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Notes of an Amateur - Favorite Classical Recordings of 2015

01-17-2016 | By Bob Neill | Issue 83

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Joan Tower. Violin Concerto. Stroke. Chamber Dance. Cho-Liang Lin, violin. Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor. Naxos 8.559775.

 

Kremerata Baltica

New Seasons. Gidon Kremer. Glass, Pärt, Kanchelli, Unabeyashi. Kremerata Baltica. Deutsche Gramophone. DG 4794817.

 

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Rosary Sonatas. Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber. Rachel Podger, violin. David Miller, theorbo and arch lute; Marcin Swiatkiewicz, harpsichord, organ; Jonathan Manson, viola da gamba, cello. Channel Classics SACD. CCSSA 37315.

 

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Eighth Blackbird. Filament. [chamber works by Dessner, Muhly, Son Lux, and Philip Glass]. Çedille 90000 157.

 

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Alfred Schnittke. Sonatas for Cello and Piano Nos. 1 and 2. Trio for Piano, violin, and piano. Irina Schnittke, piano. Olga Dowbusch-Lubotsky, cello. Mark Lubotsky, violin. NCA 234042.

 

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Bartok. Sonatas for Violin Nos. 1 and 2; Sonata for Solo Violin. Barnabás Kelemen, violin; Zoltán Kocsis, piano. Hungaroton HSACD 32515. SACD.

 

Bach & Beyond Part 2

Jennifer Koh, Bach and Beyond 2. Solo Violin Sonatas by Bach, Bartok, and Saariaho. Jennifer Koh, violin. Çedille 90000-154.

 

Vivaldi: l'Estro Armonico

Antonio Vivaldi, L'Estrico Armonico. Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque. Channel Classics. CCS SA 36515

 

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Dieterich Buxtehude. Complete Vocal Works, 10 volumes (17 CD's). Ton Koopman. Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Chorus. Challenge Classics.

 

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Wilhelmina Smith, Cello. Britten, Schnittke, and Shostakovich. Thomas Sauer, piano. Arabesque 26801.

 

String Quartets/String Trio/Clarinet Quartet

Penderecki. String Quartets, String Trio, Clarinet Quartet. Dafô String Quartet. Arkadiusz Adamski, clarinet. Dux 0770.