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Zemlinsky: Orchestral Songs; Piano Works / Isokoski, Urmana, Schmidt, Volle, Mauser, piano

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Alexander von Zemlinsky: Waldgespräch, ballad for soprano, 2 horns, harp & strings; Mailblumen blühten überall, for soprano & string sextet; Der alte Garten, song for baritone & orches...
Performers: Isokoski, Soile; Janicke, Torsten; Kaufmann, Rose; Mauser, Siegfried; Urmana, Violeta; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Conlon, James
Ensemble: ; Guzenich-Orchester Kolner Philharmoniker

Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942) was born in Vienna in 1871, just three years before his lifelong friend and brother-in-law, Arnold Schoenberg. In fact, for a short...continue...
Recording information: Köln Philharmonie (12/1993); Studio 3, Bayerischer Rundfunk (12/1993); Köln Philharmonie (1998-06-16&1998-06-22_1998-); Studio 3, Bayerischer Rundfunk (1998-06-16&1998...continue...

The Erato Recitals / Soprano Sumi Jo (10 CDs)

10 CD / Erato / 2012-01-31

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Semiramide; Tancredi; Les soirées musicales; L'assedio di Corinto; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; I Capuleti e Montecchi; ...
Performers: Arevalo, Octavio; Bach, Gottfried; Barritt, Paul; Bennett, William; Black, Neil; Conlon, James; Davis, Mike [Violin]; Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]; Graham, Susan; Jo, Sumi; Kurosaki, Hiro; Maugue, Anne; R...
Conductors: Olmi, Paolo; Jordan, Armin; Montgomery, Kenneth; Carella, Giuliano; Bibl, Rudolf; Stratta, Ettore; Conlon, James; Schneider, Michael
Ensemble: ; Cappella Coloniensis

Praised for the remarkable agility, precision and warmth of her voice, and for her outstanding musicianship, Sumi Jo has established herself as one of her...continue...

Prayers

1 CD / Erato / 2001-03-20

Works: Maurice Ravel: Kaddisch, song for voice & piano (Mélodie hébraïque no 1); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Laudate Dominum; Giulio Caccini: Ave Maria; John Newton: Amazing Grace; Richard S...
Performers: Conlon, James; Graham, Susan; Jo, Sumi
Conductors: Conlon, James
Ensemble: Gürzenich Chorus of Cologne ; Gürzenich Orchestra of Cologne

"...Sumi Jo's lovely rendition of the nun's chorus from Johann Strauss, Jr's 'Casanova' is just one of the many unusual prayers that make this collection...continue...