Since you are interested in Symphony in F-sharp minor / Much Ado About Nothing (Suite), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3 'Organ' (with Moussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition) Daniel Chorzempa (organ) / Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Edo de Waart [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] "In the finale, the organ - played by Daniel Chorzempa - rises majestically to the occasion as part of one of the great final movements in the symphonic literature." Classik Reviews |
DVORAK / SZYMANOWSKI
Violin Concertos Arabella Steinbacher (violin) / Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Marek Janowski [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Nov/2009 ] This is Steinbecher's debut on Pentatone. She is 27 and was taught by the same teacher as Julia Fischer. Her previous recordings for Orfeo have all got great reviews. |
TCHAIKOVSKY / BRUCH
Violin Concerto in D Op. 35 / Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 Arthur Grumiaux (violin) / New Philharmonia Orchestra / Jan Krenz & Heinz Wallberg [ Penatone SACD / SACD - released 6/Jul/2005 ] "What is heard here is extraordinarily natural, the best seat in the house. Grumiaux's violin glistens in this environment, perfectly balanced with the orchestra. And the performances are outstanding in every way." --classicalcdreview |
BEETHOVEN / BRUCH
Violin Concertos Arthur Grumiaux (violin) / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam / Sir Colin Davis [Beethoven] Heinz Wallberg [Bruch] [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 18/Aug/2006 ] "Colin Davis and the Concertgebouw fill the hall with perfectly phrased and timed support, and the engineers have captured it all from an ideal perspective, providing fullness and detail together." (SA-CD.Net) |
BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No 5 in C minor, Op.67 / Symphony No.4 in A, Op.90 Italian (Rec 1974-76) BBC Symphony Orchestra. Boston Symphony Orchestra Sir Colin Davis [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 6/Jul/2005 ] "The performances of two of the most venerable warhorses in the symphonic repertoire sound as fresh and vibrant in their SACD reincarnations as if heard for the first time." Classik Reviews (May 2004) |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 / En Saga Boston Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2008 ] "This is a disk well worth having for the superb performances offered and the insights which Davis brings to the music." (MusicWeb August 2008) |
ARCANGELO CORELLI
Concerti grossi, op. 6 (Selection) The Chamber Orchestra of The New Dutch Academy / Simon Murphy [ Penatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 6/Jul/2005 ] " Also this second SA-CD of the New Dutch Academy is full of vitality and spirituality…in all those beautifully shaped melodies the orchestra is in total balance" ---Haagse Courant |
RICHTER, FRANZ XAVER / STAMITZ, JOHANN
Early String Symphonies Vol 2 (Richter, Franz Xaver / Stamitz, Johann) The Chamber Orchestra of The New Dutch Academy. Simon Murphy [ Penatone SACD / SACD - released 6/Jul/2005 ] " Also this second SA-CD of the New Dutch Academy is full of vitality and spirituality…in all those beautifully shaped melodies the orchestra is in total balance" ---Haagse Courant |
WAGNER
Wesendonck Lieder / Arias Charlotte Margiono (soprano) / Limburg Symphony Orchestra Maastricht / Ed Spanjaard [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 1/Nov/2006 ] In this Wagner recital, the Dutch soprano, Charlotte Margiono, proves herself to be the Wagner heroine par excellence. |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Op. 35; Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 23 Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Nikolai Lugansky (piano) / Russian National Orchestra. Kent Nagano [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 6/Jul/2005 ] "In Multi Channel you can feel the sound waves reverberating through the hall!" ---SA-CD.net |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48 / Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70 Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra. Conducted by Marco Boni [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 12/Apr/2005 ] Hybrid/SACD = playable on all Compact Disc players |
W.A. MOZART
Wind Concertos Jacob Slagter (horn) Emily Beynon (flute) Gustavo NAAez (bassoon) Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe) / Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "All four concertos make a fine program, illustrating the unending imagination and creativity Mozart could so easily summon up." ---John Sunier, Audiophile Audition |
W.A. MOZART
Symphonies Nos. 5 The Hague & 29 / Sernade Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Serenade notturna Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra / Marco Boni [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 12/Apr/2005 ] Hybrid/SACD = playable on all Compact Disc players |
SCHUMANN
Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Lawrence Foster [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "…the glowing sophistication of these notable readings carries its own special kind of authority". Julian Haylock, International Record Review |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Der Burger als Edelmann (Suite for Orchestra); Duett-Concertino for clarinet and bassoon; etc Daniel Sepec (Violin) Nicole Kern (Clarinet) Higinio Arrua (Bassoon) / The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen / Paavo Jarvi [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 20/Apr/2005 ] "This PentaTone release is probably among the five best-sounding high-resolution discs encountered thus far….But this sonic excellence is beside the point if the performances are negligible. This happily, is not the case…the individual virtuosity of... |
STRAVINSKY
l'Histoire du soldat (Suite) / Concerto in E-flat 'Dumbarton Oaks' / Concerto en D [Concerto in D] / Suites for small orchestra Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen / Paavo Jarvi [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 6/Jul/2005 ] "...and this PentaTone release is probably among the five best-sounding high-resolution discs encountered thus far....The new PentaTone is definite Want List material." ---Andrew Quint, Fanfare |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Overtures & Preludes (Incls The flying Dutchman, Tannhauser, Siegfried Idyll) Dresden State Orchestra / Conducted by Silvio Varviso [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "The warmth and blend of the sound of strings, brass and woodwinds are beautifully recorded here, as befits the intimacy of the serenade genre, as part of a seemingly endless stream of sound." ---Classik Reviews |