Modern Period > Villa-Lobos, Heitor

The Golden Age of Light Music: A Glorious Century of Light Music - Kern, Duke, Goodwin, Styne, Kalman, Monnot, Anderson, Berlin / various artists

1 CD / Guild / 2013-04-09

Works: Jerome Kern: Look for the Silver Lining, song (from "Sally"); Vernon Duke: April in Paris, song (for the revue Walk A Little Faster); Ron Goodwin: Puppet Serenade, for orchestra; Jule Styne: The Part...
Conductors: Ornadel, Cyril; Mauriat, Paul; Goodwin, Ron; Mantovani; Carste, Hans; Pourcel, Frank; Roger, Roger; Vaughn, Billy; Gould, Morton; Chacksfield, Frank; Rose, David; Arlt, Hans-Georg; Black, Stanley; va...

Villa-Lobos: Symphony No. 3 'War'; Symphony No. 4 'Victory' / Isaac Karabtchevsky

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

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Symphony no 3, for orchestra & brass, "A Guerra", A. 152; Symphony no 4, for orchestra & brass, "A Vitória", A. 153
Conductors: Karabtchevsky, Isaac
Ensemble: ; Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

Villa-Lobos' War and Victory Symphonies were commissioned by the Brazilian government following the end of the country's involvement in World War I. Using very large...continue...
Recording information: Sala Sao Paulo, Brazil (02/05/2012-03/05/2012)....continue...

Latino Gold

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2013-03-12

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Libertango; Enrico IV; Jorge Ben: Más que nada; Consuelo Velázquez: Besame mucho; Antonio Carlos Jobim: Garota de Ipanema, song (a.k.a. "The Girl from Ipanema"); Armand...
Performers: Karadaglic, Milos [Guitar]; Prohaska, Anna; Sidorova, Ksenija [Accordion]
Conductors: Israel, Christoph

Villa-Lobos: Melodia Sentimental - 5 Preludes; Guitar Concerto / Krzysztof Meisinger: guitar; Andrew Haveron: violin

1 CD / Fuga Libera / 2013-03-12

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Prelúdios (5), for guitar, A. 419; Guitar Concerto, for guitar & piano, A. 502; Melodia sentimental, for voice & orchestra (from Floresta do Amazones), A. 555
Performers: Haveron, Andrew; Meisinger, Krzysztof
Conductors: Florencio, José Maria; Florênc, Jose Maria Junior
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

The young Polish musician Krzysztof Meisinger (b. 1984) is one of the most fascinating and charismatic guitarists of his generation. With the legendary Academy of...continue...
Recording information: Studio 1, Abbey Road Studios, London (11/2011)....continue...

50 Best Romantic Piano Classics - Popular romantic classics for solo piano or piano & orchestra

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; The Seasons, Op. 47b; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Conc...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Ahn Trio; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Angelich, Nicholas; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Bran, Tim; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Donohoe, Peter; Duchable, Francois-Rene ...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Thompson, Bryden; Galliera, Alceo; Jansons, Mariss; Foster, Lawrence; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; ...
Ensemble: ; Rostal & Schaefer Piano Duo

This 3-CD set contains 50 tracks of romantic piano music from catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics performed by some of the world's finest...continue...

Tang' Jok (Them)

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2013-01-22

Works: Luis Bacalov: String Trio; Manuel Ponce: Trio for violin, viola & cello; Azio Corghi: Tang' Jok (Them); Heitor Villa-Lobos: String Trio, A. 460
Conductors:
Ensemble: Trio Broz

Recording information: Salieri Theatre, Legnago, Verona (Italy) (08/29/2012-09/02/2012)....continue...

Essential 20th Century Classics - Over 2 hours of captivating modern classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus; Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; C...
Performers: Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Currie, Colin; Devos, Louis; Donohoe, Peter; du Pre, Jacqueline; Fischer-Dieskau, Manuel; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane; Hendricks, Bar...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Temirkanov, Yuri; Barbirolli, John; Ozawa, Seiji; Prêtre, Georges; Penderecki, Krzysztof; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Kaljuste, Tönu; Metzmacher, Ingo; B...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

Essential 20th Century Classics is a 2-CD set featuring a collection of important works written between 1901 and 2000. This period is sometimes thought of...continue...

Remembranza - Piano pieces by Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos; Nazareth, Granados, Albeniz / Rosa Antonelli, piano

1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-12-11

Works: Astor Piazzolla: La última grela, tango song; El mundo de los dos, tango song; Adiós Nonino, tango; Imperial, tango; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Poema singélo, for piano, A. 434; Valsa da dor,...
Performers: Antonelli, Rosa [Piano]

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
One of the highlights for me on this disc is the Valsa Da Dor by Villa-Lobos. It's...continue...
Recording information: Nola Studios, New York City, NY....continue...

A Harvest of 20th Century Bassoon Music - works by Ray Luka; Villa-Lobos; Dan Welcher et al. / Leonard Sharrow, Joseph Polisi, bassoons

1 CD / Crystal Records / 2012-12-01

Works: Ray Luke: Bassoon Concerto; Daniel Welcher: Concerto Da Camera for bassoon & orchestra; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Ciranda das sete notas, for bassoon & piano, A. 548; Colin Matthews: Variations on Sumer is...
Performers: Crow-Willard, Gary [Vocals]; Polisi, Joseph W.; Roseman, Ronald; Schmidt, Thomas; Snow, John
Conductors: Gold, Ernest
Ensemble: Crystal Chamber Orchestra

American Record Guide, January/February 2013
David Noon's Motets and Monodies was written in 1972, but looks back to the wildly exploratory and hideously atonal music of...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...

Cello Testament, Vol. 6 & 7 - 40 Cello Favorites by Bach, Popper, Ravel, Tchaikovsky et al. / Anders Gron, cello; Jorgen Hald Nielsen, piano

2 CD / Danica / 2012-10-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantate no 156; Concerto for Piano in F minor; Giovanni Pergolesi: Tre giorni son che nina, song for voice & piano (spurious; may be by V.L. Ciampi); Maria Theresia von Paradis...
Performers: Gron, Anders; Nielsen, Jorgen Hald

This seven-volume series of cello favorites started 30 years ago when it became apparent that there was a need for recordings of the minor, but...continue...
Recording information: Kollemorten, Denmark (1982-1984); The Academy of Music, Esbjerg, Denmark (1982-1984); Kollemorten, Denmark (1989-2007); The Academy of Music, Esbjerg, Denmark (1989-2007)....continue...

Villa-Lobos: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7 / Karabtchevsky, Sao Paulo SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-09-25

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Symphony no 6, for orchestra, "Sobre a linha das montahnas do Brasil", A. 447; Symphony no 7, for orchestra, A. 458
Conductors: Karabtchevsky, Isaac
Ensemble: ; Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

Heitor Villa-Lobos is generally acknowledged as Latin America's foremost nationalist composer and his best known works, such as the Bachianas Brasileiras (Naxos 8.557460-62), have tended...continue...
Recording information: Sala Sao Paulo, Brazil (02/21/2011-03/05/2011)....continue...

Fifty Shades of Grey: The Classical Album / Alexandre Tharaud, Barbara Hendricks, Samson Francois Alexis Weissenberg, et al.

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-18

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Johann Sebastian Bach: Keyboard Concerto in D minor, BWV 974; Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Heitor Villa-Lobos...
Performers: Augér, Arleen; Barley, Peter; Francois, Samson; Garcia, José Luis; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Lympany, Moura; Mesple, Mady; Millet, Danielle; Ousset, Cécile; Tharaud, Al...
Conductors: Lombard, Alain; Labadie, Bernard; Bátiz, Enrique; Muti, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Cellos of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Cellos; Les Violons du Roy

EMI Classics is proud to present Fifty Shades of Grey - The Classical Album, an exciting new release featuring 15 pieces of classical music personally...continue...
When E.L. James was writing her Twilight-slash-fic-turned-BSDM potboiler Fifty Shades of Grey, she apparently fueled her writing sessions by listening to tons of classical music. Once the book turned ...continue...

Spanish Guitar Music

3 CD / Bt Import / 2012-08-28

Works: Isaac Albéniz: Asturias (Leyenda), instrumental arrangement after Suite española no 1, Op. 47/5; Suite española, Op. 47; Johann Sebastian Bach: BWV 1006; Prelude for Lute in C minor,...
Performers: Cabra, Nino de; Marchena, Nino de; Montoya, Ramon; Peines, La Nina De Los; Rebollo, Jose [Vocals]; Segovia, Andres

Brasilerio - Villa-Lobos & Friends / Nelson Freire, piano

1 CD / Decca / 2012-08-21

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: O ginete do Pierrozinho, for piano (Carnaval das crianças no 1), A. 157/1; O chicote do diabinho, for piano (Carnaval das crianças no 2), A. 157/2; A manha de Pierrete, ...
Performers: Freire, Nelson [Piano]

Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire's eagerly awaited new album, Brasileiro: Villa-Lobos & Friends, pays tribute to his country's greatest composer, Heitor villa-Lobos, upon the 125th anniversary...continue...
Recording information: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg-Harburg (02/21/2012-02/25/2012).

While Nelson Freire is world famous as an interpreter of the keyboard music of Frédéric Chopin, ...continue...

Full of Grace: Songs to the Virgin Mary by Rachmaninov, Chilcott, Parsons, Victoria, Stravinskyk Bruckner et al. / Fairhaven Singers

1 CD / Guild / 2012-08-14

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Ave Maria; Bob Chilcott: Ave Maria, for chorus; Robert Parsons: Ave Maria; Tomás Luis de Victoria: Alma Redemptoris mater, antiphon for 5 voices; Pawel Lukaszewski: Ave Maria...
Performers: Woodward, Ralph
Conductors: Woodward, Ralph
Ensemble: ; Fairhaven Singers

Under musical director Ralph Woodward, the Fairhaven Singers have become one of East Anglia's foremost chamber choirs. They have performed at the Aldeburgh Festival and...continue...
Recording information: St George's Church, Chesterton, Cambridge, England (07/16/2011-07/17/2011)....continue...

Pasión - works by Astor Piazzolla, Osvaldo Farres, Carlos Gardel, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Augustin Barrios / Milos, guitar

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-17

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Libertango; Enrico IV; Jorge Morel: Danza brasilera, for guitar; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Chôro no 1 for Guitar; Suite populaire brasileira; Roland Dyens: Tango en Skai, for guitar;...
Performers: Karadaglic, Milos [Guitar]
Conductors: Israel, Christoph

Pasion includes new arrangements for solo guitar and string orchestra for favorite Lain hits such as Gardel's Por una cabeza (popular from the film Scent...continue...
Recording information: Studio B-Sharp, Berlin (2011-11-??&2012-03-??&2012-)....continue...

The Art of Collective Invention / The Cavell Trio: Shelly Meggison, oboe; Osiris J. Molina, clarinet; Jenny Mann, bassoon

1 CD / Blue Griffin / 2012-07-10

Works: Jacques Ibert: Pièces (5) en trio, for oboe, clarinet & bassoon; Antoni Szalowski: Divertimento, for oboe, clarinet & bassoon; Jindrich Feld: Trio for oboe, clarinet & bassoon; Jacques H&eacut...
Conductors:
Ensemble: The Cavell Trio

Formed in 2007, the Cavell Trio is a collaboration born out of friendship and a desire to share the love of music-making with others. All...continue...
Recording information: Blue Griffin's Studio "The Ballroom" (2011-07-26_2011-07-27&2011-)....continue...

Harp from Bach to Piazzolla

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-06-12

Works: Marcel Grandjany: Rhapsodie, for harp, Op. 10; Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Keyboard no 1 in B flat major, BWV 825; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras no 4; Astor Piazzolla: Las estacion...
Performers: Rayan-Forero, Marisa Luisa

Recording information: WFMT Studio, Chicago, IL....continue...

Flute and Cello in Dialogue - works by Mozat, Ferroud, Villa-Lobos, Takemitsu / Atsuko Koga, flute; Ithay Khen, cello

1 CD / Genuin / 2012-05-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Duo for violin & viola no 1 in G major, K. 423; Pierre Octave Ferroud: Trois Pièces (AKA Oriental Pieces), for flute; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachiana brasileira no 6 for Fl...
Performers: Khen, Ithay; Koga, Atsuko

Genuin presents the debut CD of a unique duo including flutist Atsuko Koga and cellist Ithay Khen as they converse in rarely performed works by...continue...
Recording information: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin (06/02/2011-06/04/2011)....continue...

Plucked String Theory

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-05-08

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, Op. 64; Manuel Ponce: 6 Preludes; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Mandolin in C major, RV 425; Fernando Sor: Douze Etudes, Op. 6; John Dowland: Lachrimae; The Frog Gal...
Performers: Large, Duane

Recording information: Silvertone Studios, Ardmore, PA (09/2011-03/2012)....continue...

Classical 2012

2 CD / Decca / 2012-05-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore, K 339; Sergey Rachmaninov: Preludes (10) for Piano, Op. 23; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giovanni Pergolesi: Nel c...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bell, Joshua; Benedetti, Nicola; Bocelli, Andrea; Bolet, Jorge; Calleja, Joseph; Coker, Paul; Di Stefano,...
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun; Pappano, Antonio; Dudamel, Gustavo; Armiliato, Marco; Chailly, Riccardo; Callegari, Daniele; Chichon, Karel Mark; Karajan, Herbert von; Rizzi, Carlo; Hollingworth, Robert; Previn, ...
Ensemble: ; I Fagiolini

Classical 2012 allows you to sample some of the finest new recordings of the year and introduce yourself to some of the most exciting new...continue...

Song of the Black Swan: works by Villa-Lobos, Nielsen, Cage, Debussy, Tharp et al. / Jonathan Keeble, flute; Ann Yeung, harp

1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-04-10

Works: Gareth Farr: Taheke, for flute & harp; Shafer Mahoney: Shining River, for flute & harp; Cesar Sanchez: Fantasia Andina, for flute; Susann McDonald / Linda Wood: Haiku for the Harp; Kent Kennan: Night...
Performers: Keeble, Jonathan; Rostad, Masumi Per; Yeung, Ann
Conductors:
Ensemble: Aletheia Duo

This recording presents works for flute and harp that seamlessly arc between the natural world and the human spirit, serving as reminders of the fragility...continue...
Recording information: Foellinger Great Hall of the Krannert Center for the Pe (2010-12-??&2011-05-??&2011-)....continue...

Jorge Luis Prats: Live in Zaragoza / Granados, Villa-Lobos, Farinas, Lecuona

1 CD / Decca / 2012-04-03

Works: Enriqué Granados: Goyescas; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas brasileiras no 4; Carlos Fariñas: Alta Gracia, for piano; Ignacio Cervantes: Danzas cubanas; Ernesto Lecuona: Suite Andalucía
Performers: Prats, Jorge Luis

When a pianist in his mid-fifties makes his Decca debut release, you can be sure that there is a story attached - and that is...continue...
Recording information: Sala Mozart del Auditoro de Zaragoza (03/02/2011)....continue...

The Art of Ida Presti: Studio Recordings, 1938-1956

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2012-04-02

Works: Robert de Visée: Suite in D minor; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite no 3 for cello solo, BWV 1009; Sonata no 2 for solo violin, BWV 1003; Niccolò Paganini: Grand Sonata, M.S. 3; Isaac Albé...
Performers: Presti, Ida

The great French guitarist lda Presti is, along with Andres Segovia, one of the few authentic guitar legends of the twentieth century. Established as a...continue...

The Columbia Sessions / Christopher Creviston, saxophone; Hannah Gruber, piano

1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-03-13

Works: Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Flute and Piano; Claude Delvincourt: Croquembouches, 6 pieces for alto saxophone & piano; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Fantasia for saxophone, 2 horns & strings, A. 490, Op. 630; D...
Performers: Creviston, Christopher; Gruber, Hannah [Piano]

Acclaimed saxophonist Christopher Creviston offers arrangements, piano reductions and a world premiere recording for his second recording on Albany Records. The arranger of the popular...continue...
Recording information: School of Music Recital Hall, University of South Carol (06/01/2011-06/02/2011)....continue...

Villa Lobos: Complete Solo Piano Works, Vol. 2 / Marcelo Bratke

1 CD / Quartz Records / 2012-03-13

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas brasileiras no 4; A Lenda do Caboclo, W 166; Saudades das selvas brasileiras, for piano, A. 226; Chôro no 5 for Piano "Alma brasileira"; Ciclo brasileiro
Performers: Bratke, Marcelo

Volume two of the complete Heitor Villa-Lobos piano music, from Brazilian pianist Marcelo Bratke....continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall (04/2010)....continue...

Mercury Living Presence Collection [51 CDs]

51 CD / Decca / 2012-03-06

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Night on the Bare Mountain; Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106; Hungarian Sketches, for orchestra, Sz. 97; Romanian...
Performers: Bachauer, Gina; Belov, Rudolf; Fischer, Irwin; Glenecke, Thomas; Graham, Allan; Hood, Boyde [Trumpet]; Janis, Byron; Koves, Toni; London Symphony Orchestra; Menuhin, Yehudi; Metzenger, Edward; Miquel...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Hanson, Howard; Dorati, Antal; Fennell, Frederick; Paray, Paul; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; ; Menges, Herbert; Kondrashin, Kirill; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Gnutov, Vitaly; Alessandro, ...
Ensemble: ; Battery B, 2nd New Jersey Light Artillery; Eastman Wind Ensemble

Mercury Living Presence is special in many ways - an American company, from the heyday of classical recording in the U.S. that reproduced some of...continue...
Includes work(s) by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky....continue...

Canciones del Alma: Songs from the Soul / Laura Mitchell, Ahmed Kickinson Cardenas

1 CD / Cubafilin Records / 2012-02-14

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Canciónes (3) españolas, song collection for voice & guitar; Madrigales (4) amatorios, for voice & piano (or soprano & orchestra); Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachiana brasile...
Performers: Dickinson, Ahmed; Mitchell, Laura

The combination of voice and guitar is always a happy one - and somehow especially so when the repertoire is Spanish and Latin American! Cuban...continue...
Recording information: Holy Trinity Church, Weston, Hertfordshire, UK (12/2009-04/2010)....continue...

20th Century Guitar

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-01-31

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Junto al Generalife; Ross Edwards: Blackwattle Caprices, for guitar; Leo Brouwer: Black Decameron, suite (3) for guitar; Isaac Albéniz: Barcarola for Piano, Op. 202 "Ma...
Performers: Hemmo, Philip

Recording information: Project Aurora....continue...

Hommage a Debussy: Spanish and French Guitar Music from Paris / Izhar Elias, Guitar

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-01-31

Works: Manuel de Falla: Homenaje - M. de Falla; Joaquín Rodrigo: Invocación y Danza for Guitar "Hommage a M de Falla"; Henri Sauguet: Soliloque, for guitar; Joaquín Turina: Sonata for Guitar ...
Performers: Elias, Izhar

Spanish and French Guitar Music from Paris is a fascinating program concept evoking the unique atmosphere of Paris at the beginning of the 20th century....continue...
Recording information: Chapel of Château de Poussignol, France (08/01/2011-08/04/2011)....continue...

Steve Howe: Time

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-01-31

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Aria, for voice & guitar (arranged from Bachianas Brasileiras no 5), A. 391; David Biglin: King's Ransom, for guitar & keyboards; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 140; Steve Howe...
Performers: Howe, Steve; Howe, Virgil; Paul K. Joyce
Conductors: Joyce, Paul K.

An album of cool instrumentals that bridges classical, jazz and country - Time is a collaboration between Steve Howe, best known as guitarist with Yes,...continue...
Recording information: British Grove Studios; Cornwall, UK; Devon, UK; Dinemec, Gland, Switzerland; Langley, UK; Treboul, UK.

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Record Collector (magazine) (p.92) - 4 stars out of...continue...

Art of the Fugue / works by Mozart, Schumann, Reinecke, Eisler, Britten, Purcell, et al.

1 CD / CD Accord / 2012-01-31

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Kunst der Fugue, BWV 1080; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio and Fugue for Strings in C minor, K 546; Robert Schumann: Six Fugues on the Name of BACH, Op. 60; Carl Reinecke: Sere...
Conductors: Kovacic, Ernst
Ensemble: ; NFM Wroclaw Chamber Orchestra

The compositions on this CD represent many stages in the beautiful and fascinating journey taken by composers who explored the form of the fugue over...continue...
Recording information: Jan Kaczmarek Concert Hall of Radio Wroclaw (09/27/2010-09/29/2010)....continue...

Obrigado Brazil / Yo-Yo Ma, cello

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-01-17

Works: César Camargo Mariano: Cristal; Samambaia; Antonio Carlos Jobim: Chega de Saudade; O Amor em Paz; Heitor Villa-Lobos: A Lenda do Caboclo, W 166; Chôro no 5 for Piano "Alma brasileira"; Jac...
Performers: Alves, Helio; Assad, Odair [Guitar]; Assad, Sergio [Guitar/Composer]; Baptista, Cyro; Braga, Paulo; Castro-Neves, Oscar; D'Rivera, Paquito; Faria, Jose De; Gismonti, Egberto [Guitar/Composer]; Lubamb...

"Merengue" was nominated for the 2005 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition. "Libertango" was nominated for Best Instrumental Arrangement.

Recording information: 2002.

While so...continue...

South American Guitar Classics / Marcelo Kayath, guitar

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2012-01-17

Works: Manuel Ponce: Valse for guitar; Preambulo & Allegro; Gavota; Astor Piazzolla: La muerte del Angel; Agustín Barrios-Mangoré: Mazurka Appassionata, for guitar; Danza Paraguaya, for guitar [No...
Performers: Kayath, Marcelo

A stunning collection of works by the finest names in South American classical guitar, including Heitor Villa-Lobos, Manuel Ponce, and Antonio Lauro. Kayath's interpretation of...continue...
Recording information: Haberdashers' Aske's School, London, England (1987/1991)....continue...

Arthur Rubinstein: The Complete Album Collection

144 CD / RCA Records / 2012-01-10

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle for Piano in F sharp major, B 158/Op. 60; Waltz for piano no 2 in A flat major, Op. 34/1, CT. 208; Mazurka for piano no 35 in C minor, Op. 56/3, CT. 85; Concerto...
Performers: Courte, Robert; Dalley, John; Feuermann, Emanuel; Fournier, Pierre; Frezin, Adolphe; Heifetz, Jascha; Kochanski, Pawel; Mayes, Samuel; Piatigorsky, Gregor; Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]; Sandor, Arpad; S...
Conductors: Coates, Albert; Barbirolli, John; ; Ormandy, Eugene; Golschmann, Vladimir; Dorati, Antal; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Steinberg, William; Toscanini, Arturo; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Munch, Charles; Susskind, ...
Ensemble: ; Pro Arte Piano Quartet

From December on, "Arthur Rubinstein The Complete Album Collection" will be the world's biggest CD edition for a solo artist according to Guinness World Records

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Aria - works for solo saxophone by Nyman, Handel, Bozza, Faure, et al. / Gerard McChrystal, saxophone

1 CD / First Hand / 2011-12-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Concerto grosso in B flat major, Op. 3/2, HWV 313; Michael Nyman: Why?, song (for the film "The Diary of Anne Frank"); If; Michael McGlynn: Aisling, for melody instrument & c...
Performers: De Silva, Shiroma; McChrystal, Gerard; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]; Scott, Andy [Engineer]; Tanaka, Karen
Conductors: Pendlebury, Nic; ; Doherty, Donal
Ensemble: ; Codetta; Smith Quartet; Trinity Laban String Ensemble

This brilliantly devised CD from Gerard McChrystal is a deeply personal album; at times melancholic, the music is always beautiful and captivating. Indeed, Aria has...continue...
Recording information: 08/2009-11/2009....continue...

Melancholía: Spanish Arias and Songs / Patricia Petibon, Josep Pons

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-11-21

Works: Enriqué Granados: Tonadillas; Xavier Montsalvatge: Cinco Canciones Negras; Cinco canciones Negras; Joaquín nin y Castellanos: Veinte cantos populares españoles II; Heitor Villa-Lobos: ...
Performers: Grare, Joël; Manoff, Susan; Manzanas, Daniel; Petibon, Patricia
Conductors: Pons, Josep

Unique for her dramatic flair, expert musicality, and interpretive powers, soprano Patricia Petibon indulges in her love of Luso-Iberian music. From zarzuela to art song,...continue...
Recording information: Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid, Spain (09/2010)....continue...

When Words Fade: Night songs for piano duet / Greg Anderson, Elizabeth Roe, pianos

2 CD / Steinway & Sons / 2011-11-15

Works: Michael Jackson: Billie Jean; Antonio Vivaldi: Tieteberga and Giustino; Elizabeth Joy Roe: Papageno!, a short fantasy for 2 pianos (based on three arias from "The Magic Flute"); Carmen Fantasy, for 2...
Performers: Anderson, Greg; Roe, Elizabeth Joy

Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe are perhaps the most thrilling young duo performing today, offering adrenalized classical concerts that are revolutionizing the piano duo...continue...
Recording information: The Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center, Purchase Coll (07/06/2011-07/08/2011)....continue...

Beginning of a Legend: Narciso Yepes, Vol. 2

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2011-11-03

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Chôro no 1 for Guitar; Francisco Tárrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra; Capricho árabe; Gran jota de Aragonesa; Joaquin Malats: Serenata española for piano in F m...
Performers: Yepes, Narciso [Guitar]

After the impressive success obtained by the first CD dedicated to Narciso Yepes rare recordings of his youth, IDIS is happy to feature a new...continue...
Recording information: 1960....continue...

Dancas Brasileiras / Levy, Nepomuceno, Villa-Lobos, Spso

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2011-11-03

Works: Alberto Nepomuceno: Garatuja, prelude for orchestra; Série Brasileira; Alexandre Levy: Suíte Brasileira; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Dança frenética, for orchestra, A. 144; Francisco Mign...
Conductors: Minczuk, Roberto
Ensemble: ; Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

Dance and Brazilian music are often regarded as more or less synonymous, in the same way that the samba to many of us is Brazilian...continue...
Recording information: Sala Sao Paulo, Brazil (04/2003/12/2003)....continue...

Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne; Rachmaninov: Vocalise / Anna Moffo, soprano

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-10-25

Works: Joseph Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachiana brasileira no 5 for Soprano and 8 Cellos; Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34
Performers: Moffo, Anna
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: ; America Symphony Orchestra

Soprano Anna Moffo was born in Pennsylvania in 1932 of Italian parents. After a period at the Curtis Institute, she went back to her ancestral...continue...
Recording information: Manhattan Center, New York City, USA (04/1964)....continue...

Danza! Works by Brouwer, Falla, Piazzolla, Skempton, et al. / Tom Kerstens, guitar

1 CD / British Guitar Society / 2011-10-11

Works: Leo Brouwer: Danza del Altiplano, for guitar; Temas populares cubanos (3); Danza Caracteristica for guitar; Astor Piazzolla: Las estaciones porteñas (4); Heitor Villa-Lobos: Chôro no 1 fo...
Performers: Kerstens, Tom

The debut recording of phenomenal British guitar trio Appassionata showcases highly accessible new compositions for three guitars, all making their first appearance on CD in...continue...
Recording information: The Michael Tippett Centre, Newton Park, Bath (2003-02-??&2003-04-??&2003-)....continue...

20th Century Miniatures - Ibert, et al /The London Wind Trio

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Jacques Ibert: Pièces (5) en trio, for oboe, clarinet & bassoon; Darius Milhaud: Pastorale, for oboe, clarinet & bassoon, Op. 147; Suite d'après Corrette (8), for oboe, clarinet & bassoon, ...
Performers: Birnstingl, Roger; Puddy, Keith

The Original Jacket Collection: Julian Bream

10 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-10-04

Works: Girolamo Frescobaldi: Aria with Variations, for guitar (music by Frescobaldi arranged by Segovia); Mateo Albéniz: Sonata for piano in D major, Op.13; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord i...
Performers: Aronowitz, Cecil; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Maguire, Hugh; Malcolm, George; Pears, Peter, Sir; Weil, Terence; Williams, John [Guitar]
Conductors: Davis, Colin;
Ensemble: Julian Bream Consort

Classical Guitar

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2011-10-04

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Lute Suite no 1, BWV 996; Anonymous: Jeux interdits; Francisco Tárrega: Adelita; Capricho árabe; Recuerdos de la Alhambra; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Chôro no 1 for Gui...
Performers: Guiron, Daniel

Recording information: D.G. Music Studios, Tampa, FL, U.S.A. (08/2011)....continue...

Tuesday Afternoon / Tony R Clef, Guitar

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2011-09-27

Works: Henry Purcell: If ever I more riches did desire; Leslie Bricusse: Pure Imagination, song (for the musical "Willy Wonka and Chocolate Factory"); Richard Rodgers: Out of My Dreams, song (from "Oklahoma...
Performers: Clef, Tony R.

Winner of the Paul McCartney "Maybe I'm Amazed" cover contest, guitarist Tony Clef now presents TUESDAY AFTERNOON, an album of his arrangements and transcriptions of...continue...
Recording information: Scissorhand SoundLab, Sanford, ME (08/23/2010-08/25/2010)....continue...

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Complete Guitar Works / Frederic Zigante, guitar

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Prelúdios (5), for guitar, A. 419; Suite populaire brésilienne, W 20; Valsa brilhante (Valsa concerto no 2), for guitar, A. 009; Simples, marzurka for guitar, A. 040; ...
Performers: Zigante, Frederic

Musicologist Béhague describes Villa-Lobos as "the single most significant figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Fusing Latin-American folk-inspired elements with more "learned" European...continue...
Recording information: Romano Canavese (Turin), Chiesa di Santa Marta (10/2009-10/2010)....continue...

Great Masterworks of the Guitar

4 CD / Liberty Import / 2011-09-06

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Fantasía para un gentilhombre; Invocación y Danza for Guitar "Hommage a M de Falla"; Joseph Schwantner: From Afar; Regino Sainz de la...
Performers: Hoberling, Markus; Isbin, Sharon
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence; Wolff, Hugh

Modified: Music For Bassoon / Villa-Lobos, Koerber / Matthias Kronsteiner, bassoon

1 CD / Composers Concordance / 2011-08-30

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachiana brasileira no 6 for Flute and Bassoon; Till Alexander Körber: Seismografische Reflexion, for flute, bassoon, bass clarinet & double bass; Christoph Cech: New Waves, ...
Performers: Frey, Thomas; Kronsteiner, Matthias [Bassoon]; Preimesberger, Daniela; Weissensteiner, Ernst

modified- music for bassoon takes you to a quasi-jaunt to different timbres of the bassoon. The exploration starts with Heitor Villa-Lobos merging Choro-Style and the...continue...
Recording information: Studio Weinberg in Kefermarkt, Austria....continue...