ARTS INDEX
NAXOS: 8572818
19th century wealthy young men of the infamous Parisian Jockey Club demanded opera composers insert ballets that featured the club members' favorite dancers (and probably lovers) from the corps de ballet when performed at the Paris opera. Many were simply plopped into the 2nd or 3rd act (because club members were still at dinner when the opera actually started) and usually ground the dramatic action to a halt. The exception: ballets composed by Verdi of course! It's obvious from this first-ever complete, 2-CD set that Verdi took this artistic challenge seriously, connecting these choreographic interludes to the action of the story in some way. José Serebrier and the Bournemouth Symphony are passionate advocates, with each dance finely nuanced, fiery, and full of character. The rarities from Macbeth, Don Carlos, Trovatore and even Jerusalem are given just as much attention as the well-known known numbers from Otello, Aida, and the enchanting Four Seasons ballet from his Sicilian Vespers opera.
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APRIL 2012 NEW RELEASES & RE-ISSUES WEEK ONE
Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: 'London' Symphony No. 2, Serenade to Music
Rochester Philharmonic/Christopher Seaman; Mercury Opera Rochester
HARMONIA MUNDI: 807567
Joseph ACHRON: Complete Violin & Piano Suites
Hagai Shaham, violin; Arnon Erez, piano
HYPERION: 67841
ITALIAN OBOE CONCERTOS: Giovanni Battista SAMMARTINI, Vincenzo BELLINI, Gioachino ROSSINI, Gaetano DONIZETTI, Giuseppe PILOTTI, Sante AGUILAR
Veneto - Padova Orchestra/Diego Dini Ciacci, oboe
CPO: 777715
WHEN WORDS FADE - Music Arranged for Piano Duo: Michael JACKSON: Billie Jean; Antonio VIVALDI: Sento in seno; Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART: Papageno! - Fantasy on arias from Mozart's The Magic Flute; Georges BIZET: Carmen Fantasy; Franz SCHUBERT: Der Erlkonig; Sergei RACHMANINOV: Vocalise; Jacques BREL: Mathilde, Marieke, et Madeleine; Robert SCHUMANN: Liederkreis No. 5 - Mondnacht; Heitor VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas brasileiras No. 5 - Aria; Thomas ARNE: The Morning - The glitt'ring sun; RADIOHEAD: Paranoid Android; COLDPLAY: Viva la Vida
Anderson & Roe Piano Duo
STEINWAY & SONS: 3006
DO.GMA #2 – AMERICAN STRINGBOOK: David DIAMOND: Rounds; Samuel BARBER: Adagio for Strings, Serenade; Arthur FOOTE: Suite in E; William SCHUMAN: Symphony No. 5
Do.gma Chamber Orchestra/Matthew Gurewitsch
BERTHOLD: 9121717
WALZER REVOLUTION: MOZART - Johann STRAUSS - Joseph LANNER
Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
SONY: 914112
Ronn YEDIDIA: World Dance, Farewell Nathaniel, Poeme, Nocturne, Impromptu for clarinet & piano; Concertino for clarinet, string trio & piano
Fiterstein, Alexander, clarinet; Yedidia, Ronn, piano
NAXOS: 8559699
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APRIL 2012 NEW RELEASES & RE-ISSUES WEEK TWO
Fritz KREISLER: Liebeslied, Liebesfraud, etc.
Budapest Strings/Karoly Botvay; Bela Banfalvi, violin
CAPRICCIO: 5120
Richard WAGNER: Two Symphonies, Rienzi Overture, Homage March, Imperial March
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Neeme Jarvi
CHANDOS: 5097
Camille SAINT-SAENS: Complete Piano Works Vol. 1 - Etudes
Geoffrey Burleson, piano
GRAND PIANO: 601
Alessandro PICCININI: Works for Archlute
Rosario Conte, archlute
CARPE DIEM: 16288
Carl Friedrich ABEL: Music for Flute & Strings
Nordic Affect ensemble; Georgia Browne, flute
BRILLIANT CLASSICS: 94304
Erik CHISHOLM: Piano Concerto No. 1 'Pìobaireachd' (Bagpipes), Piano Concerto No. 2 'Hindustani'
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Rory MacDonald; Danny Driver, piano
HYPERION: 67880
Johann Heinrich SCHMELZER: Baroque World of Theatre
Freiburg Baroque Consort
HARMONIA MUNDI: 902087
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