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Tomás Luis de VICTORIA The Victoria Collection

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KAIROS

Release Date: March 8, 2011 Ensemble Intercontemporain François-Xavier Roth: conductor IRCAM-Centre Pompidou POSADAS: Oscuro abismo de llanto y de ternura (2009) • Nebmaat (2008) • Cripsis (2007) • Glossopoeia (2009) Due to the style in which he combines his sonic material, Alberto Posadas’ compatriots often refer to his music as “Francophile.” Beyond the Pyrenees and in Francophone countries, the opposite is true: there, he is viewed as a genuinely Spanish composer due to the power and aplomb that emanate from his transparent masses of sound. Posadas has been featured at the Festival d’Automne in Paris, Agora Festival (IRCAM), Strasbourg’s MUSICA, and Brussels’ Ars Musica.

Alberto POSADAS Glossopoeia

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Summit Records Judith Cloud: mezzo-soprano Rita Borden, Dr. Robert Mills: pianos Dr. Jeremy Reynolds: clarinet Kenneth Meyer: guitar CLOUD: Quatre mélodies de Ronsard • Four Songs of the Heart • De Amor Oscuro • Three Songs from Gleanings • Três Canções • Four Sonnets by Pablo Neruda (Set 2) • Songs of Need and Desire The debut recital of seven vocal works by Judith Cloud. Composed between 2006 and 2008, the songs are varied and colorful, showcasing texts by Pablo Neruda, Pierre Ronsard, Betty Andrews, Kathleen Raine, Elizabeth Bishop, Perry Brass, and contemporary Spanish and Brazilian poets. Cloud’s gift for vocal writing originates out of her own rich experiences as an accomplished mezzo-soprano soloist. Highlights of her career include a performance of the Brahms Neueliebeslieder Waltzer with the acclaimed radio program St. Paul Sunday Morning, as well as soloist for the American premiere performance of Michael Tippett’s A Child of Our Time with the Winston-Salem Symphony.

Judith CLOUD

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DOREMI

Release Date: March 8, 2011 Aida Stucki: violin Pina Pozzi: piano Rolf Reinhardt: conductor BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G, Op. 78 • Violin Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 100 • Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 • String Quartet No. 2 in A, Op. 51, No. 2 • SCHUMANN: Fantasie for Violin & Orchestra in C, Op. 131 • SCHUMANN/BRAHMS/DIETRICH: F.A.E. Sonata for violin & piano • ˇ DVORÁK: Terzetto for 2 violins & viola, Op. 74 • HAYDN: Concerto for Violin, Piano & Orchestra in F, Hob.SVIII/6 • BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No. 10 in G, Op. 96 “Aida Stucki’s recognition as an artist is both inevitable and overdue. Her artistry is a timeless inspiration. I admire this great violinist deeply. These recordings are a must for any string player and music lover.” — Anne-Sophie Mutter Aida Stucki, one of the most respected violinists of the 20th century and the main teacher of Anne-Sophie Mutter, celebrates her 90th birthday in 2011. The previous volume of this series won the German Records Critic Award for 2010.

Aida Stucki

Aida Stucki Vol. 2

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Sviatoslav Richter: piano Yuri Bashmet: viola Andris Arnitsans: bassoon Vladimir Zikov: trumpet Yuri Nikolayevsky: conductor ˇ JANÁCEK: Concertino for piano & chamber orchestra • HINDEMITH: Piano sonata • Viola sonata • Bassoon sonata • Trumpet sonata This new volume of the prestigious Richter Archives series presents historic live performances never released before in any form. Live performances 1978–1985.

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Sviatoslav Richter

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TRITON

Release Date: March 8, 2011 Alexander Gavrylyuk: piano Sydney Symphony Vladimir Ashkenazy: conductor PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat, Op. 10 • Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 • Piano Concerto No. 4 in B-flat, Op. 53 “Left Hand” TRITON & EXTON present four new recordings from Vladimir Ashkenazy’s “Composer Festival” series with the Sydney Symphony, which featured Prokofiev in 2009, following Elgar (2008) and Rachmaninov (2007). The two TRITON discs includes Prokofiev’s complete piano concertos with Russian pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk.

Sergei PROKOFIEV

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Alexander Gavrylyuk: piano Sydney Symphony Vladimir Ashkenazy: conductor PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 26 • Piano Concerto No. 5 in G, Op. 55 The continuation of Prokofiev’s complete piano concertos with Russian pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk, whose playing is delicate, powerful, and splendid.

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EXTON

Release Date: March 8, 2011 Sydney Symphony Vladimir Ashkenazy: conductor PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25 “Classical” • Symphony No. 5 in B-flat, Op. 100 Vladimir Ashkenazy is well known as one of the best interpreters of Russian composers. This volume of his new series features the 1st Symphony entitled “Classical,” the most popular repertoire of this composer.

Sergei PROKOFIEV

Symphonies 1 & 5

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Sydney Symphony Vladimir Ashkenazy: conductor PROKOFIEV: Lieutenant Kije Suite, Op. 60 • The Love for Three Oranges Suite, Op. 33a • The Ugly Duckling, Op. 18 The second volume of the series features orchestral suites from the composer’s opera and film music, plus the rarely recorded Ugly Duckling.

Sergei PROKOFIEV

Orchestral Suites

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Important Records

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Julia Kent

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Julia Kent: cello, electronics, field recordings KENT: Pleiades • Ailanthus • The Toll • Acquario • Tithonos • Guarding the Invitations • Overlook • A Spire • Missed • Dear Mr. Twombly • Wake Low “A thing of miniature beauty.” — The Wire “Kent’s solo work is characterized by a clear knowledge of modern classical music and a very lyrical, often cinematic set of composition principles.” — Boomkat Perhaps best known as an original member of cello-rock pioneers Rasputina, Julia Kent has toured & recorded with Antony & The Johnsons, Rufus Wainwright, Devendra Banhart, Angels of Light, and Mi & Lau. Made in New York City and inspired by the intersections between the natural world and the human world, Green and Grey continues Kent’s solo career as a creator of highly personal music. Using looped and layered cello, electronics, and recordings of natural sounds, she explores the melding of the technological and the organic, the patterns and repetitions that exist in nature and are mirrored in human creations, and the complexity and fragility of our relationships with one another and with the natural world. also available Julia Kent Delay Cat # IPT 149 Price Code: T (SRP $14.99) U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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IPO Recordings

Dubravka Tomsic: piano MOZART: Sonata No. 12 in F, K. 332 • Fantasia in D minor, K. 397 • Sonata No. 5 in G, K. 283 • Sonata No, 8 in A, K. 310 “There are knowledgeable music lovers who will tell you there is simply no pianist around today like Dubravka Tomsic, and they are right. You can attend piano recitals religiously and not hear anyone who inhabits music with her kind of absolute technical control or deep understanding of what music can say to the human spirit.” — Chicago Tribune Celebrated Slovenian pianist Dubravka Tomsic enjoys “something of a cult status among pianophiles” (Gramophone), with performances that convey “heroic power and Olympian vision” (LA Times). The only protégé of legendary pianist Artur Rubinstein, who considered her “a perfect and marvelous pianist,” she gave her first public recital at age five and later embarked on an international career that took her to all five continents, performing more than 4,000 concerts to date.

W.A. MOZART

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Works for Piano

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Dubravka Tomsic: piano CHOPIN: Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20 • Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31 • Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39 • Scherzo No. 4 in E, Op. 54 • Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 • Berceuse, Op. 57 “A great concert leaves you with some glimpse of why you’re alive. That’s the experience Dubravka Tomsic brought to Symphony Hall Sunday afternoon. Her playing was emotional, searching, sublime, and profoundly moving … a transcendental performance.” — Boston Globe Touring the US in April 2011, with stops at the Grand Rapids Symphony, San Francisco Performances, Boston Celebrity Series, Union College Concert Series, Huntsville Chamber Music Guild Celebrity Series, and the Steinway Society in San José. Highlights of recent seasons include several performances with the Boston Symphony under both Seiji Ozawa and Bernard Haitink at Symphony Hall and Carnegie Hall, a solo recital at the Tanglewood Festival, the Pasadena Symphony under Jorge Mester, the Mexico City Philharmonic and recitals in Portland, Rockport, and at New York’s Alice Tully Hall.

Frédéric CHOPIN Works for Piano

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Challenge Classics

Release Date: March 8, 2011 Julius Berger: cello José Gallardo: piano BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata in E-flat (from Kleinheinz: String Trio, Op. 3) • Works for mandolin and piano (arr. Berger) After in-depth studies, cellist Julius Berger came to the conclusion that the arrangement of the String Trio Op. 3 of 1794 was created and published under the composer’s own eyes, in Beethoven’s immediate sphere of influence. The quality of the work—and of Beethoven—is apparent in this arrangement, which is magnificently played by Berger and Gallardo. For the mandolin sonatas, the original key of C minor is used in the arrangement for piano and violoncello, arranged by Berger. “Beethoven at his most elegant, they are miniature, refulgent jewels”—that was the opinion of Steven Isserlis, and it is also the opinion of Berger himself!

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN The Unknown Beethoven

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Netherlands Symphony Orchestra Jan Willem de Vriend: conductor BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21 • Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 Over the last 20 years, Dutch conductor Jan Willem de Vriend has, with enormous passion and enthusiasm, immersed himself in the life and work of Ludwig van Beethoven. Now, de Vriend believes that he is ready to release this series of Beethoven’s symphonies! On this new Hybrid SACD, he is joined by the highly-regarded Netherlands Symphony Orchestra.

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Symphonies 1 & 5

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Challenge Classics

Sergei RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 2

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Nobuyuki Tsujii: piano Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Yutaka Sado: conductor RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 • LISZT: Liebestraum No. 3 • Mephisto Waltz No. 1 • Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Blind pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii became a worldwide sensation after he was named joint Gold Medalist of the 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Here, he is featured under conductor Yutaka Sado, who studied with Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa at the Tanglewood Music Festival and became Bernstein’s assistant during his concert tour with the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra. In his home country, he has been the artistic director of the Hyogo Performing Arts Center since 2005, and is a regular guest conductor all over the world

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Nimbus MusicMasters

Release Date: March 8, 2011 Rex Lawson: pianola STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring • Petrushka On the face of it, it seems strange that a worldly, successful composer like Stravinsky should lock himself away for hours in a small studio and arrange his own music for the pianola. Everyone knows, don’t they, that pianolas sound like beat-up old honky-tonks, drowning any musical inspiration with the squeaking of their gears and the wheezing of their pedals. Well, have we got news for you! Pianolas don’t always play with an inexorable tempo and at triple forte; they can and should sound as musically sensitive as any other instrument, and Stravinsky himself enjoyed playing them. As you listen to Petrushka and The Rite of Spring, you may just change your mind about this frequently and unjustly maligned musical instrument.

Igor STRAVINSKY

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Fabio Zanon: guitar VILLA-LOBOS: Suite populaire brésilienne • Chôros No. 1 • Préludes • Études for Guitar The generation of Brazilian artists who came to prominence in the 1900s had to develop a national artistic conscience, and Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959) was the most universally acclaimed of them. Born in Rio de Janeiro, he was the son of an intellectual who taught him to play the cello. After his father’s death, young Heitor learned to play the guitar, an instrument associated with the lower ranks of society. In 1906 he embarked on a legendary trip to the north, meeting the humble people and intuitively absorbing their habits and rich musical folklore. Later in life, he would exaggerate facts from this trip, inspired by the scientific expeditions that were taking place at the same time. Back to Rio in 1910, he married a pianist and tried (unsuccessfully) to catch up with his musical education as a ‘serious’ composer while working as a free-lance musician, playing at the opera house at night and in cafés during the day. His earliest known guitar works, which now comprise the Suite populaire brésilienne, belong to this period.

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS

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Nimbus Alliance

Susan Legg: mezzo-soprano Ann Martin-Davis: piano POPE: If You Came • Oystercatchers • Three Poems of A.E. Housman • The Ermine • From Five Poems of Alice Meynell • T.S. Eliot: 5 Landscapes • A.E. Housman: Last Poems • The Tuft of Violets • Four Poems of Alice Meynell • Langenhoe Marshes • Heaven-Haven “A lustrous mezzo-soprano.” — The Sunday Times “Ann Martin-Davis’ playing shines with brilliance.” — BBC Music magazine Armed with only a box of scores, it has taken two years to trace the late composer Peter Pope and his family. Pope was born in 1917 and studied at the Royal College of Music with John Ireland. He won a traveling scholarship to study with Nadia Boulanger in Paris, but his studies were cut short by the German invasion of Paris. Pope narrowly escaped death, fleeing France on a bicycle through Northern Spain. After service in the Royal Army Medical Corps, Pope’s piano quartet received a rave review in The Times and Augeners offered to publish anything he wrote, but instead he met and married Noreen, a member of the Exclusive Brethren (more extreme than the Plymouth brethren) who announced that music was to be “cancelled.” Pope didn’t write another note until the sect was disbanded in 1971.

Peter POPE

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Nimbus Records Raphael Wallfisch: cello Northern Chamber Orchestra Nicholas Ward: artistic director SPOHR: Violin Concerto No. 8 in A minor, Op. 47 “In modo di scena cantante” (arr. Grützmacher) • DANZI: Variations on “Là ci darem la mano” from Don Giovanni • REICHA: Cello Concerto in A, Op. 4, No. 1 • WEBER: Concerto “Grand pot-pourri,” Op. 20 “An extremely expressive cellist with a big tone, a fabulous technique, and a winning interpretation.” — All Music Guide “Always a pleasure to welcome a new CD from Raphael Wallfisch, for this fine artist is so consistently admirable.” — International Record Review It appears to have been Antonio Stradivari who was responsible for the standardization of the dimensions of the “modern” cello, in the first decade of the 18th century. As its popularity and status grew, the instrument was well fitted to play a significant role in the transition from the Classical to the Romantic, the period represented by the music on this disc. Intriguingly, the life and work of all four of these composers were touched by the presence of a fifth—Mozart.

Raphael Wallfisch

Cello Works

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Delphian Records

Release Date: March 8, 2011 John Kitchen: harpsichord L. COUPERIN: Suites in C • ANONYMOUS: 2 Renaissance dances • HAYDN: Adagio in G • Fantasia in C • BLOW: Mortlack’s Ground • FROBERGER: Lamento sopra la dolora perdita della Real Msta. Di Ferdinando IV, Ré de Romani • J.S. BACH: Suite in F minor, BWV 823 • PASQUINI: Alemanda • Corrente • BYRD: Pavan: Bray • Galliard • FRESCOBALDI: Toccata nona • A. SCARLATTI: Toccata decima in F • MENDELSSOHN: Three Songs Without Words “As a champion of the instruments in the Raymond Russell collection in Edinburgh, John Kitchen’s previous recordings have drawn universal praise. This latest addition to his discography is destined, I am sure, to enhance his formidable reputation.” — Early Music Review

John Kitchen

St. Cecilia’s Hall is the oldest purpose-built concert hall in Scotland, dating from 1763. In 2005, the world-famous Raymond Russell Collection of Early Keyboard Instruments was further enhanced when the University of Edinburgh received the extraordinary gift of 22 historic keyboard instruments from Rodger and Lynne Mirrey. The galleries at St. Cecilia’s Hall now house one of the two most comprehensive collections of early keyboard instruments in the world.

Instruments from the Rodger Mirrey Collection Cat # DPH 34057 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

John Kitchen: harpsichord, chamber organ, spinet, virginal, clavichord, square piano HANDEL: Suite in D minor, HWV 437 • TOMKINS: A sad Pavan for these distracted times • BLOW: Voluntary in C • PURCELL: Five pieces from Musick’s Handmaid • ANON.: Three pieces from Robert Bremner’s The Harpsichord or Spinnet Miscellany (1765) • M. ROSSI: Toccata settima • J.C.F. BACH: Five pieces from Musikalische Nebenstunden • F.X. MOZART: Deux Polonaises mélancoliques • A.L. COUPERIN: Les Tendres Sentimens • L’Affligée • L’Enjouée • GRAUPNER: Four movements from Partita in E “November” “Edinburgh University’s Russell Collection is one of the world’s finest collections of early keyboard instruments. John Kitchen’s ongoing project to bring the musical exhibits to life through an ambitious recording series with the Edinburgh-based Delphian label is proving to be a supreme achievement … every one a gem, as are Kitchen’s stylishly bright performances.” — The Scotsman

John Kitchen

Instruments from the Raymond Russell Collection Vol. II Cat # DPH 34039 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Delphian Records

Release Date: March 8, 2011 John Kitchen: harpsichord HANDEL: Occasional Oratorio Overture • Athalia Overture • Radamisto Overture • Suite in A, HWV 454 • Samson Overture • Saul Overture • Suite in G, HWV 450 • Il Pastor Fido Overture • Teseo Overture • Rinaldo Overture “Crisp articulation, splendidly agile fingerwork, and strong sense of purpose.” — International Record Review Handel’s overtures had an independent life almost from their inception, and the practice of performing them on keyboard instruments has a similarly long pedigree, beginning with a number of transcriptions made by the composer himself. Keyboard specialist John Kitchen evokes Handel’s orchestral palette in the welter of timbres and colors he summons forth from Jacob Kirckman’s 1755 harpsichord, a classic instrument from the very apex of the English harpsichord building.

George Frideric HANDEL

John Kitchen Plays Handel Overtures

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Zig-Zag Territoires Alexei Lubimov: piano BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 30, Op. 109 • Piano Sonata No. 31, Op. 110 • Piano Sonata No. 32, Op. 111 “Breathtaking.” — The Independent “A beautiful recital by a master pianist.” — BBC Music magazine In 2010, Zig-Zag Territoires released Alexei Lubimov’s recording of the Schubert Impromptus on two period pianos (Schanz and Müller), which was awarded a CHOC Award and received HHHHH from BBC Music magazine. During the same recording session, Lubimov took on the last three sonatas of Beethoven! Lubimov belongs to the great Russian tradition of pianists such as Richter and Gilels, as well as to the generation of Early Music pioneers that includes Gustav Leonhardt and the Kuijken brothers. He is a leading interpreter of such modern composers as Denisov, Schnittke, Silvestrov, and Arvo Pärt.

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Op. 109, 110, 111

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Berlin Classics

Release Date: March 8, 2011

erlin Classics presents a wide-ranging new choral series: five full-length CDs presenting choral works by five exceptional composers. Carefully selected & lovingly compiled from an extensive back catalog, they provide a representative overview of personalities. The recordings by such notable ensembles as the Dresden Kreuzchor, Thomanerchor Leipzig, RIAS Chamber Choir, and Halle State Choir—featuring conductors such as Ludwig Güttler, Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, Peter Schreier, and Helmut Koch—ensure a uniformly high level of performance throughout while reflecting a wide variety of different performing traditions. A treasure trove for all lovers of ensemble singing!

Cat # BER 300152 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Heinrich SCHÜTZ Die Himmel erzählen

SCHÜTZ: 15 selections from Musikalische Exequien, Geistlich Chormusik, Psalmen Davids & Italienische Madrigale

Cat # BER 300153 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30

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J.S. BACH

George Frideric HANDEL

J.S. BACH: 19 selections from the cantatas and Mass in B minor

HANDEL: 23 selections from Herakles, Jephta, Judas Maccabäus, Messiah, Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, Israel in Egypt & The Foundling Hospital Anthem

Gloria in excelsis Deo

Krönt den Tag mit Festesglanz

Cat # BER 300155 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30

Cat # BER 300156 Price Code: N (SRP $12.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30

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Felix MENDELSSOHN

Robert SCHUMANN

MENDELSSOHN: 33 choral selections

SCHUMANN: 23 choruses, and choral selections from Genoveva

Leise zieht durch mein Gemüt

Im Schatten des Waldes

Berlin Classics

Release Date: March 8, 2011 Musica Antiqua Köln MEISTER: Sonata No. 2 in D minor • Sonata No. 4 in E minor • Sonata No. 5 in C • Sonata No. 6 in A minor • Sonata No. 10 in C minor • Sonata No. 11 in D A new recording from Musica Antiqua Köln? Wasn’t this legendary ensemble disbanded years ago? Yes, but one thing at a time… The ensemble was founded in 1973, and just five years later was recording exclusively for Archiv (Deutsche Grammophon) under the artistic direction of Reinhard Goebel. By the end of the 1980s, the group had made about 30 recordings for the label, with emphasis on faithful interpretations of unknown masterpieces that are today firmly established as benchmark recordings. After the year 2000, however, things cooled down and the public taste may have wanted more thrills than could be offered by esoteric Pachelbel sonatas and the like. After three artistically rewarding decades, the ensemble was finally dissolved in 2006. What most observers overlooked, however, was a tape in the WDR archives labeled: “Johann Friedrich Meister, Il giardino del piacere, Musica Antiqua Köln, 2004.” And lo and behold, it really was the ensemble’s very last recording! This CD represents the last word—and a spectacular conclusion—to the MAK discography.

Johann Friedrich MEISTER

Il giardino del piacere Cat # BER 16742 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Dresden Kreuzchor Roderich Kreile: conductor ANONYMOUS: Christus factus est (responsorium graduale) • DISTLER: Fürwahr, er trug unsere Krankheit, Op. 12, No. 9 • LOTTI: Crucifixus • MENDELSSOHN: Mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen? Op. 78, No. 3 • DI LASSO: Timor et tremor • POULENC: Timor et tremor • SCHÜTZ: Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, SWV 380 • Herr auf dich traue ich, SWV 377 • Gott sei Dank, from SWV 50 • BRUCKNER: Christus factus est • KUHNAU: Tristis est anima mea • BRAHMS: Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, Op. 29, No. 1 • WIPO (Wigbert von Solothum): Victimae paschali laudes • ECCARD: Zu dieser österlichen Zeit • ANERIO: Christus resurgens • RÜLING: Erstanden ist der heilige Christ • FRANCK: Er ist auferstanden This recording of choral works for Passiontide and Easter continues to follow the Dresden Kreuzchor through the Church year. The CD series presents works that have long featured in the Kreuzkirche’s liturgical celebration of these festivals—the choir’s “domestic repertoire,” so to speak. Thousands flock to these evening services every fortnight, to enjoy the centuries-old tradition in which boys’ voices blend anew into the unique and homogeneous sound of choral singing. Passion and Easter represent the strongest possible contrast between crucifixion and resurrection, offering the listener an impressive sweep of inseparably linked musical and spiritual content. As the repertoire ranges from the Middle Ages to modern times, all the choir’s tonal potential is exploited to its utmost.

Dresden Kreuzchor

Kreuzchor Vespers: Easter

Cat # BER 300198 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Alpha

Release Date: March 8, 2011

Jean-Philippe RAMEAU

Les Surprises de l’Amour (tr. M. Hesse) Monique Zanetti: soprano/Stephan MacLeod: bass-baritone/Ensemble A Deux Violes Esgales RAMEAU (tr. Hesse): Les Surprises de l’Amour (Adonis, Anacréon, La Lyre Enchantée, Sibaris)

Cat # APH 176 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30

Alpha continues its exploration of the baroque repertoire in this recording of a transcription by Hesse of Rameau’s Surprises de l’Amour. These transcriptions (for two viols and harpsichord) cover the entire sound range of the viols. A virtuoso viol player, Hesse was also a pupil of Marin Marais and Forqueray senior, simultaneously. He achieved this feat by resorting to a false name and was exposed during a musical joust organized by the two masters, both vaunting the qualities of an outstanding pupil.

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Lucien DUROSOIR Le Balcon

Sequenza 9.3/Quatuor Diotima/Trio Hoboken/Quintette Aquilon DUROSOIR: Le Balcon • Sonnet à un enfant • Idylle • Trilogie: Improvisation, Maîade, Divertissement • Trio in B minor • Berceuse

Cat # APH 175 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30

Served by very high-level interpreters, the fourth volume in this series underlines and strengthens the public’s growing interest in this previously unpublished repertoire. This new volume reveals a Lucien Durosoir somewhere between impressionism and modernism, confirming the genius of his very atypical language. Blending in with the shimmering colors of Le Balcon for choir and string quintet, we find a tender lullaby, a virtuoso trilogy for piano and cello, and an Idylle in which music becomes poetry.

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J.S. BACH

Concertos with Diverse Instruments,Vol. 5 Café Zimmermann/Pablo Valetti: concertmaster J.S. BACH: Overture No. 3 in D, BWV 1068 • Harpsichord Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056 • Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat, BWV 1051 • Concerto for 3 Harpsichords in D minor, BWV 1063

Cat # APH 168 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Bach’s suites and concertos have long been part of concert repertoires. It is, however, interesting to mentally replace their first executions in the context of the time, so different from what we see on present-day stages. Apart from at the courts, whatever their size, there were no permanent orchestras in Bach’s time and age. Café Zimmermann has brilliantly recreated the spirit of these orchestras, allowing each musician (chosen among the best on the European baroque scene) to express himself. The penultimate opus in this outstanding series, this is the first time we hear Café Zimmermann in such a large formation, and we discover a Bach more alive than ever!

Release Date: March 8, 2011

æon

Lille National Orchestra Peter Rundell, Grant Llewellyn, Pierre Roullier: conductors Ensemble 2e2m Noémi Schindler: violin Emmanuelle Bertrand: cello Pascal Contet: accordion Hélène Desaint: viola CAVANNA: Shanghai Concerto • Trois Strophes sue le nom de Patrice Emery Lumumba • Karl Koop Konzert • plus a filmed portrait of Bernard Cavanna A monographic disc brings together two of Bernard Cavanna’s finest concertante works, performed here by renowned artists Noémi Schindler, Emmanuelle Bertrand, Hélène Desaint, and Pascal Contet along with the Orchestre National de Lille and Ensemble 2e2m, one of Europe’s leading groups dedicated to the music of our time. The recording is accompanied by a filmed portrait of the composer, full of reflections on the place of a creator in the contemporary world. DVD Region 0 (Playable In All Regions), NTSC, French (Stereo), Color, Full Screen (4x3), Not Rated.

Bernard CAVANNA

Concertante Works CD+DVD Cat # AEN 1104 Price Code: 2O (SRP $27.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Digipak; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Geneviève Strosser: viola HOLLIGER: Trema • LIGETI: Sonate • DONATONI: Ali • LACHENMANN: Toccatina • SCELSI: Manto This recording allows French violist Geneviève Strosser to fully display her talents in a program of singular works that she has nurtured for several years, and has particularly appropriated to her qualities as an artist: warm sonorities, heightened sensitivity, and great expressiveness. Several pieces on this disc, which she worked on with the composers themselves, are world premiere recordings.

Geneviève Strosser

Works for Solo Viola Cat # AEN 1100 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30

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Royal Philharmonic Masterworks

Release Date: March 8, 2011

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Yehudi Menuhin: conductor TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 • Sérénade Mélancholique, Op. 26 • Mélodie, Op. 42 Yehudi Menuhin was born in New York (1916) of Russian-Jewish parents and made his violin debut at the age of seven with the San Francisco Symphony in Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole. By the time he was 11 he made historic debuts in Paris and Carnegie Hall, at 12 in Berlin and at 13 in London, thus launching himself on a career that was to take him all over the world for the ensuing decades, playing with all the leading conductors and orchestras. In addition to his renown as a great musician, he was equally recognized for his committed humanism, exemplified by his interest in and work for the young, and any of the many causes he found close to his synoptic mind and generous spirit.

Pyotr Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D Major Cat # RPM 28320 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Howard Shelley: conductor MOZART: Symphony No. 32 in G, K. 318 • Symphony No. 35 in D, K. 385, “Haffner” • Symphony No. 38 in D, K. 504, “Prague” As pianist, recording artist, and conductor, Howard Shelley has enjoyed a distinguished career since his highly acclaimed London recital debut in 1971 and a televised Prom the same season. He has been a soloist under the batons of Ashkenazy, Boult, de Waart, Davis, Jansons, Marriner, Rozhdestvenksy, and Weller. Shelley is especially associated with the music of Rachmaninov, having performed a complete cycle of the composer’s solo piano works as well as award-winning recordings of both the solo piano music and the concertos. Nominated several times for the Gramophone Awards, he has appeared on the film soundtracks of Anna Karenina (1997), Testimony (1988), and Un coeur en hiver (1992). In 1995 he appeared as soloist for the historic 100th Anniversary Prom, televised live.

W.A. MOZART

Symphonies 32, 35 & 38 Cat # RPM 28510 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Royal Philharmonic Masterworks

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Cristina Ortiz: piano BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique” • Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2, “Tempest” • Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, “Moonlight” Brazilian-horn pianist Cristina Ortiz’s work has encompassed many of the major composers from Schumann and Chopin to Beethoven and the greats of the French, Spanish, and Brazilian repertoire. She works regularly with major orchestras throughout the world, and over the years she has enjoyed working with such conductors as Ashkenazy, Atzmon, Bertini, Burgos, Chailly, Comissiona, Groves, Jansons, Kondrashin, Mackerras, Masur, Mehta, Pesek, Previn, Salonen, De Waart, and Zinman. Well-known in North America, Ortiz has worked with the Pittsburgh Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and the Cleveland Orchestra. She gave the world premiere of Lalo Schifrin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 “The Americas” with the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington under Rostropovich, a commission from the Steinway Foundation.

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Piano Sonatas

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras: conductor STRAUSS: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 • Don Juan, Op. 20 • Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28 Sir Charles Mackerras was born in the US to Australian parents. He studied in Sydney and Prague, and made his debut in opera at Sadler’s Wells. Early engagements include first conductor with the Hamburg State Opera and, from 1970 to 1977, music director of Sadler’s Wells (later English National Opera). Sir Charles was a specialist in the Czech repertory, notably Janáˇcek, and recorded a cycle of operas with the Vienna Philharmonic. He also undertook a great deal of research of the 18th and 19th centuries and as a result, recorded all the symphonies and serenades of Mozart with the Prague Chamber Orchestra. Sir Charles passed away July 14, 2010, and remained active up to the time of his death.

Richard STRAUSS

Also Sprach Zarathustra Cat # RPM 29260 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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CAvi-music

Release Date: March 8, 2011

Cat # AVI 7771031 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30

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Tango Amoratado

Felix MENDELSSOHN

Tango Amoratado/Juergen Kathe: bandoneon/Fabian Klentke: piano

Matthias Suess: organ

Romantica

Six Organ Sonatas, Op. 65

MENDELSSOHN: Organ Sonatas Nos. 1–6, Op. 65 COBIÁN: Nostalgias • FIRPO: El Amanecer • ROGGERO: Mimi pinson • AROLS: La guitarrita • LIPESKER: Romantica • CASTRIOTA: Mi noche triste • TUELGOS: Principe • RIOS: Mercedita • BERBSTEIN: El abrojito • DISCÉPOLO: Secreto • MORES: Taquito militar • CANET: Tarde • CASTILLO: Caseron de tejas • STAMPONI: El último café

Early 19th century sonatas played by Matthias Suess.

Cat # AVI 8553218 Price Code: 3N (SRP $38.99) Number of Discs: 3 Box Set; Box Lot 10

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Modersohn Sax Quartet

Ruhr Piano Festival

Modersohn Sax Quartet/Christoph Modersohn: soprano saxophone/Friedemann Seidlitz: alto saxophone/Dittmar Trebeljahr: tenor saxophone/Thomas Seibling: baritone saxophone

Adam Latoum, Eric Schneider, Sophie-Mayuko Vetter, Maki Namekawa, Dennis Russell Davies, Jie Chen, Amir Tebenikhin, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tamara Stefanovich: pianos

J.S. BACH (arr.): Chorale “Christ ist erstanden” • Preludes 1-3 • Canon à 4 from The Musical Offering, BWV 1079 • Fantasy & Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 • Organ chorale “Ich hab’ mein Sach Gott heimgestellt,” BWV 707 • Sonata for flute & harpsichord, BWV 1030 • Organ chorale “Christ has risen” • SCHUMANN: Fugues Nos. 3 & 5 from Six Fugues, Op. 60 • David LIEBMAN: At Bach’s Studio for saxophone quartet • Christoph MODERSOHN: Bach Waltz

SCHUMANN: Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 • Waldszenen, Op. 82 • Theme and 5 Variations, Op. 13 suppl. • Der Vogel als Prophet, Op. 82, No. 7 • Fugue No. 3, Op. 60 • Ahnung • CHOPIN: Rondo for 2 pianos in C, Op. posth. 72a • Variations on a Theme by Thomas Moore for piano four hands • Polonaise fantaisie, Op. 61

A Tribute to Bach

A mixture of original and arranged scores arranged for saxophone quartet.

Vol. 26: Schumann, Chopin & New Piano Music

The third CD here is a bonus featuring contemporary piano music commissioned by the festival and premiered on this CD by the world-famous Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich.

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Release Date: March 8, 2011

Jean SIBELIUS & Arnold SCHOENBERG String Quartets

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Tetzlaff Quartet Christian Tetzlaff, Elisabeth Kufferath: violins Hanna Weinmeister: viola Tanja Tetzlaff: cello SIBELIUS: String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56 “Voces intimae” • SCHOENBERG: String Quartet No. 1 in D minor, Op. 78 “A dazzling palette of sounds.” — Washington Post “Supremely lyrical, exactingly detailed playing.” — New York Times The Tetzlaff Quartet presents a rarely performed quartet from Jean Sibelius, which is in the same key and composed at almost the same time as the Schoenberg piece. UPCOMING PERFORMANCES 4/8/11 Amherst, MA Amherst College 4/9/11 Ann Arbor, MI University Musical Society 4/10/11 New York, NY Carnegie Hall 4/12/11 Santa Barbara, CA Lobero Theatre

4/13/11 Portland, OR Kaul Auditorium, Reed College 4/14/11 Vancouver, BC Chan Centre for the Performing Arts 4/16/11 San Francisco, CA Herbst Theatre 4/17/11 Orange County, CA Irvine Barclay Theatre

Tactus

Release Date: March 8, 2011 Simona Cianchi, Yuko Murakami, Dzenana Mustafic’: sopranos Raffaele Cortesi: piano TOSCANINI: Spes ultima dea • Son gelosa • Fior di siepe • Desolazione • Nevrosi • Canto di Mignon • V’amo • Autunno • Berceuse per pianoforte • BOTTESINI: La nostra canzone • DACCI: Eco dolorosa • Il tuo riso • La tradita morente • CAMPANINI: Amami • Tu sei partita • PIZZETTI: I pastori • La vita fugge e non s’arresta un’ora • Quel rosignuol che sì soave piagne • Levommi il mio pensier in parte ov’era The great repertoire represented on this CD presents the talented Simona Cianchi, Yuko Murakami, and Dzenana Mustafic’ masterfully accompanied by an inspired Raffaele Cortesi. These compositions by the young Toscanini are surrounded by a series of enchanting musical pages by Ildebrando Pizzetti (three of them based on Petrarca’s sonets, and the other on the famous poem “I pastori” by Gabriele D’Annunzio), Giovanni Bottesini, Gustavo Campanini, and Giusto Dacci.

Arturo TOSCANINI

Lyrics for voice and piano Cat # TCT 820001 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Letizia Romiti: organ MOSSO: Suite per organo • Liber Organi • Tre pezzi per armonium su temi di Hindemith • HINDEMITH: Organ Sonata No. 1 Following the recent release of Marco Enrico Bossi organ works (welcomed with great enthusiasm by the specialized press), Tactus now presents the world premiere of three works for organ by another 20th century composer, almost totally unknown. Born in France in 1931, at age eight Carlo Mosso concluded his musical studies in Turin, where he enjoyed the teaching of the great Massimo Mila. This CD presents two of the four works Mosso dedicated to organ music, and the “Tre Pezzi” (Three Pieces) based on the Hindemith melodies initially composed for harmonium.

Carlo MOSSO Organ Works

Cat # TCT 931301 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Includes World Premiere Recordings

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Release Date: March 8, 2011

Ramée

Ludus Modalis Bruno Boterf: director LE JEUNE: Dix Pseaumes de David (Ten Psalms of David) When publishing his Ten Psalms of David in 1564, Claude Le Jeune was still a young musician in his thirties; we know his work from this time solely through a few chansons included in two collective anthologies. This first personal volume clearly identifies him as a Huguenot composer. The four-part texture with frequent homorhythmic passages and the free alternation of long and short syllables clearly belong to the world of protestant psalmody. Yet in numerous passages, the richness of the rhythmic palette and the abundance of polyphony originate from within this framework: the rhythmic values are chosen to illustrate both words and ideas. Although a youthful work, the depth and sincerity of construction of the Ten Psalms are as touching as the greatness of their creator’s vision is impressive. Their employment of modes and rhythm clearly announce certain essential features that would become the hallmark of his mature masterpieces.

Claude LE JEUNE Ten Psalms of David

Cat # RME 1005 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Ricercar Benoît Laurent: oboe Les Agrémens Guy Van Waas: conductor HAYDN: Symphony No. 82 in C “The Bear” • Symphony No. 86 in D • LEBRUN: Concerto in C The courts of Mannheim and Esterházy possessed the best orchestras and instrumental soloists that were available at the end of the 18th century. Paris, with its various concert societies and large orchestras, had become an important venue for such artists and especially for musicians who belonged to the new style. Haydn’s symphonies and concertos by virtuosi such as Lebrun enjoyed considerable success there; what is more, it was in Paris that the works performed here first appeared in print.

Joseph HAYDN & Ludwig August LEBRUN

Symphonies & Concerto Cat # RCE 309 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30 U.S. ORDERS ONLY

Toccata Classics

Release Date: March 8, 2011 Anthony Goldstone, Caroline Clemmow: pianos ALKAN: Saltarelle, Op. 47 • Fantaisie à quatre mains sur Don Juan, Op. 26 • Trois Marches, Op. 40 • Bombardo-Carillon • Finale, Op. 17 • ALKAN (tr. Smalley): Benedictus, Op. 54 8 Impromptu sur le Choral de Luther “Un fort rempart est Notre Dieu,” Op. 69 The piano works of Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–88) are among the most demanding ever written, but they can also gleam with a fierce joy and twinkle with mischievous humor, so it’s hardly surprising to find his works for piano duet bubbling with freewheeling energy. The two works for pedal piano—transcribed here for two pianos by Roger Smalley—show a more solemn side to this devoutly religious composer, though they also have their own charge of excitement and Alkan’s trademark eccentric originality. also available

Charles-Valentin ALKAN

Complete Piano Duos and Duets,Vol. 1 Cat # TOC 70 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 includes World Premiere Recordings

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ALKAN Organ Works Vol. 1 Cat # TOC 30 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) U.S. ORDERS ONLY

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Paul Archibald: trumpet Stephen King: organ Cosmopolitan Brass Chris Gardner: conductor GARDNER: Flourish for a Wedding, Op. 162 • Easter Wedding, Op. 232 • Theme and Variations for Brass Quartet, Op. 7 • Five Dances for Organ, Op. 179 • Sonata da Chiesa sopra un Tema di Claudio Monteverdi, Op. 136 • Sonata Secolare, Op. 117

John GARDNER

Music for Brass and Organ Cat # TOC 48 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 includes World Premiere Recordings

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British composer John Gardner (b. 1917) has been astonishingly prolific, writing 249 opus numbers in his 60-year career as composer, conductor, and teacher. His music—basically tonal and always impeccably crafted—is characterized by charm, grace, and humor. Gardner’s musical fingerprints come from his love of jazz, Renaissance, and Baroque procedures and his mastery of imitative counterpoint. He generally uses established musical forms but invests them with a quirky and distinctive harmonic idiom. This CD explores his rich output for brass and organ, from the elegant Theme and Variations, Op. 7, of 1951 to the lusty Five Dances for Organ, Op. 179, written in 1988.

Release Date: March 8, 2011

Toccata Classics

Solomia Soroka: violin Noreen Silver: cello Phillip Silver: piano SINIGAGLIA: Violin Sonata, Op. 44 • Romanza for cello & piano, Op. 16, No. 1 • Cavatina for violin & piano, Op. 1, No. 1 • Cello Sonata, Op. 41 Sinigaglia, born in Turin in 1868, was a friend of Brahms in Vienna and a student of Dvoˇrák in Prague, applying their classical techniques to the inspiration he found in Italian folksong; his music is marked by strong melodies and a sophisticated use of harmony. Championed by musicians of the standing of Barbirolli, Furtwängler, Kreisler, Stokowski, and Toscanini, he was also a famous mountaineer, with two first climbs in the Dolomites to his credit. Sinigaglia, who was Jewish, died in Turin in 1944 as he was being arrested, at age 75, by the occupying Nazi forces. His tuneful chamber music bears witness to the happy life that preceded that tragic end.

Leone SINIGAGLIA

Chamber Music

Cat # TOC 25 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 World Premiere Recordings

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Paul Silverthorne: viola David Owen Norris: piano BEETHOVEN: Viola Sonata in A (fragment) • Horn Sonata, Op. 17 (arr. Silverthorne) • Notturno, Op. 42 (arr. Kleinheinz) • Grand Duo in E-flat (Septet), Op. 20 (arr. Hermann) Although a violist himself, Beethoven left nothing for the viola except for the fragment of a sonata recorded here for the first time. So his contemporaries and successors have “helped” him fill the gaps—it was Karl Xaver Kleinheinz (1765–1832) who arranged the String Trio, Op. 8, gaining Beethoven’s reluctant approval; a later musician, Friedrich Hermann (1828–1907), transformed the Septet, Op. 20 into an ambitious viola sonata. And now Paul Silverthorne, Principal Viola of the London Symphony Orchestra, expands the repertoire with his own transcription of the Horn Sonata, Op. 17.

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Beethoven By Arrangement Vol. 1 Cat # TOC 108 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Stradivarius

Release Date: March 8, 2011

Cat # STV 33883 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30

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Antonio VIVALDI

Peggy Bélanger

Davide Monti: violin/Il Tempio Armonico/Alberto Rasi: cello, director

Peggy Bélanger: soprano/Michel Angers: theorbo

4 Seasons of Love

Amanti, io vi sò dire

VIVALDI: The Four Seasons • Concerto Madrigalesco, Rv. 129 • Concerto in C, Rv. 114 Il Tempio Armonico, a well-known Italian ensemble devoted to the orchestral repertoire of the European Baroque, rediscovers the deepest essence of The Four Seasons with a performance that succeeds in restoring the original freshness, charm, and grace of Vivaldi’s masterpiece.

PICCININI: Corrente Prima • Toccata VI • Partite variate sopra quest’aria francese detta l’alemanna • Gagliarda III • FERRARI: Amanti, io vi sò dire • O monumenti apritevi • Torni al lido • Corrente VI • Udite amanti • M’amò tanto costei • Amor io mi ribello • Amor tu m’hai pur colto • Deggio amarvi • Io v’amo e v’amerò • CASTALDI: Un bocconcino di fantasia • VIVIANI: Passacaglia

Cat # STV 33868 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak; Box Lot 30

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J.S. BACH

Karlheinz STOCKHAUSEN

Stefano Grondona: guitar

Michele Marelli: clarinet

J.S. BACH: Toccata in E minor, BWV 914 • Prelude in D minor, BWV 999 • Fuga del Signore Bach in A minor, BWV 1000 • Prelude, Fugue & Allegro in E-flat, BWV 998 • Pieces from the Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook • Aria from The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

STOCKHAUSEN: Harlekin

Grondona Plays J. S. Bach

The first release by Stefano Grondona entirely dedicated to J. S. Bach.

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Michele Marelli is internationally recognized as one of the best soloists in contemporary music. He collaborated with Karlheinz Stockhausen for more than 10 years, giving first-ever performances under his conductorship and recording two CDs with the maestro himself.

Release Date: March 8, 2011

Fuga Libera

Henri VIEUXTEMPS

Complete Violin Concertos Vineta Sareika, Hrachya Avanesyan, Nikita Boriso-Glebsky, Lorenzo Gatto, Yossif Ivanov, Jolente De Maeyer, Harriet Langley: violins/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Liège/Patrick Davin: conductor VIEUXTEMPS: Violin Concerto No. 1 in E, Op. 10 • Violin Concerto No. 2 in F-sharp minor, Op. 19 • Violin Concerto No. 3 in A, Op. 25 • Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor, Op. 31 • Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor, Op. 37 • Violin Concerto No. 6 in G, Op. 47 • Violin Concerto No. 7 in A minor, Op. 49 Producing all of Vieuxtemps’ seven violin concertos is quite an undertaking. Too much for a single person? It may be. For Augustin Dumay, master teacher-in-residence at the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth, it was the opportunity to pay tribute to the vitality of the Franco-Belgian school, the substance of which he learnt through his master Arthur Grumiaux. The task was taken up by seven young virtuosos he has taught, several of whom have already distinguished themselves in major international competitions.

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Ferdinand RIES

Complete Flute Quartets Oxalys/Toon Fret: flute/Shirly Laub: violin/Elisabeth Smalt: viola/Martijn Vink: cello RIES: 3 Flute Quartets WoO 35 • 3 Flute Quartets, Op. 145 The magnificent Oxalys ensemble, led by Toon Fret at the flute, puts forward an absolute discovery: the complete quartets with flute by Ferdinand Ries, the great contemporary of Beethoven. One of the most famous musicians of his time, Ries combines classical contours with romantic elements in an elegant, spiritual fashion that can be considered his trademark. Supporting the voluble parts for the flute, he wrote dense and inventive scores for the strings. A true declaration of love for chamber music!

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Frédéric CHOPIN

Evgeni Bozhanov Recital Evgeni Bozhanov: piano CHOPIN: Barcarolle in F-sharp, Op. 60 • Polonaise No. 2 in F-flat, Op. 71 • Impromptu in G-flat, Op. 51 • Waltz in A-flat, Op. 64, No. 3 • Grande Valse Nouvelle in A-flat, Op. 42 • Ballade in A-flat, Op. 47 • Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 Recorded in the mythical Salle de Musique at La-Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland, this is the first solo recital of Evgeni Bozhanov, the Bulgarian pianist who has been shaking the piano world for over a year. At the major international competitions in which he has taken part since 2009, always reaching the finals, nobody remained indifferent—neither jury members nor the public—to this exceptionally gifted pianist, seated in a low position and drawing unbelievable sounds from his piano. Whether in Warsaw (Chopin 2010), Fort Worth (Van Cliburn 2009), or Brussels (Queen Elisabeth 2010), he produced a resolutely personal sound, notably in Chopin.

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NAIM Classical

Release Date: March 8, 2011

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Frédéric CHOPIN

George Frideric HANDEL

Håvard Gimse: piano

John Holloway: violin/Jaap ter Linden: cello/Lars Ulrik Mortensen: harpsichord

Scherzi and Preludes

A London Concert

CHOPIN: 3 Scherzi, Opp. 20, 31 & 54 • Preludes, Op. 28 “Beautiful and often ravishing.” — International Record Review Chopin is renowned for compositions that exploit the full potential of the piano. This beautifully played and recorded disc is a superb example of an extremely talented young pianist’s interpretation of these complex works.

HANDEL: Sonata in D, HWV 371 • Sonata in D minor, HWV 359a • BABELL: Transcription of “Sulla ruota di fortuna” from Handel’s Rinaldo • ARNE: Sonata in E • GEMINIANI: Sonata in A minor, Op. 5, No. 6 • FESTING: Sonata in A, Op. 8, No. 2 • VERACINI: Sonata in D minor, Op. 2, No. 12 “Beautifully tailored, melodious and brilliantly crowned with ornamentation … fantastic stuff!” — Gramophone

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Edvard GRIEG

The Allegri String Quartet

Håvard Gimse: piano

Allegri String Quartet/Peter Carter, Rafael Todes: violins/ Dorothea Vogel: viola/Pál Banda: cello/James Campbell: clarinet

Folk Daces & Songs

GRIEG: Folk Dances, Op. 17 (sel.) • Songs, Opp. 41, 52 & 56 (sel.) • Norwegian Peasant Dance (sel.) “An ideal balance of natural simplicity and subtle artistic sophistication.” — Gramophone

Plays Haydn, Macmillan & Schubert

HAYDN: String Quartet in F, Op. 50, No. 5 • James MACMILLAN: Tuireadh, for clarinet & string quartet • SCHUBERT: String Quartet in A minor, Op. 29, D804 “An affectionate, infinitely flexible performance.” — Gramophone

Håvard Gimse is a brilliant young musician who has established himself as one of Europe’s leading pianists. His numerous awards and accolades include the European Piano Competition, the Steinway Prize, and the prestigious Grieg Prize.

Featuring a carefully chosen repertoire of work by Haydn, MacMillan, and Schubert, this recording demonstrates the quartet’s wealth of chamber music experience from around the world.

Release Date: March 8, 2011

Opera dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Oro

Giuseppe VERDI

I Lombardi alla prima crociata Cat # OPD 7082 Price Code: 2L (SRP $23.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Slimline; Box Lot 30 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT

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Renata Scotto, Luciano Pavarotti, Ruggero Raimondi: vocal soloists Orchestra & Chorus of the Rome Opera Gianandrea Gavazzeni: conductor VERDI: I Lombardi alla prima crociata (complete opera) This 1969 live performance from Rome has been issued before and greatly admired as one of the best-ever readings of the opera, but is now reissued for the first time with a complete, newly translated Italian-English libretto and in-depth notes and essays, at mid-price. I Lombardi was Verdiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fourth opera, and his first to be performed in the US. Long neglected, it has become popular again in recent years for its high spirits and frequent moments of great musical beauty.

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