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Hampson Sisler: Milestones, orchestral suite; Five Shakespeare Sonnets / Ian Greenlaw, baritone; Michelle Trovato, soprano

2 CD / MSR Classics / 2012-08-14

Works: Hampson Sisler: Milestones, suite for orchestra; Shakespeare Sonnets (5), for 2 voices & orchestra
Performers: Greenlaw, Ian; Kharchenko, Irina
Conductors: Leytush, Arkady
Ensemble: Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra; Crimean State Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra; National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

Born in 1932, American composer Hampson Sisler trained as an organist and composer. He has more than 100 published works to his credit and is...continue...
Recording information: 09/2011....continue...

Symphonies Spectacular & Sublime, Vol. 4 / Florence Mustric

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Marcel Dupré: Préludes and Fugues (3) for organ, Op. 7; César Franck: Chorales (3)
Performers: Mustric, Florence

This fourth volume in the series on MSR of recordings by organist Florence Mustric features symphonies spectacular and sublime. Ms. Mustric attended the Cleveland Institute...continue...
Recording information: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Cleveland, Ohio (01/2007-02/2007)....continue...

Angel: Sacred Anthems for Treble Voices / Saint Ignatius Loyola Children's Choir

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Robert Lowry: How can I keep from singing?, for choir; Irish Traditional: Lord of all Hopefulness (Tune; Malcolm Archer: When I survey the wondrous Cross, hymn; We cannot measure, for chorus; James B...
Performers: Bores, Anna; Cottrell, Laura; Parrella, Nancianne; Sheetz, Michael
Conductors: Huff, Mary
Ensemble: Saint Ignatius Loyola Children's Choir

This is a disc of sacred anthems for treble voices performed by the children's choir at Saint Ignatius Loyola. Their repertoire stretches from the plainchant...continue...
Recording information: Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, New York, NY (2011-06-23_2011-06-25&2011-)....continue...

Sing We Now of Christmas / Taylor Festival Choir, Eric Whitacre

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2011-08-09

Works: Christmas Traditional: Work(s); In the Bleak Midwinter (Welsh); Sing We Now of Christmas (Noel Nouvelet); The Wexford Carol ("Good People All, This Christmastime") (Enniscorthy Carol) (Irish); Covent...
Performers: Carroll, Liz; Conant, Susan; Doyle, John [Celtic]; Hightower, Mark; Ivory, Beth; Jobe, Richard; Khoma, Natalia; Lee, Benjamin; Mallon, Danny; Masie, Matt [Percussion]; Miller, Kori; Robertson, Kim; T...
Conductors: Taylor, Robert

The Taylor Festival Choir offers an annual Celtic Christmas presentation in Charleston, South Carolina and with this recording, brings it into the listener's living room....continue...
Recording information: Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul, Charleston, South C (2010-06-17&2010-06-19&2010-)....continue...

Of Another Time

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2011-06-14

Works: Cyril Jenkins: Dawn, for organ; Night, for organ; Marcel Paponaud: Toccata for organ; Camille Saint-Saëns: Fantasy for Organ in E flat major; Percy Grainger: Colonial Song; Franz Liszt: Ave Mari...
Performers: Kim, Yun Kyong [Organ]

Organist Yun Kyong Kim is passionate about bringing musically diverse programs to her audiences and is in great demand as an organ and harpsichord recitalist....continue...
Recording information: St. Mary's Catholic Church, Dayton, Ohio (11/23/2009-11/24/2009)....continue...

Just For Fun: Riff-Raff and Rhumba / Mustric, organ

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2011-04-12

Works: Robert Elmore: Rhumba; Fantasy on Nursery Tunes, for organ; Guy Bovet: Salamanca, for organ; Fugue on Henry Mancini's Pink Panther Theme, for organ; Giles Swayne: Riff-Raff, for organ; Maurice Durufl...
Performers: Mustric, Florence

Florence Mustric studied organ at the Cleveland Institute of Music and Oberlin. She plays this program on the historic organ of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church...continue...
Recording information: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Cleveland, Ohio (03/2007)....continue...

A Treasury of German Baroque Music

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2011-03-08

Works: Johann Joachim Quantz: Trio sonata for recorder, flute & continuo in C major; Duet for 2 flutes no 2 in A minor, Op. 2/2; Dietrich Buxtehude: Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne for Organ in C major, BuxWV 1...
Performers: Tritle, Kent
Conductors:
Ensemble: Hanoverian Ensemble

The Hanoverian Ensemble is a group of distinguished musicians who specialize in historical performance on period instruments. This program alternates chamber works with works for...continue...
Recording information: Mary Anna Fox Martel Recital Hall, Vassar College, Poug (07/21/2009-07/23/2009)....continue...

Arise, Shine! / Advent Festival of Lessons & Carols in the style of Salisbury Cathedral

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2011-02-08

Works: Robert Lehman: Invocation and Matin Responsory; Vesper Responsory; Michael Praetorius: Come, Thou Redeemer of the Earth; Spoken Word: The Bidding Prayer; Scripture Reading; Anonymous: O Sapientia (fr...
Performers: Hernandez, Levi; Hoskins, Richard Barrick; Kahrmann, Katherine; Lee, Lisa Rogers; Lee, Rosalind; Reardon, Patrick
Conductors: Barber II, Bruce J.
Ensemble: St. James Cathedral Choir

This Advent festival is taken from the liturgy used at the great English Cathedral at Salisbury in England. The service conveys a central theological and...continue...
Recording information: St. James Cathedral, Chicago, Illinois (04/23/2010-04/26/2010)....continue...

A Cathedral Christmas

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2010-09-14

Works: Randol Alan Bass: Gloria, for chorus; Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); Dans le silence de la nuit (In the Still of the Night), carol (French); Carol For The King (French, 15th c.); ...
Performers: Donasco, Dee; Gwozdz, Lee; Pena, Dorothy; Vasquez, Charles
Conductors: Rivera, Guadalupe Jr.

The Choirs of Corpus Christi Cathedral offer a Christmas program of familiar carols....continue...
Recording information: Corpus Christi Cathedral, Corpus Christi, TX (08/10/2009-08/13/2009)....continue...

Illumine Our Hearts

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2010-02-09

Works: Salomone Rossi: 'Al naharót bavél (Psalm 137) à 4; B'Tseit Yisrael, for chorus; Tzvi Avni: Mizmorei Tehillim, for chorus; Anonymous: O Kum, Shoyn Shtiler Ovnt; Alexander Olshanetsky: V...
Performers: Goodall, Virginia [Vocals]; Harris, Rebecca; Higgenbotham, David [Vocals]; Mayo, Randy [Vocals]; Nelson, Stan [Cantor]; Parvin, Gloria; Seigel, Daniel [Vocals]; Seigel, Jane [Vocals]; Seigel, Lester;...
Conductors: Seigel, Lester
Ensemble: Sursum Corda

This collection of liturgical and secular Jewish choral music is sung by Sursum Corda, a 16-member vocal ensemble based in Birmingham, Alabama that has received...continue...
Recording information: Canterbury Chapel (01/2009); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt. Br (01/2009); Canterbury Chapel (11/2008); Sanctuary of Canterbury United Methodist Church, Mt....continue...

Organ Recital: Bach, Vierne, Frescobaldi

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Girolamo Frescobaldi: Il secondo libro de toccate, canzone...di cimbalo et organo, no 2, Toccata Seconda in G minor; Il secondo libro de toccate, canzone...di cimbalo et organo, no 4, Toccata Quarta,...
Performers: Choi, SooHwang [Organ]

SooHwang Choi maintains an active career as an organist performing in Japan, Korea and the United States. She has taught at several universities in Korea...continue...

Classics, Eclectic Geophysics... and Bach

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2009-12-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue for Organ in C minor, BWV 546; Partita in D minor for violin, BWV1004; Hampson Sisler: The Big Bang, for organ & orchestra; Thermals, Rising, for orchestra
Performers: Michailuk, Valery
Conductors: Leytush, Arkady

The disc alternates between works by J.S. Bach, orchestrated by the conductor Arkady Leytush, and music by Hampson Sisler, an American composer, organist and choral...continue...
Recording information: DZZ Studio, Kiev, Ukraine....continue...

Mason Bates: Digital Loom

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2009-08-11

Works: Mason Bates: Blues7, for electronics; Digital Loom, for organ & electonics; Siren Music, for electronics; From Amber Frozen, for string quartet & electonics; Amber, for electronics; Red River, for mi...
Performers: Bates, Mason; Demers, Isabelle
Conductors:
Ensemble: Antares

The music of Mason Bates fuses innovative orchestral writing, the rhythms of electronica and techno, and imaginative narrative forms brought to life by cutting edge...continue...

Florence Mustric Plays Vol 2 - The Thrill of the Chase

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2009-02-10

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Prelude and Fugue for Organ in D major, BWV 532; Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582; Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C majo...
Performers: Mustric, Florence

Florence Mustric, a graduate of Oberlin and the Cleveland Institute of Music, showcases Trinity's Beckerath organ in this recording of works by Bach. She has...continue...

Harbach: Toccatas, Flourishes & Fugues

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2009-01-13

Works: Barbara Harbach: Chester, fugue for organ (after William Billings); In Babilone, fantasy and fugue for organ; Azmon, for organ (after Carl G. Gläser); O Waly Waly, improvisation for organ; Ein F...
Performers: Harbach, Barbara

This disc is a celebration of hymns composed and arranged by Barbara Harbach, who is equally known for her work as an organist and harpsichordist....continue...

Amazing Grace - Hymns of Faith and Praise / William Neil

2 CD / MSR Classics / 2008-09-09

Works: Thomas Helmore: O come, O come, Emmanuel (tune Veni Emmanuel) (New English Hymnal no 11); John Stainer: Come, thou long-expected Jesus (Tune; Johann Walter: Savior of the Nations, Come (Veni Redempto...
Performers: Neil, William [Organ]

William Neil, organist and harpsichordist of the National Symphony Orchestra and the National Philharmonic, is one of the most noted keyboard artists of the Nation's...continue...

Ancient & Modern - Alain, Surzinski, Bach, Siefert, et al / Boguslaw Grabowski

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2008-08-12

Works: Jehan Alain: Litanies for Organ, AWV 100/Op. 79; Postlude pour l'office de Complies for Organ, AWV 13/Op. 21; Mieczyslaw Surzynski: Improvisation on the Polish Hymn "Holy God"; Johann Sebastian Bach:...
Performers: Grabowski, Boguslaw

The idea behind this recording of organ works performed by Boguslaw Grabowski was to present a musical picture of the instrument that in genuinely unique...continue...

Songs of the Sages - Sisler, Leytush / Leytush, Sisler, Khokhlova, Ukraine SO, et al

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2008-04-01

Works: Arkady Leytush: To Life, fanfare for orchestra; Hampson A. Sisler: Diurnal Night, cantata for voice & chamber orchestra; Anthems (4), for mixed chorus; Nature's Terrorists, suite for orchestra; Songs...
Performers: Khokhlova, Viktoriya; Sisler, Hampson A.
Conductors: Leytush, Arkady; Plish, Bogdan
Ensemble: ; Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra

A previous release (MSR1229) introduced the orchestral works of this fine American composer, who has more than 100 works to his credit in all forms....continue...

East of Berlin - Mussorgsky, et al / Florence Mustric

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2008-01-01

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano; Paul Ben-Haim: Prelude, for organ; Milos Sokola: Toccata for organ; Peeter Süda: Prelude & Fugue for organ in...
Performers: Mustric, Florence

Florence Mustric has a Master of Music in Organ from the Cleveland Institute of Music and a BA from Oberlin. This unusual program not only...continue...

Cosmic Divide - Hampson Sisler / Leytush, Michaliuk, et al

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2007-09-01

Works: Hampson A. Sisler: Impromptus (4), for orchestra; Rondo Symphonique, Fugue & Epilogue, for organ & orchestra; The Cosmic Divide (Inspired by passages from The Book of Revelation, King James version),...
Performers: Michailuk, Valery
Conductors: Leytush, Arkady
Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra

American composer, organist and choral conductor Hampson Sisler has more than 100 works to his credit and was the youngest person, at age 17, to...continue...

Divine Harmony - Telemann: Sacred Cantatas / Djerejian,et al

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2007-08-01

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Weg mit Sodoms gift'gen Früchten, sacred cantata for voice, violin & continuo (HGD), TWV 1; Glaubet, hoffet, leidet, duldet, sacred cantata for voice, violin & continuo, ...
Performers: Ledger, Philip, Sir; Meyn, Norbert; Preece, Simon; Sanguinetti, Guido; Stache, Monika; Waters, Rosalind
Conductors: Ledger, Philip, Sir
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

Patrice Djerejian is a young and gifted contralto who performs actively in the United States and Europe. She has gained international recognition for her radiant...continue...

Grand Tradition - Bach, Handel, Wagner, et al / Morris

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2007-06-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Organ Concerto in B flat major, Op.4/2, HWV 290; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Maurice Duruflé: Prelude, Adagio and Chorale Variations on "Veni Creator", Op. 4; ...
Performers: Morris, Richard

Richard Morris, a pupil of Virgil Fox, Catherine Crozier and Richard Hauser, indeed performs in the "grand manner" on a magnificent organ, in a wide-ranging...continue...

He is Risen! - Hymns of Easter Season / WIlliam Neil

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2007-03-01

Works: German Traditional: Hosanna, Loud Hosanna, hymn; Christ Jesus Lay in Death's Strong Bands, hymn; Graham George: Ride On! Ride On in Majesty!, hymn; Melchior Teschner: All glory, laud and honor; Johan...
Performers: Neil, William [Organ]

William Neil, organist of the National Symphony Orchestra, is well known for his performances of traditional and contemporary organ music. Prior to his appointment in...continue...

This Time It's Personal - Brewer, Bach, et al / Ketterer

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2007-03-01

Works: Herbert Brewer: Marche héroïque; Craig Sellar Lang: Tuba Tune for Organ in D major, Op. 15; George Thalben-Ball: Elegy for organ in B flat; Léon Boëllmann: Suite Gothique, Op. 2...
Performers: Ketterer, Stephen J.

Stephen J. Ketterer started playing the piano at age four, switched to the organ 10 years later and has been actively performing ever since. Although...continue...

Daniel Gawthrop: Exultate / Mary Mozelle

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2007-02-01

Works: Daniel E. Gawthrop: Exultate, for organ; Sketchbook 1, for organ; Caprice, for organ; Nocturne, for organ; Toccata Brevis, for organ; Sketchbook 3, for organ; Partita on Hyfrydol, for organ; Chorale ...
Performers: Mozelle, Mary

Organist Mary Mozelle writes, "An all-Gawthrop disc may come as a surprise to the organ world, but listeners should be prepared to fall in love...continue...

Randall Faust: Celebration / Andrew Pelletier, Jason Aquila

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2007-02-01

Works: Randall E. Faust: Horn Call, for horn & electronics; Concerto for Horn; Call and Response, for solo horn; Three English Folk Songs, for horn & piano; Rondo for horn & piano; Declamation, fantasy vari...
Performers: Aquila, Jason; Kim, Hyung Ja; Pellietier, Andrew; Rotz, Brian

"Randall Faust, horn professor at Western Illinois University, is a fine composer whose many horn works sound both modern and immediately attractive. Faust likes to...continue...

Vocalise - Rachmaninov, Bach, Wonder / Caroline Worthington

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2006-12-01

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Traditional Spiritual: Break Bread Together, spiritual; Charles Veal: Say What, for voice, cello & piano; Lament - In Memory of JFK Jr., for cello & piano; Wie...
Performers: Andrews, Lori; Bardner, Forrest; Houston, Thelma; Malery, Jerome; McLean, Gigi; Peters, Jerry; Worthington, Caroline
Conductors:
Ensemble: Second Power

Noël - 25 Hymns of Christmas / William Neil

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2006-08-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Johann Schop: Brich ...
Performers: Neil, William [Organ]

Even though the Christmas season is still a ways off, here is an outstanding disc to consider getting on hand a bit early! These works...continue...

Veni Creator Spiritus / Swanson, Bruns, von Beckrath

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2006-07-01

Works: Philip Swanson: Variations on Veni Creator Spiritus, for trombone & organ; Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Hugo Distler: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, partita for organ, Op. 8/1; Frigyes Hida...
Performers: Bruns, Barbara; Swanson, Philip

This CD presents two original compositions and one arrangement for trombone and organ as well as a solo organ work by Hugo Distler, one of...continue...

Maurice Duruflé: Requiem / Tritle, St. Ignatius Loyola Choir

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2006-05-01

Works: Maurice Duruflé: Requiem; Suite for Organ, Op. 5
Performers: Erickson, Kaaren; Fiacco, Arthur J. Jr.; Parrella, Nancianne; Tritle, Kent
Conductors: Tritle, Kent
Ensemble: St. Ignatius Loyola Choir

Felix Hell plays the Reiger-Kloss Organ

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2006-05-01

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne for Organ in C major, BuxWV 137; Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue for Organ in G major, BWV 541; Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, chorale prelu...
Performers: Hell, Felix

With more than 450 concerts in his native Germany as well as North America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Felix Hell (b. 1985) is probably...continue...

Works for Trumpet and Organ / Steve Hendrickson, et al

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2006-04-01

Works: Henry Purcell: Indian Queen, Z 630; Dietrich Buxtehude: Komm heiliger Geist, Herre Gott; Jonathan Leshnoff: Cosmic Echoes, for trumpet & organ; Johann Sebastian Bach: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BW...
Performers: Avalos-Teie, Myriam; Hendrickson, Steve [Trumpet]; Libelo, Carole; Neil, William [Organ]

The tradition of music for trumpet and organ apparently began in French and German churches at some point in the second half of the 17th...continue...

Boismortier: Sonatas for Two Bassoons / Musica Franca

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2006-03-01

Works: Joseph Bodin de Boismortier: Sonata for bassoon & continuo in E minor, Op. 50/1; Sonata for bassoon & continuo in G major, Op. 26/3; Sonata for 2 bassoons (or cellos or viols) in D minor, Op. 40/1; S...
Performers: Bergeron, Sylvain; Jackson, Fraser [Bassoon]; Jackson, Nadina Mackie; Lussier, Mathieu; Pare, Richard
Conductors:
Ensemble: Musica Franca

"... Perhaps most pleasing about the instrumentation is the wonderful dark and sonorous blend of two bassoons, contrabassoon, organ, and theorbo. The adagio, largo, and...continue...

Michel Corrette: Le Phénix, etc / Musica Franca

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2006-03-01

Works: Michel Corrette: Le Phénix, concerto for 4 bass viols, cellos or bassoons & continuo in D major; Les Délices de la Solitude, 6 sonatas for cello, viol, bassoon & continuo, Op. 20; Concerto ...
Performers: Jackson, Fraser [Bassoon]; Jackson, Nadina Mackie; Jenkins, Paul; Lussier, Mathieu; McLean, Kathlene; Terry McKenna [Lute/Guitar]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Musica Franca

"The six sonatas are wonderful little gems of music. The fourth one is my favorite, partly because it is in B-flat, a particularly resonant key...continue...

Les Corps Glorieux / Parella, Drake, et al

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2005-12-01

Works: Henri Büsser: Le Sommeil de l'Enfant Jésus; Marcel Grandjany: Aria in Classic Style for harp & organ (or orchestra), Op 19; Camillo Schumann: Prelude for organ in B minor, Op. 123/2; Reci...
Performers: Drake, Victoria; Fiacco, Arthur J. Jr.; Parrella, Nancianne

A Festive Proclamation - Adler, Bach, et al / Neil

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2005-06-01

Works: Samuel Adler: Festive Proclamation, for organ; George Frederick Handel: Organ Concerto in B flat major, Op.4/6, HWV 294 (originally for harp); Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 172, "Erschallet, ihr ...
Performers: Gekker, Christopher; Neil, William [Organ]; Oppelt, Nicolette; Weinreb, Alice Kogan; Ziegler, Delores

An Evening at Edgewood - Mendelssohn, Krebs, Bach / Ketterer

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2005-04-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Sonatas (6) for Organ, Op. 65; Johann Ludwig Krebs: Fantasia on "Warum sollt ich mich denn grämen", for ogan; Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder, chorale prelude for organ; Joha...
Performers: Ketterer, Stephen J.

Nagel, Rivier, Pinkham / Sandor, Lash

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2004-12-01

Works: Robert Nagel: Trumpet Processional; Jean Rivier: Aria, for trumpet & organ; Daniel Pinkham: Voluntary for Trumpet and Organ; Gerhard Wuensch: Suite for trumpet & organ; Leo Sowerby: Fantasy for trump...
Performers: Lash, Andre; Sandor, Edward

Dialogues - American Music for Flute and Organ / Marianiello

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2003-08-01

Works: Gerald Near: Suite in Classical Style; Charles Callahan: Pastorale for flute & organ; Rayner Brown: Sonata for flute & organ; Frances Thompson McKay: Sumer is..., for flute & organ; Harald Rohlig: Ch...
Performers: Marianiello, Linda; Reas, Keith