Since you are interested in Bach: Goldberg Variations, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
JOAQUIN RODRIGO
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez / Fantasía para un gentilhombre (with de Falla - 'Three Cornered Hat' excerpts) Carlos Bonell (guitar), Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 27/Oct/2011 ] "Carlos Bonell plays the cadenza of the Adagio of the Concierto de Aranjuez most sensitively, and the weight of the orchestral contribution is judged to a nicety throughout." (Gramophone) |
CARL ORFF
Orff: Carmina Burana Christiane Oelze, David Kuebler, Simon Keenlyside / Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Christian Thielemann [ Deutsche Grammophon Virtuoso / CD - released 27/Oct/2011 ] "The choral singing is superb, warm and dramatic, reflecting the work of singers from the opera house, and the Knabenchor Berlin in the penultimate movement of the 'Court of Love' section adds an aptly earthy tang, well caught by the... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Orchestral Music (Includes The Ride of the Valkyries and the Funeral Music from Gotterdammerung) Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim [ Deutsche Grammophon Virtuoso / CD - released 27/Oct/2011 ] "Barenboim keeps Wagner moving. The Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan find him ever ready to press ahead in stringendo...these are all warm and energetic performances." (Gramophone) |