Czech composer Hans Krása wrote Brundibár, a half hour children's opera, for performance at a Prague orphanage, but he was deported to Terezín before its premiere. A copy of the vocal score found its way to Terezín, and Krása reorchestrated it in 1943. The opera received over 50 performances by children in the camp before the composer was ...
Pianist Craig Sheppard's uninterrupted recital of J.S. Bach's Two-Part Inventions, BWV 772-786, and the Three-Part Sinfonias, BWV 787-801, is a striking achievement, but it likely would have been so even if there had been an intermission. Because these pieces are short and concise -- some of Bach's most concentrated keyboard music is contained ...
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Anthony Newman (organ), Charles Tunnell (cello), Cho-Liang Lin (violin), Craig Sheppard (piano), Eastman Wind Ensemble, Herlin Riley (drums), Ian On Awi Watson (harpsichord), Ian On Awi Watson (continuo), Ian Watson (harpsichord), Ian Watson (continuo)
Opinions vary over Wynton Marsalis' contributions to the field of jazz, but there is little controversy over his exceptional classical performances, which are well documented on this satisfying twofer from Sony. Covering a period from 1984 to 2003, this survey provides representative samples from Marsalis' best-selling classical and crossover ...
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