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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; Apollon Musagète; Symphonies of Wind Intruments / Rattle, Berlin PO

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-04-09

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Symphonies of Wind Instruments; Apollon musagète, ballet in 2 scenes for string orchestra
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

The Rite of Spring, original French title, Le sacre du printemps, is a 1913 ballet with music by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. After the...continue...
Recording information: Philharmonie, Berlin....continue...

Laugh with Classical Music - Vieuxtemps; Rimsky-Korsakov / Orbelian, Moscow CO; Italian Saxophone Quartet, John Aler, Donald George

1 CD / Delos / 2013-03-26

Works: Henri Vieuxtemps: Souvenir d'Amérique; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee; Wolseley Charles: The Green-Eyed Dragon, for voice & piano; Dmitry Shostakovich: Ballet Suite no 1; The...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; George, Donald; Gershon, Grant; Khakhamov, Dmitry; Mauro, Lucy; Sergeev, Oleg
Conductors: Orbelian, Constantine;
Ensemble: ; Italian Saxophone Quartet; Moscow Chamber Orchestra

"Laugh with classical music? Well, I never!" No doubt that's what far too many soberly dignified classical music fans might say upon learning of this...continue...

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; The Firebrid / Tugan Sokhiev

2 CD / Naïve / 2013-03-26

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), concert suite for orchestra no 2; Le sacre du printemps
Conductors: Sokhiev, Tugan
Ensemble: ; Orchestra National du Capitole De Toulouse

This fine recording is dedicated to one of the major music works of the 20th century, Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, which will turn 100 years...continue...
Recording information: La Halle Aux Grains, Toulouse, France (09/2011)....continue...

50 Best London Symphony Orchestra

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no 8 in F, Op. 93; Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 4; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony ...
Performers: Beroff, Michel; de Peyer, Gervase; Isserlis, Steven; Loriod, Jeanne; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]; Sitkovetsky, Dmitry
Conductors: Jochum, Eugen; Previn, Andre; Boult, Adrian; Gardelli, Lamberto; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Khachaturian, Aram; Hickox, Richard; Davis, Colin; Barbirolli, John

This 3-CD set contains 50 tracks from the catalogues of EMI Records, EMI Classics and Virgin Classics of recordings by the London Symphony Orchestra under...continue...

Paris Méchanique - works by L. Anderson; Francaix; Joplin; Milhaud; Poulenc; Morricone; Satie et al / Michael Riessler, Pierre Charial, Sabine Meyer Trio

1 CD / Marsyas / 2013-02-26

Works: Gabriel Pierné: Cydalise et le Chèvre-Pied, ballet; Jean Françaix: Danses Exotiques (8) for 2 pianos; Francis Poulenc: Sonata for 2 clarinets, FP 7; Michael Riessler: I Venti, for clar...
Performers: Charial, Pierre; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Riessler, Michael
Conductors:
Ensemble: Trio Di Clarone

"Stellar clarinet player Sabine Meyer has never been heard in a similar program and instrumentation. A program of fun and tuneful short works." -Audiophile...continue...
Includes work(s): introduction mécanique / le flaneur des d by various composers....continue...

Piano Rarities, Vol.3: Transcriptions / Cyprien Katsaris: piano

1 CD / Piano 21 / 2013-02-12

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Masquerade, incidental music; Gayaneh, ballet; Circus; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor, opera; Sergey Rachmaninov: Suite for 2 Pianos no 2, Op. 17; Symphony no 2, Op. 27; Pyotr Il'y...
Performers: Katsaris, Cyprien

With this third volume in the "Piano Rarities" series, Cyprien Katsaris continues exploring the almost limitless world of transcriptions for solo piano. The album, largely...continue...
Recording information: Tonstudio Teije van Geest, Heidelberg/Sandhausen (03/2009)....continue...

The Very Best of Benjamin Britten [3 CDs]

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Benjamin Britten: The Young person's guide to the orchestra; Cello Symphony, Op. 68; Elegy for Viola solo; Peter Grimes; Passacaglia, for orchestra, Op. 33b (from "Peter Grimes"); Quartet for Strings...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Alley, John [Piano]; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Blatchly, Mark; Booth, Claire; Bostridge, Ian; Coleman-Wright, Peter; Dean, Stafford; Drake, Julius [Piano]; Fullbrook, Charles; Gritton, Susan;...
Conductors: Pesek, Libor; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Knussen, Oliver; Brown, Iona; Warren-Green, Christopher; Paavo, Järvi; Hickox, Richard; Willcocks, David; Brunelle, Philip; Haitink, Bernard; Harding, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble; Endymion Ensemble

Since his death in 1976 many musicians have looked at Benjamin Britten's scores anew - not simply the repertory Britten never recorded, but the many...continue...

Francis Poulenc: Stabat Mater; Les Biches / Marlis Petersen, soprano. Stuttgart Radio SO, Stephane Deneve

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2013-01-29

Works: Francis Poulenc: Stabat Mater, for soprano, chorus & orchestra, FP 148; Les biches (The Does), ballet, FP 36
Performers: Petersen, Marlis
Conductors: Denève, Stéphane
Ensemble: ; Stuttgart Vocal Ensemble SWR

Stéphane Dénève, the new principal conductor of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra of SWR, makes his debut recording with a thoughtful program of Poulenc. The...continue...
Recording information: Funkstudio, SWR Stuttgart (03/03/2012-03/15/2012); Liederhalle, Stuttgart-Beethoven-Saal, Germany (03/03/2012-03/15/2012); Funkstudio, SWR Stuttgart (03/23/2012); Liederhalle, S...continue...

Morton Gould: American Legend - incl. American Ballads; Derivations; Fall River Legend; Jekyll and Hyde Variations [3 CDs]

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-01-29

Works: Morton Gould: American Ballads, for orchestra; Stephen Foster Gallery; American Salute; Fanfare for Freedom for brass ensemble; Saint Lawrence Suite, for 2 trumpets & wind ensemble; Jericho, rhapsody...
Performers: Munoz, William; Porietis, Janis; Zelnick, Stephanie [Clarinet]
Conductors: Kuchar, Theodore; Weiss, Scott; Schermerhorn, Kenneth
Ensemble: ; Nashville Symphony Orchestra; National Symphony of Ukrains; University of Kansas Wind Ensemble

"Somehow, even if not consciously, virtually all of American musicians have been touched by Morton and affected by him...as a composer, as pianist, as arranger...continue...

Mambos y Fanfarria! Music for large wind ensemble by Addona, Mussorgsky, Ravel, Mendelssohn / Banda Sinfonica Juvenil Simon Bolivar

1 CD / Genuin / 2013-01-29

Works: Giancarlo Castro d'Addona: Grand Fanfare for orchestra, Op. 7; Eugenio Toussaint: Potpourri Pérez Prado, for orchestra; Alberto Ginastera: La Estancia; Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Felix Mendel...
Performers: Mendoza, Victor; Rodriguez, Valdemar
Conductors: Clamor, Thomas
Ensemble: ; Banda Sinfonica Juvenil Simon Bolivar

This symphonic wind ensemble is a product of the "El Sistema" system, the Venezuelan music education project of José Antonio Abreu. This CD testifies to...continue...
Recording information: Sala Simón Bolívar, Centro de Acción Social por la Músi (03/26/2012-03/30/2012)....continue...

Essential 20th Century Classics - Over 2 hours of captivating modern classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus; Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; C...
Performers: Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Currie, Colin; Devos, Louis; Donohoe, Peter; du Pre, Jacqueline; Fischer-Dieskau, Manuel; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane; Hendricks, Bar...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Temirkanov, Yuri; Barbirolli, John; Ozawa, Seiji; Prêtre, Georges; Penderecki, Krzysztof; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Kaljuste, Tönu; Metzmacher, Ingo; B...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

Essential 20th Century Classics is a 2-CD set featuring a collection of important works written between 1901 and 2000. This period is sometimes thought of...continue...

Stravinsky: Pulcinella; Scherzo fantastique, Op. 3 / Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano; Gran Wilson, tenor; Jan Opalach, bass. Gerard Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-12-11

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella; Scherzo fantastique, Op. 3
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

The penultimate release in the Naxos Seattle Collection, featuring internationally renowned soprano Susan Graham....continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA (04/03/1990/05/16/1990)....continue...

The Complete Astor Piazzolla Recordings

8 CD / Nonesuch / 2012-11-19

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Milonga en re; Vardarito, tango; Enrico IV; Escualo; Histoire du tango; Concierto para quinteto, tango; Soledad; Buenos Aires hora zero; Celos, tango; Le Grand Tango; Revirado; Pacho...
Performers: Assad, Odair [Guitar]; Assad, Sérgio [Guitar/Composer]; Chojnacka, Elisabeth; Desyatnikov, Leonid; Gabetta, Sol; Glorvigen, Per Arne; Kremer, Gidon; Lips, Svjatloslav; Meyer, Paul; Milva; Peka...
Conductors: ; Gupta, Rolf; Kremer, Gidon
Ensemble: Astor Quartet; Kremerata Baltica; Kremerata Musica

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; Dumbarton Oaks; Concerto in E flat / Schwarz, Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-11-13

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Concerto for chamber orchestra in E flat major ("Dumbarton Oaks")
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

Following successes with The Firebird (Naxos 8571221) and Petrushka (Naxos 8571222), Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring was the most ambitious and controversial result of...continue...

Stravinsky: The Firebird, complete ballet; Fireworks, Op. 4 / Schwarz, Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-11-13

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra; Fireworks, Op. 4
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

The scintillating orchestral effects of Fireworks so impressed Sergey Dyagilev that the impresario was prompted to commission a new work from Stravinsky for his Ballet...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA....continue...

Great British Composers, Vol. 1: Coates, Johnson, Wood, Curzon, Bliss, et al. / London Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Guild / 2012-11-13

Works: Eric Coates: London (London Every Day), suite for orchestra; Haydn Wood: Moods Suite; Frederic Curzon: Dance of the Ostracised Imp, for orchestra; Arthur Bliss: Things to Come; Richard Addinsell: Bli...
Conductors: Johnson, Eric; Williams, Charles; Curzon, Frederic; Bliss, Sir Arthur; Mathieson, Muir; Robinson, Stanford; Farnon, Robert; Torch, Sidney; Dumont, Cedric; Buchhold, Heinz; Liter, Monia

Guild begins a series within their series of The Golden Age of Light Music. This one features light music by great British composers....continue...

Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947 vers.); The Song of the Nightingale / Schwarz, Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-11-13

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version); Chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale), symphonic poem for orchestra
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

Paris was one of the great centres of European art, and Sergey Dyagilev and his Ballet russes brought to the city a succession of epoch-shattering...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA....continue...

Stravinsky: Circus Polka; Honegger: Pacific 231; Rugby; Martin: Violin Concerto / Baiba Skride, violin

1 CD / Orfeo / 2012-10-30

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Concerto for Violin in D major; Circus Polka; Arthur Honegger: Pacific 231, symphonic movement for orchestra (Mouvement symphonique no 1), H. 53; Rugby, tone poem for orchestra (Mouv...
Performers: Skride, Baiba [Violin]
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry
Ensemble: ; BBC National Orchestra Wales

It would be harder to find a more different approach to the template of the traditional three-movement concerto than that found in the piece by...continue...
Recording information: BBC Hoddinott Hall (06/28/2011-06/30/2011)....continue...

Latin American Classics - works by Fernandez, Ginastera, Hung, Marquez, Revueltas et al. / Kuchar

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-10-30

Works: José Pablo Moncayo Garcia: Huapango, for orchestra; Arturo Márquez: Danzón no 2; Aldemaro Romero: Tocatta Bachiana y Pajarillo Aldemaroso; Silvestre Revueltas: Janitzio, for orchestr...
Conductors: Kuchar, Theodore
Ensemble: ; Orquesta Sinfonica de Venezuela

The lush, idyllic landscape of Latin America has long inspired art from outsiders. This release gives the floor over to the less often heard works...continue...
Recording information: 07/2011....continue...

Martha Argerich: Lugano Concertos / Gabriela Montero, Karin Merle, Susan Roberts and Helene Schneidermann [4 CDs]

4 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-30

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 15; Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 19; Francis Poulenc: Concerto for 2 Pianos in D minor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Gulda, Paul; Gulda, Rico; Gurning, Alexander; Merle, Karin; Mogilevsky, Alexander; Montero, Gabriela; Norman, Daniel; Roberts, Susan; Sakai, Akane [Piano]; Schneiderman, Hel...
Conductors: Rabinovitch, Alexandre; Capilla, Erasmo; Vedernikov, Alexander; Dutoit, Charles; Chmura, Gabriel; Marin, Ion; Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: ; Lugano Percussion Group

Since 2002 Martha Argerich's Progetto at the Lugano's Festival has brought together many notable artists for memorable concerts of chamber and orchestral music. This deluxe...continue...

Essential Encores - Over 2 hours of great classical showpieces

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Antonio Bazzini: La ronde des lutins, Op. 25; Niccolò Paganini: Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Fritz Kreisler: La Gitana; Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); Aram Khachaturian...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alagna, Roberto; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Balsom, Alison; Barrueco, Manuel; Bostridge, Ian; Brightman,...
Conductors: ; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Kempe, Rudolf; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Jansons, Mariss; Litton, Andrew; Karajan, Herbert von; Paavo, Järvi; Fisch, Asher; Barker, John
Ensemble: ; Nash Ensemble; Virtuosi

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular works...continue...

Stravinsky in Moscow - Fireworks; Petrushka; The Volga Barge Haulers; Ode; Orpheus / Stravinsky, conductor

1 CD / Melodiya / 2012-10-09

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Fireworks, Op. 4; Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version); Song of the Volga Boatman; Ode; Orpheus, ballet in 3 scenes for orchestra
Conductors: Stravinsky, Igor
Ensemble: ; Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra; USSR State Symphonic Orchestra

Stravinsky's concerts were a genuine feast for Russian listeners. Six concerts - four in Moscow and two in Leningrad - presented Stravinsky's early works and...continue...
Recording information: Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory (1962)....continue...

Widmung, Tribute - Transcriptions for trumpet; flugelhorn of works by Paganini, Debussy, Kreisler, Arban, Bartok et al. / Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet, flugelhorn

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Caprice no 24; Claude Debussy: La plus que lente; Fritz Kreisler: Schön Rosmarin; Liebesleid; Liebesfreud; Jean-Baptiste "Joseph" Arban: Fantasie Brillante, for cornet & e...
Performers: Meerovitch, Maria; Nakariakov, Sergei [Trumpet]

This new album by Sergei Nakariakov was recorded in the Jesus-Christus-Kirche in Dahlem, Berlin in tribute and homage to his late mentor, the great Russian...continue...
Recording information: Jesus-Christus Kirche, Berlin-Dahem (08/2010)....continue...

Russian Treasures

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; In the steppes of central Asia; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36; Flight of the Bumblebee; Modest Mussorgsky: Night on t...
Performers: Alexeev, Dmitri; Capuçon, Gautier; Dessay, Natalie; Isserlis, Steven; Pletnev, Mikhail [Piano, Conductor]; Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Thibaudet, Jean-Yves [Piano]; Truls Mork, Truls Otterbech
Conductors: Paavo, Järvi; Cluytens, André; Jordan, Armin; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Jansons, Mariss; Gergiev, Valery; Gardiner, John Eliot; Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo; Litton, Andrew; Pletnev, Mikhai...

Treasures is a new series of 3-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of Virgin Classics, presenting the best loved and key works of the classical...continue...

Stravinsky: Rite of Spring; Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 / Leonard Bernstein, London SO (live, 11/1966) Includes Bernstein Interview [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Jean Sibelius: Symphony no 5 in E flat major, Op. 82
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

The ICA Classics Legacy series presents a collection of historical performances by some of the world's greatest artists. These performances are released on DVD for...continue...
Run Time: 82 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Mono,
Subtitles: English, German, French
Country of Origin: Germ...continue...

Dances & Dreams - works by Dvorak, Grieg, Ravel, R. Strauss, Stravinsky, Brahms / Evgeny Kissin, piano; Simon Rattle, Berlin PO [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2012-09-25

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Slavonic Dances Op. 46; Antonín Dvorák: Slavonic Dances (8) for orchestra, B. 147 (Op. 72); Edvard Grieg: Symphonic Dance, Op. 64; Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op...
Performers: Kissin, Evgeni
Conductors: Rattle, Simon
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

In 2011 the Berlin Philharmonic and musical director Sir Simon Rattle welcomed the New Year with a gala concert of dances and dreams. Spine-tingling performances...continue...
Run Time: 89 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio
Country of Origin: Austria
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Gustavo Dudamel Discoveries / highlights from works by Beethoven, Mahler, Bernstein, Bruckner, Revueltas et al. [CD & DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-09-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 9 in D minor, WAB 109; Dmit...
Conductors: Dudamel, Gustavo
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic; Gothernburg Symphony Orchestra; Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela; Vienna Philharmonic

Discoveries, Grammy award winner Gustavo Dudamel's first 'Best of album, features favorites from Beethoven to Bernstein and several Dudamel tracks never before released on CD...continue...

Gustavo Dudamel Discoveries / highlights from works by Beethoven, Mahler, Bernstein, Bruckner, Revueltas et al.

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-09-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 9 in D minor, WAB 109; Dmit...
Conductors: Dudamel, Gustavo
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic; Gothernburg Symphony Orchestra; Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela; Vienna Philharmonic

Discoveries, Grammy award winner Gustavo Dudamel's first 'Best of album, features favorites from Beethoven to Bernstein and several Dudamel tracks never before released on CD...continue...

John Cage: Music for an Aquatic Ballet; Music for Carillon No. 6 / Jonathan Faralli, percussion; Roberto Fabbriciani, flutes

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-08-28

Works: John Cage: Music for an Aquatic Ballet, for flutes, percussion & tape (reconstruction); Dialogues, for bass flute & percussion; 27'10.554", for percussion; Atlas Eclipticalis; Two, for flute & piano;...
Performers: Fabbriciani, Roberto; Faralli, Jonathan

In addition to electrifying performances and exciting repertoire, this fascinating disc offers several world premiere recordings to the Cage canon. Flautist and Cage expert Roberto...continue...
Personnel: Jonathan Faralli (electronics).

Recording information: Montevarchi, Arezzo, Italy (2011)....continue...

Dances & Dreams - Dvorak: Slavonic Dances 1, 2, 7; Grieg: Piano Concerto; Stravinsky: Firebird suite et al. / Rattle, Berlin PO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2012-08-28

Works: Edvard Grieg: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16; Maurice Ravel: Alborada del Gracioso, for orchestra; Richard Strauss: Salome, Op. 54; Igor Stravinsky: Firebird Suite; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian ...
Performers: Kissin, Evgeni
Conductors: Rattle, Simon
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

In 2011 the Berliner Philharmoniker and musical director Sir Simon Rattle welcomed the New year with a gala concert centered on the concept of "Dances...continue...

Khachaturian: Sabre Dance / Pokorná, Belohlávek, Válek

1 CD / Supraphon / 2012-08-01

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh; Concerto for Piano in D flat major; Masquerade
Performers: Pokorna, Mirka
Conductors: Belohlávek, Jirí; Válek, Vladimir
Ensemble: Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague Symphony Orchestra

Igor Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) / Ashkenazy, Deutsches SO Berlin

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-31

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Symphony in Three Movements; Agon, ballet for 12 dancers & orchestra
Conductors: Ashkenazy, Vladimir
Ensemble: ; Deutsches Symphony Orchestra Berlin

The premiere of Stravinsky's Scare in Paris on 29 May 1913 was the occasion of one of the most famous scandals in music when this...continue...

Neeme Jarvi - Highlights from a remarkable 30-year recording career

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Carnival Overture, Op. 92; Slavonic Dances (8) for Orchestra, Op. 72/B 147; Johan Halvorsen: La Mélancolie, for string orchestra (after Ole Bull's "Lament"); Entry March of ...
Performers: Berman, Boris; Finnie, Linda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Kaptain, Laurence; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Madozzi, Melina; Mishura, Irina; Murphy, Suzanne
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

This year, we celebrate the thirty-year conducting career of Neeme Järvi with Chandos Records, as well as the conductor's own seventy-fifth birthday.

We mark the occasion

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Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe; Hovaness: Meditation on Orpheus / Gerard Schwarz, Seattle SO & Chorus

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-07-31

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Alan Hovhaness: Meditation on Orpheus, Op. 155
Performers: Goff, Scott [Flute]
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Chorale

Sergey Dyagilev commissioned Ravel to write music for the ballet Daphnis et Chloé with choreography by Michel Fokine: Daphnis was danced by Nijinsky. This 'choreographic...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA....continue...

Aram Khachaturian: Violin Concerto; Cello Concerto, Piano Concerto / Leonid Kogan, violin; Antonin Jemelik, piano

2 CD / Supraphon / 2012-07-31

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Concerto for Cello in E minor; Ode in Memory of Vladimir Ilich Lenin, for orchestra; Gayane, ballet suite; Garun Yerevan, song for voice & piano; Za...
Performers: Jemelik, Antonin; Khachaturian, Aram; Knushevitsky, Svyatoslav; Kogan, Leonid
Conductors: Khachaturian, Aram; Gauk, Aleksandr

Soviet composer, conductor and spontaneous musician - the three faces of Aram Khachaturian

"I am firmly convinced that truly great music must in all its

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Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man; Barber: Adagio for Strings et al. / Zubin Mehta, Los Angeles PO

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-24

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Appalachian Spring; Rodeo; Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Zinman, David
Ensemble: ; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Barbr's Adagio for Strings has a long association with grief stretching back to 1945, when it was used for a radio broadcast announcing Franklin D....continue...

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Giulini - Chicago SO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel; Night on Bald Mountain (Noch' na Lïsoy gore), symphonic poem, edited by Rimsky-Kor...
Performers: Sporsen, Torgny
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Maazel, Lorin; Järvi, Neeme; Knussen, Oliver; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Pictures at an Exhibition is an imaginative series of musical tableaux inspired by an art exhibition. Originally composed as a piano suite, it wasn't published...continue...

Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird; L'Histoire du Soldat, suite; Les Noces; Symphony in C / Neumann; Dohnanyi

2 Super Audio CD / Praga / 2012-07-10

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra; Symphony in C; Les Noces I (The Wedding), ballet in 4 tableaux for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra; L'histoire du...
Performers: Adamec, Petr; Barova, Anna; Bogunia, Stanislav; Boublikova, Milada; Holena, Jiri; Janda, Pavel; Jedlicka, Dalibor; Jilek, Zdenek; Kostohryz, Milan; Mokros, Josef; Sulcova, Brigita; Svejda, Miroslav
Conductors: Dohnányi, Christoph von; Neumann, Václav; Kosler, Zdenek;
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Chamber Players; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague Radio Choir; Tokyo String Quartet

This specially priced two disc celebration of the music of Igor Stravinsky features historic stereo recordings made between 1970 to 1987, all remastered for SACD....continue...

Méditation: The Beautiful Music of Massenet

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-03

Works: Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); Le Cid; Werther; Hérodiade; Manon; Esclarmonde; Thaïs; Valse très lente, for piano; Chérubin; Cendrillon; Oh! si les fleurs avaient...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Fleming, Renée; Gheorghiu, Angela; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Kaufmann, Jonas; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Lisni...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mauceri, John; Armiliato, Marco; Abel, Yves; Rizzi, Carlo; Davis, Colin; Lewis, Henry; Agoult, Raymond

Julesl Massenet, who died 100 years ago in 1912, was a French composer best known for his operas, and was widely considered in his day...continue...

Bach, Geminiani, Bartok: Violin Sonatas / Philippe Hirshhorn

1 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 2 in A minor, BWV 1003; Francesco Geminiani: Sonata for violin & continuo no 9 in C minor, Op. 4/9; Béla Bartók: Sonata for Violin solo, Sz ...

Milhaud: Symphonies de chambre, etc / Dekaise, et al

1 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Darius Milhaud: Little Symphony, for chamber orchestra no 1, "Le Printemps", Op. 43; Little Symphony, for chamber orchesrra no 2, "Pastorale", Op. 49; Little Symphony, for chamber orchestra no 3, "S&...
Performers: Andre Gregoire; de Reyghere, Greta; Jean-Louis Demoulin; Pol Gerimont
Conductors:
Ensemble: L'Ensemble des Temps Modernes

Evgeny Mravinsky Conducts Russian Composers

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-06-26

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48; The Nutcracker, suite, Op. 71a; Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32; Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66; Capriccio i...
Conductors: Mravinsky, Yevgeny
Ensemble: ; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

Famed for his colossal stature and rigorous rehearsal methods, Evgeny Mravinsky is generally considered to be the greatest of all Soviet conductors. The maestro was...continue...

Herbert von Karajan - The 1960s [82 CDs]

82 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-06-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Don Quixote, Op. 35; Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings, AV 142; Concerto for Oboe in D major, AV 144; Concerto for Horn no 2 in E flat major, o.Op. 132 (TrV ...
Performers: Anda, Géza; Berry, Walter; Borwitzky, Ottomar; Brandis, Thomas [Violin]; Cappone, Giusto; Cherkassky, Shura; Civil, Alan; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; F...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Priem-Bergrath, Hans
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble

We're going Big in 2012! Almost incredible: between 1959 and the end of the following decade, Herbert von Karajan recorded 82 CDs worth of orchestral...continue...

Martinu: La Revue de Cuisine, complete ballet music; Harpsichord Concerto; Les rondes et al. / Robert Hill, harpsichord

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-06-26

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Harpsichord Concerto, H. 246; Musique de Chambre no 1 for clarinet, violin, viola, cello, harp & piano, H. 376; Les Rondes, for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, 2 violins & piano, ...
Performers: Hill, Robert [Harpsichord, Piano]; Simon, Klaus
Conductors: Simon, Klaus
Ensemble: ; Holst Sinfonietta

Ranging from 1927 to 1959, the year of Martinu's death, these four works reveal his unceasing versatility in chamber repertoire. La revue de cuisine, heard...continue...
Recording information: SWR Studio, Freiburg, Germany (10/25/2009-10/26/2009)....continue...

Khachaturian conducts Khachaturian, Vol. 1 - Symphony no 2

1 CD / Melodiya / 2012-06-12

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Symphony no 2 in A minor ("Symphony with Bells"); Gayane, ballet; Circus
Conductors: Khachaturian, Aram
Ensemble: ; USSR State Symphony Orchestra

Along with Shostakovich's Sixth and Prokofiev's Fifth, Khachaturian's Symphony No. 2 - composed in the years of the Great Patriotic War - was inspired with...continue...
Recording information: Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory (02/15/1977)....continue...

Essential American Classics - Over 2 hours of America's best-loved classical music

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Bamboula, danse des nègres for piano, Op. 2, D. 13 (RO 20); Stephen Foster: My Old Kentucky Home, for voice & piano; Beautiful dreamer; Edward MacDowell: To a Wild Rose;...
Performers: Allen, Geri; Barclay, John; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Carter, Regina [Violin]; Criswell, Kim; Gardner, Simon; Glaser, Matt; Goodchild, Mark; Hampson, Thomas; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Voc...
Conductors: Foley, Timothy; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Slatkin, Leonard; Slatkin, Felix; Richardson, Neil; McGlinn, John; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Bátiz, Enrique; Davies, Dennis R.; Paavo, Järvi; Warren-Green,...

Treasures of The Russian Ballet / Leningrad Kirov Ballet & Bolshoi Ballet [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118; Cinderella, Op. 87 - Ballet Suite; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20; Adolphe Adam: Giselle; Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh (excerpts); L&#...
Performers: Fadeyechev, Nicolai; Lavrovsky, Mikhail; Liepa, Maris; Maximova, Ekaterina; Plisetskaya, Maya; Sizova, Alla; Soloviev, Yuri; Struchkova, Raisa; Timofeyeva, Nina; Ulanova, Galina; Vasiliev, Vladimir
Conductors: Hajibeyov, Niyazi; Faier, Yuri; Zhuraitis, Algis
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Russia's two great ballet companies, the Bolshoi Ballet and the Kirov Ballet (now the Mariinsky) undertook their first major post-war tours in the early 1960s,...continue...
Run Time: 81 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
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Famous Ballet Music - works by Adam, Delibes, Massenet, Khachaturian, Tchaikovsky

5 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a; The Sleeping Beauty, suite, Op. 66a; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh, suite; Spartacus, suite; Masquerade, suite; Léo D...
Performers: Cairns, Christine; Watson, Lillian
Conductors: Bátiz, Enrique; Simonov, Yuri; Davis, Carl; Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: ; Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

For lovers of ballet music, this superb 5-disc set is an attractive collection of famous ballet music, featuring such immortal ballets from Tchaikovsky, Adam, Khatchaturian,...continue...

Pierre Boulez Conducts Ravel & Debussy

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-05-08

Works: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Images for Orchestra; Printemps, symphonic suite for chorus, piano & orchestra, L. 61; Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; Premiè...
Performers: Cohen, Franklin; Hagley, Alison [Soprano Vocals]; von Otter, Anne Sofie; Wellbaum, Lisa; Zimerman, Krystian
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre

"In Ma mere, he is among the master magicians: subtleties of nuance and timing now abound; here is playing of a wholly different order of...continue...

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; Petrouchka - for piano 4-hands / Lidija and Sanja Bizjak

1 CD / Mirare / 2012-05-08

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Pétrouchka; Easy Pieces (5) for piano, 4 hands; Easy Pieces (3) for Piano 4 hands
Performers: Bizjak, Lidija; Bizjak, Sanja [Piano]

Over the course of a few short years, with his ballets Petrushka and The Rite of Spring - premiered by the Ballets Russes in 1911...continue...
Recording information: Varese hall, CNSMD, Lyons, France (11/2007)....continue...