Weekend Specials - September 13-15, 2013

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  This celebration of lush Romanticism features the beautiful voice of Renée Fleming in a selection of songs and arias much of which she might never sing on stage, from Berlioz and Wagner to Rachmaninov and Canteloube.
  
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  Guilty Pleasures / Renee Fleming

  Release Date: 09/17/2013   Label: Decca   Catalog: 001903302   Number of Discs: 1

  Composer: Hector Berlioz,  Henri Duparc,  Licinio Refice,  Manuel de Falla  ... 
  

  Performers: Renée Fleming,  Susan Graham,  Janet Simpson
  

  Conductor: Sebastian Lang-Lessing
  

  Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  
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  Christopher Hogwood and the Academy of Ancient Music play this music with just the right blend of elegance and vigor, with smooth, spare textures and clean lines. This is definitely the Haydn cycle to collect.
  
  Also available: Mozart: Complete Symphonies / Hogwood

  Haydn: Symphonies 1-75, 94, 96, 100, 104, 107, 108 / Hogwood, AAM

  Release Date: 04/14/2015   Label: L'oiseau Lyre   Catalog: 002295902   Number of Discs: 32

  Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  

  Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
  

  Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music
  

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  For his debut recording with the venerable Berlin Philharmonic, Latin American powerhouse Gustavo Dudamel anticipates Richard Strauss's 150th anniversary year with three of the composer's most popular and enduring tone poems.

  Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra / Dudamel, Berlin PO

  Release Date: 09/17/2013   Label: Deutsche Grammophon   Catalog: 001891302   Number of Discs: 1

  Composer: Richard Strauss
  

  Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel
  

  Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
  

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  Petrenko’s Shostakovich cycle already is one of the best out there, but this release really puts the seal on his achievement. This is absolutely essential, and it’s exceptionally well recorded to boot.
  
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  Shostakovich: Symphony No 7 / Petrenko

  Release Date: 05/28/2013   Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8573057   Number of Discs: 1

  Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
  

  Conductor: Vasily Petrenko
  

  Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  

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  A most agreeable library staple; conductor, orchestra, and recording all lend themselves to long-term listening. Sanderling is not afraid to allow these Northern flowers and trees to bloom at a natural pace.

  Sibelius: Complete Symphonies, Tone Poems / Sanderling, Sinaisky

  Release Date: 08/27/2013   Label: Brilliant Classics   Catalog: 9439   Number of Discs: 7

  Composer: Jean Sibelius
  

  Performers: Maria Jogeva
  

  Conductor: Kurt Sanderling,  Vassili Sinaisky
  

  Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Symphony Orchestra,  Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
  

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