Allegro Classical August 2015 New Release Book

AUGUST 2015 Release Date: August 7, 2015 A division of Allegro Media Group

Order Due Date: July 21, 2015

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Aliud Atoll Records BMC Records CAvi-music Challenge Classics Col legno EM Records Evil Penguin Records Lyrita Nimbus Records OMAC Records Phaedra Priory Records Querstand Resonus Classics Sepia Shane Thomas Music Smekkleysa SOMM Recordings Soundbrush Records Stone Records Stradivarius VANITAS Winter & Winter ZOHO Classix

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“A triumph for David Watkin and the Resonus label ... Watkin’s profound musicianship is more than enough to accelerate this recording of Bach’s Cello Suites to the top of the tiny league of ‘definitive’ recordings.”

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Shane Thomas has wowed classical music critics around the world with his breathtaking original compositions. Recording on his eponymous record label, Shane Thomas comes to Allegro Classical via Launch Music International Ltd.

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OMAC Records

Mark & Maggie O’Connor Duo

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Mark O’Connor: violin Maggie O’Connor: violin MONROE/BERLINE: Gold Rush, arr. Mark O’Connor • UNGAR: Ashokan Farewell, arr. Mark O’Connor • TRADITIONAL: Jole Blon, arr. Mark O’Connor/Kershaw • College Hornpipe, arr. Mark O’Connor • Tiger Rag, arr. Mark O’Connor • HANDY: St. Louis Blues, arr. Mark O’Connor • O’CONNOR: Emily’s Reel • F. C.’s Jig • Appalachia Waltz • WILLS/WILLS: Faded Love, arr.

Mark O’Connor • WILLIS: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, arr. Mark O’Connor • MONROE: Jerusalem’s Ridge, arr. Mark O’Connor • PIAZZOLLA: Libertango, arr. Mark O’Connor • GIMBLE: Fiddlin’ Around, arr. Mark O’Connor “Concise, lyrical, and irresistibly rhythmic.” — Boston Globe Mark and Maggie O’Connor perform a series of American classics and originals in a violin duet setting, with beautiful and virtuosic interplay. This first recorded album from the married couple features virtuosic classics and new compositions in the American styles.

The music is also featured amongst the repertoire for the O’Connor Method, a series of string music education.

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ZOHO Classix

Carlos Barbosa-Lima

The Chantecler Sessions Volume 1 (1958–1959) CD: ZMR 201508 Price Code: P (SRP $16.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT 8 d

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Carlos Barbosa-Lima: guitar J.S. BACH: Fuga • Bourrée • MENDELSSOHN: Canzoneta, Op. 12 • RAMEAU: Minueto • CHOPIN: Noturno • SAVIO: Sarabanda • Giga • Batucada • Impressões de Rua • Agogô (Isaías Sávio) • Estudo 1 (da 2.a série) • Estudo 3 (da 2.a série) • VILLA-LOBOS: Prelúdio No. 1 • TARREGA: Caixinha de Música • BARRIOS: As Abelhas • CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Vivo e Enérgico • CIMAROSA: Sonata • BEETHOVEN: Adagio Da Sonata Ao Luar • SOR: Folies d’Espagne Op. 15, No. 1 • ALBÉNIZ: Astúrias • Cádiz • BARRIOS: Chôro da Saudade • HENRIQUE: Matinta-perêra • FERNANDEZ: Velha Modinha • NOGUEIRA: Valsa-Chôro No. 5 “A musician gifted by the goddess of music.” — Andres Segovia After Carlos Barbosa-Lima’s longtime relationship with Concord Records ended, he began working with the ZOHO label. Few people were aware of Carlos’ early LP releases on the Brazil-based Chantecler label, the first of which was recorded when he was just 13 years old (Dez Dedos Magicos, 1958). Presented here along with Carlos’ second recording O Menino e o Violão (1959), we see a display of astonishing technical brilliance and an artistic maturity way beyond his years. These early LPs have been out of print for several decades, rare and highly sought-after by vintage guitar music collectors. None were ever previously released on CD! Publicity Campaign by Jim Eigo, directed at classical, guitar, and select Latin media.

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Sepia Mario Lanza: tenor Tracks include a selection of pieces from Rigoletto, La traviata, La bohème, Cavalleria rusticana, and many more When the first volume in this series was released in February 2015, opera fans were delighted for the compilation did justice to Mario Lanza’s recording legacy.

Now, in response to requests from around the world, the Sepia label has gathered more of Lanza’s greatest operatic recordings, including some that have been released commercially (“Qual occhio al mondo”), some private (“Aria sconosciuta” and “Questa bocca tua”), some live (“Lasciatemi morire” and “Già il sole dal Gange”), and some radio broadcasts (“Vesti la giubba”). This fabulous collection, lovingly presented in re-mastered sound, even includes Lanza rehearsing and warming up his voice.

Mario Lanza

Greatest Operatic Recordings Volume 2

Previously released Mario Lanza Greatest Operatic Recordings CD: SEP 1274 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1

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Mario Lanza My Italian Soul

Mario Lanza: tenor Track Listing: Mamma Mia, Che Vò Sapé? • Rimpianto (aka Toselli’s Serenade) • ’A Vucchella • Torna a Surriento • La Danza (Introduced by Lanza) • ’O Sole Mio • Tu Ca Nun Chiagne! • Santa Lucia Luntana • Fenesta Che Lucive • Dicitencello Vuie • ’O Surdato ’Nnammurato • Voce ’e Notte • Canta Pe’ Mme! • Comme Facette Mámmeta? • ’Na Sera ’e Maggio • Passione • Senza Nisciuno • Vaghissima Sembianza • Serenata • Pour un Baiser • Luna d’Estate • L’Alba Separa dalla Luce l’Ombra • Ideale • Agnus Dei • Mattinata (live recording) CD: SEP 1286 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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The first compilation devoted to Mario Lanza’s Neapolitan and Italian song recordings, representing the tenor at his interpretative peak in the genre! This collection comprises not only the highlights of his Mario! and Caruso Favourites albums, but the best of his earlier recordings of Neapolitan and Italian songs. It also includes a newly discovered rendition of “Mattinata.” Bonus tracks aside, the recordings are arranged chronologically, providing fascinating evidence of the rapid darkening of Lanza’s timbre during his final years, as his voice changed from a lirico spinto to a richer, pure spinto.

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Winter & Winter

Uri Caine

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Uri Caine: piano Joey Baron: drums Dave Binney: soprano sax Dave Douglas: trumpet Michael Formanek: bass Arto Lindsay: vocals DJ Olive: turntables …and more!

MAHLER/CAINE: SIDE A: Symphony No. 5 “Funeral March” • The Drummer Boy • Now will the Sun rise as brightly • I often think they have merely gone out! • SIDE B: Symphony No. 1 Titan • I went out this Morning over the Countryside, Resurrection • SIDE C: Symphony No. 5, Adagietto • The Drunkard in Spring • SIDE D: Primal Light • Who thought up this Song • The Farewell Now available on 180-gram vinyl! Original 1998 CD release was named The Wire’s Record of the Year and one of Boston Globe’s Top CDs of 1998. In early 1995, New York-based jazz pianist, composer, and arranger Uri Caine was approached by producer Stefan Winter about adapting the music of Gustav Mahler for a documentary film. Caine was also asked to debut this music during a live performance accompanying a screening of the film at the Knitting Factory, with a group consisting of leading members of New York’s creative music community. The premiere performance of Caine’s work was a critical and popular success, and in May 1996 he entered the studio to record Primal Light, a unique and original tribute to one of the most significant composers of our century. New lacquer cut mastering on ½” analog tape.

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Winter & Winter

Various Artists

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Uri Caine Ensemble: Othello’s Victory • Reinbert de Leeuw & Schönberg Ensemble: Wehmut • Stefan Zeniuk & Gato Loco: The Big Sleep • Kneebody & Theo Bleckmann: Songs My Mother Taught Me • Barbara Sukowa & The X-Patsys: An Die Sternen • Barbara Sukowa & The X-Patsys: Lost In The Stars • Uri Caine Ensemble: Ouvertüre, Lohengrin, 1. Akt, Richard Wagner • Fumio Yasuda: Ave Maria Piena Di Grazia • Theo Bleckmann & Fumio Yasuda: Der Bilbao-Song • Stefan Zeniuk & Gato Loco: Die, You Sucka! • Uri Caine Ensemble: Rhinelegend • Guy Klucevsek & Phillip Johnston: Leierkasten • Uri Caine Ensemble: Uri’s Organ Prelude • Uri Caine Ensemble: The Blessing Variation “Will appeal to those with … both an appreciation of tradition and adventurous ears.”

— All Music Guide (for Barbara Sukowa’s Im wunderschönen Monat Mai) “A wild ride in a fast machine.” — All About Jazz (for Uri Caine’s The Othello Syndrome) “Kneebody [is] a resolutely unpin-downable band … [an] amalgam of urban-signifying genres, from electro-pop to punk-rock to hip-hop.” — New York Times (for Kneebody’s Twelve Songs by Charles Ives) A classical/jazz crossover compilation including tracks from three Grammy®-nominated albums: Barbara Sukowa’s Im wunderschönen Monat Mai (2009), Uri Caine’s The Othello Syndrome (2009), and Kneebody’s Twelve Songs by Charles Ives (2010).

Classical adaptations are a characteristic feature of Stefan Winter’s productions; the transformations of masterpieces open up new aspects of the music. The artists featured on this disc — including Uri Caine, Kneebody & Theo Bleckmann, Fumio Yasuda, and more — embody competence, creativity, and musical innovation.

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Allegro Classical Welcomes Shane Thomas

Shane THOMAS Note My Dream

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Shane Thomas: piano Hungarian Symphony Orchestra THOMAS: Joshua and Ruby • Melody for Nana • Mrs. Matisse • Dance of the Bowerbirds • Come • Alive • First and Water • The Shadow • Grand Sonata • The First Waltz • Clair De Lune • Rainfall • Reminiscing “Britain’s most inspiring musical prodigy.” — Daily Mail “Shane [is] extraordinary, bordering on the miraculous.” — Yehudi Menihin Music School Fifteen-year-old Shane Thomas has wowed classical music critics around the world with his breathtaking original compositions.

He was the youngest-ever musician to be signed to EMI Publishing (now with LMI Publishing), and Note My Dream is Shane’s debut album on his own eponymous label.

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Stone Records

Richard STRAUSS Lieder

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Patricia Rozario: soprano Charles Owen: piano STRAUSS: All’ mein Gedanken • Du meines Herzens Krönelein • Die Nacht • Wiegenlied • Blauer Sommer • Befreit • Ich trage meine Minne • Ständchen • Allerseelen • Ruhe, meine Seele! • Cäcilie • Heimliche • Aufforderung • Morgen! … • Traum durch die Dämmerung • Schlagende Herzen • Nachtgang • Das Rosenband • Für funfzehn Pfennige • Hat gesagt – Bleibt’s nicht dabei • Freundliche Vision • Ich schwebe • Winterliebe • Winterweihe • Kling!

“Patricia Rozario floats effortlessly with a voice of liquid gold.” — Gramophone Patricia Rozario OBE is a renowned singer on the opera stage and concert platform. Her unique voice and artistry have inspired many composers to write for her, notably Arvo Pärt and the late Sir John Tavener. She has sung under Pritchard, Solti, Ashkenazy, Jurowski, and Andrew Davis; has sung opera at Aix-en-Provence, Amsterdam, Lyon, Lille, Bremen, Antwerp, Wexford, ENO, Glyndebourne and Opera North; and performed concerts in the U.S., Canada, Russia, the Far East, Australia, Europe, and the UK. She is a frequent soloist at the BBC Proms. Together with Charles Owen she is also a regular recitalist, and this disc comprises a selection of their favorite songs by Richard Strauss. A fantastic performance by a great recital duo!

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Evil Penguin Records

Franz SCHUBERT & Johannes BRAHMS The Complete Duos & Phantasie CD: EPR 18 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 6 d

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Pieter Wispelwey: cello Paolo Giacometti: piano SCHUBERT: Fantasy in C for cello and piano, D. 934 • Sonatina in G minor for cello and piano, D. 408 • REGER: Adagio from The First Suite for cello solo Op. 131c, No. 1 • Largo from The Second Suite for cello solo Op. 131c, No. 2 • BRAHMS: Sonata in E flat major for cello and piano Op. 120, No. 2 “Exceptionally imaginative and impassioned performers.” — American Record Guide “A tremendous performance … wonderfully imaginative.” — BBC Music Magazine Teaming up with his trusted piano partner Paolo Giacometti, Peter Wispelwey aims to demonstrate that music written by major Lied composers can rewardingly be played on the cello, the string instrument that most resembles the human voice.

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Peter Wispelwey BACH: 6 Suites for Cello Solo CD+DVD: EPR 12 Price Code: 2N (SRP $25.99) Number of Discs: 3

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Challenge Classics

Anton BRUCKNER

Symphony No. 1 [Hybrid SACD] CD: CHR SACD 72556 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 O-Card Jewel, Box Lot 22 6 d

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Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Jaap van Zweden: conductor BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 1 in C minor (Edition Nowak, Linzer Fassung, 1866) “Jaap van Zweden is now the leading interpreter of Bruckner’s symphonies, and has trained his orchestra to perform them brilliantly.” — BBC Music Magazine A new installment in Jaap van Zweden’s successful series devoted to Bruckner’s symphonies.

Among the versions issued by Bruckner, the conductor has chosen the so-called Linzer, dated 1866.

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Previously released BRUCKNER Symphony No. 6 [Hybrid SACD] CD: CHR SACD 72552 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 6 d

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BRUCKNER Symphony No. 3 [Hybrid SACD] CD: CHR SACD 72551 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 6 d

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Challenge Classics Voces Intimae Riccardo Cecchetti: piano Luigi De Filippi: violin Sandro Meo: cello R. SCHUMANN: Piano Trio No. 2 in F major, Op. 80 • Phantasiestuecke, Op. 88 • C. SCHUMANN: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17 The second, and final, installment in Voces Intimae’s complete survey of Schumann’s piano trios. While the first volume was performed on period instruments, this one is on modern instruments and includes the chamber music masterpiece Trio, Op. 27 by Clara Schumann.

Robert SCHUMANN Piano Trios, Op. 80 & 88 CD: CHR 72675 Price Code: P (SRP $16.99) Number of Discs: 1 O-Card Jewel, Box Lot 22 6 d

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Ars Antiqua Austria Gunar Letzbor: conductor BIBER: “Sonatae Tam Aris Quam Aulis Servientes”: Sonata I a otto • Sonata II a sei • Sonata III a sei • Sonata IV a cinque • Sonata V a sei • Sonata VI a cinque • Sonata VII a cinque • Sonata VIII a cinque • Sonata IX a cinque • Sonata X a cinque • Sonata XI a conque • Sonata XII a otto Heinrich Biber is among the top composers of the second half of 17th century; his Sonatas are among the most important works of the early Baroque period. Ars Antiqua Austria is a well-established periodinstrument ensemble, recipient of many international awards.

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Heinrich BIBER

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CAvi-music Christiane Oelze: soprano Christian Tetzlaff, Benjamin Beilman: violins Volker Jacobsen: viola Tanja Tetzlaff: cello Alois Posch: bass Marie-Christine Zupancic: flute Blanca Gleisner: oboe Sharon Kam: clarinet Mario Häring: piano Ryoko Morooka: harmonium Hans-Christian Kjos Soerensen, Dirk Offelder: percussion MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 in G major (arr. for chamber ensemble by Erwin Stein) A recording of Mahler’s most popular symphony in the ensemble version by Erwin Stein (featuring 13 players), live from the Spannungen Festival 2014.

Gustav MAHLER

Symphony No. 4 (arr. E. Stein) CD: AVI 8553334 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Artur Pizarro: piano Christian Tetzlaff: violin Tanja Tetzlaff: cello RACHMANINOV: Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 9 “Trio élégiaque” A monumental piece, rarely performed, in a live recording by first-rate artists from the 2014 Spannungen Festival.

Sergei RACHMANINOV

Piano Trio No. 2 “Trio élégiaque” CD: AVI 8553335 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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SOMM Recordings Mark Bebbington: piano BLISS: Masks • Two Interludes • Suite for Piano (premiere) • Das alte Jahr vergangen ist (The old year has ended) • The Rout Trot • Triptych • “Bliss” (One-Step) “Impressive and near flawless.” — BBC Music Magazine “A vivid portrait of one of the most important English composers of his period.” — Gramophone This is the second volume in Mark Bebbington’s traversal of the solo piano music of Sir Arthur Bliss; the first volume garnered impressive reviews for both composer and performer. Bliss was Master of the Queen’s Music from 1953 until his death in 1975, and made a significant contribution to British music.

This new album encompasses the composer’s most important piano works, including his supreme masterpiece “Triptych” as well as the world premiere of the fascinating early Suite for Piano (1912).

Sir Arthur BLISS

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Upcoming Reviews from Gramophone, International Piano, BBC Music Magazine, Classical Ear, and more.

Previously released Sir Arthur BLISS The Complete Piano Music Vol. 1 CD: SMM 111 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1

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Simon Callaghan: piano COKE: 24 Preludes, Op. 33 • 24 Preludes, Op. 34 • 15 Variations and Finale, Op. 37 The name Roger Sacheverell Coke (1912–1972) is very little known, but he was a truly fine British composer whose music embraces a wide range of opera, symphonies, concertos, chamber music, and solo piano music.

Coke dedicated his Second Symphony to his friend Rachmaninov, who often visited Coke in his home in the North of England. There is a feel of Rachmaninov’s Romanticism in Coke’s music, but it has its own unique language. Simon Callaghan, winner of the Prix Special in the 8ème Concours Jean Francaix in Paris, has made a special study of this scandalously neglected composer. This CD contains Coke’s two major piano works — a major discovery for lovers of British music!

An in-depth interview featuring Callaghan’s work and discovery of Coke was recently published in International Piano magazine. He has also written a blog on Coke’s life and work for Gramophone (online now).

Simon Callaghan

Roger Sacheverell Coke CD: SMM 147 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT 7 d

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col legno Wiltener Sängerknaben Johannes Stecher: conductor PÄRT: Magnificat • Beatitudines • Nunc dimittis • Drei Hirtenkinder aus Fátima • The Deer’s Cry • Da pacem Domine • An den Wassern zu Babel sassen wir und weinten • Littlemore Tractus • Vater unser The first-ever recording of Arvo Pärt’s wonderful vocal music performed by a boys’ choir! This year, the Estonian composer celebrates his 80th birthday.

More than four decades ago, the musician Arvo Pärt fell silent, and went into retreat for eight years. His silence gave rise to a new kind of music, which has gained him international fame. “I have discovered that it is enough if a single note is beautifully played,” Pärt once said. Based on his study of the cathedrals of sound of the Renaissance, the composer has developed a very personal and original style: music inspired by spirituality, striving to accomplish the ideal of perfect simplicity.

Arvo PÄRT Babel

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EM Records Rupert Marshall-Luck: violin Duncan Honeybourne: piano, organ SUMSION: Sonata in E minor for violin and piano • PANTCHEFF: Sonata for violin and organ, Op. 74 • DARKE: Sonata No. 1 in E minor for violin and piano Three world-premiere recordings on one disc! The use of the sobriquet “King of Instruments” for the organ is well known, and the violin was the instrument of the royal courts of Europe from the 17th century until after the Enlightenment. The chiasmus offered by the juxtaposition of these two instruments was thus irresistible as the title of a disc that features works for violin and organ or piano by three organist-composers: Herbert Sumsion, Harold Darke, and Richard Pantcheff. Recorded in December 2014 in the Chapel of Jesus College, Cambridge, this disc highlights the Hudlestone Organ, built by the Swiss firm of Orgelbau Kuhn and installed in 2007.

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Nimbus Alliance Vladimir Feltsman: piano SCHUMANN: Album for the Young, Op. 68 After charting four albums simultaneously on Billboard’s Traditional Classical Albums chart last year, eminent pianist Vladimir Feltsman turns to Schumann’s “Album for the Young.” Many of Schumann’s piano works are staples of the repertoire, but rarely is “Album for the Young” performed or recorded by first-rate musicians. This recording readdresses this disparity and reveals the character and qualities of these charming compositions.

Pianist and conductor Vladimir Feltsman is one of the most versatile and consistently interesting musicians of our time. His vast repertoire encompasses music from the Baroque to 20th-century composers. A regular guest soloist with leading symphony orchestras in the United States and abroad, he appears in the most prestigious concert series and music festivals all over the world.

Robert SCHUMANN

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Emma Johnson: clarinet John Lenehan: piano Michelangelo Quartet BRAHMS: Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 • ZEMLINSKY: Trio in D minor, Op. 3 Emma Johnson is one of few clarinetists to have established a busy solo career, which has taken her to major European, American, and Asian venues as well as to Africa and Australasia. Johnson has appeared as a soloist with many of the world’s leading orchestras in repertoire that includes all the major clarinet works as well as pieces written especially for her by John Dankworth, Will Todd, and Michael Berkeley, among others.

Emma Johnson

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Nimbus Alliance Julius Berger: cello Olvier Kern: piano J.S. BACH/KODÁLY: Praeludium and Fugue in D minor, BWV 853 • 3 Choralvorspiele • SCHACHTNER: Relief No. 3 – “ich schrei aus tiefer Not” frei nach dem Praeludium, BWV 686 • J.S. BACH: Choralvorspiel “Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden” nach, BWV 727 • “Es ist vollbracht” Aria from St. John Passion • BRAHMS: Sonata in E minor, Op. 38 • BRAHMS/GÜRSCHING: 9 Variations for a traditional German Minnelied • BEETHOVEN: Sonata in A major, Op. 69 • REGER: Sonata in A major, Op. 116 • Aria Op. 103a, No. 3 No composer in the history of the Western classical tradition has left as big a legacy as Johann Sebastian Bach. Like a comet that never dies out, his work continues to pervade life’s spaces. Bach’s work transcends his own time — even as early as Mozart, references to Bach are not considered regressive but are associated with notions of progress.

Julius Berger

Inspired by Bach: Works for Cello CD: NIM 6302 Price Code: 2I (SRP $21.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Slimline, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT 7 d

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Nimbus Records Charlotte de Rothschild: soprano Adrian Farmer: piano QUILTER: St Valentine’s Day • How Should I Your True Love Know? from Four Shakespeare Songs, Op. 30 • Daisies After Rain • Four Songs, Op. 14 • Cuckoo Song from Three Songs, Op. 15 • Orpheus With his Lute from Two Shakespeare Songs, Op. 32 • Music Slumber Song from Where the Rainbow Ends • Six Songs, Op. 25 • Songs of Sorrow, Op. 10 • Three Songs of William Blake, Op. 20 • Two September Songs • Wind from the South • April Love

Charlotte de Rothschild The Songs of Roger Quilter CD: NIM 5930 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

Few composers — especially song composers — can claim to have written works that have remained in print since they were first published more than 100 years ago. Roger Quilter is one such, though the number of his songs still in print is regrettably small. Quilter studied piano at the Frankfurt Conservatory, where his fellow students included Cyril Scott, Balfour Gardiner, and Percy Grainger. They were known as the Frankfurt Group, though they had little in common beyond a dislike of Beethoven. Quilter took the drawing-room song into another world: the sound and style is warm, tonal though often highly chromatic with an almost iridescent quality, a generous-sounding late-flowering Romantic color, and highly sensitive to the text. These songs are immensely rewarding to sing and play, and exploration reveals more and more of their sheer musical depths.

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BMC Records György Philipp, Márk Bubnó, Tamás Bubnó: vocal soloists Levente Horváth Márton: organ Schola Cantorum Budapestiensis Tamás Bubnó, János Mezei: conductors SEREI: Sunday Vespers • ZOMBOLA: Vesperae per annum Singing the Evening Office — the Vespers — was a part of the celebration of the feast days for the priests and their congregations ever since the early centuries of Christianity. This practice survived until the end of the Middle Ages, and in certain regions of Europe, such as Transylvania, even up to recent times. Two Hungarian composers representing two modern generations, Zsolt Serei and Péter Zombola, reached back to this tradition and composed two Vespers cycles. These full cycles were not meant to be performed on one occasion; rather, we encourage ambitious choirs and congregations to select some pieces from them for one liturgical occasion, and insert them into the Liturgy in the way clausulae were inserted in the 12th–13th century Notre Dame organum practice. Works of real artistic value deserve to become part of the daily celebrated liturgy.

Zsolt SEREI & Péter ZOMBOLA Hungarian Contemporary Vespers CD: BMH 211 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 40 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Saint Ephraim Male Choir Tamás Bubnó: artistic director TRAD.: Bell prayer I–IV • God is with us • Christ is born • When the Angel came down to Mary • Christmas bell prayer • Awake, Oh Christian Soul • Interlude for bells, wood and metals • Traditional Serbian Chant (Ps 135) • I will bless the Lord at all times • Symantron prayer • Interlude for chains and metals • Lamentation of the Virgin Mary • Having beheld the Resurrection of Christ • TCHESNOKOV: Evening sacrifice • Do Not Reject Me (Ps 70) • TRAD. arr. BUBNÓ: Oh, pious Jesus • Little girl • TRAD. arr. PHILIPP: Hark, how the bells • Lesya • DICHKO: Praise the Lord, O my soul • TCHAIKOVSKY: Credo • Cherubic chant • GOLEMOVIC: Two Movements from Presanctificated Gifts • ANONYMOUS: Kratima (Ps 105) from Lambadarios manuscript • Cherubimic hymn • AKSENTIJEVIC: We hymn Thee • GRECHANINOV: Credo • RACHMANINOV: Blessed is the man (Ps 1) • Bless the Lord, O my soul (Ps 103) • Praise ye the name of the Lord (Ps 134/135 • BORTNYANSKY: Te Deum The title of the encyclical of St. John Paul II was borrowed by the Saint Ephraim Male Choir for their concert series in St. Stephen’s Basilica, launched in December 2012. The series was highly successful and instantly embraced by the audience; thousands wanted to listen to the “vocal pieties” encompassing the unusually broad repertoire of Byzantine liturgical music.

Saint Ephraim Male Choir Orientale Lumen II

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VANITAS J.S. BACH

Goldberg Variations Andrés Alberto Gómez: harpsichord J.S. BACH: Goldberg Variations • 14 Canons, BWV 1087

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Johann Gottlieb Goldberg (1727–1756) would have never imagined that his name would be linked in history to the Aria and the 30 variations composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Undoubtedly, the Goldberg Variations are some of the most fascinating works for keyboard. Despite Bach’ss reticence for creating variations due to his always identical harmony, the humble Leipzig singer left us a huge art work that catches all who hear it.

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Divina Mysteria

Apoteosis: Viola Bastarda in the 16th Century Divina Mysteria/Thor Jorgen: viola de gamba/Pavel Amilcar: violin/Andrés Alberto Gómez: organ

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DIRUTA: Toccata Di Grado del Primo Tuono. Il Transilvano • FRESCOBALDI: Canzona Quinta la Tombonccina • ROGNIONO: Ancor Che Col Partire. Modo Dificil Sobre Cipriano da Rore • DE SELMA: Canzona Prima a Doi. Basso e Soprano • Susana Paseggiata • Vestiva I Colli Passegiatto a Doi • GOMEZ: Toccata del Signor Andrés Gomez • ROGNONI: Susana Paseggiata. Modo Facil Sobre Orlando di Lasso • Vestiva I Colli. Modo Dificil Sobre Palestrina • BASSANI: Toccata del Signor Oratio Bassani • MERULO: Toccata • FERRABOSCO: Sound out my Voice. Sobre Palestrina • GUAMI: Toccata del Secondo Tuono. Il Transilvano • BASSANI: Toccata per B Cuadro This new CD focuses attention upon a period of no more than 50 years of history: precisely, between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in the country now known as Italy. The repertoire explores the viola bastarda, and its style of composition and interpretation named alla bastarda.

Atoll Records Estrella

Tui: Works for Two Pianos, Eight Hands Estrella Quartet/Somi Kim: piano/Gemma Lee: piano/Cindy Tsao: piano/Judy Lee: piano HAMILTON: Tui • FARR: Into the Chasm • Bintang • HOLMES: Bottom’s Dance • CASTRO-ROBINSON: Efflux • RIMMER: Hammerheads • BALLARD: Two Pieces – I • HAMILTON: Three Rags • Ghost Dance

CD: TOL 313 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

Winner of the Sixth Annual Pettman/ROSLARTS International Scholarship, the Estrella Quartet is the first permanent group of its kind in New Zealand. In their unique combination of four pianists at two pianos, they present a distinctive visual and listening experience. Performing classical to contemporary works, the Quartet’s repertoire includes pieces dedicated to them by leading New Zealand composers.

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Lyrita

Walter LEIGH Jolly Roger

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Neilson Taylor, Alan Dudley, Vernon Midgley, Leslie Fyson: vocal soloists The Ambrosian Singers BBC Concert Orchestra Ashley Lawrence: conductor LEIGH: Jolly Roger (complete opera) In 1942 The Musical Times reported a “grave loss,” referring to Walter Leigh’s tragically early death, after he was killed in action while serving in a tank regiment near Tobruk just before his 37th birthday. Though during his lifetime he was often compared to Sir Arthur Sullivan, from a contemporary standpoint an equally pertinent analogy could be drawn with a composer from a later generation, Sir Richard Rodney Bennett. With a cast headed by George Robey, known to audiences as “the Prime Minister of Mirth,” the comic opera Jolly Roger opened at the Opera House, Manchester in February 1933.

Running for over six months, it enjoyed critical success from the outset.

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Resonus Classics Vicky Yannoula: piano George-Emmanuel Lazaridis: piano BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 1, Op. 21, arr. Czerny • Symphony No. 5, Op. 67, arr. Czerny Famously a pupil of Beethoven himself, prolific Austrian pianist and composer Carl Czerny made many arrangements of works by Beethoven for varying forces, including all nine of his symphonies arranged for piano duet. Here receiving their first recordings are Czerny’s arrangements of two of Beethoven’s best-known symphonies. Czerny’s immense skill in realizing these towering achievements through just a single instrument is vividly brought to life by acclaimed pianists Vicky Yannoula and George-Emmanuel Lazaridis, employing every pianistic color available as well as considerable technique and virtuosity.

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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Symphonies 1 & 5 for piano duet (arr. Czerny) CD: RSN 10151 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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World premieres

William Dore: organ DEMESSIEUX: Te Deum, Twelve Choral Preludes on Gregorian Themes • TOURNEMIRE: Suite XXV (L’Orgue Mystique) In Festo Pentecostes • MOORE: Five Sketches on Helmsley Ampleforth can trace its roots back to pre-Reformation, when there was a Benedictine community at Westminster Abbey. Much of the music chosen for this CD has a strong resonance with the living community at Ampleforth, in which the plainsong features so prominently in the monk’s daily offices.

William Dore

The Influence of Plainsong: The Organ of Ampleforth Abbey CD: PRI 1117 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

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Stradivarius Morton FELDMAN

Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello KLIMT Quartet/Matteo Fossi: piano/Duccio Ceccanti: violin/Edoardo Rosadini: viola/Alice Gabbiani: cello FELDMAN: Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello “Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello” constitutes the last, highly memorable composition by Morton Feldman, which was completed in the year of his death (1987). The very expanded dimensions of this extraordinary piece are in accordance with the prevalent tendency of the works written in the course of the 1980s, which are marked by extremely long duration.

CD: STV 33967 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

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Dieterich BUXTEHUDE Membra Jesu Nostri

RossoPorpora/Walter Testolin: conductor BUXTEHUDE: Cantata I: Ad Pedes • Cantata II: Ad Genua • Cantata III: Ad Manus • Cantata IV: Ad Latus • Cantata V: Ad Pectus • Cantata VI: Ad Cor • Cantata VII: Ad Faciem This work is dedicated to Gustav Düben, organist and Kapellmeister in Stockholm, who was not only a personal friend of Buxtehude but was also responsible for the preservation of many of his compositions, which came together in the Düben collection held in the library of the University of Uppsala.

CD: STV 37004 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 50

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Henri VIEUXTEMPS The Harmonic Violin Francesco Parrino: violin VIEUXTEMPS: Étude No. 1 in G minor • Étude No. 2 in G major • Étude No. 3 in D major • Étude No. 4 in E flat major • Étude No. 5 in C major • Étude No. 6 in E major • Adagio in E major • Étude No. 28, Op. 48 in G minor • Morceau No. 1 in C major • Morceau No. 2 in C major • Morceau No. 3 in D major • Morceau No. 4 in D major • Morceau No. 5 in B flat major • Morceau No. 6 in D minor

CD: STV 37015 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 50

When evoking Vieuxtemps, you convene the whole Belgian violin school. His way of playing fosters purity of intonation, total technical command, broad tone, and a strong power of expression. On this new CD, Francesco Parrino’s choice of works offers a new dimension to the revival of the Belgian violinist’s music.

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Soundbrush Records Roger DAVIDSON

Universal Sacred Music for Chorus Jo-Anne Steinberg: clarinet/Matthew Dine: oboe, English horn/Seth Baer: bassoon/New York Virtuoso Singers/Harold Rosenbaum: conductor DAVIDSON: Missa Universalis IV: Kyrie • Gloria • Credo • Sanctus • Kyrie • Missa Universalis V: Kyrie • Gloria • Credo • Sanctus • Kyrie • Missa Universalis VI: “The Names of God” I, II, III • Peace (Om Shanti) • IV Epilogue • Ayejael Ne Yesu • Ayejael Cherokii • Ayejael Sufii • Amen

CD: SNB 1034 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30

“Universal Sacred Music” represents Roger Davidson’s core spirituality, embracing a unifying God that loves everyone eternally and unconditionally. Coinciding with Davidson’s being ordained an interfaith minister, these choral works express the universal nature of his spiritual music and message.

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Aliud Records Jan VAN DER ROOST

Colori: Works for Chamber Orchestra Colori Ensemble/Rianne Jongsma: flute/Wilma Jongsma: oboe/Arjan Jongsma: marimba/Frans Douwe Slot: piano VAN DER ROOST: Per Archi • Canti d’Amore • Contrasto Grosso • Concerto Doppio

CD: AUC 822 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

Jan Van der Roost was born in Duffel, Belgium, in 1956. He studied trombone, music history, and musical education at the Lemmensinstituut in Leuven (Louvain) and continued his studies at the Royal Conservatoires of Ghent and Antwerp, where he qualified as a conductor and a composer.

Besides being a prolific composer, he is much in demand as an adjudicator, lecturer, clinician, and guest conductor. His musical activities have taken place in 50 countries, and his compositions have been performed and recorded around the world.

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Colori Ensemble

Color Miti: Dutch Contemporary Music Colori Ensemble/Rianne Jongsma: flute/Wilma Jongsma: oboe/Arjan Jongsma: marimba/Frans Douwe Slot: piano MASSÉUS: Introduzione e Capriccio, Op. 18 • LIGTENBERG: Colori • Divertimento piccolo • ALKEMA: Double Scorpio • VISSER: Vijf Nocturnes

CD: AUC 832 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

Rianne Jongsma, Wilma Jongsma, and Arjan Jongsma studied at the Amsterdam School of the Arts and the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague. Between 2006 and 2010, they won important awards at the Princess Christina Competition and the National Competition of the Stichting Jong Muziektalent Nederland. Their concert repertoire for 2015–2016 comprises works by both Frisian and French composers.

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Smekkleysa Jaap Schroder

The Seventeenth Century Violin Jaap Schroder: violin MATTEIS THE ELDER: Passaggio rotto • Fantasia • MATTEIS THE YOUNGER: Fantasia, con discretione • BALTZER: Prelude • Allemande • Sarabande • Prelude • BIBER: Passacaglia • WESTHOFF: Suite in A major • J.S. BACH: Partita in D

CD: SMK 5 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30

The music on this recording brings the early baroque violin and its sound into focus. Jaap Schroder plays on a Dutch violin built around 1700, which has been restored to recover its original baroque sound.

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Phaedra Johan DUIJCK

Mirando: Choral Works Michael Nowak: tenor/Ghent Madrigal Choir/Meisjeskoor Amarylca/Noëlle Schepens: chorus master/ La Passione Chamber Orchestra/Hans van Kerckhoven: leader/Johan Duijck: chorus master, conductor DUIJCK: A Mirror to St. Nicolas, Op. 18 • Spring Triptych, Op. 1

CD: PHA 92086 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30

Johan Duijck reveals artistic versatility as a choir conductor, composer, pianist, and teacher. He has become internationally renowned as director of the Flemish Radio Choir, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus (London), the World Youth Choir, and the Ghent Madrigal Choir.

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Querstand Matthias Süß

Concert at the Organ of St. Anne’s Annaberg-Buchholz Matthias Süß: organ LANGLAIS: Rhapsodie from Nine Pieces • My Soul Seeks a Peaceful End from Nine Pieces • JANCA: Orgalverse über “Solang es Menschen gibt auf Erden” • GÁRDONYI: “Erd und Hummel sollen singen” • SPILLER: Chromatic Toccata on the Chorale “Nun danket alle Gott”, Op. 67 • KROPFREITER: Kleine Partita “Ach wie nichtig, ach wie flüchtig” • ALAIN: Litanies, AWV 100 • JULIÁ: Suite Gregoriana CD: QUE 1505 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30

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This CD concludes the series of concerts at the Walcker Organ of St. Anne’s in Annaberg-Buchholz.

Its stylistic disposition appears as ideal for French as well as for German romantic organ music, but also the baroque repertoire can be attractively interpreted, as the previous recordings in this series show. For this third volume Matthias Süß demonstrates the fantastic potential of the organ for modern and post-Romantic compositions.

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