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july 2010 Release Date: July 13, 2010 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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nemos is the fruit of a partnership between Diverdi in Madrid and INAEM (the musical and dramatic arts division of the Spanish Ministry of Culture). Anemos focuses on the new generation of Spanish composers like Francisco Guerrero, Mauricio Sotelo, César Camarero, and Cristóbal Halffter, and features internationally renowned artists including the Arditti Quartet and Lucerne Symphony. All releases consist of newly made studio recordings, and booklet commentaries are available in English, French, German, and Spanish. Anemos’ unique packaging consists of a small book the size of a digipak. The cover artwork is comprised of a series of stickers, and beneath the dust jacket is a blank cover so that fans can create their own cover artwork using the stickers. Anemos comes to Allegro Classical via Codæx.

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Col legno

Release Date: July 13, 2010

John CAGE

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Annelie Gahl: violin Klaus Lang: Fender Rhodes CAGE: Six Melodies (1950) • Thirteen Harmonies (1985) “The piece 4’33”, written by John Cage, is possibly the most famous and important piece in 20th century avant-garde … in one short piece, Cage broke from the history of classical composition and proposed that the primary act of musical performance was not making music, but listening.” — PBS American Masters Klaus Lang, trained organist and internationally renowned composer, performs these pieces on a Fender Rhodes for the first time.

Annelie Gahl, known as a versatile interpreter of both Old and New Music, plays the violin exactly as requested by Cage, without vibrato and with minimum weight on the bow. The musical material dates back to the 18th century—it is based on chorales, hymns, and congregational songs of the Protestant Church, all of them written by composers born as Americans and indirectly related to European musical traditions. Cage adapted and fragmented these pieces of utility music, positioning them in time as individual, singular objects. also available CAGE Sonatas and Interludes Cat # CNO 20001 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Zig-Zag Territoires

Release Date: July 13, 2010

Marc MONNET Works

Ensemble Court Circuit/Pierre-André Valade: conductor/François-Frédéric Guy, Dimitri Vassilakis, Géraldine Dutroncy: pianos/Tedi Papavrami: violin/Daniel Gloger: countertenor/Thierry Coduys: electronics MONNET: Bosse, crâne rasé, nez crochu (2000) • Imaginary travel (1996) • Épaule cousue, bouche ouverte, cœur fendu (2008)

Cat # ZIG 100403 Price Code: 2Q (SRP $31.99) Number of Items: 2 Double Digipak; Box Lot 20

In 2009, at the Printemps des Arts de Monte Carlo, Marc Monnet presented major pieces dedicated to the Monte Carlo Ballet and a creation for piano & electronics based on photos taken by Wim Wenders for his movie Paris, Texas. Monnet’s music is free, never attempting to titillate, assault, or manipulate—he engages in dialogue with the listener.

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Ernest CHAUSSON

Le poème de l’amour et de la mer (chamber version) Salomé Haller: soprano/Nicolas Kruger: piano/Quatuor Manfred/Marie Béreau, Luigi Vecchioni: violins/Emmanuel Haratyk: viola/Christian Wolff: cello CHAUSSON (tr. Villard): Le poème de l’amour et de la mer • Quatuor, Op. 35 • Chanson perpétuelle, Op. 37

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Nicolas Kruger and Salomé Haller commissioned a transcription of Chausson’s orchestral work for voice, quartet, and piano from Franck Villard, and this unique project is now available through Zig-Zag Territoires. Says Nicolas Kruger, “Every time I have had the pleasure of performing Chausson’s Chanson perpétuelle in its original version for string quartet, piano, and soprano, I have been astonished that the marvelous example of this piece has been so little emulated by composers of his time or since.”

World premiere recording

Olivier GREIF

The Battle of Agincourt Ensemble Syntonia/Patrick Langot, Agnès Vesterman: cellos/Alain Buet: baritone GREIF: The Battle of Agincourt • String Quartet No. 2 with voice on three sonnets of Shakespeare, Book 6, Op. 312 Olivier Greif ’s freedom of composition in his String Quartet No. 2—open to Elizabethan quotes as well as Beethoven’s influence—fascinated Patrick Langot and the Syntonia Ensemble. In 2000, the ensemble had the opportunity to meet Greif at the Paris Conservatory, and dared to create the 4th quartet just one month before his passing. Now, 10 years later, this unique project is presented to the public.

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The Sixteen Chorus & Orchestra Harry Christophers: conductor Carolyn Sampson: soprano Alastair Ross: organ HANDEL: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon • Coronation Anthems: Let thy hand be strengthened, The King shall rejoice & Zadok the Priest • Endless pleasure, endless love; My Racking Thoughts, & O ecstasy of happiness!... Myself I shall adore, from Semele • Organ Concerto in F, Op. 4, No. 4 (original version) A rapturous celebration of Handel! In this BBC Prom from the Royal Albert Hall, The Sixteen and Harry Christophers capture some of Handel’s most ebullient moments in concert performance, from the ever-popular Arrival of the Queen of Sheba to the ubiquitous sounds of Zadok the Priest. All four Coronation Anthems feature on this DVD, as well as virtuosic excerpts from the oratorio Semele sung by Carolyn Sampson, and the Organ Concerto in F major performed by Alastair Ross in its original version, which finishes with a rousing “Alleluia” chorus. Bonus features include two works not included in the original TV broadcast—Coronation Anthem My Heart Is Inditing and Salve Regina.

“The constancy of thought and aspiration encapsulated in this music is given tangible substance by these illuminating performances, captured, as ever, in a first class recording.” — International Record Review “Seamless choral counterpoint followed by an astonishingly beautiful trio of soloists. A truly memorable disc.” — BBC Music magazine

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Anemos

Release Date: July 13, 2010

Cat # ANE 3002 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Items: 1 Digipak-sized Book; Box Lot 20

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Mauricio SOTELO

César CAMARERO

Arcángel: flamenco singer/Roberto Fabbriciani: flute/Stefano Scodanibbio: double bass/Ensemble Residencias/Mauricio Sotelo: conductor

Taller Sonoro

SOTELO: De Oscuro Llama (2008)

The nine separate pieces on this disc, performed by Taller Sonoro (with whom Camarero has had a long relationship), span a compositional history of nearly 20 years but, when put together, contribute to an almost unified sense across over an hour’s worth of music. The title work, scored for saxophone, percussion, and piano, presents the composer at his most intimate and evocative, yet also his most direct and accessible.

De Oscura Llama

34 maneras de mirar un vaso de agua

It is no simple matter reconciling the teachings of Luigi Nono, yet in 2008’s De Oscura Llama (“Of a Dark Flame”), this is what Mauricio Sotelo so successfully achieves. The ability to bring together unrelated elements into a whole has been characteristic of Sotelo’s compositional activity for some time, and here his talent shines via the layering of a flamenco cantaor voice between separate instrumental lines.

CAMARERO: 34 maneras de mirar un vaso de agua

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Jésus RUEDA

Cristóbal HALFFTER

Drumming Percussion Ensemble/Miguel Bernat: director

Arditti Quartet/Irvine Arditti, Ashot Sarkissjan: violins/ Ralf Ehlers: viola/Lucas Fels: cello

Pocket Paradise

RUEDA: Pocket Paradise (2007-2008) • Marimba Estudio (2007) • Estudios expresivos Nos. 1, 2 & 3 • Luna Nueva (2000) • Perpetuum Mobile (1998) Eclecticism and diversity mark out the music of Jesús Rueda. He has worked closely with Miquel Bernat, founder and director of the extraordinary percussion ensemble Drumming, and this collaboration has generated an ensemble of compositions for percussion, five of which are brought together here.

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The String Quartets,Vol. 1

HALFFTER: Tres piezas para cuarteto de cuerdo (1955) • String Quartet (1978) • String Quartet (2001/02) Cristóbal Halffter is not just one of the most important representatives of his generation of Spanish composers, but one who remains a major figure and influence today. Halffter’s creative journey began in 1951 and evidence that it has by no means ended came with the success of his latest opera Lázaro, which premiered in 2008.

Anemos

Release Date: July 13, 2010 Grup Instrumental de València Joan Cerveró: conductor Pilar Jurado, Jacqueline Squarcia: sopranos GUERRERO: Concierto de cámara • Delta Cephei • Vâda • Ars Combinatoria • Anemos C • Hyades Born in 1951, Francisco Guerrero was to become the totemic figure for contemporary music in Spain, a position neatly encapsulated in this recording of his chamber music (including his Chamber Concerto, Hyades, and Delta Cephei). His music is characterized by its extreme originality and its power to influence. The six pieces on this disc, which feature the soprano voices of Pilar Jurado and Jacqueline Squarcia, reflect the full register to be found across Guerrero’s chamber music output and, in particular, its proximity to the world of electro-acoustic music.

This is music that is by turns tempestuous, incisive, full of declaratory violence, enigmatic, and subject to abrupt contrasts in texture. Guerrero was responsible for introducing the use of mathematical algorithms into Spanish composition, not by way of some mechanical transformation but through a scrupulous, self-justifying approach, engendering his music with energy and almost visionary vitality.

Francisco GUERRERO

Chamber Music

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Simone Stock: soprano Daniel Johanssen: tenor Howard Quilla Croft, Tom Sol: baritones Lucerne Symphony Orchestra Rüdiger Bohn: conductor SÁNCHEZ-VERDU: Gramma There is an all-encompassing and omnivorous approach to the creative work of José María Sánchez-Verdú—his inspirations derive from the purest traditions of Islamic music as much as they do from Western Medieval and Renaissance ideas. Such an approach has secured for Sánchez-Verdú a highly prominent international role. His chamber opera Gramma was commissioned by the Munich Biennial and comes with a libretto that draws on the works of authors as varied as Plato, Homer, Ovid, St. Augustine, Hugo de Saint-Victor, Dante, Saint John of Patmos, and the Bible. The performance here, given by the same artists who premiered the work in Munich along with the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra directed by Rüdiger Bohn, does full justice to the subtleties of Sánchez-Verdú’s score.

José M. SÁNCHEZ-VERDU

Gramma

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CAvi-music

Release Date: July 13, 2010 Anatol Ugorski: piano SCRIABIN: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 6 • Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Op. 19 • Piano Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23 • Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp, Op. 30 • Piano Sonata No. 5 in F-sharp, Op. 53 • Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 62 • Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 64 “Messe blanc” • Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 66 • Piano Sonata No. 9 in F, Op. 68 “Messe noir” • Piano Sonata No. 10, Op. 70 Anatol Ugorski plays with a deep knowledge of Russian music and tradition, and each of his recordings is a special excitement. This latest version of competition sets is available on two discs.

Alexander SCRIABIN Piano Sonatas 1–10

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Avie Records Andrea Lucchesini: piano SCHUBERT: Impromptus (4), D899 • Impromptus (4), D935 “Virtuosity … a fascinating spectrum of timbre, touch and harmonic pungency.”

— The Daily Telegraph The brilliant career of Italian pianist Andrea Lucchesini was launched in 1983, when he became the first Italian ever to win the Dino Ciani International Competition at La Scala in Milan. He has since made numerous award-winning recordings and performed all over the world with such orchestras as the Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw, Houston Symphony, and London Philharmonic, under the baton of such conductors as Claudio Abbado, Semyon Bychkov, and Riccardo Chailly.

Franz SCHUBERT The Impromptus

also available BERIO Complete Piano Music Cat # AVR 2104 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99)

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Release Date: July 13, 2010 Apollo’s Fire Jeannette Sorrell: conductor J.S. BACH: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6 • Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052 • Harpsichord Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056 • Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052 (reconstruction) “Led by a brilliant harpsichordist, Jeannette Sorrell, the ensemble exudes stylish energy … a blend of scholarship and visceral intensity.” — Gramophone “Apollo’s Fire has developed into one of America’s leading Baroque orchestras, and one capable of competing with some of Europe’s much-recorded bands.”

— Boston Globe Apollo’s Fire, the baroque orchestra founded in 1992 by award-winning harpsichordist and conductor Jeannette Sorrell, launches a major new association with Avie! The two-CD Bach set takes the ever-popular Brandenburg Concertos and uniquely couples them with two Harpsichord Concertos, one of which is also presented in a reconstruction for violin.

Taking its name from the classical god of music and the sun, Apollo’s Fire is dedicated to the performance of 17th- and 18th-century music on period instruments. Founder and Music Director Jeannette Sorrell and her ensemble of dynamic and creative early-music artists from North America and Europe have been praised internationally for stylistic freshness and buoyancy, animated spontaneity, technical excellence, and creative programming. An award-winning harpsichordist and conductor, Sorrell studied with Gustav Leonhardt in Amsterdam and Leonard Bernstein at Tanglewood. The ensemble has toured throughout North America and is frequently heard on National Public Radio.

J.S. BACH

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Apollo’s Fire Amanda Forsythe: soprano Jeannette Sorrell: conductor MOZART: Symphony No. 40 • Aria and Recitative from Lucio Silla • Ballet Music from Idomeneo • Contradances “The exhilaration and sense of discovery is utterly infectious.”

— International Record Review “These are performances of enormous drama, delicacy, and zest played with keen attention to expressive and textural nuances.” — Cleveland Plain Dealer This all-Mozart recording leads with the composer’s darkest Symphony, No. 40 in G minor. American soprano Amanda Forsythe joins the group in a dramatic recitative and virtuoso aria from Lucio Silla, and the disc includes the Ballet Music from Idomeneo, a festive and rarely-heard suite from the last great work in the opera seria tradition. Rounding out the set are four lively and entertaining Contradances.

W.A. MOZART

Upcoming live performances in October/November 2010 in New York, Santa Fe, St. Louis, Columbus, Washington DC, Pittsburgh, and more.

Symphony No. 40

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EXTON

Release Date: July 13, 2010

Igor STRAVINSKY

The Rite of Spring/Apollon Musagète Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra/Jaap van Zweden: conductor STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring (complete 1947 version) • Apollon Musagète (1947 version) This splendid recording of Stravinsky’s ballets, performed by Jaap van Zweden and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, features The Rite of Spring and Apollon Musagète, two outstanding yet contrasting masterpieces. Perfectionist Jaap van Zweden depicts both with deep delicacy and a genius for color and sound, vividly evoking Stravinsky’s musical world.

The recording won the Record Academy Award in Japan in 2008.

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Ottorino RESPIGHI Roman Trilogy

Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Ashkenazy: conductor RESPIGHI: Symphonic Poems: Pines of Rome • Fountains of Rome • Roman Festivals Respighi’s Roman Trilogy, performed by the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Vladimir Ashkenazy. One of the greatest musicians in our time, Ashkenazy brings the colorful, soulful Roman Trilogy to life.

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Ottorino RESPIGHI Orchestral Works

Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Ashkenazy: conductor RESPIGHI: Belfagor Overture • Belkis, Queen of Sheba • Church Windows Respighi’s orchestral works are rarely performed, but the genius of his orchestration is apparent on this disc. EXTON’s splendid recording techniques perfectly capture the sound evoked by Ashkenazy’s lively baton.

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Foghorn Classics

Alexander String Quartet Zakarias Grafilo, Frederick Lifsitz: violins Paul Yarbrough: viola Sandy Wilson: cello Roger Woodward: piano SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 1 in C, Op. 49 • String Quartet No. 2 in A, Op. 68 • String Quartet No. 3 in F, Op. 73 • String Quartet No. 4 in D, Op. 83 • String Quartet No. 5 in B-flat, Op. 92 • String Quartet No. 6 in G, Op. 101 • String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor, Op. 108 • Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 • SHOSTAKOVICH (arr. Grafilo): Prelude & Fugue in C minor, Op. 87, No. 20 • Prelude & Fugue in D-flat, Op. 87, No. 15

“The sharpness of the contrasts come across like physical blows with the Alexander Quartet, and there is a steely edge to their sound in some sections which can be quite unsettling. There is great beauty, but no comfort in the exquisite dying moments of the conclusion.”

— Musicweb-International Captured here, on three discs, is the first half of the Alexander String Quartet’s complete Shostakovich cycle. Superbly recorded at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2005–06, this exquisite collection contains the first seven quartets, the Piano Quintet with legendary Australian pianist Roger Woodward, and two exceptional transcriptions for string quartet by ASQ’s first violinist of a pair of the piano Preludes and Fugues from Op. 87 (1950–51). Spanning roughly the period from 1937–1960, this beautiful collection is accompanied by superb liner notes from musicologist Eric Bromberger.

Dmitri SHOSHTAKOVICH

Fragments Vol. 1 (3 CDs) Cat # FCL 1988 Price Code: 3O (SRP $41.99) Number of Items: 3 Triple Digipak; Box Lot 10 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Alexander String Quartet Zakarias Grafilo, Frederick Lifsitz: violins Paul Yarbrough: viola Sandy Wilson: cello SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 8 in C, Op. 110 • String Quartet No. 9 in E-flat, Op. 117 • String Quartet No. 10 in A-flat, Op. 118 • String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122 • String Quartet No. 12 in D-flat, Op. 133 • String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat minor, Op. 138 • String Quartet No. 14 in F-sharp Op. 142 • String Quartet No. 15 in E-flat minor, Op. 144 • Unfinished String Quartet (1961) • SHOSTAKOVICH (arr. Grafilo): Prelude & Fugue in A-flat, Op. 87, No. 17 • Prelude & Fugue in C, Op. 87, No. 1

These fabled works dating from 1960–1975 represent some of Shostakovich’s most bitterly frank, occasionally transcendental essays for the string quartet. At times poignant yet occasionally ribald, these performances have been called utterly compelling. Unique in this stunning survey is a fine performance of his “Unfinished” quartet, the first recording of what was originally to have been Shostakovich’s 9th Quartet, discovered and published in 2003. Additionally, listeners will find two more of Zakarias Grafilo’s extraordinary transcriptions of the 1950/51 Preludes and Fugues for Piano Op. 87.

Dmitri SHOSHTAKOVICH

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Lyrita

MusicMasters

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John JOUBERT & William MATHIAS

W.A. MOZART

London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vernon Handley: conductor/ Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Charles Groves: conductor

Oscar Shumsky: violin/Artur Balsam: piano

First Symphonies

The Sonatas for Violin & Piano

MOZART: Complete sonatas for violin & piano JOUBERT: Symphony No. 1, Op. 20 • MATHIAS: Symphony No. 2, Op. 31

Nimbus Alliance

Shumsky and Balsam, both very experienced chamber musicians, come together to record Mozart’s music for violin and piano. Their respective musical personalities, though very different, complement each other—Shumsky’s bold lyricism illuminating Balsam’s stylish, fluent approach. In all of these works, the interpreters’ mature artistry is completely at the service of the music.

Nimbus Records

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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Girolamo FRESCOBALDI

Vladimir Feltsman: piano

Richard Lester: harpsichord

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique” • Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 “Moonlight” • Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata”

FRESCOBALDI: Five Gagliardes • Toccata Settima • Partite sopra l’Aria di Monicha • Partite sopra Ciaccona • Toccata Nona • Partite sopra Passacaglia • Toccata Terza • Toccata Quinta • Corrente & Ciaccona • Toccata Settima • Balletto e Ciaccona • Toccata Seconda • Toccata Sesta • Partite sopra l’Aria di Ruggiero

Piano Sonatas

“Quite simply an amazing pianist!” — New York Times

Harpsichord,Vol. 2

Described by The Times and the Daily Telegraph as “one of our leading players,” Lester’s career has included countless engagements at major international music festivals, including a sold-out solo recital at London’s South Bank Centre.

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Release Date: July 13, 2009

Nimbus Records

Kevin Bowyer: organ J.S. BACH: Complete works for organ solo Ultra-value eight-disc MP3 box set! This new set is released in MP3 format at 320 kbps, so that customers will be able to transfer the files directly to iPod or MP3 player, and play the discs on computers, most DVD players, and the latest generation of in-car players.

This series of recordings aims to present (as far as possible) the entire organ works of J. S. Bach in a sequence of recitals, each complete as a concert program in itself. The notes to accompany the original release of this series were written by Wilfrid Mellers, Jonathan Baxendale, and Kevin Bowyer. These texts are reproduced in their entirety here, and form an extended essay of 42,000 words that is included on Disc 8. It is formatted as a PDF file ready for printing on standard A4 paper. Also on Disc 8 is an Excel spreadsheet listing the pieces in three ways: by track number, by title, and by BWV number.

MP3 set—not playable on all CD players.

J.S. BACH

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Berlin Classics Bell’arte Salzburg Annegret Siedel: conductor TELEMANN: Concerto in E major, TWV 53:E1 • GRAUPNER: Ouverture in F major, GWV 450 (premiere) • VIVALDI: Concerto in A minor, RV 397 • GRAUPNER: Concerto in B flat major, GWV 343 (premiere) This CD takes up the cause of the unjustly neglected composer Christoph Graupner, who died 250 years ago. No other composer wrote so many works for the chalumeau and the viola d’amore—it’s no wonder, then, that the two works enjoying their CD premiere here are practically “showpiece” works in which he combines astounding boldness with consummate command of his art.

Bell’arte Salzburg Concerti d’amore

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Berlin Classics

Release Date: July 13, 2010

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Gisela May

Dresden Kreuzchor

Gisela May: soprano/Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra/ Herbert Kegel, Heinz Rögner: conductors

Dresden Kreuzchor

Brecht Songs

Sacred Music

WEILL: Prologue & Epilogue from Die Sieben Todsünden • Barbara Song & Seeräuber Jenny from The Three-Penny Opera • Was die Herren Matrosen sagen & Surabaya-Johnny from Happy End • DESSAU: Lied der Mutter Courage from Mother Courage and Her Children • Ballade from Förster un der Gräfin • Kleines Lied from Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti • Lied einer deutschen Mutter • EISLER: Lied einer deutschen Mutter • Ballade from Weib und dem Soldaten • Das Frühjahr from the film Kuhle Wampe Gisela May presents a representative collection of Brecht songs set

by Weill, Dessau, and Eisler.

J.S. BACH: Kyrie from Mass in B minor, BWV 238 • Exc. from Mass in G minor, BWV 235 • “Jauchzet, frohlocket” from Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 • SCHÜTZ: “Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt” SWV 36 from Psalmen Davids • “Ein Kind ist uns geboren” SWV 302 from Kleine geistliche Konzerte • BRUCKNER: Locus iste • Ave Maria • MAUERSBERGER: Wie liegt de Stadt so wüst • BRAHMS: Warum ist das Licht gegeben, Op. 74, No. 1 The church’s four most recent directors of music are united in this collection, in which great sacred choral music illustrates the development of the boys’ choir from the beginning of the stereo era to the present day.

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Ludwig Güttler

Sharon Kam

Ludwig Güttler: trumpet, director/Virtuosi Saxoniae

Sharon Kam: clarinet

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F, BWV 1047a • PURCELL: Concerto for trumpet and organ in D • GABRIELI: Canzon XV from Canzone e Sonate • TORELLI: Sinfonia in D for trumpet, flute, oboe, violin, violoncello and b. c • REGER: Chorale preludes, Op. 67 (exc.) • RATHGEBER: Concerto for corno da caccia, strings and b.c. in C, Op. 6, No. 19 • TELEMANN: Concerto in D for trumpet, oboe, violin and b.c. • BRUCKNER: Ave Maria • Antiphon • HAYDN: Concerto in E flat for trumpet and orchestra, Hob. VIIe:1

ROSSINI: Introduction, theme & variations for clarinet & orchestra • MENDELSSOHN: Concertante piece for clarinet, basset horn & orchestra No. 1 in F minor, Op. 113 • WEBER: Quintet for clarinet & string quartet in B-flat, Op. 34 (version for string orchestra) • MASSENET: Meditation from Thais • BRAHMS: Trio for piano, clarinet & cello in A minor, Op. 114 • SHOSTAKOVICH: Largo (Prelude, Op. 34, No. 17)

Trumpet & More

A wonderful survey of the Dresden maestro’s wide-ranging activities!

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The Voice of the Clarinet

At one with her instrument, Sharon Kam thrills with a virtuosic suppleness and sensitive cantabile in a class of her own—a firework display of vivacity and emotion!

Release Date: July 13, 2010

Royal Philharmonic Masterworks

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Jane Glover: conductor HAYDN: Symphony No. 102 In B-flat Major • Symphony No. 104 In D Major, “London” One of the most respected British conductors of Mozart, Jane Glover served as Artistic Director of London Mozart Players from 1984 to 1991. Under her leadership the orchestra expanded its repertoire beyond the great 18th century classics to take in a wider range of contemporary works. In addition to their adventurous and highly praised London and BBC Promenade concerts, Jane Glover and the orchestra have toured throughout the UK and abroad. Their many recordings include a major and highly acclaimed series of Mozart and Haydn symphonies as well as works by Britten and Walton.

Jane Glover has conducted the London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, London Symphony, and English Chamber Orchestras, to name a few. She has a special affinity with the great English choral tradition, having served as Principal Conductor of both the London Choral Society and Huddersfield Choral Society. She conducted a wide opera repertoire including works by Mozart, Beethoven, Rossini, and Britten.

Glover makes many appearances abroad and also works regularly on television, most notably for the BBC for whom she wrote and presented two six-part series, Orchestra and Mozart, His Life With Music. She also took part in the international symposium in New York’s Lincoln Center on “Performing Mozart’s Music,” as part of the Mozart Bicentennial celebrations.

Joseph HAYDN

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Carl Davis: conductor BERNSTEIN: Overture To Candide • Three Dance Variations From Fancy Free • Symphonic Dances From West Side Story • Three Dance Episodes From On The Town • Symphonic Suite From On The Waterfront Carl Davis is a musician in the American tradition—born in New York, he composes, conducts, and does anything else necessary to put his music across. His aim in writing for film and television has always been to ensure that the music he composes is of the same high standard and excitement as that meant for the concert hall. Davis’ early work in the US gave him a broad musical background he still draws upon today. Early appointments include Assistant Conductor with the New York City Opera, and three tours with the Robert Shaw Chorale.

The list of prizes he has received during his career is as diverse as they are numerous. Moreover, he has written for and worked with such acclaimed and varied performers as Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir John Gielgud, Ned Sherrin, John Wells, Billy Connolly, and many more. Credits include Pride and Prejudice, The World at War, The Snow Goose, Silas Marner, Napoleon, as well as television series such as Clive Jame’s Fame in the 20th Century and Thames Television’s Hollywood and Silents. Feature film credits include The French Lieutenant’s Woman, Champions, Scandal, and many others.

Leonard BERNSTEIN

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Meridian Records

Release Date: July 13, 2010

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Giovanni BOTTESINI

Meyrick Alexander

Leon Bosch: double bass/Sung-Suk Kang: piano

Meyrick Alexander: bassoon/Catherine Milledge: piano

BOTTESINI: Serenade from Rossini’s Barber of Seville • Air from Verdi’s Il trovatore • Finale of Bellini’s La sonnambula • Fantasia on Bellini’s Norma • Fantasia Ceritto • Nel cor più non mi sento • Melody No. 4 “Auld Robin Gray” • Fantasia on Bellini’s Beatrice di Tenda • Melody No. 2 • Romance from Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore • Fantasia on Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor • Nocturne

MOZART: Bassoon Sonata in B-flat, K. 292 • WOOLFENDEN: Bassoon Concerto • SCHRECK: Bassoon Sonata, Op. 9 • WEBER: Andante & Rondo Ungarese for bassoon & piano, Op. 35 • KREISLER: Liebesfreud • Schön Rosmarin

Virtuoso Double Bass,Vol. 2

The Wandering Bassoon

Rarely recorded works in a virtuosic performance by Leon Bosch, reunited with astounding pianist Sung-Suk Kang.

Sea Breeze Classical

Expert playing by a duo whose timing, flair, and passion give an unrivalled performance includes the world premiere recording of Laurence Olivier Award winner Guy Woolfenden’s Bassoon Concerto. Booklet includes biographies and photos of the composers and performers.

æon

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Riverside City College Wind Ensemble

Klaus HUBER

Riverside City College Wind Ensemble 2007–2009/Kevin Mayse: conductor/Larry Zalkind: trombone/Harvey Pittel: saxophone

Alexis Descharmes: cello

Shape Shifter

Concerto for Soprano Saxophone • Shape Shifter • Streets of Paris • Slava • Bells for Stokowski This wind ensemble consists of some of the finest wind and percussion players in California.

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Complete Cello Works

HUBER: Ein Hauch von Unzeit VIII • Transpositio ad infinitum • Lazarus • Rauhe Pinselspitze • … ruhe sanft… • Partita Klaus Huber occupies a thoroughly singular place in contemporary musical creation. Far removed from trends and fashions, the composer cuts a path that leads him to probe the ‘ethical’ dimension of music. His oeuvre reveals a terribly human musician, full of compassion for his fellow man, and this is magnificently attested to by the interpretations that Alexis Descharmes gives us here.

Release Date: July 13, 2009

Etcetera

Netherlands Chamber Choir Uwe Gronostay: conductor Johannes VERHULST: De nevel dekt ons • Julius RÖNTGEN: Rei van Edelingen • Alphons DIEPENBROCK: Auf dem See • Chanson d’automne • Johan WAGENAAR: Hymnus de ascensione Domini • Anton B.H. VERHEU: Salve Regina • Hendrik ANDRIESSEN: Qui habitat • Alexander VOORMOLEN: Wanderers Nachtlied • Jan NIELAND: Wiegenlied • Henk BADINGS: Canamus, amici, canamus • Finnigan’s wake • Herman STRATEGIER: Les compagnons de la Marjolaine • Louis TOEBOSCH: Nu sijt willekome (2 versions) • Albert DE KLERK: Pater noster • Jaap GERAEDTS: Hemelsch Vader • Jurriaan ANDRIESSEN: Sonnet No. 43 • Ton DE LEEUW: Prière • Joop VOORN: Als de ziele luistert • Daan MANNEKE: Psaume In 1995 Harmonia published Vox Neerlandica, an anthology of choral compositions for mixed voices a cappella from the Northern and Southern Netherlands, dating from the Renaissance to the present time. The CDs, in two volumes, represent most of the works in this collection. The Netherlands Chamber Choir, founded by Felix de Nobel in 1937, is a full-time independent professional vocal ensemble that concentrates on a cappella repertoire from the early Middle Ages to the present day.

Netherlands Chamber Choir

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Ramée Pascal Debreuil: harpsichord J.S. BACH: Clavier-Übung, Book II In 1735, Bach entrusted the second part of his Clavier-Übung to a Nuremburg engraver. The two pieces brought together in the second part of the Clavier-Übung—the Concerto in the Italian Style and the Overture in the French Manner—share more than one unifying element, and present several very particular aspects within the work of the composer, as well as within the style of keyboard composition then current in Europe.

J.S. BACH

Clavier-Übung II

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Ricercar

Release Date: July 13, 2010

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Samuel SCHEIDT

Ricercar Consort

Vox Luminis/Lionel Meunier: conductor

Ricercar Consort

SCHEIDT: Surrexit Christus hodie • Richte mich Gott • Sende dein Licht und deine Wahreit • Lobet im Himmel den Herrn • Vater unser im Himmelreich • Jauchzet Gott, alle Land • O Lamm Gottes unschuldig • Puer natus in Bethlehem • Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein • Das alte Jahr vergangen ist

MARAIS: Tombeau pour Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe • Deuxième Suite in C minor • Cloches ou Carillons in D minor • Mr. DU BUISSON: Troisième Suite in A minor • Mr. DEMACHY: Chaconne in G • Suite in D minor • Mr. de SAINTE-COLOMBE le fils: Tombeau pour Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe le Père • Mr. de SAINTE-COLOMBE: Concert XLIVe “Tombeau Les Regrets” • MOREL: Suite deuxième in D minor • Chaconne en trio in G

Cantiones Sacræ

Défense de la Basse de Viole

Scheidt was one of the most interesting Lutheran composers of the early 17th century. His Cantiones Sacræ for eight voices mark the summit of Renaissance musical style; even though Protestant chorales are integrated into the work, Scheidt does not hesitate to use expressive effects that originated in the Italian madrigal style.

The musical equivalent of Hubert Le Blanc’s 1740 essay on the bass viol, depicting the repertoire of the viol, violin, and cello during the first half of the 18th century.

Fuga Libera

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W.A. MOZART

Hugo WOLF

TrioFenix/Shirly Laub: violin/Tony Nys: viola/Karel Steylaerts: cello

Dietrich Henschel: baritone/Fritz Schwinghammer: piano

MOZART: String Trios (complete) • Divertimento in E-flat, K. 563 • Sechs dreistimmige Präludien und Fugen, K. 404a

WOLF: Mörike-Lieder (38 songs)

Complete Works for String Trio

The newly found TrioFenix gathers three soloists coming from well-known ensembles (Oxalys, Quatuor Danel, and Beethoven Academie) and offers us a double box including the famous Divertimento K563 and the six Bach fugues transcribed in trio

by Mozart.

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Mörike-Lieder

For his arrival in the Fuga Libera catalog, Dietrich Henschel sets very high standards with a series of recitals recorded in the beautiful Ehrbar Saal in Vienna. Accompanied by his faithful accomplice, pianist Fritz Schwinghammer, he gives us a stunning introduction to the universe of Hugo Wolf.

Alpha

Release Date: July 13, 2010

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Les Witches

King of Denmark: Musical Europe at the Court of Christian IV Les Witches

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Gabriel FAURÉ Barcarolles

Delphine Bardin: piano FAURÉ: Barcarolles 1­–13 (complete)

HUME: The Dukes Almaine • The Duke of Holstones Almaine • SCHEIDT: Paduan • Alamanda • SIMPSON: Ricercar • Volte • ROBINSON: Spanish Pavan • A Toy • A Playne song • BLEYER: Courante • PEDERSON: Fader vor ud i Himmerig • O chesoavebaccio • LORENZ: Vater unser in Himmelreich The Witches invite us to discover some unfairly neglected composers with this recording, realized in the place where this music was probably created: the Frederiksborg castle!

Like Chopin’s Barcarolle, Fauré’s work shows equal measures of limpidity and gravity, brightness and great depth. This music is very secretive, yet very human—because of its élan, its aspiration to vastness, and its inner poetry. Not a single page of the thirteen Barcarolles is lacking that inspiration, which so movingly brings them together as a set of thirteen poems.

Arcana

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Arcangelo CORELLI

Arcangelo CORELLI

Enrico Gatti: violin/Gaetano Nasillo: cello/Guido Morini: harpsichord

Ensemble Aurora/Enrico Gatti: violin, director

Violin Sonatas, Op. 5

CORELLI: Violin Sonatas, Op. 5 Corelli’s Opus 5 is without doubt one of the milestones of the violin literature. Here, Enrico Gatti gives us one of his most successful performances, and the reference recording of this masterpiece.

Sonate da Chiesa, Op. 3

CORELLI: Sonate de Chiesa, Op. 3 • Sonate Postume Corelli at his best! Corelli’s Op. 3, and seven seldom-heard posthumous sonatas, are performed here by Enrico Gatti, the most authoritative Corelli interpreter.

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Gramola

Release Date: July 13, 2010 Anika Vavi´c: piano BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 7 in D, Op. 10, No. 3 • SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana • CHOPIN: Ballade No. 3 in A-flat, Op. 47 • PROKOFIEV: Waltz from War and Peace The young pianist Anika Vavic´ won the Vienna Steinway Competition in 2001 and performed as a Rising Star in the major concert halls of the world in the 2003/04 season (Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw, Musikverein, Cité de la musique, and more). On her new CD she presents Beethoven’s Sonata Op. 10/3, Schumann’s Kreisleriana, Chopin’s 3rd Ballad, and Prokofiev’s waltz from War and Peace. In the accompanying notes, Vavic´ explains the literary inspirations for the composition of these works.

Anika Vavi´c Piano Works

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Ildikó Raimondi: soprano Vienna Youth Philharmonic Michael Lessky: conductor MAHLER: 3 songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn • SCHOENBERG: Lied der Waldtaube from Gurrelieder • Ein Stelldichein • WEBERN (orch. Pernes): 4 Lieder, Op. 12 (premiere) • NONO: Y su sangre ya viene cantando As a member of the Vienna Staatsoper, Ildikó Raimondi has been heard in more then 40 opera roles, from Pamina and Mimi to Susanna and Rosalinde. Moreover, she appears in the Wiener Musikverein regularly and has been a highly acclaimed guest of various opera and concert stages. As a guest she sang at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Semper-Oper Dresden, the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, and the Zürcher Opernhaus with remarkable success. Her artistic curriculum includes concerts, radio, and TV appearances in many countries under the direction of the most prominent conductors of our time.

Ildikó Raimondi

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Release Date: July 13, 2010

Musique en Wallonie

Capilla Flamenca Dirk Snellings: director Music from the court of Margaret of Austria (1480–1530) The life of Margaret of Austria (1480–1530), daughter of the emperor Maximilian I of Austria, is reflected in the works performed by Capilla Flamenca in this program. As regent of the Netherlands under Charles V, she combined her statesmanship with wide-ranging cultural interests. Courtly music, both sacred and profane, had an important place at her court in Mechelen. Her splendid songbooks contain works by Pierre de la Rue, Josquin Desprez, Alexander Agricola, and many other prominent composers. Despite cheerful love songs full of hope and playful dances from her youth, the dominant mood in her music was melancholy—perhaps the result of so much adversity in her marriages and in the rest of her life.

The vocal and instrumental consort Capilla Flamenca takes its name from the choir of the court chapel of Emperor Charles V. Capilla Flamenca recruits its specialized musicians mainly from Flanders so as to bring to life the unique timbre of this brilliant 15th–16th century music in its full authenticity.

The group has been honored with some of the most prestigious international awards for their artistic, musicological, and historical thoroughness.

Numerous CD recordings have received major awards, including several Prix Chocs (Le Monde de la Musique), Diapason d’Ors, Répertoire10, two Caecilia prizes from the Belgian music press, and the 2004 Klara Music Prize.

Capilla Flamenca

Dulcis Melancholia: A Musical Biography of Margaret of Austria Cat # MEW 525 Price Code: R (SRP $18.99) Number of Items: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Tivoli Band Éric Mathot: director Musical selections from the 1910 International Exposition in Brussels The Brussels “Kermesse” was a re-creation of the city’s old quarter and its popular culture, which was a part of the 1910 Brussels Universal Exhibition.

There were bands, strolling musicians, and guards’ parades, as well as performances and dancing in many different venues. This CD includes a selection of the repertoire that was performed, as well as a beautifully illustrated booklet.

Tivoli Band

Brussels Kermesse: Universal Exposition 1910 Cat # MEW 953 Price Code: R (SRP $18.99) Number of Items: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Passacaille

Release Date: July 13, 2010 Il Fondamento Paul Dombrecht: conductor TELEMANN: Overture in B-flat “La Bourse” • Suite in G minor • Suite in C On this new album, Il Fondamento and Paul Dombrecht explore some orchestral suites and overtures, among them the famous “La Bourse.” Between 1712 and 1721, Telemann lived in the imposing mansion “Zum Braunfels” in the Liebfrauenberg in Frankfurt, which was owned by the fashionable “Frauenstein Gesellschaft” and of which the ground floor was occupied by the stock exchange. His Overture in B is a musical expression of the sorrows and problems of the stock exchange speculators, hence its epithet, “La Bourse.” Let’s hope that his music can provide some relief for the victims of the stock market in the 21st century!

Georg Philipp TELEMANN Overture La Bourse & Suites Cat # PAS 910 Price Code: R (SRP $18.99) Number of Items: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

La Divina Armonia Lorenzo Ghielmi: director Doron Schleifer, Krystian Adam, Mirko Guadagnini, Barbara Schmidt-Gaden: vocal soloists Varese Chamber Choir FEO: Passio secundum Joannem (complete oratorio) In the 18th century Venice and Rome were the only Italian cities that could rival Naples in the realm of music. From all over Europe, young musicians hurried to these centers to complete their studies and meet the greatest living composers. One of these was Francesco Feo, a close friend of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, whose music is preserved in the Biblioteca dei Filippini in Naples. His masterwork was probably the St. John Passion, composed around 1740 and probably meant to pair with the Pergolesi Stabat Mater.

La Divina Armonia, directed by Lorenzo Ghielmi, now presents the world premiere recording of this wonderful music. The booklet features beautiful photographs of the Sacro Monte di Varese, an impressive baroque monument declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Francesco FEO St. John Passion

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Indésens

Claude Bessmann: piano RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin • Sonatine • Oiseaux tristes from Miroirs • Pavane pour une infante défunte • Valses nobles et sentimentales A former student at the Conservatoire de Paris, Claude Bessmann was winner of the Gold Medal at the Concours International Vercelli (Italy) and of the International George Enescu (Bucharest). Bessmann appears regularly in concert in France and abroad.

Maurice RAVEL

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SoloVoce Lucio Gallo: baritone Munich Radio Orchestra Ulf Schirmer: conductor Arias from Don Giovanni, Guglielmo Tell, Don Pasquale, Macbeth, Otello, Rigoletto, Faust, Eugene Onegin, Gianni Schicchi, Andrea Chenier & The Flying Dutchman “Italian baritone Lucio Gallo … displays such a believable internally driven performance of a character both evil and twisted that he, too, wins us over.”

— Chicago Sun Times The first solo album of this important singer features a collection of beloved baritone arias.

Lucio Gallo

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