The New Releases

Sunday, March 25

Boccherini: Cello Concerto #2 in D
Mstislav Rostropovich, vc; Zurich Collegium Musicum/Paul Sacher. 
DG 477 6337   (16:40)

Schubert: III, IV from Piano Sonata in c, D. 958
Leif Ove Andsnes, p.  EMI Classics 84321-2   (11:33)

Schubert: Gesänge des Harfners, D. 478
Ian Bostridge, t; Leif Ove Andsnes, p. 
EMI Classics 84321-2   (9:46)

Beethoven: Piano Concerto #3 in c, Op. 37
Mikhail Pletnev, p; Russian National Orch/Christian Gansch. 
DG 477 6415   (34:51)

Anon: Canzona de’ confortini; Madre de’ peccatori (5:09)
Marchetto Cara: Non è tempo (1:50); Hor vendut’ho la speranza (3:09)
Dalza: Spingardo (2:46)
Toronto Consort/David Fallis.  Marquis 81357  “The Da Vinci Collection”

Heinichen: Concerto in G
Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. 
Archiv 477 6330  (9:28)

Sunday, March 18

Richard Rodney Bennett: Partita for Orchestra –
Philharmonia Orch/Richard Hickox.  Chandos 10389  (17:35)

Bach, arr. Ruske: Corrente, Sarabande, Bourrée Anglaise from (Flute) Partita in a, BWV 1013 –
Eric Ruske, fh.  Albany TROY-903 “Just Me and My Horn”  (8:37)

Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata in a, D. 821
Antonio Meneses, vc; Gérard Wyss, p.  Avie AV-2112   (25:22)

Beethoven: Act II from Fidelio
Christine Brewer, s (Leonore); John Mac Master, t (Florestan);
Kristinn Sigmundsson, b (Rocco); Sally Matthews, s (Marzelline);
Juha Uusitalo, br (Don Pizarro); Andrew Kennedy, t (Jaquino);
Daniel Borowski, b (Don Fernando);
London Sym Orch & Cho/Sir Colin Davis.  LSO Live 0593 (2 CDs)  (48:50)

Sunday, March 11

Strauss, arr. Grainger: Fantasia on the Love Duet
from Der Rosenkavalier (7:31)
Puccini, arr. Mikashoff: O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi (2:56)
Wagner, arr. Brassin: The Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre (4:55)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, p.  Decca 475 7668 “Aria: Opera Without Words”

Rossini: Nacqui all’affanno e al pianto from La Cenerentola
El?na Garan?a, ms;
Dresden State Opera Cho & Dresden Staatskapelle/Fabio Luisi. 
DG 477 6231 “Aria Cantilena”  (7:35)

Don Gillis: Symphony #2, A Symphony of Faith
Sinfonia Varsovia/Ian Hobson.  Albany TROY-888  (31:19)

José de Nebra: Excerpts from Vísperas de Confesores
Schola Antiqua, La Grande Chapelle/Angel Recasens. 
Lauda LAU-004  (13:53)

Soler: Keyboard Sonata in F# (5:23)
Albéniz: Triana from Iberia, Book I (5:12)
Debussy: La Puerta del Vino from Preludes, Book II (3:19)
Stephen Hough, p. 
Hyperion CDA-67565 “Stephen Hough’s Spanish Album”

Corigliano: Chaconne from The Red Violin
Maria Bachmann, v; Jon Klibonoff, p. 
Endeavour Classics END-1020 “The Red Violin”  (16:25)

Sunday, March 4

Offenbach: Overture to Die Rheinnixen (Original version of Barcarolle)
Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski. 
Archiv 477 6403 “Offenbach Romantique”  (5:02)

Offenbach: Finale from Concerto militaire
Jérôme Pernoo, vc; Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski. 
Archiv 477 6403  “Offenbach Romantique”  (19:52)

Schumann: Violin Sonata #2 in d, Op. 121
Jennifer Koh, v; Reiko Uchida, p. 
Cedille 90000 095 “Schumann: Complete Violin Sonatas”  (27:31)

Lauridsen: Mid-Winter Songs
Polyphony & Britten Sinfonia/Stephen Layton. 
Hyperion CDA-67580 “Nocturnes”  (19:03)

Granados: Valses poéticos
Stephen Hough, p. 
Hyperion CDA-67565 “Stephen Hough’s Spanish Album”  (11:27)

Stephen Hough: Suite R-B – James Giles, p. 
Albany TROY-860 “American Virtuoso”  (10:23)

Antonio Lauro: Waltz #3, Natalia (1:51)
Celso Machado: Quebra Queixo (3:27)
Carl Dimow, f; Nathan Kolosko, g. 
Fleur de Son Classics FDS-57981 “Nostalgia”