New ArkivCDs - January 17, 2012

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First time on CD! In its day, this was the freshest, funniest show on Broadway, establishing a standard in skill, taste, and comic dexterity and creating a glorious world of meaningful nonsense.

A Thurber Carnival - Original Broadway Cast

Release Date: 01/24/2012 Label: Sony Catalog: 91138 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Don Elliott

Performers: Margo Lungreen, Peter Turgeon, John McGiver, Peggy Cass ...

Orchestra/Ensemble: Don Elliott Quartet

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One can hear why Maurane was so admired in France. His beautiful baritone, never forced, caresses the words and the vocal line. (2 CDs)

The Early Years - Camille Maurane

Release Date: 12/28/2011 Label: Philips Catalog: 438970 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Gabriel Fauré, Henri Duparc, Benjamin Britten, Maurice Ravel ...

Performers: Pierrette Alarie, Camille Maurane, Lily Bienvenu, Janine Micheau

Conductor: Jean Fournet, Paul Sacher

Orchestra/Ensemble: Elisabeth Brasseur Chorus, Lamoureux Concerts Association Orchestra

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Is there a guitarist who has faster fingers than Nicola Hall? She plays the socks off the Falla (usually offered as a duet) and Paganini (in less time than many violinists take). Most impressive.

Nicola Hall - Virtuoso

Release Date: 12/22/2011 Label: Decca Catalog: 430839 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Sergei Rachmaninov, Manuel de Falla, Isaac Albeniz, Pablo de Sarasate ...

Performers: Nicola Hall

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An irresistible package for Lieder enthusiasts. Zemlinsky bestrides the worlds of his student Schoenberg, of Mahler, of Korngold, and of Richard Strauss. (2 CDs)

Zemlinsky: Lieder / Bonney, Von Otter, Blochwitz, Schmidt

Release Date: 06/28/1997 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog: 427348 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Alexander von Zemlinsky

Performers: Cord Garben, Barbara Bonney, Anne Sofie von Otter, Hans-Peter Blochwitz ...

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At age 68, Starker's sheer beauty of sound and dignified naturalness of phrasing were more refined than ever.

Janos Starker, Rudolf Buchbinder - Brahms, Schumann

Release Date: 12/22/2011 Label: Rca Victor Red Seal Catalog: 61562 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann

Performers: Rudolf Buchbinder, János Starker

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As his longest complete composition to date, this "portrait of Mallarmé" seems more and more like a definitive testament to that peculiarly French kind of expressionism which Boulez has made his own.

Pierre Boulez Edition - Boulez: Pli Selon Pli, Livre pour Cordes / BBC SO

Release Date: 12/05/1995 Label: Sony Catalog: 68335 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Pierre Boulez

Performers: Halina Lukomska, Maria Bergmann, Paul Stingl, Hugo D'Alton

Conductor: Pierre Boulez

Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Strings, BBC Symphony Orchestra

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A cornerstone of any serious Liszt collection. With the Boston Symphony in amazing form, this performance reveals how much Bernstein believed in this work.

Liszt: Faust Symphonie / Bernstein, Riegel, Boston SO

Release Date: 08/13/1996 Label: Dg The Originals Catalog: 447449 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Franz Liszt

Performers: Kenneth Riegel

Conductor: Leonard Bernstein

Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus

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A world-class musician, classic repertoire, and a recording team that knows how to produce a CD that's faithful to all concerned – that's what we have in this expertly programmed, masterfully performed, sensitively recorded recital.

Eleven-String Baroque / Göran Söllscher

Release Date: 08/10/2004 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog: 4748152 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Pachelbel, Silvius Leopold Weiss, François Couperin ...

Performers: Göran Söllscher

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Polished performances that very attractively demonstrate the vitality of American music before the nineteenth century.

Early American Choral Music Vol 2 / Hillier, His Majesties Clerkes

Release Date: 04/09/2002 Label: Harmonia Mundi Catalog: 3957128 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: William Tans'ur, John Farmer, Abraham Wood, Anonymous ...

Conductor: Paul Hillier

Orchestra/Ensemble: His Majesties Clerkes

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An evocative score written by Colin Towns, one of England's most prolific and versatile composers for film and television.

Cadfael - Music from the TV Series

Release Date: 01/04/2012 Label: Warner Classics Catalog: 37086 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Colin Towns, Anonymous

Conductor: Philip Pickett

Orchestra/Ensemble: New London Consort, Clerkes of St. Albans Abbey

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A wide-ranging program that shows off Carol Vaness's rich timbre and pure tone. A genuine nobility in the lower and middle voice distinguishes her singing, and the top notes have exciting fullness and resonance.

Carol Vaness Sings Verdi & Donizetti

Release Date: 12/30/2011 Label: Rca Catalog: 61828 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Gaetano Donizetti, Giuseppe Verdi

Performers: Carol Vaness, Dennis O'Neill, Marisca Mulder, Melinda Paulsen

Conductor: Roberto Abbado

Orchestra/Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus, Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

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Some of Boulez's finest Berlioz performances are gathered together in this very welcome compendium. Symphonie fantastique is given a terrifyingly formidable performance. (3 CDs)

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Lelio / Pierre Boulez

Release Date: 12/30/2011 Label: Sony Catalog: 64103 Number of Discs: 3
Composer: Hector Berlioz

Performers: Jean-Louis Barrault, John Mitchinson, John Shirley-Quirk, Stuart Burrows ...

Conductor: Pierre Boulez

Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, New York Philharmonic ...

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Thorson and Thurber play these works with evident affection, great sense of ensemble, and with not a small amount of fun along the way. (2 CDs)

Dvorak: Complete Works For Piano Duet / Thorson, Thurber

Release Date: 10/24/2000 Label: Olympia Catalog: 708 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Antonín Dvorák

Performers: Ingryd Thorson, Julien Thurber

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Chailly's interpretation is thrilling, sensational. This unprecedented score has never been unleashed with greater panache than it is here.

Messiaen: Turangalila-Symphonie / Chailly, Concertgebouw

Release Date: 08/02/1993 Label: Decca Catalog: 436626 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Olivier Messiaen

Performers: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Takashi Harada

Conductor: Riccardo Chailly

Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

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This was the first ever recording of Wozzeck, and Mitropoulos's handling of the score has seldom been equalled, let alone surpassed. The sheer fire and passion of his reading are remarkable. (2 CDs)

Berg: Wozzeck; Schoenberg, Krenek / Mitropoulos, Farrell, Dorow

Release Date: 11/16/2001 Label: Sony Classical Masterworks Catalog: 62759 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Ernst Krenek, Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg

Performers: Dorothy Dow, David Lloyd, Edwina Eustis, Ralph Herbert ...

Conductor: Dimitri Mitropoulos

Orchestra/Ensemble: New York Philharmonic members, New York Philharmonic, Schola Cantorum ...

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These performances from the inaugural 1950 Prades Festival are unforgettable. The Sonatas evince a grandeur and humanity that was quintessential Casals.

Casals Edition - Bach: The Three Gamba Sonatas, Brandenburg No 4

Release Date: 02/21/1995 Label: Sony Catalog: 66572 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Performers: Paul Baumgartner, Pablo Casals

Conductor: Pablo Casals

Orchestra/Ensemble: Prades Festival Orchestra

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Brass In Berlin / Canadian Brass, Berlin Philharmonic Brass

Release Date: 10/25/1990 Label: Cbs Masterworks Catalog: 39035 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Orlando de Lassus, Giovanni Palestrina, Tomaso Albinoni, Giovanni Gabrieli ...

Performers: Norbert Hauptmann, Martin Kretzer, Konradin Groth, Charles Daellenbach ...

Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Brass, Canadian Brass

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Carnival In Venice - Touvron, Scimone, I Solisti Veneti

Release Date: 12/22/2011 Label: Rca Victor Red Seal Catalog: 61815 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Carlo Tessarini, Renato Bellini, Tomaso Albinoni, Giuseppe Tartini ...

Performers: Guy Touvron

Conductor: Claudio Scimone

Orchestra/Ensemble: I Solisti Veneti

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Swing Ye Noel / William Noll, Ritz-Carlton Orchestra

Release Date: 12/22/2011 Label: Sony Catalog: 62483 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Traditional, Frank Comstock, Johnny Marks, Felix Bernard ...

Conductor: William Noll

Orchestra/Ensemble: Ritz-Carlton Orchestra

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Glenn Gould Edition - Gould: Quartet; Shostakovich, Et Al

Release Date: 02/25/1997 Label: Sony Catalog: 52679 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Glenn Gould, Dmitri Shostakovich, Francis Poulenc

Performers: Glenn Gould, Elizabeth Benson-Guy, Donald Gramm, Charles Bressler ...

Conductor: Vladimir Golschmann, Boris Brott

Orchestra/Ensemble: Symphonia String Quartet, Juilliard String Quartet, Orchestra

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The Spanish Harpsichord / Igor Kipnis

Release Date: 10/19/1993 Label: Sony Classical Essential Classics Catalog: 53264 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Antonio Soler, Manuel de Falla, Manuel Blasco de Nebra, Domenico Scarlatti

Performers: Igor Kipnis, Lorne Munroe, Eliot Chapo, Stanley Drucker ...

Conductor: Pierre Boulez

Orchestra/Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

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Bartok: The 3 Piano Concertos / Sándor, Fischer

Release Date: 01/14/1991 Label: Sony Catalog: 45835 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Béla Bartók

Performers: György Sándor

Conductor: Adám Fischer

Orchestra/Ensemble: Hungarian State Orchestra

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Immortal Toscanini Vol 4 - Brahms: The 4 Symphonies / NBC SO

Release Date: 08/10/1999 Label: Rca Victor Red Seal Catalog: 55838 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Johannes Brahms

Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

Orchestra/Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

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Montserrat Caballé, Montserrat Martí - Our Christmas Songs

Release Date: 11/09/1999 Label: Rca Catalog: 44022 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Michael Praetorius, Antonio Romero Monge, Traditional, Ariel Ramirez ...

Performers: Montserrat Caballé, Javier Gavara, Diego Cortés, Montserrat Martí ...

Conductor: José Collado

Orchestra/Ensemble: Schöneberg Boys Choir, Orlando Vocal Ensemble, Brandenburg Philharmonic ...

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The Millennium Collection - The Best Of Canadian Brass

Release Date: 02/15/2005 Label: Philips Catalog: 000415202 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Rayburn Wright, Traditional, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ...

Performers: Charles Dallenbach, Marty Morell

Conductor: Lukas Foss

Orchestra/Ensemble: Canadian Brass, New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra members

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