Allegro Classical July 2013 New Release Book

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George Benjamin Written On Skin

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La Bottega Discantica 29 LAWO Classics 27 L’Encelade 27 Louth Contemporary Music Society 12 Melodiya 13–15 Myrios Classics 8 Nimbus Alliance 28 Nimbus Records 3–4 Opera d’Oro 19 Querstand 16 Silverdoor 24 SOMM Recordings 24 Stradivarius 22–23 Tactus 30

Louth contemporary music society p. 12 Formed in 2006, Louth Contemporary Music Society (LCMS) has a strong track record for excellence and innovation in contemporary music programming in Ireland. It not only presents the leading international composers of our time, but also fosters genuine engagement through new commissions and cleverly curated collaborations with leading international and Irish performers. LCMS productions have received glowing coverage in popular music media such as BBC Music Magazine, Gramophone, American Record Review, The Observer, The Independent, The Irish Times, MOJO, and State. Louth Contemporary Music Society comes to Allegro Classical via New Arts International.

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Cantus is a Spanish early music label considered by international press to be one of the world’s most beautiful thanks to an irresistible combination of unusual repertoire, multi-award winning artists, impressive packaging, and substantial, informative booklets. Cantus has built its prestige with a very fine series of recordings of artists like Ensemble Gilles Binchois under Dominique Vellard (one of the finest medieval ensembles today), La Reverdie, violinist Fabrizio Cipriani, La Venexiana under Claudio Cavina, award-winning ensemble Odhecaton under Paolo Da Col, and many more. The label’s aim is to keep producing wonderful CDs and DVDs of historically informed performances by the best artists of the world, always with a strong interest in design and editorial excellence. Cantus comes to Allegro Classical via New Arts International.

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Nimbus Records

George BENJAMIN Written On Skin

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Christopher Purves, Barbara Hannigan, Bejun Mehta, Rebecca Jo Loeb, Allan Clayton: vocal soloists Pierre-Laurent Aimard: piano Mahler Chamber Orchestra George Benjamin: conductor Martin Crimp: text BENJAMIN/CRIMP: Written On Skin “Written On Skin feels like the work of a genius unleashed.” — Alex Ross, The New Yorker “A landmark in British opera … It’s not often that you feel you were present at a truly significant artistic event — one that people will talk about for years to come, one that throws down a gauntlet to other artists, one that raises the bar.” — The Guardian The universally acclaimed opera Written On Skin is the second collaboration between George Benjamin and Martin Crimp after their similarly lauded one-act opera, Into the Little Hill. Written On Skin was jointly commissioned by the Festival d Aix-en-Provence, and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and this recording was taken from the premiere in July 2012 at Aix-en-Provence conducted by the composer. George Benjamin’s status as one of the UK’s leading composers has created unprecedented demand for this new opera!

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Nimbus Records Charlotte de Rothschild: soprano Adrian Farmer: piano ROTHSCHILD: German Lieder • Sechs Lieder • Mazurka, Op. 26 • Auf den Bergen • Das flotte Herz • O sage nicht! • Der Komet • So war die Sonne scheinet • Die Gletscher leuchten • Komm! Geh’ mit mir in’s Waldesgrün • Am See • Seitdem du mich verlassen • Nocturne, Op. 2 • Sechs Lieder (1897) • Souvenir, Op. 2 • Zwölf Lieder (1890) • French Mélodies • Romance, parle moi • Bluette • Appelle-moi ton âme • Près du lilas • Coquetterie • C’etait en Avril • Quand vous me montrez • Romance Magyare • Mazurka • Vous avez beau faire et beau dire • Les papillons • Le rossignol • La voix qui dit je t‘aime • Si mes vers avaient des ailes • Charmeuse • Danziam, valse chanté • Waltz • Souvenir • Si j’etais rayon • Je n’ose pas • Puisque vous êtes revenue • Enfant, rêve encore • Feuillets d’Album, Op. 2 • Chanson du pêcheur • Tristesse • Le vallon natal This double album devoted to Mathilde de Rothschild’s music constitutes an important step in the reassessment of 19th-century female composers. Anyone familiar with the cultural life of the time will be aware of the importance of the Rothschild family, who were patrons of many prominent composers such as Mendelssohn, Herz, Bellini, and Chopin. The latter, in 1849, was eager to teach the teenaged “Rothschild girl,” whom he clearly considered very talented. Mathilde went on to become a respected, prolific, and well-published composer of beautiful music. Charlotte de Rothschild is an internationally renowned lyric soprano who specializes in oratorio and the art of song, whether lieder, chanson, folk, or art song. She has a particularly interesting and unusual approach in tailoring her recital program to specific themes; the best known is the “Family Connections” program in which all the songs are by composers who were either friends, teachers, or ancestors of her famous family during the last 200 years.

Charlotte de Rothschild

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Franz LISZT

Girolamo FRESCOBALDI

Raphael Wallfisch: cello/John York: piano

Richard Lester: harpsichord

LISZT: Première Élegié, S130 • Zweite Elegie, S131 • Romance oubliée, S132 • La lugubre gondola • Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth, S382 • Consolations: Six Pensées poétiques, S172 • O du mein holder Abendstern: Recitative & Romance from the Opera Tannhäuser • DOHNANYI: Sonata in B flat major, Op. 8 (1899) • Ruralia Hungarica, Op. 32/d (1924) • Andante rubato, alla zingaresca • KODALY: Sonata, Op. 4 (1909/10)

FRESOCOBALDI: Toccata per spinettina e violino • Canzona III (La Bernardinia) • Canzona I • Six Corrente • Canzona V (la Donatina) • Canzona II (la Bonuisa) • Aria, “Se l’aura spira” • Aria, “O moi cor” • Capriccio sopra Bataglia • Capriccio sopra Pastorale • Bells of Almeno San Salvatore • Magnificat: Secundi Toni • Hinno: della Apsotoli • Magnificat: Sesti Toni • Hinno: Ave Maria Stella • Magnificat: Prima Toni • Hinno: Iste Confessor • Hinno: della Domenica

Music for Cello & Piano

Keyboard Works Vol. 5

One of today’s most celebrated cellists, Raphael Wallfisch has recorded nearly every major work for his instrument. His extensive discography explores both the mainstream concerto repertoire and countless lesser-known works.

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Nimbus Records presents volume five of Frescobaldi’s complete keyboard works with Richard Lester.

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Franz SCHUBERT Winterreise [DVD]

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Christoph Prégardien: tenor Michael Gees: piano SCHUMANN: Winterreise Op. 39, D 911 Challenge Classics presents a luxurious Hybrid Super Audio edition of Schubert’s famous song cycle Winterreise, also available on DVD or Blu-ray with studio performances and a documentary featuring artist interviews and behind-the-scenes footage of the studio recording process. Christoph Prégardien is a world-famous tenor, well known for his almost 200 recordings for all the major labels.

Michael Gees is an acclaimed pianist and composer/improviser, best known for his duo performances with Prégardien. Their previous duo recordings have won several awards, including two MIDEM Awards.

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Challenge Classics Eric Vloeimans: trumpet Netherlands Symphony Orchestra Jurjen Hempel: conductor VLOEIMANS: Evensong • Lex • Waterfront • Requiem • Your Majesty “While comparable to Wynton Marsalis in his use of operatic bent tones punctuated by the occasional growl, Eric Vloeimans more often settles into his warm, foggy tone like another trumpeter who had an affinity for the Netherlands, Chet Baker. ” — All Music Guide This unique collaboration between renowned jazz trumpet player Eric Vloeimans and a full-scale classical orchestra premieres Vloeimans’ very own trumpet concerto, “Evensong. ” Together with the orchestra and conductor Jurjen Hempel, Vloeimans strikes a bridge between many different styles with trumpet playing that is inventive, virtuosic, and above all, elegant.

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Linus Roth: violin José Gallardo: piano WEINBERG: Sonata No. 5, Op. 53 • Sonata No. 4, Op. 39 • Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes, Op. 47, No. 3 • Sonata No. 3, Op. 37 • Sonatina, Op. 46 in D major • Sonata No. 2, Op. 15 (premiere) • Sonata No. 1, Op. 12 • Sonata No. 6, Op. 136 (premiere) • 3 Pieces In this very special project, Linus Roth and José Gallardo interpret Weinberg’s sonatas and works for violin and piano in a complete a anthology for the first time! Weinberg’s repertoire has always been only partially performed and recorded, but never as a complete collection, and this recording features world premiere recordings of Sonatas 2 & 6. This is currently the only available recording of the Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes; it was recorded around 40 years ago but the vinyl is no longer available.

Linus Roth and José Gallardo have been playing together since 1998, and have performed several hundred concerts together. Gallardo has won many national and international awards, and in 2006 Roth received the Echo Klassik Award for “Best Newcomer” for his debut CD with sonatas by Brahms, Debussy, Ysaÿe, and Mendelssohn, released on EMI Classics. As a concert soloist he has performed with the Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Bern Symphony Orchestra, and more.

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Challenge Classics Valentina Tóth: piano BARTÓK: 14 Bagatelles, Sz. 38, Op. 6 • 3 Hungarian Folksongs from Csík, Sz. 35a • KODÁLY: Seven piano pieces, Op. 11 • Dances of Marosszék The outstanding debut recording of talented 18-year-old Dutch pianist Valentina Tóth, first prizewinner in the 2009 Princess Christina Piano Competition in the Netherlands! Because of her Hungarian roots, Valentina has chosen a beautiful selection of piano pieces by Bartók and Kodály inspired by the Hungarian folk tradition. Although she just finished secondary school and is studying at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, she has already she has been onstage at Carnegie Hall.

Zoltán KODÁLY & Béla BARTÓK Hungarian Horizon

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Evil Penguin Records Dietrich Henschel: baritone Boris Berezovsky: piano MAHLER: Wunderhorn Songs Recordings of the Wunderhorn Songs are extremely rare, and even concerts and recordings devoted to Wunderhorn materials are unusual.

Mahler translated the clash between the fairytale surface and deeper significance into some of the most exotic, visionary, and uncomfortable music he ever wrote. Acclaimed German baritone Dietrich Henschel presents a rare fusion of the dramatic content and vocal import of these songs, teaming up with Russian piano virtuoso Boris Berezovsky. The unique detail of this new CD is in the fact that Dietrich sings all the songs himself, though they were intended for male and female singers. The album is a special release to mark the future launch of a film project about the War Compromises, titled Wunderhorn.

Gustav MAHLER

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Myrios Classics

Paul HINDEMITH

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Tabea Zimmermann: viola Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin Hans Graf: conductor HINDEMITH: Der Schwanendreher (The Swan Turner) • Trauermusik • Kammermusik No. 5, Op. 36 No. 4 • Konzertmusik, Op. 48a (early edition, premiere) “One of the greatest players of our time (on any instrument).” — The Observer Tabea Zimmermann commemorates the 50th anniversary of Paul Hindemith’s passing with this recording of his complete viola works. Hindemith is regarded as a key composer for the instrument, and was himself a famous violist who premiered the viola concertos by Darius Milhaud and William Walton. On this CD, Tabea has teamed up with exceptional musical partners: the Grammy®-winning DSO Berlin, conducted by Hans Graf, thoroughly dedicate themselves to Hindemith’s legacy.

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Antonio VIVALDI

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La Serenissima Adrian Chandler: director Sally Bruce-Payne: mezzo-soprano VIVALDI: Sinfonia to Arsilda, RV 700 • Arias from Arsilda and L’Incoronazione di Dario • Concerto Il Grosso Mogul, RV 208 • Concerto for violin in B flat, RV 367 • Arias from Motezuma and Semiramide • Concerto for violin in C, RV 191 Vivaldi specialist Adrian Chandler and La Serenissima’s hallmark qualities of erudition, combined with crowd-pleasing performances, have made them one of the best-selling and most acclaimed period instrument bands performing today. Recently their Gramophone Award-winning album Vivaldi: The French Connection (AVR 2178) topped a Forbes list of “How to Build a Top Quality Classical Music Library.” Their eleventh release for AVIE, A Tale of Two Seasons, once again presents the Red Priest in an engaging and fascinating light.

Focusing on two Venetian operatic seasons of 1717 and 1733, the enlightening program juxtaposes the work of an eager young man with that of an older, more cunning composer who had adapted his music to the fashionable Neapolitan style.

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Dieter Ilg Parsifal

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Dieter Ilg: double bass Rainer Böhm: piano Patrice Heral: drums WAGNER: Parsifal (interpreted by Dieter Ilg) • BEETHOVEN: Ode to Joy The monumental becomes sensual and the sensual monumental in this astonishing chamber/jazz reinterpretation of Richard Wagner’s opulent Parsifal by Germany’s leading bass player, Dieter Ilg. As Wagner is known to have been a passionate admirer of Beethoven, the disc ends with a reinterpretation of that other famous German composer: an almost breathy version of the “Ode to Joy.” Targeted Service to press and radio.

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Hallé Orchestra Sir Mark Elder: conductor VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 5 in D • Symphony No. 8 in D minor The Hallé releases its second volume of works by Vaughan Williams, continuing its award-winning survey of British music under Musical Director Sir Mark Elder. The release combines two highly contrasting works, for a disc that is both moving and uplifting. The Symphony No. 5 is a generally tranquil work with music influenced by Ravel, with whom Vaughan Williams had studied, and is scored for very traditional forces. The Symphony No. 8 is dedicated to Sir John Barbirolli, and was premiered by the Hallé in 1956. It is the shortest and least serious of the symphonies, and has a more exotic instrumental color, with an enhanced percussion section.

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Allegro Classical Welcomes LCMS To Our Roster The Hilliard Ensemble EQ Ensemble Elisaveta Blumina: piano John Feeley, Pavlos Kanellakis: guitars SAY: Black Earth • Princess of Lykia • SHARAFYAN: Ter, vor i mej le-rinn • Tsov Kentsaghuis • KHALIL: Dreams of a Dying City • HOVHANESS: To Hiroshige’s Cat • SURMAN: Mimosa • Leylek Geldi • CLEARY: Chaconne Named CD of the Week on New York’s WNYC Q2!

In Search of the Miraculous is the latest release from the Louth Contemporary Music Society, a small, hardworking musical organization that has engaged an enthusiastic new audience with its richly ambitious programming, bringing inspirational musicians such as Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass, and John Zorn to the East Coast of Ireland over the last seven years. From the EQ Ensemble, which brings together some of Ireland’s finest string players, to Russian pianist Elisaveta Blumina and the revered Hilliard Ensemble, this enchanting new album brings together distant musical cousins to reveal their common ground as much to complement each other through contrasts. Among other gems, the album features works by English saxophone player and composer John Surman, Lebanese composer Rabih Abou Khalil’s soaring “Dreams of a Dying City,” and two very different sides of Turkish composer Fazil Say.

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CORO Robert Quinney: organ J.S. BACH: Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 • Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 739 • Toccata with Adagio and Fugue in C, BWV 564 • Fuga sopra il Magnificat, BWV 733 • Three preludes on Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr: I a 2. Clav. e Pedale, Canto fermo in Soprano, BWV 662 • II. a 2.

Clav. e Pedale, Canto fermo in Tenore, BWV 663 • III. a 2. Clav. e Pedale Trio BWV, 664 • Passacaglia, BWV 582 • Toccata & Fugue in F, BWV 540 Continuing its work with the rising stars of the early music world, CORO is delighted to release a brand-new recording by one of The Sixteen’s principal members, organist Robert Quinney. The recording features a number of virtuosic works from Bach’s early years, including one of the most famous pieces of organ music in the repertory: the Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565. Robert Quinney is Director of Music at Peterborough Cathedral in England. As sub-organist of Westminster Abbey, he played at the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton in April 2011.

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Melodiya USSR State Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra Boris Khaykin: conductor USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra Evgeny Svetlanov: conductor GLAZUNOV: The Seasons, Op. 67 • Chopiniana: suite for orchestra, based on piano pieces by Frederic Chopin, Op. 46 Melodiya presents some rarely performed ballet gems by Alexander Glazunov! A pupil of Balakirev and Rimsky-Korsakov, and musical heir to The Five, Glazunov was also a careful student of Tchaikovsky’s works (the composer also appreciated his young colleague’s aptitude), and his ballet music continued the tradition of Tchaikovsky’s “symphonic ballets.” The Seasons was ordered by Ivan Vsevolozhsky, director of the Imperial Theatres, and was completed in 1900 to be choreographed

by Marius Petipa at St. Petersburg’s Hermitage Theatre. The suite Chopiniana, an orchestration of diverse pieces by Chopin, was composed in 1892. Sharing the love of many Russian composers for Chopin’s music, Glazunov displayed a magnificent sense of style and orchestral skills.

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USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra Evgeny Svetlanov: conductor TCHAIKOVSKY: The Seasons: 12 characteristic pieces, Op. 37a • Serenade for String Orchestra in C major, Op. 48 The Seasons and the Serenade for Strings were composed in the late 1870s/early 1880s, in a period of the composer’s first creative uplift.

Those were the years when the author of Symphony No. 4, Eugene Onegin, and Swan Lake stepped into an age of genuine artistic maturity, and not only his large-scale dramatic opuses but also smaller pieces composed for a narrower circle have the seal of that maturity.

On this recording, Tchaikovsky’s compositions are performed by the USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Evgeny Svetlanov, a recognized master of interpretation of Russian symphonic music of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY

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Melodiya Tikhon Khrennikov: piano USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra Evgeny Svetlanov: conductor Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow Philharmonic Society Dmitri Kitayenko: conductor Big Symphony Orchestra of All-Union Radio and Central Television Maxim Shostakovich: conductor KHRENNIKOV: Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 4 • Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 9 • Symphony No. 3 in A major, Op. 22 • Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 14 • Concerto No. 2 in C major, Op. 23 • Concerto No. 1, Op. 16 • Concerto No. 2, Op. 30 Melodiya presents a complete set of orchestral music by one of the most influential domestic composers of the 20th century! Tikhon Khrennikov headed the USSR Union of Composers for more than 50 years, combining crucial organizational activities with busy creative and educational work. Then, due to social and political rather than artistic reasons, many of his works were consigned to oblivion.

Today, when time has put everything into place, the best qualities of Khrennikov’s music return to the concert bills and listeners’ hearts.

This new recording features symphonic and concert works performed by such outstanding conductors as Evgeny Svetlanov, Dmitri Kitayenko, and Maxim Shostakovich. The author, who studied under Heinrich Neuhaus and graduated the Moscow Conservatory as both a pianist and as a composer, performs solo in three piano concertos.

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Fritz Kreisler: violin Sergei Rachmaninov: piano BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 8 for violin and piano in G major Op. 30, No. 3 • SCHUBERT: Sonata for violin and piano (“Duet”) in A major Op. 162, D. 574 • GRIEG: Sonata No. 3 for violin and piano in C minor, Op. 45

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It is difficult to think of another duo where each of the partners is a great musician who has reached the pinnacle of perfection in his art, and a composer with his own unique style. But so it happened that these two men, so different in terms of temperament and works, teamed up to leave one of the greatest marks in the history of the world’s performing arts. Kreisler and Rachmaninov thought very highly of each other; this is what allowed them, two born soloists, to achieve an unbeaten duo that will remain an amazing example for generations to come. Here, Melodiya presents a unique album of violin sonatas by Edvard Grieg and Ludwig van Beethoven, and a duet for violin & piano by Franz Schubert. The recordings were made in the 1928 in the United States.

Melodiya Yakov Flier: piano CHOPIN: Complete Mazurkas Chopin’s mazurkas are an inexhaustible wealth of images and moods, attractive to both classical newbies and sophisticated connoisseurs.

Images of a distant and dear homeland, lyrical contemplation, a gross folk dance, poetic sketches, the rustle of ballroom gowns, and the rattle of spurs — Chopin put his whole soul, inspired fantasy, and artistic skills into these miniatures, many of which are as deep and serious as his sonatas and ballads. A lot of pianists included Chopin’s mazurkas in their repertoire, but only few of them had the courage to play them all.

Yakov Flier was one of the most prominent representatives of the Soviet pianistic school, and a successor of the Russian Chopinists’ tradition.

A performer and professor who educated a whole galaxy of bright students, Flier combined romantic spirituality and virtuosic freedom with genuine artistic prowess. As it happened, Chopin’s mazurkas would become Yakov Flier’s final recording, a beautiful swan song.

Frédéric CHOPIN Complete Mazurkas

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CAvi-music Rinko Hama: piano Mikhail Ovrutsky: violin Grigory Alumyan: cello ARENSKY: Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 32 • RACHMANINOV: Piano Trio No. 1 • SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 8 • KAPUSTIN: Divertissement for Piano Violin and Cello, Op. 126 (CD premiere) On this disc, which includes the CD premiere of Nikolai Kapustin’s Divertissement played from the manuscript, the young Beethoven Trio Bonn offers virtuosic and enthusiastic playing.

Beethoven Trio Bonn Piano Trios No. 1

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Querstand

Anton BRUCKNER

Complete Symphonies [Hybrid SACD] CD: QUE SACD 1230 Price Code: 10U (SRP $199. 99) Number of Discs: 9 Box Set, Box Lot 2 d

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Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Herbert Blomstedt: conductor BRUCKNER: Symphonies 1–9 “The completion of Blomstedt’s Bruckner cycle coincided with the conductor’s 85th birthday, and here he is bestowing a gift on us. This is a fine performance … the Gewandhaus Orchestra plays magnificently for him, with lustrous strings and ravishing brass.” — Fanfare This complete Bruckner cycle with Herbert Blomstedt and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra contains some versions that are rarely heard today — for example, the first version of Symphony No. 2 from 1872 edited by William Carragan not before 2005, and the first version of Symphony No. 3 from 1873, which contains numerous Wagner quotes erased in the later versions.

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Querstand J.S. BACH

Leipzig Edition Vol. 3 Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/St. Thomas Boys Choir Leipzig/Thomaskantor Leipzig/Karl Straube: conductor BACH: excerpts from cantatas BWV 11, BWV 177, BWV 97, BWV 173, BWV 104, and more This third CD in Querstand’s series featuring historical recordings by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra contains recordings from 1931–1939, most published for the first time. The set includes nearly all surviving recordings of the famous Bach Cantata Cycle broadcast by MIRAG, sung by the St. Thomas Boys Choir and performed by the Gewandhaus Orchestra. This is a unique document of Bach performances from the 1930s, packaged in a hardcover book the size of a DVD, with texts in English and German!

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Johann Ludwig KREBS

Complete Works for Organ Vol. 11 Felix Friedrich: organ KREBS: Prelude and Fugue in D major • Sonata in A minor • Four Chorale Preludes • Six Fugues • Six Sonatas Celebrating Johann Ludwig Krebs’ 300th birthday in 2013, Querstand presents the first complete recording of Krebs’ organ compositions! Felix Friedrich plays at the Eule organ in Zeitz Cathedral, which was built after the model of the organ in service there in the 18th century, when Krebs himself was organist (1744–1755).

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Opus 4 Trombone Quartet Canticum Sacrum

Opus 4 Trombone Quartet/Denny Wilke: organ MARINI: Canzona GABRIELI: Piano Sonata • Canzon Sol La Sol Fa Mi a 8 • GUSSAGO: Sonata La Leona a 8 • GUAMI: Canzon La Luccesina a 8 • DES PREZ: In te Domine Speravi • SELLE: Domine Exaudi (Motette No. 346) • HASSLER: Intrada • BRAUN: Canzonata • CESARE: La Bavare • J.S. BACH: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 • Air in D major, BWV 1068 • LISZT: Prelude and Fugue on the name BACH • KROL: CANTICUM SAC-RUM, Op. 188

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Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Opus 4 in 2013 (with two of the founding members still active), the group presents their fourth album on the Querstand label. The quartet consists of two trombonists from the renowned Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and two freelance trombonists. This CD also features guest musician Denny Wilke, organist at St. Mary’s in Muehlhausen/Thuringia, the town where J.S. Bach worked in 1707 and 1708.

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Doremi Leonard Shure: piano New York Philharmonic Leonard Bernstein: conductor Aspen Festival Orchestra Izler Solomon: conductor BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 • BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 • Sonata, Op. 109 • SCHUBERT: Sonata, D. 958 • CHOPIN: Sonata No. 2, Op. 35 One of the top American pianists of the 20th century!

DOREMI proudly presents these never-before-available live recordings of Leonard Shure, the true heir to the traditions of Artur Schnabel. Shure’s long and distinguished career included performances with Koussevitsky, Szell, Rodzinski, Bernstein, Mitropoulos, and Steinberg.

Leonard Shure Piano Works

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Johannes BRAHMS The Piano Miniatures Boyd McDonald: piano BRAHMS: Four Ballades, Op. 10 • Eight Piano Pieces, Op. 76 • Two Rhapsodies, Op. 79 • 3 Fantasias, Op. 116 (Book 1) • 4 Fantasias, Op. 116 (Book 2) • Three Intermezzi, Op. 117 • Six Piano Pieces, Op. 118 • Four Piano Pieces, Op. 119 Brahms’ piano works played on an authentic period instrument: a fortepiano made by Johann Baptist Streicher in 1851, performed by one of Canada’s leading pianists specializing in period keyboard instruments.

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Opera d’Oro A generation ago, few would have predicted that an operatic tenor weighing over 300 pounds would become a household name, a media icon, and a sex symbol even into his sixties, but it happened — and that phenomenon attracted millions who without him would have paid little attention to opera, and through him learned to love it.

This was based on a unique combination of personal charm, an ability to project both joy and humility toward his audience, and above all, the effortless, gleaming brilliance of the high note that defines the great tenor, and which earned Luciano Pavarotti the nickname “King of the High Cs.”

Luciano Pavarotti

Luciano Pavarotti

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This box set contains five distinctly themed discs:

This box set contains five distinctly themed discs:

An Introduction to Pavarotti The Essential Pavarotti Pavarotti and The Divas Pavarotti Sings Italian Opera The Intimate Pavarotti

Neapolitan Songs The Master of the Bel Canto Love Songs A Life in Music Pavarotti the Superstar

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Berlin Classics Maurice Steger Tea for Two

Maurice Steger: recorder/Davide Cabassi: piano/Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana/ Howard Griffiths: conductor IBERT: Divertissement for chamber orchestra • DELIUS: On hearing the first Cuckoo in spring • ELGAR: Salut d’amour • HEBERLE: Concerto in G major • SAINT-SAËNS: The Wedding Cake, Op. 76 • SHOSTAKOVICH: Tahiti Trot • VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on “Greensleeves” • HEIDRICH: Variations on Happy Birthday (excerpt)

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This recording tells a love story through a number of short but elegant compositions. Even small-scale works can be great in their own way and, compiled in such a creative manner and performed by such excellent musicians, they offer the listener an hour of sheer amazement and amusement. From Jacques Ibert’s Divertissement for chamber orchestra (when the couple first meets), via Anton Heberle’s Concerto in G major (the wedding music) through to Peter Heidrich’s Variations on Happy Birthday (the happy ending and final celebration), the orchestra accompanies the couple not only when they indulge their love of tea during the honeymoon, but also adds music from all eras as a backdrop to their relationship.

Richard WAGNER

German Brass Celebrating Wagner German Brass WAGNER: Tannhäuser Act II: Einzug der Gäste auf der Wartburg • Tannhäuser Act III: Pilgerchor • Die Walküre Act III: Walkürenritt • Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Act III: Quintet “Selig, wie die Sonne…” • Der Fliegende Holländer Act II: Spinnerlied • Lohengrin Act III: Prelude • Lohengrin Act II: Zug zum Münster • Lohengrin Act III: Reitermärsche • Wesendonck Lied No. 3: Im Treibhaus • Polonaise: original for piano 4 hands • Parsifal Act I: Verwandlungsmusik CD: BER 300533 Price Code: S (SRP $18. 99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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With Richard Wagner’s bicentenary coming up on May 22, there are all kinds of sounds in the air and words to be read about the great Romantic music dramatist. But where among all this are we to find the truly original messages? Some of them are to be encountered right here, because when German Brass tackles Wagner, expectations are always high. The brass ensemble is justly regarded as one of the world’s finest, consisting of the best musicians from Germany’s leading orchestras (including Bayreuth’s!), so this is a special event: music made, played, and recorded with total commitment.

Johann David HEINICHEN La Gara degli Dei

Alexandra Coku: soprano/Carola Höhn: soprano/Simone Nold: soprano/Katharina Kammerloher: mezzo-soprano/Annette Markert: alto/Ralph Eschrig: tenor/Olaf Bär: baritone/ Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra/Hartmut Haenchen: conductor HEINICHEN: La Gara delgi Dei (premiere)

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Dresden has always been a place for celebration, both in the golden Baroque era and today.

Only recently did Hartmut Haenchen, who was born in the Saxon city on the River Elbe, celebrate his 70th birthday in an atmosphere of sympathetic public approval. The Berlin Classics label has already released many of his recordings, quite a number of them with his Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra, which he has been directing for over 30 years.

The tradition is continued, in honor of his birthday, with this festive recording.

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Hérisson Ensemble Pasticcio Barocco David Walter, Hélène Gueuret: oboe Fany Maselli: bassoon Esther Brayer: bass Mathieu Dupouy: harpsichord Rémi Cassaigne: theorbo ZELENKA: Sonata No. 6 in C minor • Sonata No. 5 in F major • Sonata No. 4 in G minor Jan Dismas Zelenka was born in 1679 in Lounovice in Bohemia.

Between 1709 and 1711 (the dates are uncertain), he was engaged as a double bass player in the celebrated Dresden orchestra, one of the best orchestras in Europe at the time. The date of the composition of the Trio Sonatas is usually placed between 1720 and 1722. We do not know who first performed them, but since the Dresden orchestra included some of the best instrumentalists of the time, there is no lack of candidates: oboe players La Riche and Richter, bassoon players Böhme and Cadet, Pisendel or Volumier for the violin part of Sonata III, Weiss on the theorbo perhaps… Above all, one can imagine Zelenka himself playing the violone part, enjoying making music with friends…

Jan Dismas ZELENKA Sonatas in Trio

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Ensemble Nomos Christophe Roy: cello Rohan de Saram: cello Sylvie Drouin: piano Jean-Charles François: percussion Michel Pozmanter: director KAGEL: Motetten • General Bass • Match • Siegfried P. • Unguis incarnatus est • For Us: Happy Birthday to you • Magic Flute “Modernity is 600 years old,” said Kagel; at the heart of his conception of tradition is what Baudelaire called correspondance, or the illumination of the past by the present and vice-versa. Kagel’s development was Promethean, only comparable to that of someone like Stravinsky. One of the reasons for this is his lifelong heightened sensitivity to repetition. We understand Kagel in the same way we understand a foreign language we do not speak fluently. We may know a certain word, but one of its multiple meanings will remain hidden.

Mauricio KAGEL Works for Cello

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Stradivarius Francesco D’Orazio: violin, viola Giampaolo Nuti: piano ROTA: Improvviso in C major • Sonata in G major • Intermezzo in B minor • Improvviso in D minor • Sonata in C major • Legend of the Glass Mountain • Sonata in G major Nino Rota is best known for his film music, but he spent a large part of his life composing “classical” music as well. The works collected here are not well known to the public, but they deserve special attention for their blend of the traditional and the avant-garde. The release is enhanced by numerous documents and images in the booklet, courtesy of Silvia Rota Balchaert.

Nino ROTA

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Enrico Baiano: harpsichord, fortepiano SCARLATTI: Sonata in D major, F 62/K 96 • Sonata in D minor, F 460/K 516 • Sonata in D minor, F 461/K 517 • Sonata in F minor, F 425/K 482 • Sonata in F major, F 426/K 482 • Sonata in G major, F 83/K124 • Sonata in G major, F 84/K 125 • Sonata in G minor, F 372/K 426 • Sonata in G major, F 373/K 427 • Sonata in B flat major, F 495/K 544 • Sonata in B flat major, F 496/K 545 • Sonata in F minor, F 332/K 386 • Sonata in F minor, F 333/K 387 • Sonata in F major, F 391/K 445 • Sonata in G minor, F 497/K 546 • Sonata in G major, F 498/K 547 • Sonata in D minor, F 508/K 141 Another chapter from the collection of Domenico Scarlatti’s complete sonatas, directed by Emilia Fadini! How much of Scarlatti is there in the history of keyboard instruments and piano? This CD, Toward Modern Pianism, explores Scarlatti’s importance to the whole of classical music, especially for piano. Traces of his style can be found in many composers, from Mozart to Salvatore Sciarrino. Enrico Baiano plays three instruments: two harpsichords made by Olivier Fadini, and a fortepiano by Ugo Casiglia.

Domenico SCARLATTI

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Stradivarius Anna Radziejewska: mezzo-soprano Ensemble Algoritmo Marco Angius: conductor SCIARRINO: Cantiere del poema • Tre duetti con l’eco • L’altro giardino What does making new music mean today? Perhaps Sciarrino does not reply, but invents organisms in sound that go beyond the very concept of musical piece; a sound material that breathes, pulsates, becomes fluid, or is rendered geometrically into configurations with their own apparent vitality. This language amplifies the most direct and hidden data of physiology, of nature, and of our own corporeity, converting them into a theatre of listening, into illusionist but well-rooted devices, with infinite developments of sense, meaning, and references. The work becomes an experience in perception; no longer musical pieces, but pieces of reality in which objective and subjective face each other and are confused in an elliptical listening space.

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Margherita Chiminelli: soprano Sonia Turchetta: mezzo-soprano Divertimento Ensemble Sandro Gorli: conductor GERVASONI: Least Bee • Eyeing • In nomine R • Godspell • Dal belvedere di non ritorno A monographic CD devoted to Stefano Gervasoni, professor of composition at the National Superior Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris, and one of today’s most internationally acclaimed composers. In Gervasoni’s music, the almost obsessive search for detail in sound is one of the keys to reading, or rather listening and interpretation, of the two compositions. The simplicity of the sonorous material, combined with a dense network of senses, hidden or obvious, creates a sort of ambiguity in his music which is the manifestation of that paradox dear to composers: the paradox of simplicity.

Stefano GERVASONI Least Bee

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SOMM Recordings Mark Bebbington

Song of Paradise: Piano Music by Reginald King Mark Bebbington: piano KING: Song of Paradise • Melody at Dusk • Three Miniatures: Toccatina, Valse Impromptu, Autumn Leaves • June Night on Marlow Reach • Money Spider • Humoreske • Moonlight Reverie • Three Impressions: Snowflakes, Reflections, Swing Song • Spring Meadows • Pierrette on the Balcony • Beside the Lake • Lilacs in the Rain • In the Shade of the Palms • Meditation • Summer Breezes • Dreamy Willows • Passing Clouds • Windflowers • A Prayer at Eventide CD: SMM 125 Price Code: R (SRP $17. 99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT world premiere recordings

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These are all premiere recordings of the music of neglected pianist, lyricist, and composer Reginald King (1904–1991). He was a soloist with Henry Wood at the Proms, but his greatest successes were between 1929 and 1964, when he gave over 1,500 BBC broadcasts with the Reginald King Orchestra. This CD includes Mark Bebbington playing “Song of Paradise,” which was King’s signature tune, and its mixture of warmth, nostalgia, romanticism, and sheer escapism sums up the piano oeuvre of this composer.

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Silverdoor Roger DOYLE

Fairlight Memories Roger Doyle: vocals, Fairlight Computer Instrument/Elena López, Lucy Vigne-Welsh: vocals

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DOYLE: Curtain Music • Opening Music • What Good Will Marriage Do Me? • Preparations for the Wedding • The Wedding • Wedding Night Music • Comings and Goings • Perlimplín Dreams • Curtain Music 2 • Love Love That Here Lies Wounded • Again I Have Failed To See Him • He Writes Me Letters • Don Perlinplín Has No Honour • The Garden • Upon the Banks of the River • Perlimplín Dies • Oedipus Music • Dracula Music 1 • Dracula Music 2 • Sidewards and Pinkways • Physical Missing • Clear the Drains • Chinja Miniatures • Arminarm • Fire on the Water 1 • Fire on the Water 2 • Seresa 1 • Quiet Slipper Year • Pilar • Seresa 2 • Seresa 3 • Say Yes to the Nice Lady • Ordained for Grave Dancing • Original Spring Is Coming • Come Down Off That Ceiling • Contempo All of this music was composed between 1983 and 1988 on a Fairlight Computer Instrument, one of the very first computer-controlled synthesizers and a historically important leap forward for musicians incorporating technology into musical thought.

Roger DOYLE

Rapid Eye Movements Roger Doye: piano, electronics DOYLE: Fin-estra • Piano Suite • Why Is Kilkenny So Good? • Rapid Eye Movements

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Roger Doyle wanted to attempt a “masterpiece before the age of 30,” and at the time this album made his name. Human beings experience two types of sleep, which are categorized by the eye movements associated with them: REM (“dream sleep”) and non-REM. In REM sleep, beneath the eyelids, the eyes move around, just as if their owner were wide awake and watching something. “Rapid Eye Movements” was awarded a First Mention at the 1981 Bourges International Electro-Acoustic Music Competition, France.

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Allegro Classical Welcomes Cantus To Our Roster Flavio Ferri-Benedetti & Ensemble II Profondo Passo di pena in pena: Italian Cantatas

Flavio Ferri-Benedetti: countertenor/Ensemble Il Profondo SCARLATTI: Ombre tacite e sole • BONONCINI: Ecco, Dorinda, il giorno • LOCATELLI: Sonata No. 3 in F minor Op. 8, No. 9 • PORPORA: Venticel che tra le frondi • VIVALDI: Amor hai vinto, RV 683

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There are few occasions when a record producer has the great pleasure and honor to present a truly unique artist such as Italian countertenor Flavio Ferri-Benedetti. In his recording debut, we fall in love with his beautiful voice, which is sensual, round, and firm. Flavio is joined in this extraordinary recording by the Ensemble Il Profondo, a group specializing in the interpretation of the basso continuo. They offer a colorful accompaniment: robust, sensitive to every nuance, attentive to detail, and a true a pleasure to the ears. A benchmark in the early music discography!

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Odhecaton

De Passione: Flemish Motets published by Petrucci (Venice, 1503) Odhecaton/Paolo Da Col: director OBRECHT: Parce Domine • COMPÈRE: In nomine Iesu (Officum de Cruce) • DESPREZ: O Domine Iesu Christe (Officium de Passione) • Qui velatus facie fuisti • Miserere mei, Deus • WEERBECKE: Tenebrae factae sunt • ANONYMOUS: O tristu fatale die

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Odhecaton, the wonderful Italian vocal ensemble directed by Paolo Da Col, is undoubtedly one of the most extraordinary vocal ensembles in the world, with plenty of international awards to their credit. Their performances are an exquisite blend of the expressive fervor, the amazing declamation of the text that has become their fingerprint, and their undeniable technical powers.

In their first album for Cantus, they offer readings of a breathtaking beauty: a dazzling version of Josquin’s Miserere mei, Deus and an impressive recreation of Compère’s Officium de Cruce are just two examples.

Delta Classics Markus Schäfer

Songs of the Mozart Era Markus Schäfer: tenor/Christine Schornsheim: piano, harpsichord KRUFFT: Der Papagoy • Lied aus der Ferne (Matthisson) • Erster Verlust • Rastlose Liebe • Der Liebende • Mailied • SALIERI: Der Zufriedene • HUMMEL: Meine Geliebte • MOSCHELES: Frauenwürde • EBERL: Nähe des Geliebten • Glückliche Fahrt • Romanze (Der Fischer) • TOMASCHEK: Lied (Steigentisch) • Molly‘s Werth (Bürger) • Die Ergebung (Bouterwerk) • Cidli (Klopstock) • HUGO VON DALBERG: Würde der Frauen • F.X. MOZART: An Emma • CRELLE: Sehnsucht • KIELMANN: Gruppe aus dem Tartarus CD: DLT 90072 Price Code: R (SRP $17. 99) Number of Discs: 1 O-Card Jewel, Box Lot 22 d

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Tenor Markus Schäfer studied singing and church music with Armand McLane in Karlsruhe and Düsseldorf, and was the prizewinner in Berlin (Federal Singing Competition) and Milan (Caruso Competition). After attending the Opera Studio in Zurich, he held his debut there and received his first engagement. Positions followed as an ensemble member of Hamburg State Opera, and at the German Opera on the Rhine in Düsseldorf. The lyrical tenor has acquired an excellent reputation, especially in opera roles by Mozart, as an evangelist in Johann Sebastian Bach’s Passions, and in the great oratorios of the 19th century.

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Editions Hortus Pavel Kohout

Prague in the Baroque Age Pavel Kohout: Hans Heinrich Mundt organ (1673) SEGER: Prelude and fugue in C major • Fantasy and fugue in D minor • Prelude and fugue in C minor • Toccata and fugue in D minor • Fugue in B minor • Toccata and fugue pastorale • FISCHER: Aria • KERL: Canzone III in D minor • Passacaille in D minor • MUFFAT: Aria sub ˇ elevatione • KOPRIVA: Fugue in D minor supra congnomen DEBEFFE

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From Prague’s historic Mundt organ, Pavel Kohout brings forth a superb anthology of pieces by Bohemian composers such as Josef Seger, one of the organ’s first titulars. The Mundt organ is considered to be the most important historical organ of this kind in Bohemia. It is unique not only from the point of view of its exceptionally high value and refined sound, but also as an object of art due to the fact that it has survived almost in its original state.

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Richard WAGNER Return from Bayreuth

Loïc Mallié: Cavaillé Coll organ in La Madeleine Church (Paris) Eleven organ improvisations on themes by Richard Wagner A veritable gold mine, the Wagnerian leitmotifs inspire Loïc Mallié’s free improvisations; a surprising meeting between the worlds of theatre and organ! Mallié is a regular guest of various festivals as a jury member, clinician, or recitalist. He has also composed numerous pieces for organ, piano, chamber ensemble, orchestra, and choir. In addition, he has made a number of records, mostly devoted to 20th-century music and improvisation.

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Sir Edward ELGAR

A Land of Hope and Glory Jean-Luc Étienne: organ A collection of organ pieces composed by Sir Edward Elgar

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Few are aware that Sir Edward Elgar was an organist in his youth, and that he composed two major pieces for his instrument: the refined Vesper Voluntaries and a large, lyrical Sonata for Organ in G major, which is on a par with the great works of the repertoire flourishing in France and Germany at the approach of the 20th century. Aware of the richness of organ music from its very beginnings, Jean-Luc Étienne takes on a broad repertoire, manifesting a particular interest in Baroque music, especially that written in 17th-century France and Italy.

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LAWO Classics Eli Kristin Hanssveen

Sempre Libera: Opera arias Eli Kristin Hanssveen: soprano/The Opera Orchestra

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VERDI: La Traviata: È strano • Ah, fors’è lui • Sempre libera • PUCCINI: La Rondine: Ch’il bel sogno di Doretta • Manon Lescaut: Je suis encore tout étourdie • Intermezzo • Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro • DONIZETTI: La Fille du Régiment: C’en est donc fait • Par le rang et par l’opulence • Salut à la France! • Lucia di Lammermoor: Regnava nel silenzio • Quando rapito in estasi • RAVEL: L’Enfant et les Sortilèges: Arrière! Je réchauffe les bons • W.A. MOZART: Zaïde: Ruhe sanft mein holdes Leben • Die Zauberflöte: Der Hölle Rache • STRAUSS: Die schweigsame Frau: Sento un certo non so che • CHARPENTIER: Louise: Depuis le jour An intense debut by Norway’s new opera diva! Soprano Eli Kristin Hanssveen’s spectacular voice has been the catalyst for a steadily rising career, and she is known for her unique charisma and acting talent. With Sempre libera, her first solo recording as an opera singer, Eli Kristin wishes to communicate something of the same intensity and spontaneity that the audience experiences during a performance. The program introduces listeners to a number of strong female characters through a varied and discriminating selection of arias from some of music history’s most exciting operas.

Elisabeth Holmertz

Sounds, Sweet Airs and the Art of Longing Elisabeth Holmertz: soprano/Fredrik Bock: theorbo, Baroque guitar/Poul Høxbro: low whistle VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Orpheus with his lute • Let beauty awake • Take, o take • The sky above the roof • VAUGHAN WILLIAMS/PURCELL: A clear midnight/Evening hymn • LAWES: Bid me but live • Sweet stay awhile • Slide soft you silver floods • Wert thou yet fairer than thou art • Transcendent beauty • TORGET: Divine • Oh, dream where art thou now • Diving • Lullaby • LANIER: No more shall meads be deck’d with flow’rs/Love’s constancy • Weep no more • CORBETTA: Prelude • TAYLOR: Tell me not that I die or live by thee • DOWLAND: Mr. Dowland’s Midnight CD: LAW 1042 Price Code: R (SRP $17. 99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 d

Holmertz and Bock are a soprano-lute duo that prefers taking the less-trodden path. On their previous CD, they created their own musical universe of pop and baroque. On this album they continue their quest, joined by virtuoso Danish musician Poul Høxbro on low whistle.

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L’Encelade Tomaso ALBINONI Sonatas for Violin

Guillaume Rebinguet-Sudre: violin/Claire Gratton: cello/Jean-Luc Ho: harpsichord ALBINONI: Sonatas Op. 6: II, VI, X • Sonata VI (1717) • Sonata “Per il Signore Pisendel”

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The latest release from L’Encelade features a selection of sonatas for violin and basso continuo by Tomaso Albinoni (1671–1751), who was a rather unusual character. He produced highly refined works using a finely-honed structural architecture and an outpouring of melody lines that are seductive, fluid, and unpredictable, making them a wonderful musical representation of early 18th-century Venice.

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Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY

Marco Ramelli

London Symphony Orchestra/Yondani Butt: conductor

Marco Ramelli: guitar

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 • The Voyevoda: Symphonic Ballad, Op. 78

PAGANINI: Grand Sonata in A major, M. S. 3 • LLOBET: Canciones populares catalanas • Lo rossinyol (The nightingale) • La filadora (The spinner woman) • El mestre (The master) • Canço del lladre (Thief ’s song) • Plany (Lamentation) • La Nit de Nadal (Christmas Eve) • Scherzo-Vals • BOYLE: Partita a Quattro • TAKEMITSU: “Wainscot Pond” (after a painting by Cornelia Foss) from In the Woods • “Over the Rainbow” (Harold Arlen) from 12 Songs • “Yesterday” (Lennon & McCartney) from 12 Songs

Symphony No. 5

Energico: Works for Guitar

Another great addition to the catalog of Yondani Butt and the London Symphony Orchestra!

Marco Ramelli presents a selection of wonderful guitar pieces.

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Petrof Piano Trio

ˇ Sir Edward ELGAR & Antonín DVORÁK

Petrof Piano Trio

Sir Philip Ledger: piano/Alberni String Quartet

LALO: Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 7 • BRUCH: Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 5 • MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49

ˇ ELGAR: Quintet in A minor, Op. 84 • DVORÁK: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81

Lalo, Bruch & Mendelssohn

Sir Philip Ledger: A Musician’s Legacy

The Petrof Trio originated from an idea of Jan Schulmeister, violinist of the Wihan Quartet, in 2009. Its members are prestigious chamber players who bring years of concert experience and youthful energy to their concert programs.

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This CD celebrates Philip Ledger’s pianism and musicianship, which were never eclipsed by his vision of the future of the performing arts and the operational skills he brought to the conservatoire scene in the UK.

BNL Percussions Clavier de Lyon SATIE: Gymnopédies • Gnossiennes • Airs à faire fuir • Trois véritables préludes flasques pour un chien • Descriptions automatiques • Toutes petites danses pour le piège de la méduse • Croquis et agaceries d’un gros bonhomme en bois • Embryons desséchés • Sports et Divertissements • Cinq grimaces pour le songe d’une nuit d’ete • Sonatine bureaucratique Celebrate the new, the quirky, and the unexpected with Satie’s Sports et Divertissements presented by Percussions Claviers de Lyon! This release features the famous “Gymnopédies” next to rare works such as “Croquis et agaceries d’un gros bonhomme en bois.” Raphaël Aggery’s musical transcriptions offer a reading full of freedom and invention, just like the composer himself.

Erik SATIE

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La Bottega Discantica

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Renata Fusco & Massimo Lonardi

Animals in Renaissance Music: The Bestiary

by Leonardo da Vinci Renata Fusco: canto/Massimo Lonardi: renaissance lute A musical bestiary compilation focused on the Bestiary and Fables

by Leonardo da Vinci This small musical bestiary (something like the collections of fables popular during the Renaissance), concentrates on excerpts from the Bestiary and Fables by Leonardo da Vinci. The author took his annotations from both Pliny the Elder’s Natural History translated by Landino, and from proverbs, rhymes, and sayings from oral history.

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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Symphony No. 9 (trans. Liszt for two pianos) Bruno Canino: piano/Antonio Ballista: piano BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 (trans. Liszt for two pianos) The Ninth Symphony was a hurdle for Liszt. In 1851, he transcribed it for two pianos (R 376); it was published in the same year and was performed by the exceptional duo of Clara Wieck and Johannes Brahms. His crisis occurred in the last movement; Liszt initially thought it was impossible to transcribe, to the extent that he excluded it from the first publication. It was later inserted, despite the composer’s lack of conviction, into the complete edition of the Nine Symphonies by Beethoven/Liszt (R 128) in 1865, dedicated to Hans von Bülow.

Tactus

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Prospero CAUCIELLO

Federica Iannella & Giuliana Maccaroni

Francesca Odling: transverse flute/Dora Filippone: mandolin/ Francesca Lanfranco: harpsichord/Fiorella Andriani: transverse flute/Elena Parasacco, Mauro Squillante: mandolins

Federica Iannella: organ/Giuliana Maccaroni: organ

Trios and Duets for Flutes and Mandolins

Theatrical Atmospheres for organ four hands

CAUCIELLO: Trio in F major • Trio in C major • Duetto II in G minor • Trio in D major • Duetto IV in B minor • Trio in E flat major • Duetto I in D major • Trio in G major Prospero Cauciello — first flute to the King of Poland, virtuoso of the Royal Choir of Naples, violinist in the orchestra of the Teatro San Carlo — published his music in Lyons and Paris, and his Opus IV in London between 1766 and 1780.

British Music Society

BELLINI: The Capulets and the Montagues: overture (1830) • Norma: overture (1831) • DONIZETTI: Anna Bolena: overture (1830) • The Daughter of the Regiment: overture (1840) • MOZART: Don Giovanni: overture, KV 527 (1787) • The Marriage of Figaro: overture, KV 492 (1785–86) • Così fan tutte: overture, KV 588 (1790) • ROSSINI: Marcia (pas-redoublè) to the sultan of Turkey Abdul Medjid (1852) • and more Among the pieces presented on this disc we can distinguish two threads: the works by Bellini, Donizetti, and Mozart are “reappraised” in the range of the organ, while the works by Rossini are occasional pieces.

Indésens

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Frank BRIDGE & Cyril SCOTT

Solenne Paidassi

Raphael Terroni: piano/Bingham String Quartet

Solenne Païdassi: violin/Laurent Wagschal: piano

BRIDGE: Piano Quintet, H49a • SCOTT: Piano Quintet No. 1

SAINT-SAËNS: Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75 • PIERNÉ: Sonata in D minor, Op. 36 • FRANCK: Sonata in A major • MASSENET: Méditation de Thaïs

Piano Quintets

The Art of French Violin

This recording, following Raphael Terroni’s pioneering account of Scott’s Sonata No. 3, was entirely down to his vision and efforts. His recorded legacy, which should been larger, includes Lennox-Berkeley, Goossens, Scott, Leighton, Holbrooke, Cooke, and more. This, displaying so many of his strengths and enthusiasms, was always especially close to his heart though.

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Prizewinner of many international competitions, Solenne Païdassi won First Grand Prix in the 2010 Jacques Thibaud competition, a distinguished award that no French violinist had won since 1955!

Together with Laurent Wagschal, she pays tribute to the great Belgian and French violin school, inherited from Ysaÿe.