netradio: : NOV 2009 HOT PICK/NEW RELEASES (2009-11-03)

With so many great piano quartets and so few permanent ensembles of the same, the Ames Piano Quartet has something to celebrate, having been in residence at Iowa State University for some 34 years. The Dorian label also celebrates 20 years of recording the group with this 8 disc box set of re-issues, including one featuring the Chausson and Saint-Saens quartets originally issued by the Musical Heritage Society. Its members, all present ISU faculty, include Mahlon Darlington, violinist; George Work, cellist; William David, pianist; with present violist Jonathan Sturm sharing duties with former member Lawrence Bulkhalter. This long-term relationship certainly shows in the works, with a cohesive sound and a near psychic sense of ensemble.

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NEW RELEASES & RE-ISSUES WEEK ONE

Ferdinando CARULLI: Music for Guitar & Piano Vol. 2
Halasz, guitar; Deborah Halasz, piano
NAXOS: 8570588

Malcolm ARNOLD: Ballet Music; Homage to the Queen, Sweeney Todd Concert Suites; Rinaldo & Armida, Electra
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Rumon Gamba
CHANDOS: 10550

Francesco DURANTE: Concerti per quartetto 1-8, Harpsichord Concerto
Concerto Koln
PHOENIX EDITION: 427

Julius RONTGEN: Symphony No. 8, No. 15; Variations on a Norwegian Folksong
NDR Radio Philharmonic, Hannover/David Porcelijn
CPO: 777307

Franz Anton HOFFMEISTER: 'Notturno' Quintets for oboe, violin or horn, 2 violas, bassoon
Simon Fuchs, oboe; Primoz Novsak, violin; Jakob Hefti, horn; Michel Rouilly, viola; Katja Fuchs, viola; Manfred Sax, bassoon
TUDOR: 7124

SCARBOROUGH FAIR – Songs from the British Isles
Bryn Terfel, baritone; London Symphony Orchestra/Barry Wordsworth
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON: 12642
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NEW RELEASES & RE-ISSUES WEEK TWO

Pablo SARASATE: Works for Violin & Orchestra Vol. 1
Navarra Symphony Orchestra/Ernest Martinez Izquierdo; Tianwa Yang, violin
NAXOS: 8572191

DIE SCHONSTEN – Hornkonzerte: MOZART: Horn Concertos k 417, 447, 495; Horn Quintet K 407; TELEMANN: Horn Concerto in D TWV 51:D8, Tafelmusik III/iii Concerto for 2 horns; R STRAUSS: Horn Concerto No. 1; HANDEL: Water Music Suite No. 1
Various Ensembles; Wilhem Bruns, Erich Penzel, Hermann Baumann, others, horn
PROFIL: 8075

BRAHMS: Symphonies 1-4
Berlin Philharmonic/Simon Rattle
EMI: 67254

A GERMAN BOUQUET: SCHOP, SCHMELZER, KRIEGER, BUXTEHUDE, BACH, ERLEBACH, PISENDEl
Trio Settecento
CEDILLE: 114

PIAZZOLLA AND BEYOND: PIAZZOLLA, David GORDON, Adam SUMMERHAYES
London Concertante
HARMONIA MUNDI: 907491

Margo GURYAN: The Chopsticks Variations
Margo Guryan, piano
OGLIO: 81619

BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 6 in A Major, Nowak Edition
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Marek Janowski
PENTATONE: 5186354

HAYDN: Piano Trios Vol. 2
Florestan Trio
HYPERION: 67757

HANDEL: Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, Dixit Dominus
Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, Vocalconsort Berlin/Marcus Creed; Andreas Scholl, counter-tenor; Helen Guilmette, soprano; Malcolm e Bennett, tenor; Andreas Wolf, bass
HARMONIA MUNDI: 902041
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NEW RELEASES & RE-ISSUES WEEK THREE

CAFE VIENNA; GIULIANI, CARULLI, KUFFNER, BEETHOVEN, others
Michala Petri, recorder; Lars Hannibal, guitar
OUR RECORDINGS: 6220601

Joseph Martin KRAUS: Symphonies
Concerto Koln/Werner Ehrhard
PHOENIX EDITION: 424

13th Annual Van Cliburn Competition Gold Medalist; STRAVINSKY: Three Movements from Petrouchka; CHOPIN: 24 Preludes; Mason BATES: White Lies for Lomax; LISZT: Spanish Rhapsody
Haochen Zhang, piano
Harmonia Mundi: 907506

ROMANTIC VIOLIN CONCERTOS; Niels Wilhelm GADE, P.E. LANGE-MULLER, Rued LANGGAARD
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra/John Storgards; Chistina Astrand, violin
DACAPO: 6220562

THE LUTE IS A SONG
Edin Karamazov, lute; Sting, Renee Fleming, Andreas Scholl, others
L'OISEAU LYRE: 13278

BACH: Brandenburg Concertos
English Baroque Soloists/John Elliot Gardiner
SOLI DEO GLORIA: 707

RACHMANINOV: Elegiac Piano Trio No. 1; TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Trio in a
Lang Lang, piano; Vadim Repin, violin; Mischa Maisky, cello
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON: 13504

Francesco Maria VERACINI: Overtures & Concerti Vol. 1
L'Arte dell Arco/Giovanni Guglielmo, violin
CPO: 777302

SACRIFICIUM; The Age of the Castrato: PORPORA, LEO, ARAIA, VINCI, GRAUN, CALDARA, BROSCHI, HANDEL, GIACOMELLI
Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini; Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano
DECCA: 4781521