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.