1107 november nr by Allegro Media Group

Order Due Date: October 25, 2007

Street Date: November 13, 2007

NOVEM B ER 2007

INSIDE: David Liebman • Chana Rothman • Busker Alley • Santana • Rilling Conducts Handel’s Saul

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CEDAR WALTON TRIO & DALE BARLOW Manhattan After Hours FEATURED ARTISTS Cedar Walton: piano/Dale Barlow: tenor sax/Dave Williams: bass/Billy Higgins: drums

TRACK LISTING My Heart Stood Still • Don´t Blame Me • Relaxin’ at Camarillo • Con Alma • Darn That Dream • Euphoria • I Want To Be Happy • Harpy • Like Someone In Love

SELLING POINTS Genre: Jazz Label: Challenge Records CD: CHR 73261 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Standard Jewel Case

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Cedar Walton and Dale Barlow were both members of the legendary Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, but at different times: Walton in the ’60s, and Barlow in the ’80s. • Here, the two perform jazz standards from Parker, Gillespie, and Rogers & Hart. •

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KAREL BOEHLEE TRIO At the Beauforthuis FEATURED ARTISTS Karel Boehlee: piano/Hein Van De Geyn: bass/Hans Van Oosterhout: drums

TRACK LISTING Yuka • Passage of Jaco • Below the Surface • Goodbuy Cerbaia • Poggi Bonzi • Twilight • Eternal Moonlight • Mystery of Reason • Get Your Frinch Back • End of an Illusion • In My Dreams

SELLING POINTS Genre: Jazz Label: Challenge Records CD: CHR 70133 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Standard Jewel Case

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Features all-new, original compositions! Karel Boehlee is the best-kept secret in Holland. He is a “musician’s musician” and the favorite piano player of Hein Van De Geyn and Toots Thielemans, among others!

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RAY NOBLE The Hot Sides 1929–1934 FEATURED ARTISTS Ray Noble: director, arranger/The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra/The Night Club Kings/ Laurie Payne/Max Goldberg/Norman Payne/Spike Hughes/Danny Polo

TRACK LISTING 24 tracks include: Copper Blues • Terribly Fond of You • So the Bluebirds and the Blackbirds Got Together • Baby You’ve Got the Right Idea • In the Moonlight • Someone • Every Day Away From You • You’ve Got To Be Modernistic • Crazy Feet Genre: Jazz Label: Retrieval Records CD: CHR RTR 79052 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Standard Jewel Case

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SELLING POINTS Carefully re-mastered tracks and an informative booklet make this release a collector’s item. Several tracks were recorded at the now-legendary Abbey Road Studios. • Ray Noble led some of the most successful dance orchestras of the ’30s and ’40s. The lineup always included British and American artists, often newcomers—many well-known musicians made their first steps in his band. •

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“Watching the guitarists John & Bucky Pizzarelli perform is to witness a complicated father-son relationship whose differences are translated into wonderful music.” — New York Times “The two Pizzarellis’ seven-string instruments [are] as hot to the touch as Paris Hilton’s credit card.” — New York Sun

FEATURED ARTISTS John Pizzarelli: guitar Bucky Pizzarelli: guitar Martin Pizzarelli: bass Tony Tedesco: drums

TRACK LISTING Sweet Sue • Alabama Bound • Whispering • When You Are Smiling • Bye Bye Blues • When The Blue of the Night • In the Good Old Summer Time • A Little World Called Home • Red Wing • You’re My Girl • Rosetta • Dardanella • Yes Sir! That’s My Baby • Night On Garrett Mountain

THE PIZZARELLI BOYS Sunday at Pete’s

SELLING POINTS Jazz patriarch Bucky Pizzarelli and his sons: a real jazz family! All three Pizzarellis are guitar virtuosos, and they play together in perfect harmony. Drummer Tony Tedesco is more or less part of the family as well; he has accompanied the Pizzarellis for decades. • Most of these songs were written in the beginning of 20th century—traditional songs that the family grew up with, and that the father sang to his sons. • John & Bucky Pizzarelli were recently featured in JazzTimes’ August 2007 issue. • •

Genre: Jazz Label: Challenge Records CD: CHR 73259 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Standard Jewel Case

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FEATURED ARTISTS Buddy DeFranco: clarinet Lou Soloff: trumpet Derek Smith: piano Howard Alden: guitar Joe Cohn: guitar Rufus Reid: bass Ed Metz, Jr: drums

TRACK LISTING Charlie Cat 2 • All My Life • By Myself • Walk This Way • What Is This Thing Called Love? • Ill Wind • Joy Spring • Once More With Feeling • For Keeps • Anthology

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BUDDY DEFRANCO Charlie Cat 2 Genre: Jazz Label: Arbors Records CD: ARB 19349 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Standard Jewel Case

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Front Cover Sticker: Buddy DeFranco named Jazz Master by the National Endowment for The Arts 2006. • Jazz legend Buddy DeFranco showcases his relaxed yet serious clarinet virtuosity on a new CD from Arbors Records. DeFranco is a unique voice in jazz, and the pioneer in transferring Charlie Parker’s school to the clarinet. • Promotion to an extended list of over 125 jazz critics and over 175 jazz radio programs. Service to Down Beat, JazzTimes, Cadence, Mississippi Rag, American Rag, Jazz Journal International, and more. •

KEY MARKETS Hometown: New Jersey. Also: New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston

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ARB 19298 (Q) Cookin’ the Books (780941129823)

Order Date: October 25, 2007

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LEON THOMAS-GARY BARTZ QUINTET Precious Energy “Two tremendously gifted artists.” — All Music Guide

FEATURED ARTISTS Leon Thomas: vocals/Gary Bartz: alto sax/Eddie Henderson: trumpet/Bob Butta: piano/Geoff Harper: bass/Steve Johns: drums

TRACK LISTING Genre: Jazz Label: Mapleshade CD: MAP 12732 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Standard Jewel Case

Precious Energy • You Treat Me Like a Yo-Yo • Sunflowers • Cousin Mary • Woman • Close Your Eyes • Boom, Boom, Boom

SELLING POINTS Out of print since 1999, Precious Energy is one of the best of Leon Thomas’s few available recordings. This reissue features new artwork and a price reduction! • Review copies submitted to over 75 jazz, entertainment, and audiophile publications. Service to jazz FM stations in the top ten markets and major satellite radio broadcasters. •

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CLIFFORD JORDAN The Mellow Side of Clifford Jordan FEATURED ARTISTS Clifford Jordan: saxes/Carter Jefferson, Julian Priester, Kenny Reed: horns/Larry Willis, Chris Anderson: piano/Mike LeDonne: B-3 organ/Rudy Turner: guitar/Fred Cook: baritone sax/Edson Machado: drums/Nasser Abadey: percussion

TRACK LISTING Embraceable You • CJ’s Riff • Trees • Jug’s Groove • Soul Eyes • Five ‘n’ Free • Daydream Genre: Jazz Label: Mapleshade CD: MAP 5032 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Standard Jewel Case PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE

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SELLING POINTS Re-mastered using JVC’s K2 processing, this reissue also features a price reduction. This Chicago tenor sax legend earned his stripes with Eric Dolphy and Charles Mingus before becoming a leader with historic albums for Blue Note and Milestone. • These historic, intimate jams recorded 1989–1990 feature Jordan performing impromptu with fellow jazz greats. Fi Magazine awarded it the Best Sounding Jazz Disc of 1998. • Service to jazz FM stations in the top ten markets and major satellite radio broadcasters. • •

WALTER DAVIS, JR. In Walked Thelonious FEATURED ARTISTS Walter Davis Jr.: piano

TRACK LISTING Green Chimneys • Crespuscule With Nellie • Gallop’s Gallop • Ask Me Now • ‘Round Midnight (I) • Trinkle Twinkle • Ruby, My Dear • Monk’s Mood • Off Minor • Panonica • Bye-Ya • Ugly Beauty • Criss Cross • Portrait of an Eremite • ‘Round Midnight (II) Genre: Jazz Label: Mapleshade CD: MAP 56312 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Standard Jewel Case PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE

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SELLING POINTS Front Cover Sticker: “A legacy … a visitation.” — CD Review [ ★★★★★] Out of print since 2000, this is one of Walter Davis’s best CDs. This reissue has been re-mastered using JVC’s processing and features a price reduction! • Many critics agree that this may be Walter Davis Jr.’s best recording—it is certainly his most personal, and certainly his best sounding. • Service to jazz FM stations in the top ten markets and major satellite radio broadcasters. • •

Order Date: October 25, 2007

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“An exquisite sonic treatment commensurate to Gestrin’s rare and far-reaching vision.” — Down Beat [ ★★★★]

FEATURED ARTISTS Chris Gestrin: piano, prepared piano, percussion Gordon Grdina, Ron Samworth, guitar, dobro Joseph Pepe Danza: shakuhachi, ney, percussion Bill Clark, JP Carter, John Bentley, Jeremy Berkman: horns Dylan van der Schyff, Bernie Arai: drums …and more!

TRACK LISTING DISC ONE: Metres Per Second • To Sink In Posture • Living Candles • Viewpoint 1 • Prelude In D • Turnstile • Many Skies • Beauty Walks In This World • Bees • The Seeds of My Departure • Viewpoint 2 • As Pointless As the Weather • D.S. • With Such Unsettled Heart • The Loves of the Angels DISC TWO: Write By Return To Your Longing • The Melody That Is • Guilty Gates • #47 • Moonshine Run • Command and Promise • On the Back of a Tiger • The Lasting Taste of Spring • Storied Walls • Silence of Faded Emblem • The Evening’s Influence • The Phonometrographs and the Turing Machine • Meet Me at Uji Bridge

SELLING POINTS Vancouver pianist Chris Gestrin spent three days in the studio recording in nine different duos and trios. Two coherent but stylistically varied programs combine aspects of jazz, classical, improv, ambient, and world music. Beautifully detailed DSD recording and multi-channel mix. • Press/e-media promotion by GoMediaPR. Radio promotion by Groov Marketing. •

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CHRIS GESTRIN After the City Has Gone: Quiet Genre: Jazz Label: Songlines 2XCD: SGL SACD 1568 Price Code: 2T (SRP $37.98) Double Slimline

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Songlines SACD Hybrids are playable in all CD players–and sound exceptional in SACD-compatible systems!

SGL SACD 1557 (R) The Distance (774355155721) SGL SACD 1540 (R) Stillpoint (774355154021) “A unique sound and experience driven by a unique saxophonist.” — All About Jazz “Raw and playful yet elegant music … superb musicianship.” — All Music Guide

FEATURED ARTISTS Michael Blake: tenor & soprano sax Brad Turner: trumpet Sal Ferreras: marimba, percussion Chris Gestrin: acoustic & electric piano, electronics André Lachance: acoustic bass Dylan van der Schyff: drums

TRACK LISTING Ghostlines • Temporary Constellation • Amor de Cosmos • So Long Seymour • The Wash Away • Infirmary • The Hunt • Paddy Pie Face

MICHAEL BLAKE SEXTET Amor de Cosmos

SELLING POINTS The NY-based saxophonist of Lounge Lizards and Slow Poke (and a Rising Star in the 2007 Down Beat Critics Poll) returns to his hometown of Vancouver to form a new sextet of outstanding creative improvisers. • Blake’s thoughtful, wide-ranging compositions are inspired by jazz, funk, African, and contemporary classical music. Piquant arrangements make the most of expressive options combining piano/keyboards, marimba, and percussion. Hi-res recording and multi-channel mix enhance the energy and inventiveness of the playing. • Press/e-media promotion by GoMediaPR. Radio promotion by Groov Marketing. •

Genre: Jazz Label: Songlines CD: SGL SACD 1567 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Standard Jewel Case

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Songlines SACD Hybrids are playable in all CD players–and sound exceptional in SACD-compatible systems!

Order Date: October 25, 2007

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Genre: Jazz Label: Sea Breeze Jazz CD: SBJ 2146 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Standard Jewel Case

Genre: Jazz Label: Cellar Live CD: CLF 33003 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Standard Jewel Case

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JANE FAIR QUARTET

BRAD STEINWEHE JAZZ ORCHESTRA

Chances Are

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Jane Fair: tenor sax/Bill Coon: guitar/Jodi Proznick: bass/ Dave Robbins: drums

Brad Steinwehe: trumpet/Mike Holguin: drums/Justin Grinell: bass/Irving Flores: piano

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Fu’s Feast • Poco Luce • Chances Are • Lazy Afternoon • Johnny Come Lately

Seven Steps To Heaven • The Perp • Nice • Nutville • Perpendicular To Reality • Desert Blues • Lifelong Friend • Moontrane • Studs of War

SELLING POINTS One of North America’s most accomplished female musicians, Jane Fair is a trailblazer, a true original in Canadian jazz, and the winner of the Lil Hardin Armstrong Jazz Heritage Award from the Women’s Caucus of the IAJE. Service to all major media (print and radio) across Canada and the US.

SELLING POINTS Since its formation in 2004, Brad Steinwehe’s jazz orchestra has quickly established a reputation as one of the premier big bands in Southern California. Radio mailing to college, community, and NPR stations. Mailing to over thirty press/internet/digital radio outlets.

Genre: Jazz Label: Summit Records CD: SMT 102 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Standard Jewel Case PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE

Genre: Jazz Label: Sea Breeze Vista CD: SBJ SBV 4577 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Standard Jewel Case

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KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY JAZZ ENSEMBLE 1

TOM BACON

Dance You Monster

The Flipside

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Marques Walls: drums/Nimrod Speaks: bass/Mike Scales: piano

Tom Bacon: horns/Rice University Jazz Band

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Basie Straight Ahead • I’ve Got the World on a String • Vashti’s Refusal • The Song Is You • A Time for Love • Dance You Monster To My Sweet Song • Isfahan • Fly Me to the Moon • In the Still of the Night • Eat That Ch icken • Jovian Comets • Shiny Stockings

Concerto for Tom: Tomfoolery • Concerto for Tom: Hornful of Blues • Concerto for Tom: Cooking With Bacon • Grand Ur • Listen Up [Etude] • Lorna Doin’ [Etude] • Tom’s Mix • Wild Indigo • Sync or Swim • La Jardiniere

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A spectacular debut! With an emphasis on variety and deft blending of the old and the new, this is university big band jazz just the way you’d love to hear it. Radio mailing to college, community, and NPR stations. Mailing to over thirty press/internet/digital radio outlets.

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Order Date: October 25, 2007

Long out-of-print title now available at a lower price point! Tom Bacon’s work has placed him in the highest echelon of horn players worldwide today. He has held principal horn positions with the Syracuse Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Houston Symphony, and more.

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“While others of his ’60s generation have fallen off their ambition, Liebman has remained dogged about composition and trying difficult styles.” — New York Times

FEATURED ARTISTS David Liebman: tenor & soprano sax, wood flute Vic Juris: guitar, electric guitar Tony Marino: bass, stick bass Marko Marchinko: drums, percussion

TRACK LISTING Elvis, the Pelvis • Riz’s Blues • Blues Mirage • Compared To Who • 64 Strings and a Reed • Down Time • Blues Tripper • Bessie’s Blues

SELLING POINTS David Liebman is one of the most respected, individualistic, and free-ranging voices of modern saxophone. He tours extensively and is very active and well-known in jazz education. • Press and select radio promotion, with special emphasis on arts rags and non-jazz press and dailies. Radio promotion to CMJ and JazzWeek reporter stations, with special emphasis on NPR stations and specialty programs. • Consumer-oriented advertising and marketing, with a special focus on the IAJE educators and members, will include e-mail blasts to artist fan lists and more. • Full-page ad in IAJE’s special guide in January 2008. •

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DAVID LIEBMAN GROUP Blues All Ways Genre: Jazz Label: Omnitone CD: OTI 12208 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Standard Jewel Case

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OTI 12204 (Q) Beyond the Line (686281220421)

FEATURED ARTISTS Bernard Purdie: drums Bob Cunningham: piano Bross Townsend: bass Carrie Smith: vocals Houston Person: sax Fred Smith: trumpet

TRACK LISTING Strike Up the Band • Glory of Love • After Hours • Back Water Blues • Samba De Amor • I’ll Never Stop Loving You • Soul Fruit • Mood Indigo

SELLING POINTS Great collaboration from Bernard Purdie, Bross Townsend, and Bob Cunningham—a.k.a. The 3B’s—with spice from special guests Houston Person and Carrie Smith, a longtime favorite in France. • Press service to magazines and newspapers. Radio service to various stations. •

THE 3B’S FEAT. BERNARD PURDIE After Hours with the 3B’s

KEY MARKETS Genre: Jazz Label: 3B’s Music & Records CD: BBS 1 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Standard Jewel Case

Hometown: New York. Also: Atlanta, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Chicago, Montreal, Toronto

ALSO AVAILABLE BBS 2 (Q) Soothin’ & Groovin (892275001406) BBS 5 (Q) King of the Beat (755491372029) • BBS 4 (Q) Get It While You Can (755491102428) •

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LESTER YOUNG Live at Birdland FEATURED ARTISTS Lester Young: tenor sax/Jesse Drakes: trumpet/Earl Knight: piano/Aaron Bell: bass/ Lee Abrahams: percussion/Steve Allen House Band/Count Basie Orchestra

TRACK LISTING Oh, Lady Be Good • A Foggy Day • In a Little Spanish Town • Lester Leaps In • Theme: Lullaby of Birdland • Announcement • Lester Leaps In • Announcement • Polkadots and Moonbeams • Up ‘n Adam • In a Little Spanish Town/Theme • Theme: Lullaby of Birdland • Announcement • Three Little Words • Lester and Announcer Speak • These Foolish Things • Announcement • Blues in G • Tea for Two Genre: Jazz Label: ESP-Disk’ CD: ESP 4039 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Standard Jewel Case STREET DATE:

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SELLING POINTS Previously unavailable 1950s broadcasts recorded at Birdland, with an array of stellar side performers! Digitally re-mastered and manufactured in the US by the original label. • Radio campaign will target college and independent stations. • Review copies submitted to numerous indie/avant publications. • •

BURTON GREENE Bloom in the Commune FEATURED ARTISTS Burton Greene: piano, piano harp, percussion/Marion Brown: alto sax/Henry Grimes: bass/ Dave Grant, Tom Price: percussion/Frank Smith: tenor sax

TRACK LISTING Interview: His Early Band/His First ESP Recording • Cluster Quartet • Ballade II • Bloom In Commune • Taking It Out of the Ground • Interview: Recap of Session (Bernard Stollman) • Interview: Recap of Session (Burton Greene) • Interview: How He Got Involved with ESP • Interview: The Music Scene • Interview: Music is Life • Interview: The Mindset of That Time • Interview: Albert Ayler at Slugs’ Saloon Genre: Jazz Label: ESP-Disk’ CD: ESP 4038 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Standard Jewel Case STREET DATE:

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SELLING POINTS Includes bonus interviews featuring Burton Greene. Digitally re-mastered and manufactured in the US by the original label. • Radio campaign will target college and independent stations. • Review copies submitted to numerous indie/avant publications. • •

STEVE LEHMAN QUINTET On Meaning FEATURED ARTISTS Steve Lehman: alto sax/Jonathan Finlayson: trumpet/Chris Dingman: vibraphone/ Drew Gress: bass/Tyshawn Sorey: drums

TRACK LISTING Analog Moment • Open Music • Haiku d’Etat Transcription • Curse Fraction • Check This Out • On Meaning • Great Plains of Algiers • Process

Genre: Jazz STREET DATE: Label: Pi Recordings 11/20/2007 CD: PIE 25 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Standard Jewel Case STREET DATE:

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Order Date: October 25, 2007

SELLING POINTS Down Beat named Steve Lehman a Rising Star on Alto Saxophone for two consecutive years. Pi Recordings will send out a full press mailing to all relevant magazines and freelance journalists, and a full radio mailing to all relevant radio stations including CMJ and NPR stations. • JazzClinic Media will specifically target music websites, blogs, and podcasts. • Ads with Down Beat, JazzTimes, Magnet, and The Wire. • •

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“Considered by many to be the greatest jazz vocalist of all time, Billie Holiday lived a tempestuous and difficult life. Her singing expressed an incredible depth of emotion that spoke of hard times and injustice as well as triumph. Though her career was relatively short and often erratic, she left behind a body of work as great as any vocalist before or since.” — PBS.org,

“American Masters” “The first popular jazz singer to move audiences with the intense, personal feeling of classic blues, Billie Holiday changed the art of American pop vocals forever.” — All Music Guide

FEATURED ARTISTS Billie Holiday: vocals

ALSO FEATURED Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Lester Young, Freddie Green, Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge, Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Coleman Hawkins, Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, Red Norvo, Lionel Hampton, and many more!

BILLIE HOLIDAY Rare Live Recordings 1935–1959

SELLING POINTS A five-CD compilation of extremely rare live performance recordings from 1935–1959, plus a detailed liner timeline of performance information. • Digitally re-mastered live performances, manufactured in the US by the original label. • Radio campaign will target college and independent stations. • Review copies submitted to numerous jazz publications. •

Genre: Jazz Label: ESP-Disk’ 5XCD: ESP 4040 Price Code: 5G (SRP $44.98) Box Set

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KEY MARKETS New York, San Francisco, Boston, Austin, Chicago, Portland, Los Angeles, Seattle, Minneapolis STREET DATE: 5/29/2007 “Eye-popping and mind-boggling, the Holy Ghost box treats Ayler with religious devotion. It’s a reliquary replete with replicas of a childhood photo, a handwritten note, a real pressed flower, and a weighty hardbound book of photos, timelines, and essays. A beautiful object, a trove of rare music, and a triumph of jazz scholarship, it’s a bargain at under $100.” — NPR, Fresh Air “The Everest of all jazz boxed sets in 2004. A major event. Holy Ghost represents a long overdue restoration of Ayler’s art to a listening public that has had scant chance to hear it.”

— Chicago Tribune FEATURED ARTISTS Albert Ayler: saxophone

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ALBERT AYLER Holy Ghost: Rare and Unissued Recordings (1962–70)

Herbert Katz Quintet, Cecil Taylor Quartet, Burton Greene Quintet, Pharoah Sanders Ensemble, Don Ayler Sextet, Birger Jorgensen, Daniel Caux, Kiyoshi Koyama, Don Cherry

SELLING POINTS Nine CDs of rare & unissued recordings plus a 208-page full-color hardbound book housed in a lavish spirit box cast from the handcarved original. • New essays by Amiri Baraka, Val Wilmer, and other Ayler scholars. • Unpublished photos and family memorabilia. • Artist testimonials of first encounters with Ayler’s music. • Exhaustive chronology of Ayler performance activities. •

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KEY MARKETS New York, San Francisco, Boston, Austin, Chicago, Portland, Los Angeles, Seattle, Minneapolis

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Order Date: October 25, 2007

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PRICE DROP ON KEY TITLES FROM THE SWR BIG BAND! The SWR Big Band has been making musical history for the last four decades. Based in Stuttgart, the band has worked under various conductors, depending on the types of music or projectâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;from swing and big band jazz to top-quality variety, pop, and dance music. The professional musicians are versed in all styles and are just at home in the studio or concert hall as in radio and television productions.

No Time Like the Present feat. Sammy Nestico

SWR Big Band Live feat. Jens Winther

Jazz Matinee feat. Phil Woods

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Jazz Matinee feat. Clark Terry

Jazz Matinee feat. Slide Hampton

Jazz In Concert feat. Bill Holman

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A Fresh Taste of Thad Jones CD: HNS 93178 (Q) (4010276018582)

Voyage CD: HNS 93189 (Q) (4010276019541)

So Very Rob feat. Rob McConnell

Basie-Cally Sammy feat. Sammy Nestico

CD: HNS 93107 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99)

CD: HNS 93123 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99)

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“Cam Newton conveys a lust for life via passionate and primarily upbeat choruses that often bespeak a worldbeat groove amid peaceable melodies, layered strings, and soprano saxophonist Michael Bard’s dream-laden lines along with the intermittent injections of Far Eastern rhythmic structures … the artist’s often expressive, prismatic aural canvasses translate into ethereal, soothing, and moderately energetic motifs. Hence, fans of Shadowfax, the Paul Winter Consort, or perhaps Oregon may want to pay special attention to this affable and altogether attractive set.” — All About Jazz

FEATURED ARTISTS Cam Newton: guitars, vocals, percussion Michael Bard: soprano sax, midi-sax, percussion Rob Thomas: violin, bass Billy Oskay: viola, violin Israel Annoh: congas, bongos, percussion …and more!

CAM NEWTON Short Films

TRACK LISTING Scene I: Spirit of the Pacific Rim • Scene I: Sea Of Cortez • Scene I: To Fight the Good Fight • Scene I: Details at Eleven • Scene I: Ochoco • Scene II: Hide and Seek in the Tall Grass • Scene II: Mr. Pachelbel Takes a Vacation • Scene II: Global Village • Scene III: Across the Distance • Scene III: There Was a Time • Scene III: One Blue Pearl (Earth) • Scene III: The Mystery In Dreams • Scene III: Rubatoland

Genre: Jazz Label: Summit Records CD: SMT 1007 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Standard Jewel Case PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE

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SMT 340 (M) Ipso Facto (099402340920)

2006 GRAMMY WINNER: BEST TRADITIONAL BLUES ALBUM! FEATURED ARTISTS Ike Turner: lead vocals, guitar, piano Audrey Madison: backing vocals Mack Johnson, Leo Dumbeckie, Ryan Montana: horns Seth Blumberg, Joe Kelly, Lenny “Fuzzy” Rankins: guitars Ken Frizelle: harp Paul Smith, Ernest Lane: keyboards Kevin Cooper: bass Bill Ray, Matt Long, Harry Jen Frizelle: drums

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IKE TURNER Risin’ with the Blues Genre: Blues Label: ZOHO CD: ZMR 200611 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Standard Jewel Case PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE

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Gimme Back My Wig • Caldonia • Tease Me • Goin’ Home Tomorrow • Jazzy Fuzzy • I Don’t Want Nobody • Jesus Loves Me • A Love Like Yours • Senor Blues • Eighteen Long Years • Rockin’ Blues • After Hours • Big Fat Mama • Bi Polar

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HOUND DOG TAYLOR & THE HOUSEROCKERS

Have Some Fun

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Gonna Send You Back To Georgia • Taylor’s Crawl • Rock Me Baby • Wild About You Baby • Jumping With Symphony Sid • The Things I Used To Do • Phillips Stomp • I Just Can’t Take It • What Do I Say • Ingleside Blues

Dust My Broom • Phillip’s Crawl • Freddie’s Blues • Strollin’ With Brewer • It Hurts Me Too • Jumping With Symphony Sid • Take Five • Blues For Suzie • Roll Your Moneymaker • Let’s Get Funky • Florence’s Blues

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In 1972, Hound Dog Taylor and his Houserockers played some concerts at Joe’s Place in Massachusetts. During this time, he was becoming quite famous due to his Alligator recordings, and everybody wanted to see this famous Chicago blues band!

On this second CD from Hound Dog & The Houserockers—also recorded at Joe’s Place—you can listen to more great Chicago blues! Features versions of the Elmo James hits “Dust My Broom” and “It Hurts Me Too,” as well as a fantastic version of “Freddie’s Blues.”

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KID THOMAS & JERRY MCCAIN

Here’s My Story

Rockin’ Harmonica Blues Men

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Kid Thomas: harmonica/Jerry McCain: harmonica

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Beaulah Come Back (Take 1) • The Wolf Pack (Take 1) • The Spell (Take 1) • Come Here Woman • Jivin Mess • She’s Fine • The Spell (Take 2) • The Wolf Pack (Take 2) • The Wolf Pack (Take 3) • The Wolf Pack (Take 4) • Beaulah Come Back (Take 2) • Beaulah Come Back (Take 3) • Beaulah Come Back (Take 4) • Come In This House • Beaulah Come Back (Take 5) • Here’s My Story

Rockin’ This Joint Tonite • You Are An Angel • Wail Baby Wail • Five Long Years • Lookie There • Cozy Lounge Blues • Willowbrook • The Hurt Is On • I Love You So • Cutie Named Judy • Geronimo Rock & Roll • It Must Be Love • Rock & Roll Ball • I Need Somebody To Love • Turn Your Damper Down • I’m a Ding Dong Daddy • Choo Choo Rock • Bell In My Heart • My Next Door Neighbor • Crying Like a Fool

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Features new artwork! All previously unissued takes from late ’50s tapes!

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BLUEGRASS TRIBUTE TO RASCAL FLATTS

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These Days • Prayin’ For Daylight • Too Good Is True • This Everyday Love • I Melt • Mayberry • Some Say • Love Out Loud • One Good Love • It’s Not Just Me

If I Ain’t Got You • You Don’t Know My Name • Why Do I Feel So Sad • Butterflyz • Diary • Fallin’ • My Boo • A Woman’s Worth • Karma • Girlfriend

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Front Cover Sticker: File Under Alicia Keys. New Alicia Keys album, As I Am, due in mid-November 2007. Lifetime Alicia Keys scans of 12.5 million units. Weekly Alicia Keys scans of 2,000 units. Promotion via pay per click, blogs, MySpace, Pure Volume, YouTube, and more.

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Instrumental versions of Harry Connick Jr.’s Stardust • Il Divo’s Everytime I Look At You • Sarah Brightman’s Ave Maria • Eric Carmen’s All By Myself • The Beatles’ Blackbird • Coldplay’s Windows • Josh Groban’s You Raise Me Up • Fleetwood Mac’s Songbird • Dean Martin’s You Belong To Me • Sarah McLachlan’s Mary • Celine Dion’s Because You Loved Me • Celtic Woman’s The Prayer • Andrea Bocelli’s Romanza • Barbra Streisand’s Evergreen • Marc Anthony’s My Baby You

Instrumental versions of James Blunt’s No Bravery • The Carpenters’ Goodbye To Love • The Beatles’ For No One • Rascal Flatt’s These Days • Katie Melua’s Shy Boy • Teddy Geiger’s These Walls • Jack Johnson’s Traffic in the Sky • Eric Clapton’s Change the World • Dashboard Confessional’s Several Ways To Die Trying • Cat Stevens’ Moonshadow • Alison Krauss’s I’ll Fly Away • The Dixie Chicks’ You Were Mine • Death Cab For Cutie’s I Will Follow You Into the Dark • Audioslave’s Like a Stone • Dave Matthews Band’s Where Are You Going

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Born Again • Don’t Want To Go There • Getting Closer To Home • God Can Do Anything But Fail • God Holds My Hand • He Said, Oh Lord • I Call Jesus My Rock • I’m a Witness • It’s a Blessing • Listen to the Lambs • Lord, Lift Me Up • Make It In • Mother Loves Her Children • My Friends Are Trying To Change Me • Near the Cross • No Not One • Sail Away • Something Has Happened To Me • Something’s Got a Hold Of Me • Somewhere To Lay My Head • Standing on the Promise • Stretch Out • Swing Down, Sweet Chariot • There Was a Cry • Will the Circle be Unbroken

A Man Needs the Lord • Come Boldly to the Throne • He Is Alive Today • He’s Sweet, I Know • I Claim Jesus • I Come to the Garden • I Saw The Light • If You Believe Your God Is Dead, Try Mine • I’ll Tell It • I’ll Trade a Lifetime • Just As Long • Magnify the Lord • No Charge • Nothing But God’s Grace • Oh Jerusalem • Pass Me Not • Running For My Life • Shelter • Of the Living God • Standing in the Need of Prayer • Teach Me Master • Trying So Hard • What a Friend • What Is His Name • What You Want

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Features Five Blind Boys of Alabama, Shirley Caesar, the Raspberry Singers, the Heavenly Dewdrops, Barry Currington & The Met Choir, and more—twenty-five tracks total! Promotion via pay per click, blogs, MySpace, Pure Volume, YouTube, and more.

“Gentle, graceful magic … accomplished keyboard artistry.” — Los Angeles Times “Reflective [and] resonant.” — Parenting “Winsome, spiritual style.” — Catholic Faith & Family

FEATURED ARTISTS Tim O’Neill: piano Ryan O’Neill: piano Peter McGuire: violin Adam Maas: sax

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Spring Gentle Spring • Tiptoe Thru the Tulips • Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ • Younger Than Springtime • The Ash Grove • Morning Has Broken • To a Wild Rose • Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland • Spring Song • Sweet Sunrise • Aura Lee • Blossoms in the Spring • Dew on the Grass • Climb Ev’ry Mountain

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“Amelia Cuni is one of the very few Westerners to have mastered the complexities of Indian vocal music … It is all more remarkable that she sings dhrupad, a style which is usually the exclusive province of men … Cuni is an excellent performer who explores the subtle nuances of each raga in extended alap sections and metered compositions. Her acute rhythmic control and fine sense of intonation lead to many inspired, beautiful, and surprising musical moments.” — Songlines “A clear, and typically multicultural, highlight was a captivating conceptual setting of Indian dhrupad vocalizing by Italian Amelia Cuni, in collusion with electronic manipulation by Werner Durand and elaborate projections by Uli Sigg … alternately sensual, bold, and contemplative.” — Los Angeles Times “Amelia Cuni is one of only a handful of Western women to seriously study dhrupad, an austere style of classical North Indian music; whatever the technical specs of her vocal control, she sounds like a master to me, but with a vulnerability that undercuts the machismo that is mastery’s trap … At times, these layers of voice and image began to flutter like rose petals in the winds of time, and without budging from his seat, this reviewer simply left the hall.” — The Wire “This is ‘crossover’ at its most fruitful, in which irregular dance rhythms come tumbling out against the nasal yet dusky singing of the Italian-born Cuni, whose voice makes a good case for reincarnation.” — The Times Amelia Cuni: dhrupad vocals Werner Durand: electronics Raymond Kaczynski: percussion Federico Sanesi: percussion CAGE: Solo for Voice 58: 18 Microtonal Ragas

JOHN CAGE Solo for Voice 58: 18 Microtonal Ragas Genre: Classical Label: Other Minds CD: OTM 1010 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Standard Jewel Case

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The world premiere recording of Solo for Voice 58 by legendary American avant-garde composer John Cage. American premiere concert November 2 in Berkeley, CA. • Italian-German dhrupad singer Amelia Cuni is the ideal interpreter, trained in classical Indian singing but also able to improvise on ragas in a new music context. Cuni has developed from Cage’s score of eighteen raga scales a remarkable and unique interpretation that belongs to both the classical Indian and Western experimental traditions. • Percussionists Ray Kaczynski and Federico Sanesi utilize both Eastern and Western instruments, and composer/performer Werner Durand performs both traditional Indian drones and specially-designed electronics. • Includes an extensive booklet with essays by Amelia Cuni, Indian music scholar and composer Sandeep Bhagwati, and Cage scholar William Brooks (University of York). • Long regarded by the musical establishment as a fringe figure, John Cage (1912– 1992) is widely regarded today as an anchor in the sea of modern music. Born in Los Angeles, Cage traveled to Europe in his late teens, then studied with Henry Cowell in New York and Arnold Schoenberg in L.A. • In the late 1940s he became interested in Eastern philosophies, especially Zen but also Hinduism, which influenced the composition of the work on this CD. In addition to composing, John Cage was a lecturer and performer in both Europe and the US, and wrote several books on his theories. Today much of his music, once considered bizarre, has entered the mainstream of contemporary culture. • Service to radio stations. Email to 3,000 Other Minds supporters. Press release to San Francisco arts media and major national arts media. Mailing to university music libraries.

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Ricercar Consort Greta de Reyghere, Agnès Mellon: sopranos Henri Ledroit, James Bowman: countertenors Guy de Mey, Ian Honeyman: tenors Max van Egmond: bass BUXTEHUDE: Herr ich lasse dich nicht • Dialogus inter Christum et fi delem animam • Nichts soll uns scheiden von der Liebe Gottes • Ich halte es dafür • Ich suchte des Nachts • O clemens, o mitis, o caelestis Pater • An Filus non est Dei • Mein Herz ist bereit • Drei schöne Dinge sind • Ich bin eine Blume zu Saron • Wenn ich, Herr Jesu, habe dich • Jesu, meine Freud und Lust • Laudate pueri Dominum • Gen Himmel zu dem Vater mein • Singet dem Herrn • Klag-Lied In 1987, Ricercar released a first recording devoted to Buxtehude’s cantatas on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of the composer’s birth, following this with other works by the genius of Lübeck in their compilation of German Baroque Cantatas. • To mark the tercentenary of Buxtehude’s death, Ricercar now presents a re-release of the recording of the cantatas, providing a full sample of his various compositional styles that, inherited from his teacher Tunder, prefigured the compositions of J.S. Bach’s time. • Set to both Latin and German texts, these geistliche Konzerte are remarkable not only for their emotional and theatrical writing for the voice, but also for the close linking of the instrumental parts with the vocal lines. • Dieterich Buxtehude (ca. 1637–1707) was a Danish-born organist and composer of the German Baroque. Regarded at one time as mostly an influence on later composers, Buxtehude has risen steadily in modern estimation and is now considered the most important German composer between Schütz and Bach. •

DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE Cantatas (2 CDs) Genre: Classical Label: Ricercar CD: RCE 252 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak

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Chamber Choir of Namur Les Agrémens Jean Tubéry: conductor PACHELBEL: Toccata in C • Motet: Jauchzet dem Herrn • Cantata: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan • Partita: Was Gott tut das ist wohlgetan • Motet: Gott ist unser Zuversicht • Christ lag in Todesbanden • Cantata: Christ lag in Todesbanden • Fantasia in G • Cantata: Jauchzet dem Herrn Despite the universal fame of Johann Pachelbel’s beloved Canon in D, the tercentenary of his death went almost unnoticed in 2006. • The present recording of Pachelbel cantatas thus fills an important gap in the discography related to the history of religious music in Germany in the Baroque period. One happily discovers a composer immersed in the polyphonic practice of central Germany, close to the ancestors of J.S. Bach and well aware of new influences from Italy. • These compositions are organically linked to the melodies of Luther’s chorales, and by their shape and size constitute an obvious link between the seventeenth century and the first cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach. • Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706) was a prominent composer and organist of his era. While working at the Eisenach court in Thüringen, he became a close friend of J.S. Bach’s father, Johann Ambrosius Bach. • As a parish musician, Pachelbel wrote most of his music for church services, especially for Mass and Vespers, when both singers and instrumentalists took part. His instrumental accompaniments are unusually rich. • Although much of Pachelbel’s music is lost, around twenty-six motets; nineteen “spiritual songs;” and thirteen Magnificats, geistliche Konzerte, and Masses have survived. •

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JOHANN PACHELBEL Christ lag in Todesbanden Genre: Classical Label: Ricercar CD: RCE 255 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak

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JUAN CRISÓSTOMO DE ARRIAGA Orchestral Works 1818–1824 Il Fondamento/Paul Dombrecht: conductor ARRIAGA: Symphony for Large Orchestra • Overture, Op. 1 • Overture, Op. 20 • Los esclavos felices Overture After their highly acclaimed recordings of Arriaga’s complete works, Paul Dombrecht and his splendid Il Fondamento ensemble bring his orchestral works to us with the same level of performance. • With their unique mixture of lyricism and science, breathtaking from such a young composer, the four works assembled here build a most welcome integral recording on period instruments, performed with the most communicative warmth from scores scrupulously based on the original manuscripts. • The program is obviously dominated by the symphony, which can be put on the same level as Schubert’s contemporary masterworks. This CD belongs to the prestigious collection Los Siglos de Oro initiated by Fundación Caja Madrid. •

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LEO BROUWER Music for Accompanied Guitar Denis Sung-Hô: guitar/Chapelle Musicale de Tournai/Philippe Gérard: conductor/ Quatuor Alfama BROUWER: Concierto Elegiaco • Tres Danzas Concertantes • Quintet for guitar and string quartet With some 500 recordings devoted to his work, the great Cuban composer, guitarist, and conductor Leo Brouwer (b. 1939) can proudly look to an impressive panorama of achievements during half a century that gave him the status of a star of a new era for the classical guitar. • His works are brilliant and poetic, thoughtful and spontaneous, never ceding to folkloric facility in his deep inspiration of the Cuban soul. Here is a beautiful selection of his work for guitar with accompaniment of orchestra or string quartet. • Guitarist Denis Sung-Hô was named the “Rising Star” of the European Concert Hall Organization (ECHO) in 2005–06. •

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ANDRÉ LAPORTE Symphonic & Vocal Works (4 CDs) John Bröcheler, Roland Bufkens, George-Emil Crasnaru, Claudio Desderi, Dale Duesing, Donald George, Christoph Homberger, Michel Lefebvre, Lena Lootens, Philip Sheffield, Mario Taghadossi, Lucienne van Deyck, Bjørn Waag: vocal soloists/Evgueni Bushkov: violin/Flemish RO/Koen Kessels, André Laporte, Vic Nees, Alexander Rahbari, Gianpiero Taverna, Hiroshi Wakasugi: conductors LAPORTE: Jubilus • Concerto grosso 2000 • Nachtmusik • Transit • Fantasia-Rondino con tema reale • De Ekster op de galg • La vita non è sogno (Salvatore Quasimodo) • De Profundis • Testamento de Otoño (Pablo Neruda) • Das Schloss (Franz Kafka/André Laporte), opera in three acts Contains several unpublished works! This is a well deserved homage, in the form of a broad panorama, to one of the most influential Belgian composers, published in honor of his 75th anniversary. • Conductor, teacher, polyglot, and distinguished humanist, André Laporte is above all an authentic composer whose works have enchanted the public worldwide. • •

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JEAN-BAPTISTE STUCK Tirannique empire… Jean-François Novelli: bass/Arnaud Marzorati: baritone/Ensemble Les Lunaisiens STUCK: Impatience • Jealous Mars • Heraclitus and Democritus These three French cantatas were composed between 1706 and 1714 by Jean-Baptiste Stuck (1680–1755), also known as Batistin. • This is currently the only available recording of music by this long-neglected French Baroque composer. • Stuck came to Paris around 1705 and was for a long time well known as an opera composer. He was also one of the first cellists to make it popular as a solo instrument. • Many contemporaries considered his cantatas to be models of the genre. An editor of the time wrote that, “his cantatas brought him infinite honor.” •

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GIAN DOMENICO DEL GIOVANE DA NOTA Alla Napoletana: Villanesche & Mascherate Suonare e Cantare/Jean Gaillard: conductor DEL GIOVANE DA NOTA: 20 selections of Napolitane, Villanesche, and Mascherate This program is structured around the figure of Gian Domenico del Giovane da Nota (1510– 1592), organist and later master of the church of the Annunciation in Naples. • In addition to a number of madrigals and motets, he left us one of the richest and most typical collections of Canzoni Villanesche (1545). These works, also known as Napolitane, were songs on popular themes, originally written for three voices in the Neapolitan dialect. • The program is enriched by a selection of varied instrumental pieces, featuring not only instruments that were fashionable during the Renaissance (recorders, post horns, reed instruments, violas, lutes, guitars, percussions, and bagpipes), but also typical Neapolitan instruments such as colascioni, tammorri, and tromba degli zingari (gypsy trumpet). •

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DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE O fröhliche Stunden Hans-Jörg Mammel: tenor/La Fenice/Jean Tubéry: conductor BUXTEHUDE: Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele, BuxWV 71 • Ich sprach in meinem Herzen, BuxWV 49 • Quemadmodum desiderat cervus, BuxWV 93 • Herr, nun läszt du deinen Diener, BuxWV 37 • Singet dem Herrn, BuxWV 98 • Toccata in G , BuxWV 164 • O fröhliche Stunden, BuxWV 84 • Fuga in G, BuxWV 175 • Herr, wenn ich nur dich hab, BuxWV 38 • Dietrich BECKER: Canzon in C

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While best known as a master of the organ and of the polyphonic cantata, the great Buxtehude (1637–1707) also left a number of Spiritual Concerts for soloists and instrumental ensemble. • For this recital, tenor Hans-Jörg Mammel has selected works from this repertoire, including amazing vocal chaconnes that bear the undisputed signature of the great composer the young Bach admired. Mammel, a native of Germany, is an accomplished singer of Early Music and Lieder. •

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“The finest wind ensemble collection I’ve heard in years … The demonstrationclass sound … has to be heard to be believed … A no-brainer on my Want List.”

— Fanfare “Stunning recording, both literally and figuratively. Get this!” — In Tune “This may be the most mercilessly demanding recording of large instrumental forces that I know, with bass transients and dynamics so far beyond the current state-of-the-art in speakers and electronics that I suspect designers will still be catching up to it twenty years from now.” — The Absolute Sound “I am still tingling from that mighty avalanche of sound … Certainly this record is a technical triumph, as it is clearly intended to be, but the really exciting news is that it is a musical triumph as well.” — Ultra High Fidelity Dallas Wind Symphony Jerry Junkin: conductor Mary Preston: organ

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R. STRAUSS: Festival Intrada • G. GABRIELI: Canzon Primi Toni • WALTON: Crown Imperial • TOMASI: Good Friday Procession • GRAINGER: County Derry Air • WAGNER: Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral from Lohengrin • HINDEMITH: Kammermusik No. 7 • Michael DAUGHERTY: Niagara Falls Seldom heard, powerful works for organ, winds, brass, and percussion—from classics to an over-the-top piece by hot American composer Michael Daugherty! • A follow-up to one of Reference Recordings’ all-time best-sellers, Pomp & Pipes. • America’s premier professional, full-time wind band is conducted by Jerry Junkin, the world’s best-known band specialist. • The symphonic Fisk pipe organ in the Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, is played by its resident virtuoso, Mary Preston. • Knock-‘em-dead HDCD sonics by “Prof.” Keith Johnson will thrill audiophiles of all persuasions, especially those with big subwoofers! • The Dallas Wind Symphony has established itself as the frontrunner in the renaissance of the great American wind band. Founded in 1985, the ensemble became fully professional with the naming of Jerry Junkin as Artistic Director in 1990. • The legendary Frederick Fennell served as principal guest conductor from the mid-1990s until his death in 2004. • The DWS has released a dozen albums with Reference Recordings since 1991, and the entire catalogue has enjoyed continuing robust sales. • Service to national and international music and audiophile press and to online zines. Radio service to all classical stations. Ads with The Absolute Sound, Stereophile, and classical magazines and e-media. Display at national trade/ consumer audio and hi-fi shows.

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J.S. BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier (3 CDs) “His playing has lilt and considerable charm … a consummate musician whose respect for all varieties of music remains consistently fresh. “ — Audiophile Edition Arthur Loesser: piano J.S. BACH: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books I & II, BWV 846-893 (complete) Recorded in Cleveland, Ohio, 1964. Arthur Loesser (1894–1969) was a fine pianist, teacher, and music critic for many years in Cleveland, as well as the author of the classic book Men, Women, and Pianos. • Arthur Loesser’s half-brother Frank was the famous Broadway composer of Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. • Loesser made his professional debut in 1913 and toured the Far East with violinist Mischa Elman. He was more active as an accompanist and teacher than as a recitalist, but his few recordings are all the more treasured for that. • •

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J.S. BACH Essential Bach Organ Works (2 CDs) Kay Johannsen, Bine Katrine Bryndorf, Andrea Marcon, Wolfgang Zerer, Martin Lücker: organists

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J.S. BACH: Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 • Allein Gott in der Höh sei’ Her, BWV 676 • Fantasie & Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 • Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 • Prelude & Fugue in C, BWV 545 • Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 649 • Fantasia super Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott, BWV 651 • Praeludium pro Organo pleno, BWV 552/1 • Fuga a 5 con pedale pro Organo pleno, BWV 552/2 • Passacaglia in C Minor, BWV 582 • Wer nur den lieben Gott, BWV 647 • Trio Sonata V in C, BWV 529 • Meine Seele erhebt den Herren, BWV 648 • Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel, BWV 650 • Partite diverse sopra Christ, der du bist der helle Tag, BWV 766 • Wo soll ich fliehen hin /Auf meinen lieben Gott, BWV 647 • Prelude & Fugue in E minor, BWV 548 •

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More than just a daily staple of the organist’s diet, Bach’s organ music represents the pinnacle of the art. This collection presents the most beautiful selections from the critically acclaimed Edition Bachakademie, bringing together the diverse talents of Europe’s most exciting young organists.

BÉLA BARTÓK The Wooden Prince Suite SWR Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden & Freiburg/Michael Gielen: conductor BARTÓK: The Wooden Prince, ballet suite Op. 13 • Concerto for Orchestra While Bartók was often neglected and misunderstood during his lifetime, his music emerged as among the most influential art works of the twentieth century, and it continues to influence and inspire composers in the new century. • This program features two works documenting Bartók’s amazing artistic development—his early triumph, the mime-ballet The Wooden Prince, and his last great work, the popular Concerto for Orchestra. • It is only fitting that one of the greatest living conductors and advocates of modern symphonic music, Michael Gielen, presents these two important scores in what will surely be regarded as definitive interpretations. • Ads with BBC Music magazine, Gramophone, and International Record Review. •

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VARIOUS ARTISTS The Relaxing Sounds of the Classics Evgeni Koroliov, Christoph Poppen, Isabelle Faust, Pavlos Hatzopoulos, Iona Brown, Thomas Fey, Helmuth Rilling, Patrick Strub, Gerhard Oppitz, Lajos Lencsés: soloists & conductor/Heidelberger SO/Arcata CO/Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Franz Liszt CO/ Oregon Bach Festival CO HAYDN: Symphony No. 52 in C minor (exc.) • J.S. BACH: Aria from Goldberg Variations • Violin Concerto in D minor (exc.) • PUCCINI: I Crisantemi • SCHUMANN: Romanzen, Op.94 (exc.) • CHOPIN: Waltz in A minor, Op. 34, No. 2 • PACHELBEL: Canon • BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 8 “Pathétique” (exc.) • DITTERSDORF: Andantino in G • MENDELSSOHN: Nocturne from A Midsummer Night’s Dream •

The music featured on this new collection offers a program of recognizable music by world famous classical composers as well as rare selections that will delight every listener. The combination of enchanting pieces makes for a fresh collection.

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TORU TAKEMITSU Songs Dominique Visse: countertenor/François Couturier: piano TAKEMITSU: 20 Songs While Takemitsu’s reputation as one of the 20th century’s greatest modernists is recognized around the world, his accomplishments as a songwriter are largely unknown outside of Japan. This recital displays his stylistic versatility and knowledge of popular song idioms. • Throughout his highly creative life, Toru Takemitsu (1930–1996) composed numerous concert works; over a hundred film scores; many incidental scores for radio, TV, and theater; a detective novel; and critical works on music, film, and literature. • He was a leading intellectual with an insatiable appetite for popular culture (especially film) and possessed an encyclopedic knowledge of Western popular music. • The songs on this program come from all stages of Takemitsu’s creative life, from the 1950s to the year of his death, and each is a superbly crafted miniature—by turns tuneful, elegant, and fragile. • Ads with BBC Music magazine, Gramophone, and International Record Review. •

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STRAVINSKY & DEBUSSY Les Ballets Russes, Vol. 1 SWR Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden & Freiburg/Sylvain Cambreling: conductor STRAVINSKY: Le Sacre du printemps • DEBUSSY: Jeux • DUKAS: La Péri Hänssler Classic is proud to present the first in a series of recordings dedicated to the music composed for Ballets Russes in performances under the expert musical direction of Sylvain Cambreling. • The Ballets Russes was established in 1909 by Russian impresario Serge Diaghilev, and created a sensation in Western Europe because of the great vitality and creativity of Russian ballet compared to what was current in France at the time. It became the most influential ballet company in the 20th century, and that influence has lasted to the present day. • The Ballets Russes featured sets and costumes designed by such artists as Braque, Picasso, Dali, and Utrillo and music by composers that included Debussy, Milhaud, Poulenc, Prokofiev, Ravel, Satie, and, most notably, Igor Stravinsky, whom Diaghilev spotted when he was virtually unknown and whose career he launched. • Ads with BBC Music magazine, Gramophone, and International Record Review. •

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SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart Roger Norrington: conductor MOZART: Symphony No. 1 in E-flat, K.16 • Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K.183 • Symphony No. 41 in C, K. 551 “Jupiter” These Mozart symphonies were recorded in two weeks at the European Music Festival in Stuttgart in September 2006. More than twenty Mozart symphonies, ranging from his earliest to his last ten, were chosen to represent the superb range of his output. • As usual with the Stuttgart RSO, Maestro Norrington aimed to recreate as much as possible the playing style of the period. The exact orchestra size of each symphony at its first performance was used (the smallest was a mere eighteen players). • Roger Norrington founded the Schütz Choir in 1962, beginning a decades-long exploration of historical performance practice. He has made numerous recordings of 17th–19th century repertoire, first with the London Baroque, then with the London Classical Players. Norrington is currently chief conductor of the Stuttgart RSO and the Salzburg Camerata Academica. Since 1997 he has been associated with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, which took over from the London Classical Players. • Ads with BBC Music magazine, Gramophone, and International Record Review. •

W.A. MOZART Essential Symphonies, Vol. 1 (2 CDs) Genre: Classical Label: Hänssler Classic CD: HNS 93211 Price Code: 2R (SRP $35.98) Double Slimline

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Kirsten Blaise, Elizabeth Keusch, Laura Albino: sopranos Daniel Taylor, Takako Onodera: altos Norman Shankle, Wolfgang Frisch: tenors Christian Palm: baritone Markus Eiche, Matthias Lutze: basses Members of the Gächinger Kantorei Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart Bach-Collegium Stuttgart Helmuth Rilling: conductor HANDEL: Saul (Oratorio in 3 Acts), HWV 53 Handel’s Saul is an operatic oratorio with ever-intensifying action and increasingly drastic scenes. Handel seems to have been especially moved by this particular text. He gives each of the five main soloists a distinctive profile, and even the vocal supporting roles are unique and intentionally individual. • In none of his other oratorios does Handel call for a more differentiated orchestra. Alongside the strings, he uses oboes, recorders, bassoons, trumpets, timpani, and trombones. • Helmuth Rilling has taught generations of choral directors, discovered of many of today’s most gifted singers, commissioned numerous masterworks from the great composers of our time, and been a tireless musical scholar, rescuing many glorious works from obscurity. He is a giant among musicians. • Ads with BBC Music magazine, Gramophone, and International Record Review. •

G.F. HANDEL Saul (2 CDs) Genre: Classical Label: Hänssler Classic CD: HNS 98280 Price Code: 2R (SRP $35.98) Box Set

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Hänssler Classic complete catalog now available! “Dedication to fine music embodies the spirit of the remarkable Hänssler label.” — Early Music America “Splendid performances and well-engineered recordings.” — Gramophone For over thirty years, hänssler Classic has embodied the tradition of engaging, fresh, first-class music. hänssler Classic now presents this exceptional 2007 complete catalog featuring the 750+ CDs, DVDs, and SACDs, which built this legacy. Highlights include the legendary 172-CD set of the Complete Bach Edition; internationally renowned performers Christian Tetzlaff, Sir Roger Norrington, and Helmuth Rilling; and prizewinning partnerships with the SWR and Bachakademie. The catalog listings provide all pertinent release information, press quotes, and free space for your shop’s address. Ask your Allegro account manager for further details!

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“Here is a major talent on the threshold of her career.” — Classical Source “Evelina Puzaite favors a lyrical concept with an essential singing line highlighting the true inspirational qualities of the composer’s genius.” — MV Daily Evelina Puzaite: piano ˇ KODÁLY: Dances of Marosszek • CIURLIONIS: Prelude, Op. 12, No. 1 • Prelude, VL 241 • Prelude, VL 187 • Prelude, VL 298 (Impromptu) • Mazurka, Op. 3, NO. 3 • LISZT: Trois Études de Concert, S. 144 • RACHMANINOV: Moments Musicaux, Op. 16 Lithuanian pianist Evelina Puzaite is the winner of the Abstract Securities Landor Competition 2006, the unanimous choice of a distinguished panel of judges. A performer of dazzling promise, she has been compared by many to Martha Argerich. • Moments Musicaux is a recital of music chosen by Puzaite and showcases her extraordinary ˇ technique. She was eager to include some preludes by Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis, •

a Lithuanian composer and painter who is credited with being the founder of both Lithuanian painting and music. Evelina Puzaite is the recipient of numerous awards including First Prize at the Rubinstein Piano Competition and First Prize in the Tel-Hai International Piano Competition, Israel. She has performed throughout the US, Lithuania, Russia, Israel, Sweden, Greece, and many other countries across Western Europe. • Recent performances include the Barbican, Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, and the opening performance of the Brighton Festival 2007. • Reviews in Gramophone and BBC Music magazine. Review copies to all major UK classical music magazines and radio stations. •

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“Amazingly beautiful, peaceful, and reflective—shimmering like the unusual landscape in which this composer resides.” — Chamber Music magazine Stephen Drury: piano Yukiki Takagi: piano Scott Deal: percussion Stuart Gerber: percussion John Luther ADAMS: Red Arc/Blue Veil • Dark Waves • Among Red Mountains • Qilyuan Front Cover Sticker: “A distinctive creative voice … a body of work that bespeaks vast space, purity, and abstraction of experience, rigorous process, and an unobtrusive mysticism.” — Robert Carl, Fanfare • This CD contains four of Adams’s beautifully shimmering, texturally rich compositions for various combinations of one or two pianos and various percussion instruments. • Features performances by noted pianist/conductor/new music champion Stephen Drury, who is on the faculty of the New England Conservatory and has recorded for Tzadik, New Albion, Mode, and more. • Packaged with beautiful full-color six-page folder. • Service to all appropriate newspaper, magazine, and e-magazine reviewers, NPR and PRI, and all appropriate radio programmers and stations. Ads with The Wire, International Record Review, Signal To Noise, Musicworks, New York Calendar of New Music, and more. •

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St. Mark’s Cathedral Choir, Seattle J. Melvin Butler: conductor, organist Thomas Joyce: organ Roger W. Sherman: organ BUXTEHUDE: Chorale Fantasy: “Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern” • SOWERBY: Now there lightens upon us • Healey WILLAN: The Three Kings • Peter HALLOCK: Baptism of Christ • Jan ZWAART: Chorale Prelude: “Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern” • Luca MARENZIO: Tribus miraculous • Helmut WALCHA: Chorale Prelude: “Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern” • MENDELSSOHN: Behold a star from Jacob shining • Peter PHILIPS: In splendenti nube • Ludwig LENEL: Chorale Prelude: “Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern” • plus nine traditional hymns Epiphany (January 6) is the “twelfth day of Christmas” and celebrates the arrival of the Three Kings from the East. In many cultures, Epiphany is a bigger holiday than Christmas. • Along with hymns and anthems for the season of Epiphany, this disc features organ and choral music from Marenzio, Buxtehude, and Mendelssohn as well as 20th-century composers Peter Hallock, Ludwig Lenel, Helmut Walcha, and Healey Willan. • Features the famous Flentrop organ of St. Mark’s Cathedral (Seattle). • Promoted in a 7,000+ email list and appears in a printed catalog delivered to approximately 14,000 addresses. Service to major reviewers and media points in the US. •

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East Carolina University Chamber Singers Daniel Bara: conductor Janette Fishell: organist HOWELLS: Psalm Prelude Set 2, No. 3 • Requiem 8–15 • Robert PEARSALL: Tu es Petrus • TIPPETT: Five Negro Spirituals from A Child of Our Time • BRITTEN: Rejoice in the Lamb • IRELAND: Greater love hath no man • ANON. (arr. Wilby): Marianne (Folksong) Contains gems of the English choral tradition, including Herbert Howells’ stunning Requiem and the famous Greater Love Hath No Man by John Ireland, plus an English interpretation by Michael Tippett of African-American spirituals! • The ECU Chamber Singers are joined here by Loft Recordings artist and organist Janette Fishell. The sumptuous acoustics of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church enhance the warm, blended sound of this fine ensemble of young singers. • The repertoire is selected from among the most celebrated and influential works of their time. • Director of Choral Activities Daniel Bara directs the Concert Choir and teaches choral conducting and choral literature. He holds a doctorate from the Eastman School. • Janette Fishell, chair of the Keyboard Department, specializes in organ and sacred music. Awarded a Doctorate of Music with Highest Honors by Northwestern University, she is a renowned solo recitalist throughout the US and abroad. • Promoted in a 7,000+ email list and appears in a printed catalog delivered to approximately 14,000 addresses. Service to major reviewers and media points in the US. •

EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY CHAMBER SINGERS Greater Love: The English Choral and Organ Tradition Genre: Classical Label: Gothic Records CD: GOT 49256 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak

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Edoardo Bellotti: organ BELLOTTI: Promenades I-VII (improvisations) • Giovanni SALVATORE: Toccata Seconda (Ricercari, Canzoni, Toccate, Naples 1641) • Gregorio STROZZI: Capriccio primo con partite sopra Ut Re Mi Fa Sol La (Capricci da sonare cembali et organi, Naples 1687) • FRESCOBALDI: Toccata III per l’Elevatione (Il secondo Libro di Toccate, Rome 1627) • PASQUINI: Partite diverse di Follia • VIVALDI: Concerto “La Notte,” Op. 10, No. 3, adapted for organ by E. Bellotti • PLATTI: Sonata III, Op.2 (Six Sonates pour le clavessin sur le gout italien, Nuremberg, 1742) • J.S. BACH: Concerto, BWV 976 (after A. Vivaldi, Op. 3, No. 12) • Francesco FEROCI: Toccata in D Front Cover Sticker: Contains full-color artwork images! CD and packaging especially designed for art museum gift shops and similar venues. The CD digipak booklet contains seven full-color images of the Renaissance and Baroque paintings on which the musical program is based—paintings at the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester (NY). • The Eastman organ on this recording, the only full-sized Italian Baroque organ in the western hemisphere, resides in the Garden Court of the museum. The organ itself is a visually stunning work of art. • Italian organist Edoardo Bellotti plays music of the Italian Baroque, including his own transcription of Vivaldi’s famous concerto, “La Notte.” Bellotti’s program also includes seven improvisations, all based on the same theme, which serve as bridges between the composed works (similar in form to Pictures at an Exhibition). • This is Bellotti’s first American recording. He is well known in Europe as an organist, early music specialist and improviser. • Promoted in a 7,000+ email list and appears in a printed catalog delivered to approximately 14,000 addresses. Service to major reviewers and media points in the US. • •

EDOARDO BELLOTTI Promenade: A Musical Procession through Paintings at Memorial Art Gallery Genre: Classical Label: Loft Recordings CD: LOF 1097 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak

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London Philharmonic Orchestra Nicholas Braithwaite: conductor J.S. BACH (orch. Wood): Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 • CHOPIN (orch. Wood): Funeral March from Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35 • SCHARWENKA (orch. Wood): Polish Dance No. 3 • GRANADOS (orch. Wood): Spanish Dance No. 4 in G • GRIEG (orch. Wood): Funeral March in Memory of Rikard Nordraak • DEBUSSY (orch. Wood): La cathédrale engloutie (Préludes, Book I No. 10 • RACHMANINOV (orch. Wood): Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3, No. 2 • MUSSORGSKY (orch. Wood): Pictures at an Exhibition New recordings! Sir Henry Wood (1869–1944) is one of the most beloved figures in British musical history. For half a century he conducted the popular Promenade Concerts, which after his death were officially named the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts but today are called the BBC Proms. • Wood was influential in providing access to classical concerts to a working-class audience that had formerly been effectively excluded, and at the same time he greatly raised standards of orchestral playing in England. While introducing the public to a great range of orchestral music, he also championed music by living British composers. • His own orchestrations of instrumental music by famous composers were extremely popular in his day, but are seldom heard in our time. • Of special interest is Wood’s orchestration of Pictures at an Exhibition, which he withdrew after Ravel’s version became more popular. • Ads with Gramophone. • •

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JOHN JOUBERT Symphony No. 1 London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vernon Handley: conductor JOUBERT: Symphony No. 1, Op. 20 New recordings! CD single! John Joubert was born in 1927 in Cape Town, attended the Royal Academy of Music in London in the 1940s and ’50s, and has been based in Birmingham since 1962. • For years Joubert led a double career as academician and composer, but he took early retirement as a professor in 1986 in order to devote time exclusively to composition. Since retirement, he has completed two large-scale projects including the oratorio Wings of Faith. • Joubert’s music has a strong sense of melody. His First Symphony was commissioned in 1955 by the Hull Philharmonic Society and first performed the following year under the baton of Vilem Tausky. Although very much a youthful work, written when Joubert was still in his twenties, it nevertheless represents his coming-of-age as a composer. • •

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MALCOLM WILLIAMSON Works with Keyboard Malcolm Williamson: organ, piano/Richard Rodney Bennett: piano/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Adrian Boult, Leonard Dommett: conductors WILLIAMSON: Concerto for Organ & Orchestra (1961) • Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat (1962) • Sonata for Two Pianos (1967) Legendary performances on CD for the first time! Malcolm Williamson (1931–2003) was born in Australia, but came to London in 1950 and remained there for most of his remaining fifty-three years. • Williamson’s Organ Concerto was dedicated to Sir Adrian Boult, who conducted the first performance. The Third Piano Concerto was dedicated to pianist John Ogdon, who played the premiere performance with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. The Sonata for Two Pianos was commissioned in 1967 by the Cheltenham Festival for the husband-and-wife piano duo of John Ogdon and Brenda Lucas. • Ads with Gramophone. • •

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CONSTANT LAMBERT Orchestral Works English Chamber Orchestra/Norman del Mar: conductor/London Philharmonic Orchestra/ Barry Wordsworth: conductor LAMBERT: Romeo and Juliet (ballet in two tableaux) • Pomona (ballet in one act) • Music for Orchestra • King Pest: Rondo Burlesca New recordings AND legendary performances on CD for the first time! Born in London, Constant Lambert (1905–1951) studied at the Royal College of Music with Vaughan Williams. He threw in with the Sitwells (authors Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell) and their circle, which included composer William Walton and ballet impresario Serge Diaghilev. • Lambert co-founded the Royal Ballet in 1931, and served as its music director and principal conductor for sixteen years. He composed several notable ballets for the company, two of which are included on this disc. • Ads with Gramophone. • •

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FRANK BRIDGE Oration & Phantasm Julian Lloyd Webber: cello/Peter Wallfisch: piano/London Philharmonic Orchestra/ Nicholas Braithwaite: conductor BRIDGE: Oration: Concerto elegiaco for cello & orchestra • Phantasm: Rhapsody for piano & orchestra Legendary performances on CD for the first time! Frank Bridge (1879–1941) is most often mentioned as the teacher of a later and more famous British composer, Benjamin Britten, but his own music has become more and more admired after a long period of neglect. • It was his orchestral music that suffered most; the suite The Sea was the only one of his fifteen major orchestral pieces to be performed with any regularity. Oration (1930) and Phantasm (1931) were Bridge’s most substantial orchestral works and his only concertos. By the time of their composition, Bridge was in his early 50s and at the height of his creative powers. • •

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TIPPETT, BRITTEN, ARNOLD, BERKELEY & RAWSTHORNE Divertimentos & Sinfoniettas English Chamber Orchestra/Norman del Mar: conductor/London Symphony Orchestra/ Nicholas Braithwaite: conductor TIPPETT: Divertimento for Chamber Orchestra, “Sellinger’s Round” • RAWSTHORNE: Divertimento for Chamber Orchestra • BRITTEN: Sinfonietta, Op. 1 • BERKELEY: Sinfonietta, Op. 34 • ARNOLD: Sinfonietta No. 1, Op. 48 Legendary performances on CD for the first time! In considering these works for chamber orchestra by twentieth-century British composers, it is worth noting that the Elgar-Vaughan Williams generation wrote nothing in these forms—but, there is a practical reason for this. The growth of the virtuoso chamber orchestra in Britain is a comparatively recent occurrence. • In our time, with the proliferation of such ensembles, works such as these receive the accomplished, polished performances that are their due. • Ads with Gramophone. • •

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JOHN IRELAND The Songs (3 CDs) Benjamin Luxon: baritone/John Mitchinson: tenor/Alfreda Hodgson: contralto/ Alan Rowlands: piano IRELAND: Sea Fever • We’ll to the Woods No More • Songs of a Wayfarer • Marigold • The Merry Month of May • Hope the Hornblower • Songs Sacred and Profane • Five XVIth Century Songs • The Land of Lost Content • The Three Ravens • Mother & Child • Three Arthur Symons Songs • and 28 more songs and song cycles Legendary performances on CD for the first time! Three CDs for the price of two! Includes booklet with complete texts of the songs. • Three great vocal artists in rarely heard repertory of the greatest interest. • John Ireland’s music belongs to the 20th-century English musical tradition, demonstrating some lyrical affinity with Elgar while admitting contemporary influences from abroad into a very personal idiom. • Ads with Gramophone. • •

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“Cesare Siepi radiates an ease and dignity astounding in one so young … That he sings his Verdi with instinctive style was evident with his voicing of the great monologue Ella giammai m’amo which drew rounds of applause.” — Philadelphia Post [on Siepi’s debut at

the Metropolitan Opera] Cesare Siepi: bass 18 operatic and song selections by various composers including Verdi, Boito, Ponchielli, Bellini, Rossini, Mozart, Tosti, Denza, et al. Features rare recordings that are very difficult to find in their original 78 rpm format! This compilation includes Cesare Siepi’s first recordings, made for the Cetra Company when he was only twenty-four years old. They underline the amazing weight, color, and sonority of his voice, coupled with interpretations of great maturity not to be expected from a young man at the outset of his career. • Ads with Gramophone. • •

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DEBUSSY: Petite Suite • Marche écossaise sur un thème populaire • Six épigraphes antiques • Symphonie in B minor • La Mer Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa, calling themselves Piano 4 Hands, have rapidly established a reputation as one of the leading piano duos of their generation, widely acclaimed in the UK and abroad both as versatile duettists and as a dynamic two-piano team. This recording features the oftenneglected piano duet versions of several major works by Debussy.

J.S. BACH Sonatas for Viola da Gamba Yuko Inoue: viola/Kathron Sturrock: piano Genre: Classical Label: Quartz CD: QTZ 2050 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Standard Jewel Case

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J.S. BACH: Sonatas for Viola da Gamba, BWV 1027-1029 Winner of the seventeenth Budapest International Viola Competition, Yuko Inoue has performed as soloist throughout Europe and Japan. She is in great demand as a soloist and chamber musician, performing and recording frequently with Britain’s most eminent string quartets and chamber ensembles. Her CD, Romanze—The Romantic Viola, with pianist Kathron Sturrock, was voted one of Classic CD’s Choices of the Month in August 2000.

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ROMAN MINTS

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Roman Mints: violin/New Prague Sinfonia/West Kazakhstan Philharmonic Orchestra/Mikel Toms: conductor/Mazim Rysanov: viola/Kristine Blaumane: cello

J.S. BACH (arr. Eshpai): Goldberg Variations J.S. Bach’s apparently infinite resourcefulness of invention, as manifested by his enormously prolific output, is perhaps best summarized by one work: The Goldberg Variations. Oboist Dmitri Bulgakov became convinced of the capacity for the keyboard original to be arranged for a homogenous quartet featuring the oboe. Composer Andrei Eshpai was approached with this proposal, and the whole concept came to fruition in the form we hear on this disc.

Marjan MOZETICH: Affairs of the Heart (Concerto for violin & string orchestra) • Elena LANGER: Platch, for violin & string orchestra (premiere) • Alfred SCHNITTKE: Concerto for Three • Ed BENNETT: Sometimes It Rains Roman Mints was born in Moscow and began playing the violin at the age of five. He moved to England, where he studied at the Royal College and the Guildhall School, and now concertizes in the UK and abroad.

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THE YING QUARTET

Cello Sonatas

United States: LifeMusic 2

Boris Andrianov: cello/Rem Urasin: piano

The Ying Quartet

SHOSTAKOVICH: Sonata for Cello & Piano in D minor, Op. 40 • RACHMANINOV: Sonata for Cello & Piano in G minor, Op. 19 • Vocalise

Ned ROREM: Seven Viewpoints for String Quartet • Augusta Read THOMAS: Eagle at Sunrise • Chen YI: At the Kansas City Chinese New Year Concert • Jennifer HIGDON: Southern Harmony • William BOLCOM: Three Rags

Cellist Boris Andrianov is one of the most gifted Russian musicians of his generation. He has gained his reputation thanks to his successful performances at the eleventh International Tchaikovsky Competition, where he won third prize and a bronze medal. Pianist Rem Urasin began his musical studies at the age of five at the Secondary Special Music School under the Kazan State Conservatory with Marina Soukharenko.

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The second disc of LifeMusic commissions from established and emerging composers, supported by the Institute for American Music, features pieces inspired by one aspect or another of life in America. The Ying Quartet is currently the faculty quartet-in-residence of the Eastman School in Rochester, and was a Grammy Award winner in 2005.

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Bettina Pahn, Johannette Zomer: sopranos Bogna Bartosz, Patrick van Goethem, Daniel Taylor: altos Jörg Dürmüller, Andreas Karasiak: tenors Donald Bentvelsen, Klaus Mertens: basses The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir Ton Koopman: conductor

DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE Complete Works, Vol. 5 (2 CDs) Genre: Classical Label: Challenge Classics CD: CHR 72244 Price Code: 2Q (SRP $31.98) Double Slimline

BUXTEHUDE: Benedicam Dominum, BuxWV 113 • Befiehl dem Engel, daß er komm, BuxWV 10 • In dulci jubilo, BuxWV 52 • Jubilate Domino omnis terra, BuxWV 64 • Ich suchte des Nachts in meinem Bette, BuxWV 50 • Du Frieden-Fürst, Herr Jesu Christ, BuxWV 20 • Divertissons nous aujourd’hui, BuxWV 124 • Magnificat anima mea, Domine, BuxWV Anh.1 • Wie wird erneuet, wie wird erfreuet, BuxWV 110 • Ihr lieben Christen, freut euch nun, BuxWV 51 • Afferte Domino gloriam honorem, BuxWV 2 • O fröhliche Stunden, o herrlicher Tag, BuxWV 120 • Drei schöne Dinge sind, BuxWV 19 • Missa brevis, BuxWV 114 • Liebster, meine Seele saget, BuxWV 70 • Canon duplex per augmentationem, BuxWV 123 • Cantate Domino canticum novum, BuxWV 12 • Nu låt oss Gud, vår Herre, BuxWV 81 • Herren var Gud, BuxWV 40 • Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn, BuxWV 43 •

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“The playing throughout has a crisp and lively freshness that makes this disc particularly appealing.” — The Daily Telegraph “The players use dynamic and tonal range matched with rhythmic flex, such that even in the solos the illusion is created of different voices in juxtaposition. Rather magically, all three wind players share this approach which makes the ensemble work in a way which brings a new perspective to the repertoire.” — Early Music Review Fiona Russell: cornetto, cornettino Adam Woolf: tenor trombone Wouter Verschuren: dulcian Kathryn Cok: harpsichord, organ Annabelle Ferdinand: violin BUXTEHUDE: Sonata in D, BuxWV 267 • Aria, More Palatino, BuxWV 247 • Sonata IV, Op. 2, BuxWV 262 • J.P. KRIEGER: Chaconne from Sonata in F • Matthias WECKMANN: Sonata IX • Sonata VI • Sonata VIII • Sonata V • Dietrich BECKER: Sonata à 3 • Sonata à 2 • Johann THEILE: Sonata à 4 th

A fine selection of 17 -century musical entertainment from the North German School, the most famous of whom was Dieterich Buxtehude. • Issued in observance of the tercentenary of Buxtehude’s death in 1707. • Contemporary copies of original period instruments are used. • Caecilia-Concert is a versatile international ensemble specializing in performance and research of seventeenth-century music for instruments and voices. • The group was formed in 2001 by four young instrumentalists working at the forefront of authentic performance practice in Europe. With the ensemble’s unique core of cornetto, trombone, dulcian, and keyboard, the Caecilia-Concert is easily expanded to incorporate any other instruments and vocalists that may be needed. •

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“Isabelle van Keulen played Elgar’s violin concerto with far more energy and brightness than is often heard, but didn’t sacrifice any of its heart. Her taut musical intelligence and vivid sound combined with a fine instinct for the tender, searching quality of this music … absolutely magical.” — The Guardian “Ronald Brautigam[’s] forceful and extremely musical readings present this profound music in an unforgettable light.” — The Independent Isabelle van Keulen: violin Ronald Brautigam: piano GRIEG: Violin Sonata 1 in F, Op. 8 • ELGAR: Sospiri, Op. 70 • Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 82 • SIBELIUS: Humoresques, Op. 87, No. 2 & Op. 89, Nos. 2 & 4 The year of this release is an anniversary year for all three composers on the CD: the centenary of Grieg’s death; Elgar’s 150th birthday; and the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Sibelius. • A violinist and violist of the highest calibre, Isabelle van Keulen has an established reputation on the world’s concert platforms. Her engaging personality and extraordinary musical vitality have made her one of the most sought-after and charismatic musicians of her generation. Van Keulen has an extensive discography on the Challenge Classics, Koch-Schwann, and BIS labels and is noted for her facility in both traditional classical and contemporary concert music. • Pianist Ronald Brautigam is remarkable not only for his virtuosity and musicality but also for the eclectic nature of his musical interests. He is equally adept in music old and new, on the historical fortepiano and the modern piano. •

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Jacques van Oortmerssen: organ J.S. BACH: Toccata in C, BWV 564 • Concerto in G (after J.E. von Sachsen-Weimar) BWV 592 • Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 • Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten (2 settings), BWV 690 & 691 • Fantasia & Fugue in C minor, BWV 537 • Partite diverse sopra Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig /O Jesu, du edle Gabe, BWV 768 The fifth volume in an acclaimed ongoing series by an authoritative organist. This 1998 recording has been repackaged to match the complete series. Please note price change. • In-demand as a concert recitalist worldwide, Jacques van Oortmerssen has taught organ at Amersterdam’s Sweelinck Conservatory since 1979. His interpretations of Bach and early music have brought him widespread fame. Oortmerssen was a student of the legendary Marie-Claire Alain, one of the greatest organists of the twentieth century. • Here, he plays a famous Van Hagerbeer/Schnitger organ (1646/1725) at St. Laurenskerk—one of the most beautiful Baroque organs in the world. • Jacques van Oortmerssen began recording the complete organ works of Bach on the most important historical organs of Europe in 1994. Thoroughly documented sleeve notes. •

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Dante Quartet Krysia Osostowicz: violin Ferenc Rados: piano ˇ JANÁCEK: String Quartet No. 1 “Kreutzer Sonata” • String Quartet No. 2 “Intimate Letters” • Allegro for Violin & Piano • Violin Sonata (1914, rev. 1921) Winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Chamber Music in 2007, the Dante Quartet is known for the emotional intensity of its performances and combines imaginative programming with a keen dedication to the core repertoire. • The Quartet was founded in 2005 on friendships made at the International Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove, Cornwall, and chose the name of Dante to reflect the idea of a great and challenging journey. • The quartet plays at major concert halls, music societies, and festivals throughout the UK; broadcasts regularly on BBC Radio 3; and performs in France, Holland, Spain, Switzerland, Poland, and Finland. • In 2001 the Dante Quartet won critical acclaim for its recording of Edmund Rubbra’s quartets. Other recordings include romantic Russian works by Lyapunov and Gretchaninov, and a collection of English works for string quartet and tenor with Andrew Kennedy. 2008 will see their quartets of Franck and Fauré. • The Dante Quartet enjoys a special association with King’s College, Cambridge, where it collaborates with the renowned King’s College Choir, gives master classes, and attracts new audiences to quartet concerts by combining music with poetry. • Several new commissions for the Dante Quartet are underway in connection with their “Divine Comedy Project,” for which composers are invited to write pieces inspired by various aspects of Dante’s epic trilogy. • Pianist Ferenc Rados was born in Budapest in 1934, and taught piano and chamber music for many years at the Franz Liszt Academy. He is respected as both a teacher and a musician. •

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Musica Antiqua Consort, Serbia Vera Zlokovich: mezzo-soprano, director ALFONSO X EL SABIO: Maravillosos et Piadosos • Rosa das Rosas • Como Poden • Quem a omagnem da Virgen • RICHARD I COEUR DE LION: Ja Nun Hons Pris Ne Dira Sa Raison • HENRY VIII: Past time with good company • Whose that will all feats • O my heart • Consort VIII • Taunder naken • Helas Madame • Antoine de FEVIN: Fors solemant • William CORNYSH: Ah Robyn Gentyl Robin • Francisque CARONBEL: Gavotte • ANON.: Lamento di Tristano et rota • Agniau Dous • Saltarello • Estampie • Canzonetta Tedescha • Au Renouviau • Le Dance des Sages Medieval courts were the main gathering centers of professional musicians aside from churches. No wonder, then, that even some of the kings and noblemen applied themselves to this creative field. Often, however, they preferred to remain anonymous in their compositions, so authorship cannot always be ascertained. • This CD features compositions by three medieval European kings: Richard I the LionHearted and Henry VIII of England, and Alfonso X “The Wise” of Spain. Also includes other pieces performed at courts or attached to life at court (dances, songs of troubadours and trouvères, and those dedicated to the rulers). • Richard the Lion-Hearted was the grandson of a famous troubadour and was reared among artists. Both Henry VIII and Alfonso X had good musical educations and were patrons of the arts. • Musica Antiqua Consort was founded by mezzo-soprano Vera Zlokovich after her groundbreaking research into the performance of old Orthodox liturgical chants. •

MUSICA ANTIQUA CONSORT, SERBIA The Music of Kings Genre: Classical Label: Meridian CD: MER 84542 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Standard Jewel Case

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NORTON & PLOG The Colors of the Baroque

BRET JACKSON Music for Trumpet

JIM SELF Changing Colors

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“The most difficult task facing any trumpeter is not the production of bright, assertive fanfare, but rather the task of coaxing agile, cantabile lines from the most stentorian of instruments. David Hickman proved himself expert in both capacities.” — New York Times David Hickman: trumpet Gail Novak: piano SPOKEN INSTRUCTION: Introduction to the Baroque Trumpet Repertoire • Baroque Style • Clarino and Principale • Playing modern piccolo trumpets in Baroque style • MUSICAL EXAMPLES by Torelli, Vivaldi, Telemann, Fasch, Handel, Purcell, Molter, and J.S. Bach The Masterclass Series on Summit Education is designed for students and/or musicians of all ages to unlock some of the key performance traits and secrets that professionals use. • Meticulously scripted and recorded, this first edition of the series features renowned trumpet professor/educator and classical musician David Hickman playing and teaching about the Baroque era, in which he has become a famous virtuoso. • Aggressive media mailing to classical press including Gramophone and American Record Guide. Additional focused target marketing mailings to trumpet journals. Included in fall American Record Guide ad. •

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“The William Ferris Chorale sang beautifully—they had style and a lovely sound—a superb job.” — The Washington Post “For more than three decades the William Ferris Chorale has occupied a special niche in the Chicago area’s rich choral music scene. The ensemble has regained its well-remembered form since Paul French became music director. He has infused it with new vitality, new vision, new purpose.” — Chicago Tribune William Ferris Chorale Paul French: conductor Composer Festival Orchestra FERRIS: Snowcarols • Christmas Introit: The Lord Said to Me • Gentle Mary • Hail Mary for women’s voices and organ • O Mary of Graces • Long is our winter • Lift Up Your Heads, O Mighty Gates • Come Lord and Tarry Not • Creator of the Stars of Night • Infant Holy, Infant Lowly Attractive choral works by an important American composer (and choral director). • Title track “Snowcarols” was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize when it was written in 1980. • The William Ferris Chorale is one of the finest mid-sized choirs in the nation. The group has performed at the Aldeburgh Festival and the Spoleto Festival, and has given over 175 world, American, and Chicago premieres of important new literature. • Service to print and radio. Extra coverage in Chicago in conjunction with the Chorale’s holiday concerts. Ads planned for Fanfare and/or American Record Guide in fall. •

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TAGLIAFERRISCIDDURLO DUO Souls Reflections

CARMELO ANDRIANI Recital

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Pietro Tagliaferri: soprano sax/Margherita Sciddurlo: organ

Carmelo Andriani: violin

Transcriptions of works by Dufay, Frescobaldi, Couperin, J.S. Bach, Scheidt, Scarlatti, Cimarosa, Brahms & Litaize

YSAYE: Violin Sonata No. 4 • MILSTEIN: Paganiniana • PROKOFIEV: Sonata for solo violin, Op. 115 • KREISLER: Scherzo-Capriccio, Op. 6 • Orazio MAGLIO: Variazione su B.A.C.H.

MICHELE DALL’ONGARO Grimoire

DÈDALO ENSEMBLE Rotte Sonore

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Sonia Visentin: soprano/Arditti String Quartet/Ex Novo Ensemble

Maria Agricola: soprano/Dèdalo Ensemble/Vittorio Parisi: conductor

DALL’ONGARO: Grimoire, for soprano, violin & tape • Alter, for solo viola • Danni collaterali, for solo cello, clarinet, violin, viola & piano • La musica di E.Z., for solo violin • Trio for violin, cello & piano • Berceuse in frantumi, for 2 violins • Variazioni su nulla, for soprano, flute, clarinet, 2 violins, viola & piano • Traccia, for solo flute • String Quartet No. 5

Fabio VACCHI: Quintet • Mario CESA: Sinfonia for a Quartet • Armando GENTILUCCI: I lontani misteri del nostro sogno (The Distant Mysteries of Our Dream) • Gianvincenzo CRESTA: Marinai di terraferma (Seashores of Earth)

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W.A. MOZART Flute Concertos

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Tiziana Scandaletti: soprano/Riccardo Piacentini: piano

Luisa Sello: flute/Orchestra Milano Classica/Romolo Gessi: conductor

Works by Aldo Clementi, Alberto Colla, Luca Lombardi, Giacomo Manzoni, Carlo Pinelli, Alessandro Solbiati & Fabio Vacchi

MOZART: Flute Concerto No. 1 in G, K.313 • Flute Concerto No. 2 in D, K.314 • Andante in C, K.315

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Oleg Kagan: violin/Yuri Bashmet: viola/Sviatoslav Richter: piano

Sviatoslav Richter: piano

SHOSTAKOVICH: Violin Sonata, Op. 134 • Viola Sonata, Op. 147

BEETHOVEN: Variations for piano in C major on a waltz by Diabelli (“Diabelli Variations”), Op. 120

SERGEI RACHMANINOV Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Preludes & Fugues 1–10

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RACHMANINOV: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 31

MODEST MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition

ALEXANDER BORODIN Symphonies 1 & 2

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Irina Arkhipova: mezzo-soprano/USSR Symphony Orchestra/ Evgeni Svetlanov: conductor MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel) • Songs and Dances of Death (orch. Shostakovich) • Khovanshchina—Golitsyn Train • Solemn March (The Capture of Kars)

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USSR Symphony Orchestra/Evgeni Svetlanov: conductor BORODIN: Symphony No. 1 in E-flat • Symphony No. 2 in B minor “Heroic”

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ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI Sinfonie da Concerto Grosso Accademia della Magnifica Comunità/Enrico Casazza: director A. SCARLATTI: Sinfonie da Concerto Grosso, Part 1, Nos. 1–6 • Flute Concerto in A minor Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725), father of the more famous Domenico, was an important composer of his era—mostly of vocal works, including over 700 secular cantatas, forty oratorios, and more than a hundred melodramas. Many discussions of the elder Scarlatti barely mention his instrumental music, but he did write some of great quality. • The twelve Sinfonie da Concerto Grosso, the first half of which are recorded here, are especially intriguing since they feature the flute. Scarlatti had always expressed an aversion to wind instruments, which he found perpetually out of tune. •

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GOFFREDO PETRASSI Works for Guitar Angelo Colone: guitar/Corrado de Bernart: harpsichord/Sonia Maurer: mandolin, guitar/ Patrizia Carciani: harp/Massimo De Lorenzi: acoustic guitar/Laura Publiese: soprano PETRASSI: Suoni Notturni • Seconda serenata—Trio • Nunc • Alias • PETRASSI-NATALETTI: Canti della Campagna Romana Goffredo Petrassi (1904–2003) was one of the most significant Italian composers of the twentieth century—not least because he lived almost every minute of it! • His interest in the guitar was not satisfied by a single pièce d’occasion; nor did it represent a lost opportunity, as was the case with some of the great composers of the century. On the contrary, at a certain point this interest was transformed into a predilection: the guitar became one of the standardbearers of an entirely personal experimentation that Petrassi undertook beginning more or less in the years 1957–58. •

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ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI Complete Works for Keyboard, Vol. 1 Francesco Tasini: harpsichord A. SCARLATTI: 16 Toccatas, Fugues & Arpeggios for harpsichord Recently, the importance of Alessandro Scarlatti has been revaluated particularly as the real founder of the important “Neapolitan keyboard music school.” • Scarlatti’s keyboard music, at one time considerably obscured by preference for his son’s corpus of sonatas, directly or indirectly influenced the keyboard works of his contemporaries Gaetano Greco (1657–1728) and Francesco Mancini (1672–1737). • Alessandro Scarlatti’s reputation at the beginning of the eighteenth century can be deduced from the enormous quantity of manuscript copies of his works conserved in libraries all over Europe. This is true, above all, of his keyboard compositions, which come from multiple scattered sources. •

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Mercedes Gómez: harp Janet Paulus: harp LUNA: Carnaval, for two harps • Two Pieces, for two harps • Four Pieces in Ostinato, for two harps • Impromptus (3) for two harps • Sonata for two harps • Partita for two harps • Suite for two harps Armando Luna is an accomplished composer from Mexico City whose works are both challenging and exciting. Luna studied with Mario Lavista, a well-established Mexican composer who in turn studied with György Ligeti. • Luna’s style is not derived from Mexican folk or pop idioms, but is rooted in the contemporary classic composers. His works have been performed all over the world. • Some of the works for two harps on this CD were commissioned by Mercedes Gómez for her students at the National Conservatory in Mexico City. • The success of a student concert in 2000 led to a request for more such pieces from Luna, and so Gómez and her harp duo partner Janet Paulus made a commitment to make this CD and introduce the music to a wider public. • The performers and the composer revised much of the music together, and the new versions were premiered at the Conservatory in October, 2003. The recordings were made between then and 2005. •

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Guillermo Diego: guitar DIEGO: Preludio—Un Sentimiento Latinoamericano • Verde Voz de la Amazonia—Homenaje a H. Villalobos • Bolero I • Tres Nocturnos • Tres Lienzos Latinoamericanos—Suite I • Fantasia Ritmica III To listen to these guitar pieces, written and performed by Guillermo Diego, is to recognize what kind of spirito is meant by the title under which the works have been grouped. • In an important way, the intention of this new CD is perfectly coherent with the music recorded in Guillermo Diego’s previous CD, Of Stories and Fantasy [URT 82]. At the same time, it represents the continuity of a compositional and performing oeuvre that started three decades ago. • Mexican composer and guitarist Guillermo Diego is recognized as one of the most prominent figures in the concert music of Mexico. For his work in developing the guitar repertoire, he is considered one of the principal renovators of instrumental music in his country. • For the better part of his thirty-year career, his works have been presented in the most important venues, such as the Palacio de Bellas Artes and International Cervantino Festival as well as in the US, France, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Brazil, Canada, and Thailand. • On various occasions Diego has been the recipient of grants from the National Foundation for Arts and Letters (Mexico) as well as the National Endowment for the Arts and the Rockefeller Foundation in the US. • This release is another in the popular series of beautifully packaged Urtext recordings featuring music of Latin America! •

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Russian Baroque Ensemble Vladimir Reva: violin, artistic director Joseph STARZER: Divertimento in A minor for 2 violins, viola & cello • Anton Ferdinand TITZ: Quartet in G, dedicated to Tsar Alexander I • Violin Sonata in F-sharp minor • Pierre BAILLOT: Air russe varié, for violin with accompaniment of violin, viola & bass • Luigi MADONIS: Twelve Diverse Symphonies, for violin & bass, dedicated to Tsarina Anna Ivanovna • Maxim Sozontovich BEREZOVSKY: Sonata for Violin & Harpsichord in C • Daniel STEIBELT: Variations on Two Russian Folksongs for piano At the beginning of the eighteenth century, Tsar Peter the Great made widespread reforms in Russia, which also affected the future of the musical life at his court. His successor continued Peter’s cultural policies and built the St. Petersburg court into a center of splendor in the Western tradition. • Under the regency of Peter’s niece Anna Ivanovna (1730–1740), who was also interested in promoting music, ballet, and theater, the first Italian opera was performed in Russia with great success. • Tsarina Catherine II “The Great” (1762–96) was a great patron of the arts; she inspired composers and even wrote opera libretti herself. Under Catherine, many Italian, French, and German artists—including those who composed the works on this CD—found their way to St. Petersburg; some of them stayed the rest of their lives. • Joseph Starzer (1726–1787) came from Vienna, Anton Ferdinand Titz (1742–1810) and Daniel Steibelt (1765–1823) from Germany, Pierre Baillot (1771–1842) from Paris, Luigi Madonis (1690–1770) from Venice, and Maxim Sozontovich Berezovsky (1745– 1777) from the Ukraine. • This cosmopolitan group of emigrés brought Baroque musical culture to a zenith in Russia, but their contributions have remained little-known abroad. •

RUSSIAN BAROQUE ENSEMBLE Chamber Music from the Court of St. Petersburg (2 CDs) Genre: Classical Label: Arte Nova CD: ANO 516260 Price Code: 2C (SRP $11.98) Double Slimline

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“Enthusiastic applause, real joy in playing, absolute precision of both pianists.”

— New York Times Cologne Piano Duo Elzbieta Kalvelage: piano Michael Krücker: piano SCHUBERT: Fantasy in F minor, Op. 103, D.940 • Andantino varié, Op. 84, No. 1, D.823 • Rondo in D, Op. posth. 138, D.608 • Four Marches (arr. Liszt) In Schubert’s time, the burgeoning middle class sought to create higher standards of culture in their homes, and one popular way was the pursuit of chamber music. • The piano was one of the most important instruments for music making in this new pursuit by the citizenry; it also played a central role in Schubert’s creativity, and the great number of works he wrote for piano four-hands is significant. • Schubert’s four-hand music was written for active music making in small circles, and can be regarded as musical entertainment in the highest sense of that concept. • This new release includes one of Franz Liszt’s later arrangements of Schubert’s four-hand piano marches from Op. 40 and Op. 121. • The Cologne Piano Duo has won numerous international competitions in the US, France, and Italy. They have given concerts in important centers of musical activity, including New York and Miami; have accepted invitations to well-known music festivals in the US, Australia, and Europe; and made appearances on radio and television both in Germany and internationally. • Their artistic specialization is in important but little known classic, romantic and contemporary music, as well as the standard works for two pianos and for one piano four-hands. •

FRANZ SCHUBERT Piano Music for Four Hands Genre: Classical Label: Arte Nova CD: ANO 433260 Price Code: C (SRP $5.99) Standard Jewel Case

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Kyoto Symphony Orchestra Uwe Mund: conductor SMETANA: Má Vlast [My Fatherland] (Vyšehrad, Vltava [The Moldau], Šárka, From Bohemia’s Fields and Meadows, Tábor & Blanik) Bedˇrich Smetana (1824–1884) was the first composer to create a Czech form of classical music. His symphonic cycle Mà Vlast (My Fatherland) is considered a monument to the composer’s homeland unequalled in music history. • In the seclusion forced upon him by deafness and financial difficulties, Smetana created a splendid apotheosis of his native country. The six pieces are based on short programmatic descriptions of nature, folk art, history, and the myths of the Czech people. • The most famous is the second tone poem, Vltava, better known under its German title of Die Moldau. • Following his graduation from the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz in 1961, Uwe Mund was immediately engaged as conductor of the Vienna Boys’ Choir. Two years later, Herbert von Karajan chose him to be solo voice coach at the Vienna State Opera. • In 1998 he took over as chief conductor of the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra in Japan. • The Kyoto Symphony Orchestra (KSO) was founded in 1956 as a municipal orchestra under the direct management of the Kyoto city government. It is the fourth oldest orchestra, and the only one managed by a public authority in Japan. Today, the KSO is one of the most admired orchestras in Japan. •

ˇ BEDRICH SMETANA Má Vlast (My Fatherland) Genre: Classical Label: Arte Nova CD: ANO 699630 Price Code: C (SRP $5.99) Standard Jewel Case

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Chorus of the Musikhochschule, Mannheim Kurpfälzisches Chamber Orchestra Gerald Kegelmann: conductor Sabine Goetz: soprano Barbara R. Grabowski: alto Christoph Wittmann: tenor Rudolf Piernay: bass Abbé VOGLER: Requiem in E (arr. Dr. Joachim Veit) Abbé Georg Joseph Vogler (1749–1814) was a Catholic priest who also happened to be highly educated, and became one of the most noted music teachers of his era. Among his many successful students were Carl Maria von Weber and Giacomo Meyerbeer. • Abbé Vogler worked all over Europe—in Germany, France, Russia, England, and Portugal but longest in Sweden, where he was music director for King Gustavus III and music teacher to the crown prince. • The Requiem’s premiere took place after the composer’s death in 1814, when critics compared it favorably to Mozart’s great Requiem in D. • The Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester is the chamber orchestra of LudwigshafenMannheim. In 1777, at the height of musical life at the royal court in Mannheim, Abbé Vogler founded the Mannheimer Tonschule. The history of the Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Mannheim is directly influenced by this great tradition, and it is a special duty for these musicians to follow this important heritage as they do on this recording. •

ABBÉ GEORG JOSEPH VOGLER Requiem in E flat Major Genre: Classical Label: Arte Nova CD: ANO 716630 Price Code: C (SRP $5.99) Standard Jewel Case

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Adelina Scarabelli, William Matteuzzi, Enzo Dara, Maurizio Comencini, Bruno de Simone: vocal soloists Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro La Fenice, Venice Vittorio Parisi: conductor ROSSINI, MOZART, SALIERI, CIMAROSA & ZINGARELLI: L’ape musicale (complete opera) A rare complete recording of an opera, or more accurately azione teatrale (theater piece), put together in 1829—in America—from the music of various composers, including Mozart, by Mozart’s famous friend and librettist, Lorenzo Da Ponte. • Da Ponte created three versions of this hodgepodge, creating the final version in 1829 in both Italian and English, with a first performance in New York City. • The music was “borrowed” from previous works by both Mozart and his famous rival, Salieri, as well as Domenico Cimarosa, Nicola Zingarelli, and finally, Rossini. • The play itself, L’ape musicale (“The Musical Bee”) is the only thing by Da Ponte. He is most famous for the three librettos he wrote for Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Così fan tutte, but he also worked with composers such as Martín y Soler and Salieri. • After getting in various scrapes and troubles from Venice to Vienna, Da Ponte finally came to the US, where he ran a grocery store in Philadelphia and later a bookstore in New York. • Making friends with Clement Clarke Moore, author of ’Twas the Night Before Christmas, Da Ponte got an appointment at Columbia University as its first Professor of Italian Literature. He became a US citizen in 1828, at the age of seventy-nine. •

LORENZO DA PONTE L’ape musicale (2 CDs) Genre: Opera Label: Nuova Era CD: NUO 224174 Price Code: 2L (SRP $23.98) Double Digipak w/Slipcase

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Manuela Kriscak, Alexandra Zabala, Leonardo de Lisi, Claudia Nicole Bandera, Klara Loczi: vocal soloists Orchestra della Compagnia d’Opera Italiana Maurizio Benedetti: conductor CALDERARA: Ricimero (highlights) A recording of highlights from a revival performance on the bicentenary of the composer’s death! This CD is the first to present highlights from this exciting but long-forgotten opera. • Giacinto Calderara (1730–1803) was a highly talented composer who composed and conducted several hundred works of vocal and instrumental music over a career of fiftyfour years. • His greatest operatic triumph was Ricimero, first given in Turin in 1755. It is based on the true-life story of a king of the Goths during the late Roman Empire, and his conflict with an unlawful king of Norway. • Calderara is known to have studied music in Naples, and then served as music director for the cathedral at Asti, Italy for several years. He composed two opere serie in three acts. The first, Alessandro nell’Indie (“Alexander the Great in India”), with libretto by the famous Metastasio, was produced in 1752. • The other was Ricimero, first performed at the Teatro Regio, Turin, on December 26, 1755. The libretto of this work was by one Francesco Silvani. •

GIACINTO CALDERARA Ricimero (Highlights) Genre: Opera Label: Nuova Era CD: NUO 223293 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Digipak w/Slipcase

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Alain Vanzo, Andrée Esposito, Iris Plaque, Ivan Saur: vocal soloists Opera of Nice Orchestra & Chorus Antonio de Almeida: conductor GOUNOD: Roméo et Juliette (complete opera) A large number of operas—at least eighty—have been adapted from the plays of Shakespeare, but few of them have survived. Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette has remained one of the handful of “Shakespeare operas” in the active repertoire, and it has had a very considerable success as Gounod’s second most popular, after Faust. • The opera had its premiere in Paris, at the Théâtre-Lyrique, on April 27, 1867. It was successful, and was given in both London and New York before the year was out. • This live performance, from the Nice Opera in 1976, was originally issued on LP but has long been unavailable, despite winning warm praise from critics around the world. • Conductor Antonio de Almeida (1928–1997) was one of the world’s authorities on French Romantic music. His efforts on behalf of French music won him the French Legion of Honor. Born in France, Almeida studied at Yale with Hindemith and made his conducting debut in Portugal. • He was invited by Sir Thomas Beecham to conduct the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, after which he became a regular guest conductor with the Berlin Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, and San Francisco Symphony. •

CHARLES GOUNOD Roméo et Juliette (2 CDs) Genre: Opera Label: Opera d’Oro CD: OPD 1477 Price Code: 2K (SRP $11.98) Double Slimline

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Giangiacomo Guelfi, Amedeo Zambon, Anna Maria Rosati: vocal soloists RAI Orchestra & Chorus, Milan Nino Bonavolontà: conductor GIORDANO: La cena delle beffe (complete opera) The fortune of Umberto Giordano (1867–1948) was made by Andrea Chenier, whose opening night in 1896 was a triumph. It has remained his most popular work ever since, but he did write other fine operas that deserve revival. • One of these is his next-to-last opera, La cena delle beffe (“The Dinner of Mockers”), based on a play by Sem Benelli, a writer whose sensational themes titillated Italian audiences in the early twentieth century. The play and the opera are packed with lurid incidents, some of which still seem shocking today! • La cena delle beffe was first performed at La Scala on December 20, 1924. The conductor was Arturo Toscanini, and the cast included tenor Hipolito Lazaro and soprano Carmen Melis, major stars of their era. • The London Times reported that the opera was “crowned by an enormous success,” and it was given a season later at the Metropolitan Opera with stars such as Titta Ruffo, Beniamino Gigli, and Frances Alda, conducted by Tullio Serafin. The New York Times proclaimed it “a sweeping success.” Benelli’s play was already familiar to New Yorkers from a 1919 Broadway production starring John & Lionel Barrymore. • After twelve performances in two seasons, La cena delle beffe disappeared from the Met repertory, but by 1930, it had been produced in more than forty cities, from Buenos Aires and Barcelona to Prague, Chicago, and Warsaw. In the following six decades, however, it was staged only seven times until successful revivals at the 1987 Wexford Festival and Zurich in 1995. • This live performance comes from a RAI radio broadcast in 1972. •

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“This Trovatore must go near the top of the list.” — Robert Levine, Classics Today Carlo Bergonzi, Gabriella Tucci, Piero Cappuccilli, Giulietta Simionato: vocal soloists Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Milan Gianandrea Gavazzeni: conductor VERDI: Il trovatore (complete opera) This recording, which has been a best-seller in the standard Opera d’Oro budget catalogue, represents a live performance by the world-famous La Scala opera company of Milan when they were on tour in the Soviet Union in 1964, and determined to prove their mettle to the exacting Russian audience. • Soprano Gabriella Tucci was an outstanding Verdi soprano of her day, singing with purity of line, intelligence, and involvement. Tenor Carlo Bergonzi, famous for his exquisite sense of Italian style, was at his youthful peak when this recording was made. • Giulietta Simionato was another long-lived singer, here at the end of her public career, after being widely acknowledged as the world’s greatest operatic mezzo. •

Pierro Cappucilli, who would later become one of the most valued Italian baritones, is heard here at the very beginning of his illustrious career. • Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni was one of the most reliable Italian operatic conductors for many years, and here gives one of his most exciting readings, inspired by the enthusiasm of his Slavic audience. •

GIUSEPPE VERDI Il trovatore (2 CDs) Genre: Opera Label: Opera d’Oro Grand Tier CD: OPD 7045 Price Code: 2L (SRP $23.98) Double Jewel w/ Slipcase

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Claire Watson, Karl Ridderbusch, Brigitte Fassbaender: vocal soloists Bavarian State Opera Orchestra & Chorus Carlos Kleiber: conductor R. STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier (complete opera) Another entry in the immortal catalogue of conductor Carlos Kleiber (1930–2004), a colossus among 20th-century musicians. Although Kleiber had one of the most limited repertoires of any conductor, within his sphere he was often unapproachable. • His legendary recording of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony has been called the greatest of all the countless versions recorded over the past hundred years. Likewise his recording of Weber’s Der Freischütz, called by some critics “the greatest opera recording ever made.” • Any addition to the Kleiber discography is a major event, and this Rosenkavalier is no exception, especially when it is made available at budget price! • Born in Berlin to a father who was also a famous conductor—Erich Kleiber—Carlos was taken to Argentina as a small child when his family fled Nazi Germany. He worked his way up through the European opera houses, demanding exacting standards of his players, becoming reclusive, and never giving interviews. He never held a permanent position with any orchestra, preferring to remain a wandering “guest conductor.” • He was especially famous for his opera performances, and Der Rosenkavalier was among those in which he was considered peerless. • Live performance, Munich, July 13, 1973. •

RICHARD STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier (3 CDs) Genre: Opera Label: Opera d’Oro Grand Tier CD: OPD 7046 Price Code: 3L (SRP $35.97) Double Jewel w/ Slipcase

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Renata Scotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Giuseppe Taddei, Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni, Sesto Bruscantini, Shirley Verrett, Antonietta Stella, José Carreras, Franco Corelli, Renata Tebaldi, Ettore Bastianini, Christa Ludwig, James King: vocal soloists Orchestra & Chorus of the Florence May Festival RAI Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Rome RAI Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Turin Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus of the Vienna State Opera Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Thomas Schippers, Seiji Ozawa, Peter Maag, Nino Verchi, Lovro von Matacic, Karl Böhm: conductors DONIZETTI: L’elisir d’amore • PUCCINI: La bohème • GLUCK: Orfeo and Euridice • MASSENET: Manon • VERDI: La traviata • GIORDANO: Andrea Chenier • BEETHOVEN: Fidelio Seven complete operas from the romantic repertoire—great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set! • Exciting live recordings taped 1967–1973 of the greatest love stories ever celebrated in song. • Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore is a funny, tender, and utterly lovable love story. • La bohème, a tale of desperate young love, is the favorite of all Puccini’s operas. • Gluck’s elegant Orfeo ed Euridice is the oldest opera love story, and is still popular today. • Manon is the most famous and popular of the many operas by Jules Massenet, who in the late 19th century was the most successful of the French opera composers. • Based on one of the greatest love novels—Camille by Alexander Dumas, Jr.—Verdi’s La traviata is his most beloved opera out of twenty-eight. • Andrea Chenier, a love story of the French Revolution, is the best-known opera of Umberto Giordano. • Beethoven’s Fidelio is perhaps the most famous opera about marital fidelity. •

VARIOUS ARTISTS The World’s Most Romantic Operas (14 CDs)

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Edith Mathis, Elisabeth Grümmer, Rita Streich, Hans Hopf, George London, Leonie Rysanek, Josef Greindl, René Kollo, Gundula Janowitz, Wolfgang Brendel, Brigitte Fassbaender, Karl Ridderbusch, Ileana Cotrubas: vocal soloists Radio Austria Orchestra & Chorus Chorus of the Vienna State Opera & Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna State Opera Orchestra Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus RAI Symphony Orchestra, Rome & Prague Philharmonic Chorus RAI Orchestra & Chorus, Naples Rudolf Moralt, Karl Böhm, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Georges Prêtre: conductors MOZART: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio) • BEETHOVEN: Fidelio • WEBER: Der Freischütz • WAGNER: Der fliegende Holländer [The Flying Dutchman] • Tannhäuser • R. STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier

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Six complete operas from the German repertoire—great live opera recordings at budget price in WORLD Genre: Opera one space-saving set! PREMIERE THE FINAL PREMIERE RECORDING! Label: Bravissimo RECORDINGS! RECORDING OF THE • Exciting live recordings taped 1945–1972 featuring the greatest operas from Mozart to Strauss. CD: BRV 9804 DALE WARLAND SINGERS! Price Code: Y (SRP $24.99) • It was Mozart who first established a viable, lasting school of German opera with Die Entführung FIRST WORLD Box Set THE FINAL RECORDING aus dem Serail (“The Abduction from the Seraglio”). RECORDING PREMIERE OF THE DALE WARLAND SINGERS! RECORDING! EVER! • Beethoven wrote only one opera, Fidelio, but it is a great one! QTY NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA • With Der Freischütz, Carl Maria von Weber finally established the distinctive style of German INCLUDES INCLUDES opera that would culminate in Wagner and Richard Strauss, whose Flying Dutchman, WORLD WORLD Limited Edition PREMIERE Tannhäuser, and Der Rosenkavalier are all included here.PREMIERE RECORDING! RECORDINGS! •

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BELLINI: I Capuleti e i Montecchi • WAGNER: Das Liebesverbot • VERDI: Macbeth • NICOLAI: The Merry Wives of Windsor • GOUNOD: Roméo et Juliette • VERDI: Otello • Falstaff

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Seven complete operas based on plays by Shakespeare—great live opera recordings at budget WORLD PREMIERE Genre: Opera THE FINAL PREMIERE price in one space-saving set! RECORDING! Label: Bravissimo RECORDINGS! RECORDING OF THE CD: BRV 9808 • Exciting live recordings taped 1958–1983 feature the greatest plays ever written, enhanced by DALE WARLAND SINGERS! Price Code: Y (SRP $24.99) great music! FIRST WORLD Box Set THE FINAL RECORDING • The Capulets and the PREMIERE Montagues by Vincenzo Bellini RECORDING is the familiar story of Romeo and OF THE DALE WARLAND SINGERS! RECORDING! EVER! Juliet, but derived from earlier Italian sources than Shakespeare’s play. QTY NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA • Wagner’s second opera, Das Liebesverbot (seldom heard today) is based on Shakespeare’s INCLUDES INCLUDES WORLD Measure for Measure. WORLD Limited Edition PREMIERE PREMIERE • The sources of the restRECORDINGS! of the operas recorded here are self-explanatory, with Verdi’s Otello RECORDING! having been called by some an improvement on Shakespeare! STREET DATE: •

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Montserrat Caballé: soprano TIME ON CD! Alain Vanzo, Kostas Paskalis, Jane Berbié, Bernabè Marti, Sigmund Nimsgern, Beverly Wolff, Wieslaw Ochman, René Kollo, Kurt Moll, Oralia Dominguez, Jon SUPER SPECIAL BUDGET Vickers, Josephine Veasey, Plácido Domingo, Janet Coster, Renato Bruson: PRICE! PRICE! vocal soloists Orchestra & Chorus of Spanish Radio & Television RAI Orchestra & Chorus, Rome Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Regio, Turin Lyric Orchestra of Radio France Chorus & Orchestra of the Teatro San Carlo Jonel Perlea, Gianfranco Rivoli, Zubin Mehta, Wolfgang Rennert, Giuseppe Patané, Gianfranco Masini, Armando Gatto: conductors DONIZETTI: Lucrezia Borgia • Gemma di Vergy • PUCCINI: Madame Butterfly • R. STRAUSS: Salome • Arabella • BELLINI: Norma • CILEA: Adriana Lecouvreur • Seven complete operas starring the magnificent Montserrat Caballé—great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set! • Exciting live recordings taped 1965–1975! • Along with Maria Callas (“La Divina”) and Joan Sutherland (“La Stupenda”), Montserrat Caballé (b. 1933) took her place as one of the Big Three sopranos of the second half of the 20th century. • When she made her New York debut in 1965, she was instantly heralded as “La Superba,” a sure sign she had reached the pinnacle of diva fame. • Caballé was especially noted for her pure legato, effortless phrasing, and ability to float soft high notes of breathtaking beauty. Her generosity and down-to-earth humor have endeared her to her fans. • In 1987 she astonished classical and pop fans alike by recording a duet of the song “Barcelona” with rock star Freddie Mercury of the group Queen. •

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Leyla Gencer: soprano Giulietta Simionato, Plinio Clabassi, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Tito Gobbi, Giorgio Tozzi, Rolando Panerai, Piero Cappuccilli, Louis Quilico, Sylvia Geszty: vocal soloists RAI Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Milan Orchestra & Chorus of the Verdi Theater, Trieste Orchestra & Chorus of the Vienna State Opera Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro San Carlo, Naples Rome Opera Orchestra & Chorus Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Massimo, Palermo Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Carlo Felice Cillario, Mario Rossi, Vittorio Gui, Franco Capuana, Nino Sanzogno: conductors DONIZETTI: Anna Bolena • Roberto Devereux • MASSENET: Werther • VERDI: Simon Boccanegra • GLUCK: Alceste • PACINI: Saffo • ROSSINI: Elisabetta, Regina d’Inghilterra

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Seven complete operas starring the brilliant Leyla Gencer—great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set! • Exciting live recordings taped 1958–1970! • In a world dominated by singers from the countries with the most deep-rooted operatic cultures, Turkish soprano Leyla Gencer (b. 1928) seemed an exotic quantity to many Western audiences. Her career remained somewhat at the fringes, but a cadre of fans has always rooted for her devotedly, and their numbers have only grown as more people are exposed to her passionate artistry through recordings. • Her voice was not large, nor her production absolutely even, but she compensated for these liabilities with many other talents: her voice was flexible in coloratura, she was able to float exquisitely soft high notes, she adhered closely to the score, she could vary her vocal color, her phrasing was minutely nuanced, and above all she was an intelligent and passionate interpreter of superior dramatic insights. •

Giuseppe Di Stefano: tenor Maria Callas, Giulietta Simionato, Rolando Panerai, Birgit Nilsson, Rosanna Carteri, Renata Tebaldi, Tito Gobbi, Nicola Zaccaria, Mario Sereni: vocal soloists Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro de Bellas Artes Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan La Scala Chorus & RIAS Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Chorus & Orchestra of the Teatro San Carlo, Naples Guido Picco, Humberto Mugnai, Antonino Votto, Herbert von Karajan, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Arturo Basile: conductors BELLINI: I Puritani • VERDI: Rigoletto • MASCAGNI: Cavalleria Rusticana • DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor • PUCCINI: Turandot • Tosca • GIORDANO: Fedora Seven complete operas starring the legendary Giuseppe Di Stefano—great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set! GIUSEPPE DI STEFANO • Exciting live recordings taped 1952–1961! Legendary Performances (14 CDs) • During his peak years, Giuseppe Di Stefano (b. 1921) had one of the most sensually beautiful tenor voices ever recorded. He was universally regarded as the leading lyric tenor in WORLD PREMIERE Genre: Opera the world during the 1950s, and he was the tenor most often chosen to appear on stage with THE FINAL PREMIERE RECORDING! Label: Bravissimo RECORDINGS! RECORDING OF THE Maria Callas. CD: BRV 9912 DALE WARLAND SINGERS! Price Code: Y (SRP $24.99) • Through the years he made a long series of major complete opera recordings, many of them FIRST Box Set WORLD THE FINAL RECORDING with Callas, but also with other great sopranos of the time, including Renata Tebaldi and RECORDING PREMIERE OF THE DALE WARLAND SINGERS! RECORDING! EVER! Birgit Nilsson. QTY NOT AVAILABLE IN CANADA • Throughout the major part of his career, Di Stefano was idolized by the public for his beautiful INCLUDES INCLUDES romantic voice, dark goodWORLD looks, energetic manner, and movie-star lifestyle. WORLD Limited Edition PREMIERE PREMIERE • His career, though brilliant, was cut a bit short, as his voice seriously deteriorated in quality in his RECORDING! RECORDINGS! early fifties. STREET DATE: •

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“Chana Rothman’s hip-hop/folk fusion weaves Hebrew cadences with spoken word.” — Downtown Express (Manhattan)

FEATURED ARTISTS Chana Rothman: guitar, vocals C. Lanzbom: guitar Shawn Pelton: drums

TRACK LISTING Ana • We Can Rise • More Than One Way • Summer • Gates of Justice • Draw a Circle • The Wind • One Stone • Walk a Mile • Lay Down Your Swords

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Rothman brings a fresh approach to the singer-songwriter genre with her earthy vocals, poetic lyrics, unique percussive guitar style, organic beats, and catchy rhythms! • After trekking through the Himalayas with a guitar strapped to her pack, Canadianborn Chana Rothman settled in Brooklyn and began sifting through her experiences. What emerged is the genre-bending We Can Rise, featuring her trademark blend of bilingual (Hebrew-English) rhymes and love songs to the subway (“Gates of Justice”). • Blending elements from KT Tunstall’s power vocals, Matisyahu’s spiritual reggae, and Jack Johnson’s rhythmic lyricism, Rothman creates an album that showcases powerful messages with a driving rock fusion backbeat. • We Can Rise covers topics from youth empowerment to peace in the Middle East. Rothman continues to pack houses at New York’s legendary music clubs, including the Knitting Factory, the Bitter End, and the Mercury Lounge, establishing herself as a powerful presence on the local and national music scene. • She has shared the stage with Pharoah’s Daughter, Lou Reed, and DJ Shadow. • Mastered by Larry Alexander (Bruce Springsteen, Rolling Stones, Diana Ross). • Produced, recorded, and mixed by C. Lanzbom (Soulfarm). • Features drummer Shawn Pelton (Sheryl Crow, Saturday Night Live Band).

CHANA ROTHMAN We Can Rise Genre: Folk/Pop Label: Oyhoo Records CD: OYH 2 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Digipak

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FEATURED ARTISTS Jonathan Still: acoustic bass, guitars, mandolina, bouzouki, keyboards Debbie Irene Ide, Chris Gustin: vocals

TRACK LISTING The Awakening • Day 1 • New Horizon • The Infinite • Falling Through (Jody’s Song) • The Edge of a Dream • Things Come Around • My Friend • Lost in the Wind • Ascent • Fly Away (A New Horizon Pt. 2) • To Health and Peace

SELLING POINTS A new album from award-winning artist Jonathan Still, The Awakening is an inspiring journey through many emotions. From gentle stirrings, through soaring themes, to a rousing finale, each well-crafted track creates a different backdrop to evoke the listener’s own sensory experience. • Following the huge success of his Independent Music Award and COVR Award-winning album Under the Bodhi Tree, Jonathan Still returns with heartfelt compositions centered around his signature, multi-layered guitar and piano melodies. Add to this an infusion of precise percussion, subtle vocals, ethnic instrumentation, strings, and atmospheric sounds, and the result is an album that reinforces Still’s standing as a remarkable new age artist. • Will be submitted to radio stations and trade magazines. •

JONATHAN STILL The Awakening Genre: New Age Label: New World Music CD: NWC 319 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Standard Jewel Case

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“Pacific Moon is creating a new beachhead of Asian fusion, mixing ambient music with electronica, traditional instruments from across Asia with western guitars and synthesizers in a heady, and often illuminating mix … The artistic evolution of our time is not just in discovering the new, but in reinventing the ancient. Pacific Moon is doing that.” — John

Diliberto, Echoes “Every release that Pacific Moon has ever sent to radio has made it onto the NAV chart, and they have had as many as seven titles on the chart in the same month (an unprecedented number) … I have not known a label so dedicated to perfection in all the areas of record producing, including the quality of the music, packaging, marketing, [and] advertising.”

— Peter Manzi, New Age Voice FEATURED ARTISTS Yukihiko Mitsuka: shakuhachi Mihoko Ono: koto Ryoichi Soyama: guitar

TONE Tone

TRACK LISTING The Sound of the Sea • Flowing Water • The Mountain Pass • Forest • Tone II • Snowscape • Dark Red Clouds • Old Road • Prayer

SELLING POINTS This self-titled album has an original worldview, and the music contained herein vividly evokes nostalgic scenes. • As a group, Tone uses the traditional instruments of Japan, but the performers are not bound by traditional playing techniques. They have continued to create their music focused on sound, rather than on performance method.

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“Pato Banton had been kicking around the UK scene for years before he finally recorded this, his debut album, and one wonders why it took so long. Like the best toasters, the DJ has a quick wit, and is an entertaining mimic—his imitations of his mother are worthy of a standup comic … Banton established his reputation with this record, and many of these songs remain live favorites to this day. They’ve softened with age, but here they are still razor sharp.” — All Music Guide

[ ★★★★★] “Pato Banton has been a force on the reggae scene for almost twenty-five years and continues to inspire.” — Orange County Register

FEATURED ARTISTS Pato Banton: vocals Ranking Roger: guest vocals Steel Pulse: guest musicians David Foreskins, Raymond Walker: drums, percussion Lenford Hare: bass Donavon Newell: guitar Glasspole Thompson: keys Steve Morrison: trombone Alan Francis: trumpet Bryan Bailey, James Renford: saxes

TRACK LISTING Pato and Roger Come Again • Never Give In • Don’t Sniff Coke • Settle Satan • Hello Tosh • Absolute Perfection • Don’t Worry • Handsworth Riot • Gwarn • Too Much War • Pato’s Opinion • King Step • Drive By Shooting (Bonus Track) • Everybody Has a Dream (Bonus Track)

PATO BANTON Never Give In (20th Anniversary Edition) Genre: Reggae Label: Cornerstone RAS CD: CRS 62 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Standard Jewel Case

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10/9/2007 SELLING POINTS The original version of Never Give In scanned 88,000 units in its lifetime. It has been out of print for over five years. • This new version features two bonus tracks not on the original release! • Pato Banton’s catalog has scanned over 250,000 units. • Banton’s Life is a Miracle received a Grammy nomination for Best Reggae Album in 2001. Over the years, he has collaborated with Sting, UB40, David Hinds (Steel Pulse), Steve Morrison (Reggae Revolution), and more. • Servicing all key press outlets across the US (reggae and music magazines). • Servicing all reggae radio stations and internet radio stations. • Heavy promotion on MySpace. • Ads with Relix and Reggae Festival Guide. •

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Order Date: October 25, 2007

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“Utilizing world vocals mixed with numerous world instruments, Global Spirit is a true feast for both the mind and the ears.” — Vision “Weaving exotic voices and cross-cultural elements through his sparkling tapestry, Karunesh finds that perfect balance point where classical, world, and healing music join, carefully coaxing love’s caress from every note.” — Lloyd Barde,

Backroads Music “Global Spirit is a showcase for the tried and true musical formula of Karunesh. With an arsenal of different instruments at his disposal … the artist concocts spirited tunes that range from quiet, Asian-hued, and introspective to celebratory tribal dance anthems … Overall, this is a great collection of contemporary worldbeat songs.” — Silverlake Music

FEATURED ARTISTS Karunesh: keyboards, arrangements, mixing Govi: sitar, guitar, oud Don Lax: violin Nicolas Kern: didgeridoo

KARUNESH Global Spirit

TRACK LISTING Genre: World Label: Oreade Music CD: ORM 60342 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Standard Jewel Case PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE

Call of the Tribes (Remix) • Ancient Secrets • Punjab • Native Rituals • Kubula Ma • Alibaba • Earthsong • Bombay Pure • Solitude • Earthsong (Reprise) • Earth Spirit

SELLING POINTS Front Cover Sticker: New edition with added bonus track “Earth Spirit.” A re-release bestseller, Global Spirit is a masterful blend of exotic world rhythms and vocals combined with visionary textures and melodies into a one-hour transglobal flight of sound. • With Global Spirit, Karunesh strives to create a universal connection between people and cultures. He blends vocals from India, Australia, Africa, Native America, and the Middle East over an instrumental bed that features didgeridoo, violin, sitar, percussion instruments, Chinese temple flutes, bamboo flutes, and many more. And, all of this is accompanied by the heartwarming melodic structures for which Karunesh is famous. • In 1984 Karunesh released his first album, Sounds of the Heart, which quickly became a classic in the new age genre. Now, with half a million albums sold to date, Karunesh has become established as one of the best-known artists in the genre. His music is featured on the Buddha Bar series and numerous joint projects. • Karunesh has lived in Maui since 1992, bathed in the healing warmth and fragrances of the tropics. From this island’s feminine embrace, he creates music that holds a beautiful, sacred, and healing resonance for all who listen. • Two-month radio promotion with Lazz Promotions. • Reviews and press from major web and print media. • Ads with New Age Retailer and Light of Consciousness. •

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KARUNESH Sky’s Beyond CD: ORM 61352 (M)

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“The Buda label’s Ethiopiques reissues prove that this 3,000-year-old civilization has much more to offer than bad news … the series presents the golden age of modern Ethiopia, prior to 1975’s coup and the repressive regime that fueled subsequent violence and unrest.”

— Austin Chronicle FEATURED ARTISTS Alèmayèhu Eshèté: vocals All Star Band Alem Girma Band Marathon Band Shèbèlé’s Band

TRACK LISTING Nèy-Nèy wèlèba • Ambassèl (slow) • Ambassèl (fast) • Yeger aynèssa • Tèmar ledjé • Men tetchiyé medritu • Tènagèri • Yètentu feqratchen • Hodé fèra • Abèba mèssèlètch • Gubelyé • Tequr gessela • Yèmaynèga lélit • Yebèqanal • Wètadèr nègn • Enat yèendjèra enat • Kènoru lèbetchahé • Tsegérèdayé

SELLING POINTS Alèmayèhu Eshèté is no less than one of the great voices of the heyday of modern Ethiopian music—the Swinging Sixties that, in Ethiopia, went on until the fall of Emperor Haile Sellassie I in 1974. • On par with Tlahoun Gèssèssè or Mahmoud Ahmed, Eshèté is a star at the top of the constellation that once lit up the wild nights in Addis Ababa. •

ALÈMAYÈHU ESHÈTÉ Ethiopiques 22: More Vintage! Genre: World/Ethiopia Label: Buda Records CD: BUD 860144 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Standard Jewel Case

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FEATURED ARTISTS Francisco Pancho Navarro: guitar

TRACK LISTING Sweet Guitar/TQPS • Tu Recuerdo y Yo • Chichi Bonita • Esperanza • Boedo • Tico Tico No Fuba • Las Mudanzas • Vals No. 4 • Pajaro Bobo • Ternura • De Sobrepaso • Vals Criollo • Manha de Carnaval • Pajaro Campana • Alma de Nogal

SELLING POINTS Sweet Guitar shines an overdue spotlight on one of Latin music’s true guitar virtuosos— Argentine-born, New York-based Francisco Pancho Navarro. • Navarro became a first-call Latin guitarist on A-list sessions—everything from the soundtrack of The Mambo Kings to hip-hop and reggae tracks. He is featured on Elliot Goldenthal’s Oscar-winning soundtrack for Frida, and he accompanied Plácido Domingo in a recording of Die Fledermaus made in 2003 at the Washington Opera. • The Rolling Stones used Navarro on a 2006 remake of “I’m Free,” and he has worked with Victor Jara, Celia Cruz, and Armando Manzanero. • On this extraordinary recording, Navarro plays with a rhythmic and harmonic flair that few jazz musicians can equal; an elegance born of years of classical study; an arranger’s sense of architecture; and a wealth of beauty, feeling, and wit. Sweet Guitar is a diary of the music that shaped him, gathered during his lifelong travels through South America. • Publicist Cindy Byram will handle press and radio promotion, focusing on world music festivals and guitar festivals/competitions. •

FRANCISCO PANCHO NAVARRO Sweet Guitar Genre: World/Latin Label: Soundbrush Records CD: SNB 1011 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Digipak

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Order Date: October 25, 2007

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EITAN MASURI I Will Rejoice Over Jerusalem: 30 Chassidic Hits FEATURED ARTISTS Eitan Masuri: vocals/Arkadi Chaslavsky: keyboards/Ariel Mesh: keyboards, guitar/Vladimir Kokosh: guitar/Alexander Gorin: sax, clarinet/Boris Savchuk: violin/Yevgeni Braginski: trumpet

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Genre: World/Jewish Label: Hataklit CD: HKT 9396 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Standard Jewel Case

Samchem (And They Will Rejoice) Medley • Mordechai Ben-David Medley • Mi Ha’Ish (Who Is the Man) • Ve’Galti Bi’Yerushalayim (I Will Rejoice Over Jerusalem) • Hine Ma Tov (Behold How Good) • Lo Yisa Goi El Goi Cherev (Nation Shall Not Take Up Sword) • Yedid Nefesh (Bosom Friend) • Sab’enu Ba’Boker (Satisfy Us in the Morning) • Avraham Freed Medley • Shalom Rav (Great Peace) • Sisu Ve’Simchu (Rejoice and Be Glad Medley) Medley

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This collection of thirty Chassidic hits include many joyful favorites! Eitan Masuri has enjoyed great success in Israel and around the world. His golden voice will take you on a journey to the soul of Chassidic Judaism.

GEVATRON ISRAELI KIBBUTZ FOLK SINGERS 20 Israeli Folk Dances TRACK LISTING 20 tracks include: Shir Same’ach (A Happy Song) • Gvanim (Shades) • Shir Al Re’i (A Song About My Friend) • El Elohei Ha’Shamayim (To the God of the Heavens) • El Borot Ha’Mayim (To the Water Holes) • Bat Shishim (Sixty Years Old) • Tziyon Tamati (Zion, My Innocent) • Mi Ha’Ish (Who Is the Man)

SELLING POINTS When one thinks of the songs of Israel, among the first things that comes to mind is the magical singing of the Gevatron Israeli Kibbutz Folk Singers. Founded in 1948, the Gevatron is a unique phenomenon in Israeli folk song. In 2007, the Gevatron won the prestigious Israeli Cultural Award for its lifetime achievements. • This great selection of Israeli folk dances, a must for anyone who loves Israeli dance, includes circle dances and couples dances. The fresh sound and beautiful lyrics express love for Israel: the sights, the people, and the daily life in the holy land. •

Genre: World/Israel Label: Hataklit CD: HKT 9293 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Standard Jewel Case

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VARIOUS ARTISTS Kinder Yoren: The Best Yiddish Songs Vol. 2 TRACK LISTING 19 tracks include: Dudu Fisher: Oifen Veg Shtiet A Boym • Sense: In Maine Oigen Bistu Shain • Yoshke • Mike Burstein & Family: Sog Es Mir Zingendik • Yaakov Shapiro: Rosinkes Mit Mandlen • Henri Gerro: O’i Is Dos A’weltale • Lilian Lux & Pesch’ke Burstein: K’vell Aibik Dich Gedenken • Max Perlman: Siz Is Nishet Dos Vos Iz Amol Gevven • Pasch’ke Burstein: Kalle Bazingen

SELLING POINTS The Yiddish language was spoken mainly by the Jews of Eastern Europe, who created such songs as “Rosinkez Mit Mandlen,” “A Yiddishe Mame,” and many more. Today there are many contemporary Israeli artists who have a special passion for these songs, which connect us directly to the rich history of the European Jewry. • This CD provides a unique compilation in the Yiddish language that will remind the Jewish listener of his people’s European roots, and provide a new and exciting cultural experience for the non-Jewish listener. •

Genre: World/Jewish Label: Hataklit CD: HKT 9254 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Standard Jewel Case

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Genre: World/Brazil Label: Air Mail Music CD: PLS 141150 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Standard Jewel Case

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Genre: World/Russia Label: Air Mail Music CD: PLS 141151 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Standard Jewel Case

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Brazil: Forro Nordeste

Russia: Gypsy Songs & Fiddles

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Filha de Januario • Riacho do Navio • Roseirinha • Coracao Mole • Tem Do • Araripe de Chiquinha • Minha Infância • Fogueira de Sao Joao • Jeito Pra Tudo • Vem Morena • Mineirinho • Baiao Granfino • Sabino •

Medley of Various Gypsy Folk Themes • Kajlodle (Kaylodle) • Oh tchaso, poletchaso (One Hour, Half an Hour) • Panteleje (Panteleye) •

Ranchinho de Paia • Tirar Lili • O que passou, passou • Dois Coracoes • Chorinho da Saudade

Kolybelnaya (Lullaby) • Chiriklo • Fantasy on the Gypsy Song ‘Progeya’ • Shuminella • Kogda ya prokhodil lesom (When I Was Going Through the Forest) • Kalina-Malina • Gypsy Hungarian Dance

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After fifty years of “pouring her heart out in song,” the most famous exponent of forro, Chiquinha Gonzaga, decided to make a final recording representing this traditional genre from the Nordeste region of Brazil.

There is great quality in the interpretation of these pieces, and the fact that they were all written and performed by members of the same family—including fiddlers Rada Volshaninov and Nikolay Volshaninov—gives this album remarkable unity.

Genre: World/Greece Label: Rendezvous CD: PLS 64006 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Standard Jewel Case

Genre: World/Tahiti Label: Manuiti CD: PLS 65840 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Standard Jewel Case

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TASOS MAVROUDIS

ELIANE

Greek Popular Songs and Dances

Tahiti: Belle Epoque Vol. 10

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Lathos • Chasaposerviko • I pio orea zebekia • Tatheles ke • Ima ego alitis • Bouzouki bouzoukaki • Afou sagapo • Pos ine to sosto • Agapi • Poso sagapo • Jiati • To enstikto • Jia the mou • Kati prepi • Ela tsiftetelli • Esi • Sto Amsterdam • Ftexame ke idio

Eaha Teie Manu Iti • Tiare Tahiti Here • Nafea Ra Vau • Vahine Haapaoraa Ore • Vaiho Mai • Ua Rari To’U Roi I Te Roimata • Kamaoro • Eritapeta • Tau Hoa Here • Tiare Apetahi • Tiare Teie • Alain Gerbault • Hoe Ana • Samoa Silasila • Tou Mauruuru

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This recording evokes the atmosphere of the various regions of Greece through a great variety of the country’s music. The pieces heard here include an authentic Greek-Macedonian belly dance and various traditional dances such as the Sirtaki, the Chasaposerviko, Rebetiko, and the Sousta of Crete. Tasos Mavroudis marvelously conjures up all the atmosphere of Greek cabaret.

The tenth volume in this series devoted to the great years of music from the islands, 1950–70, and to its legendary artists. Features great hits by Eliane as well as singers Denise, Melia, Célia, and Tahia— now, at long last, available once more!

Order Date: October 25, 2007

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ORIGINAL LONDON CAST Free As Air + Bonus Tracks Genre: Sndtrk/Shows Label: Sepia CD: SEP 1102 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Standard Jewel Case

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This cast recording has never been available on CD before, and includes bonus tracks performed by composer Julian Slade. Free As Air was composed by Dorothy Reynolds and Julian Slade, who had collaborated previously on one of the most successful British musicals, Salad Days. Free As Air achieved a run of over 400 performances in London’s West End in 1957, and is constantly being performed across the country.

JULIE ANDREWS Once Upon a Time Genre: Vocals Label: Sepia CD: SEP 1103 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) Standard Jewel Case

This eighteen-track CD contains Julie Andrews’ earliest recordings, many appearing on CD for the first time. The award-winning singer had a healthy career even before filming Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music. Includes selections from The Boy Friend, High Tor, and My Fair Lady, as well as Andrews’ debut LP Tell It Again, heard here in full.

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DON CHERRY Thinking of You Genre: Vocals Label: Sepia 2XCD: SEP 1104 Price Code: 2I (SRP $21.98) Standard Jewel Case

This fifty-two track double CD set includes Don Cherry’s Top 30 hits “Vanity,” “Belle, Belle, My Liberty Belle,” and “The Third Man Theme,” plus over forty tracks recorded early in his career, many appearing on CD for the first time. In the 1950s, Cherry reached the Top 10 with his versions of “Mona Lisa” (with Victor Young’s Orchestra), “Thinking of You,” and “Band of Gold”—all included on this 2XCD set.

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PETULA CLARK In Her Own Write Genre: Vocals Label: Sepia CD: SEP 8001 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Standard Jewel Case

Every one of these twenty-two tracks was composed by Clark, and many have never been released before, with the remainder making their debut appearance on CD. The iconic Petula Clark, whose career spans seven decades, has triumphed in every aspect of show business—but not many people are aware of her composing talents. Clark turns seventy-five this fall, and has not shown any sign of stopping!

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TWIGGY Heaven In My Eyes Genre: Vocals Label: Sepia CD: SEP 8002 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Standard Jewel Case

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Twiggy released two best-selling pop albums in the seventies, which led to a meeting with Donna Summer and the creation of Twiggy’s one and only disco record! The album was never released, and we are delighted to offer it now on the Sepia label. Twiggy—supermodel, film star, and Tony Award nominee for her role in My One and Only—is currently a judge on top US reality show America’s Next Top Model.

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“Outrageously energetic.” — Time Out London

FEATURED ARTISTS Joanna Ampil: vocals Niklas Andersson, Simon Bowman: vocals Julia Moller, Koit Toome, Graham Bickley: vocals

TRACK LISTING Think of Me (The Phantom of the Opera, with Niklas Andersson) • On My Own (Les Miserables) • Easy To Be Hard (Hair) • The Last Night of the World (Les Miserables, with Simon Bowman) • All I Ask Of You (The Phantom of the Opera, with Niklas Andersson) • Out Tonight (Rent) • The Old Apartment (I Sing!) • I Know Him So Well (Chess, with Julia Moller) • Bird Song (The Musical of Musicals) • Neverland (Peter Pan) • I Don’t Know How To Love Him (Jesus Christ Superstar) • Daddy’s Girl (I Sing!) • Without You (Rent, with Koit Toome) • I Dreamed a Dream (Les Miserables) • If It’s Only Love/Bring on the Night (Metropolis, with Graham Bickley)

JOANNA AMPIL Joanna Ampil

SELLING POINTS Although Joanna Ampil has recorded several cast albums, this is her first solo album, and features guest vocals from the leading men of various productions in which she has starred. • She has sung the roles of Kim (Miss Saigon), Mary Magdalene (Jesus Christ Superstar), Fantine & Eponine (Les Miserables), The Girl (The Musical of Musicals), Sheila (Hair), Mimi (Rent), and many more. • Recorded with the National Symphony Orchestra at the famous Abbey Road Studios. •

Genre: Sndtrk/Shows Label: Jay Records CD: JAY 1399 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Standard Jewel Case

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FEATURED ARTISTS Jim Dale: vocals Glenn Close: vocals George S. Irving: vocals Anne Rogers: vocals Jessica Grove: vocals Noah Racey: vocals

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JIM DALE, GLENN CLOSE & THE YORK THEATRE CO. Busker Alley Genre: Sndtrk/Shows Label: Jay Records CD: JAY 1400 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Standard Jewel Case

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Opening • Blow Us a Kiss • Hula Love Song • Never Trust a Lady • When Do I Get Mine? • Strays • Mates • What To Do With ‘Er? • He Has a Way • Busker Medley/Moonlight In Brighton • He Has a Way/She Has a Way • Busker Alley • When Do I Get Mine? • How Long Have I Loved Libby? • Ordinary Couple/I’m on the Inside Looking Out • Tinwhistle Tune • Mates Reprise • The “New Show” Audition • Where The ‘Ell Is ‘Ome? • Where Are the Faces? • Paddle Your Own Canoe • Charlie the Busker • Epilogue • He Has a Way Reprise

SELLING POINTS Original cast recording of the 2006 New York premiere all-star performance starring Jim Dale and Glenn Close as well as Broadway stars Noah Racey, Jessica Grove, George S. Irving, Anne Rogers, and more. • This recording reunites Jim Dale and Glenn Close, who originally starred opposite each other in the Broadway smash hit Barnum. Busker Alley is the latest musical from Richard & Robert Sherman, who have a new production due on Broadway in 2008. •

KEY MARKETS New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago

Order Date: October 25, 2007

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“Highly recommended … Bingo takes you back to those grammar school days when innocence ran through our veins everywhere we went.” — All About Jazz

FEATURED ARTISTS Roger Davidson: piano David Finck: bass Christy Baron: vocals Paulo Braga: percussion

TRACK LISTING B-I-N-G-O • Froggy Went a Courtin’ • This Old Man • Home on the Range • He’s Got the Whole World In His Hands • Baby Beluga • Pretty Horses • Scarborough Fair • Kumbaya • Sleep My Child • Who’s That Tapping at the Window? • The Fox • Baa, Baa, Black Sheep • The Riddle Song • Lullaby Waltz • Three Blind Mice • Happy Birthday

ROGER DAVIDSON Bingo

SELLING POINTS Top-flight jazz musicians David Finck, Paulo Braga, Christy Baron, and Roger Davidson perform traditional children’s songs set to Brazilian and Caribbean rhythms—listening pleasure for both parents and kids! • Recommended in AOL Parenting Guide 2007, and listed in upcoming Parents Magazine annual guidebook. • Publicity by Jazz Promo Services. Aggressive media campaign aimed at mainstream jazz press and parent-oriented publications.

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KEY MARKETS Hometown: New York. Also: Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle

Genre: Children Label: The Blankies CD: TBZ 42525 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Standard Jewel Case

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TEACHER AND THE ROCKBOTS

Action!

Science

“The Blankies do a good job of engaging kids with activity as well as ideas through their songs, with an infectious enthusiasm that three-yearolds just soak up and revel in.” — Z Recommends

“The fun tunes, backed by electric guitar and synthesizers, will appeal to children and hold their attention while they learn.” — School Library

Journal

TRACK LISTING

Robot • Head, Nose, Belly Button, Toes • Clap and Count • Free Form Dance • Morning, Noon & Night • Pick It Up • Pretend You’re In the Game •

Intro • Animals Belong in Class • Where Will I Go? • Food Chain • Water Cycle • Simple Machines • Electricity • Scientific Method • Complicated

Jump, Walk, Spin • Stop, Go, Fast, Slow • Clean + Two Bonus Tracks

Machine • Nine Planets • Things in Space • Lemonade Stand • Light • How’s the Weather?

SELLING POINTS Front Cover Sticker: Dr. Toy Best Products Winner Spring 2007. Interactive lyrics suggest different body motions and are the basis for new group dance activities. Four great singers and a mix of styles—there’s something for everyone to enjoy!

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SELLING POINTS Front Cover Sticker: 2005 Parents’ Choice Approved Award Winner. Science features the interactive fun of “guess-the-answer” songs in which clues are provided in the verses and kids try to guess the answer before it’s revealed. So catchy that kids will forget they’re learning!

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Lullabye Versions of Jay-Z

Lullabye Versions of George Strait

TRACK LISTING

Dirt Off Your Shoulders • Big Pimpin’ • Show Me What You Got • Can I Get A… • Hard Knock Life • Lost One • 99 Problems • 03’ Bonnie & Clyde • I Just Wanna Love U • Change Clothes • 30 Something • Lucifer

Check Yes or No • Give It Away • Wrapped • I Cross My Heart • It Just Comes Natural • She Let Herself Go • The Seashores of Old Mexico • Amarillo by Morning • Carrying Your Love With Me • Cowboys Like Us • You Look So Good In Love • Love Without End, Amen

SELLING POINTS Many Jay-Z fans are parents of infants and toddlers. Lifetime Jay-Z scans of 26.5 million units. Weekly Jay-Z scans of 6,000 units. Includes instrumental arrangements featuring the relaxing sounds of vibraphone, marimba, acoustic guitar, and piano performed by award-winning musicians. Promotion via pay per click, blogs, MySpace, Pure Volume, YouTube, and more.

SELLING POINTS Many George Strait fans are parents of infants and toddlers. Lifetime George Strait scans of 40 million units. Weekly George Strait scans of 12,000 units. Includes instrumental arrangements featuring the relaxing sounds of vibraphone, marimba, acoustic guitar, and piano performed by award-winning musicians. Promotion via pay per click, blogs, MySpace, Pure Volume, YouTube, and more.

Genre: Children Label: Q Records CD: QRD 300 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Digipak

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THE MUSIC WORKSHOP FOR KIDS

Will You Be My Friend?

Sky Blue Catfish

TRACK LISTING

Do the Boondanee • Disappointed • Will You Be My Friend • Rover • Uncle Dave • The Laundry • Postcard • When Kids Are Mean • My New Bicycle • Here We Go • Little Bitty Betty • Lovely • Good Night

Dancin’ in the Trees • Eleven Gallon Hat • Something Special • Eat Your Fruit • God’s Dog • The Sky Blue Catfish • A Cowboy Lullaby • I’ve Got a Fever • It’s Music To Me • The Farm • Isn’t It Amazing • Mister Fuzz • Close Your Eyes

SELLING POINTS This reissue scanned over 62,000 units in its original form. Branded “Baby Music Boom” packaging. Promotion via pay per click, blogs, MySpace, Pure Volume, YouTube, and more.

SELLING POINTS This reissue scanned over 53,000 units in its original form. Branded “Baby Music Boom” packaging. Promotion via pay per click, blogs, MySpace, Pure Volume, YouTube, and more.

Order Date: October 25, 2007

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CARLOS SANTANA Santana Live “Bursts with fresh energy and Afro-Latin soul, the latter provided by Santana’s mesmerizing guitar solos.” — Time Magazine

FEATURED ARTISTS Carlos Santana: guitar Dave Matthews Band Tony Lindsay: vocals

FEATURED SONGS Bacalao Con Pan • Day Of Celebration • Exodus/Get Up Stand Up • (Da Le) Yaleo • Right On/Get On • Savor • Percussion Jam • Love Is You • Get It In Your Soul • Mumbo Jumbo • Jingo • One Fine Morning

SELLING POINTS Approx run time: 2 hrs. great Carlos Santana in an extended concert beautifully captured in Germany in Summer 1998, with appearances by special guests the Dave Matthews Band. • Carlos Santana’s guitar—gorgeous, sweeping, biting—has never sounded better as he leads his band through an amazing number of richly textured, irresistibly danceable jams that incorporate salsa, hard rock, jazz-rock fusion, and even reggae. Multiple percussionists, moody keyboards, and a searing guitar take an enthusiastic festival audience through such peaks as Bob Marley’s “Exodus,” a throbbing “Yaleo,” Santana’s own “Savor,” and many, many more. • Hot vocals by Tony Lindsay and an amazing percussion jam are among many elements that make this one of Santana’s finest moments. Great music by one of the masters! • Service to press, reviewers, and tastemakers. •

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Genre: Rock Label: Hudson/Street DVD: HUD DVD 9919 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Amaray

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ANITA BAKER A Night of Rapture “With her classy, refined brand of romantic soul, Anita Baker was one of the definitive quiet storm singers of the ’80s. Gifted with a strong, supple alto, Baker was influenced not only by R&B but jazz, gospel, and traditional pop, which gave her music a distinctly adult sophistication. Smooth and mellow, but hardly lifeless, it made her one of the most popular romantic singers of her time.” — All Music Guide

FEATURED ARTISTS Anita Baker: vocals

FEATURED SONGS One Night of Rapture • Mystery • Been So Long • No One In The World • Same Ole Love (365 Days a Year) • Watch Your Step • Moon Dance • You Bring Me Joy • Sweet Love

SELLING POINTS Approx run time: 50 min. Anita Baker—multiple Grammy Award winner, composer, producer, mother, and all-around superstar—pulls out all the stops in this rare 1987 performance. • Features all of her hits in a soul-stirring concert of quiet storm R&B! • Anita Baker is truly one of the best R&B singers in the world. • Service to press, reviewers, and tastemakers. • •

Genre: R&B Label: Hudson/Street DVD: HUD DVD 9920 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Amaray

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SHAKUNTALA Miracles, excitement, and valor—Indian mythological stories have it all! Get lost in the world of brave kings and defeated demons, an integral part of Indian culture! Shakuntala was written by the great Indian poet and playwright Kalidasa. It tells the story of the daughter of Menaka (the heavenly nymph), who is raised in the forest by Sage Kanva. She meets King Dushyant, and they fall in love, but a curse from Sage Durvasa makes the king forget his beloved wife! Shakuntala is distressed and lives alone in the forest for years before fate brings her husband back to her again. This beautifully animated DVD will provide wholesome entertainment to children ages 4–12, introducing them to the rich Indian culture, heritage, and values. Approx run time: 30 min.

Genre: Children Label: Sagarika DVD: BSS SGA 21029 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Standard Jewel Case

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THE LION AND THE CAMEL The animal kingdom has fascinated children of all ages since time immemorial. The deep forests, the swamps, the wild animals, and the reptiles—all of these have created a mysterious aura around the world of animals. Millions of stories based on animals have been written in every existing language. India also has its share of animal stories, written since ancient times. The Panchatantra and Jataka Tales have countless stories about animals. Whether the ever-popular King of the Jungle or the loveable Bhalu the Bear, hundreds of characters have been created out of animals of the forest. On this magical DVD, Sagarika brings to you as many animal stories as possible from the treasure trove of Indian children’s literature! This beautifully animated DVD will provide wholesome entertainment to children ages 4–12, introducing them to the rich Indian culture, heritage, and values.

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TRICKS OF PETER THE CHEATER Tricks of Peter the Cheater is an adaptation of Paaji Peter, written by legendary Bengali children’s literature author Shri. Sukumar Roy. Peter is intelligent, with a smart tongue and clever wit, but the problem is that he uses all of his charm to cheat people! Not satisfied cheating innocent villagers, Peter takes up the challenge of cheating the king (who is not the smartest of all kings in the world). Join Peter in his adventures as he cheats the king, gets into trouble, and then uses his wits to get out of trouble. Wouldn’t it be great if Peter used his remarkable intelligence and wit to help the people of this sleepy little village instead of cheating them? This beautifully animated DVD will provide wholesome entertainment to children ages 4–12, introducing them to the rich Indian culture, heritage, and values. Approx run time: 30 min.

Genre: Children Label: Sagarika DVD: BSS SGA 21031 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Standard Jewel Case

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ALL ABOARD: AMERICAN TRAIN JOURNEYS VOL. 3 Approx run time: 1 hr 40 min, Color, NTSC. In American Train Journeys, you will travel on some of America’s most colorful and historic trains. Steeped in history and tradition, these trains offer a vista of America rarely seen from the highways that crisscross our nation.

CHAPTER 1: THE EMPIRE BUILDER Welcome aboard Amtrak’s Empire Builder, the legendary route between Chicago and Seattle. Originally completed in 1893 by Great Northern Railway founder James J. Hill, the track runs 2,200 miles across the vast prairies and magnificent mountains of America’s Great Northwest. Produced by Emmy-winning producer and feature writer John Yeager, this extraordinary film features breathtaking views and spectacular aerial shots, plus great behind-the-scenes action shots of the train, engine room, cabins, and much more!

CHAPTER 2: THE CHAMA TURN Step back in time over forty years to the closing days of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, the last vestige of steam-powered narrow gauge lines. This incredible film, a time capsule of working freight operations from long past, features the Rio Grande route between Antonito and Chama, including the famed narrow gauge line between Durango and Silverton. Shot in spectacular color by noted railroad photographer Emery Gulash. Genre: Trains Label: Columbia River Ent DVD: CRG 500049 Price Code: D (SRP $6.99) Amaray

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ISBN 978-1-58710-022-2

AMERICA: THE WAR YEARS 1943–1945 FROM TUNIS TO TOKYO Approx run time: 2 hrs 30 min, B&W, NTSC. This set contains a monthly chronicle of world and national events from 1943–1945 as captured by original newsreel footage.

CHAPTER 1: 1943 1943 began with Allied armies advancing on all fronts. On the eastern front, Soviet forces celebrate the surrender of the German sixth army at Stalingrad. In the Pacific, US Marines finally secure Guadalcanal. Allied forces in North Africa decisively defeat Rommel’s Afrika Korp and accept their surrender in May. In October, Allied forces invade Italy. In the Pacific, US forces advance up the Solomon Islands chain and land in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands.

CHAPTER 2: 1944 1944 began with the Battle of Monte Cassino. Within months, Rome would be liberated and Allied troops would be landing on the beaches of Normandy. In the Pacific, US Forces conquer Saipan and begin the invasion of the Philippines. In December, Hitler gambles the last of his reserves on the Ardennes offensive. It fails as British and American forces beat back the German advance at the Battle of the Bulge.

CHAPTER 3: 1945 1945 sees Allied troops invading Nazi Germany. In May, Soviet forces capture Berlin. US Marines land on Iwo Jima. Okinawa falls. In August the US drops atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The horror of Nazi Germany is exposed as concentration camps are liberated. In the US, Franklin Roosevelt dies unexpectedly and is replaced by Harry Truman.

Genre: Military Label: Columbia River Ent DVD: CRG 500050 Price Code: D (SRP $6.99) Amaray

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Order Date: October 25, 2007

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ISBN 978-1-58710-000-0

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THE COMPLETE GARDENER 3-DVD SET Approx run time: 5 hrs 10 min, NTSC, Color. Jam-packed with easy-to-follow tips and expert advice for gardeners of every level! This informative 3-DVD set demonstrates how to create and maintain a beautiful garden year round, plus a host of money-saving, innovative tips for growing healthier plants and tackling many common garden problems.

DISC 1: THE COMPLETE GARDENER—PLANNING & MAINTENANCE Host Joe Maiden shows you all the skills needed to create a fantastic looking garden, including secrets to good garden design, choosing the right trees, and keeping your lawn green. Joe also gives useful advice on selecting cuttings, putting up fences and hedges, creating a pond, and much, much more.

DISC 2: THE COMPLETE GARDENER—ANNUALS & PERENNIALS Host Joe Maiden shows how to create and maintain a beautiful flower garden for year-round color, including tips on mixed borders, flower patios, heathers, and rock gardens. Joe also gives useful advice on growing roses, sweet peas, container gardening, and much, much more!

DISC 3: THE COMPLETE GARDENER—GREAT GARDENING TIPS Steve Brookes demonstrates a host of money-saving, innovative tips for growing healthier plants and tackling common garden problems. Bonus Feature: Plot-2-Pot, in which renowned celebrity chef Peter Osbourne shows how to grow edible crops regardless of the size of your plot, and cook up something wonderful in your pot.

Genre: Gardening Label: Columbia River Ent 3XDVD: CRG 350001 Price Code: 3C (SRP $17.97) Amaray w/ Slipcase

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DVD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING 3-DVD SET Approx run time: 5 hrs, NTSC, Color. Jam-packed with easy-to-follow tips and expert advice for gardeners of every level! With this informative 3-DVD set, hosts Peter Seabrook and Anne Swithinbank show everything you need to know about roses, garden plants, garden design, and how to renovate your garden!

DISC 1: DVD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ROSES Learn to plant bare root and container-grown rose bushes for long-term flowering, the right timing and correct techniques for pruning, the importance of fertilizers for plant growth and flowering, pest and disease control, and much more.

DISC 2: DVD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDEN PLANTS Learn how choose and care for your garden plants, including everything from planting and seeding to pruning and feeding. You will also find excellent advice on controlling major garden pests, how to provide color throughout the year, and much more.

DISC 3: DVD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDEN DESIGN & RENOVATION

Genre: Gardening Label: Columbia River Ent 3XDVD: CRG 350002 Price Code: 3C (SRP $17.97) Amaray w/ Slipcase

Learn how to turn a bare-earth plot into a lush, beautiful garden, including everything from planning and selecting the right tools to soil preparing, laying a new lawn, and planting. You will also find the best long-term approach to dealing with an overgrown garden.

ALSO AVAILABLE AS INDIVIDUAL DVDS! CRG 500062 (D) Garden Plants (723721107666) CRG 500063 (D) Roses (723721107765) • CRG 500064 (D) Garden Design and Renovation (723721107864) • •

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Order Date: October 25, 2007

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ALLEGRO WELCOMES LEARN BY DVD TO ITS ROSTER! Learn By DVD was founded with a simple mission: to produce interactive learning materials that will satisfy the demands of consumers hungry for a new way to learn. Titles cover a wide range of subjects, with something for every member of the family, from health and fitness to music and the arts. Our experts will take you through each subject, showing you exactly how it’s done—and afterwards, practice routines will ensure that your new skills become second nature!

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STEP BY STEP GUITAR

STEP BY STEP KEYBOARD

It’s time to put down that air guitar and pick up the real thing, because learning to play has never been so easy! Play along with professional recitalist and teacher Chris Vanhaverbeke as he goes through all of the fundamentals and introduces countless tips that every player should know. You’ll gain valuable experience as you play along with dedicated music tracks designed specifically for the aspiring guitar player.

The fast and easy way to learn to play keyboard and piano. Discover the joy of playing keyboard! Let Howard Lopez be your personal tour guide in the exploration of this wonderful instrument. Using the electronic keyboard, Lopez takes you from the basics of the keyboard layout to more advanced lessons and note reading. By the time you finish this DVD, you will be on your way to playing your first keyboard song.

CHAPTERS

Parts of the Guitar • Tuning the Guitar • Proper Hand Position • Strumming Technique • Chords and Progressions • Notes on the Fret Board

Keyboard Layout • Basic Notes • Semitones • Finger Exercises • Note Groupings • Song Play

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STEP BY STEP MAGIC

STEP BY STEP TEXAS HOLD‘EM POKER

Watch closely as Master Magician Steve Mayers shows you easy-toperform magic tricks that are guaranteed to entertain and amaze. With our step-by-step instructions, you’ll learn the age-old secrets of the world’s greatest magicians. Soon, you too will easily make objects float— even vanish—before your audiences’ eyes as you take your first steps behind the curtain in the world of magic!

A comprehensive guide to the immensely popular casino and home game. Whether you’re looking to beat your friends or win against experienced casino players, this DVD offers you the tools you’ll need. Analyzing sample hands with the use of animated graphics, Devin Armstrong takes you through the basics of the game and introduces proven strategies that will help you become a more successful player.

CHAPTERS

Coin & Card Tricks • Paper Magic • Rope Illusions • Napkin Tricks • Levitating Items • Mind Reading

Basics of the Game • Betting Strategies • Reading the Board • Positional Strategies • Reading Opponents • Advanced Quiz

62 Order Date: October 25, 2007

ON TOUR NOW! ON PAGE 3: THE PIZZARELLI BOYS Sunday at Pete’s CD: CHR 73259 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) UPC: 608917325928

EDDIE DANIELS Homecoming: Live at Iridium

WILLIE NELSON & DON CHERRY It’s Magic

2XCD: IPO 1012 Price Code: 2G (SRP $17.99) UPC: 822019010128

CD: DDR 705 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) UPC: 184878001038

10/4/07

* dates for Willie Nelson

* dates for John Pizzarelli

Detroit, MI – Wayne State University 10/18–22/07

10/11/07

10/06/07

New York, NY – Iridium

Helotes, TX – Floores County Store

11/9/07

10/12–13/07

Saint Louis, MO – Sheldon Concert Hall 10/12–13/07

Detroit, MI – Detroit Orchestra Hall

Syracuse, NY – Symphony Hall

Lake Charles, LA – L’auberge Du Lac 10/14/07

THE KINGSTON TRIO The Best of the Kingston Trio

College Station, TX – Big State Festival

10/25/07

Philadelphia, PA – Kimmel Center

2XCD: SWC 1088 Price Code: 2F (SRP $19.99) UPC: 787991108822

11/13–17/07

10/4–10/07

New York, NY – Birdland

Las Vegas, NV – Riverside Casino

11/29/07

10/11/07

Worcester, MA – Mechanics Hall

Madison, WI – Morgan Center

10/20/07

Long Beach, CA – Long Beach Arena 10/26–27/07

Edmonton, AB – Francis Winspear Centre 11/02/07

10/12/07

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Skokie, IL – North Shore Center

CD: PIE 25 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) UPC: 808713002522

Reno, NV – Grand Sierra Resort

10/13/07

North Myrtle Beach, SC – Alabama Theatre 10/29/07 11/16/07

Lancaster, CA – Lancaster PAC

10/19/07

Troy, NY – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 10/24/07

New York, NY – The Stone 12/13/07

New York, NY – The Stone 12/18/07

New York, NY – The Stone

CD: ANO 769690 Price Code: C (SRP $5.99) UPC: 723721207458 10/21/07

Galveston, TX – Grand Opera House 10/22–23/07

Little Rock, AR – Smith Hall 10/24–25/07

Sarasota, FL – Van Wezel PAC 10/26/07

Sarasota, FL – Holley Hall 11/1–2/07

Springfield, IL – Bloomington PAC 11/3/07

Springfield, IL – Sangamon Auditorium

Corpus Christi, TX – Concrete St Amphitheatre Monroe, LA – Civic Center 10/27/07

Dallas, TX – Smirnoff Music Center 11/1/07

Huntsville, AL – Von Braun Center Arena

VITAL INFORMATION Show ‘Em Where You Live CD: INU 33062 Price Code: I (SRP $10.99) UPC: 750447330627 10/6/07

Manchester, NH – Intl Drum Expo 11/6–7/07

CAPITOL STEPS Springtime for Liberals

Seattle, WA – Jazz Alley

CD: CTL 1027 Price Code: M (SRP $14.99) UPC: 095632102727

11/11/07

Ongoing

Washington DC – Ronald Reagan Building

DAVIDE CABASSI Dancing with the Orchestra

10/20/07

Ongoing

Lenox, MA – Cranwell Resort 10/6/07

Glen Allen, CA – Cultural Arts Center 10/6/07

Germantown, TN – Germantown PAC 10/7/07

St. Louis, MO – Sheldon Concert Hall

11/9/07

Ashland, OR – The Mobius Half Moon Bay, CA – Douglas Beach House 11/12/07

Santa Cruz, CA – Kuumbwa Jazz 11/13–14/07

Oakland, CA – Yoshi’s 11/15–18/07

Hollywood, CA – Catalina Bar & Grill

TAJ MAHAL World Blues

Gainesville, VA – Heritage Hunt Club

CD: MAY 250178 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) UPC: 5413992501786

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10/7/07

Joilet, IL – Rialto Square Theatre 10/12/07

Baton Rouge, LA – Manship Theatre 10/13/07

Denver, CO – Paramount Theatre 10/19/07

Richmond, IN – Earlham College 10/19/07

JESSICA WILLIAMS The Best of Jessica Williams On Jazz Focus V.1

Red Bank, NJ – Count Basie Theatre

CD: JFC 40 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) UPC: 623667213387

10/20/07

Lewisburg, PA – Bucknell University Toledo, OH – Valentine Theatre 10/26/07

10/5/07

Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theater

San Francisco, CA – Piedmont Piano Co.

10/26/07

10/6/07

Hanover, NH – Dartmouth College

Oakland, CA – Piedmont Piano Co.

10/27/07

10/25/07

Manchester, NH – Dana Humanities Center

Durham, NC – Duke University

10/27/07

Dallas, TX – House of Blues 11/8/07

Austin, TX – The Glen 11/10/07

New Orleans, LA – Tipitina’s 11/11/07

Birmingham, AL – Alys Stephens PAC 11/16–25/07

Seattle, WA – Jazz Alley 2/14/08

Raleigh, NC – Meymandi Concert Hall 2/15/08

Boone, NC – Farthing Auditorium 2/21/08

Ithaca, NY – Ithaca State Theatre 2/24/08

Ridgefield, CT – Ridgefield Playhouse

Madison, WI – Overture Center for the Arts 11/1/07

Wenatchee, WA – PAC of Wenatchee 11/2/07

Bellingham, WA – Mount Baker Theatre 11/3/07

Albany, NY – The Egg

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