Special Reports
Fall Recordings: A Somewhat Incomplete (but Still Pretty Good) List: November 2013
| NOVEMBER | ||
| BRIDGE | Franz Schreker: Die Gezeichneten | LA Opera Orchestra & Chorus, James Conlon |
| Telemann: Double Concertos | Rebel; Jörg-Michael Schwarz | |
| Paul Lansky: Notes To Self | David Starobin, guitar, Mari Yoshinaga, percussion; Mihae Lee, piano; Real Quiet; Odense Symphony Orchestra, Justin Brown | |
| Fleur De Valeur: A Medieval Bouquet | Trefoil (Drew Minter; Mark Rimple, Marcia Young) | |
| Webern, Wolpe, and Feldman | Aleck Karis, piano | |
| CHANDOS | Arthur Sullivan: The Beauty Stone | BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Rory MaCDonald, soloists Elin Manahan Thomas, Toby Spence, Rebecca Evans, Alan Opie, Stephen Gadd, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Madeleine Shaw, David Stout, Richard Suart, Olivia Gomez, Sarah Maxted, Llio Evans |
| Adams: Harmonielehre, Doctor Atomic Symphony | Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian | |
| Bartók: Four Pieces for Orchestra, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Miraculous Mandarin Suite | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner | |
| E. J. Moeran, Vaughan Williams, Delius, Holst, Elgar: British Works for Violin and Orchestra | BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis, Tasmin Little (violin) | |
| Ferando Sor, Rimsky-Korsakov, Albéniz, Ian Krouse: Spanish Music for Four Guitars | Aquarelle Guitar Quartet | |
| CHACONNE | John Sheppard: Choral Works | Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha |
| DECCA | Decca Sound: The Analogue Years | Various artists |
| Bach: Violin Concertos | Janine Jansen | |
| DEUTSCHE GRAMOPHONE | Wagner: Parsifal (DVD) | Dresden Staatskapelle, Christian Thielemann, Schuster, Botha, Koch, Milling |
| Poulenc: Stabat Mater, Gloria, Litanies à la Vierge noire | Orchestre de Paris, Paavo Järvi, Patricia Petibon (soprano)Dvorák: Violin Concerto etc. Berliner Philharmoniker, Manfred Honeck, Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin)Albrecht Mayer Christmas Album. Albrecht Mayer (oboe), The King’s Singers | |
| ERATO | Pergolesi: Stabat Mater | Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera, I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis, Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Julia Lehzneva (soprano) |
| Schubert, Debussy, Britten and Schumann: Arpeggione | Gautier Capuçon (cello) Frank Braley (piano) | |
| HARMONIA MUNDI | Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio Op.50; Arensky: Piano Trio No.1 Op.32 | Trio Wanderer |
| Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio Op.50; Arensky: Piano Trio No.1 Op.32 | Trio Wanderer | |
| Music of Chopin & Debussy: Les Sons et les Parfums | Javier Perianes (piano) | |
| Mozart, Gluck & Traetta: Che puro ciel: The Rise of Classical Opera | Bejun Mehta (counter-tenor), Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs | |
| Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge, Ten Blake Songs; Warlock: The Curlew; Dove The End | Mark Padmore (tenor), Members of the Britten Sinfonia | |
| Estonian folk hymns and runic songs: Songs of Olden Times | Heinavanker | |
| Harmonia Mundi: 14th International Van Cliburn Competition Recordings | ||
| Gold Medal | Vadym Kholodenko | |
| Silver Medal | Beatrice Rana | |
| Crystal Award | Sean Chen | |
| Harmonia Mundi: Portrait (8-CD box) | ||
| Brahms Portrait: Piano Concerto No.1; Violin Concerto; Symphony No.4; Ein deutsches Requiem; Haydn Variations; Sextet Op.16; Piano Quartet Op.25; Piano Quintet Op.34; Clarinet Quintet Op.115; Horn Trio; Violin Sonata No.1; Fantasies Op.116; Ballades; Hungarian Dances; Lieder; Zigeunerlieder | Various Artists | |
| Mozart Portrait: Così fan tutte; Requiem; Symphonies Nos. 40 & 41; Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 24; Piano Sonatas; Grand Partita Serenade; Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Clarinet Quintet; Hunt Quartet | Various Artists | |
| Handel Portrait: Giulio Cesare; Water Musick; Messiah; Concerti Grossi Op.3; Dixit Dominus; Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne | Various Artists | |
| HYPERION | Bach: Christmas Oratorio | Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Layton |
| Britten: String Quartets Nos 1, 2 & 3 | Takács Quartet | |
| Busoni: Late Piano Music | Marc-André Hamelin (piano) | |
| Gounod: The Complete Works for Pedal Piano & Orchestra | Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Howard Shelley, Roberto Prosseda (pedal piano) | |
| Hindemith: Piano Sonatas | Markus Becker (piano) | |
| Hindemith: Violin Sonatas | Tanja Becker-Bender (violin), Péter Nagy (piano) | |
| Palestrina: Missa Dum complerentur and other music for Whitsuntide | Westminster Cathedral Choir, Martin Baker | |
| Schubert: Octet | The Gaudier Ensemble | |
| LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA | Julian Anderson: Fantasias, The Crazed Moon, The Discovery of Heaven | London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski, Ryan Wigglesworth |
| NAÏVE | French melodies and chansons: Douce France | Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo) |
| Hindemith: Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, Sonata for Viola and Piano, Sonata for Solo Viola | HR-Sinfonieorchester, Parvo Järvi, Antoine Tamestit (viola), Markus Hadulla (piano) | |
| Schubert: String Quintet | Quatuor Diotima, Anne Gastinel (cello) | |
| Vivaldi: Concertos for Two Violins | Il Pomo d’Oro, Riccardo Minasi, Dmitry Sinkovsky (violins) | |
| Ravel & Debussy | Orchestra de Chambre de Paris, Thomas Zehetmair | |
| Caccini: L’Euridice | Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini | |
| ONYX | Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin | Florian Boesch (baritone) |
| Schubert: String Quintet | Kuss Quartet, Malcolm Martineau (piano) | |
| SDG | Beethoven: Missa Solemnis | Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner |
| SIGNUM CLASSICS | Remembrance | Jesus College Cambridge |
| Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 and 3 | Phiharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel | |
| Piano Man | James Rhodes (piano) | |
| Paul Mealor | Rodolfus Choir | |
| Stravinsky: Petrushka, etc. for Four Hands | Alessio Bax, Lucille Chung (pianos) | |
| Steve Goss: Piano Concerto | Emmanual Despax | |
| Mozart: Horn Concertos | Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Roger Montgomery | |
| Michael Berkeley, John McCabe: String Quintets | Carducci String Quartet, Nicholas Daniel (oboe) | |
| SONY CLASSICAL | Beethoven: The Late Piano Sonatas | Igor Levit (piano) |
| Mozart: March in D Major K. 335, Serenade in D Major K. 320 | Vienna Concentus Musicus, Nikolaus Harnoncourt | |
| WARNER CLASSICS | Piazzolla, Handel, Shankar and Bartok: Music for Flute and Guitar | Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Christian Rivet (guitar) |
| Mozart Arias | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Speranza Scappucci, Marina Rebeka (soprano) | |
| The John Wilson Orchestra at the Movies—The Bonus Tracks | ||
| Angels Sing—Christmas in Ireland (CD and DVD) | Libera, Robert Prizeman | |
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