New Classical Recordings

Steve Kraske talks with Kansas City Symphony executive director Frank Byrne about some of the finer CD releases in recent months.

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Steve Kraske talks with Kansas City Symphony executive director Frank Byrne about some of the finer CD releases in recent months.

We hear music from Charles Avison, Felix Mendelssohn, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Samuel Barber, and a recording by the Kansas City Symphony: the Final Fugue from "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" by Benjamin Britten.

Frank Byrne's Selections:

Composer
Selection
CD Title
Ensemble/Conductor
CD Label/Number

Composer
Selection
CD Title
Ensemble/Conductor
CD Label/Number

Composer
Selection
CD Title
Ensemble/Conductor
CD Label/Number

Composer
Selection
CD Title
Ensemble/Conductor
CD Label/Number

Composer
Selection
CD Title
Ensemble/Conductor
CD Label/Number

Charles Avison
Concerto Grosso No. 3 - mvt. IV
12 Concerti Grossi
The Brandenburg Consort / Roy Goodman
Hyperion CDD22060

Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 - mvt III
Mendelssohn Symphonies 1 & 4
Bergen Philharmonic / Andrew Litton
BIS SACD 1584

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Festival Coronation March
Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture
Mariinsky Orchestra & Chorus / Valery Gergiev
Mariinsky SACD MAR0503

Samuel Barber
First Essay for Orchestra, Op. 12
Barber Symphonies 1&2
Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Marin Alsop
Naxos 8.559024

Benjamin Britten
Final Fugue from "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra"
Britten's Orchestra
Kansas City Symphony / Michael Stern
Reference Recordings RR-120