Super Audio > Modern Period

Haydn: Quartet Op. 77/1; Nordheim: Duplex; Bartok: String Quartets no. 5 / Engegardkvartetten

1 Super Audio CD / 2 L Records / 2013-04-30

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet for Strings in G major, Op. 77 no 1/H 3 no 81 "Lobkowitz"; Arne Nordheim: Duplex, for violin & viola; Béla Bartók: Quartet for Strings no 5, Sz 102
Performers: Engegard, Arvid; Jopling, Juliet; Sponberg, Atle
Conductors:
Ensemble: Engegardkvartetten

The combination of Haydn's Opus 77/1, Nordheim's Duplex, and Bartok's Fifth String Quartet offers a recording filled with fantastic works, filled with contrasts, virtuosity, and...continue...

Atterberg: Symphony No. 4 'Sinfonia piccola'; Suite No. 3; Symphony No. 6 'Dollar Symphony'; En värmlandsrapsodi / Jarvi

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2013-03-26

Works: Kurt Atterberg: Symphony no 6 in C, Op 31, "Dollar Symphony"; Värmland Rhapsody, Op. 36; Suite for violin, viola & string orchestra, Op. 19; Symphony no 4 in G, Op 14, "Sinfonia Piccola"
Performers: Hesselink, Sara Troback; Hogberg, Per
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme
Ensemble: ; Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

In 2010 Neeme Järvi began his Scandinavian project, offering up idiomatic performances of Norwegian composers. Similar in approach, this new survey turns to Sweden, with...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall, Gothenburg, Sweden (05/31/2012-06/08/2012)....continue...

Max Bruch: Violin Concerto; Korngold: Violin Concerto in D; Chausson: Poeme / Arabella Steinbacher, violin

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2013-03-26

Works: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Ernest Chausson: Poème for Violin and Orchestra in E flat major, Op. 25; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Performers: Steinbacher, Arabella
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence
Ensemble: ; Orquestra Gulbenkian

In recent years violinist Arabella Steinbacher has risen to the top of her league. A young performer with such an exceptional musical mind and nigh-flawless...continue...
Recording information: Grand Auditorium, Foundation Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portug (07/2012)....continue...

Hahn: Chansons grises - songs by Zemlinsky, Boulanger, Milhaud, etc / Janina Baechle; Charles Spencer, piano

1 Super Audio CD / Marsyas / 2013-02-26

Works: Reynaldo Hahn: Chansons grises (7); Alexander von Zemlinsky: Songs (6), for mezzo-soprano or baritone & piano (or orchestra), Op. 13; Lili Boulanger: Dans l'immense tristesse, for voice & piano; Atte...
Performers: Baechle, Janina; Spencer, Charles [Piano]

After only a few years, Janina Baechle has become one of the great mezzo-sopranos of our time. Her debut album as a recitalist documents a...continue...

American Composers - works by Bernstein, Copland, Gershwin & Muczynski / Pacific Trio

1 Super Audio CD / Marsyas / 2013-02-26

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Preludes (3) for piano; Leonard Bernstein: Piano Trio; Aaron Copland: Vitebsk, study on a Jewish Theme, for piano trio; Robert Muczynski: Trio for Piano and Strings n...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Pacific Trio

Each member of the Pacific Trio has enjoyed a celebrated career on the international music scene, rich in recital, ensemble, and concerto performances. Founded in...continue...

Folk Stories - Traditional folk songs and music by Brahms, Beethoven, Mahler, Britten, Respighi, Bartók, Sibelius, and Vogel / Cora Burggraaf: mezzo-soprano

1 Super Audio CD / Challenge Classics / 2013-02-12

Works: English Traditional: Sprig of Thyme; Johannes Brahms: Marienwürmchen ("Marienwürmchen, setze dich"), folk song for voice & piano (Volks-Kinderlieder), WoO; German folk songs (49) for voice ...
Performers: Burggraaf, Cora; Ferschtman, Liza; Lepper, Simon; Mijnders, Floris

The debut CD on Challenge Classics for Cora Burggraaf, recipient of many prizes including the 2009/10 ECHO Rising Star Award, the 2006 Elizabeth Everts Prize,...continue...
Recording information: De Doelen Hall, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (2011-04-26&2011-12-11_2011-)....continue...

Trumpet Concertos - works by Goedicke, Bohme, Shakhov, Vasilenko, Arutiunian / Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-01-15

Works: Ilya Shakhov: Romantic Concerto for trumpet & orchestra; Alexander Arutiunian: Concerto for Trumpet in A flat major; Oskar Böhme: La Napolitaine, tarantella for trumpet & ensemble, Op. 25; Serge...
Performers: Friedrich, Reinhold [Trumpet]; Tyre, Marjorie
Conductors: Mueller, Christoph-Mathia
Ensemble: ; Gottinger Symphony Orchestra

Reinhold Friedrich is one of the leading trumpet soloists of our time.

Shakhov is little known, and outside Russia his name has been subject to

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Recording information: Hannover (2011-09-16_2011-09-18&2012-)....continue...

Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit; Piano Concerto in G; Valses Nobles et Sentimentales; Debussy: Children's Corner / Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano

1 Super Audio CD / Praga / 2013-01-08

Works: Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit; Concerto for Piano in G major; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Claude Debussy: Children's Corner
Performers: Michelangeli, Arturo Benedetti
Conductors: Gracis, Ettore

Praga presents the first release in a series of recordings by the legendary pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, specially remastered for SACD. Michelangeli is widely considered...continue...

Valossa: From Darkness to Light

1 Super Audio CD / Alba / 2013-01-08

Works: Juhani Komulainen: Vinternatten, for chorus; Francis Poulenc: Un soir de neige, chamber cantata for 6 voices (or chorus), FP 126; Gustav Mahler: Die zwei blauen Augen, song for low voice & piano (or ...
Performers: Kuridda, Olga [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Juris, Dani

Formed in 2007, the Kaamos Chamber Choir has performed in numerous concerts and competitions both in Finland and abroad. In 2011 the choir was awarded...continue...
Recording information: Meilahti Church (2011-09-30_2011-10-02&2011-)....continue...

Dutch Cello Sonatas, Vol. 5 / Henk Badings: Sonata No. 1 & 2; Sem Dresden: Sonata No. 1 & 2 / Doris Hochscheid, violoncello; Frans van Ruth, piano

1 Super Audio CD / Audio Max / 2013-01-08

Works: Henk Badings: Sonata for Cello no 1; Sonata for Cello no 2; Sem Dresden: Sonata for Cello no 1; Sonata for Cello no 2
Performers: Hochscheid, Doris; Ruth, Frans van

On the latest release in their prizewinning series featuring cello sonatas from the Netherlands, Doris Hochscheid and Frans van Ruth bring together works by Henk...continue...
Recording information: Konzerthaus der Abtei Marienmünster (03/19/2012-03/21/2012)....continue...

Arthur Honegger: Complete Symphonies / Lubeck PO

2 Super Audio CD / Musicaphon / 2013-01-07

Works: Arthur Honegger: Symphony no 1 in C major, H. 75; Symphony no 2, for strings & trumpet ad lib in D major, H. 153; Symphony no 5 in D major ("Di Tre Re"), H. 202; Symphony no 3 ("Liturgique"), H. 186;...
Performers: Segers, Guido
Conductors: Brogli-Sacher, Roman
Ensemble: ; Philharmonic Orchestra Lubeck

Throughout his life as a composer, Arthur Honnegger, born in 1892 in Le Havre, France, as the son of Swiss parents, combined within himself the...continue...
Recording information: Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Musik- und Kongreáha....continue...

I Will - Tahdon: Finnish Wedding Music by Merikanto, Kuula, Melartin, Linjama, Kokkonen, Almila / Jan Lehtola, organ

2 Super Audio CD / Alba / 2012-11-13

Works: Oskar Merikanto: Häähymni (Wedding Hymn) for organ; Toivo Kuula: Wedding March, for piano; Erkki Melartin: Festive March; S. Snåre: Häämarssi Kruunupyystä (Wedding March...
Performers: Lehtola, Jan

Organist Jan Lehtola has gathered together most of the Finnish organ music composed for weddings in a church. He performs on an organ built in...continue...
Recording information: St. Paul's Church, Helsinki, Finland (2008-09-01_2008-09-02&2009-)....continue...

American Mavericks / Cowell: "Synchrony" Piano Concerto; Harrison: Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orchestra; Varèse: Amériques / Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony

1 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2012-11-13

Works: Henry Cowell: Synchrony of Dance, Music, Light, for orchestra (aka "Orchesterstück; Concerto for piano & orchestra, HC 440; Lou Harrison: Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orchestra; Edgard Var...
Performers: Denk, Jeremy; Jacobs, Paul [Organ]
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony

This recording by Michael Tilson Thomas and the GRAMMY® award-winning San Francisco Symphony features stunning live recordings from the SFS's wildly successful American Mavericks...continue...
Recording information: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco War Memorial and Pe....continue...

Pas de Deux: French Music for Piano Duo / Milhaud, Ravel, Bizet, Poulenc / Mona and Rica Bard, piano

1 Super Audio CD / Audite / 2012-11-13

Works: Darius Milhaud: Scaramouche, Op. 165b; Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole; Georges Bizet: Jeux d'enfants, for piano 4 hands, Op. 22; Francis Poulenc: Sonata for 2 pianos, FP 156; Élégie ...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Piano Duo Mona & Rica Bard

Having already garnered a number of accolades, sisters Mona and Rica Bard present a specially programmed pas de deux through eighty years of French piano...continue...
Recording information: Siemens-Villa, Berlin Lankwitz (11/25/2011-11/28/2011)....continue...

This England - works by Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Britten / Carlos Kalmar, Oregon SO

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Edward Elgar: Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 "In London Town"; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 5 in D major; Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes; Passacaglia, for orchestra, Op. 33b (from "Peter Grimes")
Conductors: Kalmar, Carlos
Ensemble: ; Oregon Symphony Orchestra

Pentatone releases its second album with the Oregon Symphony, playing 'This England.' PentaTone has already planned a third album with these forces in 2013 as...continue...
Personnel: Nancy Ives (cello).

Recording information: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, Oregon (2012-02-18_2012-02-19&2012-)....continue...

Da Lontano - Music of Scelsi, Cage, Stockhausen & Nono / Michael Svoboda, trombone and tuba; Holger Stenschke, live electronics

1 Super Audio CD / Wergo / 2012-11-13

Works: Giacinto Scelsi: Mantram; John Cage: Solo, for sliding trombone (with Frank Rehak, incorporated into "Concert for piano & orchestra'); Karlheinz Stockhausen: Signale zur Invasion; Luigi Nono: Post-pr...
Performers: Stenschke, Holger; Svoboda, Michael

Trombonist Mike Svoboda's Da Lontano (from a distance) surveys rarely heard works written by four heroes of new music that are 'outside' of the ordained...continue...
Recording information: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (11/25/2011-11/27/2011)....continue...

Russian Soul: Works for violin and Piano by Balakirev, Glazunov, Gliere, Sjostakovitj / Yury Revich, violin; Valentina Babor, piano

1 Super Audio CD / ARS Productions Import / 2012-11-04

Works: Ivan Khandoshkin: Variations on a Russian folk song; Sergey Rachmaninov: Morceaux de fantasie, Op. 3; Songs (14), Op. 34; Pieces (2) for violin & piano, Op. 6; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Russian Danc...
Performers: Babor, Valentina; Revich, Yury

Recording information: Immanuelskirche Wuppertal (08/2012)....continue...

Liszt: Funérailles; Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit; Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre / Yevgeny Sudbin, piano

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-11-02

Works: Franz Liszt: Funerailles; Études d'exécution transcendante, S. 139; Années de pèlerinage; Deuxième année, S. 161; Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit; Camille Saint-Sa...
Performers: Sudbin, Yevgeny

Following a series of highly acclaimed recordings dedicated to individual composers, Yevgeny Sudbin has combined works by Liszt, Ravel and Saint-Saëns into a recital with...continue...
Recording information: St. Georges, Bristol, England....continue...

Pavane - arrangements of music by Ravel, Fauré, Debussy, Dubugnon / Maxim Rysanov, viola; Ashley Wass, piano

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-11-02

Works: Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte; Gabriel Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Elégie for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24; Romance for cello & piano, Op. 69; Pavane,...
Performers: Rysanov, Maxim; Wass, Ashley

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
Violist Maxim Rysanov's program on this BIS Super Audio CD is made up of some very familiar...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Saxmundham, Suffolk, England (12/2011)....continue...

Machet die Tore weit - Choral and Organ music for Advent and Christmas / Kay Johannsen, organ

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2012-10-16

Works: Andreas Hammerschmidt: Machet die Tore weit (Open Wide the Gates); Michael Praetorius: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (How Brightly Shines the Morning Star) (from the Polyhymnia caduc; Den d...
Performers: Aures, Michael [Drums]; Johannsen, Kay; Kartmann, Daniel; Lauxmann, Balduin; Mycka, Katarzyna
Conductors: Homburg, Rainer Johannes
Ensemble: ; Handel's Company; Stuttgarter Hymnus Childrens Choir

Recording information: Christuskirche, Stuttgart-Gänsheide (06/02/2011-06/05/2011)....continue...

Russian Orchestral Works by Glazunov, Lysenko, Scriabin & Myaskovsky / Stefan Blunier

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2012-10-16

Works: Nikolay Lysenko: Taras Bulba; Alexander Scriabin: La poème de l'extase; Rêverie, for orchestra in E major, Op. 24; Alexander Glazunov: Concert Waltz no 1 in D major, Op. 47; Nikolay Myask...
Conductors: Blunier, Stefan
Ensemble: ; Beethoven Orchestra Bonn

"Poème de l'Extase" - the title itself promises big things, and in fact Alexander Scriabin's masterpiece of the most sensuous compositional artistry with a sonorous...continue...
Recording information: Bonn (11/10/2011-11/11/2011)....continue...

"Cororatura" - arias by Reinhold Gliere; A.Thomas; L. Delibes; A. Alyabyev; Mozart; J.Zorn; Sibelius / Anu Komsi, coloratura soprano; Oramo, Lahti SO

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-10-14

Works: Reinhold Glière: Concerto for coloratura soprano and orchestra, Op. 82; Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Alexander Alyabyev: The Nightingale; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Z...
Conductors: Oramo, Sakari
Ensemble: ; Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Coloratura - the coloring of a note, a phrase, an entire aria with trills, ornaments, death-defying leaps and dynamic shadings of infinite variety. For more...continue...

Compared, Vol. 1: Erard vs. Steinway - Ravel: Sonatine; Gaspard de la Nuit; Menuet antique; Tombeau de Couperin / Paolo Giacometti

2 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Maurice Ravel: Sonatine for Piano; Gaspard de la nuit; Menuet antique; Le tombeau de Couperin
Performers: Giacometti, Paolo

Pianist Paolo Giacometti presents a fascinating new recording of music by Maurice Ravel played on both modern and authentic instruments. Although trained on modern pianos,...continue...

Forgotten Melodies - works by Medtner and Rachmaninov / Polina Leschenko, piano

1 Super Audio CD / Avanti Classic / 2012-10-09

Works: Mischa Levitzki: Valse Amour for piano; Arabesque valsante, Op 06; Sergey Rachmaninov: Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36; Nikolay Medtner: Forgotten Melodies (8) for Piano, Op. 38
Performers: Leschenko, Polina

Awarded a Choc Award by French music magazine Le Monde de la Musique for her "extraordinarily powerful and virtuosic playing," young Russian virtuoso Polina Leschenko...continue...
Recording information: Arc en Scènes (Salle de musique), La Chaux-de-Fonds, Sw (12/19/2011-12/21/2011)....continue...

Nordic Sounds 2 / Swedish Radio Choir

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Jan Sandström: Sloabbme-njunnje, for chorus; Biegga Njunnjí, for chorus & percussion; Bieggá luohte, for yoik, ceremonial drum & chorus; David Wikander: Kung Liljekonvalje, for cho...
Performers: Björsund, Per; Enstrom, Love; Niklasson, Sofia; Olsson, Andreas; Pejler, Johan; Sjöblom, Ulla; Thimander, Conny
Conductors: Dijkstra, Peter
Ensemble: ; Swedish Radio Choir

Following on the success of their 2011 release Nordic Sounds, Peter Dijkstra and the Swedish Radio Choir return with a second volume in the series,...continue...
Recording information: Musikaliska, Stockholm (06/2011)....continue...

George Gershwin / The Gents vocal ensemble; Johannette Zomer, soprano; Haags Saxophone Quartet

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: George Gershwin: A Damsel in Distress; Rhapsody in Blue; Shall We Dance; Lady, be Good; Porgy and Bess
Performers: Ponsioen, Michel [Percussion]; Zomer, Johannette [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Csillag, Beni
Ensemble: Haags Saxophone Quartet

Widely acclaimed for their recordings of English Renaissance and German Romantic choral music as well as twentieth-century works from France, The Gents now venture across...continue...
Recording information: Noorderkerk, Groningen (11/18/2011-11/20/2011)....continue...

Film Music - Sounds of Hollywood, Vol. 2 / Vogtland PO, Stefan Fraas

1 Super Audio CD / ARS Productions / 2012-10-06

Works: Danny Elfman: Mission; Spider-Man; Paul Lavender: A Tribute to John Williams, for orchestra; Carlos Gardel: Por una cabeza, tango for voice & chamber orchestra; Hans Zimmer: Der letzte Samurai; Mikl&...
Performers: Sigler, Juliane [Oboe]; Synelnikov, Sergej
Conductors: Fraas, Stefan
Ensemble: ; Vogtland Philharmonie

The Vogtland Philharmonic, conducted by the music director Stefan Fraas, present their second album with next highlights from famous Hollywood film scores from the recent...continue...

Lalo: Cello Concerto in D Minor; Scherzo; Cello Concerto no 1 / Nadege Rochat, cello. Wurttemberg PO, Rudner

1 Super Audio CD / ARS Productions / 2012-10-06

Works: Edouard Lalo: Concerto for Cello in D minor; Divertissement, for orchestra (from opera "Fiesque"); Scherzo for orchestra in D minor; Darius Milhaud: Concerto, for cello & orchestra (or piano) no 1, O...
Performers: Rochat, Nadege [Cello]
Conductors: Rudner, Ola
Ensemble: ; Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra

French composer loved the cello in its variety which you can easily hear in this recording by the Swiss cellist Nadège Rochat and the Württembergische...continue...

Temporal Variations: Music for Oboe and Piano between 1935 and 1941 - Britten, Hindemith, Haas, et al. / Birgit Schmieder, oboe; Akiko Yamashita, piano

1 Super Audio CD / Audite / 2012-09-25

Works: Benjamin Britten: Temporal Variations, for oboe & piano; Insect Pieces; Paul Hindemith: Sonata for oboe & piano; Sonata for English horn & piano; Nikos Skalkottas: Concertino for oboe & piano; Pavel ...
Performers: Schmieder, Birgit; Yamashita, Akiko

This collection of duos for oboe (specifically English horn) and piano are related not only by the period in which they arose, but as haunting...continue...
Recording information: Siemens-Villa, Berlin Lankwitz (08/24/2011-08/26/2011)....continue...

Benjamin Britten: My Beloved is Mine - songs / James Gilchrist, tenor; Anna Tilbrook, piano

1 Super Audio CD / Linn Records / 2012-09-25

Works: Benjamin Britten: On this Island, Op. 11; Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35; Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, for voice & piano, Op. 22; Canticle I
Performers: Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Tilbrook, Anna

The greatly sought-after tenor James Gilchrist pairs with pianist Anna Tilbrook to continue his highly acclaimed exploration of British song with a new recording of...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Suffolk, UK (03/08/2011-08/10/2011)....continue...

The Super Audio Collection, Vol. 6 from Linn Records

1 Super Audio CD / Linn Records / 2012-09-25

Works: Jerome Moross: Lazy Afternoon; Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint (version for percussion); William Byrd: Browning a 5, for instrumental consort ("The Leaves Bee Greene"); George Frederick Handel: Es...
Performers: Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Kato, Kuniko; Martin, Claire [Vocals]; Tunnicliffe, Richard; Wallisch, Gottlieb
Conductors:
Ensemble: Avison Ensemble; Cappella Nova; Dunedin Consort; Magnificat (UK); Phantasm (Viol Consort); Retrospect Trio; Scottish Chamber Orchestra; The Prince Consort (Vocal Ensemble)

The sixth volume in the perpetually popular Linn Sampler series features an appealing selection of tracks from its catalogue of award-winning artists. From soloists like...continue...

Missa Brevis, A Mass for Accordion - haydn, Gustafsson, Mozart, Sonninen et al. / Matti Rantanen, accordion

1 Super Audio CD / Siba Records / 2012-09-25

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross; Kaj-Erik Gustafsson: Missa brevis, for accordion; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio in B minor, KV 540; Ahti Sonninen: Hymns of Zion, for ce...
Performers: Rantanen, Matti; Ylönen, Marko

In the musical climate of 19th-century Finland, members of the educated and church circles condemned little 1- and 2-row accordions as "the devil's lungs" and...continue...
Recording information: Kirkkonummi Church, Finland (2011)....continue...

Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no 1; Piano Concerto no 2; Violin Concerto no 1 / David Oistrakh, violin; Mstislav Rostropovich, cello; Leonard Bernstein, piano

1 Super Audio CD / Praga / 2012-09-12

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Cello no 1 in E flat major, Op. 107; Concerto for Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 102; Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor, Op. 77
Performers: Bernstein, Leonard; Jones, Mason; Oistrakh, David; Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Bernstein, Leonard; Mravinsky, Yevgeny
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philharmonic Orchestra

Offered together for the first time, this new SACD remastering from Praga features historic recordings of three acclaimed concertos by Dmitri Shostakovich, performed by the...continue...

Armenian Spirit / Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall

1 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2012-09-12

Works: T. Tchukhadjian: Menk kadj tohmi (Chant de lutte); O'h intsh anush (Chant e'exil); Anonymous, Armenian: Krunk (Aknay), song; Sayat Nova: Khani Vur Jan Im, for ensemble; Dun en glkhen (Supplique au ro...
Performers: Clos, Marc; Espasa, Dani; Estevan, Pedro; Mayoral, David; Minassyan, Georgi; Mouradian, Gaguik; Sarikouyoumdjian, Haig; Savall, Jordi
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: ; Hespèrion XXI

This album is a tribute to Armenia and to the Armenian musicians who have played alongside Jordi Savall and his wife Montserrat Figueras over the...continue...
Recording information: Collégiale de Cardona, Catalogne (2012-03-29_2012-03-30&2010-)....continue...

Samuel Barber: An American Romantic - The Choral Music of Samuel Barber / Conspirare

1 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-09-12

Works: Samuel Barber: Twelfth Night, for 4 voices. Op. 42/1; To Be Sung on the Water, for 4 voices, Op. 42/2; The Virgin Martyrs, Op. 8 no 1; Let Down the Bars, O Death, Op. 8 no 2; Reincarnations, for 4 vo...
Performers: Brickens, Nathaniel; Burritt, Thomas; Burritt, Tom; Clarke, Karen; Debow, Faith; Henderson, Rebecca; Hughes, Patrick [Trumpet]; Jones, Adah Toland [Flute]; Punter, Melanie; Sauer, Gregory; Shaw, Bria...
Conductors: Hella-Johnson, Craig
Ensemble: ; Conspirare

On their new recording Samuel Barber - An American Romantic, Craig Hella Johnson and Conspirare honor the great composer with a selection of some of...continue...
Recording information: Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen College, Indiana (09/2011)....continue...

Aarre Merikanto: Symphonies 1 & 3 / Turku PO; Petri Sakari, conductor

1 Super Audio CD / Alba / 2012-09-11

Works: Aarre Merikanto: Symphony no 1 in B minor, Op. 5; Symphony no 3
Conductors: Sakari, Petri
Ensemble: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

Aarre Merikanto (1893-1958) was one of the greatest ever Finnish composers. His first symphony was written in 1912, when he was 19 and the third...continue...

Britten: War Requiem / Evelina Dobracheva, Anthony Dean Griffey, Mark Stone, Jaap van Zweden

2 Super Audio CD / Challenge Classics / 2012-09-11

Works: Benjamin Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
Performers: Dobraceva, Evelina; Griffey, Anthony Dean; Stone, Mark [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Zweden, Jaap van; Leeuw, Reinbert de
Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Choir; Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

In May 2011, a memorable concert of Britten's profound, impressive musical protest to war took place. The world-class performance was recorded on Challenge Classics with...continue...
Recording information: Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn (05/28/2010)....continue...

The Music of Luigi Nono, Vol. 3 / Markus Hinterhäuser, Susanne Otto, Les Percussions De Strasbourg. Ensemble Experimental

1 Super Audio CD / Neos Production / 2012-09-06

Works: Luigi Nono: A Pierre "Dell'azzurro silenzio, inquietum"; ...sofferte onde serene..., for piano & tape; Omaggio a György Kurtág, for contralto, flute, clarinet, tuba & live electronics; Con ...
Performers: Fabbriciani, Roberto; Hinterhäuser, Markus; Molinari, Ernesto
Conductors: Heusinger, Detlef;
Ensemble: Ensemble Experimental; Les Percussions De Strasbourg

Another NONO reference-recording by the unbeatable EXPERIMENTALSTUDIO des SWR under the care of Detlef Heusinger, who has been artistic director of this institution since October...continue...

Pierre Boulez and the Piano - the complete works: Documentary & performance / Pierre Boulez, piano; Dimitri Vassilakis, piano. Narration in German with printed translation

3 Super Audio CD / Cybele / 2012-09-06

Works: Pierre Boulez: Notations (12) for Piano; Sonata for Piano no 1; Sonata for Piano no 2; Sonata for Piano no 3; Incises, for piano; Une page d'éphéméride, for piano; Spoken Word: M...
Performers: Vassilakis, Dimitri

As part of Cybele documentary series "Artists in Conversation", the 2011 was awarded the German Audio Book Award in the category" Best editorial achievement, "now...continue...

Jugend - works by Sibelius, Kuula and Lehtola / Art Nouveau, Jan Lehtola, organ

1 Super Audio CD / Alba / 2012-08-14

Works: Jean Sibelius: Intrada, for organ in E major, Op. 111/1; Funeral Music (Sorgmusik), for organ, Op. 111/2; Impromptus, Op. 5; Preludium, for organ in F major; Postludium, for organ; Frans Linnavuori: ...
Performers: Lehtola, Jan
Conductors:
Ensemble: Art Nouveau

This disc was inspired by the period of National Romanticism in Finland known in architecture as Jugend or Art Nouveau. Its golden age coincided in...continue...

O Gladsome Light - works by Valkeus, Leppanen, Matvejeff / The Krysostomos Chamber Choir; Mikko Sidoroff

1 Super Audio CD / Alba / 2012-08-14

Works: Virpi Leppänen: Kiittäkää Herran nimeä (Praise ye the name of the Lord), for chorus; Ehtoohymni (O Gladsome Light), for chorus; Armahda meitä, Herra (Have mercy on us Lo...
Conductors: Sidoroff, Mikko
Ensemble: Krysostomos Chamber Choir

The Krysostomos Chamber Choir has established itself as one of Finland's foremost Orthodox choirs. This disc offers the magnificent church music of Virpi Leppanen and...continue...

The Greatest Film Scores of Dimitri Tiomkin - Rawhide, The Alamo, High Noon, Dial M for Murder et al. / London SO & London Voices

1 Super Audio CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2012-08-14

Works: Dimitri Tiomkin: Cyrano de Bergerac; The Alamo; The Old Man and the Sea; The Four Poster; Giant; The Fall of the Roman Empire; High Noon; Rawhide; The High and the Mighty; Wild is the Wind; The Sundo...
Performers: Kaufman, Whitey; Playfoot, Andrew
Conductors: Kaufman, Richard
Ensemble: ; London Voices

The Guardian, August 2012
This fine selection was recorded at the Barbican last year, and is played with terrific panache by the London Symphony Orchestra under...continue...
Recording information: Barbican, London (10/27/2011).

In addition to offering an impressive catalog of legendary classical recordings and many important soundtracks, the London Symphony Orchest...continue...

Schulhoff: String Quartet No. 1; Sibelius: String Quartet in D Minor; Janacek: String Quartet No. 1 / Henschel Quartet

1 Super Audio CD / Neos Production / 2012-08-03

Works: Erwin Schulhoff: Quartet for Strings no 1; Jean Sibelius: Quartet for Strings in D minor ("Voces Intimae"), Op. 56; Leos Janácek: Quartet for Strings no 1 "Kreutzer Sonata"
Conductors:
Ensemble: Henschel Quartet

American Record Guide, March / April 2013
The playing is so fine, and the interpretations are so absolute that the music draws you in, demands your...continue...

The Solo Flute - Debussy; Karl-Elert; Honegger; Ferroud; Hindemith / Mirjam Nastasi, flute

1 Super Audio CD / ARS Productions / 2012-08-03

Works: Claude Debussy: Syrinx; Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Sonata Appassionata for flute solo in F sharp Minor, Op. 140; Arthur Honegger: Danse de la chèvre, for solo flute, H. 39; Pierre Octave Ferroud: Tro...
Performers: Nastasi, Mirjam

This recording is the last of a four-part series dedicated to The Solo Flute, a collection of original music for the transverse flute published by...continue...

Curse Upon Iron - Works for Male Choir by Veljo Tormis / Orphei Drängar Male Choir

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-07-22

Works: Veljo Tormis: Incantatio maris aestuosi (Incantation for a Stormy Sea), for chorus; Kord me tuleme tagasi; Kolm mul oli kaunist sona (I Had Three Beautiful Words), for male chorus & flute; Vastlalaul...
Performers: Alin, Andreas; Alin, Folke; Einarsson, Magnus; Gunnar Sundberg; Rombo, Elin; Sjogren, Magnus; Stolare, Henrik
Conductors: Alin, Cecilia Rydinger
Ensemble: Orphei Drängar Male Choir

A modern shaman is how Veljo Tormis (b.1930) has been described. In his large production, chiefly composed for a cappella choir, he utilizes ancient chants...continue...

Most Grand to Die - Songs by George Butterworth and Ralph Vaughan Williams / James Rutherford, baritone; Eugene Asti, piano

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-07-14

Works: George Butterworth: Bredon Hill and Other Songs, songs (5) for voice & piano; Songs (6) from "A Shropshire Lad", for voice & piano (or orchestra); Ivor Gurney: In Flanders for voice & piano; Severn M...
Performers: Asti, Eugene; Rutherford, James

The First World War marked an entire generation of composers, both in England and on the continent. Of the three composers represented here, George Butterworth...continue...

Artic Scenes - Works for chorus by Kurki, Narhinsalo, Kankainen, Karjalainenn et al. / Seitakuoro Chamber Choir

1 Super Audio CD / Alba / 2012-07-10

Works: Timo Kurki: Kulnasadz vaatimeni (Kulnasadz, My Reindeer), for chorus; Tuulikki Närhinsalo: Lapin tytön laulu (Lappish Girl's Song), for chorus; Jukka Kankainen: Lauluja Lapista (Songs of La...
Performers: Haapala, Heli; Joamets, Kadri; Kajasviita, Olli-Pekka; Silander, Mikko
Conductors: Joamets, Kadri
Ensemble: Seitakuoro Chamber Choir

To celebrate their 50th anniversary, the Seitakuoro Chamber Choir has recorded the best of the works of composers from Lapland, compositions made in Lapland and...continue...

Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird; L'Histoire du Soldat, suite; Les Noces; Symphony in C / Neumann; Dohnanyi

2 Super Audio CD / Praga / 2012-07-10

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra; Symphony in C; Les Noces I (The Wedding), ballet in 4 tableaux for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra; L'histoire du...
Performers: Adamec, Petr; Barova, Anna; Bogunia, Stanislav; Boublikova, Milada; Holena, Jiri; Janda, Pavel; Jedlicka, Dalibor; Jilek, Zdenek; Kostohryz, Milan; Mokros, Josef; Sulcova, Brigita; Svejda, Miroslav
Conductors: Dohnányi, Christoph von; Neumann, Václav; Kosler, Zdenek;
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Chamber Players; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague Radio Choir; Tokyo String Quartet

This specially priced two disc celebration of the music of Igor Stravinsky features historic stereo recordings made between 1970 to 1987, all remastered for SACD....continue...

Roccoco Cello Variations - Beethoven; Gemrot; Martinu / Jeremy Findlay, cello; Per Rundberg, piano

1 Super Audio CD / RCO Live / 2012-06-12

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations (7) for Cello and Piano on Mozart's "Bei Männern", WoO 46; Variations (12) for Cello and Piano in F major on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen", Op. 66; Jiri Gemro...
Performers: Findlay, Jeremy [Cello]; Rundberg, Per

This hybrid multichannel SACD from Praga features a collection of 'Rococo' variations for cello and piano. In works that span several centuries, cellist Jeremy Findlay...continue...
Recording information: Prague, St. Vavrinec Church....continue...

Henze: Being Beauteous; Britten Les Illuminations; Castiglioni: Terzina; Szymanowski / Anu Komsi, soprano

1 Super Audio CD / Alba / 2012-06-12

Works: Benjamin Britten: Les Illuminations; Hans Werner Henze: Being Beauteous; Arnold Schoenberg: Herzgewächse, song for soprano, celesta, harp & harmonium, Op. 20; Niccolò Castiglioni: Terzina, ...
Performers: Komsi, Anu [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Kangas, Juha
Ensemble: Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

Finnish soprano Anu Komsi is equally at home on both opera and concert stages where she has appeared regularly all over Europe and the United...continue...