Mozart, Haydn, Villa-Lobos, Françaix, Gershwin – Bassoon and Orchestra – Turkovic

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Concerto in B flat major for Bassoon and Orchestra K.191
Michael Haydn (1737-1806):
Concertino from Sinfonia in B flat major
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959):
Ciranda das sete notas
Jean Françaix (1912-1997):
Divertissement
George Gershwin (1898-1937):
Porgy and Bess (suite)

Milan Turković - bassoon
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Martin Sieghart - conductor

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Ravel, Debussy, Turina, Villa-Lobos, Creston – The Hollywood String Quartet

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Introduction & Allegro for Harp, String Quartet, Flute and Clarinet *
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Danse Sacrée et Danse Profane for Harp and Strings +
Joaquín Turina (1882-1949):
La Oración del Torero, op.34
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959):
String Quartet, op.6
Paul Creston (1906-1985):
String Quartet, op.8

Anne Mason - harp * +
Arthur Gleghorn - flute *
Mitchell Lurie - clarinet *
Concert Arts Strings +
Felix Slatkin - conductor +
The Hollywood String Quartet

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Debussy, Ibert, Villa-Lobos, Glazunov, Bennett, Heath – Saxophone Concertos – Harle

Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Rapsodie for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra
Jacques Ibert (1890-1962):
Concertino da camera for Alto Saxophone and eleven instruments
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959):
Fantasia for Soprano Saxophone and Chamber Orchestra
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936):
Concerto in E flat major for Alto Saxophone and String Orchestra
Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012):
Concerto fro Alto Saxophone and String Orchestra
Dave Heath (b.1956):
Out of the Cool for Soprano Saxophone and Orchestra

John Harle - saxophone
Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields
Sir Neville Marriner

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Barbara Hendricks – Ave Maria – Various Artists

tribute to Barbara Hendricks on her birthday

(born November 20, 1948)

Schubert: "Ave Maria"
Mozart: "Et incarnatus est"
Fauré: "Pie Jesu"
Ravel: "Kaddishh"
(negro spiritual): "Sometimes I feel like a motherless child"
(negro spiritual): "When the Saints go marchin'in"
Mozart: "Dans un bois solitaire"
Schubert: "Die Forelle"
Schubert: "Ständchen"
R.Strauss: "Wigenlied"
Fauré: "Après un rêve"
Fauré: "Clair de lune"
Debussy: "C'est l'extase langoureuse"
Ravel: "Vocalise en fome de Habanera"
Villa-Lobos: Aria (Cantilena)
Loewe: "I could have danced all night"

Barbara Hendricks - soprano

with:
Maria João Pires - piano
Radu Lupu - piano
Ralph Gothoni - piano
Michel Dalberto - piano
Michel Béroff - piano
Chamber Orchestra of Stockholm
Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
Eric Ericson - conductor
Sir Neville Marriner - conductor
Michel Plasson - conductor
John Eliot Gardiner - conductor
Enrique Bátiz - conductor
Lawrence Foster - conductor

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Villa-Lobos – Piano Concertos – Ortiz

tribute to Heitor Villa-Lobos on the anniversary of his death

(March 5, 1887 – November 17, 1959)

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959):

CD 1:
Piano Concerto No.1
Piano Concerto No.2

CD 2:
Piano Concerto No.3
Piano Concerto No.4
Piano Concerto No.5

Cristina Ortiz - piano
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Miguel Gómez-Martínez - conductor

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Boïeldieu, Villa Lobos, Rodrigo - Harp Concertos - Catherine Michel

François-Adrien Boïeldieu (1775-1834):
Concerto for Harp and Orchestra
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959):
Harp Concerto
Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999):
Concerto Serenade for Harp and Orchestra

Catherine Michel - harp
Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo
Antonio de Almeida - conductor

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Canteloube - Chants d'Auvergne - Te Kanawa

Marie-Joseph Canteloube de Malaret (1897-1957):
Chants d'Auvergne (vol.2)
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959):
Bachianas Brasileiras No.5 for soprano and cellos *

Kiri Te Kanawa - soprano
Lynn Harrell - cello *
Instrumental Ensemble *
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate - conductor

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Villa-Lobos - Magdalena - A Musical Adventure - Haile

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959):
Magdalena - a musical adventure

Judy Kaye as Teresa
George Rose as General Carabaña
Faith Esham as Maria
Kevin Grey as Pedro
Jerry Hadley as The Old One
Keith Curran as Major Blanco
Charles Damsel as Padre Jose
Charles Repole as Zoggie
Connecticut Choral Artists
Orchestra New England
Evans Haile - conductor

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Felicja Blumental (Vol.3) – Albéniz, Villa-Lobos

Felicja Blumental Vol.3

Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909):

Piano Concerto nº.1 in a-minor *

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959):
Piano Concerto nº5 (live recording) #

Felicja Blumental - piano
Orchestra di Torino *
Vienna Symphony Orchestra #
Alberto Zedda - conductor *
Heitor Villa-Lobos - conductor #

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John Williams - Guitar Concertos - Vivaldi, Giuliani, Rodrigo, Villa-Lobos, Castelnuovo-Tedesco

Mauro Giuliani (1781-1828): Concerto in A major for guitar and orchestra op.30 *
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741): Concerto in D major for guitar *
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741): Concerto in A major for guitar *
Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999): Fantasia para un Gentilhombre *
Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999): Concierto de Aranjuez +
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959): Concerto for guitar and small orchestra +
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968): Concerto No.1 in D major op.99 *

John Williams - guitar
English Chamber Orchestra * +
Sir Charles Groves - conductor *
Daniel Barenboim - conductor +

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Romances for Saxophone - Branford Marsalis

Debussy/Colombier: L'Isle joyeuse
Fauré/Colombier: Pavane *
Debussy/Colombier: Arabesque No.1
Rachmaninoff/Clombier: Vocalise
Stravinsky/Colombier: Pastorale
Michel Colombier (1939-2004): Emmanuel
Villa-Lobos/Colombier: Bachianas Brasileiras No.5
Satie/Colombier: Gymnopedie No.3
Ravel/Colombier: Prelude from "Le tombeau de Couperin"
Ravel/Colombier: Pièce en forme de habanera
Fauré/Colombier: Sicilienne from "Pelléas et Mélisande"
Stravinsky/Colombier: Serenata from "Pulcinella"
Mussorgsky/Colombier: The old Castle from "Pictures from an exhibition"

Branford Marsalis - soprano saxophone
English Chamber Orchestra Chorus *
The English Chamber Orchestra
Andrew Litton - conductor

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Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras No2, No.5, No.6, No.9 - Caplongo

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959):
Bachiana brasileira No.2 for Orchestra
Bachiana brasileira No.5 for Soprano and 8 Cellos *
Bachiana brasileira No.6 for Flute and Bassoon +
Bachiana brasileira No.9 for Strings Orchestra

Mady Mesplé - soprano *
Albert Tétard - cello solo *
Michel Debost - flute +
André Sennedat - bassoon +

Orchestre de Paris
Paul Capolongo - conductor

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