Allegro Classical January 2013 New Release Book by Allegro Media Group

January 2013 Release Date: January 8, 2013 A d i v i s i o n o f A l l e g ro M e d i a G ro u p

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Elektra RICHARD STRAUSS Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Toonkunst Choir Amsterdam Marc Albrecht

Live recordings by De Nederlandse Opera

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GRAMOPHONE RECORD OF THE YEAR The 2012 Gramophone Awards have been announced, and we’re delighted to report that an Allegro-distributed release won the coveted Record of the Year Award. Baroque ensemble Vox Luminis were named winners for their recording of Schütz’s Musicalische Exequien, released on the Ricercar label. Vox Luminis Musicalische Exequien Cat # RCE 311 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 d

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NICHOLAS PHAN IN BILLBOARD Nicholas Phan’s newest release for Avie, Still Falls The Rain, landed at #12 on Billboard’s Traditional Classical Albums chart in its debut week! Nicholas Phan Still Falls The Rain Cat # AVR 2258 Price Code: Q (SRP: 15.99) Number of Discs: 1 d

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A LATE QUARTET NOVEMBER PREMIERE Just in time for the film’s premiere in November, the related aeon title has a new sticker! This release contains the music featured in the film A Late Quartet, inspired by and structured around Beethoven’s Opus 131 Quartet, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Christopher Walken. Brentano String Quartet Late String Quartets, Op. 127 Cat # AEN 1110 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 d

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Release Date: January 8, 2013

Ancalagon Records

J.S. BACH

The Violin Concertos BUZZ ALERT

Cat # ANC 138 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 35 d

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Lara St. John, Scott St. John: violins Ariana Ghez: oboe New York Bach Ensemble The Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela J.S. BACH: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 • Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV 1042 • Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043 • Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C minor, BWV 1060 “St. John’s approach to these demanding works is a combination of supple grace and power.” — Strings “She makes the most ordinary passages come to life.” — Gramophone Of Lara St. John’s 2001 recording of Bach’s two solo violin concertos and the double violin concerto with her brother Scott, American Record Guide said, “I can’t even think of a recording that I would name as second best to this one. This recording is in a class by itself.” With Ariana Ghez, the principal oboist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, the J.S. Bach concertos for violin are now complete with the inclusion of the oboe/violin concerto in C minor. also available

J.S. BACH Sonatas Cat # ANC SACD 139 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 d

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J.S. BACH The Six Sonatas & Partitas for Violin Solo Cat # ANC SACD 132 Price Code: 2L (SRP $23.99) Number of Discs: 2 d

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Phi

Release Date: January 8, 2013

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Missa solemnis, Op. 123

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Collegium Vocale Gent Orchestre des Champs-Élysées Philippe Herreweghe: conductor BEETHOVEN: Missa solemnis, Op. 123 This major work of the sacred repertoire, high on the list alongside Bach’s Mass in B minor and the Mozart Requiem, is Beethoven’s longest work and assuredly the one that demanded the most work. The composer even considered the Mass his finest work. Philippe Herreweghe shares this opinion, and judges the Missa solemnis to be one of the apogees in the history of classical music. With four superb soloists and a refined chorus and orchestra, Philippe Herreweghe invites us to a thoroughly transcendental experience.

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J.S. BACH Ach susser Trost! Leipzig Cantatas Cat # PHY 6 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 d

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VICTORIA Officium Defunctorum Cat # PHY 5 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 d

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Hallé

Release Date: January 8, 2013

Sir Edward ELGAR The Apostles

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Hallé Orchestra Sir Mark Elder: conductor Rebecca Evans: soprano Alice Coote: mezzo-soprano Paul Groves: tenor Halle Choir & Youth Choir ELGAR: The Apostles, Op. 49 This new release presents the oratorio planned to open the trilogy, the lesser-known and under-served work The Apostles, in a performance The Guardian described as “revelatory.” This retelling of Christ’s Passion from the viewpoint of His followers features extensive and effective use of leitmotivs and choral writing that is arguably an advance on that of Gerontius, with the work’s closing section — depicting Christ’s Ascension to heaven — thought to be one of the most poignant ever written. The performance benefits from extensive research by Mark Elder, including study of a proof copy of the vocal score that he matched with what Elgar himself conducted in 1921, reinstating the semichorus of nine male voices, sung here by an ensemble Elder specially selected from the Royal Northern College of Music. This recording is probably the first — since Elgar conducted The Apostles on September 7, 1921 at the Three Choirs Festival — to incorporate Elgar’s intentions at several points in the oratorio. Elgar included a part for a shofar, an ancient Hebrew instrument made of ram’s horn. In most performances modern instruments imitate this, but this recording features a genuine shofar player.

Challenge Classics

Release Date: January 8, 2013 Combattimento Consort Amsterdam Jan Willem de Vriend: violin, conductor HANDEL: Concerti grossi, Op. 6 Over the past 30 years, Combattimento Consort Amsterdam has established a strong national and international reputation. The ensemble is famous for the high quality and energy of its performances, and conductor/violinist Jan Willem de Vriendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name is known worldwide. The artistic director of Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, since 2006 De Vriend has been the chief conductor and artistic director of the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra. He has been a guest conductor with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Hague Philharmonic, and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. PLAYABLE IN ALL CD PLAYERS. For optimal sound, use compatible surround sound system.

George Frideric HANDEL

Concerti grossi, Op. 6 [Hybrid SACD] Cat # CHR SACD 72570 Price Code: 3S (SRP $56.99) Number of Discs: 3 O-Card Jewel, Box Lot 10 d

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HANDEL Concerti grossi, Op. 3 Cat # CHR SACD 72140 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 d

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Olga Domnina: piano GENIN: Seven Melodies for the Dial (premiere) A solo debut on Challenge Classics by a renowned Russian pianist! This is the world premiere recording of a piano cycle written in 2011 by Vladimir Genin, dedicated to Olga Domnina. Since moving to London and entering the Royal Academy of Music in 2007, Olga Domnina has been dividing her time between England and Italy. She has collaborated with such internationally acclaimed artists as the violinists Julian Rachlin and Viktor Tretyakov, the violist Paul Silverthorne, and the cellist Thomas Carroll.

Vladimir GENIN

Seven Melodies for the Dial Cat # CHR 72568 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 O-Card Jewel, Box Lot 22 World premiere

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Release Date: January 8, 2013

Challenge Classics

Richard STRAUSS

Elektra (Live 2011) [Hybrid SACD] BUZZ ALERT

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Michaela Schuster, Evelyn Herlitzius, Camilla Nylund, Hubert Delamboye, Gerd Grochowski: vocal soloists Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Toonkunst Choir Amsterdam Marc Albrecht: conductor STRAUSS: Elektra The first CD release of De Nederlandse Opera on Challenge Classics! Due to its immense success this was the fourth time that this production, with director Willy Decker, was repeated. It features soloists Michaela Schuster, Evelyn Herlitzius, Camilla Nylund, Hubert Delamboye, and Gerd Grochowski. De Nederlandse Operaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new chief conductor, Marc Albrecht, is known for his interpretations of works by Wagner and Richard Strauss, and of contemporary music. DNO has grown into one of Europeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most prominent and progressive opera companies under the leadership of artistic director Pierre Audi and managing director Truze Lodder. PLAYABLE IN ALL CD PLAYERS. For optimal sound, use compatible surround sound system.

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Release Date: January 8, 2013 Luigi De Filippi: violin TARTINI: Sonata No. 17 in D major • Sonata No. 4 in C major • Sonata No. 10 in B flat major • Sonata No. 15 in G major • Sonata No. 14 in G major • Sonata in A minor Giuseppe Tartini was a legend in his lifetime, and one of the most influential figures in the golden age of the baroque era. Through the performance of violinist Luigi De Filippi on this debut CD, we catch a glimpse of Tartini’s real expression: the intense and intelligent face of a man who, although not exactly oriented towards the future, all the same moved decidedly away from the baroque era.

Giuseppe TARTINI Sonatas for Solo Violin Cat # CHR 72561 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 O-Card Jewel, Box Lot 22 d

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æon Eddy Vanoosthuyse: clarinet Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra Paul Meyer: conductor CORIGLIANO: Clarinet Concerto • CARTER: Clarinet Concerto A tribute to American music! This disc presents an opportunity to sample some of the most up-to-date American music, with two masterpieces in the concertante genre: the clarinet concertos of Elliott Carter and John Corigliano. Presented here by leading interpreters of this music, these two pieces are emblematic of the rich stylistic diversity of the American continent. John Corigliano’s Clarinet Concerto of 1977 showcases the soloist’s virtuosity. It is a highly sensitive work in which the clarinetist plays the role of a valiant hero weathering the storm: the tumultuous, tempestuous material of the orchestra. The purely melancholy power of the music sometimes recalls the most moving moments of his Violin Concerto, which served as material for François Girard’s film The Red Violin (Oscar® winner for Best Film Score, 1999). A different style and a different way of introducing the narrative is found John CORIGLIANO & Elliott CARTER in Elliott Carter’s Clarinet Concerto, composed 20 years later in 1997. This piece gives the impression of a veritable musical dramaturgy, in which each American Clarinet Concertos instrument is treated individually. The composer also treats the concerto Cat # AEN 1230 itself in a new way, since he sets up an alternating dialogue between the Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 soloist and each of the instrumental groups, which are independent of each Digipak, Box Lot 25 other and laid out in a semicircle. The style of the work is characterized by both virtuosity and precision in the articulations and the accents. Elliott BUZZ ALERT Carter, whose 104th birthday is celebrated this year, is unquestionably one d U.S. ORDERS ONLY of the most inventive composers of his time.

Release Date: January 8, 2013

Reference Recordings

Sir Edward ELGAR Enigma Variations

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Cat # REF 129 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Kansas City Symphony Orchestra Michael Stern: conductor ELGAR: Enigma Variations • VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Wasps • Greensleeves This magnificent new symphonic recording with the Kansas City Symphony is also the premiere recording made in Helzberg Hall, in the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Missouri. Grammy®-winning engineer Keith O. Johnson has captured this colorful, beloved English music in brilliant HDCD sound. The Kansas City Symphony garnered tremendous critical acclaim for their first project on Reference Recordings, incidental music for The Tempest by Sullivan and Sibelius. Their second release on RR, Britten’s Orchestra, received a Grammy® for Best Surround Sound for both the engineer and producer, as well as rave reviews everywhere, although the title is now unfortunately out of print. This release again features Michael Stern, the son of famed violinist Isaac Stern. He is also the founder of the Iris Chamber Orchestra in Memphis, TN and, in addition to RR, has recorded for Sony, Hyperion, Denon, Arabesque, and Naxos. Producer David Frost won Grammy® Awards in 2005, 2009, and 2011 for Classical Producer of the Year. He has produced a large roster of stars and Grammy®-winning titles. Media Service to national and international music and audiophile press. Radio Service to all classical stations. Social Networking and internet marketing & promotion by Rosebrook Classical.

Editions Hortus

Release Date: January 8, 2013 Géraldine Dutroncy: piano Laurent Camatte: viola JOLAS: Quatre Duos (alto piano) • Pièce pour (piano) • Quoth the raven (version alto piano) • Pièce pour Saint-Germain (piano) • Ruht wohl (alto piano) • Épisode sixième (alto solo) • B for Sonata

Betsy JOLAS

Betsy Jolas’ father, poet and journalist Eugene Jolas, founded and edited the magazine Transition, which featured the greatest names of literature, painting, and music — notably James Joyce, whose entire Finnegans Wake came out in serial form under the title “ work in progress.” Thanks to her family background, Betsy Jolas was initiated at an early age to words and the recitation of words, and it was through her enthusiasm for the human voice that she was later able to temper her participation in the post-Webernian adventure of the immediate after-war. Thus, although she followed the fortunes of Pierre Boulez’s Domaine Musical in the ’60s, she was more a “fellow traveler” of serialism than an unconditional disciple. An avid contemporary music enthusiast, Géraldine Dutroncy’s encounter with Betsy Jolas in 2007 gave birth to a series of concerts devoted to her piano work.

B for Betsy

Cat # HOR 99 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 28 d

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Berlin Classics Isang Enders: cello Andreas Hering: piano SCHUMANN: Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op. 70 for horn and piano (version for cello and piano) • Fünf Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102 for cello and piano • “Mit Myrten und Rosen” from the Liederkreis by Heinrich Heine, Op. 24, No. 9 • Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 for clarinet and piano (version for cello and piano) • Andante Cantabile in A major from the Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47 (version for cello and piano) • YUN: Espace I (1992) • Nore (1964) Robert Schumann and Isang Yun speak two very different musical languages that share a common love of vocal melody. This link has a special meaning for Isang Enders, and as a “singer on the cello,” this son of a German-Korean family of musicians has chosen to place his personal stamp on his debut CD by delving into his musical and personal background. A poetic album full of surprises!

Robert SCHUMANN Mit Myrten und Rosen Cat # BER 300430 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Berlin Classics

Release Date: January 8, 2013

Gustav MAHLER Symphonies 9 & 10

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Cat # BER 300440 Price Code: 2O (SRP $27.99) Number of Discs: 3 Triple Digipak, Box Lot 17 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Berlin Symphony Orchestra Kurt Sanderling: conductor Peter Schreier: tenor Birgit Finnilä: alto MAHLER: The Song of the Earth • Symphony No. 9 in D major • Symphony No. 10 in F sharp major (performing version prepared by Deryck Cooke) To mark the 100th birthday of Kurt Sanderling, this informatively presented edition brings together Mahler’s late symphonic works, which the great conductor studied and lived with throughout the course of his life. Only after many years of concert performance did he step before the microphone with his Berlin Symphony Orchestra to capture this moving music on disc.

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SHOSTAKOVICH Symphonies 1 & 6 Cat # BER 21812 Price Code: O (SRP $13.99) Number of Discs: 1 d

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SIBELIUS Complete Symphonies Cat # BER 20592 Price Code: 4E (SRP $31.99) Number of Discs: 4 d

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Opera d’Oro

Release Date: January 8, 2013 Luciano Pavarotti: tenor Music from Verdi, Donizetti, Puccini, Di Capua, De Curtis and Leoncavallo This disc contains an overview of some of Pavarotti’s most famous and beloved recorded opera arias and songs, opening with a universal favorite, “La donna è mobile” from Rigoletto, followed by “Amici miei” from Donizetti’s comedy La figlia del reggimento. This aria brought down the house at Pavarotti’s Metropolitan Opera debut in 1972. Having delivered nine faultless high Cs in this one impossible aria, he received a record 17 curtain calls. “Che gelida manina” from Puccini’s La Bohème shows Pavarotti in one of his signature roles; it would remain a standard throughout his 40-year career. The disc also features selections by Donizetti, Verdi, and Leoncavallo, climaxing in “Nessun dorma” from Puccini’s Turandot, which he had sung at the World Cup in Italy in 1990.

Luciano Pavarotti

The Essential Performances Cat # OPD 6009 Price Code: C (SRP $5.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Luciano Pavarotti: tenor Music from Verdi, Bellini, Donizetti, De Curtis, Mozart, Massenet and Tosti Although famous for his starring roles in the most familiar operas of Verdi and Puccini, Luciano Pavarotti had a wide range of repertoire outside opera. This disc gives an introduction to the great tenor in a range of roles and genres. Verdi is featured with the lyrical aria from Luisa Miller, the opening ensemble from La traviata, his blending in the Kyrie Eleison from the Requiem, and the way in which he could bring down the house with an aria sung in recital to piano accompaniment (“Di quella pira”). His mastery of the “bel canto” style of Italian singing is showcased in Bellini’s operas I Capuleti e i Montecchi and I Puritani, Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor and La figlia del reggimento, and Rossini’s stirring Stabat Mater.

Luciano Pavarotti

An Introduction to Pavarotti Cat # OPD 6010 Price Code: C (SRP $5.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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The gorgeous Italian tradition of Neapolitan song is heard in Pavarotti’s interpretations of “Non ti scordar di me” (“Don’t Forget Me”) and Tosti’s “Aprile.” Pavarotti surprised the opera world by his successful forays into Mozart in the opera Idomeneo and Massenet’s French opera Manon. Finally, his moving way with religious music is shown in Bizet’s “Agnus Dei.”

Release Date: January 8, 2013

Opera d’Oro

Luciano Pavarotti: tenor Renata Scotto: soprano Mirella Freni: soprano Gundula Janowitz: soprano Montserrat Caballé: soprano Fiorenza Cossotto: mezzo-soprano Music from Verdi, Donizetti, Mozart and Bellini This disc presents Pavarotti in duets with several of the great ladies of opera. Renata Scotto was noted for the beauty of her voice, her intelligence, and total immersion in the Italian operatic idiom. Pavarotti had sung Rigoletto with her in Florence in 1966, as heard here, and a year later Lucia di Lammermoor in Turin, again represented on this disc. One of his great early triumphs onstage occurred opposite Scotto in Rome in 1969, and she would remain a frequent colleague throughout the years. Also on this disc, Mirella Freni is heard in characteristic selections from operas by Donizetti and Bellini. German soprano Gundula Janowitz is a perfect match in Mozart’s Idomeneo, and the disc is rounded out with duets with the legendary soprano Montserrat Caballé in Verdi’s Luisa Miller, and the great mezzo Fiorenza Cossotto in Donizetti’s La Favorita.

Luciano Pavarotti

Pavarotti and the Divas Cat # OPD 6011 Price Code: C (SRP $5.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Luciano Pavarotti: tenor Music from Beethoven, Bellini, Liszt, Mascagni, Donizetti,Tosta, Respighi, Verdi and Schubert. With one exception, all the numbers on this recording are from the non-operatic repertoire for which Pavarotti was famous on the recital stage, a venue far more intimate than the opera house. The earliest selection is Beethoven’s moving “In questa tomba oscura,” the lament of a forsaken lover. Sorrow also pervades a song by Bellini, and “Pace non trovo” by Franz Liszt. The mood then lightens with Mascagni’s “Serenata” and the rollicking “Il barcajuolo” of Donizetti. The Neapolitan style is further exemplified in selections by Tosti and Bixio. More songs by Bellini are followed by three of Ottorino Respighi, one of the few Italian composers more famous for his orchestral pieces than his vocal works. A famous aria from Verdi’s opera Il trovatore is surprisingly transformed into a recital song with piano accompaniment, and the program concludes with Schubert’s universally beloved “Ave Maria.”

Luciano Pavarotti

The Intimate Pavarotti Cat # OPD 6012 Price Code: C (SRP $5.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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SOMM Recordings

Release Date: January 8, 2013 Orchestra of the Swan April Fredrick: soprano David Curtis: conductor COPLAND: Quiet City • Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson • BARBER: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24 • Capricorn Concerto, Op. 21 • GERSHWIN: Summertime This CD showcases the spectacular voice of American soprano April Fredrick. SOMM first heard her in concert singing the songs of Ivor Gurney, which she studied closely as part of her MMus in Vocal Performance at the Royal Academy of Music. The label unhesitatingly recommended April to David Curtis, conductor of the Orchestra of the Swan, who enthusiastically engaged her for several concerts. This recording, which took place during a concert at the Civic Hall in Stratford last year, was her debut with the Orchestra of the Swan.

Orchestra of the Swan

Music by Copland, Barber & Gershwin Cat # SMM 118 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

Orchestra of the Swan are becoming a favorite of classical radio stations across the US, and their performances are regularly heard on the nationally syndicated program Performance Today on over 260 stations nationwide. Their discs have been named “Disc of the Month” and “Best of the Year” at WFMT Chicago, “Disc of the Week” at WETA Washington DC, and they are perennial favorites on WQXR New York. The orchestra has received rave reviews and major features in the New York Times, Washington Post, American Record Guide, Fanfare, Indianapolis Star, and Dallas Morning Post, among others.

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BUZZ ALERT Mark Bebbington: piano IRELAND: The Towing Path • Three Pastels • In Those Days • Leaves from a Child’s Sketchbook • Meine Seele • The Epic March (premiere) • Pastoral • Month’s Mind • On a Birthday Morning • Columbine • Equinox With the final volume of SOMM’s four-volume series of the complete piano music of John Ireland, we reach the end of our fabulous journey through the composer’s piano music. Like most of the repertoire on volumes 1–3, this music was recorded in the sumptuous acoustic of Birmingham’s Symphony Hall with Mark Bebbington, SOMM’s favorite artist. This year is the 50th anniversary of John Ireland’s death, and he has been celebrated far and wide, both during the BBC Proms and extensively through the press and BBC Radio. Recording Ireland’s complete œuvre for the piano has been enormously rewarding, and also gave SOMM the chance to discover and add a few premieres along the way — on this CD, the instrumental version of “The Epic March.”

John IRELAND

The Piano Music, Vol. 4 Cat # SMM 115 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT includes world premiere

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Delphian Records

Release Date: January 8, 2013

John RUTTER

The Tewkesbury Collection BUZZ ALERT

Cat # DPH 34107 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum Carleton Etherington: organ Benjamin Nicholas: director RUTTER: Lord, thou hast been our refuge • Dormi, Jesu • This is the day • Carol of the Magi • As the bridegroom to his chosen • The Lord is my shepherd • Ave Maria • The Lord bless you and keep you • A Prayer of Saint Patrick • Hymn to the Creator of Light • Wells Jubilate • God be in my head • The Gift of Charity • There is a flower • A Choral Amen For his final recording with the Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum, Benjamin Nicholas celebrates Britain’s best-loved living composer, John Rutter. This program explores the full range of the composer’s output, from “The Lord is my shepherd” and “Lord, thou hast been our refuge” to his most recent piece “This is the day,” written for the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Rutter’s rare communicative gifts are given a special glow by the refulgent acoustic of Tewkesbury Abbey and the choir’s luminous singing. Advertising in Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine. also available

STANFORD Choral Music Cat # DPH 34087 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 d

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W.A. MOZART Coronation Mass in C Cat # DPH 34102 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 d

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Avie Records

Release Date: January 8, 2013 Luiza Borac: piano Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Jaime Martin: conductor LIPATTI: Concertino in classical style, Op. 3 for piano and chamber orchestra (1936, dedicated to Florica Musicesco) • Sonatine for the left hand (1941) • Piano Sonata in D minor (1932) (premiere) • Motto: Musica este limbagiul zeilor – ‘Music is the Language of Gods’ (1932) • Nocturne in F sharp minor, Op. 6 (dedicated to Clara Haskil) • Nocturne in A minor on a Moldovan theme • Fantaisie, Op. 8 (1940, dedicated to Madeleine Cantacuzène) (premiere) • ALBENIZ: Navarra, trans. Lipatti (premiere) • J.S. BACH: Pastorale in F, BWV 590 trans. Lipatti • Was mir behagt ist nur die muntre Jagd!, BWV 208 by J.S. Bach, trans. Lipatti “A fabulously gifted young pianist.” — BBC Music Magazine

Dinu LIPATTI

Piano Music of Dinu Lipatti Cat # AVR 2271 Price Code: 2L (SRP $23.99) Number of Discs: 2 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT includes world premieres

Pianist Luiza Borac is the most dedicated champion of music from her native Romania, recognized with a BBC Music Magazine Award for her artistry and advocacy of the piano canon of Georges Enescu. She now turns to another compatriot, best known as one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century: Dinu Lipatti. The rarities that Luiza has unearthed for this two-disc set feature a number of world premiere recordings including Lipatti’s first Piano Sonata, an arrangement of Albeniz’s “Navarra,” and the complex “Fantasie.” Print Advertising in Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine, Listen, International Piano, and Pianist. Features Expected in International Piano and Pianist. Target Classical Radio for airplay. E-blast to Avie mailing list (c. 5,000).

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The Benvenue Fortepiano Trio Monica Huggett: violin Tanya Tomkins: cello Eric Zivian: piano Adam LaMotte: viola SCHUMANN: Piano Trio No. 2 in F major, Op. 80 • Kinderszenen, Op. 15 • Piano Quartet in E flat, Op. 47 “Great music will always transcend its own and any other period. That it does it so richly here is due in strong part to the fact that these are not only born but practiced conversationalists.” — BBC Music Magazine HHHHH

Robert SCHUMANN Piano Trio No. 2

Cat # AVR 2272 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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The Benvenue Fortepiano Trio’s acclaimed accounts of Schumann’s First and Third Piano Trios opened the ears of chamber music devotees with the crystalline textures of its period instruments and the drawing-room intimacy of its interpretations. Anchored by the enterprising violinist Monica Huggett, who has produced numerous chart-topping recordings and a Grammy® nomination for Avie Records, the Trio completes Schumann’s canon for the genre, complimenting the Second Trio with the Piano Quartet and casting the spotlight on Eric Zivian and his mellifluous 1841 instrument with his rendition of Schumann’s beloved “Kinderszenen.” Print Advertising in Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine, Listen, and Early Music Today. E-blast to Avie mailing list (c. 5,000).

Release Date: January 8, 2013

LAWO Classics

Marianne Beate Kielland: mezzo-soprano Nils Anders Mortensen: piano BERG: Fraue, Du Süsse • Über Den Bergen • Tiefe Sehnsucht • Er Klagt, Daß Der Fruhling So Kortz Bluht • Augenblicke • Winter • Am Strande • Traurigkeit • Hoffnung • Spaziergang • Flötenspielerin • Erster Verlust • Leukon • SCHÖNBERG: Erwartung • Jesus Bettelt/Schenk Mir Deinen Goldenen Kamm • Erhebung • Waldsonne • WEBERN: Tief Von Fern • Aufblick • Blumengruss • Bild der Liebe • Sommerabend • Heiter • Der Tod • Heimgang in der Frühe Berg, Webern, and Schönberg all inhabited a borderland between tonality and atonality. This CD from LAWO Classics is entitled Früh because the works date from an early period in the career of each of the three composers, and they are extraordinarily beautiful. A break with tonality is imminent, but the music is still firmly anchored in the tonal tradition. The songs are seldom performed, and there are few recordings of the material. Thus, it is all the more satisfying to present Grammy® nominees Marianne Beate Kielland and Nils Anders Mortensen with this magnificent late Romantic repertoire (2011, Best Classical Vocal Solo).

Marianne Beate Kielland

Früh: Berg, Schönberg & Webern

Cat # LAW 1033 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

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Kare Nordstoga: organ BACH: Concertos and Chorale Preludes Bach on the Silbermann cathedral organ in Arlesheim, Switzerland, performed by Oslo Cathedral organist Kåre Nordstoga! Andreas Silbermann, brother of the more famous organ builder Gottfried Silbermann, originally built this organ. The cathedral’s acoustics are superb, and although the organ has been rebuilt over the years, it still has the unique warmth and clarity of sound that was the hallmark of the baroque masters. On the first of the two CDs, we find all of Bach’s transcriptions for organ. Three are Bach’s arrangements of violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, and Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar originally wrote two others. He died at age 21, and is perhaps best remembered by music historians because Bach — while he was organist at the ducal court in Weimar — transcribed the compositions for organ and cembalo. The second disc contains Bach’s famous Good Friday partita “Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig,” as well as many of the chorale arrangements not belonging to collections published in Bach’s time.

J.S. BACH

Concertos and Chorale Preludes Cat # LAW 1035 Price Code: 2N (SRP $25.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Slimline, Box Lot 25 d

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Melodiya

Release Date: January 8, 2013 Rodion Shchedrin: piano, organ SHCHEDRIN: 24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano Volume I (I–XII) “Sharp keys” • 24 Preludes and Fugues Volume II (XIII–XXIV) “Flat keys” • The Polyphonic Book, 25 polyphonic preludes • Musical offering (for the 300th anniversary of J.S. Bach’s birth) Rodion Shchedrin embarked on a composing career at the dawn of the second half of the 20th century, and since then has been actively creative. Shchedrin is the happy owner of a gift that combines a topical music language with traditional elements of Russian music culture, which let him easily fit in with the global music space and, at the same time, remain an artist with strongly pronounced national attributes of style. While Shchedrin has created remarkable works in virtually all music genres, his relations with piano music are special. A student of the famous professor Yakov Flier, who was a brilliant soloist and teacher, Shchedrin continues the glorious traditions of the Russian school. His concert performances and recordings of his own works have always been bright events, and have attracted the attention of thousands of music lovers.

Rodion SHCHEDRIN Shchedrin Plays Shchedrin Cat # MYD 1002018 Price Code: 4R (SRP $71.99) Number of Discs: 5 Box Set, Box Lot 10 d

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The USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra Gennady Rozhdestvensky: conductor SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 “Leningrad” Melodiya presents a recording of Dmitri Shostakovich’s famous opus, performed by one of the best interpreters of his music. Composed in the first months of the Great Patriotic War, Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7 became a symbol of the struggle against fascism; its most memorable performances took place in Moscow, New York, London, and Buenos Aires, but its premiere in beleaguered Leningrad in Autumn 1942 was of the utmost importance. This bright and tragic music has not lost any of its emotional power and topicality; it sounds as a protest against totalitarianism, violence, and suppression of human personality and that was exactly how it sounded in the interpretation of outstanding conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky in 1986, when Shostakovich’s homeland was again on the threshold of great change.

Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 7 “Leningrad” Cat # MYD 1002021 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 35 d

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Melodiya

Release Date: January 8, 2013 Sviatoslav Richter: piano J.S. BACH: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II Johann Sebastian Bach’s cycle of preludes and fugues, The Well-Tempered Clavier, holds a very special place in the world of music. It is not just one of the immortal masterpieces of the world music literature; it is literally an encyclopedia of polyphonic art and the desk book of every thinking musician. The work gives plenty of play to every different performer’s interpretations; none of the significant musical works have caused as many debates about the way they should be interpreted! In the words of pianist Sviatoslav Richter, “When I set to The Well-Tempered Clavier, I get always consumed with desire not to exclude any sides for the sake of one narrow and dogmatic position … I am convinced that Bach can be played differently, with different articulation and different dynamics. So long as the whole is preserved, so long as the strict contours of style are not distorted, so long as the performance is convincing enough.”

J.S. BACH

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II

Cat # MYD 1002030 Price Code: 2R (SRP $35.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Digipak, Box Lot 18

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Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra Evgeny Mravinsky: conductor TCHAIKOVSKY: Francesca da Rimini (Fantasy after Dante), Op. 32 • Capriccio Italien, Op. 45 • Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 48 Recorded from the 1940s to the 1970s, Melodiya offers a wonderful gift for all admirers of Russian music culture: Tchaikovsky’s symphonic works performed by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Evgeny Mravinsky. It is impossible to imagine the Orchestra — and perhaps the entire domestic music culture of the 20th century — without Mravinsky. For more than half a century, he was at the head of the orchestra and turned it into one of the best symphony collectives in Europe, receiving worldwide recognition. The repertoire of Mravinsky and his orchestra was broad and diverse, but the maestro’s highest achievements were associated with music of Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky. Mravinsky performed and recorded Tchaikovsky’s last three symphonies, concertos, ballet suites, and other symphonic works for dozens of times, much to the delight of listeners in Moscow, Leningrad, Vienna, Prague, Milan, London, and other European cities.

Pyotr Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY Symphonic Works

Cat # MYD 1002031 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 35

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Melodiya

Release Date: January 8, 2013

Cat # MYD 1002020 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 35 d

Cat # MYD 1002025 Price Code: 4R (SRP $71.99) Number of Discs: 9 Box Set, Box Lot 10

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Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Oleg Kagan: violin/Yuri Bashmet: viola/Sviatoslav Richter: piano

Maria Grinberg: piano

SHOSTAKOVICH: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 134 • Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147

BEETHOVEN: Complete Piano Sonatas

Sonata for violin & Sonata for viola

Complete Piano Sonatas

This disc features two of Shostakovich’s chamber opuses performed by two of the best musicians of the 1980s: Oleg Kagan and Yuri Bashmet. Behind the piano is the great Sviatoslav Richter, who was involved in the premiere of the violin sonata in 1968 and performed the viola sonata with Bashmet more than 30 times.

One of the greatest albums in Soviet recording history is now reborn on CD! Maria Grinberg was a remarkable pianist and the last student of the great Felix Blumenfeld. Unlike her classmate Vladimir Horowitz, she did not enjoy great fame, she was generally not allowed to go abroad, and the number of recordings she made was not large. However, contemporaries who were lucky enough to hear both pianists compared her manner with Horowitz and outstanding piano teacher Heinrich Neuhaus noted the “earnestness” and “noble concentration of thoughts and feelings” in her playing.

Cat # MYD 1002034 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 35 d

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Cat # MYD 1001967 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 35

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Modest MUSSORGSKY

Various Artists

USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra/Evgeny Svetlanov: conductor

Ekaterina Mechetina, Vyacheslav Gryaznov, Nikita Mndoyants: piano

Symphonic Works

MUSSORGSKY: Scherzo in B major • Intermezzo in modo classico • Night on Bald Mountain • Solemn March (The Capture of Kars) • Pictures at an Exhibition Today, Modest Mussorgsky — who was passed over for fame when he was alive, who perplexed even his distinguished peers and comrades — is one of the recognized geniuses of the 19th century. Here, Mussorgsky’s compositions are performed by the USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Evgeny Svetlanov, a recognized master of interpretation of the Russian symphonic music.

Anthology of Piano Music by Russian and Soviet Composers, Part 2

RODION SHCHEDRIN: Sonata No. 2 (1996) • ALEXANDER TCHAIKOVSKY: Sonata No. 2, Op. 85 (2006) • VLADIMIR RYABOV: Six Bagatelles, Op. 46 (1991) • NIKITA MNDOYANTS: Variations on a theme by Paganini (2007) Melodiya presents part two of the Anthology of Piano Music by Russian and Soviet Composers, which demonstrates the musical trends of the last decades. The featured authors are Rodion Shchedrin, Vladimir Ryabov, and Alexander Tchaikovsky. Despite all the differences between them, they have one thing in common: a synthesis of very different, at times contrary, musical traditions, styles, and directions.

Release Date: January 8, 2013

Fryderyk Chopin Institute

Akiko Ebi: piano CHOPIN: 24 Preludes, Op. 28 • 4 Impromptus Japanese pianist Akiko Ebi, winner of the Grand Prix in the International Marguerite Long Competition and Fifth Prize in the Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 1980, is regarded as an outstanding interpreter of French music. In the series The Real Chopin, she was the first to choose the oldest Erard piano in the Fryderyk Chopin Institute’s collection of historical instruments, dating from 1838. This disc features the whole Opus 28 set of Preludes, as well as Chopin’s four Impromptus. Recorded at the Witold Lutosławski Concerto Studio of Polish Radio, Warsaw, June 2011.

Frédéric CHOPIN 24 Preludes, Op. 28

Cat # FCS 28 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 35 d

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Alex Szilasi: piano CHOPIN: Nocturnes Nos. 9, 15, 27, 32, 37, 48, 62 A Hungarian pianist whose links with Chopin extend from preparing editions of his music to performing his works on historical instruments, Alex Szilasi’s awards include Best Soloist from Hungarian Radio (1991), the Ferenc Kölcsey Cultural Prize (2005), and Classical Musician of the Year from both the Hungarian Academy (2007) and the Hungarian classical and jazz magazine Gramofon (2008). This is the Fryderyk Chopin Institute’s first release of Szilasi’s recordings of Chopin nocturnes with the unique sound of a Pleyel upright piano from 1847. Recorded at the Witold Lutosławski Concerto Studio of Polish Radio, Warsaw, February 2012.

Frédéric CHOPIN

Nocturnes

Cat # FCS 32 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 35 d

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Querstand

Release Date: January 8, 2013

Mechthild Winter

Cembalo: Inspiration & Originality Mechthild Winter: harpsichord D’ANGLEBERT: Deuxième Suite in G • J.S. BACH: Französische Suite in C minor, BWV 813 • Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903 • Italian Concerto, BWV 971 • FROBERGER: Toccata No. 5 in D minor • VIVALDI: Concerto in D major • Transcription of BWV 973 by J.S. Bach The first solo CD from experienced Leipzig-based harpsichordist Mechthild Winter on the Querstand label is played on a harpsichord built after a famous old Ruckers instrument, which was enlarged in the early 18th century and thus perfectly fits most of the repertoire here. Cat # QUE 1217 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 d

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Franz SCHMIDT

Piano Concerto & Concertante Variations MDR Symphony Orchestra/Fabio Luisi: conductor/Carlo Grante: piano SCHMIDT: Concertante Variations on a Theme by Beethoven for Piano and Orchestra • Concerto in E flat for Piano (left hand) and Orchestra

Cat # QUE 611 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 d

The sixth CD in the MDR Edition series, featuring works by Franz Schmidt, contains a unique repertoire: Schmidt’s piano concertos “for the left hand.” Both works are dedicated to famous pianist Paul Wittgenstein, who had lost his right arm during World War I and developed a unique style of playing with only his left hand. This disc features splendid musicianship by Fabio Luisi and the MDR Symphony Orchestra, with the solo part played by Carlo Grante, one of today‘s best Italian pianists.

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Gustav MAHLER Symphony No. 4

MDR Symphony Orchestra/Fabio Luisi: conductor/Sandra Trattnigg: soprano MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 in G major This new release, part of the MDR Edition series, presents the next portion of Querstand’s “series within a series” dedicated to the works of Gustav Mahler. Features splendid musicianship by the MDR Symphony Orchestra and its famous conductor Fabio Luisi, as well as promising Austrian soprano Sandra Trattnigg. Cat # QUE 607 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 d

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Querstand

Release Date: January 8, 2013 Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig Herbert Blomstedt: conductor BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 2 in C minor The ninth SACD in the Bruckner cycle with Herbert Blomstedt and the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig marks the completion of this series, just in time to celebrate Blomstedt’s 85th birthday in 2012! The Symphony is performed in the early version from 1872, which was just edited and published in 2005. The booklet contains detailed information about this early version, which has not been published in such a context before. PLAYABLE IN ALL CD PLAYERS. For optimal sound, use compatible surround sound system. also available

BRUCKNER Symphony No. 1 Cat # QUE SACD 1115 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 d

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BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4 Cat # QUE SACD 1018 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 d

Anton BRUCKNER

Symphony No. 2 [Hybrid SACD]

Cat # QUE SACD 1214 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 33

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Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig Paul Schmitz: conductor Gustav Brecher: conductor A collection of works by Weber, Wagner, Mozart, Verdi and Beethoven This second CD in the series featuring historical recordings by the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig contains recordings from 1929 to 1945, most of them published for the first time, including one of the earliest known recordings in the Large Hall of the Second Gewandhaus (the “Freischütz” Overture, recorded in 1929). The release also contains some extremely rare recordings in the New Theater Leipzig, which allow the listener to study the acoustics of this theater, which was destroyed in WWII. Special packaging features a beautiful hardcover book, slightly larger than the size of a DVD case, with texts in English and German.

Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig Edition Gewanshausorchester, Vol. 2

Cat # QUE 1110 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 2 Special Packaging, Box Lot 15 d

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Alpha

Release Date: January 8, 2013

Robert SCHUMANN

Schumann Project: Complete Piano Solo Music Eric Le Sage: piano SCHUMANN: Complete Solo Piano Works

Cat # APH 813 Price Code: 2S (SRP $37.99) Number of Discs: 13 Box Set, Box Lot TBD d

Winner of the Prix de l’Académie Charles Cros, this set brings together Robert Schumann’s complete works for solo piano. This great cycle benefited from having been recorded in the unique acoustics of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, by Jean-Marc Laisné. Sales of the 13 CDs comprising this set have exceeded 20,000 copies around the world. This complete recording is now acknowledged as a reference and, at the same time, an important step in the artistic life of pianist Eric Le Sage.

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Le Poème Harmonique Ostinato

Le Poème Harmonique/Vincent Dumestre: director BRICEÑO: Danza De La Hacha • FASOLO: Lamento Di Madama Lucia, Con La Riposta Di Cola • Bergamasca • La Barchetta Passagiera • Ciaccona: Acceso Mio Core • Serenata... Carnevale: Ballo Di Tré Zoppi • Tono Françes: Ay Amor Loco • JOHNSON: Sellengers • Wakefield on a green • ANONYMOUS: Uponla mi re • JACARA: Para Tener Noche buena • Gaitas • SEGUIDILLA: Dime Que Te Quejas • Pasacalle: Que Tenga Yo A Mi Mujer • MONTEVERDI: Lamento Della Ninfa II • ROBINSON: Twenty waies upon the bells • Españoleta Cat # APH 817 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25 d

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The Ostinato literally went through ages … it’s a musical process founded on the repetition of a rhythmic, or melodic, or harmonic formula. It’s the “weft” of passacaglias, ciacconas, and of very popular works such as Ravel’s Boléro or Pachelbel’s Canon. The process also inspired a lot of pop musicians, and minimalist American composers. Now, Vincent Dumestre has chosen the theme of “Ostinato” to showcase some of the best Le Poème Harmonique recordings.

Ramée Jean-Marie LECLAIR Violin Concertos, Op. 7

Les Muffatti/Peter Van Heyghen: director/Luis Otavio Santos: violin LECLAIR: Violin Concertos, Op. 7

Cat # RME 1202 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25 d

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Few French musicians of the 18th century were as appreciated during their lifetime as the virtuoso violinist Jean-Marie Leclair. Three years after his tragic death — he was murdered in 1764 by a jealous nephew — Charles Henry de Blainville remembered him as “the Corelli of France.” In 1754, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg placed Leclair on the level of Telemann, Handel, and members of the Bach family in terms of harmony and counterpoint; for Francesco Galeazzi in 1790, he was the sole Frenchman on the list of principal masters of the violin in 18th-century Europe, alongside such major names as Corelli and Vivaldi. His Violin Concertos, Op. 7 are presented here by brilliant violinist Luis Otavio Santos (winner of a Diapason d’Or for his album of Leclair sonatas released by Ramée) and Les Muffatti, under the magic wand of Peter Van Heyghen.

KAIROS

Release Date: January 8, 2013 Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart Arditti Quartet Hannah Weirich: viola Erik Borgir: cello Susanne Leitz-Lorey: soprano Andreas Fischer: bass RONCHETTI: Hombre de mucha gravedad • Pinocchio, una sotria parallela • Hamlet’s Mill • Anatra al sal Lucia Ronchetti is an Italian composer of contemporary music, whose work comprises both avant-garde virtuosity and a close relationship to tradition. The works on this release demonstrate her unique approach to musical theater and vocal music, performed by the superb a cappella group Neue Vocalsoloisten Stuttgart, who have long collaborated with the composer.

Lucia RONCHETTI

Drammaturgie

Cat # KRO 13232 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 26 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Klangforum Wien Stefan Neubauer: clarinet Gertrude Rossbacher: viola Ensemble Kontrapunkte Peter Keuschnig: conductor Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich Andrés Orozco-Estrada: conductor Chorus sine nomine Johannes Hiemetsberger: choirmaster RESCH: Collection Serti • Figuren • Ein Garten • Pfade, die sich verzweigen • Cantus Firmus Gerald Resch, born in 1975 in Austria, developed his economical approach to composition during his studies with Beat Furrer in Graz. Expanding upon this, Resch commented, “Encounters, junctures, and abstract patterns are all able to inspire the beginning of a composition. I like superimpositions, unforeseen changes of perspective, and hidden symmetry. I also like to invent logical but surprising developments of simple material.” This release demonstrates his preoccupation with plastic forms in “Cantus Firmus,” with the perception of nature in “Ein Garten,” and with the omnipresence of a burdensome, loaded tradition.

Gerald RESCH

Collection Serti

Cat # KRO 13282 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Fuga Libera

Release Date: January 8, 2013

César FRANCK

Symphony in D minor Liège Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Christian Arming: conductor FRANCK: Symphony in D minor • Ce qu’on entend sur la montagne • Hulda, Ballet allégorique

Cat # FGL 596 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25 d

Fuga Libera is pleased to present Christian Arming, the new conductor and artistic director of the Liège Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. For this recording project with Liège, the Austrian conductor gives his point of view on the musical spirit of the Franco-Belgian composer César Franck. Opening the disc is the great Symphony in D minor, followed by two rare works: the symphonic poem “Ce qu’on entend sur la montagne” and the ballet music from the opera Hulda.

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Yu-Chien Tseng

French Violin Sonatas Yu-Chien Tseng: violin/Inga Dzektser: piano FRANCK: Sonata for violin and piano in A major, M. 8 • DEBUSSY: Sonata for violin and piano, L. 140 • Clair de lune • RAVEL: Sonata for violin and piano No. 2 in G major

Cat # FGL 597 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25 d

Fuga Libera is happy to announce the beginning of a collaboration with young Taiwanese violinist Yu-Chien Tseng, Fifth Prize winner of the Reine Elisabeth Violin Competition. During that competition, Yu-Chien Tseng managed to convince both the jury and the audience (winning both audience prizes) with his personal, poetic interpretations of pieces such as the Brahms Concerto and Ravel’s Violin Sonata. For his first recording he has chosen a few of his favorite violin sonatas, recorded in the magnificent Flagey Concert Hall in Brussels. His “partner in crime” is Russian pianist Inga Dzekster, whom he met at the Tchaikovsky Competition.

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Summit Records Mark Hetzler Three Views

Mark Hetzler: trombone/Jessica Johnson: piano/Martha Fischer: piano/Anthony Di Sanza: percussion/ Todd Hammes: percussion/Sean Kleve: percussion RUSH: Rebellion • Inner Rebellion • VAYO: Climb • STEPHENSON: New England Scenes • LLINAS: Walking Dreams • HETZLER: Three Views of Infinity

Cat # SMT 599 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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On this epic musical journey, Mark Hetzler and friends explore a diversity of styles and cultural influences with an exhilarating program for trombone, piano, and percussion. Marked by American Record Guide as one of the world’s greatest trombone players, Mark Hetzler is a veteran musician who was previously a member of the Empire Brass Quintet. He has performed in recital and as a soloist with symphony orchestras in China, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Germany, Italy, Austria, Malaysia, Singapore, Bermuda, St. Bartholomew, and across the United States.

Release Date: January 8, 2013

Zig-Zag Territoires

W.A. MOZART

Pieces for two pianos Alexei Lubimov: piano/Yury Martynov: piano MOZART: Sonata in D major, KV 448 • Second Quartetto, arranged for two harpsichords by I. Pratsch Two Zig-Zag artists unite for a disc that includes an original Mozart work (the Sonata in D major) as well as transcriptions for two pianos. Recorded on two historic instruments from the collection of Edwin Beunk, this is an operatic and symphonic conversation. It is also an illustration of the highly fruitful collaboration of two singular pianists as well as a new recording featuring Yury Martynov, who earned a Choc de Classica for his Beethoven & Liszt disc. Cat # ZIG 306 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25 d

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J.C. BACH Zanaida

Opera Fuoco/David Stern: director J.C. BACH: Zanaida After a long war, Turkish emperor Soliman and Persian sophi Tamasse decide to seal the peace between their two countries and, to this end, exchange hostages. The preliminary treaty stipulates that, in order to make this alliance solid, Tamasse will wed Zanaida, Soliman’s daughter. Meanwhile, the sophi falls in love with Osira, a Persian hostage sent by the emperor. This is where the action of this opera begins, the plot skillfully mixing Tamasse’s infidelity, Zanaida’s magnanimity, and Osira’s ambition. It is a particularly appealing opera by the fourth and last of Johann Sebastian’s sons, whose life was atypical for a Bach, for he carried out his career not in Germany but in Italy and England.

Cat # ZIG 312 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 2 Digipak, Box Lot TBD d

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Ensemble 415

Italian Baroque Sonatas & Concertos Ensemble 415/Chiara Banchini: director/Gli Incogniti/Amandine Beyer: director A collection of sonatas and concertos by baroque composers This set brings together recordings of Italian music by Chiara Banchini and Amandine Beyer. It is symbolic of a filiation between the two artists, Amandine Beyer having succeeded Chiara Banchini as professor of Baroque violin at the Schola Cantorum in Basle, Switzerland. The release follows Amandine Beyer’s recording of Bach’s Sonatas for solo violin as well as Chiara Banchini’s recording of his Sonatas for violin and keyboard, both of which received a Diapason d’Or. The set includes the re-release of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons by Amandine Beyer.

Cat # ZIG 316 Price Code: 3Q (SRP $47.99) Number of Discs: 7 Digibox, Box Lot TBD d

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Ricercar

Release Date: January 8, 2013

François COUPERIN Complete Sonatas

Les Dominos/Florence Malgoire: violin, director COUPERIN: La Convalescente (premiere) • La Pucelle • La Steinquerque • La Sultane (Sonate en quatuor) • L’Astrée • La Superbe • La Visionnaire

Cat # RCE 330 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25 Includes world premiere

After the success of a CD devoted to the sonatas of Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Florence Malgoire’s ensemble Les Dominos explores the first French sonatas. All of these works date from the 1680s, when the French had just discovered the Italian sonata style and had begun to use it, albeit in some secrecy. This recording contains the complete sonatas of François Couperin, four of which are the original versions of sonatas that Couperin would later make use of in Les Nations. It is the first recording to present the sonatas in their entirety, in particular because the sonata “La Convalescente” appears on record for the very first time. The sonata was discovered only recently in a manuscript copy in Germany.

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Adriaen WILLAERT

Chansons, Madrigali, Villanelle Romanesque/Philippe Malfeyt: lute, bass lute, chitarrone, percussions, director WILLAERT: Qual dolcezza giamai • Zoia zentil • Dessus le marché d’Arras • Allons, allons gay • Quante volte diss’io • Vecchie letrose • Chi la dira • E se per gelosia • Un giorno mi prego • Cingari simo • Joyssance vous donneray • Arousez vo violette • Ricercar X • Occhio non fu • ATTAIGANT: Dessus le marché d’Arras • TERZI: Canzon (Allez mi faut) di Adriano • VALENTE: Chi la dira dissminuita • CABEZON: Tiento IV sobre Qui la dira • BASSANO: A la fontana • WILLAERT-ABONDANTE: O quando a quando havea • BONIZI: Joyssance • WILLAERT-PISADOR: O bene mio famm’uno favore Cat # RCE 331 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25 d

To celebrate Adriaen Willaert’s anniversary, this recording of the composer’s secular repertoire gives us a very different vision of his work compared to his religious music, previously illustrated by the Vespro della Beata Vergine recording (RCE 325). Recorded by Romanesque in 1994, this CD offers a lot of pleasure — and there is no competition in the market for this recording!

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Red Priest Recordings Piers Adams

Shine and Shade Piers Adams: recorder/Julian Rhodes: piano FULTON: Scottish Suite • RUBBRA: Meditazione Sopra Coeurs Désolés • BOWEN: Sonata, Op. 121 • BERKELEY: Sonatina • GREGSON: Three Matisse Impressions • DODGSON: Shine and Shade • SWANN: Rhapsody from Within

Cat # RPR 10 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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It is arguably only in the 20th century that the recorder has found its true expressive voice. The music on this album is a testimony to the shining brilliance and soulful emotion that can be coaxed from a simple pipe, much of which would not exist without the pioneering work of the late Carl Dolmetsch, who commissioned over 50 new pieces for his annual Wigmore Hall recitals between 1939 and 1989. This program includes five of the best works from this important collection, together with two others of similar merit, to produce a disc that places the recorder firmly in the musical mainstream.

Release Date: January 8, 2013

Nimbus Records

Frederick DELIUS & Edvard GRIEG The Complete Works for Cello & Piano Raphael Wallfisch: cello/John York: piano DELIUS: Romance • Chanson d’Automne • Sonata for cello and piano • Caprice • Elegy • GRIEG: Intermezzo • Allegretto • Sonata in A minor, Op. 36 Friendships between major composers are often important and mutually beneficial, and they shed light on our perception and enjoyment of their music. Schumann and Brahms, Stravinsky and Debussy, Wagner and Liszt, Holst and Vaughan Williams — in each case one life was influenced, aided, inspired, and affected by the other in real and tangible ways. So it was, however unlikely it might seem, with Grieg and Delius.

Cat # NIM 5884 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Nimbus Alliance Franz SCHUBERT

Di Sheyne Milnerin: Schubert’s cycle of love forlorn retold in Yiddish song Mark Glanville: bass-baritone/Alexander Knapp: piano WARSCHAWSKY: The miller’s tears, Op. 11, No. 12 • GEBIRTIG: Reyzele • TRILLING: You shine like the sun • CHEN: My beloved is mine • TRADITIONAL: The new dance • Are you angry with me? • Tumba • The thief ’s genealogy • Two doves • Where is the little street? • The shutters are dozing • Klipp klapp!, Op. 14, No. 10 • A sheyn lid hob ikh gezungen, Op. 12, No. 15 • SCHUBERT: translation of AmFeirabend from Die schöne Müllerin, D.795: After work • RUMSHINSKY: Hear, O Israel • KNAPP: Anthem • WEINER: Six Yiddish Art Songs, No. 3 • OLSHANETSKY: I love you too much • SCHERMANN: Op. 1, No. 3 “Filled with misery” • YOMEN: The sun is setting A specially devised cycle of 20 songs from the Yiddish repertoire, and only the second time a collection of Yiddish songs has been forged into a narrative cycle with a coherent dramatic trajectory! A stark contrast to Mark Glanville’s Holocaust-focused program A Yiddish Winterreise, this record explores different aspects of the Yiddish tradition to tell a story of unrequited love.

Cat # NIM 6191 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Barluath Source

Barluath/Ainsley Hamill: vocals/Eilidh Firth: fiddle/Edward Seaman: bagpipes/Colin Greeves: bagpipes/Alistair Iain Paterson: piano, glockenspiel TRADITIONAL: The Fox Hunter • The Lambs on the Green Hills • Devil in the Kitchen • Crò Chinn t-Sàile (The Fold of Kintail) • PATERSON: The Pentland Incident • TRAD./HAMILL: Ora Turais (Prayer for Travelling) • BLAKE: Billy Gray • HAMILL: The Selkie • FIRTH/GREEVES: The Trooper and the Maid • MACDONALD: The Poshability On a cold night in January 2010, a group of four musicians from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland gathered to sound check for their first gig. Colin Greeves had recruited childhood friend Eddie Seaman, and they were joined by Ainsley Hamill and Alistair Iain Paterson to play Partick Folk Club’s annual Burns Supper. They invited Eilidh Firth to join the band for their first tour of Scotland in Summer 2011, and with this exciting combination of musicians they have wowed audiences from Portmahomack to Washington DC.

Cat # NIM 6206 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Tactus

Release Date: January 8, 2013

Giacomo Antonio PERTI

Moses, Leader of the Jewish People Ensemble Les Nations/Maria Luisa Baldassari: harpsichord, director PERTI: Moses, Leader of the Jewish People

Cat # TCT 661603 Price Code: T (SRP $14.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

The revival of the 1685 oratorio Moses, Leader of the Jewish People for five voices, trumpet, and strings celebrates the 350th anniversary of the birth of Giacomo Antonio Perti, a versatile Bolognese musician born in 1661. This miniature opera presents a series of characters that are skillfully outlined by Perti’s lively music. Perti’s arias require great virtuosity in the singers; this edition, recorded by the Ensemble Les Nations, features some of the best Italian specialists of baroque singing. The trumpet is an unusual presence, but this instrument was much appreciated in the Bolognese musical milieu of that period, and it lends a unique instrumental timbre to the composition.

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Girolamo CRESCENTINI Solo Voice Arias

Marina Comparato: mezzo-soprano/Gianni Fabbrini: piano CRESCENTINI: 6 cantatas and 18 arias for voice and fortepiano composed in Paris in 1810, and a collection of 6 arias composed for the Queen of Holland

Cat # TCT 760390 Price Code: 2T (SRP $29.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Slimline, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

The musician Girolamo Crescentini was a very well known figure in the greatest theatres, both in Italy and abroad, at the end of the 18th century. He had started out as a castrato singer, but at the beginning of the 19th century he had already become singing teacher to the imperial family and court composer in Paris. This recording contains a monographic collection of six cantatas and 18 arias for voice and fortepiano composed in Paris in 1810, and a collection of six arias composed for the Queen of Holland. These pieces, which have a classical form and are based on texts by Metastasio, show musical characteristics that range from late Classicism to early Romanticism, with a certain influence of Mittel-European lied music, particularly in the piano part.

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Gino MARINUZZI JR. Piano Works

Martina Colli: piano/Rossella Rubini: piano MARINUZZI: Partita (1941, for two pianos) • Divertimento on a popular theme (1945, for piano four hands) • Lagerlieder (1944, for piano four hands)

Cat # TCT 921301 Price Code: T (SRP $14.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Son of the famous conductor and composer Gino Marinuzzi, this composer was born in New York in April 1920, during one of his father’s U.S. tours. As a good piano player and a brilliant student, he started composing mainly piano music. From 1943 to 1944 he was imprisoned in Ludwigshafen Nazi camp, where he wrote the Lagerlieder for piano four hands, only discovered many years later. This CD contains the Partita for two pianos, the Divertimento for piano four hands, and the unedited Lagerlieder.

CAvi-music

Release Date: January 8, 2013 Wolfgang Meyer: clarinet Eisler Quartet Elisabeth Weber: violin Clemens Linder: violin Pauline Sachse: viola Sascha Meyer: cello BUSCH: Seven Bagatelles for clarinet, viola and cello, Op. 53a • Variations on an original theme (in F) for clarinet and string quartet, Op. 53c • Serenade for string quartet in G major, Op. 14 • Duet in B flat major for violin and clarinet, Op. 26b • German Dances in F major for clarinet, violin and cello, Op. 26c After his emigration to the US in 1939, Adolf Busch founded the famous School of Music in Marlboro. Well known as both a solo performer and leader of his Busch Quartet, his U.S. tours from the ’30s and ’40s are still fondly remembered. Busch also was a great composer with modern tendencies based on the tonal system, similar to his contemporary Max Reger.

Adolf BUSCH

Chamber music for clarinet and strings

Cat # AVI 8553268 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Col legno

Cat # CNO 20408 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 d

Cat # CNO 20407 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30

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Clemens GADENSTÄTTER

Elmar LAMPSON

Johanna Gröbner: piano/Veronika Trisko: piano/Josef Gumpinger: percussion/Gerhard Windbacher: percussion/Anna Maria Pammer: voice/Florian Müller: piano/ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna/Pascal Rophé: conductor/Arturo Tamayo: conductor

Soloists of the International Mahler Orchestra/Yoel Gamzou: conductor

Portrait

GADENSTÄTTER: Fluchten/Agorasonie 1 for two pianos, percussion and orchestra (2009) • Auf Takt for full orchestra (1997/99) • Ballade 1 for voice and piano (1997) A perfect “screen capture” of Gadenstätter’s oeuvre!

Mysterienszenen

LAMPSON: Vision of Johannes I • Vision of Johannes II • Rocks, air and light • Rock temple • In flowing light • Prayer • Vision of Johannes III • Sun Temple I • Fairytale Scene • Sun Temple II • Vision of Benedictus • Spirits of light and darkness • The guardian of the threshold • Ahriman’s Realm • Gnomes and Sylphs • The flames take flight • Temple Scene • In the spirits’ domain The Mysterienszenen were inspired by Rudolf Steiner’s Mystery Dramas. As Lampson’s grandparents had personally witnessed Steiner’s performances, he became acquainted with them as a young man.

Meridian Records

Release Date: January 8, 2013

Christopher RATHBONE

Music by Christopher Rathbone Daniel’s Beard/Alastair Savage: violin/Fiona Stephen: violin/Sophie Lang: viola/Emma Peebles: viola/Tom Rathbone: cello/Sonia Cromarty: cello/Jo Nicholson: clarinet/Richard Blake: flute/Andy Saunders: horn/Lynda Cochrane: piano/Sam Hutchings: piano/Christopher Rathbone: organ RATHBONE: Daniel’s Razor, Op. 117 • Elegy, Op. 56 • Clarinet Quintet, Op. 61 • Tarn Hows, Op. 101 • Terzetto, Op. 55 • Organ Quartet, Op. 100 • Three Bagatelles, Op. 67 • Horn Quintet, Op. 120

Cat # MER 84616 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 d

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The quirkily-named Glasgow-based chamber group Daniel’s Beard takes Einstein’s description of chamber music as its motto: the music of friends. This ethos means that this second disc from the group is one that is very special indeed. It features music by organist and composer Christopher Rathbone, with some of the music written especially for them while other pieces date from earlier in Rathbone’s career. And the group’s connection with the composer has a further dimension — his son, cellist Tom, is one of the ensemble’s founding members.

Hanne Tofte JESPERSEN The Testimony of Melangell

Music for the Mysteries: voices and instruments JESPERSEN: The Wild Woman • The Road Back • The Journey into the Land • So the Journey went on (4b) • The Sword of Destiny • The Ancient Man • Arianrhod • A Time before Fear • The Dreamtime before Time • The Thinker (9b) • The Mind of Light • The Dwelling • The Hunters and the Hare • The Prince of Brochwell • Remembrance Kantele Introduction based on The Water Kelpie (trad. Isle of Man) • The Dancing Stone Cat # MER 84617 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 d

Meridian Records is proud to announce the release of Hanne Tofte Jespersen’s music to the Celtic female saint and mystic Melangell’s magical tale, recorded by the composer’s Scandinavian ensemble Music for the Mysteries. Jespersen’s one-hour composition is scored for five singers, violin, double bass, piano, percussion, and with recital integrated in the music. Her creative work with the script, as well as the author’s account for it, is found in the illustrated booklet along with the text set to music.

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Winter & Winter Various Artists

Baroque Music in the 21st Century Teodoro Anzellotti: accordion/Paolo Beschi: cello/Uri Caine: piano/Lorenzo Ghielmi: cembalo/ Vittorio Ghielmi: viola da gamba/Die Freitagsakademie/Forma Antiqva/Windsbacher Knabenchor/Marianne Rônez: baroque violin/Aarón Zapico: harpsichord

Cat # WTR 2012 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 20 d

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BACH: Contrapunctus 1 (The Art of Fugue) • Variation 18, Canon at the 6th • Variation for cello solo • Variation I. a I Clav. • Variation 25 (The Goldberg Variations) • Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: Allegro • Tönet, ihr Pauken! (Das Weihnachtsoratorium) • Prelude from Cello Suite IV • HANDEL: Aria from Mi palpita il cor (HWV 132) • FRESCOBALDI: Gagliarda Prima • FORQUERAY: La Couperin • PURCELL: Fantazia • ARIOSTI: Largo from Pur al fin gentil Viola • KAPSBERGER: Passacaglia from Libro IV d’intavolatura di chitarrone • VIVALDI: Allegro non molto, Largo from Winter (The Four Seasons) • SCARLATTI: Allegro from Sonata K. 248 • CASTELLO: Sonata seconda à sopran solo Stefan Winter celebrates the unconventional thinkers who confidently transform the Baroque tradition to make it their own, and sometimes even cross the boundaries into jazz.

Release Date: January 8, 2013

Passacaille

Erik SATIE

Le Fils des Étoiles Alexei Lubimov: piano SATIE: Le Fils des Étoiles This impressively long work has never been recorded in its complete version on an instrument of Satie’s lifetime. It is in many ways a revolutionary piece, where Satie explores harmonic constellations that other composers would almost 30 years later. On this release, the music is played by pianist Alexi Lubimov, one of the most strikingly original musicians performing today. His vast repertoire, combined with his dedication to principle and musical morals, make him a notable exception in today’s music scene.

Cat # PAS 965 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 35 d

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Margret Köll

Giants: Bach, Gesualdo, Monteverdi Margret Köll: triple harp/Luca Pianca: lute J.S. BACH: Partita in C major, BWV 997 • Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro in E flat major, BWV 998 • GESUALDO: Beltà, poi che t’assenti • Gagliarda del Principe da Venosa • Canzon del Principe con le fioriture • Ahi, disperata vita • MONTEVERDI: L’Orfeo intavolato Margret Köll, a rising star in the world of historical harps, joins Il Giardino Armonico founder Luca Pianca to present a musical experience conceived on the model of the old master instrumentalists and improvisers who were capable of adapting all kinds of music to the needs of the moment. The title Giants refers to the composers presented on this recording, who are truly musical giants. Monteverdi began the Baroque era, Bach brought it to an end 150 years later, and both have left us masterpieces of immense artistic value. This CD guarantees a fresh look into this music via the surprising sound combination of lute and harp.

Cat # PAS 958 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 35 d

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C.P.E. BACH

Quartets for flute, viola, cello and pianoforte Jan De Winne: flute/Marten Boeken: viola/Roel Dieltiens: cello/Shalev Ad-El: piano C.P.E. BACH: Quartet for flute, viola, cello and pianoforte In a letter to Johann Friedrich Rochlitz, W.A. Mozart wrote of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: “He is the father, we are the children. Those of us who do something well have learnt it from him. Whoever refuses to admit this is not honest.” Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was also revered by Haydn and Beethoven, and his keyboard method was quoted as a work of reference until well into the 19th century. The genius of Johann Sebastian’s second son was also well recognized during his lifetime, and his fame was greater than that of his father.

Cat # PAS 973 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 35 d

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Audiomax

Release Date: January 8, 2013 Max Brod Trio BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio, Op. 1/2 • “Archduke Trio” Op. 97 Performing with youthful vigor, the Max Brod Trio brings together the late Archduke Trio and the early Trio Op. 1/2 to demonstrate the immense development, not only of Beethoven’s compositional oeuvre but also within the genre of the piano trio. A fascinating glimpse at the music history of the early 19th century! PLAYABLE IN ALL CD PLAYERS. For optimal sound, use compatible surround sound system.

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Piano Trios Op. 1/2 & Op. 97 [Hybrid SACD] Cat # AMX SACD 9031764 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 d

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Doris Hochschied: cello Frans van Ruth: piano BADINGS: Cello Sonatas 1 & 2 • DRESDEN: Cello Sonatas 1 & 2 On the latest release in their prizewinning series featuring cello sonatas from the Netherlands, Doris Hochscheid and Frans van Ruth bring together works by Henk Badings and Sem Dresden. For many older residents of Holland this program breaks a taboo, but despite their many musical differences these two composers were partners in fate. PLAYABLE IN ALL CD PLAYERS. For optimal sound, use compatible surround sound system.

Doris Hochschied

Dutch Cello Sonatas Vol. 5 [Hybrid SACD] Cat # AMX SACD 9031771 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 d

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Release Date: January 8, 2013

Delta Classics

Bo Skohvus: baritone WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne Stefan Blunier: conductor SPOHR: 6 Lieder, Op. 154 • BEETHOVEN: Flohlied des Mephisto, Op. 75, No. 3 • SCHUBERT: 3 Lieder • WOLF: Selections from Spanish Songbook, Italian Songbook & Mörike-Lieder • SIBELIUS: 7 Lieder • R. STRAUSS: Traum durch die Dämmerung • Heimliche Aufforderung • Die Zueignung Baritone Bo Skovhus was born in Denmark and studied at the Academy of Music in Aarhus, the Royal Academy for Opera of Copenhagen, and in New York. In 1988 he launched his career at the Volksoper in Vienna, and this city is still the focus of his work. For more than 10 years he has been a regular guest performer at the State Opera. Time and again he has been engaged by the Musikverein as well as the Konzerthaus to perform at recitals and concerts. In 1997 he was awarded the Austrian honorary title Kammersänger. He is one of the most influential interpreters of his generation, and is regularly invited to major festivals around the globe.

Bo Skohvus

Nacht der Träume: Orchestral Songs Cat # DLT 90062 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 O-Card Jewel, Box Lot 22 d

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Tatjana Blome: piano Peter Bruns: cello Kammersymphonie Berlin Mendelssohn Kammerochester Leipzig Jürgen Bruns: conductor TOCH: Bunte Suite, Op. 48 • Variations on Mozart’s “Unser dummer Pöbel meint” K.455 • Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 35 Anyone who tries to find out more about the composer Ernst Toch will soon realize that it is not an easy task. No monograph is to be found on the shelves of leading bookstores, and even in the big libraries only a handful of scientific works can be consulted. However, almost all publications quote a sentence by Toch with which he characterized his late years: “I am the twentieth century’s most forgotten composer.” In his youth he experienced the Habsburg Empire’s metropolis in what was probably her most exciting time ever. However, his life and work was less influenced by Vienna than by the almost coeval Alban Berg and Erich Wolfgang Korngold, ten years his junior, who both soon formed part of the most influential coteries of Vienna’s musical life.

Ernst TOCH

Bunte Suite, Mozart Transcriptions & Cello Concerto

Cat # DLT 90071 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 O-Card Jewel, Box Lot 22 d

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Flora

Release Date: January 8, 2013 Sophie Gent: violin Giovanna Pessi: triple harp Eduardo Egüez: theorbo Philippe Pierlot: viol LAWES: The Passion of Musicke On the death of William Lawes, King James I — who called him “The Father of Music” — observed several weeks of mourning. Lawes is set out from among the composers of the golden age of English music for the modernity, audacity, and depth of his writing. The works collected here use a very unique combination of two bowed string instruments, violin and bass viol, and two plucked instruments, the harp and the theorbo, for which Lawes wrote concertante parts. The result is music of extreme sophistication and contrapuntal complexity.

William LAWES

The Passion of Musicke Cat # FLO 1206 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 33 d

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Philippe Pierlot: bass viol Rainer Zipperling: bass viol François Guerrier: harpsichord Eduardo Egüez: theorbo MARAIS: Suite in D • Suite in A • Suite in E In the year 1700, Corelli published his Violin Sonatas Op. 5, without doubt the most important collection of instrumental music of the beginning of the century. One year later, though he admits that the publication was overdue, Marin Marais published his “Deuxième Livre de Pièces de Viole” where one finds, just as in Corelli’s Op. 5, several variations on the famous theme of “La Follia” or “Folies d’Espagne.” In addition to these famous “Folies,” this recording enables us to discover two suites in A major and E major, an unusual key for the viol.

Marin MARAIS Folies

Cat # FLO 2511 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 33 d

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Release Date: January 8, 2013

Globe Records

Gordan Nikoli´c: violin Netherlands Chamber Choir Netherlands Chamber Orchestra Risto Joost: conductor PÄRT: Wallfahrtslied • Orient & Occident • Nunc dimittis • Fratres • Te Deum A new release from the revered Netherlands Chamber Choir, featuring works by Arvo Pärt. This time the choir teams up with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra in a mixed program of chamber orchestra, choral, and choral a cappella works. The main course on this CD is the rarely recorded and monumental “Te Deum.” Young Estonian conductor Risto Joost delivers a reading that is rich and inspired.

Arvo PÄRT

Te Deum

Cat # GLE 5252 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 d

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Brisk Recorder Quartet Amsterdam Camerata Trajectina SWEELINCK: Est-ce Mars / Had ick duysend ysere tongen • Engelsche fortuin / Lieffd’ int secreet • Silvia mijn Lief (melody: Malle Sijmen) • Malle Sijmen (variation) • Onder een linde groen (song) • Onder een linde groen (variations) • Onse Vader in hemelrijck (song) • Onse Vader in hemelrijck (variations) • Susanne un jour • Vanitas vanitatum • Mein junges Leben hat ein End • Ballo del granduca / O che nuovo miracolo • MANNEKE: Épitaphe-Double (2012) • DE VRIES: Le tombeau de Sweelinck (2011) This album celebrates Sweelinck’s 450th birthday. All over the world Sweelinck is seen as one of the most important masters of polyphony and counterpoint. His mastery was not only academic, but first and foremost the result of a relentless joy in music!

Jan Pieterszoon SWEELINCK Sweelinck and the Art of Variation

Cat # GLE 5253 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 d

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Musiepoca

Release Date: January 8, 2013

Tomàs MILANS Church Music

La Xantria: vocal ensemble/Pere Lluís Biosca: director MILANS I GODAYOL: Magnificat • Salve Regina • Litaniae Lauretanae • Reges Tharsis • Charitas Dei • Hala, zagalas • Suspende infelice

Cat # MUP 5 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 33 d

The height of the Baroque period, at the beginning of 18th century, was a time for wars and upheavals in Catalonia, but also for the establishment of a royal court in Barcelona after three centuries without one. Tomàs Milans (1672–1742) is one of the main composers of this period — a contemporary of Fux, Delalande, Caldara, Scarlatti, and Albinoni — although he composed only religious music for his work as a chapel master in Barcelona and Girona. This recording contains a varied selection, from the “Magnificat” for eight voices over an ostinato to the Spanish cantata “Suspende infelice” for soprano and continuo.

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Phaedra Lodewijk DE VOCHT Memorare: Sacred Music

Cappella Concinite/Luk Bastiaens: organ/Ludo Claesen: conductor DE VOCHT: XIV Cantica • Duo Cantus Mariani • Larghetto for organ • Missa in honorem Angelorum

Cat # PHA 92076 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 d

Lodewijk de Vocht is one of the most unforgettable personalities of the Antwerp Music scene in the first half of the 20th century. He was a composer, as well as a conductor and a teacher. At the age of ten he became a chorister in the Antwerp Cathedral Choir, where he received a general music education from Emile Wambach and Karel Weymans. In 1899 he joined the orchestra class of the Antwerp Royal Flemish Conservatory. After his studies he returned to the conservatory as a teacher and, later, as its headmaster. In 1903 De Vocht was the youngest violinist of the orchestra of the New Concerts Society and had the opportunity to play under the greatest conductors of his time, including Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, Hans Richter, Bruno Walter, and Felix Weingartner.

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Paraty Frédéric CHOPIN

Piano Pleyel 1843 & Pianino Pleyel 1834 Knut Jacques: piano CHOPIN: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 • Nocturne in B flat minor, Op. 9, No. 1 • Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 • Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 • Nocturne in C sharp minor

Cat # PTY 112110 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 d

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In 1830 Ignace Pleyel, music publisher and royal instrument maker, established his factory at the Hôtel Cromot du Bourg in the heart of Paris. This was one year after he founded the “Ignace Pleyel and Co. Society” with composer-pianist Frederic Kalkbrenner. In this 18th-century mansion, the Pleyel family set up a concert hall in the salons of the first floor, where they hosted elite musicians and amateurs, and introduced them to new pianos from the factory floor. Chopin was genuinely partial towards Pleyel pianos, and owned two Pleyel instruments: a grand piano and a pianino, on which he gave lessons.

Release Date: January 8, 2013

La Bottega Discantica

Cat # BDI 194 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 d

Cat # BDI 254 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

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G.F.TELEMANN

W.A. MOZART

Accademia Hermans/Fabio Ciofini: harpsichord, conductor

Bart van Oort: piano/Accademia Hermans/Fabio Ciofini: conductor

TELEMANN: Concerto in F for two hunting horns, and strings • Concerto in D minor for two chalumeaux, and strings • Concerto in G for violin and two violins • Concerto in F for recorder, bassoon, and strings • Concerto in E minor for flute, recorder and strings

MOZART: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 20 in D minor, K.466 • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 21 in C major, K.467

Concertos for Various Instruments

Concertos for Piano and Orchestra 20 & 21

Telemann’s concertos were characterized by the variety of instruments chosen for solos and combinations; in this recording, instruments range from the traditional violin to the “twin” pairs of corni da caccia and chalumeaux.

After completing his modern piano degree at the Royal Conservatory at The Hague in 1983, Bart van Oort studied fortepiano with Stanley Hoogland, also at the Royal Conservatory. In 1986 he won the First Prize and the Special Audience Prize at the Mozart Fortepiano Competition in Belgium.

BNL

Cat # BNL 112965 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 d

Cat # BNL 112970 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

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Alexis de CASTILLON & Camille SAINT-SAËNS String Quartets

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Ekki MELARTIN Piano Music

Jean Dubé: piano Quatuor de Chartres/Robert Arribaud: violin/Marc Antoine Chomet: viola/Philippe Pennanguer: cello CASTILLON: Quartet, Op. 3, No. 1 • SAINT-SAËNS: Quartet, Op. 112 Composed in 1867, this first attempt for strings shows Alexis de Castillon’s gift for inventiveness. The work is juxtaposed with Saint-Saëns’ expressive Quartet, Op. 112, whose passionate gravity reminds one of Beethoven.

MELARTIN: Danse des Gnomes • Prélude • Idyl • Der traurige Garten Elegie • Marcia Funebre • Pastorale • Piccola • Marcia • Salaperaïnen • Metsà Noïta • Danse du feu • Fantasia apocaliptica Finnish composer Ekki Melartin (1875–1937) was an exact contemporary of Maurice Ravel: they have the same dates of birth and death. He was also one of the most prolific Finnish composers: 199 opus numbers as well as many other works. He wrote about 250 pieces for the piano, usually with more or less evocative titles, most of them in post-romantic style that was current at his time.

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