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The 50 Darkest Pieces of Classical Music

4 CD / X5 Group / 2011-10-25

Works: Franz Liszt: Totentanz, for piano, S. 525 (LW A62); Nuages gris (Grey clouds); Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker; Swan Lake Suite; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 1; Camille Saint-Saëns...
Performers: Abbuhl, Emanuel; Bavnov, Tomislav; Berhey, Emmy; Collins, Finghin; Fagius, Hans; Feller, Harald; Gillblad, Per-Olof; Muehlen-Wester, Andreas; Ponti, Michael; Pontinen, Roland; Schnorr, Klemens; Stanb...
Conductors: Schmidt-Gertenbach, Volke; Beissel, Heribert; Parry, David; DePreist, James; ; Susskind, Walter; Gál, Tamás; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Segerstam, Leif; Francis, Alun; Peskó, Zoltá...
Ensemble: ; Camerata Antonio Luco; Capella Istropolitana; La Tempesta; Moyzes Quartet

Some of the great classical composers have a dark side and while perhaps hidden in their personal lives, it comes alive in their music. There...continue...

Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa [Special Edition with Book] [Deluxe]

1 CD / ECM / 2010-12-14

Works: Arvo Pärt: Fratres, for violin & piano; Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra & bell; Fratres; Tabula rasa, concerto for 2 violins (or violin & viola), prepared piano & stri...
Performers: Kremer, Gidon; Schnittke, Alfred
Conductors: Davies, Dennis R.

"Special edition, including study scores

The iconic blue, grey and white CD cover has now become a book cover, which, given the original album's significance,...continue...
Arvo Pärt delivers a brief collection of sacred music -- bold, stoic, and sober. His compositions are full of a passionate and melancholy sort of life, a life of deep humility and faith. One of h...continue...

Dialogues

1 CD / Supraphon / 2010-07-08

Works: Anonymous, Czech: Graduale Universi, for vocal ensemble; Alleluia Ostende Nobis, for vocal ensemble; Primo tempore; Peter Graham: Suita pro sólové violoncello; Pawel Syzmanski: Miserere, fo...
Performers: Barta, Jiri; El-Dunia, Hasan; Englichova, Katerina; Manour, Ondrej; Predota, Stanislav; Prokes, Martin; Rehor, David; Sulc, Marek; Vlasankova, Jitka
Conductors:
Ensemble: Schola Gregoriana Pragensis

The renowned ensemble Schola Gregoriana Pragensis and the leading Czech cellist Jiri Barta have been pursuing dialogues on concert stages for a number of years....continue...
Recording information: Domovina Studio (11/03/2009); Hvezda Summer Pavilion, Prague (11/03/2009); Domovina Studio (2010-06-23_2010-06-24&2010-); Hvezda Summer Pavilion, Prague (2010-06-23_2010-06-24&2...continue...

Four Winds / Arizcuren, Cello Octet Conjunto Ibérico

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2009-09-01

Works: Terry Riley: Requiem Quartets (3) (Requiem for Adam), for string quartet with sound collage; Edison Denisov: Hymn; Franco Donatoni: Lame II, for 8 cellos; Arvo Pärt: Fratres; Theo Loevendie: Med...
Conductors: Arizcuren, Elias
Ensemble: Cello Octet Conjunto Ibérico

"Magnificent CD with an extraordinary programme, truly in the artistic line of this unique ensemble... Exemplary rendering of Denisov, Part, Donatino, Riley and Loevendie." -...continue...

Tavener: Thunder Entered Her, The Last Sleep of the Virgin, etc / David Hill, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Chilingirian String Quartet

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-05-19

Works: John Tavener: Angels; Annunciation; Lament of the Mother of God; Thunder Entered Her; Hymns of Paradise; God is with us; The Last Sleep of the Virgin; The Hidden Treasure; Arvo Pärt: Summa; Frat...
Performers: Cruft, Benedict; Dunnett, David; Kendall, William; Kiernan, Patrick; Kostecki, Boguslav; Kringelborn, Solveig; Rakowski, Maciej; Shave, Jacqueline; Simcock, Iain; Sweeney, Donald; Wright, Gavyn
Conductors: Hill, David
Ensemble: Winchester Cathedral Choir

"John Tavener, one of the most popular composers of the last century, has created some meditatively enduring works such as Lamentations & Praises, Lament for...continue...

Eternal Strings

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-01-27

Works: Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Philip Glass: Concerto for Violin; Alla Pavlova: Symphony no 3; Josef Suk: Serenade, Op. 6, E flat major; Antonin Dvorák: Serenade in E major, Op. 22; Krzyszto...

Eternal Pärt

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-01-27

Works: Arvo Pärt: Summa; Tabula Rasa; The Woman with the Alabaster Box; Berliner Messe; Collage sur B-A-C-H for Strings, Oboe, Harpsichord and Piano; Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem;...

The Silence of Being - The Music of Arvo Pärt

6 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-03-25

Works: Arvo Pärt: Fratres; Festina lente; Fratres, for cello & piano; Summa, for string orchestra; Fratres, for wind octet & percussion; Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra & bel...
Performers: Ambrus, Karoly; Anderson, Mark; Arato, Peter; Banhegyi, Geza; Berman, Boris; Castets, Maryse; Domonkos, Judit Kis; Eisrich, Antal; Eros, Jozsef; Faludi, Judit; Falvay, Sandor; Fodor, Agnes; Gunn, Nat...
Conductors: Benedek, Tamás; Yuasa, Takuo; ; Edison, Noel; Alsop, Marin; Wit, Antoni; Zender, Hans; Hillier, Paul; Lyndon-Gee, Christopher; Kent, Fuat; Lintu, Hannu
Ensemble: ; Albert Schweitzer Quintet; Art Nouveau Ensemble; Continuum; Tonus Peregrinus

An elegant 6 CD package containing the complete Naxos recordings of Arvo Part including: Fratres, Tabula Rasa, Collage uber Bach, Symphony No. 3, Berliner Messe,...continue...

Of Beauty & Light - The Music of Philip Glass

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-03-25

Works: Philip Glass: The Light; Heroes Symphony; Symphony no 3; Symphony no 2; Company; Concerto for Violin; Akhnaten; Krzysztof Penderecki: Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima; Conlon Nancarrow: Toccata ...
Performers: Anthony, Adele; Berman, Boris; Castets, Maryse; Gunn, Nathan; Isherwood, Nicholas; Kliegel, Maria; Mikkola, Laura; Moser, Elsbeth; Plaetner, Jorgen; Rabus, Kathrin; Shorr, Aaron; Skaerved, Peter Shep...
Conductors: Alsop, Marin; Yuasa, Takuo; Wit, Antoni; ; Zender, Hans; Hillier, Paul; Lyndon-Gee, Christopher; Kent, Fuat; Lintu, Hannu; Benedek, Tamás
Ensemble: ; Albert Schweitzer Quintet; Art Nouveau Ensemble; Continuum

This beautifully designed 4 CD package contains the complete Naxos recordings of the work of Philip Glass including: The Light, Heroes Symphony, Symphonies 2 &...continue...

Sonic Rebellion: Alternative Classical Collection

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-09-06

Works: Philip Glass: Heroes Symphony; Krzysztof Penderecki: Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima; Conlon Nancarrow: Toccata for Violin and Player Piano; John Cage: Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano...
Performers: Berman, Boris; Castets, Maryse; Gunn, Nathan; Isherwood, Nicholas; Kliegel, Maria; Mikkola, Laura; Moser, Elsbeth; Plaetner, Jorgen; Rabus, Kathrin; Shorr, Aaron; Skaerved, Peter Sheppard
Conductors: Alsop, Marin; Wit, Antoni; ; Zender, Hans; Hillier, Paul; Lyndon-Gee, Christopher; Kent, Fuat; Lintu, Hannu; Benedek, Tamás
Ensemble: ; Albert Schweitzer Quintet; Art Nouveau Ensemble; Continuum

Seventh Sense - Takemitsu, Brouwer, et al / Eskelinen, et al

1 CD / Alba / 2006-09-01

Works: Arvo Pärt: Fratres; Peteris Vasks: Vientulibas Sonate Die Sonate der Einsamkeit; Luca Francesconi: Alborada per Chitarra solo; Minoru Miki: Ballade for Koto no 2 "Nuori verso / A Young Sprout"; ...
Performers: Eskelinen, Ismo
Conductors: Kangas, Juha
Ensemble: Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

Guitarist Ismo Eskelinen points out that in contrast to his first two discs, which centered on Mexican and Spanish repertoire, the keyword for this new...continue...

Angel Dances / 12 Cellists of Berlin Philharmonic

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-07-18

Works: Astor Piazzolla: La muerte del ángel, tango (from Angel series); Milonga del ángel, tango (from Angel series); Resurrección del ángel, tango (from Angel series); Volker Sc...
Performers: Delacroix, David; Lorenz, Hans-Dieter; Schindelbeck, Frank; Smith, Jocelyn B.; Stockhausen, Markus
Conductors: ; Halsey, Simon
Ensemble: 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

In their new EMI Classics recording 'Angel Dances', the 12 cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic take the well-established idea of a "cello choir" to a...continue...

Arvo Pärt - A Portrait

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-06-21

Works: Arvo Pärt: Für Alina, for piano; Symphony no 1 ("Polyphonic"), Op. 9; Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra & bell; Passio, for tenor, bass, vocal quartet, chorus, oboe...
Performers: Bowyer, Kevin; Davis, Peter R.; Eisrich, Antal; Falvay, Sandor; Hatfield, Lesley; Helmerson, Frans; Hirsch, Rebecca; Hope, Daniel [Violin]; Kovacs, Miklos; Lubimov, Alexei [Piano]; Mulligan, Simon; P...
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme; Benedek, Tamás; Pitts, Antony; Edison, Noel; Yuasa, Takuo; Cox, Neil
Ensemble: ; Choir of Lancing College; Elora Festival Orchestra; Elora Festival Singers; Strings of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (St; Tonus Peregrinus; Ulster Orchestra

This absorbing, two-CD anthology combines quality performances . . . Certainly, there is no more contextual way of getting to know the composer than this...continue...

Concierto Barroco / Manuel Barrueco

1 CD / Koch International / 2005-06-07

Works: Roberto Sierra: Folias, for guitar & orchestra; Concierto Barroco, for guitar & orchestra; Antonio Vivaldi: Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93; Concerto for Mandolin in C major...
Performers: Barrueco, Manuel
Conductors: Pérez, Victor Pablo

Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel, etc / Järvi, Kalijuste, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2005-06-01

Works: Arvo Pärt: Fratres; Dopo la vittoria; Bogoroditse Devo; I am the True Vine; Annum per Annum; Spiegel im Spiegel; Variations for Arinuschka's Recuperation; Für Alina; Quintettino; Concerto p...
Performers: Ericsson, Hans-Ola; Gluzman, Vadim; Hardenberger, Håkan; Järvi, Teet; Kuusk, Viljar; Lubimov, Alexei; Nestor, Toomas; Vulp, Urmas; Yoffe, Angela
Conductors: Kalijuste, Tonu; ; Järvi, Neeme
Ensemble: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Winds; Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Swedish Radio Chorus; Tallinn String Quartet

Kancheli: Time...and again; Schnittke, etc / Gluzman, Yoffe

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2004-07-01

Works: Alfred Schnittke: Suite in the old style; Fugue for Violin; Arvo Pärt: Fratres; Spiegel im Spiegel
Performers: Gluzman, Vadim; Yoffe, Angela

Pärt: Stabat Mater, etc / Daniel Taylor, Christopher Jackson

1 CD / ATMA / 2004-03-01

Works: Arvo Pärt: Psalom, for string quartet; Summa, for SATB chorus or soloists; Fratres; Es sang vor langen Jahren, for counter-tenor or alto with violin & viola; Summa, for violin, 2 violas & cello;...
Performers: Houle, Jacques-Andre; MacMillan, Betsy; Plouffe, Helene; Soderstrom, Elin; Taylor, Daniel
Conductors: Jackson, Christopher
Ensemble: Montreal Studio for Ancient Music Choir; Montreal Studio for Ancient Music Orchestra

World to Come / Maya Beiser

1 CD / Koch International / 2003-10-21

Works: Osvaldo Golijov: Mariel, version for for cello, drones & voice; David Lang: World to Come, for cello, tape & video projection; Arvo Pärt: Fratres; John Tavener: Lament to Phaedra
Performers: Beiser, Maya

Recording information: KAS Music and Sound, Astoria, NY (06/2003)....continue...

Part: Bamboo Dream [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2003-09-01

Works: Arvo Pärt: Fratres
Performers: Jarrett, Keith; Kremer, Gidon

In Bamboo Dream, the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan performs a stunning modern dance program inspired by the evergreen bamboo. Much praised by poets...continue...
Run Time: 63 min.
Region: 1-5,7-8
Picture Format: NTSC, Letterbox, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: ...continue...

Pärt: Summa, etc / Paavo Järvi, Estonian National SO

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2003-02-11

Works: Arvo Pärt: Summa, for string orchestra; Trisagion; Symphony no 3; Fratres; Silouans Song, for string orchestra; Festina lente; Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra & bell
Conductors: Järvi, Paavo

Among the emerging contemporary composers of the last decades Arvo Part is undoubtedly one of the most prominent of them all. In this new recording,...continue...

Out of the Night - Pärt: Magnificat; Tavener: Threnos, etc

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2000-01-11

Works: Arvo Pärt: Magnificat; Magnificat Antiphons (7), for chorus; Fratres; John Tavener: Out of the Night (Alleluia), for viola; Canticle of the Mother of God, for soprano & chorus; Thrinos, for cell...
Performers: Atkins, Jane; Blayden, Alastair; McFadden, Claron; Nixon, Leigh; Stirling, Michael; Welsh, Moray
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble: Taverner Choir

"Tavener and Part are so often grouped together that one would assume their music was interchangeable. This disc pits two extremes of the composers' styles...continue...

25 Years: Retrospective

10 CD / Nonesuch Import / 1998-10-20

Works: John Adams: John's Book of Alleged Dances, for string quartet; Arvo Pärt: Fratres; Psalom, for string quartet; Summa; Missa sillabica, for chorus; Ken Benshoof: Traveling Music no 4, for string ...
Performers: Brosnan, Michael; Hargis, Ellen; Hillier, Paul; Krakauer, David; Kronos Quartet; Nolan, Mark; Piazzolla, Astor; Rogers, Neal; Takahashi, Aki

The 20th century has not been kind to most standard classical music forms. The piano sonata, the concerto, the symphony -- none of them have disappeared entirely, but none remain in a state that could...continue...

Arvo Pärt - Sanctuary

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 1998-02-17

Works: Arvo Pärt: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra & bell; Summa, for string orchestra; The Beatitudes, for chorus & organ; Fratres; Festina lente; Magnificat; De profundis; T...
Performers: Little, Tasmin; Studt, Richard
Conductors: Studt, Richard; Cleobury, Stephen; Welser-Möst, Franz; Kaljuste, Tönu
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; King's College Choir, Cambridge

Pärt: Fratres, Festina lente, Summa, etc / Tamás Benedek

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-05-06

Works: Arvo Pärt: Fratres; Festina lente; Fratres, for cello & piano; Summa, for string orchestra; Fratres, for wind octet & percussion; Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra & bell
Performers: Ambrus, Karoly; Arato, Peter; Banhegyi, Geza; Domonkos, Judit Kis; Eisrich, Antal; Eros, Jozsef; Faludi, Judit; Falvay, Sandor; Fodor, Agnes; Hajna, Rezsk; Haraszti, Marta; Hartenstein, Istvan; Horva...
Conductors: Benedek, Tamás

Pärt: Summa / Kantorow, Tapiola Sinfonietta

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1997-02-10

Works: Arvo Pärt: Collage sur B-A-C-H for Strings, Oboe, Harpsichord and Piano; Fratres; Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra & bell; Summa, for string orchestra; Festina lente; T...
Performers: Laivuori, Jouko; Soderblom, Jan; Talka, Marja; Vartiainen, Juho
Conductors: Kantorow, Jean-Jacques
Ensemble: Tapiola Sinfonietta

Released 1985-1995 / Kronos Quartet

2 CD / Warner Classics / 1995-10-24

Works: Dumisani Maraire: Mai Nozipo, for ngoma, hosho & string quartet ("Mother Nozipo"); Astor Piazzolla: Five Tango Sensations, for bandoneón & string quartet (abridgement and arrangement of Sette ...
Performers: Caballero, Larry; John Taylor [Engineer/Editor]; Kronos Quartet; Manning, Patty
Conductors:
Ensemble: Kronos Quartet

"Kronos is a quality act...There are no proper insert-notes on the music but, to be quite honest, the chosen selections are so vivid, so powerfully...continue...
Personnel: John Taylor And Orchestra (vocals); David Harrington, John Sherba (violin); Hank Dutt (viola); Joan Jeanrenaud (cello); Dumisani Maraire (hosho, ngoma)....continue...

Pärt: Fratres / Werthen, I Fiamminghi

1 CD / Telarc / 1995-04-25

Works: Arvo Pärt: Fratres; Fratres, for violin, strings & percussion; Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra & bell; Fratres, for wind octet & percussion; Summa, for string orchestr...
Performers: Gleizes, Mireille; Springuel, France
Conductors: Werthen, Rudolf; Manning, Peter
Ensemble: I Fiamminghi; I Fiamminghi members

Pärt: Collage / Neemi Järvi, Philharmonia Orchestra

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-01-01

Works: Arvo Pärt: Collage sur B-A-C-H for Strings, Oboe, Harpsichord and Piano; Summa, for SATB chorus or soloists; Wenn Bach Bienen gezuchtet hatte, for wind quintet, piano, string orchestra & percuss...
Performers: Berman, Boris
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

Chamber Music from Estonia / Derwinger, Tallinn String Qt

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1993-09-01

Works: Eduard Tubin: String Quartet; Elegy for Strings; Quartet for Piano and Strings in C sharp minor; Erkki-Sven Tüür: String quartet; Arvo Pärt: Fratres
Performers: Derwinger, Love