Playlist for Thursday, January 2, 2025

Fritz Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro (in the style of Pugnani)

Eric Shumsky, vi; Soloists of the Pacific Rim
VIOLIST ERIC SHUMSKY PLAYS BLOCH, BEALE, KREISLER, HINDEMITH

Ambassador ARC-1011

Carl Stamitz: Viola Concerto in D, Op. 1

Michael Strauss, vi; Camerata Chicago/Drostan Hall
Music by Johann & Carl Stamitz. Johann Stamitz: Mannheim Symphonies: Symphony in A Major

Centaur CRC-2860

Max Reger: Viola Suite in g

4th mvt, "Molto vivace"

Yuri Bashmet, vi; Moscow Soloists
Yuri Bashmet: Britten, Hindemith, Reger & Schnittke

RCA 60464-2-RC

Max Reger: "Eine Ballettsuite," Op 130

Berlin Staatskapelle/Otmar Suitner
Balletsuite, Concerto, Beethoven-Variationen

Berlin Classics 0091232-BC

Amilcare Ponchielli: "La Gioconda"

"Dance of the Hours"

Concert Arts Sym Orch/Erich Leinsdorf

EMI/Ang CDM5-65205-2

Giacomo Meyerbeer: "Le Prophète"

Waltz

Barcelona Sym Orch/Michal Nesterowicz
MEYERBEER, G.: Ballet Music from the Operas (Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra, Nesterowicz)

Naxos 8.573076

Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas Brasileiras" No. 5

"Aria (Cantilena)"

Anne Akiko Meyers, v; Jason Vieaux, g
Shining Night

Avie AV-2455

Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 3 in D, Op 44, No. 1

Talich String Quartet
Mendelssohn: Trois quatuors à cordes op.44

Calliope CAL-9302

Ned Rorem: "Sky Music"

"Very slow"

Yolanda Kondonassis, h
Sky Music

Telarc CD-80418

Jennifer Higdon: Harp Concerto (2018)

Yolanda Kondonassis, h; Rochester Phil/Ward Stare
American Rapture

Azica AXA-71327

Lou Harrison: Suite #2 for guitar, harp & percussion

"Jahla"

Just Strings; Gene Sterling, per
Just West Coast: Microtonal Music for Guitar and Harp

Bridge BCD-9041

Frédéric Chopin: Nocturnes, Op. 55

No. 1 in f

Irina Mejoueva, p
Chopin, Ravel and Scriabin

Denon CO-18074

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Pan Voyevoda" (1903)

Suite

Slovak Phil/Bystrik Rezucha

Records Int'l 7009-2

Frédéric Chopin: "ɐtudes," Op. 10

No. 5 in G-flat, "Black Key"

Alexander Brailowsky, p
Brailowsky Plays Chopin

RCA 68164-2 (2)

Frédéric Chopin: "Boléro," Op. 19

Lara Downes, p

Postcards 772001-2

Maurice Ravel: "Boléro"

Detroit Sym Orch/Paul Paray
Paray Conducts Ravel & Debussy

Mercury 434306-2

Ludwig van Beethoven: "Fidelio," Op 72

Duet, "Jetzt, Alter, jetzt hat es Eile!"

Ekkehard Wlaschiha, br; Kurt Moll, b; Dresden Staatskapelle/Bernard Haitink
Fidelio

Philips 426308-2 (2)

Ludwig van Beethoven: "Leonore" Overture no.3 in C, Op.72b

Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
Symphonies and Overtures Part 2

DG D-210385 (2)

Hugo Wolf: Song, "Gesang Weylas"

Anne Sofie von Otter, ms; Ralf Gothoni, p
Lieder

DG 423666-2

Josef Bohuslav Foerster: Wind Quintet, Op 95

Aulos Wind Quintet
Music By Janácek, Foerster & Haas

Koch CD-310051

Christoph Förster: Oboe Concerto in E-Flat

Lajos Lencses, ob; La Follia Ensemble
Oboe Concertos by Handel and Förster

Hänssler Classic CD-98.217

Johann Strauss II: "Napoleon March," Op. 156

Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
Strauss: Radetzky Marsch

DG 410027-2

Samuel Scheidt: Canzona Gallicam

New Mexico Brass Quintet
New Mexico Brass Quintet

Crystal CD-563

Jean Sibelius: "Pohjola's Daughter," Op. 49

Atlanta Sym Orch/Yoel Levi
Jean Sibelius: Tone Poems & Incidental Music

Telarc CD-80320

Nicolas VALLET: Courante

Paul O'Dette, l
Nicolas Vallet: Le secret des Muses

Harmonia Mundi HMU-907300

Marcel Tournier: Suite, Op 34

Linos Harp Quintet
Linos Harfenquintett * Impressions

Hänssler Classic CD-93.175

François Boieldieu: Harp Concerto in C (in Three Tempi)

Marisa Robles, h; St Martin's Academy/Iona Brown
Harp Concertos

London 425723-2

Stephen Goodall: Untitled

John Mark Rozendaal, viga
Breaking the Ground: Music of Christopher Simpson's The Division-Viol. John Mark Rozendaal, viola da gamba

Centaur CRC-2920

Tomaso Albinoni: "La Statira"

Aria, "Vien con nuova orribil guerra"

Helen Field, s; John Wallace, tr; Philharmonia Orch/Simon Wright
Arias For Soprano And Trumpet

Nimbus NI-5123

Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio in g

London Chamber Orch/Christopher Warren-Green
The Four Seasons/ Adagio/ Canon

Virgin 91081-2

Johann Sebastian Bach: Fugue in b on a Theme by Albinoni, BWV 951

Derek Adlam, clavichord
Masterworks for Clavichord by Bach

Guild GMCD-7232

Tomaso Albinoni: Violin Concerto in B-Flat

"Adagio"

I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone
Albinoni's Adagios

Erato 15681-2

Alexander Glazunov: "Les ruses d'amour," Op 61

Scene VII, Grand Valse

Roumanian State Orch/Horia Andreescu
GLAZUNOV : Ruses d'amour ( Ballet )

Marco Polo 8.220485

Peter Tchaikovsky: "Swan Lake," Op. 20

Suite

Saito Kinen Orch/Seiji Ozawa

Philips PHCP-11029

L Fischer: Amoroso

Gidon Kremer, v, Oleg Maisenberg, p
Romantic Miniatures For Violin

CBS M-35838

Ludwig van Beethoven: "Andante favori" in F, WoO 57

Nelson Freire, p
Memories: The Unreleased Recordings 1970-2019

Decca 4853136

George Frideric Handel: "Samson"

Act 1 Sinfonia

English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
Handel Overtures

Archiv 419219-2

George Frideric Handel: "Samson"

Aria, "Let the Bright Seraphim"

Kathleen Battle, s; Wynton Marsalis, tr; Orch of St. Luke's/John Nelson
Kathleen Battle: The Complete Sony Recordings

Sony 88985381362 (10)

Jennifer Higdon: "The Sound of Light"

Merian Ensemble
The Book of Spells

Navona NV-6644

Michael Torke: "Unseen"

No. 1

East Coast Chamber Orch, Michael Torke Orch/Michael Torke
Unseen - Michael Torke

Ecstatic Records ER-092402

Hector Berlioz: "Rêverie et Caprice," Op. 8

Giovanni Radivo, v; Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin
Berlioz: Harold en Italie, Le carnaval romain, Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

Naxos 8.573297

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: "Capriccio diabolico" (homage to Paganini), Op. 85

Eliot Fisk, g
Bell'Italia: Four Centuries of Italian Music

Musicmasters 67079-2

William Grant Still: "American Suite"

Royal Scottish National Orch/Avlana Eisenberg
William Grant Still: Summerland

Naxos 8.559867

Antonio Vivaldi: Two-Horn Concerto in F, R. 539

Anneke Scott & Jocelyn Lightfoot, hn's; La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler
Vivaldi x2

Avie AV-2392

Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 65

No. 6, "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen"

Daniel Adni, p
50 Best Romantic Classics

Warner 4575552

Traditional Norwegian: Minuet II

Lodestar Trio
Bach to Folk

Naxos NXW76158-2

Michael Tippett: Suite in D for the Birthday of Prince Charles (1948)

Movements 3-5

Chicago Sym Orch/Sir Georg Solti
Sir Michael Tippett: Symphony No. 4

London LDR-71046

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento No. 11 in D, K. 251

I. "Allegro molto"

Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman
Mozart: Divertimenti K. 136, 137, 138 & 251

Erato 45471-2

Peter Warlock: Capriol Suite

London Choral Sinfonia/Michael Waldron
Colourise

Orchid Classics ORC-100200

Hubert Parry: Anthem, "I was glad"

Westminster Abbey Choir & Onyx Brass/James O'Donnell; Daniel Cook, o
Parry: I Was Glad, Coronation Te Deum, The Great Service

Hyperion CDA-68089

Henry Purcell: "The Fairy Queen"

Act 3 Instrumental Suite

Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall
Purcell: The Fairy Queen & The Prophetess - Orchestral Suites

Fontalis ES-8583

Jonny Greenwood: "Phantom Thread"

"Sandalwood I; House of Woodcock"

Katherine Tinker, p; London Contemporary Orch/Robert Ames
Phantom Thread Soundtrack

Nonesuch 564777-2

Josef Suk: "Fantastic Scherzo," Op. 25

Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras
Suk: Summer Tale, Fantastic Scherzo / Mackerras

Decca 466443-2

Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op..25

IV. Finale, "Rondo alla zingarese"

collectif 9
Volksmobiles

collectif 9

Sergei Prokofiev: Flute Sonata in D, Op. 94

II. Allegretto scherzando

Richard Stoltzman, cl; Warsaw Phil Orch/Lawrence Leighton Smith
Clarinet Concertos

RCA 63836-2

Alberto Nepomuceno: "Suíte antiga," Op. 11

English Chamber Orch/Neil Thomson
Serenata: Brazilian Music for Chamber Orchestra

Naxos 8.574405

Valerie Coleman: "Portraits of Langston"

No. 2, "Danse Africaine"

Demarre McGill, f; Anthony McGill, cl; Michael McHale, p
Portraits: Works for Flute, Clarinet & Piano

Cedille CDR-90000172

Franz Ignaz Beck: Symphony in G, Op. 4, No. 5

Czech Chamber Phil Orch/Marek Štilec
Beck: Symphonies, Op. 4, Nos. 4-6 & Op. 3, No. 5

Naxos 8.573249

John Field: Nocturne No. 14 in C

John O'Conor, p
Nocturnes of John Field

Telarc CD-80199

Taylor Scott Davis: "Magnificat"

V. Finale, "Gloria patris"

Voces8 Foundation Cho & Orch/Barnaby Smith
A Choral Christmas

Decca 5568937

Hosted by Robbie Ellis.

William Byrd: "Miserere mei, Deus"

Aurora Orch/Nicholas Collon
Seeing Is Believing

Decca 4782731

Orlando Gibbons: "This Is the Record of John"

Aurora Orch/Nicholas Collon
Seeing Is Believing

Decca 4782731

Richard Wagner: "The Flying Dutchman"

Overture

Chicago Sym Orch/Daniel Barenboim
Wagner Overtures and Preludes

Teldec 99595-2

Alberto Hemsi: Quintet, Op. 28

III. "Berceuse"

ARC Ensemble
Chamber Works by Alberto Hemsi

Chandos CHAN-20243

Traditional English: "I Saw Three Ships"

Northside Brass
Christmas Carols for Brass, Vol. 2

Northside Brass 885007997566

Traditional English: "The Holly and the Ivy"

Northside Brass
Christmas Carols for Brass, Vol. 2

Northside Brass 885007997566

Traditional English: "Good Christian Men, Rejoice"

Northside Brass
Christmas Carols for Brass, Vol. 2

Northside Brass 885007997566

Traditional English: "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"

Northside Brass
Christmas Carols for Brass, Vol. 2

Northside Brass 885007997566

Johannes Brahms: Horn Trio in E-Flat, Op. 40

Barry Tuckwell, hn; Itzhak Perlman, v; Vladimir Ashkenazy, p
Franck: Violin Sonata; Brahms: Horn Trio

Decca 414128-2

Leonard Bernstein: "On the Town"

Three Dance Episodes

New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
Bernstein Conducts Bernstein: West Side Story, On the Town, On the Waterfront, Candide

CBS MK-42263

Sainte-Colombe: Prelude in D minor

Myriam Rignol, viga
Bill & Friends

Harmonia Mundi HAF-8905379

Jean-Baptiste Senaillé: Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 1, No. 1

TL de Swarte, v; T Dunford, l; W Christie, hc; M Rignol, viga
Myriam Rignol, viola da gamba,
Bill & Friends

Harmonia Mundi HAF-8905379

Aaron Jay Kernis: "100 Greatest Dance Hits"

III. "MOR Easy Listening Slow Dance Ballad"

Jason Vieaux, g; Escher Quartet
Dance

Azica ACD-71328

Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Mandolin Concerto in G

Avi Avital, m; Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini
Concertos

DG 4865228

Ibrahim Maalouf: "Dans les forêts de Sibérie"

"Baïkal"

Romain Leleu, tr; Stuttgart Phil/Marcus Bosch
Move: The Trumpet as Movie Star

Harmonia Mundi HMM-902600

Henry Mancini: "Moon River"

Romain Leleu, tr; Stuttgart Phil/Marcus Bosch
Move: The Trumpet as Movie Star

Harmonia Mundi HMM-902600

Jean-Louis Duport: Etude No. 7 in G minor

Antonio Meneses, vc
Capriccioso

Avie AV-2328

Alexander von Zemlinsky: "Turmwächterlied," Op. 8, No. 1

Ian Koziara, t; Bradley Moore, p
Silenced: Unsung Voices of the 20th Century

Cedille CDR-90000231

Henry Gauntlett: "Once in Royal David's City"

American Boychoir, New York Vocal Consort/J Litton; T Goeman, o
On Christmas Day

Ocaso HR-002

Traditional English: Carol, "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen"

American Boychoir, New York Vocal Consort, Orch/James Litton
On Christmas Day

Ocaso HR-002

Ernest Chausson: "Poème," Op. 25

Nicola Benedetti, v; London Sym Orch/Daniel Harding
Szymanowski, Chausson, Saint-Saëns

DG B0006154-02

Carlos Guastavino: "Rosita Iglesias"

Catherine Van Handel, bn; Eduard Laurel, p
Bassoon Soirée: From Latin America to Paris

Acis APL-53226

Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 6 in C, D. 589, "Little"

IV. Finale, "Allegro moderato"

Australian Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras
Franz Schubert: Symphonies 5 & 6

Omega OCD-1005

Jean-Michel Damase: Fantasy on Offenbach's "The Tales of Hoffmann"

Magdalena Hoffmann, h
Nightscapes

DG 4861734

Robert Schumann: String Quartet No. 3 in A, Op. 41, No. 3

Quatuor Hanson
Robert Schumann String Quartets, Piano Quintet

Harmonia Mundi HMM-902726.27

Bedřich Smetana: "The Bartered Bride"

Overture

Cleveland Orch/George Szell
Three Great Symphonies

Sony MH2K-63151 (2)

Florence Price: Three Negro Spirituals

Deborah Moriarty & Zhihua Tang, p
Connecting Cultures

Blue Griffin BGR-633

Traditional Bohemian: Carol, "Freu dich, Erd und Sternenzelt"

Windsbacher Knabenchor/Ludwig Böhme
In Dulci Jubilo

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 19658710702

Michael Praetorius: "Quem pastores laudavere"

Windsbacher Knabenchor; Lautten Compagney/Ludwig Böhme
In Dulci Jubilo

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 19658710702

John Williams: "Dracula"

Night Journeys

Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart
Lights, Camera...Magic!

BSO Classics 1704

Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050

Café Zimmermann/Céline Frisch, hc
Concertos for Several Instruments, Vol. 1

Alpha 013

Franz Liszt: "Harmonies poétiques et religieuses"

No. 3, "Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude"

Behzod Abduraimov, p
Prokofiev, Liszt, Saint-Saëns

Decca 4783301

Claude Debussy: Three Nocturnes

"Fêtes"

New Philharmonia Orch/Pierre Boulez
Debussy: Orchestral Works

Sony SM2K-68327 (2)

Joachim Raff: Fantasy Pieces, Op. 86

No. 2, "Erinnerung"

Christoph Croisé, vc; Oxana Shevchenko, p
Joachim Raff: Complete Works for Cello and Piano

Avie AV-2490

François-Joseph Gossec: "Gavotte"

Orch National de Bretagne/Stefan Sanderling
Gossec: Gavotte, Suite De Danses, 4 Symphonies

ASV CDDCA-1124

Jean-Philippe Rameau: "Anacréon"

Suite

Capella Savaria/Mary Térey-Smith
Rameau: Anacréon; Daphnis et Aeglé

Naxos 8.553746

Dora Pejačević: Piano Sonata No. 2 in A-Flat

Natasha Stojanovska, p
Uncommon Voices: Women Composers from Eastern Europe

Navona NV-6440

Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Set 2

Lausanne Chamber Orch/Jesús López-Cobos
Respighi: Ancient Airs & Dances and Trittico Bottiecelliano

Telarc CD-80309

Pablo de Sarasate: "Carmen" Fantasy, Op. 25

Hilary Hahn, v; Frankfurt Radio Symphony/Andrés Orozco-Estrada
Eclipse

DG 4862383

Peter Tchaikovsky: "Sleeping Beauty," Op. 66

Suite

Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
Tchaikovsky - Highlights from The Three Grandest Ballets

CBS 35DC-56

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat, K. 417

Sarah Willis, hn; Havana Lyceum Orch/José Antonio Méndez Padrón
Mozart y Mambo

Alpha 878

Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 58 in C, H XVI:48

I. "Andante con espressione"

Yekwon Sunwoo, p
Yekwon Sunwoo - Cliburn Gold 2017

Decca B0027008-02

Igor Stravinsky: "Tango"

Orpheus Chamber Orch
Shadow Dances - Stravinsky Miniatures

DG 453458-2

Richard Strauss: "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks," Op. 28

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur
Strauss: Don Quixote, Till Eulenspiegel, Etc

Philips 426262-2

George Gershwin: "A Damsel in Distress"

Suite

New Princess Theater Orch/John McGlinn
Gershwin, Kern & Porter - Overtures & Film Music

EMI CDFB5-68589-2 (2)

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 36

IV. Finale, "Allegro molto"

Chamber Orch of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 / Harnoncourt, Chamber O. of Europe

Teldec 46452-2 (5)

Igor Stravinsky: "Apollo (Apollon musagète)"

Royal Concertgebouw Orch Strings/Riccardo Chailly
Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète, Scherzo Fantastique, The Firebird Suite

Decca 458142-2

Antonio Vivaldi: "The Four Seasons: Autumn," RV. 293

Joshua Bell, v; St. Martin's Academy/Michael Stern
Vivaldi: Joshua Bell, Academy of St Martin in the Fields - The Four Seasons

Sony 11013-2

Jean-Baptiste Arban: "Fantaisie brillante" (Theme and Variations)

Romain Leleu, cornet; Julien Gernay, p
Folies Parisiennes - Paris, de l'Exposition Universelle aux années 1890

Harmonia Mundi HMM-905381

Friedrich Kuhlau: Violin Sonata in F, Op. 79, No. 1

Keith Pettway, f; Paul Transue, p
Fredrich Kuhlau: Sonatas Opp. 69, 79 & 85

Centaur CRC-2215

Maurice Ravel: "Gaspard de la nuit"

Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin
Ravel: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

Naxos 8.572888

Jeremiah Clarke: Suite in D

"Prince of Denmark's March" (Trumpet Voluntary)

English Chamber Orch Brass/Donald Fraser
Baroque Brass - English Chamber Orch Brass/Donald Fraser

RCA 61541-2

Edvard Grieg: "Sigurd Jorsalfar," Op. 22

Suite, Op. 56

Swedish Radio Sym Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen
A Nordic Festival

Sony SK-46668

Agathe Backer Grøndahl: "Prelude and Grand Minuet," Op 61

Natalia Strelchenko, p
Agathe Backer Grøndahl: Complete Piano Music, Vol. V

Arena AR-08016

Ludwig van Beethoven: Six Minuets, WoO 9

Karl Suske & Klaus Peters, v's; Matthias Pfaender, vc
Beethoven: Unknown Works, Vol. 1

Berlin Classics 0091312-BC (3)

George Frideric Handel: Harpsichord Suite in B-Flat, HWV 434

IV. Minuet

Miloš, g
Baroque

Sony 19658822942

Michael Tippett: Fantasia on a theme of Handel

Steven Osborne, p; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins
Tippett: Piano Concerto, Fantasia on a theme of Handel, Piano Sonatas

Hyperion CDA-67461/2

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 in C, K. 465, "Dissonant"

Juilliard String Quartet
Juilliard String Quartet: 50 Years, Vol. 3 - Mozart & Schubert

Sony SMK-62707

Peter Schickele: "Last Tango in Bayreuth"

New York Bassoon Quartet
Now & Then

Leonarda LE-348

Claude Debussy: "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun"

Jeffrey Khaner, f; Cleveland Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy
Ultimate Classical Dreams

Decca 4781484

Gabriel Fauré: Harp Impromptu, Op. 86

Mariko Anraku, h
Mariko Anraku: Harp Recital

EMI CDC5-56515-2