Feature New Releases - June 2008
A listing of some of our Favourite releases as they become available!
 | Nielsen: Complete Piano Music (roscoe) Label: Hyperion Catalog: CDA67591/92 Format: CD Artist: Martin Roscoe, piano Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) Disc One|: Symphonic Suite Op.8 (FS 19); A Dream about 'Silent Night' FS 34; Festival Prelude for the New Country FS 24; Piano Music for Young and Old Book 1 Op.53 FS 148... Nielsen's piano works are among the most original and characteristic in the repertoire. There is no mistaking his idiosyncratic musical voice, his sense of joy of discovery and invention, and spir... |  Price: $41.98 |
 | Mozart: The Violin Concertos / Carmignola Abbado  Label: DG Catalog: 4777371 Format: CD Performer: Giuliano Carmignola, Danusha Waskiewicz Conductor: Claudio Abbado Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 1 in B flat major, K 207; Concerto for Violin no 2 in D major, K 211; Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K 216; Concerto for Violin no 4 in D major, K 218; C... Gramophone Award Finalist - Concerto 2009 Uberto Martinelli’s interview with Giuliano Carmignola, printed in the booklet, reveals that Claudio Abbado, having played Mozart’s Fourth ... | Price: $25.98 |
 | Bach & Telemann: Oboe D'amore Concertos Mallon Label: NAXOS Catalog: 8570735 Format: CD Thomas Stacy - (Oboe d'amore); Toronto Chamber Orchestra; Kevin Mallon (conductor) The Oboe D'amore has been revived in this new disc from the Toronto Chamber Orchestra. Thomas Stacy brings this seldom used instrument to the forfront in concerti by Bach and Telemann. The playing... | Price: $9.98 |
 | Hildegard Von Bingen: Celestial Harmonies Label: NAXOS Catalog: 8557983 Format: CD Responsories and Antiphons from Symphoniae armonie celestium revelationum Now enjoying cult status since her 're-discovery' 25 years ago, Hildegard von Bingen, the tenth child of an aristocratic family, entered a convent at the age of eight and spent the remainder of h... | Price: $9.98 |
 | Martha Argherich and Friends - Live from the Lugano Festival 2007 Release Date: 04/01/2008 Label: EMI Classics Catalogue: 18333 Number of Discs: 1 Format: CD Composer: | Price: $19.98 On Sale |
 | Sibelius: Edition Vol. 4 Label: BIS Catalog: CD1909/11 Format: CD Artist: Folke Gräsbeck, piano; Lasse Pöysti, recitation Jean Sibelius: Piano Music I: Original Works and Piano Transcriptions: Piano Sonata in F major; Six Impromptus; Kylilkki; Ten Pieces, Op.24 (including Romance in D flat major); Bagatelles; P... The piano music of Sibelius might be regarded as a well-kept secret, overshadowed by his orchestral music. The sheer volume of piano works suggests, however, that the composer's often-cited dislik... | Price: $63.98 |
 | Bach Cantatas, Vol.39 / Suzuki Label: BIS Catalog: SACD1641 Format: CD Artist: Bach Collegium Japan; Masaaki Suzuki; Carolyn Sampson, soprano; Robin Blaze, counter-tenor; Gerd Türk, tenor; Peter Kooij, bass; Dmitry Badiarov, violoncello da spalla; Concerto Palatino Johann Sebastian Bach: Also hat Gott die welt geliebt, BWV68; Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen, BWV175; Gottlob! nun geht das Jahr zu Ende, BWV28; Sie werden euch in den Bann tun, BWV183; I... After two volumes concentrating on solo cantatas, the full forces - including the splendid choir - of Bach Collegium Japan return in this programme of five cantatas dated 1725. The choir instantly ... |
 | Bach: Cantatas Vol 25 / Gardiner, Et Al Label: SOLI DEO GLORIA Catalog: SDG144 Format: CD Artist: The Monteverdi Choir; The English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner "SDG's spring 2008 release combines Cantatas for the Fifth Sunday after Easter with those written for the Sunday after Ascension Day. The first set of Cantatas were recorded in Dresden. It was ... | Price: $41.98 |
 | Julian Bream: Plays Dowland And Bach Label: DG Catalog: 4777550 Format: CD Julian Bream / Golden Age Singers / Edith Steinbauer / Beatrice Reichert Queen Elizabeth's Galliard / Lachrimae Antiquae Pavan / Mrs White's Nothinge / Mrs Vaux's Gigge / Farewell - A Fancy / Orlando Sleepeth / Fantasia / King of Denmark's Galliard / Melancholy Gall... Julian Bream is widely regarded as one of the greatest guitarists of the twentieth century with a recorded legacy that is second to none. The bulk of his recordings was issued by RCA, but th... | Price: $15.98 |
 | Mahler: Symphony 10 / Daniel Harding Label: DG Catalog: 4777347 Format: CD Orhcestra: Wiener Philharmoniker; Conductor: Daniel Harding Mahler: Symphony 10 For his first Deutsche Grammophon recording, Daniel Harding ("The most dynamic man in music today" - The Observer) returns to the work with which he made his acclaimed Vienna Philharmonic debut: ... | Price: $15.98 |
 | Beethoven: The Piano Concertos / Kuerti, Tso Label: CBC Catalog: SMCD52463 Format: CD Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1-5 In celebration of the great pianist, ANTON KUERTI , CBC Records is re-releasing the classic set of Beethoven piano concertos with the TORONTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA under the baton of SIR ANDREW DAVIS.... | Price: $19.98 |
 | Keenlyside/kirchschlager: Dein Ist Mein Ganzes... Label: Masterworks Catalog: 88697119082 Format: CD Performers: Simon Keenlyside, Angelika Kirchschlager Kálmán: Die Csárdásfürstin, “Weißt du es noch”; Lehár: Giuditta: “Meine Lippen, die küssen so heiß”; Kálmán: Die Csardasfürstin, “Tanzen möcht' ich”; Lehár: Die lustige W... | Price: $26.98 |
 | Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3 (brautigam) Label: BIS Catalog: SACD1692 Format: CD Artist: Ronald Brautigam, piano; Noerrköpping Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Parrott Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1 in C major, Op.15; Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, Op.37 With five discs released so far in the cycle, Ronald Brautigam now takes on Beethoven's complete works for piano and orchestra, choosing to do so on a modern piano and with a modern instrument orc... | Price: $22.98 |
 | Tchaikovsky: Symphony 5 & Schumann: Piano Concerto Label: Catalog: AUD10016 Format: CD Artist: Ferenc Fricsay, conductor. Alfred Cortot, piano Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5, Schumann: Piano Concerto In 1949 Ferenc Fricsay opened a long series of first rate classical music recordings at the Jesus-Christus-Kirche in Berlin with Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony. This venue, a church with a particu... | Price: $11.98 |
 | Mirella Freni: Un Bel Di - Puccini Scenes & Arias Label: DECCA Catalog: 4780368 Format: CD Performers: Mirella Freni, Robert Kerns, Christa Ludwig, Luciano Pavarotti, Elke Schary, Paul Hudson, Michel Sénéchal, Sherrill Milnes, John Tomlinson, Elizabeth Harwood, Gianni Maffeo, Rolando Panerai, Franco De Grandis, Giuseppe Giacomini, Gloria Scalchi, Elena Suliotis, Dwayne Croft Conductors: Herbert von Karajan, Nicola Rescigno, Bruno Bartoletti, James Levine, Giuseppe S... Arias from: Madama Butterfly, Turandot, Tosca, La Boheme, Il trittico (Il tabarro; Suor Angelical Gianni Schicchi); Manon Lescaut The world's leading Puccini soprano sings his greatest arias; 2 CDs of favourite scenes and duets with guest artists Luciano Pavarotti, Christa Ludwig and Sherrill Milnes. | Price: $15.98 |
 | Handel: Dettingen Te Deum (layton) Label: Hyperion Catalog: CDA67678 Format: CD Artist: The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge; Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Marlow, organ; Stephen Layton, conductor George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) : Te Deum in D major 'Dettingen' HWV283 (We praise thee, O Lord - All the earth doth worship thee - To thee all angels cry aloud - To thee Cherubin and Seraphin... The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, is one of Britain's great mixed choirs. Under its new director, the mercurial Stephen Layton, it has reached new heights of musical excellence in this late... | Price: $19.98 |
 | Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1-5 (pollini) Label: DG Catalog: 4777244 Format: CD Maurizio Pollini · Ilya Gringolts Mario Brunello · Alexander Lonquich Berliner Philharmoniker Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela · Claudio Abbado The Piano Concertos Tripelkonzert Triple Concerto op. 56 Specially priced 3-CD set! Includes BONUS: Beethoven’s Triple Concerto conducted by Claudio Abbado! | Price: $33.98 |
 | Brahms: Complete Works (60 Cd) Label: BRILLIANT CLASSICS Catalog: BRLCD93554 Format: CD Performer: Karin Lechner, Alexander Tamir, Bracha Eden, Borika Van Den Booren, János Starker, Emmy Verhey, Isabelle Faust, Derek Han, Alain Meunier, Bruno Giuranna, Brett Dean, Thomas Brandis, Wolfgang Boettcher, Wilfried Strehle, Peter Brem, Karl Leister, Ferenc Bognár, Sadao Harada, Kazuhide Isomura, Kikuei Ikeda, Peter Oundjian, Ian Brown, Marcia Crayford, F... The Complete Works of Johannes Brahms on 60 CDs at an unbeatable price. This set includes a CD ROM with all texts in English, French, Italian and Spanish. | Price: $119.98 |
 | Vladimir Horowitz: Horowitz In Hamburg Label: DG Catalog: 4777558 Format: CD Vladimir Horowitz: Piano Works by: Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Moritz Moszkowski "On revient toujours..." For most Europeans, Vladimir Horowitz had remained for many years an American legend. Then in 1982 he returned to London to give his first concerts there in over 28 years... | Price: $15.98 |
 | Andreas Brantelid: Cello Concertos Label: Catalog: 5099921303821 Format: CD Andreas Brantelid / Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Schonwandt (conductor) Saint-Saëns & Schumann: Cello Concertos; Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme Andreas Brantelid is hailed in Scandinavia as one of the leading cellists of his generation. Having been the first Scandinavian to receive 1st Prize at both the Eurovision Young Musicians Competit... | Price: $7.98 |
 | Alfred Cortot - The Late Recordings Vol 3 Release Date: 12/11/2007 Label: APR (Appian) Catalogue: APR5573 Number of Discs: 1 Format: CD Composer: Frédéric Chopin Performer: Alfred Cortot | Price: $19.98 |
