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MPR Records is a new label formed by acclaimed British producer and conductor Mike Purton. Focusing on the best of British, European, and Scandinavian Military Bands, MPR will deliver a wide range of repertoire performed by the crème de la crème of the armed forces musical divisions.

The inaugural release by the magnificent Royal Swedish Navy Band with their Director of Music Andreas Hanson will be followed up next month with German Military Music (Waterloo 1815 to Wipers 1915), performed by one of the leading British Army Reserve Bands, The Honourable Artillery Company.

MPR comes to Allegro Classical via Launch Music International Ltd.

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LAWO Classics

Alexander SCRIABIN

Symphonies 3 & 4 [Hybrid SACD] BUZZ ALERT

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Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Vasily Petrenko: conductor SCRIABIN: Symphony No. 3, Op. 43 • Symphony No. 4, Op. 54 “One of the world’s most promising young maestros.” — The Guardian “A conductor with an intelligent, informed, deep love of this music.” — BBC Music Magazine The Oslo Philharmonic launches the first release in a series of the complete symphonies of Alexander Scriabin! The orchestra and its Chief Conductor, Vasily Petrenko, offer the captivating coupling of the Russian composer’s Symphony No. 3 “Divine Poem” and “Le Poème de l’extase” (‘The Poem of Ecstasy’), otherwise known as Symphony No. 4. Both works were recorded in Oslo in February 2015. Vasily Petrenko already has an impressive list of recordings of Russian repertoire to his name. As well as a BBC Music Magazine Award-nominated recording of Rachmaninov’s First Symphony on Warner, Petrenko’s set of the complete Shostakovich symphonies with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra has been hailed as a modern recording landmark. His recording with violinist Baiba Skride and the Oslo Philharmonic of Szymanowski’s Violin Concertos for Orfeo was also nominated for a BBC Music Magazine Award last year.

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LAWO Classics Nils Anders Mortensen: piano BRAHMS: Sonata No. 3, Op. 5 • Rhapsodies, Op. 79 Nils Anders Mortensen began playing the piano at age three, and won the Norwegian Young Pianist Competition in 1986. He studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music, École Normale in Paris, and Hochschule für Musik in Hannover with Einar Steen-Nøkleberg. Other important teachers have been Tatjana Nikolajeva and Hans Leygraf. In 1998 he won the Mozarteum Prize in Salzburg, and in 2004 he received the Robert Levin Memorial Prize. He has recorded piano concertos of Geirr Tveitt with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, and his debut solo album Im Freien was released in 2012.

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Johannes BRAHMS

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Cikada Ensemble Christian Eggen: conductor LIM: Winding Bodies: 3 Knots (I–III) • The Heart’s Ear • NESS: Gimilen This beautiful live recording, featuring the Cikada Ensemble performing the music of composers Liza Lim and Jon Øivind Ness, was made at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Since its formation in Oslo in 1989, the Cikada Ensemble has developed a refined and highly acclaimed profile on the international contemporary music scene. In concerts at major international festivals and on numerous albums, Cikada’s distinct ensemble profile manifests itself in strong programming. Integral to this work is a wish to develop long-term collaborations with composers, and to build composer portraits with commissioned works over time. The nine musicians also form various formations within the group: Cikada String Quartet and Cikada Trio work as independent units, adding to the ensemble’s international identity.

Cikada was awarded the prestigious Nordic Music Prize in 2005.

Liza LIM & Jon Øivind NESS Cikada Live

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CORO

Joseph HAYDN Symphonies 7 & 83

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Handel and Haydn Society Aisslinn Nosky: violin Harry Christophers: conductor HAYDN: Symphony No. 7 in C major, Hob.I/7 Le midi • Violin Concerto in C major, Hob.VIIa/1 • Symphony No. 83 in G minor, Hob.I/83 La poule In a program packed with drama and theatricality, Harry Christophers and the Handel and Haydn Society present a new live recording devoted to the master of the symphony. This disc showcases Haydn’s Symphony No. 7 “Le midi,” which is among the most striking of his early symphonies, and one of the very first the composer wrote as Kapellmeister to Prince Paul Anton Esterházy. It is set alongside the much later Paris Symphony No. 83 “La poule,” named as such because of its famous clucking dotted note motif. Completing the program is the Violin Concerto in C major performed by H+H’s fiery and expressive Concertmaster, Aisslinn Nosky.

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Gavin BRYARS

Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet BUZZ ALERT

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Gavin Bryars: various instruments BRYARS: Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet • The Sinking of the Titanic This gorgeous archival release features a newly remastered version of Gavin Bryars’ legendary cult classic album, produced by Brian Eno in 1975, that was the first of the Obscure Records series. This new CD contains the two pieces that were originally the two sides of the vinyl record, this time emphasizing the second title Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet, which achieved huge success in its later version on Point Records (Phillips), no longer available today.

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Challenge Classics

Anna Lucia Richter

Liederkreis: Schumann, Britten & Brahms BUZZ ALERT

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Anna Lucia Richter: soprano Michael Gees: piano BRITTEN: The Trees They Grow So High • The Ash Grove • How Sweet The Answer • The last rose of summer • The Salley Gardens • SCHUMANN: Eichendorff Liederkreis, Op. 39 • BRAHMS: In stiller Nacht • Da unten im Tale • and more “A singer of substantial talent and expressive gifts … a promising operatic talent in the making.” — New York Times “A luminous young soprano.” — Los Angeles Times “Nothing short of dazzling.” — SF Gate “Superb.” —Washington Post Schumann’s famous Eichendorff Liederkreis, Op. 39, combined with folksongs by Johannes Brahms and Benjamin Britten, and featuring improvisation on the Eichendorff poems. Following early studies with Prof. Klesie Kelly-Moog at the Cologne Music Academy, Anna Lucia Richter continued her studies in Cologne and finished her advanced study period in the summer of 2013. She has won prizes at the National Song Contest in Berlin, the Luitpold Prize at the Kissinger Summer Festival, and the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Prize.

In 2012, she won the International Robert Schumann Contest in Zwickau.

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Franz LISZT & Robert SCHUMANN Duels: Sonata in B minor & Kreisleriana

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Simon Ghraichy: piano LISZT: Sonata in B minor, S. 178 • SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana, Op. 16 Simon Ghraichy is an up & coming 29-year-old Lebanese-Mexican pianist who made his Carnegie Hall debut in October 2015, and has been highly praised by the Wall Street Journal for his “temperament and power.” He studied with Hortense Cartier-Bresson at the Boulogne Conservatory, with Michel Beroff and Daria Hovora at the CNSMDP, and with Tuija Hakkila at the Sibelius Academy of Helsinki. In 2010 he graduated from the Paris Conservatory. Simon has been performing recitals, chamber music concerts, and as a soloist for many years. He has won numerous prizes and international distinctions, in particular at the BNDES International Piano Competition, the Manuel M. Ponce International Piano Competition in Mexico City, and the Torneo Internazionale di Musica in Rome.

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Challenge Classics Luigi De Filippi: violin TELEMANN: 12 Fantasias for Solo Violin Telemann’s Fantasias are the great Baroque masterpiece for solo violin, along with Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas. A seldom-recorded work, especially on period instruments, the Fantasias deserve to be better known by all Baroque music fans. Violinist and conductor Luigi De Filippi has studied violin, piano, and composition. He has appeared as concertmaster with the Rome Opera House, La Fenice Theatre, the London Mozart Players, and the Flanders Orchestra. In London he made his debut as conductor with the London Mozart Players, and he appeared as soloist/conductor at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Royal Festival Hall and the Barbican Center in London, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and the Palau de la Musica in Barcelona.

Georg Philipp TELEMANN 12 Fantasias for Solo Violin CD: CHR 72679 Price Code: P (SRP $16.99) Number of Discs: 1 O-Card Jewel, Box Lot 22 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Summit Records Daniel Grabois: French horn, norbea bouchero, midi programming Nick Moran, bass John Ferrari: drums, percussion GRABOIS: Love Triangle • Civil War • Moons of Mercury • Raga • Harry Lewis • March • Not Much But Air Names • Cairo Sunset • The Misfits • Cloud 10 • Chew Your Soup • Lost and Found • Rio DJ • Oaxaca Cathedral • Dusk, Autumn, Midwest • Love Meant Living Alone Daniel Grabois, horn player of the Meridian Arts Ensemble and Wisconsin Brass, is a seasoned player, author, and professor. Here, he experiments on the instrument that he has played for 30+ years! Grabois wrote these songs using the software Ableton Live, which enabled him to turn horn playing and composing into one unified activity. The final product includes a large range of styles, from Middle Eastern sounds to “less describable” kinds of music, that will easily please a variety of listeners.

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Resonus Classics

Felix MENDELSSOHN Piano Trios

CD: RSN 10161 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Fournier Trio Chiao-Ying Chang: piano Sulki Yu: violin Pei-Jee Ng: cello MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 49 • Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 66 “The three Fournier players all have awesome but restrained technical ability and highly attuned chamber-music antennae.”

— Classical Source Marking their debut release on Resonus Classics, these rising stars of the chamber music scene record the two piano trios by Felix Mendelssohn. Two of the most popular works of the piano trio repertoire, they provide particular virtuosic challenges for any trio.

The Fournier Trio, all three incredible and accomplished soloists in their own right, rise to the challenge with exceptional and exciting, yet lyrical and moving, performances of these well-known works.

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Evil Penguin Records

Franz SCHUBERT & Johannes BRAHMS The Complete Duos: Trockne Blumen CD: EPR 21 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Pieter Wispelwey: cello Paolo Giacometti: piano SCHUBERT: Introduction and Variations on Trockne Blumen, D. 802, Op. 160 • BRAHMS: Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 38 • Sonatine in A minor, D. 385, Op. 137/2 “Exceptionally imaginative and impassioned performers.” — American Record Guide Cello virtuoso Pieter Wispelwey and pianist Paolo Giacometti continue their exploration of the complete duos by Franz Schubert and Johannes Brahms. On the second installment of this six-CD journey, they investigate the dark color of the E minor key that pervades two milestones of the chamber genre. Brahms’ enigmatically somber sonata for piano and cello was the first major work for this combination since Beethoven’s iconic contributions half a century earlier. And in his Trockne Blumen variations, Schubert accomplishes a stunning instrumental dissection of a young miller’s hope grown cold after his rejection by “die Schöne Müllerin.” Originally intended for piano and flute, the version on this disc is the premiere recording with a cello instead of a flute.

PREVIOUSLY Released SCHUBERT & BRAHMS The Complete Duos CD: EPR 18 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1

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Pieter Wispelwey Rococo CD: EPR 17 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1

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Quartz Sergio Gallo: piano LISZT: Vallee d’Obermann • Apres une lecture du Dante • Sonata in B minor • Aufenthalt • Liebesbotschaft • Erstarrung • Ave Maria • Widmung • Paraphrase de concert sur Rigoletto • Isoldens Liebestod • Reminiscences de Lucia di Lammermoor • Reminiscences de Norma This recording showcases Liszt’s multi-faceted compositional approach.

The art of transcription was a significant creative outlet throughout the composer’s career; he wrote 700 piano arrangements featuring music of the Romantic greats Schubert, Schumann, Verdi, and Wagner.

Franz LISZT

Poetic Fantasies: Transcriptions and Monuments CD: QTZ 2113 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Polina Osetinskaya: piano RESPIGHI: Notturno • CHOPIN: Berceuse in D flat, Op. 57 • SHOSTAKOVICH: Lullaby • TCHAIKOVSKY: Cradle Song • LISZT: Wiegdnlied • BATAGOVA: Lullaby from Breathing In–Breathing Out • DEBUSSY: Jimbo’s Lullaby from Children’s Corner • SILVESTROV: Wiegenlied/Lullaby • DESYATNIKOV: Lullaby from the film Moscow • SILVESTROV: Benedictus (Night) 2001 • SCHUMANN: Albumblatter, Op. 124, No. 16 “Schummerlied” This personal collection of favorite piano lullabies, inspired by the magic of childbirth, features a selection of rare and interesting tracks.

Polina Osetinskaya Lullabies

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Quartz Yoon Chung: piano SCHUBERT: Sonata in C Minor D.958 • Drei Klavierstucke D.946 Debut disc for Quartz from a fine young Korean pianist.

Franz SCHUBERT Late Piano Works

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Discovery Music & Vision Summit Session Orchestra Harrison Hollingsworth: conductor LEISER: The Summit Symphony, Movement I– IV Jeffrey Leiser is an American film composer; this recording presents his first symphony.

Jeffrey LEISER The Summit

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DOREMI Dino Ciani: piano Aldo Cecatto: conductor CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 • Nocturne, Op. 27/1 • Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 • TCHAIKOVSKY: Nocturne, Op. 19/4 • MENDELSSOHN: Song without words, Op. 67/4 • BEETHOVEN: 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126 • Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31/2 The Tempest • Sonata No. 31 in Ab major, Op. 110 • Sonata No. 4 in E flat major, Op. 7 • Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14/2: Mvt 3 • BARTOK: Szabadban (Out of Doors), Sz. 81 • LISZT: Variations on Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, S. 180 • SCHUMANN: Vogel als Prophet, Op. 82/7 • Warum?, Op. 12/3 • SCHUBERT: Impromptus, Op. 90 Nos. 2 & 3 • LISZT: Liebestraum No. 3 • Chasse-Neige • Etude No. 3 La Campanella This new set, featuring legendary Italian pianist Dino Ciani (1941–1974), includes several rare items not previously available on CD. Of particular note is the live performance of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.1 from Paris (1971), which has never been available before in any form!

Dino Ciani

Piano Music Vol. 2 CD: DHR 80446 Price Code: 3R (SRP $53.99) Number of Discs: 3 Box Set, Box Lot 10

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Winter & Winter Guy Klucevsek: accordion Teodoro Anzellotti: accordion Tracks Include: Life, Liberty and the Prosciutto Happiness • Charms Of The Night Sky • The Gift • Keyboard Sonata in B flat, K 545 • Tango for November • Lament for the Accordion Maker • and more “Simply one of the best all-accordion albums ever heard.” — All About Jazz 30-Year Jubilee Edition! Upon original release, this album was named a Gramophone Critic’s Choice and received HHHH from venerable jazz magazine DownBeat. On this musical voyage, the point of departure is a series of short pieces written and played by Guy Klucevsek for Annie Proulx’s novel Accordion Crimes. The adventure continues with Teodoro Anzellotti playing selections from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations, and beyond!

On our way we encounter Erik Satie, Johann Strauss, Richard Wagner, Franz Schubert, Domenico Scarlatti, and then are led back again to the sounds of our modern times.

Guy Klucevsek & Teodoro Anzellotti Accordion Time Voyage CD: WTR 230 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 28 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT

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Allegro Classical Welcomes MPR Records Royal Swedish Navy

The Music of the Royal Swedish Navy Royal Swedish Navy Band/Andreas Hanson: director Tracks include a selection of music associated with the Royal Swedish Navy

CD: LNH MPR 41075 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

This wonderful album presents a comprehensive selection of marches, ceremonial and reflective music, and a number of Naval signals. The Royal Swedish Navy Band is one of the finest military bands in Europe and was, until very recently, under threat of being axed as part of Swedish Defense cuts. Fortunately for all, the Band has been saved and is shown at its best in this beautiful symphonic recording made in the wonderful acoustic of the historic wooden Admiralty Church in Sweden.

The recording engineer was the legendary Tony Faulkner, with Mike Purton producing and editing.

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Hérisson Yun ISANG

Chamber Music Octuor Mirae YUN: Oktett (1978) • Glissées (1970) • Trio (1992) • Monolog (1984) • Quintett II (1994)

CD: HRN 12 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30

Yun Isang (1917–1995) is one of the 20th century’s best-known Korean composers, with music that is a mixture of 20th-century composing techniques and the sonorities of traditional Korean music.

On this new release, the Octuor Mirae gathers together some excellent French musicians united by their love of Yun’s music, and their desire to make it available to a wider audience.

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Phaedra Franz SCHUBERT Nacht und Träume

Peter Gijsbertsen: tenor/Jozef De Beenhouwer: piano SCHUBERT: Im Frühling • Geheimes • Frühlingsglaube • Du bist die Ruh‘• Auf dem See • Die Forelle • Auf dem Wasser zu singen • Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren • Auf der Bruck • An die Musik • Der Musensohn • Der Wanderer an den Mond • Ständchen • Nacht und Träume • An den Mond • Nachtstück • Litaney auf das Fest Aller Seelen • Wanderers Nachtlied II • Nachthymne CD: PHA 292032 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30

Debut Phaedra recording from young Dutch tenor Peter Gijsbertsen, triple laureate of the 2012 International Vocal Competition Hertogenbosch, where he was a finalist, won the main prize in the Lied category, and won the Public’s Prize.

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IBS Classical Ivory & Reed

…Con alcune licenze Pedro Pablo Cámara Toldos: saxophones/Camilla Köhnken: piano SCHUMANN: Three Romances Op. 94 • HINDEMITH: Sonata for Alto Horn & Piano in E flat major • DESENCLOS: Prélude, cadence et finale • FRANCK: Sonata in A major for violin and piano

CD: IBC 42015 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30

A multifaceted journey, from Schumann’s songlike Romances through the neo-Baroque Hindemith sonata, and from the late-romantic virtuoso piece by Desenclos to the epic violin sonata by Franck.

To hear traditional repertoire like Schumann or Franck in this instrumental combination might seem far-fetched, but piano and saxophone turn out to be great partners not only for original repertoire, but also in casting new light on well-known pieces. The two timbres complement each other exceptionally well, providing an ear-opening experience.

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Manuel Galiana & Marisa Blanes Melólogos en Honor de Santa Teresa

Manuel Galiana: narrator/Marisa Blanes: piano MILLÁN: Vivo sin vivir en mí • SÁMANO: El libro de la vida • RUGELES: Ayes del destierro • MARCO: Camino de perfección • TURINA: Nada te turbe • CASTRO: Las moradas del castillo interior

CD: IBC 62015 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30

Six world premiere recordings from Spain’s premiere recording label! On the occasion of Saint Teresa’s Fifth Centenary, six major present-day composers undertake to explain the depth of texts that transcend the centuries, from the standpoint of today’s aesthetic. A union of music and the spoken word, reviving the classic genre of the melologue, escorts us through the intense literary work of the Doctor of the Church.

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Meridian Records Leon Bosch

The Music of Rankl, Sprongl & Hindemith Leon Bosch: double bass/Sung-Suk Kang: piano SPRONGL: Sonata No. 2 for double bass and piano, Op. 132 • Sonata for Double Bass and Piano, Op. 74 • HINDEMITH: Sonata for double bass and piano (1949) • RANKL: Sonata Concertante for double bass and piano (1957)

CD: MER 84626 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

Meridian Records is proud to announce this stunning collection of works by Norbert Sprongl (1892– 1983), Karl Rankl (1898–1968), and Paul Hindemith (1895–1963), performed by virtuoso double bassist Leon Bosch and his regular duo recital partner Sung-Suk Kang.

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CuGate Classics Peter Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartets 1 & 3 New Philharmonic Quartet TCHAIKOVSKY: String Quartet No. 1 in D minor, Op. 11 • String Quartet No. 3 in E flat minor, Op. 30 Tchaikovsky’s three quartets were written during one five-year period, a time of rapid growth and maturing of his talent and creativity. His quartets combine the exquisite, refined sonorities of an ensemble with truly symphonic development and an amazingly warm and accessible musical language.

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Sergei RACHMANINOV

Symphony No. 2 & The Rock, Op. 7 Academic Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Philharmonia/Alexander Dmitriev: conductor RACHMANINOV: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 • The Rock Symphonic Poem, Op. 7

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The Academic Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Philharmonia was founded as a radio orchestra in 1931. During the blockade of Leningrad, the orchestra performed as almost the only one of that city’s cultural facilities available to the public. Conductor Alexander Dmitriev was born into a musical family in Leningrad in 1935, and studied conducting and composition at the Leningrad Conservatory. He is counted among the most significant Russian conductors, and is a shining example of the St. Petersburg school of conducting.

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Franz SCHUBERT

Chamber Symphonies [Hybrid SACD] Konzerthaus Chamber Orchestra, Berlin/Michael Erxleben: concertmaster SCHUBERT: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D.810 • SHOSTAKOVICH: Chamber Symphony, Op. 110A CuGate Classics proudly welcomes b-sharp, a premium branch of the eponymous music production company and recording studio, which has already made a name for itself with acclaimed recordings of superior artistic and technical quality. Recent awards include two Grammys®, six Echo Classic awards, even two entries into the Guinness Book of World Records!

CD: CUG SACD 11 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

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Querstand

CD: QUE 1502 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30

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Robert VOLKMANN

Gustav MAHLER

Leipzig Piano Quartet/Andreas Fischer: tenor/and more

Frauke May: mezzo-soprano/Bernhard Renzikowski: piano/René Bogner: violin

Jubilee Edition 2015: Songs and Chamber Music

VOLKMANN: Trio in B Minor, Op. 5 • German Dance Tunes, Op. 18 • Seven Hungarian Sketches for Piano Four Hands, Op. 24 • Two Songs for Male Choir, Op. 58 • Six Songs for Male Choir, Op. 30 • Three Songs for soprano or tenor, Op. 13 • Two Posthumous Songs • Six Duets, Op. 67 • Two Songs for mezzo-soprano, piano and cello, Op. 56 • 24 Lullabies, Op. 76 The 2015 volume of Querstand’s Jubilee Edition series, which aims to celebrate both renowned and forgotten composers, focuses on an important composer from 19th-century Hungary.

Wunderhorn Lieder

MAHLER: Wunderhorn Lieder • WEISMANN: 19 songs from Op. 23, 29, 41, 53, 94 after poems from the collection “Des Knaben Wunderhorn” (includes 17 world premieres) An interesting combination of Mahler’s well-known Wunderhorn songs with Julius Weismann’s lesser-known Wunderhorn songs (both composed in late 19th and early 20th centuries).

CD: QUE 1521 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30

CD: QUE 1527 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30

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Hans Leo Haßler

Johann CRÜGER

Jan Katzschke: harpsichord, organ, vocals

Musicalische Compagney

HAßLER: Ich gieng einmal spatieren • Canon in D • Ricercar del secondo tono • Magnificat quarti toni (6 Verse)

CRÜGER: a selection of songs for Morning and Evening, Christmas & Easter, Pentecost, Psalms & Gloria

The second CD from Jan Katzschke on Querstand contains the 35-minute variations on the song “Ich gieng einmal spatieren,” one of the peak works of keyboard music around 1600.

Famous selections from Johann Crüger’s chorale settings, in the premiere recording in original sound (with boy sopranos, countertenors, and historical instruments). Features the precious Herbst-Gercke organ from 1683.

Ich gieng einmal spatieren

Chorales

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