Having spent six weeks at #1 on Billboard s Classical Music Chart with their debut release Advent at Ephesus, the Benedictines of Mary unite their voices once more in Angels and Saints at Ephesus. Featured on NPR, USA Today, People Magazine and The Washington Times as well as countless other critically acclaimed press outlets, TheBenedictines of Mary have …
Libera, the celestial-sounding, chart-topping boy choir, brings its distinctive blend of innovative textures, meditative solos and shimmering, ecstatic choral harmonies, embedded in atmospheric instrumental arrangements, to a combination of religious and secular music. The group recorded a live concert for CD and DVD/Bluray in Washington, D.C. at the spectacular Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. …
L’estro armonico, the title of Vivaldi’s first published collection of concertos, is commonly translated into English as “harmonic fancy.” However, the word oestrus actually means “heat, stimulus, vehement impulse or frenzy” – a better allusion to the startling passion and energy of these twelve concertos, which are widely considered to be among the most influential Baroque orchestral music …
Known as “the President’s Own,” the U.S. Marine Band has played for every inauguration since Thomas Jefferson. Today they give 450 public performances each year, plus 200 more at the White House. Listen as this crack military band plays 18 rousing melodies. …
The Canadian Tenors have crisscrossed the globe thrilling millions of music lovers with their magical voices, their wonderful sense of humor, and their memorable music. The foursome have received rave reviews and standing ovations around the world from the Tel Aviv Opera house where they shared the stage with Andrea Bocelli to Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Coliseum with …
Opera, The Ultimate Collection showcases Andrea Bocellis vibrant personal journey through the world of opera.The collection features the most popular tenor arias from well-known operas such as La Boheme, Tosca, La Traviata, Madame Butterfly and Romeo & Juliet.A brand new recording of the much celebrated Nessun Dorma! from Puccinis Turandot is included; a signature piece for Bocelli as …
A Family Christmas is filled with the diverse components that have typified the “TPG Twist” fun, irreverent combinations that people find refreshing. The album features new takes on Christmas classics such as “Let it Snow,” “Winter Wonderland” and “Silent Night,” as well as two original compositions from Jon Schmidt and Steven Sharp Nelson. And, for the first time …
Long regarded as the quintessential interpretation of the most popular and best-loved symphony ever written, this performance of the Fifth has everything: passion, precision, drama, lyric beauty, and a coiled fury in the first movement that sets your pulse racing from the very first note. Carlos Kleiber has made very few recordings in his distinguished career, but almost …
The Goat Rodeo Sessions is an ambitious and groundbreaking project that brings together four string virtuosos: world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, fiddler Stuart Duncan, bassist Edgar Meyer and mandolinist Chris Thile. While each artist is a prominent figure in his own music sphere, they have come together as a unified ensemble on a most remarkable and organic cross-genre project. …
Following the Billboard Classical chart-topper Come to the River (AVR 2205), which conjured early 19th-century rural Americana, Apollo s Fire presents an award-winning program created by director Jeannette Sorrell, which follows the joys and sorrows of Celtic immigrants who settled in Appalachia. Sparkling fiddle tunes and haunting ballads of the British Isles mingled with American shapenote hymns and …