Sony Masterworks Celebrates the Bicentennial of Haydn With Haydn: The Complete Symphonies Box Set
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Sony Masterworks) - To commemorate the 200th anniversary of Haydn's death, Sony Masterworks releases Haydn: The Complete Symphonies box set. This 37-disc collection began eleven years ago, when in 1998, the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra conducted by Dennis Russell Davies laid the ...
| Susan Boyle's 'I Dreamed A Dream' Takes No 1 Spot For Third Consecutive Week; Certified Triple Platinum and Biggest Selling Album of 2009
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Susan Boyle's 'I Dreamed A Dream' (Columbia Records) dominates the charts holding down the No 1 spot on the Billboard 200 for the third consecutive week with 581,966 copies sold. The album has also received RIAA-Triple Platinum Certification for shipping over ...
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Opera's Reigning Diva Renee Fleming & The Russian National Orchestra Descend On South Florida To Head Stellar Line-up
New York (Top40 Charts/ Centre For The Arts) - For centuries, the world has celebrated the artistry of Russian culture. Composers, musicians, writers and dancers with names such as Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Tolstoy, and Baryshnikov have inspired audiences. The fourth annual Festival of the Arts BOCA, ...
| Susan Boyle: I Dreamed A Dream Continues To Break Sales Records In The U.S!!
LONDON, UK (Top40 Charts/ Sony Music Entertainment UK) - Susan Boyle's "I Dreamed A Dream" continues to hold the No 1 spot on the Billboard 200 with another milestone, becoming the fastest selling debut album over a two-week period after release. The album earned the highest second week sales of 2009 ...
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Sony Masterworks To Release Unprecedented Series Of Horowitz Recordings, Documenting Legendary Pianist's Greatest Years As An Interpretive Artist
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Sony Masterworks) - Sony Masterworks, in collaboration with the Vladimir Horowitz Estate, presents an unprecedented collection of never-before-available historic recordings, photographs and ephemera highlighting legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz. Focusing on the full range ...
| RARE HAYDN SONGS AND CANZONETTAS ALBUM BY WILHELM PFEIFFER
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Wilhelm Pfeiffer Official Website) - Finally, art songs and canzonettas by grand composer Joseph Haydn won't be an unknown treasure still to be discovered any more. Wilhelm Pfeiffer is happy to showcase - together with Larissa Swarovsky - his new album 'JOSEPH HAYDN - Englische ...
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15-Year-Old Violin Prodigy Sam Weiser Takes On Santana And Eddie Vedder For Debut Album 'Sam I Am'
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Fifteen-year-old Sam Weiser is a most unusual violin prodigy, he started playing at age three, was a concertmaster by 10, and will make his album debut with 'Sam I Am' out on Disappear Records on February 16th. 'Sam I Am' incorporates compositions from Carlos ...
| Susan Boyle's 'I Dreamed A Dream' Enters Charts With Top First Week Sales Of 2009 And Biggest Selling Female Debut Album In History
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Susan Boyle's 'I Dreamed A Dream' (Columbia Records) made a historical introduction to the charts today as the album achieved the highest first week sales of 2009 as well as the largest ever debut for a female artist on the Billboard 200 in the Soundscan era. ...
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Selections From Frank Zappa's 'Yellow Shark' To Be Performed By LA Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By John Adams
New York (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Selections from Frank Zappa's 'Yellow Shark' album will be performed on December 1 by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra with John Adams conducting. The concert is presented as part of the West Coast, Left Coast Festival celebrating California composers. ...
| Susan Boyle Invites Fans To Celebrate November 23rd Global Release At NBC's Today Show
(Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Susan Boyle will take over New York City's Rockefeller Plaza this Monday, November 23rd to celebrate the worldwide release of her debut album 'I Dreamed A Dream' on NBC's "Today Show." Fans are encouraged to join Boyle on the plaza for her first public performance ...
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Susan Boyle's 'I Dreamed A Dream' Is Amazon Music's Largest Global CD Pre-Order!
SEATTLE, WA. (Top40 Charts/ Amazon PR) - Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), today announced that Susan Boyle's upcoming album, 'I Dreamed a Dream,' has become the largest global CD pre-order in the history of Amazon. The album will be released from Sony Music Entertainment on Nov. 23. Boyle became a reality ...
| Ludovico Einaudi Releases New Album NIGHTBOOK
LONDON, UK (Top40 Charts/ DOREEN D'AGOSTINO MEDIA) - Ludovico Einaudi might be the most popular musician you've never heard of. But if you're a fan of film, television, or even basketball, you've probably heard his music. The NBA, the British TV series Doctor Zhivago, and films like This Is England ...
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The Philadelphia Orchestra Celebrates Academy Of Music 153rd Anniversary With Grand Concert And Ball On January 30, 2010
PHILADELPHIA, PA. (Top40 Charts/ PThe Philadelphia Orchestra) - World-renowned singer/composer/actor Sting will headline the spectacular Academy of Music 153rd Anniversary Concert on Saturday, January 30, 2010, in performance with The Philadelphia Orchestra and his own quartet of outstanding jazz/pop/rock ...
| Susan Boyle Sings With The Stars
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Susan Boyle will return to the states this month to perform the title track off her forthcoming album 'I Dreamed a Dream' (Columbia) on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" on November 10. Then, to celebrate the album's global release, on November 23rd, Boyle ...
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Sam Weiser Finishes FODFest Tour, Readies Debut Album for February Release
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Sam Weiser had to take a few days off from his tenth-grade honors classes in October to play on the Friends of Daniel Pearl's FODFest tour. Weiser, a 15-year-old violinist, was last year's winner of the Daniel Pearl Memorial Violin, and the FODFest raises ...
| Rachmaninoff Returns To Carnegie Hall...
New York (Top40 Charts/ Zenph Studios) - On November 6, 2009, a century after his first recitals in the U.S., legendary composer and pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff will once again grace Carnegie Hall. Zenph Studios presents a live recital, Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninoff. Experiencing a Zenph's re-performance ...
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Atlanta Symphony Orchestra 2009 Coca-Cola Holiday Concert Series
ATLANTA, GA. (Top40 Charts/ Atlanta Symphony Orchestra) - Celebrate the 12 nights of Christmas this holiday season with 12 spectacular performances of six shows by our very own Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, during the 2009 Coca-Cola Holiday Concert Series. Conductor Jere Flint, along with Lee Harper & ...
| Pianohaus Metz In Regensburg To Showcase Rare Arias And Art Songs
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Noeck Records) - 20 November 2009 will see Pianohaus Metz in Regensburg, Germany, showcase Classical singer Wilhelm Pfeiffer's sophisticated and rare arias and art song recital. Working his way through compositions by Haydn and Mozart this time, Wilhelm Pfeiffer will team ...
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Largest Symphonic Event In Hong Kong - Swire Symphony Under The Stars (13th November) Puts City On World Cultural Map
New York (Top40 Charts/ Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra) - The legendary New York Philharmonic in Central Park; the Berlin Philharmonic in the Waldbuhne; Sydney Symphony in the Domain; and the outdoor Proms in Hyde Park in London. The world's great cultural capitals share something very special - tens ...
| Youth Concert Series Announced A New Partnership With The Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra
New York (Top40 Charts/ Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras) - As part of the BSO's celebration of the 50th anniversary of its Youth Concert Series last year, the orchestra announced a new partnership with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras (BYSO) for the 2009-10 season. The first event in this collaboration ...
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