Notable New Releases - March 9, 2010

See all of our recommended new releases as well as our entire new release section. See previous lists of notable new releases: 1/10, 2/9/10, 2/23/10.

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Cecilia Bartoli sings virtuoso arias from her Sacrificium album, on location in and around the spectacular baroque palace of Caserta in southern Italy, just outside of Naples.

Sacrificium / Bartoli, Antonini, Il Giardino Armonico [DVD]

Release Date: 03/09/2010 Label: Decca Catalog: 001403909 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Riccardo Broschi, Nicolo Porpora, Francesco Araia, Geminiano Giacomelli ...

Performers: Cecilia Bartoli

Conductor: Giovanni Antonini

Orchestra/Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico

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It has been said that great Chopin performances require elegance, passion, glamour and strength - qualities which are all evident in the supreme performances of Nelson Freire.

Chopin: The Nocturnes / Nelson Freire

Release Date: 03/09/2010 Label: Decca Catalog: 001405302 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Frédéric Chopin

Performers: Nelson Freire

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Those who think of Mahler’s Fourth as the gentlest of his symphonies will have their ideas challenged by Valery Gergiev’s probing interpretation. Far from being a sunny, carefree idyll, this is something more prone to anxiety and tension than to tranquil nostalgia.

Mahler: Symphony No 4 / Claycomb, Gergiev, London Symphony Orchestra

Release Date: 03/09/2010 Label: Lso Live Catalog: 662 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Gustav Mahler

Performers: Laura Claycomb

Conductor: Valery Gergiev

Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

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This album explores the "classical" period of the troubadour school around the turn of the 13th century and provides a comprehensive historical and artistic background of this Golden Age.

Le royaume oublie - The Forgotten Kingdom / Savall, Hesperion XXI

Release Date: 03/09/2010 Label: Alia Vox Catalog: 9873 Number of Discs: 3
Composer: Various

Performers: Pascal Bertin, Montserrat Figueras, Luis Vilamajó, Furio Zanasi ...

Conductor: Jordi Savall

Orchestra/Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya

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Shostakovich's Eleventh Symphony doesn't ask for much more than great playing and sound, and an interpretation that keeps the music flowing and lets the climaxes achieve the necessary intensity, and Mark Wigglesworth certainly delivers.

Shostakovich: Symphony no 11 / Wigglesworth, Netherlands Radio PO

Release Date: 03/30/2010 Label: Bis Catalog: 1583 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth

Orchestra/Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

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The performances are uniformly excellent, particularly Sandrine Piau... All is captured in stellar sound, accompanied by informative notes that explain the context and derivation of each piece. Highly recommended.

Unknown Britten / Piau, Hind, Watkins, Collins

Release Date: 10/27/2009 Label: Nmc Catalog: 140 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Benjamin Britten

Performers: Sandrine Piau, Rolf Hind, Richard Watkins, Michael Thompson ...

Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair

Orchestra/Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

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Superb, vital accounts; the Scottish Chamber Orchestra doesn't play period instruments or eschew vibrato, but the hard sticks on the timpani give it an authentic flavour from a long-renowned Mozart specialist.

Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 29, 31, 32, 35 & 36 / Mackerras, Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Release Date: 03/01/2010 Label: Linn Records Catalog: 350 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras

Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra

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Trpčeski was born to perform this music, and Petrenko to conduct it. With the addition of the warm Russian sound that the RLPO adopts, the mix is exceptionally potent.

Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 2 & 3 / Trpceski, Petrenko

Release Date: 03/09/2010 Label: Avie Catalog: 2192 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Sergei Rachmaninov

Performers: Simon Trpčeski

Conductor: Vasily Petrenko

Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

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Haitink proves in recording after recording that he is at the pinnacle of current Mahler interpretation. This is an interpretation that manages to sound even more convincingly fresh and innovative, doing full justice to Mahler’s audacious symphonic “Titan.”

Mahler: Symphony No 1 / Bernard Haitink, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Release Date: 03/02/2009 Label: Cso Resound Catalog: 901904 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Gustav Mahler

Conductor: Bernard Haitink

Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Renowned actor and former chorister Simon Russell Beale explores the flowering of Western sacred music. This four-part documentary series contains some of the greatest music ever written, all performed by Harry Christophers and his award-winning choir, The Sixteen.

Sacred Music - Series 1 / Simon Russell Beale, The Sixteen

Release Date: 03/09/2010 Label: Coro Catalog: 16078 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Giovanni Palestrina, William Byrd, Thomas Tallis, Johann Sebastian Bach

Conductor: Harry Christophers

Orchestra/Ensemble: The Sixteen

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11.

The valiant opening measures soon give way to music of an elegiac quality. This is really the only extended piece of solo orchestral music, the remainder of the score is either sung with orchestral accompaniment or spoken. A highlight is the wonderfully fresh and vibrant singing of the scene for two tenors and two basses.

Mendelssohn: Antigone / Bernius, Bittner, Munich Chamber Choir

Release Date: 03/09/2010 Label: Carus Catalog: 83224 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

Performers: Michael Ransburg, Joachim Kuntzsch, Angela Winkler, Julian Nachtmann ...

Conductor: Frieder Bernius

Orchestra/Ensemble: Stuttgart Chamber Choir, Stuttgart Classical Philharmonic Orchestra

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