Opening Notes: July 2017 - 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.

Libby Larsen

3 Cowboy Songs: No. 2. Lift Me Into Heaven Slowly
Tracey Engleman; Lara Bolton
Innova - INNOVA975 

Charles Ives
New England Holidays: III. Fourth of July

Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Ludovic Morlot

Seattle Symphony Media - SSM1015

Aaron Copland

Symphony No. 3: II. Allegro molto

Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin

Naxos - 8.559844

George Antheil

A Jazz Symphony

Rheinland-Pfalz State Phil.; Karl-Heinz Steffens

Capriccio - C5309

Jules Massenet

La vierge, Scene 4: Reve infini! Divine extase!

Véronique Gens; Munich Radio Orch.; H. Niquet

Alpha - ALPHA279

Georgy Sviridov
Russia Cast Adrift: No. 3. Open Before Me

Dmitri Hvorostovsky; St Petersburg State Symph.

Delos - DE1631

Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe: No. 1. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai
Yaniv d'Or; Dan Deutsch
Naxos - 8.573780

Émile Sauret
24 Études Caprices: No. 4 in D Minor

Nazrin Rashidova

Naxos - 8.573704

Ludwig Van Beethoven
Violin Sonata No. 8: III. Allegro vivace
Susanna Ogata; Ian Watson
Coro - COR16154

Camille Saint-Saëns
Carnival of the Animals: VIII. Aquarium

Jean-Willy Kunz

ATMA Classique - ACD22747

Haro Stepanian
8 Preludes: No. 5 in B Minor

Mikael Ayrapetyan

Grand Piano - GP760

Anna Thorvaldsdóttir

Aura

Los Angeles Percussion Quartet

Sono Luminus - DSL-92214

Brett Dean
Dramatis personae: III. The Accidental Revolutionary
H. Hardenberger; Gothenburg Sym.; J. Storgårds
BIS - BIS-2067

Derek Charke

In Sonorous Falling Tones: III. In Tempest

Derek Charke; WIRED!; Mark Hopkins

Centrediscs - CMCCD23917

Heitor Villa-Lobos

Symphony No. 11: I. Allegro moderato

São Paulo Symphony; Isaac Karabtchevsky
Naxos - 8.573777

Krzysztof Penderecki

Viola Concerto: Vivace

Ivan Monighetti; Polish Sinfonia; K. Penderecki

DUX - DUX1275

Mark Nowakowski

String Quartet No. 1: II. ...So Soon to Leave

Voxare String Quartet

Naxos - 8.559821

Alexander Scriabin
Piano Sonata No. 2: II. Presto

Łukasz Krupiński

DUX - DUX1375

François Couperin

Pieces de clavecin, Book 2: Les baricades mistérieuses

Xavier Jara

Naxos - 8.573797

Miguel Llobet Solés

Canciones populares catalanas: El mestre

Michal Svoboda

ArcoDiva - UP0191

Arthur Lourié

Rojal' v detskoj: No. 6. Lullaby

Giorgio Koukl

Grand Piano - GP750

Tõnu Kõrvits

Moorland Elegies: No. 4. Fall, Leaves, Fall

Estonian Phil.; Tallinn Chamber Orch.; Risto Joost

Orchid - ORC100061

Randall Thompson

Symphony No. 2: II. Largo

National Orchestral Institute Phil.; James Ross

Naxos - 8.559822

Ludwig Van Beethoven

6 Bagatelles: No. 3 in E-Flat Major

Nikita Mndoyants

Steinway & Sons - Steinway30075

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!