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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Ravel - L’Enfant et les sortilèges
Setting a charming text by Colette, Ravel’s richly-scored opera L’Enfant et les sortilèges (The Child and the Spells) is a lyric fantasy whose cast includes fairy tale characters, crockery, plants and little animals which come to life to chastise the child who has been tormenting them. However, all ends happily when the child learns compassion. Ravel’s life-long fascination with the exotic orient found inspiration in three poems by Tristan Klingsor, brought together in his ravishing and enduringly popular song cycle Shéhérazade. “Ravel brilliantly balances raucous humour with heartfelt tenderness, and any production or recording needs to be able to convey both his caricatures and the sublime. This engaging account from Nashville successfully negotiates this balancing act. Julie Boulianne's child has wide-eyed wonder... She can be heard in grown-up, and decidedly seductive mode in the accompanying Shéhérazade.” BBC Music Magazine, June 2009 **** | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | World Première Recording
“Fern Hill is a blithe poem, yet touched by darkness; time finally holds the poet “green and dying” …Poem in October begins in Thomas’s seafront town: the poet, marking his birthday, climbs to a high hill, wherehe reflects on his youth and mulls his future … Poem on his Birthday distorts the “lamb-white days”of Fern Hill to the grotesqueries of “herons who walk in their shroud”: Poem in October’s sparkling ocean becomes a gull-haunted river Styx … Author’s Prologue – his penultimate work – was a lavish, exultant poem that bellowed with lust and life. It called for music as unusual as it was buoyant. And it offered A Dylan Thomas Trilogy the formal inevitability I always dreamed for it …" John Corigliano “Corigliano could have made a comfortable living churning out film scores: his versatility, orchestral wizardry and fluency are undeniable.” BBC Music Magazine “The Allen baritone is in full, eloquent form, with a ring of mature authority and faultless diction” The Financial Times “Slatkin and his Nashville forces are persuasive advocates, and Sir Thomas Allen contributes a harrowing performance…” BBC Music Magazine, December 2008 **** | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | A Guided Tour of the Romantic Era, Vol. 1
Edith Lienbacher (soprano), Gosta Winbergh (tenor), Alan Titus (baritone), Inga Nielsen (soprano), Kurt Moll (bass), Herwig Pecoraro (tenor), Robynne Redmon (mezzo-soprano), Lori Phillips (soprano), Jay Baylon (bass-baritone), James Taylor (tenor), Mary Kathryn van Osdale (violin), Claire Rutter (soprano), Peter Hoare (tenor), Marta Fontanals-Simmons (mezzo-soprano), Matilde Wallevik (mezzo-soprano), Leon McCawley (piano), Stephen Gadd (baritone), Julian Davies (tenor), Manfred Fink (tenor), Hasmik Papian (soprano), Ruxandra Donose (mezzo-soprano), Claudio Otelli (bass-baritone), Stefan Vladar (piano), Takako Nishizaki (violin), Jeno Jando (piano), Csaba Onczay (cello), Benjamin Frith (piano) Hungarian Radio Chorus, Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Nashville Symphony Chorus, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, City of London Choir, Nicolaus Esterhazy Chorus, Capella Istropolitana, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Kodaly Quart, Michael Halasz, Kenneth Schermerhorn, Hilary Davan Wetton, Bela Drahos, Barry Wordsworth, Kenneth Jean, David Haslam | 
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| |  | A Guided Tour of the Classical Era Vol. 3
Roberta Alessandrini (harp), Peter Palinkas (tenor), Alan Titus (baritone), Kalman Strausz (choirmaster), Kurt Moll (bass), Edith Lienbacher (soprano), Herwig Pecoraro (tenor), Gosta Winbergh (tenor), Jozsef Moldvay (bass), Inga Nielsen (soprano), Wolfgang Glashof (bass), Jay Baylon (bass-baritone), James Taylor (tenor), Mary Kathryn van Osdale (violin), Lori Phillips (soprano), Robynne Redmon (mezzo-soprano), Ruxandra Donose (mezzo-soprano), Hasmik Papian (soprano), Manfred Fink (tenor), Claudio Otelli (bass-baritone), Stefan Vladar (piano), Takako Nishizaki (violin), Jeno Jando (piano), Csaba Onczay (cello), Hae Won Chang (piano) Sanremo Symphony Orchestra, Mantova Orchestra, Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Hungarian Radio Chorus, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Nashville Symphony Chorus, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Nicolaus Esterhazy Chorus, Capella Istropolitana, Slovak Philharmoni, Piero Bellugi, Vittorio Parisi, Michael Halasz, Kenneth Schermerhorn, Bela Drahos, Barry Wordsworth, Kenneth Jean, Tamas Pal, Herve Niquet |
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| |  | Binders full of Women… Composers
Mikhail Shestakov (violin), Geir Inge Lotsberg (violin), Geir Draugsvoll (bayan), Oyvind Gimse (cello), Eve Beglarian (electronics), Marya Martin (flute), Gabriela Lena Frank (piano), Yoshiko Iwai (piano), Jeffrey Biegel (piano), Peter Nagy (piano), Sophia Rahman (piano), Clare Howick (violin) Oxford Camerata, Moscow Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble, Siegerland Orchestra, ALIAS Chamber Ensemble, Florida State University Symphony Orchestra, Music of Remembrance, Northwest , Jeremy Summerly, Patrick Baton, Kenneth Schermerhorn, Leonard Slatkin, Jorge Rotter, Alexander Jimenez, Joseph Crnko, Fabio Mastrangelo, Gerard Schwarz | |
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| |  | Appassionata: 50 Classics for Romance
Philip Fowke (piano), Jozsef Kiss (oboe), Mike Eldred (tenor), Betsi Morrison (soprano), Graciela Alperyn (mezzo-soprano), Janez Lotric (tenor), Igor Morozov (baritone), Peter Nagy (piano), Vincenzo La Scola (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano), Derrick Fox (baritone), Jo Ella Todd (soprano), Nicola Martinucci (tenor), Jeno Jando (piano), Julie Andrews (vocals), Philippa Bevans (vocals), Bo Skovhus (baritone), Andrea Martin (baritone), Donna Robin (soprano), Maria Pia Ionata (soprano), Luba Orgonasova (soprano), Jonathan Welch (tenor), Giorgio Lamberti (tenor), Miriam Gauci (soprano), Thomas Harper (tenor), Ricardo Gallen (guitar), Jan Willem Nelleke (piano), Karine Georgian (cello), Anton Lesser (reader), Michael Sheen (reader) RTE Concert Orchestra, Budapest Ferenc Erkel Chamber Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, San Diego Symphony Orchestra, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Hungarian State Opera Orchestr, Proinnsias O Duinn, Carl Davis, Yoav Talmi, Kenneth Schermerhorn, Alexander Rahbari, Johannes Wildner, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Adrian Leaper, Thomas J. O'Neal, Richard Edlinger, Richard Hayman, Andre Anichanov, Franz Allers, Antoni Wit, Michael Halasz, Konr | |
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| |  | Beethoven: His Life In Music
Stefan Vladar (piano), Jeno Jando (piano), Wolfgang Glashof (bass), Alan Titus (baritone), Inga Nielsen (soprano), Gosta Winbergh (tenor), Kurt Moll (bass), Takako Nishizaki (violin), Csaba Onczay (cello), Manfred Fink (tenor), Hasmik Papian (soprano), Claudio Otelli (bass-baritone), Ruxandra Donose (mezzo-soprano) Capella Istropolitana, Stuttgart Piano Trio, Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Kodaly Quartet, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Nashville Symphony Chorus, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Nicolaus Esterhazy Chorus, Barry Wordsworth, Bela Drahos, Michael Halasz, Kenneth Jean, Kenneth Schermerhorn | |
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| |  | 50 of the Best: Beethoven
Silvia Capova (piano), Takako Nishizaki (violin), Inga Nielsen (soprano), Jeno Jando (piano), Ethella Chuprik (piano), Stefan Vladar (piano), Gyorgy Eder (cello), Janos Selmeczi (violin), Zsolt Szatmari (clarinet), Levente Filip (viola), Julia Gabor (bassoon), Istvan Toth (double bass), Sandor Berki (horn), Jozsef Vajda (bassoon), Janos Kevehazi (horn), Otto Racz (oboe), Jeno Kevehazi (horn), Csaba Onczay (cello), Jay Baylon (bass-baritone), James Taylor (tenor), Mary Kathryn van Osdale (violin), Robynne Redmon (mezzo-soprano), Lori Phillips (soprano), Dong-Suk Kang (violin), Maria Kliegel (cello), Nina Tichman (piano), Gyozo Mathe (viola), Peter Szabo (cello), Ildiko Hegyi (violin), Peter Popa (violin), Ian Yungwook Yoo (piano), Endre Hegedus (piano), Maria Kovalszki (piano), Attila Falvay (violin), Balazs Szokolay (piano), Michael Pabst (tenor), Diane Elias (contralto), Robert Holzer (bass-baritone), Gabriele Lechner (soprano) Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Cassovia, Kodaly Quartet, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava, Capella Istropolitana, Nashville Symphony Chorus, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart, Richard Edlinger, Johannes Wildner, Kenneth Jean, Michael Halasz, Bela Drahos, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Barry Wordsworth, Kenneth Schermerhorn, Reinhard Seifried, Alexander Rahbari, Johannes Wehner | |
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| |  | Joseph Schwantner: Chasing Light, Morning's Embrace & Percussion Concerto
Pulitzer Prize winner Joseph Schwantner is one of the most prominent composers in America today, renowned for his dramatic style and bewitchingly colourful orchestration. Morning’s Embrace depicts the intense brilliance of sunrise at his home in rural New Hampshire, and the ‘Ford Made in America’ commission Chasing Light… continues to explore the natural world in a work of eloquent expressiveness. A highly popular concert piece, the ‘fresh, engaging’ (Metro) and technically demanding Percussion Concerto is performed here by the acclaimed soloist for whom the work was written, Christopher Lamb. | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Piazzolla: Sinfonía Buenos Aires
Astor Piazzolla’s name has become synonymous with tango, the signature dance of his native country, Argentina. In the Sinfonía Buenos Aires, Piazzolla’s development of symphonic tango is notable for brilliant, original and often complex orchestration. His Bandoneón Concerto, nicknamed ‘Aconcagua’ after the highest Andean mountain, provides the soloist with ample opportunities for drama, pathos and virtuosity. Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires), a series of single tango movements with several references to Vivaldi’s famous work, is a vivid sequence in which the changing moods of the seasons are expressed by means of an almost limitless emotional range and depth. “The opening work on this disc provides a rare glimpse into the musical world of the young Piazzolla: the Sinfonia Buenos Aires, from 1951, was the last in a series of orchestral pieces that had followed his years of study with Alberto Ginastera in the Argentine capital.” The Guardian, 23rd September 2010 ** “The arrangement played on this new recording...accentuates Piazzolla's admiration for Vivaldi more than most: classical-style scoring notably devolves into Concerto Grosso textures in Spring as instruments peel away in solo excursions...they show Piazzolla a musical communicator of Vivaldian originality and individuality, who like his predecessor pushed instruments to their limits” Classic FM Magazine, February 2011 ***** | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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