July15 nrclassical by Allegro Media Group

July 2015 Release Date: July 10, 2015 A division of Allegro Media Group

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PORTLAND BAROQUE MEDIA

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Portland Baroque Orchestra produces intimate and historically informed interpretations of music composed before 1840, both in live performance and on recording. Renowned Dutch harpsichordist Ton Koopman brought PBO national recognition in the 1980s, and celebrated violinist Monica Huggett, founding concertmaster of Koopman’s Amsterdam Baroque, was made PBO Artistic Director in 1995, a post she still holds to this day. Portland Baroque Orchestra comes to Allegro Classical via Cappella Romana.

PRIORY RECORDS

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Priory Records was founded in 1980 by Neil Collier and Paul Crichton. Paul is a renowned audiovisual engineer, and Neil has had a life-long dedication to choral and organ music. Neil felt that important areas and aspects of the huge repertoire of church music were being seriously neglected and lost by recording enterprises specializing in this widely embracing branch of music, whose roots are historically buried in ancient times. Since its foundation, Priory has grown into a company with a reputation for opening up a previously neglected but inspirational branch of music-making, and has compiled the largest catalog of choral and organ music in the world. Priory Records comes to Allegro Classical via Launch Music International Ltd.

MG MUSIC

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MG Music is the label of Matthew Gee, who is making a name for himself as one of the freshest and most imaginative trombone players on the current scene. Principal trombone with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthew has played with some of the finest orchestras — most recently the Vienna Philharmonic — and has recorded and performed on many film and television scores. MG Music comes to Allegro Classical via Launch Music International Ltd.

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VANITAS

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Created in 2011 by Andrés Alberto Gómez, the label VANITAS was born as a necessity of artistic expression. VANITAS always focuses its activities on talented musicians and new baroque ensembles, the ideal of its founder being to offer genuine and ambitious programs that offer new perspectives for the early music repertory. Vanitas comes to Allegro Classical via New Arts International.

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AVIE Records

Laura KARPMAN

Ask Your Mama (poetry by Langston Hughes) BUZZ ALERT

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San Francisco Ballet Orchestra George Manahan: conductor with special guests: The Roots, Janai Brugger, Nnenna Freelon, Angela Brown, Medusa, and more KARPMAN/HUGHES: DEDICATION • CULTURAL EXCHANGE • RIDE, RED, RIDE • SHADE OF PIGMEAT • ODE TO DINAH • BLUES IN STEREO • HORN OF PLENTY • GOSPEL CHA-CHA • IS IT TRUE? • ASK YOUR MAMA • BIRD IN ORBIT • JAZZ MUTED - SHOW FARE, PLEASE “Karpman’s music, melding Ivesian collage with club-culture remixing, morphed from one vivid section to the next in a dreamlike flow … genuinely striking.” — New York Times “Fevered, restrained, and super-lush in turns … always impressive.” — Vanity Fair Epic poetry set to powerful music, brought to life by a cast of legendary performers: Ask Your Mama is an original musical setting by four-time Emmy®-winning composer Laura Karpman, of the 1961 masterpiece by Langston Hughes, delivered with majesty and magnetism by sopranos Janai Brugger and Angela Brown, hip-hop innovators The Roots and Medusa, jazz vocalist Nnenna Freelon and others, conducted by Grammy® nominee George Manahan. Ask Your Mama premiered to a sold-out Carnegie Hall in 2009. It has since played from Harlem’s Apollo Theater to the Hollywood Bowl, and has reached millions more through media coverage by NPR, PBS, NBC TV, The New Yorker, and the Huffington Post.

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Augustin Hadelich Bartók & Mendelssohn

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Augustin Hadelich: violin Miguel Harth-Bedoya: conductor Norwegian Radio Orchestra MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 • BARTÓK: Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz. 112 “A young artist with no evident limitations.” — The New Yorker “Unerring dramatic sense and a rich beautiful tone.” — New York Times “Wondrous playing … exceptionally compelling performances.” — Gramophone Editor’s Choice Augustin Hadelich’s first major concerto recording paired the Violin Concertos of Sibelius and Thomas Adès (AVR 2276). Universally acclaimed, it was nominated for a Gramophone Award, was one of the New York Times’ Top Classical Albums of the Year, and was chosen by NPR as one of the 50 Favorite Albums of 2014. Now, Augustin follows up with another provocative pairing, the everpopular and melodious Mendelssohn with Bartók’s iconic Second Violin Concerto. Advertising with Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine, Strings, The Strad, and Violinist.com. Priority for Review in classical magazines, newspapers and e-zines, and specialty media such as Strings. Priority for Airplay on classical stations. E-Blast to AVIE Records mailing list (c. 6,000).

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The Dufay Collective & Voice

I Have Set My Hert So Hy: Love & Devotion in Medieval England CD: AVR 2286 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT 8 d

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The Dufay Collective Voice Vocal Trio William Lyons: director, flute, recorder, English double pipes TRAD: I syng of a mayden • Adam lay ibowndyn • This endere nyght • Alysoun • The Corpus Christi Carol Grammy® nominee The Dufay Collective has been performing and recording its unique brand of early music for nearly three decades, winning awards and widespread critical acclaim along the way. I Have Set My Hert So Hy marks the group’s return to the recording studio, with a collection of 15th-century songs and instrumental numbers, much of which has been expertly reconstructed by the ensemble’s director William Lyons. On this recording, The Dufays collaborate with vocal trio Voice, recreating the essence of music written for, and heard in, the royal courts and religious houses of Medieval England. Print Advertising with Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine. E-Blast to AVIE Records mailing list (c. 6,000).

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Allegro Classical Welcomes Portland Baroque Media

J.S. BACH

Concertos for One, Two and Three Violins BUZZ ALERT

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Portland Baroque Orchestra Monica Huggett: artistic director, violin J.S. BACH: Concerto in D minor, BWV 1063, arr. for three violins by Huw Daniel • Concerto for violin in A minor, BWV 1041 • Concerto for violin in E major, BWV 1042 • Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043 • Concerto for three violins in D major, BWV 1064R “Pure pleasure … the playing has an intoxicating freedom.” — Alex Ross, The New Yorker After 2010’s gorgeous Flights of Fancy, named Record of the Year by The New Yorker, leading period ensemble Portland Baroque Orchestra releases its latest recording of concertos for one, two, and three violins by J. S. Bach. Award-winning baroque violinist and artistic director Monica Huggett leads Portland Baroque violinists Carla Moore, Rob Diggins, Jolianne Einem, and Adam LaMotte. This collection — one part of Bach’s creative output in Leipzig’s Collegium Musicum — combines his idiomatic concertos for violin with reconstructions: concertos Bach originally wrote for violin, reverse-engineered from later arrangements made for other instruments. Extensive liner notes by Jude Ziliak; produced by award-winning producer and Baroque oboist Gonzalo X. Ruiz. Previously released Portland Baroque Orchestra Bach: Saint John Passion CD: AVR 2236 Price Code: 2L (SRP $23.99) Number of Discs: 2 8 d

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Hallé

Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Orchestral Works

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Hallé Orchestra Sir Mark Elder: conductor VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis • Pastoral Symphony • Five Variants of “Dives and Lazarus” • Overture: The Wasps Following recent releases named as Gramophone Editor’s Choice, Sunday Times Album of the Week, and MusicWeb Recording of the Month, the Hallé turns to one of Vaughan Williams’ most popular works, The Wasps’ Overture. From the opening orchestral buzzing of a swarm of wasps, it emerges as one of English music’s great tunes; a showcase for the vivid orchestral colors of Vaughan Williams’ writing, presented here to the height of effect by the acclaimed musicians of the Hallé Orchestra.

Previously released VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphonies 5 & 8 CD: HLE 7533 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1

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Challenge Classics

Georg Friedrich HANDEL

To all lovers of Musick: Sonatas Op. 5 CD: CHR 72663 Price Code: P (SRP $16.99) Number of Discs: 1 O-Card Jewel, Box Lot 22

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Al Ayre Español Eduardo López Banzo: conductor HANDEL: Sonata Op. 5, No. 1 in A major HWV 396 • Sonata Op. 5, No. 2 in D major HWV 397 • Sonata Op. 5, No. 3 in E minor HWV 398 • Sonata Op. 5, No. 4 in G major HWV 399 • Sonata Op. 5, No. 5 in G minor HWV 400 • Sonata Op. 5, No. 6 in F major HWV 401 • Sonata Op. 5, No. 7 in B flat major HWV 402 “Al Ayre Espanol performs with panache … fascinating.” — Gramophone A new account of the most important published chamber music work by Handel! The experienced, renowned, and awarded ensemble Al Ayre Español imbues this performance with their usual drive and intensity. Founded in 1988 by conductor Eduardo López Banzo, Al Ayre Español sought to challenge the pervading clichés that often surrounded the performance of Spanish baroque music at that time. The spirit of the ensemble has always been to refute these clichés with musicological rigor and performance excellence, and they strive to give new life to music from the past, thus opening it up to contemporary audiences. Previously released HANDEL Handel’s Memories CD: CHR SACD 72548 Price Code: 2S (SRP $37.99) Number of Discs: 2 6 d

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Raphael Wallfisch

British Cello Concertos BUZZ ALERT

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Raphael Wallfisch: cello BBC National Orchestra of Wales William Boughton: conductor JOUBERT: Concerto in Two Movements for cello and chamber orchestra, Op. 171 • SIMPSON: Concerto for cello and orchestra • WRIGHT: Concerto for violoncello and orchestra “Any more compellingly idiomatic or richly seasoned cello playing than this would be hard to contemplate.” — International Record Review “An indefatigable champion of British music.” — Gramophone Among the most versatile contemporary performers, cellist Raphael Wallfisch is especially celebrated as a passionate advocate of British music. Concertos by Elgar, Finzi, and Walton lie at the heart of his repertoire, which also includes concertante works by Arnold, Bax, Bliss, Havergal Brian, Britten, and many more. All three items presented on this disc were written especially for Wallfisch.

Lyrita Raphael Wallfisch: cello Northern Chamber Orchestra Nicholas Ward: conductor BUSH: Concerto for light orchestra • Natus est Immanuel • Matthew Locke • Suite - “Psyche” • Sinfonietta Concertante (premiere) • Two Miniatures • Finale for a Concert • John Ireland • “Holy Boy” arr. for cello and strings This CD for Lyrita includes the first-ever recording of Geoffrey Bush’s Sinfonietta Concertante for Cello, with Raphael Wallfisch. Though composition was foremost among his many skills, Bush was something of an all-rounder. He performed as both pianist and organist, made regular broadcasts for the BBC, and was also a successful writer. The works included on this disc provide a representative selection of Bush’s writing for chamber orchestra.

Geoffrey BUSH

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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Lionel Friend: conductor BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Edward Downes: conductor Adrian Leaper: conductor LIPKIN: Sinfonia di Roma (Symphony No. 1) • The Pursuit (Symphony No. 2) • Sun (Symphony No. 3) Malcolm Lipkin belongs to a generation of composers who came to prominence in Britain between the mid-1950s and the mid-1960s. Several of these figures began their careers as a “progressive,” exploring the newlydiscovered range of technical and formal innovations before later forging their own relationship with tonality. In Lipkin’s case, early influences such as Bartók and Stravinsky were gradually assimilated into an original voice as his scores moved from long, lyrical lines and motor-rhythms to tiny motifs and rhythmic cells in a more dissonant style. It is hoped this release will generate interest in a composer who has steadily forged his own path regardless of passing trends, to create a body of work of impeccable integrity which still largely awaits rediscovery.

Malcolm LIPKIN The Symphonies

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Lyrita Heather Harper: soprano Gerald English: tenor BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Rudolf Schwarz: conductor Sir Arthur Bliss: conductor BLISS: Madam Noy, A Witchery Song • Rout • The Enchantress • The Beatitudes

Sir Arthur BLISS

Following demobilization from the army in 1919, Bliss wrote four exploratory essays in sonority and textures, including Madam Noy and Rout. They accorded him a short-lived reputation as an enfant terrible, but they can also be said to have paved the way for his first large-scale orchestral work, the Colour Symphony. The “witchery song” Madam Noy (1918) is a bizarre variation on the old nursery rhyme “Old Mother Hubbard.” Rout is used in the old sense of popular revelry, and is a vibrant score evoking the snatches of song that might be caught by someone watching a carnival. For the rarely encountered scena for contralto and orchestra, The Enchantress, the text was supplied by Bliss’s poet friend Henry Reed. And finally, Bliss was Master of the Queen’s Musick when he was commissioned to write The Beatitudes for the Festival of 1962 to mark the opening of the new Coventry Cathedral.

The Beatitudes

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SOMM Recordings John McCabe: piano NIELSEN: Festival Prelude for the New Century, FS 24 • Piano Music for Young and Old FS 148, Op. 53 • Symphonic Suite FS 19, Op. 8 • Five Pieces FS 10, Op. 3 • Three Piano pieces FS 131, Op. 59 • Humoresque Bagatelles FS 22, Op. 11 • Suite FS 91, Op. 45 • Chaconne FS 79, Op. 32 • Dance of the Handmaidens FS 57, No. 5 • Theme with Variations FS 81, Op. 40 “An excellent release … throughout this Nielsen recital I was hooked.” — Classical Source

Carl NIELSEN Piano Music

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Incomparable composer and pianist John McCabe, who passed away in February 2015, had recorded Nielsen’s Piano Music on LP for Decca’s Ace of Diamonds back in 1975. More recently, the SOMM label was approached by John’s wife, Monica McCabe, to ask if they would consider issuing it on CD. From an early age, John loved to explore little-known works and considered Nielsen’s Suite, Op. 45 a true masterpiece. The piano music of Nielsen, whose 150th anniversary is celebrated this year, is overshadowed by his six symphonies but his piano music has always had a special place in the hearts of music lovers worldwide. These recordings have been unavailable for many years; now newly re-mastered, they are given a new lease on life and serve as a timely reminder of McCabe’s unique interpretations. Press Service to Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine, International Piano, Pianist, and more.

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Nimbus Records Eliot Fisk: guitar J.S. BACH, arr. FISK: Sonata in G minor, BWV 1001 • Partita in B minor, BWV 1002 • Sonata in A minor, BWV 1003 • Partita in D minor, BWV 1004 • Sonata in C major, BWV 1005 • Partita in E major, BWV 1006 Guitarist Eliot Fisk is known worldwide as a charismatic performer famed for his adventurous and virtuosic repertoire. He is also celebrated for his willingness to take art music into unusual venues (including schools, senior centers, logging camps, and prisons). After 45 years before the public he remains, as his mentor Andres Segovia once wrote, “at the top line of our artistic world.”

J.S. BACH

The Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin transcribed for guitar CD: NIM 2581 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Slimline, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT 7 d

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Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch Hagai Shaham: violin Arnon Erez: piano Raphael Wallfisch: cello RACHMANINOV: Elegiac Trio in G minor • ARNESKY: Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 32 • SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67 • MUSSORGSKY: Une larme’, arr. A. K. Krein When this piano trio came to life in 2009, they were greeted with great enthusiasm from audiences that found themselves bowled over by the intense musicality of this exciting new ensemble. Their first CD, of Mendelssohn piano trios, was launched in February 2012 to the highest critical acclaim. Their second recording, of French repertoire, was released in June 2013 and, like its predecessor, has been receiving rave reviews internationally.

Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch Russian Piano Trios

Previously released Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch Mendelssohn & Schumann CD: NIM 5875 Price Code: P (SRP $16.99) Number of Discs: 1

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Nimbus Alliance University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra Donald Schleicher: conductor THOMAS: Radiant Circles • Resounding Earth • Il Prayer – Star Dust Orbits • Juggler of Day • Capricci • Twilight Butterfly • Bells Ring Summer • Euterpe’s Caprice • Pulsar • Astral Canticle “Heart and soul in the breathtaking music of a thoughtful contemporary composer.” — Gramophone “Vividly colorful pieces.” — New York Times Bold, passionate, urgent — Augusta Read Thomas writes music that is wholly and completely alive. Part of a major series of works by Augusta Read Thomas being released by Nimbus Records, this CD originates from a concert by musicians of the University of Illinois, which took place on December 9, 2014 in celebration of Thomas’ 50th birthday. The works gathered here cover a relatively short span in this composer’s chronology: just 13 years from the earliest work (Bells Ring Summer, 2000) to the most recent (Twilight Butterfly, 2013).

Augusta Read THOMAS Astral Canticle

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Stefan Hersh: violin Scott Kluksdahl: cello Marc Rovetti: violin Network for New Music Jan Krzywicki: conductor Student Fellows of the Tanglewood Music Centre Laura Jackson: conductor THOMAS: Incantation for solo violin • Passion Prayers for solo cello, flute, clarinet, violin, piano, harp and percussion • Spirit Musings: Violin Concerto No. 1 for solo violin and chamber ensemble • Jubilee for orchestra • Cantos for Slava for viola and piano • Rumi Settings for violin and cello • Dancing Galaxy for wind ensemble “Augusta Read Thomas writes precisely calibrated music of refined beauty.” — Boston Globe The first two volumes of this recording series focused on orchestral and chamber/piano music respectively, and the third volume was a recording of a live 50th birthday concert presented by the New Haven Symphony. This fourth volume has yet a different focus: music primarily featuring strings, and almost exclusively performed by young musicians. Thomas wrote: “If one were to shut one’s eyes while listening to this CD, one should imagine a stage full of passionate young musicians. Two of these performances are even taken from live, unedited concert recordings (Juilliard and Tanglewood). Thus this disc as a whole celebrates the skill and dedication of youthful musicians who play with utter commitment and flair.”

Augusta Read THOMAS Music for Strings

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Nimbus Alliance Geoff EALES

Invocation: Twelve Improvisations for Solo Piano Geoff Eales: piano EALES: The Seven Wonders • Rapture • Untamed • Dancing River • Boogie Train • Yearning • On Gossamer Wings • Back to the Root • In the Abbey • Northern Lights • One Step from the Edge • They Can’t Harm You Now

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One of the biggest challenges facing an improvising musician is to deliver a performance that holds the attention of the listener when playing completely solo. To achieve success, one must dig deep into one’s musical psyche in order to invoke the muse within. The improvisations on this album are all unedited single takes.

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Christopher WRIGHT Four String Quartets

Fejes Quartet/Tamas Fejes: violin/Patrick Curlett: violin/Mike Lloyd: viola/Rachael Lee: cello WRIGHT: Quartet No. 1 • Quartet No. 2 • Quartet No. 3 • Quartet No. 4 “Beacon Fell”

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The four string quartets largely span Christopher Wright’s adult composing career (of 40 years), from his early twenties to the present, and are the only single genre to which he has consistently returned. Each quartet was conceived as a non-programmatic abstract piece of music; however, the first and fourth are “descriptive” in that they were inspired by specific landscapes: respectively, the East Suffolk Coast and Beacon Fell Lancashire. Only the fourth quartet has a title and four distinct movements.

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Stefan Warzycki

Piano Music for the Left Hand Stefan Warzycki: piano J.S. BACH: Chromatic Fantasia in D minor BWV 903, arr. Warzycki • Chaconne in D minor BWV 1004, arr. Brahms • SAINT SAËNS: Six Etudes pour la main gauche, Op. 135 • BRIDGE: Three Improvisations • LIPATTI: Sonatine for piano (main gauche seule) • SCHMIDT: Toccata in D minor for the left hand • SCRIABIN: Prelude and Nocturne for the left hand, Op. 9 • T. K. MURRAY: Postlude (after Scriabin)

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Some years ago, Stefan Warzycki’s right hand fell victim to focal dystonia, an enduring neurological disorder that impairs flexibility and coordination. After recovering from the initial shock, he reinvented himself as a left-handed pianist, rising to the challenge of making one hand do the work of two and discovering a new and unexpectedly extensive repertoire of exciting, challenging music to which he is adding by commissioning new works from contemporary composers and making his own left-hand arrangements of suitable classics.

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Allegro Classical Welcomes the Return of Priory Records Simon Johnson: Grand Organ of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London WILLCOCKS: Fanfare on “Gopsal” • CLARKE: Trumpet Voluntary • GREENE: Voluntary in C minor • WIDOR: Andante Sostenuto (Symphonie Gothique) • MENDELSSOHN: Prelude and Fugue in C minor • KARG-ELERT: Harmonies du Soir • BONNETT: Variations de Concert • HANDEL: Dead March (From Saul) • COCKER: Tuba Tune • PARRY: Elegy • BREWER: Marche Heroique • BARBER: Adagio • EBEN: Moto Ostinato (from Sunday Music) • STRAVINSKY: Berceuse and Finale (from the Firebird Suite) DVD Specs: NTSC, Region 0, 16:9 (Widescreen), Color, English (5.1 Surround), Not Rated, Run Time: 73 min “A remarkable demonstration of what is achievable on a DVD recording of an organ concert … the playing sparkles and the camerawork is imaginative and engaging.” — International Record Review

Simon Johnson

The Grand Organ of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London CD+DVD: PRI 209517 Price Code: 2T (SRP $29.99) Number of Discs: 2 Amaray, Box Lot 25

Priory Records presents the world-famous Grand Organ of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, filmed from the new mobile console under the dome. Simon Johnson, organist and assistant director of Music St. Paul’s, has produced a thrilling program. This CD+DVD set shows off the full beauty and power of the five-manual Willis/Mander Organ, without a doubt one of the finest musical instruments in the world, in 5.1 Surround Sound. DVD bonus features include interviews with the organist, offering an exciting and comprehensive insight into the program.

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Stephen Cleobury: Grand Organ of King’s College BACH: Prelude and Fugue in D major • O Mensch, Bewein dein Sunde Gross, BWV 622 • HOWELLS: Master Tallis’s Testament • GIGOUT: Grand Choeur Dialogue • REGER: Weihnachten • HANDEL: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba • WESLEY: Air and Gavotte • MENDELSSOHN: Sonata No. 3 in A major • ELGAR: Chanson de Matin • THALBEN-BALL: Elegy • WALTON: Crown Imperial DVD Specs: NTSC, Region 0, 16:9 (Widescreen), Color, English (5.1 Surround), Not Rated, Run Time: 73 min “Cleobury’s playing is measured, smooth and beautifully synchronized with that tricky and cavernous acoustic … the bonus features are also excellent.” — International Record Review

Stephen Cleobury

The Grand Organ of King’s College, Cambridge CD+DVD: PRI 200033 Price Code: 2T (SRP $29.99) Number of Discs: 2 Amaray, Box Lot 25

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Named Gramophone Editor’s Choice in August 2009! King’s College, Cambridge is famed the world over for its music. Yet many who enjoy its sound recordings might be surprised at the visual splendor of its surroundings, and the discovery that a mere College Chapel can offer sights to rival some of the UK’s greatest cathedrals. This DVD aims to bring some of that spectacle to a wider audience, including shots of both Chapel and College within the context of the recital. Stephen Cleobury is a highly versatile musician who relishes the opportunities he has to operate in a variety of roles and across a broad range of repertoire. At the center of his musical life, for over a quarter of a century, has been his work as Organist and Director of Music at King’s College, Cambridge.

Priory Records

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The Choir of Salisbury Cathedral

Charles Villiers STANFORD

Choir of Salisbury Cathedral/David Halls: director

Daniel Cook: Organ of Durham Cathedral

HOWELLS: Rhapsody Op. 17, No. 1 • Rhapsody Op. 17, No. 3 • ALCOCK: Introit, For thou, Lord, art holy • Magnificat in A • Nunc Dimittis in A • AYLEWARD: Preces • Psalm 78: Various • Responses • REDHEAD: Office Hymn “Bright the vision” • STONE: The Lord’s Prayer • ELGAR: Anthem, Light of the World • PARRY: Hymn “Ye that know the Lord is gracious” • SUMSION: Te Deum in G

STANFORD: Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, Op. 103 • Six Preludes and Postludes • Sonata No. 3 in D minor • In Modo Dorico, Op. 132 • Prelude on “Jesu dulcis memoria” • Te Deum Laudamus – Fantasia Op. 116, No. 1

Choral Evensong from Salisbury Cathedral

The Complete Organ Works 2

Choral Evensong is sung daily in most of the UK cathedrals, and this ancient service can combine all sorts of music for choirs to perform depending on the period in the churches calendar. On this disc, the Choir of Salisbury Cathedral perform the 78th Psalm, the Canticles, and Hymns chosen for the occasion.

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The first series to release the complete organ works of Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, including unpublished works. This second volume was recorded on the mighty Harrison and Harrison Organ of Durham Cathedral, which is ideal for Stanford’s music, and contains the third organ sonata, a substantial work lasting 28 minutes.

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Konstantin Volostnov

Thomas Tertius NOBLE

Konstantin Volostnov: Walcker Organ of Riga Dom, Latvia

John Scott Whitley: Organ of York Minster

GLAZUNOV: Prelude and Fugue in D major, Op. 93 • Prelude and Fugue in D minor, Op. 98 • KARATYGIN: Prelude and Fugue “A la Russe” • J.S. BACH: Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532 • CATOIRE: Prelude and Fugue, Op. 16 • GOEDICKE: Prelude and Fugue in C minor Op. 34, No. 1 • Prelude and Fugue in E flat major Op. 34, No. 2

NOBLE: Prelude on Dundee • Prelude on Rockingham • A Highland Sketch • Desert Lament • Prelude on St. Anne • An Elizabethan Idyll • Fantasy on Leoni • Pastorale-Prelude on a Chinese Christmas Carol • Prelude on St. Kilda • Revery • Prelude on Aberystwyth • Prélude solennel • Prelude on Tallis’s Canon • Intermezzo in A flat • Prelude on Watchman • A Summer Idyll • Two Traditional Hebrew Melodies • Matnath Yad (Memorial for the Departed) • Addir Hu (Passover Hymn) • Introduction and Passacaglia

Great European Organs No. 93

The Complete Organ Works (1867–1953)

Konstantin Volostnov is the latest St. Albans International Organ Competition winner, adding this prize to his already extensive achievements. For this recording he chose the famous and fine organ in Riga’s Cathedral, one of the largest in Europe.

Priory Records plans to release Thomas Tertius Noble’s entire works from York Minster on three CDs; this first volume is typical of his creative style.

Allegro Classical Welcomes MG Music Matthew Gee: trombone François Killian: piano RABE: Basta • SCHUBERT: Nachtstück • Der Zwerg • XENAKIS: Keren • BRAHMS: Die Mainacht • SCELSI: Three Pieces for trombone solo • SCHNYDER: Sonata for tenor trombone • CARTER: Retracing V (premiere) • Gra (premiere) • MAHLER: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen For Berlioz, writing in 1844, the trombone was associated with a clear symbolic dichotomy, representing at times the heavenly, sacred, and numinous, but at others the hellish, profane, and phenomenal. But these characteristics have been dissolved over the centuries, and we’re left with a sorely misunderstood instrument. This recording highlights these strengths by pairing works, swiftly alternating between 20th-century showpieces and 19th-century songs, thus resurrecting the long-lost Jekyll & Hyde character of the solo trombone.

Matthew Gee

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LAWO Classics Anders Eidsten Dahl: organ HOVLAND: Choral Partita No. 1, Six Variations Op. 7 • Elementa pro organo, Op. 52 • Organ Chorales Book 4 • Four Interludes to “Missa Vigilate”, Op. 67 • Shorter Compositions for Organ, Op. 135 • Choral Partita No. 8 over “God’s Church People Sing”, Op. 159 Egil Hovland’s life and range of activities can be viewed as a long journey through ever-changing musical landscapes. He was born into a musical family with ties to Seiersten bedehus, a religious meetinghouse. Thus Hovland’s earliest musical impulses were revival hymns. From there, his path led to an education in church music. When he had attained the highest level his country could offer, and with excellent marks, he continued his journey with composition studies in Norway, Denmark, Italy, and the U.S. Hovland wrote large works — symphonies, concertos, operas, choral works, organ music, and much more — and composed smaller-scale works, such as chorales and biblical hymns. In some aspects of his compositional activity, Hovland was someone who sought out new paths and broke new ground.

Egil HOVLAND

Elementa Pro Organo [Hybrid SACD] CD: LAW SACD 1078 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30

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Allegro Classical Welcomes VANITAS La Reverencia SELMA Y SALAVERDE: Intrada • Canzona Prima a Cuatro • Canzona Terza a Una • Canzona Seconda a Doi • Canzona Quinta a Tre • Corente Settima a Tre • Canzona Prima a Una • Fantasía • Canzona Prima a Doi • Toccata Del Quarto Tuono • Canzona Terza a Cuatro • Canzona Seconda a Una • Canzona Sexta a Tre • Canzona Seconda a Tre • Canzona Decima a Doi • Vestiva i Colli Passeggiato a Doi • Canzona Quarta a Doi • Corente Seconda a Cuatro It is hard to describe the character of this music; the quality of the pieces is quite changeable due to the fact that Selma sometimes offers a sober style, and other times catches us unaware with fantasy, emotion, and musical inventiveness. At the same time, he shows a distinct reiteration regarding certain harmonic patterns and tones; however, the stylistic character of these compositions clearly shows the influence of the instrumental Venetian school of the first half of the 17th century.

Bartolomé de SELMA Y SALAVERDE Orfeo Celeste: Chamber Music CD: VTS 1 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 O-Card Jewel, Box Lot 22

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Divina Mysteria Pavel Amilcar: violin Montse Colomé: cello Thor Jorgen: viola de gamba, violone Pablo Zapico: archilaud, baroque guitar Andrés Alberto Gómez: harpsichord, organ PACHELBEL: Toccata in D minor • MEALLI: Sonata Quarta La Biancuccia • FRESCOBALDI: Toccata per Spinettina, é Violino • FONTANA: Sonata VI • BÖHM: Praeludium in C major • DÖEBL: Sonata IV • FROBERGER: Toccata in D minor • BIBER: Sonata I La Anunciación • TUNDER: Praeludium No. 2 • BRUNHS: Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland • SCHMELZER: Sonata Quinta Unarum Fidium • KAPSBERGER: Toccata • ALBERTINI: Sonata I Musical style is the codification of a particular language and its own models of signification. Stylus phantasticus delineation departs from the system and classification of musical theory that appears tied to the avant-garde transforming vortex that carries the first half of the 17th century. This theoretical scene sets the environment for Athanasius Kircher’s styleclassifying model, which he structures in his Musurgia Universalis of 1650, where stylus phantasticus is named and defined for the first time.

Divina Mysteria Ingenium

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CAvi-music Benjamin Moser: piano BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 • SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D. 960 “Commanding solos in an evening of concertos. This year the chosen soloists were particularly excellent … Mr. Moser (who at 6’ 6” may be the tallest pianist since Van Cliburn) tore into Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat, giving an impetuous and powerful performance. His playing was impressive for its organic sweep and full-bodied character … an urgent and feisty performance.” — New York Times Benjamin Moser, a rising star of the German scene, presents an unusual coupling of the last Sonatas of Beethoven and Schubert, both composed at a similar time, between 1822 and 1826.

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN & Franz SCHUBERT The Last Sonatas

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KAIROS Klangforum Wien Arditti String Quartet Enno Poppe: conductor DEUTSCH: Mad Dog • 2. Streichquartett • Dr. Futurity Austrian composer Bernd Richard Deutsch takes inspiration from science fiction novels, including those by author Philip K. Dick.

Bernd Richard DEUTSCH Dr. Futurity

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DOREMI Stanley McCartney Brahms & Mozart

Stanley McCartney: clarinet/Orford String Quartet MOZART: Quintet for clarinet and strings in A major, K. 581 • BRAHMS: Quintet for clarinet and strings in B minor, Op. 115

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Stanley McCartney’s long career includes serving as principal clarinet of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and the Canadian Opera Company. He was in high demand as a chamber music performer and, among many others, has appeared with Glenn Gould, Oscar Shumsky, Leonard Rose, Lynn Harell, Orford String Quartet, St. Lawrence String Quartet, and the Aeolian String Quartet.

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Martha Argerich & Ruggiero Ricci Play Beethoven, Prokofiev & More

Martha Argerich: piano/Ruggiero Ricci: violin/Ernest Bour: conductor BEETHOVEN: Sonata for violin and piano in E flat major Op. 12, No. 3 • PROKOFIEV: Sonata for solo violin in D major, Op. 115 • BARTÓK: Sonatina for violin and piano • Sonata for solo violin • SARASATE: Introduction and Tarantella, Op. 43 • RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G major

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Both Martha Argerich and Ruggiero Ricci belong with the most respected exponents of their instruments. Presented here is a joint recital from Leningrad and a performance of the Ravel Piano Concerto from 1960 and 1961, when the great Martha Argerich was still in her teens. In the recital program is the solo violin sonata by Prokofiev, a work that Ricci himself premiered in Modcowb in 1959.

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Sviatoslav Richter

Richter Archives Vol. 24 Sviatoslav Richter: piano BACH: Capriccio in B-flat major BWV 992 • Fantasia in C minor BWV 906 • Sonata in D major BWV 963 • English Suite No. 3 in G minor BWV 808 • French Suite No. 2 in C minor BWV 813 • BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54 The year 2015 marks the 100th birthday anniversary of one of the greatest classical pianists of all time. On this new volume of the Richter Archives series, most items are on CD for the first time. CD: DHR 8043 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 0 d

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Meridian Records Elysian Singers Kenji Fenton: saxophone Sam Laughton: director STEPHENS: Timepieces (premiere) • LUMSDAINE: Five Travelling Songs • STANHOPE: Exile Lamentations • GLASS: Three Songs • STOPFORD: Ave, Regina Coelorum • NØRGÅRD: Halleluja - vor Gud er forrykt! “Young, fresh-toned voices, brightly attentive to text without becoming over-punctilious, flexibly shaped by conductor Sam Laughton.” — BBC Music Magazine HHHH “A fascinating program … full of unexpected modulations and intensity … to which Laughton and the Elysian Singers do justice.” — Gramophone Meridian Records is delighted to announce the release of the Elysian Singers’ latest album, Timepieces, under musical director Sam Laughton. One of the UK’s leading chamber choirs, the Elysian Singers are known for their adventurous programming and imaginative repertoire. This recording gathers together six contemporary choral works with which the Elysian Singers have a close connection. The composers are a diverse group, both geographically and chronologically, ranging from two younger-generation British writers (Ian Stephens and Philip Stopford), to celebrated composers from Denmark (Per Nørgård) and the U.S. (Philip Glass).

Elysian Singers Timepieces

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Isis Ensemble Susanne Stanzeleit: violin Anna Hashimoto: clarinet Jacques Cohen: conductor, arranger MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition • RACHMANINOV: Prelude, Op. 3, No. 2 • BRAHMS: Sonata, Op. 120, No. 1 “Given the plethora of arrangements of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition it is surprising that it has taken until now to appear in a transcription for string orchestra … a virtuoso piece of work, full of invention and ingenuity.” — The Strad Following the success of the Isis Ensemble’s critically acclaimed debut on the Meridian label, this CD features premiere recordings of transcriptions for string orchestra by the orchestra’s Music Director, conductor and composer Jacques Cohen. Taking pride of place is one of the towering masterpieces of the piano repertoire, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. This string version, first performed in London in 2009, has already been broadcast and performed many times both in the UK and abroad, and has been hailed as a major new addition to the string orchestra repertoire. It also demonstrates the dazzling virtuosity of the Isis Ensemble.

Isis Ensemble

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Stradivarius

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Nino ROTA

Luciano CHESSA

Mauro Tortorelli: violin

Sarah Cahill: piano/Christopher Froh: percussion/Luciano Chessa: voice/Michael Williams: alto flute/Benjamin Kreith: violin/Alfonso Alberti: piano/and more

Nino Rota for Violin Solo

Petrolio

ROTA: Capriccio - Fantasia • La strada • Lo sceicco bianco • Prove d’orchestra • La dolce vita • Le notti di Cabiria • I Vitelloni • Giulietta degli spiriti • La ballerina del Circo Snap • Mazurka from “Il Gattopardo” • Boccaccio ’70 • I clowns • Passerella finale from “Otto e mezzo” • TORTORELLI: Fantasia in Rotazione A transcription for solo violin, of some of the most famous soundtracks of Nino Rota, may seem like a dangerous challenge. However, Mauro Tortorelli manages to keep Rota’s style intact, adapting it to a purely virtuoso writing that never overlaps the frankness and freshness of the original material.

CHESSA: Petrolio. Quattro Quadri da Pasolini • Quattro Canzoni su testi dell’autore • Quartetto No. 2 “Delle bomboniere” Con passi scelti dall’Autobiografia di Sesto Rocchi • Amadou. Da un T’ang di Uchechi Kalu • Tre danze da salotto • Preludio e Siciliana dalla Partita per violin As a composer, conductor, and pianist, Chessa has been active aound the globe; recent compositions include commissions for the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players and SFMOMA.

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Richard STRAUSS

Pascal Gallois

Wind Projekt Ensemble/Patrizio Esposito: conductor

Pascal Gallois: bassoon

STRAUSS: Sonatina in F major, AV135 “From an Invalid’s Workshop” • Sonatina in E-flat major “The Cheerful Workshop”

NEUWIRTH: Torsion • BOULEZ: Dialogue de l’ombre • BERIO: Sequenza X

Richard Strauss’s final creative period (1942–1949) brought into being masterpieces such as the Metamorphosen and the Vier letzte Lieder and, alongside those works, two Sonatinas for winds, in F major and E-flat major.

This new CD was created by Pascal Gallois in honor of Pierre Boulez’s 90th birthday (Gallois’ professional career began when he worked for Boulez in 1981). This solo CD is the reissue of three major works of the bassoon repertoire, including Boulez’s Dialogue de l’ombre.

Music for Wind Instruments

Solo

Atoll Records

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John PSATHAS

NZ Barok

New Zealand Chamber Soloists

NZ Barok

PSATHAS: Corybas • Quintet – I • Quintet – II • Quintet – III • Helix - archon:metron • Helix - the biggest nothing of them all • Helix – Tarantismo • Aegean • Island Songs – I • Island Songs – II • Island Songs – III

BRESCIANELLO: Sinfonia No. 1 in D major • MUFFAT: Sonata No. 2 in G minor from Armonico Tributo • BOYCE: Symphony No. 1 in B flat major • GEMINIANI: Concerto grosso Op. 3, No. 3 in E minor • TELEMANN: Les Nations, Anciens et Modernes • RAMEAU: Suite from Les Indes Galantes • J. S. BACH: Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3, BWV 1068

Corybas: Piano Chamber Music

The Nations: Music by Telemann, Rameau & Others

John Psathas is one of New Zealand’s most internationally acclaimed composers. With performances in venues from Windsor Castle to Kalamazoo, he has established and maintains an international reputation.

NZ Barok is New Zealand’s only baroque orchestra performing regularly on historic instruments, and includes many of New Zealand’s leading baroque specialists.

Willowhayne Records

Tˆy Cerdd

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Llyr Williams

Jonathan Hope

Llyr Williams: piano

Jonathan Hope: organ

JONES: Bagatelles First Set (premiere) • Bagatelles Second Set (premiere) • Bagatelles Third Set (premiere) • BARTÓK: Fourteen Bagatelles

SANDERS: Sililoquy • Toccata • HOSKING: Hommage à Paris (premiere) • REUBKE: Sonata on the 94th Psalm • ELGAR: Imperial March

Tˆy Cerdd, the critically acclaimed Welsh label, presents Llyr Williams’ world premiere recording of Daniel Jones’ piano Bagatelles.

Debut solo release from organist Jonathan Hope, Assistant Director of Music at Gloucester Cathedral. Played on the stunning organ of Gloucester Cathedral, this recording includes the world premiere recording of John Hosking’s Hommage à Paris.

Bagatelles of Daniel Jones and Béla Bartók

Gloucester Experience

HUSH Music Foundation Slava Grigoryan & Leonard Grigoryan Hush Collection Vol. 10: Songs with Strings

Slava Grigoryan: guitar/Leonard Grigoryan: guitar/HUSH Chamber Strings/Benjamin Northey: conductor L. GRIGORYAN: Distance • Illuminated • S. GRIGORYAN: Fantasy on a theme by William Lawes • RIGNEY: Prayer Flags in Bright Wind • Cape of Good Hope • E. GRIGORYAN: Song for Irina • NORTHEY: Button & Pocket • HOWARD: Pan • TCHAIKOVSKY: April (from The Seasons), arr. E. Grigoryan • MOMPOU: Variation VIII on a theme by Chopin

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Brothers Slava & Leonard Grigoryan bring their effortless virtuosity and brilliant musicianship to the HUSH Chamber Strings and pioneer sound recordist John Rowland in order to create an album of wonderfully positive and serene music, perfect for unwinding and rejuvenating.

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Joe CHINDAMO

Hush Collection Vol. 11: Luminous: Inspired by Mozart Joe Chindamo: piano, piano accordion/Daniel Farrugia: percussion/Philip Rex: bass/Zoe Black: violin/Sarah Curro: violin/Caroline Henbest: viola/Josephine Vains: cello CHINDAMO: Reconceptions of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in B flat K. 622, Mvmt. 2 • Symphony No. 40 in G minor K. 550, Mvmt. 1 • Eine Kleine Nachtmusik • Piano Concerto in B flat, K. 595 • The Magic Flute Overture • Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467 • Violin Sonata in B flat K. 454, Mvmt. 2 • Piano sonata in A major K. 331, Mvmt. 1 (Piano accordion version) • Piano Sonata in A major K. 331, Mvmt. 1 CD: LNH HSH 11 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

Melbourne jazz pianist Joe Chindamo is the latest high-profile Australian musician to lend his talents to the extremely worthwhile HUSH Collection series. Joe Chindamo is not only one of Australia’s best jazz musicians, but also a very talented arranger. Having tackled the music of Paul Simon, Burt Bacharach, and the film music of the Coen Brothers, this time he takes on one of the greatest composers of all time!

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Mark ISAACS

Hush Collection Vol. 12: The Wind in the Willows Hush Ensemble/Geoffrey Collins: flute/Andrew Ford: narrator/Dimity Hall: violin/Mark Isaacs: piano/Louise Johnson: harp/Huw Jones: oboe/Julian Smiles: cello/Philip South: percussion

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ISAACS: Wind in the Willows • The River Bank • Spring-Cleaning • Across the Meadow • Messing About in Boats • Down the River • Toad Hall • A Pleasant Ramble Poop-poop • Towards the Wild Wood • Badger, Supper and Everything • Toad’s Adventures • The Last Train Running • Little Portly • This Silent • Silver Kingdom • Such Music I Never Dreamed Of • The Piper at the Gates of Dawn • This is the Place of my Song-dream • Worship • Toad’s Song • Such Trials • Unhappy Toad • An Underground Passage • Toad’s Song (reprise) • The Hour is Come • The Return of Ulysses • Joy and Contentment • The River Bank (reprise) Composer and pianist Mark Isaacs offers a beautiful collection of instrumental vignettes to accompany short extracts from Kenneth Grahame’s immortal children’s story The Wind in the Willows, while Andrew Ford delivers the readings with aplomb and delightful humor. This is an exciting new direction for the HUSH Music Foundation, which will delight and surprise listeners.

IBS Classical Cristina Lucio-Villegas: piano CASTILLO: Suite • Sonatina • Preludio, Diferencias y Toccata • Ofrenda (premiere) • Para Arthur (premiere) • TURINA: La Andaluza Sentimental • ALBÉNIZ: Navarra, El Puerto It has been ten years since the death of Manuel Castillo, so now is the perfect time for IBS Classical release an album intended to provide a true homage to, and remembrance of, this great composer from Seville. The album offers an opportunity to hear a selection of his works for piano, two recorded for the first time (Ofrenda and Para Arthur), along with scores by Turina and Albéniz that provided Castillo with the inspiration and model for the creation of various of his compositions.

Manuel CASTILLO Perpetuum Castillo

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Resonus Classics

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Martin BUSSEY

Dudok Kwartet

Marcus Farnsworth: baritone/James Baillieu: piano/Sasha Calin: oboe/Lorna West: bassoon/Graham South: trumpet/Jamie Campbell: violin/Robin Ashwell: viola/Cara Berridge: cello/ Thomas Kemp: conductor

Dudok Kwartet/Judith van Driel: violin/Marleen Wester: violin/ Mark Mulder: viola/David Faber: cello

Through a Glass

Metamorphoses: Haydn, Ligeti & Brahms

BUSSEY: Blue Remembered Hills • Through a Glass, Darkly • Two Hardy Songs • The Windhover • Garden Songs Following the critical success of his recording of Gerald Finzi’s By Footpath and Stile, rising star baritone Marcus Farnsworth makes his solo debut for Resonus Classics.

HAYDN: Quartet in C major Op. 54, No. 2 • LIGETI: String Quartet No. 1 “Métamorphoses nocturnes” • BRAHMS: Intermezzo in A minor Op. 116, No. 2 (arr. Faber) • Intermezzo in E major Op. 116, No. 4 (arr. Faber) • Intermezzo in B minor Op. 119, No. 1 (arr. Faber) • Ballade in G minor Op. 118, No. 3 (arr. Faber) The award-winning Dudok Kwartet make their recording debut on Resonus with a program of Haydn and Brahms, also featuring the monumental first string quartet by Ligeti.

Audax Records Christopher Palameta: baroque oboe Eric Tinkerhess: viola da gamba Romain Falik: theorbo Lisa Goode Crawford: harpsichord MARAIS: Suite in C major • Suite in G major • Suite in G minor • Suite in D minor • Suite in B flat major • Suite in E minor Known as an ardent defender of unexplored repertoire for the oboe, Christopher Palameta sheds light on the neglected — but not forgotten — “phantom” literature for oboe by Marin Marais. Six suites are presented in this world premiere recording, Palameta’s fourth solo CD and his first appearance on Audax Records. Intimately familiar with the French style, Palameta was awarded research grants in 2003 and 2006 by the Canadian government to reestablish these works into the oboist’s repertoire; this recording is the fruit of that research.

Marin MARAIS Suites for Oboe

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world premieres

Johannes Pramsohler: baroque violin Philippe Grisvard: harpsichord J. S. BACH: Sonata in C minor, BWV 1024 • Fuga in G minor • ANONYMOUS: Sonata in A major, BWV Anh. II 153 • PISENDEL: Sonata for solo violin in A minor • KREBS: Sonata in C minor, KrebsWV 311 (premiere) • GRAUN: Sonata in G major, GraunWV Av: XVII: 35 (premiere) Johannes Pramsohler and Philippe Grisvard present their second duo album, this time pooling their talents to explore the works of Johann Sebastian Bach and his circle. Hailed by the international press for their “intoxicating” and “ingenious” performances, the pair embarks on an exciting program of virtuosic sonatas for violin and basso continuo. The selection features two world-premiere recordings of works by Graun and Krebs along with other rarely-recorded sonatas attributed to Bach, whose legacy gave rise to a prodigious generation of German violinists.

Johannes Pramsohler & Philippe Grisvard Bach & Entourage

CD: ADX 13703 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25

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Includes world premieres

Querstand

CD: QUE 1317 Price Code: 2J (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 DVD-Shaped Digipak, Box Lot 15

CD: QUE 1423 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30

4 025796 013177

4 025796 014235

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Includes world premiere

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Heinrich Ignaz Franz BIBER

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra & Choir/Hermann Abendroth: conductor/Riccardo Chailly: conductor

Anne Schumann: baroque violin/Sebastian Knebel: organ

Gewandhaus Edition Vol. 4

Rosenkranz Sonata

BEETHOVEN: Final Chorus on Schillers “Ode to Joy” for solo voice, orchestra and choir from Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 • Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 • CERHA: Paraphrase on the Beginning of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 (premiere) This series focused on the history of the Gewandhaus Orchestra includes recordings from 1939 and 1944, conducted by Hermann Abendroth, as well as Cerha’s Paraphrase on the beginning of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony under current conductor Riccardo Chailly.

BIBER: Sonata No. 1 “Jesus, den du, o lungfrau, vom Heiligen Geist empfangen hast” • Sonata No. 2 “Jesus, den du, o lungfrau, zu Elisabeth getragen hast” • Sonata No. 3 “Jesus, den du, O Jungfrau, in Bethlehem geboren hast” • Sonata No. 4 “Jesus, den du, O Jungfrau, im Tempel aufgeopfert hast” • Sonata No. 5 “Jesus, den du, o Jungfrau, im Tempel wiedergefunden hast” • BUXTEHUDE: Passacaglia in D minor for organ, BuxWV 161 Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber was one of the most important violinists and composers of the 17th century. Within Anne Schumann’s interpretation, his sonatas on the rosary can be seen as a collection of short stories.

CD: QUE 1508 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30

CD: QUE 1509 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30

4 025796 015089

4 025796 015096

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Marie JAËLL

Fanny HENSEL

Cora Irsen: piano

Tobias Berndt: baritone/Alexander Fleischer: piano

JAËLL: Sonate • Feuillet d’album • Six petits morceaux for piano • Six Esquisses romantiques • Valses mélancoliques • Valses mignonnes

HENSEL: Wanderlied • Harfners Lied • Mailied • Deinem Blick mich zu bequemen • Der Fischer • Dämmung senkte sich von oben • Gegenwart • Erster Verlust • Nähe des Geliebten • Neue Liebe, neues Leben • Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh • Wanderers Nachtlied • An den Mond • Hausgarten • Am Flusse • An die Entfernte • Erster Verlust • Wiederfinden • Jägers Abendlied • Wenn ich mir in stiller Seele • Auf dem See • Nahe des Geliebten • An Suleika • Wanderers Nachtlied • Wonne der Wehmut • Aglaé • Sehnsucht

Complete Works For Piano 1

Goethe-Lieder

This CD opens a series of recordings by Cora Irsen, exploring the huge oeuvre of Marie Jaëll’s piano works. This first part contrasts early works with late compositions created under the influence of Franz Liszt.

Fanny Hensel followed nearly the same musical training as her famous brother Felix Mendelssohn, with whom she fostered an intense relationship during her lifetime. Hensel’s comprehensive vocal oeuvre offers a great deal of potential for further discovery for the audience, as well as for the interpreter!