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"Crystal is the wind a cionado's best friend, and has been since 1966" International Record Review
New CD: MOZART SERENADE in Bb K.361, Gran Partita for 12 Winds & String Bass. CD646. Toronto Chamber Winds: 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 basset horns, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, string bass. A masterpiece in every respect; a musical blockbuster. This is one of the only recorded performances that adheres to the original Mozart manuscript. “interpretation of this masterpiece is exemplary … remarkable virtuosity and an irreproachable musicality.” – Sonances
New CD: Clarion Duo – Keith Benjamin, Trumpet; Melody Turnquist-steed, Organ. CD961. Music written especially for this CD by Anthony Plog, Samuel Adler, Stacy Garrop, James Mobberley, & Adam Schoenberg.
" The standard of performance here is utterly remarkable...benjamin is a superb trumpeter, his legato a dream, Turnquist-steed is the perfect partner...lovely to hear a performance of such assurance" – Fanfare Magazine
New CD: Bhavani's Oboe. CD826. Bhavani Kotha, Oboe. Benjamin Britten, Temporal Variations; plus Bozza, Godard, Dring, & Pasculli. “Bhavani Kotha is a phenomenal oboist, able to make her instrument purr like a clarinet or ring out brazenly like a trumpet.” – Fanfare Magazine
ALAN HOVHANESS. "Beautiful sounds, unabashedly melodic...his music possesses instant appeal." – N.Y. Times. Crystal has the largest collection of recordings of Hovhaness works conducted or supervised by the composer, most with major British orchestras. A small sample (see www.crystalrecords.com for many more): CD801 Symphony #11 (All Men Are Brothers), Royal Philharmonic; Prayer of St. Gregory, Armenian Rhapsody #1, Tzaikerk. CD810: And God Created Great Whales, Concerto #8 for Orchestra & Anahid. Philharmonia Orch. CD802: St. Vartan Symphony, "Artik" Horn Concerto. National Phil. of London & Israel Phil. CD803: Majnun Symphony. Natl. Phil. of London. CD804: Etchmiadzin Sym., Fra Angelico, Mountains & Rivers Without End. Royal Phil. CD805: Vishnu Sym., Requiem & Resurrection. CD807: Odysseus & Celestial Gate Symphonies.
CDS US$16.95 ea, See www.crystalrecords.com for pricing in £ or €. FREE shipping on all U.S. orders. Other countries $14 per order. Crystal Records, 28818 NE Hancock Rd, Camas, WA 98607 USA phn 360-834-7022; order@crystalrecords.com; www.crystalrecords.com