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June 2015 Release Date: June 9, 2015 A d i v i s i o n o f A l l e g ro M e d i a G ro u p

Order Due Date: May 19, 2015

Apollo’s Fire Sugarloaf Mountain: An Appalachian Gathering

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GRAMOPHONE EDITOR’S CHOICE Tenor Nicholas Phan has received an Editor’s Choice and a wonderful review from Gramophone for his newest release A Painted Tale: “The year has barely begun and already here’s a disc to remember come all those end-of year round-ups.”

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Founded in 2013, Audax Records is an independent European classical label devoted to presenting high-quality recordings of neglected masterworks.

Audax Records combines ambitious programs with thorough musicological research and compelling music-making to offer unique and refined recordings of the highest artistic caliber. Every project is re-invented from scratch in order to grant the music from the 17th and 18th centuries its befitting artistic context. Audax Records comes to Allegro Classical via New Arts International.

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1. Cappella Romana Good Friday in Jerusalem (Cappella Romana)

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3. The Sixteen A Flight of Angels (CORO)

2. Nicholas Phan A Painted Tale (AVIE Records) 4. Li-Wei Qin Cello Concertos (ABC Classics) 5. London Symphony Chorus Elgar: The Spirit of England (SOMM Recordings)

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6. Sviatoslav Richter Richter Archives Vol. 23 (DOREMI)

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CORO

The Sixteen

Palestrina Volume 6 CD: CRO 16133 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT 8

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The Sixteen Harry Christophers: conductor PALESTRINA: Parce mihi, Domine • Peccantem me quotidie • Si ambulavero in medio tribulationis • Tribulationes civitatem audivimus • Super flumina Babylonis • Song of Songs No. 16: Surge amica mea • Song of Songs No. 17: Dilectus meus mihi • Song of Songs No. 18: Surgam et circuibo civitatem • De profundis clamavi • Missa L’homme armé • Tribularer si nescirem “The Sixteen’s Palestrina cycle may just be a classic in the making.” — Gramophone The Sixteen continues its acclaimed series of discs exploring the work of Italian Renaissance master Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.

An enormous body of sacred works, including over 100 masses, rightly earned Palestrina the title of “the prince and father of music.”

His legacy has impacted sacred music worldwide for over 400 years.

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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

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Susanna Ogata: violin Ian Watson: piano BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23 • Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 “Kreutzer” “Stunning … we were transported through sound to Beethoven’s time.” — Boston Musical Intelligencer CORO is proud to introduce “CORO Connections,” a new series that will feature all of their guest artists! All featured artists have links to Harry Christophers and The Sixteen, and the first disc features two of Harry’s colleagues from the Handel & Haydn Society: Susanna Ogata (violin) and Ian Watson (fortepiano). Using period instruments for which the music was originally written, Watson and Ogata strive to reveal not only the clarity of Beethoven’s extraordinary musical structure, but also an amazing palette of colors. In doing so, the duo aims to recreate the white-hot intensity of the moment these striking sonatas were first performed.

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PERFORMANCE DATES March 31 Boston, MA – King’s Chapel May 10 Boston, MA – Museum of Fine Arts June 6 Connecticut, CT – Connecticut Early Music Festival

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Challenge Classics

Franz SCHUBERT

String Quintet D. 956 [Hybrid SACD] CD: CHR SACD 72647 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 O-Card Jewel, Box Lot 22 6 d

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Kuijken Quartet Michel Boulanger: cello SCHUBERT: String Quintet, D. 956 “Compelling … another impressive achievement.” — Gramophone “Among the finest Dutch period instrument musicians.” — All Music Guide The prestigious Kuijken Quartet tackles one of the great masterpieces of Romantic chamber music on modern instruments, which is quite unusual for the group! During his lifetime Schubert was primarily known for his exceptional production of lieder. Much of his chamber music remained unknown, and was only revealed to the public later, by others (including Schumann and Brahms). One such piece is the String Quintet with two cellos, in C major, heard on this recording. It is a whim of fate that this exceptional work remained unknown for an entire generation after being written in 1828, just a few months before the composer’s death.

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James MACMILLAN

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Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Netherlands Radio Choir National Youth Choir Markus Stenz: conductor Peter Dicke: organ MACMILLAN: St. Luke Passion (premiere) “The brightest hope of his generation: a creator who replaced modernist aridity with communicative directness … instrumental brilliance and heart-on-sleeve emotionalism.” — New York Times After the dramatic success of his previous Passion, comes a new oratorio by one of most accomplished composers of our time!

James MacMillan’s musical language is flooded with influences from his Scottish heritage, Catholic faith, social conscience, and close connection with Celtic folk music, blended with influences from the Far East, Scandinavia, and Eastern Europe. His prolific output has been performed around the world, to great acclaim.

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J.S. BACH

St. Matthew Passion (Mendelssohn 1841) [Hybrid SACD] CD: CHR SACD 72661 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 2 O-Card Double Slimline, Box Lot 22 6 d

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Netherlands Symphony Orchestra Consensus Vocalis Jan Willem de Vriend: conductor J.S. BACH: St. Matthew Passion, arr. Mendelssohn (1841) Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, according to the arrangement by Felix Mendelssohn dating from 1841, graces this splendid live recording.

The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, with Chief Conductor Jan Willem de Vriend, has expanded its repertoire to cover music from four centuries. The use of period instruments in the Classical repertoire gives the orchestra a distinctive and highly individual character.

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Red Priest Recordings

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Red Priest Piers Adams: recorders Julia Bishop: violin Angela East: cello David Wright: harpsichord HANDEL: Suite from The Messiah • Lascia ch’io Pianga (from Rinaldo) • Trio Sonata in F major Op. 2, No. 4 • The Harmonious Blacksmith Variations “Spectacular virtuosity and mischievous wit … Red Priest go way over the top but return from the other side with previously unimagined delights.” — BBC Music Magazine Red Priest is the only early music group in the world to have been compared to the Rolling Stones, Jackson Pollock, the Marx Brothers, Spike Jones, and Cirque du Soleil. This extraordinary acoustic foursome has been described by music critics as “visionary and heretical” with a “break-all-rules, rock-chamber concert approach to early music.” Founded in 1997 and named after flame-haired priest Antonio Vivaldi, Red Priest has given over a thousand concerts in many of the world’s most prestigious festivals.

Previously released Red Priest Johann, I’m Only Dancing CD: RPR 7 Price Code: P (SRP $16.99) Number of Discs: 1

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Sam Robson Hymns

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Sam Robson: vocals LOWRY: I Need Thee, O I Need Thee • BLISS: It Is Well With My Soul • HINE: How Great Thou Art • HULL: Be Thou My Vision • SMALLWOOD: Total Praise • PEACE: O Love That Will Not Let Me Go • HARRIS: O Valiant Hearts • GAITHER: I Believe in a Hill Called Mount Calvary • RUNYAN: Great Is Thy Faithfulness • CARR: Worship Medley “Proves that you only need one person to make a choir … chillingly good.” — Huffington Post Sam Robson is a one-man a cappella gospel choir. He is also a YouTube sensation, with his videos receiving over 1.3 million views on YouTube. Sam is a 22-year-old musical prodigy of excellent pedigree; his parents are both violinists in the London Symphony Orchestra. His own path saw him graduate from the world-famous Brit School, where he won the prestigious songwriting competition in his second year.

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AVIE Records

Apollo’s Fire

Sugarloaf Mountain: An Appalachian Gathering CD: AVR 2329 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT 8 d

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Apollo’s Fire Jeannette Sorrell: harpsichord, director TRADITIONAL: The Mountains of Rhùm • Farewell to Ireland – Highlander’s Farewell • We’ll Rant and We’ll Road (Farewell to the Isles) • The Cruel Sister • Se fath mo buart ha (The Cause of All My Sorrow) – The Butterfly – Barney Brallaghan • Nottamun Town • I Wonder as I Wander – The Gravel Walk – Over the Isles to America • The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night • Oh Susanna! • Once I had a Sweetheart • Pretty Betty Martin – Katy Did – Red Rockin Chair • Just Before the Battle, Mother • Glory in the Meeting House • Oh Mary, Don’t You Weep • Sugarloaf Mountain • Highlander’s Farewell (reprise) “Wonderfully exuberant … simply delightful.” — Fanfare Following the Billboard Classical chart-topper Come to the River (AVR 2205), which conjured early 19th-century rural Americana, Apollo’s Fire presents an award-winning program created by director Jeannette Sorrell, which follows the joys and sorrows of Celtic immigrants who settled in Appalachia. Sparkling fiddle tunes and haunting ballads of the British Isles mingled with American shapenote hymns and African spirituals, creating the soulful music known as Appalachian. Passing through love and loss, dancing and prayer, the music overflows in celebration as the people of the mountains raise their communal voices.

Targeting Appalachia, Folk, and Classical Crossover media.

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AVIE Records

Carlo GESUALDO

Tenebræ Responses for Good Friday CD: AVR 2305 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT 8

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Taverner Consort & Choir Andrew Parrott: director GESUALDO: Tenebræ Responses for Good Friday “Brilliant.” — BBC Music Magazine AVIE continues to mine the rich catalog of recordings by Andrew Parrott and his Taverner Consort & Choir with their seminal recording of Tenebræ by Carlo Gesualdo, the harmonically adventurous and experimental 16th-century Italian composer. In this newly repackaged reissue of the composer’s final group of sacred madrigals devoted to Good Friday, the Taverner singers navigate Gesualdo’s highly symbolic polyphonic structures with idiomatic first-rate performances and incisive scholarship.

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Previously released MONTEVERDI L’Orfeo CD: AVR 2278 Price Code: 2Q (SRP $31.99) Number of Discs: 2 8 d

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J.S. BACH Trauer-Music to Mourn Prince Leopold CD: AVR 2241 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 8 d

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Hallé

Gustav MAHLER Symphony No. 9

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Hallé Orchestra Sir Mark Elder: conductor MAHLER: Symphony No. 9 Following recent releases named as Gramophone Editor’s Choice, Sunday Times Album of the Week, and MusicWeb Recording of the Month, the Hallé turns to the work of Gustav Mahler. Begun in 1909 in the composer’s idyllic Austrian mountain retreat, at a time when Mahler was preoccupied by thoughts of his own mortality, his last completed symphony has been described as his most death-haunted work. Scored for forces that are modest, by Mahlerian standards, this extended work is characterized by its unusual construction, often soloistic orchestral writing, evocative use of keys, and haunting use of motives and references to traditional Austrian folk dance.

A valuable addition to the Hallé canon of great symphonies!

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

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Lyrita Alexander Young: tenor Cecil Aronowitz: viola Peter Pears: narrator Dorian Singers Melos Ensemble BBC Chorus David Atherton: conductor London Philharmonic Orchestra Mátyás Seiber: conductor SEIBER: Ulysses Cantata • Elegy • Three fragments from “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” Mátyás Seiber’s body of work is distinguished by a natural versatility, and by the wide range and eclecticism of his musical interests. It incorporates the successful pop song “By the Fountains of Rome” (1956), which hit the Top 10 on the charts; his score for the animated film Animal Farm (1954); and numerous examples of incidental music for radio and television. Born in Budapest on May 4, 1905, Mátyás Seiber began to learn the cello at the age of ten. He studied composition at the Budapest Academy of Music under Kodály from 1919 to 1924, and in 1925 he entered his Serenade for Wind Sextet in a Budapest competition. When it failed to win the prize, Bartók resigned from the jury in protest! On September 24, 1960 — at the age of 55 — Seiber was killed in a car crash in South Africa during a lecturing tour of the country’s universities. At the time of his tragically early death, he was one of the most respected composition teachers in Britain.

Mátyás SEIBER Ulysses

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Derek Collier: violin Alfredo Campoli: violin Andre Gertler: violin Gregor Piatigorsky: cello BBC Northern Orchestra Stanford Robinson: conductor BBC Symphony Orchestra Rudolf Schwartz: conductor Sir Malcolm Sargent: conductor BENJAMIN: Violin Concerto • MOERAN: Violin Concerto • BAX: Violin Concerto • WALTON: Cello Concerto This two-disc set presents recordings of four British works from the Itter Broadcast Collection, the pristine recording archive of Lyrita founder Richard Itter, featuring fine readings of violin concertos by Benjamin, Moeran, and Bax alongside the European premiere of Walton’s Cello Concerto at the Royal Festival Hall with Sir Malcolm Sargent and Gregor Piatigorsky.

Various Artists

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Cappella Romana

Maximilian STEINBERG Passion Week

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Cappella Romana Alexander Lingas: director STEINBERG: Passion Week, Op. 13 (premiere) “Cappella Romana continues its ascent.” — Wall Street Journal “Powerful and radiant.” — Early Music America Cappella Romana presents last major sacred work composed in Russia after the imposition of Communism: Passion Week

by Maximilian Steinberg. This deluxe 200-gram vinyl edition in audiophile protective packaging, mastered from 96KB oversampled digital master, includes gorgeous gatefold packaging, a poster of the ensemble, and free digital download card.

Reviews in New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Seattle Times, LA Times, Boston Globe, and more.

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Cappella Romana Good Friday in Jerusalem CD: CPE 413 Price Code: P (SRP $16.99) Number of Discs: 1 8 d

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SOMM Recordings Gould Piano Trio Lucy Gould: violin Alice Neary: cello Benjamin Frith: piano BEETHOVEN: Trio in E flat major Op. 1, No. 1 • Trio in E flat major, Hess 48 • Trio in B flat major, Op. 97 “Archduke” “Hats off to violinist Lucy Gould, cellist Alice Neary, and pianist Benjamin Frith … this was compelling playing, with every note voiced to carry its true functional and emotional weight.” — The Guardian HHHHH This is the concluding disc in a four-CD collection of Beethoven’s complete music for piano trio, recorded live by the Gould Piano Trio in a series of concerts at St. George’s, Brandon Hill in Bristol, UK. We end the series with a unique coupling that marries the very first work Beethoven wrote for piano trio — the little Trio in E flat composed when he was 22 — with his last work, the supreme masterpiece known as “Archduke” written 20 years later. This CD marks the culmination of one of the most important chamber music recording projects by a British ensemble in recent years.

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Piano Trios Vol. 4

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Upcoming Feature in The Strad magazine.

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Orchestra of St. Paul’s Ben Palmer: conductor ELGAR: String Quartet, arr. for strings by David Matthews (premiere) • ARNOLD: Sonata for Strings, arr. by David Matthews after the String Quartet No. 2 (premiere) • SIMPSON: Allegro Deciso from String Quartet No. 3, arr. for strings by Robert Simpson (premiere) This SOMM release brings together the premiere recordings of three works for string quartet in magnificent versions for string orchestra. The Elgar and Arnold Quartets have been arranged for strings by the renowned composer David Matthews, while Robert Simpson made his own arrangement of a movement (Allegro Deciso) from his Third Quartet.

Promo Service to national press and radio.

Orchestra of St. Paul’s String Quartets

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Allegro Classical Welcomes Audax Records Ensemble Diderot Johannes Pramsohler: baroque violin Varoujan Doneyan: baroque violin Gulrim Choi: baroque cello Phillippe Grisvard: harpsichord HANDEL: Trio Sonata in G minor, HWV 393 • Trio Sonata in E major, HWV 394 • FUX: Trio Sonata in A major, K 340 (premiere) • FASCH: Trio Sonata in D major, FWV N:D4 (premiere) • TŮMA: Trio Sonata in C minor (premiere) • TELEMANN: Trio Sonata in E flat major, TWV 41:A4 Johannes Pramsohler was born in South Tyrol, studied in London, and is now based in Paris. He has established himself internationally as an eminent expert of historically-informed performance, and is regularly invited to lead Europe’s most important baroque orchestras. The Ensemble Diderot is undoubtedly one of today’s most interesting and original chamber music groups, dedicated to the exploration and performance of the Baroque trio sonata repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries performed on original instruments.

Ensemble Diderot

The Dresden Album: Trio Sonatas CD: ADX 13701 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30

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Aliud Records Bob van der Ent: violin PAGANINI: 24 Caprices for solo violin Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840) is a legendary figure in the history of music, who brought about a revolution in violin playing that forever changed the way music was composed for the instrument. Musical contemporaries such as Chopin, Schubert, and Schumann were staggered by the violinist’s great artistry, as were the poets Goethe and Heine. Young Dutch violinist Bob van der Ent has received wide acclaim for his impeccable technique, seasoned interpretations, and characteristic style. With these recordings of Paganini’s 24 Caprices, Bob van der Ent has become the first Dutch violinist of his generation — and one of just a few in the world — to have released the entire cycle.

Niccolò PAGANINI

24 Caprices for solo violin CD: AUC 72 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

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Disc Auvers Miroslav Kultyshev: piano CHOPIN: 12 Etudes, Op. 25 • 12 Etudes, Op. 10 Miroslav Kultyshev was born in 1985 in Leningrad, and graduated from the Specialized School of the St. Petersburg Conservatoire. In 2007, he won the 13th International Tchaikovsky Competition, and in 2012 he won the Monte Carlo Piano Masters Competition in Monaco. Kultyshev began to perform live concerts very early, at the age of six, and at 10 years old he debuted in the Great Hall of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic with Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K.466 (conductor Yuri Temirkanov). In 2001, Kultyshev was awarded the youth grant of the Russian National Independent Prize, and in 2005 he won First Place and the Gold Medal at the International Youth Delphic games (Ukraine, Kiev).

Frédéric CHOPIN 24 Etudes

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I Solisti Records I Solisti del Vento Etienne Siebens: conductor Ivo Hadermann: conductor ˇ ÁK: Serenade in D minor, Op. 44 • ALPAERTS: Avondmuziek • DVOR R. STRAUSS: Suite in B flat major, Op. 4 I Solisti del Vento is Belgium’s most important wind ensemble, dedicated to the exploration of the great repertoire for wind ensemble from Mozart to today. The group’s productions stand out by virtue of their exciting sense of adventure in style, genre, and presentation.

I Solisti del Vento Serenades for Winds CD: ISV 14001 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30

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Atoll Records Viktoriya Dodoka: soprano Iola Shelley: piano RACHMANINOV: Oh, Never Sing to Me Again, Op. 4 • The Harvest of Sorrow, Op. 4 • The Water Lily, Op. 8 • A Dream, Op. 8 • A Prayer, Op. 8 • A Little Island, Op. 14 • Spring Waters, Op. 14 • Twilight, Op. 21 • The Lilacs, Op. 21 • Loneliness, Op. 21 • How Fair This Place!, Op. 21 • Sorrow in Springtime, Op. 21 • Before my Window, Op. 26 • Night is Mournful, Op. 26 • Day to night Comparing …, Op. 34 • Vocalise, Op. 34 • In my Garden at Night, Op. 38 • To Her, Op. 38 • Daisies, Op. 38 • The Pied Piper, Op. 38 • Dreams, Op. 38 • “A-Oo” (The Quest) Viktoriya Dodoka began her musical training in her home city of Krasnodar near the Black Sea, later graduating from the Tchaikovsky State Conservatoire in Moscow. She performed lead roles in a number of productions for the Moscow Opera, among them Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro, Violetta in La Traviata, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, and Marfa in Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Tsar’s Bride. She has sung solo soprano with the Stuttgart Bach Academy Choir in concert performances of Bach’s Magnificat, Handel’s Nelson Mass, and Mozart’s Requiem. Viktoriya immigrated to New Zealand in 2001 and made her NZ debut soon after, singing the roles of Olympia/Antonia in the Canterbury Opera’s production of The Tales of Hoffman.

Sergei RACHMANINOV Songs

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Jenny Wollerman: soprano ChristChurch Symphony Orchestra Tom Woods: conductor RITCHIE: Symphony No. 4 “Stations” Anthony Ritchie’s Symphony No. 4 was written for the ChristChurch Symphony Orchestra, and dedicated to “those in ChristChurch who have suffered in the [2010/2011] earthquakes.” The work’s principal point of reference is a publication entitled The Way of the Cross, which brought together images of the 14 controversial sculptures that Llew Summers crafted for the ChristChurch Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in 2000, and a collection of poems by Bernadette Hall that are essentially meditative reflections on these sculptures.

Anthony RITCHIE

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Atoll Records New Zealand 28 (Maori) Battalion

Songs of the New Zealand 28 (Maori) Battalion New Zealand 28 (Maori) Battalion Tracks include a selection of recordings of the Maori Battalion during WWII

CD: TOL 206 Price Code: 2I (SRP $27.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Slimline, Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

When the soldiers of the legendary Maori Battalion sailed for the Second World War, they took with them songs that embodied the love and prayers of those at home. Atoll Records, in association with the Sound Archives of Radio NZ/Nga Taonga Korero and The National Library of New Zealand, is proud to release this historic two-CD set featuring recordings of the Battalion while it was overseas. These unique recordings were taken live on location in the sands of Egypt, during artillery action in North Africa, and in the green valleys of Southern Italy, by the Middle East Recording Unit of New Zealand’s National Broadcasting Service. The recordings capture the raw exuberance and vigor of the performances, and convey something of the drama of WWII.

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Carolyn Mills Mirage

Carolyn Mills: harp SALZEDO: Mirage • Idyllic Poem • Tango • Rumba • GRANDJANY: Children’s Hour Suite • ANDRES: Alkermes 3 Pieces I • TRADITIONAL: Maria Walks along the Shore • The Nightingale Came Flying • The High Mountains • Little Red Lark • Smash the Windows • Little David Play on Your Harp • My Lord, What a Mornin’ • Give Me Jesus • BRITTEN: Interlude

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Carolyn Mills grew up by the banks of the Mississippi River, and began playing the harp at a young age. In her teenage years, she travelled to Boston to further her studies with renowned soloist and teacher Lucile Lawrence. While gaining a Master’s Degree in performance at Boston University, Carolyn became the first-ever harpist to win the Boston University Concerto-Aria Competition, debuting in Boston’s beautiful Jordan Hall.

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Gillian WHITEHEAD Alice

Helen Medlyn: soprano/New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Marc Taddei: conductor WHITEHEAD: Alice, a monodrama • Karohirohi • The Improbable Ordered Dance First performed in 2002, Alice is the moving story of a woman’s fight for a new life in colonial NZ. Fleur Adcock’s text, with music by Gillian Whitehead, is already recognized as a NZ musical masterpiece. Also featured on this CD is “Karohirohi,” an exquisite short concerto for harp and orchestra, plus one of Whitehead’s most impressive symphonic scores, “The Improbable Ordered Dance.”

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CAvi-music Morgenstern Trio

Tailleferre, Fontyn & Ravel Morgenstern Trio/Catherine Klipfel: piano/Stefan Hempel: violin/Emanuel Wehse: cello TAILLEFERRE: Piano Trio • FONTYN: Piano Trio (premiere) • RAVEL: Piano Trio in A minor “The Morgenstern Trio gave a smashing debut Thursday evening at the Kennedy Centre’s Terrace Theatre. In works by Ravel, Bernstein and Brahms, the group displayed a unanimity, polished technique, and musical imagination that I thought had vanished from the scene with the demise of the Beaux Arts Trio.” — Washington Post CD: AVI 8553315 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30

Twentieth-century repertoire from a well-established piano trio.

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Cuarteto SolTango Cristal

Cuarteto SolTango/Rocco Heins: bandoneon/Karel Brendehorst: cello/Sophie Heinrich: violin/ Martin Klett: piano TROILO: Cristal • FRESEDO: Buscándote • Prepárense • Mi bjejo reloj • D’ARIENZO: La cicatriz • La Espuela • PUGLIESE: Fuimos • Olivero • Marrón y azul • Verano porteno • DI SARLI: Lloran las campanas • LAURENZ: Paisje • PIAZZOLLA: Marejadilla • Homenaje a Córdoba • BIAGI: Bélgica • CANARO: Poema • GARCIA: Alma de bohemia

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Cuarteto SolTango epitomizes the new generation of authentic tango, combining the luscious sound of a traditional orquesta with the verve that only chamber music can offer! Together, the four musicians interpret a wide diversity of classic tango including Astor Piazzolla and Osvaldo Pugliese.

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Simone ELLIOTT Home

Simone Elliott: vocals, guitar/Petr Krupa: electric violin, viola /Mathis Stendike: percussion, guitar, banjo/Steffan Clausser: piano, accordion, toy piano/Jan Heinke: steel cello, vocals, beatbox ELLIOTT: Hello, Goodbye • Enexpectance • Hairy Fish Lullaby • Home • Little Lou Cara Lou • Days and Nights • Tea Cups • The Show Man • Back to me • Wonderland • For You • Sailing

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In the words of Simone Elliott: “Home is where my heart is; where it feels as though everything were in its right place. Where I can simply be me … Singing and writing brings me back to the loving energy I grew up in, that I miss every day. It centers me and helps me let go, reminding me to just be.”

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Pentland Music Paul Chamberlain: accordion J.S. BACH: Prelude and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 554 • RAMEAU: L’Egyptienne • NAGAYEV: Sonata No. 1 • ANGELIS: Romance • KHACHATURIAN: Toccata • MOSZKOWSKI: Spanish Caprice “An enthralling display of musical mastery.” — BroadwayBaby.com “Impressive debut from master of instrument … Chamberlain’s remarkable technique and the scope of his instrument shines throughout.”

— Musicians’ Union Magazine Classical Accordion is the second album released in the U.S. by Scottish accordionist Paul Chamberlain, and contains a delightful program of repertoire beginning with the Baroque music of J.S Bach and Rameau. The versatility of the solo accordionist is demonstrated, and the program also features transcriptions of Khachaturian’s famous Toccata in E flat minor and Moszkowski’s virtuosic Spanish Caprice. There are also two original works for accordion: “Romance” by contemporary French composer Franck Angelis, and Alexander Nagayev’s Sonata No 1.

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The Classics Labels Ensemble DeNOTE Marcus Barcham-Stevens: violin Peter Collyer: viola Ruth Alford: cello Jane Booth: clarinet John Irving: piano BEETHOVEN: Grand Trio, Op. 38 • Piano Quartet, Op.16 arr. Ensemble DeNote “Superb … a real treat.” — MusicWeb-International Reworking his ever-popular Septet, Op. 20 (as a Trio for clarinet, cello, and piano) and the Quintet for Piano and Winds, Op. 16 (as a piano quartet with strings), Beethoven reveals remarkable sensitivity to sonority and texture in recapturing his original expressive intentions through new instrumental combinations. His “second thoughts” are given added freshness and clarity by Ensemble DeNOTE’s creative use of period instruments and playing styles.

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

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Continuum Records John McCabe, Peter Jacobs & Philip Martin Best of British Piano

John McCabe: piano/Peter Jacobs: piano/Philip Martin: piano BRIDGE: Piano Sonata • LAMBERT: Piano Sonata • REIZENSTEIN: Piano Sonata The city of Liverpool lost one its great musical sons in February 2015, and the music world lost a unique talent: John McCabe CBE, prolific composer, inspirational teacher, author, and pianist.

On this disc, McCabe plays the Constant Lambert Piano Sonata. The CD brings together three significant, but very different, examples of the British piano sonata in the 20th century.

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Benjamin DALE

Piano Sonata in D minor Peter Jacobs: piano DALE: Piano Sonata in D minor • Night Fancies • Prunella Benjamin Dale’s Piano Sonata in D minor was considered an epoch-making work among British musicians at the time it first appeared, not for any technical or harmonic innovation, but for its example as a virtuosic piano work on an epic canvas. Here was music by a student, written in the most commanding and confident of romantic idioms, requiring considerable virtuosity for its successful accomplishment.

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Trevor HOLD

The Jacobs Piano Collection 5 Peter Jacobs: piano HOLD: Kemp’s Nine Daies Wonder • Ten Pieces from The Lilford Owl • Six Kaleidoscopes Trevor Hold was born in 1939 in Northampton, and studied at the University of Nottingham with Ivor Keys and Basil Smallman. He has held teaching posts at the Universities of Aberystwyth and Liverpool, and was staff tutor in Music at the University of Leicester.

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Discovery Music & Vision Magdalena Zuk Couleur du temps Magdalena Zuk: piano CHOPIN: Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 45 • Nocturne in F, Op. 15 • Piano Concerto in E minor, Op. 11: Larghetto, Romance, arr. by Magdalena Zuk • Nocturne in C sharp minor • Souvenir de Paganini • DEBUSSY: Suite Bergamasque • RAVEL: Pavane pour une Infante Défunte Assez doux, mais d’une sonorité large • SZYMANOWSKI: Nine Preludes, Op. 1

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The debut recording for Discovery Music from French pianist Magdalena Zuk! In 1999, she was the winner of the French Government Scholars’ Concerto Competition and made her Paris debut as a soloist with Mozart’s Piano Concerto in B flat major K595 at the Grand Amphithéâtre de la Sorbonne. In 2005, she was awarded First Prize from the Conservatoire National of Versailles at the Postgraduate Piano Performance with François Chaplin. The same year, she entered the Royal College of Music in London studying Piano Performance with Kevin Kenner and Composition for Screen with David Burnand.

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Juozas GRUODIS

Works for Violin and Piano Christopher Horner: violin/John Lenehan: piano GRUODIS: Sonata for violin and piano • Piano Sonata No. 2 • Joys and Sorrows: A Suite of Songs, arr. Christopher Horner and John Lenehan • Four pieces for violin and piano

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Juozas Gruodis (1884–1948) was one of the most eminent and original Lithuanian composers of the first half of the 20th century. His emergence into the musical life of the time was as a promoter of progressive artistic ideas and, as such, he was determined to raise the level of the budding Lithuanian professional music scene to European standards. Gruodis’ musical career spanned almost five decades, from the years prior to the declaration of Lithuania’s independence in 1918 to the beginning of the Second Soviet Occupation in 1944.

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Devorina Gamalova & Krassimir Taskov Treasured Classics

Devorina Gamalova: violin/Krassimir Taskov: piano KREISLER: Prelude and Allegro for violin and piano • BACH/GOUNOD: Ave Maria, arr. D. Gamalova • GLUCK: Melody, arr. Kreisler • MOZART/KREISLER: Rondo in G • TCHAIKOVSKY: Melody for violin and piano • WIENIAWSKI: Légende in G minor, Op. 17 • BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No. 2, arr. D. Gamalova • VLADIGEROV: Song from the Bulgarian Suite, Op. 21 • FALLA/KREISLER: Spanish Dance • SHOSTAKOVICH: Romance, arr. D. Gamalova • SAINT-SAËNS: Aria: “Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix, arr. D. Gamalova • MASSENET: Meditation from “Thaïs” Act 2 for violin and piano • SARASATE: Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Melodies), Op. 20 CD: DMV 114 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

This CD includes a popular collection of highlights and virtuoso short-form compositions for violin and piano, plus some new arrangements for viola and piano.

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Nimbus Records Julius RÖNTGEN Piano Music 1

Mark Anderson: piano RÖNTGEN: Suite in Four Movements, Op. 7 • Variations and Finale on a Hungarian Czardas, Op. 25 • Three Romances, Op. 32

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Julius Röntgen (1855–1932) was both a composer and a gifted pianist, and he knew how to write well for his instrument. Röntgen was a child prodigy, and from an early age composed ambitious works for the piano. His partnership with baritone Johannes Messchaert was legendary, and they made several European tours. At one of their recitals, in the Vienna Musikvereinsaal, it was noted that Brahms and Grieg sat together in the front row. Recent renewed interest in Röntgen has revealed many treasures still waiting to be awakened in the Röntgen Archives (Den Haag).

Alongside a huge series of unknown string quartets, string trios, piano trios, and symphonies there are some 30 piano sonatas and sonatinas from 1922–1932 alone.

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Raphael Wallfisch

Hungarian Cello Concertos Raphael Wallfisch: cello/BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Gábor Takács-Nagy: conductor SEIBER: Tre pezzi for cello and orchestra • DORATI: Concerto for cello and orchestra • BARTÓK: Viola Concerto

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Mátyás Seiber studied composition at the Budapest Academy of Music under Kodály, from 1919– 1924. At the time of his tragically early death, Seiber was one of the most respected teachers of composition in Britain. Antal Dorati entered the Hungarian Royal Academy of Music in 1920, at age 14. His illustrious career as a conductor has completely overshadowed his compositions.

Bartok’s Viola Concerto, commissioned by the Scottish violist William Primrose, was left in sketch form at the time of the composer’s death. The eventual completion by Bartok’s friend Tibor Serly has been the subject of debate ever since its first appearance in 1949.

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Martin Jones

75th Birthday Tribute Martin Jones: piano/Richard McMahon: piano/Adrian Farmer: piano/English Symphony Orchestra/William Boughton: conductor

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CZERNY: Sonata in B minor, Op. 145: Allegro con brio • Romance Op. 755, No. 13 • MENDELSSOHN: Three Caprices Op. 33, No. 1 • Songs Without Words, Book 1 Op. 19, No. 1 in E major • BRAHMS: Study No. 2 • Intermezzo Op. 76, No. 3: Grazioso • Hungarian Dance, No. 10: Presto • LYADOV: Barcarolle in F sharp • ALBÉNIZ: Iberia Book 2 : I Rondeña • DEBUSSY: Etudes 2e Livre • FERRATA: Study II on Chopin’s Valse Op. 64, No. 1 • BUSONI: Frohsinn • GODOWSKY: Richard Strauss “Ständchen” • RACHMANINOV: Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op. 42 • GRANADOS: Allegro de concierto • ESPLÁ: Lírica Española I Bocetos • Levantinos • HALFFTER: Sonata, Homenaje a Domenico Scarlatti • Nocturno otoñal, Recordando a Chopin • NIN: Cadena de valses - Evocation romantique • MOMPOU: Cants Mágics • TURINA: Sanlucar de Barrameda • GUASTAVINO: Sonatina • DUCASSE: Barcarolle No. 2 • SZYMANOWSKI Masques, Op. 4 • STRAVINSKY: Sérénade en La • GÁL: 24 Preludes, Op. 83 • KORNGOLD: Vier kleine fröhliche Waltzer • GERSHWIN/WILD: Seven etudes on song melodies • HODDINOTT: Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 40 • GRAINGER: Children’s March • Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier, Ramble on the last love duet • REIZENSTEIN: Twelve Preludes and Fugues, Op. 32 • Variations on “The Lambeth Walk” • FRANÇAIX: Eloge de la danse • 15 portraits d’enfants d’Auguste Renoir • FINZI: Eclogue for piano and string orchestra • SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 102

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Nimbus Alliance

CD: NIM 6276 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Hideko Udagawa

Nick van Bloss: piano

Hideko Udagawa: violin/Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Nicholas Kraemer: conductor

Diabelli Variations

Baroque Inspirations

BEETHOVEN: 33 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120 • Sonata in F minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata” The 33 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120, commonly known as the Diabelli Variations, is a set of variations for the piano written between 1819 and 1823 by Ludwig van Beethoven, on a waltz composed by Anton Diabelli. It is often considered to be one of the greatest sets of variations for keyboard, along with J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations.

TARTINI: Sonata in G minor “Devil’s Trill” for solo violin • VIVALDI: Prelude for solo violin “Andante in C minor” • STAMITZ: Concerto in B flat • KREISLER: Concerto in C • VITALI: Chaconne in G minor Hideko Udagawa has performed extensively throughout the world and captivates international audiences with her artistry and enthusiasm. Critics have acclaimed her performances, commending her passionate commitment, dazzling agility and refinement of taste.

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Nicholas JACKSON

Nicholas Bayley & Geoffrey Duce

Mary Bevan: soprano/Viv McLean: piano/Concertante of London

Nicholas Bayley: double bass/Geoffrey Duce: piano

JACKSON: The Reluctant Highwayman: Overture • Four Temperaments • Venetian Serenade • Six Elizabethan Songs • Sextet – The Reluctant Highwayman • Three Hymns • Four Images for Organ

GLIÈRE: Four Pieces • PIAZZOLLA: Kicho • BLOCH: Nigun from Baal Shem • MONTAG: Extreme • BOURGEOIS: Sonata, Op. 100

Chamber & Organ Music

20th Century Romantics: Works for Double Bass

Sir Nicholas Jackson (b. 1934) is an internationally renowned composer, organist, and harpsichordist. Jackson’s music is written in a modern-romantic idiom and unashamedly draws on the influences of Langlais, Durufle, and Messiaen. His music has been recorded for Decca, Naxos, SOMM, and Herald, among others.

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This recording focuses on romantic works from the 20th century that deserve greater recognition. Most are original, and include fine examples from Russia, America, Hungary, Argentina, and Great Britain.

Regent Records Bristol University Singers David Allinson: director David Bednall: director VICTORIA: Alma Redemptoris a8 • Regina caeli a8 • Ave Regina caelorum a8 • Ave maria, gratia plena a8 • Salve Regina a8 • HOWELLS: Salve Regina • VILLETTE: Salve Regina • Hymne à la Vierge • GUERRERO: Tota pulchra es, Maria a6 • Trahe me post te, Virgo Maria • BEDNALL: Salve Regina • PICKARD: Three Latin Motets • Ave maris stella A glorious debut recording from the Bristol University Singers, dedicated to works in praise of the Virgin Mary. The program contrasts Marian works from 16th century with works from the 20th and 21st centuries. Masterworks from the Renaissance by Victoria and Guerrero are interspersed with works

by Howells, Villette, and new works by David Bednall and John Pickard.

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John Challenger: organ ELGAR: Prelude to The Kingdom: Jerusalem, Op. 51, arr. Challenger • Une Idylle Op. 4, No. 1, arr. Alfred Redhead • Imperial March, Op. 32, arr. George Clement Martin • Meditation from the Light of Life, Op. 29, arr. Challenger • Coronation March, Op. 65, arr. Herbert Brewer • Larghetto from Serenade for Strings Op. 20, No. 2, arr. Caleb Henry Trevor • For the Fallen Op. 80, No. 3, arr. Harvey Grace • Empire March, arr. Tom Winpenny • Prelude and Angel’s Farewell from The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, arr. Brewer • Prelude • Angel’s Farewell On his debut solo recording, young organist John Challenger presents a selection of virtuoso transcriptions for organ of some of the best-loved orchestral works of Elgar, played on the organ of Salisbury Cathedral. The orchestral originals are given a new guise as idiomatic organ solos, bought to life through the glorious tone colors of the Father Willis organ in Salisbury Cathedral. The instrument is regarded as one of the finest romantic organs in the world, and ideal for the realization of these transcriptions.

Edward ELGAR

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Resonus Classics Guillermo Brachetta & Menno van Delft

Divine Noise: Theatrical Music for Two Harpsichords Guillermo Brachetta: harpsichord/Menno van Delft: harpsichord RAMEAU: Platée Suite, arr. for two harpsichords by Guillermo Brachetta • COUPERIN: La Paix du Parnasse • LE ROUX: Suite in F major

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Following the resounding critical success of his first solo album, harpsichordist Guillermo Brachetta returns with a thrilling album of theatrical works for two harpsichords. Joined by the renowned Dutch player Menno van Delft — and performed on two incredible French-style instruments by harpsichord builder Titus Crijnen — the duo presents a program of French Baroque works.

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Giuseppe TARTINI & Francesco Maria VERACINI Violin Sonatas

Fantasticus/Rie Kimura: baroque violin/Robert Smith: cello/Guillermo Brachetta: harpsichord VERACINI: Sonata Op. 2, No. 12 • Sonata Op. 2, No. 5 • TARTINI: Violin Sonata in G minor, B.g5 “Le trille du diable” • Pastorale in A major, B.A1 Op. 1, No. 13

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Violinist with the acclaimed Amsterdam-based Baroque trio Fantasticus, Rie Kimura presents her debut solo album featuring violin sonatas by Francesco Maria Veracini and Giuseppe Tartini.

Including Tartini’s famous “Devil’s Trill,”’ as well as a Pastorale Sonata from the same composer and two Veracini Sonatas, this recording is a dazzling display of dexterity and virtuosity displaying the whole of Kimura’s range of expression and color.

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Consortium5

As our sweet Cords with Discords mixed be: English Renaissance Consort Music Consortium5/Kathryn Corrigan: recorder/Gail Macleod: recorder/Roselyn Maynard: recorder/ Oonagh Lee: recorder/Emily Bloom: recorder

CD: RSN 10155 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

BASSANO: Galliard • FERRABOSCO I: In nomine I • In nomine II • BYRD: In nomine IV • The leaves be green • BRADE: Coranto • TYE: In nomine “Howld fast” • In nomine “Crye” • In nomine “Seldom sene” • In nomine X “Saye so” • In nomine IX “Re la re” • In nomine XI “Farewell good one for ever” • PARSLEY: In nomine • FERRABOSCO II: Dovehouse Pavan • Pavan V • PARSONS: In nomine III • WARD: Fantasia No. 3 • BLANKES: A Phancy • HOLBORNE: The night watch • Coranto “Heigh ho holiday” • The Fairie-round • Pavan “The funerals” • DOWLAND: Mrs. Nichols’ Almain • The Earl of Essex’s Galliard • Captain Digorie Piper’s Galliard • Mr. George Whitehead’s Almain • BASSANO: Fantasia I • Fantasia III • GIBBONS: In nomine • PARSLEY: Parsley’s Clocke • EGLESTONE: In nomine II • COPERARIO: Fantasia

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Made up of five of the UK’s leading recorder players, Consortium5 have a reputation for innovative and engaging programming and performance techniques, with repertoire from the Renaissance to today.

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Lindoro

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World premieres

Francisco LÓPEZ CAPILLAS

Gaetano BRUNETTI

Capella Prolationum /Ensemble La Danserye

Camerata Antonio Soler/Gustavo Sánchez: director

RISCOS: Canción Re Sol (premiere) • LÓPEZ CAPILLAS: Missa Re Sol (premiere) • Missa Aufer a nobis (premiere)

BRUNETTI: Sinfonia No. 9 in A major, L. 298 • Sinfonia No. 21 in E flat major, L. 310 • Sinfonia No. 29 in C major, L. 318

Polyphony for service in the Cathedral of Mexico, celebrating the fourth centenary of the birth of a composer called “the Ockeghem of Mexico.”

Gaetano Brunetti (1743–1798) was, along with Luigi Boccherini, the leading composer of chamber music in Spain in the last third of the eighteenth century.

Missas and Motets

Sinfonias

LAWO Classics

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W.A. MOZART

Marianne Beate Kielland

Ole Kristian Dahl: bassoon/Thorsten Johanns: clarinet/ WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne/Karl Heinz Steffens: conductor/ Eivind Aadland: conductor

Marianne Beate Kielland: mezzo-soprano/Elise Båtnes: violin/Kåre Nordstoga: organ

Bassoon and Clarinet Concertos

Pasketid: Easter Music for Voice and Organ

MOZART: Bassoon Concerto in B flat Major, K. 191/186E • Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 LAWO Classics is proud to present the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne’s first release on the label! On this CD we hear the orchestra’s own soloists, Ole Kristian Dahl and Thorsten Johanns, playing Mozart’s first and last wind concertos under the direction of conductors Karl Heinz Steffens and Eivind Aadland, respectively.

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Tracks include a selection of Easter music by Hovland, J.S. Bach, Hassler, Hoffman, and more Poets and composers have always found inspiration in the themes of Easter and its many moods: from awe, festivity, and hope; to disappointment, betrayal, and anguish; to victory and boundless jubilation. Seen in relation to the Passions, there are few recordings of Easter hymns.