Vivaldi: Oboe Concerto in D major, Op. 7, #10 (7:23)
Alex Klein, oboe; New Brandenburg Collegium/Anthony Newman
Cedille Records CDR 7003 “Vivaldi Oboe Concertos”

Borne: Fantaisie Brillante on Themes from Bizet’s Carmen (11:23)
Mathieu Dufour, flute; Kuang-Hao Huang, piano
Cedille Records CDR 9000 121 “Fantaisie”

Bartók: Violin Concerto #1, Op. Posth. (21:24)
Arabella Steinbacher, violin; Suisse Romande Orchestra/Marek Janowski
Pentatone PTC 5186 350

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Puccini: Manon Lescaut: Donna non vidi mai (2:38)
Verdi: Il trovatore: Di quella pira (4:05)
Vittorio Grigolo, tenor; Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus & Orchestra/Pier Giorgio Morandi
Sony Classical 75257-2 “The Italian Tenor”

Handel: Concerto grosso in G major, Op. 6, #1 (10:41)
Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall
DMD Classics

Bach: French Suite #5 in G major, BWV 816 (18:12)
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
Steinway & Sons 30001 “Bach on a Steinway”

Rachmaninoff: The Bells, Op. 35 (37:25)
Lyubov Petrova, soprano; Andrei Popov, tenor; Sergei Leiferkus, baritone; Moscow State Chamber Choir, Russian National Orchestra/José Serebrier
Warner Classics & Jazz 2564 68025-5

Brahms: Violin Sonata #2 in A major, Op. 100 (19:06)
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Lambert Orkis, piano
Deutsche Grammophon B0014767-02 “Brahms: Violin Sonatas”

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Domenico Zipoli: Battalia imperiale (1:10)
Santiago de Murcia: La Jotta (3:49)
Anon: Discurso con ecos (6:39)
Juan García de Zéspedes: Convidando está la noche (3:29)
Ensemble Caprice/Matthias Maute
Analekta AN 2 9957

Chopin: Ballade #2 in F major, Op. 38 (8:20)
Lise de la Salle, piano
Naïve V-5215

Szymanowski: Violin Concerto #1, Op. 35 (23:06)
Christian Tetzlaff, violin; Vienna Philharmonic/Pierre Boulez
Deutsche Grammophon 477 8771 “Song of the Night”

Chopin: Twelve Études, Op. 25: #’s 7-12 (17:46)
Ian Hobson, piano
Zephyr Z139-10 “Chopin: The Complete Works, Volume 7”

Duparc: Chanson triste (3:01)
Fauré: Notre amour (1:41)
Montsalvatge: Canción de cuna para dormer a un negrito (2:32)
Schubert: Nachtstück (5:20)
Measha Brueggergosman, soprano; Justus Zeyen, piano
Deutsche Grammophon 477 8101

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Paganini, arr. Kreisler: Introduction & Variations on Non più mesta from Rossini’s La Cenerentola, Op. 12 (12:28)
Philippe Quint, violin; Dmitriy Cogan, piano
Naxos 8.570703

Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10 (25:45)
Les Violons du Roy/Jean-Marie Zeitouni
Atma ACD2-2601

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Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major (22:23)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano; Cleveland Orchestra/Pierre Boulez
Deutsche Grammophon 477 8770

Ravel: Miroirs: #3, Une barque sur l’ocean (7:38)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Deutsche Grammophon 477 8770

Beethoven: String Quartet #12 in E-flat major, Op. 127 (35:29)
Tokyo String Quartet
Harmonia Mundi HMU-807481.83 (3 CDs) “Beethoven: The Late Quartets”

Schumann: Spanische Liebeslieder, Op. 138: Part I (11:03)
Marlis Petersen, soprano; Anke Vondung, mezzo-soprano; Werner Güra, tenor; Konrad Jarnot, bass-baritone; Christoph Berner & Camillo Radicke, piano
Harmonia Mundi HMC-902050

Mahler: Symphony #10: Adagio (24:04)
Cleveland Orchestra/Pierre Boulez
Deutsche Grammophon 477 9060

Mozart: (Piano) Sonata in F major (transcribed A), K. 280 (16:52)
Paul Galbraith, guitar
Mashulka Productions 2009

Mozart: The Magic Flute: Overture (6:04); Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön/Rüste dich (6:52); Der Hölle Rache (3:10); O Isis und Osiris (2:17); Ach ich fühl’s (3:07)
Marlis Petersen, soprano (Pamina); Anna-Kristiina Kaappola, soprano (Queen of the Night); Daniel Behle, tenor (Tamino); Daniel Schmutzhard, baritone (Papageno); RIAS Chamber Choir; Berlin Academy of Ancient Music/René Jacobs
Harmonia Mundi HMC-902068/70 (3 CDs)

Ma Shui-long: Bamboo Flute Concerto (18:33)
Michala Petri, recorder; Copenhagen Philharmonic/Lan Shui
OUR Recordings 6.220603 “Chinese Recorder Concertos”

Ravel: String Quartet in F major (28:12)
Arcanto Quartet
Harmonia Mundi HMC-902067

New Release of the Week
Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer) (16:42)
Thomas Hampson, baritone; San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas
San Francisco Symphony 821936-0036-2 “Mahler: Songs with Orchestra”

The Making of “The Magic Flute” with René Jacobs: