New Release of the Week
Beethoven: Violin Sonata #5 in F, Op. 24, Spring (23:51)
Gross/Kosma, arr. DeRosa: Tenderly/Autumn Leaves (5:34)
Debussy: Beau Soir (2:09)
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin; Reiko Uchida, piano
E1 Entertainment E1E-CD-7780 “Seasons…Dreams”

Nico Muhly: Bright Mass with Canons (13:32)
Los Angeles Master Chorale/Grant Gershon; Kimo Smith, organ
Decca B0014741-02 “A Good Understanding”

Haydn: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 20, #3 (26:22)
Daedalus Quartet
Bridge Records 9326A/B (2 CDs)

Shostakovich: Symphony #8 in C minor, Op. 65: III, Allegro non troppo (6:18); IV, Largo (9:34); V, Allegretto (14:48)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko
Naxos 8.572392

Albéniz: Iberia, Book I (20:56)
Lang Lang, piano
Sony Classical 88697719012 “Lang Lang: Live in Vienna”

D’Rivera: Kites: II, Wind Chimes (10:52)
Paquito D’Rivera, clarinet; Alex Brown, piano; Imani Winds
E1 Entertainment CD-7782 “Terra Incognita”

Verdi: Messa da Requiem: Lux aeterna (7:00); Libera me (15:06)
Barbara Frittoli, soprano; Olga Borodina, mezzo-soprano; Mario Zeffiri, tenor; Ildar Abdrazakov, bass; Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Riccardo Muti
CSO Resound 901 1008

New Release of the Week
Paganini: 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: #11 in C major (4:32); #12 in A-flat major (3:18); #13 in B-flat major (2:27); #14 in E-flat major (1:19); #15 in E minor (2:47)
Julia Fischer, violin
Decca 478 2274

Higdon: Violin Concerto (31:59)
Hilary Hahn, violin; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko
Deutsche Grammophon B0014698-02

Frescobaldi: Canzona Terza (4:23)
Bertali: Sonata à 5 (8:16)
Irish Baroque Orchestra Chamber Soloists/Monica Huggett
Avie AV-2202 “Flights of Fantasy: Early Italian Chamber Music”

Mozart: Mass in C minor, K. 427: Kyrie (6:59); Gloria (24:31)
Gillian Keith, soprano; Tove Dahlberg, mezzo-soprano; Thomas Cooley, tenor; Nathan Berg, bass-baritone; Handel and Haydn Society/Harry Christophers
Coro COR-16084

New Release of the Week
Hamelin: 12 Études in all the minor keys: #3 in B minor (after Paganini-Liszt) (4:59); #4 in C minor (after Alkan) (3:59); #5 in G minor (Toccata grottesca) (4:38); #6 in D minor (Omaggio a Domenico Scarlatti) (3:31)
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
Hyperion CDA-67789

David Macbride: A Muse (2002) (13:19)
Avalon String Quartet
Albany Records TROY-1160

Mahler: Symphony #7: IV, Nachtmusik (9:54); V, Rondo-Finale (17:09)
Hague Residentie Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
Chandos CHSA-5079

Beethoven: Piano Sonata #12 in A-flat major, Op. 26 (19:13)
Angela Hewitt, piano
Hyperion CDA-67797

New Release of the Week
Dvořák: Slavonic Dances, Op. 46: #1 in C major (4:07); #2 in E minor (4:45); #3 in A-flat major (3:52); #4 in F major (6:05)
Budapest Festival Orchestra/Iván Fischer
Channel Classics CCS SA 90210 “Dvořák: Complete Slavonic Dances”

Martinů: Cello Sonata #3 in C major (17:50)
Paul Watkins, cello; Huw Watkins, piano
Chandos CHAN-10602

Monteverdi: Excerpts from Vespers of the Blessed Virgin (19:50)
Seraphic Fire & Western Michigan University Chorale/Patrick Dupré Quigley
Seraphic Fire Media SFM-107

Monteverdi: Deus in Adjutorium (1:40)
Edmund Haines: Toccata (1:32)
Falla: El Amor Brujo Suite (6:11)
Shostakovich: The Age of Gold: Polka (2:24)
Chicago Brass Quintet
Crystal Records CD-211 “Brassucopia”

Jason Wright Wingate: Excerpts from Symphony #2, Kleetüden (Variations for Orchestra after Paul Klee) (13:19)
Orchestre de l’invisible/Jason Wright Wingate
Daimôn Records 001