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    Chopin: Piano Works / Charles Rosen
    Music and Arts Programs of America

    Chopin: Piano Works / Charles Rosen

    CD · 1 disc

    $19.99
    Composer
    CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC
    Artist
    Charles, Rosen
    Released
    Aug 19, 2013
    Few pianists can equal Charles Rosen for sheer lucidity of thought... the playing is big and confident (nothing frail about Rosen's vision of Chopin). Then, too, his fastidious attention to detail—especially his rhythmic acuity and his scrupulous inner lines—often lights up the music in revealing ways (note how he puts into relief the dotted gestures in the Polonaise-fantaisie). And his sympathy for the avant-garde carries over to the finale of the Second Sonata, which has rarely had its modernistic spirit so persuasively conveyed.

    -- Peter J. Rabinowitz, FANFARE [1/1991]
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  • Chopin: Piano Works / Charles Rosen

    Chopin: Piano Works / Charles Rosen

    Music and Arts Programs of America Aug 2013
    1 disc
    CD
    $19.99
    • BUILDING CHARACTERS
    CELLAR LIVE

    BUILDING CHARACTERS

    Vinyl · 1 disc

    $31.99
    Artist
    CHEN, CHARLES
    Released
    May 16, 2025
    Black vinyl edition of the new album Building Characters from pianist Charles Chen. Chen pairs jazz legends with other legends from fiction. The album features an acoustic Horace Silver-esque band playing in a variety of styles including bossa nova, classical influenced jazz, funk, swing, pop ballad, & post-bop. It features Randy Brecker on trumpet, Bob Sheppard and Lawrence Feldman on sax, Mike Richmond on bass, & Adam Nussbaum on drums.
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  • BUILDING CHARACTERS

    BUILDING CHARACTERS

    CELLAR LIVE May 2025
    1 disc
    Vinyl
    $31.99
  • BUILDING CHARACTERS

    BUILDING CHARACTERS

    CELLAR LIVE May 2025
    1 disc
    CD
    $12.49
    • CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS
    ANALOGUE PROD.Pre-order

    CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS

    SACD · 1 disc

    $48.49
    Artist
    GUARALDI, VINCE
    Few albums have rooted themselves deeper into American culture than A Charlie Brown Christmas. Vince Guaraldi's charming, swinging score for the 1965 classic CBS TV animated special brought jazz into millions of homes, wrapped in tinsel, nostalgia, and a chorus of "Christmastime is Here." Guaraldi, with his melodic sense and West Coast cool, translated the Peanuts gang's whimsy and melancholy into pure musical gold. Whether it's the airy piano riff of "Skating," the finger-snapping joy of "Linus and Lucy," or the tender brushwork on "Greensleeves," this album did what few thought possible: it turned bebop into bedtime music and made jazz a holiday tradition. And now, it's back - better than ever - as a Hybrid Stereo SACD reissue from Analogue Productions. Mastered with care to DSD by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab directly from the original analog tapes. These are experts who treat vinyl like sacred text, and this edition delivers Guaraldi's piano trio with breathtaking clarity and warmth. It's not just a reissue; it's like hearing A Charlie Brown Christmas for the first time - only this time, it's in hi-fi heaven. Perfect for audiophiles, jazz fans, and anyone who tears up when Charlie Brown saves Christmas. The holiday album as iconic as Charlie Brown's little tree! Hybrid Stereo SACD Mastered to DSD by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab from the original master tape
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  • CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS
    Pre-order

    CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS

    ANALOGUE PROD. Jan 1900
    1 disc
    SACD
    $48.49
    • Charles Silver: La Belle au bois dormant
    Bru Zane

    Charles Silver: La Belle au bois dormant

    CD · 2 discs

    $42.99
    Composer
    Charles Silver
    Artist
    Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Hungarian National Choir, Gyorgy Vashegyi, Guylaine Girar
    Released
    May 08, 2026
    Largely forgotten today, the composer Charles Silver was one of the most promising students of Jules Massenet, whose elegant style and effective dramatic gestures he fully mastered. His opera La Belle au bois dormant (Sleeping Beauty), based on Perrault's tale, testifies to these skills with it's colourful, lively and surprisingly modern music: the influence of Puccini is evident. The libretto enriches the original story with delightful comic touches from the characters of Jacotte and Barnabe, who provide a light-hearted counterpoint to the fairytale plot. Although it enjoyed a successful first run in Marseille in 1902, the opera unfortunately never received a Parisian premiere, which hindered it's wider dissemination despite an acclaimed revival at the Theâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels. Accessible, refined and treating a universal theme, this score deserves a second chance that just might - who knows? - earn it a place on the international operatic stage.
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  • Charles Silver: La Belle au bois dormant

    Charles Silver: La Belle au bois dormant

    Bru Zane May 2026
    2 discs
    CD
    $42.99
    • Under the Stars / Charlie Siem
    Sony Masterworks

    Under the Stars / Charlie Siem

    CD · 1 disc

    $5.99 $11.98 Save 50%
    Composer
    SPENCER BULL TCHAIKOVSKY
    Artist
    Charlie Siem, Goodwin
    Released
    Apr 14, 2015
    Given the tremendous success of American violinist Joshua Bell, it's only natural that players across the Atlantic would want a piece of the action with similar re-creations of the semi-popular violin recitals of a century ago. British violinist Charlie Siem both achieves the requisite fireworks and somewhat reinterprets the classic formula in this pleasing collection, named for a popular song (actually called Underneath the Stars) once arranged by Fritz Kreisler. The version here is by Josef Pasternack, but Kreisler is one of the chief models for what Siem is doing here. Another is his teacher, Shlomo Mintz. Siem is a bit lacking in the sheer emotion that Kreisler (and Bell) bring to a piece like Kreisler's own La Gitana (track 8), but in more athletic pieces like the Carmen Fantasy by the underrated Jenö Hubay (track 5), and the Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 4 (arranged by Marco Jovic), he's sensational. One extra attraction here is a group of more-or-less forgotten works that Siem has resurrected; in addition to the Hubay there's Ole Bull's Saeterjentens Søndag (Solitude on the Mountain, track 2), and Elgar's exuberantly sentimental Salut d'amour, Op. 12. Another is a compositional contribution by Siem himself, Canopy (as a "bonus" track 13). It was recorded separately from the other tracks and stands apart from them artisically, but it stands about halfway between Kreisler and Philip Glass, and it's a new direction in violin virtuoso music. An enjoyable outing from a young virtuoso to watch, with suitably understated support from the Munich Radio Orchestra under Paul Goodwin.

    – James Manheim, All Music Guide
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  • Under the Stars / Charlie Siem
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    Under the Stars / Charlie Siem

    Sony Masterworks Apr 2015
    1 disc
    CD
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    • Charpentier: Messe a 4 Choeurs - Cori Spezzati
    Château de Versailles Spectacles

    Charpentier: Messe a 4 Choeurs - Cori Spezzati

    CD · 1 disc

    $20.99
    Composer
    Lodovico Agostini, Orazio Benevoli, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Giovanni Gabrieli, Claudio Monteverdi
    Artist
    Jean-Baptiste Nicolas, Consort Musica Vera, Choeur de l'Opera Royal, Choeur de la Maitrise du CRR de
    Released
    Nov 28, 2025
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier, with his Messe a quatre choeurs, delivers a unique work that reflects a rare encounter between French tradition and the splendor of Roman Baroque. Inspired by the grand polychoral works of Gabrieli and Benevoli whom he listened to attentively during his stay in Italy he unfolds a choral dialogue of exceptional breadth. Four vocal and instrumental ensembles face each other, respond, and intertwine in a play of echoes and timbres that transcends the liturgical space. Jean-Baptiste Nicolas brings an exalted momentum to this masterpiece of sacred music, combining stylistic precision with interpretative finesse.
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  • Charpentier: Messe a 4 Choeurs - Cori Spezzati

    Charpentier: Messe a 4 Choeurs - Cori Spezzati

    Château de Versailles Spectacles Nov 2025
    1 disc
    CD
    $20.99
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    • CHARADE
    SONY

    CHARADE

    CD · 1 disc

    $14.99
    Artist
    MANCINI, HENRY
    Released
    Jan 15, 2015
    Charade [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] by Henry Mancini - Reflecting the European setting of Stanley Donen's 1963 comedy thriller Charade, Henry Mancini's soundtrack provides an easy listening tour of continental musical history: Parisian cafe songs on "Bistro," Eastern European gypsy music on "Bateau Mouche," Schubert quartets on "Bye Charlie," and some beer barrel polka on "Punch and Judy." Thrown in for variety's sake are dashes of Bond soundtracks, Cossack songs, and Strauss waltzes. A great Mancini recording made during the same fruitful, early-'60s period that produced two other fine soundtracks of his, Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Pink Panther.
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  • CHARADE

    CHARADE

    SONY Jan 2015
    1 disc
    CD
    $14.99
    • Charpentier: Vêpres pour Saint Louis
    Alpha

    Charpentier: Vêpres pour Saint Louis

    CD · 1 disc

    $11.99
    Composer
    CHARPENTIER, MARC-ANTOINE
    Artist
    Les Pages Et Les Chantres Du Centre De Musique Baroque De Versailles, Schneebeli
    Released
    Aug 23, 2019
    After the success of the Red, Yellow, Blue and Pink collections (a total of 56 reissues), which brought the pearls from the Baroque catalogues of the house labels back into the spotlight, here are fourteen new titles offering a chance to rediscover more Baroque treasures and rarities. Like the last series, this fifth installment also opens up to the Classical (Mozart) or Renaissance (Dufay) repertories - recordings that are an integral part of Alpha's identity and history. This series' reissues are performed by the finest musicians in the field; most of these recordings received one or more awards on their first release. The albums come with proper booklets, including notes in three languages (French, English, German). Photographers from many different backgrounds illustrate the covers of the series with their works: this time the main theme is the color white. The present album features Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Vespers for Saint Louis, performed by Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles and Olivier Schneebeli.
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  • Charpentier: Vêpres pour Saint Louis

    Charpentier: Vêpres pour Saint Louis

    Alpha Aug 2019
    1 disc
    CD
    $11.99
    1. Dvorak's Prophecy - Film 2 - Charles Ives' America [DVD]
    2. Dvorak's Prophecy - Film 2 - Charles Ives' America [DVD]
    Naxos

    Dvorak's Prophecy - Film 2 - Charles Ives' America [DVD]

    DVD · 1 disc

    $6.49 $12.99 Save 50%
    Artist
    Pianists Steven Mayer And Paul Sanchez, William Sharp
    Released
    Nov 12, 2021

    “Charles Ives' America”
    Written and produced by Joseph Horowitz
    Visual presentation by Peter Bogdanoff
    Film two in the six-film Naxos series:
    “Dvorak’s Prophecy: A New Narrative for American Classical Music”

    Steeped in nostalgia, in his Danbury childhood and the New England Transcendentalists with whom he profoundly identified, in the American experience of race which he absorbed from his Abolitionist grandparents, Ives used the past with consummate empathy and brave artistry. A musical Whitman or Melville, he embodies the American trope of the “self-made genius,” heeding Emerson’s call to cut the cultural umbilical cord with Europe, forging an original path. The music at hand here includes his Second Symphony (a milestone in culling the vernacular to set beside Huckleberry Finn), The Housatonic at Stockbridge (possibly the most sublime nature reverie in the American orchestral repertoire), and The St. Gaudens in Boston Common (a singular ghost dirge in tribute to Colonel Robert Gould Shaw’s Black Civil War regiment). We also hear portions of Ives’s Concord Sonata performed by Steven Mayer (an interpretation seasoned by a lifetime of advocacy) and half a dozen Ives songs peerlessly sung (in live performance with Paul Sanchez) by William Sharp. The commentators include the Ives scholar Peter Burkholder, James Sinclair, William Sharp and Judith Tick.

    ‘Charles Ives’ America may be the most important film ever produced about American music. Horowitz moves Ives from the fringes squarely to his position as the seminal composer of our country’ – JoAnn Falletta, Music Director, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.

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  • Dvorak's Prophecy - Film 2 - Charles Ives' America [DVD]
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    Dvorak's Prophecy - Film 2 - Charles Ives' America [DVD]

    Naxos Nov 2021
    1 disc
    DVD
    $12.99 $6.49Save 50%
    • CHARRRLLEEMMMA GGGNEELANDDDDDS SS""""""
    BLANK FORMS

    CHARRRLLEEMMMA GGGNEELANDDDDDS SS""""""

    Vinyl · 1 disc

    $32.49
    Artist
    PALESTINE, CHARLEMAGNE
    Released
    Dec 01, 2023
    Charlemagne Palestine's newest record pairs two energetic works for carillon bells. On side A, a new piece recorded at his studio in Belgium-a high-ceiling, stuffed animal paradise he calls Charleworld-among friends and divinities. On the flip side, Blank Forms Editions' very first and long out-of-print release appears on vinyl for the first time: a cathartic street recording of his 2018 musical eulogy for his late friend Tony Conrad, performed on the bells of St. Thomas Episcopal Church where the two first met. Two mesmerizing "klanggdedangggebannggg" sessions in the Quasimodo of 53rd Street's unmistakable improvisatory style.
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  • CHARRRLLEEMMMA GGGNEELANDDDDDS SS""""""

    CHARRRLLEEMMMA GGGNEELANDDDDDS SS""""""

    BLANK FORMS Dec 2023
    1 disc
    Vinyl
    $32.49
    • Sweet Charity - 1967 London Cast Recording
    Sony Masterworks

    Sweet Charity - 1967 London Cast Recording

    CD · 1 disc

    $5.99 $11.98 Save 50%
    Composer
    JULIET PROWSE BERNARD DELFONT
    Artist
    Juliet Prowse, Bernard Delfont, Harold Felding, Louis Michaels, Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields, Neil Sim
    Released
    Feb 12, 2016
    Few shows in recent years have drawn such unanimous praise from the London critics as Sweet Charity which opened at the Prince of Wales Theatre, on October 11, 1967, to a chorus of loud Hoorays. “Irresistible,” said the Daily Express. “A triumph,” said the Sun. “Everybody but everybody had a whale of a time,” said the Daily Sketch, and went on to describe the show as “a sweet, sweet, sexy fairy tale – nice and dirty, witty and pretty with enough energy to pop the corks of every bottle of non-fizz in the West End. And funny, very funny, too.” 
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  • Sweet Charity - 1967 London Cast Recording
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    Sweet Charity - 1967 London Cast Recording

    Sony Masterworks Feb 2016
    1 disc
    CD
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  • Charpentier: Noels And Christmas Motets

    Charpentier: Noels And Christmas Motets

    Naxos Jan 2003
    1 disc
    CD
    $19.99
    • Charming Cello: Best Loved Classical Cello Music
    Naxos

    Charming Cello: Best Loved Classical Cello Music

    CD · 1 disc

    $19.99
    Composer
    VARIOUS
    Artist
    Various
    Released
    Aug 09, 2019

    The ancient origins of the modern cello came from India and the Far East, arriving in Europe through Arab trade routes. By the time of the instrument’s advanced construction in the mid-18th century, the greater volume of sound and versatility that could be achieved contributed to its development both as a solo and an ensemble instrument. People often cite the cello as their favorite string instrument on account of its similarity to the human voice, the warmth of tone, the dramatic quality of the upper register and the instrument’s directness of communication. All of these unique qualities are represented by the works in this essential collection.

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  • Charming Cello: Best Loved Classical Cello Music

    Charming Cello: Best Loved Classical Cello Music

    Naxos Aug 2019
    1 disc
    CD
    $19.99
    1. Charpentier: Te Deum / Tournet, La Chapelle Harmonique
    2. Charpentier: Te Deum / Tournet, La Chapelle Harmonique
    Château de Versailles Spectacles

    Charpentier: Te Deum / Tournet, La Chapelle Harmonique

    CD · 1 disc

    $20.99
    Composer
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier
    Artist
    Valentin Tournet, La Chapelle Harmonique
    Released
    Sep 08, 2023

    In 1692, Charpentier wrote the Te Deum that would make him famous into the 20th century. Played for the military victory of Steenkerque, most probably at the church of Saint-Louis-des-Jésuites, this masterpiece, which glorified the armies of Louis XIV, is a powerful fresco whose prelude opens with the martial rhythms of the timpani and trumpets, symbolising the Grand Siècle of the arts, but also Louis XIV's conquests. Valentin Tournet adds pieces to the programme whose pomp is matched by their quality and expressiveness: the De Profundis has an extraordinary solemnity, while the Marche de Triomphe sounds the trumpets for the king considered the greatest in the world.

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  • Charpentier: Te Deum / Tournet, La Chapelle Harmonique

    Charpentier: Te Deum / Tournet, La Chapelle Harmonique

    Château de Versailles Spectacles Sep 2023
    1 disc
    CD
    $20.99
    1. Adams: My Father Knew Charles Ives; Harmonielehre / Guerrero, Nashville Symphony
    2. Adams: My Father Knew Charles Ives; Harmonielehre / Guerrero, Nashville Symphony
    Naxos

    Adams: My Father Knew Charles Ives; Harmonielehre / Guerrero, Nashville Symphony

    CD · 1 disc

    $9.99 $19.99 Save 50%
    Composer
    ADAMS, JOHN
    Artist
    Guerrero
    Released
    Jan 15, 2021

    A 2021 GRAMMY Nominee for Best Orchestral Performance!

    Pulitzer and Erasmus Prize-winning composer John Adams occupies a unique position in the world of American music. His works stand out among contemporary classical compositions for their depth of expression, brilliance of sound, and the profoundly humanist nature of their themes. Adams describes My Father Knew Charles Ives as “an homage and encomium to a composer whose influence on me has been huge.” Harmonielehre was a deliberate move by Adams to expand his musical language beyond Minimalism, keeping its energetic pulse but embracing the rich tonal resources of the past to create a work that has accrued an aura of timelessness. Six-time GRAMMY Award-winning conductor Giancarlo Guerrerois music director of the Nashville Symphony and the NFM Wroc?aw Philharmonic in Poland, as well as principal guest conductor of the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon, Portugal. He has championed contemporary American music through numerous commissions, recordings and performances with the Nashville Symphony, presenting eleven world premieres of works by Michael Daugherty, Terry Riley, and others. As part of this commitment, he helped guide the creation of Nashville Symphony’s Composer Lab & Workshop initiative.

     

    REVIEWS:

     

    In point of fact, John Adams’ father did not know Charles Ives, but imagined that they had a good deal in common, and that was a springboard to a work that is unlike any other among Adams’ output. It’s not at all clear why My Father Knew Charles Ives has been so neglected. The work gets a detailed, sympathetic treatment here from Giancarlo Guerrero and the Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Guerrero and the Nashvillians have done a major service by reviving My Father Knew Charles Ives.

     

    – AllMusicGuide.com (James Manheim)

     

    Given the difference in ambiance and style between the two works, these brilliantly played and recorded performances might just make an ideal point of entry for those new to the composer.

     

     

    – MusicWeb International

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  • Adams: My Father Knew Charles Ives; Harmonielehre / Guerrero, Nashville Symphony
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    Adams: My Father Knew Charles Ives; Harmonielehre / Guerrero, Nashville Symphony

    Naxos Jan 2021
    1 disc
    CD
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  • BILL CHARLAP & SEAN SMITH

    BILL CHARLAP & SEAN SMITH

    CITY HALL (GENERIC) Oct 2008
    1 disc
    CD
    $16.49
  • Xenakis - Ensemble Music Vol 1 / Charles Z. Bornstein, St-x

    Xenakis - Ensemble Music Vol 1 / Charles Z. Bornstein, St-x

    Mode Records May 1996
    1 disc
    CD
    $20.99
  • Franklin Fantasy (A) / Vita Brevis / Characteristics

    Franklin Fantasy (A) / Vita Brevis / Characteristics

    Naxos Dec 2011
    1 disc
    CD
    $19.99
    • CHORD / GONG! (WITH CHARLES SANTOS)
    UNSEEN WORLDS

    CHORD / GONG! (WITH CHARLES SANTOS)

    Vinyl · 1 disc

    $22.49
    Artist
    CORNER, PHILIP
    Released
    Jul 24, 2020
    New York, 1978, kindred composers Philip Corner and Carles Santos meet at the Bosendorfer piano of Charlemagne Palestine to record four-hand piano versions of Corner's pieces "Chord" and "Gong!". The result is a long-flowing distillation of the source of the two composers' affinity: avant-garde practice of austere artistic devotion at play with perfect imperfections of the uncontainable human spirit.
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  • CHORD / GONG! (WITH CHARLES SANTOS)

    CHORD / GONG! (WITH CHARLES SANTOS)

    UNSEEN WORLDS Jul 2020
    1 disc
    Vinyl
    $22.49
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