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In 'N' Out: Coffee Break, Dining, Jazzy Car Ride / Every moment has its Music

3 CD / Analekta / 2012-01-31

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Centone di Sonate no 1; Cantabile e Valtz in E major; Felix Mendelssohn: Song without words for Cello and Piano in D major, Op. 109; Trio for Piano and Strings in D minor; Erne...
Performers: Baril, Louise-Andree; Bessette, Louise; Blaha, Bernadene; Booth, Jane; Dolin, Elizabeth; Dubeau, Angele; Ehnes, James [Violin]; Fortin, Lyne; Groulx, Jean-Francois; Kodama, Mari [Piano]; Kuerti, Anto...
Conductors: ; Nagano, Kent; Desmarais, Lorraine; Rescigno, Joseph
Ensemble: ; Duo Campion-Vachon; Duo Gaulin-Riverin; Gryphon Trio; Montreal Jazz Club; Quatuor Alcan; Trio Lorraine Desmarais

Invitation to Romance / Chung-Oo

1 CD / Opening Day Recordings / 2011-10-11

Works: Joseph Kosma: Autumn Leaves (Les feuilles mortes), for voice & piano; David Raksin: Laura, song (for the film Laura); Henry Mancini: Charade, song (for the film Charade); Andrew Lloyd Webber: Memory,...
Performers: Chung-Oo; Dean, Alex; Piltch, Rob; Riley, Ben; Riley, Doug [Drummer]; Szczesniak, Tom
Conductors: Riley, Doug [Drummer]

Recording information: The Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (09/07/1996-09/08/1996)....continue...

The Music of Michel Legrand: Summer of '42; Yentl; Wuthering Heights, et al.

2 CD / Silva America / 2011-09-13

Works: Michel Legrand: Les Parapluies de Cherbourg; Les Demoiselles de Rochefort; La valse des Lilas (Once upon a summertime); The Summer of '42; Di-Gue-Ding-Ding; Brian's Song; Dingo; I Was Born in Love wi...
Performers: Laizeau, Francois; Legrand, Michel; Michel, Catherine [Harp]
Conductors: Legrand, Michel
Ensemble: Moscow Virtuosi

Recording information: Mosfilm Studio, Moscow (10/26/2010-10/28/2010).

In October 2010, 78-year-old French film composer Michel Legrand traveled to Moscow to conduct his arrangements of highlig...continue...

Love Songs / Anne Sofie von Otter

2 CD / Naïve / 2010-10-26

Works: Brad Mehldau: Love Songs, for mezzo-soprano & piano; Léo Ferré: Avec le Temps, song; Monique Andrée Serf: Pierre, song for voice & piano; Dis! quand reviendras-tu?; Joni Mitchell: Marc...
Performers: Mehldau, Brad; von Otter, Anne Sofie

Gramophone Magazine
[Mehldau's] songs are a good fit for von Otter and they tap into all the qualities which make her such a class act as...continue...
Recording information: Berwald Concert Hall, Stockholm, Sweden (06/2010)....continue...

Beautiful Strings

2 CD / Capitol / 2010-03-23

Works: Nino Rota: Romeo and Juliet; The Godfather; Marvin Hamlisch: The Way We Were; Richard Rodgers: The Sound of Music; The Sound Of Music; Johnny Mandel: The Sandpiper; Harry Warren: An Affair To Remembe...
Performers: Baldwin, Mark; Catchings, John; Darken, Eric; Davidson, David [Violin]; Davis, Russell; Grosjean, Jim; Huntsinger, David; Lisenby, Jeff; Mason, Bob [Strings]; McClure, Carol; Mock, John; Myer, Cate; ...

Recording information: Wildwood Recording, Brentwood, TN....continue...

Artist Portrait - Kiri Te Kanawa

1 CD / Erato / 2004-08-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Morire?, song for voice & piano; Canto d'anime, song for voice & piano; La Rondine; Turandot; Sole e amore (Mattinata), for voice & p...
Performers: Leech, Richard; Quilico, Gino; Scandiuzzi, Roberto; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Titus, Alan; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]
Conductors: Nagano, Kent; Lombard, Alain; Janowski, Marek; Legrand, Michel; Stapleton, Robin
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Coventry Cathedral Choir; London Studio Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Lyon Opera Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra

"Her singing is not simply a matter of voice, but while there are plenty of sopranos who will perform with admirable efficiency in a comparable...continue...

Close Harmony From Eton

1 CD / Herald / 1998-08-25

Works: Con Conrad: The Continental (from The Gay Divorcée); Richard Rodgers: Blue Moon, song (from "Babes in Arms"); George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Louis Jordan: Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?; H...
Performers: Tails, Top Hat and

Personnel: Andy Staples, Peter Wood (tenor); Gulliver Ralston, Chris Whitton (bass voice).

Recording information: Lower Chapel, Eton College, England (06/1997)....continue...