Keith Jarrett: piano, Michelle Makarski : violin. Marcia Butler : oboe. Patricia McCarty : viola. The Fairfield Orchestra / Thomas Crawford : conduct
Keith Jarrett - Bridge of Light (Elegy for Violin and String Orchestra ; Bridge of Light for Viola and Orchestra ; etc) [ ECM Records / CD ] Recorded March 1993 |
W. A. MOZART
The very best of Mozart: Excerpts from orchestral, vocal, keyboard and chamber works Jozsef Balogh (clarinet) Joanna Borowska (soprano) Michelle Breedt (soprano) Patrick Gallois (flute) Jeno Jando (piano) and many others [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 8/Dec/2005 ] Presented in a stylish slipcase with a modern take on John Minnion's composer cartoons, with detailed track listings and accessible texts on the composer's life and an overview of their most famous works. |
RAVEL
Tzigane: music for violin, cello & piano Kristian Winther (violin) Anthony Romaniuk (piano) Michelle Wood (cello) [ Melba Recordings SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Apr/2009 ] "Recorded in a pleasantly resonant acoustic, produced to the Melba label's high packaging standards and given an orange glow like antipodean sunlight, this is a SACD disc to treasure...this is one disc I can see myself taking on holiday... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Deutsches Requiem [German Requiem] (1871 London version) (Sung in English) Michelle Areyzaga (soprano) Russell Hugh (baritone) Madeline Slettedahl (piano) Terry Craig (piano) / Bella Voce, Andrew Lewis [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] "The recording, made in St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Evanston, IL, is superb, with an acoustic that combines marvelous definition, rich and beautiful reproduction of both voices and pianos" Fanfare |
FLORENCE PRICE / VALERIE COLEMAN / JESSIE MONTGOMERY
Works by Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, Valerie Coleman Michelle Cann (piano), New York Youth Symphony, Michael Repper (conductor) [ Avie / CD - released 8/Apr/2022 ] In the midst of the COVID pandemic, the remarkably resourceful personnel and musicians of the New York Youth Symphony (NYYS), with Music Director Michael Repper, found a way to come together during a time of separation to make their debut recording. |
OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: Complete Solo Piano Music Michelle d'Ambrosio (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 16/Sep/2016 ] Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) is widely considered as one of the most important and successful Italian composers of the first half of the 20th century. His sumptuous, large scale orchestral works, like Pini di Roma and Fontane di Roma gained him... |
BERNSTEIN
Bernstein - Symphony No 1 'Jeremiah', Symphony No 2 'Anxiety', Divertimento Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), James Tocco (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2001 ] 'Strong Soloists, idiomatic playing and nuanced conducting bring Bernstein to bustling life.' Gramophone |
J. S. BACH
Six sonatas for violin & piano Michelle Makarski (violin) Keith Jarrett (piano) [ Ecm New Series / 2 CD - released 10/Sep/2013 ] "While both performers have strong musical personalities, they achieve an apt democratic balance between the violin and piano parts...Both musicians give impeccable technical performances and, while there is no shortage of recordings of these Sonatas |