Though founded only in 2003, the Yale Schola Cantorum harks back to the small university student choirs that, in the early and middle 20th century, did much to introduce the choral music of earlier eras to the American public. Under the auspices of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, the Schola Cantorum has performed in concerts and church services internationally. Their repertory focuses on historically informed performances of music of the Renaissance and Baroque, and they have collaborated with historical instrument groups from the Yale and Juilliard Schools of Music. They have also, however, performed later music up to that of the present day. The Yale Schola Cantorum was founded in 2003 by it's first conductor, Simon Carrington, who remained in his post until 2009. The group has attracted internationally known music directors; Masaaki Suzuki, director of the renowned Japan Bach Collegium, held the post from 2009 to 2013, and that year he was succeeded by David Hill, chief conductor of the BBC Singers among other top British groups. The Schola Cantorum has also hosted domestic and international guest conductors from the top of the A-list: Dale Warland, James O'Donnell, Helmuth Rilling, Paul Hillier, Stephen Layton, Nicholas McGegan, and Krzysztof Penderecki, among others. The choir maintains a regular concert schedule in New Haven and New York City, and has toured in Britain, China, Estonia, France, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Latvia, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, and Turkey. The Schola Cantorum immediately attracted the attention of recording companies, releasing a live performance of Heinrich Biber's 1693 Vesperae longiores ac breviores with the Yale Collegium Musicum, and then featuring the little-known Missa Resurrectionis of Antonio Bertali (1605-1669) on the Rezound label in 2007. These albums received wide critical acclaim. The choir has also recorded for Naxos, Delos, and, in the late 2010s, Hyperion, issuing a performance of Palestrina's Missa Confitebor tibi Dominum on that label in 2018. The Schola Cantorum is one of the most selective choirs in the international academic world. Membership, by audition, is open to Yale students from any department of the university, although many of it's singers are music students. - James Manheim

In honor of the 70th anniversary of its original singles in 1949, The Complete Birth of the Cool by Miles Davis is being released on 2LP. The record features Miles Davis’ classic Birth of the Cool as well as a second LP of live material from 1948, previously unreleased on vinyl. The package features a wrapped gatefold jacket with laminated coating, as well as a brand new retrospective essay by Ashley Kahn, the author of Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece. Legendary Jazz saxophonist Gerry Mulligan and Jazz historian Phil Schaap provide liner notes on the project, which were originally published in 1998. The first LP is mastered from analog tape of the original singles for the first time since the original Birth of the Cool release in 1957.

Quercus / Nightfall - Nightfall opens with the most famous of farewells Auld Lang Syne, and gently breathes new life into it, leading us into a program that includes Bob Dylan's Don't Think Twice, the jazz standard You Don t Know What Love Is and the West Side Story ballad Somewhere, as well as original compositions by Huw Warren and Iain Ballamy and songs from British folk tradition, in stark and moving new arrangements.

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Original score to the critically acclaimed film La La Land composed and orchestrated by Justin Hurwitz. Features vocal performances from the film's stars Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, with lyrics written by Pasek and Paul. La La Land is a 2016 American romantic musical comedy-drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle and starring Gosling, Stone, John Legend, Rosemarie DeWitt, and J. K. Simmons. The plot follows a musician and aspiring actress who meet and fall in love in Los Angeles. It is the third film to feature Gosling and Stone as lovers, following Crazy, Stupid, Love and Gangster Squad. The film's title is a reference to both a nickname for the city of Los Angeles as well as a euphemism for a state of being out of touch with reality.

Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata - Pavel Kolesnikov - The 'abundance of intelligence' in Pavel Kolesnikov's pianism which so impressed Gramophone pays particular dividends in Beethoven. This recital, which includes the evergreen 'Moonlight' sonata, makes the music sound sound newly minted in Kolesnikov's hands. Label: HYPERION

Stojowski & Wieniawski: Violin Concertos

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Fans around the world kept on sipping that champagne music even as rock 'n' roll tried to spoil the party. Here are 51 of the finest '50s tracks by this easy-listening star, with vocals by Don Cornell, Johnny Desmond and Teresa Brewer: Welk's hits Oh Happy Day; the Poor People of Paris; Moritat, and Bonnie Blue Gal plus Ball of Fire; I Do; Let's Be Friends; Namely You; the Game of Love, and more!

Original Broadway Cast. Oklahoma! Ushered in a new era of the American musical when Rodgers & Hammerstein introduced it over 75 years ago. This new production reimagines it for the 21st century, bringing us Oklahoma!" as we've never seen it before. Daniel Fish's adaptation is alternately funny, sexy, dark and terrifying; this album (featuring Rebecca Naomi Jones, Damon Daunno and the rest of the cast) unveils one striking Daniel Kluger orchestration after another: "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'," "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top," "Out of My Dreams," "People Will Say We're in Love," the title song and more!

John Williams - "Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)" Overview: In Lucasfilm's Star Wars: Original soundtrack to the 2017 motion picture composed by John Williams. The Last Jedi is a 2017 epic space opera film written and directed by Rian Johnson. It is the second installment in the Star Wars sequel trilogy following Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). The Last Jedi, the Skywalker saga continues as the heroes of The Force Awakens join the galactic legends in an epic adventure that unlocks age-old mysteries of the Force and shocking revelations of the past. Star Wars: The Last Jedi opens in U.S. theaters on December 15, 2017. He film stars Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie, Andy Serkis, Benicio del Toro, Laura Dern, and Kelly Marie Tran.

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Chopin: Waltzes