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TABLE OF CONTENTS Aliud 27 Ameson 21 AVIE Records 17–18 Ayros 15 BGS Records 15 BMC Records 28 Cameo Classics 22–23 CAvi-music 18 Challenge Classics 11–12 CORO 4 Cypres 19 DOREMI 26 Fryderyk Chopin Institute 5 Herisson 6–7 Intergroove 8–9 Lindoro 31

Myrios Classics 3 Nimbus 24–25 OMAC Records 13 osjAlive 14 Phaedra 26 Quartz Music 16 Reference Recordings 10–11 Royal Flemish Philharmonic 21 Smekkleysa 30 SOMM Recordings 14 Stone Records 20 Stradivarius 29 Summit Records 19 Syrius 30 Vlad Records 26

OSJAlive

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St John’s Smith Square is situated in central London, near to Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament. One of London’s most popular classical music venues, the building is a masterpiece of English Baroque architecture that has survived fire, lightning, bomb plots, and the Blitz. Now, the Orchestra of St John’s Smith Square has launched its own record label — osjAlive! The label’s first release is John Lubbock’s critically acclaimed interpretation of Fauré’s Requiem, performed at the venue in April 2013. osjAlive comes to Allegro Classical via Launch Music International Ltd.

Cameo Classics

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Cameo Classics was founded in 1973 by David Kent-Watson, who had built Indigo Sound Studios in Manchester with Bob Auger. Cameo Classics centered around recording unfairly neglected classical music on location, whereas the 24-track Indigo Sound Studios entertained the likes of Marc Bolan, Sad Café, and the Bay City Rollers, to name just a few. Cameo Classics now concentrates on recording the works of neglected British and Jewish German composers. To date, the label has premiered 108 compositions, and new recordings are always in the pipeline. Cameo Classics comes to Allegro Classical via Nimbus/Wyastone.

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Vlad Records

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Vlad Records was founded two years ago by Vlad Weverbergh, Flemish clarinetist and founder of chamber music group Terra Nova. The label’s aim is to give unknown music a place in the modern musical landscape, allowing this “new” music to be preserved not just on paper, but as part of our aural heritage as well. Vlad Records comes to Allegro Classical via New Arts International.

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Myrios Classics

Kirill Gerstein

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Kirill Gerstein: piano MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition • SCHUMANN: Carnaval Both Schumann and Mussorgsky were wild, imaginative composers who found means of expression that went beyond the conventional. On his new Myrios Classics recording, pianist Kirill Gerstein offers an unusual yet logical pairing of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and Schumann’s Carnaval, cycles of piano pieces in which the picturesque element was the departure point that fired the composer’s imagination. PLAYABLE IN ALL CD PLAYERS. For optimal sound, use compatible surround sound system. UPCOMING PERFORMANCES June 5 San Francisco, CA – Weill Hall in Rohnert Park June 6–7 San Francisco, CA – Davies Symphony Hall also available Kirill Gerstein Plays Liszt, Schumann & Knussen CD: MYR 5 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 d

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Giovanni Pierluigi da PALESTRINA Palestrina Volume 5

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The Sixteen Harry Christophers: conductor PALESTRINA: Dum complerentur • Loquebantur variis linguis • Hymn: Veni Creator Spiritus, Plainchant: Iam Christus astra ascenderat • Missa Iam Christus astra ascenderat • Veni Sancte Spiritus • Song of Songs 13–15 • Magnificat quarti toni Harry Christophers and The Sixteen continue their exploration of Palestrina’s great work with the fifth disc in their celebrated series! This album features a selection of Palestrina’s music for Pentecost, including his Missa Iam Christus astra ascenderat. Volume 3 of the series was nominated for a prestigious Grammy Award®, and the series continues to receive critical acclaim around the world. Review & Airplay Copies sent to U.S. press and radio stations. Airplay on Classic FM and BBC Radio 3 (available worldwide via digital radio). Advertising includes BBC Music, Gramophone, online outlets, and more. also available The Sixteen Palestrina Volume 4 CD: CRO 16114 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 d

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Fryderyk Chopin Institute

W.A. MOZART

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Christina Landshamer: soprano Ingeborg Danz: alto Robert Getchell: tenor Matthew Brook: bass-baritone Orchestre des Champs-Élysées Collegium Vocale Gent Accademia Chigiana Siena Philippe Herreweghe: conductor W.A. MOZART: Requiem in D minor, K. 626 The first DVD released by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute features Mozart’s Requiem performed by the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Collegium Vocale Gent, and Accademia Chigiana Siena conducted by Philippe Herreweghe. Recorded on Sunday’s Holy Mass, October 17, 2010, celebrated by father Kazimierz Szymonik at Holy Cross Church in Warsaw. DVD Specs: NTSC, Region 0, 16:9 (Widescreen), Color, English & Polish w/ English Sub (Stereo), Not Rated, Run Time: 73 min.

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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

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Soo Park: piano BEETHOVEN: Tempest • Waldstein • Appassionata Although the three sonatas recorded here are among the most frequently performed of Beethoven’s works, it is far rarer to hear them played on a pianoforte of the time. The sonatas were composed during the brief period spanning1801–1806, exactly the same period that saw the arrival of the Jakob Weimes pianoforte used here. By playing these sonatas on the piano that first played them, we feel the composer’s joy in exploiting the pianoforte’s recently acquired capacities, and Beethoven’s transgressive force becomes evident because the instrument is being pushed to its limits... Soo Park was born in Seoul, Korea. She studied piano in France with Catherine Collard and Pierre Reach, and fortepiano with Patrick Cohen in the CNSM de Paris. She was awarded the Premier Prix of fortepiano by the unanimous decision of the jury, before going on to study a post-graduate program with Christophe Coin. She was laureate of the 1998 Early Music Competition of Brugge. Now living in France, she has played with Ensemble Philidor, Véronique Dietschy, and Ensemble XVIII-21.

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Intergroove Classics

Peter Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY String Concertos

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Lyudmila Malian: violin Sergei Roldugin: cello St. Petersburg Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra Stanislav Gorkovenko: conductor TCHAIKOVSKY: Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major, Op. 35 • Variations on a Rokoko Theme for cello and orchestra, Op. 33 All of the recordings in the St. Petersburg Classics series were made in the late ’90s by Mazur Media in coproduction with Sony Classical; however, with a few exceptions, were never released. All were produced in 24 bit/96 hz High Definition Technology, and then converted into the common CD standard almost without loss. Tchaikovsky wrote only a few works for violin and cello, but his artistic impact in this area is significant. His concerto for violin is the first Russian violin concerto. His dedicatee Leopold Auer refused to accept it because he felt it was unplayable, yet today it has a firm place in the concert halls as a classical masterpiece.

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Reference Recordings

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Igor STRAVINSKY

Firebird Suite & The Song of the Nightingale

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Symphonic Dances & Vocalise

Belkis, Queen of Sheba

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Enigma Variations

Piano Concertos 21 & 24

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Reference Recordings Roberto Moronn Pérez: guitar PETIT: Sicilienne • MARTELLI: Quatre Pièces • DE BREVILLE: Fantaisie • COLLET: Briviesca, Op. 67 • MOULAERT: Suite • LAPARRA: Cuadros (Scènes d’Espagne) • FERROUD: Spiritual • PRESTI: Segovia The second album in this important and unique series, this time showcasing the French composers! The Archive consists of pieces dedicated to Segovia or commissioned by him, involving composers from eight countries. They were subsequently published as “The Segovia Archive Series” by Edizione Musicale Bèrben. The album was recorded by John Taylor in the lovely acoustics of Holy Trinity Church, Weston, Hertfordshire, UK, and mastered by Grammy®-winning engineer and audiophile legend Keith O. Johnson. Media Service to music press, online media, and classical radio stations. Promotion & Marketing handled by Reference Recordings. Social Media Promotion by Rosebrook Classical. Ads with LISTEN, Gramophone, The Absolute Sound, Stereophile, and more.

Roberto Moronn Pérez

Segovia Archive: French Composers

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Challenge Classics Stolz Quartet Marieke Schut: oboe Jellantsje de Vries: violin Liesbeth Steffens: viola Doris Hochscheid: cello Gerrie de Vries: guest vocals RAVEL: Tombeau de Couperin, arr. R. Zuidam • ZUIDAM: A Love Unsung (excerpt) • DE VRIES: Haiku’s • EINARSSON: Desiring-Machines (partial-object 0.1667) • SCRIABIN: 4 Preludes, Op. 33, arr. Verbey • VERBEY: 4 Preludes to Infinity • LISZT: Via Crucis, Station IV, arr. R. de Leeuw

Stolz Quartet

Dutch Masters and Their Inspiration

The Stolz Quartet was created with the passionate conviction that it is possible to present classical music and contemporary music theater in a way that creates a rich and beautiful experience for the listener. Within the strong Dutch musical scene, the Stolz Quartet is at the top of their game concerning technique and musicality. In the words of composer and conductor Oliver Knussen: “Last night I listened with increasing happiness and amazement to the best performance (in every way) of my Cantata that I have heard for years and years. Thank you all SO much. It is such a wonderful feeling to experience that uncanny understanding of what I meant without my presence at rehearsals!”

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Arvo PÄRT Stabat mater

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Goeyvaerts String Trio Kristien Roels: violin Kris Matthynssens: viola Pieter Stas: cello Zsuzsi Tóth: soprano Barnabás Hegyi: countertenor Olivier Berten: tenor PÄRT: Stabat mater • MOODY: Simeron The Goeyvaerts String Trio employs just intonation for the Stabat mater, although equal temperament is the most commonly known and used. Pure intonation is an early form of tuning. Intervals are distributed unevenly but “purely” across the octave. Just intonation sounds calmer, and even a bit more sorrowful, to the contemporary listener. Throughout his Stabat mater, Arvo Pärt alternates beautiful triads with dissonances. The work’s emotional quality is present no matter what intonation is used, but just intonation does give the work a specific “voice.” The Stabat mater is not an icon surrounded by jewels; it is an expression of suffering and solace. This performance of the Stabat mater reveals something that cannot be put into words, and this may explain its intense beauty.

OMAC Records

Mark O’Connor MOC4

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Mark O’Connor: violin Tracks Include: Life Let Us Cherish • Hornpipes (Tin Wedding, Golden Eagle, Ostinelli’s) • I’ll Fly Away • Faded Love • Clarinet Polka • Minor Swing • Jole Blon • Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars • Take Five • St. Louis Blues • Mark’s Waltz • Canadian Tunes (McNabbs/Fourth Floor • San Antonio Rose • Gold Rush • Beaumont Rag • Dawn Waltz • Tico-Tico no Fuba • It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) • Ashokan Farewell • Bach’s Partita No. 2 (Allemande) • Emily’s Reel • La Bamba “Concise, lyrical, and irresistibly rhythmic.” — Boston Globe Mark O’Connor plays a series of American classics and more, creating a wonderful album featuring a variety of genres and styles. The music on this CD ties into the repertoire for the O’Connor Method, a series of books for music education.

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SOMM Recordings Martin Cousin: piano RACHMANINOV: Études-Tableaux, Op. 33 • Études-Tableaux, Op. 39 “He has not only the power to play the massive, orchestrally scaled climaxes, but also the ability to play a beautiful pianissimo, plus the uncanny control — and the musical comprehension — to bring out the ubiquitous inner lines that Rachmaninov calls for. This is the performance of the First Sonata that I have always heard in my head, but never thought I’d actually get to hear with my ears. This guy’s the real deal.” — Fanfare Since winning the Pozzoli International Piano competition, ever-popular young Scottish pianist Martin Cousin has won a just reputation as an ideal interpreter of the Russian Romantics. He has a fearless technique and a palette of extraordinarily beautiful colors that do perfect justice to the music of Rachmaninov. The Études-Tableaux have been in Martin’s repertoire for years, and they were absolutely ripe for recording.

Sergei RACHMANINOV Études-Tableaux Op. 33 & 39

Review Copies sent to all press and radio outlets, as well as e-media. Upcoming Interview in International Piano Magazine.

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Allegro Classical Welcomes osjAlive Ilona Domnich: soprano Johnny Herford: baritone OSJ Voices Orchestra of St. John’s John Lubbock: conductor FAURÉ: Requiem • Eight Songs, orch. by Lubbock (premiere) • Pavane, Op. 50 The first release on the osjAlive label is a beautiful recording of Fauré’s works performed at St John’s Smith Square in April 2013. This CD features Ilona Domnich (soprano) and Johnny Herford (baritone) performing the world premiere of John Lubbock’s moving orchestration of Fauré’s “Eight Songs,” originally written with piano accompaniment. It also contains Lubbock’s sensitive interpretation of Fauré’s famous Requiem, by the Orchestra of St. John’s and OSJ Voices.

Gabriel FAURÉ Requiem

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BGS Nigel North: lute MILANO: Lute music of il Divino This is the first volume in a new series of recordings of the lute music of Francesco Canova da Milano for BGS Records. Nigel North’s previous album, The Heart Trembles With Pleasure, was released to great critical acclaim in November 2010; it was shortlisted for a Gramophone Award, and BBC Music Magazine hailed North’s performances as “scrupulously considered yet spontaneous.”

Francesco Canova da MILANO Dolcissima Amorosa

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Ayros Marco Vitale: keyboard SWEELINCK: Fantasia Chromatica • Ballo del Granduca • Paduana Lachrimae • Onder een Linde Groene • More Palatino • Engelse Fortuyn • BYRD: Fortune • La Volta • The Bells • John come kisse me now • PEERSON: Primerose • The Fall of the Leafe Ayros Raritas is a series of recordings focusing on rare instruments, which belong to private collections. In some instances, only a few examples exist in the world. The chosen repertoire is specifically matched to the instrument, to highlight its special qualities. The first release features a recording of an original Ruckers spinet from 1604. This instrument has miraculously survived to the present day and, after many years of research and preparation, has been restored to a playable state. It was built in Antwerp in the workshop of the brothers Joannes and Andreas Ruckers; the date 1604 can be found among the painted decoration on its soundboard. The original signature has been lost together with the jack rail and rose but, from the style of this painted decoration, we can be sure that it is typical of the early period of the instruments signed by Joannes Ruckers.

Marco Vitale Ruckers 1604

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Quartz Records Roman Mints: violin, Russian hurdy-gurdy (Kolesnaya lira) YSAŸE: Sonata No. 2 • PIAZZOLLA: Etude No. 2 • SCHNITTKE: A Paganini • TABAKOVA: Spinning a Yarn (premiere) • SILVESTROV: Postlude Dance of Shadows is a new release by multi-award-winning Russian violinist Roman Mints. Each piece on this recording has been chosen by the artist for personal reasons, including the notable premiere of Dobrinka Tabakova’s “Spinning a Yarn.” For the purpose of this recording, Mints has also created a special concept called “Spatial Orchestration” to give the listener a unique understanding of each track. To find the right sound for each piece he has used different microphone placings, and also moved his instrument around the studio. Promotion Campaign by Shira Gilbert. Media Mailing to NPR, New York Times, New Yorker, and more. Print Ads with LISTEN.

Roman Mints

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Pro Arte Piano Quartet Kenneth Sillito: violin Robert Smissen: viola Stephen Orton: cello Hamish Milne: piano BRAHMS: Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25 • Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 60 • Piano Quartet in A, Op. 26 The Pro Arte Piano Quartet, formed in 1989 by principal members of the renowned Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble in collaboration with pianist Hamish Milne, present the Brahms Piano Quartets, each masterpieces in their own right. Press Service to Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine, and Fanfare.

Johannes BRAHMS Piano Quartets

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Avie Records Sian Davies, Caitlin Hulcup, Darren Jeffrey, Paul Nilon: vocal soloists Garsington Opera Orchestra and Chorus David Parry: conductor “An all-around triumph.” — Financial Times HHHHH “A major coup for Garsington Opera … a masterpiece.” — Opera Today ROSSINI: Maometto Secondo: Opera in Two Acts Leading UK summer opera festival Garsington Opera releases its first commercial recording, the rare Rossini opera Maometto Secondo. Recorded live at the universally acclaimed 2013 performances — the first-ever fully staged production in the UK — this release coincides with the company’s 25th anniversary celebrations. Set in the 15th century, Rossini’s hugely ambitious undertaking depicts the Turkish Sultan Maometto’s siege of the Venetian outpost of Negroponte, and his ultimate defeat. Lavishly packaged in a 100-page hardbound book, this outstanding release mirrors Garsington Opera’s exceptional artistic standards presented in the spectacular Opera Pavilion, situated in an area of extraordinary natural beauty in the UK countryside.

Gioachino ROSSINI Maometto Secondo

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Jean Johnson: clarinet Steven Osborne: piano BRAHMS: Clarinet Sonata No. 1, Op. 120 • Clarinet Sonata No. 2, Op. 120 • RÓZSA: Sonata for solo clarinet, Op. 41 • Sonatina for solo clarinet, Op. 27 “Freedom and flair … bounding with energy and purposeful intent.” — The Scotsman

Johannes BRAHMS & Miklós RÓZSA Clarinet Sonatas

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Husband-and-wife team clarinetist Jean Johnson and pianist Steven Osborne come together for a recording of Brahms’ popular Clarinet Sonatas, uniquely paired with the rarer ones by Miklós Rózsa in which Johnson steps into the spotlight on her own. Brahms’ appreciation for the clarinet came late in his career — his two Sonatas were the last chamber works he wrote. The Hungarian-born Rózsa, known universally for his Oscar®-winning scores to such movies as Spellbound and Ben-Hur, was equally admired for his classical compositions, which were championed by the likes of Heifetz and Piatigorsky. His two works for solo clarinet spanned 35 years, both written after he’d settled in Hollywood, the latter just two years before his death. Jean Johnson is an avid chamber musician. In addition to performing regularly with her husband Steven Osborne, she has collaborated with leading musicians in the world’s foremost venues, including pianist Barry Douglas at Carnegie Hall and on the “Bridge” contemporary music series at Lincoln Center.

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CAvi-music Julian Steckel: cello Paul Rivinius: piano FRANCK: Sonata in A for cello and piano • FAURÉ: Romance, Op. 69 • Berceuse, Op. 16 • Élégie, Op. 24 • Three Romances Without Words, Op. 17 • SAINT-SAËNS: Sonata No. 2 for cello and piano, Op. 123 “He has everything … lovely richness, colour, flexibility and texture in his playing, a huge range of attack, [and a] great range of spontaneity.” — BBC Radio 3 This new release of French cello music includes the rarely-played Saint-Saëns Sonata No. 2 as well as some very well-known pieces by Fauré. also available Julian Steckel French Cello Works CD: AVI 8553230 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1

Julian Steckel

French Cello Sonatas II

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Avie Records Auricolae Storytelling & Music Troupe David Yang: narrator, viola Diane Pascal: violin Kenneth Woods: cello Tracks Include: Lubin from Chelm • Bremen Town Musicians • Two Brothers • The Ugly Duckling • The Three Wishes • The Matzoh Ball Man • The Spots of the Toad • Three Fables: Alley Violinist, Problem in Design, The Old Magician • The Princess and the Man with a Pure Heart • Warrior Violinist • The Emperor’s New Clothes “One cannot help but admire the commitment and educational effort … the stories are presented with energy and great panache … clever and very well done.” — Audiophile Audition

Auricolae Storytelling & Music Troupe The Double Album

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The members of the acclaimed string trio Ensemble Epomeo transform into Auricolae, a fantastical band of minstrels presenting fairytales, folklore, and fables in a two-CD set of new music dramatized via the ageless art of storytelling. More than a dozen parables from around the world fuse traditional allegories with inventive mythical settings, pair timeless legends with new musical scores, and offer original stories whose inspiration stems from the beginning of time. The result is a truly unique synthesis of words and music that is instantly entertaining. Priority for Coverage in youth and educational outlets, parenting columns in newspapers, magazines such as Parents, blogs such as Motherlode, and online forums such as IN-ovations. E-Blast to AVIE mailing list (c. 5,000).

Cypres Les Folies Françoises Patrick Cohën-Akenine: violin, conductor Benjamin Chénier: violin François Poly: cello André Henrich: theorbo, archlute, guitar Béatrice Martin: organ, harpsichord Marc Schapira: narrator CORELLI: Sonata Op. 5, No. 1 in D major • Sonata Op. 1, No. 11 in D minor • Sonata Op. 1, No. 9 in G major • Sonata Op. 5, No. 10 in F major • Sonata Op. 2, No. 6 in G minor • Sonata Op. 2, No. 12 in G major • Follia Op. 5, No. 12 in D minor • COUPERIN: Le Parnasse ou l’Apothéose de Corelli

Arcangelo CORELLI

The Famous Violin Teacher CD: CYP 1668 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

As a violinist admired throughout Europe, and father of the sonata and the concerto grosso, Arcangelo Corelli enjoyed an unparalleled reputation during his lifetime and throughout the entire 18th century, leaving his mark on generations of musicians and composers. Although his music can seem less typically “baroque” to our ears, its relative sobriety and the further refinement of violin-making largely contributed to its dissemination. Like Bach who admired him, Corelli was not an innovator, but he created a deeply personal art through synthesis. At a time when virtuoso singing was prevalent, he provided a model of elegance and balance, even being dubbed “The New Orpheus of Our Times.” The trio sonatas on this recording are dedicated to Corelli’s main Roman patrons; they reflect his personal evolution as well as the refinement of the violin, which was subject to an increasingly apparent emancipation within the orchestra.

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Summit Records Northern Illinois University Wind Symphony Mark Ponzo: trumpet Jeff Malecki: euphonium Larry Williams: horn Thomas Bough: tuba BOUGH: Concerto for euphonium and wind band • Concerto for horn and wind band • Suite Tuba • NERUDA: Concerto in E flat, arr. Bough

Thomas BOUGH

Thomas Bough holds MM and DMA degrees in Tuba Performance from Arizona State University, where he was a student of Sam Pilafian and Dan Perantoni. He holds the degree Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Missouri State University, where he was active in both vocal and instrumental music. Dr. Bough’s diverse performance background includes the St. Louis Brass Band, Paducah Symphony Orchestra, Mesa Symphony Orchestra, SIUC Faculty Brass Quintet, and the Downbeat Dixieland Band. He toured for two seasons with the Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps, and performed as a member of the 1989 Walt Disney World All American College Marching Band. Bough is a frequent contributor to Instrumentalist magazine, and has contributed articles to three volumes of the Teaching Music Through Performance series.

Concertos for Brass: The Music of Thomas Bough CD: SMT 632 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Stone Records Lisa Harper-Brown: soprano David Wickham: piano SUTHERLAND: Four Blake Songs • Six Songs to the Poems of Judith Wright • ALLEN: Remembered Love, Op. 62 • GLANVILLE-HICKS: Profiles from China • Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird • HANSON: Two Songs, Op. 7 • PHILLIPS: Two Hebrew Songs This is Stone Records’ second disc of Australian art songs performed by one of Australia’s leading sopranos, Lisa Harper-Brown, and her excellent accompanist David Wickham. This volume focuses largely on works by Margaret Sutherland (1897–1984) and Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912–1990), names that may be familiar to some Australian music aficionados but seldom reach the ears of the wider listening public. This is a great shame, as they show not only a great affinity to the wider genre of English song, but also track their own distinctive musical path. This is a wonderful introduction to some rarelyheard composers, with full texts and excellent notes by the pianist.

Lisa Harper-Brown

The Red of a Woman’s Heart CD: SNR 8039 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Magid El-Bushra: countertenor Jill Carter: flute Matthew Turner: vibraphone Julia Desbruslais: cello CORP: Lullaby for a Lost Soul (premiere) “An expert choral hand at work.” — Gramophone “An artless quality informed but not stifled by western choral tradition.” — Classic FM HHHHH This latest CD of music by Ronald Corp OBE is an inspired mixture of settings of Francis Booth’s cycle of poems interspersed with Corp’s own arrangements of John Dowland lute songs. Inspired by the starkness and directness of the poetry of his longtime collaborator Booth, Corp has scored the work for countertenor (rising star Magid El-Bushra) with a halo-like accompaniment of vibraphone, flute, and cello. The juxtaposition of these new songs sung by a countertenor, against Dowland’s 17th-century music realized in modern arrangements, is a revelation that sheds new light on the older works, which in turn reverberate through Corp’s songs.

Ronald CORP

Lullaby for a Lost Soul CD: SNR 8041 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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world premiere

Améson Allain GAUSSIN

Harmonie des Sphères Ensemble Sillages/Jean-Marc Fessard: clarinet/Vincent Leterme: piano/Sophie Deshayes: flute GAUSSIN: L’Harmonie des Sphères (premiere) • Satori (premiere) • Ogive (premiere) • Jardin Zen (premiere) • Tokyo-City (premiere) • Chakra

CD: AMN 1324 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 d

Poet and visionary Allain Gaussin writes music with breathtaking energy, sensual and shimmering, sometimes even with exhilarating and powerful violence. By assaying fine sounds into remarkable works and textures that transform us, Gaussin’s music captivates listeners with a spectacular and definitive voice.

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BACH FAMILY Father & Sons

David Bismuth: piano W.F. BACH: Sonata in A minor FKnv8 (premiere piano recording) • C.P.E. BACH: Sonata in B minor Wq. 55/3-H245 • Sonata in F sharp minor Wq. 52/4-H37 • J.S. BACH: Toccata in E minor BWV 914 • Fantasie in C minor BWV 906 • J.C. BACH: Sonata in C minor, Op. 5

CD: AMN 1325 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 d

David Bismuth offers a beautiful new exploration of the Bach Family on his latest recital disc. Discover how three sons assimilated their paternal influence to develop a musical language in accordance with their time, creating a stylistic bridge between Baroque and Classical.

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Royal Flemish Philharmonic César Franck

Le Chassuer Maudit Peter Van de Velde: organ/Royal Flemish Phiharmonic/Peter Biloen: conductor FRANCK: Le Chasseur maudit • CALLAERTS: Organ Concerto (premiere) • JONGEN: Symphonie concertante

CD: RFP 8 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 d

On this live recording, concert organist Peter Van de Velde and the Royal Flemish Philharmonic offer a unique program of symphonic organ works demonstrating the versatility of the Belgian organ school. The symphonic poem Le Chasseur maudit is by César Franck, the most famous of the three organist/composers on this recording. The world premiere recording of the romantic organ concerto by Joseph Callaerts illuminates the craftsmanship and virtuosic refinement of the Belgian organ school, while majestic poetry characterizes Joseph Jongen’s impressive Symphonie concertante.

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Allegro Classical Welcomes Cameo Classics Ignaz BRÜLL

Music of 19th Century Jewish German Composers Vol. 1 Janet Olney: piano BRÜLL: Opus 45 • Opus 51 • Opus 11 • Opus 72 Sadly, nearly all of Brüll’s compositions have lain unheard by the public for over a century. Many will never be heard, as even his great friendship with Brahms could not save him from the anti-Semitism fuelled by Wagner and Liszt during the 19th century. Hitler idolized Wagner, and he ordered that scores of the music of Jewish composers be searched for and burnt. Fortunately for us, many of them were well hidden… CD: CCL 9045 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Ignaz BRÜLL

Music of 19th Century Jewish German Composers Vol. 2 Belarussian State Symphony Orchestra/Marius Stravinsky: conductor BRÜLL: Symphony in E minor, Op. 31 • Serenade in F major No. 1, Op. 29

CD: CCL 9027 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

At the beginning of the 19th century, Richard Wagner accused the Jews of being a harmful element in German culture, arguing that Jewish musicians were only capable of producing music that was shallow and artificial. The music of Jewish composer Ignaz Brüll shows Wagner’s views to be completely unfounded. However, at the time, Wagner’s criticism fuelled the growing anti-Semitism in 19th-century Austria and Germany, and Brüll’s considerable musical output was suppressed during his lifetime. With the rise of Nazi Germany in the 20th century, Brüll’s music was banned from being performed, and his manuscripts were burnt.

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Ignaz BRÜLL & Salomon JADASSOHN

Music of 19th Century Jewish German Composers Vol. 3 Malta Philharmonic Orchestra/Marius Stravinsky: conductor BRÜLL: Serenade No. 2 in E, Op. 36 • JADASSOHN: Serenade No. 1 in 4 Canons, Op. 42 • Serenade No. 2 in D, Op. 46

CD: CCL 9031 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

Ignaz Brüll was the eldest son of a prosperous Jewish merchant. In 1850, at the age of four, he moved with his parents from the provincial town of Prossnitz in Moravia to Vienna, which henceforth became the center of his life and work. He displayed precocious musical talent and was permitted to study the piano with Julius Epstein, and composition with Johann Rufinatscha. Brüll wrote three orchestral serenades, Op. 36 in E being the second. Salomon Jadassohn is a shamefully neglected composer. He studied at the Leipzig Conservatory, and privately with Liszt at Weimar, but because he was Jewish he could not qualify for the many church jobs as music directors or organists which were usually available to Christian graduates of a conservatory such as Leipzig.

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Allegro Classical Welcomes Cameo Classics Karelia State Philharmonic Orchestra British Composers Premiere Collections Vol. 1

Karelia State Philharmonic Orchestra/Marius Stravinsky: conductor HOWELL: Tone Poem, Lamia • BLOWER: Symphony in C • HOLBROOKE: Variations on “The Girl I Left Behind”

CD: CCL 9037 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

Marius Stravinsky is Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Karelia Philharmonic Orchestra. As a violinist he attended the Central Moscow Music School from 1985, and in 1989 went to the Yehudi Menuhin School. He won a top music scholarship to Eton College in 1992. He attended the Royal Academy of Music and Royal College of Music from 1997 to 2002, and was Assistant Conductor of the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra until 2004, when he accepted the post of Resident Conductor of Helikon Opera in Moscow.

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Malta Philharmonic Orchestra

British Composers Premiere Collections Vol. 2 Rebecca Hall: flute/John McDonough: oboe/Jose Garcia Gutierrez: horn/Malta Philharmonic Orchestra/Michael Laus: conductor BLOWER: Eclogue for horn and strings • Horn Concerto • MILFORD: Suite for oboe and string orchestra • KELLY: Serenade for flute with accompaniment of harp, horn, and string orchestra in E minor, Op. 7 • COOPER: Concertino for oboe and strings, Op. 78

CD: CCL 9032 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

This is the second volume of a fascinating survey of British rarities including the showpieces of Blower’s Horn Concerto and Eclogue for Horn and Strings. The Robin Milford Trust described this disc as a joy, a real achievement, and a wonderful contribution to British music!

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Michael Davis

Walton, Debussy & Ravel: Music for violin & piano Michael Davis: violin/Rayson Whalley: piano WALTON: Violin Sonata • Two Pieces for violin and piano • DEBUSSY: Violin Sonata • RAVEL: Piéce en Forme d’Habañera

CD: CCL 9001 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

Michael Davis began to play the violin under the guidance of his father Eric, a Hallé Orchestra principal. In 1967 he was invited by Sir John Barbirolli to become associate leader, and then co-leader, of the Hallé Orchestra. He was leader of the London Symphony Orchestra during the 1980s, and then leader of the BBC Symphony Orchestra during the 1990s. Rayson Whalley, a member of the Hallé Orchestra since 1948, enjoyed most of the Barbirolli era as pianist and percussionist. In addition to activities with the orchestra, he has shown himself to be equally at home with chamber music, as in his partnership with Michael Davis on this CD.

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Nimbus Alliance Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Sonatas for Violin & Piano

Elizabeth Wallfisch: violin/David Breitman: piano BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 1 in D Op. 12, No. 1 • Sonata No. 2 in A Op. 12, No. 2 • Sonata No. 3 in E flat Op. 12, No. 3 • Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23 • Sonata No. 5 in F, Op. 24 “Spring”

CD: NIM 6245 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Slimline, Box Lot 25

Performing and recording the complete set of Beethoven’s sonatas for fortepiano and violin had been a dream of Elizabeth Wallfisch & David Breitman’s for years. They constitute a cornerstone of the repertoire, and the artists knew — from years of experience with earlier music, and their study of the historical sources — that historical instruments, and the historical playing techniques that go with them, would shed new light on these masterpieces.

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Frank BRIDGE & Benjamin BRITTEN Reflections: Music for Viola

Martin Outram: viola/Julian Rolton: piano BRIDGE: Sonata for viola and piano, arr. Outram • There is a willow grows aslant a brook, arr. Britten • Pensiero • Allegro Appassionato • BRITTEN: Reflection • Portrait No. 2 “EBB”, arr. Outram • Lachrymae, Op. 48 • Elegy

CD: NIM 6253 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

Since studying at Cambridge University and the Royal Academy of Music with John White, Martin Outram has enjoyed a wide-ranging career as quartet player, soloist, and teacher. As a member of the internationally renowned Maggini Quartet he has played throughout Europe, North America, and the Far East. With the Quartet he has recorded more than 30 discs and has won major prizes including the Gramophone Award and the Diapason d’Or. He gives duo recitals with Julian Rolton, and together they have performed throughout the UK.

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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Symphonies 1 & 2

London Symphony Orchestra/Yondani Butt: conductor BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 1 • Symphony No. 2 Yondani Butt studied conducting with Wolfgang Vacano (1906–1985) at Indiana University, majoring in chemistry. He continued to study conducting with Josef Blatt (1906–1999) at the University of Michigan while pursuing his chemistry degree. Hailed by Robert Marsh of the Chicago Sun-Times as “an outstanding talent,” he has received acclaim from critics and audiences alike for his many CD recordings and concert performances. CD: NIM 6259 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Nimbus Alliance Atalante

Reliquie Di Roma III: Mortale, che pensi? Atalante/Erin Headley: director ROSSI: Mortale, che pensi? • Lamento di Zaida • CARISSIMI: Deh memoria • Plorate filii Israel • STRADELLA: L’Incendio di Roma • Sinfonia “Il Damone” • MAZZOCCHI: Nisus et Euryalus Epilogue • Lagrime amare • LEONE: Sonata XXIX Terzo tono • MARAZZOLI: Lamento d’Armida • ANONYMOUS: A piè del sanguinoso tronco

CD: NIM 6266 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

Erin Headley’s award-winning ensemble Atalante is named in honor of Leonardo da Vinci’s friend and pupil Atalante Migliorotti, who invented the lirone in 1505. That magical, hauntingly beautiful bowed instrument has been Headley’s domain since 1980, through an astonishing number of performances and recordings that have been acclaimed worldwide.

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Sergei PROKOFIEV The Piano Sonatas 1 Ilya Yakushev: piano PROKOFIEV: Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28 • Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82 • Sonata No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 83

CD: NIM 6267 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

Russian pianist Ilya Yakushev continues to astound and mesmerize audiences at major venues on three continents, with his three-concert series at the San Francisco Symphony’s Prokofiev Festival under Michael Tilson-Thomas named one of the “Top 10 Classical Music Events of 2007” by the San Francisco Chronicle. He is presently serving as Executive Director of the International Keyboard Institute & Festival at Mannes, a position he has held since 2002.

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Nimbus Records J.S. BACH

The Trio Sonatas BWV 525–530 Eliot Fisk: guitar/Albert Fuller: harpsichord J.S. BACH: Sonata in E flat major BWV 525 • Sonata in C minor BWV 526 • Sonata in D minor BWV 527 • Sonata in E minor BWV 528 • Sonata in C major BWV 529 • Sonata in G major BWV 530

CD: NIM 2583 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

Eliot Fisk joins forces with his great friend and mentor Albert Fuller, who has known these Sonatas over the course of a lifetime, and whose wisdom has been of inestimable value in the process of transforming these works conceived for the two manuals and pedal of the organ into a set of six Sonatas for guitar and harpsichord. Albert plays on a harpsichord made by Tom and Barbara Wolf — the nearest thing we have yet had to the sound of the German harpsichords of Bach’s time!

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Phaedra Kristiaan & Maarten van INGELGEM In Joyful Dismay

Jutta Troch: harp/Aquarius Chamber Choir/Marc Michael de Smet: conductor K. INGELGEM: Cirkelzang • M. INGELGEM: Jaarringen

CD: PHA 92082 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 d

Benjamin Britten’s “A Ceremony of Carols” was the inspiration for this CD, for which the Aquarius Chamber Choir asked two Flemish composers (father and son) to each write a piece in homage. They were asked to try to let the spirit of Britten’s music into their own; to find inspiration in the simplicity and innocent vitality that characterize Britten’s great work without renouncing their own style.

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Allegro Classical Welcomes VLAD Records Henri Joseph de CROES Divertimenti

Terra Nova/Vlad Weverbergh: clarinet, director CROES: Douze Morceaux 1–12 • Divertimento 14 8 • Divertimento 14 4 • Divertimento 14 2 • Divertimento 13 3 • Divertimento 12 2

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The works of Henri Joseph de Croes (1758–1842) — a contemporary of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven — are rarely recorded. This new album from Vlad Records presents the Divertimenti (for two clarinets, two violas, two bassoons, and four horns) as well as the “Douze Morceaux,” featuring outstanding clarinetist Vlad Weverbergh.

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Doremi Martha Argerich

Martha Argerich Vol. 2 Martha Argerich: piano LISZT: La Leggierezza • Concert Étude No. 2 in F minor • PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 28 • Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 83 • Toccata, Op. 11 • RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit • Sonatine

CD: DHR 6029 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 d

Martha Argerich is universally recognized as one of the preeminent pianists of all time. This disc includes broadcasts from 1957 and 1960, before she won the Chopin International Competition, and most are being released on CD for the first time.

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First time on CD

Aliud Records Trigon Ensemble

Songs of Peace & Consolation Trigon Ensemble/Margot Kalse: alto, leader/Cora Schmeiser: soprano/Marsja Mudde: soprano Tracks include a collection of Gregorian Chant from the 15th century

CD: AUC 64 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 d

Modern Devotion (“Devotio Moderna”), a spiritual reform movement founded by Geert Groote within the medieval Catholic Church, arose at the end of the 14th century. These were turbulent times; the plague raged throughout Western Europe, and wars were commonplace. Members of the Modern Devotion found enlightenment and solace in their dedication to Christ. This CD is part of the project Gregorian Chant and Modern Devotion in the Low Countries, from the Key2Singing Foundation in cooperation with the Trigon vocal ensemble for medieval spiritual music led by Margot Kalse.

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W.A. MOZART

Divertimenti K. 136, 137, 138, 156, 157 Gaudi Quartet W.A. MOZART: Divertimento No. 1 in D major, K. 136 • Divertimento No. 2 in B major, K. 137 • Divertimento No. 3 in F major, K. 138 • String Quartet No. 3 in G major, K. 156 • String Quartet in C major, K. 157

CD: AUC 68 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 d

The Gaudi Quartet, advocates of the divertimenti and early quartets of Mozart, now offer an album of the amazingly rich quartet music Mozart wrote in his teenage years. This disc contains the Divertimenti KV136/137/138 in the version for string quartet, originally composed as the “Salzburg Symphonies.”

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Johan Brouwer Schnitger/Giusti

Johan Brouwer: organ, harpsichord BÖHM: Ach wie nichtig, ach wie flüchtig • FISCHER: Suite in A minor • FROBERGER: Fantasia • Tombeau de Blancheroche • KOTTER: Prooemium in D • SCHEIDEMANN: Praeambulum • Galliarda ex D • SOLDT: Wt de diepte o Heere • LÜBECK: Praeludium and Fugue • J.S. BACH: Präludium in G major

CD: AUC 63 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 d

There are a number of recordings of the choral partita “Ach wie nichtig, ach wie fl üchtig” by Georg Böhm (1666–1733), including one on the great Arp Schnitger city organ in Hamburg (1693), beautifully played by Stef Tuinstra. The version heard here is played on Arp Schnitger’s smallest organ positiv, but it offers enough variation to register the eight variations in a diverse manner.

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BMC Records

CD: BMH 125 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 35

CD: BMH 127 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30

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Béla BARTÓK

Trio Lignum

Barnabás Kelemen: violin/Katalin Kokas: violin

Csaba Klenyán: clarinet/Lajos Rozmán: clarinet/György Lakatos: bassoon/Ildikó Vékony: cimbalom

Sonata for solo violin & 44 duos for two violins

BARTÓK: Sonata for solo violin, SZ. 117 BB 124 • 44 Duos for two violins, SZ. 98 BB 104 Together with the Sonata for solo violin, the 44 duos represent Bartók’s mature works for solo violin, in which he used the violin without a piano or orchestral accompaniment.

Trialog

OCKEGHEM: Missa Sine Nomine • SEREI: Dream Drawings • SÁRI: Trialog • TALLIS: Felix namque, arr. Kondor This Trio Lignum disc features four pieces: two that are known as “early music,” and two that are more contemporary.

CD: BMH 156 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30

CD: BMH 157 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30

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Joseph HAYDN

Kristóf Baráti: violin/Budapest Chamber Symphony/Imre Rohmann: piano, conductor

Budapest Chamber Symphony/Gábor Takács-Nagy: conductor

Anniversary Album 2009

The Seven Last Words of Christ

HAYDN: The Seven Last Words of Christ, Hob. III: 50–56 (xx:1b) HAYDN: Violin Concerto in A major “Melk”, Hob. XVIII:11 • Symphony in C major “Il distratto”, Hob. I:60 Within Haydn’s oeuvre, rich in its panorama of genres, the concerto plays a subordinate role. The drama present in the concerto genre was, regardless of changing styles and fashions, quite alien to Haydn’s musical thinking.

“Precise sound, with agogics particularly measured to the work. One of the most exciting recordings of the Haydn anniversary.” — Cafe Momus

Stradivarius

CD: STV 33957 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 d

CD: STV 33974 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

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Giorgio GASLINI

Daniele BRAVI

Alfonso Alberti: piano

Donatienne Michel-Dansac: soprano/Matteo Cesari: flute/Anna D’Errico: piano/Roberta Gottardi: clarinet/Arditti Quartet/ Algoritmo Ensemble/Ensemble Vide/Marco Angius: conductor

Piano Works

The True and the False

GASLINI: Sonata • Seven epiphanies for piano • Piano Felix • Fiori musicali • Nella foresta degli alberi sonanti In the hour of music included on this CD, Giorgio Gaslini reveals himself as a master of lyrical abstraction.

BRAVI: Lettere dal manicomio: Il lamento del Tasso for voice and piano • Meditazione Quarta: Del Vero e Del Falso for ensemble • Aria for bass clarinet • Solo for piano • Meditazione Prima in Eco for ensemble • Quartetto No. 2 for strings • Metempsicosi for solo flute Daniele Bravi has a natural tendency to explore sound, studying its spectrum and timbric characteristics to create something wholly unique.

CD: STV 33977 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 d

CD: STV 33948 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 45

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GliArchiEnsemble

Barbara STROZZI

GliArchiEnsemble

Peggy Bélanger: soprano/Michel Angers: theorbo/Consort Baroque Laurentia

Suggestions

Passion, Vices & Virtues

NIELSEN: Little Suite, Op. 1 • GRIEG: Two Melodies, Op. 53 • SIBELIUS: Andante Festivo • TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70 This CD is dedicated to North European composers, with a very powerful and unique sound characteristic of GliArchiEnsemble’s style, which recalls the tradition of the German chamber orchestras.

STROZZI: Amor dormiglione • L’Eraclito Amoroso • Lilla Cridele ad onta d’Amore • Chiamata à nuovi Amori • Trà le speranze e’l timore • La Vendetta • Il Romeo • Là sol fà, mì, rè, dò • La Travagliata • Gite ò giorni dolenti • Begl’occhi, bel seno, Bei crini, e bella bocca • Là Fanciulletta Semplice • Costume de grandi • L’Amante segreto • L’amante bugiardo • L’amante consolato • Gusta negativa • PICCININI: Toccata XIII Barbara Strozzi is undoubtedly the most important figure in the history of the 17th-century Venetian cantata, and even today her music appeals to musicians, singers, and audiences around the world.

Smekkleysa

CD: SMK 17 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30

CD: SMK 63 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30

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J.S. BACH

Sveinbjörn SVEINBJöRNSSON

Reykjavik Chamber Orchestra/Rut Ingolfsdottir: concertmaster

J.S. BACH: Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major BWV 1066 • Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor BWV 1067 • Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major BWV 1068 • Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major BWV 1069

SVEINBJÖRNSSON: Trio in E minor • Sonata in F major for violin and piano • Reverie • Trio in A minor

Orchestral Suites I–IV

Chamber Music

Smekkleysa presents a unique collection of Sveinbjörnsson’s chamber works from 1920’s Iceland.

Smekkleysa presents four of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Orchestral Suites, all very different from each other.

Syrius

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Massimo Nosetti

Jean Dubé

Massimo Nosetti: organ

Jean Dubé: piano

LISZT: Prelude and Fugue on B A C H • Adagio from the Sonata BWV 1017 of J.S. Bach • RINCK: Capriccio “La Caccia” • GUILMANT: Allegro Appassionato from 5e Sonata • Allegretto in B minor • GURIDI: Final in C major • BOSSI: Larghetto from Sonata, Op. 60 • DEBUSSY: Premiére Arabesque • BURTONWOOD: Rhapsody • SAINT-MARTIN: Carillon de la Suite Cyclique

BALAKIREV: Glinka “Une vie pour le Tsar” • NIEMANN: Rimsky-Korsakov “Hymne au Soleil” • DUBÉ: Rimsky-Korsakov “Scheherazade” • PABST: Tchaikovsky “La Belle au Bois Dormant” • Tchaikovsky “La Dame de Pique” • Tchaikovsky “Eugene Onegin”

Organ Concert Vol. 12

Russian Paraphrases

In memoriam of Massimo Nosetti (1960–2013), a man of culture molded by his varied and lively interests, with an affable personality and spirituality.

A “paraphrase” designates a musical work derived from the transforming of an existing work. All polyphonic works from the 15th and 16th century are known thus, written on borrowed themes used as cantus firmus.

Lindoro

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Gaetano BRUNETTI

Música Prima

Carmen Veneris/Miguel Romero Crespo: violin/Rafael MuñozTorrero Santos: violin/Pablo Almazán Jaén: viola/Guillermo Martín Gámiz: cello

Música Prima/Francisco Orozco: voice, plucked instruments, directorJosé Manuel Vaquero: organetto, hurdy gurdy/Vincente Parrilla: recorders/Johanna Rose: violas/Álvaro Garrido: percussion

BRUNETTI: String Quartet in A minor Op. 2, No. 4 (L. 153) • String Quartet in G major Op. 3, No. 6 (L. 161) • String Quartet in B flat major, No. 7 (L. 196) • String Quartet in D major, No. 10 (L. 199)

Tracks include a collection of music from the Trujillo Codex in Peru

String Quartets

Nuevos Mundos

Gaetano Brunetti wrote quartets during most of the time he served the Spanish monarchy. In January 1770, he became music master to the Prince of Asturias, who later became Charles IV, and started writing professionally for him.

The music on this recording is taken from the Trujillo Codex in Peru, an example of the wealth of music performed on the Iberian Peninsula and in the Americas from the pre-Columbian period to well into the 18th century.

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Israel Golani

Mark Chambers

Israel Golani: guitar

Mark Chambers: countertenor/Andrés Cea: organ/Bárbara Sela: bassoon/Arnau Rodón: cornet

Raclerie Universelle

Ángeles o Calandrias

CORBETTA: Suite in A minor • Sarabande La Stuarda • Allemande • GRENERIN: Suite in D minor • LE COCQ: Chaconne • ANONYMOUS: Pieces in D • VISÉE: Suite in G major • Allemande Entrée d’Apollon • Logistille de Roland • Mascarade • Vilanelle • Passacaille After graduating cum laude in Musicology at Tel-Aviv University, Israel Golani has established himself as an acclaimed lute, Baroque guitar, and theorbo player.

PALESTRINA: Ave verum corpus • LOBO: Versa est in luctum • ARAUXO: Tiento de décimo tono • Tiento de medio registro de tiple de octavo tono • Tiento de quarto tono • COELHO: Magnificat de primer tono • TORRES: Lamentación tercera del Jueves Santo • GUERRERO: Ave Virgo Sanctissima • VICTORIA: Vadam et circuibo civitatem • Dilectus tuus (2ª parts) The keystones of this recital are the motets by Victoria and Palestrina, published in an ornamented version by Bovicelli in his Regole of 1594.