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Pyrotechnics - Vivica Genaux Sings Vivaldi Arias

mcooley — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:01:47 -0400

The spectacular Alaska-born Vivica Genaux's latest album is well-named. Vocal pyrotechnics in Baroque style are the basis of this flamboyant recording.

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Pollini Plays Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier Book I

mcooley — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:45:03 -0400

Maurizio Pollini has played Bach many times in concert, including performances he gave of the Well-Tempered Clavier Book I for the Bach tricentennial in 1985. Now he’s released this music as his very first recording of any music by Bach.

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Bach Violin and Voice

mcooley — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:38:30 -0500

Violinist Hilary Hahn is joined by soprano Christine Schaefer and baritone Matthias Goerne for selections from cantatas and the St. Matthew Passion.

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Glazunov Symphonies

mcooley — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:50:04 -0500

José Serebrier leads the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in Glazunov’s first three symphonies, and in a reconstruction of his unfinished Ninth Symphony.

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Bach’s Complete Chamber Music for Flute

mcooley — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:10:10 -0500

American-born flutist Jed Wentz joins with long-time collaborators to present not only the sonatas, but also selections from Bach’s Musical Offering, BWV 1079.

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Maria Joao Pires Plays Chopin

mcooley — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:29:06 -0500

The great Portuguese pianist has chosen her favorite Chopin for this 2 CD set.

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Mendelssohn Complete Works for Cello and Piano

mcooley — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:32:43 -0500

Mendelssohn Month continues with the complete works for cello and piano on period instruments.

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Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 2 and 6 with Paavo Järvi and the German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen

mcooley — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:32:55 -0500

The Beethoven Project of the German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen and Artistic Director Paavo Järvi presents the Second and Sixth Symphonies.

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Leon Fleisher Plays Mozart Concertos

mcooley — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:59:57 -0500

As renowned pianist and teacher Leon Fleisher prepares to join the National Philharmonic in concert at Strathmore this weekend, we feature his latest release.

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Lise de la Salle Plays Mozart and Prokofiev

mcooley — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:57:03 -0500

A young French pianist shows us several sides of Mozart.

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Mozart Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin

mcooley — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:52:42 -0500

Mozart Month continues on Classical WETA with an award-winning recording of sonatas for keyboard and violin.

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Mozart Overtures

mcooley — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:32:15 -0500

Fresh new readings of familiar Mozart music, with added selections to enhance them, kick off Mozart Month.

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Beethoven Past and Present

mcooley — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:46:19 -0500

National Symphony Orchestra principals Lambert Orkis and David Hardy give us two complete performances of Beethoven’s works for piano and cello, first on modern instruments, then on period instruments.

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Classical WETA’s CD Picks of the Season!

mjones — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:22:15 -0500

Lots of musical gift suggestions for everyone on your list (as well as for yourself)!

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Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 3 and 8

mcooley — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:49:16 -0500

Critics have unanimously praised the complete Beethoven symphonies recorded by Paavo Järvi with the German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen, especially this recording of the Third and the Eighth.

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Beethoven and Korngold Violin Concertos

mcooley — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:47:43 -0500

Renaud Capuçon plays violin concertos at opposite ends of the familiarity scale.

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Symphonies by Theodore Gouvy

mcooley — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:51:04 -0500

Works by the 19th-century Alsatian composer Louis Théodore Gouvy are being revived.

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Bach Suite and Concertos

mcooley — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:59:48 -0500

Montreal’s Arion Baroque Orchestra plays an orchestral suite, a Brandenburg Concerto, a double concerto and a triple concerto, all by Johann Sebastian Bach.

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Han-Na Chang plays Vivaldi

mcooley — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:04:54 -0500

One of the world’s most brilliant cellists plays concertos by Vivaldi.

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Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3

mcooley — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:06:07 -0400

The renowned French pianist François-Frédéric Guy has completed his recordings of the five Beethoven Piano Concertos with this release of Nos. 2 and 3.

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Mozart Symphonies

mcooley — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:51:29 -0400

The Orchestral Ensemble of Paris has a new 2 CD set of Mozart’s last three symphonies, as well as their own, the Paris Symphony No. 31.

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Mitsuko Uchida plays Mozart Piano Concertos

mcooley — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:47:58 -0400

Mitsuko Uchida is performing all the Mozart piano concertos as soloist and conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra, and two of the late concertos have just been released.

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Flute Quartets by Friedrich Fesca

mcooley — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:37:53 -0400

Classic Produktion Osnabrück (cpo) has come through again in their presentation of little-known composers, this time Friedrich Ernst Fesca.

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Opera Overtures with Eclipse Chamber Orchestra

mcooley — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:07:39 -0400

Some of our area’s finest musicians have a new album of opera overtures by Florian Leopold Gassmann.

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Early Beethoven Piano Quartets

mcooley — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:51:16 -0400

The New Zealand Piano Quartet plays three quartets that Beethoven wrote when he was fifteen years old.

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Vivaldi Oboe Concertos

mcooley — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:40:32 -0400

The Vivaldi Edition of Turin is back with Volume 42! This time it’s Concerti per Strumenti a Fiato (Concertos for Wind Instruments), and oboist Alfredo Bernardini joins the ensemble Zefiro.

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Léon de Saint-Lubin: Virtuoso Works for Violin

mcooley — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:03:21 -0400

The latest installment in Naxos’ “19th Century Violinist Composers” series features works by an Italian-born French musician who became a student of Louis Spohr, and for whom Beethoven wrote a short cadenza.

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Quantz Flute Sonatas

mcooley — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:39:36 -0400

A composer whose music spanned the transition from the Baroque to Classical eras wrote this music for a flute-playing king.

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Bach Orchestral Suites

mcooley — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:59:27 -0400

A bold new approach to the familiar suites by Bach. The Second Suite, with its popular “Badinerie” for flute, is especially provocative in a new reconstruction.

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Vivaldi Violin Concertos

mcooley — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:49:47 -0400

Played from manuscripts in the National University Library in Turin, this new recording features lively performances by I Barocchisti.

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Piano Concertos with Howard Shelley

mcooley — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:51:27 -0400

British pianist and conductor Howard Shelley joins the Orchestra of Opera North for the piano concertos of Schumann and Grieg, and Saint-Saëns’ Second Concerto.

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Pleyel Symphonies Concertantes and Violin Concerto in D

mcooley — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:37:37 -0400

Three concertos by a student of Haydn feature a local ensemble.

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Louise Farrenc Chamber Music

mcooley — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:01:31 -0400

The Linos Ensemble has recorded three chamber works by Louise Farrenc, a Frenchwoman musically active a generation after Mozart, and one of very few women composers of that time remembered today.

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Robert Schumann Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4

mcooley — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:44:53 -0400

Lawrence Foster conducts these new performances of Schumann symphonies by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, recorded at the Orchestra's home in Prague, the Rudolfinum.

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Niels Gade Violin Sonatas

mcooley — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:23:05 -0400

Sonatas for violin and piano by Denmark’s foremost composer of the 19th century.

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Holzbauer Flute Concertos

mcooley — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:56:43 -0400

Baroque flute specialist Karl Kaiser plays 18th century Viennese concertos.

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Bach Keyboard Concertos

mcooley — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:35:32 -0400

The 28-year-old French piano virtuoso David Fray plays and conducts Bach.

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Louis Spohr Violin Concertos

mcooley — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:56:23 -0400

Three Spohr concertos have been newly recorded by the award-winning Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma.

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Telemann: Tutti flauti!

mcooley — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:05:45 -0400

Recorders and Baroque flutes are front and center in this recording of Telemann concertos.

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The Romantic Piano Concerto Volume 47

mcooley — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:01:10 -0400

The Hyperion label has released Romantic piano concertos for years, often featuring obscure composers. Volume 47 contains concertos by Salomon Jadassohn and Felix Draeseke.

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Mozart: Three Salzburg Symphonies

mcooley — Mon, 25 May 2009 10:21:25 -0400

The French ensemble Le Cercle de L’Harmonie has released a new recording of three Mozart symphonies written in 1773.

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Sol Gabetta: Cantabile

mcooley — Fri, 15 May 2009 10:52:46 -0400

Acclaimed young cellist Sol Gabetta has chosen a variety of the most beautiful songs and arias she knows, and plays arrangements for cello and orchestra with the Prague Philharmonic.

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Julia Fischer Plays Bach Concertos with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

mcooley — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:52:19 -0400

If you missed hearing this ensemble play this music in February at Strathmore, here’s your chance to listen to their sublime performances.

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Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1 and 5

mjones — Sun, 10 May 2009 23:55:07 -0400

This is the latest release in the highly-acclaimed Beethoven Symphony cycle by Paavo Järvi and the German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen.

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Pierre Rode: Violin Concertos Nos. 7, 10, 13

mjones — Sat, 02 May 2009 01:52:42 -0400

Pierre Rode, a contemporary of Beethoven, is one of the few who wrote French violin concertos that are still played today. This is the world premiere recording of three of them.

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Handel Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks

mjones — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:44:16 -0400

Handel’s most popular music in a new recording by an Italian period instrument ensemble.

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Weber Overtures

mjones — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:29:45 -0400

Carl Maria von Weber wrote overtures of all kinds; for the opera, for incidental music, and for the concert hall. Here is a selection of the familiar, and some rarely-heard overtures, by this early German Romantic composer.

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Beethoven and Clement Violin Concertos

mjones — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:35:49 -0400

Violinist Rachel Barton Pine brings us the world premiere recording of a concerto with an interesting relationship to Beethoven's famous Violin Concerto, also on this disc.

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Bach: Brandenburg Concertos / Egarr, Academy Of Ancient Music

flimon — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:46:25 -0500

Long neglected on a library shelf in Brandenburg Castle, these six 'Concertos for several instruments' have since become some of the best-known works in the classical repertoire for their musical inventiveness and their games of mathematical symmetry. Richard Egarr and the Academy of Ancient Music have endeavoured to return to the original 'chamber' conception of the works, with one player per part.

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Chopin: The Piano Concertos / Lang Lang

flimon — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:39:49 -0500

More improvisatory flair can be found in Lang Lang's superbly engineered recording. His enormous variety of colour and texture, of dynamic range and rhetorical gesture, is dazzling. He can sing and sustain a line, knows when to subordinate accompanying figures, and achieves a huge range of articulation. In Lang Lang's hands these works are dramatic and exhilarating, and as one-off performances there is much to enjoy.

Tim Parry, BBC Music Magazine

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German Flute Concertos

flimon — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:19:08 -0500

The main attraction of this CD is the repertoire, which is representative of an era rich in developing styles and technique. There are two works by Winter, and one each by Lachner and Rosetti (real name: Franz Anton Roessler, a Bohemian composer). The flute soloist, Bruno Meier, is featured with the conductorless Prague Chamber Orchestra.

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Mozart: Piano Trios, Divertimento K 254

flimon — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:31:18 -0500

This trio of young musicians takes its strange-sounding name from the 'Swedish town in which it gave its first performance, and where it has established an annual festival'. Well, this sounds exotic, if not immediately endearing to non-Swedes. That minor detail aside, these people know their Mozart, and give these trios bouncy (perhaps a bit too much so) readings that Mozart would have enjoyed: bright, brash and with more than a modicum of good humour. I for one agree: Mozart does not belong on a pedestal!

--cliffsclassics.com, November 2008

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Vivaldi: Double Violin Concertos / Carmignola & Mullova

flimon — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:06:39 -0500

Two of today’s most charismatic violinists join forces for an album of Double Concertos by Antonio Vivaldi.

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Chopin: Works For Piano, Op 33-35, 36 & 38 / Maurizio Pollini

flimon — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:36:47 -0500

Maurizio Pollini, one of today's most exceptional pianists, began his musical career by winning the Chopin competition in 1960. Since then, the works of Chopin have held a pre-eminent place in his performances and recordings. Following up on the success of his release of Chopin Nocturnes in 2005, Pollini now records an all-new recital of Chopin masterpieces. He has re-recorded the famous Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 35 (recorded in 1984 and released in 1986) and the Ballade no. 2 in F, op. 38 (recorded and released in 1999) and added the Mazurkas op. 33, Waltzes op. 34 and Impromptu no. 2 in F sharp major, op. 36. All of these works were composed in a relatively late phase of Chopin's career and display the great variety of his art. With Pollini recording Chopin, one of classical music's most popular composers, this release will appeal to both classical music lovers and a wider audience.

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Mendelssohn: Piano Trios / Claremont Trio

flimon — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:21:14 -0500

"The Claremont Trio thrillingly captures the changeability of the outer movements...the scherzos go off like champagne corks"
- Strad Magazine

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Mendelssohn / Anne-Sophie Mutter

flimon — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:12:12 -0500

To mark the bicentenary (February 3, 2009) of Mendelssohn’s birth, Anne-Sophie Mutter has recorded a very special tribute combining symphonic music and chamber works. This unique homage to Mendelssohn includes a CD & DVD, both of which feature complete performances of the repertory.

Mutter is joined by Kurt Masur and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (Mendelssohn’s orchestra) for the concerto, and by André Previn and Lynn Harrell on the chamber works. This unique program pairs works that are rarely heard together.

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Mozart: Piano Concertos No 17 & 20 / Leif Ove Andsnes

flimon — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:53:33 -0500

Leif Ove Andsnes is becoming known for his Mozart interpretations, and in this recording, as with his previous Mozart disc, he directs the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra from the keyboard. Piano Concerto No 20 is possibly the most famous of Mozart’s piano concertos and, in terms of its depth of expression and intensity of emotion, one of the greatest.

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Mozart: Piano Concerto No 21 & 22 / Jonathan Biss

flimon — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:11:11 -0500

Jonathan Biss has committed to disc his eagerly awaited fourth album for EMI Classics, Mozart’s Piano Concertos Nos. 21 (K467) and 22 (K482) , recorded in concert with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.

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Phoenix In Flight / Music of Tchaikovsky, Debussy, etc.

flimon — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:33:31 -0500

This week, we feature a Navona recording Richard Stoltzman 'Phoenix in Flight', featuring the Two-Time Grammy winning clarinetist teamed up with the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Kirk Trevor. These thrilling studio performances from the clarinet ... Full Descriptionworld's most captivating player include influential works by Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Weber, and Bottesini.

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Haydn, Hummel, Torelli, Neruda: Trumpet Concertos

flimon — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:40:33 -0500

Having conquered her native Britain, trumpet sensation Alison Balsom is poised to storm the US charts with her third album, a collection of trumpet concertos from Haydn, Hummel, Torelli, and Neruda! As well as winning numerous awards in the UK, Ms. Balsom was named one of the LA Times' Faces to Watch in 2008.

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Beethoven: Piano Concertos No 1, 3 & 4 / John O'Conor

flimon — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:24:11 -0500

In 2007, pianist John O’Conor and the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Andreas Delfs recorded a brilliant version of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op.19 and No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, “Emperor.” O’Conor and Delfs return to complete the cycle with stunning interpretations of Nos. 1, 3 and 4 in this Telarc recording.

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Neruda: Trio Sonatas And Bassoon Concerto

flimon — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:10:36 -0500

The members of Parnassi musici, who perform on historical instruments, are always good for surprises and innovative programs. On their new CD they interpret four trio sonatas and a bassoon concerto by the Bohemian violinist, conductor, and composer Johann Baptist Georg Neruda, who was born in Prague around 1707.

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CD Picks of the Season

flimon — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:37:27 -0500

Celebrate your Holidays with classical Holiday music! Enojy our selections of vocal and instrumental music. Hear something you like? You might just be able to purchase it from our partners at arkivmusic!

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Chiaroscuro - Vivaldi

flimon — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:09:50 -0500

This new recording is entirely dedicated to Venetian composer Antonio Vivaldi. The CD presents four bassoon concertos, two flute concertos, along with a concerto for flute and bassoon entitled ‘La notte’. For this recording, Arion performs as a chamber ensemble of 9 musicians and features bassoonist Mathieu Lussier and flautist Claire Guimond.

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Charles-Auguste de Bériot: Violin Concertos

flimon — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:27:16 -0500

This excellent Belgian Romantic composer is sadly neglected in America. He was a child prodigy who studied with Viotti, performing the master's music in public at age nine! De Beriot wrote brilliantly for his instrument, with elements of Paganini-style bravura combined with French elegance in phrasing. The performances in this recording are smashingly good.

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Mozart: Flute Quartets

flimon — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:52:36 -0500

These four women from all over the world, get together to bring us a distinctive take on Mozart's flute quartets. Listen and enjoy as Michala Petri leads the quartet with a recorder in place of a flute!

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Bazzini: Works for Violin and Piano

flimon — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:08:19 -0500

Violinist Chloë Hanslip is joined by pianist Caspar Frantz in an exhilarating rendition of works by Antonio Bazzini. One of the great violinist-composers of the 19th century, he is known for his salon pieces for violin and piano. Included on this CD is his most famous, La Ronde des Lutins (The Dance of the goblins).

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Ignaz Pleyel - Clarinet Concertos 1 & 2

flimon — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:38:42 -0400

This week we feature a recording of Clarinet Concertos by Austrian-born French composer Ignaz Pleyel. Although obscure today, he was well know in his time.

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Vivaldi: Four Seasons / Joshua Bell

flimon — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:03:40 -0400

One of the best known violin virtuosos of our time, Joshua Bell, brings us his rendition of Vivaldi's Four Seasons. This recording also contails Tartini's famous "Devil's Trill Sonata."

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Leon Fleisher - Six Complete LPs Debut on CD

flimon — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:49:30 -0400

To celebrate Leon Fleisher's 80th birthday, Arkiv music has exclusively released six CDs containing material previously only available on LPs. Remember to join us for this week's Front Row Washington as we feature Mr. Fleisher's recent performance at Strathmore.

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Schubert: Piano Quintet "trout" / Mozart: Piano Quartet In E Flat

flimon — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:25:28 -0400

A fabulous group of musicians headlined by Yefim Bronfman at the piano and Pinchas Zukerman at the violin bring us great performances of Shubert's Piano Quintet know as "The Trout," and Mozart's Piano Quartet in E-Flat.

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Mozart: Violin Concertos / Carmignola

flimon — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:49:15 -0400

In the first of the two new sets, Giuliano Carmignola is featured on a complete recording of the Mozart Violin Concertos. Of their collaboration, Carmignola said: “From the very start there was a complete agreement about interpretation, it was all very natural and spontaneous. I believe that the combination of Abbado, Carmignola and the Orchestra Mozart communicates a new, rare sensation of energy, vitality and freshness.”

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Chopin / Ingrid Fliter

flimon — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:10:11 -0400

As we anticipate our Great Romantics weekend, we feature this week a recording of some of Chopin's solo piano works performed by the talented Argentinian pianist Ingrid Fliter.

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Wagenseil Symphonies Vol 2

flimon — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:50:22 -0400

This week, we highlight composer Georg Christoph Wagenseil, whose music, although seldom played now, was known to the likes of Mozart and Haydn.

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Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3

flimon — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:02:47 -0400

We welcome back the CD Pick of the Week feature with this fabulous recording of Beethoven's 1st and 3rd symphonies performed by the Royal Flemish Philharmonic under the direction of Philippe Herreweghe. Just in time to celebrate the return of another one of our features, the Theme Weekends. This week, the three Bs, of course!

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Air On a G String - David Russell

mjones — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:51:07 -0400

This week, we feature the work of David Russell, a classical guitarist who is world renowned for his superb musicianship and inspired artistry.

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Beethoven, Lannoy, Archduke Rudolph Of Austria: Clarinet Trios

mjones — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:45:17 -0400

This week's CD pick presents three clarinet trios written by Beethoven and a couple of his friends and colleagues.

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Haydn: Piano Concertos No 3, 4, 9, 11

mjones — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:40:02 -0400

This week we feature a collection of concertos by Haydn.

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Dvorák: Symphony No 9, Symphonic Variations / Marin Alsop & BSO

mjones — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:33:51 -0400

This week's recording features one of our local orchestras, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, lead by Marin Alsop. Featuring Symphony No. 9, "From the New World," and Symphonic Variations, this recording is one of Alsop's first projects as Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony.

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Smetana: Complete Orchestral Works

mjones — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:28:57 -0400

This week we feature orchestral music composed by Bedrich Smetana, the first major nationalist composer of Bohemia.

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Chopin: The Complete Preludes - Rafal Blechacz

mjones — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:19:45 -0400

This week we feature the debut recording of Rafal Belchacz, who won the 15th International Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 2005.

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John Marsh: Symphonies / London Mozart Players, Matthias Bamert

mjones — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:10:13 -0400

This week we feature a selection from The Contemporaries of Mozart series with Matthias Bamert and the London Mozart Players. This installment features the music of John Marsh, one of the most prolific composers in eighteenth century England, yet today sadly ignored.

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Olli Mustonen, Beethoven Piano Concertos

pmcketa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:27:32 -0400

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Mozart Overtures Conducted by Yehudi Menuhin

pmcketa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:26:01 -0400

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Krommer Double Clarinet Concerto, Spohr Concertos Nos. 2 & 4

pmcketa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:24:19 -0400

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Handel Water Music/Fireworks (London Classical Players)

pmcketa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:22:19 -0400

This week’s CD Pick features Handel’s famous Water Music and his Music for the Royal Fireworks.

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Cello and Piano Recital - Richard Harwood

pmcketa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:20:38 -0400

This recording features British cellist Richard Harwood accompanied by pianist Christoph Berne playing music by Beethoven, Chopin, Offenbach, Rubinstein, Popper and Glazunov.

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Hummel: Piano Trios

pmcketa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:17:42 -0400

It is a treat to hear this music played by one of the world's best-known trio, the Beaux Arts Trio.

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Luys De Narvaez: Musica Del Delphin

pmcketa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:16:23 -0400

Just in time for our String Fling weekend, this week’s CD Pick features guitarist Pablo Márquez playing 16th century Spanish music by composer Luys de Narváez.

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Ballad For Edvard Grieg - Leif Ove Andsnes

pmcketa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:14:38 -0400

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A Baroque Festival - Parrott, Taverner Players

pmcketa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:12:57 -0400

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Jonathan Biss - Beethoven Piano Sonatas 8, 15, 27 & 30

pmcketa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:11:51 -0400

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Telemann: Water Music

pmcketa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:10:09 -0400

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Haydn String Quartets Op. 71 & 74

pmcketa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:08:09 -0400

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Martucci: Complete Orchestral Works

pmcketa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:06:36 -0400

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Beethoven Violin Concerto

pmcketa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:15:11 -0400

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Handel: Concerti Grossi Op 3, etc.

pmcketa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:13:16 -0400

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CD Picks of the Season

pmcketa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:12:00 -0400

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Beethoven: Symphonies No 1 & 6 / Vänskä, Minnesota Orchestra

pmcketa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:10:41 -0400

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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1; Symphony No 4

pmcketa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:09:04 -0400

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The Essential Mozart & The Complete Mozart

pmcketa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:07:09 -0400

Happy Birthday, Wolfgang!

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Daniel Hope - Mendelssohn

pmcketa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:05:04 -0400

This week’s pick features Daniel Hope performing Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. It also features Mendelssohn’s Octet in E flat, Leider and Six Songs, performed with pianist Sebastian Knauer. This recording is Hope’s debut with Deutsche Grammophon. Critics have called this performance "peerless" and "outstanding."

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Dvorak: Quintette Op. 81, Bagatelles Op. 47

pmcketa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:58:13 -0400

Classical WETA is pleased to feature this CD.

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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op. 2

pmcketa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:56:51 -0400

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New Year's Concert 2008

pmcketa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:53:16 -0400

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Mozart: Symphonies No 38 & 41

pmcketa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:51:55 -0400

"This is not your father's Mozart."
— Robert Levine, ClassicsToday.com

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Brahms: Symphony No 2 & 3 /Pittsburgh Symphony

pmcketa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:49:21 -0400

Classical WETA is pleased to feature this CD.

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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas / Garrick Ohlsson

pmcketa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:46:38 -0400

This disc contains three of Beethoven's most popular sonatas, and is part of Garrick Ohlsson's distinguished complete Beethoven cycle.

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Beethoven: Symphony No 3 & Contradances

pmcketa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:40:24 -0400

If you like what you hear in this week's CD Pick of the Week, you are in luck! The Helisngborg Symphony Orchestra, with their director Andrew Manze will play Beethoven's 3rd Symphony on March 30th at the George Mason Center for the Arts. For more information, and to buy tickets, click here.

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Karajan Gold

pmcketa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:36:35 -0400

This week, we feature a two CD set that includes many of the best known classical music, directed by the great conductor, Herbert von Karajan. Karajan, who would be celebrating his 100th birthday on April 5th, was called by the New York Times "probably the world's best-known conductor and one of the most powerful figures in classical music." Join us in celebrating his life and works.

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Godard: Violin Concerto No 2

pmcketa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:34:27 -0400

Benjamin Louis Paul Godard was a French violinist and Romantic composer. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, "Godard's compositions are unequal, if only because his productivity was enormous."

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Vivaldi: L'estro Armonico

admin — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:49:49 -0400

ORCHESTRAL CHOICE OF THE MONTH - "Great energy derived from crisp articulation…Tafelmusik’s 13 strings, impeccably in tune, create a taut ensemble while slow movements are treated to beautifully expressive playing…an irresistible buy.”
BBC Music Magazine. 2008

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Mozart: Symphonies No 40 & 41 / Tafelmusik Orchestra

admin — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:16:15 -0400

Last week, we featured this orchestra playing wonderful Baroque music. Showing their versatility, this week's pick features music from the Classical period under the direction of Bruno Weil.

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