New Classical CDs (2008-02-27)

Piano quintet [sound recording] ; Clarinet quintet / Coleridge-Taylor. (CDA67590) (Hyperion)


The Nash Ensemble (Richard Hosford, clarinet ; Ian Brown, piano, Marianne Thorsen, Malin Broman (Piano Quintet), Benjamin Nabarro (Clarinet Quintet), violins ; Lawrence Power, viola, Paul Watkins, violoncello).

Recorded Jan. 26-28, 2007, Henry Wood Hall, London.

SUBJECTS

• 1) Piano quintets, Arranged.
• 2) Violin and piano music.
• 3) Ballades (Instrumental music)
• 4) Quintets (Clarinet, violins (2), viola, violoncello)

CONTENTS

• Piano quintet in G minor, op. 1 (26:23) --
• Ballade in C minor for violin and piano, op. 73 (13:00) --
• Clarinet quintet in F sharp minor, op. 10 (29:56).

New Classical CDs (2008-02-26)

La quinta essentia [sound recording] / Palestrina, Lassus, Ashewell. (HMC 901922) (Harmonia Mundi)

Huelgas-Ensemble ; Paul van Nevel, conductor.

Recorded Nov. 2005, Musee de l'eau, Lisbon.

SUBJECTS

• Masses, Unaccompanied.

CONTENTS

• Missa "Tous les regretz" (23:00) / Roland de Lassus --
• Missa "Ave Maria" (35:00) / Thomas Ashewell --
• Missa ut re mi fa sol la (22:00) / Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.

New Classical CDs (2008-02-25)

Britannia [sound recording] / [performed by] Atlanta Symphony Orchestra ; Donald Runnicles. (CD-80677) (Telarc)

Scott Long, bagpipes (2nd work) ; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra ; Donald Runnicles, conductor.

Recorded in Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia, April 28 and 30, 2007.

Piano concertos [sound recording] / Schumann, Grieg. (SK 44899) (Sony Classical)

Murray Perahia, piano ; Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks ; Sir Colin Davis, conductor.

Recorded live, Jan. 14-17, 1987 (1st work), and Jan. 13-16, 1988 (2nd work), Philharmonie Gasteig, Munich, Germany.


Kids love ballet! [sound recording] / Tchaikovsky. (CD RSN 3104) (Sanctuary Records)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Enrique Batiz, conductor.

Recorded: Henry Wood Hall, London, Feb. 19-20, 1987.

New Classical CDs (2008-02-20)

Tic, toc, choc [sound recording] : Alexandre Tharaud joue Couperin. (HMC 901956) (Harmonia Mundi)

Alexandre Tharaud, piano.

Complete works for violin and piano [sound recording] / Brahms. (88697-06106-2) (RCA Red Seal)

Nikolaj Znaider, violin ; Yefim Bronfman, piano.

Recorded Dec. 13-19, 2005 at Theater C of the Performing Arts Center at Purchase College, Purchase, N.Y.

Concerto no. 5 "Emperor" [sound recording] ; Piano sonata no. 28 /Beethoven. (B0009840-02) (Deutsche Grammophon)

Helene Grimaud, piano ; Staatskapelle Dresden ; Vladimir Jurowski, conductor.

Cello concerto [sound recording] / Elgar. (50999 5 01409 2 3) (EMI)

Natalie Clein, violoncello ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ; Vernon Handley, conductor.

Recorded at Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, 28-29, V, 2007.

Fantasia on Christmas carols [sound recording] ; Hodie / Vaughan Williams. (7243 5 67427 2 7) (EMI)

John Barrow, baritone ; Choir of Guildford Cathedral ; string orchestra ; Barry Rose, conductor (1st work) ; Dame Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano ; Richard Lewis, tenor, John Shirley-Quirk, baritone ; Bach Choir ; Choristers of Westminster Abbey ; London Symphony Orchestra ; David Willcocks, conductor (2nd work).

Recorded in Guildford Cathedral, June 7, 1966 (1st work), and Kingsway Hall, London, Jan. 22-23 and Feb. 3, 1965 (2nd work).

Jardim abandonado [sound recording]. (278140-2) (Nonesuch)

Sergio & Odair Assad, guitars.

Recorded 2002 and 2006, Mont St. Guibert Church, Notre Dame du Sacre Choeur, Lambertus Church, and St. Clement Church, Belgium.

Nocturne [sound recording] / [Frederic Chopin]. (0946 3 85784 2 0) (Virgin Classics)

Truls Mork, violoncello ; Kathryn Stott, piano.

Recorded Sept. 21-23, 2006 at Ostre Fredrikstad Church, Norway.

Norwegian dances [sound recording] ; Ballade ; Slatter : suite for orchestra / Grieg. (8.557854) (Naxos)

Royal Scottish National Orchestra ; Bjarte Engeset, conductor.

Recorded May 2-3, 2005, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow, Scotland.

Piano concerto no. 2 [sound recording] ; Cello concerto / Ned Rorem. (8.559315) (Naxos)

Wen-Sinn Yang, violoncello ; Simon Mulligan, piano ; Royal Scottish National Orchestra ; Jose Serebrier, conductor.

Recorded Aug. 30-31, 2006, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow, Scotland.

Piano quintets [sound recording] / Schumann, Brahms. (00946 395143 2 8) (Virgin Classics)

Leif Ove Andsnes, piano ; Artemis Quartet (Natalia Prishepenko, Gregor Sigl, violins ; Friedemann Weigle, viola ; Eckart Runge, violoncello).

Recorded Dec. 18-22, 2006, Teldex Studio, Berlin, Germany.

Sinfonia concertante for violin, viola, and orchestra in E flat, K. 364 [sound recording] ; Rondo for violin and orchestra in C, K. 373 ; Concertone for 2 violins and orchestra in C, K. 190 /Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. (PTC 5186 098) (PentaTone Classics)

Julia Fischer, violin ; Gordan Nikolic, violin (3rd work) and viola (1st work) ; Netherlands Chamber Orchestra ; Yakov Kreizberg, conductor.

Recorded at Doopsgezinde Kerk (Mennonite Church), Haarlem, The Netherlands, Mar. 2006 (1st work) and Feb. 2007 (2nd-3rd works).

Violin concertos [sound recording] / Sibelius, Lindberg. (88697129362) (Sony Classical)

Lisa Batiashvili, violin ; Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Sakari Oramo, conductor.

Recorded in performance May 11-12 (Sibelius) and June 5-7 (Lindberg), 2007, Finlandia Hall, Helsinki.

Mahler 5 [sound recording]. (B0009837-02) (Deutsche Grammophon)

Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela ; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor.

Asturiana [sound recording] / Kim Kashkashian, Robert Levin. (B0009679-02) (ECM Records)

Kim Kashkashian, viola ; Robert Levin, piano.

Recorded August 2006, at Radio Studio DRZ, Zurich.

New Classical CDs (2008-02-19)

France [sound recording]. (15 669) (Laserlight Digital)

Performed by various orchestras and conductors.

SUBJECTS

• 1) Orchestral music.

CONTENTS

• La vie Parisienne. Overture / Offenbach --
• Fra Diavolo. Overture / Auber --
• Zampa. Overture / Herold --
• The lady in white. Overture / Boieldieu --
• Coronation march / Meyerbeer --
• Coppelia. Festive dance and waltz of the hours / Delibes --
• Meditation (from "Thais") / Massenet --
• Dance of the Sylphs (from "The damnation of Faust") / Berlioz --
• Joyeuse marche / Chabrier --
• Danse macabre / Saint-Saens.

The Jekyll & Hyde tour [sound recording] / P.D.Q. Bach & Peter Schickele. (CD-80666) (Telarc)

Peter Schickele, enabler, assisted by Michele Eaton, off-coloratura soprano ; David Dusing, tenor profundo and the Armadillo Quartet.

Recorded live at the Gorden Center, Owings Mills, Maryland on June 16, 2007, on-stage direct to DSD.

SUBJECTS

• 1) Humorous music.
• 2) Songs with piano.
• 3) String quartets.
• 4) Glees, catches, rounds, etc.

CONTENTS

• Long live the king --
• Introduction to Four Next-to-Last songs:
• Das kleines Birdie ;
• Der Cowboykonig ;
• Gretchen am Spincycle ;
• Es war ein dark und shtormy Night --
• Introduction to "The Moose" --
• String quartet in F major (The Moose): Allegro mo non troposphere ; Largo alla Fargo ; Menuetto no sweato ; Grave e molto deepo; Allegro con brie --
• Two rounds:
• Hedi McKinley ;
• Introduction to D'Indy's Turkey ;
• D'Indy's Turkey --
• Introduction to two P.D.Q. Bach rounds:
• The Mule ;
• Introduction to O serpent ;
• O serpent --
• Two songs:
• If love is real ;
• Introduction to Cyndi ;
• Cyndi --
• Introduction to songs from Shakespeare:
• Macbeth's soliloquy ;
• Hamlet's soliloquy ;
• The three witches from Macbeth ;
• Juliet's soliloquy ;
• Funeral oration from "Julius Caesar" --
• Introduction to "Listen here, Tyrannosaurus Rex" --
• Listen here, Tyrannosaurus Rex.

The late string quartets [sound recording] : opp. 127, 130, 131, 132, 133 & 135 / Beethoven. (7243 4 76824 2 1) (EMI Classics)

Alban Berg Quartett: Gunther Pichler, violin ; Gerhard Schulz, violin ; Thomas Kakuska, viola ; Valentin Erben, violoncello.

Recorded live at the Mozart-Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, June 9-11, 13, 15 17, 1989.

SUBJECTS

• 1) String quartets.

CONTENTS

• String quartet no. 12 in E flat major, op. 127 --
• String quartet no. 13 in B flat major, op. 130 --
• Grosse fuge in B flat major, op. 133 --
• String quartet no. 14 in C sharp minor, op. 131 --
• String quartet no. 15 in A minor, op. 132 --
• String quartet no. 16 in F major, op. 135.

Live at La Scala [sound recording] / Barenboim, Liszt. (2564 69785-2) (Warner Classics & Jazz)

Daniel Barenboim, piano.

Recorded live at La Scala, May 28, 2007.

SUBJECTS

• 1) Piano music.

CONTENTS

• Tre sonetti del Petrarca (nos. IV-VI from Annees de pelerinage: Deuxieme annee, Italie, S161). Sonetto 47: Benedetto sia'l giorno (5:07) ;
• Sonetto 104: Pace non trovo (6:08) ;
• Sonetto 123: I' vidi in terra angelici costumi (7:21) --
• Deux legendes, S175. St. Francois d'Assise: La predication aux oiseaux (10:44) --
• Apres une lecture du Dante (Fantasia quasi sonata) (no. VII from Annees de pelerinage: Deuxieme annee, Italie, S161) (17:14) --
• Verdi transcriptions.
• Aida: Danza sacra e duetto finale, S436 (10:45) ;
• Miserere du Trovatore, S433 (9:02) ;
• Rigoletto: Concert paraphrase, S434 (8:15).

Vivere [sound recording] : live in Tuscany / Andrea Bocelli. (B001066500) (Decca)

Andrea Bocelli, vocals ; with vocal and instrumental acc.

Recorded live in July 2007 in Tuscany, Italy.

SUBJECTS

• 1) Popular music -- 2001-2010.
• 2) Songs (High voice) with piano.
• 3) Operas -- Excerpts.
• 4) Songs, Italian.

Contents:

• Italia (feat. Chris Botti, trumpet) --
• Voce del silenzio (feat. Elisa, vocals) --
• Medley:
• Besame musho ;
• Somos novios = It's impossible ;
• Can't help falling in love --
• Canto della terra (feat. Sarah Brightman, vocals) --
• Mille lune mille onde --
• Romanza --
• Se la gente usasse il cuore --
• Domani.

Classical demands [sound recording] / Edgar Cruz. (ECICD02) (ECI Recordings)

Edgar Cruz, guitar.

SUBJECTS

• 1) Guitar music.

CONTENTS

• Bianco fiore --
• Salterello --
• Bouree in em / J.S. Bach --
• Two part invention #1 / J.S. Bach --
• Jesu, joy of man's desiring / J.S. Bach --
• Fur Elise / Beethoven --
• Capricho arabe / Tarrega --
• Adelita / Tarrega --
• Lagrima / Tarrega --
• Estudio in E / Tarrega --
• Romanza --
• In the hall of the mountain king / Grieg --
• Fantasia on Greensleeves / R.V. Williams --
• Mazurka choro / Villa-Lobos --
• Malague~na / Lecouna --
• Sakura variations / arr. Yocoh --
• Classical gas / M. Williams --
• Bohemian rhapsody / Mercury.

New Classical CDs (2008-02-14)

The red violin concerto ; Violin sonata [sound recording] / John Corigliano. (82876-88060-2) (Sony Classical)

Joshua Bell, violin ; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, conductor (1st work) ; Jeremy Denk, piano (2nd work).

Recorded June 15-17, 2006, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, Md. (1st work) and June 4-5, 2007, Kupfenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Queens College, Queens, New York (2nd work).

SUBJECTS

• 1) Concertos (Violin)
• 2) Sonatas (Violin and piano)

CONTENTS:

• Concerto for violin and orchestra ("The red violin") --
• Sonata for violin and piano.

New Classical CDs (2008-02-12)

Dim sum [sound recording]. (CD-80690) (Telarc)

Performed by Ying Quartet.

Recorded May 20-23, 2007 in Rosch Hall, State University of New York at Fredonia.

SUBJECTS

• 1) String quartets.

CONTENTS

• Song of the Ch'in / Zhou Long (8:22) --
• Shuo / Chen Yi (8:48) --
• Silent temple II (3:32) ; Silent temple IV (3:53) / Bright Sheng --
• Fu / Ae Aan-ru (11:35) --
• Pizzicato for string quartet / Vivian Fung (3:49) --
• Gobi Gloria / Lei Liang (9:36) --
• Leggeriezza (2:43) ; Larghetto nostalgico (6:42) / Chou Wen-chung --
• Drum and gong (1:02) ; Cloudiness (2:22) ; Red sona (1:44) / Tan Dun.

Orchestral spectacular [sound recording]. (8.550501) (NAXOS)


Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Adrian Leaper, conductor.

Recorded at Watford Town Hall, London from 7th to 10th January, 1991.

SUBJECTS

• 1) Orchestral music, Arranged.
• 2) Orchestral music.

CONTENTS

• Espana / Emmanuel Chabrier --
• Capriccio Espangnol / Nicolas Rimsky-Korsakov --
• Night on the bare mountain / Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky --
• Polovtsian dances from Prince Igor / Aleksandr Porfirevich Borodin --
• Bolero / Maurice Ravel.

The merry widow [sound recording] / music by Franz Lehar ; lyrics by Adrian Ross [from the original German by Victor Leon and Leo Stein]. The student prince / music by Sigmund Romberg ; lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly. (440 018 732-2) (Decca Broadway)

In 1st work: Kitty Carlisle, Wilbur Evans, Felix Knight, Lisette Verea ; orchestra and chorus ; Isaac Van Grove, conductor. In 2nd work: Lauritz Melchior, Jane Wilson, Lee Sweetland, Gloria Lane ; orchestra and male chorus ; Victor Young, conductor.

Recorded Dec. 20 and 21, 1943 (1st work), Apr. 27 and 28, 1950 (2nd work).

SUBJECTS

• 1) Operas.
• 2) Musicals.

CONTENTS
The merry widow.

• Overture ;
• In Marsovia ;
• Maxim's ;
• Finale of Act I ;
• Down in dear old Marsovia ;
• Folk dance ;
• Vilia ;
• Women ;
• Love in my heart ;
• Finale of Act II ;
• The girls at Maxim's ;
• I love you so ;
• The merry widow waltz ;
• Finale.

The student prince.

• Overture ;
• Golden days ;
• Students marching song ;
• Drinking song ;
• Deep in my heart, dear ;
• Serenade ;
• Just we two ;
• Finale.

William Grant Still [sound recording]. (3-7154-2 H1) (Koch International Classics)

Alexa Still, flute ; Susan DeWitt Smith, piano ; Berliner Symphoniker ; Isaiah Jackson, conductor.

Recorded Apr. 1992 at Siemens-Villa, Berlin (1st and 4th works) and Nov. 1992 at Symphony House, Wellington, New Zealand (2nd-3rd works).

SUBJECTS

• 1) Ballets.
• 2) Flute and piano music, Arranged.
• 3) String orchestra music.

CONTENTS

• La guiablesse (18:35) --
• Quit dat fool'nish (1:29) --
• Summerland (3:48) --
• Danzas de Panama (14:00).