New Release of the Week: Music@Menlo Live 2010 – “Maps and Legends”
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 8, #2, Summer (10:36)
Ani Kavafian, violin; Chamber Ensemble
Music@Menlo Live 2010 “Maps and Legends” (8 CDs)

Brahms: String Sextet #2 in G major, Op. 36 (40:40)
Erin Keefe & Jorja Fleezanis, violins; Lily Francis & John Largess, violas; Ralph Kirschbaum & David Finckel, cellos
Music@Menlo Live 2010 “Maps and Legends” (8 CDs)

Barber: Four Songs, Op. 13: Sure on This Shining Night (2:28); Nocturne (3:49)
Sasha Cooke, soprano; Wu Han, piano
Music@Menlo Live 2010 “Maps and Legends” (8 CDs)

Foss: For Aaron (13:49)
Boston Symphony Chamber Players
BSO Classics 1005

Villa-Lobos, arr. Amaral: String Quartet #5 (15:52)
Brazilian Guitar Quartet
Delos DE-3409

The Plácido Domingo Story:
Wagner: Die Meistersinger: Morgenlich leuchtend in rosigem Schein (7:39)
(with Deutsche Oper Chorus & Orchestra/Eugen Jochum)
Penella: El gato montés: ¿Hasta cuándo? (4:54)
(with Verónica Villarroel, soprano; Madrid Symphony Orchestra/Miguel Roa)
Puccini: Turandot: Nessun dorma! (3:25)
(with Vienna Philharmonic/Herbert von Karajan)
Deutsche Grammophon 477 9333 (3 CDs)

New Release of the Week
Mozart: Violin Concerto #4 in D major, K. 218 (22:29)
Julia Fischer, violin; Netherlands Chamber Orchestra/Yakov Kreizberg
PentaTone PTC 5186 453 (3 CDs & 1 DVD) “Mozart: The Violin Concertos”

Mozart: Rondo in A minor, K. 511 (10:33)
Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano
Harmonia Mundi HMU-907498 “Mozart: Keyboard Music, Volume 2”

Purcell: King Arthur: Chacony (3:37); Fairest isle (4:55); Birthday Ode for Queen Mary, Come, ye sons of art: Sound the trumpet (3:02)
Andreas Scholl, countertenor; Accademia Bizantina
Decca 478 2262 “O Solitude”

Bernstein, arr. Stern: Four Moments from Candide (16:21)
William Terwilliger, violin; Andrew Cooperstock, piano
Naxos 8.559643

Kurt Westerberg: Winter Light (7:36)
Lithuanian National Philharmonic Orchestra/Juozas Domarkas
Southport S-SSD 0130 “Uncertain Light”

Schumann: Fantasie in C major, Op. 17 (33:25)
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
Decca B0015089-02

Pierné: Ramuntcho: Suite #2 (14:56)
BBC Philharmonic/Juanjo Mena
Chandos CHAN-10633

Franck: Piano Quintet in F minor (35:28)
Khatia Buniatishvili, piano; Gidon Kremer, violin; Marija Nemanytė, violin; Maxim Rysanov, viola; Giedrė Kirvanauskaitė, cello
ECM Records 476 3912

Rossini: Stabat Mater: Stabat Mater dolorosa (9:27); Cujus animam gementem (6:16); Quis est homo (6:20)
Anna Netrebko, soprano; Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano; Lawrence Brownlee, tenor; Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, bass; Santa Cecilia National Academy Chorus & Orchestra/Antonio Pappano
EMI Classics 40529-2

Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 (7:14)
Charlie Siem, violin; Caroline Jaya-Ratnam, piano
Warner Classics 67804-7

Daugherty: Route 66 (6:56)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Marin Alsop
Naxos 8.559613

New Release of the Week
Montero: Sin Aire (Improvisation) (3:46)
Nazareth: Four Dances (10:26)
Gabriela Montero, piano
EMI Classics 41144-2 “Solatino”

Monteverdi: Vespers of the Blessed Virgin: Psalm 147 (Lauda, Jerusalem) (4:07); Sonata sopra Santa Maria (6:52); Hymn, Ave maris stella (7:45)
Apollo’s Singers; Apollo’s Fire/Jeanette Sorrell
Avie AV-2206 (2 CDs)

Mozart: Piano Concerto #25 in C major, K. 503 (31:11)
David Fray, piano; Philharmonia Orchestra/Jaap van Zweden
Virgin Classics 641964-0

Mahler: Symphony #5: Adagietto (11:17)
New Century Chamber Orchestra/Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
NSS Music

Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Rheinlegendchen (3:19); Verlorne Müh’! (3:05); Trost im Unglück (2:24); Lied des Verfolgten im Turm (4:14)
Thomas Hampson, baritone; Vienna Virtuosos
Deutsche Grammophon 477 9289

Brahms: 7 Fantasien, Op. 116, alternating with
Schoenberg: 6 kleinen Klavierstücken, Op. 19 (28:36)
Shai Wosner, piano
Onyx Classics 4055

BEST CLASSICAL RECORDINGS OF 2010

Verdi: Messa da Requiem: Dies irae (2:26); Tuba mirum (1:58)
Vocal Soloists; Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Riccardo Muti
CSO Resound 901 1008 (2 CDs)

Stravinsky: Pulcinella: Finale (10:28)
Vocal Soloists; Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Pierre Boulez
CSO Resound 901 918

Ravel: Piano Concerto in G: Movement I (8:30)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano; Cleveland Orchestra/Pierre Boulez
Deutsche Grammophon B0014764-02

Dvořák: String Quartet #10 in E-flat major, Op. 51: Finale (7:08)
Emerson String Quartet
Deutsche Grammophon B0014106-02 (3 CDs) “Old World – New World”

Chopin: Piosnka litewska (Lithuanian Song) (2:19); Smutna rzeka (Troubled Waters) (3:01); Moja pieszczotka (My Enchantress) (2:05)
Aleksandra Kurzak, soprano; Mariusz Kwiecień, baritone
Fryderyk Chopin Institute NIFCCD-016

Brahms: Rhapsody in B minor, Op. 79, #1 (9:01)
Murray Perahia, piano
Sony Classical 88697-79469-2

Moncayo: Huapango (8:18)
Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas/Alondra de la Parra
Sony Classical 88697-75555-2 (2 CDs) “Mi Alma Mexicana – My Mexican Soul”

Golijov: La Pasión según San Marcos: Eucaristía (3:52); Demos Gracias (5:14)Jessica Rivera, soprano; Schola Cantorum de Venezuela; Orquesta La Pasión/María Guinand
Deutsche Grammophon B0014008-00 (2 CDs)

Shostakovich: Symphony #10 in E minor, Op. 93: Movement II (4:09)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko
Naxos 8.572461

Rachmaninoff: Cello & Piano Sonata in G minor, Op. 19: Finale (10:34)
Wendy Warner, cello; Irina Nuzova, piano
Cedille Records 90000 120 “Russian Music for Cello & Piano”

Debussy: Beau soir (2:19)
Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Emmanuel Ceysson, h
E-One Entertainment 7780 “Seasons…dreams”

Wagner: Lohengrin: Mein lieber Schwan! (5:04)
Jonas Kaufmann, tenor; Mahler Chamber Orchestra/Claudio Abbado
Decca B0014132-02

Puccini: La bohème: Che gelida manina (5:00)
Vittorio Grigolo, tenor; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra/Pier Giorgio Morandi
Sony Classical 88697-75257-2 “The Italian Tenor”

Verdi: I vespri siciliani: Bolero (3:58)
Sondra Radvanovsky, soprano; Philharmonia of Russia/Constantine Orbelian
Delos DE-3404