Archive for April, 2007
Monday, April 30th, 2007
- Claude Debussy: Sonata for cello and piano, L. 135 (1915)
- Mstislav Rostropovich vc / Benjamin Britten pf (Polygram 460974)
- Benjamin Britten: Sonata in C, op. 65 (1961)
- David Starkweather vc / Evgeny Rivkin pf (Oasis 574127)
- Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes: Four sea interludes
- Boston Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Bernstein cond (Deutsche Grammophon 431768-2)
- Henryk Górecki: Symphony no. 3, op. 36 (1976)
- Dawn Upshaw S / London Sinfonietta / David Zinman cond (Elektra Nonesuch 9 79282-2)
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Monday, April 23rd, 2007
- Edgard Varèse: Offrandes / Offerings: Chanson de là-haut / Song from on high; La croix du sud / The southern cross (1921)
- Phyllis Bryn-Julson S / Orchestre National de France | French National Orchestra / Kent Nagano cond (Erato Musifrance 4509-92137-2)
- Modest Musorgski: Картинки с выставки / Pictures from an exhibition: №4, Bydło / Cattle; №5, Балет невылупившихся птенцов / Ballet of the unhatched chicks (1874)
- Sergei Prokofiev pf via Duo-Art roll 6591, rec. 1923 (Fonè 90 F 15 CD)
- Sergei Prokofiev: Токката / Toccata, op. 11 (1912)
- Sergei Prokofiev pf via Duo-Art roll 6391, rec. 1921 (Fonè 90 F 15 CD)
- Aleksandr Skriabin: Prelude, op. 45 no. 3 (1905); Winged poem, op. 51 no. 3 (1906)
- Sergei Prokofiev pf via Duo-Art roll 6512, rec. 1922 (Fonè 90 F 15 CD)
- Sergei Prokofiev: Легенда / Legend, op. 12, no. 6 (ca. 1913)
- Sviatoslav Richter pf (Philips 438 627-2)
- Sergei Prokofiev: Четыре пьесы для фортепиано: №1, Танец; №4, Вальс / Four pieces for piano, Op. 32: no. 1, Dance; no. 4, Waltz (1918)
- Sviatoslav Richter pf (Philips 438 627-2)
- Sergei Prokofiev: Fantasia improvised on themes from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Шехерезада / Scheherezade, op. 35 (1888 / 1926)
- Sergei Prokofiev pf via Duo-Art roll 7001, rec. 1926 (Fonè 90 F 15 CD)
- Anon.: Robaidh dona gòrach / Silly naughty Robbie (18th c.)
- Laura Risk fiddle / Jacqueline Schwab pf (Dorian DOR-90264)
- Franz Schubert: Der Wanderer / The wanderer, D. 489 (1816)
- Hans Hotter BBar / Michael Raucheisen pf (Grammofono 2000 AB 78690)
- Franz Schubert: Geheimes / Secret, D. 719 (1821)
- Hans Hotter BBar / Michael Raucheisen pf (Grammofono 2000 AB 78690)
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Monday, April 16th, 2007
- George Antheil: Symphony no. 5, “Joyous” (1947-48)
- Vienna Philharmonia / Herbert Haefner cond (Other Minds 1003-2)
- Henryk Górecki: Szeroka woda / Broad waters, op. 39: “Polne róże rwała” / “She plucked wild roses” (1981)
- Lira Chamber Chorus / Lucy Ding cond (Elektra Nonesuch 79348, Miserere)
- Claude Debussy: En blanc et noir / In white and black, L. 134 (1915)
- Sviatoslav Richter, Benjamin Britten pf (M&A CD 709, rec. live, 1967 Aldeburgh Festival)
- David Byrne: The Catherine wheel: “What a day that was” (1981)
- David Byrne egtrs eb syns / John Cooksey dms / Steve Scales congas (Sire 3645-2)
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Monday, April 9th, 2007
- Aulis Sallinen, arr. Kronos Quartet: Vinter var hård / Winter was hard (1989)
- San Francisco Girls Chorus / Elizabeth Appling dir / Kronos Quartet: David Harrington, John Sherba vn / Hank Dutt va / Joan Jeanrenaud vc (Elektra Nonesuch P79181)
- Samuel Barber: Quartet for strings in B minor, op. 11: II, Adagio (1936)
- Kronos Quartet: David Harrington, John Sherba vn / Hank Dutt va / Joan Jeanrenaud vc (Elektra Nonesuch P79181)
- Krzystof Penderecki: Ofiarom Hiroszimy — tren / Threnody for the victims of Hiroshima (1959-61)
- Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia w Katowicach | Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Krzystof Penderecki cond (EMI C 065-02 484)
- Edgard Varèse: Amériques (1920-21)
- Orchestre National de France | French National Orchestra / Kent Nagano cond (Erato Musifrance 4509-92137-2)
- Edgard Varèse: Offrandes / Offerings: “La croix du sud” / “The southern cross” (1921)
- Phyllis Bryn-Julson S / Orchestre National de France | French National Orchestra / Kent Nagano cond (Erato Musifrance 4509-92137-2)
- Johannes Brahms: Intermezzo in C major, op. 119 no. 3 (1893)
- Richard Goode pf (Elektra Nonesuch 79154-2)
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Monday, April 2nd, 2007
- Henry Bishop: “Foresters, sound the cheerful horn”
- Thomas Arne: “Sigh no more, ladies”
- Thomas Arne: “Elegy on the death of Mr Shenstone”
- The Hilliard Ensemble: David James Ct / Rogers Covey-Crump, John Potter, Paul Elliott T / Paul Hillier, Michael George, Michael Pearce B (Harmonia Mundi 901153)
- Zoltán Kodály: Duo for violin and violoncello, op. 7 (1914)
- Nils-Erik Sparf vn / Elemér Lavotha vc (BIS CD-172)
- Krzystof Penderecki: Jutrznia / Utrenja, I, Złożenie Chrystusa do grobu / The entombment of Christ (1969-71)
- Boris Carmeli Bprof / Chór Harcerski / Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir / Andrzej Markowski cond (Muza PNCD 018)
- John McLaughlin: Wings of karma (1974)
- Mahavishnu Orchestra: John McLaughlin egtr / Jean-Luc Ponty vn / Gayle Moran kbd & voc / Marsha Westbrook va / Carol Shive vn & voc / Philip Hirschi vc & voc / Narada Michael Walden dms / Ralphe Armstrong eb & voc / London Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas cond & pf (Sony CK 46111)
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