This CD was recorded in the acoustically stunning chapel of the Saint Paul Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It features motets, Gregorian chants, and spiritual songs which extol the virtues of various creatures of flight, highlighted by several works from Spanish Renaissance composer Francisco Guerrero. This recording demonstrates the ensemble’s ability to sing as individual soloists as well …
This CD was Stevan Pasero’s first recording in his notable career and it features the first-ever transcriptions of Tchaikovsky’s ageless ballet including March of the Wooden Soldiers, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Dance of the Reed Flutes, Waltz of the Flowers and more. To say it simply, when this ground breaking transcription by Stevan Pasero was originally …
Continuing its series of historical, seasonal repertoire from the Middle Ages through the baroque eras in association with The Metropolitan Museum, EARLY MUSIC NEW YORK presents 18th-century, New England Shape-Note anthems and fuging tunes by William Billings and his contemporaries (Asahel Benham, Samuel Holyoke, Jacob Kimball, Merit Woodruff, Daniel Read, William Selby and others). Popular tunes used for …
Ballet Class Music from New York City: Music from Company Class, Vol. 1
Music from Company Class, Volume 1 Music designed to inspire professional dancers must include a wide variety of styles. You’ll find here an eclectic collection: some classical, some a little jazzy, some wonderful melodies from lesser-known ballets and operas, and a good number of often requested originals. •Barre exercises never too short and with even numbers of counts …
Osvaldo Golijov was born on December 5, 1960, in La Plata, Argentina, and now lives in Newton, Massachusetts. The score is dedicated “To the miracle of faith in Latin America, that lives through María Guinand and the Schola Cantorum de Caracas.” Osvaldo Golijov grew up in an Eastern European Jewish household in La Plata, a provincial capital of …
This Is Christmas: A Complete Collection of the Alfred S. Burt Carols
Considered by some to be the finest recording of Christmas carols ever, these original compositions were written by Alfred and primary lyricists Wihla Hutson and Bates G. Burt (Alfred’s father). In fact, the carols were initially sent as Christmas messages to Burt family members and friends! Artists from Nat “King” Cole to the Boston Pops Orchestra and Chorus …
Take 9 – Works by Bernstein, Brahms, Desmond, Ewazen, Gershwin and Turner for Horn Ensemble
One the world s most esteemed chamber groups has teamed up with one of the world s most storied horn sections for a disc that is – literally and figuratively – a blast! This recording is, by any measure, a virtuoso performance. The nine players involved, all gifted in their own right, combine their talents to create an …
It’s a little known fact that Silent Night was actually written for the guitar. On Christmas Eve, 1818, the organ in the little Bavarian town of Oberndorf broke down, putting the church’s plans for Midnight Mass in jeopardy. Undaunted, the organist, Felix Gruber, and the parish priest, Joseph Mohr, put their talents together and wrote what has become …
In this CD and activity book package, Grammy nominated conductor Stephen Simon sets Casey at the Bat, the classic baseball poem written by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, to a jazzy, upbeat musical score. Featuring the London Philharmonic Orchestra and narrator Yadu, the music is highlighted with cheering crowds, vendors hawking their wares, the cheers of spectators and the sounds …
What a coup it is to have this significant live performance from 2003 performed by the music department at Curtis Institute where Ned Rorem first studied in the 1940’s and has been a faculty member for over 20 years! As a major addition to the opera, we have a new work, Aftermath, where Rorem, as have so many …