Rostropovich, Scarlatti, Domingo etc. - CD

Rostropovich, Scarlatti, Domingo etc. - CD

Prime extracts from the month's Top 12 releases

Rostropovich in Prokofiev premiere

Perahia plays Scarlatti

Domingo in Traviata

Music for Weddings

 

1. Beethoven

- Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 - 1st movement

- Staatskapelle Dresden/Giuseppe Sinopoli

2. Scarlatti

- Sonata in C sharp minor, K 247 - Murray Perahia (piano)

3. Achron

- Hebrew Melody, Op. 33

- Hagai Shaham (violin), Arnon Erez (piano)

4. Lutoslawski

- Symphony No. 3, ending

- Antoni Wit: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

5. Mozart

- Piano Quartet in G Minor, K 478 - final movement

- Emanuel Ax (piano), Isaac Stern (violin, Jaime Laredo (viola), Yo-Yo Ma (cello)

6. R Schumann

- Mondnacht

- Barbara Bonney (soprano), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

7. R Schumann

- Allegro,  Op. 8

- Daniel Levy (piano)

8. Popov

- Symphony No. 6, "Festive" & "Maestoso cantando"

- Edvard Chivzhel/USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra

9. Puccini

- Turandot - "Signore ascolta"

- Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)

- Orchestre de L'Opéra National de Lyon/Kent Nagano

10. Prokofiev

- Cello Sonata in C major, second movement

- Mstislav Rostropovich (cello),  Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

11. Ustvolskaya - Grand Duet for cello and piano

-  Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Alexi Lubimov (piano)

12. Handel

- Solomon -- "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" 

- John Lubbock: Orchestra of St. John's Smith Square

13. J S Bach

- Cantata, BWV 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" - Choral

- Hungarian Radio Chorus; Matyas Antal: Failoni Chamber Orchestra

14. Widor

- Symphony No.5 in F major - "Toccata"

- Stephen Cleobury (organ)

15. Stravinsky

- The Rake's Progress - Act I: "Love, too frequently betrayed"

- Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (Tom Rakewell); Tokyo Opera Singers; Saito Kinen Orchestra/Seiji Ozawa

16. Verdi

La Traviata - Act 1: Follie! Delirio vano è questo!... Sempre libera

- Ileana Cotrubas, Plácido Domingo, etc.

Carlos Kleiber: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra & Chorus