Classical Music Discoveries

Olga Kopylova, the principal pianist of the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra (OSESP), performs in this album as a tribute to the 30-year artistic journey of Brazilian composer and conductor Rodrigo Vitta, a collection of unpublished works written for the piano. Divided into two parts, the album carefully captures Vitta's artistic essence: In the first part, Brazilian Fruits, Piano Preludes, a profound dialogue is established with the masterful preludes of renowned composers from the past, re-exploring the tonal expansion through archetypal transformations of harmony. In these pieces, the composer applies new academic concepts that he has been developing, such as the "quadrifacial tritonization of the tonic." In simpler terms, this refers to the application of specific dissonances at musically significant points in the work, "preventing" a more obvious tonal resolution. In the second part, the pieces originally written for symphonies and operas by the composer, take on new life as they are adapted for solo piano, in clear exhortation to new sounds. Kopylova explores and interprets them with unique property, giving depth and significance to each one of them. Her meticulous and captivating interpretation reveals the intricate perspectives and nuances present in Vitta's musical language, harmoniously complemented with the graphic art, created by the renowned artist Clovis Pareiko.Tracks1. Brazilian Fruits, Piano Preludes: No. 1 "Umbu" (Rodrigo Vitta) - (3:30)2. Brazilian Fruits, Piano Preludes: No. 2 "Cajá" (Rodrigo Vitta) - (3:15)3. Brazilian Fruits, Piano Preludes: No. 3 "Carambola" (Rodrigo Vitta) - (3:16)4. Brazilian Fruits, Piano Preludes: No. 4 "Araçá" (Rodrigo Vitta) - (2:19)5. Brazilian Fruits, Piano Preludes: No. 5 "Pitanga" (Rodrigo Vitta) - (2:36)6. Brazilian Fruits, Piano Preludes: No. 6 "Jabuticaba" (Rodrigo Vitta) - (4:39)7. Sonata para Piano No. 1 "Tetê" (Rodrigo Vitta) - (8:50)8. Sonata para Piano No. 2 "Reencontro"(Rodrigo Vitta) - (6:06)9. Movimento pela Vida (Rodrigo Vitta) - (2:00)10. Vila de São Paulo de Piratininga (Rodrigo Vitta) - (2:49)11. Paisagens Brasileiras No. 9 "Noite Enluarada" (Rodrigo Vitta) - (5:52)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] This album is broadcast with the permission of Bárbara Leu from Azul Music.          

Following GRAMMY®-Nominated Blueprinting, Earthdrawn Skies explores connections between humankind and nature through the works of Hildegard von Bingen, Eleanor Alberga, Komitas Vardapet, and Sibelius.Earthdrawn Skies Tracklist1. Hildegard von Bingen – Columba aspexit (arr. Alex Fortes) [6:38]Eleanor Alberga – String Quartet No. 1  2. I. Détaché et martellato e zehr lebhaft und swing it man. [6:26]  3. II. Espressivo, with wonder and yearning. [7:02]  4. III. Frantically driven yet playful [7:04]Komitas Vardapet (arr. Sergei Aslamazian) – Armenian Folk Songs  5. Yergink Ampel A (It's Cloudy) [2:31]  6. Haprpan (Festive Song) [1:28]  7. Shoushigi (For Shoushig) [2:54]  8. Echmiadzni Bar (Dance from Echmiadzin) [2:11]  9. Kaqavik (The Partridge) [1:41]Jean Sibelius – String Quartet in D Minor Op. 56, Voces Intimae  10. I. Andante—Allegro molto moderato [6:09]  11. II. Vivace [2:30]  12. III. Adagio di molto [10:03]  13. IV. Allegretto (ma pesante) [5:58]  14. V. Allegro [4:59]Total Time: 67:44Help 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 Katy Salomon representing Primo Artists.

19262 My Favorite Works by Eric CoatesGertrude Heinz, conductorCMD German Opera Company of BerlinTelevision MarchThe Three MenCinderellaThe Dam BustersLast LoveSweet SeventeenThe Three ElizabethsHelp 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]

“Blue stands for a particularly intimate mood,” says renowned Spanish guitarist Pablo Sainz-Villegas. And correspondingly his latest album is titled The Blue Album. “Blue symbolizes a mysterious intermediary realm: one thinks of the moment when the sun rises and night slowly withdraws,” Pablo Sainz-Villegas goes on to explain. These are exceptional moments, moments between silence and waking, between heaven and earth, between light and darkness. These are also the moments that spirit us away from the hectic routine of our everyday lives and that create an atmosphere of reverie and relaxation, allowing us time to slow down. All of this is reflected in Pablo Sainz-Villegas’s new program.Tracklist1. ERIK SATIE Gymnopédie No. 12. FRANÇOIS COUPERIN Les barricades mystérieuses3. PHILIP GLASS Orphée’s Bedroom4. LEO BROUWER Canción de cuna (Berceuse)5. CLAUDE DEBUSSY Clair de lune6. SYLVIUS LEOPOLD WEISS Passacaille7. ERIK SATIE Gnossienne No. 18. DOMENICO SCARLATTI Keyboard Sonata in D minor9. FERNANDO SOR Etude in E minor10. MAX RICHTER A Catalogue of Afternoons11. CLAUDE DEBUSSY La fille aux cheveux de lin12. SEBASTIÁN IRADIER La paloma13. STANLEY MYERS Cavatina14. RYŪICHI SAKAMOTO Merry Christmas, Mr. LawrenceHelp 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).

The story of how Mozart fell in love with the young singer Aloysia Weber, was dumped and then married her younger sister Constanze is well known. The fact that a third sister, Josepha, figured in Mozart's career (and that the youngest sister, Sophia, remembered Mozart from her childhood) is less commonly appreciated. French soprano Sabine Devieilhe steps into the roles of Aloysia, Constanze, and Josepha here, making clear that all three must have been among the strongest sopranos of their time. She doesn't really try to differentiate among the voices of the three (which are at any rate unknowable), but all of them got powerhouse arias. None is bigger than "Der Hölle Räche" from Die Zauberflöte, K. 620 (track 11), which is worth sampling on its own: it combines power and dramatic clarity in a way that few other recordings of this startling aria have done, and the chromatic crunch of the opening chord is typical of the sharp support Devieilhe gets from the historical-instrument group Pygmalion under Raphaël Pichon. The most unusual aspect of the album is that there are pieces not directly associated with the Weber sisters at all: instead, they set the scene for the stages in Mozart's career at which he encountered the sisters. This is quite effective in the case of the solfeggio exercise (which has its own Köchel listing, K. 393) Mozart wrote for Constanze in preparation for the big arias of the Mass in C minor, K. 427. At the end of the program, Devieilhe nails the "Incarnatus" from that Mass.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]

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The essence of Tonči Huljić’s music is eclecticism, his Western melodic style fused with the rich instrumentalism of the Mediterranean and the world resulting in a completely new spirit. This MEDITERRANEAN POP MASS, recorded in Split, Croatia, thoughtfully blends traditional orchestral and modern sounds in exciting ways, infusing iconic classical works with groove, reignited passion, and an appreciation of the conventions of today’s musical idioms. Featuring an orchestra, choir, modern rhythm section, and soloists Hana Huljic, Lorena Bucan, Karlo Vudric, Huljic conjures an atmosphere like no other in his compositions, a satisfying listening experience for anyone who appreciates where music has been, and where it is going.For information on this album, please visit Mediterranean Pop Mass – Navona RecordsThis show is sponsored by Apple Music Classical

Edward Tulane was the first work by a woman to be commissioned by Minnesota Opera as part of the company's New Works Initiative. Said composer Paola Prestini: "I’m immensely grateful that Minnesota Opera chose me for this adventure, and hope that this opera brings new audiences to our stages. The themes found in the DiCamillo novel, woven into a brilliant and unique libretto by Mark Campbell gave me the perfect springboard for an opera about hope and transformation! The opportunity to unleash my imagination into sound worlds for underwater fish, a zany doll shop, and ultimately a cast of characters that guide our leading soul with love and wisdom has been delightful. We all are in need of magic and transformation, and Edward's journey brings it in spades.”Track Listing:1 Edward Tulane, Act 1 Scene 12 Edward Tulane, Act 1 Scene 23 Edward Tulane, Act 1 Scene 34 Edward Tulane, Act 1 Scene 45 Edward Tulane, Act 1 Scene 56 Edward Tulane, Act 1 Scene 67 Edward Tulane, Act 1 Scene 78 Edward Tulane, Act 1 Scene 89 Edward Tulane, Act 1 Scene 910 Edward Tulane, Act 1 Scene 1011 Edward Tulane, Act 1 Scene 1112 Edward Tulane, Act 2 Scene 113 Edward Tulane, Act 2 Scene 214 Edward Tulane, Act 2 Scene 315 Edward Tulane, Act 2 Scene 416 Edward Tulane, Act 2 Scene 517 Edward Tulane, Act 2 Scene 618 Edward Tulane, Act 2 Scene 719 Edward Tulane, Act 2 Scene 820 Edward Tulane, Act 2 Scene 9Help 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).

The Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90, commonly known as the Italian, is an orchestral symphony written by German composer Felix Mendelssohn.The Symphony No. 5 in D major/D minor, Op. 107, known as the Reformation, was composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1830 in honor of the 300th anniversary of the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession. The Confession is a key document of Lutheranism and its Presentation to Emperor Charles V in June 1530 was a momentous event of the Protestant Reformation. This symphony was written for a full orchestra and was Mendelssohn's second extended symphony. It was not published until 1868, 21 years after the composer's death – hence its numbering as '5'. Although the symphony is not very frequently performed, it is better known today than when it was originally published. Mendelssohn's sister, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, chose the name Reformation Symphony.Gertrude Heinz, conductorCMD German Opera Company of Berlin

Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 (sometimes renumbered as Symphony No. 7, in accordance with the revised Deutsch catalog and the Neue Schubert-Ausgabe), commonly known as the Unfinished Symphony, is a musical composition that Schubert started in 1822 but left with only two movements—though he lived for another six years. A scherzo, nearly completed in piano score but with only two pages orchestrated, also survives.The Symphony No. 9 in C major, D 944, known as The Great, is the final symphony completed by Franz Schubert. It was first published by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1849 as "Symphonie / C Dur / für großes Orchester" and listed as Symphony No. 8 in the New Schubert Edition. Originally called The Great C Major to distinguish it from his Symphony No. 6, the Little C Major, the subtitle is now usually taken as a reference to the symphony's majesty. Unusually long for a symphony of its time, a typical performance of The Great lasts an hour when all repeats indicated in the score are taken. The symphony was not professionally performed until a decade after Schubert's death.Gertrude Heinz, conductorCMD German Opera Company of BerlinHelp 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]