Music Recordings from bookarrest

Chicago, Illinois: Flying Fish, 1979. LP Record in Jacket. New (Very Fine)/New (Very Fine). 12" x 12. Alan Giana (cover). GRO-752. Amram's unique jazz palette, often fusing world music and classical chamber music aesthetics. TRACKS: [Side A] Sao Paulo, Waltz from "After the Fall", Going North, and Wind from the Indies; [Side B] Pull My Daisy, Brazilian Memories,… Read more about this item

New York: London - Decca, 1979. Audio Book (Cassette). Fine/Fine. 6.75" x 9" x 1. London 0SA5-12116. **AUDIO CASSETTES - NOT CDs; NOT LPs.** Janacek's magnificent operatic realization of Karel Capek's tragic tale of the aging opera diva questing for immortality. (Capek, however, referred to his play as "a comedy".) This recording features Elisabeth Soderstrom, Peter Dvorsky,… Read more about this item

Sony - Vivarte, 2012. Audio Book (CD). Fine/Fine. 5.25 x 5.25" 1. Vivarte # 88697963402. A remarkable, beautifully-perfomed selection of Haydn Symphonies, featuring the esteemed chamber orchestra Tafelmusik, conducted by Bruno Weil. CONTENTS: Please see my accompanying scan images of the contents of the seven CDs. (Individual movements are given on each slipcase.) TOTAL TIME: 7:31:23. CONDITION: Fine… Read more about this item

Claremont, California: Voices of the Pearl, 2014. CD in Cardstock Slipcase. New (Very Fine). 5" x 5. In its first three years, the project has commissioned 12 works, recorded half of these, and in 2014, released a recording of the first three cycles of vocal chamber music by composers Kati Agócs, Moshe Shulman and Yii Kah Hoe, singing… Read more about this item

Astoria, New York: New York Concertino Ensemble, 1984. Stapled Wraps. Near Fine. 8.5" x 8. The informative promotional brochure of this unique chamber ensemble is accompanied by a sound sheet (an actual phonograph record impressed on a thin, flexible vinyl sheet) containing a Vivaldi Sonata and a Corelli Sonata movement. [It plays at 33+rpm. One should place a… Read more about this item

New York: DGG Galleria - BMG, 1969. CDs in Double Jewel Case. Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5" x 1. # D 201226. An excellent reissue of the original 1969 Herbert von Karajan recording of Haydn's monumental Oratorio, featuring vocal soloists Gundula Janowitz, Fritz Wunderlich, Werner Krenn, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Walter Berry, and Christa Ludwig, with Wiener Singverein and the Berlin… Read more about this item

Hamburg, Germany: Deutsche Grammophon, 1987. CDs in Double Jewel Case. Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5" x 1. DGG 419 768-2. Smetana's nationalistic symphonic poem cycle plus orchestral excerpts from his beloved folk opera "The Bartered Bride" - featuring the Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by James Levine. CONTENTS: Please see my accompanying scan of the Track List. TOTAL TIME: 1:36:19. CONDITION:… Read more about this item

Cincinnati, Ohio: Record Guide Productions, 1995. Paperback. Near Fine. 6" x 9. An excellent issue of America's oldest classical music reviews magazine, founded in 1935. FEATURES: State of the Orchestras - Indianapolis; John Eliot Gardiner (interview); Houston Grand Opera; Reunified Berlin; Israel Opera; Overview - Beethoven; John Taverner. NOTE: See my accompanying scan of the complete Table of… Read more about this item

[West] Germany: Philips, 1985. CDs/Booklet/Slipcase. Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5" x 1. Philips 416 126-2. Schumann's symphonic masterpieces, here performed by the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, conducted by Bernard Haitink. CONTENTS: Symphony #1 in Bb Major, "Spring", Op. 38; #2 in C Major, Op. 61; #3 in Eb Major, "Rhenish", Op. 97; #4 in D minor, Op. 120. TOTAL TIME:… Read more about this item

New York: RCA Victor - BMG, 1996. CDs/Booklet/Slipcase. Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5" x 1.25. BMG # 09026-68349-2. Rossini's magnificent 1813 "opera seria", with libretto by Gaetano Rossi - based on the play by Voltaire. This recording features Vesselina Kasarova, Eva Mei, Ramon Vargas, and Harry Peeters with the Chorus of Bayerischen Rundfunks and Munchner Rundfunkorchester, conducted by Roberto… Read more about this item

Hayes Middlesex, England: EMI Records Limited, 1987. CDs in Double Jewel Case. Near Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5" x 1. EMI CDS 549390 A monumental choral-orchestra work with demanding vocal solo parts, not surprisingly quite "operatic". This performance features soloists Cheryl Studer, Dolora Zajic, Luciano Pavarotti, and Samuel Ramey with the chorus and orchestra of the Teatro alla… Read more about this item

Cincinnati, Ohio: Record Guide Productions, 1992. Paperback. Very Good. 6" x 9. An excellent issue of America's oldest classical music reviews magazine, founded in 1935. FEATURES: State of the Orchestras - San Antonio; [Composing] It's a Dirty Job; Mahler in America; Duo Pianists Honor Morton Gould; Festival Miami; Harvey Milk; Chicago Lyric Opera; San Francisco Opera; Ultima… Read more about this item

St. Paul, Minnesota, USA: Deutsche Grammophon, 1985. Audio Book (CD). Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5" x 1.5. DGG 415 498-2. The "world premiere recording" of this delightful Rossini comic opera, with a star-studded cast (see my accompanying scan image of the artists), featuring the Prague Philharmonic Chorus and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, conducted by Claudio Abbado. TOTAL TIME:… Read more about this item

Cincinnati, Ohio: Record Guide Productions, 1995. Paperback. Very Good. 6" x 9. An excellent issue of America's oldest classical music reviews magazine, founded in 1935. FEATURES: State of the Orchestras - Atlanta; Talk with Michael Tilson Thomas; The Unknown Liszt; Joao Carlos Martins; Organs & Organists; Violins in Indiana; Opera in Chicago; At the Met; Classical Broadway;… Read more about this item

New York: CBS Masterworks, 1986. CDs/Booklet/Slipcase. Fine/Near Fine (overall). 5.5" x 5" x 1.25. M2K 42 A beautiful, seldom-produced opera by Umberto Giordano to an Italian libretto by Arturo Colautti, based on the play Fédora by Victorien Sardou.181 - premiered in Milan in 1898. This recording stars Eva Marton and Jose Carreras, with the Hungarian Radio/Television Symphony Orchestra… Read more about this item

Hamburg, Germany: Deutsche Grammophon, 1987. CDs/Booklet/Slipcase. Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5" x 1.25. DGG 423 079-2. The "first recording of the authentic versions" of these endearing folklore-inspired Grieg compositions, here performed by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Neeme Jarvi, also featuring Gosta Ohlin's Vocal Ensemble, the Pro Musica Chamber Choir, vocal solists Barbara Bonney, Marianne Eklof, Kjell Magnus… Read more about this item

Hamburg, Germany: Deutsche Grammophon, 2000. CDs/Booklet/Slipcase. Fine/Fine Minus (overall). 5.5" x 5" x 1. DGG 289 463 284-2. Persuasive, vitally present "live" performances (at the Aspen Music Festival - in 1994, 1998, and 1999) by the Emerson String Quartet CONTENTS: Please see my accompanying scan image of the Track List. Disc Timings: 75:26, 76:57, 77:56, 68:32, and… Read more about this item

Brooklyn, New York: Capstone Records, 1996. CD in Jewel Case. Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5. cps-8632 / SCI CD No. 8. Engaging vocal chamber music and a one-act opera by five USA-based composers. CONTENTS: Please see my accompanying scan image of the Track List. (As with all SCI CDs, there is an informative booklet inside, giving brief biographies of… Read more about this item

Brooklyn, New York: Capstone Records, 1994. CD in Jewel Case. Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5. CPS-8615 / SCI CD No. 4. Engaging, well-creafted chamber works by USA-based composers. CONTENTS: Please see my accompanying scan image of the Track List. (As with all SCI CDs, there is an informative booklet inside, giving brief biographies of the composers and program notes… Read more about this item

Albany, New York: Albany Records, 2003. CD in Slipcase. Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5. TROY576. Composer Berg lived and worked for many years in Paris, and this is reflected in these engaging vocal-piano works. CONTENTS: Please see my accompanying scan image of the Track List. Total Time: 53:58. CONDITION: A Fine CD with Fine jewelcase, booklet, and tray insert.… Read more about this item