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Fall Recordings: A Somewhat Incomplete (but Still Pretty Good) List: September 2013
Titles that are available now and coming out soon, let us know if we missed you!
From Thomas Tallis to John Adams, from vintage Fritz Reiner to hot-off-the-press Yannick Nézet-Séguin, a rich potpourri of offerings.
| SEPTEMBER | ||
| BIS | Times Go By Turns: Byrd, Richard Rodney Bennett, John Plummer, Andrew Smith, Tallis, Gabriel Jackson: Times Go By Turns | New York Polyphony |
| Karl Goldmark: Wedding Symphony | Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Lan Shui | |
| Great Works for Flute & Orchestra: Carl Nielsen, Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Chaminade, Tchaikovsky, Poulenc, Rimsky-Korsakov | Residentie Orkest Den Haag, Neeme Järvi, Sharon Bezaly (flute) | |
| Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas No. 1 and 2 | Vadim Gluzman (violin), Angela Yoffe (piano) | |
| John Corigliano: The Red Violin | Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Jaakko Kuusisto, Elina Vähälä (violin) | |
| CPE Bach: Solo Keyboard Music Vol. 26 | Miklós Spányi | |
| Bach: Cantatas Vol. 54 | Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki, Hana Blažíková, Damien Guillon, Gerd Türk, Peter Kooij (soloists) | |
| BRIDGE | John Musto: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 | John Musto, piano; Odense Symphony Orchestra, Scott Yoo; Greeley Symphony Orchestra, Glen Cortese |
| John MCDonald: Music for Violin and Piano | Joanna Kurkowicz, violin John MCDonald; piano | |
| CHAMPS HILL RECORDS | Ludwig Thuille: Lieder | Sophie Bevan (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo), Mary Bevan (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano) |
| Michele Esposito: Violin & Cello Sonatas | Mia Cooper (violin), William Butt (cello), Lance Coburn (piano) | |
| CHANDOS | Szymanowski: Stabat Mater, Op. 53; Harnasie, Op. 55 | BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Edward Gardner, Lucy Crowe (soprano), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo), Gabor Bretz (baritone), Robert Murray (tenor) |
| Mascagni in Concert | Filarmonica ’900 del Teatro Regio Torino, Gianandrea Noseda, Luciano Ganci (tenor) | |
| Wagner: Overtures and Preludes | Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi | |
| Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2, Sonata for Two Violins, Five Melodies | BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda, James Ehnes (violin), Amy Schwartz Moretti (violin), Andrew Armstrong (piano) | |
| Britten: Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo; Wolf: Drei Gedichte von Michelangelo; Shostakovich: Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti: Michelangelo in Song | Sir John Tomlinson (bass), David Owen Norris (piano) | |
| George Enescu: Piano Trio in A minor, Piano Quintet in A minor, Aria and Scherzino for Violin, Viola, Cello, Double-bass, and Piano | Schubert Ensemble | |
| Handel: Serse | Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn, Rosemary Joshua, Anna Stéphany, Hilary Summers, David Daniels, Brindley Sherratt, Joélle Harvey, Andreas Wolf | |
| CORO | Palestrina: Missa O Magnum | The Sixteen, Harry Christophers |
| Haydn: Le Matin | Handel and Haydn Society, Harry Christophers, Aisslinn Nosky (violin) | |
| DECCA | Verdi: Requiem | Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Milan, Daniel Barenboim, Harteros, Garanca, Kaufmann, Pape |
| The Best of Jonas Kaufmann | Jonas Kaufmann | |
| Agostino Steffani: Stabat Mater | I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis, Cecilia Bartoli | |
| Agostino Steffani: Danze e Ouvertures | I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis, Cecilia Bartoli | |
| Lorne Balfe: Salinger—Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||
| Renée Fleming: Guilty Pleasures | Renée Fleming, soprano, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sebastian Lang-Lessing | |
| Rossini: Matilde di Shabran (DVD + BluRay) | Teatro Communale, Bologna Michele Mariotti, Peretyatko, Flórez | |
| Britten: War Requiem | London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten, Vishnevskaya, Pears, Fischer-Dieskau | |
| Schumann: G Minor Sonata, Waldszenen, Gesänge der frühe | Mitsuko Uchida (piano) | |
| DEUTSCHE GRAMOPHONE | Homeward Bound | Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Mack Wilberg |
| Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra | Berlin Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel | |
| Thomas Adès: The Tempest (DVD) | The Metropolitan Opera, Thomas Adès, Luna, Leonard, Shrader, Oke, Keenlyside | |
| Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps; Stokowski: Bach & Stravinsky Transcriptions | The Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin | |
| Chopin: Polonaises | Rafal Blechacz (piano) | |
| ERATO | Joyce DiDonato: ReJoyce | Compilation Disc. Joyce DiDonato (soprano) |
| Farinelli & Porpora—His Masters Voice | Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon, Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) | |
| EVEREST | Matthew Brown: Selected Choral Works | Antioch Chamber Ensemble, Joshua Copeland, artistic director |
| Bela Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra | Houston Symphony, Stokowski | |
| Beethoven: Complete Symphonies | London Symphony Orchestra, Krips | |
| Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique | London Symphony Orchestra, Goossens | |
| Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat major, Hungarian Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra, Mephisto Waltz No. 1 | Jorge Bolet | |
| Copland: Symphony No. 3 | London Symphony Orchestra, Aaron Copland | |
| Ernst von Dohnányi: Ruralia Hungarica, Op. 32a, Three Pieces Op. 23, Etudes de Concert, Op. 28, Rhapsody in F-sharp Minor Op. 11/2, The Gypsy Baron | Ernst von Dohnanyi, piano | |
| Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. William Steinberg conductor, Jesus Maria Sanroma, piano | |
| Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Titan | London Philharmonic Orchestra, Boult | |
| Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor | London Symphony Orchestra, Ludwig | |
| Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade | London Symphony Orchestra, Goossens | |
| Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9, Lieutenant Kije Suite | London Symphony Orchestra, Sargent | |
| Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Tapiola—Tone Poem, Op. 112 | London Symphony Orchestra, Hannikainen, Spivakovsky (violin) | |
| Stravinsky: Ebony Concerto; Symphony in 3 Movements | Woody Herman and his Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Goosens | |
| Strauss, R: Ein Heldenleben | London Symphony Orchestra, Ludwig | |
| Stravinsky: Petrouchka | London Symphony Orchestra, Goossens | |
| Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps | London Symphony Orchestra, Boult | |
| Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Major, Op. 64 | London Symphony Orchestra, Sargent | |
| Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 | . London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Goehr, Tossy Spivakovsky (violin) | |
| Vaughan-Williams: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor | London Symphony Orchestra, Boult | |
| Wagner: Parsifal (Good Friday Spell and Symphonic Synthesis of Act III) | Houston Symphony, Stokowski | |
| HARMONIA MUNDI | Elgar: Cello Concerto; Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations; Dvorák Rondo Op.94 | BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jirí Belohlávek; Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) |
| Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 | Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado | |
| Puts: Symphony No.4, To touch the sky, If I were a swan | Conspirare, Craig Hella Johnson, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop | |
| 30 Baroque Opera Hits: Furie terribili | Various Artists | |
| MUSIQUE D'ABORD | Mozarabic Chant | Ensemble Organum, Marcel Pérès |
| La clarinette à l'opéra | Alessandro Carbonare (clarinet) | |
| Padovano: Mass for 24 voices | Huelgas-Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel | |
| Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 14, 23 & 31 | Frank Braley (piano) | |
| Korngold: Lieder | Dietrich Henschel (baritone), Helmut Deutsch (piano) | |
| Rachmaninov: Russian Songs | Ekaterina Sementchuk, (mezzo-soprano), Larissa Gergieva (piano) | |
| Lamentazioni per la Settimana santa | Maria Cristina Kiehr (soprano), Concerto Soave, Jean-Marc Aymes | |
| Mendelssohn: Piano Trios | Trio Wanderer | |
| Platti: Concerti grossi after Corelli | Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin | |
| Busnois: Mass O crux lignum | The Orlando Consort | |
| HQ RECORDS | Schubert, Mozart: String Quartets in D Minor | The Harlem Quartet |
| HONENS | Beethoven: Sonata No. 14 Moonlight; Schumann: Kinderszenen Op. 15; Chopin: Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58; Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor Op. 23; Mendelssohn: Sonata for cello and piano No. 2 in D major Op. 58 | Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Roberto Minczuk, Pavel Kolesnikov (piano), Johannes Moser (cello) |
| Bach: Goldberg Variations | Minsoo Sohn (piano) | |
| HYPERION | Fauré: Piano Music | Angela Hewitt (piano) |
| Theodor Döhler, Alexander Dreyschock: Piano Concertos | Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Howard Shelley | |
| Medtner: Violin Sonatas No. 3 | Chloë Hanslip (violin), Igor Tchetuev (piano) | |
| Piers Lane Goes to Town | Piers Lane (piano) | |
| Tallis: Salve Intemerata | The Cardinall’s Musick, Andrew Carwood | |
| Dufay: Missa Puisque Je Vis | The Binchois Consort, Andrew Kirkman | |
| Langlais: Missa Salva Regina | Westminster Cathedral Choir, English Chamber Orchestra Brass Ensemble, David Hill | |
| NAXOS | Bloch: Symphony In C Sharp Minor | London Symphony Orchestra, Dalia Atlas |
| Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1 | Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin | |
| Philip Glass, John Rutter, Jean Françaix: Harpsichord Concertos | West Side Chamber Orchestra, Kevin Mallon, Christopher D. Lewis (harpsichord), John McMurtery (flute) | |
| Maxwell Davies: Strathclyde Concertos Nos. 5 & 6 | Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Peter Maxwell Davies, James Clark, Catherine Marwood, David Nicholson (soloists) | |
| Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht | Fred Sherry String Quartet, Sextet | |
| Anton Urspruch: Das Unmoglichste Von Allem | PP Music Theatre Ensemble Munich, Ochestra of the Sorbian National Ensemble, Israel Yinon, Rebecca Broberg, Robert Fendl, Anne Wieben, Caterina Maier, Matthias Grätzel, Ralf Sauerbrey (soloists) | |
| Clementi: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 | Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Francesco La Vecchia | |
| Krzysztof Meyer: String Quartets Nos. 1-4 | Wienawski String Quartet | |
| Saint-Saëns: Violin Sonata Vol. 2 | Fanny Clamagirand (violin), Vanya Cohen (piano) | |
| Leclair: Violin Sonatas Book 2 | Adrian Butterfield (violin), Jonathan Manson (cello), Laurence Cummings (harpsichord) | |
| Liszt: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 37 | Jue Wang (piano) | |
| Gesualdo: Complete Madrigals (Box Set) | Delitiæ Musicæ, Marco Longhini | |
| Copland: Rodeo, Dance Panels (BluRay Audio) | Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin | |
| REFERENCE RECORDINGS | Bizet: Symphony in C, Jeux d’Enfants, Variations chromatiques | San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, Martin West |
| Charles Denler: Portraits Of Colorado—An American Symphony No. 1, Six Variations for Violin and Piano | Colorado Symphony and Chorus, Scott O’Neil | |
| REFERENCE RECORDINGS | Ave Maria: Gregorian Chant | Seraphic Fire |
| SIGNUM CLASSICS | Lassus: The Tears of St Peter | Gallicantus, Gabriel Crouch |
| Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Concerto for Violin, Piano and Strings | Orchestra of the Swan, David Curtis, Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin), Huw Watkins (piano) | |
| Britten: War Requiem | Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh | |
| Victoria: Tenebrae Responsories | Tenebrae, Nigel Short | |
| SONY CLASSICAL | Julian Bream: Rodrigo, Tarrega, Albéniz, Boccherini, Falla, Granados, Handel, Paganini, Vivaldi | Julian Bream, John Williams (guitars), Robert Tear (tenor) |
| Schubert: Impromptus D 899, Sonata D 960 | Rudolf Buchbinder (piano) | |
| Jonas Kaufmann: The Verdi Album | Jonas Kaufmann | |
| A Playlist Without Borders | The Silk Road Ensemble, Yo-Yo Ma (cello) | |
| Gary Graffman: The Complete Album Collection | Gary Graffman | |
| New series: I Love Classical Music. First titles include: I Love Glenn Gould, I Love Mozart, I Love Bach, I Love Verdi, I Love Piano, I Love Cello, I Love Baroque, I Love Relaxing Classics, I Love Movie Classics | ||
| Ten restored recordings of legendary performances at The Metropolitan Opera: Verdi at the Met | Soloists include Richard Tucker, Leonard Warren Carlo Bergonzi, Grace Bumbry, Robert Merrill | |
| Vladimir Horowitz—Live at Carnegie Hall | Vladimir Horowitz | |
| WARNER CLASSICS | The Sound of Alison Balsom | Alison Balsom (trumpet) |
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