Since you are interested in Hans Vonk 1942-2004: The Final Sessions Incls Rhapsody for Alto, Male Chorus and Orchestra, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
J.S. BACH
Organ Works (Incls 'Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV565') Daniel Chorzempa (organ) [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 4/May/2008 ] "One would never realize listening to this first rate disc that the original recordings are over 30 years old...the lowest organ pipes sound forth with the beginning bass theme of the Passacaglia with room-shaking low end force." (AudAud.com) |
BRAHMS
Serenades Op.11 & Op. 16 Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig / Kurt Masur (conductor) [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] There was nothing else for it, but to take the well-nigh insurmountable hurdle set by Beethoven. And what is more, without once again falling flat on his face, as had been the case during the second performance of his Piano Concerto Op.15 in 1859. |
BRAHMS
Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra / Marek Janowski [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Feb/2008 ] "Pentatone gets both symphonies, with all repeats intact, on a single 80-minute disc, making this quite a bargain. The engineering, as in the previous recording of the First Symphony, is very good in all formats" (ClassicsToday 10 performance 10 sound) |
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op.68 / Haydn Variations Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra / Marek Janowski (conductor) [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "PentaTone's reviting "you"-are-there" recording makes it a winner…If you are looking for a new, uncontroversial, and trustworthy reading of Brahms's First Symphony in fantastic sound, I can recommend Janowski" Jeery Dubins, Fanfare |
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4 in E minor Op. 98 / 8 Hungarian Dances for Orchestra Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra / Marek Janowski (conductor) [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "Marek Janowski concludes his superb Brahms cycle with this unquestionably great performance of the Fourth Symphony. Everything about it is memorable, stylish, and characterful." (ClassicsToday 10 performance 10 sound) |