Allegro Classical February 2012 New Release Catalog

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DISQUIET MEDIA

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Founded by composer Michel van der Aa in 2010, Disquiet Media is a multimedia label that embraces unfurling technologies in a wide spectrum of the arts. Based in Amsterdam, it focuses on compositions and music-theatre works that are firmly rooted in 21st-century life. Combining staging, film images, and soundtracks, composer and director Van der Aa pushes the boundaries of all media. Drawing on a unique layered vocabulary, his music has an expressive power and range that place him firmly in the vanguard of new music. The catalogue will initially center on Van der Aa’s work; later it will extend to other like-minded artists.

CUBAFILIN RECORDS

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Cubafilin Records is a vehicle for the releases performed and supported

by Ahmed Dickinson Cardenas. During his years in Cuba, he took part in masterclasses with Leo Brouwer, John Williams, Costas Cotsiolis, Shi Ichi Fukuda, Joseph Urshalmi, Marcos Socias, Gonzalo Salazar, and Eduardo Martin.

UNIZARRE PRODUCTIONS

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Unizarre Productions is the label of Neil Smith, one of Britain’s finest classical guitarists. His debut in the US received a standing ovation and led to several return trips, coast to coast. He has played for various heads of state as well as film star Elizabeth Taylor, and even gave a special recital in the USSR for a Red Army tank division at the castle of Attila the Hun!

ATTUNED HEART RECORDINGS

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In 2000, pianist Christine Rayner developed breast cancer. She has recently marked the 10th anniversary of her recovery by giving piano recitals of music by Ludovico Einaudi in aid of cancer charities. It is largely due to the appreciation and encouragement of the many who suggested she record her own interpretation of his music that this label, and its debut CD, has been created.

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2. OPD 6008 Luciano Pavarotti A Passion for Pavarotti: The Christmas Album 4. AVR 2229 Joyce Yang Collage

7. CRO 16094 The Sixteen Sacred Music: A Christmas History 8. SRC 51 Harold O’Neal Marvelous Fantasy 9. ACS 13 Natasha Paremski Brahams, Kahane & Prokofiev 10. ZIG 110902 Amandine Beyer Bach Sonatas & Partitas, BWV 1001–1006

ArtAct

Release Date: February 14, 2012

Antonio VIVALDI The 5 Seasons

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Nemanja Radulovi´c: violin VIVALDI: The 4 Seasons • SEDLAR: Spring in Japan “Hats off to this original talent.” — Diapason Disarmingly gracious, with a winning smile, Nemanja Radulovi´c explains his vision of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons: “You have to play them with your heart, your emotions, and try to get back to when you were a child.” He remembers the first time he performed the work, with the Double Sens ensemble, three years ago at the promenade concerts in Reims, the Flâneries Musicales d’Été. The idea of recording the concertos came to him after a concert at Auvers-sur-Oise the following year. The 25-year-old sets concert halls aflame at each of his appearances, thanks to his performances and his stage presence. He was recognized as the “International Revelation of the Year” at the Victoires de la Musique in 2005, and nominated as “Rising Star” in 2006. also available

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Winter & Winter

Release Date: February 14, 2012

Uri Caine

The Drummer Boy BUZZ ALERT

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Uri Caine: piano Ralph Alessi, Dave Douglas: trumpet Aaron Bensoussan, Shulamith Wechter Caine, Arto Lindsay, Julie Patton: voice Jim Black, Joey Baron: drums DJ Olive: turntables, live electronics CAINE: Rhinelegend • I Often Think They Have Merely Gone Out! • The Drummer Boy • Two Blue Eyes • Adagietto • When Your Mother Comes In The Door • I Went Out This Morning Over The Countryside • Dark Flame To this date, no other contemporary composer has looked deeper into Mahler’s oeuvre than Uri Caine. Now, at the end of the 20th century, Caine adapts Mahler’s compositions with his knowledge of the decline of the Danube Monarchy, of Nazis and the Holocaust, and of the developments of contemporary music. Among other highlights, the disc includes “Two Blue Eyes” featuring Jewish cantor Aaron Bensoussan, American poet Shulamith Wechter Caine (Uri’s mother), and an outstanding piano solo by Uri himself. also available

Uri Caine The Othello Syndrome Cat # WTR 135 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 d

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Uri Caine Plays Mozart Cat # WTR 130 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 d

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Ancalagon Records

J.S. BACH Sonatas

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Lara St. John: violin Marie-Pierre Langlamet: harp J.S. BACH: Sonata No. 1 for Violin & Keyboard in B minor, BWV 1014 • Sonata No. 3 for Violin & Keyboard in E, BWV 1016 • Sonata for Violin & Keyboard in G minor, BWV 1020 • Sonata for Flute & Keyboard in B minor, BWV 1030 • Sonata for Flute & Keyboard in E-flat, BWV 1031 “Mixes quicksilver technique with gripping spontaneity to captivating effect.” — Strad Juno Award-winning artist Lara St. John joins with Marie-Pierre Langlamet, principal harp of the Berlin Philharmonic, to bring new insight into seminal works recorded in this unique instrumentation for the first time.

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Performance DATES February 26 Lambertville, NJ – Church of St. John the Evangelist February 29 New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge March 2 New York, NY – Rockefeller University March 3 Chicago, IL – Lyon and Healy Hall

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Avie Records

Release Date: February 14, 2012 Rebecca von Lipinski: soprano Anna Grevelius: mezzo-soprano Peter Wedd: tenor Roderick Williams: baritone City of Birmingam Symphony Orchestra Chorus Manchester Camerata Douglas Boyd: conductor BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 “Choral” “Gutsy, powerful, vivid … something quite special” — Gramophone Editor’s Choice “Brilliant … fresh … sizzling … invigorating.” — The Sunday Times

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Manchester Camerata concludes its acclaimed Beethoven cycle with the composer’s final Symphony, the glorious Ninth. Like the previous releases in this cycle, these live recordings capture the spirit and freshness of these remarkable, genre-busting works as well as the excitement, atmosphere, and energy of the chamber orchestra under Douglas Boyd, the ensemble’s Music Director for 10 years.

Symphony No. 9 “Choral” Cat # AVR 2245 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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BEETHOVEN Symphonies 6 & 8 Cat # AVR 2242 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1

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Valentin Berlinsky Quartet Bartek Niziol: violin Wang Xiaoming: violin David Greenlees: viola Alexander Neustroev: cello SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor, Op. 108 • String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 • BEETHOVEN: String Quartet Op. 593, No. 1 “Razumovsky” “Wonderfully fresh … a new star of the string quartet world.” — David Zinman “Astonishing, revelatory, pure music.” — Yo-Yo Ma

Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH & Ludwig van BEETHOVEN String Quartets

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Avie introduces the Valentin Berlinsky Quartet, a Zurich-based international foursome that chose its name to honor the legendary founding cellist of the Borodin Quartet. The group received the blessing for their attribution from the cellist’s daughter, pianist Ludmila Berlinskaia, with whom they frequently perform. On their debut album, composers who dominated the quartet genre during their respective eras complement each other well. Many of the Shostakovich Quartets were premiered by the Beethoven Quartet, and were championed by the Borodins. In an additional nod to their namesake, the two composers were a favored combination of Berlinsky’s.

EXTON

Release Date: February 14, 2012

Gustav MAHLER Symphony No. 5

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Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Manfred Honeck: conductor William Caballero: French horn George Vosburgh: trumpet MAHLER: Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor This is the fourth volume of the Mahler Symphony cycle by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Manfred Honeck.

The previous issue won Gramophone Editor’s Choice in November 2011!

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KAIROS

Release Date: February 14, 2012 Mauricio Kagel: music Gastón Solnicki: director, producer “A standout marriage of cinema and classical music.” — Variety A film documentary about composer Mauricio Kagel, produced & directed by Gastón Solnicki. Mauricio Kagel (1931–2008), one of the great composers of the 20th century, was born in Argentina but left that country to settle in Germany in 1957. However, his adventurous music remained an inspiration to a number of forward-thinking Argentinean musicians. In 2006, he returned to Buenos Aires for a festival in which he directed a major concert by the Buenos Aires Philharmonic, and also worked with the young Ensemble Süden. Filmmaker Gastón Solnicki was on hand to capture Kagel’s visit on film, and this documentary chronicles the composer’s efforts to work directly with the musicians as well as reflecting the circumstances of modern music in Argentina. The surprising results will captivate even those not interested in contemporary music!

DVD Specs: NTSC, Region 0, 4:3 (Full Screen), Color, English/German (5.1 Surround), Not Rated, Run Time: 67 min.

Mauricio KAGEL

Süden: A Documentary Cat # KRO 13172 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Amaray, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Klangforum Wien Enno Poppe: conductor ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins: conductor European Workshop for Contemporary Music Titus Engel: conductor WOZNY: as in a mirror, darkly • Return • kahles Astwerk • Loses • Vom Verschwinden einer Landschaft II The general theme that unites Joanna Wozny’s works is that of continual transformation. The compositions on this new CD showcase this theme in many different ways. All of these works have to do with transformations, which could indeed go on endlessly were they not constantly accompanied by a dramaturgy of gradual fading away that itself exhibits frequent, slight changes.

Joanna WOZNY

as in a mirror, darkly Cat # KRO 13192 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Disquiet Media

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Ed Spanjaard: conductor Christianne Stotjin: mezzo-soprano Asko|Schönberg Otto Tausk: conductor Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Gottfried von der Goltz: violin VAN DER AA: Spaces of Blank • Mask • Imprint The three works on this first CD from Disquiet Media—composer, filmmaker, and director Michel van der Aa’s own multimedia label—constitute a stylistic cross-section of a genre that, with its refined musical expression of conceptual principles, has quickly gained ground both nationally and internationally.

They demonstrate the scope of a vision of “music about music”: the study of a human being, musician or not, is just as important as musical ideas.

Michel VAN DER AA

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Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra Peter Eötvös, Etienne Siebens: conductors Claron McFadden: soprano VAN DER AA: Here [enclosed] • Here [in circles] • Here [to be found] In his Here Trilogy, composer Michel Van der Aa draws the listener into the musical exploration of a clash between the individual and his surroundings.

His irrepressible fascination for theatrical and visual means is one recurring feature of the trilogy. A recognizable harmonic signature is evidence of his economical use of material. The harmonic DNA of the Here Trilogy consists of three sections of the same 11 chords, both in the orchestra and the soundtrack.

Michel VAN DER AA Here Trilogy

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Editions Hortus

Release Date: February 14, 2012 Les Eléments Joël Suhubiette: director Michel Bouvard: organ DURUFLÉ: Requiem Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986), alongside Saint-Saëns and Fauré, is one of the 20th century’s most striking composers of sacred music. His Requiem, a splendid contrast of melodies and Gregorian structures, is seductive by its richness, its sparkling style, and its harmonic refinement.

Here, vocal ensemble Les Eléments and organist Michel Bouvard present the organ version of the famous Requiem.

This contemplative version, intended for the expression of faith and meditation, is like a counterpoint of the orchestral version, intended for the room organ and for concerts.

The sumptuous Puget organ of Notre Dame du Taur in Toulouse gives us the warm colors of the instrument, which combine with the voices to form a dynamic and stunning recording.

Maurice DURUFLÉ Requiem

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Damien Colcomb Terres d’Espagne

Damien Colcomb: organ Organ works from the kingdoms of Phillip IV

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This program was conceived to draw parallels between Early Baroque Flemish & Iberian musical pieces written in the same empire, and with similar forms, giving a taste of the musical fusions that emerged from the encounters of Iberian and Flemish organists. Four of the most representative composers of 17th-century organ music are represented: Francisco Correa de Arauxo (Spain), Manoel Rodrigues Coelho (Portugal), and Peeter Cornet and Abraham can den Kerckhoven (Flanders).

Release Date: February 14, 2012

Foghorn Classics

Alexander String Quartet Joan Enric Lluna: clarinet CANO: Clarinet Quintet, Op. 74 • Veiled Proportions • Echos and Duels • Oblique Chants • Florid Pulse • BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 Breathtaking performances by celebrated Spanish clarinetist Joan Enric Lluna and the ASQ! A glorious partnership spanning two decades is faithfully captured here by producer Judith Sherman. This superlative interpretation of Brahms (not the first recorded by these same five players) is matched with the stunning newly commissioned work for this quintet by heralded Valencian composer César Cano. This is a stunning tour de force composition matched to a “take no prisoners” virtuosic performance—it sets the heart racing!

Alexander String Quartet In Friendship

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San Francisco Choral Artists Magen Solomon: director Alexander String Quartet Lawrence Ferlinghetti: poet, speaker KRAUSAS: Language of the Birds • LEEK: Hollow Stone • BRAHMS (tr. Grafilo) • Four Songs, Op. 92 • Ballade, Op. 10, No. 2 & Intermezzo, Op. 118, No. 2 • BEETHOVEN: Elegiac Songs, Op. 118 • GANDOLFI: Winter Light • S. CHIHARA: Clair de lune Joyous, celebratory performances of exciting new works for chamber chorus and string quartet captured in superb recordings by Judith Sherman. This disc includes premieres from Michael Gandolfi, Stephen Leek, Paul Chihara, and Veronika Krausas. Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti chips in with readings from his poems, and three new transcriptions of Brahms favorites combine with Beethoven’s Elegaic Songs to present a memorable collection of stunningly beautiful music from these improbable combined forces. Upcoming performances throughout 2012 include stops in Philadelphia, New York, Clearwater, Memphis, Los Angeles, Fullerton, Asheville, Charlottesville, and Cleveland.

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The Alexander String Quartet present Gershwin & Kern!

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Etcetera

Release Date: February 14, 2012

Maurice RAVEL Sonatine & Miroirs Hannes Minnaar: piano RAVEL: Miroirs • Sonatine • RACHMANINOV: Piano Sonata No. 1 Hannes Minnaar studied at the Conservatory of Amsterdam and graduated with an A+ distinction. At the international Concours de Genève, he was awarded second prize; at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels he won third prize, the highest Dutch ranking ever in this internationally acclaimed competition!

Cat # ETC 1432 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Sofia GUBAIDULINA Kadenza

Basque National Orchestra/José Ramón Encinar: conductor/Iñaki Alberdi: accordion/ Asier Polo: cello GUBAIDULINA: Seven words • In croce • Cadenza • Et expecto The playful smiles of people who have been rebels all their lives appears to unite the composer and performers of this original contemporary music album, alight with energy, symbolism, and metaphysics. The music flows artlessly, involving not effort but dedication and collusion with the human feeling for music and for life.

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Zefiro Torna

Tears of Joy: English Lute Songs and Secular Music Zefiro Torna Songs by Brewer, Ramsey, Locke, Morley, Campion, Rosseter, Bartlet, Pilkington, Lawes, Webb, Dowland, Johnson, Robinson, Hume & Ravenscroft

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Flemish ensemble Zefiro Torna was founded in 1996. Its allegorical name refers to the way in which the mythological god of the west wind, Zephyrus, manages to chase the bitter winter away year after year. Zefiro Torna consists of musicians who have won their spurs in ensembles such as the Huelgas Ensemble, Collegium Vocale, and Capilla Flamenca. Among many other awards, the group was awarded a Diapason d’Or for their 2007 release De Fragilitate. Includes a bonus CD celebrating the 15th anniversary of Zefiro Torna, featuring excerpts from previous releases.

Avanti

Release Date: February 14, 2012 Alexander Gurning: piano J.S. BACH: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Described by Le Monde de la Musique as having “the soul of a poet,” Alexander Gurning is one of the most original and accomplished musicians of his generation. Equally at ease in classical, jazz, or contemporary music, he studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and the Moscow Conservatory. He rose to fame as a pianist in the acclaimed Soledad ensemble, after receiving many awards for his first solo recital in the “Martha Argerich Presents” series. He now returns to the core of the classical music repertoire with a fascinating recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations. The artist toured the work extensively in Europe to great acclaim before tackling the recording sessions.

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J.S. BACH

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Sergio Tiempo: piano Orchestra of Italian Switzerland Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsy, Ion Marin: conductors LISZT: Dance of the Dead • Petrarch Sonnets • TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 With this brand-new release, piano virtuoso Sergio Tiempo reveals stunning live recordings made at the “Martha Argerich Presents” Festival in Lugano. The first half of the program is devoted to Franz Liszt, beginning with a thunderous “Dance of the Dead” masterly conducted by Ion Marin. Three magnificent Petrarch Sonnets follow, at the same time mystical, poetic, and highly virtuosic. The finale is an amazing performance of Tchaikovsky’s first piano concerto shaped in collaboration with Alexander Rabinovitch-Barakovsky, one of the most influential musicians of our era and a conductor without equal.

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Franz LISZT

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Passacaille

Release Date: February 14, 2012 Dorothee Oberlinger: recorder Mayumi Hirasaki: violin Marcel Comendant: cymbalom II. Suonar Parlante Orchestra Vittorio Ghielmi: viola da gamba, director TELEMANN: Concerto for recorder, viola da gamba & orchestra in A minor • GRAUN: Viola da gamba concerto in D • VIVALDI: Concerto for violin, English cello & orchestra in A • TARTINI: Viola da gamba concerto in A In Telemann’s autobiography, the composer states that the “barbaric beauty” of Polish folk music gave him enough ideas to last a lifetime.

On this wonderful recording, Vittorio Ghielmi brings virtuoso concertos to life, surrounded by a set of musical soulmates.

Vittorio Ghielmi Barbarian Beauty

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Nicolau de Figueiredo: harpsichord SEIXAS: 21 Sonatas & Minuets Similar to his brilliant recordings of Scarlatti, Haydn, and Soler, Nicolau de Figueiredo has just the right rhythmic feeling for the Portuguese style and finds himself totally at home in these elegant virtuoso pieces by Carlos Seixas, who represents the highest point in the development of a Portuguese harpsichord literature.

Jose Antonio Carlos de SEIXAS Sonatas

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Melodiya

Release Date: February 14, 2012 Van Cliburn: piano Valery Klimov: violin Natalia Shakhovskaya: cello Jane Marsh: soprano Vladimir Atlantov: tenor TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 • Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 • Letter Scene from Eugene Onegin • Songs • Herman’s aria from The Queen of Spades • BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata” • LISZT: Liebestraum No. 3 • MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 • BRAHMS: Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38 • HAYDN: Cello Concerto in C • Arias from Otello, The Magic Flute, Turandot, Carmen, Aida, Pagliacci, Tosca, Dubrovsky, Prince Igor • and more Melodiya presents an exclusive edition dedicated to the International Tchaikovsky Competition! A major artistic phenomenon and national endowment of Russia, the International Tchaikovsky Competition inspired the Melodiya Record Company to come up with the competition’s first-ever releases featuring the gold winners in each of the four disciplines—Van Cliburn, Valery Klimova, Natalya Shakhovskaya, Jane Marsh, and Vladimir Atlantov. Music lovers will adore these exquisite performances by genius musicians, and feel as if they are attending performances at the best concert halls of the world!

Pyotr Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY

The International Tchaikovsky Competition Cat # MYD 1001860 Price Code: 5J (SRP $49.99) Number of Discs: 5 Box Set, Box Lot 9 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

BUZZ ALERT Sviatoslav Richter: piano J.S. BACH: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I This cycle of preludes and fugues composed by Johann Sebastian Bach ranks tremendously high in the world of music. It is not just one of the immortal masterpieces of the world music literature; it is an encyclopedia of polyphonic art, a handbook for life, and an inexhaustible source of delight. Sviatoslav Richter said, “Whenever I set to the Well-Tempered Clavier, I always get consumed with a desire not to exclude any of the sides for the sake of one narrow and dogmatic position. I am confident that Bach can be played in different ways, with different articulation and different dynamics, as long as the whole is preserved and the performance is convincing.”

J.S. BACH

Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I

Cat # MYD 1001848 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Digipak, Box Lot 18 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Challenge Classics

Release Date: February 14, 2012

J.S. BACH

Oboe Passion: Arias & Concertos by J.S. Bach & Sons Pauline Oostenrijk: oboe, oboe d’amore, English horn/Nienke Oostenrijk: soprano/Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Jaap ter Linden: conductor J.S. BACH: 13 Arias • Oboe d’amore Concerto, BWV 1055 • J.C. BACH: Oboe Concerto in F • C.P.E. BACH: Oboe Concerto in E-flat, Wq 165 A double CD featuring two sisters: Pauline & Nienke Oostenrijk! Pauline plays on both CDs: one featuring arias for soprano and oboe, and one featuring oboe concertos.

Cat # CHR 72506 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 2 Box Set, Box Lot 9 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Robbert Muuse

Songs of Quest and Inspiration Robbert Muuse: baritone/Micha van Weers: piano CYRIL SCOTT: Song of London, • Blackbird’s Song • Sundown • To-Morrow • Water-Lilies • Time O’Day • Ballad of Fair Helen of Kirkconnel • Picnic • An Eastern Lament • A Song of Wine • Prelude • Have Ye Seen Him Pass By? • The Huckster • VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Mystical Songs • Songs of Travel

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Besides the familiar, well-known repertoire, Robbert Muuse and Micha van Weers challenge themselves to continuously explore the field of unknown works, forgotten or even forbidden songs that they deem worthy to be rediscovered and performed as new. This research led to their present collection of songs by Cyril Scott, which have unjustly remained unknown to our generation.

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Ewald Demeyere

18th-Century Flemish Harpsichord Music Ewald Demeyere: harpsichord Suites, Sonatas, and Pieces for Harpsichord by Boutmy, Raick, De Boeck, Staes, Van Helmont, Van der Borcht, and Anonymous For his debut on Challenge Classics, Ewald Demeyere shows us that there is more to Flemisch harpsichord music than just Fiocco! This unique CD is takes us into the wealth of other compositions from the 18th century. Demeyere, conductor of Baroque Orchestra Bach Concentus, has taken part in many recordings for radio and television for the ACCENT label.

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Playable in all CD players. For optimal sound, use compatible surround sound system.

Release Date: February 14, 2012

Challenge Classics

Liza Ferschtman: violin Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Mario Venzago: conductor ˇ DVORÁK: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 • GERSHWIN: An American in Paris Violinist Liza Ferschtman plays on this CD with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and Swiss conductor Mario Venzago. Her name is becoming more and more well known in the international music scene, and this new recording of the Dvoˇrák’s Violin Concerto shows that she is a world-class musician we will be hearing even more of in the future!

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ˇ Antonín DVORÁK & George GERSHWIN

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Elbipolis Baroque Orchestra, Hamburg SCHIEFERDECKER: 6 Concertos from Musicalische Concerte (Hamburg 1713) This excellent German Baroque orchestra plays the works of Johann Christian Schieferdecker, a totally unknown composer who was a pupil of Dieterich Buxtehude. In fact, Schieferdecker was married to Buxtehude’s daughter! With this recording, the Elbipolis Baroque Orchestra opens a new door into the world of this unknown master.

Johann Christian SCHIEFERDECKER

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Release Date: February 14, 2012

J.S. BACH

Goldberg Variations BWV 968 Franns von Promnitzau: organ J.S. BACH: Goldberg Variations, BWV 968 (version for organ) As Bach did not define explicitly which instrument should be used for the Goldberg Variations, the piece can be played on any instrument. The organ version is extremely rare!

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Felix MENDELSSOHN Early Songs

Ruth Ziesak: soprano/Carsten Süss: tenor/Gerold Huber: piano MENDELSSOHN: 34 songs Most of these early songs by Mendelssohn have been discovered within the past ten years.

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Franz LISZT

Liszt & New Music Igor Levit, Benjamin Moser, Boris Giltburg, Denis Kozhukhin, Anthony & Joseph Paratore, Kit Armstrong, Andrea Lucchesini, Irina Puryshinskaja, Tamara Stefanovich, Siegfried Mauser: pianos LISZT: Hexameron (incl. variations by other composers) • Sonata in B minor (arr. 2 pianos

by Saint-Saëns) • ARMSTRONG: Time Flies Like an Arrow • LERVIK: Aphorisime 1.0 & 1 • NICOLAOU: Lullaby • Little star • Transylvania • SCHNEBEL: Sonata in B minor • and more This three-CD set features both essential and rare Liszt works, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birthday with phenomenal playing by a host of well-known artists.

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CORO

Release Date: February 14, 2012 The Sixteen Harry Christophers: conductor Eamonn Dougan: associate conductor LASSUS: Aurora lucis rutillat • Timor et tremor • Magnificant super Praeter rerum seriem • Magnificat VII Toni super Aurora lucis rutillat • JOSQUIN: Praeter rerum seriem • Huc me sydereo • O virgo prudentissima a 6 • BRUMEL: Gloria from Mass Et ecce terrae motus • Sanctus from Mass Et ecce terrae motus A brand new recording from Harry Christophers and his award-winning ensemble, The Sixteen. This disc features arguably the three most celebrated composers from the Franco-Flemish school of the Renaissance—Josquin, Brumel, and Lassus. The program is centered around movements from the staggering 12-part Missa Et ecce terrae motus by Brumel. After Josquin, Brumel is considered one of the greatest composers of his generation. Lassus, writing some 30 years later, was clearly influenced by both composers and is known to have performed as a singer in the Brumel mass.

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The Earth Resounds The Sixteen The Flowering of Genius Cat # CRO 16001 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1

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Hallé Hallé Orchestra Sir Mark Elder: conductor Stéphane Rancourt: oboe VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2) • Oboe Concerto in A minor Gramphone Award winners the Hallé return with a disc of Vaughan Williams works chosen to illustrate the full range of color and highly accomplished playing of the award-winning ensemble under its Musical Director, Sir Mark Elder. The London Symphony and Oboe Concerto were both personal favorites of the composer, and contain some of his finest writing. also available

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2010 Gramophone Winner

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Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

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Col legno

Release Date: February 14, 2012

Peter Herbert Joni

Peter Herbert: double bass/Ena: voice/Wolfgang Mitterer: electronics/Koehne Quartett Joni MITCHELL: Man to man • Blue motel room • Wild things run fast • Be cool • Slouching towards Bethlehem • Blue • Cherokee Louise • Moon at the window • Love puts on a new face • Sex kills • Love • You dream flat tires

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A contemporary tribute to iconic American singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, one of the most influential musicians in pop music history. Internationally renowned bassist and composer Peter Herbert, in New York from 1989–2003, now lives in Paris and leads a busy schedule, with an average of 100 concerts annually throughout the world. He as trained as a classical pianist/bassist, but after years of successful mainstream jazz activities, is now developing his own voice in the field of improvised music. This release puts string quartet, bass, electronics, and vocals on equal footing, bringing out the dazzling beauty of Joni Mitchell’s songs from an entirely new angle.

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Berlin Classics Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Prometheus & Ritterballett

Berlin Staatskapelle/Günther Herbig: conductor BEETHOVEN: The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 • Ritterballett: Music for a Ballet of Knights, WoO 1

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November 30, 2011 marked the 80th birthday of conductor Günther Herbig, ample reason for Berlin Classics to offer him its congratulations with a new Beethoven compilation! Herbig learned his trade with Hermann Abendroth in Weimar, continuing his studies with Hermann Scherchen and Herbert von Karajan. He was appointed Principal Conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra in 1977, but found himself obliged to resign his post in Autumn 1983 as the result of a dispute over arts policy. In 1984 he emigrated to the US, where he spent 10 years as principal conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Toronto Symphony.

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Ludwig Güttler Brass Ensemble Famous Music for Brass

Ludwig Güttler Brass Ensemble GABRIELI: Canzon XV • Sonata XIX • Canzon quarti toni a 15 • Sonata XVIII • Sonata XX • SCHÜTZ: Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes • Was mein Gott will, das g’scheh allzeit, SWV 392 • Auf dem Gebirge hat man ein Geschrei gehöret, SWV 396 • J.S. BACH: English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808 • ALBINONI: Concerto in C major for two high trumpets, solo horn, solo trombone and two brass choirs • SCHEIDT: Canzona • HANDEL: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HV 351 Cat # BER 300308 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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This new compilation from the wealth of recordings made by the Ludwig Güttler Brass Ensemble features a selection ranging from Gabrieli to Handel, whose Music for the Royal Fireworks is as attractive as an English Suite by Bach and as compelling as the Canzonas of Gabrieli or choral pieces by Schütz. Ludwig Güttler’s ensemble shines in radiant ensemble playing and sensitive songfulness—enough to satisfy music lovers even outside the ranks of brass-music enthusiasts!

Release Date: February 14, 2012

Berlin Classics

Dresden Kreuzchor Roderick Kreile: conductor HASSLER: Deus noster refugium • WALTER: Allein auf Gottes Wort • SCHÜTZ: Aus der Tiefe ruf ich, Herr, zu dir • Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe • Selig sind die Toten • SPOHR: Aus der Tiefen ruf ’ ich, Gott, zu dir • KAMINSKI Aus der Tiefe ruf ich, Herr, zu dir • SCHEIN: Lehre uns bedenken • Ich bin die Wurzel des Geschlechtes David • HUYSSEN: Wir sind Verlassene in der Zeit • LECHNER: O Tod, du bist ein bittre Gallen • MENDELSSOHN: Mitten wir im Leben sind • J.S. BACH: Unser Leben ist ein Schatten • ROSENMÜLLER: Welt ade, ich bin dein müde At the end of the church year, we remember those who have departed this life, whether by natural causes or through conflict, and allow ourselves a contemplative pause before launching into the joyful anticipation of Advent. This mood is reflected in the repertoire of the “Kreuzchorvespern,” those moving church services regularly attended by thousands of people in the Dresden Kreuzkirche. The CD series of the same name, featuring the whole range of best-known vesper songs for the church year, now concludes with its fourth release. The compositions on this CD are drawn from several centuries, and were all written for the end of the church year, reminding us in different ways of the transience of human life while offering comfort through religious faith.

Dresden Kreuzchor

Vespers for the End of the Church Year

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Valer Barna-Sabadus: countertenor Pera Ensemble Mehmet C. Yesilcay: conductor MONTEVERDI: Si dolce é’l tormento • Vi ricorda, o bosch’ombrosi • Lascia i monti • Vanne Orfeo • La mia turca • ROSSI: Mio ben decoil tormento più • HAFIZ POST: Piece • CACCINI: Dalla porta d’oriente • Amarilli, mia bella • CAZZATI: Ballo delle ombre • BARTOLOTTI: Passacaglia • UFKI: Türki Beray • VALENTE: Gallardanapolitana • CELEBI: Bayati Pesrev • CASTALDI: Ritornello primo • IMPROVISATIONS: Mio ben • Sinekemani • Kanun • Passacaglia • ANON: Ciaccona paradiso • Rast Semai • Propinan de melyor/Pisrev-i Sukufezar Naziresi In the words of J. W. von Goethe, “Orient and Occident / Cannot be separated (“West-Eastern Divan”). These lines are embodied in the music of the Pera Ensemble: Eastern fragrances waft around Baroque melodies, while Italian ornamentations embrace Ottoman melismas.

This seemingly impossible combination produces an enchanting result!

Pera Ensemble

Baroque Oriental

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Améson

Release Date: February 14, 2012 Olivier Moulin: piano LISZT: Danse macabre d’après Saint-Saëns • En rêve • Funérailles • Petrarch Sonnet 104 • Dante Sonata • Impromptu • Nuages gris • Totentanz Pianist Olivier Moulin offers a powerful, generous, and radiant interpretation that unfolds all of Franz Liszt’s mystical depth with virtuosity, force, and conviction. Moulin graduated from Lyon and Salzburg, and now appears in the greatest concert venues including La Roque d’Anthéron, Gaveau, and the Louvre as well as in Japan, China, and South Korea.

Franz LISZT Piano Works

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Ramée Ludovice Ensemble Hugo Oliveira: bass-baritone Fernando Miguel Jalôto: harpsichord, director CLÉRAMBAULT: Pigmalion • CAMPRA: Le Jaloux • COURBOIS: Orphée • DORNEL: 3 Concerts en Trio “Hugo Oliveira … was brilliant.” — Volkskrant (live performance review) “A revelation.” — Expresso

Ludovice Ensemble

Amour, Viens Animer Ma Voix!

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Throughout the first half of the 18th century many French composers ventured into the composition of Cantatas, creating a vast repertoire of approximately 800 works in this particular genre. Unfortunately, even though this extraordinary group of compositions includes many excellent pieces—and even some masterpieces—it hasn’t as yet attracted enough attention from either musicologists or performers. Modern performance editions and representative recordings are rare, and the majority of the repertoire remains totally unknown to the public nowadays. If Nicolas Bernier was the most prolific, having 40 cantatas published, and Jean-Philippe Rameau the most famous (at least today), the best composers of French Cantatas are without any doubt the ones represented on this recording!

Release Date: February 14, 2012

Fuga Libera

Jan Michiels: piano DEBUSSY : Berceuse héroïque • Études, Books I & II • Pour l’Oeuvre du “Vêtement du Blessé” • Élégie • Les soirs illuminés par l’ardeur du charbon • MALIPIERO: Lento • DUKAS: La plainte, au loin, du faune… • BARTÓK: Sostenuto, rubato • ROUSSEL: L’accueil des Muses • FALLA: Homenaje pour Guitare • STRAVINSKY: Fragment des Symphonies pour instruments à vent To kick off Fuga Libera’s Debussy year, Jan Michiels has conceived a superb and generous program to honor the “ultima verba” for piano, which Debussy composed during the First World War, and the most significant fragments of the collective tribute rendered to him by some of the masters he had influenced in La Revue musicale of 1920.

Apposing his own signature to the CD booklet, Jan Michiels invites us to listen to his wonderful Erard grand piano. His selection does full justice to the quality of these works—though less popular than the Préludes and some of the composer’s earlier works, they lack nothing in terms of inspiration and insight into the future. The interpolation in the Études—rendered here in full—of the pages by Dukas, Bartók, Roussel, de Falla, and Stravinsky, and the scattered pages signed “Claude Debussy, French composer” between 1914 and 1917, are particularly compelling: what better tribute could we give this composer on the dawn of the 150th anniversary of his birth?

Jan Michiels

Le Tombeau de Debussy

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Zig-Zag Territoires Trio George Sand Virginie Buscail: violin Nadine Pierre: cello Lise Gastaldi: piano RAVEL: Piano trio • BONIS: Soir, Matin • FAURÉ: Piano Trio, Op. 120 For their first recording on Zig-Zag Territories, Trio George Sand offers a refined interpretation of trios by Ravel, Bonis, and Fauré. It is astonishing to realize the gulf that divides the two greatest trios in French music; while Ravel’s sparkles with a quasi-orchestral profusion and presents unexpected formal devices, that of his master Fauré unassertively imposes a timeless, poignant austerity. These masterpieces, which gain much from being placed side by side, are complemented by a diptych for trio by their contemporary Mel Bonis, a female composer whose output, despite its high quality, is still too seldom heard.

Trio George Sand

Trios with Piano

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Summit Records

Release Date: February 14, 2012 David Hickman, Arturo Sandoval, Wayne Bergeron, Jens Lindemann, Robert Karon, James Wilt: trumpets Miriam Hickman: piano MÉNDEZ: 20 short pieces and arrangements, including Jota No. 2, Dance of the Hours, Habanera, Jumping Bean, and The Elf Trumpeter • SARASATE (arr. Hickman): Zigeunerweisen • MONTERDE (arr. Urban/Hickman): La Virgen de la Macarena • and more After discovering several excellent trumpet solos and trios that Rafael Méndez composed but never recorded, David Hickman saw the perfect opportunity to pay tribute to the master. Méndez’s sons were supportive of the project, allowing Hickman to arrange and publish several works from the library. Thus, from the 22 pieces here, six solos (The Elf Trumpeter, Lullaby, Zandunga, Blue Waves, To My Mother, The Knight Trumpeter) and two trios (Kiko, Jumping Bean) appear as first recordings. In addition, the CD premieres Hickman’s duet arrangements of La Virgen de la Macarena and Zigeunerweisen, a duet arrangement of Méndez’s Habanera, and a sextet arrangement of The Lightning Trumpet.

Rafael MÉNDEZ

Trumpet Fiesta: A Celebration of Rafael Méndez Cat # SMT 585 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 30 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Somm Recordings Mark Bebbington: piano Ulster Orchestra George Vass: conductor VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia for piano & orchestra • MATHIAS: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 “The exploration of Vaughan Williams’s early works continues with 1896’s Fantasia. Mark Bebbington plays it brilliantly and enjoys the virtuosity. Does it sound like the VW we know? I’d say the virility, expansiveness, and drama are typical of him.” — Sunday Telegraph HHHH

Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia for Piano & Orchestra Cat # SMM 246 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT world premiere recordings

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This is an extremely important album—not only does it contain three world premiere recordings, but the Vaughan Williams Fantasia has excited and intrigued admirers of the composer and his works the world over. RVW composed the work, his first attempt at writing for the orchestra, in 1896 and revised it twice before putting it aside in 1904. His widow Ursula initially withdrew it, along with other youthful works of the composer, but later changed her mind and reinstated it (she may have well wished to have his youthful works reappraised in the light of the composer’s later maturity). The Fantasia is interesting in that it already has the hallmarks of his later writing style, and is a precursor of the Sea Symphony and the Tallis Fantasia. The writing for the soloist is not at all easy, and requires someone with Mark Bebbington’s effortless virtuosity to bring it off!

Gramola

Release Date: February 14, 2012 Erwin Belakowitsch: baritone Stephen Delaney: piano SCHUBERT: Die schöne Müllerin (complete song cycle) Young Austrian baritone Erwin Belakowitsch, ex-Vienna choirboy and student of Robert Holl, joins with Australian pianist Stephen Delaney, Vienna Music University teacher and accompanist of singers such as Gundula Janowitz, to record Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin. Adding the poems by Wilhelm Müller not set to music by Schubert, the booklet shows how Schubert insisted on the absolute earnestness of his work.

Franz SCHUBERT

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Indésens Johanne Cassar: soprano Laurent Wagschal, Sodi Braide: pianos TOMASI: Six mélodies populaires corses • Chants corses • Cantu di Malincunia • Deux mélodies sur des poème de Paul Fort • Clairières dans le ciel, sur des poèmes de Francis Jammes • Cyrnos for 2 pianos Henri Tomasi’s music shines with a particular light on this debut album from soprano Johanne Cassar, who performs alongside pianist Laurent Wagschal.

Henri TOMASI

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Royal Philharmonic Masterworks

Release Date: February 14, 2012

Ronan O’Hora: piano Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Jonathan Carney: conductor BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No. 7 in B-Flat Major, Op. 97 • Piano Trio No. 5 in D Major, Op. 70 Ronan O’Hora is firmly established as one of Britain’s leading pianists. He has performed extensively in every major country in Europe and in the US, Canada, and South Africa with such orchestras as the London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, and Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra. His performances have been broadcast many times on television and radio, including a televised recital at the Chopin Society in Warsaw, a performance of Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto with the Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra for the Dutch TV series Young Artists on the Concert Platform, two televised concerts of Mozart chamber music for BBC TV, and countless performances with BBC Radio 3.

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

“Archduke” & “Ghost” Piano Trios Cat # RPM 29100 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 30

Jonathan Carney comes from a unique musical family background. As all six members of his family graduated from the Juilliard School in New York, music was a constant influence from an early age. Carney is an avid exponent of 20th-century music, and his repertoire includes works by Bruno Maderna, John Cage, and William Bolcum.

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Jonathan Carney: conductor ˇ DVORÁK: Romantic Pieces Op. 75 • Terzetto in C Major, Op. 74 • Dumky Trio, Op. 90 “Carney’s playing … featured his usual refinement of technique and instantly communicative, consistently elegant phrasing.” — Baltimore Sun (live performance review) After completing his studies with Ivan Galamian and Christine Dethier, Jonathan Carney was awarded a Leverhulme Fellowship to continue his studies in London at the Royal College of Music. Now concertmaster of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Carney is passionate about music education and serves as artistic advisor for the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras as well as an Artist In Residence at the Baltimore School for the Arts, one of the country’s premier high schools.

ˇ Antonín DVORÁK Romantic Pieces

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Royal Philharmonic Masterworks

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Jonathan Carney: conductor MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat, K. 364 • Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat, K. 297b “Concertmasters can make a world of difference to an orchestra. If you’re lucky, and the Baltimore Symphony is exceedingly fortunate in this regard, you get a lot more … In Jonathan Carney, this orchestra gained a remarkably well-rounded and capable artist.” — Instant Encore After enjoying critically acclaimed international tours as both concertmaster and soloist with numerous ensembles, Jonathan Carney was invited by Vladimir Ashkenazy to become concertmaster of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 1991. He performs frequently at contemporary music festivals throughout the world, and is frequently heard on the BBC. Since 2002, Carney has been concertmaster of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

W.A. MOZART

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Peter Guth: conductor J. STRAUSS: Voices of Spring Educated in Vienna and at the Moscow Conservatory, where he studied with David Oistrakh for three years, Peter Guth first appeared on the international concert scene as a soloist and with the Vienna Trio. Educational work & publications on modern violin methodology, active interest in new music & unusual concert planning, and his earlier position as first concertmaster of the ORF-Symphony Orchestra all give a comprehensive picture of this versatile and renowned Austrian musician. Guth is repeatedly invited as guest conductor by over 50 renowned symphony orchestras, and he is internationally regarded as one of the most important exponents of Viennese music.

Johann STRAUSS JR. Voices of Spring

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Nimbus Alliance

Release Date: February 14, 2012

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Vienna Schubert Trio

Pyotr Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY

Vienna Schubert Trio/Claus-Christian Schuster: piano/Boris Kuschnir: violin/Martin Hornstein: cello

Vladimir Feltsman: piano

Chausson, Debussy & Rachmaninov Piano Trios

CHAUSSON: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 3 • DEBUSSY: Piano Trio in G • RACHMANINOV: Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 9 The Vienna Schubert Trio was founded in 1985 and performed as a full-time ensemble until deciding to disband in 1993. After its first tour of the United States in 1986, the Trio was named the year’s “Best New Visiting Chamber Ensemble” by the Washington Post.

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A Tribute to Tchaikovsky

TCHAIKOVSKY: Thème original et variations in F, Op. 19 • Nocturne, Op. 10 • Romance in F minor, Op. 5 • Romance in F, Op. 51, No. 5 • Valse sentimentale in F minor, Op. 51, No. 6 • Rêverie interrompue in A-flat, Op. 40, No. 12 • Capriccio in G-flat, Op. 8 • Dialogue in B, Op. 72, No. 8 • Berceuse in A-flat, Op. 72, No. 2 • Tendres reproches in C-sharp minor, Op. 72, No. 3 • Méditation in D, Op. 72, No. 5 • Chant élégiaque in D-flat, Op. 72, No. 14 This tribute to a composer of genius mingles some of his well known works with others that are less familiar, but no less splendid.

EM Records

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Roger QUILTER

Granville BANTOCK

David Owen Norris: piano

Rupert Marshall-Luck: violin, viola/Matthew Rickard: piano

QUILTER: Three Studies, Op. 4 • Three Pieces, Op. 16 • Two Impressions, Op. 19 • Four Country Pieces, Op. 27 • Suite from Where the Rainbow Ends (premiere)

HOLBROOKE: Violin Sonata No. 2 in F “The Grasshopper” • BANTOCK: Sonata for Viola and Piano in F “Colleen” (premiere)

Complete Piano Music

Quilter’s music is extraordinary in its metrical ingenuity, especially the solo piano music, which is particularly personal in its expression. Convention requires him to choose just one time signature at a time, but the story is usually more complex than that. This rhythmic virtuosity stems from his love of language.

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Sonata for Viola and Piano

Acclaimed by audiences and critics alike, Rupert Marshall-Luck appears as soloist and recitalist at major venues and festivals throughout Britain and the US. Matthew Rickard is currently active as a freelance chamber musician and accompanist.

Release Date: February 14, 2012

Cubafilin Records

Ahmed Dickinson Cardenas

Canciones del Alma: Songs from the Soul Ahmed Dickinson Cardenas: guitar/Laura Mitchell: soprano RODRIGO: Tres canciones españolas • cuatro Madrigales Amatorios • VILLA LOBOS: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 • Modinha • BROUWER: Dos Canciones • CORDERO: Four Works for guitar & voice The combination of voice and guitar is always a happy one—and somehow especially so when the repertoire is Spanish and Latin American! Cuban guitarist Ahmed Dickinson Cardenas and soprano Laura Mitchell join forces for an exploration of the soul.

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Santiago Quartet & Ahmed Dickinson Cardenas Latin Perspective

Ahmed Dickinson Cardenas: guitar/Santiago Quartet/Emma Blanco, Matthew Elston: violins/ Suzanne Evans: viola/Jonathan Hennessey-Brown: cello/Beth Symmons: double bass BROUWER: Quintet for Guitar & String Quaratet • Beatlerianas • DEL AGUILA: Presto II • ÁLVAREZ: Metro Chabacano The Santiago Quartet, formed in 2008, is a champion of Latin music in the UK and abroad. Chiefly performing works and commissions by living and young composers, their performances have included collaborations with singer-songwriter Ana Silvera at the Purcell Room and live on Radio 3.

Following their first collaborative recitals at Bolivar Hall and St Martin-in-the-Fields in the 2010/11 season, they are delighted to have produced this album of compelling, passionate Latin music.

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Ñico ROJAS

Ahmed Dickinson Plays Ñico Rojas Ahmed Dickinson Cardenas: guitar ROJAS (exc.): Guajira con Filin • Francito y Alfonsito • Jairo y Juan • En al abra de Yumuri, Elias malogrado genio • Homenaje e Bebo • Helenita y Jorgito • Lilliam • Chicha y Ana Rosa • Retrato de un médico violinista • Ilinais y Rosita • Lay y Egües • Tres palabras • Tony y Jususito • Marta y Frank • Guajira a mi madre Ñico Rojas is undoubtedly one of the most important Cuban composers for guitar. A man with no academic tuition, he demonstrated that in order to transcend and be free, the magic of music only requires a sensitive soul and vocation. Nine of the sixteen tracks here possess the extra merit of being unpublished transcriptions, masterfully performed with intimate stylistic acquaintance.

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Stradivarius

Release Date: February 14, 2012

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Georg Philipp TELEMANN

Alessandro SBORDONI

L’Apothéose Ensemble/Enrico Di Felice: transverse flute/Daniele Bovo: cello/Francesco Bianco: harpsichord

Germano Scurti: bayan/Guido Arbonelli: bass clarinet/Gruppo Progetto AleaNova/RAI National Symphony Orchestra/Arturo Tamayo: conductor

6 Nouvelle Sonatines

Sirius

TELEMANN: 6 “New Sonatas” for transverse flute Amongst the wealth of instrumental music written by Telemann, the compositions destined for the flute are of fundamental importance both in their own right and in the context of 17th century flute music as a whole.

SBORDONI: Virgo • A.D.C.E. • Meine Freude • My J • Altro tempo • Sirius The particular kind of accordion called “bayan” is the focal point of this release, featuring talented Italian player Germano Scurti.

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Claudio AMBROSINI

Astor PIAZZOLLA

Aldo Orvieto: piano

Trio Artelli/Fulvio Artiano: violin/Nicola Dario Orabona: cello/ Pierfrancesco Borrelli: piano

The Piano Species

AMBROSINI: Rondò di forza • Apocrifo • Ballo in ottava rima • Ciaccona • Impromptu • Tre Notturni • Preludio, a sguardi • Épater! Épater! • Improvviso No. 2 • Ballo italiano • Grande ballo futurista An amazing new recording!

4 Estaciones Porteñas

PIAZZOLLA: Primavera Porteña • Verano Porteño • Otoño Porteña • Invierno Porteño • Oblivion • Rio Sena • Milonga del angel • Jeanne y Paul • Chiquilín de Bachin • Chau Paris • Tanti anni prima • El penúltimo • Marrón y azul These three Neapolitan musicians remain true to their chamber music vocation, producing versions of Piazzolla for violin, cello, and piano that are elegant, occasionally minimalist, and distinctly modern.

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Ricercar

Release Date: February 14, 2012 Ensemble Mare Nostrum Vox Luminis Andrea De Carlo: bass viol, director FRESCOBALDI: Fiori Musicali (exc.) • Misc. pieces • MAZZOCHI: Madrigal • PALESTRINA: 2 Ricercars • WAESICH: Canzoni • KAPSBERGER: Dances • D. SCARLATTI: Sonata in B minor, K. 87 We are inclined to forget that the viol family still enjoyed a certain success in the land of the violin at the beginning of the 17th century; works that were once performed in private concerts given in the palace of Cardinal Francesco Barberini now form part of this recording. One of the Roman composers represented here is the enigmatic Cherubino Waesich, author of the most important volume of canzoni and madrigals intended for these ensembles.

Girolamo FRESCOBALDI

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Globe

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J.S. BACH

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Quirine Viersen: cello

Neuwe Philharmonie Utrecht/Johannes Leertouwer: conductor

J.S. BACH: Suites for Solo Cello (6), BWV 1007–1012

BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture in F minor, Op. 84 • Symphony No. 4 in B-flat, Op. 60 • Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92

Complete Suites for Solo Cello

Quirine Viersen uses the most recent edition from Bärenreiter as the basis for her first recording of the Bach cello suites; this edition is an amalgamation of four manuscript copies, including the original copy by Anna Magdalena Bach. Playable in all CD players.

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Egmont Overture & Symphonies 4 & 7

Nieuwe Philharmonie Utrecht is a project-based orchestra made up of musicians with extremely varied backgrounds from orchestras such as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Orchestra of the 18th Century, and the Netherlands Bach Society.

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Musique en Wallonie

Release Date: February 14, 2012

Joseph-Hector FIOCCO Petits Motets Cat # MEW 1054 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25

Scherzi Musicali/Nicolas Achten: baritone, harpsichord, theorbo, archlute, director FIOCCO: Petits Motets

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Selections by Binchois, Busnois, Cardot, Du Fay, Fontaine, Frye, Grenon, Malbecque, Morton & Pullois

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Roland de LASSUS

Musical Biography,Vol. 1: The Young Years Ludus Modalis/Bruno Boterf: tenor, director Cat # MEW 1158 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25

LASSUS: Selections from the 1550s

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César FRANCK Music for Piano

Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden, Dominique Cornil, Uriel Tsachor, Daniel Blumenthal, Jacob Bogart: pianos

Cat # MEW 1161 Price Code: 2Q (SRP $31.99) Number of Discs: 5 FRANCK: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op. 11 • Variations Box Set, Box Lot 13 Brillantes sur la Ronde favorite de Gustave III (Auber) for piano & 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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orchestra, Op. 8 • Piano Quintat in F minor • Sonata in A • Trio in F-sharp, Op. 1, No. 1 • Trio in B minor, Op. 2, No. 4 • Pieces for 2 pianos and piano four-hands • Pieces for solo piano

Release Date: February 14, 2012

Querstand

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Franz LISZT

Franz LISZT

István Ella: organ

Leipzig Gewandhaus Chorus/Gregor Meyer: conductor/Daniel Ochoa: baritone/Michael Schönheit: organ

Complete Works for Organ

Works for Choir and Organ

LISZT: Weihnachten 1–4 • Requiem for Organ • Ad nos, ad salutarem undam • Ave Maria • Mass for Organ • Rosario • Am Grabe Richard Wagners • Kreuzandachten • B-A-C-H • Gebet • Evocation • Dante • Ave maris stella • Hosannah • Offertorium • and more

LISZT: Mass for Organ (exc.) • Missa Choralis (exc.) • Christus (exc.)

This spotlight on Liszt’s sacred music contains the entire “Missa choralis,” whose central structure takes after a service with its different liturgical parts.

Complete recordings of Liszt’s organ works, containing both original works and organ arrangements, performed by Hungarian organist István Ella, who received the Liszt Award in 1999.

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Jens-Uwe Popp

Romy Petrick

Jens-Uwe Popp: guitar

Romy Petrick: soprano/Liana Bertók: piano

TÁRREGA: Endecha • Oremus • Marieta • LAURO: Vals Venezolano No. 2 “Adreina” • Vals Venezolano No. 3 “Criollo” • Registro • BARRIOS: Choro da Saudade • La Catedral • Barcarola • Vals, Op. 8, No. 4 • ANON. (arr. Llobet): El Testament d’Amelia

NAUMANN: 2 songs • PAÊR: Der Rose • WEBER: 5 songs • MARSCHNER: 2 songs • REISSIGER: 2 songs • C. SCHUMANN: 2 songs • R. SCHUMANN: 6 songs • SCHNEIDER: Unterm Stemenzelt • IMMISCH: 3 songs

Debut solo CD from guitarist Jens-Uwe Popp, one of the most versatile guitarists of his generation and member of the David Orlowsky Trio, one of today’s most important groups combining chamber and world music.

A fine collection of mostly unknown lieder, all composed in Saxony’s capital Dresden from the 18th to the 20th centuries, with a focus on the 19th century.

Oremus

Dresden Lieder: Works from three centuries

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Unizarre Productions

Release Date: February 14, 2012

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Neil Smith

Neil Smith

Neil Smith: guitar

Neil Smith: guitar

SANZ: Four Spanish Dances • SOR: Gran Solo • TÁRREGA: Capricho Arab • ALBÉNIZ: Sevilla • Leyenda • GRANADOS: Danza IV Villanesca • Danza VI Rondalla Aragonesa • ANON.: Fantasia a la Gallega

PAGANINI: Grand Sonata in A • GIULIANI: Variations, Op. 107 • SOR: Les Adieux • ALBÉNIZ: Cadi • Torre Bermeja

La Danza: Spanish Guitar Classics

Virtuoso

Neil Smith is one of Britain’s finest classical guitarists, having given concerts in over 40 nations making over 2,000 appearances in total.

Attuned Heart Recordings

Neil Smith has played for heads of state as well as film star Elizabeth Taylor, and gave a special recital in the USSR for a Red Army tank division at the castle of Attila the Hun!

Phaedra

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Ludovico EINAUDI

Joseph JONGEN & César FRANCK

Christine Rayner: piano

Hans Ryckelynck: piano

EINAUDI: Nuvole bianche • Le onde • Dolce droga • Stella del mattino • Rose • In un’ altra vita • La nascita delle cose segrete • I due fiumi • Come un fiore • Reverie • Resta con me • I giorni • Leo • Melodia African IV (exc.)

JONGEN: Preludes, Op. 69 • FRANCK: Prelude, fugue & variation, Op. 18

The Calm of Einaudi

Released in aid of cancer charities and research. Donations from sales of this album will be given to help fund work being done by Professor Roy Bicknell, who coordinates an international research project developing alternative treatments to chemotherapy.

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In Flanders’ Fields,Vol. 70

This release links César Franck and Joseph Jongen, both born in Liège. The symbiosis of Germanic and Latin cultures was an essential element in the development of the highly individual styles of both composers.

Release Date: February 14, 2012

Delphian Records

Peter MAXWELL DAVIES Sacred Choral Works

Choir of St. Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh/Matthew Owens: director/Michael Bonaventure: organ MAXWELL DAVIES: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis from The Edinburgh Service (premiere) • Three Organ Voluntaries • O magnum mysterium In the 1960s few would have predicted that Sir Peter Maxwell Davies would eventually write a set of Evening Canticles. Yet religious texts have always been of fundamental importance to the composer, as this disc vividly demonstrates by bringing together sacred masterworks from both ends of his career. Tough, uncompromising, and of surpassing beauty, these major contributions to the Anglican repertoire are given thrilling voice by those fearless champions of contemporary liturgical music, Matthew Owens and the Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh.

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National Youth Choir of Great Britain Mike Brewer’s World Tour

National Youth Choir of Great Britain/Mike Brewer: conductor Traditional Zulu, Bengali, Chinese, New Mexican (US), Moravian, Argentinian, Icelandic, Namibian, French, Russian/Ukrainian, Maori, Tunisian, and Mexican choruses The internationally renowned National Youth Choir is peerless in bringing to life Mike Brewer’s transcontinental choral imaginings. Headed up by the first commercial recording of Mike’s Hamba Lulu, the program journeys from the Icelandic tundra to the sultry jazz clubs of Latin America.

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Judith WEIR Choral Music

Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge/Geoffrey Webber: director WEIR: Psalm 148 • My Guardian Angel • Vertue • Ascending into Heaven • little tree • Wild Mossy Mountains • a blue true dream of sky • Madrigal • Two Human Hymns • Illuminare, Jerusalem • Drop down, ye heavens, from above • Love Bade Me Welcome • Ettrick Banks In the first recording devoted entirely to Judith Weir’s choral music, the Choir of Gonville & Caius explores her evolving relationship with the medium, from her earliest liturgical commission to the most recent, premiered in 2009. Also included in this comprehensive collection are several secular pieces and her two organ works, which are now established classics of the repertoire. The athleticism, intensity, and clarity that are hallmarks of the choir’s singing are ideally suited to Weir’s strikingly original, approachable, and fascinating music.

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Bravissimo

Release Date: February 14, 2012

Luciano Pavarotti

The Pavarotti Collection Vol. II Cat # BRV 9913 Price Code: Y (SRP $24.99) Number of Discs: 12 Box Set, Box Lot 30 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Luciano Pavarotti: tenor Selections from Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti, Mozart, Schubert, and more With over 100 historic recordings on 12 discs, this magnificent box set presents selections from well-known operas such as Verdi’s Aïda, Puccini’s La bohème, Donizetti’s La fille du régiment, and Mozart’s Idomeneo, in authoritative performances by one of the greatest tenors of all time. Opera devotees and new listeners alike will cherish beloved arias like “Nessun Dorma,” “Una Furtiva Lagrima,” “Questa O Quella,” and “Il Padre Adorato.” In addition, this collection boasts beautiful art songs and excerpts from oratorios including di Capua/ Capurro’s classic “O Sole Mio,” Schubert’s haunting “Ave Maria,” and Rossini’s “Cujus Animam” from his Stabat Mater.

DVD Specs: NTSC, Region 0, 4:3 (Full Screen), Color, English/Italian (Stereo), Not Rated, Run Time: 75 min.

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Bravissimo

Release Date: February 14, 2012

Joan Sutherland

Legendary Performances Cat # BRV 9915 Price Code: Y (SRP $24.99) Number of Discs: 15 Box Set, Box Lot 30

seven complete operas!

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Joan Sutherland: soprano Selections from Bellini, Meyerbeer, Tippett, Haydn, Handel, and Rossini “La Stupenda,” as audiences called Joan Sutherland, was for many seasons the most famous dramatic coloratura soprano in the world, adored by audiences and record collectors for her numerous merits. This stunning box set of 15 discs includes a selection of her best performances, including (among other treasures) a live 1961 performance of Bellini rarity Beatrice Di Tenda, Meyerbeer’s brilliant masterpiece Les Huguenots with an all-star cast, and the 1955 broadcast of the world premiere of Tippett’s The Midsummer Marriage—one of the most legendary documents in the history of modern opera!

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Musique en Wallonie

Release Date: February 14, 2012 Huberte Vecray: soprano Arias by Grétry, Beethoven, Verdi, Cilea, Puccini, Jongen & De Boek Although Huberte Vecray (1923–2009) devoted the essential part of her career to opera, mention should also be made of a series of radio recitals, a selection of which forms a major part of this CD. These center on her operatic repertoire and include arias from Aïda, one of Leonora’s arias from Fidelio (recorded in 1954), and extracts from Tosca and Adriana Lecouvreur (in their original languages) recorded at an operatic recital conducted by Luigi Martelli.

Huberte Vecray Opera Arias

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CAvi-music Daniela Dessì: soprano Fabio Armiliato, Cristiano Cremonini, James Edwards: tenors Giovanni Meoni: baritone Luciano Montanaro, Roger Joakim: basses Sophie Fournier: mezzo-soprano Chorus of the Opéra Namur Chorus & Orchestra of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie Paolo Arrivabeni: conductor VERDI: Otello (complete opera) One of Verdi’s late works, presented in a live performance starring Fabio Armiliato and Daniela Dessì.

Giuseppe VERDI Otello

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Melodiya

Release Date: February 14, 2012 State Musical Theater of Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra Kamil Abdullayev: conductor PROKOFIEV: Betrothal in a Monastery (complete) The opera Betrothal in a Monastery holds a special place not only in Prokofiev’s career, but also in the history of Russian Soviet music theatre as the first lyrical and comic opera! The premiere of the opera was expected at the Stanislavsky Musical Theatre in Summer 1941, but World War II did not let it happen. The first performance took place as late as November 1946, at the Kirov Theatre in Leningrad, and received acclaim from critics and audiences alike. The opera, conducted by Kamil Abdullayev, was recorded by Firma Melodiya in 1963 and awarded an André Messager prize in 1967.

Sergei PROKOFIEV

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