Booklists
Here's what's new in our libraries for January 2011 ... in our Classical Music CD collection.
Instrumental (Green)
Bach, Johann Sebastian ‘British Bach transcriptions’ Hyperion, p2010. British Bach transcriptions. Little fugue in G minor : BWV 578 / arr. Leonard Borwick etc.. Jonathan Plowright, piano. (Piano BAC, Catalogue link)
Balsom, Alison ‘Italian concertos’ EMI Classics, p2010. Violin concerto in A minor, RV 356 / Vivaldi; arr. Balsom (7:46) -- Oboe concerto in C minor / Marcello etc.. Alison Balsom, trumpet ; Scottish Ensemble ; Jonathan Morton, leader. (Trumpet BAL, Catalogue link)
Beethoven, Ludwig van ‘Die späten Klaviersonaten The late piano sonatas’ Deutsche Grammophon, 1977. 2 sound discs. Piano sonata No.28~32. Maurizio Pollini, piano.
(Piano BEE, Catalogue link)
Debussy, Claude ‘Sixteen préludes’
Decca Eloquence, [2009], p1989.
Preludes, piano, book 1. Selections. Jorge Bolet, piano. (Piano DEB, Catalogue link)
Fauré, Gabriel ‘The 13 barcarolles’
CRD ; Dist. by Qualiton Imports, p1984.
Paul Crossley, piano. (Piano FAU, Catalogue link)
Handel, George Frideric ‘Handel à Darmstadt Handel à Darmstadt’ Analekta, p2010. Chaconne in G major, HWV 435a ; "Sonata del Signor Hendel" in F major, HWV 427a etc.. Geneviève Soly, harpsichord. (Harpsichord HAN, Catalogue link)
Prokofiev, Sergey ‘Richter plays Prokofiev’ Melodiia, p2010. Piano sonata no. 2, op. 14 --Legend, op. 12 no. 6 . etc. Sviatoslav Richter, piano (Piano PRO, Catalogue link)
Repin, Vadim ‘Violin sonatas’ Deutsche Grammophon, p2010. Janáček -- Grieg --Franck.
Vadim Repin, violin ; Nikolai Lugansky, piano (Violin REP, Catalogue link)
Riley, Terry ‘The harp of New Albion’
Celestial Harmonies, p1986. 2 sound discs.
The New Albion chorale/The discovery –
The orchestra of Tao -- Riding the westerleys
etc. (Piano RIL, Catalogue link)
Schubert, Franz ‘Sonatina, op. posth. 137, no. 1 Sonatina, op. posth. 137, no. 2’
Sony Classical,
p1990. 2 sound discs . Isaac Stern, violin ; Daniel Barenboim, piano.
(Violin SCH, Catalogue link)
Strauss, Richard ‘Violinsonate op. 18’ Deutsche Grammophon, p1989. Kyung Wha Chung, violin ; Krystian Zimerman, piano. (Violin STR, Catalogue link)
Concerto / Orchestra / Symphony (Blue)
Brahms, Johannes ‘Symphony no. 4’ Soli Deo Gloria, p2010. The Monteverdi Choir ; Orchestre révolutionnaire et romantique ; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor.
(Symphonies BRA, Catalogue link)
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang ‘Violin concerto’ BIS, p2010.Vadim Gluzman, violin ; Residentie Orkest Den Haag ; Neeme Jarvi, conductor.
(Concertos/Violin KOR, Catalogue link)
Kroumata Percussion Ensemble ‘Kroumata and Keiko Abe perform works by Nishimura, Miyoshi, Takemitsu, Matsushita’ Bis, p1989. Kāla : for solo marimba and six percussion players / Nishimura, Akira etc. Keiko Abe, marimba ; Kroumata Percussion Ensemble.(Other instruments KRO, Catalogue link)
Lutosławski, Witold ‘Orchestral works’ Chandos, p2010. Symphony no. 3 : -- Chain 3 : for orchestra, -- Concerto for orchestra . BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Stephen Bryant, leader ; Edward Gardner. (Orchestral LUT, Catalogue link)
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich ‘Pictures at an exhibition’ EMI Classics, p2009. Leif Ove Andsnes, piano. (Piano MUS, Catalogue link)
Panufnik, Andrzej ‘Polonia’ CPO, p2010. Sinfonia rustica : Symphony no. 1-- Sinfonia concertante for flute, harp & strings : Symphony no. 4 etc.. Anna Sikorzak-Olek, harp ; Łukasz Długosz, flute ; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw ; Łukasz Borowicz, conductor.(Orchestral PAN, Catalogue link)
Schumann, Robert ‘Abegg variations, op. 1
Humoreske, op. 20 ; Fantasie, op. 17’ Warner
Classics, p2004. Michel Dalberto, piano.
(Piano SCH, Catalogue link)
Sibelius, Jean ‘Night ride and sunrise Belshazzar's feast ; Kuolema’ Naxos, p2008.
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra ; Pietari
Inkinen, conductor. (Orchestral SIB, Catalogue link)
Vivaldi, Antonio ‘The French connection concertos for flute, violin, bassoon & strings’
Avie Records, p2009. 'Paris' concerto 5 for strings & continuo in C, RV 114-- Concerto for bassoon, strings & continuo in F, RV 488 etc.. La Serenissima ; Adrian Chandler, violin, conductor ; featuring Katy Bircher, flute and Peter Whelan, bassoon.
(Concertos/Various VIV, Catalogue link)
Opera /Religious/ Vocal etc. (Red)
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor ‘Lotti, Zelenka,
Bach’ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, p2009.
Miserere C minor ZWV 57 / Jan Dismas Zelenka etc.. Balthasar-Neumann-Chor ; Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble ; Thomas Hengelbrock, conductor. (Religious BAL, Catalogue link)
Bartoli, Cecilia ‘Sospiri’ Decca ;p2010. 2 sound discs. Serse. Ombra mai fu / George Frideric Handel ; Merope. Sposa, non mi conosci / Geminiano Giacomelli etc.. Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano ; with various vocal and instrumental soloists, choruses, orchestras, and conductors. (Singers BAR, Catalogue link)
Bellini, Vincenzo ‘Norma’ Brilliant Classics, 2009. 3 sound discs. Maria Callas, soprano ; Rina Cavallari, Ebe Stignani, mezzo-soprano ; Mario Filippeschi, Paolo Caroli, tenor ; Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, bass ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus & Orchestra ; Tullio Serafin, conductor.
(Operas BEL, Catalogue link)
Berg, Alban ‘Lulu’ Polydor International,
p1979. 3 sound discs.Teresa Stratas; Yvonne
Minton; Hanna Schwarz; Franz Mazura;
Kenneth Riegel; Toni Blankenheim; Robert
Tear; Helmut Pampuch; Orchestre de l'Opéra de
Paris, conducted by Pierre Boulez.
(Operas BER, Catalogue link)
Donizetti, Gaetano ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’
Alto, p2008. 2 sound discs.
Maria Callas, soprano ; Giuseppe di Stefano, tenor ; Rolando Panerai, baritone ; Nicola Zaccaria, bass ; Giuseppe Zampieri, tenor; Luisa Villa, mezzo-soprano ; Mario Carlin, tenor ; Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano ; RIAS Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor. (Operas DON, Catalogue link)
Flórez, Juan Diego ‘Santo sacred songs’ Decca, p2010. Plaudite, sonat tuba. Alleluia / Johann Joseph Fux-- Panis angelicus / César Franck etc. Juan Diego Flórez, tenor ; Orchestra e coro del Teatro comunale di Bologna ; Michele Mariotti, conductor. (Singers FLO, Catalogue link)
Garanča, Elīna ‘Habanera’ Deutsche Grammophon, p2010. Canción de Paloma / Barbieri-- Près des remparts de Séville / Bizet etc.. Elīna Garanča, mezzo-soprano ; José María Gallardo del Rey, guitar; Coro filarmonico del Regio di Torino ; Orchestra sinfonica nazionale della RAI; Karel Mark Chichon, conductor ; Roberto Alagna, Cristina Antoaneta Pasaroiu & Giuseppina Bridelli, vocals ; additional assisting musicians. (Singers GAR, Catalogue link)
Janáček, Leos ‘The cunning little vixen’ Decca, [2008]. 2 sound discs.
Lucia Popp ; Eva Randová ; Dalibor Jedlíčka ; supporting soloists ; Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Bratislava Children's Choir ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor. (Operas JAN, Catalogue link)
Kožená, Magdalena ‘Lettere amorose’ Deutsche Grammophon ; p2010. O bei lumi / Filippo Vitali -- Cruda Amarilli / Sigismondo D'India etc.. Magdalena Kožená, mezzo-soprano ; Private Musicke (Hugh Sandilands, guitar ; Richard Myron, violin ; Daniel Pilz, colascione ; Brigitte Gasser, lirone ; Jesús Fernández Baena, theorbo ; Margret Köll, harp ; Gabriele Miracle, percussion) ; Pierre Pitzl, guitar, viola da gamba, conductor. (Singers KOZ, Catalogue link)
Lully, Jean Baptiste ‘Atys’ Harmonia Mundi, c2009. 3 sound discs. Agnès Mellon, soprano ; Guillemette Laurens, mezzo-soprano ; Guy de Mey, tenor ; Jean-François Gardeil, bass ; supporting soloists ; John Holloway, violin ; Chœur et Orchestre "Les arts florissants" ; William Christie, conductor.
(Operas LUL, Catalogue link)
Mahler, Gustav ‘Des Knaben Wunderhorn Adagio from Symphony no. 10’ Deutsche Grammophon, p2010. Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Der Schildwache Nachtlied etc.. Magdalena Kožená, mezzo-soprano ; Christian Gerhaher, baritone ; the Cleveland Orchestra ; Pierre Boulez, conductor. (Songs MAH, Catalogue link)
Massenet, Jules ‘Werther’ Philips, c2006. 2 sound discs . Jośe Carreras, Frederica von Stade, Thomas Allen, Isobel Buchanan, Robert Lloyd, Paul Crook, Malcolm King, Linda Humphries, Donaldson Bell ; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; Sir Colin Davis, conductor. (Operas MASS, Catalogue link)
Puccini, Giacomo ‘La fanciulla del West’ Deutsche Grammophon, [2004], p1978.
2 sound discs. Carol Neblett, soprano ; Placido Domingo, tenor ; Sherrill Milnes, baritone ; supporting soloists ; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; Zubin Mehta, conductor. (Operas PUC, Catalogue link)
Puccini, Giacomo ‘Manon Lescaut’ Decca, c1999, p1988. 2 sound discs . Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ; José Carreras, tenor ; Paolo Coni, baritone ; Italo Tajo, bass ; other soloists ; Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro comunale di Bologna ; Ricardo Chailly, conductor.
(Operas PUC, Catalogue link)
Rameau, Jean-Philippe ‘Zoroastre (tragedie lyrique)’ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, p1983.
3 sound discs. Greta de Reyghere, Mieke van der Sluis, Agnes Mellon, sopranos; John Elwes, tenor; Gregory Reinhart, Jacques Bona, Michel Verschaeve, Francois Fauche, Philippe Cantor, basses; Collegium vocale, Gent; La Petite Bande; Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor.
(Operas RAM, Catalogue link)
Strauss, Richard ‘Ariadne auf Naxos’ Philips, [2005] . 2 sound discs. Edita Gruberova, Julia Varady, sopranos ; Jessye Norman, mezzo-soprano ; Paul Frey, tenor ; Olaf Bär, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritones ; Rudolf Asmus, bass ; additional soloists ; Gewandhausorchester Leipzig ; Kurt Masur, conductor.
(Operas STR, Catalogue link)
Strauss, Richard ‘Salome’ EMI Classics, p2009. 2 sound discs. Hildegard Behrens, soprano; Agnes Baltsa, mezzo-soprano; Karl-Walter Böhm, tenor; José van Dam, baritone, and others; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert von Karajan, conductor.
(Operas STR, Catalogue link)
Venables, Ian ‘On the wings of love Venetian songs’ Naxos, p2010. On the wings of love : op. 38, for tenor clarinet and piano -- Venetian songs : love's voice, op. 22 etc.. Andrew Kennedy, baritone ; Iain Burnside, piano ; Richard Hosford, clarinet
(Songs VEN, Catalogue link)
Verdi, Giuseppe ‘Macbeth’ Deutsche Grammophon ; [1996], p1976. 2 sound discs.
Shirley Verrett (Lady Macbeth) ; Piero Cappuccilli (Macbeth) ; Plácido Domingo (Macduff) ; Nicolai Ghiaurov (Banco) ; Coro e Orchestra del Teatro all Scala, Claudio Abbado, conductor. (Operas VER, Catalogue link)
Wagner, Richard ‘Der fliegende Holländer: Father and son’ EMI Records, p2010. Simon O'Neill, tenor ; Susan Bullock (Sieglinde) ; Sir John Tomlinson (Hagen) ; Thomas Grace (Gunther) ; NBR New Zealand Opera ; Chapman Tripp Chorus ; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra ; Pietari Inkinen, conductor.
(Operas WAG, Catalogue link)
‘Sutherland, Horne, Pavarotti live from Lincoln Center’ Decca, [2008]. 2 sound discs
Ernani. Solingo, errante misero / Verdi etc. Joan Sutherland, soprano ; Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano ; Luciano Pavarotti, tenor ; New York City Opera Orchestra ; Richard Bonynge, conductor. (Operas SUT, Catalogue link)
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