Harp > Kondonassis, Yolanda [Harp]

Solo Harp: The Best of Yolanda Kondonassis / Pierne, Grandjany, Bach Salzedo et al.

1 CD / Azica / 2012-04-24

Works: Gabriel Pierné: Impromptu-caprice for Harp in A flat major, Op. 9; Marcel Grandjany: Rhapsodie, for harp, Op. 10; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite, BWV 996; Carlos Salzédo: Song in the Night; S...
Performers: Kondonassis, Yolanda [Harp]

Yolanda Kondonassis is celebrated as one of the world's premiere solo harpists. This "extraordinary virtuosa" has performed around the globe as a concerto soloist and...continue...

Works of Larry Hoffman: Contemporary American Music

1 CD / DBK Works / 2012-01-17

Works: Larry Hoffman: Quartet for Strings no 1 ("The Blues"); Blues, for harp, oboe & cello; Pages of Anna, for harp, flute, oboe & clarinet; Blues Suite, for cello; Colors, for trumpet & percussion
Performers: Balio, Andrew; Depeters, David; Dumm, Bryan; Kondonassis, Yolanda [Harp]; Mack, John; Ostling, Kristin

American Record Guide, November/December 2012
I found this quite engrossing and enjoyable. The sound varies a bit since the Blues for harp, oboe and cello was...continue...

Takemitsu: Air, Toward the Sea 2, etc; Debussy: Sonate, Syrinx, Danses sacreé et profane / Reischl, Oberlin 21

1 CD / Telarc / 2008-10-28

Works: Claude Debussy: Danse sacrée et danse profane; Syrinx; Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp; Toru Takemitsu: And then I knew it was the wind; Toward the Sea II, for alto flute, harp & strings; Air f...
Performers: Kondonassis, Yolanda [Harp]; Phelps, Cynthia; Smith, Joshua
Conductors: Reischl, Bridget-Michaele
Ensemble: Oberline 21

Hailed by The New York Times for her "powerful playing and musicianly energy," Yolanda Kondonassis celebrates her fifteen years on the Telarc label with the...continue...

Beautiful Wedding - Prelude - Mozart, Handel, Pachelbel, etc

1 CD / Telarc / 2008-05-20

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Erik Satie: Gymnopedie for piano no 1; Claude Debussy: Clair de lune; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves; George Frederick Handel: Concerti grossi (12), Op...
Performers: Kondonassis, Yolanda [Harp]; McDuffie, Robert; Tritt, William; Vogel, Allan
Conductors: Kunzel, Erich; Slatkin, Leonard; Pearlman, Martin; López-Cobos, Jesús; Clark, Keith; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Werthen, Rudolf
Ensemble: ; Boston Baroque; Cincinnati Pops Orchestra; Orchestra of Flanders; Prague Chamber Orchestra; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Salzedo's Harp - Music of Carlos Salzedo / Kondonassis

1 CD / Telarc / 2007-10-23

Works: Carlos Salzédo: Variations on a Theme in Ancient Style, for solo harp, Op. 30; Suite of Eight Dances; Rumba, for harp (from "Suite of Eight Dances"); Tango, for harp (from "Suite of Eight Dances...
Performers: Brown, Kathryn; Kondonassis, Yolanda [Harp]

"This is, I think, either the third or fourth of Telarc's recitals by this engaging artist, but it sounds mysteriously bigger and bolder than the...continue...

Scintillation / Yolanda Kondanassis

1 CD / Telarc / 2006-06-27

Works: Maurice Ravel: Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Claude Debussy: Préludes, Book 2; La fille aux cheveux de lin; Arabe...
Performers: Chalifour, Martin; Cohen, Franklin; Gu, Wei-Fang; Kondonassis, Yolanda [Harp]; Konopka, Stanley; Smith, Joshua; Sperl, Thomas; Weiss, Richard

"Kondonassis manages the feat of playing with discretion and taste while at the same time imparting a perceptible amount of personality to the music... Well...continue...

The Best of Chopin

1 CD / Telarc / 2006-06-27

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo for Piano no 2 in B flat minor/D flat major, B 111/Op. 31; Nocturne for piano no 4 in F major, Op. 15/1, CT. 111; Waltz for piano no 4 in F major, Op. 34/3, CT. 210...
Performers: Frager, Malcolm; Kondonassis, Yolanda [Harp]; O'Conor, John; Parker, Jon Kimura; Rachmaninov, Sergei

No other great composer has dedicated himself as exclusively to the piano as Chopin. He was an inspired improviser who composed while playing, writing down...continue...
Personnel: Yolanda Kondonassis (harp); Malcolm Frager (piano).

Recording information: American Academy Of Arts And Letters, New York, NY; Kulas Auditorium, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH; ...continue...

Quietude - Satie, Debussy, Chopin, et al / Kondonassis

1 CD / Telarc / 2005-10-25

Works: Carlos Salzédo: Introspection, for harp (from "Preludes (5)"); Quietude, for harp (from "Preludes (5)"); Preludes Intimes, pieces (5) for harp; Claude Debussy: Poèmes (7) de Banville; Pou...
Performers: Kondonassis, Yolanda [Harp]

David Russell brings the mythology of Spain and its rich musical tradition to life in this trubute to some of the country's most billiant composers...continue...

The Best of Bach

1 CD / Telarc / 2005-06-28

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050; Cantata no 29, "Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir" BWV 29; Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat u...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Gordon, David [Tenor Vocal]; Jensen, Penelope; Kondonassis, Yolanda [Harp]; Maybe, Patricia; McNair, Sylvia; Murray, Michael [Organ]; O'Conor, John; Paul, Thomas; Simpson, M...
Conductors: Pearlman, Martin; Shaw, Robert; Kunzel, Erich; Ling, Jahja; Clark, Keith;
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Chamber Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Boston Baroque; Cincinnati Pops Orchestra; Jacques Loussier Trio; Les Concerts du Monde; Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Telarc presents 'The Best of Bach', a spirited selections of works of Bach, both choral and instrumental, performed by some of Telarc's most highly acclaimed...continue...

La Belle France - Music Inspired by France

1 CD / Telarc / 2005-04-26

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Requiem, Op. 48; Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80; Claude Debussy: Arabesques (2) for Piano; Clair de lune; La fille aux cheveux de lin; Maurice Ravel: P...
Performers: Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocal]; Kondonassis, Yolanda [Harp]; O'Conor, John; Preucil, William [Violin]
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard; Shaw, Robert; Paavo, Järvi
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Robert Shaw Festival Singers; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

'La Belle France' features music from some of the greatest French composers, including Faure, Debussy, Ravel, Berlioz and Poulenc. The disc features more than sixty...continue...

A New Baroque - Pachelbel's Cannon / Yolanda Kondonassis

1 CD / Telarc / 2004-10-26

Works: George Frederick Handel: Suite no 7 (as used in the film "Got Rot Tunbridge Wells"); Suite for Harpsichord in D minor, HWV 437; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in B minor, K 27/L 449; Sona...
Performers: Kondonassis, Yolanda [Harp]

"With 'A New Baroque', Kondonassis shows that she possesses that rare combination of artistic passion and careful scholarship that is required to make Baroque music...continue...

Bella Tuscany - Music Inspired by Tuscany

1 CD / Telarc / 2004-06-22

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Set 3; Ancient Airs and Dances, Set 2; Gli uccelli "The Birds"; Giovanni Gabri...
Performers: Kondonassis, Yolanda [Harp]; Mora, Fernando de la; Patterson, Paul; Romero, Angel [Guitar]
Conductors: Kunzel, Erich; López-Cobos, Jesús; ; Werthen, Rudolf; Lane, Louis; Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: ; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Cincinnati Pops Orchestra; Empire Brass (Brass band); Orchestra of Flanders; Welsh National Opera Orchestra

Debussy's Harp / Yolanda Kondonassis

1 CD / Telarc / 2003-11-25

Works: Claude Debussy: Petite suite for Piano 4 hands; Danse sacrée et danse profane; Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque); Poèmes (7) de Banville; Arabesques (2) for Piano; Valse romantique, for p...
Performers: Kondonassis, Yolanda [Harp]

"That Debussy loved the harp cannot be denied. Kondonassis, having made several recordings for this label, is not an unknown quantity and brings taste and...continue...

The Romantic Harp / Yolanda Kondonassis

1 CD / Telarc / 2003-01-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Marcel Grandjany: Rhapsodie, for harp, Op. 10; Ernesto Lecuona: Andalucía, suite for piano (Suite Española); Gabriel Fauré: Après un rêve, ...
Performers: Kondonassis, Yolanda [Harp]

Hovhaness: Concerto for Harp, etc / Kondonassis, et al

1 CD / Telarc / 2000-04-25

Works: Alan Hovhaness: Spirit of Trees, sonata for harp & guitar, Op. 374; Concerto for harp & string orchestra, Op. 267; Upon Enchanted Ground, for flute, cello, giant tam-tam & harp, Op. 90; Sonata for ha...
Performers: Coryn, Herwig; Kondonassis, Yolanda [Harp]; Leisner, David; Zukerman, Eugenia
Conductors: Werthen, Rudolf
Ensemble: I Fiamminghi

While hardly "typical" of his work, this album of harp-based music displays the Hovhaness stamp in terms of organization, structure, etc. (his style, once identified,...continue...

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Kondonassis, Werthen, et al

1 CD / Telarc / 1999-10-26

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 8 no 2/RV 315 "L'estate"; Autumn (The Four Seasons); Concerto for Violin in F major...
Performers: Kondonassis, Yolanda [Harp]
Conductors: Werthen, Rudolf
Ensemble: Orchestra of Flanders

The Complete Wedding Album - There is love

2 CD / Telarc / 1998-04-28

Works: André Campra: Idoménée; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 29, "Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir" BWV 29; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Prelude an...
Performers: Chertock, Michael; Donnely, Danny; Holt, Sean; Jensen, Richard [Percussion]; Kammen, Shira; Kondonassis, Yolanda [Harp]; Murray, Michael [Organ]; Romero, Angel [Guitar]; Silverstein, Joseph [Violin/C...
Conductors: Clark, Keith; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Kunzel, Erich; Slatkin, Leonard; Shaw, Robert; Levi, Yoel

Dream Season - The Christmas Harp / Yolanda Kondonassis

1 CD / Telarc / 1997-09-23

Works: Mykola Leontovych: Carol of the Bells; Christmas Traditional: What Child Is This? (Greensleeves); The First Nowell (English); God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); O Sleep, My Pretty Baby, carol (...
Performers: Kondonassis, Yolanda [Harp]; Konje, Jurij; Konje, Yuri

"With 'Dream Season,' I set out to assemble a collection of carols that would capture some of the tranquillity, warmth, innocence, and optimism that make...continue...
Personnel: Yolanda Kondonassis (harp); Jurij Konje (percussion).

Recording information: Lenna Hall, Chautauqua, NY (03/24/1997-03/28/1997).

Dream Season: The Christmas Harp is an enchan...continue...

Classics for All Seasons

4 CD / Telarc / 1994-05-24

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Symphony no 14 in A major, K. 114; Concerto for Piano no 23 in ...
Performers: Dumm, Thomas; Gordon, Barry; Kondonassis, Yolanda [Harp]; Korman, John; Murray, Michael [Organ]; O'Conor, John; Romero, Angel [Guitar]; Romero, Celedonio; Sant'Ambrogio, John; Schiebler, Beverly; Tri...
Conductors: Dohnányi, Christoph von; Kunzel, Erich; Slatkin, Leonard; López-Cobos, Jesús; Zinman, David; Macal, Zdenek; Shaw, Robert; ; Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: ; Empire Brass (Brass band)

Classics For All Seasons - Autumn

1 CD / Telarc / 1993-08-24

Works: Claude Debussy: Danse sacrée et danse profane; Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphony no 2 in E minor, Op. 27; Bedrich Smetana: Má vlast; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis;...
Performers: Dumm, Thomas; Kondonassis, Yolanda [Harp]; Korman, John; Sant'Ambrogio, John; Schiebler, Beverly
Conductors: Zinman, David; Macal, Zdenek; Slatkin, Leonard; López-Cobos, Jesús; Kunzel, Erich
Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Cincinnati Pops Orchestra; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra