Modern Period

French Piano Music - Debussy: Estampes; Children's Corner; Ravel: Jeux d'eau; Gaspard de la Nuit / / Benjamin Moser, piano

1 CD / Oehms / 2013-01-29

Works: Claude Debussy: La plus que lente; Estampes (3) for Piano; Children's Corner; Maurice Ravel: Jeux d'eau; Gaspard de la nuit
Performers: Moser, Benjamin

In celebration of Claude Debussy's 150th birthday, pianist Benjamin Moser chose to perform Estampes and Children's Corner on this disc supplemented by Ravel's Jeux d'eau...continue...
Recording information: Studio 2, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich (01/19/2011-01/21/2011)....continue...

Mothership - Music of Mason Bates, Gershwin, Robert Moran, Joel Puckett, Grainger / OH University Wind Ens.

1 CD / Mark Custom Recording / 2013-01-29

Works: Mason Bates: Mothership, for flute & piano; George Gershwin: Cuban Overture; Robert Moran: Points of Departure; Joel Puckett: The Shadow of Sirius, concerto for flute, flute choir & wind ensemble; Pe...
Performers: Burgoyne, Alex [Saxophone]; Gonzalez,, David, Jr.; Miller, Caleb; Patterson, Kelsey [Flute]; Sincoff, Alison Brown [Flute]
Conductors: Trachsel, Andrew
Ensemble: ; Ohio Universtiy Wind Symphony

The Ohio University School of Music has been officially in existence since 1917, although some of the individual programs date back to the 1880s. Currently,...continue...
Recording information: Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium, Ohio Un (02/03/2012-02/05/2012)....continue...

Easy Contest Solos, Vol. 1: Oboe / Heidi Huseman DeWally, oboe; John Mitton, piano

1 CD / Mark Custom Recording / 2013-01-29

Works: Ernest Mahle: As Melodias da Cecilia (The Melodies of Cecilia), for oboe (or recorder) & piano; Wally Barnett: Caterpillars and Butterflies, for oboe & piano; Earl L. Clemens: Soaring, for oboe & pia...
Performers: Dewally, Heidi Huseman; Mitton, John

Dewally was born a "Hoosier" (born in Indianapolis, Indiana) however, she was raised a "Sooner" in Norman, Oklahoma. She won the 3rd oboe position in...continue...

The Shakespeare Concerts Series, Vol. 1: Shakespeare's Memory / Chad Sloan, Andrea Chenoweth, Kellie Van Horn

1 CD / Navona / 2013-01-29

Works: Joseph Summer: With Mirth in Funeral, for baritone & piano (from Oxford Songs); On The Death Of A Fair Infant, for voice & string quartet; Leda and the Swan; Full Fathom Five, for mezzo-soprano, teno...
Performers: Chenoweth, Andrea [Soprano Vocal]; Ferrante, Maria; Hartelova, Lydie; Sekera, Miroslav; Sloan, Chad [Baritone Vocal]; Van Horn, Kellie; Vickers, Justin; Watson, Ian
Conductors:
Ensemble: Kalmia String Quartet

Shakespeare's Memory is the first offering in Navona's Shakespeare Concerts Series. Vol. 1 includes Summer's original chamber and vocal compositions set to Shakespeare's dramas and...continue...

Viktor Ullmann: Piano Concerto Op. 25; Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Herbert Schuch, piano

1 CD / Oehms / 2013-01-29

Works: Viktor Ullmann: Concerto for piano & orchestra, Op. 25; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Performers: Schuch, Herbert
Conductors: Elts, Olari
Ensemble: ; WDR Symphony Orchestra Koln

On his Oehms Classics debut, pianist Herbert Schuch performs Viktor Ullmann's Piano Concerto supplemented by Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3. Ullmann's Piano Concerto was composed...continue...
Recording information: Philharmonie Cologne (03/21/2011-03/24/2011)....continue...

Bartók: Works for Violin and Piano - Sonatas and Folk Dances / James Ehnes, violin; Andrew Armstrong, piano

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2013-01-29

Works: Béla Bartók: Sonata for Violin solo, Sz 117; Sonata for Violin and Piano in E minor; Hungarian Folksong; Hungarian Folk Tunes; Romanian Folkdances (6) for Piano, Sz 56
Performers: Armstrong, Andrew; Ehnes, James [Violin]

Almost half a century earlier, Bartók had written his Sonata for Violin and Piano in E minor. It was included in a concert given by...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (06/02/2012-06/04/2012)....continue...

The Music of Greg Danner, Vol. 2: Critical Speed / Mansfield Univ. Wind Ens.

1 CD / Mark Custom Recording / 2013-01-29

Works: Greg Danner: Country Dances, for wind ensemble; Footprints, for wind ensemble; Ballad for band; Ceremonial Dances, for wind ensemble; Down by the Salley Gardens, for wind ensemble; Measure of Valor, ...
Conductors: Brennan, Adam F.
Ensemble: Mansfield University Concert Wind Ensemble

Danner was a grand prizewinner in the Delius Society composition contest and 1st prize in the Taghkanic Chorale composer's competition. The International Trombone Association Journal...continue...
Recording information: The Grace Steadman Theatre on the Campus of Mansfield U (05/12/2012-05/14/2012)....continue...

Edge (ej) Music for Trombone and Percussion by Doug Bristol, Aaron Dale, William Kraft, Perry Goldstein et al. / Joshua Hauser, trombone; Eric Willie, percussion

1 CD / Mark Custom Recording / 2013-01-29

Works: Doug Bristol: Conversation, for trombone & timpani; Aaron Dale: Passive at One, for tenor trombone, bass trombone & percussion; William Kraft: Encounters IV for Trombone and Percussion; Perry Goldste...
Performers: Hauser, Joshua; Willie, Eric

This duo is a different and interesting combination of trombone and percussion. Hauser, professor of trombone at Tennessee Technological University, has performed extensively in styles...continue...
Recording information: Wattenbarger Auditorium, Tennessee Technological Univer (05/2009)....continue...

Schulhoff: String Quartet no 1; Violin & Cello Duo; Pieces for String Quartet / Vogler Quartet

1 CD / Phil.Harmonie / 2013-01-29

Works: Erwin Schulhoff: Quartet for Strings no 1; Duo for Violin and Cello; Pieces (5) for string quartet
Performers: Forck, Stephan; Reinecke, Frank
Conductors:
Ensemble: Vogler Quartet

After composer Erwin Schulhoff returned home from World War I, he had experienced human suffering, destruction, and the loss of own ideals. The composer had...continue...
Recording information: P4 Studio, Berlin (07/11/2011-07/12/2011)....continue...

Leon Kirchner: Revelations

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2013-01-24

Works: Leon Kirchner: Little Suite, for piano; Dawn, for chorus & piano; Songs (3), for voice & piano; Words from Wordsworth, for chorus & piano; A Moment for Roger, for piano; The Twilight Stood, for voice...
Performers: Bassi, James [Tenor Vocal]; Chan, Kelvin; Clark, Eileen; Cluver, Martha; Dudley, Eric; Fan, Joel; Fuchs, Andrew; Gavett, Jeffrey [Bass Baritone]; Griffin, Avery; Hensrud, Matthew; Hoagland, Diana; Ho...
Conductors: Dunn, Scott

Tang' Jok (Them)

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2013-01-22

Works: Luis Bacalov: String Trio; Manuel Ponce: Trio for violin, viola & cello; Azio Corghi: Tang' Jok (Them); Heitor Villa-Lobos: String Trio, A. 460
Conductors:
Ensemble: Trio Broz

Recording information: Salieri Theatre, Legnago, Verona (Italy) (08/29/2012-09/02/2012)....continue...

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia / Kirchschlager, Bostridge, Britton, Purves, Russell, Coleman-Wright. Knussen

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Benjamin Britten: The Rape of Lucretia
Performers: Bostridge, Ian
Conductors: Knussen, Oliver
Ensemble: Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble

Ian Bostridge has continued to be a success in performing ever since his operatic debut in 1994. Collaborating with orchestras such as Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna...continue...
Personnel: Sussie Ahlberg (vocals).

Recording information: Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk (06/11/2011/06/13/2011)....continue...

Essential Opera Divas - Over 2 hours of glorious operatic performances

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Ma...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Arroyo, Martina; Auger, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Regine; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dernesch, Helga [So...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Rousset, Christophe; Muti, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Langrée, Louis; Karajan, Herbert von; Tennstedt, Kla...

These two CDs present a veritable galaxy of opera divas - sopranos who have won countless hearts and thrilled millions of opera lovers with their...continue...

Essential Choral - Over 2 hours of uplifting classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D, RV 589; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Magnificat in D, BWV 243; Cantata no 140; Mass in B minor; George Frederick Han...
Performers: Barley, Peter; Bell, David [Organ]; Beniston, Paul; Bowley, John; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Garcia, Jose Luis; Harper, Heather; Harrhy, Eiddwen; Lott, Felici...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Willcocks, David; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Welser-Möst, Franz; Neumann, Peter; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Muti, Riccardo; Tennstedt, Klaus; Pappano, Antonio;...

This collection of popular choral classics starts with some of the glories of the Baroque era by some of its greatest composers like Vivaldi, Handel...continue...

Essential 20th Century Classics - Over 2 hours of captivating modern classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus; Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; C...
Performers: Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Currie, Colin; Devos, Louis; Donohoe, Peter; du Pre, Jacqueline; Fischer-Dieskau, Manuel; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane; Hendricks, Bar...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Temirkanov, Yuri; Barbirolli, John; Ozawa, Seiji; Prêtre, Georges; Penderecki, Krzysztof; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Kaljuste, Tönu; Metzmacher, Ingo; B...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

Essential 20th Century Classics is a 2-CD set featuring a collection of important works written between 1901 and 2000. This period is sometimes thought of...continue...

Dutilleux: Correspondences / Barbara Hannigan; Anssi Karttunen

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-01-22

Works: Henri Dutilleux: Correspondances, for soprano & orchestra; Tout un monde lointain. . ., concerto for cello & orchestra; The Shadows of Time, for 3 children's voices & orchestra
Performers: Buffin, Basile; Hannigan, Barbara; Karttunen, Anssi [Cello]; Selvestrel, Alexandre; Sztykgold, Armand
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: ; Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France

This remarkable album is released on the 97th birthday of a composer who has been working for more than seven decades and has had a...continue...
Recording information: Alfortville, France (09/2012); Opéra Bastille, salle Liebermann, Paris, France (09/2012); Alfortville, France (12/2011); Opéra Bastille, salle Liebermann, Paris, Franc...continue...

Sensatiable

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2013-01-17

Works: Luigi Denza: Funiculì funiculà; George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme; Andrew Lloyd Webber: Don't Cry for Me Argentina, song (for the musical Evita); Pie Jesu (fro...
Performers: Akin, Joseph [Vocals]; Akin, Mary Penick; Ernst, Janna [Piano]; Gabka, Jane; Gisclair, Jean-Paul; Gisclair, Lauren Mouney; Hardin, Harry; Kelly, Frankie J.; Meyer, Joseph [Composer]; Nolan, Jesse; Pe...

Recording information: Axistudio, New Orleans, LA....continue...

Trumpet Concertos - works by Goedicke, Bohme, Shakhov, Vasilenko, Arutiunian / Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-01-15

Works: Ilya Shakhov: Romantic Concerto for trumpet & orchestra; Alexander Arutiunian: Concerto for Trumpet in A flat major; Oskar Böhme: La Napolitaine, tarantella for trumpet & ensemble, Op. 25; Serge...
Performers: Friedrich, Reinhold [Trumpet]; Tyre, Marjorie
Conductors: Mueller, Christoph-Mathia
Ensemble: ; Gottinger Symphony Orchestra

Reinhold Friedrich is one of the leading trumpet soloists of our time.

Shakhov is little known, and outside Russia his name has been subject to

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Recording information: Hannover (2011-09-16_2011-09-18&2012-)....continue...

Rhapsodie: Prism of 20th Century Music

1 CD / Origin Classical / 2013-01-15

Works: Marcel Grandjany: Rhapsodie, for harp, Op. 10; André Caplet: Deux Divertissements; Marcel Tournier: Vers la source dans le bois; Toshiro Mayuzumi: Rokudan, for harp; Bernard Andres: Tanka, for h...
Performers: Schlaffer, Yumiko Endo

Recording information: St. Andrew United Methodist Church, Plano, Texas (2012-08-20&2012-08-22_2012-)....continue...

The Super Telarc Sound 1

1 CD / Lim / 2013-01-15

Works: Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird; Antonio Vivaldi: Spring; Autumn; Winter; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Eden Ahbez: Nature Boy; Gustav Holst: The Planets; Georges Bizet: Carm...
Performers: Brown, Ray [Australia]; Jackson, Milt; Minnelli, Liza; Pass, Joe; Peterson, Oscar; Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]; Silverstein, Joseph [Violin/Conductor]
Conductors: Shaw, Robert; Ozawa, Seiji; Serkin, Rudolf; Previn, Andre; Slatkin, Leonard; Maazel, Lorin; Kunzel, Erich

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Voice of the Century [25 discs - Includes DVDs] [Limited Edition]

25 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-01-15

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25; Nacht und Träume, D 827; Heidenröslein, D 257/Op. 3 no 3; Der Erlkönig, D 328; An den Frühl...
Performers: Alda, Catarina; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Demus, Jörg [Piano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Donderer, Georg; Dyk, Cornelis van; ...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Böhm, Karl; Richter, Karl; Gorvin, Carl; Stadlmair, Hans; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Karajan, Herbert von; Barenboim, Daniel; Weissenborn, Gunther; Fricsay, Ferenc; Gerdes, Otto; Joch...


Works:

Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89 by Franz Schubert

Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Romanti

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Sonatas for violin and piano by Turina, Rodrigo, and Granados / Jorge Avila, violin; Adrienne Kim, piano

1 CD / Centaur / 2013-01-10

Works: Joaquín Turina: Sonata for violin & piano no 2, Op. 82 ("Española"); Joaquín Rodrigo: Rumaniana, for violin & piano; Sonata pimpante, for violin & piano; Enriqué Granados: Danzas ...
Performers: Avila, Jorge; Kim, Adrienne

Recording information: SUNY Purchase Performing Arts Center, Recitatal Hall, P (10/04/2006-10/06/2006)....continue...

Piano Music of Dinu Lipatti / Luiza Borac, piano

2 CD / Avie Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Dinu Lipatti: Concertino in Classic Style for piano & orchestra, Op 3; Sonatina for piano, left hand; Sonata for Piano in D minor; Nocturne for piano in F sharp; Nocturne for piano; Fantaisie for pia...
Performers: Borac, Luiza
Conductors: Martín, Jaime
Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Pianist Luiza Borac is the most dedicated champion of music from her native Romania, recognized with a BBC Music Magazine Award for her artistry and...continue...

Dutch Cello Sonatas, Vol. 5 / Henk Badings: Sonata No. 1 & 2; Sem Dresden: Sonata No. 1 & 2 / Doris Hochscheid, violoncello; Frans van Ruth, piano

1 Super Audio CD / Audio Max / 2013-01-08

Works: Henk Badings: Sonata for Cello no 1; Sonata for Cello no 2; Sem Dresden: Sonata for Cello no 1; Sonata for Cello no 2
Performers: Hochscheid, Doris; Ruth, Frans van

On the latest release in their prizewinning series featuring cello sonatas from the Netherlands, Doris Hochscheid and Frans van Ruth bring together works by Henk...continue...
Recording information: Konzerthaus der Abtei Marienmünster (03/19/2012-03/21/2012)....continue...

Karlheinz Stockhausen: Michaels Reuse un die Erde / Marco Blaauw, Nicola Jurgensen

1 CD / Wergo / 2013-01-08

Works: Karlheinz Stockhausen: Michael's Journey Round the Earth (from the opera "Donnerstag), for trumpet & orchestra
Performers: Blaauw, Marco; Jurgensen, Nicola
Conductors: Rundel, Peter
Ensemble: MusikFabrik

Michaels Reise um die Erde (Michael's Journey Around the World) is the second act of the opera Donnerstag from the seven-part opera cycle Licht by...continue...
Recording information: Rahmen des Festival d'Automne à Paris im MC93 Théâtre B (12/13/2008-12/14/2008)....continue...

Britten: Cello Symphony; Cello Sonata; Cello Suites nos 1-3 / Alban Gerhardt, cello; Steven Osborne, piano

2 CD / Hyperion / 2013-01-08

Works: Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony for Strings, Op. 4; Sonata for cello & piano in C major, Op. 65; Suite for solo cello no 1, Op. 72; Suite for solo cello no 2, Op. 80; Suite for solo cello no 3, Op....
Performers: Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]; Osborne, Steven
Conductors: Manze, Andrew
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Britten's long friendship with cellist Mstislav Rostropovich was one of the most inspiring and fruitful musical collaborations in history. It led directly to the composition...continue...
Recording information: City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow (03/10/2012-03/11/2012); Henry Wood Hall, London (03/10/2012-03/11/2012); City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow (2011-12-19&2011-12-22&2011-); Henry ...continue...

Instrumentals

5 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Wayne Shanklin: Chanson d' Amour; Bert Kaempfert: Wonderland by Night; Peter Mösser: Morgen; Louis Louiguy: Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White, song (for the film Underwater); Frank W. Meacham:...
Performers: Bilk, Acker; Calvert, Eddie; Capova, Sylvia; Cramer, Floyd; Davis, Tom [Piano]; Eddy, Duane; Fordham, George; Hogwallop, Lester; Jaccottet, Christiane; Kangas, John; Karas, Anton; Landry, McGeorge; M...
Conductors: Kaempfert, Bert; Vaughn, Billy; Prado, Perez; Miller, Glenn; Miller, Mitch; Greger, Max; Brown, Les; ; Faith, Percy; Mantovani; Justis, Bill; Goodman, Benny; Bush, Lou; Baxter, Les; Anthony, Ray; Hay...
Ensemble: ; Bill Black's Combo; Chris Barber's Jazz Band; Paul Kuhn Combo

Includes crazy otto medley by various composers....continue...

Tomas Milans i Godayol: Religious Music / La Xantria; Loia Frigole, soprano

1 CD / Musiepoca (Coda) / 2013-01-08

Works: Tomàs Milans i Godayol: Litaniæ lauretanæ, lletanies de la Mare de Déu, for 4 voices & continuo; Salve regina, for 2 soloists, chorus & continuo; Charitas Dei, motet; Magnificat, ...
Performers: Arquimbau, Elisenda; Benito, Elias [Baritone (Vocal)]; Bolivar, Hugo; Cordomi, Marta; Fernandez, Gloria; Frigole, Laia; Garcia, Joan; Polo, Cesar [Tenor Vocal]; Reixach, Buia; Rodrigo, Marta [Mezzo-S...
Conductors: Biosca, Pere Lluís
Ensemble: La Xantria

The height of the Baroque period, at the beginning of 18th century, was a time for wars and upheavals in Catalonia, but also for the...continue...
Recording information: Vilafranca del Penedès, Barcelona, Spain (01/18/2012-01/21/2012)....continue...

Valossa: From Darkness to Light

1 Super Audio CD / Alba / 2013-01-08

Works: Juhani Komulainen: Vinternatten, for chorus; Francis Poulenc: Un soir de neige, chamber cantata for 6 voices (or chorus), FP 126; Gustav Mahler: Die zwei blauen Augen, song for low voice & piano (or ...
Performers: Kuridda, Olga [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Juris, Dani

Formed in 2007, the Kaamos Chamber Choir has performed in numerous concerts and competitions both in Finland and abroad. In 2011 the choir was awarded...continue...
Recording information: Meilahti Church (2011-09-30_2011-10-02&2011-)....continue...

Erkki Melartin: Works for piano / Jean Dube, piano

1 CD / BNL / 2013-01-08

Works: Erkki Melartin: Legend, for piano no 2, Op. 12; Nacht, for piano, Op. 8/3; Tonttujen tanssi (Danse des Elfes), for piano; Prelude for piano, Op. 25/1; Idyl, for piano, Op. 27/1; Surullinen puutarha (...
Performers: Dube, Jean

Finnish composer Ekki Melartin (1875 - 1937) was an exact contemporary of Maurice Ravel: they have the same dates of birth and death. He was...continue...
Recording information: Studio Acoustique, Passavant (10/2011)....continue...

Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit; Piano Concerto in G; Valses Nobles et Sentimentales; Debussy: Children's Corner / Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano

1 Super Audio CD / Praga / 2013-01-08

Works: Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit; Concerto for Piano in G major; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Claude Debussy: Children's Corner
Performers: Michelangeli, Arturo Benedetti
Conductors: Gracis, Ettore

Praga presents the first release in a series of recordings by the legendary pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, specially remastered for SACD. Michelangeli is widely considered...continue...

Sigmund Romberg: Blossom Time / Justin Berkowitz, Amy Maples, Luke Bahr, Ted Christopher

2 CD / Albany Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Sigmund Romberg: Blossom Time, operetta
Conductors: Byess, Steven
Ensemble: Ohio Light Opera

Blossom Time, Sigmund Romberg's delightful 1921 operetta, is based on the music of Franz Schubert and on that composer's touching love life. Blossom Time opened...continue...
Recording information: College of Wooster, Ohio (2012)....continue...

Shine & Shade: English 20th Century Recorder Music by Fulton, Rubbra, Bowen, Berkeley, Gregson, Swann et al. / Piers Adams, recorder; Julian Rhodes, piano

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Norman Fulton: Scottish Suite; Edmund Rubbra: Meditazioni sopra "Coeurs désolés", for recorder & harpsichord (or flute/oboe & piano), Op. 67; York Bowen: Sonata for treble recorder & pi...
Performers: Adams, Piers; Rhodes, Julian

It is arguably only in the 20th century that the recorder has found its true expressive voice. The music on this album is a testimony...continue...
Recording information: Bexhill-On-Sea, England (10/1993)....continue...

A Year With Jesus / Gloria, Miserere, Stabat Mater, Magnificat, Requiem by Bach, Pergolesi, Mozart et al. / Véronique Gens, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Andrew Parrott, Riccardo Muti et al.

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria; Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, cantata, BWV 123; Easter Oratorio, BWV 249; Magnificat, BWV 243; Herz und Mund und ...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Chance, Michael; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gens, Veronique; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Lesne, Gerard; Neilz, Jacques; Rampal, Jean-Pierre; Veyron-Lacroix, Robert
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew; Herreweghe, Philippe; Christophers, Harry; Hill, David; Cleobury, Stephen; Mandrin, Emmanuel; Lara, Francisco; ; Hillier, Paul; Plasson, Michel; Kuijken, Sigiswald; Willcocks, David;...
Ensemble: ; Brunel Ensemble; Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne; Il Seminario Musicale; La Petite Bande; Taverner Players; The Hilliard Ensemble; The Sixteen (Choir)

From Easter Sunday to All Saints' Day, A Year with Jesus is the ultimate collection of sacred music to help celebrate the Christian holidays. This...continue...

Fruh: Berg, Schonberg, Webern / Marianne Kielland, mezzo-soprano; Nils Mortensen, piano

1 CD / Lawo Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: Alban Berg: Fraue, Du Süsse, song for voice & piano (from "Jugendlieder"); Über den Berg, song for voice & piano (from "Jugendlieder"); Tiefe Sehnsucht, duet for voices & piano (from "Jugen...
Performers: Kielland, Marianne Beate; Mortensen, Nils Anders

Berg, Webern, and Schönberg all inhabited a borderland between tonality and atonality. This CD from LAWO Classics is entitled Früh because the works date from...continue...
Recording information: Lofotkatedralen, Kabelvåg (06/02/2011-06/04/2011)....continue...

Betsy Jolas: B for Betsy / Geraldine Dutroncy, piano; Laurent Camatte, viola

1 CD / Hortus / 2013-01-08

Works: Betsy Jolas: Quatre Duos, for viola & piano; Pièce, for piano; Quoth the Raven, for viola & piano; Pièce pour Saint-Germain, for piano; Ruht wohl, for viola & piano; Episode sixième fo...
Performers: Camatte, Laurent; Dutroncy, Geraldine

Betsy Jolas' father, poet and journalist Eugene Jolas, founded and edited the magazine Transition, which featured the greatest names of literature, painting, and music -...continue...
Recording information: Espace Maurice Fleuret (04/15/2012-04/18/2012)....continue...

Alec Wilder: Music for Horn & Piano / Charles Tibbetts, horn; Heinzel & Cecchini, pianists

1 CD / Albany Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Alec Wilder: Sonata for horn & piano no 1; Love Songs (5), for horn & piano (or orchestra); Sonata for horn & piano no 3; John Barrows, for horn & piano; Suite for horn & piano
Performers: Cecchini, Penelope; Heinzel, Wolfgang; Tibbetts, Charles

This recording fulfills a long-time dream of Charles Tibbetts to make the music of Alec Wilder for French horn more widely available. Tibbetts first met...continue...

Di Sheyne Milnerin: Schubert's Cycle of Love Forlorn Retold in Yiddish Song / Mark Glanville, bass-baritone; Alxander Knapp, piano

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Janot Roskin: Dem milners trern, song for voice & piano, Op. 11/12; Klipp klapp!, song for voice & piano, Op. 14/10; A sheyn lid hob ikh gezungen, song for voice & piano, Op. 12/15; Mordechai Gebirti...
Performers: Glanville, Mark; Knapp, Alexander

Recording information: Potton Hall, Westleton, Suffolk (06/26/2011-06/27/2011)....continue...

Shostakovich: Sonata for violin and piano; Sonata for viola and piano / O Kagan, violin; Yu. Bashmet, viola; S. Richter, piano

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-01-08

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 134; Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147
Performers: Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Kagan, Oleg; Richter, Sviatoslav

This disc features two of Shostakovich's chamber opuses performed by two of the best musicians of the 1980s: Oleg Kagan and Yuri Bashmet. Behind the...continue...

Fauré: Requiem. Villette, Roger-Ducasse: Motets / Argenta, Keenlyside. David Hill

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Pierre Villette: O salutaris hostia, for chorus, Op. 21; O magnum mysterium, Op 53; Jean Roger-Ducasse: Regina coeli laetare
Performers: Burrows, Kenan; Farr, Stephen
Conductors: Hill, David
Ensemble: ; Winchester Cathedral Choir

Without exception, the second edition in the RED LINE series feature absolute classics from the EMI catalog. These fantastic pieces range from Chopin to Beethoven...continue...
Recording information: Winchester Cathedral (1996-06-17_1996-06-20&1996-)....continue...

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 "Lenningrad" / Rozhdestvensky, USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Melodiya / 2013-01-08

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 7 (as used in the film "Testimony")
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra

Melodiya presents a recording of Dmitri Shostakovich's famous opus, performed by one of the best interpreters of his music. Composed in the first months of...continue...
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French Violin Sonatas: Franck, Ravel, Debussy / Yu-Chien Tseng, violin; Inga Dzekster, piano

1 CD / Fuga Libera / 2013-01-08

Works: César Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, M 8; Claude Debussy: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor; Clair de lune; Maurice Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major
Performers: Dzektser, Inga [Piano]; Tseng, Yu-Chien

Fuga Libera is happy to announce the beginning of a collaboration with young Taiwanese violinist Yu-Chien Tseng, Fifth Prize winner of the Reine Elisabeth Violin...continue...
Recording information: flagey Studio 4, Brussels (08/23/2012-08/26/2012)....continue...

A Cathedral's Voice, Organ of the Cathedral of St. John Berchmans - Bach, Byrd & Schumann / Jonathan Ryan, organ

1 CD / Raven Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue for Organ in D major, BWV 532; William Byrd: Clarifica Me Pater (I), for keyboard, MB 47; Clarifica Me Pater (II), for keyboard, MB 48; Clarifica Me Pater (II...
Performers: Ryan, Jonathan [Organ]

Acclaimed for his strong communicative skills, exceptional use of the organ's capabilities, and bold programming, Jonathan Ryan has received six first prize awards at international...continue...
Recording information: Cathedral of St. John Berchmans, Shreveport, Louisiana (04/30/2012-05/02/2012)....continue...

The Sons of the Morning - Piano music of Vaughan Williams and Ivor Gurney / Iain Burnside, piano

1 CD / Albion / 2013-01-08

Works: Ivor Gurney: Five Preludes for piano; Chorale Prelude on Rockingham, for piano; Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lake in the Mountains, for piano (from the film score "The 49th Parallel"); Hymn tune Prelu...
Performers: Burnside, Iain [Piano]

Albion Records presents the world première recording of Job - A Masque for Dancing in an arrangement for solo piano by Vally Lasker, written to...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Suffolk (01/18/2012-01/20/2012)....continue...

Alan Bush: Lascaux Symphony; Dance Overture; Dorian Passacaglia & Fugue / Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch., Martin Yates

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2013-01-08

Works: Alan Bush: Dance Overture, for orchestra, Op. 12; Symphony no 4, Op. 98 ("Lascaux"); Dorian Passacaglia & Fugue, for orchestra, Op. 52
Performers: Hutchings, Sam
Conductors: Yates, Martin
Ensemble: ; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Dutton's third CD exploring Alan Bush's music features the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under the baton of Martin Yates. It includes two vivid orchestral works...continue...
Recording information: Glasgow Royal Concert Hall (05/15/2012-05/16/2012)....continue...

Bits and Pieces - Works for Solo Clarinet by Donizetti, Osborn, Stravinsky, Messiaen, Mandat, Sutermeister / Sean Osborn, clarinet

1 CD / Albany Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Study for Clarinet no 1 in B flat major; Sean Osborn: Bits and Pieces, for solo clarinet; Character Pieces, for clarinet; Igor Stravinsky: Pieces (3) for Clarinet solo; Olivier Mes...
Performers: Osborn, Sean

This recording is a short tour of some of the most important works in the development of the clarinet as a stand-alone instrument along with...continue...
Recording information: Jack Straw Productions, Seattle (11/2011-07/2012)....continue...

Felix Blumenfeld and Georgy Catoire: Symphonies / Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch., Yates

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2013-01-08

Works: Felix Blumenfeld: Symphony in C minor, Op. 39 ("To the Dear Beloved"); Georgi Lvovich Catoire: Symphony in C minor, Op. 7
Conductors: Yates, Martin
Ensemble: ; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

On this superb recording, Martin Yates and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra perform symphonies by Georgy Catoire and Felix Blumenfeld. These contemporaries are remembered as...continue...
Recording information: Glasgow Royal Concert Hall (08/22/2012-08/23/2012)....continue...

Robyn Schulkowsky (b.1953): Armadillo / Robyn Schulkowsky, percussion, Fredy Studer, drums, Joey Baron, drums

1 CD / New World / 2013-01-08

Works: Robyn Schulkowsky: Armadillo, for percussion
Performers: Baron, Joey; Schulkowsky, Robyn; Studer, Fredy

Composer/percussionist Robyn Schulkowsky (b. 1953) has premiered and recorded some of the most important percussion works of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, working with composers...continue...
Recording information: Poggiolo, Italy (2006/2009)....continue...

Orff, Carl: Carmina Burana

1 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana
Conductors: Prestel, Kurt

Ernst Toch: Bunte Suite; Mozart Transcriptions; Cello Concerto

1 CD / Delta Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: Ernst Toch: Bunte Suite, for orchestra, Op. 48; Variations on Mozart's "Unser Pöbel meint" (K. 455), for piano & orchestra; Concerto for cello & chamber orchestra, Op. 35
Performers: Blome, Tatjana; Bruns, Peter
Conductors: Bruns, Jürgen
Ensemble: ; Kammerochester Leipzig; Kammersymphonie Berlin

Anyone who tries to find out more about the composer Ernst Toch will soon realize that it is not an easy task. No monograph is...continue...