The Carnival Connection
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A Renaissance Carnival scene
In America, we know it as Mardi Gras, but in much of the world it's called Carnival.
Whatever the name, it’s an opportunity to celebrate before Lent -- that time in the traditional Christian calendar when the faithful are to abstain from the pleasures of life.
Which is why Carnival typically involves a public festival, combining elements of a circus, masked ball and street party.
In this carnival-inspired music from the Renaissance to the modern era, including works by Berlioz, Schumann, Dvorak, Saint-Saens, and Stravinsky.
RECORDINGS USED
CD Title
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Group/Artist
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Catalog #
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UPC
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Cornet Favorites
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Gerard Schwarz, cornet
William Bolcom, piano
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Nonesuch 79157-2
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Nonesuch 603497106264
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Berlioz Complete Orchestral Works
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London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis.
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Philips 456 143-2
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0028945614328
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Rossini: Choral Music [I gondolieri: Chor- und Ensemblemusik]
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Stuttgart Sudfunkchor
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Carus 83.127
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4009350831278
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Food, Wine & Song
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Orlando Consort
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Harmonia Mundi HMU 907313
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093046731427
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Schumann Carnaval, etc.
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Marc-Andre Hamelin
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Hyperion CDA67120
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034571171203
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Dvorak Symphonies
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London Symphony Orchestra, Istvan Kertesz
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London (Decca) 430 046-2
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028943004626
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Stravinsky Pétrouchka
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Philharmonia Orchestra, Eliahu Inbal
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Teldec 2292-46327-2
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022924632732
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Milhaud, Carnival d’Aix, etc.
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Jack Gibbons, New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp
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Hyperion CDA66594
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34571165943
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Peter and the Wolf/Carnival of the Animals
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Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard
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Naxos 8.550335
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730099533522
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