Gramophone Award Shortlist 2011
Handel Flavio
$59.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
Tim Mead, Rosemary Joshua, Iestyn Davies, Renata Pokupic, Hilary Summers, Thomas Walker, Andrew Foster-Williams, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn (direction) Buy or find out more →
Reger: Piano Concerto, Strauss: Burleske
$33.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA67635
Reger: Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 114
Strauss, R: Burleske for Piano and orchestra in D minor
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Ilan Volkov
The Reger concerto has a f... Buy or find out more →
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Vol 3
$19.95 – Compact disc / Wigmore Hall Live
Catalogue # WHLIVE0045
Violin Sonata in A Major Op 30 No 1, Violin Sonata in E Flat Op 12 No 3 , Violin Sonata in A Major Op 47 'Kreutzer'
Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cedric Tiberghien (piano)
Final volume from the ‘star-... Buy or find out more →
Mozart: Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute)
$59.95 – Compact disc / Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue # HMC90206870
Daniel Behle (Tamino),
Marlis Petersen (Pamina),
Daniel Schmutzhard (Papageno),
Sunhae Im (Papagena),
Anna-Kristiina Kaappola (Königin der Nacht),
Marcos Fink (Sarastro),
Kurt Azesberger (Monosta... Buy or find out more →
Ravel: Complete Solo Piano Music
$59.95$33.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
Catalogue # CDA677312
“His tempos, kaleidoscopic tonal colouring, textual clarity, and amazing dynamic range and variety of touch manifest an innate empathy with the composer...These are inspired performances with Award ... Buy or find out more →
Monteverdi The Coronation Of Poppea
$35.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo), Robert Ferguson (tenor), Anne Collins (mezzo), Katherine Pring (mezzo), Sadlers Wells Chorus and Orchestra, Raymond Leppard (conductor) Buy or find out more →
Verismo Arias
$16.95 – Compact disc / Decca
Catalogue # 4782258
ABC Classic FM CD of the Week: 29th November 2010
Boito:
Dai campi, dai prati (Mefistofele)
Giunto sul passo estremo (from Mefistofele)
Cilea:
È la solita storia 'Lamento di Federico' (from L'Arlesian... Buy or find out more →
French Opera Arias, 'Ne Me Refuse Pas'
$33.95 – Compact disc / Naive Classique
Catalogue # V5201
Berlioz: Ah! Je vais mourir (from Les Troyens)
Bizet: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle 'Habanera' (from Carmen)
Cherubini: Médée Ah ! Nos peines seront communes – Néris
Halévy: Sous leur sceptre… Humb... Buy or find out more →
Diva Divo
$21.95 – Compact disc / Virgin Classics
Catalogue # 6419860
ABC Classic FM CD of the Week: 25th April 2011
Bellini: Ascolta! Se Romeo t'uccise un figlio...La tremenda
ultrice spada (from I Capuleti)
Edgaras Montvidas (tenor), Nabil Suliman (baritone)
Berlioz:D... Buy or find out more →
Bennett Songs Before Sleep
$30.95 – Compact disc / Nmc
No extra details available for this item. Buy or find out more →
Shostakovich Symphony No 10
$12.95 – Compact disc / Naxos
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (conductor) Buy or find out more →
Brahms: Handel Variations
$21.95 – Compact disc / Sony
Catalogue # SCLL779469.2
Brahms:
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24
Rhapsodies, Op. 79
Klavierstücke (6), Op. 118
Klavierstücke (4), Op. 119
Murray Perahia (piano)
Twenty years after his last Brahms disc... Buy or find out more →
Byrd: Complete Viol Music
$32.95 – Compact disc / Linn Records
Catalogue # CKD372
“Phantasm’s playing is impeccable...” BBC Music Magazine
This new recording is the only complete collection of William Byrd’s consort music and includes new hymn settings that are premiere record... Buy or find out more →
Britten: Songs & Proverbs of William Blake
$33.95$19.95 – Compact disc / Hyperion Records
anon.:
Lemady
arr. Benjamin Britten & Colin Matthews
She's like the swallow
arr. Benjamin Britten & Colin Matthews
Britten:
I wonder as I wander
Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, Op. 74
Tit for Tat
Um Mitterna... Buy or find out more →
Suk: Asrael
$32.95 – Compact disc / Supraphon
Catalogue # SU40432
Suk: Asrael Symphony, Op. 27 Recorded live at the Rudolfinum, Prague, on April 5-6, 2007
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
Suk’s Asrael – Sir Charles Mackerras’s unreleased recording... Buy or find out more →
Liszt: Harmonies Du Soir
$21.95 – Compact disc / Decca
Catalogue # 4782728
Liszt:
Ballade No. 2 in B minor, S171/R16
Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 3 in B flat major
Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 8 in F sharp minor
Transcendental Studies, S139 Nos. 1-12
Valse oubliée No. 1 in F... Buy or find out more →
Striggio Mass In 40 Parts Cd + Dvd
$31.95 – Compact disc / Decca
Catalogue # 4782734
Galilei, V:
Contrapunto Secondo di BM
Gregorian Chant:
Spem in alium
Sarum Plainchant
Striggio:
Ecce beatam lucem
Mass in 40 Parts (Missa Ecco si Beato Giorno)
Fuggi, spene mia
O giovenil ardire
Altr’... Buy or find out more →
Verdi: Don Carlo, Live From The Royal Opera
$29.95 – Digital video disc / Emi
Catalogue # 6316099
Verdi: Don Carlo Live from the Royal Opera House
Rolando Villazon (Don Carlo), Marina Poplavskaya (Elisabetta di Valois), Simon Keenlyside (Rodrigo), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Philip II), Sonia Ganassi (P... Buy or find out more →
Ravel Debussy Massenet Piano Works
$19.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major, Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, Debussy Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra, Massenet Valse Folle, Papillons blancs, Papillons noirs, Eau courante, Eau dormante, Toccata Jean-Efflam Bavou... Buy or find out more →
Matthews David Winter Passions
$30.95 – Compact disc / Nmc
No extra details available for this item. Buy or find out more →
Mac Millan Choral Works
$34.95 – Compact disc / Bis
Visitatio Sepulchri for Chorus and Chamber Orchestra, Sun-Dogs for Chorus a cappella Netherlands Radio Choir, Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, Celso Antunes, James MacMillan (conductors) Buy or find out more →
Britten Death In Venice
$29.95 – Digital video disc / Dynamic Records
No extra details available for this item. Buy or find out more →
Elgar: The Kingdom
$34.95 – Compact disc / Halle Records
Catalogue # CDHLD7526
Claire Rutter (sop) Susan Bickley (mez) John Hudson (ten) Iain Paterson (bar) Hallé Choir and Orchestra / Mark Elder
Recorded live at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, October 17, 2009
Sir Mark Eld... Buy or find out more →
Birtwistle: Nights Black Bird
$30.95 – Compact disc / Nmc
Catalogue # NMCD156
Birtwistle:
The Shadow of Night
Night’s Black Bird
The Cry of Anubis
Owen Slade (tuba)
The Hallé Orchestra, Ryan Wigglesworth
Sir Harrison Birtwistle is one of Britain’s leading composers and has r... Buy or find out more →
Handel Apollo E Dafne Cantatas Volume 7
$34.95 – Compact disc / Glossa
Apollo e Dafne (La terra e liberata) HWV122, Agrippina condotta a morire (Dunque sara pur vero) HWV110, Cuopre tal volta il cielo HWV98 Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Thomas Bauer, Furio Zanasi (bass), La Risonanza, Fabio... Buy or find out more →
Delius: Appalachia, Song Of The High Hills
$34.95$19.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
Catalogue # CHSA5088
Delius:
Appalachia (Variations on an old slave song), Andrew Rupp
(baritone)
A Song of the High Hills, Olivia Robinson (soprano) Christopher
Bowen (tenor)
BBC Symphony Chorus & BBC Symphony Orche... Buy or find out more →
Bach CPE: Keyboard Concertos Wq 43
$59.95 – Compact disc / Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue # HMC90208384
Bach, C P E:
Harpsichord Concerto in F major Wq 43 No.1
Harpsichord Concerto in D major Wq 43 No.2
Harpsichord Concerto in E flat major Wq 43 No.3
Harpsichord Concerto in C minor Wq 43 No.4
Harpsi... Buy or find out more →
Bartok, Grieg, Strauss: Violin Sonatas
$19.95 – Compact disc / Emi
Catalogue # 9476392
Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124, Sz. 117
Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 8
Strauss, R: Violin Sonata in E flat major, Op. 18
Vilde Frang (violin) & Michail Lifits (piano)
One of... Buy or find out more →
Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 6
$62.95 – Compact disc / Linn Records
Catalogue # CKD362
Handel: Concerti grossi Op. 6 Nos. 1-12 HWV319-330
Avison Ensemble, Pavlo Beznosiuk (director) Buy or find out more →
Bartok: Piano Concertos Nos 1-3
$29.95 – Compact disc / Chandos Records
Catalogue # CHAN10610
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
Bartók: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 3 (complete) Buy or find out more →