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New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein Introduction: Bernstein on Ives' Symphony No. 2 Recording Place & Date: Royal Albert Hall, London, June 1976 (American in Paris, Rhapsody in Blue, Unanswered Question) Congress Hall of the Deutsche Museum, Munich, June 1987 (Symphony no. 2) | 
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| |  | Expressia -Tangos And Fantasies
Since the Cadence Ensemble's first performance in 2004, the group has quickly become one of the leading and most popular music groups of Armenia. Initially performing the works of Argentine composer, Astor Piazzolla the ensemble has expanded its repertoire to incorporate contemporary European and Armenian composers. Under the leadership of pianist,Armen Babakhanian, the ensemble has enjoyed international success. Most recently the ensemble have given concerts in Paris, London and Brussels. This new disc focuses primarily on the tangos of Piazzolla, but also features new arrangements of works by Carlos Gardel, Hector Stamponi and George Gershwin. |
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| |  | The Pyongyang Concert (DVD)East Pyongyang Grand Theatre, Pyongyang - North Korea, 26th February 2008
New York Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel Hundreds of millions watched the historic concert on television. Now exclusively on DVD: the New York Philharmonic concert in Pyongyang. Music became diplomacy when this courageous musical project united Americans and North Koreans. The musicians went from strength to strength in a beautiful programme which illustrated the excellence of the orchestra. Lorin Maazel once more proved his reputation as one of the best contemporary conductors. Includes previously unreleased documentary with 53 min of exclusive material. "Astounding was the fact that the orchestra played the North Korean national anthem and the Star Spangled Banner on a stage flanked by flags of both nations … a rare moment of harmony, proving the power of music that bridges the divides." The Korea Times (South Korea) "For at least 90 minutes in a theatre in Pyongyang it was possible … to believe that 55 years of cold-war hostility were coming to an end." James Miles, The Economist |
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| |  | Live Recording - Titania Palast, Berlin 21 September 1952.
Leontyne Price, William Warfield, Cab Calloway Eva Jessye Choir, Rias-Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens As George Gershwin celebrated his thirtieth birthday in 1928, he was at the height of his early maturity. It must have seemed to such a self-confident artist as he that there was nothing he could not achieve if he so wished. However, Gershwin at the age of thirty had not yet written his masterpiece, although he had had ideas for setting an operatic libretto to be fashioned from Du Bose Hayward's novel Porgy for some years, ever since he began reading it one night, unable to sleep, and – gripped by the telling – stayed awake until daybreak before he had finished it. Several factors conspired to delay the realisation of his dream. The musical theatre continued to beckon: in 1929, he wrote two Broadway shows – the first was Show Girl, a somewhat hastily put together vehicle which utilised An American in Paris as a ballet. This admixture did not work too well, and the second show was the revised version of Strike Up The Band, which opened early in January 1930, six months after Show Girl and over two years after the first version. “William Warfield's Porgy is a noble achievement… Price's voice is at its youthful best… No one who admires Gershwin's work should ignore this unique document. As Angelou put it: "Even the chorus performed with such verve that a viewer could easily believe each singer was competing for a leading part."” Gramophone Magazine, August 2008 “…this remarkable Porgy and Bess. It was made during the Berlin run of the famous 1952-3 European tour… of a production by Robert Breen, with an all-black company under the work's original conductor Alexander Smallens. The chorus sings with precision and fervour, and there are characterful performances in the many smaller roles. The young Leontyne Price signs of he future greatness as Bess... William Warfield makes a virile Porgy, and Cab Calloway does a star turn as Sportin' Life. And altogether this recording, refurbished in startlingly immediate mono sound, is both a fascinating document and thoroughly enjoyable in its own right.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2008 **** |
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Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn & Leonard Slatkin | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Works by Gershwin, Weill, Korngold, Lalo etc.
Including
Gershwin Medley
Deep River
Threepenny Opera
Jamaican Rumba
Korngold Concerto
Symphonie Espagnole | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The Gershwin/Ravel Cycle
Pascal Roge (piano) RSO Wien, Betrand de Billy “Rogé’s playing of Ravel’s Left-Hand concerto is masterly. He has complete technical regard for the work; more importantly, he appreciates the range of the music, its darkness, menace, anger, other-worldly escape,
introspection and defiance.” International Piano, May/June 2008 “Ravel once played Rhapsody in Blue to Gershwin at a private party. It's tempting to think it must have sounded something like Rogé's performance here: sophisticated, elegant, oh-so-well-well-behaved… the Left Hand Concerto starts well with wonderfully saturnine grumblings and a superbly sculpted long orchestral crescendo. Rogé's long soliloquy after the Allegro's huge climax is particularly fine.” BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2008 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein “Barber's Adagio is presented on an epic scale, and this Appalachian Spring is compelling. Bernstein is less convincing as a pianist, however - his Rhapsody in Blue is rough around the edges.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2007 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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