Some notable classical music recordings of 2006 by music critic Anthony Tommasini of The New York Times. Go here to read full article, which includes commentary about each recording. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/08/ar...=1&oref=slogin
LIEBERSON: ‘NERUDA SONGS’
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano; Boston Symphony, conducted by James Levine (Nonesuch).
ANDRIESSEN: ‘WRITING TO VERMEER
Netherlands Opera; Schoenberg Ensemble and Asko Ensemble, conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw (Nonesuch; two CDs).
‘LEIF OVE ANDSNES: HORIZONS’
Leif Ove Andsnes, pianist (EMI Classics).
MOZART: PIANO CONCERTOS NOS. 17, 20
Piotr Anderszewski, pianist and conductor; Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Virgin Classics).
BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONIES (9)
London Symphony, conducted by Bernard Haitink (LSO Live; six CDs).
ADAMS: ‘THE DHARMA AT BIG SUR,’ ‘MY FATHER KNEW CHARLES IVES’
Tracy Silverman, electric violinist; BBC Symphony, conducted by John Adams (Nonesuch).
‘THE LANDOWSKA RECORDINGS
Wanda Landowska, harpsichordist (RCA Victor Red Seal; seven CDs).
‘THE CRIES OF LONDON’
Theater of Voices; Fretwork (Harmonia Mundi France).
DEBUSSY: ÉTUDES (12)
Mitsuko Uchida, pianist (Decca).
BARTOK: SONATA FOR TWO PIANOS AND PERCUSSION, PIANO WORKS
Murray Perahia, pianist; various artists (Sony Classical).
STRAVINSKY: ‘LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS’; MUSSORGSKY: ‘NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN’; BARTOK: ‘THE MIRACULOUS MANDARIN’
Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen (Deutsche Grammophon).
FRASCA: ‘DEVIATIONS’; GLASS: ‘TWO PAGES’; MELLITS: GUITAR WORKS
Dominic Frasca, guitarist (Cantaloupe).
MOZART: SYMPHONIES NOS. 40, 41; ‘IDOMENEO’ BALLET MUSIC
Musiciens du Louvre, conducted by Marc Minkowski (Deutsche Grammophon Archiv).
GLASS: ‘THE WITCHES OF VENICE’
Vocal soloists; St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue Boys Choir; Philip Glass Ensemble, conducted by Michael Riesman (Orange Mountain Music).
‘STEPHEN STUBBS: TEATRO LIRICO’
Teatro Lirico, directed by Stephen Stubbs (ECM New Series).
BERIO: SEQUENZAS, SOLO WORKS
Various artists (Mode; four CDs).
‘EVELYN LEAR AND THOMAS STEWART: A MUSICAL TRIBUTE’
Evelyn Lear, soprano; Thomas Stewart, baritone; various artists (Deutsche Grammophon; five CDs).
MOZART: ‘LA CLEMENZA DI TITO’
Alexandrina Pendatchanska, soprano; Mark Padmore, tenor; RIAS Chamber Choir; Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, conducted by René Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi France; two CDs).
SHOSTAKOVICH: SYMPHONIES (15)
Various orchestras and soloists, conducted by Mariss Jansons (EMI Classics; 10 CDs).
WAGNER: ‘SIEGFRIED’
Astrid Varnay, soprano; Wolfgang Windgassen, tenor; Hans Hotter, bass-baritone; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, conducted by Joseph Keilberth (Testament; four CDs).
MOZART: ‘SERENATE NOTTURNE,’ ‘EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK,’ ‘EIN MUSIKALISCHER SPASS’
Concert des Nations, conducted by Jordi Savall (AliaVox).
PäRT: ‘DA PACEM’
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, conducted by Paul Hillier; Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, organist (Harmonia Mundi France).
BRAHMS: PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1
Krystian Zimerman, pianist; Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Simon Rattle (Deutsche Grammophon).
STRAVINSKY: ‘PETROUCHKA’; RACHMANINOFF: ‘SYMPHONIC DANCES’
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conducted by Mariss Jansons (RCO Live).
VIVALDI: ‘DIXIT DOMINUS’; GALUPPI: SACRED CHORAL WORKS
Vocal soloists; Körnerscher Singverein Dresden; Dresdner Instrumental-Concert, conducted by Peter Kopp (Deutsche Grammophon Archiv).
LIEBERSON: ‘NERUDA SONGS’
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano; Boston Symphony, conducted by James Levine (Nonesuch).
ANDRIESSEN: ‘WRITING TO VERMEER
Netherlands Opera; Schoenberg Ensemble and Asko Ensemble, conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw (Nonesuch; two CDs).
‘LEIF OVE ANDSNES: HORIZONS’
Leif Ove Andsnes, pianist (EMI Classics).
MOZART: PIANO CONCERTOS NOS. 17, 20
Piotr Anderszewski, pianist and conductor; Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Virgin Classics).
BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONIES (9)
London Symphony, conducted by Bernard Haitink (LSO Live; six CDs).
ADAMS: ‘THE DHARMA AT BIG SUR,’ ‘MY FATHER KNEW CHARLES IVES’
Tracy Silverman, electric violinist; BBC Symphony, conducted by John Adams (Nonesuch).
‘THE LANDOWSKA RECORDINGS
Wanda Landowska, harpsichordist (RCA Victor Red Seal; seven CDs).
‘THE CRIES OF LONDON’
Theater of Voices; Fretwork (Harmonia Mundi France).
DEBUSSY: ÉTUDES (12)
Mitsuko Uchida, pianist (Decca).
BARTOK: SONATA FOR TWO PIANOS AND PERCUSSION, PIANO WORKS
Murray Perahia, pianist; various artists (Sony Classical).
STRAVINSKY: ‘LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS’; MUSSORGSKY: ‘NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN’; BARTOK: ‘THE MIRACULOUS MANDARIN’
Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen (Deutsche Grammophon).
FRASCA: ‘DEVIATIONS’; GLASS: ‘TWO PAGES’; MELLITS: GUITAR WORKS
Dominic Frasca, guitarist (Cantaloupe).
MOZART: SYMPHONIES NOS. 40, 41; ‘IDOMENEO’ BALLET MUSIC
Musiciens du Louvre, conducted by Marc Minkowski (Deutsche Grammophon Archiv).
GLASS: ‘THE WITCHES OF VENICE’
Vocal soloists; St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue Boys Choir; Philip Glass Ensemble, conducted by Michael Riesman (Orange Mountain Music).
‘STEPHEN STUBBS: TEATRO LIRICO’
Teatro Lirico, directed by Stephen Stubbs (ECM New Series).
BERIO: SEQUENZAS, SOLO WORKS
Various artists (Mode; four CDs).
‘EVELYN LEAR AND THOMAS STEWART: A MUSICAL TRIBUTE’
Evelyn Lear, soprano; Thomas Stewart, baritone; various artists (Deutsche Grammophon; five CDs).
MOZART: ‘LA CLEMENZA DI TITO’
Alexandrina Pendatchanska, soprano; Mark Padmore, tenor; RIAS Chamber Choir; Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, conducted by René Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi France; two CDs).
SHOSTAKOVICH: SYMPHONIES (15)
Various orchestras and soloists, conducted by Mariss Jansons (EMI Classics; 10 CDs).
WAGNER: ‘SIEGFRIED’
Astrid Varnay, soprano; Wolfgang Windgassen, tenor; Hans Hotter, bass-baritone; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, conducted by Joseph Keilberth (Testament; four CDs).
MOZART: ‘SERENATE NOTTURNE,’ ‘EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK,’ ‘EIN MUSIKALISCHER SPASS’
Concert des Nations, conducted by Jordi Savall (AliaVox).
PäRT: ‘DA PACEM’
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, conducted by Paul Hillier; Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, organist (Harmonia Mundi France).
BRAHMS: PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1
Krystian Zimerman, pianist; Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Simon Rattle (Deutsche Grammophon).
STRAVINSKY: ‘PETROUCHKA’; RACHMANINOFF: ‘SYMPHONIC DANCES’
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conducted by Mariss Jansons (RCO Live).
VIVALDI: ‘DIXIT DOMINUS’; GALUPPI: SACRED CHORAL WORKS
Vocal soloists; Körnerscher Singverein Dresden; Dresdner Instrumental-Concert, conducted by Peter Kopp (Deutsche Grammophon Archiv).
