Opening Notes: December 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.

Terry Riley

The Palmian Chord Ryddle: III. Slow Drag
T. Silverman; Nashville Symphony; G. Guerrero
Naxos - 8.559739

Dmitry Kabalevsky
String Quartet No. 1: IV. Allegro assai

Stenhammar Quartet

CPO - 555006-2

Ernesto Lecuona

Andalucia, "Suite Espagnole": VI. Malaguena

Yamile Cruz Montero

Grand Piano - GP758

Javier Farias

Andean Suite: III. Diablada

Apollo Chamber Players

Navona - NV6130

Heitor Villa-Lobos

Symphony No. 1: I. Allegro assai moderato

Sao Paulo Symphony; Isaac Karabtchevsky

Naxos - 8.573829

Bono / The Edge / Adam Clayton / Larry Mullen
MLK (arr. B. Chilcott)

The King's Singers

Signum - SIGCD500

Dobrinka Tabakova
Nocturne
Andrew Matthews-Owen
Nimbus - NI6354

Kalevi Aho
Saxophone Concerto: III. Allegretto marcato

A. Paulsson; Lapland Chamber Orch.; J. Storgards

Naxos - 8.573723

Bela Bartok
Concerto for Orchestra: II. Giuoco delle coppie
Bergen Philharmonic; Edward Gardner
Chandos - CHSA5189

Dmitry Shostakovich
The Gadfly: Bazar

Rheinland-Pfalz State Phil; Mark Fitz-Gerald

Naxos - 8.573747

Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 3: III. Allegretto un poco

Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard

Seattle Symphony Media - SSM1017

Camille Saint-Saëns

Romance in C Major

Tianwa Yang; Malmo Symphony; Marc Soustrot

Naxos - 8.573411

Charles Tomlinson Griffes
3 Tone-Pictures: No. 3. The Night Winds
Cecile Licad
Danacord - DACOCD783-784

Richard Rodney Bennett

Summer Music: III. Games

BBC Scottish Symphony; John Wilson

Chandos - CHSA5202

Iarla O Lionaird / Dan Trueman

Olagon, Part I: Being Only A Dame

Gallicantus; Dan Trueman; eighth blackbird
Cedille - CDR90000-174

Lalo Schifrin

Jazz Piano Sonata: III. Molto vivace

Mirian Conti

Grand Piano - GP776

Anton Urspruch

5 Fantasiestucke: No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor

Ana-Marija Markovina

Haenssler Classic - HC16015

Daron Hagen
After Words: No. 3. Widgeon

Justine Aronson; Joseph Gaines; Laura Ward

Naxos - 8.559714

Richard Wagner

Siegfried, Act II: Nun sing! Ich lausche dem Gesang

Hong Kong Philharmonic; Jaap van Zweden

Naxos - 8.660413-16

Giuseppe Verdi

Rigoletto, Act II: No, vecchio t'inganni

Dmitri Hvorostovsky; Kaunas City Symphony

Delos - DE3522

Georg Schumann

Symphony in F Minor: IV. Allegro molto maestoso

Deutsches Symphonie-Orch. Berlin; J. Feddeck

CPO - 555110-2

J.S. Bach

Musical Offering: Fuga canonica in Epidiapente

M. Suzuki; K. Suga; R. Terakado; Y. Yamaguchi

BIS - BIS-2151

Gabriel Faure

Automne

Septura

Naxos - 8.573619

Cesar Franck

Violin Sonata in A: I. Allegretto ben moderato

Sharon Bezaly; Vladimir Ashkenazy

BIS - BIS-2259

Each month, Naxos Music Library presents a new release playlist for our subscribers to enjoy. We know that a database of over 2 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!