Feature New Releases - September 2008
A listing of some of our Favourite releases as they become available!
 | Anne-sophie Mutter: Bach & Gubaidulina Label: DG Catalog: 4777450 Format: CD Anne-Sophie Mutter: violin; London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor) J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos, No. 1 BWV 1041; No. 2 BWV 1042 Sofia Gubaidulina: In tempus praesens (Concerto for violin and orchestra) This is the first recording of Gubaidulina’s second large-scale work for violin and orchestra, In tempus praesens, and it is stunning. The writing for violin is idiomatic and precise and the conv... |  Price: $15.98 |
 | Magdalena Kozena: Songs My Mother Taught Me  Label: DG Catalog: 4776665 Format: CD Magdalena Kozena, mezzo soprano; Malcolm Martineau, piano Traditional: Kebych bola jahodú; Janacek: Moravská lidová poesie v písních (Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs); Dvorak: Ciganské melodie (Gypsy Melodies), Op.55; Schulhoff: Národní písne a tan... Gramophone Award Finalist - Solo Vocal 2009 Magdalena Kožená says that the title of this new disc is not fanciful. There are indeed songs here that her mother sang to her as a child a... | Price: $15.98 |
 | Bryn Terfel: Scarborough Fair Label: DG Catalog: 4777471 Format: CD Sharon Corr · Ronan Keating · Kate Royal · London Voices · London Symphony Orchestra · Barry Wordsworth Carrickfergu; My Lagan Love; My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose; Loch Lomond; She Moved Through The Fair; Ae Fond Kiss; O Waly Waly; Blow The Wind Sutherly; Molly Malone; Passing By; The Turtle Dove; ... For this musical tour of the British Isles, Bryn Terfel selected these English, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish folksongs. He's joined by special guests Sharon Corr, Ronan Keating, and Kate Royal - ac... | Price: $15.98 |
 | Chopin: Piano Concertos / Lang Lang Label: DG Catalog: 4777984 Format: CD Lang Lang: piano; Veinna Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta: Conductor Frederic Chopin: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 Lang Lang's passionate performances of the Chopin concertos have been acclaimed worldwide. In these recordings, accompanied by the superb Vienna Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta, he invests these m... | Price: $15.98 |
 | The Berlin Concert / Simone Dinnerstein Label: TELARC Catalog: CD80715 Format: CD Simone Dinnerstein: Piano 1-7. Johann Sebastian Bach - French Suite No. 5 in G major 8-20. Philip Lasser - Twelve Variations on a Chorale by J.S. Bach 21-22. Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 32 i... American pianist Simone Dinnerstein will release her second album on Telarc on September 2nd in Canada. The CD is a live recording of Ms. Dinnerstein’s recital debut at the Kammermusiksaal of the... | Price: $15.98 |
 | Daniel Taylor: The Voice Of Bach Label: RCA RED SEAL Catalog: 88697290312 Format: CD Daniel Taylor: Counter Tenor; Theatre of Early Music 1. Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 4 "Christ lag in Todesbanden" 2. Aria from St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 "Erbarme Dich" Taylor, Daniel 3. Aria (Duetto) from Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 7... Juno Award Nominee 2009 - Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral Performance The Voice Of Bach showcases some of the most famous and best-loved examples of J.S. Bachʼs superlative writ... | Price: $17.98 |
 | Adams: Doctor Atomic / Finley Label: OPUS ARTE Catalog: OA0998D Format: DVD J. Robert Oppenheimer: Gerald Finley Kitty Oppenheimer: Jessica Rivera General Leslie Groves: Eric Owens Edward Teller: Richard Paul Fink Jack Hubbard: James Maddalena Robert Wilson: Thomas Glenn Captain James Nolan: Jay Hunter Morris Pasqualita: Ellen Rabiner GRAMOPHONE DVD OF THE MONTH - DECEMBER 2008 The longing to overcome human boundaries lead the physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to begin an experiment that formed a threat to the whole of humani... | Price: $47.98 |
 | Schumann: Dichterliebe And Heine Songs (gerald Fi Label: Hyperion Catalog: CDA67676 Format: CD Gerald Finley baritone; Julius Drake piano Tragödie Op 64 No 3 1 Entflieh’ mit mir und sei mein Weib [1'26] 2 Es fiel ein Reif in der Frühlingsnacht [2'10] 3 Die beiden Grenadiere Op 49 No 1 [3'54] 4 Abends am Strand Op 45... Gramophone Award Winner - Solo Vocal 2009 Juno Award Nominee 2009 - Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral Performance Gramophone Editor's Choice - November 2008 Why an... | Price: $19.98 |
 | Martha Argerich Collection 1: The Solo Recordings Label: DG Catalog: DEGRB001190702.2 Format: CD Martha Argerich - piano CD 1: Chopin - Scherzo no.3,| Barcarolle; Brahms - 2 Rhapsodies; Prokofiev - Toccata; Ravel - Jeux d'eau; Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody no.6 CD 2: Chopin - Piano Sonata no.3, Polonaise - Fanta... "The greatest of all living pianists" - Gramophone The eight solo LPs recorded between 1960 and 1983 by Martha Argerich for Deutsche Grammophon were among the most celebrated recordings of t... | Price: $39.98 |
 | I Furiosi: Crazy Label: Dorian Recordings (USA) Catalog: DSL90802 Format: CD Aisslinn Nosky,violin; Felix Dea, cello; Julia Wedman, violin; Gabrielle McLaughlin, soprano. Featuring: James Johnstone, harpsichord; Stephanie Martin, organ; Lucas Harris, theorbo & guitar 1. Sonata Decima a 3 (Dario Castello, c.1590-1644) 5:28 2. I Burn, my Brain Consumes to Ashes from Don Quixote (Jonathan Eccles, 1668-1735) 3:49 3. Passagallo from Sonata XII in d minor (... They may look like a pop, rock, or crossover group, but don’t be fooled! I FURIOSI is the hottest new baroque ensemble on the scene, reinventing the traditional classical music experience, and we... | Price: $20.98 |
 | David Oistrakh: The Complete Emi Recordings Label: EMI Catalog: EMC14712B.2 Format: CD Disc 1: Beethoven: Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello & Piano in C Major, Op. 56 (1996 Digital Remaster) Piano Trio in B flat 'Archduke' Op. 97 (1996 Digital Remaster) Disc 2: Tri... David Oistrakh emerged from Soviet Russia in the mid 1950s and was immediately signed by EMI to become that company’s most illustrious ‘house’ violinist. The entire fruits of this relationshi... | Price: $69.98 |
 | Haydn, Hummel: Trumpet Concertos / Alison Balsom Label: EMI CLASSICS Catalog: 5099921621307 Format: CD Alison Balsom, Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen Hummel: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in E flat; Haydn: Concerto in E flat for trumpet and orchestra Hob. VII e:I; Torelli: Concerto for trumpet and orchestra in D major "Estienne Roger"; Ne... Alison Balsom’s fourth CD for EMI Classics features Franz Joseph Haydn and Johann Nepomuk Hummel’s evergreen trumpet concertos, coupled with concertos by Johann Baptist Georg Neruda and Giusepp... | Price: $17.98 |
 | Wagner: The 'copenhagen' Ring Cycle Label: DECCA Catalog: 0743264 Format: DVD Royal Danish Opera, Michael Schonwandt: Conductor Artists: Anette Bod, Johnny Van Hal, Guido Paëvatalu, Djina Mai-Mai, Anne Margrethe Dahl, Bengt-Ola Morgny, Hans Lawaetz, Johan Reuter, Hanne Fischer, Emma Vetter, Stig Andersen, Elisabeth Halling, Elisabeth Jansson, Anna Rydberg, Ylva Kihlberg, Gitta-Maria Sjöberg, Carolina Sandgren, Iréne Theorin, James Johnson, Randi Stene,... Das Rheingold; Die Walkure; Siegfried; Gotterdammerung Gramophone Award Winner - DVD 2009 Gamophone DVD of the Month - April 2009 Kasper Bech Holten's spectacular Copenhagen production presents Wagner's epic Ring cycle as the drama o... | Price: $72.98 |
 | Morales: Magnificat Label: Hyperion Catalog: CDA67694 Format: CD The Brabant Ensemble; Stephen Rice - director LAMENTATIONS 1 Coph. Vocavi [7'57] 2 Zai. Candidiores [7'50] 3 Nun. Vigilavit [9'10] MOTETS 4 Gaude et laetare, Ferrariensis civitas [6'11] 5 Sancta Maria, su... Gramophone Award Finalist - Early Music 2009 Morales was the first Spanish composer to achieve true international fame, and was described by contemporaries as ‘the light of Spain in m... | Price: $19.98 |
 | Isabel Bayrakdarian: Gomidas Songs Label: NONESUCH Catalog: 2511487 Format: CD Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano The Chamber Players of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra Eduard Topchjan, conductor Serouj Kradjian, piano Gomidas Vardabet:Oror; Gakavi yerke; Manoogneroo Hayr mer; Yerginkn amble / Antsrevn yegav; Dzirani Dzar (Apricot Tree); Karoon; Alakyaz / Khngi dzar; Unabi; Shooshigi; Keler tsoler; Hoy Naz... On Gomidas Songs, Isabel Bayrakdarian's first album for Nonesuch Records, the Armenian-Canadian soprano examines the legacy of Gomidas Vardabet (born Soghomon Soghomonian, Keotahia, Ottoman Empire... | Price: $20.98 |
 | Vivaldi: Concertos, Arias, Sonatas (hope) Label: DG Catalog: 4777463 Format: CD Daniel Hope: violin; Anne Sofie von Otter: mezzo-soprano; Chamber Orchestra of Europe Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in D, R.234 "L'inquietudine"; Concerto in E minor for violin, strings & continuo, RV273; Trio Sonata in D minor for 2 Violins and Continuo, Op.1/12 , RV 6... Daniel Hope has many good reasons for the creation of this album, one being that as a teenager he often played the Concerto grosso in D minor, RV 565 with his mentor Yehudi Menuhin. Daniel spent mu... | Price: $15.98 |
 | Rene Pape: Gods, Kings & Demons Label: DG Catalog: 4776408 Format: CD Rene Pape - baritone; Staatskapelle Dresden Works by: Berlioz · Boito · Dvorák Gounod · Offenbach · Mussorgsky Rubinstein · Verdi · Wagner Wholenote Discoverie - March 2009 Everything René Pape offers on “Gods, Kings and Demons” will be new to listeners, since this is his debut solo recording. But Pape has for some years bee... | Price: $15.98 |
 | Juan Diego Florez: Bel Canto Spectacular Label: DECCA Catalog: 4780315 Format: CD Juan Diego Flórez, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana – Daniel Oren Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento - Amici miei, che allegro giorno! Bellini: I puritani - Finì… me lassa! … Vieni fra queste braccia Donizetti: La Favorite - ... Wholenote Discoveries - March 2009 Juan Diego Florez may be one of the most celebrated tenors of his generation, but with the great bulk his repertoire coming from the work of only three compo... | Price: $15.98 |
 | Bruckner: Symphony 9 (nezet-seguin) Label: ATMA Catalog: SACD22514 Format: SACD Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal, Yannick Nézet-Séguin Juno Award Nominee 2009 - Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble Performance Charles Dutoit and the OSM started a snowball rolling back in 1980, one that continues to expand. We now benef... | Price: $18.98 |
 | Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man, 3 Hallucinations Label: NAXOS Catalog: 8559331 Format: CD JoAnn Falletta - Hila Pitmann; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra John Corigliano: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan; Three Hallucinations (From Altered States) 2008 Grammy Award Winner for Best Vocal Performance AND Best Classical Contemporary Composition!!! "A colleague suggested that I look into the poetry of the songs of Bob Dylan. Having... | Price: $9.98 |
 | Strauss: Four Last Songs / Renee Fleming Label: DECCA Catalog: 4780647 Format: CD Renee Fleming, Christian Thielemann (conductor), Münchner Philharmoniker Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs; Ein schoenes war (Ariadne auf Naxos); Es gibt ein Reich (Ariadne auf Naxos); Zweite Brautnacht (Die Agyptische Helena); Freundliche Vision; Verfuehrung; Winterweih... Gramophone Editor's Choice - November 2008 Renee Fleming, the world's leading lyric soprano, records the exquisitely beautiful Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss in a brand new recording. Price: $15.98 |
 | Pierre-laurent Aimard: Hommage A Messiaen Label: DG Catalog: 4777452 Format: CD Pierre-Laurent Aimard 8 Préludes; Excerpts from: 4 Études de rythme; Catalogue d'oiseaux Gramophone Recording of the Month - November 2008 Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s tribute to Olivier Messiaen coincides with the 100th anniversary of the composer’s birth on 10 December 2008 - A... | Price: $15.98 |
 | Bellini: La Straniera / Parry, Ciofi, Shkosa Label: Opera Rara Catalog: ORC38 Format: CD Patrizia Ciofi, Mark Stone, Darío Schmunck, Enkelejda Shkosa, Graeme Broadbent, Roland Wood, Aled Hall Geoffrey Mitchell Choir London Philharmonic Orchestra David Parry – conductor Gramophone Editor's Choice - November 2008 Three of Bellini’s operas – La sonnambula and Norma (both 1831), and his last work, I puritani (1835) – remain classics of the bel canto reper... | Price: $44.98 |
 | Lawes: Harp Consorts (eilander, Les Voix Humaines) Label: ATMA Catalog: ACD22372 Format: CD Maxine Eilander (harp); Les Voix humaines The eleven consorts by William Lawes (1602-45) for harp, bass, viola de gamba, violin and theorbo are known collectively as “The Harp Consorts”. Written during the time of the English Civil War... | Price: $18.98 |
 | Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (joshua Bell) Label: Catalog: 88697110132 Format: CD Joshua Bell, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, John Constable Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Tartini: Sonata in G minor for Violin and Basso Continuo, "Devil's Trill Sonata" This recording comes in a lovely package. The booklet has many pictures of the admittedly photogenic Joshua Bell - he’s 40 now, but still looks half his age. Additionally, there are four single c... | Price: $19.98 |
 | Lorraine Hunt-lieberson: At Emmanuel, Bach And Han Label: AVIE Catalog: AV2130 Format: CD Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo) The Orchestra of Emmanuel Music/Craig Smith and John Harbison BACH: Kommt ihr angefochten Sünder (Cantata BWV30) HANDEL: Dejanira's arias from Hercules BACH: Wie fürchtsam wankten meine Schritte (Cantata BWV33) | Price: $24.98 |
 | Vaughan Williams: Complete Symphonies Label: NAXOS Catalog: 8506020 Format: CD Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kees Bakels (conductor) Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 1-9 | Price: $39.98 |
 | Horizon 1: Premieres 2007 Label: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Catalog: RCO08003 Format: SACD Markus Stenz, conductor. Jörgen van Rijen, trombone. Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Moritz Eggert: Number 9 VI - a bigger splash (2006-07) Colin Matthews: Turning Point (2006) Theo Verbeij: LIED for trombone and orchestra (2007) Detlev Glanert: Theatrum Bestiarum (2004-... The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is famous throughout the world for its interpretations of works in the classical symphonic repertoire. As in the past (take, for instance, its legendary performanc... | Price: $22.98 |
 | Old School / East Village Opera Company Label: DECCA Catalog: B001152502 Format: CD 1. The Ride; 2. King Of The Night; 3. Help Me - (Jove, in Pity); 4. Brindisi Libera (Pop The Cork); 5. Gloria; 6. Walk; 7. As You Were Then; 8. Soldiers; 9. You're Not Alone; 10. Va Tosca; 11. But... Olde School, the new album from New York City's East Village Opera Company is an album 300 years in the making. Using a few centuries worth of opera's greatest hits as their launching point, the ... | Price: $15.98 |
 | Bach: Cantatas Vol. 40 / Suzuki Label: BIS Catalog: SACD1671 Format: SACD Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki; Yukari Nonoshita, soprano; Robin Blaze, counter-tenor; Makoto Sakurada, tenor; Peter Kooij, bass Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, BWV137; Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort, BWV168; Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, BWV79; Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet, BWV164 The four cantatas on this recording are dated 1725, a year during which Bach appears to have devoted himself less regularly than previously to the writing of cantatas. Whatever the reason might hav... | Price: $23.98 |
