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Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, and more This CD includes: Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K622 Masonic Funeral Music in C minor, K477 Parto, parto, ma tu ben mio (from La Clemenza di Tito), sung by …

Joshua Bell conducts Beethoven Symphonies No. 4 and 7 This is Joshua Bell’s first recording as Music Director of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, where he both directs and plays from the …

Brahms: Handel Variations I love the music of Johannes Brahms because of its great diversity and creativity. In his symphonies, I hear tender sounds of Nature; in his Intermezzos, I hear Brahms playing piano for …

Simone Dinnerstein and Tift Merritt: Night 1. Only in Songs 2. Night and Dreams 3. Don’t Explain 4. Dido’s Lament 5. I Shall Weep at Night 6. Wayfaring Stranger 7. Prelude in B Minor 8. …

Tabea Zimmermann, violist Tabea Zimmermann’s viola sound is extraordinarily beautiful, dark, and so musical. Her performance in either concertos or chamber music is defined by total precision, and her phrasing has a touching warmth. In …