The New Releases

June 28, 2009

Chopin: Two Nocturnes, Op. 62 (13:55)
Maria João Pires, p
DG 00289 477 7483 (2 CDs)

Haydn: Symphony #96 in D, "Miracle" (22:13)
Cleveland Orch/George Szell
Sony Classical 88697489042 "Haydn: Early London Symphonies"

Haydn: Part I from Die Schöpfung (The Creation) (37:42)
Sally Matthews, s; Ian Bostridge, t; Dietrich Henschel, br; London Sym Orch & Cho/Sir Colin Davis
LSO Live 0628

Henze: Carillon, Récitatif, Masque (9:29)
David Starobin, g; Peter Press, man; Susan Jolles, h
Bridge 9292 "David Starobin: Favorite Tracks, Vol. 2"

Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie in Ab, Op. 61 (14:03)
Maria João Pires, p
DG 00289 477 7483 (2 CDs)

June 21, 2009

Beethoven: Piano Sonata #32 in c, Op. 11 (24:47)
Stephen Hough, p
Hyperion CDA-67686 "Stephen Hough: In Recital"

Smetana: Vltava (The Moldau) from Má Vlast (13:06)
Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink
Decca 478 1429 (7 CDs) "The Art of Bernard Haitink"

Poulenc: Gloria (23:52)
Jessica Rivera, s; Chicago Sym Orch & Cho/Bernard Haitink
CSO Resound 901 906

Messiaen: Fantaisie (7:48)
Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Akira Eguchi, p
Koch KIC-CD-7762 "Smile"

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G, BWV 1048 (11:00)
Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr
Harmonia Mundi HMU-807461.62 (2 CDs)

Bach/Liszt: Prelude & Fugue #9 in E, BWV 878 from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 (9:27)
Hélène Grimaud, p
DG B0012504-02

Mozart: Eine kleine deutsche Kantate, K. 619 (9:38)
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, ms; Peter Serkin, p
Harmonia Mundi HMU-907500 "Recital at Ravinia"

June 14, 2009

Handel: Overture (5:37); Recitativo & Aria, No, più soffrir non voglio (3:58); Recitativo & Aria, Da un breve riposo (5:10) from Alessandro
Sandrine Piau, s; Sara Mingardo, con; Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini
Naïve OP-30483

Georges Onslow: Sonata #1 in e for Piano Four-Hands, Op. 7 (19:13)
Elizabeth Buccheri & Richard Boldrey, p
Cedille CDR-7002 "Romantic Music for Piano Four-Hands"

Shostakovich: Cello Concerto #2 in G, Op. 126 (37:15)
Sol Gabetta, vc; Munich Philharmonic/Marc Albrecht
RCA 88697359612

Schoenfield: Café Music (16:42)
Trio Solisti
Bridge 9296 "Café Music"

Lauridsen: Sure on This Shining Night (4:32)
Carly Simon, arr. Johnson: Let the River Run (2:21)
Trad, arr. Johnson: The Water is Wide (3:46)
Trad Spiritual, arr. Hogan: Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel? (2:28)
Conspirare/Craig Hella Johnson
Harmonia Mundi HMU-907534 "A Company of Voices: Conspirare in Concert"

June 7, 2009

Vivaldi: I from Flute Concerto in G (3:02)
Anita Miller Rieder, f; Chicago Baroque Ensemble
Carter Pann: "Strand" from Differences (2:02)
David Ying, vc; Elinor Freer, p
Diamond: III from Quintet for Flute, Piano & Strings (3:26)
Chicago Chamber Musicians
Vořišek: IV from Symphony in D (5:59)
Czech National Sym Orch/Paul Freeman
Cedille Records CDR-8002 "Cedille on the Move"

Schumann: Frauenliebe und –leben, Op. 42 (22:15)
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto; Daniel Blumenthal, p
Nave V-5159

Khachaturian: Violin Concerto in d (38:17)
Nicolas Koeckert, v; Royal Phil Orch/José Serebrier
Naxos 8.570988

Boris Pasternak: Piano Sonata in b (12:16)
Inna Faliks, p
MSR Classics MS-1333 "Sound of Verse"

Taverner: O Christe Jesu, pastor bone (2:49)
Anon: King's Pavan (1:29); England be glad (2:03)
Henry VIII: Consort XII (0:57)
Anon: Madame d'amours (3:44)
Henry VIII: Tandernaken (2:12)
Alamire, Quintessential/David Skinner; Andrew Lawrence-King, h
Obsidian CD-705 "Henry's Music"