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Vladimir Ashkenazy: 50 Years on Decca / Ashkenazy, Perlman, Harrell, Fistoulari, Solti, Kondrashin et al. [Limited Edition]

50 CD / Decca / 2013-04-02

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G minor, Op. 40...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Ashkenazy, Vovka; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Belkin, Boris; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Cash, Teresa [Soprano Vocal]; Civil, Alan; Cohen, Franklin; Cooke, Terry; Corkhill...
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Fistoulari, Anatole; Maazel, Lorin; Segal, Uri; Zinman, David; Kertész, István; Previn, Andre; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Barenboim, Daniel; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Solti, S...

Decca Classics releases Ashkenazy: 50 Years on Decca on April 2, 2013, a limited edition box-set comprised of 50 CDs to celebrate the labels remarkable...continue...

Landscapes: Torke: Jevelin; Mojave; Ticheli: Simple gifts; An American Elegy; Copland: Quiet City / Ji Hye Jung, marimba; Steve Leisring, trumpet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-03-26

Works: Michael Torke: Javelin, overture for orchestra; Mojave, for marimba & wind ensemble; Frank Ticheli: An American Elegy, for symphonic band; Simple Gifts (Four Shaker Songs), for band; Aaron Copland: Q...
Performers: Jung, Ji Hye; Leisring, Steve; Marco, Margaret
Conductors: Popiel, Paul W.
Ensemble: University of Kansas Wind Ensemble

Landscapes is a journey through the rich tapestry of American wind band music, performed by one of the country's leading ensembles. One of Michael Torke's...continue...
Recording information: Lied Center of Kansas, Kansas City (2012-04-01_2012-04-02&2012-)....continue...

License to Thrill - Works and transcriptoins by Bach, Vivaldi, Gershwin, Chick Corea, Piazzolla et al. / Joe Burgstaller, trumpet

1 CD / Summit Records / 2013-03-12

Works: Joe Burgstaller: Within, for chorus & trumpet; Lullaby; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for solo keyboard no 1 in D major (after Vivaldi Op. 3/9), BWV 972 (BC L189); George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; ...
Performers: Arnhold, Joelle [Vocals]; Burgstaller, Joe; Burke, Mary; Butterman, Karl [Vocals]; Cheng, Stephanie; Clark, Alex; Ferrari, John; Ganger, Joshua [Vocals]; Gargiulo, Julian [Piano]; Herrington, Benjami...

Trumpet titan Joe Burgstaller (formerly of Canadian Brass) presents a compendium including baroque, classical, contemporary classical, traditional spiritual, diazole, Chick Corea, and Sting! This wond...continue...
Recording information: 2012....continue...

Blow the Wind Northerly - Francaix: 7 Dances from Les Malheurs de Sophie; Le Gay Paris; Janacek:: MladiÆ for Wind Quintet; Klein: Divertimento for Wind Octet / Stevenson Winds

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2013-03-12

Works: Jean Françaix: Sept Danses from Les Malheurs de Sophie; Le Gay Paris, for solo trumpet, flute,2 oboes, 2 clarinets, basson, contrabassoon & 2 horns; Leos Janácek: Mládí (Youth), s...
Performers: Laville, Emmanuel; O'Keeffe, Mark
Conductors:
Ensemble: Stevenson Winds

Tine / Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet; Kathryn Stott, trumpet

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-03-12

Works: Jacques Ibert: Impromptu, for trumpet & piano; Alexander Glazunov: Albumleaf for trumpet & piano in D flat major; George Enescu: Legende; Edvard Hagerup Bull: Perpetuum mobile, for trumpet & piano; G...
Performers: Helseth, Tine Thing; Stott, Kathryn

TINE is the eponymous recital disc by the exciting young Norwegian trumpet virtuoso Tine Thing Helseth. Her first two albums for EMI Classics (Storyteller and...continue...
Recording information: The Friary, Liverpool (06/24/2012-06/27/2012)....continue...

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...

Duke Ellington: Tone Poems - Black, Brown & Beige; Harlem; The River; Take the "A" Train / Sal Andolina, clarinet; Amy Licata, violin

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-02-26

Works: Duke Ellington: Harlem; Black, Brown and Beige Suite; Three Black Kings; The River, suite from the ballet for orchestra; Billy Strayhorn: Take the A Train
Performers: Andolina, Salvatore; Anthony di Lorenzo [Composer/Trumpet]; Licata, Amy [Violin]
Conductors: Falletta, JoAnn
Ensemble: ; Buffalo Philharmonic

Duke Ellington was a master of Big Band jazz but he also wrote in a variety of other forms including tone poems and ballets. The...continue...
Recording information: Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York, USA (05/09/2012-05/11/2012)....continue...

Maurice André - The Trumpet Maestro: Carnival of Venice; Rhapsody in Blue; Summertime et al. (great hits rec. 1956 - 1961)

2 CD / Indesens / 2013-02-12

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Concerto en fa; Un américain à Paris; Porgy and Bess; Strike up the Band; Ernesto Lecuona: Siboney, song for voice & piano (or orchestra); Michael Carr: S...
Performers: Andre, Maurice
Conductors: Faustin, J.; Denjean, Jacques

Maurice André's first great hits, from the years 1956 to 1961....continue...
Recording information: 1956-1959....continue...

Viktor Kalabis: Symphonies & Concertos / Petr Skvor, violin; Zuzana Ruzickova, harpsichord; Josef Suk, violin; Milan Langer, piano et al.

3 CD / Supraphon / 2013-02-07

Works: Viktor Kalabis: Symphony, No 2, Op 18 ("Sinfonia Pacis"); Concerto for Violin & orchestra no 1, Op. 17; Symphonic Variations for large orchestra, Op. 24; Concerto for large orchestra; Symphony no 3, ...
Performers: Formacek, Jiri; Kejmar, Miroslav; Langer, Milan; Peter Skvor [Violin/Conductor]; Ruzickova, Zuzanna; Suk, Josef
Conductors: Kosler, Zdenek; Kalabis, Viktor; Neumann, Václav; Slovák, Ladislav; Belohlávek, Jirí; Konvalinka, Milos; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Koutnik, Tomas Norbert; Formacek, Milos
Ensemble: ; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Wind Ensemble; Czech Philharmonic Wind Ensemble; Prague Chamber Orchestra; Prague Symphony Orchestra

To mark the 90th anniversary of the birth of Viktor Kalabis, one of the most distinguished 20th-century Czech composers, Supraphon is releasing this special selection...continue...
Recording information: Prague....continue...

Morton Gould: American Legend - incl. American Ballads; Derivations; Fall River Legend; Jekyll and Hyde Variations [3 CDs]

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

Works: Morton Gould: American Ballads, for orchestra; Stephen Foster Gallery; American Salute; Fanfare for Freedom for brass ensemble; Saint Lawrence Suite, for 2 trumpets & wind ensemble; Jericho, rhapsody...
Performers: Munoz, William; Porietis, Janis; Zelnick, Stephanie [Clarinet]
Conductors: Kuchar, Theodore; Weiss, Scott; Schermerhorn, Kenneth
Ensemble: ; Nashville Symphony Orchestra; National Symphony of Ukrains; University of Kansas Wind Ensemble

"Somehow, even if not consciously, virtually all of American musicians have been touched by Morton and affected by him...as a composer, as pianist, as arranger...continue...

Intrinsic Versatility - Music by Debussy, Mower, Hindemith, Stravinsky et al. / Miles Osland, piccolo, flute, alto flute, clarinet, soprano, alto, tenor & baritone saxophone

1 CD / Mark Custom Recording / 2013-01-29

Works: Clare Fischer: Rhapsody Nova, for wind ensemble; Claude Debussy: Syrinx; Mike Mower: Collaboraçâo, for saxophone, trumpet & piano; Conglomerate, for saxophone, trumpet & piano; Paul Hindemi...
Performers: Dailey, Raleigh; DiMartino, Vince; Osland, Miles
Conductors: Dalley, Raleigh; DiMartino, Vince;
Ensemble: University of Kentucky Wind Ensemble

Miles Osland stands out front by virtue of his versatility and flexibility. Featured as a soloist on this CD, Osland performs on piccolo, flute, alto...continue...

Trumpet Concertos - works by Goedicke, Bohme, Shakhov, Vasilenko, Arutiunian / Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-01-15

Works: Ilya Shakhov: Romantic Concerto for trumpet & orchestra; Alexander Arutiunian: Concerto for Trumpet in A flat major; Oskar Böhme: La Napolitaine, tarantella for trumpet & ensemble, Op. 25; Serge...
Performers: Friedrich, Reinhold [Trumpet]; Tyre, Marjorie
Conductors: Mueller, Christoph-Mathia
Ensemble: ; Gottinger Symphony Orchestra

Reinhold Friedrich is one of the leading trumpet soloists of our time.

Shakhov is little known, and outside Russia his name has been subject to

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Recording information: Hannover (2011-09-16_2011-09-18&2012-)....continue...

Instrumentals

5 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Wayne Shanklin: Chanson d' Amour; Bert Kaempfert: Wonderland by Night; Peter Mösser: Morgen; Louis Louiguy: Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White, song (for the film Underwater); Frank W. Meacham:...
Performers: Bilk, Acker; Calvert, Eddie; Capova, Sylvia; Cramer, Floyd; Davis, Tom [Piano]; Eddy, Duane; Fordham, George; Hogwallop, Lester; Jaccottet, Christiane; Kangas, John; Karas, Anton; Landry, McGeorge; M...
Conductors: Kaempfert, Bert; Vaughn, Billy; Prado, Perez; Miller, Glenn; Miller, Mitch; Greger, Max; Brown, Les; ; Faith, Percy; Mantovani; Justis, Bill; Goodman, Benny; Bush, Lou; Baxter, Les; Anthony, Ray; Hay...
Ensemble: ; Bill Black's Combo; Chris Barber's Jazz Band; Paul Kuhn Combo

Includes crazy otto medley by various composers....continue...

Quartet [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

1 CD / Decca / 2013-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Dario Marianelli: Quartet, film score; Franz Schubert: An Sylvia; Arthur Sullivan: The Mikado; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Luigi Boccher...
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Charles, Leon; Cotrubas, Ileana; D'Angelo, Gianna; Engel, Karl; Georgiadis, John [Conductor]; Heley, John; Herbert, Ita; Hughes, Ronnie; Jones, Peggy Ann; Kampen, Christopher van; M...
Conductors: Morgan, James; Nash, Royston; Munchinger, Karl; Dorati, Antal; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bartoletti, Bruno; Bonynge, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg

The original motion picture soundtrack to Dustin Hoffman's comedy Quartet brings together a variety of vintage performances from Decca's back catalog that are complemented by excerpts from the film sc...continue...

Karlheinz Stockhausen: Michaels Reuse un die Erde / Marco Blaauw, Nicola Jurgensen

1 CD / Wergo / 2013-01-08

Works: Karlheinz Stockhausen: Michael's Journey Round the Earth (from the opera "Donnerstag), for trumpet & orchestra
Performers: Blaauw, Marco; Jurgensen, Nicola
Conductors: Rundel, Peter
Ensemble: MusikFabrik

Michaels Reise um die Erde (Michael's Journey Around the World) is the second act of the opera Donnerstag from the seven-part opera cycle Licht by...continue...
Recording information: Rahmen des Festival d'Automne à Paris im MC93 Théâtre B (12/13/2008-12/14/2008)....continue...

Arthur Honegger: Complete Symphonies / Lubeck PO

2 Super Audio CD / Musicaphon / 2013-01-07

Works: Arthur Honegger: Symphony no 1 in C major, H. 75; Symphony no 2, for strings & trumpet ad lib in D major, H. 153; Symphony no 5 in D major ("Di Tre Re"), H. 202; Symphony no 3 ("Liturgique"), H. 186;...
Performers: Segers, Guido
Conductors: Brogli-Sacher, Roman
Ensemble: ; Philharmonic Orchestra Lubeck

Throughout his life as a composer, Arthur Honnegger, born in 1892 in Le Havre, France, as the son of Swiss parents, combined within himself the...continue...
Recording information: Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Musik- und Kongreáha....continue...

Voices of Trumpets and Organ - works by Torelli, Hovhaness, Manfredini, Pinkham, Langlais et al. / Byron Pearson & Donald Rison, trumpets

1 CD / Crystal Records / 2012-12-01

Works: Giuseppe Torelli: Sinfonia for trumpet, strings & continuo, G. 8; Alan Hovhaness: Prayer of St Gregory, Op. 62b; Hans Ludwig Schilling: Canzona Über "Christ ist Erstanden"; Daniel Pinkham: The O...
Performers: Pearson, Byron [Trumpet]; Tison, Donald R. [Trumpet]; Vidrich, Arthur [Organ]

Recording information: Brookwood Studios....continue...

The American Trumpet - music for trumpet and orchestra by Eyler, Rouse, Starer, Sondheim, Carbon, Froom / Jeffrey Silberschlag, trumpet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-10-30

Works: Leo Eylar: Dance Suite, for trumpet & string orchestra; Steve Rouse: The Avatar; Robert Starer: Invocation, for trumpet & string orchestra (or piano); Stephen Sondheim: Sweeney Todd; John Carbon: Not...
Performers: Greitzer, Deborah; Silberschlag, Jeffrey
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

The unique qualities of the American trumpet tradition are celebrated in this wide-ranging disc. From the drama of Leo Eylar's dazzling Dance Suite to the...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA (06/1994)....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...

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...

Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Symphony no 9 / Peter Jablonski, Cristina Ortiz

1 CD / Decca / 2012-10-09

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C minor, Op. 35; Concerto for Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 102; Symphony no 9 in E flat major, Op. 70
Performers: Jablonski, Peter; Ortiz, Cristina; Simmons, Raymond
Conductors: Ashkenazy, Vladimir
Ensemble: ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Shostakovich was the greatest composer of the Soviet era and throughout his life walked a tightrope between satisfying the authorities and voicing the hopes and...continue...

Bach: Brandenburg Concertos; Shostakovich: Preludes Op. 87 / Ensemble Caprice

2 CD / Analekta / 2012-10-02

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Prelude & Fugue for piano no 7 in A major, Op. 87/7; Prelude & Fugue for piano no 18 in F minor, Op. 87/18; Prelude & Fugue for piano no 4 in E minor, Op. 87/4; Prelude & Fugue f...
Performers: Bergeron, Louis Pierre; Brault, Olivier; Cohen, Josh; Helyard, Erin; Jennejohn, Matthew; Lariviere, Sophie; Marsolais, Louis-Philippe; Maute, Matthias; Paull, Pemi
Conductors: Maute, Matthias
Ensemble: Ensemble Caprice

When J.S .Bach sent his carefully handwritten score of Six Concerts à plusieurs instruments to the margrave of Brandenburg in 1721, he could never have...continue...
Recording information: St-Augustin de Mirabel Church, Quebec, Canada (09/2011)....continue...

Widmung, Tribute - Transcriptions for trumpet; flugelhorn of works by Paganini, Debussy, Kreisler, Arban, Bartok et al. / Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet, flugelhorn

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Caprice no 24; Claude Debussy: La plus que lente; Fritz Kreisler: Schön Rosmarin; Liebesleid; Liebesfreud; Jean-Baptiste "Joseph" Arban: Fantasie Brillante, for cornet & e...
Performers: Meerovitch, Maria; Nakariakov, Sergei [Trumpet]

This new album by Sergei Nakariakov was recorded in the Jesus-Christus-Kirche in Dahlem, Berlin in tribute and homage to his late mentor, the great Russian...continue...
Recording information: Jesus-Christus Kirche, Berlin-Dahem (08/2010)....continue...

Samuel Barber: An American Romantic - The Choral Music of Samuel Barber / Conspirare

1 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-09-12

Works: Samuel Barber: Twelfth Night, for 4 voices. Op. 42/1; To Be Sung on the Water, for 4 voices, Op. 42/2; The Virgin Martyrs, Op. 8 no 1; Let Down the Bars, O Death, Op. 8 no 2; Reincarnations, for 4 vo...
Performers: Brickens, Nathaniel; Burritt, Thomas; Burritt, Tom; Clarke, Karen; Debow, Faith; Henderson, Rebecca; Hughes, Patrick [Trumpet]; Jones, Adah Toland [Flute]; Punter, Melanie; Sauer, Gregory; Shaw, Bria...
Conductors: Hella-Johnson, Craig
Ensemble: ; Conspirare

On their new recording Samuel Barber - An American Romantic, Craig Hella Johnson and Conspirare honor the great composer with a selection of some of...continue...
Recording information: Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen College, Indiana (09/2011)....continue...

Trumpet Concertos by Stil, Riva, Zwilich, Charles, Vizzutti, Tomasi / Thierry Gervais, trumpet; Allen Vizzutti

1 CD / Indesens / 2012-09-11

Works: Sergei Wassilenko: Concert-Poem, for trumpet & orchestra in C minor, Op. 113; Henri Tomasi: Semaine sainte à Cuzco; Allen Vizzutti: Andante and Capriccio; Jean Jacques Charles: Mon papa, ne ve...
Performers: Gervais, Thierry [Trumpet]
Conductors: Stil, Bastien;
Ensemble: ; Grand Ensemble de Cuivres et Percussion; Paris Tuba Quartet; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Quintette Utopia

A delightful adventure, featuring an eclectic selection of colorful tunes and arrangements....continue...
Recording information: l'Auditorium de Vincennes (2011); Witold Lutoslawski Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland (2011); l'Auditorium de Vincennes (2012); Witold Lutoslawski Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland (2012...continue...

Classical Themes in Jazz

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-09-04

Works: John Kirby: Bounce of the Sugar-Plum Fairy, for jazz ensemble (after the Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy from Tcha; William Reardon-Anderson: Solfeggietto / Bud on Bach, for jazz ensemble (after Bud Po...
Performers: Asherie, Ehud; Glass, Daniel [Drums]; Kellso, Jon-Erik; Reardon-Anderson, Peter; Reardon-Anderson, Will

Recording information: Zebulon Studios, New York, NY (07/31/2012)....continue...

Live at the Kulturpalast Dresden - The SWR Big Band plays Duke ellington, George Gershwin and Sammy Nestico

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2012-08-28

Works: Sammy Nestico: A Swingphonic Collection, for big band; George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, for piano & orchestra (orchestrated by F. Grofé); Duke Ellington: Harlem
Performers: Farrent, Karl; Godfroid, Marc; Kuhn, Axel [Bass]; Paquette, Pierre; Wagenleiter, Klaus; Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ]
Conductors: Marshall, Wayne

Perhaps no other musical style has exerted a greater influence on the culture of the first half of the 20th century than Jazz. This utterly...continue...
Recording information: Kulturpalast Dresden (07/17/2011).

The phrase "German swing" may still cause a few hairs to stand up on the back of the neck, but this competent release is more the produ...continue...

Singin' in the Rain [2012 London Cast]

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 2012-08-28

Works: Nacio Herb Brown: Singin' in the Rain, musical
Performers: Baggs, Simon; Brewer, Barry; Brown, Charlie; Chibah, Reiad; Cornwell, Phil; Freeman, Richard; George, Richard; Hunter, Andy; Justin, Graham [Trumpet]; Knights, Phil; Lewis, Oliver; McManus, Steve; Me...
Conductors: Scott, Robert

Personnel: Phil Adams (keyboard programming).

Recording information: Angel Studios (06/2012)....continue...

Musique de Chambre

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

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

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

Charles Bestor: The Sound of Time - a study in the electronic manipulaton of language / Eric Berlin, trumpet

1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-08-14

Works: Charles Bestor: Cycles, for electronics; Concerto Piccolo, for trumpet & electronics; Pathways from the Dream Spell series, for electronics; Into the Labyrinth, for electronics; Time and the River's ...
Performers: Berlin, Eric; Bestor, Charles

The Sound of Time, a study in the electronic manipulation of language, consists of the artistic genre often referred to as installation art. All but...continue...
Recording information: Electronic and Computer Music Studios, Department of Mu....continue...

Twas the Brass Before Christmas

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-08-07

Works: Christmas Traditional: Personent hodie (On this day Earth shall ring) (Piae Cantiones); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; The Twelve Days of Christmas; Jubilate; Christmas Cheer...
Performers: Brantigan, Kathy; Docksey, F. Joseph; Hood, Alan
Conductors: Deck, Warren
Ensemble: Denver Brass

Recording information: Bethany Lutheran Church, Cherry Hills Village (12/11/2011/12/17/2011)....continue...

Wonderful World - Works by Bach, Irving Berlin, Thomas Miller et al. / Denver Brass and Friends - Lowell Graham

1 CD / Klavier / 2012-07-31

Works: Andrew Wolfe: Fanfare for the Brave, for brass ensemble; Herb Alpert Suite, medley for brass ensemble; Sleepers Awake / A Whiter Shade of Pale, for brass ensemble; Brian K. Pfoltner: Pikes Peak, over...
Performers: Hood, Alan; Miller, Tom
Conductors: Graham, Lowell
Ensemble: ; Denver Brass

Recording information: Frederic C. Hamilton Family Recital Hall, Newman Center (06/11/2010-06/16/2010)....continue...

Andrew Simpson: A Crown of Stars; Alfred Schnittke: Requiem / Lisa Edwards-Burrs, soprano; Joseph Dietrich, tenor

1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-07-10

Works: Andrew Earle Simpson: A Crown of Stars; Alfred Schnittke: Requiem, music to Schiller's drama "Don Carlos", for soloists, mixed chorus & instrumental ensemble
Performers: Ament, Anne; Barnet, Lori; Birch, Robert; Bisesi, John; Carson, Mark; Daglar, Fatma; Dewey, Glenn; Dircksen, Eri; Firsow, Karin; Fritz, Ben [Trombone]; Humphreys, Michelle; Kaye, Jane; Kivrak, Osman;...
Conductors: Becker, Gisèle
Ensemble: Maryland State Boychoir

Andrew Earle Simpson's A Crown of Stars is a wedding oratorio celebrating the universality of human love and was commissioned by the Cantate Chamber Singers...continue...

Souris: Musiques / Gillet, Solhosse, Acquisto, et al

1 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: André Souris: Concert flamand d'après des sources de la renaissance, for flute, clarinet, oboe & bassoon; Tombeau de Socrate (Musique I), for solo instrument; Trois inventions pour orgue, f...
Performers: Acquisto, Antoine; Andre Pichal; Arnaud Moyencourt; Bob Permentier; Cantor, Emile; Charlier, Jean-Michel; Danel, Marc; Giaux, Baudoin; Gillet, Anne-Catherine; Jean-Pierre Haeck; José Schyns; K...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Hamlet Overture / Valentina Igoshina, piano; Thomas Hammes, trumpet

1 CD / CPO / 2012-06-26

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C minor, Op. 35; Hamlet, suite from the incidental music, Op. 32a (unrelated to film score); Concerto for Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 102
Performers: Hammes, Thomas; Igoshina, Valentina
Conductors: Skou-Larsen, Lavard
Ensemble: ; Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss

This recording presents the original version of the rousing Hamlet suite inspired by the Shakespeare drama and piano concertos performed by the young Igoshina. Her...continue...
Recording information: Festhalle Viersen, Deutschland (10/11/2010-10/13/2010)....continue...

Petr Eben: Okna; Landscapes of Patmos; Concerto for Organ no 2 / Gunther Rost, organ; Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet

1 CD / Oehms / 2012-06-26

Works: Petr Eben: Windows; Landscapes of Patmos for organ & percussion; Concerto No 2 for organ & orchestra
Performers: Haag, Babette; Helseth, Tine Thing; Rost, Gunther
Conductors: Feltz, Gabriel
Ensemble: ; Bamberg Sympony Orchestra; Bavarian State Philharmonic

Petr Eben is considered to be one of the Czech Republic's leading contemporary composers. His organ compositions explore new territory in regard to playing techniques,...continue...
Recording information: Konzerthalle Bamberg, Joseph-Heilberth-Saal (04/2009); Konzerthalle Bamberg, Joseph-Heilberth-Saal (09/2010); Konzerthalle Bamberg, Joseph-Heilberth-Saal (09/2011)....continue...

Herbert von Karajan - The 1960s [82 CDs]

82 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-06-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Don Quixote, Op. 35; Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings, AV 142; Concerto for Oboe in D major, AV 144; Concerto for Horn no 2 in E flat major, o.Op. 132 (TrV ...
Performers: Anda, Géza; Berry, Walter; Borwitzky, Ottomar; Brandis, Thomas [Violin]; Cappone, Giusto; Cherkassky, Shura; Civil, Alan; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; F...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Priem-Bergrath, Hans
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble

We're going Big in 2012! Almost incredible: between 1959 and the end of the following decade, Herbert von Karajan recorded 82 CDs worth of orchestral...continue...

Essential American Classics - Over 2 hours of America's best-loved classical music

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Bamboula, danse des nègres for piano, Op. 2, D. 13 (RO 20); Stephen Foster: My Old Kentucky Home, for voice & piano; Beautiful dreamer; Edward MacDowell: To a Wild Rose;...
Performers: Allen, Geri; Barclay, John; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Carter, Regina [Violin]; Criswell, Kim; Gardner, Simon; Glaser, Matt; Goodchild, Mark; Hampson, Thomas; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Voc...
Conductors: Foley, Timothy; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Slatkin, Leonard; Slatkin, Felix; Richardson, Neil; McGlinn, John; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Bátiz, Enrique; Davies, Dennis R.; Paavo, Järvi; Warren-Green,...

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad"; Piano Concerto No. 1 / Andre Previn, piano

2 CD / Widescreen / 2012-06-02

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C minor, Op. 35; Symphony no 5 in D minor, Op. 47; Symphony no 7 (as used in the film "Testimony")
Performers: Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]; Vacchiano, William
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: ; New York Philharmonic

Aaron Copland: Suite from 'Appalachian Spring'; Symphonic Ode; Paul Creston: Symphony No. 3 'Three Mysteries'

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-05-29

Works: Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring, concert suite for 13 instruments; Symphonic Ode; Paul Creston: Symphony no 3 ("Three Mysteries"), Op. 48
Performers: Assadi, Susan Gulkis; Butler, Charles; Davis, Raymond; Krimsky, Seth; Ritt, David
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

Aaron Copland's suite from the ballet Appalachian Spring won him a Pulitzer Prize and global recognition. The famous Quaker song 'Simple Gifts' and the American...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA (1992-01-06_1992-01-07&1993-)....continue...

Morton Gould: Concerto Grosso from 'Audubon'; Formations; Cinerama Holiday / Jeffrey Silberschlag, trumpet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-05-29

Works: Morton Gould: Concerto Grosso for 4 solo violins & orchestra (from Balanchine's ballet 'Audubon'); Cinerama Holiday, suite; World War I, music for the CBS TV Series; American Symphonette no 2; Holoca...
Performers: Bailey, Mariel; Larionoff, Maria; Shmidt, Mikhail; Silberschlag, Jeffrey; Weller, John
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

Spanning the traditional boundaries separating "serious" and "popular" music, Morton Gould wrote prodigiously across a wide range of forms, from concert works to musicals and...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA (1994-06-13&1994-11-22&1995-)....continue...

George Gershwin: An American in Paris; Ferde Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite / Charles Butler, trumpet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-05-29

Works: George Gershwin: An American in Paris; Ferde Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite, for orchestra
Performers: Butler, Charles
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

An American in Paris is one of Gershwin's most sumptuous and best-loved works. He called it 'a rhapsodic ballet' but denied any specific program except...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA....continue...

Eric Aubier Plays Henri Tomasi: The Complete Trumpet Works

1 CD / Indesens / 2012-05-08

Works: Henri Tomasi: Concerto for Trumpet; Suite for 3 trumpets; Gregorian Variations on a Salve Regina, for trumpet & organ; Semaine sainte à Cuzco; Triptyque for trumpet & piano; Etudes pour trompe...
Performers: Aubier, Eric; Baty, Alexandre; Escaich, Thierry; Lebrequier, Camille; Mellardi, Frederic; Samaltanos, Nikolaos
Conductors: Constant, Marius; Bilger, Francois-Xavier;
Ensemble: ; Ensemble de Cuivres d'Avignon

Accompanied by exceptional musicians, French music specialist Eric Aubier enhances Tomasi's music - sometimes expressive, sometimes intimate....continue...

Shostakovich: Piano Concertos nos 1 & 2; Alexander Toradze, piano; Frankfurt RSO, Jarvi

1 CD / New Pan / 2012-05-03

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C minor, Op. 35; Concerto for Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 102; Concertino for 2 pianos, Op. 94
Performers: Ellensohn, Jurgen [Trumpet]; Toradze, Alexander; Vatchnadze, George [Piano]
Conductors: Jarvi, Paavo
Ensemble: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

The label PAN and the HR (Hessischer Rundfunk) present the first issue of their recently started collaboration with a new recording of Shostakovich's piano concertos...continue...

And There Was Music - Gershwin, Jones, Lubbock, Mercury, Metheny

1 CD / Swedish Society Discofil / 2012-04-24

Works: Nelson Riddle: Ambulatory Suite, for pops orchestra (after Gershwin); Jeremy Lubbock: At the End of the Day (Grace); Freddie Mercury: Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke; Niclas Rydh: The Awakening, for orc...
Performers: Glanneskog, David [Trumpet]; Henriksson, Kjell; Lundin, Anders; Wilke, Sebastian
Conductors: Hanson, Alexander
Ensemble: ; Goteborg Wind Orchestra

Today, the Gotenburg Wind Orchestra represents one of Sweden's few remaining professional wind ensembles and carries an international reputation. And There Was Music includes a...continue...
Recording information: Göteborg, Sweden (01/2011)....continue...

Georg Breinschmid & Friends play music of Georg Breinschmid

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-04-10

Works: Georg Breinschmid: Wien bleibt Krk, for violin, accordion & double bass; Klanes Wiener Basssolo, interlude for bass; Stammersdorfer Ausdruckstänze, for 2 violins & double bass; Musette pour Elis...
Performers: Athanasiadis, Caroline; Breinschmid, Georg; Carstensen, Sitan; Gansch, Linde; Gansch, Thomas; Guggenbichler, Roland; Gurtler, Sebastian; Heginger, Agnes; Igudesman, Aleksey; Kainrath, Tini; Lust, Len...

To showcase the multifaceted aspects of his writing, Georg Breinschmid brought together the greatest classical and jazz musicians in Vienna. This is Breinschmid's personal melange...continue...
Recording information: 05/2006-09/2007....continue...

Alison Balsom / Bach, Debussy, Piazzolla, etc.

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-03

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Escualo; Libertango; Benedetto Marcello: Concerto for Oboe in C minor; American Traditional: Shenandoah, folk song; James MacMillan: Seraph for Trumpet and String Orchestra; Sergey R...
Performers: Balsom, Alison

British trumpet sensation Alison Balsom is poised to take the U.S. by storm, and this new self-titled album heralds her first mass-market foray and marks...continue...

Heaven to Earth: Choral works by Barber, Ives, Bernstein, Stravinsky et al. / Westminster Choir

1 CD / Westminister Choir College / 2012-03-27

Works: Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Maurice Duruflé: Requiem; Charles Ives: Psalm 90 "Lord, thou hast been"; Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Igor Stravinsky: Credo, for chorus; Pater noster; Ralph...
Performers: Banaszek, Maurycy; Bitow, Phyllis; Brennfleck, Steven; Fetrow, Heather; Haislip, Douglas; Hansen, Joanne; Hudson, Daniel; Justen, Gloria; Maupin, Marisa; Musto, James; Neglia, James; Ostrander, Adrie...
Conductors: Flummerfelt, Joseph
Ensemble: Westminster Choir

Praised by American Record Guide as the 'gold standard for American academic choirs,' the Westminster Choir has performed and recorded with virtually every major orchestra...continue...
Recording information: Princeton University Chapel, Princeton, NJ (2002-06-??&2003-06-??&2004-)....continue...

Trumpet & Orchestra: works by Bach, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Massenet, Arutiunian et al. / Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet and flugelhorn [6 CDs]

6 CD / Teldec / 2012-03-27

Works: André Jolivet: Concertino for Trumpet, Strings & Piano; Henri Tomasi: Concerto for Trumpet; Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Concerto for Trumpet in E flat major, S 49/WoO 1; Concerto for Bassoon in F m...
Performers: Brown, Christopher; Howard, Peter; James, Layton; Markovich, Aleksandr; Nakariakov, Sergei [Trumpet]; Strommen, Linda; Tempel, Thomas
Conductors: López-Cobos, Jesús; Wolff, Hugh; Faerber, Jörg; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Boreyko, Andrey; Sondeckis, Saulius

Sergei Nakariakov is one of the world's finest young trumpet and flugelhorn players. In this boxed set is a collection of his recordings for trumpet...continue...

Poulenc: Complete Chamber Works / London Conchord Ens.

2 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2012-03-27

Works: Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Cello and Piano; Sonata for violin & piano, FP 119; Sonata for Flute and Piano; Sonata for oboe & piano, FP 185; Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; Sextet for wind quintet & p...
Performers: Carroll, Thomas; Ellis, Tom; Flammineis, Andrea; Fulcher, Byron; Hosford, Richard; Koch, Maya; Korth, Nicholas; Martin, Maximiliano; Milford, Julian; Pailthorpe, Daniel; Pailthorpe, Emily; Robson, Ba...
Conductors:
Ensemble: London Conchord Ensemble

This new disc from the acclaimed London Concord Ensemble presents Francis Poulenc's complete chamber music on 2 CDs. This flexible ensemble of internationally recognized young...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, Wet Sussex, UK....continue...