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Torke: Color Music / David Zinman, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Decca / 2012-12-11

Works: Michael Torke: Ecstatic Orange, ballet; Bright Blue Music; Green for orchestra; Purple, ballet; The Adjustable Wrench, for ensemble; Ash for orchestra; Javelin, overture for orchestra
Conductors: Zinman, David; Nagano, Kent; Levy, Yoel
Ensemble: ; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Gramophone
These are amongst the most committed and persuasive performances of contemporary music I've heard for a long time; in the words of Heidi Waleson, when...continue...

David Philip Hefti: Orchestral Works & Chamber Music / Ensemble Amaltea

1 CD / Neos Production / 2012-03-07

Works: David Philip Hefti: Gegenklang, concerto for cello & orchestra; Bergwärts (to a poem by Felix Philipp Ingold), 3 aggregate states, for soprano, flute, violin, cello; Quartet for Strings no 2 (Gu...
Performers: Grossenbacher, Thomas; Rouilly, Michel; Sutter, Bettina
Conductors: Zinman, David; ; Sanderling, Michael
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Amaltea; Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich

American Record Guide, January/February 2013
David Philip Hefti's music is deeply chromatic. Harmonically and melodically dense sections are common, as are microtones. Owing to the frequency...continue...

Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse: Cello Concertos / Yo-Yo Ma, cello

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-01-17

Works: Richard Danielpour: Concerto for cello and orchestra; Leon Kirchner: Music for cello & orchestra; Christopher Rouse: Concerto for Cello
Performers: Ma, Yo-Yo
Conductors: Zinman, David
Ensemble: ; Philadelphia Orchestra

Recording information: Giandomenico Studios, Collingswood, New Jersey (01/06/1996/01/09/1996)....continue...

Barber: Knoxville, Summer of 1915 / Dawn Upshaw

1 CD / Nonesuch / 2011-09-20

Works: Samuel Barber: Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Op. 24; Gian Carlo Menotti: The Old Maid and the Thief; John Harbison: Mirabai Songs; Igor Stravinsky: Rake's Progress
Performers: Upshaw, Dawn
Conductors: Zinman, David
Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's

The New York Album / Yo-Yo Ma; Zinman

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-07-12

Works: Stephen J. Albert: Concerto for Cello; Béla Bartók: Concerto for Viola, Sz 120; Ernest Bloch: Schelomo
Performers: Ma, Yo-Yo
Conductors: Zinman, David
Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Recording information: Joseph Meyerhoff, Hall, Baltimore, MD (03/06/1993-03/07/1993).

Focusing solely on American composers (New Yorkers, for that matter), Yo-yo Ma recorded an album with the B...continue...

X2 - Bernstein: West Side Story Suite, etc; Gershwin: Fantasy, etc / Joshua Bell

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2009-07-07

Works: Alexander Courage: Fantasy on Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess", for violin & orchestra; George Gershwin: Preludes (3) for piano; Girl Crazy; Nice Work If You Can Get It, song (from A Damsel in Distress, f...
Performers: Bell, Joshua; Williams, John [Film Composer]
Conductors: Williams, John; Zinman, David
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Personnel: Joshua Bell (violin)....continue...

Henryk Gorecki: The Symphony of Sorrowful Songs / Dawn Upshaw, David Zinman / A Tony Palmer Film [DVD]

1 DVD Video / United States Of Distribution / 2009-06-02

Works: Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Symphony no 3, Op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"
Performers: Upshaw, Dawn
Conductors: Zinman, David
Ensemble: London Sinfonietta

This Symphony's inspiration came from a book Gorecki found during the Nazi occupation of Poland that showed examples of the different messages scratched on the...continue...
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Made Famous By Classic FM

2 CD / HBDirect Import / 2009-05-05

Works: Karl Jenkins: Adiemus; Jay Ungar: The Ashokan Farewell; Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Symphony no 3; Ludovico Einaudi: Le Onde; Peter Maxwell Davies: Farewell to Stromness; Nigel Hess: Ladies in Lav...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Barley; Benedetti, Nicola; Coxwell, Janet; Doyle, Patrick; Fernández, Eduardo; Hunt, Fionnuala; Jansen, Janine; Johnson, Emma; Lord, Jon; Maxwell Davies, Peter, Sir; Ogden, Cr...
Conductors: Jenkins, Karl; Perkins, John; Zinman, David; Hess, Nigel; Foster, Lawrence; Goodall, Howard; Damev, Mischa; Hawes, Patrick; Litton, Andrew; Preston, Simon; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Pesek, Libor; Levine, ...
Ensemble: ; Cleveland Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; English Concert; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Sinfonietta; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orche...

Fabian Müller: Nachtgesänge; Cellokonzert; Intrada; Gayatri-Rhapsodie

1 CD / Col Legno / 2008-05-01

Works: Fabian Müller: Nachtgesänge, for mezzo-soprano & orchestra (after Gedichten von Hermann Hesse); Concerto for cello & orchestra; Intrada, for orchestra; Gayatri-Rhapsodie, for orchestra
Performers: Chien, Pi-Chin; Ernman, Malena
Conductors: Zinman, David

Karolju - Christmas Music from Rouse, Lutoslawski, Rodrigo

1 CD / RCA Records / 2007-11-06

Works: Christopher Rouse: Karolju; Witold Lutoslawski: Polish Christmas Carols (20); Joaquín Rodrigo: Retablo de navidad, for soprano, bass, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Doyle, Julia; Stephany, Anna
Conductors: Zinman, David
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Chorus

The Essential Joshua Bell

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2007-04-03

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Song Without Words for piano no 30 in A major ("Frühlingslied"), Op. 62/6; Frédéric Chopin:...
Performers: Bell, Joshua; Bush, Sam; Chiu, Frederic [Piano]; Fleck, Bela; Marshall, Mike [Guitar/Mandolin]; Mulligan, Simon; Williams, John [Film Composer]
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson; Norrington, Roger; Leon, Craig; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Stern, Michael; Williams, John; Hess, Nigel; Zinman, David
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Camerata Salzburg; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Orchestra of St. Luke's; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Joshua Bell has captured the public's imagination like no other classical violinist of his time. His virtuosity in the most demanding concerto repertoire is second...continue...
Existing fans of violinist Joshua Bell are already well-acquainted with the broad scope of repertoire and performance abilities ranging deftly from the classical concerto repertoire to his well-known ...continue...

The Joshua Bell Collection

3 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-01-24

Works: Alexander Courage: Fantasy on Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess", for violin & orchestra; George Gershwin: Preludes (3) for piano; Girl Crazy; Nice Work If You Can Get It, song (from A Damsel in Distress, f...
Performers: Bell, Joshua; Bucknall, Nicholas; Hessian, Eddie; Laurence, Christopher; Ricotti, Frank; Schwartz, Alexys; Williams, John [Film Composer]; Wright, Gavyn
Conductors: Williams, John; Zinman, David; Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra; Shanghai Film Studio Children's Chorus

Personnel: Joshua Bell (violin); Alexys Schwartz (vocals); Gavyn Wright (viola); Eddie Hession (accordion); Nick Bucknall (clarinet); John Williams (piano); Chris Laurence (double bass); Frank Ricott...continue...

World Premiere Collection - Corigliano, Cowell, et al

1 CD / First Edition / 2005-02-22

Works: Henry Cowell: Hymn and Fuguing Tune no 3 for orchestra, HC 660; Lou Harrison: Suite for Symphonic Strings, for string orchestra; Alan Hovhaness: Symphony no 15, Op. 199 "Silver Pilgrimage"; Luigi Dal...
Performers: Bowman, Peter; Fulkerson, Gregory; Harrell, Lynn; Larsen, Susan; Lowenthal, Jerome; Mitchell, Leona; Owen, Benjamin; Tocco, James [Piano]
Conductors: Whitney, Robert; Mester, Jorge; Smith, Lawrence Leighton; Endo, Akira; Gilbert, David; Harth, Sidney; Zinman, David; Slatkin, Leonard; Comissiona, Sergiu; Previn, Andre; Harbison, John

Specially priced, this essential 75-minute all-world premiere collection features 17 legendary composers of 20th century music. This virtual 'who's who' celebration of major modern world...continue...

Michael Torke - Three

1 CD / Ecstatic Records / 2004-11-02

Works: Michael Torke: Javelin; Concerto for Saxophone; December; Run; Charcoal
Performers: Harle, John
Conductors: Levi, Yoel; Miller, David Alan; Torke, Michael; Zinman, David
Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

"It's got memorable tunes and spunky post-minimalist animation; it's up to date yet perfectly designed to capture the essence of the Games. It has the...continue...

Michael Torke - Ecstatic Collection

6 CD / Ecstatic Records / 2004-11-02

Works: Michael Torke: Green for orchestra; Purple, ballet; Ecstatic Orange, ballet; Ash for orchestra; Bright Blue Music; Proverbs (4), for female voice & ensemble; Book of Proverbs, for chorus & orchestra;...
Performers: Anderson, Valdine; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Harle, John; Ollmann, Kurt
Conductors: Zinman, David; Torke, Michael; De Waart, Edo; Levi, Yoel; Miller, David A.; Nagano, Kent; Hempel, Jurgen; Zagrosek, Lothar;
Ensemble: ; Albany Symphony Orchestra; Apollo Saxophone Quartet; Argo Band; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Balanescu Quartet; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; London Sinfonietta; Michael Torke Band; Philharmonia Orc...

"What a midcareer retrospective at the Whitney Museum is to a visual artist, Michael Torke's six-CD set of orchestral music is for a composer. When...continue...

Michael Torke - One

1 CD / Ecstatic Records / 2004-09-08

Works: Michael Torke: Green; Purple; Ecstatic Orange; Ash; Bright Blue Music
Conductors: Zinman, David
Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Christopher Rouse

1 CD / First Edition / 2004-05-01

Works: Christopher Rouse: Symphony no 1; Phantasmata, for orchestra with augmented percussion
Conductors: Zinman, David
Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

This all-world-premiere title, which did much to bring Rouse's immense talent to a wider public, boasts 24-bit newly remastered sound and the complete and lively...continue...

Bernstein: West Side Story Suite / Bell, Zinman, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2001-06-19

Works: William David Brohn: West Side Story Suite, for violin & orchestra (after Bernstein); Leonard Bernstein: On the Town; Candide; Serenade for Violin and Orchestra "after Plato's Symposium"
Performers: Bell, Joshua; Philharmonia Orchestra; Zinman, David
Conductors: Zinman, David
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

This selection is also available in Super Audio format.

This selection was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for "Best Classical Crossover Album."

This selection is a Super Audio CD, w...continue...

The World So Wide / Dawn Upshaw

1 CD / Warner Bros. Import / 1998-05-26

Works: Samuel Barber: Antony and Cleopatra, Op. 40; Aaron Copland: The Tender Land; John Adams: Nixon in China; Leonard Bernstein: Trouble in Tahiti; Tania León: Scourge of Hyacinths; Douglas Moore: ...
Performers: Upshaw, Dawn
Conductors: Zinman, David
Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's

"...American opera represents a vast repertoire that includes many works of compelling beauty and riveting drama. Most are still largely unknown to the musical public...'The...continue...

Danielpour: Concerto for Orchestra, etc / Zinman, Pittsburgh

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-04-15

Works: Richard Danielpour: Concerto for orchestra "Zoroastrian Riddles"; Anima Mundi
Conductors: Zinman, David
Ensemble: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Yo-Yo Ma Premieres - Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse / Zinman

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1996-11-19

Works: Richard Danielpour: Concerto for cello and orchestra; Leon Kirchner: Music for cello & orchestra; Christopher Rouse: Concerto for Cello
Performers: Ma, Yo-Yo
Conductors: Zinman, David
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra

"...Yo-Yo scores again, not once, but three times over, in world-premiere recordings of uniformly excellent new concertos...the American cello concerto is alive and flourishing...Here is...continue...

Górecki: Kleines Requiem, Harpsichord Concerto, Good Night

2 CD / Warner Classics / 1995-06-13

Works: Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Kleines Requiem for a Polka (for piano and 13 instruments), Op. 66; Concerto for harpsichord (or piano) & orchestra, Op. 40; Good Night (Requiem for Soprano, Alto Flute, ...
Performers: Bell, Sebastian; Chojnacka, Elisabeth; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Hockings, David; Upshaw, Dawn [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Zinman, David; Stenz, Markus
Ensemble: London Sinfonietta

The Telarc Collection Vol 6

1 CD / Telarc / 1992-09-22

Works: Edward Elgar: Coronation Ode, Op. 44; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 101 in D major, H 1 no 101 "Clock"; The Creation, H 21 no 2; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 17 in G major, K 453;...
Performers: Gillespie, Dizzy; Hart, Antonio; John Colanni; Jordan, Clifford; Murray, Michael [Organ]; Nash, Lewis; O'Conor, John; Perez, Danilo; Severinsen, Doc; Shearing, George; Tate, Grady; Tena, Lucero
Conductors: Zinman, David; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Shaw, Robert; Levi, Yoel; López-Cobos, Jesús; Pearlman, Martin; Kunzel, Erich
Ensemble: ; Empire Brass; Hilton Ruiz & Friends; Village Waytes & Friends