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Goat Rodeo Sessions / Yo-Yo- Ma, Stuart Cuncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile - Deluxe Edition [CD & DVD-Video]

2 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2012-10-22

Works: Chris Thile: Attaboy, for bass, cello, fiddle & mandolin; Quarter Chicken Dark, for bass, cello, fiddle & mandolin; Helping Hand, for bass, cello, fiddle & mandolin; Where's My Bow?, for bass, cello,...
Performers: Duncan, Stuart; Ma, Yo-Yo; Meyer, Edgar; O'Donovan, Aoife; Thile, Chris

The Goat Rodeo Sessions has sold over 160,000 albums, debuted at #23 on the Billboard Top 200 chart (Yo-Yo Ma's highest debut), #1 on Billboard's...continue...
Recording information: The Barn, Lenox, Massachusetts (2011-06-12_2011-06-15&2011-).

The last time cellist Yo-Yo Ma teamed with bassist Edgar Meyer and mandolin player Chris Thile (of Nickel Cr...continue...

Dutch Diversity: 6 Centuries of Recorder Music from the Low Countries

1 CD / Globe / 2012-05-08

Works: Pierre Phalèse: Les Bouffons; Gaillarde "Si pour t'aymer"; Burato; Branle "Pourquoy"; Anonymous: Passamezo & Gagliarda d'Italie; Branle de Bourgogne; Guus Janssen: Vleug, for recorder quartet; E...
Performers: Bijma, Greetje; Janssen, Guus; Lormans, Ramon
Conductors:
Ensemble: Brisk Recorder Quartet

Brisk celebrates its 25th birthday with this remarkable album, which combines the old and the new with compositions spanning over 500 years....continue...
Recording information: Protestantse kerk, Cothen (2011-07-??&2011-09-??&2011-)....continue...

Pierre-Alain Jaffrennou: Propos, chamber works / Peyre, Kawka, Vaillancourt, Pierre-Alain Jaffrennou

1 CD / Aeon / 2012-01-10

Works: Pierre-Alain Jaffrennou: Chronorhythmie, for 2 instrumental ensembles & electronics; Du ciel et de la terre, for string sextet & electronics; For Three, for trombone, cello, percussion & electronics;...
Performers: Axelsson, Jonny; Carat, Benjamin; Jaffrennou, Pierre-Alain; Nilsson, Ivo; Peyre, Brigitte; Rouch, Anne; Soccoja, Isabel; Tidswell, Dianan
Conductors: Vaillancourt, Lorraine; Kawka, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain; Nouvel Ensemble Moderne; Solistes de l'Orchestre National de Lyon

The aim of this recording is to provide a few milestones among the works composed by Jaffrennou between 1997 and 2006. Three of these pieces...continue...

Goat Rodeo Sessions / Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-10-24

Works: Chris Thile: Attaboy, for bass, cello, fiddle & mandolin; Quarter Chicken Dark, for bass, cello, fiddle & mandolin; Helping Hand, for bass, cello, fiddle & mandolin; Where's My Bow?, for bass, cello,...
Performers: Duncan, Stuart; Ma, Yo-Yo; Meyer, Edgar; O'Donovan, Aoife; Thile, Chris

Yo-Yo Ma, one of the world's most celebrated cellists, returns with a genre-defying recording featuring four great American musicians.

Yo-Yo Ma once again embraces styles and...continue...
Recording information: The Barn, Lenox, Massachusetts (2011-06-12_2011-06-15&2011-).

The last time cellist Yo-Yo Ma teamed with bassist Edgar Meyer and mandolin player Chris Thile (of Nickel Cr...continue...

Playing The Piano / Sakamoto

2 CD / Decca / 2010-09-28

Works: Ryuichi Sakamoto: Amore, for piano; Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, theme from the film score for piano; A Flower is not a Flower, for piano; The Sheltering Sky, theme from the film score for piano; Ta...
Performers: Fennesz, Christian; Filskov, Karen H.; Leong, Dana; Moose, Rob; Oyamada, Keigo; Sakamoto, Ryuichi; Shimizu, Shimmy Hirotaka; Sverrisson, Skuli; Touno, Tamami

In 2009, Universal International released Ryuichi Sakamoto's Playing the Piano, a collection of solo piano pieces he calls "self-covers"; that is, a newly recorded collection of his own compositons an...continue...

Schubert Lider Edition, Vol. 34

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-11-17

Works: Franz Schubert: Trinklied ("Freunde, sammelt euch im Kriese"), for bass voice, male chorus & piano, D. 75; Geist der Liebe, D 747/Op. 11 no 3; Die Nachtigall, D 724/Op. 11 no 2; Trinklied, D 267; Ber...
Performers: Bauer, Thomas E.; Flaig, Markus; Schafer, Markus; Schmidl, Marcus; Ullmann, Marcus

The Naxos Deutsche Schubert-Lied-Edition: Schubert set the poetry of over 115 writers to music. The Deutsche Schubert-Lied-Edition presents all Schubert's Lieder, over 700 songs, grouped...continue...
Recording information: August-Everding-Saal, Grünwald, Germany (04/16/2008-04/23/2008)....continue...

Edmund Rubbra: String Quartet no 2, Amoretti

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-11-17

Works: Edmund Rubbra: Quartet for Strings No 2 in E Flat, Op 73; Amoretti for tenor & string quartet, Op. 43; Ave Maria Gratia Plena, 2 medieval songs for voice & string quartet; Trio for piano & strings, O...
Performers: Daniels, Charles; Roscoe, Martin [Piano]

The English composer Edmund Rubbra described the string quartet as 'the purest and most lucid texture available to a composer', his essays in the form...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Westleton, Suffolk, UK (01/13/2009-01/15/2009)....continue...

The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala - Oct. 22, 1983 [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-09-15

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; ...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Berberian, Ara; Blegen, Judith; Bruscantini, Sesto; Bruson, Renato; Bumbry, Grace; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose; Ciannella, Giuliano; Cotrubas, Ileana; Darrenkamp, John; Di F...
Conductors: Levine, James; ; Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The gala celebration is a collection of opera's best-loved favorites and immediately catches attention with spectacular performances by stars such as Dame Joan Sutherland, Anna...continue...
Run Time: 231 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, Frenc...continue...

Deutsche Schubert Lied Edition 33 - Part Songs Vol 2 / Rubens, Schwarz, Jakobi, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-08-25

Works: Franz Schubert: Gott in der Natur, D 757; Psalm 23, D 706/Op. 132; Das Leben ist ein Traum, D 269; La pastorella al prato no 1, D 513; Naturgenuss, D 422/Op. 16 no 2; Beitrag zur fünfzig jä...
Performers: Bauer, Thomas E.; Eisenlohr, Ulrich; Flaig, Markus; Rubens, Sibylla; Schafer, Markus; Schmidl, Marcus; Schwarz, Silke; Ullmann, Marcus

While Schubert's numerous works for male-voice ensembles were circulated widely, those for female voices remained less well known, despite including several ambitious works of genius....continue...

Enfants classiques - Vivaldi: la clef du mystere

1 CD / Children's Group / 2008-12-31

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Piccolo in C major, RV 443; Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Sonata for Reco...
Performers: Armin, Adele; Cowell, John; Forster, Elizabeth; Lewis, Larry; Markson, Virginia; Pimenoff, Katharine; Robertson, Eric; Rozensweig, Stanley; Schulmann, Suzanne; Shulman, Suzanne; Ubukata, Bruce
Conductors: Babiak, Walter
Ensemble: Studio Arts Orchestra

Eisler: Divertimento, etc; Schoenberg / Danzi Quintet

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Hanns Eisler: Variations for winds, strings & piano, Op. 70 ("Vierzehn Arten Den Regen Zu Beschreiben"); Divertimento for wind quintet, Op. 4; Arnold Schoenberg: Quintet for winds, Op. 26
Performers: Eisler, Hanns [Conductor]

Played by the Ensemble "das neue werk" Hamburg, and directed by Dieter Cichewiecz, these variations were written to accompany a documentary film made in 1941 by the Dutch artist Joris Ivens during Eis...continue...

Harrison: A Portrait / Jekowsky, Jarreau, et al

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2007-06-05

Works: Lou Harrison: Elegy to the Memory of Calvin Simmons, for chamber ensemble; Solstice, ballet for flute, oboe, trumpet, celeste, tack piano, 2 cellos & bass; Concerto in Slendro, for violin, celesta, 2...
Performers: Bachmann, Maria; Banovetz, Bill; Banovetz, William; Day, Timothy; Jarreau, Al
Conductors: Jekowsky, Barry
Ensemble: California Symphony

Schubert: Choral Works / Bernius, Láki, Rothkopf, et al

1 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2007-02-27

Works: Franz Schubert: Mirjams Siegesgesang, D 942/Op. 136; Gott im Ungewitter, D 985/Op. 112 no 1; Psalm 23, D 706/Op. 132; An die Sonne, D 439; Coronach, D 836/Op. 52 no 4; Hymne an den Unendlichen, D 232...
Performers: Laki, Krisztina; Rothkopf, Andreas
Conductors: Bernius, Frieder
Ensemble: Stuttgart Chamber Choir

Kathleen Ferrier and Friends - Handel, Bach, et al

1 CD / Pearl / 2006-02-21

Works: George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70; Georg Philipp Telemann: Kleine Kantate von Wald und Au; Johann Sebastian Bach: Vergiss mein nicht, vergiss mein nicht! BWV 505; Ach...
Performers: Ferrier, Kathleen; Francis, John; Gal, Hans; Gunter, Horst; Patzak, Julius; Pears, Peter, Sir; Roth, George; Seefried, Irmgard; Silver, Millicent; Stone, Frederick
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Neel, (Louis) Boyd; Walter, Bruno; Barbirolli, John
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Ferrier's voice managed to bring to the studio performance the same commitment she showed on stage as one of the most endearing and versatile singers...continue...

The Classical Underground

1 CD / Koch International / 2005-01-25

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Libertango; Paquito d'Rivera: Aires Tropicales, for woodwind quintet; American Traditional: Steal Away; Valerie Coleman: Concerto for Wind Quintet; Lalo Schifrin: Quintet for winds (...
Performers: Marie, Rene; Matos, Rolando Morales; Morales-Matos, Rolando
Conductors:
Ensemble: Imani Winds

In their time together, this young ensemble of African/Latin American heritage group Imani, 'faith in Swahili' has already established a distinct presence in the classical...continue...
This album was nominated for the 2006 Grammy Award for "Best Classical Crossover Album."...continue...

Liedertafel

1 CD / Orfeo / 2004-02-19

Works: Franz Schubert: Die Nachtigall, D 724/Op. 11 no 2; Der Entfernten, D 331; Widerspruch, D 865a/Op. 105 no 1; Trinklied ("Brüder! Unser Erdenwallen"), for tenor, chorus & piano, D. 148 (Op. 131/2)...
Performers: Elsner, Christian [Vocals]; Huber, Gerold; Selig, Franz-Josef; Taylor, James [Tenor Vocal]; Volle, Michael

Music from the ONCE Festival 1961-66 - Ashley, Reynolds, etc

5 CD / New World / 2003-09-01

Works: Robert Ashley: Sonata for Piano; The Fourth of July; Details (2b); Fives; In memoriam...Crazy Horse; Quartet for 6 Speakers, Clarinet and 2 Horns; Donald Scavarda: Groups; In the Autumn Mountains; Ma...
Performers: Aitchison, Anne; Albright, William; Asboth, Tom; Ashley, Mary; Ashley, Robert; Barris, Robert; Bell, Ron; Berg, James [baritone]; Bilik, Jerry; Bohlen, Donald; Borkin, Harold; Bourns, David; Brooks, ...
Conductors: Dunlap, Wayne; Sutherland, David; Scavarda, Donald; London, Edwin; ; Ashley, Robert
Ensemble: Camerata Quartet New York City; Hartt Chamber Players; Men's Chorus; ONCE Chamber Orchestra; ONCE Chamber Players; ONCE Festival Orchestra

American Classics - Bernstein: West Side Story/ Schermerhorn

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-10-01

Works: Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story
Performers: Chozen, Joanna; Cooke, Marianne; Dean, Robert; Eldred, Mike; Morrison, Betsi; Prentice, Michelle; San Giovanni, Michael
Conductors: Schermerhorn, Kenneth
Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Orchestra

"The release of super-budget-price recordings of musicals is rare enough to warrant a welcome. This one of 'West Side Story', not from Broadway but from...continue...

Schickele: Piano Quintet no 1, etc / Schickele, Audubon

1 CD / Centaur / 2000-10-01

Works: Peter Schickele: Quartet for Strings no 1 "American Dreams"; Quintet for Piano and Strings no 1; Quartet for Strings no 5 "A Year in the Country"
Performers: Ehrlich, David; Lederer, Doris; Schickele, Peter; Shaw, Clyde; Takayama, Akami
Conductors:
Ensemble: Audubon String Quartet

"It is hard to think of a living American composer who writes more charming music than Peter Schickele...[These] chamber pieces effortlessly absorb the shape and...continue...

Groupe des Six - La musique de chambre de Louis Durey

2 CD / Mandala / 2000-07-01

Works: Louis Durey: Images of Crusoe, for voice & chamber ensemble, Op. 11; Elegies for voices & chamber ensemble; Offert avec un verre d'eau, for tenor & chamber ensemble; Jour de l'an, for tenor & chamber...
Performers: Marcel Quillevere; Paya, Jean-Louis; Peintre, Lionel; Philippe Biros; Sylvie Sulle
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Erwartung

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

The Classical Kids Collection Vol 2

4 CD / Children's Group / 1999-09-21

Works: Anonymous: Danse Royale; Sumer is icumen in; English Dance; Trotto; Ghaetta; Amen; Orlando Gibbons: First Set of Madrigals and Mottets; Thomas Tallis: Audivi vocem; Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Mon Die...
Performers: Adilman, Victoria; Arpin, John; Boyes, Derek; Budd, Barbara; Campbell, Kelly; Crawley, Amos; Donnelly, Mark; Druce, Mary; Forster, Elizabeth; Fox, Colin; Gay, Errol; Goldbloom, Daniel; Hammond, Katie...
Conductors: Babiak, Walter; Fallis, David
Ensemble: High Park Girls Choir; Studio Arts Orchestra

Selection includes the Foundling Concert.

Selection includes Arrival in Rome.

Selection includes Songs of the Unicorn - A Merlin Tale....continue...

Verdi: Don Carlos / Santi, Fernandi, Jurinac, Christoff

3 CD / Bella Voce / 1999-06-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Aarden, Mimi; Arié, Raphäel; Bakker, Marco; Balasch, Norbert; Bastianini, Ettore; Beresford, Hugh; Brouwenstijn, Gré; Christoff, Boris; Fernandi, Eugenio; Ghiuselev, Nicolai; Hoekm...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Iva Bittová - Classic

1 CD / Supraphon / 1998-11-05

Works: Iva Bittova: Quartet for Cora
Performers: Bittova, Iva
Conductors:
Ensemble: Skampa String Quartet

Montserrat Caballé - Zarzuela Arias & Duets

1 CD / RCA Records / 1995-08-15

Works: Jesús Guridi: El Caserio, zarzuela; M.F. Caballero: El Cabo Primero, zarzuela; El Duo de la Africana, zarzuela; Reveriano Soutullo Otero / Juan Vert Carbonell: La leyenda del Beso, zarzuela; Tom...
Performers: Caballé, Montserrat; Caballe, Montserrat; Marti, Bernabe
Conductors: Marco, Eugenio M.

"...no one has ever done zarzuelas better than Montserrat Caballe. She obviously had the voice for these arias and dramatic scenes; but most of all,...continue...

Ostertag: All The Rage / Kronos Quartet

1 CD / Warner Classics / 1993-10-26

Works: Bob Ostertag: All the Rage, for string quartet
Performers: Dutt, Hank; Gupton, Eric; Harrington, David; Jeanrenaud, Joan; Ostertag, Bob; Sherba, John [Violin]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Kronos Quartet

Personnel: David Harrington, John Sherba (violin); Hank Dutt (viola); Joan Jeanrenaud (cello).

Recording information: Master Sound Astoria Studios, Astoria, NY (04/1993).

This stirring ...continue...

The Classical Kids Collection Vol 1

4 CD / Children's Group / 1991-10-18

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Piccolo in C major, RV 443; Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Sonata for Reco...
Performers: Armin, Adele; Binsley, Richard; Bodle, Douglas; Braun, Adriana; Braun, Russell; Brown, Nils; Budd, Barbara; Childs, Mark; Cowell, John; Feore, Colm; Forster, Elizabeth; Granik, Jon; Hammond, Susan; L...
Conductors: Babiak, Walter
Ensemble: St. Simon's Chorus, Toronto; Studio Arts Orchestra; Toronto Boys' Choir

Classical Kids - Vivaldi's Ring of Mystery

1 CD / Children's Group / 1991-09-13

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Piccolo in C major, RV 443; Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Sonata for Reco...
Performers: Agnes Roberts; Armin, Adele; Binsley, Richard; Budd, Barbara; Childs, Mark; Cowell, John; Elsie Dunlop; Feore, Colm; Forster, Elizabeth; Katharine Rapoport; Lewis, Larry; Long, Mary; Lyn, Nicole; Mar...
Conductors: Babiak, Walter
Ensemble: ; Studio Arts Orchestra

Beethoven: Late Choral Music / Tilson Thomas, London SO

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1988-09-06

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: King Stephan, Op. 117; Elegiac song (Elegischer Gesang) ("Sanft wie du lebtest") for 4 voices & string quartet, Op. 118; Opferlied ("Die Flamme lodert"), for soprano, chorus & o...
Performers: Ambrosian Singers; Haywood, Lorna
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: Ambrosian Singers; London Symphony Orchestra