Category Archives: Light Opera

Evening, Morn, & Noon – The scared Music of Jack Gottlieb – (CD 9574)
Malcolm Arnold – Four Scottish Dances Op.50 & Symphony No.3, Op.63 – (CD 9579)
Masterworks – Clarinet & Piano, John Russo, Lydia Walton Ignacio – (CD 9578)
Casella/Partita & Respighi/Toccata & Rachmaninov/Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini – (CD 9577)
Elie Siegmeister – Clarinet Concerto, Flute concerto, sextet for Brass and percussion, Theatre set – (CD 9576)
A Wind Blows from the East – Four German Medieval Tales – (CD 9568)
Chamber Works by Ernest Gold – String quartet No. 1, Songs of Love and Parting, Piano Sonata – (CD 9572)
Feldman – Piano and String Quartet – (CD 9571)
Crazy Jane – (CD 9570)
Music of Chinary Ung – Volume 3 (CD 9567)
A la Albeniz – Chris Buckholz, trombone, Sean Botkin piano – (CD 9566)
Poul Ruders – Volume 7, symphony No. 4 “An Organ Symphony”, Trio Transcendentale, Songs and Rhapsodies – (CD 9569)
Beethoven 7 & 7.1 – (CD 9565)
Darkling – Stefen Weisman, Anna Rabinowitz – (CD 9584)
Florence B. Price – Concerto in one movement, symphony in e minor – (CD 9564)
Alchemy – Jan Krzywicki – (CD 9563)
Diversions – Stentorian Consort, music for trombones – (CD 9562)
Free Flying – Brett Shuster Trombone – (CD 9561)

Operas

Rio de Sangre – An opera in 3 acts by Don Davis – (CD 9559)
The Fortune Teller – Victor Herbert, The Ohio Light Opera – (CD 9583)

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by asjanedoes | March 17, 2011 · 10:50 am

A Treasure Trove of New CDs!!

Penderecki – Symphonies Nos. 1 and 5 performed by the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antoni Witt (CD 5547)

Shostakovich – Symphony no. 11, op. 103 “The Year 1905″ performed by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Jarvi (CD 5548)

Konzert zur 18. Tonmeistertagung – Works by Reicha, Ligeti and Brahms, performed by Delos Quintett and Kuss Quartet (CD 7826)

SF Jazz Collective – Live 2010, 7th Annual Concert Tour, Works by Zenon, Turner, Cohen, Eubanks, Harris, Simon, Penman and Harland (CD 5538)

Schumann – Complete Symphonies, performed by the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner (CD 5543)

Stevie Wonder – Innervisions (CD 5535)

Beethoven – The Late String Quartets performed by the Takacs Quartet (CD 5537)

David Oistrakh – Works by Prokofiev, Gliere, and Shostakovich (CD 6579)

Pandolfi – The Violin Sonatas of 1660, performed by Mark Fewer, Myron Lutzke, and Kenneth Slowick (CD 5531)

Mendelssohn – Piano Concertos 1 & 2, performed by Jean-Yves Thibaudet and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (CD 5546)

Strauss – Symphonic Poems, performed by the Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme Jarvi (CD 5545)

Handel – Water Music, performed by the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Field conducted by Sir Neville Marriner (CD 5544)

Bruckner – Symphony No. 6, performed by the Houston Symphony conducted by Christoph Eschenbach (CD 5551)

Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 1, Schumann – Fantasiestucke op. 88 (CD 5550)

Berwald – Four Symphonies performed by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Jarvi (CD 5549)

Schubert - The Complete Impromptus and Moments Musicaux performed Alfred Brendel (CD 5542)

Penderecki – Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4 performed by the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antoni Witt (CD 5541)

Stevie Wonder – Fulfillingness’ First Finale (CD 5534)

Diamond Street – A Comic Opera, music by Harold Farberman (CD 5529)

Stevie Wonder – Music of My Mind (CD 5536)

Schubert - Die schone Mullerin, performed by John Elwes – tenor and Kenneth Slowik – fortepiano (CD 5532)

Schubert - Winterreise, performed by John Elwes – tenor and Kenneth Slowik – fortepiano (CD 5530)

Quest: New Music for Violin & Cello – Works by Dangerfield, Allemeier, Maki, Parks and Anderson, performed by Anna Cromwell – Violin and Mira Frisch – Cello (CD 5528)

Holmboe – Brass Concertos, Concertos for Trumpet, Trombone, and Tuba (CD 5540)

Shostakovich - Symphonies Nos. 1 & 9, performed by the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich (CD 5539)

Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life (CD 5533)

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by hw4913a | February 8, 2011 · 8:24 pm

LOTS of new cds!!!!

CDs CDs CDs CDs

Alison Balsom (trumpet) – Italian Concertos – Scottish Ensemble (CD 5415)

Alison Balsom – Caprice - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner (CD 5414)

Once Upon as Mattress – Original London Cast (CD 5413)

String Quartets – Borodin, Smetana – Takács Quartet (CD 5427)

Timothy Andres – Shy and Mighty (CD 5425)

Brahms – Arrangements – Karl Heinz Steffens, clarinet and the Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie conducted by Daniel Raiskin (CD 5440)

El Capitan – John Philip Sousa – The Ohio Light Opera conducted by Steven Byess (CD 5418)

Leoš Jancek – Lachian Dances, The Cunning Little Vixen, Tara Bulba – Brno Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jakub Hruša (CD 5431)

Salmon is a Jumpin’ – John Salmon, piano (CD 5420)

Armand Qualliotine – Music for Vibraphone, Marimba & Piano (CD 5419)

The Young Debussy – Darren Chase, tenor and Mark Cogley, piano (CD 5422)

La Mar Amarga – Cindy Cox (CD 5421)

Music by Three – Romantic Repertoire for violin (Jennifer Frautschi), horn (Eric Ruske) and piano (Stephen Prustsman) (CD 5417)

Johanna Sebastian Bach – Trio Sonatas – Camerata Köln (CD 5423)

As steals the morn… – Handel arias & scenes for tenor – Mark Padmore (CD 5424)

Georges Bizet – L’Arlesienne, Op. 23 - Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse conducted by Michel Plasson (CD 5432)

Ray Chen – Virtuouso - Bach, Franck, Tartini, Wieniawski (CD 5434)

Pablo Casal and Mieczyslaw Horszowski – Beethoven Cello Sonatas (CD 5433)

Manfred-Symphonie – Tschaikowsky – Gürzenich-Orchester Köln conducted by Dmitrij Kitajenko (CD 5438)

Paavo Järvi - Beethoven Symphony No. 9 - The Deutsche Kammer Philharmonie (CD 5437)

Clarinet Concertos – Krommer, Spohr – Sabine Meyer and Julian Bliss, clarinet (CD 5436)

Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 3 - Arcadi Volodos, piano with Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by James Levine (CD 5435)

Escaping – Bach, Beethoven, Brahms – Davide Cabassi, piano (CD 5430)

German Folksongs/Deutsche Volkslieder – Johannes Brahms (CD 5429)

Mackenzie – Violin Concerto Pibroch Suite (CD 5428)

The Romantic Violin Concerto – Arensky, Taneyev, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (CD 5426)

13 - Mozart, Berg - Ensemble Intercontemporain (CD 5439)

Ewazen, Lebens, Eklund play Ewatzen (CD 5442)

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Russian National Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Juowski (CD 5443)

American Tone Poems – The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Karl Krueger (CD 5444)

The Little Prince (CD 5447)

Anton Bruckner, Symphonie No. 8 – Staatskapelle Dresden conducted by Christian Thielemann (CD 5448)

Die Jahreszeiten/The Season – Joseph Haydn (CD 5449)

Placido Domingo – The Unknown Puccini – Julius Rudel,piano (CD 5445)

Cameron Live! – Cameron Carpenter, organ (CD 5446)

Yuliya Gorenman – Beethoven – The Gorenman Beethoven Project Piano Sonatas Nos. 1, 2, 3 (CD 5441)

Hoogmis – Benoit (CD 5450)

DVDs

Who is Harry Nilsson? - a documentary (DVD 159)

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by cketcham | December 27, 2009 · 3:11 pm

New Arrivals: December 20-26

Musical Theater & Light Opera

On the 20th Century – Book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, music by Cy Coleman (Original Broadway Cast) – CD 5083

Leader of the Pack – Book by Anne Beatts, music and lyrics by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector (Original Broadway Cast) – CD 5070

Victor Herbert – Mlle. Modiste (The Ohio Light Opera) – CD 5065

Anthony Brandt – The Birth of Something; The Dragon and the Undying; Creely Songs – CD 5064

Jazz

Bill Evans - Conversations with Myself – CD 5084

Herbie Hancock – Mwandishi – CD 5082

Herbie Hancock - Crossings - CD 5081

Pop/Rock

The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds – CD 5079

20th Century & Contemporary Music

David Rakowski - Études, Vol. 3 (Amy Briggs, piano) – CD 5069

Frederic Rzewski – The People United Will Never Be Defeated! – CD 5078

Carson Cooman – The Revelations of Divine Love (Metaphors from Sea and Sky) – CD 5066

Mark O’Connor – String Quartets Nos. 2 & 3 – CD 5085

Christian Sinding – Music for Piano (Jerome Lowenthal, piano) – CD 5075

Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen – Kronos Plays Holmgreen (Kronos Quartet; Danish National Symphony Orchestra) – CD 5080

Miguel del Aguila - Salón Buenos Aires (Camerata San Antonio) – CD 5074

Dana Suesse – Jazz Nocturne: The Collected Piano Music of Dana Suesse (Sara Davis Buechner, piano) – CD 5072

Gustavino/Williams/Piazzolla/Ugarte/Aguirre/Lasala/Ginastera – Esperanza: Sounds of Hope (Rosa Antonelli, piano) – CD 5067

Major Composers

J.S. Bach – Les Chorales de Leipzig / Deux Preludes et Fugues (Antoine Bouchard, organist) – CD 5086

J.S. Bach – Grandes Œuvres Pour Orgue (Jean-Patrice Brosse, organist) – CD 5087

Johannes Brahms – The Brahms Trios, Vol. 2 (Kalichstein-Larendo-Robinson Trio) – CD 5071

Modest Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition / Songs and Dances of Death / Golitsyn Train / Solemn March (The USSR Symphony Orchestra, Evgeni Svetlanov, cond.) – CD 5076

P.I. Tchaikovsky – Suite from “Swan Lake” / Suite from “Nutcracker” (The USSR Symphony Orchestra, Evgeni Svetlanov, cond.) – CD 5077

Gustav Holst / Benjamin Britten – The Planets, Op. 32 / The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 (Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi, cond.) – CD 5073

Antonín Dvořák – Piano Concerto in G Minor, Op. 33 / Poetic Tone-Pictures, Op. 85 (Vassily Primakov, piano; Odense Symphony Orchestra, Justin Brown, cond.) – CD 5068

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