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ANTON BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 4 Vienna Philharmonic
Karl Böhm
Decca 7/4/2009

JOHANNES BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4; Hungarian Dances Nos. 1, 3, 10, & 17-21 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Marek Janowski
PentaTone 7/4/2009

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
Oehms Classics 7/4/2009

AARON COPLAND
COPLAND: THE MUSIC OF AMERICA
Fanfare for the Common Man; Rodeo; Appalachian Spring; Quiet City; Billy the Kid
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel
Musical Heritage Society 7/3/2009

Orchestral transcriptions of works by Albeniz, Bach, Boccherini, Beethoven, Brahms, Debussy, Mussorgsky, & Rachmaninov
THE FANTASTIC STOKOWSKI
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel
Telarc 7/3/2009

HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
Bachianas Brasileiras (complete); Choros (complete); Solo Guitar Works (complete) Anders Miolin (guitar)
Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra
John Neschling
Robert Minczuk
BIS 6/30/2009

JOSEF SUK
Asrael Symphony Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Claus Peter Flor
BIS 6/29/2009

LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Wonderful Town Rebecca Luker; Karen Mason; Ron Raines
Company Chorus
National Symphony Orchestra
John Owen Edwards
Jay 6/28/2009

JOHANNES BRAHMS
Symphonies Nos. 1-4; Tragic Overture; Alto Rhapsody Anne Sophie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Vienna Philharmonic
James Levine
Deutsche Grammophon 6/21/2009

Anthems & service music by Byrd, Caustun, Deane, Hooper, Mundy, Parsons, Tallis, Tye, & Sheppard
MUSIC FROM THE CHIRK CASTLE PART-BOOKS
The Brabant Ensemble
Stephen Rice
Hyperion 6/20/2009

MAURICE RAVEL
Selected Songs (Includes Histoires naturelles; Ronsard à son âme; Cinq mélodies populaires grecques; Noël des jouets; Don Quichotte à Dulcinée; Sur l'herbe; others) Gerald Finley (baritone); Julius Drake (piano)

Hyperion 6/20/2009

PER NORGARD
Symphonies Nos. 3 & 7 Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Vocal Ensemble, & Choir
Thomas Dausgaard
Dacapo 6/20/2009

ANTONÍN DVORÁK
GEORGES ENESCU
LEOŠ JANÁCEK
Serenade for Winds in D minor
Dixtuor
Mládí ("Youth"): Wind Sextet
Oslo Philharmonic Wind Soloists

Naxos 6/14/2009

ERNST VON DOHNÁNYI
Piano Quintet No. 1; Sextet (for piano, clarinet, horn, & strings) András Schiff (piano); others
Takács Quartet

Decca 6/14/2009

RICHARD STRAUSS
Suite for Orchestra from Der Burger als Edelmann Op. 60; Duet-Concertino for clarinet, bassoon, & string orchestra AV 147; Sextet from Capriccio Daniel Sepec (violin); Nicole Kern (clarinet); Higinio Arrué (bassoon)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Paavo Järvi
PentaTone 6/14/2009

BENJAMIN BRITTEN
The Holy Sonnets of John Donne Op. 35; Winter Words Op. 52; Purcell realizations (A Morning Hymn; Job's Curse; An Evening Hymn); Folksongs (I wonder as I wander; Sail on, sail on; The Miller of Dee; At the mid hour of night; There's none to soothe) Mark Padmore (tenor); Roger Vignoles (piano)

Harmonia Mundi 6/13/2009

CHUNG YIU-KWONG
MA SHUI-LONG
TRADITIONAL
WHIRLING DANCE
Whirling Dance; Flute Concerto
Bamboo Flute Concerto
Various Chinese Melodies
Sharon Bezaly (flute)
Taipei Chinese Orchestra
Chung Yiu-Kwong
BIS 6/13/2009

ROBERT SCHUMANN
HEINZ HOLLIGER
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
MAURICE RAVEL
W.A. MOZART
NACHTSTÜCKE
Nachtstücke Op. 23
Elis--Drei Nachtstücke
Piano Sonata No. 9 Op. 68 (“Black Mass”)
Gaspard de la nuit
Adagio in B minor K. 540
Herbert Schuch (piano)

Oehms Classics 6/13/2009

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Idomeneo Richard Croft, Kenneth Tarver (tenor); Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano); Sunhae Im, Alexandrina Pendatchanska (soprano); Nicolas Rivenq, Luca Tittoto (bass)
RIAS Kammerchor
Freiburger Barockorchester
René Jacobs
Harmonia Mundi 6/13/2009

JOSEPH HAYDN
String Quartets in F minor Op. 20 No. 5; in C major "The Bird" Op. 33 No. 3; in D major Op. 76 No. 5 Jerusalem Quartet

Harmonia Mundi 6/9/2009

JEAN SIBELIUS
En Saga; Luonnotar; Finlandia; Spring Song; The Bard; The Dryad; Pohjola's Daughter; Night Ride and Sunrise; The Oceanides; Tapiola Scottish National Orchestra
Alexander Gibson
Chandos 6/7/2009

JEAN SIBELIUS
ORCHESTRAL FAVORITES WITH PHOTO ALBUM
Karelia Suite; Valse Triste; Pohjola's Daughter; The Swan of Tuonela; Andante Festivo; Three Movements from The Tempest; Finlandia
Various orchestras & conductors

Ondine 6/7/2009

Various works by Erik Ferling, Thomas Byström, Fredrik Lithander, & Erik Tulindberg
THE CLASSICAL AGE IN FINLAND
Kreeta-Maria Kentala (violin); Herman Wallén (baritone)
Sixth Floor Orchestra
Jukka Rautasalo
Ondine 6/7/2009

ALAN HOVHANESS
EGON COHEN
PAUL NICHOLSON
PAUL FRENCH
EASLEY BLACKWOOD
ROBERT KREUTZ
WILLIAN FERRIS
WILLIAM C. WHITE
GEORGE ROCHBERG
AMERICAN CHORAL PREMIERES
Four Motets Op. 268 (1973)
Stabat Mater (2006)
Velum templi (1998)
Who Am I?
A King James Magnificat (2004)
Scapulis suis (1960)
Lyrica Sacra (1962)
Nunc dimittis (2007)
Behold, My Servant
William Ferris Chorale
Paul French
Cedille 6/6/2009

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
The Girlfriends (complete score); Rule, Britannia!; Salute to Spain; Symphonic Movement (1945) Celia Sheen (theremin); Kamil Barczewski (bass)
Camerata Silesia
Polish National Radio Symphony
Mark Fitz-Gerald
Naxos 6/6/2009

GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL
Alcina Joyce DiDonato, Maite Beaumont, Sonia Prina (mezzo-soprano); Laura Cherici, Karina Gauvin (soprano); Kobie van Rensburg (tenor); Vito Priante (bass)
Il Complesso Barocco
Alan Curtis
Archiv 6/6/2009
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