Classical Essentials

Chopin - Nocturne Op.9 No.1 in B-Flat Minor (Arthur Rubinstein)

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Vespri solenni per la festa di San Marco

Monica Piccinini, Anna Simboli (sopranos)
Andrea Arrivabene, Gianluca Ferrarini (altos)
Luca Dordolo, Raffaele Giordani (tenors)
Matteo Bellotto, Salvo Vitale (bass)
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor)

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Unanimously recognized as one of the leading interpreters of Monteverdi, Rinaldo Alessandrini's recordings of the Madrigals, the 1610 Vespers, L'Orfeo, etc., have become standard references. In celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of his orchestra, Concerto Italiano, Alessandrini returns to his preferred composer creating, in the magnificent Basilica of Mantova, an imaginable Vespers service for San Marco as-sembled from various parts of the Selva morale e spirituale collection and gathering sublime Dixit Dominus, Laudate pueri, Magnificat e.a. In doing so he has found "the expressive logic which is at the heart of the liturgies for which this music was composed"…
This represents a first step in the recording of the Selva Morale, which will be completed in the coming years.


Monteverdi: Vespri Solenni per la festa di San Marco - 3. Psalmus 109: Dixit dominus

Chopin making the piano keys all dirty with awesome.


Performed by James Rhodes (obvs).

Chopin Ballade No. 3 In A - Flat Major, Op. 47

Schumann Waldszenen Op. 82 III. Einsame Blumen

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THOMAS GOULD Live in Riga
Sinfonietta Riga

1-3 VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D, OP. 61 - LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 
I. Allegro ma non troppo 
II. Larghetto 
III. Rondo (Allegro)

4 THE LARK ASCENDING - RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

‘Violinist Thomas Gould is one of a new generation of classical musicians who refuses to be defined by a single genre’. GUARDIAN

‘One of the most talented and charismatic British violinists of the younger generation’. LONDON EVENING STANDARD

‘The young British violinist Thomas Gould seems intent on becoming the Nigel Kennedy of his generation… Scythingly scintillating playing from a young virtuoso with a magpie mind’. THE TIMES

‘Live in Riga’ is the major new album from the celebrated 31 year old British violinist Thomas Gould.  Recorded live in concert with Sinfonietta Riga on April 11th 2014 at the Great Guild Hall in Riga, Latvia, it confirms Gould’s enormous potential as one of the most inventive and colourful instrumentalists of his generation.  Gould is no ordinary classical musician but one of a new generation who refuse to be defined by a single genre.  He has developed impressive jazz credentials, but it is in this environment as soloist/director of classical repertoire where he really excels.  The Times recently described Gould as “intent on becoming the Nigel Kennedy of his generation”.  Gould, however, is incomparably his own musician.  Bold and courageous enough to forge his own path and follow his singular vision, he steps outside the footsteps of the greats.

‘Live in Riga’ is a defining album for Gould, his first disc of a three-album deal with forward-thinking British jazz and classical record label Edition Classics.  Over the last decade he has been in demand as a soloist with major orchestras worldwide, including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra and LA Phil New Music Group.  He is also much in demand as a leader/director, working with Britten Sinfonia, Aurora Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s ACO2, but it’s when he brings these disciplines together that the magic happens.  As Gould explains, “It means that everyone plays in a more engaged way. There is a group commitment to making it work, so the process is much more collaborative than when working with conductor.”

Sinfonietta Riga is an orchestra with a story to tell.  Formed in 2006, their vision is as bold as Gould’s.  Equally happy to play in concert dress or T-shirts they are intent on building new audiences for the music while reaching for the highest artistic standards.  Their collaboration is a perfect match and a unique experience for both the orchestra and for Gould.  This live concert recording bears witness to this special musical symbiosis.

To release an album featuring Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending is a bold decision.  As two cornerstones of the violin repertoire, there are plenty of performances to compare, but Gould’s versions demonstrate a brilliance of tone and colour that demands attention.  His flexibility and breadth of musical interests is fully evident.  Gould’s playing has the clarity you would expect from any major performer but radiates a freedom in its expression as though improvised with an immediate elegance and poise.

For Gould it’s all about achieving the right balance.  Whether it’s jazz or classical, written or improvised, as soloist or director, Gould is right in the eye of the storm.  If the dark clouds gathering in the wider music world imply that the days of the single-minded virtuoso are coming to an end; if to succeed in that brave new world we need to attract more diversity and brighter colours, then in Thomas Gould we may have found the lightning conductor to spark a new generation.


THOMAS GOULD Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending

The first Agnus Dei movement from Josquin's Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae

Josquin des Prez: Agnus Dei I (from Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae)

Etude No. 2 - Philip Glass

Johann Sebastian Bach - Aria Da Capo,  Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Fine Classical Music)

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Piano Sonata No.16 in C-Major, K. 545: I. Allegro

Audius

Piano Sonata No.15 in F-Major, K. 533: III. Rondo Allegretto

The Marriage of Figaro, is a comic opera in four acts composed by Mozart in 1786 featuring an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 1 May 1786. The opera's libretto is based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro.

The Marriage of Figaro is now regarded as a cornerstone of the standard operatic repertoire, and it appears among the top ten at the Operabase list of the most-performed operas worldwide.

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Orchestral samples included in this recording from the Vienna Symphonic Library.

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Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Overture

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Charles Haupt, violin
Shieh-Jian Tsai, violin
Feng Hew, cello
Robert Hausmann, cello
Virginia Barron, viola

Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State College
Peter & Elizabeth C. Tower Auditorium
Thursday, April 15, 2010 

Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) String Quintet In C Major, D.956, Op.163  2. Adagio

"1. Allegro" from "Violin Concerto in E major BWV 1042" by Johann Sebastian Bach

Live recording from MM degree recital. 
Auer Hall, Indiana University, April 2002.
Nicholas Phillips, piano

Schubert, Sonata in B-flat Major, D.960 I. Molto moderato

David Loebel conducts the New England Conservatory Philharmonia and pianist Cristian Budu in a performance of Schumann's Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54. Recorded live in Jordan Hall, Boston November 4, 2015.

Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54 Allegro affettuoso

Ward, Tanisha, "September," Richard Strauss, Vier Letzte Lieder

01 Φεβρουαρίου 2012, Αμφιθέατρο Άρτεμις Μαλλιάρα
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Carl Orff, Carmina Burana: In Taberna Quando Sumus
Διεύθυνση: Σπύρος Κλάψης
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Χορωδία Εθνικού Ωδείου
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Carmina Burana, In Taberna Quando Sumus | Carl Orff

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4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899, No. 4 in A-Flat Major: IV. Allegretto

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Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring

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