classical music: director     classical music:       Vivaldi: The French Connection 2 La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler: violin/director, ... AVIE Records, 2011 Includes world premiere recording of flute concerto Il Gran Mogol!             Rock of Ages - 30 Favorite Hymns Sony Classical, 1992             Mozart: Die Zauberflöte Simon Keenlyside, Dorothea Röschmann Opus Arte, 2003 The internationally renowned Mozart interpreter Sir Colin Davis conducts the chorus and orchestra of the Royal Opera House and a glittering cast in David McVicar's 2003 production of Mozart's last opera, recorded in sumptuous surround sound live at Covent Garden. SPECIAL FEATURES: • Behind the Scenes • Conductor Sir Colin Davis talks about Die Zauberflöte • Illustrated Synopsis of the opera             Dvorak in Prague - A Celebration / Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Frederica von Stade, Boston Symphony, Seizi ... Kultur Video, 2007 Superstars Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Frederica von Stade, and the Boston Symphony led by Seiji Ozawa perform in this concert that marks the 100th anniversary of Dvorak's New World Symphony. Among the selections are "Romance, Op. 11," "Humoresque, Op. 101," "Gypsy Songs," and more.             Luigi Nono: Como una ola de fuerza y luz, for Soprano, Piano, Orchestra & Magnetic Tape (1971-72) / ... Luigi Nono (Composer), Maurizio Pollini (Piano), ... Dg Imports, 1988 Luigi Nono was one of the most original and influential composers to emerge from post war Italy. Having always guided by a keen awareness of social unity (he joined Italy's Communist party in 1952) Nono's works often take the form of highly empowering expressive public spectacles. Here among others, two of the composers more famous longstanding champions of his work Mauricio Pollini and Claudio Abbado perform three of the composers most ...             Puccini - Turandot at the Forbidden City of Beijing / Mehta, Casolla, Larin, Frittoli, Maggio Musicale ... Giovanna Casolla, Sergej Larin RCA, 1999 Turandot is Puccini's opera performed live from the Forbidden City of Beijing and conducted by Zubin Mehta and performed by Giovanna Casolia, Sergej Larlin and Barbara Frittoil, includes the making of film which includes interviews, also a pure CD audio track, photo gallery & more.             Leonard Bernstein - Young People's Concerts / New York Philharmonic Bernstein, New York Philharmonic Kultur Video, 2004 Broadcast to millions in America and abroad, the immensely popular series was the winner of multiple Emmy, Peabody and Edison awards. Now this national treasure is available for the first time on DVD in a Special Collector's Edition 9-disc set that contains 25 programs from the Young People's Concerts Series.             Donizetti - L'Elisir d'Amore / Eschwe, Netrebko, Villazon, Wiener Staatsoper Rolando Villazon, Anna Netrebko Virgin Classics, 2007 Rolando Villazon, Anna Netrebko, and Leo Nucci star in this 2005 Vienna State Opera production directed by Otto Schenk, with Alfred Eschwe conducting.             HYmns from the Rig Veda Yesudas, Rangasami Parthasarathy Oriental Records U60311, 1978 The Hymns of the Rig Veda (2,500 BC) constitute the earliest lyrical effusions of the Hindus, which have been handed down to posterity. It consists of 1028 slokas in 10 Mandalas. 37 slokas from Mandalas V-51-11 to 15; VII-35-1 to 13; X-63-6 to 17; X-190-1 to 3; X-191-1 to 4, have been recorded using Indian musical instruments in the background score. Text in Sanskrit with transliteration and translation in English enclosed.             Eric Whitacre: Choral Music Eric Whitacre, Noel Edison NAXOS AMERICAN, 2010 Eric Whitacre's dedication to the beauty of sound, paired with exquisite texts, results in a poetic combination that creates a unique sonic experience. These works are existential choral moments, beautifully crafted, and harmonised to express a compressed moment in time. Such sublime sonorities transcend descriptions such as 'warm', 'glistening' or 'shimmering', although these features of his choral works do suggest affinities with the sound ...             Vienna Horns Michael Kamen, Aaron Copland, ... Preiser Records, 2007             Wagner - Parsifal / Ventris, Hampson, Meier, Salminen, Fox, Kristinsson, Nagano, Berlin Opera Christopher Ventris, Thomas Hampson BBC / Opus Arte, 2005 Christopher Ventris, Waltraud Meier, Matti Salminen, Tom Fox, and Thomas Hampson star in this Wagner opera with Kent Nagano conducting the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Festspielchor Baden-Baden.             George Frideric Handel: Concerti Grossi Opus 6 The Avison Ensemble, George Frideric Handel, ... Linn Records, 2010 Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 6 - Classical - Classical             The Queen's Delight: 17th Century English Ballads & Dances William Byrd, Henry Stoning, ... Harmonia Mundi Fr., 1997 This attractive package comes with the sort of lustrous and vivid cover art reproductions Harmonia Mundi is known for, as well as a 69-page book of notes in four languages, complete with real binding. Musically, though, these studied historically correct performances are flat. They lack a sense of fun and daring. The dances are a bit pedestrian. And though there may be no way of positively historically verifying that these, mostly anonymous, ...             Rameau - Les Indes Galantes / Petibon, Croft, Hartelius, Agnew, Rivenq, Berg, Strehl, Christie, Les Arts ... Richard Croft, Patricia Petibon BBC / Opus Arte, 2005 Valerie Gabail, Nicolas Rivenq, Paul Agnew, Patricia Petibon, Nicolas Cavallier, Jael Azzaretti, and Anna Maria Panzarella star in this 2-DVD set of the Rameau opera, with William Christie conducting Les Arts Florissants.             Haydn: The Seasons Franz Joseph Haydn, Rene Jacobs, ... Harmonia Mundi Fr., 2004 The Seasons was Haydn's followup to his successful The Creation . In four parts, each musically depicting a season, it offers plentiful opportunities for all the participants to shine and conductor Jacobs, his splendid orchestra and chorus, and three outstanding soloists deliver a committed performance that's a delight from the first note to the last. Jacobs is known for his gutsy interpretations and this set is no exception; tempos are ...             Le Chant des Templiers Marcel Peres, Ensemble Organum Naive Ambroisie, 2006             Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Seattle Symphony, 2010             The Harry Partch Collection, Volume 2 Harry Partch, Gate 5 Ensemble, ... New World Records, 2004 Harry Partch’s compositions of the 1940s—and to some extent his work in general—have remained until recently an unwritten chapter in the history of American music. And yet it was these very pieces—the collection of four works he would later collectively entitle The Wayward—that brought him to the attention of the New York musical world. His concert of these pieces for the League of Composers (April 22, 1944) established for him a small ...             Come to the River: An Early American Gathering Apollo's Fire, Traditional, ... AVIE Records, 2011 Apollo s Fire conjures early 19th-century rural Americana with an evocative journey through traditional folk songs, fiddle tunes, barn dances, and the indispensable Old Time revivalist meetings. This is music as old as the hills themselves, a melting pot of Irish, English, and Scottish tunes that permeated Appalachian culture and rural America, based on field recordings of old-time and Appalachian singers.              search for classical music beethoven, bernstein, celebration, collection, concerti, connection, contrapunto, dialettico, donizetti, fiorentino, florissants, forbidden, frederica, frideric, frittoli, galantes, gathering, hartelius, kristinsson, magnetic, maurizio, musicale, orchestra, philharmonic, salminen, sofferte, staatsoper, templiers, turandot, zauberfl classical music:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: **REPRINT** Das gef?hrliche Alter, Tagebuch-Aufzeichnungen und Briefe home  impressum - about us