Weekend Specials – April 26–28, 2013

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  Dutch violinist and passionate chamber musician Janine Jansen pairs two of the most heartfelt masterpieces of the Viennese Romantic repertoire on her new CD.

  
  Also available: Vivaldi: Four Seasons / Janine Jansen

  Schubert: String Quintet; Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht / Janine Jansen

  Release Date: 04/30/2013   Label: Decca   Catalog: 001831602   Number of Discs: 1

  Composer: Franz Schubert,  Arnold Schoenberg
  

  Performers: Torleif Thedéen,  Amihai Grosz,  Janine Jansen,  Boris Brovtsyn  ... 
  

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  CD: $21.99

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  Essential for anyone who wants to understand a crucial aspect of 20th century music. If you want to hear these pieces with near perfect balance between soloist and an orchestra in top form under a conductor’s conductor, this is for you.

  Prokofiev: The 5 Piano Concertos / Béroff, Masur

  Release Date: 09/29/1992   Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 62542   Number of Discs: 2

  Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
  

  Performers: Michel Béroff,  Michel Portal
  

  Conductor: Kurt Masur
  

  Orchestra/Ensemble: Parrenin String Quartet,  Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
  

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  What a beautiful recording this is! It gives us a chance to hear how composers from different cultures and different eras handled this delicate form, from Brahms and Schubert to Sibelius, Strauss, and more.

  Violin Lullabies / Pine

  Release Date: 04/30/2013   Label: Cedille Records   Catalog: 139   Number of Discs: 1

  Composer: Johannes Brahms,  Eugène Ysaÿe,  Vladimir I. Rebikov,  Amy Marcy Beach  ... 
  

  Performers: Rachel Barton Pine,  Matthew Hagle
  

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  CD: $17.99

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  Manze and the English Concert are firebrands who simply torch these scores full of strange harmonies and unsettling melodies. This thrilling Harmonia Mundi recording is a must-hear.
  
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  Vivaldi: Concertos for the Emperor / Andrew Manze

  Release Date: 03/13/2012   Label: Harmonia Mundi   Catalog: 2907332   Number of Discs: 1

  Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
  

  Performers: Andrew Manze
  

  Conductor: Andrew Manze
  

  Orchestra/Ensemble: English Concert
  

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  This collection of great chamber music brings together nine giants of music in works which reveal their most immediate and individual expressive worlds.
  
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  Great Chamber Music

  Release Date: 04/30/2013   Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8501064   Number of Discs: 10

  Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven,  Franz Joseph Haydn,  Franz Schubert,  Felix Mendelssohn  ... 
  

  Performers: Tamás Szabo,  Gábor Fias,  Attila Falvay,  György Éder  ... 
  

  Orchestra/Ensemble: Kodály String Quartet,  Auer String Quartet,  Villa Musica Ensemble  ... 
  
  CD: $68.99

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