Viola > Opera/Operetta

Villazon Verdi / Rolando Villazon, tenor. Gianandrea Noseda

1 CD / Decca / 2012-11-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio; I due Foscari; Brindisi I ("Mescetemi il vino!"), song for voice & piano; L'esule, song for voice & piano; I Lombardi alla prima crociata; In solitaria...
Performers: Barilli, Armando; Erdmann, Mojca; Favaro, Ugo [Horn]; Lukic, Relja; Ombuena, Vicente; Picatto, Luigi [Clarinet]; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Noseda, Gianandrea
Ensemble: ; Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Tori

Released to coincide with Verdi's anniversary year (1813 to 2013).

A unique and carefully-crafted personal selection of Verdi arias and songs that takes us on

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Recording information: Auditorio RAI Arturo Toscanini, Turin, Italy (09/2012)....continue...

A Late Quartet - Music by Angelo Badalamenti [Original Soundtrack]

1 CD / Decca / 2012-11-06

Works: Angelo Badalamenti: A Late Quartet, film score; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die Tote Stadt; Cristian Puig: Bulerias del encuntreno, song; Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 14 in C sharp minor...
Performers: Forsberg, Bengt; Forsberg, Ulf; Lidstrom, Mats; Lysell, Kjell; Puig, Cristian; Sparf, Nils-Erik [Violin/Viola]; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Grace, Jeff; LoDuca, Joseph

London's Flautists - works by Loeillet, Oswald, Weideman, Arne, Handel, and traditional Irish, Scottish & Welsh tunes / Nancy Hadden, flute

1 CD / CRD Records / 2012-08-14

Works: Jean-Baptiste Loeillet: Sonata for flute & basso continuo in E minor, Op. 3/7; James Oswald: Scots Lament, for violin (or flute) & continuo; Greensleeves, folk song setting for chamber ensemble; Nanc...
Performers: Bicknell, Susan; Browder, Risa; Carolan, Lucy; Hadden, Nancy; Headley, Erin; Mackintosh, Catherine

In early 18th-century England the popularity of the flute was matched by the prodigious publication of music. Often the music was written by professional flautists,...continue...
Recording information: Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London....continue...

Michael F. Williams: The Juniper Passion / Stephanie Acraman, Julia Booth, Lilia Carpinelli, Pene Pati et al.

2 CD / Atoll / 2012-08-14

Works: Michael F. Williams: The Juniper Passion, opera
Performers: Abramova, Elena [Violin]; Acraman, Stephanie [Soprano (Vocal)]; Austin, Katherine; Bierre, Susan; Booth, Julia; Campbell, Ian; Carpinelli, Lillia [Soprano (Vocal)]; Cross, Douglas; Grapes, Brent [Tru...
Conductors: Griffiths-Hughes, Rachel
Ensemble: New Zealand Chamber Soloists

This World War II opera, set during the Battle of Monte Cassino, presents a universal experience of war with a uniquely New Zealand perspective. Contains...continue...
Recording information: Stebbing Recording Centre, Auckland, New Zealand (07/2011-09/2011)....continue...

"Noah" - Ave Maria; Deep River; Notte di Luce; Shenandoah; Amazing Grace et al. / Noah Stewart, tenor

1 CD / Verve / 2012-07-03

Works: Mantovani: Cara mia; Harry: Jubilee Songs of the USA; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Justin Hayward: Nights in White Satin; Vincent Youmans: Without a Song; Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah; American Traditional: ...
Performers: Baker, Steven; Bertl, Johnny M.; Dorn, Elisabeth; Dubach, Susanne [Violin, Viola]; Hintringer, Harry [Drums]; Juritz, David; Karlsson, Fridrik; Knollmueller, Christian; Laher, Werner; Sasdi, Inka [Ce...
Conductors: Dodd, Nicholas; Bertl, Johnny M.; Hein, Richard

Verve Records is thrilled to present the debut album from Harlem Tenor, Noah Stewart.

It is hard to believe that only a few years ago

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Personnel: Susanne Dubach (violin, viola); Inka Sasdi (cello); Wolfgang Drechsler (woodwinds, horns).

Tenor Noah Stewart, a native of Manhattan's Harlem neighborhood, has won raves not only i...continue...

The Essential Philip Glass / The Philip Glass Ensemble [3 CDs]

3 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-01-24

Works: Philip Glass: Songs from Liquid Days; Glassworks; The Photographer; Naqoyqatsi; Metamorphosis; Liquid Days; In the Upper Room; Glasspieces; Akhnaten; Wichita Vortex Sutra, for piano; Itaipu; Satyagra...
Performers: Andoniadis, George; Cummings, Claudia; Dunkel, Paul; Esswood, Paul; Fowler, Bernard [Producer/Songwriter]; Gibson, Jon [Avant-Garde]; Glass, Philip; Hauptmann, Cornelius [Bass Vocal]; Hiskey, Iris; K...
Conductors: Riesman, Michael; Davies, Dennis R.; Shaw, Robert; Keene, Christopher
Ensemble: ; Philip Glass Ensemble

Einojuhani Rautavaara: Marjatta (Various Works for Children's Choir)

1 CD / Ondine / 2011-11-15

Works: Einojuhani Rautavaara: Marjatta matala neiti (Marjatta, the Lowly Maiden), mystery play in 1 act; Puusepän poika (The Carpenter's Son), for SSA chorus; Lorca Suite, for mixed or children's choir...
Performers: Devoyon, Sarah; Hamalainen, Julia; Heinonen, Aliisa; Holopainen, Timo; kovero, annika; Lehtonen, Aliisa; Maria Vuorinen String Quartet; Matvejeff, Anna; Niemi, Sofia; Palkama, Elina; Saari, Eero
Conductors: Hyökki, Pasi
Ensemble: ; Tapiola Choir

This new release features works for children's choir by Rautavaara, performed by the world-renowned Tapiola Choir led by Hyokki. These pieces cover a wide range...continue...
Recording information: Suomenlinna Church, Helsinki, Finland....continue...

Stefan Weisman: Darkling / Maeve Hoglund, Hai-Ting Chinn, Jon Garrison, Mark Uhlemann and Stefan Weisman / Anna Rabinowitz

2 CD / Albany Records / 2011-11-08

Works: Stefan Weisman: Darkling, opera for 4 voices, actors & string quartet
Performers: Bunch, Kenji [Viola]; Chiu, Tom; Payton, Philip; Ramakrishnan, Raman
Conductors: Demaris, Brian

The creation of Darkling, an opera with music by Stefan Weisman and libretto by Anna Rabinowitz, is a story of transformations. It is a story...continue...
Recording information: American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, New Yor (02/25/2011); Merlin Studios, New York, New York (02/25/2011); American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, New Yor (0...continue...

La - Solo Cello Works by Morricone, Saint-Saens, Gagnon and Caccini / Vincent Belanger, cello

1 CD / Fidelio Music / 2011-10-25

Works: Ennio Morricone: Once Upon a Time in the West, film score; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Vincent Belanger: Evolution, tango for solo cello on El Choclo; Mélancolie, for cell...
Performers: Bélanger, Antoine; Barney, Mélanie; Beaulieu, Nathalie; Belanger, Guy; Bell, Karen [Violin]; Belpaire, Nicolas; Blanchet, Helene; Dubuc, Valerie; Gagnon, Francois; Gervais, Lizann; Guen...
Conductors: Belanger, Guy

The originality of this disc lies in its blending the gypsy guitar sound with a complex jazz repertoire not easily available to gypsy musicians and...continue...

Britten: Noye's Fludde / Wilks, Wilson, Wyn, BBC Concert

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Benjamin Britten: Noye's Fludde, children's opera, Op. 59; A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28
Performers: Alleyne, Susan; Anderson, Louisa; Ankier, Joanne; Barnett, Judy; Bate, Jennifer; Baylav, H. Cahit; Belas, Oliver; Berry, Christine; Blomiley, Nigel; Carson, Frank; Cass, Helen; Cinnamon, Emily; Clark...
Conductors: Wilks, Nicholas
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra members; Finchley Children's Music Group

"This production has the benefit of very strong voices in Benjamin Luxon - resonant and impressive as 'The Voice of God' and David Wilson-Johnson as...continue...

100 Years of Strauss

1 CD / Decca Import / 2011-04-26

Works: Johann Strauss II: Wiener Blut; Perpetuum mobile, Op. 257 "Musikalischer Scherz"; Die Tänzerin Fanny Elssler; Fata Morgana, Op. 330; The Gypsy Baron; Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald; Casanova; Sp...
Performers: Awouters, Michel; Awouters, Veronique; Bercu, Jan; Bertholome, Marie Helene; Brepols, Mireille; Casteleyn, Elke; Cordewener, Arthur; Cremers, Freya; Das, Monica; Delplanque, Claire; Derwahl, Tanja; D...
Conductors: Rieu, André
Ensemble: Johann Strauss Orchestra

Recording information: Wijngrachttheater, Kerkrade, The Netherlands....continue...

White Nights, Vol. 1

1 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2011-02-22

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Preludes, Op. 34, for viola & piano; Mikhail Glinka: Sonata for viola & piano in D minor, G. iv3; Alexander Glazunov: Elegy for viola & piano in G minor, Op. 44; Igor Stravinsky:...
Performers: Ishay, Roglit; Masurenko, Tatjana

Dmitri Shostakovich, Mikhail Glinka, Alexander Glazunov, Igor Stravinksy, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Piotr Tchaikovsky - this CD brings together six very different Russian composers from two...continue...
Recording information: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Köln (02/16/2010-02/19/2010)....continue...

Transfiguration / Carmilla Nylund, soprano

1 CD / Ondine / 2011-01-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Die Walküre; Tristan und Isolde; Richard Strauss: Arabella; Daphne; Ariadne auf Naxos; Salome
Performers: Nylund, Camilla; Slobodjaniuk, Mihail
Conductors: Lintu, Hannu

Transfiguration' is acclaimed star soprano Camilla Nylund's much-awaited first album of arias. This CD portrays the lyric dramatic soprano with famous arias and scenes from...continue...
Recording information: Tampere Hall, Finland (09/16/2010-09/19/2010)....continue...

The Hollywood Cello

1 CD / Soundset / 2010-12-14

Works: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Romance-Impromptu (written for the film "Deception"), for cello & piano; Die tote Stadt; Richard Hageman: Recitative and Romance, for cello & piano; Lazare Saminsky: Chasidic...
Performers: Hamilton, Gregory [Cello]; Hamilton, Kate; Hamilton, Robert [Piano]

This recording offers concert works for cello by film composers of the Golden Era. Cellist Gregory Hamilton is on the faculty at Concordia College and...continue...

Smetana: Moldau; Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2; Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2010-12-14

Works: Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; George Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody no 1 in A major, Op. 11 no 1; Bedrich Smetana: Má vlast; Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Richard Wagner: Tri...
Performers: Froelich, Ralph; Garnick, Arthur; Schuman, Henry; Shapiro, Harvey [Cello]; Wright, Marilyn
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold

Vaughan Wiliams: Carols, Songs & Hymns

1 CD / Park Records (uk) / 2010-12-07

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Golden Carol ("Now is Christèmas y-come"), carol for chorus; Blake's Cradle Song ("Sweet dreams, form a shade o'er my lovely infant's head"), carol for chorus; Hodie;...
Performers: Banks, Steve; Davis, Jub; Lewin, Giles [Violin/Bagpipe]; Prior, Maddy; Prior, Maddy & The Carnival Band; Vitale, Steno; Watts, Andy

Recording information: Blue Moon Studios, Oxfordshire; The Steppings Cumbria....continue...

Vaughan Williams: Rare Songs from the Operas / Fox, Williams, et al

1 CD / Albion / 2010-06-08

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Hugh the Drover; Sir John in Love; The Pilgrim's Progress
Performers: Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Fox, Sarah; Pochin, Juliette; Staples, Andrew; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]

This is the first CD issued by Albion. 'The Sky Shall Be Our Roof' is comprised of 19 songs from Ralph Vaughan Williams operas. An...continue...

Fauré & His Circle

1 CD / Deux Elles / 2010-03-09

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: romance; Ascanio; Gabriel Fauré: Fantaisie for Flute and Piano, Op. 79; Morceau de lecture for Violin and Piano; Vocalise-étude; Claude Debussy: Pelléas et ...
Performers: Bayliss, Richard; Power, Lawrence; Shaw, Richard; Thomas, Kathryn

This concert of music for flute is performed by Kathryn Thomas, a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music and is now an associate there,...continue...
Recording information: Leighton Park School, Reading, UK....continue...

Harry Somers: Fool; Death Of Enkidu

2 CD / Centrediscs / 2010-02-23

Works: Harry Somers: The Fool (Le Fou), opera in 1 act; The Death of Enkidu, opera in 1 act
Performers: Borys, Roman; Cherney, Lawrence; Christie, Max; Coulombe, Alain [Bass Vocal]; Cram, Robert; Dahl, Gregory; Edwards, Darryl [Tenor Vocal]; Engleman, Robin [Percussion]; Fujino, Carol; Gievori, Bardyhl...
Conductors: Currie, David; Dala, Leslie

Recording information: Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto....continue...

A Windham Hill Collection: The Mozart Variations

1 CD / Valley Entertainment / 2010-02-23

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Magic Flute; Symphony no 40; Minuet for Piano in D major, K 355 (576b); Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Mass in C minor; Concerto for Piano no 23; Serenade no 13 'Eine ...
Performers: Coulter, William; Denman, Todd; Flexer, Kaila; Higbie, Barbara; Johannesson, Lars; Linsky, Jeff; Manring, Michael; Marshall, Mike [Guitar/Mandolin]; McCandless, Paul; Michailova, Irina; Sanders, John...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Flute Force Inc.; Free Klassik; Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

Originally released in 1999, this album consists of performances by various artists from the stable of the Windham Hill label. They were recorded in different places and are entirely different in styl...continue...

Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata; Der Hirt auf der Felsen

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-02-23

Works: Franz Schubert: Sonata for Arpeggione in A minor, D 821; Liebesbotschaft ("Rauschendes Bächlein"), song for voice & piano (Schwanengesang), D. 957/1; An den Mond, D 193/Op 57 no 3; Daß die...
Performers: Hadulla, Markus; Piau, Sandrine; Tamesit, Antoine

BBC Music Magazine
This little 58-minute Schubertiad a la francaise makes a very good case for the viola as a Schubertian soulmate par excellence... Piau's irresistably...continue...
Recording information: MC2: Grenoble, France (04/2009/06/2009)....continue...

Monteverdi: Complete Operas on Brilliant Classics

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-02-09

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria; L'incoronazione di Poppea, opera in 3 acts, SV 308; Unspecified: Orfeo and L'Incoronazione di Poppea
Performers: Antonelli, Giordano; Bucci, Angela; Canihac, Jean-Pierre; Coelati, Riccardo Rama; Giannelli, Jean Michel; Giardini, Luca; Gintoli, Loredana; Imbert, Jean; Lechartier, Eric; Lucchi, Frédé...
Conductors: Vartolo, Sergio

Monteverdi's three great operas (a fourth, Arianna, only survives in part) are among the earliest surviving examples of opera, and are still regular fixtures on...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium of Pigna, Corsica (10/2006); Pigna Auditorium, Corsica, France (10/2006)....continue...

L'Opera en Duo - Strauss, Wagner, Bizet / Ceysson, Verney, et al

1 CD / XXI-21 Productions / 2009-11-10

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugène Onéguine; La Dame de Pique; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermauss; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samoson et Dalila; Gioachino Ros...
Performers: Ceysson, Emmanuel; Verney, Laurent

This unusual recording is a transcription of famous opera arias transcribed by the performers for viola and harp. Both musicians are members of the orchestra...continue...
Recording information: Studio 12, Radio-Canada, Montreal, Canada (05/02/2008-05/04/2008)....continue...

Jokes / Quintetto Bislacco

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2009-07-14

Works: Johann Strauss II: Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324; Astor Piazzolla: Libertango; La muerte del Angel; Melodia in A minor; Bernardo Stalman: Pizzicato Milongueado; Traditional: Celtic Dance; Paul McCa...
Performers: Fagone, Enrico; Fioravanti, Gustavo; Galfetti, Duilio; Radaelli, Marco; Zagato, Walter
Conductors:
Ensemble: Quintetto Bislacco

Founded a few years ago by five musicians rather bored by their daily routine, Quintetto Bislacco resolved to fight against the torpor that rules over...continue...

Classical Wedding: The Perfect Music for the Perfect Day

2 CD / Capitol / 2009-05-19

Works: George Frederick Handel: The Water Music; Handel - Bourée; Ludwig van Beethoven: Ode to Joy (An die Freude) (Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee); Benedetto Marcello: Work(s); Johann Sebastian Bach:...
Performers: Armstrong, Gray; Bailey, Jeff [Horn]; Davidson, David [Violin]; Duncan, Craig; Duncan, Craig & The Smokey Mountain Band; Green, Barry; Grosjean, Jim; Long, Gilbert; Mason, Robert [Cello]; Norton, Les...

Personnel: Craig Duncan and the Smoky Mountain Band (violin); David Davidson (violin); Jim Grosjean (viola); John Rommel (trumpet); Leslie Norton (French horn); Barry Green (trombone); Gilbert Long (...continue...

Elegia - Handel, Takemitsu, Nishimura, Hayashi, Nodaira, Bach / Nobuko Imai, Roland Pöntinen, Gábor Takács-Nagy, et al

1 CD / New Pan / 2009-04-18

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Toru Takemitsu: A String around Autumn, for viola & orchestra; Akira Nishimura: Fantasia on "Song of the Birds", for viola; Hikaru Hayashi: Concerto for viola & stri...
Performers: Imai, Nobuko; Pöntinen, Roland
Conductors: Takacs-Nagy, Gabor

Nobuko Imai is considered to be one of the most outstanding viola players of our time. After finishing her studies at the Toho School of...continue...
Recording information: Salle de musique l'heure bleu, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switz (09/21/2006-09/24/2006); Studio Tibor Varga in Grimisuat, Switzerland (09/21/2006-09/24/2006); Salle de musique l'heure b...continue...

Christmastide

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2008-11-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Ave Maria; Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); César Franck: Panis angelicus; Max Reger: M...
Performers: Appleman, Abraham; Capalbo, Michele; Drake, Victoria; Fader, Oren; Heiss, David; Lionti, Vincent; Mason, Eric; Miller, Dan; Mortimore, Stephanie; Yajima, Mineko
Conductors: Contino, Fiora

Glass Box - Philip Glass Nonesuch Retrospective

10 CD / Nonesuch / 2008-09-30

Works: Philip Glass: Contrary Motion; Music with Changing Parts; Music in Similar Motion; Music in 12 parts; Einstein on the Beach; Closing; North Star; Dressed like an Egg; Mad Rush; MEDLEY; Koyaanisqatsi;...
Performers: Allen, Sanford; Anderer, Joseph; Arner, Leonard; Baker, Timothy; Balm, Neil; Barab, Seymour; Bargen, Karl; Bauch, Ethan; Beckenstein, Marion; Benary, Barbara; Benincasa, Rex; Bielawa, Lisa; Bielecki,...
Conductors: Riesman, Michael; Keene, Christopher; ; Davies, Dennis R.; Goldray, Martin; Ingman, Nick
Ensemble: ; American Composers Orchestra; Bruckner Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Kronos Quartet; Lyric Quartet; New York City Opera Orchestra; Philip Glass Ensemble; Quena Ensemble; String Orchestra; S...

This elegantly packaged 10-disc retrospective surveys four decades of work by Philip Glass, from his earliest solo pieces to his world-renowned operas to his Oscar-nominated...continue...

Reminiscences / Michail Muntian, Yuri Bashmet

1 CD / Onyx Classics / 2008-09-09

Works: Marin Marais: Suite for viola da gamba & continuo in D minor (Pièces de viole, Book II, Nos. 21-41); Rondeau L'Agreable, for viola da gamba & continuo in A major (Pièces de viole, Book IV, ...
Performers: Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Muntian, Mikhail

This exciting release marks the first solo recital disc in some years by Yuri Bashmet, the world's most celebrated violist, and features high quality arrangements...continue...

New Year's Concert '99 / Ensemble Wien

2 DVD Video / Koch International / 2008-08-05

Works: Johann Strauss II: Ballsträuschen (Ball Bouquets), polka schnell for orchestra, Op. 380; Rasch in der That, polka schnell for orchestra, Op. 409; Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410; Künstlerleb...
Performers: Gotzel, Peter; Guggenberger, Paul; Lissy, Raimund; Niederhammer, Josef
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Wien

Opera Arias / Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Kurt Masur, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; La forza del destino; Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Arabella
Performers: Hallmann, Dietmar; Tomowa-Sintow, Anna
Conductors: Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Artistic stature and personal charisma - in Anna Tomowa-Stintow these two qualities are united in the most felicitous way. She ranks among the greatest sopranos...continue...

French Arias

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2008-07-01

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther; Manon; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; Dom Sébastien; La Favorita; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette;...
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo [Tenor Vocal]; Chamard, Florent; Ioan, Vasile; Ionescu, Liviu
Conductors: Elder, Mark

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The London Viola Sound

1 CD / Cala Records / 2008-07-01

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Kurt Weill: Kiddush for cantor, chorus & organ; Dmitry Shostakovich: Moskva, Cheremushki, Op. 105; Antonin Dvorák: Slavonic Dances (8) for Orchestra, Op. 72/B 14...
Performers: Bending, Adrian; Blum, Norbert; Bonds, Fiona; Cookson, Michael; Faber, Ruth; Golani, Rivka; Gunes, Rusen; Iorio, Luciano; Rundell, Kevin; Secret, Robert; Silverthorne, Paul; Watson, Elizabeth
Conductors: Simon, Geoffrey
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Viola Section; English National Opera Orchestra; Viola Section of the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-; Viola Section of the London Philharmonic (Viola Se

Christinas Resa (Christina's Journey)

1 Super Audio CD / Caprice Records / 2008-04-29

Works: Marco Marazzoli: La Vita humana; Luigi Rossi: Cantata per Gustavo Adolpho, Rè de Svetia, morto in Guerra; Vincenzo Albrici: Sinfonia for 2 violins & basso continuo; Marc'Antonio Pasqualini: Si...
Performers: Akerberg, Asa; Carlen, Monica; Dominique, Jonas [Double Bass]; Ivanova, Anna [Violin]; Lindal, Eva; Lindal, Maria; Nyhlin, Karl; Ryden, Susanne; Sundin, Joel; Warnstad, Lars

Recording information: Nybrokajen 11, Stockholm (02/23/2004-02/25/2004)....continue...

Carl Zeller: The Birdseller / Motta, Ohio Light Opera

2 CD / Albany Records / 2008-03-01

Works: Carl Zeller: Der Vogelhändler
Performers: Beetle, Jack; Famsley, Robin; Hartley, Nicholas; Hindemith, Paul; Kershisnik, Seth; Kohl, Joshua; Lenehan, Joey; Mackus, Boyd; Martin, Jessie Wright; Opuszynski, Amanda; Ross, Sandra; Tanner, Brian; ...
Conductors: Motta, Nathaniel
Ensemble: Ohio Light Opera

Carl Zeller, after service in the Vienna Court Chapel Choir, studied both composition and law and earned his doctorate in law from Graz University in...continue...

Allen Shawn: Music Teacher / Timothy Long, et al

1 CD / Bridge / 2008-03-01

Works: Allen Shawn: The Music Teacher
Performers: Ariola, Lloyd P.; Basthemer, Derek; Benoliel, Ross; Cordova, Elisa; Feller, Bart; Forbach, Jason; Gomez, Lino; Hartman, Steven; Jelencovich, Lauren; Knutson, Kristin; LaGrange, Whitney; Long, Timothy...
Conductors: Long, Timothy
Ensemble: Ensemble

'The Music Teacher' is a chamber opera told by two narrators twenty years or so after the events described. The plot focuses around a music...continue...

The Night They Invented Champagne

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2008-02-19

Works: Sigmund Romberg: The New Moon; The Desert Song, operetta; The Student Prince, operetta; Arthur Sullivan: Mikado; Pirates of Penzance; HMS Pinafore; Victor Herbert: Mademoiselle Modiste; Franz Leh...
Performers: Brussell, Barbara; Bustamante, Mauricio; Lee, Jessica; Meiman, Dominic; Nadler, Mark; Rubano, Craig; Shao, Sophie; Sullivan, KT; Sussmann, Arnaud; Vinocour, Jonathan

Includes entrance medley (the merry widow waltz (lehár) / t by various composers.

Includes medley of marches (stouthearted men (romberg) / so by various composers....continue...

Opera Fantasies for Violin / Sohn, Loeb, Nuttall

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-10-30

Works: Jenö Hubay: Fantasie brillante on Bizet's "Carmen"; Joachim Raff: Duos (3) on motifs from Wagner's Operas, for violin & piano, Op. 63; Igor Stravinsky: Mavra; Osvaldo Golijov: Ainadamar (Fountai...
Performers: Loeb, Benjamin; Nutall, Geoff; Sohn, Livia

"The range of color and dynamic shading she brings to Stephen Prutsman's 15-minute Der Rosenkavalier fantasia makes the violin writing seem more varied in mood...continue...

Mozart: Don Giovanni for Flute, etc / Wolfgang Schulz, et al

2 CD / Camerata / 2007-09-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527
Performers: Lea, Tobias; Schulz, Wolfgang; Varga, Tamás; Wächter, Peter
Conductors:
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonia Trio

The idea of arranging large works for small ensemble was standard procedure in the 17th and 18th centuries, but even this is remarkable: a substantial...continue...

Welcome to the Voice

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-05-15

Works: Steve Nieve: Welcome to the Voice
Performers: Belton, Ian; Bonney, Barbara; Cassidy, Paul; Costello, Elvis; Fulgoni, Sara; Haveron, Andrew; Manfrino, Nathalie; Nieve, Steve; Quessada, Antoine; Ribot, Marc; Roocroft, Amanda; Rothenberg, Ned; Stin...
Conductors: Teodori, Muriel
Ensemble: Brodsky String Quartet; Le choeur des amis français ; London Voices

"The true salvation is the human voice." When these words are sung by Sting on the title track of Welcome to the Voice, we are...continue...

Mozart, Handel: Duos for Piano and Viola / Costa, Frohn

1 CD / XXI-21 Productions / 2007-02-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Duo for violin & viola no 1 in G major, K. 423; Duo for violin & viola no 2 in B flat major, K. 424; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Johan Halvorsen: Passacag...
Performers: da Costa, Alexandre; Frohn, Christian

When people began to play music at home during the second half of the 18th century, many works for small chamber ensembles appeared; for example...continue...

Stravinsky: Histoire du soldat (Suite), etc / Craft, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-01-30

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Pastorale for Violin, Oboe, English Horn, Clarinet and Bassoon; L'histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale), concert suite for 7 instruments; Pieces (3) for Clarinet solo; Pour Pablo P...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Blount, William; Bowlin, David; Ciesinski, Catherine; Dean, Chris; Druckman, Daniel; Evitts, David; Feeney, John; Frautschi, Jennifer; Gekker, Christopher; Gottlieb, Gordon;...
Conductors: Craft, Robert
Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's members; Philharmonia Orchestra; Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble

This is a unique collection of mostly short works that Stravinsky re-worked in different arrangements to suit the occasion. Pastorale, transcribed here for a quartet...continue...

Donizetti: Anna Bolena / Lewis, Rudel, Ferro, et al

4 CD / Gala / 2006-11-04

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo Soprano]; Beleval, Emilio; Bottazzo, Pietro; Christoff, Boris; di Stasio, Anna; Domingo, Placido; El Hage, Robert Amis; Fisher, Robert; Galvany, Marisa; Gencer, Leyla; Gibbs...
Conductors: Lewis, Henry; Rudel, Julius; Ferro, Gabriele
Ensemble: American Opera Society Chorus; New York City Opera Chorus; New York City Opera Orchestra; Opera Orchestra of New York; Rome Opera Teatro Reale Chorus; Rome Opera Teatro Reale Orchestra

Cherubini: Les Abencérages / Maag, et al

2 CD / Arts / 2006-06-01

Works: Luigi Cherubini: Les abencérages
Performers: Degl'Innocenti, Angelo; Dupouy, Jean; Fante, Maria Del; Lavani, Carmen; Lorenzi, Ermanno; Machi, Mario; Magnaghi, Vittorina; Mars, Jacques; Ortiz, Francisco; Rinaldi, Margherita; Schreiber, Carlo; Sn...
Conductors: Maag, Peter
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan

Despite the acclaim given to Les Abencerages at its premiere in Paris in 1813 by critics and the audience (including Napoleon) and many subsequent performances...continue...

Aria Fresca

1 CD / Koch International / 2005-11-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59; Anonymous: Hungaria; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Claudio Vena: Tango Solitario; Charles Gounod: Faust; Antonio ...
Performers: Meanwell, George; Quartetto Gelato; Sotto, Peter de; Steljes, Cynthia; Vena, Claudio
Conductors: ; Valdepeñas, Joaquin
Ensemble: Quartetto Gelato

Personnel: Peter DeSotto (tenor, mandolin, violin); George Meanwell (guitar, cello); Claudio Vena (viola, accordion); Cynthia Steljes (oboe, English horn).

Recording information: Humbercrest Un...continue...

Favourite Flavors / Quartetto Gelato

1 CD / Koch International / 2005-11-08

Works: N. Salerno: Tango del Mare; Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Anonymous: Hungaria; George Meanwell: Words That I Want; Jacques Ibert: Entr'acte; C. T. Cozens: The Clown of Venice; Vincenzo De Crescenzo: ...
Performers: Cooper, Kristina Reiko; De Sotto, Peter; Leon, Rosendo; Macerollo, Joseph; Meanwell, George; Occhipinti, Roberto; Quartetto Gelato; Sevastian, Alexander; Sotto, Peter de; Steljes, Cynthia; Vena, Clau...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Quartetto Gelato; Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Personnel: Peter DeSotto (tenor, mandolin, violin); George Meanwell (guitar, mandolin, cello); Claudio Vena (viola, accordion); Kristina Reiko Cooper (cello); Alexander Sevastian (accordion); Cynthia ...continue...

Classical Baby - Beautiful Melodies to Soothe & Calm

1 CD / Rock Me Baby Records / 2005-10-01

Works: Traditional: Brezairola; Johann Sebastian Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147; Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Volkskinderlieder (15), WoO 31; Camille Saint-Saën...
Performers: Beilby, Annie; Broadfoot, Marianne; Clawson, Kathleen; Constantopedos, Elias; Curd, Guy; Forsyth, Nicole; Guerbois, Dominique; Higgins, James [piano]; Hobbs, Caroline; Jamison, Shelley; Moody, Erin; ...
Conductors: Loomis, Louise;
Ensemble: Children's Chorus; Chorus

Rhapsodies - Liszt, Enesco, Smetana, et al / Stokowski

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2005-07-26

Works: Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; George Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody no 1 in A major, Op. 11 no 1; Bedrich Smetana: Má vlast; Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Richard Wagner: Tri...
Performers: Froelich, Ralph; Garnick, Arthur; Schuman, Henry; Shapiro, Harvey [Cello]; Wright, Marilyn
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Symphony of the Air

The flash and fire of Liszt, the emotional surges of Smetana, the guts and glory of Wagner - all the colors in Stokowski's rhapsodic repertoire...continue...

The Flying Dutchman

1 CD / Polydor Import / 2004-11-02

Works: Julius Fucik: Entry of the Gladiators (Einzug der Gladiatoren), march for orchestra, Op. 68; Traditional: Snowwaltz, for orchestra; Abe Holzmann: Blaze Away, for pops orchestra; Albert W. Ketèlb...
Performers: Berpols, Mireille; Bolle, Nathalie; Coenen, Jack; Colen, Pierre; Collem, Chaja van; Cordewener, Arthur; Cremers, Freya; Custers, Linda; Das, Monica; Derwahl, Tanja; Detry, Stephanie; Diederen, Roger;...
Conductors: Rieu, André

Import edition includes three bonus tracks over the US edition. The classical violinist and Europe's "King Of The Waltz" takes you on a listening journey...continue...

Verdi Arias

1 CD / Dynamic / 2004-02-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Attila; I masnadieri; Un ballo in maschera; Luisa Miller; I due Foscari; La battaglia di Legnano; Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Aarden, Mimi; Cappuccilli, Piero; Edgardo Coralli; Elena Barcis; Enzo Consuma; Magrini, Vera; Maragliano, Luisa; Penkov, Dimitar; Walter Brighi
Conductors: Lecomte, Pierre-Michel; Maag, Peter; Muti, Riccardo; Manino, F.; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Bartoletti, Bruno; Gui, Vittorio; Rossi, Mario