Summer Night Concert: Schönbrunn 2011
Vienna Philharmonic / Valery Gergiev; Deutsche Grammophon 476 4211
Liszt: Symphonic Poem, “Les Préludes” (15:25)
Archive for August, 2011
August 28, 2011
Piano Music of Liszt
Khatia Buniatishvili, piano; Sony Classical 88697 87385 2
Liszt: Prelude & Fugue in A minor (after Bach, BWV 543)
Berlioz: Harold in Italy
David Aaron Carpenter, viola; Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy; Ondine ODE 1188-2
Berlioz: Harold in Italy, Op 16: III, “Serenade of the Abruzzi Mountaineer” (6:41); VI, “The Brigand’s Orgies” (12:15)
Gone Away
Craig Butterfield, double bass; Matthew Slotkin, guitar; Summit DCD-571
Beaser: Mountain Songs: “Barbara Allen” (3:22); “The House Carpenter” (2:24); “He’s Gone Away” (5:47)
William Tell
EMI Classics 28826-2 (3 CDs)
Rossini: Guillaume Tell (William Tell): Overture; Act I, Scenes 1-6 (47:10)
Gerald Finley (Guillaume Tell), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Hedwige), Elena Xanthoudakis (Jemmy), John Osborn (Arnold), Frédéric Caton (Melcthal), Celso Albelo (Ruodi); Santa Cecilia National Academy Chorus & Orchestra / Antonio Pappano
August 21, 2011
Mendelssohn: Early Concertos
Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano; Freiburg Baroque Orchestra / Gottfried von der Goltz, violin; Harmonia Mundi HMC-902082
Mendelssohn: Piano & Violin Concerto in D minor (37:14)
Louis Couperin: The Complete Harpsichord Works
Richard Egarr, harpsichord; Harmonia Mundi HMU-907511.14 (4 CDs)
Louis Couperin: Harpsichord Suite in C major (11:55)
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson: A Tribute
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, soprano; Drew Minter, counter-tenor; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra / Nicholas McGegan; Harmonia Mundi HMU-907471.72 (2 CDs)
Handel: Theodora: Air, “With Darkness, deep” (3:44); Air, “Oh! that I on wings could rise” (4:09); Duet, “Thee, Thou glorious Son” (4:54)
Boccherini: Chamber Works
Casals Quartet; Eckart Runge, cello; Harmonia Mundi HMC-902092
Boccherini: String Quintet in C major, “La musica notturna delle strade di Madrid” (13:58)
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations
Paul Lewis, p; Harmonia Mundi HMC-902071
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations, Op 120: Theme; Variations I-XIX (26:05)
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