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American Classics: Parlor Music Revisited - Music by Semyon and Daniel Kobialka

1 CD / Kobialka Music / 2013-04-09

Works: Daniel Kobialka: God Bless America Medley, for violin, viola, guitar, drums & percussion; Thomas Moore: The Minstrel-Boy; Stephen Foster: Gentle Annie; Joseph Philbrick Webster: Lorena, waltz; Americ...
Performers: Kobialka, Daniel; Kobialka, Semyon; Macias, Mason

Latino Gold

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2013-03-12

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Libertango; Enrico IV; Jorge Ben: Más que nada; Consuelo Velázquez: Besame mucho; Antonio Carlos Jobim: Garota de Ipanema, song (a.k.a. "The Girl from Ipanema"); Armand...
Performers: Karadaglic, Milos [Guitar]; Prohaska, Anna; Sidorova, Ksenija [Accordion]
Conductors: Israel, Christoph

Mediterraneo (Deluxe Edition) / L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-03-12

Works: Greek Traditional: Are mou rindineddha; Hasapiko; Amygdalaki tsakisa; Thalassa lypisou; Oriamu Pisulina; Agapimu fidela protini; Carlos Paredes: Sem saber; Anonymous: Tres sirenas; Abdülaziz, Su...
Performers: Andueza, Raquel; Capezzuto, Vincenzo [Vocals]; Costa, Sandro Daniel [Guitar]; Dogan, Aytac; Mayoral, David; Misia [Portugal]; Papadopoulou, Katerina; Pinto, Daniel; Rial, Núria; Rial, NLria; S...
Conductors: Pluhar, Christina
Ensemble: L'Arpeggiata

Christina Pluhar and I'Arpeggiata invite you on a musical cruise that will take you from Portugal to Turkey, following the coasts of Spain, Catalonia, Greece,...continue...
Recording information: Institut Culturel Roumain de Paris, Salle Byzantine, Pa (10/2012)....continue...

Mediterraneo / L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-03-12

Works: Greek Traditional: Are mou rindineddha; Hasapiko; Amygdalaki tsakisa; Thalassa lypisou; Oriamu Pisulina; Agapimu fidela protini; Carlos Paredes: Sem saber; Anonymous: Tres sirenas; Abdülaziz, Su...
Performers: Andueza, Raquel; Capezzuto, Vincenzo [Vocals]; Costa, Sandro Daniel [Guitar]; Dogan, Aytac; Mayoral, David; Misia [Portugal]; Papadopoulou, Katerina; Pinto, Daniel; Rial, Núria; Rial, NLria; S...
Conductors: Pluhar, Christina
Ensemble: L'Arpeggiata

Christina Pluhar and I'Arpeggiata invite you on a musical cruise that will take you from Portugal to Turkey, following the coasts of Spain, Catalonia, Greece,...continue...
Recording information: Institut Culturel Roumain de Paris, Salle Byzantine, Pa (10/2012)....continue...

Mandolins from Italy: 24 Most Popular Melodies / Joel Francisco Perri

1 CD / Arc Music / 2013-02-26

Works: Paolo Conte: Azzurro; Joël Francisco Perri: Tarantella del diavolo; Notte di cristallo; Marcia di Bergamo a Monte Catini; Piccola Maria; Tarantella meridionale; Tarantella siciliana; Tarantella ...
Performers: Perri, Cedric; Perri, Joel Francisco

A romantic selection of the most famous and popular Italian mandolin melodies, such as: Azzurro, O' Sole Mio, Notte Di Christallo, Tarantella Di Napoli, Volare,...continue...
Recording information: Schacht Musik Studio, Hamburg, Germany....continue...

Melody Magic - Classical music arranged for 2 guitars / Frank Vignola and Vinny Caniolo, guitars

1 CD / Azica / 2013-01-29

Works: Frank Vignola: Beethoven's Fifth, for 2 guitars & bass guitar (after Beethoven); Carmen Habanera, for 2 guitars & bass guitar (after Bizet); Scheherazade, for violin, accordion, 2 guitars & double ba...
Performers: Brock, Zach; Egan, Mark; Holden, Cassidy; Labro, Julien; Raniolo, Vinny; Vignola, Frank; Wigdon, Mat [Double Bass]

Frank Vignola is one of the most sought after, innovative, and entertaining guitarists of our day. This recording captures the magic of his performances, with...continue...
Recording information: Bennett Studios, Englewood, NJ....continue...

December Lights

1 CD / Decca Import / 2012-12-11

Works: Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Christmas Traditional: Deck the Halls (Welsh); God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); Go Tell It on the Mountain, Christmas song (American); Sleep Little Jesus (Slaap nu...
Performers: Louwerse, Mirusia; Maffioletti, Carla; Rieu, André; Skota, Kimmy [Vocals]
Conductors: Rieu, André

Alfabeto Songs: Guitar Songs from the 17th century

1 CD / Accent Import / 2012-12-11

Works: Giovanni Stefani: Amante felice; Alma mia (Aria della Folia), song (from Scherzi amorosi); O voi ch'intorno al lagrimoso canto, song (from Concerti amorosi); Partenza, song (from Affetti amorosi canz...
Performers: Andueza, Raquel; Dlouhy, Theresa; Pitzl, Pierre
Conductors: Pitzl, Pierre
Ensemble: Private Musicke

Recording information: Bischöfliches Palais, St. Pölten, Austria (01/2012)....continue...

The Ultimate Collection: Katherine Jenkins

1 CD / K2 HD Import / 2012-11-27

Works: Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song; Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah; Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You; Traditional: I Vow To Thee My Country; Robert John Lange: Everyt...
Performers: Bradbury, Adrian; Jenkins, Katherine; Meirion, Rhys; Pailthorpe, Emily; Parricelli, John; Scott, Keith
Conductors: Dodd, Nicholas; Inglis, Anthony;
Ensemble: ; Arcadian Ensemble

Released shortly after the Welsh soprano turned 30, the Katherine Jenkins compilation The Ultimate Collection is a good summation of her recording career so far. In that sense, it tends to confirm the...continue...

Songs without Words / Helene Wold, soprano; Vegard Lund, guitar

1 CD / Lawo Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Louis Spohr: Getrennte Liebe ("Der Liebe bangen Sorgen erbleicht der Freude Strahl!"), song for voice & piano, Op; Das Mädchens sehnsucht ("Das Herz ist gewachsen"), song for voice & piano, Op. ...
Performers: Lund, Vegard; Wold, Helene

Recording information: Sofienberg Church, Oslo (2009-02-14_2009-02-15&2009-)....continue...

Song Cycle: Schubert Lieder Transcriptions / Lippel, Arnold

1 CD / New Focus / 2012-11-13

Works: Franz Schubert: Liebesbotschaft ("Rauschendes Bächlein"), song for voice & piano (Schwanengesang), D. 957/1; Sei mir gegrüsst ("O du Entriß'ne mir" ), song for voice & piano, D. 741 (...
Performers: Arnold, Tony [Soprano Vocal]; Lippel, Daniel

Soprano Tony Arnold and guitarist Daniel Lippel, both members of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), take a pause from new music to delve into the...continue...
Recording information: Oktaven Audio, Yonkers, NY (2010-05-15&2010-05-16&2011-)....continue...

Classic Musicals - works by Gershwin, Rodgers, Sondheim, Berlin et al. / Tommy Morgan, harmonica; Gregg Nestor, guitar

1 CD / Clear Note / 2012-11-13

Works: Charles Strouse: Annie; George Gershwin: Swanee, song (for Capital Revue, by various composers); I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise, song (from George White's Scandals of 1922); Porgy and Bess; They A...
Performers: Morgan, Tommy [Harmonica]; Nestor, Gregg

Morgan is the most unique harmonica player in the recording industry today. In September 2010, Tommy celebrated 60 years as a recording musician in Hollywood...continue...
Recording information: Hauser Music, Pasadena, CA (06/2010-07/2010)....continue...

A Late Quartet - Music by Angelo Badalamenti [Original Soundtrack]

1 CD / Decca / 2012-11-06

Works: Angelo Badalamenti: A Late Quartet, film score; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die Tote Stadt; Cristian Puig: Bulerias del encuntreno, song; Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 14 in C sharp minor...
Performers: Forsberg, Bengt; Forsberg, Ulf; Lidstrom, Mats; Lysell, Kjell; Puig, Cristian; Sparf, Nils-Erik [Violin/Viola]; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Grace, Jeff; LoDuca, Joseph

Nouveau Monde: Baroque Arias and Songs by Henry Purcell, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Marc-Antoine Charpentier and George Frideric Handel / Patricia Petibon, soprano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-30

Works: José de Nebra: Vendado es amor, no es ciego; Henry Le Bailly: Yo soy la locura (Passacalle de La Folie); Anonymous: Cachua, improvisation on a melody recogida by Baltasar Martínez Compa...
Performers: Almada, Lincoln; Grare, Joël; Greenlaw, Kevin [Baritone vocal]; Hamon, Pierre; Mascardi, Evangelina; Petibon, Patricia; Rodriguez, Josias
Conductors: Marcon, Andrea
Ensemble: ; La Cetra

Admired for her remarkable creative imagination and exemplary musicianship, soprano Patricia Petibon, in her newest album for Deutsche Grammophon, offers a treasure-trove of fascinating Baroque...continue...
Recording information: Martinskirche in Basel, Switzerland (02/2012)....continue...

Music for Food Lovers: Gourmet Classics / works by Chabrier, Donizetti, Fasch, Vivaldi, Chopin et al.

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2012-10-30

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Johann Friedrich Fasch: Guitar Concerto in D minor; Antonio Vivaldi: C...
Performers: Bottner, Karl-Heinz; Gösser, Hans; Kalafusz, Hans; Kehr, Günter; Kircher, Irina; Lemmen, Günter; Palm, Siegfried; Ragossnig, Konrad; Rocchi, Manlio; Schmalfuss, Peter
Conductors: Kunzel, Erich; Vitalini, Alberico; Angerer, Paul; Adolph, Henry; Reinartz, Hans; Machado, E.A. Marturet; Pitamic, Alexander von

We all love cooking and eating and we all love listening to music. This CD combines both loves in a scintillating program of fine music...continue...

Christmas with Los Romeros - Away in a Manger, Joy to the World, Ave Maria, Carol of the Bells, Silent Night, Little Drummer Boy et al.

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Joy to the World (theme by Handel); William James Kirkpatrick: Away in a manger; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Mykola Leontovych: Carol of the Bells; Christmas Traditio...
Performers: Romeros, Los
Conductors: Paris, Massimo

Recording information: Sala María Cristina, Málaga (04/2011-05/2011).

The Christmas album and the guitar ensemble are two of the most consistent sales drivers in classical music, and ...continue...

Pittaluga Guitar Competition winner Cecilio Perera - works by Ponce, Brouwer, Oliva and Sojo

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-09-25

Works: Manuel Ponce: Preludio Cubano, for piano; Balletto for guitar; Gigue for guitar; Sonata for guitar No 1 ("Mexicana"); Canciones (3) Populares Mexicanas, for guitar; Leo Brouwer: Sonata for guitar; Ju...
Performers: Perera, Cecilio

Winner of a remarkable number of awards and acknowledged as one of the most important guitarists to emerge from Mexico in recent years, Cecilio Perera...continue...
Recording information: St. John Chrysostom Church, Newmarket, Canada (02/09/2012-02/11/2012)....continue...

Victoria from the Heart: Love Songs / Victoria de las Angeles, soprano

1 CD / Columna Musica / 2012-09-11

Works: Jean-Paul-Gilles Martini: Plaisir d'amour, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Franz Schubert: Gesänge (4) aus Wilhelm Meister, D 877/Op. 62; Gabriel Fauré: Les roses d'Ispahan, Op. 39 no 4; ...
Performers: Campora, Giuseppe; de los Angeles, Victoria; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Monte, Carlo del; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Morante, Manuel Garcia; Parsons, Geoffrey; Soriano, Gonzalo
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Prêtre, Georges; Jacquillat, Jean-Pierre; Morelli, Giuseppe; Susskind, Walter; Cluytens, André; Monteux, Pierre; Santini, Gabriele; Serafin, Tullio

The pieces on this CD help us remember the softer side of Victoria de los Angeles, a soprano with a magnificent and unique voice, through...continue...

A tribute to the poetry of Garcia Lorca "Le Rossignol Andalou" / works by Rodrigo, de Falla, Ferrer et al. performed by choir, soloists & guitar

1 CD / Ad Vitam / 2012-08-14

Works: Manuel Ferrer: Love Songs (3) on texts of Federico Garcia Lorca, for 4 voices; Andaluzas (3) on texts of Federico Garcia Lorca, for 4 voices; Manuel de Falla: Homenaje - M. de Falla; Federico Garc...
Performers: Ruvio, Melodie; Valette, Benjamin
Conductors: Hasler, Jean-Michel
Ensemble: Ensemble Chronochromie

On this fascinating album, Ensemble Chronochromie pays musical homage to one of the greatest poets of the 20th century - Federico Garcia Lorca. The disc's...continue...
Recording information: Studio La Borie, Solignac, France (07/2011/10/2011)....continue...

The Shark Is Still Working [Original Documentary Soundtrack]

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-08-14

Works: Michael McCormack: The Shark Is Still Working, documentary film score; Hal Swain: Show Me the Way to Go Home; English Traditional: Spanish Ladies
Performers: McCormack, Michael [Composer]; Parker, Greg

Singer Pur sings Sting

1 CD / Oehms / 2012-07-31

Works: Sting: Fields of Gold, song; Englishman in New York; Every Breath You Take; Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic; A Thousand Years; Wrapped around your finger; Seven Days, song; They dance alone; Fra...
Performers: Miller, Dominic; Reinhard, Claudia; Schneider-Waterberg, Reiner; Warwitz, Manuel; Wenk, Klaus; Zapp, Markus

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of their first stage appearance, Singer Pur presents its first and only pop production release. Singer Pur has won...continue...
Recording information: Backyard Studio Bayreuth (02/2011-03/2011)....continue...

Arianna Savall: Hirundo Maris / Petter Udland Johansen, Sveinung Lilleheier, Miquel Àngel Cordero and David Mayoral

1 CD / ECM / 2012-07-17

Works: Catalan Traditional: El Mestre, folk song; El mariner, folk song; Sephardic Traditional: Buenas noches, folk song; Ya salió de la mar la galana (She Came Out of the Sea), song (Salonica); Morena...
Performers: Cordero, Miquel Angel; Johansen, Petter Udland; Lilleheier, Sveinung; Mayoral, David; Savall, Arianna

Hirundo Maris is Latin for "sea swallow" and, like that bird's nomadic flight, harpist Arriana Savall's quintet - part early music ensemble, part folk group...continue...
Recording information: Propstei St. Gerold (01/2011).

Hirundo Maris is dedicated to the memory of Montserrat Figueras, the legendary advocate, researcher, and performer of Renaissance and Baroq...continue...

Invocación: Chopin, Tárrega, Pujol, Llobet

1 CD / Avie Records Import / 2012-07-03

Works: Miguel Llobet: El Testament d'Amelia (Amelia's Testament), for guitar (from Canciones populares catalanas); Cançó del Lladre, for guitar (from Canciones populares catalanas); El Noi de la M...
Performers: Jacobsson, Mattias [Guitar]

Gramophone Magazine, September 2012
The playing throughout is refined, intelligent and highly musical; the tone, though never sweet, is fulsome and appealing. An outstanding debut.
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Recording information: American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York (02/03/2012); American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York (06/02/2010/06/04/2010)....continue...

"Noah" - Ave Maria; Deep River; Notte di Luce; Shenandoah; Amazing Grace et al. / Noah Stewart, tenor

1 CD / Verve / 2012-07-03

Works: Mantovani: Cara mia; Harry: Jubilee Songs of the USA; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Justin Hayward: Nights in White Satin; Vincent Youmans: Without a Song; Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah; American Traditional: ...
Performers: Baker, Steven; Bertl, Johnny M.; Dorn, Elisabeth; Dubach, Susanne [Violin, Viola]; Hintringer, Harry [Drums]; Juritz, David; Karlsson, Fridrik; Knollmueller, Christian; Laher, Werner; Sasdi, Inka [Ce...
Conductors: Dodd, Nicholas; Bertl, Johnny M.; Hein, Richard

Verve Records is thrilled to present the debut album from Harlem Tenor, Noah Stewart.

It is hard to believe that only a few years ago

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Personnel: Susanne Dubach (violin, viola); Inka Sasdi (cello); Wolfgang Drechsler (woodwinds, horns).

Tenor Noah Stewart, a native of Manhattan's Harlem neighborhood, has won raves not only i...continue...

Recitar Cantando / Morini, Beasley, Accordone

1 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Cherubino Busatti: Angela siete; Giovanni Battista Fontana: Sonata no 16 for violin, 2 cornettos, harp & continuo; Sonata no 8 for 2 violins & continuo; Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Madrigals, Book 7...
Performers: Beasley, Marco; Morini, Guido; Pavan, Franco; Rocco, Stefano
Conductors: Morini, Guido;
Ensemble: Accordone

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...

Solo Guitar Works by Joaquin Turina / Sébastien Llinares, guitar

1 CD / Paraty / 2012-06-12

Works: Joaquín Turina: Ráfaga, for guitar, Op. 53; Homenaje a Tárrega, for guitar, Op. 69; Fandanguillo; Sevillana, fantasia for guitar, Op. 29; Sonata for Guitar in D major, Op. 61; Lo...
Performers: Llinares, Sebastien

Joaquín Turina belongs to a category of musicians, too few in number, who have left a mark on the guitar repertoire. Instead of treating the...continue...
Recording information: Basilique Sainte-Germaine, Pibrac, France (04/2011)....continue...

Roser og Kjerlighed: Inspired by Norway - Lange-Muller / Helene Wold, soprano

1 CD / Lawo Classics / 2012-06-12

Works: Henrik Rung: Sang af Peer Gynt (The Song of Peer Gynt), song; Sang af Kongsemnerne (The Song of the Pretenders), song; Undrer mig paa (I Wonder), song; I skogen (In the Forest), song; Aftenstemning (...
Performers: Asti, Eugene; Lund, Vegard; Tonder, Per Andreas; Wold, Helene

Roses & Love introduces recently discovered Norwegian/Danish repertoire from the 19th century, recorded here for the first time. The Danish composers presented on this disc...continue...
Recording information: Sofienberg Church, Oslo (2010-06-19_2010-06-21&2010-)....continue...

Jefferson's Fiddle - Music from the collection of Thomas Jefferson / William Coulter, Deby Benton Grosjean & Friends

1 CD / Gourd Music / 2012-06-12

Works: American Traditional: Jefferson and liberty, dance; Irish Traditional: Eileen Aroon (a.k.a. Aileen Aroon), folk song; Thugamar féin an samhradh linn (We Brought the Summer with Us), song; Willia...
Performers: Burman-Hall, Linda; Coulter, William; Grosjean, Deby Benton; Johannesson, Lars; Phillips, Barry [Cello]; Phillips, Shelley

American Record Guide, November/December 2012
This is a program to treasure, both for its historical value and for these lively performances. The sound is good, the...continue...
Recording information: Bear Creek Recording Studio, Santa Cruz, California; University Of California Santa Cruz Music Recital Hall....continue...

Best of Schubert / Various artists

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-06-12

Works: Franz Schubert: Sinfonie no 8 in B minor, D. 759 "Unfinished"; An den Frühling, D 338; Forellenquintett in A major, for piano, violin, viola, violoncello and double bass, D. 667; Die schöne...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Auger, Arleen; Bosse, Gerhard; Dunckel, Rudolf; Ebert, Elisabeth; Erben, Friedemann; Hallmann, Dietmar; Hucke, Rainer; Kiebeler, Siegfried; Knauer, Sebastian; Lorenz, Siegfried; Oelze, Ch...
Conductors: Schreier, Peter; Blomstedt, Herbert

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,...

Andres Segovia :: Maestro Guitar - Works by Milan, Haydn, Albeniz, Scarlatti, Sor, Torroba, Ponce et al.

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2012-06-05

Works: Luis de Milán: Pavan for vihuela No 6; Pavan for vihuela No 5; Robert de Visée: Passacaille for guitar; Anonymous: Giga melancolica; Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet for Strings Op. 74/3; Quarte...
Performers: Segovia, Andres

Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concerto No. 1; Quintet; Romancero Gitano / Giulio Tampalini

1 CD / Concerto / 2012-05-29

Works: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concerto no 1 in D major, Op. 99; Quintet for guitar & string quartet, Op. 143; Romancero gitano, for mixed choir & guitar, Op. 152
Performers: Pellizzari, Anna; Rizzi, Ivo; Tampalini, Giulio; Zoccatelli, Gian Luca
Conductors: Azzolini, Luigi
Ensemble: Coro Polifonico Castelbarco of Avio; Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento; String Quartet of Haydn Orchestra

By the 1930's, Castelnuovo-Tedesco was among the best known Italian composers and widely appreciated outside of Italy: important musicians such as Toscanini, Piatigorsky, Casella, Heifetz,...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium of Bolzano & Palazzo Venturi of Avio (Trento....continue...

Albeniz: Serenata, Transcriptions for Guitar / Stephen Marchionda

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2012-05-22

Works: Isaac Albéniz: Cantos de España Op. 232; Suite española), Op. 47; Barcarola for Piano, Op. 202 "Mallorca"; España, 6 Feuilles d'album, Op. 165; (Danse orientale), Op. 181; (Doce...
Performers: Marchionda, Stephen

The American-Spanish guitarist Stephen Marchionda lends new colours to these much loved compositions. Stephen Marchionda resides in Barcelona and is a proven expert in the...continue...
Recording information: Konzerthaus der Abtei Marienmünster (08/20/2011-08/21/2011)....continue...

Canzoni Villanesche: Neapolitan Love Songs of the 16th Century / Beasley, Kiehr, Cabré, Festa - Ensemble Daedalus

2 CD / Accent / 2012-05-02

Works: Anonymous, Italian: Madonna tu me fai lo scorucciato; Villanella ch'all'acqua vai; Madonna mia, la vostra alma bellezza; Boccuccia dolce chiú che canamielle; Voccuccia de no pierseco apreturo; B...
Performers: Beasley, Marco; Benet, Josep; Catapano, Luciano; Festa, Roberto; Kiehr, Maria Cristina [Soprano Vocal]; Marincola, Federico; Massa, Leonardo; Pitzl, Pierre; Sandilands, Hugh
Conductors: Festa, Roberto
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Daedalus

Beginning in the early decades of the sixteenth century, Naples made a distinct contribution to the Italian musical scene with a genre peculiarly its own,...continue...

Kinderlieder (Children's Songs), Vol. 3

1 CD / Carus / 2012-04-24

Works: Klaus Hoffmann: Das Lied vom Anderssein, song for children's chorus ("Im Land der Blaukarierten"); German Traditional: Drei Chinesen mit dem Kontrabass, children's song; Tra-ri-ra, der Sommer, der is...
Performers: Aktas, Koray; Altmann, Dirk; Banse, Juliane; Becker, Jorge [Trumpet]; Busch, Christine; Chertenet, Bertrand [Horn]; Cumming, Ian; Elsner, Christian [Vocals]; Elsner, Leonhard; Elsner, Paulina; Federm...
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Ensemble: Hoppel Hoppel Rhythm Club

Carus presents the most recent volume in their Lieder Project. The Lieder project is a co-operative charitable project between the Carus, Southwest German Broadcasting Company,...continue...

Canciones de Cuna: works by Schumann, Schubert, Faure, Cambiasso et al. / Maria Isable Siewers, piano

1 CD / Acqua Records / 2012-04-24

Works: Robert Schumann: Albumblätter no 16 ("Schlummerlied") for piano, Op. 124/16; Franz Schubert: Lullaby; Gabriel Fauré: Berceuse for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 16; Manuel de Falla: P...
Performers: Anderi, Leonardo; Cambiasso, Silvia; Cappa, Goffredo; Ganz, Amiram; Pazur, Nicolas; Rosel, Christoph; Siewers, Maria Isabel; Smallman, Greg

Lullabies covers a wide spectrum of both time periods and cultures. The journey begins in the 16th century, with a Catalan lullaby "El Noi de...continue...
Recording information: Domovina, Prague, Czech Republic (2010); Estudio ION, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2010); Estudio Rapp, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2010); Weston Parish Church, Weston, Hertfordshire, ...continue...

Españoletas: Spanish Guitar Favourites From Five Centuries / Marten Falk, guitar

1 CD / dB Productions / 2012-04-24

Works: Luys de Narváez: Cancion del emperador, for vihuela; Diferencias (7) for guitar on "Guárdame las vacas"; Alonso de Mudarra: Fantasia No 10, for vihuela; Galliard; Gaspar Sanz: Españo...
Performers: Falk, Marten [Guitar]

Mårten Falk, one of Sweden's finest guitarists, releases his fifth solo album! Falk is also internationally one of the most versatile guitarists, master of renaissance...continue...
Recording information: Helgesta Kyrka, Sparreholm (08/27/2011-08/29/2011)....continue...

Sin Palabras: Stefano Grondona plays the Romantic Transcriptions for Guitar by Miguel Llobet

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2012-04-10

Works: Franz Schubert: Moments musicaux (6) for Piano, D 780/Op. 94; Felix Mendelssohn: Songs without words, vol 2, Op. 30; Song Without Words for piano no 39 in E flat major, Op. 85/3; Georges Bizet: L' Ar...
Performers: Grondona, Stefano

A new album by Stefano Grondona, considered one of the best Italian guitarists, entirely devoted to the Romantic Transcriptions for guitar by Miguel Llobet....continue...
Recording information: Chiesa di S. Barnaba, Laghi (VI)....continue...

Classical Guitar Favourites: works by Sor, Aguado, Tarrega / Camerata Cassovia

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-03-27

Works: Fernando Sor: Minuet for guitar in A major, Op. 11/6; Leçons progressives (24), Op. 31; Etude for guitar in A major (Segovia Edition no 10), Op. 31/19; Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35; Etude for ...
Performers: Garcia, Gerald; Gimcik, Pavol; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Lickova, Maria; Petroczi, Karol
Conductors: ; Breiner, Peter
Ensemble: ; Camerata Cassovia

Though the origins of the modern guitar are virtually unknown, the sound of the instrument is found in musical compositions dating back almost seven hundred...continue...

The Voice of Emotion / Montserrat Figueras, Jordi Savall

2 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2012-03-13

Works: Spoken Word: Nunc iam cessit Pontus et omnis partitur leges / Vienient annis sæcula (from Act 2 of Seneca's "Mede; Berber Traditional: Amazigh Lullaby ("I met my big brother"); Sephardic Traditi...
Performers: Alqhai, Fahmi; Arruabarrena, Maite; Badura-Skoda, Paul; Barona, Enrique [Jarana]; Brandao, Eunice [Viola da Gamba]; Carnovich, Daniele; Casademunt, Sergi; Climent, Lambert; Coin, Christophe; Dí...
Conductors: Savall, Jordi;
Ensemble: Hespèrion XX ; Hespèrion XXI ; La Capella Reial de Catalunya

In November 2011, the music world suffered a huge loss with the passing of the great soprano Montserrat Figueras. Acclaimed in recent years for her...continue...
Recording information: 1978/2009....continue...

Invocatión: Impressions of Spain / Ian Watt, guitar

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2012-03-13

Works: Isaac Albéniz: Cantos de Espagna, Op. 232; Joaquín Rodrigo: Invocación y Danza for Guitar "Hommage a M de Falla"; Antonio José: Sonata for guitar; Manuel de Falla: Homenaje - M. d...
Performers: Watt, Ian

Recording information: St. John's Church, Fetternear, Aberdeenshire (05/2011/08/2011)....continue...

Los Pajaros Perdidos / Pluhar, L'Arpeggiata

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Traditional Argentinian: Duerme negrito, folk song; Ariel Ramírez: Alfonsina y el mar, for guitar; Venezuelan Traditional: Montilla (Golpe), folk song; Pajarillo, traditional melody; Polo marg...
Performers: Andueza, Raquel; Capezzuto, Vincenzo [Vocals]; Galeazzi, Lucilla; Gato, Quito; Jaroussky, Philippe; Mancini, Luciana; Mayoral, David; Orellana, Raul; Rodriguez, Mario Hurtado; Sherwin, Doron
Conductors: Pluhar, Christina
Ensemble: L'Arpeggiata

Los Pájaros Perdidos ('the lost birds'), the group has delved deep into the Latin American tradition, tracing its roots all the way back to African...continue...
Recording information: Chapelle de l'Hôpital Notre-Dame du Bon-Secours, Paris (2011-02-??&2011-07-??&2011-).

Includes caballo viejo (diaz) / alma llanera (joropo) by various composers....continue...

Mercury Living Presence Collection [51 CDs]

51 CD / Decca / 2012-03-06

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Night on the Bare Mountain; Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106; Hungarian Sketches, for orchestra, Sz. 97; Romanian...
Performers: Bachauer, Gina; Belov, Rudolf; Fischer, Irwin; Glenecke, Thomas; Graham, Allan; Hood, Boyde [Trumpet]; Janis, Byron; Koves, Toni; London Symphony Orchestra; Menuhin, Yehudi; Metzenger, Edward; Miquel...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Hanson, Howard; Dorati, Antal; Fennell, Frederick; Paray, Paul; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; ; Menges, Herbert; Kondrashin, Kirill; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Gnutov, Vitaly; Alessandro, ...
Ensemble: ; Battery B, 2nd New Jersey Light Artillery; Eastman Wind Ensemble

Mercury Living Presence is special in many ways - an American company, from the heyday of classical recording in the U.S. that reproduced some of...continue...
Includes work(s) by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky....continue...

J.S. Bach: Guitar Transcriptions / Graham Anthony Devine

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-02-28

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659; Suite for Cello solo no 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010; Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 1124; Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147...
Performers: Devine, Graham Anthony

From the nineteenth century transcriptions by Francisco Tárrega to those by John Duarte and Rick Foster, the tradition of performing J.S. Bach's music on the...continue...
Recording information: St. Thomas a Becket Church, Pagham, West Sussex, Englan (07/21/2010-07/23/2010)....continue...

Classica Espanola - works by Granados, Albéniz, de Falla, Acosta et al.

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2012-02-28

Works: Enriqué Granados: Danzas españolas; Isaac Albéniz: España; Suite española, Op. 47; Recuerdos de Viaje; Omar Acosta: Jazmin (Tango), for ensemble; Sevillanas criollas, for e...
Performers: Alarcon, Alberto; Brito, Jesus Gonzalez; Gula, Wlodzimierz; Lama, Juan; Llorente, Luis; Maiburg, Anette [Flute]; Wangenheim, Andreas von

Recording information: Konzerthaus der Abtei Marienmünster (09/23/2011-09/25/2011)....continue...

Ib Norholm: Tavole Per Orfeo / Else Torp, soprano; Per Palsson, guitar

1 CD / Dacapo / 2012-02-28

Works: Ib Norholm: Stilleliv (Still Life), for voice, guitar & percussion; Blomster af den danske poesis flora (Flowers from the flora of Danish Poetry), for voice & piano, Op; Tavole per Orfeo, for voice, ...
Performers: Friis-Hansen, Mathias; Palsson, Per; Torp, Else

Drama, surprise, humor and still life - with a bubbling undertone of anarchy. Composer Ib Nørholm (b. 1931) presents us with a delightful twist on...continue...
Recording information: Garnisons Kirke (2011-02-07_2011-02-08&2011-)....continue...

Canciones del Alma: Songs from the Soul / Laura Mitchell, Ahmed Kickinson Cardenas

1 CD / Cubafilin Records / 2012-02-14

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Canciónes (3) españolas, song collection for voice & guitar; Madrigales (4) amatorios, for voice & piano (or soprano & orchestra); Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachiana brasile...
Performers: Dickinson, Ahmed; Mitchell, Laura

The combination of voice and guitar is always a happy one - and somehow especially so when the repertoire is Spanish and Latin American! Cuban...continue...
Recording information: Holy Trinity Church, Weston, Hertfordshire, UK (12/2009-04/2010)....continue...

Guitar Classics / Romero, Barrueco, Fisk, Lieske, Parkening, Pinardi

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Isaac Albéniz: Serenata árabe, for piano in A minor, B. 5; Francisco Tárrega: Lagrima; Gavotte for Guitar "Maria"; Mazurka for Guitar; Recu...
Performers: Barrueco, Manuel; Fisk, Eliot [Guitar]; Lieske, Wulfin; Occhoniero, Mauro; Parkening, Christopher; Pinardi, Giangiacomo; Romero, Angel [Guitar]
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Brown, Iona
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante

Il Tenore, The Tenor / Salvatore Licitra

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-02-07

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Macbeth; Il trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Luisa Miller; Otello; Aida, ope...
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo [Tenor Vocal]; Chegwidden, Davey; Frittoli, Barbara; Gavazzi, Ernesto; Hamilton, Mike; Jones, Warren; Labèque, Katia; Licitra, Salvatore; May, Daniel; Plazas, Mary; Wood, Nath...
Conductors: Brignoli, Roberto Rizzi; Rizzi, Carlo; Muti, Riccardo; May, Daniel; Armiliato, Marco