Booklists
Here's what's new in our libraries for April 2011 ... in our Classical Music CD collection.
Chamber Music (Yellow)
Beethoven, Ludwig van ‘The "late" string quartets’ Harmonia Mundi, p2010. 3 sound discs. Tokyo String Quartet.
(Quartets BEE, Catalogue link)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus ‘String Quartets K. 157, K. 458 & K. 589’ Harmonia Mundi, p2011. Jerusalem Quartet.
(Quartets MOZ, Catalogue link)
Instrumental (Green)
Batiashvili, Lisa ‘Echoes of time’ Deutsche Grammophon, p2011. Violin concerto no. 1, op. 77 in A minor / Dmitri Shostakovich etc. Lisa Batiashvili, violin ; Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks ; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor ; Helene Grimaud, piano.
(Violin BAT, Catalogue link)
Collins, Michael ‘The lyrical clarinet’ Chandos, p2011. Duo, op. 45 / Norbert Burgmuller-- Five bagatelles, op. 23 / Gerald Finzi etc. Michael Collins, clarinet ; Michael McHale, piano.
(Other instruments COL, Catalogue link)
Grimaud, Hélène ‘Resonances’ Deutsche Grammophon, p2010. Piano sonata no. 8 in , K. 310 / Mozart -- Piano sonata op. 1 / Berg -- Piano sonata S. 178 / Liszt -- Romanian folk dances, BB 68 / Bartok. Helene Grimaud, piano.(Piano GRI, Catalogue link)
Grimaud, Hélène ‘Reflection’ Deutsche Grammophon, p2005. Concerto for piano and orchestra op. 54 / Robert Schumann -- Two Lieder to poems from Friedrich Ruckert's Liebesfruhling ; Am strande / Clara Schumann etc. Grimaud, piano. Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano ; Truls Mork, violoncello ; Staatskapelle Dresden ; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor. (Piano GRI, Catalogue link)
Liszt, Franz ‘Prélude et fuge sur B.A.C.H. Fantasie’ Solstice, p2010. Pierre Labric, organ.
(Organ LIS, Catalogue link)
Nemtanu, Sarah ‘Gypsic’ Naive, p2010. Czardas / Vittorio Monti -- Tzigane ; Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Faure etc. Sarah Nemtanu, violin ; Chilly Gonzales, piano, Farfisa organ, percussion ; Romain Descharmes, piano etc. (Violin NEM, Catalogue link)
Weiss, Silvius Leopold ‘The heart trembles with pleasure music for lute by Sylvius Leopold Weiss’ BSG Records, p2010. Nigel North, lute. (Lute WEI, Catalogue link)
Concerto / Orchestra / Symphony (Blue)
Debussy, Claude ‘Orchestral works. 4’ Naxos, p2010. Le martyre de Saint Sébastien -- Khamma -- Le roi Lear -- L'enfant prodigue. Orchestre National de Lyon ; conductor, Jun Markl. (Orchestral DEB, Catalogue link)
Gunning, Chris ‘The film & TV music of Christopher Gunning’ Chandos Records, p2010. Poirot variants -- La môme Piaf (La vie en rose) -- Under suspicion etc. Nicole Tibbels, soprano; Craig Ogden, guitar; Martin Robertson, saxophone ; BBC Philharmonic ; Rumon Gamba, conductor. (Orchestral GUN, Catalogue link)
Khachaturian, Aram Ilich ‘Spartacus excerpts ; Gayaneh : excerpts’ Onyx, p2010. Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra ; Kirill Karabits, conductor (Ballet KHA, Catalogue link)
Pigovat, Boris ‘Requiem compositions’ Atoll, 2010. Requiem "The Holocaust" : for solo viola and orchestra etc. Donald Maurice, viola ; Richard Mapp, piano; Carolyn Mills, harp; Dominion String Quartet; Vector Wellington Orchestra, conducted by Marc Taddei. (Concertos/Viola PIG, Catalogue link)
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay ‘Scheherazade; Russian Easter festival overture’ Onyx, p2010. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Charles Dutoit, conductor (Orchestral RIM, Catalogue link)
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich ‘The nutcracker’ EMI Records, p2010. 2 sound discs. Berliner Philharmoniker ; Simon Rattle, conductor. (Ballet TCH, Catalogue link)
Walton, Jamie ‘Cello concertos’ Signum Classics, p2008. E minor, op. 85 / Edward Elgar-- C minor, op. 66 / Nikolai Myaskovsky. Jamie Walton, violoncello ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Alexander Briger, conductor. (Concertos/Cello WAL, Catalogue link)
Walton, William ‘Cello concerto’ Signum Classics, p2010. Cello concerto / William Walton -- Cello concerto no. 1 in E flat major, op. 107 / Dmitri Shostakovich etc. Jamie Walton, cello ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Alexander Briger, conductor.
(Concertos/Cello WAL, Catalogue link)
‘The world of ballet Mussorgsky, Rossini, Saint-Saëns, Verdi, J. Strauss II, Weber, Minkus, Lecocq,’
Decca Eloquence, c2010, p1953. 2 sound discs. Paris Conservatoire Orchestra; New Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; Anatole Fistoulari, conductor.
(Ballet WOR, Catalogue link)
‘Invitation to the dance Glazunov, Liszt, Ravel, Adam, Weber, Falla’ Decca Eloquence, c2010, p1955. Paris Conservatoire Orchestra ; Albert Wolff, conductor.(Ballet INV, Catalogue link)
‘Fête à la française Charpentier, Massenet, Franck, Lalo’ Decca Eloquence, c2010, p1951. 2 sound discs, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra; Orchestre de l'Opera-Comique Paris; Albert Wolff, conductor. (Orchestral FET, Catalogue link)
Opera /Religious/ Vocal etc. (Red)
Bellini, Vincenzo ‘I Puritani’ Glyndebourne Enterprises, c2010. John Kentish, tenor ; Joan Sutherland, soprano ; Nicola Filacuridi, tenor ;; The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Vittorio Gui conductor ; The Glyndebourne Chorus ; Peter Gellhorn, chorus master. Etc.
(Operas BEL, Catalogue link)
Giordano, Umberto ‘Fedora’ Deutsche Grammophon, p2011. 2 sound discs. Angela Gheorghiu, Nino Machaidze, sopranos ; Marina Comparato, mezzo-soprano ; Placido Domingo, tenor ; Fabio Maria Capitanucci, baritone ; supporting soloists ; Orchestre symphonique et chœurs de La Monnaie ; Alberto Veronesi, conductor. (Operas GIO, Catalogue link)
Handel, George Frideric ‘Cleopatra arias from Giulio Cesare’ Virgin Classics, p2011. Natalie Dessay, soprano ; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Emmanuelle Haïm, conductor ; with: Sonia Prina, contralto (Giulio Cesare) ; Stephen Wallace, countertenor (Nireno).
( Operas HAN, Catalogue link)
Lemieux, Marie-Nicole ‘"Ne me refuse pas" airs d'opéras français = French opera arias’ Naive, p2010. Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto ; Orchestre national de France ; Fabien Gabel, conductor. (Singers LEM, Catalogue link)
O'Brien, Richard ‘The Rocky Horror show : original London cast’ First Night Records, p1985. Jonathan Adams (Narrator), Tim Curry (Frank-n-Furter), Richard O'Brien (Riff-Raff), Christopher Malcolm (Brad Majors), Belinda Sinclair (Janet Weiss), Rayner Bourton (Rocky Horror), Patricia Quinn (Magenta and Usherette), Little Nell (Columbia), Paddy O'Hagen (Eddie and Dr. Scott).
(Musicals OBR, Catalogue link)
Porter, Cole ‘Kiss me, Kate : original motion picture soundtrack’ Rhino Records, p1996. Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller. (Musicals POR, Catalogue link)
Royal, Kate ‘A lesson in love’ EMI Classics, p2011. Kate Royal, soprano ; Malcolm Martineau, piano. (Singers ROY, Catalogue link)
Sánchez-Verdú, José María ‘Aura’ Kairos, p2010. Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart ; Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin ; Duo Alberdi & Aizpiolea, accordions ; Experimentalstudio des SWR ; Joachim Haas, auraphon ; Jose M. Sanchez-Verdu, conductor. (Operas SAN, Catalogue link)
Sondheim, Stephen ‘Anyone can whistle : Broadway cast recording’ Columbia Broadway Masterworks, p2003. Lee Remick, Angela Lansbury, and Harry Guardino.
(Musicals SON, Catalogue link)
Sondheim, Stephen ‘Marry me a little : original cast recording’ RCA Victor, p1990. Suzanne Henry ; Craig Lucas ; E. Martin Perry, piano. (Musicals SON, Catalogue link)
Strauss, Richard ‘Orchestral songs’ Virgin Classics, p2010. Diana Damrau, soprano ; Münchner Philharmoniker ; Christian Thielemann, conductor.(Songs STR, Catalogue link)
Tavener, John ‘Towards silence’ Signum Classics, p2010. Medici Quartet , Fifth Quardrant , Finzi Quartet . etc.
(Religious TAV, Catalogue link)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph ‘Anniversary collector's edition’ Alto, [2007?] , On Wenlock edge -- Old King Cole : ballet for orchestra etc. George Maran, tenor, Ivor Newton, piano, London String Quartet; London Philharmonic Orchestra etc.
(Songs VAU, Catalogue link)
Wilson, Sandy ‘The boy friend : an original cast recording’ RCA Victor. p1989. Julie Andrews, Paulette Girard, Millicent Martin, Ann Wakefield, Stella Claire, Dilys Lay, Bob Scheerer, Ruth Altman, Eric Berry, John Hewer, Geoffrey Hibbert, vocal soloists ; Paul McGrane & His Bearcats ; Anton Copola, musical director. (Musicals WIL, Catalogue link)
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