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Violoncello & Harpsichord Sonatas, Vol. 1

Solo Musica

$20.99 Oct 25, 2024

This CD is the first of three albums of music by Giovanni Benedetto Platti, on which we plan to record all twelve cello sonatas and the harpsichord sonatas Op. 1. We are delighted to have found in Platti an interesting and little-known composer whose music is fascinating to explore. Giovanni Benedetto Platti is a classic example of one of the many underestimated composers of the 18th century. Today, his name is familiar only to specialists and his music known to but a very few, yet his work is well worth discovering. A factotum at the Wurzburg court, he wrote eminently attractive sonatas and concertos for oboe, cello, harpsichord and flute, as well as larger scale works including an interesting Requiem. The twelve cello sonatas have survived in a manuscript dated 1725 from the collection of Count von Schonborn in Wiesentheid. They all have four movements and are characterised, as so often in Platti, by a compact and stringent compositional style. Hardly any single movement takes up more than a transverse page of the score, and many of the slow movements only half a page. Born in South Tyrol, Alex Jellici studied the cello in his home town of Bolzano, then in Florence, Vienna and Zurich under Luca Fiorentini, Giovanni Gnocchi and Orfeo Mandozzi. Further studies in baroque cello and viola da gamba followed under Martin Zeller at the Zurich University of the Arts. Matias Lanz has been organist at the Winterthur Veltheim Reformed Church since 2013. He has also been active as a tango pianist for several years. In 2022, together with bandoneonist Jens Biedermann, he founded Tango Bodegon, a cuarteto tipico dedicated to the performance of traditional Argentinian tango. He has attended tango masterclasses with Roger Helou, Pablo Estigarribia, Leonardo Ferreyra and Rodolfo Mederos.

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Violoncello & Harpsichord Sonatas, Vol. 1
Solo Musica Oct 2024
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Mahler: Lieder Und Gesänge - Montanaro: Canto Di Penelope

Brilliant Classics

$6.99 ~~$13.99~~ Save 50% Feb 24, 2017

Alma Mahler-Werfel was born in Vienna 1879, the daughter of a soprano and a landscape painter. Her musical talent was soon recognized and she had lessons with a.o. Zemlinsky. In 1922 she married Gustav Mahler, who explicitly forbid her to continue her composing. Later however, seeing her withering, Mahler allowed her to publish a song cycle in 1910. Alma Mahler was a highly intelligent and cultured woman, surrounded by great artists like Klimt, Zemlinsky, Gropius and Werfel. Her salon in Vienna was the centre of high cultural life. After the war she settled in New York, where she became an iconic figure in the music scene till her death in 1964. Her songs reflect the Zeitgeist of composition: dramatic, brooding, the darkness occasionally lifted by visions of serenity and peace. These are beautiful performances by Catharina Kroeger and Monica Lonero, champions of neglected romantic music. As a bonus they perform a soprano-actress based work called “Penelope” by contemporary composer Patrizia Montanaro.

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Brilliant Classics Feb 2017
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Un Bal: Dances for Harp solo / Christ

Audite Musikproduktion

$20.99 Jan 07, 2022

Dances are among the valuable "raw materials" that composers of all epochs have incorporated into their works. The suites of the Baroque period are based on dance forms from various countries, the classical symphonies usually contained a minuet or dance movement, and composers of emerging musical nations in the 19th century made use not only of folk songs but also, and above all, of the dances of their home regions in order to form an independent language. In this album, harpist Sarah Christ shows that dance is as rich in moods as it is in forms: On her album Un bal - named after the second movement of Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique - we hear the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, which moves so wonderfully freely within the framework of strict baroque models, the melancholy elegance in Chopin's and Debussy's waltzes, the folklore and rusticity in the pieces of Ferenc Farkas and Manuel de Falla, and the melancholy of Astor Piazzolla's tangos.

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Un Bal: Dances for Harp solo / Christ
Audite Musikproduktion Jan 2022
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MASTERS SESSIONS

GOOD TIME

$13.99 Aug 24, 2021

Founded in 1977 by Lionel Hampton, the Who's Who in Jazz label existed as a means to present to the world the best musicians that the jazz world had to offer. With Lionel chairing the recording sessions (and also featuring on several of the sessions himself), these recordings have truly earned their title featuring jazz greats such as Buddy Rich, Charles Mingus, Terumasa Hino, Sonny Stitt, Teddy Wilson, Stephane Grappelli and Dave Brubeck, amidst the many others. 730167321631 GODM14141806.2 41995808 9.79 13.98 .26 GOOD TIME COMPACT DISCS POP JAZZ 08/24/2021 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/77/4006177-2740523.jpg 100 1 N PERFORMANCE / O.S.T. PERFORMANCE / O.S.T. 603497843916 RHI2554.1 41996188 18.89 21.98 .64 RHINO VINYL LP POP SOUNDTRACKS & FILM SCORES 10/15/2021 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/08/4006308-2740431.jpg 14 1 N GIMME DANGER: MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE / VAR GIMME DANGER: MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE / VAR The Stooges are widely considered one of the greatest rock bands of all time and this comes across loud and clear on director Jim Jarmusch's critically acclaimed documentary film 'Gimme Danger'. GIMME DANGER: MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE is a 14-track collection curated by Jarmusch and Stooges frontman Iggy Pop, with a focus on the group's first three albums. It includes The Stooges' classics 'I Wanna Be Your Dog,' '1969,' and 'Loose,' along with rarities 'I Got A Right,' 'I'm Sick of You' and 'Asthma Attack,' and songs by MC5, Iggy Pop's pre-Stooges combo The Iguanas, & more. It's one of those rare soundtracks that appeals both to the most discerning fan and also as an introductory to those less familiar. 603497843558 RHI558846B.1 41996225 18.71 21.98 .49 RHINO VINYL LP POP SOUNDTRACKS & FILM SCORES 10/22/2021 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/91/4006491-2740448.jpg 8 1 N SHERLOCK HOLMES VAULT COLLECTION SHERLOCK HOLMES VAULT COLLECTION The Sherlock Holmes Vault Collection Four Classic Mysteries, all beautifully restored, with exclusive special features make this Vault Collection a must for any Sherlockian. What's Inside Disc 1 The Fatal Hour (1931) featuring Arthur Wontner Essay by Don Stradley Commentary Track with Jennifer Churchill The Adventures of Sam Sherman: Part One featurette Recreated Sherlock Holmes Radio Broadcast A Black Sherlock Holmes (1918) cut bonus short A Black Sherlock Holmes (1918) uncut bonus short Baffled (1900) Disc 2 The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) featuring Arthur Wontner Essay by Jason A. Ney Commentary Track w/ Jason A. Ney The Adventures of Sam Sherman: Part Two featurette The Copper Beeches (1912) Blind Man's Bluff, TV episode (1954) Disc 3 Silver Blaze (1937) featuring Arthur Wontner Essay by Don Stradley Commentary Track w/ Phoef Sutton & Jordan Legan The Adventures of Sam Sherman: Part Three featurette Sure Luck Holmes, Felix the Cat cartoon Cousins of Sherlocko (1913) Disc 4 A Study in Scarlet (1933) featuring Reginald Owen Essay by C. Courtney Joyner Commentary Track w/ Peter Atkins & David Breckman Elementary Cinema, an original production by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures Slick Sleuths, Mutt & Jeff cartoon 760137748496 FDET1016DVD 41999264 32.01 49.95 1.01 FILM DETECTIVE DIGITAL VIDEO DISC MOVIE MYSTERY / SUSPENSE / THRILLER 12/21/2021 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/07/4006607-2752670.jpg 2 4 N L.A. WARS L.A. WARS Exciting crime thriller finds maverick ex-cop Jake Quinn (Vince Murdocco) caught up in the conflict that engulfs Los Angeles as drug kingpin Raul Guzman (Rodrigo Obregon) and mob boss Carlo Giovani (A.J. Stephans) battle it out over the city's lucrative cocaine trade. Working undercover in Giovani's organization, Jake gets more than he bargained for when he becomes the bodyguard for the mafioso's gorgeous daughter (Mary E. Ziba). 92 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English. 760137604198 MVDR6041DVD 41999288 9.58 14.95 .16 MVD REWIND DIGITAL VIDEO DISC MOVIE ACTION / ADVENTURE 02/08/2022 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/34/4006634-2740605.jpg 3 1 N LATVIAN RADIO CHOIR ETERNITY Latvian Radio Choir's most recent studio recording features previously unavailable recordings of choral works by one of the most prominent Latvian composers Peteris Plakidis. 4751025440932 SKAI123.2 41970478 17.27 24.99 .18 SKANI COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 11/05/2021 0 1 N DUO ROZEMOND & BEKKERS VOX Jacobien Rozemond and Rene Bekkers have sought out and commissioned captivating works, largely inspired by song. The result is a collage of works exploring all the possibilities of this instrumental combination. For instance, the accordion can sound like an organ, combining with the violin to evoke a profound sense of serenity, as in Podgaits's Ave Maria and the chorales from Willem Jeths's Ritratto. These provide a strong contrast with the nostalgic romanticism of Rachmaninov or the folk music in the tangos and Jewish songs. Through the occasional addition of singing and recited texts, the duo expand their colour palette and the programme's expressive power. The title VOX refers to the 'vocalise principle' from which this CD draws it's inspiration. Vocalise or VOX is a poem that is constructed using one or two vowels. In these poems sound plays a central role: the word goes beyond it's primary function as a means of communication and becomes flexible, associative and pure sound material. Those looking for unequivocal meaning in such poems soon find themselves on the wrong track. On their VOX CD, the duo plays with this idea, among others. Jacobien literally makes use of her voice, singing as well as playing the violin, while the compositions themselves also often display a link with the human voice. In 2017 the violinist Jacobien Rozemond and accordionist Rene Bekkers met each other during a tour of Esther Apituley's music theatre production 'Vivaldi Code Rood'. The two musicians instantly clicked and began creating progammes as a duo. Since then, Jacobien and Rene have regularly given concerts in various chamber music series and festivals, including numerous appearances at the Festival van Vlaanderen and the Zoom! Chamber Music Festival. In their concerts, Duo Rozemond & Bekkers present a perfect balance between folklore, classical tradition and innovation. Willem Jeths and Gerard Beljon have written compositions specially for the duo. 8713897904857 IMT9790485.2 41971550 9.92 15.99 .17 IMPORTS COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 10/08/2021 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/69/4002969-2738576.jpg 2 1 N KING JAMES VERSION FIRST TIME WE MET The best masterpiece of GOSPEL sound source is decided to be repressed! The biggest listening place is 'I'LL STILL LOVE YOU', which is familiar as the material of Buddha brand's 'Human Power Station' which has been made classic as the highest peak song of JAPANESE HIP HOP for many years since it's release. This is a MELLOW GOSPEL song that is familiar as a cover of the 1975 work of the famous gospel soul writer ANDRE CROUCH. In addition, popular song collections such as 'FIRST TIME WE MET' and 'WHAT KIND OF THE WORLD' are also recorded, and the soulful performance completed to the extent that it can not be thought of as GOSPLE ALBUM, the high quality of each song I was surprised The content is studded with wonderful songs that are fully responsive from up to slow. In addition to the happy release on the PEACOCK label, we will deliver it in the original obi of the 'EXTRAVAHANZA' series ! 4988031184646 UMJP7013.1 41973684 60.99 72.98 .69 UNIVERSAL MUISC JAP VINYL LP POP R&B / SOUL / FUNK 03/18/2022 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/95/4003295-2738451.jpg 0 1 N EN SPECTACLE EN SPECTACLE 824255003520 TVAF352DVD 13025984 16.97 24.99 .28 TVA FILMS DIGITAL VIDEO DISC MOVIE FOREIGN FILM [DUB OR SUBTITLE] 10/25/2007 0 1 N YAKUZA PRINCESS YAKUZA PRINCESS The heiress to half of the Yakuza crime syndicate forges an uneasy alliance with an amnesiac stranger who believes an ancient sword binds their two fates. She must unleash war against the other half of the syndicate who wants her dead. 876964017527 MNOL11752UHD 41974520 14.80 22.98 .18 MAGNOLIA HOME ENT ULTRA HD MOVIE MYSTERY / SUSPENSE / THRILLER 11/16/2021 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/66/4003566-2752867.jpg 78 2 N CALLING FOR LOVE CALLING FOR LOVE Podcast host Samantha has an aversion to romance but is assigned to host a show that reunites lost loves. Samantha falls for charming Jake, who calls in with a problem she is determined to solve. 760137734697 FMRS7346DVD 41999479 12.79 19.95 .16 FILMRISE DIGITAL VIDEO DISC MOVIE DRAMA 12/28/2021 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/52/4006652-2740654.jpg 0 1 N CHICKEN'S BLOOD CHICKEN'S BLOOD While traveling the rural backroads to a match, a struggling wrestler and his friends break down in a corrupt town run by a band of ruthless drug dealers. They soon find themselves caught in the middle of a vicious blood feud between the brutal gang and a psychotic, axe-wielding clown who will kill anything that stands between him and his vengeance. 760137712398 SRCN7123DVD 41999370 9.58 14.95 .19 SRS CINEMA DIGITAL VIDEO DISC MOVIE HORROR / SCI-FI / FANTASY ADULT MATERIAL 12/14/2021 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/60/4006660-2740650.jpg 0 1 N ESCAPE ARTIST ESCAPE ARTIST Young Danny's father was known as \the greatest escape artist, second only to Houdini.\ When Danny leaves home to follow in his father's footsteps, he finds himself in trouble with a small town's corrupt mayor (Desi Arnaz) and the mayor's conniving son (Raul Julia) in this touching family comedy from executive producers Fred Roos and Francis Ford Coppola. 097361548548 LGTM61548548DVD 41999745 14.62 15.99 .19 LIONSGATE DIGITAL VIDEO DISC MOVIE ACTION / ADVENTURE 08/12/2021 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/14/4006714-3365558.jpg 0 1 N TCHAIKOVSKY TCHAIKOVSKY The tumultuous life of the Russian composer who gave the world inspired symphonies but who suffered from headaches, fits of weeping, and morbid shyness. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's early marriage ended in disaster and led to a suicide attempt. He had another odd relationship with a widow who subsidized him on the condition that they never meet. They did come face-to-face once, but turned away from each other without saying a word. A week after the premiere of his Nutcracker Suite, he died from cholera. Some believe he was poisoned to prevent revelation of a homosexual scandal. 733961750447 LGTM61750447DVD 42000198 14.62 15.99 .22 LIONSGATE DIGITAL VIDEO DISC MOVIE DOCUMENTARY 08/19/2021 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/59/4006759-3368709.jpg 0 1 N KRAMPUS: NAUGHTY CUT KRAMPUS: NAUGHTY CUT He knows if you've been bad or good, but he's not Santa Claus. He's Krampus, the dreaded Christmas demon who punishes those who've been naughty. When a dysfunctional family loses the holiday spirit, Krampus and his maniacal minions-including deadly gingerbread men and a monstrous jack-in-the-box-show up to terrorize them until they learn the true meaning of Christmas. Toni Collette, Adam Scott, David Koechner, Allison Tolman star in this quirky blend of horror and dark comedy. 98 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English. Two-disc set. 826663220421 SFAT1000806407UHD 42001270 28.86 39.98 .21 SCREAM FACTORY ULTRA HD MOVIE HORROR / SCI-FI / FANTASY 12/07/2021 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/64/4006864-2741934.jpg 59 2 N SOLTANI,KIAN CELLO UNLIMITED Kian Soltani has always been a big fan of movies, now he takes this passion one step further and creates an unprecedented album with his own arrangements of great blockbuster hits. Cello Unlimited is a collection of the most iconic movie soundtracks from the last 20 years, played on Kian's cello and his cello only! Including music by Hans Zimmer, Howard Shore, John Powell, Schnittke and more, all tracks are specially arranged for the cello and every voice is played by Kian himself. 028948605187 DEGRB003445102.2 42001300 10.58 13.95 .19 DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 10/29/2021 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/45/4006945-2756624.jpg 2 1 N MARCI X MARCI X Lisa Kudrow is luminous* and Damon Wayans gives a performance of immense charm* in this hilarious film about a culture clash between a hip-hop artist and a born-to-shop socialite. Marci Feld (Kudrow) doesn't know about rap... she thinks it's what salespeople do in the ritzy boutiques where she shops. But everything changes after rapper Dr. S (Wayans) releases a controversial CD for the record label owned by Marci's ailing father (Richard Benjamin). When the music ignites a national protest against her father and his company, Marci decides to step in to save his reputation and the family business! With her posse of pampered girlfriends and her designer bag stuffed with credit cards, Marci sets out to cleanup Dr. S's act. To succeed, she'll have to take on hostile reporters, a power-hungry senator (Christine Baranski), and Dr. S's dangerous girlfriend, Yo Lo. 810072545244 PAHE72545244DVD 42004110 13.95 15.99 .20 PARAMOUNT DIGITAL VIDEO DISC MOVIE COMEDIES 09/14/2021 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/62/4007362-2997568.jpg 0 1 N A&E - AMERICAN JUSTICE: SERIAL WIFE A&E - AMERICAN JUSTICE: SERIAL WIFE A woman who had been married 10 times, sometimes committing bigamy, goes on trial for murdering her last husband. In court, the prosecution produces a surprise witness who says he saw the victim alive at the time the prosecution said he was dead. Will the jury buy his story? 883629565606 AEMD29565606DVD 41986356 14.62 15.99 .22 A&E DIGITAL VIDEO DISC MOVIE DOCUMENTARY 08/19/2021 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/74/4005074-3655528.jpg 0 1 N MIMICRY FREAKS MIMICRY FREAKS One morning, a man named Fuma wakes up in bed deep within a forest when suddenly he is attacked by a traditional Japanese warrior monster known as a Namahage. Meanwhile, a wedding planner is taking a couple and the bride's father to a wedding ceremony hall in the forest for the rehearsal. However, their car breaks down in the middle of nowhere and the fact that the bride's father is unhappy to soon have an anti-nuclear activist as a son-in-law quickly turns out to be the smallest problem for everyone involved. Mimicry Freaks is a gory and disturbing tale certain to chill you to the bone. In Japanese with English subtitles. 012233535440 BAVW3544DVD 41987476 9.91 16.99 .20 BAYVIEW FILMS DIGITAL VIDEO DISC MOVIE HORROR / SCI-FI / FANTASY 10/19/2021 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/96/4005096-2745837.jpg 0 1 N CORNERSTORE CORNERSTORE CornerStore chronicles one hot summer day at a convenience store in Detroit. The store is operated by Earl Jenkins, father of Gerard and Gail. Gerard's dream is to attend culinary school in New York to become a chef. 850017184701 FEDL17184701DVD 41986776 20.11 21.99 .21 FREESTYLE DIGITAL DIGITAL VIDEO DISC MOVIE COMEDIES 09/07/2021 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/24/4005124-3651017.jpg 1 1 N HIGH FRONTIER: UNTOLD STORY OF GERARD K O'NEILL HIGH FRONTIER: UNTOLD STORY OF GERARD K O'NEILL The High Frontier: The Untold Story of Gerard K. O'Neill tells the untold story of Gerard K. O'Neill who in 1977 wrote the book, The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space, which sparked a grassroots movement to build Earth-like habitats in space in order to solve Earth's greatest crises. 810072543462 HHFR72543462DVD 41986813 19.19 21.99 .16 HIGH FRONTIER DIGITAL VIDEO DISC MOVIE DOCUMENTARY 09/14/2021 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/31/4005131-2997378.jpg 0 1 N HERMOSA BEACH: MISSING IN PARADISE HERMOSA BEACH: MISSING IN PARADISE Hermosa Beach is one of Los Angeles' last funky beach towns-a place where the hip, young, rich, and beautiful come together. But, this La-la-land has a dark side. We investigate the murder of Linda Sobeck, a swimsuit model who was murdered by a killer who lurked behind his camera. 733961749274 LGTM61749274DVD 41986899 14.62 15.99 .22 LIONSGATE DIGITAL VIDEO DISC MOVIE DOCUMENTARY 08/19/2021 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/39/4005139-3368680.jpg 0 1 N PACIFIC BATTLE GROUP PACIFIC BATTLE GROUP In the long struggle against Japan, the Allies and America coordinated air, naval and amphibious forces the likes of which had never been seen before. For 5 long years, as battles raged across the Pacific, the tactics and logistics of fighting an all-out war in such a vast theatre revolutionized military strategy, and led to some of the most dramatic engagements in history. PACIFIC BATTLE GROUP is a detailed examination of the strategies that eventually led to victory in the fight against Japan. Meet soldiers, sailors and aviators who fought in some of the most pivotal encounters of the war, legendary engagements like Leyte Gulf, Midway and Coral Sea. Military historians relate how the grand strategy evolved over the course of the war, and reveal the tactical ploys and adjustments that often made the difference between triumph and disaster. And stunning footage from some of World War II's most important moments show how the combined, coordinated Allied attacks led to victory. 733961750591 LGTM61750591DVD 41986929 14.62 15.99 .22 LIONSGATE DIGITAL VIDEO DISC MOVIE DOCUMENTARY 08/19/2021 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/42/4005142-3368716.jpg 0 1 N BUCKET OF BLOOD (1959) BUCKET OF BLOOD (1959) 883904130253 MGMV113025DVD 13934422 8.66 14.98 .25 MGM DIGITAL VIDEO DISC MOVIE COMEDIES 09/05/2000 09/30/2008 5 1 N CHERRY,DAVID ORNETTE ORGANIC NATION LISTENING CLUB (THE CONTINUAL) The new album by 'Cosmic Nomad' David Ornette Cherry following his father's tradition, the legendary jazz innovator Don Cherry. This a mosaic of healing soundscapes blending spiritual jazz, leftfield electronica, Eastern & native, indigenous sounds into musical parallels that transport the listener through doorways of ancient pathways to futurist crossroads. This is a phenomenal, unique album with Cherry working with upcoming musicians from across the globe into creating genre-defying funky, earthy, spiritual, organic soundscapes that speak to the soul! 1. So & So & So and So 4:44 2. Parallel Experience 3:13 3. Ancestors Are Calling 4:58 4. Cultural Workers (The Continual) 4:03 5. The Frame of Creativity 3:58 6. Eagle Play 4:19 7. Hidden Sounds 2:04 8. Najour 5:10 9. Cosmic Nomad 6:38 10. Organic Talk 4:11 * BONUS TRACK 634457069503 SMUE6.2 41988565 10.86 15.99 .12 SPIRITMUSE RECORDS COMPACT DISCS POP JAZZ 10/15/2021 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/43/4005443-2755976.jpg 2 1 N TIKNAZ MODIRI,BESTE / ANAZCO,ANDRES TURKISH MUSIC FOR VIOLA & PIANO (2 SONATAS World-class Viola performer and pedagogue (based in Germany, recorded in Istanbul) who teaches in many countries and plays in major Orchestras, and who has had new pieces dedicated as well as recording established ones 5055354431081 MUCO3108.2 41990834 8.92 12.98 .20 MUSICAL CONCEPTS COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 10/15/2021 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/10/4005710-2740124.jpg 59 1 N LIL' SANTA'S BOOK CLUB: LITTLE BOOK FOR CHRISTMAS LIL' SANTA'S BOOK CLUB: LITTLE BOOK FOR CHRISTMAS Celebrate the Christmas holiday with Lil' Santa and his adorable baby reindeer Mittens as they gather around the fire to tell a classic holiday story! This time the beloved holiday duo dives back into a favorite Christmas classic, A Little Book For Christmas. 810037852301 OCUP7852301DVD 41990865 6.11 9.98 .16 ONCE UPON A TALE DIGITAL VIDEO DISC MOVIE CARTOONS & ANIMATION 10/22/2021 02/01/2024 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/13/4005713-2740020.jpg 1 1 N SOPHISTICATED LADY JAZZ QUARTET ROPES OF SAND 45rpm 180g Vinyl LP! Mastered by Steve Hoffman & Bob Attiyeh! Lacquers Cut by Bernie Grundman! Executive producer: Randy Bellous. One of America's unique art forms, jazz reveals much of the American psyche, both to Americans and to the rest of the world. Indeed jazz musicians from the United States have long served as unofficial ambassadors of American culture around the world for over a hundred years. Sophisticated Lady Jazz Quartet pays homage to the Great Tradition of American Jazz but most of their repertoire is written by members of the quartet. Unlike the majority of contemporary jazz recordings, which are carefully and surgically patched together in postproduction, this album remains raw and fresh. These tracks are complete takes, 'live to tape,' without editing. The music on this recording is how Sophisticated Lady plays without the help of digital manipulation. Yarlung makes recordings in concert halls, not studios; our albums capture the sound of our musicians playing in real acoustic spaces. When the members of Sophisticated Lady quartet first played in Cammilleri Hall their eyes lighted up and excitement built. They responded to the beautiful sound in the hall immediately, and the acoustics enabled Yarlung to record this album with our characteristically minimalist approach. - Bob Attiyeh, producer 195999776095 YLNG77609.1 41991237 39.75 47.98 .50 YARLUNG RECORDS VINYL LP POP JAZZ 08/27/2021 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/49/4005749-2740046.jpg 0 1 N VEGGIETALES: FRUIT OF SPIRIT STORIES 2 - PATIENCE VEGGIETALES: FRUIT OF SPIRIT STORIES 2 - PATIENCE Bob the Tomato, Larry the Cucumber and the entire Veggie cast are back together putting on shows for Mr. Nezzer's theater. Bob impatiently puts producing the shows onto the fast track, resulting in chaos and hurt feelings among his friends. Finally Pa Grape steps in with Bible stories that help everyone learn about waiting with grace, being kind and having a heart that filled with goodness. Every show is filled with hilarious onstage performances, silly songs and crazy backstage antics that both entertain and bring home a lesson in Patience, Kindness and Goodness. As part of the Bible's Fruit of the Spirit passage - kids will be inspired to practice these truths in big and small ways every day. 191329205631 MHV1000805053DVD 41994436 14.97 19.98 .20 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS DIGITAL VIDEO DISC MOVIE CARTOONS & ANIMATION 10/12/2021 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/65/4005965-2740302.jpg 9 1 N BIO - JODIE FOSTER BIO - JODIE FOSTER The film world is rife with actresses who come and go. Every month a new Next Big Thing peers out sexily from magazine covers. True, some may be talented, but few have real staying power. And staying power is what Jodie Foster is all about. She has been in the business for forty of her forty-three years. She is one of the few child actors to successfully make the leap to adult stardom. And in an industry with a surfeit of bottom feeders, her name has become synonymous with integrity and intelligence. 733961117516 AEMD61117516DVD 41994818 14.62 15.99 .19 A&E DIGITAL VIDEO DISC MOVIE DOCUMENTARY 08/19/2021 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/12/4006012-3368340.jpg 0 1 N FREDDIE THE FREELOADER'S CHRISTMAS DINNER FREDDIE THE FREELOADER'S CHRISTMAS DINNER Freddie the Freeloader sets out to have Xmas dinner in a very expensive New York restaurant with his good friend, the Professor. Along the way he stops in a hospital to entertain some children on Xmas. 885444301650 TDMA44301650DVD 41987056 12.21 13.99 .20 TRIAD MEDIA DIGITAL VIDEO DISC MOVIE DRAMA 09/07/2021 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/72/4005172-3657703.jpg 1 1 N NASHENAS LIFE IS A HEAVY BURDEN Strut present the first compilation of legendary Afghan Ghazal singer Dr. Mohammad Sadiq Fitrat a.k.a. Nashenas, recorded at the Radio Afghanistan Studios and later released on singles by the Royal label in Iran. 1. The Way I Love My Beloved 2. Your Sorrow Is Killing Me 3. Flower Had A Thorn 4. I Am Happy Alone 5. Life Is A Heavy Burden 6. O Beloved, The Sorrow Of Your Love Destroyed Me 7. The Author Of Destiny 4062548026627 SUT297.2 41988541 11.68 16.99 .14 STRUT RECORDS COMPACT DISCS POP INT'L & WORLD MUSIC 03/04/2022 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/47/4005447-2801935.jpg 2 1 N TARASOVA,MARINA / SOKOLOV,IGOR ALEXANDER TCHEREPNIN: CELLO MUSIC 3 SONATAS 12 Petersburg-born Cello (and piano music) Composer who left Russia after the Revolution to work in Paris and travel the world 5055354481444 NRHN99144.2 41990858 11.47 16.98 .20 NORTHERN FLOWERS COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 10/15/2021 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/12/4005712-2757127.jpg 58 1 N BLAKEY,ART & JAZZ MESSENGERS LIVE AT BUBBA'S 1980 Founded in 1977 by Lionel Hampton, the Who's Who in Jazz label existed as a means to present to the world the best musicians that the jazz world had to offer. With Lionel chairing the recording sessions (and also featuring on several of the sessions himself), these recordings have truly earned their title featuring jazz greats such as Buddy Rich, Charles Mingus, Terumasa Hino, Sonny Stitt, Teddy Wilson, Stephane Grappelli and Dave Brubeck, amidst the many others. Live at Bubba's is a live album recorded at Bubba's Jazz Restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on October 11, 1980. Combining effortlessly with The Jazz Messengers - Charles Fambrough (bass), Jimmy Williams (piano), Wynton Marsalis (trumpet), Bobby Watson (alto saxophone) and Billy Pierce (saxophone) - Blakey provides the percussion in a program of well known compositions including 'My Funny Valentine' and 'The Soulful Mr. Timmons'.

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MASTERS SESSIONS
GOOD TIME Aug 2021
CD
$13.99

Revive / Ferio Saxophone Quartet

Chandos

$21.99 Nov 16, 2018

For its second album on Chandos, the young Ferio Saxophone Quartet presents a set of unique arrangements of milestones from the baroque repertoire, from Corelli via Bach to Handel. Including many premiere recordings, these fresh interpretations, full of flair and vitality, played on instruments that combine elements of brass and woodwind, bring the tunes and counterpoint to a fascinating new register. The Ferio Quartet plays with power, warmth, and dexterity. “Playing is of the highest level throughout.” (Classical Music) “Intensely musical performances… the artistry of the performances is beyond question.” (Gramophone) “The Ferio Quartet plays with a nimble technique, mature phrasing, exquisite and forceful dynamics, and excellent balance, blend, and teamwork.” (American Record Guide)

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Chandos Nov 2018
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Carlos Acosta – Dances Royal Ballet Classics [blu-ray]

Opus Arte

Blu-Ray

$52.99 Sep 25, 2015

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So memorably described as ‘a dancer who slashes across space faster than anyone else, who lacerates the air with shapes so clear and sharp they seem to throw off sparks’ (Independent), Carlos Acosta has been at the forefront of contemporary ballet since his arrival at the Royal Ballet in 1998. Here he sparkles in three of his most celebrated roles: the young lover Colas in the joyfully bucolic La Fille mal gardée, which received five stars from the Guardian, Times and Mail on Sunday; the innocent but doomed Romeo in Prokofiev’s sumptuously-scored adaptation of Shakespeare’s famous play; and, acting as producer and choreographer for the first time, as Basilio in Don Quixote, a production that wowed audiences thanks to its ‘intelligent’ choreography and Acosta’s ‘titanic determination, bullet-proof charisma [and] delectably trusting and playful rapport’ with co-star Marianela Núñez (Daily Telegraph). These three compelling ballets showcase Carlos Acosta’s world-class reputation as a dancer and choreographer, bolstered by outstanding co-stars and artists of the Royal Ballet. Filmed in High Definition and recorded in true Surround Sound.

CARLOS ACOSTA – Dances Royal Ballet Classics
(3 Blu-ray Disc Box Set)

Ferdinand Hérold
LA FILLE MAL GARDÉE

Lise - Marianela Nuñez
Colas - Carlos Acosta
Widow Simone - William Tuckett
Alain - Jonathan Howells

Royal Ballet
Royal Opera House Orchestra
Anthony Twiner, conductor

Frederick Ashton, choreographer
Osbert Lancaster, set designer

Sergey Prokofiev
ROMEO AND JULIET

Romeo - Carlos Acosta
Juliet - Tamara Rojo
Mercutio - José Martin
Tybalt - Thiago Soares
Nurse - Sandra Conley
Lord Capulet - Christopher Saunders
Lady Capulet - Elizabeth McGorian
Paris - David Pickering
Benvolio - Yohei Sasaki
Royal Ballet
Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Boris Gruzin, conductor

Kenneth MacMillan, choreographer
Nicholas Georgiadis, costume designer
John B. Read, lighting designer

Ludwig Minkus
DON QUIXOTE

Kitri - Marianela Nuñez
Basilio - Carlos Acosta
Don Quixote - Christopher Saunders
Sancho Panza - Philip Mosley
Lorenzo - Gary Avis
Gamache - Bennet Gartside
Espada - Ryoichi Hirano
Mercedes - Laura Morera

Royal Ballet
Royal Opera House Orchestra
Martin Yates, conductor

Carlos Acosta, choreographer (after M
arius Petipa)
Tim Hatley, set and costume designer Hugh Vanstone, lighting designer

Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, 2 February 2005 (La fille mal gardée), 2007 (Romeo and Juliet) and October 2013 (Don Quixote)

Bonus:
- Cast gallery and illustrated synopsis (La fille mal gardée)
- Interviews with cast and crew (Don Quixote)
- Introductions to Acts II and III (Don Quixote)

Picture format: 1080i High Definition
Sound format: LPCM 2.0 (all) / DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (Romeo and Juliet, Don Quixote) / Dolby Digital 5.1 (La fille mal gardée)
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Menu language: English
Subtitles: French, German, Spanish, Italian (La fille mal gardée)
Running time: 6 hrs 15 mins (ballet) + 12 mins (bonus)
No. of Discs: 3 (BD 50)

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Opus Arte Sep 2015
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Prado: Works for Violin & Cello / Baldini, Cesario

Naxos

$9.99 ~~$19.99~~ Save 50% Jan 12, 2024

Part of the Naxos label's The Music of Brazil series. This album of works for cello and violin by José Antônio de Almeida Prado is performed by violinist Emmanuele Baldini (concertmaster of the Sâo Paolo Symphony Orchestra) and prize-winning cellist Rafael Cesario. Includes four world premiere recordings. Sinfonia dos orixás (8.574411) and the First Piano Concerto (8.574225) are also available.

REVIEW:

In the series of recordings with works by the Brazilian composer Almeida Prado, the current installment is dedicated to his works for violin, cello, or both together.

Le Livre magique de Xangô (Shango’s magic book) was composed in his postmodern phase and is aesthetically characterized by Afro-Brazilian religiosity. In Das Cirandas, he weaves in folk tunes from various regions of Brazil. Almeida Prado dedicated the lively violin sonata to his violinist-daughter. The Four Seasons was a compulsory piece for the second Brazilian music competition in 1984. Each section is conceived as a study. The Capriccio for solo violin has a lyrical nature. For the cello, Praeambulum was inspired by Antonio Meneses as an introduction to Bach’s third cello suite.

The violinist Emmanuele Baldin gives Prado’s works an exciting mixture of charming folk and modern-sounding sections. As an accomplished instrumentalist and very familiar with Brazilian music, he finds the ways and means to model the character of the pieces and exude Brazilian flair. In the Violin Sonata, the Capriccio and the Four Seasons, he is able to demonstrate his skills as a soloist, which he does convincingly.

The cellist Rafael Cesario makes his solo appearance in Praeambulum, which he also performs successfully. In Das Cirandas and Le Livre magique de Xangô, he performs his parts alongside the violinist in an appealing and confident manner.

-- Pizzicato

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Tancredi

C Major Entertainment

Blu-Ray

$45.99 Jul 04, 2025

With an outstanding cast and Jan Philipp Gloger's innovative staging, Bregenzer Festspiele's Tancredi becomes a fresh reimagining of Rossini's opera, set in the world of organized crime and reframing the traditionally heterosexual love story as a queer romance. This bold reinterpretation is brought to life by Anna Goryachova and Melissa Petit, whose performances capture the emotional depth and tragedy of their love. "The two women are sensational... both vocally and dramatically" (Augsburger Allgemeine). Under the baton of Yi-Chen Lin, the Wiener Symphoniker "throw themselves diligently into the opera's multifaceted details" (SWR). "Modern opera at it's absolute finest!" (Kronenzeitung)

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C Major Entertainment Jul 2025
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20th Century Foxtrots, Vol. 2: Germany / Wallisch

Grand Piano

$19.99 Nov 13, 2020

Also available: 20th Century Foxtrots, Vol. 1 and 20th Century Foxtrots, Vol. 3

The first volume in this series traced the inter-war craze for carefree dance music in Austria and the Czech Lands (see GP813). This latest album focuses on Germany where jazz-influenced music flourished from the mid-1920s onwards even in the face of some social, political and racial opposition. Cabarets and dancehalls rejected this nationalist resistance and the Weimar Republic rejoiced in a cross-pollination of symphonic jazz and Kunstjazz – a fusion of dance and classical elements. The many previously unrecorded pieces here chart the progress of this vigorous musical rejuvenation. GOTTLIEB WALLISCH has performed on stage at the world’s most prestigious concert halls and festivals: Carnegie Hall New York, Wigmore Hall in London, the Cologne Philharmonie, the Tonhalle Zurich, and the NCPA in Beijing, also the Ruhr Piano Festival, the Beethovenfest in Bonn, and the Festivals of Lucerne and Salzburg. Conductors with whom he has performed as a soloist include Sir Neville Marriner, Dennis Russell Davies, Kirill Petrenko, Martin Haselboeck and Bruno Weil. Orchestras he has performed with include the Vienna Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra Budapest and the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra. He has made numerous recordings for record labels, including Naxos. Gottlieb Wallisch is a Steinway Artist.

REVIEW:

One of the year’s most surprising and consistently charming recording projects continues to gather steam. The second volume of the pianist Gottlieb Wallisch’s “20th Century Foxtrots” compendium follows up on the sprightly success of the initial set.

In Wallisch’s latest batch of performances there are once again some discoveries from lesser-known artists. (Multi-movement works by Leopold Mittmann and Walter Niemann are a delight to encounter.) The new album kicks off with a spirited performance of a Paul Hindemith fox trot. And this edition also includes the world premiere recording of a piano arrangement of a “Tango” by Kurt Weill.

– New York Times (Seth Colter Walls)

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Grand Piano Nov 2020
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Schnittke: 3rd Symphony / Jurowski, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

PENTATONE

SACD

$21.99 Feb 10, 2015

111 musicians celebrating a large-scale symphony sounds like a performance of a work by Mahler, Strauss or early Schönberg. In fact, the composer of this symphony, Alfred Schnittke, had precisely these (and other) composers in mind back in 1981. Whereas he initially mirrored styles from these and otrher composers, he soon was borrowing concepts from “trivial music” folklore, jazz, tango, etc… was He himself described his compositional technique as “polystylistic; which was more than just a technique but an aesthetic program: a serious effort to break through the vicious circle of self-satisfied and self-sufficient avant-garde music. His Third Symphony testifies to all this searching, this “inbetweenness”. The four-movement work, written on commission to inaugurate the new Leipzig Gewandhaus, confronted not only a multi-layered historical past but a weakened current state of affairs while remaining highly respectful of the achievements of the past and present. Vladimir Jurowski leads the Berlin Radio-Symphony Orchestra in this recording of a great and intricate work.

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PENTATONE Feb 2015
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Zacara da Teramo: Enigma Fortuna (Complete Works) / Pasotti, La Fonte Musica

Alpha

$40.99 Aug 27, 2021

In this recording entitled Enigma Fortuna, the ensemble La Fonte Musica, directed by Michele Pasotti, aims to shed light on the mysterious and eccentric personality of Antonio Zacara da Teramo (1355-1416). A contemporary of Boccaccio, Donatello and Brunelleschi, this composer from the Abruzzi region could almost be likened to a sort of musical Hieronymus Bosch, for the texts he set to music conjure up a ‘topsy-turvy universe’ where the obscene, the imaginary and the grotesque go hand in hand. In his ballata Amor ne tossa he writes ‘Let him understand me who can, for I understand myself’, foreshadowing the proud egotism of the Romantic artists who were to come 400 years after him. With this four-album set presenting the world premiere of Zacara’s complete works, La Fonte Musica offers us an initial approach to understanding his music. And thereby, through the timeless character of art, to understanding a so-called ‘renascent’ era that seems as ‘topsy-turvy’ as our own.

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Alpha Aug 2021
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NUEVA TIMBA

BLUE NOTE RECORDS

$15.99 Sep 05, 2025

Harold Lopez-Nussa - "NUEVA TIMBA". On NUEVA TIMBA, the new Blue Note album from the Cuban-born pianist Harold Lopez-Nussa, the jazz vanguard meets multiple eras of Cuba's musical history with results that are at once accessible, life-affirming and strikingly accomplished. Featuring a core of unmatched talent - Harold's brother, Ruy Adrian Lopez-Nussa, on drums; Luques Curtis on bass; and the harmonica virtuoso Gregoire Maret - it presents a definitive vision for the future of Latin jazz.

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BLUE NOTE RECORDS Sep 2025
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Sorabji: 100 Transcendental Studies, Nos. 84-100 / Ullen

BIS

$34.99 Jan 01, 2021

By far the largest collection of concert études in the known repertoire, Kaikhosru Sorabji’s set of 100 Transcendental Studies, composed between 1940 and 1944, has a total duration of more than eight hours. On five previous discs, the Swedish pianist (and neuroscientist) Fredrik Ullén has introduced the first 83 études to a wider audience, the large majority of them appearing on disc for the first time. Now, 15 years after the release of the first volume comes the final instalment, a 2-disc set with the last 17 studies. In his own liner notes, Ullén describes the experience of learning and recording the collection: ‘From the F sharp minor of Study 1 to the F sharp minor chord concluding Study 100: traversing Sorabji’s Transcendental Studies has been somewhat like joining a comet following a long eccentric orbit through pianistic outer space, and finally returning back to mother earth.’ Most of the studies are typical concert études in the sense that they essentially explore a single technical or structural idea. But especially towards the end of the cycle Sorabji includes pieces that are on a much larger scale, a tendency that culminates with the two final études. Quasi fantasia (No. 99) is a hugely expanded elaboration of J.S. Bach’s Chromatic Fantasia and is followed by the almost hour-long Coda-Finale, a quintuple fugue of staggering complexity. Besides the programme notes by Fredrik Ullén, the booklet includes texts by Kenneth Derus and Alistair Hinton who both knew the composer.

REVIEW:

Listen to the very first track, where a tango rhythm quickly devolves into a series of very tricky cross-rhythms, for an idea of the challenges facing Ullén. He has surmounted them admirably, and his deliberate approach to these pieces has paid off. He gets the attractiveness of the Studies as a way into the work of Sorabji, who has been admired by many and equally often critically dismissed. Sorabji is not for everyone, but he is for more listeners here than elsewhere.

– AllMusicGuide.com (James Manheim)

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BIS Jan 2021
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Frank: Hilos, Adagio Para Amantani, Quijotadas / Alias Chamber Ensemble

Naxos

$19.99 Feb 15, 2011

Gabriela Lena Frank is the real deal: a modern composer with a personal style, one that manages to integrate a wide range of sounds and performing techniques into a cohesive language that unapologetically includes melody and tonal harmony without ever sounding anachronistic. She clearly manages to remain true to herself, but she doesn't have to write down to her listeners in order to share her thoughts and feelings. This is just good music.

Hilos is a quartet for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano inspired by Peruvian weaving. The music is colorful, vibrant, and consistently inventive; the Latin element is pervasive, but not cheap, and not overwhelming. Danza de los Saqsampillos is an arrangement for two marimbas of an earlier piano piece, and it sounds like a blast to play; Adagio para Amantaní (for cello and piano) is a soulful meditation inspired by an island landscape in the middle of Lake Titicaca. Quijotadas is a string quartet based on Cervantes' Don Quixote. Its second movement, Sequidilla para la Mancha, has to be one of the most charming pieces of its kind since the scherzo of Ravel's Quartet, which it resembles in some ways (lots of pizzicato).

The performances, with the composer's participation where the piano joins in, and presumably her supervision where it does not, are uniformly excellent, and so are the sonics. A wonderful disc of inventive, fresh, characterful music, plain and simple.

--David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com

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Frank: Hilos, Adagio Para Amantani, Quijotadas / Alias Chamber Ensemble
Naxos Feb 2011
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Verdi: Macbeth / Conlon, Domingo, Los Angeles Opera [Blu-ray]

Sony Masterworks

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$9.99 ~~$19.98~~ Save 50% Aug 04, 2017

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This is L.A. Opera's latest production of Giuseppe Verdi's ''Macbeth'' featuring Placido Domingo in the title role alongside the Russian mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Semenchuk as Lady Macbeth. The opera is staged by Darko Tresnjak, who won a Tony Award for his direction of the Broadway music ''A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder.'' ''Placido Domingo commands the stage and the music he sings...He was genuinely impressive.'' (Los Angeles Times) ''When I was a young tenor, I loved playing romantic or heroic leading roles. When I began to add baritone parts to my repertoire six years ago, I was particularly interested in playing fathers, as I could draw from my own experience as a family man. Macbeth is a completely different kind of role for me. He is a murderer, but I think that he is also something of a victim, drawn into his crimes by the witches and by Lady Macbeth.'' (Placido Domingo)

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History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol. 9

Naxos

$19.99 Nov 28, 2025

Paris was the musical destination for many Russian emigre composers between the two World Wars, with both Grechaninov, from an older generation, and Tcherepnin, from a younger one, living in the city. Grechaninov's Piano Trio No. 2 in G major is a brightly decorative work, whereas Tcherepnin's concise, refined orientalism in the Piano Trio, Op. 34 is influenced by French modernism and the Russian avant-garde. Daniele Amfitheatrof moved to Rome where he wrote his beautiful, sunlit Piano Trio, richly imbued with the aura of Puccini and Mascagni. The dazzling Piano Trio on Hebrew Themes by New York-based Jacob Weinberg incorporates synagogue and Russian tunes, quotations from Bizet, Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann, as well as tango rhythms.

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History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol. 9
Naxos Nov 2025
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$19.99

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Talbot: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Fool's Paradise / Austin, RPO

Signum Classics

$19.99 Mar 01, 2013

TALBOT Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: Suite. Fool’s Paradise • Christopher Austin, cond; Royal PO • SIGNUM 327 (67:12)

James Reel in his Fanfare 34:5 review of choreographer Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland ballet on DVD hailed, as have most critics, Joby Talbot’s score as a significant triumph. I could not agree more with Reel’s assessment, and was particularly struck by his wish that Talbot had been asked to write the scores to those Harry Potter movies which John Williams had been unable to undertake. I had a similar thought as I listened to this release for the first time. Talbot’s work only peripherally sounds like Williams’s scoring for that franchise, but magic, and yearning, and menace, and whimsy (to use Reel’s descriptors) are qualities of both Harry’s and Alice’s story, and Talbot captures these qualities with skill equal to that of the illustrious American composer.

Alice was the first full-length ballet commissioned by the Royal Ballet in almost 20 years, and this almost 40-minute suite encompasses but a third of the two-hour score. It uses the same large orchestra with its huge tuned percussion section and four amplified women’s voices, and, while it follows its own music-driven dramatic arc, it is well devised to demonstrate the range of the whole. One might regret the exclusion of the caterpillar’s sensuous Indian music, which, while less distinctive than say the opening bitonal ticking-clock motif which reappears throughout the work, is still delightfully flavorful. And the contrapuntal tapping of the Mad Hatter at the tea party is certainly an integral part and should have been included here. Still that is quibbling. Talbot wisely avoids the riotous Rose Adagio parody, which depends on the visual antics, but does include the Red Queen’s manic Tango and The Croquet Match with her scordatura solo violin theme. Alice’s solo, Alice Alone , provides an expressive center to the suite, and the Cheshire Cat grins most mysteriously. Talbot ends the suite with the act I finale: the exuberance of the waltz for the Living Flowers and the innocent longing of the pas de deux for Alice and her Knave of Hearts.

The theme of longing is continued in Fool’s Paradise , another dance collaboration with Wheeldon. The score is based on Talbot’s 2002 The Dying Swan , written for piano trio to accompany the 1917 Evgenii Bauer film of the same name. The film tells the story of a ballerina admired, painted, and then strangled by a crazed artist. Wheeldon takes this in a completely different direction, assisted by Talbot’s rich orchestration for strings and piano, to suggest the shadowy atmosphere of the fairy-inhabited Athenian forest of A Midsummer Night’s Dream . The score, with its popular and classical inspirations, develops slowly over ostinatos in the manner of the minimalists. It is perhaps less compelling on its own than when accompanying the dancers, but is still lovely in the abstract, and so hauntingly evocative that it should not be hard to conjure one’s own visuals if the need is felt.

Friend, frequent collaborator, and conductor Christopher Austin did much of the orchestration of the Alice score, suggesting that he should know the music as well as anyone. So it proves here, supported by a Royal Philharmonic Orchestra exceedingly sensitive to the many demands of both scores. There are moments in fact, as in Alice’s solo, where Austin finds even more poignancy and ecstasy than Barry Wordsworth does in the fine video version. The engineering is first-rate and the program notes and pictures most supportive. This is a marvelous supplement to the video of the ballet, or the perfect introduction to Joby Talbot’s music for those uninterested in ballet…though given a chance Wheeldon and Talbot might just cure that.

FANFARE: Ronald E. Grames

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Talbot: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Fool's Paradise / Austin, RPO
Signum Classics Mar 2013
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Apostel: Kubiniana, 60 Schemen & 10 Variationen / Malengreau

BIS

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A student of Arnold Schoenberg and Alban Berg, Hans Erich Apostel (1901-1972) was a composer who was strongly influenced by visual artists of his time. The piano works presented on this CD specifically take inspiration from the drawings of Oskar Kokoschka and Alfred Kubin. But you don’t need to know that in order to appreciate Apostel’s creativity on its own terms.

The Op. 1 Variations, recorded here for the first time, are generally sparse in texture and packed with the kind of quirky chromatic movement typical of early Ernst Krenek. Apostel’s style emerges fully formed in the 10 piano pieces collectively titled Kubiniana, composed in 1945. For instance, the fourth selection starts off with dour sustained notes in the bass register that suddenly break out into jagged lines darting upward, followed by declamatory repeated phrases and muddy bass rumbles: not a predictable moment in the course of a minute and a half. There’s a caustic march that Berg might have welcomed in Lulu, and a whimsical high-register study that one might describe as the dodecaphonic interloper that snuck into Prokofiev’s Visions Fugitives.

Sechzig Schemen Nach Zeichnungen Von Alfred Kubin comprise a continuous half-hour suite of 60 aphoristic character pieces that include marches, tangos, folk-like melodies, enigmatic clouds of clusters, and the like. Despite their brevity, these masterful miniatures flow easily from one to the next in a unified arc.

Thérèse Malengreau’s cultivated pianism serves Apostel’s sound world to a proverbial tee. She commands a luscious tone, a wide dynamic range, and a diverse palette of articulations. Furthermore, Malengreau possesses uncanny rhythmic equilibrium that manifests itself through her sense of timing and spacing. A good example of this can be found in the Marcia Moderato, which is the second of the Kubiania pieces. The attack and release of each phrase is pinpointed with the utmost care and specificity, so much so that you can hear the rests between the notes. In this sense, Steffen Schleiermacher’s interpretation on MDG sounds more generalized by comparison. BIS’s exemplary sonics plus Malengreau’s detailed and scholarly annotations add further value to a release that will readily appeal to those interested in obscure yet worthy and substantial keyboard rarities.

– ClassicsToday (Jed Distler)

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Piano Music Of Rodion Shchedrin / Marina Lomazov

Centaur Records

$18.99 Dec 01, 2009

A great introduction to Shchedrin's piano music.

Two of Rodion Shchedrin's works are entitled Concerto cantabile and Concerto sotto voce. These two epithets - sotto voce and cantabile - can be applied to much of his output. He produced bright, brilliant pieces (like the justly famous Carmen-Suite ballet), or works full of daring, rough folk humor (like the popular Concerto for Orchestra Naughty Limericks). Still, the core of Shchedrin's music is dark-hued, philosophic, often religious, always thoughtful. The spiritual closeness to Bach is evident, and not only in the abundance of old-fashioned polyphony. Probably the most successful of the Soviet composers that emerged in the Fifties under the shadow of Shostakovich, Shchedrin is the one with his face turned to the past. Not technically: he knows and uses all the atonal - polytonal - dodecaphonic - aleatoric - you name it - brushes. His music rarely grips you from the first measure: it requires submergence and listening. But when you are in - you are in. And you can be sure that the experience won't leave you with disappointing emptiness: those simple, sparse, seemingly tuneless constructs are genuine, deep music. It is strange. It is Art.

More and more of Shchedrin's music is recorded in the West, but these are mostly concertos and choral works of the latest years. The more welcome is then the all-Shchedrin piano recital of pieces from his first creative period, presented so sympathetically by Marina Lomazov.

I can't say that I completely understand the logic of the Piano Sonata of 1962. The second and third movements hold very naturally together - the second is a dim, deep abyss, the third a devilish toccata, burning like black fire. Preceding these two goes a much lighter Allegro da Sonata, like an echo of Petrushka's Shrovetide Fair. It is attached, but does not seem to belong.

The ten preludes from The Polyphonic Notebook (1972, the latest composition on this disc) are very interesting and rewarding. I wish all 25 were recorded, but even the present torso is a wonderful sequence, full of delicacy and balance. This is one of Shchedrin's Bachianas. The texture is sparse - listen to the lower voices!

The earliest composition - Poem of 1954 - could be a page from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet. The Humoresque, similarly, may evoke Prokofiev in his more angular self. Yet its voice is not derivative, and the piece is funny and memorable. A la Albéniz is a cold-smoke tango, with enough big pauses for glances, yes and nos, and other decisions. Together, these three miniatures show how multi-faced Shchedrin's muse can be.

The four pieces arranged from The Hump-backed Horse ballet bring to the front another big love of the composer: the Russian folk culture. The music is very sincere and innocent, which suits well the fairytale subject of the ballet.

Finally comes my favorite: Two Polyphonic Pieces. The Invention is hypnotic. As it is often with Shchedrin, you cannot pinpoint exactly where the “musical experience” is coming from. It's like plain pieces of mosaic summing up into a picture. Basso Ostinato is another virtuosic toccata, a veritable tour de force, completely enthralling. There are torrents of energy, like armies clashing in the night, order and chaos in search of a resolution.

Marina Lomazov is a perfect performer for this music. She never "overcooks" it; everything that needs to be dry stays dry. Yet there is all the required energy, and maybe even more. Lomazov plays with ultimate precision, but the result is not mechanical: it is human, personal and soulful, even in the most abstract constructs. There is this "transparent virtuosity" that does not expose itself glamorously, but works for the good of the music. And she does wonders with the rhythm. I wish she considered recording Prokofiev's Sonatas.

The recording quality is very satisfactory. The liner-notes are not especially generous. Still there is enough information about the works, the composer and the performer. This disc gives a good overview of Shchedrin's directions in his earlier years, and the selections from the Polyphonic Notebook are a real teaser. It is a multi-character program, recital-like, with changing moods and styles, not a unified album. It is a great introduction to Shchedrin's piano music. It is also a great introduction to a very fine pianist, Marina Lomazov.

-- Oleg Ledeniov, MusicWeb International

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Piano Music Of Rodion Shchedrin / Marina Lomazov
Centaur Records Dec 2009
CD
$18.99

Alfonso X: Cantigas of Santa Maria
Nimbus Oct 1996
CD
$20.99

Akoé - Nuevas músicas antiguas

Alpha

$20.99 Mar 27, 2020

The debut of the Taracea ensemble creates a bridge between past and present. The Madrid-based trio's artistic project is to combine early music, jazz and improvisation. It's founder Rainer Seiferth, a German musician who lives in Spain, plays the vihuela, the Spanish counterpart of the Renaissance lute. Belén Nieto is a flute and recorder specialist and a regular member of Jordi Savall's ensembles. The double bass player Miguel Rodrigañez is at home in jazz, flamenco and classical music. If there is a movement for 'new' early music, Michel Godard was one of it's founders: the French virtuoso of the serpent blends in perfectly with the group. Percussionist David Mayoral combines East and West on zarb, riq and darbuka. The young Spanish singer and percussionist Isabel Martín performs a song by the Spanish Renaissance composer Juan del Encina. This album is called 'Akoé' - 'Listening' in ancient Greek: each of the musicians brings his or her own sound and ideas and becomes an integral part of an inextricably interwoven texture.

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Akoé - Nuevas músicas antiguas
Alpha Mar 2020
CD
$20.99

American Classics - Piston: The Incredible Flutist, Etc

Naxos

$19.99 Apr 01, 2003

In case you missed this recording of Walter Piston works when it was first released by Delos in 1993 (under the title "The Incredible Walter Piston"), now's your chance to hear it again in the same sound and at a lower price. As part of its acclaimed "American Classics" series, Naxos has licensed several previously issued recordings by the Seattle Symphony as part of a new collaboration to bring these performances back into circulation. Nothing has changed, except that the source tapes were re-mastered by Albert G. Swanson, the former associate engineer to John Eargle on the original recording made more than 10 years ago. The new sonic treatment offers little other than to preserve the slight predominance in the bass and the dark hues of the winds. The liner notes by Steven Lowe are neatly parsed and edited from Shirley Fleming's first edition text.

Listeners new to Piston's music would do well to audition this disc, as it includes a nice cross-section of the composer's output, from his first published work (Suite for Orchestra) to his last (Concerto for String Quartet). In between and opening this disc is the delightful ballet suite to The Incredible Flutist, a piece that features a slithering tango, a lusty Spanish waltz, and a spirited Circus March that concludes with a barking dog (a real one named Nori!). This quirky work--a sort of cross between Petrushka and Parade--alone belies the academic patina that has plagued Piston's name for decades. The fact that he wrote the leading textbook on orchestration should lead more people to think that maybe he actually knew something about it.

The dynamic Suite will excite anybody who loves Bartók, full as it is with resounding canonic brass fanfares, pounding percussion (watch out for the bass drum in the third movement), and chattering strings. Piston also had a flair for elegiac melodies, as evidenced by his soulful English horn writing (a bit aridly played and closely miked in this performance) in the Fantasy for English horn, harp, & strings, and by the slow, calmer parts for string quartet in the Concerto (especially the quixotic concluding viola solo).

Piston's orchestral expertise finds expression in the superbly crafted choral works that close this disc, works that are as buoyant as they are mysterious--and unforgettable. Of course, there are other superlative performances of these individual works (Bernstein's Incredible Flutist on Sony), but Schwarz's surveys remain essential listening for both lovers and newcomers to this great American composer.
--Michael Liebowitz, ClassicsToday.com

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American Classics - Piston: The Incredible Flutist, Etc
Naxos Apr 2003
CD
$19.99

Tyrannide

Stradivarius

$16.99 Aug 28, 2026

TYRANNIDE was conceived from the desire to explore the theme of cante jondo as a universal expressive archetype, not confined to the Spanish tradition but deeply rooted in human nature. It's primordial character - often expressed through the insistence of the semitone and microtonal inflections - becomes a symbol of the human condition, forced to confront suffering, death, and their inexorable musical reflection. A tyranny, indeed: that of a lament that does not belong to a single people or era, but which runs through the history of music, re-emerging in the form of appoggiaturas, suspended tensions, and melodic lines filled with longing. Cante jondo, originally connected with Andalusian flamenco, thus becomes, in the programme of this recording, a universal musical principle, capable of manifesting itself even in languages far removed from the Spanish tradition. The programme includes two works never previously recorded: Cantar de mio Cid by the French composer Jean-Dominique Krynen and the Concerto Trois Graphiques by Maurice Ohana in it's original arrangement for guitar and piano. Around these two central works unfolds a musical journey that places cante jondo in dialogue with different historical and stylistic contexts, revealing it's surprising expressive continuity.

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Tyrannide
Stradivarius Aug 2026
CD
$16.99

Mix & Match

Minkus: Don Quixote

Opus Arte

Blu-Ray

$39.99 Jan 24, 2025

Teeming with comedy, wit and an abundance of bravura choreography, Carlos Acosta's production brings the Spanish heat and romance of Miguel de Cervantes' classic novel Don Quixote to life. Often regarded as the first modern novel, Cervantes' epic regales the chivalrous adventures of the eccentric nobleman Don Quixote (Gary Avis) and his faithful squire Sancho Panza (Liam Boswell). The ballet focuses on one of their adventures, where they help to bring a vivacious young couple, Kitri (Mayara Magri) and Basilio (Matthew Ball), together.

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Minkus: Don Quixote
Opus Arte Jan 2025
Blu-Ray
$39.99

Mercandante: Messa a 3 voci, Salve Maria & Tantum ergo
Bongiovanni Jan 2003
CD
$13.99