Booklists
Here's what's new in our libraries for February 2011 ... in our Classical Music CD collection.
Chamber Music (Yellow)
Beethoven, Ludwig van ‘String Quartets opp 95 ; 127 ; 130 ; 131 ; 132 ; 135’ Supraphon, 2006. 3 sound discs. Smetana Quartet
(Quartets BEE, Catalogue link)
Janáček, Leos ‘String quartet no. 1’ Supraphon, p2007. String quartet no. 1 /Janacek; String quartets nos. 1 & 3 / Pavel Haas. Pavel Haas Quartet. (Quartets JAN, Catalogue link)
Schumann, Robert ‘The piano trios. Volume 1’ Avie, p2010. Benvenue Fortepiano Trio (Monica Huggett, violin ; Tanya Tomkins, violoncello ; Eric Zivian, piano).
(Trios SCH, Catalogue link)
Instrumental (Green)
Bach, Johann Sebastian ‘The sonatas and partitas for violin solo’ ECM Records, p2005. 2 sound discs. Gidon Kremer, violin.
(Piano FAU, Catalogue link)
Bach, Johann Sebastian ‘The sonatas for violin & keyboard’ Virgin Classics, p1989. 2 sound discs. John Holloway, violin ; Davitt Moroney, harpsichord, chamber organ ; Susan Sheppard, violoncello.(Violin BAC, Catalogue link)
Bach, Johann Sebastian ‘6 solo sonatas & partitas’ Onyx, p2009. 2 sound discs. Viktoria Mullova, violin (Violin BAC, Catalogue link)
Beethoven, Ludwig van ‘Violin sonatas. 2’ Wigmore Hall Live, p2010. In F major, op. 24 -- In A major, op. 12 No. 2 -- In G major, op. 96. Alina Ibragimova, violin ; Cédric Tiberghien, piano (Violin BEE, Catalogue link)
Brahms, Johannes ‘Sonaten fur Klavier und Violine’ Bis, p1988. Elisabeth Westenholz, piano; Nils-Erik Sparf, violin.
(Piano BRA, Catalogue link)
Brahms, Johannes ‘The complete variations for solo piano’ Hyperion, p2010. 2 sound discs
Garrick Ohlsson, piano. (Piano BRA, Catalogue link)
Clementi, Muzio ‘The complete piano sonatas. 6’ Hyperion, p2010. 2 sound discs. Howard Shelley, piano. (Piano CLE, Catalogue link)
Fauré, Gabriel ‘Theme and variations Nocturnes ; Impromptus ; Barcarolle’
Nimbus Records, p1982.
Vlado Perlemuter, piano. (Piano FAU, Catalogue link)
Fauré, Gabriel ‘The nocturnes nos 1-7’ CRD Records, p1983. Paul Crossley, piano (Steinway 'D' grand no. 470120).(Piano FAU, Catalogue link)
Fauré, Gabriel ‘Musique de chambre. Vol. 1’ EMI Classics, p1988. Jean-Philippe Collard, piano ; Augustin Dumay, violin ; Frédéric Lodéon, violoncello ; Michel Debost, flute. (Piano FAU, Catalogue link)
Goerner, Nelson ‘Chopin’ Wigmore Hall Trust, p2010. Polonaise-fantaisie in A flat major op. 61 -- 2 nocturnes op. 62 etc. Nelson Goerner, piano.( Piano CHO, Catalogue link)
Hamelin, Marc-Andre ‘12 études in all the minor keys’ Hyperion Records, p2010. Marc-André Hamelin, piano (Piano HAM, Catalogue link)
Kopatchinskaja, Patricia ‘Rapsodia’ Naive, p2010. Violin sonata no. 3 / George Enescu etc. Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin ; Emilia Kopatchinskaja, violin & viola ; Viktor Kopatchinsky, cimbalom ; Martin Gjakonovski, double bass ; Mihaela Ursuleasa, piano.
(Violin KOP, Catalogue link)
Körmendi, Klára ‘Contemporary piano music Stockhausen, Durkó, Bozay, Cage, Xenaxis’ Hungarton, p1984. Klára Kórmendi, piano. (Piano KOR, Catalogue link)
Liszt, Franz ‘Liszt at the opera V’ Hyperion, p1998. 2 sound discs. Réminiscences des Huguenots : Meyerbeer, 1st version -- Souvenir de la fiancée : Auber, 3rd verion etc.
(Piano LIS, Catalogue link)
Lloyd, George ‘An African shrine and other piano pieces’ Albany Records, p1988. The road through Samarkand etc.. Martin Roscoe, piano (Piano LLO, Catalogue link)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus ‘Piano sonatas complete’ Hungaroton Classic p2006. 6 sound discs. Malcolm Bilson, piano.
(Piano MOZ, Catalogue link)
Pöntinen, Roland ‘Russian virtuoso piano music’ Bis, p1984. Three movements from Pétrouchka / Igor Stravinsky etc. Roland Pöntinen, piano (Piano PON, Catalogue link)
Rubinstein, Anton ‘The complete piano sonatas’ Hyperion, p1996. Leslie Howard, piano (Piano RUB, Catalogue link)
Schumann, Robert ‘Fantasiestücke’ Philips, p1982. Alfred Brendel, piano
(Piano SCH, Catalogue link)
Schumann, Robert ‘Kinderszenen, Davidsbundlertanze, Piano sonata no. 2 in G minor’ Hyperion, p2010. Angela Hewitt, piano(Piano SCH, Catalogue link)
Sitkovetsky, Dmitry ‘Transkriptionen’ Orfeo, p1983. Sonate g-moll / Tartini -- Rondo /Mozart Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin ; Bruno Canino, piano. (Violin SIT, Catalogue link)
Wild, Earl ‘The piano music of Earl Wild’ Chandos, p2010. Grand fantasy on 'Porgy and Bess' etc. Xiayin Wang, piano
(Violin SIT, Catalogue link)
Concerto / Orchestra / Symphony (Blue)
Bartók, Béla ‘Violin concerto no. 2 Violin concerto no. 1’ PentaTone Classics, p2010. Arabella Steinbacher, violin ; Orchestre de la Suisse Romande ; Marek Janowski, conductor.
(Concertos/Violin BAR, Catalogue link)
Geoghegan, Karen ‘Bassoon concertos’ Chandos, p2010. Bassoon concerto in B flat, KV 191 / Mozart etc. Karen Geoghegan, bassoon ; BBC Philharmonic ; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor. (Concertos/Bassoon GEO, Catalogue link)
Ivashkin, A ‘Alexander Ivashkin plays new cello concertos Russian cello concertos 1960-2000’ Alma Classics, p2010. variations on Haydn's canon, for cello and chamber orchestra / Edison Denisov etc. Alexander Ivashkin, cello ; with Yuri Gureev, bayan; Geneva Chamber Orchestra, etc. (Concertos/Cello IVA, Catalogue link)
Petri, Michala ‘Chinese recorder concertos’ OUR Recordings, p2010. Michala Petri, recorder ; Copenhagen Philharmonic ; Lan Shui, conductor. (Concertos/Various PET, Catalogue link)
Salvation Army. International Staff Band ‘Supremacy’ Salvationist Publishing & Supplies Ltd., p2007. International Staff Band of the Salvation Army ; Stephen Cobb, bandmaster.
(Bands SAL, Catalogue link)
Sibelius, Jean ‘Symphonies nos. 1 and 3’ Naxos, p2010. New Zealand Symphony Orchestra ; Pietari Inkinen, conductor. (Symphonies SIB, Catalogue link)
Soli Brass ‘Earthquake!’ Aliud Records, p2006. Solidus / Alfred Willering -- The red machine / Peter Graham etc. Soli Brass ; Frans-Aert Burghgraef, conductor.
(Bands SOL, Catalogue link)
Sullivan, Arthur ‘The magic of Gilbert & Sullivan’ Clovelly, c2009. The Band of HM Royal Marines, Plymouth ; The Plymouth Gilbert & Sullivan Fellowship ; Andrew Thornhill, director of music
(Bands SUL, Catalogue link)
Opera /Religious/ Vocal etc. (Red)
Berkeley, Michael ‘For you’ Signum Classics, p2010. 2 sound discs. Rachel Nicholls, Helen Williams, sopranos ; Allison Cook, mezzo-soprano ; Christopher Lemmings, tenor ; Alan Opie, Jeremy Huw Williams, baritones ; The Music Theatre Wales Ensemble ; Michael Rafferty, conductor. (Operas BER, Catalogue link)
Bernstein, Leonard ‘Theatre works’ Deutsche Grammophon, c2010. 7 sound discs. Various performers ; London Symphony Orchestra ; ORF-Symphonie-Orchester ; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Leonard Bernstein, conductor, Kent Nagano, conductor
(Musicals BER, Catalogue link)
Britten, Benjamin ‘Peter Grimes’ Glyndebourne, p2010. 3 sound discs. Anthony Dean Griffey, John Graham-Hall, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, tenors ; Vivian Tierney, Camilla Tilling, sopranos ; Steven Page, Christopher Maltman, baritones ; Susan Gorton, Linda Tuvas, HiIlary Summers, mezzo sopranos ; Stafford Dean, Michael Druiett, basses ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; The Glyndebourne Chorus ; Mark Wigglesworth, conductor. (Operas BRI, Catalogue link)
Donizetti, Gaetano ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ Decca, p1972. 3 sound discs. Joan Sutherland, soprano ; Luciano Pavarotti, tenor ; Sherrill Milnes, baritone ; Nicolai Chiaurov, bass ; supporting soloists ; Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden ; Richard Bonynge, conductor.(Operas DON, Catalogue link)
Kaufmann, Jonas ‘Verismo arias’ Decca, p2010. Giulietta e Romeo. Giulietta, son io / Ricardo Zandonai etc. Jonas Kaufmann, tenor ; Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia ; Antonio Pappano, conductor. (Singers KAU, Catalogue link)
Monteverdi, Claudio ‘Selva morale e spirituale. Volume 1’ Coro, p2010. Beatus vir (primo) a 6 -- Gloria a 7 etc. The Sixteen ; Harry Christophers.(Religious MON, 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. (Masses PIG, Catalogue link)
Rossini, Gioacchino ‘La donna del lago’ Decca, c2009. 2 sound discs
June Anderson, Marilena Laurenza, sopranos; Martine Dupuy, mezzo-soprano; Rockwell Blake, Chris Merritt, Ernesto Gavazzi, Ferrero Poggi, tenors; Giorgio Surjan, bass; Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala di Milano; Roberto Gabbiani, chorus master; Riccardo Muti, conductor. (Operas ROS, Catalogue link)
Rossini, Gioacchino ‘Il viaggio a Reims’ Deutsche Grammophon, p1985. 2 sound discs. Katia Ricciarelli, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Lella Cuberli, Cecilia Gasdia, sopranos ; Francisco Araiza, Eduardo Giménez, tenors ; Leo Nucci, baritone ; Ruggero Raimondi, Samuel Ramey, Enzo Dara, basses ; other soloists ; Prague Philharmonic Chorus ; Chamber Orchestra of Europe ; Claudio Abbado, conductor.
(Operas ROS, Catalogue link)
Strauss, Richard ‘Ariadne on Naxos’ Chandos, p2010. 2 sound discs. Christine Brewer, Gillian Keith, Anita Watson, Gail Pearson, sopranos ; Alice Coote, Pamela Helen Stephen, mezzo-sopranos ; Robert Dean Smith, John Graham-Hall, Wynne Evans, tenors ; Alan Opie, Roderick Williams, baritones ; Matthew Rose, bass ; Stephen Fry, speaker ; Scottish Chamber Orchestra ; Richard Armstrong, conductor. (Operas STR, Catalogue link)
Tavener, John ‘The whale Celtic requiem ’ Apple Records ;p2010. The whale. Documentary etc.. Anna Reynolds, mezzo-soprano ; Raimund Herincx, baritone ; Alvar Lidell, speaker ; John Tavener, organ and Hammond organ ; London Sinfonietta Chorus ; London Sinfonietta ; David Atherton, conductor. (Religious TAV, Catalogue link)
Terfel, Bryn ‘Carols & Christmas songs’ Deutsche Grammophon, c2010. 2 sound discs. Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone; with Côrydd-Nidus Children's Choir ; Only Men Aloud ; Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera ; Tecwyn Evans, conductor. (Carols TER, Catalogue link)
Verdi, Giuseppe ‘Otello’ :LSO Live, c2010. 2 sound discs. Simon O.Neill (Otello) ; Gerald Finley (Jago) ; Anne Schanewilms (Desdomona) ; Allan Clayton (Cassio) ; Ben Johnson (Roderigo) ; Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Lodovico) ; Matthew Rose(Montàno) ; Lukas Jakobski (Araldo) ; Eufemia Tufano (Emilia) ; London Symphony Orchestra ; London Symphony Chorus ; Sir Colin Davis, conductor.
(Operas VER, Catalogue link)
Whitacre, Eric ‘Light and gold’ Decca, p2010. Lux aurumque (Light and gold) (4:15) -- Five Hebrew love songs: Temuna (A picture) etc. Eric Whitacre singers ; Grace Davidson, soprano soloist ; Stephen Kennedy, baritone soloist ; Eric Whitacre director
(Choral WHI, Catalogue link)
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