Classical Music Discoveries

Boireann features two compositions specifically crafted for this release. "Five Études for Two Flutes" reimagines earlier pieces for two violins, demonstrating Buckley's ability to transpose musical ideas across different instrumental settings. "In Memoriam Doris Keogh," a three-movement piece for flute and piano, reflects the broad musical interests of Buckley's flute teacher, Doris Keogh, offering a touching tribute to her influence.TracksFive Études for Two Flutes*Perpetuum Mobile (2:13)Ebbing and Flowing (4:32)Canon (2:27)Duetto Notturno (3:53)Streetcar (2:15)In Memoriam Doris Keogh (for flute and piano)I. Seascape (3:34)II. Nocturne (6:02)III. Dance (3:25)Two Fantasias for Alto FluteI. Fantasia No. 1 (2:54)II. Fantasia No. 2 (4:36)Airflow (for solo flute) (5:03)Three Études for Piano (Études 1-3)I. Nine Variations (2:27)II. Through the Empty-Vaulted Night (4:57)III. Stars and Dreams (4:07)Three Pieces for Solo FluteI. No. 1 (3:38)II. No. 2 (2:49)III. No. 3 (2:59)Sea Echoes (for glissando flute) (3:34)Boireann (for flute and piano) (10:44)Help support our show by purchasing this album  at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber. @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 Sean Dacy from Rosebrook Media.

HR Recordings releases The Weary Blues, an exciting new recording of songs resulting from a long and wonderful collaboration between American composer Drew Hemenger and soprano Adrienne Danrich. This first collaborative recording features a set of songs written for Adrienne based on Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes, along with a gripping and sometimes harrowing song cycle, “Which Way Home?” on poems of Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet, Anne Sexton. The artists explore a contrast of styles demanded by the diverse texts.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 Crossover Media Music Promotion (Zachary Swanson and Amanda Bloom).

Henry Purcell’s “fantasias” are regarded as some of the finest and most intricately wrought examples of the fantasia, due to their profound embrace of counterpoint and great command of the polyphonic techniques of the time. Composed in the summer of 1680 – a time when the fantasia was already considered old-fashioned and had been replaced by the sonata –, Purcell’s “fantazias” turned out to be the very last ensemble fantasias to be published in England. As John Holloway notes in his detailed liner text contextualizing the three- and four-part works, “it is tempting in retrospect to see their brilliant distillation of the very best of Byrd, Lawes, Jenkins and Locke as a personal farewell to a kind of music, which in Purcell’s own chamber music would soon be superseded by sonatas”.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 Crossover Media Music Promotion (Zachary Swanson and Amanda Bloom).

The elemental power of ancient folk music was the life force that drove the compositions of Veljo Tormis (1930-2017). As the great Estonian composer famously said, “I do not use folk song. It is folk song that uses me.” This sentiment is echoed in definitive performances by the Estonian Philharmonic Choir and the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Tõnu Kaljuste, for decades one of Tormis’s closest musical associates. Four orchestral cycles celebrate the changing seasons: Autumn Landscapes, Winter Patterns, Spring Sketches, Summer Motifs. And three pieces – Worry Breaks The Spirit, Hamlet’s Songs and Herding Calls - feature new arrangements by Tõnu Kaljuste, continuing and commemorating Tormis’s work.Track Listing:1 The Tower Bell in My Village2 Worry Breaks the Spirit3 Melancholy Songs - I. The Singer's Childhood4 II. Maidens' Sorrow5 III. Orphan's Lament6 Reminiscentia - Autumn Landscapes - I. It is Late Summer7 II. Clouds Racing Across the Sky8 III. Pale Light9 IV. Painfully Red Leaves10 V. Wind Along the Heath11 VI. Cold Autumn Night12 VII. Sad Purple Heather13 Reminiscentia - Winter Patterns - I. Winter Morning14 II. Cold15 III. Blizzard16 IV. Northern Lights17 Reminiscentia - Spring Sketches - I. Spring Wind18 II. Buds Leafing Out19 III. Evening Sky20 IV. Under the Bird Cherry Tree21 V. Yellow Flame22 VI. In Late Spring23 Reminiscentia - Summer Motifs - I. Dry Weather24 II. Thunderstorm25 III. Summer Night26 Reminiscentia - Three I Had These Words of Beauty27 Hamlet's Songs I28 Herding Calls - Childhood MemoriesHelp 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).

Los Angeles, the city in which Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) spent the last few months of his life, played host to an exceptional festival of music last February. As part of this year’s Rachmaninoff 150 celebrations, Yuja Wang joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic and its Music and Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel over two consecutive weekends to perform all four of the composer’s piano concertos and the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Deutsche Grammophon were there to capture their sold-out and critically acclaimed performances live at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos and Paganini Rhapsody is now set for release on 2 CDs, 3 LPs, and digitally on 1 September 2023. The Allegro vivace finale of Piano Concerto No. 1 comes out as an e-single and e-video on 23 June; the filmed cycle of five performances will be premiered on STAGE+ on 24 June and will also be available on the LA Phil’s online concert series SOUND/STAGE later in September. Track Listing:1 Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor op. 18 – 1. Moderato2 2. Adagio sostenuto3 3. Allegro scherzando 4 Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor op. 1 – 1. Vivace – Moderato5 2. Andante6 3. Allegro vivace 7 Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor op. 40 – 1. Allegro vivace8 2. Largo9 3. Allegro vivace 10 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini op. 43 – Introduction – Variation I11 Tema12 Variation II13 Variation III14 Variation IV15 Variation V16 Variation VI17 Variation VII18 Variation VIII19 Variation IX20 Variation X21 Variation XI22 Variation XII23 Variation XIII24 Variation XiV25 Variation XV26 Variation XVI27 Variation XVII28 Variation XVIII29 Variation XiX30 Variation XX31 Variation XXI32 Variation XXII33 Variation XXIII34 Variation XXIV 35 Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor op. 30 – 1. Allegro ma non tanto36 2. Intermezzo. Adagio37 3. Finale. Alla breveHelp support our show by purchasing this album  at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) This album is broadcasted with the permission of Crossover Media Music Promotion (Zachary Swanson and Amanda Bloom).

The Philadelphia Orchestra and its Music and Artistic Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin continue their pioneering project to revive neglected music by Black American composers. Their latest recording, set for digital release by Deutsche Grammophon out today, captures Florence Price’s Symphony No. 4 and William Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony. Listeners have the chance to sample movements from both works ahead of the album’s full release, with the “Juba” from Price’s Fourth Symphony and “O, Le’ Me Shine, Shine Like a Morning Star!” from the Negro Folk Symphony also out now.Track Listing:1 Price: Symphony No. 4 in D Minor: I. Tempo moderato 15:542 II. Andante cantabile 07:183 III. Juba. Allegro 05:244 IV. Scherzo. Allegro 05:165 Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony: I. The Bond of Africa (Live) 12:576 II. Hope in the Night 13:397 III. O, Le' Me Shine, Shine Like a Morning Star!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 Crossover Media Music Promotion (Zachary Swanson and Amanda Bloom).

Following his 2020 studio album, “Mozart,” this new recording features a repertoire by Rachmaninoff, the composer whose works played a pivotal role in Yekwon Sunwoo’s Van Cliburn victory. The release also coincides with the 150th anniversary of Rachmaninoff’s birth. Yekwon Sunwoo curated the album to include pieces that best represent the composer’s brilliance.TracklistSergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)1 – 23 Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)24 Liebesleid (Arr. Rachmaninoff for Piano)Sergei Rachmaninoff25 Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 3 No. 226 Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19: III. Andante (Transcr. Volodos for Piano) 27 Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23 No. 5 28 – 37 Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22Help 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).

Tan Dun’s Buddha Passion is a captivating tale of wonder, truth, and gentle but irresistible transformation. The monumental work involving massed choirs, a large orchestra, six percussionists, and an array of soloists including indigenous singers, traditional Chinese instruments, and a dancing pipa player, is the first such ‘Passion’ on a Buddhist rather than Christian narrative.Track Listing:1 Chant2 Little Prince3 Mantra4 Under the Bodhi Tree5 Equality6 Deer of Nine Colors7 Gratitude8 Betrayal9 Trees Wish to Be Still, yet the Wind Doesn't Let Go10 Karma11 Apsaras12 Father and Three Daughters13 My Dear Father14 Sacrifice15 Mantra of Nine16 A Body is a Bodhi Tree17 Is it the Wind or a Banner Moving, or is it My Soul18 Zen Dream19 A Solar Eclipse20 Silk Road An Invisible Road21 Home Lies so Far Away22 Love is Destined to Part23 Heart Sutra24 In No Time, I Shall Enter Nirvana25 All Creatures in the Universe26 The Other Side27 Buddha Was Man, Man Will Be Buddha28 One Last Question29 NirvanaHelp 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).Please note: the broadcasting of this episode does not mean that CMD approves of Idol worship.Only with obedience to Jesus Christ can you enter into salvation.

A Prayer to the Dynamo was written in response to a commission from the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. It received its first, and so far only performance at the orchestra’s New Music Festival on 3 February 2012. As noted by the festival’s curator, composer Matthew Patton, it represented a turning-point in Jóhannsson’s career, having been written without any of the narrative constraints involved in composing for film. “He never wrote a piece for orchestra this big, this long, and with this much freedom.” This recording will turn a much-deserved spotlight on to a work Patton has described as a “lost symphony” and introduce it to audiences worldwide. Track Listing:1 Suite from The Theory of Everything I_ A Model of the Universe2 II_ Domestic Pressures3 III_ The Origins of Time4 IV_ Forces of Attraction5 V_ Cambridge, 19636 A Prayer to the Dynamo Part 17 A Prayer to the Dynamo Part 28 A Prayer to the Dynamo Part 39 A Prayer to the Dynamo Part 410 Suite from Sicario I_ Target11 II_ Desert Music12 III_ MelancholiaHelp 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).

For this album, James Newton Howard created eight suites that are piano-centric and include new and original material. Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet performs throughout the recording. Violinist Hilary Hahn recreates her contributions to the soundtrack recording of the score for The Village, and cellist Maya Beiser reprises her performance of “An Event” from The Happening soundtrack. Gavin Greenaway conducts the orchestra and chorus in Howard’s new arrangements.TRACKLIST:1. Signs: The Cornfield2. Signs: After You Were Born3. Signs: Hand of Fate4. The Village: Morning5. The Village: Noah Visits6. The Village: Ivy Saves Lucius7. The Sixth Sense: Lonely Boy8. The Sixth Sense: Ghost in the House9. The Sixth Sense: Acceptance10. Lady in the Water: Prologue11. Lady in the Water: Charades12. Lady in the Water: Story13. Lady in the Water: Return to the Blue World14. Unbreakable: Survivor15. Unbreakable: Destiny16. The Last Airbender17. The Happening: An Event18. The Happening: Harbinger19. The Happening: Aftermath20. After Earth21. Flow Like Water [piano solo version, from The Last Airbender]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).