Searching for traces of once-admired Nassau court music in European and American libraries made it apparent that, despite large losses, there still survives a corpus of court music, though hard to fully assess due to it's size and geographical scattering. The majority of these autographs and manuscripts are unheard pieces, condemned to two and one-half centuries of oblivion. The 350th birthday of Count Johann Ernst of Nassau-Weilburg (1664-1719) provides an appropriate occasion to let the brilliance of the Nassau court music be heard again. 881488140415 PROL14041.2 27776353 .00 18.99 .24 PROFIL - G HAENSSLER COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 02/10/2015 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/a/500/1/0/5/9/2839501.jpg 1 1 N COOTS / BACH / GIUFFRE / GORDON / OPERA SWING QRT OPERA SWING QRT Let's face it: Christmas can get on your nerves, especially when it's the same procedure year after year. At such a time, even jazz can get on your nerves: shoddy arrangements, monotonous improvisations, and the same timeworn classics you've listened to a thousand times before. What can be done? That's an easy one: you listen to the new Christmas CD by the Opera Swing Jazz Quartet. This is old fashioned, highly refined jazz for connoisseurs played so convincingly that even people who usually abhor this kind of music will just love it. 4014513031372 BMNX313071.2 27775127 .00 24.99 .21 BELLA MUSICA COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHRISTMAS / CHANUKKAH 02/10/2015 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/a/500/0/2/5/9/2839520.jpg 23 1 N ZEMLINSKY / BRODSKY QUARTET STRING QUARTETS In this recording of Alexander Zemlinsky's (1871-1942) complete String Quartets, the Brodsky Quartet gives fresh life to the composer's works, 'with a spirit so transformational you felt they were actually improving the world', as reported by the Strad after a recent concert performance. The four string quartets represent a journey through Zemlinsky's musical thought. The Brahmsian, youthful Quartet in A, op. 4 is generously proportioned and less earnest in mood than some earlier works. The Second Quartet, op. 15 echoes the composer's years of emotional crisis. Contrastingly, the Third Quartet, op. 19 appears to be a sarcastic protest against modernism, Zemlinsky exploiting a minimum of material to maximum effect. Having been blacklisted and his music declared 'degenerate', the Fourth Quartet, op. 25 (1936) only achieved it's first public performance in 1967. It deploys a wealth of thematic ideas in a process of continual variation and metamorphosis that follows the outlines of sonata form. The String Quartet in E minor failed to pass it's trial at the Viennese Tonkunstlerverein when first presented in 1893. Not published until 1997, it appears here on disc for the first time. 095115184523 CHN10845.2 27789841 .00 27.99 .30 CHANDOS COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 02/24/2015 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/a/500/2/6/7/0/2840762.jpg 0 2 N KIRCHNER / EL MOUISSI / KRAMER / MELCHER MEDIA VITA IN MORTE SUMUS Volker David Kirchner has repeatedly been denied the recognition he deserves because he is out-of-step with the aesthetic ideas that the avant-garde believed were the only valid ones. For Kirchner, e.g. The reference to the tradition and particularly to the sound of the human voice cannot be denied. His obsidian songs are characterized by almost theatrical drama, while the songs of poems by Else Lasker-Schuler and the cycle Media vita in morte sumus rather emphasize the meditative. The two last mentioned works were written for the mezzo voice heard on this recording, Julia Ostertag. 4039956915027 COVC91502.2 27789919 .00 20.99 .17 COVIELLO CLASSICS COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 02/24/2015 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/b/500/6/7/7/0/2840776.jpg 5 1 N DUO ALTERNO CONTEMPORARY VOICE IN ITALY 6 Continuing the exploration of the contemporary repertoire for voice and piano, in this album Duo Alterno analyzes the relationship between music and image. 8011570339768 STU33976.2 27465813 .00 18.99 .25 STRADIVARIUS COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL OPERA / OPERETTA / ORATORIO 01/13/2015 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/c/500/7/4/5/2/2812547.jpg 10 1 N RACHMANINOV / TRYON / RPO / VAN STEEN PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1 / VARIATIONS ON A NURSERY This is the third recording and an 80th birthday tribute to the amazing Valerie Tryon, whose pianism and musicianship are totally undiminished as her long, glittering career provides ample witness. The Rachmaninov Piano Concerto, as well as Strauss Burlesque and the Dohn�nyi Variations, have long been in her repertoire. 748871325326 SOMM253.2 27465806 .00 20.99 .25 SOMM RECORDINGS COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 01/13/2015 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/c/500/9/7/5/2/2812579.jpg 4 1 N PRINTUP,MARCUS LOST 716043179329 SPS31793.2 27664858 .00 22.99 .25 STEEPLECHASE COMPACT DISCS POP JAZZ 11/10/2014 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/55/2144055-3297333.jpg 19 1 N DIVERSE GESAMTAUFNAHME SAMTLICHER 4015245632004 RBM463200.2 27535950 .00 74.99 .52 RBM RECORDS COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 01/01/2012 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/a/500/1/0/0/8/2818001.jpg 3 4 N FALCKENHAGEN / HAYDN / GIULIANI CASSATION 4015245631229 RBM463122.2 27535752 .00 20.99 .25 RBM RECORDS COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 01/01/2012 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/b/500/5/8/9/7/2817985.jpg 4 1 N PERGOLESI / MARTIN / ERBACHER SPRIRITOSO FLUTE CONS 4015245630420 RBM46304243.2 27535677 .00 37.99 .41 RBM RECORDS COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 01/01/2012 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/c/500/8/0/0/8/2818008.jpg 5 2 N TELEMANN / KLECKA FANTASIAS FOR CEMBALO 4011563770107 DCAM77010.2 27532089 .00 20.99 .25 DA CAMERA COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 01/01/2012 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/c/500/9/1/0/8/2818019.jpg 4 1 N TELEMANN / HEIDELBERGER KAMMER CON FOR 1-2-3-4 VNS 4011563770374 DCAM77037.2 27532300 .00 20.99 .25 DA CAMERA COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 01/01/2012 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/b/500/5/4/0/8/2818045.jpg 5 1 N BACH,J.S. / BENKO RIEGER TZSCHOKEL-ORGAN 4011563771272 DCAM77127.2 27532669 .00 20.99 .25 DA CAMERA COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 01/01/2012 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/a/500/1/8/0/8/2818081.jpg 3 1 N DONIZETTI / CALLAS / CARLIN / DI STEFANO LUCIA DI LAMMER 8021945001077 IDIS6419/20.2 27533529 .00 32.99 .25 IDIS COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 03/06/2004 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/a/500/1/1/2/8/2818211.jpg 0 2 N VINCENZO / SOLE ART OF SEGOVIA 3 8021945001381 IDIS6478.2 27533789 .00 16.99 .21 IDIS COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 02/04/2006 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/c/500/9/3/2/8/2818239.jpg 2 1 N BACH,J.S. / DE VITO / KUBELIK VIOLIN CON 8021945001961 IDIS6564.2 27534328 .00 16.99 .25 IDIS COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 02/09/2009 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/a/500/2/9/2/8/2818292.jpg 3 1 N BRAHMS / SCHUBERT SYM 1 8021945001039 IDIS6412.2 27533499 .00 16.99 .25 IDIS COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 09/18/2003 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/c/500/8/0/2/8/2818208.jpg 3 1 N SCHUBERT / CIANI / DESDERI WINTERREISE DI 8021945001282 IDIS6462/63.2 27533697 .00 32.99 .25 IDIS COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 05/12/2005 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/a/500/0/3/2/8/2818230.jpg 1 2 N BACH,J.S. / ZIENERT / SCHWEIZER FLUTE SONS BWV 1013 1033 10 4011563770282 DCAM77028.2 27532249 .00 20.99 .25 DA CAMERA COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 01/01/2012 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/b/500/5/3/0/8/2818035.jpg 3 1 N BELLINI / CALLAS NORMA (OPERA) 8021945001275 IDIS6460/61.2 27533680 .00 32.99 .25 IDIS COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 05/01/2005 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/c/500/9/2/2/8/2818229.jpg 3 2 N EIDSTEN DAHL,CAROLINE BLOCKBIRD: NORWEGIAN RECORDER MUSIC Caroline Eidsten Dahl (b. 1980) was born and raised in Drammen. From 1999 she studied recorder with Frode Thorsen at the Grieg Academy in Bergen, graduating in spring 2003. From autumn 2001 she studied with Professor Dan Laurin at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, where she majored in chamber music and was awarded her diploma in autumn 2006. Caroline has played with leading ensembles in Norway and abroad, including the Kremlin Chamber Orchestra, Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble, Bergen Chamber Ensemble, the Norwegian Baroque Orchestra, the Trondheim Soloists, Kammer Allegria, the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, and the Oslo Baroque Orchestra. A respected performer in her field, this recording shows Caroline performing a selection of works, both traditional and modern, written by Scandinavian composers. 7090020180816 LAWO1069.2 27713938 .00 18.99 .18 LAWO CLASSICS COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 03/10/2015 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/c/500/7/3/3/4/2834337.jpg 10 1 N FELDMAN / KARIS,ALECK / MACOMBER,CURTIS PIANO VIOLIN VIOLA CELLO (1987) VOL 5 090404944628 BRI9446.2 27763131 .00 18.99 .18 BRIDGE COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 02/03/2015 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/38/2161538-2585870.jpg 2 1 N LILBURN / NEW ZEALAND STR QRT STRING QRT IN E MINOR This recording of the complete string chamber music celebrates the centenary of Lilburn's birth and include the 1st recording of the Phantasy for String Quartet. 747313307975 NXS573079.2 27776094 .00 19.99 .19 NAXOS COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 02/10/2015 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/a/500/1/9/2/9/2839291.jpg 1 1 N VIVALDI / BACH / MEIJERING / SIRENA RECORDER QRT NOW & THEN On their latest disc, the Danish-Swedish Sirena Recorder Quartet treats US to a wide-ranging selection from their regular concert repertoire. Now & Then illustrates the huge variety of sounds and moods that can be achieved by just four recorder players - admittedly playing on more than twenty (!) different recorders between them, as well as on a toy piano appearing in the Swedish composer Staffan Mossenmark's Childhood. The repertoire spans from a 14th-century estampie - a renaissance dance - to Chiel Meijering's Sanctus, composed in 2003, by way of Vivaldi and Bach. A characteristic aspect of Sirena's live performances is the choreographic element that the ensemble incorporates in order to intensify the experience. This can be sampled on a number on video clips, for instance on YouTube, but the quartet's interest in movement is also audible on the present recording; rhythm and drive are guiding lights in Fulvio Caldini's Clockwork-Toccata or the Jogger by Dick Koomans, both inspired by the minimalism of Steve Reich, but also in Tarquinio Merula's La Lusignuola ('nightingale'), from the very beginning of the 17th century. 7318599921150 BIS2115SACD 27775103 .00 21.99 .24 BIS SUPER-AUDIO CD CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 02/10/2015 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/c/500/8/0/3/9/2839308.jpg 30 1 N SCHUBERT / GUTH / CRAWFORD WOMEN IN MUSIC Schubert's unforgettable characterizations of women: Gretchen, Suleika, Mignon, Ellen and Delphine are the subject of this CD, devoted to exploring Schubert's homage to das ewig-Weibliche", Goethe's expression for the eternally feminine. Soprano Martha Guth and fortepianist Penelope Crawford present these unique portraits with insight and sympathy, enhanced by the use of a magnificent original fortepiano by the great Viennese maker, Conrad Graf. The American singer, Ms. Guth here makes her CD debut in the good company of Ms. Crawford, one of America's leading fortepianists.