Notable New Releases - September 28, 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, 3/9/10, 3/23/10, 4/6/10, 4/20/10, 5/4/10, 5/11/10, 5/25/10, 6/8/10, 6/22/10, 7/13/10, 7/27/10, 8/10/10, 8/31/10, 9/14/10.

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Keyboard masterpieces by Bach featuring pianist Jeffrey Biegel playing on another kind of keyboard masterpiece: a Steinway Model D, handcrafted and specially selected for this project.

Bach on a Steinway / Jeffrey Biegel

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Steinway & Sons Catalog: 30001 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Performers: Jeffrey Biegel

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The Chicago Symphony Orchestra inaugurates Riccardo Muti's tenure as music director with Verdi's Requiem recorded live from sold-out, electrifying concerts. (2 CDs)

Verdi: Messa Da Requiem / Muti, Frittoli, Borodina, Zeffiri, Abdrazakov

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Cso Resound Catalog: 9011006 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Performers: Ildar Abdrazakov, Olga Borodina, Mario Zeffiri, Barbara Frittoli

Conductor: Riccardo Muti

Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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The innovative and versatile violinist Anne Akiko Meyers performs lyrical pieces inspired by songs and poems which take us on a journey through the seasons and into reverie.

Seasons… Dreams / Anne Akiko Meyers

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: eOne Catalog: 7780 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Claude Debussy, Richard Wagner, Gene Pritsker, Vernon Duke ...

Performers: Emmanuel Ceysson, Reiko Uchida, Anne Akiko Meyers

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I Drink the Air Before Me is a ballet score written for the Stephen Petronio Dance Company's 25th anniversary. The music and choreography create a sonic, ephemeral wave.

Nico Muhly: I Drink The Air Before Me

Release Date: 09/21/2010 Label: Decca Catalog: 001474202 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Nico Muhly

Performers: Nadia Sirota, Nico Muhly, Baer Baer, Alexandra Sopp ...

Conductor: Francisco J. Núñez

Orchestra/Ensemble: Young People's Chorus of New York City

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New music for piano and orchestra by one of America's most admired, awarded, and frequently performed composers, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich.

Zwilich: Millennium Fantasy, Images, Peanuts Gallery / Biegel, Jimenez, FSU

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Naxos Catalog: 8559656 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

Performers: Read Gainsford, Heidi Louise Williams, Jeffrey Biegel

Conductor: Alexander Jiménez

Orchestra/Ensemble: Florida State University Orchestra

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Hilary Hahn releases a very personal and unique album featuring a recently commissioned concerto paired with a staple of the violin repertoire.

Tchaikovsky, Higdon: Violin Concertos / Hilary Hahn

Release Date: 09/21/2010 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog: 1469802 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Jennifer Higdon, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Performers: Hilary Hahn

Conductor: Vasily Petrenko

Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

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Nico Muhly is a brilliant, original composing voice who writes music that is genuinely pleasing.

Nico Muhly: A Good Understanding / Gershon, Los Angeles Master Chorale

Release Date: 09/21/2010 Label: Decca Catalog: 001474102 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Nico Muhly

Performers: Ralph Morrison, Kazi Pitelka, John Walz, Aaron Smith ...

Conductor: Grant Gershon

Orchestra/Ensemble: Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Children's Chorus

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Elina Garanca, "the Carmen of our day," took the Metropolitan Opera by storm in January 2010, when this performance was broadcast worldwide. (2 DVDs)

Bizet: Carmen / Garanca, Alagna, Nezet-Seguin, Metropolitan Opera

Release Date: 09/21/2010 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog: 001431109 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Georges Bizet

Performers: Keith Miller, Barbara Frittoli, Roberto Alagna, Elina Garanca ...

Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Orchestra/Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus

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Daniel Harding combines the elaboration of musical details with an unerring flair for musical maelstrom effects.

Orff: Carmina Burana / Petibon, Gerhaher, Harding

Release Date: 09/21/2010 Label: Imports Catalog: 001456102 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Carl Orff

Performers: Patricia Petibon, Christian Gerhaher, Hans Werner Bunz

Conductor: Daniel Harding

Orchestra/Ensemble: Tölz Boys Choir, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

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Playing The Piano presents a wide-ranging view into the world of Ryuichi Sakamoto, the composer, musician, producer, actor, and environmental activist.

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Playing The Piano

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Decca Catalog: 001466272 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto

Performers: Ryuichi Sakamoto

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A musical drama that hits at the very core of the human condition.

Sallinen: The Red Line / Franck, Hynninen, Nisula, Finnish National Opera

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Ondine Catalog: 4008 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Aulis Sallinen

Performers: Aki Alamikkotervo, Paivi Nisula, Marko Puustinen, Pertti Makela ...

Conductor: Mikko Franck

Orchestra/Ensemble: Finnish National Opera Chorus, Finnish National Opera Orchestra

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Voigt brings floods of cool radiant sound, arching lyrical beauty, crisp diction, and sheer vocal charisma to her signature role. Both as the prima donna in a tizzy fit and as Ariadne bereft of love on her desert island, she is at once truly grand and amusingly self-deprecating, striking deadpan poses that any Broadway actor would envy.

Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos / Levine, Voigt, Dessay

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Erato (Dvd) Catalog: 41867 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Richard Strauss

Performers: Deborah Voigt, Susanne Mentzer, Natalie Dessay, Richard Margison ...

Conductor: James Levine

Orchestra/Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus

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Solomon’s recordings of the classical and romantic piano repertoire are documents of the highest artistic standing and, as such, take a permanent place in the history of pianism.

Solomon Plays Beethoven, Schumann, Bach & Chopin

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Audite Catalog: 23422 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Robert Schumann, Johann Sebastian Bach, Frédéric Chopin ...

Performers: Solomon

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This collection showcases the combination of trombone and organ through the centuries: 400 years of stylistic variety from baroque to modern times.

Trombone & Organ / Abbie Conant, Klemens Schnorr

Release Date: 02/26/2002 Label: Audite Catalog: 97410 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Giovanni Martino Cesare, George Frideric Handel, Johann Ludwig Krebs, Benedetto Marcello ...

Performers: Abbie Conant, Klemens Schnorr

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Belgium's "bendiest choreographer" is part contortionist, part visionary, part poet.

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui - Dreams Of Babel

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Bel Air Classiques Catalog: 64 Number of Discs: 1

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This can't be recommended highly enough; it would do as your only Ariadne.

Opera In English - Strauss: Ariadne On Naxos / Armstrong, Brewer, Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Chandos Catalog: 3168 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Richard Strauss

Performers: Christine Brewer, Gillian Keith, Robert Dean Smith, Alice Coote ...

Conductor: Richard Armstrong

Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra

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This was one of Nureyev's last ballet productions, choreographed in the style of Marius Petipa, which was performed only a few months before he relinquished his position as director.

Dancer's Dream - The Great Ballets Of Nureyev - Sleeping Beauty

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Arthaus Musik Catalog: 107021 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Conductor: Vello Pähn

Orchestra/Ensemble: Paris National Opera Orchestra

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What will come as a surprise even to connoisseurs of Schumann's works here are world premieres of rediscovered and reconstructed symphonic movements dating from the composer‘s legendary "symphony year" of 1841.

Homage To Robert Schumann / Harding, Staatskapelle Dresden

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Arthaus Musik Catalog: 101523 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Robert Schumann

Performers: Sebastian Dominik Pfeifer, Ole Kottner, Markus Butter, Franz Lindner ...

Conductor: Daniel Harding

Orchestra/Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle, Middle German Radio Chorus Leipzig

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An important document of operatic and film history, this restored recording is available on DVD for the first time.

Menotti: The Old Maid And The Thief, The Medium

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Arthaus Musik Catalog: 101515 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

Performers: Elisabeth Höngen, Hilde Konetzni, Olive Moorehead, Eberhard Wächter ...

Conductor: Wolfgang Rennert, Armando Aliberti

Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

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In this staging by Philipp Stölzl, Rienzi becomes a startlingly powerful and timeless parable of power and abuse.

Wagner: Rienzi / Kerl, Aldrich, Nylund, Lang-Lessing

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Arthaus Musik Catalog: 101521 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Richard Wagner

Performers: Torsten Kerl, Kate Aldrich, Camilla Nylund

Conductor: Sebastian Lang-Lessing

Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra, Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus

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For 20 years, the Philharmoniker have given a May Day concert in one of Europe’s great historic cities, and here, under the baton of Daniel Barenboim, the Berlin players thrill the Oxford audience with the sonorous and deeply-felt performances of works by Wagner, Elgar, and Brahms.

Europa Konzert 2010 / Barenboim, Weilerstein, Berlin PO

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Euroarts Catalog: 2058068 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Sir Edward Elgar, Richard Wagner, Johannes Brahms

Performers: Alisa Weilerstein

Conductor: Daniel Barenboim

Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

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Introducing Masterpieces of Classical Music is an informative and entertaining guide to some of the most important symphonic works of music history. Here, renowned scholar Wulf Konold discusses Beethoven’s life and the circumstances surrounding the composition of the Fifth Symphony.

Introducing Beethoven - Symphony No 5 / Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Euroarts Catalog: 2056028 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Conductor: Claudio Abbado

Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

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Footage of Bruckner’s birthplace in Austria, quotations from contemporaries, as well as plentiful musical examples also help to bring the monumental Eighth Symphony vividly to life.

Introducing Bruckner - Symphony No 8 / Boulez, Vienna Philharmonic

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Euroarts Catalog: 2056168 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Anton Bruckner

Conductor: Pierre Boulez

Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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When Arnold Schönberg composed what he regarded as the dramatization of his religious beliefs, he felt as though he was himself a Moses of the art world. "Endowed with a sense of mission," Schönberg continually reflected on how "to make the unfathomable, fathomable."

Schoenberg: Moses und Aron / Duesing, Conrad, Boder

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Euroarts Catalog: 2058178 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Arnold Schoenberg

Performers: Finnur Bjarnason, Andreas Conrad, Ilse Eerens, Dale Duesing ...

Conductor: Michael Boder

Orchestra/Ensemble: Chorwerk Ruhr, Bochum Symphony Orchestra

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To mark the 250th anniversary of Handel's death, Vienna´s Theater an der Wien realized a truly extraordinary project: a staging of The Messiah. Claus Guth, one of today's leading stage directors, delivered an emotionally and psychologically charged sequence of images.

Handel: Messiah / Gritton, Horak, Spinosi

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: C Major Catalog: 703008 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: George Frideric Handel

Performers: Richard Croft, Bejun Mehta, Susan Gritton, Cornelia Horak ...

Conductor: Jean-Christophe Spinosi

Orchestra/Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Ensemble Matheus

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"With a delightful design and jaunty music it has abundant charm. Entirely enchanting." So says The Times of London about this latest production from Shakespeare's Globe Theater in London.

Love's Labour's Lost / Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Opus Arte Catalog: 1035 Number of Discs: 1

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John Adams was inspired by the natural movement of water, and his fascination with modulating waveforms is the basis for the two works featured here. Philip Glass' Orphée Suite is based on his own chamber opera, which was in turn inspired by Cocteau’s film, Orphée.

Adams: China Gates, Phrygian Gates; Glass: Orphee Suite / David Jalbert

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Atma Classique Catalog: 2556 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: John Adams, Philip Glass

Performers: David Jalbert

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For his first solo ATMA recording, acclaimed Canadian tenor Lawrence Wiliford sings late works for voice and harp by Benjamin Britten, accompanied by Jennifer Swartz, Principal harpist with Montreal Symphony Orchestra.

Divine Musick - The Late Works Of Benjamin Britten / Wiliford, Swartz

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Atma Classique Catalog: 2623 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: William Croft, Pelham Humphrey, Jeremiah Clarke, John Blow ...

Performers: Lawrence Wiliford, Jennifer Swartz

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André Previn is one of the leading musicians of our day. Not only is he a classical pianist, conductor and composer; he was also one of the most influential jazz musicians of the fifties and sixties.

Andre Previn - A Bridge Between Two Worlds

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: C Major Catalog: 703208 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Performers: Franz Bartolomey, Günter Seifert, Rainer Küchl, André Previn

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An essential acquisition for anyone who cares about Barber's music.

Barber: Complete Orchestral Works / Alsop, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Naxos Catalog: 8506021 Number of Discs: 6
Composer: Samuel Barber

Performers: Stephane Rancourt, Louise Winter, Lesley Craigie, Roderick Williams ...

Conductor: Marin Alsop

Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

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Märkl lavishes great care over the details. This conductor/orchestra partnership is clearly something out of the ordinary.

Debussy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4 / Markl, Orchestra National De Lyon

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Naxos Catalog: 8572297 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Claude Debussy

Conductor: Jun Märkl

Orchestra/Ensemble: Lyon National Orchestra

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Roy Harris's love of polytonal sonorities, spacious virtuosity, rhapsodic improvisational passages and intimate moods gives his piano music a fascinating quality.

Roy Harris: Complete Piano Music / Geoffrey Burleson

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Naxos Catalog: 8559664 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Roy Harris

Performers: Geoffrey Burleson

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An album presenting highly enjoyable music of superlative craftsmanship and heartfelt expressivity.

Gordon Jacob: Chamber Music With Recorder

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Naxos Catalog: 8572364 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Gordon Jacob

Performers: Annabel Knight, Robin Bigwood, David Angel, Michal Kaznowski

Orchestra/Ensemble: Fontanella, Maggini String Quartet

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Piazzolla’s earthy yet highly developed music gains a new dimension of intimacy but also of power in the hands of this master of the keyboard.

Astor Piazzolla's Best Tangos

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Naxos Catalog: 8572331 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Astor Piazzolla

Performers: Aquiles Delle-Vigne

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The Finnish Radio Symphony plays with imagination and finesse under Sakari Oramo's inspired direction.

Respighi: Concerto In Modo Misolidio, Fontane Di Roma / Mustonen, Oramo

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Ondine Catalog: 1165-2 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Ottorino Respighi

Performers: Olli Mustonen

Conductor: Sakari Oramo

Orchestra/Ensemble: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

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Koh is a magnificent and exciting artist, establishing from her first notes a vital, vibrant presence.

The Singing Rooms / Spano, Koh, Atlanta Symphony

Release Date: 09/21/2010 Label: Telarc Catalog: 32630 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Alvin Singleton, Alexander Scriabin, Jennifer Higdon

Performers: Jennifer Koh

Conductor: Robert Spano

Orchestra/Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Chorus

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Lassus demonstrated his mastery of all the musical genres of the Renaissance era, culminating in his last work, Lagrime di San Pietro, and was hailed by French poet Ronsard as "more than divine."

Lassus: Lagrime di San Pietro / Jackson, Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montreal

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Atma Classique Catalog: 2509 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Orlando de Lassus

Conductor: Christopher Jackson

Orchestra/Ensemble: Montreal Studio for Ancient Music Choir

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Suzie LeBlanc joins La Nef to recreate what was was heard and presented in Rome at the Barberini Palace, where illustrious thinkers, musicians, artists, and poets gathered to present lavish theatrical productions and outdoor pageants.

Nobil Donna / Suzie LeBlanc

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Atma Classique Catalog: 2605 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Giovanni Felice Sances, Stefano Landi, Marco Marazzoli, Giovanni Battista Vitali ...

Performers: Alexander Weimann, Suzie LeBlanc

Conductor: Alexander Weimann

Orchestra/Ensemble: La Nef

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With nearly a hundred youthful voices joined in song, Bach's Christmas Oratorio has never sounded more radiant.

Bach: Christmas Oratorio / Wilhelm, Stuttgart Hymnus Chorknaben

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Hänssler Classic Catalog: 98622 Number of Discs: 3
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Performers: Krisztina Láki, Gisela Pohl, Karl Markus, Berthold Possemeyer

Conductor: Gerhard Wilhelm

Orchestra/Ensemble: Stuttgart Hymnus Boys Choir, Ensemble 76

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For more than a decade, Hänssler Classic's Complete Works of Bach has retained its pre-eminence as one of the milestones of recording history and stands as a benchmark in the performance of Bach's music.

Edition Bachakademie - Complete Works of J. S. Bach

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Hänssler Classic Catalog: 98620 Number of Discs: 172
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Performers: Yevgeny Koroliov, Thomas Quasthoff, Christine Schäfer, Juliane Banse ...

Conductor: Helmuth Rilling

Orchestra/Ensemble: Stuttgart Bach Collegium, Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart

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Thomas Fey's approach to Haydn well-considered and intelligent, choosing to let the music's argument shape each piece, and his Heidelberg ensemble responds to his direction like a well-oiled machine.

Haydn: Complete Symphonies Vol 13 / Fey, Heidelberg SO

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Hänssler Classic Catalog: 98595 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

Conductor: Thomas Fey

Orchestra/Ensemble: Heidelberg Symphony

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Benjamin Britten conducting his own works is always an experience. This new recording features a program of works not previously available on CD.

Benjamin Britten Conducts Benjamin Britten

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Hänssler Classic Catalog: 94213 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Benjamin Britten, William Byrd, Arthur Oldham, Michael Tippett ...

Conductor: Benjamin Britten

Orchestra/Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

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This is an anthology of Golden Age “classics” which would have been performed throughout Europe for centuries. In turn moving, intimate, spectacular and awe inspiring, this sacred music is always uplifting and deeply spiritual.

Santiago A Cappella / Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Soli Deo Gloria Records Catalog: 710 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Anonymous, Francisco Guerrero, Alonso Lobo, of Portugal John IV ...

Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

Orchestra/Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir

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From last season at the Vienna State Opera, this Faust was a real feast of singing. Featuring rising star Tenor Piotr Beczala and Finnish soprano Soile Isokoski.

Gounod: Faust / De Billy, Beczala, Youn, Isokoski

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Orfeo Catalog: 805103 Number of Discs: 3
Composer: Charles Gounod

Performers: Soile Isokoski, Piotr Beczala, Kwangchul Youn, Adrian Eröd ...

Conductor: Bertrand De Billy

Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna State Opera Orchestra

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Award winning pianist Martin Helmchen performs two shimmering, brilliant concertos by Felix Mendelssohn in splendid super audio sound. Philippe Herreweghe conducts.

Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos No 1 & 2 / Helmchen, Herreweghe, Royal Flemish Philharmonic

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Pentatone Catalog: 5186366 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

Performers: Martin Helmchen

Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe

Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Flemish Philharmonic

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It is quite inspiring to see so much concentration and passion enlisted in the cause of Mahler’s music. The image is quite striking. Striking, too, is the sound as the symphony opens: filling the soundstage, it is full-bodied and deep.

Mahler: Symphony No 2 / Abbado, Larsson, Gvazana [Blu-ray]

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Euroarts Catalog: 2053264 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Gustav Mahler

Performers: Anna Larsson, Eteri Gvazava

Conductor: Claudio Abbado

Orchestra/Ensemble: Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Orféon Donostiarra

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The Andante follows the Allegro energico and Abbado makes a compelling case all communicated through almost miraculously sensitive playing by this remarkable orchestra...one listens to the shifting moods and the amazing orchestration with different ears.

Mahler: Symphony No 6 / Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra [Blu-ray]

Release Date: 09/28/2010 Label: Euroarts Catalog: 2055644 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Gustav Mahler

Conductor: Claudio Abbado

Orchestra/Ensemble: Lucerne Festival Orchestra

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