Booklists
Here's what's new in our libraries for June 2011 ... in our Classical Music CD collection.
Instrumental (Green)
Argerich, Martha 'Martha Argerich and friends live from Lugano 2010' EMI Classics, p2011. 3 sound discs. Violin sonata no. 1 in A minor, op.105 / Robert Schumann etc. Martha Argerich, piano ; with various instrumentalists. (Piano ARG, Catalogue link)
Mogensen, Bjarke 'Winter sketches' Orchid Music, p2011. Fantasy on Oi da, Snowball tree / trad., arr. Ivan Panitsky etc. Bjarke Mogensen, accordion. (Other instruments MOG, Catalogue link)
'Diversions autour du hautbois' Blumlein Records, [2010?] Concerto pour hautbois et piano / Edwin Carr -- Diversions pour quintette / Nigel Keay etc. Marika Lombardi, oboe ; Debra Takakjian, piano ; Erika Bliznik, clarinet ; Charmian Keay, violin ; Joe Ichinose, viola ; Rafael Schwab, double bass. (Other instruments DIV, Catalogue link)
Concerto / Orchestra / Symphony (Blue)
Beethoven, Ludwig van 'Piano concertos nos. 1 & 3' International Classical Artists, p2011.
Emil Gilels, piano ; New Philharmonia Orchestra ; Sir Adrian Boult, conductor.
(Concertos/Piano BEE, Catalogue link)
Brahms, Johannes 'Brahms Piano concerto no. 2, etc.' International Classical Artists, c2011. Piano concerto no. 2 ; Rhapsody, op. 79, no. 1 ; Capriccio, op. 76, no. 2 / Brahms -- Nocturne, op. 27, no. 2 ; Waltz, op. 64, no. 2 /Chopin etc. Arthur Rubinstein, piano ; Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor.
(Concertos/Piano BRA, Catalogue link)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra 'The Italian intermezzo music without words' Chandos, p2011. Adriana Lecouvreur. Intermezzo, act II / Francesco Cilea-- Manon Lescaut. Intermezzo, act III / Giacomo Puccini etc. BBC Philharmonic ; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor.
(Orchestral B, Catalogue link)
Gershwin, George 'Rhapsody in blue Piano concerto in F ; Catfish row ; Rialto ripples' Decca, c2011. Rhapsody in blue : jazz band version -- Catfish Row : symphonic suite etc. Stefano Bollani, piano; Gewandhausorchester ; Riccardo Chailly, conductor.
(Concertos/Piano GER, Catalogue link)
Hahn, Hilary 'Violin concertos' Deutsche Grammophon , p2010. Violin concerto (dedicated to Hilary Hahn) / Jennifer Higdon-- Violin concerto in D major, op. 35 /Tchaikovsky. Hilary Hahn, violin ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ; Vasily Petrenko, conductor.
(Concertos/Violin HAH, Catalogue link)
Herrmann, Bernard 'Film classics' Decca, c2010. 2 sound discs. Journey to the centre of the earth ; The seventh voyage of Sinbad etc. National Philharmonic Orchestra ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Bernard Herrmann, conductor.
(Orchestral HER, Catalogue link)
Rozsa, Miklos 'Ben Hur Quo vadis ; Julius Caesar' Decca, c2010. 2 sound discs. National Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus ; Miklos Rozsa, conductor; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus ; Miklos Rozsa, conductor; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Bernard Herrmann, conductor.
(Orchestral ROZ, Catalogue link)
'Cinema spectacular' Decca ; c2010. 2 sound discs. Richard III / William Walton ; Anna Karenina. Suite / Constant Lambert etc. National Philharmonic Orchestra ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Bernard Herrmann, conductor.
(Orchestral CIN, Catalogue link)
(Orchestral OVE, Catalogue link)
Opera /Religious/ Vocal etc. (Red)
Artyomov, Vyacheslav 'Requiem' Melodiia, p2010. Inna Polyanskaya, Lubov Sharnina, Elena Brylyova; Alexei Martynov; Mikhail Lanskoi; Andrei Azovsky; Oleg Yanchenko; The Sveshnikov Boys' Choir of the Moscow Choral School ; Victor Popov, artistic director ; Kaunas State Chorus ; Petras Bingelis, artistic director ; The Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra ; Dmitri Kitaenko, conductor.
(Masses ART, Catalogue link)
Armonico Consort 'Naked Byrd. Two' Signum Classics, p2011. Salve Regina / Hermann Contractus-- The spirit of Tallis / Thomas Tallis etc. Armonico Consort ; Christopher Monks, conductor.
(Religious ARM, Catalogue link)
Brahms, Johannes 'Ein Deutsches Requiem' International Classic Artists, p2011. Elisabeth Grummer, soprano ; Hermann Prey, baritone ; Kolner Rundfunkchor (Brahms) ; Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester (now renamed WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln) ; Otto Klemperer, conductor.
(Masses BRA, Catalogue link)
Dargomyzhski, Aleksandr Sergeevich 'Rusalka' Melodiia, p2010. 2 sound discs. I. Kozlovsky, tenor, as the prince ; A. Krivchenyan, bass, as the miller ; E. Smolenskaya, soprano, as Natasha , later Rusalka ; V. Borisenko, mezzo-soprano, as the princess ; I. Skobtsov, baritone, as the match-maker ; M. Miglau, soprano, as Olga ; V. Tumanova, as the little water-nymph ; Choir and Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre ; E. Svetlanov, conductor. (Operas DAR, Catalogue link)
Humperdinck, Engelbert 'Hansel und Gretel' Sony Classical, c2005. 2 sound discs. Ileana Cotrubas, Elisabeth Soderstrom, Kiri Te Kanawa, Ruth Welting, sopranos ; Frederica Von Stade, Christa Ludwig, mezzo-sopranos ; Siegmund Nimsgern, baritone ; Children's Chorus of Cologne Opera ; Gurzenich Orchestra ; John Pritchard, conductor. (Operas HUM, Catalogue link)
Lloyd Webber, Andrew 'Jesus Christ superstar : a rock opera' 1993. 2 sound discs. Murray Head, Ian Gillan, Yvonne Elliman and other soloists ; various accompanying artists and groups, including the composer (piano, organ, Moog synthesiser) ; orchestra including the strings of the City of London Ensemble ; Alan Doggett, conductor. (Musicals LLO, Catalogue link)
Tavener, John 'Towards silence' 1993Signum Classics, p2010. 1. Vaishvanara-- 2. Taijasa etc. Medici Quartet, Fifth Quardrant etc. (Religious TAV, Catalogue link)
Vivaldi, Antonio 'Vivaldi!' 1993Naive, [2010], p2008. La fida ninfa, RV 714. Alma oppressa da sorte crudele -- In furore iustissimae irae, RV 626. In furore iustissimae irae etc. Sandrine Piau, soprano ; with Veronica Cangemi, soprano ; Ann Hallenberg, Guillemette Laurens, mezzo-sopranos etc. (Operas VIV, Catalogue link)
'The first Christmas' Universal Music Group, c2010. 2 sound discs. Elizabethan Singers ; Louis Halsey ; Simon Preston, organ ; Wilfrid Parry, piano. (Carols FIR, Catalogue link)
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