Classical Music Discoveries

This broadcast is available on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/xGzNmQSm3zo Soprano Katherine Jolly delivers a mesmerizing performance on PREACH SISTER PREACH, an assemblage of compositions which draw their inspiration from the poetry of Emily Dickinson, climate change commentaries, Lucille Ball and Tina Fey quotes, and more. Jolly’s agile voice brings a supple grace to these compositions no matter the text or instrumentation. Purchase CD at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p970/Preach_Sister_Preach.html Download Album at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p971/Preach_Sister_Preach.html

Psyche Le Chasseur maudit Symphony in D minor Psyche - archive recording from 1954 Le Chasseur and Symphony performed by the CMD Paris Philharmonic in Orleans Conducted by Dominique Beaulieu Watch on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/J8YdITGzAW0 Download album at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p969/3_Works_by_C%C3%A9sar-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-Hubert_Franck.html

This broadcast is also available on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/f4PH48EThBQ TANGOS... & SOMETHING MORE GRUPO ENCUENTROS ALICIA TERZIAN conductor Marta Blanco mezzo Claudio Espector piano Sergio Polizzi violin Carlos Nozzi cello Fabio Mazzitelli flute Matias Tchicourel clarinet Daniel Binelli bandoneon Alicia Terzian is a world-recognized, award-winning composer, conductor, and musicologist. She is on the faculty of the Fine Arts Academy of Chile and Spain and is the conductor of Grupo Encuentros, the official group of the International Encounters for Contemporary Music Foundation and the only permanent group in Latin America. For more information and track listings, please visit: https://navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6246/ Purchase CD at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p967/Tangos...and_Something_More_%28CD%29.html Download a digital copy at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p968/Tangos...and_Something_More_%28digital_download%29.html

Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti, K. 588, is an Italian-language opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. The libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte who also wrote Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni. Although it is commonly held that Così fan tutte was written and composed at the suggestion of the Emperor Joseph II, recent research does not support this idea. There is evidence that Mozart's contemporary Antonio Salieri tried to set the libretto but left it unfinished. In 1994, John Rice uncovered two terzetti by Salieri in the Austrian National Library. The short title, Così fan tutte, literally means "So do they all", using the feminine plural (tutte) to indicate women. It is usually translated into English as "Women are like that". The words are sung by the three men in act 2, scene 13, just before the finale; this melodic phrase is also quoted in the overture to the opera. Da Ponte had used the line "Così fan tutte le belle" earlier in Le nozze di Figaro (in act 1, scene 7). Conducted by Dominique Beaulieu CMD Paris Philharmonic and Chorus in Orleans This broadcast is also available on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/agVZWin6c8A Download album at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p966/Cos%C3%AC_fan_tutte%2C_ossia_La_scuola_degli_amanti%2C_K._588.html

This broadcast has been archived to YouTube and is now available at: https://youtu.be/NJYsGOI4kkg A detailed analysis of our upcoming production of Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte"

Listen to this broadcast on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/-YUuwXG1rh0 La zingara (The Gypsy Girl) is an opera semiseria in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti, set to a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola after La petite bohémienne (The Little Gypsy) by Louis-Charles Caigniez, which was itself derived from a work of August von Kotzebue. It was Donizetti's first opera written for Naples, and the first performance of this "rescue opera" took place at the Teatro Nuovo on 12 May 1822. Conducted and Produced by Joana Filipe Martinez CMD Grand Opera Company of Barcelona Spain and Chamber Orchestra Download album at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p965/Donizetti%3A_La_zingara_%28digital_download%29.html

This broadcast is available on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/aAEywld3E5U Seven composers, seven takes on contemporary composition: With RESONATING COLOURS 5, the Hong Kong Composers’ Guild presents a compilation featuring some of the most remarkable voices in chamber composition the autonomous city-state has brought forth. Download this album at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p964/Resonating_Colors_5_%28digital_download%29.html

This broadcast is available on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/ftaNDqqPvSQ QUADRANTS vol 3 ALTIUS QUARTET Joshua Ulrich violin Andrew Giordano violin Andrew Krimm viola Zachary Reaves cello The works of the eight composers on QUADRANTS 3 display both the broad scope of styles and energies that the string quartet can produce, while also highlighting the individual talents of each artist. The resident ensemble for QUADRANTS 3, Altius Quartet, who take their name from the Olympic motto: Citius, Altius, Fortius (Faster, Higher, Stronger), handles each piece with skill and flair. Download album now at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p963/Quadrants_Volume_3.html

This broadcast is now on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/q6aRMyt775Q FOR THE PEACE OF CITIES WORKS FOR ORCHESTRA PHILIP KOPLOW KAREL HUSA KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ "With the arts we can keep faith with our ancestors, speak for justice, and even address the most tragic and painful issues. If you are hurt and angry don't use violence — write a poem or a song. Use your feelings to create something." These words by late composer Philip Koplow (1943-2018) perfectly encapsulate both his life mission as a composer and the mission of FOR THE PEACE OF CITIES. Released posthumously, this collection features Koplow’s masterpieces for orchestra as well as three 20th-century works that commemorate the lives lost in war tragedies. Download now at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p962/For_the_Peace_of_Cities.html

This broadcast is available on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/9W40KM1_eKQ Many people will be familiar with music's general demand for painstaking accuracy as well as the phrase "Sheet music is not a template for improvisation." Those who prefer to think outside these confines will enjoy making the acquaintance of jazz pianist David Haney, who habitually blurs the line between notation and improvisation, most recently in his newest release BIRTH OF A CITY featuring Bernard Purdie. Download a digital copy of this album at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p961/Birth_of_a_City_%28digital_download%29.html

Listen to this broadcast on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/OexxwWdiZsk Download the digital CD at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p960/Moto_Quarto.html

Robert McCormick and The McCormick Percussion Group are recognized by composers and aficionados throughout the world for their creative interpretations and recordings that are decidedly out of the mainstream of percussion literature. This is all presented on their latest Ravello Records release, SOLI FOR TUBA, ZHENG, HORN, WITH PERCUSSION. Purchase CD at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p956/Soli_for_Tuba%2C_Zheng%2C_Horn_with_Percussion_%28CD%29.html Download at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p957/Soli_for_Tuba%2C_Zheng%2C_Horn_with_Percussion_%28digital_download%29.html

Professional chamber choir The Crossing and composer Kile Smith present THE ARC IN THE SKY with choral works elevating the texts of 20th-century intellect Robert Lax in this compelling Navona Records album. Purchase CD at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p954/The_Arc_in_the_Sky_%28CD%29.html Download at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p955/The_Arc_in_the_Sky_%28digital_download%29.html

Les Béatitudes, Op. 25, is a French oratorio written by César Franck from 1869 to 1879 and scored for orchestra, chorus, and soloists. The text is a poetic meditation on the eight beatitudes of Jesus, from the Gospel of Matthew, by Joséphine-Blanche Colomb. It was first performed, in reduced form, on February 20, 1879, at a private performance in Franck's home in Paris. The full oratorio was not performed until after Franck's death, on March 19, 1893 in Colonne. Dominique Beaulieu, conductor CMD Paris Philharmonic and Choir of Orleans Download now at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p953/Franck_-_The_Beatitudes_Oratorio.html

Australian composer Andrew Anderson defies expectations with a new recording of his magnificent PIANO QUARTETS, interpreted by the Australia Piano Quartet with breathtaking new zest and verve. Purchase CD at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p951/Andrew_Anderson_-_Piano_Quartets_1_and_2_%28CD%29.html Download at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p952/Andrew_Anderson_-_Piano_Quartets_1_and_2_%28digital_download%29.html