Bonfá, Luiz

Maurice André - The Trumpet Maestro: Carnival of Venice; Rhapsody in Blue; Summertime et al. (great hits rec. 1956 - 1961)

2 CD / Indesens / 2013-02-12

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Concerto en fa; Un américain à Paris; Porgy and Bess; Strike up the Band; Ernesto Lecuona: Siboney, song for voice & piano (or orchestra); Michael Carr: S...
Performers: Andre, Maurice
Conductors: Faustin, J.; Denjean, Jacques

Maurice André's first great hits, from the years 1956 to 1961....continue...
Recording information: 1956-1959....continue...

Fellini! and More - Film Music by Nino Rota, plus melodies by Charlie Chaplin, John Williams, Carlos Gardel et al. / The Austrian Salonisti

1 CD / Gramola / 2012-10-09

Works: Nino Rota: Le notte di Cabiria; I vitelloni; La strada; Lo sceicco bianco; The Godfather; The Godfather Waltz; Romeo & Juliet; 8 1/2; Giulietta degli spiriti; Prova d'orchestra; The Clowns; Amarcord;...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Die Österreichischen Salonisten

Film music by Nino Rota, written for the countless masterpieces by Federico Fellini in cooperation with Francis Ford Coppola, forms the main component of this...continue...
Recording information: Saal der Landesmusikschule Bad Schailerbach (02/20/2012-02/22/2012)....continue...

Music for Two Guitars: Rossini, Brahms and Albeniz / Akerman-Teixeira Guitar Duo

1 CD / Clear Note / 2011-11-15

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Johannes Brahms: Theme and Variations for Piano in D minor; Isaac Albéniz: Op. 165; Op. 47; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in D minor, K...
Performers: Akerman-Teixeira Guitar Duo

Featuring duet works for classical guitar ranging from the Baroque period to the present day modern era. Guitarist Akerman has concertized and taught around the...continue...
Recording information: Dr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Performance Center, Kennesaw....continue...

Cinema Serenade [K2HD]

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2011-11-08

Works: Quincy Jones: The Color Purple; Carlos Gardel: Por una cabeza, tango for voice & chamber orchestra; Michel Legrand: Yentl; I Will Wait for You (Je ne pourrai jamais vivre sans toi), song (Theme from ...
Performers: Perlman, Itzhak
Conductors: Williams, John

Recording information: Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh (12/09/1996-12/11/1996).

Cinema Serenade came to be as a result of the 1992 collaboration of the world's premier film composer, John Williams, with...continue...

Oud? Live at the Concertgebouw / Netherlands Wind Ensemble

2 CD / Netherlands Blazer Ensemble / 2011-10-11

Works: Radiohead: Paranoid Android; Sytze Pruiksma: Modern Times, for wind ensemble; Martin Fondse: Low End Hifi, for wind ensemble; Mexican Traditional: El Cascabel, folk song; David Dramm: Time Warp, for ...
Performers: Akhbari-Sahebdivani, Parwin; Schneemann, Julian; Zarate, Jose Luis Fuentes
Conductors:
Ensemble: Chrome Tone; Netherlands Wind Ensemble; The Mixtape

A great new CD+DVD set from the Netherlands Blazers Ensemble presents a live concert from Amesterdam's famous Concertgebouw!...continue...
Recording information: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (01/01/2011)....continue...

Wordless Meanings: Schubert; Massenet / Raga Dolls, Osborne

1 CD / Move / 2011-07-01

Works: David Osborne: A Waltz, for ensemble; Still Life, for ensemble; Left at Carlisle, for orchestra; Tango for ensemble; Another Tango for ensemble; Don Heffington: At the Nest; Luiz Bonfá: Black Or...
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Ensemble: Raga Dolls

Duo Fusion

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2010-06-15

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Bordel 1900; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Michalis Patrinos: Misirlou, song; Miles Davis: Nardis; Jacques Ibert: Entr'acte, for flute (or violin) & harp (or guitar) (from "L...
Performers: Fusion, Duo
Conductors:
Ensemble: Duo Fusion

Recording information: Leeds Studios....continue...

La Guittara Del Amor

1 CD / Urtext (Mexico) / 2010-03-30

Works: Bebu Silvetti: Piano, song; María Grever: Júrame for voice & orchestra; Félix Luna: Alfonso y el mar, song; Luiz Bonfá: Manha de carnaval (Morning of the Carnival), song (...
Performers: Oliva, Julio César

Recording information: Estudio Mixtlán (2004).

Includes work(s) by Armando Manzanero....continue...

Guitar Mosaic: Music for Solo Guitar

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-09-22

Works: Danilo Caymmi: O Bem e o Mal, for guitar; Henry Mancini: Breakfast at Tiffany's; Johnny Mandel: The Shadow of Your Smile; Fernando Sor: Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35; Leçons progressives (24), ...
Performers: Silver, Tom

Recording information: 2008-2009....continue...

Bruce Martin: A Life in Song

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2009-07-07

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Franz Schubert: Il traditor deluso ("Ahimè, i...
Performers: Brimer, Michael; Charles, Ron; Martin, Bruce; Remedios, Alberto
Conductors: Measham, David; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Verbicky, Vladimir; Cree, Edgar

In a career lasting almost 40 years, the operatic bass bruce martin has taken his place among the great singers of the age. He has...continue...

It Takes Two / Duo Concertante

1 CD / Marquis Classic / 2009-05-19

Works: Zequinha de Abreu: Tico-Tico no Fubá, for voice & ensemble; George Gershwin: Lady, be Good; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gyn...
Performers: Dahn, Nancy; Steeves, Timothy
Conductors:
Ensemble: Duo Concertante

Acclaimed for their "artistry, poetry, and impeccable technique" (La Scena Musicale) Duo Concertante present 14 of their favorite encore pieces - music that is immediately...continue...
Recording information: Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (06/2007)....continue...

Latin Cello / Geoffrey Simon, London Cello Orchestra

1 Super Audio CD / Cala Records / 2008-07-01

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Libertango; Michelangelo 70; Matos Rodriguez: La Cumparsita, for tango orchestra; Bolivian Traditional: El condor pasa, folk song; Jacob Gade: Jalousie (Jealousy), tango for orchestr...
Conductors: Simon, Geoffrey
Ensemble: London Cello Orchestra

"South-of-the-border crossover with an appealing difference... Daryl Runswick's tangy arrangements of Latin dance favorites, pop standards and light classics sound as if they were written...continue...

Brasileirinho

1 CD / Artemis / 2006-03-28

Works: Waldir Azevedo: Brasileirinho; Pixinguinha: Um a zero; Ingênuo, choro; Carinhoso; Benedicto Lacerda: Dininha; Naquele Tempo; Altamiro Carrilho: Aeroporto Do Galcáo; Vivaldino; Pra Tia Am...
Performers: Baptista, Cyro; Brandao, Sergio; Lubambo, Romero; Nascimento, Tiberio; Robison, Paula [Flute]; Silverman, Stanley

The Flying Dutchman

1 CD / Savoy Label Group / 2005-09-27

Works: Julius Fucik: Entry of the Gladiators (Einzug der Gladiatoren), march for orchestra, Op. 68; Rudolf Sieczynski: Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume (Vienna, City of My Dreams) ("Wien, Wien, nur du alle...
Performers: Rieu, André

Capping a year of touring which took Andre and his orchestra around the world The Flying Dutchman was filmed in the Kerkrade, Holland soccer stadium...continue...
Personnel: André Rieu (violin); Carla Maffioletti (guitar); Boris Goldenblank, Karlien Opsteeg, Els Mercken, Monica Das, Kremi Mineva, Sonja Haering, Diana Morsinkhof, Stéphanie Detry, Frank...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...

Guitar Collection - Manha de Carnaval / Devine

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-06-01

Works: Marco Pereira: Pixaim, for guitar; Plainte-Lamento, for guitar; Num pagode em Planaltina (Gathering in Planaltina), for guitar; O Chôro de Juliana (Juliana's Chôro), for guitar; Joao Teix...
Performers: Devine, Graham Anthony

Award winning guitarist Graham Anthony Devine was born in England and, in his teens, moved to Brazil where he has become an established performer and...continue...

I Found My Thrill / Lenti Piano Duo

1 CD / Aca Digital / 2003-12-01

Works: Vincent Rose: Bluberry Hill; The Umbrella Man; Linger Awhile; Avalon; Harold Arlen: Wizard of Oz; Stormy Weather; Herman Hupfeld: As Time Goes By; John Schonberger: Whispering; Richard Rodgers: South...
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Ensemble: Lenti Piano Duo

The Best of the Three Tenors

1 CD / Decca / 2002-06-11

Works: Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Luigi Denza: Funiculì funiculà; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Yves Hubert Giraud: Sous le ciel de Paris (Under Paris Skies), song; Manuel Penella...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Falvo, Rodolfo; Pavarotti, Luciano; Three Tenors, The
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Levine, James
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Los Angeles Music Center Opera Chorus; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Orchestre de Paris

Recording information: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, Champ De Mars, Paris, Fran (07/07/1990-07/10/1998); Terme Di Caracalla (07/07/1990-07/10/1998).

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Brazilian Rhapsody

1 CD / Teldec / 2000-09-05

Works: Zequinha de Abreu: Tico-Tico no Fubá,á for voice & ensemble; Milton Nascimento / Fernando Brant: Travessia, for voice & piano; Darius Milhaud: Saudades do Brasil (12), suite of dances for...
Performers: Baptista, Cyro; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Combs, Larry; Kassinger, Robert; Klein, Alex; Nascimento, Milton; Pahud, Emmanuel; Znaider, Nikolaj

Personnel: Daniel Barenboim (piano); Milton Nascimento (vocals); Nikolai Znaider (violin); Emmanuel Pahud (flute); Larry Combs (clarinet); Alex Klein (oboe); Cyro Baptista (percussion).

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The Three Tenors, Paris 1998

1 CD / Decca Import / 1998-08-18

Works: Giuseppe Pietri: Maristella; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Agustín Lara: Granada; Solamente una vez, for voice & orchestra; Edvard Grieg: Jeg elsker dig! (I Love Thee!), song for voice & piano, Op...

Brazilian Portrait / Gerald Garcia

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1989-05-15

Works: Luiz Bonfá: Manha de carnaval (Morning of the Carnival), song (a.k.a. "La chanson d'Orphée"); Passeio No Rio (Walking In Rio); Antonio Carlos Jobim: Wave, song; Samba Do Avlao (Airplane...
Performers: Garcia, Gerald