Booklists
Here's what's new in our libraries for March 2011 ... in our Classical Music CD collection.
Chamber Music (Yellow)
Bax, Arnold ‘Piano quintets’ Naxos, p2010. Tippett Quartet ; Ashley Wass, piano.
(Quintets BAX, Catalogue link)
Dvořák, Antonín ‘String quartets in G major op. 106 & in F major op. 96 "American"’ Supraphon, p2010. Pavel Haas Quartet. (Quartets DVO, Catalogue link)
Vasks, Pēteris ‘String quartets nos. 1-3’ Challenge Classics, p2010. Navarra Quartet.
(Quartets VAS, Catalogue link)
Instrumental (Green)
Albéniz, Isaac ‘Complete piano music. Volume 1’ BIS, p1998. Miguel Baselga, piano.
(Piano ALB, Catalogue link)
Albéniz, Isaac ‘Complete piano music. Volume 2’ BIS, p2000. Miguel Baselga, piano.
(Piano ALB, Catalogue link)
Albéniz, Isaac ‘Complete piano music. Volume 4’ BIS, p2003. Miguel Baselga, piano.
(Piano ALB, Catalogue link)
Albéniz, Isaac ‘Complete piano music. Volume 5’ BIS, p2005. Miguel Baselga, piano.
(Piano ALB, Catalogue link)
Albéniz, Isaac ‘Complete piano music. Volume 6’ BIS, p2009. Miguel Baselga, piano ; Tenerife Symphony Orchestra ; Lu Jia, conductor. (Piano ALB, Catalogue link)
Argerich, Martha ‘Martha Argerich and friends live from the Lugano Festival’ EMI Classics, p2005. 3 sound discs. Martha Argerich, Yefim Bronfman, Mirabela Dina Lilya Zilberstein etc. (Piano ARG, Catalogue link)
Argerich, Martha ‘Martha Argerich and friends Live from the Lugano Festival 2007’ EMIClassics, p2008. 3 sound discs. Martha Argerich, Nicholas Angelich, Karin Lechner, Alexander Mogilevsky, Gabriela Montero, piano ; Renaud Capucon, Lucia Hall, Alissa Margulis, violin. Etc. (Piano ARG, Catalogue link)
Argerich, Martha ‘Martha Argerich and friends Live from the Lugano Festival 2005’ EMIClassics, p2006. 3 sound discs. Martha Argerich, Nicholas Angelich, pianos ; Renaud Capuçon, violin ; Gautier Capuçon, violoncello. Etc. (Piano ARG, Catalogue link)
Argerich, Martha ‘Martha Argerich and friends Live from the Lugano Festival 2003’ EMIClassics, p2004. 3 sound discs. Haydn Piano Trio in G, Rachmaniov six duets, Greig, Cello Sonata etc. (Piano ARG, Catalogue link)
Bach, Johann Sebastian ‘Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080’ Orfeo, p2010. 2 sound discs. Konstantin Lifschitz, piano
(Piano BAC, Catalogue link)
Beethoven, Ludwig van ‘Piano sonata in D major, op. 28 "Pastoral," no. 15 Piano sonata in C minor "Pathétique,"’ Hyperion, p2007. Angela Hewitt, piano. (Violin BEE, Catalogue link)
Beethoven, Ludwig van ‘Piano sonata in D major, op. 10, no. 3 Piano sonata in E flat major, op. 7’ Hyperion, p2006. Angela Hewitt, piano. (Violin BEE, Catalogue link)
Collins, Michael ‘The virtuoso clarinet’ Chandos, p2010. Il carnevale di Venezia / Alamiro Giampieri-- Solo de concours / Andre Messager etc. Michael Collins, clarinet ; Piers Lane, piano. (Other instruments COL, Catalogue link)
Dowdall, William ‘Breathe’ Atoll, [2010] Constellations / John Buckley -- Arlecchino / Jim Wilson etc. William Dowdall, flutes ; Richard Nunns, Taona puoro
(Flute DOW, Catalogue link)
Gavrić, Ivana ‘In the mists’ Champs Hill Records, p2010. In the mists / Janacek -- Sonata in A minor, D784 / Schubert etc. Ivana Gavrić, piano. (Piano GAV, Catalogue link)
Jansen, Janine ‘Beau soir’ Decca, p2010. Violin sonata ; Beau soir (arr. Heifetz) ; Clair de lune / Debussy etc. Janine Jansen, violin ; Itamar Golan, piano. (Violin JAN, Catalogue link)
Jones, Claire ‘Harp concertos’ Signum Records, p2010. Harp concerto in E♭ major, op. 74 / Reinhold Glière -- Danses pour harpe chromatique / Claude Debussy -- Concerto for flute, harp and orchestra / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Claire Jones, harp ; William Bennett, flute ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Paul Watkins, conductor.( Harp JON, Catalogue link)
Schnittke, Alfred ‘Discoveries’ Toccata Classics, p2009. Six preludes for piano -- Dialogue for cello and ensemble etc. Drosostalitsa Moraiti, piano ; Alexander Ivashkin, cello ; Ensemble Pentaèdre de Montreal etc. (Piano SCH, Catalogue link)
Schumann, Robert ‘Schumann piano works.’ Virgin Classics, p2010. Humoreske op. 20 -- Studien fur den Pedalflugel op. 56 -- Gesange der Fruhe op. 133. Piotr Anderszewski, piano.
(Piano SCH, Catalogue link)
Thorby, Pamela ‘The nightingale and the butterfly’ Linn Records, p2010. Deuxième suite in G major / Louis Caix d'Hervelois -- Passacaille / Robert de Visee. Pamela Thorby, recorders ; Elizabeth Kenny, archlute, theorbo, baroque guitar.
(Other instruments THO, Catalogue link)
Concerto / Orchestra / Symphony (Blue)
Bavouzet, Jean-Efflam ‘Works for piano and orchestra’ Chandos, 2010. Fantaisie for piano and orchestra / Debussy -- Concerto in G for piano and orchestra / Ravel etc. Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano ; BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor (Concertos/Piano BAV, Catalogue link)
Beamish, Sally ‘Violin concerto Callisto ; Symphony no. 1’ Bis, p2010. Anthony Marwood, violin ; Sharon Bezaly, flute ; Royal Scottish National Orchestra ; Martyn Brabbins, conductor. (Orchestral BEA, Catalogue link)
Beethoven, Ludwig van ‘Symphony no. 4 Symphony no. 6 , 'Pastoral'’ Channel Classics, p2010. Budapest Festival Orchestra ; Iván Fischer, conductor. (Symphonies BEE, Catalogue link)
Janis, Byron ‘The legendary concerto recordings’ Brilliant Classics, [2010] . 4 sound discs.Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Schumann etc. Byron Janis, piano ; London Symphony Orchestra; Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra etc. (Concertos/Piano JAN, Catalogue link)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix ‘Violin concerto Octet’ ONYX, p2010. Concerto for violin and orchestra E minor, op. 64 -- Octet in E flat, op. 20. James Ehnes, violin ; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor (Concertos/Violin MEN, Catalogue link)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus ‘Piano concerto no. 22 Piano concerto no. 18’ Avie, p2010. Imogen Cooper, piano, conductor ; Northern Sinfonia. (Concertos/Piano MOZ, Catalogue link)
Power, Lawrence ‘Viola concertos’ Hyperion, p2010. Viola concerto, op. 37, 1980-84 / Miklos Rosza-- Viola concerto, Sz120, 1945 / Bela Barto etc. Lawrence Power, viola ; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra ; Andrew Litton, conductor. (Concertos/Viola POW, Catalogue link)
Rózsa, Miklós ‘Ben Hur Quo vadis ; Julius Caesar’ Decca, c2010. 2 sound discs . National Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus ; Miklos Rozsa, conductor; Royal National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Bernard Herrmann, conductor (Orchestral ROZ, Catalogue link)
Sullivan, Arthur ‘Pineapple Poll Henry VIII ; Victoria and Merrie England’ Decca, c2010. Philharmonia Orchestra ; Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Royston Nash, conductor
(Ballet SUL, Catalogue link)
Opera /Religious/ Vocal etc. (Red)
Handel, George Frideric ‘Ombra cara arias’ Harmonia Mundi, p2010. Bejun Mehta, countertenor ; Rosemary Joshua, soprano ; Freiburger Barockorchester ; René Jacobs, conductor.(Operas HAN, Catalogue link)
Lecuona, Ernesto ‘On a night like this love songs’ BIS, p2004. Siempre en mi corazon -- Como presiento etc. Carole Farley, soprano ; John constable, piano. ( Songs LEC, Catalogue link)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus ‘Don Giovanni opera in 2 acts, K. 527 : (Prague version of the opera)’ Supraphon, [1997], p1982. 2 sound discs . Eva Depoltová, Magdalena Hajossyová, Jana Jonasová, sopranos ; Vojtech Kocian, tenor ; Vaclav Zitek,etc. ; Prague Chamber Orchestra ; Libor Pesek, conductor.
(Operas MOZ, Catalogue link)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus ‘Don Giovanni’ EMI Records, p2002, c2009. 3 sound discs. Principal performers: Eberhard Wächter, Joan Sutherland, Giuseppe Taddei, Gottlob Frick, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Luigi Alva, Piero Cappuccilli, Graziella Sciutti ; Henrich Schmidt, harpsichord ; Philharmonia Chorus ; Roberto Benaglio, chorus master ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor.
(Operas MOZ, Catalogue link)
Poème Harmonique ‘Plaisir d'amour’ Alpha, p2004. Quand je menai les chevaux boire -- Jan Petit que danse etc. Le Poème Harmonique Ensemble ; Vincent Dumestre, leader. (Songs POE, Catalogue link)
Purcell, Henry ‘O solitude’ Decca, p2010. If music be the food of love : first setting, 1692 -- Come, ye sons of art, away etc. Andreas Scholl, countertenor ; Accademia Bizantina ; Stefano Montanari, conductor ; Christophe Dumaux, countertenor (Songs PUR, Catalogue link)
Rossini, Gioacchino ‘Ermione’ Opera Rara, c2010. 2 sound discs. Carmen Giannattasio (Ermione) ; Rebecca Bottone (Cleone) etc. London Philharmonic Orchestra ; David Parry, conductor. (Religious ROS, Catalogue link)
Rossini, Gioacchino ‘Stabat Mater’ EMI Classics, 2010. Anna Netrebko, Joyce DiDonato, Lawrence Brownlee, Ildebrando D'Archangelo ; Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia ; Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia ; Antonio Pappano, conductor. (Religious ROS, Catalogue link)
Schönberg, Claude-Michel ‘Les Miserables live! the 2010 cast album.’ 2 sound discs. John Owen Jones, Earl Carpenter, Gareth Gates. (Musicals SCH, Catalogue link)
Sullivan, Arthur ‘Overtures & choruses’ Decca, c2010. 2 sound discs. New Symphony Orchestra of London ; Isidore Godfrey, conductor ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Royston Nash, conductor etc.(Operas SUL, Catalogue link)
Swayne, Giles ‘Stabat mater The silent land ’ Naxos, p2010. The Dmitri Ensemble ; Graham Ross, conductor ; Raphael Wallfisch, violoncello. (Religious SWA, Catalogue link)
Vivaldi, Antonio ‘Ercole sul Termodonte’ Virgin Classics, p2010. 2 sound discs . Rolando Villazón, Topi Lehtipuu, tenors ; Romina Basso, Vivica Genaux, Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-sopranos ; Patrizia Ciofi, Diana Damrau, sopranos ; Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor ; Europa Galante ; Fabio Biondi, violin, viola d'amore, direction. (Operas VIV, Catalogue link)
Wolf, Hugo ‘Italienisches Liederbuch Italian songbook’ Challenge Classics, p2010. Julia Kleiter, soprano ; Christoph Prégardien, tenor ; Hilko Dumno, piano. (Songs WOL, Catalogue link)
‘Songs of praise’ River Productions, p2010. 2 sound discs. Various church and cathedral choirs. (Hymns SON, Catalogue link)
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