Classical Music Discoveries

Grammy Award-winning chamber choir The Crossing brings to life the striking works of six contemporary composers in this Navona Records release, with performances that are unique and awe-inspiring. Purchase CD at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p948/Evolutionary_Spirits_%28CD%29.html Download at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p949/Evolutionary_Spirits_%28digital_download%29.html

ESCAPADE, the latest Big Round Records release from composer Joseph T. Spaniola, brilliantly illuminates the many facets of his extensive body of work. Featuring pieces for symphonic orchestras and for small ensembles, ESCAPADE captures the composer’s overall concept of his music as a journey, one defined as much by the listener’s experience as it is by his own creative vision. Purchase CD at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p946/Escapade_%28CD%29.html Download at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p947/Escapade_%28digital_download%29.html

Works for piano duet are all too often deemed an entertainment relic from a time when one had to make music to hear some. Daniel Ott's Navona Records debut FALLING PIECES aims to do away with this preconception in two piano duets that are as energetic as they are technically demanding. Purchase CD at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p944/Falling_PIeces_%28CD%29.html Download at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p945/Falling_Pieces_%28digital_download%29.html

Allow composer Richard Carr to lead you through his tremendous global traveling experiences in his latest Ravello Records album PLACES I’VE WALKED. In each track, Carr interprets his adventures through composition and includes sonic elements of his travels to show listeners what these intriguing places are really like. Purchase CD at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p942/Places_I%27ve_Walked_%28CD%29.html Download at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p943/Places_I%27ve_Walked_%28digital_download%29.html

Shostakovich: Symphony No.. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 "The Year 1905" Kathryn Cavanaugh, conductor CMD Grand Opera Company of Venice Orchestra Prokofiev: Symphony No. 7, Op. 131 Sylvia Wagner, conductor CMD German Opera Company of Berlin Orchestra Download now at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p941/Shostakovich%3A_Symphony_No._11_and_Prokofiev%3A_Symphony_No._7.html Watch on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/Sq9lqH-msA8

Borodin: Symphony No. 3 in A minor (unfinished) Ives: Symphony No. 3 "The Camp Meeting" Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ Symphony" Dominique Beaulieu, conductor CMD Paris Philharmonic in Orleans Kathryn Cavanaugh, conductor/producer CMD Grand Opera Company of Venice Sylvia Wagner, conductor CMD German Opera Company of Berlin Watch on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/6fJZv_VetYs

SUMMER & WINTER SONGS MIRA J. SPEKTOR Maeve Höglund soprano Jean-Paul Björlin piano & tenor Hailed by the New York Times as "An interesting composer” and "attractive and tonal" with music described as "a passionate duet “ and "a sprightly songfest,” prolific contemporary composer Mira J. Spektor’s career spans decades, languages, and disciplines. With a compositional repertoire including chamber operas, musicals, film scores, art songs, and cabaret, Spektor has written English, French, and German songs and performed and recorded in the United States, Europe, and Israel. She is also a published poet and brings her wealth of knowledge, experience, and musical passion to her Navona Records debut SUMMER & WINTER SONGS. Purchase CD at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p937/Summer_and_Winter_Songs_%28CD%29.html Download digital copy at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p938/Summer_and_Winter_Songs_%28digital_download%29.html

STRING QUARTETS 1, 2 & 3 ELEANOR ALBERGA Ensemble Arcadiana Thomas Bowes violin 1 Jacqueline Shave/Oscar Perks violin 2 Andres Kaljuste viola Jonathan Swensen cello Jamaican-born British composer Eleanor Alberga stuns listeners with her spellbinding Navona Records debut: ALBERGA STRING QUARTETS 1, 2 AND 3, a carefully thought out yet naturally flowing example of Alberga’s creative genius, performed by the unmatched Ensemble Arcadiana. Purchase CD at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p935/Eleanor_Alberga_String_Quartets_1%2C_2_and_3_%28CD%29.html Download at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p936/Eleanor_Alberga_String_Quartets_1%2C_2_and_3_%28digital_download%29.html

PARMA Recordings is delighted to announce the release of DIRECT CONTACT by renowned pianist Roberta Rust. In this Navona Records release, Rust pays homage to eight composers whom she has had the opportunity to work directly with in some capacity during her impressive career. Purchase CD at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p933/Direct_Contact_%28CD%29.html Download at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p934/Direct_Contact_%28digital_download%29.html

On A PATH OF LIGHT, their debut release on Ansonica Records, Hevreh Ensemble offers up a set of music that highlights the unique blend of jazz, world music, and chamber music which critics call "a new sort of aesthetic that defies description." Purchase CD at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p931/A_Path_of_Light_%28CD%29.html Download at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p932/A_Path_of_Light_%28digital_download%29.html

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Il falegname di Livonia, o Pietro il grande, czar delle Russie (The Livonian Carpenter, or Peter the Great, Tsar of the Russias) is an 1819 opera buffa in two acts with music by Gaetano Donizetti set to a libretto by Gherardo Bevilacqua-Aldobrandini. The libretto was based in part on Felice Romani's libretto for Giovanni Pacini's opera Il falegname di Livonia, which had just been presented at La Scala in Milan on 12 April 1819. Another source was Alexandre Duval's comedy Le menuisier de Livonie, ou Les illustres voyageurs (1805). Conducted and Produced by Joana Filipe Martinez CMD Grand Opera Company of Barcelona Spain This production is sponsored by Martinez Estate of Barcelona Spain Download at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p939/Donizetti%3A_Peter_the_Great.html YouTube Video at: https://youtu.be/lCG7S7Qh53A

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The story of the opera is based on the famous story of a king and sculptor, Pygmalion, originally taken from the tenth book of the Metamorphoses by Ovid. Pigmalione, dismayed that he may never find in real life the ideal of feminine beauty, creates a sculpture of it himself. Having fallen in love with his own creation, Pigmalione's prayer for the sculpture's (christened Galatea) animation is answered by Venus. Conducted and Produced by Joana Filipe Martinez CMD Grand Opera Company of Barcelona Spain To Sponsor this 3-year series, please visit: http://www.classicalsavings.com/advertise.html To download this opera, please visit: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p926/Donizetti%3A_Pygmalion.html Listen on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/lc9RibJiqYo

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