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Mendelssohn ConcertosGroundbreaking recording unearths new scholarship. Including the 2nd-ever recording of the Double Concerto with winds, brass, and timpani as Mendelssohn wrote and intended! Violinist Ilya Kaler (the only person ever to garnish 1st prizes in the Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, AND Paganini Competitions), rising-star award-winning pianist Rasa Vitkauskaite, and world renowned conductor (and clarinetist) Jonathan Cohler join forces with the outstanding Budapest Ferenc Erkel Chamber Orchestra in riveting performances showcased in the crystal clear, dynamic audiophile engineering of Ongaku Records. The in-depth, 28-page booklet leads us on an engrossing journey through time.
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Ginastera: Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2This digital single features rising star Rasa Vitkauskaite in a “high-voltage performance... a veritable explosion of fierce energy... life-enhancing and full of joie de vivre” (Fanfare).
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Latin JourneyThe world's leading clarinet-piano duo of Jonathan Cohler and Rasa Vitkauskaite brings us a riveting traversal of the music of Latin America for clarinet and piano featuring works by Carlos Guastavino, Arturo Marquez, Paquito D'Rivera, and Alberto Ginastera.
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Rasa Vitkauskaite Plays Mozart & BeethovenThe debut concerto CD of rising star Rasa Vitkauskaite featuring two of the greatest of all piano concertos: Mozart's Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466 and Beethoven's Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37!
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Cohler plays&conducts MozartVirtuoso clarinetist and conductor Jonathan Cohler brings us the second in his "plays and conducts" series featuring a well-chosen selection of some of the greatest works by Mozart in his last 10 years. Including the Clarinet Concerto played on basset clarinet in original style alongside the Symphony No. 35 in D Major and the overtures of Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute all in brand new editions by Cohler, this CD features virtuoso playing all around by both Cohler and the up-and-coming Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra. An absolute must-have for all Mozart lovers.
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Polonaise brillante (Weber), S. 367This digital single features a scintillating performance by Rasa Vitkauskaite of Weber's bravura show piece Polonaise brillante, S. 367 with the renowned Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra.
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Cohler plays&conducts WeberGroundbreaking new audiophile recording by virtuoso clarinetist conductor Jonathan Cohler that follows Weber's original scores based on the most recent research. Hear the Weber Concertino and clarinet concertos as Weber wrote them! And enjoy the audiophile quality sound of the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra under Cohler playing from Weber's actual score that from which he premiered Oberon just weeks before he died.
024-125 American Tribute
American Tribute celebrates 70 years of American musical life. Jonathan Cohler and Rasa Vitkauskaite, today’s leading clarinet-piano duo, have been hailed around the globe. This CD is dedicated to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.
024-124 Reflections
In her brilliant debut solo CD, award-winning Lithuanian pianist Rasa Vitkauskaite demonstrates an uncanny depth and breadth of musical understanding coupled with outstanding technique and consummate pianism.
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- 024-123 Romanza
- 024-122 Jonathan Cohler & Claremont Trio
- 024-121 Rhapsodie Française
- 024-120 Vento Chiaro
- 024-119 Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
- 024-115 The Well-Tempered Clavier II
- 024-114 Once Upon a Time: Children's Tales for Piano and Narrator
- 024-113 The Well-Tempered Clavier I
- 024-112 David Alpher: American Reflections
- 024-111 Petrouchka and Other Prophecies
- 024-110 Great Russian Cello Sonatas
- 024-109 The Six Keyboard Partitas Vol. 2
- 024-108 The Six Keyboard Partitas Vol. 1
- 024-107 The Goldberg Variations
- 024-106 Yoshiko Okada: A French Piano Recital
- 024-105 Jonathan Cohler: The Clarinet Alone
- 024-104 Suren Bagratuni, Cello
- 024-103 Ilya Kaler, Violin
- 024-102 More Cohler on Clarinet
- 024-101 Cohler on Clarinet
- CD733 Moonflowers, Baby!
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“a terrific, high-voltage performance by Vitkauskaite; and how well the piano is caught in this recording. The rhythmic spirit of the dance, the virtuosity, the sweet lyricism: all are here in abundance, the central ‘Danza de la moza donosa’ an oasis of gently rocking songful peace, the final ‘Danza del gaucho matrero’ a veritable explosion of fierce energy, Vitkauskaite’s finely honed technique absolutely at the service of this glowing music.”
Five Stars: A brilliant [rendition], life-enhancing and full of joie de vivre, all cased in a fine recording
—Colin Clarke, Fanfare
“superb... technically brilliant, and always searching, imaginative, and compelling... gorgeous, singing tone... The recorded sound is excellent, offering a rich and lifelike concert ambience, one that highlights the virtuoso playing and gorgeous instrumental tone... a complete joy from start to finish. Highest recommendation.
Five Stars
—Ken Meltzer, Fanfare
“Rasa Vitkauskaite performs Ginastera’s Danzas Argentinas with excellent, crisp articulation, rhythmic precision, and absolute clarity. Argerich’s rendition of the first dance is slightly lighter and faster; Vitkauskaite’s is more insistent in its rhythmic repetition and grander at its cadences. She uses rubato very subtly—almost subliminally—in the second dance and shows a truly vocal grasp of melody in the right hand. Her playing of the finale is a whirlwind of energy and enthusiasm. This is a thoroughly enjoyable recording...
Five stars
—Myron Sylberstein, Fanfare
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