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Theofanidis: Symphony No. 1; Lieberson: Neruda Songs / Kelley O'Connor, mezzo-soprano

1 CD / ASO Media / 2011-06-28

Works: Christopher Theofanidis: Symphony no 1; Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs, for mezzo-soprano & orchestra
Performers: O'Connor, Kelley
Conductors: Spano, Robert
Ensemble: Atlanta Sympony Orchestra

Demonstrating ASO Music Director Robert Spano's enduring commitment to new music, ASO Media presents a stirring pairing of compositions by 21st century composers. Both works...continue...
Recording information: Atlanta Symphony Hall, Woodruff Arts Center (05/01/2009/10/22/2010)....continue...

Jennifer Higdon: On A Wire / Eighth Blackbird

1 CD / ASO Media / 2011-02-22

Works: Jennifer Higdon: On a Wire, for ensemble; Michael Gandolfi: Q.E.D.
Performers: Feynman, Richard
Conductors: Spano, Robert
Ensemble: eighth blackbird

Recording information: Symphony Hall, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia (06/04/2010-06/05/2010)....continue...

Jennifer Higdon: The Singing Rooms

1 CD / Telarc / 2010-09-21

Works: Jennifer Higdon: The Singing Rooms, for violin, chorus & orchestra; Alvin Singleton: PraiseMaker, for chorus & orchestra; Alexander Scriabin: La poème de l'extase
Performers: Koh, Jennifer [Violin]
Conductors: Spano, Robert

Recent Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Higdon is most of the most sought-after composers today and much of her success can be attributed to Robert Spano...continue...
Recording information: Symphony Hall, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, Ga. (03/07/2009/03/08/2009)....continue...

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D major after the Violin Concerto

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2010-03-09

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77; Rhapsodies (2) for piano, Op. 79; Scherzo for piano in E flat minor, Op. 4; Recorded Sound: Applause
Performers: Lazic, Dejan [Piano]
Conductors: Spano, Robert
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Channel Classics presents the world premiere recording of Dejan Lazic's arrangement for piano and orchestra of Johannes Brahms' beloved violin concerto. Recorded live with the...continue...
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Classical Music Prep School - Essential Music Everyone Wants to Know

4 CD / Telarc / 2009-08-11

Works: Hildegard von Bingen: O viridissima virga; Anonymous, Cantigas de Santa Maria: Work(s); Anonymous, Worcester Antiphonarium: Salve virgo virginum; Anonymous, Trouvères: Au renouvel; Guillaume Duf...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Bishop, Michael [Engineer]; Brewer, Christine; Cheng, Gloria; Chertock, Michael; Dinnerstein, Simone [Piano]; Gutierrez, Horacio; Kammen, Shira; O'Conor, John; Russell, David [Guita...
Conductors: ; MacKenzie, Norman; Pearlman, Martin; Ozawa, Seiji; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Kunzel, Erich; Dohnányi, Christoph von; Slatkin, Leonard; Maazel, Lorin; Bishop, Michael; Levi, Yoel; Shaw, Robert; ...
Ensemble: ; Cleveland Quartet; Empire Brass & Friends; Ensemble Galilei; Ensemble P.A.N. [Project Ars Nova]

Transmigration [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / Telarc / 2009-07-28

Works: Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Agnus Dei; Jennifer Higdon: Dooryard Bloom; John Corigliano: Elegy; John Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls
Performers: Ford, Nmon
Conductors: Spano, Robert
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Now in his seventh season as music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano is recognized internationally as one of the most imaginative conductors...continue...

Transmigration [Hybrid SACD]

1 CD / Telarc / 2009-07-28

Works: Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Agnus Dei; Jennifer Higdon: Dooryard Bloom; John Corigliano: Elegy; John Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls
Performers: Ford, Nmon
Conductors: Spano, Robert
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

"What we have is fabulous, and the sound is still excellent. I wonder if many listeners out there realize what a disaster Symphony Hall in...continue...

Telarc Classical - SACD Sampler Vol 6

1 Super Audio CD / Telarc / 2009-01-27

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Benjamin Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Michael Gandolfi: The Garden of Cosmic Speculation; Luigi Boccherini: Quintet for 2 Violin...
Performers: Amsellem, Norah; Arenz, David; Arzewski, Cecylia; Capitanucci, Fabio Maria; Carpenter, Cameron; Haddock, Marcus; Harris, Reid; Jarman, Georgia; Kwiecien, Mariusz; Lees, Timothy; Martinson, Christina ...
Conductors: Spano, Robert; Runnicles, Donald; Kunzel, Erich; Zander, Benjamin; Paavo, Järvi; Pearlman, Martin
Ensemble: ; Atlanta Symphony Chamber Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Boston Baroque; Cincinnati Pops; Philharmonia Orchestra

Gandolfi: The Garden of Cosmic Speculation / Spano, et al

1 CD / Telarc / 2008-02-26

Works: Michael Gandolfi: The Garden of Cosmic Speculation
Performers: Bishop, Michael [Engineer]; DeLuna, Russell; Federici, Adelaide; Krueger, Charae; Marshall, Peter; Parry, Dwight; Thompson, Eric
Conductors: Spano, Robert
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Gandolfi: The Garden of Cosmic Speculation / Spano, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Telarc / 2008-02-26

Works: Michael Gandolfi: The Garden of Cosmic Speculation
Performers: Bishop, Michael [Engineer]
Conductors: Spano, Robert
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Golijov: Oceana, etc / Spano, Upshaw, Kronos Quartet, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-07-10

Works: Osvaldo Golijov: Oceana, for voice, boys' choir, double chorus & orchestra; Tenebrae, for string quartet; Three Songs, for voice & orchestra
Performers: Dearman, John; Haddad, Jamey; Johnson, Elizabeth Remy; Souza, Luciana; Tennant, Scott [Guitar]; Upshaw, Dawn [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Spano, Robert
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

"Generous arcs of slow-moving melody - often with trembling accompaniment - evoke the great Renaissance masters...Upshaw's love for this music is palpable in every bar,...continue...

Golijov: Ainadamar / Spano, Upshaw, Atlanta SO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-05-09

Works: Osvaldo Golijov: Ainadamar (Fountain of Tears), opera
Performers: Askof, Robb; Bird, Anne Carolyn; Chama, Jose Eduardo; Chandrasekaran, Sindhu; Grau, Gonzalo; Kanengiser, Bill [Guitar]; Mayer, Sean; Monte, Adam Del; Montoya, Jesus; O'Connor, Kelley; Rivera, Jessica...
Conductors: Spano, Robert
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Chorus Women

Osvaldo Golijov is one of the most fascinating personalities in contemporary music. His works bring together Eastern and Western classical influences and meld them with...continue...

The Absolute Sound SACD Sampler

1 Super Audio CD / Telarc / 2006-01-24

Works: Henry Purcell: Abdelazer, Z 570 "Moor's Revenge"; Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Anonymous: Carmina burana; George Frederick Handel: Water Music, HWV 348-350; Bohuslav Martinu: Symphony no 2; Claude Debu...
Performers: Kuhlman, William; Longhurst, John
Conductors: ; Runnicles, Donald; Pearlman, Martin; Järvi, Paavo; López-Cobos, Jesús; Jessop, Craig; Spano, Robert
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Boston Baroque; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Empire Brass Quintet; Los Angeles Guitar Quartet; Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Orchestra at Temple Squa...

Del Tredici, Theofanidis, Bernstein / Spano, et al

1 CD / Telarc / 2005-10-25

Works: Christopher Theofanidis: The Here and Now, for chorus & orchestra; Leonard Bernstein: Symphony no 1 "Jeremiah"; David Del Tredici: Paul Revere's Ride, for soprano, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Clement, Richard; Maultsby, Nancy; Plitmann, Hila; Polegato, Brett
Conductors: Spano, Robert
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Following the success and Grammy win of Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestras recording of Jennifer Higdons City Scape and Concerto for Orchestra, Telarc...continue...

Del Tredici, Theofanidis, Bernstein / Spano, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Telarc / 2005-10-25

Works: Christopher Theofanidis: The Here and Now, for chorus & orchestra; Leonard Bernstein: Symphony no 1 "Jeremiah"; David Del Tredici: Paul Revere's Ride, for soprano, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Clement, Richard; Maultsby, Nancy; Plitmann, Hila; Polegato, Brett
Conductors: Spano, Robert; Flint, Jere
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Higdon: City Scape, Concerto for Orchestra / Spano, Atlanta

1 CD / Telarc / 2004-03-23

Works: Jennifer Higdon: Concerto for Orchestra, in 5 movements; City Scape, for orchestra
Conductors: Spano, Robert
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

"Performances by Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony are polished and lustrous. Telarc's sonics are vivid, and this is available as a conventional CD and...continue...

Rainbow Body - Barber, Copland, Higdon, Theofanidis / Spano

1 CD / Telarc / 2003-05-27

Works: Christopher Theofanidis: Rainbow Body, for orchestra; Samuel Barber: Symphony no 1, Op. 9; Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring; Jennifer Higdon: Blue Cathedral
Conductors: Spano, Robert
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

"Christopher Theofanidis got his inspiration for 'Rainbow Body' from a chant by Hildegard von Bingen, a style he extends by having an instrument that plays...continue...