March 31, 2005
JANOS STARKER CELEBRATION
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JANOS STARKER CELEBRATION - Schubert & Boccherini String Quintets (DE 3344)
Recorded live at the El Paso Pro Musica Chamber Music Festival on February 28, 2004, this new release on Delos pays tribute to the artistry of cellist Janos Starker, now 80 years old, and his collaboration with four young string players in performances of two favorite chamber works: Boccherini's String Quintet in C Major, G.349, and Schubert's String Quintet in C Major, D. 956. Both works feature two violins, a single viola and two cellos.
In addition to Janos Starker, whose cello is featured in both pieces, the other participants are Soovin Kim and Kurt Nikkanen, violins; Kirsten Johnson, viola; and Zuill Bailey, cello. Each of the four is an outstanding musician with impressive lists of concert engagements. Zuill Bailey, in particular, is to be noted both for his virtuosic playing and his management and business skills as the organizing force behind the entire El Paso Pro Musica Festival.
The Boccherini piece, one of more than 100 quintets he composed, has been a favorite with Starker since his youth when he often used the last movement as an encore solo.
The Schubert Quintet, one of his last compositions, is perhaps the greatest work ever composed for this combination of instruments. Its wealth of lyric melody, tragic pathos, virility and positive ebullience is hard to comprehend in the work of a composer so near his premature death.
The musical performaces are exemplary, beautifully recorded with that extra sense of occasion and alertness often only achieved during a live performance.
THE SOUL OF TANGO
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THE SOUL OF TANGO - Music of Bacalov and Piazzolla - Gisèle Ben-Dor - Santa Barbara Symphony (DE 3345)
A fresh look at the music emanating from Latin America comes to us on this new Delos recording made during the 2004 Tango and Malambo Festival in Santa Barbara. Maestro Gisèle Ben-Dor, her Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra, and various soloists present two compositions by Astor Piazzolla and two by Luis Bacalov, both Argentine composers of international distinction. The principal piece by each composer on this disc is also a world premiere recording.
Piazzolla is known worldwide as the composer who turned the tango into a classical form. His early composition, Tres Movimientos Sinfónicos, Buenos Aires, is a full-fledged three movement tone picture of his native city, its trials, traumas and tango, richly and raucously orchestral with stunning bandoneón solos played by virtuoso bandoneónist Juanjo Mosalini.
One of Piazzolla's most popular tangos, Oblivion, is also featured as the last track on the album.
Luis Bacalov, younger than Piazzolla, has achieved fame as a film composer and won an Academy Award for his Il Postino score not long ago. The movie's main theme receives a lush interpretation on our recording. Bacalov's principal offering, never before recorded, is his recent and important four movement Triple Concerto for Bandoneón, Piano & Soprano, a masterful compilation of musical impressions of Argentine life. Juanjo Mosalini handles the bandoneón solos, Bacalov plays the piano part and Virginia Tola, outstanding young Argentine soprano, sings the alternately sad and bitter vocal solos to verses furnished by the composer himself.
Gisèle Ben-Dor and the Santa Barbara forces could hardly be bettered in vibrant performances of all this music, full of fire, energy and fierce committment.
March 30, 2005
MOSCOW NIGHTS
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MOSCOW NIGHTS - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone - Constantine Orbelian - MCO - Style of Five (DE 3339)
"Dmitri Hvorostovsky's ongoing collaboration with Delos has explored many worthwhile sides of the Siberian baritone's far-reaching musical interests" - Opera News
Hvorostovsky's newest release Moscow Nights confirms this judgement from Opera News and adds to his previous distinguished recordings, which have explored various aspects of Russian romantic and popular song literature, i.e., I met you, my love (DE 3293), and Where are You, my Brothers? (DE 3315).
The songs in Moscow Nights are a new collection of 17 songs and romances mostly composed and popular in the post-World War II period of the 1950s and 1960s. As in the previous recordings mentioned, Hvorostovsky's able partners include the Moscow Chamber Orchestra conducted by Constantine Orbelian, and the traditional Russian instrumental ensemble Style of Five.
These songs were universal favorites with the Russian public, immensely popular and sung by all. A few like Moscow Nights became well known in the West. Most never got beyond the Russian border. Many are beautiful, endearing, and sentimental, and reflect the best popular art of Russian versifiers, poets and composers of the day.
A wonderful bonus is included: Shostakovich's Motherland Hears as sung by Hvorostovsky as a boy of 11 and newly recorded in the full glory of the mature Hvorostovsky's "burnished baritone."
ORGAN VOICES
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ORGAN VOICES - Organ of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels - Samuel S. Soria, organist (DE 3343)
This second Delos recording of the Organ of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles again features the Cathedral's principal organist Samuel S. Soria. The first CD of about a year ago was the premiere recording of the superb instrument that graces the new Los Angeles Cathedral. Results were so spectacular and well received they automatically called for an encore.
This new disc is more than an encore. Samuel Soria has chosen to differentiate this recording from the first by selecting repertoire that accentuates the various and diverse "voices" of his unique instrument. Thus we encounter compositions by composers as different a De Lamarter, Hurford, Lemare, Drayton, Reuchsel and McAmis, as well as the more familiar Duruflé, Franck, Dubois and Messaien.
Repertoire emphasizes specific qualities of this organ: its flutes, strings and chimes; its trumpet fanfare, Franch horn, and English horn stops. Add to this a plentiful supply of full organ outbursts that will test any sound system and you have a disc which helps define the portrait of this instrument, perhaps only sketched in on the original debut recording.
March 29, 2005
SHOSTAKOVICH COMPLETE SONGS VOLUME FIVE
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SHOSTAKOVICH Complete Songs, Vol. 5 - Famous Vocal Cycles (DE 3317)
With the issuance of this CD, Volume 5 of the Shostakovich Complete Song series, Delos has fulfilled its promise to release this historic edition, five plus hours containing all of Shostakovich's extensive song literature, well recorded, well sung and extensively annotated.
Under the authoritative direction of Yuri Serov, pianist and editor, many outstanding soloists have participated in probing the depths of Shostakovich's offerings, light and dark, profound and frivolous, personal and political. On Volume Five these include mezzo-soprano Marianna Tarassova, tenor Konstantin Pluzhnikov, and bass Fyodor Kuznetsov, all heard on previous volumes, and one new artist: soprano Svetlana Sumatchova.
The two great vocal cycles on this Volume 5 CD make for a fitting conclusion to the entire project. From Jewish Folk Poetry, a vocal cycle, Op. 79 (1948), in eleven songs exemplifies Shostakovich in the middle of his career, identifying musically, almost uncannily, with the folk texts and highly emotional content.
Suite to words by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op. 145 (1974), one of the composer's final works, is an eleven-song conversation between two geniuses, somber, eloquent, musing on the meaning of life, death and eternity. The bass voice of Fyodor Kuznetsov is the interpreter of this cycle as he also sings a "finis" to the entire Shostakovich five-volume series.
STARKER plays HAYDN
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STARKER PLAYS HAYDN Cello Concertos (DE 3341)
To celebrate the 80th birthday of the great cellist and musician Janos Starker, Delos has brought together two of the gems of its historic catalog, and released them on one newly edited CD.
Janos Starker, partnered by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Gerard Schwarz, plays the two great cello concertos composed by Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto No. 1 in C Major and Concerto No. 2 in D Major. No. 1 is the more familiar of the two, but No. 2 is equally felicitous, and both are considered major milestones in concerto literature.
Starker was at the height of his powers when these concertos were recorded and certainly lives up to his reputation as the "king of cellists." Schwarz and the splendid Scottish orchestra provide ideal knowledgable support.
As a famous critic observed, "Starker remains one of the wonders of the musical world, an artist who finds innumerable ways to shade and color lines."
December 16, 2004
GLINKA: Complete Songs and Romances
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GLINKA: Complete Songs and Romances, Volume One (DE 3338)
Delos' previously issued series of songs and and romances by great Russian composers have included the complete songs of Prokofiev on three discs, four of the five installments of the songs of Shostakovich, a one-disc survey of the songs of Borodin, and now, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of his birth, the first installment of the complete songs and romances of Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka. Recognized as the founding father of the Russian school of music, Glinka managed in his lifetime — 1804–1856 — to compose seminal Russian operas, much orchestral music and enough songs to fill three CDs. This first installment covers the period 1840–1856 in which Glinka composed many of his best works (27 of them) set to verses by poets as distinguished as Pushkin, Lermontov, and Goethe. As song connoisseurs have come to expect in these Delos series, the master arranger and pianist is the formidably talented Yuri Serov. The vocalists, sensitively chosen by Serov, include soprano Victoria Evtodieva, mezzo-soprano Liudmila Shkirtil, bass Piotr Migunov, and on one track the male group of the LEGE ARTIS Chamber Choir.
December 14, 2004
GIRLS GOTTA DANCE!
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GIRLS GOTTA DANCE! (DE 1624)
This compilation, a companion to BOYS GOTTA DANCE!, is designed for girls who love to dance, hop, skip, run, jump, and have fun doing so. The music is first-rate, the performers ditto.
Featuring waltzes, serenades, suites, ballets, and minuets, this CD brings the beauty and magic of classical music to young ears and is an ideal choice for school plays, performances and assemblies.
Composers include Shostakovich, Khachaturian, Bizet, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Milhaud, Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, Handel, and more.
December 13, 2004
BOYS GOTTA DANCE!
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BOYS GOTTA DANCE! (DE 1623)
Continuing the Delos committment to good music for children as well as adults, this new compilation contains first-rate performances by outstanding musical soloists and groups chosen to appeal to boys who love to dance, march, hop, run, and jump. Hyperactive youngsters will hear rhythms to excite their muscles, symmetry to stimulate their brains and melodies to delight their hearts. Selections range from symphonic splendor to dazzling individual virtuosity. There are even quieter pieces suitable for bedtime or little tots.
Composers include Sousa, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Khachaturian, Rimsky-Korsakov, Bach, Beethoven, Scarlatti, Mozart and others.
December 09, 2004
Behzad Ranjbaran's Persian Trilogy
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BEHZAD RANJBARAN: Persian Trilogy, JoAnn Falletta and the London Symphony Orchestra (DE 3336)
For those who favor rich symphonic fare Delos offers Persian-American composer Behzad Ranjbaran's Persian Trilogy. Performed by the virtuoso London Symphony Orchestra and conducted by JoAnn Falletta, to whom two of the pieces are dedicated, these tone poems dazzle with rich orchestrations, exciting rhythms and powerful climaxes, balanced by lyricism and delicate beauty.
The three sections of the Trilogy are entitled Seven Passages, Seemorgh (The Mountain, The Moonlight, The Sunrise) and a ballet score The Blood of Seyavash (The Young Prince and Heir, Seduction by Betrayal, Trial by Fire, Tormented Loyalties, Seeds of Envy, Idyllic Love, Prophecy Fulfilled).
Persian Trilogy was inspired by legends from "Shahnameh" (The Book of Kings), the epic poem written by Persian poet Ferdowsi (c. 940–1020).
December 02, 2004
Arensky: Raffaello
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Arensky's one-act opera Raffaello (DE 3319)
This unusual little gem is a one-act opera composed by Anton Arensky for a special festive occasion in Moscow in 1894. Based on a legend which tells the story of the controversial love affair between Renaissance painter Raphael and his model and mistress La Fornarina, it resolves a potential crisis by demonstrating musically that great art conquers all.
This is accomplished in a lush romantic score in which Arensky composed the lead role of Raphael for the female mezzo-soprano voice. Marina Domashenko, our great Russian mezzo soprano, makes a compelling Raphael and is supported by a distinguished cast: Tatiana Pavlovskaya as La Fornarina, Alexander Vinogradov as the Cardinal, Vsevolod Grivnov as a street singer, and the superlative Philharmonia of Russia led by Constantine Orbelian. The generous CD also includes Domashenko's rendition of Zarema's aria from Arensky's "The Fountain of Bakhchisarai" and six additional songs by Arensky. This unfamiliar repertoire cries out for more recognition of this composer's great gifts — his memorable melody and sumptuous orchestration, and ability to express great feeling in small forms. He was a worthy companion to Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff.
HUAXIA - Chinese Chamber Ensemble
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HUAXIA - Contemporary Music for Traditional Chinese Instruments (DE 3299)
This Delos debut release features the HUAXIA Chinese Chamber Ensemble. Consisting of outstanding young musicians who play traditional Chinese instruments, the Ensemble is dedicated to fostering and performing ancient Chinese music and rich colorful folk music. Huaxia members also share their respect for the traditional with a zeal for contemporary composition. This Delos release is made up entirely of such pieces, composed specifically to exploit the beauty of the traditional instruments in compositions by well-known contemporary composers like Tan Dun, Zhu Lin, Chen Yi, Qu Xiaosong, Yang Liqing, Gao Weijie, and Chen Qigang.
"Chinese music is both young and old. It can trace its roots back to 475 BC, and since the 1980s Chinese composers have been experimenting, writing modern chamber music for traditional Chinese instruments. Chinese musicians will continue to explore new world musical trends, and continue to preserve and develop their musical traditions." Li Xi'an, Artistic Director, Huaxia Chamber Ensemble
November 30, 2004
Richter plays Bach English Suites
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Sviatoslav Richter - Bach: English Suites 1, 3, 4 & 6 (GH 5601)
Delos' first release in the GREAT HALL SERIES is a two-disc set recorded live on May 20th 1991 by the great Russian Pianist Sviatoslav Richter in Moscow. The Bach English Suites 1, 3, 4 & 6 provide Richter with rich musical material in which he demonstrates his exceptional grasp of Bach's genius.
As Shostakovich observed, "Richter is an extraordinary phenomenon. The enormity of his talent staggers and enraptures."
Piano aficionados in the West first became familiar with Richter's artistry through recordings in the 1950s, but it was not until 1960 that the Soviet government permitted him to perform outside of Eastern Europe. International recognition and accclaim followed immediately. His talents remain legendary to this day.
November 29, 2004
SHOSTAKOVICH: Complete Songs Volume 4
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Shostakovich: Complete Songs Volume 4, 1932-68 (DE 3313)
This fourth installment in Delos' projected 5-volume Shostakovich Complete Songs CD set fills in various gaps between 1932 and 1968 not covered in the other recordings. The familiar singers include Victoria Evtodieva, Fyodor Kuznetsov and Liudmila Shkirtil, directed by pianist and redoubtable musical authority Yuri Serov. Subtitled "Unknown Shostakovich," the recording includes songs from motion pictures, Satires set to words by Sasha Chorny, and the unusual Anti-Formalistic Raree Show, a single act satiric opera/cantata created in response to the repressive resolutions passed by the Communist Party Central Committee in 1948. It vividly illustrates and comments on the political and artistic climate of the time.
The music on this disc cannot be viewed apart from the era in which Shostakovich lived and worked. These pieces form an integral part of the total song output of this great Russian composer.
Zhou Long's Tales from the Cave
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Delos' exciting new release, Tales from the Cave (DE 3335), features the music of contemporary Chinese composer Zhou Long and the superb ensemble of musicians called "Music from China," a group formed expressly to acquaint western audiences with music being produced by today's musicians in China and the far east. Although all selections included on this CD are modern compositions by Zhou Long, their titles — Tales from the Cave, Heng (Eternity), Valley Stream, Secluded Orchid and Five Elements — are indicative of the exotic and unusual flavor of the music.
To quote Zhou Long: "The age-old tradition of Chinese instrumental music has bequeathed us immortal classical music and folk arts with rich native taste and spirit. Writing new music for Chinese instruments and mixed ensembles has proved a rich opportunity to experiment with texture, timbre and performance techniques guided by new concepts and ideas."
November 26, 2004
Favorite Ukrainian Songs - Baritone Vassily Gerello
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Vassily Gerello, baritone - Favorite Ukrainian Songs - DE 3274
Delos' debut recital recording of Ukrainian baritone Vassily Gerello spotlights the individual beauty of his voice and his special affinity to the songs of his homeland.
Gerello's unmistakable timbre and exceptional artistry have made him a favorite on the international opera and concert stage, as evidenced by his participation in previous Delos operatic recordings, but these Ukrainian songs lie closest to his heart.
Blending lyricism, drama, pathos and humor, and the unique character of Ukrainian melody, these 18 songs survey some of the very best of this unique heritage.
Constantine Orbelian, conductor of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, is especially sensitive to the mood and structure of Ukrainian music and leads an ideal orchestral accompaniment to the definitive interpretations of Vassily Gerello.
Sibelius Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7 - DePreist
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Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7, DePreist & Oregon Symphony DE 3334
This recording of these two symphonies forms part of a wish fulfillment for conductor James DePreist and the Oregon Symphony. The Gretchen Brooks Recording Fund for the Oregon Symphony has enabled Maestro DePreist to set down definitive versions of some of his favorite works in state-of-the-art recordings for all to enjoy.
Symphonies Nos. 2 and 7 stand at almost opposite ends of Jean Sibelius's career and, between them, encompass much of his musical philosophy. The 2nd (1901), probably his most popular symphony, is imbued with a strong nationalistic flavor, and, in four traditional movements, delivers its message with richly intense romantic melody and fierce drama. The 7th (1924) is in one movement, severe, lean, and somber. It's serious profile reflects the expression and temperament of a much older composer. Both works demand the maximum from a conductor and orchestra.
James DePreist and the Oregon Symphony, his instrument of choice, are recorded at the peak of their long and productive relationship.
May 06, 2004
New Hvorostovsky Release — Dramatic Performance of "Petersburg"
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International opera star Dmitri Hvorostovsky has electrified audiences everywhere. The great baritone is equally celebrated as a recitalist who brings to song literature the same intense emotional commitment, musical insight, and sheer vocal beauty. "Petersburg, a vocal poem" was composed for Mr. Hvorostovsky by the distinguished Russian composer Georgi Sviridov (1915–1998). The texts, by 20th century poet Alexandr Blok, reflect the traumatic state of mind and soul that permeated Russian society in the “Silver Age” of Russian arts and letters preceding World War I. Much celebrated in Russia, Sviridov’s songs and romances are unparalleled in their seamless union of poetry and music. Mr. Hvorostovsky, who has long championed Sviridov’s songs, has chosen the composer’s earliest vocal work as the companion piece for "Petersburg" on this remarkable album — The Six Romances set to words by Alexandr Pushkin, composed in 1935 when the composer was 19.
Raffaele Trevisani's 2nd Delos Release features Italian Flute Concertos
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Raffaele Trevisani, recognized as one of the outstanding flutists of his generation, has been praised consistently for his style, musicality and beautiful tone quality. One of the very few pupils of Sir James Galway, he has received his distinguished mentor’s enthusiastic approval. "I do not hesitate to say that he belongs to the best of the flutists of the day," to quote Sir James, speaking of Trevisani, who now also owns and plays Galway’s 14-carat gold Muramatsu flute. This new Delos recording features six flute concertos composed by 18th century Italian masters Antonio Vivaldi, Tomaso Albinoni, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Giuseppe Tartini, Baldassare Galuppi, and Luigi Boccherini.
May 05, 2004
Dennis Keene's Voices of Ascension offers "Hear My Prayer" with soloist Hei-Kyung Hong
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The long-awaited new recording by Dennis Keene's Voices of Ascension, Hear My Prayer, emerges with a vocal feast: a beautiful variety program of VOA favorites. Voices of Ascension is one of the premier all-professional choral ensembles in the world today, known for its superb intonation, precision of attack, and unsurpassed homogeneity of vocal sound from soprano to bass. "Sheer musical excellence," the New York Times wrote of an earlier VOA performance, "Mr. Keene drew an intensity from his singers that effectively tapped into both the meditative and ecstatic currents of the music." Dennis Keene has chosen a kaleidoscope of sacred choral works, fifteen in all by thirteen different composers. International opera star Hei-Kyung Hong brings her beautiful and distinctive lyric soprano to solos in four of the works.
Premiere Organ Recording from the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles
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Delos International is known for its recordings of outstanding organs played by distinguished organists. This newest addition to the Delos organ catalog is a real coup… the very first recording of the magnificent organ at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, which is proving to be a stellar attraction at the new cathedral. The organ was commissioned from Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Ltd. of Lake City Iowa, and includes vintage pipes from the old St. Vibiana Cathedral organ in Los Angeles. Cathedral Organist Samuel Soria has chosen a varied program to display the entire range of this exceptional instrument.
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11, The Year 1905 - DePreist & Oregon
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This new recording gives DePreist and the Oregon Symphony the best opportunity yet to show what they have achieved together in their 20-plus years of musical partnership. One of Shostakovich’s most demanding and monumental symphonic statements, the Symphony No. 11 provides a musical canvas unlike any of his other works. The composer’s narration encompasses the sights, sounds, and emotions of the first Russian pre-revolutionary uprising and creates an overwhelming musical panorama portraying the futility of tyranny and humanity’s yearning for freedom. To quote DePreist: "Listening to this symphony with the events of 1905 in mind, one can surely visualize the scene. But the true message of the symphony lies much deeper and it is a message that is universal… the tendency of absolute power to be corruptive of the human spirit."
May 04, 2004
Khachaturian Centennial Album
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Delos observes the hundredth anniversary of Aram Khachaturian’s birth (1903–2003) with a spectacular new recording of familiar and unfamiliar works by the great Armenian composer. Constantine Orbelian conducts the "crème de la crème" Philharmonia of Russia in music from the ballet Spartacus, probably Khachaturian’s masterpiece, with its unique blend of exotic melody, arresting rhythm and brilliant orchestration. The Funeral Ode in Memory of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was fashioned by Khachaturian in 1948 from a score he was composing for Mikhail Romm's documentary film on Lenin. In the Ode of Joy, luminous strings and harps set the stage for mezzo-soprano Marina Domashenko’s lovely solo extolling the beauty of nature and the motherland. As the Ode gathers momentum and orchestral richness, Domashenko is joined by the Spiritual Revival Choir of Russia for a radiant finale.
Delos Introduces "The Sound of the Italian Saxophone Quartet"
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You’ve never heard anything quite like the Italian Saxophone Quartet. It’s obvious almost immediately that the “sound” this group produces is very special. The four varieties of saxophone — soprano, alto, tenor and baritone — blend to produce a unique fusion of sound, sensuous and rich. The unity and spectrum of sound they produce is awe-inspiring and enable them to play a wide variety of original compositions and saxophone transcriptions with exhilarating bravura.
Shanghai Quartet - Beethoven Razumovsky Quartets
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The Shanghai Quartet says it best in the introductory statement included in this new release. "We saved Beethoven for our 20th anniversary. We believe that music of this stature is the kind of challenge and statement we wish to make on this special occasion … Chinese do not play music simply for entertainment, but to elicit profound thoughts. Such music is what traditional Chinese might play upon the death of a beloved, the birth of a child, upon leaving for war, or returning to peace."
September 08, 2003
Where Are You, My Brothers?
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When Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Constantine Orbelian began this project they called it War Songs, referring to the Second World War, or The Great Patriotic War as it is known in Russia. As this project has evolved, it has grown to include songs from the early period of the Russo-Japanese war of 1905 to the Cold War period and beyond.
Stars of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra
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This special salute recording is something of a "greatest hits" disc, showcasing six splendid musicians chosen from the ranks of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra.
Plaintive Melody
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Thomas Stacy has been hailed as "the Heifetz of the English Horn" by the NY Times. We're proud to announce his debut recording with Delos.
July 06, 2003
Mahler 4th Now Available
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The Dallas Symphony, under the baton of Andrew Litton, adds to its highly acclaimed Mahler recordings with this newest release in the series.
Organ Classics Now Available
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This is the debut recording from the Dallas International Organ Competition winner James Diaz.
June 27, 2003
Shostakovich Songs: Vol. III (complete)
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Delos has had many requests for more volumes of the "Shostakovich Songs" series. Wait no more! Volume III is now available.