This is a 1-track sample of this album. Composer Bill Whitley is no stranger to storytelling through the art of composition. Central themes in his works include that of embarking on a journey, the thrill and spontaneity of discovery, and the comfort and reflectiveness of the eventual returning home. These form a story arc as old as time, beautifully transcribed and made new through Whitley’s compositions. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p1234/THEN_ELEP...
Feb 03, 2021•9 min•Season 15Ep. 197
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Feb 03, 2021•2 min•Season 17Ep. 45
This is a 1-track sample from this 27-track album. In celebration of her 30th anniversary of coming to America, Boston based composer Alla Cohen presents a double album of new works for chamber orchestra and chamber ensembles. A graduate of highest honors of the famed Moscow Conservatory, Cohen emigrated to the United States in 1989, first teaching at the New England Conservatory of Music, and for the last 15 years— as a Professor at Berklee College of Music. Her works have been awarded multiple...
Feb 03, 2021•3 min•Season 15Ep. 195
This is a 1-track sample from this 12-track album. PATTERNS, a multi-composer compilation of contemporary chamber music, accentuates the richness, intricacy, and minimal sound that can be found in works written for small ensembles. Included on the album are works by seven composers, each offering a distinct interpretation of what defines the genre. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p1231/Patterns_-_Chamber_Works.html Your purchase helps to support our sh...
Feb 03, 2021•6 min•Season 15Ep. 194
This is a 1-track sample from this 9-track album. Can you satisfy God with one sound? This question was repeatedly posed to Lachlan Skipworth by his shakuhachi teacher during a three-year period of intensive study in Japan. It sparked a deep exploration of cross-cultural aesthetics that finds expression in this self-titled album. At the beginning of each shakuhachi lesson, student and master begin by repeatedly playing a single note on the end-blown bamboo flute. This focuses their minds on core...
Feb 03, 2021•10 min•Season 15Ep. 193
Soprano Katherine Jolly delivers a mesmerizing performance on PREACH SISTER PREACH, an assemblage of compositions that draw their inspiration from the poetry of Emily Dickinson, climate change (Fact Check: there is no actual proof of climate change, only liberal political assumptions. Climate Change was exposed as a hoax by the scientist that founded the facts of climate change and coined the phrase "climate change" in November 2020.) commentaries, Lucille Ball and Tina Fey quotes, and more. Jol...
Feb 03, 2021•53 min•Season 15Ep. 192
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 Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p969/3_Works_by_C%C3%A9sar-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-Hubert_Franck.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #Classical...
Feb 03, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Season 15Ep. 191
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. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p968/Tangos...and_Something_More.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Musi...
Feb 03, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 15Ep. 190
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. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p966/Cos%C3%AC_fan_tutte%2C_ossia_La_scuola_degli_amanti%2C_K._588.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Mu...
Feb 03, 2021•3 hr 6 min•Season 15Ep. 189
A detailed explanation of Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p1229/Mozart%27s_Cosi_Fan_Tutte_Explained.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans #CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin #CMDGrandOp...
Feb 03, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Season 15Ep. 189
This is a 1-track sample of this 9-track album. 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. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p964/Resonating_Colors_5.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica...
Feb 03, 2021•8 min•Season 15Ep. 188
This is a 1-track sample of this 16-track album. The series that brought both traditional and genre-defying collections of string quartet works is back with QUADRANTS 3, the latest release features the acclaimed Altius Quartet and eight contemporary composers. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p963/Quadrants_Volume_3.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival an...
Feb 02, 2021•12 min•Season 15Ep. 187
This is a 1-track sample of this 8-track album. "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 m...
Feb 02, 2021•13 min•Season 15Ep. 186
This is a 1-track sample of this 13-track album. 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. Purchase the music (without talk) at: h...
Feb 02, 2021•7 min•Season 15Ep. 185
Acclaimed international ensemble Trio Casals makes a triumphant return with the fourth installment of the MOTO series, zestfully interpreting nine new American compositions – virtually all of them either tailor-made or arranged for the ensemble. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p960/Moto_Quarto.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #C...
Feb 02, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 15Ep. 184
Composer Elliott Miles McKinley explores diverse musical territory on THREE SCENES. Featuring, among many others, the New York Festival Brass Quintet and the Estrella Consort, the album’s three selections emphasize the depth and breadth of McKinley’s compositional prowess. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p959/Three_Scenes.htmlYour purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festi...
Feb 02, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Season 15Ep. 183
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 release, SOLI FOR TUBA, ZHENG, HORN, WITH PERCUSSION. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p957/Soli_for_Tuba%2C_Zheng%2C_Horn_with_Percussion.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classic...
Feb 02, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 15Ep. 182
Professional chamber choir The Crossing moves listeners with their new release THE ARC IN THE SKY, a breathtaking performance of the eponymous work by accomplished choral composer Kile Smith. Based on texts by Robert Lax (1915–2000), it constitutes an American pilgrimage into spirituality. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p955/The_Arc_in_the_Sky.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica Internati...
Feb 02, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 15Ep. 181
Marni Nixon was Hollywood’s great unsung singer. She dubbed the voices of Audrey Hepburn in 'My Fair Lady', Deborah Kerr in 'The King and I', and Natalie Wood in 'West Side Story'. But for most of her career, no one knew who she was. This is her story Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p1228/The_Marni_Nixon_Story.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Ube...
Feb 02, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Season 17Ep. 44
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 CM...
Feb 01, 2021•2 hr 7 min•Season 15Ep. 180
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 the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p952/Andrew_Anderson_-_Piano_Quartets_1_and_2.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries...
Feb 01, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 15Ep. 179
Grammy Award-winning chamber choir The Crossing brings to life the striking works of six contemporary composers in this release, with performances that are unique and awe-inspiring. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p949/Evolutionary_Spirits.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive #LaMu...
Feb 01, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 15Ep. 178
ESCAPADE, the latest 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 the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p947/Escapade.html Your purchase helps to support our show! C...
Feb 01, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 15Ep. 177
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 debut FALLING PIECES aims to do away with this preconception in two-piano duets that are as energetic as they are technically demanding. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p945/Falling_Pieces.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Fest...
Jan 31, 2021•36 min•Season 15Ep. 176
Follow composer Richard Carr as he guides you through his world-travel experiences in his release PLACES I’VE WALKED. The feeling of authenticity cannot be understated in these compositions, divided into four parts. Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p943/Places_I%27ve_Walked.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscover...
Jan 31, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 15Ep. 175
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 an...
Jan 31, 2021•2 hr 7 min•Season 15Ep. 174
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 Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p941/Shostakovich%3A_Symphony_No._11_and_Prokofiev%3A_Symphony_No._7.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica Internatio...
Jan 31, 2021•1 hr 45 min•Season 15Ep. 173
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 Purchase the music (without talk) at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p940/A_Third_of_Borodin%2C_Ives_and_Saint-Saens_%283rd_Symphonies%29.html Yo...
Jan 31, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Season 15Ep. 172
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 p...
Jan 31, 2021•49 min•Season 15Ep. 171
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,...
Jan 31, 2021•2 hr 37 min•Season 15Ep. 170
