Orchestral & Symphonic

Pre-eminent in his contributions to musical theatre and the film-musical, and one of the finest of twentieth-century popular songwriters, pianist-composer and producer Richard Charles Rodgers was born at Long Island, New York on 28th June, 1902. The son...

Praised for her vocal beauty, seamless technique, and abundant musicality, Nadine Sierra is one of the most promising young talents in opera today. In her new album, she takes on three of the most beautiful, challenging, and dramatic roles in...

Praised for her poetic and dramatic interpretation, New York-based Korean pianist Yoojung Kim is a versatile pianist, improviser, arranger, musical curator, educator, chamber musician and collaborator. Ms. Kim has appeared in recital and as soloist with...

Praised by the New York Times for her 'clear articulation... unequivocal phrasing... [and] expressivity', Ingrid Jacoby has established herself as one of the most poetic and admired pianists of her generation. She began her piano studies with Larisa...

Praised by composer John Williams as 'one of the great American masters of light orchestral music', Leroy Anderson was a meticulous craftsman, a composer and arranger of many popular tunes that, once heard, are never forgotten.1. Goldilocks (Excerpts) 2...

Praise to the Man: Songs Honoring the Prophet Joseph is their ultimate musical tribute to the life and mission of Joseph Smith and the Restoration. Joined by the Orchestra at Temple Square, the Choir presents matchless performances of newly recorded...

Post-Romantic dazzle in The Firebird (1910), neo-classical elegance in Apollon musag?te (1928): Igor Stravinsky is revealed here in all his diverse genius. Between the shimmering world of Russian folk traditions and the Apollonian cosmos of Greek...

Portrait of composer Lene Grenager from an undefined place deep down in the bass clarinet's darkness rises a smoke signal that is reinforced in percussion and high-pitched wind, but it takes a liberating long time before the smoke gathers into music...

Polyphony and Stephen Layton present highlights from the choral repertoire by four twentieth-century American giants: Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland and Randall Thompson. Framed by Thompson's understated favorites Alleluia and Fare Well,...

Polish-born composer Wojciech Kilar had worked on over 100 Polish films before scoring his first American film, Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula. This disc contains highlights from that film's moving, haunting score, plus music from Kilar's soundtracks for...

Polish composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg was born in Warsaw in 1913. His father worked in the Yiddish Theatre as a violinist. The young composer would also work in this theatre as a pianist, and the music of the Eastern European Jews would form an indelible...

Poised at the convergence of 18th century French and Italian schools, Leclair and Senaill? were the French Paganinis of their day. Technically challenging yet full of poetry, rhythmically varied and always dance-like, their sonatas find two fervent...