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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; The Firebird
Russian conductor Yuri Simonov recorded Le Sacre du printemps and the suite from L'Oiseau de feu with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 1993, and these extremely vivid performances appeared on this budget release from Sheridan Square Entertainment as...
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The Mozart Effect, Vol. 3: Mozart in Motion
Mozart in Motion is the third volume of Don Campbell's Mozart Effect series. The album's charming marches and dances like "Champagne Aria" from Don Giovanni and "German Dance No. 4" promote mental and physical energy, as well as coordination and motor...
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Schubert: Octet
Because of its extraordinary length, profuse invention, and exceptional variety of expressions, Franz Schubert's Octet in F major, D. 803, was a clear step forward for the ambitious composer, particularly as an attempt to increase his artistic range....
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Schubert: Octet
Because of its extraordinary length, profuse invention, and exceptional variety of expressions, Franz Schubert's Octet in F major, D. 803, was a clear step forward for the ambitious composer, particularly as an attempt to increase his artistic range....
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Liszt, Rachmaninov: Etudes
The programming for this Orion Master Recordings album, entitled Etudes: Liszt and Rachmaninoff, is seemingly rather random. For starters, only four of the pieces chosen are actually etudes at all. The program begins with two Liszt works based on two...
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Liszt: Piano Transcription of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
One of the reasons Liszt transcribed for piano the works of Beethoven, Wagner, and others was so that those works could be heard by audiences who didn't normally have a chance to hear good orchestra or opera performances. Liszt knew how to capture the...
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2; Concerto Fantasy
Largely overshadowed by the immense popularity of the First Piano Concerto, Tchaikovsky's Second Piano Concerto is no less deserving of attention and enjoyment. Although a completely different beast than the First Concerto, Op. 44 is still filled with...
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Ballades for Saxophone and Orchestra
Following his 2002 CD Music for Saxophone and Orchestra, for which he performed demanding vehicles by Debussy, Glazunov, Ibert, Milhaud, and Villa-Lobos, Theodore Kerkezos turns to more expressly lyrical fare for this 2004 release. While these six...
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Quincy Porter: String Quartets Nos. 1-4
The year 2007 marks the 110th anniversary of Quincy Porter's birth, and two important releases of his string quartets make it a banner year for reviving this composer's unfairly neglected music. First issued was a complete cycle of the nine string...
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French Orchestral Music
Tastes have changed over the decades and pieces that were once quite popular and consistently programmed have not always maintained their status. Take, for example, such erstwhile concert fare as the Overture to Emmanuel Chabrier's obscure opera...
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The Ricardo Vines Collection
Spanish pianist Ricardo Viñes was a confidante to Albéniz, Debussy, and Ravel; some of his most famous and beloved works to be found in the canon of piano music were first heard under his hands -- both books of Debussy's Images, L'isle Joyeuse,...
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The Early BBC Recordings 1961-1965
Before she landed a contract with EMI, cellist Jacqueline du Pré made a few recordings for the BBC. Or, more properly put, she made a few broadcasts for the BBC which, after she landed her EMI contract, became recordings. The du Pré of the EMI...
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The Early BBC Recordings 1961-1965
Before she landed a contract with EMI, cellist Jacqueline du Pré made a few recordings for the BBC. Or, more properly put, she made a few broadcasts for the BBC which, after she landed her EMI contract, became recordings. The du Pré of the EMI...
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I Heard a Voice: The music of the golden age
Times change even in conservative quarters, and so it is even in that bastion of English tradition, the King's College chapel in Cambridge, England. The all-male (men and boys) Choir of King's College, Cambridge, has been singing these English-language...
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Isabella Leonarda: Vespro a cappella della Beata Vergine
Music by cloistered nuns for convent use remains an almost untouched repository of music in the European concert tradition, and the investigative qualities of Italy's Tactus label have seldom been put to better use than in recordings featuring music of...
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