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August 2008 Release Date: August 12, 2008 A division of Allegro Media Group

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allegro Classical News ALLEGRO CLASSICAL WELCOMES BERLIN CLASSICS, CLARION, and OMAC RECORDS

Contents Uri Caine Bach iPod

p. 3 p. 16–17

New Labels Clarion OMAC Records Berlin Classics

p. 4 p. 5 p. 6–9

Label List Albion Alpha Ancalagon Records Arte Nova Classics Arte Verum Bel Canto Society Berlin Classics Bravissimo Opera Library CAvi-music Cedille Records Challenge Classics Clarion Classica d’Oro Col legno Cold Blue Music CORO DiscMedi Doremi Eclectra Records Ecstatic Records Endeavour Classics FineLine Classical Fuga Libera GB Records GM Recordings Gothic Records hänssler Classic Integra Records UK Landor Records

Loft Recordings Lyrita MA Recordings Meridian Records Metronome Records Moscow Studio Archives Nimbus Records Nuova Era OMAC Records Opera d’Oro Other Minds Palexa Records Paradizo Port Royal Quartz Records Quilisma Rubedo Canis Musica (RCM) Reference Recordings ReZound Ricercar Stradivarius Summit Records Tactus Toccata Classics Urtext Digital Classics Well-Tempered Productions Winter & Winter Zig-Zag Territoires

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erlin Classics is a treasure trove of important recordings: significant historical contributions from the musical centers of Leipzig, Dresden, and Berlin as well as momentous new recordings featuring both established performers and eager new artists.

In 1 9 4 6 , Soviet authorities issued a license to the record company to record and sell records using the imprint “Lied der Zeit.” After this was transformed into the state-owned V E B Deutsche Schallplatten, the E T E R NA label became a state monopoly for classical music in the former German Democratic Republic. In 1 9 9 0 , after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the company privatized.

As the successor to E T E R NA , edel Classics today owns a back catalog that is the finest documentation of musical life in East Germany since 1 9 4 5 . In addition to Berlin, the central regions of Saxony, Saxe-Anhalt, and Thuringia have been world-renowned cultural centers for centuries. These splendid recordings feature internationally acclaimed soloists, choirs, orchestras, and conductors.

Jessye Norman, Peter Schreier, Kurt Masur, Eugen Jochum, Dietrich FischerDieskau, Ludwig Güttler, Herbert Blomstedt, Kurt Sanderling, the State Orchestras of Dresden and Berlin, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Dresden Philharmonic, the Radio Choirs of Leipzig and Berlin, the Choir of the Dresden Kreuzkirche, and St Thomas’s Choir Leipzig are just a few of the artists and ensembles that have contributed to this wealth of well over 2, 000 catalog entries.

At the same time, established stars like Emma Kirkby, Christiane Oelze, Lynne Dawson, Ruth Ziesak, Sharon Kam, Ragna Schirmer, Sebastian Knauer, Jens Peter Maintz, Thomas Zehetmair, Heinrich Schiff, Ludwig Güttler, and Concerto Köln have recorded, and continue to do so, with edel Classics.

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M AC Records is the record label of Grammy-winning violinist and

composer Mark O’Connor, who has collaborated with artists and composers such as Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, John Williams, and Stephane Grappelli. O’Connor released several albums with Sony Classical before founding O M AC in 2 0 0 4 .

“Master instrumentalist and Nashville session veteran Mark O’Connor’s list of awards and credentials is longer than his fiddle bow. A child prodigy turned adult virtuoso, he’s an innovator in both performance and composition, bridging the gap between country and classical.” — Los Angeles Times

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larion is American choral music! Features the highest caliber mixed choirs such as VocalEssence directed by Philip Brunelle (heard often on Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion), Conspirare directed by Craig Hella Johnson (nominated for two Grammy Awards), the Sante Fe Desert Chorale directed by Linda Mack, the Apollo Chorus of Chicago directed by Stephen Alltop, the Los Angeles Chamber Singers, the Bach Choir of Pittsburgh, and many more.

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Release Date: August 12, 2008

Winter & Winter

Uri Caine Ensemble The Othello Syndrome Cat # WTR 135 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Smartpak; Box Lot 20 Not Available In Canada

Uri Caine Ensemble CAINE (after Verdi): The Othello Syndrome In the last decade, no other artist has influenced the development of classical music and jazz in such a way as Uri Caine. His adaptations and re-compositions of classical works have found enthusiastic acceptance throughout the world, and he is celebrated for these eclectic and inventive interpretations.

Here, Uri Caine continues his series of adaptations with Verdi’s Otello. For the first time, Caine arranges a dramatic work with a mixture of stage and concert elements. Verdi’s operatic story is the central thread through the composition, but Caine equally cites from Shakespeare’s original play. Arias are juxtaposed with R&B elements, bebop, and electronic sounds, but Verdi’s famous melodies never lose their authenticity.

also available Uri Caine The Classical Variations Cat # WTR 145 Price Code: S Not Available In Canada

Uri Caine The Goldberg Variations (2 CDs) Cat # WTR 54 Price Code: 2M Not Available In Canada

Uri Caine Diabelli Variations Cat # WTR 86 Price Code: S Not Available In Canada

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Clarion

Release Release Date: Date: August August 12,12, 2008 2008 Santa Fe Desert Chorale Linda Mack: conductor John David EARNEST: The First Day • Z. Randall STROOPE: The Conversion of Saul • Kirke MECHEM: The World Is Too Much With Us • Judith CLOUD: Words from an Artist’s Palette • Bradley ELLINGBOE: He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven • Daniel GAWTHROP: There Is Sweet Music • Robert H. YOUNG: How Sweet the Moonlight Sleeps • TRAD. (Ballard, arr. Mack/Mann): Paiute Lullaby • Frank FERKO: O Salutaris Hostia • TRAD. (arr. Hyökki): On suuri sun rantas autius • Emile DESAMOURS: Alélouya Front Cover Sticker: 5 World Premiere Recordings!

“This largely 20th-century program runs the gamut of passion for God, country, love, and life itself … superb abundance of technique on the part of the ensemble. Recommended.” — Fanfare

Santa Fe Desert Chorale

This special 25th anniversary recording of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, captured during the 2006 and 2007 summer seasons, includes new and recent choral works and features five world premiere recordings.

First Day: Highlights of 2006–2007 Cat # CLO 933 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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Loft Recordings Jonathan Dimmock: organ SWEELINCK: Variations on “Allein Gott in der Höh sei Her” • Onder een linde groen • Fantasia (Ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la) • Variations on “Mein junges Leben hat ein End” • Fantasia chromatica • Erbarme dich mein, o Herre Gott • Balletto del granducca • Des boosdoenders wille seer quaet • Paduana Lachrimae • Echo Fantasia • Herzlich lieb had ich dich, o Herr • Psalm 23 • Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gemein • SCHEIDEMANN: Paduana Lachrymae (after J. Dowland) • Galliarda ex D • BYRD: The Woods so Wilde • VAN SOLDT: Sel. from The Susanna van Soldt Notebook

Jan Pieterszoon SWEELINCK

Master of the Dutch Renaissance (2 CD s) Cat # LOF 1106 Price Code: 2P (SRP $31.99) Double Slimline; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

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Jonathan Dimmock plays the keyboard works of Dutch Renaissance composer Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck on mean-tone organs in Holland and Sweden. This recording uses two historic organs in Holland, including two of the oldest organs in the Netherlands. For larger scale works, Dimmock plays the massive North German organ in Gothenburg, Sweden. All of the organs are tuned in mean-tone temperament, which reveals much of the music’s original character. Jonathan Dimmock is a star in the organ world, with recognized recordings and performances of early music and contemporary works. A Grammy nominee who has performed on over 30 CDs, Dimmock is also the first and only American to have served as Organ Scholar at Westminster Abbey.

Release Date: August 12, 2008

OMAC Records

Mark O’CONNOR

Double Violin Concerto Cat # OMC 8 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case: Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

Mark O’Connor: violin Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg: violin John Jarvis: piano Bryan Sutton: guitar, mandolin Colorado Symphony Orchestra Marin Alsop: music director laureate O’CONNOR: Double Violin Concerto • Appalachia Waltz • Johnny Appleseed Suite • Amazing Grace (arr. O’Connor/Meyer) “A double violin concerto that prompted the kind of mid-performance applause usually heard in a jazz club.” — Chicago Sun-Times “A work that leaps, sighs, and bounces with unstoppable energy.” — Rocky Mountain News Double Violin Concerto, composed in 1997, is Mark O’Connor’s third symphonic concerto for violin. Other than the obvious difference of having two violins featured in this concerto, O’Connor also makes a stylistic departure from the first two pieces. Where previously he concentrated on bringing the folk fiddling traditions of America and Ireland to the symphonic setting, here he utilized some of the most important musical inspirations he absorbed as a child: blues and jazz. The CD also features O’Connor’s much-loved “Appalachia Waltz,” the “Johnny Appleseed Suite,” (featuring Bryan Sutton on guitar and John Jarvis on piano), and a beautiful rendition of “Amazing Grace.”

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Berlin Classics

Release Date: August 12, 2008

Cat # BER 16322 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Digipak: Box Lot 25

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Joseph HAYDN

Carl Maria von WEBER

Jens Peter Maintz: cello, conductor/German Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Bremen/Dávid Adorján: cello

Siegfried Vogel, Nicolai Gedda, Jessye Norman, Tom Krause, Rita Hunter, Renaqte Krahmer, Haral Neukirch: vocal soloists/Leipzig Radio Choir/Dresden Staatskapelle/Marek Janowski: conductor

Cello Concertos

Euryanthe (3 CD s)

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Richard WAGNER

Franz LISZT

Theo Adam, René Kollo, Reid Bunger, Gisela Schröter, Horst Gebhardt, Hermann Christian Polster, Elisabeth Breul: vocal soloists/ Leipzig Radio Choir/Berlin Radio Choir/Leipzig St. Thomas Choir/ Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra/Herbert Kegel: conductor

Ruth Ziesak: soprano/Gerold Huber: piano

Parsifal (3 CD s)

Lieder

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Joseph HAYDN

Joseph HAYDN

Ragna Schirmer: piano

Klenke Quartet/Annegret Klenke, Beate Hartmann: violins/ Yvonne Uhlemann: viola/Ruth Kaltenhäuser: cello

Haydn Revisited (2 CD s)

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The Seven Last Words

Release Date: August 12, 2008

Berlin Classics

Cat # BER 184372 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Digipak; Box Lot 25

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Peter Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY

J.S. BACH

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra/Heinz Rögner: conductor

Edith Mathis, Peter Schreier, Siegfried Lorenz: vocal soloists/ Berlin Soloists/Berlin Chamber Orchestra

Swan Lake Highlights

Secular Cantatas (8 CD s)

Cat # BER 184212 Price Code: 8D (SRP $55.99) Box Set: Box Lot 10

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J.S. BACH

Giovanni Pierluigi da PALESTRINA

Peter Schreier, Hermann Christian Polster: vocal soloists/New Bach Collegium, Leipzig/St. Thomas Choir, Leipzig/HansJoachim Rotzsch: conductor

Delitiae Musicae/Le Instituzioni Harmoniche/Marco Longhini: director/De Labyrintho/Walter Testolin: director/and more

Sacred Cantatas (11 CD s)

La Cappella Sistina: Eternal Music in the Sistine Chapel

Cat # BER 184192 Price Code: 7D (SRP $48.99) Box Set; Box Lot 10

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Giuseppe VERDI

J.S. BACH

Leipzig Radio Choir/Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra/ Giuseppe Patané: conductor

Peter Schreier, Christoph Genz, Christiane Oelze, Annette Markert: vocal soloists/Halle Madrigal Singers/Virtuosi Saxoniae/Ludwig Güttler: conductor

Requiem (2 CD s)

The Great Sacred Works (10 CD s)

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Berlin Classics

Release Date: August 12, 2008

Cat # BER 184252 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Double Slimline with O-Card; Box Lot 25

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J.S. BACH

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Peter Schreier: tenor/Berlin Symphony Orchestra/Kurt Sanderling: conductor/E. Power Biggs: organ/Berlin Chamber Orchestra/Herlmut Koch: conductor/Thomas Zehetmair: violin

Theo Adam: bass/Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Franz Konwitschny: conductor/Peter Rösel: piano/Berlin Symphony Orchestra/Claus Peter Flor: conductor

Greatest Works (2 CD s)

Greatest Works (2 CD s)

Cat # BER 184272 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Double Slimline with O-Card; Box Lot 25

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Johannes BRAHMS

Frédéric CHOPIN

Peter Rösel, Cécile Ousset: pianos/Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Vaclav Neumann: conductor/Berlin Symphony Orchestra/Günther Herbig: conductor

Annerose Schmidt, Andreas Pistorius, Elfrun Gabriel: pianos/ Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Kurt Masur: conductor

Greatest Works (2 CD s)

Greatest Works (2 CD s)

Cat # BER 184292 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Double Slimline with O-Card; Box Lot 25

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George Frederic HANDEL

Joseph HAYDN

Peter Schreier, John Mark Ainsley: tenors/Gundula Janowitz, Christiane Oelze: sopranos/Berlin Chamber Orchestra/Dietrich Knothe: conductor/Early Music Academy, Berlin/Marcus Creed: conductor

Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra/Gunther Herbig: conductor/ Dresden Philharmonic/Berlin Chamber Orchestra/Helmut Koch: conductor/Dresden Staatskapelle/Otmar Suitner: conductor/Rosamunde Quartet/Brahms Trio

Greatest Works (2 CD s)

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Greatest Works(2 CD s)

Release Date: August 12, 2008

Berlin Classics

Cat # BER 184312 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Double Slimline with O-Card; Box Lot 25

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Felix MENDELSSOHN

W.A. MOZART

Valentin Gheorghiu: piano/Berlin Staatskapelle/Günther Herbig: conductor/Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Kurt Masur: conductor/Gustav Schmahl: violin/Berlin Chamber Orchestra/ Helmut Koch: conductor

Annerose Schmidt: piano/Dresden Philharmonic/Kurt Masur: conductor/Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra/Max Pommer: conductor/Dresden Staatskapelle/Otmar Suitner: conductor

Greatest Works (2 CD s)

Greatest Works (2 CD s)

Cat # BER 184332 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Double Slimline with O-Card; Box Lot 25

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Franz SCHUBERT

Robert SCHUMANN

Dresden Staatskapelle Orchestra/Willi Boskovsky: conductor/ Peter Schreier: tenor/Max Lorenz: bass/Arlene Augér, Christiane Oelze: sopranos/Siegfried Lorenz: baritone/Norman Shetler, Eric Schneider, Walter Olbertz: pianos

Peter Schreier: tenor/Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Kurt Masur, Franz Konwitschny: conductors/Peter Rösel, Norman Shetler, Rolf-Dieter Arens: pianos

Greatest Works (2 CD s)

Greatest Works (2 CD s)

Cat # BER 184352 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Double Slimline with O-Card; Box Lot 25

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Peter Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY

Antonio VIVALDI

Dresden Staatskapelle Orchestra/Kurt Sanderling: conductor/ Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Kurt Masur: conductor/Peter Rösel: piano

Camerata Bern/Thomas Zehetmair: violin, conductor/Berlin Chamber Orchestra/Helmut Koch: conductor/Peter Schreier: tenor

Greatest Works (2 CD s)

Greatest Works (2 CD s)

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Lyrita

Release Date: August 12, 2008

Sir Edward ELGAR Falstaff

New Philharmonia Orchestra/Andrew Davis: conductor ELGAR: Falstaff, Symphonic Study, Op.68 • Enigma, Variations on an Original Theme, Op.36 • Pomp and Circumstance March No. 5 in C, Op. 39 Legendary performances on CD for the first time.

Cat # LYR 301 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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Nicholas MAW Sinfonia

English Chamber Orchestra/Norman Del Mar: conductor/Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/ Philip Jones, Elgar Howarth: trumpets/Ifor James: horn/John Iveson: trombone/John Fletcher: tuba MAW: Sinfonia • ADDISON: Divertimento for Brass Quartet, Op. 9 • GARDNER: Theme & Variations for Brass Quartet, Op. • DODGSON: Sonata for Brass Quintet Legendary performances on CD for the first time.

Cat # LYR 307 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case: Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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John IRELAND

Piano Music ( 3 CD s) Alan Rowlands: piano IRELAND: London Pieces • Greenways—Three Lyric Pieces • Sonatina • Soliloquy • On a Birthday Morning • Equinox • Sarnia—An Island Sequence • Two Pieces • Ballade • Two Pieces • Piano Sonata • The Towing-Path • The Darkened Valley • Rhapsody • Month’s Mind • Decorations • Two Pieces • In those Days • Four Preludes • The Almond Trees • Summer Evening • Prelude in E-flat • Columbine • Merry Andrew • Three Pastels • Spring will not wait • Ballade of London Nights • Sea Idyll Legendary performances from the RCS Mono series.

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MusicMasters

Release Date: August 12, 2008

Cat # NIM 2512 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Alan HOVHANESS

Johannes BRAHMS

Keith Jarrett: piano/American Composers Orchestra/Dennis Russell Davies: conductor

Oscar Shumsky: viola/Leonid Hambro: piano

Symphony No. 2

Violin & Viola Sonatas (2 CDs)

HOVHANESS: Symphony No. 2, Op 132 “Mysterious Mountain” • Lousadzak, Op. 48 • HARRISON: Symphony No. 2 “Elegiac” This disc unites works by two distinctly original American composers who, while maintaining their own identities, share many similarities.

BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G, Op. 78 • Violin Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 100 • Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 • Viola Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1 • Viola Sonata No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 120, No. 2 Johannes Brahms’ Opp. 78, 100, and 108 form the quintessence of the Romantic violin sonata, comprising works flawless in form, balance, and sentiment yet distinct in personality.

Nimbus Records

Cat # NIM 5821 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Cat # NIM 7951 Price Code: E (SRP $7.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Egon WELLESZ

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String Quartets

Artis Quartet, Vienna/Peter Schuhmayer, Johannes Meissl: violins/Herbert Kefer: viola/Othmar Müller: cello WELLESZ: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 25 (1918—rev. Heher) • String Quartet No. 4, Op. 28 (1920) • String Quartet No. 6, Op. 64 (1947) In 1997 the Artis Quartet was awarded the Alexander Zemlinsky Award, beginning a close cooperation with Nimbus Records. Their first project, the complete Zemlinsky String Quartets, immediately gained outstanding recognition from international critics, including the Diapason d’Or.

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Igor Gorin

Igor Gorin, Vol. 2 Igor Gorin: bass/various accompanists Arias from Il barbiere di Siviglia, La traviata, Un ballo in maschera, Tannhäuser, Hérodiade, & Pagliacci • MUSSORGSKY: The Nursery • SHOSTAKOVICH: Song of the United Nations • MALOTTE: Song of the Open Road • The Lord’s Prayer • SPEAKS: Sylvia • SIECZYNSKI: Vienna, City of My Dreams • SEAVER: Just for Today • J.S. BACH: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring • CLARKHALL: The Blind Ploughman • DENZA: Had You But Known Contains items from Gorin’s most popular repertoire.

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Zig-Zag Territoires

Release Date: August 12, 2008 Florent Héau: clarinet Manfred Quartet Marie Béreau, Luigi Vecchioni: violins Vinciane Béranger: viola Christian Wolff: cello MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A, K.581 • 3 Clarinet Quartets, K.378, K.380 & K.496 (tr. from violin sonatas and a divertimento) A very intimate version of the clarinet quintet. Two transcriptions of the sonatas for violin/piano edited by the musicians.

W.A. MOZART Clarinet Quintet

Cat # ZIG 80503 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

Marcel PÉRÈS Contemplation

Marcel Pérès: organ PÉRÈS: L’aube de la nuit • Les lueurs de la paix • Héliopolis • Le gouvernail de l’orient • Le faucon d’or • Le passage • L’ancien des jours A very special recording of pieces created by Marcel Pérès upon contemplation of the ancient Egyptian Book of Death. As a phonic icon, Pérès’s work constructs an inward itinerary. The geometry of sounds crafts the darkness, enunciating the architecture of night, the sparks of silence, and the harmonics of light on the threshold of boundless time.

Cat # ZIG 80601 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

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Release Date: August 12, 2008

Challenge Classics

Miriam Meyer, Bettina Pahn, Johannette Zomer: sopranos Bogna Bartosz, Patrick van Goethem, Hugo Naessens: altos Jörg Dürmüller, Andreas Karasiak: tenors Donald Bentvelsen, Klaus Mertens: basses Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir Ton Koopman: conductor BUXTEHUDE: 16 vocal & choral pieces This double album demonstrates Buxtehude’s versatility in the composition of vocal works—outside the large scale dimension of the vanished “Abendmusiker”—for an organist of his time, a yet unprecedented activity. also available Dieterich BUXTEHUDE Complete Works, Vol. 6 (2 CDs) Cat # CHR 72245 Price Code: 2Q Not Available In Canada

Dieterich BUXTEHUDE

Complete Works, Vol. 7: Vocal Works 3 (2 CDs)

Dieterich BUXTEHUDE Complete Works, Vol. 5 (2 CDs) Cat # CHR 72244 Price Code: 2Q

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Other Minds Del Sol String Quartet KUI DONG: Spring, from Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter • CHINARY UNG: Spiral X: “In Memoriam” for amplified string quartet • JACK BODY: Epicycle “In a Bay Area music scene crammed full of resolute, relentless eclectics, the Del Sol Quartet stands out less for packing bewilderingly various elements into its programs than for doing it with such ease and stylishness.”

— San Francisco Classical Voice An essential compilation of contemporary string quartets in brilliant sound from Skywalker Studios. Twenty-page full color booklet with 16 illustrations and complete program notes by Charles Amirkhanian.

Del Sol String Quartet

also available George ANTHEIL The Complete Works for String Quartet Cat # OTM 1008 Price Code: R Not Available In Canada

Ring of Fire: Music of the Pacific Rim Cat # OTM 1016 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 World Premiere Recordings

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CAvi-music

Release Date: August 12, 2008 Marc-André Hamelin, Herbert Schuch, Alexander Lonquich: pianos Dortmund Concert House Choral Academy Duisberg Philharmonic Orchestra Bochum Symphony Orchestra Jonathan Darlington, Steven Sloane: conductors BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture • Fantasy for piano, chorus & orchestra, Op. 80 • Piano Sonata No. 29 • GLUCK: Dance of the Furies from Orfeo ed Euridice • SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No. 5 • R. STRAUSS: Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome • LISZT: Totentanz, for piano & orchestra “Special highlights were Hamelin’s performances of the Saint-Saëns No. 5 and Liszt’s Totentanz … very fast and virtuoso, but extreme musically.”

— Fono Forum Two major concerto & symphonic live events from last year’s greatest piano festival around Beethoven. High orchestral quality and listening enjoyment.

BEETHOVEN/LISZT/SAINT-SAËNS Ruhr Piano Festival 2007 (2 CDs) Cat # AVI 8553119 Price Code: 2Q (SRP $31.99) Box Set; Box Lot 14 Not Available In Canada

also available W.A. MOZART Variations & New Piano Music (3 CDs) Cat # AVI 8553067 Price Code: 3N

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Antje Weithaas: violin Silke Avenhaus: piano BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G, Op. 78 • Violin Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 100 • Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 • Scherzo WoO2 “A forceful, coherent statement and one of the most convincing new recordings of these sonatas.” — Fono Forum Extremely musical, optimal teamwork and outstanding playing. See Brahms’ well known sonatas in a new musical light! Antje Weithaas is not only a fantastic virtuoso, but also one of today’s most acclaimed chamber musicians, and Silke Avenhaus is a congenial piano partner on the same wavelength.

Johannes BRAHMS Violin Sonatas

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CAvi-music

Release Date: August 12, 2008

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Lars Vogt: piano SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in B-flat, D.960 • 3 Klavierstücke, D.946 “There was plenty of time for fireworks and, as it turned out, the wait wasn’t long. After a Menuetto that was only slightly less reserved than the first movement, he played the closing Rondo Alla Turca at a breathless clip and with a breadth of dynamics that swept away any notion that his earlier restraint had been meant to evoke the relative delicacy of the fortepiano. This was modern pianism at full throttle, with Mozart in the headlights.” — New York Times, live performance review “Vogt’s fingers never failed, and at the end we would happily have stayed silent for as long as he kept his hands poised, motionless, over the keys.” — The Independent, live performance review The world’s saddest music is an eruption of emotions, profound thoughts, and tranquility. One of the world’s musical cornerstones! An exceptional coupling of works composed within the last two months of Schubert’s life. also available Franz SCHUBERT Piano Trio No. 2 Cat # AVI 8553044 Price Code: Q Not Available In Canada

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Recent Rave Reviews

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This performance boasts “playing as warm in tone as they are serious in approach.” Sinfonia Classica has “cleverly partnered with the deeply experienced Süssmuth for a Haydn album to savor.” — Gramophone July 2008 Editor’s Choice Review

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“This is technically challenging music and requires a player of Vittorio Ghielmi’s agile expertise to bring it off, a feat which he manages in vigorous style, robustly supported by his brother … this is vibrant and urgently lyrical playing, possessed of a degree of personality.” — Gramophone July 2008

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“There’s something of the art that conceals art about these performances … There are riches to be mined and they repay longer acquaintance. As with much of Immerseel’s work, you are left with the words ‘life-affirming.’” — Gramophone June 2008 Editor’s Choice Review

“These performances of the Masses match any of the handful of current recordings, and it’s the now-familiar ‘Koopman spirit,’ that irrepressible exuberance and imagination, which confirms his latest venture as [the] Magnificat benchmark.” — BBC Music Magazine June 2008 Disc of the Month (HH H H H )

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Bax fans can “revisit classic accounts of the Second and Fifth symphonies, conducted by Myer Fredman and Raymond Leppard respectively. Lyrita has remastered them so that the Fifth especially shines anew.” — Gramophone June 2008 Editor’s Choice Reissue of the Month

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“Prégardien brings [an] ever new revelation to the songs …

Prégardien and Gees give time and space for every nuance and rhythmic pulse in the emotional life of the lovelorn miller’s apprentice.” — BBC Music magazine June 2008 (H H H HH )

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“These are performances of remarkable freshness and spontaneity.

The Elgar Sonata especially is beautifully done, at once mercurial and intimate, as if Siem is plucking the music straight from the air … Clearly he’s a player of remarkable promise.”

— BBC Music magazine June 2008 (H H H H H)

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“This is one of the most remarkable Donizetti productions of the 20th century … the quality of the singing is superb: no cast has ever fit so well together as this one … The Orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino is led by a serious and inspired Gianandrea Gavazzeni—a conductor who understands his job very well.” — Fanfare May/June 2008

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“From the explosive opening of the F-minor Sonata it [is] clear that Le Sage [understands] the volatility and impetuosity of Schumann’s music. His high-voltage performances demonstrate a natural proclivity for it, and one is swept away by their unfettered passion.” — American Record Guide May/June 2008

Recent Rave Reviews

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“Anyone interested in a new experience in large-scale orchestral music should investigate these striking and personal pieces … this Lyrita recording has no peer in terms of performance and sound in addition to the ideal coupling of Bridge’s two most challenging orchestral works.” — Fanfare May/June 2008

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“Lorraine McAslan is a first-rate violinist and a great champion of high-quality lesser known 20th century British music. My hope is that through this very fine recording, Coleridge-Taylor’s music will find its way to concert programs.” — American Record Guide May/June 2008

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“Its level of intensity, even wildness, accentuates the plot’s melodramatic qualities and makes it hugely compelling.”

— All Music Guide (HH H H 1/2)

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hänssler CLASSIC

Release Date: August 12, 2008 Peter Bruns: cello Annegret Kuttner: piano WIDOR: Suite, Op. 21 • Cello Sonata, Op. 80 • VIERNE: Cello Sonata, Op. 27 Unknown and rarely performed chamber music by two of the great French masters of the organ. The chamber works on this disc show the richness of each composer’s imagination and point out the extreme contrasts between these two generations of French virtuoso organists. The first disc in a series dedicated to exploring rarities of French chamber music.

Charles-Marie WIDOR

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David Geringas: cello Dmitry Sitkovetsky: violin Kalle Randalu: piano VASKS: Gr¯amata cˇ ellam • Partita • Episodi e canto perpetuo Latvian composer P¯eteris Vasks has established himself over the past couple of decades as one of the leading exponents of the “new spirituality” in music, joining other composers such as John Tavener, Arvo Pärt, and Giya Kancheli in writing deceptively simple, emotionally direct music. This is a valuable addition to the modern chamber music repertoire!

Peteris VASKS Works for Cello

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Stradivarius

Release Date: August 12, 2008

Miguel LLOBET

Humoresque: Transcriptions for 2 Guitars Stefano Grondona, Lucia Mondiello: guitars ALBÉNIZ (tr. Llobet): Castilla • Evocación • Bajo la Palmera • Rumores de la Caleta • GRANADOS (tr. Llobet): Danzas españolas Nos. 6 & 11 • LOPEZ-CHAVARRI (tr. Llobet): Leyenda del castilo Moro • VILLA-LOBOS (tr. Llobet): Theresinha de Jesus • TORRES (tr. Llobet): Berceuse • DE ROGATIS (tr. Llobet): Chacarera • DAQUIN (tr. Llobet): Le Coucou • MOZART (tr. Llobet): Minuetto • BEETHOVEN (tr. Llobet): Minuetto • BRAHMS (tr. Llobet): Hungarian Dance No. 5 • MENDELSSOHN (tr. Llobet): Songs without Words, Nos. 20 & 25 • TCHAIKOVSKY (tr. Llobet): Humoresque, Op. 10, No. 2 Cat # STV 33815 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 37

The seventh release by Stefano Grondona on Stradivarius is also the last volume of the complete works of Miguel Llobet. Grondona is one of the most important contemporary guitarists. He has won several awards including a Gramophone Editor’s Choice for his last release, Respuesta.

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Giacinto SCELSI Collection Vol. 4 Donna Amato: piano SCELSI: Rotative • 12 Preludi • Variazioni e fuga • Capriccio • 4 poemi A well-known American pianist, specializing in mystic music, performs the music of a young Scelsi. The third installment in a successful series.

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Christoph GRAUPNER Suite of Suites

Antichi Strumenti Ensemble/Tobias Bonz, Laura Toffetti: directors GRAUPNER: Ouverture in D, GWV 420 • Ouverture, GWV 421 World premiere recordings of major Baroque orchestral works.

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Alpha

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J.S. BACH

Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue Yves Rechsteiner: harpsichord Cat # APH 27 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Not Available In Canada

J.S. BACH: Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue, BWV 903 • Keyboard Sonata No. 4 in E minor, BWV 528 • Violin Sonata No. 1, BWV 1001 (tr. harpsichord) • Toccata in D, BWV 912 • Sonata No. 6 in G, BWV 530 • Chaconne from Partita, BWV 1004 • Adagio (Toccata, BWV 564)

J.S. BACH

Inventions & Sinfonias

Elisabeth Joyé: harpsichord Cat # APH 34 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99)

J.S. BACH: Inventions Nos. 1–15, BWV 772–786 • Sinfonias Nos. 1–15, BWV 787–801

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J.S. BACH

Six Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord (2 CDs)

Pablo Valetti: violin/Céline Frisch: harpsichord Cat # APH 60 Price Code: 2N (SRP $25.99)

J.S. BACH: Sonatas No. 1–6 for Violin & Harpsichord, BWV 1014–1019

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J.S. BACH

Six Solo Violin Sonatas, Vol. 1

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J.S. BACH

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J.S. BACH: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I

Release Date: August 12, 2008

Alpha

Joseph HAYDN

Trios for Nicolaus Esterhazy Rincontro/Pablo Valetti: violin/Patricia Gagnon: viola/Petr Skalka: cello HAYDN: Trios 14, 59, 80, 85, 96 & 97 • Adagio in D Grouping the leading musicians of Café Zimmermann, Rincontro attracted attention with a first disc devoted to Franz Xavier Richter’s quartets. Here, the ensemble takes the form of a trio to address music by Josef Haydn.

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Ensemble Faenza

L’Astrée: Music Inspired by Honoré d’Urfé’s Novel Ensemble Faenza/Marco Horvat: conductor, singer, lute 34 short selections by Honoré d’Urfé, Robert Ballard, Antoine Boesset, Etienne Moulinié, Ennemond Gautier “le Vieux,” Jean Boyer, René Mésangeau, Johachim Thibaut de Courville, Louis de Rigaud, Jean-Henry d’Anglebert, Nicolas le Vavasseur, Guillaume Michel, François Dufaut, Jehan Chardavoine & Pierre Guédron On the occasion of an international university symposium gathered in Paris in 2007, the Faenza Ensemble reconstituted the musical environment of l’Astrée, the subject of this disc, recorded on the site of Honoré d’Urfé’s castle, where the novel was created.

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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 6

Arthur Schoonderwoerd: piano, conductor/Cristofori Ensemble/Luigi de Filippi, Attilio Motzo: violins/Michel Renard, Anfisa Kalinina: violas/François Michel: cello BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 • Piano Concerto No. 6 in D minor, Op. 61a (tr. of Violin Concerto) The first volume of this series disturbed common wisdom and gave tremendous pleasure to music lovers who discovered unknown riches in a work they thought they knew. As Eric Taver (Le Monde de la Musique) said, “Beware, this is a radical experience!”

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Fuga Libera

Release Date: August 12, 2008

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W.A. MOZART

Alexander ALYABIEV

Boyan Vodenitcharov: piano

Musica Viva/Alexander Rudin: conductor

MOZART: Piano Sonata, KV 300h (330) • Piano Sonata, KV 570 • Adagio in B minor, KV 540 • Piano Sonata, KV 576

ALYABIEV: Overture and Incidental Music from the ballet The Magic Drum • Three Tens Overture • Young Mother and the 48-Year-Old Fiancé Overture • The Apostate Overture • Morning and Evening Overture • Symphony No. 3 in E minor • Variations on the Russian Theme “Cossack Went Beyond the Danube” • The Tempest—Symphonic Picture

3 Piano Sonatas

The Magic Drum

Bulgarian pianist Boyan Vodenitcharov is a laureate of the Queen Elisabeth and Busoni competitions; a composer, improviser, pianist, and fortepianist. He is a regular partner of Steve Houben, Rya Terakado, and Sonia Wieder-Atherton, and is simply spectacular in these interpretations, which are spicy, serene, and yet delightfully fruity.

Alexander Alyabiev is beyond any doubt the greatest Russian musician of his generation.

Ricercar

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Lambert de SAYVE

Alexandre GUILMANT

La Fenice/Namur Chamber Choir/Jean Tubéry: conductor

Joris Verdin: organ

DE SAYVE: Messe de sacre de l’empereur Matthias

GUILMANT: Septième Sonate, Op. 89 • Marche funèbre et Chant séraphique, Op. 17 • Allegretto in B minor, Op. 19 • Impression grégorienne • Stabat Mater dolorosa, Op. 65 • Mélodie • SAINTSAËNS (tr. Guilmant): Le Cygne from Carnival of the Animals

Mass for the Consecration of Emperor Matthias

A beautiful reconstruction of de Sayve’s music composed for the Archduke Matthias in 1612. These motets are associated with the Missa super Dominus Regnavit for four choirs, and form the basis for the reconstruction of the office of Matthias’ coronation.

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Organ Works

Alexandre Guilmant was a French organist who was active in the period when the orgue symphonique was popular, one who was able to avoid the accepted traditions of the time, and the influence of César Franck and his school in particular.

Col legno

Release Date: August 12, 2008

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Patricia Kopatchinskaja

Clemens GADENSTÄTTER

Patricia Kopatchinskaja: violin/Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra/Stefan Asbury, Johannes Kalitzke, Bertran de Billy: conductors

Florian Müller: piano/Gerald Preinfalk: saxophone/Lukas Schiske: percussion/Peter Böhm: sound projection

Violin Concertos

Gerhard KÜHR: Movimenti for violin & orchestra (2006) • Gerald RESCH: Schlieren for violin & orchestra (2005) • Otto M. ZYKAN: Da drunten im Tale—concerto for violin & orchestra (2004) Three Austrian composers representing three generations have dedicated their concerts for violin to Kopatchinskaja, presented on this CD by the Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna.

Akkor(d/t)anz; Songbook # 0–11

GADENSTÄTTER: Akkor(d/t)anz for piano • Songbook # 0–11 for saxophone, drums, piano, and sound projection The recordings on this CD bear witness to the musicians’ long and intensive study of Gadenstätter’s works. “Akkor(d/t)anz” is based on the character of Romantic piano music manifested by monumental chords, while “Songbook # 0–11” draws on the archaic nature of rock songs to create masterly instrumental developments.

Meridian Records Gerhard Mallon: flute Julian Byzantine: guitar C.P.E. BACH: Sonata in G “Hamburger Sonata” • Sonata in E minor, H551 • Sonata in G, H550 • FREDERICK THE GREAT: Sonata No. 117 in A • Sonata No. 144 in G • QUANTZ: Sonata No. 4 in D • Sonata No. 5 in E minor • BENDA: Sonata in E minor An important recording of flute sonatas by composers associated with the court of King Frederick the Great of Prussia. Passionate and stylish playing by internationally acclaimed musicians Gerhard Mallon and Julian Byzantine.

Extensive program notes written by Julian Byzantine discuss the featured composers and works, as well as life in the court of Frederick the Great.

Gerhard Mallon & Julian Byzantine

The Musical Legacy of Frederick the Great Cat # MER 84558 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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Tactus

Release Date: August 12, 2008

Giovanni QUIRICI Organ Works

Massimo Gabba: organ Cat # TCT 821701 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

QUIRICI: 19 short pieces for organ This CD remedies the lack of detailed information about a composer who was certainly not one of the minor musicians of his time, as the bulk of his music was published in Milan by Martinenghi.

Ippolito GHEZZI L’Adamo

Cappella Musicale di San Giacomo Maggiore di Bologna/Roberto Cascio: archlute, director Cat # TCT 653201 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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GHEZZI: L’Adamo (oratorio for 3 voices) • Dialoghi sacri • Lamentationi per la Settimana Santa Ippolito Ghezzi was not only a performer and composer, but was also committed to the research and definition of musical theories.

Cristofano MALVEZZI Madrigals for 5 & 6 Voices

Musica Figurata/Stefano Lorenzetti: director Cat # TCT 541301 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

MALVEZZI: 15 Madrigals for 5 & 6 Voices (1583–84) Cristofano Malvezzi was the author of a limited number of madrigals, all published toward the end of his career and not all extant.

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Girolamo FRESCOBALDI

Toccatas & Partitas

Sergio Vartolo: harpsichord, organ Cat # TCT 580601 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

FRESCOBALDI: Fioretti di Sig. Frescobaldi • Canzoni alla francese (1645) • Il primo libro di capricci (1626)

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Giovanni SALVATORE Ricercari, Canzoni, Toccate

Diego Canizzaro: organ Cat # TCT 611901 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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SALVATORE: 14 Ricercari, Canzoni & Toccatas

Release Date: August 12, 2008

Toccata Classics

Hyvinkää Orchestra Tuomas Pirilä: conductor VUORI: Symphony No. 1 • Symphony No. 2 Harri Vuori is one of the leading voices among contemporary Finnish composers. This is the first recording of two symphonies hot off the presses: No. 1 was composed in 2003 and No. 2 in 2007. The first commercial release by the Hyvinkää Orchestra and its chief conductor, Tuomas Pirilä, marks Pirilä’s 20 years with the orchestra. Introduction by Finnish music expert Martin Anderson, and booklet essays by both the composer and the conductor.

Harri VUORI

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Olga Solovieva: piano GALYNIN: Sonata Triad • Suite • Four Preludes • Spanish Fantasy • In the Zoo What is most compelling about Galynin’s music is the highly personal quality of his lyricism; his ability to expand his material in fresh, fertile directions; and a phenomenal rhythmic verve. All this is in evidence in his music for solo piano, of which this recording offers the first installment of a comprehensive survey.

Herman GALYNIN Piano Music, Vol. 1

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Cedille Records

Release Date: August 12, 2008 Grant Park Orchestra Carlos Kalmar: conductor KERNIS: Symphony in Waves • Newly Drawn Sky • Too Hot Toccata “The Grant Park Orchestra gives a very special performance indeed. The control is evident in the sustained pianissimos. Glacial harmonies are contrasted with moments of warmth. Very impressive.” — Fanfare Colorful, evocative orchestral music by one of America’s leading composers.

Two recorded premieres (Newly Drawn Sky and Too Hot Toccata). Previous Grant Park Orchestra recordings on Cedille have won near-universal acclaim for performance and sound quality (including a Grammy nomination for Best Engineered Album, Classical).

Aaron Jay KERNIS Symphony in Waves

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DOREMI Colin Tilney: harpsichord Jacquet De La GUERRE: Prelude in A minor • Sarabande in D minor • L. COUPERIN: Suite in A minor • Sarabande in D minor • Prelude in G minor • Prelude in F • Prelude in C • F. COUPERIN: Prelude in D minor • La Florentine • La Convalescente • Prelude in B minor • RAMEAU: Les Tendres Plaintes • LE ROUX: La Favorite • DAQUIN: Les Enchaînements harmoniques • La Mélodieuse • D’ANGLEBERT: Prelude in G minor • LULLY/ D’ANGLEBERT: Les Songes agréables d’Atys • DANDRIEU: La Gémissante • GEOFFROY: Chaconne in F minor • CLÉRAMBAUILT: Prelude in C minor “One of the finest keyboard artists of the twentieth century.” — Fanfare A great sampler of the Classical French Baroque. Colin Tilney is recognized internationally as one of the world’s finest harpsichordists. Most repertoire is not otherwise available. Audiophile recording.

Colin Tilney

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Release Date: August 12, 2008

Endeavour Classics

Andrew Russo

Mix Tape: Classical Piano Arrangements of Pop Hits Cat # END 1023 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

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Andrew Russo: piano, synthesizer, vocals Daniel FELSENFELD: Velvet Underground: All Tomorrow’s Parties (Good Times Just Seem to Pass Me By) • Wild Cherry: Play That Funky Music (Toscanini’s Glasses) • Marc MELLITS: King Crimson: Three of a Perfect Pair (Menage a Deux) • Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Jerusalem (Curried Kafka) • Phil KLINE: The Stooges: Search and Destroy • David LANG: Steppenwolf: Born to Be Wild • Genn KOTCHE: Common: The Corner • Evan ZIPORYN: The B-52s: Dead Beat Club • Andrew RUSSO: Tracy Chapman: The Promise • James Blunt: You’re Beautiful • J.C. SANFORD: Billy Joel: Rosalinda’s Eyes (I Know How Good You Are) • Anthony MOLINARO: Jaco Pastorius: Portrait of Tracy • Ken UENO: Gary Numan: Cars • Ed RUCHALSKI: Radiohead: Street Spirit (Fade Out) For those who went to an American junior high or high school in the 1980s and ’90s, the mix tape was an important tool— a way for young people to encapsulate their identities. After carefully compiling the songs that meant the most to them, these tapes were often shared among friends or given to romantic companions. It was a way to say, “This is me” when verbal or interpersonal skills seemed inadequate.

Now a grizzled veteran of Generation X, Andrew Russo began to wonder what would happen if a number of American composers were asked to arrange their favorite tunes in their signature keyboard styles. Collaborating with composers such as Daniel Felsenfeld, Marc Mellits, Phil Kline, and David Lang, he presents the harmonies of pop standards through the lens of modern classical composers.

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Arte Nova Classics

Release Date: August 12, 2008 Stefan Johannes Bleicher: organ MENDELSSOHN: Sonatas, Op. 65, Nos. 1–6 • Trio in F • Ostinato in C minor • Preludes in C minor & D minor • Fughettas in D & A • Postlude in D • Theme & Variations in D • Chorale with Variations on “Wie groß ist des Allmächt’gen Güte” • Allegro, Chorale & Fugue in D minor • Allegro in B-flat • Fugue/Trios in D minor (2) & G minor • Andante alla marcia in B-flat • Andante con moto in G minor • Fantasia in G minor • Andante in D • Fugues in E minor & F minor • Allegro moderato maestoso in C • Prelude & Fugues, Op. 37, Nos. 1–3 Almost a century after the death of J.S. Bach, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy was the first composer of international renown to return to the organ.

As a result of Secularization and Enlightenment, the organ had lost its dominant status, particularly in Germany. Musical developments with their achievements in dynamics were directed for the most part at the orchestra and the pianoforte, so during this period there were little or no new stimuli for the organ with its fixed intonation. In addition to this significance as a composer, Mendelssohn could also be called the first organ virtuoso after 1750.

Felix MENDELSSOHN

Complete Organ Works (3 CDs) Cat # ANO 711790 Price Code: 3C (SRP $17.99) Triple Jewel Case; Box Lot 15 Not Available In Canada

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Russian Philharmonic Orchestra Samuel Friedmann: conductor TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 • Slavonic March in B-flat, Op. 31 • Coronation March in D This Symphony was often interpreted as a self-portrait of the composer: the first movement reflecting his musical development, deriving from humble beginnings and moving on to masterly skill. In the second movement the sensitive, lyrical character of the composer is considered to be the central motive, while the third movement is thought to symbolize fleeting moments and the fourth portrays Tchaikovsky as a victor, erasing all doubts about his power and ability.

Pyotr Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

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Arte Nova Classics

London Festival Orchestra Ross Pople: conductor J.S. BACH: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1–6, BWV 1046–1051 “As expected, the performances are superb.” — Fanfare The repertoire of the London Festival Orchestra, founded in 1980, embraces the very widest range—from the eclectic and contemporary to the classical and baroque, from Boccherini and Bach to Tippett and Tavener. The excellence of the LFO’s playing is reflected in the outstanding reviews its recordings have universally received. The LFO is noted for its innovative concert series—Cathedral Classics, Birthday Honours, The Four Seasons, and annual Remembrance Sunday concerts at Royal Albert Hall. On its concert tours the LFO performed in South America, the Far East, and at major concert halls throughout Europe, including the Berlin Philharmonie and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw.

J.S. BACH

Brandenburg Concertos (2 CDs) Cat # ANO 340310 Price Code: 2C (SRP $11.99) Double Slimline; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

Franco Fagioli: countertenor Alexandra Zabala: soprano Marchigiana Philharmonic Orchestra Gustav Kuhn: conductor HANDEL: Venti, turbini; Scherzano sul tuo volto; & Cara sposa from Rinaldo • MOZART: Venga pur, minacci e frema from Mitridate • Al mio ben mi veggio avanti from Ascanio in Alba • Se l’empio Silla, o padre… D’elisio in sen m’attendi from Lucio Silla • Iam pastor Apollo from Apollo et Hyacinthus • Come ti piace imponi & Parto, ma tu ben mio from La Clemenza di Tito Franco Fagioli’s past roles include Hansel in Hansel and Gretel at the Teatro Colón. At the Handel Festival in Halle/Saale, he sang the Lichas in Hercules.

Nicolaus Harnoncourt invited the young countertenor to audition in Zürich. There, Fagioli was heard as Ottone in Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea beginning in 2005. In 2003, he won first prize at the international singing competition “Neue Stimmen 2003” (New Voices 2003) in Gütersloh (Germany).

G.F. HANDEL & W.A. MOZART Opera Arias

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Opera d’Oro

Release Date: August 12, 2008 Galina Vishnevskaya, Vladimir Atlantov, Evgeny Nesterenko, Irina Arkhipova: vocal soloists Bolshoi Theater Orchestra & Chorus Fouat Mansourov: conductor RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Tsar’s Bride (complete opera) Some of the biggest names in Russian opera headline this live 1973 performance of a Rimsky-Korsakov rarity from Moscow’s historic Bolshoi Theater. Based on a historic incident of Ivan the Terrible’s marriage to a commoner, this opera abounds in exciting drama, gorgeous melodies, and luxuriant orchestration.

Nicolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV The Tsar’s Bride (2 CD s) Cat # OPD 1481 Price Code: 2K (SRP $11.99) Double Slimline; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

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Alfredo Kraus, Elena Obratsova, Alberto Rinaldi, Nicola Zaccaria: vocal soloists La Scala Orchestra & Chorus Georges Prêtre: conductor MASSENET: Werther (complete opera) A peerless performance of Massenet’s masterpiece from the world’s most famous opera house, live in 1976, starring tenor Alfredo Kraus in the title role. Especially famous for his work in French opera, Kraus was a singer of consummate style and musicianship.

Jules MASSENET Werther (2 CD s)

Cat # OPD 1482 Price Code: 2K (SRP $11.99) Double Slimline; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

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Opera d’Oro

Teresa Stratas, Ivo Zidek, Willard White, Gwendolyn Killebrew: vocal soloists The Broadcast Orchestra & Netherland Opera Chorus Bohumil Gregor: conductor ˇ DVORÁK: Rusalka (complete opera) Dvorˇák’s most popular opera contains “The Song to the Moon,” one of the most gorgeous soprano arias ever written, but the rest of the music is just as enchanting and should be cherished by every opera fan. This is the only midprice recording, complete with libretto. A great cast headed by superstar soprano Teresa Stratas. Live performance, November 4, 1976.

ˇ Antonín DVORÁK

Rusalka (2 CD s)

Cat # OPD 7059 Price Code: 2L (SRP $23.99) Double Jewel w/ Slipcase; Box Lot 15

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Alexei Maslennikov, Makvala Kasrashvili, Alexander Ognivtsiev: vocal soloists Bolshoi Theater Orchestra & Chorus Alexander Lazarev: conductor PROKOFIEV: The Gambler (complete opera) “Characterful performances by Alexei Maslennikov as Alexei and Alexander Ognivtsev as the General.” — Opera News The Gambler was Prokofiev’s first opera to gain a public performance, and the first opera ever based on a story by Dostoyevsky. It’s funny, ironic, challenging, and wonderfully original. This recording is of the first stage production in the Soviet Union, in 1974, as broadcast on Radio Russia.

Sergei PROKOFIEV

The Gambler (2 CD s)

Cat # OPD 7058 Price Code: 2L (SRP $23.99) Double Jewel w/ Slipcase; Box Lot 15 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Radio Choirs of Leipzig and Berlin

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Dresden Philharmonic

St. Thomas's Choir Leipzig

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

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BERLIN CLASSICS State Orchestras of DRESDEN

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Radio Choir of LEIPZIG

Peter SCHREIER Kurt Masur

Dietrich FISCHER-DIESKAU

Ludwig Güttler Jens Peter

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