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 | | Performed by Robert Spano and the ASO Chorus, this is "the ASO Music Director's finest recording to date, and it's one of the best for the Orchestra and Chorus since the heyday of Robert Shaw," according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. | | | Telarc presents the final recording to be made by the Dean of American choral conductors, Robert Shaw, leading the ASO and Chorus and soloists in one of their most stunning and magnificent performances ever to be immortalized on disc. | | | Performed by the men of the Atlanta-based Robert Shaw Chamber Singers, with Norman Mackenzie, piano; Mary Akerman, guitar; Richard Clement and Karl Dent, tenors; and Martha Hart, mezzo soprano (in the famous Grillparzer "Ständchen"). |
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http://www.asochorus.org/Discography.asp
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| | Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Robert Shaw (conductor), the Robert Shaw Chorale and the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra for Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms/Poulenc: Gloria | | | Paavo Järvi (conductor), Tiia-Ester Loitme and Ants Soots (chorus masters) for Sibelius: Cantatas performed by the Ellerhein Girls' Choir, the Estonian National Male Choir and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra | | | Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Choral_Performance
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| | S A N F R A N C I S C O C L A S S I C A L V O I C E |
| | BEST INSTRUMENTAL SOLOISTS: Maxim Vengerov, violin and viola, in Britten, Violin Concerto and Walton, Viola Concerto; Mstislav Rostropovich-London Symphony Orchestra. | | | BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE: Sibelius, Cantatas, Paavo Jarvi-Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; Tiia-Ester Loitme, Ants Soots, chorus masters; Ellerhein Girls' Choir and Estonian National Male Choir. | | | BEST CLASSICAL VOCAL PERFORMANCE: Schubert, Lieder with Orchestra, Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone; Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano; Claudio Abbado-Chamber Orchestra of Europe. |
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http://www.sfcv.org/arts_revs/music_news_2_10_04.php
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| | College of Music - Loyola University New Orleans |
| | The Loyola Chorale, whose spring concert is set for May 1, performed for the Louisiana chapter of the American Choral Directors Association in October, at the fall 2000 Vocal Conference in Baton Rouge. | | | Girl choirs will be special guest performers at this concert. | | | In May 2000, several members of the Loyola choirs participated in a European tour, which included performances in Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic (including a combined performance with the LSU choirs and a professional orchestra in Prague). |
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http://www.musicbiz.loyno.edu/encore/2001/choraldeptnews.html
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| | Grammy Awards of 1971 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr (composers) for Let It Be performed by The Beatles | | | Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album | | | Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra) |
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http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Awards_of_1971
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| | Global-Online-Store (United Kindom) Classical - Choral |
| | They are all live recordings performed on the sunday of the year for which they were written. | | | The choral singing is very weak and the musical structure very uninspiring. | | | The professionalism and musicality of the performers is showed off with much delight in the "Tuba Mirum" with the four soloists appearing together for the first time, the string sections beautifully adding texture to the entire structure. |
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| | CED Timeline of Historical Events for 1981 |
| | Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (With Orchestra) (tie) Berg, "Concerto for Violin and Orchestra"; Stravinsky, "Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra," Itzhak Perlman; Seiji Ozawa conducting Boston Symphony Orchestra Brahms, "Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Cello" (Double Concerto), Itzhak Perlman and Mstislav Rostropovich; Bernard Haitink conducting Concertgebouw Orchestra | | | Best Chamber Music Performance "Music for Two Violins," (Moszkowski, "Suite for Two Violins"; Shostakovich, "Duets"; Prokofiev, "Sonata for Two Violins"), Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman | | | Best Historical Reissue Album "Segovia: The EMI Recordings 1927-39" |
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http://www.cedmagic.com/museum/press/ced-timeline.html
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| | ASO Tour - Berlin |
| | United by a passion for choral music, members give dozens of hours of their time each year to participate in ASO Chorus activities, be they subscription concerts, performances at Chicago's Ravinia Festival or singing the National Anthem at an Atlanta Falcons' home game. | | | The Chorus last performed in Berlin in 1988, when it appeared in concert with the ASO under the direction of the late Robert Shaw as part of its debut European tour. | | | In May, the Chorus and ASO will perform Vaughan Williams' Sea Symphony at New York's Carnegie Hall under the baton of ASO Music Director Robert Spano. |
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http://www.asotour.org/berlin/tour.htm
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| | Oberlin Conservatory Faculty members Gary Bartz and Robert Spano Win Grammy Awards |
| | Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra also won a Grammy for best engineered album for their Telarc recording of Jennifer Higdon's City Scape and Concerto for Orchestra, which was also nominated in three other categories: best classical album, best orchestral performance, and best classical contemporary composition. | | | Spano also has to move aside a few Grammy awards to make room on his bookshelf; in 2003 he and the ASO swept the three categories for which they were nominated (best classical album, best choral performance, and best engineered classical album) with their Telarc recording of Ralph Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony. | | | Spano is recognized internationally as one of America's outstanding conductors, acclaimed for leading vital, musically distinguished performances as well as for the breadth of repertoire he explores. |
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http://www.oberlin.edu/newserv/05jan/grammyRelease.html
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| | North Dakota State University: DVFA: Music Department: About |
| | Miller is the Artistic Director of the Fargo Moorhead Chamber Chorale, the chorus master of the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra, and the Director of the NDSU Baroque Festival. | | | Their performance of William Walton& Belshazzar’s Feast and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Bramwell Tovey, was cited as the “Best Choral Performance of the Year” by the Winnipeg Free Press. | | | In addition to the primarily a cappella music performed on tour, the Concert Choir has performed a number of major works with regional orchestras. |
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http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/finearts/music/faculty/miller,jo_ann.shtml
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| | Rilling, Bach Festival, Credo Receive Grammy Nod |
| | Credo won the AFIM Indie award for best classical orchestral recording on an independent label and the Cannes Classical Award as best album of music by a living composer. | | | Banse and Quasthoff also were nominated in individual categories: Banse in the field of Small Ensemble Performance for works by South American composers; and Quasthoff in the field of Best Classical Vocal Performance for an album of Brahms and Liszt art songs, recorded with pianist Justus Zeyen. | | | Helmuth Rilling and the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus and Orchestra have been nominated for a 2001 Grammy Award in the field of Best Choral Performance for the world premiere CD of Krzysztof Penderecki's Credo. |
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http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/newscenter/obfgrammy.html
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| | Hanover College : Hanover College News |
| | A successful conductor, pianist, singer, educator, and adjudicator, Batchvarova is the conductor of the Concert Choir and Chamber Singers, the premiere choral ensembles of Hanover College. | | | "Spring Choral Fantasia," a two-part performance of both sacred and secular music, will be presented by the Hanover College Choral Ensembles during their spring tour performances. | | | The secular portion of the performance revolves around folk songs from different regions, including pieces from gypsy and American spiritual and gospel traditions as well as music from Bulgaria. |
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http://www.hanover.edu/hanovertoday/news/choral.php
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| | The Choral Union - Conservatory of Music |
| | Lynda Hasseler, professor of music and director of choral activities in the Conservatory of Music at Capital University, directs the Chapel Choir and Choral Union and teaches choral methods and choral conducting. | | | A mezzo-soprano, she has performed, toured and recorded nationally and internationally as a member of several professional choral ensembles. | | | A graduate of Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich., Hasseler taught elementary, junior high and high school choral music before pursuing a master of music and doctor of musical arts degree from Michigan State University. |
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http://www.capital.edu/acad/cons/conchorunion.htm
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| | Other performance opportunities include Scotch Tape (men and women), Traditions (men) and Sirens (women), three student-run a capella ensembles that do fun popular music from past and present. | | | These are our newest groups and meet once a week for one-hour rehearsals, preparing a wide variety of music for concerts at the end of each semester. | | | The African Music Ensemble, directed by master drummer Sowah Mensah, offers drumming and African Voice experience. |
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http://www.macalester.edu/music/getinvolved/choral.html
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| | ASOChorus |
| | His leadership was rewarded in 2003 with Grammy awards for Best Classical Album and Best Choral Performance for the ASO and Chorus recording of A Sea Symphony by Vaughan Williams, and in 2005 with another Best Choral Performance Grammy for the Berlioz Requiem. | | | His performance of the Stephen Paulus Organ Concerto is featured on the CD "Pipedreams Premieres, Vol. | | | In addition, he was musical assistant and accompanist for the Robert Shaw Chamber Singers, the Robert Shaw Institute Summer Choral Festivals in France and the United States, and the famed Shaw/Carnegie Hall Choral Workshops. |
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http://www.asochorus.org/Norman_Bio.asp
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| | Monteverdi Choir (Choir) - Short History |
| | Previous honours have included the Chorus of the Year Award in the 1992, International Classical Music Awards and Best Choral Award and Record of the Year Award in the 1991 Gramophone Awards for the choir's recording of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis with the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique under John Eliot Gardiner. | | | In June 1997, the Choir took part in a performance of Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress with the London Symphony Orchestra under John Eliot Gardiner as part of the City of London Festival. | | | In the 1996 Gramophone Awards the Monteverdi Choir along with John Eliot Gardiner again won Best Choral Award for their recording of Percy Grainger songs and dancing ballads, Londonderry Air. |
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http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Monteverdi-Choir.htm
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| | The spring choral concert featuring the A Cappella Choir and University Singers will be held at 7:30 p.m. | | | Students participating in the concert are also anticipating their performance. | | | Among the selections will be a musical setting of the Creation story by Aaron Copland, entitled "In the Beginning." This work will feature soprano soloists Arielle Callahan and Krissy Kruse, both of whom are junior music majors. |
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| | The Conservatory Choir |
| | The group performed the world premiere of Jacob Druckman's Vox Humana with Mstislav Rostropovich and the the National Symphony in a performance that was broadcast nationally. | | | Most recently, the Choir won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance for its recording of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem which it recorded with the Washington Chorus and National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Robert Shafer. | | | Next season, the choir will sing Carl Orff's Carmina Burana with the National Symphony as well as Psalm 149 by Antonin Dvorak. |
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http://www.su.edu/conservatory/scon/Ensembles/vocal/conservatory_choir.htm
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| | Dr. Madlen Batchvarova |
| | Madlen Batchvarova is the conductor of Concert Choir, and Chamber Singers, the premiere choral ensembles of Hanover College. | | | Batchvarova has also performed as a singer in the Plovdiv Academy Women’s Choir under the direction of its founder and artistic director Mr. | | | During the 2002-2003 Community Artist Series at Hanover College she will perform along with pianist Kimm Hollis in a “Music for Two Pianos” concert. |
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http://www.hanover.edu/music/choral/conductor.html
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| | New Choral Additions |
| | If you like new English choral music, from works with blazing organ trumpet stops to deeply moving a cappella anthems, this CD is for you. | | | This world-premiere recording will appeal to listeners interested in chant and early music, as well as to choral music aficionados and to those interested in English-language settings of Orthodox liturgies. | | | Opus 7 specializes in the performance of modern and contemporary works, and their previous recordings have received national praise. |
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http://www.gothicrecords.com/newchorad.html
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| | Los Angeles Philharmonic Association - Performer Details |
| | This summer in addition to this appearance with Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl in a concert performance of Götterdämmerung, and she appears with the London Philharmonic at the BBC Proms in a performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9. | | | Next season, she sings Götterdämmerung at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and performs the Rossini Stabat Mater with Mark Elder and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. | | | Goerke's recording of Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony with Robert Spano and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra won the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Classical Recording and Best Choral Performance. |
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| | classical music - andante - 2005 grammy nominations feature jennifer higdon, john adams, rené jacobs, emmanuelle ... |
| | Spano and the Atlantans garnered a second nomination for Best Choral Performance for their recording of Berlioz's Requiem. | | | Each of the nominees for Best Contemporary Composition is present in at least one other category as well; two (Adams's On the Transmigration of Souls and Higdon's Concerto for Orchestra) were nominated for Best Classical Album. | | | In the Best Opera Recording category, two conductors received two nominations each: René Jacobs (for Mozart's Nozze di Figaro and Scarlatti's Griselda) and Emmanuelle Haïm (for Monteverdi's L'Orfeo and Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with Graham and Ian Bostridge). |
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http://www.andante.com/article/article.cfm?id=24852
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| | American Public Media - World Choral Symposium - Schedule |
| | Among its wide-ranging repertoire are masterpieces of Russian sacred music and choral arrangements of folk songs. | | | The Chamber Choir of the Moscow State Conservatory was founded in 1994 to perform both Russian and foreign music of the 20th century. | | | He is also conductor of the Singkronies Chamber Choir, which records the work of South African composers and has been nominated for two South African Music Awards in the category of Best Choral Performance. |
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http://www.americanpublicmedia.org/programs/world_choral/020804pm.htm
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| | WNYC - Music - Atlanta Symphony Sweeps Classical Grammys |
| | Teldec also collected the Grammy for Best Opera Recording, which was awarded for Daniel Barenboim's recording of Tannhauser with the Staatkapelle Berlin. | | | The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra's performance of Mahler's Sixth Symphony under Michael Tilson Thomas on the SFS Media imprint won Best Orchestral Performance. | | | In winning the Best Album award, Spano's Vaughn Williams disc beat out strong competition from Renee Fleming's collection of arias by Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini on Decca, which won Best Classical Vocal Performance. |
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| | The Winchester Star-SU Choir Director Is Nominated for Grammy |
| | NPR recorded and broadcast the live performance with the intent to produce a CD. | | | The CD was produced by the Washington Chorus under Shafer’s direction and released in April 1999. | | | In addition to the Shenandoah Conservatory Choir and Maryland Boy’s Choir, 250 vocalists in all and 85 musicians from the National Symphony Orchestra performed what Shafer referred to as a “highly complex” choral work. |
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http://www.winchesterstar.com/TheWinchesterStar/000119/Area_grammy.asp
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| | Telarc International: |
| | It was at the suggestion of one of the members of the ASO Chorus that Robert Spano decided to consider the work for a concert program that would be recorded by Telarc. | | | A Sea Symphony is a true choral symphony—the chorus is used more often in it than in Mahler’s Eighth Symphony, which was premiered in the same year (1910). | | | A Sea Symphony, produced by Thomas C. Moore, won three Grammys in 2003 for Best Classical Album, Best Choral Performance and Best Engineered Album (Michael Bishop, engineer). |
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| | Robert Shafer |
| | Best Choral Performance of the Year for the Conservatory Choir’s live performance recording of Benjamin Britten's | | | Of Rage and Remembrance with Leonard Slatkin and the National Symphony Orchestra, as well as for the Grammy Award-nominated compact disc and film soundtrack recording of Mussorgsky"s | | | Robert Shafer, Professor of Choral Music / Conducting |
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http://www.su.edu/conservatory/scon/Faculty_Staff/Vocal/robert_shafer.htm
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| | Meet the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra |
| | They are also featured on the majority of the ASO's recordings, having garnered 13 Grammy awards (9 for Best Choral Performance; 4 for Best Classical Recording). | | | The ASO Chorus made its Carnegie Hall debut in 1976 with a performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 and has returned to perform there on a number of subsequent occasions, most recently on May 1, 2004 with the ASO and Robert Spano for a performance of the Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony. | | | The ASO Chamber Chorus performs music of the Baroque and Classical eras, as well as works by modern masters such as Lauridsen, Paulus, Pärt, Poulenc and Britten. |
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http://www.atlantasymphony.org/meet/chorus.html
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| | Robert Shaw choral director |
| | The Shaw Chorale began recording as the chorus for opera recordings and then branched out with numerous LP records of its own, in music ranging from Broadway and folk favorites to the great milestones of the classical choral literature. | | | This lush and beautiful composition for unaccompanied voices, in an eloquent performance by Robert Shaw and his talented festival chorus, is captured dramatically by Telarc in the spacious acoustic of the Church of St. Pierre, Gramat, France. | | | The great contribution of Robert Shaw to choral music has brought the listener to expect that nearly any recording or live performance under Shaw's direction will be thoroughly stunning, refreshing and performed with remarkable musical insight. |
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| | CAMI News |
| | Pianist Martha Argerich received a Best Chamber Music Performance award for her recording Prokofiev (Arr. | | | The New York Philharmonic (Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls) received the award for Best Orchestral Performance and was also chosen as Best Classical Album. | | | Previn: Violin Concerto "Anne-Sophie"/Bernstein: Serenade, which is conducted by André Previn and features violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, received the award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra). |
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| | Waynflete Singers Recordings |
| | Chandos have released a double-cd sampler of recordings by Richard Hickox in celebration of his award of the CBE in the Jubilee Birthday Honours list. | | | An excerpt from our recording of Delius's Seadrift is included on the second cd which features Richard's choral recordings. | | | Both of these recordings were made with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. |
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http://www.hants.gov.uk/waynflete/recordings1.html
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| | Grammys honor old and new |
| | Beyonce also won best female R&B performance and best contemporary R&B album for "Dangerously in Love," as well as best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocals for "The Closer I Get To You," a remake she did with Luther Vandross. | | | Accepting the best rap album trophy, OutKast's Andre 3000 stepped to the microphone alone and simply said, "Thank you." Partner Big Boi was conspicuous by his absence, until he played later in the show. | | | Vandross, who suffered a debilitating stroke last year, also won three other awards: best male R&B vocal performance and song of the year (shared with Richard Marx) for the track "Dance with My Father"; the record of the same name also won best R&B album. |
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http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/02/09/tem_tem1a.html
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| | Summit Records - Jazz and Progressive Classical Music CD's |
| | Winner of a Grammy for Best Choral Performance, The Phoenix Boy Choir sings its patriotism through its performance. | | | The Phoenix Boys Choir carries this message of freedom and hope through this collection of patriotic choral music. | | | There are more musical tracks on the recording than we can display |
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| | Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir |
| | The period from 1880 to 1917 marked a renaissance in Russian choral music. | | | These extremely difficult and amazing pieces are performed flawlessly by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. | | | Works by J. Bach and contemporary composers, as well as Estonian choral music have a great importance in choir’s programs. |
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http://www.singers.com/choral/estonianchoir.html
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| | Opus 1 Digital Recording |
| | Opus 1 specializes in the recording of classical music and offers complete capability for state of the art session and performance location recording of the highest professional quality. | | | Opus 1 undertakes recording projects ranging from solo voices and instruments, through chamber music groups, to large symphony orchestras with choruses and soloists. | | | Using ambisonic recording techniques, Opus 1 also records staged works where performers are moving about. |
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http://www.opus1digital.com
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| | andante boutique - boutique |
| | Laurence Equilbey and her accomplished chamber choir Accentus offer new insight into favorite masterpieces by Barber and Mahler and introduce us to exquisite vocal versions of lesser-known instrumental gems. |
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| | Conducted the University Chorus and Chamber Chorus in a recorded performance of Lou Harrison’s La Koro Sutro on New Albion NA 015, (released February 1988). | | | Conducted the Chamber Chorus of UC Berkeley in a recording of Morton Feldman’s Rothko Chapel, with David Abel, viola, William Winant, percussion, and Karen Rosenak, celeste, on New Albion 039CD, (released Fall 1991). | | | Prepared the University Chamber Chorus for, and played harpsichord continuo in G. Handel& Susanna, with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra conducted by Nicholas McGegan, Harmonium Mundi 907030–32, (released June 1990). |
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| | The Guelph Youth Singers - Performance Milestones |
| | Guelph Youth Singers choir II performed with the Elora Festival Singers and Orchestra, Noel Edison, conductor in Guelph, March 7, 1999 | | | Best Choral Performance (Guelph Kiwanis Music Festival) 1993, 1995, 1999-2004 | | | Guelph Youth Singers joined the Bach Children's Chorus and the Elmer Iseler Singers as special guests of the Amadeus Choir for their 25th anniversary concert. |
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http://www.guelphyouthsingers.com/milestones.html
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| | Articles - New York Philharmonic |
| | The orchestra was founded by Ureli Corelli Hill in 1842 and played its first concert on December 7 of that year, when Beethoven& Fifth Symphony was performed. | | | Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra) | | | These broadcast performances have continued to modern times. |
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http://www.wholez.com/articles/New_York_Philharmonic
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| | Web Communicator Displays Her Artistic Side in Choral Performance |
| | She sang all through high school and in college, performed in chamber and baroque choirs, as well as in community groups. | | | She formed a quartet with friends from junior high and performed together for five years. | | | Web Communicator Displays Her Artistic Side in Choral Performance |
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| | 2002 Grammy Awards |
| | One of the most-talked-about classical releases of 2002, A Sea Symphony is a choral symphony with texts mostly from Walt Whitman’s lesser-known poems. | | | A Sea Symphony, produced by Thomas C. Moore, won three Grammys for Best Classical Album, Best Choral Performance and Best Engineered Album (Michael Bishop, engineer). | | | Other important awards have included the French Grand Prix du Disque and Diapason d’Or; Japan’s Record of the Year; and Germany’s Audiophile CD of the Year. |
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http://www.wired4music.com/2002_Grammy_Awards.htm
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| | Lauded by Opera News for her "compelling mezzo," Patrick-Harris has performed as soloist with many of the finest symphony orchestras, including the National Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, New Orleans Philharmonic, Tulsa Philharmonic and the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra. | | | The nominated work was recorded in Glasgow, Scotland, under the direction of James Paul, music director and conductor of the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra. | | | Wieslaw Rentowski, Music, won the 1998 Commissioning Award Composition Contest given by the Louisiana Music Teachers Association. |
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http://www.lsu.edu/lsutoday/980123/people.html
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| | Rosbalt.RU - printer friendly version |
| | In the category 'Best solo performance with an orchestra' violinist Yuri Bashmet and Valery Gergiev have been nominated for the compact disc 'Kanchelli: Styx, Gybaidulina: Concerto for alto with orchestra', which was recorded by the Mariinsky Theatre orchestra under the guidance of Valery Gergiev and Yuri Bashmet. | | | Furthermore, in the category 'Best contemporary classical composition' Sofia Gubaidulina has been nominated for her 'St John Passion' as performed by the Mariinsky Theatre orchestra and choir. | | | In the category 'Best choral performance' conductor Valery Gergiev and soloists Gennady Bezzubenkov, Natalya Korneva, Victor Liutzuk, Fiodr Mozhayev and the orchestra and choir of the Mariinsky Theatre have been nominated for their performance of Sofia Gubaidulina's 'St John Passion'. |
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| | Choral Union performance reflects preparations |
| | John Mochnick, director of choral events, said the size of the chorus and the complexity of the pieces limits the number of concerts the choir can present. | | | The Choral Union presents only one concert a year. | | | All of the choral members have one thing in common - they each go out of their way to sing music. |
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| | Jazz Press Release TELARC, HEADS UP AND MCG JAZZ WIN SEVEN GRAMMYS @ jazzreview.com |
| | MCG Jazz, a specialty recording label, captures the music and magic of many of the jazz artists who perform at the center every year. | | | Other important awards have included the French Grand Prix du Disque and Diapason d'Or; Japan's Record of the Year; Germany's Audiophile CD of the Year and Gramophone Magazine's 2004 Label of the Year. | | | Wilson signed onto MCG Jazz recordings, and all proceeds from R.S.V. (Rare Songs, Very Personal) go to support the MCG Jazz program. |
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| | Gustav Mahler Society: "Best Mahler Recording for 1988" | | | Leonard Bernstein for Omnibus, Best Musical Contribution, 1958 | | | Mahler: Symphony No. 9, Best Classical Album and Best Orchestral Performance, 1993 |
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http://www.leonardbernstein.com/lifeswork/redbook/redbook16.asp
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| | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra - Directions |
| | ASO recordings won an impressive five Grammy awards in 1986, four of them in various categories (including the ones for Best Classical Album and Best Choral Performance) for the Berlioz Requiem recording conducted by Robert Shaw. | | | In the years since, ASO recordings have continued to be regularly honored with Grammy statues. | | | ASO recordings are available for sale through the Symphony Store, phone 404-733-4345. |
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http://www.atlantasymphony.org/plan/recordings.html
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| | Maw: Violin Concerto Joshua Bell, violin; Sir Roger Norrington, conductor (London Phil. | | | Category 92 - Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra) | | | Category 93 - Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra) |
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http://www.wshu.org/music/Grammys.asp
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| | Valparaiso University Alumni Relations |
| | Helmuth Rilling, internationally renowned conductor, is recognized throughout the world as one of the greatest interpreters of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. | | | The lecture is designed to prepare listeners for the performance and provide content and history of the "Passion." | | | "Helmuth Rilling is recognized throughout the world as one of the greatest Bach interpreters alive today," says Christopher Cock, VU's director of choral and vocal activities and Reddel Professor of Music Chair. |
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http://www.valpo.edu/oia/valpo_s01/p02.html
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