Classical Releases From The Last Year > Compact Disc

Mendelssohn: String Quintets, Opp. 87 & 18 / Leipsig Quartet, Barbara Buntrock, viola

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

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Quintet for Strings no 2 in B flat major, Op. 87; Quintet for Strings no 1 in A major, Op. 18
Performers: Buntrock, Barbara [Viola]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Leipzig String Quartet

When the Leipzig String Quartet takes on Mendelssohn's string quintets, the atmosphere is electrifying. Mendelssohn's late quintet shows that this composer at was the height...continue...
Recording information: Konzerthaus der Abtei Marienmünster (01/25/2013-01/27/2013)....continue...

Britten: Songs / Ian Bostridge, tenor; Antonio Pappano, piano; Xuefei Yang, guitar

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-05-21

Works: Benjamin Britten: Winter Words, Op. 52; Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, for voice & piano, Op. 22; Hölderlin Fragments (6), song cycle, for tenor & piano, Op. 61; Songs from the Chinese, song cycle...
Performers: Bostridge, Ian; Yang, Xue Fei
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio

Ian Bostridge is one of the only few tenors who specialist in lieder. Known for his distinctive voice and performance style who finds the essence...continue...

Schöne Nacht, du Liebesnacht: Electrola Querschnitte

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-05-21

The 7-CD box Schone Nacht, du Liebesnacht presents original sets of highlights sung in German (plus bonus material) from the Italian and French repertoire -...continue...

Martha Argerich and Friends - Live from Lugano 2012

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-05-21

EMI Classics are pleased to release the latest installment of highlights from the Martha Argerich Project at the Lugano Festival. This is the tenth annual...continue...

Journeys - Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence; Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht / The Emerson String Quartet

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2013-05-21

Conductors:
Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet

The EMERSON STRING QUARTET stands alone in the history of string quartets with an unparalleled list of achievements over three decades: nine Grammy® Awards (including...continue...

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring - 100th Anniversary Edition, 10 Reference Recordings from Stokowski, Stravinsky, Monteaux, Ozawa, Boulez, Salaonen, Bernstein, Tilson-Thomas

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2013-05-21

It was exactly a century ago Igor Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps shocked and overwhelmed its first audience, provoking a now-legendary riot at its Paris...continue...

Edda Moser: Electrola Recitals - Opera & Lied by R. Strauss; Schumann; Schubert; Mozart with Frick, Gedda, Rothenberger, Werba et al. [9 CDs]

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-05-21

Edda Moser and EMI-Electrola - a special chapter in the history of recorded music. Two passions mark this longstanding cooperation: a love of opera especially...continue...

Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky: 2 Versions of The Rite of Spring & Firebird / Columbia SO (1960); New York PO (1940)

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2013-05-21

It was exactly a century ago Igor Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps shocked and overwhelmed its first audience, provoking a now-legendary riot at its Paris...continue...

Scelsi: The Works for Violin / Weiping Lin

1 CD / Mode Records / 2013-05-21

Works: Giacinto Scelsi: Divertimento for violin no 4; L'âme ailée, for violin; L'âme ouverte, for violin; Divertimento for violin no 2; Xynobis, for violin solo; Divertimento for violin no 3
Performers: Lin, Weiping [Violin]

Recording information: 4Tune Studio, Vienna, Austria (11/13/2008-11/14/2008)....continue...

Le Violon Roi - Concertos, chamber music & encores / Renaud Capucon, violin

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-05-21

A violinist in a class of his own, Renaud Capucon shows why he is "Le Violon Roi" (The Violin King) in this 3-CD collection. As...continue...

Music of Old Cities and Royal Courts, ranging from Monteverdi, Vivaldi & Handel to Sartorio, Schein and Pisendel / Wunderlich, Karajan, Lorengar, Harnoncourt et al.

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-05-21

In the legendary series Reflexe - Stationen Europaischer Musik, EMI Germany published recordings of Early Music between 1972 and 1983, ranging from the Middle Ages...continue...

Mir Ist Die Ehre Widerfahren - Opera highlights / Hermann Prey, Rudolf Schock, Lisa Della Casa, Leonie Rysanek, Elisabeth Grümmer

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-05-21

The 7-CD box Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren contains original sets of highlights (plus bonus material) from German-language repertoire, from such classics as Strauss's Rosenkavalier,...continue...

Bach, Händel - Works in romantic organ arrangements / Wolfgang Baumgratz, organ

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

Works: Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Chorale improvisation & fugue after Bach's "Singt dem Herrn ein neues Lied" (BWV 225); Arrangement of Bach's Adagio (Air célèbre), BWV 1068; Arrangement of Bach' s Vari...
Performers: Baumgratz, Wolfgang

Bach and Händel in arrangements by Max Reger, Alexandre Guilmant, and Sigfrid Karg-Elert: these are the top names that have been brought together for you...continue...

Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]. Music by Dana Kaproff

1 CD / Perseverance Records / 2013-05-21

Works: Dana Kaproff: Gregory Crewdson

Rudolf Schock: Electrola Querschnitte - Original Opera Highlights 1952-61 / 10 remastered CDs

8 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-05-21

A delightfully natural and spontaneous style of singing, like Fritz Wunderlich, tenor Rudolf Schock enjoyed a legendary reputation and great popularity. The opera highlights from...continue...

Palestrina: Missa Ave Maria, Missa Beata Virgine; James O'Donnell; Westminster Cathedral Choir

1 CD / Hyperion / 2013-05-14

Conductors: O'Donnell, James
Ensemble: Westminster Cathedral Choir

This mid-priced reissue features James O'Donnell and the Westminster Cathedral Choir at the peak of their powers, performing key works of the Italian Renaissance. These...continue...

Wolf-Ferrari: Serenade for Strings; Violin Concerto, Op. 26 / Laura Marzadori, violin

1 CD / Tactus / 2013-05-14

Conductors: Zuccarini, Marco
Ensemble: Orchestra Città di Ferrara

Among Wolf-Ferrari's compositions, the positive mood of the Serenade for Strings is unique, or almost unique. It can be associated, even with its diversities, to...continue...

Isaac Albeniz: Transcriptions for Guitar

1 CD / La Ma De Guido / 2013-05-14

Born in Greece, guitarist Yorgos Arguiriadis has lived in Spain for many years. His performances reflect the Spanish character with which he is so familiar....continue...

Charpentier: Judith sive Bethulia liberata, Caedes Sanctorum Innocentium; Dagmar Saskova, Erwin Ar os, Jean-Francois Novelli, Arnaud Richard

1 CD / K617 / 2013-05-14

Conductors: Schneebeli, Olivier
Ensemble: Les Pages & Les Chantres de Versailles

On this live recording from the Chapelle Royale at the Chateau de Versailles, Olivier Schneebeli and Les Pages & les Chantres du Centre de musique...continue...

The Birth of the Violin, a collection of contrasting works for the early violin / Baptiste Romain, renaissance violin

1 CD / Ricercar / 2013-05-14

Conductors:
Ensemble: Le Miroir de Musique

A collection of contrasting works for the early violin Smaller stringed instruments began to be developed during the first half of the 16th century, maturing...continue...

The Panufnik Legacies; London Symphony Orchestra, François-Xavier Roth

1 CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2013-05-14

Conductors: Roth, François-Xavier
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

LSO Live's The Panufnik Legacies offers a collection of new works by ten emerging young composers. These pieces were commissioned as part of the LSO...continue...

Alessandro Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Works, Vol. 4 / Francesco Tasini: harpsichord

1 CD / Tactus / 2013-05-14

This is the fourth Tactus CD containing compositions by Alessandro Scarlatti that were chiefly meant for the harpsichord and performed on it; it is a...continue...

Vincent Persichetti: Harmonium; Sherry Overholt, soprano; Joshua Pierce, piano

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2013-05-14

Harmonium, a song cycle for soprano and piano on poems by Wallace Stevens was written in 1951. He selected 20 of the 85 poems in...continue...

Ouvertures et Intermezzi; Rossini, Bellini, Verdi, Puccini, et al.; Orchestra del Teatro all Scala; Gino Marinuzzi

1 CD / Preiser / 2013-05-14

Conductors: Marinuzzi, Gino
Ensemble: Orchestra del Teatro all Scala

Riccardo Muti noted that "Listening to some of Gino Marinuzzi's old recordings revealed an amazingly modern style of making music. I recall, for example, being...continue...

Liszt: Liebesträume, No. 3; Ballade No. 2; 6 Consolations; Bénédiction' Berceuse; Elegia; La lugubre gondola et al. / Vladimir Feltsman, piano

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2013-05-14

Pianist and conductor Vladimir Feltsman is one of the most versatile musicians of our time, whose vast repertoire encompasses music from the Baroque to the...continue...

Music Watteau: The Music Lesson: Lully, Vivaldi, Couperin, et al.; René Jacobs, William Christie, Bernarda Fink, Paul OÆDette

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2013-05-14

This special collection was created in celebration of an exhibition at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels commissioned by musician and conductor William Christie and...continue...

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Pensées nocturnes - Fantasiaas and Sonatas / Mathieu Dupouy: clavichord

1 CD / Herisson / 2013-05-14

Edward Young's epic poem "Night Thoughts" (1742) has gone down in history as representative of the sentimental style known in Germany as "Empfindsamkeit." Intimacy and...continue...

Outre-Mers - Lopez: Intento 4 & 7; Portugal: Missa Grande; Marcot: Quetzal / Choeur LÆÉchelle

1 CD / Paraty / 2013-05-14

Conductors: Procopio, Bruno; Barbier, Charles
Ensemble: Choeur LÆÉchelle

The young Marcos Portugal composed one of the most widely performed works of the New World. The Échelle Choir and guest conductor Bruno Procopio recreate...continue...

Franz Liszt: Via Crucis; Jean-Claude Pennetier, piano; Vox Clamantis, Jaan-Eik Tulve

1 CD / Mirare / 2013-05-14

Conductors: Tulve, Jaan-Eik
Ensemble: Vox Clamantis

Via Crucis is one of Franz Liszt's boldest and most original works. Its musical inspiration, which ranges from Gregorian chant to Lutheran chorales, is expressed...continue...

Michael Nyman: Collaborations - The Glare; Acoustic Accordions; Sangam / David McAlmont, Motion Trio, Michael Nyman Band, Michael Nyman

3 CD / MN Records / 2013-05-14

The discs on Collaborations involve partnerships between Michael Nyman and other artists and traditions. Included are The Glare, Acoustic Accordions and Sangam....continue...

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Symphonies and Harpsichord Concertos / Michele Benuzzi, harpsichord; ARCOMELO Ens.

1 CD / La Bottega Discantica / 2013-05-14

Conductors:
Ensemble: ARCOMELO Ensemble

ARCOMELO, founded by Michele Benuzzi, is a group whose members vary but which unites musicians who have devoted years to the study of Baroque music...continue...

Griffes: Piano Music / Garrick Ohlsson, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2013-05-14

The piano works of American composer Charles Tomlinson Griffes represent a remarkable musical achievement. Griffes was active as a composer for little more than twelve...continue...

C.P.E. Bach: Wurttemberg Sonatas 1, 2 & 3 / David Murray, piano

1 CD / Summit Records / 2013-05-14

Although these pieces are known and respected among pianists by reputation, the sonatas themselves are rarely heard or performed. This recording is one of only...continue...

Jacob Druckman: Lamia

1 CD / BMOP/Sound / 2013-05-14

BMOP/sound presents five works of the American master Jacob Druckman in a disc that exhibits the award-winning Boston Modern Orchestra Project and conductor Gil Rose...continue...

Horizontal & Vertical: Musik für Flöte und Orgel

1 CD / Motette Import / 2013-05-14

This is a recording of transcribed and original works for flute and organ performed by the principal flutist of the Berlin Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester, Ulf-Dieter Schaaff and...continue...

Óscar Esplá: Music for Piano, Opp. 2, 25, 53 / Martin Jones, piano

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2013-05-14

Óscar Esplá was born in Alicante, Spain in 1886 or 1889. His output includes a dozen stage works, some unfinished, and several large-scale symphonic pieces...continue...

In the Esterházy Library - Haydn keyboard works / Yasuko Uyama Bouvard: piano, organ

1 CD / Hortus / 2013-05-14

A collection of works by Haydn, composed during his service to Prince Esterházy

Haydn composed his last sonatas while in the service of Prince

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Michael Nyman, piano; Kathryn Stott, piano; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Michael Nyman Band

3 CD / MN Records / 2013-05-14

Conductors: Nyman, Michael;
Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Piano focuses on Michael Nyman's special connection to the keyboard. It includes the first album released on MN Records, The Piano Sings, Nyman's score for...continue...

Girolamo Frescobaldi, John Cage: Songs of Irrelevance and Passion / cantoLX; Frank Agsteribbe

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2013-05-14

Conductors: Agsteribbe, Frank
Ensemble: cantoLX

A collection of solo vocal works by Girolamo Frescobaldi and John Cage

This recording sets up a surprising confrontation between the radical innovations in singing

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Philip Glass: Cello Concerto No. 2 "Naqoyqatsi": Life as War; Matt Haimovitz, cello; Cincinnati SO, Dennis Russell Davies

1 CD / Orange Mountain Music / 2013-05-14

Conductors: Davies, Dennis Russell
Ensemble: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

In 2001, Philip Glass composed the music for the film Naqoyqatsi: Life as War. It was the last film in a trilogy by director Godfrey...continue...

Music For Your Star Sign: Gemini by Grieg, Schumann, Wagner, Nicolai and Offenbach

1 CD / AAO Music / 2013-05-14

The King of Clarinet: Karl Leister

2 CD / Camerata / 2013-05-14

This 2-CD recording (notes in Japanese only) is a compilation of recordings made by Karl Leister over his long career. The recording celebrates his 75th...continue...

Ernesto Lecuona: Cuba Espana / Clara Rodríguez: piano

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2013-05-14

Ernesto Lecuona wrote more than 400 songs, 176 pieces for the piano, 50 theatrical pieces, 31 orchestral works, 15 soundtracks for the cinema, five ballets,...continue...

Debussy, Mahler: Mélodies de jeunesse, Early Art Songs; Julie Fuchs, soprano; Alphonse Cemin, piano

1 CD / Aparte / 2013-05-14

On this recording, 26-year-old soprano Julie Fuchs, recent winner of a Victoire de la Musique Classique for "Lyrical Revelation of the Year" and the Gabriel...continue...

Henri Tomasi: Concertos for Trumpet and for Trombone; Suite for 3 Trumpets / Éric Aubier: trumpet, Fabrice Millischer, trombone

1 CD / Indesens / 2013-05-14

Conductors: Boulanger, François; Billard, Sébastien
Ensemble: Republican Guard Wind Ensemble

The tracks on this CD are the perfect reflection of Henri Tomasi's aesthetic development and progression. The composer affirms that the true force of man...continue...

Ghedini: Concerto Spirituale; Malipiero: Sette Canzonette Veneziane; Il tarlo et al. / Alda Caiello & Lorna Windsor: sopranos; Antonio Ballista, piano

1 CD / La Bottega Discantica / 2013-05-14

Conductors: Ballista, Antonio
Ensemble: Orchestra I Pomeriggi

The union of the art of Giorgio Gederico Ghedini and the religiousness of Jacopone da Todi led to some of the most inspired works by...continue...

York Bowen: The Complete Works for Violin and Piano; Chloe Hanslip, violin; Danny Driver, piano

2 CD / Hyperion / 2013-05-14

Young virtuoso Chloë Hanslip and York Bowen specialist Danny Driver join forces to present Bowen's complete works for violin and piano. Many of these works...continue...

Sigfrid Karg-Elert: The Complete Organ Works, Vol. 5

1 CD / Priory / 2013-05-14

One of the most intriguing personalities in the sphere of organ composition, Sigfrid Karg-Elert is best known for his chorale improvisation o the hymn Nun...continue...

The French Accent - Chamber works by Poulenc, Thuille, Roussel, Hotteterre, Ferroud Jolivet et al.

1 CD / The Classics Label / 2013-05-14

What is "French" about French composers and players? In these recordings we can hear virtuosity, tangy tone colors, and a sheer joie de vivre that...continue...

Je Voy le Bon Tens Venir - A collection of courtly and dance songs from the later medieval period

1 CD / Alpha Productions / 2013-05-14

Conductors: Lazarevitch, François
Ensemble: Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien

A collection of courtly and dance songs of the later medieval period Focusing on the theme of Robin and Marion immortalized by Adam de la...continue...