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Stravinsky: The Firebird; Petrouchka; Rite of Spring; Pulcinella / Kreizberg

3 CD / OPMC Classics / 2012-01-10

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet suite for orchestra; Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version); Le sacre du printemps; Pulcinella
Performers: Masycheva, Maria
Conductors: Kreizberg, Yakov
Ensemble: Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

Founded in 1856, the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra swelled in size to 100 members under conductor Marek Janowski. At the beginning of the 2009 season, the...continue...
Recording information: l'Auditorium Rainier 3, Monaco (05/31/2010-06/07/2010)....continue...

Musiques à Orsay - Debussy, etc

1 CD / Naïve / 2005-10-18

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Maurice Ravel: Jeux d'eau; Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet; Claude Debussy: Les a...
Performers: Azzolini, Sergio; Bauer, Marc; Beroff, Michel; Bouquet, Carole; Brezynski, Daniel; Castets, Maryse; Desjardins, Dominique; Holzmair, Wolfgang; Kruysen, Bernard; Lee, Noel [Piano]; Meyer, Paul; Moragu...
Conductors: Rosenthal, Manuel; Lombard, Alain; Equilbey, Laurence; Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Accentus Chamber Choir; Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

Frances Musee dOrsay is an historic building, in which all of the arts from the second half of the 19th century are represented. The works...continue...

Natural Escapes

1 CD / Koch International / 2003-01-21

Works: William Grant Still: Summerland, for piano; Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Symphony no 4 for chorus, children's chorus & orchestra ("The Gardens"); Alan Hovhaness: Ananda, sonata for piano, Op. 303; Symphony ...
Performers: Glaser, Susan; Gruppman, Igor; Mitchell, Emily; Rosen, Marvin; Smith, Susan DeWitt; Still, Alexa
Conductors: Gregorian, Leon; ; Jordania, Vakhtang; Richman, Steven; Barra, Donald; DePreist, James; Sedares, James
Ensemble: Aureole Trio; Harmonie Ensemble of New York; KBS Symphony Orchestra; Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; San Diego Chamber Orchestra; University of Michigan Symphony O...

Prokofiev: On the River Dnieper, Cinderella / DePreist

1 CD / Koch International / 2001-08-28

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Cinderella Suite no 1, Op. 107; On the Dnieper (Sur le Borysthène), ballet, Op. 51
Conductors: DePreist, James
Ensemble: Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne, etc / Rosenthal, Monte-Carlo PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-09-01

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne, ballet (music by Offenbach arranged by Manuel Rosenthal); Manuel Rosenthal: Offenbachiana for orchestra
Conductors: Rosenthal, Manuel
Ensemble: Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

Offenbach rivalled Strauss as the best known composers of light music in the 19th Century. He was a master of operetta, the ballets La Gaite...continue...

Engineer's Choice 2

1 CD / Delos / 1997-01-01

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op. 49; Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Richard Rodney Bennett: Barcarolle for piano; Peter Warlock: Capriol Suite, for full orchestra; Rodion Shched...
Performers: Brainerd, Clayton; Crozier, Catharine; Fraser, Donald [1~Composer]; Rosenberger, Carol [Piano]; Vogel, Allan; Zukerman, Eugenia
Conductors: Litton, Andrew; Schwarz, Gerard; ; DePreist, James; Macal, Zdenek; Keene, Dennis; Cichowicz, Vincent
Ensemble: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Guitar Quartet; Millar Brass Ensemble; Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; New Jersey Symphony Orchestra; Seattle Symph...

Bizet, Shchedrin: Carmen / James DePreist, Monte-Carlo PO

1 CD / Delos / 1996-01-01

Works: Rodion Shchedrin: Carmen, ballet for strings & percussion (after Bizet); Georges Bizet: Carmen Suite for orchestra no 1
Conductors: DePreist, James
Ensemble: Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

"...DePreist, his players, and the Delos engineers have outdone themselves...This recording is probably already demonstrating audio equipment in hi-fi stores across the land. The first...continue...