The New Releases

Sunday, May 6

Ravel: Alborada del gracioso (7:23); La Vallée des cloches (8:05) from Miroirs
Tzimon Barto, p.
Ondine ODE 1095-2 

Fauré/Messager: Messe des pêcheurs de Villerville
Lausanne Vocal Ensemble, Sinfonia Varsovia/Michel Corboz.
Mirare MIR-028  (17:06)

Bach: Contrapunctus I (3:48); Contrapunctus II (3:11); Fuga a 3 Soggetti (8:43) from The Art of Fugue
Helmut Walcha, o.
Archiv 861002 (2 CDs)

Holst: A Fugal Concerto, Op. 40/2
Anna Pyne, f; Philip Harmer, ob; English Sinfonia/Howard Griffiths.
Naxos 8.570339  (8:26)

Vaughan Williams: Finale from Symphony #5 in D (10:21); Serenade to Music (13:05)
Atlanta Sym Orch & Chamber Chorus/Robert Spano.
Telarc CD-80676

Dowland: Lachrimae Antiquae - Consort of Musicke/Anthony Rooley. (4:45)
Come again: sweet love doth now invite - Barbara Bonney, s; Jacob Heringman, l. (2:43)
Sir John Smith, his Almain - Göran Söllscher, g. (2:23)
I shame at mine unworthiness (2:30) - Consort of Musicke/Anthony Rooley (2:30)
DG 477 6548 (2 CDs) "The Dowland Collection"

Sunday, May 13

Ravel, arr. Galbraith: Ma Mère l'Oye (Mother Goose) Suite
Paul Galbraith, g.
Delos DE-3250   (17:10)

Handel: E vivo ancora…Scherza infida from Ariodante (7:44)
Mahler: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen from Rückert Lieder (7:03)
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, ms; Roger Vignoles, p.
Wigmore Hall Live 0013

Sibelius: Symphony #2 in D, Op. 43
London Sym Orch/Sir Colin Davis.
LSO Live 0105   (44:43)

Paul Moravec: Sweet Airs (4:57); Fantasia (7:31) from Tempest Fantasy
Trio Solisti; David Krakauer, cl.
Naxos 8.559323

Gounod: Waltz Song, Je veux vivre from Roméo et Juliette (3:32)
Tippett: How can I cherish my man from A Child of our Time (3:50)
Puccini: O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi (2:19)
Nicole Cabell, s; London Phil Orch/Sir Andrew Davis.
Decca 475 7661 "Soprano"

Sunday, May 20

David Leisner: Acrobats
Cavatina Duo.
Cedille CDR 90000 096 "Acrobats"  (12:48)

Mozart: Piano Concerto #19 in F, K. 459
Prague Chamber Orch/Paul Badura-Skoda, p.
Transart TR-132 (26:36)

Brahms: Quartet #2 in a, Op. 51/2
Emerson String Quartet.
DG 00289 477 6458 (2 CDs)  (32:40)

Bassani: Kyrie from Missa Encarnación (3:42)
Locatelli: Sonata X (6:37)
Araujo: Cayósole al Alba (3:58)
Arakaendar Bolivia Choir; Florilegium.
Channel Classics 24806 "Bolivian Baroque"

David Leisner: Trittico
Cavatina Duo; Katinka Kleijn, vc.
Cedille CDR 90000 096 "Acrobats" (12:38)

Sunday, May 27

Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84
Munich Phil/Christian Thielemann.
DG 477 6404   (8:58)

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody #2
Jon Nakamatsu, p.
Harmonia Mundi HMU-907409   (9:37)

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Jon Nakamatsu, p; Rochester Phil Orch/Jeff Tyzik.
Harmonia Mundi HMU-807441   (17:49)

Arnold: Phantasy for String Quartet, Vita Abundans
Maggini Quartet.
Naxos 8.557762   (10:50)

Brahms: Symphony #1 in c, Op. 68
Munich Symph/Christian Thielemann.
DG 880 0002  (51:35)