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COMPOSER ALBUM/WORK TITLE PERFORMER LABEL POSTING DATE

JOAQUIN TURINA
Canto a Sevilla; Poema, en forma de canciones; Farucca; Saeta, en forma de salve Lucia Duchonová (mezzo-soprano)
North German Radio Philharmonic
Celso Antunes
Hänssler Classic 9/10/2010

JOSEPH HAYDN
Piano Sonatas No. 38 in F Hob. XVI/23; No. 60 in C Hob. XVI/50: No. 62 in E-flat Hob. XVI/52; Andante with Variations in F minor Hob. VII/6 Stefan Vladar (piano)

Preiser 9/10/2010

Works by Soler, Granados, Albéniz, Turina, Montsalvatge, & Falla
ALICIA DE LARROCHA--COMPLETE EMI RECORDINGS
Alicia de Larrocha (piano); Victoria de Los Angeles (soprano)
Orquestra Ciutat de Barcelona
Garcia Navarro
EMI 9/10/2010

AMILCARE PONCHIELLI
Il Convegno: Divertimento for two clarinets & piano; Capriccio for oboe & piano; Dance of the Hours (arr. for wind nonet by Andreas Tarkmann); Quartetto for flute, oboe, E-flat clarinet, & piano; Paolo e Virginia: Duet for clarinet & violin with piano accompaniment Ensemble Villa Musica

MDG 9/9/2010

GEORGE GERSHWIN
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Concerto in F
Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety"
Ingrid Jacoby (piano)
Russian National Orchestra
Dmitry Liss
Ondine 9/9/2010

LUIGI CHERUBINI
Requiem in C minor (1816) Kammerchor Stuttgart
Hofkapelle Stuttgart
Frieder Bernius
Carus 9/9/2010

ARVO PÄRT
Symphony No. 4; Fragments from Kanon pokajanen Los Angeles Philharmonic
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Tönu Kaljuste
ECM 9/8/2010

J.S. BACH
Inventions; Four Duets; English Suites; French Suites; Six Partitas; French Overture; Italian Concerto; Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue; Goldberg Variations; Toccatas; Little Preludes; The Well-Tempered Clavier (2008 recording); others Angela Hewitt (piano)

Hyperion 9/8/2010

NICOLŇ PAGANINI
24 Caprices Op. 1 Julia Fischer (violin)

Decca 9/8/2010

CARL ORFF
Carmina Burana Patricia Petibon (soprano); Hans-Werner Bunz (tenor); Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Daniel Harding
Deutsche Grammophon 9/7/2010

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Vespers of the Blessed Virgin 1610 Seraphic Fire
Western Michigan University Chorale
Patrick Dupré Quigley
Seraphic Fire Media 9/7/2010

MARCEL TYBERG
Symphony No. 3; Piano Trio in F major Michael Ludwig (violin); Roman Mekinulov (cello); Ya-Fei Chuang (piano)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta
Naxos 9/7/2010

Songs, Carols, & Ballads for Christmas, from England, Ireland, & America
THE CHERRY TREE
Anonymous 4

Harmonia Mundi 9/7/2010

Works by Seitz, Vivaldi, Schubert, Brahms, & J.S. Bach
TAKAKO NISHIZAKI PLAYS SUZUKI EVERGREENS, VOL. 3
Takako Nishizaki (violin); Terence Dennis (piano); others
Strings of the National Youth Orchestra of New Zealand; Capella Istropolitana
Peter Walls
Oliver Dohnányi
Naxos 9/7/2010

ARCANGELO CORELLI
Concerti grossi Op. 6 Chiara Banchini (violin); Jesper Christensen (harpsichord)
Ensemble 415

Harmonia Mundi 9/6/2010

GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL
Concerti grossi Op. 6 The Avison Ensemble
Pavlo Beznosiuk
Linn 9/6/2010

HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
Forest of the Amazon Anna Korondi (soprano)
Saő Paulo Symphony Orchestra & Choir
John Neschling
BIS 9/6/2010

JOSEPH HAYDN
Nelson Mass; Nikolai Mass Ann Hoyt (soprano); Luthien Brackett, Kirsten Solleck (alto); Stephen Sands, Daniel Mutlu (tenor); Richard Lippold, Andrew Nolen (bass)
Trinity Choir
REBEL Baroque Orchestra
J. Owen Burdick
Naxos 9/6/2010

OLIVIER MESSIAEN
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Visions de l’Amen
En blanc et noir
Ursula Oppens (piano); Jerome Lowenthal (piano)

Cedille 9/6/2010

BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Songs & Proverbs of William Blake; Tit for Tat; Selected songs: Tom Bowling, Lemady, She's like the swallow, The Crocodile, The Deaf Woman's Courtship, Um Mitternacht, Evening, Morning, Night, I wonder as I wander, A Poison Tree, David of the White Rock, Greensleeves, Bird Scarer's Song Gerald Finley (baritone); Julius Drake (piano)

Hyperion 9/5/2010

EINO TAMBERG
Joanna Tentata (ballet suite); Symphonic Dances; Concerto Grosso Residentie Orkest Den Haag
Neeme Järvi
BIS 9/5/2010

FRANZ SCHUBERT
Die schöne Müllerin Mark Padmore (tenor); Paul Lewis (piano)

Harmonia Mundi 9/5/2010

PAUL SCHOENFIELD
Refractions; Six British Folk Songs; Peccadilloes James Tocco, Paul Schoenfield (piano); Yehuda Hanani (cello); Alexander Fiterstein (clarinet)

Naxos 9/5/2010

RICHARD WAGNER
Wesendonck Lieder; Rienzi (overture); Lohengrin (Act 1 & Act 3 preludes); Tristan und Isolde (Prelude & Liebestod); Die Meistersinger (prelude); Die Walküre (Ride of the Valkyries) Measha Brueggergosman (soprano)
Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst
Deutsche Grammophon 9/5/2010

GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Die Tageszeiten; Nun Danket alle Gott Monika Mauch (soprano); Gerhild Romberger (alto); Hans Jörg Mammel (tenor); Gotthold Schwarz (bass)
Basler Madrigalisten
L’arpa festante
Fritz Näf
Carus 9/4/2010

JEAN SIBELIUS
Violin Concerto; The Bard; The Wood Nymph Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
John Storgards
Ondine 9/4/2010

RODION SHCHEDRIN
Concertos for Orchestra Nos. 4 "Round Dances" & 5 "Four Russian Songs"; Kristallene Gusli ("Crystal Psaltery") Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Kirill Karabits
Naxos 9/4/2010

Various choral works by Vaughan Williams, Palestrina, Purcell, Tallis, Howells, Parker, Hogan, others
LIGHT'S GLITTERING MORN
Douglas Major (organ); Edward Nassor (carillon)
Choir of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
Choir of Washington National Cathedral
John Fenstermaker
Douglas Major
EMI 9/4/2010

HENRI VIEUXTEMPS
Fantasia appassionata; Ballade et Polonaise; Fantasie Caprice; Greeting to America Misha Keylin (violin)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Mongrelia
Naxos 9/3/2010

J.S. BACH
Mass in B minor BWV 232 Dorothee Mields, Johannette Zomer (soprano); Patrick van Goethem (alto); Jan Kobow (tenor); Peter Kooij (bass)
Cappella Amsterdam
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
Frans Brüggen
Glossa 9/3/2010

JOHN ADAMS
City Noir Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel
Deutsche Grammophon 9/3/2010

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonatas No. 14 in C-sharp minor Op. 27 No. 2 (“Moonlight”); No. 8 in C minor Op. 13 (“Pathétique”); No. 25 in G major Op. 79; No. 23 in C major Op. 53 (“Waldstein”) Steven Osborne (piano)

Hyperion 9/3/2010

ALAN HOVHANESS
Symphony No. 7 "Naga Parvat"; No. 14 "Ararat"; No. 23 "Ani" Trinity College of Music Wind Orchestra
Keith Brion
Naxos 9/2/2010

JOSEPH HAYDN
MICHAEL HAYDN
Horn Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Divertimento a Tre
Romance for Horn & String Quartet; Adagio and Allegro Molto for Horn & Trombone from Serenade in D major
Jasper de Waal (horn); Jörgen van Rijen (trombone)
Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra
Henk Rubingh
Channel Classics 9/2/2010

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Folk Songs of the Four Seasons; In Windsor Forest (arr. for women's voices by Guthrie Foote) The Choir of Clare College Cambridge
The Dmitri Ensemble
David Willcocks
Albion Records 9/2/2010

Songs & Dances arranged by various composers, including Carlos Rafael Rivera, Vojislav Ivanovic, Boris Gaquere, Atanas Ourkouzounov, others
THE BALKAN PROJECT
Cavatina Duo--Eugenia Moliner (flute); Denis Azabagic (guitar)

Cedille 9/2/2010

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Cosi fan tutte Malin Hartelius, Martina Janková (soprano); Anna Bonitatibus (mezzo-soprano);
Javier Camarena (tenor) Ruben Drole (baritone); Oliver Widmer (bass-baritone)
Zurich Opera House Chorus
& Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst
Arthaus Musik 9/2/2010

Arias & Scenes from Parsifal, Lohengrin, Die Walküre (Wagner); Die Zauberflöte (Mozart); Fidelio (Beethoven); Fierrabras, Alfonso und Estrella (Schubert)
JONAS KAUFMANN
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor); Margarete Joswig (mezzo-soprano); Michale Volle (baritone)
Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Claudio Abbado
Decca 9/1/2010

ERWIN SCHULHOFF
String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2; Five Pieces for String Quartet Aviv Quartet

Naxos 9/1/2010

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
20 Nocturnes Nelson Freire (piano)

Decca 9/1/2010

IGOR STRAVINSKY
MODEST MUSSORGSKY
PETER TCHAIKOVSKY
Three Movements from Petrouchka
Pictures at an Exhibition
Dumka in C minor Op. 59
Yefim Bronfman (piano)

Sony Classical 9/1/2010

JAN DISMAS ZELENKA
Missa votiva Joanne Lunn (soprano); Daniel Taylor (alto); Johannes Kaleschke (tenor); Thomas Bauer (bass)
Kammerchor Stuttgart
Barockorchester Stuttgart
Frieder Bernius
Carus 9/1/2010

CHARLES IVES
Decoration Day; The Fourth of July; Thanksgiving; The General Slocum; Overture in G minor; Yale-Princeton Football Game; Postlude in F Malmö Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Chorus
James Sinclair
Naxos 8/31/2010

CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Complete Works for Solo Piano Alain Plančs (piano)

Harmonia Mundi 8/31/2010

GEORGE GERSHWIN
"I Got Rhythm" Variations (original Gershwin orchestration); Rhapsody in Blue (jazz band version); Songs (arr. Grofé) Lincoln Mayorga (piano); Al Gallodoro (saxophone, clarinet)
Harmonie Ensemble
Steven Richman
Harmonia Mundi 8/31/2010

PIERRE MOULU
JOSQUIN DES PREZ
Missa Missus est Gabriel angelus; Missa Alma redemptoris mater; Mater floreat; In pace
Missus est Gabriel angelus
The Brabant Ensemble
Stephen Rice
Hyperion 8/31/2010

STEPHEN CHATMAN
DUE EAST
Choral works: Due East; Elves' Bells; How sweet and fair; Nature Songs I & II; Unseen buds; Musica, Dei donum optimi; A Magical Machine; Voices of Earth; Time Pieces; Seattle Red
Vancouver Chamber Choir
Jon Washburn
Centredisques 8/31/2010

J.S. BACH
Partita No. 2 in D minor BWV 1004; Sonata No. 3 in C major BWV 1005; Partita No. 3 in E major BWV 1006 Isabelle Faust (violin)

Harmonia Mundi 8/30/2010

KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Violin Concerto No. 1; Horn Concerto "Winterreise" Radovan Vlatkovic (horn); Robert Kabara (violin)
Sinfonietta Cracovia
Krzysztof Penderecki
Channel Classics 8/30/2010

NICOLŇ PAGANINI
24 Caprices Op. 1 James Ehnes (violin)

Onyx 8/30/2010

RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO
Pagliacci Victoria de Los Angeles (soprano); Jussi Björling, Paul Franke (tenor); Leonard Warren, Robert Merrill (baritone); others
Robert Shaw Chorale
RCA Victor Orchestra
Renato Cellini
Brilliant Classics 8/30/2010

WILLIAM MATHIAS
Let the people praise thee, O God Op. 87; Magnificat & Nunc dimittis Op. 53; A Babe is Born Op. 55; Missa brevis Op. 64; Ave verum corpus; In excelsis gloria; All wisdom is from the Lord Op. 88 No. 3; Lift up your heads, O ye gates Op. 44 No. 2; O nata lux Op. 83 No. 3; Festival Te Deum Op. 28; O be joyful in the Lord (Jubilate Deo) Op. 90 No. 2; Two organ works: Processional; Carillon Jonathan Vaughn (organ)
Wells Cathedral Choir
Matthew Owens
Hyperion 8/30/2010

GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Il barbiere di Siviglia Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano); Juan Diego Florez (tenor); Pietro Spagnoli (baritone); Alessandro Corbelli (bass-baritone); Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass); others
Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Antonio Pappano
Virgin Classics 8/29/2010

GIOACHINO ROSSINI
La Cenerentola Lawrence Brownlee (tenor); Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano); Simone Alberghini, Alessandro Corbelli (bass-baritone); John Relyea (bass); others
Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra
Maurizio Benini
Deutsche Grammophon 8/29/2010

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Motets BWV 225-230; Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn (BWV Anh. 159); O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht (BWV 118, second version) Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki
BIS 8/29/2010

KNUDAGE RIISAGER
Ballet Suites from: Slaraffenland; Twelve by Mail (Tolv med Posten); Darduse; Concertino for Trumpet & Strings Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet)
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard
Dacapo 8/29/2010

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Mass in G minor; The Voice out of the Whirlwind; Valiant-for-truth; Three Choral Hymns; Nothing is here for tears; A Vision of Aeroplanes; The souls of the righteous; A Choral Flourish (Exultate justi) James McVinnie, Ashok Gupta (organ)
The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Timothy Brown
Naxos 8/29/2010

ANTONIN DVORÁK
The Golden Spinning Wheel; The Water Goblin; The Noonday Witch; The Wood Dove Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Mackerras
Supraphon 8/28/2010

FANNY MENDELSSOHN-HENSEL
Allegro molto in C minor; Notturno in G minor; Piano Sonata in C minor; Piano Sonata in G minor; Lies in E-flat major; Adagio in E-flat major; Andante con moto in E major; Sonata o Capriccio; Allegro molto agitato in D minor; Schluss Heather Schmidt (piano)

Naxos 8/28/2010

FRANZ SCHUBERT
Die schöne Mullerin Jonas Kaufmann (tenor); Helmut Deutsch (piano)

Decca 8/28/2010

HUGO WOLF
Mörike Lieder (18) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone); Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

Deutsche Grammophon 8/28/2010

UGIS PRAULINŠ
MAIJA EINFELDE
URMAS SISASK
VYTAUTAS MIŠKINIS
BALTIC EXCHANGE
Missa Rigensis (2002); Laudibus in sanctis (2008)
Cikls ar Frica Bardas dzeju (2003)
Benedictio (1991)
Angelis suis Deus (2006); Pater noster (1999)
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Stephen Layton
Hyperion 8/28/2010

BÉLA BARTÓK
44 Violin Duos Sz. 98 Angela & Jennifer Chun (violin)

Harmonia Mundi 8/27/2010

GIOACHINO ROSSINI
La Cenerentola Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano); Juan Diego Florez (tenor); David Menendez (baritone); Bruno de Simone, Simon Orfila (bass-baritone); others
Orchestra & Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu
Patrick Summers
Decca 8/27/2010

JOSEPH MARTIN KRAUS
Aeneas in Carthage (Overtures, Ballet Music, Marches) Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä
Patrick Gallois
Naxos 8/27/2010

RICHARD STRAUSS
An Alpine Symphony; Macbeth Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Marek Janowski
PentaTone 8/27/2010

Works by Iver Kleive, Vivaldi, Hassler, Simon & Garfunkel, others
ORGAN MUSIC from the film TROUBLED WATER (deUSYNLIGE)
Iver Kleive (organ)

2L 8/27/2010

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
JOAN VALENT
JORGE GRUNDMAN
NO SEASONS
Cuatro Estaciones Porteńas
Quatre Estacions A Mallorca
Four Sad Seasons Over Madrid
Ara Malikian (violin); Susana Cordón (soprano); Daniel del Pino (piano)
Non Profit Music Chamber Orchestra
Ara Malikian
Non Profit Music 8/26/2010

BENJAMIN BRITTEN
UNKNOWN BRITTEN
Les Illuminations Op. 18 (plus 3 additional songs); Rondo concertante (1930); In memoriam Dennis Brain (1958); Untitled Fragment (1930); Variations (1965); Movements for a Clarinet Concerto (1942)
Sandrine Piau (soprano); Michael Collins (clarinet); Rolf Hind (piano)
Northern Sinfonia
Thomas Zehetmair
NMC 8/26/2010

ESA-PEKKA SALONEN
ELLIOTT CARTER
AUGUSTA READ THOMAS
JOHN ZORN
RHAPSODIC MUSINGS--21st Century Works for Solo Violin
Lachen Verlernt (2002)
Four Lauds
Pulsar (2003)
Goetia (2002)
Jennifer Koh (violin)

Cedille 8/26/2010

JOHN SHEPPARD
Media vita; Gaude, gaude, gaude Maria; The Lord's Prayer; I give you a new commandment; Christ rising again; Haste thee, O God; Te Deum Stile Antico

Harmonia Mundi 8/26/2010

SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 2; Vocalise Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin
Naxos 8/26/2010

Arias by Antonio Sartorio, Alessandro Stradella, Alessandro Scarlatti, Antonio Vivaldi, Nicola Porpora, Benedetto Marcello, George Frederic Handel
ROSSO--Italian Baroque Arias
Patricia Petibon (soprano)
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Andrea Marcon
Deutsche Grammophon 8/24/2010

FRANZ SCHUBERT
Piano Sonata in C D. 840 ("Reliquie"); Piano Sonata in A D. 959 Severin von Eckardstein (piano)

Fuga Libera 8/23/2010

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
WHERE HOPE IS SHINING
Songs for mixed chorus--includes Three Elizabethan Part Songs; Sun, Moon, Stars, & Man; No longer mourn for me (Sonnet 71); Come away, Death; Rest; Linden Lea; Loch Lomond; others
Joyful Company of Singers
Peter Broadbent
Albion Records 8/23/2010

THOMAS TALLIS
JOHN TAVERNER
WILLIAM BYRD
ROBERT WHITE
JOHN SHEPPARD
PLAINCHANT
PUER NATUS EST--Tudor Music for Advent & Christmas
Missa Puer natus est; Videte miraculum
Audivi vocem de caelo
Gradualia I, 1605: Rorate caeli desuper; Tollite portas; Ave Maria; Ecce virgo concipiet
Magnificat
Verbum caro
Puer natus est
Stile Antico

Harmonia Mundi 8/23/2010

CLAUDE DEBUSSY
MAURICE RAVEL
String Quartet
String Quartet
Vlach Quartet

Supraphon 8/22/2010

CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Khamma; Jeux; La boîte ŕ joujoux Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)

Chandos 8/22/2010

CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun; La Mer; Jeux; Khamma L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Ernest Ansermet
Decca 8/22/2010

CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Preludes Books 1 & 2 Steven Osborne (piano)

Hyperion 8/22/2010

CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Various songs and sets, including Ariettes oubliées, Proses lyriques, & Trois počmes de Stéphane Mallarmé Sandrine Piau (soprano); Jos van Immerseel (piano)

Naďve 8/22/2010

CAMARGO GUARNIERI
Piano Concertos Nos. 4-6 Max Barros (piano)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Conlin
Naxos 8/21/2010

OTTORINO RESPIGHI
The Pines of Rome; The Fountains of Rome; Roman Festivals The U.S. Air Force Band
Col. Lowell E. Graham
Klavier 8/21/2010

ROBERT SCHUMANN
Carnaval Op. 9; Davidsbündlertänze Op. 6 Alessandra Ammara (piano)

Arts Music 8/20/2010

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor Op. 35 (“Funeral March”); Preludes Op. 28 Hélčne Tysman (piano)

Oehms Classics 8/19/2010

CARL ORFF
Carmina Burana (version for two pianos and percussion) Gudrun Sidonie Otto (soprano); Bernhard Landauer (alto); Matthias Helm (baritone)
Wiltener Sängerknaben
Johannes Stecher
Gramola 8/17/2010

Works by John Williams, Josef Strauss, Franz Liszt, Gustav Holst, others
SUMMER NIGHT CONCERT
Yefim Bronfman (piano)
Vienna Philharmonic
Franz Welser-Möst
Deutsche Grammophon 8/17/2010

FRANZ LISZT
JOHANNES BRAHMS
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
A PORTRAIT OF TAMÁS VÁSÁRY
Piano Sonata in B minor; Polonaise No. 2 in E major; Don Juan Fantasy; Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 6 & 15; Consolations Nos. 2 & 3; Valse impromptu; Rigoletto Paraphrase; Légende de St François de Paule marchant sur les eaux; Paganini Etudes Nos. 2 & 3
Variations Op. 21 Nos. 1 & 2; Variations on a Theme of Paganini Op. 35; Piano Pieces Op. 76
Suite bergamasque; Tarentelle styrienne; Deux Arabesques; Pour le piano; La plus que lente; L'Isle joyeuse; Masques
Támas Vásáry (piano)

Brilliant Classics 8/16/2010

GAETANO DONIZETTI
Linda di Chamounix Antonietta Stella (soprano); Cesare Valletti (tenor); Fedora Barbieri (mezzo-soprano); Giuseppe Taddei, Renato Capecchi (baritone), Giuseppe Modesti (bass)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli
Tullio Serafin
Paperback Opera 8/16/2010

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 9 Christiane Oelze (soprano); Ingeborg Danz (mezzo-soprano); Christoph Strehl (tenor); David Wilson-Johnson (bass)
Collegium Vocale Gent
Academia Chigiana
Royal Flemish Philharmonic
Philippe Herreweghe
PentaTone 8/16/2010

OTTORINO RESPIGHI
"Belfagor" Overture; Belkis, Queen of Sheba (Suite); Church Windows Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Holland
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Exton 8/16/2010

ARAM KHACHATURIAN
JACQUES IBERT
Flute Concerto
Flute Concerto; Pičce for Solo Flute
Emmanuel Pahud (flute)
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
David Zinman
EMI 8/15/2010

LUKAS FOSS
Griffelkin Kendra Colton (soprano); Marion Dry (alto); David M. Cushing (bass); others
Boston Modern Orchestra Project
Gil Rose
Chandos 8/15/2010

LUKAS FOSS
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Elegy for Anne Frank Jon Nakamatsu (piano); Yakov Kasman (piano); Lukas Foss (piano); Eliza Foss (narrator)
Pacific Symphony Orchestra
Carl St. Clair
Harmonia Mundi 8/15/2010

LUKAS FOSS
COMPLETE WORKS FOR SOLO PIANO
Scherzo Ricercato (1954); Passacaglia (1940); Grotesque Dance (1938); Prelude in D (1951); Fantasy Rondo (1944); Four Two-Part Inventions (1938); For Lenny, Variation on "New York, New York" (1987); Solo (1981)
Scott Dunn (piano)

Naxos 8/15/2010

PAUL TAFFANEL
DARIUS MILHAUD
JACQUES IBERT
JEAN FRANÇAIX
Wind Quintet in G minor
La Cheminée du roi René
Trio pičces brčves
Quintet
Afflatus Quintet

Supraphon 8/15/2010

GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL
WILLIAM CROFT
Te Deum HWV 278 (Music for the Peace of Utrecht, 1713); Jubilate HWV 279 (Music for the Peace of Utrecht)
Ode for the Peace of Utrecht ("With Noise of Cannon")
Nicki Kennedy (soprano); William Towers (alto); Wolfram Lattke, Julian Podger (tenor); Peter Harvey (bass)
The Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven
Channel Classics 8/14/2010

JOSEPH HAYDN
Six String Quartets Op. 20 Daedalus Quartet

Bridge 8/14/2010

SILVESTRE REVUELTAS
La Coronela; Itinerarios; Colorines English Chamber Orchestra
Santa Barbara Symphony
Gisčle Ben-Dor
Naxos 8/14/2010

WILLIAM SCHUMAN
Symphonies Nos. 3-10; New England Tryptych; Prayer in a Time of War; Judith; Night Journey; Variations on "America"; Circus Overture; Orchestra Song Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz
Naxos 8/14/2010

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Diabelli Variations Op. 120 Márta Kurtág (piano)

BMC 8/12/2010
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