoffman's comedy Quartet brings together a variety of vintage performances from Decca's back catalog that are complemented by excerpts from the film sc...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...

Karlheinz Stockhausen: Michaels Reuse un die Erde / Marco Blaauw, Nicola Jurgensen

1 CD / Wergo / 2013-01-08

Works: Karlheinz Stockhausen: Michael's Journey Round the Earth (from the opera "Donnerstag), for trumpet & orchestra
Performers: Blaauw, Marco; Jurgensen, Nicola
Conductors: Rundel, Peter
Ensemble: MusikFabrik

Michaels Reise um die Erde (Michael's Journey Around the World) is the second act of the opera Donnerstag from the seven-part opera cycle Licht by...continue...
Recording information: Rahmen des Festival d'Automne à Paris im MC93 Théâtre B (12/13/2008-12/14/2008)....continue...

Arthur Honegger: Complete Symphonies / Lubeck PO

2 Super Audio CD / Musicaphon / 2013-01-07

Works: Arthur Honegger: Symphony no 1 in C major, H. 75; Symphony no 2, for strings & trumpet ad lib in D major, H. 153; Symphony no 5 in D major ("Di Tre Re"), H. 202; Symphony no 3 ("Liturgique"), H. 186;...
Performers: Segers, Guido
Conductors: Brogli-Sacher, Roman
Ensemble: ; Philharmonic Orchestra Lubeck

Throughout his life as a composer, Arthur Honnegger, born in 1892 in Le Havre, France, as the son of Swiss parents, combined within himself the...continue...
Recording information: Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Musik- und Kongreáha....continue...