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Transmigration [Hybrid SACD]

1 CD / Telarc / 2009-07-28

Works: Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Agnus Dei; Jennifer Higdon: Dooryard Bloom; John Corigliano: Elegy; John Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls
Performers: Ford, Nmon
Conductors: Spano, Robert
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

"What we have is fabulous, and the sound is still excellent. I wonder if many listeners out there realize what a disaster Symphony Hall in...continue...

Transmigration [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / Telarc / 2009-07-28

Works: Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Agnus Dei; Jennifer Higdon: Dooryard Bloom; John Corigliano: Elegy; John Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls
Performers: Ford, Nmon
Conductors: Spano, Robert
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Now in his seventh season as music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano is recognized internationally as one of the most imaginative conductors...continue...

Górecki: Symphony no 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" / Donald Runnicles, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Telarc / 2009-03-24

Works: Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Symphony no 3, Op. 36 ("Symphony of Sorrowful Songs")
Performers: Brewer, Christine
Conductors: Runnicles, Donald
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Written in 1976, the symphony, which is also known as the "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs," is a setting of three Polish texts with the theme...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 5, etc / Spano, et al

1 CD / Telarc / 2007-04-24

Works: Thomas Tallis: Psalm Tunes (9) for Mister Parker; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Symphony no 5 in D major; Serenade to music
Performers: Arenz, David; Arzewski, Cecylia; Ford, Nmon; Harris, Reid; O'Connor, Kelley; Rex, Christopher; Rivera, Jessica [Soprano Vocal]; Studebaker, Thomas
Conductors: Spano, Robert
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

"This beautifully played and engineered disc contains three of Vaughan Williams' most mellifluous pieces... Not only is the singing of the choir just perfect, but...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 5, etc / Spano, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Telarc / 2007-04-24

Works: Thomas Tallis: Psalm Tunes (9) for Mister Parker; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Symphony no 5 in D major; Serenade to music
Performers: Arenz, David; Arzewski, Cecylia; Harris, Reid; Rex, Christopher
Conductors: Spano, Robert
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Chamber Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

"This beautifully played and engineered disc contains three of Vaughan Williams' most mellifluous pieces... Not only is the singing of the choir just perfect, but...continue...

Sibelius: Kullervo / Spano, Hellekant, Gunn, et al

1 CD / Telarc / 2006-11-21

Works: Jean Sibelius: Kullervo, Op. 7
Performers: Gunn, Nathan; Hellekant, Charlotte
Conductors: Spano, Robert
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Kullervo is a five-movement narrative symphony composed by Jean Sibelius at the age of 25. The work is based on a story from the Kalevala,...continue...

Sibelius: Kullervo / Spano, Hellekant, Gunn, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Telarc / 2006-11-21

Works: Jean Sibelius: Kullervo, Op. 7
Performers: Gunn, Nathan; Hellekant, Charlotte
Conductors: Spano, Robert
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

"This is a terrific performance by any standard. Robert Spano is no stranger to the work: he performed it to considerable success during his tenure...continue...

Strauss: Four Last Songs, etc; Wagner / Brewer, et al

1 CD / Telarc / 2006-08-15

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24; Four Last Songs, AV 150
Performers: Brewer, Christine
Conductors: Runnicles, Donald
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

"Christine Brewer uses her large voice cunningly, always staying with the words... Runnicles accompanies like a fine pianist, full of subtle nudges and holds." -Gramophone...continue...

The Best of Barber - Adagio for Strings, Agnus Dei, etc

1 CD / Telarc / 2006-06-27

Works: Samuel Barber: The School for Scandal, overture for orchestra, Op. 5; Concerto for Violin Op. 14; Adagio for Strings; Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Op. 24; Concerto for Piano, Op. 38; Agnus Dei
Performers: Lockhart, Arietha; McDuffie, Robert; McNair, Sylvia; Parker, Jon Kimura
Conductors: Levi, Yoel; Slatkin, Leonard; Shaw, Robert
Ensemble: ; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Samuel Barber's opulent yet unforced Romanticism struck a popular chord that made him a widely celebrated composer during the 1930s....continue...

The Absolute Sound SACD Sampler

1 Super Audio CD / Telarc / 2006-01-24

Works: Henry Purcell: Abdelazer, Z 570 "Moor's Revenge"; Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Anonymous: Carmina burana; George Frederick Handel: Water Music, HWV 348-350; Bohuslav Martinu: Symphony no 2; Claude Debu...
Performers: Kuhlman, William; Longhurst, John
Conductors: ; Runnicles, Donald; Pearlman, Martin; Järvi, Paavo; López-Cobos, Jesús; Jessop, Craig; Spano, Robert
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Boston Baroque; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Empire Brass Quintet; Los Angeles Guitar Quartet; Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Orchestra at Temple Squa...

Del Tredici, Theofanidis, Bernstein / Spano, et al

1 CD / Telarc / 2005-10-25

Works: Christopher Theofanidis: The Here and Now, for chorus & orchestra; Leonard Bernstein: Symphony no 1 "Jeremiah"; David Del Tredici: Paul Revere's Ride, for soprano, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Clement, Richard; Maultsby, Nancy; Plitmann, Hila; Polegato, Brett
Conductors: Spano, Robert
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Following the success and Grammy win of Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestras recording of Jennifer Higdons City Scape and Concerto for Orchestra, Telarc...continue...

Classics - Barber: Knoxville, etc / Levi, McNair, Atlanta SO

1 CD / Telarc / 2005-03-22

Works: Samuel Barber: The School for Scandal, overture for orchestra, Op. 5; Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Op. 24; Essay for Orchestra no 1, Op. 12; Second Essay, for orchestra, Op. 17; Adagio for Strings; Med...
Performers: McNair, Sylvia
Conductors: Levi, Yoel
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

"The Levi/Atlanta disc provides the best sound quality and a lovely rendition of Knoxville: Summer of 1915." - Fanfare...continue...

Classics - Shostakovich: Symphony No 8 / Levi, Atlanta SO

1 CD / Telarc / 2004-11-23

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 8 in C minor, Op. 65
Conductors: Levi, Yoel
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

"...rank this among the better performances of the Eight on disc, with particular accolades for the ASO who play with surprising confidence." - American Record...continue...

Michael Torke - Ecstatic Collection

6 CD / Ecstatic Records / 2004-11-02

Works: Michael Torke: Green for orchestra; Purple, ballet; Ecstatic Orange, ballet; Ash for orchestra; Bright Blue Music; Proverbs (4), for female voice & ensemble; Book of Proverbs, for chorus & orchestra;...
Performers: Anderson, Valdine; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Harle, John; Ollmann, Kurt
Conductors: Zinman, David; Torke, Michael; De Waart, Edo; Levi, Yoel; Miller, David A.; Nagano, Kent; Hempel, Jurgen; Zagrosek, Lothar;
Ensemble: ; Albany Symphony Orchestra; Apollo Saxophone Quartet; Argo Band; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Balanescu Quartet; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; London Sinfonietta; Michael Torke Band; Philharmonia Orc...

"What a midcareer retrospective at the Whitney Museum is to a visual artist, Michael Torke's six-CD set of orchestral music is for a composer. When...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 6 "Tragic" / Levi, Atlanta Symphony

1 CD / Telarc / 2004-08-24

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 6 in A minor "Tragic"
Conductors: Levi, Yoel
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

"...Levi demonstrates that he is sensitive to Mahler's idiom...the `mountain air' music is wonderfully managed, with lovely offstage cowbells and barely audible string pizzicatos, surely...continue...

Classics - Shostakovich: Symphony no 10 / Levi, Atlanta SO

1 CD / Telarc / 2004-05-25

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 10 in E minor, Op. 93
Conductors: Levi, Yoel
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

"The Atlanta Symphony... under Levi... delivers a powerful, impressive reading that vividly captures the work's feverish, nightmare qualities." - Entertainment Weekly...continue...

Beethoven: Symphony no 9 / Runnicles, Atlanta SO, et al

1 CD / Telarc / 2003-09-23

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Bishop, Elizabeth; Gould, Stephen; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Vocals], Mary Dunleavy [Soprano
Conductors: Runnicles, Donald
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

American Maestros - Classical Selections

2 CD / Telarc / 2003-07-22

Works: Aaron Copland: Rodeo; Gustav Holst: Suite for Military Band no 1 in E flat major, Op. 28 no 1; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Symphony no 1 "A sea symphony"; Paul Hinde...
Performers: Christiansen, Clay; Dumm, Thomas; Elliott, Richard [Organ]; Goerke, Christine; Korman, John; Leech, Richard; Longhurst, John; McNair, Sylvia; Polegato, Brett; Sant'Ambrogio, John; Schiebler, Beverly
Conductors: Lane, Louis; Fennell, Frederick; Slatkin, Leonard; Shaw, Robert; Litton, Andrew; Spano, Robert; Zinman, David; Maazel, Lorin; Kunzel, Erich; Pearlman, Martin; Jessop, Craig D.
Ensemble: ; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Boston Baroque; Cincinnati Pops Orchestra; Cleveland Orchestra; Cleveland Symphonic Winds; Dallas Symphony Orchestra; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; St. Michael's Chorus

Classics - Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream, Symphony 4

1 CD / Telarc / 2003-06-24

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"
Conductors: Levi, Yoel
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Rainbow Body - Barber, Copland, Higdon, Theofanidis / Spano

1 CD / Telarc / 2003-05-27

Works: Christopher Theofanidis: Rainbow Body, for orchestra; Samuel Barber: Symphony no 1, Op. 9; Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring; Jennifer Higdon: Blue Cathedral
Conductors: Spano, Robert
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

"Christopher Theofanidis got his inspiration for 'Rainbow Body' from a chant by Hildegard von Bingen, a style he extends by having an instrument that plays...continue...

Classics - Prokofiev: Symphonies no 1 & 5 / Levi, Atlanta SO

1 CD / Telarc / 2002-11-26

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony no 1 in D major, Op. 25 "Classical"; Symphony no 5 in B flat major, Op. 100
Conductors: Levi, Yoel
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

"Marvelous!... Levi consistently displays extraordinary imagination both in terms of balancing the various musical strands and in his magical handling of dynamics and articulation." -CD...continue...

Classics - Shostakovich: Symphonies no 5 & 9 / Levi, Atlanta

1 CD / Telarc / 2002-10-22

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 5 in D minor, Op. 47; Symphony no 9 in E flat major, Op. 70
Conductors: Levi, Yoel
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Classics - Respighi: Pines of Rome, etc / Lane, Atlanta SO

1 CD / Telarc / 2002-07-23

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Pines of Rome; Gli uccelli "The Birds"; Fountains of Rome
Conductors: Lane, Louis
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

"...full richness, without excess... the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra are the stars of this show." -Digital Audio...continue...

Classics - Copland: Third Symphony, etc / Levi, Atlanta SO

1 CD / Telarc / 2002-04-23

Works: Aaron Copland: Symphony no 3; Music for the Theatre, suite for small orchestra
Conductors: Levi, Yoel
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Mahler: Symphony no 1 / Levi, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Telarc / 2000-06-27

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"
Performers: Martin, Christopher
Conductors: Levi, Yoel
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

This is a very fine Symphony No. 1 of Mahler, however, it is the inclusion of the original second movement, "Blumine" that makes it particularly...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 7 "Song of the Night" / Levi, Atlanta SO

2 CD / Telarc / 1999-10-26

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 7 in E minor
Conductors: Levi, Yoel
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Yoel Levi and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra have been the subject of considerable praise for each of the Mahler symphonies they have recorded with Telarc....continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 4, Songs of a Wayfarer / Levi, Von Stade

1 CD / Telarc / 1999-06-22

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Performers: Von Stade, Frederica
Conductors: Levi, Yoel
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

The two works by Gustav Mahler on this recording occurred at the beginning and ending of the period when the German folk poetry of the...continue...

Beethoven: Overtures / Yoel Levi, Atlanta Symphony

1 CD / Telarc / 1997-07-22

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84A; Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43; Leonore Overture no 1 in C major, Op. 138; Leonore Overture no 2 in C major, Op. 72; Fidelio, overture, Op. 72c; Corio...
Conductors: Levi, Yoel
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

"Yoel Levi's big romantic performances fizz with vitality and excitement, tempos brisk and adventurous, the Atlanta orchestra responding with playing of admirable agility, the woodwind...continue...

Classical Zoo with Itzhak Perlman, narrator

1 CD / Telarc / 1997-02-25

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Gli uccelli "The Birds"; Jean Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22; Gioachino Rossini: La gazza ladra; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals
Performers: McFarland, Patrick
Conductors: Lane, Louis; Levi, Yoel
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Mahler: Symphony no 5 / Levi, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Telarc / 1995-11-28

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor
Performers: Andrus, Brice; Thompson, James
Conductors: Levi, Yoel
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Sibelius: Finlandia, Karelia Suite, etc / Levi, Atlanta Sym

1 CD / Telarc / 1993-02-23

Works: Jean Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op. 11; En saga, Op. 9; Pohjola's daughter, Op. 49; Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22; Finlandia, Op. 26
Performers: McFarland, Patrick
Conductors: Levi, Yoel
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Rorem: String Symphony, Sunday Morning, Eagles / Shaw

1 CD / New World / 1992-12-08

Works: Ned Rorem: String Symphony; Sunday Morning, tone poem in 8 parts for orchestra; Eagles, for orchestra
Conductors: Shaw, Robert; Lane, Louis
Ensemble: ; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Works by Stephen Paulus / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / New World / 1992-12-08

Works: Stephen Paulus: Concerto for Violin & orchestra; Concertante for orchestra; Symphony for strings
Performers: Preucil, William [Violin]
Conductors: Shaw, Robert; Levi, Yoel
Ensemble: ; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis, etc / Levi, Atlanta SO

1 CD / Telarc / 1989-11-28

Works: Paul Hindemith: Symphony "Mathis der Maler"; Nobilissima visione, ballet suite for orchestra; Symphonic Metamorphosis
Conductors: Levi, Yoel
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra