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G.I. Joe: Retaliation [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

1 CD / Varese Sarabande / 2013-04-23

Works: Henry Jackman: G.I. Joe
Performers: Belcher, Alex; Freese, Josh; Perry, Joe [Guitar]
Conductors: Glennie-Smith, Nick

Recording information: East West Studios; Newman Scoring Stage, 20th Century Fox Studios; The Village....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

Beggar's Holiday: Duke Ellington's Broadway Musical / David Serero, baritone; John Altman, saxophone

1 CD / DSM Productions / 2013-04-09

Works: Duke Ellington: Beggar's Holiday, musical
Performers: Altman, John; Benhamou, Marc; Gallizio, Christophe; Serero, David

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...

On the Nature of Electricity & Acoustics / Electro-Acoustic Music from Ireland, 1978-2013, curated by Daniel Figgis

1 CD / Heresy Records / 2013-03-26

Works: Roger Doyle: Baby Grand; Educution: Again with the Hose; George Brennan: GlueBagLung; Maghera; Ian Wilson: Devotional 3; Brian O hUiginn: Left Handed March; Sunken Foal: Colloidal Glass; Richard G. E...
Performers: Brennan, George; Buckley, Michael; Casserly, Robbie; Doyle, Roger; Drennan, Anto; Fouere, Olwen; Howard, Richard [Electronics]; Knight, Trevor; Moore, Paul [Bass]; Oding, Tom
Conductors:
Ensemble: Crash Ensemble; Dublin Laptop Orchestra

Unique retrospective of Irish electro-acoustic music from 1978-2013 featuring Ireland's leading contemporary composers and electronic artists. Artistically curated by Daniel Figgis, this compilation o...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...

Carmina Nova: La Tradizione nel Contemporaneo - Works by Scattolin, Kurti and Benati / Latinobalcanica Ensemble

1 CD / Tactus / 2013-02-12

Works: Pier Paolo Scattolin: E nanna nanne, for voice, chorus & ensemble; Addonna va ssa Filumena, for voice, chorus & ensemble; Lamentazioni, for voice, chorus & ensemble; Sarvi Rriggina, for voice, chorus...
Performers: Frei, Constance; Malferrari, Stefano; Morini, Anna Maria; Pezzoli, Giuseppe [Percussion]; Tricomi, Fabio; Windsor, Lorna
Conductors:
Ensemble: Latinobalcanica Ensemble

The Carmina Nova project stems from the observation that for certain solo and choral repertoires it is possible consistently to identify and try out some...continue...
Recording information: Chiesa di S.Girolamo Certosa di Bologna-Italia (09/2009-12/2010)....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; 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...

Robyn Schulkowsky (b.1953): Armadillo / Robyn Schulkowsky, percussion, Fredy Studer, drums, Joey Baron, drums

1 CD / New World / 2013-01-08

Works: Robyn Schulkowsky: Armadillo, for percussion
Performers: Baron, Joey; Schulkowsky, Robyn; Studer, Fredy

Composer/percussionist Robyn Schulkowsky (b. 1953) has premiered and recorded some of the most important percussion works of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, working with composers...continue...
Recording information: Poggiolo, Italy (2006/2009)....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; 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...

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...

Without You

1 CD / PS Classics / 2012-12-11

Works: Anthony Rapp: Without You, musical
Performers: Malachowski, David; Pringle, Jamie [Cello]; Rapp, Anthony [Vocals/Actor]; Weiss, Daniel A.; Wilson, Gordon

Recording information: Angel Studios, London (09/17/2012)....continue...

Ken Field: Sensorium - Music for Dance & Film

1 CD / Innova / 2012-11-13

Works: Ken Field: Taxonomy, film score; Twist of Fate, film score; Sensorium, film score for double string quartet; Double Expose, ballet
Performers: Bierylo, Michael; Denio, Amy; Dowd, Will; Encanti; Field, Ken [Sax/Flute]; Lurie, Jessica; Moye, Leslie [Cello]; Namkoong, Carol [Piano]; Neighbors, Phil; Rabson, Mimi; Scott, Rick
Conductors:
Ensemble: Packer Dance

On Sensorium: Music For Dance & Film - his third release for innova Recordings - Boston-based Ken Field brings together his music for Bridgman/Packer Dance...continue...
Recording information: Mortal Music, Charlestown, MA....continue...

Greatest Video Game Music, Vol. 2 / London Philharmonic Orchestra

1 CD / X5 Group / 2012-11-13

Works: Lorne Balfe: Assassin's Creed - Revelations; Jeremy Soule: Elder Scrolls - Skyrim; Kenta Nagata: Legend of Zelda - The Windwaker; Nobuo Uematsu: Final Fantasy VII; Clint Mansell: A Mass Effect 3; Mar...
Performers: Abrahams, Leo; Cawley, Tom [Keyboards]; Covey, Sarah [Soprano Vocal]; Evans, John; Little, Simon; London Philharmonic Orchestra, The; Weller, Tim
Conductors: Skeet, Andrew
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra

The first album; The Greatest Video Game Music, released in late 2011, featured classical renditions of the most famous and loved video game music, performed...continue...
Personnel: Andrew Skeet (programming).

Recording information: Angel Studios and Air Lyndhurst.

Over the years, video games have evolved from the simple platforming adventures of Mario an...continue...

Scenes from a New Music Séance - works by Cowell, Crawford, Antheil, Hovhaness et al. / Kate Stenberg, violin; Eva-Maria Zimmermann, piano

1 CD / Other Minds Music / 2012-10-30

Works: Ronald Bruce Smith: Tombeau for violin & piano; Josef Matthias Hauer: Fünf Stücke für Violine und Klavier, Op. 41; Henry Cowell: Sonata for Violin; Charles Amirkhanian: Rippling the La...
Performers: Amirkhanian, Charles; Stenberg, Kate; Zimmermann, Eva-Maria

American Record Guide, March / April 2013
Henry Cowell's 'Ballade' is tonal, pastoral, and simple. Rippling the Lamp by Charles Amirkhanian is a plaintive piece for...continue...
Recording information: Skywalker Soudn, Nicasio, CA (10/2010-12/2010); Studio of Amy X Neuburg, Oakland, California (10/2010-12/2010); Skywalker Soudn, Nicasio, CA (2010-01-12_2010-01-13&2010-); Studi...continue...

John Zorn: Music and Its Double

1 CD / Tzadik / 2012-10-30

Works: John Zorn: A Rebours, for chamber ensemble; Ceremonial Magic, for violin & drums; La Machine de l'être, for orchestra
Performers: Choi, Jennifer; Fulmer, David; Han, June; Lipowski, Alexander; Nicolas, Mike; O'Connor, Tara Helen; Pereira, Joe [Percussion]; Rubin, Josh [Clarinet]; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Winant, William [Percussio...
Conductors: Lubman, Bradley; Oramo, Sakari

Three powerful dramatic works from Zorn's remarkable concert music catalog! Zorn's unique cello concerto is a colorful virtuoso showpiece for cellist Fred Sherry and three...continue...

The Music of Upstairs Downstairs, Series 2

1 CD / Carl Davis Collection / 2012-09-25

Works: Carl Davis: Upstairs Downstairs (Series 2), music from the television series
Performers: Bishop, Dave; Blendis, Simon; Bradbury, Adrian; Buckton, Ben [Violin]; Burgess, Joby; Cohen, David; George, Richard; Gilliver, Rebecca; Goldsmith, Adam; Griffiths, Gareth; Kanga, Skaila [Harp]; Laure...
Conductors: Davis, Carl

The 2010-2012 revival of the iconic 1970s drama Upstairs Downstairs on BBC called for new music to match the new drama. Enter contemporary British composer...continue...
Recording information: Angel Studios....continue...

Michael Colgrass Percussion Music 1951-1957 / Braun, Craig, DiSanza, Herron, Humphreys, Robinson

1 CD / Equilibrium / 2012-09-11

Works: Michael Colgrass: Three Brothers, for percussion ensemble; Percussion Music, for ensemble; Chamber Piece, for Percussion Quintet; Inventions on a Motive, for percussion ensemble; Variations for 4 dru...
Performers: Braun, Roger; Craig, Mark; Herron, Greg; Humphreys, Michelle; Robinson, N. Scott; Roulet, Patrick [Drums]; Sanza, Anthony di; Yanik, Megan [Viola]
Conductors: Roulet, Patrick [Drums]; Harrison, Mike

This disc of the percussion music of Michael Colgrass written between 1951 and 1957 includes conversations with the composer on each of the works....continue...

The Art of Renee Fleming - in music of Richard Rodgers, JS Bach, Handel, Bernstein, Puccini, Schubert, Gershwin et al.

1 CD / Decca / 2012-09-11

Works: Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Ave Maria; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt; Antoni...
Performers: Anderson, Rusty; Beroukhim, Cyrus; Fleming, Renee; Gerlach, Alexis Pia; Hakim, William; Hartley, David; Kahne, David; Mills, Jesse; O'Connor, Mark [Violin]; Pearce, Steve; Pelton, Shawn; Salmins, Ral...
Conductors: Delfs, Andreas; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Tate, Jeffrey; Solti, Sir Georg; Gergiev, Valery; Levine, James; Barenboim, Daniel; Bicket, Harry; Gemignani, Paul; Summers, Patrick

A new priority album of the very best from the world's favorite soprano, released to coincide with a major international TV appearance

The Art of

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Arbitrage

1 CD / Milan / 2012-09-11

Works: Cliff Martinez: Arbitrage, film score; Mark Bell: I See Who You Are, song; Derek Adam: Laura Palmer's Prom, song; Ary Barroso: Para Machuchar Meu Coraçao; Arthur Johnston: Just One More Chance; ...
Performers: Bjork; Botos, Robi; Childs, Morgan; Getz, Stan [Sax]; Gilberto, Joao; Holiday, Billie; Jobim, Antonio Carlos
Conductors: Ellis, Ray

Classical Themes in Jazz

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-09-04

Works: John Kirby: Bounce of the Sugar-Plum Fairy, for jazz ensemble (after the Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy from Tcha; William Reardon-Anderson: Solfeggietto / Bud on Bach, for jazz ensemble (after Bud Po...
Performers: Asherie, Ehud; Glass, Daniel [Drums]; Kellso, Jon-Erik; Reardon-Anderson, Peter; Reardon-Anderson, Will

Recording information: Zebulon Studios, New York, NY (07/31/2012)....continue...

La géographie des rêves / Sophie Alour, tenor sax and clarinet

1 CD / Naïve / 2012-08-28

Works: Sophie Alour: Suite Bucolique, for saxophone, clarinet, trumpet, percussion & bass; Tambour Urbain, for saxophone, clarinet, trumpet, percussion & bass; Un Caillou du Ciel, for saxophone, clarinet, t...
Performers: Alour, Sophie; Caracci, Stephan; Loustalot, Yoann; Pasqua, Frederic

Recording information: Studio L'Alhambra Colbert, Rochefort, France (11/20/2011/11/21/2011)....continue...

Singin' in the Rain [2012 London Cast]

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 2012-08-28

Works: Nacio Herb Brown: Singin' in the Rain, musical
Performers: Baggs, Simon; Brewer, Barry; Brown, Charlie; Chibah, Reiad; Cornwell, Phil; Freeman, Richard; George, Richard; Hunter, Andy; Justin, Graham [Trumpet]; Knights, Phil; Lewis, Oliver; McManus, Steve; Me...
Conductors: Scott, Robert

Personnel: Phil Adams (keyboard programming).

Recording information: Angel Studios (06/2012)....continue...

Annie Gosfield: Almost Truths and Open Deceptions

1 CD / Tzadik / 2012-08-28

Works: Annie Gosfield: Wild Pitch, for cello, percussion & piano; Phantom Shakedown, for piano & tape (or recorded media); Almost Truths and Open Deceptions, chamber concerto for cello, percussion, piano, 2...
Performers: Cossin, David; Fan, Felix; Gosfield, Annie; Hammarstrom, Sara; Kentros, George; Kleier, Roger; Landstrom, Marten; Lipowski, Alexander; McMillen, Blair; Olofsson, Mats; Smith, Ches
Conductors:
Ensemble: Real Quiet

Annie is a composer of great imagination whose work brings together noise, minimalism and improvisation with wit and a charming sense of humor. For her...continue...

Harrison Birtwistle: The Triumph of Time / John Harle, Pierre Boulez, Andrew Davis

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-31

Works: Harrison Birtwistle: Triumph of Time, for orchestra; Earth Dances, for orchestra; Panic, for saxophone, drum kit & orchestra
Performers: Clarvis, Paul; Harle, John
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre; Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

Birtwistle's 30-minute orchestral processional is one of the works that established his international reputation in the early 1970s.

It takes its name from a wood

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Steve Reich: Drumming, Parts I-IV; Six Pianos; Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices & Organ / Russ Hartenberger, Bob Becker, James Preiss

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-31

Works: Steve Reich: Drumming, for 2 female voices, piccolo, 4 pairs of bongos, 3 marimbas & 3 glockenspiels; Six Pianos; Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ, for 3 female voices, 3 marimbas, 3 gl...
Performers: Barbara, Joan La; Becker, Bob [Percussion]; Chambers, Steve; Clayton, Jay; Ferchen, Timothy; Harms, Ben; Hartenberger, Russ; Jarrett, Janice; Preiss, James; Reich, Steve; Velez, Glen

Drumming is a classic of hope and achievement. Coming after a few years - the late sixties - when so many old barriers had fallen,...continue...
Recording information: Studio Rahlstedt, Hamburg, Germany (01/1974)....continue...

Doug Lofstrom: Concertino

1 CD / Origin Classical / 2012-07-17

Works: Doug Lofstrom: Concertino for oboe & orchestra; Concertino for harp & orchestra; The Plumed Serpent, for orchestra
Performers: Boyd, Ralph; Corpolongo, Rich; Dowd, Scott [Viola]; Drozdoff, Nick; Emery, John; Galarden, Bill; Hackl, Marty [Violin]; Ingle, Jennet; Kaucher, Craig; Kennedy, Ed; Miller, Chris [Violin]; Molinari, K...
Conductors: Muspratt, Kirk; Lofstrom, Doug

Sentimentale

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-07-17

Works: Claude Bolling: Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio; Albert Franz Doppler: Andante et Rondo, Op. 25 for Two Flutes and Piano; Tod Paul Dorozio: Pescara Pastorale, for flute; Luigi Hugues: Grand Conce...
Performers: Camilleri, Mark [Engineer]; Chang, Samantha; Chow, Conrad; Clary, Donna Jean; Inneo, Mark; Lee, Christopher [Flute]; Liu, Chen; Meyer, Ellen [Piano]

Recording information: Imagine Sound Studios, Toronto, Canada....continue...

Glimpses of the Moon [Original Cast Recording]

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-07-17

Works: John Mercurio: Glimpses of the Moon, musical play
Performers: Bennett, Mary Nye; Biering, Mark; Freeman, John; Gukhman, Maxim; Herndon, Jeff; Kimmell, Anna; O'Dell, Brandon; Smith, Caitlin; Uterhardt, Googie
Conductors: Pence, Ann-Carol

Recording information: Murray Soundlab, Atlanta, GA; The Lodge Studios....continue...

"Noah" - Ave Maria; Deep River; Notte di Luce; Shenandoah; Amazing Grace et al. / Noah Stewart, tenor

1 CD / Verve / 2012-07-03

Works: Mantovani: Cara mia; Harry: Jubilee Songs of the USA; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Justin Hayward: Nights in White Satin; Vincent Youmans: Without a Song; Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah; American Traditional: ...
Performers: Baker, Steven; Bertl, Johnny M.; Dorn, Elisabeth; Dubach, Susanne [Violin, Viola]; Hintringer, Harry [Drums]; Juritz, David; Karlsson, Fridrik; Knollmueller, Christian; Laher, Werner; Sasdi, Inka [Ce...
Conductors: Dodd, Nicholas; Bertl, Johnny M.; Hein, Richard

Verve Records is thrilled to present the debut album from Harlem Tenor, Noah Stewart.

It is hard to believe that only a few years ago

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Personnel: Susanne Dubach (violin, viola); Inka Sasdi (cello); Wolfgang Drechsler (woodwinds, horns).

Tenor Noah Stewart, a native of Manhattan's Harlem neighborhood, has won raves not only i...continue...

Richard Auldon Clark: Trail of Tears and Other Chamber Works

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-07-03

Works: Richard Auldon Clark: For The Ones We Have Lost, for English horn, viola & violin; The People Speak; Sketches (4), for flute, violin, viola & cello; Trail of Tears, for viola, percussion & piano; Min...
Performers: Chambers, Tara; Clark, Richard Auldon; Frisch, John; Gaspari, Nancy; Gass, Howard; Hadfield, John; Holmes, Richard; Moulton, Christine; Moulton, David; Rostron, Karen; Zheleznyak, Maxim

Piranha [Score]

1 CD / Lakeshore / 2012-06-19

Works: Elia Cmiral: Piranha 3DD, film score
Performers: Cmiral, Elia; Hanson, John Samuel; Kaplan, Melissa R.; Mason, Michael; Novak, Katy

Essential American Classics - Over 2 hours of America's best-loved classical music

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Bamboula, danse des nègres for piano, Op. 2, D. 13 (RO 20); Stephen Foster: My Old Kentucky Home, for voice & piano; Beautiful dreamer; Edward MacDowell: To a Wild Rose;...
Performers: Allen, Geri; Barclay, John; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Carter, Regina [Violin]; Criswell, Kim; Gardner, Simon; Glaser, Matt; Goodchild, Mark; Hampson, Thomas; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Voc...
Conductors: Foley, Timothy; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Slatkin, Leonard; Slatkin, Felix; Richardson, Neil; McGlinn, John; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Bátiz, Enrique; Davies, Dennis R.; Paavo, Järvi; Warren-Green,...

Alex Tassel: The First Element: The Sea, for fluegelhorn, tenor sax, piano, bass and drums

1 CD / Naïve / 2012-05-29

Works: Alex Tassel: The First Element
Performers: Beuf, Sylvain; Charlet, Julien; Imbert, Diego; Tassel, Alex; Wilde, Laurent De
Conductors: Arean, Jose
Ensemble: The Mexico Symphonic Orchestra

In January, 2012 Alex Tassel began the recording of a unique and original work that took place in Mexico. The purpose was to reproduce, through...continue...
Recording information: Sala Ollin Yoliztli, Mexico City....continue...

Broken: A Musical [Original Cast Recording]

1 CD / Levity Records / 2012-05-15

Works: Darrell Vanzant: Broken, musical play
Performers: Lane, Callann [Soprano]; Phillips, Ben

The Party [Original Soundtrack]

1 CD / Reel Time / 2012-05-08

Works: Henry Mancini: The Party, film score
Performers: Holland, Milt; Johnson, Plas [Reeds]; Lang, Ronny; Mancini, Henry; Manne, Shelly; Plummer, Bill; Rowles, Jimmy; Sheldon, Jack
Conductors: Mancini, Henry

Personnel: Bill Plummer (sitar); Jimmy Rowles (piano); Larry Bunker (vibraphone); Shelly Manne (drums).

Recording information: RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World, Vine Street, Ho....continue...

The World of Robert Ackerman, Box 1: Interplay Classical / Athena String Orchestra

3 CD / MSR Classics / 2012-05-08

Works: Robert Ackerman: Langsamer Satz, for string quartet; Morceaux (2) for string quartet; Changes, for 7 players; Dark Circling, improvisation for alto saxophone & bass; Interplay, for 16 players; Circli...
Performers: Ackerman, Robert; Hanlon, Bob; Johns, Steve [Drummer]; Kapp, Bobby; Kim, Andy; Richmond, Mike [Bass]; Saarinen, Martti; Sayek, Tom; Silverstein, Steven; Willems, Tristan
Conductors: Willems, Tristian; Willems, Tristan;
Ensemble: ; Athena String Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Bratislava

Saxophonist and composer Robert Ackerman separates this 3-CD set into three parts - the first his compositions for orchestra, the second for smaller ensembles and...continue...

Kinderlieder (Children's Songs), Vol. 3

1 CD / Carus / 2012-04-24

Works: Klaus Hoffmann: Das Lied vom Anderssein, song for children's chorus ("Im Land der Blaukarierten"); German Traditional: Drei Chinesen mit dem Kontrabass, children's song; Tra-ri-ra, der Sommer, der is...
Performers: Aktas, Koray; Altmann, Dirk; Banse, Juliane; Becker, Jorge [Trumpet]; Busch, Christine; Chertenet, Bertrand [Horn]; Cumming, Ian; Elsner, Christian [Vocals]; Elsner, Leonhard; Elsner, Paulina; Federm...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Hoppel Hoppel Rhythm Club

Carus presents the most recent volume in their Lieder Project. The Lieder project is a co-operative charitable project between the Carus, Southwest German Broadcasting Company,...continue...

Bassoon Kaleidoscope - works by Rossini, Boddecker, Saint-Saens, Dubois et al. / Bram van Sambeek, bassoon

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Phillip Friedrich Böddecker: Sonata sopra La Monica, for bassoon & organ (from Sacra Partitura); Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Camille Saint-Saëns: Sonata for bassoon & piano,...
Performers: Bosdijk, Joost; Corver, Ellen; de Gidts, Marijn Korff; Elias, Izhar; Majoor, Maria-Paula; Schneemann, Marieke; Stotijn, Rick; van Sambeek, Bram

This program showcases the many colors and moods that the bassoon is ideally suited to creating. The music ranges from the early Baroque sonata of...continue...
Recording information: De Doelen, Rotterdam (04/20/2011-04/23/2011)....continue...

Augenblick: Music for winds by Christopher Stark, Ryan Gallagher, Zachary Wadsworth, Jesse Jones et al.

1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-04-10

Works: Christopher Stark: Augenblick, for wind ensemble; Ryan Gallagher: Exorcism, for solo drums & wind ensemble; Zachary Wadsworth: A Symphony of Glances; Catherine Likhuta: Out Loud, for piano & wind ens...
Performers: Likhuta, Catherine; Roddy, Derek
Conductors: Turner, Cynthia Johnson
Ensemble: Cornell University Wind Ensemble

Conductor Cynthia Turner Johnson and the Cornell University Wind Ensemble began a program in 2004 of commissioning DMA candidates in composition at Cornell to compose...continue...

Lost in the Stars: The Music of Bernstein, Weill & Sondheim / Deborah Shulman, Larry Zalkind

1 CD / Summit Records / 2012-04-10

Performers: Colella, Jeff Trio; Koonse, Larry; Labarbera, Joe [Drums]; Marocco, Frank Groups; Schaeffer, Steve; Shulman, Deborah; Trotter, Terry; Zalkind, Larry; Zalkind, Matthew; Zalkind, Roberta

Lo Sposalizio: Music by Giovanni and Andrea Gabrielli and others / The King's Consort

2 CD / Hyperion / 2012-04-10

Works: Recorded Sound: Single tolling bell of San Marco; Tolling church bell; The bells of Venice; Anonymous: Drums; Anonymous, Italian: Rotta (instrumental dance); Imperiale prima, trumpet fanfare & drums ...
Performers: Fullbrook, Charles; Miller, David; Staff, David
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: ; King's Consort

Classic CD
Glorious music, gloriously performed.
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Recording information: St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London (02/22/1998-02/25/1998); Venice (02/22/1998-02/25/1998); St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London (04/12/1998); ...continue...

Great Motion Picture Themes

1 CD / Sepia Records / 2012-03-13

Works: Ernest Gold: Exodus; On the Beach, film theme; Manos Hadjidakis: Never on Sunday, song; Elmer Bernstein: The Magnificent Seven; God's Little Acre; Dimitri Tiomkin: Green Leaves of Summer; The Need fo...
Performers: Armstrong, Louis; Caiola, Al; Manne, Shelly; Monroe, Marilyn; Mulligan, Gerry
Conductors: ; Costa, Don; Perito, Nick; Newman, Alfred; Moross, Jerome; Powell, Mitchell; Buttolph, David; Nascimbene, Mario; North, Alex; Malneck, Matty; Bernstein, Elmer; Previn, Andre; Potts, Bill
Ensemble: ; Ferrante & Teicher; The Modern Jazz Quartet

Bach Off Beat: Trio Sonatas, BWV 252, 256, 230 / Zoboli, Colombo, Zamir, etc.

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2012-03-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Trio Sonata for Organ no 2 in C minor, BWV 526; Trio Sonata for Organ no 1 in E flat major, BWV 525; Trio Sonata for Organ no 6 in G major, BWV 530; Omar Zoboli: Agra off beat,...
Performers: Colombo, Massimo; Delmastro, Sergio; Farao, Ferdinando; Zamir, Yael; Zoboli, Omar

Released in cooperation with Crocevia Di Suoni Records, this recording presents Bach's Trio Sonatas, which offer an inexhaustible source for developing new ideas....continue...
Recording information: Montagnola, Lugano (07/08/2009-07/10/2009)....continue...

Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, film score / music by John Powell

1 CD / Varese Sarabande / 2012-03-06

Performers: Doering, George; Kerber, Randy; Waronker, Joey
Conductors: Anthony, Pete

Adventures of a Trumpet

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-02-28

Works: Wolf Kerschek: Adventures of a Trumpet, for trumpet & ensemble; Eine Spanische Weinacht, for trumpet & ensemble
Performers: Calvo, Omar Rodriguez; Hickstein, Thomas; Hofs, Matthias; Kauffmann, Andrej; Krause, Stephan; Netsvetaev, Boris; Schreiber, Sonke; Ullrich, Konrad
Conductors: Merse, Bruno

Recording information: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg-Harburg (07/07/2011); Laeiszhalle, Hamburg (07/07/2011); Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg-Harburg (09/2010); Laeiszhalle, Hamburg (09/2010)....continue...

Underworld: Awakening - the Original Motion Picture Score by Paul Haslinger

1 CD / Lakeshore / 2012-02-14

Works: Paul Haslinger: Underworld; Bret Autrey: Corner (Justin Lassen Remix); Daniel Graves: Under Your Skin (Deadbeat Remix); Zoog von Rock: Sunrise, song
Performers: Cocke, Danny; Haslinger, Paul; James, Matt; Labiner, Alan; Murphy, Ryan [Vocals]

Recording information: Bastyr University, Seattle, WA.

Underworld: Awakening, the fourth installment in the Underworld series, finds ex-Tangerine Dream member Paul Haslinger back for a third go...continue...

Essential Bernstein / Over 2 hours of dramatic American classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Candide; Fancy Free; On the Town; West Side Story; Facsimile; Prelude, Fugue and Riffs; Wonderful Town; Chichester Psalms; Divertimento for Orchestra; Mass; Symphony no 2 'The Age ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Barley, Peter; Blair, Lionel; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Dessay, Natalie; Gaines, Davis; Gheorghiu, Angela; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Hubbard, Bruce; Kahane, Jeffrey; Lie...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Litton, Andrew; Love, Geoff; Slatkin, Leonard; McGlinn, John; Armstrong, Richard; Paavo, Järvi; Davis, Andrew; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Davies, Dennis R.; Ericson, E...

The American composer, conductor, pianist and educator Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990) was one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history....continue...

Il Tenore, The Tenor / Salvatore Licitra

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-02-07

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Macbeth; Il trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Luisa Miller; Otello; Aida, ope...
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo [Tenor Vocal]; Chegwidden, Davey; Frittoli, Barbara; Gavazzi, Ernesto; Hamilton, Mike; Jones, Warren; Labèque, Katia; Licitra, Salvatore; May, Daniel; Plazas, Mary; Wood, Nath...
Conductors: Brignoli, Roberto Rizzi; Rizzi, Carlo; Muti, Riccardo; May, Daniel; Armiliato, Marco

Señor Llaves and the Mexican Muse

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-02-07

Works: Stephen Charles Cecil: Señor Llaves and the Mexican Muse, musical play
Performers: Cecil, Stephen Charles; Deyglio, Victor; Donn, Frank; Edwards, Ronnie; Fazio, Tony; Jones, Ezell, Jr.; Keyes, Joe; Lauren, Melissa; Russell, Dane Paul; Stone, Daniel; Storo, Albert; Tates, Walter; Tu...