Monday, November 8, 2010

Gramophone Discs of the Month and Editor’s choices 2010


January
  • Paganini: Caprices for solo violin, Op. 1 Nos. 1-24 (complete); James Ehnes (violin); Onyx - ONYX4044; Spotify link
  • Peter Warlock: Collected 78rpm Recordings; Divine Art Historic Sound - DDH27811; Spotify link
  • Don't Talk - Just Listen! The Clerks, Edward Wickham (director); Spotify link

February
  • Ned Rorem - On an echoing road; Anna Leese (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo), Andrew Staples (tenor), Jacques Imbrailo (baritone), Tim Mead (countertenor) & Alisdair Hogarth (piano / director); Prince Consort; Linn: CKD342; Spotify link
  • Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 9 No. 4 in D minor; String Quartet, Op. 50 No. 2 in C major; String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 1 in G major; String Quartet, Op. 50 No. 1 in B flat major; Encore; Doric String Quartet; Wigmore Hall Live - WHLIVE0032; Spotify link

March
  • Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64; London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev; LSO Live - LSO0682; Spotify link
  • Amy Dickson: Glass, Tavener & Nyman; arranged for saxophone by Amy Dickson; Glass, P: Violin Concerto; Nyman: Where the Bee Dances; Tavener: The Protecting Veil; Amy Dickson (saxophone); Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Mikel Toms; RCA: 88697376792; Spotify link

April
  • The Forgotten Kingdom; The Cathar Tragedy - The Albigensian Crusade; Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall; Alia Vox: AVSA9873; Spotify link

May


June
  • The Complete Butterworth Songbook; Mark Stone (baritone) & Stephen Barlow (piano); Stone Records: 5060192780024; Spotify link
  • Lotti, Zelenka & Bach; Balthasar Neumann Ensemble & Choir, Thomas Hengelbrock; Deutsche HM: 88697526842; Spotify link

July
  • Yuja Wang – Transformation; DG – 4778795; Spotify link
  • Leoncavallo - I Medici; Domingo; Álvarez; Dessi; Lamanda / Veronesi; DG 477 7456; Spotify link

August
  • Leoncavallo - La Nuit de mai; Plácido Domingo, Lang Lang; DG 4776633; Spotify link
  • Emerson String Quartet: Old World – New World; DG – 4778765; Spotify link
  • Beethoven - Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6; Chamber Orchestra of Basel, Giovanni Antonini; Sony – 88697648162; Spotify link
  • Elgar - Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; The Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis; Signum Philharmonia Orchestra - SIGCD179; Spotify link
  • Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Volume 1; Alina Ibragimova (violin) & Cédric Tiberghien (piano); Wigmore Hall Live - WHLIVE0036; Spotify link

September
  • Franck: Symphonic Variations & Piano Pieces; Bertrand Chamayou (piano); Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stéphane Denève; Naive - V5208; Spotify link
  • Bach - Partitas Nos 1-6; Vladimir Ashkenazy; Decca 4782163; Spotify link
  • Paganini - 24 Caprices; Julia Fischer; Decca 4782274; Spotify link
  • Peace of Utrecht; Nicki Kennedy (soprano), William Towers (alto), Wolfram Lattke (tenor), Julian Podger (tenor) & Peter Harvey (bass); The Netherlands Bach Society, Jos van Veldhoven; Channel - CCSSA29610; Spotify link
  • Nicholas Angelich plays Brahms; Nicholas Angelich (piano); Virgin – 2663492; Spotify link

October
  • Bernard Haitink conducts Strauss & Webern; Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink; CSO Resound - CSOR9011004; Spotify link
  • Habanera; Elina Garanca; DG 4778776; Spotify link
  • David Matthews: Winter Passions; The Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend; NMC - NMCD152; Spotify link
  • Bach - Cantatas Volume 46; Hana Blažíkova (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Gerd Türk (tenor) & Peter Kooij (bass); Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki; BIS - Suzuki Bach Cantatas - BISSACD1851; Spotify link
  • Live in Vienna; Lang Lang; Sony 88697 71901-2; Spotify link
  • Tedi Papavrami plays Saint-Saëns, Chausson & Ysaÿe; Tedi Papavrami (violin); Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège Wallonie Bruxelles, François-Xavier Roth; Aeon - AECD1088; Spotify link

Awards Issue
  • Rachmaninov - Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4; Leif Ove Andsnes; LSO / Antonio Pappano; EMI Classics 6405162; Spotify link
  • Passing By: Songs by Jake Heggie; Avie - AV2198; Spotify link
  • Albéniz: Evocación; Wulfin Lieske & Fabian Spindler (guitar); Challenge Classics - CC72374; Spotify link

November
  • Beethoven; Renaud Capuçon; Frank Braley; Virgin Classics 6420010; Spotify link
  • Melani: Mottetti (Motets); Rinaldo Alessandrini (organ & conductor) Concerto Italiano; Naive - OP30431; Spotify link


December

NB. The list above includes only those Discs of the Month and Editor’s choices that Spotify links were found for.

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Specialist Classical Chart for week ending October 30, 2010

  1. Whitacre; Eric Whitacre Singers; Laudibus; Pavao Quartet / Whitacre; Decca 274 3209; Spotify link
  2. Forever Vienna; André Rieu; Decca 5323879; Spotify link
  3. Italian Concertos; Alison Balsom; Scottish Ensemble; EMI Classics 4560942; Spotify link
  4. The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music; London Philharmonic Orchestra / David Parry; X5 CATCO162446578; Spotify link
  5. Hawes; Claire Jones; Philharmonia Orchestra / Patrick Hawes; Classic FM CFMD16; not found
  6. Officium Novum; Jan Garbarek, The Hilliard Ensemble; ECM New Series 4763855; not found
  7. Tchaikovsky. Bruch; Nicola Benedetti; Czech Philharmonic / Hrusa; Deutsche Grammophon 4764092; Spotify link
  8. Verismo Arias; Jonas Kaufmann; Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecila; Decca 4782258; Spotify link
  9. The Italian Tenor; Vittorio Grigolo; Sony Classical 88697723842; not found
  10. Bach - Violin Concertos; Rachel Podger; Brecon Baroque; Channel Classics CCSSA30910; not found
  11. Beethoven - Complete Piano Concertos; Paul Lewis; Harmonia Mundi HMC90 2053/5; not found
  12. Holst; London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski; LPO LPO0047; not found
  13. Three Baroque Tenors; Ian Bostridge; The English Concert / Bernard Labadie; EMI Classics 6268642; Spotify link
  14. Rutter; Cambridge Singers; RPO / Rutter; Collegium COLCD135; not found
  15. Rachmaninov - Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4; Leif Ove Andsnes; LSO / Antonio Pappano; EMI Classics 6405162; Spotify link
  16. Bizet - Carmen: Duets & Arias; Andrea Bocelli; Deutsche Grammophon 4759143; not found
  17. Jenkins - Gloria. Te Deum; National Youth Choir of Great Britain; London Symphony Orchestra; EMI Classics 6464302; Spotify link
  18. Byrd - Infelix ego; The Cardinall’s Musick / Andrew Carwood; Hyperion CDA67779; not found
  19. Puer Natus Est; Stile Antico; Harmonia Mundi HMU807517; not found
  20. Colori D’amore; Simone Kermes; Le Musiche Nove / Claudio Osele; Sony Music 88697789202; not found

Specialist Classical Chart for week ending October 23, 2010

  1. Whitacre; Eric Whitacre Singers; Laudibus; Pavao Quartet / Whitacre; Decca 274 3209; Spotify link
  2. Forever Vienna; André Rieu; Decca 5323879; Spotify link
  3. Italian Concertos; Alison Balsom; Scottish Ensemble; EMI Classics 4560942; Spotify link
  4. Tchaikovsky. Bruch; Nicola Benedetti; Czech Philharmonic / Hrusa; Deutsche Grammophon 4764092; Spotify link
  5. Officium Novum; Jan Garbarek, The Hilliard Ensemble; ECM New Series 4763855; not found
  6. Hawes; Claire Jones; Philharmonia Orchestra / Patrick Hawes; Classic FM CFMD16; not found
  7. The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music; London Philharmonic Orchestra / David Parry; X5 CATCO162446578; Spotify link
  8. The Italian Tenor; Vittorio Grigolo; Sony Classical 88697723842; not found
  9. Monteverdi; Christina Pluhar; L’Arpeggiata; Virgin Classics 2361402; Spotify link
  10. Beethoven - Complete Piano Concertos; Paul Lewis; Harmonia Mundi HMC90 2053/5; not found
  11. Rachmaninov - Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4; Leif Ove Andsnes; LSO / Antonio Pappano; EMI Classics 6405162; Spotify link
  12. Bach - Violin Concertos; Rachel Podger; Brecon Baroque; Channel Classics CCSSA30910; not found
  13. Verismo Arias; Jonas Kaufmann; Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecila; Decca 4782258; Spotify link
  14. Three Baroque Tenors; Ian Bostridge; The English Concert / Bernard Labadie; EMI Classics 6268642; Spotify link
  15. Byrd - Infelix ego; The Cardinall’s Musick / Andrew Carwood; Hyperion CDA67779; not found
  16. Live in Vienna; Lang Lang; Sony 88697 71901-2; Spotify lnk
  17. Bach; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists / Gardiner; SDG SDG174; not found
  18. Schumann; Mitsuko Uchida; Decca 4782280; not found
  19. Beethoven; Renaud Capuçon; Frank Braley; Virgin Classics 6420010; Spotify link
  20. Puer Natus Est; Stile Antico; Harmonia Mundi HMU807517; not found

Specialist Classical Chart for week ending October 16, 2010

  1. Forever Vienna; André Rieu; Decca 5323879; Spotify link
  2. Tchaikovsky. Bruch; Nicola Benedetti; Czech Philharmonic / Hrusa; Deutsche Grammophon 4764092; Spotify link
  3. Hawes; Claire Jones; Philharmonia Orchestra / Patrick Hawes; Classic FM CFMD16; not found
  4. Officium Novum; Jan Garbarek, The Hilliard Ensemble; ECM New Series 4763855; not found
  5. The Italian Tenor; Vittorio Grigolo; Sony Classical 88697723842; not found
  6. Byrd - Infelix ego; The Cardinall’s Musick / Andrew Carwood; Hyperion CDA67779; not found
  7. The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music; London Philharmonic Orchestra / David Parry; X5 CATCO162446578; Spotify link
  8. Rachmaninov - Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4; Leif Ove Andsnes; LSO / Antonio Pappano; EMI Classics 6405162; Spotify link
  9. Beethoven - Complete Piano Concertos; Paul Lewis; Harmonia Mundi HMC90 2053/5; not found
  10. Verismo Arias; Jonas Kaufmann; Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecila; Decca 4782258; Spotify link
  11. Bach - Violin Concertos; Rachel Podger; Brecon Baroque; Channel Classics CCSSA30910; not found
  12. Lettere Amorose; Magdalena Kožená; Private Musicke / Pierre Pitzl; DG 4778764; Spotify link
  13. Rutter; Cambridge Singers; RPO / Rutter; Collegium COLCD135; not found
  14. Bach; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists / Gardiner; SDG SDG174; not found
  15. Schumann; Mitsuko Uchida; Decca 4782280; not found
  16. Fantasie; Nicola Benedetti; DG 476 3399GH; Spotify link
  17. Marc-André Hamelin – Études; Marc-André Hamelin; Hyperion CDA67789; not found
  18. Bach; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists / Gardiner; SDG SDG171; not found
  19. Pärt - Symphony No 4; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Los Angeles Philharmonic / Esa-Pekka Salonen; ECM New Series 4763957; not found
  20. Jenkins - Gloria. Te Deum; National Youth Choir of Great Britain; London Symphony Orchestra; EMI Classics 6464302; Spotify link

Specialist Classical Chart for week ending October 9, 2010

  1. Forever Vienna; André Rieu; Decca 5323879; Spotify link
  2. Officium Novum; Jan Garbarek, The Hilliard Ensemble; ECM New Series 4763855; not found
  3. The Italian Tenor; Vittorio Grigolo; Sony Classical 88697723842; not found
  4. The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music; London Philharmonic Orchestra / David Parry; X5 CATCO162446578; Spotify link
  5. Hawes; Claire Jones; Philharmonia Orchestra / Patrick Hawes; Classic FM CFMD16; not found
  6. Rachmaninov - Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4; Leif Ove Andsnes; LSO / Antonio Pappano; EMI Classics 6405162; Spotify link
  7. Verismo Arias; Jonas Kaufmann; Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecila; Decca 4782258; Spotify link
  8. Byrd - Infelix ego; The Cardinall’s Musick / Andrew Carwood; Hyperion CDA67779; not found
  9. Lettere Amorose; Magdalena Kožená; Private Musicke / Pierre Pitzl; DG 4778764; Spotify link
  10. Beethoven - Complete Piano Concertos; Paul Lewis; Harmonia Mundi HMC90 2053/5; not found
  11. Solatino; Gabriela Montero; EMI Classics 6411442; Spotify link
  12. Bach - Violin Concertos; Rachel Podger; Brecon Baroque; Channel Classics CCSSA30910; not found
  13. Schumann; Mitsuko Uchida; Decca 4782280; not found
  14. Ravel; Pierre-Laurent Aimard; Cleveland Orchestra / Boulez; DG 4778770; Spotify link
  15. Jenkins - Gloria. Te Deum; National Youth Choir of Great Britain; London Symphony Orchestra; EMI Classics 6464302; Spotify link
  16. Bach; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists / Gardiner; SDG SDG171; not found
  17. Pärt - Symphony No 4; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Los Angeles Philharmonic / Esa-Pekka Salonen; ECM New Series 4763957; not found
  18. Fantasie; Nicola Benedetti; DG 476 3399GH; Spotify link
  19. Mozart - Symphonies 29, 31, 32, 35 and 36; Scottish CO / Mackerras; Linn CKD350; Spotify link
  20. Bach; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists / Gardiner; SDG SDG174; not found