Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Specialist Classical Chart: week ending April 17 2010

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

2. Mozart - Symphonies 29, 31, 32, 35 and 36; Scottish CO / Mackerras; Linn CKD350; Spotify link not found (Symphonies 38-41)

3. Live from the Lugano Festival 2009; Martha Argerich and Friends; EMI Classics 6073672; Spotify link

4. Jon Lord - To Notice Such Things; Jon Lord, Cormac Henry, RLPO / Clark Rundell; Avie AV2190; Spotify link

5. Tchaikovsky - Works for piano and orchestra; Stephen Hough, Minnesota Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä; Hyperion CDA677112; label not @ Spotify

6.  Vaughan Williams - Sancta Civitas; Bach Choir, Bournemouth SO / David Hill; Naxos 8572424; Spotify link not found

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

8. Gluck - Orphée et Eurydice; Flórez; Garmendia; Marianelli / López-Cobos; Decca 478 2917; Spotify link not found

9. Via Crucis; Barbara Fortuna; L’Arpeggiata / Christina Pluhar; Virgin Classics 6945770; Spotify link

10.  Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique; Anima Eterna, Jos van Immerseel; Zig Zag ZZT100101; label not @ Spotify

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

12. Chopin - Late Masterpieces; Stephen Hough; Hyperion CDA67764; label not @ Spotify

13. Chopin; Martha Argerich; DG 4777557; Spotify link

14. Rimsky-Korsakov - In the Still of Night; Anna Netrebko, Daniel Barenboim; DG 4778589; Spotify link

15. Dvorák - Symphonic Poems; Czech PO / Sir Charles Mackerras; Supraphon SU 4012-2; Spotify link not found

16.  Mahler - Symphony No 8; Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / David Zinman; Sony 88697579262; Spotify link not found

17. Haydn - Piano Sonatas Volume 1; Jean-Efflam Bavouzet; Chandos CHAN10586; Spotify link not found

18.  Victoria - Lamentations of Jeremiah; The Tallis Scholars / Peter Phillips; Gimell CDGIM043; label not @ Spotify

19.  Rachmaninov - Piano Concertos - Nos 2 & 3; Simon Trpceski; RLPO / Vasily Petrenko; Avie AV2192; Spotify link

20. Mendelssohn - Piano Trios Nos 1 and 2; Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax, Itzhak Perlman; Sony 88697521922; Spotify link

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