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Wilton Felder page 3 • Chuck Redd with Monty Alexander page 9 • Hallelujah Chicken Run Band page 43 • Jens Gad page 44 • Karunesh page 48 David Jalbert plays Fauré Nocturnes page 21 • Sir Roger Norrington completes Schumann Symphony cycle page 24 Peter Richard Conte – Midnight in the Grand Court page 28 NEW LABELS: BCS Records page 2–3 • Landor Records page 27 • Hataklit Ltd. page 39 • Subharmonic page 44

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JAZZ “One of the most gifted singers…a first rate improviser… determined to use her voice with the same musical breadth and density with which instrumentalists use their horns.”

— LOS ANGELES TIMES Featured Artists Roseanna Vitro, vocals/Kenny Werner, piano/Dean Johnson, bass/ Tim Horner, drums

Track Listing Like Someone In Love • Like a Lover • Please Do Something • Introduction to Commitment • Commitment • Worried Over You • I Think It’s Going to Rain Today • Tryin’ Times • Serrado • Introduction to Twelve Tone Tune • Twelve Tone Tune • Epilogue • Black Coffee

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Roseanna Vitro Live at the Kennedy Center

• Live recording on highest acoustic level from September 2005 at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC • Features song material ranging from Brazil and Bill Evans to Carmen McRae and Peggy Lee • Roseanna Vitro is one of the most respected jazz singers around today!

• Her trio, compadres for many years, provides the best backing one can imagine • Allegro Media will handle all print and website promotions • Mike Carlson will handle extensive radio promotion

CD: CHR 73252 (Q )

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• CHR SACD 73244 (T) Tropical Postcards (608917324426) • CHR AL 73208 (L) Conviction (608917320824)

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“George Johnson Jr. brings a stellar offering of jazz to the table with his all-star release, perfect for the jazz collector, listener and connoisseur. This all-star lineup is just that: an all-star lineup of players, compositions and performances from over the years… a wonderful addition to any true jazz collection.” — JAZZ NEWS Featured Artists George Johnson, Jr., drums/Cedar Walton, piano/Abdullah Ibrahim, piano/Wynton Marsalis, trumpet/Curtis Fuller, trombone/Jon Faddis, trumpet/Charles Earland, organ

Track Listing Morgan • Sleepy • Shaw Nuff • Scrapple • Little Man • I Didn’t Know • My Theme • Tuang Gura • My Break Tune • Alice in Wonderland • Fly Me to the Moon

WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING!

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• Elvin Jones and Art Blakey mentored George Johnson Jr.; in fact, it was Jones who helped Johnson pick out his first set of drums!

• Features jazz legends from the Jazz Messengers, including Wynton Marsalis and Abdullah Ibrahim • Features a strong B3 organ solo by Charles Earland • Strong radio airplay • Publicity by Kari On Productions • Radio service by Lisa Ready Radio Promotions • Service to all major jazz publications including Jazziz, Down Beat, JazzTimes, Jazz Improv and many more • KEY MARKETS: Philadelphia (Hometown)

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All Star Tribute

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Wilton Felder Let’s Spend Some Time

CD: BCR 70001 (Q ) File Under: Jazz

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Felder’s smooth, soulful sound will surely delight the smooth jazz listener and provide the perfect ambiance for romance. Let’s Spend Some Time is definitely welcome in the smooth jazz catalogue. — JAZZREVIEW.COM

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“ There’s much to enjoy here [including] the spicy sound of Wilton Felder’s gutsy Texas tenor…it should come as no surprise that this set offers us an aural delight.” — ALL ABOUT JAZZ

“[The Crusaders create] jazz-funk you can relax to without going ga-ga. The music is soulful while being grounded in the aesthetic and working practices of jazz.”— THE GUARDIAN “ Wait a minute, it sounds like…but it can’t be the sound of Wilton Felder’s sax blowing hard and strong! The music of The Crusaders is part of the fabric of so many lives in and out of music. Everyone from Tyrese to Little Bow Wow has sampled their music.” — ECLIPSE Featured Artists Wilton Felder, tenor sax/George Shaw, trumpet, flugelhorn, keyboards, spoken word/Tim Heintz, keyboards, synthesizers/ Chuck Raney, electric bass/Cornell Ward, keyboards, synthesizers/ Michael Adams, drums, percussion/A.J. Luke, vocals

Track Listing Smoke House • Let’s Spend Some Time • As Long As I’m With You • Ooh Whop, Doo Whop • Cruzin • The Love I Need • High Water • I Remember Chet Baker • In The Moment • Information • As Long As I’m With You • No One • Where Love Comes From

Selling Points • New album from Wilton Felder, legendary jazz icon and member of The Crusaders • Felder spent over 30 years with The Jazz Crusaders (later The Crusaders) along with Joe Sample, Stix Hooper and Wayne Henderson. The Crusaders helped introduce a new style of music, jazz-fusion, formed by blending elements of jazz, rock, gospel, blues and soul • Felder is currently on tour with The Crusaders • Perfect for smooth jazz radio airplay • Publicity by Kari On Productions • Service to All That Jazz and Jazziz

Key Markets Houston (Hometown). Also: Los Angeles, San Francisco and all major jazz markets

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JAZZ “ For all its novelty, Warfield’s music is consistently absorbing and rhythmically appealing, and the CD features strong soloists such as Mike Migliore, Vic Juris, Dave Riekenberg, Tim Sessions, Roberta Piket and Sam Bortka.” — JAZZTIMES Featured Artists Bill Warfield, leader, trumpet/Ed Xiques, alto sax, flute/Mike Migliore, tenor sax, flute/Sam Bortka, baritone sax, bass clarinet/Vic Juris, guitar/ Empress Nzingha, spoken word/and more

Track Listing Mad Dog • The Three Marias • Jazzman • Spanish Key • Variations on a Theme

by Frank Poulenc • Pharaoh’s Dance

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Bill Warfield Big Band A Faceless Place

• Bill Warfield’s group, a mainstay of the New York jazz scene since 1985, has been both a springboard and musical haven for some of New York’s finest jazz players • A Faceless Place introduces new works by Warfield and pays tribute to jazz artists Wayne Shorter and Miles Davis • Contains a wonderful mix of current and classic big band sounds • Key Markets: New York (Hometown). Also: New Jersey, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Boston, Houston, San Antonio, New Orleans, Miami

CD: MBO 737 (Q ) File Under: Jazz

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“A passionate, top-notch recording that proves Vince Seneri is keeping the Hammond B3 tradition in full swing.”

— FRANK JOHNSON, MEDIAGUIDE INC. Featured Artists Vince Seneri, Hammond B3/Bob DeVos, guitar/Buddy Williams, drums/Gary Fritz, percussion/David “Fathead” Newman, tenor sax/Houston Person, tenor sax/Dave Valentin, flute

Track Listing Softly as in a Morning Sunrise • Unchain My Heart • Tribute for Ray Charles from Vince Seneri • Steamrollin’ • Flamingo • Reccato Bossanova • These Foolish Things Remind Me of You • Straight No Chaser • Organ Boogaloo • Feat for Four • Beautiful Love • Walking My Baby Back Home • There Is No Greater Love

Track Listing • Get ready for an explosive new Hammond B3 organ record that features an all-star cast of jazz musicians joining Hammond B3 great Vince Seneri!

• Features Grammy Award winners Dave Valentin and David “Fathead” Newman, who played with Ray Charles for many years • Gives fans a variety of jazz with a multitude of musical personalities • Major Northeast club tour through ten major cities • U.S. tour dates will follow • Key Markets: New Jersey (Hometown). Also: San Diego, Oakland, New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC, New Orleans, Dallas, Houston, Memphis, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Los Angeles

Vince Seneri Street Talk

CD: MBO SEN 2 (Q ) File Under: Jazz Previously Available

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JAZZ “[Since] 1996, Harvie S…has been working to blend the essence of Latin music into his own music with a modern jazz context.

Funky Cha has emerged as the best in his very fine series of recordings.” — KEN FRANKLING

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Featured Artists Harvie S, acoustic bass/Daniel Kelly, piano/William “Beaver” Bausch, drums/Jay Collins, tenor & soprano saxes, flute/Scott Robert Avidon, tenor sax/Philip Dizack, trumpet/Wilson “Chembo” Corniel, congas & Latin percussion/Ernie Colon, guiro, clave

Track Listing Rhythm-a-ning • C7 Heaven • Mariposa en Mano • Earquake • “S” • Funky Cha • A Bright Moment • What Is This Thing Called Love • Coco Loco

Selling Points • On Funky Cha, internationally acclaimed bassist Harvie S presents his current working quartet with Jay Collins, Daniel Kelly and William “Beaver” Bausch in an exciting mix of seven originals and two standards by Cole Porter and Thelonius Monk • Aggressive grassroots marketing effort through Jazz Promo Services directed at national jazz and Latin jazz media; radio campaign by Jazzzdog Promotions • Ads will run in Down Beat • Key Markets: New York (Hometown). Also: Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC

Harvie S Funky Cha

CD: ZMR 200605 (Q ) File Under: Jazz

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“A little gem of an album…it surprises at every turn: the flute has muscle and articulation, the guitar makes rude electric noises of Grismore’s own devising, the ensemble is tight, and the tunes all have a witty, riff-based buoyancy.”

— BOSTON PHOENIX, TEN BEST FOR ‘97 Featured Artists Steve Grismore, guitar/Paul Scea, sax, flute/Brent Sandy, trumpet/Anthony Cox, bass/Marc Gratama, drums

Track Listing Dancing In Your Head • Cletus N’gugu • Baghdad • Spinach Dip • Crush • Introductions • I’m Being Held Hostage to Your Failure • Well Behaved Fish • Pigs at the Trough • Benevolent Psychopathology • Good God

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Grismore/Scea Group Well Behaved Fish

• Guitar and sax-led modern jazz with heavy grooves and strong melodies • The hard-driving and adventurous Grismore/Scea Group mixes swinging free-bop, electric guitar, acoustic bass, trumpet, full-bodied flute and a creative array of percussion sounds. The result is ethereal, earthy, gutsy and intellectual!

• RIYL: John Scofield, Bad Plus, Astral Project • Radio and press mailing • Key Markets: Iowa City, Des Moines, Morgantown, Minneapolis, Chicago, Boston, Washington DC, New York

CD: ACR 5053 (Q )

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• ACR 5003 (M) Just Play (743431500328) • ACR 5022 (M) Of What? (743431502223)

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JAZZ University of Wisconsin Eau Clair Jazz Ensemble 1 Jazz in Clear Water – Lockbox Featured Artists Eric Plotts, guitar/Scott Currier, piano/Jeremy Boettcher, bass/David Whitman, drums/ Robert Baca, director

Track Listing Hunting Wabbits • Bach 2 Part Invention • Lockbox • ‘Round Midnight • The Razor’s Edge • Riverscape • Cottontail • Kiji Takes a Ride

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CD: SBJ SBV 4569 (Q ) File Under: Jazz

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Award-winning big band directed by Bob Baca features tight ensemble work Includes selections from Gordon Goodwin, Sammy Nestico and Duke Ellington Radio mailing to college, community and NPR stations Key Markets: Eau Claire (Hometown). Also: New York, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Portland, Washington DC, Orlando, Tampa, Chicago, St. Louis, Dallas, Las Vegas, San Francisco

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University of Northern Iowa Jazz Band One Memento Featured Artists Vladan Milenkovic, piano/Travis Stevick, guitar/Eric Krieger, bass/Tom Giampietro, drums

Track Listing Miss Missouri • Blue Note • Blue in a Red State • Memento • Rompin’ at the Reno • Where Or When • Skinny Widow Stomp • The Beautiful One • Arenas

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CD: SBJ SBV 4570 (Q )

• Highly professional big band directed by Chris Merz has huge sound, discipline and musicality • Radio mailing to college, community and NPR stations • Key Markets: Cedar Falls (Hometown). Also: New York, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Portland, Washington DC, Orlando, Tampa, Chicago, St. Louis, Dallas, Las Vegas, San Francisco

File Under: Jazz

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Riverside City College Vocal Jazz Ensemble Groovin’ Hard Featured Artists Gerhard Guter, piano/Sam Moontooth, bass/Angela Tabor, drums

Track Listing Groovin’ Hard • Jubilee • Country Dances • Desafinado • Loves Me Like a Rock • Episode: Prelude • Biggest Part of Me

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CD: SBJ SBV 4571 (Q ) File Under: Jazz

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• Riverside City College has one of the most successful vocal jazz ensembles in California, featured at the International Association of Jazz Educators • Radio mailing to college, community and NPR stations • Key Markets: Riverside, CA (Hometown). Also: New York, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Portland, Washington DC, Orlando, Tampa, Chicago, St. Louis, Dallas, Las Vegas, San Francisco

JAZZ Chip Shelton

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Peacetime Featured Artists Chip Shelton, end-blown concert & alto flutes, contrabass flute, piccolo, soprano sax, vocals/ Roy Meriwether/Marcus McClaurine/Lou Volpe/Jann Parker/and more

Track Listing Recordame • Imprints • Peace • Man in the Green Shirt • I’ve Known Rivers • Cobi’s Place • MLK • Quiet Storm • Nukes May They Rust In Peace (In an Island Way) • Down Home New York • Peace [Reprise] • Bonus Track: Woodine

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Melding jazz tradition and polyrhythmic explorations, Peacetime an artistic milestone Features vocals and sax in addition to the usual impressive array of flutes Service to press/internet radio outlets; ads will run in JazzTimes and Down Beat Key Markets: New York (Hometown). Also: Washington DC, Los Angeles, Chicago

CD: SMT 444 (Q ) File Under: Jazz

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Linda Dachtyl’s LDB3 Blue Bop Featured Artists Linda Dachtyl, Hammond B3/Gene Walker, sax/Sean Carney, guitar/Giles Ponticello, guitar/Cary Dachtyl, drums, percussion/and more

Track Listing Tone Wheel Grease • Sudden Samba • Well You Needn’t • Silver Spoon • All About My Girl • Remember • Goin’ Home • Bridge to Shangri-La • Walkin’ With Mr. Lee • Tenderly • All The Things You Are

Selling Points • A group in the tradition made popular by Jimmy Smith and other organ masters!

• Linda Dachtyl is a seasoned keyboardist who has been involved with The Walt James Band and has performed with Logarhythm, Moxie, Pro Musica and many more • Service to press/internet radio outlets; ads will run in JazzTimes, Down Beat and more • Key Markets: Columbus (Hometown). Also: Chicago, New York

CD: SMT CCP 7003 (Q ) File Under: Jazz

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The Gary Urwin Jazz Orchestra Kindred Spirits Featured Artists Gary Urwin, leader/Bill Watrous, trombone/Pete Christlieb, tenor sax/and more

Track Listing Lester Leaps In • Theme from “Chinatown” • Girl Talk • Beautiful Love • My Foolish Heart • Kindred Spirits • Danny Boy • E.S.P. • That Old Feeling • My Ship • No More Blues • I’ll Be Seeing You (Trio)

Selling Points • Combines the talents of two well-known jazz stars – Bill Watrous and Pete Christlieb – backed by a jazz orchestra led by arranger Gary Urwin, who wrote the fresh arrangements on this project specifically for them • Service to press/internet radio outlets; ads will run in JazzTimes and Down Beat • Key Markets: Los Angeles (Hometown). Also: New York, Chicago

CD: SMT 448 (Q ) File Under: Jazz

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CD: CHR 77043 (Q )

CD: CHR 70130 (Q )

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Monsieur Dubois

Liebman/Swallow/Nussbaum

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We Three: Three for All

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Bart Wirtz, sax, effects/Dirk Beets, trumpet, effects/Maarten Meddens, piano, Fender Rhodes/Kasper Kalf, bass/Udo Demandt, percussion/Rudi Sanders, drums

David Liebman, tenor & soprano saxes/Steve Swallow, bass/ Adam Nussbaum, drums

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What Time Is It • Played Twice • We 3 • Up And Adam • The Jewish Warrior • Whistling Past The Graveyard • I Only Have Eyes For You • Cyclin • All Blues • The Start Of Something Small • BTU

Das Banck • Bowlin’ • Spy’s Metaphor • Monsieur Dubois s’Amuse • Dreaming • Multiball • Da Heazz • G.T.R. • I.D. #1 • Rue Danemark • Killer Herman

Selling Points Dance floor jazz that will open the hearts of young listeners! Jazz fans and open-minded DJs will appreciate this disc: groovy but intelligent, and very much related to the New Cool Collective.

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Selling Points Three giants with a program of originals and standards! The intimacy of the trio setting gives everyone big exposure, and the fact that there is no harmony instrument provides lots of freedom for Liebman.

CD: CHR 70128 (Q )

CD: CHR DM 71051 (Q )

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Eric Vloeimans

Joe Haider Double Quartet

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Eric Vloeimans, trumpet/Anton Goudsmit, guitar/Harmen Fraanje, piano

Joe Haider, piano/Thomi Geiger, tenor & soprano saxes/ Giorgos Antoniou, bass/Daniel Aebi, drums/Joerg Widmoser, vocals/Winfried Zrenner, vocals/Modern String Quartet

Track Listing Morimond • Summersault • Saya Terkesan • Haitu • Desberato • Bobski • Ff Dimme Cowboy • Cockburn • Chorizo • Mon Petit Prince

Track Listing Kollektiv 8 • A Sunday in Switzerland • Vision & Reality • Mysterious • For Line • Qui Vole • Call from the Hill • Nesenbach Blues

Selling Points This trio represents some of the top artists in Holland today, and producer Hein van de Geyn is among the crème de la crème in Europe. Eric Vloeimans is capable of playing everything, crossing borders of all genres and styles. His compositions are full of tricky licks on a high level, but are never academic.

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Selling Points The double quartet opens the door for a special sound in jazz – based in modern jazz, this album sounds fresh und new!

Unusual lineup features the renowned Modern String Quartet along with Joe Haider’s Quartet.

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Chuck Redd Remembers Barney Kessel: Happy All the Time Featured Artists Chuck Redd, vibes, drums/Monty Alexander, piano/Howard Alden, guitar/Gene Bertoncini, guitar/Robert Redd, piano/Hassan Shakur, bass/Jeff Hamilton, drums

Track Listing Happy All the Time • Laura • Cry Me a River • On a Slow Boat to China • Tenderly • You’re the One for Me • Love Is Here To Stay • Swedish Pastry • Sweet Baby • 64 Bars on Wilshire • Li’l Darlin’ • Slow Burn

Selling Points • A loving tribute to legendary jazz guitarist Barney Kessel features all-stars Monty Alexander, Jeff Hamilton, Howard Alden and Gene Bertoncini • Special liner notes by Kessel’s widow Phyllis Kessel • Copies to Down Beat, JazzTimes, Jazziz, jazz radio programs and more

CD: ARB 19314 (Q ) File Under: Jazz

Also Available • ARB 19257 (Q) All This and Heaven Too (780941125726)

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Marty Grosz Marty Grosz and His Hot Combination Featured Artists Marty Grosz, guitar/Ken Peplowski, clarinet, tenor sax/Jon-Erik Kellso, trumpet/Scott Robinson, baritone & C-melody saxes, cornet/James Dapogny, piano/Vince Giordano, bass, bass sax/Arnie Kinsella, drums, orchestral bells/Greg Cohen, bass

Track Listing Alabamy Home • Did I Remember? • If It Ain’t Love • You • What’ll I Do? • Don’t Let It Bother You • Murder in the Moonlight • For Or Five Times • Life Begins When You’re In Love • Just a Gigolo • The English Blues

Selling Points • Marty Grosz displays his wit, wisdom and musicality on this romping CD featuring jazz stars Ken Peplowski, Jon-Erik Kellso, Scott Robinson and Greg Cohen • A dozen classic jazz songs performed with plenty of snap, crackle and pop!

• Copies to Down Beat, JazzTimes, Jazziz, jazz radio programs and more

CD: ARB 19319 (Q) File Under: Jazz

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Graewe/Reijseger/Hemingway Continuum Featured Artists Georg Graewe, piano/Ernst Reijseger, cello/Gerry Hemingway, percussion

Track Listing Continuum Phase One • Continuum Phase Two • Continuum Phase Three • Continuum Phase Four • Continuum Phase Five • Continuum Phase Six • Continuum Phase Seven • Continuum Phase Eight • Continuum Phase Nine • Continuum Phase Ten

Selling Points • 16 years after the Euro-American Trio’s conception, Georg Graewe, Ernst Reijseger and Gerry Hemingway are still establishing themselves as some of the most unique and challenging improvisers around!

CD: WTR 118 (R)

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JAZZ/BLUES “ Relatively new on the scene, Dino Govoni ably demonstrates he is well aware of his musical lineage. Joined by monster sax man and former teacher George Garzone on three tracks, Govoni stakes a solid claim on the musical landscape.” — ALL ABOUT JAZZ Featured Artists Dino Govoni, tenor & soprano saxes/George Garzone, tenor sax/ Henry Hey, piano/Eddie Gomez, bass/Bob Gullotti, drums/Tim Miller, guitar/John Allmark, trumpet, flugelhorn

Track Listing What’s the Difference • Shall We Dance? • All the Things You Are • Marie-Pierre • Breakin’ Out • Angela • Tutti Italiani • Stella by Starlight • (To the) Head Now!

Selling Points • Govoni’s debut, produced by jazz icon and mentor George Garzone, features the top-notch lineup of Eddie Gomez, George Garzone, Bob Guilloti and Henry Hey

• All the musicians are highlighted with solos, impressive in their intensity and creativity

Dino Govoni Breakin’ Out

• Govoni’s tone is a muscular yet warm, clean tenor sound that exhibits fast and furious rhythms delivered through flawless technique • An inspired set of straight-ahead jazz takes the listener on an intellectually beautiful musical journey

CD: WCS 4 (Q ) File Under: Jazz Previuosly Available

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“An electrifying blues cat that’s always in the pocket. The greatest young guitar player [who] will keep on truckin’ for a long time.

He’s the best in my book.” — SANDRA HALL Featured Artists Albert Castiglia, vocals, electric & acoustic guitar/Steve Gaskell, bass/ Jerry Mascaro, keyboards, vocals/Bob Amsel, drums/Ned Berndt, drums/Sandy Mack, harmonica

Track Listing Big Toe • Walking Blues • Youth Wants to Know • Ghosts of Mississippi • Hurricane Blues • Party ‘till the Cows Come Home • Hoodoo Man Blues • Speed On • Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt • Crying the Blues • Someone Else’s Problem • Sittin and Waitin

Selling Points • Sophomore CD from Florida-based singer/guitarist, formerly with Junior Wells & Sandra Hall, captures the energy of Castiglia’s legendary live performances • Recorded at Showplace Studios (NJ) with Castiglia’s regular band and special guest Sandy Mack • Produced by Grammy Award winner Jack Kreisberg • National blues radio promotion • Ads will run in various blues publications • Upcoming 2006 northeast tour • Key Markets: Ft Lauderdale (Hometown). Also: Miami, Chicago, Atlanta

Albert Castiglia A Stone’s Throw

CD: BLB 9833 (Q ) File Under: Blues

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BLUES Lee Gates

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Black Lucy’s Deuce “Lee Gates remains a local legend, although this release may soon rectify that…plenty of stomping good-time party blues as Gates unleashes some aggressive, stinging axe work.” — BAD DOG BLUES Featured Artists Lee Gates, vocals, guitar/Cool John Ferguson, guitar/Sol, bass/Ardie Dean, drums

Track Listing Get Drunk Baby & Party All Night Long • My Wife Left Me a Long Time Ago • Black Lucy Moanin’ the Blues • Funkin’ • In Deep Up to My Neck • The Best Lover I’d Ever Had • Too Much Traffic My House Today • Help Me Baby Long As I Live • Cool’s Groove • Deuce’s Wild

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Breathtaking electric guitar playing backed by the legendary Cool John Ferguson Since 2003, Lee Gates has appeared at prestigious festivals throughout the U.S. Service to radio stations; press mailings Key Markets: Milwaukee, New York, Chicago

CD: MMB 60 (Q ) File Under: Blues

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Sweet Betty Live & Let Live “When Sweet Betty sings there is an inevitable roar of pleasure from the crowd.”

— BOB MARGOLIN Featured Artists Sweet Betty, vocals

Track Listing P.A.R.T.Y. • Everybody Needs Love • Untie Me • Live and Let Live • Walk the Street • Touched By You • Damn Your Eyes • Old Fashioned Love • Pass It On Down • Ain’t That Good News • Weary Land • Walk Around Heaven

Selling Points • With a smooth & expressive voice, Sweet Betty has traveled and played with Grady “Fats” Jackson and Bob Margolin • Features backing by the Taj Mahal Trio; co produced by Taj Mahal • Service to radio stations; press mailings • Key Markets: Atlanta, New York, San Francisco

CD: MMB 59 (Q ) File Under: Blues

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Adolphus Bell One Man Band “Bell could easily have been forgotten, discarded along the backroads of Birmingham. Instead, he spent July playing to an upscale audience in Cognac, France at the Hennessy Mansion while his performance was broadcast on national television. His is the story of American roots music, perhaps the most influential sound the world has heard since shots rang out in Lexington.”

— PLAYLIST MAGAZINE Featured Artists Adolphus Bell, vocals, guitar, drums, harp

Track Listing The One Man Band • Have you Ever Had the Blues? • Alabama Women • You Got to Hurt Before You Heal • I Need Some Money • Ain’t No Sunshine • Child Support Blues • Cherry Pie • Have You Every Plowed a Mule? • Passport Blues • Let the Good Times Roll • Down on Me • Black Man’s Dream

CD: MMB 58 (Q ) File Under: Blues

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• Authentic Alabama one-man band with great original material • After 35 years playing house parties, Adolphus Bell has become a hit in Europe and is now touring the States!

• Key Markets: Birmingham, New York, Chicago Order Date: March 24, 2006

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GOSPEL/CHRISTIAN Various Artists Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats Track Listing Sister Goldia Haynes – I’m Going To Hold On • Anthony Butler – My God is a Mighty Man • Rev. A. Johnson – God Don’t Like It • Mary Deloatch – The Lord’s Gospel Train • Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet – Blind Barnabas • Sister Ernestine Washington – I’m His Child • The Wright Brothers Gospel Singers – Gospel Train • Thomas A. Dorsey – If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again • and more (25 total)

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CD: DOC 322011 (R) File Under: Gospel

• A superb collection of gospel tracks featuring 25 gospel greats!

• Title track, “Mighty Day” by the Bessemer Sunset Four, was recently featured on the soundtrack of Columbia Pictures’ Fun with Dick and Jane starring Jim Carrey and Téa Leoni • This wonderful collection explores gospel music from the golden years of 1928–1963, providing the listener with the roots of rap, soul and urban vocal music!

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Reunited Jesus is on the Main Line Track Listing When I Called on the Lord • Jesus is on the Main Line • If You Try Jesus • Never Could Have Made It • I’m Going Home • Don’t You Give Up • It Ain’t Over • Its Not My Goodness • Turn It Over

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The best album from this well known black gospel group!

Reunited is a group of 10 young men who sing in the tried and true southern gospel style This set, recorded live in 1997, features the songwriting of the group’s leader, Joel Green The tracks will inspire all listeners with a powerful message of hope and love. If you like the Blind Boys of Alabama, you’ll love Reunited!

CD: SWC 1066 (Q ) File Under: Gospel

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Various Artists Glory of the Lord “The Amen Singers add a special dimension to any gathering.”

— NEW LIFE (AUSTRALIA) Track Listing DISC ONE: The Amen Singers – I Give You My Heart • Marie O’Brien – Wind Beneath My Wings • The Amen Singers – I Can Only Imagine • Shout To The Lord • This Is Your Time • God Is So Good • Takes A Little Time • Come Together • Breathe • By And By DISC TWO: The Amen Singers – Day By Day • Marie O’Brien – Camouflage • London Session Singers – My Sweet Lord • The Amen Singers – Consuming Fire • Father Blessed Father • I Thank You • Come Breathe • Get On • Reborn • Yes I Believe

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• Fans of contemporary Christian music will love this uplifting collection of songs performed with a pop-rock flair!

• Features the crystal-clear vocals of Marie O’Brien, famous for her discs of Celtic traditional tunes, as well as Australia’s popular Amen Singers and the London Session Singers

FOLK/SOUL “ If Crow is a new experience for you, prepare to fall in love – her music always celebrates human connection.” — TOM PAXTON

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Featured Artists Gene Elders, fiddle/Mitch Watkins, guitar/Abra Moore, harmonies

Track Listing Coyote With Whiskey On His Breath • Holding Down the Couch • The Goose and Gander • Painted Fiddle • Driving It Out • Blue Dress • Old Bones • Fly Away Sweet Misery • So Weak • The Glory • Cowboy Town

Selling Points • Praised by Lucinda Williams, Tom Paxton, Ellis Paul, Bob Franke and more, Crow Johnson has a southern writer’s voice that embraces the characters in her songs with humor and compassion. Johnson’s style is a soulful storytelling folk fusion featuring her rich expressive voice and a strikingly warm, vibrant stage presence

• Johnson lives in the deep woods of Arkansas, playing guitar, piano, harmonica, banjo, and creating lyrics that paint their way through complicated melodies. The music is original, a fusion of sounds (country-folk, funky-jazz, bluesy-ballads) that springs from 38 years of songwriting and performance • She often performs in concerts and festivals, facilitates songwriting workshops, visits schools, and is a featured speaker at conferences around the U.S.

Crow Johnson Painting Stories ’Cross the Sky

CD: SWC 1061 (Q ) File Under: Folk

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Moody Scott Bustin’ Out of the Ghetto Track Listing Bustin’ Out Of The Ghetto 1 & 2 • A Man In Need is a Fool • Groovin’ Out On Life • A Woman’s Touch • We’ve Got To Save It Pt 1 • I Don’t Dig No Phoney Pt 1 • I Don’t Dig No Phoney Pt 2 • I Must Be Doing Something • Beauty, Soul And Style • I’ll Find My Sunshine • May I Turn You On • Satisfy My Hunger • To Lay Down Beside You • We’ve Got To Save It Pt 2

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CD: AIM 1508 (Q )

The first full CD release by funk pioneer Moody Scott features all of his 1970s Sound Stage recordings, including outtakes. This classic Nashville R&B disc is a great companion piece to the Night Train to Nashville series.

File Under: Soul

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Lattimore Brown Little Box of Tricks Track Listing I’ve Got Everything • Cruise On Fanny, Cruise On • Little Bag of Tricks • Bless Your Heart I Love You • I’m Not Through Lovin • So Says My Heart • It Hurts So Bad • It’s A Sad Sad World • I Know I’m Gonna Miss You • Don’t Trust No One • Nobody Has To Tell Me • Please Please Please • Take A Little Time • Otis is Gone Pt 1 • Otis is Gone Pt 2 • Shake and Vibrate • Little Bag of Tricks Pt 2

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CD: AIM 1507 (Q )

Lattimore Brown is an unknown rhythm & blues artist that has been recently rediscovered, and his work is now considered rare and collectible. This is the first comprehensive CD release of the complete Stage Seven material, including outtakes.

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SOUL/HIP-HOP “ In 1965, the Peps were one of Detroit’s most popular live acts, famed for their energetic stage shows complete with choreographed dances, splits and back flips.” — ALL MUSIC GUIDE Track Listing Detroit, Michigan! • Speak Your Peace • Gypsy Woman • With These Eyes • So Fine • I Can’t Get Right • That’s the Way Love Is • My Love Looks Good On You • This Love I Have For You • Thinkin’ About You • I’ll Never Be the Same Again • I Love You • Love of My Life • She’s Going to Leave You • Why Are You Blowing My Mind • I’ve Been Trying • This I Pray • Never Had It So Good

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The Fabulous Peps Detroit, Michigan

CD: STS 6348 (Q )

• Tuff City’s Soul-Tay-Shus label presents another offering of Detroit-based ‘60s soul from the D-Town vaults by The Fabulous Peps – another volume from the Motor City Soul Soldiers series • With vocal power that equaled the Temptations and Curtis Mayfield’s Impressions, the Peps’ recordings featured Motown’s Funk Brothers & Hi Records Rhythm Section (led by Willie Mitchell, Al Green’s producer) • Detroit, Michigan features two versions of the title track (one released by the Peps, the other featuring singer Ronnie Love) in addition to originals such as “Speak Your Peace,” “With These Eyes” and hip-shaking covers of “Gypsy Woman” and “So Fine” • Future Soul-Tay-Shus/D-Town anthologies will feature Dee Edwards, Lee Moses and the Hi Records Rhythm Section. All releases carry a faithful reproduction of the original D-Town label • Regular airplay on WFMU New Jersey

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“Orbiting between the poles of George Clinton and the Cold Crush Brothers is beat-boxing space commander Captain Rock…featuring the artist’s singular rap style that breaks down the metric rigidity of ‘80s rap with a rhythmic sensibility all his own, and throws in a shade of soul crooning for good measure.”

— ALL MUSIC GUIDE Featured Artists Captain Rock, vocals/Alonzo Brown, vocals/DJ Darryl Dee, turntables

Track Listing Cosmic Blast • Bongo Beat • House of Rock • (Captain Rock) to the Future Shock • Return of Captain Rock • You Stink • The Pure • Return of Captain Rock (instrumental) • House of Rock Dub • You Stink • Bonus Beat

Selling Points • The electro-rock phenomenon in hip-hop was a fleeting but extraordinary moment in which the faster tempos of the dance community met with the sound and fury of hip-hop • While most recordings that were popular then, and have survived to this date, reflect the downtown (i.e. white) approach to this music, the body of work that comprises Captain Rock’s To the Future Shock is very special for its representation of the uptown take • Abetted by the veteran street-savvy stewardship of the Fantastic Aleems and the rhyming and lyrical skills of Alonzo Brown (Andre Harrell’s partner in rap duo Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde), as well as the fine turntable work of DJ Darryl Dee, To the Future Shock (culled from the vaults of Harlem’s Nia Records) captures lightning in a jar for its highly successful uptown take on a downtown take on uptown music

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Captain Rock To the Future Shock

CD: OSF 4032 (Q ) File Under: Hip-Hop

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VOCALS Andrew Suvalsky

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…Expresses his connection with the swing, be-bop and romantic jazz roots of American music from the mid-part of the 20th century. Whether swinging, scatting or breathlessly embracing the deeper nuances of lush ballads, Andy’s fearless approach and connection to this music should make for an exciting show. — CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE

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“Sexy and soulful jazz singer Andy Suvalsky set the stage with four sold-out performances of My American Songbook, his unique presentation of standards.” — HX MAGAZINE

“Andy’s new show…samples unabashedly popular music from the ‘70s to now, all re-created with his loving, soulful and very original touch.” — NEXT MAGAZINE Featured Artists Andrew Suvalsky, vocals/Michael Doane, backing vocals/Wells Hanley, keyboards/David Easton, keyboards/Craig Spano, guitar/ Josh Margolis, guitar, percussion/and more

Track Listing Do You Want to Dance • This Guy’s in Love with You • We’re in this Love Together • Close to Me • Crying • Love is Alive • Love the One You’re With • This Year’s Love • Alright, Okay, You Win • You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To • Everything I’ve Got • Angel Eyes • The Best is Yet to Come

Selling Points • Vintage Pop and the Jazz Sides starts off in the realm of classic pop, with song selections originally composed and performed by artists whose work was influenced by a love of jazz • On the second half, Andrew Suvalsky effortlessly moves into a more sophisticated realm as he interprets several jazz standards originally performed by greats like Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra • Suvalsky’s personal style, voice, song selections and choice of arrangements are a formidable package that reveals his ability to make the listener believe these classic songs are his own original repertoire!

• Suvalsky will soon start a weekly gig at swank West Village lounge Paris Commune • Promotion handled by The Karpel Group

Key Markets New York (Hometown). Also: Chicago, Milwaukee, Los Angeles, Portland

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VOCALS Jonathan Rayson Shiny and New

CD: LML 197 (Q ) File Under: Vocals

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Jonathan Rayson is a singer in the old style: smooth, charming, subtle and musically superb.

— STAR TRIBUNE

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“A handsome charmer from the Midwest with a great smile, this kid has a buoyant personality and a terrific voice that is sure to gain him considerable attention. His delivery is smooth, confident and mature…we’re definitely gonna hear a lot more from him.” — BACK STAGE “ Jonathan Rayson’s Seymour has a sweet demeanor that makes his sins forgivable. He also has a superb sense of timing, his silent pauses speaking volumes and drawing many laughs.” — THE NEWS & OBSERVER “…We loved Jonathan Rayson warbling almost anything.” — Q MAGAZINE Featured Artists Jonathan Rayson, vocals/Marc Anderson, percussion/Rebecca Arons, cello/Tony Axtell, bass/Aimee Bryant, backing vocals/Dan Chouinard, piano/Dennis Curley, backing vocals, synthesizer/Debbie Duncan, backing vocals /Jennifer Grimm, backing vocals/Ben Harloff, trumpet/Stan Harper, tenor sax/and more

Track Listing Summer, Highland Falls • Listen to the Music • Like a Sad Song • A Love Song • Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head • Brighten Your Night with My Day • And I Love You So • River • Birds • I Need to Be in Love • Beautiful • Rainbow Sleeves • Part of the Plan • Oh Very Young/Souvenir

Selling Points • Shiny and New features treatments of several hit songs combined with lesser-known gems from some of the greatest songwriters of the1970s – James Taylor, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Billy Joel, John Denver and more • Broadway performer and New York cabaret artist Jonathan Rayson sings with an effortless pop style that suits every kind of music. His musical storytelling capability is paramount, and is perfectly enhanced by the beauty of his voice • Rayson’s voice contains a natural emotionality and soulfulness that will completely bewitch any listener • Rayson has worked with Ordway Center for Performing Arts, Park Square Theatre, Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, Illusion Theater, North Star Opera, Theater Latté Da and Minnesota Festival Theater. He has starred in the Tony Award nominated Frog and Toad, Little Shop of Horrors and more • Connections with Minneapolis radio stations that will broadcast singles and businesses that will play CD during business hours • Release concerts in New York, Minneapolis, Omaha and several other major cities

Key Markets Omaha (Hometown). Also: Minneapolis, New York

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VOCALS/WORLD “ Lena Martell has recorded over thirty albums, had her own BBC network TV, has silver, gold and platinum discs and has performed at most of the concert halls around the world!”

— LOCHSIDE THEATER

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Featured Artists Lena Martell, vocals

Track Listing The Promise • You Were Always On My Mind • A Thousand Ships • If Tomorrow Never Comes • These Are My Mountains • Heart of Glasgow • Songbird • My Scotland • Ave Maria • Plaisir D’amour • The Long Day Is Over • Carrickfergus • Only a Woman’s Heart • Spirit of Edinburgh (Colours Of Fire) • To Be Where You Are • My Love Will Lead You Home • One Day at a Time • An OldFashioned Christmas

Selling Points • Lena Martell won an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1979 with her biggest-selling single “One Day at a Time,” which stayed in the charts for 36 weeks and spent five weeks at #1 in four countries!

• Over a 10-year period, Martell also had her own BBC network television show • She has performed on Broadway, London’s West End and a sold-out season at the London Palladium, where her box office matched those of Shirley MacLaine and Bette Midler • Features seven original compositions combined with popular classic tunes • DVD filmed across Scotland, from the Clyde Estuary to Edinburgh

Lena Martell Songs from a Woman’s Heart

CD: SCT 724 (M) File Under: Vocals

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DVD: SCT DVD 7240 (Q )

• SCT 714 (M) My Homeland (5014675307147)

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“ Recorded in Paris, Florence and Abidjan…Tayorault has managed to ride the popularity of the ‘zaglou’ liberation music in a physical, political and spiritual sense.” — MAX MUSIC Featured Artists David Tayorault, vocals, chorus, acoustic guitar, synthezizer/Marco Lamioni, vocals, chorus, acoustic guitar/Paul Dabire, percussion/ Marceline Yace, flute/Armand Effy, bass/Simone Maffucci, guitar/Luca Ingletti, drums/Joel Kangha, bass, synth, piano/Mao Otayeck, guitar/ Addie Delomenie, sax/and more

Track Listing Street Boys • Mitchey • Suzana • La Ru Zabim • Seyi • Apassa • Dream • Awana • Popoko • Djaka • O May Doo

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David Tayorault La Ru Zabim CD: FHP 17 (Q )

• David Tayorault, who started as leader of popular ‘80s group Woya, is one of those African songwriters who is able to distill the very essence of the continent in his music • A stunning combination of African traditional music and pop that pays particular attention to social perspectives through the value of its lyrics • Service to radio, television and magazines • Key Markets: Seattle, San Francisco, Berkley, Ann Arbor, Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Providence, Newport, Hanover, Burlington

File Under: Africa/Pop

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WORLD Featured Artists African Gospel Choir/Prabhu Dhakal/Diné Spirit/Magdalena Nedeltcheva/ Te Runga Rawa/Nadia Valiente/Ra i Tahiti/les Moines du Monastère Urgyen Do Ngak Chöling/Havana/Talos Andonis/Sambo Barraba, Johnny Unungmurra, Moses Wak & Peter Billy de la Ngukurr Community/ Machnunah/Bumbong/Sekaha Kidung/Amnat/Tony Gama/Corul Seminarului Teologic/Kathmandu Brass Band/Taraful

Track Listing Cameroon: Christmas in Yaoundé • India: Song of devotion • Usa: Powwow, Sacred Songs of the Navajo Indians • Bulgaria: Wedding in Sofia • New Zealand: Haka (War Dance) • Argentina: Lullaby • Tahiti: Welcoming Ceremony • Tibet: Offerings to the Gods • Cuba: Seduction Ritual • Greece: Wake in Corfu • Australian Aboriginals: Dance with the Spirits • The Arab World: Islamic Prayer • Philippines: Welcoming Ceremony • Bali: Tooth-filing Ceremony • Thailand: Music for a Thai Boxing Match • Portugal: Christmas in Lisbon • Romania: Orthodox Mass • Nepal: Wedding in Kathmandu • Transylvania: Long Live the Bride!

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Various Artists Rituals and Celebrations of the World CD: PLS 66408 (L) File Under: World

• Our world is an immense mosaic of cultures in which music plays an important social role. It is also indispensable for accompanying the rituals and celebrations that mark important moments in life • This disc features ritual & celebration songs from various countries, including music from a Cameroon Christmas, a Greek wake, a Bali tooth-filing ceremony, a Romanian Orthodox mass, a wedding in Katmandu and many more!

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Brand New 2006 Air Mail Music Series Catalog Available From Your Allegro Account Manager!

Air Mail Music Series Turkey – Ud & Kanun Track Listing Oriental Sunset • Istanbul Night • Morning Thought • Aksaray • Ankara Kalesi • Sultanahmet • My Granpa Mirhan • Vision of the Past • Red Carpet • Festive Celebration • Marmara Denizi

Selling Points Turkey, where East & West meet and past & present exist side by side, is a mosaic of different cultures. The ud (a type of lute) and the kanun (a plucked box zither) play an important part in its traditional music, and are the featured instruments on this fantastic compilation of traditional music.

CD: PLS 141125 (E) File Under: Turkey

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Sissokho Yakhouba & Lansine Kouyate Mali – Kora & Balafon Track Listing Kaffo • Bimba • Fakoli • Mamadou • Aïda

Selling Points The kora, a 21-string plucked harp-lute, is the most typical instrument of professional musicians of the Manding linguistic and cultural family. On this album, Sissokho Yakhouba’s kora combines with Lansine Kouyate’s lively balafon (xylophone) for a harmonious and peaceful journey into African tradition!

CD: PLS 141126 (E) File Under: Mali

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APRIL 2006

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto & Septet CD: ANO 640150 (C) File Under: Classical

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Yefim Bronfman, piano/Gil Shaham, violin/Truls Mørk, cello/Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich/David Zinman, conductor BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Piano, Violin & Cello in C, Op. 56 • Septet in E-flat, Op. 20

• Features four Grammy Award-winning artists on one disc!

• As Beethoven himself was well aware, his Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello – commonly called the Triple Concerto – was unique in musical literature. No one had ever written for this combination of solo instruments and orchestra • The Triple Concerto was first performed in Vienna in 1804, and apparently never again in Beethoven’s lifetime!

• The work was neglected for years and is still somewhat overshadowed by the other Beethoven concertos, but this is in large part due to its extraordinary requirements for three major virtuosi • This recording offers three of today’s leading soloists along with conductor David Zinman, whose Beethoven recordings have already become first choices with many listeners • Since making his debut at London’s Festival Hall in 1981, pianist Yefim Bronfman has regularly played with the most renowned European, American and Far Eastern symphony orchestras. He was awarded the Avery Fisher Prize in 1991 and a Grammy Award in 1997 • Israeli-American violinist Gil Shaham (b. 1971) studied at Juilliard and in 1990 was awarded the coveted Avery Fisher Career Grant.

Since then, he has pursued an extremely active international career and made numerous CD recordings. Gil Shaham plays a Stradivarius dating from 1699 • Truls Mørk has long been one of the most renowned international cellists and plays with the world’s leading symphony orchestras and conductors. An enthusiastic chamber musician, he undertook a successful tour of the U.S. with violinist Gil Shaham and pianist Yefim Bronfman in 2003 • Born in 1936, American conductor David Zinman has risen to the pinnacle of his career in the last decade. His discography of some 100 recordings has won five Grammys and two Grands Prix du Disque • Founded in 1868, the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra is Switzerland’s oldest symphony orchestra

• Included as a major bonus is a splendid performance of Beethoven’s early and massive chamber work masterpiece, the Septet, Op. 20

Also Available Beethoven: Piano Concertos 3 & 4

R. Strauss: Orchestral Works (7 CDs)

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CLASSICAL “ …Utmost musicianship and technical proficiency are provided.

These are men whose golden instruments produce full tones and rich varieties of color.” — WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL Eastman Brass Quintet with Allen Vizzutti, trumpet Verne REYNOLDS: Centones 1, 2 & 8 • Concertare No. 1 for Brass Quintet & Percussion • Concertare No. 4 for Brass Quintet & Piano • Suite for Brass Quintet

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Eastman Brass Quintet Archive (2 CDs) CD: SMT 449 (2G)

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• The musical term Centone refers to the practice of combining separate works by one composer, or by different composers. In his Centones, Verne Reynolds has arranged pieces by Guillaume Dufay, Thomas Weelkes, Claude LeJeune, Isaac Posch, Johann Fux and Christopher Tye • The Suite for Brass Quintet was completed in May 1963, and was first performed by the Eastman Brass Quintet, for whom it was written, in July of that year • The Quintet made its debut in 1961 as a feature of the annual summer Brass Institute at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester • These performances are rare recordings from 1975 that show the Quintet inI NC the early days of their brilliant career, blazing a trail in their field.

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“A major talent…an enthralling listeningSUPER-BUDGET PRICE! We should hear this major piano talent again, and soon!”

— DONAL J. HENAHAN, THE NEW YORK TIMES Robert Hamilton, piano MOZART: Fantaisie in C minor, K.475 • Sonata in C minor, K.457 • Sonata in B-flat, K.333 • Sonata in A, K.331

• A very special release in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth!

• Pianist Robert Hamilton is a Mozart specialist whose performances have been called “compelling,” “stunning,” and “among the finest renditions by living Mozart interpreters” • The recording promises some of the very finest recorded piano sounds ever heard, due in part to a unique, newly developed set of microphones and a very special acoustical environment • A favorite of audiences on four continents, Hamilton divides his time between the teaching of gifted students at Arizona State University and serving as Artistic Director for the annual London Music Festival in England. Featured in the book The Most Wanted Piano Teachers in the USA, Hamilton is a Steinway artist • “Hamilton is a very fine pianist. All of his playing has sensitivity and color.

One of the best of the million or so around.” — HAROLD C. SCHONBERG, AUTHOR, THE GREAT PIANISTS • Mailing to classical press including Gramophone and American Record Guide, to individual instrument journals and Internet sites, and to 100+ classical music stations across the country

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Robert Hamilton Mozart Recital

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CLASSICAL “Jalbert’s piano-playing is remarkable for its sweep, confidence, sensitivity, power and color.” — FANFARE

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David Jalbert, piano FAURÉ: Nocturnes Nos. 1-13

• Fauré’s nocturnes are, after Chopin’s, among the most beautiful and beloved in the piano literature. They span almost his entire creative career • This recording attempts to reconcile the two seemingly opposite aspects of Fauré’s piano writing: the clarity of rhythm and texture, and the warm lyricism he inherited from his Romantic predecessors • Pianist David Jalbert is one of the most firebrand talents of the new generation. With his personal style, incomparable stage presence and refined ear, he has convinced audiences and critics everywhere in North America • His first solo disc, dedicated to the works of Corigliano and Rzewski, was launched to great applause on Endeavour in 2004 • Jalbert’s interests in literature, cinema, rock ‘n’ roll and blues shine through his musical selections, which can be heard regularly on CBC Radio and Radio-Canada broadcasts • Notes in English and French by acclaimed Fauré biographer Jessica Duchen • “Jalbert appears to be able to do anything he wants at the piano.”

— CLASSICSTODAY

Gabriel FAURÉ Complete Nocturnes

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David Jalbert

Denise Djokic

Corigliano & Rzewski: Ballads & Fantasies

Folklore

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Caroline Stam, soprano/Michael Chance, alto/Paul Agnew, tenor/Klaus Mertens, bass/The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir/Ton Koopman, conductor J.S. BACH: Cantatas Nos. 2, 20, 44, 73, 101, 119, 130, 134, 134a & 180

J.S. BACH Complete Cantatas, Vol. 10 (3 CDs)

• The latest volume in the acclaimed re-packaging of the complete Bach Cantata series on Challenge Classics!

• The acclaimed series of complete Bach cantatas with the Amsterdam Baroque conducted by Ton Koopman, originally begun on the now-defunct Erato label, has been revived by Challenge Classics • Ton Koopman and his choir and orchestra continue to uphold a standard of tremendous vividness and joy in their immaculate performances of Bach’s most impressive opus • The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, founded in 1979 by Ton Koopman, is a group of musicians from all over the world with a particular passion for the Baroque. Their recordings have won numerous awards • The Amsterdam Baroque Choir, founded in 1992, consists mainly of young Dutch professional singers • Begun in 1994, this series was called “the recording project of the nineties”

by The Guardian and was awarded the 1997 Deutsche Schallplattenpreis “Echo Klassik” in Germany • The series continues to feature the scholarly contributions of Professor Christoph Wolff, one of the world’s leading experts on the music of Bach

Also Available Cantatas, Vol. 20

Cantatas, Vol. 19

CD: CHR 72220 (3M)

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Javier TORRES MALDONADO

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Exabrupto

Il Triangolo: Italian Flute Trios

Nouvel Ensemble Moderne/Lorraine Villancourt, director/ Carlo Chiarappa, violin/Dynamis Ensemble/Germano Scurti, accordion/Rocco Parisi, clarinet/Terpsycordes Quartet

Trio Albatros Ensemble

TORRES MALDONADO: Exabrupto – for three instrumental groups, a pianist and a percussionist (1998) • Tiento – for cello and tape (2004) • The unexpected clock in the mirrors – for violin, bass clarinet and ensemble (2005) • Orior – for piano solo (1997) • De ignoto cantu– for bass clarinet, trumpet, percussion, violin, cello and tape (2004) • Luz – for accordion and strings (2000)

Giorgio GASLINI: Il triangolo (2004) • Flavio Emilio SCOGNA: Ison (2003) • Ivan FEDELE: Latinamix (2004) • Franco DONATONI: Ciglio 2° (1984) • Luciano CHAILLY: Improvvisazione No. 14 (1999) • Bruno BETTINELLI: Aforismi (2002) • Aldo CLEMENTI: Due canoni (1994)

The selection of works the excellent Albatros Ensemble presents on this compact disc may be seen as a voyage through the various styles of Italian post-war music, starting WORLD with one of the historical masters, Bruno Bettinelli, champion PREMIERE Javier Torres Maldonado studied composition in Mexico RECORDING! of counterpoint and a prolific pedagogue. It proceeds to City and with Franco Donatoni and Ivan Fedele. He has masters born in the 1920s, the most important generation won prestigious prizes at competitions in Montreal, Geneva, INCLUDES INCof LUD ES Italian modern music (Luciano Chailly, Aldo Clementi, Siena and the Queen Elisabeth in Brussels, and has performed WORLD WORLD Franco Donatoni, Giorgio Gaslini) and concludes with Ivan at festivals such as Venice’s Biennale and New York’s Focus. PREMIERE PREMIERE Fedele and Flavio Emilio Scogna, both born in the 1950s.

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Costanzo FESTA

Luca MARENZIO

Motets, Vol. 1 & 2 (2 CDs)

Spiritual Madrigals

Cantica Symphonia/Giuseppe Maletto & Kees Boeke, directors

Gli Erranti/Alessandro Casari, conductor

FESTA: Motets for 3-6 voices

MARENZIO: Spiritual madrigals for 5 voices (1584)

Costanzo Festa (ca. 1490–1545) entered the service of the papal chapel in Rome in 1517 and remained there until his death.

His surviving output includes four Masses, 30 hymns, a large quantity of madrigals, and more than 40 motets. Festa was one of the principal composers in the generation of early madrigalists.

Cantica Symphonia’s edition of these works has been greeted with critical acclaim. The group is a vocal and instrumental ensemble made up of seasoned early music specialists.

Luca Marenzio (1553–1599) was a central figure in 16th century music, creating “the modern music of madrigal” as historian Ottavio Rossi rightly points out. The “spiritual madrigal” flourished significantly in the second half of the 1500s in the hands of such composers as Palestrina and Monteverdi. It was a good compromise, typical of the culture of the Counter Reformation, between religious content and a secular musical form.

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Early Guitar Music Massimo Lonardi, Renaissance guitar Comiença la musica para guitarra, Vol. 12 (Music by Adrien le Roy, Gregoire Brayssing, Miguel de Fuennlana, Alonso Mudarra, Jacques Arcadelt, Melchioro de Barberis, Guillame Morlaye, Pierre Phalése & Simon Gorlier)

A Renaissance guitar is considerably smaller than its modern counterpart and has four courses. The present recording is a small anthology and as such cannot be expected to provide an exhaustive overview of the repertoire of the instrument. The juxtaposition of composers from differing countries and styles shows the similarities between them.

CD: STV 33695 (R) File Under: Classical

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Luis de PABLO Music for Ensemble Orchestra & Chorus of the City of Madrid/Camara 21/José Ramon Encinar, conductor PABLO: Portrait imaginé for 22 instruments and 12 voices (1975) • Com un epíleg for 17 instruments and 6 voices (1988)

Born in 1930, Luis de Pablo is one of the most admired contemporary composers from Spain. The music on this disc was commissioned by Ottawa University and Portrait imaginé was inspired by the great rivers of North America, frozen over in winter and rushing headlong in the summer.

CD: STV 33725 (R) File Under: Classical

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Lorenzo Ghielmi & Federica Valli, pianists/La Gaia Scienza SCHUMANN: 6 Pieces in Canonic Form, Op. 56 • Piano Quintet, Op. 44

Robert SCHUMANN Für meine Clara

CD: WTR 113 (R)

• This CD presents two highlights of the German Romantic repertoire, works written by Robert Schumann for his beloved wife Clara • The quintet, dedicated to Clara, and the canons were part of the permanent repertoire she played until the end of her career • Especially in the quintet, with its difficult and almost solistic piano part, Clara could show her extraordinary skills as one of the most famous pianists of her time • The canons for three hands were the result of Clara and Robert studying both counterpoint and fugues by Bach. During Mendelssohn’s visit to the Schumann household in Dresden in 1845, the couple played the pieces to the great joy of Bach’s re-discoverer • Op. 56 is one of Schumann’s most unknown compositions. This may be due to the fact that it was originally written for a pedal pianoforte, a specially prepared piano for practicing organ pieces. Federica Valli and Lorenzo Ghielmi have recorded Op. 56 on a special Graf pianoforte at the Villa Medici • La Gaia Scienza is a chamber ensemble that has made numerous acclaimed recordings on Winter & Winter, performing on historic instruments in a historic building • Keyboardist Lorenzo Ghielmi began his international career with Il Giardino Armonico

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Brahms: Piano Quartet & Quintet

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CLASSICAL Carl SCHURICHT Conducts WAGNER “ It will be no surprise to anyone who knows Schuricht’s Bruckner that these are flowing, beautifully balanced, serious readings. I don’t know any quite like them.

As I listen to them, it seems to me that there is no other way to do justice to Wagner’s noble genius. Whether it is in the intimate tenderness of the Siegfried Idyll as warm as Walter (but better proportioned) or Solti (but more relaxed), or the sheer luxury of the Tristan Prelude, this is exalted music-making.”

— AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra/Carl Schuricht, conductor

CD: HNS 93156 (R)

WAGNER: Parsifal – Prelude to Act I, Good Friday Spell & Act III finale • Tristan und Isolde – Prelude • Götterdämmerung – Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey & Siegfried’s Funeral March • Siegfried Idyll

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Long unavailable historic recordings from 1950 to 1966 in the continuing acclaimed series from the Schuricht archives.

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Roger NORRINGTON Conducts SCHUMANN Symphonies 2 & 4 Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra/Roger Norrington, conductor SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 2 in C, Op. 61 • Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 • Concert introduction by Roger Norrington, spoken in English

This record is part of a series of live recordings that the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR) has made in the Liederhalle every year. All are characterized by a serious attention to historical playing style that has normally been associated only with period instrument orchestras. Norrington plays with the “pure tone” so much talked about by the old masters, before the arrival of twentieth century vibrato. This beautiful, warm tone was the normal sound of every orchestra from Bach’s time to Mahler’s; Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms and Wagner never heard a good orchestra play with vibrato. A living document of the evolution of modern orchestral practice.

CD: HNS 93161 (R) File Under: Classical

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Joachim Held Delightful Lute-Pleasure: Lute Music from the Land of the Habsburgs Joachim Held, lute MUFFAT: Passacaglia di Mons. Mouffat • LAUFFENSTEINER: Suite in D Major • WEISS: Suite in G Major • REUSNER: Suite in D Minor • LOSY: Suite in F Major • BIBER: Passagaglia in C Minor

This disc documents the development of the “new” generation of German lute virtuosos who emerged following the devastating Thirty Years’ War, and how they began to build a new tradition of their own, adding new elements derived from Italian opera and local popular traditions which produced a new hybrid style of lute music with its own definite character.

Joachim Held, currently one of Europe’s great lute scholars, has selected a program of works from a manuscript compiled by the priest and lute virtuoso, Ferdinand Fischer, housed in the famed archives of the Benedictine monastery of Kremsmünster, near Salzburg.

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CLASSICAL Combattimento Consort Amsterdam/Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

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J.S. BACH: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 106, BWV 1046 -1051

• A spectacular new recording of Bach’s most famous music, which is in turn one of the most popular works of all classical music • Combattimento Consort Amsterdam was founded more than 20 years ago, with Jan Willem de Vriend as the conductor from the very beginning • The ensemble has specialized in music from 1600 to 1800, featuring interpretations as close as possible to the originals but on 19th century instruments • Combattimento Consort Amsterdam tours regularly worldwide, including the U.S. • Dutch conductor and violinist Jan Willem de Vriend is featured on numerous previous CDs and in many recordings for radio and television • The Combattimento Consort Amsterdam is a closely-knit group of musicians who dare to take on the battle of voice against voice – a Baroque ensemble that takes advantage of oppositions, thereby collectively creating something beautiful in which contrasts lead to an intensely pleasurable experience, bridging the gap between players and audience with its fresh musical individuality

J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concertos (2 CDs)

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Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3

CD: CHR 72120 (2Q)

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Klaus Mertens, bass-baritone/Tini Mathot, fortepiano SCHUBERT: Winterreise, D.911 (complete song cycle)

Franz SCHUBERT Winterreise

• Produced by Early Music expert Ton Koopman, this unique recording of Schubert’s vocal masterpiece uniquely offers the keyboard accompaniment on a historic fortepiano of Schubert’s time, giving this performance a unique intimacy • Schubert’s 24-song cycle Winterreise is a setting of melancholy and deeply moving poems by Wilhelm Müller. It is generally considered the summit of the art of this greatest composer of Lieder • The German bass-baritone Klaus Mertens is best known for his work with Early Music specialists and has been heard on more than 120 recordings, including the monumental complete Bach Cantatas series on Challenge Classics • Klaus Mertens is the first and the only singer to have sung all of Bach’s vocal works for a complete CD recording series, and also in concerts • Mertens also devotes himself equally successfully to singing Lieder from early to modern times. His concert repertoire covers a great range, from Monteverdi to contemporary composers, including some that were especially written for him • Fortepianist Tini Mathot also boasts a successful international concert and recording career. The wife of Ton Koopman, she serves as recording director for the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir

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CLASSICAL Orchestra of the Royal Theater, Turin/Vladimir Delman, conductor TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17 • Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 • Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 “Pathétique”

Pyotr I. TCHAIKOVSKY Symphonies 2, 4 & 6 (2 CDs) CD: NUO 7401 (2L) File Under: Classical

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• Vladimir Delman is not a name overly familiar to the English-speaking world, but in Italy, during his lifetime, he was widely considered the greatest living conductor of the Tchaikovsky symphonies, and a formidable rival for other composers as well (his recording of the Bruckner Ninth is on the short list of most collectors) • Delman, whom the pianist Simone Pedroni has called “a true giant of music [and] a visionary interpreter,” was born in Leningrad in 1923. He decided to leave the Soviet Union in 1974 and ended up in Italy, where he directed the Bologna Community Theater and the Milan RAI Symphony Orchestra, and then founded the Milan Giuseppe Verdi Orchestra, now conducted by Riccardo Chailly • An eccentric and enigmatic figure, Delman looked far older than he was, was demanding at rehearsals, and often exploded in fury if anyone else used his dressing room, spraying it with disinfectant afterwards to “make it inhabitable” • Whatever his personal oddities, and despite the fact that he seldom had a really first-class orchestra to work with, Vladimir Delman’s small legacy of recordings reveals an artist of the utmost fascination and brilliance, as these 1984 Tchaikovsky recordings reflect

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Pyotr I. TCHAIKOVSKY Symphonies 1, 3 & 5 (2 CDs) CD: NUO 7396 (2L)

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Vincenzo BELLINI I Capuleti e i Montecchi (2 CDs) Katia Ricciarelli, Diana Montague, Dano Raffanti, Marcello Lippi, Antonio Salvadori, vocal soloists/La Fenice Chorus & Orchestra, Venice/Bruno Campanella, conductor BELLINI: I Capuleti e i Montecchi (complete opera)

A superb cast is heard in Bellini’s thrilling early operatic treatment of the Romeo and Juliet story, based not on Shakespeare’s play but on the earlier sources he used. Katia Ricciarelli is only the most famous on the list of fine singers engaged for this 1991 production.

Italian-English libretto.

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CD: NUO 7020 (2L) File Under: Opera

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Gaetano DONIZETTI La Figlia del Reggimento (2 CDs) Luciana Serra, William Matteuzzi, Enzo Dara, Monica Tagliasacchi, vocal soloists/ Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Comunale, Bologna/Bruno Campanella, conductor DONIZETTI: La Figlia del Reggimento (complete opera)

This is the Italian translation of Donizetti’s beloved comic opera, The Daughter of the Regiment, originally written in French as La fille du régiment. An all-star cast brings this endearing and exciting comedy to vivid life. Italian-English libretto.

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INTRODUCING LANDOR RECORDS! Allegro proudly presents the first releases from Landor Records, a new UK-based classical label whose slogan is “making new music, making old music new.” Landor Records, a new artist-led company, is building a roster of “Landor artists” comprising some of the most exciting musicians in the profession. The Landor Competition, founded to aid in the search for new artists, is the first of its kind anywhere.

The young Czech pianist Libor Novácˇek is the 2005 winner.

Future releases will include recordings by the talented young pianist Simon Lepper, described in Opera magazine as “one of the most gifted and enterprising of his generation,” accompanying a variety of singers including the young tenor Andrew Kennedy, winner of the BBC Singer of the World Rosenblatt Recital Prize 2005.

Visit www.landorrecords.co.uk for more information!

Libor Novácˇek Plays Janácˇek, Debussy, Ravel & Martinu˚ Libor Novácˇek, piano JANÁCˇ EK: Sonata 1.X.1905 • RAVEL: Le tombeau de Couperin • DEBUSSY: Préludes, Book 2 (sel.) • MARTINU˚: 3 Czech Dances

• The debut recital disc by the winner of The Landor Competition 2005, Czech pianist Libor Novácˇek, examines French and Czech music from the early and mid-20th century • Born in Prague in 1979 into a musical family, Libor Novácˇek completed his Masters at the Guildhall School of Music with distinction in 2003, having won numerous prizes and awards • In 2005 he won the Landor Records Competition, leading to a long-term contract with Landor Records • Novácˇek’s performances as a soloist and with orchestras have taken him to the U.S., Mexico, South America, Spain, France and Germany CD: LND 274 (P) File Under: Classical

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The Arada Guitar Duo Grand Duo: 19th-Century Music for Guitar Duo The Arada Guitar Duo COSTE: Grand Duo • MERTZ: Ich denke dein • Mazurka • Tarantelle • SOR: L’encouragement, Op. 34 • Andante cantabile from Divertissment, Op. 62 • GIULIANI: Rondo, Op. 66, No. 3

CD: LND 275 (P) File Under: Classical

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• Original 19th-century music for two guitars, performed by one of the UK’s leading young guitar duos • Formed in 1992, The Arada Guitar Duo (Simon Davies and Nicholas Lee) has performed at notable venues throughout the UK and on BBC Radio • In 2005, they were finalists in the Landor Records Competition • In 1998 the duo recorded works for the Telstar Records CD release Guitar Serenade, to much acclaim • As a soloist, Simon Davies has won several music competitions, including the Chiltern Radio Young Musician of the Year, and has performed widely, culminating in his appointment as the UK representative in the European Young Musicians’ Concert in Brussels • Nicholas Lee plays regularly for the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratfordupon-Avon, London and on tour

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CLASSICAL Peter Richard Conte, organ ELGAR (tr. Conte): Empire March • Sospiri • WAGNER (tr. Lemaire): Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde • DEBUSSY (tr. Cellier): Arabesque No. 1 in E • VIERNE: Clair de lune, from Pièces de fantaisie, Op. 54 • FAURÉ (tr. Hebble): Nocturne from Shylock • BRAHMS (tr. Conte): Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn • HEBBLE: Homage to Fritz Kreisler (Londonderry Air)

Peter Richard Conte Midnight in the Grand Court

• A major new recording of the legendary Wanamaker organ at Lord & Taylor in Philadelphia • The program consists of major symphonic works transcribed for organ • Features the Wanamaker Grand Court organist Peter Richard Conte in a program recalling the most famous “after-hours” concerts given at Wanamaker’s years ago • Peter Conte’s CD The Wanamaker Legacy was the best-selling organ CD in America for 2005!

• This is only the second recording of the fully restored instrument, which is the world’s largest functioning organ • 24-page booklet includes extensive notes by the artist, the recording engineer, and others about the organ, the history of organ transcription, and recording this major symphonic organ • Titles promoted in a 5,000-name email list and featured on the back cover of the Gothic catalog, January 2006 edition, mailed to approximately 11,000 addresses. Advertised in The American Organist (circulation 20,000) and Diapason

Also Available CD: GOT 49247 (P) File Under: Classical

Peter Richard Conte The Wanamaker Legacy

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“Superb artistry in the lost art of organ transcription…to play that many lines with only ten fingers is technical wizardry, but to do it with feeling and magic is indeed rare. The combination is exciting and captivating.” — AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE Peter Richard Conte, organ MUSSORGSKY: A Night on Bald Mountain • WAGNER: Wotan’s Farewell and Magic Fire Music • DUKAS: Sorcerer’s Apprentice • NICOLAI: The Merry Wives of Windsor—Overture • ELGAR: Cockaigne Overture • Nimrod from Enigma Variations

• This was the best selling organ CD of 1999, and set the stage for Conte’s performances at the American Guild of Organist’s national convention in 2000 • Originally on the Dorian label, now available on Gothic!

• Symphonic favorites transcribed for this most symphonic of organs • Conte is by far the best-known American performer of orchestral transcriptions, and has the unique resources of the world’s largest musical instrument at his disposal • “It goes without saying that he gives a first-rate performance.”

— THE DIAPASON • “Music making of the highest order…rich in nuance and virtuosity… bravo Peter Richard Conte!” — THE AMERICAN ORGANIST • Titles promoted in a 5,000-name email list and featured on the back cover of the Gothic catalog, January 2006 edition, mailed to approximately 11,000 addresses

Peter Richard Conte Magic!

CD: GOT 49248 (P) File Under: Classical

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CLASSICAL Utah Symphony Orchestra/Keith Lockhart, conductor

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BERNSTEIN: Dances from West Side Story • RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances • FRANK: Three Latin American Dances (premiere)

• Keith Lockhart is one of America’s best-known young conductors, especially for his performances and recordings as Music Director of the Boston Pops • The Utah Symphony Orchestra has a long and distinguished recording history, with many titles on Angel, Vox and Reference Recordings, among others • Includes world-premiere recording of a colorful, rhythmically catchy piece by composer Gabriela Lena Frank • Frank (b. 1972) is of Peruvian and Jewish heritage, and incorporates elements of both in her compositions, as in her prize-winning An American in Peru • These audience-friendly and percussion-rich scores are a sure recipe for thrilling audiophile sonics, especially in “Prof.” Johnson’s transparent HDCD recording • Fully publicized as the first release of “the new Reference Recordings.”

Service to national and international music and audiophile press and to online ‘zines: Gramophone, Musical America, New York Times, Stereophile, The Absolute Sound, Soundstage, Ultra High Fidelity, ClassicsToday, International Record Review and more. Radio service to classical stations

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CD: REF 105 (R) File Under: Classical

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“ It’s all enormous fun…it’s certain that there will be nothing like this in your collection.” — SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER SPECIA L

Rex Lawson, Steinway Model D piano

Les Noces • LUTOSLAWSKI: Variations on a Theme of SUPER-BUDGETSTRAVINSKY: Paganini • RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini • HANDEL: PRICE! Arrival of the Queen of Sheba • WIDOR: Symphony No. 5 for Organ • SULLIVAN (arr. Mackerras): Pineapple Poll

Rex Lawson The Virtuoso Pianolist

• The first pianola, or “player piano,” was constructed by Edwin S. Votey in a workshop at his home in Detroit in the spring and summer of 1895 • Within a few years, the mechanism of the pianola was also built into normal pianos, called pianola pianos • Besides playing works from the standard piano repertoire, pianolas may be used for music unlimited by the restrictions of the human hand • Well over one hundred composers have written or arranged music especially for the pianola over the years, including Stravinsky, Hindemith, Milhaud, Percy Grainger and Herbert Howells • Rex Lawson is the world’s only professional pianola performer, known not only for his masterful playing but also for his brilliant arrangements • All are world premiere pianola recordings arranged by Rex Lawson (and Stravinsky) for pianola

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CLASSICAL Jens Peter Maintz, cello/Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra/David Geringas, conductor TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 • Nocturne, Op. 19, No. 4 • Mélodie, Op. 42, No. 3 (arr. Geringas) • Valse sentimentale, Op. 51, No. 6 (arr. Geringas) • Andante cantabile, Op. posth. • Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62 • FITZENHAGEN: “Resignation,” sacred song without words, Op. 8 • Perpetuum mobile, Op. 24 • DAVIDOV: “Sunday Morning” & “At the Fountain,” Op. 20, Nos. 1 & 2 • BRANDUKOV: Nocturne & Mazurka

Jens Peter MAINTZ Tchaikovsky for Cello

• The names of four composers stand next to each other in the program of the present recording: one is world-famous, the others are known only to connoisseurs – but this “Tchaikovsky for cello” program would be unthinkable without them • Karl J. Davidov (1838–1889) was a cello teacher at the St. Petersburg Conservatory during Tchaikovsky’s era. His contemporaries Wilhelm Fitzenhagen (1848–1890) and Anatoli Brandukov (1856–1930) were associated with the Moscow Conservatory, and the latter studied with Tchaikovsky • The performers are also graduates of the Moscow Conservatory, including one of the greatest cellists of our times, David Geringas, who on this occasion appears as conductor, and his student Jens Peter Maintz • The Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, formed by Saulius Sondeckis in 1960, has taken its place today among the finest such ensembles in the world

CD: ANO 807910 (C) File Under: Classical

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“…Playing the cycle twice through has given me much pleasure.

Indeed, I doubt that lovers of Mendelssohn, Schumann or Bruch will consider either their money (precious little of which is needed) or their time wasted. A worthwhile enterprise, and a very happy musical encounter.” — GRAMOPHONE Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra/Siegfried Köhler, conductor GERNSHEIM: Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 32 • Symphony No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 46 • Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 54 “Mirjam” • Symphony No. 4 in B-flat, Op. 62

• Born in 1839, Friedrich Gernsheim composed four symphonies between 1875 and 1895. Although widely admired in his day, Gernsheim was later dismissed as an imitator of Brahms – despite the fact that his first symphony premiered a year before the first symphony of Brahms!

• In addition to his symphonies, Gernsheim left a wide-ranging oeuvre, comprising lieder, piano, choral, chamber and orchestra music. He died in 1916 • This is the first-ever integral recording of Gernsheim’s symphonies, and will appeal strongly to that segment of the classical market looking for the rediscovered Romantic masterpiece • 2009 will mark the ninetieth anniversary of the “Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz.” Siegfried Köhler is one of Europe’s busiest guest conductors

Friedrich GERNSHEIM Symphonies Nos. 1– 4 (2 CDs)

CD: ANO 636350 (2C) File Under: Classical

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CLASSICAL “Finalist Davide Cabassi…seems likely to be heard from again. This bear-sized pianist’s exquisitely beautiful playing of Schoenberg’s Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19, was a highpoint of the finals.” —THE BALTIMORE SUN

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Davide Cabassi, piano STRAVINSKY: Trois movements de Pétrouchka • BARTÓK: Dance Suite, Sz. 77 • FALLA: Three Dances from El amor brujo • RAVEL: La valse

• Piano transcriptions of orchestral works were long regarded as an insignificant genre, but ambitious transcriptions are actually works of art in their own right • Proof of the high artistic standard of the transcriptions recorded here is supplied by the fact that the composers of the original works arranged them • 2005 Cliburn Competition finalist Davide Cabassi made his orchestral debut at the age of thirteen with the RAI Symphony Orchestra in Milan. His Carnegie Hall debut took place in January 2006 • He has also collaborated with the Munich Philharmonic, the Neue Philharmonie Westfalen, and the Russian Chamber Philharmonic, as well as with several Italian orchestras • As a top prizewinner of the Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Cabassi has embarked on three years of concert engagements throughout the U.S. • During the 2005– 2006 concert season, he is appearing as soloist with the Big Spring (TX) and Enid (OK) Symphony Orchestras, and will present recitals and educational programs in California, Connecticut, Georgia and Texas

Davide Cabassi Dancing with the Orchestra

CD: ANO 769690 (C) File Under: Classical

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“Make a note of this name: Elena Mos¸uc. This debut recital by the young Romanian coloratura soprano is a knockout…she is absolutely ready for prime time.” — CLASSICSTODAY Elena Mos¸uc, soprano/Jenö Jandó, piano/Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra/Jan Schultsz, conductor 9 arias and scenes from Louise, Roméo et Juliette, Lakmé, Lucia di Lammermoor, I Puritani, Semiramide, Rigoletto, Die Entführung aus dem Serail & Ariadne auf Naxos

Elena Mos ¸uc Au Jardin De Mon Cœur

CD: ANO 737250 (C) File Under: Opera

• The young Romanian Elena Mos¸uc from Moldavia made her debut in 1990 at the Iasi Opera, where she appeared as the Queen of the Night, Lucia and Gilda • Soon after, she won First Prize at the International ARD Music Competition in Munich (1990) and in Monte Carlo (1991) • These successes were followed by concerts with the symphony orchestras of Munich, Stuttgart, Vienna, Berlin and Leipzig – conducted by Colin Davis, David Zinman, Jan Latham-Koenig and Eliahu Inbal, among others • Since the 1991/1992 season, Elena Mos¸uc has been part of the ensemble of the Zurich Opera House and has appeared there in leading roles partnered with Mirella Freni, Lucia Popp, Alfredo Kraus, Leo Nucci, Ruggiero Raimondi and Thomas Hampson, just to name a few • In 1993, Mos¸uc was awarded the European Music Promotion Prize, and in 1994 she made her first recording • Numerous guest performances have led her to Europe’s most prominent opera houses and to Japan, but she also regularly appears in concerts and operas in her native country

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CLASSICAL ˇ ÁK Antonín DVOR Slavonic Dances Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria/Adrian Leaper, conductor ˇ ÁK: Slavonic Dances, Opp. 46 & 72 DVOR

CD: ANO 563500 (C)

Antonín Dvorˇák was a relatively unknown composer when Brahms recommended him to the publisher Simrock, who asked the aspiring musician to create some orchestral dances based on folk-like themes, much in the manner of Brahms’s own highly successful Hungarian Dances.

The result was two books of eight pieces each, which gained Dvorˇák his first international success, especially in their orchestral versions (they were also written for piano four hands).

The Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, which has been in existence since 1845, has recently gained an outstanding international reputation. Since the 1994 season, Adrian Leaper has been Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the orchestra. He is well known for his many successful recordings on the Naxos label.

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Sergei PROKOFIEV Chamber Music Russian String Quartet PROKOFIEV: String Quartet No. 1 in B minor, Op. 50 • String Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 92 • Overture on Hebrew Themes in C minor for clarinet, string quartet & piano, Op. 34 • Quintet in G minor for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola and double bass

Throughout his life, Prokofiev’s musical thought oriented mostly toward the larger musical forms, such as the symphony, ballet and opera. For that reason the composer’s few chamber music works form no independent musical branch; they follow no inner plan and no specifically aesthetic style. The Russian String Quartet pays great attention to Russia’s national music tradition and has been successful in numerous competitions in and outside Russia. The ensemble is characterized by its excellent technique, the strength of feeling in its playing and its expressive, compact sound.

CD: ANO 654270 (C) File Under: Classical

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Alberto GINASTERA Variaciones Concertantes & Piano Concerto No. 1 Martha Noguera, piano/Europa Symphony/Wolfgang Gröhs, conductor GINASTERA: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 28 • Variaciones concertantes, Op. 23 • Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 22

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Alberto Ginastera (1916–1983) is recognized today as the most important 20th century composer from Argentina. Influenced early by Bartók and Stravinsky, he rejected the use of electronically produced music; rather, he relied on the instruments of South American folk music to expand the expressive language of his operas, ballets, film music and chamber & piano works. His Piano Concerto No. 1, written in 1961, had a tremendous success worldwide and remains one of his best-known works. Pianist Martha Noguera was born in Buenos Aires, and currently resides in Rome. Her repertoire is considerable, and includes contemporary as well as classical works.

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SAINT-SAËNS: 1ère Fantaisie in E-flat • Bénédiction nuptiale, Op. 9 • Offertoire in E • Élévation ou Communion, Op. 13 • O salutaris hostia • Prélude in C • Trois Rhapsodies sur des cantiques bretons, Op. 7 • Prédication aux oiseaux • Trois Préludes et Fugues, Op. 99 • Prélude in F • Verset (2) • Thème, Variations et Choral de Dies irae • 2me Fantaisie • Trois Préludes et Fugues, Op. 109 • Sept Improvisations • Marche réligieuse, Op. 107 • Neuf Pièces pour Orgue ou Harmonium • Prélude in C minor • 3e Fantaisie, Op. 157 • Cyprès et Lauriers, Op. 156

• The remarkable organ works of Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921) were long neglected as being rather too classical compared to the prevailing taste for French organ romanticism • The utmost clarity of the voices, the elegance and natural melody – as well as the research of form perfection – are characteristic of his work, and confer a refinement of great subtlety to his compositions for organ • As a result of his successful concert performances, radio & television productions and more than 30 CD recordings (all of which have been well received), Stefan Johannes Bleicher (b. 1962) is considered one of the leading organ soloists of his generation • Bleicher studied concert organ with Lionel Rogg in Geneva and Ewald Kooiman in Amsterdam. He also studied historical performance practice with Nikolaus Harnoncourt at the Mozarteum in Salzburg

Camille SAINT-SAËNS Complete Organ Music (4 CDs)

CD: ANO 350880 (4C) File Under: Classical

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Susanne Geb, soprano/Armin Kolarczyk, baritone/Angelo Simos, tenor/ Three Nation Choir/Martin Steidler, chorusmaster/Euregio Symphony Orchestra/Jeanpierre Faber, conductor MASSENET: Ève – Mysterium in 3 Parts

Jules MASSENET Ève

• Massenet’s “Mysterium” (oratorio) Ève, written in 1875, was the second of four religious works he wrote in a long career devoted mainly to opera • This composition purports to tell the story of original sin in paradise, but as ever with Massenet he cannot resist emphasizing the erotic aspects of the narrative • Massenet’s Mysterium in 3 Parts, with text by Louis Gallet, uses all of the dramatic possibilities for dramatizing the temptation to sin: a voice from heaven, voices of the night, spirits of hell, and the voices of nature accompany an event in which all reality is laid bare through allegory • Massenet used the term “Mysterium” instead of oratorio because he insisted it be presented in costume, thus not adhering to the definition • The Euregio Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1996, is comprised of first-class musicians from the Austrian, German and Czech Republic “Euregio” regions and pursues wide-ranging cultural and educational policies and aims • Conductor Jeanpierre Faber, a native of Luxembourg, studied with Herbert von Karajan and Sandor Végh, among others. His concerts have taken him to Europe, the U.S., Canada, the former USSR, and the Far East

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CLASSICAL Minerva Hernandez, soprano/Juan Carlos Rodriguez, piano/ Alauda Ensemble/Samuel Máynez Champion, director BERNAL JIMENEZ: Cuarteto Virreinal • PONCE: Intermezzo • Gavotta • CHARLES: Vaia “Piedad” • MEZA: Andante religioso for piano & string quintet • MÁYNEZ PRINCE: Tres danzas for violin & strings • VASQUEZ: Two Songs for soprano & strings • ROSAS: Danzón • Polka

Alauda Ensemble Reencuentros/Rediscoveries

• All the works on this unique album are rediscovered gems by Mexican composers – some famous, some obscure – but all enjoyable!

• Founded in 1996, the Alauda Ensemble is a group of young Mexican musicians dedicated to the rescue of forgotten or unpublished music, from the traditional repertoire to Latin American music • Most of the ensemble’s members are pupils of Samuel Máynez Champion, distinguished violinist and professor at the National Conservatory of Mexico since 1994 • Máynez studied violin with Henryk Szeryng and Peter Rybar and holds degrees from both the Yale University School of Music and the Verdi Conservatory in Milan • Soprano Minerva Hernandez studied at the National Conservatory, where she now teaches. Her repertoire runs from Baroque through Lied, opera, zarzuela and contemporary music • Pianist Juan Carlos Rodriguez has made two previous CDs with Alauda Ensemble and has performed in all of Mexico’s major cities

CD: URT 84 (R) File Under: Classical

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Rosario Dávila & Silvia Fernández, sopranos/Cynthia Valenzuela, harp/Eunice Padilla & Carlos Ramírez, harpsichords/Eunice Padilla, piano/Carlos Ramírez, violin/Mónica del Águila, cello/ Ricardo Risco, guitar & percussion VALENZUELA: Alma blanca • Mantra de la paz • Ángel etéreo • TRAD.: Arrorró mi niño • Señora Santa Ana a la rorro • A la nanita nana • Duérmete niño, duerme • RISCO: Duerme, duerme • Duerme, mi niño • Petición nocturna • BRAHMS: Wiegenlied • ANON.: Canción de cuna del “Gurrumino” • ARAUJO: Avecillas sonoras que cantáis al sol • DURÓN: Al dormir el sol en la cuna del alba

• Sopranos Rosario Dávila and Silvia Fernández are well known throughout Central America for their velvety voices and affecting singing of music ranging from classical to jazz and contemporary to traditional • They are accompanied here by harpist Cynthia Valenzuela in a program of “lullabies for the soul,” some of which are composed

by Valenzuela and some by music director Ricardo Risco – along with others including Brahms’s immortal Wiegenlied • Strong appeal to a wide audience for “quiet classics” • Also highly suitable for the Spanish market • Beautiful packaging according to the Urtext tradition • 28-page booklet provides complete Spanish texts of the songs

Dávila & Fernández Lullabies to Soothe the Soul

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CLASSICAL “ The Camerata de las Américas is a top-notch group of players who sound as if they’ve been playing this repertoire forever (showing incredible tightness and focused sound), but also as if they are still completely entranced by the many charms of this music.”

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Camerata de las Américas/Jesús Medina, conductor TOUSSAINT: Días de los Muertos (Days of the Dead) (complete ballet)

• Eugenio Toussaint is a unique figure on Mexico’s music scene – a splendid composer and orchestrator, a dazzling jazzman and a pianist with international accolades • He has toured the world over with numerous pop stars and his concert music has been featured in leading contemporary music festivals • His ballet Días de los Muertos (Days of the Dead), deeply rooted in Mexican folklore, was written for the Arizona Ballet and is full of music as personal as it is intense and engaging • The music for this ballet is dedicated to the great Mexican choreographer Guillermo Arriaga • Camerata de las Américas, an instrumental ensemble based in Mexico, is dedicated to the search, performance and recording of music for small orchestra written in the Americas during the twentieth century • Beautifully slipcased with an illustrated booklet in English, Spanish, French and German

Eugenio TOUSSAINT Days of the Dead

CD: URT 113 (R) File Under: Classical

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Sarah Leonard, soprano/Arturo Nieto-Dorantes, piano/Cuarteto Latinoamericano (Saúl & Arón Bitrán, violins/Javier Montiel, viola/Álvaro Bitrán, violoncello) ORTÍZ: Baalkah, for soprano & string quartet • Altar de Muertos, for string quartet • Seis piezas a Violeta, for piano & string quartet

Gabriela ORTÍZ Altar de Muertos

CD: URT 108 (R)

• Born in Mexico City in 1964, Gabriela Ortíz Torres is considered one of the best of the group of young Mexican composers that have worked towards building a personal musical language that could be based on both musical tradition and the avant-garde; that could combine high art, folk music or jazz in novel, especially personal ways; and that could be both entertaining and immediate as well as profound and sophisticated • Ortíz Torres’s music achieves a balance between highly organized structure and improvisatory spontaneity • Her music has won numerous awards and been widely broadcast and recorded • Soprano Sarah Leonard studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and has a wide repertoire with a particular interest in twentieth century music • Mexican pianist Arturo Nieto-Dorantes, a Gold Medalist at the Paris Conservatory and student of György Sebök at Indiana University, has toured Mexico, Europe and the U.S. playing with major orchestras, and now teaches at Laval University in Québec • The Cuarteto Latinoamericano is the most widely recorded and most celebrated of all Latin American string quartets

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OPERA “ Ricciarelli is a harmonically sensitive Lucia who makes drama out of ‘Regnava nel silenzio,’ feeling every word…Carreras feels the part of Edgardo, is in fresh voice and has a good breath span…in Act II Gardelli opens a duet usually cut for Lucia and Raimondo. It’s Bellinian in the beauty of its slow section.”

— STEFAN ZUCKER José Carreras, Katia Ricciarelli, vocal soloists/Lamberto Gardelli, conductor DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor (complete opera)

Gaetano DONIZETTI

• One of the finest video productions of this favorite opera, with thenmarried José Carreras and Katia Ricciarelli and the great baritone Leo Nucci in the principal roles • Conductor Lamberto Gardelli (1915–1998) was one of the most admired opera conductors on record and film, approaching every score not as historical document but as living drama • Bel Canto DVDs have PCM audio rather than compressed formats such as Dolby Digital, which retain only a fraction of the original sound • Bel Canto DVDs, videos and CDs are advertised and reviewed in Gramophone, International Record Review, ClassicsToday, Classical CD Review, Classic Record Collector and Opera News • Italian, 1982, 134 min., color

Lucia di Lammermoor DVD: BCS DVD 451 (T) File Under: Opera

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“ Today we speak of the Three Tenors, but 25 years ago there was only one tenor – Franco Corelli. Since he retired from the stage, there has been no adequate Radamès, Manrico or Andrea Chénier. This recital was taped in color in 1971, with Corelli in marvelous form. Arias from a half-dozen operas are paired with a handful of Neapolitan songs. A major souvenir of a giant singer.” — JOHN ARDOIN, DALLAS MORNING NEWS

WORLD PREMIERE Selections from Rigoletto, Andrea Chénier, L’Africana, La bohème, La fanciulla Franco Corelli, tenor/Alberto Venturi, conductor

RECORDING! del West & Le Cid, plus songs (1971 recital, taped in color) • 2 bonus tracks

• A full-length opera and song recital by the late, great tenor, taped in color INCLUD ES in 1971. This DVD also contains two bonus tracks that will thrill any serious opera fan, especially the Corelli devotee: a 1990 radio interview of Stefan Zucker talking with Corelli (and bass Jerome Hines), and RECORDINGS! another interview with the tenor alone, a year later. These bonus tracks are jam-packed with opera lore and gossip • Bonus track 1 is the radio interview of Franco Corelli and Jerome Hines

by Stefan Zucker, March 3, 1990 (3 hrs, 30 mins) • Bonus track 2 is the radio interview of Franco Corelli by Stefan Zucker, March 30, 1991 (2 hrs, 30 mins) • “The most personality of any Corelli video. Many of his fans say it is theirS P E C I A L favorite.” — STEFAN ZUCKER SUPER-BUDGET

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OPERA “At the time, the singers were just about the best available… they all sing the text pointedly and give each note-value its due. Throughout it is clear that this show has been wonderfully rehearsed and it keeps its great rhythmic verve.” — ROBERT LEVINE, CLASSICSTODAY

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Gundula Janowitz, Hermann Prey, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Reri Grist, Brigitte Fassbaender, Peter Schreier, vocal soloists/Orchestra & Chorus of the Vienna Opera/Karl Böhm, conductor • The newest release in Opera d’Oro’s Grand Tier series is of a live performance at the Salzburg Festival in 1972, with an all-star cast in one of Mozart’s greatest operas • Although everyone agrees today that Così fan tutte is one of the best in the “second tier” of Mozart’s operas, it was so unpopular for over a century that it was not only ignored, but occasionally banned. Beethoven reportedly complained that the subject was not serious enough, and subsequent critics felt the story to be too immoral to produce on a public stage • Certainly Così exhibits a prevailing amorality, even by today’s permissive standards, although modern exception to the tale is more likely to be based on its portrayal of women, not men, as the usual deceivers in love • “Böhm’s conducting is first rate…in the arias, he is a master of working with the cast. The cast is excellent. Janowitz sings with authority and her voice is beautiful, contrasting nicely with Fassbaender’s fine mezzo. Schreier is a notable Mozart tenor, and scores well in ‘Un aura amorosa.’ Prey is an ideal Guglielmo, Grist a delectable Despina, and Fischer-Dieskau a suave, commanding Alfonso.” — FANFARE

W.A. MOZART Così fan tutte (3 CDs)

CD: OPD 7013 (3L) File Under: Opera

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“ This live performance…is of particular interest to fans of mezzo Fiorenza Cossotto, here caught early in her career, before the voice had grown into the dramatic, Verdian instrument we’re familiar with. She sings Romeo well, with a fine, boyish tone.

Otherwise unknown soprano Antonietta Pastori is a lovely Giulietta, singing with small, well-focused, pretty tone.

Similarly not-famous Renato Gavarini is a very good Tebaldo – rhythmically accurate and exhibiting a good-sized, tonally pleasant tenor…its interesting to note what fine singers were floating around Italy in the 1950s; today they might be stars.”

— ROBERT LEVINE, CLASSICSTODAY Fiorenza Cossotto, Antonietta Pastori, Renato Cavarini, Ivo Vinco, et al., vocal soloists/RAI Orchestra & Chorus, Rome/Lorin Maazel, conductor BELLINI: I Capuleti e i Montecchi (complete opera)

Vincenzo BELLINI I Capuleti e i Montecchi (2 CDs)

CD: OPD 7021 (2L) File Under: Opera

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• Bellini’s opera version of the Romeo and Juliet story is one of his finest early works, the first to unequivocally display his mature style • It had a fully successful early run, although it has suffered much neglect in subsequent years, in modern times mostly because the part of Romeo is written for a mezzo-soprano • The opera is now customarily given in the original voice ranges, and the present recording is of one of the first modern performances to do so • Live performance, Rome, October 23, 1958 • “Cossotto is in splendid form…she commands every scene in which she appears…” — FANFARE • “…conducted with tremendous energy and drama by the then 27-year-old Lorin Maazel…Cossotto was then in such glorious voice that she arrests one’s attention at each of her appearances…Pastori…is an affecting heroine...” — GRAMOPHONE

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Gaetano DONIZETTI

Pietro MASCAGNI

Lucia di Lammermoor (2 CDs)

Cavalleria Rusticana

Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Rolando Panerai, Nicola Zaccaria, Giuseppe Zampieri, et al., vocal soloists/La Scala Chorus & RAI Symphony Orchestra, Berlin/Herbert von Karajan, conductor

Franco Corelli, Giulietta Simionato, Giangiacomo Guelfi, et al., vocal soloists/La Scala Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/ Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor

DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor (complete opera)

“If I could own but a single Callas set it would be this one!” — JOHN ARDOIN, CALLAS BIOGRAPHER “ Callas brings a passion and intimacy to the role that no other soprano [in the last] century has equalled…

Karajan creates ideal support for Callas’s blinding performance.” — ROUGH GUIDE TO OPERA

MASCAGNI: Cavalleria Rusticana (complete opera)

“ This live [1963] recording of Cavalleria Rusticana… features a group of singers ‘to the manner born,’ all in their prime, and a conductor who was a proponent of the verismo school of Italian opera…there are so many fine recordings of this opera that I find it difficult to choose a favorite. This one ranks with the best, and for its historical significance I gladly recommend it.”

— BOB ROSE, FANFARE

Live performance, Berlin, September 29, 1955.

CD: OPD 1449 (2C)

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Giacomo PUCCINI

Giovanni PACINI

Edgar (2 CDs)

Saffo (2 CDs)

Veriano Luchetti, Mietta Sighele, Bianca Maria Casoni, et al., vocal soloists/RAI Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Turin/Carlo Felice Cillario, conductor

Leyla Gencer, Tito del Bianco, Louis Quilico, et al., vocal soloists/ Teatro San Carlo Orchestra & Chorus/Franco Capuana, conductor

PUCCINI: Edgar (complete opera)

In later years Puccini himself disowned Edgar, his second opera, referring to it as a “blunder,” and yet as we know, composers are often the worst judges of their own work, and even the least efforts of great composers usually have merits that are lacking in the best works of others. Today, Edgar has more admirers than ever before, its long-neglected beauties appreciated as early flowerings of a beloved composer.

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PACINI: Saffo (complete opera)

If it had not been for Bellini, and Donizetti, and Verdi…and maybe even Cimarosa and Paisiello…Pacini would be famous today.

But as he himself sadly admitted, he was not in their class: except for one opera, Saffo, into which he poured all his talent and a little more. Saffo was immediately recognized as Pacini’s masterpiece, and has continued to be the only Pacini opera to be widely revived. It is believed that Saffo influenced Verdi, particularly in his ensembles.

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Boris Savchuk The Soul of the Jewish Violin

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Track Listing Chiribim, Chiribom Medley (Chiribim, Chiribom/Shein vi di Levone/By Mir Bistu Shein/ Tumbalalaika/Vu Nemt Men/a Bisele Mazl) • Moyshele Mayn Fraynd • Papirosen • A Yiddishe Mamma • Belz Medley (Belz/Az Der Rebbe Elimelech/Reyzele/Oyfn Pripetchik/Az Der Rebbe Tanzt) • Avriemel Der Marvicher • Roshinkes Mit Mandlen • Beigalach • Kinder Yoren Medley (Kinder Yoren/Yankele/Hulyet Hulyet Kinderlach/Ich’vil Nisht Aza Chosen/Kum Leibke Tantzen/ Moishele, Mayn Fraynd) • Oyfen Veg Shteit A Boym • Kartofel Zup Mit Shvomen • Efsher Yo Un Efsher Neyn

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• 25 best-loved Yiddish songs!

PREMIERE • Includes two songs that appeared in the popular HBO show Sex and theRECORDING! City (“Avriemel INCLUDES Der Marvicher” & “Moyshele, Mayn Fraynd”) and are prominently featured on the WORLD PREMIERE network’s website RECORDINGS! • For hundreds of years, the violin has been the musical instrument most associated with the Jews of Eastern Europe. It was the heart of the klezmer band as well the honored guest at all Jewish social occasions, both joyous and somber SPECIAL SUPERBUDGET • Boris Savchuk’s skillful playing is richly rooted in the traditions of his Jewish heritage

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Track Listing Giora Feidman – Erga • Tarra’s Freilach • Hine Lo Yanum • Shmuel Achiezer – Belz Medley • Beigalach • Salomon Klezmers – My Yiddishe Girl • The Klezmiracles – The Happy Nigun • Chava • Israel Zohar – David’s Tune • and more (17 total)

Selling Points • Klezmer music is the traditional instrumental music of Yiddish-speaking Jews from Eastern Europe. The word is derived from the Hebrew words “klee” (instrument) and “zemer” (song) • The clarinet and the violin are considered to be the dominant leaders of the klezmer instruments. From the end of the 20th century, more and more klezmer artistsWORLD have PREMIERE combined pieces of Yiddish vocals songs in their performances RECORDING! • Features popular klezmer artists such as Giora Feidman, Shmuel Achiezer, Musa I N CBerlin, LUDES WORLD Di Goyim, Israel Zohar and more PREMIERE RECORDINGS!

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Various Artists A Celebration of the Passover Seder

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Track Listing SheHechianu (that we have lived), 1st Blessing • Karpas (green vegetables), 2nd Blessing • Lechem Oni (bread of affliction), 3rd Blessing • Ma Nishtana (what is different), English\Hebrew • Ma Nishtana (what is different), Hebrew • Avadim Hayinu (we were slaves), English\Hebrew • Avadim Hayinu (we were slaves), Hebrew • Hamakot (the 10 plagues), 4th Blessing • Dayenu • and more (30 total)

Selling Points • This CD contains 16 songs for Passover, sung in Hebrew and English, and performed by a range of artists including the Hamakhela Halevana Children’s Choir, Jonathan Settel, Avner & Rachel Boskey, David Loden and more • Also contains 14 blessings narrated in English by David Loden, according to the Passover Hagada, and a 32-page English booklet containing the blessings and songs. This booklet will make performing the Seder an enjoyable experience for English speakers, enabling them to read and follow the Hagada

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Café Cantante – 10 PM

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Café Cantante – 12 AM

Café Cantante – 2 AM

“A tasty new departure from Tumi, with a great range of material. I tested 8PM with my friends at a dinner party at home. It was the perfect background sound to our cocktails and starters: smooth and unobtrusive, yet full of body and rich colours, like a good wine…” — THE SUNDAY TIMES Track Listing Susana Baca – La Guillermina • Felix Baloy & Afro-Cuban All Stars – Despues de esta noche • Omara Portuondo & Orquesta America – Si te contara • Papi Oviedo & Cristina Azcuy – Arcoiris de amor • Jamelao – Boa Noite • Chico Cesar – Mama Africa • David Alvarez – Cuatro palabras • Gloria Matancera – Encuentro entre soneros • Yusa – Una vaca y una foca • Havana Mambo – Para la gente que baila • Alex Wilson R&B – Show Me • Bobby Carcasses – Arian • Adriana Godoy – A medida da paixao • Yusa & Haydee Milanes – Del miedo • Chucho Valdez – Pasadas las 12 • Son 14 – Volveras • Johhny Alf – O grande amor • and many more (52 total)

Selling Points • Spend an evening on a musical journey through Latin America!

• This set of 4 CDs combines some of the most beautiful rhythms of the continent, from romantic bolero ballads and cool bossa to hot salsa, rap, hip-hop and smooth jazz • Comes with original cocktail and Latin food recipes to make the experience even more appetizing!

• Promo copies sent to World Music Awards panel • E-promo sent to hundreds of journalists around the world

Key Markets New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, Dallas, Seattle, New Orleans

Also Available • TUM 131 (R) Yusa Breathe (5022627013121) • TUM 127 (R) Felix Baloy Un Poquito De Fe (5022627012728) • TUM 130 (R) Jamelao 90 Years of Samba (5022627013022)

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FROM THE PRODUCERS OF THE RENOWNED ETHIOPIQUES SERIES! The new Zanzibara series, which presents Swahili popular music through archive recordings from the 1920s-1980s, has received early press accolades from Songlines, fRoots, Afropop Worldwide and more. As in the Ethiopiques series, all titles are accompanied by a well-produced booklet and tons of photos!

Buda Records, the superb French label responsible for the life-altering Ethiopiques series, “B seems set to blow minds all over again with a new series called Zanzibara…there’s nothing else in the world like this phenomenal stuff.” —WORLDLY DISORIENTATION

Zanzibara Artists Zanzibara 2: Golden Years of Mombara Taarab “ Evocative, popular taarab recordings made by M.J. Sha’s Mzuri label…here, electric guitars, bass, organs and kit drums were gradually replacing the orchestral instruments in slimmer units, and one particular trademark was an amplified version of a Japanese instrument…used in Indian film music. Sound restoration is excellent…and along with excellent notes this really bodes well for the series to come.” — fROOTS Track Listing Dada • Ndege Kaa Ufikiri • Ya Zamani • Masikini Macho Yangu • Musiwe Na Mshangao • Risala • Yaatika • Mpenzi Azizi • Nalikuwa Na Mpenzi • Mpelekee Muhibu • Kuratu Ayini • Ni Wewe • Moyo Lia Lia • Hasidi • Nimechoka Kulima • Sheria Yatukataza

Selling Points • Curated by Werner Graebner, one of the foremost authorities on this music who has been documenting it for decades – including a series of work for Globestyle and releases on his own short-lived Dizim imprint • Volume two, 1965 –1975: Golden Years of Mombara Taarab, features Mzuri’s ‘60s and ‘70s recordings

CD: BUD 860119 (Q ) File Under: Zanzibar

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Ikhwani Safaa Musical Club Zanzibara 1: A Hundred Years of Taarab in Zanzibar “Certainly on this disc, old is gold.” — SONGLINES Track Listing Vingaravyo Vyote Si Dhahabu • Cheo Chako • Hofu Yako Iondoe • Waache Waseme • Zinduna • Mpenzi Wangu Hawezi • Pendo Kitu Cha Hiyari • Naomba Kwako Bibiye

• Pays tribute to Ikhwani Safaa, one of Zanzibar’s most storied taarab orchestras, which

celebrated its centenary in 2005!

• Recently recorded with Taj Mahal (as the Zanzibar Culture Musical Club) on a new release • Swahili taarab music bears strong similarities to the classic Egyptian orchestras of the CD: BUD 860118 (Q ) File Under: Zanzibar Previously Available

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Umm Kulthum era, with influences from India and Africa. Ikhwani Safaa’s violins, ud, quanun, nai, keyboards, bass, guitar and percussion make up a sound that swells like the ocean while their celebrated vocalists – including Maulidi Mohamed and Rukia Ramadhani – lead a selection of the club’s favorite classic songs • Recently reviewed in Songlines Jan/Feb 2006 issue and fRoots

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WORLD Featured Artists Amir John Haddad, guitar, mouthbongo/Pablo Martin, cajón, cajónga, pandero, cuadrado de penaparda, pandero de leon, pandereta, bendir, riq, shaker, k´rakebs

Track Listing Topkapi (Tanguillos) • Querencia (Bulería) • Piedras Negras (Taranta) • La Redondela (Fandangos) • Selva Negra (Rondena) • Hermano Cortés (Soleá) • Acurrucao (Rumba) • Carril (Buleria)

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Amir John Haddad Pasando por Tabernas

CD: CHR DM 71504 (Q )

• The flamenco guitar has become substantially more artistically expressive over the last few decades, to an extent that would have been unthinkable in the middle of the 19th century • Here, Amir John Haddad creates beautiful, simple flamenco tunes featuring only guitar and percussion. His origins, which unite the Orient and the Occident, contribute to create musical energy precisely halfway between both cultures – music that is intrinsically Mediterranean although it is full of elements from the Atlantic • Amir John Haddad, who plays guitar in the band Radio Tarifa (whose current album is on Nonesuch), has studied with flamenco stars Pepe Justicia and Enrique Melchor • Haddad has collaborated with dancers Joaquin Ruiz, Eliseo Parra and Tomasito as well as musicians Gerardo Nuñez, José Luis Montón, Raimundo Amador and more • Liner notes by the world’s leading flamencologist, Faustino Nunez

File Under: Flamenco

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“Yuli y Bachaclass is one of the best CDs I have heard in a while.

Yuli, who is really July Ruiz, Jr. (son of legendary Dominican Engineer July Ruiz), has done his father proud in his freshman release. The CD has two classic covers redone in a beautiful bachata swing. ‘La Copa’ & ‘Que Sera De Mi’ will make you fall in love with this young man’s mellow, soulful voice. Yuli is a newcomer to the tropical music market, [but] his swing and drive in this premier CD can be compared to today’s more established artists. A must for all lovers of classic bachata music.” — LATINO UNIDOS Featured Artists Yuli, vocals/Memin, guitar, bass/Juan Enrique “Mano,” guitar/ Wilman Morales, tambora/Alberto Sala, bateria/Eduardo Batista, guira

Track Listing En Que Mi Amor Te Fallo • La Copa • Ya Me Canse • Que Sera De Mi • Como La Flor • Nuestro Secreto • Tu Me Pides • Hoy No Estoy Para Nadie • Solo Llorar Me Queda • Maol O Bien

Yuli

Selling Points • Yuli Ruiz is a well-known producer in the Dominican Republic who has worked with Juan Luis Guerra, Ramon Orlando and a host of A-list merengue groups • Here, his sweet, soulful voice carries romantic bachatas to another level • Contains 10 great bachata hits including covers of Leo Dan’s “La Copa” and Nelson Ned’s “En Que Mi Amor Te Fallo”

Yuli y Bachaclass

CD: PRD 4007 ( J) File Under: Latin

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WORLD Hallelujah Chicken Run Band

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Take One CD: ALU 2002 (Q ) File Under: Africa

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Thomas Mapfumo is one of his country’s most influential musicians, with hard-driving rhythms, politically tinged lyrics, and gutsy vocals. — Music Hound World

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Track Listing Mudzimu Ndiringe • Kare Nanhasi • Ngoma Yarira • Manheru Changamire • Tamba Zimba Navashe • Mutoridodo • Mukadzi Wangu Ndomuda • Sekai • Gore Iro • Murembo • Mwana Wamai Dada Naye • Musawore Moyo • Alikulila • Ndopenga • Ngatiende Kumusha • Shumba Inobva Mu Gomo • Tinokumbira Kuziva • Chaminuka Mukuru

Selling Points • “The Lion of Zimbabwe,” Thomas Mapfumo, is Zimbabwe’s biggest star, one of the most legendary and best-selling African artists of all time • In 1973, Mapfumo helped form the Hallelujah Chicken Run Band and, for the first time, began to shift his music away from Western-influenced rock and explore the traditional music of his Shona people, transcribing the scale of the traditional instrument mbira (or thumb piano) to guitar with his guitarist Joshua Dube • The HCR Band was one of the first to develop the staccato style of guitar for which Zimbabwe is known today, and was also one of the first modern groups to sing in the traditional Shona language – a major act of liberation and an act of protest against the Rhodesian government • This compilation presents 18 of the Hallelujah Chicken Run Band’s biggest and most influential hits, recorded from1974–1979 and all painstakingly remastered • A series of singles in Shona by the HCR Band recorded by Teal Records (many of which are found here) produced eight gold records in a row beginning in 1974!

• Take One is a wonderful mixture of songs of liberation alongside poignant love songs • Carefully prepared 24-page booklet is absolutely overflowing with a complete history of the band (edited by renowned critic Banning Eyre), a full detailed discography, and numerous extremely rare photographs and artifacts

Also Available

The Green Arrows 4-Track Recording Session CD: ALU 2001 (Q )

This poster available for display and marketing – ask your Allegro account manager for copies!

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Order Date: March 24, 2006

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ELECTRONICA “ Speed/thrash metal at its noisiest…[combining] Buckethead’s ultra-heavy guitar riffs and shredding solos with sounds of shattered glass for an unbelievably aggressive experience.”

— ALL MUSIC GUIDE Featured Artists Bill Laswell/Buckethead/Bootsy Collins/Mick Harris/Yamatsuke Eye/ Bernie Worrell/John Zorn/Blind Idiot God/Oz Fritz/Jason Corsaro

Track Listing Cold Rolled/Iron Dub • Crossing • Deathstar • Nine Secrets • Rivet • Stronghold • Suspension • The Hook

Selling Points WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING! INCLUDES

WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS!

Praxis Sacrifist SPECIAL

SUPER- BUDGET PRICE!

CD: SBH 7002 (P)

• The second disc of Bill Laswell and Buckethead’s project Praxis is much less of a band effort, and much heavier in tone • P-Funkers Bootsy Collins and Bernie Worrell each contribute one lengthy track: “Deathstar,” with Collins’ free-form bass explorations, IIN NC CL LU UD DE ES S WORLD and “Crossing,” featuring Worrell’s psychedelic improvisation on a PREMIERE RECORDING! RECORDING! distorted Hammond organ • Also thrown into the mixture are Mick Harris (Napalm Death, Scorn) and Yamatsuka Eye (The Boredoms), screaming at the top of their lungs, plus John Zorn on some shrill alto parts • Service to college radio & press • Key Markets: New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles

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File Under: Electronica/Metal

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“ The latest project of Enigma co-producer/guitarist Jens Gad is intensely beautiful, hook-laden down tempo European trip-hop fusion that is really a very lovely experience.” — MUSICTAP Featured Artists Jens Gad, keyboards, piano, samples, electric & acoustic guitars/Luisa Fernandez, vocals/Helene Horlyck, vocals

Track Listing Introduction • El Momento • Navajo • The Orbiting Suns • Blueshift • Silver Sands • Les Eaux Verts • Cape Blanc • Glass Palace • The Miracle of Illusion • Aureole

Selling Points • From the visionary of Achillea and multi-platinum selling Enigma – a soothing set of sophisticated lounge music with a sensuous European flare • Le Spa Sonqiue is chill-out music for the soul…music to live by that’s perfect for dining, entertaining, intimate nights or just relaxing at home • Press releases and review copies will be sent to all major trade publications including New Age Retailer and Billboard • Service to radio, key reviewers, national publications and e-media • Key Markets: New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, Denver, St. Louis, Boston, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Sacramento, Seattle, Portland

Jens Gad Le Spa Sonique

Also Available • SQR 118 (Q) Achillea The Nine Worlds (7270447711821) • SQR 914 (Q) Various Artists Buddha-Lounge 4 (727044711425)

CD: SQR 122 (Q ) File Under: Electronica

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WORLD PREMIERE

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WORLD PREMIERE NEW AGE RECORDING!

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SUPER-BUDGET PRICE! 2006 GRAMMY FINALIST Best Traditional World Music Album Press Quotes

“ Lama Tashi’s voice is amazingly powerful and deeply resonant, creating extraordinary harmonics as he chants.

At times, his voice is multi-tracked and the recording sounds like a monastery full of Tibetan Chant Masters.

This is a remarkable recording that will benefit anyone’s sacred music collection.” — EARTHVIBE “ Lama Tashi’s Tibetan Master Chants features the chanting of one of the world’s foremost Tibetan Chant Masters, produced by the founder and director of Sound Healers Association, Jonathan Goldman. The album was created to provide profound listening pleasure beside vibrational shifts in order to draw people towards sacred Tibetan mantras.” — BUDDHIST CHANNEL Featured Artists Lama Tashi, sacred deep voice chanting

Track Listing Setting Motivation Mantra of Blessing (Purification) • Guru Rimpoche (Tantric Abilities) • Heart Sutra (Enlightenment) • Avalokitesvara (Compassion) • Manjushri (Wisdom) • Vajrapani (Power) • Buddha Amitayus (Long Life) • Buddha Ushnisha Vijaya (Good Karma) • Tara (Protection) • Medicine Buddha (Healing) • Dedication Prayer

Selling Points • 2006 Grammy Finalist for Best Traditional World Music Album!

• Includes 12 well-known Tibetan mantras, including “Om Ah Hum” and “Om Mani Padme Hum” featuring the sacred deep voice chanting of one of the world’s foremost Tibetan chant masters • Lama Tashi is Principal Chant Master of the Dalai Lama’s Drepung Loseling Monastery, one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world • Lama Tashi has performed with many well-known musicians including Philip Glass, Natalie Merchant, Michael Stipe, Patti Smith, Ben Harper, Kitaro, Billy Corgan and Sheryl Crow. He has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and Denver’s City Lights Pavilion • Throughout Lama Tashi’s world travels, he has taught extensively and performed and recorded both independently (The Lost Chord, Chant Masters, Medicine Buddha) and with monks of the Drepung Loseling Monastery (Sacred Tibetan Chants, Sounds of the Void, Sacred Music/Sacred Dance, Compassion) • Produced by healing sounds pioneer Jonathan Goldman, this CD was created as a three-fold tool: for pure listening pleasure, to create sacred space, and to teach listeners sacred Tibetan mantras • There is a specific order and function for each of the chants on this recording, which work together in order to assist personal and planetary consciousness. Lama Tashi’s voice is amazingly powerful and deeply resonant, creating extraordinary harmonics • A remarkable recording that will benefit anyone’s sacred music collection!

• Includes a 24-page booklet about the chants

Order Date: March 24, 2006

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NEW AGE Featured Artists Jia Peng Fang, erhu/Seiichi Kyoda, keyboards/Missa Johnouchi, keyboards

Track Listing Birdsong • Distant Thunder • Tomorrow • Exotic Garden • A Road in Early Spring • Ryoshu • Yang Guan San Die • Daybreak • Air Mail • Reunion • Shu Ying Po Sha

Selling Points • The folk instrument erhu has nearly a thousand years of history. The tones born out of just two strings manage to create a world immense with sounds that are haunting and gentle • A collection of work by wonderful composers, and a gem that brings out the limitless possibilities of the erhu, covering the classical music of China with sounds that might make you believe it was a Western instrument!

• Heartwarming melodies and the tones of the erhu talk to future dreams and hopes, gently enfolding them in an embrace • Includes fragrant incense sticks in the spine of each CD

Jia Peng Fang

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• PMR 37 (R) Jia Peng Fang Best (678477003727) • PMR 54 (R) Lovers (Best) (678477005424) • PMR 47 (R) Healing Collection IV (678477004724) • PMR 55 (R) Healing Collection V (678477005523)

CD: PMR 41 (R) File Under: New Age/World

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“ Exquisite piano playing…Reflections is pure poetry.”

— NEW AGE RETAILER Featured Artists Ann Sweeten, Steinway piano, synthesizer/Trisha Dunn Craig, flutes

Track Listing Mohegan Breeze • Café Window • Quiet Goodbyes • Swans on the Susquehannah • Ripples in the Harbor • Rainswept Slumber • Roof with a View • Lucaya • Resolution • Mirage • Reflections • Watercolors • An Early Fall

Selling Points • Another beautiful disc from Ann Sweeten, internationally celebrated composer/pianist and music awards nominee (NAR Lifestyle Music Awards 2004/JPF Music Awards 2004) and ASCAP Popular Awards Recipient 2002–2005 • Upon its original release, Reflections charted #3 on radio • Radio service by Lazz Promotions; press service to all relevant press outlets • Key Markets: Boston (hometown) and all new age markets

Ann Sweeten Reflections Also Available

Ann Sweeten

CD: ORB 61889 (Q )

A Place in the Sun

File Under: New Age Previously Available

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“Outstanding!” — BOSTON POST-GAZETTE

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NEW AGE David & Steve Gordon

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Shaman’s Vision Journey

CD: SQR 808 (Q ) File Under: New Age/World

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The Gordons have juiced up the tribal groove – their melodies are prettier and their rhythms are more compelling. — BILLBOARD

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“ Extended outer/inner musical excursions for relaxation, massage or meditation…the sonic environments sparkle… and are moved along by spacewinds and the sensation of sounds approaching and receding as your mind flies by.

It’s like being in Shangri-La.” — ALL MUSIC GUIDE “ Each superb track flows seamlessly into the next…evocative, sensual and profoundly healing.” — NEW AGE RETAILER “Authentic new age music for adventurous listeners who want more than jazz-inflected new age pop tunes.’” — PULSE “ The Gordon brothers successfully create a floating, ethereal atmosphere of transparent, undulating sound that serenely evokes the contemplative bliss of higher consciousness.” — BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT Featured Artists David Gordon, Native American flute, piano, keyboards, world drums, percussion/Steve Gordon, acoustic & electric guitars, Native American flute, world drums, percussion

Track Listing East Wind Awaken – Dream Body • South Wind Meeting – Spirit Animal • West Wind Receiving – Earth Blessing • North Wind Renewal – The Upper World

Selling Points • This soothing trance music invites you to remember your own inner peace • Combines the authentic Shaman rhythms and reverent Native flute melodies for which the Gordons are renowned with relaxing atmospheres, ancient Lakota chants, guitars and sounds of nature • Features the healing resonance of crystal bowls by Elivia Melodey • This peaceful journey is perfect for massage, meditation and yoga • Billboard-charting artists David & Steve Gordon (Sacred Earth Drums, Drum Medicine) have sold over 1.3 million albums • This is the Gordons’ first full-length collaboration since Drum Medicine, which won Visionary Record of the Year and Best World Album • Press releases and review copies will be sent to all major trade publications including New Age Retailer and Billboard • Review copies mailed to over 100 music reviewers and columns • Service to radio, key reviewers, national publications and e-media

Key Markets New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, Denver, St. Louis, Boston, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Sacramento, Seattle, Portland

Also Available • SQR 836 (Q) Drum Medicine (727044783620) • SQR 850 (Q) Sacred Drum Visions (727044785020) • SQR 811 (Q) Sacred Earth Drums (727044781121) Order Date: March 24, 2006

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NEW AGE Karunesh Global Village

CD: ORM 62782 (Q ) File Under: New Age/World

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I really like the variety of sounds and moods on this album [which] conveys more of a zest for life than many recordings of this type. Very highly recommended!

— SOLO PIANO PUBLICATIONS

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“ The upbeat interplay of diverse cultures meeting in harmony once again reflects Karunesh’s inspired artistry. All of this clearly influences Global Village: sensual dance grooves, the island spirit, globe-spanning instrumentation with a strong Indian influence, and refreshing ambient sound. Renowned for his emotionally rich ambient music, here Karunesh takes us a little further on a moving and meaningful journey.” — BETTE TIMM, REVIEWER “ Karunesh makes unabashedly romantic music…weaving exotic voices and cross-cultural elements through his sparkling tapestry, Karunesh finds that perfect balance point where classical, world and healing music join… destined to become a classic release, withstanding the test of time like the purest musical treasures of our generation.” — LLOYD BARDE, BACKROADS MUSIC Featured Artists Karunesh, keyboards, arrangements, mixing/Govi, guitar, oud/Bikram, bansuri flute/Avinash, Indian violin/Shruti, vocals/Gerhard Frankhauser, vocals, lute

Track Listing Prayer of Joy • Orient Express • Earth Spirit • Helele Ma • Tranceformation • Arabian Nights • Beyond Heaven (Remix) • Om Namo • Krishna’s Song

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Global Village is the sequel to the extremely popular Global Spirit, which has been a best seller since its introduction in 2000 This new album represents the vision of a unified world where different cultures can merge, supporting and enriching each other Very upbeat, this musical odyssey features Govi, Bikram, Avinash and other fine musicians The tracks vary from sensual dance grooves and globe-spanning instrumentation with a strong Indian influence to tracks where multiple stringed instruments join in on African tribal songs With half a million albums sold to date, Karunesh has become established as one of the best-known artists in this genre of world fusion. His music is featured on the Buddha-Bar series and numerous joint projects Service to major media reviewers, radio shows and websites Ads will run in New Age Retailer and Light of Consciousness Seeking retail promotion opportunities

Also Available • ORM 60342 (Q) Global Spirit (689973603427) • ORM 61852 (Q) Beyond Heaven (689973618520) • ORM 61302 (M) Secrets of Life (689973613020) • ORM 61352 (M) Sky’s Beyond (689973613525)

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NEW AGE Soulfood/Brent Lewis

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Yoga Groove CD: SFD 28 (Q ) File Under: New Age

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Whether you teach active yoga or just enjoy practicing yoga in your home, this is perfect to keep you moving.

— ACCENT WEEKLY

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“ This is not your mother’s yoga music! Composed/performed/produced by DJ Free, his keyboards, Native flute and distinctive chanting flow along grooves laid down by master percussionist Brent Lewis…the overall feel is richly layered, a kind of primal naturalness mixed with an edgy urbanity. If one’s style of yoga, dance, or movement is highly energetic, this could be the perfect motivator.” — NAPRA REVIEW “ On Ice…DJ Free and Peter Schimke made sure all their musical chromosomes were properly aligned before hauling in a posse of luminaries, local and otherwise, to put the glisten on their first non-soundtrack collaboration.

Even as a simple augmented duo, the programming whiz and keyboardist-around-town slide across genre boundaries with Olympic-caliber grace, mixing potentially unwieldy elements – shuffly house-music tectonics, serious jazz piano, and high-disco string pyrotechnics – as though they were water.” — CITY PAGES Featured Artists DJ Free, soundscapes, synthesizer, ambience/Brent Lewis, organic percussion/Jayson Fann, percussion/Richard Hardy, woodwinds, flutes/Peter Schimke, piano, synthesizer, keyboards/Enrique Toussaint, bass

Track Listing Yoga Groove • Dancing Buddha • Down Dog • Lotus • Bliss • Exhale

Selling Points • Award-winning artist Soulfood (Best IMAX Score) and master percussionist Brent Lewis join forces to create the follow-up to the best selling Yoga Rhythm • Rhythmic percussion by master percussionist Brent Lewis, who has studied with drum masters from around the world; has performed with a long list of artists (Smokey Robinson, Grateful Dead, Joe Cocker); can be heard on Oliver Stone’s JFK and three IMAX scores; and composed for the Australian Ballet • Keyboards by classically trained, acclaimed jazz pianist Peter Schimke, who has provided musical direction for Academy Award nominee David Lynch and Julee Cruise • Rhythmic percussion, keyboards, bass, flutes, woodwinds, chants and exotic instrumentation create the prefect backdrop for a yoga class or that after-yoga get-together. Yoga/movement practitioners consulted in the creation of the music!

• Media & radio service to NAR, NPR stations & syndicated shows as well as top wellness publications and reviewers including YogiTimes, Yoga Journa and Body & Soul

Key Markets Minneapolis & Santa Fe (Hometowns). Also: Los Angeles, Austin, San Francisco, Seattle, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, New York, Chicago

Also Available • SFD 20 (Q) Yoga Rhythm (682947002028) • SFD 21 (Q) Shaman’s Way (682947002127)

Order Date: March 24, 2006

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NEW AGE Anael & Bradfield Buddha Spirit

CD: APS 5555 (Q ) File Under: New Age

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Play this music for as many humans as will allow themselves to open to this gift from above.

— SHELLEY YATES, FIRE THE GRID

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“ Combines transcendentally gorgeous singing with lovely yet compelling melodies. Anael eloquently speaks the language of our hearts and souls with deep insight and soaring joy…sweeping, anthemic and absolutely gorgeous.”

— NEW AGE VOICE “ Bradfield, Anael’s partner, continues to write exceptional songs for her to sing…comparable to such female vocalists as Enya, Sarah Brightman, Clannad’s Maire Brennan and Miriam Stockley, Anael does possess her own unique sound.” — VISIONS “ Like the beloved, Anael’s voice conveys a tender enchantment that soothes and warms the heart, while the sweet strains of flutes, harp, percussion and keyboards lift the spirit to a divine space where all souls sing as one voice to the higher harmonies of life. Sensual, tender, delightful...this is one of those rare releases that sounds excellent on the first hearing and gets better with each subsequent listening, easily receiving my highest recommendation to all.”

— OMEGA Featured Artists Anael, vocals/Bradfield, piano, flutes, tingshas, drilbus, synthesizers

Track Listing Buddha Spirit • Amitabha • Shakyamuni • Sentient Beings • Amoghasiddhi • Dhyani Mantra • Medicine Buddha • Ye Dharma

Selling Points • Tibetan Buddhist mantras have never sounded as gently serene, nor been as instantly accessible to the Western ear, as in these melodic, original adaptations by Bradfield • Renowned for their healing and spiritual properties, the sacred Sanskrit seed syllables acquire a clear aesthetic dimension here, with Anael’s soaring, exquisite female vocals lifting them to new heights • Set in a pure, meditative backdrop of Tibetan bells, flute, piano and ambient sounds • These mantras conquer time and space, enabling the transcending of physical surroundings to attain a clear, focused state thus empowering each sentient being who awakens in their vibrations • Features Tibetan scripts & English phonetics for all mantras • Detailed Buddhist essays, sculptures and paintings in a deluxe 20-page booklet • Album will be receiving national exposure through July 2007 via the Fire the Grid global meditation (www.firethegrid.com) • Endorsed by Shelley Yates on Coast to Coast AM radio with George Noory • #1 vocal/instrumental album and #2 in overall album sales in Quebec’s largest mailorder catalog • Anael’s previous album Once Upon a Dream was Top 5 at U.S. iTunes and Top 20 in six other territories • Full promo service to mainstream & independent print/web publications • Full NAR/syndicated/satellite & in-flight radio service and tracking • Co-op ads with distributor in NAR, Woman’s Day, Utne Reader and more

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NEW AGE Michael Allen Harrison

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Notable Impressions CD: MAH 9009 (M) File Under: New Age

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My one-word summary of Michael Allen Harrison’s [work] is ‘WOW!’ — SOLO PIANO PUBLICATIONS

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“…Michael Allen Harrison is a household name in Portland. This classically trained musician knows how to carve a cheerful melody out of the ivories, and his pop-jazz delicacies have won a throng of dedicated fans in the profitable adult-contemporary market.” —WILLAMETTE WEEK “ Harrison’s greatest asset is his melodic facility, and that’s well in evidence throughout his latest work…as he layers gracefully filigreed lines that continually balance exposition and embellishment. His touch is clear and precise yet relaxed and warm.” — THE OREGONIAN Featured Artists Michael Allen Harrison, piano

Track Listing Rapture • Mother Bear With Cubs • Romona’s Valley • Nature’s Haven • Cosmos And Poppies • Horse Story • Etruscan Guardians • Play in the Water • Inside The Eye • Oisin • Scheherazade • Dungeness 6 • Baking Day

Selling Points • Concert pianist, composer, arranger, producer and singer/songwriter Michael Allen Harrison, visionary of the new renaissance of composers in the modern era, brings forth his newest album!

• Classical meets new age in this beautiful release by the artist, whose composition skills have been compared to Ravel and Chopin

• Michael Allen Harrison is a man of extraordinary talents. Producer, composer, arranger and concert pianist, his unique brand of music ranges from movie scores and passionate arrangements for piano to jazz, fusion, new age, Broadway musicals and adult contemporary • Since his professional debut, Harrison has gained notoriety with his well loved concerts and popular recordings. He is by far one of the most recognized, loved and sought-after musicians from the Pacific Northwest • Harrison has performed for Bill Clinton, Quincy Jones, the Dalai Lama and other visiting dignitaries, and sent his music into orbit on the space shuttles Endeavor and Discovery. He played at the World Peace Conference in the Netherlands in 1999, scored a musical version of The Velveteen Rabbit for the Oregon Children’s Theater in 2000, and recently premiered his first concerto for piano and orchestra with the Portland Festival Symphony

Key Markets Portland (Hometown). Also: Seattle, Los Angeles, New York, Austin

Also Available • MAH 1 (M) Rose Garden Suite (737885349428) • MAH 39 (M) Ten Grands Vol. 3 (737885348124) • MAH 48 (M) Expressions of Chocolate (737885354521)

Order Date: March 24, 2006

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–UP TO 4 HOURS OF THE GREATEST John Wayne 4 Classic Westerns JOHN WAYNE RIDES TALL IN FOUR CLASSIC WESTERNS FROM THE 1930s!

Total Running Time: 3 hrs 44 min Winds of the Wasteland (1936) 59 min. B&W Two former pony express riders (John Wayne, Lane Chandler) inadvertently buy a dilapidated stagecoach line to a ghost town. All is not lost if the pair can win a stagecoach race with a lucrative government mail subsidy as the prize!

The Dawn Rider (1935) 53 min. B&W A masked gunman (Dennis Moore) badly injures John Mason (Wayne) and kills his father during a bank robbery. Will love triumph over vengeance when the sister of his father’s killer nurses Mason back to life?

DVD: PFX 190001 (C) File Under: Western

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Randy Rides Alone (1934) 59 min. B&W Randy Bowers (Wayne) enters a saloon only to find it full of corpses. Accused of the heinous crime, he sets a trap for the real killer in a desperate attempt to prove his innocence.

The Lawless Frontier (1934) 53 min. B&W John Tobin (Wayne) dishes out his own brand of law and order to bring a murderous rustler (Earl Dwire) to justice.

Gary Cooper A Farewell to Arms/Meet John Doe THE HOLLYWOOD LEGEND IN TWO OF HIS OF HIS MOST POPULAR FILMS! Total Running Time: 3 hrs 21 min A Farewell to Arms (1932) 78 min. B&W Ernest Hemingway’s masterpiece of tragic wartime romance comes to vivid life in this highlyacclaimed film adaptation. A daring American ambulance driver (Gary Cooper) falls in love with a British nurse (Helen Hayes) on the Italian frontlines of WWI. The chaos of the battlefield conspires to push the ill-fated lovers together and then wrench them apart in what becomes an ultimate test of love and leads to one of the most moving endings in cinematic history. Nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

DVD: PFX 19002 (C)

Meet John Doe (1941) 123 min. B&W Frank Capra’s classic ode to the common man stars Gary Cooper as a down-and-out former baseball player caught up in a newspaper publicity stunt. Barbara Stanwyck plays the newspaperwoman who exploits him, and with whom Cooper predictably falls in love.

File Under: Drama

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Cary Grant His Girl Friday/Charade/Amazing Adventure HOLLYWOOD’S FAVORITE LEADING MAN IN THREE ROMANTIC COMEDIES! Total Running Time: 4 hrs 28 min His Girl Friday (1940) 92 min. B&W Howard Hawks’ screwball masterpiece stars Cary Grant as a conniving newspaper editor and Rosalind Russell as his ace reporter/ex-wife. Adapted from the Broadway smash The Front Page, revamped into a sophisticated and hilarious battle of the sexes and exes. Undoubtedly one Cary Grant’s greatest comedic roles ever!

Charade (1963) 113 min. COLOR Stanley Donen’s stylish romantic-comedy-thriller starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. Filmed in Paris with an outstanding supporting cast and an Academy Award-nominated score by Henry Mancini.

DVD: PFX 190004 (C) File Under: Comedy

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Amazing Adventure (1936) 63 min. B&W In this fast-paced romantic comedy, a young millionaire playboy (Cary Grant) bets that he can become a successful business tycoon without using his inheritance. When he falls in love with a pretty secretary (Mary Brian), will he lose the bet to win the girl?

FILMS & THE BIGGEST STARS–ALL ON ONE DISC!

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Shirley Temple Shirley Temple Collection THE LITTLE PRINCESS PLUS EIGHT SHIRLEY TEMPLE CLASSIC SHORTS! Total Running Time: 3 hrs 32 min The Little Princess (1939) 91 min. COLOR Set in Victorian England, a wealthy widow goes off to the Boer War and sends his daughter Sara to a boarding school. When he’s presumed dead, the evil schoolmistress turns on our heroine, forcing her to become a servant. Good comes in the end when Sara is reunited with her father.

Plus eight classic Shirley Temple shorts: Dora’s Dunking Donuts (1933, B&W), War Babies (1932, B&W), Polly Tix in Washington (1932, B&W) The Pie Covered Wagon (1932, B&W), What’s To Do (1932, B&W), Merrily Yours (1932, B&W), Managed Money (1934, B&W) and Pardon My Pups (1934, B&W). Shirley Temple was unquestionably the most popular and talented child star in history of the Hollywood. America’s curly-topped little sweetheart sings, dances and laughs her way through this fabulous DVD collection that is sure to become a favorite of the entire family.

DVD: PFX 190006 (C) File Under: Family

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Vincent Price House on Haunted Hill/Last Man on Earth/The Bat THE HERO OF HORROR IN THREE SILVER SCREAM CLASSICS! Total Running Time: 4 hrs House On Haunted Hill (1958) 75 min. B&W An eccentric millionaire (Vincent Price) invites several of his enemies to a party at his creepy old mansion. Each guest who survives the night will receive $10,000 – but will anyone be alive at dawn to collect the reward?

Last Man On Earth (1964) 86 min. B&W In this apocalyptic vision of a zombie invasion, a global virus has transformed Earth’s population into vampires. Scientist Robert Morgan (Vincent Price) is the last living soul. He hunts the sleeping monsters by day, but at sundown, he becomes the hunted, stalked by the zombies thirsting for his blood.

The Bat (1959) 80 min. B&W Murder, mystery and terror reign in this bone-chilling thriller starring Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead and Darla Hood. A creaky haunted house has a hidden fortune of stolen money, and the bodies pile up as a mysterious prowler known as “The Bat”” tries to uncover the loot.

DVD: PFX 190018 (C) File Under: Horror

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Red Skelton Red Skelton Show Collection SIX COMPLETE EPISODES OF THE SUCCESSFUL VARIETY SHOW! Total Running Time: 2 hrs 50 min The Red Skelton Show was one of the longest-running, most successful variety series on television, featuring some of zaniest characters ever created for the small screen, such as Freddie the Freeloader, Clem Kadiddlehopper, Cauliflower McPugg and the Wild West gunslinger Deadeye.

In Episode #1, Freddie discovers a “lost” Leonardo Da Vinci painting, and Vincent Price plays an art dealer who tries to buy the priceless treasure for ten bucks. In Episode #2, Clem strikes oil on his farm and uses his fortune to make a star out of his girl Daisy June (Carol Channing). In Episode #3, Ed Sullivan tries his hand as the show’s host and interviews Cauliflower. Episode #4, one of the most memorable episodes in television history, features Red Skelton broadcast live from the U.N. In Episode #5, Freddie must guard a little black box purportedly containing “a secret that will revolutionize the world.” In Episode #6, a bizarre story of modern art gone mad, John Carradine plays an artist cum agent who discovers Clem’s artistic talents.

DVD: PFX 190023 (C) File Under: TV Comedy

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Order Date: March 24, 2006

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06 A P R I L NEW

RELEASES

CHILDREN Featured Artists Leonard Lee Rue, cinematographer/Will Taylor, cinematographer/Belinda Peck, cinematographer

Selling Points

Various Artists Way Cool Wildlife Vol. 1 DVD: MBO DVD 5139 (J) File Under: Children Previously Available

• Volume 1 of this fantastic series features Totally Reptile and Crazy Creepy Crawlers • In Totally Reptile, children will meet the last living remnants of the ancient dinosaurs – crocodiles, alligators and more. Kids will discover the world of reptiles, including crocodiles, alligators and all the other animals that share this planet • Then, in Crazy Creepy Crawlers, nature’s coolest creepy crawlies are offered up for children to explore – funny frogs, cute caterpillars, buggy beetles, beautiful butterflies and much more. Whether you are a mom, dad or a kid – if you love to shriek “ickkyyyy” and “wow” when you see the spectacular insects that roam our WORLD world, this program will thrill you to no end. Super cool facts, way cool footage PREMIERE and really cool music make this an unforgettable experience!

RECORDING! • Cinematographer Dr. Leonard Lee Rue is the most-published wildlife INCLUDES IIN NC CLLU UD DE ESS photographer in North America. He has to his credit over 1,800 national covers.

WORLD WORLD He is the author of 25 books on wildlife, including How I Photograph Wildlife and PREMIERE PREMIERE RECORDINGS! RECORDING! Nature and The Deer of North America • Cinematographer Will Taylor’s work has been featured on the Discovery Channel, National Geographic and film festivals and TV networks around the world • Cinematographer Belinda Peck’s successful work has been featured on television by such producers as NBC News, Prime Time Live, Geraldo, Real TV, SPECIAL TNT, Discovery Channel, ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX and many more SUPER-BUDGET PRICE!

NOW AVAILABLE!

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Featured Artists Leonard Lee Rue, cinematographer/Will Taylor, cinematographer/Belinda Peck, cinematographer

Selling Points • Volume 2 of this amazing series features Baby Talk and Beepers, Tweeters & Peckers • In Baby Talk, children will explore the magic and wonder of animal communication.

Some animals grunt, growl and yelp. Others howl, bark and whine. However they do it, wildlife creatures know how to chat with one another. Kids will hear the very first words spoken by the tiniest of bear cubs just moments after its birth – a truly profound and fun program for toddlers as well as moms and dads!

• Then, in Beepers, Tweeters & Peckers, kids experience the wonderful world of woodpeckers, eagles, finches, ducklings and goslings in this entertaining, stunning and enlightening program. They soar into the heavens, grace the skies with their WORLD untold beauty, and charm & disarm us with their breathtaking cuteness!

PREMIERE • Cinematographer Dr. Leonard Lee Rue is the most-published wildlifeRECORDING! photographer in North America. He has to his credit over 1,800 national covers. He is the author INCLUDES of 25 books on wildlife, including How I Photograph Wildlife and NatureWORLD and The PREMIERE Deer of North America RECORDINGS! • Cinematographer Will Taylor’s work has been featured on the Discovery Channel, National Geographic and film festivals and TV networks around the world • Cinematographer Belinda Peck’s successful work has been featured on television by such producers as NBC News, Prime Time Live, Geraldo, Real TV, TNT, Discovery Channel, ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX and many more SPECIAL SUPER-BUDGET PRICE!

IIN NC CLLU UD DE ESS

WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING!

Various Artists Way Cool Wildlife Vol. 2 DVD: MBO DVD 5140 ( J) File Under: Children Previously Available

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Order Date: March 24, 2006

ALLEGRO ARTIST TOUR SCHEDULES For additional performance dates check out www.allegro-music.com/tour.asp DATE

CITY/STATE

3/11/06 4/5/06

Las Vegas, NV UNLV Nevada Performing Arts Center University Park, PA Pennsylvania State University Eisenhower Auditorium Easton, PA Williams Center for the Arts Morristown, NJ Community Theatre Philadelphia, PA Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts @ University of Pennsylvania Blacksburg, VA Virginia Polytechnic Institute Omaha, NE Omaha Performing Arts Center Concert Hall

4/6/06 4/8/06 4/9/06 The Jim Seeley/Arturo O’Farrill Quintet ZMR 200501 (Q ) UPC: 880956050126

4/25/06 5/6/06

DATE

VENUE

4/8/06

VENUE

DATE

CITY/STATE

VENUE

Carefree, AZ Carefree, AZ Arlington, TX Colorado Springs, CO Edina, MN

Fine Arts & Wine Festival Carefree Town Stage Indian Market Territory Days Art Show “50th & France”

3/5/06 3/7/06 3/11/06 3/12/06 3/14/06 4/28/06 4/29/06 5/5/06

Half Moon Bay, CA Oakland, CA Carmel, CA Half Moon Bay, CA Oakland, CA Louisville, KY Indianapolis, IN Kalamazoo, MI

Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society Yoshi’s Jazz and Blues Company Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society Yoshis Jazz Factory Jazz Kitchen The Gilmore Festival

VENUE

DATE

CITY/STATE

VENUE

Proctors Theatre Napa Valley Opera House (thru 3/11/06) McLean High School Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center (thru 3/19/06) James Madison High School Thomas Jefferson High School Majestic Theatre Slippery Rock University

2/27/06 3/13/06 3/20/06

Buffalo, NY Indianapolis, IN Syracuse, NY

3/24/06

Scranton, PA

Shea’s (thru 3/5/06) Clowes Hall (thru 3/19/06) Crouse-Hinds Concert Theater (thru 3/23/06) Scranton Cultural Center (thru 3/26/06) Aronoff (thru 4/9/06) Orpheum Theatre Keller

Lynne Arriale

DATE

CITY/STATE

3/4/06 3/10/06

Schenectady, NY Napa, CA

3/12/06 3/15/06

McLean, VA Tampa, FL

3/19/06 3/26/06 4/1/06 4/1/06

Vienna, VA Alexandria, VA Gettysburg, PA Slippery Rock, PA

MANY MORE DATES, CHECK THE WEBSITE!

Kenny Werner Trio

Either/Orchestra BUD 860121 (Q ) UPC: 3341348601212

The Original Sndtrk JAY 1352 (R) UPC: 616498300425

4/3/06 Cincinnati, OH 5/8-21/06 San Francisco, CA 5/23-28/06 Portland, OR

CITY/STATE

VENUE

DATE

CITY/STATE

VENUE

2/24-25/06 5/11/06 5/13/06 6/9/06 6/10/06 6/11/06 6/17/06 9/16/06

Chicago, IL Memphis, TN San Jose, CA Chicago, IL Struthers, OH Hughesville, PA St. Paul, MN Granville, OH

Kingston Mines W.C. Handy Awards S.J.S. Metro Fountain Blues Festival Buddy Guy’s Legends The Cellar Billtown Blues Festival Blues Festival Blues Festival

03/30-31/06 4/7/06 4/8/06 4/29/06 6/10/06

Savannah, GA Decatur, GA Martinsville, GA Lafayette, LA Chattanooga, TN

Savannah Music Festival Madison Morgan PAC Piedmont Arts Festival International Riverbend Festival

Terrance Simien The Tribute Sessions AIM 5013 (Q ) UPC: 752211501325

DATE

CITY/STATE

VENUE

DATE

CITY/STATE

VENUE

3/11/06

Lexington, VA

Washington & Lee University

4/26/06

Fairport, NY

The Lodge at Woodcliff

3/16/06

New York, NY

Carnegie Hall

4/28/06

New York, NY

Jazz at Lincoln Center (thru 4/29/06)

3/18/06

Milwaukee, WI

Pabst Theatre

7/19/06

Hollywood, CA

Hollywood Bowl

5/3/06

Seattle, WA

Benaroya Hall

CITY/STATE

VENUE

5/17/06

Cincinnati, OH

University of Cincinnati

5/21/06

Cincinnati, OH

University of Cincinnati

Tierney Sutton Introducing ...

JNP 398 ( R) UPC: 742451539820

Ethiopiques 20: Live In Addis

Peter Pan w/Cathy Rigby

DATE

WLF 120895 UPC: 799582089526

Naked In The Cosmos

“Kerrytown Concert House”

CITY/STATE

Inspiration

44 Blues

John F Kennedy Center

Ann Arbor, MI

DATE

TCB 22102 (Q ) UPC: 725095221023

Magic Slim

Washington, DC

5/19/06

Jessica Williams

NVR 137 (R) UPC: 748022113727

CTL 1025 (M) UPC: 09563210242

San Francisco, CA Piedmont Piano Company

5/11/06

3/3-5/06 3/16/06 3/24-26/06 5/27-29/06 6/2-4/06

Brulé

Four More Years In The Bush Leagues

VENUE Arthouse Designs

Some Ballads, Some Blues JFC 38 (Q ) UPC: 078686803826

The Collection

The Capitol Steps

CITY/STATE

3/10-11/2006 Olympia, WA

CHR AL 73111 (L) UPC: 608917311129

DATE

CITY/STATE

VENUE

DATE

3/22/06

Cambridge, MA

The Regattabar

3/4-5/2006 Nashville, TN

3/29/06

Cleveland, OH

Cleveland State University

3/9/06

Tabernash, CO

Devil’s Thumb Ranch

3/31/06

Chicago, IL

The Green Mill

3/10/06

Fort Collins, CO

Sunset Event Center

4/23/06

Natick, MA

Natick Center for the Arts

3/11/06

Denver, CO

Washington Park Methodist Church

3/12/06

Boulder, CO

E-Town

3/16/06

Telluride, CO

Sheridan Opera House

Tim O’Brien The Crossing

The Station Inn

ALU 1014 (Q ) UPC: 616498101428

Order Date: March 24, 2006

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FROM THE PRODUCERS OF THE RENOWNED ETHIOPIQUES SERIES!

The new Zanzibara series, which presents Swahili popular music through archive recordings from the 1920s – 1980s, has received early press accolades from Songlines, fRoots, Afropop Worldwide and more. As in the Ethiopiques series, all titles are accompanied by a well-produced booklet and plenty of photos!

Buda Records, the superb French “B label responsible for the life-altering Ethiopiques series, seems set to blow minds all over again with a new series called Zanzibara…there’s nothing else in the world like this phenomenal stuff.”

—WORLDLY DISORIENTATION

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