Monday, March 8, 2010

Specialist Classical Chart: week ending March 6 2010

1. Forever Vienna; André Rieu; Decca 5323879; Spotify link not found

2. Bach - Cantatas Volume 2; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists / Gardiner; SDG SDG165; Spotify link not found; (other volumes)

3.  Adès - Violin Concerto. Tevot etc; Marwood, Berliner Philharmoniker / Rattle; EMI 4578132; Spotify link

4. Elgar - Violin Concerto; Nikolaj Znaider, Dresden Staatskapelle / Davis; RCA Red Seal 88697 60588-2; Spotify link

5. Rachmaninov - Symphonic Dances. The Isle of the Dead; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic / Vasily Petrenko; Avie AV2188; Spotify link not found

6. Live In Buenos Aires; Britten Sinfonia / Joanna MacGregor; WCJ 2564684759; Spotify link not found

7. Rachmaninov - Piano Concertos - Nos 2 & 3; Simon Trpceski; RLPO / Vasily Petrenko; Avie AV2192; Spotify link not found

8. Fantasie; Nicola Benedetti; DG 476 3399GH; Spotify link not found

9. Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet; London Symphony Orchestra / Valery Gergiev; LSO Live LSO0682; Spotify link

10. Howells - St John's Magnificat; Choir of St John's College Cambridge / Nethsingha; Chandos CHAN10587; Spotify link not found

11. Handel – Duets; Joshua; Connolly; English Concert / Harry Bicket; Chaconne CHAN0767; Spotify link not found

12. Mahler - Symphony No 2; London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir / Tennstedt; LPO LPO0044; Spotify link not found

13. Ceremony and Devotion: Music for the Tudors; The Sixteen / Harry Christophers; Coro COR16077; Spotify link

14. The Farewell Concerts; Alfred Brendel, Vienna Philharmonic / Charles Mackerras; Decca 478 2116; Spotify link

15. Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1; Maurizio Pollini; DG 477 8078; Spotify link not found

16. Goodall - Enchanted Voices; Enchanted Voices; Classic FM CFMD7; Spotify link not found

17. Mahler - Symphony No 4; London Symphony Orchestra / Valery Gergiev; LSO Live LSO0662; Spotify link not found

18. Prokofiev - String Quartets Nos 1 & 2; Pavel Haas Quartet; Supraphon SU 3957-2; Spotify link not found

19. Chopin – Nocturnes; Nelson Freire; Decca 478 2182; Spotify link

20. Beethoven – Symphonies; Orchestre Révolutionnaire; Monteverdi Choir / Gardiner; Archiv 477 8643; Spotify link

NB. Let me know if you can find the missing CDs (i.e., “Spotify link not found”).