Thomas Fasano
Lipiński Violin Showpieces – Bartek Niziol
LIPIŃSKI Morceaux de Salon, Three Caprices, Fantasia and Variations, Three Mélodies Italiennes Karol Lipiński (1790-1861) Bartek Niziol…
Gál Symphony No. 2 and Schumann Symphony No. 4 – Woods
GÁL Symphony No. 2, SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4 (Kenneth Woods) Orchestra of the Swan/Kenneth Woods AVIE AV2232…
Bedford: Star Clusters, Nebulae and Places in Devon
BEDFORD Star Clusters, The Song of the White Horse David Bedford There is a particular sound the…
Bax Symphony No. 4 – Lloyd-Jones
BAX Symphony No. 4; Overture to a Picaresque Comedy; Nympholept Sir Arnold Bax Royal Scottish National Orchestra,…
Kashperova: Piano Concerto in A minor
Kashperova: Piano Concerto, Symphony (Capriccio) Leokadiya Kashperova (1872-1940) Oliver Triendl (piano), Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin/Anna Skryleva Capriccio C5549 (72)…
Leimer and Rachmaninov Piano Concertos – Kurt Leimer
LEIMER Piano Concerto No.2, RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No.3, Prelude Op.23 No.5 (Kurt Leimer) Kurt Leimer (piano), Orchestra…
Venetian Coronation – McCreesh and Gabrieli Consort
A Venetian Coronation (Gabrieli Consort and Players/Paul McCreesh) James O’Donnell and Timothy Roberts, organs; Gabrieli Consort and…
Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin – Poulet
HARMONIC RECORDS HCD8717 Harmonic Records HCD8717 Gérard Poulet’s father studied with Ysaÿe, and something of that lineage…
Barber: Serenade for Strings – Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
American Music For Strings (Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra/Paul Shure) – Barber, Fine, Carter, Diamond Los Angeles Chamber…
Naive New Releases
Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco, Gianluca Capuano Naive · OP9025 · 46 minutes Vivaldi never gets tired of surprising you…
Freitas Orchestral Works – Cassuto
FREITAS The Silly Girl’s Dance, The Wall of Love, Medieval Suite, Ribatejo Frederico de Freitas (1902-1980) Royal…
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620
Daniel Behle (Tamino), Marlis Petersen (Pamina), Daniel Schmutzhard (Papageno), Sunhae Im (Papagena), Anna-Kristiina Kaappola (Königin der Nacht),…
Thomas Oboe Lee: Six Concertos – Gil Rose
LEE Six Concertos Thomas Oboe Lee (b. 1945) Sarah Brady (flute); Ina Zdorovetchi (harp); Irina Muresanu (violin);…
Bach: St John and St Matthew Passions – Suzuki
BACH St. John Passion; St. Matthew Passion (Masaaki Suzuki) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Gerd Türk, evangelist; Peter…
Pascal Rogé Plays Poulenc
Pascal Rogé (piano) Decca · 4750422 · 65 minutes Poulenc’s piano music occupies this wonderfully strange middle ground — it’s witty…
Jean Sibelius
Lisa Batiashvili (violin)Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim Deutsche Grammophon · 4796038 · 70 minutes Both the Tchaikovsky and Sibelius concertos can easily…
Alfred Brendel Plays Haydn
Alfred Brendel (piano) Decca · 4781369 · 3 hours 20 minutes Haydn’s piano sonatas occupy a strange and wonderful corner of…
Wilhelm Kempff
Wilhelm Kempff (piano) Deutsche Grammophon · 4765318 · 2 hours 29 minutes Schubert’s piano music lives in a strange emotional territory…
Nigel Kennedy
Nigel Kennedy (violin) & Peter Pettinger (piano) Chandos · CHAN8380 · 55 minutes Elgar’s violin music occupies this strange, intimate corner…
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2
Alexandre Kantorow (piano), Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow BIS · BIS2400 · 84 minutes Saint-Saëns wrote these early concertos with a kind…
Rubicon: New Releases
Joanna Kacperek (piano) Rubicon · RCD1228 · 86 minutes Joanna Kacperek has built a program around the idea that contemporary piano…
Capriccio: New Releases
Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Chelsea Gallo Capriccio · C5555 · 70 minutes Johanna Senfter spent decades composing in near-total obscurity, and hearing her…
Sony: Recent Releases
Arcadi Volodos (piano) Sony · 19658879292 · 65 minutes Schubert’s so-called “Gasteiner” Sonata is a strange, sun-drenched beast — written at…
Naxos: Recent Releases
Susan Platts, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Joann Falletta Naxos · 8574735 · 79 minutes Stravinsky’s so-called “fairy tale” works occupy this wonderfully…
