Jun. 25, 2013

• ·   Schubert: Symphony No.5, Arpeggione Sonata; Puccini: Crisantemi / Simca Heled, cello; Israel PO Soloists ~ Scandinavian Classic
• ·   Dvorak: Requiem / Nina Pavlovski, Thomas Poulsen Kragh, Lotte Hovman, Stephen Milling ~ Scandinavian Classic
• ·   Shazam! Transcriptions for brass by Handel, Ives, Satie, Puccini, de Falla, Loesser et al. / Brass Arts Quintet ~ Mark Custom Recording
• ·   André Jolivet: Concerto for Piano; Sonata No. 1 / Pascal Gallet, Duisburger PO ~ Maguelone
• ·   Mozart: 46 Symphonies [Wallet Box] ~ Membran
• ·   Schubert: Winterreise / José Manuel Montero, tenor; Juan Antonia Alvarez Parejo, piano ~ Verso
• ·   Luis de los Cobos (b.1927): The Symphonic Works - Sinfonia, Op. 8; Agonia Recurrente, Op. 12; Jungla, Op. 11 / Temes ~ Verso
• ·   Maria de Alvear (b.1960): Equilibrio / Juan Carlos Garvayo; Isabel Pérez-Requeijo, pianos ~ Verso
• ·   Lela: Galician Songs / Cristina Gallardo-Domas ~ Verso
• ·   Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; Petrouchka / Daniele Gatti, French Nat'l Orch. ~ Sony Classical
• ·   Bel Raggio: Rossini Arias / Aleksandra Kurzak, soprano; Artur Rucinski, baritone; Morandi, Sinfonia Varsovia ~ Decca
• ·   Flute Vocalise - Beloved Concert Classics by Chaminade, Chopin, Saint-Saens, Godard and Massenet / Kenneth Smith, flute; Paul Rhodes, piano ~ Divine Art
• ·   Cherubini: Lodoiska / Manfrino, Thebault, Gueze, Do, Noguera, Pruvot, Buet. Jeremie Rhorer ~ Naïve
• ·   Krzysztof Penderecki: Symphony No. 7 / Penderecki, Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orch. ~ Dux (Poland)
• ·   Krzysztof Penderecki: Symphony No. 8 / Penderecki, Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orch. ~ Dux (Poland)
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Jul. 2, 2013

• ·   Claudio Abbado: The Symphony Edition - works by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler [41 CDs, Limited Edition] ~ Deutsche Grammophon
• ·   Xia Guan: Earth Requiem / Yao Hong, soprano; Liu Shan, mz; Jin Yongzhe, tenor; Sun Li, baritione ~ Virgin Classics
• ·   Hildegard von Bingen: Celestial Hierarchy - Antiphons and Responsories / Sequentia, Benjamin Bagby ~ Sony/BMG
• ·   Bruno Walter: The Edition / Columnbia SO; New York PO [39 CDs - the late studio recordings] ~ Sony Classical
• ·   A Christmas Special ~ Timba (ger)
• ·   A Legend Says Goodbye ~ Timba (ger)
• ·   John Cage: Variations V / Merce Cunningham Dance Company. David Tudor; Gordon Mumma ~ Mode Records

Jul. 9, 2013

• ·   Prague in the Baroque Era / Organ works by Bohemian composers Seger, Fischer, Kerl, Muffat, Debeffe / Pavel Kohout: Hans Heinrich Mundt organ (1673) ~ Hortus
• ·   Bruckner: The Complete Symphonies nos 1-9 / Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch.; Herbert Blomstedt ~ Querstand
• ·   Return from Bayreuth: Eleven organ improvisatoins on themes from Wagner operas / Loïc Mallié: Cavaillé Coll organ in La Madeleine Church (Paris) ~ Hortus
• ·   Albinoni: Sonatas for Violin Op. 6/2, 6, 10; Sonata "Per il Signore Pisendel" / Guillaume Rebinguet-Sudre, violin; Claire Gratton: cello; Jean-Luc Ho: harpsichord ~ L'Encelade
• ·   George Benjamin: Written on Skin, opera / Purves, Hannigan, Mehta, Loeb, Clayton; Pierre-Laurent Aimard: piano ~ Nimbus Records
• ·   Zelenka: Sonata No. 6 in C minor; Sonata No. 5 in F major; Sonata No. 4 in G minor / Ensemble Pasticcio Barocco ~ Herisson
• ·   Mauricio Kagel (b.1931): Works for cello / Christophe Roy and Rohan de Saram, cellos; Ensemble Nomos ~ Herisson
• ·   Frescobaldi Keyboard Works, Vol. 5 / Richard Lester, harpsichord ~ Nimbus Records
• ·   Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5; The Voyevoda, Symphonic Ballad / London SO, Yondani Butt ~ Nimbus Records
• ·   Frank Bridge, Cyril Scott: Piano Quintets / Raphael Terroni: piano; Bingham String Quartet ~ Nimbus Records
• ·   Energico - Music for guitar by Paganini, Llobet, Boyle, Takemitsu; Lennon & McCartney / Marco Ramelli: guitar ~ Nimbus Records
• ·   Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 8 / Mark Elder, Hallé Orchestra ~ Halle Records
• ·   Nino Rota: A Sentimental Devil - music for violin or viola & piano / Francesco DAEOrazio: violin, viola; Giampaolo Nuti: piano ~ Stradivarius
• ·   Salvatore Sciarrino (b.1947): Cantiere del poema; Tre duetti con l'eco; L'altro giardino / Anna Radziejewska: mezzo-soprano ~ Stradivarius
• ·   Debussy: La Mer; Premiere Sutie d'Orchestre / Les Siecles, Roth ~ Actes
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Jul. 16, 2013

• ·   John Rutter: The Piper of Hamelin, children's' opera / Marco Agostini, tenor; Classix - junges Solistenensemble ~ MD&G
• ·   Schumann: Overtures 'Genoveva' and 'Manfred'; Symphony No. 2 / Orchestra Mozart, Abbado ~ Deutsche Grammophon
• ·   Johannes Brahms: Lieder, Opp.3, 43, 47/1, 48 / Barbara Hendricks, soprano; Roland Pontinen, piano ~ Arte Verum
• ·   Leon Fleisher: The Complete Album Collection / Leon Fleisher, piano [23 CDs] ~ Sony Classical
• ·   75 Years Ysaye & Queen Elisabeth Piano Competitions - Prizewinners from 1952 - 2010: Ashkenazy, Volondat, Afanzssiev, Manz, Nikolsky, Fleisher, Kozhukhin, Frager, Ousset etc. ~ Muso Entertainment
• ·   Handel & Barthélemon: European Baroque Masters in London / Gary Karr & Elmira Darvarov ~ Urlicht
• ·   Liszt: Harmonies Poetiques et Religieuses / Yury Favrin, piano ~ Muso Entertainment
• ·   Keeril Makan: Afterglow / International Contemporary Ensemble ~ Mode Records
• ·   Voices of French Opera / Gens, Hendricks, Callas, Mesplé, Dessan, Blake, Ramey, Gedda, DiDonato, Crespin et al. [5 CDs] ~ EMI Classics
• ·   Voices of Russian Opera / Christoff, Popp, Chaliapin, Gedda, Villazon, Lemali, Zareska, Smirnov et al. [5 CD] ~ EMI Classics

Jul. 23, 2013

• ·   Gyorgy Ligeti; Samual Barber: String Quartets / Keller Quartett ~ ECM
• ·   Pierre Boulez: The Complete Works / Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano; Maurizio Pollini, piano; Christine Schafer, soprano [13 CDs] ~ Deutsche Grammophon