Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Specialist Classical Chart: week ending March 13 2010

1. Forever Vienna; André Rieu; Decca 5323879; Spotify link

2. Voices of Bach; Albrecht Mayer; English Concert; Trinity Baroque; Decca 478 1517; Spotify link

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

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

5. Fantasie; Nicola Benedetti; DG 476 3399GH; Spotify link

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. Goodall - Enchanted Voices; Enchanted Voices; Classic FM CFMD7; Spotify link

14. New Year's Day Concert 2010; Vienna Philharmonic / Georges Prêtre; Decca 478 2113; Spotify link

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

16. Glass – Satyagraha; New York City Opera / Christopher Keene; Sony 88697 527232; Spotify link

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

18. Alma Mater - Music from the Vatican; Pope Benedict XVI; Geffen 476 3664; Spotify link

19.  Chopin - Journal Intime; Alexandre Tharaud; Virgin Classics 457 8452; Spotify link

20. Hommage à Chopin; Jonathan Plowright; Hyperion CDA67803; label not @ Spotify

NB. UK-based username resulted in more hits this time. Let me know if you can find the missing CDs (i.e., “Spotify link not found”).