Classical Music Discoveries

Hélène Grimaud explores the rich universe of German Romanticism For Clara couples Robert Schumann’s Kreisleriana Op. 16 with Brahms’s Intermezzi Op. 117 and Lieder und Gesänge Op. 32, featuring baritone Konstantin KrimmelTrack Listing:1 Schumann: Kreisleriana Op. 16 : No. 1 Äusserst Bewegt2 No. 2 Sehr Innig Und Nicht Zu Rasch3 No. 3 Sehr Aufgeregt4 No. 4 Sehr Langsam5 No. 5 Sehr Lebhaft6 No. 6 Sehr Langsam7 No. 7 Sehr Rasch8 No. 8 Schnell Und Spielend9 Brahms: 3 Intermezzi Op. 117 : No. 1 Andante Moderato10 No. 2 Andante Non Troppo E Con Molto Espressione11 No. 3 Andante Con Moto12 Schumann: 9 Lieder Und Gesänge Op. 32 : No. 1 Wie Rafft Ich Mich Auf in Der Nacht13 No. 2 Nicht Mehr Zu Dir Zu Gehen14 No. 3 Ich Schleich Umher15 No. 4 Derstrom Der Neben Mir Verrauschte16 No. 5 Wehe So Willst Du Mich Wieder17 No. 6 Du Sprichst Dass Ich Mich Täuschte18 No. 7 Bitteres Zu Sagen Denkst Du19 No. 8 So Stehn Wir Ich Und Meine Weide20 No. 9 Wie Bist Du, Vmeine KöniginHelp 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).

“This is how I want to make music!” That was Avi Avital’s reaction when he first saw Il Giardino Armonico and Giovanni Antonini play live in Jerusalem. Now famed worldwide for his own charismatic and passionate performances, the mandolinist is delighted to be joined by this exciting period-instrument ensemble and its conductor and co-founder on his latest album, entitled simply, Concertos. Together they perform three original concertos for mandolin – by Barbella, Paisiello, and Hummel – and Avital’s own adaptations of concertos by J.S. Bach and Vivaldi. Antonini is the recorder soloist in the Bach, while the latest technology allows Avital to play all four parts in the Vivaldi. Concertos is set for release by Deutsche Grammophon on 17 November. The Vivaldi concerto and the Andantino of the Barbella are available to stream or download now, while excerpts from the Paisiello and Hummel works will be released on 29 September and 27 October respectively.Track Listing:1 Concerto in B Minor, RV 580 / I. Allegro2 II. Largo3 III. AllegroHelp 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).

When cellist Ofra Harnoy entered London’s venerable Abbey Road Studios in 1996 to record Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85, she never imagined she would have to wait 27 years for the recording’s release – at last, set for release on September 15 via Sony Classical and available for preorder now.The new album also includes a reissue of Harnoy’s recording of the Cello Concerto in D Minor by the French composer Edouard Lalo, made in 1995 with the late Antonio de Almeida conducting the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.Track Listing:1 Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 / I. Adagio – Moderato2 II. Lento - Allegro molto3 III. Adagio4 IV. Allegro - Moderato - Allegro, ma non-troppo - Poco più lento – Adagio5 Lalo: Cello Concerto in D Minor / I. Prelude. Lento - Allegro maestoso6 II. Intermezzo. Andantino con moto - Allegro presto7 III. Introduction. Andante - Allegro vivaceHelp 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).

Ronald Stevenson (1928–2015) is best remembered for his huge output of music for the piano, an instrument he played with a rare understanding of tonal color. It was thus entirely within character that he responded enthusiastically to the opportunity to explore the musical possibilities of the accordion, most impressively in a ‘Dance Poem’ of some scale. Stevenson was also an inveterate transcriber, producing hundreds of piano versions of pieces written for other forces. Neil Sutcliffe here returns the compliment, transcribing one of Stevenson’s own piano works and five of his songs for accordion, pulling the classical world and Scottish traditional music a little closer together.TracksThe Harlot’s House: Dance Poem after Oscar Wilde (1988) (32:59)Recitation: The Harlot’s House (1:58)I. Lento, senza misura (1:49)II. Andante (1:24)III. Tempo di Valse – (1:15)IV. Ragtime (2:08)V. Andante (3:03)VI. Molto moderato (2:21)VII. Sarabanda con maesta (2:10)VIII. Tranquillo con moto (3:10)IX. Habanera – Tango (2:29)X. Allegretto (2:07)XI. Totentanz (2:24)XII. Lento assai (1:22)XIII. Tempo di valse (2:02)XIV. Lento ma con moto (3:17)South Uist (Hebridean) Folk-Song Suite (1969) (10:00)transcr. Neil SutcliffeI. Sailing Song (1:01)II. A Witching Song for the Milking (1:41)III. A Little Mouth Music (1:06)IV. Waulking Song (1:32)V. Spinning Song (0:44)VI. A Tired Mother’s Lullaby (2:17)VIII. The Christ Child’s Lullaby (1:39)Five Songs (7:35)transcr. Neil SutcliffeBubblyjock (1966) (1:15)The Rose of All the World (c. 1966) (1:00)The Buckie Braes (1965) (1:47)Hallowe’en Sang (1965) (1:44)Day is Düne (1965) (1:49)A Celtic Cycle (1984-88) (10:33)I. Celtic Lovesong: The Light and Dark of Love (4:13)II. Celtic Lullaby (3:19)III. Peaceful March of the Ever Young (3:01)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 Sean Dacy from Rosebrook Media.

Friedrich Lux (1820–95) was one of those musicians who formed the fabric of musical life in nineteenth-century Germany: though he worked away from the major cities, as a conductor, teacher, organist, organizer, and composer, he was an indispensable element of the communities in which he worked. His large body of organ music, as good as unknown before now, brings together elements of the musical language of Bach, Mendelssohn, and Schumann, in works that range from the intimate to the grandiose. This second volume brings some of his many transcriptions to the fore.TracksFantasie pastorale, Concertstück, Op. 64 (publ. 1881) (15:54)I. Allegro moderato (5:50)II. Andantino – Poco più mosso – Tempo I (5:07)III. Allegretto fugato (4:57)Lied ohne Worte (publ. 1877)* (4:46)Variationen aus Kaiserquartett von Haydn (publ. 1879)* (11:27)Poco adagio (1:28)1. Variation (1:38)2. Variation (1:41)3a. Variation (1:32)3b. Variation (1:29)4. Variation (3:39)Drei Stücke aus Händel’s Messias in Form einer Sonate (publ. 1877) (11:55)No. 1 Chor: Ehre sei Gott (Allegro) (2:19)No. 2 Arie: Er weidet seine Heerde (Larghetto) (5:27)No. 3 Chor: Halleluja (Allegro moderato) (4:09)Andante über die Choralmelodie Wie schön leucht’ uns der Morgenstern, Op. 60 for horn and organ (publ. 1878)* (7:12)Adagio aus einem Nocturno von Louis Spohr (publ. 1878)* (5:52)Romance de l’opéra Casilda, Op. 32 (publ. 1863)* (6:28)Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Einleitung zum 3. Akt von Richard Wagner (publ. 1875)* (7:45)Marche célèbre de la 1ère Suite de F. Lachner, Op. 113 (publ. 1873)* (6:08)*First RecordingsHelp 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 Sean Dacy from Rosebrook Media.

Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker, which has its origins in a novella by E. T. A. Hoffmann, contains some of the best-loved music ever written. But its composer wasn’t very happy with it, perhaps because the plot he was given to work with allowed him to present only a series of dances, losing the moral basis of Hoffman’s surprisingly modern tale, with its messages of inclusivity and what is now called ‘women’s agency’ – here it is the little girl who saves the prince. Hoffmann’s aspirational story continues well after the ballet ends, with the little girl, now grown up, marrying the prince, who is now king. John Mauceri has brought the ballet back to its inspiration, calling on music from elsewhere in Tchaikovsky’s orchestral output to fashion this ‘retelling’, marrying Hoffmann’s text and Tchaikovsky’s music for the first time.  TracksThe Nutcracker and the Mouse KingOverture (2:11)Part One: Nuremberg, 1416 (19:04)Once a Long Time Ago (2:57)The Mousetrap! (1:59)Princess Pirlipat (1:59)The Curse (3:54)Searching for a Cure (4:18)The Krakatuk Nut (2:19)The Curse is Lifted (0:27)The Mouse Queen’s Death (1:11)TransitionThe Drosselmeyers (2:36)Part Two: Nuremberg, 1816 (42:08)Christmas Eve (2:11)Godfather Drosselmeyer (1:20)The Miniature Marzipan Castle (1:18)The Nutcracker (3:04)Stranger Things (2:30)The Great Battle (1:16)After the Dream (2:04)Drosselmeyer’s Story (2:50)Marie’s Devotion (1:30)The Mouse King Returns (2:25)Fritz’s Sabre (3:24)The Great Voyage Begins (2:30)Candy Meadow (1:54)The Mechanical Ballet Troupe (1:47)Sailing on Rose Petals (5:08)The Capital City (2:24)The Marzipan Castle (3:07)Empty Twaddle! (1:26)Part Three: Nuremberg, 1834-Today (9:11)As Time Goes By (1:43)Nathaniel Drosselmeyer (1:37)The King’s Proposal (3:05)Epilogue (2:46)First RecordingHelp 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 Sean Dacy from Rosebrook Media.

In 2022, at the end of a series of performances dedicated to Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Claudio Cruz (violin), Adonhiran Reis (violin), Gabriel Marin (viola), and Alceu Reis (cello) from the award-winning Quarteto Carlos Gomes, decided to record the entirety of Mendelssohn's string quartets. In this project with the Azul Music label, the first volume is the album MENDELSSOHN: STRING QUARTETS NO. 1, 2 & 3.Mendelssohn simultaneously published his first two quartets — No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 12 (1829), and No. 2 in A major, Op. 13 (1827) —, but he inverted the chronological order when numbering these pieces that, even in his youth, showed his full maturity. The subsequent Quartet — No. 3 in D major, Op. 44 No. 1 (1838) — is a work the composer was proud of, as evidenced by his letter from July 30, 1838, to violinist and friend Ferdinand David (1810-1873).Tracks1. String Quartet No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 12, MWV R 25: I. Adagio non Troppo – Allegro non Tardante (07:33)2. String Quartet No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 12, MWV R 25: II. Canzonetta. Allegretto (03:47)3. String Quartet No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 12, MWV R 25: III. Andante Espressivo (04:07)4. String Quartet No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 12, MWV R 25: IV. Molto Allegro e Vivace (08:46)5. String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 13, MWV R 22: I. Adagio – Allegro Vivace (08:20)6. String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 13, MWV R 22: II. Adagio non Lento (07:22)7. String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 13, MWV R 22: III. Intermezzo. Allegretto con Moto – Allegro di Molto (05:08)8. String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 13, MWV R 22: IV. Presto – Adagio non Lento (09:55)9. String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 44 No. 1, MWV R 30: I. Molto Allegro Vivace (13:50)10. String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 44 No. 1, MWV R 30: II. Menuetto. Un Poco Allegretto (05:55)11. String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 44 No. 1, MWV R 30: III. Andante Espressivo ma con Moto (05:10)12. String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 44 No. 1, MWV R 30: IV. Presto con Brio (08:29)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.         

Celebrated for his visionary interpretations of J.S. Bach, Víkingur Ólafsson, one of the greatest pianists and musical minds of today, now embraces Bach’s monumental Goldberg Variations. Ólafsson devotes his entire next season to touring the work globally across six continents, while October 2023 marks the anticipated album release on Deutsche Grammophon. “I have dreamed of recording this work for 25 years,” says the Icelandic pianist.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).

Note:This is EXPERIMENTAL music.  If this is not your "cup of tea", just skip it.  No need to complain about it.Thank you.Prolific jazz trumpeter and composer Nate Wooley today released a four-disc box set, Four Experiments– a boundary-defying “anti-instruction-manual” to developing musical technique. Praised by The New York Times for “music of disarming intimacy,” Wooley has crafted Four Experiments as a collection of study pieces where the goal is not step-by-step instruction through known methods, but a guide to charting the uncharted. With an emphasis on expanding knowledge and loosening preconceived attitudes, Wooley’s “experiments” offer insights on composition and improvisation while infusing a uniquely human element: exploring the idea of authorship in contemporary music, mining the complexity of human interaction, and daring to find value in experiencing failure. Four Experiments TracklistExperiment One: “Bray Trumpets, Blow forever in my head!”     1. Experiment One (Solo) [27:01]     2. Experiment One (Duo) [31:51]Experiment Two: “The voices of the poor, like birds That thud against a sullen pain,”      3. Experiment Two (Solo) [18:21]     4. Experiment Two (Ensemble) [20:35]Experiment Three: “Touched lips and quiver, as though these worn things...”     5. Experiment Three (Solo) [22:54]     6. Experiment Three (Duo I) [6:46]     7. Experiment Three (Duo II) [8:39]     8. Experiment Three (Duo III) [8:00]Experiment Four: “I am dizzy looking at their faces;”     9. Experiment Four (Solo) [18:21]     10. Experiment Four (Trio) [20:35]Total Time: 3:03:03

One of the leading sopranos of her generation, Ekaterina Siurina enjoys an international career that takes her to the top opera houses in Europe and America. She made her professional debut as Gilda in Rigoletto, singing opposite the world-renowned baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Commenting on her recent performance as Violetta in La bohème, Parterre Box called her singing “deeply touching, with arching beams of tone.” Siurina’s thrilling renditions of famous arias on this recording bring new life to operatic favorites such as “Un bel di, vedremo” from Madama Butterfly, “In quelle trine morbide” from Manon Lescaut and “Tatiana’s Letter Scene” from Eugene Onegin. One critic, describing Siurina’s singing on her first album for Delos, Amour éternel, declared that she “impresses with an accomplished performance, by turns assertive, vulnerable, passionate, sensitive, and tormented,” Siurina is accompanied by “the singer’s dream collaborator,” four-time GRAMMY® nominated conductor Constantine Orbelian, and the Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra. Orbelian and the Kaunas ensemble were recently presented the Golden Disc Award for high artistic level and intensive concert activity.TracksAntonín DvořákRusalka: “Mesicku na nebi hlubokén” (6:34)Giacomo PucciniManon Lescaut: “In quelle trine morbide” (2:41)Suor Angelica: “Senza Mamma” (4:41)Madama Butterfly: “Un bel di, vedremo” (4:44)Madama Butterfly: “Tu? Tu? Piccolo iddio!” (2:36)Francesco CileaAdriana Lecouvreur: “Io son l’umile ancella” (3:49)Arrigo BoitoMefistofele: “L’altra notte in fondo al mare” (5:00)Giuseppe VerdiSimon Boccanegra: “Come in quest’ora” (5:55)Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyIolanta: “Iolanta’s Arioso” (2:53)Eugene Onegin: “Tatiana’s Letter Scene” (13:57)