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Schonberg: Pélleas et Melisande; Berg: 3 Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6 / Dortmund PO

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-06-18

Conductors: Steen, Jac van
Ensemble: Dortmund Philarmonic Orchestra

Variations on America - Music of Rossini, Buck, Parker, Ives, Wagner, Gershwin / Rudolf Innig, organ

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-06-18

Mozart: Piano Concertos, Vol. 1 - Concertos for Piano K.482 & K.595 / Christian Zacharias, piano

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-06-18

Conductors: Zacharias, Christian
Ensemble: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra

Mozart: Piano Concertos, Vol. 2 - Concertos for Piano K.271 & K.413 / Christian Zacharias, piano

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-06-18

Conductors: Zacharias, Christian
Ensemble: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra

Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 arr. for Piano 4-Hands by Bruno Walter / Piano Duo Trenkner & Speidel

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-06-18

Conductors:
Ensemble: Piano Duo Trenkner & Speidel

Schumann: Symphonic Studies; Fantasie, Op. 17; Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26 / Sviatoslav Richter, piano

1 Super Audio CD / Praga / 2013-06-11

This SACD remaster from Praga's Reminiscences series features pianist Sviatoslav Richter playing solo works by Schumann. This recording of the Etudes symphoniques marked the first...continue...

Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony / Geraldine McGreevy: soprano; Tommi Hakala: baritone

1 Super Audio CD / Querstand / 2013-06-11

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 1 "A sea symphony"
Conductors: Arman, Howard
Ensemble: MDR Radio Choir; MDR Symphony Orchestra

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La Capella Reial de Catalunya: 25 Years / Hesperion XX; Montserrat Figueras, Jordi Savall

4 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2013-06-11

Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: Hesperion XX

This specially priced collection of four classic Alia Vox recordings is offered in celebration of the Capella Reial de Catalunya's 25th anniversary. Maestro Jordi Savall...continue...

Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 / Valery Gergiev, London SO

1 Super Audio CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2013-06-11

Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Valery Gergiev explores the intense expression, fervor and spirituality of Polish composer Karol Szymanowski with his first recording of the composer's Symphonies Nos.1 & 2....continue...

Beethoven: String Quartets Opp. 18/3, 18/5 & 135 / Hagen Quartet

1 Super Audio CD / Myrios Classics / 2013-06-11

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 3 in D major, Op. 18 no 3; Quartet for Strings no 5 in A major, Op. 18/5; Quartet for Strings no 16 in F major, Op. 135
Conductors:
Ensemble: Hagen Quartet

In its 2012/13 season, the Hagen Quartet brings the complete Beethoven string quartets to the most prominent musical centers of the world, including New York,...continue...

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Jansons

1 Super Audio CD / RCO Live / 2013-06-11

Conductors: Jansons, Mariss
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Following the award-winning RCO Live release of Shostakovich's seventh symphony, Jansons's takes on the composer's tenth adds another benchmark performance to the orchestra's discography. The...continue...

Hvoslef: Trio (2010); Valen: Trio, Op. 5 (1917û24); Egge: Trio, Op. 14 (1940) / Valen Trio

1 Super Audio CD / Lawo Classics / 2013-06-11

Conductors:
Ensemble: Valen Trio

The trios selected for this recording represent three generations of Norwegian composers and trace an interesting line, both historically and musically, through the past hundred...continue...

Wagner: Götterdämmerung; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Siegfried-Idyll / Petra Lang, soprano

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2013-06-11

Conductors: Fischer, Ivan
Ensemble: Budapest Symphony Orchestra

On one of the most highly anticipated releases of the year, Iván Fischer conducts music by Richard Wagner, offering a demonstration quality surround-sound disc featuring...continue...

Bach: Double & Triple Concertos / Rachel Podger, violin

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2013-06-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Concerto for Flute, Violin and Harpsichord in A minor, BWV 1044 "Triple Concerto"; Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C minor, BWV 106...
Performers: Podger, Rachel [Violin]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Brecon Baroque

JS Bach reveled in the many musical possibilities presented by concertos that feature several instruments. Drawing on the precedents of Vivaldi and others, Bach's probing...continue...
Personnel: Rachel Podger (violin).

Recording information: London, England....continue...

Chabrier: Overtures to Gwendoline; L'Etoile; suite Pastorale. Joyeuse marche; Bourrée fantasque / Neeme Jarvi

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2013-05-28

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: Joyeuse marche "Marche française"; Gwendolin; Habañera, for piano (or orchestra); España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Lamento, for orchestr...
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme
Ensemble: ; Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

This disc of popular works by Emmanuel Chabrier marks the beginning of a new series of French repertoire, performed by Orchestre de la Suisse Romande...continue...
Recording information: Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland (06/27/2012-06/29/2012)....continue...

Ferdinand Ries: Der Sieg des Glaubens / Christiane Libor; Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Markus Schaefer, Markus Flaig

1 Super Audio CD / CPO / 2013-05-28

Conductors: Max, Hermann
Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert; Rheinische Kantorei

Beethoven's gifted pupil Ferdinand Ries was never entirely forgotten, but it is only in recent years that cpo and Hermann Max dedicated themselves with great...continue...

Music of Reger, Gigout, Liszt, Franck, Dupre / Ullrich Boehme, the Sauer Organ of St. Thomas Church in Leipzig

1 Super Audio CD / Rondeau Production / 2013-05-28

Ullrich Boehme, organist at St. Thomas Leipzig, chose three works by Dupre, Franck and Gigout to present the church's reconstructed Sauer organ; subtly underlining the...continue...

Wagner: Das Rheingold / Tomasz Konieczny; Christian Elsner; Iris Vermillion; Gunther Groisbock. Marek Janowski (live, 11/22/12)

2 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2013-05-28

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Conductors: Janowski, Marek
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

The 6th installment of PentaTone's Wagner Edition brings us to the epic story of Tannhäuser, performed by top Wagner singers, the Rundfunkchor Berlin, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester...continue...
Recording information: Berlin Philharmonie (11/22/2012)....continue...

Bruckner: Symphony No. 2 / Marek Janowski

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2013-05-28

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 2 in C minor, WAB 102
Conductors: Janowski, Marek
Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

PentaTone's Bruckner Symphonies cycle with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and Marek Janowski has set the standard for the repertoire in recent years. With...continue...
Recording information: Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland (10/2012)....continue...

Mahler: Das klagende Lied; Blumine; Symphony No. 10 / Manuela Uhl, soprano; Lioba Braun, alto; Werner Gura, tenor. Blunier

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-05-21

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das klagende Lied, Cantata for Soli, Chorus and Orchestra (Version 1898/99); Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 10 in F sharp minor/major
Performers: Güra, Werner; Uhl, Manuela
Conductors: Blunier, Stefan
Ensemble: ; Czech Philharmonic Chorus Brno

Mahler initially had a hard time of it. A few compositional attempts from his youth did not turn out to his liking and were destroyed....continue...
Recording information: Bonn (05/14/2012-05/26/2012)....continue...

Wagner: Arrangements for Piano by Busoni, Kocsis, Corbett, Stradal, Moszkowski / Severin von Eckardstein, piano

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-05-21

Liszt was the first, but pianists of later generations also journeyed through the gigantic cosmos of the Wagnerian music drama with paraphrases and transcriptions for...continue...

Liszt: Hexameron - works by Chopin, Czerny, Thalberg, Herz, Liszt, Pixis and Buche / Blanchard, Buche, Goicoechea, Sorieux, Tanski

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-05-21

Works: Franz Liszt: Hexaméron (Morceau de concert), collaborative work for piano & orchestra (edited by Leslie Howard),; Funerailles; Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka for piano no 13 in A minor, Op. ...
Performers: Blanchard, Johann; Buche, Leon; Goicoechea, Carlos; Sorieux, Caroline; Tanski, Claudius; Yoshikane, Kanako

It was billed as a battle of titans. Franz Liszt had invited the leading pianists of his time to compose variations on Bellini's "March of...continue...
Recording information: Konzerthaus der Abtei Marienmünster (12/10/2012-12/12/2012)....continue...