Opening Notes: July 2016 - New Release Playlist

We've sifted through all the new releases for July 2016, 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.

David Lang

the national anthems: our common fate
Los Angeles Master Chorale; Calder Quartet
Cantaloupe - CA-21119

Grażyna Bacewicz
Violin Concerto No. 1: III. Vivace

Piotr Plawner; Berlin Chamber Symphony

Naxos - 8.573496

Friedrich Gernsheim

Symphony No. 4: I. Allegro
Mainz Philharmonic State Orch.; Hermann Baumer
CPO - 777848-2

Michael Torke

Bright Blue Music

National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic

Naxos - 8.559782

Gioachino Rossini

Stabat Mater: Duettino: O quam tristis et affl icta
Poznań Camerata Bach Choir; Wurttemberg Phil.
Naxos - 8.573531

Georgy Catoire
Elegy in D Minor

Laurence Kayaleh; Stéphane Lemelin

Naxos - 8.573345

Erik Satie

3 Gnossiennes: Gnossienne No. 1
Noriko Ogawa
BIS - BIS-2215

Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4, "Italian": IV. Saltarello: Presto

Irish Chamber Orchestra; Jörg Widmann

Orfeo - C914161A

P.I. Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4: IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Lindberg
BIS - BIS-8007

Claude Debussy
Le diable dans le beffroi: Bonjour Jeannette

Göttingen Symphony; Christoph-Mathias Mueller

Grand Piano - GP692

Sergey Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 6: IV. Vivace
Peter Donohoe
Somm - SOMMCD259

Charles-Marie Widor
Organ Symphony No. 5: V. Toccata

David Rumsey

Oehms Classics - OC1841

 

Giuseppe Tartini
Violin Sonata, "The Devil's Trill": III. Sogni dellautore

Crtomir Šiškovič

Dynamic - CDS7744

Hector Berlioz

Roméo et Juliette: Air du Père Laurence

London Symphony Orchestra; Valery Gergiev

LSO - LSO0762

J.S. Bach
St. John Passion: Herr, unser Herscher
Maulbronn Chamber Choir; Ensemble Il Capriccio
K&K Verlagstanstalt - KuK124

James Macmillan

Since It Was the Day...: Conclusion

Hebrides Ensemble; William Conway

Delphian - DCD34168

Asprilio Pacelli
Gaudent in Caelis
The Sixteen; Eamonn Dougan
Coro - COR16141

John Tavener

The Lord's Prayer

Wells Cathedral Choir; Matthew Owens

Signum Classics - SIGCD442

Michael Finnissy

Beat Generation Ballads: II. naked original skin...

Philip Thomas

Huddersfield Contemporary - HCR11CD

Colin Matthews

Violin Concerto: II. --

Leila Josefowicz; BBC Symphony; Oliver Knussen

NMC - NMCD227

Ross Harris

Symphony No. 5: V. Scherzo 2

Auckland Philharmonia; Eckehard Stier

Naxos - 8.573532

Sergey Rachmaninov

Symphony No. 2: II. Allegro molto

Royal Concertgebouw; Mariss Jansons

RCO - RCO16004

Sergey Prokofiev

Violin Concerto No. 1: II. Scherzo: Vivacissimo

Vadim Gluzman; Estonian National; Neeme Järvi

BIS - BIS-2142

Fryderyk Chopin

Ballade No. 1 in G Minor

Imogen Cooper

Chandos - CHAN10902

Each month, Naxos Music Library presents a new release playlist for our subscribers to enjoy. We know that a database of over 1.89 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!