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Mozart: Piano Concerto 7 & 10

 

Barber: Symphony & Piano Concerto

 

Love in Latin

 

Now, learn ye to love, who loved never – now ye who have loved, love anew.

Mozart: Piano Concertos 8 & 9

More Barber from Detroit

 

Chandos continues to compile together the Estonian conductor's survey of Samuel Barber.

A Mass for the Masses

 

In this case, 'Symphonic' refers as much to this work's secular intentions as it does to its orchestral forces and musical structure.

Mozart: Piano Concertos 5 & 6

 

Can we get Barber and Bernstein together?

 

I'm surprised Bernstein never led a Barber symphony for a recording.

Brass from George Lloyd

 

Do you like British Brass Bands?

Mozart: Piano Concertos 1 - 4

 

Seventeen String Quartets from Villa-Lobos

 

This set of string quartets from Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos are performed by the Cuarteto Latinoamericano...

Villa-Lobos: SQ 14, 15, 16, and 17

 

Villa-Lobos: SQ 12 and 13

 

Villa-Lobos: SQ 9, 10, and 11

Villa-Lobos: SQ 7 and 8

 

Villa-Lobos: SQ 4, 5, and 6

 

Villa-Lobos: SQ 1, 2, and 3

 

Beginning yet another set of works from the Brazilian composer.

The Best of Bonds

 

So far...

Dashing!

 

Volumes One through Five.

Does anyone remember Carols for Choirs?

 

Particularly the Green and Orange volumes?

Top 5 Christmas Recordings

 

This recording makes the list easily.

Vocal Jazz for Christmas

 

From the modern-day Swingle Singers.

An Orchestral Christmas

 

It is rare to hear a Christmas recording of yore without chorus.

Do You Like Brass and Choir?

 

Huddersfield has you covered!

The Curse of Cutesy Holiday Cover Art

 

Sometimes a detriment to these Naxos Classical Christmas recordings.

Balthazar the Bold

 

If you don't know the composer name Margaret Bonds, join this listener.

Christmas with the Philadelphia Sound

 

And of course, Eugene Ormandy.

John Rutter Without Choir

 

Sort of...

A Christmas Mass from Classical-Era Czechia

 

Actually, two!

Christmas with Huddersfield

 

I've never been a huge fan of the British Brass Band sound.

Christmas from Cardiff

 

I like Geoffrey Bush's Christmas Cantata quite a bit.

What is a Story Concert?

 

Incidental Music, silly!

A Christmas Original

 

What can one expect from a composer who lived from 1908-1942?

Claves Records

 

... a wonderful record label based in Switzerland.

For Now...

 

... I leave the music of Fibich for a while.

The Quirks of Villa-Lobos

 

...are fully at the fore in this chamber music.

Supraphon's Service Towards Fibich

 

They've done the composer proud, methinks.

The Symphonies of Villa-Lobos

 

There are twelve of them, across 6CDs, plus a couple extras.

Wrapping up the Symphonies of Villa-Lobos

 

Plus more!

A Choral Symphony

 

...from Villa-Lobos!

Now This is More Like It!

 

After remaining undecided over Naxos' set of Fibich, this recording washes over the listener like a fresh spring rain.

Changing Winds

 

I definitely hear Villa-Lobos going for something different in these symphonies.

Dukas at the Prix de Rome

 

It wasn't to his liking.

Overtures from Czechia

 

At least, I think that is what I once knew as the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia.

Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks

 

In this case, I would be the old dog...

Feeling Witchy?

 

This cover should accommodate.

Shakespeare and the Czech Woodlands

 

Fibich enters the world of Symphonic Poems.

What to Expect from a War Symphony?

 

Not this, I think.

Don't Like Your Classical Music Quiet and Slow?

 

Then Zdeněk Fibich is your guy!