Booklists
Here's what's new in our libraries for July 2012 ... 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)
Boulez, Pierre 'Memoriale Derive' 1 ; Derive 2' Naive, p2011. Memoriale : 1985 : for solo flute and 8 instruments -- Derive 1 : 1984 : for 6 instruments -- Derive 2. Fabrice Junger, flute ; Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain ; Daniel Kawka, conductor. (Sextets, etc BOU, Catalogue link)
Hobson, Bruce 'Bruce Hobson' Equinox Music, p1997. Trio : 1990 (Rolf Schulte, violin ; John Whitfield, violoncello ; Christopher Oldfather, piano)-- Two lyric pieces : 1977 etc. (Trios HOB, Catalogue link)
Instrumental (Green)
Elias, Izhar, 'Hommage a Debussy Spanish and French guitar music from Paris' Brilliant Classics, p2011. Homenaje (Hommage a Debussy) / Manuel de Falla -- Invocacion y danza (Himenaje a de Falla) / Joaquin Rodrigo etc. Izhar Elias, guitar. (Guitar ELI, Catalogue link)
Gastinel, Anne 'Iberica' Naive, p2009. La vida breve. Danza espanola : no. 1 / Manuel de Falla -- Siete canciones populares espanola / Falla-- Leyenda catalana; Catalanesca ; Cancion de Leonardo / Gaspar Cassado etc.. Anne Gastinel, violoncello ; Pablo Maquez, guitar. (Cello GAS, Catalogue link)
Lloyd Webber, Julian 'Evening songs' Naxos, p2012. Sunset / Frederick Delius -- Spring sorrow / John Ireland -- Birds in the high hall garden / Delius etc. Julian Lloyd Webber, violoncello ; Jiaxin Chen, violoncello (works 4 & 21) ; John Lenehan, piano. (Cello LLO, Catalogue link)
Schubert, Franz 'Impromptu in B flat major' ICA Classics. [2012], p1959. Impromptu in B flat major / Schubert -- Piano sonata no. 6 ; --- Piano sonata no. 29 / Beethoven. Wilhelm Backhaus, piano. (Piano SCH, Catalogue link)
Takemitsu, Toru 'Piano music' Naxos, 2007. Romance -- Lento in due movimenti-- Pause ininterrompue = Uninterrupted rest, no. 1-3 etc. Kotaro Fukuma, piano. (Piano TAK, Catalogue link)
Concerto / Orchestra / Symphony (Blue)
Berg, Alban 'Violin concertos' Harmonia Mundi, p2012. Violin concerto / Alban Berg-- Violin concerto in D major, op. 61 / Ludwig van Beethoven. Isabelle Faust, violin ; Orchestra Mozart ; Claudio Abbado, conductor. (Concertos/Violin BER, Catalogue link)
Beynon, Emily 'British flute concertos' Chandos Records, p2012. The magic flute dances : concerto for flute and orchestra / Jonathan Dove -- Concerto : for flute and eight wind instruments / William Alwyn etc. Emily Beynon, flute ; BBC National Orchestra of Wales ; Bramwell Tovey, conductor. (Concertos/Flute BEY, Catalogue link)
Ritchie, Anthony 'A bugle will do' Atoll, c2011. A bugle will do -- Symphony no. 3 -- French overture -- Revelations. New Zealand Symphony Orchestra ; Tecwyn Evans, conductor. (Orchestral RIT, Catalogue link)
Shostakovich, Dmitrii 'Piano concertos Sonata for violin & piano op. 134' Harmonia Mundi, p2012. Piano concerto no. 2, op. 102 -- Sonata for violin and piano, op. 134 -- Concerto no. 1 for piano, trumpet and string orchestra, op. 35. Alexander Melnikov, piano ; Isabelle Faust, violin ; Jeroen Berwaerts, trumpet ; Mahler Chamber Orchestra ; Teodor Currentzis, conductor. (Concertos/Piano SHO, Catalogue link)
Opera /Religious/ Vocal etc. (Red)
Bach, Johann Sebastian 'Cantatas' Decca, p2011. Ich habe genug : BWV 82-- Gott soll allein mein Herze haben : BWV 169 etc. Andreas Scholl, countertenor ; Junko Takamaya, soprano, Michael Feyfar, tenor, Raitis Grigalis, bass (in BWV 169) ; Kammerorchester Basel ; Julia Schroder, leader. (Cantatas BAC, Catalogue link)
Berlioz, Hector 'Grande messe des morts 1837 Signum Classics, p2011. 2 sound discs. Robert Murray, tenor ; Ensemble Wrocaw (Gabrieli Players ; Wrocaw Philharmonic Orchestra ; Chetham's School of Music Symphonic Brass Ensemble ; Gabrieli Consort ; Wrocaw Philharmonic Choir) ; Paul McCreesh, conductor. (Masses BER, Catalogue link)
Donizetti, Gaetano 'Mary Stuart' Chandos, c1999. 2 sound discs. Rosalind Plowright, Angela Bostock, sopranos ; Dame Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano ; David Rendall, tenor ; Alan Opie, baritone ; John Tomlinson, bass ; Orchestra and Chorus of English National Opera ; Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor. (Operas DON, Catalogue link)
Fleming, Renee 'Poemes' DECCA, p2012. Sheherazade / Maurice Ravel -- Poemes pour Mi / Olivier Messiaen etc. Renee Fleming, soprano ; Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France ; Alan Gilbert, Seiji Ozawa (4th work), conductors. (Singers FLE, Catalogue link)
Whitacre, Eric 'Water night' Decca Records, p2012. Alleluia (Eric Whitacre Singers) -- Equus (London Symphony Orchestra) etc. Eric Whitacre Singers and the London Symphony Orchestra ; Plitmann, Hila, soprano ; Julian Lloyd Webber, cello ; Eric Whitacre, composer, conductor. (Choral WHI, Catalogue link)
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