Mozart: Divertimento in D, K. 136 (13:52)
City Music Cleveland/Joel Smirnoff City Music Cleveland Live
Whitacre: I thank you God for most this amazing day (6:29); Sleep (4:30); Little Birds (3:19)
Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison; Leslie De'Ath, piano Naxos 8559677
Kayhan Kalhor: I Was There (15:36)
Maya Beiser, cello; Bassam Saba, oud; Shane Shanahan & Jamey Haddad, percussion Innova 778 "Provenance"
Brahms: Piano Concerto #2 in B-flat major, Op. 83 (48:42)
Nicholas Angelich, piano; Frankfurt Radio Sym Orch/Paavo Järvi Virgin Classics 266349-2
Brahms: Klavierstücke, Op. 76: #5, Capriccio in C-sharp major (3:06); #6, Intermezzo in A major (3:22); #7, Intermezzo in A minor (3:44)
Nicholas Angelich, piano Virgin Classics 266349-2
June 20, 2010
Schumann: String Quartet in F major, Op. 41, #2 (23:54)
Leipzig String Quartet MDG 307 1610-2 (2 CDs)
Salieri: Requiem in C minor: Dies Irae (14:48)
Soloists; Gulbenkian Chorus & Orch/Lawrence Foster Pentatone Classics PTC 5186 359
Mozart: Piano Concerto #26 in D major, K. 537, Coronation (30:17)
Vassily Primakov, piano; Odense Sym Orch/Scott Yoo Bridge Records 9328 (2 CDs)
Schubert: Impromptu in C minor, D. 899, #1 (10:01)
Vassily Primakov, piano Bridge Records 9327
Piazzolla: Oblivion (3:50); Adios Nonino (6:22); Libertango (2:28)
Cavatina Duo Bridge Records 9330
Harold Arlen: It's a new world (4:03) Michael Bublé: Home (3:57)
The King's Singers Signum Records SIGCD-192
June 13, 2010
Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 28 (14:35)
Felipe Scagliusi, piano Avie AV-2177
Tchaikovsky: Nightingale, Op. 60, #4 (3:26) Rachmaninoff: Don't Sing To Me, Fair Maiden, Op. 4, #4 (4:16) Sviridov: The Crimson Forest (3:59)
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone; Ivari Ilja, piano Delos DE-3393 "Pushkin Romances"
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), Op. 40 (47:29)
Chicago Sym Orch/Bernard Haitink CSO Resound 901 1002
Biber: L'Annonciation (2:32) Anon: Ninna nanna alla Napoletana (4:40) Trad: Maria (sopra la Carpinese) (5:25) Allegri: Canario (2:15)
Nuria Rial, soprano; Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor; Barbara Furtuna; L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar Virgin Classics 694577-0 "Via Crucis"
June 6, 2010
Mendelssohn: String Symphony #13 in C minor (8:56)
Music@Menlo Chamber Ensemble Music@Menlo 2009 "Being Mendelssohn" (6 CDs)
Schumann: Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 63 (32:13)
Jeffrey Kahane, piano; Joseph Swensen, violin; Paul Watkins, cello Music@Menlo 2009 "Being Mendelssohn" (6 CDs)
Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) (34:03)
Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel Deutsche Grammophon B0014281-02
Byrd: Ave verum corpus (4:17) Cornysh: Gaude virgo mater Christi (5:07) Smith: Flos regalis (2:05) Anon: Flos regalis (4:08)
New York Polyphony Avie AV-2186 "Tudor City"
NEW RELEASE OF THE WEEK
Schumann: Four Fugues, Op. 72 (10:44)
Peter Frankl, piano Brilliant Classics 94008 (13 CDs) "Schumann: Complete Solo Piano Works"