The New Releases

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Bax: Second Northern Ballad (14:02)
BBC Philharmonic/Vernon Handley
Chandos CHAN-10446  "Bax: Tone Poems, Volume 2"

Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge (21:51)
Mark Padmore, t; Schubert Ensemble
Chandos CHAN-10465

Mozart: Piano Concerto #12 in A, K. 414 (24:42)
Vienna Phil/Maurizio Pollini, p
DG B0010994-02

Copland: Suite from The Tender Land (20:39)
Elgin Sym Orch/Robert Hanson
Naxos 8.559297

John Adams: 40% Swing from Road Movies (4:57)
Jennifer Higdon: Blue Hills of Mist (7:41); Maze Mechanical (3:21); Climb Jagged (2:34) from String Poetic
Jennifer Koh, v; Reiko Uchida, p
Cedille CDR 90000 103 "String Poetic"

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Nielsen: Symphony #1, Op. 7 (33:03)
Danish National Sym Orch/Michael Schønwandt
Naxos 8.570737

Clementi: Piano Sonata in F, Op. 1/4 (10:23)
Howard Shelley, p
Hyperion CDA-67632  "Clementi: Complete Piano Sonatas, Volume 1"

Turina: Piano Trio in a, Op. 35 (19:16)
Eaken Piano Trio
Excelcius 7301.72 "Masterpieces"

Josquin: Sanctus; Benedictus; Agnus Dei from Missa Ad fugam (14:55)
Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips
Gimell CDGIM-039

Sibelius: Symphony #7 in C, Op. 105 (21:17)
Boston Sym Orch/Sir Colin Davis
PentaTone PTC 5186 177

Sunday. June 15, 2008

Beethoven: String Quartet #12 in Eb, Op. 127 (38:19)
Orion String Quartet
Koch KIC-CD-7683 (3 CDs) "Beethoven: Late Quartets"

Debussy: Suite bergamasque (14:40)
William Kapell, p
RCA 68560-2 (2 CDs) "Kapell Rediscovered: The Australian Broadcasts"

D'Indy: The Enchanted Forest, Op. 8 (13:36)
Iceland Sym Orch/Ruman Gamba
Chandos CHAN-10464 "D'Indy: Orchestral Works, Volume 1"

Sofia Gubaidulina: Sounds of the Forest (3:06)
Dan Welcher: All the Words to All the Songs (7:33)
Alexa Still, f; Stephen Gosling, p
Koch KIC-CD-7658

Dvorák: Symphonic Variations, Op. 78 (22:48)
Baltimore Sym Orch/Marin Alsop
Naxos 8.570714

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Francesco Mancini: Recorder Sonata XI (10:45)
Rubato Appassionato
MA Recordings M-075-A  "Le Temple du Goût"

Bizet: Incidental Music from L'Arlésienne (Original Score) (14:11)
Les Musiciens de Louvre & Lyon National Opera Cho/Marc Minkowski
Naïve V-5130 "L'Arlésienne"

Nielsen: String Quartet in Eb, Op. 14 (29:42)
Young Danish String Quartet
Dacapo 6.220522  "Nielsen Quartets, Volume 2"

Puccini: Act I from La Bohème (34:21)
Anna Netrebko (Mimì); Rolando Villazòn (Rodolfo); Boaz Daniel (Marcello); Stéphane Degout (Schaunard); Vitalij Kowaljow (Colline); Tiziano Bracci (Benoît); Bavarian Radio Sym Orch/Bertrand de Billy
DG 477 6600  (2 CDs)

Mendelssohn: On Wings of Song (2:21)
Dvorák, arr. Kreisler: Slavonic Dance (3:04)
Stravinsky, arr. Dushkin: Russian Song (3:21)
Prokofiev, arr. Heifetz: Masks from Romeo and Juliet (2:02)
Renaud Capuçon, v; Jérôme Ducros, p
Virgin Classics 374087-2 "Capriccio"

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Leroy Anderson: Harvard Sketches (4:49); Serenata (3:54)
BBC Concert Orch/Leonard Slatkin
Naxos 8.559357  "Anderson: Orchestral Music, Volume 3"

Leroy Anderson: Finale from Piano Concerto (5:55)
Jeffrey Biegel, p; BBC Concert Orch/Leonard Slatkin
Naxos 8.559313  "Anderson: Orchestral Music, Volume 1"

Sibelius: III, Kullervo and His Sister (24:39); IV, Kullervo Goes to War (9:47) from Kullervo, Op. 7
Soile Isokoski, s; Tommi Hakala, br; YL Male Voice Choir, Helsinki Phil Orch/Leif Segerstam
Ondine ODE-1122-5

Bach: Solo Violin Partita #3 in E, BWV 1006 (19:34)
Ilya Kaler, v
Naxos 8.570277-78 "Bach Violin Sonatas & Partitas"

Gregory Hutter: The Farewell Rag (4:30); The Redline Shuffle (3:51) from The Melancholy Rags, Book 1
Winston Choi, p
Hutter: Electric Traction (6:26)
Moravian Phil Orch/Andreas Hérm Baumgartner
Naxos 8.559349  "Hutter: Orchestral & Solo Piano Works"

Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man (3:15)
Gibbons, arr. Frackenpohl: In Nomine (4:12)
Byrd, arr. Allen: The Bells (4:14)
Lennon & McCartney, arr. Dedrick: Penny Lane (3:38)
Canadian Brass
Opening Day Entertainment OD-7347  "Legends"