November 29, 2009

Nardini: Violin Concerto in G major (16:35)
Giuliano Carmignola, v; Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon
Archiv 477 6606 "Concerto Italiano"

Schubert: Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 845 (37:21)
Imogen Cooper, p
Avie AV-2156 (2 CDs) "Schubert Live: Volume One"

Haydn: St. Cecilia Mass (24:43)
Lucy Crowe, s; Nathalie Stutzmann, c; Richard Croft, t; Luca Tittoto, b; Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski
Naïve V-5183 (2 CDs) "To Saint Cecilia"

Granados: Eight Tonadillas in the Old Style (15:08)
Anne Gastinel, vc; Pablo Márquez, g
Naïve V-5182 "Ibérica"

November 22, 2009

Rachmaninoff: Nunc dimittis from Vespers, Op. 37 (3:48)
Dohnányi: Ruralia Hungarica, Op. 32b (10:35)
Sonia Wieder-Atherton, vc; Sinfonia Varsovia/Christophe Mangou
Naïve V-5178 "Chants D'Est"

Bach: Preludes & Fugues 9-12 from Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I (14:09)
Maurizio Pollini, p
DG B0013637-02 (2 CDs)

Bach: Orchestral Suite #2 in A minor (after BWV 1067) (17:45)
Ensemble Sonnerie/Monica Huggett
Avie AV-2171 "Orchestral Suites for a Young Prince"

Tchaikovsky: II (Tema con variazioni) from Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 (30:11)
Lang Lang, p; Vadim Repin, v; Mischa Maisky, vc
DG B0013504-02

Britten: Four Sea Interludes & Passacaglia from Peter Grimes (24:19)
Kansas City Symphony/Michael Stern
Reference Recordings RR-120 "Britten's Orchestra"

November 15, 2009

Beethoven: Piano Sonata #26 in Eb Major, Op. 81a, Les Adieux (17:01)
Paul Lewis, p
Harmonia Mundi HMX-2901902.11 (10 CDs) "Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas"

Schubert: Gute Nacht (6:13); Die Wetterfahne (2:34); Gefrorne Tränen (2:34); Erstarrung (2:57); Der Lindenbaum (4:56) from Winterreise, D. 911
Mark Padmore, t; Paul Lewis, p
Harmonia Mundi HMU-907484

Terzi: Petit Jacquet/Ortiz: Quinta pars (9:43)
Milano: Canon La Spagna/Robinson: Passamezzo Gaillard/Ortiz: Recercada segunda (6:09)
Ensemble/Rolf Lislevand
ECM B0013355-02 "Diminuito"

Mahler: III, IV, V from Symphony #2 in C Minor, Resurrection (50:41)
Miah Persson, s; Christianne Stotijn, ms; Chicago Sym Orch & Cho/Bernard Haitink
CSO Resound 901914

November 8, 2009

Schubert, arr. Stallman: Flute Quartet in G minor, D. 408 (after Violin Sonatina)
Robert Stallman, f; Members of Martinů Quartet
Bogner's Café BOCA-103 "New Schubert: Works for Flute & Strings"

Brahms: Symphony #4 in E minor, Op. 98 (42:19)
Berlin Philharmonic/Sir Simon Rattle
EMI 67254-2 (3 CDs)

Chopin: Études, Op. 10, Nos. 1-6 (14:06)
Nobuyuki Tsujii, p
Harmonia Mundi HMU-907505 "Van Cliburn Gold Medalist"

Angel Lam: Empty Mountain, Spirit Rain (12:57)
Silk Road Ensemble
World Village 468095 "Off the Map"

Trad Welsh: Elegy to the Lark (2:23)
Trad English: Scarborough Fair (3:49) w/Kate Royal, s
Trad Irish: My Lagan Love (4:59); Molly Malone (2:31)
Bryn Terfel, br; London Voices, London Sym Orch/Barry Wordsworth
DG B0012642-02 "Scarborough Fair"

November 1, 2009

Piatigorsky: Variations on a Paganini Theme (16:07)
Wendy Warner, vc; Eileen Buck, p
Cedille CDR 90000 111 "Wendy Warner Plays Popper & Piatigorsky"

Hassler: Dixit Maria (2:15)
Gabrieli: Jubilate Deo (5:05)
Monteverdi: Beatus vir (8:30)
Cambridge Singers, La Nuova Musica/John Rutter
Collegium COLCD-134 "The Sacred Flame"

Ravel: Mother Goose (complete ballet) (29:33)
Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen
DG Concerts 000289 477 8492 0 (Digital download only)

Shostakovich: Festive Overture, Op. 96 (5:59)
Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel
DG B0013458-02 "Gustavo Dudamel Discoveries"

Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 (33:33)
Arabella Steinbacher, v; Berlin Radio Sym Orch/Marek Janowski
Pentatone PTC 5186 353