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Latvian Winterfest: Cantatas of the Christmas Season

1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-12-11

Works: Eriks Esenvalds: Ziemassvetku vakara (Christmas Eve), cantata for mixed choir, soloists & chamber orchestra; Valts Puce: Christmas Cantata for alto, mixed choir & chamber orchestra; Aldonis Kalnins: ...
Conductors: Jansons, Andrejs;
Ensemble: Latvian National Opera Chamber Orchestra; New York Ltvian Concert Choic; RLB Chamber Choir "Austrums"; Youth Choi "Basis"

Recording information: Riga Recording Studio, Latvia (02/24/2012-02/25/2012)....continue...

Heartsongs & Audubon: Bartok, Foster, etc / Carver Blanchard, lute

1 CD / Albany Records / 2011-08-09

Works: Carver Blanchard: Audubon, tone poem for lute; L'Homme Armé, fantasy for lute; Heartsongs, for lute; Once to Every Man and Nation / He Leadeth Me, hymn medley for lute; The Saints of God, hymn s...
Performers: Blanchard, Carver

Carver Blanchard is the former lutenist for the Smithsonian Institution and now teaches guitar and lute at Wesleyan University. He has divided this recording into...continue...
Recording information: Carver's Barn, Elka Park, New York (01/2010-05/2010); Wesleyan University (01/2010-05/2010); Carver's Barn, Elka Park, New York (09/12/2010-09/13/2010); Wesleyan University (09/...continue...

Gary Smart: Blossoms / Gary Smart, piano

1 CD / Albany Records / 2011-08-09

Works: Gary Smart: Fanfare, for piano & radio; Blossoms, pieces (7) for piano; Inside, for piano; American Painters (4), for piano; Line Drawing, for piano; On Three Notes, for piano; In Black and White, fo...
Performers: Smart, Gary

A unique musician, composer-pianist Gary Smart composes and improvises a music that reflects an abiding interest in Americana, world musics and jazz, as well as...continue...
Recording information: Friday Musicale Hall, Jacksonville, FL....continue...

The Music of Viktors Bastiks

1 CD / Albany Records / 2010-07-13

Works: Viktors Bastiks: Requiem, for chorus & orchestra; Christmas Cantata, for chorus & orchestra; Pilgrims' Song, for chorus & orchestra; Crucified Jesus of Nazareth, for chorus & orchestra; Pure in Heart...
Performers: Liepina, Laila
Conductors: Jansons, Andrejs

This selection of choral music by Viktors Bastiks (1912-2001) is drawn mainly from his rich output of sacred works. His almost 300 compositions in this...continue...
Recording information: Riga Recording Studio, Latvia (02/18/2010-02/20/2010)....continue...

Christmas Joy in Latvia - Salaks, Praullins, Skulte, etc / Jansons, New Chamber Orchstra, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2008-10-14

Works: Vilnis Salaks: Ziemas svetku vakara (On Christmas Eve), cantata for soloists, chorus & chamber orchestra; Ugis Praulins: Ziemsvetki juanaja pasaule (Latvian Solstice in the New World), for 2 voices, ...
Performers: Berzina, Inese; Druva, Sindija; Ezeriete, Ieva; Jansons, Viesturs; Liepina, Laila; Martinsone, Monta; Seile, Elina; Teterovskis, Ints; Tomsons, Valdis; Zamura, Laura Padega
Conductors: Jansons, Andrejs; Zamura, Laura Padega; Tomsons, Valdis
Ensemble: ; New Chamber Orchestra

The joy we feel in anticipating the sun's return after the winter solstice is greatly magnified by the spiritual light that comes with Christmas. This...continue...

Christmas in Vermont - Pinkham / Vermont Symphony Brass

1 CD / Albany Records / 2007-11-01

Works: Daniel Pinkham: Christmas Cantata (Sinfonia Sacra); Jester Hairston: Mary's boy child; John Iveson: Christmas Crackers, for brass ensemble; Christmas Traditional: No Room in the Inn, carol (English);...
Performers: Brooks, Eric K.; Chesnut-Tangerman, Melissa; Emery, Mark; Grow, Roger; Neiweem, David; Sorg, Andreas

The Counterpoint Chorale and the Vermont Symphony Brass Quintet gave their first holiday concert in 2003 and, after countless requests, here is their first CD....continue...

Counterpoint Sings Noel

1 CD / Albany Records / 2005-10-01

Works: Louis-Claude Daquin: Bon Joseph. écoutez-moi, for organ (Nouveau Livre des Noëls no 10); Christmas Traditional: Da droben vom Berge (Austrian); Dormi, dormi, o bel bambin (Sleep, O Sleep My...
Performers: Brooks, Eric K.; Campbell, Colleen Flynn; Chesnut-Tangerman, Melissa; Frostman, Amy; Grow, Roger; Hayes, Gregory; Hungerford, Claire; Kevra, Karen; Muratore, John; Murphy, Brett; Radtke, Linda; Toner...

Christmas Cedar and Spruce / Joel Brown, Andrew Brown, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2005-09-01

Works: Traditional: Angels we have heard on high; Greensleeves; Jolly old Saint Nicolas; Good King Wenceslas; We wish you a merry Christmas; Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Johann Sebastian Bach: Herz und...
Performers: Bacchiocchi-Stewart, Kristin; Brown, Andrew [Strings]; Brown, Frank [Clarinet]; Brown, Jason [Bass]; Brown, Joel; Brubeck, Chris; D'Aloia, Chuck; Ruth, Peter "Madcat"

Serious Fun ! - Berners, Nicholas, Baker/ Applebaum, Hamelin

1 CD / Albany Records / 2005-06-01

Works: Lord Berners: Come on Algernon, for voice & piano; Jeremy Nicholas: Maternity; Usherette's Blues; Musical Chairs; Pretty Plain; David Baker: Someone Is Sending Me Flowers, song; Bruce Montgomery: Chr...
Performers: Applebaum, Jody; Hamelin, Marc-André [Piano]

Amazing Grace / Kanda

1 CD / Albany Records / 2004-06-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: Go Tell It on the Mountain, Christmas song (American); Anonymous: What A Friend We Have in Jesus; Nearer My God to Thee; American Traditional: We Shall Overcome, hymn; When the...
Performers: Kanda, Elizabeth; Kanda, Megumi; Parris, Alvin; Parris, Ben; Stark, Bruce

Personnel: Megumi Kanda (trombone); Bruce Stark (piano, percussion); Alvin Parris III (piano); Ben Parris (drums).

Recording information: Reformation Lutheran Church, Rochester, NY (06/16/2002-...continue...

Twentieth Century "Contrasts" / Pensis, Miramar Sinfonietta

1 CD / Albany Records / 2002-05-01

Works: Michael Daugherty: Strut; Lukas Foss: For Toru, for flute & ensemble; William Bolcom: Concerto Serenade for Violin and Strings; James Ray Hanna: Downs; Alec Wilder: Love Songs (5), for horn & piano (...
Performers: Barnewitz, William; Segnitz, Eric; Waterbury, Susan

Dello Joio: Complete Works for Piano Vol 3 / Torok, Dosse

1 CD / Albany Records / 2001-11-01

Works: Norman Dello Joio: Family Album, for piano; Images (5) for piano, 4-hands; Christmas Music, for piano, 4-hands; Stage Parodies, piano suite for young players, for piano, 4-hands; Suite for the Young,...
Performers: Dosse, Marylene; Torok, Debra

Rodríguez: Works for Chorus and Orchestra / Sleeper, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2001-06-01

Works: Robert X. Rodriguez: Forbidden Fire, Cantata for the Next Millennium, for bass-baritone, chorus & orchestra; Con Flor y Canto, for tenor, baritone, children's chorus, chorus & orchestra (from Adoraci...
Performers: Nolan, Rodney
Conductors: Sleeper, Thomas M.; Scheibe, Jo-Michael
Ensemble: University of Miami Chorale; University of Miami Symphoniy Orchestra

An American Voice - Music of Robert Nelson / Krager, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2000-05-01

Works: Robert Nelson: Symphonic Scenes from A Room With a View, for soloists & orchestra; Spirituals (2) for soprano voice & orchestra, no 1, "A City called Heaven"; Spirituals (2) for soprano voice & orche...
Performers: Brown, Debria; Frohbieter, Ann
Conductors: Krager, Franz Anton; Hausmann, Charles
Ensemble: Moores School of Music Concert Chorale; Moores School of Music Symphony Orchestra

Christmas with the Master Chorale of Washington / McCullough

1 CD / Albany Records / 1999-11-09

Works: Jonathan Willcocks: Magnificat; John Rutter: There is a flower; William Mathias: Sir Christèmas; Donald McCullough: Let all mortal flesh keep silent; Hodie Christus natus est; Traditional: Angel...
Performers: Dawn Kasprow; Metropolitan Memorial Handbell Ensemble; Mitts, J. Thomas; Powell, Angela; Washington, Master Chorale of
Conductors: McCullough, Donald;
Ensemble: Master Chorale Brass & Percussion Ensemble; Master Chorale of Washington

This selection is a High Definition Compatible Digital (HDCD) recording....continue...

On This Day Earth Shall Ring! / Payn, Etters, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 1998-09-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: On This Day Earth Shall Ring; Angels We Have Heard on High; A la nanita nana, carol (Spanish); Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head (American); Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (W zlobie lezy...
Performers: Cover, David; Etters-Asmus, Elizabeth; Fortunato, D'Anna
Conductors: Payn, William; Crane, Curtis
Ensemble: Rooke Chapel Ringers

Beach: Canticle of the Sun / Capitol Hill Choral Society

1 CD / Albany Records / 1998-07-01

Works: Amy Beach: The Canticle of the Sun, Op. 123; Invocation for Violin and Piano, Op. 55; Choral Responses (3), Op 8; Service in A major, Op. 63; Constant Christmas, Op. 95; On a Hill; Communion Response...
Performers: Bender, Susan; Hardy, Paul; Kreysa, Guadelupe; Lazar, Terri; McAdams, Susan; McLean, Elizabeth; Shaffran, James; Shaffran, Mary; Turner, Richard

Impossible Christmas / Gordon Green

1 CD / Albany Records / 1996-09-01

Works: Traditional: Christmas Carol(s); Deck the hall
Performers: Green, Gordon

William Mayer - Voices from Lost Realms

1 CD / Albany Records / 1996-06-01

Works: William Mayer: A Death in the Family, opera; Kyrie; First Song; Passage; Madrigals (3); Abandoned Bells; Fern Hill; La Belle Dame sans Merci; On Christmas Long Ago; Enter Ariel; Inner and Outer Strin...
Performers: Bryden, Jane; Christian, Judith; Coid, Marshall; Dunkel, Paul Lustig; Feinsinger, Mary; Goldsmith, Richard; Hosford, Phillip; Mayer, Steven; McKeel, James; Mercer, Gregory; Poore, Elizabeth; Shames, ...
Conductors: Schubert, Peter; Rice, Jo Ann; Schwarz, Gerard

The Music of Friedrich Nietzsche - Volume I / Peter Schubert

1 CD / Albany Records / 1996-01-01

Works: Friedrich Nietzsche: Allegro, for piano; Hoch tut euch auf; Einleitung, for piano; Phantasie; Miserere; Work(s); Huter, ist die Nacht bald hin?; Presto; Mein Platz vor der Tur; Heldenklage, for piano...
Performers: Altmann, Lauretta; Bottenberg, Wolfgang; Kinslow, Valerie; Oland, Erik

Sowerby: Love came down at Christmas, etc / Snyder, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 1995-12-01

Works: Leo Sowerby: Love came down at Christmas; Now there lightens upon us; A Carol for New Year's Day; A Prayer for Christmas; A great and mighty wonder
Performers: Snyder, Patricia; Stalford, Ronald
Conductors:
Ensemble: Con Vivium Choral Ensemble; Convivium

Music of Stephen Shewan

1 CD / Albany Records / 1995-04-01

Works: Stephen Shewan: The Voice of the Lord in the Storm; Magnificat, for soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, brass & organ; A Feast of Carols, for soprano, baritone, brass & chorus; Of Animals and Insects; Th...
Performers: Anderson, Amy; Belden, David; Buckley, Diedre; Burgess, Alexander; Emmons, Scott; Honeywell, Ann Musser; Hull, Barbara; Kettinger, Kurt; Patterson, Rebecca; Richardson, Jill; Shewan, Paul; Shewan, St...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Roberts Wesleyan College Chorale and Wind Ensemble

"The lively performances here by Palola and Virta emphasize the extroverted character or the works and make what could be dull music in other hands...continue...

The Complete Songs of Charles Ives Vol 1

1 CD / Albany Records / 1992-12-01

Works: Charles Ives: Slow March; There is a certain garden, song for voice & piano, S. 369 (K. 6B17); In Autumn; Friendship; A Song--For Anything, song for voice & piano, S. 355 (K. 6B14); Canon; Rock of Ag...
Performers: Blier, Steven; Bush, Phillip; Hart, Mary Ann [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Helmrich, Dennis; Kokoris, Eva; Ohrenstein, Dora; Rosenfeld, Jayn; Seigel, Jerrold; Sharp, William [Baritone Vocal]; Sperry, Paul ...