Opening Notes: November 2016 - New Release Playlist

We've sifted through all the new releases for this month, and we're highlighting our favorites. Some of these are obscure works that may be unknown to you, while others are fresh takes on standard repertoire. If you're like us and are constantly craving something new to enjoy, 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 Themed Playlists tab. If you are on your institution's premises, you may also be able to access it if you CLICK HERE.

Florence Beatrice Price

Fantasie negre
Lara Downes
Dorian Sono Luminus - DSL-92207

Oliver Davis
Dance Odyssey

Kerenza Peacock; Royal Phil.; Paul Bateman

Signum - SIGCD469

Gustav Mahler (arr. Arnold Schoenberg)

Das Lied von der Erde: IV. Von der Schönheit

Susan Platts; Charles Reid; JoAnn Falletta

Naxos - 8.573536

W.A. Mozart

String Quartet No. 22: I. Allegro
  Dover Quartet
Cedille - CDR90000-167

Béla Bartók

Piano Concerto No. 3: I. Allegretto

Yefim Bronfman; London Sym.; Valery Gergiev

LSO - LSO5076

Federico Moreno Torroba
Guitar Sonatina: II. Andante

Marko Topchii

Fleur de Son - FDS58036

Joan Manén
Violin Concerto No. 1: III. Allegro molto
Tianwa Yang; Barcelona Symphony; Darrell Ang
Naxos - 8.573067

Radames Gnattali
Suite Retratos: IV. Chiquinha Gonzaga

Jason Vieaux; Julien Labro

Azica - Azica71309

Francois Dompierre
Concertango Grosso: IV. Variaciones
Orch. de Chambre Appassionata; Daniel Myssyk
ATMA Classique - ACD22739

Roxanna Panufnik
4 World Seasons: I. Autumn in Albania

Tasmin Little; BBC Symphony

Chandos - CHSA5175

 

Jeffrey Jacob
Awakening

Jeffrey Jacob; National Symphony Orch. of Cuba

Ansonica Records - AR0002

Paul Simon (arr. Philip Glass)

The Sound of Silence

Nicolas Horvath

Grand Piano - GP745

Georges Auric
L'Éventail de Jeanne: Rondeau
Orch. National des Pays de la Loire; John Axelrod
Naxos - 8.573354

Arthur Honegger

Rugby, "Mouvement Symphonique No. 2"

Bern Symphony Orchestra; Mario Venzago

Musiques Suisses - MGB-6287

Mieczysław Weinberg
Symphony No. 17, "Memory": I. Adagio sostenuto
Siberian State Symphony; Vladimir Lande
Naxos - 8.573565

Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

No Ground Green: IV. --

Theatre of Voices; Paul Hillier; Kronos Quartet

Dacapo - 8.226153

Richard Danielpour

Songs of Solitude: III. Drinking Song

T. Hampson; Nashville Symphony; G. Guerrero

Naxos - 8.559792

Kosaku Yamada

Akatonbo (The Red Dragonfly)

Charlotte de Rothschild; City of London Sinfonia

Nimbus - NI6330

Mily Balakirev

Mazurka No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor

Nicholas Walker

Grand Piano - GP714

Georg Philipp Telemann

Concerto for Recorder and Flute: IV. Presto

Erik Bosgraaf; Anna Besson; Cordevento

Brilliant - BC95249

George Frideric Handel

Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne

Aksel Rykkvin; Orch. of the Age of Enlightenment

Signum - SIGCD435

J.S. Bach

Christmas Oratorio, Part I: Jauchzet, frohlocket

Dunedin Consort and Chorus; John Butt

Linn - CKD499

Franz Joseph Haydn

String Quartet No. 66: IV. Finale: Presto

Goldmund Quartet

Naxos - 8.573701

John Dowland

Seaven Teares: II. Lachrimae Antiquae Nouae

Patricia Kopatchinskaya

Alpha - ALPHA265

Each month, Naxos Music Library presents a new release playlist for our subscribers to enjoy. We know that a database of over 1.9 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!