Wednesday, February 27, 2008

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).

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

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.

Monday, February 25, 2008

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.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

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.

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

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.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

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.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

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).

Monday, January 28, 2008

New Classical CDs (2008-01-28)

Beverly Sills and friends [sound recording]. (B0007330-02) (Deutsche Grammophon)

Beverly Sills, soprano ; with various supporting vocalists, instrumentalists, orchestras, and conductors.
Recorded between 1959 and 1973.
Sung in Italian, German, French, and English.

SUBJECTS 1) Operas -- Excerpts.
2) Songs (High voice)


The four seasons [sound recording] / Vivaldi. (0946 3 94431 2 3) (EMI Classics)

Sarah Chang, violin ; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.

SUBJECTS 1) Concertos (Violin with string orchestra)

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

New Classical CDs (2008-01-23)

Symphony no. 1 [sound recording] : Triumphlied / Johannes Brahms. (8.554119) (Naxos)

Silke-Thora Matthies, Christian Kohn, piano.
  • Piano music (4 hands), Arranged.
  • Symphonies (Piano, 4 hands), Arranged.
Piano concerto no. 2 [sound recording] / Prokofiev. Piano concerto in G major / Ravel. (B0010175-02) (Deutsche Grammophon)

Yundi Li, piano ; Berliner Philharmoniker ; Seiji Ozawa, conductor.
  • Concertos (Piano)

Quartet no. 3 in F major op. 73 [sound recording] / Shostakovich. Quartet no. 2 in C major op. 36 / Britten. (77471 81371 2 8) (Marquis)

Jupiter String Quartet.
  • String quartets.

Monday, January 14, 2008

New Classical CDs (2008-01-14)

Lute songs [sound recording] / Dowland. (8.553381) (Naxos)

Steven Rickards, counter-tenor; Dorothy Linell, lute.

Songs (High voice) with lute. Lute music.
Recorded at Fordham Town Hall, New York City, on 1st March and from 26th to 30th October, 1995.

Contents:
  • Come again: sweet love doth now invite (2:12) --
  • Flow my tears (3:59) --
  • Lady, if you so spite me (1:55) --
  • In darkness let me dwell (3:32) --
  • Melancholy Galliard (lute solo) (3:00) --
  • Say Love if ever thou did'st find (2:05) --
  • His golden locks (3:55) --
  • Greensleeves divisions / attr. Francis Cutting (lute solo) (2:06) --
  • If my complaints could passions move (3:16) --
  • Time stands still (4:04) --
  • Can she excuse my wrong? (2:52) --
  • Fortune my foe (lute solo) (2:20) --
  • I saw my lady weep (5:20) --
  • Wilt thou unkind thus reave me? (3:42) --
  • Stay time awhile thy flying (3:34) --
  • Bonny sweet Robin / Anon. (lute solo) (2:34) --
  • Me, me, and none but me (2:59) --
  • Sorrow, stay (3:16) --
  • Fine knacks for ladies (2:25) --
  • Kemp's jig / Anon. (lute solo) (0:45) --
  • Callino / Anon. (lute solo) (0:58) --
  • When Phoebus first did Daphne love (1:14) --
  • Think'st thou then by thy feigning? (2:08) --
  • Galliards by Mary, Queen of Scots (lute solo) (1:11) --
  • Now, o now I needs must part (3:53) --
  • Come, heavy sleep (4:14).
Piano works including 'Raindrop' prelude & 'minute' waltz [sound recording] / Chopin. (436 389-2 (436 390-2--436 391-2)) (London)

Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano.

Piano music. Sonatas (Piano)
Recorded between 1967 and 1983.

Contents:

CD 1.

CD 2.
Symphony no. 3 [sound recording] / Gustav Mahler. (88697 12918 2) (RCA Red Seal)

Birgit Remmert, contralto ; Schweizer Kammerchor ; Zurcher Sangerknaben ; Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich ; David Zinman, conductor.

Symphonies. Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900 -- Musical settings.
Recorded Feb. 27-Mar. 1, 2006, Tonhalle Zurich, Switzerland.

Piano [sound recording] / Dexter Romweber. (001) (Orange Sound)

Composed and performed by Dexter Romweber, piano.

Piano music.

Contents:
Piano concerto no. 1 [sound recording] ; Piano quintet ; Concertino for two pianos / Shostakovich. (50999 5 04504 2 8) (EMI Classics)

Martha Argerich, Lilya Zilberstein (2nd work), pianos ; Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet (1st work) ; Renaud Capucon, Alissa Margulis, violins (3rd work) ; Lida Chen, viola (3rd work) ; Mischa Maisky, cello (3rd work) ; Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Alexander Vedernikov, conductor (1st and 2nd works).

Concertos (Piano) Piano music (Pianos (2)) Piano quintets.
Live recordings: 17.VI.2006, Palazzo dei Congressi, Lugano; 21 & 25.VI.2006, Auditorio Stella Molo, Lugano.

Contents:

Monday, January 7, 2008

New Classical CDs (2008-01-07)

Viola concertos [sound recording] / [William Walton ; Edmund Rubbra. (CDA67587) (Hyperion)

Lawrence Power, viola ; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra ; Ilan Volkov, conductor.
  • Viola concerto : original version / Sir William Walton (24:51) --
  • Meditations on a Byzantine hymn : op. 117, for solo viola (11:15) / Edmund Rubbra ;
  • Viola concerto in A major, op. 75 (25:05) / Edmund Rubbra.

Polish spirit
[sound recording]. (0946 3 79934 2 2) (EMI)

Nigel Kennedy, violin ; Polish Chamber Orchestra ; Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor.
  • Violin concerto no. 2 in D, op. 6 / Emil Mlynarski --
  • Violin concerto in A, op. 8 / Mieczyslaw Karlowicz --
  • Nocturne op. 9, no. 1. Larghetto / Chopin (arr. Krzesimir Debski) ;
  • Nocturne op. 9, no. 2. Andante / Chopin (arr. Krzesimir Debski).