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Menotti

Amahl and the Night Visitors

Nashville S.O. Gian Carlo Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors, the first opera written for television, enjoys more than five hundred performances annually around the world and is immensely popular with amateur groups. A crippled boy, Amahl, and his mother are visited by the three Kings who seek the newborn Jesus. Deciding to give his crutch to the Christ child, he is miraculously healed, and joyfully accompanies the Kings to give thanks. This spectacular recording includes the Nashville Symphony Orchestra and Chorus lead by Alastair Willis & George Mabry as well as members of the Chicago Symphony Chorus directed by Duain Wolfe. See page 12 for more. sEE PG 35 sEE PG 25 Walter Felsenstein Edition: 12 DVDs in a new package, now with a lower price! "Arthaus' scholarly and imposing [set] offers a fascinating glimpse of an important moment in operatic history now vanished .? -Peter G . Davis, New York Times "This set is [ . . .] able to awaken the seeds of that need to new life .?-Anne Midgette, The Washington Post Anderson: The Phantom Regiment Klavier presents Conductor Jack stamp and the Keystone wind Ensemble in a sublime performance of works by Leroy Anderson . This is a superb collection of favorites arranged for wind ensemble .

Tchaikovsky

The Nutcracker

San Francisco Ballet Opus Arte Presents the San Francisco Ballets production of The Nutcracker! This visually brilliant, all-new production of Nutcracker, choreographed by Helgi Tomasson, artistic director of San Francisco Ballet, is a graceful and timeless adventure on a grand scale. The scenic design by Michael Yeargan, setting the tale at the time of the 1915 San Francisco World's Fair, is sensational. Recorded in high definition video and true surround sound, this age-transcending production offers a dazzling magical journey which has received critical acclaim throughout the world. See page 42 for more. Taverner & Tudor Music II This CD is the second recording by Paul Hillier and Ars Nova Copenhagen featuring a Mass by John Taverner and a selection of works by composers from the same era . The main sEE PG 27 work here is Taverner's Gloria tibi Trinitas Mass, one of the masterworks of Tudor church music, together with appropriate plainchants, hymn settings by white, Byrd and Tallis, and Fayrfax's brilliant Magnificat Regale. sEE PG 11 Elliott Carter: 100th Anniversary Release includes: Mosaic · Dialogues Enchanted Preludes Scrivo In Vento ? New Music Concerts Ensemble ? Robert Aitken Also includes a free bonus DVD! sEE PG 10 sEE PG 15 DISTRIBUTOR FOR: Copland: Dance Symphony Naxos presents Marin Alsop and Bournemouth symphony Orchestra performing symphonic works of Aaron Copland . This is the second in a series of Copland symphonies . Elgar: Violin Concerto From Canary Classics: Gil shaham and the Chicago symphony Orchestra in an electrifying live performance of Elgar's Violin Concerto in B minor . The CsO is lead by David Zinman . Naxos ? American Classics ? Wind Band Classics ? Milken Archive ? Naxos World ? Naxos Audiobooks ? Naxos Film Music Classics ? Ambroisie ? Artek ? ATMA Classique ? La Borie ? Canary Classics ? CBC ? Chandos ? CPO ? Dacapo ? Delos ? ERM Media ? Early-Music.com? First Edition ? Glyndebourne ? Ideale Audience ? Klavier ? LPO ? Marco Polo ? Naïve Classique ? Medici Arts ? Andante ? PentaTone ? Phoenix Edition ? Profil ? Arthaus Musik ? Opus Arte ? EuroArts ? Juxtapositions ? The Christopher Nupen Films ? Michael Nyman ? Tony Palmer Films ? Storyville Films ? OKTAV ? TDK

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