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Musique de Chambre

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-08-28

Works: Alessandro Stradella: Pietà, Signore (Agnus Dei), aria di chiesa (spurious, by Niedermeyer or Fétis); Felix Mendelssohn: Songs (6), Op. 19a; Jacques Castérède: Brèves rencont...
Performers: Baril, Louise-Andree; Chayer, Roger-Luc; Lucignano, Veronique
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Ensemble: Quintette National

Recording information: Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur, Montreal, Canada; La Faculté de musique de l'Université de Montréal, Cana; L'Église Ste-Angèle-de-Mérici de St-...continue...

A Windham Hill Collection: The Mozart Variations

1 CD / Valley Entertainment / 2010-02-23

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Magic Flute; Symphony no 40; Minuet for Piano in D major, K 355 (576b); Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Mass in C minor; Concerto for Piano no 23; Serenade no 13 'Eine ...
Performers: Coulter, William; Denman, Todd; Flexer, Kaila; Higbie, Barbara; Johannesson, Lars; Linsky, Jeff; Manring, Michael; Marshall, Mike [Guitar/Mandolin]; McCandless, Paul; Michailova, Irina; Sanders, John...
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Ensemble: Flute Force Inc.; Free Klassik; Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

Originally released in 1999, this album consists of performances by various artists from the stable of the Windham Hill label. They were recorded in different places and are entirely different in styl...continue...

Harmon: Sacred Circle; Vivaldi, Walton, Duruflé, Bernstein, etc / Monumental Brass Quintet

1 CD / Summit Records / 2009-03-10

Works: Craig Arnold: Quintet for Brass "MBW Fanfare"; Paul Mares: Tin Roof Blues; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; William Byrd: Gradualia, Volume 2; John Harm...
Performers: Freeman, Gregory [Trombone]; Lowe, Michael [Trumpet]; Lowe, Nicolas; Parker, Michael; Whitehead, Patrick
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Ensemble: Monumental Brass Quintet

The Monumental Brass Quintet is a prizewinning ensemble of the International Brass Quintet Festival, the Rafael Mendez Competition, and the Baltimore Chamber Music Competition. The...continue...

Christmas Time is Here / Alexander, Pacific Chorale

1 CD / Gothic Records / 2009-01-01

Works: John Alexander: A Carol Fantasy, for choir; Christmas Traditional: Angels We Have Heard on High; The First Nowell (English); I Wonder As I Wander (American); Sing We Now of Christmas (Noel Nouvelet);...
Performers: Ball, Mindy; Bowers, Amy; Dicey, Russell; Ellis, Tony; Frear, Robert; Gamer, Jason; Greene, Fred; Loftus, Lori; McGrath, Kenneth; Perkins, Barry [Trumpet]; Popejoy, Keith; Slack, Robert; Squyres, Dan...
Conductors: Alexander, John

"Alexander and his singers triumphed with purity, focus, refinement, and artistry." -Los Angeles Times...continue...

The King's Singers Greatest Hits

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-02-05

Works: John Lennon: Penny Lane; Help!; Yesterday; Eleanor Rigby; Paul Simon: Bridge Over Troubled Water; The Sounds of Silence; John David: You Are the New Day; Lionel Richie: Three Times A Lady; Cy Coleman...
Performers: Baines, Michael; Barrueco, Manuel; Chase, Roger; Crayford, Marcia; Fraser, John; Fullbrook, Charles; Gerhardt, Emil; Hadden, Nancy; Headley, Erin; Hickox, Richard [Conductor]; Jackman, Bill; Kampen, ...
Conductors: Davis, Carl

The King's Singers are a unique group. Aside from their unusual voice distribution (2 countertenors, 1 tenor, 2 baritones and a bass), they have, over...continue...

Reynaldo Hahn: Songs / Marc Boucher, Oliver Godin

1 CD / XXI-21 Productions / 2007-04-01

Works: Reynaldo Hahn: Chanson au bord de la fontaine, for voice & piano (from "Melodies, Book II"); Rondels; Rêverie, for voice & piano (from "Melodies, Book I"); Ta main, for voice & piano; Mél...
Performers: Boucher, Marc [Baritone]; Carpentier, Martin; Gonthier, Esther; Hannigan, Sheila; Veilleux, Jocelyn

A Christmas Concert / Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

2 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2004-08-03

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Mykola Leontovych: Carol of the Bells; Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); I Saw Three Ships, carol; Masters in Th...
Performers: Berntsen, Neal; Caballero, William; Crewe, Murray; Erickson, Sumner; Hamrick, Robert; Pittsburgh Symphony Brass; Sullivan, Peter; Vosburgh, George
Conductors: Vosburgh, George
Ensemble: Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

The Pittsburgh Symphony Brass, led by Grammy Award-winner George Vosburgh, possess a unique blend of virtuosity with brilliant sonority rarely achieved in brass music. The...continue...
Personnel: Neal Bernstein, George Vosburgh (trumpet, flugelhorn); Murray Crewe (bass trombone); Sumner Erickson (tuba).

Recording information: East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh.
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Westwind Christmas / Westwind Brass

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2003-02-11

Works: Lowell Mason: Joy to the World; Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Andrew Asher Boysen: Angel Medley; English Medley; Classical Medley; Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; Tra...
Performers: Dutton, Brent; Gordon, Richard; Perkins, Barry; Toombs, Barry; Wilds, John
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Ensemble: Westwind Brass

In My Heart -17th & 18th Century Italian Songs /Ramón Vargas

1 CD / RCA Records / 2003-01-21

Works: Giulio Caccini: Amarilli mia bella, for voice & continuo (from Le nuove musiche); Giacomo Carissimi: Vittoria, vittoria, mio core; Alessandro Scarlatti: Il Pompeo; L'honestà negli amori; Anton...
Performers: Anderson, John; Black, Nigel; Bucknall, Nicholas; Chu, Katherine; Edmund-Davies, Paul; Garland, Roger; Lale, Peter; Laurence, Christopher; Pleeth, Anthony [Cello]; Pyatt, David [Horn]; Vargas, Ramon ...

Personnel: Ramón Vargas (tenor); Paul Willey, Rolf Wilson, Roger Garland (violin); Peter Lale, Bruce White (viola); Tony Pleeth (cello); Paul Edmund-Davies (flute); Nicholas Bucknail (clarinet);...continue...

Merry Christmas / Chicago Brass Quintet

1 CD / Centaur / 2001-11-27

Works: Lowell Mason: Joy to the World; Traditional: Carol of the Bells; What child is this?; When Christ Was Born; Christmas Bells; Welcome Sweet Christmas; O come, O come Emmanuel; We wish you a merry Chri...
Performers: Bauchens, Robert; Beacraft, Ross; Boehm, Bradley; Boen, Johnathan; Mattern, James; Nelson, Leon; Robl, James
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Ensemble: Chicago Brass Quintet

Late 20th Century - Lewkowitch: Apollo's Art / Dahl, et al

1 CD / Dacapo / 2000-07-01

Works: Bernhard Lewkovitch: Psalms (3), Op. 9; Ave Regina caelorum; Salve Regina; Alma Redemptoris Mater; Regina caeli laetare; Madrigals (3) of Torquato Tasso for chorus, Op. 13; Via Stenonis for mixed cho...
Performers: Carsten Elborg Adrian; Gottlieb, Klaus; Ingerid Anette Huseby; Merete Hoffmann; Rolf Sandmark; Schuster, Martin

"...His [Lewkovitch's] works are always in motion. The 'Exsultate' and 'Jubilate' from the opening 'Psalms' flow with considerable flair. Harmonically, Lewkovitch is very accessible--no cringing...continue...

Psalms / Timothy Seelig, The Turtle Creek Chorale

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 1999-05-13

Works: Buryl Red: Make a Joyful Noise; Danny Ray: Truth Is God's Gift; The Secret Place; Tom Fettke: The Majesty and Glory of Your Name; Traditional: The Lord is My Shepherd; Nancy Mize Roberts: Clap Your H...
Performers: Anderson, Tim; Berry, Christopher; Bohis, Jon; Brewer, Erin; Brown, Tammy; Buonviri, Nate; Burnham, Bo; Cauthen, Alex; Dobbins, Gary; McNicholas, Mike; Musquiz, Rolland; Ritscher, Ellen; Warton, John
Conductors: Seelig, Timothy
Ensemble: Turtle Creek Chorale

"The Turtle Creek Chorale, a men's chorus centered in Dallas, is quite a remarkable group. They produce a beautiful sound, full, rich, and resonant, and...continue...

Scelsi: The Complete Works for Clarinet / Smeyers, et al

1 CD / CPO / 1997-05-01

Works: Giacinto Scelsi: Studies (3) for Eb clarinet; Ko-lho; Ixor, for reed instrument; Preghiera per un' ombra; Piccola suite, for flute & clarinet; Kya, for B flat clarinet & 7 instruments; Gregorian Chan...
Performers: Hummel, Cornelius; Mandler, Lutz; Mohr, Susanne; Ruh, Thomas; Schneider, Christian [Oboe]; Smeyers, David; Svoboda, Michael; Wicker, Ruth; Zelinsky, Beate
Conductors: Nagy, Zsolt
Ensemble: Ensemble Avance

Grace / Kathleen Battle

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-03-18

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Joshua; Hugo Wolf: Mörike Lieder; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Laudate Dominum; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 21, "Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis BWV 21; C...
Performers: Allen, Nancy [Harp]; Arak, Alan; Baker, Timothy; Battle, Kathleen; Baumer, Bruce R.; Bennion-Feeney, Krista; Bushman, Robin; Caplin, Martha; Carroll, David; Church, Sandra [Flute]; Curtis, Charles; D...
Conductors: Sadin, Robert

Hubertus Messe - Hunting Music /Höltzel, Detmolder Hornisten

1 CD / MD&G / 1996-10-15

Works: Jules Cantin: Grande Messe de Saint Hubert; Leopold Antonin Kozeluch: Fanfare; Wachtel Fanfare; Stopp-Steh-Wild-in-Sicht-Fanfare; Ondrej Anton: Bei Ankuft der Herrschaft, horn call (On the arrival of...
Performers: Höltzel, Michael
Conductors: Höltzel, Michael
Ensemble: Detmolder Horn Quartet

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Christmas with Solid Brass

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1984-12-15

Works: Traditional: In dulci jubilo; What child is this?; The first nowell; Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child "Coventry Carol"; Deck the hall; Song of the Birds; Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Anton&i...
Performers: Browner, Barry; Caswell, Jeffrey; Della Peruti, Carl; DiSavino, Elizabeth; Eddy, Hugh; Haislip, Douglas; Muller, Hans [Trombone]; Olsen, Charles; Sampson, David; Turner, Kyle; Wilcox, Adrienne
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Ensemble: Solid Brass