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Rodrick Dixon (tenor), Gabriel Pegis (violin), Timothy Lees (violin), Julie Spangler (piano) Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Winton Woods Varsity Ensemble, May Festival Chorus, New York Voices, John Morris Russell Holiday Greetings from the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra! 'Home for the Holidays' is an exceptionally diverse collection of Yuletide classics. This disc is the culmination of a year-long celebration of the inaugural season of Pops conductor John Morris Russell. | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Nuit Sacrée
Adam: | O Holy Night | Bach, J S: | Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben': Jesu, bleibet meine Freude Christmas Oratorio, BWV248: Jauchzet frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage | Bizet: | L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: IV. Farandole | Buxtehude: | Alleluja | Franck, C: | Panis Angelicus | Gounod: | Ave Maria | Gruber, F: | Stille Nacht | Handel: | Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus Messiah: For unto us a child is born | Holmès, A: | Trois Anges Sont Venus ce Soir! | Mozart: | Exsultate, jubilate, K165 - Alleluia | Pachelbel: | Canon | Saint-Saëns: | Oratorio de Noël (Christmas Oratorio), Op. 12: Benedictus |
Nuit Sacrée documents a televised concert that was broadcast on Christmas Day 2009 on France 2, one of the main French TV Channels, from St Thomas’s Church in Strasbourg. It features some of the finest sacred pieces linked to the festive season, and an impressive array of some of the best musicians of our time. Perhaps the major attraction is the multi-award winning chamber choir Accentus under its acclaimed conductor Laurence Equilbey. They are joined by the equally celebrated baroque specialist ensemble Concerto Köln and several outstanding vocal and instrumental soloists, among them soprano Sandrine Piau, contralto Nathalie Stutzmann, bass-baritone Johannes Weisser and cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton. Founded by its current director Laurence Equilbey, Accentus is a professional chamber choir which appears in the leading concert halls and international festivals. The group collaborates regularly with prestigious conductors and orchestras (Pierre Boulez, Christoph Eschenbach, Orchestre de Paris, Ensemble intercontemporain, Orchestre de l’Opéra de Rouen Haute Normandie, Concerto Köln, Akademie für Alte Musik). The group’s recordings have received numerous prizes from the musical press, notably ‘Transcription”, Haydn’s Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross, Fauré’s Requiem with members of the Orchestre National de France, and ‘Strauss a cappella’ with the Latvian Radio Choir. Accentus records exclusively for Naïve. | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Berliner Philharmoniker: Gala From Berlin – Songs of Love and DesireLive Recording from the Philharmonie Berlin, 1998
Berlioz: | Le carnaval romain Overture, Op. 9 | Bizet: | L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: IV. Carillon L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: IV. Farandole | Mozart: | Le nozze di Figaro, K492: Overture Deh vieni, non tardar (from Le nozze di Figaro) Christine Schäfer (soprano) Deh! vieni alla finestra (from Don Giovanni) Simon Keenlyside (baritone) Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen (from Die Zauberflöte) Christine Schäfer (soprano), Simon Keenlyside (baritone) La ci darem la mano (from Don Giovanni) Christine Schäfer (soprano), Simon Keenlyside (baritone) Fin ch'han dal vino (from Don Giovanni) Simon Keenlyside (baritone) | Rossini: | La gazza ladra Overture | Tchaikovsky: | Polonaise (from Eugene Onegin, Op. 24) Puskay pogibnu ya 'Tatiana's Letter Scene' (from Eugene Onegin) Mirella Freni (soprano) | Verdi: | Addio, addio, speranza ed anima (from Rigoletto) Christine Schäfer (soprano), Marcelo Alvarez (tenor) Caro nome (from Rigoletto) Christine Schäfer (soprano) La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto) Marcelo Alvarez (tenor) Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (from La Traviata) Christine Schäfer (soprano), Marcelo Alvarez (tenor) |
Love is the motto of the 1998 New Year‘s Eve Concert. And who wrote better music about love than Mozart and Verdi? Maestro Claudio Abbado has chosen two of the best Mozart interpreters of our day, Christine Schäfer and Simon Keenlyside, for this traditionally meaningful event. Marcelo Álvarez from Argentina, compared by some to a young Domingo, sings highlights of the tenor repertoire, and Italian Primadonna Mirella Freni tops the occasion with a breathtaking performance of the Letter scene of Tchaikovsky‘s Eugene Onegin. Sound Format: PCM STEREO, DD 5.1 Picture Format: 16:9 DVD Format: DVD 9, PAL Running Time: 90 mins FSK: 0 Directed by Hans Hulscher | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Open Air - A Night with the Berliner PhilharmonikerRecorded live at the Waldbühne, Berlin, 2002
The extraordinary atmosphere of this Open Air venue is the imagination of this production. More than 20,000 people attended the yearly Open Air Concert of the Berliner Philharmoniker at the Waldbühne in Berlin. The atmosphere is as unique as the Night of the Proms Concert. This is a full programme of musical showpieces and some of the most popular pieces of classical music like Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker, Mascagni Intermezzo, Paganini Il carnevale die Venezia and Sibelius Valse triste. The famous violinist Vadim Repin is clearly happy to indulge, performing here with all the appropriate showmanship and artistry alongside the first-class Berliner Philharmoniker and Mariss Jansons. This isn´t only a production for core classical lovers – this is a night for a wide audience. “Repin’s playing of the Paganini has to be watched to be believed, and the audience, quite justifiably, go wild at the end, causing him to repeat the piece, this time modified for even greater effect, enchanting all present including orchestra and conductor. " John Phillips, MusicWeb International Picture format DVD: NTSC 16:9 Sounds formats DVD: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1 Region code: 0 Booklet notes: English, German, French Running time: 116 mins Audience: all | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | New Year's Day Concert 2009From the Teatro La Fenice
Mariella Devia (soprano), Massimiliano Pisapia (tenor) Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro La Fenice, Venice,
Georges Prêtre | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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| |  | RenoirRomantic dance classics from the Age of Impressionism
Berlioz: | Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 - Un Bal Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra, Andreas Spörri | Bizet: | L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: II. Intermezzo Baltic Festival Orchestra, Yun-Sung Chang L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: IV. Farandole Baltic Festival Orchestra, Yun-Sung Chang | Offenbach: | La Vie Parisienne: Overture Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hans-Jurgen Walther | Ravel: | La Valse Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra, Jansug Kakhidze Daphnis et Chloe: Sunrise Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra, Vachtang Kakhidze Piano Concerto in G major: Allegremente Mi Joo Lee (piano) Radio Symphony Orchestra Ljubljana, Marko Munih | Respighi: | La Boutique fantasque: Nocturne London Symphony Orchestra, Don Jackson | Saint-Saëns: | Romance in C major, Op. 48, for violin and orchestra Ruggiero Ricci (violin) Philharmonica Hungarica, Reinhard Peters | Tchaikovsky: | The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers London Symphony Orchestra, Don Jackson |
The magic of the dance in music, with an emphasis on Paris towards the end of the nineteenth century. Orchestral works by Ravel ('La Valse'), Offenbach, Berlioz and others capture the mood of Renoir's beautiful portrait of dancers. Music for dancing and dreaming. | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition
National Youth Orchestra of Spain & Joven Orquesta Nacional de España (JONDE), José Serebrier Filmed in Chester Cathedral during the National Youth Orchestra of Spain’s 2007 European tour, this concert features Leopold Stokowski’s inimitable and colourful transcriptions of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and A Night on Bare Mountain, the latter made famous by its inclusion in the 1940 Walt Disney film Fantasia. “José Serebrier has already recorded the two main works here in CD format, but it's interesting to check the extra sense of edger and immediacy given by this live concert in Chester Cathedral and, in the case of the Musorgsky Pictures, to watch first-hand what Stokowski is doing with the instrumentation.” BBC Music Magazine, June 2009 **** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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“With the wide appeal of these popular scores and the exceptional standard of the performances from the Black Dyke Band I can see significant interest and many subsequent converts to brass band music being generated by this disc. I sincerely hope that this is the first of many volumes from Naxos.” MusicWeb International | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | A Christmas Fantasy
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