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JULY 2008 Release Date: July 8, 2008 A division of Allegro Media Group

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Label List Albion Alpha Ancalagon Records Arte Nova Classics Arte Verum Bel Canto Society Bravissimo Opera Library CAvi-music Cedille Records Challenge Classics Classica d’Oro Col legno Cold Blue Music CORO DiscMedi Doremi Eclectra Records Ecstatic Records Endeavour Classics FineLine Classical Fuga Libera GB Records GM Recordings Gothic Records hänssler Classic Integra Records UK Landor Records

Loft Recordings Lyrita MA Recordings Meridian Records Metronome Records Moscow Studio Archives Nimbus Records Nuova Era Opera d’Oro Other Minds Palexa Records Paradizo Port Royal Quartz Records Quilisma Rubedo Canis Musica (RCM) Reference Recordings ReZound Ricercar Stradivarius Summit Records Tactus Toccata Classics Urtext Digital Classics Well-Tempered Productions Winter & Winter Zig-Zag Territoires

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NIMBUS RECORDS LICENSES MUSICMASTERS CATALOGUE FOR WORLDWIDE RELEASE Nimbus Records, independent classical label and CD technology pioneer, has signed an agreement with Amerco Inc. to license the MusicMasters catalogue of classical and jazz recordings for worldwide release under the Nimbus banner. MusicMasters is the in-house label of the Musical Heritage Society, one of the largest music direct marketing companies in North America. It has a catalogue of around 200 classical and 200 jazz recordings.

The classical catalogue boasts recordings from artists such as Shlomo Mintz, Oscar Shumsky, Vladimir Feltsman, Eliot Fisk, Julius Rudel, and Robert Craft, among others. The jazz catalogue features archive recordings from such greats as Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, and Artie Shaw as well as modern recordings from Benny Carter, Dave Brubeck, Stanley Turrentine, Freddie Hubbard, Louie Belson, and Mel Lewis. The licensed recordings will be released during the course of the next three years as part of the Nimbus Records catalogue.

CDs will be manufactured using Nimbus’ in-house short-run manufacturing system, employing automated CD-R burning equipment and digital printing to allow the possibility of manufacturing discs as required, without the normal restrictions of conventional manufacturing’s minimum order quantities. Nimbus’ parent company, Wyastone Estate Ltd., has used this manufacturing system to revitalise the Nimbus label and bring a number of other independent catalogues back to the marketplace, such as Lyrita, Saydisc, and Quartz.

In a separate agreement with Amerco Inc., a new company called Nimbus Disc LLC has been incorporated to install and run a short-run CD duplication operation in New Jersey at the Amerco facility there.

This new company will supply the manufacturing needs for the North American market for Nimbus Records, for the labels manufactured and distributed by Wyastone Estate in the UK and, it is hoped, for other small independent labels in the US with similar requirements.

To date, 2.5 million discs have been made in this way. Jeffrey Nissim, President of the Musical Heritage Society, commented: “I’m delighted that the MusicMasters recordings will find a worldwide presence as part of the Nimbus Records catalogue. It’s a great opportunity for them to be made available to a market that has never had access to them before.”

Adrian Farmer, Music Director of Nimbus Records, added: “We are very pleased to be able to release these recordings. I believe they will complement our existing catalogue and find a new and excited worldwide audience.”

Please see pages 6 and 7 for the first MusicMasters issues.

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Release Date: July 8, 2008

Loft Recordings

Melchior SCHILDT

Complete Organ Works Cat # LOF 1104 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

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Annette Richards: organ SCHILDT: Herzlich lieb hab’ ich dich, O Herr • Herr Christ, der einig’ Gottes Sohn • Praeambulum in G minor • Gleich wie das Feuer (3 variations) • Praeambulum in G • Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Her • (after John Dowland): Paduana Lagrima • Magnificat primi toni • SCHEIDEMANN: Praeambulum in F • Fugue in D minor • SWEELINCK: Toccata in C The rarely performed complete works of Melchior Schildt performed on one of the most important antique organs in Europe, located in the Danish National Cathedral in Roskilde. Annette Richards is a professor and university organist at Cornell University.

She has won numerous prizes as a performer and scholar, most notably at Bruges (1994), as well as fellowships from the Getty Research Institute, the Mellon Foundation, and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Recorded on the Raphaelis organ (1554/1654) of Roskilde Cathedral, Denmark.

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Stradivarius

Release Date: July 8, 2008

Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH

Complete Works for Piano Trio Trio di Parma/Ivan Rabaglia: violin/Enrico Bronzi: cello/Alberto Miodini: piano/ Julia Korpacheva: soprano SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Trio, Op. 8 • Piano Trio, Op. 67 • Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok, Op. 127 Complete works by Shostakovich for piano trio featuring one of the leading Russian sopranos of our time, who often performs with Gidon Kremer and Kremerata Baltica.

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Andrea FALCONIERI La suave melodia

Massimo Lonardi: archlute/Matteo Mela: baroque guitar/Lorenzo Micheli: theorbo, baroque guitar Andrea FALCONIERI: La suave melodia plus 15 assorted short pieces • KAPSBERGER: Sarabando Canario • Toccata Seconda Arpeggiata • FRESCOBALDI: Canzona seconda • Canzona detta l’Ambitiosa • Giulio BANFI: Spagnoletto Ruggiero • CORBETTA: Sinfonia a due • PICCININI: Toccata I • Corrente I • ANON: Bertoncina Sua corrente Three outstanding artists in engaging arrangements of rare, early Baroque music on period instruments.

Cat # STV 33781 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

Nino ROTA Improvviso

Albatros Ensemble/Francesco Parrino: violin/Stefano Parrino: flute/Alessandro Marangoni: piano/Alessia Luise: harp/Giovanni Crola: flute ROTA: Trio for flute, violin and piano • Sonata for flute and harp • Improvviso, for violin and piano • Three pieces, for two flutes • Five easy pieces for flute and piano • Allegro veloce, for flute and piano • Sonata for violin and piano Rare repertoire features the classical, cultured side of soundtrack composer Nino Rota in authoritative performances by artists tightly linked to the Rota family.

Cat # STV 33790 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

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Release Date: July 8, 2008

Reference Recordings

Sir Arthur SULLIVAN & Jean SIBELIUS Shakespeare’s Tempest Cat # REF 115 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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Kansas City Symphony Orchestra Michael Stern: conductor SULLIVAN: Incidental Music to The Tempest • SIBELIUS: Prelude & Incidental Music to The Tempest “Conductor Stern leads the excellent Kansas City Orchestra with vigor and commitment … a rewarding disc, featuring superlative performers.” — Fanfare “[The Sullivan] is solid music, strongly in the Mendelssohn vein but with moods all its own—from tender melancholy to mild turmoil.

[The Sibelius] is at turns rich, moody, exotic and humorous … its crunchy dissonances and distinctive coloristic textures are effective.”

— Kansas City Star A brilliant first collaboration between Reference Recordings and the Kansas City Symphony features the first modern recording of the suite by Sir Arthur Sullivan, and the best performance ever of the Sibelius suites. First audiophile recording by Music Director Michael Stern, son of famed American violinist Isaac Stern. Dynamic high-resolution HDCD recording by multi Grammy nominee “Prof.” Keith Johnson. The Kansas City Symphony has recorded for Naxos, and Michael Stern has recorded for Arabesque, Denon, Hyperion, Naxos, and Sony—including Joshua Bell’s latest release with the St. Martin Academy.

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Release Date: July 8, 2008

J.S. BACH

Goldberg Variations Vladimir Feltsman: piano J.S. BACH: Goldberg Variations “Clearly one of the supreme Bach keyboard exponents of our time!” — Chicago Tribune Vladimir Feltsman has a very personal view of the much-recorded Goldberg Variations, likely to illicit strong reactions. For some people this recording might come as a shock.

There’s no question that his interpretation is extremely unusual, and he is ready to take any blame or glory for it.

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W.A. MOZART

Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1 (3 CDs) American String Quartet MOZART: String Quartet in E-flat, K. 428 • String Quartet in B-flat, K. 589 • String Quartet in C, K. 157 • String Quartet in D minor, K. 421 (417b) • String Quartet in G, K. 387 • String Quartet in E-Flat, K. 171 • String Quartet in D, K. 499 • String Quartet in B flat, K. 159 • String Quartet in D, K. 575 “String quartet recordings don’t get much better than this.” — American Record Guide

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The American String Quartet finds Mozart one of the most demanding parts of its repertoire, but the players revel in the challenge!

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Duke ELLINGTON 4 Symphonic Works

American Composers Orchestra/Maurice Peress: conductor ELLINGTON: Black, Brown and Beige Suite (orch. Peress) • Three Black Kings (Les trois rois noirs) (orch. Henderson) • New World a-Comin’, for piano solo & orchestra (orch.

Peress) • Harlem, for jazz band & orchestra (orch. Henderson & Peress) “The American Composers Orchestra has already done more to produce works by American composers than any other organization.” — New York Times

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Duke Ellington’s diversions into the concert hall deserve much wider acclaim, and these performances are strong advocates for his symphonic work.

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MusicMasters

Release Date: July 8, 2008

Antonio VIVALDI

Violin Concertos & String Symphonies, Vol. 1 (5 CDs) Israel Chamber Orchestra/Shlomo Mintz: conductor, violin VIVALDI: 24 Violin Concertos • 11 String Symphonies Volume 1 of a selective survey of Vivaldi Concertos performed by Shlomo Mintz, well established in the top rank of violinists, sensitively accompanied by the Israel Chamber Orchestra.

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Nicolò PAGANINI

24 Caprices—for Guitar Eliot Fisk: guitar PAGANINI (tr. Fisk): 24 Caprices, Op. 1 “A dedicated proponent of new music … a vivid, high voltage performance.”

— Los Angeles Times Eliot Fisk performs his own virtuoso arrangements of the Paganini Caprices with beauty and passion.

Cat # NIM 2505 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Aaron COPLAND Appalachian Spring

St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble/Dennis Russell Davies: conductor COPLAND: Appalachian Spring (chamber version) • Nonet for Strings • Two Pieces for String Quartet Dennis Russell Davies clearly has an affinity for Copland’s iconically American music.

Features Copland’s most famous work, Appalachian Spring, as well as comparatively unknown compositions from both the beginning and the end of his career.

Cat # NIM 2506 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Nimbus Records

Release Date: July 8, 2008

Carlos GUASTAVINO

The Complete Piano Music (3 CDs) Martin Jones: piano GUASTAVINO: Gato (1940) • Bailecito (1940) • Tierra Linda (1940) • Sonatina (1945) • Sonata in c-sharp minor (1947) • Tres Sonatinas (1949) • Sobre ritmos de la manera popular argentina • Estilo, A la manera popular (1952) • La Siesta. Tres Preludios (1952) • Pampeano (1952) • La trade en Rincón (1952) • Las niñas (1953) • Romance de Cuyo (La Zamacueca) (1953) • Diez Preludios (1952) • Diez Cantilenas Argentinas (1958) • Tres Romances Nuevos (1955) • Pueblito, mi pueblo, Cancion Argentina (1957) • Las Presencias (1961) • Mis Amigos (1966) • Diez Cantos Populares (1974) Cat # NIM 5818 Price Code: X (SRP $31.99) Triple Jewel Case; Box Lot 10 Not Available In Canada

The complete piano music of Carlos Guastavino. One of the foremost Argentinian composers of the 20th century, his production amounted to over 200 works, most of them songs for piano and voice.

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Domenico SCARLATTI

Highlights from the Complete Sonatas (2 CDs) Richard Lester: harpsichord, fortepiano D. SCARLATTI: 48 Sonatas for harpsichord “There is no doubt that Lester is a player who is technically well on top of these demanding works. His playing is neat, crisp and controlled … and he is well able to generate excitement from Scarlatti’s adventurous textures.” — Gramophone The increasing popularity of Scarlatti’s music is due to a number of factors, but largely to his uncanny knack for immediately grabbing the listener’s attention with innovative ideas.

Cat # NIM 5822 Price Code: 2I (SRP $21.99) Double Slimline; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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Alexander Kipnis Alexander Kipnis

Alexander Kipnis: bass/various accompanists MUSSORGSKY: Exc. from Boris Godunov • Song of the Flea • TCHAIKOVSKY: Prince Gremin’s aria from Yevgeny Onegin • BORODIN: Prince Galitsky’s aria (“I hate a dreary life”) from Prince Igor • RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Song of the Viking Guest from Sadko • DARGOMIZHSKY: Miller’s aria from Rusalka A tribute to one of the greatest bass voices ever recorded.

Cat # NIM 7950 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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Lyrita

Release Date: July 8, 2008

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Alun HODDINOTT

Gordon CROSSE

Barry Tuckwell: French horn/Alan Civil, Ian Harper: horns/ New Philharmonia Orchestra/Philharmonia Orchestra/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Norman Del Mar, Andrew Davis: conductors

Peter Bodenham: tenor/Glenville Hargreaves: baritone/ Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Northern College of Music/ Michael Lankester: conductor

Horn Concerto

Purgatory

HODDINOTT: Horn Concerto, Op. 65 • SEARLE: Aubade for Horn & Strings, Op. 28 • BANKS: Horn Concerto • MAW: Sonata for Strings & 2 Horns

CROSSE: Purgatory Legendary performances on CD for the first time!

Legendary performances on CD for the first time!

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Ernest J. MOERAN

Elisabeth LUTYENS

Peers Coetmore: cello/Eric Parkin: piano/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Adrian Boult: conductor

Josephine Nendick, Jane Manning: sopranos/Herbert Handt: tenor/John Shirley-Quirk: baritone/BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Norman Del Mar, John Carewe: conductors

Cello Concerto

MOERAN: Cello Concerto • Cello Sonata in A minor • Prelude for cello & piano Legendary performances on CD for the first time!

Quincunx

LUTYENS: Quincunx, after Sir Thomas Browne, for baritone, soprano and orchestra, Op. 44 • And Suddenly It’s Evening Op. 66 (1966) for tenor and chamber ensemble, Op. 66 • BEDFORD: Music for Albion Moonlight, for soprano, flute, clarinet, melodica, piano, violin, cello Legendary performances on CD for the first time!

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Col legno

Release Date: July 8, 2008 Ingrid Kaiserfeld: soprano/Hermine Haselböck: alto/ Wolfram Wittekind: tenor/Liang Li: bass/Haydn Orchestra/Tyrolean Festival Erl Choir/ Gustav Kuhn: conductor BEETHOVEN: Missa Solemnis Under the baton of Gustav Kuhn, the Haydn Orchestra soars to international heights. Their complete Beethoven symphonies have met with enthusiastic praise from critics.

Supported by the choir of the Tyrolean Festival Erl (for the first time on CD), they now enter a domain of Beethoven’s compositional art that is quite out of this world. also available BEETHOVEN Symphonies 1 & 5 Cat # CNO 60001 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Not Available In Canada

BEETHOVEN Symphonies 2 & 7 Cat # CNO 60002 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99)

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis

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Cat # CNO 60011 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Digipak; Box Lot 25

BEETHOVEN Symphonies 3 & 8 Cat # CNO 60003 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99)

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BEETHOVEN Symphonies 4 & 6 Cat # CNO 60004 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Not Available In Canada

Wolfgang MITTERER Im Sturm

Wolfgang Mitterer: prepared piano, electronics/Georg Nigl: baritone MITTERER: Im Sturm (complete song cycle) Wolfgang Mitterer, a much-praised organist and composer specializing in electronic music, has now written songs after Schubert. His cycle of lieder for baritone, prepared piano, and electronics rages on CD—a storm intermingled with undercurrents of irony and an understanding of Romantic lieder from today’s perspective.

Cat # CNO 20278 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Digipak; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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Release Date: July 8, 2008

Zig-Zag Territoires

Cat # ZIG 70802 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 25

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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Mauricio KAGEL

Midori Seiler: violin/Jos van Immerseel: piano

Tam Theater/Mauricio Kagel: conductor

BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata in D, Op. 12, No. 1 • Violin Sonata in A, Op. 12, No. 2 • Violin Sonata in E-flat, Op. 12, No. 3

KAGEL: Acustica, First Version • Acustica, Second Version

Violin Sonatas, Op. 12

Acustica

An interesting interpretation of Beethoven sonatas played on period instruments.

First new recording of Acustica since its creation in 1971.

Conducted by Mauricio Kagel himself.

Cat # ZIG 41102 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 25

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Franz LISZT

Giuseppe TARTINI

Rian de Waal: piano/Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel: director

Chiara Banchini: violin/Patrizia Bovi: soprano

LISZT: Totentanz • Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 • Les préludes • Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3 • From the Cradle to the Grave • Mazeppa

TARTINI: Violin Sonata No. 17 in D • Violin Sonata No. 24 in D • Violin Sonata No. 13 in B minor • Violin Sonata “Brainard A3” in A minor • Violin Sonata No. 2 in B minor • “Solitario bosco ombroso” • ROLLI: “Solitario bosco ombroso” • ANON: “Lieto ti prendo e poit” (Aria del Tasso) • “Depon Clorinda le sue spoglie inteste” • “Intanto Erminia fra l’ombrose piante”

Totentanz

A very interesting interpretation of Liszt orchestral work on period instruments.

Solo Violin Sonatas

A unique accomplishment for Chiara Banchini, a specialist in Italian violin music. Tartini is Banchini’s preferred composer and violinist.

Special 56-page booklet included.

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Metronome Records

Release Date: July 8, 2008

Grace Davidson A Portrait

Grace Davidson: soprano/Fiori Musicali/Penelope Rapson: director HILDEGARD VON BINGEN: Ave, generosa • LEO: Salve Regina • MANCINI: Quanto dolce è quell’ardore • J.S. BACH: Seele, deine Spezereien from The Easter Oratorio • DOWLAND: His golden locks time hath to silver turned • PURCELL: Bid the Virtues, from Come Ye Sons of Art Away • KOZELUCH: Sola digna tu fuisti, from Motetto per la Festa della Santa Croce • MOZART: Exsultate, jubilate Cat # MET 1083 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Challenge Classics Wenzel Ludwig Edler Von RADOLT Viennese Lute Concertos 1701

Ars Antiqua Austria/Hubert Hoffmann, Sven Schwannberger, Klaus Köb: lutes/ Piroska Batori: violin/Claire Pottinger-Schmidt: viola da gamba/Jan Krigovsky: violone/ Gunar Letzbor: violin, director RADOLT: Lute Concerto in E minor (transposed) • Aria in C • Lute Concertos in F, G & C minor

Cat # CHR 72291 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Newly discovered early music of great importance. The only surviving work of this composer is the most extensive source of Viennese lute playing around 1700. Features renowned performers on specially tuned original period instruments.

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Meridian Records Isis Ensemble Music for Strings

Isis Ensemble/Jacques Cohen: director Rohan KRIWACZEK: Bee Sting Dance in Rohan’s Kitchen • Jacques COHEN: Yigdal: Fantasia on a Traditional Jewish Theme for Strings • Salomón CUÉLLAR: Suite for Strings • MUSSORGSKY (arr. Cohen): The Old Castle from Pictures at an Exhibition • Malcolm ARNOLD (arr. Steptoe): Variations on a Ukrainian Folksong • Andrzej & Roxanna PANUFNIK: Modlitwa (“Prayer”)

Cat # MER 84561 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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World premiere recordings of works by established and upcoming composers, from Malcolm Arnold to 17-year-old Salomón Cuellar. Superb playing by the passionate and disciplined Isis Ensemble, featuring many of the UK’s finest musicians under Jacques Cohen (director) and Susanne Stanzeleit (leader). Detailed and elegant inlay notes, written by Jacques Cohen, describe the musical origins and character of each work.

World Premiere Recordings

Summit Records

Release Date: July 8, 2008 Salvation Army New York Staff Band Ronald Waiksnoris: bandmaster HOLZ: Heralds of Victory • DITMER: Ceaseless Service • GRAHAM: Call of the Cossacks • I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked • Bravura • BULLA: Crossroad • Star Lake 70 • BOWEN: My Comfort and My Strength • CAMSEY: Lamb of God • MACK: By His Hand • GATES: Lover of My Soul • BURGMAYER: ‘Tis So Sweet • NORBURY: Variations on Maccabeus A great assortment of inspirational music from the world famous Salvation Army New York Staff Band!

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Salvation Army NY Staff Band

Ceaseless Service

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Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria Adrian Leaper, Christoph König, José Ramón Encinar: conductors Radovan Cavallin: clarinet Jean-François Doumerc, Valerie Gelinas: flutes Emily Sparrow, John Potts: bassoon Manfred Stettler, Salvador Mir: oboe José Zarzo: French horn Catrin Williams: harp LINDTPAINTNER: Sinfonia Concertante for wind quintet & orchestra • DANZI: Concerto for flute, clarinet & orchestra • R. STRAUSS: Duet Concertino for clarinet, bassoon & orchestra • LUTOSLAWSKI: Concerto for harp, oboe & orchestra Gorgeous orchestral works from the Gran Canaria Orchestra.

Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria

Music for Winds & Orchestra Cat # SMT 504 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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CAvi-music

Release Date: July 8, 2008 Erik Schumann: violin Henri Sigfridsson: piano PROKOFIEV: Violin Sonata No 1 in F minor, Op. 80 • Violin Sonata No 2 in D, Op. 94b • March from The Love of Three Oranges (arr. Heifetz) • The Mask from Romeo and Juliet (arr. Heifetz) • Waltz from Cinderella (arr. Fichtenholz) “Multiple award-winning violinist Erik Schumann, who won his first prize at 12 years of age in the competition ‘Jugend Musiziert,’ combined technical perfection with intellectual sophistication in his performance.” — Evening Post

Sergei PROKOFIEV Violin Sonatas

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Lars Vogt: piano Christian Tetzlaff, Isabelle Faust, Veronika Eberle: violins Stefan Fehlandt, Hanna Weinmeister: violas Julian Steckel, Gustav Rivinius: cellos BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 • Sextet No. 2 in G, Op. 36 Lars Vogt, Christian Tetzlaff, and Isabelle Faust are world-renowned performers with a high reputation for chamber music. This disc joins two of the most important Brahms chamber music works.

Johannes BRAHMS

Chamber Works (2 CDs) Cat # AVI 8553049 Price Code: 2Q (SRP $31.99) Double Slimline; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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also available SCHUBERT Piano Trio No. 2 Cat # AVI 8553044 Price Code: Q Not Available In Canada

CAvi-music

Release Date: July 8, 2008 Dennis Russell Davies, Maki Namekawa: pianos Waltraud Meier, Kurt Moll: speakers BEETHOVEN (arr. Zemlinsky): Fidelio, for piano four hands “With this album we do have a dramatic piece of opera— simply without singing, but definitely worthwhile listening to.” — Fono Forum World premiere recording and performance of the complete score of Fidelio for piano 4 hands, recorded by world-renowned stars. Dennis Russell Davies and Maki Namekawa have established a well-known name for themselves through 4 hand piano playing and grandiose performances of rare programs.

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

also available W.A. MOZART The Magic Flute for Piano 4 Hands (2 CDs) Cat # AVI 553019 Price Code: 2N Not Available In Canada

Fidelio for Piano 4 Hands (2 CDs) Cat # AVI 8553085 Price Code: 2Q (SRP $31.99) Box Set; Box Lot 14 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT World Premiere Recording

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P3 Music Simon Dinnigan Debut

Simon Dinnigan: guitar NARVÁEZ: 22 Diferencias de “Conde Claros” • Canción del Emperador • Diferencias sobre “Guádame las Vacas” • J.S. BACH: Violin Sonata No. 2, BWV 1001 • BARRIOS: Una Limosna por el Amor de Dios • Julia Florida • Vals, Op. 8, No. 4 • LAURO: Suite Venezolano • KOSHKIN: Usher Waltz, Op. 29 “Simon Dinnigan is a performer whose work exudes quality and refinement. From the delicate Renaissance miniatures of Narváez to the Baroque splendour of Bach’s Violin Sonata BWV 1001, every phrase is shaped to perfection, every contrapuntal line realized.”

— Classical Guitar magazine The stunning debut from one of Europe’s fastest rising classical guitar stars sees Simon Dinnigan bring the works of Bach, Lauro, Narváez, and Koshkin to life under his virtuosic spell.

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Tactus

Release Date: July 8, 2008

Consort Veneto

Venetian Dances of the Early 15th Century Consort Veneto/Giovanni Toffano: director 26 short dance pieces by Pietro Paolo Borrono & Giacomo Gorzanis During the first decades of the 15th century, Italian dances became very much in vogue throughout Europe. Their remarkable popularity—especially in the case of the pavane, galliard, and saltarello—is witnessed by their presence in the majority of collections of music for lute, both prints and manuscript.

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Maurizio Ricci

Organ Works from the 16th Century Po Valley Region Maurizio Ricci: organ 29 short pieces by Bartolomeo Tromboncino, Marco Antonio Cavazzoni, Girolamo Cavazzoni, Andrea Gabrieli, Giovanni Picchi, Adriano Banchieri, Giovanni Paolo Cima, and Girolamo Frescobaldi This recording presents various compositions by 16th-century authors from the area around the Po Valley. The choice of pieces aims to highlight the phonic qualities of the organ now housed in the Confraternita della S.S. Trinità in Rivanazzano (PV), which acquired it around 1629.

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Gregorian School of Venice Resonet, Intonet

Gregorian School of Venice/Lanfranco Menga: director 14 Gregorian Chants for Advent and Christmas from the Cathedral of Padua in the 12th–15th centuries

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The Liber Ordinarius from the cathedral of Padua is an extraordinary source. It outlines the distinctive character of the Paduan liturgy, provides detailed testimony concerning performances of remarkable complexity, and even gives some indications for “stage directions.” This wealth of information was probably intended for the chorarii, to whom fell the task of conducting the rites, and it efficaciously expands upon and specifies the principal function of this liturgical book: that of gathering together whatever was to be recited, sung, or executed during the year. For this reason, readings, songs, and prayers can only be referred to by the first words of the text.

Release Date: July 8, 2008

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Arnoldo Foà & Giorgio Fabbri The little flowers of St. Francis

Arnoldo Foà: narrator/Giorgio Fabbri: organ ZIPOLI: Elevations in F & D • Canzona in D • Toccata in D • Verso II in D minor • Sarabande in G minor • Postcommunion in F • Offertory in C • FRESCOBALDI: Toccata V on the pedals • LEBÉGUE: Les cloches (The Bells) • ROTA: Ave maris stella (tr. organ) • ANON: Toccatas in C & D • Pastoral Offertory in G • Elevation in C “The little flowers of St. Francis” constitute a marvelous and inimitable collection of “miracles and devout examples” concerning the life of St. Francis of Assisi. Composed in the vernacular in the last quarter of the fourteenth century by an anonymous Tuscan author, they were taken almost entirely from the “Actus beati Francisci et sociorum eius,” probably written by Ugolino da Montegiorgio 1327–1340.

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La Dolce Vista Vocal Ensemble Laudario di Cortona

La Dolce Vista Vocal Ensemble/Giovanni Caruso: director ANON: 16 devotional songs of the 13th century Laudes are the prayers sung at dawn during the monastic Office of the Hours and are linked to the genesis of the Laudes creaturarum of St. Francis (1182–1226), poems that have come down to us without musical notation in the Codice 338 of Assisi. Only poetic texts are available for the period preceding the establishment of the laudesi. It is the oldest known collection of songs in the Italian vernacular, and is the only such source for the entire 13th century.

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Ensemble Ars Italica

Italian Music of the 15th Century Ensemble Ars Italica/G. Sigrid Lee, Francis Biggi, Marco Ferrari: directors 18 selections of short pieces from 15th century Italy This recording is an anthology of compositions taken from the polyphonic repertoire of the 15th century. The musical sources, all of them copied in Italy, come from two different parts of the peninsula: the Peneto region and the Neapolitan area.

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Release Date: July 8, 2008

J.S. BACH à 440

Raphaël Oleg: violin/Vincent Dubois: organ J.S. BACH: Partita No. 3 in E, BWV 1006 • Sonata in G, BWV 1019a • Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 • Prelude & Fugue in D minor, BWV 539 • J.S. BACHVIVALDI: Concerto in D minor, BWV 596 • J.S. BACH (arr. Dupré): Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 146 • Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 29 Contains concertos and cantata sinfonias transcribed by Marcel Dupré (and reputed to be “unplayable” because of their difficulty), as well as sonatas and partitas for violin interpreted in the spirit preceding the baroque revival.

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Lucien DUROSOIR String Quartets

Quatuor Diotima/Naaman Sluchin, Yun-Peng Zhao: violins/Franck Chevalier: viola/ Pierre Morlet: cello DUROSOIR: Quartet No. 1 in F minor • Quartet No. 2 in D minor • Quartet No. 3 in B minor A new landmark on the fascinating path leading to the discovery of Lucien Durosoir.

A virtuoso violinist who was so badly shocked by WWI that he withdrew from the world altogether, Durosoir composed works for himself alone, most of which have never been played.

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Fuga Libera Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

The Two Trios for Clarinet, Cello & Piano Ensemble Kheops/Ronald Van Spaendonck: clarinet/Marie Hallynck: cello/Muhiddin Dürrüoglu: piano BEETHOVEN: Trio No. 1 in B-flat for clarinet, cello & piano, Op. 11 • Trio No. 2 in E-flat for clarinet, cello & piano, Op. 38 Two original Beethoven masterworks by the new Ensemble Kheops.

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Ricercar Ensemble De Caelis Missa Tournai

Ensemble De Caelis/Laurence Brisset: director ANON: Missa Tournai (integrated into the Office) Born from the creative ferment around the Papal chapel in Avignon, the Missa Tournai is undoubtedly the oldest polyphonic mass to have survived. Dedicated to the Virgin Mary, it has the breadth and majesty of the greatest Gothic architecture. The De Caelis ensemble integrates the Mass into the Office as celebrated in a convent of nuns.

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Ricercar

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Heinrich SCHEIDEMAN

Franz TUNDER

Organ Works

Antonio VIVALDI Chamber Concertos

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Organ Works

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The First Book of Consort Lessons

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Works for Children’s Choir

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Claude DEBUSSY

A Journey in the Country of Tenderness and Horror

Gustav MAHLER

Das Lied von der Erde

Sergei RACHMANINOV

Variations on a Theme of Corelli

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Opera d’Oro

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Simon Boccanegra (2 CDs)

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Jacques OFFENBACH Bluebeard (2 CDs)

Nuova Era

Release Date: July 8, 2008 Young Ok Shin, Gregory Kunde, Aurio Tomicich, Haijing Fu, Armando Caforio, Sonia Nigoghossian, Walter Coppola, Emily Mangart: vocal soloists Andrea Licata: conductor BELLINI: Bianca e Fernando (complete opera) Through Bianca e Fernando, Bellini changed the face of Italian opera. This rare recording provides insight into this complex and exciting transformation.

Vincenzo BELLINI

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Jano Tamar, Luca Lombardo, Jean-Philippe Courtis, Patrizia Ciofi, Magali Damonte: vocal soloists Patrick Fourniller: conductor CHERUBINI: Médée (complete opera) “Médée, by virtue of its dramatic and musical range and intensity, is Cherubini’s masterpiece … The symphonic treatment of the accompaniment heightens the emotional tension, as do the enormous demands on the technique and stamina of the leading role.” — The Viking Opera Guide This very rare opera performance relays an intensity that won the admiration of Beethoven, Weber, Schumann, Wagner, and Brahms.

Luigi CHERUBINI

Médée (2 CDs)

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