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Jardim abandonado
from: Nonesuch
: :For their seventh Nonesuch album, Jardim Abandonado (Abandoned Garden), the guitar-playing duo of Sergio and Odair Assad offer a collection of tracks culled from the duo s performance repertoire of the last decade. The album will released September 18, 2007. The duo will tour the U.S. this fall, and also play a series of dates with their sister Badi Assad, guitars /vocals; Romero Lubambo, acoustic jazz guitar; and Celso Machado, percussion /vocals as part of the Brazilian Guitar Festival(complete itinerary below). The Assad brothers, who ve played together for more ...
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Brazilian Rhapsody
from: Teldec
: :On this splendid recording, the Argentinean pianist-conductor Daniel Barenboim extends the thin line between Brazilian popular and classical music. He's joined by bassist Robert Kassinger, violinist Nikolaj Znaider, flutist Emmanuel Pahud, oboist Alex Klein, clarinetist Larry Combs, and Brazilian percussionist Cyro Baptista. They skillfully meld American jazz, classical genres, Portuguese choros, and African-derived sambas into a New World sound. Barenboim's piano lines are furious on the title track and florid on his Debussyan solo renditions of Darius Milhaud's 'Corcovado' and 'Sumaré' from Saudades do Brasil. Antonio Carlos Jobim reshaped the samba ...
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Classic Branford Marsalis
from: Sony Bmg Europe
:Album Description:World-renowned saxophonist Branford Marsalis, has always been a man of numerous musical interests. The three-time Grammy winner, known for his innovative spirit and broad musical scope, is equally at home on the stages of the world's greatest jazz clubs as major concert halls. It is the latter platform which inspires Classic Branford Marsalis; a fascinating and diverse collection of his best-loved classical tracks, from Ravel's Pavane to Faur 's 'Pie Jesu', from Stravinsky's charming Pastorale to Rachmaninoff's Vocalise to the haunting Aria from Bachianas Brasileiras No.5 by Villa-Lobos.
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Milhaud: The Complete Symphonies (Box Set)
from: Cpo Records
: :This remarkable set of all 12 Darius Milhaud symphonies (five CDs) raises a number of immediate questions, not the least of which is why Milhaud's symphonies aren't recognized for their overall artistic merit more than they are. Milhaud started off, as so many composers of his generation did, dabbling in various avant-garde techniques, which are to some degree present in Symphonies 1 and 2 (dated 1939 and 1944, respectively). They are youthful, brash, and militantly French (lots of marching drums, trumpet fanfares, salutes, etc.). But by Symphony No. 3 (of 1946), ...
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Christopher O'Riley At The Break
from: From the Top
:Album Description:'Christopher O’Riley At the Break' is the new compact disc by the renowned concert pianist and host of 'From the Top,' the hit public radio showcase for America’s best pre-collegiate classical musicians. This collection of 29 works for solo piano is a compilation of pieces O’Riley played on 'From the Top,' which is heard on more than 200 radio stations nationwide. These pieces were performed at the mid-point of the broadcasts, a required break of approximately 2 minutes during which many stations insert locally generated announcements. According to Chris O’Riley, ...
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Paris Mécanique
from: Marsyas France
:Album Description:'Stellar clarinet player Sabine Meyer has never been heard in a similar program and instrumentation. A program of fun and tuneful short works.' -- Audiophile
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French Clarinet Art
from: Denon Records
:Album Description:'Stellar clarinet player Sabine Meyer has never been heard in a similar program and instrumentation. A program of fun and tuneful short works.' -- Audiophile
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Music for Saxophone & Orchestra
from: Naxos
:Album Description:'Stellar clarinet player Sabine Meyer has never been heard in a similar program and instrumentation. A program of fun and tuneful short works.' -- Audiophile
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Creation
from: Sony
: :This CD is the long-awaited follow-up to jazz saxophonist Branford Marsalis's 1986 debut, Romances for Saxophone with the English Chamber conducted by Andrew Litton. Since that project, Marsalis has led his own jazz combos and worked with The Grateful Dead and Sting. On this recording, Marsalis's superb soprano and alto sax are buoyed by the wonderful, conductorless Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, an ensemble that was featured on Herbie Hancock's Gershwin's World. Marsalis's clear sound and mature phrasing imbue French classics like Ravel's 'Pavane pour une infante défunte,' Debussy's ragtime-rhythmed 'Golliwogg's Cake-Walk,' and ...
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Ninna Nanna: Lullabies (1500-2002)
: :This is a formidable collection of lullabies, spanning 500 years, 18 of them (from almost as many countries) in Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Catalan, English, and more, each one lovely, each one in its own idiom. Some are anonymous; others are by composers as different as Byrd, Mussorgsky, Milhaud, and Arvo Pärt. The disc shouldn't be listened to in one setting--no matter how interesting they are, they're still lullabies and can mellow the listener into torpor--but in three-or-so chunks, the contents are fascinating. Figueras can make her sound move from folk to ...
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