Booklists
Here's what's new in our libraries for July 2011 ... in our Classical Music CD collection.
Instrumental (Green)
Albeniz, Isaac 'Spanish music for classical guitar' Telarc, p2011. Torre Bermeja -- Granada -- Zambra granadina etc. David Russell, guitar.(Guitar ALB, Catalogue link)
Concerto / Orchestra / Symphony (Blue)
Delius, Frederick 'Appalachia The Song of the high hills' Chandos, p2011. Olivia Robinson, soprano; Christopher Brown, tenor ; Andrew Rupp, baritone ; BBC Symphony Chorus ; BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Sir Andrew Davis, conductor.(Orchestral DEL, Catalogue link)
Opera /Religious/ Vocal etc. (Red)
Catalani, Alfredo 'La Wally' Decca, c1999, p1969. 2 sound discs. Renata Tebaldi, soprano ; Mario del Monaco, tenor ; Piero Cappuccilli, baritone ; Justino Diaz, bass ; supporting soloists ; Coro lirico di Torino ; Orchestre national de l'Opera de Monte Carlo ; Fausto Cleva, conductor.
(Operas CAT, Catalogue link)
Cilea, Francesco 'Adriana Lecouvreur' Sony Classical, c2009, p1978. 2 sound discs. Renata Scotto, soprano ; Elena Obraztsova, mezzo-soprano ; Placido Domingo, tenor ; Sherrill Milnes, baritone ; other soloists ; Ambrosian Opera Chorus ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor.
(Operas CIL, Catalogue link)
Debussy, Claude 'Pelleas et Melisande' EMI Classics, c2009. 3 sound discs. Frederica von Stade, soprano ; Nadine Denize, mezzo-soprano ; Richard Stilwell, Jose van Dam, baritones ; Ruggero Raimondi, bass ; other soloists ; Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin ; Berliner Philharmoniker ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor.
(Operas DEB, Catalogue link)
Mascagni, Pietro 'Cavalleria rusticana' Decca, p1996. 2 sound discs. Elena Obraztsova, Placido Domingo, Fedora Barbieri, Renato Bruson, Axelle Gall, vocals; Teresa Stratas, Placido Domingo, Florindo Andreolli, Alberto Rinaldi, Juan Pons, vocals; Coro & Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano ; Georges Pretre, conductor.
(Operas MAS, Catalogue link)
Dvorak, Antonin 'Rusalka opera in 3 acts' Supraphon, [2003], p1984. 3 sound discs. Gabriela Benackova, soprano ; Drahomira Drobkova, mezzo-soprano ; Vera Soukupova, alto ; Wieslaw Ochman, tenor ; Richard Novak, bass ; other soloists ; Prague Philharmonic Choir ; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra ; Vaclav Neumann, conductor. (Operas DVO, Catalogue link)
Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von 'Iphigenie en Tauride' Decca, c2009. 2 sound discs. Diana Montague, mezzo-soprano ; John Aler, tenor ; Thomas Allen, baritone ; Rene Massis, bass-baritone ; supporting soloists ; Monteverdi Choir ; Orchestre de l'Opera de Lyon ; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor. (Operas GLU, Catalogue link)
Kodaly, Zoltan 'Hary Janos' Hungaroton, p1995. 2 sound discs. Maria Sudlik, soprano ; Klara Takacs, Katalin Meszoly, mezzo-sopranos ; Sandor Palcso, tenor ; Sandor Solyom-Nagy, Balazs Poka, baritones ; Jozsef Gregor, bass ; Hungarian State Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Children's Chorus of Hungarian Radio and Television ; Janos Ferencsik, conductor. (Operas KOD, Catalogue link)
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang 'Die tote Stadt' BMG Music, c2009, p1975. 2 sound discs. Carol Neblett, as Marietta ; Rene Kollo as Paul ; and other soloists ; Bavarian Radio Chorus (Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks) ; Tolzer Knabenchor ; Munich Radio Orchestra (Munchner Rundfunkorchester), Erich Leinsdorf, conductor. (Operas KOR, Catalogue link)
Mascagni, Paolo 'Cavalleria rusticana' Decca, p1978. 2 sound discs. Cavalleria rusticana: Luciano Pavarotti ; Julia Varady, and other soloists ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor. (Operas MAS, Catalogue link)
Mattei, Peter 'Great baritone arias' BIS, c2011. Finch'han dal vino ; Metdi voi qua vadano (Don Giovanni) / Mozart -- Uzhel ta samaya Tatyana (Eugene Onegin) / Tchaikovsky etc. Peter Mattei, baritone ; Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra ; Lawrence Renes, conductor. (Singers MAT, Catalogue link)
Monk, Meredith 'Songs of ascension' ECM p2011. Clusters 1-- Strand (Gathering)-- Winter variation-- Cloud code etc. Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble ; Todd Reynolds Quartet ; the M6 ; Montclair State University Singers. (Choral MON, Catalogue link)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 'Requiem' Oehms Universal Music Australia, p2010. Sara Macliver, soprano ; Sally-Anne Russell, mezzo-soprano ; Paul McMahon, tenor ; Teddy Tahu Rhodes, bass-baritone ; Cantillation ; Orchestra of the Antipodes ; Antony Walker, conductor. (Masses MOZ, Catalogue link)
Striggio, Alessandro 'Missa Ecco si beato giorno and, other works' Decca, p2011. I Fagiolini ; Robert Hollingworth, conductor ; with instrumental acc. (Early Music STR, Catalogue link)
Watson, Russell 'La voce' Sony Music Entertainment p2011. Speak softly love (love theme from The Godfather) -- E sara cosi -- Be my love etc. Russell Watson, tenor ; Roma Sinfonietta. (Singers WAT, Catalogue link)
'The royal wedding the official album' Decca Records, p2011. Performed by the Choir of Westminster Abbey ; the Choir of Her Majesty's Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace ; London Chamber Orchestra ; the Fanfare Trumpeters of the Central Band of the Royal Air Force ; Robert Quinney, organ ; William, Duke of Cambridge ; Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge ; the Very Reverend Dr. John Hall, Dean of Westminster ; the Dr. Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury. (Religious ROY, Catalogue link)
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