The New Releases

Sunday, July 1

Joan Tower: Made in America
Nashville Sym Orch/Leonard Slatkin.
Naxos 8.559328  (13:12)

Beata Moon: In Transit
Beata Moon, p.
Naxos 8.570347  (7:02)

Bach: Cantata #147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben
Monika Mauch, s; Matthew White, ct; Charles Daniels, t; Stephan MacLeod, b; Montreal Baroque/Eric Milnes.
Atma SACD2-2402  (27:01)

Nielsen: Wind Quintet, Op. 43
Diamant Ensemble.
Dacapo 8.226064  (28:05)

Prokoviev: Piano Sonata #4 in c, Op. 29
Sviatoslav Richter, p.
Decca 475 8130 (2 CDs) "Richter: The Master, Volume 3"  (18:45)

Shostakovich: #15 in Db from 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87
Sviatoslav Richter, p.
Decca 475 8130 (2 CDs) "Richter: The Master, Volume 3"  (4:52)

Sunday, July 8

Beethoven: Piano Trio #3 in c, Op. 1/3
Kalichstein/Laredo/Robinson Trio.
Koch KIC-CD-7724 (2 CDs) "Complete Beethoven Piano Trios, Volume 2"  (27:26)

Dvorak: The Wild Dove, Op. 110
Netherlands Phil Orch/Yakov Kreizberg.
Pentatone PTC 5186 065  (19:34)

Szymanowski: Violin Concerto #1, Op. 35
Ilya Kaler, v; Warsaw Phil Orch/Antoni Wit.
Naxos 8.557981  (26:09)

Nielsen: Serenata in vano (7:33); Excerpts from The Mother (4:43)
Diamant Ensemble.
Dacapo 8.226064 "Nielsen Chamber Music, Volume 1"

Bach: Prelude from (Violin) Partita #3 in E, BWV 1006 (4:32)
Hagen: II from Lute Concerto in A (w/Chamber Ensemble) (4:27)
Attaingnant: Pavane et Sauterelle (3:43)
Sanz: La Tarantela (2:04)
Hopkinson Smith, lute & baroque guitar.
Naïve E-8908 "Hopkinson Smith: Album"

Sunday, July 15

Brahms: Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102
Julia Fischer, v; Daniel Müller-Schott, vc; Netherlands Phil Orch/Yakov Kreizberg.
Pentatone PTC 5186 066   (32:04)

Grechaninov: At Thy mystical supper; The wise thief; Thou who clothest Thyself from Passion Week, Op. 58
Phoenix Bach Choir & Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy.
Chandos CHSA-5044   (14:54)

Philip Glass: Suite from The Sound of a Voice
Wu Man, pipa; Lynn Chang, v; Peter Rejto, vc; Tara Helen O'Connor, f; Gary Cook, per.
Orange Mountain Music 0044 "Philip Glass Theater Music: Volume I"  (19:22)

Beethoven: Piano Sonata #21 in C, Op. 53, Waldstein
Nelson Freire, p. 
Decca 475 8155   (22:28)

Schubert: Am Fenster (3:24); Der Musensohn (2:10); Du bist die Ruh (4:50)
Christian Gerhaher, bar; Gerold Huber, p.
RCA 8287677162 "Abendbilder"

Sunday, July 22

Krommer: Two-Clarinet Concerto in Eb, Op. 91
Sabine Meyer & Julian Bliss, cl's; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Kenneth Sillito.
EMI Classics 79786-2  (23:41)

Bach: Solo Violin Sonata #1 in g, BWV 1001
Christian Tetzlaff, v.
Hänssler Classic/Musical Heritage Society 5287318  (15:35)

Bach: Motet, Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226
Hilliard Ensemble.
ECM New Series B0008847-02  (9:13)

Tchaikovsky: Symphony #4 in f, Op. 36
Philadelphia Orch/Christoph Eschenbach.
Ondine ODE 1104-5  (46:49)

Tchaikovsky: July: Reaper's Song (1:56)
August: Harvest (3:43) from The Seasons, Op. 37b
Christoph Eschenbach, p.
Ondine ODE 1104-5

Sunday, July 29

Golijov: Oceana
Luciana Souza, voc; Gwinnett Young Singers, Atlanta Sym Orch & Chorus/Robert Spano.
DG B0009069-02  (26:13)

Shostakovich: Piano Concerto #1 in c, Op. 35
Denis Matsuev, p; St. Petersburg Phil Orch/Yuri Temirkanov.
RCA 88697002332  (21:17)

Shostakovich: Nos. 1-4 from 24 Preludes & Fugues
Muza Rubackyte, p.
Brilliant Classics 8463 (2 CDs)  (19:16)

Schubert: I from String Quintet in C, D. 956
Melos Quartet; Mstislav Rostropovich, vc.
DG 00289 477 6357  (20:32)

Rostropovich: Two Cello Etudes (6:05)
Walton: Passacaglia (5:47)
Steven Honigberg, vc.
Albany TROY-949 "Homage to Rostropovich"