Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf - Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of

Mozart, W.A.: Piano Music

Chopin, F.: Works for Piano

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A Christmas Carol: Victorian Carols with Readings from Dicke

J.S. BACH; BACH/BUSONI; BEETHOVEN; BACH/A. MARCELLO; CHOPIN James Rhodes, piano. JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Partita No. 6 in E minor BWV 830; J.S. BACH/FERRUCCIO BUSONI: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major BWV 564; BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109; J.S.BACH/MARCELLO: Adagio from Concedrto No. 3 in D minor BWV 974; CHOPIN: Prelude No. 4 in E minor, OP. 28; Etude No. 12 in C minor, Op. 25; BONUS: Interview; Video - Live at the Roundhouse, London, J.S.Bach/A. Marcello: Adagio.

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Long considered one of the seminal works in the classical oratorio tradition, St. Matthew Passion by J.S. Bach also holds a strong connection with many to the Passion weeks. A part of the BR-KLASSIK WISSE/N (BR-Klassik Knowledge) audio book/music insight series, author Wieland Schmid gives us an introduction to the St. Matthew Passion, which clearly illustrates both the basic structural principles as well as looking over the composer's shoulder as he writes, instantly illuminating the way Bach used such a wide variety of means to translate the Biblical texts into music. A thrilling journey through the St. Matthew Passion, which will appeal both to audio book and music fans. The musical examples are presented by the Choir and Symphony as well as the famed and history Regensburg Cathedral Sparrows boys' choir and led by Peter Dijkstra. The narrator Christian Bruckner, is known for being the regular German dubbing voice for Robert de Niro, as well as dubbing for a number of other film roles and participating in a large collection of talking books.

Thomas, T.: Recorded Legacy of A World in Turmoil (The) (191

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Heather MacRae, daughter of Gordon MacRae and Sheila MacRae pays tribute to her famous father thru the songs from his films including Oklahoma, Carousel and Desert Song. It was recorded live on the closing night of a favorite village night-club,Eighty Eights, and is a preserved piece of history. Heather MacRae has appeared on Broadway (Hair, Coastal Disturbances, Falsettos), many Off-Broadway shows and numerous nightclubs. Heather won the MAC AWARD for OUTSTANDING FEMALE VOCALIST with this exception show SONGS FOR MY FATHER directed by Barry Kleinbort and musical directed by Mark Nadler. The album just won the 2002 MAC AWARD for Female Recording of the Year!

This is yet another GENUIN CD with Paul Badura-Skoda which truly catches the ear: After unearthing treasures which have featured the outstanding concert pianist primarily as a soloist and in performances with orchestra, now for the second time a release highlights his chamber music artistry. This recording embraces great chamber music played by legends of past decades together with one of the greatest pianists of our time.

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The name Arcadia is pleasant-sounding and popular. But the land of Virgil's poetry is not actually well known. Where is it? What is it? Is this just another tale of heartache? Well, it is a place where lovesick shepherds seek comfort in tranquil nature. The bubbling spring, laurel shaded, provides space for the troubled mind, whilst poetry and music provide escape for heavy hearts. The poetry of Giancarlo Pontiggia ,drawing on a variety of texts, finds inspired company in its recitation in the music of Alessandro Scarlatti.

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This 32-disc box set collection brings together 12 classic live Royal Opera performances – Tosca, Otello, Cosi fan Tutte, Madama Butterfly, Meistersinger, Don Giovanni and half a dozen more - spanning a period of over forty years, from 1955-97. The set includes many of the world’s greatest operatic performers of the era: Jon Vickers, Joan Sutherland, Janet Baker, Victoria de los Angeles, Cesare Siepi, Sena Jurinac, Boris Christoff, Tito Gobbi, Kiri Te Kanawa, Zinka Milanov and Franco Corelli, amongst others.

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The famous Hilliard Ensemble presents a tribute to the fifteenth-century master composer Ockeghem. Interspersed with the music are parts of Guillaume Crétin’s Lament on the Death of the Late Ockeghem, Treasurer of Saint Martin of Tours, in a specially commissioned translation, read by Bob Peck. This disc is the second of four live discs by The Hilliard Ensemble to be released on CORO. The first disc – Pérotin and the Ars Antiqua - won a Diapason D’Or.

"•Always Christmas!' A Christmas sceptic experiences a miraculous transformation through music and silence, through a girl and fairy tales, through sickness and recovery in the weeks of advent. The short story '7 Minutes before Christmas' for narrator and flute by Michael Dangl after the eponymous piece of music by Pavel Karmanov is accompanied by music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Astor Piazolla, Pyotr Pospelow, Pavel Karmanov and others. Michael Dangl, recitation and piano, and Maria Fedotova, flute, exude the best Christmas atmosphere in a special way. • Michael Dangl has been a member of the ensemble of the Theater in der Josefstadt, Vienna, since 1998. He received training in his parents' actors' group 'Karawane Salzburg' from his earliest childhood on. Further commitments have been to leading roles at the theatres in Salzburg, Hamburg, Cologne, Munich and Koblenz. Leading roles in cinema and TV films, 10 years at Reichenau Festival, productions for radio and readings of his own programmes underline the versatility of Dangl's artistic work. • Michael Dangl has already published two novels: Rampenflucht (2010) and Schöne Aussicht Nr. 16 (2012). In the 2013/14 season, Michael Dangl is acting in Wie im Himmel in the Theater in der Josefstadt and in Ziemlich beste Freunde in the Kammerspiele der Josefstadt. • The flautist Maria Fedotova, a graduate of St. Petersburg Conservatoire (1996) in a class held by Professor A.Vavilina-Mravinski, began her studies of music at the age of 5 and performed her first solo concert with the chamber orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre at the age of 8 and in duo with her father, the flautist Vladimir Fedotov. She has performed with the Vienna Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Vladimir Jurowski, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra under Yuri Temirkanov, the orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre under Valery Gergiev etc. She has co-operated with such eminent musicians as Gidon Kremer, Juri Baschmet, Tatjana Gri

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