Soprano > Modern Period

An Immortal Legacy - Choral works by Tallis, Morley, Gibbons, Byrd, MacMillan, Tippett, Britten, Chilcott / The Sixteen

1 CD / Coro / 2013-05-14

Works: Thomas Tallis: Psalm Tunes (9) for Mister Parker; Absterge Domine; In manus tuas; I call and cry to thee; Loquebantur variis linguis; Thomas Morley: Aprill is in my mistris face, madrigal for 4 voice...
Performers: Evans, Robert; Lane, Carys; MacKenzie, Neil; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: ; The Sixteen

Sixteenth-century England was a place of much religious change. It was a dangerous and confusing time, and it is testament to their incredible skill and...continue...

Poulenc: Stabat Mater; Gloria / Catherine Dubosc. Richard Hickox and City of London Sinfonia

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-04-09

Works: Francis Poulenc: Gloria in G major; Stabat Mater, for soprano, chorus & orchestra, FP 148; Litanies à la vierge noire de Rocamadour
Performers: Dubosc, Catherine
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: ; City of London Sinfonia

He was a dandy - but also highly religious. He lived in the era of atonality, but his unmistakably personal music is firmly rooted in...continue...
Recording information: Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London (09/1990)....continue...

Latino Gold

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2013-03-12

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Libertango; Enrico IV; Jorge Ben: Más que nada; Consuelo Velázquez: Besame mucho; Antonio Carlos Jobim: Garota de Ipanema, song (a.k.a. "The Girl from Ipanema"); Armand...
Performers: Karadaglic, Milos [Guitar]; Prohaska, Anna; Sidorova, Ksenija [Accordion]
Conductors: Israel, Christoph

Ernesto Lecuona: The Piano Music; Selected Songs / Carole Farley, soprano, John Constable, piano, Polish National RSO, Michael Bartos [6 CDs]

6 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-03-07

Works: Ernesto Lecuona: Rapsodia Negra for piano and orchestra; Andalucía, suite for piano (Suite Española); Ante el Escorial; Zambra gitana, for piano; Aragonesa, for piano; Granada, for piano; Z...
Performers: Constable, John [Keyboards]; Engel, Bruce [Trumpet]; Farley, Carole; Fleishaker, Vivian [Oboe]; Geissinger, Katie; Henreckson-Farnum, Elizabeth; Hoff, Denise; Jolles, Renee; Kocher, Gerald [Trumpet];...
Conductors: Bartos, Michael
Ensemble: ; Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

Released in 1995 - the centenary of Ernesto Lecuona's birth - the first installment of Thomas Tirino's pioneering survey of the composer's piano music caused...continue...

50 Best Sensual Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: James Horner: Titanic; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Concerto for Piano ...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bran, Tim; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Bumbry, Grace; Callas, Maria; Cortez, Viorica; Dalton, Mitchell; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Garcia, Jose Luis; Garello, Raul; Garrett...
Conductors: ; Jansons, Mariss; Foster, Lawrence; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Roth, François-Xavier; Goodwin, Ron; Thompson, Bryden; Plasson, Michel; Barry, John; Love, Geoff; Barbirolli, John; Fedotov, Viktor; Boul...
Ensemble: ; Ahn Trio; Berlin Philharmonic Cellists; Virtuosi

This 3-CD set contains 50 tracks of sensual music from the catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics performed by some of the world's finest...continue...

Melodies Passageres: Songs of Samuel Barber / Gweneth-Ann Jeffers: soprano; Stephen de Pledge: piano

1 CD / Quartz Records / 2013-02-12

Works: Samuel Barber: Mélodies passagères, Op. 27; Nuvoletta, Op. 25; Songs (3), for voice & piano, Op. 10; Songs (4), Op. 13; Despite and Still, song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 41; Hermit S...
Performers: de Pledge, Stephen; Jeffers, Gweneth-Ann

There are not many recordings of Samuel Barber in Quartz's catalog, which makes this an important release for the label....continue...

The Very Best of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Ridente la calma, K 152 (210a); Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz...
Performers: Fischer, Edwin [Piano]; Gieseking, Walter; Grummer, Elisabeth; Jackson, Harold; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo; Pritchard, John; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Böhm, Karl; Susskind, Walter; Schmidt, Heinrich; Karajan, Herbert von; Matacic, Lovro von; Gellhorn, Peter; Szell, George; Ackermann, Otto

Multi-award winning opera singer Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, praised for the 'pristine beauty of her lyric soprano' voice by The Guardian, was revered in opera houses worldwide...continue...

The Very Best of Benjamin Britten [3 CDs]

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Benjamin Britten: The Young person's guide to the orchestra; Cello Symphony, Op. 68; Elegy for Viola solo; Peter Grimes; Passacaglia, for orchestra, Op. 33b (from "Peter Grimes"); Quartet for Strings...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Alley, John [Piano]; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Blatchly, Mark; Booth, Claire; Bostridge, Ian; Coleman-Wright, Peter; Dean, Stafford; Drake, Julius [Piano]; Fullbrook, Charles; Gritton, Susan;...
Conductors: Pesek, Libor; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Knussen, Oliver; Brown, Iona; Warren-Green, Christopher; Paavo, Järvi; Hickox, Richard; Willcocks, David; Brunelle, Philip; Haitink, Bernard; Harding, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble; Endymion Ensemble

Since his death in 1976 many musicians have looked at Benjamin Britten's scores anew - not simply the repertory Britten never recorded, but the many...continue...

Boris Blacher: Preussisches Marchen / Lisa Otto, Ivan Sardi, Manfred Rohrl, Gerti Zeumer. Caspar Richter [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-01-29

Works: Boris Blacher: Preussisches Marchen, opera
Performers: Grobe, Donald; Otto, Lisa; Sardi, Ivan; Zeumer, Gerti
Conductors: Richter, Caspar
Ensemble: Deutsche Opera Berlin

On the surface we see a comic version of the Hauptmann von Köpenick story -- a devastatingly satirical ballet-opera critique of Germany's past that was...continue...
Run Time: 103 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian
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Great Singers Live, from the Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Grummer, Prey, Popp, M. Price, Ghiaurov, Freni

6 CD / BR Klassik / 2013-01-29

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; La Jolie Fille de Perth, opera in 4 acts; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giuseppe V...
Performers: Altmann, Hans; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Grummer, Elisabeth; Kmentt, Waldemar; Popp, Lucia; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor...
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt; Ghiaurov, Vladimir; Prêtre, Georges; Antonini, Alfredo; Stein, Horst; Schmidt-Boelcke, Werner; Zanotelli, Hans; Wallberg, Heinz; Gardelli, Lamberto; Quadri, Argeo; Fricke, Heinz...

The "Great Singers Live" series regularly presents recordings of The Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Previously five singer portraits have been released, featuring Mirella...continue...

Francis Poulenc: Stabat Mater; Les Biches / Marlis Petersen, soprano. Stuttgart Radio SO, Stephane Deneve

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2013-01-29

Works: Francis Poulenc: Stabat Mater, for soprano, chorus & orchestra, FP 148; Les biches (The Does), ballet, FP 36
Performers: Petersen, Marlis
Conductors: Denève, Stéphane
Ensemble: ; Stuttgart Vocal Ensemble SWR

Stéphane Dénève, the new principal conductor of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra of SWR, makes his debut recording with a thoughtful program of Poulenc. The...continue...
Recording information: Funkstudio, SWR Stuttgart (03/03/2012-03/15/2012); Liederhalle, Stuttgart-Beethoven-Saal, Germany (03/03/2012-03/15/2012); Funkstudio, SWR Stuttgart (03/23/2012); Liederhalle, S...continue...

At White Nights - Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Tsujii / Nobuyuki Tsujii, piano [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2013-01-29

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Sergey Rachmaninov: Prelude for piano no 12 in C major, Op. 32/1; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 14 for soprano, bass, str...
Performers: Sergeyeva, Tatyana; Tsujii, Nobuyuki; Vorobiev, Dmitri
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra

Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii, an astonishing up-and-coming genius on his instrument, here interprets works by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, and Stostakovich. These works glimmer beautifully, offset by...continue...
Run Time: 110 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio Surround
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At White Nights - Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Tsujii / Nobuyuki Tsujii, piano [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2013-01-29

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Sergey Rachmaninov: Prelude for piano no 12 in C major, Op. 32/1; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 14 for soprano, bass, str...
Performers: Sergeyeva, Tatyana; Tsujii, Nobuyuki; Vorobiev, Dmitri
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra

The blind Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii, an astonishing up-and-coming genius on his instrument, here interprets works by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, and Stostakovich. These works glimmer beautifully,...continue...
Run Time: 110 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
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Leon Kirchner: Revelations

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2013-01-24

Works: Leon Kirchner: Little Suite, for piano; Dawn, for chorus & piano; Songs (3), for voice & piano; Words from Wordsworth, for chorus & piano; A Moment for Roger, for piano; The Twilight Stood, for voice...
Performers: Bassi, James [Tenor Vocal]; Chan, Kelvin; Clark, Eileen; Cluver, Martha; Dudley, Eric; Fan, Joel; Fuchs, Andrew; Gavett, Jeffrey [Bass Baritone]; Griffin, Avery; Hensrud, Matthew; Hoagland, Diana; Ho...
Conductors: Dunn, Scott

Essential Opera Divas - Over 2 hours of glorious operatic performances

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Ma...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Arroyo, Martina; Auger, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Regine; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dernesch, Helga [So...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Rousset, Christophe; Muti, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Langrée, Louis; Karajan, Herbert von; Tennstedt, Kla...

These two CDs present a veritable galaxy of opera divas - sopranos who have won countless hearts and thrilled millions of opera lovers with their...continue...

Dutilleux: Correspondences / Barbara Hannigan; Anssi Karttunen

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-01-22

Works: Henri Dutilleux: Correspondances, for soprano & orchestra; Tout un monde lointain. . ., concerto for cello & orchestra; The Shadows of Time, for 3 children's voices & orchestra
Performers: Buffin, Basile; Hannigan, Barbara; Karttunen, Anssi [Cello]; Selvestrel, Alexandre; Sztykgold, Armand
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: ; Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France

This remarkable album is released on the 97th birthday of a composer who has been working for more than seven decades and has had a...continue...
Recording information: Alfortville, France (09/2012); Opéra Bastille, salle Liebermann, Paris, France (09/2012); Alfortville, France (12/2011); Opéra Bastille, salle Liebermann, Paris, Franc...continue...

April Fredrick Sings Copland, Barber, Gershwin / David Curtis, Orchestra of the Swan

1 CD / SOMM / 2013-01-08

Works: Aaron Copland: Quiet City; Poems (8) of Emily Dickinson for voice & orchestra (arr. from 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson); Samuel Barber: Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Op. 24; Capricorn Concerto, for flute,...
Performers: Fredrick, April
Conductors: Curtis, David
Ensemble: ; Orchestra of the Swan

This CD showcases the spectacular voice of American soprano April Fredrick. SOMM first heard her in concert singing the songs of Ivor Gurney, which she...continue...
Recording information: Civic Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon (05/29/2011)....continue...

Black Manhattan, Vol. 2 / The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, Rick Benjamin. Anita Johnson, Robert Mack and Edward Pleasant

1 CD / New World / 2012-12-11

Works: Eubie Blake: Shuffle Along; Fizz Water; Bert Williams: Nobody, song; Wilbur Sweatman: That's Got 'Em!, rag for piano (or orchestra); Al. Johns: Honey Lamb, ballad for voice & piano; Will H. Dixon: Br...
Performers: Benjamin, Rick [Conductor]; Johnson, Anita; Mack, Robert; Pleasant, Edward; Sato, Arthur; Williams, Linda Thompson
Conductors: Benjamin, Rick
Ensemble: ; Paragon Ragtime Orchestra

Recording information: Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City (06/01/2012-06/02/2012)....continue...

Willy Burkhard: The face of Isaiah, The Year / Locher, Hunziker, Brechbuhler, Boog, Friedli

2 CD / Musiques Suisses / 2012-12-05

Works: Willy Burkhard: Das Gesicht Jesajas, oratorio for soloist, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op 41; Das Jahr, oratorio, Op. 62
Performers: Boog, Maya; Hunziker, Bernhard; Rosen, Rudolf; Sauer, Thomas
Conductors: Koch, Alois

The big oratorios by Hermann Suter (1870-1926), Arthur Honegger (1892-1955), Frank Martin (1890-1974), and Willy Burkhard (1900-1955) are among the most remarkable Swiss works written...continue...
Recording information: Jesuitenkirche Luzern (04/12/2000); Stadtkirche Winterthur (04/12/2000); Jesuitenkirche Luzern (09/02/2012); Stadtkirche Winterthur (09/02/2012)....continue...

Górecki: Symphony No. 3 "Of Sorrowful Songs"; Three Pieces in Old Style / Susan Gritton, soprano. Simonov

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2012-11-27

Works: Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Symphony no 3, Op. 36 ("Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"); Pieces (3) in the Olden Style, for string orchestra
Performers: Gritton, Susan
Conductors: Simonov, Yuri
Ensemble: ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Nearly two decades after it was composed, Gorecki's Symphony No. 3 `Of Sorrowful Songs` suddenly became a worldwide sensation in 1992....continue...

Turlutte et Reel / Suzie LeBlanc; La Nef, Les Charbonniers de l'Enfer

1 CD / ATMA / 2012-11-13

Works: Quebecois Traditional: Turlutte et reel; Reel a bouche / Dans Paris y' a t' une brune, medley of traditional melodies; Le navire de Bayonne; Valse d'Évangéline / Acadiana Two Step, medl...
Performers: Bordeleau, Michel; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Miron, Normand; Norman, Chris
Conductors:
Ensemble: Joli Bois; La Nef; Les Charbonniers de l'Enfer

For holiday merrymaking, ATMA proposes a jaunt to Quebec and into the world of Acadian traditional music with a festive compilation of turluttes (wordless songs),...continue...
Includes reels côté-benoœt-leblanc by various composers....continue...

Durufle: Requiem Aeternam / David Crown, Choir of Somerville College and Oxford

1 CD / Stone Records / 2012-11-13

Works: Maurice Duruflé: Requiem; Robin Milford: Mass for 5 voices, Op. 84
Performers: Johnston, Guy [Cello]; Mitchard, Tristan [Organ]; Rice, Christine; Stone, Mark [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Crown, David
Ensemble: ; Choir of Somerville College and Oxford

Recording information: Douai Abbey, Berkshire, England (07/11/2011-07/12/2011); Somerville College Chapel, Oxford, UK (07/11/2011-07/12/2011); Douai Abbey, Berkshire, England (07/13/2011-07/15/2011); ...continue...

Manuel Valls: Sephardic Songs for soprano, flute, and guitar / Rosa Mateu: soprano; Mac McClure: piano; Victor Valls: guitar; Montserrat Santacana: piano; Antón Serra: flute

1 CD / Columna Musica / 2012-11-13

Works: Manuel Valls: Canciones Sefardíes (Sephardic Songs), for voice, flute & guitar; El gessamí i la rosa for voice & piano; Vals de barri for voice & piano; Cançó de taverna, for voic...
Performers: Mateu, Rosa; McClure, Mac; Santacana, Montserrat; Serra, Anton [Flute]; Valls, Victor

Recording information: Estudis Albert Moraleda (Llerona) (05/26/2005-05/27/2004)....continue...

Open Your Eyes / Richard Strauss, Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg / Katherine Broderick, soprano; Malcom Martineau, piano

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2012-11-13

Works: Richard Strauss: Songs (8) from "Letzte Blätter" for voice & piano, Op. 10 (TrV 141); Alban Berg: Early Songs (7); Arnold Schoenberg: Brettl-Lieder
Performers: Broderick, Katherine; Martineau, Malcolm

Soprano Katherine Broderick, along with pianist Malcolm Martineau, presents a recital of ripely romantic and lyrical songs and cabaret humor from the turn of the...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex, UK (04/01/2011-04/04/2011)....continue...

The RIAS Second Viennese School Project / Schönberg, Berg, Webern, Strauss

4 CD / Audite / 2012-11-13

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21; Chamber Symphony no 1 in E major, Op. 9; Piano Concerto, Op. 42; Fantasy for Violin and Piano, Op. 47; Book of the Hanging Gardens, Op. 15; De profundis, O...
Performers: Andersen, Diane; Bastiaan, Hans; Billing, Klaus; Broddack, Lothar; Burkner, Alfred; Danco, Suzanne; Doberitz, Ernst [Viola]; Gertler, Andre; Geuser, Heinrich; Hammermeister, Emil [Harmonium]; Haupt, ...
Conductors: Rufer, Josef; Fricsay, Ferenc; Zillig, Winfried; Rother, Artur; Maderna, Bruno
Ensemble: ; Berlin RIAS Chamber Ensemble

This 4-CD box set presents historic recordings of works by Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern in the era of their composition. Each recording, made between 1949...continue...
Recording information: Berlin (1949-1965)....continue...

John Cage: Voice & Piano; Trombone & Piano; Violin & Piano / Anna Clementi, voice; Mike Svoboda, trombone; Andreas Seidel, violin

3 CD / MD&G / 2012-11-13

Works: John Cage: Four Walls, for voice & piano; A Flower, for voice & closed piano; Experiences no 2, for voice; She is Asleep, for voice, prepared piano & 4 percussion; The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Spr...
Performers: Clementi, Anna; Schleiermacher, Steffen; Seidel, Andreas

Happy Birthday! MDG has a very special gift in store for the hundredth anniversary of John Cage's birth: three recordings featuring Steffen Schleiermacher, the Cage...continue...
Recording information: Ehemaliges Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster (06/26/2007); Fürstliche Reitbahn Bad Arolsen (06/26/2007); Ehemaliges Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster (10/01/2008)...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...

A Seraphic Fire Christmas / Seraphic Fire, Patrick Dupré Quibley

1 CD / Seraphic Fire & Firebird / 2012-10-30

Works: Gregorian Chant: Pater noster; Ave Maria, gratia plena, offertory in mode 8 for the 4th Sunday in Advent; Verbum caro factum est, responsory in mode 8 (Liber Usualis no 390); Maurice Duruflé: ...
Performers: Duren, Rebecca [Sopravo Vocal]; Grohman, Bryon [Tenor Vocal]; McCargar, Thomas; Mueller, Kathryn; Quigley, Patrick Dupré; Wakim, Teresa [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Quigley, Patrick Dupré

Recording information: All Saints Episcopal Church, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (12/14/2009)....continue...

Hindemith: 3 Piano Sonatas; 5 Sonatas for Brass & Piano; Das Marienleben / Glenn Gould, piano

4 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-10-30

Works: Paul Hindemith: Sonata for Piano no 1 in A major ("Der Main"); Sonatas (3) for Piano; Sonata for trumpet & piano; Sonata for horn & piano; Sonata for tuba & piano; Sonata for saxophone (or alto horn ...
Performers: Gould, Glenn; Johnson, Gilbert; Jones, Mason; Roslak, Roxolana; Smith, Henry Charles [Conductor/Trombone]

Sony Classical celebrates Glenn Gould's 80th Anniversary with The Glenn Gould Collection, the complete Glenn Gould CD collection in 20 volumes, each available separately. They include...continue...
Recording information: 30th Street Studio, New York City, USA; Eaton's Auditorium, Toronto, Canada....continue...

Hush a Bye: Music for Children - gentle lullabies and quiet music

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2012-10-30

Works: English Traditional: Hush a Bye Baby; Traditional: Sleep My Baby; Mervyn Burtch: Sleep, my gentle child; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109; Anonymou...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Giles, Ian; Souter, Martin; Spring, Matthew; Stowe, Sara

Gentle lullabies and quiet music combine to form this special program of music to invite sleep. Unlike most calming programs, this release relies on real...continue...
Includes work(s) by Anonymous....continue...

Tell Me the Truth About Love songs by Britten, Schumann, Boulanger, Chausson et al. / Amanda Roocroft, soprano; Joseph Middleton, piano

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2012-10-30

Works: Benjamin Britten: Tell me the Truth about Love, for voice & piano (Cabaret Songs); Early one morning, for voice & piano (Folk Songs, Vol. 5); Robert Schumann: Seit ich ihn gesehen, song for voice & p...
Performers: Middleton, Joseph [Piano]; Roocroft, Amanda

Charting the course of a love affair - in song - through the eyes of a young woman who begins by asking the universal question,...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex (08/19/2011-08/26/2011)....continue...

Charles Bordes: Songs and Works for Piano / Sophie Marin-Degor, soprano; Jean -Sébastien Bou, baritone; Francois-René Duchable, piano

1 CD / Timpani / 2012-10-30

Works: Charles Bordes: Caprice à cinq temps, for voice & piano; Le Son du cor, for voice & piano; Promenade matinale, for voice & piano; Paysage vert, for voice & piano; Epithalame, for voice & piano; ...
Performers: Bou, Jean-Sébastien; Duchable, Francois-René [Piano]; Marin-Degor, Sophie

Recording information: Cour de ville, Vincennes (02/2012)....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...

Orff: Carmina Burana; Catulli Carmina; Trionf di Afrodite / Putz, Grobe, Cousins, McDaniel et al. Ferdinand Leitner

3 CD / Acanta / 2012-10-30

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Catulli Carmina, scenic cantata for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Trionfo di Afrodite, scenic concert in 7 scenes
Performers: Becker, Werner; Bode, Hannelore; Cousins, Michael; Durrler, Brigitte; Grobe, Donald; Hermann, Roland; Kaufhold, Karl; Malone, Carol; Maxen, Toni; McDaniel, Barry; Nocker, Hans Gunther; Peysang, Andre...
Conductors: Leitner, Ferdinand
Ensemble: ; Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra

In these complete recordings Ferdinand Leitner conducts the Kölner Rundfunkchor, the Tölzer Knabenchor and the Kölner-Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester. The soloists featured are Ruth-Margret ...continue...

Martha Argerich: Lugano Concertos / Gabriela Montero, Karin Merle, Susan Roberts and Helene Schneidermann [4 CDs]

4 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-30

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 15; Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 19; Francis Poulenc: Concerto for 2 Pianos in D minor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Gulda, Paul; Gulda, Rico; Gurning, Alexander; Merle, Karin; Mogilevsky, Alexander; Montero, Gabriela; Norman, Daniel; Roberts, Susan; Sakai, Akane [Piano]; Schneiderman, Hel...
Conductors: Rabinovitch, Alexandre; Capilla, Erasmo; Vedernikov, Alexander; Dutoit, Charles; Chmura, Gabriel; Marin, Ion; Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: ; Lugano Percussion Group

Since 2002 Martha Argerich's Progetto at the Lugano's Festival has brought together many notable artists for memorable concerts of chamber and orchestral music. This deluxe...continue...

Eric Salzman: Nude Paper Sermon; Wiretap / Stacy Keach, New York Motet Singers - Rifkin

2 CD / Labor / 2012-10-30

Works: Eric Salzman: The Nude Paper Sermon, for narrator, chorus, chamber ensemble & electronics; Helix, for chamber ensemble; Wiretap, for speaker & tape; Larynx Music, for voice & guitar; Queens Collage, ...
Performers: Nagrin, Daniel; Ross, Elise; Silverman, Stanley
Conductors: Rifkin, Joshua; Salzman, Eric
Ensemble: Nonesuch Consort; Quog Music Theater

"... of its time and still amazingly fresh... like nothing else I've ever heard" is how William Gibson describes The Nude Paper Sermon in the...continue...

Essential Britten / Over 2 hours of Britten's greatest masterworks

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Benjamin Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. 18; Simple Symphony for Strings, Op. 4; Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31; Concerto for Violin Op. 15; Saint Nicolas, Op. 42; A Ceremony of Carols, O...
Performers: Bostridge, Ian; Brightman, Sarah; Brown, Timothy; Carter, Roy [Oboe]; Clark, James [Tenor Vocal]; Drake, Julius [Piano]; Ellis, Osian; Godlee, Julian; Haendel, Ida; Harper, Heather; Lenehan, John [Pi...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Brown, Iona; Bedford, Steuart; Berglund, Paavo; Willcocks, David; Pesek, Libor; Whitfield, John; Tate, Jeffrey; Previn, Andre; Hickox, Richard; Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: ; Endymion Ensemble

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular works...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

Essential Encores - Over 2 hours of great classical showpieces

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Antonio Bazzini: La ronde des lutins, Op. 25; Niccolò Paganini: Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Fritz Kreisler: La Gitana; Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); Aram Khachaturian...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alagna, Roberto; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Balsom, Alison; Barrueco, Manuel; Bostridge, Ian; Brightman,...
Conductors: ; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Kempe, Rudolf; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Jansons, Mariss; Litton, Andrew; Karajan, Herbert von; Paavo, Järvi; Fisch, Asher; Barker, John
Ensemble: ; Nash Ensemble; Virtuosi

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular works...continue...

Górecki: Symphony No. 3 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' / Joanna Kozlowska

1 CD / Decca / 2012-10-09

Works: Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Symphony no 3, Op. 36 ("Symphony of Sorrowful Songs")
Performers: Kozlowska, Joanna
Conductors: Kord, Kazimierz
Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

Gorecki's Third Symphony, subtitled 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs", caused a sensation in 1992 when it became a worldwide commercial and critical success, selling more than...continue...

George Gershwin / The Gents vocal ensemble; Johannette Zomer, soprano; Haags Saxophone Quartet

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: George Gershwin: A Damsel in Distress; Rhapsody in Blue; Shall We Dance; Lady, be Good; Porgy and Bess
Performers: Ponsioen, Michel [Percussion]; Zomer, Johannette [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Csillag, Beni
Ensemble: Haags Saxophone Quartet

Widely acclaimed for their recordings of English Renaissance and German Romantic choral music as well as twentieth-century works from France, The Gents now venture across...continue...
Recording information: Noorderkerk, Groningen (11/18/2011-11/20/2011)....continue...

Agnus Dei: Music for Bassoon & Chorus / Benjamin Coelho, bassoon; U. of IA Kantorei

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Egil Hovland: Agnus Dei, concerto for bassoon & chorus, Op. 167; Bernard van Beurden: The End of Troy, for chorus & bassoon; Adrian Williams: My Heart is Steadfast, for chorus & bassoon; Eberhard Eys...
Performers: Bruesehoff, Gretchen; Coelho, Benjamin; Crouch, Michelle; Delong, Noah; Dykes, Brian
Conductors: Stalter, Tim
Ensemble: ; University of Iowa Kantorei

Compositions featuring the human voice and bassoon are rare. There is no clear reason for the relative dearth of bassoon/vocal works, but it certainly cannot...continue...
Recording information: St. Bridget's Church, Morse, Iowa (2010-10-30&2010-11-13&2011-)....continue...

Gyorgy Ligeti: Le Grand Macabre, opera / Chris Merritt, Ines Moraleda, Ana Puche, Werner Van Mechelen, Barbara Hannigan. Michael Boder, Teatre del Liceu SO [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-09-25

Works: György Ligeti: Le Grand Macabre
Performers: Hannigan, Barbara; Mechelen, Werner van; Merritt, Chris; Moraleda, Ines; Olsen, Frode; Puche, Ana
Conductors: Boder, Michael
Ensemble: Gran Teatre del Liceu

Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu presents Gyorgy Ligeti's sole opera "Le grand macabre" in a stunningly imaginative and highly theatrical production by La Fura dels...continue...
Run Time: 164 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German...continue...

Gyorgy Ligeti: Le Grand Macabre, opera / Chris Merritt, Ines Moraleda, Ana Puche, Werner Van Mechelen, Barbara Hannigan. Michael Boder, Teatre del Liceu SO [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-09-25

Works: György Ligeti: Le Grand Macabre
Performers: Hannigan, Barbara; Mechelen, Werner van; Merritt, Chris; Moraleda, Ines; Olsen, Frode; Puche, Ana
Conductors: Boder, Michael
Ensemble: Gran Teatre del Liceu

Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu presents Gyorgy Ligeti's sole opera "Le grand macabre" in a stunningly imaginative and highly theatrical production by La Fura dels...continue...
Run Time: 164 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish...continue...

Fifty Shades of Grey: The Classical Album / Alexandre Tharaud, Barbara Hendricks, Samson Francois Alexis Weissenberg, et al.

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-18

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Johann Sebastian Bach: Keyboard Concerto in D minor, BWV 974; Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Heitor Villa-Lobos...
Performers: Augér, Arleen; Barley, Peter; Francois, Samson; Garcia, José Luis; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Lympany, Moura; Mesple, Mady; Millet, Danielle; Ousset, Cécile; Tharaud, Al...
Conductors: Lombard, Alain; Labadie, Bernard; Bátiz, Enrique; Muti, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Cellos of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Cellos; Les Violons du Roy

EMI Classics is proud to present Fifty Shades of Grey - The Classical Album, an exciting new release featuring 15 pieces of classical music personally...continue...
When E.L. James was writing her Twilight-slash-fic-turned-BSDM potboiler Fifty Shades of Grey, she apparently fueled her writing sessions by listening to tons of classical music. Once the book turned ...continue...

George Walker: Great American Concert Music / Alison Buchanan, soprano; George Walker, piano; Gregory Walker, violin; Robert Pollock, piano

1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-09-11

Works: George Walker: Sonata for Piano no 3; Music for Three, for violin, cello & piano; The Bereaved Maid, for voice & piano; Hey Nonny No, for voice & piano; Sweet Let Me Go, for voice & piano; So We'll G...
Performers: Bates, Leon; Buchanan, Alison; Pollock, Robert; Walker, George; Walker, Gregory
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ritz Chamber Trio

This recording continues the series on Albany Records of the music of the distinguished composer George Walker, who celebrated his 90th birthday June 27. Walker...continue...

Victoria from the Heart: Love Songs / Victoria de las Angeles, soprano

1 CD / Columna Musica / 2012-09-11

Works: Jean-Paul-Gilles Martini: Plaisir d'amour, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Franz Schubert: Gesänge (4) aus Wilhelm Meister, D 877/Op. 62; Gabriel Fauré: Les roses d'Ispahan, Op. 39 no 4; ...
Performers: Campora, Giuseppe; de los Angeles, Victoria; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Monte, Carlo del; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Morante, Manuel Garcia; Parsons, Geoffrey; Soriano, Gonzalo
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Prêtre, Georges; Jacquillat, Jean-Pierre; Morelli, Giuseppe; Susskind, Walter; Cluytens, André; Monteux, Pierre; Santini, Gabriele; Serafin, Tullio

The pieces on this CD help us remember the softer side of Victoria de los Angeles, a soprano with a magnificent and unique voice, through...continue...

Ildebrando Pizzetti: Canti della Stagione Alta; Tre Canzoni; Due Canti d'Amore; Preludio / Caiello, Windsor, Canino

1 CD / La Bottega Discantica / 2012-09-11

Works: Ildebrando Pizzetti: Canti della stagione alta; Songs (3) for voice & string quartet; Canti d'amore (2), for voice & piano; L'ombra, prelude for piano; Foglio d'Album, for piano
Performers: Ballista, Antonio; Caiello, Alda; Canino, Bruno; Windsor, Lorna
Conductors: Ballista, Antonio
Ensemble: Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali

Ildebrando Pizzetti was a multi-faceted figure: composer, teacher, critic, and indefatigable musical organizer. In his impressive catalog of works, his compositions for piano occupy only...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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