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Debussy, Ravel, Dutilleux: String Quartets / Juilliard String Quartet

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: Claude Debussy: Quartet for Strings in G minor, Op. 10; Maurice Ravel: Quartet for Strings in F major; Henri Dutilleux: Ainsi la nuit, for string quartet
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Ensemble: Juilliard String Quartet

Thanks to his beautiful melodies for both the cello and the violin, Ravel managed to create a turning point in his career with this innovative...continue...
Recording information: Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, Princeton Univer (10/11/1989/05/13/1992)....continue...

Saint-Saens: The 5 Piano Concertos / Philippe Entremont, piano

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Piano no 1 in D major, Op. 17; Concerto for Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 22; Concerto for Piano no 3 in E flat major, Op. 29; Concerto for Piano no 4 in C minor, ...
Performers: Entremont, Philippe
Conductors: Plasson, Michel
Ensemble: ; Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse

Although Camille Saint-Saëns ranks among the most notable of French composers, he was also one of the leading pianists of his day - a child...continue...
Recording information: Halle aux Grains, Toulouse, France....continue...

Albert Roussel: Complete Symphonies / Marek Janowski, French Radio PO

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Albert Roussel: Symphony no 1 in D minor ("Le poème de la forêt"), Op. 7; Symphony no 3 in G minor, Op. 42; Symphony no 2 in B flat major, Op. 23; Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 53
Conductors: Janowski, Marek
Ensemble: ; French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

France's symphonic tradition may not compare in number to Germany's, but it has produced its fair share of impressive works. And while less famous than...continue...
Recording information: Salle Olivier Messiaen, Radio France, Paris, France....continue...

Songs of the World / Stefano Sciascia, double bass; Mara Corazza, piano

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Spanish Traditional: Cancion de amor; Pablo Casals: El cant del ocells; Teiichi Okano: Oboro-zukiyo; Irish Traditional: Londonderry Air (Danny Boy), folk song; Yoshihiro Utsumi: Aijyou, song; Korean ...
Performers: Corazza, Mara; Sciascia, Stefano

Bassist Stefano Sciascia gives us a rare glimpse of the double bass as an expressive soloistic instrument in a recital of music from countries around...continue...
Recording information: Atmosfere Studio, Conegliano, Treviso, Italy (04/10/2002-04/16/2002)....continue...

Frederica von Stade in Duets, Arias, Scenes & Songs

4 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Robert Schumann: Botschaft ("Nelken wind ich und Jasmin"), for soprano voice, alto voice & piano (Spanisches Liedersp; Das Glück (" Vöglein vom Zweig"), song for voice & piano (Lieder-Album...
Performers: Blegen, Judith [Soprano Vocals]; Brehm, Alvin; de Peyer, Gervase; Glickman, Loren; Katz, Martin; Kavafian, Ani; Kavafian, Ida [Violin]; Lesser, Laurence; Maria, Joel Del; Phillips, Daniel; Schwarz, G...
Conductors: Bernardi, Mario; Davis, Andrew

Born in 1945, Frederica von Stade - who auditioned for the Met on a $50 bet - is considered one of the world's most accomplished...continue...
Recording information: Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, NY (08/1977/07/1978); National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Canada (08/1977/07/1978); Studio No. 1, Abbey Road, London (08/1977/07/1978); Columbia...continue...

Kiri Te Kanawa Sings Verdi & Puccini / Pritchard

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Il trovatore; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Le villi; Tosca; La rondine; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly
Performers: Dale, Laurence; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Pritchard, John
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra

The New Zealand-born Kiri Te Kanawa's lyric soprano voice and captivating stage presence have, throughout her operatic career, won her critical acclaim and a multitude

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Recording information: EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London (09/17/1981)....continue...

Busoni: Violin Sonatas / Guiliano Fontanella, Tania Salinaro

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-02-28

Works: Ferruccio Busoni: Sonata, for violin & piano no 1 in E minor, Op. 29, KiV 234; Sonata, for violin & piano no 2 in E minor, Op. 36a, KiV 244
Performers: Fontanella, Giuliano; Salinaro, Tania

A child prodigy who had achieved fame as a virtuoso pianist and written nearly 200 works before he was out of his teens, Busoni composed...continue...
Recording information: IN Studio, Treviso (03/07/1999-03/11/1999)....continue...

Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 2, 3, 5, 8; Debussy: Suite Bergamasque; Chopin & Fauré / Amsterdam Guitar Trio

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-01-31

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050; Brandenburg Concerto no 2 i...
Performers: Mathot, Tini
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Ensemble: Amsterdam Guitar Trio

Bach's music is no stranger to transcription, but the Amsterdam Guitar Trio, having around 18 strings at their disposal, may fairly and completely play the...continue...

Janácek: Piano Works / Rudolf Firkusny, piano

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Leos Janácek: Sonata 1.X.1905 "From the street"; On the overgrown path; Reminiscence for Piano; In the mists (V Mlhách), pieces (4) for piano, JW 8/22
Performers: Firkusny, Rudolf

Janacek's piano music may lie less easily under the fingers than the music of Webern, but it is affecting and intriguing. This album features the...continue...
Recording information: RCA Studio A, New York, NY (06/05/1989-06/07/1989)....continue...

Webern: Lieder / Christiane Oelze, soprano; Eric Schneider, piano

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-10-25

Works: Anton Webern: Poems (3) for voice & piano; Early Songs (8) for voice & piano; Songs (5) after Dehmel, for voice & piano; Songs (5) from Der siebente Ring, for voice & piano, Op. 3; Lieder (5) nach Ge...
Performers: Oelze, Christiane [Soprano Vocal]; Schneider, Eric [Piano]

Soprano Christiane Oelze & pianist Eric Schneider in a highly praised survey of Webern's Lieder, released initially in '95. Webern's first composition was the song...continue...
Recording information: Konzertsaal Lankwitz, Berlin (09/1994)....continue...

Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne; Rachmaninov: Vocalise / Anna Moffo, soprano

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-10-25

Works: Joseph Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachiana brasileira no 5 for Soprano and 8 Cellos; Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34
Performers: Moffo, Anna
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: ; America Symphony Orchestra

Soprano Anna Moffo was born in Pennsylvania in 1932 of Italian parents. After a period at the Curtis Institute, she went back to her ancestral...continue...
Recording information: Manhattan Center, New York City, USA (04/1964)....continue...

Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 / Kirov Orchestra - Gergiev

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphony no 2 in E minor, Op. 27
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Kirov Orchestra

Considered one of the last, great composers of the Russian Romanticism era, Sergei Rachmaninov was a remarkable pianist with a striking gift for melody. Recorded...continue...
Recording information: Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg (01/1993)....continue...

Smetana: Ma Vlast; Nature's Realm / Dorati - Concertgebouw

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Má Vlast (My Fatherland), symphonic poems (6), JB 1; Antonin Dvorák: In Nature's Realm (V prírode), concert overture, B. 168 (Op. 91)
Conductors: Dorati, Antal
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Smetana's Má vlast (My Country) embodies both Czech nationhood and the country's legendary history and was written when Smetana was at the height of his...continue...
Recording information: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (10/1986)....continue...

Janacek: Sring Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 / Hagen Quartet

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Leos Janácek: Quartet for Strings no 1 "Kreutzer Sonata"; Quartet for Strings no 2 ("Listy duverné," "Intimate Letters"), JW 7/13; Hugo Wolf: Serenade for String Quartet in G major "Ita...
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Ensemble: Hagen Quartet

Janácek's extraordinary pair of string quartets, as performed by The Hagen Quartet, is overflowing with drama and passion in this latest Newton release. Recorded first...continue...
Recording information: Kirche St. Konrad, Abersee, Austria (11/1988)....continue...

Rita Streich sings Waltzes & Arias

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-06-28

Works: Johann Strauss II: Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410; Die Tänzerin Fanny Elssler; Camille Saint-Saëns: Le rossignol; Giuseppe Verdi: Lo spazzacamino, song for voice & piano; Benjamin Godard: J...
Performers: Streich, Rita
Conductors: Gaebel, Kurt
Ensemble: Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin

"...she delights the ear from start to finish. Highly recommended, this true Original." -Gramophone Magazine...continue...
Recording information: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin, Germany....continue...

Strauss: Music for Wind Ensemble / De Waart

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-06-28

Works: Richard Strauss: Serenade for 13 wind instruments in E flat major, Op. 7 (TrV 106); Suite for 13 wind instruments in B flat major, Op. 4 (TrV 132); Sonatina no 1 for 16 wind instruments in F major ("...
Performers: Holliger, Heinz
Conductors: De Waart, Edo
Ensemble: Netherlands Wind Ensemble

This outstanding collection of Richard Strauss' works for wind instruments spans the entirety of Richard Strauss' creative career. The classic performances of these featured works...continue...

Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie / Haitink

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-04-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

"Quite simply the finest performance I have encountered" - Gramophone...continue...
Recording information: Grote Zaal, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (01/1985)....continue...

Virtuoso Showpieces by Schumann, Falla, Liszt & Guion / Byron Janis

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-04-26

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125; Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; Valse oubliée, for piano no 1, S. 215/1 (LW ...
Performers: Janis, Byron
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra; Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra

A former child prodigy and student of Horowitz, Byron Janis was chosen in 1960 to spearhead a cross-cultural exchange between the US and USSR, making...continue...

Respighi: Fountains of Rome; Pines of Rome / Dorati

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-03-29

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Set 1; Ancient Airs and Dances, Set 2; Ancient Airs and Dances, Set 3; Gli uccelli "The Birds"; Brazilian Impressions; Fountains of Rome; Pines of Rome
Conductors: Dorati, Antal

"Respighi's generous but sensitive application of modern colour, both harmonic and orchestral, benefits enormously from the sonorous and widespread front put up by this recording,...continue...

Loeki Stardust Collection [4 CDs]

4 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Tarquinio Merula: La Ghiradella, canzona for consort; La Merula, canzona for consort; Gioseffo Guami: La Bastina, canzona a 4 for consort; La Brillantina, canzona for consort; La Gentile, canzona a 4...
Conductors: ; Hogwood, Christopher
Ensemble: Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet

'If there is a better recorder ensemble than the ALSQ I have yet to hear it, and here it is reproduced with as splendid sound...continue...

Debussy: La mer Jeux, et al. / Ansermet

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; La mer; Jeux; Khamma, ballet, L. 125
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest

Ernest Ansermet made a series of recordings (with great producers such as Ray Minshull and others) of music by Debussy in the late 1950s and...continue...
Recording information: Victoria Hall, Geneva....continue...

Hermann Baumann Collection

7 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-01-25

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto for 3 horns, violin, strings & continuo in D major, TWV 54; Concerto for 2 Horns in D major, BA 8; Concerto for Horn in D major; Overture, suite for 2 horns, strings ...
Performers: Baumann, Hermann; Brown, Timothy; Hartz, Markus; Hill, Nicholas; Hokanson, Leonard; Schmidt, Eckhardt; Wittekind, Almut
Conductors: Brown, Iona; Zukerman, Pinchas; Masur, Kurt; Baumann, Hermann
Ensemble: ; Deutsche Naturhorn Solisten; Folkwang Horn Ensemble

A lifetime of performances around the world and an extensive discography has ensured that the great horn player Hermann Baumann's stupendous technique, versatility and characterful...continue...

Russian Overtures & Orchestral Works

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-01-25

Works: Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmila; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Dmitry Shostakovich: Festive Overture, Op. 96; Sergey Prokofiev: Semyon Kotko Suite, Op. 81a; Dmitry Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon, Op...
Conductors: Pletnev, Mikhail

This stunning 2 CD set includes a mix of the familiar and the not-so-familiar: Liadov's exquisite miniature tone poems and Glinka's effervescent overture to Ruslan...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall, Moscow Conservatory....continue...

Holst: The Planets

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2010-11-16

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji

Gustav Holst's 'Suite for Large Orchestra' known as The Planets was premiered in 1918. The rapturous reception ensured the fame of its composer. It is...continue...
Recording information: Boston (12/1979)....continue...

Debussy: Preludes

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2010-11-16

Works: Claude Debussy: Danseuses de Delphes, prelude for piano, L. 117/1; Préludes, Book 2; Préludes, Book 1; La danse de Puck, prelude for piano, L. 117/11; Prélude no 9 (La sér...
Performers: Bolet, Jorge

Jorge Bolet made this superbly languid and delicate recording of 16 Préludes by Debussy less than two years before his untimely death in 1990 at...continue...
Recording information: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco (09/1989)....continue...

Stokowski conducts Vaughan Williams, Dvorák & Purcell

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2010-10-26

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aenaeas; Antonin Dvorák: Serenade for Strings
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold

International Record Review - Nigel Simeone
The Small Desmar label made two recordings with Leopold Stokowski in 1975, when the conductor was 93. They were released...continue...
Recording information: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (08/16/1975); No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (08/18/1975-08/19/1975)....continue...

Rachmaninov: Complete Symphonies & Orchestral Works

4 CD / Newton Classics / 2010-10-26

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphony no 1 in D minor, Op. 13; Isle of the Dead, Op. 29; Symphony no 2 in E minor, Op. 27; The Rock, Op. 7; Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 44; Symphonic Dances, Op. 45; The Bell...
Performers: Kaludov, Kaludi; Leiferkus, Sergei
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles

Fanfare
The disc of choral-orchestral music is the most consistently fine of the four. The Bells is one of the best-sounding performances in the set, and...continue...

Rachmoninov: Symphony No. 3; Vocalise

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2010-10-26

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 44
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold

Recording information: West Ham Central Mission (1975-04-28&1975-04-30&1975-)....continue...

Manuel de Falla: Suites From El Sombrero de Tres Picos / De Larrocha

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2010-07-27

Works: Manuel de Falla: Piezas Españolas (4) for Piano; Fantasía bética for Piano; El sombrero de tres picos; El Amor brujo, suite from the revised ballet for orchestra, G. 69
Performers: De Larrocha, Alicia

Manuel de Falla was one of the 20th century's most original and distinctive composers. His music was firmly rooted in the folk music of Spain....continue...
Recording information: Kingsway Hall, London (06/1973)....continue...

Melodies Francaises / Gérard Souzay

4 CD / Newton Classics / 2010-07-27

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Chanson du pêcheur ("Ma belle amie est morte"), song for voice & piano or orchestra in F minor ("lam; Poème d'un jour, Op. 21; Les berceaux, Op. 23 no 1; Le secret, Op...
Performers: Baldwin, Dalton; Souzay, Gérard

A recital of French song by one of the great singers of the 20th century. Souzay possessed a warm, lyrical, supple, sensual and vibrant voice,...continue...