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Classical Music Discoveries

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The most popular classical music broadcast in the world is proudly Sponsored by Apple Classical and Uber.   Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Mercury, and countless independent labels use our show to promote new artists and new album releases.  Debuting your album on our podcast guarantees your music will be heard on: Podomatic, Vurbl, Amazon Music, Audible, Apple Podcasts, Player FM, PodBean, iHeartRadio, Audacy, Google Podcasts, Gaana, Boomplay, and Deezer, among many others.We actively support Faith, Family, and Freedom.

 

#1466

Episode 319: 19318 Schubert - Winterreise

SOMM RECORDINGS announces a tribute, marking the centenary of his birth, to the English baritone John Carol Case with the first release of his performance of Schubert’s Winterreise, accompanied by Raymond Calcraft.Help support our show by purchasing this album  at: [Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/downloads.html)   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)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/donate.html)   staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com This album is broadcast with the permission of [Sean Dacy] (http://sean@rosebrook.media) from [Rosebrook Media] (https://rosebrookclassical.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=39233d72260920cee17e1b534&id=39e2328c6f&e=2100f9a715) . ... Read more

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12 hrs Ago


#1465

Episode 318: 19318 Cascade

SOMM Recordings announces Cascade, the exhilarating new recital by pianist Cordelia Williams featuring music by Beethoven, Schumann, and Prokofiev. Tracks Ludwig van Beethoven 1-- Bagatelle in C Major, WoO 56 (2:13) Sergei Prokofiev Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (23:25) 1--Lentamente (1:20) 2--Andante (1:27) 3--Allegretto (0:58) 4--Animato (0:59) 5--Molto giocoso (0:26) 6--Con eleganza (0:28) 7--Pittoresco (2:14) 8--Comodo (1:15) 9--Allegretto tranquillo (1:20) 10-Ridicolosamente (0:52) 11-Con vivacità (1:12) 12-Assai moderato (0:57) 13-Allegretto (0:52) 14-Feroce (1:08) 15-Inquieto (0:51) 16-Dolente (1:56) 17-Poetico (1:00) 18-Con una dolce lentezza (1:19) 19-Presto agitatissimo e molto accentuato (0:46) 20-Lento (1:57) Robert Schumann Waldszenen, Op. 82 (21:54) 1--Eintritt (2:05) 2--Jäger auf der Lauer (1:36) 3--Einsame Blumen (1:48) 4--Verrufene Stelle (3:19) 5--Freundliche Landschaft (1:15) 6--Herberge (2:00) 7--Vogel als Prophet (3:02) 8--Jagdlied (2:48) 9--Abschied (3:57) Ludwig van Beethoven Six Bagatelles, Op. 126 (17:37) 1--I. Andante con moto, Cantabile e compiacevole (2:38) 2--II. Allegro (1:49) 3--III. Andante, Cantabile e grazioso (2:34) 4--IV. Presto (3:57) 5--V. Quasi allegretto (2:09) 6--VI. Presto (4:26) Help support our show by purchasing this album  at: [Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/downloads.html)   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)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/donate.html)   staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com   This album is broadcast with the permission of [Sean Dacy] (http://sean@rosebrook.media) from [Rosebrook Media] (https://rosebrookclassical.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=39233d72260920cee17e1b534&id=39e2328c6f&e=2100f9a715) . ... Read more

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#1464

Episode 315: 19315 Oblivion

Composer and librettist [John Aylward] (https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUaD2DumD599ZJEs2D0kqZ4OBJ-2F-2FLDo8DYjBsBYAO3ih6Q9RG_AH817rGCmuLGNdxRb5rEmxkDa79Uz4R3YZ3yp00ZfRHnOhm268d4MXwUwB7Soce75Np7ma0q4ecsh-2Bl0QpvhdP40VPxH7J3r3vYa7Wwtav8ZOubw1gndjWRrxYBlmDFzjSGol-2Bk-2BNUsHrbgcSuGHN7VNbpzrd-2BKaGv-2FxCsBA42W6e9UIcTfKtZSRJomadJLfmaU9YgyiFp7cC2WBoD-2FaznoLMKCRlmijUuyjPABVBYi8wKCtW5LqhsiNWhIvJRmFVfZ-2Bl3ae-2F3x0AmgFbrTQeb7DbS7kX3Brqv7BZL4Nc1yjqLNmLfO5N2C4mX5YntMRihVu00-2B1q2M6h3ACtZS1ZRo70CDtJBUed4X4fVXOtd0-3D) today releases the soundtrack for his one-act chamber opera [Oblivion] (https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUaD2DumD599ZJEs2D0kqZ4M99fgHlRLZvHQ1qUMjGnlZGIaPZUFBLQt5R160YwfqXA-3D-3DZ2Db_AH817rGCmuLGNdxRb5rEmxkDa79Uz4R3YZ3yp00ZfRHnOhm268d4MXwUwB7Soce75Np7ma0q4ecsh-2Bl0QpvhdP40VPxH7J3r3vYa7Wwtav8ZOubw1gndjWRrxYBlmDFzjSGol-2Bk-2BNUsHrbgcSuGHN7VNbpzrd-2BKaGv-2FxCsBA42W6e9UIcTfKtZSRJomadJLfmaU9YgyiFp7cC2WBoD-2FazqE-2B61Suxura2iX48LEtMWYJ0IR9UVAt5-2B0HDDHN1zDmiTZZyQF-2BNnT7tmaGpkbiLin3XqjhZA3LmuWz4ZslpHQduy0p7KkkM8VTaq1K1kOlQBO1MgkuQeaxZx0JYVo1Fp0agmZl357-2FFm-2Fy1LtkwUk-3D) on [New Focus Recordings] (https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUb20tLoRPhdhqQ7fLL4K2Hk-3DLCKL_AH817rGCmuLGNdxRb5rEmxkDa79Uz4R3YZ3yp00ZfRHnOhm268d4MXwUwB7Soce75Np7ma0q4ecsh-2Bl0QpvhdP40VPxH7J3r3vYa7Wwtav8ZOubw1gndjWRrxYBlmDFzjSGol-2Bk-2BNUsHrbgcSuGHN7VNbpzrd-2BKaGv-2FxCsBA42W6e9UIcTfKtZSRJomadJLfmaU9YgyiFp7cC2WBoD-2FazrNqwu-2Ftlye7j62ZsR802QnLRfNuFJ4yn4vd2sKERK9vgN-2Fqz1heR8yGMNlS-2FmXsi8WdRjcWy-2FbYUdjH2NOufIegF7NUsfx53YxwHZCDfKW7abgT-2BBV5G2ZET-2BexZmpYNM533V5735-2Fkinlrm4B0a-2B4-3D) , with a feature-length film through Graham Swon’s Ravenserodd Productions scheduled to follow in fall 2023. With a portfolio of work called “mysterious, iridescent and daring” (Gramophone Magazine), Aylward takes those elements to spellbinding extremes in this new work exploring the value of self-knowledge, the nature of redemption, and our capacity to distinguish truth from falsehood. Drawing inspiration from Dante’s Purgatorio, Oblivion takes us inside a surreal netherworld where two disoriented Wanderers struggle to make sense of their existence, unsure of whose account to trust – or whether they even want the answers. The scene is set by Aylward’s score for four voices, backed by viola, cello, double bass, electric guitar, and electronics. Notes by Dan Lippel, who performs the electric guitar part, call the score “beguiling and mysterious … virtuosically intertwining spoken and sung texts with angular figures in the instruments. … The closing material in the ensemble has an ethereal and disembodied ambiance as if the musical figures themselves are circles in Purgatory.” Oblivion Tracklist John Aylward – Oblivion      I. Prologue [4:13]      2. Scene 1 [6:29]      3. Scene 2 [8:21]      4. Scene 3 [6:05]      5. Scene 4 [12:48]      6. Scene 5 & Interlude [12:19]      7. Scene 6 [14:20] Total time: 64:35This album is broadcasted with the permission of [Katy Salomon] (katy@primoartists.com%20) representing Primo Artists. ... Read more

24 Sep 2023

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:36

24 Sep 2023


#1463

Episode 316: 19316 Amazonia

Alpha Classics today releases esteemed Brazilian conductor [Simone Menezes’] (https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUUfD49QvHmgg-2BTem82BEecFFeS-2BnZKYlG8OeSoy-2FzJxYdzh9_AH817rGCmuLGNdxRb5rEmxkDa79Uz4R3YZ3yp00ZfRHnOhm268d4MXwUwB7Soce75Np7ma0q4ecsh-2Bl0QpvhdP40VPxH7J3r3vYa7Wwtav8ZOubw1gndjWRrxYBlmDFzrPvJbCww4MFf2YHDVYxXTaEw1SOHWMc-2B4MIeT9ACVustaw3zD0375AaOIlwDxSoEp7PE8qwwwP3PgazAZQDFhBB7P3Z5aeJalD8k8SeUPeMoNZJq9QwaLC3-2BRCgf9sDdd-2Fkgv1KhuWmEO0xwbBmC7REEixSXR-2F6S12n7DfZOD48Ev6f7Vx3bxAq64p6UvJ9oygRxI2IKOO1OIy-2BZKVov5a6bC8bnW3kDUbcXhmvx5nU-3D) new album, [Amazônia] (https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUUZnRnyRHiMH9xg8uwcKLdxBbCFDhDe4yoj5ZAZayfDLAPo1hKpkczRRWE0H8LM90A-3D-3D-CwP_AH817rGCmuLGNdxRb5rEmxkDa79Uz4R3YZ3yp00ZfRHnOhm268d4MXwUwB7Soce75Np7ma0q4ecsh-2Bl0QpvhdP40VPxH7J3r3vYa7Wwtav8ZOubw1gndjWRrxYBlmDFzrPvJbCww4MFf2YHDVYxXTaEw1SOHWMc-2B4MIeT9ACVustaw3zD0375AaOIlwDxSoEp7PE8qwwwP3PgazAZQDFhNgApJl3Smta4Mis-2BBL2kXWG3KdxRoFtQaSMX9HuUR9DluDToOEabcKxyXZiwoheWGODC5uGVAda1yb2pdchO36ko19j77Ld4uUdi56yaLVIZgN6BZcVKRDt7jxiwwe-2FH9Ks43hy1o8ipjqiegw9KJs-3D) , the capstone to a project celebrating the music of Philip Glass and the great Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. Pairing musical selections with striking images by Brazilian social documentary photographer and photojournalist Sebastião Salgado, the broader Amazônia project is a meditation on the beauty and fragility of the Amazon rainforest. Menezes has been praised throughout Europe and Latin America for her “astonishing performances” and “daring concepts [that] could only come from a deep and free artist and thinker" (Classical Music Magazine), and made her North American conducting debut leading the Los Angeles Philharmonic in all Beethoven at the legendary Hollywood Bowl on August 29, 2023. [Watch Excerpts from the LA Phil Performance.] (https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUWgRE384tHgp8wdcDkAUwQ-2BHffBdifNafYuUZGXqjSMpDJJf4KJe1DOmcKlxVVE0pA-3D-3D_szp_AH817rGCmuLGNdxRb5rEmxkDa79Uz4R3YZ3yp00ZfRHnOhm268d4MXwUwB7Soce75Np7ma0q4ecsh-2Bl0QpvhdP40VPxH7J3r3vYa7Wwtav8ZOubw1gndjWRrxYBlmDFzrPvJbCww4MFf2YHDVYxXTaEw1SOHWMc-2B4MIeT9ACVustaw3zD0375AaOIlwDxSoEp7PE8qwwwP3PgazAZQDFhLZaRxab7EMlP1x6WIIWVamQa5xnYq9SuG7BczY-2BgKG-2FohjWiYUzXaWvO5vpRPgJMsG4CGEaHa7KjeYDMoPVwfQueUr4J5RjH9qzpSKp0alfW3wj7EtUGh5lEseYCCpbx-2F5MaFlGyzBz-2F5T12xLkL7A-3D) Help support our show by purchasing this album  at: [Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/downloads.html)   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)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/donate.html)   staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com   This album is broadcasted with the permission of [Katy Salomon] (katy@primoartists.com%20) representing Primo Artists. ... Read more

23 Sep 2023

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:59

23 Sep 2023


#1462

Episode 314: 19314 Eclipse

Eclipse is a piece that has grown and taken on a life of its own. Revisited after the last solar eclipse in the US, this piece contains classical fingerstyle right-hand technique but with influences of the Blues, Rock, and Flamenco. I always enjoy putting different styles of music together and realize they blend quite well. To order the complete album, please visit: [Fire and Rain | Greg C. Brown (bandcamp.com)] (https://gregcbrown.bandcamp.com/album/fire-and-rain)   ... Read more

22 Sep 2023

03 MINS

03:35

22 Sep 2023


#1461

Episode 313: 19313 Perfume

Winner of 21 national awards, including the “X Eldorado Music Prize” in 1999, Karin dedicated herself to a deep and meticulous recording of Chiquinha's waltz repertoire, initially inspired and struck by one of her pieces, Harmonias do Coração. The breadth and quality of the scores greatly impressed the pianist, prompting her to split the project into two volumes. In this first album, previously unknown waltzes, unfamiliar to the general public, are introduced. Notable songs include Walkyria" (from the Operetta "A Corte na Roça") – widely celebrated in its time and which became the theme of the conductor’s talisman brooch – and ...A Rir o Santo Dia... (from the Zarzuela "Dama de Ouros"), a lyrical-dramatic expression of Spanish origin that greatly captivated audiences in the 19th century. Tracks 1. Yara "Coração de Fogo" (08:35) 2. Walkyria (From the Operetta "A Corte na Roça") (07:02) 3. Saudade (04:07) 4. Carlos Gomes (04:29) 5. Heloisa (04:36) 6. Borboleta (04:27) 7. Valsa (From the Pastoral Operetta "Estrela d’Alva") (03:54) 8. Cananèa (05:51) 9. Harmonias do Coração (06:02) 10. … A Rir o Santo Dia… (From the Zarzuela "Dama de Ouros") (03:06) 11. Tupy (03:52) 12. Grata Esperança (07:00) 13. Ortruda (04:33) 14. Bella Fanciulla Io T’Amo (04:00) 15. Rosa (05:15) 16. Phalena (04:26) 17. A Bela Jardineira (02:58) 18. Dança das Fadas (04:51) 19. Viva la Gracia (05:39) 20. Ary "Filha do Céu" (05:25) 21. Timbyra (03:38)Help support our show by purchasing this album  at: [Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/downloads.html)   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)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/donate.html)   staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com   This album is broadcast with the permission of [Bárbara Leu ] (http://press@azulmusic.com.br) from Azul Music.          ... Read more

21 Sep 2023

1 HR 49 MINS

1:49:52

21 Sep 2023


#1460

Episode 312: 19312 House of Belonging

Conspirare’s founder and leader, Craig Hella Johnson, commissioned many of the pieces on House of Belonging and composed the opening track himself. The album’s texts convey and explore themes about spirituality, philosophy, the natural world, and the human need for deep connection with others. Composers Kevin Puts, Derrick Skye, Alex Berko, Moira Smiley, Shara Nova, and Michael Schachter were recruited for the project, and the music of  Margaret Bonds and Ross Lee Finney completed the album. The emotive texts include verses by Euan Tait, John Muir, William Stafford, Wendell Berry, Rabindranath Tagore, David Whyte, Langston Hughes, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Hildegard of Bingen.Help support our show by purchasing this album  at: [Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/downloads.html)   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)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/donate.html)   staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com This album is broadcast with the permission of [Sean Dacy] (http://sean@rosebrook.media) from [Rosebrook Media] (https://rosebrookclassical.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=39233d72260920cee17e1b534&id=39e2328c6f&e=2100f9a715) . ... Read more

20 Sep 2023

1 HR 24 MINS

1:24:40

20 Sep 2023


#1459

Episode 311: 19311 Sea Song

Australian composer Timothy Collins has crafted a setting of the poem 'Sea Song' by New Zealand poet Katherine Mansfield. The single is released to coincide with the centenary of Mansfield’s death which is being notably marked in her native New Zealand. Alongside the release of this single, Divine Art is releasing the Sea Song music film digitally, a fully realized narrative film featuring Conceptus artistic director and tenor, Scott Robert Shaw and actress Patricia Aragon. Conceptus’ debut album “Gods, Ghosts and Monsters” is set for release on Divine Art in 2024. 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)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/donate.html)   staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com This album is broadcast with the permission of [Sean Dacy] (http://sean@rosebrook.media) from [Rosebrook Media] (https://rosebrookclassical.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=39233d72260920cee17e1b534&id=39e2328c6f&e=2100f9a715) . ... Read more

19 Sep 2023

14 MINS

14:06

19 Sep 2023


#1458

Episode 310: 19310 The English Tenor

Scott Robert Shaw's debut "The English Tenor" takes us on a beautifully performed journey through a who's who of great English composers and their vocal works. The names Ivor Gurney, Benjamin Britten, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gerald Finzi and Roger Quilter are synonymous with English Song, and a Golden Age of British music. The wide variety of accompanying instruments and artists, the broad range of text settings, and the mix of cornerstone works of the repertoire alongside lesser-known cycles make "The English Tenor" a thrilling debut album. Five Elizabethan Songs - Ivor Gurney (1890-1937) Along the Field Ralph - Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Four Songs, Op. 14 - Roger Quilter (1877-1953) 8 Folksong Arrangements for High Voice and Harp - Benjamin Britten (1973-1976) Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18 - Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)Help support our show by purchasing this album  at: [Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/downloads.html)   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)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/donate.html)   staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com This album is broadcast with the permission of [Sean Dacy] (http://sean@rosebrook.media) from [Rosebrook Media] (https://rosebrookclassical.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=39233d72260920cee17e1b534&id=39e2328c6f&e=2100f9a715) . ... Read more

18 Sep 2023

1 HR 18 MINS

1:18:41

18 Sep 2023


#1457

Episode 309: 19309 Some Favored Nook

Some Favored Nook Tracklist Eric Nathan – Some Favored Nook (2019) Part I    1. To tell me what is true? [4:49]     2. The nearest dream recedes unrealized [2:45]     3. Could you tell me how to grow? [3:01]     4. They shut me up in Prose [3:53]     5. My barefoot rank is better [2:10] Part II    6. To see if we were growing [3:19]     7. War feels to me an oblique place [1:58]     8. There suddenly arose [2:45]       9. Emancipation [2:47]      10. All sounds ceased [2:54]       11. There came a wind like a bugle [1:54]      12. Attending to the wounded [2:18]       13. That shamed the nation [2:01]  Part III    14. These are my introduction [5:51]       15. My Wars are laid away in Books / No Prisoner be [3:23] This album is broadcasted with the permission of [Katy Salomon] (katy@primoartists.com%20) representing Primo Artists. ... Read more

17 Sep 2023

51 MINS

51:29

17 Sep 2023


#1456

Episode 308: 19308 Gwyn Pritchard - Features and Formations

In celebration of Gwyn Pritchard’s 75th birthday, Métier releases Features and Formations: a fascinating insight into Pritchard’s creative process. This is contemporary, seemingly mercurial work, rich in structure. Starting from pre-compositional planning and techniques, the composer subtly evolves rhythm and pitch, to create a sound world that manifests great atmosphere and emotion. Features and Formations include five of Gwyn Pritchard’s ensemble works (a quintet, two quartets, and a trio) and three pieces for solo piano, all performed by the distinguished Swiss contemporary music group Ensemble ö! conducted by Francesc Prat, and the piano solos by their pianist Asia Ahmetjanova Realms Apart – Ensemble ö! Calling – Asia Ahmetjanova Features and Formations – Ensemble ö! From Time to Time – Asia Ahmethanova Nightfall – Ensemble ö! Res – Ensemble ö! Evolution – Ensemble ö! Tide – Asia AhmetjanovaHelp support our show by purchasing this album  at: [Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/downloads.html)   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)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/donate.html)   staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com   This album is broadcast with the permission of [Sean Dacy] (http://sean@rosebrook.media) from [Rosebrook Media] (https://rosebrookclassical.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=39233d72260920cee17e1b534&id=39e2328c6f&e=2100f9a715) . ... Read more

16 Sep 2023

1 HR 13 MINS

1:13:53

16 Sep 2023


#1455

Episode 307: 19307 Ispilu: Works for Quartet-Tone Accordion

A gratifyingly inventive listening experience, Ispilu marks the first recording of Basque accordionist Lore Amenabar Larrañaga's self-designed quarter-tone accordion, custom-built by Bugari Armando. Claudia Molitor (b. 1974) Fleeting Puddles (2022) David Gorton (b. 1978) Barafostus’ Dreame (2020) Donald Bousted (1957-2021) My Time is Your Time (2020) Mioko Yokoyama (b. 1989) Feast (2022) Michael Finnissy (b. 1946) Permissible Self-Expression (2021- 2022) Christopher Fox (b. 1955) Die Stimme der Stadt (2021) Electra Perivolaris (b. 1996) Crystalline Air (2022) Veli Kujala (b. 1976) L’eaurelle (2023)Help support our show by purchasing this album  at: [Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/downloads.html)   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)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/donate.html)   staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com   This album is broadcast with the permission of [Sean Dacy] (http://sean@rosebrook.media) from [Rosebrook Media] (https://rosebrookclassical.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=39233d72260920cee17e1b534&id=39e2328c6f&e=2100f9a715) . ... Read more

15 Sep 2023

1 HR 22 MINS

1:22:27

15 Sep 2023


#1454

Episode 306: 19306 Between Breaths

Exploring the myriad ways that classical music is being created today, Perspectives features four new works written for – and with – Third Coast Percussion by Danny Elfman, Philip Glass, Jlin, and Flutronix. Third Coast Percussion tours the program this season to the Windgate Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Central Arkansas (Sept. 21); Heindl Center for the Performing Arts at Northwest Mississippi Community College (Oct. 2); UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance (Apr. 5); Montalvo Arts Center (Apr. 10); and Friends of Chamber Music Troy (Apr. 25). The Friends of Chamber Music Troy residency will also include an outdoor community performance of Terry Riley’s In C. Between Breaths Track List MISSY MAZZOLI – Millennium Canticles (15:19)    1. Part 1: Famous Disaster Psalm (2:00)    2. Part 2: The Doubter’s Litany (2:33)    3. Part 3: Bloodied Bells (6:12)    4. Part 4: Choir of the Holy Locusts (2:47) 5 Part 5: Survival Psalm (1:47) THIRD COAST PERCUSSION – In Practice (17:06)    6. Part I (9:00)    7. Part II (8:06) 8. TYONDAI BRAXTON – Sunny X (11:15) 9. AYANNA WOODS – Triple Point (5:11) 10. GEMMA PEACOCKE – Death Wish (9:43) Total Time: 58:58Help support our show by purchasing this album  at: [Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/downloads.html)   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)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/donate.html)   staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com This album is broadcasted with the permission of [Katy Salomon] (katy@primoartists.com%20) representing Primo Artists. ... Read more

14 Sep 2023

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:43

14 Sep 2023


#1453

Episode 305: 19305 Irina Muresanu Plays Violeta Dinescu

The raw intensity of emotions in works like Aretusa, Satya I, and Il faudrait d’abord désespérer , where each note unfolds with hypnotic allure, envelops the listener in a world of transcendental states. Dive into the depths of Camus' " The Stranger" with Pour triumpher du soleil and À chaque épée de lumière – Dinescu's masterful use of sound effects challenges your comfort zone, evoking moments of scorching desperation and futile blankness, a testament to the composer's acute sensitivity. Tracks 1--Aretusa (16:31) Vista 1--I. La casa è mia e non è mia (1:33) 2--II. Non è vero? Non è vero? (2:09) 3--III. lo ne rimasti talmente impressionate che la notte me lo sognai (1:30) 4--IV. Non voglio spiegare ciò che non si speiga (1:17) 5--V. Allucinazioni (1:22) 6--VI. Basta lasciamo andare (1:02) 7--Satya I (6:48) 8--Il faudrait d’abord désespérer (5:11) 9--Für Uli (4:31) 10-À chaque épée de lumière (9:46) 11-Pour triompher du soleil (8:48) De-ale Lupului 1--I (3:10) 2--II (3:06) 3--III (3:09) Help support our show by purchasing this album  at: [Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/downloads.html)   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)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/donate.html)   staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com This album is broadcast with the permission of [Sean Dacy] (http://sean@rosebrook.media) from [Rosebrook Media] (https://rosebrookclassical.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=39233d72260920cee17e1b534&id=39e2328c6f&e=2100f9a715) . ... Read more

12 Sep 2023

1 HR 16 MINS

1:16:12

12 Sep 2023


#1452

Episode 304: 19304 Edward Cowie - Where the Wood Thrush Forever Sings

A captivating new album from the extraordinary talents of Edward Cowie, a true master of multiple disciplines. This remarkable polymath, renowned as a composer, visual artist, and natural scientist, has gifted us his exhilarating third epic cycle of 'bird portraits' - a thrilling 24-movement composition for clarinet(s) and piano. Tracks CD 1 Book 1 1--American Fish Crow (4:30) 2--Wood Thrush (3:03) 3--Eastern Meadowlark (4:05) 4--Common Loon (4:25) 5--Belted Kingfisher (3:15) 6--American Winter Wren (3:54) Book 2 1--Broad-tailed and Blue-throated Hummingbirds (3:11) 2--White-winged Dove (3:50) 3--Common Nighthawk (4:39) 4--Greater Roadrunner (2:09) 5--Least Bittern (3:48) 6--Great Horned Owl (2:38) CD 2 Book 3 1--Blue Jay (2:28) 2--Mockingbird (3:55) 3--Yellow Crowned Night Heron (3:46) 4--Northern Goshawk (3:11) 5--Say’s Phoebe (4:09) 6--Red Winged Blackbird (3:23) Book 4 1--Northern Cardinal (5:22) 2--Virginia Rail (3:00) 3--Turkey Vultures (4:20) 4--Yellow-breasted Chat (3:25) 5--Horned Lark (5:53) 6--Bald Eagle (5:31) Help support our show by purchasing this album  at: [Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/downloads.html)   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)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/donate.html)   staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com This album is broadcast with the permission of [Sean Dacy] (http://sean@rosebrook.media) from [Rosebrook Media] (https://rosebrookclassical.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=39233d72260920cee17e1b534&id=39e2328c6f&e=2100f9a715) . ... Read more

11 Sep 2023

1 HR 34 MINS

1:34:53

11 Sep 2023


#1451

Episode 303: 19303 Frederick Septimus Kelly - Chamber Music

Frederick Septimus Kelly, born in Sydney in 1881, was on the way to becoming one of Australia’s most important early composers when he was killed during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. The three works recorded here – for the first time – underline just how grievous was that loss, not only for Australia but for the musical world more generally. Kelly’s D minor Violin Sonata is an astonishingly assured work for a twenty-year-old student composer; his Serenade for flute and piano exudes good-natured charm; and the two surviving movements of his Piano Trio – which have a Brahmsian intensity – suggest that he would have been one of the major composers of the twentieth century. Tracks Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor (1901) (26:06) 1--I. Adagio – Allegro vivace (10:33) 2--II. Andantino (5:17) 3--III. Allegro vivace (10:16) Serenade for Flute and Piano, Op. 7 (1911) (22:18) 1--I. Prelude (3:16) 2--II. Idyll (7:13) 3--III. Minuet (2:11) 4--IV. Air and Variations (6:24) 5--V. Jig (3:14) Piano Trio (c. 1905?) (17:21) 1--I. Lento (moderato) (12:27) 2--II. Scherzo and Trio (Presto) (4:54) Help support our show by purchasing this album  at: [Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/downloads.html)   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)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/donate.html)   staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com   This album is broadcast with the permission of [Sean Dacy] (http://sean@rosebrook.media) from [Rosebrook Media] (https://rosebrookclassical.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=39233d72260920cee17e1b534&id=39e2328c6f&e=2100f9a715) . ... Read more

07 Sep 2023

1 HR 11 MINS

1:11:22

07 Sep 2023


#1450

Episode 302: 19302 Gunnar Idenstam - Lofoten Meditations

Another source of pride and pleasure is that our September releases, between Toccata Classics and Toccata Next, bring our fourth release featuring the Swedish organist and composer Gunnar Idenstam, whose music I find enormously attractive. In 2019 Gunnar was commissioned to provide the music to a film, The Vegan Toothbrush, by the Norwegian film-maker Trygve Luktvasslimo, which takes seriously the issue of climate change itself but satirises the quasi-religious intensity of climate activists. Gunnar is one of the few remaining organists who maintain the centuries-old tradition of improvisation at the console, and his extemporizations for the film, all of which are concerned with water, developed into a kind of powerfully atmospheric sea symphony. The structure is underpinned by three ‘Chorale Preludes’. The recording was made on Gunnar’s own, personalised Quantum Q350 digital organ. Tracks 1--Prelude (1:38) 2--Chorale Theme I (2:54) 3--Water Vortex (0:51) 4--Water Landscapes (3:25) 5--Poem I (19:28) 6--Chorale Theme II (5:43) 7--Poem II (19:13) 8--Bubbles (1:15) 9--Chorale Theme III (2:10) 10-Hymn (3:35) Help support our show by purchasing this album  at: [Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/downloads.html)   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)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/donate.html)   staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com   This album is broadcast with the permission of [Sean Dacy] (http://sean@rosebrook.media) from [Rosebrook Media] (https://rosebrookclassical.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=39233d72260920cee17e1b534&id=39e2328c6f&e=2100f9a715) . ... Read more

06 Sep 2023

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:43

06 Sep 2023


#1449

Episode 301: 19301 Virko Baley - Music for Emily Dickinson

Virko Baley was born in Ukraine in 1938, suffered a tumultuous childhood of displacement during the Second World War, and came to the USA as a refugee, with his family, in 1949, eventually making his home in Las Vegas. He has long been fascinated by the poetry of Emily Dickinson, as can be heard in the two moving works recorded here – one, Uniforms of Snow, an orchestral song-cycle setting her texts, the other a suite for violin and piano inspired by those settings. They display an acute ear for orchestral colour, a fondness for dramatic gesture and a strong sense of lyricism, occasionally inflected by distant echoes of Baley’s eastern European origins, the richness of the song-cycle placing him downstream from Mahler and Berg and the restraint of the Ten Songs without Words occasionally evoking Arvo Pärt. This recording provokes another pinch-me moment, since it brings the voice of Lucy Shelton into the Toccata fold. Virko Baley himself conducts the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, and they are followed in the Ten Songs without Words by the violinist Karen Bentley Pollick and pianist Timothy Hoft.Help support our show by purchasing this album  at: [Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/downloads.html)   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)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/donate.html)   staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com   This album is broadcast with the permission of [Sean Dacy] (http://sean@rosebrook.media) from [Rosebrook Media] (https://rosebrookclassical.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=39233d72260920cee17e1b534&id=39e2328c6f&e=2100f9a715) . ... Read more

05 Sep 2023

1 HR 19 MINS

1:19:44

05 Sep 2023


#1448

Episode 300: 19300 Williams Wordsworth - Complete Music for Solo Piano

Likewise with the Anglo-Scottish composer William Wordsworth (1908–88), great-great-grandnephew of the poet, with whom I occasionally exchanged letters and phone calls in the pre-e-mail late 1970s and early 1980s: I never could have predicted that his reputation might be restored by a series of Toccata Classics albums of his orchestral music, and I confess to an inordinate degree of pleasure in having helped right that injustice. Wordsworth’s piano music, too, was poorly known before now, none of it recorded since a handful of pieces appeared on LP 60 years ago – though his epic Piano Sonata is a work of major importance. The first-ever complete recording, on this release, reveals an honest, unfussy approach to the keyboard akin to that of two other major symphonists, Sibelius and Rubbra: like them, Wordsworth’s primary concern seems to have been the expression of deep feeling – which makes the gentle story-telling of his miniatures for children all the more surprising. The pianist is that stalwart defender of Scottish piano composers, Christopher Guild – who grew up just a few miles along the Moray Firth from Wordsworth’s Highland home overlooking Glen Feshie in the Cairngorms. Tracks Piano Sonata in D Minor, Op. 13 (1938-39) (27:04) 1--I. Maestoso (13:21) 2--II. Largamente e calmato – (6:13) 3--III. Allegro molto – Poco adagio – Tempo I (7:30) Three Pieces for Piano* (10:35) 1--Prelude (1932) (4:40) 2--Scherzo (undated) (2:04) 3--Rhapsody (spring 1934) (3:51) Cheesecombe Suite, Op. 27 (1945) (13:18) 1--I. Prelude (4:35) 2--II. Scherzo (1:34) 3--III. Nocturne (4:58) 4--IV. Fughetta (2:11) 5-- Ballade, Op. 41 (1949) (7:55) 6-- A Tale from Long Ago (publ. 1952)* (1:48) 7-- March of the Giants (publ. 1952)* (1:16) 8-- Ding Dong Bell (publ. 1952)* (1:19) 9-- Snowflakes (publ. 1952)* (1:38) 10- Fireside Story (publ. 1952)* (2:28) 11- Bedtime (Six O’Clock) (publ. 1952)* (1:13) 12- Bedtime Story (publ. 1952)* (1:25) 13- Hornpipe (publ. 1952)* (1:03) 14- Valediction, Op. 82 (1967)* (10:00) ---- First Recordings Help support our show by purchasing this album  at: [Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/downloads.html)   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)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/donate.html)   staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com This album is broadcast with the permission of [Sean Dacy] (http://sean@rosebrook.media) from [Rosebrook Media] (https://rosebrookclassical.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=39233d72260920cee17e1b534&id=39e2328c6f&e=2100f9a715) . ... Read more

01 Sep 2023

1 HR 26 MINS

1:26:45

01 Sep 2023


#1447

Episode 299: 19299 Dependent Arising

While Rachel Barton Pine is widely known for her virtuosic and expressive performances of works from the Western classical music canon, she is also a heavy metal enthusiast and performer of the genre. Pine discovered her love for heavy metal as a teenager and later performed at rock radio stations where she would intersperse her own arrangements of her favorite metal songs by Black Sabbath, AC/DC, and Metallica with works by Paganini and Ysaÿe in order to introduce new listeners to classical music. From 2009–2014 she was a member of the acclaimed doom/thrash metal band Earthen Grave, playing 6-string electric violin. With Dependent Arising, Pine explores connections between modern classical music and heavy metal and showcases her own unique journey within these two seemingly disparate genres. Track Listing: 1 Dmitri Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77 / I. Nocturne (11:33) 2 II. Scherzo (6:22) 3 III. Passacaglia (12:54) 4 IV. Burlesque (4:54) 5 Earl Maneein - Dependent Arising Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / I. Grasping at the self (14:06) 6 II. The crows already knew of your grief. They will carry him home. (11:17) 7 III. Gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi svaha. (6:01)Help support our show by purchasing this album  at: [Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/downloads.html)   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)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/donate.html)   staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com   This album is broadcasted with the permission of Crossover Media Music Promotion (Zachary Swanson and [Amanda Bloom] (http://amandacrossover@gmail.com) ). ... Read more

31 Aug 2023

1 HR 12 MINS

1:12:17

31 Aug 2023


#1446

Episode 298: 19298 Quiet Rhythms

Quiet Rhythms is a piano cycle at once sprawling in scope and introspective in practice. Quiet Rhythms has the warmth and immediacy of a late-night improvisation—an artist following the melodies where they lead him. Quiet Rhythms brings together traditions Susman has spent a lifetime studying: the harmonic language of jazz, the rhythmic pulse of Latin music, the circling melodies of minimalism, the complex structures of medieval fugues, the ingenious simplicity of the American Popular Songbook. Track Listing: 1 Quiet Rhythms No. 10 2 Quiet Rhythms No. 3 3 Quiet Rhythms No. 7 4 Quiet Rhythms No. 4 5 Quiet Rhythms No. 13 6 Quiet Rhythms No. 1 7 Quiet Rhythms No. 18 8 Quiet Rhythms No. 16 9 Quiet Rhythms No. 20 10 Quiet Rhythms No. 21 11 Quiet Rhythms No. 2 12 Quiet Rhythms No. 5 13 Quiet Rhythms No. 22Help support our show by purchasing this album  at: [Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/downloads.html)   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)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/donate.html)   staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com   This album is broadcasted with the permission of Crossover Media Music Promotion (Zachary Swanson and [Amanda Bloom] (http://amandacrossover@gmail.com) ). ... Read more

30 Aug 2023

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:43

30 Aug 2023


#1445

Episode 297: 19297 Concerto for Portuguese Guitar and Orchestra

For the first time in history, a ‘Concerto for Portuguese Guitar and Orchestra’ has been composed and recorded, with the composer, Pedro Henriques da Silva, performing as soloist. The whole album “Transclassical Concertos” will be released on August 25th 2023 on the label Bright Shiny Things/Imaginary Animals. Recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studios with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields—the most successful chamber orchestra in history with about 800 albums released with millions of copies sold and won many Gold Discs. The Telegraph called it "the world's favourite chamber orchestra.” The album was conducted by Royal Shakespeare Company music director Bruce O’Neil. Track Listing: 1Lucia Carus o: Light and Wind Piano Concerto: I. Wind Storm, then Dusk 2 II. Gentle Nightly Breeze; Sunrise 3 III. Soft Rain, Sunshine, and Tempest 4 Pedro Henriques da Silva: Concerto for Portuguese guitar- I. Dusk 5 II. Night 6 III. Dawn 7 Lucia Caruso & Pedro H. da Silva: "Folia" for Portuguese guitar, piano and orchestra 8 George Harrison. "Here Comes the Sun" arr. by Pedro H. da SilvaHelp support our show by purchasing this album  at: [Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/downloads.html)   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)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/donate.html)   staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com This album is broadcasted with the permission of Crossover Media Music Promotion (Zachary Swanson and [Amanda Bloom] (http://amandacrossover@gmail.com) ). ... Read more

27 Aug 2023

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:29

27 Aug 2023


#1444

Episode 296: 19296 Bruckner - Symphony No. 8 in C minor, WAB 108

[Anton Bruckner] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Bruckner) 's Symphony No. 8 in [C minor] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_minor) , [WAB] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werkverzeichnis_Anton_Bruckner) 108, is the last symphony the composer completed. It exists in two major versions of 1887 and 1890. It was premiered under conductor [Hans Richter] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Richter_(conductor)) in 1892 at the [Musikverein] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musikverein) , Vienna. It is dedicated to the Emperor [Franz Joseph I of Austria] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Joseph_I_of_Austria) .This symphony is sometimes nicknamed The Apocalyptic, but this was not a name Bruckner gave to the work himself.Gertrude Heinz, conductorCMD German Opera Company of BerlinHelp support our show by purchasing this album  at: [Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/downloads.html)   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)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/donate.html)   staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com ... Read more

25 Aug 2023

1 HR 25 MINS

1:25:28

25 Aug 2023


#1443

Episode 295: 19295 After a Dream

After a Dream is dedicated to French masters of the 19th and 20th centuries. They include César Franck (1822-1890), Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924), Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), and Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921). In the interpretation of Meneses and Budu, Fauré's Après un Rêve combines fervor and serenity. When the duo performs Franck's Sonata, the dialogue between the instruments nods to the expressiveness of singing and the eloquence of speech, as their phrases inquire, affirm, and exclaim. In Vocalise-Étude en Forme de Habanera, the variety of sonorities, flowing ceaselessly in this recording, imparts to Ravel's composition a sense of musical time that seems much more expansive than its minutes—a recurring perception throughout the album. Ultimately, After a Dream showcases the paradox of memorable interpretations— the sensation that music arises solely within them and belongs exclusively to them. Tracks 1. Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8: I. Allegretto Ben Moderato (Transcr. for Cello and Piano) (César Franck) - (6:04) 2. Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8: II. Allegro (Transcr. for Cello and Piano) (César Franck) – (8:44) 3. Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8: III. Recitativo-Fantasia. Ben Moderato (Transcr. for Cello and Piano) (César Franck) – (7:42) 4. Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8: IV. Allegretto Poco Mosso (Transcr. for Cello and Piano) (César Franck) – (6:47) 5. Sicilienne, Op. 78 (Gabriel Fauré) – (3:50) 6. Élégie, Op. 24 (Gabriel Fauré) – (6:47) 7. 3 Songs, Op. 7: I. Après un Rêve (Arr. for Cello and Piano by P. Casals) (Gabriel Fauré) – (3:02) 8. Préludes, Book 1, L. 117: No. 8, La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin (Arr. for Cello and Piano by Antonio Meneses & Cristian Budu) (Claude Debussy) – (2:31) 9. Sonata for Cello and Piano, L. 135: I. Prologue (Claude Debussy) – (4:10) 10. Sonata for Cello and Piano, L. 135: II. Sérénade et Finale (Claude Debussy) – (6:41) 11. Vocalise-Étude en Forme de Habanera, M. 51 (Arr. for Cello and Piano by P. Bazelaire) (Maurice Ravel) – (2:52) 12. Le Carnaval des Animaux, R. 125: XIII. Le Cygne(Camille Saint-Saëns) – (2:44) Help support our show by purchasing this album  at: [Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/downloads.html)   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)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/donate.html)   staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com   This album is broadcast with the permission of [Sean Dacy] (http://sean@rosebrook.media) from [Rosebrook Media] (https://rosebrookclassical.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=39233d72260920cee17e1b534&id=39e2328c6f&e=2100f9a715) . ... Read more

24 Aug 2023

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:33

24 Aug 2023


#1442

Episode 294: 19294 Duende

Miami’s renowned orchestra NU DECO ENSEMBLE release their major label debut Duende, via Sony Music Masterworks, available now – listen here. Known for blending genres and bringing fresh energy to orchestral music, Nu Deco showcases gentle plucking that tiptoes towards a swooning strings section on their dynamic interpretation of the Bad Bunny hit song, “Me Porto Bonito”  TRACKLIST 1. Unholy (Sam Smith and Kim Petras) 2. Me Porto Bonito (Bad Bunny) 3. LA FAMA (Rosalía feat. The Weeknd) 4. Packt Like Sardines In a Crushd Tin Box (Radiohead) 5. Black Elk Peak (Nu Deco Ensemble original) 6. Everything In Its Right Place (Radiohead)Help support our show by purchasing this album  at: [Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/downloads.html)   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)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/donate.html)   staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com   This album is broadcast with the permission of Crossover Media Music Promotion (Zachary Swanson and [Amanda Bloom] (http://amandacrossover@gmail.com) ). ... Read more

23 Aug 2023

26 MINS

26:28

23 Aug 2023


#1441

Episode 293: 19293 Summer Night Concert 2023

Philharmonic, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin with Mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca as soloist.  The Summer Night Concert was performed this year on June 8th, 2023. It is an annual open-air event, which has been held since 2008. The park of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna/Austria is the magical setting for the concert. The illustrious conductors who have previously led the orchestra at this event are Georges Prêtre, Daniel Barenboim, Franz Welser-Möst, Lorin Maazel, Christoph Eschenbach, Zubin Mehta, Semyon Bychkov, Gustavo Dudamel, Daniel Harding, and Andris Nelsons. 1. Georges Bizet, Suite Nr. 1 aus der Oper Carmen (Arrangement Ernest Guiraud 1885)              Nr. 5. Les Toréadors (Vorspiel zum 1. Akt)              Nr. 2. Intermezzo (Vorspiel zum 3. Akt)              Nr. 1a. Aragonaise (Vorspiel zum 4. Akt)  2. Georges Bizet, Habanera aus der Oper Carmen 3. Lili Boulanger, D‘un matin de printemps. Fassung für Orchester 1918 4. Hector Berlioz, Ouvertüre zur Oper Le Corsaire op. 21 5. Charles Gounod, „O ma lyre immortelle“ Arie aus der Oper Sapho 6. Maurice Ravel, Daphnis et Cloé. Suite Nr. 2 7. Camille Saint-Saëns, „Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix” Arie aus der Oper Samson et Dalila 8. Maurice Ravel, BoleroHelp support our show by purchasing this album  at: [Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/downloads.html)   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)] (http://www.classicalmusicdiscoveries.store/donate.html)   staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com   This album is broadcasted with the permission of Crossover Media Music Promotion (Zachary Swanson and [Amanda Bloom] (http://amandacrossover@gmail.com) ). ... Read more

18 Aug 2023

1 HR 17 MINS

1:17:20

18 Aug 2023