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Allen Shawn: Music Teacher / Timothy Long, et al

1 CD / Bridge / 2008-03-01

Works: Allen Shawn: The Music Teacher
Performers: Ariola, Lloyd P.; Basthemer, Derek; Benoliel, Ross; Cordova, Elisa; Feller, Bart; Forbach, Jason; Gomez, Lino; Hartman, Steven; Jelencovich, Lauren; Knutson, Kristin; LaGrange, Whitney; Long, Timothy...
Conductors: Long, Timothy
Ensemble: Ensemble

'The Music Teacher' is a chamber opera told by two narrators twenty years or so after the events described. The plot focuses around a music...continue...

Husa: Divertimento, Fantasies, The Trojan Women / Husa

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2006-11-14

Works: Karel Husa: Divertimento for brass ensemble & percussion; Fantasies (3) for orchestra; Trojan Women, ballet,
Conductors: Sobol, Lawrence; Husa, Karel
Ensemble: Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra; Ensemble; Paris Soloists' Orchestra

A Total Embrace: The Composer

3 CD / Sony Classical / 2003-09-09

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Symphony no 1 "Jeremiah"; Serenade for Violin and Orchestra "after Plato's Symposium"; Symphony no 2 "Age of Anxiety"; I Hate Music, cycle of "5 kid songs" for s...
Performers: Adrian, Max; Alexander, Cris [Broadway]; Bernstein, Leonard; Calin, Mickey; Chaplin, Sydney; Chorus; Comden, Betty; Cook, Barbara [pop vcl]; Cooper, Marilyn; Ensemble; Entremont, Philippe; Girls, Sha...
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Chorus; Columbia Jazz Band; Columbia Wind Ensemble; Ensemble; New York City Ballet Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Orchestra; Symphony of the Air

Personnel: Leonard Bernstein (piano); Nancy Williams (mezzo soprano); Isaac Stern (violin); Benny Goodman (clarinet); Philippe Entremont (piano).

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) was not only a br...continue...

Drums Along the Pacific - Harrison / Abel, Miller, Winant

1 CD / New Albion / 2003-05-20

Works: Lou Harrison: Threnody for Carlos Chavez; Simfony no 13; Music for Violin and Various Instruments - European, Asian and African; Fugue for Percussion; Song of Quetzalcoatl; Canticle no 3; Solo to Ant...
Performers: Abel, David [violin/vla]; Cass, Jennifer; Evans, Scott; Johnson, David [percussion]; Kennedy, Daniel; Manley, Todd; Miller, Leta; Rosenthal, David; Smith, Gordon; Steinberg, Julie; Strizich, Robert; ...
Conductors: Winant, William; Davies, Dennis Russell
Ensemble: Ensemble; William Winant Percussion Group

"Although Harrison was far from ovscure - his pre-eminence among the American West Coast school of composers in the past few decades has rarely been...continue...

Lewin: Three Song Cycles / Valby, Wyner, Nicosia, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2003-04-01

Works: Frank Lewin: Variations of Greek Themes, for contralto or mezzo-soprano, flute, viola, harp & piano; Innocence and Experience, for soprano & chamber ensemble; A Musical Nashery, for soprano & keyboard
Performers: Deubner, Brett [Viola]; Felice, Elizabeth di; Nicosia, Judith; Panzer, Elizabeth; Rosenfeld, Jayn; Valby, Elaine; Wyner, Susan Davenny
Conductors: Wyner, Yehudi
Ensemble: Ensemble

The Ultimate Classical Christmas Album of All Time

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2002-10-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147; Magnificat in D major, BWV 243; Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; Felix Mend...
Performers: Biggs, E. Power; Blegen, Judith; Carolan, Lucy; Deutsch, Helmut; Domingo, Placido; Farrell, Eileen; Finucane, Tom; Hadda, Natanja; Horne, Marilyn; Kirchschlager, Angelika; Kirkby, Emma; Lagoya, Alexa...
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Mercurio, Steven; Rilling, Helmuth; Ottley, Jerold; Condie, Richard P.; ; Radu, Valentin; Parrott, Andrew; Bernstein, Leonard; Zukerman, Pinchas; Bernius, Frieder; Newman, Anthony; M...
Ensemble: Ama Deus Ensemble; Ambrosian Singers; American Boychoir; Canadian Brass; Chestnut Brass Company; Choral Guild of Atlanta Brass Ensemble; Christmas Concert Choir; Cleveland Orchestra Brass Ensemble; C...

A Guitar for Christmas / Liona Boyd

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2000-06-20

Works: Eric Robertson: Christmas Overture; Yuletide Garland; Spanish Carol; A Parade of Toy Soldiers; Prelude on the Huron Carol; Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Katherine K. Davis: The Little Drummer Boy...
Performers: Boyd, Liona
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble

Here is Liona Boyd's most popular CD ever (double Platinum in Canada!) featuring orchestrated versions of beloved Christmas carols from Silent Night to Deck the...continue...

Bazelon: Cross-Currents, Fairy Tale, etc / Farberman, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 1998-04-01

Works: Irwin Bazelon: Fairy Tale for flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, horn, trumpet, percussion & piano; Re-Percussions for piano; Cross-Currents for brass quintet, percussion & piano; Vignette for harpsicho...
Performers: Balm, Neil; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Buskirk, John van; Dunkel, Paul Lustig; Dunn, Scott; Estrin, Mitchell; Goldberg, Marc; Haas, Jonathan; Lang, Jeffrey; Lawson, Dorothy; Martin, Lois; Ma...
Conductors: Farberman, Harold
Ensemble: ; Ensemble

American Masters - Mayer: Dream's End, Songs & Miniatures

1 CD / CRI / 1997-09-16

Works: William Mayer: Country Fair, for 2 trumpets & trombone; Dream's End; Khartoum, for soprano & brass; Quintet for brass; Miniatures, for soprano & brass; Two News Items, for soprano & ensemble; Essay f...
Performers: Heinrich, Robert; Howard, Peter; Hudson, David [Tenor Vocal]; James, Layton; Nagel, Messers; New York Brass and Woodwind Ensemble; Paradise, Timothy J.; Price, Patricia; Rees, Rosalind; Rowe, Catheri...
Conductors: ; McGlaughlin, William; Weisberg, Arthur; Balaban, Emanuel; Smith, Gregg
Ensemble: ; Ensemble; Iowa Brass Quintet; New York Brass and Woodwind Ensemble; Robert Nagel Brass Trio; St. Paul Chamber Orchestra members

Milburn: String Quartets no 1 & 2, The Stone Forest, etc

1 CD / CRI / 1997-06-17

Works: Ellsworth Milburn: Quartet for Strings no 2; Scherzo for Piano; The Stone Forest; Quartet for Strings no 1; Menil Antiphones
Performers: Fischer, Norman; Hendrickson, John; Jennings, Andrew; Kochanowski, John; Sokol, Mark
Conductors: ; Rachleff, Larry
Ensemble: Concord String Quartet; Ensemble; Lark String Quartet

Blumenfeld: La Face Cendrée, etc / Samuel, Schadeberg, et al

1 CD / Centaur / 1996-02-09

Works: Harold Blumenfeld: Ange de flamme et de glace; La face cendrée; Carnet de damné; Illuminations
Performers: Bianchi, Fred; Carlin, Seth; Gremillion, Randall; Schadeberg, Christine; Schuster, Savely
Conductors: Samuel, Gerhard; Blumenfeld, Harold
Ensemble: Cincinnati College-Conservatory Contemporary Ens.; Cincinnati Philharmonia Orchestra; Ensemble