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Johann Sebastian Bach Motets BWV 225â&#x20AC;&#x201C;230

Collegium Vocale Gent Philippe Herreweghe PG 3

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J.S. BACH

Motets BWV 225–230 BUZZ ALERT

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Collegium Vocale Gent Philippe Herreweghe: conductor J.S. BACH: 6 Motets, BWV 225–230 Although a great deal of mystery shrouds their conception, Bach’s motets count among the works that were played uninterruptedly in Leipzig from their origin up to now. In light of recent research, Philippe Herreweghe found inspiration in the Leipzig practices, described in the booklet notes by Peter Wollny. Led by outstanding soloists, Collegium Vocale is at the peak of its art. A new version destined to become a milestone!

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MAHLER Symphony No. 4 Cat # PHY 1 Price Code: S Number of Discs: 1

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Nemanja Radulovic Devil’s Trills

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Nemanja Radulovic, Guillaume Fontanarosa, Frederic Dessus: violins Bertrand Causse: viola Anne Biragnet: cello Stanislas Kuchinski: double bass KREISLER: Praeludium & Allegro • Liebesleid • Schön Rosmarin • WIENIAWSKI: Légende, Op. 17 • VITALI: Chaconne in G minor • SCHUBERT: Rondo, D438 • TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42 • TARTINI: “Il trillo del diavolo,” Op. 1, No. 4 • SARASATE: Romanza andaluza, Op. 22 Cover Sticker: Strad recommends; Choc Classica; A Key by ResMusica; Supersonic by Pizzicato. The incandescent virtuosity of Nemanja Radulovic, the fine stage presence of the members of the Quatuor Illico, the expressive playing of double-bass player Stanislas Kuchinski: these musicians came together with the idea of sharing the pleasure they get from playing in each other’s company. With vitality and energy, Devil’s Trills—named after the famous (and famously difficult) piece by Tartini—takes a new look at the great virtuoso works for solo violin.

Release Date: July 12, 2011

ArtAct

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Sonatas for Violin & Piano Cat # AAT 2 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Nemanja Radulovic: violin Susan Manoff: piano BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonatas 5, 7 & 8 After the success of his first album (for the ArtAct label), young violinist Nemanja Radulovic returned with an exquisite recital dedicated to Beethoven. Here, he performs with Susan Manoff, a popular accompanist among lyric singers (notably Patricia Petibon and Sandrine Piau) and an enthusiastic chamber music lover. These sonatas, composed as a true dialogue between instruments, highlight the natural complicity between Radulovic and Manoff, which gives this album a joyous and graceful atmosphere.

Zig-Zag Territoires

Release Date: July 12, 2011 Anima Eterna Brugge Jos van Immerseel: piano, harpsichord, conductor Claire Chevallier: piano Katerina Chrobokova: harpsichord POULENC: Concerto for Two Pianos & Orchestra in D minor • Suite Française • Concert Champêtre After exploring the universe of Ravel, Anima Eterna continues its voyage of discovery with Poulenc. In Jos van Immerseel’s view, this composer is one of the most significant personalities of the 20th century, coupling immense erudition with surprising spontaneity—not to mention the fact that Poulenc was also a particularly brilliant pianist. The works presented here are steeped in the French traditions of the 16th & 18th centuries. In the Concerto for two pianos, Poulenc breaks totally with the traditional concerto genre, liberating the form and the thematic development. Above all, the piece expresses the sheer pleasure of playing!

Francis POULENC

Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra Cat # ZIG 110403 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Doulce Mémoire Denis Raisin Dadre: conductor DE FÉVIN: Requiem d’Anne de Bretagne On the death of Anne of Brittany, her husband King Louis XII honored her with exceptional funeral ceremonies lasting 40 days, which forever sealed her image as Queen of France and Duchess of Brittany. As he prepared this program centering on Antoine de Févin’s Missa pro defunctis, and read the vivid narrative by the herald of Anne of Brittany, Denis Raisin Dadre realized that beyond all the official mourning there was also a silent sorrow: that of the Bretons who had lost their duchess and were in the process of losing their duchy’s independence. To make the voices of the people heard, he asked Yann-Fañch Kemener to contribute some traditional Breton gwerzioù. These solo songs act as a counterpoint to the complex polyphony that expresses the pomp of royalty.

Antoine DE FÉVIN

Requiem for Anne of Brittany Cat # ZIG 110501 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Release Date: July 12, 2011

Ricercar

Vox Luminis Lionel Meunier: director SCHÜTZ: Musicalische Exequien • Herr nun lässest du deinen Diener in Friede fahen • Ich bin die Auferstehung und das Leben • Herr nun lässest du deinen Diener in Friede fahen • Das ist je gewißlich wahr • Concert in Form einer teutschen Begräbnis-Missa • SCHEIDT: Wir glauben all an einen Gott Prince Heinrich von Reuss organized all the details of his funeral in advance, from the music—to be composed and performed by Heinrich Schütz—to the coffin. The program here includes not only the renowned Musicalische Exequien, but also other funeral motets by Schütz, one of which was composed on the death of his friend Johann Hermann Schein. After the success of their CD of works by Samuel Scheidt, Vox Luminis now takes up the challenge of one of Schütz’s greatest sacred works. The CD cover art is a photograph of the coffin that Reuss himself ordered; Prince Heinrich XIII has generously allowed its use for this recording. also available

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Musicalische Exequien Cat # RCE 311 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Guido Balestracci: baryton Alessandro Tampieri: viola Bruno Cocset: cello HAYDN: 7 Baryton Trios, Hob. XI: 42, 59, 66, 70, 96, 101 &113 Prince Nicolas Esterhazy, in whose service Haydn spent a large part of his life, was an enthusiastic champion of an instrument that was in the process of disappearing: the baryton, a type of viola da gamba with sympathetic strings that were also able to be plucked. Haydn composed many works for his employer’s use during the 1770s, among which were the 125 trios for baryton with viola and cello. The prince’s instrument and its case are shown on the cover artwork, and can be found in the collection of the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest.

Joseph HAYDN

Baryton Trios

Cat # RCE 315 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Summit Records

Release Date: July 12, 2011 Dez Cordas Matthew Slotkin: guitar Craig Butterfield: double bass BARTÓK: Romanian Folk Songs • BEASER: Mountain Songs • SEIBER: Four French Folk Songs • FALLA: Siete Canciones Populares Españolas “Lyrically beautiful.” — American Record Guide

Dez Cordas

Gone Away is the second recording from the guitar/bass duo Dez Cordas. For this project, Slotkin & Butterfield decided to perform music from the folk art tradition, which has been extremely influential and special to both of them for years. All works on this CD are based on folk music from Appalachia, Romania, France, and Spain, interpreted by leading composers such as Bela Bartók and Manuel da Falla. Despite the fact that guitar and bass form the backbone of rock, blues, and jazz, this instrumental pairing is extremely rare in the classical field. For this reason, almost all Dez Cordas’ repertoire is arranged, or “borrowed,” from music written for other instruments. While this is certainly challenging, it is also very liberating, and ensures that the duo keeps a fresh and unique sound.

Gone Away

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æon Musica Nova MACHAUT: 23 motets (complete) Since the beauty, richness, and diversity of such an oeuvre made it impossible to choose amongst the 23 motets by the Canon of Reims, the Musica Nova ensemble decided to embark on the adventure of a complete recording. Two years of work and research were necessary to put this program together, as the musicians strove for an in-depth approach to each motet in terms of both style and instrumentation, made possible by the very structure of the ensemble. This disc, which had a resounding critical success when first released, offers the first complete translation in modern French of Guillaume de Machaut’s motets. An indispensable set!

Guillaume de MACHAUT The Motets

Cat # AEN 1108 Price Code: 2O (SRP $27.99) Number of Discs: 2 Digipak; Box Lot 15 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Release Date: July 12, 2011

Ramée

Les Muffatti Peter Van Heyghen: director Benoît Laurent: oboe SAMMARTINI: Concerti Grossi Nos. 1, 4 & 5 • 2 Oboe Concertos • Overtures 4 & 7 • Overture or Concerto No. 6 Sammartini was considered to be one of the most talented composers of his generation. John Hawkins wrote in 1776: “His singularities can only be ascribed to that boldness and self-possession which are ever the concomitants of genius.” He ranked Sammartini’s concertos and overtures at the same level as those of Arcangelo Corelli and Francesco Geminiani, and even held them in higher esteem than Georg Frideric Handel’s. Yet through an inexplicable twist of history, Sammartini has remained largely unknown to the general public. To remedy this, Les Muffatti have made a careful selection from among the plethora of Sammartini’s masterworks in order to fully reflect their quality.

Giuseppe SAMMARTINI

Concertos & Overtures Cat # RME 1008 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING

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CAvi-music

Cat # AVI 7771050 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Cat # AVI 8553154 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Slova Czech

Franz SCHUBERT & Alfred SCHNITTKE

Slova Czech

Asasello Quartet/Rostislav Kojevnikov, Barbara Kuster: violins/ Justyna Sliwa: viola/Andreas Mueller: cello

Folk Songs

TRADITIONAL: Olasska • I am a sexy girl • A red apple • Who owns the horses • Geampra • Karicky • Songs from Bohemia • Songs from Hungarian Roma men • This is a little river • Song from Slovakia • Rumanian dance • Slovakian song • Bohemian song • Songs from the Roma men • Devil’s dream • Vlachiko • Good night • and more

Death and the Maiden & Quartet No. 3

SCHUBERT: String Quartet in D minor, D810 “Death and the Maiden” • SCHNITTKE: String Quartet No. 3 An adventurous coupling by the acclaimed Asasello Quartet.

Original Czech traditional folk music, based on classical themes.

Delphian

Release Date: July 12, 2011

Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS A Cappella Choral Works Laudibus/Mike Brewer: director VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Souls of the Righteous • Greensleeves • Three Shakespeare Songs • Prayer to the Father of Heaven • Mass in G minor • O vos omnes • Ca’ the Yowes • Love Is a Sickness • Three Elizabethan Part Songs • Silence and Music • Heart’s Music “Choral singing of the very first rank.” — International Record Review

Cat # DPH 34074 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

Mike Brewer and his award-winning chamber choir Laudibus have unearthed some rare and precious gems in this recording of a cappella choral music by one of England’s best-loved composers. Little-known works both early and late nestle alongside repertory staples such as the glorious Mass in G minor in a program that puts Vaughan Williams’ indebtedness to both the sacred and secular instincts of his Elizabethan predecessors on display.

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Laudibus

Song of Songs Laudibus/Mike Brewer: director WALTON: Set me as a seal upon thine heart • BOUZIGNAC: Surge, amica mea • SKEMPTON: Rise up, my love • G. JACKSON: I am the Rose of Sharon • GRIER: Dilectus meus mihi • DUNSTABLE: Quam pulcra es • PALESTRINA: Descendi in hortum meum • VICTORIA: Vadem et circuibo civitatem • DANIEL-LESUR: Le cantique des cantiques “Warm, sensitive, and luminous.” — BBC Music magazine Cat # DPH 34042 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

The Song of Songs stands apart from its biblical surroundings as one of the supreme love poems of world literature, a celebration of erotic love in the form of a dialogue between a bridegroom and his bride that invokes all the senses. Ranging widely over five centuries, from the relative asperity of Dunstaple to the lush exoticism of Daniel-Lesur, this cherry-picked assortment of sweetmeats is given exultant life by Mike Brewer and Laudibus.

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Laudibus

Scotland At Night Laudibus/Mike Brewer: director/Beth Mackay: mezzo-soprano/Thomas Laing-Reilly: organ TRADITIONAL (arr. Powell): Dream Angus • CUNNINGHAM: Scotland at Night • The Painter’s Eye • PÄRT: My Heart’s in the Highlands • MACMILLAN: So Deep • The Gallant Weaver • SKEMPTON: Address to Edinburgh • STEVENSON: A Medieval Scottish Triptych • TRAD. (arr. Brewer): Ye Banks and Braes • HEARNE: The Seagull “Magnificently sung … superlative recording.” — Daily Telegraph Cat # DPH 34060 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 World Premiere Recording

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These collaborations between noted Edinburghians Alexander McCall Smith and Tom Cunningham appear on disc here for the first time in a program of Scottish poetry settings by some of today’s leading composers. From the ethereal tenderness of Cunningham’s Lullaby to the muscular angularity of Ronald Stevenson’s Medieval Scottish Triptych, Laudibus responds with affection and athleticism to the expert direction of UK choral doyen, Mike Brewer.

Release Date: July 12, 2011

Delphian

Olivier MESSIAEN Organ Works

Michael Bonaventure: organ MESSIAEN: Reprises par interversion • Pièce en trio (2) • Les mains de l’abîme • Chants d’oiseaux • Les yeux dans les roues • Soixante quatre durées • Monodie • Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité “Spectacularly brought to life by Michael Bonaventure.” — Gramophone Nourished by Messiaen’s beloved birdsong and Hindu rhythms, the Méditations bring alive the deepest mysteries of Catholicism, here performed with a visceral intensity by Michael Bonaventure. This is the second release in Delphian’s survey of Messiaen’s complete organ music recorded by Timothy Byram-Wigfield and Bonaventure. The stunning booklet incorporates a booklet essay written by Méditations authority Andrew Shenton.

Cat # DPH 34016 Price Code: 2N (SRP $25.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Slimline; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Olivier MESSIAEN

Livre du Saint Sacrement Michael Bonaventure: organ MESSIAEN: Livre du Saint Sacrement “Electrifying … essential listening.” — The Scotsman The seeds for Messiaen’s final organ work were sown during an inspirational trip to Israel in 1984. Over the course of the next twelve months, Messiaen found improvisation leading him back to composition after the exhausting labors that had produced his mighty opera Saint François d’Assise. The Livre du Saint Sacrement became Messiaen’s grand farewell to his own instrument, and Michael Bonaventure performs it from memory on the Rieger organ at St. Giles’ Cathedral, whose true acoustic preserves the clarity of Messiaen’s lines. The stunning booklet incorporates an essay written by Messiaen biographer Nigel Simeone.

Cat # DPH 34076 Price Code: 2N (SRP $25.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Slimline; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Carleton Etherington

Plays the Grove & Milton organs of Tewkesbury Abbey Carleton Etherington: organ GUILMANT: Grand Chœur Triomphal, Op. 47, No. 2 • HOLLINS: Intermezzo in D-flat • CRESTON: Toccata • KARG-ELERT: Valse mignonne • RITTER: Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 23 • BEST: Concert Fantasia on a Welsh March • SALOMÉ: Cantilène • PEETERS: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 58 • SAINT-MARTIN: Toccata de la Libération, Op. 37 “In a word, it’s splendid.” — Musicweb-International Few ecclesiastical buildings in the United Kingdom can boast possessing two pipe organs; of those that can, fewer still can rival the quality of the ‘Grove’ and ‘Milton’ organs in Tewkesbury’s magnificent Norman Abbey. This recording demonstrates the unique qualities of each instrument in a program of concert organ works by some of the finest composers for the instrument.

Cat # DPH 34089 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Tactus

Release Date: July 12, 2011 Marco Limone: organ SACCHETTI: Sonata Fantasis • Elegia a fantasia, Op. 1 • Variazioni a fantasia sopra un tema sentimentale, Op. 2 • “MEDITATIO” super thema nobilis • Preludio passacaglia su G.E.D.H. • Per Gioacchino Rossini • Ricercar variato sull’inno del Santo Crocifisso di Costante Ravera • Musicali pensieri sopra uno “scherzo” dell’amico Pierluigi • Grande studio da concerto sopra il coro Va’ Pensiero dall’opera Nabucco di Giuseppe Verdi Premiere recording of compositions by Arturo Sacchetti, the most acclaimed living Italian organist!

Arturo SACCHETTI Organ Works

Cat # TCT 941901 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT World Premiere Recording

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Marino Bedetti: oboe, English horn G. Ferlendis Orchestra PierAngelo Pelucchi: director FERLENDIS: Oboe Concerto No. 1 in F • Oboe & Flute Concerto No. 2 in C • Oboe & Flute Concerto No. 3 in C • English Horn Concerto in F Giuseppe Ferlendis (1755–1810) was one of the most famous oboists of his time, and the first to use the English horn as a solo instrument.

Giuseppe FERLENDIS

Complete Orchestral Works Cat # TCT 750602 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT World Premiere Recording

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Release Date: July 12, 2011

Toccata Classics

Nikolai TCHEREPNIN Piano Music

David Witten: piano N. TCHEREPNIN: Three Pieces, Op. 24 • Fourteen Sketches on Pictures from the Russian Alphabet, Op. 38 • The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish, Op. 41 Delightful piano music from Nikolai Tcherepnin, founder of the Tcherepnin dynasty, student of Rimsky-Korsakov, and teacher of Prokofiev. The music reveals a diversity of influences: the Three Pieces (c. 1890s) have echoes of Chopin and Rachmaninov; Fourteen Sketches on Pictures from the Russian Alphabet (1908) are inspired by the illustrations of Alexander Benois, the most famous illustrator of his time and set designer for the Ballets Russes; and The Fisherman and the Fish (c. 1914) illustrates Pushkin’s poem.

Cat # TOC 117 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT World Premiere Recording

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J.S. BACH

The Complete Karg-Elert Organ Transcriptions Sverker Jullander: organ J.S. BACH (tr. Karg-Elert): Capriccio (Toccata in G, BWV 916) • Fantasie und Doppelfuge in A minor, BWV 904 • Symphonie Pastorale (Sinfonia from 2nd cantata of Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248) • Toccata in E minor, BWV 914 • Choral-Improvisation und Fuge (from the motet Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225) • Echo (from Partita in B minor, BWV 831) • Toccata in D minor, BWV 913 • Adagio, Air célèbre (Air from Suite in D, BWV 1068) Sigfrid Karg-Elert’s organ music is frequently recorded and heard in recitals, but his many organ transcriptions are less familiar. After Wagner, Bach was the composer whose music Karg-Elert transcribed most often, carefully choosing the pieces best suited to the dynamic and coloristic possibilities of the late Romantic organ. This recording was made on the famous organ of Vasa Church, Gothenburg.

Cat # TOC 111 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT World Premiere Recording

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Mario LAVISTA

Complete String Quartets Cuarteto Latinoamericano/Saul Bitran, Aron Bitran: violins/Javier Montiel: viola/Alvaro Bitran: cello LAVISTA: String Quartet No. 2, Reflejos de la noche • String Quartet No. 3, Musica para mi vecino • String Quartet No. 4, Sinfonias • String Quartet No. 5, Siete invenciones • String Quartet No. 1, Diacronia • String Quartet No. 6, Suite en cinco partes The string quartets of Mexico’s leading contemporary composer, performed by Latin America’s leading string quartet. The influences on the work of Mario Lavista (b. 1943) range from medieval, religious, and folk music to modernism. His music has a powerful sense of atmosphere and color, and a vigorous rhythmic drive reminiscent of the quartet-writing of Shostakovich.

Cat # TOC 106 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT World Premiere Recording

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TransArt

Release Date: July 12, 2011

Frédéric CHOPIN

24 Preludes & 2 Polonaises Cat # TAP 150 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Laure Favre-Kahn: piano CHOPIN: Preludes (24), Op. 28 • Polonaises, Op. 26 Distinguished in the Waltzes—which drew critical acclaim, awards, and a wider audience—Laure Favre-Kahn again distinguishes herself with musical mastery, brilliance of performance, and vibrant sincerity. She displays perfect technique and overcomes the difficulties of these sublime scores with ease and virtuosity.

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GOTTSCHALK Piano Works Cat # TAP 39 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

TransArt

Release Date: July 12, 2011

W.A. MOZART Violin Concertos

BUZZ ALERT

Cat # TAP 145 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Olivier Charlier: violin Prague Chamber Orchestra MOZART: Violin Concertos 3, 4 & 5 Olivier Charlier has become one of the major violinists of his generation. This master of virtuosity, a proud member of the French violin school, presents a superb and generous interpretation of Mozart’s Violin Concertos with impeccable technique; admirable musicality in his bowing; and a sound that is rich, fine, and deep. In the melodic quality, and in Charlier’s emotional involvement—with the brilliant support of the Prague Chamber Orchestra—we discover a violonist who is sensitive, impetuous, and elegant. With this CD, recorded live in concert at the Cirque in Reims, Olivier Charlier inaugurates a very promising collaboration with the Reims Flâneries Musicales and the TransArt label.

TransArt

Release Date: July 12, 2011

George GERSHWIN Piano Music

Cat # TAP 155 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Bruno Fontaine: piano Orchestre National de Lille David Wroe: conductor GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue • Piano Concerto in F • Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture Bruno Fontaine is not only a conductor, composer, and arranger; he is also celebrated for his career as a concert soloist and subtle accompanist. This free-spirited third album follows his collaboration with the Flâneries Musicales de Reims and the TransArt label. Distinguished for his recording of Mozart’s piano sonatas, which earned him critical acclaim, this atypical and brilliant pianist’s work emits a vibrant sincerity. The orchestra, led by one of America’s most interesting conductors, offers an exceptional setting for this extraordinary pianist.

Release Date: July 12, 2011

TransArt

David Grimal: violin J.S. BACH: Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin 1–3 “A true revelation.” — Diapason David Grimal started to play the violin at the age of five. He won First Prize in violin and chamber music at the Paris Conservatory in 1993, and did his postgraduate studies with Regis Pasquier. He has given chamber music performances with Yuri Bashmet, Boris Bérézovsky, Gerard Caussé, and many more.

J.S. BACH

Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin Cat # TAP 102 Price Code: 2L (SRP $23.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Slimline; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Guillaume Sutre: violin Miguel Da Silva: viola HAYDN: Duos 1–6 • MOZART: Duos 1 & 2 The meeting of two performers is, certainly, more frequent than that of two composers: it is part of the very profession. What irresistible necessity could bring together the violin of Guillaume Sutre and the viola of Miguel Da Silva? The artists are nourished by a profound passion for chamber music—whose strength is often, and wrongly, underestimated—doubled by the piercing regret of almost never hearing these duos played.

Joseph HAYDN & W.A. MOZART Complete Duos for Violin and Viola

Cat # TAP 103 Price Code: 2L (SRP $23.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Slimline; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

TransArt

Release Date: July 12, 2011 Guillaume Sutre: violin Miguel Da Silva: viola Bruno Fontaine: piano Orchestre de Bretagne Stefan Sanderling: conductor BRUCH: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 88 • Romance in F, Op. 85 • 8 Pieces for piano, violin & viola, Op. 83

Max BRUCH

Max Bruch was almost an exact contemporary of Camille Saint-Saëns, with whom he shared a taste for fine musical structure and an unconditional fidelity to the spirit of Beethoven. Each exercised his talent in his respective country. But whereas Saint-Saëns was able to make a name for himself as a virtuoso musician and composer in a France that was bubbling with artistic activity, Max Bruch found himself faced with the ‘heavyweights’ of German music: Liszt, Brahms, Wagner and, from 1890, the overwhelming figure of Richard Strauss. Yet he is a worthy representative of the ‘provincial’ movement in German musical creation, an activity that was encouraged by Germany’s many art centers as a means of establishing their social and cultural reputation, and thereby extending their political influence.

Music for Violin and Viola Cat # TAP 105 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Filomena Moretti: guitar J.S. BACH: Prelude, Fugue & Allegro, BWV 998 • DOWLAND: Fantasia • MUDARRA: Fantasia No. 10 • RODRIGO: Tres piezas españolas • FALLA: Homenaja a Debussy • Danza del Molinero • Danza del Fuego Fatuo • BARRIOS-MANGORE: Sueño en la Floresta • ALBÉNIZ: Sevilla • Asturias • TARREGA: Jota Filomena Moretti graduated from the Sassari Conservatoire and was awarded the First Prize. She then continued her studies with Ruggero Chiesa. Her extensive repertoire includes many of the most important guitar concertos. She regularly tours in Europe, and has been featured on the front page of Italian magazine Classica.

Filomena Moretti Recital for Guitar

Cat # TAP 107 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

TransArt

Release Date: July 12, 2011 Wilhelmenia Fernandez: soprano Bruno Fontaine: piano GERSHWIN: Summertime • I’ve got a crush on you • Love walked in • BARBER: Four Songs, Op. 13 • BERNSTEIN: I Feel Pretty • Tonight • Somewhere • COPLAND: Pastorale • Geart, we will forget him • Long time ago • RODGERS: This Nearly Was Mine • Climb Every Mountain • SPIRITUALS: Deep River • At the River • Zion’s Walls • Simple Gifts Since the huge success of the movie Diva, cult figure Wilhelmenia Fernandez has pursued a dazzling career. Successfully combining recitals with concerts and operas, she regularly appears in the US, South America, and Europe. At the Berlin and Hamburg Operas, she has sung Aida, Carmen, and La bohème. Accompanied by the great pianist Bruno Fontaine, the diva shines on this wonderful recording.

Wilhelmenia Fernandez The Diva Live

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Laure Favre-Kahn: piano CHOPIN: Waltzes (15) Born in 1976, Laure Favre-Kahn studied piano at the Conservatoire in Avignon before joining Bruno Rigutto’s class at the Paris Conservatoire, where she was unanimously awarded a Premier Prix. At the age of 20, she made her first recording of works by Schumann, followed a year later by a CD devoted to Chopin, both on the Arion label. In January 1999, she performed at the Midem Music Festival in Cannes as one of the ‘Revelations Classiques de l’ADAMI.’ She now makes regular appearances as a soloist and chamber musician in Europe, the US, and Asia.

Frédéric CHOPIN

Waltzes

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Fuga Libera

Release Date: July 12, 2011 Alfama Quartet Elsa de Lacerda, Céline Bodson: violin Kris Hellemans: viola Renaat Ackaert: cello SCHOENBERG: Presto in C • WEBERN: Langsamer Satz • WOLF: Serenade • MENDELSSOHN: Capriccio • TCHAIKOVSKY: Quartettsatz • BRITTEN: Alla Marcia • SIBELIUS: Andante festivo • RACHMANINOV: Romance Since its creation in 2004, the Alfama Quartet has made quite a breakthrough thanks to its subtlety, elegance, and dynamism. The four young members work under the guidance of the Danel Quartet, and have worked with Walter Levin (LaSalle Quartet), Rainer Schmidt (Hagen Quartet), Heime Muller (Artemis Quartet), and Eberhard Feltz. This new release is a sensitive and intelligent exploration of the quartet repertoire: gems signed by famous names ranging from Mendelssohn and Britten to Sibelius and Rachmaninov.

Alfama Quartet Quartettsatz

Cat # FGL 582 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Trio Dali Amandine Savary: piano Vineta Sareika: violin Christian-Pierre La Marca: cello SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat, D898 • Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat, D929 • Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D821 • Fantasy in C, D934 Trio Dali has shown a remarkable balance between the impulsiveness of youth, superior technique, and the maturity acquired with the best masters—Augustin Dumay, Abdel Rahman El Bacha, the Artemis Quartet—at Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth. The individual qualities of the three members enables them to take on sonatas just as effectively as trios. This is the format adopted here in another summit of chamber music, Schubert’s two piano trios and the two traditional stumbling blocks for violinists, cellists, and pianists: the Arpeggione and the Fantasy in C major. The Arpeggione, marvelously interpreted here, is often played; the Fantasy, on the other hand, is discarded from most recitals because of its difficulty.

Franz SCHUBERT

Trios, Arpeggione Sonata, Fantasy Cat # FGL 584 Price Code: 2O (SRP $27.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Digipak; Box Lot 15 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Quartz

Release Date: July 12, 2011

Cat # QTZ 2077 Price Code: P (SRP $16.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Johannes BRAHMS

James Turnbull

Alexander Kobrin: piano

James Turnbull: oboe/Huw Watkins: piano/Claire Jones: harp

BRAHMS: 2 Rhapsodies, Op. 79 • 7 Fantasias, Op. 116 • 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119

Tansy DAVIES: Forgotten Game • Arabescos • John WOOLRICH: The Kingdom of Dreams • The Turkish Mouse • Michael BERKELEY: Fierce Tears I & II • Second Still Life for Oboe & Harp • James MACMILLAN: Angustiis II for solo oboe • Colin MATTHEWS: Night-Spell • Sir Peter MAXWELL DAVIES: First Grace of Light for solo oboe

Piano Music

Fierce Tears

In June 2005, Alex Kobrin was awarded the prestigious Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Gold Medal at the Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. In 2006, he made his debut with the New York Philharmonic

An album of oboe music from some of the most respected contemporary composers.

Cat # QTZ 2083 Price Code: P (SRP $16.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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J.S. BACH & Alfred SCHNITTKE

Leonid DESYATNIKOV

Maria Alikhanova: flute/Dmitri Bulgakov: oboe/Chamber Orchestra Kremlin/Misha Rachlevsky: conductor

Roman Mints: violin/William Purefoy: countertenor/Fedor Lednev: conductor

J.S. BACH (arr. Alikhanova & Bulgakov): Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 104 (arr. flute & oboe) • SCHNITTKE: Mo-zart a la Haydn for 2 Violins (arr. Safronov for flute & oboe) • Concerto Grosso No. 1 for 2 Violins, Harpsichord, Prepared Piano & Strings (arr. Schnittke for flute, oboe, harpsichord & prepared piano)

DESYATNIKOV: Return for oboe, clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello & tape • Du côté de chez Swan for 2 pianos • Variations on the Obtaining of a Dwelling for cello & piano • Wie der Alte Leiermann… for violin & piano • The Leaden Echo for voice(s) & instruments • Main Theme from the motion picture Moscow Nights (arr. Mints)

Concerto for 2 Violins in Arrangements

The Leaden Echo

This work, from one of the most successful living Russian composers, features words by Gerard Manley Hopkins.

Avie Records

Release Date: July 12, 2011 Sounds Baroque Julian Perkins: harpsichord, director Andrew Radley: countertenor CALDARA: Clori, mia bella Clori • ALBINONI: Senza il core del mio bene • A. SCARLATTI: Clori vezzosa, e bella • HANDEL: Toccata in G minor, HW 586 • Capriccio in G minor, HWV 483 • Vedendo Amor, HWV 175 • Mi palpita il cor, HWV 132c • D. SCARLATTI: Sonata in G minor, K. 30 • Sonata in D minor, K. 9 • Sonata in D, K. 430

Sounds Baroque

Conversazioni I: Cantatas from a Cardinal’s Court Cat # AVR 2197 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

In the late 17th century, all roads really did lead to Rome for the aspiring musician. There, wealthy aristocrats-turned-priests and Catholic nobility from across Europe vied for cultural status through artistic patronage. In particular, the young Pietro Ottoboni (1667–1740) reigned supreme among patrons of music, supporting Caldara and Albinoni, Alessandro Scarlatti and his son Domenico, and Handel, all of whom inspired and were inspired by one another. Musical gatherings of the time—called conversazione—often featured dramatic cantatas as well as virtuoso instrumental showpieces such as the works featured on this album. Recalling this fertile musical era, rising star countertenor Andrew Radley with Julian Perkins and his London-based period instrument ensemble Sounds Baroque, dispatch these entertaining vocal works with aplomb, interspersed with virtuosic harpsichord works performed to perfection by Perkins. With this, the first in a series of conversazione recordings, Sounds Baroque celebrates the passion, theatricality, and sheer variety of music from the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Charles Owen: piano FAURÉ: Barcarolles 1–13 • Trois Romances sans paroles, Op. 17 “Exemplary. Classic. Spellbinding. And enthusiastically recommended.” — Fanfare Pianist Charles Owens follows a critically acclaimed release of Fauré’s popular Nocturnes with a relative rarity: a complete survey of the composer’s Barcarolles uniquely coupled with Trois Romances sans paroles, Fauré’s first published works for piano. The Barcarolles straddle the turn of the 20th century and span a four-decade period, from 1880–1921. The works’ dedicatees were a veritable roll call of Parisian musical elite. Though written and published separately, they hang together well through their combination of mystery, humanity, and inner poetry. Yet it is a rare pianist who plays all thirteen, a task that Charles Owen lives up to brilliantly!

Gabriel FAURÉ

The Complete Barcarolles & Trois Romances sans paroles Cat # AVR 2240 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Release Date: July 12, 2011

Stradivarius

Cat # STV 33796 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

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Jonathan HARVEY

Matteo FRANCESCHINI

Dynamis Ensemble/Javier Torres Maldonado: conductor

Divertimento Ensemble/Sandro Gorli: conductor/Maria Ronchini: viola/Lorenzo Gorli: violin/Relja Lukic: cello/Maria Grazia Bellocchio: piano

Run Before Lightning

Il risultato dei singoli

HARVEY: Run Before Lightning • Vers • Quantumplation • Flight-Elegy • Nataraja • Tombeau de Messiaen • The Riot • Haiku

FRANCESCHINI: Sequel • Legenda • A long time ago • Sine qua non Jonathan Harvey is one of the most significant figures on the contemporary scene, and an artist in the full sense of the word: composer, scholar, and thinker.

The debut album from 32-year-old Italian composer Matteo Franceschini.

Cat # STV 33896 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 38

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Girolamo FRESCOBALDI

Emanuele Arciuli

Maurizio Croci: organ

Emanuele Arciuli: piano

FRESCOBALDI: Messa della domenica • Messa degli Apostoli • Messa della Madonna

MONK (arr. Arciuli): Theme • REED: Variation • CAINE: Variation • BARBERO: The Monk and Me • HERSCH: Little Midnight Nocturne • KERNIS: Superstar Etude No. 2 • QUAYLE: Monk Sits Down to Write a Tune… • RZEWSKI: Variation • BABBITT: A Gloss on ‘Round Midnight’ • ANDREONI: Slinking Around Midnight • THOMAS: Variation • DEL CORNO: Precious Time • TORKE: Variation • BOCCADORO: Midnight Variation (3 settings) • HARBISON: Monk Trope • CRUMB: Variation

Fiori Musicali

Frescobaldi’s Fiori Musicali (1635) contains an anthology of organ compositions for liturgical use.

‘Round Midnight: Homage to Thelonius Monk

An exciting piano anthology featuring works by some of the greatest contemporary American composers.

Berlin Classics

Release Date: July 12, 2011 Slipcased box containing the albums On Nature’s Trail, Fairytale Hours, and Sweet Dreams. Classical Music for Children fires children’s imaginations, calms them, offers them solace, and above all proves to be a source of great fun, all with the help of classical music. The sensitively chosen pieces are accompanied in the booklet by stories and information about all the compositions.

Various Artists

Classical Music For Children Cat # BER 300243 Price Code: 2L (SRP $23.99) Number of Discs: 3 Box Set; Box Lot 8 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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All ten volumes of the Choral Edition in a slipcased box, including Music of the 16th–20th Centuries, and Music of Schütz, J.S. Bach, Handel, Mendelssohn, and Schumann 10-CD Choral Edition, now available in a slipcase! This series of exclusively compiled choral music from five centuries—for choral singers and lovers of choral music everywhere—is now available in a slipcase. Previously only available as individual CDs, the whole set can now be purchased at an attractive price! This collection, featuring recordings of various formations, well-known ensembles, and soloists, is sure to provide a multifaceted impression of all styles of choral music and a rich source of enjoyment for all those who enjoy singing with others!

Various Artists

Choral Music From Five Centuries Cat # BER 300227 Price Code: 7D (SRP $48.99) Number of Discs: 10 Box Set; Box Lot 2 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Release Date: July 12, 2011

Berlin Classics

Matthew Rubenstein: piano Heinz THIESSEN: Drei Klavierstücke, Op. 31 • Wladimir VOGEL: Dai tempo piu remoti • Drei Klavierstücke • Hanns EISLER: Acht Klavierstücke, Op. 8 • Hans Heinz STUCKENSCHMIDT: Der Champagner-Cobler und die grüne Sonne • Philipp JARNACH: Drei Klavierstücke, Op. 17 • Felix PETYREK: Choral, Variationen und Sonatine • Stefan WOLPE: Stehende Musik Out of the chaos of the 1918/1919 November revolution there emerged the “Novembergruppe,” a group of the best-known artists’ associations of the Weimar Republic comprising well-known artists including top-ranking composers and pianists. This CD is dedicated to the foremost personalities in this group. Berlin-based pianist Mathew Rubenstein has delivered some remarkable detective work here, bringing the music of an almost forgotten generation of Berlin musicians to our ears for the first time in 80 years.

Matthew Rubenstein

Berlin im Licht

Cat # BER 300196 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Nimbus Alliance Wiener Schubert Trio SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat, D898 • Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat, D929 • Adagio “Nocturne” in E-flat, D897 • Sonata (Allegro) in B-flat, D28 Schubert seems only to have begun taking the piano trio medium seriously towards the very end of his life, yet one of his earliest surviving chamber works is a Trio-Movement in B flat, D. 28 for piano, violin, and cello composed in July and August of 1812, when he was merely 15. It was not, in fact, published until 1923.

Franz SCHUBERT

The Piano Trios

Cat # NIM 6137 Price Code: X (SRP $31.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Slimline; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Nimbus Records

Release Date: July 12, 2011 Richard Lester: harpsichord FRESCOBALDI: Toccatas Seconda, Quarta, Undecima, Decima • Capriccios: fatto sopra La Cucchu, di Durezze, sopra l’aria di Ruggiero, Fra Jacopino sopra l’Aria du Ruggiero, sopra La Bassa Flamenga • Ballettos Primo, Secondo, Terzo • Arias: detta Balletto, detta la Frescobalda • Canzonas Prima, Quinta • Recercar Terzo • Correntes 1–4 Volume three of the complete Frescobaldi project.

Girolamo FRESCOBALDI Harpsichord & Virginals Vol. 3 Cat # NIM 5870 Price Code: P (SRP $16.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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York2 Fiona York, John York: pianos HOLST: The Planets, Op. 32, Version for Four Hands at One Piano • Y. BOWEN: Suite in Three Movement, Op. 52 • Suite No. 2, Op. 71 (sel.) “It’s amazing. It’s really amazing, what they do here. The four-hand transcriptions—not even two-piano!—do not sound derivative. They attain their own independent musical value. This is one of those performances that justify the existence of four-hand piano transcriptions of orchestral music.” — Musicweb-International The generative threads of this music were spun at St. Paul’s Girls’ School on Brook Green in Hammersmith, West London, the elegant Edwardian buildings where Gustav Holst served as the school’s first Director of Music from 1905 until his death in 1934. There was a superb female choir on hand, and colleagues he trusted could work from his dictation and try out his new ideas. His bright, soundproof room was where he wrote and rehearsed The Planets before its auspicious public debut in 1918 at the Queen’s Hall.

Gustav HOLST

The Planets: Four Hands One Piano Cat # NIM 5871 Price Code: P (SRP $16.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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BNL

Release Date: July 12, 2011 Frédéric Pélassy: violin Kosice National Philharmonic Orchestra Slovakia Zbynek Müller: conductor DUBOIS: Violin Concerto (premiere) • LALO: Symphonie espagnole Édouard Lalo and his famous Symphonie espagnole (1875), a masterpiece of Romanticism, need no introduction. On this recording that rhapsodic, inventive piece is coupled with Théodore Dubois’s Violin Concerto (1897), which sheds light on both works by contrast—and no, Dubois does not fear comparison with Lalo. The rediscovery of his work comes as an excellent surprise!

Théodore DUBOIS

Violin Concerto

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Evil Penguin Records

Améson

Cat # EPR 10 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 25

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Lawrence Zazzo

Frédéric CHOPIN

Lawrence Zazzo: countertenor/Shizuku Noiri: lute

Urszula Cuvellier: soprano/Anne Le Bozec: piano

HOWELLS: Full Moon • PURCELL: From Rosy Bow’rs • I’ll Sail upon the Dog Star • CAMPION: The Cypress Curtain of the Night • KAPSBERGER: Toccata Prima • BURGON: 6 Songs • DOWLAND: Preludium • In Darkness Let Me Dwell • What Poor Astronomers Are They • BOYLE: Two Love Lyrics • SCHUMANN: Mondnacht • MOZART: Abendempfindung an Laura

CHOPIN: Songs (19) • SZYMANOWSKI: 6 songs

Lunarcy: Songs of Madness and the Moon

Mélodies

A rare complete collection of Chopin’s art songs, sung in the original key, along with a little-known song cycle by Szymanowski.

On his first Evil Penguin recording, Lawrence Zazzo explores the intimacy of the lute song in a remarkable program focusing on madness and midnight.

Melodiya

Release Date: July 12, 2011 String Quartet of the Bolshoi Theatre BORODIN: String Sextet in D minor • Russian Scherzo in D (from the collectively composed string quartet “Friday”) • GLIÈRE: String Quartet No. 3 in D minor, Op. 67 • MYASKOVSKY: String Quartet No. 9 in D minor, Op. 62 A musical collection that arose in 1931, this group included musicians from the orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre in the USSR. Among the participants were such outstanding representatives of Russian music as Isaac Zuk, Boris Weltman, and Svyatoslav Knushevitsky.

Bolshoi Theatre Quartet Legends of the 20th Century Cat # MYD 1001750 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 35 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Yakov Zak: piano USSR State Symphony Orchestra Yevgeni Svetlanov: conductor Great Symphony Orchestra of the All-Union Radio Kurt Sanderling: conductor RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G • PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonata No. 4 in C minor, Op. 29 • Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 The name Yakov Zak is well known in Russia and abroad. His win during the 1937 International Chopin Piano Competition, and his brilliant concert activity, brought him enormous glory. His students included Sofia Gubaidulina, Nikolay Petrov, and Eliso Virsaladze.

Yakov Zak

Legends of the 20th Century Cat # MYD 1001789 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 35 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Release Date: July 12, 2011

Melodiya

Dmitri Bashkirov, Anatoli Vedernikov, Lubov Yedlina: pianos Rostislav Dubinsky, Bogodar Kotorovich: violins Valentin Berlinsky: cello USSR State Symphony Orchestra Yevgeni Svetlanov: conductor Chamber Orchestra Zakhary Kozharsky: conductor GALYNIN: Piano Concerto in C • Sonata Triad • Trio in D minor • Aria for Violin & String Orchestra This disc is devoted to one of the most tragic figures of Russian music. As a young orphan Galynin became proficient playing various instruments and writing music, and later studied in the conservatory. Unfortunately, hard life and persecution provoked a nervous breakdown and mental disease, and he died at the age of 44. His output, though small, is bright and interesting, and this disc features works from all periods.

German Galynin

Legends of the 20th Century Cat # MYD 1001808 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 35 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Evgeny Nesterenko: bass Georgy Sviridov: piano SVIRIDOV: Songs after Robert Burns • Six Romances on Texts by A. Pushkin • Raven Flies to Raven • A Ballad of the Commissar’s Death • A Story of a Bublik and a Woman Who Hates the Republic • A Voice from the Chorus • Exile • Fishermen on the Ladoga • Cigarette Sellers Georgy Sviridov was one of the most significant and distinctive composers of the 20th century. Among his vocal compositions and apart from oratorios, cantatas, and vocal-instrumental poems, his musical heritage includes more than 200 lyrical romances and songs. The recordings featured on this album were made in 1978. There are two vocal cycles—songs to the poetry of Scottish poet Robert Burns and romances to the poetry of Alexander Pushkin, as well as pieces written to the poetry of Sergei Esenin, Alexander Blok, and other Soviet poets. The author himself is at the piano, and the vocal parts are sung by Evgeny Nesterenko.

Georgy SVIRIDOV Songs and Romances Cat # MYD 1001818 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 35 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Phaedra

Satirino

Cat # PHA 92067 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30

Cat # SRO 111 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30

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Jef VAN HOOF

Kenneth Weiss

Janáˇcek Philharmonic Orchestra, Ostrava/Ivo Venkov: conductor

Kenneth Weiss: harpsichord, virginals

VAN HOOF: Herinneringsouverture (Remembrance Overture) (premiere) • Perzeus-Overture (premiere) • Symphony No. 2 in A-flat

Works by Munday, Dowland, Byrd, Philips, Farnaby, Gibbons, Peerson, Tomkins, Richardson, Bull & Anonymous

In Flanders’ Field 67

A Cleare Day: Pieces from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book

The second in a new series of live recordings featuring Kenneth Weiss. Jef Van Hoof is an important representative of late or postromantic Belgian music. This disc completes the recording of all six symphonies by Van Hoof; the others are on In Flanders’ Fields 13, 44 and 51.

Col legno

Musiepoca

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Edgard VARÈSE

Josep MIR I LLUSSÀ

The Percussive Planet Ensemble/Martin Grubinger: conductor/ Ensemble Modern Orchestra/François-Xavier Roth: conductor/ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vienna/Bertrand de Billy: conductor

Lluís Vilamajó: tenor/La Xantria/Pere Lluís Biosca: director/ Vespres D’Arnadí/Dani Espasa: director

Kontinent Varèse

VARÈSE: Ionisation • Offrandes • Hyperprism • Intégrales • Ecuatorial • Amériques Seven major works from a pioneer of electronic music!

Missa in D & Stabat Mater

MIR I LLUSSÀ: Missa in D • Stabat Mater • Quamodo Obscuratum est • Lauda Jerusalem This anthology presents a small piece of the colossal production of one of the most important chapel masters from the 18th century.

Release Date: July 12, 2011

Querstand

Dresden String Trio Jörg Faßmann: violin Sebastian Herberg: viola Michael Pfaender: cello NAUMANN: Trio in D, Op. 12 • BERGER: String Trio in G minor, Op. 69 The seventh CD for the Dresden String Trio on the Querstand label features recordings of two compositions by German composers who were famous in their times and are nearly completely forgotten today.

Ernst NAUMANN & Wilhelm BERGER

String Trios

Cat # QUE 1020 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Le Son d’Argent Caterina Lichtenberg, Silke Lisko: lute, mandolin Mirko Schrader: lute, guitar CASTELLO: Prima Sonata a doi Soprani • CORELLI: Trio sonate da chiesa, Op. 3, No. 8 • SCHLICK: Divertimento in D • ROESER: Sonata for Two Mandolins, Op. 3, No. 6 • YASUO KUWAHARA: Theme and Variations from Weaving Girl • ZAMBRANO: Suite Venezolana The fifth CD for the members of Le Son d’Argent on the Querstand label is the first recording (excepting the Kuwahara piece) made with this combination of instruments.

Le Son d’Argent

Music of Four Hundred Years

Cat # QUE 1114 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Anemos

Release Date: July 12, 2011

Alfredo ARACIL

Epitafio de Prometeo and Other Orchestral Works RTVE Symphony Orchestra/Adrian Leaper: conductor ARACIL: Epitafio de Prometeo • Giardino-Notte • Paisaje invisible • Adagio con variaciones sobre un adagio de Hugo Wolf

Cat # ANE 33009 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 20

The RTVE Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of its then-departing Principal Conductor Adrian Leaper, animates the works on this disc dedicated to Alfredo Aracil. We begin with the most recent, Epitafio de Prometeo, an elegant dialogue between distant epochs immersed in an orchestral texture of revealing and diaphanous delicacy. A strong contrast is provided in the shape of the witty miniature Giardino-Notte, written in 1994 as a tribute to the Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, at the time celebrating its 90th anniversary. The two parts of Paisaje invisible (1999) play with the listener’s hearing perception, the result of the composer’s reflections about memory, and the Adagio con variaciones, written in 1996, is an evocative recreation of the most lyrical Romanticism of Wagner and Wolf.

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Benet CASABLANCAS Orchestral Works

National Orchestra of Spain/Josep Pons: conductor CASABLANCAS: Alter Klang • Tres Epigramas • Darkness visible

Cat # ANE 33010 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 20

Benet Casablancas’ defining qualities can be highlighted in six characteristics: his impeccable technique, his originality, his lack of dogmatism, the disciplined approach he brings to his work, his constructive self-criticism, and his capacity to communicate. The three orchestral works included on this disc—Alter Klang (2006), Tres Epigramas (2001), and Darkness visible (2008)—transport us into sound worlds of great richness and expressiveness, of powerful contrasts and subtle timbric treatment.

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Santiago LANCHARES Castor and Pollux

Ananda Sukarlan: piano/Miquel Bernat: percussion LANCHARES: Castor y Pollux (complete ballet) • Cuadernos de estilos (sel.)

Cat # ANE 33011 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 20 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

The case of Santiago Lanchares is exceptional for at least two reasons: because of his background as a rock musician and because he devoted a substantial part of his oeuvre to the piano. The work that occupies the greater part of this recording, the ballet Castor and Pollux, bestows a major role on that instrument, a protagonism that it shares with the percussion. The work demands, from both players, a considerable level of virtuosity and rhythmic precision but also a significant capacity for bringing out the “cantabile” potential of the score.

Release Date: July 12, 2011

Anemos

Arditti Quartet Irvine Arditti, Ashot Sarkissjan: violins Ralf Ehlers: viola Lucas Fels: cello HALFFTER: String Quartet “Mémoires” (1970) • String Quartet No. 7 “Espacio de silencio” This second group of works for string quartet coincides with the celebration of the 80th birthday celebrations for the composer. Born in March 1930 he has, since the beginning of the 1950s, been an indisputable force on the compositional scene both in Spain and internationally. And while the Halffterian quality of sound tends to be better suited to the world of the orchestra, his predisposition towards the more narrowly-defined concerns of the chamber music world is no less representative of the salient lines of his overall compositional approach as when he essays that venerable genre of the string quartet. Included on this new disc, the performances again entrusted to the incomparable Arditti Quartet, is the seventh string quartet “Espacios de silencio” (2007), as well as works from the 1970s and 1990s.

Cristóbal HALFFTER The String Quartets,Vol. 2 Cat # ANE 33007 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 20 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Juanjo Mena, Gianandrea Noseda: conductors Georg Nigl: baritone Roberto Balconi: countertenor RAI National Symphony Orchestra PABLO: Casi un espejo • Passio Both of these works—commissioned for the RAI National Symphony Orchestra and conducted by two rising stars of the orchestral podium—offer an evocative and meaningful image of the mature poetics of Luis de Pablo, internationally recognized as one of the greatest craftsmen and leading figures in the renewal of Spanish music from the 1950s onwards. The range and depth of the openness, and of the interests that characterize the poetics, do not make schematic definitions easy, among other reasons because his highly elevated mastery is characterized by an unusual incompatibility with any tendency that could be provided with a “label.” José Luis García del Busto rightly defines Luis de Pablo’s musical personality as “uniformly cohesive and yet plural.”

Luis de PABLO

Casi un espejo & Passio Cat # ANE 33008 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 20 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Royal Philharmonic Masterworks

Release Date: July 12, 2011

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Ivor Bolton: conductor BERWALD: Symphony No. 3 in C “Sinfonie Singulière” • Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Ivor Bolton was educated at Clare College and the Royal College of Music, followed by a year at the National Opera Studio, which coincided with his appointment as conductor of the Schola Cantorum of Oxford. He served as the Chief Conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and is long established as one of Britain’s most active and versatile conductors, both in opera and concert.

Franz BERWALD Symphonies 3 & 4

Cat # RPM 28670 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Barry Wordsworth: conductor English string music from Elgar, Delius, Warlock, Holst, Walton, Purcell Barry Wordsworth is one of Britain’s most popular conductors. Regarded as one of the world’s leading ballet conductors, he has held the post of Music Director of the Royal Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet as well as Principal Conductor of the BBC Orchestra (1989–2006) and the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra (1989–present). He regularly works with the major London orchestras, and is a regular guest conductor of the regional orchestras in the UK.

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra English String Music Cat # RPM 28820 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Release Date: July 12, 2011

Royal Philharmonic Masterworks

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Stefan Sanderling: conductor HAYDN: Symphony No. 100 in G “Military” • Symphony No. 94 in G “Surprise” • “La Fedelta Premiata” Overture Stefan Sanderling, born in 1964, became General Music Director of the Brandenburgische Philharmonie and the Potsdam Opera in 1990, making him one of the youngest conductors to be appointed to such a responsible position. Receiving his early artistic inspiration from his parents, noted conductor Kurt Sanderling and the double-bass player Barbara Sanderling, Stefan studied at the Leipzig Conservatory under the watchful eye of Kurt Maser, going on to assist in Hallé and at the Komische Oper Berlin. During this time he graduated in Musical Science. His conducting career started with the Tanglewood Music Centre Orchestra, at Tanglewood Summer Music Festival, which enabled him to work with such eminent names as Bernstein, Ozawa, Slatkin, and Temirkanov.

Joseph HAYDN

Symphonies 100 & 94 Cat # RPM 28810 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Ronan O’Hora: piano SCHUBERT: Works for solo piano Ronan O’Hora is firmly established as one of Britain’s leading pianists. He has performed extensively in every major country in Europe and in the US, Canada, and South Africa, performing with such orchestras as the London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, and Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra.

Franz SCHUBERT

Works For Solo Piano Cat # RPM 29200 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Globe

Release Date: July 12, 2011

Cat # GLE 5239 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel+Slipcase; Box Lot 16

Cat # GLE 5241 Price Code: 2U (SRP $39.99) Number of Discs: 6 Box Set; Box Lot 4

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Saskia Coolen & Arie Abbenes

Inspired by the Bells: English and French Music for Carillon and Recorder

Don Carlo GESUALDO The Complete Madrigals The Kassiopeia Quintet

Saskia Coolen: recorder/Arie Abbenes: carillon GESUALDO: The Complete Madrigals (144) COOLEN: Preludes (5) • JENKINS: The Five Bells (sel.) • The Bell Pavan • PHILIPS: Gailarda Passamezzo • FARNABY: Farnaby’s Dreame • His Rest • BYRD: The Bells • ANON.: Bow Bells • VAN NIEUWKERK: Van Heinden en Verre • GAULTIER: Carillon en F ut fa • F. COUPERIN: Le Carillon de Cithère • LEBÈGUE: Les Cloches • MARAIS: Cloches ou Carillon • Sonnerie de St. Geneviève du Mont de Paris • FORQUERAY: Le Carillon de Passy

The long-awaited release of all 144 madrigals written by the mysterious Black Prince, published between 1594 and 1611. This monument to the master of poetry and polyphony will amaze, fascinate, and shock you!

In this very unique program, renowned virtuoso recorder player Saskia Coolen steps into the world of Jacob van Eyck.

Cat # GLE 5242 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Cat # GLE 6067 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel+Slipcase; Box Lot 16

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Marcel Beekman

Camerata Trajectina

Marcel Beekman: tenor/Brisk Recorder Quartet Amsterdam

Camerata Trajectina/Gerrit Komrij: director

26 songs by Senfl, Hofhaimer, Isaac, Dietrich & Anonymous

The Seven Sins of Hieronymous Bosch—a theatrical spectacle

A very attractive collection of 16th century songs about love and life.

A very special edition of The Seven Sins of Hieronymous Bosch—hear the program and watch the original theatre show! DVD specifications unknown.

German Songs for Tenor of the 16th Century

The Seven Sins of Hieronymus Bosch DVD+CD

Release Date: July 12, 2011

Syrius

J.S. BACH

Orgelbüchlein Pierre Bardon: organ J.S. BACH: Orgelbüchlein Pierre Bardon, at the console of the great organ of St. Maximin, gives us a striking interpretation of this musical “Bible.” You can practically feel the dazzling virtuosity of this artist, celebrating 50 years in the service of the most famous organ of the Dominican Brothers Isnard.

Cat # SYR 141436 Price Code: 2N (SRP $25.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Slimline; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Massimo Nosetti

Il Nuovo Organo Mascioni Massimo Nosetti: organ Works by de Boeck, Capocci, Elgar, Gade, Guilmant, Karg-Elert, Lemmens, Mauro-Cottone, Paine & Wesley Massimo Nosetti studied organ, composition, choral music & direction, and polyphonic composition at the National Conservatories of Turin and Milan. Afterwards, he studied the organ with P. Pidoux and J. Langlais. Currently Professor of Organ and Composition at the National Conservatory in Cuneo, he has been Director of Music at Turin Cathedral from 1979–1994 and is currently organist at the Basilica of Santa Rita in Turin.

Cat # SYR 141439 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

César Velev & Domenico Severin Romantica: Violin & Organ

César Velev: violin/Domenico Severin: organ Works by Bossi, Karg-Elert, Mahler, Ravanello, Reger & Rheinberger Paradoxically the violin is two-faced: on one hand it is a diabolical instrument (invented by the devil himself!) On the other, it is a celestial instrument whose voice can be compared with that of the angels. The composers featured here were, apart from Mahler, important in the panorama of music for the concert organ. All taught composition in well-known conservatoires: Rheinberger in Munich, Reger and Karg-Elert in Leipzig, Ravanello in Padua, and Bossi in Naples, Venice, and Bologna.

Cat # SYR 141441 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Fryderyk Chopin Society

Release Date: July 12, 2011 Yulianna Avdeeva: piano CHOPIN: Piano Concerto in E minor • Sonata in B-flat minor • Mazurkas The Fryderyk Chopin Society’s Blue Series presents musical portraits of the finalists of the 16th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition. This first release presents a stunning portrait of Yulianna Avdeeva, winner of the competition and of the Krystian Zimerman prize for the best performance of Chopin’s sonata.

Frédéric CHOPIN

Piano Concerto in E minor Cat # FCS 600601 Price Code: 2N (SRP $25.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Digipak; Box Lot 20 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Ingolf Wunder: piano CHOPIN: Polonaise-Fantasia in A-flat • Mazurkas, Op. 24 • Piano Concerto in E minor A graduate of the Vienna University of Music & Performing Arts, versatile pianist Ingolf Wunder was the audience favorite and winner of the Second Ex Equo Prize at the 16th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw and two special prizes: the award of the Warsaw Philharmonic for the best performance of the Concerto and the prize awarded by the Rector of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music for the best performance of the Polonaise-Fantasia in A flat major, Op. 61.

Frédéric CHOPIN

Polonaise-Fantasia in A-flat Cat # FCS 602603 Price Code: 2N (SRP $25.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Digipak; Box Lot 20 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Release Date: July 12, 2011

Fryderyk Chopin Society

Lukas Geniušas: piano CHOPIN: Polonaise in F-sharp minor • Etudes, Op. 25, Sonata in B-flat minor • Piano Concerto in E minor Lukas Geniušas is a student of Moscow P.I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory in the class of Vera Gornostaeva. The 20-year-old Russian-Lithuanian soloist and chamber musician has a rich repertoire, from the Baroque to contemporary works. Lukas was winner of the Second Prize Ex Equo in the 16th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (2010), and was awarded a special prize by the Frydeyk Chopin Society for the best performance of polonaise in the second stage.

Frédéric CHOPIN

Polonaise in F-sharp minor Cat # FCS 604605 Price Code: 2N (SRP $25.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Digipak; Box Lot 20 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Daniil Trifonov: piano CHOPIN: Mazurkas, Op. 56 • Nocturne in B • Scherzo in E • Concerto in E minor Winner of Third Prize in the 16th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (2010), Daniil Trifonov was also awarded a special prize from Polish Radio for the best performance of mazurkas. Since 2009, this sensitive and subtle artist has been studying in the US at the Cleveland Institute of Music.

Frédéric CHOPIN Mazurkas, Op. 56

Cat # FCS 606607 Price Code: 2N (SRP $25.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Digipak; Box Lot 20 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Etcetera

Release Date: July 12, 2011 Netherlands Chamber Choir Peter Phillips, William Christie, Ton Koopman, Philippe Herreweghe, Jan Boeke, Paul van Nevel: conductors SWEELINCK: Choral Works Vols. I, II & III Sweelinck composed more than 250 works for voice (chansons, madrigals, motets, and Psalms). Some of his innovations were of profound musical importance, including the fugue—he was the first to write an organ fugue which began simply, with one subject, successively adding texture and complexity until a final climax and resolution—an idea that was perfected at the end of the Baroque era by Bach.

Jan Pieterszoon SWEELINCK Choral Works I, II & III Cat # ETC 1426 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 3 Box Lot; Box Lot 8 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Kryptos Quartet YSAŸE: String Quintet in B minor “à mon frère Théophile” • String Quartet “London” • Andante in B minor • Paganini Variations For a long time the fame of Eugène Ysaÿe as a composer was overshadowed by his fame as a performing musician: he was the most renowned violin virtuoso of his generation. In the 1890s, when he was a young man in his thirties, he was pivotal in advocating contemporary French and Belgian music. In 1923, he wrote his legendary Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, a musical heritage for the generations to come: they are the violinists’ equivalent to the Six Cello Suites by Bach. Ysaÿe’s work is not always easy to track down. Many compositions only exist in manuscript form, or were not published until years later, sometimes in adapted versions. His son Antoine Ysaÿe, and later his grandson Jacques Ysaÿe, took care of the musical heritage and publications. Today the collection is located in the Royal Library of Brussels. This CD presents some premieres from this collection.

Eugène YSAŸE

Chamber Music for Strings Cat # ETC 4034 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Release Date: July 12, 2011

Etcetera

Calefax Reed Quintet Quatuor Danel Raaf Hekkema: alto saxophone Antje Lohse: mezzo-soprano ASKO/Schönberg Reinbert de Leeuw: conductor GERMANUS: Lunapark • Le Tourne-disque Antique • Hallucinations • Microphobia • Piccadilly Circus • Hammerfest • Steigers • Organic Movements • Waldorf-Astoria Sander Germanus is the type of composer who feels very much involved in music history: “I want to add something to contemporary music,” he states decisively, “and I have very clear ideas how I want to do it.” In fact, he feels that he is more inventor than composer. His music, thanks to his integrated use of quarter-tones, is surprising, innovative, exciting, and adventurous.

Sander GERMANUS Lunapark

Cat # ETC 1389 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Hans Ryckelynck: piano Ignace Michiels: organ Hilde Coppé; soprano Werner van Mecheen: baritone DEVAERE: Sonata, Op. 2 • Grave et poignant • Fuga Libera • Sonata in E, Op. 3 • Songs, Op. 1 • Preludium en fuga • Les Bourdons de Notre Dame de Courtrai André Devaere was a young, talented pianist and composer born in Belgium. He studied at the Brussels Royal Conservatoire with a pupil of Franz Liszt, Arthur De Greef, who was also a friend of Edvard Grieg. Devaere won several prizes, and his dream was to compete with other talented young musicians in, for example, the ‘Prix de Rome’ and the Rubinstein competition in Vienna in 1915. Unfortunately, World War I made his plans impossible. Fate caught up with him, and Devaere was conscripted into the Belgian army. In November 1914 he was mortally wounded near St. Joris-aan-de-Ijzer, south of Nieuwpoort, Belgium.

André DEVAERE

Complete Works

Cat # ETC 1425 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 16 World Premiere Recording

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Editions Hortus

Release Date: July 12, 2011

Hélène DE MONTGEROULT A la Source du piano romantique Nicolas Stavy: piano DE MONTGEROULT: Etudes and Sonatas

Cat # HOR 58 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Hélène de Montgeroult was the greatest French virtuoso of the Revolution and Empire. According to a historical anecdote, she saved her head by improvising on the Marseillaise before the dreaded Public Safety Committee during the Terreur! Nicolas Stavy studied at the Paris Conservatoire, and with Gérard Frémy, Christian Ivaldi, Dominique Merlet, and the legendary György Sebok. He is winner of the Special Prize, Warsaw Chopin Competition (2000); Second Prize, Geneva International Competition (2001); and Second Prize, Young Concert Artists Competition New York (2003).

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La Camerata

Psalms of David: 13 Psalms from the Reformation La Camerata Baroque Choir/Daniel Meylan: organ, director Psalms by Goudimel, Sweelinck, and Mareschal

Cat # HOR 64 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel+Slipcase; Box Lot 16

In France, the Reformation gave rise to a great surge in creative activity. During this religious renewal, the 150 psalms of David were set to music. The music’s force of conviction, dynamic character, and extraordinary vigor show incredible vitality but also hint at the threat of persecution hanging over the heads of these early communities. After graduating from the Geneva Conservatoire, where he studied organ with Pierre Segond, Daniel Meylan completed extensive research on Baroque music technique and symbolism.

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Franz LISZT Via Crucis

Sacrum Choir/A. Veismanis: conductor/Vincent Genvrin: Walcker organ LISZT: Via Crucis Winner of the Grand Prix International for Liszt Recordings. The Via Crucis, or “Way of the Cross,” is a walk with 14 “stations” during which prayers and hymns mingle with a collective contemplation on the images of the Passion.

Cat # HOR 901 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel+Slipcase; Box Lot 14 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Release Date: July 12, 2011

Gramola

Raluca Stirbat Piano Works

Raluca Stirbat: piano Piano works by Enescu, Constantinescu, Rachmaninov-Kreisler & Silvestri On this CD, young Romanian pianist Raluca Stirbat presents works by composers from her home country, including a focus on two major compositions by George Enescu as well as pieces by Constantin Silvestri, Paul Constantinescu, and the virtuoso Rachmaninov arrangements of Fritz Kreisler’s Liebesfreud and Liebesleid. Cat # GLA 98905 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 20 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Chorus Sine Nomine

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Chorus Sine Nomine/Johannes Hiemetsberger: director HOLTEN: Rain and Rush and Rosy Bush • BARBER: Agnus Dei • BRAHMS: Three Songs, Op. 42 • MAHLER (arr. Gottwald): Die zwei blauen Augen • BRUCKNER (arr. Maierl): Sel. from Symphony No. 7 • NØRGÅRD: Wilgen-Lied • SCHOENBERG: Peace on Earth Opposites attract—and even more, they enrich one another. Against this background, a cappella works by Brahms, Mahler, Bruckner, Schoenberg, Samuel Barber, Bo Holten, and Per Nørgård are highlights of human existence, telling of life’s bright and dark sides and of the yearning for what we believe we know of heaven.

Cat # GLA 98913 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 20 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Franz SCHUBERT Trout Quintet

Jörg Demus: piano/Thomas Albertus Irnberger: violin/Martin Ortner: viola/Heidi Litschauer: cello/Brita Bürgschwendter: double bass SCHUBERT: Trout Quintet • Adagio and Rondo Concertante • Klavierstück, D946/2 Schubert’s Trout Quintet is one of the most popular chamber music works of all. However, the informative and in-depth accompanying booklet notes by Irnberger reveal that the work was composed in a revolutionary environment (pre-1848 Vienna), which cannot exactly be heard from the work. This disc also presents a very rarely played work by Schubert for piano quartet and, as a bonus track, Piano Piece D946 No. 2 in the interpretation by Schubert specialist Jörg Demus.

Cat # GLA 98919 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 20 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Gramola

Release Date: July 12, 2011

Unidas

Alas poore Men (Songs of Melancholy) Unidas/Theresa Dlouhy: soprano/Eva Reiter: viola Songs by Dowland, Hume, Campion, Morley, Corkine & Tailour

Cat # GLA 98911 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 20

Soprano Theresa Dlouhy and violist Eva Reiter form the ensemble Unidas, which devotes itself to the repertoire of the English Renaissance. Here, they place a special focus on unknown and unpublished works for soprano, lyra viol, and lute. This CD presents compositions by John Dowland, Tobias Hume, Thomas Campian, Thomas Morley, and others who paid homage to the phenomenon of the period: melancholy. According to Robert Burton’s The Anatomy of Melancholy, the book of the age, the condition could be particularly alleviated by music!

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Robert SCHUMANN

Tradition and Vision: Works for Four-Handed Piano Harald Ossberger, Christos Marantos: pianos SCHUMANN: Works for Four-Handed Piano

Cat # GLA 98914 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 20

In 1842, Robert Schumann wrote his formal piano quintet, provided in detail with complex structures and cross-references—hence the title of this CD, Tradition and Vision—and dedicated it to his wife Clara Schumann, to whom many of the references relate. She herself produced an excellent version of this work for four-handed piano, which can be heard on this CD. Austrian pianist Harald Ossberger and Greek pianist Christos Marantos additionally play the six impromptus Bilder aus dem Osten (‘Images of the East’).

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Hans GÁL

Violin Concerto & Sonatas Thomas Albertus Irnberger: violin/Israel Chamber Orchestra /Roberto Paternostro: conductor/ Evgeni Sinaiski: piano GÁL: Violin Concerto • Violin Sonatas (2)

Cat # GLA 98921 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 21 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Gramola presents their second production devoted exclusively to Hans Gál. Young Salzburg violinist Thomas Albertus Irnberger has recorded the Violin Concerto and the two Sonatas for Violin and Piano with the Israel Chamber Orchestra under its resident conductor, Roberto Paternostro, and pianist Evgeni Sinaiski. The composer, who was driven into exile in 1938, saw himself in deliberate opposition to the Second Viennese School and referred to the Viennese tradition up to Brahms, the edition of whose complete notes he had also supervised.

Release Date: July 12, 2011

Gramola

Masha Dimitrieva: piano PLEYEL: Piano works Camille Pleyel—piano maker, publisher, composer, and pianist—was the Paris-born son of the Lower Austrian composer Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, who had immigrated to France. A pupil of Dussek and Kalkbrenner, he became a virtuoso pianist who was also a friend of Chopin’s. Camille Pleyel’s oeuvre has remained almost unknown up to now. Brilliant pianist Masha Dimitrieva performs this appealing compilation on the historical Pleyel fortepiano in Ruppersthal, on which she previously recorded a successful CD featuring works by Ignaz Joseph Pleyel.

Camille PLEYEL Piano Works

Cat # GLA 98884 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 20 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Opera Australia Joan Sutherland, Kenneth Collins, Jonathan Summers Australian Opera Chorus Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra Richard Bonynge: conductor VERDI: Il trovatore (complete opera) “Dramatically and vocally stunning.” — The Australian “The Australian Opera has assembled one of its best casts under the baton of Richard Bonynge.” — London Times Fiery and full-blooded, Verdi’s Il trovatore is a masterpiece of obsession, madness, and revenge with an intricate plot that binds a mysterious gypsy woman, two sworn enemies, and a passionate young woman who must betray her all-consuming love or risk death. In Moshinsky’s classic production, recorded live at the Sydney Opera House, Dame Joan Sutherland magnificently portrays tragic heroine Leonora, supported by shining performances from Kenneth Collins as troubadour Manrico and Jonathan Summers as the Count Di Luna. Richard Bonynge conducts the Australian Opera Chorus and the Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra in a performance that emphasizes the power and majesty of this richly melodramatic work. Recorded 1983, Sydney Opera House.

Giuseppe VERDI Il trovatore

Cat # EPC 56013 Price Code: 2L (SRP $23.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Slimline; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Opera Australia

Release Date: July 12, 2011

Léo DELIBES Lakmé

Cat # EPC 56012 Price Code: 2Q (SRP $31.99) Number of Discs: 3 Double Jewel; Box Lot 10

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Joan Sutherland, Henri Wilden, Clifford Grant, Huguette Tourangeau, Isobel Buchanan, John Pringle Australian Opera Chorus Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra Richard Bonynge: conductor DELIBES: Lakmé (complete opera) “A great talent at its height, enthralling by the sheer beauty of that stupendous voice.” — The Sydney Sun “Clifford Grant must be one of the most glorious, richly timbered velvety basses, equaled only by his noble physical stature and magnetic stage presence.” — The Australian Superstar soprano Dame Joan Sutherland gives a thrilling, nuanced performance in Delibe’s Lakmé, a lush, lyrical, and exotic tale of a doomed romance between a priest’s daughter and a British army officer set against a backdrop of 19th century British rule in India. Richard Bonynge captures the opera’s melodically graceful score, drawing out Sutherland’s sheer dramatic power and vocal beauty. Recorded 1976, Sydney Opera House.

Opera Australia

Release Date: July 12, 2011

Giuseppe VERDI Rigoletto

Cat # EPC 56011 Price Code: 2L (SRP $23.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Slimline; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Alan Opie, Emma Matthews, Paul O’Neill, David Parkin, Samuel Dundas, Gennadi Dubinsky Opera Australia Chorus Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra Giovanni Reggioli: conductor VERDI: Rigoletto (complete opera) “A classic production that retains brilliance and style.” — The Sydney Morning Herald One of Opera Australia’s best-loved productions, Elijah Moshinsky’s retelling of Rigoletto draws Verdi’s dark melodrama into a modern-day Mafioso underworld inspired by Federico Fellini’s all-time classic La Dolce Vita. Heading a glittering international cast is baritone Alan Opie in a commanding performance as the tortured jester, with Emma Matthews taking on the role of Gilda and Paul O’Neill as the lustful Duke. Conductor Giovanni Reggioli masterfully captures the luscious yet fragile tones of Verdi’s much-loved score, with its feast of sublime singing. A classic opera for purists and first-timers alike! Recorded 2010, Sydney Opera House.

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