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Oboe Divas!-Operatic Duos and Ensembles from Handel to Wagner

Oboe Divas!-Operatic Duos and Ensembles from Handel to Wagner
ID: CC2018
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection:
Opera Collection
Subcollection: Oboe

The 24-page full colour CD booklet has a 6,000 word programme note in English
with full details of each item, setting it in its operatic and historical context.
There are biographies of all the players and many photographs.

Emily Pailthorpe (the youngest winner of the Gillet International oboe competition) joins Elaine Douvas (Principle Oboe of the Met Opera Orch.) to give an oboist’s-eye-view of opera.


Introduction by Emily Pailthorpe:

This is a CD for lovers of opera and lovers of the oboe alike. Indeed it is often the vocal quality of the oboe to which listeners and players are drawn. Whether reaching out from the pit orchestra in accompaniment, or taking centre stage for a chamber work, playing the oboe does feel like singing. Portrayed here are some of the great oboe moments in opera (Fidelio, Meistersinger) as well as many that we always wanted to stand up and sing ourselves! (For example the 'Queen of the Night' aria from Mozart's Magic Flute, the Duo from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor.) Both the Diva and the gracious accompanist appear here - often swapping seamlessly from one role to the other.

My own love affair with opera grew when I was a student at The Juilliard School in New York, and my teacher Elaine Douvas gave me standing passes to come and hear the productions at the New York Metropolitan Opera, where she was principal oboe. It is a great pleasure to collaborate on this CD with her and her colleagues from the Met, and also to highlight the opera connection of players from the London CONCHORD Ensemble. Daniel Pailthorpe was principal flute at English National Opera for ten years and Andrea de Flammineis is principal bassoon at the Royal Opera House. I think that in this recording the operatic experience of all these players shines through.
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Music for Oboe, Horn and Piano

Music for Oboe, Horn and Piano
ID: CC2022
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Subcollection: Oboe

The 20-page full colour CD booklet has a 3,000 word programme note in English with full details of each track.
There are biographies of the players, web links and many photographs.

Introduction by Jeremy Polmear:

In the realm of chamber music the combination of oboe, horn and piano is an unusual one. The string quartet medium reigns supreme in its ability to inspire great works from great composers. There are many reasons for this, one being that in a string quartet each instrument has its own character, but all are of the same family so that they can also blend as a unit. Each can add its voice on equal terms to the others, speaking the same language but with its own individual accent.

By contrast the wind quintet of flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn is all just that - contrast. Each instrument occupies its own sound-world, its own unique colour. This is what makes these instruments so valuable in an orchestra, but can be a challenge in a chamber music context. It takes a very skilful composer - and skilful performers too - to create satisfying blends with these instruments.

It is perhaps no accident that when Mozart wrote chamber music for flute, oboe, clarinet, and horn, he did so individually, in works with strings. Or he added a piano to smooth out the sound, as in the celebrated Quintet K452 with oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn. On this CD we have done something similar with his Horn Quintet K407; although the violin part is now on the oboe, the two violas and cello are given to the piano.

And it is the piano that is the key to the possibilities of the trio with oboe and horn. Even when it is an accompanying role it can provide a mellow presence and a solid harmonic basis, over which the other instruments can sing. This is true in the Mozart, and also in the two short nineteenth century pieces recorded here, by Blanc and Molbe.

And what of the other two instruments? The US horn player Cynthia Carr, in the introduction to her repertoire list of music for the trio, puts it thus: "This ensemble - comprised of the most distinctive-sounding woodwind instrument and the most versatile member of the brass family - presents a rich tonal palette and can produce a wide range of textures, from delicate and transparent to full and orchestral." This can be seen in this CD particularly in the Herzogenberg Trio Op 60 (1889), and in the way that Jean-Michel Damase makes full, and delightful, play of all the possibilities in his Trio of 1990. The oboe cannot match the horn in terms of dynamic range, but its timbre means that it can still be heard, even when both the other instruments are at full stretch. Meanwhile, within the context of the piano sound, the two instruments can celebrate their differences - the oboe melodic and poignant, the horn warm and noble.

In her repertoire list, Cynthia Carr lists nearly forty compositions. There is a genre here, but it is miniscule compared to the repertoire for a string quartet or even a wind quintet. This is because the oboe/horn/piano trio has never been a standard instrumental combination, never part of a European Court as, for example, the Wind Band octets were. Compositions have come about in a more haphazard way. The nineteenth century was a bad one for wind chamber music players - only Schumann and Brahms among the major composers wrote anything. Where they did, it was for specific players, for example the clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld for whom Brahms wrote the Clarinet Quintet. For this Trio there are two keynote nineteenth century pieces - the Herzogenberg Trio already mentioned, and one by Carl Reinecke, written in 1887.

During the 20th Century there were a smattering of works, but the increase in interest didn't come about until late in the century, with the rise of oboe/horn/piano trios in the US, particularly Cynthia Carr's own Trio Arundel, and the horn player Martin Webster of the Hancock Chamber Players. They not only wanted to play music, but were willing to commission pieces, resulting in Paul Basler's jazzy Vocalise-Waltz of 1996 (commissioned by Cynthia) and the Damase Trio mentioned above, commissioned by Martin.

To these people we owe a debt for opening up new possibilities in the under-exploited world of wind chamber music.
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SUMMERTIME - Otis Murphy, saxaphone - Haruko Murphy, piano

SUMMERTIME - Otis Murphy, saxaphone - Haruko Murphy, piano
ID: CC4004
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Subcollection: Saxophone

World renowned international soloist Otis Murphy presents his latest CD on the Saxophone Classics label. His flawless tone and incredible technique brings this collection of original works and carefully selected arrangements of music to life. This is a CD for saxophonists and non-saxophonists to enjoy: compelling excellence in the mastery of the saxophone, coupled with a beautiful collection of music for all to enjoy.
The wonderful melodies of Gershwin in Ralph Martino’s arrangement which includes Summertime from where this CD gets its title.
The virtuosity of Murphy’s playing in Pasculli’s non stop whirl of notes that is “The Bee”.
The excitement of a world wide collaboration of great artists in an arrangement of Mozart’s Oboe Quartet featuring Otis Murphy with the Masato Kumoi Saxophone Quartet from Japan.
A live recording of Roberto Molinelli’s incredibly seductive and compelling “Four Pictures from New York”.
Also includes the Sonata by Muczyniski, and “Two Movements” by Waignein”, two compelling works from the repertoire which showcase Murphy’s lyrical sound and exciting performances.

G. Gershwin: Fantasy
Molinelli: Four Pictures from New York
Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F major, K370 (arr. Wakui for saxophone quartet and solo saxophone ), Masato Kumoi Saxophone Quartet

Muczynski: Sonata for Alto Saxophone & Piano, Op. 29
Pasculli: Le Api (arr. Tse)
Waignein: Movements (2)

Otis Murphy (saxophone) & Haruko Murphy (piano), special appearance by The Masato Kumoi Saxophone Quartet
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Mozart & Beethoven Piano Sonatas

Mozart & Beethoven Piano Sonatas
ID: CCCR101
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection:
Chamber Music

Jill Crossland is a brilliant pianist who is now recording and increasing her concert performances. She gives a fresh and exciting dimension to these well known works.

Mozart: Piano Sonata in F major, K.533/494
Beethoven:Piano Sonata no.17 in D minor, Op.31, no.2 (“Tempest”) / Piano Sonata no. 31 in A flat major, Op.110
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Kendlinger - Dvorak "Aus der Neuen Welt", Mozart "Haffner" - K&K Philharmoniker

Kendlinger - Dvorak "Aus der Neuen Welt", Mozart "Haffner" - K&K Philharmoniker
ID: CD982
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection:
Symphony
Subcollection: Orchestre

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Siw Wennberg - A Great Primadonna

Siw Wennberg - A Great Primadonna
ID: CDA1689-2
CDs: 1
Type: CD

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Abendempfindung, K523

Felix Mendessohn- Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Suleika, Op.34.4
Auf Flügeln des Gesanges

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Nacht und Träume
Nachtstück
Ellens Gesang III - Ave Maria - Hymne an die Jungfrau

Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927)
I skogen

Edvarg Grieg (1843-1907)
Solveigs Sang
Solveigs vuggevise
Prinsessen, Op.18

Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960)
Skogen sover, Op.28: VI
Jeg längtar dig

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Schlagenden Herzen, Op.29 no.2I

Edvarg Grieg
Ett hopp, Op.26:1

Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867-1942)
Solen skinner vakkert om kvælden

Richard Strauss
Zueignung
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Sacred Seasons: A Christmas Album

Sacred Seasons: A Christmas Album
ID: CDC005
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Subcollection: Christmas Music

Philharmonia Orchestra, Carl Davis, conductor, Timothy West, narrator


A Christmas Carol - Ballet Suite,Carl Davis (arr. N. Raine)

The Nativity Story
Carl Davis (based on his score for Ben Hur - 1925)
Narrated by Timothy West,(orch. C. Matthews)

Serenade of Carols (in four movements),Morton Gould

Sacred Seasons
J S Bach- (arr. C. Davis / D. Matthews)

Prayer (Mozartiana)
(movement 3 - After a transcription of Liszt),(arr. Tchaikovsky)


Christmas need not only be celebrated at home and church but also in ballet, opera, musicals, the concert hall and pop.
Carl Davis’s new CD offers a varied buffet of Seasonal goodies and premieres an adaptation of his Ben Hur score with narration drawn from the Gospels and read by the marvellous actor, Timothy West, as well as new orchestral settings of Bach’s most loved chorale preludes.
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Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik K 525, Symphony Nos. 35, 40 - Alexander Kantorov

Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik K 525, Symphony Nos. 35, 40 - Alexander Kantorov
ID: CDMAN109
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection:
Orchestral Works

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Famous Overtures

Famous Overtures
ID: CDMAN144
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection:
Orchestral Works
Subcollection: Orchestre

Performers:
St. Petersburg Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra - Evgeny Mravinsky(1)
Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Novosibirsk Philharmonic Society - Arnold Kats (2,3,4)
Academic Symphony Orchestra of St. Petersburg Philharmony- Alexander Dmitriev (7)
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Classic for Your Journey -Vivaldi, J.S.Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, etc...

Classic for Your Journey -Vivaldi, J.S.Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, etc...
ID: CDMAN148
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection:
Orchestral Works
Subcollection: Orchestre

Igor Lebedev, piano (5)
Valery Vishnevsky, piano (6)
Oleg Malov and Oksana Isayev, piano - 4 hands (8)
Valery Vasiliev, piano (9)

Ensemble, Soloists of St. Petersburg, artistic director Michael Gantvarg (1)
St. Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra, conductors Gennady Rozhdestvensky (2) and Evgeny Mravinsky (14)
St. Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra, conductor Alexander Dmitriev (18)
State Symphony Orchestra "Classic", conductor Alexander Cantor (3)
St. Petersburg Chamber Orchestra, conductor Vladimir Altshuler (7)
St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andrei Anikhanov (11)
St. Petersburg Radio and TV Orchestra,, conductor Stanislav Gorkovenko (12)
St. Petersburg State Academic Capella Symphony Orchestra, conductor Alexander Chernushenko (13)
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