Brett Dean - Viola Concerto Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Simone Young $20
The Sydney Symphony pays tribute to one of Australia's most illustrious composers and performers, Brett Dean, with a new CD of his works performed and recorded by the Sydney Symphony and released on their own label. The CD features Dean's 'Viola Concerto' (with the composer as soloist) and other works for which he has received widespread acclaim including 'Komarov's Fall' and 'Twelve Angry Men' for 12 cellos.
Cassandra Wilson - Loverly $31
"She sings slow and sensual, and her phrasing gives Wilson's pauses as much meaning as the words. Loverly is classic Cassandra Wilson. A balance of standards that transport listeners to a New York jazz club and bluesy numbers that brings the folk to the world where Wilson grew up. Her ease in navigating vocally through both proves Wilson is at home in either place. " Soul Tracks
Dowland - Crystal Tears Andreas Scholl $35
There are few pleasures more delightful than musical melancholy, especially when it flows from the pen of the finest Elizabethan poets and a composer whose name will be forever associated with that emotion: John Dowland. His lute songs and consort songs form the backbone of Andreas Scholl's latest recital.
Emmylou Harris - All I Intended To Be $30
"Displaying the maturity, elegance and ease that distinguished All The Road Running, her best-selling 2006 collaboration with Mark Knopfler. Harris has created a riveting emotional and spiritual journey. All That I Intended To Be is everything a listener and fan could hope for." Monsters & Critics.com
Donizetti - La Fille du Regiment Dessay/Florez DVD $35
We’re in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, early in 2007, watching Natalie Dessay and Juan Diego Flórez and the rest of the crew zing their way through Laurent Pelly’s romping production of Donizetti’s military farce. The camera presents Chantal Thomas’s settings piecemeal, but the wit bounces through, as it does with Bruno Campanella’s sparkling conducting. It all makes you want to be in the stalls, seeing and breathing every moment.