Weekend Specials - March 28-30, 2014

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  The Met has assembled about the best “Parsifal” cast available today: charismatic tenor Jonas Kaufmann sings the title role; great bass René Pape in a role he owns; and baritone Peter Mattei in terrific voice. Gatti draws diaphanous playing from the great Met orchestra. – The New York Times Also available on Blu-ray

  Wagner: Parsifal / Kaufmann, Pape, Gatti, Met

  Release Date: 04/01/2014   Label: Sony   Catalog: 372558   Number of Discs: 2

  Composer: Richard Wagner
  

  Performers: Katarina Dalayman,  Jonas Kaufmann,  René Pape,  Peter Mattei  ... 
  

  Conductor: Daniele Gatti
  

  Orchestra/Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus,  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
  

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  The premiere recording of Mozart's Requiem as it was heard in its first performance. Hearing this has the effect of encountering a great work of art for the first time, with the fresh insights of new acquaintance. Incredibly satisfying.

  Mozart: Requiem / Butt, Dunedin Consort

  Release Date: 03/25/2014   Label: Linn Records   Catalog: 449   Number of Discs: 1

  Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  

  Performers: Joanne Lunn,  Rowan Hellier,  Thomas Hobbs,  Matthew Brook
  

  Conductor: John Butt
  

  Orchestra/Ensemble: Dunedin Consort
  
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  Recorded live in 2009 at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, conductor John DeMain leads a triumphant cast in Gershwin's quintessentially American masterpiece. Also available on Blu-ray

  Gershwin: Porgy & Bess / Owens, Mitchell, SF Opera

  Release Date: 03/25/2014   Label: Euroarts   Catalog: 2059638   Number of Discs: 2

  Composer: George Gershwin
  

  Performers: Karen Slack,  Laquita Mitchell,  Eric Owens,  Chauncey Packer  ... 
  

  Conductor: John DeMain
  

  Orchestra/Ensemble: San Francisco Opera Orchestra,  San Francisco Opera Chorus
  
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  Baiba Skride’s way with Stravinsky’s Concerto confirms it as a masterpiece of grace, charm, and scintillating joie de vivre. Martin's Concerto serves notice that he is one of the last century’s most underrated composers.
  
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  Stravinsky, Martin: Violin Concertos / Baiba Skride

  Release Date: 10/30/2012   Label: Orfeo   Catalog: 849121   Number of Discs: 1

  Composer: Igor Stravinsky,  Frank Martin,  Arthur Honegger
  

  Performers: Baiba Skride
  

  Conductor: Thierry Fischer
  

  Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  

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  All of Serkin's solo and concerted stereo Beethoven repertoire released by Sony Classical in one box. The intensity and energy that Serkin brought to Beethoven influenced generations of pianists.
  
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  Rudolf Serkin Plays Beethoven

  Release Date: 11/06/2012   Label: Sony   Catalog: 988302   Number of Discs: 11

  Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  

  Performers: Rudolf Serkin,  Leslie Parnas,  Jaime Laredo,  David Evitts  ... 
  

  Conductor: Eugene Ormandy,  Leonard Bernstein,  Alexander Schneider,  Peter Serkin
  

  Orchestra/Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra,  New York Philharmonic,  Westminster Choir  ... 
  

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