Featured Reviews
	COMPOSER	ALBUM/WORK TITLE	PERFORMER	LABEL	POSTING DATE
	FRANZ SCHUBERT	Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5; Piano Sonata in A major D. 664	András Schiff (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra András Schiff	Decca	5/14/2008
	GIUSEPPE VERDI	Un ballo in Maschera	Jon Vickers (tenor); Amy Shuard, Joan Carlyle (soprano); Regina Resnik (mezzo-soprano); Ettore Bastianini (baritone); Michael Langdon, David Kelly (bass) Chorus & Orchestra of Covent Garden Edward Downes	Royal Opera House	5/14/2008
	VELJO TORMIS	Choral Works: Includes Kaks laulu Ernst Enno sõnadele (Two songs to words by Ernst Enno); Kolm eesti mängulaulu (Three Estonian game songs); Kolm laulu eeposest "Kalevpoeg" (Three songs from the epic Kalev's Son); 5 others	Holst Singers Stephen Layton	Hyperion	5/14/2008
	CARL NIELSEN	Symphony No. 1; Symphony No. 6 "Sinfonia semplice"	Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Michael Schonwandt	Naxos	5/13/2008
	FERDINANDO BERTONI	Orfeo	Delores Ziegler (mezzo-soprano); Cecilia Gasdia (soprano); Bruce Ford (tenor) Ambrosian Opera Chorus I Solisti Veneti Claudio Scimone	Arts Music	5/13/2008
	Violin showpieces & encores by Paganini (Variations on Carnival of Venice); Ravel (Tzigane); Saint-Saëns (Introduction & Rondo capriccioso); Massenet (Meditation); others	ZINO FRANCESCATTI	Zino Francescatti (violin); Artur Balsam (piano) Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy	Biddulph	5/13/2008
	Arias by Puccini, Weber, Flotow, Gounod, Wagner, Verdi, Massenet, Berlioz, & Bizet	JONAS KAUFMANN--ROMANTIC ARIAS	Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Prague Philharmonic Orchestra Marco Armiliato	Decca	5/12/2008
	EDVARD GRIEG ROBERT SCHUMANN	Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 16 Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 54	Jorge Bolet (piano) Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Chailly	Decca	5/12/2008
	GEORGES BIZET	Suites from Carmen; L'Arlésienne (incl. original incidental music)	Lyon National Opera Chorus Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble Marc Minkowski	Naïve	5/12/2008
	JOSEF BOHUSLAV FOERSTER	Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2	Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra Hermann Bäumer	MDG	5/12/2008
	LENNOX BERKELEY	String Quartets Nos. 1-3	Maggini Quartet	Naxos	5/12/2008
	Relaxing Rarities from Chicago's Classical Label	SERENELY CEDILLE Various works by Tchaikovsky, Vaughan Williams, Stanford, Brahms, Ferko, Perkinson, Piston, Still, Copland, Mompou, Bach, others	Various orchestras, ensembles, & soloists	Cedille	5/11/2008
	SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR WILLIAM GRANT STILL FELA SOWANDE	AFRICAN HERITAGE SYMPHONIC SERIES 1 Danse Nègre from African Suite; Petite Suite de Concert Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American" African Suite (selections)	Chicago Sinfonietta Paul Freeman	Cedille	5/11/2008
	WILLIAM GRANT STILL AMY BEACH	Afro-American Symphony "Gaelic" Symphony	Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Karl Krueger	Bridge	5/11/2008
	WILLIAM GRANT STILL	In Memoriam; Africa (Symphonic Poem); Afro-American Symphony	Fort Smith Symphony John Jeter	Naxos	5/11/2008
	WILLIAM GRANT STILL	Lyric Quartet; Danzas De Panama; Prince and the Mermaid Suite; Selections from Little Folk Suites; Pastorela; Blues; Quit Dat Fool'nish	Fritz Gearhart (violin); Victor Steinhardt(piano) Oregon String Quartet	Koch International Classics	5/11/2008
	J.S. BACH	Motets BWV 225-230	Netherlands Chamber Choir Peter Dijkstra	Channel Classics	5/10/2008
	JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH BACH	Trio in D major; Sonata in A major; Sonata in E minor; Sonata in G major; Trio in G major	Camerata Köln	CPO	5/10/2008
	KENNETH LEIGHTON	Sequence for All Saints Op. 75 (1978); Chorale Prelude "Rockingham" (1975); O God, enfold me in the sun (1967); Morning Canticles (1967); The World's Desire--A Sequence for Epiphany Op. 91 (1984)	Various vocal soloists; David Bednall (organ) Wells Cathedral School Chapel Choir Wells Cathedral Choir Matthew Owens	Hyperion	5/10/2008
	LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN	Symphony No. 9 in D minor Op. 125 arr. for two pianos by Franz Liszt	Leon McCawley, Ashley Wass (pianos)	Naxos	5/10/2008
	PIERRE SANCAN CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR ALBERT ROUSSEL DARIUS MILHAUD BENJAMIN GODARD	FRENCH DELIGHTS Sonatine Suite for Flute & Piano Joueurs de flute; Deux Poèmes de Ronsard Sonatine Suite de trois morceaux	Sharon Bezaly (flute); Love Derwinger (piano); Barbara Hendricks (soprano)	BIS	5/10/2008
	GEORGE CRUMB	Variations (for large orchestra); Otherworldly Resonances (rev. 2005); Night of the Four Moons; The Sleeper; Three Early Songs	Jan DeGaetani (mezzo-soprano); Gilbert Kalish (piano) Quattro Mani Odense Symphony Orchestra The Aeolian Chamber Players Paul Mann	Bridge	5/9/2008
	ANTON BRUCKNER	Symphony No. 8	North German Radio (NDR) Symphony Orchestra Günter Wand	RCA	5/8/2008
	LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN	Piano Sonatas No. 11 in B-flat Op. 22; No. 23 in C Op. 53 (“Waldstein”); & No. 23 in F minor Op. 57 (“Appassionata”)	Gerhard Oppitz (piano)	Hänssler Classic	5/8/2008
	SAVERIO MERCADANTE	Maria Stuarda regina di Scozia (highlights)	Judith Howarth (soprano); Jennifer Larmore, Manuela Custer (mezzo-soprano); Colin Lee (tenor); Pauls Putnins (bass) Geoffrey Mitchell Choir Philharmonia Orchestra Antonello Allemandi	Opera Rara	5/8/2008
	Ballad, folksong, & spiritual arrangements by Bob Chilcott, Philip Lawson, & Peter Knight	THE KING'S SINGERS--SIMPLE GIFTS	The King's Singers	Signum	5/7/2008
	FELIX MENDELSSOHN	Symphony No. 3 "Scottish"; Hebrides Overture; Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream	Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy	RCA	5/7/2008
	ROBERT SCHUMANN	Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor Op. 14 ("Concerto Without Orchestra"); Impromptus Op. 5; Fantasy in C major Op. 17	Eric Le Sage (piano)	Alpha	5/7/2008
	DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH ALEXANDER SCRIABIN	Symphony No. 5 Prometheus - Poem of Fire	Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy	RCA	5/6/2008
	FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN	Piano Sonata in B minor Op. 58; Three Mazurkas Op. 59; Barcarolle in F-sharp major Op. 60; Waltz in E-flat major Op. 18; Three Waltzes Op. 64; Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op. 52	Ingrid Fliter (piano)	EMI	5/6/2008
	LEE ACTOR	Violin Concerto; Symphony No. 2; Timpani Concerto	Pip Clarke (violin); Stuart Chafetz (timpani) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Kirk Trevor	Albany	5/6/2008
	FRANZ SCHUBERT	String Quartet in G D. 887; String Trio D. 471; String Trio D. 581	Prazàk Quartet Beethoven String Trio	Praga	5/5/2008
	JACQUES OFFENBACH	Les Contes d’Hoffmann	Leopold Simoneau, Aime Doniat (tenor); Mattiwilda Dobbs (soprano); Uta Graf, Nata Tuescher (mezzo-soprano); Heins Rehfuss (bass-baritone); others Chorus & Orchestra of the “Concerts de Paris” Pierre-Michel Le Conte	Urania	5/5/2008
	LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN	Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 "Eroica"	Royal Flemish Philharmonic Philippe Herreweghe	PentaTone	5/5/2008
	Concertos by Samuel Barber, Chen Yi, & Behzad Ranjbaran	THE AMERICAN CELLO	Paul Tobias (cello) Virginia Symphony Orchestra Joann Falletta	Albany	5/4/2008
	DAVID BAKER	Kosbro; Concert Piece for Trombone & String Orchestra; Fantasy on Themes from Masque of the Red Death Ballet; Concerto for Alto Saxophone & Orchestra	Jiri Novotny (trombone); Thomas Walsh (saxophone) Czech National Symphony Orchestra Paul Freeman	Albany	5/4/2008
	GEORGE LLOYD	Symphony No. 4 "Arctic"	Albany Symphony Orchestra George Lloyd	Albany	5/4/2008
	JOHN BIGGS	Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; The Ballad of William Sycamore	Jonathan Dunn-Rankin (narrator) Czech National Symphony Orchestra Paul Freeman	Albany	5/4/2008
	STEVEN STUCKY GABRIEL IAN GOULD JOHN HARBISON MORTON GOULD	Son et Lumière Watercolors Cello Concerto Symphony No. 2 "On Marching Tunes"	Robert Sheena (English horn); David Finckel (cello) Albany Symphony Orchestra David Alan Miller	Albany	5/4/2008
	ALBERT ROUSSEL	Symphony No. 2; Pour une fête de printemps; Suite in F	Royal Scottish National Orchestra Stéphane Denève	Naxos	5/3/2008
	BORIS BLACHER	Romeo and Juliet	David Robinson (tenor); N'Kenge Simpson (soprano); Leneida Crawford (mezzo-soprano); Larry Vote (baritone); others Chesapeake Chamber Orchestra Jeffrey Silberschlag	Albany	5/3/2008
	JEAN SIBELIUS	Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7; En Saga	Boston Symphony Orchestra Colin Davis	PentaTone	5/3/2008
	W.A. MOZART JOHANN BAPTIST CRAMER IGNAZ FRIEDMAN STEPHEN HOUGH FRANZ LISZT	A MOZART ALBUM Fantasia in C minor K. 475; Sonata in B-flat major K. 333; Fantasia in C minor K. 396/385f Hommage à Mozart Menuetto in D major Three Mozart Transformations (after Poulenc) Fantasia on two themes from Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro (completed by Ferruccio Busoni)	Stephen Hough (piano)	Hyperion	5/3/2008
	WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART	Don Giovanni	Johannes Weisser, Nikolay Borchev (baritone); Marcos Fink, Alessandro Guerzoni (bass); Alexandrina Pendatchanska, Malin Byström, Sunhae Im (soprano); Werner Güra (tenor) Innsbruck Festival Chorus Freiburg Baroque Orchestra René Jacobs	Harmonia Mundi	5/3/2008
	BOHUSLAV MARTINU	Suite Concertante (two versions); Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola & Orchestra	Bohuslav Matousek (violin, viola) Czech Philharmonic Christopher Hogwood	Hyperion	5/2/2008
	FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN	Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11; Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor Op. 21	Boris Berezovsky (piano) Ensemble Orchestre de Paris John Nelson	Mirare	5/2/2008
	GIUSEPPE VERDI	Luisa Miller	Gilda Cruz-Romo (soprano); Luciano Pavarotti (tenor); Matteo Manuguerra (baritone); Raffaele Arié, Ferrucio Mazzoli (bass); Cristina Angelakova (mezzo-soprano); others Orchestra e Coro di Torino della RAI Peter Maag	Arts Music	5/2/2008
	REINHOLD GLIÈRE SERGEI RACHMANINOV	Symphony No. 3 Il'ya Muromets Three Russian Songs	Temple University Concert Choir Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy	RCA	4/30/2008
	Works by Judith Weir, Geoffrey Burgon, Tod Machover, Bright Sheng, Michael Nyman, Dominick Argento, David Del Tredici, others	TRANSIENT GLORY II	Young People's Chorus of New York City Francisco Nuñez	Vital Records	4/30/2008
	DUKE ELLINGTON	Black, Brown and Beige Suite; Three Black Kings; New World a-Comin'; Harlem	American Composers Orchestra Maurice Peress	Nimbus	4/29/2008
	J.S. BACH	Goldberg Variations BWV 988	David Korevaar (piano)	Ivory Classics	4/29/2008
	JULES MASSENET CÉSAR FRANCK	Scènes de bal; Année passée (Books 1-4) Prélude, fugue et variation Op. 18; Duo for Piano Four-Hands on God Save the King	Duo Egri & Pertis	Hungaroton	4/29/2008
	MUZIO CLEMENTI	THE COMPLETE PIANO SONATAS, VOL. 1 Six Sonatas Op. 1; Three Sonatas Op. 2; Sonata in G major WO14; Three Sonatas Op. 7; Three Sonatas Op. 8; Sonata in A-flat major WO13	Howard Shelley (piano)	Hyperion	4/29/2008
	FARTEIN VALEN	Pastorale; Sonnetto di Michelangelo; Cantico di Ringraziamento; Symphony No. 1; Violin Concerto	Elise Batnes (violin) Stavanger Symphony Orchestra Christian Eggen	BIS	4/28/2008
	GIACOMO PUCCINI	Tosca	Raina Kabaivanska (soprano); Nazzareno Antinori (tenor); Nelson Portella (baritone); Enzo Dara (bass); others Bulgarian National Choir Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra Gabriele Bellini	Arts Music	4/28/2008
	Works by Stanford (Caelos ascendit hodie); Britten (Festival Te Deum in E); Vaughan Williams (O clap your hands); Gowers (Viri Galilaei); Rose (Preces & Responses); Walton (Missa brevis; "Chichester" Mag & Nunc); Francis Pott (Toccata); others	THE FEAST OF THE ASCENSION AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY	Robert Quinney (organ) Choir of Westminster Abbey James O'Donnell	Hyperion	4/28/2008
	Anthems, hymns, chants, and other choral works by Tallis, Parry, Stanford, Purcell, Fauré, Duruflé, Burgon, others	REMEMBRANCE	Huw Williams (organ) The Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral John Scott	Hyperion	4/27/2008
	Cathedral anthems & motets by Brahms, Wesley, Bainton, Holst, Mozart, Pärt, Rutter, Finzi, Franck, Owens, others	A GAELIC BLESSING	Simon Nieminski (organ) Choir of St. Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh Matthew Owens	Delphian	4/27/2008
	HERBERT HOWELLS	A Sequence for St. Michael; A Hymn for St. Cecilia; O pray for the peace of Jerusalem; Three Carol-Anthems (A Spotless Rose; Sing lullaby; Here is the little door); I love all beauteous things; Salve Regina; Services for St. George's Chapel, Windsor (Te Deum & Benedictus) & New College, Oxford (Magnificat & Nunc dimittis); Magnificat & Nunc dimittis "Collegium Regale"	Rupert Gough (organ) The Choir of Wells Cathedral Malcolm Archer	Hyperion	4/27/2008
	RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS JUDITH BINGHAM	Te Deum in G; Mass in G minor; O vos omnes; Valiant-for-Truth; A vision of aeroplanes Mass	Robert Quinney (organ) Choir of Westminster Cathedral Martin Baker	Hyperion	4/27/2008
	Various traditional carol arrangements and original settings by Willcocks, Howells, Cornelius, Rutter, Vaughan Williams, others	CAROLS FROM WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL	James Lancelot (organ) Winchester Cathedral Choir Martin Neary	Sanctuary Classics	4/27/2008
	ALBAN BERG PAUL HINDEMITH ARNOLD SCHOENBERG KARL AMADEUS HARTMANN	20th CENTURY PIANO SONATAS Piano Sonata Op. 1 Piano Sonata No. 2 (1936) Three Piano Pieces (1894) Piano Sonata “27 April 1945” (includes two versions of the finale)	Allison Brewster Franzetti (piano)	Naxos	4/26/2008
	Arias & other vocal selections from operas by Giovanni Pacini & Saverio Mercadante	PAVENTA INSANO	Annick Massis, Majella Cullagh (soprano); Bruce Ford, Kenneth Tarver (tenor); Laura Polverelli (mezzo-soprano); Alan Opie (baritone); Henry Waddington, Roland Wood (bass) Geoffrey Mitchell Choir London Philharmonic Orchestra David Parry	Opera Rara	4/26/2008
	DON GILLIS	Twinkletoes; Short Overture to an Unwritten Opera; Encore Concerto; Rhapsodies for Harp & Trumpet	Ian Hobson (piano); Anna Sikorzak-Olek (harp); Krzysztof Bednarczyk (trumpet) Sinfonia Varsovia Ian Hobson	Albany	4/26/2008
	EDVARD GRIEG PAUL HINDEMITH FRANCIS POULENC BOHUSLAV MARTINU	THE BEAUTY OF TWO Cello Sonata Viola Sonata Op. 11 No. 4 Flute Sonata Cello Sonata No. 3	The Kennedy Center Chamber Players	Dorian	4/26/2008
	Works by Guillaume de Machaut (Messe de Nostre Dame; Douce dame jolie), Tarik O'Regan (Scattered Rhymes; Virelai: Douce dame jolie), Gavin Bryars (Super flumina), Guillaume Dufay (Ave Regina celorum)	SCATTERED RHYMES	The Orlando Consort Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Paul Hillier (Scattered Rhymes)	Harmonia Mundi	4/26/2008
	NIKOLAI MEDTNER	COMPLETE WORKS FOR VIOLIN & PIANO, VOL. 1 Violin Sonata No. 3 in E minor Op. 57 (“Epica”); Three Nocturnes Op. 16; Fairy Tale Op. 20 No. 1 in B minor (arr. Heifetz)	Laurence Kayaleh (violin); Paul Stewart (piano)	Naxos	4/24/2008
	DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH	Symphony No. 1 (rehearsal and performance)	Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra Leonard Bernstein	Medici Arts	4/23/2008
	RICHARD WAGNER	Das Rheingold	Thomas Stewart, Zoltan Kelemen, Karl Riddersbusch, Louis Hendrikx, Leif Roar (bass-baritone); Brigitte Fassbaender, Birgit Finnila (mezzo-soprano); Jeannine Altmeyer (soprano); others Berlin Philharmonic Herbert von Karajan	Deutsche Grammophon	4/23/2008
	Arias by Weber, Donizetti, Wagner, Massenet, Puccini, Cilea, Bizet, Thomas, Bellini, Rossini, Beethoven, & Verdi	CONCERTI MARTINI & ROSSI	Ferruccio Tagliavini (tenor), Giulietta Simionato (mezzo-soprano); Gertrud Grob-Prandl (soprano) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano della RAI Oliviero de Fabritiis	Great Opera Performances	4/22/2008
	Operas & choral works by various composers	KARAJAN THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS, VOL. 2: OPERA & VOCAL Fidelio; Pelléas et Mélisande; Lucia di Lammermoor; Hänsel und Gretel; Cosi fan tutte; The Marriage of Figaro; The Magic Flute; Madama Butterfly; Die Fledermaus; Ariadne auf Naxos; Der Rosenkavalier; Salome; Aida; Il Trovatore Otello; Don Carlo; Falstaff; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürenburg Tristan und Isolde; Die Walküre (Act 3); Missa solemnis; A German Requiem; Mass in B minor; others	Elisabeth Schwarzkopf; Maria Callas; Irmgard Seefried; Erich Kunz; George London; Sena Jurinac; Hildegard Behrens; Agnes Baltsa; José van Dam; Frederica von Stade; Mirella Freni; Jose Carreras; Piero Cappuccilli; Elisabeth Grümmer; Nan Merriman; Leopold Simoneau; Nicolaï Gedda; others Philharmonia Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Vienna Philharmonic Staatskapelle Dresden Herbert von Karajan	EMI	4/22/2008
	EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA	Symphony No. 8 "The Journey"; Manhattan Trilogy; Apotheosis	New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Pietari Inkinen	Naxos	4/21/2008
	GIUSEPPE SAMMARTINI	7 Sonatas for Flute & Basso Continuo	Maurice Steger (recorder) Sergio Ciomei (harpsichord, organ); Margret Koll (harp); Mauro Valli (cello); Christian Beuse (bassoon); Eduardo Eguez (theorbe, guitar); Naoki Kitaya (organ)	Harmonia Mundi	4/21/2008
	Songs by Ilse Weber, Karel Švenk, Adolf Strauss, Martin Roman, Hans Krása, Carlo Taube, Viktor Ullmann, & Pavel Haas; Sonata for Solo Violin by Erwin Schulhoff	TEREZÍN/THERESIENSTADT	Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano); Christian Gerhaher (baritone); Bengt Forsberg, Gerold Huber (piano); Daniel Hope (violin); others	Deutsche Grammophon	4/21/2008
	Works by Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, Schubert, Sibelius, Strauss, others	KARAJAN THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS, VOL.1	Dinu Lipatti, Walter Gieseking, Kurt Leimer, Svatoslav Richter, Hans Richter-Haaser, Alexis Weissenberg (piano); Gidon Kremer, David Oïstrakh, Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin); Mstislav Rostropovich (cello); Maurice André (trumpet); Dennis Brain (horn); others Vienna Philharmonic Berlin Philharmonic Orchestre de Paris Philharmonia Orchestra Lucerne Festival Orchestra Herbert von Karajan	EMI	4/21/2008
	CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK	Orfeo ed Euridice (Vienna version, 1762)	Sylvia McNair, Cynthia Seiden (soprano); Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor) Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner	Decca	4/20/2008
	GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL	Alexander's Feast (or, the Power of Music); Concerto grosso in C "Alexander's Feast"	Donna Brown (soprano); Carolyn Watkinson (contralto); Ashley Stafford (countertenor); Nigel Robson (tenor); Stephen Varcoe (bass) Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner	Philips	4/20/2008
	J.S. BACH	Cantatas BWV 3, 13, 14, 26, 81, 155, & 227; Motet Jesu, meine Freude BWV 227	Joanne Lunn, Katharine Fuge (soprano); Richard Wyn Roberts, William Towers (alto); Julian Podger, Paul Agnew (tenor); Gerald Finley, Peter Harvey (bass) Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner	Soli Deo Gloria	4/20/2008
	J.S. BACH	Motet BWV 225 (Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied); Cantatas for the Sunday after Christmas: BWV 28 (Gottlob! nun geht das Jahr zu Ende); BWV 122 (Das neugeborne Kindelein); BWV 152 (Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn); Cantata for New Year's Day: BWV 190 (Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied)	Gillian Keith, Katharine Fuge, Joanne Lunn (soprano); Daniel Taylor (alto); James Gilchrist (tenor); Peter Harvey (bass) Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner	Soli Deo Gloria	4/20/2008
	J.S. BACH	Whitsun Cantatas--O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe BWV 34; Wer mich liebet BWV 59 & 74; Erschallet, ihr Lieder BWV 172	Martina Jankova, Magdalena Kozená (soprano); Robin Blaze (countertenor); Bernarda Fink (contralto); Christoph Genz, Steve Davislim (tenor); Christopher Harvey, Peter Foster (bass) The Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner	Archiv	4/20/2008
	AUGUST KLUGHARDT CHARLES MARTIN LOEFFLER FELIX WHITE MARCO AURÉLIO YANO PAUL HINDEMITH	POETIC INSPIRATIONS Schilflieder (Songs of the Reeds) Two Rhapsodies for Oboe, Viola, & Piano The Nymph's Complaint for the Death of her Fawn Modinha Trio for Viola, Heckelphone, & Piano	Alex Klein (oboe); Richard Young (viola); Ricardo Castro (piano)	Cedille	4/19/2008
	BOHUSLAV MARTINU	Špalícek (complete ballet); The Specter's Bride; Dandelion Romance; The Primrose	Various soloists Brno Philharmonic Orchestra Prague Symphony Orchestra František Jílek Jirí Belohlávek	Supraphon	4/19/2008
	J.S. BACH	Cantatas BWV 27, 84, 95, & 161	Dorothee Mields (soprano); Matthew White (alto); Hans Jörg Mammel (tenor); Thomas Bauer (bass) Collegium Vocale Gent Philippe Herreweghe	Harmonia Mundi	4/19/2008
	JEAN SIBELIUS	COMPLETE MUSIC FOR VOICE & ORCHESTRA Kullervo Symphony; The Origin of Fire; Sandels; The Captive Queen; Snöfrid; Vaino's Song; Have Your Courage?; A Song for Lemminkainen; The Maiden in the Tower; The Lover; The Rapids Rider's Brides; Luonnotar; Orchestral Songs; others	MariAnne Häggander (soprano); Jorma Hynninen (baritone); others YL Male Voice Choir Dominante and Jubilate Choirs Lahti Symphony Orchestra Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra Osmo Vänskä Neeme Järvi Jorma Panula	BIS	4/19/2008
	KAROL SZYMANOWSKI	Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4; Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Stabat Mater; Litany to the Virgin Mary; Harnasie; Love Songs of Hafiz; Songs of a Fairy-tale Princess; King Roger	Thomas Zehetmair (violin); Leif Ove Andsnes (piano); Various soloists City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Simon Rattle	EMI	4/19/2008
	FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN FRANZ LISZT J.S. BACH	Fantasie in F minor; Six Etudes; Nocturne in E-flat Op. 9 No. 2; Nocturne in D-flat Op. 27 No. 2; Berceuse in D-flat; Mazurka in A minor Op. 68 No. 2; Waltz in E minor Op. Posth.; Waltz in A-flat Op. 42; Polonaise in A Op. 40 No. 1; Polonaise in A-flat Op. 53 La Leggierzza; Au bord d’une source Organ Prelude & Fugue in A minor BWV 543 (arr. Liszt)	Solomon (piano)	Pearl	4/18/2008
	Songs & Arias	ROSA PONSELLE ON THE AIR: VOL. 2, 1936-37	Rosa Ponselle (soprano) Various orchestras & conductors	Marston	4/18/2008
	GIUSEPPE VERDI	Don Carlos	Alastair Miles, Simon Yang (bass); Ramon Vargas (tenor); Bo Skovhus (baritone); Iano Tamar (soprano); Nadja Michael (mezzo-soprano); others Vienna State Opera Chorus & Orchestra Bertrand de Billy	TDK	4/16/2008
	JOHANNES BRAHMS	Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 68	Los Angeles Philharmonic Carlo Maria Giulini	Deutsche Grammophon	4/16/2008
	GUSTAV MAHLER	Symphony No. 10 (ed. Cooke)	BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda	Chandos	4/15/2008
	RICHARD DANIELPOUR	A Child's Reliquary (Trio for Violin, Cello, & Piano); In the Arms of the Beloved (Double Concerto for Violin, Cello, & Orchestra)	Jaime Laredo (violin); Sharon Robinson (cello) The Kalichstein Laredo Robinson Trio The IRIS Chamber Orchestra Michael Stern	Koch International Classics	4/15/2008