Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943.

Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon, p2009.

1 sound disc (64:18) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Trio élégiaque no. 1 in G minor / Sergei Rachmaninov -- Piano trio in A minor op. 50 / Tchaikovsky.

Program notes by Michael Church (7 p. : ill.) in container.

Compact disc.

Gens, Véronique.

[London] : Virgin Classics, p2009.

1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Alceste. Acte II, scene 3. Air d'Alceste. Grands Dieux, soutenez mon courage ... Ah! Divinités implacables (6:38) / Christoph Willibald Gluck -- Dardanus. Acte IV, scene 6. Air d'Iphise: Il me fuit... Quoi, rien ne peut émouvoir (3:49) ; Acte I, scene 1. Air d'Iphise/ Cesse, cruel Amour (3:04) / Antonio Sacchini -- Didon. Acte III, scene 1. Air de Didon. Non, ce n'est plus pour moi (4:27) / Niccolò Piccinni -- Orphée et Eurydice. Ballet des ombres heureuses (5:10) ; Air de Furies (4:01) / Christoph Willibald Gluck -- Oedipe à Colone. Acte III, scene 1. Air d'Antigone. Dieux, ce n'est pas pour moi (2:20) / Antonio Sacchini -- Andromaque, Act I, scene 1. Air d'Hermione. C'est le seul espoir qui me reste... Si fidèle au noeud qui l'engage (2:34) / André Grétry -- Les Paladins. Acte II, scene 10. Entrée très gaye de Troubadours (2:25) ; Acte I, scene 1. Air d'Argie. Triste sèjour (2:28) ; Acte II, scene 10. Sarabande (3:03) / Jean-Philippe Rameau -- Renaud. Acte II, scene 1. Air d'Armide. Hélas! vous le dirais-je? ... Ah! Que dis-tu? (3:33) / Antonio Sacchini -- Les Paladins. Acte II, scene 10. Menuets I & II (4:33) / Jean-Philippe Rameau -- Médée. Acte II, scene 4. Air de Néris. Ah! Nos peines seront communes (8:24) / Luigi Cherubini -- Herminie. Récit & air d'Herminie. Mais sur cette arène guerrière... Il n'est plus... Dieux cruels! (3:48) / Juan Crisostomo de Arriaga -- Les Troyens. Acte I. Récitatif & Air de Cassandre. Les Grecs ont disparu... Malheureux roi! (7:00) / Hector Berlioz.

Véronique Gens, soprano ; Les Talens lyriques ; Christophe Rousset, conductor.

Opera and ballet excerpts.

Title from container.

Enhanced compact disc.

Program notes in French by Jean Duron, with English and German translations, and the text in French, with English and German translations (35 p. : ports.) inserted in container.

Dessay, Natalie, 1965-

New York : Virgin Classics, p2009.

1 sound disc (79 min., 45 sec.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.

Lucie de Lammermoor. Mon nom s'est fait entendre-- / Donizetti (17:20) -- I puritani. O rendetemi la speme-- / Bellini (16:34) -- Hamlet. A vos jeux mes amis / Thomas (13:26) -- Candide. Glitter and be gay / Bernstein (5:47) -- Le pardon de Ploërmel. Ombre légère / Meyerbeer (7:49) -- Lucia di Lammermoore. Il dolce suono-- / Donizetti (18:49).

Natalie Dessay, soprano ; with various orchestras. Assisting singers on some tracks (Ludovic Tézier and Nicolas Cavallier, track 1 ; Franck Ferrari and Matthew Rose, tracks 2 and 6).

Compact disc.

Includes works previously released, 1996-2007.

Tenney, James.

New York : New World Records, c2009.

2 sound discs (127 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.

Disc 1: Spectrum 1 (1995) (15:04) (violin, trumpet, bass clarinet, 2 percussion, piano, bass) -- Spectrum 2 (1995) (14:55) (flute, cor anglais, clarinet, bassoon, horn) -- Spectrum 3 (1995) (18:04) (chamber orchestra) -- Spectrum 4 (1995) (16:05) (violin, alto recorder, vibraphone, guitar, piano, bass clarinet, trombone, bass) -- Disc 2: Spectrum 5 (1995) (16:02) (flute, oboe, bass clarinet, bassoon, vibraphone/percussion) -- Spectrum 6 (2001) (15:04) (flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, cello) -- Spectrum 7 (2001) (15:44) (flute, cello. piano, and tape delay system) -- Spectrum (2001) (14:53) (viola obbligato and flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, cello) / James Tenney.

Barton Workshop ; James Fulkerson, Frank Denyer, co-directors.

Program notes by Bob Gilmore in English with selected discography and bibliography (15 : ill.) in container.

Byrne, Andrew, 1966-

New York, NY : New World Records, p2009.

1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

White bone country : nine musical landscapes for piano and percussion. Desert terrain ; Desert life ; Desert weather (28:16) -- Tracks : for solo piano (8:54) -- Fata morgana : mirages on the horizon : for prepared piano (17:45).

Stephen Gosling, piano, prepared piano ; David Shively, percussion.

"Anthology of Recorded Music, Inc."

"All compositions published by the composer"--Container.

Compact disc.

Program and biographical notes (15 p.) inserted in container.

Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809.

London : Hyperion, p2009.

2 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Sonata in E major, Hob XVI:31 (12:20) -- Sonata in D major, Hob XVI:42 (11:51) -- Sonata in C major, Hob XVI:35 (19:07) -- Sonata in E minor, Hob XVI:34 (13:10) -- Sonata in A major, Hob XVI:26 (11:52) -- Fantasia (capriccio) in C major, Hob XVII:4 (5:40) -- Sonata "Un piccolo divertimento" (variations) in F minor, Hob XVII:6 (12:45) -- Sonata in E flat major, Hob XVI:49 (20:23) -- Sonata in D major, Hob XVI:33 (17:25) -- Sonata in G major, Hob XVI:39 (16:00) -- Sonata in C major, Hob XVI:48 (12:19).

Marc-André Hamelin, piano.

Compact discs.

Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809.

[Germany] : Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, p2008.

2 sound discs : digital stereo. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 libretto (55 p. : ill. ; 13 cm.)

Genia Kühmeier (Hanne), soprano ; Werner Güra (Lukas), tenor ; Christian Gerhaher (Simon), baritone ; Arnold Schoenberg Chor ; Concentus Musicus Wien ; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor.

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi: 88697 28126 2 (88697 28126 2-1--88697 28126 2-2).

Oratorio for soloists, chorus and orchestra, Hob. XXI:3.

Libretto by Baron Gottfried van Swieten, after The seasons by James Thomson.

Compact discs.

Program notes in German and English, and libretto with English translation (55 p. : ill., port.) inserted in container.

Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809.

London : Hyperion, p2007.

2 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

CD 1. No. 50 in C major (15:23) -- No. 40 in G major (9:22) -- No. 46 in A-flat major (20:27) -- No. 41 in B-flat major (9:50) -- No. 52 in E-flat major (20:03) -- CD 2. No. 23 in F major (16:45) -- No. 43 in A-flat major (15:05) -- No. 24 in D major (12:02) -- No. 32 in B minor (13:51) -- No. 37 in D major (11:39).

Marc-André Hamelin, piano.

Compact discs.

Program and biographical notes in English by Richard Wigmore, with French and German translations (19 p. : ports.) inserted in container.

Bartoli, Cecilia.

London : Decca p2009.

2 sound discs (ca. 100 min.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 program book (251 p. : ill. ; 13 cm.)

CD 1: World premiere castrato arias. Siface. Come nave in mezzo all'onde / Nicola Porpora -- Sedecia. Profezie, di me diceste / Antonio Caldara -- Berenice. Cadrò, ma qual si mira / Francesco Araia -- Germanico in Germania. Parto, ti lascio, o cara ; Siface. Usignolo sventurato / Porpora -- Demofoonte. Misero pargoletto / Carl Heinrich Graun -- Semiramide riconosciuta. In braccio a mille furie / Porpora -- Zenobia in Palmira. Qual farfalla / Leonardo Leo -- Adelaide. Nobil onda / Porpora -- Adriano in siria. Deh, tu bel Dio d'amore-- Ov'è il mio bene? / Graun -- Farnace. Chi temea Giove regnante / Leonardo Vinci -- La morte d'Abel figura di quella del nostro Redentore. Quel buon pastor son io / Caldara.

Bonus CD: Three legendary castrato arias. Artaserse. Son qual nave / Riccardo Broschi -- Serse. Ombra mai fu / George Frideric Handel -- Merope. Sposa, non mi conosci / Geminiano Giacomelli.

Cecilia Bartoli ; il Giardino Armonico ; Giovanni Antonini, conductor.

Compact discs.

Historical notes, including bibliography, and illustrated castrato dictionary in English, French, and German in booklet.

Holst, Gustav, 1874-1934.

[Cleveland, OH] : Telarc, p2009.

1 sound disc (70:00) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

The planets, op. 32. Mars, the bringer of war ; Venus, the bringer of peace ; Mercury, the winged messenger ; Jupiter, the bringer of jollity ; Saturn, the bringer of old age ; Uranus, the magician ; Neptune, the mystic / Gustav Holst -- The young person's guide to the orchestra, op. 34 / Benjamin Britten.

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra ; Paavo Järvi, conductor.

The Britten performed without optional narration.

Compact disc.

Program notes and orchestra personnel roster (7 p.) inserted in container.

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

[S.l.] : EMI Classics, p2009.

2 sound disc (85 min.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.

Requiem -- Sequenza -- Offertorio -- Sanctus -- Agnus Dei -- Lux aeterna -- Libera me.

Anja Harteros, soprano ; Sonia Ganassi, mezzo-soprano ; Rolando Villazón, tenor ; Rene Papé, bass ; Antonio Pappano, conductor ; Coro dell'Accademia nazionale di Santa Cecilia ; Orchestra Dell'accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia.

EMI Classics: 50999 6 98936 2 9 (on discs: 50999 6 98937 2 8--50999 6 98939 2 6).

Compact discs.

"OpenDisc, insert CD1 into your computer to access the EMI Classics Club: access bonus material, exclusive pre-release listening sessions, and more"--Container.

Program notes in English with German and French translations, and lyrics with German, English, and French translations (23 p. : port.) inserted in container.

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.

New York, NY : Sony Music Entertainment, p2009.

1 sound disc (69 min., 26 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

No. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825 -- No. 5 in G major, BWV 829 -- No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830.

Murray Perahia, piano.

Compact disc.

Program notes by Julian Haylock in container.

Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.

Cleveland, Ohio : Telarc, p2009.

1 sound disc (62:11) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Piano concerto in A minor, op. 16. Allegro molto moderato / Edvard Grieg (13:00) -- Violin concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26. Finale: Allegro energico / Max Bruch (7:48) -- Serenade for strings / Stephen Feigenbaum (6:42) -- Piano concerto no. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056. Allegro ; Largo ; Presto / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Concerto for violin, piano, and strings in D minor. Allegro molto / Felix Mendelssohn (8:56) -- Hungarian rhapsodie, op. 68 / David Popper (8:49) -- The upward stream. Allegro molto / Russell Peck (6:41).

Host and pianist, Christopher O'Riley with various soloists, ages 12-19 (Ji-Yong, piano ; Chad Hoopes, violin ; Hilda Huang, piano ; Caroline Goulding, violin ; Matthew Allen, cello ; Corey Dundee, tenor saxophone) ; Cincinnati Pops Orchestra ; Erich Kunzel, conductor.

"Christopher O'Riley & America's best young classical musicians"--Container.

Compact disc.

Barker, Cheryl.

Colchester, Essex, England : Chandos, p2009.

1 sound disc (67:43) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 libretto (43 p. : ill. ; 13 cm.)

Adriana Lecouvreur. I am the humble servant of God's immortal art / Francesco Cilea (3:15) -- Queen of Spades. Oh why am I so tearful (with Gillian Keith) / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (4:40) -- Pagliacci. Through the air they soar (4:54) ; My fate is in your hands (with William Dazeley) (11:34) / Ruggiero Leoncavallo -- Mephistopheles. To the moonlit waves they cast him / Arrigo Boito (5:57) -- The end of the affair. A bargain and a prayer (with William Dazeley) / Jake Heggie (6:36) -- Queen of Spades. It's nearly midnight now (5:10) / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky -- Arabella. The one who's right for me (with Gillian Keith) / Richard Strauss (6:19) -- Adriana Lecouvreur. Poor little flowers / Francesco Cilea (2:23) -- The violins of Saint-Jacques. How can I explain to you / Malcolm Williamson (4:12) -- La Wally. I'll float into the distance / Alfredo Catalani (3:48) -- Arabella. I'm very glad, Mandryka (with William Dazeley) / Richard Strauss (7:41).

Cheryl Barker, soprano ; London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry, conductor ; Gillian Keith, soprano, and William Dazeley, baritone on some tracks.

Compact disc.

Connesson, Guillaume.

[France?] : Densité 21, p2006.

1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Virginie Pesch, soprano ; Nigel Smith, baritone ; Chœur de Radio France ; Orchestre National de France ; Jonathan Darlington (1st work), Muhai Tang (2nd work), conductors.

The 1st work for soprano, baritone, mixed voices, and orchestra, texts by Hermes, Zosime, Lambsprinck, and O.V. de L. Milosz.; the 2nd work for orchestra.

Compact disc.

Durations: 43:11; 14:58.

Includes texts with French translations and program notes in French and English on insert.

Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943.

Colchester, Essex, England : Chandos, p2009.

1 sound disc (59:06) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 libretto (74 p. : ill. ; 13 cm.)

Ildar Abdrazakov, bass (the Baron) ; Misha Didyk, tenor (Albert) ; Sergey Murzaev, baritone (the Duke) ; Peter Bronder, tenor (the Jew, a moneylender) ; Gennady Bezzubenkov, bass (servant). BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda, conductor, Yuri Torchinsky, leader.

Opera in 3 scenes.

Libretto based on Pushkin's Little tragedy.

Compact disc.

Program notes in English German, and French, and libretto in Russian with French, German, and English translations in container.

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.

München : ECM Records, p2009.

2 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Partita no. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825 -- Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826 -- Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827 -- Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828 -- Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829 -- Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830.

András Schiff, piano.

Compact discs.

Program notes by Wolf-Dieter Seiffert and András Schiff in German with English translation (23 p.) inserted in container.

Kashkashian, Kim.

München : ECM Records, p2009.

1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Neharót neharót : 2006/07, for viola solo, accordion, percussion, two string ensembles and tape / Betty Olivero (16:20) -- Tagh for the funeral of the Lord / Tigran Mansurian (5:31) -- Oror / Komitas ; adapted by Tigran Mansurian -- Three arias (sung out the window facing Mount Ararat) : 2008 / Tigran Mansurian (19:23) -- Rava deravin : for viola and string quartet, 2003 / Eitan Steinberg (15:59).

Kim Kashkashian, viola (1st-2nd works, 4th-5th works) ; An Raskin, accordion (1st work) ; Philipp Jungk, percussion ; Münchener Kammerorchester (1st work) ; Alexander Liebreich, conductor (1st work) ; Robyn Schulkowsky, percussion (2nd work) ; Tigran Mansurian, piano (3rd work) ; Boston Modern Orchestra Project (4th work) ; Gil Rose, conductor (4th work) ; Kuss Quartett (5th work).

Compact disc.

Program notes by Paul Griffiths and biographical information on the performers in English and German in container insert.

[Hong Kong] : Naxos, p2009.

2 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Lincoln, the great commoner / Charles Ives (3:39) -- A Lincoln address : op. 124 / Vincent Persichetti (13:22) -- Abraham Lincoln walks at midnight / Roy Harris (14:10) -- Ford's Theatre : a few glimpses of Easter Week, 1865 / Ernst Bacon (29:43) -- A Lincoln legend / Morton Gould (16:36) -- To a liberator (A Lincoln tribute) / George Frederick McKay (11:18) -- Variations on an American song: aspects of Lincoln and liberty, op. 20 / Paul Turok (9:18) -- Lincoln portrait / Aaron Copland (14:31).

In the 3rd work: Sharon Mabry, mezzo-soprano ; Anthony LaMarchina, violoncello ; Roger Wiesmeyer, piano. In the remainder: Barry Scott, narrator (2nd, 8th works) ; Nashville Symphony Chorus (1st, 6th works) ; Nashville Symphony ; Leonard Slatkin, conductor.

Compact discs.

Program notes, including selected texts, in English in container.

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934.

Helsinki : Ondine, p2009.

1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Cello concerto in E minor, op. 85 / Edward Elgar (29:08) -- Viola concerto (1985) / Alfred Schnittke (35:21).

The 1st work originally for violoncello and orchestra, arranged for viola by Lionel Tertis and David Aaron Carpenter.

Compact disc.

Program notes and biographical notes on performers in English, German, and French (27 p. : ports.) inserted in container.

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.

London : Decca, p2009.

1 sound disc (65 min., 51 sec.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.

Exsultate, jubilate -- Vesperae solennes de confessore. Laudate Dominum -- Bella mia fiamma, addio!-- Resta, oh cara -- Oh, temerario Arbace!-- Per quel paterno amplesso -- Le nozze di Figaro. Giunse alfin il momento ; Al desio di chi t'adora -- Cosi fan tutte. Una donna a quindici anni -- Idomeneo. Quando avran fine omai-- Padre, germani, addio! -- Don Giovanni. Ah! fuggi il traditor -- Il re pastore. L'amerò, sarò costante -- Don Giovanni, Là ci darem la mano (with Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone).

Danielle De Niese, soprano ; Apollo Voices ; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment ; Charles Mackerras, conductor.

Compact disc.

Program notes by Brian Dickie in English and song texts in original Italian or Latin with English translations in container insert.

Fleming, Renée.

London : Decca, p2009.

1 sound disc (72 min., 20 sec.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.

Suor Angelica. Senza mamma / Puccini -- Iris. Un di (ero piccina) / Mascagni -- La rondine. Ore dolci e divine / Puccini -- Lodoletta. Flammen, perdonami! / Mascagni -- La wally. Né mai dunque avrò pace? / Catalani -- La Bohème. Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì / Puccini -- La Bohème. Musette svaria sulla boca viva ; Ma vi chetate!...Mimì Pinson, la biondinetta / Leoncavallo -- La Bohème. Donde lieta / Puccini -- Zazà. Angioletto, il tuo nome? / Leoncavallo -- Manon Lescaut. Sola, perduta, abbandonata! (original manuscript version: world premiere recording) / Puccini -- Conchita. 1er dalla fabbrica a Triana / Zandonai -- Gloria. O mia cuna, fiorita di sogni e di melodi / Cilea -- Fedora. Troppo tardi! Tutto tramonta, tutto dilegua / Giordano -- Turandot. Tu, che di gel sei cinta / Puccini -- Siberia. Nel suo amore rianimata / Giordano -- La rondine. Bevo al tuo fresco sorriso(with Jonas Kaufmann, tenor) / Puccini.

René Fleming, soprano ; Coro e Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi ; Marco Armiliato, conductor.

Compact disc.

Opera excerpts.

Program notes (31 p. : ports ; 12 cm.) and lyrics with English translation, inserted in container.

Dickson, Amy.

Australia : Sony BMG Music Entertainment, p2009.

1 sound disc (ca. 57 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Violin concerto, arranged for soprano saxophone by Amy Dickson / Philip Glass -- The protecting veil (First movement), arranged for soprano saxophone by Amy Dickson / John Tavener -- Where the bee dances, for soprano saxophone and orchestra / Michael Nyman.

Amy Dickson, soprano saxophone ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Mikel Toms.

Compact disc.

Montero, Gabriela.

New York, N.Y. : EMI Classics, p2007.

1 sound disc : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.

Canarios / Sanz (1:40) -- Autumn / Vivaldi (2:24) -- Canon / Pachelbel (4:27) -- Sarabande / Handel (3:51) -- Baroque and me / Montero (4:27) -- Hallelujah / Handel (2:21) -- Adagio / Albinoni (7:01) -- Largo / Handel (3:42) -- Prelude / J.S. Bach (2:00) -- Winter / Vivaldi (5:10) -- Hornpipe / Handel (4:49) -- Sonata / D. Scarlatti (1:28) -- Spring (3:46) ; Summer and winter (2:00) / Vivaldi -- Continuum / Montero (4:11).

Gabriela Montero, piano.

Principally arrangements and improvisations.

Compact disc.

Thibaudet, Jean-Yves, 1961-

London, England : Decca ; New York, NY : Manufactured and marketed by Decca Label Group : Distributed by Universal Music Distribution, p2007.

1 sound disc : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.

Fantasy on two themes from Samson et Dalila / Camille Saint-Saëns ; arr. Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Randy Kerber (6:55) -- Ramble on the last love duet in Der Rosenkavalier / Richard Strauss ; arr. Percy Grainger (7:27) -- O mio babbino caro : Lauretta's aria : from Gianni Schicchi / Giacomo Puccini ; arr. Yvar Mikhashoff (2:53) -- Glück, das mir verblieb : Marietta's song : from Die tote Stadt / Erich Wolfgang Korngold ; arr. Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Randy Kerber (6:06) -- Soirée de Vienne : concert paraphrase on waltz themes by Johann Strauss (from Die Fledermaus and other works) / Johann Strauss II ; arr. Alfred Grünfeld (5:40) -- Vissi d'arte : from Tosca / Giacomo Puccini ; arr. Yvar Mikhashoff (3:25) -- Casta diva : from Norma / Vincenzo Bellini ; arr. Yvar Mikhashoff (6:58) -- Mélodie : from Dance of the blessed spirits : in Orphée et Eurydice / Christoph Willibald Gluck ; arr. Giovanni Sgambati (3:25) -- Portrait of Madame Butterfly : an operatic sonata-fantasy on themes of Puccini in four parts / Giacomo Puccini ; arr. Yvar Mikhashoff (12:18) -- The ride of the Valkyries : from Die Walküre / Richard Wagner ; arr. Louis Brassin (5:05).

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano.

Compact disc.

Program notes by Rodney L. Mobley (12 p. : ports.) inserted in container.

Moog, Rainer.

[München] : Arte Nova Classics, [2006].

1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Concerto G major / Georg Philipp Telemann (13:05) -- Fantasy G minor / Johann Nepomuk Hummel (7:25) -- Trauermusik / Paul Hindemith (7:08) -- Yizkor (In memoriam) / Oedoen Partos (10:33) -- Monologue / Alfred Schnittke (17:26).

Rainer Moog, viola ; Hamburg Soloists ; Emil Klein, conductor.

Originally issued in 1996 as 74321 37319 2.

Compact disc.

Program notes in English in container.

Meyers, Anne, 1970-

Port Washington, N.Y. : Koch, p2009.

1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Smile / Charles Chaplin ; adaptation by Claus Ogerman -- Spiegel im spiegel = Miror in mirror / Arvo Pärt -- Introduccion et angel ; Milonga en re, "Tango" / Piazzola -- Fantaisie / Olivier Messiaen -- Fantasy in C major, op. 159 / Franz Schubert -- Haru no umi = Sea in spring / Michio Miyagi ; arranged by Hideo Shimazu -- Kojo no tsuki = Moonlight over the ruined castle / Rentaro Taki ; arranged by Anne Akiko Meyers, Shigeaki Saegusa -- Somewhere over the rainbow / Harold Arlen ; adaptation by Makoto Ozone.

Ann Akiko Meyers, violin ; Akira Eguchi, piano.

Works for and arranged for violin and piano (principally); the 8th work arranged for violin solo.

Compact disc.

Program notes and biographical notes on performers in English ([4] folded p. : ports. (col.)) inserted in container.

Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835.

Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon, p2009.

2 sound discs (128 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 libretto (119 p. : ports. ; 13 cm.)

Anna Netrebko, soprano; Elina Garanca, mezzo-soprano; Joseph Calleja, tenor; Robert Gleadow, Tiziano Bracci, basses; Wiener Singakademie; Wiener Symphoniker; Fabio Luisi, conductor.

Deutsche Grammophon: 00289 477 8031 (00289 477 8105--00289 477 8106).

Opera in two acts.

Based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

Compact disc.

Program notes by Simon Maguire, in English with German and French translations, synopsis in the same languages, and libretto with French, German, and English translations (119 p. : ports.) inserted in container.

[England] : Obsidian, p2009.

1 sound disc (ca. 77 min) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

O Christe Jesu, pastor bone / John Taverner -- King's Pavan -- England be glad -- Consort XII / Henry VIII -- Madame d amours -- Tandernaken / Henry VIII -- Motets from a royal choirbook: Salve radix -- Psallite felices -- Sub tuum presidium (Benedictus de Opitiis) -- Quam pulcra est -- Hec est preclarum -- Beati omnes -- Consort XIII / Henry VIII -- O my heart / Henry VIII -- Helas madame / Henry VIII -- Though some saith / Henry VIII -- Nil majus superi vident / Philippe Verdelot? -- Consort VIII / Henry VIII -- Adieu madame / Henry VIII -- En vray amoure / Henry VIII -- Lauda vivi alpha et oo / Robert Fayrfax.

Alamire; Quintessential ; Andrew Lawrence-King ; Clare Wilkinson, mezzo-soprano; David Skinner, director.

Compact disc.

Program notes in English, and texts in Latin with English translations inserted in container.

Dvorák, Antonín, 1841-1904.

Chicago, IL : Cedille, p2001.

1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Michael Tree, viola ; Pacifica Quartet.

Compact disc.

Durations: 40:30 ; 34:56.

ATOS Trio.

Cleveland, OH : Azica Records, p2009.

1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Piano trio in E flat major, op. 70, no. 2 / Ludwig van Beethoven (27:44) -- Adagio in E flat, op. posth. 148, D897, Notturno (9:43) -- Piano trio no. 3 in G minor, op. 110 / Robert Schumann (26:30).

ATOS Trio (Annette von Hehn, violin, Stefan Heinemeyer, cello, Thomas Hoppe, piano).

Title from container.

Compact disc.

Program notes by Laurie Shulman in container.

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918

[Cleveland, Ohio] : Telarc, p2008.

1 sound disc (60 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Danses sacrée et profane (for harp and string orchestra) / Claude Debussy (10:15) -- And then I knew 'twas wind (for flute, harp, and viola) / Toru Takemitsu (12:25) -- Syrinx (for solo flute) / Debussy (2:27) -- Toward the sea II (for alto flute, harp, and string orchestra): Night ; Moby Dick ; Cape Cod / Takemitsu (11:00) -- Air (for flute) / Takemitsu (5:51) -- Sonate (for flute, harp, and viola) / Debussy (18:00).

Yolanda Kondonassis, harp ; Joshua Smith, flute, flute ; Cynthia Phelps, viola ; Oberlin 21 ; Bridget-Michaele Reischl, conductor.

Compact disc.

Program notes by Richard E. Rodda and biographical notes (15 p. : ports.) on container insert.

Parham, Lucy.

London : ASV, p2007.

1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Opening -- This little book -- Fantasiestücke : op. 12. Des Abends / Robert Schumann -- My Robert! -- Songs without words. Spring song / Felix Mendelssohn -- My Clara is love and kindness -- Piano sonata no. 2 in G minor, op. 22. First movement / Robert Schumann -- Oh Robert! If only you knew-- -- Romance op. 11, no. 1 / Clara Schumann -- And now, 1st October -- Piano sonata no. 3 in F minor, op. 5. Scherzo / Johannes Brahms -- 28th October 1853 -- Kreisieriana : op. 16. Sehr langsam : no. 7 / Robert Schumann -- Winter, 1854 -- Faschingsschwank aus Wien, op. 26. Intermezzo / Robert Schumann -- What can I say about his letter? -- Kreisieriana : op. 16. Ausserst bewegt : no. 1 / Robert Schumann -- Johannes plays a great deal -- Pieces for piano, op. 118. Intermezzo in A minor / Johannes Brahms -- Brahms has told me much about himself -- Romance op. 28, no. 2 / Robert Schumann -- At first he lay with eyes closed -- Kinderszenen : op. 15. Traumerei / Robert Schumann -- After Robert Schumann's death -- Pieces for piano, op. 76. Capriccio in F sharp minor / Johannes Brahms -- Eugenie Schumann -- Pieces for piano, op. 119. Intermezzo in B minor / Johannes Brahms -- Brahm's final visit -- Widmung / Robert Schumann.

Joanna David, Martin Jarvis, narrators ; Lucy Parham, piano.

Compact disc.

"The music of Robert and Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms with readings from their intimate letters and diaries"--Container.

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847.

[Germany] : Berlin Classics, p2009.

1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Lied g-Moll, op. 53 Nr. 3 (2:41) -- Klavierstück g-Moll (2:37) -- Lied Es-Dur, op. 53, Nr. 2 (2:52) -- Lied B-Dur, op. 67 Nr. 3 (3:10) -- Albumblatt e-Moll, op. 117 (5:01) -- Lied fis-Moll, op. 30 Nr. 6 ("Venetianisches Gondellied Nr. 2") (3:28) -- Lied fis-Moll (2:14) -- Lied h-Moll, op. 67 Nr. 5 (3:08) -- Lied D-Dur, op. 85 Nr. 4 (3:36) -- Variations sérieuses, op. 54 (12:34) -- Lied E-Dur, op. 19b Nr. 1 (3:24) -- Lied A-Dur, op. 19b Nr. 3 ("Jägerlied") (2:17) -- Gondellied A-Dur (2:34) -- Lied F-Dur (2:59) -- Lied Es-Dur (3:35) -- Lied c-Moll, op. 38 Nr. 2 (2:16) -- Lied D-Dur, op. 102 Nr. 2 (3:20) -- Lied C-Dur, op. 67 Nr. 4 ("Spinnerlied") (2:01) -- Rondo capriccioso, op. 14 (6:57).

Sebastian Knauer, piano.

Berlin Classics: 0016372BC.

Compact disc.

Lied fis-Moll (track 7) and Lied F-Dur (track 14) are recordings of the "first edition of the Viennese Urtext of 2001" ; Lied Es-Dur (track 15) is the "premiere recording of the song, as completed by [R.] Larry Todd" ; Lied D-Dur (track 17) is a "recording of the dedicated original score"--Program notes, p. 26.

Program notes in German by Sebastian Knauer and English by R. Larry Todd, with translations, and biographical notes on the pianist in both languages (27 p. : col. ports.) inserted in container.

Adès, Thomas.

[S.l.] : EMI Classics, p2009.

2 sound discs : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.

Simon Keenlyside, Cyndia Sieden, Ian Bostridge, Kate Royal, Toby Spence, Philp Langridge, Donald Kaasch, Stephen Richardson, David Cordier, Jonathan Summers, Graeme Danby, vocalists ; The Royal Opera Chorus ; The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; Thomas Adés, conductor.

EMI Classics: 50999 6 95234 2 7 (set); 50999 6 95234 2 5 (disc 1); 50999 6 95234 2 3 (disc 2)

Libretto by Meredith Oakes after William Shakespeare.

"Peter Moores Foundation."

"Opendisc: insert CD1 into your computer to access the EMI Classics Club: access bonus material, exclusive pre-release listening sessions and more"--Container.

Compact discs ; Disc 1 is enhanced.

Program notes in English by Tom Service, with German and French translations inserted. Includes synopsis in English (with German and French translations) and libretto in English.

Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953.

[S.l.] : EMI Classics, p2009.

1 sound disc (62 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

No. 2 in G minor, op. 16 (32:34) -- No. 3 in C, op. 26 (29:08)

Evgeny Kissin, piano ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor.

"Opendisc."

Enhanced compact disc.

Program notes by Daniel Jaffé in English, with German and French translations, inserted.

Willard, Jerry.

New York, NY : Lyrichord Discs, c2008.

1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Clarines y trompetas (1:43) ; Maricapalos (3:51) ; La cavalleria de napoles con dos clarines (1:37) ; La enfachata de napoles (1:14) ; English gigue (1:57) ; Espanoleta otro (2:36) ; Canarios in G/Canarios in A (3:13) / Gaspar Sanz -- Folias gallegas (1:58) ; Gaitas (2:47) ; Paspied viejo/Paspied nuebo (2:55) ; Suite in E minor. Allegro (2:34) ; Despacio (1:28) ; Giga (1:56) ; Suite in D minor. Prelude por la E & Allegro (2:11) ; Zarabanda despacio (3:53) ; Menuet (1:58) ; Gigue (1:57) / Santiago de Murcia -- Suite in A minor. Aria & capriccio (3:02) ; Allemande (2:04) ; Courante (:56) ; Sarabande (2:35) ; Gavotte (:57) ; Gigue (1:16) / Johann Anton Logy -- Prelude (1:32) ; Passacaglia (4:15) / Luduvico Roncalli.

Jerry Willard, baroque guitar.

Compact disc.

Program notes by Paul Cesarczyk on insert.

Anderszewski, Piotr.

[S.l.] : Virgin Classics, p2008.

2 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

CD 1. Applause ; Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826 / Johann Sebastian Bach (20:13) ; Faschingsschwank auw Wien = Carnival scenes from Vienna, op. 26 / Robert Schumann (22:13) -- CD 2. V mlhách = In the mists, op. 110 / Leos Janácek (15:48) ; Piano sonata no. 31 in A flat major, op. 110 / Ludwig van Beethoven (21:50) ; Encore. 3 Hungarian folksongs from the Csík District, Sz 35a/BB 45b / Bela Bartók (3:58)

Piotr Anderszewski, piano.

Virgin Classics: 50999 694668 2 (disc 1); 50999 694669 2 2 (disc 2); 50999 267291 2 1 (set).

"Opendisc. Insert CD 1 into your computer to access the Virgin Classics Club"--Container.

Compact discs.

Program notes by Adélaïde de Place in French, with English and German translations inserted.

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

[England] : EMI Classics, p2009.

2 sound discs (135 min.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.

Angela Gheorghiu, soprano ; Enkelejda Shkosa, mezzo-soprano ; Jonas Kaufmann, Gregory Bonfatti, tenors ; Fabio Capitanucci, baritone ; Raymond Aceto, bass ; Cristina Reale, Roberto Valentini, Massimo Simeoli, Massimiliano Tonsini, Fabrizio di Bernardo, Simonetta Pelacchi, Roberta de Nicola, Maria Chiara Chizzoni, supporting soloists ; Orchestra e Coro dell' Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilla ; chorus master, Norbert Balatsch ; Antonio Pappano, conductor.

Opera in two acts; libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica.

"Opendisc."

Compact discs (DDD).

Booklet includes program notes by Stephen Jay-Taylor, and, synopsis by Frank Granville Barker in English with German and French translations. Libretto in German, Italian, English and French.

Janácek, Leos, 1854-1928.

Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon ; New York, NY : Manufactured and marketed by Universal Music Classical, p2009.

1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

String quartet no. 1 : "Kreutzer" / Leos Janácek (16:53) -- Three madrigals : for violin and viola, op. H 313 / Bohuslav Martinu (15:11) -- String quartet no. 2 : "Intimate letters" / Leos Janácek (23:06).

Emerson String Quartet (Eugene Drucker (1st & 3rd works), Philip Setzer, violins ; Lawrence Dutton, viola ; David Finckel, violoncello (1st & 3rd works)).

Compact disc.

Program notes in English in container.

Bertolozzi, Joseph, 1959-

Sonoma, Calif. : Delos, p2009.

Meltdown (5:48) -- Bridge funk (2:19) -- Dark interlude (2:09) -- Toward the horizon (4:01) -- The river that flows both ways (1:39) -- Landfall (5:05) -- Bright interlude (2:10) -- Steel works (4:44) -- Rivet gun (2:22) -- Silver rain (7:36) -- Bonus track: Joseph Bertolozzi : a Bridge music audio tour (10:34).

Musical compositions which comprise the audio portion of a site-specific sound art installation created for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Bridge (The Mid-Hudson Bridge) in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Composed, realized and produced by Joseph Bertolozzi.

Created by recording the tones produced by striking various mallets against the bridge's surfaces and then sampling them into a computer for manipulation and playback.

Compact disc.

Fleck, Béla, 1958-

Port Washington, N.Y. : E1 Entertainment, p2009.

1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Babar -- Out of the blue -- Bubbles -- The melody of rhythm: Concerto -- Cadence -- In conclusion -- Then again.

Bela Fleck, banjo ; Zakir Hussain, tabla ; Edgar Meyer, bass ; The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (4th work) ; Leonard Slatkin, conductor (4th work).

Compact disc.

Fan, Joel.

San Francisco, CA : Reference Recordings, p2009.

1 sound disc (67 min., 17 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Vem cá, branquinha / Nazareth (2:46) -- Suis moi! Caprice / Gottschalk (3:03) -- Flora's game / Piazzolla (6:46) -- Piano sonata #1 / Ginastera (13:38) -- Chôros no. 5, "Alma Brasileira" / Villa-Lobos (4:31) -- Fire-flies, op. 15 #4 / Beach (3:04) -- Troubled water / Bonds (5:21) -- Nine new bagatelles / Bolcom (9:23) -- Piano sonata, op. 26 / Barber (18:31).

Joel Fan, piano.

Compact disc.

Program notes ([12] p.) inserted in container.

"A virtuoso piano recital"--Container.