Recordings, Last 3 Months

Handel: Organ Concertos Op. 7 / Bob van Asperen, organ

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-04-23

Conductors: Asperen, Bob van
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Bob van Asperen's recording of Handel's Organ Concertos Op. 7 is the newest addition to the Veritas x2 series. Veritas x2 is a series from...continue...

Rossi, Lotti: Madrigals / Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-04-23

Conductors: Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

Alan Curtis's recording of Rossi's Madrigals and Lotti's Madrigals is the newest addition to the Veritas x2 series. Veritas x2 is a series from Virgin...continue...

Bach: The Orchestral Suites / Boston Early Music Orhcestra, Parrott

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-04-23

Conductors: Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble: Boston Early Music Orchestra

Andrew Parrott's recording of Bach's The Orchestral Suites is the newest addition to the Veritas x2 series. Veritas x2 is a series from Virgin Classics...continue...

Josef Suk: Ripening; Praga; Epilogue; Fairy Tale / Libor Pesek and Royal Liverpool PO

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-04-23

Conductors: Pesek, Libor
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

The latest title to join Virgin de Virgin series is the sweeping recording of four Josef Suk compositions: Ripening, Praga, Epilogue, Fairy Tale, Suk was...continue...

Opera 2013 - Operatic highlights featuring composers and artists who are all celebrating significant anniversaries in 2013

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-04-23

Opera 2013 is a glittering 2-CD collection of operatic highlights and arias featuring great composers and artists who are all celebrating significant anniversaries in 2013....continue...

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Sarasate: Gypsy Tunes / Gerhard Tascher, violin

1 CD / MD&G / 2013-04-23

Conductors: Lehmann, Fritz; Rother, Artur
Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Gerhard Taschner became the concertmaster in Brno at the age of seventeen, and shortly thereafter Wilhelm Furtwängler appointed him to the same post in Berlin....continue...

Felix Mendelssohn: Preludes and Fugues, Opp. 37 and 35 / Adam Lenart, organ

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-04-23

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy composed six pairs of preludes and fugues for the piano. Adam Lenart's transfer of this magnificent music to the organ has produced...continue...

Great Bach Choruses / The Monteverdi Choir, Gardiner

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-04-23

Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir

Parallel to the forthcoming John Eliot Gardiner Collection and the Archiv Produktion box, here's a famous compilation of Great Bach Choruses, newly represented just in...continue...

Amoroso - String quartets by Janacek, Berg and Webern / Cecilla String Quartet

1 CD / Analekta / 2013-04-23

Works: Leos Janácek: Quartet for Strings no 1 "Kreutzer Sonata"; Alban Berg: Lyric Suite for Soprano and String Quartet; Anton Webern: Langsamer Satz for String Quartet, M 78
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Ensemble: Cecillla String Quartet

The Cecilia String Quartet continues to win praise following its 2010 First Prize at the Banff International String Quartet Competition.

"The balance between expressiveness and

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Rameau: Les Amants Trahis / Guilmette, Sly, Beauséjour

1 CD / Analekta / 2013-04-23

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Thétis, cantata for bass, violin & continuo; Les Amants trahis, cantata for 2 soloists, viol & continuo; Aquilon et Orithie, cantata for bass, violin & continuo; Le Berger ...
Performers: Beausejour, Luc; Guilmette, Helene; Sly, Philippe [Bass Baritone]
Conductors: Beauséjour, Luc

As Rameau wrote in his treatise on harmony, "A good musician should surrender himself to all the characters he wishes to portray, and like a...continue...
Recording information: Église St-Augustin de Mirabel, Quebec, Canada (10/2012)....continue...

Johann Schöllhorn: Clouds and Sky / Gareth Davis, bass clarinet; Jack Quart

1 CD / Mode Records / 2013-04-23

Johannes Schollhorn (b. 1962), a student of Ferneyhough, Huber and Nunes, is among Germany's leading younger generation composers. This is the first release of his...continue...

All in a Garden Green: A Renaissance Collection / The Toronto Consort

2 CD / Marquis Classic / 2013-04-23

Luigi Nono: La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura / Miranda Cuckson and Christopher Burns

2 CD / Urlicht / 2013-04-23

Music for winds arr. from Byrd, Pärt / Kai Wessel, alto; Calefax Reed Quintet

1 CD / MD&G / 2013-04-23

Works: William Byrd: Senex puerum portabat, motet for 5 voices (SATTB); Work(s); Senex puerum portabat; Mass for 5 Voices (SATTB); Arvo Pärt: Magnificat Antiphons (7), for chorus; Arbos, for 7 recorder...
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Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet

When it comes to melody, the uncompromising linear clarity and chamber-style flexibility enjoyed by reed instruments give them a big advantage over choirs and orchestras....continue...

Noreia / Samuel Rohrer, bass drum; Peter Herbert, baritone bass; Claudio Puntin, bass clarinet; Skuli Sverrisson, double bass; Noreiavideo

1 CD / Arjuna / 2013-04-19

The Byron janis Story, a film by Peter Rosen - Archival performances, interviews with Emanuel Ax; Lorin Maazel [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2013-04-16

BYRON JANIS is not only one of the 20th-century's outstanding artists, he is recognized as one of America's greatest pianists of all time. The Byron...continue...
Run Time: 56 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W and Color
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Telemann: 12 Fantasias

1 CD / Deutsche Harmonia Mundi Import / 2013-04-16

Spartacus: War of the Damned [Music from the Starz Original Series]

1 CD / Varese Sarabande / 2013-04-16

Works: Joseph LoDuca: Spartacus
Conductors: Hofheins, Bryan; Maher, Judd; LoDuca, Joseph

Recording information: LoDuca Music, LA East....continue...

Antonio Rosetti

1 CD / Deutsche Harmonia Mundi Import / 2013-04-16

Airoso

1 CD / Yellow Tail Records / 2013-04-16

Byron Janis: The Complete RCA Recordings / Byron Janis, piano [12 CDs]

12 CD / RCA Records / 2013-04-16

Works:

Sonata for Piano no 17 in D minor, Op. 31 no 2 "Tempest" by Ludwig van Beethoven

Performer: Byron Janis (Piano)
Period: Classical

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Pianist Wilhelm Kempff: The Concerto Recordings / [14 CDs]

14 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-04-16

Last year it was the Kempff solo recordings which brightened up our winter days at the start of the New Year. We sold nearly 6,000...continue...

Puppet Master Collection

5 CD / Perseverance Records / 2013-04-16

Works: Richard Band: Puppet Master, film score; Puppet Master II, film score; Puppet Master III; Puppet Master 4, film score; Puppet Master; Jeff Walton: Curse of the Puppet Master, film score; John Massari...

Mahler: Das Klagende Lied; Berg: Lulu Suite / Prohaska, Roschmann, Larsson, Botha. Pierre Boulez

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-04-16

Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Pierre Boulez is an icon of today's classical scene, and close-associated with the works of Mahler, many of which he has recorded exclusively for Deutsche...continue...

Mozart: Oboe Concerto; Oboe Quartet; Sonata for Oboe / Alexei Ogrintchouk, oboe; Leonid Ogrintchouk, piano

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-04-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for Oboe and Strings in F major, K 370 (368b); Concerto for Oboe in C major, K 314 (285d); Divertimento for String Quartet in D major, K 136 (125a)
Performers: Blaumane, Kristina [Cello]; Brovtsyn, Boris [Violin]; Ogrintchouk, Alexei; Rysanov, Maxim
Conductors: ; Ogrintchouk, Alexeï
Ensemble: ; Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra

It was during an extended visit to Mannheim in 1777 that Mozart became friendly with the oboist Friedrich Ramm, a member of the famous Mannheim...continue...

Wagner: Wesedonck-Lieder; Siegfried-Idyll; Overtures / Nina Stemme, soprano. Thomas Dausgaard

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-04-14

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Wesendonck Lieder; Siegfried Idyll; Träume (Dreams) for violin & small orchestra in A flat major (from Wesendonck Lieder no 5), WWV 91b; Die Meistersinger vo...
Performers: Andreasson, Katarina; Stemme, Nina [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Dausgaard, Thomas
Ensemble: ; Swedish Chamber Orchestra

In their exploration of the symphonic repertoire of the Romantic era, Thomas Dausgaard and his Swedish Chamber Orchestra have previously recorded Bruckner, Tchaikovsky and most...continue...
Recording information: Örebro Concert Hall, Sweden (2012-05-??_2012-06-??&2012-)....continue...

The Trio Sonata in 18th-Century Germany - works by Goldberg, Fasch, J.C.F. Bach; Graun, Telemann, C.P.E. Bach / London Baroque

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-04-14

Works: Johann Gottlieb Goldberg: Sonata for 2 violins & continuo in C major (formerly attirbuted to Bach, BWV 1037); Johann Friedrich Fasch: Trio Sonata in C minor, FWV N; Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach: T...
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Ensemble: London Baroque

The closing disc in London Baroque's survey of the rise and fall of the trio sonata takes us to 18thcentury Germany, and includes works by...continue...
Recording information: St Martin's Church, East Woodhay, Hampshire, England (09/2011)....continue...

Mozart Arranged by Hummel: Seven Piano Concertos; Symphony No. 40 / Furniko Shiraga, piano, Henrik Wiese, flute, Peter Clemente, violin, Tibor Benyi, cello [4 CDs]

4 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-04-14

Today, with authenticity a crucial concern in musical performance, the idea of arranging piano concertos by Mozart for chamber forces seems almost bizarre. But in...continue...

Edward Elgar: Symphony No. 2; Sospiri; Elegy / Royal Stockholm PO, Oramo

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-04-14

Works: Edward Elgar: Symphony no 2 in E flat major, Op. 63; Sospiri; Elegy for Strings, Op. 58
Conductors: Oramo, Sakari
Ensemble: ; Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

The collaboration between BIS and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (RSPO) began some 30 years ago, and has resulted in a number of discs conducted...continue...
Recording information: Stockholm Concert Hall, Sweden....continue...

Autumnal: Chamber Music by Thomas Hyde / Iuventus Quartet

1 CD / Guild / 2013-04-13

Born in 1973, British composer Thomas Hyde studied at Oxford University and at the Royal Academy of Music. His music is performed increasingly throughout the...continue...

Verdi & Wagner: Overtures & Preludes / Antal Dorati, London SO

2 CD / Widescreen / 2013-04-12

Conductors: Dorati, Antal
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Franco Corelli: A Discographic Career - Arias & Songs / Franco Corelli, tenor

3 CD / Widescreen / 2013-04-12

Opera Arias and excerpts from La Serva padrona; Nozze di Figaro; William Tell; Don Pasquale; La Traviata; Otello et al. / Rosanna Carteri, soprano

3 CD / Widescreen / 2013-04-12

Overtures by Gluck, Beethoven, Cherubini, Weber, Schumann, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Wagner / Wilhelm Furtwangler

2 CD / Widescreen / 2013-04-12

Conductors: Furtwangler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic; Stockholm Philharmonic; Vienna Philharmonic

Great Wagner Singers sing arias / Flagstad, Farrell, Svanholm, London, Metternich, Melchoir, Traubel, Lemnitz et al.

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2013-04-12

Igor Markevitch Conducts Richard Wagner and Claude Debussy, Studio Recordings, 1954/59

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2013-04-12

Conductors: Markevitch, Igor
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic; Orchestre Lamoureux

Igor Markevitch is one of these kind of conductors, having not a discography as high as their unique talent. Every time we listen to one...continue...

Paganini: 24 Capricci, Op. 1; Concerto No. 2; Viotti: Concerto No. 22 / The Young Salvatore Accardo, Vol. 2 (studio recordings 1962)

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2013-04-12

After his affirmation in the 1958 Paganini Competition in Genova, Accardo began a successful career as international soloist which led him to perform in most...continue...

Benedetto Vinaccesi: The Solo Cantatas / Nanette McGuinness, Kindra Scharich, Jonathan Smucker, Kirk Eichelberger

1 CD / Centaur / 2013-04-12

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Ensemble: Vinaccesi Ensemble

Steven Staryk, violin with John Perry, piano: A Retrospective, Vol. 6 - Beethoven: Kreutzer Sonata; Bartok, Violin Sonata No. 1

1 CD / Centaur / 2013-04-12

Three Wood Trio - works for oboe, bassoon & piano by Casimir-Theophile Lalliet, Madeleine Dring, Paul Carr, Peter Hope

1 CD / Centaur / 2013-04-12

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Ensemble: Three Wood Trio

Convergence: Sopranino Saxophone Across the Centuries - transcriptoins of Locatelli, Handel, Bach, Mozart, Faure et al. / Farrell Vernon, sopranino saxophone

1 CD / Centaur / 2013-04-12

The Telemann Album - Trio sonatas & quartets with recorder / The Aulos Ensemble

1 CD / Centaur / 2013-04-12

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Ensemble: Aulos Ensemble

John Rodby: Second Symphony; Rilkegesangen; Music for a Cinema Noir Sequence / Kirk Trevor; Slovak Nat'l SO

1 CD / Centaur / 2013-04-12

Conductors: Trevor, Kirk
Ensemble: Slovak National Symphony Orchestra

Sergei Bortkiewicz - Piano Works Vol. 6 / Jouni Somero, piano

1 CD / FC Records / 2013-04-09

Works: Serge Bortkiewicz: Prelude for piano, Op. 6/1; Esquisses de Crimée, for piano, Op. 8; Im 3/4 Takt, pieces (6) for piano, Op. 48; Lyrica Nova, for piano, Op. 59; Morceaux (4) for piano, Op. 3
Performers: Somero, Jouni

FC Records continues its series of recording the complete piano music of Russian-born composer Sergei Eduardovich Bortkiewicz (1877-1952). His works show the influence of Chopin,...continue...

Luciano Pavarotti Sings Italian Opera

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2013-04-09

Many opera singers, regardless of their nationality, sing a variety of operas in many different languages, but Pavarotti was one whose heart, and art, remained...continue...

Luciano Pavarotti: The Master of Bel Canto

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2013-04-09

There is disagreement as to the exact definition of the well-known term "bel canto" in opera, although the literal translation from Italian is simply "beautiful...continue...

Organo Plano - Works by Susa; Guilain; Bach; Bruhns; Gigout; Karg-Elert; Shearing; Sowerby et al. / Scott Montgomery, organ

1 CD / Raven Records / 2013-04-09

Scott Montgomery is director of music ministries and organist for Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church in Champaign, Illinois. He studied at the University of Illinois,...continue...

Burr Van Nostrand (b. 1945): Voyage in a White Building; Fantasy Manualfor Urgan Survival; Phaedra Antinomaes

1 CD / New World / 2013-04-09

Conductors: Coleman, Anthony
Ensemble: NEC Chamber Ensemble

This long-awaited recording includes three extraordinary works by one of America's most original and forward-thinking composers. The music of Burr Van Nostrand (b. 1945), although...continue...

Gordon Binkerd (b.1916): Essays for Piano IV, V, VI; Ives: Second Piano Sonata "Concord, Mass., 1840-1860" / Martin Perry, piano

1 CD / Bridge / 2013-04-09

The featured music on this recording is the first recorded performance of Ives's Concord Sonata in the final edition made by John Kirkpatrick, the legendary...continue...

Caminhos de Orfeu - contemporary music from Portugal by Rosa, Madureira, Moody, Caires, Lapa

2 CD / La Ma De Guido / 2013-04-09

Conductors:
Ensemble: Lisbon Contemporary Music Ensemble

The Grupo de Música Contemporanea de Lisboa has been commissioning music from Portuguese composers since 2001. Some 40 commissioned works later, the ensemble has embarked...continue...