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July 6, 2008 Season CD Recommendations Masterworks I: A Night on the Town, September 22, 2007 - Peng Peng, Piano Masterworks II: Asia Minor, October 20, 2007 - Jeffrey Khaner, Flute Masterworks III: Just for Julia, November 17, 2007 - Julia Sakharova, Violin Masterworks IV: Old Wine in New Bottles, January 26, 2008 - Gretchen Brumwell, Harp Masterworks V: Idyllic Vistas, February 16, 2008 - Daniel Kleinknecht, Guest Conductor Masterworks VI: Brahms' German Requiem, March 29, 2008 - Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale Masterworks VII: The Spirit of Russia, May 3, 2008 - Maxence Pilchen, Piano Masterworks I: A Night on the Town, September 22, 2007 - Peng Peng, Piano Musical Selection Performers Record Company/Catalog # Leonard Bernstein: On the Town- Three Dance Episodes New York Philharmonic/ Leonard Bernstein Sony 60559 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/ Marin Alsop Naxos 8559177 Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 Stephen Bishop Kovacevic/ BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Colin Davis Philips 446192 Radu Lupu/ London Symphony Orchestra/ Andre Previn Philips 466383 Jeno Jando/ Budapest Symphony Orchestra/ Andras Ligeti Naxos 8550118 Camille Saint-Saens: Symphony #3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ" Boston Symphony Orchestra/ Charles Munch RCA 61500 Chicago Symphony Orchestra/ Daniel Barenboim DG 474612 Philadelphia Orchestra/ Christoph Eschenbach Ondine 1094   Masterworks II: Asia Minor, October 20, 2007 - Jeffrey Khaner, Flute Musical Selection Performers Record Company/Catalog # Sir Edward Elgar: Crown of India Suite, Op. 66 Scottish National Orchestra/ Sir Alexander Gibson Chandos 6523 New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/ James Judd Naxos 8557273 David Chesky: Concerto for Flute and Orchestra Jeffrey Khaner/Area 31/ Anothony Aibel Chesky 288 Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35 London Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Charles Mackerras Telarc 80208 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/ Sir Thomas Beecham EMI 66998 Philadelphia Orchestra/ Eugene Ormandy Sony 46537   Masterworks III: Just for Julia, November 17, 2007 - Julia Sakharova, Violin Musical Selection Performers Record Company/Catalog # Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel, Three Excerpts Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/ Rudolf Kempe Testament 1279 Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 Leonidas Kavakos/ Lahti Symphony Orchestra/ Osmo Vanska BIS 500 Anna Sophie Mutter/ Dresden Staatskapelle/ Andre Previn DG 447895 Ginette Neveu/ Philharmonia Orchestra/ Walter Susskind Dutton Laboratories 9733 Richard Strauss: Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/ Herbert von Karajan DG 447422 London Symphony Orchestra/ Jascha Horenstein Chandos 6549 Dresden Staatskapelle/ Rudolf Kempe EMI 67892   Masterworks IV: Old Wine in New Bottles, January 26, 2008 - Gretchen Brumwell, Harp Musical Selection Performers Record Company/Catalog # Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a Philharmonia Orchestra/ Carlo Maria Giulini EMI 62883 Cleveland Orchestra/ George Szell Sony 46534 London Philharmonic Orchestra/ Marin Alsop Naxos 8557430 Alberto Ginastera: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra, Op. 25 Isabella Moretti/ Orchestre National des Lyon/ David Robertson Naïve V4860 Nancy Allen/ Mexico City Philharmonic/ Enrique Batiz ASV 654 Magdalena Barrera/ Granada City Orchestra/ Josep Pons Harmonia Mundi 901808 Igor Stravinsky: Le Baiser de la fee (The Fairy's Kiss)- Divertimento Chicago Symphony Orchestra/ Fritz Reiner RCA 61957 Houston Symphony Orchestra/ Hans Graf Koch 7594 London Symphony Orchestra/ Robert Craft Naxos 8557503 Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Carl Maria Von Weber London Symphony Orchestra/ Claudio Abbado Eloquence 467442 Cleveland Orchestra/ George Szell Sony 53258 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/ Yoel Levi Telarc 80195   Masterworks V: Idyllic Vistas, February 16, 2008 - Daniel Kleinknecht, Guest Conductor Musical Selection Performers Record Company/Catalog # Richard Wagner: Siegfried Idyll Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/ Herbert von Karajan DG 449725 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/ James Levine DG 435883 English Chamber Orchestra/ Vladimir Ashkenazy Decca 410111 Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring- Suite New York Philharmonic/ Leonard Bernstein Sony 37257 San Francisco Symphony/ Michael Tilson Thomas RCA 63511 Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra/ Leonard Bernstein DG 463465 Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony #6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastorale" Columbia Symphony Orchestra/ Bruno Walter Sony 64462 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/ Karl Boehm DG 47433 Concertgebouw Orkest/ Wolfgang Sawallisch EMI 73326   Masterworks VI: Brahms' German Requiem, March 29, 2008 - Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale Musical Selection Performers Record Company/Catalog # Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony #44 in E minor "Trauer" Tafelmusik/ Bruno Weil Sony Vivarte 48371 Royal Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra/ Marco Boni Pentatone 5186016 Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra/ Ton Koopman Apex 48997 Johannes Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique/ John Eliot Gardiner Phillips 432140 Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus/ Otto Klemperer EMI 66955 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/ Robert Shaw Telarc 80092   Masterworks VII: The Spirit of Russia, May 3, 2008 - Maxence Pilchen, Piano Musical Selection Performers Record Company/Catalog # Bedrich Smetana: Overture to The Bartered Bride Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/ Karel Ancerl Supraphon 3689 Chicago Symphony Orchestra/ Fritz Reiner RCA 62587 Cleveland Orchestra/ George Szell Sony 63151 Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto #3 in D minor, Op. 30 Vladimir Ashkenazy/ London Symphony Orchestra/ Andre Previn Decca 466375 Sergei Rachmaninov/ Philadelphia Orchestra/ Eugene Ormandy RCA 5997 Byron Janis/London Symphony Orchestra/ Antal Dorati Mercury 432759 Serge Prokofiev: Symphony #5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 New York Philharmonic/ Leonard Bernstein Sony 47602 St. Louis Symphony/ Leonard Slatkin RCA 61350 Boston Symphony Orchestra/ Serge Koussevitsky RCA 61657 CRSO 2007-2008 Masterworks Playlist of Recommended Recordings Compiled by Alan Lawrence, Principal Timpanist Welcome to the Cedar Rapids Symphony's Playlist of Recommended Recordings. Catalog numbers listed here are subject to change (due to reissues, repackaging, etc.); look for the artists and record companies. A few of these choices may be out of print; there is a lively market for used and cut-out (out of print) compact discs and LP records in the classical field. As in the past, I have tried to list several recordings of high musical merit for each work. For the first year of this column, I tried to list three recordings at three discrete price levels, but I feel that the criteria for inclusion should simply be quality of performance. You will find some recordings on the Naxos budget label, but I needn't apologize for their product. Also, many of the recordings on this list are re-releases from the first decade of stereo, roughly 1955-65, the era of conductors such as Reiner, Szell, Bernstein et al, which are routinely re-released at less than premium price. In many cases, these are still the most highly regarded performances of a given work, in digitally re-mastered sound. For cut-outs (out-of-print CDs, LPs and cassettes) check Berkshire Record Outlet's Web site (www.berkshirerecordoutlet.com). Most of the recordings listed should be available at local outlets, if not in stock, then by special order. And last, but certainly not least, public and university libraries are an excellent and cost-free way of investigating the world of classical music through recordings. - Alan Lawrence, Principal Timpanist

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