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FOUND H. David MEYERS SUPPORT VH1 SAVE THE MUSIC June 14, 2010 • The Kennedy Center, Washington DC PG 9

allegro Classical News Contents Britten’s Orchestra SACD Antonio Meneses plays Haydn’s Cello Concertos Kleiberg Requiem Cyprien Katsaris Live in Shanghai DVD

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April 2010 TOP 10 NEW RELEASES 1. Josef Suk TOC 100 Dvoˇrák: Songs My Great-Grandfather Taught Me 2. Yutaka Sado CHR SACD 72356 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

ALEX PRIOR ON KLCS-TV Alex will be a featured artist in a documentary on LA’s public education station KLCS-TV in April 2010. The three-part series begins airing Sunday, April 11 and is titled The World’s Greatest Musical Prodigies. Local media in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest, as well as international media, are showing a great deal of interest in this remarkable young man, with headlines such as “Boy wonder will have none of mere mortals’ doubts.”

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Myrios Classics

J.S. BACH

Fantasia & Fugue BUZZ ALERT

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Léon Berben: harpsichord J.S. BACH: Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV 904 • Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV 944 • Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor, BWV 903 • Fantasia in B minor, BWVdeest • Fugue on a Theme by Albinoni in B minor, BWV951a • Fantasia & Fugue in C minor, BWV 906 • Fantaisie sur un Rondeau in C minor, BWV 918 • Fantasia in C minor, BWV 1121 • Fantasia duobus subiectis in G minor, BWV 917 • Fugue in A minor, BWV 959 • Fantasia in A minor, BWV 922 “Léon Berben’s playing is stylish and powerful.” — Early Music Review Léon Berben plays Fantasies & Fugues by Johann Sebastian Bach, showing the wide range of the composer’s ingenious keyboard compositions. The album includes rarely performed works from Bach’s early years, as well as masterpieces like the “Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue.” Berben performs on a harpsichord by Keith Hill (after Christian Zell, Hamburg 1728).

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Budapest Music Center

Release Date: June 8, 2010 Márta Kurtág: piano BEETHOVEN: Diabelli Variations At the age of 72, Márta Kurtág recorded her first solo disc, the Diabelli Variations. Occasionally feeling that, to the world at large, she existed only as the wife of György Kurtág, Márta felt the need to set down the work and to show the world who she is.

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Diabelli Variations

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Elizabeth Laurence: recitation Mike Svoboda: alto trombone with double-bell Gérard Buquet: contrabass trombone with double-bell, sousaphone Blythe Holcomb, Nadia Hardman, David Hill, Piroska Molnár: voices EÖTVÖS: As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams (complete opera) A “speech opera,” As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams features four actors, two instrumental soloists, and an orchestra that all play on the stage, creating a sound that projects the spectacle into the audience’s imagination.

DVD is playable in all regions. Approximate run time 60 min.

Péter EÖTVÖS

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Reference Recordings

THE ACCLAIMED RECORDING, NOW AVAILABLE IN SACD HYBRID!

Benjamin BRITTEN

Britten’s Orchestra (SACD) BUZZ ALERT

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Kansas City Symphony Michael Stern: conductor BRITTEN: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra • Sinfonia da Requiem • Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes “In a brilliant display of orchestral power and poetry from the country’s heartland, Michael Stern leads the Kansas City Symphony in an all-Britten programme that speaks eloquently … As always with this great audiophile label, the skill and commitment of Reference’s recording team need to be accorded special recognition. In either stereo or HDCD, the sound is better than being in the hall: rich in detail, gold in colour, and equal to any volume.” — Gramophone This highly significant album has garnered tremendous critical acclaim since its CD release in November 2009. Now, the new SACD version offers stunning, high-resolution sound and is Reference Recordings’ very first multi-channel release!

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EXTON

Release Date: June 8, 2010 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Zdenˇek Mácal: conductor ˇ ˇ DVORÁK: Ceská Suite in D, Op. 39 • SUK: Suite “Pohádka” (Fairy Tale), Op. 16 Zdenˇek Mácal enjoyed one of the best relationships that the Czech Philharmonic ever had with their chief conductor. This disc includes special repertoire by Czech composers Dvoˇrák and Suk, performed by one of the best Czech music interpreters of this century. The sheer beauty of the Czech musical tradition, and its profound sound and melody, shine through on this recording.

ˇ Antonín DVORÁK

ˇ Ceská Suite

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Sydney Symphony Vladimir Ashkenazy: conductor RACHMANINOV: Symphony No.1 in D minor, Op.13 • Youth Symphony in D minor • Symphony No.2 in E minor, Op.27 • Caprice Bohemien, Op.12 • Symphony No.3 in A minor, Op.44 • Symphonic Poem “The Isle of the Dead,” Op.29 • Vocalise, Op.34, No. 14 • Symphonic Dances, Op.45 • Fantasy “The Rock,” Op.7 • Symphonic Poem “Prince Rostislav” • Sel. from the opera Aleko • 5 Etudes tableaux (orch. Respighi) • Scherzo in D minor This is a special box set of Rachmaninov’s complete symphonies and orchestral works, performed by Russian music expert Vladimir Ashkenazy with the Sydney Symphony, for which Ashkenazy is the new principal conductor and Artistic Advisor. The set also includes some special repertoire, such as “Etudes tableaux,” for which Rachmaninov composed the original piano music and Respighi orchestrated.

Sergei RACHMANINOV

Complete Symphonies & Orchestral Works (5 CDs) Cat # EXN 18 Price Code: 4Y (SRP $99.99) Number of Items: 5 Box Set; Box Lot 6 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Avie Records

Release Date: June 8, 2010 Antonio Meneses: cello Northern Sinfonia HAYDN: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C • Cello Concerto No. 2 in D • PEREIRA: Concertino for cello & string orchestra in G (premiere) “Antonio Meneses is a master of his instrument.” — BBC Music magazine “I feel as though, on my dozen traversals of this set over these past few days, Meneses has been playing specially for me: as though I am his private audience … the lower strings resonate with a wonderful depth and weight: high fidelity indeed!” — Musicweb-International The great Brazilian cellist Antonio Meneses extends his fruitful association with Avie with his sixth release and first concerto recording for the label.

Directing the Northern Sinfonia from the cello, Meneses pairs the two classic Haydn concerti with a world premiere by his compatriot Clovis Pereira.

Joseph HAYDN

Cello Concertos

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Antonio VIVALDI

Hans GÁL

La Serenissima/Pamela Thorby: recorders/Peter Whelan: bassoon/ Sara Deborah Struntz: violin/Adrian Chandler: violin, director

Annette-Barbara Vogel: violin/Northern Sinfonia/Kenneth Woods: conductor

VIVALDI: Concerto Conca in B-flat, R. 163 • Concertos Nos. 6, 9 & 10 from La Cetra, Op. 9 • Bassoon Concerto in A minor, R. 500 • Sopranino Recorder Concerto in A minor, R. 445 • Sonata for Recorder & Bassoon, R. 86 • Bassoon Concerto (fragment) in D minor, R. 482 • Sopranino Recorder Concerto (fragment) in G, R. 312

GÁL: Concerto for Violin & Small Orchestra, Op. 39 • Triptych: Three Movements for Orchestra, Op. 100 • Concertino for Violin & String Orchestra, Op. 52

Gods, Emperors & Angels

Adrian Chandler and his dazzling period-instrument band deliver their eighth imaginative album for Avie, further securing their exalted place in the realms of early music performance.

Violin Concerto

Avie continues to champion the works of Hans Gál with the label’s first foray into the “continental Briton’s” orchestral oeuvre.

The album of three premiere recordings is framed by two works for violin and orchestra, both from the 1930s but written under entirely contrasting circumstances.

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NBE Live

Release Date: June 8, 2010

Netherlands Blazers Ensemble IK! (CD+DVD)

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Netherlands Blazers Ensemble Marjan Vahdat: vocals VARIOUS: Hush • No More Noise • An Eye For Optical Theory • Gorizia • Marguérite • En Ben Folle Quel Nocchier • Garod Akh Garod • Minimal B • Little Piece In C For U • Nonego • Bratezlav’s Nigun • Gorizia • Mystery • Strange Young Lady • Living The Dream • May The Law Of Gravity Show You The Way • Gorizia • Staff Benda Bilili / Mwana • Weinen • Klagen • Sorgen • Zagen • Ik Blijf Gewoon Ik • Dorna • Halleluya • My Babe • Hush • No More Noise • Finale NBE Live is the label of one of the most interesting formations in the world of classical music. The Netherlands Blazers Ensemble, formed by solo players from the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, and the radio orchestras of the Netherlands, is famous for its programming and has a reputation of producing special and adventurous concerts. This recording took place during their New Year’s Concert 2010 in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. DVD is playable in all regions. Approximate run time unknown.

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New Day Entertainment

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Lost and Rediscovered

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H. David Meyers: oboe St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra Yuval Waldman: violin, conductor BEETHOVEN: Oboe Concerto in F (premiere) • Romance No. 2 in F for violin & orchestra. Op. 50 • Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 On June 14, 2010 at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall in Washington DC, non-profit music organization Beethoven Found will hold a World Tour Concert Gala that will feature Beethoven’s rediscovered works. Beethoven Found Vice President and master oboist H. David Meyers will co-host the event with a fabulous guest celebrity. Proceeds from the concert will go directly to VH1 Save The Music to aid in their efforts to restore musical instruments and music education programs in America’s public schools.

This will be one of the most important classical music concerts ever staged. It will consist of two of Beethoven’s lost and rediscovered works, Overture to Macbeth and Andante from Oboe Concerto. Other performed works will include Fantasy for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra and Beethoven’s 5th Symphony in C Minor. These works will be performed by Aglaia Koras (pianist), the City Choir of Washington, and the Beethoven Found Philharmonic featuring members of major symphonies. Also performing are the students of the Aurelia String Quartet of the Music Institute of Chicago, who won a gold medal in the Fischoff National Chamber Competition for the nation’s outstanding classical musicians. Sponsors and patrons have been invited to this star-studded event, in addition to White House officials, senators, members of Congress, and influential cultural and business leaders.

The concert gala is sure to be a spectacular night to remember for VH1 Save The Music, Beethoven Found, and most importantly, those deserving students in need of musical instruments!

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Berlin Classics

Release Date: June 8, 2010 Mario Hospach-Martini: organ SCHUMANN: Complete Organ Works Robert Schumann’s organ music pays respectful homage to Johann Sebastian Bach, linking polyphonic interweaving of voices with rich timbre and songfulness to achieve an impressive ensemble of Romantic sound. Mario Hospach-Martini plays on the great Walcker organ of the Stadtkirche in Winterthur, one of the few historically appropriate instruments for this music.

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Matthias Kirschnereit: piano SCHUMANN: Papillons, Op. 2 • Kinderszenen, Op. 15 • Ahnung • Waldszenen, Op. 82 • Geistervariationen, Woo 24 “No false flattery, no juvenile showing-off here: Kirschnereit plumbs greater depths, seeks and finds the finest of ups and downs of disposition, makes tender mood swings into events—a seismograph of intimate moments.”

— Audio magazine Last year he was awarded the ECHO Klassik Award, and now Matthias Kirschnereit has turned his interest to the piano works of Robert Schumann to mark the 200th birthday of the poetic Romantic. To this end, he has chosen works covering the composer’s entire career, while paying special attention to Schumann’s short, fleeting miniatures. From the early flamboyance of the Papillons through the composer’s last, posthumously published work, these “scenes” are a perfect example of an important part of Schumann’s oeuvre.

Robert SCHUMANN Scenes for Piano

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Berlin Classics

Release Date: June 8, 2010

J.S. BACH

Great Sacred Choral Music (10 CDs) Theo Adam, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Peter Schreier, Maria Stader: vocal soloists/Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Dresden Staatskapelle/ New Bach Collegium Musicum/Erhard Mauersberger, Rudolf Mauersberger, Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, Kurt Thomas: conductors J.S. BACH: Mass in B minor, BWV 232 • St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 • Easter Cantatas • Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248

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W.A. MOZART

The Piano Concertos (10 CDs) Annerose Schmidt: piano/Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra/ Kurt Masur: conductor MOZART: Piano Concertos Nos. 1–27 (complete) • Concerto Rondo, K. 382 • Concerto Rondo, K. 386

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ˇ Antonín DVORÁK

The Symphonies (5 CDs) Berlin Staatskapelle/Otmar Suitner: conductor ˇ DVORÁK: Symphonies Nos. 1–9 (complete)

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Franz SCHUBERT

The Symphonies (4 CDs) Dresden Staatskapelle/Herbert Blomstedt: conductor SCHUBERT: Symphonies Nos. 1–8 (complete)

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Josef HAYDN

The Piano Sonatas (9 CDs) Walter Olbertz: piano HAYDN: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1–52 (complete)

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Summit Records

Release Date: June 8, 2010 Peter Ellefson: trombone Sarah Watkins, Kimberly Russ: pianos Brian LYNN: Doolallynastics (A Brief Torture for Unaccompanied Trombone) • Axel JØRGENSEN: Romances • James PUGH: Concerto for Trombone • BRAHMS: Five Songs • Derek BOURGEOIS: Sonata for Trombone and Piano Peter Ellefson’s debut recording featuring rarely recorded works by Derek Bourgeois, James Pugh, and Brian Lynn, Pura Vida also includes works by Brahms and Jørgensen. Ellefson is one of the busiest trombonists working today, and this disc showcases both his acrobatic flair and sensitive musicality.

Peter Ellefson Pura Vida

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Indésens

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Hermann REUTTER

Anemos Trombone Quartet

André Morsch: baritone/Eildert Beeftink: piano

Anemos Trombone Quartet

REUTTER: Selected songs

Selections by Bruckner, Piazzolla, Lefrançois, Bourgeois, de Barros, M. Davis, J. Cohen, Hidas, Apon, Nyman, Wagner, Arban, Pryor, Reyes, Ternoy & A. Chase

Lieder

For every singer, art song is one of the necessary challenges along the path to opera stardom. This insight gave baritone André Morsch the idea for a brilliant program. He occupied himself intensively with the songs of the German composer Hermann Reutter, together with the Dutch pianist Eildert Beeftink, and presented them at the Hugo Wolf Academy Voice Competition.

His efforts won two prizes: the competition’s first prize and the Hermann Reutter Special Prize. His interpretations of these “little operas” can now be heard on this CD.

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Anemos & Co. (2 CDs)

A terrific recording—great playing by a great ensemble!

Challenge Classics

Release Date: June 8, 2010

Matangi Quartet

Candybox: String Quartet Sweets from Bartók to Jenkins Matangi Quartet/Maria-Paula Majoor, Daniel Torrico Menacho: violins/Karsten Kleijer: viola/ Arno van der Vuurst: cello BARTÓK: Valse (Ma mie qui danse) • Vladimír GODÁR: Ground (from Concerto grosso per archi e cembalo) • Karl JENKINS: String Quartet No. 2 • Chiel MEIJERING: Caixa de Dolços • Silvestre REVUELTAS: Música de Feria • Josef SUK: Meditation Svatý Václave • Joaquín TURINA: Serenata, Op. 87 A luxurious anniversary candy box with various musical sweets! The music fits the players like a glove, and with it the group celebrates 10 years as an important, multi-faceted string quartet.

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CAvi-music J.S. BACH

JSB 135 (Cello Suites) Werner Matzke: baroque cello J.S. BACH: Cellos Suites Nos. 1, 3 & 5 A very rare opportunity to listen to these suites on a truly historic instrument, played by the leading cellist of Concerto Köln.

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Dresden Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra Romantic String Sound from Dresden

Dresden Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra/Wolfgang Hentrich: conductor ˇ GRIEG: From Holberg’s Time, Op.40 • SIBELIUS: Andante Festivo for strings • DVORÁK: Serenade ˇ for Strings, Op. 22 • JANÁCEK: Suite for Strings A celebration of the orchestra’s 40th anniversary!

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Nimbus Alliance

Release Date: June 8, 2010 Wihan Quartet PAGANINI: 24 Caprices (arr. William Zinn for string quartet) Why on earth arrange music written specifically to explore the capabilities of a single violin for string quartet? Partly, of course, for the sheer fun of the challenge! By spreading the virtuosity around his four players, William Zinn—well known for a host of brilliant arrangements (as well as for his original compositions)—reduces the risk of a performance being a solo high-wire act. It’s no longer about a single performer showing off; it’s about the notes and the music that lies between them.

Niccolò PAGANINI

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Wihan Quartet ˇ DVORÁK: String Quartet No. 11 in C, Op. 61 (B. 121) • String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96 (B. 179) “American” The Wihan Quartet, formed in 1985, is heir to the great Czech musical tradition. The Quartet’s outstanding reputation for the interpretation of its native Czech heritage—and of the many classical, romantic, and modern masterpieces of the string quartet repertoire—is widely acknowledged.

ˇ Antonín DVORÁK String Quartets

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Nimbus Alliance

Robin Ireland: viola Tim Horton: piano PROKOFIEV: Six Pieces from the ballet Romeo and Juliet (tr. V. Borisovsky for viola & piano) • SHOSTAKOVICH: Seven Preludes from Op. 34 (tr. V. Borisovsky for viola & piano) This CD of Russian music brings together Prokofiev’s extraordinary musical depiction of young romantic love with Shostakovich’s deeply touching musical farewell, written during his final illness. The character of the viola provides a compelling voice for both.

Sergei PROKOFIEV & Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH

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Emma Johnson: clarinet John Lenehan: piano Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Julian Reynolds: conductor ANDERSON: Clarinet Candy • PAGANINI: Caprice No. 24 ª CHOPIN: Fantasy Impromptu • J.S. BACH: Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring • TRAD: Scarborough Fair • My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose • Emma JOHNSON: Georgie • JOPLIN: The Entertainer • FINZI: Forlana • RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Flight of the Bumble Bee • GERSHWIN: Tribute to Benny Goodman • PHELOUNG: Inspector Morse—Main Theme • MORRICONE: Cinema Paradiso • EINAUDI: Passaggio • TCHAIKOVSKY: Autumn Song • VERDI: The Force of Destiny • DEBUSSY: La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin • RAVEL: Pavane pour une Infante Défunte • HAHN: L’heure exquise • BARRY: Returning Home Twenty beautiful tracks from one of the world’s most popular clarinetists.

Emma Johnson Voyage

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British Music Society

Release Date: June 8, 2010

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Ross Winters

Lennox BERKELEY

Ross Winters: recorder/Andrew Ball: piano

Raphael Terroni, Norman Beedie: pianos

JACOB: Variations • SCOTT: Aubade • RUBBRA: Sonatina, Op. 128 • Passacaglia Sopra “Pluseiurs Regrets,” Op. 113 • Meditazioni Sopra “Coeurs Désolés,” Op.67 • HOPKINS: Suite • GARDNER: Little Suite in C, Op. 60 • HAND: Sonata Breve • REIZENSTEIN: Partita

BERKELEY: Six Preludes, Op. 23 • Sonata, Op. 20 • Five Short Pieces, Op. 4 • Sonatina for four hands, Op. 39 • Theme and Variations for four hands, Op. 73 • Palm Court Waltz for four hands, Op. 81, No. 2

English Recorder Music

Music for Solo Piano & Piano Duet

All the works recorded on this CD have direct associations with recorder pioneer and virtuoso Carl Dolmetsch (1911–­1997), mainly through his vigorous efforts to encourage the establishment of a contemporary repertoire for the instrument.

Piano was Sir Lennox Berkeley’s own instrument, for which he left a generous legacy of sensitively constructed works for soloists, chamber musicians, and accompanists. Berkeley’s earliest works for keyboard were composed at school and later at Merton College, Oxford. He admired Chopin and Mozart from his earliest days.

Nimbus Heritage

Hallé

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Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

Sir Edward ELGAR

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge/Timothy Brown: director

Thomas Zehetmair: violin/Alice Coote: mezzo-soprano/Hallé Orchestra/Mark Elder: conductor

Reflection

MOZART: Ave Verum • SHEPPARD: In Pace • ATTWOOD: Come Holy Ghost • TALLIS: O Nata Lux • If Ye Love Me • ELGAR: Ave Verum • FARRANT: Lord for thy tender mercies sake • J.S. BACH: Jesu Joy of Man’ Desiring • PARSONS: Ave Maria • GOSS: O Saviour of the World • O Taste and See • DERING: Jesu decus angelicum • O vos omnes • PURCELL: Thou Knowest Lord • BYRD: Ave Verum • O Lord Give Ear • FRANCK: Panis Angelicus • TYE: Give alms of thy goods • CAMPION: Never weather beaten sail Celebrate 500 years of music-making in the English Parish Church with the UK’s finest mixed choir, directed by Timothy Brown.

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Violin Concerto

ELGAR: Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 • Prelude: The Kingdom, Op. 51 • The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 (rev. version without chorus—sel.)

Following their success in the 2009 Classic FM Gramophone Awards, the Hallé and Sir Mark Elder return to the music of Elgar, coupling the beloved Violin Concerto with the Prelude to the lesser-known oratorio The Kingdom and Elgar’s own arrangement of highlights from The Dream of Gerontius.

Nimbus Records

Release Date: June 8, 2010

Eliot Fisk

Mountain Songs Eliot Fisk: guitar/Paula Robinson: flute Cat # NIM 2560

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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

The Complete Violin Sonatas (4 CDs) Robert Mann: violin/Stephen Hough: piano BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1–10 (complete)

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J.S. BACH

The Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin (2 CDs) Oscar Shumsky: violin J.S. BACH: Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin (6), BWV 1001–1006

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Charles Rosen

The Romantic Generation Charles Rosen: piano CHOPIN: Nocturne in B, Op. 62, No. 1 • Nocturne in D-flat, Op. 27, No. 2 • My Joys (arr. Liszt) • LISZT: Reminiscences of Don Juan • Die Loreley • SCHUMANN: Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6

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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas

Vladimir Feltsman: piano BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata in B-flat, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier” • Piano Sonata in A, Op. 101

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WNC

Release Date: June 8, 2010

Andrew SMITH & Tomás Luis de VICTORIA Mother of God

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Anna Deavere Smith: narrator Washington National Cathedral Choir of Men and Girls Michael McCarthy: director SMITH/VICTORIA: Marian Motets with poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke This recording offers a glimpse into the rich tradition of Marian devotion, uniting the music of Andrew Smith with the motets by Spanish composer Tomas Luis de Victoria. Victoria’s rich polyphonic settings are heard here in tandem with Smith’s sympathetic, contemporary interpretations of some of the most beautiful Marian texts. The musical worlds of Smith and Victoria are framed by a spoken narrative drawn from the work of German poet Rainer Maria Rilke, one of the great poetic voices of the past century. This newly conceived sequence of Rilke’s poetry is not sung, but heard as the spoken narrative linking the Latin motets. His perceptive, commonsense voice unites his message with a playful, unaffected, almost impious joy in the ordinary/extraordinary course of the events he relates—The Nativity, Mary’s relationship to her son, his first miracle at the wedding at Cana, before and during his Passion, his Resurrection, and finally Mary’s own death.

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Release Date: June 8, 2010

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St˚ale KLEIBERG Requiem

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Noemi Kiss: soprano Catherine King: mezzo-soprano Christian Hitz: baritone The Choirs of Washington National Cathedral Washington National Cathedral Chamber Orchestra Michael McCarthy: director KLEIBERG: Requiem This powerfully emotional Requiem for the victims of Nazi persecution was commissioned in 2001 in the wake of 9/11. Glasgow Poet Laureate Edwin Morgan provides poetry that is coupled with traditional movements of the Requiem mass. Kleiberg uses the Latin-texted choral movements to create a backdrop for the detail of Morgan’s English-language characters. The subjects are the non-combatant victims whose lives have been rendered valueless. Kleiberg sees the ultimate cause of genocide not in xenophobia or anti-Semitism, but in humankind itself, in the name of progress and in the confident rationality of “men who would play God.”

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Palexa Records

Release Date: June 8, 2010 Fabrizio Chiovetta: piano SCHUMANN: Waldszenen, Op. 82 • Kreisleriana, Op. 16 • “Geister” Variations Recorded at Salle Francois-Bernier du Domaine Forget, St-Irenee, Quebec, Canada, October 2 & 3, 2006.

Robert SCHUMANN Piano Works

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Vladimir Horowitz: piano CLEMENTI: Sonata in C, Op. 33, No. 3 • SCHUMANN: Drei Fanatasiestücke, Op. 111 • Nachtstücke • CHOPIN: Nocturne in E minor • Waltz in A minor • RACHMANINOV: Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor • Polka de W.R. • LISZT: Consolation No. 3 One of Horowitz’s rarest recordings! Recorded in Toronto, Canada, in 1979.

Vladimir Horowitz Toronto 1979

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Release Date: June 8, 2010

Fuga Libera

Alice Ader: piano MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition • A Night on Bald Mountain (tr.) • Une larme • Au Village • The Fair at Sorochinsk • In Crimea 1 & 2 • Gopak • Rêverie • Impromptu passionné • Souvenirs d’enfance • Jeux d’enfants • La capricieuse • La couturière • Méditation • Intermezzo • Scherzo Every disc from Alice Ader holds a special place in the world of piano, and this one is no exception. A summit meeting between a great lady and the work of a furious genius!

Modest MUSSORGSKY Piano Works (2 CDs) Cat # FGL 566 Price Code: 2Q (SRP $31.99) Number of Items: 2 Double Digipak; Box Lot 20 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Ilian Garnetz: violin Alina Bercu: piano SCHUBERT: Sonata (Duo) in A, D574 • YSAŸE: Sonata for Solo Violin in D minor, Op. 27, No. 3 • BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 Ilian Garnetz is Moldavian and, before his extraordinary performance at the Queen Elisabeth competition, was still unknown outside his country.

Alina Bercu is Romanian, and at just 20 years old she has already been a finalist of the Clara Haskil competition. Together they constitute a talented duo—inventive and spontaneous!

Ilian Garnetz

Violin Sonatas

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Alpha Solo Musica

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Gustave NADAUD

Siegfried MATTHUS & Bob MINTZER

Daniel Isoir: piano/Stéphanie Paulet: violin/Alexandre Chabod: clarinet/Paul Carlioz: cello/Arnaud Marzorati: singer, conductor

Clair-obscur Saxophone Quartet/New Westphalian Philharmonic/Heiko Mathias Förster: conductor

Gustave NADAUD: La Vie Moderne • Mon Nez • Satan marié • La Femme du pompier • Le Feu • Le cigare • La Faculté • Lamentations d’un réverbère • Les ruines de Paris • La bouche et l’oreille • L’âme qui chante • Le coucher • La mouche de Monsieur Letortu • L’aimable voleur • Mon claqueur • Les noces du soleil et de la lune • Pandore

MATTHUS: Phantastischen Zauberträume • MINTZER: Rhythm of the Americas

La Bouche & l’Oreille

Cool Rhythm

Gustave Nadaud is, along with Béranger, one of the most famous songwriters of the 19th century. As a caricaturist, Nadaud uses eloquence and humor in the composition of political songs.

Arcana

A warm, full, and intoxicating sound—sometimes almost inaudibly soft, sometimes brutally loud! In the Phantastische Zauberträume by Siegfried Matthus, sparklingly fast runs alternate with frozen moments. Rhythm of the Americas, by American saxophonist and composer Bob Mintzer, is jazzy and offbeat.

Musiques à la Chabotterie

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Antonio CALDARA

Anton HEBERLE

Gaetano Nasillo: cello/Luca Guglielmi: harpsichord, fortepiano/ Sara Bennici: cello

La Simphonie du Marais/Hugo Reyne: recorder, conductor

Cello Sonatas

CALDARA: Cello Sonatas (8) Gaetano Nasillo has two multi-award-winning recordings on Zig-Zag Territoires to his credit, both devoted to the Neapolitan school. Now, he inaugurates his collaboration with Arcana with a program of eight Sonatas for solo cello and continuo by the Venetian-born Antonio Caldara.

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Viennoiseries musicales 1806–1826

HEBERLE: Sonate brillante • Andante con variazioni • Concertino • Josef GEBAUER: Sonata, Op. 17 • Karl SCHOLL: Quartet • Wilhem KLINGENBRUNNER: 12 Waltzes, Op. 47 • Ernest KRÄHMER: Concert Polonaise No. 2, Op. 13 • Anton CSERMÁK: Romance hongroise No. 4

Release Date: June 8, 2009

Ricercar

Mariana Flores: soprano Ensemble Clematis Leonardo García-Alarcón: harpsichord, organ, conductor FRESCOBALDI: Se l’aura spira • Toccata per spinetta e violino • Se m’amate, io v’adoro • Begli occhi • Passacagli • O mio cor • Canzona la Bernardina • Ti lascio anima mia (sopra l’aria di Ruggieri) • La Frescobalda • Vanne o carta amorosa • Canzona detta Laltera • Maddalena alla croce • Capriccio cromatico con ligature al contrario • Ohimé che fur • Canzona la Nicolina • Gioite o selve • A miei pianti fine un di • Cosi mi disprezzate (Aria di Passacaglia) The first Ricercar release with the new layout, launched for the label’s 30th anniversary!

Girolamo FRESCOBALDI Il Regno d’Amore

Cat # RCE 300 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Items: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Greta de Reyghere: soprano James Bowman: countertenor Guy de Mey: tenor Max Van Egmond: bass Ricercar Consort J.S. BACH: Aus der Tiefe rufe ich • Ich habe genug • SELLE: Aus der Tiefe • BERNHARDT: Aus der Tiefe • FORTSCH: Aus der Tiefe • GRAUPNER: Aus der Tiefen ruffen wir Ricercar takes great pleasure in presenting a compilation of two magnificent cantatas by J.S. Bach to mark the label’s 30th birthday.

Includes the complete Ricercar catalog.

J.S. BACH

Aus der Tiefe Cat # RCE 295 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Number of Items: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Gramola

Release Date: June 8, 2010 Charlotte Baumgartner: piano SCHUBERT: 6 Moments Musicaux, D780 • 4 Impromptus, D935 • 12 Graz Waltzes, D924 • Graz Gallop, D925 After the great success of her first CD, Austrian pianist Charlotte Baumgartner has again produced a Schubert disc, this time presenting works from autumn 1827. The Graz Waltzes, conveying an impression of the ‘Schubertiades,’ is deliberately placed next to the ‘Moments musicaux’ and the Impromptus, whose complexity shows the whole of Schubert’s music: both moments of ethereal beauty and tragic despair.

Franz SCHUBERT Herbstblätter

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Cornelia Horak, Hermine Haselböck, Michael Nowak, Alexander Kaimbacher, Josef Wagner: vocal soloists Spirit of Europe Martin Sieghart: conductor SCHUBERT: Mass No. 6 in D, D950 Franz Schubert’s Mass in E-flat Major, written in 1828 along with his last great compositions, is marked by a special intensity of expression.

The European chamber orchestra Spirit of Europe, founded in 2004 upon the EU’s expansion, is directed by Martin Sieghart.

Franz SCHUBERT Mass No. 6 in D, D950

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Release Date: June 8, 2010

Gramola

European Philharmonic Orchestra Peter Jan Marthé: conductor NITSCH: Symphony No. 9 “The Egyptian” In the words of the conductor Peter Jan Marthé, Nitsch uses music as an instrument to experience emotional states and discover existence to a degree unheard of until now: “This music is as powerful as the forces of the universe—either you get in or you get out.”

Hermann NITSCH

Symphony No. 9 (2 CDs) Cat # GLA 98880 Price Code: 2N (SRP $25.99) Number of Items: 2 Double Slimline w/ Slipcase; Box Lot unknown U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Thomas Albertus Irnberger: violin Spirit of Europe Martin Sieghart: conductor MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 3 • Violin Concerto No. 4 • Violin Concerto No. 5 On this SACD, the young Salzburg violinist Thomas Albertus Irnberger presents the cadenzas by Paul Badura-Skoda alongside the Spirit of Europe orchestra, which performs under the baton of Martin Sieghart.

W.A. MOZART

Violin Concertos 3, 4 & 5 Cat # GLA SACD 98890 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Items: 1 Jewel w/ Slipcase; Box Lot unknown U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Etcetera

Release Date: June 8, 2010 Jan Michiels: piano J.S. BACH: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier (sel., Bartók edition) • BUSONI: Fantasia Contrappuntistica • BARTÓK: Piano works Jan Michiels plays on a beautiful-sounding Steinway from 1875, an instrument that could have been played by Bartók and Busoni. The Bach works on this CD are played from the Bartók Edition of the Wohltemperierte Klavier, with Bartók’s expression marks, different fingerings, and remarks.

J.S. BACH

A Cathedral for Bach Cat # ETC 1390 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Items: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot unknown U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Arditti Quartet Pedro Carneiro: marimba TINOCO: Ends Meet • OLIVEIRO: Espiral de Luz • PENHA: Perspective • SUCENA ALMEIDA: Dulce Delirium • RAFAEL: Verzweigungen • CARNEIRO: Lentement, music boxes floating… (whisper for JS) • ROSA: Canto Circular The Arditti Quartet is one of the most respected ensembles in the field of contemporary repertoire. This new CD, featuring modern Portuguese chamber music, forms a successor to their previous Etcetera album with Portuguese quartets. Also featuring exciting young percussionist and composer Pedro Carneiro, this is a very colorful and sunny program.

Arditti Quartet

Spiral of Light: Portuguese Music for Strings and Marimba Cat # ETC 1399 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Items: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot unknown U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Etcetera

Pieter Dirksen: harpsichord, organ J.S. BACH: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 • Canonic Variations on Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her, BWV 769 A unique coupling of the famous Goldberg Variations with the Canonic Variations! According to musicologist Pieter Dirksen, the Canonic Variations form an intended complement to the Goldbergs and, although he changes from harpsichord to organ, this disc provides a very natural listening experience.

J.S. BACH

Goldberg Variations (2 CDs) Cat # ETC 1400 Price Code: 2N (SRP $25.99) Number of Items: 2 Double Slimline; Box Lot unknown U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Masumi Nagasawa: single-action harp Ryo Terakado: baroque violin MOZART: Violin Sonatas, K. 26-27 & 29-31 • Francesco PETRINI: Violin Sonatas, Op 3, Nos. 3 & 6 In these works, the violin is not treated as a solo instrument, but rather as an accompaniment to the harpsichord—or in this case, the harp. Masumi Nagasawa plays an authentic 18th century harp, with a single action mechanism. Ryo Terakado is one of the pioneers of the baroque violin and has a very busy career, not only as a violinist but also as a conductor.

W.A. MOZART

Early Sonatas

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Piano 21

Release Date: June 8, 2010 Cyprien Katsaris: piano LISZT: Allegro Pastorale • R. STRAUSS: An einsamer Quelle • J. STRAUSS II: An ˇ der schönen blauen Donau • BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No. 1 • DVORÁK: Slavic Dance, Op. 70, No. 2 • HARRIS: Piosenka o mojej Warszawi • PETYREK: Zu Pressburg an der Donau • ELLER: Andantino • Alla Ballata • Kodumaine Viis • SIBELIUS: Finlandia, Op 26, No 7 • HANNIKAINEN: Suomalainen Kehtosävel • Debussyn Varjokuva • LEIFS: Rimnadanslög No. 4 • LATOUR: Rule Britannia • RÖNTGEN: Bergerette. Les Grandes Douleurs • ALBÉNIZ (tr. Godowsky): Tango • JAËLL: Caprice brillant • TRAD. (arr. Constantinidis): Kalamatianos • ECONOMOU: Song of Freedom Album d’un Voyageur was the title chosen by Franz Liszt for a collection of 19 pieces that he published in 1835–36, following a trip to Switzerland. Here, Cyprien Katsaris offers a kaleidoscope of works that he plays on his own trips.

Always aiming to please his cosmopolitan public, the pianist chooses works that typify the countries he visits. This album offers an original, thrilling program assembled in the course of Katsaris’ many trips and constitutes a veritable musical journey through Europe.

Cyprien Katsaris

Album d’un Voyageur, Vol. 1: Europe Cat # P21 32 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Items: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot unknown U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Cyprien Katsaris: piano BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 13 “Pathétique” • 6 Ecossaisen, WoO 83 • Ecossaise, WoO 86 • 6 Kontretänze, WoO 14 • Symphony No. 7, Op. 92—2nd mvt (tr. Liszt) • Diabelli Variations Nos. 1, 13, 20 & 22 • String Quintet Movement (tr. Diabelli) • HÜTTENBRENNER: Funeral Tribute to Beethoven in chords • Erlkönig Waltz • 6Variations, Op. 2 • Funeral Tribute to Schubert • SCHUBERT: Variations on a Theme by Anselm Hüttenbrenner, D576 • 16 Ländler & 2 Ecossaisen, D734 • Di junge Nonne, D828 • Erlkönig (tr. Liszt) • Unfinished Symphony No. 7, D759 • LISZT: Soirées de Vienne No. 2 • Waltz, S.208a • Valse, S.210b • Ländler, S.211 • DIABELLI: Sonatinas (3) • Waltz • Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli by Hüttenbrenner, Schubert & Liszt Piano 21 offers a vehicle for Katsaris’ own recordings, many of them live performances, that comprise both new recordings and tracks from private archives.

Cyprien Katsaris

Viennese Connections (2 CDs) Cat # P21 33 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Items: 2 Double Slimline; Box Lot unknown

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Piano 21

Release Date: June 8, 2010 Cyprien Katsaris: piano LISZT: Funeral Prelude & March • Nuages gris • Hungarian Rhapsody No. 5 • Csardas obstinée • Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude • Am Grabe Richard Wagners • WAGNER (tr. Liszt): Isoldes Liebestod • GUANG: Silver clouds chasing the moon • HALÉVY (tr. Wagner): Overture to La Reine de Chypre • SCHUBERT: Rosamunde Fürtin von Cypern, D797 • Second Ballet Music No 9 (tr. Pauer) • 3 Lieder (tr. Liszt) • J.S. BACH (tr. Katsaris): Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 • Prelude from The Little Clavier Book for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (tr. Ziloti) • CHOPIN: Nocturne in E-flat, Op. 9, No. 2 • GOTTSCHALK: The Banjo • CARRASCO: Adiós This DVD of the recital that Cyprien Katsaris gave at the International Piano Festival of Shanghai Conservatory of Music features the first video recordings of three transcriptions: Katsaris’ own version of Bach’s Toccata and Fugue for Organ, BWV 565; Schubert’s ballet music Rosamunde, Princess of Cyprus by Ernst Pauer; and the Overture The Queen of Cyprus

by Jacques-François Fromental Halévy, by Richard Wagner (!), who was an admirer of Halévy.

In addition to a number of lesser-known works of Liszt, there is also a Chinese piece that Katsaris learned at the very last moment, an hour before the concert started, especially for the Shanghai audience.

Cyprien Katsaris

Live in Shanghai October 4, 2005 (DVD) Cat # P21 34 Price Code: 2I (SRP $21.99) Number of Items: 1 Amaray; Box Lot unknown First time on DVD!

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æon Tedi Papavrami: violin Philharmonic Orchestra of Liège Wallonie, Bruxelles François-Xavier Roth: conductor SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction & Rondo capriccioso • Violin Concerto No. 3 • CHAUSSON: Poème for violin & orchestra • YSAŸE: Poème élégiaque for violin & orchestra An unforgettably elegant interpretation! This is François-Xavier Roth’s first disc with the Liège Philharmonic Orchestra, of which he is the new musical director. Tedi Papavrami, François-Xavier Roth, and the Liège Philharmonic Orchestra present the solo violin as seen by the French in the 19th century: a violin completely different from the one that could be found in the rest of Europe.

Tedi Papavrami

French Violin Works Cat # AEN 1088 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Items: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Royal Philharmonic Masterworks

Release Date: June 8, 2010

Michael NYMAN The Piano Concerto Cat # RPM 28600 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Number of Items: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Peter Lawson: piano Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Jonathan Carney: conductor NYMAN: The Piano Concerto • On The Fiddle • Prospero’s Books Peter Lawson was born in Manchester and studied there with Derrick Wyndham and Sulamita Aronovsky. He has appeared as a regular soloist in Europe and the UK, where he gained a distinguished reputation for combining a brilliant technique, adventurous programming, and a repertoire stretching from the classics to jazz. He has appeared on Radio 3 and performed with the Hallé, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, London Mozart Players, and the BBC regional orchestras, to name just a few.

Jonathan Carney comes from a unique musical family background. As all six members of his family graduated from the Juilliard School in New York, music was a constant influence from an early age. Before being appointed Leader of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, he toured the Americas and the Far East as a leader and soloist with orchestras from Europe and North America. Carney has been the concertmaster of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra since 2002.

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Royal Philharmonic Masterworks

Release Date: June 8, 2010

Frederick DELIUS Brigg Fair & Others Cat # RPM 28650 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Number of Items: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Christopher Seaman: conductor DELIUS: Brigg Fair • A Song Before Sunrise • Over the Hills and Far Away Christopher Seaman is widely regarded as one of Britain’s leading conductors, and has a flourishing career in the US—in addition to his relationships with the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra and Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, he has worked with the orchestras of Minnesota, Houston, Cincinnati, Atlanta, and Detroit. In addition to this recording, Seaman has recorded an album of music by Vaughn Williams in the Royal Philharmonic Collection, and has recorded with the Philharmonia Orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. His commitment to educating musicians includes his post as Chief Guest Conductor of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.

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