Monthly Archives: July 2010

New Arrivals 7/29/10

CDs

Musical Theater

Lane/HarburgFinian’s Rainbow – New Broadway Cast (CD 5217)

Bryan/DiPietroMemphis – Original Broadway Cast (CD 5218)

Lippa - The Addams Family – Original Broadway Cast (CD 5208)

Green DayAmerican Idiot – Original Broadway Cast (CD 5219)

Johnson/HochhauserMy Vaudeville Man! – Original Off-Broadway Cast (CD 5220)

Bacharach/DavidPromises, Promises – New Broadway Cast (CD 5221)

20th Century & Contemporary Classical

Bernard RandsNow Again; Network for New Music Ensemble, Jan Krzywicki, cond. (CD 5204)

Jorge Variego & others - Necessity; Jorge Variego, clarinets (CD 5205)

Undine Smith Moore, Thomas Jefferson Anderson, & others – Songs for the Soul: Chamber Music by African American Composers; Mallarmé Chamber Players, Nnenna Freelon, vocalist (CD 5206)

Peter Lieberson - Red Garuda/Rilke Songs/Bagatelles/Piano Quintet; various performers (CD 5216)

Piazzolla - Cavatina Duo Plays Astor Piazzolla (CD 5215)

Henry MartinSelected Piano Music; Hillary Demske, piano (CD 5213)

Martin BresnikEvery Thing Must Go; various performers (CD 5212)

Alan ShulmanWorks for Cello; Wesley Baldwin, cello, Kevin Class, Piano, Hot Springs Festival Orchestra (CD 5210)

Bonita Boys & Nicholas Golusas - Quicksilver: Songs & Dances of the Americas for Flute and Guitar (Beaser/Liptak/Piazzolla) (CD 5211)

Carl Nielsen – Symphonies 3 & 4; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä, cond. (CD 5927)

David Stock – String Quartets 5, 6, & 7; Cuarteto Latinoamericano (CD 5209)

The Prairie Winds - Turbulent Winds: Music From Eastern Europe – Wind Quintets by Ligeti, Farkas, Szervánszky, Haas (CD 5207)

Shostakovich - Cello Concertos Nos.1 & 2; Mstislav Rostropovich, cello, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, David Oistrakh, cond./Satires (Pictures of the Past); Galina Vishnevskaya, soprano; Mstislav Rostropovich, piano (CD 5202)

Shostakovich - Cello Concertos Nos.1 & 2; Kyrill Rodin, cello, Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Konstantin Krimets, cond. (CD 5928)

Shostakovich - Symphony Nos.5 & 10; Hallé, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (CD 5203)

Other

Chicago Trombone ConsortChicago Trombone Consort (trombone works by Palestrina, Nelhyble, Rhineburer, and others) (CD 5214)

Schumann – Quintet for Two Violins, Viola, Cello, and Piano in E flat major, Op.44 / Brahms - Quintet for Two Violins, Viola Cello, and Piano in F minor, Op.34; Kodály Quartet, Jenö Jandó, piano (CD 5929)

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New Arrivals – 7/26/10

CDs

Mozart - Requiem, K.626; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Robert Shaw, cond. (CD 5930)

Vivaldi - Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons); English Chamber Orchestra, Nigel Kennedy, violin & director (CD 5931)

J.S. Bach - Great Organ Works; Peter Hurford, organ (CD 5895)

Beethoven - Alfred Brendel Plays Beethoven, Vol. IV: Diabelli Variations, Bagatelles, Variations, Rondos (CD 5894)

Beethoven - Alfred Brendel Plays Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1 (Nos.27-32) (CD 5897)

Beethoven - Alfred Brendel Plays Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2 (Nos.16-19, 21-23, & 26) (CD 5896)

Haydn - Cello Concerto in D major/Symphony No.103 “Drumroll”/Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major (CD 5899)

Pärt - Te Deum/Silouans Song/Magnificat/Berliner Messe; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste, cond. (CD 5901)

Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, Op.35/Capriccio espagnol, Op.34; London Philharmonic, Mariss Jansons, cond. (CD 5902)

Khachaturian - Spartacus/Gayaneh; Wiener Philharmoniker, Aram Khachaturian, cond. / Prokofiev - Romeo & Juliet, excerpts; Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel, cond. (CD 5903)

Mahler - Symphony No.9; Philharmonia Orchestra, Benjamin Zander, cond. (CD 5898)

Mahler - Symphony No.5; Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eliahu Inbal, cond. (CD 5918)

Mahler - Symphony No.6; New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli, cond. / R. Strauss - Ein Heldenleben; London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli, cond. (CD 5900)

Bruckner - Symphony No.9; London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, cond. (CD 5921)

Sibelius - Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.43 / Tubin - Symphony No.5 in B minor; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi, cond. (CD 5922)

Sibelius - Symphony, No.3, Op.52/Belshazzar’s Feast suite, Op.51/King Christian II suite, Op.27; Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, cond. (CD 5925)

Korngold - Military March/Cello Concerto, Op.37/Symphonic Serenade for String Orchestra, Op.39/Piano Concerto in C sharp (for left hand), Op.17; BBC Philharmonic, Matthias Bamert, cond. (CD 5926)

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New Arrivals – 7/23/10

CDs

Prokofiev – Romeo and Juliet, Suites Nos. 1 & 2; Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons, cond. (CD 5907)

Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (excerpts); Berlin Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen, cond. (CD 5919)

Prokofiev - Symphony No. 5, Op. 100/Dreams, Op. 6; Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy, cond. (CD 5915)

Schumann - The Complete Symphonies – Mahler Edition; Gewandhausorchester, Riccardo Chailly, cond. (CD 5893)

Strauss - Don Juan, Op.20/Till Eulenspiegel, Op.28/Tod und Verklärung, Op.24; Detroit Symphony, Antal Dorati, cond. (CD 5916)

Mahler - Symphony No.10; Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, Eliahu Inbal, cond. (CD 5917)

Shostakovich - Symphony No.10 in E minor, Op.73/String Quartet No.7 in F sharp minor, Op.108; USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, cond. / Shostakovich Quartet (CD 5905)

Martinů - Piano Quintets Nos. 1 & 2/Sonata for Two Violins and Piano; Martinů Quartet, Karel Košárek, piano (CD 5932)

Antheil/Copland/Honegger/Ravel - Piano Concertos of the 1920s; Michael Rische, piano (CD 5933)

Honegger - Symphonies 1-5/Pacific 231/Rugby; Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Charles Dutoit, cond. (CD 5892)

Stravinsky - Jeu de Cartes/Orpheus/Histoire du Soldat; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi, cond. (CD 5924)

Brahms - Serenade No.1/Variations on a Theme by Haydn; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Yoel Levi, cond. (5909)

Hindemith - Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber/”Nobilissima Visione” – Suite/”Mathis der Maler” – Symphony; Philadelphia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch, cond. (CD 5912)

Englund - Concerto for Cello and Orchestra/Aphorisms (Symphony No.6); Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Tampere Philharmonic Choir, Jan-Erik Gustafsson, cello, Eri Kilas, cond. (CD 5913)

Englund - Orchestra Works; Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Niklas Sivelöv, piano, Jorma Panula, cond. (CD 5911)

Nielsen - Overture to Maskarade/Aladdin Suite / Grieg - Peer Gynt Suites; San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt, cond. (CD 5910)

Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No.1 / Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No.2; Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Jorge Bolet, piano, Charles Dutoit, cond. (CD 5920)


DVDs

Wagner – Der Ring des Niebelungen (DVDs 129-132)

Das Rheingold (DVD 129)

Die Walküre (DVD 130)

Siegfried (DVD 131)

Götterdämmerung (DVD 132)

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New Arrivals – 7/14/10

CDs

Copland – The Copland Collection: Early Orchestral Works 1922-1935 (CD 5197)

Melartin - Violin Concerto/Sleeping Beauty Suite/Lyric Suite No. 3 (CD 2217)

Sibelius – The Symphonies/Tone Poems/Violin Concerto; Philharmonia Orchestra & Boston Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy, cond. (CD 5198)

Bartók/Lutosławski – Concertos for Orchestra; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi, cond. (CD 5201)

Gubaidulina/Pärt/Shostakovich/Shchedrin/Karayev – 20th Century Russian Piano Music; Vladimir Yurigin-Klevke, piano (CD 5199)

Szymanowski – Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2; Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Karol Stryja, cond. (CD 1831)

Szymanowski – Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4; Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Karol Stryja, cond. (CD 89)

Haydn - Concertos for Keyboard, Organ, Cello, Violin, Trumpet, Horn (CD 5890)

Haydn - Baryton Divertimenti, Vol. 1; The Esterházy Machine (CD 5194)

Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.6 “Pathétique”/Romeo & Juliet/Fantasy Overture; Kirov Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, cond. (CD 5858)

Tchaikovsky - Piano Concertos 1-3/Concert Fantasy; Mikhail Pletnev, piano w/ The Philharmonia, Valdimir Fedoseyev, cond. (CD 5879)

Tchaikovsky - Complete Symphonies; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Mstislav Rostropovich (CD 5196)

Mozart - Piano Concertos, Nos. 8, 9, 12, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 25; Rudolf Serkin, piano w/ London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, cond. (CD 5891)

Von Weber - Piano Concertos/Symphonies/Overtures; Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner, cond. & Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt or Gustav Kuhn, cond. (CD 5882)

Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor op.13 “Pathétique” / Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.6 in B minor op. 74 “Pathétique” (CD 5859)

Beethoven - Symphony No.9; Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner, cond. – performed on period instruments (CD 5851)

Dvořák - Piano Quintets in A, op.5 & op.81; Sviatoslav Richter, piano w/ Borodin Quartet (CD 5861)

Sibelius - Symphony No.2 / Beethoven - Symphony No.5; Concertgebouw Orchestra, George Szell, cond. (CD 5860)

Berlioz - Messe solennelle; Monteverdi Choir w/ Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner, cond. – performed on period instruments (CD 5863)

Prokofiev - The Complete Symphonies; Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi, cond. (CD 5884)

Brahms - String Quartets/Piano Quintet; Emerson String Quartet & Leon Fleisher (CD 5885)

Froberger - Libro Quarto, 1656; Webb Wiggins, harpsichord & organ (CD 5193)

Clara Schumann – Trio in G minor, op.17 / Robert Schumann – Trio in D minor, op.63; The Castle Trio (CD 5195)

Schubert - Piano Quintet in A major “The Trout”/String Quartet No.14 in D minor “Death and the Maiden” (CD 5850)

Wynton Marsalis & the Lincoln Center Jazz OrchestraBig Train (CD 5852)

Wynton Marsalis - The Midnight Blues (Standard Time, Vol. 5) (CD 5853)

Wynton Marsalis – Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (CD 5855)

Shostakovich - Festive Overture/Piano Concerto No.2/Symphony No.5; Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton, cond. (CD 5856)

Saint-Saëns - “Organ” Symphony & other selections; Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, cond. (CD 5857)

Saint-Saëns - Five Piano Concertos; Pascal Rogé, piano w/ Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit, cond. (CD 5875)

R. Strauss – An Alpine Symphony/Sinfonia Domestica/Till Eulenspiegel/Don Juan/Suite for Winds, op.4; Minnesota Orchestra, Edo de Waart (CD 5877)

R. Strauss – Also Sprach Zarathustra/Ein Heldenleben/Eine Alpensinfonie/Don Juan/Till Eulenspiegel; Wiener Philharmoniker, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti, cond. (CD 5881)

Kilar - Missa Pro Pace; The Warsaw Philharmonic, National Orchestra & Choir of Poland, Kazimierz Kord, cond. (CD 5864)

Janáček - Glagolitic Mass/Sinfonietta; London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas, cond. (CD 5888)

Janáček - In the Mist/Piano sonata, 1.X.1905/On an Overgrown Path/A Recollection; András Schiff, piano (CD 5889)

Khachaturian - Piano Concerto / Franck - Symphonic Variations; Peter Katin, piano w/ London Symphony Orchestra (CD 5200)

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New Arrivals 7/9/10

CDs

Sibelius – The Symphonies (CD 5876)

Grieg/Sibelius/Rangström/Eggen/Alnæs/Lie - Land of the Midnight Sun (CD 8172)

V/A – Dengue Fever presents Electric Cambodia (CD 5189)

Fela Kuti -The Best of the Black President (CD 5190)

Bruckner – Te Deum/9 Motets/Mass in E minor / R. Strauss – Deutsche Motette/Der Abend/Hymne (CD 5880)

J.S. Bach/J.P. Brosse – Jewels of the Masters (CD 5188)

Vivaldi/Bach/Roman – Transcriptions for Organ; Bedrich Janacek, organist (CD 5187)

Elgar – Pomp & Circumstance (CD 5185)

J.S. Bach/Mendelssohn/Schumann/Mozart/Buxtehude – The Giresta organ, played by Mattias Wager (CD 5186)

Verdi/Puccini/Mozart – Great Performances: Arias; Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano (CD 6016)


DVDs

Tan Dun – The First Emperor (MUSIC LIBRARY DVD 128)


Scores

LaneFinian’s Rainbow – vocal selections (M1508.L25 F5 2009)

HermanLa Cage aux Folles – vocal score (M1503.H546 C3 1995)

YestonNine – vocal selections (M1508.Y47 N5 2003)

C.P.E. Bach – Concerto in D minor for flute and piano (M1121.B23 H.484.1 1969)

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