Thursday, May 6, 2010

Specialist Classical Chart: week ending May 1 2010

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

2.  Shostakovich - Symphony No 8; Royal Liverpool PO / Vasily Petrenko; Naxos 8572392; Spotify link not found

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

4.  Rosso - Italian Baroque Arias; Patricia Petibon; Venice Baroque Orchestra / Marcon; DG 4778763; Spotify link not found (Patricia Petibon: other works)

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

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

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

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

9. Dvorák - Symphonies - Nos 7 & 8; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra / Marin Alsop; Naxos 8572112; Spotify link not found

10. Bliss - Meditations on a Theme by John Blow; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones; Naxos 8572316; Spotify link not found

11. Rachmaninov - Symphony No 2; London Symphony Orchestra / Valery Gergiev; LSO Live LSO0677; Spotify link not found

12. Wagner – Excerpts; Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Järvi; Chandos CHSA5077; Spotify link nor found

13. Night and Dreams; Measha Brueggergosman; Justus Zeyen; DG 4778101; Spotify link

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

15.  Gershwin - By Grofé; Mayorga, Gallodoro, Steven Richman; Harmonia Mundi HMU907492; Spotify link not found

16. Howells - St John's Magnificat; Choir of St John's College Cambridge / Nethsingha; Chandos CHAN10587; Spotify link

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

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

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

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

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

Specialist Classical Chart: week ending April 24 2010

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Wolkenstein - Songs of Myself; Andreas Scholl, Shield of Harmony; Harmonia Mundi HMC902051; Spotify link not found (Andreas Scholl: other works)

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

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

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

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

14. Bach, JS - Sonatas & Partitas; Isabelle Faust; Harmonia Mundi HMC902059; Spotify link not found (Isabelle Faust: other works)

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

16. Mahler - Symphony No 2; London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir / Tennstedt; LPO LPO0044; Spotify link

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

18. Elgar - Violin Concerto; Thomas Zehetmair / Hallé, Elder; Hallé CDHLL7521; label not @ Spotify

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

20.  Gershwin - By Grofé; Mayorga, Gallodoro, Steven Richman; Harmonia Mundi HMU907492; Spotify link not found

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

Gramophone awards - discs of the year 1977-2009

Gramophone awards - discs of the year 1977-2009: Spotify link