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Varese Sarabande: A 35th Anniversary Celebration [4 CD]

4 CD / Varese Sarabande / 2013-05-07

Works: John Powell: Dr. Seuss' The Lorax; Kung Fu Panta 2; How to Train Your Dragon; Rio; Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!; Knight and Day; Christopher Lennertz: Hop; Mark Isham: Dolphin Tale; Cliff Eidelman:...
Performers: Farrais, Cristina; Grusin, Dave; Mirkovic, Natasa; Mirkovic-De Ro, Natasa; Sanabras, Clara; Scott, Lisbeth; Snow, Mark [Composer]; Tenerife Film Orchestra
Conductors: Snow, Mark [Composer]

Una Stravaganza" dei Medici: Intermedi (1589) per La Pellegrina / Taverner Consort, Parrott

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-04-09

Works: Hugh Keyte: La Pellegrina, for chorus
Performers: Kirkby, Emma
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble: Taverner Players

The sixth release in the Rediscoveries series from Virgin Classics Andre Parrott's landmark recording of La Pellegrina - Music for the Wedding of Ferdinando De...continue...
Recording information: Studio No. 1, Abbey Road, London (07/1986)....continue...

Michael Reudenbach: Szenen, Standbilder, Werke 1991-2009

2 CD / Forcex / 2013-03-19

Works: Michael Reudenbach: Trio, study for piano, violin & cello; Choral, for voices & 5 instruments; Und aber, for string quartet; Kommen - überschreibungen, for 5 voices; Trio no 3 for basset horn, b...
Performers: Avery, James; Kiebler, Sven Thomas; Meier-Schmid, Monika
Conductors: ; Blunier, Stefan; Nußbaum, Walter; Schroder, Michael; Wulff, Bernhard
Ensemble: ; Bärmann Trio; Ensemble Avance; Ensemble Aventure (Germany); Ensemble l'art pour l'art; Sinfonietta Tubingen

Marco Frisina: Passio Cæciliæ / Barbara Vignudelli; David Sebasti. Coro Musicanova

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Marco Frisina: Passio Caeciliae, sacred cantata for narrator, voice, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Vignudelli, Barbara
Conductors: Scogna, Flavio Emilio
Ensemble: Nova Amadeus Chamber Orchestra

The disc presents the sacred cantata Passio Ceciliae, which tells the story of the virginal Cecilia and details the events leading up to her martyrdom....continue...
Recording information: Cripta delle Ancelle della Carità, Roma (03/17/2012)....continue...

Richard Blackford: Mirror of Perfection; Choral Anthems / Ying Huang: soprano; Bo Skovhus: baritone

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2013-02-12

Works: Richard Blackford: Mirror of Perfection; A Westminster Te Deum, for chorus & organ; On Another's Sorrow, for chorus & organ; I Know That My Redeemer Liveth, for chorus & organ; From The Song of Songs...
Performers: Farrington, Iain; Huang, Ying; Robinson, Olivia; Skovhus, Bo [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Blackford, Richard; Hill, David
Ensemble: ; BBC Singers

MusicWeb International, January 2013
Mirror of Perfection is a response to texts by St Francis of Assisi, some of which (notably Canticle of Love III) are...continue...
Recording information: St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London, England (02/22/2012); Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, Dorset, England (02/22/2012); St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London, England (199...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...

Gudmundur Högnason: Hymnodia Sacra / Carmina Chamber Choir; Nordic Affect; Árni Heimir Ingólfsson: director

1 CD / Smekkleysa / 2013-02-12

Works: Statius Olthof: Músíkulof, for chorus; Andi Guds eilífur er, song; Arni Heimir Ingólfsson: Eilíft lof med elsku hátt, song; Gudmundur Högnason: Heyr _ú, Guds b...
Performers: Blondal, Kristin Erna; Halldorsdottir, Marta Gudrun; Haroardottir, Guorun Hrund; Karlsson, Gudmundur Vignir; Loftsdottir, Hanna [Cello]; Nyhlin, Karl; Oskarsdottir, Gudrun; Stefansdottir, Halla Stein...
Conductors: Ingolffson, Arni Heimir
Ensemble: ; Nordic Affect

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
Most of the music is sung in unison or by a solo voice. Much of it sounds...continue...
Recording information: Langholtskirkja, Reykjavik, Iceland (2009-06-29&2009-07-06_2009-)....continue...

The Shakespeare Concerts Series, Vol. 1: Shakespeare's Memory / Chad Sloan, Andrea Chenoweth, Kellie Van Horn

1 CD / Navona / 2013-01-29

Works: Joseph Summer: With Mirth in Funeral, for baritone & piano (from Oxford Songs); On The Death Of A Fair Infant, for voice & string quartet; Leda and the Swan; Full Fathom Five, for mezzo-soprano, teno...
Performers: Chenoweth, Andrea [Soprano Vocal]; Ferrante, Maria; Hartelova, Lydie; Sekera, Miroslav; Sloan, Chad [Baritone Vocal]; Van Horn, Kellie; Vickers, Justin; Watson, Ian
Conductors:
Ensemble: Kalmia String Quartet

Shakespeare's Memory is the first offering in Navona's Shakespeare Concerts Series. Vol. 1 includes Summer's original chamber and vocal compositions set to Shakespeare's dramas and...continue...

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

2 CD / DRG Records / 2013-01-29

Works: Rupert Holmes: Mystery of Edwin Drood, musical play
Performers: Barasch, Nicholas; Benson, Peter; Block, Stephanie J.; Chase, Will; Creighton, Robert; Davita, Janine [Vocals]; Edelman, Gregg; Karl, Andy; Lewis, Shannon; Mueller, Jesse; Norton, Jim [Vocals]; River...
Conductors: Gemignani, Paul

Recording information: KAS Music & Sound, Kaufman Astoria Studios, New York, N (12/10/2012)....continue...

Stephen Sondheim: Sweeney Todd / Jane Henschel, Mark Stone. Ulf Schirmer

2 CD / BR Klassik / 2013-01-29

Works: Stephen Sondheim: Sweeney Todd
Performers: Baker, Gregg; Best, Jonathan; Bottone, Rebecca; Charbonneau, Pascalin; Dimarzio, Diana; Dwyer, Adrian [Tenor Vocal]; Henschel, Jane; Hirtreiter, Andreas; Meyer, Andrew Lepri; Samm, Ronald; Schneider,...
Conductors: Schirmer, Ulf
Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

To commemorate its 60th anniversary in 2012, the Munich Radio Orchestra, under director Ulf Schirmer, performed Stephen Sondheim's musical, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of...continue...
Recording information: Prinzregententheater, München (05/06/2012).

Even though this German production of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd may be greeted with some skepticism, it is a remark...continue...

James Whitbourn: Annelies (chamber version) / Arianna Zukerman, soprano; Westminster Williamson Voices; Bharat Charidra, clarinet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-01-29

Works: James Whitbourn: Annelies, for soprano, chorus, clarinet, violin, cello & piano (chamber version)
Performers: Chandra, Bharat [Clarinet]; Lincoln Trio; Zukerman, Arianna
Conductors: Jordan, James
Ensemble: Lincoln Trio

The first major choral setting of The Diary of Anne Frank takes the teenager's remarkable and penetrating observations, written whilst hiding in an Amsterdam attic,...continue...
Recording information: Princeton Meadow Church, New Jersey, USA (05/14/2012-05/16/2012)....continue...

Hector Berlioz: Les Nuits d'Été, Op. 7; Norbert Palej: The Poet and the War; Rorate Coeli / Shannon Mercer, soprano

1 CD / Centaur / 2013-01-10

Works: Hector Berlioz: Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, song cycle; Norbert Palej: The Poet and the War, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Rorate Coeli, for orchestra
Performers: Mercer, Shannon [Soprano]
Conductors: Paetkau, Eric
Ensemble: ; Group of Twenty-Seven

Recording information: Grace Church on-the-Hill, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (04/01/2011)....continue...

A Portrait of Clemens Gadenstätter: Gadenstätter: Fluchten/Agorasonie 1; Auf Takt for orchestra; Ballade no 1 for voice and piano

1 CD / Col Legno / 2013-01-08

Works: Clemens Gadenstätter: Fluchten / Agorasonie no 1, for 2 pianos, percussion & orchestra; Auf takt, for orchestra; Ballade no 1, for voice & piano
Performers: Grobner, Johanna; Gumpinger, Josef; Müller, Florian; Pammer, Anna Maria; Trisko, Veronika; Windbacher, Gerhard
Conductors: Rophé, Pascal; Tamayo, Arturo
Ensemble: ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna

A perfect "screen capture" of Gadenstatter's oeuvre!...continue...

John McCabe (b. 1939): Visions - Music for Chorus / BBC Singers, Iain Farrington, organ

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-12-11

Works: John McCabe: Marian Carols (3) for voices & chorus; Mangan Triptych, for chorus; Amen/Alleluia, for chorus; Proud Songsters, for chorus; The Lily-White Rose, for voice & chorus; The Morning Watch, fo...
Performers: Charlesworth, Stephen; Farrington, Iain; Feaviour, Margaret; Fox, Jacqueline; Goater, Edward; Robinson, Olivia; Tring, Emma [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Hill, David
Ensemble: ; BBC Singers

Choral music from one of Britain's leading composers. These wide-ranging and deeply communicative settings present a rich variety of vocal colors and textures. Includes several...continue...
Recording information: St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London, England (02/19/2009/07/02/2010)....continue...

Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf: Angelus Novus Cycle / Almut Hellwig & Monika Meier-Schmid, sopranos; Ensemble Surplus

2 CD / Neos Production / 2012-12-05

Works: Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf: Angela Nova, for voice, guitar, 4 violins, harp & piano; Chamber Symphony no 2; Solitude-Sérénade, for piccolo oboe, guitar, 2 violas, double bass, harp & piano; La ...
Performers: Cox, Franklin; Hellwig, Almut; Levine, Carin; Meier-Schmid, Monika; Rombout, Ernest; Vetter, Sophie-Mayuko
Conductors: Avery, James
Ensemble: Ensemble SurPlus

The Angelus Novus Cycle consists, along with the work for solo soprano, Angela Nova 2, of the six works that comprise the poly-work Angelus Novus,...continue...

Oliver Knussen: Autumnal; Choral; Violin Concerto; Requiem; Songs for Sue / Leila Josefowicz, violin; Alexandra Wood; Huw Watkins; Claire Booth

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Oliver Knussen: Choral, for band; Autumnal, for violin & piano (Triptych, Part 1); Whitman Settings, for voice & piano, Op. 25; Secret Psalm, for violin; Prayer Bell Sketch, for piano, Op.29; Concert...
Performers: Booth, Claire; Josefowicz, Leila; Knussen, Oliver; Watkins, Huw; Wigglesworth, Ryan; Wood, Alexandra
Conductors: Knussen, Oliver; Wigglesworth, Ryan
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

Technophonia brings together cutting edge music interfaces used by Drake Music Scotland, the nation's leading arts organization providing music-making opportunities for people with disabilities. Olive...continue...

A Winter's Light - A Christmas Collection / Martin Ford, organ; Vasari Singers, Jeremy Backhouse

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-11-13

Works: Bob Chilcott: On Christmas Night, carol cycle; Christmas-tide, carol for chorus & piano; Christmas Traditional: Gabriel's Message (Basque); Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Hodie Christus natus est; Michae...
Performers: Burges, Dan; Ford, Martin; McWilliams, Fiona; Paterson, Alysha; Robertson, Paul [Tenor vocals]; Watson, Susan; Wood, Matthew
Conductors: Backhouse, Jeremy
Ensemble: ; Vasari Singers

The Vasari Singers' annual carol concerts always provide a warming blend of traditional favorites and less well-known music from all periods and styles. Here, joyous...continue...
Recording information: Tonbridge School Chapel, Tonbridge, Kent, UK (02/10/2012-02/12/2012)....continue...

Harpist Catrin Finch plays the music of John Rutter - "Blessing"

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-11-06

Works: John Rutter: A Gaelic Blessing; Lord bless you and keep you; Lullaby for Ana Gwen, for harp; Suite Lyrique, for harp & orchestra; Lullaby for Pegi, for harp; A Clare Benediction, for chorus; Catrin F...
Performers: Bennett, Kia; Finch, Catrin; Thomas, Elin Manahan; Watson, Louise
Conductors: Rutter, John

For her second Deutsche Grammophon album, former Royal Harpist Catrin Finch plays music by the beloved British composer, John Rutter, as well new pieces and...continue...
Recording information: Acapela Studio, Cardiff, Wales (06/18/2012-06/21/2012)....continue...

Musicals: The Premier Collection

3 CD / USM Media / 2012-11-06

Works: Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Music of the Night, song (for the musical The Phantom of the Opera); Jesus Christ Superstar; Another Suitcase in Another Hall, song (for the musical Evita); Don't Cry for Me ...
Performers: Ahmad, Irfan; Ampil, Joanna; Andrews, Julie; Astaire, Fred; Atkinson, Aimie; Ball, Michael; Barrowman, John; Bickley, Graham; Bo, Alfie; Bonney, Barbara; Bowman, Simon; Brightman, Sarah; Clark, Petul...
Conductors: Yates, Martin; Edwards, John O.; Barna, Craig; McLeod, Callum; Brooker, Stephen; Kelly, Julian; Greenwood, Andrew; Firman, David
Ensemble: ; NSO Ensemble

Art Song Collection - Anniversary Series / Beethoven, Britten, Gurney, Hawes, Poulenc, et al.

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-11-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble, song for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra); Ludwig van Beethoven: Sechs Gesänge mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, O...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Asti, Eugene; Bickley, Susan; Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Crawford-Phillips, Simon; Evans, Rebecca; Filsell, Jeremy [Keyboard]; Glynn, Christo...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Dante Quartet

2012 marks the 15th anniversary of the first release from the leading independent classical label Signum Records. Beginning life as an early music specialist (with...continue...

Choral Collection - Anniversary Series / Bach, Bernstein, Handel, Hawes, Tallis, et al.

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-11-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230; Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Francis Poulenc: Mass in G; Eric Whitacre: Lux Aurumque; Bob Chilcott: The lily and the rose, for chorus; Leona...
Performers: Millett, Robert; Morris, Greg [Organ]; Pryce, Sally; Swait, Andrew; Thomas, Elin Manahan
Conductors: ; Short, Nigel; Chilcott, Bob; Vivian, James; Cullen, Joseph; McCreesh, Paul; Dixon, Alistair; Nicholas, Benjamin; Skidmore, Jeffrey; Backhouse, Jeremy; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Al...
Ensemble: ; Ex Cathedra; Ex Cathedra Choir; Gabrieli Consort; Huddersfield Choral Society; King's Singers; Tenebrae; The Sirens (A Capella)

2012 marks the 15th anniversary of the first release from the leading independent classical label Signum Records. Beginning life as an early music specialist (with...continue...

Wolfgang Rihm (b.1952): Die Hamletmaschine / Live recording, 1987

2 CD / Wergo / 2012-11-01

Works: Wolfgang Rihm: Die Hamletmaschine, music drama
Performers: Borst, Martina; Fugiss, Carmen; Kösters, Johannes M.; Schnaut, Gabriele; Sonntag, Ulrike; Wolfgang Rihm
Conductors: Schneider, Peter
Ensemble: National Theater Opera Chorus Mannheim; National Theater Orchestra, Mannheim

Elizabeth Vercoe: Kleemation and Other Works / Rosemary Platt, piano; Peter Bloom, flute; Mary Jane Rupert, piano; Sharon Mabry, mz

1 CD / Navona / 2012-10-30

Works: Elizabeth Vercoe: Kleemation, for flute & piano; Fantasy for piano; Irreveries from Sappho, for voice & piano; Herstory II; To Music, for solo flute; Despite Our Differences no 1, for piano trio
Performers: Anderson, Dean; Bloom, Peter H.; Charlston, Elsa; Hodgkinson, Randall; Kaderavek, Karen; Mabry, Sharon; Paraschos, Christine [Piano]; Platt, Rosemary; Rupert, Mary Jane; Scheer, Joseph; Stagnitta, Na...
Conductors: Pittman, Richard; Antoniou, Theodor
Ensemble: ALEA III; Boston Musica Viva

This debut release features 6 works for small ensemble and solo instruments. The title piece, Kleemation, draws its inspiration from 5 drawings by Swiss artist...continue...

Curt Cacioppo - "Laws of the Pipe": Kinaalda; Scenes from Indian Country / Borromeo String Quartet; Adeline tomasone, flute

1 CD / Navona / 2012-10-30

Works: Curt Cacioppo: Wolf, for soprano voice, cello & piano; Kinaaldá (The Right of Changing Woman), for string quartet; Scenes from Indian Country, for orchestra; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Cacioppo, Curt; Fiore, Janice; Geber, David
Conductors: Jacob, Heidi
Ensemble: ; Bryn Mawr Chamber Orchestra

This collection of musical elegies and celebrations by Cacioppo skillfully evokes a Native American time, space and people. The history and the literature these meditations...continue...

David Braid: Chamber and Instrumental Music / Grace Davidson, Yuri Kalnits, Peter Cigleris, Jelena Lakovic

1 CD / Toccata / 2012-10-30

Works: David Braid: Morning (Neruda), for voice & string quartet, Op. 3; Pieces (3) for solo piano, Op. 8; Invention for violin & piano, Op. 11; Sonata for Quartet, Op. 13; Infinite Reminiscence for 2 piano...
Performers: Cigleris, Peter [Clarinet]; Davidson, Grace; Ekins, John-Paul [Piano]; Hori, Mikako [Piano]; Kalnits, Yuri; Lakovic, Jelena [Piano]; Morneweg, Julia [Cello]; Podobedov, Sergei; Stoycheva, Rossitza [P...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Erato Piano Trio; Tippett Quartet

British composer Braid (b. 1970), studied in London, Oxford and Kraków. His music shows something of that double inheritance, bringing together the lyricism of such...continue...

Mélodie Francaise - Songs by Fauré, Debussy; Hahn; Chausson / Sandrine Piau, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Stephane Degout, Bernard Kruysen [6 CDs]

6 CD / Naïve / 2012-10-30

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Nell, Op. 18 no 1; Songs (2) for voice & piano, Op. 27; Songs (2) for voice & piano, Op. 46; Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 51; Mélodies (5), Op. 58 "de Venise"; La bonne c...
Performers: Blumenthal, Daniel; Degout, Stéphane; Immerseel, Jos van; Kruysen, Bernard; Lee, Noël [Piano]; Lucas, Hélène; Manoff, Susan; Piau, Sandrine

This beautiful boxed set of French melodies gathers some of the most intriguing recordings from the Naïve Classique catalogue. This subtle and fascinating repertoire will...continue...

The Lute Player and Other Songs / Theresia Bothe, vocals; Peter Croton, lutes, early-classical guitar, electric guitars, electric bass, vocals

1 CD / Centaur / 2012-10-17

Works: Peter Croton: The Lute Player, for voice & lute; Do I Dare, for voice & lute; Doubts, for voice & lute; Searching for Dalza, for voice & lute; Wandering Man, for voice & lute; Is it time to move on?,...
Performers: Baur, Samuel; Bothe, Theresia; Croton, Peter; Enderle, Chiara; Gierke, Karin von; Hayne, Darren

Recording information: Mid-Street Studios (2011); Ton-Art Digitalstudio, Basel, Switzerland (2011)....continue...

Jonathan Harvey: Wagner Dream, opera / Claire Booth, Gordon Gietz. Martyn Brabbyns

2 CD / Cypress / 2012-10-09

Works: Jonathan Harvey: Wagner Dream, opera
Performers: Angas, Richard; Baljet, Jan Willem; Best, Matthew [Bass Vocals]; Booth, Claire; Davies, Rebecca de Pont; de Vries, Rudi; Duesing, Dale; Gietz, Gordon; Hayward, Trish; Pels, Onno; Pittie, Pascal; Roep...
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: Ictus Ensemble

Inspired by the last moments of Richard Wagner's life and his interrupted opera project Die Sieger, Jonathan Harvey's Wagner Dream centers around a Buddhist revelation...continue...
Recording information: Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (06/2007)....continue...

Hildegard

1 CD / Decca Import / 2012-10-09

Works: Guy Sigsworth: Karitas habundat (after Hildegard von Bingen); O beata infania alio modo (after Hildegard von Bingen); ZuuenZ; Gregorian Chant: Deus in adiutorium, versicule; Hildegard von Bingen: O v...
Performers: Brun, Emily [Vocals]; Couper, Victoria; Ellis, Vivien; Franks, Clemmie [Vocals]; Jocelyn West; Levy, Emily; Sigsworth, Guy; Wishart, Stevie
Conductors:
Ensemble: Sinfonye

James Horner: For Greater Glory [Original Score]

1 CD / Varese Sarabande / 2012-10-02

Works: James Horner: For Greater Glory, film score
Performers: Arrowsmith, David; Dowse, Grant McFarland [Guitar]; Hinnigan, Tony; Laverde, Diego; Sanabras, Clara; Woodrow, James
Conductors: Horner, James

Recording information: Abbey Road Studios, London....continue...

Krzysztof Penderecki: Kosmogonia; Canticum Canticorum Salomonis / Pasichnyk, Bartminski, Koniecszny, Artysz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-09-25

Works: Krzysztof Penderecki: Hymn to St. Adelbert, for chorus & orchestra; Song of the Cherubim (Ize Cheruwimy), for chorus; Canticum canticorum Salomonis, for chorus & orchestra; Cosmogony, for 4 soloists,...
Performers: Bartminski, Rafal; Konieczny, Tomasz [Bass Vocal]; Pasichnyk, Olga
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: ; Warsaw Philharmonic Choir

The range of Penderecki's music is exemplified by this disc, which presents five works written over a period of nearly 40 years. Hymne an den...continue...
Recording information: Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, Poland....continue...

Kaija Saariaho: Trios / Steven Dann, viola; Pia Freund, soprano; Tuija Hakkila, piano; Ernst Kovacic, violin et al.

1 CD / Ondine / 2012-09-25

Works: Kaija Saariaho: Mirage, for soprano, cello & orchestra; Cloud Trio, for violin, viola & cello; Cendres, for alto flute, cello & piano; Je sens un deuxième coeur, for viola, cello & piano; Sere...
Performers: Dann, Steven; Freund, Pia; Hakkila, Tuija; Helasvuo, Mikael; Jodelet, Florent; Karttunen, Anssi [Cello]; Zebra Trio

With the ongoing project to record Kaija Saariaho's music Ondine is pleased to announce a release of her chamber music works. Known for her skills...continue...

Per Norgard: Libra; Reves en pleine lumiere; Kredslob / Danish National Vocal Ensemble

1 Super Audio CD / Dacapo / 2012-09-25

Works: Per Norgård: Libra, for tenor, 2 choruses & guitar; Rêves en Pleine Lumiere, for chorus; Cycle, for chorus
Performers: Östersjö, Stefan; Aberg, Daniel; Lykke, Emil; Navarro-Alonso, Astrid Kastensson; Nordtorp, Malene; Nybye, Tom; Sorensen, Gert
Conductors: Malmberg, Fredrik; Malmberg, Fredrick
Ensemble: ; Danish National Vocal Ensemble

Issued to celebrate the 80th birthday of Danish composer Per Norgard this CD features three of the composer's most captivating vocal works in new recordings...continue...
Recording information: Koncerthuset Studio, Denmark (03/14/2012-03/17/2012)....continue...

Monteverdi, Schutz, Buxtehude, Bach, Mendelssohn, Rutter / Hannover Children's Choir

1 CD / Rondeau Production / 2012-09-25

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D-Dur, RV 589; Johann Sebastian Bach: Kantate; Magnificat in D-Dur, BWV 243, 1; Michael Praetorius: Jubilate Domino, motet à 9 (from Musae Sioniae); Venite, cantate ...
Performers: Fugiss, Carmen; Ingwersen, Kerstin [Oboe]; Perl, Hille; Smidt, Ulfert
Conductors: Breiding, Jörg
Ensemble: ; Concerto Palatino; Ensemble L'Arco; Hannover Children's Choir; Johann Rosenmüller Ensemble ; Musica Alta Ripa; Sirius Viols

Critics have applauded the Knabenchor Hannover's purity of sound, controlled sensuality, and profound musicianship since the group's inception. When director Jorg Breiding took over ten...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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Songs of Ricky Ian Gordon: "Silver Rain" / Nicole Cabell, soprano; Ricky Ian Gordon, piano

1 CD / Blue Griffin / 2012-09-11

Works: Ricky Ian Gordon: Heaven, for voice & ensemble; In Time of Silver Rain, for voice & piano; Harlem Night Song, for voice & piano; Dream Variations, for voice & ensemble; Stars, for voice & piano; Love...
Performers: Cabell, Nicole; Gordon, Ricky Ian

Nicole Cabell, the 2005 Winner of the BBC Singer of the World Competition in Cardiff is fast becoming one of the most sought-after lyric sopranos...continue...
Recording information: Blue Griffin's Studio "The Ballroom" (09/28/2011-09/29/2011)....continue...

Elena Ruehr: Averno / Marguerite Krull, Stephen Salters Trinity Choir - Julian Wachner

1 CD / Avie Records / 2012-09-11

Works: Elena Ruehr: Averno, for 2 voices, chorus, oboe, harp, timpani & string orchestra; Cricket, Spider, Bee, for chorus, harp, timpani, percussion & orchestra; Gospel Cha-Cha, for voice, chorus & orchest...
Performers: Krull, Marguerite; Salters, Stephen
Conductors: Wachner, Julian
Ensemble: Novus NY

Composer Elena Ruehr's first release for Avie assembles vocal and choral works inspired by three distinct American poets: Louise Glück, Emily Dickinson, and Langston Hughes....continue...
Recording information: Trinity Church, Wall Street; Skywalker Sound scoring st (05/2011/07/2011)....continue...

Penderecki: Symphonies & Other Orchestral Works / Antoni Wit [5 CDs]

5 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-08-28

Works: Krzysztof Penderecki: Symphony no 7 "Seven Gates of Jerusalem"; Symphony no 3; Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima; Fluorescences, for orchestra; De Natura Sonoris II, for orchestra; Symphony no 2 ...
Performers: Brek, Jaroslaw; Lubanska, Anna; Mikolaj, Aga; Minkiewicz, Ryszard; Ochman, Wieslaw; Pasichnyk, Olga; Rehlis, Agnieszka; Tesarowicz, Romuald
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: ; Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra; Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir

"Antoni Wit's ongoing cycle of Penderecki orchestral works is yet another of those truly outstanding Naxos projects that's unlikely to get the attention it deserves....continue...

Colin Eatock: Chamber Music / Niagara Brass Ensemble; Melanie Conly, Peter Stoll, Peter Longworth; Anita Krause et al.

1 CD / Centrediscs / 2012-08-28

Works: Colin Eatock: Ashes of Soldiers, for soprano, clarinet & piano; Suite for solo piano; Tears of Gold, for mezzo-soprano, cello & harpsichord; Three Songs from Blake's "America", for bass baritone & pi...
Performers: Carver, Kate [Piano]; Conty, Melanie; Krause, Anita; Longworth, Peter; Mascarenhas, Laurel; Minthorn, Timothy; Robertson, Ian; Stoll, Peter; Tees, Andrew; Toews, Karl Konrad [Cello]; Wieber, Thomas

Eatock is a composer, critic, and musicologist. The six works recorded on this disc were composed over the last quarter-century, which he has spent living...continue...

Michaël Levinas: La Metamorphose, complete opera / Fabrice di Falco, Magali Léger, André Heyboer, Anne Mason, Simon Bailey

1 CD / Aeon / 2012-08-14

Works: Michaël Levinas: La Métamorphose, opera
Performers: Bailey, Simon; Falco, Fabrice Di; Guillou, Arnaud; Heyboer, Andre [Baritone (Vocal)]; Laberdesque, Laurent; Leger, Magali; Mason, Anne; Pasturaud, Julie
Conductors: Octors, Georgea
Ensemble: Ensemble Ictus

At the beginning of Kafka's novella, the metamorphosis has already taken place. Now there is only ordeal. The choice made by Michaël Levinas, to represent...continue...
Recording information: Opéra de Lille (03/11/2011/03/13/2011)....continue...

Jeanne D'Arc: Batailles & Prisons / Montserrat Figueras, Louise Moaty, Rene Zosso, Hesperion XXI - Jordi Savall

2 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2012-08-14

Works: Jordi Savall: Ballade de la Pucelle, for vocal ensemble (or instruments); Ce jour de l'an, rondeau for 3 lutes (after Guillaume Dufay); Fanfare "dit le Burguygnon", for ensemble (after an anonymous m...
Performers: Behringer, Michael; Biggi, Francis; Figueras, Montserrat; Guglielmi, Luca; Janda, Armin; Kiehr, Maria Cristina [Soprano Vocal]; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Lislevand, Rolf; Memelsdorff, Pedro; Wessel, Kai...
Conductors: Savall, Jordi;
Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI

Twenty years after his work on the soundtrack of Jacques Rivette's movie Jeanne la Pucelle, Jordi Savall returns to this powerful subject matter and presents...continue...
Recording information: Collégiale de Cardona, Catalogne (09/1993); Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains, Arsenal de Metz (09/1993); Collégiale de Cardona, Catalogne (12/20/2011-12/24/2011);...continue...

Illumination

1 CD / Danu / 2012-08-14

Works: American Traditional: La Chanson de Mardi Gras; Michael McGlynn: Siosúram só, for vocal ensemble; Dormi Jesu, for vocal ensemble; Cúnnla, for vocal ensemble & bodhran; Illumination, fo...
Performers: Champion, Lucy; Dubhain, Padraig O [Bodran]; Eccles, Noel; Hilary, Lynn; Hozier, Andrew; Leeney, Hugo; Malir, Andreja; McGlynn, John; McGlynn, Michael; McNeill, Tara [Violin, Vocals]; Murphy, Blathna...
Conductors: Rossow, Stacie L.

Recording information: 2010-2012.

One of the first things evident about Anúna's 2012 album, Illumination, released in celebration of the group's 25th anniversary, is the diversity of the m...continue...

Jonathan Dove: There was a Child / Joan Rodgers, soprano; Toby Spence, tenor

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-08-03

Works: Jonathan Dove: There Was a Child, oratorio for 2 soloists, triple chorus & orchestra
Performers: Rodgers, Joan; Spence, Toby
Conductors: Halsey, Simon
Ensemble: City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

Jonathan Dove wrote There Was a Child as a tribute to a friend's son who died tragically young. Filled with both joyous celebration and heartfelt...continue...
Recording information: Symphony Hall, Birmingham, England (06/18/2011)....continue...

Singer Pur sings Sting

1 CD / Oehms / 2012-07-31

Works: Sting: Fields of Gold, song; Englishman in New York; Every Breath You Take; Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic; A Thousand Years; Wrapped around your finger; Seven Days, song; They dance alone; Fra...
Performers: Miller, Dominic; Reinhard, Claudia; Schneider-Waterberg, Reiner; Warwitz, Manuel; Wenk, Klaus; Zapp, Markus

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of their first stage appearance, Singer Pur presents its first and only pop production release. Singer Pur has won...continue...
Recording information: Backyard Studio Bayreuth (02/2011-03/2011)....continue...

"Awakenings" Robert Stern: Shofar, oratorio; Ronald Perera: Why I Wake Early / Teresa Wakim, soprano; Jason McStoots, tenor; David Kravitz, bass

1 CD / Navona / 2012-07-31

Works: Robert Stern: Shofar, oratorio in 4 parts for 3 voices, chorus & orchestra; Ronald Perera: Why I Wake Early, for chorus, string quartet & piano; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Abascal, Brian; Brooke, Lisa; Hollister, Darryl; Kravitz, David; Larson, Sonja; McStoots, Jason; Nortier, Sandra; Seidler, Reinmar; Souder, Leah; Taylor, Joan; Verrette, Kevin; Wakim, Teresa [Soprano...
Conductors: Hodgkins, David

Awakenings features 2 extraordinary works by composers from the Pioneer Valley region of Western Massachusetts. Shofar is an intensely dramatic and deeply moving oratorio inspired...continue...

Curse Upon Iron - Works for Male Choir by Veljo Tormis / Orphei Drängar Male Choir

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-07-22

Works: Veljo Tormis: Incantatio maris aestuosi (Incantation for a Stormy Sea), for chorus; Kord me tuleme tagasi; Kolm mul oli kaunist sona (I Had Three Beautiful Words), for male chorus & flute; Vastlalaul...
Performers: Alin, Andreas; Alin, Folke; Einarsson, Magnus; Gunnar Sundberg; Rombo, Elin; Sjogren, Magnus; Stolare, Henrik
Conductors: Alin, Cecilia Rydinger
Ensemble: Orphei Drängar Male Choir

A modern shaman is how Veljo Tormis (b.1930) has been described. In his large production, chiefly composed for a cappella choir, he utilizes ancient chants...continue...

Mernier: An die nacht / Rundel, Davin, et al

1 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Benoît Mernier: An die Nacht, for soprano & orchestra; Piano Trio; Blake Songs, for soprano & 13 instruments
Performers: André Ristic; Delcampe, Laure; Fugiss, Carmen
Conductors: ; Rundel, Peter
Ensemble: Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt); Trio Fibonacci

Benoit Mernier (b1964) has emerged in recent years as the major Belgian composer of his generation. His aesthetics were influenced by studies with Philippe Boesmans...continue...

Boesmans: Julie / Ono, Ernman, Avemo, Magee, et al

1 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Philippe Boesmans: Julie, opera
Performers: Avemo, Kerstin; Ernman, Malena; Magee, Garry
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi
Ensemble: Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie Orchestra

"The orchestral accompaniment skitters, it jitters, it twitters, it rustles, it slithers through chromatic passages and belts out high-stacked and dense harmonies. The vocal lines...continue...

Aperghis: Avis de Tempête / Octors, Michel-Dansac, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Georges Aperghis: Avis de Tempête, opera
Performers: Bischoff, Romain; Michel-Dansac, Donatienne; Peintre, Lionel; Saunier, Johanne
Conductors: Octors, Georgea
Ensemble: Ictus

"Among the fragments read, interpreted and translated by this voice, two narratives by Herman Melville act a golden threads that crisscross as they interact and...continue...

Richard Hickox conducts Sir John Tavener / Patricia Rozario, John Mark Ainsley, Andrew Murgatroyd

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-06-26

Works: John Tavener: We Shall See Him as He Is; Eis thanaton, ritual for soprano, bass & orchestra; Theophany, for orchestra, bandit drum & tape
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Birchall, Jeremy; Feaviour, Margaret; Murgatroyd, Andrew; Richardson, Stephen [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Rozario, Patricia [Soprano Vocals]; Senter, John
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: ; City of London Sinfonia

Richly endowed with musical qualities, Richard Hickox was a great champion of neglected music in general, and of British music in particular. His sudden death...continue...