Booklists
Here's what's new in our libraries for May 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)
Lilburn, Douglas 'Master works for strings', Atoll, c2011. String quartet in E minor (1946)-- Sonata for violin and piano (1950) etc. Martin Riseley, violin ; Jun He, violin ; Donald Maurice, viola ; Inbal Megiddo, cello ; Jian Liu, piano ; Lyndon Taylor, violin.
(Quartets LIL, Catalogue link)
Shostakovich, Dmitrii Dmitrievich 'String quartets', Cedille Records, p2012. 2 sound discs. Quartets, strings, no. 1-4. Pacifica Quartet.
(Quartets SHO, Catalogue link)
(Quartets SHO, Catalogue link) Simon, Paul 'Old friends Simon & Garfunkel classical tribute/hommage', Analekta, p2011. The dangling conversation -- The sound of silence -- Bridge over troubled water etc. Antoine Bareil, violin ; Valerie Milot, harp ; Christian Prevost, violin ; Dominic Girard, double bass ; Marjolaine Goulet, French horn.
(Quintets SIM, Catalogue link)
Instrumental (Green)
Benedetti, Nicola 'Italia', Decca, p2011. Violin concerto in D major, RV 208 : "Grosso Mogul" ; VedroÃÂ con mio diletto : from Il Giustino / Antonio Vivaldi etc. Nicola Benedetti, violin ; Scottish Chamber Orchestra (string orchestra) ; Christian Curnyn, conductor.
(Violin BEN, Catalogue link)
Chalhoub, Claude 'Diwan', Herzog, p2008. Diva -- Aesthetic -- Poupe -- Drop -- Prelude etc. Claude Chalhoub, violin ; with members of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.
(Violin CHA, Catalogue link)
Li, Yundi. 'The red piano', EMI Classics, p2012. The Yellow River piano concerto-- In that place wholly faraway etc. Yundi, piano ; China NCPA Concert Hall Orchestra ; Chen Zuohuang, conductor.
(Piano LI, Catalogue link)
Nakariakov, Sergei 'Trumpet & piano', Teldec, c2012. 3 sound discs. Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet & flugelhorn ; Alexander Markovich, piano ; Vera Nakariakova, piano.
(Other instruments NAK, Catalogue link)
Rostropovich, Mstislav 'Mstislav Rostropovich, the complete Decca recordings', Decca, c2012. 5 sound discs. Mstislav Rostropovich, violoncello ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Benjamin Britten, piano and conductor (CD 1-3) ; Sviatoslav Richter, piano (CD 4-5)
(Cello ROS, Catalogue link)
SHE 'Bolmimerie', Tall Poppies Records, 2010. Bolmimerie / Carlos Salzedo -- Arafura arioso / Ross Edwards -- The meaning of water / Andrew Schultz etc. SHE (Seven Harp Ensemble) ; Alice Giles, director.
(Harp SHE, Catalogue link)
Wang, Yuja 'Fantasia', Deutsche Grammophon, p2012. Sergei Rachmaninov, Domenico Scarlatti, Franz Schubert etc. Yuja Wang, piano.
(Piano WAN, Catalogue link)
Concerto / Orchestra / Symphony (Blue)
Concentus Musicus Wien 'Walzer Revolution', Sony Music Entertainment, p2012. 2 sound discs. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Strauss Sr. Jopseh Lanner. Concentus Musicus Wien ; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor.
(Orchestral CON, Catalogue link)
Harris, Ross 'Symphonies nos. 2 and 3', Naxos,p2012. Madeleine Pierard, mezzo-soprano ; Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra ; Marko Letonja, conductor.
(Symphonies HAR, Catalogue link)
Michelangeli, Arturo Benedetti 'Piano concertos', EMI Records, p2011. Piano concerto in G / Maurice Ravel -- Piano concerto no. 4 in G minor, op. 40 / Sergei Rachmaninov -- Piano concerto no. 11 in D Hob. XVIII:11. Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano ; Philharmonia Orchestra (Ravel & Rachmaninov) ; Zurcher Kammerorchester (Haydn) ; Ettore Gracis, conductor (Ravel & Rachmaninov) ; Edmond de Stoutz, conductor (Haydn).
(Concertos/Piano MIC, Catalogue link)
Opera /Religious/ Vocal etc. (Red)
Delibes, Leo 'Lakme', Opera Australia, p2011. 2 sound discs. Joan Sutherland, soprano (Lakmei), Henri Wilden (Gerald), Clifford Grant (Nilakantha), Isobel Buchanan (Ellen) ; Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra ; Richard Bonynge, conductor ; Norman Ayrton, director.
(Operas DEL, Catalogue link)
Joplin, Scott, 'Treemonisha an opera in three acts', New World Records, p2011. 2 sound discs. Janinah Burnett, Anita Johnson, sopranos ; AnnMarie Sandy, mezzo-soprano ; Robert Mack, Chauncey Packer, Phumzile Sojola, tenors ; Todd Payne, Edward Pleasant, baritones ; Darren Stokes, Frank Ward, Jr., bass-baritones ; Frederick Jackson, bass ; the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra and Singers ; Rick Benjamin, conductor.
(Operas JOP, Catalogue link)
Verdi, Giuseppe 'Rigoletto', Opera Australia, p2011. 2 sound discs. Alan Opie, Rigoletto; Emma Matthews, Gilda; Paul O'neill, Duke of Mantua; David Parkin, Sparfucile; Elizabeth Campbell, Giovanna; Christopher Hiller, Count Ceprano; Gennadi Dubinsky, Count Monterone; Opera Australia Chorus; Australian Opera and Ballet Ochestra; Giovanni Reggioli, conductor; Elijah Moshinsky, director.
(Operas VER, Catalogue link)
Verdi, Giuseppe 'Il trovatore', Opera Australia, p2011. 2 sound discs. Joan Sutherland, soprano ; Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra ; Richard Bonynge, conductor; Elijah Moshinsky, director.
(Operas VER, Catalogue link)
Seven Dials Band 'The music of Dickens and his time', Warner Classics, c2012. The college hornpipe -- Some folks who have grown old etc. The Seven Dials Band ; Dave Townsend, director ; The St. Clements Chorus (SCC) ; Paul Sartin, director.
(Songs SEV, Catalogue link)
Sullivan, Arthur 'The mikado', Opera Australia, p2011. 2 sound discs. Mitchell Butel, Kaneen Breen, Taryn Fiebig, Warwick Fyfe, Jacqueline Dark, Richard Alexander, Opera Australia Chorus, Orchestra Victoria, Brian Castles-Onion.
(Operas SUL, Catalogue link)
