Classical Music Discoveries

Throughout his lifetime, composer Sydney Hodkinson wrote over 250 works, covering a wide array of genres including educational literature, chamber arrangements, and large-scale orchestral pieces. SYDNEY HODKINSON: CHAMBER WORKS from Navona Records brings four live recordings of the late composer’s string quartets and a trio, Rogatio Gravis, to life with performances from the Benda Quartet and the Jupiter Quartet. With works written in dedication to family members, loved ones, and friends, this posthumous release serves as a perfect parting gift from Hodkinson — a musical display of his compositional prowess and kindness.For more information on this album, please visit Sydney Hodkinson: Chamber Works – Navona RecordsThis broadcast is sponsored by ‎Introducing Apple Music Classical on Apple Music

Swan Lake, Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failure, it is now one of the most popular ballets of all time.The scenario, initially in two acts, was fashioned from Russian and German folk tales and tells the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse. 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 Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the Death of Oscar-Nominated Composer Richard Rodney Bennett Marking the 10th anniversary of the death of celebrated composer Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, I Watch You Sleep is a tenderly curated album conceived by American conductor, arranger, and pianist Scott Dunn, featuring award-winning British jazz vocalist Claire Martin OBE, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, produced by Grammy Award-winning Joshua Blair and Exec-produced by Richard’s dear friend and publisher Gill Graham.Track Listing Album: I Watch You Sleep1 I Watch You Sleep R.R.Bennett/Joel Siegel 04:302 Autumn in New York Vernon Duke/Vernon Duke 05:373 It’s Only a Paper Moon Harold Arlen/Yip Harburg/Billy Rose 04:264 For Ev’ry Man There’s a Woman/ It Was Written In The StarsHarold Arlen/Leo Robin 03:355 Round About Vernon Duke/Ogden Nash 05:366 I’ll Always Leave the Door A Little Open* Johnny Mandel/F.R.Underwood & R.R.Bennett 04:337 I Wish I’d Met You* Johnny Mandel/F.R.Underwood & R.R.Bennett 04:598 Don’t Play Games With Love* R.R.Bennett/F.R.Underwood 05:139 Goodbye For Now R.R.Bennett/Charles Hart 04:3010 Early To Bed R.R.Bennett/F.R.Underwood 03:2711 I Never Went Away R.R.Bennett/R.R.Bennett 04:0712 Let’s Go and Live in the Country R.R.Bennett/R.R.Bennett 02:5313 Not Exactly Paris Michael Leonard/Russell George 04:2414 My Ship* Kurt Weill/Ira Gershwin 03:5915 I Wonder What Became Of Me** Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer 04:0116 It Was Written in the Stars** Harold Arlen/Leo Robin 05:13*All music arranged and orchestrated by Scott Dunn, except My Ship arranged by Scott Dunn and R.R.Bennett and I’ll Always Leave the Door a Little Open, I Wish I’d Met You & Don’t Play Games with Love arranged by Rob Barron with Scott Dunn**Scott Dunn, piano these two tracksHelp 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).

It’s simple: Camille Thomas has not one memory without music. Nor any memories without a cello either, come to that matter. From the age of four, when she first asked if she might play an instrument, it was a cello, and only a cello, that she wanted to learn. Right from that very moment, it seemed so obvious that she was destined to meet the cello. The young girl literally had a passion for this instrument and she was a quick learner, first joining the Choir of Radio France’s Maîtrise school, and then beginning her music studies. And, also obviously, her passion was confirmed, so much so that this young Franco-Belgian quickly felt a desire that was to be satisfied elsewhere. She left Paris for Berlin. “I could feel a need to leave my comfort zone. Russian art fascinated me: Dostoyevsky in literature; Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, and Tchaikovsky notably for such vibrations in the sounds. So leaving to go to Berlin,” she remembers, “was a little like getting closer to them...”Track Listing:1 Chopin: Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 8: I. Allegro con fuoco 11:172 II. Scherzo. Vivace 07:093 III. Adagio sostenuto 05:524 IV. Finale. Allegretto 05:28 5 Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65: I. Allegro moderato 16:586 II. Scherzo. Allegro con brio 04:577 III. Largo 03:508 IV. Finale. Allegro 06:439 Introduction and Polonaise, Op. 3: I. Introduction. Largo 03:2010 II. Alla polacca. Allegro con spirito 06:0111 Franchomme, Chopin: Grand Duo concertant B. 70: II. Allegretto 01:5412 II. Allegretto 01:5413 III. Andate cantabile 05:15Help 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 Stabat Mater by Alessandro Scarlatti is a religious musical work composed for two voices, two violins, and basso continuo in 1724. The work was commissioned by the Order of Friars Minor for Lent and meditates on the suffering of Mary, mother of Christ. Scarlatti set the Stabat Mater three times. The work was replaced by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's Stabat Mater in 1736. Scarlatti's Stabat Mater is considered outdated by those who commissioned it. Scarlatti was one of the first exponents of the Neapolitan School and composed over 600 cantatas, 150 oratories, and 115 operas.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]

The Complete Concertos, Op. 9 and Adagio for Organ and StringsHelp 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]      

Formed in 2018, Dream House Quartet fuses decades of musical mastery of classical and contemporary forms, featuring world-renowned piano duo Katia and Marielle Labèque, Grammy Award-winning guitarist, composer, and founding member of rock band The National Bryce Dessner, and composer, musician, and producer David Chalmin, performing radical new commissions from visionary composers and pivotal contemporary works of the last half-century.1. David Chalmin: Eclipse (6:03)2. Meredith Monk: Ellis Island (3:02)3. Bryce Dessner: Haven (8:02)4. David Chalmin: Distant Places – Pt. I (4:27)5. David Chalmin: Distant Places – Pt. II (6:22)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 broadcasted with the permission of Katy Salomon representing Primo Artists.

Nothing has ever gripped intellectuals as firmly as reflections about the conditio humana, with all the perceptions, joys, and miseries it entails. Israeli pianist and prolific recording artist Hagai Yodan sounds to the depths of existence on his new release, THE HUMAN CONDITION, and with great panache.Featuring both piano and the harpsichord, Yodan skillfully navigates through the seas of Being as described by no fewer than six international composers. There is a persistent sense of melancholy, but also of truculence and a certain rage de vivre – an indomitable will to live. In this, THE HUMAN CONDITION isn’t merely another contemplation; it’s a self-assured declaration.For more information about this album, please visit The Human Condition – Navona Records.This show is made possible by ‎Introducing Apple Music Classical on Apple Music.

Die tote Stadt (German for The Dead City), Op. 12, is an opera in three acts by Erich Wolfgang Korngold set to a libretto by Paul Schott, a collective pseudonym for the composer and his father, Julius Korngold. It is based on the 1892 novel Bruges-la-Morte by Georges Rodenbach.Conducted and Produced by Kathryn CavanaughCMD Grand Opera Company of VeniceHelp 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]

In his newest release, cellist Bion Tsang returns to Glasgow, Scotland for his second recording with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and conductor Scott Yoo. CANTABILE, available from Universal Music Group on digital platforms tomorrow, April 14, and on CD in May 2023, features two works by Tchaikovsky, Variations on a Rococo Theme (Op. 33) and Andante Cantabile (Op. 11), and Schumann’s Cello Concerto, bookended by two renditions of Pablo Casals’ “Song of the Birds.”CANTABILEBion Tsang, CelloScott Yoo, ConductorRoyal Scottish National Orchestra           Pablo Casals01       "El cant dels ocells” ("Song of the Birds”), for Cello and String Orchestra  [04:07]            Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky02       Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, for Cello and Orchestra  [19:25]            Robert Schumann           Concerto in A minor, Op. 129, for Cello and Orchestra03       Nicht zu schnell  [11:19]04       Langsam  [04:01]05       Sehr lebhaft  [08:09]            Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky06       Andante Cantabile, Op. 11, for Cello and String Orchestra  [07:03]            Pablo Casals07       "El cant dels ocells” ("Song of the Birds”), for Solo Cello (arr. Tsang)  [03:49]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).