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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...

American Anthem - The music of Samuel Barber & Howard Hanson / Ying Quartet

2 CD / Solo Musica / 2013-03-26

Works: Samuel Barber: Quartet for Strings in B major, Op. 11; Serenade for Strings, Op. 1; Dover Beach, Op. 3; Howard Hanson: Quartet for Strings in 1 movement, Op. 23; Concerto da Camera for piano and stri...
Performers: Neiman, Adam; Scarlata, Randall

Sono Luminus has come together again with the amazing talent of the Ying Quartet and is excited to release American Anthem: The Music of Samuel...continue...
Recording information: Sono Luminus, Boyce, Virginia (05/15/2012-05/17/2012)....continue...

Happy New Year: Opera Gala from Dresden / Diana Damrau; Piotr Beczala. Thielemann

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-12

Works: Emmerich Kálmán: Gräfin Mariza; Die Csárdásfürstin; Die Zirkusprinzessin; Kaiserin Josephine; Der Teufelsreiter; Die Herzogin von Chicago; Das Veilchen vom Montmartre; D...
Performers: Beczala, Piotr; Denoke, Angela; Labin, Ana-Maria; Schopf, Ingeborg [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Thielemann, Christian
Ensemble: ; Staatskapelle Dresden

A content, marketing and promotional transformation for one of Europe's premiere classical music events.

A unique occasion, and a unique product offering - welcome 2013

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Recording information: Semperoper, Dresden (2011-12-31&2012-12-29_2012-)....continue...

Chamber music of Richard Cornell: Tracer / A Far Cry; Richard Pittman; Peter Zazofsky

1 CD / Ravello / 2013-02-26

Works: Richard Cornell: New Fantasias, for strings; Tracer, for chamber ensemble; Images, for chamber ensemble; Acqua Alta, for violin; Unspecified: [Untitled CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Zazofsky, Peter
Conductors: ; Pittman, Richard
Ensemble: A Far Cry; Boston Musica Viva

This collection of chamber works by Cornell explores the nature of art and the collaboration that occurs between creator and influence. Comprised of live recordings,...continue...

Emma Lou Diemer: Pacific Ridge / London SO; Slovak Radio SO; Czech Radio SO. Brynmore Jones; Joel Suben; Vladimir Valek

1 CD / Navona / 2013-02-26

Works: Emma Lou Diemer: Santa Barbara Overture; Concerto for Piano in One Movement; Unspecified: [Untitled CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Daughtrey, Nathan
Conductors: Jones, Brynmor Llewelyn; Suben, Joel Eric

Santa Barbara-based composer Diemer (b.1927) is a fixture in the Californian classical music community, having received commissions and performances from orchestras and ensembles throughout the...continue...

Al Combate: Rediscovered Galant Music from Eighteenth-Century Mexico - works by Jerusalem & Billoni

1 CD / Navona / 2013-02-26

Works: Ignacio Jerusalem: Symphony in G major; Gorjeos trinando, for 2 trebles, 2 violins & continuo; Cristal bello, for voice & orchestra; Al combate, for 2 soloists, chorus & orchestra; Santiago Billoni: ...
Performers: Naglia, Sandro; Peralta, Elda; Ranney-Mendoza, Eleanor
Conductors: Mendoza, Javier Jose
Ensemble: ; Chicago Arts Orchestra

Chicago Arts Orchestra's debut release portrays New Spain as a Mecca of baroque and gallant music through a selection of works by two of colonial...continue...
Recording information: Nichols Concert Hall, Music Institute of Chicago, Evans (02/20/2012-02/23/2012)....continue...

The Music of Sparky Davis / Petr Vronsky, Vit Micka, Karolina Rojahn

1 CD / Navona / 2013-01-29

Works: Sparky Davis: And One Last Waltz, for orchestra; Symphony in B flat major; Adagio di molto misterioso, for orchestra; Fantasy Sonata for piano; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Rojahn, Karolina
Conductors: Micka, Vit; Vronsky, Petr
Ensemble: ; Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

Composer Sparky Davis, who takes a "modern, not modernistic" approach to writing his music, expands the vocabulary of music to include non-traditional elements and adds...continue...

Chamber music of Juan Sebastián Lach Lau: Islas / Ensemble 3; Electronic Hammer

1 CD / Navona / 2013-01-29

Works: Juan Sebastian Lach Lau: Pantaleón, for ensemble; 'Round Ruby, for ensemble; RZW + Continuidad Paralela, for ensemble; Yenealo[pi]aedie, for ensemble; Chamba de um acorde, for ensemble; Blank Sp...
Performers: Novello, Salvatore [Percussion]; Pastene, Daniel [Clarinet]; Sultana, Gabi [Piano]
Conductors: ; Kucera, Jan; Micka, Vit
Ensemble: Ensamble Tres; Ensemble 3; Moravian Philharmonic Chamber Players; The Electronic Hammer

With subtle influences from Cage, Ligeti, and the NY avante garde of the 50s, Lach Lau's music blends programming and algorithmic generation with traditional instruments...continue...

Easy Contest Solos, Vol. 1: Oboe / Heidi Huseman DeWally, oboe; John Mitton, piano

1 CD / Mark Custom Recording / 2013-01-29

Works: Ernest Mahle: As Melodias da Cecilia (The Melodies of Cecilia), for oboe (or recorder) & piano; Wally Barnett: Caterpillars and Butterflies, for oboe & piano; Earl L. Clemens: Soaring, for oboe & pia...
Performers: Dewally, Heidi Huseman; Mitton, John

Dewally was born a "Hoosier" (born in Indianapolis, Indiana) however, she was raised a "Sooner" in Norman, Oklahoma. She won the 3rd oboe position in...continue...

The Music of Greg Danner, Vol. 2: Critical Speed / Mansfield Univ. Wind Ens.

1 CD / Mark Custom Recording / 2013-01-29

Works: Greg Danner: Country Dances, for wind ensemble; Footprints, for wind ensemble; Ballad for band; Ceremonial Dances, for wind ensemble; Down by the Salley Gardens, for wind ensemble; Measure of Valor, ...
Conductors: Brennan, Adam F.
Ensemble: Mansfield University Concert Wind Ensemble

Danner was a grand prizewinner in the Delius Society composition contest and 1st prize in the Taghkanic Chorale composer's competition. The International Trombone Association Journal...continue...
Recording information: The Grace Steadman Theatre on the Campus of Mansfield U (05/12/2012-05/14/2012)....continue...

Jeffrey Stadelman: Messenger - orchestral, instrumental and electoacoustic works / Petr Vronsky, Jeffrey Stadelman, Elizabeth McNutt

1 CD / Navona / 2013-01-29

Works: Jeffrey Stadelman: Messenger, for orchestra; Bagatelles (9), for piano & recorded sound; Evans House, for flute; Koral 19, electroacoustic music; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: McNutt, Elizabeth; Stadelman, Jeffrey
Conductors: Vronsky, Petr
Ensemble: Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

Composer Stadelman's unusual, arresting, exacting musical voice has evolved over 25 years, amounting to a complex musical practice that suggests no obvious counterpart. MESSENGER includes...continue...

The Music of Greg Danner, Vol. 1: Walls of Zion

1 CD / Mark Custom Recording / 2013-01-29

Works: Greg Danner: Of Thee I Sing, for band; Walls of Zion, for band; Nebula, for wind ensemble; N/A: Tuba Concerto; Slide Ride, for trombone & orchestra; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Conductors: Donald E. Schofield, Jr.; ; Berz, William; Meunier, Robert
Ensemble: ; Drake University Wind Symphony; Rutgers Wind Ensemble; Tennesse Tech Symphony Band; United States Air Force Band of Mid-America

Danner was a grand prizewinner in the Delius Society composition contest and 1st prize in the Taghkanic Chorale composer's competition. The International Trombone Association Journal...continue...

Sergio Cervetti: Keyboard3 - Works for Piano, Harpsichord & Organ / Karolina Rojahn, Maria Teresa Chenlo, Sergio Cervetti, Karel Martinek

1 CD / Navona / 2013-01-29

Works: Sergio Cervetti: Estudios australes (3) for piano; Alberada, for harpsichord; Hard Rock, for harpsichord; Candombe, for harpsichord; Seven Farewells to Paradise, for piano; In principio erat verbum, ...
Performers: Cervetti, Sergio; Chenlo, Maria Teresa; Martinek, Karel; Rojahn, Karolina

Keyboard Cubed is Cervetti's second recording for Navona and takes the listener into a world of kinetic and emotionally charged sound forged from 3 keyboard...continue...

Mothership - Music of Mason Bates, Gershwin, Robert Moran, Joel Puckett, Grainger / OH University Wind Ens.

1 CD / Mark Custom Recording / 2013-01-29

Works: Mason Bates: Mothership, for flute & piano; George Gershwin: Cuban Overture; Robert Moran: Points of Departure; Joel Puckett: The Shadow of Sirius, concerto for flute, flute choir & wind ensemble; Pe...
Performers: Burgoyne, Alex [Saxophone]; Gonzalez,, David, Jr.; Miller, Caleb; Patterson, Kelsey [Flute]; Sincoff, Alison Brown [Flute]
Conductors: Trachsel, Andrew
Ensemble: ; Ohio Universtiy Wind Symphony

The Ohio University School of Music has been officially in existence since 1917, although some of the individual programs date back to the 1880s. Currently,...continue...
Recording information: Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium, Ohio Un (02/03/2012-02/05/2012)....continue...

The Shakespeare Concerts Series, Vol. 1: Shakespeare's Memory / Chad Sloan, Andrea Chenoweth, Kellie Van Horn

1 CD / Navona / 2013-01-29

Works: Joseph Summer: With Mirth in Funeral, for baritone & piano (from Oxford Songs); On The Death Of A Fair Infant, for voice & string quartet; Leda and the Swan; Full Fathom Five, for mezzo-soprano, teno...
Performers: Chenoweth, Andrea [Soprano Vocal]; Ferrante, Maria; Hartelova, Lydie; Sekera, Miroslav; Sloan, Chad [Baritone Vocal]; Van Horn, Kellie; Vickers, Justin; Watson, Ian
Conductors:
Ensemble: Kalmia String Quartet

Shakespeare's Memory is the first offering in Navona's Shakespeare Concerts Series. Vol. 1 includes Summer's original chamber and vocal compositions set to Shakespeare's dramas and...continue...

Roxanna Panufnik: Love Abide - New Choral Music, Diverse in Faith, Universal in Love / London Oratory School Schola

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: Roxanna Panufnik: Love Endureth, for vocal ensemble; Love Abide, for mezzo-soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra; Magnificat & Nunc dimittis, for chorus & organ; Zen Love Song, for chorus & shakuhach...
Performers: Day, Kiku; Johnson, Richard; Little, Tom; Sinclair, Gilles [Treble]; Smyth, Ben Fleetwood
Conductors: Smith, Barnaby; Ward, Lee; Ogden, David
Ensemble: ; London Oratory School Schola

Love Abide encapsulates the very contemporary ethos of multicultural spiritual devotion in a world populated by a rich diversity of faiths - all of them...continue...

Tomas Milans i Godayol: Religious Music / La Xantria; Loia Frigole, soprano

1 CD / Musiepoca (Coda) / 2013-01-08

Works: Tomàs Milans i Godayol: Litaniæ lauretanæ, lletanies de la Mare de Déu, for 4 voices & continuo; Salve regina, for 2 soloists, chorus & continuo; Charitas Dei, motet; Magnificat, ...
Performers: Arquimbau, Elisenda; Benito, Elias [Baritone (Vocal)]; Bolivar, Hugo; Cordomi, Marta; Fernandez, Gloria; Frigole, Laia; Garcia, Joan; Polo, Cesar [Tenor Vocal]; Reixach, Buia; Rodrigo, Marta [Mezzo-S...
Conductors: Biosca, Pere Lluís
Ensemble: La Xantria

The height of the Baroque period, at the beginning of 18th century, was a time for wars and upheavals in Catalonia, but also for the...continue...
Recording information: Vilafranca del Penedès, Barcelona, Spain (01/18/2012-01/21/2012)....continue...

Bohumir Kryl - World Famous Wizard of the Cornet (rec. 1901 - 1918)

1 CD / Archeophone / 2013-01-08

Works: Jean-Baptiste "Joseph" Arban: Variations on "Carnival of Venice," for trumpet; Jules Levy: German Air (Du Du), for cornet; Grand Russian Fantasia; John Hartmann: Arbucklenian Polka; Facilita for corn...
Performers: Haines, Leroy [Trombone]; Kryl, Bohumir

Recording information: 1901-1918....continue...

Michael G. Cunningham: Three Ballets; The Gastein Masterwork

1 CD / Navona / 2012-11-13

Works: Michael G. Cunningham: Nyadina, ballet; She, ballet; Chrysalis at Mardi Gras, ballet; Gastein Masterwork, for orchestra; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Conductors: Winstin, Robert Ian; Vronsky, Petr; Lande, Vladimir
Ensemble: ; Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague Radio Orchestra; St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra

Featuring Cunningham's interpretation of the final version of Schubert's Gastein Masterwork and also includes 3 new contemporary works for ballet. On-disc Enhanced Content includes study...continue...

Dimensions: Works for String Orchestra by Hutter, Babin, Burns, March, Debussy, Kronfuss et al. / Richard Stoltzman

1 CD / Navona / 2012-11-13

Works: Gregory Hutter: Deploration, for orchestra; Louis Babin: Couleurs, for string orchestra; La Suite du Promeneur, for string orchestra; Reynard Burns: Revolutions, for orchestra; Andrew March: Sanguis ...
Performers: Kummerová, Gabriela; Stoltzman, Richard [Clarinet]
Conductors: Winstin, Robert Ian; Vronsky, Petr; Trevor, Kirk; Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: ; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Moravian Philharmonic Strings; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Featuring works for string orchestra on a contemporary classical landscape. Featuring Debussy's Maid with the Flaxen Hair recorded by Richard Stoltzman. On-disc Enhanced Content includes...continue...

David Nisbet Stewart: Convergence; Gershwin / Terry Everson; Andrew Song; Chris Reade; Karolina Rojah

1 CD / Navona / 2012-11-13

Works: David Nisbet Stewart: Piano Concerto; Suite for piano & brass quartet; George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Everson, Terry; Hopper, Wesley [Trombone]; Levicky, Martin; Rojahn, Karolina; Sorg, Andrew [Trumpet]
Conductors: Vronsky, Petr
Ensemble: Maravian Philharmonfic Orchestra; Tower Brass Quintet

Accessible collection of contemporary classical works by Stewart, performed by the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra (Concerto) and Terry Everson, Andrew Sorg, Chris Reade, and Karolina Rojahn...continue...

Fazil Say: Istanbul Symphony; Hezarfen Concerto / Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra [CD & DVD]

2 DVD Video / Naïve / 2012-11-13

Works: Fazil Say: Istanbul Symphony, Op. 28; Hezarfen Concerto, for ney & orchestra, Op. 39; Unspecified: DVD Bonus Disc
Performers: Gungor, Hakan; Karadag, Burcu; Koselerli, Aykut; Koserli, Aykut [Bendir]
Conductors: Aykal, Gurer; Ettinger, Dan

This third recording of works composed by Fazil Say follows on from the successful "Black Earth" released in 2003 and "1001 Nights in the Harem"...continue...

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Hotter, Nilsson, Flagstad, Fischer-Dieskau, Windgassen, London, Popp, Ludwig et al. / Georg Solti [Super Deluxe Edition 17 CDs]

19 CD / Decca / 2012-11-06

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Rienzi; The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Siegfried Idyll; Kinder-Katechismus ("Wisst ihr, Kinder; Der Ring ...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: ; Vienna State Chorus

The centerpiece of Decca's celebrations of Sir Georg Solti's centenary is a limited-edition (individually numbered), newly-remastered, luxury edition of "The greatest recording of all time!"...continue...

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari:Violin Concerto; orchestral music from the operas / Benjamin Schmid, violin

2 CD / Farao Classics / 2012-11-04

Works: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 26; Il campiello; Le donne curiose; L'amore medico; I quatro rusteghi; Unspecified: [Bonus DVD Disc]
Performers: Schmid, Benjamin
Conductors: Haider, Friedrich
Ensemble: ; Oviedo Filarmonia

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
... This album of the Wolf-Ferrari violin concerto and four orchestral highlights from his operas is absolutely...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium Prindipe Felipe Oviedo (2009-2010)....continue...

Music from the Golden Age of the Piano

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-10-31

Works: Isidor Phillip: Les cygnes noir, for piano; Herbert Farjeon: Ein Schwanengesang, for piano; David Saperton: Zephyr, for piano; Bess, You Is My Woman Now, concert transcription for piano (after Gershw...
Performers: Kraus, Andrew

New York Moments - Chamber music by Frank Campo, Liviu Marinescu, Daniel Kessner, Gernot Wolfgang / Tapestry Ensemble

1 CD / Navona / 2012-10-30

Works: William Toutant: Three Peccadilloes, for oboe/English horn, clarinet & piano; Frank Campo: Dall'ombra alla luce, for ensemble (from The Shadows to the Light); Liviu Marinescu: Resonance, for ensemble...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Tapestry Ensemble

Kravchak, Heinen, Marinescu, and Rachmanov bring their varied experiences to the table to create a dynamic and versatile group whose collaboration led to the creation...continue...

Patricia Van Ness "In Paradisum" - Requiem; The Voice of the Tenth Muse / Sanford Sylvan, baritione; Ruth Cunning, soprano

1 CD / Navona / 2012-10-30

Works: Patricia Van Ness: Requiem for baritone soloist & chorus; The Voice of the Tenth Muse, for soprano soloist & chorus; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Cunningham, Ruth; Sylvan, Sanford
Conductors: Hodgkins, David
Ensemble: ; Allegro

Coro Allegro, led by Hodgkins, is dedicated to building social and musical bridges through high-quality performances of significant choral works and expanding the available repertoire...continue...
Recording information: Church of the Covenant, Boston, MA....continue...

Keith Kramer: Causal Dualism - Causality; Duality; Flame of Attention / Stanislav Behal, piano; Gottfried Stoger, soprano saxophone

1 CD / Navona / 2012-10-30

Works: Keith Kramer: Causality, for percussion, piano & string orchestra; Duality, for saxophone, trombone & string quartet; Flame of Attention, for soprano saxophone; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Behal, Stanislav [Piano]; Stoger, Gottfried; Taylor, David
Conductors: Micka, Vit; Kramer, Keith
Ensemble: ; Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

CAUSAL DUALISM, Kramer's 2nd full-length release on Navona, is a celebration of dichotomy and relationships between all things, drawing inspiration from Tibetan Buddhism and the...continue...

Curt Cacioppo - "Laws of the Pipe": Kinaalda; Scenes from Indian Country / Borromeo String Quartet; Adeline tomasone, flute

1 CD / Navona / 2012-10-30

Works: Curt Cacioppo: Wolf, for soprano voice, cello & piano; Kinaaldá (The Right of Changing Woman), for string quartet; Scenes from Indian Country, for orchestra; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Cacioppo, Curt; Fiore, Janice; Geber, David
Conductors: Jacob, Heidi
Ensemble: ; Bryn Mawr Chamber Orchestra

This collection of musical elegies and celebrations by Cacioppo skillfully evokes a Native American time, space and people. The history and the literature these meditations...continue...

Una Follia di Napoli 1725 - Concertos and Sinfonias for recorder from 1725 / Maurice Steger, recorder

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-10-09

Works: Domenico Natale Sarro: Chamber Concerto for recorder, 2 violins, viola & continuo in A minor; Maurice Steger: Improvisation for recorder & ensemble on Alessandro Scarlatti's partita "Follia di Spagna...
Performers: Übellacker, Margit; Caminti, Daniele; Chen, Anais; Donatis, Fiorenza de; Gasser, Brigitte; Kitaya, Naoki; Marocchi, Stefano; Moretto, Vanni; Rognoni, Andrea; Steger, Maurice; Valli, Mauro
Conductors: Steger, Maurice

Among the many pilgrims who journeyed to Naples in the 'holy year' of 1725 was a certain Johann Joachim Quantz, who would later become the...continue...
Recording information: Reformed Church, Arlesheim, Switzerland (11/2011)....continue...

Hildegard

1 CD / Decca Import / 2012-10-09

Works: Guy Sigsworth: Karitas habundat (after Hildegard von Bingen); O beata infania alio modo (after Hildegard von Bingen); ZuuenZ; Gregorian Chant: Deus in adiutorium, versicule; Hildegard von Bingen: O v...
Performers: Brun, Emily [Vocals]; Couper, Victoria; Ellis, Vivien; Franks, Clemmie [Vocals]; Jocelyn West; Levy, Emily; Sigsworth, Guy; Wishart, Stevie
Conductors:
Ensemble: Sinfonye

Quadrants: Modern String Quartets by Incontrera, Cunningham, Beeler, Grahn, Thomson

1 CD / Navona / 2012-09-25

Works: Marie Incontrera: Limbic Breath, for string quartet; Michael G. Cunningham: Quartet for Strings no 5; Alan Beeler: Quartet 2000, for string quartet; Quartet for Strings no 2; Ulf Grahn: The Timeless ...
Conductors: Muzik, Vit

With QUADRANTS, Navona presents a collection of modern string quartets that meld the old with the new, combining traditional forms with contemporary influences to present...continue...

Osias Wilenski: La Leyenda del Kakuy; Sonata for Solo Violin / Vit Muzik, violin; Osias Wilenski, piano

1 CD / Navona / 2012-09-25

Works: Osias Wilenski: La Leyenda del Kakuy, for flute, piccolo, bass clarinet, clarinet, trombone, piano, viola & cello; Sonata for solo violin; Hommage to B.B., for solo clarinet; Solo for bassoon; Improv...
Performers: Carretero, Juame Sanchis [Clarinet]; Muzik, Vit; Verde, Bernardo; Wilenski, Osias
Conductors: Marinescu, Ovidiu
Ensemble: Tapestry

Lauded for his compositional style, Wileknski's unique works range from narrative symphonic poems to operatic spin-offs to instrumental miniatures. La Leyenda del Kakuy is Wilenski's...continue...

Lock & Key: New Chamber Works by Pender, Salvage, Perttu and Hawkins / Moravian PO Chamber Players; R. David Salvage, piano

1 CD / Navona / 2012-09-25

Works: Scott Pender: In the Time Before; R. David Salvage: Must it Be?, for piano (Albumleaf 45); Poplar Forest, for piano (Albumleaf 15) (from Three Jefferson Pieces); Monticello, for piano (Albumleaf 16) ...
Performers: Huang, Yuling; Loewy, Andrea Kapell; Salvage, R. David
Conductors:
Ensemble: Moravian Philharmonic Chamber Players

Lock and Key opens the door to discover harmonious, melodic chamber works tied together by a shared understanding for the most treasured aspects of humanity....continue...

Rachel Lee Guthrie: Exploring the Heart - Romantic works for solo piano / Tavanets, Rojahn, Winstin, pianists

1 CD / Ravello / 2012-09-25

Works: Rachel Lee Guthrie: Flight of the Hummingbird, for orchestra; In the Woods, for piano; Serenade, for piano; Lullaby, for piano; Evening Breeze, for piano; Fantasia, for piano; Rondo for piano in A ma...
Performers: Rojahn, Karolina; Tavanets, Dmitry; Winstin, Robert Ian

Through keen observations of nature, imaginative nocturnal scenes, and apt studies in form, Rachel Lee Guthrie crafts a series of works for solo piano in...continue...

Frederic Chopin - Piano Concerto no 2; Sonata no 2 et al. / Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-09-18

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Waltz for piano no 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64/2, CT. 213; Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March"; Ballade for Piano no 4 in F minor, B 146/Op. 52; Co...
Performers: Buniatishvili, Khatia
Conductors: Jarvi, Paavo; Paavo, Järvi
Ensemble: ; Orchestre de Paris

At the age of 24, pianist Khatia Buniatishvili has already achieved an exceptional maturity of interpretation and a distinctive artistic approach that make her playing...continue...
Recording information: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Dahlem, Berlin (03/12/2012-03/15/2012); Salle Pleyel, Paris (03/12/2012-03/15/2012); Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Dahlem, Berlin (09/13/2011/09/15/2011); Salle ...continue...

Christmas Choirs

2 CD / Lifestyles / 2012-08-28

Works: Christmas Traditional: On the 25th of December; Pat-a-Pan (Burgundian); Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (W zlobie lezy); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; Whence comes this rush of wi...

Mark Vigil: The Palest Rose / Vigil, Halay, Pacific Rim Gamelan, Steiberger, Holder,

1 CD / Ravello / 2012-08-28

Works: Mark Vigil: Trio for flute, viola & harp, an autobiography of a traveler ("Can you hear the voice of the roses?"; Mariposa Tulip of the Genus Calachortus Lutens, for Balinese gamelan; Elizabeth, for ...
Performers: Burham, David; Griffiths, Martha; Halay, Kristen; Hoffman, Liz; Holder, Sandy; Maddox, Art; Pauls, Jill; Randall, Brett; Robe, Carol; Sawyer, Leslie
Conductors: Kyr, Robert; Steinberger, Jim; Vandertuin, Catherine
Ensemble: Oregon Women's Choral Society; Pacific Rim Gamelan Ensemble

The Palest Rose is a collection of works for solo piano, chamber ensemble, chorus, and orchestra. Oregon-based composer Vigil strives to appeal to the listener's...continue...

Paradigms: New Sounds for the Modern Orchestra - works by Warren Gooch, Rain Worthington, Howard Quilling et al. / Vilem Veverka, oboe

1 CD / Navona / 2012-08-28

Works: Warren Gooch: Clockwork; Rain Worthington: Of Time Remembered, for orchestra; Howard Quilling: Diversion, for orchestra; Allen Brings: Concertino for oboe & orchestra; Paula Diehl: Meeting Places, fo...
Performers: Veverka, Vilem
Conductors: Black, Robert; Vronsky, Petr
Ensemble: ; Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Paradigms features six composers of varied backgrounds and styles and a broad sampling of contemporary works for orchestra....continue...

Paper Clips: Works for Trombone by Adrienne Albert, Gernot Wolfgang, John Steinmetz, Steven Williams et al. / Andy Malloy, trombone; Karolina Rojahn, piano

2 CD / Navona / 2012-08-28

Works: Adrienne Albert: Wind Tides, for piano & trombone; Gernot Wolfgang: Leaps and Boungs, for piano & trombone; John Steinmetz: Fourteen Prayers, for piano & trombone; Unspecified: [Untitled CD-ROM Track...
Performers: Malloy, Andrew; Rojahn, Karolina

On Paper Clips, trombonist Malloy proves the instrument's capabilities of being a driving force and, along with pianist Rojahn, its collaborative appeal. An unabashed champion...continue...

Seeking & Finding - Choral works by Hans Bakker and Howard Richards / Kuhn Choir, Marek Vorlicek

1 CD / Navona / 2012-08-28

Works: Hans Bakker: Sanctus, for chorus; Gott, for chorus; Pater Noster no 1, for chorus; Canto no 33, for chorus; Tres Sententiae (Three Sayings), for chorus; Howard Richards: Who Goes Amid the Green Wood,...
Conductors: Vorlicek, Marek
Ensemble: ; Kuhn Choir

Natural beauty, emotion, and enlightenment. These are but a few of the common threads of Seeking & Finding, an album of choral works by 2...continue...

The Works of Kim Halliday: Birdsong in Mist

1 CD / Ravello / 2012-08-28

Works: Kim Halliday: Developments of Late, for guitar & piano; Seashore, for guitar, piano & bass; Silver, for prepared piano; If I, for piano & tape; Eastern Games, for guitar, bass & gamelan; Birdsong in ...
Performers: Halliday, Kim

Imagine you are walking through a dark field and the grass wet at your feet. It's a familiar place, but something feels different--there is something...continue...
Recording information: The Orchard, London....continue...

My Favorite Things

1 CD / Deseret Book / 2012-07-31

Works: Richard Rodgers: The Sound of Music; Frédéric Chopin: Etude for piano no 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 10/4, CT. 17; Harold Arlen: Somewhere Over the Rainbow (for the film The Wizard of Oz); Dome...
Performers: Wright, Josh [Piano]; Wright, Lindsey

Includes work(s): elégie, op. 3/1 (rachmaninov) / theme fro by various composers.

Includes work(s): stairway to heaven (page) / castle on a c by various composers....continue...

Mary Ann Joyce-Walter: Cantata for the Children of Terezin / Oxnaya Oleskaya, soprano

1 CD / Ravello / 2012-07-31

Works: Mary Ann Joyce Walter: Cantata for the Children of Terezin, for voice, chorus & orchestra; Aceldama, for chorus & orchestra; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Oleskaya, Oxnaya
Conductors: Winstin, Robert Ian
Ensemble: ; King Singers of Kiev

Featuring two works for orchestra. The text of Cantata for the Children of Terezin, uses poems written by children incarcerated at the Terezin concentration camp...continue...
Recording information: National Radio Studios, Kiev, Ukraine (2007)....continue...

Slices: Cross-Section of Classical Music - Works for Small Ensemble by Burns, Sainsbury, Sundin, Bakker and Beeler

1 CD / Navona / 2012-07-31

Works: Reynard Burns: Carnival, for wind ensemble; Lionel Sainsbury: Soliloquy, for violin; Hákan Sundin: Daugava, for flute & clarinet; Hans Bakker: Duo for violin & clarinet; Alan Beeler: Cadenzas ...
Performers: Berger, Mark [Viola]; Hennessy, Lisa; Janecek, Ales; Muzik, Vit; Rojahn, Karolina; Talabova, Marta; Valenzuela, Yhasmin
Conductors:
Ensemble: Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

Slices is a handpicked selection of new chamber works by contemporary composers designed to showcase the diversity of modern music-making. The compositions featured here prove...continue...

"Awakenings" Robert Stern: Shofar, oratorio; Ronald Perera: Why I Wake Early / Teresa Wakim, soprano; Jason McStoots, tenor; David Kravitz, bass

1 CD / Navona / 2012-07-31

Works: Robert Stern: Shofar, oratorio in 4 parts for 3 voices, chorus & orchestra; Ronald Perera: Why I Wake Early, for chorus, string quartet & piano; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Abascal, Brian; Brooke, Lisa; Hollister, Darryl; Kravitz, David; Larson, Sonja; McStoots, Jason; Nortier, Sandra; Seidler, Reinmar; Souder, Leah; Taylor, Joan; Verrette, Kevin; Wakim, Teresa [Soprano...
Conductors: Hodgkins, David

Awakenings features 2 extraordinary works by composers from the Pioneer Valley region of Western Massachusetts. Shofar is an intensely dramatic and deeply moving oratorio inspired...continue...

Artic Scenes - Works for chorus by Kurki, Narhinsalo, Kankainen, Karjalainenn et al. / Seitakuoro Chamber Choir

1 Super Audio CD / Alba / 2012-07-10

Works: Timo Kurki: Kulnasadz vaatimeni (Kulnasadz, My Reindeer), for chorus; Tuulikki Närhinsalo: Lapin tytön laulu (Lappish Girl's Song), for chorus; Jukka Kankainen: Lauluja Lapista (Songs of La...
Performers: Haapala, Heli; Joamets, Kadri; Kajasviita, Olli-Pekka; Silander, Mikko
Conductors: Joamets, Kadri
Ensemble: Seitakuoro Chamber Choir

To celebrate their 50th anniversary, the Seitakuoro Chamber Choir has recorded the best of the works of composers from Lapland, compositions made in Lapland and...continue...

Newton D. Strandberg: Essay for String Orch.; Amenhotep III; String Trio; Acts for Orch. / Tamsin Dalley, mezzo-soprano

1 CD / Ravello / 2012-06-26

Works: Newton Strandberg: Essay, for string orchestra; Amenhotep III, for orchestra; String Trio; Acts, for orchestra; Unspecified: [CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Dalley, Tasmin
Conductors: Manahan, George; Válek, Vladimír; Briggs, Roger
Ensemble: ; Moravian Philharmonic Chamber Players; New York Chamber Symphony

Featuring performances by orchestras and ensembles from around the globe, the 4 pieces on this recording serve as an astute collection of Standberg's output as...continue...

Los Ministriles in the New World - Renaissance works by Fernandes, de Padilla, de Cabezon, Ortiz, Aranes, et al. / Piffaro

1 CD / Navona / 2012-06-26

Works: Gaspar Fernandes: Tañe Gil du tamborino; Elegit Eum Dominus; Sobre vuestro canto llano (de San Jerónimo); Oy, descubre la grandesa; Ah, de abajo!; Santiago de Murcia: Folias gallegas, for g...
Performers: Bauer, Annette
Conductors:
Ensemble: Piffaro

This is the 3rd full Navona Records release from Piffaro, the renaissance band. Los Ministriles in The New World is a broad and varied collection...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall of Drew University, Dorothy Young Center f (01/10/2012-01/14/2012)....continue...

L'Italie Renaissance - works by Castigione, il Magnifico, de Marales, Titen-Viva Napoli

6 CD / Naïve / 2012-06-26

Works: Anonymous: Ah partiale (Libro del Cortegiano); Mazzacrocha (Il Libro del Cortegiano); O mischini (Il Libro del Cortegiano); El Servo che t'adora (Libro del Cortegiano); Tenta aluora (Il Libro del Cor...
Conductors: Raisin-Dadre, Denis
Ensemble: Doulce Mémoire

Doulce Mémoire is synonymous, above all, with energy and team spirit, and with the delight of coming together with the common aim of taking a...continue...