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STREET DATE July 12, 2005 ORDER DUE DATE June 24, 2005

New Releases: Herbie Hancock page 5 Red Mitchell page 9 Ray Charles page 27 Linda Purl page 30 Orson Welles page 37 The Capitol Steps page 38 Pope John Paul II page 39 NEW Classical Releases:

A HOT JULY FOR J.S. BACH! Joan Lippincott PLAYS BACH page 15 Bernard Roberts PLAYS BACH page 17 Balthasar Neumann Ensemble SINGS BACH page 37

LEE LESSACK

in good company featured on page 31

NEW LABELS: Hudson/Street pages 5&27

WuWei page 37

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NEW AGE “This CD is especially compiled to support the practice of yoga where the element of meditation plays an important role.

The music is from masters of high quality meditative yoga, such as Prem Joshua, Chinmaya Dunster, Ustad Usmen Khan, Al Gromer Khan and Rasa.” — Manuela Dunn Mascetti, author, The Buddha Box

Tr ac k L i st i n g Prem Joshua – Friends • Prem Joshua – That Silent Place • Chinmaya Dunster – Jinjhoti • Rasa – Srita Kamala • Chinmaya Dunster – Ha-Tha • Ustad Usman Khan – Raga Kaushik Ranjani • Hans Christian – Astral • Al Gromer Khan – Raga • Chinmaya Dunster – Mount Kailash • Chinmaya Dunster – Konark

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NEW EARTH ARTISTS Meditative Yoga

• This CD aids in the deliberate suspension of the stream-of-consciousness that often clutters the mind during mediation and yoga • Obtain a state of meditative bliss and relaxation as the body comes into a natural state of serenity • Supports general wellness and rejuvenation • Service to 500 U.S. radio stations • Press kits to key media with substantial lead time for reviews and features • Promotional material for yoga schools • Ads will run in Yoga International, Yogi Times, Elefant and Yoga Journal

A l s o Ava i l a b l e CD: NER 2502 (Q ) File Under: New Age

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• NER 9509 (Q) Prem Joshua Desert Vision (714266950923) • NER 2405 (Q) Chinmaya Dunster Fragrance of the East (714266240529) • NER 2401 (Q) Rasa Shelter (714266240123) • NER 2416 (Q) Hans Christian Light & Spirit (714266241625) • NER 2411 (Q) Al Gromer Khan Tantra Electronica (714266241120)

“The moods range from reflection to celebration on this rousing CD.” — Musica Obscura Fe at u r e d A rt i sts John Richardson, dabuki, doholla, djembe, korg keyboard, Japanese djembe quasimidi, doholla, dabuki, bass djembe, tenor djembe, bodhran, keyboard, vocals/Gary Davies, guitar/Siddartha, bass guitar, vocals/Pia Richardson, lead vocals

Tr ac k L i st i n g The Power of Grace • Spiritual Rhythms • Energize • Illumination • Dance of Affirmation • Benedictions

ORDER DATE JUNE 24, 2005

Se l l i n g P o i n ts • Infectious rhythms played on percussion instruments from around the world combined with inspired guitar and vocal arrangements make this a remarkable recording from one of the leading creators of music for higher consciousness • Listen to it in the car, on the street, or at home – just listen, and be awakened • Bringing together the power of trance-inducing ceremonial drums with mystical layers of natural sounds and Shamanic chanting, John Richardson brings us a mesmerizing experience • John Richardson was one of the founding members of the Rubettes

JOHN RICHARDSON Spiritual Rhythms

CD: NWC 496 (Q ) File Under: New Age

A l s o Ava i l a b l e • NWC 464 (Q) Celtic Drums (767715046425) • NWC 441 (Q) Drums of a Nation (767715044124)

JULY 2005

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“One of the most important saxophonists in contemporary music... a leader and artist of integrity and independent direction.”

—Down Beat

Fe at u r e d A rt i sts Dave Liebman, soprano & tenor sax/Phil Markowitz, piano

Tr ac k L i st i n g Teacher of Our Child • “7” Intro • “7” • Philippe Under the Green Bridge • Sno’ Peas • Jung • Off By One • Mahoning • The Night Has 1000 Eyes • ‘Round Midnight

Se l l i n g P o i n ts • On Manhattan Dialogues, celebrated saxophonist/composer Dave Liebman returns to the duo format with his long-time musical collaborator Phil Markowitz in a highly virtuosic October 2004 live set recorded at the Manhattan School of Music • In a breathtaking improvisational tour-de-force, the duo burns through eight originals and two imaginatively re-harmonized standards • Ever since his apprenticeship with Miles Davis and Elvin Jones in the 1970s, Dave Liebman has been hailed as one of the supreme soprano saxophonists of the last few decades • Pianist Phil Markowitz’s long list of musical accomplishments includes recordings and live performances with Chet Baker, Mel Lewis, Phil Woods, Lionel Hampton and more • Ads will run in Down Beat • Radio campaign by Jazzzdog Promotions; publicity by Jazz Promo Services • KEY MARKETS: New York (Hometown). Also: Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle

DAVE LIEBMAN & PHIL MARKOWITZ Manhattan Dialogues

CD: ZMR 200508 (R) File Under: Jazz

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A l s o Ava i l a b l e • ZMR 200406 (R) In a Mellow Tone (880956040622)

Fe at u r e d A rt i sts Brian Swartz, trumpet, flugelhorn/Bob Florence, piano/ Trey Henry, bass/Dick Weller, drums

Tr ac k L i st i n g The Days of Wine and Roses • My Romance • Never Let Me Go • Star Dust • Star Eyes • All the Things You Are

Se l l i n g P o i n ts

Featuring Bob Florence

Live at the Jazz Bakery CD: SMT 421 (Q ) File Under: Jazz

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JULY 2005

ORDER DATE JUNE 24, 2005

THE BRIAN SWARTZ QUARTET

• This live recording is a collection of standards performed by Los Angeles-based trumpeter Brian Swartz’s quartet, featuring Bob Florence on piano • The quartet interprets standards with a unique combination of space and intensity. All the members of the group bring their own improvisational mastery, which unite to give each selection it’s own individual life • Trey Henry and Dick Weller were chosen specifically for their abilities to play “differently” and to stretch • Since 1996, Swartz has been a core member of the critically acclaimed Jazzantiqua, an ethnic dance company that performs extended works live with a jazz quintet • Service to over 300 radio stations • Mailed to over 50+ press/internet/digital radio outlets • Ads will run in Down Beat and JazzTimes • KEY MARKETS: Los Angeles (Hometown). Also: New York, Chicago and Washington DC

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CD: STC 8388 (R)

CD: STC 8399 (R)

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SIR ROLAND HANNA

DUKE ELLINGTON

Solo Piano

The Piano Player

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Roland Hanna, piano

Duke Ellington, piano/Wild Bill Davis, organ/ Joe Benjamin, bass/Rufus Jones, drums

Tr ac k L i st i n g Where Or When • 1 Got It Bad • Stompin’ At The Savoy • Perugia • Prelude To A Kiss • Emaline • Don’t Blame Me • Anoné • Indiana • Bye Bye Blackbird • Willow Weep For Me • Isn’t It A Pity • All The Things You Are

Se l l i n g P o i n ts • Recorded in 1974 at a private session in France • Originally released on LP on the small Hi-Fly label; CD contains three extra numbers!

Tr ac k L i st i n g Meditation • Single Petal of a Rose • Blues – Take 1 • Nagoya • Unknown/ Little African Flower • Meditation • T.G.T.T./Little Purple Flower • THE RIVER – A Ballet Suite • The Spring • The Run • The Meander • Grap • The Lake • Stud • Riddle • Unknown • Blues

Se l l i n g P o i n ts • Ellington originals never released on LP or CD! • Recorded in New York, Paris and Tokyo between 1964 and 1971

CD: HEP 1081 (M)

CD: HEP 2087 (R)

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ORDER DATE JUNE 24, 2005

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SPIKE ROBINSON

THE TENNESSEE TOOTERS

The CTS Session

The Complete 1924– 6 Sessions

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Spike Robinson, tenor sax/Bill Crow, bass/John Williams, piano/Pete Cater, drums/Louis Stewart, acoustic guitar

Red Nichols/Miff Mole/Benny Krueger/and more

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Prince of Wails • I Ain’t Got Nobody To Love • Hot, Hot, Hottentot • How Come You Do Me Like You Do • Everybody Loves My Baby • Jacksonville Gal • Those Panama Mammas • Red Hot Henry Brown • Jimtown Blues • Kansas City Stomps • What-‘Cha-Call-‘Em Blues • Milenberg Joys • Charleston • I Had a Sweet Mama • Deep Elm • Sweet Man • I Ain’t Got Nobody Blues • Everybody Stomp • Hot Aire • Back Home in Illinois • Minor Gaffe • Hobo’s Prayer • Crazy Quilt • You’re Burnin’ Me Up

You Say You Care • Smoke Gets In Your Eyes • Waterjug • Summer Night • If She Walked Into My Life • The Best Thing For You • Potluck • Nobody Else But Me • Have Blue Zoot, Will Travel • Soon It’s Gonna Rain • People Will Say We’re In Love

Se l l i n g P o i n ts • One of Spike Robinson’s final recordings • Features fantastic standards, including pieces by John Williams, Gene Ammons, Johnny Mandel and more

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Se l l i n g P o i n ts • Sounds of the Roaring Twenties New York style with Red Nichols, Miff Mole, Benny Krueger and more!

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N E W LA B E L !

Fe at u r e d A rt i sts Herbie Hancock, piano/Ron Carter, bass/Jack DeJohnette, drums/Eric Gayle, guitar/Freddie Hubbard, trumpet/ Stanley Turrentine, saxophone

Tr ac k L i st i n g Hornets • Interlude • Hornets 2 • Gibraltar

Se l l i n g P o i n ts • Herbie Hancock has been recognized as an innovator in the field of jazz for over 30 years • Includes star performances by jazz greats Ron Carter, Stanley Turrentine, Freddie Hubbard, Eric Gayle and Jack DeJohnette • Previously unavailable on CD! • Digitally remastered from original live master tapes • Will appeal to all modern jazz aficionados • Service to jazz radio, press and related media • KEY MARKETS: New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Miami

HERBIE HANCOCK Live: Detroit/Chicago CD: HUD 1101 (M) File Under: Jazz

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HENRY BRUN & THE LATIN PLAYERZ Spiritual Awakenings Fe at u r e d A rt i sts Henry Brun, leader, conga, bonga, timbal, various percussion/Benjamin “Ben” Irom, piano, organ/Pedro “Pete” Ojeda, electric bass/Angelo Stokes, drums/and more

Tr ac k L i st i n g 19 tracks including: Two Hearts • Bomba • El Tren De Bernardo • Plena • Stirring My Emotions • Yambu • Coquetona • Guaguanco • and more!

Se l l i n g P o i n ts

CD: MBO 5131 (Q ) File Under: Jazz

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• Latin Grammy-nominated CD for Best Latin Jazz Recording 2004 • Recently won Best Latin Jazz Band for Premios la Musica sponsored by Univision • KEY MARKETS: San Antonio, Chicago, New York, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Puerto Rico, Milwaukee, Tampa, Orlando, New Orleans, Atlanta, Memphis and Las Vegas

STONE ALLIANCE ORDER DATE JUNE 24, 2005

Live in Bremen Fe at u r e d A rt i sts Gene Perla, electric bass/Don Alias, drums, congas/Steve Grossman, tenor sax

Tr ac k L i st i n g Samba De Negro • Taurus People • King Tut • Sweetie Pie • Congo Solo • Creepin

Se l l i n g P o i n ts • Groundbreaking ‘70s group on par with Weather Report and Chick Corea • Stone Alliance members have been part of some truly legendary recording sessions, including Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew and Elvin Jones’ Live at the Lighthouse • KEY MARKETS: Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Chicago and New Orleans CD: MBO 5136 (Q )

A l s o Ava i l a b l e • MBO 5116 (Q) Live in Amsterdam (080486511627)

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JAZZ “…The band pursues a Tower of Power-style funk-groove chart…which is all about ‘70s style, tightly coordinated unison horn arrangements atop crisp beats and radiant soloing amid keyboardist Ben Cook’s judicious injections of harpsichord and Fender Rhodes-based motifs.”

— All About Jazz

Fe at u r e d A rt i sts John Allmark, trumpet/Dan Moretti, woodwinds/John Wheeler, trombone/Ben Cook, keyboards/Bruce Bartlett, guitar/Bill Miele, bass/Vinny Pagano, drums/Marty Richards, drums/Bob Bowlby, baritone sax

Tr ac k L i st i n g From the One • 91 • Trippin’ • Have You Met Miss Jones • People Make the World Go Round • Monday Night at Amsterdam’s • Rudy’s Place • Skip Hop • Partido Funko • Blues for Lee • Funky Harvey

Se l l i n g P o i n ts

THE PSYCHIC HORNS The Psychic Horns

CD: WCS 3 (Q ) File Under: Jazz Previously Available

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• A fun, powerful synthesis of jazz and funk; biting and infectious rhythms that make it hard to resist getting up to dance!

• Features some of the New England area’s top jazz musicians • Includes both original compositions and new arrangements of old standards • National press, internet and intense New England radio promotion • KEY MARKETS: Boston (Hometown). Also: Providence, New York, Syracuse, Amherst and New Orleans

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“A threesome that clicks like clockwork, a confluence of measured harmonies, a pleasant, not-so-sweet blend of meshed byways. Alternatively romantic and uplifting, Harrison conjured images of smoke-filled rooms and dim lights. While his conception is embedded in the past, he paints his personality on every phrase. Harrison may be your mother’s jazz pianist, but his is a class act, a homage to the past with crystal clear sound, a refined style, and a good choice of tunes. Nice stuff.” — Cadence Fe at u r e d A rt i sts John Harrison III, piano/Peter Kontrimas, acoustic bass/ Alan Hall, drums ORDER DATE JUNE 24, 2005

Tr ac k L i st i n g It’s You or No One • Saga of Harrison Crabfeathers • Watching the Years Go By • Roman Sun • Ballad of the Sad Young Men • The Way You Look Tonight • Velas • Willow Weep for Me • You Won’t Forget Me • Rhythm-A-Ning

Se l l i n g P o i n ts • John Harrison’s second trio album, recorded with Peter Kontrimas on acoustic bass and Alan Hall on drums • The trio showcases tight, upbeat playing and perfectly integrated rhythms among lush melodies and vivid soundscapes • Roman Sun features effortless, well rehearsed, precise playing from start to finish • National press, internet and intense New England radio promotion • KEY MARKETS: Boston (Hometown). Also: Providence and New York

JULY 2005

JOHN HARRISON TRIO Roman Sun CD: WCS 8 (Q ) File Under: Jazz Previously Available

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VINCE BENEDETTI & DIANA KRALL Heartdrops “Krall eschews the sultry diva persona on this recording, instead bringing to vivid life a set of heartfelt originals.” —Jazziz “…She puts a genuine spark into the rhythm section and plays swinging, imaginative, muscular solos…Krall completists will be delighted.” —The Observer

CD: TCB 22182 (Q ) File Under: Jazz Previously Available

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LYNNE ARRIALE TRIO Inspiration “The abundantly talented Arriale should take her rightful place alongside Brad Mehldau and Jacky Terrasson as one of the vital new voices on the jazz scene. She is one of jazzdom’s most intensely unique voices.” — JazzTimes

CD: TCB 22102 (Q ) File Under: Jazz Previously Available

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BUSTER WILLIAMS QUARTET Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival “ Venerable jazz bassist and session musician of choice, Buster Williams steers this thoroughly swinging quartet through a set of vibrant standards and original compositions along with an ace front line consisting of pianist Mulgrew Miller and vibist Steve Nelson.” — All Music Guide

CD: TCB 20152 (Q ) File Under: Jazz Previously Available

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NEW YORK HARDBOP QUINTET A Whisper Away “Hard-swinging, crisply articulated up-tempo tunes alternating with occasional ballads...the ensemble work is solid, the pieces... are well-crafted, and the soloing is swinging.” — LA Times

CD: TCB 98702 (Q ) File Under: Jazz Previously Available

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BUSTER WILLIAMS QUARTET Lost in a Memory

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KENNY DREW JR. SEXTET Crystal River CD: TCB 98202 (Q ) File Under: Jazz Previously Available

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“For this well-rounded set, pianist Kenny Drew Jr. is heard unaccompanied, in a trio, and in groups as large as a sextet…some of the music is quite complex, but it always swings while keeping one guessing.” — All Music Guide

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ORDER DATE JUNE 24, 2005

CD: TCB 99252 (Q )

“Bassist Buster Williams contributed eight of the nine selections for this well-conceived set of advanced straight-ahead jazz.

Williams teams up with vibraphonist Stefon Harris, pianist Geri Allen and drummer Lenny White…for one of his strongest dates as a leader.” — All Music Guide

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ROSEANNA VITRO Tropical Postcards [SACD hybrid] CD: CHR SACD 73244 (T) File Under: Jazz Previously Available

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“ With a vibrant, full-bodied voice that dances in a passionate embrace with the melody, Roseanna Vitro is a natural, riding the rich tones and languid elegance of the album’s 13 selections with a comfortable, confident voice.” — Jazziz

JIM FERGUSON Deep Summer Music [SACD hybrid] “Leading a quartet featuring saxophonist Chris Potter, pianist Stefan Karlsson, and drummer Jim White, Ferguson’s intimate, deeply-felt singing combined with eloquent instrumental solos yields one the year’s most satisfying jazz vocal albums.”

— Jazz Riffs, NPR

CD: CHR SACD 75060 (T) File Under: Jazz Previously Available

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BOB BROOKMEYER Get Well Soon [SACD hybrid]

CD: CHR SACD 70111 (T) File Under: Jazz Previously Available

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“The strengths of Bob Brookmeyer’s writing for large jazz ensembles has been well documented throughout his career.

But New Art Orchestra…seems especially in tune to his demanding charts. Highly recommended.” — All Music Guide

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2005 GRAMMY FINALIST!

COPLAND/ABERCROMBIE/WHEELER

ORDER DATE JUNE 24, 2005

Brand New “…Teamwork is definitely a positive thing on Brand New, which finds Marc Copland forming a cohesive trio with John Abercrombie and Kenny Wheeler…a solid and meaningful demonstration of the sort of good things that can happen when three talented musicians are in sync.” — All Music Guide

CD: CHR 70122 (M) File Under: Jazz Previously Available

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TIERNEY SUTTON Introducing Tierney Sutton CD: CHR AL 73111 (M) File Under: Jazz Previously Available

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“The essential quality of Ms. Sutton’ light, pitch-perfect voice is a pure, flutelike sound that can be inflected any number of ways…what is special about her is her lack of exhibitionistic bravado.” — New York Times

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“A talented bassist who was always in great demand…it’s doubtful that Red Mitchell ever made a disappointing recording.” — All Music Guide Fe at u r e d A rt i sts Red Mitchell, bass/George Cables, piano

Tr ac k L i st i n g Autumn Leaves • Don’t Blame Me • Tangerine • Body and Soul • Stella by Starlight • Big ‘N’ and the Bear

Se l l i n g P o i n ts • A treasured artistic pairing of two bright lights of jazz – brilliant bassist Red Mitchell and superb pianist George Cables • This is Mitchell’s last recorded document, made on July 25, 1992 just four months before his untimely passing • The main objective for a duo is to propagate opportunities to play their music, native to their own terms – and to provide an empathic fusion of who each of the players is. What a privilege it is to eavesdrop on Red Mitchell and George Cables – celebrated musicians who make their joyous duets a consummate experience!

• Allegro Media will handle press service • A vital addition to Red Mitchell’s discography!

Red Mitchell & George Cables Live at Port Townsend CD: CHR 70107 (M) File Under: Jazz

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WELDON IRVINE Keyboards Wild DJs Smile Fe at u r e d A rt i sts Weldon Irvine, piano

Tr ac k L i st i n g 12 tracks including: Be Bop Betty • Flat that Fifth 4 Trip to Bliss • and more

Se l l i n g P o i n ts

CD: TAJ 5001 (Q ) File Under: Jazz

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• The late, great Weldon Irvine plays acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, mini moog, Hammond organ and synthesizer on this CD version of his two previous DJ-oriented vinyl Tuff City releases • Famous for his work with Nina Simone and drummer Billy Cobham, Irvine has also been sampled by many hip-hop artists including KRS-1, Ice Cube and more • Part of a series that took 20 jazz artists into the studio to record a cappella improvisation for DJ sampling purposes. Truly a worthy coda to a great artist’s career!

ORDER DATE JUNE 24, 2005

NIOU BARDOPHONES Air de Rien Fe at u r e d A rt i sts Erwan Keravec, bagpipes/Guénolé Keravec, bombard, trélombarde/Ronan Legouriérec, baritone sax/Pierre Letoux, battery

Tr ac k L i st i n g 9 tracks including: Dansed Breman • Carré Carcassien • Love Cry • and more

Se l l i n g P o i n ts • Niou Bardophones juxtapose American jazz rhythm with great reinforcements of irritated bagpipe, thundering baritone sax and disheveled drums • The group has played at venues and festivals across Europe to great acclaim

CD: BUD 860115 (Q ) File Under: Jazz

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DANCING FANTASY Soundscapes

CD: GJM 5017 ( I ) File Under: Jazz

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What more appropriate name for this CD? Soundscapes is mood-painting music – in a smooth, evocative style that could only come from Dancing Fantasy. The popular duo has staked out a permanent niche at the top of America’s NAC charts, and for good reason. By turns subtle, funky, pensive and lighter than air, you’ll leave Soundscapes wishing for more.

DENNY JIOSA Among Friends CD: GJM 5013 ( I ) File Under: Jazz

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Guitarist Denny Jiosa is back, in a relaxed and amiable mood! Welcome to the fourth installment in the continuing musical biography of Jiosa, a guitarist of surpassing skill — and, as this CD shows, a songwriter of growing range and confidence. He dominates in his tasteful, understated way — simple, charming melodies, harmonies that surprise and a full palate of tone colors.

A l s o Ava i l a b l e • GJM 5018 (I) body2body (660652501821)

BLUE KNIGHTS Night Talk

CD: GJM 5015 ( I ) File Under: Jazz

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Blue Knights are the authors of a string of popular releases that routinely conquer the jazz charts on both sides of the Atlantic. Night Talk establishes a pleasant, infectious groove from the beginning and never loses sight of it, whatever the mood or tempo of a particular cut. It’s righteous, romantic, lyrical and memorable, which is ultimately what the Blue Knights are all about: beautiful music, beautifully played.

GREG ABATE Evolution

CD: GJM 6013 ( I )

ORDER DATE JUNE 24, 2005

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The inner urge is both creative and strong for saxophonist Greg Abate on Evolution, which presents his most personal and heartfelt music. Following a decade of fine recording projects as a bandleader and horn for hire, it signals a musical evolution and celebrates a personal evolution – an amazing alto showcase that will make longtime Abate fans smile!

JOE AUGUSTINE Cool Today, Jazz Tonight CD: GJM 6012 ( I ) File Under: Jazz

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In Cool Today, Jazz Tonight, his second outing for 1201 Music, Joe Augustine showers the listener with surprises. The music ranges from funky to lyrical, and every bar is as unpredictable as it is accessible. Augustine’s is a subtle, sophisticated art full of unexpected rhythmic and harmonic turns that reward careful listening. A master pianist and Steinway artist, he has honed his considerable talent for over three decades.

A l s o Ava i l a b l e • GJM 6014 (I) Jazzscapes (660652601422)

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CAROL KIDD The Night We Called It a Day Called the “best-kept secret of British jazz” by Frank Sinatra, Carol Kidd has received awards and honors from an arena consisting of all-time greats such as Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan.

The Night We Called It a Day was voted Best Jazz Recording at the U.K. Musical Retailer’s Awards upon its original release!

CD: LIN AK 7 ( I ) File Under: Jazz Previously Available

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A l s o Ava i l a b l e • LIN 146 (I) A Place in My Heart (691062301466)

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CLAIRE MARTIN Make This City Ours Greatly influenced by the cool-school singers of the 1950s, this British diva owes an artistic debt to such greats as June Christy and Julie London – but contemporary artists ranging from Joni Mitchell to Kate Bush have also influenced the smoky singer.

CD: LIN 66 ( I ) File Under: Jazz Previously Available

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A l s o Ava i l a b l e • LIN 28 (I) Old Boyfriends (786051502822) • LIN 93 (I) Take My Heart (723723540522)

GERARD PRESENCER Platypus Platypus combines jazz and funk without being outright fusion.

Since Gerard Presencer’s appealing tone is greatly influenced

by Freddie Hubbard and Miles Davis, Platypus is infinitely enjoyable – and listeners will love the fact that it is full of Presencer originals!

CD: LIN 79 ( I ) File Under: Jazz Previously Available

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A l s o Ava i l a b l e • LIN 69 (I) The Optimist (691062300698)

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TOMMY SMITH Beasts of Scotland

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A l s o Ava i l a b l e • LIN 59 (I) Azure (723723932327) • LIN 5040 (I) Misty Morning and No Time (786051504024)

MARTIN TAYLOR Spirit of Django As you might expect from one of today’s most highly regarded guitarists, Martin Taylor’s tribute to fellow guitarist Django Reinhardt is interesting and unpredictable. Though Taylor’s love of Reinhardt’s legacy is evident, the guitarist’s individuality still shines through.

A l s o Ava i l a b l e • LIN 144 (I) Stepping Stones (691062301442) • LIN 81 (I) Two’s Company (723723515223)

CD: LIN 30 ( I ) File Under: Jazz Previously Available

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Essentially a hard bop traditionalist, tenor saxophonist Tommy Smith presents a fresh, innovative sound. Although heavily influenced by John Coltrane, Smith sounds increasingly original with each release, and Beasts of Scotland demonstrates that the post-bopper is determined to sound like no one else!

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JAZZ Tr ac k L i st i n g DISC ONE: Glenn Miller & The Modernaires – Chatanooga Choo Choo • Artie Shaw – Traffic Jam • Fletcher Henderson – Christopher Columbus • Duke Ellington – Caravan • Tommy Dorsey – Boogie Woogie • Count Basie – One O’clock Jump • Cab Calloway & His Orchestra – Jumpin’ Jive • Dizzy Gillespie – Salt Peanuts • Lionel Hampton – Flying Home • Charlie Parker Beboppers – Now’s The Time DISC TWO: Woody Herman – Who Dat Up Here • Benny Goodman – Air Mail Special • Louis Armstrong – When The Saints Go Marching In • Glenn Miller – American Patrol • Lester Young – Blue Lester • Art Tatum – Deep Purple • Benny Carter – Melancholy Lullaby • Cab Calloway & His Orchestra – Swingin’ The Blues • Jack Teagarden – When You’re Smiling • Duke Ellington – Flamingo

GLENN MILLER/COUNT BASIE/ CAB CALLOWAY Big Band Swing

In the ‘40s, swing was the thing, and jump jivin’ cats and kittens were lindy hopping in every ballroom and dancehall in the land.

The big bands, such as Benny Goodman, The Dorseys, Glenn Miller and a host of others, were riding high. Loyal and enthusiastic fans followed all the doings of their favorite bands. For a while, other types of music replaced these great bands in popularity, but with the new millennium, a new generation has re-discovered big band swing. And soft, romantic ballads are also again in vogue, with partners holding each other close and dancing a slow foxtrot to some dreamy music. It’s indeed a great time to be young – and in love!

2XCD: NOQ 212002 (2K) File Under: Jazz/Big Band

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Tr ac k L i st i n g DISC ONE: My Man • Summertime • The Way You Look Tonight • Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man •A Fine Romance • Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off • What A Little Moonlight Can Do • He’s Funny That Way • These Foolish Things • You Go To My Head

ORDER DATE JUNE 24, 2005

DISC TWO: Easy Livin’ • Who Loves You? • I’ll Never Be The Same • Pennies From Heaven • Carelessly • I’ll Get By • Easy To Love • I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me • I Cried For You • Mean To Me

“The first popular jazz singer to move audiences with the intense, personal feeling of classic blues, Billie Holiday changed the art of American pop vocals forever. Almost fifty years after her death, it’s difficult to believe that prior to her emergence, jazz and pop singers were tied to the Tin Pan Alley tradition and rarely personalized their songs; only blues singers like Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey actually gave the impression they had lived through what they were singing. Billie Holiday’s highly stylized reading of this blues tradition revolutionized traditional pop, ripping the decades-long tradition of song plugging in two by refusing to compromise her artistry for either the song or the band. She made clear her debts to Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong, but in truth her style was virtually her own, quite a shock in an age of interchangeable crooners and band singers.” — All Music Guide

BILLIE HOLIDAY Portrait of Billie Holiday

2XCD: NOQ 212003 (2K) File Under: Jazz

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BLUES/SOUL

3XCD: DOC 5677 (3I)

CD: DOC 1010 (R)

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BLIND WILLIE McTELL

BUNK JOHNSON

Statesboro Blues: The Early Years (1927– 1935)

Volume 2: “New Orleans” 1942 –1945

Fe at u r e d A rt i sts

Fe at u r e d A rt i sts

Blind Willie McTell, vocals, guitar

Original Superior Band/Jazz Band/His New Orleans Band/Louis Armstrong and His Jazz Foundation Six

Tr ac k L i st i n g 69 tracks including Writin’ Paper Blues • Stole Rider Blues • Mama, ‘Tain’t Long Fo’ Day • Three Woman Blues • Dark Night Blues • Statesboro Blues • and more

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Tr ac k L i st i n g 22 tracks including: Moose March • These Draftin’ Blues • Big Chief Battle Axe • Dusty Rag • Franklin Street Blues • Thriller Rag • Sobbin’ Blues • When I Leave This World Behind • Blue Bells Goodbye • and more

Se l l i n g P o i n ts • This new, digitally re-mastered 3XCD release features Blind Willie McTell’s early commercial recordings, spanning from 1927 to 1935 • Extensive booklet notes written by Dave Evans; full discography details included

Se l l i n g P o i n ts • Presents Bunk Johnson’s recording career from preserved rehearsal takes – from June 1942 to his radio broadcast alongside Louis Armstrong in February 1945 • Informative booklet notes written by Alyn Shipton; full discography details included

CD: AIM 1083 (M)

CD: AIM 1084 (M)

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JIMMY JONES

White Soul Man

I’m Your Handyman

Tr ac k L i st i n g

Tr ac k L i st i n g

Mr. Tenor Man • Lightning Strikes • Tonight I Fell In Love • Stay • Tears On My Pillow • Two Face Have I • Beyond The Blue Horizon • Have I Sinned • Every Trick In The Book • Shy Boy • The Gypsy Cried • Funny Thing • Close Your Eyes And Dream Of Me • Tomorrow Will Come • You And I • All That Glitters • Outside The Gates Of Heaven • How Many Teardrops • When You Dance

Don’t You Just Know It • Good Timin’ • You’re Much Too Young • Itchin’ For Love • Handyman • You Got It • I Told You So • Eey-I-Oh • Movin’ On Down The Line • I Want You Baby • Jean Jean Jolly • Big Leg Woman • Send Her Back To Me • That Was My Mistake • Candyland • You Make Me Feel So Good • Dirty Shame • Tell Me Why • Maker Made • Handymans Back In Town

Se l l i n g P o i n ts

Se l l i n g P o i n ts

• There has been a recent resurgence of interest in Lou Christie’s music!

• His white soul style is highly popular among soul music fans, and his amazing vocal ability and falsetto constantly bring in new fans

• Jimmy Jones’ late ‘50s hits are standards in rock history – everyone remembers them, even to this day!

• A great, varied performance of blues, rock, ballads, soul and funk!

JULY 2005

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CD: OSF 4011 (Q )

CD: OSF 4015 (Q )

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OLD SCHOOL RARITIES

OLD SCHOOL RARITIES

The Funky Drum Jams

The Electro Jams

Continuing Ol’ Skool Flava’s exploration of the history of hip-hop rhythm, Funky Drum Jams focuses on the pre-synthesizer old school days when live funky drums were laying down the beat. This CD is a “who’s who” of the players that would shape hip-hop in the ‘80s, with performances by Afrika Bambaataa, Love Bug Star-Ski and the Harlem World Crew featuring Andre “Dr. Jekyll” Harrell, plus a number of tracks featuring the production of the legendary Pumpkin.

Ol’ Skool Flava continues its ongoing exploration of the history of hip-hop rhythm with The Electro Jams, focusing on that unique period in the early ‘80s when synthesizers reigned supreme and Afrika Bambaataa’s “Planet Rock” heralded the era of electro in hip-hop. The Electro Jams presents music cut from the same cloth, with productions

by Barry Michael Cooper (who went on to write the screen play for New Jack City) as well as mixes by Afrika Bambaataa and Russell Simmons.

CD: OSF 4025 (Q )

CD: TUF 609 (Q )

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RIDDIM RIDERS

Ol’ Skool DJ Throwdown

Straight from Yard

Ol’ Skool DJ Throwdown celebrates the era where the big bad beat of the Linn drum reigned supreme. This anthology showcases some of the very best DJs of the era, including Daryl Cee, Davy DMX, Marley Marl, Hitman Howie Tee, Freddy B of the Mighty Mic Masters, Charlie Chase and Hot Day.

This anthology of mid-‘90s dancehall reggae includes Fragga Ranks, Simpleton, Daddy Screw, Sugar Minott and more, and features five different rhythm tracks straight from yard! The creation of this album, from A&R to packaging, was handled by the same crew responsible for the Billboard-charting album Dancehall Massive.

Check out George Porter’s Joy Ride on page 27!

MORE POP TITLES ON PAGES 27-40!

July 2005 New Releases “Superlatives are inadequate for these performances, both concerning the artist and the instrument...no more effective pairing could be imagined. Dr. Lippincott is an icon in the world of performers...her interpretations are magnificently rendered.” — The American Organist Joan Lippincott, organ J.S. BACH: Clavierübung III • Schübler Chorales, BWV 645-650

J.S. BACH Clavierübung III & Schübler Chorales (2 CDs) CD: GOT 49242 (2F) File Under: Classical

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• A two-CD set of the music of Bach, played by an acclaimed interpreter of his music, Joan Lippincott • This continues Dr. Lippincott’s series of the complete organ works of Bach • The new Fritts organ at Princeton University, based on historic models, is especially designed for Bach’s music • This two-CD set contains the complete Clavierübung III (sometimes called Bach’s “German Organ Mass”), including the canons and alternate mass settings • The 16-page booklet contains notes by esteemed scholar George B. Stauffer, Rutgers University • Also contains the complete Schübler Chorales — including the famous Wachet Auf! • Promo copies and packets are being sent to major national media points for review and airplay. The CD will be featured in an e-mail promotion being sent to approximately 10,000 fans of organ music. It will appear in major recording periodicals in autumn 2005

James Nova, trombone/Symphonika Bulgarika/Valery Vatchev, conductor Anesti NOVA: Valse Triste (In Memoriam 9/11) • Concertino for Trombone on Albanian Folk Melodies • Meditation • Albanian Rhapsody No. 1, with trombone obbligato

ORDER DATE JUNE, 24 2005

• The assistant principal trombone of the Utah Symphony presents a heart-warming, accessible program of his father’s ‘authentic’ Albanian folk melodies — showcasing his virtuoso trombone playing • Much of the music on this disc is based on Albanian folk melodies or ideas. The melodies are largely original, but some the composer learned from his father, and some are songs that James Nova’s late mother sang in church choir in Istanbul, set to original settings with the trombone as storyteller • The elder (composer) Nova was musically trained in a conservatory in Trossingen, Germany, where he studied the classical accordion and composition. He was also involved with masterclasses with Paul Hindemith, who visited the school to teach • The pieces are very difficult technically and cover a wide range (at one point, five octaves!) but are very melodically pleasing, listenable and soulful • Aggressive media mailout to classical press including Gramophone and American Record Guide. Mailing to 100+ classical music stations across the country. Focused mailing to individual instrument journals and internet sites. Advertising in American Record Guide and instrument journals

James Nova Balkan Melodies My Father Taught Me

CD: SMT 426 (R) File Under: Classical

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CD: TCT 550004 (L)

CD: TCT 761301 (L)

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Francesco di Lernia

Giovanni Simone MAYR

The Organ in Italy — Renaissance & Baroque

Piano Concertos

Francesco di Lernia, organ

Piero Barbareschi, piano/Chamber Orchestra of Etruria/Paolo Ponziano Ciardi, conductor

18 selections by Gabrieli, Cavazzoni, Picchi, Frescobaldi, Merula, Pasquini, Zipoli, Martini, Fogliano, Stivori & Pollarolo

Francesco di Lernia is considered one of the most representative performers of the panorama of Italian organ music. He has toured Europe, Asia and the U.S. and recorded numerous albums on several labels. Since 1995, he has been professor of organ and composition at the Lorenzo Perosi Conservatory in Italy. On this CD he plays two historic organs built in 1532 and 1792, respectively.

Full specifications included in illustrated booklet.

MAYR: Piano Concertos in C (2) • Sisara Overture

Giovanni Simone Mayr (1763 –1845) lived most of his life in Italy and is considered an Italian composer, although he was born in Germany as Johan Simon Mayr. He is best known today as the teacher of Donizetti, but he was a famous opera composer in his own right, greatly admired

by Rossini. His instrumental music, seldom heard today, is in the style of the Classical period, showing the influence of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven.

CD: TCT 560002 (L)

CD: TCT 560203 (L)

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Adriano BANCHIERI

Cappella Artemisia

The Virtuoso

My Sister, My Bride: The Song of Songs in the Convents

Ensemble Hypothesis/Leopoldo d’Agostino, director BANCHIERI: 36 selections of vocal and instrumental music

Adriano Banchieri (1568 –1634) was a skillful composer, a refined man of letters, a religious spirit and a connoisseur of human foibles who enjoyed casting an ironic eye on the culture and society of his time. His musical writing, often humorous and playful, veers between old and new styles.

He referred to many of his works as “crickety caprices” and they have remained among the most popular pieces by any composer of his era.

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Cappella Artemisia/Candace Smith, director 20 selections of settings from The Song of Songs in the Bible, by various composers including Raphaella Alcotti, the first nun to have published any music

A Venetian decree of 1633 stated that The Song of Songs, although part of the Holy Scripture, “is completely prohibited in music” due to the fear that its frankly sensuous imagery might be misunderstood. Nevertheless, this beautiful love poetry was set to music by numerous composers, including several nuns in convents where the texts were frequently sung with particular enthusiasm.

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J.S. BACH The French Suites (2 CDs) Bernard Roberts, piano

NEW RELEASE!

J.S. BACH: French Suites Nos. 1-6, BWV 812-817

In addition to his recital work, Bernard Roberts often appears as concerto soloist with leading orchestras in Britain and abroad. He is well known to Radio 3 listeners and was the subject of a 40-minute television documentary made for BBC2 by director Mischa Scorer. He sets aside time each year for chamber music, and particularly enjoys performing the piano trio repertoire with his sons Andrew and Nicholas. Of his Nimbus recording of the complete Beethoven sonatas, The Guardian wrote: “This is by far the best-recorded cycle of Beethoven sonatas issued or in the process of issue on CD. This is not for the collector looking for a neat package, but for the Beethovenian wanting to enjoy a satisfying recital.” Here, Roberts presents Bach’s complete French Suites on two CDs.

CD: NIM 5744 (2I) File Under: Classical

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J.S. BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier (4 CDs) Bernard Roberts, piano J.S. BACH: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books I (BWV 846-869) & II (870-893)—complete

This recording, rated with three stars by the Penguin Guide, is one of the finest piano versions of Bach’s keyboard magnum opus ever made. Bernard Roberts’s playing is admired for its successful marriage of the modern piano with Early Music scholarship. His performances are praised for their honesty and freedom from eccentricity. Previously Roberts had famously recorded the complete piano sonatas of Beethoven direct-to-disc for Nimbus. This four-CD set, specially priced, offers 4 hours and 17 minutes of the greatest Baroque keyboard music ever written, made available again by popular demand after being absent from the catalogue for several years.

CD: NIM MVP 5608 (X) File Under: Classical Previously Available

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J.S. BACH Complete Partitas (2 CDs) Bernard Roberts, piano

The second installment in this reissue series offers a 2-CD set of the complete solo keyboard partitas of Bach. The total playing time is 2 hours and 24 minutes.

Roberts’ international career takes him throughout Europe, American and the Far East and he has given master classes at many leading festivals including the Van Cliburn Piano Institute in Texas. In his accompanying note to NIM 5608, Wilfrid Mellers writes: “Today, a few pianists of exceptional intelligence and imagination — among whom I’d place Bernard Roberts — don’t need to be maverick geniuses like Landowska, Tureck and Gould in order to apply to the playing of Bach the historical insights ‘modern scholarship’ has brought to the music.”

ORDER DATE JUNE, 24 2005

J.S. BACH: Partitas Nos. 1-6, BWV 825-830

CD: NIM 5673 (2I) File Under: Classical Previously Available

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STOCK UP ON THESE GREAT CHALLENGE TITLES ON 10% DISCOUNT! 6/2/2005 THROUGH 6/24/2005

Ottorino RESPIGHI

Benjamin BRITTEN

G.F. HANDEL

Il Tramonto

String Quartets 2 & 3

La Resurrezione (2 CDs)

The Brodsky Quartet/Anne Sofie von Otter, soprano

Brodsky Quartet

RESPIGHI: Il Tramonto (“The Sunset”), lyric poem for mezzo-soprano & string quartet • String Quartet in D • Dorian Quartet

BRITTEN: String Quartet No. 2 in C, Op. 36 • String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94

Nancy Argenta, Maria Cristina Kiehr, Marijana Mijanovic, Marcel Reijans, Klaus Mertens, vocal soloists/Combattimento Consort Amsterdam/ Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor HANDEL: La Resurrezione (complete oratorio)

CD: CHR 72008 (M)

CD: CHR 72099 (M)

CD: CHR 72120 (2M)

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H.I.F. von BIBER

J.S. BACH

J.S. BACH

Soldiers, Gypsies, Farmers & a Night Watchman

Cantatas, Vol. 15 (3 CDs)

Complete Cantatas, Vol. 16 (3 CDs)

Deborah York, Sandrine Piau, Johannette Zomer & Sibylla Rubens, sopranos/Bogna Bartosz, alto/Jörg Dürmüller, Christoph Prégardien, Paul Agnew & James Gilchrist, tenors/Klaus Mertens, bass/The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir/Ton Koopman, conductor

Johannette Zomer, Sandrine Piau & Sibylla Rubens, sopranos/Bogna Bartosz & Annette Markert, altos/ James Gilchrist, Paul Agnew & Christoph Prégardien, tenors/Klaus Mertens, bass/The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir/Ton Koopman, conductor

J.S. BACH: Cantatas Nos. 3, 28, 85, 87, 108, 110, 146, 168, 175 & 176

J.S. BACH: Cantatas Nos. 16, 27, 39, 43, 49, 79, 82, 102 & 170

CD: CHR SACD 72132 (T)

CD: CHR 72215 (3M)

CD: CHR 72216 (3M)

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File Under: Classical

File Under: Classical

Combattimento Consort Amsterdam/Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor BIBER: Arien a 4 • Sonata a 6 “Die Pauernkirchfahrt genandt” • Balletto “Die Werber” • Serenada a 5 “mit dem Nachtwächterlied” • Pars nr. III from Mensa Sonora • Balletti • Battalia • Sonata Jucunda

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C.W. von GLUCK

Camille SAINT-SAËNS

W.A. MOZART

Trio Sonatas

Complete Piano Trios

Requiem (String Quartet Version)

Musica Antiqua Köln/ Reinhard Goebel, cnd

Altenberg Trio Wien

Kuijken Quartet

SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Trio No. 1 in F, Op. 18 • Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 92

MOZART (arr. Lichtenthal): Requiem, K.626

CD: CHR 72122 (M)

CD: CHR SACD 72111 (T)

CD: CHR SACD 72121 (T)

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GLUCK: Trio Sonatas Nos. 1-8

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Tânia Lisboa, cello/Miriam Braga, piano VILLA-LOBOS: Berceuse, Op. 50 • O Canto de Cisne Negro • Sonhar • Aria (Cantilena) from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 • Prelúdio, Op. 20, No. 2 • Divagationi • Capriccio, Op. 49 • Elegie • Pequena Suite • Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2

• Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887– 1959), Brazil’s most famous classical composer, wrote an enormous body of work, rivaling the most prolific composers of all time • Although he composed for virtually every genre and every instrument, the cello was his personal love and lifelong obsession; for it, he reserved many of his most beautiful and striking thoughts • The present volume includes the cello solo version of Villa-Lobos’s most famous melody, the beguiling Cantilena from his Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 • Also present is his transcription for cello and piano of the orchestral Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2, another work of overwhelmingly beautiful expression, and the popular “Song of the Black Swan” (O Canto de Cisne Negro) • Cello virtuoso Tânia Lisboa has a Ph.D. in Music from the University of Sheffield and has toured the U.S. and many other countries. She broadcasts regularly on radio and TV, and has made several recordings • Pianist Miriam Braga, a native of Brazil, has won numerous prizes and is a professor at a leading conservatory in São Paulo

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS Complete Works for Cello, Vol. 1

CD: MER 84357 (R) File Under: Classical Previously Available

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“Peebles has all the instincts of a great Lieder singer and the necessary technique to play Liszt’s fiendishly difficult, though always idiomatic, pianism...Antony Peebles’ playing is quite miraculously cantabile...a disc of pure magic.”

— Classic CD, Best Recordings of the Month, December 1998 Antony Peebles, piano SCHUBERT (tr. LISZT): 12 Songs from Winterreise • Six assorted songs

Songs, Vol. 3

CD: MER 84511 (R) File Under: Classical

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SCHUBERT/LISZT

• The third volume in a series of four presenting all 55 of Franz Liszt’s celebrated piano solo transcriptions of Franz Schubert’s immortal songs • Booklet contains a complete reprint of the scholarly article on these works by the performer, which first appeared in International Piano • Antony Peebles won the 1971 BBC Piano Competition and the 1972 Debussy Competition in France. Since then, he has concertized in 127 different countries • Peebles has been concerto solo with most of the major British orchestras and broadcasts regularly on BBC Radio 3 • He has made several recordings for Meridian, including other works of Liszt and Ravel • “...If we cannot have the Master himself (Liszt) taking us through these pieces, then we should be thankful to have the next best thing, in the person of Antony Peebles, to do them justice.”

— Piano Journal

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2005 NEW RELEASE!

NEVER BEFORE AVAILABLE IN THE U.S.

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CD: HNS 93110 (R)

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BALTHASAR NEUMANN ENSEMBLE

Max REGER

From the Music Library of J.S. BACH, Vol. 2

Violin Sonatas

Balthasar Neumann Ensemble/Thomas Hengelbrock, conductor

Nachum Ehrlich, violin/Siegfried Mauser, piano

J.S. BACH: Cantata, “Christ lag in Todesbanden” BWV 4 • Kyrie in C minor, BWV Anh. 26 including Christe in G minor, BWV 242, after Francesco Durante • PACHELBEL: Cantata, “Christ lag in Todesbanden” • KERLL: Missa Superba

REGER: Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 122 • Violin Sonata in C minor, Op. 139

An exciting program of the music Father Bach himself performed, and which often provided his musical inspiration, including a side-by-side comparison of his own famous Cantata for Easter Sunday, “Christ Lay in the Bonds of Death,” and the much less familiar cantata on the same text by Johann Pachelbel, composer of the famous Canon in D.

A unique recital of two of Reger’s rarely performed chamber music masterworks by uniquely qualified artists.

Violinist Nachum Ehrlich has been active in chamber music performance since his days as a student, and has completed master classes with both Nathan Milstein and Henryk Szeryng. He now specializes in the music of Max Reger. Pianist Siegfried Mauser is well known to German audiences and is extremely active in the celebrated music festivals in Frankfurt, Salzburg and Munich.

NEVER BEFORE AVAILABLE IN THE U.S.

NEVER BEFORE AVAILABLE IN THE U.S.

CD: HNS 94051 (L)

CD: HNS 94052 (L) File Under: Classical

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Franz LISZT

Franz HASELBÖCK

Piano Works

Organ Concertos of the Classical Era

Vladimir Bunin, piano

Franz Haselböck, organ/Capella Academia Vienna/ Eduard Melkus, conductor

LISZT: Funérailles • Lebe wohl! – Adieu! • Ballade No. 2 • Sposalizio • Liebestraum No. 3 • Etude No. 10 • Nuages gris • Sonetto del Petrarca No. 123 • Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 • Valse oubliée No. 1 • Consolation No. 3

A program containing an attractive mix of familiar and less-familiar piano music of Franz Liszt. Includes the popular Liebestraum and the surprisingly modernistic Nuages gris. A specialist in the grand Romantic repertoire, Vladimir Bunin was born in Moscow but has lived in Germany since 1990. He has concertized all over the world since 1968, including at Lincoln Center, New York. This CD was nominated for an HMV Classical Award in 1998.

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HAYDN: Concerto for organ, 2 horns & strings in C • WERNER: Pastorella • ZECHNER: Organ Concerto in F • J.C. BACH: Concerto Rondo • KÖNIGSPERGER: Pastorella • AUFFMANN: Concerto for organ, 2 horns & Strings in E-flat

Rare repertoire played by Franz Haselböck, internationally famed as an organ scholar, builder, consultant and performer. Haselböck first edited and gave the modern premieres of the complete organ music of Johann Michael Bach and the recently discovered “Rudorff Chorales” attributed to J.S. Bach.

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NEVER BEFORE AVAILABLE IN THE U.S.

2 CDs FOR THE PRICE OF 1!

CD: HNS 94054 (L)

CD: HNS 98430 (R)

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Reiner GINZEL

ACADEMY OF ST. MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS

Cello Concertos of HAYDN & BOCCHERINI

Highlights of Felix MENDELSSOHN (2 CDs)

Reiner Ginzel, cello/Dresden Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra

Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/Neville Marriner, conductor/English Chamber Orchestra/Leopold Hager, conductor/Gächinger Cantorei/Bach-Collegium Stuttgart/ Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra/Helmut Rilling, conductor

HAYDN: Cello Concerto in D (Hob.VIIb:2) • BOCCHERINI: Cello Concerto in B-flat

Two of the most popular cello concertos of the Classical era, budget priced and performed by outstanding artists.

Cellist Reiner Ginzel was principal cellist of the Dresden Philharmonic until 1978, and after that with the Southwest German Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden. He became a professor at the famed High School for Music and Theater in Munich in 1986. He has produced scholarly editions of many cello works of the Baroque and Classical periods, and has toured as a performer in America, Europe, Africa and Asia. Professor Ginzel’s own cadenzas are used in both works on this recording.

MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor • Symphony No. 4 in A “Italian” • Elijah (exc.) • Paulus (exc.) • A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61 • Symphony No. 2, Op. 52 (exc.)

Budget priced 2-CD set of Mendelssohn’s best – an ideal introduction for the beginning collector and a perfect gift!

Many complete works featured, not just excerpts.

NEVER BEFORE AVAILABLE IN THE U.S.

2 CDs FOR THE PRICE OF 1!

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Highlights of Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (2 CDs)

Festive Overtures (2 CDs)

Ivan Moravec, piano/Timothy Brown, horn/Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/Iona Brown, conductor/Mozart Festival Orchestra/Marco Berone, conductor/Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra/Libor Pesek, conductor/State Radio-TV Symphony Orchestra, Moscow/Klaus-Peter Hahn, conductor MOZART: Eine kleine Nachtmusik • Marriage of Figaro Overture • Symphony No. 40 • Piano Concerto No. 23 (allegro) • Symphony No. 35 “Haffner” • Horn Concerto No. 1 • Posthorn Serenade • Mitridate Overture

More award-winning performances from the Hänssler Classic catalogue, compiled into a handsome double set of Mozart’s greatest hits at budget price.

Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/Neville Marriner, conductor/many more HANDEL: Overtures to Music for the Royal Fireworks & The Water Music • GLUCK: Overtures to Iphigénie in Aulis & Orpheus and Euridice • MOZART: Overtures to The Marriage of Figaro, Die Entführung, La Clemenza di Tito, Così fan tutte & The Magic Flute • BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture • WEBER: Oberon Overture • ROSSINI: The Barber of Seville Overture • GLINKA: Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture • TCHAIKOVSKY: Nutcracker Overture • Sleeping Beauty Introduction & March • J. STRAUSS, JR.: Roses from the South

Festive packaging earmarks this set for gift-giving! Two CDs for the price of one!

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CLASSICAL NEVER BEFORE AVAILABLE IN THE U.S.

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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Festive Trumpet (2 CDs)

Historic & Modern Instruments in Comparison (2 CDs)

Rudi Scheck & Pierre Kremer, trumpets/Christian-Markus Raiser, organ/Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/Neville Marriner, conductor/Latvian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra/Carlo Jans, conductor HANDEL: Music for the Royal Fireworks (sel.) • Water Music, Suite No. 1 • J.S. BACH: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme • MOLTER: Trumpet Concerto No. 1 • NERUDA: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat • STANLEY: Suite of Trumpet Voluntaries • HERTEL: Trumpet Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 • HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat • TELEMANN: Trumpet Concerto in D • ROMANINO: Trumpet Concerto

For the classical beginner as well as the seasoned collector!

Matthias Metzger, violin/Gerrit Zitterbart, piano & fortepiano BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonatas, Op. 12, Nos. 1, 2 & 3 • Variations in F on “Se vuol ballare” from Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, WoO 40 • Rondon in G, WoO 41 [2 performances of each]

Specially priced 2-CD set contrasts and compares modern and historic instruments in performance of the same repertoire. Educational and entertaining! Violinist Matthias Metzger and pianist Gerrit Zitterbart are equally accomplished on both modern and period instruments, and are widely known as both soloists and chamber musicians of great insight.

Umberto GIORDANO

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Franco Corelli, Renata Tebaldi, Ettore Bastianini, et al., vocal soloists/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus of the Vienna State Opera/ Lovro von Matacic, conductor live performance, 1960

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W.A. MOZART

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Tom Krause, Elizabeth Harwood, Mirella Freni, José Van Dam, Frederica von Stade, Jane Barbié, Michel Sénéchal, et al., vocal soloists/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus of the Vienna State Opera/Herbert von Karajan, conductor live performance, 1974

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Giacomo PUCCINI

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Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, Galina Vishnevskaya, Renato Capecchi, et. al., vocal soloists/La Scala Orchestra & Chorus/Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor live performance, 1964

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Giuseppe VERDI

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Renata Scotto, José Carreras, Sesto Bruscatini, Anna Pedrotti, et. al., vocal soloists/La Scala Orchestra & Chorus /Nino Verchi, conductor live performance, 1973

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Luigi DALLAPICCOLA Orchestral Music Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello/RAI Symphony Orchestra/Pascal Rophé, conductor DALLAPICCOLA: Due Pezzi (1947) • Variazioni (1954) • Dialoghi for cello & orchestra (1960) • Three questions with two answers (1963)

One might define this particular discographic edition as “American,” since it combines the most important symphonic works of Dallapiccola’s mature years, all fruit of the vast and extremely intense relationship the composer enjoyed with the U.S. from the 1950s until his death in 1975. As a pioneer of dodecaphony, Dallapiccola had suffered mockery and incomprehension in Italy from the mid-1930s onward, but he found acceptance and admiration in America.

Although he used the 12-tone system, Dallapiccola insisted on infusing his music with a deep humanism and spirituality.

CD: STV 33698 (R) File Under: Classical

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Gianfrancesco MALIPIERO Chamber Music Aldo Orvieto & Marco Rapetti, pianists/Lucia Sciannimanico, mezzo-soprano/ Andrea Vio, violin/Teodora Campagnaro, cello MALIPIERO: Sonata a tre for violin, cello & piano • Dialogo I (con Manuel de Falla) for 2 pianos • Dialog II between 2 pianos • Dialogo III (con Jacopone da Todi) for voice & 2 pianos • Sonatina for cello & piano • Parafrasi for solo violin • Il canto della lontananza for violin & piano • Armenia for violin & piano

Gianfrancesco Malipiero (1882 –1973) was one of the leading Italian composers of the 20th century — and one of the first to break away from 19th-century operatic tradition and develop a style of his own that was modern but not in thrall to any theories or schools of his era, although he was influenced by French Impressionism.

This CD displays the evolution of his chamber music from 1918 to 1962.

CD: STV 33557 (R) File Under: Classical

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Francesco Maria VERACINI Corelli’s Op. 5, Vol. 1 Federico Guglielmo, violin/Andrea Coen, harpsichord ORDER DATE JUNE, 24 2005

VERACINI: Dissertazioni sopra l’Opera V del Corelli, Vol. 1

This CD contains the first six of 12 sonatas by Arcangelo Corelli as transcribed, or more properly, rewritten, by Corelli’s famous compatriot Veracini. These have been preserved in an 84-page manuscript now in a museum in Bologna. No explanation exists as to why Veracini, a famous violinist, needed to rewrite a collection by another famous composer (a collection which was already well known and regarded as the last word in violin music), but the result is fascinating and obviously highly respectful. In scope and concept it is almost unique, even in a period when transcriptions and outright “unattributed borrowings” were common. The artists presented here have three other successful Stradivarius recordings to their credit.

CD: STV 33709 (R) File Under: Classical

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CLASSICAL STOCK UP ON THESE GREAT NIMBUS TITLES ON 10% DISCOUNT 6/2/2005 THROUGH 6/24/2005!

ARVO PÄRT

VOGLER QUARTET

Erich Wolfgang KORNGOLD

The Music for Organ

String Quartets of HARTMANN & EISLER

The Piano Music (4 CDs)

PÄRT: Mein Weg hat Gipfel und Wennentäler • trivium • Annum per annum • Pari Intervallo • GUBAIDULINA: hell und dunkel • GÓRECKI: Kantata • RAUTAVAARA: Toccata, Op.59 • Laudatio Trinitatis • ta ta theou, Op.30

Vogler Quartet

KORNGOLD: Sonata Nos. 1-3 • The Snowman Pantomime • Piano Trio No. 3 • Schauspiel • Potpourri des Opera • and many more

CD: NIM 5675 (P)

CD: NIM 5729 (P)

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Kevin Bowyer, organ

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Karl Amadeus HARTMANN: String Quartet No. 1 “Carillon” • String Quartet No. 2 • Hanns EISLER: String Quartet, Op. 73

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Martin Jones, piano

CD: NIM 5705 (X) File Under: Classical

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ENSEMBLE MODERN

Ray STILL

HOPE/DUKES/WATKINS TRIO

Continental Britons –The Emigré Composers (2 CDs)

A Chicago Legend

Forbidden Music: Klein, Krása, Schulhoff

Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt

Ray Still, oboe/Thomas R. Still & Robert Conant, harpsichords/Leonard Sharrow, bassoon

WELLESZ: Octet • SPINNER: Two Little Pieces • GOLDSCHMIDT: Fantasy • The Old Ships • GELLHORN: Intermezzo • TAUSKY: Coventry: A Meditation • GÁL: Sonata in B-flat minor • Five Songs • SEIBER: Violin Sonata • REIZENSTEIN: Wind Quintet • RANKL: War

J. S. BACH: Sonata in G minor, BWV 1030b • HANDEL: Sonata No. 1 in C minor, HWV 366 • Sonata No. 2 in G minor HWV 364a • TELEMANN: Partitas II, V & VI from Kleine Cammer-Musik • VIVALDI: Sonata No. 6 in G minor, RV 58

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CD: NIM 5672 (P)

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Gideon KLEIN: String Trio (1944) • Duo for violin & cello (1940) • Kaddish • Ervin SCHULHOFF: Duo for violin & cello (1925) • Sonata for solo violin (1922) • Hans KRÁSA: Passacaglia & Fuga—String Trio (1944) • Tanec (String Trio)

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Daniel Hope, violin/Philip Dukes, viola/Paul Watkins, cello

George BENJAMIN

Paul & Huw WATKINS

QUINTETT WIEN

Palimpsests

British Cello Sonatas

20th-Century Wind Quintets

Ensemble Modern/Ensemble Modern Orchestra

Paul Watkins, cello/Huw Watkins, piano

Vienna Quintet (Quintett Wien)

BENJAMIN: Palimpsests I & II • At First Light • Sudden Time • Olicantus

BRIDGE: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 125 • BRITTEN: Cello Sonata in C, Op. 65 • GOEHR: Cello Sonata, Op. 45 • WATKINS: Cello Sonata (premiere)

NIELSEN: Quintet, Op. 43 • HINDEMITH: Kleine Kammermusik for 5 Winds, Op. 24, No. 2 • LIGETI: 6 Bagatelles for Wind Quintet

CD: NIM 5699 (P)

CD: NIM 5728 (P)

CD: NIM 5732 (P) File Under: Classical

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FANTASTIC REVIEWS FOR ALLEGRO CLASSICAL CDs!

“Once upon a time, such a highly enjoyable program of first recordings of American works performed by the commissioning orchestra would have been proudly released by Nonesuch, or, in their more daring moments, EMI or RCA. Instead, it has fallen into the hands of Summit records, who deserve our congratulations.”

— Gramophone, May 2005

“The performances of all of them are wonderful.

Every one of the miniatures is precisely balanced with every keyboard colour exactly caught by the recording, and Hodges is fiercely incisive and coruscating when required…an easy virtuosity that belies the sheer technical difficulties of all the pieces, while still finding an individual expressive space for each gesture.”

— BBC Music, March 2005 [★★★★★]

“The work is boldly comprehensive, an epic survey of forms, styles, songs and dances…

Skalkottas crafts wonderfully blurred accounts of each genre, as if the world is slightly distorted…the cycle is riddled with almost unplayable passages, but Idith Meshulam is more than up to the Herculean task.”

— Gramophone, March 2005

CD: SMT 1023 (R)

CD: MET 1074 (R)

CD: GMR 2074 ( 2R)

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“Generally speaking, Davies and the orchestra perform this first version of the Fourth Symphony with such understanding, warmth and authority that it makes most other versions I’ve heard sound like tentative read-throughs… no one makes quite such a convincing case for the original Bruckner Four.” — BBC Music, March 2005

“Lin’s talent for creating enterprising programs is matched by intelligent musicianship, a technique that can handle anything, and a big, generous tone… The excellent annotations and engineering further seal my highest recommendation” —ClassicsToday [10/10 rating!]

CD: ANO 638250 (C)

CD: ANO 604880 (C )

CD: HNS 98480 (R)

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“This rewarding coupling of Dutilleux’s violin concerto L’arbre des songes with Mystère de l’instant highlights many resonances… The Bordeaux Aquitaine orchestra [plays with] forthright passion, moulded by Hans Graf to the ebb and flow of the score’s undulating textures…

An equally stirring first recording of the orchestra version of La geôle is the icing on the cake of a most welcome disc.” — BBC Music, April 2005 [★★★★★]

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“We should hear more from this fine pianoplayer… Dubois succeeds in conveying the range and power of all this music, and her Eclectra recital should make plenty of converts to Liszt’s cause.” —Fanfare, March/April 2005

“… sometimes brilliant and colourful, sometimes subtle and furtive. Though not formally symphonies, they may constitute the finest symphonic achievement by any Italian… these are sterling, glowing interpretations… A triumph.”

—BBC Music, March 2005 [★★★★★]

CD: ANO 578310 (2C)

CD: ECL 2068 (Q )

CD: STV 33700 (2R)

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“Zinman’s Beethoven symphonies won awards, and this set of the overtures has similar features—lithe, energetic conducting, lean, incisively direct interpretations. Leonore No. 3 is particularly bracing.” — BBC Music, May 2005 [★★★★]

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THESE LINN TITLES AVAILABLE AGAIN AT A LOWER PRICE!

John TAVENER

AIRS DE COUR

Tomás Luis de VICTORIA

Tears of the Angels

Courtly Songs of Louis XIII

Office of the Dead

Patricia Rozario, soprano/BT Scottish Ensemble/ Clio Gould, violin & conductor

Catherine King, mezzo-soprano/Charles Daniels, tenor/ Jacob Heringman, lute

Magnificat/Philip Cave, conductor

TAVENER: Tears of the Angels • ...Depart in Peace • My Gaze Is Ever Upon You

22 selections by Mouliniè, Ballard, Boesset, Besard & Guédron

CD: LIN 85 ( J)

CD: LIN 89 ( J)

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VICTORIA: Officium Defunctorum 1605

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Cipriano DE RORE

NORWEGIAN BAROQUE ORCHESTRA

Clara SANABRAS

Dangerous Graces

Plays J. S. BACH

The New Irish Girl

Norwegian Baroque Orchestra/Ketil Haugsand, harpsichord & conductor

Clara Sanabras, voice, baroque guitar, lute/ William Carter, lute, baroque guitar/Susanne Heinrich, viola da gamba/Pamela Thorby,

Musica Secreta (Emily Van Evera, Tessa Bonner & Deborah Roberts, sopranos/Catherine King, Laurie Stras, mezzo-sopranos/Mary Nichols, alto/Richard Wistreich, bass/Frances Kelly, harp/David Miller, lute/Mark Levy, viol/Matthew Halls, harpsichord) 18 selections by Cipriano de Rore (16th century) and his pupils, including Giaches de Wert, Luzzasco Luzzachi & Marcantonio Ingegneri

J. S. BACH: Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C, BWV 1066 • Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 • Harpsichord Concerto in E, BWV 1053 • Sinfonia from Cantata No. 42, “Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats”

CD: LIN 169 (J)

CD: LIN 181 ( J)

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18 traditional tunes, including The New Irish Girl, The Three Ravens, more

PALLADIAN ENSEMBLE

Dietrich BUXTEHUDE

The Sun King’s Paradise

Membra Jesu Nostri

Palladian Ensemble

The Sixteen/Harry Christophers, conductor

The Wallace Collection

Works by Rebel, Le Moine, Marais & F. Couperin

BUXTEHUDE: Membra Jesu Nostri (Cantatas I-VII)

Brass works by Tavener, Nyman, Mathias, MacMillan, White & Parker

CD: LIN 100 (J)

CD: LIN 141 ( J)

CD: LIN 92 ( J)

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THE WALLACE COLLECTION The Golden Section

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RHYTHM & BLUE S / FUNK

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N E W LA B E L !

“Ray Charles was the musician most responsible for developing soul music. Singers like Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson also did a great deal to pioneer the form, but Charles did even more to devise a new form of black pop by merging ‘50s R&B with gospel-powered vocals, adding plenty of flavor from contemporary jazz, blues and (in the ‘60s) country.

Then there was his singing; his style was among the most emotional and easily identifiable of any 20th-century performer, up there with the likes of Elvis and Billie Holiday.” — All Music Guide Tr ac k L i st i n g Riding Thumb • Busted • Georgia On My Mind • Oh, What A Beautiful Morning • Some Enchanted Evening • Hit The Road Jack • I Can’t Stop Loving You • Take These Chains From My Heart • I Can See Clearly Now • What’d I Say • America The Beautiful

Se l l i n g P o i n ts • A spellbinding concert by legendary musical genius Ray Charles!

• This recording features Ray Charles with full orchestra, performing many of his greatest hits • The enormous scope of Charles’ talent provides something for everyone in this incredible concert • Never before released on CD! • Service to radio, press and related media

RAY CHARLES Soul Genius

CD: HUD 1102 (M) File Under: Ray Charles

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“The funkiest electric bass player in existence.” — Newsday Fe at u r e d A rt i sts George Porter, Jr., bass/Sam Henry, keyboards/Bruce MacDonald, guitar/Ricky Sebastian, drums

Tr ac k L i st i n g Money Money • Got To Find A Way • Da Boys From Across The Tracks • Mardi Gras In New Orleans [Previously Unreleased Extended Mix] • The Sound Doctor • Everybody’s Searching (For A Joy Ride) • Can You See Me Now • Always Dreaming • Sunshine In My Night • I Get High • Happy Song • Mardi Gras In New Orleans • Sam’s Dream

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Searching for a Joy Ride CD: NTI 7151 (Q ) File Under: Funk

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GEORGE PORTER’S JOY RIDE

• Tuff City Records (via Night Train) sustains its tradition of reissuing New Orleans music in time for JazzFest! Preeminent this year is Searching for a Joy Ride, an unreleased 1980’s album

by Joy Ride, the supergroup led by The Meters’ legendary bassist George Porter, Jr. In 1979, fresh from the success of The Meters’ worldwide tour with the Rolling Stones, Porter set out to form a group that would retain The Meters’ funkiness, yet cut across a greater swath of styles • Featuring keyboards by Sam Henry, the leader of Sam and the Soul Machine, and drums by Ricky Sebastian, who has gone on to be renowned in jazz festivals, Joy Ride perfectly splits the difference between rock and funk and is a must for any fan of The Meters!

• Called “irrepressibly infectious” by JazzTimes and “percolating” by Billboard, Porter is one of the leading bass players in funk music!

• Previously unreleased New Orleans funk rock from 1980

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EASY LISTENING

Instantly create a romantic evening with these beautiful collections of piano instrumentals featuring the unforgettable songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber!

CHRISTOPHER WEST Love Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber CD: CRG 180079 (C) File Under: Easy Listening

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Tr ac k L i st i n g All I Ask Of You • You Must Love Me • With One Look • Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again • Love Changes Everything • Come Back With The Same Look In Your Eyes • I Don’t Know How To Love Him • Think Of Me • As If We Never Said Goodbye • Amigos Para Siempre (Friends For Life)

CHRISTOPHER WEST Andrew Lloyd Webber Showcase CD: CRG 180080 (C) File Under: Easy Listening

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Tr ac k L i st i n g Phantom Of The Opera • Starlight Express • Jesus Christ Superstar • Gus The Theater Cat • Don’t Cry For Me Argentina • Poor, Poor Joseph • Tell Me On A Sunday • Any Dream Will Do • Everything’s All Right • Go Go Go Joseph

CHRISTOPHER WEST ORDER DATE JUNE 24, 2005

Romance of Andrew Lloyd Webber CD: CRG 180081 (C) File Under: Easy Listening

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Tr ac k L i st i n g Music Of The Night • Memory • Another Suitcase In Another Hall • The Point Of No Return • Unexpected Song • Half A Moment • Mirror • Pie Jesu • Take That Look Off Your Face • Close Every Door

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“Christina Collier has a voice of pure gold.”

— The Daily Mail

“Douglas Hodge, hitherto best known as a Pinter

specialist – he was nominated for an Olivier for his 2001 performance in The Caretaker – and with a reputation as a rather serious-minded actor, will play Nathan Detroit alongside Ewan McGregor in the upcoming Guys and Dolls.” — Playbill

ORIGINAL LONDON CAST Bashville

CD: JAY 1390 (R) File Under: Shows

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Tr ac k L i st i n g Prelude • Fancy Free • 8-9-10 • Lydia • One Pair of Hands • A Gentleman’s True Code • Because I Love Her • Take the Road to the Ring • Entracte • Hymn to Law and Order • Blackman’s Burden • One Pair of Hands: Reprise • Fancy Free: Reprise • Lydia: Reprise • He Is My Son • Bashville • Boats Burned • Bashville: Reprise

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ORIGINAL LONDON CAST

• One of a handful of musicals based on George Bernard Shaw’s plays, the others being My Fair Lady (Pygmalion), The Chocolate Soldier (Arms and the Man), Her First Roman (Ceasar and Cleopatra) and Androcles and the Lion • Features West End stars such as Peter Woodward, Douglas Hodge (soon to be in the new production of Guys and Dolls) and Joan Davis (of several West End shows) • Peter Woodward plays the starring role of Cashel Byron in Bernard Shaw’s The Admirable Bashville, which was so successful that it was recreated as a musical in 1983.

For this role, Woodward received a nomination for Best Actor in a Musical from the Society of West End Theatre (Britain’s top theatre awards, now renamed The Olivier Awards) • Composer Denis King wrote several hit songs in the ‘70s • An original London cast album, released on CD for the first time!

• Will appeal to collectors of British and Broadway musicals • Recorded at Abbey Road Studios • Reviews will run in related magazines and websites

Destry Rides Again CD: JAY 1377 (R)

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ORIGINAL LONDON CAST 70, Girls, 70 CD: JAY 1372 (R)

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VOCALS “Her versatility and range as an actress of depth

and power are matched by a singing voice of melted mercury…serendipitously discovering this kind of beauty and talent is like seeing a unicorn in a subway.” — Rex Reed, NY Observer

“Ferocious passion.” — NY Times “Linda Purl knows her way around a lyric. What I was not prepared for was the low, throaty timbre that emerged. Can she sing? You bet. A manyfaceted voice – jazzy, bluesy or throbbing with heated sensuality that makes strong men go weak in the knees. In the old days I’d have suggested you sit back, light a cigarette, pour yourself a shot of brandy and listen. And while I’m not suggesting Linda Purl is hazardous to your health, she sure is addictive.”

— Dramalogue

LINDA PURL Featuring Desi Arnaz, Jr. Out of this World [LIVE]

Fe at u r e d A rt i sts Linda Purl, vocals/Randy Landas, bass/Lisa Lemay, synth/Ed Smith, drums/Desi Arnaz, Jr. percussion, vocals/Ron Abel, piano

CD: LML 187 (Q ) File Under: Vocals

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ORDER DATE JUNE 24, 2005

• Television and Broadway star Linda Purl (star of Broadway’s Tom Sawyer) celebrates standards with a jazz wash!

• Long awaited follow-up to her debut recording Alone Together • Features a duet with Desi Arnaz, Jr., who also produced the album • Television audiences will recognize Purl as one of the regulars on Happy Days and Matlock. She is also the star of the upcoming Lifetime original movie Criminal Intent, premiering Summer 2005 • Features several original songs by Don Schlitz & Stephen Bishop • KEY MARKETS: Los Angeles &Colorado Springs (Hometowns). Also: New York, San Francisco, Chicago and Washington DC

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“The best male cabaret singer to come along since Michael Feinstein.” — Chicago Tribune

“There is a touching purity to [Lee Lessack’s] voice.

This is romanticism of a high order.” — Billboard

“ This disc further establishes the singer, who blends a smooth sound with a striking emotional honesty, as one of the most moving song interpreters in the world.” —Playbill

LEE LESSACK In Good Company CD: LML 186 (Q ) File Under: Vocals

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Fe at u r e d A rt i sts Lee Lessack/Jon Philip Alman/David Burnham/Ann Hampton Callaway/Franc D’Ambrosio/Susan Egan/ Michael Feinstein/Brian Lane Green/Amanda McBroom/Maureen McGovern/MaryJo Mundy/Joanne O’Brien/Ken Page/Johnny Rodgers/Stephen Schwartz/ Stacy Sullivan/Susan Werner/Nita Whitaker/Johnny Rodgers, piano/Danny Mallon, drums/Brian Glassman, bass/Joe Ravo, guitar/Tom Harrell, trumpet, flugelhorn/ Evija Kiger, violin/Una Tone, violin/Wolfram Koessel, cello/Ann Kim Rozenblatt, cello

Tr ac k L i st i n g

Se l l i n g P o i n ts • A groundbreaking collection of newly recorded duets!

• Michael Feinstein, Maureen McGovern, Ann Hampton Callaway, Amanda McBroom and 13 others join award-winning recording artist Lee Lessack on this very special recording • Lessack sings from the very center of his heart.

His emotions flow through his voice effortlessly, with honesty and clarity. In the style of Norah Jones, he sets the tone for a new wave of listening with a light jazz style and a soaring pop sensibility • Solters & Digney will handle publicity with an aggressive, top-priority mailing campaign, web blast and dogged follow-up agenda as well as an awareness

A l s o Ava i l a b l e • LML 101 (O) Lee Lessack (711788196327) • LML 110 (O) I Know You By Heart (711788011026) • LML 124 (O) Too Marvelous For Words (711788012429) * Price code (O) effective June 1, 2005

JULY 2005

ORDER DATE JUNE 24, 2005

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face • The Look Of Love • Sweet Mystery • Never Saw Blue Like That • Open Arms • Bring Back Romance • Here’s To You • Summer Wine • Vincero Perdero • If You Go Away • For Good • Blue Guitar • Let It Be Me • The Rose • Vincent • Stay The Night • May I Suggest?

program at radio, targeting smooth jazz, retro, AC and wave formats • Mainstream target publications include Premiere, People, Entertainment Weekly, Jazziz, Details, GQ and more • Solters & Digney is currently pitching national television programming with targets that include The Tonight Show, David Letterman and Oprah, just to name a few • Select tracks will be featured in upcoming Smucker’s Stars on Ice national tour • The In Good Company concert is part of the John Anson Ford Summer 2005 season in Los Angeles.

Advance publicity for this massively popular series begins three months in advance of street date • All artists on this unique compilation will tour in support of the release • Featured on United Airlines’ in-flight entertainment in July & August 2005 • KEY MARKETS: Philadelphia (Hometown). Also: Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, Washington DC, Boston, Minnesota, Florida, Toronto, Vancouver and all major theater markets

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VOCALS

Think Nostalgia...Think Sepia: The Personality Series!

CD: SEP 1016 (M)

CD: SEP 1021 (M)

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GEORGIA GIBBS

VIC DAMONE

Red Hot

Sings Romantic Favorites

Tr ac k L i st i n g

Tr ac k L i st i n g

25 tracks including: In Acapulco • The More I See You • The Trolly Song • Wish You Were Waiting For Me • Fool That I Am • If I Knew You Were Coming I’d’ve Baked A Cake • Stay With The Happy People • I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine • I’ll Get Myself A Choo Choo Train • Simple Melody • A Little Bit Independent • Red Hot Mama • A-Razz-A-Ma-Tazz • Then I’ll Be Happy • I’ll Know • If I Were A Bell • Looks Like A Cold Cold Winter • Ballin’ The Jack and more!

Serenade Of The Bells • Laroo, Laroo, Lilli Bolero • If I Had You • They Didn’t Believe Me • The Way You Look Tonight • Love Is Just Around The Corner • It’s Magic • At Half Past Seven • Isn’t It Romantic? • I Love You So Much It Hurts • Lonely Night • I Hadn’t Anyone Till You • Take Me In Your Arms • Beloved Be Faithful • If • You And Your Beautiful Eyes • Easy To Love • I Remember You, Love • Don’t Blame Me • Jump Through The Ring • My Funny Valentine • Tenderly • Nina Never Knew • Take My Heart • Amor

Se l l i n g P o i n ts • Most tracks featured here are on CD for the first time, including her first known recording from 1944 • Includes ballads, show tunes, chart entries and novelty numbers

Se l l i n g P o i n ts • Vic Damone is among the most popular of postwar ballad singers; he also appeared in films and hosted a TV series!

CD: SEP 1031 (M)

CD: SEP 1028 (M)

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TONY BENNETT

BETTY HUTTON

The Young Tony Bennett

Somebody Loves Me

Tr ac k L i st i n g

Tr ac k L i st i n g

26 tracks including: Just Say I Love Her • Our Lady Of Fatima • One Lie Leads To Another • Don’t Cry, Baby • Beautiful Madness • The Valentino Tango • While We’re Young • Cold, Cold Heart • Please, My Love • Silly Dreamer • Since My Love Has Gone • Somewhere Along The Way • Sleepless • Have A Good Time • Roses Of Yesterday • I’m Lost Again • You Could Make Me Smile Again • Congratulations To Someone • No One Will Ever Know • I’m The King Of Broken Hearts and more!

27 tracks including: The More I Go Out With Somebody Else • Don’t Tell Me That Story • It Had To Be You • Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief • Orange Colored Sky • She’s A Lady (With Perry Como) • He’s A Demon - He’s A Devil - He’s A Doll • It’s A Man • Who Kicked The Light Plug • It’s Oh So Quiet • Murder, He Says • The Musicians (With Dinah Shore, Tony Martin & Phil Harris) • How D’ye Do And Shake Hands (With Dinah Shore, Tony Martin & Phil Harris) • Somebody Loves Me • Dixie Dreams • Mister Banjo Man • Rose Room • Jealous • Way Down Yonder In New Orleans • That Teasin’ Rag / Toddling The Todalo • Love Him and more!

Se l l i n g P o i n ts • Tony Bennett has remained in the forefront of worldwide vocalists ever since his first release in 1950!

• Many of his early recordings have not been available until now – on CD here for the first time!

JULY 2005

Se l l i n g P o i n ts • Many tracks on CD for the first time!

• Hutton’s recording of “It’s Oh So Quiet” (included here) was covered by Björk

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TRADITIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN LULLABIES Little Child Sleep Well Fe at u r e d A rt i sts Bruce Fontaine, flute

Tr ac k L i st i n g Don’t Cry My Child • It’s Time To Sleep My Baby • Northern Lights, Watch Over My Children • Little Star • Softly Singing You To Sleep • Little Child Sleep Well • Baby Song • Have Good Dreams My Grandchild • Rock-A-Bye Baby • I Love You My Child • Dreams In The Wind • Hush Little Baby

Se l l i n g P o i n ts • Combination of traditional Native American lullabies and contemporary classics • Very rare in Native American marketplace • Great crossover appeal product for gift markets • KEY MARKETS: New York, Boston, Washington DC, Chicago, Austin, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Atlanta

CD: ARL 12122 (Q ) File Under: Native American/Children

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VARIOUS ARTISTS Men’s Fancy Dance Songs – Southern Style Fe at u r e d A rt i sts Rose Hill/White Tail/Southern Boys/Poor Boys/Southern Thunder/ 12 Gauge/Sizzortail

Se l l i n g P o i n ts • “Fancy Dance” songs evolved from the Fancy War Dance, invented by Gus McDonald, internationally recognized for heritage contribution • There are two types of Fancy Dance: slow, circling the drum or a “contest” step with fast, intricate footwork • Seen at all modern powwows • Features several top-selling powwow groups • Great product in Southern states • KEY MARKETS: Oklahoma, Colorado and Nebraska

CD: ARL 11762 (Q ) File Under: Native American

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VARIOUS ARTISTS Men’s Fancy Dance Songs – Northern Style Fe at u r e d A rt i sts ORDER DATE JUNE 24, 2005

Grey Buffalo/Northern Wind/Manardee/Young Kingbird/Eyabay/Spirit Sands Singers/The Boyz/Eastern Eagle Singers/Snake Island/Rock Hill

Se l l i n g P o i n ts • “Fancy Dance” songs evolved from the Fancy War Dance, invented by Gus McDonald, internationally recognized for heritage contribution • There are two types of Fancy Dance: slow, circling the drum or a “contest” step with fast, intricate footwork • Seen at all modern powwows • Features several top-selling powwow groups • Great product in Northern states • KEY MARKETS: Minnesota and South Dakota

CD: ARL 11752 (Q ) File Under: Native American

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WORLD

These Playasound 3 XCD Box Sets Now At A New Low Price!

3XCD: PLS 360708 (3C)

3XCD: PLS 360709 (3C)

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VARIOUS ARTISTS

BRISAS DE GRIJALVA

Tahitian Music

Mexique

Se l l i n g P o i n ts

Se l l i n g P o i n ts

Brings together the finest Polynesian musicians, including Coco Temaeva, Marie Mariteragi, Eddie Lund, and more.

All from the archives of the Société Manuiti, whose tapes have been remastered to ensure both authenticity and quality!

Features three typically Mexican styles of music: huastecos and jarochos from Veracruz, marimbas from Oaxaca and Chiapas, and the famous Yucatán love serenades that have brought delight to the hearts of so many!

UPDATED CATALOG # AND FILE UNDER!

3XCD: PLS 360710 (3C)

CD: PLS 65254 (M)

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RUSSIAN BALAIKA ORCHESTRA

KEVIN MFINKA

Russie

Congo Drums

Se l l i n g P o i n ts

Se l l i n g P o i n ts

Recorded in Moscow, this box set represent three facets of Russian music: choruses made famous by the choirs of the Russian army; folk songs representing the Slavonic soul, and the colorful balalaika ensemble, with its gaiety and exuberance.

On his excellent solo album, this former member of Les Tambours de Brazza plays the percussive instruments of his country – n’goma, sanza, lokole and kuang – a backed by a vocal chorus!

(Old Catalog #: PLS 62254; Old File Under: S. America)

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• PLS 360701 (3C) The Golden Years (723724416826) • PLS 360702 (3C) Continent of One Thousand Dreams (723724416727) • PLS 360703 (3C) The Suns of Greece (723724416628) • PLS 360704 (3C) South American Flutes (723724416529) • PLS 360705 (3C) Splendor of the Japanese Instruments (723724516625) • PLS 360706 (3C) The Gipsy World (723724515925) • PLS 360707 (3C) Celtic Instruments (723724515628) JULY 2005

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IN STOCK AND NOW AVAILABLE! FERNANDO VARGAS El Principe de la Cumbia Tr ac k L i st i n g Tu Serás Mi Cumbia • Yo Me Llamo Cumbia • La Revancha • La Cumbia Del Amor • Mosaico Cumbia • Cumbia De Buenaventura • Apagame La Vela • Veulve A Mi Lado • Mosaico Equatoriano • Boca Dulce Boca • Este Amor Que Mi Calla • Así Te Quiero Yo • Tu Amor En Mi • Cuenta Conmigo

CD: OPC 200 (Q ) File Under: Latin Tropic

Se l l i n g P o i n ts • Features lyrics in both English and Spanish!

• The history of the cumbia style is similar to the porro – African music has had a tremendous influence on Colombian music!

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BAGHDAD LOUNGE Songs for Zou Zou Tr ac k L i st i n g Zou Zou • Espiritu • Jewel Of The Nile • Co Co Smooth • Moonlight Over Tunis • Jazz Loco • Radio Morocco (interlude) • Shabazz • Rainbow Child • The Ol Soft Shoe CD: OPC 163 (Q )

Se l l i n g P o i n ts

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• A fusion of Cuban rhythms and modern electronic sounds!

• Collages adapted and remixed from popular films like Zou Zou, The Cotton Club, Trans and The Sweet & Low Down

VARIOUS ARTISTS Mexican Divas Vol. II Fe at u r e d A rt i sts Eugenia Leon/Lila Downs/Tania Libertad/Jeanette Macari/ Cecilia Toussaint/Jaramar/Magos Herrera/Malena Duran/ Rita Guerrero/Martha Hernández/Isabel III/Iraida Noriega/ Alquimia The follow-up to the successful Mexican Divas Vol. I, this is a great compilation of the top female singers in Mexico today!

CD: OPC 119 (Q ) File Under: Mexico Previously Available

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MAGOS HERRERA Pais Maravilla Track Listing Agua • Somos • Pais Maravilla • Serafin • Princesa Caballero • La Espera • Necesito Un Sol • Son Cotidiano • Luna Menguante • Drumme Negrita • La Espera Portugues • Somos Remix 1 • Somos Remix 2 CD: OPC 221 (Q )

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Pais Maravilla’s poetic songs are a unique blend of traditional Mexican roots music, Brazilian jazz, tango and bossa nova that achieve a soulful inner expression using acoustic & electric sounds as well as eclectic vocal styles.

ORDER DATE JUNE 24, 2005

File Under: Mexico Previously Available

JARAMAR Journey 1992 –2002 Tr ac k L i st i n g Amor Con Fortuna • La Tortuga • Manas Del Amor • Hay Linda Amiga • Soufres Maris • Una Pastora Yo Ami • Las Galeas • Ponte En Pie • Lloroncita • Jade Y Oro • Incendio • Besame Y Abrazame • Sie Mea Fata • Sin Ti No • Flor De Azalea • La Llorona

Jaramar is startlingly original – the emerging diva in Mexican world music – and Journey is one of the best world music albums out today, featuring songs that emerged from 17th-century Spain and have been passed through generations!

CD: OPC 219 (Q ) File Under: Mexico Previously Available

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WORLD FULGENCE COMPAORÉ Djembe & Djembefola Fe at u r e d A rt i sts Fulgence Compaore, percussion, composer

Se l l i n g P o i n ts

CD: PLS 65289 (Q ) File Under: Africa

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• The new generation of the djembe!

• Fulgence Compaoré was born at Adjamé (Côte d’Ivoire), but returned to Burkina Faso at the age of six to learn the traditions of the Mossi (the ethnic group to which he belongs). By the age of ten, Compaoré was playing the djembe at baptism ceremonies • In 1995, he formed the group Nong Taaba Percussions, which gave several very successful performances in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. In 2000 and 2001, Compaoré was invited to take part in the Amiens International Film Festival, giving performances before and after the films. He received an ovation at every performance!

• Fulgence Compaoré helps to promote the music of Burkina Faso in other countries, including France, where he teaches the djembe to young children and organizes courses for older children and adults

PATRICK NOAH & SEPTETO ARAISON Afro-Cuban Music Fe at u r e d A rt i sts Patrick Noah/Septeto Araison

Se l l i n g P o i n ts

CD: PLS 65288 (Q ) File Under: Afro-Cuban

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• This album is the result of an unlikely and unexpected encounter – between two cultures (Cameroonian and Cuban), between artists from those cultures, and between human beings: Ray Guerrero, Chino, Jorge and Patrick Noah • The aim of this album is to explore the different types of music that are derived from African music in order to enable listeners to gain a better understanding of the heritage bequeathed by our ancestors • Includes a natural blending of the bikutsi of Cameroon, the rumba of Congo and Bantu rhythms with Afro-Cuban rhythms, guaira, merengue, rumba, Latin jazz and the traditional son of Cuba • Represents the encounter between two African heritages: that of Cuba and that of Africa itself. It was motivated by feelings of love and fraternity, made with generosity, humanity, and a desire to share all the richness of Africa

VERBITSKI/PARTAMYENKO Russia – Romantic Songs

ORDER DATE JUNE 24, 2005

CD: PLS 141117 (E) File Under: Russia

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Romantic Russian folksongs, of the type that makes us laugh or cry...the pieces presented here are for one or two voices and chorus, accompanied by the violin and balalaika, and the orchestra of Viacheslav Grokhovsky.

Listen to them while reading Joseph Kessel or Jules Verne’s adventures of Michel Strogoff. Better still, enjoy them for their own sake!

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FLORENCIO CORONADO Peruvian Harp CD: PLS 141118 (E) File Under: Peru

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JULY 2005

The Peruvian (or Andean) harp has met its greatest exponent in Florencio Coronado! Together they have traveled all over the world, to great public and critical acclaim. Florencio Coronado is a Peruvian harpist, but he also represents America, with ten centuries of history flowing from his fingers. Recorded at the Grand Theatre in Lima.

MARTIAL ARTS/SPOKEN WORD

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NEW LABEL! “Dirty Ho is one of Chia Liang Liu’s best-directed films…Liu masterfully plays to the strengths of his stars, and works from a screenplay crammed with plot, character definition, and inventive dialog… the fight choreography is effective and brilliant.” — DVDCult.com Fe at u r e d A rt i sts Chia Liang Liu, director/Wong Yue/Liu Chia Hui/Lo Lieh/Hui Ying Hung

Se l l i n g P o i n ts • A breakthrough film from renowned auteur and martial arts master Chia Liang Liu, Dirty Ho harnesses the feisty charisma of Wong Yue to present an action-packed tale of hidden identity and brotherhood • Director/choreographer/actor Liu is one of the greatest kung fu directors of all time, responsible for such classics as The Master Killer, Eight Diagram Pole Fighter and more • Liu Chia Hui co-stars with the irrepressible Yue as the 11th son of the Chinese Emperor. While traveling incognito to his father’s palace for the naming of the Emperor’s successor, he is first thwarted, and then helped, by roguish vagabond Dirty Ho • Beset by tricksters, waylaid by would-be assassins and ambushed by lethal Mongolians, their relationship grows amidst a welter of comic set-pieces, stunning fight scenes and some of the finest martial arts choreography ever the big screen. This is a kung-fu landmark!

• Originally released by the Shaw Brothers • Features veteran supporting actor Lo Lieh along with Johnny Wang, Hsiao Hou and Peter Chan • Re-mastered in widescreen, Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound • A key influence for Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2 • KEY MARKETS: New York, Boston, Washington DC, Chicago, Austin, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Atlanta

CHIA LIANG LIU Dirty Ho DVD: WUW DVD 9909 (M) File Under: Martial Arts Region: 0

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“The most well-known filmmaker to the public this side of Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles was the classic example of the genius that burns bright early in life only to flicker and fade later…one of the most discussed, and important, directors in the history of motion pictures.”

— All Movie Guide

Fe at u r e d A rt i sts Orson Welles/Ray Collins

Se l l i n g P o i n ts

The 39 Steps/Sherlock Holmes

2XCD: STC NOCD 3503 (2N) File Under: Spoken Word

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ORDER DATE JUNE 24, 2005

ORSON WELLES

• Two radio plays – The 39 Steps and Sherlock Holmes – based on the writings of John Buchan and Arthur Conan Doyle, respectively, with the leading role in each play performed by Orson Welles in the CBS studios, New York, 1938 • Orson Welles’ and the Mercury Theater’s production of The 39 Steps emphasize the closed-in, claustrophobic and Kafka-esque nature of the novel’s plot: a solitary individual caught up in a German spy ring that he must learn to deal with in order to expose it • While the plot of the radio play version of Sherlock Holmes is original, it is loosely built on the plots of several of Doyle’s well-known short stories and is based on the actor William Gillette’s stage version of Doyle’s famous writings • KEY MARKETS: New York, Boston, Washington DC, Chicago, Austin, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Atlanta

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COMEDY “ The troupe has become a favorite on the Washington social circuit. Its political satire brings chuckles…rave reviews…guffaws…and bipartisan grins all around. The satire hits the mark.”

— The Wall Street Journal

“ They’re the best. There’s no one like them, no one in their league.” — Larry King, CNN “The Capitol Steps make it easier to leave public life.” — Former President George Bush, Sr. Tr ac k L i st i n g Embraceable Jew • Wouldn’t It Be Hillary? • The Sunni Side of Tikrit • Someone Dumber Might • I Like Big Cuts and I Cannot Lie • There is Nothing Like Ukraine • Fakey Purple Hearts • I’ve Take Stands on Both Sides Now • The Candidates’ Debate • Der Nadermouth • It Don’t Mean a Thing if Your State’s Not a Swing • Electile Dysfunction • He Works Hard for the Country • If I Only Had a Plan • The Impossible Dean • Sunni & Cher • This Land’s Not Your Land • Detective Story • The Supremes • Lirty Dies

THE CAPITOL STEPS Four More Years in the Bush Leagues CD: CTL 1025 (M) File Under: Comedy

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ORDER DATE JUNE 24, 2005

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Se l l i n g P o i n ts • 25th release in the series • The Capitol Steps have been a Washington DC institution for over twenty years, providing a blend of musical and political comedy to our nation’s capitol and more • Up-to-date and timely, the Capitol Steps skewer both sides of the political spectrum, leaving no stone left unturned and both sides equally roasted. If you’re still sitting on the fence after this one…you’re probably in a lot of pain!

• The Capitol Steps have appeared on NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, PBS, and are regularly featured on NPR as well as off-Broadway in New York.

• Public radio special July 4th on hundreds of radio stations coast to coast • Political comedy is an extremely hot topic!

• KEY MARKETS: Washington DC (Hometown). Also: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle

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THE CAPITOL STEPS ON TOUR! June 1

Grand Forks, ND

Chester Fritz Auditorium

Between Iraq and a Hard Place

June 2

Bismark, ND

Bismark Civic Auditorium

June 4

Ocean Grove, NJ

Great Auditorium

CD: CTL 1023 (M)

June 28

York, PA

Strand Theatre

July 2

Elgin, IL

Hemmons Cultural Center

July 4

Ann Arbor, MI

Ann Arbor Summer Fest

THE CAPITOL STEPS

July 5

Interlochen, MI

Interlochen Center for the Arts

When Bush Comes to Shove

July 28

Towson, MD

Towson University

August 6

Springfield, OH

Springfield Arts Council

CD: CTL 1022 (M)

August 6

Clayton, NY

Clayton Opera House

THE CAPITOL STEPS

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Great Mills High School

September 16 Birmingham, AL

Alabama Theater

INSPIRATIONAL

POPE JOHN PAUL II

PAPA JUAN PABLO II

The Life of Pope John Paul II

La Vida Del Papa Juan Pablo II

DVD: MBO DVD 5134 (M)

DVD: MBO DVD 5135 (M)

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“ There is little doubt that John Paul II has been one of the most significant figures of the 20th century… [and many] believe he is nothing less than ‘the man of the century.’” — CNN “Pope John Paul II is the prophet of the new millennium.” — George Weigel, author “He’ll go down in history as the greatest of our modern popes…the strong conscience of the whole Christian world.” — Rev. Billy Graham “[Pope John Paul II] is a very provocative, intelligent person…as world leaders go, he’s a cut above most.”

— Margaret Steinfels, The New York Times

D V D Ch a pt e r s Se l l i n g P o i n ts • Pope John Paul II (1920 – 2005) is said to be the most recognized person in the world. He is the most-traveled Pope in the 2,000 year history of the Church • No other Pope encountered as many individuals as John Paul II – at the time of his passing, more than 17,600,000 pilgrims have participated in the General Audiences held on Wednesdays • Born Karol Joseph Wojtyla Poland in 1920, at the age of 58 the College of Cardinals elected him to lead the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first non-Italian chosen as Pope in 456 years, and the youngest in this century • Includes historical footage from the Vatican and footage of Pope John Paul II • First time a DVD of the Pope’s life has been available in both English and Spanish!

• Features over an hour of historical information and images of Pope John Paul II’s life • National print campaigns in Parade • Trailer available!

• KEY MARKETS: New York, Chicago, Washington DC, Boston, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles and all major markets JULY 2005

ORDER DATE JUNE 24, 2005

Introduction • Early Years • Unifier Of Faiths • Assassination Attempt • Political Statesman • Legacy

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BRINGING BABY HOME: THE ULTIMATE BABY CARE [DVD] DVD: LEA DVD 149 (S) File Under: Childrens Region: 0

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DVD Menus • Over 100 topics, divided into four themes – The Basics, Feeding, Hygiene & Sleep, and Coping • 60 minutes of real-life footage filmed in hospitals and homes • Leading North American baby care experts’ simple, practical advice

Se l l i n g P o i n ts • In this “Golden Age” of baby products, parents, working mothers and Baby Boomer grandparents all crave information on how to best care for their new arrival!

• Bringing Baby Home is the ultimate baby care DVD. Winner of a 2005 Parents’ Choice Approved Seal, it is on the cutting edge of a new genre of DVDs, featuring step-by-step demonstrations, practical tips and life-saving advice straight from top medical and baby experts • Confirmed TV coverage from KTVT Dallas, FOX Rochester, KMGH Denver and WBAL Baltimore • Confirmed radio coverage from WBEC FM Massachusetts, WLVF AM South Florida, KELY FM Nevada and KSNI FM Santa Maria • Upcoming reviews/features in New Parent, All You, Staten Island Parent, Adoptive Families, United Parenting and Grand Magazine

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