New Releases New from Vox Classics

Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 27 / Walter Klien; Minnesota Orchestra

The piano concerto was the category in which Mozart most consistently excelled. No. 17 is one of six piano concertos he composed in 1784. Scored for the same instrumentation as No. 17, No. 27 was his last piano concerto. It stands alone, because its content and character make it unique and it is deeply personal, having a feeling of subdued gravity.

(Vox Classics)

1CD# VOX-NX-3012CD $16.99

Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 / Saint Louis SO; Leonard Slatkin

Sergey Rachmaninov’s orchestral works range from 1887, when he was not yet 14, to 1940, when he produced his valedictory work. His Second Symphony was written between 1906 and 1908 and the composer expressed doubts about being able to compose a symphony.

(Vox Classics)

1CD# VOX-NX-3013CD $16.99

Beethoven: Overtures & Incidental Music / Minnesota Orchestra

Much has been written about Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio, formerly Leonore. Beethoven worked on it on and off for almost a decade. During that time the four different overtures included on this recording were composed. They are substantially different, not only in length but also in themes. On the present recording Stanislaw Skrowaczewski leads the GRAMMY Award-winning Minnesota Orchestra. (Vox Classics)

1CD# VOX-NX-3017CD $16.99

Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 / Saint Louis SO; Leonard Slatkin

Sergey Rachmaninov’s concertos for piano and orchestra continue to be his most successful compositions together with his second symphony. The piano concerto No. 3 belongs to the most demanding repertoire ever written for this genre. The composer cited it as his favorite.

1CD# VOX-NX-3014CD $16.99

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 / Berlin PO; Wilhelm Furtwängler

Coming between the Eroica and the C minor, the Fourth Symphony has often been regarded as a less ‘important’ work than either of those two giants. The Fourth is, in all truth, a simpler, more, delicate and contrasting work, more graceful in contour but not a shade less inventive melodically. And the Fourth has claimed its fanatic adherents – men like Berlioz, Schumann, Tovey and others. (Vox Classics)

1CD# VOX-NX-3002CD $16.99

Les Nuits de Paris – Dance Music from Folies Bergère to Opéra

The dance permeated every layer of Romantic society from popular dance halls to courtly salons. Under the expert baton of François-Xavier Roth, the orchestra Les Siècles has set out to rediscover this French repertory using historical instruments. Their album explores the output of both established composers – Camille Saint-Saëns, Charles Gounod, Jules Massenet –and their colleagues. (Bru Zane)

1CD# BZ2005 $18.99

The Lute Music of Valentin Strobel / Tobias Tietze

Lutenist Tobias Tietze already has appeared on many recordings as continuo player. On this album, everything focuses on his solo playing and creates a very intimate atmosphere for the highly idiomatic music for the baroque lute in the French style. (Arcantus)

1CD# ARC 22033 $14.99

Bach & Pärt / Arabella Steinbacher

Arabella Steinbacher presents works for violin and orchestra by Johann Sebastian Bach and Arvo Pärt, together with violinist Christoph Koncz and the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester. This seminal work is performed here alongside the E Major Violin Concerto and the Double Concerto in D Minor, on which she is joined by violinist Koncz. (Pentatone)

1CD# PTC5187017 $15.99

Beethoven for Three – Symphony No. 6 / Ma; Kavakos, Ax

Like their first Beethoven for Three release — Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5 — this recording challenges the traditional boundary between chamber and orchestral repertoire to offer the listener two very different sides of the composer using the same three voices. In the C Minor piano trio, we hear Beethoven’s brilliant exploration of three instruments’ essential expressive capabilities. (Sony)

1CD# 19658739372 $13.99

The baroque trumpeter Josh Cohen is among the most sought-after clarino specialists in North America. Devoted to a broad cross-section of trumpet repertoire from the late seventeenth century through the mid-eighteenth, this recording shows how far the art of playing the baroque trumpet has advanced. (Chandos)

1CD# CHAN 0828 $20.99