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Episode 179: 19179 Borodin: Symphony No. 2, Petite Suite and Polovtsian Dances
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Borodon Symphony No. 2 Petite Suite Polovtsian Dances Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra Gennady Rozhdestvensky
A complete, separate sentence begins the journey of a conceptual album. In the translucent sonority, something percussive, and in the melody undulating towards repose, the inspiration of the work is manifested. It is water; in itself, in its role for life to thrive, in its subjection to those who have it. Moments later, on Life Cycles, H2O's openin…
On THE PRIESTESS OF MORPHINE, composer Rosśa Crean and librettist Aiden K. Feltkamp create a beautifully haunting portrait of a Gertrud Günther, a young Jewish lesbian caught between her two selves during the Third Reich, who bravely sought her inner truth and passions while forced to live in the shadows. The monodrama’s unusual story is matched by…
The Common Ground Ensemble is English cellist Kate Ellis (Artistic Director of Crash Ensemble), Irish jazz pianist Cormac McCarthy (Peter Washington, Phil Woods), Irish traditional musician Brian Donnellan (bouzouki, concertina, harmonium, and like Hayes an alumnus of Hayes's father's Tulla Céilí Band), and New York guitarist Kyle Sanna (Bela Fleck…
composer Robert Honstein releases a portrait album of works for percussion, Lost and Found, on New Focus Recordings. Drawing inspiration from early memories and his experience as a new parent, Honstein’s Lost and Found features percussion trio Tigue, duo New Morse Code, and solo percussionist Michael Compitello in three multi-movement works that ca…
Through the complex purity of the harp, Paola Baron takes an intimate look at opera. She turns to the legacy of bringing this repertoire to solo music. A necessary revisitation, as the musical production of the stage and private life leading up to the 19th century, partly obscured in the era of early recordings, cannot be fully glimpsed. Opera, in …
A new music genre has emerged in the last few years, mainly thanks to streaming playlists: LoFi beats are chilled instrumental hip-hop tracks whose hazy, hissing aesthetic makes them sound as if they’ve been lifted from well-worn cassette tapes. LA-based producer L.Dre is a true master of this style, but in making his album LoFi Symphony for Deutsc…
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Episode 173: 19173 Rafal Blechacz – Chopin
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Blechacz’s devotion to the art of Chopin predates his victory in the 2005 Warsaw International Chopin Piano Competition – when he became just the fourth Polish winner in its prestigious history. It has continued to deepen and mature over the years, underpinned by a desire to uncover fresh layers of expression and meaning. Rafal Blechacz – Chopin pr…
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Episode 172: 19172 The Makrokosmos 50 Project
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Gerpe’s album is a beautiful tribute to the legendary work of George Crumb, and it showcases his exceptional skill and talent as a pianist. The album features Gerpe’s performance of Makrokosmos, Volume 1, and twelve newly composed pieces by an immensely talented and diverse group of composers. Vera Ivanova, Fernanda Aoki Navarro, Gernot Wolfgang, E…
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Episode 167: 19167 Joseph Summer - Hamlet
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Navona Records presents HAMLET from Joseph Summer. In this installment of the Shakespeare Concert Series, composer Joseph Summer brings us along to Elsinore with The Bard’s classic play in an all new setting complete with the lyric integrity of Shakespeare’s words in a contemporary musical arrangement. Performed by Bulgaria’s State Opera Ruse orche…
Track Listing: 1 Robert Schumann: Fantasie in C major, Op. 17 2 Nicholas Ho: Piano Sonata, Op. 8 3 Samuel Barber: Piano Sonata, Op. 26 Help support our show by purchasing this album at: Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber. @CMDHedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive #LaM…
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Episode 155: 19155 Benjamin Grosvenor - Schumann and Brahms
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The acclaimed British pianist, Benjamin Grosvenor, still only 30 and yet a well-established favourite of critics and audiences around the globe, takes Robert Schumann’s haunting Kreisleriana as his starting point in his new album, Schumann & Brahms. This eight-movement work portrays the mercurial personality of the fictional Johannes Kreisler, crea…
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Episode 154: 19154 Bruckner - Symphony No. 9
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Following numerous accolades, Christian Thielemann’s landmark Bruckner symphony cycle with the Vienna Philharmonic - the orchestra’s first under a single conductor - continues with the composer’s final, unfinished symphony captured live at the Salzburg Festival in the summer of 2022. Track Listing: 1 Bruckner Symphony No. 9 in D Minor / I. Feierlic…
Concept albums are few and far between, and rarer yet in classical music. THINGS IN PAIRS, a conceptual as well as a musical beacon by violin/piano duo Audrey Wright and Yundu Wang, fills this gap. The tracks on THINGS IN PAIRS were not just carefully curated – rather, they were selected and sorted with the precision of a steady-handed artist stack…
The album Aria presents favorite scenes and arias from some of the greatest Romantic operas, in arrangements for violin and piano by some of Faulisi’s most illustrious forbears. Track Listing: 1 Addio, del passato 2 Carmen Fantasie Air des cartes 3 Carmen Fantasie Coda 4 Carmen Fantasie Prelude - Habanera 5 Carmen Fantasie Pres des remparts de Sevi…
The name and personality of Niels Wilhelm Gade are well known among music specialists, but unfortunately largely ignored by the mainstream concert repertoire and its audiences. And this is an unfair and regrettable situation, since Gade is an important figure under both the historical and the artistic viewpoint. Tracklist 1)Aquarelle Op. 19 n. 1 “E…
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Episode 156: 19156 Beth Weimann - I Give You My Home
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I GIVE YOU MY HOME is a site-specific chamber opera inspired by Rose Standish Nichols and the Nichols House Museum in Boston MA that premiered June 3, 2022. This elegant new opera paints a portrait of Rose, a professional Bostonian woman, and highlights her professional work as a landscape architect as well as her efforts to affect change through a…
Navona Records presents JOYS ABIDING, an album of vocal duets by female composers including previously unpublished duets by British-American composer Rebecca Clarke, the text of which inspired the album title. The extensive track list of duets from the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods is performed by Dana Zenobi, soprano, Oliver Worthington…
American violinist Stella Chen releases her debut album, Stella x Schubert, with pianist Henry Kramer. Performing on the 1700 ex-Petri Stradivarius violin, Chen garnered worldwide attention with her first-prize win at the 2019 Queen Elizabeth International Violin Competition, followed by the 2020 Avery Fisher Career Grant and 2020 Lincoln Center Em…
Acclaimed pianist Anna Kislitsyna stuns on PIANO SPECTRUMS, a profoundly emotive selection of aesthetic contemporary pieces – and a world-class interpretation ranging from tender filigree to unbridled, seething virtuosity. Ten contemporary composers share their works on this album with an eclectic program, both in terms of styles and subject matter…
There are great singers, and then there are great singers who break the mold, pushing both the musical and organizational boundaries of their craft. American mezzo-soprano Megan Ihnen impressively demonstrates her affiliation with the latter group on CURRENTS IN TIME, once more employing her formidable talents as both a 21st-century vocalist and im…
UNCOMMON VOICES from Natasha Stojanovska explores the music of female composers from Eastern Europe. This collections of piano works includes the music of Croatia, North Macedonia, the former Soviet Union, and other Eastern European countries, combined with elements of the western musical tradition. The album includes two of Stojanovska’s compositi…
Every pianist makes a piece their own, adding flourishes and signature accents, but Marta Brankovich takes artistic interpretation to a new level. Leveraging her passion and irreplicable touch on the piano, the black swan of piano conjures an unforgettable storm on MARTA, THE TEMPEST. This long-awaited exploratory deep-dive into the classical canon…
As part of Riccardo Chailly’s seventieth birthday celebrations in February 2023, Decca is delighted to announce a new album of Verdi choruses conducted by the Maestro with the orchestral and choral forces of La Scala, where he is Music Director. The album also marks two other remarkable milestones: it will be forty-five years since Chailly’s debut …
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Episode 146: 19146 What is Sarah Neutkens Thinking?
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Sarah Neutkens (Eindhoven, 1998) is a composer, pianist, visual artist, model, art historian, and author. Both in music and other arts she always strives for total freedom. Adhering to strict rules does not appeal to her. She is not only active in classical music - her compositions have been performed by the Dutch Chamber Choir, the Dutch Saxophone…
The gentle music and quiet nostalgia of some of the most exquisitely beautiful poetry ever written flows through Hélène Grimaud’s latest album. Valentin Silvestrov’s Silent Songs includes contemplative settings of verse by Golden and Silver Age Russian poets Pushkin, Lermontov, Tyutchev, Baratynsky, Zhukovsky, Yesenin, and Mandelstam, Ukrainian lyr…
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Episode 144: 19144 English Horn Expressions
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Deeply expressive and melodic, the English horn boasts a unique texture in the woodwind family. In Elizabeth Masoudnia’s aptly titled ENGLISH HORN EXPRESSIONS, the instrument has found itself in the spotlight, guided by Masoudnia’s soothing tone, and lending a distinguished voice to the works of several composers. The vast lyrical range of the Engl…
Pianist-composer Bruce Wolosoff is a musical alchemist, organically mixing his multiple experiences in the worlds of jazz, rock, blues and classical music. His new solo album, Memento, melds the evolution of Wolosoff’s performance and compositional style into a genre that is all his own and true to himself. Wolosoff is a “formidable pianist” (Gramo…
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Episode 141: 19141 Caramuru: The Wings Suite, Op. 16
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Renowned pianist and composer Fabio Caramuru presents his new single, entitled "The Wings Suite, Op. 16, No. 8: Sabiá, Saudade Do Brasil", in collaboration with important artists of the contemporary music scene, including singers Vânia Bastos and Paula Morelenbaum, cellist Jaques Morelenbaum and guitarist Ronaldo Rayol. Help support our show by pur…
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Episode 139: 19139 Mitsuko Uchida and Mark Padmore
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Tenor Mark Padmore and Pianist Mitsuko Uchida have received glowing acclaim for their performances of Schubert and Beethoven song repertoire in 2022. “Two Schubert masters,” wrote the New York Times in a review of their Zankel Hall recital in March, “it’s difficult to avoid superlatives when writing about Mitsuko Uchida and Mark Padmore”. TRACKLIST…
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Episode 138: 9138 IN CELEBRATION - Piano Trios of Stanley Silverman
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IN CELEBRATION (TRIO NO. 1) In Celebration (1989) was co-commissioned by the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Illinois in honor of its 20th anniversary and by the Tisch Center for the Performing Arts at the 92nd Street Y in New York. The composition is dedicated to the Kalichstein- Laredo-Robinson Trio in response to the…
Armenian pianist Kariné Poghosyan dazzles with a riveting selection of vibrantly passionate piano music based on folk motifs of five different cultures on FOLK THEMES. Never before has there been a juxtaposition of the works of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (half British, half Sierra-Leonese), Edvard Grieg (Norwegian), Komitas (Armenian) and Franz Liszt …
From some of the most popular arias and duets from the Opera house and Broadway stage, Harnoy, and Herriott are thrilled to share their rare love of this beautiful music with audiences and fans, worldwide, using the latest in Hi-Definition surround-sound technology to create an experience that truly immerses the listener in the virtuosic and luscio…
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Episode 134: 19134 Masquerade Suite - The Comedians - Capriccio italien - Capriccio espagnole
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CMD listener favorite, Kathryn Cavanaugh, unites again with the CMD Grand Opera Company of Venice and performs: Khachaturian - Masquerade Suite Kabalevsky - The Comedians, Op. 26 Tchaikovsky - Capriccio italien, Op. 45 Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio espagnole, Op. 34 Recorded by CMD Recordings Help support our show by purchasing this album at: Downloa…
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Episode 130: 19130 Seong-Jin Cho - The Handel Project
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Handel’s keyboard suites have remained strangers to most concert pianists. Seong-Jin Cho hopes that his latest album for Deutsche Grammophon will shed new light on some of the most heartfelt of all Baroque music. Set for release today, The Handel Project contains three of the 28-year-old South Korean pianist’s favourite suites from Handel’s first c…
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Episode 133: 19133 Rachmaninoff Piano 3 and Tchaikovsky Piano 1
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CMD's 2 most popular musicians, Sylvia Keller, and Dominique Beaulieu perform 2 of the most popular Piano Concertos of all time. Recorded at a live concert by CMD Recordings. Tracklist Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 Help support our show by purchasing this album at: Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) C…
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Episode 131: 19131 JS Bach - Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066
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Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066 Ouverture Courante Gavotte I/II Forlane Menuet I/II Bourrée I/II Passepied I/II Instrumentation: Oboe I/II, bassoon, violin I/II, viola, basso continuo Help support our show by purchasing this album at: Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber. @CMDHedgecock #Class…
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Episode 129: 19129 Steve Reich - The String Quartets
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Between 1988 and 2010, Steve Reich composed three string quartets – Different Trains, Triple Quartet and WTC 9/11. Deutsche Grammophon now presents this trilogy of works for the first time on one album, in definitive new recordings from the Mivos Quartet. Hailed by The Chicago Reader as “one of America’s most daring and ferocious new-music ensemble…
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Episode 127: 19127 Mozart: Sonatas for Piano and Violin, Vol. 2
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Recording Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's piano and violin sonatas is a tour de force. Thirty-six works spanning more than a quarter of a century, from childhood to the last years of the composer´s short life, so long of art, of the great master of Salzburg. Tracklist 1. Sonata for Piano and Violin in C Major, K. 296, No. 17: I. Allegro Vivace (09:00) 2.…
Organist Christopher Houlihan, described as “the next big organ talent” by the Los Angeles Times, releases his next solo album, First and Last, on Azica Records. The album features César Franck’s “Grande Pièce Symphonique,” Op. 17, from Six pièces d’orgue (1860–62) and Louis Vierne’s Symphonie No. 6, op. 39 (1930). Sharing his inspiration behind th…
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Episode 99: 19099 Violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing - Arctic
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The collaboration between Sony Classical and concert violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing starts off with a unique concept album. “Arctic” is a musical journey through a stunningly beautiful region and a celebration of a fragile and largely unexplored ecosystem. Track Listing: 1 A Hidden Life 2 Dawn 3 I. Frozen World 4 II. Aurora 5 III. Sunrise 6 IV. A Rush …
GRAMMY Award-winning Catalyst Quartetreleases UNCOVERED Volume 3: George Walker, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Stillon Azica Records. The digital-only album is the third issue of a multi-volume anthology highlighting string quartet works by historically important Black composers, which aims to bring greater awareness and programming of …
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Episode 125: 19125 Suppe: Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades) - Excerpts
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Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades) is an operetta in two acts by Franz von Suppé to a German-language libretto very loosely based on Alexander Pushkin's 1834 short story "The Queen of Spades". The author of the libretto is S. Strasser (probably Suppé's second wife Sofie Strasser). Pique Dame was a revised version of Suppé's 1862 operetta Die Kartensc…
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Episode 124: Suppe: Mozart - Incidental Music
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Suppe is sadly best known for a handful of “lollipops”, mostly excerpts from his operettas, but fingers crossed that this release will kindle a little more than passing interest in his substantial output. Suppe wrote incidental music for the popular play Mozart in 1854. With nearly an hour of music, the incidental music is far more than scene-chang…
András Schiff is one of the greatest J.S. Bach interpreters of our time and his dedication to Bach’s oeuvre has been extensively recorded on ECM’s New Series, receiving wide acclaim with his interpretation of the Goldberg Variations (2001) and the Six Partitas (2007), before taking on both books of the Well-Tempered Clavier (2012). The New York Tim…
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Episode 122: 19122 Mette Henriette - Drifting
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After Mette Henriette’s critically acclaimed, self-titled first recording comes Drifting – an album pervaded by trio conversations of the idiosyncratic and original expression. Mette: “Drifting vividly captures a moment in time. I can hear everything still growing – in motion – on the record and how to present my imagination is. Prior to the record…
Far from the lands of the North, the echoes of such legends still ring out. The beliefs of those who used to populate these distant lands have been perpetuated, and despite the pressures of modern industrial society, the old folk traditions live on. It was in the countries where the people we call Vikings were to be found – Norway, Denmark, Sweden,…
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Episode 120: 19120 Finishing Move - The Callisto Protocol
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Set on Jupiter’s moon Callisto in the year 2320, The Callisto Protocol is a next-generation take on the survival horror genre. The game challenges players to escape the maximum-security Black Iron Prison and uncover its terrifying secrets. A blend of horror, action,, and immersive storytelling, The Callisto Protocol aims to set a new bar for horror…
Matthias Goerne, among the all-time great interpreters of Schubert’s Lieder, marks a notable first with his latest album for Deutsche Grammophon. The German baritone departs from the familiar territory of the composer’s songs with piano accompaniment to perform a program of pieces freshly arranged for voice and orchestra by his long-standing recita…
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Episode 118: 19118 The Golden Renaissance - William Byrd
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The life and work of William Byrd (1540 - 1623) is one of the most incredible stories in English musical history. Byrd wrote music for Catholic worship in post-Reformation England, a time when papists were frequently hanged, beheaded, and burned alive for practicing their faith. As a result, and despite being granted some leniency by Elizabeth I (w…