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The Piano Guys 2

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2013-05-07

Works: Al van der Beek: Begin Again; Mission Impossible (after Shifrin); Berlin; Just the Way You Are; Charlie Brown Medley (after Guaraldi); Me and My Cello (Happy Together); Twinkle Lullaby; Steven Sharp ...
Performers: Nelson, Steven Sharp; Schmidt, Jon; Stirling, Lindsey; Van Der Beek, Al
Conductors:
Ensemble: The Piano Guys

The second studio outing from YouTube celebrities the Piano Guys (pianist Jon Schmidt. cellist Steven Sharp Nelson, and multimedia specialists Al Van Der Beek and Tel Stewart), the appropriately title...continue...

The music of Eleni Karaindrou - Concert in Athens / Kashkashian, Garbarek, Christopoulos, Karaindrou, Nastasa, Ripo, Gadedi et al.

1 CD / ECM / 2013-03-05

Works: Eleni Karaindrou: Death of a Salesman; Eternity and a Day; Closed Roads, for viola & orchestra; Number Ten; Voyage to Cythera; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf; The Glass Menangerie; Landscape in the M...
Performers: Anthis, Socratis; Bildea, Maria; Boulard, Marie-Cecile [Clarinet]; Christopoulos, Vangelis; Dimitriadis, Aris; Gadedi, Stella; Garbarek, Jan; Hadjiiordanou, Dinos; Karaindrou, Eleni; Kashkashian, Kim...
Conductors: Myrat, Alexander
Ensemble: ; Camerata Friends of Music Orchestra

An exceptional live recording, Concert In Athens, the tenth ECM release by Greek composer Eleni Karaindrou incorporates moving performances by guests Kim Kashkashian and Jan...continue...
Recording information: Megaron, Athens (11/19/2010)....continue...

Thomas Newman: Side Effects, original motion picture soundtrack

1 CD / Varese Sarabande / 2013-03-05

Works: Thomas Newman: Side Effects, film score; Eric Hilton: The Forgotten People
Performers: Cox, Rick; Doering, George; Fisher, Michael; Newman, Thomas; Tavaglione, Steve

Recording information: The Village....continue...

Identity Thief

1 CD / La-La Land Records / 2013-03-05

Works: Christopher Lennertz: Identity Thief, film score; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Fred Wesley: The Payback
Performers: Anassian, Armen; Ariondo, Nick; Banducci, Brett; Bandy, Briana; Bauer, Alisha; Bergeron, Wayne; Bisharat, Charlie; Bleth, Chris [Oboe]; Booth, Bill; Brown, Amanda [The Voice/New York]; Chedwiggen, Da...
Conductors: Lennertz, Christopher

Recording information: Eastwood Scoring Stage, Burbank, CA; Sonic Fuel Studios, El Segundo, CA....continue...

The Silver Violin - Music by Carlos Gardel, Korngold, John Williams, Howard Shores, Shostakovich / Nicola Benedetti, violin

1 CD / Decca / 2013-02-19

Works: John Williams: Schindler's List; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt, Op. 12; Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Carlos Gardel: Por una cabeza, tango for voice & chamber orchestra; Dmitry Sh...
Performers: Benedetti, Nicola; Elschenbroich, Leonard; Grynyuk, Alexei; Knowles, Gregory [Percussion]; Sidorova, Ksenija [Accordion]; Sitkovetsky, Alexander; Tom Dunn [Violin/Viola]
Conductors: Karabits, Kirill
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Acclaimed as one of the leading violinists of her generation, best-selling violin virtuoso Nicola Benedetti turns the spotlight on Hollywood in this collection of the...continue...
Recording information: The Guildhall, Southampton, England (2012-04-11_2012-04-12&2012-)....continue...

300 / Ingolf Wunder, piano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-01-29

Works: Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in B minor, K 87/L 33; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 13 in B flat major, K. 333 (K. 315c); Frédéric Chopin: Berceuse for Piano in D...
Performers: Wunder, Ingolf

Ingolf Wunder returns with a unique follow-up, 300, three centuries of piano styles - from Scarlatti to Morricone.

Ingolf Wunder adores fun, melodic pieces that

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Recording information: Theater Itzehoe, Groáes Haus (06/2012)....continue...

Filmworks XXV - John Zorn: City of Slaughter; Schmatta, Beyond the Infinite

1 CD / Tzadik / 2013-01-29

Works: John Zorn: City of Slaughter, film score; Schmatta, film score; Beyond the Infinite, film score
Performers: Burger, Rob; Mor, Omri; Zorn, John [Composer]

Recording information: EastSide Sound, NYC.

According to the liner notes included in the 25th volume of John Zorn's FilmWorks series, City of Slaughter/Schmatta/Beyond the Infinite may be the l...continue...

Howard Goodall: Inspired - The Essential Collection

1 CD / Decca Import / 2013-01-22

Works: Howard Goodall: Inspired, for guitar & orchestra; Ecce Homo (Theme from "Mr. Bean" TV series), for chorus & organ; Piano Fantasy; Eternal Light; Shackleton's Cross, for oboe, trumpet & chamber orches...
Performers: Goodall, Howard; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]; Stewart, Noah [Tenor Vocal]; Wright, Laura

Quartet [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

1 CD / Decca / 2013-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Dario Marianelli: Quartet, film score; Franz Schubert: An Sylvia; Arthur Sullivan: The Mikado; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Luigi Boccher...
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Charles, Leon; Cotrubas, Ileana; D'Angelo, Gianna; Engel, Karl; Georgiadis, John [Conductor]; Heley, John; Herbert, Ita; Hughes, Ronnie; Jones, Peggy Ann; Kampen, Christopher van; M...
Conductors: Morgan, James; Nash, Royston; Munchinger, Karl; Dorati, Antal; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bartoletti, Bruno; Bonynge, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg

The original motion picture soundtrack to Dustin Hoffman's comedy Quartet brings together a variety of vintage performances from Decca's back catalog that are complemented by excerpts from the film sc...continue...

Ken Field: Sensorium - Music for Dance & Film

1 CD / Innova / 2012-11-13

Works: Ken Field: Taxonomy, film score; Twist of Fate, film score; Sensorium, film score for double string quartet; Double Expose, ballet
Performers: Bierylo, Michael; Denio, Amy; Dowd, Will; Encanti; Field, Ken [Sax/Flute]; Lurie, Jessica; Moye, Leslie [Cello]; Namkoong, Carol [Piano]; Neighbors, Phil; Rabson, Mimi; Scott, Rick
Conductors:
Ensemble: Packer Dance

On Sensorium: Music For Dance & Film - his third release for innova Recordings - Boston-based Ken Field brings together his music for Bridgman/Packer Dance...continue...
Recording information: Mortal Music, Charlestown, MA....continue...

Dario Marianelli: Anna Karenina [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 2012]

1 CD / Decca / 2012-11-13

Works: Dario Marianelli: Anna Karenina, film score
Performers: Dale, Caroline; Hession, Eddie; Hunt, Matthew; Liebeck, Jack; Marianelli, Dario; Peel, Hannah
Conductors: Wallfisch, Benjamin

Personnel: Jody Jenkins (programming).

Recording information: Air Lyndhurst Recording Studios.

Befitting its tale of star-crossed love in Russia's late 19th century high society, Joe Wri...continue...

John Cage: A Tribute / Joshua Pierce, piano & prepared piano; Robert White, tenor

2 CD / MSR Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: John Cage: Four Walls, for voice & piano; Primitive, for string piano; In the Name of the Holocaust, for prepared piano; Quest; Our Spring Will Come; Prelude, for piano, flute, bassoon, trumpet, viol...
Performers: Pierce, Joshua [Piano]; White, Robert [Bagpipes/Wind Instr.]
Conductors: Reinhard, Johnny;
Ensemble: American Festival of Microtonal Music Ensemble

Pianist Joshua Pierce's highly expressive and rhythmic approach to the music of John Cage is a result of his 30-year association with Cage's music, an...continue...

John Cage: As It Is / Natalia Pschenitschnikova, voice; Alexei Lubimov, piano

1 CD / ECM / 2012-09-25

Works: John Cage: Dream; The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs, for voice & closed piano; The Unavailable Memory of, for prepared piano; A Flower, for voice & closed piano; Music for Marcel Duchamp, for p...
Performers: Lubimov, Alexei [Piano]; Pschenitschnikova, Natalia

A fresh approach to one of contemporary composition's most iconoclastic and inventive figures, issued on the occasion of John Cage's 100th birthday. Early Cage is...continue...
Recording information: Radio Studio DRS, Zürich (12/2011)....continue...

Death and the Civil War [Original Soundtrack]

1 CD / Valley Entertainment / 2012-09-11

Works: Brian Keane: Death and the Civil War, documentary film score
Performers: Barrett, Dan; Bergman, Roxanne; Coid, Marshall; Halverson, Kathy [Oboe, Cor Anglais]; Holtje, Erik; Jaffee, Jill; Keane, Brian [New Age]; Sternberg, Jo-Ann; Zubrycki, Bob

Recording information: Little Big Feet Studios, Monroe, CT....continue...

The Master [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

1 CD / Nonesuch / 2012-09-11

Works: Jonny Greenwood: The Master, film score; Irving Berlin: Get Thee Behind Me Satan, song (from "Follow the Fleet"); Charles Tobias: Don't Sit under the Apple Tree, song; Paul Weston: No Other Love, son...
Performers: Ames, Robert; Beaty, Madisen; Bisengalieva, Galya; Bonneton, Charlotte; Brown, Dave; Coates, Oliver [Cello]; Cox, Simon; Finton, Andy; Fitzgerald, Ella; Foggitt, Peter; Forrest, Helen; Francoise, Ant...
Conductors: Mós, Marek; Weston, Paul; Brunt, Hugh

For the soundtrack to his Scientology-inspired movie The Master, Paul Thomas Anderson reunited with Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, who also provided the music to There Will Be Blood. The director's tale...continue...

My Favorite Things

1 CD / Deseret Book / 2012-07-31

Works: Richard Rodgers: The Sound of Music; Frédéric Chopin: Etude for piano no 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 10/4, CT. 17; Harold Arlen: Somewhere Over the Rainbow (for the film The Wizard of Oz); Dome...
Performers: Wright, Josh [Piano]; Wright, Lindsey

Includes work(s): elégie, op. 3/1 (rachmaninov) / theme fro by various composers.

Includes work(s): stairway to heaven (page) / castle on a c by various composers....continue...

Kings of the Evening [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

1 CD / K-Tone / 2012-07-24

Works: Kevin Toney: Kings of the Evening, film score; Scott Joplin: The Entertainer
Performers: Coleman, Chris; Davis, Rahmlee; Evans, Art; Hollingsworth, Mark; Hughes, John Austin; Nakamura, Tetsuya; Orlando, Victor; Toney, Kevin

Javier Navarrete: Hemingway and Gellhorn, soundtrack

1 CD / Varese Sarabande / 2012-06-19

Works: Javier Navarrete: Hemingway & Gellhorn, film score; Juan Ignacio Cuadrado Bueno: Ay Carmela, song; American Traditional: Red River Valley; Juan Viladomat Masanas: Fumando Espero; Lee Hays: Jarama Val...
Performers: Alarcon, Rolando; Ciosi, Antoine; Guiterrez, David; Lavalle, Marina; Pintado, Valerie; Samuel, Felix; Schneider, Eric [Piano]; Schneider, Eric [Sax]; Stagnaro, Ramon; Vrskova, Marija [Piano]
Conductors: Ilic, Ivan; Calloway, John; Landau, Greg

Recording information: Studio M1 (Skopje); Trilogy Studios, San Francisco, CA.

Composed by Javier Navarrete (Pan's Labyrinth), the score for director Philip Kaufman's Hemingway & Gellhorn, a 20...continue...

Glorious

1 CD / Decca Import / 2012-05-29

Works: Hubert Parry: Jerusalem; Steven Baker: Sanctus, for voice, chorus & orchestra (after Elgar's Nimrod); Walter Kent: The White Cliffs of Dover; Vangelis: Chariots of Fire, theme from the film score; Fr...
Performers: Baker, Steven; Jean-Marie, Lincoln; Karlsson, Fridrik "Frizzy"; Lawson, Geoff; Stewart, Noah [Tenor Vocal]; Wright, Laura
Conductors: Hein, Richard

One of many classical crossover releases designed to capitalize on the patriotic spirit that's swept the U.K. in 2012, Suffolk soprano Laura Wright's second solo album, Glorious, has a stronger pedigr...continue...

James Newton Howard: Snow White & the Huntsman - original motion picture soundtrack

1 CD / Universal Republic / 2012-05-29

Works: James Newton Howard: Snow White & the Huntsman, film score; Ioanna Gika: Gone, song; Isabella Summers: Breath of Life, song
Performers: Adams, Mark [Horn]; Ahn, Eun Mee; Becknell, Steven; Beiser, Maya; Booth, Bill; Brand, Jacqueline; Brophy, Robert; Broughton, Belinda; Cani, Roberto; Clark, Heather; Clark, Stuart [Clarinet]; Cooke, A...
Conductors: Anthony, Pete

Recording information: Abbey Road, London, UK; The Barbra Streisand Scoring Stage/Sony Pictures, Culve....continue...

Music From The Twilight Saga / Carter Burwell, Alexandre Desplat, Howard Shore

1 CD / Silva America / 2012-04-24

Works: Carter Burwell: Twilight; The Twilight Saga; Alexandre Desplat: The Twilight Saga; Howard Shore: The Twilight Saga
Performers: Clark, Rick; Clark, Tara; Emmerton, Tommy; Jolly, Evan
Conductors: Fitzpatrick, Evan; Jolly, Evan;
Ensemble: London Music Works; Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

Recording information: Silva Screen Studios, London, England; Smecky Music Studios, Prague....continue...

Another Happy Day

1 CD / Erased Tapes / 2012-03-27

Works: Olafur Arnalds: Another Happy Day, film score
Performers: Arnalds, Olafur; Hartwell, Roland; Jensson, Hallgrimur Jonas [Cello]; Mariella, Kristin; Palomares, Joaquin

Recording information: Studio Hljódriti, Iceland.

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Mojo (Publisher) (p.87) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[A] low-key mist of strings, piano, percussion and electronics that brings ...continue...

Last Night

1 CD / Milan / 2012-03-27

Works: Clint Mansell: Last Night, film score
Performers: Freebairn-Smith, Vanessa; Kerber, Randy; Mansell, Clint [Vocals/Guitar/Composer]

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

1 CD / Lakeshore / 2012-03-20

Works: Dario Marianelli: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, film score
Performers: Abrahams, Leo; Campbell, Dirk; Lewin, Giles [Violin/Bagpipe]; Marianelli, Dario
Conductors: Wallfisch, Benjamin

Recording information: Air Lyndhurst Studios, London....continue...

Shostakovich: Music for Viola & Piano / Lawrence Power; Simon Crawford-Phillips

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-02-14

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Seven Preludes (from 24 Preludes for piano, Op. 34); Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147; Five Pieces from "The Gadfly", Op. 97
Performers: Crawford-Phillips, Simon; Power, Lawrence

On this disc, star violist Lawrence Power is joined by his regular pianist partner Simon Crawford-Phillips in a survey of the chamber music of Shostakovich....continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall, Wyastone Estate, Monmouth (10/24/2010-10/26/2010)....continue...

Red Tails: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Terence Blanchard

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-02-07

Works: Terence Blanchard: Red Tails, film score; Sammy Cahn: It's Been A Long, Long Time; Hughie Prince: Boogie-Woogie Bugle Boy; Irving Berlin: Blue Skies; Eddie Lane: Bless You
Performers: Almazan, Fabian; Andrews Sisters, The; Blanchard, Terence; Harry James & His Orchestra; Ink Spots, The; Scott, Kendrick; Sullivan, Maxine
Conductors: Klemens, Adam; James, Harry; Schoen, Vic; Sullivan, Maxine

Recording information: Dvorák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic (06/04/2011-06/07/2011).

The score for Anthony Hemingway's film Red Tails is the 33rd by trumpeter and composer Teren...continue...

The Rum Diary [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

1 CD / Lakeshore / 2011-12-20

Works: Domenico Modugno: Volare; Christopher Young: The Rum Diary, film score; Patti Smith: The Mermaid Song; Michael Barsimanto: What About El Monstruo?; Roll Out the Roosters; Johnny Depp: Kemp in the Vil...
Performers: Allegretto, Gary; Behrens, Stan; Brown, Greg; Childs, Billy; Clayton, Jeff [saxophone]; Depp, Johnny; Derouard, Ugo; Dutz, Brad; Fields, Brandon; Franks, Ryan; Gordy, M.B.; Hawthorn, Johnny; Holiday,...
Conductors: Verrett, Brandon

Albert Nobbs [Original Score]

1 CD / Varese Sarabande / 2011-12-13

Works: Brian Byrne: Albert Nobbs, film score
Performers: Byrne, Brian; Johnson, Martin; O'Brien, John; O'Connor, Sinead; O'Doherty, Geraldine

Recording information: RTE Studios, Dublin, Ireland.

This soundtrack for the period drama starring Glenn Close as an English woman who disguises herself as a man to become a butler in 19th cent...continue...

The Skin I Live In [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

1 CD / Lakeshore / 2011-11-29

Works: Alberto Iglesias: The Skin I Live In, film score; Elliott Smith: Between the Bars; Anders Trentmoller: Shades of Marble; Jose Toledo: Por el amor de amar, song; Sidney Bechet: Petite Fleur; Agust&iac...
Performers: Buika, Concha; Casado, Javier; Crowley, Andy; Garneau, Chris; Huerta, Vicente; Lane, Peter; Lewis, Ivan "Melon"; Pleeth, Anthony [Cello]; Trentmoller, Anders

Recording information: Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London.

The soundtrack from the acclaimed 2011 Pedro Almodóvar film features instrumental music by internationally renowned film compose...continue...

My Week with Marilyn [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-11-29

Works: Conrad Pope: My Week with Marilyn, film score; Terry Gilkyson: Memories Are Made of This; Jesus A. Perez-Alvarez: Uno, Dos, Tres; Gus Kahn: You stepped out of a dream; Joseph Kosma: Autumn Leaves (Le...
Performers: Arch, Dave; Barclay, John; Baron, Chris; Bishop, Dave; Bucknall, Nicholas; Cole, Nat "King"; Desplat, Alexandre; Jones, Karen [Flute]; Kettel, Gary; Lang Lang; Martin, Dean; Nightingale, Mark; Orches...
Conductors: Pope, Conrad

Recording information: Abbey Road Studios, London; Air Lyndhurst Studios, London.

Conrad Pope is the credited composer for the score of My Week with Marilyn, but, as indicated on this soundtrac...continue...

Hugo [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

1 CD / Howe Records / 2011-11-22

Works: Howard Shore: Hugo, film score
Performers: Chamberlain, Simon; Clarvis, Paul; Hession, Eddie; Millar, Cynthia; Parricelli, John
Conductors: Shore, Howard [Composer]

Personnel: James Sizemore (programming).

Director Martin Scorsese's Hugo, adapted from the novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick, presents composer Howard Shore, working on his ...continue...

War Horse [Original Score]

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-11-21

Works: John Williams: War Horse, film score
Performers: Adams, Mark [Horn]; Ahn, Eun Mee; Altenbach, Richard; Anassian, Armen; Berg, Robert; Booth, William; Bovyer, Gary; Brand, Jacqueline; Brophy, Robert; Cani, Roberto; Cheng, Gloria; Chilnick, Judy; Cla...
Conductors: Williams, John

Recording information: Sony Pictures Studios, Culver City, CA.

The plot points in director Steven Spielberg's 2011 film adaptation of the children's novel War Horse (which is separate from the ...continue...

Nightbreak: works by Liszt, Brahms, Rihm, Glass / Bruce Levingston, piano

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 2011-11-15

Works: Franz Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, première année, S 160 "Suisse"; Années de pèlerinage, première année, S 160 "Suisse"; Années de pèleri...
Performers: Levingston, Bruce

In his latest release, Nightbreak, acclaimed pianist Levingston has recorded an album of works that display the light and dark of the human soul. From...continue...

Henry Jackman: Puss in Boots, music from the motion picture

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-11-15

Works: Henry Jackman: Puss in Boots, film score; Gabriela Quintero: Diablo Rojo; Hanuman
Performers: Barclay, John; Bright, Dudley; Carnac, Jon; Chamberlain, Simon; Clarvis, Paul; Fordham, Ben; Gabriela, Rodrigo Y; Hartley, Dave; Jackman, Henry; Jacobs, Bryce; Jemison, Daniel; Jones, Karen [Flute]; ...
Conductors: Greenaway, Gavin

Recording information: Air Studios, Lyndhurst, London.

Composer Henry Jackman takes an obvious tack in the early and late parts of his score for the animated prequel to the Shrek series, Puss i...continue...

Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone [K2HD]

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2011-11-08

Works: Ennio Morricone: The Mission; Cinema Paradiso; Malena; A Pure Formality; Once Upon a Time in America; Once Upon a Time in the West; The Good, The Bad and the Ugly; Casualties of War; The Untouchables...
Performers: Butta, Gilda; Ma, Yo-Yo
Conductors: Morricone, Ennio

Recording information: Forum Music Village Studios, Rome, Italy (06/16/2003-06/23/2003).

Recorded with the Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra, Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone sees the American cellist t...continue...

The Cup

1 CD / Rubber Music Import / 2011-10-25

Works: Bruce Rowland: The Cup, film score
Performers: Rowland, Bruce
Conductors: Rowland, Bruce

Personnel: David Cheshire (programming).

Recording information: Allan Eaton Studios / Coldstream Studios Victoria....continue...

Edition Lockenhaus [Box Set] / Gidon Kremer, violin; Rattle - Kremerata Baltica

5 CD / ECM / 2011-10-24

Works: Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings, AV 142; Olivier Messiaen: Petites liturgies (3) de la Présence Divine; César Franck: Piano Quintet in F minor, M. 7; André Caplet:...
Performers: Bellheim, Markus; Bennion-Feeney, Krista; Berger, Julius; Beyerle, Hatto; Bik, Annette; Brunner, Eduard; Buniatishvili, Khatia; Causse, Gerard [Viola]; Demenga, Thomas; Geringas, David; Grafenauer, I...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Kofman, Roman; Holliger, Heinz
Ensemble: ; Kremerata Baltica

To coincide with the 30th anniversary of Gidon Kremer's Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival in Austria, ECM releases a 5-CD box set of recordings from 1981-2008....continue...
Recording information: Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival....continue...

Shostakovich: Complete Music for Piano Duo and Duet, Vol. 1 / Vicky Yannoula, Jakob Fichert

1 CD / Toccata / 2011-10-11

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 9 in E flat major, Op. 70; Song of the great rivers, Op. 95 "Unity"; Ballet Suite no 2, Op. 89b; Korzinkina's Adventures, Op. 59; Suite for 2 pianos in F sharp minor,...
Performers: Fichert, Jakob; Yannoula, Vicky [Piano]

Much of Shostakovich's orchestral music was first heard in versions he prepared for piano four hands or two pianos - but most of these transcriptions...continue...
Recording information: Hurstwood Farm Piano Studios (07/17/2007/07/20/2007)....continue...

Sounds and Silence, film music / Georges l. Gurdjieff, Arvo Pärt, Giovanni G. Kapsberger, Nik Bärtsch, Anouar Brahem

1 CD / ECM / 2011-09-13

Works: Georges I. Gurdjieff/Thomas de Hartmann: Reading of Sacred Books, for piano; Arvo Pärt: Für Lennart in memoriam, for string orchestra; Da pacem Domine; Rolf Lislevand: Arpeggiata addio (aft...
Performers: Acquaviva, Savino [Conductor]; Bartsch's, Nik Ronin; Bartsch, Nik; Brahem, Anouar [Oud/Composer]; Camerata Orchestra [Greece]; Couturier, Francois; Estevan, Pedro; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir...
Conductors: Kaljuste, Tönu; Myrat, Alexander; Acquaviva, Savino

Over a period of five years, Swiss directors Norbert Wiedmer and Peter Guyer documented the activity of legendary producer Manfred Eicher, the founder and driving force behind ECM Records, whose advoc...continue...

Sarah's Key

1 CD / Milan / 2011-08-09

Works: Vincent Scotto: La Java Bleue; Max Richter: Sarah's Key, film score; Wardell Gray: Easy Swing; Unspecified: A Different Kind of Love; Moonlight Magic; Jewish Traditional: Oifn veg sh'tait a boim
Performers: Ber, Sarah; Frehel; Koljonen, Elissa Lee; Moorhouse, Alan; Richter, Max [Composer]; Tomodokoro, Saori; Walter, Dick; Wilfong, Loren
Conductors: Dangel, Lorenz

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 2

1 CD / Watertower Music / 2011-07-12

Works: Alexandre Desplat: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2), film score; Unspecified: [CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Arch, Dave; Bell, Clive; Clarvis, Paul; Fry, Tristan; Fujisawa, Mai [Vocals]; Percy, Neil
Conductors: Desplat, Alexandre
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Personnel: Kirsty Whalley (programming).

Recording information: Abbey Road Studios.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 2, the final installment in the decade-long wizard saga, fou...continue...

Zen Violin / 3 CDs of serene melodies by Debussy, Joachim, Korngold, Kreisler et al.

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-07-12

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: The 4 Seasons Spring; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin no 1; Partita no 1; Concerto for Violin no 2; Sonata no 3; Concerto for 2 violins; Partita no 3; Jean-Marie Leclair: ...
Performers: Brown, Ian [Piano]; Capuçon, Renaud; Crayford, Marcia; Ducros, Jérôme; Gililov, Pavel; Kampen, Christopher van; Kantorow, Jean-Jacques [Conductor/Violin]; Laredo, Jaime; Pommier, ...
Conductors: Warren-Green, Christopher; Rees, Jonathan; Kantorow, Jean-Jacques; Tetzlaff, Christian; Marriner, Sir Neville; Longree, Louis; Harding, Daniel; Dausgaard, Thomas
Ensemble: Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields; Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen; London Chamber Orchestra; Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Orchestre D'Auvergne; Scottish Cham...

Virgin Classics is proud to release a new installment to the successful Zen compilation titles: Zen Violin. Four strings, one bow and 3 CDs of...continue...

Philip Glass Recording Archive, Vol. 6: The Music of Philip Glass and Foday Musa Suso

1 CD / Orange Mountain Music / 2011-07-12

Works: Philip Glass / Foday Musa Suso: The Screens, incidental music; Philip Glass: Beautiful Girl; Work(s)
Performers: Benincasa, Rex; Blustine, Allen; Glass, Philip; Goldray, Martin; Grossman, Jerry [Cello]; Hudson, Benjamin; Parloff, Michael; Suso, Foday Musa
Conductors: Goldray, Martin

The Music of Philip Glass & Foday Musa Suso is the sixth volume of Orange Mountain's series From the Philip Glass Recording Archive. Suso is...continue...

X-Men: First Class

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-06-28

Works: Henry Jackman: X-Men
Performers: Adams, Mark [Horn]; Ahn, Eun Mee; Baptist, Rick; Becknell, Steven; Brand, Jacqueline; Brophy, Robert; Broughton, Belinda; Campo, Darius; Cani, Roberto; Clark, Heather; Clark, Stuart [Clarinet]; Clay,...
Conductors: Glennie-Smith, Nick

Recording information: Newman Scoring Stage, 20th Century Fox, Los Angeles, CA.

Composer Henry Jackman's dizzying main theme for director Matthew Vaughn's 2011 reboot of the X-Men franchise is ...continue...

Pride Of The Nation

1 CD / Decca / 2011-05-31

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Music for Royal Fireworks; Hubert Parry: Jerusalem; Anonymous, English: The British Grenadiers; Edward Elgar: Land of Hope and Glory with the Fron Male Voi...
Performers: Cohen, Jon; Costa, Phil da; Lawson, Jeff
Conductors: Jones, Graham

Personnel: Jon Cohen (programming).

Recording information: AIR Studios.

Includes medley: a nation's pride medley by various composers.

Includes medley: british radio classics by v...continue...

The Tree of Life, soundtrack

1 CD / Lakeshore / 2011-05-23

Works: Alexandre Desplat: The Tree of Life, film score
Performers: Desplat, Alexandre; Lemonnier, Dominique
Conductors: Desplat, Alexandre

Personnel: Xavier Forcioli, Alexandre Desplat (programming).

The soundtrack for notoriously reclusive filmmaker Terrence Malick's fifth outing, the existential drama Tree of Life, features the ...continue...

Fast Five, film score

1 CD / Varese Sarabande Import / 2011-05-10

Works: Brian Tyler: Fast Five, film score
Performers: Hollywood Studio Symphony; Morales, Tony; Tyler, Brian
Conductors: Tyler, Brian

Recording information: Newman Stage, 20th Century Fox / Eastwood Scoring Stage....continue...

Fast Five, film score

1 CD / Varese Sarabande / 2011-05-03

Works: Brian Tyler: Fast Five, film score
Performers: Morales, Tony; Tyler, Brian
Conductors: Tyler, Brian

Recording information: Newman Stage, 20th Century Fox / Eastwood Scoring Stage....continue...

Acoustic Accordions

1 CD / MN Records / 2011-05-01

Works: Michael Nyman: In Re Don Giovanni, for band; Knowing the Ropes (after Mozart), for ensemble; Trysting Fields (after Mozart), for ensemble; Wedding Tango (after Mozart), for ensemble; Prospero's Books...
Performers: Barr, Nigel; Nyman, Michael [Piano]

Recording information: Agnieszka Osiecka Studio, Polskie Radio 3 (08/30/2009-09/02/2009)....continue...

A Royal Tribute / Music for Brass Ens.

1 CD / Rhino Records / 2011-04-26

Works: Major W. Jackson: Fanfare Royale, for brass ensemble; John Philip Sousa: Semper Fidelis; Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March; Henry Brinley Richards: God Bless the Prince of Wales; Welsh Tradi...
Performers: Cottle, Richard; Edwards, Gwawr [Vocals]; Evans, Wynne; Hammond, Jon; Ince, Austin; Ledingham, Mary; Quinney, Robert; Tunstall, Helen
Conductors: Barnwell, Stephen; O'Donnell, James [Organ]

One of countless albums associated with Prince William and Kate Middleton's Royal Wedding to be released before the big day, this 15-track collection is perhaps the most authentic of them all, thanks ...continue...