Philip Glass: Metamorphosis; The Hours / Lavinia Meijer, harp1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2013-01-08 Works: Philip Glass: Glassworks; Metamorphosis, for piano; The Hours, music from the film score for pianoPerformers: Meijer, Lavinia Since their first encounter in May 2011, rising star harpist Lavinia Meijer has worked with some frequency with Philip Glass, even though he has never...continue... Recording information: Doopsgezinde Kerk, Deventer (05/2012)....continue... ![]() Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 6 - Sonatas nos 6, 9, & 13 / Igor Tchetuev, piano1 Super Audio CD / Caro Mitis / 2013-01-08 Russian pianist Igor Tchetuev continues his series of the complete Beethoven sonatas. Tchetuev was first prize laureate and audience favorite at the Arthur Rubinstiein Competition...continue... ![]() Valossa: From Darkness to Light1 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... ![]() Leos Janacek: Piano Works - On an overgrown path; Variations for Zdenka, a Recollection / Danae Dorken, piano1 Super Audio CD / ARS Productions Import / 2013-01-07 Works: Leos Janácek: On the overgrown path; Sonata 1.X.1905 "From the street"; Theme and variations for piano in B flat major ("Zdenciny variace," "Zdenka Variations"), JW 8/6; Reminiscence for PianoPerformers: Dorken, Danae Recording information: Immanuelskirche Wuppertal (09/10/2012-09/12/2012)....continue... ![]() Arthur Honegger: Complete Symphonies / Lubeck PO2 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... ![]() Johannes Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3; Handel Variations / Jonathan Plowright, piano1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-01-05 Works: Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Piano no 3 in F minor, Op. 5; Variations and Fugue for Piano in B flat major on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24Performers: Plowright, Jonathan It was in October 1853 that the 20-year-old Johannes Brahms completed his Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, while staying with Robert and Clara...continue... Recording information: Potton Hall, Saxmundham, Suffolk, England (08/2011)....continue... ![]() The Magic Bird / Emilia Amper, nyckelharpa (keyed fiddle) and vocals, Trondheim Soloists1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-01-01 Conductors:Ensemble: Trondheim Soloists Emilia Amper, one of Sweden's most exciting young folk musicians, is also one of the finest nyckelharpa players in the world today. (In fact, she...continue... ![]() Renaissance Airs & Dances arranged for Brass Quintet - works by Susato, Dowland, De La Torre, Gesualdo, Monteverdi / Stockholm Chamber Brass1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-01-01 Conductors:Ensemble: Stockholm Chamber Brass The brass quintet as we know it is a modern constellation, but ensembles of wind instruments, involving shawms and sackbuts, were a staple before the...continue... ![]() Brahms: Symphony No. 1; Hungarian Dances; Liebeslieder Waltzes / Dausgaard1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-01-01 Conductors: Dausgaard, ThomasEnsemble: Swedish Chamber Orchestra A weighty symphony, swaying Viennese waltzes and fiery Hungarian dances make up the colorful program when Thomas Dausgaard and his Swedish Chamber Orchestra engage with...continue... ![]() Schumann: Symphony No. 2; Overtures1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records Import / 2012-12-18 ![]() Fryderyk Chopin: Etude Op. 10 Nos. 4, 10 & 11; Etude Op. 25, Nos. 5, 8, 11 & 12; Ballades, Opp. 25, 38, 47, & 62; Nocturnes, Op. 62 & 72 et al. / Sviatoslav Richter, piano1 Super Audio CD / Praga / 2012-12-11 Continuing the solo piano theme, the second release features solo works by Chopin. Recorded over a span of twenty-plus years, these performances display Richter's special...continue... ![]() Franz Schubert: Piano Sonatas D 664 & 960; Impromptu D 899/4, Sviatoslav Richter, piano1 Super Audio CD / Praga / 2012-12-11 The third release features reissues of Schubert studio recordings from the 60s and 70s, ranging from the dark Piano Sonata No.21 from 1828 to the...continue... ![]() Manuel de Falla: Noches en los Jardines de Espana; El sombrero de Tres Picos; La Vida Breve / Clara Haskil, piano; Teresa Berganza, mezzo-soprano1 Super Audio CD / Praga / 2012-12-11 Conductors:Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande This exciting disc features rare recordings by the legendary pianist Clara Haskil and the beloved mezzo Teresa Berganza. Carefully remastered to DSD from open-reel tapes...continue... ![]() Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C major "Leningrad" / Valery Gergiev1 Super Audio CD / Mariinsky / 2012-12-11 Conductors: Gergiev, ValeryEnsemble: Mariinsky Orchestra Valery Gergiev and the acclaimed Mariinsky Orchestra continue their Shostakovich symphony cycle with an emotionally-charged performance of the composer's seventh symphony. Shostakovich d...continue... ![]() Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen [Highlights]2 Super Audio CD / Melba Recordings Import / 2012-12-11 This recording documents the 2004 State Opera of South Australia's production of The Ring - the fruit of decades of wishing and dreaming. This was...continue... ![]() Alexander Tcherepnin: Complete works for Cello and Piano / Michal Kanka, cello; Miguel Borges Coelho, piano1 Super Audio CD / Praga / 2012-12-11 Alexander Tcherepnin's travels to the Far East provided a major stylistic inspiration to his music. He is particularly noted for creating his own harmonic languages....continue... ![]() Sacred Songs of France, Vol. 1: 1198-1609 / Gloriae dei Cantores, Patterson1 Super Audio CD / Gloriae Dei Cantores / 2012-12-11 Conductors: Patterson, ElizabethEnsemble: Gloriae dei Cantores On their recording Sacred Songs of France, the first disc in a three-volume French choral pilgrimage, the acclaimed American choir Gloriae Dei Cantores takes listeners...continue... ![]() Clara Haskil & Dinu Lipatti: Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Debussy, Bartok1 Super Audio CD / Tahra / 2012-12-11 This special Super-Audio reissue compilation from Tahra celebrates the amazing artistry of two kindred Romanian musicians - Dinu Lipatti (1917-1950) and Clara Haskil (1895- 1960)...continue... ![]() Glinka: Gran Sestetto Originale; Divertimento Brillante; Tchaikovsky: String Quartet Op. 11 / Prazak Quartet; Lukas Klansky, piano1 Super Audio CD / Praga / 2012-12-11 Conductors:Ensemble: Prazak Quartet Lastly, the quartet is featured in a collection of Russian chamber music that pairs lesser known works by Glinka with Tchaikovsky....continue... ![]() Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 5 / Igor Tchetuev, piano1 Super Audio CD / Caro Mitis / 2012-12-11 Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 5 in C minor, Op. 10 no 1; Sonata for Piano no 10 in G major, Op. 14 no 2; Sonata for Piano no 22 in F major, Op. 54Performers: Tchetuev, Igor Acclaimed Russian pianist Igor Tchetuev continues his project of recording the complete Beethoven piano sonatas. Tchetuev was first prize laureate and audience favorite at the...continue... Recording information: 5th Studio of The Russian Television and Radio Broadcas (09/28/2010-09/30/2010)....continue... ![]() Joeseph Haydn: String Quartets Op. 71 'Apponyi' / Prazák Quartet1 Super Audio CD / Praga / 2012-12-11 Conductors:Ensemble: Prazák Quartet The Prazák Quartet is fully in tune with the grand gestures found in these quartets....continue... ![]() Beethoven: Piano Sonata; Diabelli Variations / Sviatoslav Richter, piano1 Super Audio CD / Praga / 2012-12-11 Praga's Richter Edition features SACD remasters of classic recordings by the great Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter. This month sees the release of three further installments...continue... ![]() Zeit Punkte - Muthspiel: Violin & Percussion Concerto; Resch: Symphony; Erod: Clarinet Concerto, Op. 88 / Benjamin Schmid, violin; Sharon Kam, clarinet1 Super Audio CD / Preiser / 2012-12-11 Works: Christian Muthspiel: Concerto for Violin, percussion & orchestra ("Pas de deux Concertant"); Gerald Resch: Cantus Firmus, symphony for chorus & orchestra; Iván Eröd: Concerto for Clarinet O...Performers: Kam, Sharon; Schmid, Benjamin; Uchiyama, Emiko Conductors: Orozco-Estrada, Andres; Hiemetsberger, Johannes Ensemble: ; Tonkunstler Orchester These are live performances of new music for orchestra performed by the Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, which is one of the most important institutions on the Austrian...continue... Recording information: Wiener Musikverein....continue... ![]() Antonin Dvorak: Symphonies 3 & 7 / Marcus Bosch1 Super Audio CD / Coviello / 2012-12-06 Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 7 in D minor, Op. 70/B 141; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 10/B 34Conductors: Bosch, Marcus Ensemble: ; Nurmberg State Philharmonic Since 2011 Marcus Bosch has been General Music Director of the Nuremberg State Theater. He is attracting new audiences with a range of innovative concert...continue... Recording information: Meistersingerhalle Nürnberg (01/16/2012-02/18/2012)....continue... ![]() Toshio Hosokawa (b.1955): String Quarets / Quatuor Diotima; Mayumi Miyata, sho1 Super Audio CD / Neos Production / 2012-12-05 Conductors:Ensemble: Quatuor Diotima Hosokawa rarely turns to analogies from early Japanese lyric poetry to explain his music. Far more often he refers to the tradition of calligraphy. He...continue... ![]() Rachmaninov: The Isle of the Dead; The Rock; Symphonic Dances / Andrew Litton1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-12-05 Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Isle of the Dead, Op. 29; The Rock, Op. 7; Symphonic Dances, Op. 45Conductors: Litton, Andrew Ensemble: ; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra The program on this disc include Rachmaninov's last work, the Symphonic Dances (1941) as well as The Rock, his first published orchestral work, but opens...continue... Recording information: Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway (06/2009/03/2008)....continue... ![]() Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 52 - Cantatas BWV140; BWV112; BWV29 / Hana Blaíková, soprano; Robin Blaze, counter-tenor; Gerd Türk, tenor; Peter Kooij, bass1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-12-05 Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme," BWV 140 (BC A166); Cantata no 112, "Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt" BWV 112; Cantata no 29, "Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danke...Conductors: Suzuki, Masaaki Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan On the 52nd disc in his monumental undertaking of recording all the sacred cantatas by J.S. Bach, Masaaki Suzuki includes one of the best-loved cantatas...continue... ![]() Noriko Ogawa Plays Mozart: Sonatas C major K.330, A major K.331, F major K.332 / Noriko Ogawa, piano1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-12-05 Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 10 in C major, K 330 (300h); Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i); Piano Sonata, K. 332Performers: Ogawa, Noriko A remarkably versatile musician, Noriko Ogawa's highly acclaimed recordings range from the recent box set of Debussy's complete piano music ('an exceptionally fine advocate', BBC...continue... Recording information: Potton Hall, Saxmundham, Suffolk, England (08/2011-09/2011)....continue... ![]() Christmas Dreams on 13 Strings / Anders Miolin, 13 string guitar1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-12-05 Of all the world's religious festivals, Christmas is probably the most universal and all-inclusive. When the angels appeared to the shepherds outside of Bethlehem, they...continue... ![]() Donaueschingen Music Festival 2011 - works by Wolfgang Rihm; Lars Petter Hagen; Saed Haddad; Wolfgang Mitterer et al.3 Super Audio CD / Neos Production / 2012-12-05 Conductors:Ensemble: Ensemble Musikfabrik; SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden und Freiburg ![]() Da Lontano - Music of Scelsi, Cage, Stockhausen & Nono / Michael Svoboda, trombone and tuba; Holger Stenschke, live electronics1 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... ![]() Music for Two Organs / Priuli, Valentini, Ebner, Froberger, Felician, Kerll, Poglietti, Techelmann / David Blunden and Johannes Strobl, organ
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