Complete Helicon/Kleos Catalog

Bassoon Concertos
Franz Danzi, Johann Baptist Vanhal
John Heard, Bassoon
Camerata Kiev, Alexandra Ostrowski, Conductor

John Heard has performed as bassoon soloist and chamber musician all over the world. He is the founder and bassoonist of the internationally recognized Miami Wind Quintet, a resident ensemble at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio where he is Professor of Bassoon and Chamber Music.

In this recording, he performs bassoon concertos by Franz Danzi and Johann Baptist Vanhal. The Chamber Orchestra is the Camerata Kiev conducted by Alexander Ostroski.

KL5136 16.95

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Music for Piano and Orchestra
Joshua Pierce, Piano; Slovak State Chamber Orchestra, Zilina; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra of Bratislava; Kirk Trevor, Conductor

Joshua Pierce, a most versatile virtuoso of the piano was born and raised in New York City. He studied at the Juilliard School of Music and the Manhattan School of Music. He has recorded a wide range of the piano repertoire which includes familiar and lesser known works of Brahms, Respighi, Tchaikovsky, Cage, Prokofiev, Gershwin, Lizst and many others. This CD contains music for piano and orchestra of repertoire by important composers that have not been represented on CD in many years.

KL5137 16.95

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Da Salo Trio, Ani Kavafian, Barbara Westphal, Gustav Rivinius

A new and formidable Trio perform the Beethoven trio in C. Op. 9, No. 3 and Mozart Divertimento in E Flat, KV 563. The Trio da Salo was founded as the festival "Incontri in Terra di Sienna" by violinist Ani Kavafian, violinist Barbara Westphal and cellist, Gutave Rivinius.

Their subsequent recital at the Schleswig - Holstein Festival was met with overwhelming enthusiasm by the press. "A master Trio, technically perfect, with the warmest sound, brilliant, elegant, and energetic - three virtuosi, melting together in a transparent ensemble on the highest level." (Suddeutsche Zeitung, Munich)

KL5138 16.95

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3 Piano Sonatas by Schubert
A major op 120 D 664 — F minor D 625 — C minor D 958
Paul Badura-Skoda

Schubert's Piano Sonatas belong to the greatest revelations in music. None of these three sonatas offered on this CD was published in Schubert's life time. This recording is the fruit of an intense and prolonged study of Schubert's life and works during Mr. Badura-Skoda's years as Artist in Residence at the University of Wisconsin, Madison Wisconsin. Newly recorded.

KL5139 16.95

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The Sydney Opera House Recital, May 31, 1982. Paul Badura-Skoda

In 1952, at the age of twenty-four, Paul Badura-Skoda toured Australia for the first time. He took Melbourne by storm and was greeted with overwhelming critical enthusiasm. Thirty years later he appeared as the Sydney Opera House, fulfilling his early promise. This recording is a living record of that historic event.

KL5140 16.95

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