Booklists
Here's what's new in our libraries for December 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)
Elgar, Edward ‘String quartet in E minor, op. 83 Mina ; Laura valse’ Hyperion, p2011. Piers Lane, piano ; Goldner String Quartet.
(Quintets ELG, Catalogue link)
Frances-Hoad, Cheryl Ann ‘The glory tree chamber works’ Champs Hill Records, p2011. Memoria -- My fleeting angel -- The snow woman etc. Nicholas Daniel, oboe and cor anglais ; Lendvai String Trio ; Alasdair Beatson, piano etc.
(Trios FRA, Catalogue link)
Ritchie, Anthony ‘Octopus’ Atoll, p2011. Octopus : Octet for 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, clarinet, bassoon, horn (Amici) etc. (Sextets, etc. RIT, Catalogue link )
Instrumental (Green)
Bartók, Béla ‘Rhapsody no. 1 for violin and orchestra Rhapsody no. 2 for violin and orchestra’ Hungaroton Classic, p2010. Barnabas Kelemen, violin ; Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Zoltan Kocsis, conductor.
(Violin BAR, Catalogue link)
Cousin, Martin ‘Piano music’ Atoll, p2011. The Prince of Denmark's March / Jeremiah Clarke-- Fantasia of Four Parts / Orlando Gibbons etc. Robert Costin, on the organ of Pembroke College, Cambridge, England.
(Piano, Catalogue link)
Grosvenor, Benjamin ‘Chopin, Liszt, Ravel’ Decca, p2011. Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
(Piano GRO, Catalogue link)
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk ‘Hummel & Beethoven piano pieces’ Zellan Records, [2005] Georgina Zellan-Smith, piano.
(Piano HUM, 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)
Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich ‘Parallels piano music of Scriabin & Roslavets’ Marquis, p2010. Anya Alexeyev, piano.
(Piano SCR, Catalogue link)
Zellan-Smith, Georgina ‘Remembrance and other favourite piano pieces’ Ode Records, p2010. Popular piano music, including New Zealand compositions Hine e hine, and Prelude by Douglas Lilburn. Georgina Zellan-Smith, piano.
(Piano ZEL, Catalogue link)
Concerto / Orchestra / Symphony (Blue)
Bartók, Béla ‘Son of Chamber symphony (2007) ; String quartet (2008)’ Nonesuch, p2011. International Contemporary Ensemble, John Adams, conductor (1st work) ; St. Lawrence String Quartet (2nd work).
(Symphonies ADA, Catalogue link)
Grieg, Edvard ‘Complete symphonic works, vol. I’ Audite Records, p2011. A ymphonic dances, Op. 64 -- Peer Gynt suite No. 1, Op. 46 -- Peer Gynt suite No. 2, Op. 55. WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln ; Eivind Aadland, conductor.
(Orchestral GRI, Catalogue link)
Ebony Band ‘Dancing the jazz fever of Milhaud, Martinů, Seiber, Burian, Wolpe.’ Channel Classics, p2011. Ebony Band ; Werner Herbers, conductor..
(Orchestral EBO, Catalogue link)
McLeod, Jennifer Helen ‘The emperor and the nightingale’ Naxos. p2011. Helen Medlyn, narrator (1st work) ; Eugene Abulescu, piano (3rd work) ; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra ; Uwe Grodd, conductor.
(Orchestral MACL, Catalogue link)
Mahler, Gustav ‘Symphonie no. 3’ Tudor, p2011. 2 sound discs. Mihoko Fujimura, contralto ; Bamberger Symphoniker-Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie, Jonathan Nott, conductor.
(Symphonies MAH, Catalogue link)
Martinů, Bohuslav ‘The 6 symphonies’ ONYX, p2011. 3 sound discs. BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Jirí Belohlavek, conductor.
(Symphonies MAR, 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)
Ruders, Poul ‘Music of Poul Ruders. Vol. 6’ Bridge, p2011. Piano concerto no. 2,-- Bel canto etc. Vassily Primakov, piano; Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, violin; Mikko Luoma, accordion; iO String Quartet ; Norwegian Radio Orchestra ; Thomas Søndergård, conductor
(Concertos/Piano RUD, Catalogue link)
Purcell, Henry ‘The fairy queen’ Archiv Produktion, [2007]. 2 sound discs. Eiddwen Harrhy, Jennifer Smith, Judith Nelson, Elisabeth Priday, sopranos ; Timothy Penrose, Ashley Stafford, countertenors ; Wynford Evans, Martyn Hill, tenors ; Stephan Varcoe, David Thomas, basses ; Monteverdi Choir ; English Baroque Soloists ; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor.
(Operas PUR, Catalogue link)
Siem, Charlie ‘Bruch, Wieniawski, Ole Bull’ Warner Classics, p2011. Violin concertos Charlie Siem, violin ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Andrew Gourlay, conductor.
(Concertos/Violin SIE, Catalogue link)
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich ‘Symphony no. 6’ Signum Classics, p2011. Philharmonia Orchestra ; Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor.
(Symphonies TCH, Catalogue link)
Opera /Religious/ Vocal etc. (Red)
Dessay, Natalie ‘The miracle of the voice’ Virgin Classics, p2006. 2 sound discs. Lakmé. 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; Christoph Pregardien, Michael Slattery; Wolf Matthais Friedrich; 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; Royal Opera Chorus ; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; Sir Mark Elder, conductor.
(Operas DON, Catalogue link)
Fuchs, Richard ‘In a strange land’ Rollover Productions,, 2011. Margaret Medlyn, mezzo-soprano ; Jenny Wollerman, soprano ; Richard Greagor, tenor ; Roger Wilson, bass ; Bruce Greenfield, piano ; Richard Mapp, piano.
(Songs FUC, Catalogue link)
John Wilson Orchestra ‘That's entertainment a celebration of the MGM film musical’ EMI Classics, p2011. Kim Criswell, Matthew Ford, Sarah Fox, Seth MacFarlane & Curtis Stigers, singers ; Maida Vale Singers ; John Wilson Orchestra ; John Wilson, conductor.
(Musicals JOH, Catalogue link)
Lully, Jean Baptiste ‘Bellérophon’ Harmonia Mundi, p2011. 2 sound discs. Ingrid Perruche, Céline Scheen, sopranos ; Jennifer Borghi, mezzo-soprano ; Cyril Auvity, countertenor ; Robert Getchell, tenor ; Evgueniy Alexiev, baritone ; Jean Teitgen, bass ; Chœur de Chambre de Namur ; les Talens lyriques ; Christophe Rousset, conductor.
(Operas LUL, Catalogue link)
Previn, André, ‘Brief encounter’ Deutsche Grammophon, p2011. 2 sound discs. Elizabeth Futral, Rebekah Camm, Alicia Gianni; Jamie Barton, Faith Sherman; Meredith Arwady; Nathan Gunn, Kim Josephson,; Houston Grand Opera Orchestra ; Patrick Summers, conductor.
(Operas PRE, Catalogue link)
Purcell, Henry ‘Dido and Teldec, [2007], p1983. Ann Murray as Dido ; Rachel Yakar; Anton Scharinger Trudeliese Schmidt; Elisabeth von Magnus; Helrun Gardow; Paul Esswood; Josef Köstlinger ; Arnold Schoenberg Chor ; Concentus Musicus Wien ; NikolauHarnoncourt, conductor.
(Operas PUR, Catalogue link)
Rossini, Gioacchino ‘Guillaume Tell’ EMI Classics, p2011. 3 sound discs. Gerald Finley, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Elena Xanthoudakis, Malin Byström, John Osborn, Frédéric Caton, Matthew Rose, Carlo Cigni, Carlo Bosi, Celso Albelo, Dawid Kimberg, Davide Malvestio ; Coro and Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Roma) ; Antonio Pappano, conductor.
(Operas ROS, Catalogue link)
Salieri, Antonio ‘La passione di nostro Signore Gesu Cristo’ Capriccio, p2004. 2 sound discs. Melba Ramos, soprano ; Franziska Gottwald, contralto ; Florian Mock, tenor ; Hanno Mller-Brachmann, bass ; Das Neue Orchester ; Chorus Musicus Kl̲n ; Christoph Spering, conductor.
(Religious SAL, Catalogue link)
Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, ‘Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk’ EMI, c2009, p1979. 2 sound discs.Galina Vishnevskaya, soprano ; Nicolai Gedda, tenor ; Dimiter Petkov, bass ; supporting soloists ; Ambrosian Opera Chorus ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor.
(Operas SHO, Catalogue link)
Strauss, Richard ‘Elektra’ Decca, [2007], p1968. 2 sound discs. Birgit Nilsson, Marie Collier; Regina Resni,; Gerhard Stolze; Tom Krause, bass ; supporting soloists ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Georg Solti, conductor.
(Operas STR, Catalogue link)
Strauss, Richard ‘Capriccio’ Naxos, p2010. 2 sound discs. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf; Eberhard Wächter;; Hans Hotter; Christa Ludwig;
Philharmonia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor.
(Operas STR, Catalogue link)
Sullivan, Arthur ‘Iolanthe’ Classics for Pleasure,, [2008], p1987. 2 sound discs. April
Cantelo, Heather Harper, Elsie Morison; Monica Sinclair, Marjorie Thomas; Alexander Young; George Baker, Ian Wallace, John Cameron,; Owen Brannigan,; Glyndebourne Festival Chorus ; Pro Arte Orchestra; BBC Sympohny Orchestra; Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor.
(Operas SUL, Catalogue link)
‘Best hymns 100’ EMI, p2011. 6 sound discs. Sung in English, German, and Latin.
(Hymns BES, Catalogue link)
Sullivan, Arthur ‘Ruddigore’ Classics for Pleasure, [2008], p1999. 2 sound discs. Elsie Morison, Elizabeth Harwood; Pamela Bowden, Monica Sinclair; ; Pro Arte Orchestra ; Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ; Sir Vivian Dunn, conductor
(Operas SUL, Catalogue link)
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich ‘Iolanta’ Warner Music, c2009. 2 sound discs. Galina Vichnievskaïa, Nicolai Gedda, Walton Groenroos, Dimiter Petkov ; Groupe Vocale de France ; Orchestre de Paris ; Mstislav Rostropovitch, conductor.
(Operas TCH, Catalogue link)
