Since you are interested in Shakespeare Songs, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition (with Stravinsky - Rite of Spring) Andrea¯ Vieru, Dan Grigore (pianos) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 23/Feb/2008 ] Drawing their strength from a certain vision of Old Russia, Mussorgsky's and Stravinsky's two most famous 'orchestral' works were both originally written for the piano. Andrei Vieru demonstrates the emotional heights to which the original version of... |
BACH / WEISS / FALCKENHAGEN
The Baroque Lute Andrew Maginley (lute) [ Avie / CD - released 6/Oct/2007 ] Andrew Maginley was born in New York City. He began playing electric guitar as a teenager while studying illustration at the High School of Art & Design. |
BOCCHERINI
Quintets with two violas Ensemble 415 / Chiara Banchini [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 23/Feb/2008 ] The quintets with two violas represent a peak in the mature career of Boccherini at a time when he had lost the support of all his patrons and was living under particularly difficult conditions (1801). But, if there is a certain melancholy in these... |
RACHMANINOV / SHOSTAKOVICH
Songs Iris Oja (mezzo) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "This is a distinctly beautiful voice, with some power but no undue showiness, an often crystalline top, good diction and expressive intelligence." (BBC Music) |