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JAZZ One More One More: Music of Thad Jones CD: IPO 1007 (Q) Digipak File Under: Jazz Previously Available

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A session that can be an introduction for someone who wants to get into the essence of jazz—and will delight those who already know and can’t get enough of it. — JAZZTIMES

Press Quotes

“Perhaps the word ‘perfection’ is seen too often in music reviews. Nevertheless, One More: Music of Thad Jones deserves that honor … seasoned fans know and love these compositions and novices won’t find a better introduction to an unforgettable jazz composer. One More: Music of Thad Jones just never stops swinging.” — JAZZREVIEW.COM “The music on this CD has no cacophony, no torrent of notes going nowhere … everything meshes like the innards of a fine Rolex chronograph. I am satisfied that jazz as we know it and love it is alive, and not only well but strutting along main street in its Sunday best. It can get no better, unless we have a second coming of our mates in bop heaven. There are not enough stars in the heavens to rate this album.” — CALIFORNIA COAST JAZZ “This is as true and honest a tribute as you’ll find, partly because of the presence of ex-Jones-Lewis Orchestra members and others of their generation and partly because of the Jones-like essence of the arrangements. There’s transcendent soul here—may as well call it love—as if Jones has returned for a visit.” — THE NEWS & OBSERVER

Featured Artists Jimmy Owens, trumpet, flugelhorn/James Moody, tenor & soprano sax/Frank Wess, tenor & alto sax, flute/Benny Golson, tenor sax/ Bob Brookmeyer, trombone/Hank Jones, piano/Sir Roland Hanna, piano/Richard Davis, bass/Mickey Roker, drums

Track Listing Subtle Rebuttal · Thad’s Pad · Kids Are Pretty People · One More · Mean What You Say · A Child Is Born · Bossa Nova Ova · The Waltz You Swang for Me · H&T Blues · Consummation · The Farewell · Monk’s Mood

Selling Points · One More: Music of Thad Jones showcases the timeless compositions of Thad Jones, one of the most influential jazz composers of the second half of the twentieth century, a composer who, in the words of Charles Mingus, wrote with “a pencil guided by God” · Features legendary musicians who were associated with Jones including his brother, Hank Jones, the dean of living jazz pianists; James Moody, Benny Golson, and Frank Wess, three of the greatest living masters of the tenor sax; Bob Brookmeyer, Jimmy Owens, and Richard Davis, charter members of the Thad Jones—Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra; and Roland Hanna, Hank’s successor in The Band · National press campaign by Jazz Promo Services · National radio campaign by Tracking Station Radio Promotion · Ads will run in Down Beat, JazzTimes, and Jazziz

Key Markets New York, Boston, Washington DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle

Order Date: September 22, 2006

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RECORDING!

IN CL UD ES FIRST WORLD RECORDING PREMIERE EVER! RECORDING!

Oscar Peterson/Ella Fitzgerald IN CL UD ES Swiss Radio Days Vol. 15 WORLD PREMIERE

WORLD PREMIERE

RECORDINGS!

CD: TCB 2152 (Q ) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Jazz

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SUPER-BUDGET PREMIERE Ella Fitzgerald, vocals/Oscar Peterson, piano/Barney Kessel, guitar/Ray Brown, bass/ RECORDINGS! PRICE!

J.C. Heard, drums/Lester Young, tenor sax/Charlie Shavers, trumpet

Track Listing It’s Only a Papermoon · Someone to Watch Over Me · Lady Be Good · Why Don’t You Do Right · You Belong to Me · A Tisket—A Tasket · St. Louis Blues · Lester Leaps In · The Surrey with the Fringe On Top · My Heart Stood Still · The Continental · Oscar’s Tune · The Man I Love

Selling Points · Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson remain two stellar personalities who will forever reside in the Olympic heights of jazz. This album features both of the artists performing during a Jazz at the Philharmonic concert tour in 1953, recorded by the Swiss Radio · National campaign servicing top jazz print magazines; NPR and college radio blanketed nationally

The Quincy Jones Big Band Swiss Radio Days Vol. 1

Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers Swiss Radio Days Vol. 2

Cannonball Adderley Sextet Swiss Radio Days Vol. 3

The Thad Jones— Mel Lewis Orchestra Swiss Radio Days Vol. 4

Hayes/Shaw Quintet Swiss Radio Days Vol. 5

CD: TCB 2012 (Q )

CD: TCB 2022 (Q )

CD: TCB 2032 (Q )

CD: TCB 2042 (Q )

CD: TCB 2052 (Q )

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Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers Swiss Radio Days Vol. 6

Buck Clayton All Stars Swiss Radio Days Vol. 7

Clark Terry/Chris Woods Swiss Radio Days Vol. 8

Gerry Mulligan Quartet Swiss Radio Days Vol. 9

Ben Webster/Dexter Gordon Swiss Radio Days Vol. 10

CD: TCB 2062 (Q )

CD: TCB 2072 (Q )

CD: TCB 2082 (Q )

CD: TCB 2092 (Q )

CD: TCB 2102 (Q )

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Don Redman Orchestra Swiss Radio Days Vol. 11

Gerry Mulligan Swiss Radio Days Vol. 12

Coleman Hawkins Swiss Radio Days Vol. 13

Goodman/Eldridge/Sims Swiss Radio Days Vol. 14

CD: TCB 2112 (Q )

CD: TCB 2122 (Q )

CD: TCB 2132 (Q )

CD: TCB 2142 (Q )

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Order Date: September 22, 2006

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JAZZ “Miner is one of the new breed who has broadened the lyrical and harmonic concepts and technical skills of a Red Mitchell, Ray Brown, or George Mraz to the point that his playing is basically seamless. ★★★★ ” — ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Featured Artists Neal Miner, bass/Chris Byars, tenor sax, flute/Richie Vitale, trumpet/ John Mosca, trombone/Steve Ash, piano/Tom Melito, drums

Track Listing A Clever Air · Contemplations · The Evening Sound · Coffee Shop · Shades of Blue · Night Owls · Willowmere · Black Beans · Blues for Red & Brown

Selling Points

Neal Miner The Evening Sound

CD: SRC 17 (Q ) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Jazz

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· Neal Miner has performed at major jazz clubs and festivals around the world, playing for years with jazz vocal innovator Jon Hendricks. He has also worked with jazz legends Annie Ross, James Moody, and Bob Dorough; new jazz stars Jane Monheit, Norah Jones, and Ann Hampton Callaway; and fashion celebrity Isaac Mizrahi · This straight-ahead jazz sextet, born out of the Smalls scene in New York and developed there to maturity, delivers soulful swing on nine original compositions · Features John Mosca, director of the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra · Saxophone and euphonic orchestrations by the noted Chris Byars, a musical prodigy who was a featured soloist with the Metropolitan Opera and the New York City Opera · Publicity by Carla Parisi (Tijuana Toy Company), publicist for Nellie McKay · Marketing by Debbie Millman (Sterling Group) · Comprehensive radio campaign

Key Markets New York (Hometown). Also: Boston, Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, Miami, Austin, Atlanta, Raleigh-Durham, New Orleans, Memphis, San Francisco

“A genuinely high-level, genuinely unrecognized jazz pianist.” — NEW YORK TIMES

Featured Artists Frank Hewitt, piano/Ari Roland, bass/Jimmy Lovelace, drums

Track Listing I Waited For You · Monk’s Mood · Conception · Tenor Madness · Cherokee · I Can’t Get Started

Selling Points · Frank Hewitt is well known as the legendary jazz pianist universally acclaimed by critics throughout the jazz press · This is prime material, with Hewitt’s working group exemplifying everything the gifted pianist is known for—a deep and knowing sentimentality coupled with musical genius · The growing population of Frank Hewitt collectors out there will find abundant reason to be happy with the arrival of this new volume; it is a historic release in every way · Publicity by Carla Parisi (Tijuana Toy Company), publicist for Nellie McKay · Marketing by Debbie Millman (Sterling Group)

Frank Hewitt Fresh from the Cooler

Key Markets New York (Hometown). Also: Boston, Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, Miami, Austin, Atlanta, Raleigh-Durham, New Orleans, Memphis, San Francisco

CD: SRC 16 (Q ) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Jazz

Also Available · SRC 7 (Q) Not Afraid to Live (616892613725) · SRC 10 (Q) Four Hundred Saturdays (823511001027)

Order Date: September 22, 2006

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JAZZ “Liebman … is creating adventurous new music that explores all the nooks and crannies of the jazz tradition.” — THE NEW YORKER

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Featured Artists David Liebman, soprano sax/Bobby Avey, piano

Track Listing SCHUMANN: Romance Op. 94 No. 2 · CHOPIN: Etude in E flat minor Op.10 No. 6 · MENDELSSOHN: May Breezes Op. 62 No. 1 (from “Songs Without Words”) · BRAHMS: Immer Leiser wird mein Schlummer Op. 105 No. 2 · HANDEL: Sonata # 6 · SCHUBERT: Tränenregen (from “Die schöne Müllerin, D 795)/Wasserflut (from “Winterreise”, D 911) · DEBUSSY: Fleur des Blés (1880) · MAHLER: Der Einsame im Herbst (from “Das Lied von der Erde”)

Selling Points · On Vienna Dialogues, adventurous saxophonist Dave Liebman explores the byways of nineteenth-century romantic German/Austrian art song repertoire in a jazz context with breathtakingly beautiful and virtuosic soprano saxophone and piano arrangements · The second in Liebman’s Dialogues series on the ZOHO label follows 2005’s critically acclaimed Manhattan Dialogues, which received five stars and the coveted “Choc” Award from French magazine Jazzman · Recorded at Pennsylvania’s WVIA radio station in December 2005 · National jazz media & radio campaign through Jazz Promo Services · Ads will run in Down Beat and JazzTimes October—December 2006

Key Markets

Dave Liebman/Bobby Avey Vienna Dialogues

CD: ZMR 200612 (Q )

New York/Poconos, PA (Hometowns). Also: Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Chicago

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· ZMR 200508 (Q) Manhattan Dialogues (880956050829)

ALLEGRO WELCOMES 18TH & VINE TO ITS ROSTER! “Some of the chunkiest, hardest-jamming soul jazz grooves this side of the JB’s!” — BOSTON HERALD

Featured Artists Bernard “Pretty” Purdie, drums/Reuben Wilson, Hammond B-3/Grant Green, Jr., guitar/Jerry Jemmott, bass

Track Listing The Okiedoke · Flipity Flop · Sweet Home Chicago · My Father’s Song · Long Live New Orleans · Everyday I Have the Blues · Summer Sun · People Get Ready · Just My Imagination

Selling Points

The Masters of Groove The Masters of Groove

CD: 18V 1049 (Q ) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Jazz

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· The Masters of Groove is an all-star group of jazz, soul, and funk veterans coming together to make waves! Led by legendary organist Reuben Wilson and jazz guitar legacy Grant Green Jr., The Masters of Groove present infectious tracks with a fresh sound that appeals to both longtime fans and new listeners alike! · In the late sixties, Hammond B-3 organist Reuben Wilson began the ascension to his current status as a godfather of acid jazz by demonstrating a command of funk that helped redefine the movement · As the son of legendary jazz guitarist Grant Green, Grant Green Jr. was exposed to exceptional musicianship right out of the womb. Today, his style blends technical mastery with heartfelt soul, and it is this combination that sets him apart · The “world’s most recorded drummer,” Bernard “Pretty” Purdie has worked with Aretha Franklin, Steely Dan, Isaac Hayes, Donny Hathaway, B.B. King, “Sweet” Lou Donaldson, Joe Cocker, Hank Crawford, and more, laying down the beat on over 3,000 albums to date! Order Date: September 22, 2006

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JAZZ “Another sharp-edged, straight-ahead outing.” — ALL ABOUT JAZZ

Featured Artists Jerry Bergonzi, tenor sax/Steve Langone, drums/Nestor Toro, alto sax/ Keala Kaumeheiwa, acoustic bass/Fernando Huergo, electric bass/ Guilherme Monteiro, piano/Gilson Schachnik, piano/Doug Johnson, piano/Nando Michelin, piano/Simon Char, piano/Bertram Lehmann, percussion/Paulo Danay, tenor sax

Track Listing Ipanema’s Blues · Tango · Inner Out · Sea Captain · Andalucia · Solar · Finders Keepers · 3 A.M. · Dedication

Selling Points

Steve Langone Group

· Straight-ahead jazz led by drummer Steve Langone’s driving style with Latin undertones features all original compositions except for a fresh version of Miles Davis’s “Solar” · Strongly imaginative music with great rhythmic variation and a revolving set of four piano players, each bringing their own spice to the ensemble · Hard bop saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi delivers a fiery performance that includes his counterpoint with saxophonist Nestor Toro

Finders Keepers Key Markets CD: WCS 11 (Q) Digipak File Under: Jazz Previously Available

Boston (Hometown). Also: Providence, New York, Syracuse, Amherst, New Orleans

Also Available · WCS 9 (Q) The Line Between (687606000926) · WCS 20 (Q) Dreaming Out Loud (687606002029)

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“Always an interesting player, whether as sideman or leader, Beck is in amazing form as he pulls off extended runs that would exhaust players half his age, a good thing considering that drummer Matt Keeler (well-recorded) seems to be under instructions to show his boss no mercy.” — CADENCE

Featured Artists Joe Beck, guitar/Lou Marini, sax/Eric Udel, bass/Matt Keeler, drums

Track Listing Cuidado · On the Verge · About Face · Madamme X · Brothers and Others · A Little Blue · Dangerous Cargo · Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise

Selling Points · Forceful playing of jazz, funk, and fusion with an intense exchange of intellectual musical ideas! · Joe Beck has had a career spanning over five decades, playing with renowned jazz artists like Miles Davis, Buddy Rich, Maynard Ferguson, and Paul Desmond · This recording is an “authorized bootleg” of a live gig the quartet played in Biel, Switzerland on November 16, 2000 · “Blue Lou” Marini, of the legendary Blues Brothers, delivers a sizzling performance on this live recording

Joe Beck Quartet Live in Biel, Switzerland

Key Markets Hartford (Hometown). Also: Providence, New York, Syracuse Bridgeport, Amherst, New Orleans

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CD: WCS 10 (Q) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Jazz Previously Available

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Order Date: September 22, 2006

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JAZZ John Bunch

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At the Nola Playhouse — Salutes Jimmy Van Heusen Featured Artists John Bunch, piano/Dave Green, bass/Steve Brown, drums

Track Listing All This and Heaven Too · Nancy With the Laughing Face · I Thought About You · Darn That Dream · But Beautiful · Imagination · It Could Happen To You · The Second Time Around · Like Someone In Love · Polka Dots and Moonbeams · Come Fly With Me · Here’s That Rainy Day · Call Me Irresponsible · Moonlight Becomes You · Last Dance

Selling Points · Legendary pianist John Bunch salutes the music of Jimmy Van Heusen · After more than half a century of performing with Woody Herman, Tony Bennett, Benny Goodman, and as an international all-star, Bunch’s talent continues to blosssom · Features Bunch’s favorite English duo, Dave Green and Steve Brown · Service to Down Beat, JazzTimes, Jazziz, jazz critics, and jazz radio programs

CD: ARB 19326 (Q )

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Standard Jewel Case File Under: Jazz

New York (Hometown)

Tete Montoliu Primeros pasos Featured Artists Enrique Dominguez, vocals/Tete Montoliu, piano/Enrique Cifuentes, bass, vocals/Jorge Pérez, percussion, vocals/Lionel Hampton, vibraphone/Orquesta de Lorenzo González/ Quintet Flamenco Five/and more

Track Listing Superhombre · No, no y no · Mambo-jazz · Mi-Fa-Sol · Mambo de la telefonista · No se irrite · Luna de miel en Puerto Rico · Ayer no viniste · Playa escondida · ¡Que cosas…qué cosas! · No me hagas rosquillitas · La mujer Vespa · Té, chocolate o café · Cha-cha-chá Chabela · Eso es el amor · Spain · Tenderly · Toledo Blade

Selling Points · The very first works of Tete Montoliu, available for the first time in digital format and, in many cases, for the first time since being originally released! · Includes unique recordings with the Lionel Hampton Quintet

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CD: DMB 4189 (Q ) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Jazz

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New York, Chicago, Washington DC

Tete Montoliu Montoliu Plays Tete [Book+2XCD] “Tete Montoliu’s piano is fully formed, percussive, and harmonically right, with a real physical shape to it.” — JAZZTIMES

Featured Artists Tete Montoliu, piano/Erich Peter, double bass/Peer Wyboris, battery/Philip Harper, trumpet/Danny Harper, flugelhorn/Stephen Riley, tenor sax/and more

Track Listing 20 tracks include: Jo vull que m’acaricíis · T’estimo tant · Blues for Núria · Muntaner · Blues for Myself · Thanks for Being Here · Blues for Coltrane · Montserrat · and more

Selling Points · The Montoliu Plays Tete book + CD is the first volume of a new Discmedi collection named Music Comics · Includes two discs of Montoliu’s most popular compositions, selected by Miquel Jurado, in versions the artist recorded over a period spanning twenty-eight years · Dimensions: 9.75” T; 7” W; 1/2” D

BOOK+2XCD: DMB 4095 (3O) Hardcover Book File Under: Jazz

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Key Markets New York, Chicago, Washington DC Order Date: September 22, 2006

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JAZZ Doug MacDonald Gentle Rain Featured Artists Doug Macdonald, guitar/Ross Thompkins, piano/Harvey Newmark, bass/Jack Lecompte, drums

Track Listing Miss Ann’s Tempo · Once in a While · A Handfull of Stars · Symphony · Gentle Rain · Baubles, Bangles, and Beads · Sweet and Lovely · Someone to Light Up My Life · These Foolish Things Remind Me of You · Idaho · Picnic · Cry

Selling Points CD: SBJ 3084 (Q ) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Jazz

Warm-tone jazz guitar at its best features superlative standards and Doug MacDonald’s fluid technique. Service to college, community, and NPR radio; mailing to over thirty press/ internet/digital radio outlets.

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Frank Rosolino The Last Recording Featured Artists Frank Rosolino, trombone/Larry Willis, piano/Billy Higgins, drums/Kevan Brandon, bass

Track Listing Misty (Radio Edit) · I Thought About You (Radio Edit) · Waltz for Diane (Take Two) · Misty · I Thought About You · Waltz for Diane

Selling Points CD: SBJ 3080 (Q )

Frank Rosolino’s last recording is a treasure featuring the leader’s velvet-smooth trombone. Truly a collector’s item! Service to college, community, and NPR radio.

Standard Jewel Case File Under: Jazz

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“Singer Fay Claassen pays respect to the American popular song in a jazz context that is entirely her own. Fay is worth hearing because of the sincerity with which she handles lyrics. She can scat in a solid rhythmic way and also has an attractive, breezy voice.” — DOWN BEAT

Featured Artists Fay Claassen, vocals/Jan Menu, baritone sax/Hein Van de Geyn, double bass/ John Engels, drums

Track Listing DISC ONE: Line for Lions · Swinghouse · First Song · Turnstile · Walking Shoes · Ponciana · Jeru · Love Me or Leave Me · GodChild · Nights at the Turntable · Frenesi · Soft Shoe · Line for Lions (Duo) · DISC TWO: I Fall in Love Too Easily · I Remember You · My Funny Valentine · Let’s Get Lost · He Was Too Good to Me · The Touch of Your Lips · The Thrill is Gone · Look for the Silver Lining · Retrato em Branco e Preto/Portrait in Black & White · Almost Blue · Conception/Deception · Blame It On My Youth

Selling Points · Fay Claassen’s performances are graceful, elegant, smooth and sophisticated—she is a Dutch jazz vocalist who has no problem with the English language! · Considered by many to be the world’s fastest upcoming jazz vocalist, Claassen has recorded with jazz legends Mike Stern, Kenny Werner, Toots Thielemans, Joe Locke, and Steve Davis

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Fay Claassen Two Portraits of Chet Baker 2XCD: JNP 497 (2J) File Under: Jazz Double Slimline Previously Available

· JNP 381 (R) Specially Arranged for Fay (742451538120) · JNP 380 (R) Rhythms & Rhymes (742451538021) QTY NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA

Order Date: September 22, 2006

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JAZZ Bob Curnow Big Band

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The Music of Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays An amazingly successful translation of the inimitable compositions of the Pat Metheny Group into the idiom of big band jazz.

CD: MAA 1009 (Q ) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Jazz Previously Available

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The Bob Florence Limited Edition Funupsmanship Recorded at L.A.’s Moonlight Tango Cafe, this album captures the Limited Edition live as it roars through Florence originals and an arrangement of Miles Davis’s “All Blues.”

CD: MAA 1006 (Q ) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Jazz Previously Available

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The Bob Florence Limited Edition With All the Bells and Whistles The penultimate release from the Limited Edition includes five Florence WORLD originals as well as Florence’s unique renderings of well-known standards.

PREMIERE RECORDING! INCLUDES

WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS!

INCLUDES FIRST WORLD RECORDING PREMIERE EVER! RECORDING!

CD: MAA 1011 (Q ) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Jazz Previously Available

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The Bob Florence Limited FIRST TIMEEdition WORLD PREMIERE ON CD! Earth RECORDING! CD: MAA 1016 (Q ) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Jazz Previously Available

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The Grammy-nominated artist’s I N C L Utenth D E S album as leader of the Limited SPECIAL FIRST WORLD WORLD Edition, and his powerhouse band has never sounded stronger! WORLD SUPER-BUDGET PREMIERE RECORDING PREMIERE PREMIERE RECORDINGS! PRICE! RECORDING!

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INCLUDES Grammy WORLD Finalist 1998! PREMIERE

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INCLUDES The Bob Florence Limited FIRST TIMEEdition WORLD Serendipity 18 PREMIERE ON CD! RECORDING!

CD: MAA 1025 (Q ) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Jazz Previously Available

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Florence’s eleventh album as leader, which won him a Grammy Award, SPECIAL WORLD may be his most adventurous work to date! SUPER-BUDGET PREMIERE RECORDINGS! PRICE!

Grammy Winner 2000!

Bob Florence Another Side CD: MAA 1029 (Q ) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Jazz Previously Available

The encore to Florence’s Grammy-winning tour de force is completely different: a solo piano album showcasing yet another side or the multi-faceted artist.

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Order Date: September 22, 2006

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JAZZ “Simba is one hot album of funky soul-jazz … [this is] the O’Donel Levy album to own.” — ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Featured Artists O’Donel Levy, guitar/Jon Faddis, trumpet/Ernie Royal, trumpet/Lew Soloff, trumpet/Burt Collins, trumpet, flugelhorn/Cecil Bridgewater, flugelhorn/Alan Ruben, flugelhorn/Bill Watrous, trombone/Eddie Daniels, flute, piccolo, baritone sax/Warren Bernhardt, electric piano/Tony Levin, bass/Steve Gadd, drums/Jim Madison, percussion

Track Listing Bad, Bad, Simba · Kilimanjaro Cookout · Playhouse · Sierra Lonely · Sad, Sad, Simba · Joni · Nigerian Knights

Selling Points

O’Donel Levy Simba

· One of the great soul jazz guitarists of the sixties and seventies, O’Donel Levy is best known as a sideman for Jimmy McGriff, Groove Holmes, Dizzy Gillespie, and Herbie Mann · Levy recorded for Sonny Lester’s legendary Groove Merchant label in the seventies · First worldwide CD release; previously available only on a Japanese release · Written and arranged by the great Manny Albam · Considered by critics to be Levy’s definitive work, this disc features a “who’s who” of seventies jazz stars including David Sanborn, Tony Levin, Steve Gadd, Jon Faddis, Lew Soloff, and Cecil Bridgewater

CD: AIM 1609 (P) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Jazz

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Featured Artists Serge Adam, trumpet/Philippe Botta, sax, flute/David Venitucci, accordion/Bijan Chemirani, sab, daf, tambourine

Track Listing Trifoniv Market’s Place · Kavalla · Yeden · Chjusella · Migraciòn · Zap-ala-paz · Kangan · Alay Bey

Selling Points · For the last four years, Hradcãny has been developing an artistic work delving into popular music from Turkey and Eastern Europe · A member of one of Iran’s most famous musical families, Bijan Chemirani began his professional career while still in school. The son of a famous zarb master, his subtle percussion work has graced the works of several traditional musicians in his adopted homeland of France · Serge Adam leads a double life as a composer and trumpet improviser, and is the creator of several ensembles including Quoi de neuf docteur (What’s Up Doc), Jazz MicMac, and Haute Fréquence (High Frequency), which unites improvising soloists with interactive video images by Eric Vernhes. He is the co-founder of the composer’s forum Polysons and the trio Les amants de Juliette (Juliet’s Lovers) with Benoît Delbecq and Philippe Foch · Philippe Botta’s work in Latin jazz and salsa led him to Didier Squiban, Tito Puentes, and Pedro Urbina. He has worked with Keyvin Cheminari, Okay Temiz, Shamal Maitra, and the Senem Diuyici Quartet · David Venitucci has played and recorded with David Linx, Daniel Goyone, Christophe Wallemme, John Greaves, and Romain Didier

Key Markets New York, Boston, Washington DC, Chicago

Order Date: September 22, 2006

Hradcãny Balkanic Jazz

CD: BUD 860137 (Q) Digipak File Under: Jazz

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R&B/BLUES “In their prime, the Ike & Tina Turner Revue specialized in a hard-driving, funked-up hybrid of soul and rock that, in its best moments, rose to a visceral frenzy that few R&B acts of any era could hope to match. Effusively praised by white rock luminaries like the Rolling Stones and Janis Joplin, Tina Tuner was unquestionably the star of the show, with a hugely powerful, raspy voice that ranks among the all-time soul greats.” — ALL MUSIC GUIDE

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DVD Menu Concert includes: Nut Bush City Limits · Rollin on the River · Get Back · Gypsy Acid Queen · Samson & Delilah · Honky Tonk Woman · Get It On · River Deep Mountain High · Come Together · Nutbush City Limits (Reprise) · Rollin on the River (Reprise) · Honky Tonk Woman (Reprise) · Respect · You Can Boogie If You Try

Selling Points · Husband-and-wife team Ike & Tina Turner were one of the most popular R&B acts during the sixties and early seventies · In their time together, the duo racked up twenty-five chart hits including “A Fool in Love,” “So Fine,” “Proud Mary,” “I Want to Take You Higher,” “Come Together,” and more · Over the years, Ike Turner recorded as The Ikettes, Eki Renrut, The Kings of Rhythm, and under other pseudonyms. From 1951 to 1976, he recorded hundreds of songs and dozens of albums while successfully touring the world · Tina joined Turner’s touring show as teenager, and soon becames its star. After the couple parted ways, she continued a solo career and racked up twelve chart hits including “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” “Private Dancer,” “We Don’t Need Another Hero,” and more · Classic videos featuring some of their greatest hits!

Ike & Tina Turner Through the Years DVD: HUD DVD 9907 (M) Amaray File Under: Rhythm & Blues

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“A twangy, ringing electric guitar style that was irresistible on fast numbers and stung hard on the downbeat stuff.” — ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Featured Artists Frankie Lee Sims, vocals

Track Listing Walking With Frankie · Don’t Be Mad With Me · Lucy Mae Blues · My Home Ain’t There · Send My Soul to the Devil · Short Haired Woman · Going Back to the River · As Long As I Live · Come Back Baby Take 1 · Frankie Lee Boogie · Going Back to Dallas · Jelly Roll Baker · Woman Why’d You Break My Heart · Come Back Baby Take 2

Selling Points

Frankie Lee Sims Walking With Frankie CD: AIM 1089 (P) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Blues

· Frankie Lee Sims was one of the great down-home Texas blues men of the fifties · This previously un-issued session, recorded in New York for the Enjoy label in 1960, features remakes of his biggest hits “Lucy Mae Blues” and “Walking With Frankie” · Produced by the legendary Bobby Robinson · Sims’s cousin was Lightning Hopkins, and he was very much the same type of artist, along with contemporaries such as Smokey Hogg and Lil’ Son Jackson · Sims began his recording career with Blue Bonnet Records in 1948, and went on to record for Specialty and Ace in the fifties. His big Southern hits included “Lucy Mae Blues,” “She Likes to Boogie Real Low,” and “Walking With Frankie” · Unable to follow up with hits in the sixties, he struggled with alcoholism, legal troubles, and ill health, finally succumbing to pneumonia in 1970

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BLUES/R&B

CD: MAY 250149 (Q )

CD: MAY 250148 (Q )

Standard Jewel Case File Under: Blues

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Johnny Winter

Mike Bloomfield

Black Cat Bone

Celebrating the Blues

Track Listing

Introduction · Mean Town Blues · Black Cat Bone · Mean Mistreater · Mama Talk To Your Daughter · Look Up · I Can Love You Baby · Take My Choice · We Go Back Quite a Ways

Women Lovin’ Each Other · Don’t You Lie To Me · Knockin’ Myself Out · Eyesight to the Blind · Between a Hard Place and the Ground · Cherry Red · Uncle Bob’s Barrelhouse Blues · Wee Wee Hours · Vamp in C · Blues in B Flat · Jockey Blues · Junko Partner · Women Lovin’ Each Other (Alternative Version) · Don’t Lie to Me (Alternative Version) · Kansas City · Darktown Strutters Ball/Mop Mop/Call Me a Dog · One of These Days

Selling Points From 1968 onwards, Johnny Winter committed himself to playing the blues. This album was recorded live in Fall 1969 at the Dallas International Motor Speedway during the Texas Pop Festival, which also featured B.B. King, Canned Heat, Janis Joplin, and more. Contains two studio bonus tracks.

Selling Points Mike Bloomfield was one of America’s greatest white blues guitarists. His live appearances, the Dylan sessions, and the first two Butterfield Blues Band records all firmly established him as a talented and influential blues guitar player. Celebrating the Blues showcases his extraordinary guitar playing talents.

2XCD: EPM 180003 (2G)

DVD: HUD DVD 9908 (M)

Double Digipak File Under: Rhythm & Blues

Amaray File Under: Rhythm & Blues

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Various Artists

Barry White

The Best of Rhythm & Blues: Hits 1954/1955

Live in Europe 1975

Track Listing

DVD Menu

48 tracks include: Fats Domino: Something’s Wrong · Little Walter: You’re So Fine · Ray Charles: It Should Have Been Me · Big Joe Turner: Shake Rattle & Roll · Muddy Waters: Just Make Love To Me · Dinah Washington: I Don’t Hurt Anymore · B.B. King: You Upset Me Baby · The Moonglows: Sincerely · The Penguins: Earth Angel · Etta James: The Wallflower · The Platters: Only You · and more

Concert includes: Love’s Theme · Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe · Never, Never Gonna Give You Up · I’ve Found Someone · Under the Influence of Love · It May Be Winter Outside · I Belong to You · Rhapsody in White · I’m Gonna Love You Just a Little More Babe · You’re the First, the Last, My Everything

Selling Points Selling Points Over the past ten years or more, it has become known familiarly as R&B, but the term “rhythm & blues” first appeared in June 1949 in Billboard. This anthology has been compiled to give an overall picture of the era through its greatest hits, presented chronologically according to figures issued by R&B charts at the time.

Order Date: September 22, 2006

It’s Barry White in all his baritone sexiness, live in concert with the Love Unlimited Orchestra! Features all of his hits on a rare DVD concert performance, recorded at the height of his powers on his 1975 European tour.

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SOUL Marvin Gaye

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Soul Immortal Track Listing Let’s Get It On · I Heard It Through the Grapevine · What’s Going On · Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) · Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing · Your Precious Love · Joy · Sexual Healing · Come Get To This · Distant Lover · BONUS: Marvin Dialog Track

Selling Points · Marvin Gaye was a masterful vocalist, a gifted songwriter, and an extraordinary producer whose life was tragically cut short · His intensely political and personal style blazed a trail through doo-wop, powerful R&B, and sultry soul · With the legacy he left behind, from the classic “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” to the Grammy-winning “Sexual Healing,” his stature has continued to grow · He remains one of most the popular and influential artists of all time! · Soul Immortal features ten of Gaye’s best-loved songs—six #1s—including “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” “What’s Going On,” and the Grammy-winning “Sexual Healing”

CD: ALE 192043 (K) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Soul

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James Brown

Sam & Dave

Chuck Berry

Godfather of Soul

Double Dynamite

Father of Rock and Roll

CD: ALE 192024 (K)

CD: ALE 192033 (K)

CD: ALE 192022 (K)

Standard Jewel Case File Under: Soul Previously Available

Standard Jewel Case File Under: Rock Previously Available

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Jerry Lee Lewis

Kitty Wells

Faron Young

Rock ‘n’ Roll Wild Man

Queen of Country Music

Hillbilly Heartthrob

CD: ALE 192023 (K)

CD: ALE 192029 (K)

CD: ALE 192030 (K)

Standard Jewel Case File Under: Rock Previously Available

Standard Jewel Case File Under: Country Previously Available

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SOUL/FUNK/HIP-HOP/GOSPEL

CD: MAY 250105 (Q )

2XCD: MAY 250044 (2J)

Standard Jewel Case File Under: Soul

Standard Jewel Case File Under: Funk

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Solomon Burke

George Clinton & the P-Funk All Stars

Soul Lucky

Take It to the Stage

Track Listing

Boo Hoo (Cry Over You) · Lucky · Hold On I’m Coming · Please Come Back To Me · The More · Sidewalks, Fences and Walls · Sweeter Than Sweetness · Let Your Love Flow · Music to Make Love By · Let Me Wrap My Arms Around You · Everlasting Love

DISC ONE: Cosmic Slop · Bop Gun · Standing on the Verge · Funk Gettin’ Ready to Roll · Funkentelechy · Give Up the Funk · Let’s Take It to the Stage · Good Love [Instrumental] · DISC TWO: Maggot Brain · Make My Funk the P-Funk · Flashlight · Aquaboogie · Atomic Dog · The Mothership Connection · Pepe the Pill Popper · Let’s Get Satisfied · Dope Dog · Ain’t Nothing But a Jam Y’all · State of the Nation

Selling Points Eleven rare tracks from the king of soul! These recordings are the result of Burke’s collaborations with producer Jerry “Swamp Dogg” Williams and recall the quality and power of his earlier work for Atlantic. Includes “Everlasting Love,” “Let Your Love Flow,” “Please Come Back to Me,” and more.

This double album was first released in September 1997, entitled Live and Kickin’. The 2XCD collection contains previously unreleased live performances of Parliament funk anthems as well as some of the experimental alien psychedelic rock of Funkadelic.

CD: MAY 250123 (Q )

CD: MAY 250108 (Q )

Standard Jewel Case File Under: Gospel

Standard Jewel Case File Under: Hip-Hop

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The Blind Boys of Alabama

Various Artists

Walk With Me Dear Lord

Cypress Thrill

Track Listing

Walk With Me · Precious Lord · I Can See Everybody’s Mother (But I Can’t See Mine) · How Far Am I From Canaan · You Don’t Know · Just a Closer Walk With Thee · Danny Boy · I Never Heard a Man · My Robe Will Fit Me · Old Time Religion · I’m A-Rolling · He Looked Beyond My Faults · Let’s Have Church · All Over Me · You’ll Never Walk Alone · I Got A Home in that Rock · Somebody’s Mother · Precious Lord [Alternate]

Originality · Guillotine Factory · Heart of a Rebel · Feel the Street · Rhyme in Tha Chamber · Sly, Slick & Wicked · Goin’ Crazy · Wonton Song · Tequila · Time Remix · Promoter Super Estrella · [Don’t Be Fakin’] Da Funk · Bobo

Selling Points The Blind Boys of Alabama have always been on a mission to expand the audience for traditional gospel music, and Walk With Me Dear Lord contains pure, soul-stirring, old-style gospel singing.

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Order Date: September 22, 2006

Selling Points Thirteen ultra-rare tracks on a cutting-edge compilation featuring an all-star gathering of hip-hop talent from the ranks of the Cypress Hill clan. Includes “Originality,” “Feel the Street,” “Rhyme in tha Chamber,” “Tequila,” “Heart of a Rebel,” and more.

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HIP-HOP “All the Way Live in ‘82 succeeds in forever preserving a handful of fleeting moments from hip-hop’s golden age (minus the apprehension, sheepskin coats, and angel dust, mind you). Culled from an assortment of earlyeighties live performances, this collection is as ‘real’ as hip-hop gets. All of the elements that made them legends in their own time are captured here: the harmonizing, the DJing, the camaraderie, and the showmanship. Taped at various locations including a Connecticut roller rink and then mastered for clarity, this record celebrates the true spirit of hip-hop.” — THE SOURCE

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Featured Artists DJ Charley Chase/Almighty KG/JDL Grandmaster Caz/DJ Tony Tone/ Girltaker/A.D.

Track Listing Live in Connecticut · It’s Like That Ya’ll · It’s Us (The Cold Crush) · Freestylin’ · Are You Ready? · Yvette

Selling Points · Critically acclaimed live performances by the legendary Cold Crush Brothers, the premiere old school MC/DJ rap crew, recorded in their prime in 1982 · Featuring lead rapper Grandmaster Caz, Cold Crush Brothers “basically set the standard for live shows of the time” according to the Hip-Hop Network

Cold Crush Brothers All the Way Live in ‘82

CD: TUF 608 (Q) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Hip-Hop

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Featured Artists Marley Marl/Noel Rockwell/The Poet/Spoonie Gee/Funkmaster Wizard Wiz/Grandmaster Caz

Track Listing The Wop Sensation (Vocal) · The Godfather · Stop It Wiz (Human Beat Box Mix) · I Stink Because I’m Funky (Human Beat Box Mix) · The Man Marley Marl (Vocal) · I’m the Judge · Punk What Ya Gonna Do? · Get-Get-Get It Now · Beat You Down (Dub)

Selling Points

Marley Marl The Queensbridge Sessions

· Classic Marley Marl recordings done in his home studio in Queensbridge, on par with his classic Cold Chillin’ material · Includes solo scratch DJ jams and previously unreleased scratch tracks with Funkmaster Wizard Wiz · Features the rarely heard house mix of Spoonie Gee’s “The Godfather” as well as vocal and instrumental counterparts of Grandmaster Caz’s “I’m the Judge” · A pioneer of drum sampling, these cuts feature Marley Marl in his prime. He is credited with advancing hip-hop’s sonic landscape, and regarded as the Golden Age’s premiere producer. As founder of the famous collective Juice Crew, projects with emerging talents such as Biz Markie, Big Daddy Kane, and LL Cool J soon followed

CD: OSF 4020 (Q ) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Hip-Hop

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Order Date: September 22, 2006

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ELECTRONICA/CHILL Sounds from the Ground High Rising CD: WAV 6102 (Q ) Digipak File Under: Electronica/Chill

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A deadly concoction of stony bass tones, alien soundscapes, and serene synthesizer melodies. — CMJ

Press Quotes

“Recalling William Orbit’s Strange Cargo, Sounds from the Ground is a British duo operating at the edges of ambient and dance and providing as much for the mind as the body in this electronica journey. Sounds from the Ground may be on terra firma, but its music is flying high.” — BILLBOARD

Featured Artists Nick Woolfson/Elliot Morgan Jones

Track Listing White City · Rotorblade · Slate Grey · Viper Style · Beautiful Feeling feat. Taz · Modo · Palmprint · Blink · Speedbumps · Allsorts (Special Bonus Track)

Selling Points · Sounds from the Ground are Nick Woolfson and Elliot Morgan Jones, who met in the London underground music scene. They released their debut album Kin, with its classic ten-minute anthem “Triangle,” on Waveform Records in 1996 · Today, some ten years later, Kin continues to be fresh-sounding and widely acclaimed, merging ambient, dub, trip-hop, and jazz styles to catch the imaginations of listeners worldwide · The duo’s second Waveform album, Terra Firma, was released in 2000 and helped secure SFTG as a satisfying and respected UK musical force. With favorite tracks like the urban-tinged “Drugstore,” it also continues to be enthusiastically received · In 2004, SFTG lit up the music scene with the good-time vibes of their third Waveform title, Luminal · There have also been welcome stops along the way, with a more vocal-oriented release on Nettwerk Records and various tracks on compilations and European-only releases · Now, SFTG takes their music to new heights with High Rising, eleven ambient/chill/dubbed-out dowtempo tracks of pure electronic bliss · Massive radio promotion campaign to hundreds of stations, satellite radio, and internet radio · Press mailing to key publications

Key Markets New York, Chicago, Washington DC, Boston, Austin, Los Angeles, Seattle

Also Available Sounds from the Ground

Sounds from the Ground

Kin

Terra Firma

Luminal

CD: WAV 86103 (Q )

CD: WAV 99103 (Q )

CD: WAV 4102 (Q )

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NEW AGE/ELECTRONICA Soulfood/DJ Free

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Power Yoga CD: SFD 30 (Q) Standard Jewel Case File Under: New Age/Electronica

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Addicting! An uplifting blend of underlying rhythm and change. — JONATHON FOUST, KRIPALU YOGA FELLOWSHIP

Press Quotes

“This is great for the modern day teacher/student … great for fitness yoga styles!” — MAHAN RISHI SIGNH KHALSA, THE KHALSA HEALING ARTS & YOGA CENTER “Soulfood’s music moves my students and me into a deeper spiritual space, nourishing our souls with an overall feeling of health and wellness.” — CARLA FRIEDMAN, CERTIFIED YOGA INSTRUCTOR

Featured Artists DJ Free, DJ beats, mixing, soundscapes, ambience/Brent Lewis, percussion, shakers/Jayson Fann, percussion/Richard Hardy, woodwinds, bamboo flute/Peter Schimke, piano, keyboards, Rhodes/Rita Coolidge, vocals, chants/Enrique Toussaint, bass

Track Listing Chakra Dancing · Yoga Groove · Vinyasa · Yoga Rhythm · Martini House · Awakening · Mantra · Vision Quest · The Way · Echo Canyon

Selling Points · Soulfood Music & Power Music, the industry leader in fitness music, have teamed up to create this “best of ” Soulfood with handpicked tracks perfect for yoga, dance, and movement classes · DJ Free, an award-wining composer/producer, returns to his club and DJ roots to remix music from Soulfood’s best-selling releases. Power Music adds their fitness expertise, mixing the tracks to create the perfect BPM to motivate any fitness yoga or dance class · Over sixty minutes of rhythm, chill grooves, chants, and exotic instrumentation are beat-mixed to create the ultimate power/fitness yoga CD! · Rhythmic percussion by master percussionist Brent Lewis, who has studied with drum masters from around the world, performed with a long list of artists (Smokey Robinson, Grateful Dead, Joe Cocker), can be heard on Oliver Stone’s JFK and three IMAX® scores, and has composed for the Australian Ballet · Power Music is the #1 producer of professional workout music and dominates the industry’s four major markets: group fitness, personal exercise, mind-body, and cheer/dance · Perfect for power, Vinyasa flow, Jivamukti, and other active yoga, movement, and DansKinetics classes or after-yoga get-togethers · Service to top NPR & former NAV stations, syndicated shows, and satellite radio · Service to top media outlets including NAR, Body & Soul, Yoga Journal, Yogi Times, and Fit Yoga · Press release to over 200 fitness and wellness media outlets · Ads will run in YogiTimes, New Age Retailer, and Healing Lifestyles & Spas

Key Markets Minneapolis/Santa Fe/Salt Lake City (Hometowns). Also: New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Austin, Chicago, Miami, Boston

Also Available Soulfood & Brent Lewis

Soulfood & Brent Lewis

Yoga Rhythm

Yoga Groove

CD: SFD 20 (Q )

CD: SFD 28 (Q )

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Order Date: September 22, 2006

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NEW AGE

Jonathan Goldman

Celestial Reiki

Celestial Reiki II

CD: JSG 15007 (Q )

CD: JSG 30007 (Q )

Standard Jewel Case File Under: New Age Previously Available

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Press Quotes “Best sustained trance music of the year.” — YOGA JOURNAL “Extraordinary instrumental sound and energy designed to enhance all forms of healing & transformation.” — ISIS BOOKS “The tremendous variety of music showcases the talents of Jonathan Goldman, Laraaji, and Sarah Benson with its use of harps, bells, synthesizers, and beautiful vocal tones to create a feeling of peace and well-being.” — MYSTERIES MAGAZINE

Featured Artists Jonathan Goldman, keyboards, guitar, toning/Laraaji, zither, keyboards, bells, harp, toning/Sarah Benson, flute

Track Listing Celestial Reiki: Equinox · Quiet Space · Light of the Ocean Celestial Reiki 2: Convergence · Dreamtime · Reverence

Selling Points · Jonathan Goldman is a world-renowned authority in the field of sound healing who presents lectures, workshops, and weeklong intensive training sessions around the world · Goldman is a pioneer in the field of harmonics, a Grammy nominee, and a Gold-selling artist who has appeared on Grammy-winning recordings. He has published numerous books considered the best in their field, including Healing Sounds (Inner Traditions) and Tantra of Sound (Hampton Roads) · Laraaji is a pioneer in the fields of sound and consciousness, and ambient and meditative music, having worked with renowned producers Brian Eno, Bill Laswell, and Michael Brooks · Celestial Reiki 2 features famed sound healer and “Divine Mother of Sound” Sarah Benson on flute · Designed to enhance all types of body and energy work—Reiki, massage, yoga, bodywork, and meditation—the Celestial Reiki series features extraordinarily gentle and soothing instrumental music that is great for relaxation · Upcoming interviews, appearances, lectures, and more · Reached Top 10 on Galaxie Digital Radio

Key Markets Boulder (Hometown). Also: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Orange County, San Diego, Portland, Seattle, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore, Washington DC

Order Date: September 22, 2006

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NEW AGE ALLEGRO WELCOMES THE RETURN OF SPRING HILL MUSIC!

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Spring Hill Music is a leading independent record label offering a wide variety of unique world music, relaxing instrumental release, and classical recordings. Winner of numerous awards, their catalog transcends genres but has one unifying theme—high quality recordings you’ll enjoy! Formerly distributed by EMD, Spring Hill is now available from Allegro exclusively in the U.S. and Canada.

Robert Gass/On Wings of Song Kirtana CD: SHM 6049 (Q ) Standard Jewel Case File Under: New Age

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The word ‘enchantment’ suggests becoming one with God through chanting. Robert Gass’s superb music and chanting achieves this goal — DEEPAK CHOPRA

Press Quotes

“Robert Gass’s music is an oasis of calm in our busy world.” — JOAN BORYSENKO, PH.D.

“A great and gentle teacher, Robert Gass is one of the great participatory musicians of our time. Like no other, he raises the soul force of audiences to pure celebration.” — JEAN HOUSTON “Robert Gass is widely considered the leader in the field of new spiritual vocal music.” — P.J. BIROSIK

Featured Artists Danya River, vocals/Ty Burhoe, tabla/Steve Gorn, bansuri flutes/Kabir, tamboura/Margot Krimmel, harp/Hans Christian, sarangi, sitara/Wah, violin/Daniel ‘Snoopy’ Baruch, drum programming/Shine Edgar, didgeridoo/Chris Engleman, electric bass/Arthur Lee Land, acoustic & electric guitars/John McDowell, African drums, percussion/Steve Oda, sarod/Stephan Schaffer, bass/Ambika Leigh Travis, kartals/Michael Wimberly, balafon

Track Listing Om Namo Bhagavate · Govinda Hare · Om Shanti · Rama Rama · Gopala · Om Kali · He Bhagavan

Selling Points · Robert Gass is a twenty-plus-year pioneer of the contemporary chant genre, paving the way for Krishna Das, Deva Premal, and many more. With his famed choral group On Wings of Song, Robert Gass has recorded seventeen albums of groundbreaking chant and sold over 850,000 units worldwide · Gass has performed and led workshops for hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic audiences, and his music is widely used and endorsed by well-known authors, workshop leaders, and yoga teachers · Kirtana, his first new recording in nearly five years, features seven powerful Sanskrit kirtan-style chants and will appeal to his existing fan base and new listeners drawn to kirtan chanting in yoga classes and workshops · Kirtana features the full thirty-plus member On Wings of Song chorus, guest vocalist Danya River, and noted musicians Ty Burhoe (Kitaro, Deva Premal), Steve Gorn (Jai Uttal, Paul Simon), John McDowell (Krishna Das, Born Into Brothels soundtrack), and more · Full service and promotion to all NAR/NPR radio, satellite/cable/in-flight/internet plus terrestrial and cyber specialty shows · Extensive service and promotion to key mainstream daily, monthly, and broadcast media · Ads will run in New Leaves, New Age Retailer, Common Ground, and In-Review

Key Markets Boulder (Hometown). Also: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Marin, San Jose, Seattle, San Diego, Boston

Also Available Robert Gass & OWS

Robert Gass & OWS

Om Namaha Shivaya

Chant: Spirit in Sound

Enchanted

CD: SHM 6018 (Q )

2XCD: SHM 6021 (2N)

CD: SHM 6022 (Q )

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Order Date: September 22, 2006

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NEW AGE Gerald Jay Markoe/Phoenix (Lynn S. Marks) Messages from God CD: ASM 54 (Q ) Standard Jewel Case File Under: New Age

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Gerald Jay Markoe is the composer of the new age. He is to new age music what Mozart is to classical. — NEW AGE VOICE

Press Quotes

“Phoenix brings the message that nothing is limited.” — MYSTIC POP “At least one Markoe album always ranks among the top sellers in the new age market.” — ALL MUSIC GUIDE “Phoenix is a gifted, intuitive pioneer in the field of business and spirit coaching.” — EVOLVE

Featured Artists Gerald Jay Markoe, celestial music/Phoenix, spoken word

Track Listing Communicating Truths · Authentic Power · Spiritual Teachers · Discerning Realities · Life Path · Higher Guidance · Spiritual Perception · Radiant Peace · Creating from Spirit · Gratefulness

Selling Points · A unique blend of divine spoken words with celestial music, this CD is something different, wonderful, and original · Phoenix is a pioneer in the field of coaching for both business and spiritual matters as a spiritual guide and intuitive advisor. This CD is a recording of her acclaimed book Messages from God (under the name Lynn S. Marks) · Played on classical orchestral instruments with angelic voices, a monks’ choir, and celestial synthesizer backgrounds · Each message raises the frequency of the listener’s mind and soul with God’s spirit, and the transformation lingers long after the CD is over · These messages can help to change unconscious negative beliefs, receive answers, increase prosperity, find peace and harmony, experience deep relaxation, and much more · Ads will run in New Age Retailer, Leading Edge Review, Share Guide, and more · Press reviews in New Age Retailer, Evolve, Mystic Pop, and more Key Markets New York & Boca Raton (Hometowns). Also: Los Angeles, Santa Fe, Sedona, San Francisco, Tucson, Denver, Miami, West Palm Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, San Diego, Kansas City, Orlando, Atlanta

Also Available Gerald Jay Markoe/ Stacey Dean Chakra Balancing CD: ASM 15 (M)

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NEW AGE Curtis Macdonald

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Everlasting CD: EVM 3524 (Q ) Standard Jewel Case File Under: New Age

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Pure, upbeat, delightful, and enjoyable contemporary instrumentals in melodic and pleasant harmonies. — NEW AGE VOICE

Press Quotes

“From the first song I was most enamored with his work … wonderfully romantic and able to stand on it’s own, it’s a special sound and [Macdonald] manages to keep you engaged until the end.” — NEW MUSIC CENTRAL

Featured Artists Curtis Macdonald, acoustic piano, synths/John Adorney, acoustic guitars/Lucia Imán, vocals

Track Listing Nettlebrook · Our Love Is Forever · Kanan to the Sea · When Kiska Dreams · As Autumn Falls · Ocean Avenue · Lucky Charm · Hope and Faith · The Spirit of Wishes · Everlasting

Selling Points · As a follow-up to his 2002 EverSound release Shadow Crossing, Curtis Macdonald’s Everlasting is a collection of fresh, beautiful new compositions that weave a tapestry of new age, nu-jazz, and adult contemporary instrumentals into a unique sound · Macdonald’s lyrical piano melodies and improvised solos bring to each piece a romantic and soulful approach that has become his signature—positive and motivating music with lush transparent electronica accented by John Adorney’s acoustic guitar and Lucia Imán’s gorgeous vocals · With bouncy, pulsating grooves and inspiring arrangements, Everlasting puts the listener in the right mood no matter what the environment · Curtis Macdonald is an accomplished pianist and composer due to years of study under Mort Subotnik, Leonard Rosenman, Barry Schrader, and Alan Chaplin · His style is unique in that he uses today’s ever-popular electronica genre and layers of catchy, romantic piano melodies combined with organic acoustic instruments · Macdonald’s recent projects have included works for Sony Wonder, Warner Bros, Mattel Entertainment, Sunbow, and BKN. He has also worked with Disney, Paramount, Loramar, and Universal · Crossover appeal to smooth jazz and chill genres · Advance copies to key radio; breakout hits for NAC, XM, and Sirius Satellite radio · Media campaign to new age, holistic, and lifestyle press · Ads will run in top new age and musical performance trade publications: New Age Retailer, NAPRA Review, Keyboard, and Electronic Musician

Key Markets New York/Los Angeles (Hometowns). Also: San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Miami, Philadelphia, Denver, Portland, Atlanta, Minneapolis

Also Available Curtis Macdonald Shadow Crossing CD: EVM 3515 (Q )

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NEW AGE Featured Artists Jia Peng Fang, erhu/Shinko Ogata, piano/Masatsugu Shinozaki, strings/Haruki Mino, piano/Yasushi Morimoto, synth/Toru Kase, bass/Milton Tomita, drums/Koichiro Tashiro, guitar/and more

Track Listing Winter River · Moonlight · Furusato · Tango of Asia · Forever · Mai Kyoku · What a Beautiful World · Ripples · Cherry Blossoms · Summer of Jiamusi

Selling Points

Jia Peng Fang

· The melodies of the erhu express the joys and sorrows of life, evoking nostalgic memories that warm the heart · Moonlight goes beyond the traditional healing genre of the erhu, showcasing Jia Peng Fang’s unique artistic and musical approach · The erhu, which has now grown to be an instrument familiar to most music buffs, increased in recognition and popularity with American audiences after the release of Jia Peng Fang’s River in 1998 · Presently, Fang is teaching erhu classes as he continues working in the genres of jazz & classical, making movie soundtracks, conducting live performances, recording, and pursuing the unending potentials of his music

Moonlight Also Available

CD: PMR 63 (R) Standard Jewel Case File Under: New Age

· PMR 37 (R) Jia Peng Fang Best (678477003727) · PMR 54 (R) Lovers (Best) (678477005424) · PMR 41 (R) Sho (678477004120)

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“Becher creates shimmering corridors and celestial vistas with his instruments, producing a powerful catalyst for meditation and deep relaxation.” — CD UNIVERSE

Featured Artists Danny Becher, Tibetan singing bowls, glass & crystal bowls, overtone/ undertone chants, Chinese & Burmese gongs, Himalayan conch, lithophone, kalimba

Track Listing Entering Inner Worlds · Inside · A Soul’s Song · Silence Within · Dancing Spirits · Quest to Rest · Glad to Exist

Selling Points · Vibrational sound healing therapy is becoming internationally recognized as an effective tool for the treatment of many physical imbalances and illnesses including insomnia, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, ADD, emotional imbalance, and other stress-related conditions. It has been successfully used as an integral part of the healing process with cancer patients, and is wonderful for natural pain relief · Danny Becher is an internationally renowned expert on sound and music healing who teaches seminars around the world. He was trained in bel canto, traditional Indian music, Gregorian interpretation, and overtone chanting—all of which have contributed to his unique approach to the powerful effects of sound and music · Service to major reviewers and trade, with focus on new age/alternative healing outlets · Ads will run in New Age Retailer and Light of Consciousness

Also Available · ORM 59142 (Q) In Resonance (689973591427) · ORM 60962 (Q) Tibetan Singing Bells (689973609627)

Order Date: September 22, 2006

Danny Becher Touched By Sound

CD: ORM 62862 (Q ) Standard Jewel Case File Under: New Age

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N AT I V E A M E R I C A N / N E W A G E Ayaapii

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It Is Quiet at Night Track Listing Aki (The Earth) · Daa (He Lives There) · Onishkaa (Rise) · Wiikondim (Feast) · Naaji (Seek) · Wani (Mistakenly Lost) · Gkaa (He Is Old) · Zhingisinin (Lie Down) · Nibaa (He Sleeps) · Bekaadizmagad Niibaa-Dibik

Selling Points · To create this musical collection of traditional Native elements fused with hints of modern soundscapes, Ayaapii employs authentic cedar flute and hand drums · Ayaapii (D. Johnston) hails from the Canadian Midwest. Starting out as a flute player, he made his first flute with his grandfather out of a piece of driftwood that came ashore near the small community he was raised in. As his craftsmanship developed, so did his love of music · Great for the gift shop market, spas, and relaxation/meditation markets

CD: ARL 12542 (Q ) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Native American/New Age

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Ayaapii Fire Circle Track Listing A Warrior Sleeps · Wolf Tracks · The Water Runs · Grey Owl Walking · Laughing Loons · The Forest Dance · The Water Falls at Night · Sweetgrass Lake · The Frogs Sing · Fire Circle · Wind Weave

Selling Points · Ayaapii plays his own handmade flutes on his beautiful recordings · After finishing the fourth and final Ayaapii album, Fire Circle, D. Johnston decided to follow his dream of making exotic wind instruments, and now resides in South America working with and studying under lifelong woodworking masters · Great for the gift shop market, spas, and relaxation/meditation markets CD: ARL 12532 (Q ) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Native American/New Age

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Ayaapii Spirit Songs Track Listing The Vision · Grand Medicine Lodge · Rite of Passage · Water Walker · She Is Laughing · Medicine Wheel Path · You Are Not Alone · Elder Song · Returning Home · The Story Dwells Here

Selling Points · All of Ayaapii’s albums were recorded with a combination of handmade and electronic instruments— cedar flute, hand drums, and more · Like his previous works, Spirit Songs blends true acoustic tones with hints of contemporary soundscapes · Great for the gift shop market, spas, and relaxation/meditation markets

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CD: ARL 12522 (Q )

· ARL 12112 (Q) Seasons Changing (778505121123)

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ROCK Various Artists Guitar Heroes Volume 2

CD: MAY 250142 (Q ) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Rock

Sixteen exhilarating tracks from some of the world’s most influential guitar players, including Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King, Steve Lukather (Toto), Pat Travers, Michael Schenker, Henry Vestine, Rick Derringer, and more.

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Spencer Davis Group Old Friends, Familiar Faces, and New Acquaintances CD: MAY 250146 (Q ) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Rock

Features Davis’s Crossfire album, recorded with Dusty Springfield, Flo & Eddie, and Booker T. Jones, along with new original songs and re-recordings or live versions of classic Spencer Davis Group hits.

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Savoy Brown Hellbound Boogie 2XCD: MAY 250147 (2J) Double Slimline File Under: Rock

Combines 1981’s Rock and Roll Warriors with the wildly exciting Greatest Hits Live In Concert, featuring a cooking version of “Hellbound Train” enlivened by an excellent bass lead-in solo by John Humprey.

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Chris Spedding Guitar Jamboree A live album made in Germany contains a number of Spedding favorites such as “Motorbikin’,” “Summertime Blues,” “Wild Wild Women,” and his signature tune, “Guitar Jamboree.”

CD: MAY 250120 (Q ) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Rock

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Mitch Ryder Devil With Her Blue Dress Off Mitch Ryder revisits all of his classic Detroit Wheels-era hits and more. Forty years later, these performances match the wailing delivery of the originals, but with an updated sound that showcases the vocalist’s exceptional talent.

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The Troggs Wild Things: The Godfathers of Punk Features four of The Troggs’ biggest hits: “Wild Thing,” “With a Girl Like You,” “I Can’t Control Myself,” and “Love Is All Around,” as well as the 1983 album Black Bottom in its entirety.

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Ned Rorem Songs of Ned Rorem CD: OTM 1009 (R) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Classical

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“No living composer has produced a larger or more impressive body of songs.” — CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Ned Rorem, piano/Charles Bressler, tenor/Phyllis Curtin, soprano/Gianna d’Angelo, coloratura soprano/Donald Gramm, bass/ Regina Sarfaty, mezzo-soprano ROREM: Song for a Girl · To the Willow Tree · Echo’s Song · Upon Julia’s Clothes · The Silver Swan · Psalm 123 · Psalm 148 · Psalm 150 · The Lordly Hudson · Snake · Rain in Spring · Root Cellar · Sally’s Smile · Such Beauty As Hurts to Behold · My Papa’s Waltz · Early in the Morning · I Am Rose · See How They Love Me · Visits to Saint Elizabeth’s · A Christmas Carol · The Nightingale · The Call · Spring and Fall · Spring · To You · Youth, Day, Old Age, and Night · O You Whom I Often and Silently Come · Pippa’s Song · Lullaby of the Woman of the Mountain · What If Some Little Pain · In a Gondola · Requiem

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This is the definitive album of the early songs of Ned Rorem, and arguably the greatest collection of American art songs ever recorded Recorded by Columbia Records with the composer at the piano First time on CD, with completely refurbished sound Rorem’s first major album—one that catapulted him into the national classical music spotlight when it was originally released in January 1964! Electrifying performances by the greatest soloists of the day Superb poetry by a range of writers from Robert Herrick, John Dryden, and Ben Jonson to Gertrude Stein, Elizabeth Bishop, and Theodore Roethke Decades ago, Time magazine called Ned Rorem “the world’s best composer of art songs,” and few have challenged that judgment since Although he has written exceptionally fine orchestral music, his songs and choral pieces seem destined to remain his best-known legacy, in part because they are so performer-friendly. Singers love to sing his songs, and church choirs find his choral works exceptionally satisfying Uniquely, Rorem became just as famous for his literary efforts, which now total fourteen books of music criticism, lectures, and his flamboyantly frank personal diaries His inner life has thus become perhaps the most public of any composer in history. He has admitted that his music is as much a diary as his prose, and yet “a diary … differs from a musical composition in that it depicts the moment, the writer’s present mood which, were it inscribed an hour later, could emerge quite otherwise. I don’t believe that composers notate their moods, they don’t tell the music where to go—it leads them … why do I write music? Because I want to hear it—it’s simple as that. Others may have more talent, more sense of duty. But I compose just from necessity, and no one else is making what I need” In 1948 Rorem’s song “The Lordly Hudson” (included in this recording) was voted the Best Published Song of that year by the Music Library Association As a body of work, his songs are universally admired as among the best of the twentieth century, demonstrating his unique ability to keep the poet’s meaning intact while suffusing it with music Rorem has rejected the complexities of serial music and other “modern” theories of composition, opting instead for a simple, clear, diatonic approach—but as has often been remarked, the surface naiveté of his music conceals great depths of feeling and meaning. As critic Alec Ross has written, “his music is too mysteriously sweet to die away” The five vocalists on this recording were all among the best of their era, particularly in the art-song genre, and all made numerous recordings on major labels Soprano Phyllis Curtin (b. 1921) was a well-known star of New York City Opera and the Met (especially in Mozart) before becoming one of America’s leading voice teachers at the Berkshire Music Center, Yale University, and finally Boston University, where she served as dean of the School of the Arts until her retirement in 1992

Order Date: September 22, 2006

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CLASSICAL Viktor KOSENKO Eleven Etudes in the Form of Old Dances Natalya Shkoda, piano KOSENKO: Eleven Etudes in the Form of Old Dances, Op. 19

CD: TOC 36 (R) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Classical

Viktor Kosenko (1896 –1938) was one of the most important Ukrainian composers and pianists of the first half of the twentieth century. His music is the result of an organic synthesis of the late-Romantic piano tradition and elements of the national musical style. The innovative aspect of Eleven Etudes in the Form of Old Dances, Op. 19 lies in their unification of two different genres: they are both concert etudes and dances. They offer a combination of the late-Romantic piano tradition, Baroque dance forms, and Ukrainian folk music. These bright and clever pieces receive here their first-ever recording outside Ukraine. A native of Kharkiv, Ukraine, Dr. Natalya Shkoda is the winner of numerous classical music competitions including the MasterWorks Festival Concerto Competition in Houghton and Keyboard Competition for the Contemporary American Music in both harpsichord and piano. Shkoda is active both as a performer and musical critic. She has given a large number of performances around the world, and currently makes her home in Texas.

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Giovanni Girolamo KAPSBERGER Libro secondo d’arie Il Furioso/Victor Coehlo, director KAPSBERGER: Libro secondo d’arie (1623): Songs of Human and Divine Love, including: Voi, che dietro a fallaci · Corrente (1626) · Alma che fai, che pensi · Tu dormi · Pargoletta son io · I’vo piangendo i miei passati tempi · Dolcissimo Signore · T’inaspri à miei lamenti · Dunque con stile lieto, dolcissimo · Pietà di chi si more · Popol diletto mio · Ancora il Rè nasce piangendo in terra · O come in van credei · Perché pietà · CASTALDI: Sonata 2.a (1622) · Mustazzin corrente · ANON.: Monica · Canzona · Toccata

CD: TOC 27 (R) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Classical

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Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger (1580–1651) was one of the most innovative and original composers in early seventeenth-century Rome, and a virtuoso on the lute and chitarrone, or theorbo. His Second Book of Arias, published in Rome in 1623 for one and two voices, are extraordinary works that reveal both his vivid imagination in setting poetry to music, and his flair for dramatic gestures. Victor Coehlo is on the faculty of the University of Calgary and is an established scholar in the field of Renaissance music. He is the editor of Performance on Lute, Guitar and Vihuela in the Cambridge series of manuals on historical practice and modern interpretation.

Ferenc FARKAS Complete Wind Quintets “The Phoebus Quintet perform with deftness, wit, and nimble technical mastery. It’s an old cliché of critical special pleading, I know, but here is music which really does deserve to be much better known.” — BBC MUSIC [CHAMBER DISC OF THE MONTH, 5 STARS PERFORMANCE AND SOUND AUGUST 2006]

Phoebus Wind Quintet/Dieter Lange, double-bass/Ulrike Schneider, mezzo-soprano/ Daniel Dodds, violin FARKAS: Serenade for woodwind quintet (1951) · Quattro Pezzi for double-bass and woodwind quintet (1966) · Gyümölcskosár (Fruit Basket) (1980) · Antiche danze ungheresi del 17. secolo for woodwind quintet (1959) · Rondo capriccio for violin and woodwind quintet (1966) · Lavottiana for woodwind quintet (1968) CD: TOC 19 (R) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Classical

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Order Date: September 22, 2006

Ferenc Farkas (1905–2000) was one of the wave of Hungarian nationalist composers which began with the rise of Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály. His Old Hungarian Dances of the 17th Century have become a staple of the wind-quintet repertoire; the other five works here display the same irrepressible joie de vivre.

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“A polished and warmly communicative ensemble … [delivers] a performance of grace, proportion, and burnished brilliance.” — WASHINGTON POST

“Dynamic, accomplished, and imaginative musicians.” — BOSTON GLOBE “Roumain … has emerged as something of a hero in the demanding New York arts world. The New York Times put a Roumain performance at New York’s Merkin Concert Hall at No. 3 on its list of Top 10 classical music events.” — SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE “Classical music hasn’t gone through this kind of renaissance since, well, the Renaissance.” — CBS EVENING NEWS (ON ROUMAIN)

The Lark Quartet (Maria Bachmann & Deborah Buck, violins/Kathryn Lockwood, viola/Astrid Schween, cello) SCHICKELE: Scherzo from Quartet No. 2 “In Memoriam” · MORAVEC: Atmosfera a Villa Aurelia · Vince & Jan: 1945 · GERSHWIN (arr. Silverman): He Loves and She Loves · Fascinatin’ Rhythm · Do It Again · Clap Your Hands · Sweet & Low Down · ROUMAIN: Quartet No. 5 “Rosa Parks” · Klap Ur Hands [Remix]

· The works on this recording represent the Lark Quartet’s longtime association with new music and adventuresome programming · There is traditional string quartet playing, but also the string quartet as never heard before. The exploration of this new voice, however, is a thoughtful one rather than a mere attempt to be different · The works chosen reflect the Lark Quartet’s long and close association with the composers Peter Schickele and Paul Moravec, and with the Quartet’s more recent discovery, Daniel Bernard Roumain. The Gershwin songs are also explorative, with the unearthing of Stanley Silverman’s elegant translation of them that goes well beyond the expected · Performing with a unique blend of excitement, individuality, technical brilliance, and an unusually sonorous quartet sound, the Lark Quartet has won the acclaim of critics and audiences alike · Building on the group’s illustrious commissioning history, the Lark continues its bold approach to wide-ranging musical styles · Peter Schickele is internationally recognized as one of the most versatile artists in the field of music as a composer, pianist, author, and satirist. His works, now well in excess of one hundred for symphony orchestras, choral groups, chamber ensembles, voice, movies, and television, have given him “a leading role in the ever-more-prominent school of American composers who unselfconsciously blend all levels of American music” according to the New York Times · Paul Moravec, recipient of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in Music, has composed over ninety orchestral, chamber, choral, lyric, film, and electro-acoustic pieces · Daniel Bernard Roumain (“DBR”), the son of Haitian immigrants, is a composer/performer/band leader who seamlessly blends funk, rock, hip-hop, and classical music into a new and highly personal sonic vision. His dramatic, soul-inspiring pieces have been commissioned and performed by orchestras nationwide including the Brooklyn Philharmonic, Chicago Sinfonietta, and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s · The centerpiece of Klap Ur Handz is the world premiere recording of DBR’s new string quartet, dedicated to civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks · Earlier this year, DBR’s music was highlighted in a feature story on NPR’s All Things Considered. The broadcast included a focus on the Lark Quartet’s first rehearsal of Quartet No. 5 “Rosa Parks” · For more information on the Lark Quartet, visit www.larkquartet.com · For more information on DBR, visit www.dbrmusic.com Order Date: September 22, 2006

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CLASSICAL Boris Petrushansky, piano SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 12 (1926) · Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 61 (1942) · Three Pieces (1920) · Children’s Notebook, Op. 69 · Murzilka · Three Variations on a Theme by Glinka (1957)

Dimitri SHOSTAKOVICH Complete Piano Music, Vol. II

CD: STV 33748 (R) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Classical

· The present volume sets Shostakovich’s large-scale works against his smaller pieces written for various occasions · Sonata No. 1 is the young Shostakovich at his most daring and intransigent. Shostakovich often performed this sonata, and its stormy torrent of energy amazed enthusiastic listeners · In October 1942 Shostakovich received news that his piano teacher L. Nikolaev had died, and he decided to write a tribute piece, Sonata No. 2. This asceticsounding work, shot through with the tragedy of war and the siege of Leningrad, was composed in the spring of 1943 · Three Pieces were composed in 1920 and contain imitations of past styles. The Children’s Notebook was intended to teach children music with a gradual increase in difficulty. The acid wit heard in the works of the 1940s turns up in the Charlie Chaplin-esque Murzilka. Three Variations on Glinka were composed for the fortieth anniversary of the 1917 Revolution, and were Shostakovich’s last major work for solo piano

Also Available SHOSTAKOVICH Complete Piano Music, Vol. I CD: STV 33727 (R)

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Benigne de BACILLY & Charles MOUTON Airs & Dances Claudine Ansermet, soprano/Paolo Cherici, theorbo BACILLY: 16 Airs · MOUTON: 13 Dances

Benigne de Bacilly (1625–1690) was a talented poet, composer, and singer who excelled in all types of airs. Between 1661 and 1688 he published secular and religious airs for solo voice and basso continuo. He devoted his whole life to reforming French song, and his treatise L’art de bien chanter (1668) is his major manifesto, laying down a theory of French pronunciation. The present recording is an anthology of secular and religious airs, each of which is preceded by a piece for lute by Charles Mouton, a lutenist and contemporary of Bacilly’s. Mouton’s stylized dances are well suited to Bacilly’s airs, since both have a number of points in common (including sources) and because of the decisive influence of dance rhythms on most French vocal works. Paolo Cherici here plays a theorbo, close relative of the lute, and often used in place of it in that era.

CD: STV 33720 (R) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Classical

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Cappella Musicale di San Grato Gaude flore: Italian Music of the 17th & 18th Centuries Laura Antonaz, soprano/Gabriella Martellacci, contralto/Marco Piretta, bass/Cappella Musicale di San Grato/Teresio Colombotto, director A. SCARLATTI: Mortales from Concerti Sacri, for soprano, contalto & basso continuo · Infirmata from Concerti Sacri, for contralto, violins & basso continuo · BENEDETTI: Perge cor, for soprano & basso continuo · In Convertendo (Psalm 125), from Augusta Praetoria, 1722 for soloists, chorus, violins & basso continuo · ANON.: Magnificat, for soloists, chorus, violin & basso continuo · Gaude flore (hymn), for chorus & instruments

A selection of music from the Italian Baroque contained in manuscripts held in the library of the cathedral of Aosta in Italy. The number of works in this collection is small, but of very high quality, demonstrating the high artistic quality of musical life in the cathedral at that time. Some of the composers are unknown, but familiar names include Alessandro Scarlatti and Francesco Maria Benedetti.

CD: STV 33721 (R) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Classical

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CLASSICAL Ton Koopman, harpsichord

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BUXTEHUDE: La Capricciosa • 12 Suites for Harpsichord • More Palatino • Courant simple • Preludium manualiter

• Dietrich Buxtehude (ca. 1637–1707) was a Danish-born organist and composer of the German Baroque; he was organist at St. Mary’s Church in Lübeck most of his life • Although known today mostly for his organ and vocal works, he produced a large number of pieces for the harpsichord, as well as a few chamber sonatas • Regarded at one time as mostly an “influence” on later composers, including Bach, Handel, and Telemann, Buxtehude has risen steadily in modern estimation and is now considered the most important German composer between Schütz and Bach • One of the most famous incidents in Baroque music history was Bach’s 200mile journey on foot to hear the elderly Buxtehude play the organ. Bach was entranced and overstayed his trip. Buxtehude was so touched he offered Bach his organ job—but a condition included marriage to his eldest daughter, and Bach diplomatically declined • This 2-CD set inaugurates an exciting edition on Challenge Classics of the complete works of Buxtehude performed by Ton Koopman and colleagues • Since many of Buxtehude’s works, including all his oratorios, have been lost, this edition fills a particular historical urgency to keep his surviving legacy alive • This first volume focuses exclusively on the composer’s harpsichord works, performed on two instruments built by Willem Kroesbergen after historical models • Dutch harpsichordist, organist, conductor, and scholar Ton Koopman is universally acknowledged as one of today’s pre-eminent Early Music performers, sitting very near the top of an impossibly crowded field • Ton Koopman’s extensive activities as a soloist and conductor have been recorded on a large number of LPs and CDs for labels including Erato, Teldec, Philips, and Deutsche Grammophon • In 1979 he founded the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, a group of musicians from all over the world with a particular passion for the Baroque, whose recordings have won numerous awards • Buxtehude’s music is catalogued using Georg Karstädt’s BuxtehudeWerke-Verzeichnis (abbreviated as BuxWV), first published in the 1970s

Dietrich BUXTEHUDE Complete Works, Vol. 1 (2 CDs)

CD: CHR 72240 (2M) Double Slimline w/Slipcase File Under: Classical

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Igor Roma, piano ALKAN: Le festin d’Ésope, Étude, Op. 39, No. 12 • LISZT: Venezia e Napoli • Harmonies du Soir (Étude d’exécution transcendante No. 11) • PROKOFIEV: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75

Igor Roma Romantic Pieces for Piano

A unique program of great Romantic piano masterpieces, including Igor Roma’s own arrangement of the Alkan work based on Aesop’s Fables. Roma, a winner of many international piano competitions, started his successful career in 1996 when he won the first prize at the International Competition Franz Liszt in Utrecht, where his performance convinced the jury not to award the second prize, so the other two finalists divided the third prize. His repertoire is very wide; he plays both Bach and Messiaen, and includes less-known pieces by Szymanowski, Kurtag, and Falla. Igor Roma has played with many famous orchestras and conductors in Europe, Africa, and Asia. His concerts have been often broadcast live on TV. He has also participated at various international festivals. He has performed with colleagues at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam before Queen Beatrix, and at New York’s Lincoln Center. Igor Roma also frequently plays chamber music with renowned musicians.

CD: CHR 72154 (P) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Classical

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BREAKING NEWS!!! U.K. Classical Independent

Lyrita Returns To The American Marketplace! One of the most respected ‘independent’ labels, Lyrita Recorded Edition (which will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary in 2009), has concluded a comprehensive license deal with Allegro’s business partner Wyastone Estate Limited, producers of Nimbus Records. The agreement calls for the reintroduction of the entire Lyrita catalogue over the next two years. Wyastone will undertake the digitization of Lyrita’s original analogue masters, most of which have never been available on CD, and anticipates that the catalogue will then exceed 130 titles. There have been few (if any!) independents that have specialized in British music to the extent that Lyrita has— not to mention with the label’s devotion and flair! The consistent approach and high standards of Lyrita founder Richard Itter have produced a remarkable catalogue that includes many world premieres and composer-conducted recordings. His pioneering efforts on behalf of the major twentieth century English composers Arnold, Alwyn, Bax, Finzi, Foulds, Holst, Ireland, Rawsthorne, Rubbra, and Wordsworth (to name only the most familiar) set a benchmark for technical quality and musical judgment. Richard Itter says, “I am proud of the Lyrita recordings. I have been privileged to work with the most wonderful orchestras, conductors, soloists, and instrumentalists and incredibly dedicated producers and engineers. They all became deeply involved in this marvelous neglected, forgotten, or unknown music and breathed vibrant new life into it. With this new agreement many of you will be able to discover this for yourselves. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do.” Damon Sgobbo, Allegro’s VP of Sales, added, “The Lyrita label not only fills one of the very few remaining gaps in any classical music lover’s collection, but is also truly in a class by itself on all levels. The attention to detail for the audiophile is astounding, and the level of these performances of often-overlooked English masterpieces by some of the greatest English conductors, composers, and orchestras of the twentieth century are simply second to none. We are very excited and extremely proud to welcome them back to Allegro. It’s been way too long!” Antony Smith and Adrian Farmer, directors of Wyastone Estate Limited, have worked closely with the Lyrita catalogue for many years. This new agreement is the fulfillment of a long-held ambition to restore a truly magical catalogue to its rightful place.

Order Date: September 22, 2006

Malcolm ARNOLD Orchestral Dances CD: LYR 201 (P) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Classical

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“The late Trevor Harvey gave a warm and well-deserved welcome to the English, Scottish, and Cornish Dances, when these recordings, conducted by the composer, first appeared. Now with Arnold’s latest set of Irish Dances added, as well as the two movements which were written to go with the two sets of English Dances as the ballet, Solitaire, it is even more of a winner. It is even more compelling than the very recent Chandos issue of the same coupling from Bryden Thomson and the Philharmonia. Arnold regularly takes a broader, more warmly expressive view without ever sacrificing tension, often springing rhythms more infectiously — the analogue sound on the Lyrita issue is given a splendid transfer. It is less analytical than the Chandos, but with plenty of presence it is just as full and brilliant. The new items, in digital sound, very well recorded too, bring no feeling of inconsistency.” — GRAMOPHONE

London Philharmonic Orchestra/Malcolm Arnold, conductor ARNOLD: English Dances, Sets 1 & 2 (Opp. 27 & 33) • Solitaire • Irish Dances, Op. 126 • Scottish Dances, Op. 59 • Cornish Dances, Op. 91

• The eighty-fifth birthday of Sir Malcolm Arnold (b. 1921) has provided the ideal occasion for the re-release of several of his irreplaceable Lyrita recordings conducting his own beloved works, of which these dances for orchestra are certainly the best known • This disc is one of the rare recordings to have all the dances on one CD, and of course the only one conducted by the composer • Although acknowledged early in his career as one of the great trumpeters of the age, the need to express himself through composition finally demanded all of Arnold’s time • By the mid-1950s Arnold was often bracketed with Benjamin Britten and William Walton as one of the most sought-after of the “serious” composers in England • His catalogue includes nine symphonies, seven ballets, two operas, one musical, over twenty concertos, two string quartets, music for brass and winds, and 132 film scores including The Bridge on the River Kwai

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Malcolm ARNOLD

William ALWYN

Symphony No. 4

Alwyn Conducts Alwyn

“The best example of Arnold’s genius can be heard in his perhaps greatest work, a masterpiece in my opinion, Symphony No. 4 (1960) … Arnold’s own version on Lyrita with the LPO is a must here. He takes the time and effort to draw out every subtle nuance that his work has to offer.” — PAUL JAMES’ MODERN MUSIC REVIEW

“Alwyn’s technical mastery and his ability to conceal ingenuity make for consistently strong, immediate music-making. It is most welcome to have his own interpretations restored to the catalogue, with the CD transfers offering bright, full, well-balanced sound, only slightly edgy on high strings.” — GRAMOPHONE

London Philharmonic Orchestra/Malcolm Arnold, conductor

London Philharmonic Orchestra/William Alwyn, conductor

ARNOLD: Symphony No. 4, Op. 71

ALWYN: Overture, Derby Day (1960) • Symphonic Prelude, The Magic Island • Four Elizabethan Dances (from the set of six) (1952) • Sinfonietta for Strings (1970) • Festival March

Malcolm Arnold’s nine symphonies are among the finest written by an Englishman. They are solidly constructed and full of surprising ideas and highly colored effects that please both critics and general audiences.

William Alwyn (1905–1985) was a British composer whose appeal has been steadily widening in recent years. This is one of two Lyrita recordings Alwyn made of his own orchestral music, and it is a most attractive introduction to his art.

CD: LYR 225 (P)

CD: LYR 235 (P)

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Arthur BLISS

Edmund RUBBRA

Bliss Conducts Bliss

Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7

“Even in his late seventies Bliss was a very fine conductor, and all his performances have much character and remarkable vitality.” — GRAMOPHONE

“In both detail and body these recordings sound very impressive … this reissue is strongly recommended.” — GRAMOPHONE

Ambrosian Singers/London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Arthur Bliss & Brian Priestman, conductors/Rae Woodland, soprano/ John Shirley-Quirk, baritone/London Symphony Wind & Brass Ensemble/Philip Ledger, conductor BLISS: Melée Fantasque • Rout, for orchestra & soprano • Adam Zero Suite • Hymn to Apollo • Serenade for orchestra & baritone • The world is charged with the Grandeur of God

In the 1920s Arthur Bliss (1891–1975) was probably the most talked-about composer in England, and certainly the most widely performed abroad. This CD presents a few of his lesser-known works with his own fine conducting in some of them.

London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Adrian Boult, conductor/ New Philharmonia Orchestra/Vernon Handley, conductor RUBBRA: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 45 • Symphony No. 7 in C, Op. 88 • Festival Overture, Op. 62

Edmund Rubbra (1901–1986) is another British composer whose music has taken its time reaching a worldwide audience. His eleven symphonies have all attracted favorable attention. No. 2 has a particularly taut construction. This disc is the first re-release from the Rubbra symphony cycle on Lyrita, and features two of Britain’s greatest conductors of national music. Order Date: September 22, 2006

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CLASSICAL Grazyna BACEWICZ Sonatas for Violin & Piano (2 CDs) Piotr Plawner, violin/Ewa Kupiec, piano BACEWICZ: Partita · Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-5 · Humoreske · Kolysanka · Witraz · Sonata da Camera · Melodia · 2 Oberki · Concertino · Caprice · Theme with Variations · Three Dances

CD: HNS 93117 (2R) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Classical

Grazyna Bacewicz (1909–1969) was the first Polish woman to become a famous composer. Educated in Paris under the legendary Nadia Boulanger, she became a master violinist and most of her compositions feature that instrument. Seriously injured in a car accident in 1954, she then gave up performing and teaching to concentrate on composing. Pianist Ewa Kupiec is the preeminent interpreter and advocate of the music of Grazyna Bacewicz. Her previous release of the complete published piano music received global acclaim. Pianist Kupiec is joined by virtuoso violinist Piotr Plawner in spirited and authentic interpretations of this neglected master’s music for violin and piano. The music of Bacewicz is extremely accessible, yet modern. While she explored many different styles, her music is based in the traditions of Polish folk music. New interest in the music of Bacewicz makes this an extremely attractive addition to any collection.

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Franz SCHUBERT Piano Sonatas Florian Krumpöck, piano SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in B-flat, D.960 · Piano Sonata in A, D.664

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This is the first release in the new Hänssler Classic Blüthner Artists Series, which is now being made available to the general consumer in America for the first time! Each disc will feature some of Europe and America’s finest pianists in concert and recital, demonstrating the extraordinary range of the famous Blüthner pianos. Austrian pianist Florian Krumpöck has distinguished himself throughout Europe for his sensitivity to the language of Schubert’s music. The poetic nuance of the Blüthner concert grand, and Krumpöck’s interpretations of these two popular sonatas, gives full rein to Schubert’s musical landscapes. Now in his late twenties, Krumpöck was a child prodigy, born into a musical family (his father was a cellist in the Vienna Philharmonic). He won great acclaim during the 2001 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Masters Competition. He already has a worldwide concert career, has soloed with the greatest orchestras, has been featured on CD compilations, and now is conducting his own orchestra in Vienna. He has recently given a solo recital in Beijing to rave reviews.

Elenea Bezprozvannykh Piano Recital Elenea Bezprozvannykh, piano CHOPIN: Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. 66 · Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. posth. · RACHMANINOV: Elegie from 5 Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3, No. 1 · BRAHMS: Intermezzo in B-flat minor from 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117, No. 2 · LISZT: “O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst” No. 3 from Liebesträume · Un sospiro, No. 3 from 3 Études de concert · MOZART: Adagio in B minor, K.540 · SCHUBERT: Ave Maria, Op. 52, No. 6 (D.839), arr. Liszt · Impromptu in G-flat, Op. 90, No. 3 (D.899) · GRÜNFELD: Concert Paraphrase on Waltzes of Johann Strauss, No. 1 · SAINT-SAËNS/GRÜNFELD (arr. Siloti): The Swan from Carnival of the Animals

CD: HNS 98761 (R) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Classical

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An appealing program of encores and miniatures forms this additional release in the new Hänssler Classic Blüthner Artists Series, featuring the “Poet of Pianos,” the Blüthner concert grand. Elenea Bezprozvannykh is one of the most promising among the younger generation of Russian-born pianists, though she now lives in the Netherlands where she completed advanced study at the renowned Sweelinck Conservatory. She has a busy concert, teaching, and recording career, and was recently appointed director of the Benelux Blüthner Center. In 1989 she became the first Russian female pianist to play at the White House.

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CLASSICAL Christoph Prégardien, tenor/Michael Gees, piano

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SCHUMANN: Liederkreis, Op. 39 (Twelve Songs after Poems by Joseph von Eichendorff) · WOLF: 16 Songs on Poems by Joseph von Eichendorff

· Along with Goethe, Heine, and Geibel, Eichendorff is one of those German poets whose works have most often been set to music. Some became so widespread that they were considered to be anonymous folk songs and their true author was forgotten · This new recording from master interpreter of the Lied Christoph Prégardien includes the songs of two composers who perceptively revealed the hidden music inside of Eichendorff ’s verse · From Schumann’s compendium of Romanticism, the Liederkreis, Op. 39, to the earthy, naturalistic settings by Wolf, this is a program of the German Lied that no collector will want to miss · One of the most important new Lieder singers to appear in decades, Christoph Prégardien already has over ninety recordings to his credit · Praised for impeccable phrasing, expressive nuance, and refined delivery, Prégardien is widely considered one of today’s finest exponents of the art song · Born in Germany in 1956, Prégardien began singing with the Limburg Cathedral Choir. Later, he studied at the Frankfurt College of Music, with private studies in Milan and Stuttgart · In 1978 he won the Federal Republic of Germany Vocal Competition in Berlin · An opera career followed across Europe, but also a major recital career which has emphasized the great Baroque oratorios and Passions, and works by both seventeenth and twentieth century composers · His first four records of Lieder met with resounding acclaim and were followed by more recordings of songs by Schubert and Schumann · This is Christoph Prégardien’s Hänssler Classic solo Lied CD debut!

Christoph Prégardien Eichendorff-Lieder of Schumann & Wolf CD: HNS 98235 (R) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Classical

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Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR/Roger Norrington, conductor/ Anu Komsi, soprano MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 in G

Gustav MAHLER Symphony No. 4

CD: HNS 93164 (R) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Classical

· This is the second Mahler symphony to be recorded by the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of acclaimed conductor Roger Norrington · Like the First Symphony recording, which appeared in 2005 to great critical acclaim, it embodies historical performing practices such as orchestra size, seating, style, and sound, which the RSO and Norrington have put at the forefront of their work together · The most striking feature is, of course, the vibrato-free sound, not heard in a Mahler symphony perhaps since Bruno Walter’s live recording of the Ninth with the Vienna Philharmonic in 1938 · This is Mahler as he has not been heard since he originally wrote the work, and is an essential listening experience today! · Norrington’s provocative “Pure Tone” string sound is gaining considerable listener interest with each new release · This recording already has strong commitments from major classical radio stations for airplay · First time on CD for Norrington’s performance of Mahler’s Fourth

Also Available MAHLER Symphony No. 1 CD: HNS 93137 (R)

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CLASSICAL Rainer Moog Music for Viola & Orchestra Rainer Moog, viola/Hamburg Soloists/Emil Klein TELEMANN: Viola Concerto in G · HUMMEL: Fantasy in G minor for viola & orchestra · HINDEMITH: Trauermusic for viola & string orchestra · PARTOS: Yizkor (In Memoriam) for viola & string orchestra · SCHNITTKE: Monologue for viola & strings

CD: ANO 373190 (C) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Classical

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Three hundred years of viola repertoire are represented in the enormous time span of this release. One of the earliest composers to use solo viola in an instrumental work was Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767). His Concerto in G is the oldest surviving viola concerto. Johann Neopomuk Hummel (1778–1837) is known today principally for his piano compositions, yet he completed compositions for every type and form of music other than the symphony. Paul Hindemith (1895–1963) composed, on the occasion of the death of the English King George V in 1936, the Trauermusik. The echoes of folk music dominate many of the works by the Israeli composer Oedoen Partos (1907–1977). The composer Alfred Schnittke, born in 1934, reveals the form of his viola composition written in 1989 in its title: Monologue. Rainer Moog was principal violist of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra from 1974 to 1978. He has performed all over the world as a soloist and chamber musician.

Franz SCHUBERT Orchestral Works Christiane Edinger, violin/SWR Symphony Orchestra/Michael Gielen & Václav Neumann, conductors SCHUBERT: Rosamunde, Incidental Music for the Play, D.797 · Concert Piece for violin & orchestra, D.345 · Symphony No. 3, D.200

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It will always remain a mystery how the unsuccessful opera composer Schubert could celebrate his greatest success with a piece for the theater of dubious quality for which he allegedly composed the music. The result was the enchanting suite Rosamunde. The Concert Piece for violin and orchestra is a youthful composition of Schubert’s, written in 1816; it is one of the less well known of his works and can only rarely be heard on the concert platform. Schubert’s first symphonies were without exception not for the general public; the Third was written only for a private performance. Michael Gielen conducts Rosamunde on this release; the other pieces are led by Václav Neumann. The main aim of the SWR Symphony Orchestra since its foundation in 1946 has been to increase audience awareness not only of the symphonic repertoire of the past two centuries, but also of the music of the twentieth century. The SWR Symphony Orchestra is a permanent guest at the world’s most prestigious concert halls and music festivals.

George ENESCU Orchestral Works Marin Cazacu, cello/Florin Diaconescu, tenor/Ionut Stefãnescu, flute/Eugen Glãvan, oboe/Aurelian Octau-Popa, clarinet/Viorica Feher, bassoon/Dan Cinca, horn/Mihai Toth, trumpet/Anda Petrovici, violin/Gabriel Bãlã, viola/Virgil Hada, doublebass/Nicolae Licaret, piano/“George Enescu” Bucharest Philharmonic Orchestra/Cristian Mandeal, conductor ENESCU: Symphonie Concertante for cello & orchestra, Op. 8 · Sept Chansons de Clement Marot, Op. 15 · Chamber Symphony, Op. 33

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Although George Enescu experienced his first international success very early on in his career, not only as a musician but as a composer, forty years after his death there are still only very few of his works —primarily the Romanian Rhapsodies (Op. 11)—performed in the standard concert repertoire. Among his compositions there are numerous forms and genres of orchestral and chamber music: the Symphony Concertante Op. 8 was written in 1901 in the style of a solo concert for cello and orchestra. Originally composed for voice and piano, the Sept chansons de Clément Marot Op. 15 are performed in this recording in a version for tenor and orchestra. Enescu’s chamber music culminated in his Chamber Symphony Op. 33, written in 1954, the year before he died.

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CLASSICAL “Exemplary articulation, the subtlest melodic inflection, a wide but never self-indulgent tonal palette, a keen and elegant gift for characterisation—all are present and correct here, beautifully matched by orchestra and conductor.” — BBC MUSIC

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Matthias Kirschnereit, piano/The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra/Frank Beermann, conductor MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K.466 · Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat, K.456

· The piano concertos of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) stand as a lonely and magnificent peak in the history of music. Every one of his concertos is unique, a foray on unexplored musical territory pressing forward to new understandings of form and content · Concerto No. 20 is one of the few Mozart concerti in a minor key and, as such, it especially appealed to the later generation of Romantics. It was often played by Beethoven, who composed the cadenzas used on this recording, as Mozart did not leave us any of his own · Concerto No. 18 is one of six that Mozart composed in 1784. It was written for the blind pianist Maria Theresia Paradis, whom he had met in Salzburg in 1783 · Matthias Kirschnereit is one of the leading German pianists of his generation. His international solo career has taken him to five continents and he has toured the U.S. · He has very close links to the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, with whom he is recording Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s collected piano concertos for Arte Nova · Kirschnereit’s fascination with Mozart’s piano concertos dates back to his earliest youth. His first public appearance with an orchestra, at the age of twelve, was with a movement from a Mozart concerto

Also Available W.A. MOZART

W.A. MOZART

The Piano Concertos, Vol. 1

The Piano Concertos, Vol. 9

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W.A.MOZART The Piano Concertos, Vol. 2

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Simone Kermes, Katharina Wollitz & Almust Cechova, sopranos/Melinda Paulsen, mezzo-soprano/Thomas Dewald & Julio Fernández, tenors/Eike Wilm Schulte, bass/Begoña Zabala, contralto/EuropaChorAkademie/Joshard Daus, director/ Southwest German Chamber Orchestra, Pforzheim/Vladislav Czarnecki, conductor Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri (Complete Opera)

Robert SCHUMANN Das Paradies und die Peri (2 CDs)

CD: ANO 878170 (2C) Double Slimline File Under: Classical

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· In his “year of songs,” 1840, Robert Schumann composed no fewer than 138 songs, and in the next year created his youthful Spring Symphony (No. 1) · In the same year Schumann yearned for an exotic subject to be set to music. When Schumann’s former companion in joy and sorrow, Emil Flechsig, showed him his libretto Das Paradies und die Peri, created after Thomas Moore’s oriental epos Lalla Rookh, Schumann at once fell for the material · The composer was attracted magically by the image of purity, delicacy, and Madonna-like nature of the Peri, coupled with a fairy-tale magic world of the Orient · In Das Paradies und die Peri Schumann weaves Western worship of the Virgin Mary and the idea of redemption often brought forward during the time of the nineteenth century into an exotically transfigured world of elves · A native of Hamburg, Joshard Daus began a close collaboration with the legendary conductor Sergiu Celibidache in 1986. This led him to the post of choir director at the Munich Philharmonic from 1990–1993 · Joshard Daus translated his ideals into reality with the founding and directorship of the EuropaChorAkademie starting in 1997. The Akademie arose out of a collaboration between the Johannes Gutenberg University and the Hochschule Bremen · As a forum for young European musicians, an educational institution, and a concert choir, the EuropaChorAkademie constitutes the ideal platform for working on choral symphonic music in its most demanding forms · The Southwest German Chamber Orchestra, Pforzheim, has released out over 150 records and CDs since its founding in 1950 Order Date: September 22, 2006

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CLASSICAL Peter WARLOCK Orchestral Works

WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING! IN CL U DES INCL

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IN CL U DES FIRST WORLD RECORDING PREMIERE EVER! RECORDING! IN CL U DE S

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Martyn Hill, tenor/Edward Beckett, flute/Alison Alty, FIRST English horn/Robert Gibbs & Amanda TIME WORLD PREMIERE Smith, violins/Peter Stevens, viola/Ferenc Szucs, cello/London Festival Orchestra/Ross Pople, ON CD! RECORDING! conductor SP E CI AL WORLD WARLOCK: Capriol Suite · The Curlew · SUPER-BUDGET Six English TunesPREMIERE (premiere) · Serenade for Strings · Six Italian Dance Tunes (premiere)

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Peter Warlock, pseudonym of Philip Heseltine, was born in London in 1894 and became a friend and protégé of Frederick Delius. He published books and essays under his family name, Heseltine. The pseudonym Peter Warlock was reserved for the publication of his own compositions, mostly songs but also including orchestral pieces, choir, and chamber music — for example, the Serenade for Strings, the Six Italian Dance Tunes, and the Six English Tunes, recorded here for the first time. Ross Pople studied at the Paris Conservatory and at age twenty-six was invited by Sir Colin Davis and Pierre Boulez to be principal cellist of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the youngest ever in the history of the orchestra. In 1980 he founded the London Festival Orchestra, whose numerous recordings have attracted positive reviews, and he has been seen often on the BBC.

Arcangelo CORELLI Concerti Grossi Op. 6 (2 CDs) “Ross Pople’s performances with the London Festival Orchestra confirm that he senses this ongoing revelation—and what splendid performances he offers.” — GRAMOPHONE

London Festival Orchestra/Ross Pople, conductor CORELLI: Concerti Grossi Nos. 1-12, Op. 6

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Thanks to his employment by various rich patrons, Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713) was able to lead a life free of financial worries, and enjoy a steady demand for his compositions. In the year 1774—one year after Corelli’s death—the twelve Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 were published in Amsterdam. They display a new genre at its highest perfection. The Concerto Grosso was developed during the last decades of the seventeenth century and calls for an orchestra made up of various groupings of instruments in direct dialogue. This was the form later used by Bach in his Brandenburg Concertos. The most famous of Corelli’s is No. 8, known as the “Christmas Concerto.” The repertoire of the London Festival Orchestra embraces the very widest range—from the eclectic and contemporary to the classical and baroque, from Boccherini and Bach to Tippett and Tavener. The excellence of the LFO’s playing is reflected in the outstanding reviews its recordings have universally received.

Jean SIBELIUS Violin Concerto & Symphony No. 5 Stephanie Gonley, violin/Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria/Adrian Leaper, conductor SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 · Symphony No. 5 in E flat, Op. 82

CD: ANO 516290 (C) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Classical

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The music of Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) reflects strongly his continually growing identification with Finnish nationalism, and his attention to ancient Nordic mythology and Swedish folk poetry. At the center of his output are the symphonies, distinguished by the composer’s unusual feeling for structure. Sibelius worked on the Fifth Symphony for almost six years. A first version of it, in four movements, appeared in time for the celebration of his fiftieth birthday, but only in 1919 did the final version—the one played most often today—appear. The Violin Concerto, written between 1902 and 1905, received poor reviews at its premiere. Sibelius revised it and it had a new premiere under the baton of Richard Strauss. Today it is considered one of the composer’s greatest works. Under the direction of Adrian Leaper since 1994, the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria has gained an outstanding international reputation as a symphony and opera orchestra.

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CLASSICAL Atlantic Brass Quintet

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Fanfares and Passages Atlantic Brass Quintet PRAETORIUS (arr. Luke): 3 Dances from Terpsichore · BYRD (arr.Luke): Ne Irascaris · Earl of Oxford’s March · J.S. BACH (arr. Luke): Prelude & Fugue in D minor “Fiddle Fugue” · HANDEL (arr. Luke): La Réjouissance from Royal Fireworks Music · LISZT (arr. Luke): Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 · RANDS: Fanfare · LUKE: Compressions 3 · HEADRICK: Passages · FALLA (arr. Luke): Fanfare from Homenajes · TRAD. (Costa Rica, arr. Nelson): Cabillito Nicoyano · TRAD. (Serbia, arr. Luke/Nelson): Zvonce Kolo · MONCAYO (arr. Ferrer): Huapango

Widely acclaimed as one of the world’s finest brass ensembles, the Atlantic Brass Quintet has been heard in forty-eight of the United States and more than a dozen countries across four continents, performing a unique repertoire spanning Dufay to Zappa, along with ethnic music from the streets of Brazil, Cuba, the Balkans, and New Orleans. Winner of six international chamber music competitions, the Quintet’s distinctive sound, impeccable ensemble, stunning virtuosity, and warm, inviting stage presence have won praise from scores of critics. Aggressive media mailing to classical press including Gramophone and American Record Guide. Mailing to 100+ classical music stations across the country. Focused mailing to brass journals and internet sites.

CD: SMT 467 (R) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Classical

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Robert Spring & The Ocotillo Winds Rustiques Robert Spring, clarinet/The Ocotillo Winds (Robert Spring, clarinet/Jeffrey Lyman, bassoon/ Martin Schuring, oboe) CANTELOUBE: Rustiques · TANSMAN: Suite pour trio d’anches · SCHULHOFF: Divertissement · VILLA-LOBOS: Trio

If music, like wine, is evaluated in terms of vintages, then 1927 was a very good year for the reed trio, typically comprised of an oboe, a clarinet, and a bassoon. 1927 heralded the creation in Paris of an elite ensemble with three of the city’s most eminent players: oboist Myrtil Morel, clarinetist Pierre Lefebvre, and the group’s founder, bassoonist Fernand Oubradous. Also that year and in the same city, Max Eschig published Heitor Villa-Lobos’ daring Trio for oboe, clarinet and bassoon, and in Prague the radically eclectic Ervin Schulhoff completed his Divertissement for the same instrumental combination. Alexander Tansman’s Suite pour trio d’anches of 1949 is influenced by Stravinsky. Of all the works on the present disc, it is Rustiques by Joseph Canteloube that resonates most with wind players to this day. Known primarily for his Chants d’Auvergne, Canteloube again mined old French chansons and dances for inspiration, but this time he wove together tunes from all across the country.

CD: SMT 466 (R) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Classical

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Duo Tromboni Con Amore “The results were fun to experience and, surprisingly, left a musical impression versus that of exhibitionistic stunts.” — HERALD TIMES

Duo Tromboni (M. Dee Fabio & Stewart Sampó, trombones)/Ashley Toms, piano 13 selections of Italian opera arias and songs by Verdi, Puccini, Pergolesi, Donizetti, Mascagni, Leoncavallo & Rossini, arranged for two trombones.

Indiana University School of Music faculty trombonist M. Dee Stewart, always seeking performing adventures, invited the co-principal trombonist of the National Radio Orchestra in Turin, Italy, Fabio Sampó, to join him for this celebration of operatic highlights transcribed for two trombones. There are well loved selections from Puccini’s La bohème, Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, Verdi’s Aida, and more, along with songs of Rossini, including “Duetto di Due Gatti,” a riotous “cat duet” usually reserved for two sopranos. Stewart has a rich history of performance accolades. Fabio Sampó has performed as first trombone in the Toscanini Orchestra under Lorin Maazel, Forty Years of Music with Luciano Pavarotti, and the La Scala Choir. With over 700 duo/chamber works, New Zealand born pianist Ashley Toms is sought after as a collaborative musician throughout the Midwest.

CD: SMT 450 (R) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Classical

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CLASSICAL Joseph Sickman CORSEN Corsen Plays Corsen Randal Corsen, piano CORSEN: 23 selections of solo piano music

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The music of Joseph Sickman Corsen (1853–1911) is a delightful discovery for most music lovers, although he has long been beloved on the island of Curaçao in the Caribbean, where he was born. He was more famous as a poet, the first to invigorate the vernacular Papiamentu language with literary aspirations. His musical accomplishments were less well known in his lifetime, as he preferred to write more serious “art” music than the ephemeral danzas and rumbas that were so popular as “salon music” at the time. He wrote in those genres, but with unusual creativity, sensitivity, and sophistication. The revival of Corsen’s music is attributable in large part to the interest and affection of his great-grandson, the pianist Randal Corsen. Trained mainly in jazz, Randal Corsen has selected twenty-three pieces by his ancestor for this unique recording and given them the nineteenth-century treatment they need and deserve. Randal Corsen was honored with the Edison Jazz Award in 2004 for his album Evolushon. Born on Curaçao in 1972, he studied in the Netherlands and now teaches at the Amsterdam Conservatory and elsewhere.

Reference Recordings 30th Anniversary Sampler “Brilliant performances, dazzling sound.” — WASHINGTON POST

Various artists including: Minnesota Orchestra/Eiji Oue, Paul Goodwin & Stanislav Skrowaczewski, conductors/Utah Symphony/Keith Lockhart, conductor/Felix Hell & Virgil Fox, organists/Gary Graffman & Joel Fan, pianists/Pacific Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Carl St. Clair, conductor/University of Texas Wind Ensemble ENESCU: Rumanian Rhapsody No. 1 (FIRST RELEASE) · J.S. BACH: Prelude in D · SATIE: Gymnopédie No. 1 · ARGENTO: For the Angel Israfel · LISZT: Paraphrase on Verdi’s Rigoletto · Prelude on B.A.C.H. · DANIELPOUR: Sanctus from An American Requiem · SUSATO: La Morisque from The Dansyere · FRANK: Mestizo Waltz · RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dance No. 1 · SKROWACZEWSKI: Concerto Nicolo (exc.) · RESPIGHI: The Pines of Rome (exc.) · TAVENER: Ikon or Eros (exc.) CD: REF 908 ( J) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Classical

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A collection of highlights from critically acclaimed Reference Recordings releases, celebrating this esteemed independent label’s thirtieth anniversary! All dazzling HDCD recordings by “Prof.” Keith O. Johnson, featuring the first release on Reference of Rumanian Rhapsody No. 1 by Enescu, with Eiji Oue conducting the Minnesota Orchestra. Great value on a maximum length CD.

Prima Voce Herbert Ernst Groh in Opera Herbert Ernst Groh, tenor/various accompanists/with Gitta Alpar, soprano; Gerhard Hüsch, baritone; and Emmy Goedel-Dreising’s Children’s Choir 23 selections from Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Die Zauberflöte, Semiramide, Le postillion de Longjumeau, Mignon, Alessandro Stradella, Martha, Les contes d’Hoffmann, Les pêcheurs de perles, La traviata, La forza del destino, Aida, Der fliegende Holländer, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci, Madama Butterfly, Der Rosenkavalier & Der Evangelimann

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The voice of Herbert Ernst Groh (1906–1982) attracted attention at an early age, and he specialized in operetta from the outset. His career was dominated by broadcasting and recording, rather than the stage. Often compared to Richard Tauber, Groh left for his many admirers and vocal collectors a huge recorded legacy of well over 600 discs. The repertoire ranges from operatic arias and duets with other distinguished contemporary recording artists to numerous popular songs and well-known Italian and Neapolitan canzone—mostly sung in German. Advertising in Gramophone. Total playing time: over seventy minutes.

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CLASSICAL “An all-star assemblage of award-winning instrumentalists, the Accademia Amiata Ensemble has brought a mastery to the neo-impressionistic chamber music of Italy.” — ALL MUSIC GUIDE

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Accademia Amiata Ensemble ZAPPA: G-Spot Tornado · Peaches in Regalia · Abesea · Little Umbrellas · Regyptian · FORTMANN: Catholic Blues · Alinghi · The Politician · A War Haiku · Eben Eben · Sherry at Sonkran

· The proficiency of the musicians of Accademia Amiata Ensemble—the high level performances and the exceptional programs with compositions by Olivier Messiaen, Béla Bartók, Thomas Fortmann, Astor Piazolla, and more—have always evoked great enthusiasm among audience and critics · Selecting works from different creative phases, the Accademia Amiata Ensemble not only gives a technically brilliant performance, but also aims to express the spirit of the composers · Frank Zappa is one of the most brilliant minds of both the popular and classical music genres of the second half of the twentieth century—an eclectic composer with a boundless discographic production · The essence of Strictly Off Limits is Thomas Fortmann’s Sherry at Sonkran, a disguised rock song which actually hides a completely serial composition · Strictly Off Limits represents the first CD of a new imprint of Forrest Hill Records, called Avant-Garde and directed by Thomas Fortmann · Strictly Off Limits is an outstanding “classical” production, yet at the same time some of the best rock music ever composed · Alternative marketing to radio, TV, magazines, and lifestyle press

Frank ZAPPA & Tommy FORTMANN Strictly Off Limits

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“The arrangements, by some of the finest in the business, are excellent, and that is one reason choral fans will enjoy this disc. The other reason is the typically outstanding ensemble singing … the sound perfectly complements this superb choir. Warmly recommended.” — CLASSICSTODAY [10/10 RATING]

The Dale Warland Singers/Dale Warland, conductor LOWRY: Beautiful River (Shall We Gather at the River) · BRACKETT: Simple Gifts · BARNETT: McKay · FOSTER: Gentle Annie · PAULUS: The Old Church · TRAD.: She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain · Peace · A la claire fontaine · Deep River · We Gather Together · Not One Sparrow Is Forgotten · Cindy · We Shall Walk Through the Valley · The Water Is Wide · By and By · Lay Me Low · The Road Home

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· Arrangements by Dale Warland, Stephen Paulus, Emma Lou Diemer, Kevin Siegfried, William Hawley, Norman Luboff, and Carol Barnett · A “harvest” of popular songs, hymns, and spirituals sung by the Grammy-nominated Dale Warland Singers, specialists in performing American works · This second of three final Dale Warland Singers CDs (the group disbanded in 2004) contains a sixteen-page booklet with full texts and notes on the works · Harvest Home is the popular group’s best-selling CD ever, even though it was first released recently in October 2005 · Harvest Home hit Billboard’s Classical Top 20 in Fall 2005 at #11, where it was the highest-rated choral CD · This CD is a perfect “perennial” candidate, as its content and design are targeted to the Thanksgiving and fall seasons · Loft/Gothic is promoting this CD for its “choral” Grammy in 2006 · Will be featured in a repeat e-mail promotion being sent to approximately 10,000 names

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CLASSICAL Mikhail Tolpygo, viola/Manuel González, piano SHOSTAKOVICH: Sonata for viola & piano, Op. 147 · RACHMANINOV (tr. Borisovsky): Sonata for cello & piano, Op. 19

RACHMANINOV & SHOSTAKOVICH Nadiezda

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· Nadiezda means “hope” in Russian · Mikhail Tolpygo is a Russian violist, heir to the tradition of great chamber music players. He performed for Shostakovich, and has a natural command of this repertoire · Born in the Soviet Union in 1941, Tolpygo obtained his degree in viola from the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, studying under Vadim Borisovky, himself a student of a friend of Rachmaninov · He also studied conducting with Igor Markevich and violin with Elizabeth Gilels · Tolpygo is internationally recognized as great interpreter of contemporary compositions, many of which have been written for him, although his repertoire embraces virtually all major works written for his instrument as well as the viola d’amore · He has made more than twenty-five recordings as soloist or as a member of chamber ensembles · From 1967 to 1991 he was principal viola of the USSR State Orchestra under the baton of Evgeny Svetlanov. He now holds the same position in Mexico’s National Symphony Orchestra · He is joined by Manuel González, a Mexican pianist trained in the former Soviet Union, who has also devoted his talent to Russian chamber music from the late nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth · González has performed in Mexico, the U.S., France, Germany, Spain, Cuba, and Russia, both in recital and as soloist. He performs regularly with Mikhail Tolpygo as well as in piano duos with Marta Garcia Renart · The transcription used in the Rachmaninov was made by Vadim Borisovsky and approved by the composer himself

“I’ve listened to Noli and I believe he has an incredible technique. If the opportunity is given, he will have a great career.” — CLAUDIO ARRAU

Daniel Noli, piano RESPIGHI: Nocturne · RACHMANINOV: Prelude, Op. 23, No. 4 · Prelude, Op. 32, No. 5 · Romance in E-flat · GRIEG: Notturno · Svunne dager · Gade · Longing · Phantom · At your feet · In the cradle · Peace of the woods · R. STRAUSS: Auf stillem Waldespfad, Op. 3, Nos. 1 & 4

· Pianist Daniel Noli has prepared a CD of his very personal musical ruminations. Virtuosity is put aside to discover a universe of introspective musical reflections. Grieg, R. Strauss, Respighi, and Rachmaninov are revealed and revered with transcendent intensity · Born in Uruguay, Daniel Noli studied in Romania and Russia on scholarships, winning two competitions in Italy and the Debussy Competition in France · He has concertized through Europe, Latin America, and the U.S. · Now living in Mexico, he is a professor at the National Conservatory of Music, and a member of the National Institute of Fine Arts · Reflections is an album on which Daniel Noli has chosen works that evoke “a smile, a tear, a suggestive landscape, an emotion that barely appears, a fleeing memory, peace, serenity. A moment trapped in our memory; a timeless instant” · “Noli possesses the nature of an authentic musician, a rich sensibility, and a clear musical intelligence; he has managed to build himself a transparent and dynamic technique that he uses in his warm, convincing, and at the same time well-balanced and splendid performances.” — OVIDU DRIMBA, HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF PIANO, BUCHAREST CONSERVATORY

Daniel Noli Reflections

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CLASSICAL Sigismondo D’INDIA

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Duetti Profani Matelda Viola & Paola Ronchetti, sopranos/Giovanni Caruso, theorbo/Gino Nappo, harpsichord/Luigi Polsini & Margarethe Thyssen, viola da gambas/Olga Ercoli, harp D’INDIA: 17 selections from Le Musiche, Book I (1609) and Book II (1615)

In 1615 the Venetian publisher Ricciardo Amadino issued Le Musiche by Sigismondo d’India (1580–1629), feeling certain that he was offering a product which would prove a commercial success, as had been the first book of monodies by the same author, published in Milan in 1609. The notoriety of the musician induced optimism: he had arrived on the scene of the new century demonstrating his abilities to maneuver excellently in all musical genres. The versatility of his muse, the quality of his writing, and perhaps the dedication of his first book of motets to Cardinal Maurizio di Savoia, all probably played a determining role in procuring D’India the appointment of maestro della musica da camera at the court of Duke Carlo Emanuele I. Beginning on April 1, 1611, he entered into the service at the Savoy court, earning a yearly salary of 200 ducats. He remained in Turin until May 1623, at which time he left (for reasons which remain obscure), and resumed his wanderings in search of another stable and prestigious position worthy of his reputation.

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Antonio VIVALDI Concerti for Violin & Organ Il Rossignolo/Ottaviano Tenerani, director & organist VIVALDI: Concerti for Violin & Organ, R.554, 541, 542, 766 & 777 · Recorder Sonata in F, R.52

This recording features two complete collections: the concertos for organ and violin (in one case, organ, violin, and cello) and the sonatas for recorder and bass. Both collections contain aspects of exceptional interest. Although volumes have been written about Vivaldi and his instrumental compositions, the five Concerti a violino et organo obligati employing the organ have been practically ignored. One is immediately struck by the fact that the number of such works is extremely limited—a mere five, in fact—compared to the number of concertos dedicated to other instruments, and this is underscored by the rare occasions when Vivaldi used the organ as an obbligato instrument. In fact, Vivaldi was one of the first composers to remove the keyboard instrument from its fundamental but obscure role of a continuo player, and place it instead in the forefront of an instrumental ensemble. A few years later, keyboard instruments in general would become one of the most popular choices for solo concertos. Il Rossignolo (“The Nightingale”) is one of modern Italy’s finest Early Music ensembles, playing authentic instruments.

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Maurizia Barazzoni Favorite Arias from the Time of Napoleon Maurizia Barazzoni, soprano/Sandro Volta, guitar Michelangelo SOLA: 5 songs · Domenico PUCCINI: 2 songs · Gaetano MARANI: 2 songs · Girolamo CRESCENTINI: 5 songs · Ferdinando CARULLI: 6 songs

The widespread popularity of the guitar in the chambers of the aristocracy did not cease even after the French revolution. The instrument, having acquired the sixth string at the turn of the century (flaunting its “fashionable” form, shaped after the neoclassical lyre), continued to delight social gatherings in the salons of Europe. In this sense, the period of Napoleonic domination highlighted the socio-cultural elements responsible for one of the most fertile moments in the history of the guitar. The repertoires in prints and manuscripts from the first half of the 1800s are a further indication of the enormous popularity enjoyed by the guitar in this period. Its diffusion spread to the grand capitols of Europe—Paris, Vienna, and London— thanks above all to the Italian and Spanish players and the Viennese and Parisian publisher.

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Thomas TALLIS

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Spem in alium: Music for Monarchs & Magnates

Ikon of Light

The Sixteen/Harry Christophers, conductor

The Sixteen/Harry Christophers, conductor/Members of The Duke Quartet

TALLIS: Spem in alium (40-voice motet) · Te Deum · Sing and glorify · GIBBONS: O all true faithful hearts · BYRD: Deus venerunt gentes · TOMKINS: Know you not · O God, the heathen are come · Be strong

Newly recorded, Thomas Tallis’ forty-part motet Spem in alium, one of the great landmarks of polyphony, forms the centerpiece of this dazzling CD. Under the theme Music for Monarchs and Magnates, The Sixteen draws together music by Tallis, Byrd, Gibbons, and Thomas Tomkins, some of it never before recorded. It explores the use of music for ceremonial, even propaganda, purposes by the state, contrasted with the composers’ private use of biblical texts to give public vent to their sometimes dangerous views in an England torn by political and religious strife.

Despite the mystic beauty of his music, John Tavener’s place in Western music is a controversial one, yet part of the attraction of his music must surely arise from its symbolic nature, a reflection of his deeply held Orthodox faith. This collection covers a wide range of Tavener’s celebrated choral output, including his immediately popular setting of William Blake’s The Lamb and the luminously spiritual Ikon of Light.

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G.F. HANDEL

The Sixteen

Israel in Egypt

An Eternal Harmony

“As time goes by, I find Harry Christophers’ music-making more and more captivating.” — BBC RADIO 3

“A real eye-opener that demands to be heard.” — GRAMOPHONE

The Sixteen/The Symphony of Harmony and Invention/Harry Christophers, conductor

PLAINSONG: Dum sacrum mysterium · CARVER: Credo from Mass “Dum sacrum mysterium” a 10 · O bone Jesu a 19 · MACMILLAN: O bone Jesu · RAMSEY: 3 motets from the Glasgow Euing Collection · When David heard · CORNYSH: Salve Regina · Ave Maria Mater Dei

HANDEL: Israel in Egypt

Of all Handel’s great oratorios, Israel in Egypt is second only to Messiah in drama. It is dominated by massive virtuosic choruses, making it the perfect piece for The Sixteen. Hailstones and lightning, buzzing flies and leaping frogs are all brilliantly evoked for choir and orchestra. The epic nature of the story could not be more suited to Handel’s genius for storytelling and drama. This CD is based on the first published edition (1771), omitting five arias and two short choruses.

TAVENER: Ikon of Light · A Hymn to the Mother of God · Hymn for the Dormition of the Mother of God · The Lamb · The Tyger · Today the Virgin · Eonia

Order Date: September 22, 2006

The Sixteen/Harry Christophers, conductor

The vast power of the Royal Courts of England and Scotland may be long gone, but the sumptuous sounds of their worship are not lost. This disc brings together music of some outstanding but now little-known composers of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and introduces a major new work by one of this century’s most remarkable composers. Robert Carver’s setting of the devotional text “O bone Jesu” has long been admired and has now proved an inspiration to James MacMillan as commissioned by The Sixteen.

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CLASSICAL The Sixteen/Harry Christophers, conductor

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HUMFREY: O Lord my God · By the waters of Babylon · Lord I have sinned · O the sad day · Sleep downy sleep · Hymne to God the father · BLOW: I will hearken what the Lord God will say · COOKE: Put me not to rebuke, O Lord · O Lord thou hast searched me out · HUMFREY/BLOW/TURNER: I will always give thanks

· Brand-new recording from The Sixteen (recorded in 2006) features new editions and world premiere recordings · It was largely through the efforts of “Captain” Henry Cooke (c.1615–1672) that the choir of the Chapel Royal was successfully restored at the Restoration in 1660 · He invoked ancient press-gang legislation to purloin promising choirboys from cathedrals across the country. Two of them, Pelham Humfrey and John Blow, went on to write groundbreaking music · John Blow subsequently resigned his post as organist of Westminster Abbey in favor of his own pupil Henry Purcell, only to assume it again on Purcell’s untimely death · Cooke’s most important service to English church music was to put into practice Charles II’s explicit desire to have his royal anthems decked out with instrumental “symphonies” and interludes · The diarist Samuel Pepys regularly recorded the performances of Cooke’s novel new anthems by the Chapel Royal choir · Originally the Chapel Royal referred to a group of singers and clergy serving the spiritual needs of England’s sovereign, but later the term became attached to a building as well; several buildings, in fact, of which the Chapel Royal within St. James’s Palace, London (built 1702) is the one most often meant · The famed choir of the Chapel Royal achieved its zenith during the reign of Elizabeth I, when William Byrd and Thomas Tallis were both organists there · Advertising in Gramophone. Various other ads in classical monthlies

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The Sixteen/Harry Christophers, conductor The Eton Choirbook Collection

The Sixteen The Eton Choirbook

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· Miraculously, the Eton Choirbook survived Henry VIII’s ransacking of the monasteries · Thanks to its survival, the sacred music of the English fifteenth-century is still with us, conjuring up the atmosphere and spirit of the glorious cathedrals for which it was written. It also gives a tantalizing glimpse of a wealth of choral music which was lost INCLUDES FIRST WORLD WORLD · Coro has now brought together all five of The Sixteen’s celebrated and RECORDING PREMIERE PREMIERE RECORDING! EVER! RECORDING! award-winning recordings in one boxed set (the first volume won a INCLUDES IIN NC CLLU UD DE ES S WORLD WORLD Gramophone Award) PREMIERE PREMIERE · Specially priced at five discs for the price of three! RECORDINGS! RECORDING! RECORDING! I N C L U D E S · The five volumes, originally issued separately and still available, are: FIRST TIME WORLD ON CD! The Rose and the Ostrich Feather, The Crown of Thorns, The Pillars of RECORDING! Collection (5 CDs)PREMIERE Eternity, The Flower of All Virginity, and The Voices of Angels SPECIAL WORLD · “It is difficult to believe that any fifteenth or sixteenth century choir SUPER-BUDGET PREMIERE RECORDINGS! PRICE! could have sung this music with the refined blend, the rich tone, or the shapeliness shown by The Sixteen, under the direction of Harry 5 CDs for the price of 3! Christophers.” — THE TIMES, LONDON · “Wonderful music, wonderfully performed … sit back and let these glorious sounds fill your ears and lift your spirits.” — GRAMOPHONE AWARD (EARLY MUSIC) · Advertising in Gramophone and BBC Music

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CLASSICAL Monks of the Abbey of Notre Dame Gregorian Chant 26 selections of Gregorian Chant from Mass and Vespers One cannot speak of Gregorian Chant in the modern era without noting the pioneering work of the monks of the Abbey of Solesmes in France. In scholarship, and in preserving the chant in their monastic life, Solesmes has led the world. Many of the recordings made of the chant as the monks live it are widely available. While Solesmes has adapted the chant to the Novus Ordo Missal of Paul VI, one of its daughter houses, the French Abbey of Notre-Dame of Fontgombault, has retained the traditional Missal and thereby maintained the chant in its liturgical entirety. Fontgombault, together with many other traditional French Abbeys, has proved a success story. The monastic life is conducted strictly, vocations are plentiful, and guests leave the monastery uplifted by its spiritual and liturgical atmosphere. One priest visitor commented: “It’s like going to heaven.” Yet Fontgombault’s recordings of the chant, technically superior by far to their brethren’s at Silos, remain relatively unknown. This recording of Mass and Vespers was recorded to celebrate the ninth centenary of their Abbey Church.

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Niccolò PAGANINI Six Violin Concertos (3 CDs) Alexei Gorokhov, violin & conductor/The Chamber Orchestra of the Shevchenko Opera Theatre, Kiev PAGANINI: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 6 • Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op. 7 • Violin Concerto No. 3 in E major • Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor • Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor • Violin Concerto No. 6 in E minor

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Alexei Gorokhov was born in Moscow in 1927. His main violin teachers were L. Tseitlin and A. Yampolsky at the Moscow Conservatory, where he also received a degree in musicology. He won prizes at several international violin competitions and toured in the Soviet Union, Denmark, Sweden, and Romania. In 1957 he became a professor of violin at the Kiev Conservatory. These highly enjoyable performances were recorded 1973–78. The re-orchestrations and cadenzas for these works are by the artist, Alexei Gorokhov. Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840) revolutionized violin playing. He added one astounding new technique after another, until his performances were so amazing that many believed the rumor that he had signed over his soul to the Devil. The artist, capitalizing on his cadaverous frame and sunken cheeks, did nothing to discourage the idea. In the last ten years of his active career he became a sensation—a genuine superstar.

Pnina Salzman Piano Recital, Vol. 6 (2 CDs) Pnina Salzman, piano MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat, K.449 • Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat, K.456 • LISZT: Hungarian Fantasy • Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 • FALLA: Nights in the Gardens of Spain • LAVRY: Piano Concerto • J.S. BACH (arr. Liszt): Prelude & Fugue in A minor

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Born in Tel Aviv in 1924, Pnina Salzman began playing the piano soon after she learned to walk, and began performing in public at eight. Alfred Cortot, while on tour in Israel in 1932, heard her and invited her to study in Paris under his personal supervision. In Paris, Pnina Salzman studied with Magda Tagliaffero at the Conservatoire National de Musique, where she won the Prix de Piano at age fourteen. About the same time, Bronislav Huberman (the famous violinist & founder of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra), who attended one of her concerts in Paris, announced that it was a once in a lifetime experience to meet such talent, and recommended that she be engaged as a soloist with the IPO. Pnina Salzman was invited to play three piano concertos (in one evening) with the orchestra. This marked the beginning of a long association with the IPO. In Israel she is affectionately known as “The First Lady of the Piano.”

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CLASSICAL Yehudi Menuhin, violin/Leslie Parnas, cello/Casals Festival Orchestra/ Pablo Casals, conductor/North German Radio Orchestra/Antal Dorati, conductor /London Mozart Players/Gervase de Peyer, conductor

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BRAHMS: Concerto for Violin, Cello & Orchestra, Op. 102 “Double Concerto” • BLOCH: Schelomo, for cello & orchestra • TCHAIKOVSKY: Rococo Variations for cello & orchestra

· Legendary cellist Pablo Casals, in later life a distinguished conductor, leads his own “festival orchestra” in the Brahms in a live performance on May 29, 1969 · The late Hungarian conductor Antal Dorati leads the North German Radio Orchestra in the Bloch work, from a live performance of January 13, 1975 · Gervase de Peyer, best known as England’s premiere clarinetist, conducts the London Mozart Players in 1976 in the orchestral accompaniment to the Tchaikovsky work · During his long life (1916–1999) and career, Sir Yehudi Menuhin became one of the world’s most famous violinists. A child prodigy, he soloed with the San Francisco Symphony at the age of seven · Cellist Leslie Parnas was born in St. Louis on November 11, 1931. At sixteen, he enrolled in the Curtis Institute under the tutelage of the legendary Gregor Piatigorsky and Demetrius Dounis · His debut came at fourteen, soloing with the St. Louis Little Symphony. By his mid-twenties, Parnas was regularly achieving high honors at major competitions. In later years, he was closely associated with Pablo Casals · Leslie Parnas is one of the most distinguished cellists of our time. Presented here are three live concerts of works from among the most important solo cello repertoire, demonstrating his profound artistry, ravishingly beautiful, expressive tone, and technical virtuosity

Johannes BRAHMS Double Concerto

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Israel Philharmonic Orchestra/Paul Kletzki, conductor MAHLER: Symphony No. 1 in D · Symphony No. 9 in D

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· Considered one of the best orchestras in the world, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra was founded (as “Palestine Orchestra”) in 1936 by great JewishPolish violinist Bronislaw Huberman, primarily to save Jewish musicians from the growing Nazi menace in Europe · The inaugural concert, on December 26, 1936, was conducted by the famed Arturo Toscanini · Nicknamed “Orchestra of Soloists” it was renamed the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in 1948 soon after Israel became independent · In addition to Paul Kletzki, two other great conductors became closely associated with the IPO: Leonard Bernstein and Zubin Mehta · Over the past sixty years it has been featured on many recordings with the Columbia, Decca-London, DGG, and CBS labels · Polish-born conductor Paul Kletzki (1900-1973) was well known for his great flair for romantic music, resulting in many magnificent performances and recordings, particularly of Mahler, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Berlioz, Schubert, Schumann, Sibelius, Beethoven, Rachmaninov, and Schoenberg; and for his collaboration in concerts and recordings with many of the greatest soloists of the twentieth century. His conducting style was compared with that of Furtwängler · At the outbreak of World War II he settled in Switzerland and eventually became a Swiss citizen. After the war he toured widely in North and South America, Australia, and Israel · Kletzi’s close association with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra resulted in several monumental recordings for the British Columbia and HMV labels · He collapsed and died while rehearsing with the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Order Date: September 22, 2006

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CLASSICAL “Waterloo’s enterprising NUMUS Inc. is enabling the emerging generation of musicians to be sensitized to the contemporary music of the wider world.” — TORONTO STAR

NUMUS Cello Ensemble/Penderecki String Quartet Jascha NERVESON: BSQ5 (remix) for String Quartet and Drumkit · James ROLFE: Worry, for violin & 8 cellos · Omar DANIEL: Annunciation, for string quartet & live electronics · Roger BERGS: Elements, for 8 cellos · Peter HATCH: This Fleeting Word, for mezzosoprano, cellos & water fountain

NUMUS Cello Ensemble & Penderecki Quartet String Theory CD: ECL 2074 (Q ) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Classical

· This recording features five new works composed by Ontario composers for strings and other instruments · Features Canada’s top artists including Mark Fewer, concertmaster of the Vancouver Symphony · This is the second album for NUMUS, one of Ontario’s leading new music presenters · Riveting first track for string quartet and drum kit by young post-minimalist Generation Y composer Jascha Narveson, a Bang on a Can protegé · Composer Omar Daniel is one of Canada’s most acclaimed composers, winner of the coveted Jules Léger Prize from the Canada Council for the Arts · Composer Roger Bergs is a graduate of the Juilliard School, where he studied composition with John Corigliano · Composer Peter Hatch is also the founding director of NUMUS (www.numus.on.ca) · Ads in September issue of Fanfare magazine. Service to commercial and public radio broadcasters, including NPR, CBC & SRC. Service to all important Canadian newspapers and classical music publications such Gramophone, Diapason, American Record Guide, and Fanfare

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Victoria Drake Harping on Bach “Plenty of passion … a vocal expressiveness absolutely perfect for this music.” — GRAMOPHONE

Victoria Drake, harp J.S. BACH: Partita No. 1 in B-flat, BWV 825 · Lute Suite No. 3 in A minor, BWV 995 · French Suite No. 4 in E-flat, BWV 815

Three great Bach pieces from both the lute and keyboard works transcribed for harp and played by Victoria Drake. Drake is one of the most sought-after harpists in New York, in the major orchestras, on Broadway, and in recordings of orchestral and chamber music, with over twenty-eight album credits. For audiophiles, this recording is a great sound experience, having been recorded and edited in analog. For Bach-ophiles, this is a wonderful set of works performed by a major virtuoso.

CD: WTP 5161 (R) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Classical

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G.P. TELEMANN Telemann’s Oboe Bert Lucarelli, oboe/Alan Brown, bassoon/Gerald Ranck, harpsichord TELEMANN: The Six Partitas for Oboe

Bert Lucarelli, called “America’s leading oboe recitalist” by the New York Times, made this, his first recording for the Musical Heritage Society, when he was in his mid-twenties. This is a digital reissue of that recording, made at the old Columbia Studios in New York in 1968. This is a rarely heard set of works, brilliantly played by the young Lucarelli. We do not know of any other recording of the complete Oboe Partitas of Telemann. Based in New York, Bert Lucarelli is one of today’s busiest oboe performers, appearing at many festivals and concerts, and teaching at both SUNY Purchase and the Hartt School of Music. Marketing service to top classical radio stations nationwide.

CD: WTP 5169 (R) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Classical

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OPERA Luciano Pavarotti, Maria Callas, Renata Tebaldi, Franco Corelli, Joan Sutherland, José Van Dam, Mirella Freni, José Carreras, and more

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20 selections from operas used in famous films, including La bohème (Moonstruck), Carmen (Babe, Trainspotting), Gianni Schicchi (A Room with a View), Rigoletto (Analyze This), Norma (Lorenzo’s Oil), La traviata (Pretty Woman), Les Troyens (Star Trek: First Contact), Andrea Chenier (Philadelphia), Lakmé (Carlito’s Way), Le nozze di Figaro (The Man Who Wasn’t There, The Skeleton Key), Pagliacci (The Untouchables), Così fan Tutte (Closer), L’elisir d’amore (Match Point), La forza del destino (Being John Malkovich), Tosca (Heavenly Creatures), and Turandot (The Sea Inside)

· Opera d’Oro presents the greatest singers of the twentieth century in thrilling live performances of legendary arias made famous by Hollywood! · A delightful program, drawn from the huge Opera d’Oro catalogue of live WORLD opera recordings PREMIERE · From Nicholas Cage waiting for Cher before a performance of La bohéme in RECORDING! Moonstruck to Tom Hanks’s passionate description of Andrea Chenier in Philadelphia and Richard Gere flying Julia Roberts on a date to see IN CL UD ES La traviata, Hollywood has long had a love affair with opera WORLD · Opera music can heighten the tension of a drama, add passion to a romance, PREMIERE RECORDINGS! or even underscore the antics of a comedy · Beyond its critical role in setting the mood as background music in many memorable movie scenes, opera often plays a leading role in the story, as the fictional characters of the screen are drawn to this timeless music just as thoroughly as are thousands of opera fans in the real world S P ECIA EC IALL

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“[Scotto’s] portrait is that of a lovely, sad, victimized girl who retains her dignity to the end. Remarkable! Renato Cioni … is at his best-behaved here as Pinkerton, sounding lusty in the first and rueful in the last acts. Alberto Rinaldi is a workaday Sharpless, but Franca Mattiucci, without a particularly distinguished sound, nevertheless manages to make Suzuki a major player. The conductor is Arturo Basile, hardly anyone’s favorite, but he seems to follow Scotto’s highly dramatic lead, and the opera takes a firm hold on the listener. And at this price, this is irresistible.” — ROBERT LEVINE, CLASSICSTODAY

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Scotto, Franco Mattiucci, Luciana Palombi, Renato Cioni, Alberto I N C L URenata DES FIRST WORLD Rinaldi, Franco Ricciardi, Silvio Maionica & Vito Susca, vocal soloists/ RECORDING PREMIERE Orchestra & Chorus of RAI, Turin/Arturo Basile, conductor EVER! RECORDING! PUCCINI: Madama Butterfly (complete opera)

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WORLD PREMIERE · Recorded live in Turin, Italy in 1967, this is the latest installment in the ongoing RECORDING!

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· Grand Tier presents the most popular titles from the budget Opera d’Oro FIRST TIME WORLD PREMIERE ON CD! catalogue at mid-price with complete librettos newly translated, stimulating RECORDING!

Giacomo PUCCINI Madama Butterfly (2 CDs) SPECIAL

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essays by eminent music writers, and deluxe packaging with striking artwork

WORLD commissioned from Rafal Olbinski PREMIERE RECORDINGS!

· Cio-Cio San (Madame Butterfly) has long been one of the very best roles of the great soprano Renata Scotto. In fact, in recent decades she has virtually owned it! · In her prime, Scotto had the unique ability to lighten her voice to sound convincingly young and innocent, and then to focus her tone at other times to command the full impact of the dramatic climaxes · This live 1967 recording finds the soprano at the height of her powers both as singer and actress particularly suited to this vivid role · Many opera lovers find this supercharged live performance superior in impact to Scotto’s studio recording, famous as it is

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OPERA Antonietta Stella, Aldo Bottion, Anna Maria Rota, et al., vocal soloists/ RAI Orchestra & Chorus, Turin/Mario Rossi, conductor ZANDONAI: Conchita (complete opera)

Riccardo ZANDONAI Conchita (2 CDs)

CD: OPD 1462 (2K) Double Slimline File Under: Opera

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· Live broadcast, Turin, September 19, 1969 · Riccardo Zandonai (1883–1944) is a fascinating figure in the later history of traditional Italian opera. Long regarded by many as the putative heir to Puccini, just as Puccini was considered to have inherited the mantle of Verdi, Zandonai has managed to maintain a strong reputation mainly in Italy, although his most famous work, Francesca da Rimini, has been revived at the Metropolitan Opera with considerable success · Conchita’s storyline has strong parallels to Carmen. Conchita, too, is a flirtatious worker in a Seville cigarette factory. Zandonai’s score has a “strong sense of the picturesque, with many Spanish touches which at times parallel Falla rather than recalling Bizet.” —VIKING OPERA GUIDE · Zandonai came from a poor family and showed musical talent as a child; he began composing at age eight, and at fifteen entered the Rossini Lyceum at Pesaro where he studied with Mascagni · Despite his studies with Mascagni, Zandonai never fully espoused the verismo school of “realism” in Italian composing, although it is frequently noticeable in Conchita. He was generally closer to the Impressionists in spirit, though he cannot be said to be of the school of Debussy and Ravel, or even Respighi · His musical language is firmly traditional, but with opulent or piquant effects of orchestration superimposed to create a strong sense of poetic atmosphere · At age twenty-four he was befriended by Arrigo Boito, sometime composer and librettist to Verdi, and well-connected in the music publishing world. Boito recommended Zandonai to the publisher Tito Ricordi, who commissioned an opera that showed promise at its premiere in 1908. A second opera, Conchita, was even more successful, being produced both in Milan and San Francisco

“MacNeil was one of the last of the true dramatic Verdi baritones, and the end of his career left a void that is still unfilled.” — ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Cornell MacNeil, Renata Scotto, Richard Tucker, Noemi Souza, William Wildermann, et al., vocal soloists/Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro Colón, Argentina/Fernando Previtali, conductor Verdi: Rigoletto (Complete Opera)

· Live performance, Buenos Aires, August 22, 1967 · Although many of Verdi’s nearly thirty operas remain popular, Rigoletto, his seventeenth, is among the most beloved. Though its story is grim, and even gruesome at the end, its music is so memorable, so dramatically powerful, that it sweeps the listener along with it · This exciting live performance features some of the finest singers of its era, including Renata Scotto, one of the great Italian singers of her generation, and beloved American tenor Richard Tucker · Cast in the title role is a baritone who was once a well-known name on the operatic scene, and one of the most famous Rigolettos, but who is curiously forgotten by many today · Born in Minneapolis in 1922, Cornell MacNeill began his career singing Broadway musicals, but turned to opera with the New York City Opera in 1953 · His Metropolitan Opera debut took place in 1969 as Rigoletto. Over the years he would sing twenty-six different roles at the Met, in over five hundred performances · Although not considered a great actor, MacNeil had a sonorous, rolling baritone that thrilled audiences with the splendor of its ring · He was especially admired in the major Verdi roles, but he also triumphed in verismo parts such as Michele in Puccini’s Il tabarro and Gianciotto in Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini, the latter televised to a worldwide audience

Order Date: September 22, 2006

Giuseppe VERDI Rigoletto (2 CDs)

CD: OPD 1465 (2K) Double Slimline File Under: Opera

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EXERCISE ALLEGRO WELCOMES POWER MUSIC TO ITS ROSTER!

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Since 1987, Power Music has been the world’s #1 source of music for fitness professionals, and has steadily grown in other related markets (personal workout, mind-body, cheer, and dance). Power Music’s mission is to harness the magical power of music and deliver it to the world.

Kathy Smith Kathy Smith PowerMix Lean Walk Workout Music CD: PMI 4128 (Q ) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Exercise

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America’s body guru. — MORE

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“Pure motivation is what Power Music is all about. The energy Power delivers keeps you moving!” — PATRICK GOUDEAU, FITTV’S ALL STAR WORKOUTS “My favorite music selections from Power Music are many.” — PETRA KOLBER, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR, HEALTH MAGAZINE/FEATURED INSTRUCTOR, FITTV’S ALL STAR WORKOUTS

Track Listing Ain’t No Love, Ain’t No Use · Lady · Crash · Hey Mama · L.O.V.E · More More More · Boyfriend · My Style · Hung Up · Da Hype · Here Comes the Rain Again · When Doves Cry

Selling Points · Fitness guru Kathy Smith creates a signature PowerMix with current and past Top 40 hits—remixed with a splash of high-energy attitude! · Handpicked by Kathy Smith, these are ultra-motivating songs this renowned fitness leader uses for her own personal workouts · Features two sizzling thirty-minute workouts that can be used separately or played back-to-back for one supercharged sixty-minute exercise session · Includes remixes of songs made famous by pop legends Lenny Kravitz, Gwen Stefani, Black Eyed Peas, Madonna, Prince, Ashlee Simpson, and Eurhythmics · Power Music revolutionized the fitness industry with its creation of scientifically engineered workout music, expertly formatted with beats-per-minute customized for specific activities. These tracks are ideal for fitness walking and cardio machines · Kathy Smith is one of the fitness industry’s leading wellness experts, with over sixteen million videos sold worldwide. Several of her titles attained Gold or Platinum status and she has been inducted into the Video Hall of Fame · Here, Smith has teamed up with the world’s #1 source of fitness music, Power Music, whose music has fueled ESPN Fitness Pros and Body by Jake · Kathy Smith is one of the top three premier trainers on Podfitness, a new concept that lets consumers select workouts that they can listen to on any mp3 player · Kathy Smith, in conjunction with Power Music, will be doing a syndicated radio show in Los Angeles and New York · Press copies sent to key fitness and wellness publications: Shape, American Fitness, Body & Soul, Yoga Journal, Fit Yoga, and more · Press release sent to over 200 health and fitness media outlets · Ads will run in American Fitness and Shape

Key Markets Salt Lake City/Los Angeles (Hometowns). Also: Minneapolis, Miami, Washington DC, Seattle, Boston, Chicago, Dallas

Order Date: September 22, 2006

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ROCK Susan Aglukark Blood Red Earth CD: ARL 12562 (Q) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Rock

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Terrific songs with some heavy messages in the lyrics. — ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Press Quotes “Susan Aglukark’s life story is the stuff of pop culture fantasy. A preacher’s daughter from the remote Canadian Arctic is discovered by CBC radio and signs on with a major record company … her songs are imbued with the beauty and tragedy of her people, who struggle to survive in a community ravaged by poverty and addiction. Rather than forget the place she came from, she uses it as a source of strength.” — CBC “An Inuit singer and songwriter, Susan Aglukark uses her music to communicate messages of peace, hope, and understanding, intertwining traditional Inuk chants with contemporary pop melodies.” — EXPRESS NEWS (ALBERTA)

Featured Artists Susan Aglukark, vocals/Tom Szczesniak, bass/Brian Barlow, percussion/Michael Francis, acoustic & electric guitars/Ray Parker, synth/ Steve O’Connor, piano/Neil Donell, backing vocals/Stephanie Martin, backing vocals

Track Listing Blood Red Earth · Circle of the Old · Illanit · Interlude #58 (As Only A Heart Would Dare) · As Only A Heart Would Dare · Maggie · I Will Return · Beyond the Touch · Maybe We’re There · All Alone · Citizens of the World · Take a Little Less · Songbird

Selling Points · Singer/songwriter Susan Aglukark is one of Canada’s most unique artists and a leading voice in Canadian music. She blends the Inuktitut and English languages with contemporary pop music arrangements to tell the stories of her people, the Inuit of Arctic Canada · The emotional depth and honesty of her lyrics combined with her pure, clear voice and themes of hope, spirit, and encouragement have captivated and inspired listeners from all walks of life · Aglukark is known as an artist with a conscience. A keynote speaker and workshop facilitator who has received awards and honors for her constant community work, Agulkark still considers live performance to be her true passion, and her priority · With her newest release, Blood Red Earth, already noted as one of her best albums to date, Aglukark continues to tell the stories of past, present, and future that resonate far beyond the Northern tundra · Four times Platinum in Canada, Blood Red Earth is her sixth album · Multiple Juno and Country Music Association awards · Invited into the Order of Canada in September 2005 for her contributions both musically and as a mentor for the Aboriginal community · Video for first single, “I Will Return,” being serviced to Much More Music/CMT

Key Markets Seattle, New York, Minneapolis, Detroit, Cheyenne

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WORLD Third World Love

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Sketch of Tel Aviv CD: SRC 18 (Q) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Worldbeat/jazz

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Omer Avital is a force of nature. — AMERICAN WIRED

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Press Quotes “I never in my life saw so many people moving to the sounds of such complicated melodies and harmonies—magic is created on the stage.” — TIME OUT TEL AVIV “Avishai Cohen has all the power and tenacity he’s going to need: he’s the kind of trumpeter who can play hard, schooled, continuous improvisation with nothing but bass and drums behind him.” — NEW YORK TIMES

Featured Artists Omer Avital, bass, oud/Avishai Cohen, trumpet, effects, vocals/Yonaton Avishai, piano, Fender Rhodes/Daniel Freedman, drums, percussion/Eviatar Banai, vocals

Track Listing A Touch of Tahini (Tsafdina) · Sketch of Tel Aviv · Suite African #2 · Hareshut · S’ai N’wai · Horizon (Kav Haofek) · Suzanna (A.K.A. Rock Ballad) · Three Four (Not a Jazz Tune)

Selling Points · Hip worldbeat with infectious rhythms and melodies from the Middle East and Africa combined with American jazz influences · This high-energy band, born between Tel Aviv and the famous Smalls scene in New York, features four slamming artists with neartelepathic interplay and unshakeable grooves— one of the smartest, hippest jams you’ll ever hear! · Collective features monster bassist Omer Avital, award-winning trumpeter Avishai Cohen, and drum master Daniel Freedman · Each of the artists in the band is well known, and collectively they are a knockout · Publicity through Carla Parisi (Tijuana Toy Company), publicist for Nellie McKay · Marketing through Debbie Millman at Sterling Group, well-known brand consultants for Fortune 500 companies · Comprehensive radio campaign

Key Markets New York (Hometown). Also: Boston, Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, Miami, Austin

Also Available Omer Avital

Omer Avital Group

The Ancient Art of Giving

Asking No Permission

CD: SRC 14 (Q )

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WORLD Various Artists Pow Wow Trail 7 — Pow–Wow Rock Featured Artists Buffy Sainte-Marie/Keith Secola/Ulali

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DVD: ARL DVD 3007 (R)

Expressing themselves in the white man’s world, Indian musicians have adapted the traditional ways into a new style that has found its way into the mainstream. This DVD features such contemporary artists as Buffy Sainte-Marie, Keith Secola, and a cappella trio Ulali. Over the course of two years, producer Jeremy Torrie and his film crew traveled to over forty reservations, ceremonies, and pow wow celebrations to record the various perspectives of people living, traveling, and competing on the pow wow circuit. Ask your Allegro account manager about volumes 1-6, available now!

Amaray File Under: World/Native American

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ALLEGRO WELCOMES INTERRA TO ITS ROSTER! Buddhist Monks of Maitri Vihar Monastery Tibetan Mantras & Chants Track Listing Three Monks With Bowls & Cymbals · Three Mantra Chant · Buddhist Monk’s Choirs I · Mantra Chant with Cymbals and Gantra · Buddhist Monks Choir II · Three Deep Singing Monks · Singing Bowls and Cymbals · Buddhist Monk’s Choir III · Triad Mantra Chant · Ceremonial Horns & Cymbals

Selling Points CD: ITA 5739 (N) Standard Jewel Case File Under: World/Tibet

The Maitri Vihar Monastery is located in Swoyambu Nath in Nepal and is home to some fifty monks from both Nepal and Tibet. On this CD, producer John Matarazzo presents a compilation of ten samples of Buddhist liturgical music. A beautiful sample of music from an enigmatic religious tradition!

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“This is fragrant music, a wellspring of cohesive world music, in mostly slow tempos, played for intimate settings.” — LLOYD BARDE, BACKROADS MUSIC

Featured Artists Surajit Das, sitar/Raj Kumar Naipal, tabla/Koushik Bhattacharya, chants, vocals

Track Listing Swarakhar Shiva Mantra · Astakhar Shiva Mantra · Shiva Mritunjoy Mantra · Shiva Maha Mritunjoy Mantra · Shiva Tramback Mantra · Shiva Rudra Mantra · Shiva Twarita Rudra Mantra · Gaitry Mantras

Selling Points · A mantra is believed to help achieve goals. This can be a mission, an objective, or the attainment of something desired. This album contains seven ancient and secret mantras of Lord Shiva. The purposes of the different mantras are for family happiness, spiritual progress, recovering and freedom from disease, long life, spiritual and sexual happiness, freedom, and blessed surroundings · Surajit Das has been endorsed by Deepak Chopra, one of the most popular body-mind physicians in the U.S.), and has played at Chopra’s seminars in Europe · Service to major reviewers and trade, with focus on new age and alternative healing · Ads will run in New Age Retailer and Light of Consciousness

Key Markets San Francisco, Seattle, Atlanta, Raleigh, Durham

Surajit Das Secret Chants: A Trip to India CD: ORM 62832 (Q ) Standard Jewel Case File Under: World/India

Also Available · ORM 62712 (Q) Ayurvedic Healing Cycle (689973627126) · ORM 61942 (2F) Chakra Yoga Meditation (689973619428)

Order Date: September 22, 2006

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C O U N T R Y / W O R L D B E AT “With the death of Marcel Dadi in a 1996 plane crash, the world lost one of its greatest guitar flat-pickers. Inspired by the playing of American guitarists, including Doc Watson, Merle Travis, and Chet Atkins, Dadi had masterfully crafted a flat-picking style of his own.” — ALL MUSIC GUIDE

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Featured Artists Marcel Dadi, guitar/Chet Atkins, guitar/Bela Fleck, banjo/Larry Coryell, guitar/Steve Morse, guitar/Albert Lee, guitar/Bucky Barrett, guitar/ Charlie McCoy, harmonica/Buddy Emmons, pedal steel guitar, dobro/ The Nashville Horns/and more

Track Listing 29 tracks include: Merci Pour Maayane · Robert the President · Goodbye Blue Sky (Song for Dominique) · Swingy Boogie · La Marcellasie · Nashville Rumba · Like Father and Son · Song for Jerry · Le Diset’s Wedding · Black Stars · Spirit of Merle · Hotel Shoeshine · Fingers Crossing · Hawaiian Moon · Doctor Dove · Calling Merle · Naomi’s Waltz · Guitar Pickers Association (Live at the Nashville Bowl Stadium) · and more

Marcel Dadi

Selling Points · Marcel Dadi was a French guitarist known for his country & western music, and was a personal friend of country star Chet Atkins · With Dadi’s death in a 1996 plane crash, the world lost one of its premier fingerstyle guitarists. Inspired by Doc Watson, Merle Travis, and Chet Atkins, Dadi crafted a flat-picking style all his own. Further inspired by the music of The Beatles, Rolling Stones, and Bob Dylan, he continued to expand his musical vision · Dadi was inducted into Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame in 1996 · During his career he released nearly twenty albums and was the organizer of the European equivalent of the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society

Nashville Rendez-vous

CD: EPM 7409 (2G) Double Digipak File Under: Country

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“Interesting and distinctive.” — SONGLINES

Featured Artists Michael O’Neill, bagpipes/Andrew Bonar, bagpipes/Andrew Douglas, bagpipes/Andrew Hayes, bagpipes/Bonnie Soon, taiko, percussion/Boyd Seiichi Grealy, taiko, percussion/Jason Overy, taiko, percussion/Neelamjit Dhillon, tabla/Alcvin Ramos, shakuhachi/Duncan Miller, snare drum

Track Listing Being and Doing · Luffness · Jedaya · Horse of a Different Colour

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Michael O’Neill Ontophony [SACD]

· Michael O’Neill is a Vancouver-based composer, performer, and leader of the new music bagpipe ensemble Mearningstone · Ontophony features four quite different original compositions for bagpipes alone or bagpipes with taiko drums and other acoustic percussion, performed by Mearingstone with Vancouver taiko trio Uzume Taiko and guests · The music combines the piping tradition with new music influences such as minimalism; non-traditional techniques such as hocketing, polyphony, and extended scales; and world music colors and rhythms · The result is an intense and completely novel musical experience! · Audiophile 24/88.2 recording and stereo/multi-channel mix · Press and web promotion by GoMedia · Radio mailing to CMJ jazz stations and NPR

CD: SGL SACD 2405 (R) Digipak File Under: Worldbeat

Key Markets New York, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Chicago

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COUNTRY Mickey Gilley Urban Cowboy Track Listing Room Full of Roses · Put Your Dreams Away · True Love Ways · I Overlooked an Orchid · You Don’t Know Me · Stand By Me · That’s All That Matters · A Headache Tomorrow (Or a Heartache Tonight) · Don’t the Girls All Get Prettier At Closing Time · Lonely Nights

Selling Points · Country-western star Mickey Gilley became a cultural icon after being immortalized in a blockbuster film starring John Travolta and a mechanical bull · His nightclub, Gilley’s, became the most famous nightclub in the world · Mickey Gilley went on to score forty-six chart hits including a whopping seventeen #1s · Urban Cowboy features ten chart-topping Mickey Gilley classics! CD: ALE 192046 (K) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Country

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Lynn Anderson Country Rose Track Listing Rose Garden · You’re My Man · Top of theWorld · How Can I Unlove You · What a Man, My Man Is · Cry · Fool Me · Keep Me in Mind · If I Kiss You (Will You Go Away) · Listen to a Country Song

Selling Points · Lynn Anderson is one of the most successful and popular singers of her era · Her Grammy-winning #1 smash “Rose Garden” made her an international superstar · During her glorious career, Lynn Anderson landed sixty chart hits, including another four #1s · Country Rose features ten Top 5 hits, including all five of Anderson’s timeless chart-toppers! CD: ALE 192047 (K) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Country

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Lee Greenwood The Patriot Track Listing God Bless the USA · Somebody’s Gonna Love You · I.O.U. · Dixie Road · I Don’t Mind the Thorns (If You’re the Rose) · Touch and Go Crazy · Mornin’ Ride · Going, Going, Gone · Hearts Aren’t Made to Break (They’re Made to Love) · Don’t Underestimate My Love for You

Selling Points

CD: ALE 192048 (K) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Country

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Order Date: September 22, 2006

· Country crooner Lee Greenwood performs classic American music and has thirty-three charts hits to his credit · Seven #1s made Greenwood one of country music’s brightest stars, but his patriotic anthem “God Bless the USA” made him a superstar · During the Gulf War of 1991, Greenwood often performed two to three shows a day at military bases and war veteran homes, earning the Congressional Medal of Honor’s Patriot Award · The Patriot features ten Top 10 hits—seven #1s—including his signature song “God Bless the USA”

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CD: WTR 122 (R)

CD: CLU 6149 (N)

Smartpak File Under: World/Mexico

Standard Jewel Case File Under: World/Portugal

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Salvador “El Negro” Ojeda/ Al Golpe Del Guatimé The Roses

Amalia Rodrigues Songs in an Ancient Tongue Track Listing

Track Listing Unión · Janitzio · Delgadina · Frenesí · Las Golondrinas · Luz de luna · Zapateado · El niño proletario · Los Agraristas · Arrullo · Corrido a lázaro cárdenas · Son El Buscapiés · Cuando me vine de puebla (El Venadito) · La Adelita · La Valentina · Madrecita (Nonantzin) · El hijo desobediente · Xochimilco · Lo que digo lo sostengo

Selling Points This album is dedicated to Concha Michel a famous singer, revolutionist, and feminist; and to Tina Modotti, a great photographer, actress, and political radical. Concha Michel’s music and Tina Modotti’s photographs reflect, describe, and impeach the social evils in Mexico.

Alfama · Red Rose · My Friend Is Far Away · Gondarem · Bitter Almond · Mine Is Yours · April · My Love is aSailor · The Unfortunate One · Partridge · The Daggers · Song of Viana

Selling Points Amalia Rodrigues, the immortal queen of fado, performs a series of ancient yet familiar fados harkening back to the sources of the tradition. Classics like “Alfama” and “Song of Viana” are juxtaposed against the endearing “April” and “My Love is a Sailor.” Service to college and satellite radio.

CD: TRS 4115 (N)

DVD: VIA DVD 9105 (M)

Standard Jewel Case File Under: World/Portugal

Amaray File Under: World/Latin

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Amalia Rodrigues

Anthony/Lavoe/Blades/Rodrigues

Live at Town Hall

Original Salsa Kings Vol. 3

Track Listing

Variacoes · Maria Lisboa · Estranha Forma De Vida · Malhao De San Simao · Amendoa Amarga · Obsessao · Havemos De Ir A Viana · Meia Noita E Uma Guitara · Barco Negro · Coimbra · Lisboa Antiga · Grito · Marcha Do Centenario · Povo Que Lavas No Rio · Fui Ao Mar A Buscar Sardinhas · Com Que Voz · Prece · Fallaste Corazon · Casa Portuguesa · Canzone Per Te · Malhao

Mi Gente · AnaCauna · Abran Passo · Todos Vuelven · El Cantante · El Raton · Ojos De Perro Azul · Bandolera Vamos Pal Monte

Selling Points This recording was made on Amalia Rodrigues’ fiftieth anniversary. Recorded at Town Hall NYC on her last U.S. tour, Rodrigues is accompanied by her longtime musical collaborators Carlos Goncalves, Pedro Leal, Joel Pino, and Fontes Rocha.

Selling Points Original Salsa Kings Vol. 3 features performances from some of the finest past & present “salseros” to work in the field of Latin jazz! This DVD includes rare performances by Marc Anthony, Hector Lavoe, Eddie Palmieri, Tito Puente, and many more—innovative performers from the pinnacle of the salsa world.

Order Date: September 22, 2006

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WORLD Sydney Devine/Tommy Scott You Can Dance Track Listing It Had To Be You · I’ll Be Seeing You · Don’t Get Around Much Anymore · You Belong To Me · Embraceable You · Carolina Moon · Tennessee Waltz ·That Old Feeling · Knee Beep in the Blues · You’ll Never Know · Sway · Isle of Capri · I’ll See You In My Dreams · May I Have the Next Dream With You · Time After Time · There I’ve Said It Again · Let The Rest of the World Go By · Now is the Hour · How Wonderful To Know · Yours · Rock Around the Clock · Chantilly Lace

Selling Points CD: SCT 719 (M) Standard Jewel Case File Under: World/Scotland

A sing-along dance CD from two of Scotland’s top-selling ballad and country artists! Sydney Devine and Tommy Scott both appeared on Scotland’s White Heather show in the fifties. Scott went on to be the top UK record producer in the sixties, while Devine has been touring his own show since the seventies. Easy tempo is perfect for seniors.

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Cajonmania Cajonmania Track Listing Batajon · El cantaro y la fuente · Por cajones · Poema · Mayoral · Solituds · Tanguillos · Cajonmania

Selling Points

CD: DMB QD 3 (Q )

Cajonmania, a melting pot of Latin tradition, funk, hip-hop, and jazz, is mostly based on the strong and subtle sound of the cajon, flamenco’s traditional percussion instrument. Formed by Nan Mercader, a renowned percussionist who has collaborated with Tete Montoliu, Carles Benavent (Paco de Lucia), and Celia Cruz, the group has played music festivals and master classes throughout Europe.

Standard Jewel Case File Under: World/Flamenco

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“Irina Mikhailova is a singer from Kazakhstan whose voice as angelic as it is earthy, as sensual as it is serene. Although she’s singing lyrics in her native tongue, Mikhailova, like Lisa Gerrard of Dead Can Dance, uses her voice as an instrument, entwining it around an exotic pan-ethnic blend of percussion, sitars, balalaikas, and wind instruments.” — ECHOES, NPR

Featured Artists Irina Mikhailova, vocals, shakers, Jew’s harp/Hans Christian, cello/Geoffrey Gordon, dumbeck, tar, bells/Shira Kammen, vielle/Habib Khan, sitar/John Loose, steel drum, yan chin/Peter Maund, tar, riqq, zarb/Clark Welsh, caval, dvoyanka, fluer gemanat, salgflöjt, balalaika, string tar

Track Listing Streamlet · Zarya · Razvil · Dance of the Winds · Zahodila Luna · Yola · Mama, mama · Uz ty Vanya · Zurahvo · Molihta

Selling Points · Irina Mikhailova delivers profound vocals that transcend the boundaries of culture and human experience, ranging from intimate to adventurous, trancey, and hypnotic · Irina Mikhailova is a cross-pollinating vocalist, composer, and multiinstrumentalist whose musical style reflects the rich traditions of Russia, the Middle East, and Asia · She has worked and recorded with an amazing cast of musicians including Glen Velez, Hamza El Din, Paul Mc Candless (Oregon), and pop sensation Jewel · Great for audiophiles; recorded at Skywalker Sound in HDCD · Service to world music radio

Irina Mikhailova Russian Twilight CD: WTP 5184 (R) Standard Jewel Case File Under: World/Russia Previously Available

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Key Markets San Francisco (Hometown)

Order Date: September 22, 2006

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Heart of the Beast CD: BLD 6 (Q) Standard Jewel Case File Under: World/Middle East Previously Available

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A hot, pulsing Middle Eastern beat for a Jah Wobble-esque sound … evoking belly dancers in opium dens. — ANODYNE

Press Quotes

“The sound of mizmars, accordion, and violins and the rhythms of rock, ska, and funk collide on this fifteen-song disc.” — LA TIMES “Heart of the Beast beats with passion, skill, and admirable inclusiveness.” — THE OREGONIAN

Featured Artists Michael Beach, lead vocals, Arabic tabla, doumbeg, mizmars, riq, def, drum kit, timbales, congas, bongos, marimba, tambourine, zils/ J. Michael Kearsey, producer, lead vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion/Geoff George, lead vocals, keyboards/Peter Helfand, lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, marimba/Ishmael, kanoon, baglama saz/and more

Track Listing Heart of the Beast · Flower of Stone · Over Under Sideways Down · Love My Love · Cut Diamonds · Separation · Marie Don’t Want Me · Bir Demet Yasemen · Haunted House · Gamil Gamel · Where Does the Wiseman Go? · Country Boy · Pushin Shoes · Tren Gelir · Olmaz Olmaz

Selling Points · This fifteen-song CD reflects the band’s turn to electric, and eclectic world music. It features the ever-present focus on the Middle East, but also throws in pinches of reggae, rock, funk, Latin, blues, Celtic, and more · Features vocals in English, Farsi, Arabic, Turkish, and Old English · A delightful combination of western instruments and instruments from all over the world! · Brothers of the Baladi are one of the largest sellers of belly dance music, both nationally and internationally · Brothers of the Baladi are five Americans who have successfully been bringing Middle Eastern and world music to the rest of the world so that both Westerners and natives from the various countries can enjoy, understand, and dance! · Includes their hit protest song “Heart of the Beast,” written about the first Gulf War. This song could easily be the theme song for the current war in Iraq! · Targeted advertisements, interviews, and reviews in the top four belly dance magazines and publications

Key Markets Portland (Hometown). Also: Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, Fresno, Santa Barbara, Monterey, San Francisco, Santa Cruz Eugene, Medford, Ashland, Seattle, Bellingham. Olympia, New York, Buffalo, Syracuse, Rochester, Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff, Detroit, Ann Arbor, Boise, Bozeman, Missoula, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Maui, Honolulu

Also Available Brothers of the Baladi

Michael Beach

Brothers of the Baladi

Presence of the Past

Hands of a Thousand Dances

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Hope

Order Date: September 22, 2006

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WORLD Blond-Blond Jewish-Arab Song Treasures Track Listing N’oublie pas tes amis · L’Albinos · Où vous étiez Mademoiselle · El Banco — Hannouka · Kouftanke Mahloul · Wahran El Bahyia · Ya Lahraymiya · Viens à Juan-les-Pins · Ya Bechar · Ghir Ajini Ajini

Selling Points

CD: BUD 860134 (Q) Standard Jewel Case File Under: World/Middle East

· Although they were born in the Maghreb, most Arab-Jewish singers reside in France · The most unorthodox Mahgreb Jewish singer, Blond-Blond was intoxicated by music at a young age. After performing alongside Cheikh Zouzou, he went to Paris to take part in radio shows, singing Chevalier, Trenet, and Valderrama · In 1939 he went back to Oran, and in 1943 he was the star attraction at La Pergola, where he enjoyed huge success · By 1950 Blond-Blond was performing at El Djezir, the Parisian cabaret attended by such celebrities as Oum Kalsoum, Tony Curtis, Marlon Brando, Frank Capra, and Esther Williams!

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Reinette L’Oranaise Jewish-Arab Song Treasures Track Listing Fenit Ouachma Essabern · Aachki Fezine Ensaha · Mensinou ya Sadate · Nar Ouelfi + Enhabbek Enhabbek · Selli Homomec

Selling Points

CD: BUD 860133 (Q) Standard Jewel Case File Under: World/Middle East

· A native of Tiaret, a large city and the former capital of western Algeria, Reinette L’Oranaise sang, for over half a century, all the classical treasures from the Arab-Andalucian tradition · At the age of sixteen, the teenager was entrusted to maestro Saoud, who also taught Lili Boniche, and whose café in Oran was a rare meeting place for musicians, writers, and local stars · Later, she took part in radio shows gathering the best artists of Algiers’ chaabi and Andalous music, and joined the orchestra of Hadj El Anka, the creator of the casbah chaabi · She has left us several recordings, including this one, and a song featured on the musical score of Rachida, a splendid film by Yamina Bachi Chouikh

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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Qawwali Party Live in Concert Track Listing Allah Hoo · Sare Nabian Da · Ali Da Malang · Thori Der Hor Thehar Ja · Akhian Udeek Diyan · Husn Walon Se Allah Bachaye · Tum Ek Gorakh Dhando Ho · Chist Ke Tajewar · Kinna Sona Tainu Rab Ne · Mere Man Ka Raja · Dam Dam Mast Qalandar

Selling Points

DVD: HUD DVD 9909 (M)

· Without doubt, the most important qawwal is Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party —“party” being a generic term for a qawwali ensemble · Between 1973 and 1993 his recorded output could only be described as prodigious, with more than fifty album releases to his name on numerous Pakistani, British, American, European, and Japanese labels · This concert was recorded at the height of Khan’s career and fully displays his vocal mastery and tremendous power in performance!

Amaray File Under: World/Middle East

Key Markets San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles

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The Feast of Chanukah Track Listing Bracha al Ha’nerot (Blessings) · Maoz Tsur · Lichvod Ha’Chanukah · For the Chanukah · SuSufganiya · Eight days of Chanukah · Yemey ha’Chanukah · The days of Chanukah · I have a little dreidl · Chag Sameach · Kindle a candle of light · Chanukah Medley · Ha’sevivon sheli · Chag Ha’Chanukah · The feast of Chanukah · Shining candles · The latke song · Spin & Turn dreidl · Mi yemalel gvurot Yisrael

Selling Points · Hanukah songs for the holidays! · Hanukah is the story of the bravery of the people of Israel against great odds, and the restoration of the Temple · These songs speak of both the valor and the fun associated with this holiday, and feature vocals in both Hebrew and English · Suitable for both Christian and Jewish buyers

CD: HKT 9384 (P) Standard Jewel Case File Under: World/Jewish

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Giora Feidman Klezmer— Chassidic Classic Track Listing Erga (Longing) · Tfilah mebeit Aba (A prayer from Father’s home) · Sheyiban’e Beit Ha’Mikdosh (When the Temple is built) · Hine lo Yanum (He will not rest) · Maschiach (Messiah) · Nashir yachdav (Let’s sing together) · Be’shana ha’zot be’Yerushalayim (This Year in Jerusalem) · Hafreilach shel Tarras (Tarra’s Freilach) · Hoshia et amcha (Save your people) · Ivdu et ha’Shem (Work for God) · Sim Shalom (Make Peace) · Haben yakir-li Efraim (My dear son Efraim) · Anim z’mirot (I’ll sing pleasant hymns) · Echad arba’a veshna’im shlosha (1,4&2,3)

Selling Points · If you’ve been to a Jewish wedding, you’ve heard klezmer. If you haven’t, this CD will make you want to seek out an invitation! · Giora Feidman is one of the greatest clarinet players in the genre of klezmer music, and has sold over 100,000 albums worldwide. As Fiedman bends his tones from nineteenthcentury Eastern Europe all the way to the modern Negev desert, you’ll be pulled into the dancing and happily-shouted blessings to the bride · Both instrumental and Hebrew vocal arrangements are included in this greatest of all klezmer collections

CD: HKT 9281 (P) Standard Jewel Case File Under: World/Jewish

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Jonathan Settel The Jewish Album Track Listing Yedid Nefesh (Bossom friend) · Va Techazena Eineinu (Shall behold your eyes) · Chassidic Medley: Yevarechecha (Bless You)—Ve’ha’ve aleinu (And bring to us) · Chemdat Yamim (Graceful days)— Ve’haer eineinu (And light up our eyes) · Yismechu Ha’shamayim (The heavens will be glad)— Am Israel Chai (The people of Israel live) · Mi ha’Ish (Who is the Man) · Oifen Pripitchik (On the Stove—Schindler’s List) · Roshinkes mit mandlen (Raisins and almonds) · Shir Ha’maa’lot (Song of degrees) · She’yivane Beit Ha’Mikdash (When the Holy Temple will be built) · Sh’ma Isael (Listen Oh’ Israel) · Hava Nagila Medley: Hava Nagila (Let’s Rejoice)—David Melech Israel (David King of Israel) Ba’shana haba’a (By next year)—Hevenu Shalom Aleichem (We bring peace unto you) · Lesaper be’Tzion (To declare in Zion) · Hatikva (The Israeli Hymn) (The Hope)

Selling Points · With his golden voice, Jonathan Settel performs songs that represent the various aspects of Jewish, Yiddish, Cantorial, and Israeli folklore music · Settel sells mostly to the Christian market, where he has already sold more than 100,000 albums, in English, Hebrew, and Spanish

CD: HKT 9418 (P) Standard Jewel Case File Under: World/Jewish

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CD: EPM 5772 (Q )

CD: EPM 985432 (Q )

Standard Jewel Case File Under: World/France

Digipak File Under: World/France

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Anna Prucnal

Damia/Fernandez/Frézin

Reˆve d’Ouest Reˆve d’Est

Po`etes & Chansons: Charles Cros

Track Listing

25 tracks include: Oui j’aime? · Alabama Song · La Bienvenue · Souliko · Alors Non! · Elle appelle au secours · Ma dissidence · Chanson de ma vie · Le Avenir est dans les chiens · Elle appelle au secours · Les voleurs de joie · Alors Non! · and more

22 tracks include: Julos Beaucarne: Moi je vis la vie à côté · Colombe Frézin: Le hareng saur · Chris Papin: Lendemain · Cathy Fernandez: Coin de tableau · Michel Vivoux: Sidone · Phillippe Ballois: Vocation · Damia: L’orgue · and more

Selling Points

Born in Warsaw, Anna Prucnal was a very popular actress known as the “Polish Audrey Hepburn.” This disc features music & lyrics by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Oswald d’Andréa, Jean Mailland, Claude Prey, and more.

Charles Cros was a well-regarded French poet and writer. He developed various methods of photography including an early color photo process, and is perhaps most famous as the man who almost invented the phonograph! Here, works by Cros are performed by popular artists Damia, Colombe Frézin, Cathy Fernandez, and more!

CD: EPM 985692 (Q )

CD: EPM 985682 (Q )

Digipak File Under: World/France

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Bernard Ascal

Martin/Morelli/Sauvage

Po`etes & Chansons: Le Corbusier

Po`etes & Chansons: Pierre Seghers

Track Listing

19 tracks include: Des homes peuvent tenir · L’univers de nos yeux · Entre bosses et dans fissures · Tendresse coquillage · Les homes se racontent · Je suis un constructeur · and more

20 tracks include: Hélène Martin: Tzigane · Catherine Sauvage: Adios amigos · Monique Morelli: Rives défendues · Roger Lahaye: La lande · Marc Ogeret: Les beaux amoureux · Jacques Douai: L’amour sans amour · and more

Selling Points Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, widely known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss architect famous for his contributions to what is now called modernism. He was also a writer, painter, sculptor, and furniture designer. Here, works by Le Corbusier are performed by popular artist Bernard Ascal.

Order Date: September 22, 2006

Selling Points “Literary” songs written by famous poet Pierre Segher and performed by popular artists Catherine Sauvage, Monique Morelli, Hélène Martin, and more. The poetry of this generous and determined man makes the listener share his joy of life!

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WORLD ALLEGRO WELCOMES INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA TO ITS ROSTER!

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Indigenous music describes the landscape of Australia, from the rainforests of the tropics to the white sandy beaches. Traditional Australian music has made a massive impact on the international music scene in recent years, and is constantly gaining an ever-growing fan base. Indigenous Australia is one of Australia’s premier record labels for this style of traditional music, and has an extensive collection of different styles of Australian indigenous recordings. The company was launched in 1996 to expose the Australian indigenous culture to the great community, and keep it alive and on record for future generations.

CD: IAR 2032 (M)

CD: IAR 2024 (M)

Standard Jewel Case File Under: World/Australia

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Ash Dargan

Demurru

Spirit Dreams

Track Listing

Allambie (Quiet Place) · Wotiya (Yam Dreaming) · Hetrala (Resting) · Cunmurra (Carpet Snake God) · Yannathan (Walk) · Dandaloo (Beautiful) · Kendi (Mythical Lizard) · Culgoa (Running Water) · Burando (Winds)

Spirit Dreams (Doowi) · The Gathering (Uwan Bullima) · Ancient Legends (Rawal Woggheegui) · The Milky Way (Warrambool)

Selling Points Ash Dargan, an Australian indigenous recording artist worldrenowned for his mastery on the didgeridoo, has been pushing the boundaries of contemporary world music for the last eight years. Demurru means “winds from the North,” and on this meditation and relaxation album Dargan plays the ceremonial didgeridoo.

Selling Points An atmospheric soundscape encompassing the power of the didgeridoo, this is a virtual sound experience that empowers the listener to harmonize with the natural world and the spirits that dwell there. A member of the Larrakia Nation, Dargan is an ambassador of his culture through his music, storytelling, and live performances.

CD: IAR 2077 (M)

CD: IAR 2054 (M)

Standard Jewel Case File Under: World/Australia

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Shakimra/David Hudson

Tjapukai

Passions of the Reef

Storywaters

Track Listing

Drifting Through Dreamtime · Deep Ocean—Spirit Songs of the Great Barrier Reef · Dolphins Soaring · Guardians of the Reef · Colours of the Reef · Michaelmas Cay Sunrise · Echoes

Sands of Time Prelude · Spirit’s Alive · When Do I Cry · Storywaters Trilogy · Tjapukai Soul · Voice of the Bama

Selling Points Selling Points Relaxation music composer and flute player Shakimra weaves trance-like melodies over restful chords and environmental sounds, creating atmospheres similar to those made by Enya and Yanni. On this inspirational musical journey through Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, the multi-talented, classically trained Shakimra combines her amazing flute sounds with David Hudson’s didgeridoo to produce a beautiful musical interpretation of one of the world’s great natural wonders.

Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park is the most awarded Aboriginal cultural attraction in Australia. Here, the dynamic combination of ancient Djabugay stories with a state-of-the-art recording facility deliver a world rich in culture, sound, and tradition. This Sammy Award-winning recording features contemporary music with vocals in English as well as a traditional creation story of the Djabugay people in their own language. Includes sixteen-page color souvenir booklet. Order Date: September 22, 2006

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WORLD ALLEGRO WELCOMES GLOBAL JOURNEY TO ITS ROSTER! The Global Journey catalogue includes everything from classical, chill-out, and spa music to music for children, chefs, and nature lovers. Global Journey is committed to providing customers with a broad cross-section of music and spoken word audio. It truly is music for living!

Track Listing Epiphany · Divine Light · Raphael · Re-Birth · Guidance · Communion · Radiance · Harmony

Selling Points · Enjoy your own ethereal sanctuary as this beautiful album combines the subtle nuances of the heavenly realm with joyful, optimistic, and relaxing compositions · Angels are divinity personified, messengers from heaven illuminating our metaphysical pathways through life · Part of a series based on contemporary themes, with a diverse selection of topics that provide music specifically composed to encapsulate a subject matter or a mood. This eclectic range features everything from historical memorials such as Viking Echoes and 1066 to Mozart for Mother and Baby · A great Christmas gift!

Various Artists Angels

CD: GJR 3656 (Q ) Standard Jewel Case File Under: World

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Track Listing Silent Night · Hark the Herald Angels Sing · God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen · Coventry Carol · We Three Kings of Orient Are · First Noel · Merry Christmas · O Come All Ye Faithful · Jingle Bells · Good King Wenceslas · Ding Dong! Merrily on High · Away in a Manger

Selling Points · Subtle Celtic undertones and exquisite vocals capture the true magic of Christmas! Traditional Celtic Christmas tunes and old favorites with a Celtic accent give your Christmas a Celtic flavor this year · Boann’s Clan produces masterpieces of Irish dance, music, and song that take the listener on a journey to ancient Ireland and a time of myth and legend · The group’s name is based on the fantastic story of the water goddess Boann, her son Aonghus (the god of love), and the Tuatha Dé Danann · At their best, Boann’s Clan produces the definitive example of Celtic rhythms. Their style exudes a carefree exuberance that is as spontaneous as great Irish music should be. This truly is glad-to-be-alive Celtic music! · Part of Global Journey’s Celtic Spirit series, featuring Celtic titles that encompass different genres from traditional and spiritual to contemporary and fusion, and including artists such as Boann’s Clan, Selkie, and Chris Michell

Boann’s Clan Celtic Christmas

CD: GJR 3654 (Q ) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Holiday/Celtic

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Order Date: September 22, 2006

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H O L I D AY / V O C A L S Susan Egan

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Winter Tracks CD: LML 212 (Q ) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Holiday/Vocals

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Egan is electrifying. — NEW YORK POST

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“This Broadway singing star is a high-voltage performer who dominates a stage with a galvanizing presence. [Listening to her] is like an all-night conversation with your best friend.” — LOS ANGELES TIMES “Susan Egan’s voice [is] the perfect Broadway instrument: a balanced combination of technique and moxie.” — ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER “[Egan’s] sharply focused soprano … is beguiling in the extreme.” — VARIETY

Featured Artists Joe Brady, drums, percussion/Jennifer Gravenstine, cello/Sean Harkness, guitars, bass/Peter Kikidakis, reeds/Christopher McGovern, keyboards/Pete Vitalone, melodica, accordion/Alan Won, reeds/Jessica Wright, violin/Terrence Mann, special guest vocals

Track Listing The Most Wonderful Time of the Year · Little Colored Lights · Thankful · Santa Claus is Coming to Town · All Those Christmas Clichés · I’ll Be Home for Christmas · We Are Lights · Cold Enough to Snow · Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas · Silent Night/Greensleeves · At Christmas · New Year’s · Peace on Earth/God Bless Us Everyone

Selling Points · A combination of holiday classics and fresh new seasonal music from some of Broadway’s most prolific modern writers · Broadway and Disney star Susan Egan brings warmth and mastery to songs that will put you in the holiday spirit · Producer Christopher McGovern once again shows his talents in bringing Broadway voices to the studio, creating beautiful recordings that win critical acclaim · In a season of overly familiar tunes, this CD has a refreshing mix of classic and new holiday material · Several upcoming holiday concert dates · Egan is regularly featured in the Broadway press including Playbill, Broadway World.com, Broadway.com, and Talkin Broadway.com · Media circuit will include Sirius satellite radio, local L.A. radio and television, and in-store events in theatre gift stores

Key Markets New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Philadelphia

Also Available Susan Egan

Susan Egan

Coffee House

All That & More

CD: LML 180 (Q)

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H O L I D AY / S H O W S Track Listing Away in a Manger · Baloo Lammy · What Child is This · Blessed by That Maid Marie · In the Bleak Mid-Winter · The Snow Lay on the Ground · Hark! The Herald Angels Sing · Good Christian Men Rejoice · From Heaven Above to Earth I Come · O Christmas Tree · Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming · Joseph, Dearest Joseph Mine · Silent Night

Selling Points

Sunita Staneslow White Christmas in Jerusalem

· Sunita Staneslow has played in concert halls and pubs from New Zealand to Tel Aviv. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, Staneslow is classically trained, although her passion is traditional music. She specializes in both Jewish and Celtic music · Staneslow lives in Israel, and regularly performs with the Ra’anana Symphonette, Israel Chamber Orchestra, and was the principal harpist for the Jerusalem Symphony during the 1986-87 season · She also performs solo concerts at festivals and special events, and is a member of several ensembles. She tours regularly, presenting concerts and master classes in Europe and the United States · Sunita Staneslow was named one of the Top Ten Jewish Instrumentalists in the U.S. by Moment and was recipient of a 1988 McKnight Foundation Fellowship in recognition of her work with Jewish music · The harps used on this recording are a traditional Celtic harp made by Jack Yule in Scotland, and a Lyon & Healy style 23 concert harp made in Chicago

CD: HKT 9433 (P) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Holiday/World

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Featured Artists Michael Gruber/Randy Rogel/Christina Saffron/Nancy Ringham/ National Symphony Orchestra/Craig Barna, conductor

Track Listing Overture · Opening Act One · Fit as a Fiddle · The Royal Rascal to the Street · Temptation Tango · All I Do Is Dream Of You · You Stepped Out of a Dream · Make ‘Em Laugh · Beautiful Girl · You Are My Lucky Star · You Were Meant for Me · Moses · Moses (Reprise) · Good Morning · Singin’ in the Rain Act Two · Entr’acte · Would You · What’s Wrong With Me? · The Broadway Ballet · Lina Revealed Would You In A-Flat · You Are My Lucky Star (Reprise) · Singin’ in the Rain Finale · Bows · Exit Music

Selling Points · Completely remixed and re-mastered to improve on the original release · Based on the much-loved classic movie of the same name, Singin’ in the Rain was recorded with the principals of the original cast of the Music Theatre of Wichita production · The wonderful Broadway Ballet written for this stage version is included · A full symphony orchestra and chorus were used in this recording · This is the only recording of the stage version, which is very popular with stock and amateur producers · Sparkling orchestrations by Larry Wilcox

Original Cast Singin’ in the Rain

Also Available · JAY 1291 (R) Good News! (605288129100)

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SOUNDTRACKS/SHOWS York Theatre Company

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Summer of ‘42 2XCD: JAY 1396 (2R) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Sndtrk/Shows

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Summer of ‘42 is a coming-of-age piece drenched in nostalgia. — NEW YORK TIMES

Press Quotes “Rachel York’s voice is splendidly versatile.” — ELLE “Brash, in-your-face musical comedy has been the order of the day lately, and with good reason; given recent events that have changed our perspective on the world, we’ve needed to laugh. But if you’ve been waiting for a musical comedy that had as much heart as it does hilarity, with Summer of ‘42, the charming, touching new musical … you need wait no longer.” — TALKIN’ BROADWAY

Featured Artists Rachel York/Ryan Driscoll/Celia Keenan-Bolger/Bill Buell/Megan Valerie Walker/Joe Gallacher/Ayal Miodovnik/Brett Tabisel

Track Listing DISC ONE: Prelude · The Summer You’ll Always Remember · The Terrible Trio · Here And Now · Will That Ever Happen To Me? · Winchell Report 1 · You’ll Gonna Miss Me · Little Did I Dream · Mr. Sanders · The Walk · Dorothy’s House · Like They Used To · I Think I Like Her · The Heat/Winchell Report 2/Here and Now Reprise · Before the Movies · The Movies · After the Movies · Winchell Report 3 · Benjie and Gloria ·The Boxes · Man Around the House · Someone to Dance with Me DISC TWO: Entr’acte · Unfinished Business · Make You Mine · Mr. Sanders/Here and Now Reprise · The Drugstore · The Jitterbug ·The Marshmallow Roast · The Campfire · Hermie and Dorothy · Promise of the Morning · Oh Gee, I Love My G.I./Winchell Report 4 · Oscy and Hermie · Dorothy’s House · The Dance · Finale · Bows · Exit Music · Bonus Tracks: Our Story So Far · Losing Track of Time

Selling Points · Original cast recording of a concert performance of the musical Summer of ‘42 · Most of the original off-Broadway cast, together with Broadway star Rachel York, were assembled for this concert performance and subsequent original cast recording · The complete musical score and dialogue were recorded to be released together on a 2XCD set · Recorded at Clinton Studios in New York and mixed at Abbey Road Studios in London · This is the only complete recording of this popular musical, with many productions across the country · Composer David Kirshenbaum has a new musical that just opened in Los Angeles, entitled Vanities

Also Available Original Off-Broadway Cast

Original Off-Broadway Cast

Dessa Rose

I Sing!

Lingoland

2XCD: JAY 1392 (2R)

2XCD: JAY 1378 (2R)

2XCD: JAY 1395 (2R)

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I N S P I R AT I O N A L OVER 5 1/2 HOURS ON 2 DVDS! The Story of Jesus The Story of Jesus 2 DVD Set 2XDVD: CRG 990050 (D) Amaray File Under: Inspirational

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DVD Menu DISC ONE: Birth of the Savior · Herod’s Wrath · Childhood of Jesus · Jesus in the Wilderness · Ministry of Jesus · The Twelve Disciples DISC TWO: The Good Samaritan · Challenge of the Messiah · Death of John the Baptist · Final Journey to Jerusalem · Trial of JesusThe First Easter

Selling Points · A captivating portrayal of the life of Jesus Christ the Savior, this gripping narrative follows the life of Jesus from his humble birth in a Bethlehem manger to his crucifixion on the hill of Golgotha and his subsequent triumphant resurrection · Filmed largely on location in the Holy Land · Over 5 1/2 hours, 12 chapters, interactive menu

OVER 6 1/2 HOURS ON 2 DVDS! The DVD Bible The New Testament 2 DVD Set 2XDVD: CRG 990051 (D) Amaray File Under: Inspirational

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DVD Menu DISC ONE: Geography of the Holy Land · Jerusalem: The Sacred City · Ancient Cities of the Bible · Life in the Holy Land · The Dead Sea Scrolls · A Child Is Born · Flight to Egypt · The Twelve Disciples · The Parables of Jesus · Water Into Wine · A Leper Cured · Thirty Pieces of Silver · The Last Supper · Betrayal At Gethsemane · Jesus Condemned DISC TWO: The Trial of Jesus · An Empty Tomb · Ascension Into heaven · Ambassador of Christ · First Missionary Journey · Soldier of the Lord · The Way of Salvation · Faith Triumphant · Grace of Forgiveness · Crown of Righteousness

Selling Points · The New Testament is brought to life in this gripping adaptation! · Beginning with a tour of the lands and cities where Jesus walked, we witness the birth of Jesus Christ the Savior and follow his life, culminating with his crucifixion, death, and triumphant resurrection · We then follow the story of Paul, the Christian church’s first great missionary, from his conversion on the Road to Damascus to his final death at the hand of the Emperor Nero · Filmed mostly on location in the Holy Land · Over 6 1/2 hours, 25 chapters, interactive menu

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I N S P I R AT I O N A L Cheer Up Charlie

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Cheer Up Charlie Track Listing Only One · Favor · More · We Cry Out · Pray · Rockstar · Fly · Let It Ride · Love · Not Moving · Xanaphobe

Selling Points · Comprised mostly of members of the hit-making group Scarecrow & Tinmen, Cheer Up Charlie plays engaging, catchy, forward-thinking music—explosive Christian rock that excites teens while instilling a message of faith! · This self-titled album will rock you with an edgy, energetic sound that packs faith-filled lyrics with a punch · These are songs delivered in an appealing youth medium that will encourage teens to lead lives that are filled with the love of Jesus Christ

CD: GIA 678 (R) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Inspirational/Rock

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Ryan Meyers Band Quiet Cities Track Listing Chasing After Home · Middle America · Running Out of Faith · Hold On · Boy · Waiting Up · Life as a Carnival · Days Like These · Linger · Quiet Cities · Wherever Your Treasure Is (The Hurricane Song)

Selling Points · Quiet Cities, the sophomore recording by Ryan Meyers, is a collection of heartfelt songs that clamor for awakening · Meyers bravely bares his feelings from the depths of a soul truly enlightened beyond its years · Songs like “Running Out of Faith” are an honest depiction of the soul-searching growing pains of a young man of faith, while a tune like “Middle America” begs for an eye-opening awareness to the cynicism, dispassion, and injustice so prevalent in our world

CD: GIA 661 (R) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Inspirational/Rock

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Marty Haugen Only You, O God Track Listing Love Is Flowing · For God, My Soul Waits in Silence · Come, Let Us Return to the Lord · Sheltered in the Arms of God · Once We Sang and Danced with Gladness · God Is With You · Let Us Have the Mind of Christ · O Be Joyful · Send forth Your Spirit · Living Word · We Say Yes · Christ, Our Peace · Only You, O God · Salaam Aleikum

Selling Points · Marty Haugen’s Only You, O God generates a sense of familiarity from the first note · The simplicity of his melodies, coupled with understated accompaniments, make the songs on this recording perfect for use in all forms of worship · Haugen also uses familiar hymn tunes with new texts, evoking immediate and prayerful participation · Only You, O God exemplifies the beauty of simplicity

CD: GIA 674 (R) Standard Jewel Case File Under: Inspirational

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10 -MOVIE WESTERN COLLECTIONS ON 2 DVDS! John Wayne 10-Movie Western 2-Pak 2XDVD: PFX 290032 (2B) 2 Amarays w/ Slipcase File Under: Western

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THE DUKE RIDES TALL IN TEN THRILLING WESTERNS! Co-starring: Noah Beery, Noah Beery Jr., “Gabby” Hayes, Smiley Burnette, Peggy Moran, Gerald Mohr, and more! Sagebrush Trail (1933) 58 min B&W The Man from Utah (1934) 55 min B&W The Star Packer (1934) 60 min B&W The Trail Beyond (1934) 55 min B&W Paradise Canyon (1935) 59 min B&W Blue Steel (1934) 55 min B&W Winds of the Wasteland (1936) 59 min B&W The Dawn Rider (1935) 59 min B&W Randy Rides Alone (1934) 59 min B&W Lawless Frontier (1934) 53 min B&W

Roy Rogers 10-Movie Western 2-Pak 2XDVD: PFX 290031 (2B) 2 Amarays w/ Slipcase File Under: Western

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THE KING OF THE COWBOYS IN TEN CLASSIC WESTERNS! Co-starring: “Gabby” Hayes, Bob Steele, Pauline Moore, Sally Payne, Dale Evans, Mary Hart, Raymond Hatton, Elyse Knox, and more. The Carson City Kid (1940) 57 min B&W Young Bill Hickok (1940) 54 min B&W Home in Oklahoma (1947) 72 min B&W King of the Cowboys (1943) 55 min B&W The Cowboy and the Senorita (1944) 50 min B&W Billy the Kid Returns (1938) 54 min B&W In Old Caliente (1939) 60 min B&W Rough Riders’ Round-Up (1939) 54 min B&W The Arizona Kid (1939) 54 min B&W Sheriff of Tombstone (1941) 60 min B&W

Gene Autry 10-Movie Western 2-Pak 2XDVD: PFX 290029 (2B) 2 Amarays w/ Slipcase File Under: Western

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THE “SINGING COWBOY” IN TEN TIMELESS WESTERNS! Co-starring: Patricia Barry, Jimmy Lloyd, Smiley Burnette, Polly Rowles, Carol Hughes, George Cheseboro, Earl Hodgins, and more! Riders of the Whistling Pines (1949) 70 min B&W Springtime in the Rockies (1937) 56 min B&W Rootin’ Tootin’ Rhythm (1937) 55 min B&W In Old Santa Fe (1934) 64 min B&W Man from Music Mountain (1938) 54 min B&W Man of the Frontier (1936) 54 Min B&W Oh, Susanna! (1936) 54 Min B&W Rim of the Canyon (1949) 70 Min B&W Public Cowboy No.1 (1937) 53 Min B&W Round-Up Time in Texas (1937) 54 Min B&W

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DVD

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2XDVD: PFX 290030 (2B)

2XDVD: PFX 290033 (2B)

2 Amarays w/ Slipcase File Under: Family

2 Amarays w/ Slipcase File Under: Mystery

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Tarzan

Sherlock Holmes

King of the Jungle Collection 2-Pak

6-Movie Sherlock Holmes 2-Pak

Swing to adventure with the King of the Jungle! This 2XDVD pack includes 1935’s The New Adventures of Tarzan Complete 12 Episode Serial starring Herman Brix, Ula Holt, and Harry Ernest; 1933’s Tarzan the Fearless starring Larry “Buster” Crabbe, Jacqueline Wells, and Philo McCullough; 1936’s Tarzan’s Revenge starring Glenn Morris, Eleanor Holm, C. Henry Gordon, and Hedda Hopper; and 1958’s Tarzan and the Trappers starring Gordon Scott, Eve Brent, Leslie Bradley, and Ricky Sorensen.

Super sleuth Sherlock Holmes stars in six thrilling mysteries! Disc one features Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as the cunning detective and his sidekick in 1945’s The Woman in Green and 1946’s Terror By Night and Dressed to Kill. Disc two includes Arthur Wontner’s turn as Holmes, with partner Watson played by Ian Hunter in 1932’s The Sign of Four and Ian Fleming in 1935’s Triumph of Sherlock Holmes and 1937’s Murder at the Baskervilles. B&W; Total Running Time = 7 hrs, 3 min

B&W; Total Running Time = 7 hrs, 50 min

2XDVD: PFX 290026 (2B)

2XDVD: PFX 290023 (2B)

2 Amarays w/ Slipcase File Under: Comedy

2 Amarays w/ Slipcase File Under: Christian

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Red Skelton/Groucho Marx

Joan Collins/Orson Welles

TV Comedy 2-Pak

4-Movie Christian 2-Pak

The Red Skelton Show – six 1/2 hour episodes Red Skelton’s show was one of the longest-running and most successful variety series on television. Making its debut in 1951 and running for more than twenty years, each episode featured comedy skits, gags, and vignettes starring Skelton and guest performers.

Celebrity-studded casts highlight these richly portrayed biblical stories! This DVD 2-pak includes the following sword-andsandal epics: 1960’s Esther and The King starring vivacious Joan Collins and Richard Egan; 1961’s David & Goliath starring Orson Welles and Kronos; 1962’s Old Testament starring bodybuilder & stuntman Brad Harris, Susan Paget, and Margaret Taylor; and 1966’s Gideon and Samson starring Fernando Rey, Rosalba Neri, and Ivo Garrani.

You Bet Your Life – fourteen 1/2 hour episodes Groucho Marx was the star of this game show, which began on radio in 1947. Although it was supposedly a quiz show, its most important asset was the interviews Groucho did with the contestants—who were picked primarily on the potential they had to be fodder for his jokes! B&W; Total Running Time = 8 hrs, 15 min

COLOR; Total Running Time = 6 hrs, 37 min

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DVD

2XDVD: PFX 290028 (2B)

2XDVD: PFX 290022 (2B)

2 Amarays w/ Slipcase File Under: Western

2 Amarays w/ Slipcase File Under: Mystery

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Lee Van Cleef

Hedy Lamarr/Edward Robinson

4-Movie Western 2-Pak

4-Movie Mystery 2-Pak

The best of the bad guys in four action-packed westerns! Lee Van Cleef was one of the toughest bad guys on the silver screen, and this 2XDVD set includes 1973’s Grand Duel co-starring Horst Frank and Peter O’Brien; 1971’s Captain Apache co-starring Stuart Whitman, Carroll Baker, and Elisa Montes; 1977’s Kid Vengeance co-starring pop star Leif Garrett and Jim Brown; and 1972’s Bad Man’s River co-starring Gina Lollobrigida and James Mason.

A film noir collection! Sultry siren Hedy Lamarr sets the screen on fire in two classic mysteries: 1938’s Algiers co-starring Charles Boyer, and 1946’s Strange Woman co-starring Gene Lockhart and George Sanders. The tension continues on the second DVD with two engrossing films from the silver screen’s “little giant” Edward Robinson: 1946’s The Stranger co-starring Orson Welles and Loretta Young, and 1945’s Scarlet Street co-starring Joan Bennett and Dan Duryea.

COLOR; Total Running Time = 6 hrs, 8 min

B&W; Total Running Time = 6 hrs, 25 min

2XDVD: PFX 290024 (2B)

2XDVD: PFX 290025 (2B)

2 Amarays w/ Slipcase File Under: Comedy

2 Amarays w/ Slipcase File Under: Drama

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William Powell/Carole Lombard

Charles Bronson

4-Movie Comedy 2-Pak

4-Movie Bronson 2-Pak

Hollywood’s most enduring leading man, William Powell, stars in two great films: 1947’s Life With Father co-starring Irene Dunne and Elizabeth Taylor, and 1936’s My Man Godfrey co-starring Carole Lombard. On disc two, this screwball queen of the silver screen keeps us laughing in two classic films: 1939’s Made for Each Other co-starring James Stewart, Charles Coburn, and Lucile Watson; and 1937’s Nothing Sacred co-starring Fredric March, Charles Winninger, and Walter Connolly.

Charles Bronson, the tough-guy screen legend, in four varied roles! The first disc features 1970’s action flick Cold Sweat co-starring Jill Ireland, Liv Ullman, and James Mason and 1973 western Chino co-starring Jill Ireland and Vincent Van Patten. Disc two includes 1969’s romantic comedy Lola co-starring Susan George and Trevor Howard; and 1971’s suspense thriller Someone Behind the Door costarring Anthony Perkins and Jill Ireland.

B&W/COLOR; Total Running Time = 6 hrs, 13 min

Order Date: September 22, 2006

COLOR; Total Running Time = 6 hrs, 9 min

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ALLEGRO ARTISTS ON TOUR! For additional performance dates check out www.allegro-music.com/tour.asp

Susan Egan

DATE

CITY/STATE

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DATE

CITY/STATE

VENUE

9/1/06

E. Greenwich, RI

Eldredge Field

9/2/06

Washington, DC

Zanzibar

9/29–10/1/06 Brea, CA

Curtis Theatre

9/4/06

Chicago, IL

African Festival of the Arts

10/7/06

Long Beach, CA

Long Beach Arena

9/7–10/06

Seattle, WA

Jazz Alley

10/19/06

Dover, DE

Schwartz Center

12/9/06

Portland, ME

Windham Perfoming Arts Center

Oliver Mtukudzi

Winter Tracks

Shanda

CD: LML 212 (Q ) UPC: 711788021223

ALU 1037 (Q ) UPC: 616498103729

Felix Hell

*See page 43

Austin City Limits Festival

9/16/06

Dallas, TX

Sons of Hermann Hall

CITY/STATE

VENUE

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CITY/STATE

VENUE

Charleston, SC

Fort Johnson Baptist Church

9/3/06

Chicago, IL

Chicago Jazz Fest

9/28/06

Brattleboro, VT

First Baptist Church

9/4/06

Pitssburgh, PA

Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild

10/1/06

Brattleboro, VT

First Baptist Church

9/16/06

North Hampton, CT

Iron Horse Music Hall

10/15/06

Nashville, TN

Christ Church Cathedral

9/29/06

Miami, FL

Arturo Sandoval Jazz Club

11/3–6/06

Baltimore, MD

Peabody Institute

11/2/06

Memphis, TN

Essence of Jazz Festival

VENUE

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CITY/STATE

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Joey DeFrancesco

CD: REF 101 (R) UPC: 030911101015

CD: SWC 1067 (Q ) UPC: 787991106729

DATE

CITY/STATE

9/2/06

Johnstown, PA

Johnstown FolkFest

9/27/06

Berkeley, CA

Freight & Salvage Coffee House

9/4/06

Detroit, MI

Jazz Festival

9/28/06

Los Angeles, CA

Skirball Cultural Center

10/7–14/06

Shreveport, LA

Red River Revel

9/30/06

Minneapolis, MN

Nordic Roots Festival

Maria Kaleniemi

Terrance Simien Across the Parish Line

Bellow Poetry

CD: AIM 5014 (Q ) UPC: 752211501424

CD: ALU 1051 (Q ) UPC: 723721236755

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9/2/06

Detroit, MI

Detroit International Jazz Festival

10/11/06

Chicago, IL

Chicago Cultural Center

9/3/06

Bayfield, WI

Big Top Chautauqua

10/13/06

Ann Arbor, MI

EdgeFest

9/9/06

St. Paul, MN

Wild River Music Festival

10/23/06

Culver City, CA

Club Tropical

9/14/06

Milwaukee, WI

Pabst Theater

10/28/06

Seattle, WA

Earshot Festival

11/1–5/2006

New York, NY

BAM

Etta Baker w/ Taj Mahal

9/15-16/06

Steelville, MO

Wildwood Springs Lodge

Etta Baker w/ Taj Mahal

9/21/06

Arcata, CA

Van Duzer Theatre

John Hollenbeck

VENUE

Joys & Desires CD: INU 33862 (Q ) UPC: 750447338623

CD: MMB 50 (Q ) UPC: 601163000502

DATE

CITY/STATE

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DATE

CITY/STATE

VENUE

9/2/06

Washington, DC

DC Blues Festival

11/18/06

Waldeboro, ME

Waldo Theatre

9/17/06

Bel Air, MD

Harford County Blues Festival

12/1/06

Boston, MA

Museum of Fine Arts

9/21–24/06

Washington, DC

Blues Alley

Marva Wright

Ann Sweeten

Marva

A Place in the Sun

CD: AIM 5010 (Q ) UPC: 752211501028

CD: ORB 61892 (Q ) UPC: 768273979422

CD: CTL 1026 (M) UPC: 095632102638

Yoshi’s Nightclub

Austin, TX

DATE

All or Nothing At All

I’m So Indicted

Oakland, CA

9/15/06

9/17/06

Organ Sensation

The Capitol Steps

9/11–13/06

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9/28/06 10/7/06 10/8/06 10/12/06 10/14/06 10/27/06 10/28/06 11/5/06

Albany, NY Denver, CO St. Louis, MO Newport News, VA Bloomington, IL Kalamazoo, MI Milwaukee, WI Los Angeles, CA

The Egg Paramount Theatre Sheldon Hall Ferguson Center for the Arts Center for the Performing Arts Western Michigan University Pabst Theater University of Judaism

9/1/06 9/3/06 9/9/06 9/15/06 10/5/06 10/7–8/06 10/12/06 10/13/06

Chattanooga, TN Charleston, RI Remus, MI Winfield, KS Cincinnati, OH San Francisco, CA Alexandria, VA Easton, MD

Nightfall Concert Series Rhythm & Roots Festival Wheatland Music Festival Walnut Valley Festival Tall Stacks Music Festival Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival The Birchmere Avalon Theatre

Tim O’Brien The Crossing CD: ALU 1014 (Q) UPC: 616498101428

All dates subject to change Order Date: September 22, 2006

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