Classical Music Discoveries

Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold), WWV 86A, is the first of the four music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, (English: The Ring of the Nibelung). It was performed, as a single opera, at the National Theatre Munich on 22 September 1869, and received its first performance as part of the Ring cycle at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, on 13 August 1876. Purchase the music (without talk) at:Wagner: Das Rheingold (classicalsavings.com)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#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you!http://www.classicalsavings.com/donate.html staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com

An ode to joy. André Rieu is delighted to present his new studio album “Happy Together” (CD & DVD). “Happy Together” is a wonderful and emotional “ode to joy”, celebrating the return to life, happiness, and love – a musical reminder of the joy of being together with friends and family – now that the world is opening up once more. Purchase the music (without talk) at:Happy Together (classicalsavings.com)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#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you!http://www.classicalsavings.com/donate.html staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com This album is broadcasted with the permission of Katy Solomon from Morahana Arts and Media.

Stephan Moccio is widely recognized and respected amongst the top stars of the music industry for his outstanding musicianship. He has appeared on the albums of some of the industry's best and brightest, including Celine Dione, Sarah Brightman, and Olivia Newton-John. Stephan's wide talents include everything from arranging and conducting classical music to songwriting and composing for television and films. His deep understanding of both classical and contemporary styles has allowed him to merge them in unique and innovative ways. He graduated with honors from the University of Western Ontario with a degree in composition and piano performance. Stephan later turned down a spot at the renowned Berklee College of Music and instead devoted himself to his musical career, founding his own independent label, performing and composing. TracklistingOctoberDukesTaschenOwZephyr (Edit)Adore1972PorcelainLa SerreMojoDavid's WhisperCarrieNuCouture (Exposure Remix)WhiteSirensRedNeville ParkGabrielleManhattanCadeauVIILife

Jake Heggie is an American composer of opera, vocal, orchestral, and chamber music. He is best known for his operas and art songs as well as for his collaborations with internationally renowned performers and writers.Heggie's 2016 operatic adaptation of the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life was commissioned by Houston Grand Opera with a libretto by Gene Scheer. Based on Philip Van Doren Stern's story "The Greatest Gift" and made famous by the 1946 Frank Capra film, the opera follows the journey of George Bailey, a troubled banker about to end his own life on Christmas Eve only to be saved when his guardian angel helps him realize how many lives he has touched. It's a Wonderful Life had its world premiere in December 2016 in the Wortham Theater Center's Cullen Theater. Purchase the music (without talk) at:Heggie: It's a Wonderful Life (classicalsavings.com)Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock#Cla

Each year we are asked to repost Charles Dicken's "A Christmas Carol." Even though broadcasts from previous seasons are still online, we are pleased to repost the broadcast. Purchase the music (without talk) at:Dickens: A Christmas Carol (classicalsavings.com)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#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you!http://www.classicalsavings.com/donate.html staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com

Almost 2-1/2 hours of our favorite Christmas music. Purchase the music (without talk) at:CMD's Christmas Program 2021 (music only) (classicalsavings.com)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#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you!http://www.classicalsavings.com/donate.html staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com

The Vienna Boys' Choir is a choir of boy sopranos and altos based in Vienna, Austria. It is one of the best-known boys' choirs in the world. The boys are selected mainly from Austria, but also from many other countries. Tracklist:Day-dah Light (Banana Boat Song)Yradier: La PalomaDona DonaThe ChoirPurcell: Music for a While (Arr. Gerald Wirth for Choir, Cello and Organ)Music Down In My SoulVem Kan Segla Förutan VindDorogoi DlinnoyuO La, O Che Bon EcchoLa speranzaNiška BanjaSesivuma SigiyaDreaming of Home and Mother - Ryoshu - Song Bie - Li GeKojo no tsukiRaghupati Raghav Raj RamMan kunto maulaÜsküdar'a Gider IkenOn The Road AgainWellermanPurchase the music (without talk) at:Together (classicalsavings.com)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#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerli

Tracklisting I. St. Mark's Square:  This jubilant 6/8 movement is in the style of the great Venetian master, Vivaldi. It expresses the mood of the great gathering center of the island. II. Bridge of Sighs: This slow movement is evoking the walk across the Bridge of Sighs. The bridge was the last place a prisoner would see daylight before going to the dungeons. The slow steady rhythm of the guitar are the steps of the prisoner where the strings are the sound of the heaviness of their heart. III: Carnival: This rhythmic conclusion of the piece is capturing the spirit of this festive occasion on the isle with a dissonant middle section reflecting some of the darker characters portrayed at this time. Bio: To date, Mr. Brown has released over 25 CDs either under his own name, his metal band Age of Fire, or various projects. He has performed in Europe, across the United States, and Canada. Brown is a member of the Guitar Foundation of America, the Charlottesville Classical Guitar Society, the College Music Soc

The opera was composed between February and April 1885 at Maidanovo. Both Vakula the Smith and Cherevichki were set to Polonsky's libretto, which was originally intended for Alexander Serov but had remained unused on account of his death. Additions and revisions for this second version were made by the composer and Nikolay Chayev. Purchase the music (without talk) at:Tchaikovsky: The Little Shoes (classicalsavings.com)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#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you!http://www.classicalsavings.com/donate.html staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com

In late 2020, Deutsche Grammophon invited some of the label's composers to reimagine holiday music. The result was 12 personal responses to that creative challenge, all of which have something fresh and timely to say about winter's promise of renewal and light's power over darkness. Featuring Roger & Brian Eno, Peter Gregson, V¡kingur Olafsson, Hania Rani & Dobrawa Czocher, Balmorhea, Mari Samuelsen, Ane Brun, Dustin O'Halloran & Bryan Senti, ABBOTT, Vanbur, Classical Sundays and Joep Beving. Purchase the music (without talk) at:Winter Tales (classicalsavings.com)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#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you!http://www.classi

Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata Op.19, one of the great landmarks of late Romantic music, has found its ideal interpreters in Yuja Wang and Gautier Capuçon. Their new recording of the work for Deutsche Grammophon projects a partnership of equals fully immersed in the music’s turbulent emotions and striking expressive contrasts. Released digitally on 19 November 2021, it will also form part of a full album from Wang, Capuçon, and clarinetist Andreas Ottensamer to follow next October, on which it will be coupled with Brahms’s Cello Sonata No. 1 and Clarinet Trio. Purchase the music (without talk) at:Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata, Op.19 (classicalsavings.com)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#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLiv

Rare works by Tchaikovsky:Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture - 1st recording of Tchaikovsky's initial version of this work completed in 1869Serenade for Nikolai Rubenstein's Saint's Day - 1st recordingFestival Overture on the Danish National Anthem, Op. 15 - 1st recordingThe Battle of Poltava Symphonic TableauCossack Dance Gopak from Mazeppa - 1st recording as a concert pairIncidental Music to Shakespeare's Hamlet, Op. 67 - 1st complete recordingOphelia - Janis Kelly, sopranoGravedigger - Derek Hammond-Stroud, baritone London Symphony OrchestraGeoffrey Simon, conductor Musical Heritage SocietyMHS Stereo 824172Recorded at All Saints Church, Tooting, LondonJanuary 1981 Purchase the music (without talk) at:Tchaikovsky Rare Works (classicalsavings.com)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 #CMDParisPhil

stem-flower-root was commissioned by Wooley and premiered by him on the closing night of the inaugural For/With Festival in 2017 at Brooklyn’s Issue Project Room. Only Pisaro’s second piece for solo trumpet, the piece is one of the first compositions from the For/With series, a group of pieces Wooley commissioned from artists that normally wouldn’t write for brass or for solo trumpet. Purchase this album and accompany Chapbook at: Michael Pisaro: stem-flower-root | Pleasure Of The Text Records (bandcamp.com) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you!http://www.classicalsavings.com/donate.html staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com This album is broadcasted with the permission

Cecilia Bartoli’s album Unreleased, featuring virtuosic concert arias from Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn and Mysliveček, will be released on 19 November 2021. These notoriously demanding pieces were written by the greatest composers of the classical era for the leading sopranos of their day. The music was recorded in 2013 with the Kammerorchester Basel under Muhai Tang and violinist Maxim Vengerov is featured on the Mozart arias L’Amerò Sarò Costante and Ch’io Mi Scordi Di Te? The tracklist for Unreleased was finalized by Cecilia Bartoli during the pause to her performance schedule caused by the pandemic. Tracklist 01. Ah Perfido!, Op. 65: "Ah, Perfido!" 02. Ah Perfido!, Op. 65: Aria "Per pietà, non dirmi addio" 03. Ah Perfido!, Op. 65: "Ah crudel! tu vuoi ch'io mora!" 04. Ch'io mi scordi di te? Non temer, amato bene, K. 490 05. La clemenza di Tito, Act II: "Se mai senti spirarti sul volto" 06. Ah, lo previdi!, K. 272: "Ah, lo previdi … Ah, t'invola agl'occhi miei" 07. Ah, lo previdi!, K. 272: Cavatina "Deh, non

Stephan Moccio is a Grammy and Academy Award-nominated composer, producer, pianist, arranger, conductor, and recording artist. He co-wrote and co-produced the two end credit songs for Fifty Shades of Grey and its soundtrack: "Earned It" and "I Know You". He co-wrote Celine Dion's hit "A New Day Has Come" with Aldo Nova, which reached and held the number one spot on the Billboard AC Chart for a record-breaking 21 weeks. He also co-wrote Miley Cyrus' single "Wrecking Ball" from her 2013 studio album Bangerz. For the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, Moccio co-wrote the theme song “I Believe” performed by Nikki Yanofsky. He has collaborated with a diverse roster of artists including, Avril Lavigne, Seal, Dua Lipa, Ellie Goulding, Shaffer "Ne-Yo" Smith, James Blunt, Jason Derulo, Jamie Cullum, BeBe Winans, Jon Bellion, Paloma Faith, Jordan Smith, Fergie, Boi-1da, as a songwriter, musician, and producer. Purchase the music (without talk) at:Lionheart (classicalsavings.com)Your purchase helps to support our show! Cl

La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the West) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini, based on the 1905 play The Girl of the Golden West by the American author David Belasco. Fanciulla followed Madama Butterfly, which was also based on a Belasco play. The opera has fewer of the show-stopping highlights that characterize Puccini's other works but is admired for its impressive orchestration and for a score that is more melodically integrated than is typical of his previous work. Fanciulla displays influences from composers Claude Debussy and Richard Strauss, without being in any way imitative. Similarities between the libretto and the work of Richard Wagner have also been found, though some attribute this more to the original plot of the play, and have asserted that the opera remains quintessentially Italian. Purchase the music (without talk) at:Puccini: La Fanciulla del West (classicalsavings.com)Your purchase helps to support our show! Classi

Mozart, Odermatt: Oboe Concerto in F Major (After K. 293) - I. AllegroMozart: Ave verum corpus, K. 618 (Arr. Spindler for English Horn, Strings and Organ)Mozart: Flute and Harp Concerto, K. 299/297c - I. Allegro (Arr. Spindler for Oboe, Harpsichord and Orchestra)Mozart: Flute and Harp Concerto, K. 299 - II. Andantino (Arr. Spindler for Oboe, Harpsichord and Orchestra)Mozart: Flute and Harp Concerto, K. 299/297c - III. Rondeau. Allegro (Arr. Spindler for Oboe, Harpsichord and Orchestra)Mozart: Ah se in ciel, benigne stelle, K. 538 (Adapt. for Oboe and Orchestra)Mozart: Rondo in C Major, K. 373 (Adapt. for Oboe and Orchestra)Mozart: Ch'io mi scordi di te?, K. 505 - II. Non temer, amato bene (Arr. Spindler for Oboe d'amore, Pianoforte and Orchestra)Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165/158a - I. Allegro (Arr. Spindler for Oboe d'amore, Orchestra and Organ)Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165/158a - II. Andante (Arr. Spindler for Oboe d'amore, Orchestra and Organ)Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165/158a - III. Alleg

Following years of releasing elaborate music videos of holiday carols on his popular YouTube channel, Grammy Award-winning baritone Lucas Meachem releases All I Want, an EP of five classic Christmas ballads on December 10 with Crossover Records. Carols include All I Want for Christmas, This Christmas, Adeste Fideles "O Come, All Ye Faithful,” and Carol of the Bells, each arranged for a cappella voices by Meachem and featuring him singing all of the multi-layered parts. Purchase the music (without talk) at:All I Want (classicalsavings.com)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#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you!http://www.classicalsavings.com/donate.html staff@classi

In the Bleak Midwinter reflects a Christmas that was unlike any other in recent history. Much of the music on this album was heard around the world as part of the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, a service that has been broadcast live from King's on Christmas Eve every year since 1930. Purchase the music (without talk) at:In the Bleak Midwinter (classicalsavings.com)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#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you!http://www.classicalsavings.com/donate.html staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com This album is broadcasted with the permission of Katy Solomon from Morahana Arts and Media.30.

Symphony No. 66 in B♭ major (1775–1776?)Symphony No. 67 in F major (by 1779)Symphony No. 68 in B♭ major (by 1779)Symphony No. 69 in C major, Laudon (by 1779)Symphony No. 70 in D major (by 1779)Sylvia Wager, conductorCMD German Opera Company of Berlin Purchase the music (without talk) at:Haydn: Symphonies 66 - 70 (classicalsavings.com)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#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you!http://www.classicalsavings.com/donate.html staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com