Arnold Schoenberg: Drei deutsche Volkslieder, bearbeitet für gemischten Chor / Three German folksongs, arranged for mixed chorus: “Herzlieblich Lieb, durch Scheiden” / “Sweetheart love, by parting”; “Schein uns, du liebe Sonne” / “Shine on us, dear sun” (1928)

BBC Singers / Pierre Boulez cond (Sony S2K 44571)

Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht / Transfigured night (1899, original version for string sextet)

J. Parennin, M. Charpentier vn / D. Marton, S. Collot va / P. Penassou, M. Tournus vc / Pierre Boulez cond (Everest 3170, rec. 1967)

Arnold Schoenberg: Drei deutsche Volkslieder, bearbeitet für gemischten Chor / Three German folksongs, arranged for mixed chorus: “Es gingen zwei Gespielen gut” / “Two playmates were walking” ; “Herzlieblich Lieb, durch Scheiden” / “Sweetheart love, by parting”; “Schein uns, du liebe Sonne” / “Shine on us, dear sun” (1928)

BBC Singers / Pierre Boulez cond (Sony S2K 44571)

Arnold Schoenberg: Die Jakobsleiter / Jacob’s ladder: Großes symphonisches Zwischenspiel / Big symphonic interlude (1907)

Mady Mesplé S / BBC Singers / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Boulez cond (Sony SMK 48462)

Max Reger: Sonata for viola and piano in B♭ major, op. 107 (1908-09)

Nobuko Imai va / Ronald Brautigam pf (BIS CD-1211, Reger, music for viola)

Robert Muczynski: Sonata for alto saxophone and piano, op. 29

Alex Mitchell asx / Jeremy Limb pf (Naxos 8.559241, American saxophone music)

John Tavener: Lament for Jerusalem, excerpts (2002)

Angharad Gruffydd Jones S / Peter Crawford Ct / Choir of London / Choir of London Orchestra / Jeremy Summerly cond (Naxos 8.557826)

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Henry Cowell: Elegie (ca. 1941); The banshee (1925)

Cheryl Seltzer pf (MHS 7370Y)

Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa, Concerto for two violins, string orchestra, and prepared piano (1977)

Adele Anthony, Gil Shaham vn / Erik Risberg pr pf / Göteberg Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Järvi cond (DG 289 457 647-2)

Franz Schubert: Allegretto in C minor, D 915 (1827-04-26)

Paul Badura-Skoda pf (Astrée AS 53)

Karlheinz Stockhausen: Stimmung (excerpt) (1968)

Singcircle / Gregory Rose dir (Hyperion CDA 66115)

Leavenworth: Untitled: trks 29 — 31 (2002)

Leavenworth: Cactus egtr / Elvis dms (Red Net Records)

E. Floyd, M. Rice, R. Thomas: The breakdown (part 1) (1970)

Rufus Thomas voc / Stax Studio Band (Stax 0098)

Heitor Villa-Lobos’s 120th . . .

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasilieras no. 9, II: Fuga (1945)

Orchestre Nationale de la Radiodiffusion Française / Heitor Villa-Lobos cond (EMI CDH 7 61015 2)

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Gênesis (1954)

Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava / Roberto Duarte cond (Marco Polo 8.223357)

György Ligeti: Sonata for violoncello solo (1948/1953)

Matt Haimovitz vc (Oxingale Records Goulash!)

Somei Satoh: The heavenly spheres are illuminated by lights (1979)

Margaret Leng Tan pf / Lise Messier S / Michael Pugliese perc (New Albion NA008)

Erik Satie: Caresse (~1897)

Michel LeGrand pf (Erato 4509-92857-2)

Jimi Hendrix / Beautiful People: Stone crazy (1994)

Beautiful People (Continuum 19315, If 60’s were 90’s)

Our oft-roving reviewer Q is off on another cross-country opera trip. The first two reviews are now up:

• Tannhäuser at the LA Opera
• Les dialogues des Carmélites at Chicago Lyric Opera