Swap a CD: 15 Recently Posted CDs in Early Music

Sonus - Songs & Dances of Middle Age

Sonus — 2013-05-15T20:10:24-05:00

Johann Sebastian Bach Sergey Rachmaninov George Frederick Handel Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Samuel Barber Giacomo Carissimi Giuseppe Verdi Thomas Composer Tallis Enoch zu Guttenberg Leopold Stokowski Thomas Beecham Colin Davis Georg Solti Richard Westenburg Bach Collegium Munich Janet Baker New Symphony Orchestra of London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Chorus Chicago Symphony Orchestra - More Tears from Heaven

2013-05-10T10:44:16-05:00

Erich Parce Maurice Durufle Alan Hovhaness Peter Warlock Antonin Dvorak Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Howard Hanson Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina David 6 Diamond Ludwig van Beethoven Frederic Chopin Long Zhou Paul Creston Anton Bruckner Dennis Keene Gerard Schwarz Zdenek Macal Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Orford String Quartet - Horizons, A Musical Journey

2013-05-02T02:15:38-05:00

Jeremiah Ingalls Guillaume de Machaut Tod Machover Joel Cohen John Fleagle Bruce Fithian Donald Wilkinson Joel Frederiksen Christophe Morin Boston Camerata - Angels - Voices from Eternity - Boston Camerata (Erato)

2013-04-28T18:17:16-05:00

Bernadette Peters - I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

Bernadette Peters — 2013-04-14T18:46:46-05:00

Bernadette Peters has earned her distinction through hard work, sparkling talent, and a dizzying range of roles, yet one never feels she's "stretching out" beyond her abilities. This Grammy-nominated album from 1996 saw Peters strutting her tough kewpie-doll charm on everything from Elton John and Lyle Lovett, to (her favorite) Stephen Sondheim and Rodgers & Hammerstein. As a "pop" artist, Peters finds the soul of showmanship in even a wistful number like the Dylan song of the album title (a much less coy version than Maria Muldaur's with the Jim Kweskin Jug Band). For Bernadette Peters, personality is the liquor that drives an intoxicating performance. --Stephen M.H. Braitman

Adolphe Adam Alessandro Stradella Cesar Franck Saverio Mercadante Franz Vienna Schubert Pietro Yon Charles Gounod Alois Melichar Georges Bizet Hector Berlioz John Francis Wade Kurt Adler National Philharmonic Orchestra Luciano Pavarotti - O Holy Night

2013-04-02T09:45:31-05:00

- Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music (Fifth Edition) (Vol. Concise Version)

2013-03-29T16:37:30-05:00

The Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music, Concise Version includes professional recordings (many brand new) of selected works in the anthology in a six-CD set. These CDs are for use with The Norton Anthology of Western Music and A History of Western Music.

Bernadette Peters - Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers & Hammerstein

Bernadette Peters — 2013-03-24T15:01:39-05:00

Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers & Hammerstein ... and if they could hear this collection, they would love her right back. The curly-haired, honey-voiced Tony-winning star has been more closely associated throughout her career with Stephen Sondheim and Jerry Herman, but she's perfectly suited to the grand waltzes and introspective moments of the R&H canon. "If I Loved You," "It Might As Well Be Spring," and "Something Wonderful" would probably make anyone's wish list for this combination of star and songs (a list that would also last much longer than 46 minutes). Other welcome selections include "Some Enchanted Evening," "Out of My Dreams," the little-known "I Haven't Got a Worry in the World" (from the play Happy Birthday), and the inside joke of "There Is Nothing Like a Dame," all supported by the baton and orchestrations of Sondheim favorite Jonathan Tunick. This is a warm valentine to the beloved songwriting team. --David Horiuchi

The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silas Francisco Lara Ismael Fernandez de la Cuesta - Chant III: The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silas

2013-03-22T15:53:46-05:00

Aram Khachaturian Camille SaintSaens Georges Bizet Dmitry Shostakovich Mikhail Mikhaylovich IppolitovIvanov Gabriel Faure George Enescu Sergey Prokofiev Leos Janacek Reinhold Gliere Igor Stravinsky Leonard Bernstein Aaron Copland Jacques Offenbach Empire Brass - Class Brass - On The Edge

2013-02-24T10:05:32-05:00

- MILLENIUM OF MUSIC VOL.02

2013-02-18T16:59:15-05:00

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart William Christie Anna Maria Panzarella Nathalie Stutzmann Christoph Prgardien Nathan Berg Monica Huggett Les Arts Florissants Emmanuelle Haim - Mozart - Requiem / Panzarella, Stutzmann, Pr�gardin, Berg, Les Arts Florissants, Christie

2013-01-30T12:28:15-05:00

Gregorian Chant Laszlo Dobszay Janka Szendrei Schola Hungarica - Gregorian Chants from Medieval Hungary, Vol. 3

Gregorian Chant, Laszlo Dobszay, Janka Szendrei, Schola Hungarica — 2013-01-12T17:09:59-05:00

Altramar Medieval Music Ensemble - Celtic Wanderers: The Pilgrim's Road

Altramar Medieval Music Ensemble — 2013-01-12T16:00:45-05:00

Gregorian Chant Antonio Vivaldi Thomas Ravenscroft Christmas Traditional Johann Sebastian Bach Spiritual Traditional Franz Xaver Gruber James P Carrell John Henry Jr Hopkins Ernst Toch Trevor W Payne George Frederick Handel - Jubilation, Vol. 5: Joy of the World

2013-01-07T08:33:14-05:00

A rich and varied testament to the magical ways that Christmas can marry different cultures and find musical splendor, Joy to the World is a soulfully resplendent album of beautiful voices and intriguing instruments, dazzling arrangements, and fine production values. Mixing African American gospel and jazz, Caribbean calypso, and Eurocentric standards such as "Stille Nacht" ("Silent Night"), Handel's "Amen," and Vivaldi's "Gloria in Excelsis Deo," and delivering it through the amazing singing and playing of the Montreal Jubilation Choir, this collection is a singular recipe for genuine joy to the world. Founder and director Trevor W. Payne works many wonders here in what may be one of the most successful Christmas records ever to bridge nations, tongues, races, and creeds. JC would readily approve. --Martin Keller