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Avie Records

Release Date: August 10, 2010

Ermanno WOLF-FERRARI Susanna’s Secret

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Dora Rodrigues: soprano Marc Canturri: baritone Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra European Opera Centre Vasily Petrenko: conductor WOLF-FERRARI: Il segreto di Susanna (complete opera) • Serenata—Cinque canti per baritono Vasily Petrenko and the RLPO first collaborated with the Liverpool-based European Opera Centre on a Russian double bill of Shostakovich’s The Gamblers and Rothschild’s Violin by Fleishman. The resulting 2-CD set garnered a Gramophone Editor’s Choice and contributed to Petrenko’s winning the Young Artist of the Year accolade at the 2007 Gramophone Awards. Now, the team reunites for a rare live recording of Wolf-Ferrari’s humorous one-act opera, Susanna’s Secret. The recording is uniquely rounded out with Wolf-Ferrari’s Serenata, five songs extracted from his seldom-heard Italian Songbook. also available FLEISHMAN Rothschild’s Violin (2 CDs) Cat # AVR 2121 Price Code: 2N (SRP $25.99)

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KAIROS

Release Date: August 10, 2010 Ensemble Recherche DUFOURT: L’Afrique et l’Asie d’après Tiepolo • L’Asie d’après Tiepolo Hugues Dufourt is a French composer and philosopher associated with the Spectral school of composition. Born in Lyon on September 28, 1943, Dufourt studied piano and composition at the Geneva Conservatory.

Dufourt was a founding member of the Ensemble l’Itinéraire in 1973, and of the CRISS (Collectif de Recherche Instrumentale et de Synthèse Sonore, Instrumental and Sound Synthesis Research Collective) in 1977.

Hugues DUFOURT L’Asie d’après Tiepolo Cat # KRO 13142 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Alberto Rosado, Juan Carlos Garvayo: pianos Ernst Kovacic: violin German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Johannes Kalitzke: conductor LÓPEZ-LÓPEZ: Piano Concerto (2005) • Violin Concerto (1995) • Movements for 2 pianos & orchestra (1998) José Manuel López-López is a Spanish composer, born 1956 in Madrid.

This CD recording of his orchestral works includes the Violin Concerto, Piano Concerto, and Concerto for Two Pianos. His music has been described as “Debussy for the 21st century.”

José Manuel LÓPEZ-LÓPEZ Concertos

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Release Date: August 10, 2010

Etcetera Now

J.S. BACH

Bach-Bukowski II: Walking and Living Through This CAT # ETC 6000 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30

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William van Ekeren: piano, vocals BACH & BUKOWSKI: Walking and Living Through This An extraordinary mixture of piano and singing through which Bach’s baroque music and Bukowski’s hard-driven lines sound simultaneously! Willem van Ekeren formed several bands as a teenager, and as the years passed he found himself drawn more and more to classical piano. In 1994 he chanced upon the book The Last Night of the Earth Poems by Charles Bukowski, and he immediately fell in love with it. In 1997, while reading it for the third time, he was struck by the fact that “You know and I know and thee know” was the ultimate text for the F minor prelude of Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier. The next day at the piano he started to combine the two pieces, and the results are presented on this excellent disc.

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Ramée

Release Date: August 10, 2010 Anneke Veenhoff: fortepiano Nicole van Bruggen: basset clarinet Jane Rogers: viola MOZART: Grande Sonate (anon. arr. of the Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 582, for fortepiano & basset clarinet (premiere) It may seem surprising that after three decades of ‘early music’ research, critical discoveries can still be made about a great composer such as Mozart—particularly discoveries around his well-known masterpieces. This recording presents the premiere recording of the Grande Sonate, an anonymous arrangement for fortepiano and basset clarinet of Mozart’s beloved Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581.

Both the Clarinet Quintet and the Concerto in A major, K. 622, were originally written for an instrument called the basset clarinet, which has four more chromatic notes at the bottom of its range than an ordinary clarinet. Since the manuscripts to both pieces were lost, clarinetists have had to make educated guesses about the passages that may have included these low notes. Significantly, this arrangement includes some of these basset notes, making it an important source for those wishing to restore the piece to its original form.

W.A. MOZART Phantasia

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Includes world premiere recording

Summit Records Gran Canaria Philharmonic HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat • Concerto for 2 horns in E-flat • MOZART: Horn Concerto No. 3, K. 447 • BEETHOVEN: Trio No. 4 in B-flat, Op. 11 “Gassenhauer” The Canary Islands are, for many people, the place to go for sun, sand, sea, and sleepy siestas after long lunches. But the Gran Canaria Island has a special cultural fame through its orchestra, which performs in the Alfredo Kraus Auditorium. The orchestra was founded in 1845 and had an uneven history as it struggled to survive, but in more recent years it has gained in reputation and toured in other countries including China. The orchestra appears in Madrid and Barcelona regularly, and has been designated as one of the great world orchestras.

Gran Canaria Philharmonic Vienna Classics

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Daniel ASIA

Purer Than Purest Pure: Choral Works of Daniel Asia

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BBC Singers ASIA: purer than purest pure • Why Jacob • summer is over • The She Set • out of more • Sound Shapes “American classical music has finally taken a sharp turn for the better, back towards tonality, accessibility, and immediacy. Daniel Asia is one of the composers who has his hands on the wheel.” — Terry Teachout Daniel Asia recently won the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for composition, and has been the recipient of many competitive grants and fellowships in music including a Meet The Composer/Reader’s Digest Consortium Commission, United Kingdom Fulbright Arts Award Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellowship, four NEA Composers Grants, a M. B. Rockefeller Grant, and many more. Britain’s foremost professional chamber choir, the BBC Singers, was founded in 1924. As a vital resource in the BBC’s music output, the BBC Singers hold a unique position in British musical life. Performing everything from Byrd and Birtwistle to Tallis and Takemitsu, the versatility of this 24-voice ensemble is second to none. also available ASIA Ivory Cat # SMT 286 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Evil Penguin Records

Release Date: August 10, 2010

Johannes BRAHMS

Clarinet Quintet (CD+DVD) Walter Boeykens: clarinet/Walter Boeykens Ensemble/Marjeta Korosec, Eric Baeten: violins/ Thérèse-Marie Gilissen: viola/Luc Dewez: cello BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115

Cat # EPR 1 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Digipak; Box Lot 20

The Evil Penguin pays homage to Belgian clarinet virtuoso Walter Boeykens with a series of three CDs! It is only fitting that at the beginning of his life’s autumn, Boeykens wanted to record the Clarinet Quintet, the masterpiece that Brahms wrote after he had (re)discovered the clarinet late in his own life. The result is a deeply moving registration by a truly great artist. The full extent of Boeykens’ importance becomes obvious when watching the bonus DVD that accompanies the recording (a key passage is Boeykens’ work with Pierre Boulez while premiering the latter’s composition Domaines). DVD is PAL format, not NTSC, but is compatible with some newer machines and most computer platforms.

Walter Boeykens

Concertos for Clarinet Walter Boeykens: clarinet/BRT Philharmonic Orchestra/Fernand Terby, Mendi Rohan: conductors FRANÇAIX: Clarinet Concerto • VERBESSELT: Clarinet Concerto • POOT: Clarinet Concerto

Cat # EPR 2 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 25

Like Toots Thielemans, clarinet virtuoso Walter Boeykens is one of the few Belgians who have achieved world fame in music. On this vintage recording, Boeykens tackles some seldom-played but fascinating 20th century repertoire. Both the neo-classicism of Marcel Poot & Jean Françaix, and the dodecaphony of August Verbesselt, reflect the 19th century tradition, but also react against its pathos. Recorded with the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Belgian Radio in the famous acoustic of the Flagey building in Brussels.

Walter Boeykens Ensemble

Mendelssohn, Baermann & Ponchielli Walter Boeykens: clarinet/Walter Boeykens Ensemble MENDELSSOHN: Konzertstück No. 1 in F minor, Op. 113 • Konzertstück No. 2 in D minor, Op. 114 • BAERMANN: Duo Concertant, Op. 33 • PONCHIELLI: Il Convegno

Cat # EPR 4 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 25

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On his third recording for the Penguin, Walter Boeykens explores 19th century chamber repertoire for two clarinets. There are interesting family ties between the original and the current performers. Mendelssohn wrote his Konzertstücke for two clarinets for father and son Heinrich and Carl Baermann, both exceptional clarinet virtuosi. Carl—no mean composer himself—wrote a Duo Concertant, which he performed with his father. And like Heinrich, Walter Boeykens has a talented daughter (Anne) to play the second clarinet in this program of delightfully accessible salon music.

Release Date: August 10, 2010

Evil Penguin Records

J.S. BACH & Dietrich BUXTEHUDE Organ Works

Benjamin-Joseph Steens: organ J.S. BACH: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C, BWV 564 • Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 • Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 • BUXTEHUDE: Toccata in F • Vater unser im Himmelreich • Aria: More Palatino (Partite diverse) • Ciacona in E minor • Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist • Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland • Praeludium in G minor Belgium-born Benjamin-Joseph Steens, titular organist of the Cattiaux organ in the Saint Remi Basilica of Rheims and the Bernard Aubertin organ in Vertus, recorded this recital of music by two giants of the Baroque organ on those great instruments. Authoritative music critic Aart Van der Wal called Steens “a formidable organ player” on account of this recording, “both from the point of view of technique and interpretation.”

Cat # EPR 3 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 25

J.S. BACH

Goldberg Variations Benjamin-Joseph Steens: clavichord J.S. BACH: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Although we have grown accustomed to the harpsichord as the Baroque keyboard instrument of choice, J.S. Bach preferred the smaller clavichord for home entertainment. Benjamin-Joseph Steens challenges our listening habits by performing the mythical Goldberg Variations on the clavichord, demonstrating that—despite its delicacy—the instrument does full justice to Bach’s intimacy and emotion, as well as to the dazzling architecture of the music. The Belgium-born artist is a historical keyboard virtuoso who excels on the clavichord, harpsichord, and organ.

Cat # EPR 7 Price Code: 2I (SRP $21.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 25

George Frideric HANDEL Sonatas for Flute

Jan de Winne: baroque flute/Lorenzo Ghielmi: harpsichord/Marco Testori: baroque cello HANDEL: Sonata in B minor • Prélude Harpeggio in E minor • Sonata in E minor • Prélude Harpeggio in A minor • Sonata in A minor • Sonata in E minor, Op. 1, No. 1b • Preludio & Allegro in G minor • Sonata in G, Op. 1, No. 5 • Prélude in B minor • Sonata in B minor, Op. 1, No. 9 The flute is conspicuously absent in the vast oeuvre of G.F. Handel. While oboes and recorders abound as solo instruments in Handel’s operas and oratorios, there are almost no obligato flutes in them. Although it has been contended that the timbre of the flute was too intimate for an expansive character such as Handel’s, the flute sonatas in Opus 1 are quintessentially “operatic” in nature, expressing the full range of affects between the delicate and the dramatic. On this recording, Belgian traverso champion Jan de Winne teams up with Italian virtuosi Lorenzo Ghielmi and Marco Testori to explore the “Italian” dimension in the flute sonatas, and to revitalize these astounding works with thrilling musicianship and superbly alert interaction.

Cat # EPR 6 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 25

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Hallé

Release Date: August 10, 2010

Richard WAGNER Götterdämmerung

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The Hallé Orchestra Sir Mark Elder: conductor WAGNER: Götterdämmerung (complete opera) With this set, Hallé releases the live recordings of their universally acclaimed performance of Wagner’s Götterdämmerung. In a landmark move, the orchestra will release the opera in dual format—as both an MP3 set and standard five-disc CD set, making the recording available to the widest possible audience. This recording was made live at sold-out concerts, which were the showpiece of the Hallé’s 2009 artistic season. The atmosphere at the concerts was electric, the critics unanimous in their praise, and the audiences ecstatic.

Without doubt, this was one of the most exciting musical events ever to have been staged in The Bridgewater Hall!

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Release Date: August 10, 2010

NSS Music

American String Quartet Schubert’s Echo

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Peter Winograd, Laurie Carney: violins Daniel Avshalomov: viola Wolfram Koessel: cello SCHUBERT: Quartet in G, D.887 • BERG: Quartet, Op. 3 • WEBERN: Fünf Sätze, Op. 5 “The finest quartet based in New York.” — The Strad “Passion, precision, and interpretive smarts in near perfect synchrony.” — Los Angeles Times “Perfect quartet playing … the playing is extremely well balanced, the rhythm is precise, the intonation is meticulous, the tempos flow beautifully, the recorded sound is warm and expressive, and each quartet is played as an individual work with its own character.”

— American Record Guide NSS Music welcomes the American String Quartet, one of today’s foremost international string ensembles, to the label! This classical CD holds a special appeal for chamber music lovers and music students alike, for it presents three works never before recorded together! Celebrating its 35th anniversary this 2010/11 season, the quartet’s passionate, masterful performances invite you to hear these incredible works anew.

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Phaedra

Release Date: August 10, 2010 Hubert Damen: narrator Emanon Ensemble Raf de Keninck: conductor Peter WELFFENS: Walking with Eve, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello & piano • Joseph JONGEN: Rhapsodie for wind quintet & piano • Frits CELIS: Tarquinia, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, string quartet, percussion & reciter • Alain CRAENS: Three Summer Pieces for wind quintet, string quartet, piano & percussion

Emanon Ensemble Tarquinia

The four composers on this CD avail themselves of an accessible musical language, which is meant to immediately appeal to the listener. Peter Welffens’s impressionist piece is a dance suite of straightforward, clear lyricism written for the choreographer Aimé de Lignière. Anton van Wilderode’s vivid poems, rich in imagery, provide Fritz Celis with a treasure trove of materials for a highly refined, atmospheric, and colorful composition. Alain Craens depicts three moments of a summer day: the leisurely awakening in the morning, the dynamism and playfulness of noon, and the quiet of evening. His starting point is a children’s song, which appears in all three parts in various guises.

Joseph Jongen’s work on this CD is one of his very best. The rich and subtle colors of this exhilarating music betray the influence of impressionism as well as the hand of the master organist.

Cat # PHA 92062 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel w/ Slipcase; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Arcana Paola Erdas: harpsichord Lia Serafini: soprano CABEZÓN: Tiento II de António • Ave maris stella I de António • Tiento del quinto tono • Tres III sobre el canto llano de la alta de António • Pavana italiana • Tiento sobre “Malheur me bat” de António • Tiento I de António • Diferencias sobre el canto “La Dama le demanda” • Tiento del primer tono • Diferencias sobre “Las vacas” • Diferencias sobre el canto llano del Caballero • Romance para quien crie yo cabellos de António • Pavana glosada de António • GREGORIAN CHANT: Ave maris stella • Gloria Patri • SWEELINCK: Pavana hispanica • ARBEAU: Belle qui tiens ma vie • NARVÁEZ: Diferencias sobre “Guardame las vacas” • GOMBERT: “Dezilde al caballero” • ANON.: “Guardame las vacas” • Cinco diferencias sobre “Las vacas”

António de CABEZÓN La tecla de l’alma

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On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of Antonio de Cabezón’s birth, Paola Erdas releases this anthology of keyboard works. One of the most eminent Cabezón specialists, she is editor of the critical edition of the Obras de Musica para Tecla Arpa y Vihuela (Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologne), the wide collection of Antonio’s works compiled by his son Hernando in 1578. Additionally, in order to help the listener better appreciate Cabezón’s music, soprano Lia Serafini sings the tunes from which the composer drew his inspiration.

Release Date: August 10, 2009

Hush Records

Nils Frahm: composer, producer Anne Müller: strings FRAHM: Teeth • 7fingers • Let My Key Be C (Thriller Edit) • Show Your Teeth • Because This Must Be / Augmentation • Journey For A Traveller • Reminds To Teeth • Duktus • Long Enough Apart from her work with the Wolf-Ferrari Ensemble and classical engagements, Anne Müller has often fulfilled the vague string desires of bands and collectives like Sdnmt, Phillip Boa, and Klez.E. Now, she bestows new freedoms upon herself and her instrument: loops, songs, landscapes, faults, and acoustic glitches find their place in her performance, and her performance finds its place among them. Currently lifting off as a young Turk in the neo-classical world, Nils Frahm is a gifted performer. During his childhood he was taught to play piano by Nahum Brodski, a student of the last scholar of Tchaikovsky.

Nils Frahm & Anne Müller

7fingers

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Important Records Jozef Van Wissem: baroque lute The Day Is Coming • Amor Fati (Love Is A Religion) • Son Of Dawn • After The Fire Has Devoured All It Will Consume Itself • Ex Nex • Our Hearts Condemn Us The title Ex Patris (“from the fathers”) plays on the idiomatic baroque lute compositions presented here, which emulate the classical repertoire. The four compositions on Ex Patris form a circular narrative of interlocking repetitive melodic series, kicking off with the pro-apocalyptic track “The Day Is Coming.” “Amor Fati” channels a deep interest in both love for religion and religious belief in love. “Son of Dawn” consists of mirrored lute harmonics that serve as an intro to the 13-minute elegiac “After The Fire Has Devoured All It Will Consume Itself.” The piece builds and releases tension, with layer upon layer of ecstatic melody. At the end, even the work itself gets devoured but it remains eternal, with no potential beginning and without end.

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Jozef Van Wissem Ex Patris

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Berlin Classics

Release Date: August 10, 2010

BERLIN CLASSICS’ REFERENCE GOLD SERIES CONTINUES! Four more high-quality recordings featuring top-ranking repertoire and leading artists such as Christiane Oelze, Jan Vogler, Ludwig Güttler, and the Chamber Orchestras of Berlin and Munich, all at mid-price! The series presentation remains outstanding: a gold-embossed digipak, a gold-coated disc, and a detailed booklet.

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Ludwig Güttler

Robert SCHUMANN

Ludwig Güttler: corno da caccia, director/Virtuosi Saxoniae

Jan Vogler, cello/Bruno Canino: piano/Munich Chamber Orchestra/Christoph Poppen: conductor

Concertos for Hunting Horn

Cello Concerto

ZELENKA: Capriccio for 2 corni da caccia, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & b.c. No. 5 in G • RATHGEBER: Concerto for corno da caccia, strings & b.c. in C, Op. 6, No. 19 • VIVALDI: Concerto for 2 corni da caccia, strings & b.x. in F (original version), RV 539 • FASCH: Concerto for 2 corni da caccia, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & b.c. in D • SPERGER: Concerto for corno da caccia & orchestra in D

SHUMANN: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 • Adagio & Allegro, Op. 70 • Fantasy Pieces for piano & cello, Op. 73 • Five Pieces for cello & piano, Op. 102 “In the Vernacular”

Cat # BER 300032 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30

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Hugo WOLF

Joseph HAYDN

Christiane Oelze: soprano/Hans Peter Blochwitz: piano

Berlin Chamber Orchestra/Katrin Scholz: violin, conductor/ Kevin McCutcheon: harpsichord

Italian Songbook

Farewell Symphony

WOLF: Italian Songbook HAYDN: Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp minor “Farewell” • Double Concerto for violin, harpsichord & strings in F • MOZART: Divertimento in D, K. 136 “Salzburg Symphony” (No. 1) • Serenade No. 13 in G, K. 525 “Eine kleine Nachtmusik”

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Release Date: August 10, 2010

Meridian Records

Louis Demetrius Alvanis: piano CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 4 • Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 39 • Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 “Virtuoso wizardy.” — The Times “His fingers are capable of doing almost anything required of them at whatever the speed.” — The Daily Telegraph Meridian Records is proud to announce the release of three Chopin piano sonatas, performed expertly by longtime Meridian artist Louis Demetrius Alvanis. Chopin’s influence on the development of music in the 19th century was immense—employing a unique harmonic language enriched by chromaticism, he was the first composer to break away from the diatonic tonalism of the Viennese Classical masters. His immaculate style and effortless virtuosity paved the way for the piano to become the Romantic era’s predominant means of musical expression. A new school of cantabile playing emerged through his example, changing the way future generations of pianists would approach the instrument.

Frédéric CHOPIN

The Three Piano Sonatas Cat # MER 84537 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Roberte Mamou: piano MENDELSSOHN: Lieder ohne Worte, Book 1, Op. 19 • Book 2, Op. 30 • Book 3, Op. 38 • Book 4, Op. 53 • Book 5, Op. 62 • Book 6, Op. 67 • Book 7, Op. 85 • Book 8, Op. 102 Mendelssohn’s creation and cultivation of Songs Without Words had both a positive and a negative impact on his reputation as a composer, a truth that reflects the polarized ideas about music in the second quarter of the 19th century. Mostly published during the 1830s and 1840s, two sets (Op. 85 and 102) appeared after the composer’s death, in 1850 and 1868 respectively.

These works were seen as both fulfilling and disregarding the diverse musical and aesthetic demands of the age. Sympathetic critics approached the Songs Without Words as “characteristic” or “poetic” music capable of transporting the listener to another realm and, as such, providing a welcome departure from the musically and emotionally vacuous products of modern virtuosity.

Felix MENDELSSOHN Songs Without Words

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Nimbus Records

Release Date: August 10, 2010 Christ Church Cathedral Choir Stephen Darlington: director WELLESZ: Mass in F, Op. 51 • I Sing of a Maiden • Offertorio in Ascensione Domini • Missa Brevis, Op. 89 • To Sleep, Op. 94 A Catholic convert from Judaism, Egon Wellesz composed a significant amount of sacred music including five masses, two of which—the first and the last—feature on this disc. Wellesz’s operas of the 1920s contain a significant amount of virtuoso choral writing, and this quality carries over into his church music, although on the whole they are written in a simpler, more traditionally tonal idiom.

Egon WELLESZ Choral Music

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Raphael Wallfisch: cello John York: piano CHOPIN: Sonata in G minor, Op. 65 • Étude, Op. 10, No. 6—Andante (tr. Glazunov) • Simon LAKS: Cello Sonata (1932) • SZYMANOWSKI: Sonata in D minor, Op. 9 Chopin’s name inevitably dominates this lineup of Polish composers, especially in this bicentenary year when his every note is being re-explored. Certain works of the prolific but short-lived Szymanowski, particularly his two violin concertos and the concert pieces for violin and piano, maintain their popularity internationally—but that leaves so much still to be discovered. And the name of Simon Laks is only just beginning to emerge from oblivion. His cello sonata here receives its first recording.

Frédéric CHOPIN Cello Sonatas

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Release Date: August 10, 2010

Nimbus MusicMasters

New Palais Royale Orchestra & Percussion Ensemble Maurice Peress: conductor Ivan Davis: piano Charles Castleman: violin The Mendelssohn String Quartet ANTHEIL: Ballet pour Instruments Mécanique et Percussion (original version 1925) • A Jazz Symphony (original version 1925) • Second Sonata for violin, piano & drum (1923) • String Quartet No. 1 (1924) George Antheil’s avant-garde signature piece, the Ballet Mécanique, generated riots in Paris at the Theatre Champs Elysees in June 1926, and the following April at New York’s Carnegie Hall. Even though it was the focus of one of the most written-about events in 20th century American music history, it was not to be heard again for 62 years, until American conductor and musicologist Maurice Peress searched out the original score and restaged the 1927 concert in the very same Carnegie Hall on July 12, 1989. This world premiere recording now makes it possible to hear the original, which contained Antheil’s most advanced ideas: futurist, machine-age, ragtime-inspired music of a complexity beyond human playing capabilities and a conception beyond most music composed in 1925.

George ANTHEIL

Ballet Mécanique

BUZZ ALERT

Cat # NIM 2567 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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American Classical Orchestra Thomas Crawford: conductor MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622 • Bassoon Concerto in B-flat, K. 191 • Oboe Concerto in C, K. 314 (285d) • Flute Concerto No. 1 in G, K. 313 • Flute Concerto No. 2 in D, K. 314 • Flute & Harp Concerto in C, K. 299 • Horn Concerto No. 1 in D, K. 412 (386b) • Horn Concerto No. 2 in D-flat, K. 417 • Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat, K. 447 • Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat, K. 495 • Horn Concerto in E-flat, K. 370b/371 • Horn Concerto in D, K. 412 The American Classical Orchestra recorded the complete Mozart Wind Concertos using the orchestra’s principals as soloists. These recordings mark the first comprehensive survey of the concerti by an American period instrument ensemble and conductor. Research into various sources has produced some unique material and instruments for use in these recordings. Music director Thomas Crawford founded the American Classical Orchestra in 1985 as the Orchestra of the Old Fairfield Academy. It performs on authentic instruments, specializing in repertoire from the 17th to 19th centuries. Interested in reviving and preserving the art of playing period instruments, the American Classical Orchestra also fosters the education of musicians and the public in authentic performance technique. It is comprised of leading period instrumentalists in the New York metropolitan region.

W.A. MOZART

Complete Wind Concertos On Period Instruments Cat # NIM 2568 Price Code: X (SRP $31.99) Number of Discs: 3 Box Set; Box Lot 10 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Nimbus Alliance

Release Date: August 10, 2010 Kurt Nikkanen: violin New Haven Symphony Orchestra William Boughton: conductor WALTON: Violin Concerto • Symphony No. 1 The New Haven Symphony Orchestra (NHSO) and Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library are pleased to announce the Walton Project!

The Frederick R. Koch Collection, housed at the Beinecke Library, contains the world’s largest archive of Walton’s original manuscripts and this project presents a unique opportunity to use Walton’s manuscripts as the source of preparation for performances. Over the next four years, the project will feature both chamber and symphonic music in concerts and recordings.

Sir William WALTON

Violin Concerto & Symphony No. 1 Cat # NIM 6119 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Clara Rodriguez: piano 24 short piano pieces by Venezuelan composers “There is not a single item on this well-filled disc that is less than captivating, and most are beautiful precious gems.” — Fanfare

Clara Rodriguez Venezuela

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CAvi-music

Release Date: August 10, 2010

Cuarteto Bando Tango a Tango

Cuarteto Bando/Jürgen Karthe: bandoneon/Jung-Won Oh: vioin/Steffen Heinze: piano/ Robert Brenner: double bass PLAZA: Danzarin • Melancolico • DI SARLI: Milonguero Viejo • PIAZZOLLA: Calambre • Bando • SALGÁN: del 1 al 5 • SPINA: Tu Olvido (waltz) • DE CARO: Boedo • Flores Negras • El Mareo • PONTIER: Pichuco • Tanzas • Poema de arrabal • MOYA: Rio salado • AIETA: Corralera (milonga) The musicians who join expert bandoneon player Jürgen Karthe on this fantastic tango album are highly experienced, having been trained by South American leaders and teachers.

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2009 Spannungen Festival Octets

Jörg Widmann: clarinet/Dag Jensen: bassoon/Sybille Mahni: French horn/Isabelle van Keulen, Veronika Eberle, Carolin Widmann, Florian Donderer: violins/Hanna Weinmeister, Rachel Roberts: violas/Gustav Rivinius, Tanja Tetzlaff: cellos/Yasunori Kawahara: double bass SCHUBERT: Octet in F, D803 • WIDMANN: Octet (2004) Another exciting live recording from the 2009 Spannungen Festival and artistic director Lars Vogt! Jörg Widmann counts as one of the leading contemporary composers and clarinet players, and here he performs his own work.

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ˇ SCHUMANN, DVORÁK & REIMANN Chamber Music

Christian Tetzlaff, Florian Donderer, Isabelle van Keulen: violins/Rachel Roberts, Tatjana Masurenko, Hanna Weinmeister: violas/Quirine Viersen, Gustav Rivinius: cellos/Jörg Widmann: clarinet/Lars Vogt, Steven Osborne: pianos/Andrea Lieberknecht: flute/Jana Bouskova: harp ˇ DVORÁK: String Sextet in A, Op. 48 • SCHUMANN: Fantasiestücke for clarinet & piano, Op. 73 • Fünf Stücke im Folkston, Op. 102 • Fantasiestücke, Op. 73, for flute, clarinet, & 2 violas (arr. Reimann) • REIMANN: Solo for clarinet (2000) This wonderful live recording from the 2009 Spannungen Festival presents both Schumann’s original and Reimann’s arrangement of the Op. 73 in direct comparison, as well as a rare recording of Dvoˇrák’s string sextet with a world-class ensemble of string players.

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Royal Philharmonic Masterworks

Release Date: August 10, 2010

Mikhail GLINKA

Overtures, Marches, Dances Cat # RPM 28350 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Yuri Simonov: conductor GLINKA: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla • PONCHIELLA: Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda • VERDI: Prelude to Act 1, La Traviata • THOMAS: Prelude to Act 3, La Traviata • WEBER: Overture to Mignon • LISZT: Invitation To The Dance • Mephisto Waltz No. 1 • BERLIOZ: Hungarian March from The Damnation of Faust Yuri Simonov studied at the Leningrad Conservatoire with Rabinovich, and assisted Mravinksy at the Leningrad Conservatoire conducting The Mermaid by Dargomizhsky. Following first prize in the Saint Cecilia Conductors Competition in Rome in 1968, he was invited to make his debut at the Bolshoi Opera (Aïda) in 1969 and was almost immediately appointed Chief Conductor—the youngest in history, and, with his appointment ending in 1985, also the longest-serving. He has recorded for Melodia with the Bolshoi Company, for Collins Classics with the London Symphony Orchestra and the London Philharmonic, and for Philharmonia with the Royal Philharmonic and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Royal Philharmonic Masterworks

Release Date: August 10, 2010

Frédéric CHOPIN

Piano Concertos 1 & 2 Cat # RPM 28690 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

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Sequeira Costa: piano Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Gilbert Varga: conductor CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 11 • Piano Concerto No. 2 In F Minor, Op. 21 Gilbert Varga is becoming one of today’s most sought-after conductors. He has extensive experience in both chamber orchestras and symphonic repertoire, has held positions with leading German orchestras, and has guest conducted major orchestras throughout the world. Born in London, Varga studied with his father Tibor Varga, the famous Hungarian violinist. After an accident brought an abrupt halt to a promising solo career, he studied under three different maestros: Ferrara, Celibidache, and Bruck.

Portuguese-born Sequeira Costa has had a long and distinguished career, giving his first recital at the age of seven in 1936. By the age of 16, he completed his official studies and gave a recital programming Chopin’s 24 Etudes and Four Ballades. Costa was a pupil of Vianna de Motta (one of the last pupils of Liszt), and later in London with Mark Hamburg, in Paris with Jacques Fevrier & Marguerite Long, and in Lucerne with the great Edwin Fischer. He won the “Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris” at the Marguerite Long International Piano Competition in 1951 and, since then, his career has taken him to every continent.

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Sergei PROKOFIEV

Highlights from Romeo & Juliet Cat # RPM 28760 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Yuri Simonov: conductor PROKOFIEV: Suites No. 1, Op. 64a and No. 2, Op. 101 • Symphony No. 1, Op. 25, “Classical” • Symphonic Suite, Op. 60, “Lieutenant Kijé” Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet has inspired important works from a variety of composers. Berlioz made a dramatic symphony out of it, Gounod an opera, Tchaikovsky an enormously successful fantasy-overture, and Bernstein the gloriously updated West Side Story version.

When Prokofiev turned to the play in 1934, it was with a view to create a new ballet for the Leningrad Kirov Theatre. Yuri Simonov made his debut with the Western operatic company conducting Eugene Onegin at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and made his British concert debut conducting three concerts with the London Symphony Orchestra. Since then he has given numerous concerts with the LSO, and conducted a Tchaikovsky cycle with them at the Barbican Hall.

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Release Date: August 10, 2010

Royal Philharmonic Masterworks

Ludwig van Beethoven

The Consecration of the House & Symphony No. 4 Cat # RPM 28990 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Barry Wordsworth: conductor BEETHOVEN: The Consecration of the House • Symphony No. 4 In B-Flat Major, Op. 60 • Wellington’s Victory (“Battle Symphony”) Barry Wordsworth is one of Britain’s most popular conductors. Regarded as one of the world’s leading ballet conductors, he has held the post of Music Director of the Royal Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet as well as Principal Conductor of the BBC Orchestra (1989–2006) and the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra (1989–present). He regularly works with the major London orchestras, and is a regular guest conductor of the regional orchestras in the UK. In the United Kingdom, Wordsworth made his first televised appearance at the BBC Proms in 1989 and has conducted frequently since. He made his debut at the Royal Opera in the 1990/91 season with a new production of Carmen and he was immediately invited to conduct a new production of Don Giovanni. He continues to appear with all the leading British orchestras.

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Stradivarius

Release Date: August 10, 2010

Cat # STV 33858 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

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Giulio CASTAGNOLI

Isaac ALBÉNIZ

Academia Montis Regalis Baroque Orchestra/Polyphonic Chorale of Milan/SYRIN Ensemble

Stefano Grondona, Laura Mondiella: guitars

Missa Sancti Evasii

Grondona Plays Asturias

CASTAGNOLI: Missa Sancti Evasii (2007) • Cantico Notturno (1997) • Tre Canti Pisani (2004) • Madrigale guerriero e amoroso (2002) This new release from Stradivarius includes one of Castagnoli’s newest masterpieces, the Missa Sancti Evasii (2007), in which he melts together an ecstatic religious, joyous feeling with historically informed playing techniques and tuning. It is unique, incomparable, and beautiful.

ALBÉNIZ: Oriental • Asturias • Pavana-Capricho • Granada • Sevilla • Còrdoba • Càdiz • Torre Bermeja • Rumores de la Caleta • Evocaciòn • Bajo la Palmera • Castilla Stefano Grondona offers his tribute to Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909) on the occasion of the centenary of the Catalan composer’s death.

The 12 works on this CD are historical arrangements of Albéniz’s music for guitar made by Francisco Tárrega, Miguel Llobet, and Andrés Segovia.

Cat # STV 33729 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

Cat # STV 33859 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

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Antonio VIVALDI

Ferdinand REBAY

Collegium Pro Musica/Stefano Bagliano: conductor

Matteo Mela, Lorenzo Micheli: guitars

VIVALDI: Flute Concertos, Op. 10—No. 1 in F “Tempesta di mare” • No. 2 in G minor “La notte” • No. 3 in D “Il gardelino” • No. 4 in G • No. 5 in F • No. 6 in G

REBAY: Grosses Duo für Gitarre und Quint-Bassgitarre • 4 Variationen über Schuberts Wiegenlied • Sonata in A minor for Guitar Solo • Guitar Sonata in D minor

On this new recording from Stradivarius, dedicated to Antonio Vivaldi’s Concertos Op. 10, Stefano Bagliano plays recorder and conducts the Collegium Pro Musica, an ensemble specializing in 17th and 18th century repertoire performed in accordance with the style of that age and using true copies of original instruments.

This recording attempts to repair a deep historical injustice: Ferdinand Rebay, although popular as a choir director and a composer of vocal music, is quite unknown for his guitar compositions. This new CD marks an end to a half-century of oblivion and announces a latecomer among the great 20th-century guitar composers.

Flute Concertos, Op. 10

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Guitar Sonatas

Release Date: August 10, 2010

Alpha

Ensemble Calliopée Karine Lethiec: viola, conductor DUROSOIR: Jouvence I • Jouvence II • Jouvence III • Caprice • Berceuse • Incantation bouddhique • Vitrail • Au vent des landes • Quintette I • Quintette II • Quintette III Lucien Durosoir was always an assiduous reader of poetry; he preferred the Parnassians to the Romantics. He also read and re-read his favorite poets—Baudelaire, Verlaine, and Rimbaud—of which he owned several first editions. During the months spent in the muddy trenches of WWI, he often sought consolation from their works, which had been sent by his mother to the battlefront. In this way, he was able to while away the long hours of waiting, moral loneliness, and physical suffering. This third volume in a series from Ensemble Calliopée opens the doors to a more poetic Durosoir, in a language that engenders a sweet and romantic daydream.

Lucien DUROSOIR

Jouvence & Other Chamber Music Cat # APH 164 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Bertrand Cuiller: harpsichord D. SCARLATTI: Essercizi per gravicembalo (Harpsichord Sonatas)— K420, K462, K132, K65, K144, K119, K426, K115, K206, K25, K475, K30 • SOLER: Fandango Born in the same year as Handel and Bach, Neapolitan harpsichordist Domenico Scarlatti was a virtuoso with a very particular style. In Madrid, he became “Domingo Escarlatti” and lived as a music teacher to Queen Maria-Barbara. He wrote almost 555 sonatas, in which he created an explosion of wide-ranging sounds from Italy and Spain.

As he was able to utilize the technical possibilities of the harpsichord to the fullest, he produced the mournful notes of the hunting horns as well as the passionate chords played on a flamenco guitar. This program also presents the “Fandango” of his disciple, Padre Antonio Soler, a sort of virtuoso dance on an ostinato. The harpsichord played on this disc is an Italian model, conceived by Philippe Humeau, with a warm sound that is ideal for this repertoire.

Domenico SCARLATTI Essercizi for harpsichord Cat # APH 165 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Gramola

Release Date: August 10, 2010

Max REGER

3 Suites for Solo Cello Adalbert Skocic: cello REGER: 3 Suites for Solo Cello Max Reger (1873–1916) composed his three cello suites in Meiningen in 1914. His work, oriented toward polyphony and capable of both the most tender sensitivity and extroverted roughness, embodies the post-Romantic disruption characteristic of the early 20th century.

Cellist Adalbert Skocic descends from an old Austrian family of musicians, and was a member of the Vienna Philharmonic for decades. He retired from the orchestra to dedicate himself to his solo career, and to teaching. He recorded these suites in January 2009.

Cat # GLA 98857 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel w/ Slipcase; Box Lot 20 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Franz SCHUBERT

Works for Violin and Piano, Vol. 2 Thomas Albertus Irnberger: violin/Jörg Demus: piano SCHUBERT: Sonata (Duo) in A, D574 • Arpeggione Sonata, D821 • Introduction & Variations on “Trockne Blumen,” D802

Cat # GLA 98858 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel w/ Slipcase; Box Lot 20

After their first successful recording of works for violin and piano by Franz Schubert, young violinist Thomas Albertus Irnberger and legendary pianist Jörg Demus present a sequel consisting of the Sonata (also called “Duo”) in A Major, D. 574; the “Arpeggione” Sonata, D. 821, which in its first printing was published in both cello and violin versions in addition to the arpeggione, long forgotten as an instrument; and the Introduction and Variations on Trockne Blumen (“Dry Flowers”) D. 802. Demus plays a fortepiano by Conrad Graf built around 1823, and Irnberger plays a violin built by Martin Stoss in 1824.

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Joaquín TURINA

Complete Works for Violin and Piano Duo DS/David Delgado: violin/Stefan Schmidt: piano TURINA: Sonatas for violin & piano (2) • El Poema de una sanluqueña • Euterpe, en plena fiesta • Variaciones clásicas • Homenaje a Navarra • Sonata española

Cat # GLA 98859 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel w/ Slipcase; Box Lot 20 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Joaquín Turina (1882–1949) was one of the most important Spanish composers of the first half of the 20th century, whose hometown of Sevilla shaped both his personality and his oeuvre. The basis of the latter is the Andalusian folk song, and he was also influenced by his friend Claude Debussy. On this double CD, the Spanish-German duet Duo DS, consisting of violinist David Delgado and pianist Stefan Schmidt, perform all of Turina’s works for violin and piano.

Release Date: August 10, 2010

Gramola

Wilten Boys’ Choir Johannes Stecher: conductor Duo D’Accord Lucia Huang, Sebastian Euler: pianos Next Step Percussion Ensemble ORFF: Carmina Burana (version for choir, soloists, pianos & percussion) In 1931–32, after dissociating himself from the influences of Debussy and Richard Strauss, Carl Orff found his way to a personal style, which in addition to its preoccupation with the music of the 16th and 17th centuries was also marked by a “regeneration of music from movement, from dance.” His breakthrough came in 1937 with Carmina Burana, which went on to become his most famous work. The Wilten Boys’ Choir, conducted by Johannes Stecher, perform the work in the version for choir, soloists, pianos, and percussion, which further emphasizes the work’s frequently percussive character.

Carl ORFF

Carmina Burana Cat # GLA 98849 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel w/ Slipcase; Box Lot 21 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Thomas Albertus Irnberger: violin Paul Badura-Skoda: piano MOZART: Violin Sonata in F, K. 377 • Violin Sonata in G, K. 379 • Violin Sonata in A, K. 526 For their first production together, young Salzburg violinist Thomas Albertus Irnberger and legendary Viennese pianist Paul Badura-Skoda present three of Mozart’s sonatas for piano and violin, all of which were composed during Mozart’s period in Vienna. They interpret them on instruments that Mozart himself preferred: Irnberger plays a violin by Jakob Stainer, while Badura-Skoda plays one of the few preserved original Anton Walter fortepianos. The Sonata in A Major played here, the peak among his sonatas for piano and violin, was presumably composed as a thank-you to Count Lobkowitz for his gift of a Stainer violin.

W.A. MOZART

Violin Sonatas

Cat # GLA 98852 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel w/ Slipcase; Box Lot 20 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Tactus

Release Date: August 10, 2010

Francesco DURANTE Vespro Breve & Miserere

Sagittario Instrumental Ensemble/Giovanni Acciai: director/Il Dodocino Vocal Ensemble/ Antonella Arnese: director/Davide Pozzi: organ DURANTE: Vespro Breve • Miserere mei, Deus • MAIONE: Toccata seconda per organo

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Silvia Frigato & Miho Kamiya Madrigals for Laura Peperara

Silvia Frigato, Miho Kamiya: sopranos/Silvia Rambaldi: harpsichord 19 vocal and keyboard selections by Luzzaschi, Agostini, Wert, Virchi & Frescobaldi

Cat # TCT 530001 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Roberto Braglia ORLANDINI Missa “Et loquar ad cor ejus”

Angelo Manzotti: soprano/Francis Poulenc Women’s Chamber Choir/Matteo Cavicchini: piano/Roberto Braglia Orlandini: director ORLANDINI: Missa “Et loquar ad cor ejus” • Salve Regina • Beatus vir

Cat # TCT 969201 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Fuga Libera

Release Date: August 10, 2009 Raffaella Milanesi: soprano Instrumental Ensemble of Rome Giorgio Sasso: violin, conductor DURANTE: Concerto in minor for strings & b.c. • LEO: Vado dal Piano al Monte • Sinfonia Concertata for cello with violins • Concerto in D for 4 violins & b.c. • PORPORA: Il Ritiro—cantata for solo voice, strings & b.c.

The Instrumental Ensemble with Giorgio Sasso is, without doubt, the most elegant and refined among the old music Italian ensembles.

Awarded by international critics (Diapason, BBC Music magazine, Goldberg), its notoriety deserves to grow still more. For their first recording with Fuga Libera, the marvellous Raffaella Milanesi is invited to take part in the adventure. Her recent appearances in leading roles under the direction of Christophe Rousset, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Alessandro de Marchi, and Marc Minkowski have seduced all fans of beautiful voices. Along with discovering her, listeners are invited to participate in a passionate exploration of the Neapolitan repertoire of the mid-18th century, notably with two splendid cantatas from Leo and Porpora, presented in a world premiere recording.

Nicola PORPORA Il Ritiro

Cat # FGL 570 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 Includes world premiere recordings

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Ricercar Guy Penson: harpsichord, fortepiano Ricercar Consort Adrian Chamorro: conductor Il Fondamento Paul Dombrecht: conductor W.F. BACH: Concerto in E minor • Sonata No. 2 in A • Sinfonia in D minor • Fugue No. 8 in F minor • Concerto in F minor • Polonaise No. 10 in F minor • Concerto in F • Sonata No. 3 in B-flat • Concerto in E-flat (unfinished) • Sinfonia in F • Concerto in A minor Wilhelm Friedemann Bach’s works are still mostly unknown to the public at large, and remain in the shadow of those by his brothers. It is true that his music seems to be somewhat strange, imprisoned as it is by the composer’s profound inner drama. Born in 1710, Wilhelm Friedemann benefited more than any other of his brothers from the impact of his father’s personality; we may well remember the famous phrase attributed to Johann Sebastian: “The son that gives me joy is the one that I love.”

Wilhelm Friedemann BACH

Keyboard Concertos Cat # RCE 297 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Digipak; Box Lot 25

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Opera d’Oro

Release Date: August 10, 2010

Luciano Pavarotti

Pavarotti Passion, Vol. 2 Cat # OPD 6002 Price Code: B (SRP $3.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Luciano Pavarotti: tenor DONIZETTI: “Quanto è bella, quanto è cara” & “Una furtiva lagrima” from L’elisir d’amore • “Pour me rapprocher de Marie” from La fille du regiment • “Tombe degli avi miei” from Lucia di Lammermoor • MOZART: “Il padre adorato” from Idomeneo • “Dalla sua pace” from Don Giovanni • VERDI: “Ah sì ben mio” from Il trovatore • “Ella me fu rapita!... Parmi veder le lagrime” from Rigoletto • “Amelia a d’ess’ancor” from Luisa Miller • FLOTOW: “Ach! so fromm” from Martha • GIORDANO: “Amor ti vieta” from Fedora • GLUCK: “Che farò senza Euridice” from Orfeo ed Euridice • LEONCAVALLO: “Vesti la giubba” from Pagliacci • MASSENET: “En fermant les yeux” from Manon “Pavarotti’s dazzling virtuosity and glowingly expressive phrasing have moved and thrilled an extraordinary range of people.” — Gramophone Born in Modena, a small town in northern Italy, Luciano Pavarotti (1935–2007) was the son of a baker and amateur tenor. He grew up surrounded by his father’s recordings of the day’s leading opera singers—including Giuseppe Di Stefano, Jan Kiepura, and Enrico Caruso—and he went on to become one of the most popular vocalists of all time. This collection features favorite arias from classic operas, including L’elisir d’amore, I Pagliacci, Luisa Miller, Don Giovanni, and Martha. also available Luciano Pavarotti Pavarotti Passion Cat # OPD 6001 Price Code: B (SRP $3.99) U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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PUCCINI La bohème (2 CDs) Cat # OPD 7001 Price Code: 2L (SRP $23.99)

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Giuseppe VERDI Simon Boccanegra

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Tito Gobbi, Leyla Gencer, Giorgio Tozzi, Giuseppe Zampieri, Rolando Panerai: vocal soloists Orchestra & Chorus of the Vienna State Opera Gianandrea Gavazzeni: conductor VERDI: Simon Boccanegra (complete opera) A brilliant live performance from Salzburg in 1961. Baritone Tito Gobbi, one of the great singing actors of his era, is indelibly vivid as the tortured title character in this dark masterpiece. This is the only complete recording at mid-price, with newly translated Italian-English libretto and an extensive background essay on the opera.

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