This Week in MP3

Here is what was at the top of the Ionarts playlist for the week. Click on the link to read a review (if we have published one) or the album picture to buy it through Amazon (if available).

New:

Anna Netrebko, Russian Album, Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater, Valery Gergiev (January 9, 2007)

Renée Fleming, Homage: Age of the Diva, Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater, Valery Gergiev (October 17, 2006)

J. S. Bach, Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, John Holloway, Baroque violin (October 10, 2006)

Old:

Mahler, Symphony No. 2 ("Resurrection"), Christine Schäfer, Michelle DeYoung, Vienna Philharmonic, Pierre Boulez (2006) Review

Mahler, Symphony No. 8 ("Symphony of a Thousand"), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa (1980) Review

Handel, Solomon, Carolyn Watkinson, Barbara Hendricks, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner (remastered, 2006)

Barber/Walton/Bloch, Violin Concertos, Joshua Bell, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman (remastered, 2007)

Grieg, Songs, Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg (1993, re-released 2007)

Verdi, Falstaff, Tito Gobbi, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Anna Moffo, Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Herbert von Karajan (1956)