Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”The Book of Life” Score by Academy Award® Winner Gustavo SantaolallaFeaturing musical performances by Plácido Domingo, Cheech Marin, Diego Luna and Zoe SaldanaAbout the Music”The Book of Life” soundtrack features score music by Gustavo Santaolalla as well as an eclectic mix of pop and Latin songs. Oscar® winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla is best known for …
Fargo (Original Television Soundtrack)Music by Jeff Russo, Starring Academy Award® Winners Billy Bob Thornton and Keith Carradine with Martin Freeman, Bob Odenkirk and Oliver PlattAbout the ShowFargo is dark comedy/crime drama series created and written by Noah Hawley that is a direct sequel to the 1996 Academy Award®-winning film of the same name written and directed by the …
Yo-Yo Ma – Appassionato reflects an extraordinary range of collaborators and includes so many of the most important musical relationships of Yo-Yo’s life. The works selected here have never before been available on one single compilation. The album also represents the entire span of Yo-Yo’s recording career, beginning with his first recordings for the label (Saint-Saens’ The Swan) …
Vladimir Horowitz – The Unreleased Live Recordings 1966-1983 (50 CD Box Set)
After the overwhelming success of Vladimir Horowitz live at Carnegie Hall, Sony Classical presents Vladimir Horowitz: The Unreleased Live Recordings 1966 1983. This edition takes you on tour with the legendary pianist from his home town of New York to the great halls of the USA, from New Haven to Chicago, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Boston and beyond. This …
2008 release, Yo-Yo Ma’s first-ever holiday album. Features once-in-a-lifetime performances with incredible guest artists including James Taylor, Diana Krall, Alison Krauss, Chris Botti, Ren‚e Fleming, Dave Brubeck and more. Imagine a party, a musical party inspired by the holiday spirit. A party that celebrates the universal hopes, dreams and joy animating festivals the world over: Christmas, Hanukkah, Eid …
Following his landmark recordings, “Beethoven – The Late Piano Sonatas” and “Bach – Partitas”, both of which has won him international acclaim, Igor Levit is now tackling another three major works: Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations, and Frederic Rzewski’s Variations on “The People United Will Never Be Defeated”.It is testament to Igor Levit’s invention and the command …
Igor Stravinsky The Complete Columbia Album Collection is an unprecedented reissue of the complete recordings of his works that Igor Stravinsky made for CBS/American Columbia, bringing together for the very first time on CD all of the mono “Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky” recordings issued in the 1940s and 1950s alongside the more familiar stereo remakes from the 1960s, as …
The evening was one of rare collaboration between music, movement and even audience. There were times when the dazzling virtuosity of Lang Lang, which is as prodigious as touted, took your breath away with the nuanced shading of the sheer technical facility, which seems quite out of this world. He and the dancers held us spellbound and breathless. …
Conducted by Daniele Gatti and starring Jonas Kaufmann in the title role, François Girard’s stunning post-apocalyptic production of Parsifal was filmed at The Metropolitan Opera in 2013. “This is a Parsifal to treasure, elevated to the highest musical level by the solemnity and sweep of Daniele Gatti’s conducting and a dream cast headed by tenor Jonas Kaufmann.” – …
Yanni’s Greatest Hits Sung by Opera’s Biggest StarsFeaturing Plácido Domingo, Renée Fleming, Rolando Villazón and moreThe haunting instrumental melodies of internationally renowned composer Yanni have garnered him over 40 platinum and gold albums including the double-platinum Tribute album, which sold more than a million albums within six weeks of its release and Live At The Acropolis, which has …