The New Releases

Sunday, November 4, 2007

Tchaikovsky: Act II from Swan Lake
Mariinsky Theater Orch/Valery Gergiev.
Decca 475 7669  (2 CDs)  (29:53)

Beethoven: Cello Sonata #3 in A, Op. 69 (27:49)
Popper: Elfentanz (2:48)
Richard Harwood, vc; Christoph Berner, p.
EMI Classics 59645-2  

Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance March #4 (4:33)
Mark-Anthony Turnage: Three Screaming Popes (15:54)
Atlanta Sym Orch/Donald Runnicles.
Telarc CD-80677 "Britannia"

Salzedo: Variations sur un thème dans le style ancien
Yolanda Kondonassis, h.
Telarc CD-80691 "Salzedo's Harp"   (14:56)

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Joseph Guy Ropartz: Piano Trio in A minor
Trio Hochelaga.
Atma Classique ACD2-2542   (36:53)

Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy
Cincinnati Sym Orch/Paavo Järvi.
Telarc CD-80681   (20:18)

Bach: Solo Violin Partita in D minor, BWV 1004
Janine Jansen, v.
Decca B0009905-02   (28:32)

Giuseppe Persiani: Cari giorni from Ines de Castro (4:09)
Hummel: Air à la tirolienne avec variations (7:24)
Cecilia Bartoli, ms; La Scintilla Orch/Adam Fischer.
Decca 475 9077 "Maria"

Sunday, November 18, 2007

Mieczyslaw Karlowicz: Violin Concerto in A, Op. 8
Nigel Kennedy, v; Polish Chamber Orch/Jacek Kaspszyk.
EMI Classics 79934-2 "Polish Spirit"  (30:23)

Pierre de Manchicourt: Reges terrae (8:15)
Cristóbal de Morales: Regina caeli (5:22)
Nordic Voices.
Chandos CHSA-5050 "Reges Terrae - Music from the Time of Charles V"

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto #2 in g, Op. 16
Yundi Li, p; Berlin Phil/Seiji Ozawa.
DG B0010175-02   (30:13)

Arne: Overture #1 in e (8:06); Overture #2 in A (6:20)
Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood.
Decca/L'Oiseau-Lyre 475 9117

Purcell: Ye gentle spirits of the air (4:50); Hark! Hark! How all things (1:43);
If music be the food of love (3:25)
Emma Kirkby, s; Christopher Hogwood, o; Anthony Rooley, l; Richard Campbell, viga; Catherine Mackintosh, v.
Decca/L'Oiseau-Lyre 475 9109

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Mozart: Piano Concerto #11 in F, K. 413 (Chamber version)
Janina Fialkowski, p; Chamber Players of Canada.
Atma Classique SACD2-2531   (23:07)

Janácek: Glagolitic Mass
Soloists; David Goode, o; Czech Phil Choir & London Phil Orch/Kurt Masur.
LPO 0029   (39:53)

Thomson: The Plow that Broke the Plains
Post-Classical Ensemble/Angel Gil-Ordóñez.
Naxos 8.559291   (26:52)

Vivaldi: Improvisation on "Autumn" Concerto (2:24)
Pachelbel: Improvisation on Canon in D (4:27)
Scarlatti: Improvisation on Keyboard Sonata (1:28)
Gabriela Montero, p.
EMI Classics 00234-2 "Baroque"