Friday, October 2, 2015

Opening Notes: October 2015 - New Release Playlist

We're kicking off a new monthly playlist for your enjoyment. We've sifted through all the new releases for October 2015, and we're highlighting our favorites. Some of these are debut recordings of brand new works, while others are fresh takes on standard repertoire. If you're like us and are constantly craving something to discover, take a spin through these tracks to get a taste of what is now available to you in NML. And if you hear something you love, click on the cover art in the player window to be taken directly to the full album!

To hear the playlist, access NML as usual, go to the Playlists section, and select the Opening Notes folder under the Naxos Music Library Playlists tab. If you are on your institution's premises, you may also be able to access it if you CLICK HERE.


Julia Wolfe
Anthracite Fields: IV. Flowers
Bang On A Can All-Stars; Trinity Wall Street Choir
Cantaloupe - CA-21111 
Jean Sibelius
Swanwhite: Act II: Andantino
Turku Philharmonic; Leif Segerstam
Naxos - 8.573341
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8, "Unfinished": I. Allegro moderato
Vienna Symphony Orchestra; Philippe Jordan
Wiener Symphoniker - WS009

Mieczysław Weinberg
Violin Concertino: I. Allegretto cantabile
Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio
CPO - 777887-2
Antonin Dvořák
Cello Concerto: I. Allegro
German Radio Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern Phil.
Oehms Classics - OC1828

Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique": II. Adagio cantabile
Boris Giltburg
Naxos - 8.573400
J.S. Bach
Magnificat in E-flat Major: Magnificat
Dunedin Consort; John Butt
Linn - CKD469
John Mackey
Kingfishers Catch Fire: II. Kingfishers
University of Texas Wind Ensemble; Jerry Junkin
Naxos - 9.70255

Bruno Maderna
Requiem: Part I: Kyrie eleison
Robert Schumann Phil.; Leipzig MDR Radio Choir
Capriccio - C5231 
Jake Heggie
I Shall Not Live in Vain
Susan Graham; John Alexander Singers
Delos - DE3484

Sergey Rachmaninov
Morceaux de fantaisie: No. 2. Prelude
James Rhodes
Signum - SIGCD425
  J.S. Bach
Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565
Masaaki Suzuki
BIS - BIS-2111

Bohuslav Martinů 
Harpsichord Sonata: III. Allegretto
Christopher D. Lewis
Naxos - 8.573364 
Walker Saul
A Christmas Symphony: IV. Gloria
Ukraine National Symphony; Theodore Kuchar
Naxos - 8.559791

Joachim Nikolas Eggert
Symphony No. 1: IV. Finale: Allegro vivace
Gävle Symphony; Gérard Korsten
Naxos - 8.572457
Édouard Lalo
Chant breton
Tassis Christoyannis; Johannes Grosso
Aparte - AP110

Krzysztof Pendereci
A Sea of Dreams Did Breath On Me: No. 6 The Angelus
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra; Antoni Wit
Naxos - 8.573062

Christopher Tarnow
Theremin Sonata No. 2: III. Fugato
Carolina Eyck; Christopher Tarnow
Genuin - GEN15363
Eleanor Cory
String Quartet No. 3: III. ---
Momenta Quartet
Naxos - 8.559784

Lars Graugaard
Three Places
NYU Contemporary Music Ensemble
Dacapo - 6.220628
J.S. Bach
Cello Suite No. 1: I. Prelude
Matt Haimovitz
Pentatone - PTC5186555 
Robert Schumann
Das Paradies und die Peri: III. O heil'ge
London Symphony; Simon Rattle
LSO0782
Maurice Ravel
Ma mère l'oye: Le jardin féerique
Lyon National Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin
Naxos - 8.660336
Nicholas Medtner
4 Skazki: No. 1 Allegretto frescamente
Maria Walzer
Orlando Records - OR0017


Each month, Naxos Music Library presents a new release playlist for our subscribers to enjoy. We know that a database of over 1.6 million tracks can be a bit daunting, so we'd like to highlight some of the amazing music that has become available to you just this month. Let it kickstart discovery!


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