Classical Music Discoveries

The gentle music and quiet nostalgia of some of the most exquisitely beautiful poetry ever written flows through Hélène Grimaud’s latest album. Valentin Silvestrov’s Silent Songs includes contemplative settings of verse by Golden and Silver Age Russian poets Pushkin, Lermontov, Tyutchev, Baratynsky, Zhukovsky, Yesenin, and Mandelstam, Ukrainian lyrics by Taras Shevchenko, and Russian translations of poetry by Keats and Shelley. Grimaud presents a dozen pieces from this haunting tribute to the innate music of poetic words. She is joined by the young baritone Konstantin Krimmel, winner of the 2018 International Helmut Deutsch Lied Competition. Track Listing:1 Song can heal the ailing spirit2 There were storms and tempests3 La Belle Dame sans Merci4 O melancholy time! Delight for eyes!5 Farewell, O world, farewell, O earth6 I will tell you with complete directness7 Here’s a health to thee, Mary8 Winter Journey9 The Isle10 Autumn Song11 Swamps and marshes12 Winter EveningHelp support our show by purchasing this album  at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber 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).

Deeply expressive and melodic, the English horn boasts a unique texture in the woodwind family. In Elizabeth Masoudnia’s aptly titled ENGLISH HORN EXPRESSIONS, the instrument has found itself in the spotlight, guided by Masoudnia’s soothing tone, and lending a distinguished voice to the works of several composers. The vast lyrical range of the English horn shines throughout this album, emphasized by Masoudnia’s adept artist skill set. Containing works inspired by paintings and poetry works written explicitly for Masoudnia, and more, the Philadelphia native’s Navona Records debut carries a healthy balance of sentimentality and musical prowess.For more information about this performer, tracklist, to purchase, and much more, please visit:English Horn Expressions – Navona Records

Pianist-composer Bruce Wolosoff is a musical alchemist, organically mixing his multiple experiences in the worlds of jazz, rock, blues and classical music. His new solo album, Memento, melds the evolution of Wolosoff’s performance and compositional style into a genre that is all his own and true to himself. Wolosoff is a “formidable pianist” (Gramophone) who can tackle the great romantics like Busoni and Liszt. He can improvise like Bach and Beethoven as well as today’s jazz greats. His contemporary compositions are informed by his past whilst imbued with his current belief in “the primacy of lyricism and melody.” TRACKLIST:1. Siempre 4.492. Morning Song 4.213. Improvisation on a Ground by Henry Purcell 2.454. After the Rain 3.285. Memento 4.516. Letter to a Friend 2.337. City Lights 2.158. The Lotus Eaters 3.489. Dido’s Blues 4.34Night Paintings10. I. I’ve Got It All Up Here (after a painting by David Salle) 5.0411. II. Evening on Karl Johan Street (after a painting by Edvard Munch) 2.3812. III. La Nuit étoilée sur le Rhône (after a painting by Vincent van Gogh) 4.4513. IV. Nocturnal (after a painting by Margaret Garrett) 4.37Total duration: 50.33Help support our show by purchasing this album  at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber 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).

Renowned pianist and composer Fabio Caramuru presents his new single, entitled "The Wings Suite, Op. 16, No. 8: Sabiá, Saudade Do Brasil", in collaboration with important artists of the contemporary music scene, including singers Vânia Bastos and Paula Morelenbaum, cellist Jaques Morelenbaum and guitarist Ronaldo Rayol.Help support our show by purchasing this album  at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber 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).

Tenor Mark Padmore and Pianist Mitsuko Uchida have received glowing acclaim for their performances of Schubert and Beethoven song repertoire in 2022. “Two Schubert masters,” wrote the New York Times in a review of their Zankel Hall recital in March, “it’s difficult to avoid superlatives when writing about Mitsuko Uchida and Mark Padmore”.TRACKLISTBeethoven: An die ferne Geliebte Op. 981. Auf dem Hügel sitz ich spähend2. Wo die Berge so blau3. Leichte Segler in den Höhen4. Diese Wolken in den Höhen5. Es kehret der Maien, es blühet die Au6. Nimm sie hin denn, diese Lieder Schubert: Schwanengesang D9577. Liebesbotschaft8. Kriegers Ahnung9. Frühlingssehnsucht10. Ständchen11. Aufenthalt12. In der Ferne13. Abschied14. Der Atlas15. Ihr Bild16. Das Fischermädchen17. Die Stadt18. Am Meer19. Der Doppelgänger14. Die TaubenpostHelp support our show by purchasing this album  at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber 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).

IN CELEBRATION (TRIO NO. 1)In Celebration (1989) was co-commissioned by the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Illinois in honor of its 20th anniversary and by the Tisch Center for the Performing Arts at the 92nd Street Y in New York. The composition is dedicated to the Kalichstein- Laredo-Robinson Trio in response to their request to write something “jazzy.” The Trio gave its premiere on March 31, 1989, at the Krannert Center, and its New York premiere at the 92nd Street Y on April 11, 1989.REVEILLE (TRIO NO. 2) The piece was written in 2011 for the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio. The work wascommissioned by Ben Silverman and dedicated to Herman Sandler. The Trio with guest artist Sting gave the premiere on September 14, 2011, at the 92nd Street Y in New York in observance of the tenth anniversary of 9/11.Help support our show by purchasing this album  at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber 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).

Armenian pianist Kariné Poghosyan dazzles with a riveting selection of vibrantly passionate piano music based on folk motifs of five different cultures on FOLK THEMES. Never before has there been a juxtaposition of the works of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (half British, half Sierra-Leonese), Edvard Grieg (Norwegian), Komitas (Armenian) and Franz Liszt (largely Hungarian), and upon listening to FOLK MUSIC, one can’t help but wonder why. Despite the composers’ respective idiosyncrasies, all pieces share the same inherent tenderness, fire, and zest for life: and Poghosyan isn’t shy to show it, both in the profundity of fragile sentiment and in fireworks of exuberant virtuosity.For more information and to purchase, please visit:Folk Themes by Karine Poghosyan on Amazon Music - Amazon.com

From some of the most popular arias and duets from the Opera house and Broadway stage, Harnoy, and Herriott are thrilled to share their rare love of this beautiful music with audiences and fans, worldwide, using the latest in Hi-Definition surround-sound technology to create an experience that truly immerses the listener in the virtuosic and luscious sounds of these world-class musicians.Track Listing:1 It Ain’t Necessarily So (Porgy and Bess)2 Una Furtiva Lagrima (L’elisir d’Amore)3 Somewhere (West Side Story)4 Panis Angelicus (Messe à trois voix)5 Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Porgy and Bess)6 The Flower Duet (Lakme)7 Lensky’s Aria (Eugene Onegin)8 Make Our Garden Grow (Candide)9 The Pearl fishers Duet (The Pearl Fishers)10 Summertime (Porgy and Bess) Help support our show by purchasing this album  at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber 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 listener favorite, Kathryn Cavanaugh, unites again with the CMD Grand Opera Company of Venice and performs:Khachaturian - Masquerade SuiteKabalevsky - The Comedians, Op. 26Tchaikovsky - Capriccio italien, Op. 45Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio espagnole, Op. 34Recorded by CMD RecordingsHelp support our show by purchasing this album  at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you!Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) [email protected]

Handel’s keyboard suites have remained strangers to most concert pianists. Seong-Jin Cho hopes that his latest album for Deutsche Grammophon will shed new light on some of the most heartfelt of all Baroque music. Set for release today, The Handel Project contains three of the 28-year-old South Korean pianist’s favourite suites from Handel’s first collection of Suites de pièces pour le clavecin. These are coupled with Brahms’s virtuosic Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, which Cho believes to be “the best variations that have ever been written”.Track Listing:1 Adagio 02:362 Allegro 02:183 Adagio 01:374 Allegro 02:105 Prélude 02:166 Allegro 02:297 Allemande 03:058 Courante 01:419 Gigue 02:0110 Prélude 02:0911 Allemande 04:3412 Courante 01:4313 Air & 5 Variations "The Harmonious Blacksmith" 03:3514 Aria 00:4915 Var. 1 00:4716 Var. 2 (Animato) 00:4217 Var. 3 (Dolce) 00:4418 Var. 4 (Risoluto) 00:4919 Var. 5 (Espressivo) 00:5720 Var. 6 00:5621 Var. 7 (Con vivacitá) 00:3822 Var. 8 00:3623 Var. 9 (Poco sostenuto) 01:1724 Var. 10 (Energico) 00:3525 Var. 11 (Dolce) 00:4826 Var. 12 (Soave) 00:4927 Var. 13 (Largamente, ma non più) 01:2528 Var. 14 (Sciolto) 00:3829 Var. 15 00:4430 Var. 16 (Piano ma marcato) 00:3131 Var. 17 (Più mosso) 00:2932 Var. 18 (Grazioso) 00:5133 Var. 19 (Leggiero e vivace) 01:0634 Var. 20 (Legato) 01:2335 Var. 21 (Dolce) 00:5136 Var. 22 01:0537 Var. 23 (Vivace e staccato) 00:3338 Var. 24 00:3339 Var. 25 00:3840 Fugue 05:0841 Sarabande 02:3642 Minuet (Arr. Kempff for Piano) 04:17Help support our show by purchasing this album  at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber 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).