The New Releases

Sunday, May 4, 2008

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35
Vadim Gluzman, v; Bergen Phil Orch/Andrew Litton.
BIS SACD-1432   (33:58)

Chopin: #'s 17-24 from Préludes, Op. 28
Alexandre Tharaud, p.
Harmonia Mundi HMC-901982   (12:55) 

Takemitsu: Three Film Scores for Strings
Moscow Soloists/Yuri Bashmet.
Onyx 4027   (11:07)

Haydn: Symphony #39 in g
Munich Chamber Orch/Alexander Liebreich. 
ECM New Series 476 6188 "Farewell"   (18:57)

Bach: Cantata #176, Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding
Ruth Holton, s; Daniel Taylor, ct; Paul Agnew, t; Peter Harvey, b; Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner.
Soli Deo Gloria SDG-138  "Bach Cantata Pilgrimage: Volume 27"  (10:29)

Schmelzer: Sonata #4 from Prothimia Suavissima (4:43)
Anon: Sonata #3 from Prothimia Suavissima (5:50)
Chatham Baroque.
Dorian DSL-90706 "Sweet Desire"

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20
Michael Rabin, v; Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra/Felix Slatkin.
Medici Arts MM023-2 (9:24)   (9:24)

Jacques de Saint-Luc: (Lute) Suite in D, La Prise de Gaeta
David Russell, g.
Telarc CD-80693   (12:37) 

Roussel: Symphony #3, Op. 42
Orchestre de Paris/Christoph Eschenbach.
Ondine ODE 1107-2   (26:14) 

Ilse Weber: Ich wandre durch Theresienstadt (2:38)
Karel Švenk: Pod deštníkem (3:10); Všechno jde! (2:16)
Erwin Schulhoff: I from Solo Violin Sonata (1:42)
Hans Krása: Three Songs (5:00)
Ilse Weber: Wiegala (2:35)
Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; Christian Gerhaher, br; Bengt Forsberg, p; Bebe
Risenfors, g; Daniel Hope, v; Ib Hausmann, cl; Philip Dukes, vi;
Josephine Knight, vc.
DG 477 6546  "Terezín/Theresienstadt"

Sibelius: Violin Concerto in d, Op. 47
Hilary Hahn, v; Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen.
DG B0010858-02  (33:11)

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Dvořák: Piano Trio #2 in g, Op. 26
Florestan Trio.
Hyperion CDA-67572   (29:28)

Handel: Cara speme from Giulio Cesare (5:53)
Handel: Desterò dall’empia Dite from Amadigi di Gaula (5:41)
Magdalena Kožená, ms; Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon. 
Archiv 477 6547 “Ah! mio cor”

Telemann: Oboe d’amore Concerto in A
Thomas Stacy, ob; Toronto Chamber Orch/Kevin  Mallon.
Naxos 8.570735   (16:53)

Griffes: Three Tone Pictures, Op. 5: The Lake at Evening (3:13); The Night Winds (2:02)
Griffes: Roman Sketches, Op. 7: The White Peacock (5:03)
Stephen Beus, p.
Harmonia Mundi HMU-907476

Reich: Variations for Vibes, Pianos & Strings
London Sinfonietta/Alan Pierson.
Nonesuch 406780-2   (22:00)

William Duckworth: Consolation (4:59); War Department (2:55) from Southern Harmony
Boston Secession/Jane Ring Frank.
Brave Records 0720  “Surprised by Beauty: Minimalism in Choral Music” 

Sunday, May 25, 2008

Ponchielli: Cielo e mar from La Gioconda (5:15)
Cilea: La dolcissima effigie sorridente from Adriana Lecouvreur (2:09)
Gomes: Intenditi con Dio! From Fosca (5:01)
Verdi: L'ara o l'avell apprestami from Luisa Miller (3:18)
Rolando Villazón t; Gianluca Alfano, br; Giuseppe Verdi Sym Orch & Cho/Daniele Callegari
DG 477 7224 "Cielo e mar"

Chopin: Piano Concerto #2 in f, Op. 21 (29:25)
Boris Berezovsky, p; Paris Orchestral Ensemble/John Nelson
Mirare MIR-047  

Albéniz, arr. Yang: Córdoba (7:00)
Wang Huiran, arr. Yang: Yi Dance (6:37)
Xuefei Yang, g
EMI Classics 06322-2  "40 Degrees North"

Schreker: Chamber Symphony (25:54)
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orch/Peter Eötvös
ECM New Series 476 3098

Wagner: Der Engel from Wesendonck Lieder (3:09)
Wolf: So lasst mich scheinen from Mignon Lieder (3:24)
John Carter: Toccata: Ride on, King Jesus from Cantata (3:17)
Bob Merrill: Mira from Carnival (4:43)
Christine Brewer, s; Roger Vignoles, p
Wigmore Hall Live 0022