Wine Wednesday Complimentary Download - Pinot Grigio Classics

We have introduced to you our seven "Wine Classics" compilations, and today we would like to continue our series celebrating the weekly Twitter holiday "Wine Wednesday" here on our blog. To celebrate, each week we will be posting a couple of tracks from each of our seven "Wine Classics" compilations. Today we present two tracks from Pinot Grigio Classics. It is our hope that you will download these tracks and listen to them while enjoying your favorite Pinot Grigio! If you're following us on Twitter (@WhiteTieRecords), let us know what Pinot Grigio you're drinking and where it comes from. Most of all have a happy Wine Wednesday!

To create a perfect companion to a crisp Pinot Grigio, your two complimentary tracks today are Haydn's Symphony No. 104 in D Major"London", HobI/104 — 4. Finale. Spiritoso , and From Holberg's Time, Op. 40 — 3. Gavotte. Allegretto–Musette: Un poco mosso–Gavotte by Edvard Grieg.

To download these tracks from Pinot Grigio Classics, right-click the track links and save them to your computer!

The complete Pinot Grigio Classics compilation is available on iTunes, Amazon, and practically any other download store.

Check out our "Rock Star" Pianist

We just had to share this wonderful write-up of Christopher O'Riley by the Des Moines Register.

Pianist Christopher O'Riley is a sort of rock star classical artist.

"I had been in a rock band in my junior high years while still focusing on classical piano studies, and played jazz professionally in my high school years," O'Riley said in an interview over a three-week span with the Register. The "talk" took place on Facebook, a social networking site the Chicago native is active on.

O'Riley's repertoire includes Ravel, Scriabin and Chopin. But he has also performed pieces by Tori Amos, Nick Drake and Radiohead.

His 2003 "True Love Waits" album, featuring transcriptions of Radiohead's experimental rock songs, reached No. 3 on the Billboard Top Classical Crossover chart...Click to Reda more at the Des Moines Register

Find the full Des Moines Register interview with Mr. O'Riley on his Facebook Page, and make sure to read all of his answers!

Chanticleer & The US Naval Academy Men's Glee Glub

We came across this video yesterday, and even shared it on Twitter, but it's just so good, that we had to post it here as well! If you remember we released a DVD with Chanticleer this last Christmas season, and are working towards doing other things with them in the future. So please enjoy Chanticleer & The U.S. Naval Academy Men's Glee Club performing Ave Maria:

Wine Wednesday Complimentary Download - Syrah Classics

We have introduced to you our seven "Wine Classics" compilations, and today we would like to continue our series celebrating the weekly Twitter holiday "Wine Wednesday" here on our blog. To celebrate, each week we will be posting a couple of tracks from each of our seven "Wine Classics" compilations. Today we present two tracks from Syrah Classics. It is our hope that you will download these tracks and listen to them while enjoying your favorite Syrah! If you're following us on Twitter (@WhiteTieRecords), let us know what Syrah you're drinking and where it comes from. Most of all have a happy Wine Wednesday!

To create a perfect companion to a rich Syrah, your two complimentary tracks today are Albinoni's Oboe Concerto in d minor, Op. 9 No. 2 - 2. Adagio, and Mozart's Don Giovanni, K527 - Overture.

To download these tracks from Syrah Classics, right-click the track links and save them to your computer!

The complete Syrah Classics compilation is available on iTunes, Amazon, and practically any other download store.

Grape Encounters Radio

Today we wanted to share a fun radio program with you that relates a little to what we are doing with our "Wine Classics" series. It's from Grape Encounters Radio, and the program is called "The Music of Wine." White Tie Records's owner Lisa Nauful will be featured on this program in the coming weeks! So make sure you take a listen to The Music of Wine on GrapeEncountersRadio.com

Wine Wednesday Complimentary Download - Merlot Classics

We have introduced to you our seven "Wine Classics" compilations, and today we would like to continue our series celebrating the weekly Twitter holiday "Wine Wednesday" here on our blog. To celebrate, each week we will be posting a couple of tracks from each of our seven "Wine Classics" compilations. Today we present two tracks from Merlot Classics. It is our hope that you will download these tracks and listen to them while enjoying your favorite Merlot! If you're following us on Twitter (@WhiteTieRecords), let us know what Merlot you're drinking and where it comes from. Most of all have a happy Wine Wednesday!

To create a perfect companion to a mellow Merlot, your two complimentary tracks today are Brahms' Variations On a Theme By Haydn, Op. 56a — Variation 7. Grazioso, and Debussy's La Plus Que Lente.

To download these tracks from Merlot Classics, right-click the track links and save them to your computer!

The complete Chablis Classics compilation is available on iTunes, Amazon, and practically any other download store.

Wine of the Week - Merlot

Just for fun, since tomorrow is Wine Wednesday, we thought we would give you a heads-up on which wine our free downloads will be from. This way you can make sure you have the right wine for tomorrow! So this week our Wine Wednesday downloads will be from our Merlot Classics album.

Please tell us your favorite Merlot here, or on Facebook or Twitter!

And Get the past two week's Free Downloads by Clicking HERE

Some Wine and Music Resources

Since we're in all out Wine Classics mode here, we wanted to share some good Wine and music blogs and websites.

Fun resources:

Everyday Opera. A community for opera, music, wine and travel.

Our friend the "Wine Whisperer" at grapevineradio.net blog.

A great Sommelier, Countess Rose Perry's company Vino CaPisco.

And for fun, The Naked Winery.

Wine Wednesday Complimentary Download - Chablis Classics

We have introduced to you our seven "Wine Classics" compilations, and today we would like to continue our series celebrating the weekly Twitter holiday "Wine Wednesday" here on our blog. To celebrate, each week we will be posting a couple of tracks from each of our seven "Wine Classics" compilations. Today we present two tracks from Chablis Classics. It is our hope that you will download these tracks and listen to them while enjoying your favorite Chablis! If you're following us on Twitter (@WhiteTieRecords), let us know what Chablis you're drinking and where it comes from. Most of all have a happy Wine Wednesday!

Because the light and joyful music of Dvorak and Rossini create a perfect companion to a delightful Chablis, your two complimentary tracks today are Dvorak's Polka movement (No. 3) from Slavonic Dances, Op. 46, and Rossini's Allegretto movement from his Sonata for Strings (String Symphony) No. 5 in E-flat Major.

To download these tracks from Chablis Classics, right-click the track links and save them to your computer!

The complete Chablis Classics compilation is available on iTunes, Amazon, and practically any other download store.

Christopher O'Riley Review

Recently Christopher O'Riley performed at The Egg in Albany where he performed both traditional classical music, and his rock "imaginations" like those on our "Out of My Hands" release. So today we would like to excerpt a review of that concert from the Times Union.

Pianist O'Riley has rocked covered
By Joseph Dalton

ALBANY -- Best known as the host of the radio program "From the Top," pianist Christopher O'Riley has a distinctive ringing sound at the keyboard and a knack for choosing repertoire that shows off his light, transparent touch. That he's become a specialist in making and playing transcriptions of alternative rock songs -- especially by the band Radiohead -- is really just an added cool factor. Like a dancer who ends up doing most of his own choreography, O'Riley knows his strengths so well that he may as well also be the one to set the notes.


This realization came about two-thirds of the way through his Sunday afternoon recital at The Egg in Albany when he played the "Ondine" movement from Ravel's "Gaspard de la Nuit." Its floating textures were given a shimmering, crystalline elegance -- and felt surprisingly similar to much of the other material on the program, whether it was by Nirvana, Pink Floyd or Tori Amos...To Continue Reading this Review, please visit the Times Union Website.

Wine Classics - A New Meaning

We have been featuring our Wine Classics Series as of late, and so we thought it would be fun today to share something that truly combines wine and classical music:

Wine Wednesday Complimentary Download - Champagne Classics

Over the last two weeks we have introduced to you our seven "Wine Classics" compilation, and today we would like to start a new series celebrating the weekly Twitter holiday "Wine Wednesday" here on our blog. To celebrate, each week we will be posting a couple of tracks from each of our seven "Wine Classics" compilations. It is our hope that you will download these tracks and listen to them while sipping the correct pairing. If you're following us on Twitter (@WhiteTieRecords), each Tuesday we will let you know which of the compilations we'll be featuring so that you can make sure and have the right wine!

So to start, we want you to kick back with some bubbly and enjoy two tracks from our Champagne Classics album.

Please enjoy Tracks 1 and 5 from Champagne Classics:

Sergei Prokofiev's "Classical Symphony" (Symphony No. 1), Op. 25 — 1. Allegro Con Brio performed by the English Chamber Orchestra.

Sergei Prokofiev's "Lieutenant Kijé Suite" Op. 60 — 4. Troika conducted by Mario Rossi with the Wiener Staatsoperorchester


To download these tracks, simply right-click the link and save it!

Download the full Champagne Classics compilation from iTunes, Amazon, or practically anywhere digitally!