Classical Music Discoveries

In Brazilian Music for Oboe and Piano, oboist Alexandre Ficarelli and pianist Marcos Aragoni present a refined selection of works by Brazilian composers active in the 20th and 21st centuries. These composers include Camargo Guarnieri, Osvaldo Lacerda, Ernst Mahle, Mario Ficarelli, and Liduino Pitombeira.Tracks1. Ponteio No. 39: Dengoso (Arr. for Oboe and Piano by Osvaldo Lacerda) (M. Camargo Guarnieri) - (1:29)2. Ponteio No. 44: Desconsolado (Arr. for Oboe and Piano by Osvaldo Lacerda) (M. Camargo Guarnieri) - (1:58)3. Sonata para Oboé e Piano: I. Moderado (Osvaldo Lacerda) - (5:42)4. Sonata para Oboé e Piano: II. Lento, mas Não Muito (Osvaldo Lacerda) - (4:26)5. Sonata para Oboé e Piano: III. Movido (Osvaldo Lacerda) - (2:27)6. Sonata para Oboé e Piano: I. Allegretto (Ernst Mahle) - (4:07)7. Sonata para Oboé e Piano: II. Andante. Presto. Tempo. Presto. Andante (Ernst Mahle) - (6:01)8. Sonata para Oboé e Piano: III. Allegro Vivace (Ernst Mahle) - (2:59)9. Sonata para Oboé e Piano: I. (Mario Ficarelli) - (7:09)10. Sonata para Oboé e Piano: II. (Mario Ficarelli) - (3:52)11. Sonata para Oboé e Piano: I. Luar Caiçara (Liduino Pitombeira) - (6:02)12. Sonata para Oboé e Piano: II. Jornada (Liduino Pitombeira) - (4:15)Help support our show by purchasing this album  at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber and Apple Classical. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber#AppleClassical Please consider supporting our show, thank you!Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) [email protected] album is broadcast with the permission of Bárbara Leu from Azul Music.     

Renaud Capuçon’s exciting new Mozart project for Deutsche Grammophon comprises three albums and two STAGE+ performances, all to come before the end of the year. Together they encompass the artist’s multi-faceted career as a concerto soloist, chamber musician, artistic director, and mentor to outstanding young talent.Help support our show by purchasing this album  at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber and Apple Classical. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber#AppleClassical Please consider supporting our show, thank you!Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) [email protected] album is broadcasted with the permission of Crossover Media Music Promotion (Zachary Swanson and Amanda Bloom).

Renaud Capuçon’s exciting new Mozart project for Deutsche Grammophon comprises three albums and two STAGE+ performances, all to come before the end of the year. Together they encompass the artist’s multi-faceted career as a concerto soloist, chamber musician, artistic director, and mentor to outstanding young talent.Help support our show by purchasing this album  at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber and Apple Classical. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber#AppleClassical Please consider supporting our show, thank you!Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) [email protected] album is broadcasted with the permission of Crossover Media Music Promotion (Zachary Swanson and Amanda Bloom).

Hahn recorded all six sonatas in chronological order. “In playbacks, I was struck by how surprising my own playing sounded to me. The goosebumps told me I was headed in the right direction. These sonatas are truly hypnotic, and when we’d wrap for the day, I’d step into the winter air in a haze, my brain reharmonized by the tonalities that had vibrated through my jawbone: a sound bath if ever there was one.”Track Listing:1 Sonata No. 1 In G Minor – À Joseph Szigeti / I. Grave. Lento Assai2 Ii. Fugato. Molto Moderato3 Iii. Allegretto Poco Scherzoso. Amabile4 Iv. Finale Con Brio. Allegro Fermo5 Sonata No. 2 In A Minor – À Jacques Thibaud / I. Obsession : Prélude. Poco Vivace6 Ii. Malinconia. Poco Lento7 Iii. Danse Des Ombres : Sarabande. Lento8 Iv. Les Furies. Allegro Furioso9 Sonata No. 3 In D Minor10 Allegro In Tempo Giusto E Con Bravura – Tempo Poco Più Vivo E Ben Marcato11 Sonata No. 4 In E Minor – À Fritz Kreisler / I. Allemanda. Lento Maestoso12 Ii. Sarabande. Quasi Lento13 Iii. Finale. Presto Ma Non Troppo14 Sonata No. 5 In G Major – À Mathieu Crickboom / I. L'aurore. Lento Assai15 Ii. Danse Rustique. Allegro Giocoso Molto Moderato16 Sonata No. 6 In E Major – À Manuel Quiroga / Allegro Giusto Non Troppo VivoHelp support our show by purchasing this album  at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber and Apple Classical. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber#AppleClassical Please consider supporting our show, thank you!Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) [email protected] This album is broadcasted with the permission of Crossover Media Music Promotion (Zachary Swanson and Amanda Bloom).

CMD Paris Philharmonic and Chorus of OrleansConducted by Dominique BeaulieuThe story tells how Hulda seeks revenge on Aslak and his clan, who killed her family. The subject depicts a young woman as a victim, her faith in nature, her destiny, and women's suffering at the hands of men.PrologueAfter a prelude depicting the wind and sea, Hulda and her mother, singing a prayer duet, await the return of their menfolk from hunting. After an off-stage chorus of fishermen (accompanied by four saxophones), the Aslak men celebrate their murder of the Hustawicks, and Gudleik declares his lust for Hulda, who responds with a curse (an oath motif), and vows revenge on his family. A chorus of victory for the Aslaks contains a three-chord death motif that will recur when they themselves meet their deaths.Act 1Two years on, Hulda is to be married to Gudleik, and Gunnard is to marry Thordis. After a haunting A minor women's chorus and the brighter entrance of Swanhilde, Gudleik and his brothers are heard arguing over Hulda until Gudrun forces them – in an aria with typically Franckian chromatic harmonies – to show more respect. Hulda has seen Eiolf, an emissary of the Norwegian king (who has rejected Swanhilde), and is infatuated with him. The wedding party assembles but soon Eiolf arrives and during a traditional show of manliness and courage by the men, Eiolf and Gudleik fight, resulting in the death of Gudleik in a Verdian-style finale.Act 2After a pastoral prelude, Aslak and Gudrun are seen grieving for Gudleik. In the evening time Hulda in a wide-ranging soliloquy, awaits Eiolf, who she sees as a god-sent avenger who has released her from the Aslaks and the duty of her vengeance. After a passionate duet in which Hulda makes Eiolf promise to return with her to her homeland, he leaves her for the night and Arne, one of Aslak's sons enters and declares his love for Hulda. Old Aslak sees a man making love to Hulda, and kills him – only discovering after that he has killed his own son, and Hulda's curse has claimed a second victim.Act 3After the long Arctic winter, celebrations and the selection of a May queen are set to a waltz-like movement. Swanhilde is still upset by her betrayal by Eiolf, but her friend Thordis promises to reunite them. When Eiolf enters Swanhilde is cold and cannot conceal her jealousy of Hulda; Eiolf embraces her. Hulda, close at hand, sees his betrayal of her, and she gets the remaining Aslak brothers to help murder Eiolf. They agree to meet the following day. The celebrations of spring resume, in contrast to Hulda's despair.EpilogueAfter an entr'acte based on the stark music from the beginning of the opera, there follows an evening chorus. The passion of Swanhilde and Eiolf's reconciliation contrasts sharply with Hulda's pain. She prepares for revenge: the Aslaks return and Eiolf is struck down. When the brothers then turn on her, she welcomes death and when the men turn away in fear, Hulda throws herself into the fjord.

Deutsche Grammophon is set to mark the 150th anniversary of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s birth with the release of three essential albums. “Rachmaninoff speaks to listeners as powerfully today as ever,” says Dr Clemens Trautmann, President Deutsche Grammophon. “His music first entered the DG catalog during his lifetime and – as our anniversary tribute proves – it continues to inspire a remarkable generation of performers today. These wonderful recordings and breathtaking STAGE+ videos offer fresh insights into some of his greatest works.”Track Listing:1 Symphony No_ 2 in E Minor, Op_ 27 - Ia_ Largo 2 Symphony No_ 2 in E Minor, Op_ 27 - Ib_ Allegro moderato 3 Symphony No_ 2 in E Minor, Op_ 27 - Ic_ Moderato. 4 Symphony No_ 2 in E Minor, Op_ 27 - II_ Allegro molto 5 Symphony No_ 2 in E Minor, Op_ 27 - III_ Adagio 6 Symphony No_ 2 in E Minor, Op_ 27 - IV_ Allegro vivace 7 Symphony No_ 3 in A Minor, Op_ 44 - I_ Lento - Allegro moderato 8 Symphony No_ 3 in A Minor, Op_ 44 - II_ Adagio ma non troppo 9 Symphony No_ 3 in A Minor, Op_ 44 - III_ Allegro 10 Op_ 29 - Isle of the DeadHelp support our show by purchasing this album  at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber and Apple Classical. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber#AppleClassical Please consider supporting our show, thank you!Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) [email protected] This album is broadcasted with the permission of Crossover Media Music Promotion (Zachary Swanson and Amanda Bloom).

GRAMMY® Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell’s forthcoming recording Butterfly Lovers features one of the most renowned works in the Chinese classical violin repertoire, the Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto. Recorded with the Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO) and conducted by Tsung Yeh, the work is a distinctive adaptation for an ensemble of traditional Chinese instruments. TRACKLIST:1. Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto: I. Adagio Cantabile (Chen Gang / Zhanhao He)2. Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto: II. Allegro (Chen Gang / Zhanhao He)3. Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto: III. Adagio Assai Doloroso (Chen Gang / Zhanhao He)4. Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto: IV. Pesante - Piu mosso - Duramente (Chen Gang / Zhanhao He)5. Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto: V. Lagrimoso (Chen Gang / Zhanhao He)6. Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto: VI. Presto resoluto (Chen Gang / Zhanhao He)7. Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto: VII. Adagio cantabile (Chen Gang / Zhanhao He)8. Introduction et rondo capriccioso in A minor, Op. 28 (Camille Saint-Saëns)9. “Méditation” from Thaïs (Jules Massenet)Help support our show by purchasing this album  at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber and Apple Classical. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber#AppleClassical Please consider supporting our show, thank you!Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) [email protected] album is broadcasted with the permission of Crossover Media Music Promotion (Zachary Swanson and Amanda Bloom).

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.Track Listings1 The Stars And Stripes Forever2 The Bride Elect3 Semper Fidelis4 King Cotton5 Sound Off6 The Washington Post7 The Gladiator8 National Fencibles9 Jack Tar10 The Thunderer11 Sabre And Spurs12 The Royal Welsh Fusiliers13 El Capitan14 The Gridiron Club15 Manhattan Beach16 Man Behind The Gun17 The Invincible Eagle18 The Gallant SeventhHelp support our show by purchasing this album  at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber and Apple Classical. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber#AppleClassical Please consider supporting our show, thank you!Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) [email protected]

Award-winning Vietnamese American pianist Quynh Nguyen’s (pron. Quin Nwen) newest recording The Flower of France, Germaine Tailleferre, Works for Piano [MA-1306], is now available on the Music & Arts label. The album features works, curated by Nguyen, originally for solo piano, as well as transcriptions and excerpts from Tailleferre’s ballets and film scores representing some of the composer’s best and most significant works, including a number of tracks rarely played or recorded.Track Listing:1 Impromptu2 Romance3 Pas trop vite4 Pastorale in D Major5 Hommage … Debussy6 TrSs vite7 Sicilienne8 Pastorale in A Flat Major9 Fleurs de France No. 1 Jasmin de Provence10 Fleurs de France No. 2 Coquelicot de Guyenne11 Fleurs de France No. 3 Rose d'Anjou12 Fleurs de France No. 4 Tournesol du Languedoc13 Fleurs de France No. 5 Anth_mis du Roussillon14 Fleurs de France No. 6 Lavandin de Haute - Provence15 Fleurs de France No. 7 Volubilis du B_arn16 Fleurs de France No. 8 Bleuet de Picardie17 Chiens18 Pastorale Inca19 Minuet in B flat Major20 Berceuse21 Au Pavillon d'Alsace22 Fugue du Parapluie23 Chant chinois24 L'Aigle des rues No. 1 Valse25 L'Aigle des rues No. 2 Berceuse26 L'Aigle des rues No. 3 La Dispute27 L'Aigle des rues No. 4 Fugue28 L'Aigle des rues No. 5 Lent29 Pas de Deux (from ballet Parisian30 Pastourelle (from ballet Parisiana)31 Larghetto32 Valse lente33 Partita for piano Perpetuum mobile34 Partita for piano Notturno35 Partita for piano Allegramente36 Sonata alla Scarlatti37 Reverie38 Barbizon39 Escarpole40 SingeriesHelp support our show by purchasing this album  at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber and Apple Classical. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber#AppleClassical Please consider supporting our show, thank you!Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) [email protected] album is broadcasted with the permission of Crossover Media Music Promotion (Zachary Swanson and Amanda Bloom).

Acante et Céphise, ou La sympathie is an opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau, first performed on 19 November 1751 at the Opéra in Paris. It takes the form of a pastorale héroïque in three acts. The librettist was Jean-François Marmontel. The opera was written to celebrate the birth of the Louis, Duke of Burgundy, the elder brother of the future King Louis XVI.Although the plot has been described as "puerile....the plot evokes from Rameau a score of remarkable imagination"; it is richly scored and contains the first surviving use of clarinets in a French opera. They appear in the overture, which contains a section imitating the firework display celebrating the birth of the duke.SynopsisThe story concerns a pair of lovers, Acante and Céphise, who suffer at the hands of a wicked genie Oroès. They are saved by the good fairy Zirphile, who uses her magic powers, including the gift of telepathy (the sympathie of the title), to defeat Oroès.Act 1Céphise is distraught, knowing that an evil Genie loves her and is jealous of the fact that she loves Achante. Their guardian fairy, Zirphile, seems unable to defend her against him or to save Achante from his jealous rage. Zirphile reassures them that destiny has decreed that she will eventually have power over the Genie, but not yet. She must leave them to consult with the Gods and learn how this will come about. In her absence she hopes to protect them through the power of a magic ring. This will unites the lovers in a sort of telepathic bond, so that whatever one feels, the other will feel simultaneously. In that way, if the Genie punishes or even kills his rival Achante, he will also torment or kill the object of his affections.. Achante resists the charm as he does not wish Céphise to suffer either, but Zirphile compels her followers to enact the secret spell. The Genie arrives in a fury and orders Achante to be taken away. He tries to break down Céphise's resistance with the vision of power and riches that an alliance with an immortal might provide. His suite add their persuasions, but she is adamant. Céphise feels the distress of Achante, imprisoned elsewhere... The Genie is at first confused by her communication with the absent lover. Then he recognises the work of Zirphile and realises that he must bring Achante back if Céphise is not to expire. Reunited, the lovers try to appeal to the Genie's better side. He leaves them the rest of the day together, but after that... Achante suggests that they use the time to consult the oracle in the temple of love.Act 2The Genie has also sought advice in the temple but his questions remain unanswered. Among a crowd of happy and unhappy lovers, Achante and Céphise in their turn consult the oracle. Speaking through the High Priestess, the oracle decrees that when all hearts give themselves joyfully to love then these lovers will be united. It seems an impossible task, since love is so often combined with suffering. The two set about restoring harmony between the unhappy lovers. The Genie seems to have relented. The wish to make Céphise happy has overcome his hatred for Achante. He offers to marry them himself in the temple of love. Seizing a moment aside with Achante, the Genie reveals that he has guessed the existence of Zirphile's spell. He asks Achante for the secret – when it is not forthcoming he reveals his true vengeful feelings and promises to torture them both.Act 3The lovers are being chained to rocks by the Genie's minions. They feel that love and Zirphile have both abandoned them. They decide to die together. The Genie summons his demons to complete the task. Just as Achante's nerve breaks and he implores the Genie to stop, Zirphile arrives. She brings news that a son has been born to the Bourbon dynasty and this is apparently sufficient reason for happiness to reign throughout. There is a great deal of dancing.Help support our show by purchasing this album  at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music (continued)