Booklists
Here's what's new in our libraries for August 2011 ... in our Classical Music CD collection.
For featured titles from this month's new classical selections, with additional information, please check out the Classical Recent Picks on our News Blog.
Chamber Music (Yellow)
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich 'Piano trios' ECM, p2011. Zerkalo : for violin, violoncello and piano / Kissine -- Trio for piano, violin and violoncello, op. 50 / Tchaikovsky. Gidon Kremer, violin ; Giedre Dirvanauskaite, violoncello ; Khatia Buniatishvili, piano.
(Trios TCH, 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)
Karadaglic, Milos 'The guitar' Deutsche Grammophon, p2011. Suite espanola : op. 47. No. 5 : Asturias (Leyenda) / Isaac Albeniz-- Recuerdos de la Alhambra / Francisco Tarrega etc. Miloss Karadaglic, guitar ; English Chamber Orchestra (5th work), Paul Watkins, conductor (5th work).
(Guitar KAR, Catalogue link)
Grimaud, Helene '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 'Franz Liszt' Sony Music. p2011. Liebestraum in A flat major -Notturno, S 541/3 -- Sonata in B minor, S 178 etc. Khatia Buniatishvili, piano.
(Piano 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)
Williams, John 'The guitarist' Sony Classical, p2011. Suite for lute no. 4 in E major, BWV 1006a. Prelude / Johann Sebastian Bach-- Suite espanola, op. 47. No. 5. Asturias / Isaac Albeniz etc. John Williams, guitar etc.
(Guitar WIL, Catalogue link)
Concerto / Orchestra / Symphony (Blue)
Debussy, Claude 'Orchestral works. 4' Naxos, p2010. Le martyre de Saint Sebastien -- Khamma -- Le roi Lear -- L'enfant prodigue. Orchestre National de Lyon ; conductor, Jun Markl.
(Orchestral DEB, Catalogue link)
Daugherty, Michael 'Route 66 Ghost ranch ; Sunset strip ; Time machine' Naxos, p2011. Richard Vaughan Thomas, Kevin Pritchard, Robert Harris, Ed Lockwood, Andrew Jones, horns (2nd work); Peter Turnbull, Denis Curlett, trumpets ; Matt King, Oliver Yates, percussion (3rd work) ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra ; Marin Alsop, Mei-Ann Chen, Laura Jackson (4th work), conductors.
(Orchestral DAU, Catalogue link)
Lutosawski, Witold 'Konzert fur Orchester' BR-Klassik. p2011. Konzert fur Orchester / Witold Lutosawski. Symphonie Nr. 3 fur Tenor, Chor und Orchester, op. 27 "Das Lied von der Nacht" / Karol Szymanowski. Symphonie Nr. 4 fur Orchester und Chor, op. 78 / Alexander Tschaikowsky. Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks ; Mariss Jansons, conductor.
(Orchestral LUT, Catalogue link)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 'Piano concertos. Vol. 1' Bridge Records, p2010. No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 -- No. 25 in C major, K. 503-- No. 26 in D major, K. 537 ; No. 27 in B flat major, K. 595. Vassily Primakov, piano ; Odense Symphony Orchestra ; Scott Yoo, conductor.
(Concertos/Piano MOZ, Catalogue link)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 'Piano concertos. Vol. 2' Bridge Records, p2011. No. 11 in F major, K. 413-- No. 20 in D minor, K. 466-- No. 21 in C major, K. 467. Vassily Primakov, piano ; Odense Symphony Orchestra ; Simon Gaudenz, conductor.
(Concertos/Piano MOZ, Catalogue link)
Ponchielli, Amilcare 'Concertos' Detmold, Germany, p2011. Fantasy on motifs from the opera La Traviata op. 146, for trumpet and orchestra (1869) etc. Giuliano Sommerhalder, trumpet ; Roland Frsacher, euphonium ; Simone Sommerhalder, oboe ; Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle Schwerin ; Matthias Foremny, conductor.
(Concertos/Various PON, Catalogue link)
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich 'The nutcracker' EMI Records, p2010. 2 sound discs. Berliner Philharmoniker ; Simon Rattle, conductor.
(Ballet TCH, Catalogue link)
Salieri, Antonio 'La Veneziana Konzerte = La Veneziana : Concertos' Capriccio, p2011. Lajos Lencss, oboe ; Jnos Blint, flute; Bla Bnfalvi, violin ; Kroly Botvay, violoncello ; Budapest Strings ; Bla Bnfalvi, conductor.
(Concertos/Various SAL, Catalogue link)
Schubert, Franz 'Symphony no. 9 "Great" in C major Five German dances' Channel Classics, p2011. Budapest Festival Orchestra ; Ivan Fischer, conductor.
(Symphonies SCH, Catalogue link)
'The world of ballet Mussorgsky, Rossini, Saint-Saens, 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)
'Fete a la francaise 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)
Dessay, Natalie 'The miracle of the voice' Virgin Classics, p2006. 2 sound discs. Lakme. Ou va le jeune Hindoue : Bell song / Delibes -- Les contes d'Hoffmann. Les oiseaux dans la charmille / Offenbach etc. Natalie Dessay, soprano ; with various orchestras, conductors, and instrumentalists.
(Singers DES, Catalogue link)
Handel, George Frideric 'Acis und Galatea' Carus, p2008. Julia Kleiter, soprano ; Christoph Pregardien, Michael Slattery, tenor ; Wolf Matthais Friedrich, bass ; NDR Chor ; FestspielOrchester Gottingen ; Nicholas McGegan, conductor.
(Operas HAN, Catalogue link)
Donizetti, Gaetano 'Linda di Chamounix' Opera Rara, p2011. 3 sound discs. Eglise Gutierrez; Ludovic Tezier ; Elizabeth Sikora; Alessandro Corbelli; Stephen Costello (Visconte di Sirval; Marianna Pizzolato; Balint Szabo; Luciano Botelho; Royal Opera Chorus ; Renato Balsadonna, chorus director ; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; Sir Mark Elder, conductor.
(Operas DON, 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)
Nezhdanova, Antonina Vasilpevna 'Nezhdanova in opera & song' Nimbus Records, p1996.
Romeo et Juliette. Jeveux vivre dans ce reve / Gounod etc. Antonina Nezhdanova, soprano ; with various conductors and pianists.
(Singers NEZ, Catalogue link)
Royal, Kate 'A lesson in love' EMI Classics, p2011. Kate Royal, soprano ; Malcolm Martineau, piano.
(Singers ROY, Catalogue link)
Sanchez-Verdu, Jose Maria '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 ; Munchner 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)
Click on any of the links above to find out what's available or make a reserve
