North Carolina Symphony Announces Recording Contract with International Label
RALEIGH, NC. (Top40 Charts/ North Carolina Symphony) - The North Carolina Symphony today announced it will record two compact discs with renowned Scandinavian classical music label BIS Records in 2008. 'This marks an enormous step forward for us as we enter the international recording arena,' said ...
| Boston Symphony Orchestra Announces Line-up for the 2008 Tanglewood Jazz Festival
Boston, MA. (Top40 Charts/ Boston Symphony Orchestra) - Tickets for entire Tanglewood season on sale February 17 - visit www.Tanglewood.org. Boston Symphony Orchestra announces remaining programs: 2008 Tanglewood Jazz Festival to feature Dianne Reeves, Terence Blanchard, Donal Fox, Eliane Elias, Eddie ...
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Crested Butte Music Festival 2008 Summer Season Features Classical Music, Opera, Dance, and the Balalaika
CRESTED BUTTE, CO. (Top 40 Charts/ Crested Butte Music Festival) - The Crested Butte Music Festival, a summer festival of classical music, opera, and dance, has announced its 2008 season, Discover the Roots of Paradise, which will run from July 4th to July 31st. Located in the Victorian town of Crested ...
| Opera Megastar Frederica von Stade To Be Featured Guest Performer at Commonwealth Youthchoirs Gala Concert
PHILADELPHIA, PA. (Top40 Charts/ Commonwealth Youthchoirs) - Commonwealth Youthchoirs has announced that world-renowned opera singer Frederica von Stade will guest star at its 4th Annual Gala Concert at the Kimmel Center on June 8, 2008. Described by the New York Times as "one of America's finest ...
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Time for Lyme and C. Bechstein Pianos Proudly Present 'Barry Alexander and Friends' at Carnegie Hall in a Concert to Benefit 'Time for Lyme' on March 22, 2008
Greenwich, CT. (Top40 Charts/ Time For Lyme) - Time For Lyme and C. Bechstein Pianos proudly present "Barry Alexander and Friends" at Carnegie Hall, a concert to benefit Lyme disease research and education - Saturday, March 22 at 8:30 p.m. at Carnegie Hall in the Weill Recital Hall (3rd floor), located ...
| Sarah Brightman's New CD, 'Symphony' is Soprano's Highest USA Chart Debut
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Manhattan Records) - "Symphony" by Sarah Brightman, the world's biggest selling soprano of all time, scores her highest U.S. chart debut this week at No 13 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart with first week sales totaling 31,463. "Symphony" is Brightman's first album of new ...
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Violinist Andrew Sords Brings A New Vision To Mozart's Most Mature Violin Concerto
Austin, TX. (Top40 Charts/ EMC Artists) - After overcoming an adolescence wrought with emotional tumult and maturation, Mozart wrote Concerto No. 5 in A major as a testament to that growth. Though written at the relatively young age of 19, Concerto No. 5 is considered to be the most mature of Mozart's ...
| Top Classical Artists Make Beautiful Music on Crystal Symphony
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Crystal Cruises) - Famed mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade will headline a program of distinguished artists and composers on Crystal Cruises' new Classical Music cruise to Scandinavia and Russia this summer. Live performances and guest lectures highlighting the music ...
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British Opera Sensation Paul Potts Makes NYC Concert Debut March 11, 2008
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Sony Music) - British opera phenomenon Paul Potts will make his NYC concert debut March 11 at Town Hall, performing music from his wildly successful debut album 'One Chance' (Columbia). The widely-beloved Potts became a household name overnight after his inspiring victory ...
| Naxos of America to Begin Distribution of the Chandos Catalog in April
Nashville, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Naxos) - On April 1, 2008, Naxos of America, the No 1 independent classical music distributor in the U.S., will begin distribution of the prestigious UK-based Chandos label. Chandos, which celebrates its 28th anniversary this year, is one of the finest independent classical ...
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New Wedding Music Company Launches Extraordinary CD Collections That Lyrically Touch the Heart and Musically Set New Standards
SCOTTSBURG, IN. (Top40 Charts/ T Carter Music) - This February 2008, the world will experience the release of three beautiful and original wedding CDs. T Carter Music introduces "Lyrical Vows of Unity" featuring breathtaking original songs for the ring exchange ceremony, lighting of the unity candle, ...
| Alumni Jerome Lowenthal, piano, and Judith LeClair, bassoon, to perform at Settlement Music School Recital, February 3, 2008
PHILADELPHIA, PA. (Top40 Charts/ Settlement Music School) - The first concert of the School's Centennial Year will feature Distinguished Alumni Judith LeClair, Principal Bassoon of the New York Philharmonic and internationally recognized pianist Jerome (Jerry) Lowenthal performing works by Saint-Saens ...
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Award Winning Debbie Fortnum Releases The Beautiful Piano
Chilliwack, CA - (Top40 Charts/ D2/ Fontana North/ Universal) - The Beautiful Piano, the latest CD by gifted musician Debbie Fortnum is in the special position of already having been nominated for three and winning one Canadian GMA Covenant Awards from its 2007 independent release. D2/Fontana North/Universal ...
| Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir to Release New CD on Jan. 29; Public Invited to Free Concert Premieres Jan. 27 and Feb. 3
BROOKLYN, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Integrity Music) - World-renowned and six-time Grammy Award winner The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir will release its new album, "I'll Say Yes", on January 29. To mark the release, the Brooklyn Tabernacle will hold two free concert premieres for the public at their 17 Smith ...
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Win Someone's Heart with 'Music From My Heart'
Century City, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Baby Grand Publishing) - Margie Balter's sensual and passionate piano music has been described as "music that makes you fall in love." On Wednesday, February 13 she will perform at Barnes & Noble at The Grove at 7:30 p.m., just in time for Valentine's Day. The performance ...
| Paul McCartney Releases New Classical DVD 'Ecce Cor Meum (Behold My Heart)' On February 26, 2008
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ CineMedia Promotions) - In September 2006 Paul McCartney released his fourth full-length classical album, Ecce Cor Meum (Behold My Heart). On Friday November 3rd, 2007 Ecce Cor Meum was given its world premiere performance to a sold out audience at The Royal Albert Hall, London. ...
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Munich Philharmonic Turns Heads With Surprise Programming of 'Frozen in Time' By Avner Dorman
MUNICH, GERMANY (Top40 Charts/ Munich Philharmonic) - The Munich Philharmonic, whose recent music directors include Christian Thielemann, James Levine, and Sergiu Celibidache, will present a brand new percussion concerto by 32 year-old Israeli composer Avner Dorman only seven weeks after its world premiere ...
| ArkivMusic Posts Record Sales For 2007; Online Classical Music Retailer Bucks Industry Slide in CD Sales
BRYN MAWR, Pa. (Top40 Charts/ ArkivMusic LLC) - ArkivMusic, The Source for Classical Music (https://www.arkivmusic.com) announced today that the company achieved record revenues in 2007 with 30% growth year-over-year, topping one million dollars in December alone. This bucks the retail industry's downward ...
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Michael Glenn Williams to be Released in Times Future
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Stradivarius Records) - GWhiz Arts & Sciences, (Music Publisher), publisher of the music of American composer and virtuoso pianist Michael Glenn Williams is releasing a new recording in partnership with Stradivarius Records, Milan, Italy (Stradivarius Records). The recording ...
| From the Creators Of The Smash Hit Celtic Woman Comes The New Exciting Irish Ballad Group The High Kings
NEW YORK, NY. (Top 40 Charts/ Manhattan Records) - An all-new music special featuring the most exciting Irish ballad group to emerge since The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem electrified the worldwide folk revival of the 1960s. The High Kings take some of the classic ballad repertoire from the past ...
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