Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Specialist Classical Chart: week ending June 12 2010

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

2. Goodall - Pelican in the Wilderness; Enchanted Voices; Tippett Quartet; Classic FM CFMD13; Spotify link not found

3. The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music; London Philharmonic Orchestra / David Parry; X5 CATCO162446578; Spotify link

4. Revueltas. Stravinsky - La noche de los Mayas. The Rite of Spring; Simón Bolivar Youth Orchestra / Gustavo Dudamel; DG 4778775; Spotify link

5. The Mozart Album; Danielle de Niese, OAE / Sir Charles Mackerras; Decca 4781511; Spotify link

6.  Bach - Cantatas, Vol 11; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists / Gardiner; SDG SDG168; Spotify link not found; (other volumes)

7. Elgar - Sea Pictures. Symphony No 1; Baker; London Philharmonic Orchestra / Handley; Select LPO0046; Spotify link not found

8. Puccini - Madama Butterfly; Angela Gheorghiu etc / Antonio Pappano; EMI 4562152; Spotify link

9. Beethoven - Violin Sonatas Nos 3 & 9; Viktoria Mullova; Kristian Bezuidenhout; Onyx ONYX4050; Spotify link not found (Viktoria Mullova: other works)

10. Vivaldi - Armida al campo d’Egitto; Soloists. Concerto Italiano/ Rinaldo Alessandrini; Naïve OP30492; Spotify link

11.  Verdi - Requiem Mass; Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Antonio Pappano; EMI 698936-2; Spotify link

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

13. A Year at King’s; Choir of King’s College, Cambridge / Cleobury; EMI 6 09004 02; Spotify link

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

15.  Bach - Mass in B Minor; Dunedin Consort & Players / John Butt; Linn CKD354; Spotify link not found

16. Tchaikovsky - Works for piano and orchestra; Stephen Hough, Minnesota Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä; Hyperion CDA677112; label not @ Spotify (Stephen Hough: other works)

17. Goodall - The Seasons; Vukotic / Tippett Quartet / Szymanowksa / Goodall; EMI 6886262; Spotify link

18. Britten - Songs and Proverbs of William Blake; Gerald Finley; Julius Drake; Hyperion CDA67778; label not @ Spotify (Gerald Finley: other works)

19. Folias Criollas - El Nuevo Mundo; Montserrat Figueras; Hespèrion XXI / Jordi Savall; Alia Vox AVSA9876; Spotify link

20. Schubert - Live, Vol 3; Imogen Cooper; Avie AV2158; Spotify link not found (Imogen Cooper:  other works)

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

Specialist Classical Chart: week ending June 5 2010

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

2. Goodall - Pelican in the Wilderness; Enchanted Voices; Tippett Quartet; Classic FM CFMD13; Spotify link not found

3. The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music; London Philharmonic Orchestra / David Parry; X5 CATCO162446578; Spotify link

4. The Mozart Album; Danielle de Niese, OAE / Sir Charles Mackerras; Decca 4781511; Spotify link

5.  Bach - Cantatas, Vol 11; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists / Gardiner; SDG SDG168; Spotify link not found; (other volumes)

6. Elgar - Sea Pictures. Symphony No 1; Baker; London Philharmonic Orchestra / Handley; Select LPO0046; Spotify link not found

7.  Bach - Mass in B Minor; Dunedin Consort & Players / John Butt; Linn CKD354; Spotify link not found

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

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

10.  Verdi - Requiem Mass; Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Antonio Pappano; EMI 698936-2; Spotify link

11. Wallace – Lurline; Victorian Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Bonynge; Naxos 8660293-94; Spotify link not found

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

13. Folias Criollas - El Nuevo Mundo; Montserrat Figueras; Hespèrion XXI / Jordi Savall; Alia Vox AVSA9876; Spotify link

14. Beethoven - Violin Sonatas Nos 3 & 9; Viktoria Mullova; Kristian Bezuidenhout; Onyx ONYX4050; Spotify link not found (Viktoria Mullova: other works)

15. Whitacre - Choral Music; Soloists; Elora Festival Singers / Noel Edison; Naxos 8 559677; Spotify link not found

16. Brahms - Complete Songs, Vol 1; Angelika Kirchschlager; Graham Johnson; Hyperion CDJ33121; label not @ Spotify (Angelika Kirchschlager: other works)

17. Casella - Symphony No 2. Scarlattiana; Martin Roscoe; BBC Philharmonic / Noseda; Chandos CHAN10605; Spotify link not found

18. Monteverdi - Coronation of Poppea; Janet Baker; Sadler’s Wells Chorus & Orch / Leppard; Chandos CHAN31722; Spotify link not found (Janet Baker: other works)

19. Tchaikovsky - Works for piano and orchestra; Stephen Hough, Minnesota Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä; Hyperion CDA677112; label not @ Spotify (Stephen Hough: other works)

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

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

Specialist Classical Chart: week ending May 29 2010

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

2. Goodall - Pelican in the Wilderness; Enchanted Voices; Tippett Quartet; Classic FM CFMD13; Spotify link not found

3.  Bach - Mass in B Minor; Dunedin Consort & Players / John Butt; Linn CKD354; Spotify link not found

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

5.  Verdi - Requiem Mass; Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Antonio Pappano; EMI 698936-2; Spotify link

6. Goodall - The Seasons; Vukotic / Tippett Quartet / Szymanowksa / Goodall; EMI 6886262; Spotify link

7. Folias Criollas - El Nuevo Mundo; Montserrat Figueras; Hespèrion XXI / Jordi Savall; Alia Vox AVSA9876; Spotify link

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

9. The Mozart Album; Danielle de Niese, OAE / Sir Charles Mackerras; Decca 4781511; Spotify link

10. Chopin – Recital; Janina Fialkowska; Atma Classique ACD22597; Spotify link not found (Janina Fialkowska: other works)

11. Tchaikovsky - Works for piano and orchestra; Stephen Hough, Minnesota Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä; Hyperion CDA677112; label not @ Spotify (Stephen Hough: other works)

12.  Leoncavallo - I Medici; Domingo; Álvarez; Dessi; Lamanda / Veronesi; DG 477 7456; Spotify link

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

14. Schumann - Fantasie. Grande Sonate. Three Romances; Felipe Scagliusi; Avie AV2177; Spotify link

15. Shostakovich - The Preludes & Fugues; Alexander Melnikov; Harmonia Mundi HMC902019/20; Spotify link not found (no works by Alexander Melnikov)

16. Mahler: Symphony No. 4; Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer; Channel: CCSSA26109; label not @ Spotify

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

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

19. Chopin - Late Masterpieces; Stephen Hough; Hyperion CDA67764; label not @ Spotify (Stephen Hough: other works)

20. Shostakovich - Symphonies Nos 5 and 9; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic / Petrenko; Naxos 8.572167; Spotify link not found

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