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On Our Way Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg

& The New Century Chamber Orchestra PG 5

allegro Classical News Contents Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg Jan Willem de Vriend Alexis Weissenberg

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ALLEGRO CLASSICAL WELCOMES Brussels Philharmonic RECORDINGS

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The story of the Brussels Philharmonic is a remarkable one. As the former orchestra of Belgian (later Flemish,) radio, this orchestra managed not only to survive independently, but also to build a successful national and international career in the heart of Europe. Brussels Philharmonic Recordings comes to Allegro Classical via Codaex.

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“An ambitious piece written to investigate the universal theme of how religion is used as a pretext or justification for war. Blackford’s music is gesturally direct, aiming for the visceral impact in the scrunching orchestral discord that represents the moment the Twin Towers collapsed.” — BBC Music magazine (HHHH performance, HHHHH recording) Valentin Berlinsky Quartet SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartets 7 & 8 Cat # AVR 2253 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) d

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Summit Records

Release Date: May 8, 2012

Gateway Chamber Orchestra

Chamber Symphonies [Hybrid SACD] BUZZ ALERT

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Gateway Chamber Orchestra Gregory Wolynec: conductor ENESCU: Chamber Symphony for 12 Instruments, Op. 33 • SCHREKER: Chamber Symphony for 23 Players • SCHOENBERG: Chamber Symphony for 15 Soloists, Op. 9 “Refined playing … finding that elusive balance between the music’s high-spirited playfulness and its sensuous soulfulness … for wind playing par excellence, this release receives the strongest recommendation.” — Fanfare Masterfully recorded and mastered by Grammy-winning SoundMirror, this top-notch ensemble conducted by Gregory Wolynec specializes in the programming of masterworks past and present. The ensemble gave its debut in Fall 2008 with Schoenberg’s milestone Chamber Symphony, Op. 9 and is comprised of the talented faculty of Austin Peay State University and professional musicians. PLAYABLE IN ALL CD PLAYERS. For optimal sound, use compatible surround sound system. also available

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Brussels Philharmonic Recordings

Release Date: May 8, 2012

Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra The Orchestra of Flanders Michel Tabachnik: conductor DEBUSSY: La Mer • Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune • Nocturnes This CD, conducted by chief conductor Michel Tabachnik, is the first of many to appear under the label Brussels Philharmonic Recordings. In the coming years Tabachnik and the orchestra will lead you through the symphonic repertoire by means of a series of high-end recordings and bold interpretations.

Claude DEBUSSY La Mer

Cat # BRX 1 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 26 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra Michel Tabachnik: conductor ˇ DVORÁK: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 “From the New World” • Slavonic Dances, Op. 46, Nos. 1–8 This CD is the second to appear under the label Brussels Philharmonic Recordings, conducted by chief conductor Michel Tabachnik.

ˇ Antonín DVORÁK

Symphony No. 9 & Slavonic Dances Cat # BRX 2 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 26 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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NSS Music

Release Date: May 8, 2012

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Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg

On Our Way: The Journey of Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and the New Century Chamber Orchestra Cat # NSS 11 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Amaray, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg: violin, concertmaster New Century Chamber Orchestra WOLF: Italian Serenade • PIAZZOLLA: Four Seasons of Buenos Aires • TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48 • SCHNITTKE: Polka • GERSHWIN: Bess, You Is My Woman Now After three decades of touring the world, giving solo recitals, and performing with every major orchestra, violin soloist and chamber musician Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg took on a new role: Music Director and Concertmaster of the San Francisco-based New Century Chamber Orchestra. On Our Way chronicles how Nadja’s dynamic leadership has brought a renewed sense of vitality to an already accomplished and acclaimed ensemble. The film weaves together a live tour concert from the Eli and Edyth Broad Stage in Santa Monica with rehearsals, on-camera anecdotes, and behind-the-scenes footage to reveal the makings of a legendary partnership. DVD Specs: NTSC, Region 0, 16:9 (Widescreen), Color, English (Stereo), Not Rated, Run Time: 90 min. also available

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg LIVE: Strauss, Barber & Mahler Cat # NSS 10 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 d

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Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg Together: Piazzolla, Assad & Bartok Cat # NSS 8 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 d

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Challenge Classics

Release Date: May 8, 2012 Goeyvaerts String Trio Kristien Roels: violin Kris Matthynssens: viola Pieter Stas: cello GUBAIDULINA: String Trio • PAIBERDIN: Organum A-nn-A • KANCHELI: Time… and again, Rag-gidon-time • KNAIFEL: E.F. and three visiting cards of the poet, Alexander Knaifel reads poems by F. Tyutchev All of these works begin with very little: a note or two, something not far removed from silence, a seed that gives rise to an entire world of consonance and dissonance, monologue and dialogue (and trialogue), growth and retrenchment, height and depth. All were written by musicians from different parts of what used to be the Soviet Union: Knaifel and Paiberdin are Russian, Gubaidulina also (though of Tatar heritage), and Kancheli is Georgian. The Goeyvaerts Trio worked extensively with all of these composers personally, and the result comes near to perfection!

Goeyvaerts String Trio String Trios from the East

Cat # CHR 72503 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Slimline w/ O-Card, Box Lot 20 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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Liza Ferschtman: violin Dmitry Ferschtman: cello RAVEL: Duo for violin & cello, Op. 7 • KODÁLY: Sonata for violin & cello • SCHULHOFF: Duo for violin & cello Father and daughter play together on a wonderful CD featuring pieces by Schulhoff, Kodály, and Ravel, all especially written for violin and violoncello. PLAYABLE IN ALL CD PLAYERS. For optimal sound, use compatible surround sound system.

Liza & Dmitry Ferschtman

Duos for violin & violoncello [Hybrid SACD] Cat # CHR SACD 72542 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel w/ O-Card, Box Lot 20 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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SCHUBERT & BEETHOVEN Works for Piano and Violin Cat # CHR 72174 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 d

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Release Date: May 8, 2012

Challenge Classics

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Complete Symphonies [Hybrid SACD] Cat # CHR SACD 72550 Price Code: 4R (SRP $71.99) Number of Discs: 6 Box Set, Box Lot 8

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Netherlands Symphony Orchestra Jan Willem de Vriend: conductor Consensus Vocalis Annemarie Kremer: soprano Wilke te Brummelstroete: alto Marcel Reijans: tenor Geert Smits: baritone BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21 • Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 36 • Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 55 “Eroica” • Symphony No. 4 in B-flat, Op. 60 • Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 • Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68 “Pastoral” • Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92 • Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93 • Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 “Choral” “Strong, thrustful performances which make sense in terms of the music in hand and the orchestra’s own character and competence.” — Gramophone Awards Issue 2010 Over the past few years, Jan Willem de Vriend and the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra have made CD recordings of all the symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven—and this box contains them all! PLAYABLE IN ALL CD PLAYERS. For optimal sound, use compatible surround sound system.

DOREMI

Release Date: May 8, 2012 Alexis Weissenberg: piano BACH/LISZT: Prelude & Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 • HAYDN: Sonata No. 1 in E-flat • CZERNY: La Ricordanza Variations on a Theme by Rode, Op. 33 • PROKOFIEV: Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28 • Sugestion Diabolique, Op. 4, No. 4 • SCRIABIN: Etude No. 11 in B-flat minor, Op. 8 • Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op. 9, No. 2 • LISZT: Sonata in B minor • Funerailles • Nos. 5 & 6 from Années de Pélerinage, Deuxième Année • Valse-Impromptu On CD for the first time! Alexis Weissenberg was one of the most important pianists of the 20th century. Presented here are early recordings from three rare LPs made when he was still quite young (1949–1955) and was known as Sigi Weissenberg. He is considered a true legend for his supreme piano artistry.

Alexis Weissenberg The Sigi Recordings

Cat # DHR 7987 Price Code: 2R (SRP $35.99) Number of Discs: 2 2 Jewel w/ Sleeve, Box Lot 25

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Ofra Harnoy: cello TELEMANN: Adagio from Canonic Sonata No. 1 in D • BOZZA: 5 Contrasts for cello & oboe • OFFENBACH: Introduction et Valse mélancolique • DANZI: Duet for flute & cello, Op. 64, No. 2 • GERSHWIN: Summertime from Porgy and Bess • STEVENS: 5 Duos for 2 cellos • RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Flight of the Bumble-Bee • HONEGGER: No. 1 from Trois Contrepoints • POPPER: Dance of the Elves • MASSENET: Élégie • MOZART: Duet for cello & bassoon Previously unissued recordings of celebrated cellist Ofra Harnoy, from the 1980s, with leading Canadian performers. Well known from her many CDs on the RCA, Decca & Sony labels, this is the second Ofra Harnoy CD release by DOREMI.

Ofra Harnoy Volume 2

Cat # DHR 6609 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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CORO

Release Date: May 8, 2012

The Sixteen

Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination Cat # CRO 16098 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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The Sixteen Harry Christophers: director The Hilliard Ensemble BROWNE: Salve Regina • WYLKYNSON: Jesus autem transiens • PYGOTT: Quid petis, O fili? • CORNYSH: Ave Maria Mater Dei • DAVY: Stabat mater • DUFAY: Agnus Dei from Missa Se le face ay pale • TALLIS: Spem in Alium • ANON.: Hail Mary, full of Grace • Lauda: Regina sovrana • This day day dawes • Christus surrexit Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination is the British Library’s first major exhibition to bring together its Royal collection, a treasure trove of illuminated manuscripts from between the 9th and 16th centuries collected by the kings and queens of England. This disc was created especially to accompany the exhibition.

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The Sixteen The Eton Choirbook Collection Cat # CRO 16040 Price Code: 3Q (SRP $47.99) Number of Discs: 5 d

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The Hilliard Ensemble The Hilliard Live Collection Cat # CRO 16064 Price Code: 3Q (SRP $47.99) Number of Discs: 4 d

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The Classics Labels

Release Date: May 8, 2012

The Classics Labels Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary! Keith Harvey: cello Linn Hendry, Peter Pettinger, Meralyn Knight: pianos 32 transcriptions of works by Monteverdi, Bach/Busoni, Scriabin, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Gershwin, Nin, Poldini, Ravel, Debussy, Duparc, Canteloube, Achron, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Brahms, Purcell, Ries, Grieg, Prokofiev, Chopin, Szymanowski, Paganini, Reger, Satie, and Elgar Legendary cellist Keith Harvey in arrangements and transcriptions dedicated to a lifetime of influences! Cello Classics presents the Emmy Award-winning cellist playing several works receiving first recordings, including 37 tracks across two CDs for the price of a single disc.

Keith Harvey

Dedications: A Life in Music Cat # TCL CE 11027 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Slimline, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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cello classics

Jean-Marc Fessard: clarinet Jadwiga Lewczuk: piano PENDERECKI: 3 Miniatures • SZALOWSKI: Sonatina • RATHAUS: Sonata • PERKOWSKI: Sonata • MOSS: Elegia • LUTOSŁAWSKI: Dance Preludes A fascinating and invaluable collection of Polish music from the 20th century, played by Jean-Marc Fessard and Jadwiga Lewczuk. On this first CD by Fessard devoted to the Polish clarinet repertoire, Penderecki’s 3 Miniatures and Lutosławski’s Dance Preludes are framed by two masterpieces of the repertoire. Listeners will be engaged and captivated by this well-chosen and beautifully crafted program, performed with energy and sensitivity. A major addition to the Clarinet Classics catalog!

Jean-Marc Fessard

Polish Music for Clarinet and Piano Cat # TCL CC 10066 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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CLARINET classics

Release Date: May 8, 2012

The Classics Labels

Julian DAWES Music

Emma Johnson: clarinet/Stephen Stirling: French horn/Gemma Rosefield: cello/Matthew Trusler: violin/Gordon Back: piano DAWES: Violin Sonata • Horn Sonatina • Elegie for violin & piano • Cello Sonata • Clarinet Sonatina The chamber works on this CD demonstrate the wide-ranging and varied output from Julian Dawes, who has written scores for the Royal Court, Lyric Theatre, Bristol Old Vic, and Brecht’s Caucasian Chalk Circle and Edward II, for which both are the recognized scores by the Brecht Estate in Berlin. The Sonata for violin and piano received its UK premiere at Wigmore Hall in 2006, and is played here by virtuoso violinist Matthew Trusler.

Cat # TCL OM 15004 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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OMNIBUS classics

Penelope Lynex

Cello Elegies and Romances Vol. 2 Penelope Lynex: cello/Alexander Wells: piano RACHMANINOV: Romance • FAURÉ: Elegie, Op. 24 • MILHAUD: Elegie • ORR: Midsummer Dance • DEBUSSY: Sonata • MOSZKOWSKI: Guitarre, Op. 45, No. 2 • LEIGHTON: Elegy • POPPER: Mazurka, Op. 51 Penelope Lynex and Alexander Wells have built up a large repertoire that includes unusual items in addition to those better known, and extends from Bach to the present day. Penelope and Alexander follow the success of Cello Elegies and Romances Vol. 1 by presenting a second wonderfully soulful selection of the most attractive and interesting cello and piano works in the current repertoire.

Cat # TCL LIR 70023 Price Code: P (SRP $16.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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LIR classics

Otis Murphy Summertime

Otis Murphy: saxophone/Haruko Murphy: piano/Masato Kumoi Saxophone Quartet MOLINELLI: Four Pictures from New York • MOZART: Oboe Quartet in F, K. 370 (arr. Wakui) • MUCZYNSKI: Alto Saxophone Sonata, Op. 29 • PASCULLI: Le Api (arr. Tse) • WAIGNEIN: Movements World-renowned international soloist Otis Murphy presents his latest CD on the Saxophone Classics label. His flawless tone and incredible technique brings this collection of original works and carefully selected arrangements of music to life. This is a CD for saxophonists and non-saxophonists alike: compelling excellence in the mastery of the saxophone, coupled with a beautiful collection of music for all to enjoy.

Cat # TCL SC 14004 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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SAXOPHONE classics

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Release Date: May 8, 2012 Arditti Quartet Irvine Arditti, Ashot Sarkassjan: violins Ralf Ehlers: viola Lucas Fels: cello BIRTWISTLE: String Quartet: The Tree of Strings, Nine Movements for String Quartet Harrison Birtwistle is unquestionably one of the most frequently performed British composers on the contemporary scene. Although bowed strings are the raison d’être of this disc, their absence is no less conspicuous in the composer’s early and mature works, for he waited until he was nearly 60 before writing for string quartet, and the works brought together here remain his only original works written exclusively for strings. The recording of these works by the Arditti Quartet, dedicatee of the String Quartet: The Tree of Strings (which was composed for them) reflects the most recent development resulting from Birtwistle’s working with this ensemble over the past 20 years.

Harrison BIRTWISTLE Complete String Quartets Cat # AEN 1217 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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Ensemble Céladon Paulin Bündgen: director ANON: Agincourt Carol • Angelus ad Virginem • Nowel sing we • Now wolde y fayne • Pray for us • Do way Robin / Sancta Mater (2) • Perspie Christicola • Stella Maris nuncuparis • O Maria, Virgo pia • Virgo Pudicicie • Gabriel fram Heven-King • Lullay, Lullow • O sponsa Dei electa • There is no rose of such vertu • Singularis et insignis • Cormacus scripsit • Deo gratias anglia

Ensemble Céladon

Deo Gratias Anglia: Sacred Polyphony (English Songs from the Hundred Years’ War) Cat # AEN 1218 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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From 1337 to 1453, France and England waged a ruthless combat, with the Hundred Years’ War plunging Europe into violence and horror. Yet far from the battlefields, spiritual and intellectual activity flourished. More than ever, people prayed and sang. In England, despite a culture profoundly marked by French taste, a school of composition specific to the country developed at the end of the 13th century. Almost everywhere in the realm, diverse works came into being, punctuating and enlivening daily life. The program of the Céladon Ensemble spans more than a century of music and alternates chants in Latin and songs in English, frequently evoking the figure of the Virgin Mary. These pieces of music, of simple construction and often of folk inspiration, pack a powerful impact. They provide a vibrant illustration of the variety of musical and poetic compositions of that troubled era, which fluctuated between barbarity and naïveté.

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Release Date: May 8, 2012 Claude Debussy, Sergei Rachmaninov, Arthur Rubinstein, Benno Moïseivitsch, Ricardo Viñes, et al: pianists Mary Garden, Ninon Vallin, Claire Croiza, Jane Bathori, Irène Joachim, Gérard Souzay, Hector Dufranne, Vanni-Marcoux, et al: vocal soloists Arturo Toscanini, Pierre Monteux, Roger Desormière, et al: conductors DEBUSSY: Songs • Piano pieces • Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune • La Mer • Nocturnes • Pelléas et Mélisande (exc.) and more • CAPLET: Quatre poèmes The “Debussy, Music and the Arts” exhibition, organized by Paris’s Musée d’Orsay, proposes to evoke the musician’s major encounters with contemporary artists and poets. Paintings, drawings, and pastels—along with first editions of Mallarmé, Gide, and Louÿs—recall the musician’s admirations and friendships. His music will be present in major autograph scores, rare editions, and projects of sets and costumes for Pelléas, the ballets on the Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and Jeux, and The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. This choice of historic recordings proposed by Jean-Michel Nectoux, curator of the exhibition, will allow for listening to the conductors, pianists—including Debussy himself—and singers who were his first interpreters, such as Ninon Vallin, Jane Bathori, Claire Croiza, Mary Garden & Hector Dufranne (Mélisande and Golaud in the Pelléas of 1902), Ricardo Viñes, Camille Chevillard, or Toscanini. A real treasure trove!

Claude DEBUSSY

Album Debussy: The composer and his performers Cat # AEN 1215 Price Code: 3N (SRP $38.99) Number of Discs: 3 Triple Digipak, Box Lot TBD 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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Alpha Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien François Lazarevitch: director Robert Getchell: tenor 34 selections of Scottish airs and dances, including John Anderson My Jo, The Flower of Edinburgh, Patrick McDonald’s Jig, Lady Mary Hay’s Scotch Measure, and more One of the most fascinating aspects of Scottish music in the 18th century is the extent to which traditional and classical music interacted. By the early 19th century, Scottish songs had become popular in Europe too, and were being arranged by composers such as Haydn and Beethoven. The performances on this CD honor that lively and sensitive interaction which, perhaps uniquely, gives expression to an ideal of social and artistic cohesion. This new recording is a fine addition to Alpha’s Chants de la Terre series, devoted to pieces stemming from oral tradition that have had a considerable impact on the written repertoire and continue to enchant the ear. Lively dances and exquisite Scottish airs are beautifully sung by tenor Robert Getchell. Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, led by François Lazarevitch, take us once again into fascinating regions inhabited by grace and pure delight.

Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien

For Ever Fortune: Scottish Music in the 18th Century Cat # APH 531 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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Winter & Winter

Release Date: May 8, 2012 Forma Antiqva Aarón Zapico: director Uri Caine: piano Theo Bleckmann: vocals Aitor Hevia: violin VIVALDI: The Four Seasons Aarón Zapico and Forma Antiqva interpret this composition with an entirely new approach—exciting, sensual, and haunting. Theo Bleckmann and Uri Caine have added their own touches, presenting their premiere of “The Four Seasons Sonnets.” Dutch painter and concept artist Marcel van Eeden, inspired by Zapico’s Four Seasons, created eight new drawings for this stunning musical cycle. also available

Forma Antiqva Amore x Amore Cat # WTR 162 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1

Antonio VIVALDI The Four Seasons

Cat # WTR 185 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Smartpak, Box Lot 20 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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Forma Antiqva Concerto Zapico Cat # WTR 910173 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 d

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Budapest Music Center UMZE Ensemble Peter Eötvös: conductor Natalia Zagoinskaya: voice Miklós Perényi: cello KURTÁG: Messages of the Late R. V. Troussova, Op. 17 • Splinters, Op. 6c • Four Poems by Anna Akhmatova, Op. 41 (premiere) • LIGETI: Melodien • Cello Concerto • Sippal, dobbal, nádihegedüvel “The spare, emotional world of György Kurtág and that of his not-so-spare compatriot, György Ligeti, made interesting bedfellows in this astonishing concert at Zankel Hall … Ms. Zagorinskaya was in complete control of Kurtág’s unconventional meldings of music and text, and the UMZE Ensemble provided exquisitely calibrated touches of sound.” — Musicweb-Interntional

György LIGETI & György KURTÁG Ligeti & Kurtág at Carnegie Hall Cat # BMH 162 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DEAL world premiere recordings

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On January 31, 2009 in the Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, one concert in the series “Extremely Hungary” was dedicated jointly to the works of Ligeti and Kurtág. This disc contains the live recording of that Carnegie Hall concert. The UMZE Ensemble has appeared at the most prestigious Hungarian festivals and performs internationally, continuing its ambition to keep the now-classic compositions of the 20th century in the repertoire and to bring the most recent compositions of both Hungarian and foreign composers to the listener.

KAIROS

Release Date: May 8, 2012 Donatienne Michel-Dansac: soprano Uli Fussenegger: double bass Klangforum Wien Emilio Pomárico, Sylvain Cambreling: conductors APERGHIS: Contretemps • SEESAW • Parlando • Teeter-totter Music connoisseurs around the world know Georges Aperghis, above all, as a man of music theatre. His “purely instrumental music” without scenic ingredients often receives less notice than his spectacular theatrical works, despite the fact that the Paris-based composer has by no means neglected the instrumental genre. He has also been consistently producing arioso scenes for voice and ensemble, as well as chamber music. Over the past few years, this last area of his work has once again come into focus, and this CD brings together three important pieces for ensemble from the past 10 years.

Georges APERGHIS Teeter-totter

Cat # KRO 13222 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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Martin Grubinger: percussion Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Pierre Boulez, Peter Eötvös: conductors CERHA: Konzert (Concerto) for Percussion & Orchestra • Impulse Last year celebrated the 85th birthday of Austrian composer Friedrich Cerha, best known for his orchestra cycle “Spiegel” and the completion of the third act of Alban Berg’s Lulu. This new record combines two orchestral pieces from recent years, both played by one of the finest orchestras in the world—the Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by Pierre Boulez and Peter Eötvös. The demanding solo part of the Konzert for Percussion & Orchestra is played by young percussion star Martin Grubinger.

Friedrich CERHA

Konzert & Impulse

Cat # KRO 13242 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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Col legno

Release Date: May 8, 2012

Cat # CNO 50502 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30

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Galina USTVOLSKAYA

Osvaldo COLUCCINO

Markus Hinterhäuser: piano

Alfonso Alberti: piano

USTVOLSKAYA: Sonatas Nos. 1–6

COLUCCINO: Stanze, Nos. 1–12

Recorded in 1998, this re-release features new editor’s notes. Upon its original release, the American Record Guide wrote of a “brilliant young pianist who specializes in avant-garde repertory” presenting “a powerful release, but not for the squeamish.”

In “Stanze,” Osvaldo Coluccino uses the piano’s body to generate resonances in the spaces within us. In his interpretation of the compositions, Alfonso Alberti takes us by the hand to lead us part of the way through our innermost being.

Piano Sonatas

Stanze

CAvi-music

Cat # AVI 8553249 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30

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Sergei RACHMANINOV

Birgit Heinemann & Uta Schlichtig

Evgenia Rubinova: piano

Birgit Heinemann, Uta Schlichtig: cellos

RACHMANINOV: Moment Musicaux, Op. 16 • Sonata No. 2, Op. 36 • KREISLER: Liebesfreud • Liebeslied

Short pieces by Boccherini, Flores, Koeppen, Guglielmi, Teisseire, Dotzauer, Albéniz, Boismoitier, Kosma, Glière, Saint-Saëns, Rodriguez, Haydn, Filiberto, Couperin, Offenbach, Monnot & Gershwin (“Summertime”)

Sonata No. 2 & Moment Musicaux Op. 16

Evgenia Rubinova, of Russian birth, is one of the most active young pianists in Europe. This program shows off her virtuosity in a range of works.

Pour le moment

A selection of colorful and well-known tunes in new arrangements for “violoncello à deux.”

Release Date: May 8, 2012

Zig-Zag Territoires

Chiara Banchini: violin Jörg Andreas Böttcher: harpsichord J.S. BACH: Sonatas for obbligato harpsichord and violin, BWV 1014–1019 To mark her return to the recording studio after releasing CDs of Tartini and Albinoni (both awarded a Diapason d’Or), Chiara Banchini joins forces with Jörg Andreas Bötticher to present her version of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Sonatas for obbligato harpsichord and violin BWV 1014–1019. This interpretation is notable, among other features, for the use of a German harpsichord with the disposition 16’, 8’, 8’, 4’, freely reconstructed by Matthias Kramer (Hamburg, 2006) after Christian Zell.

J.S. BACH

Sonatas for obbligato harpsichord and violin, BWV 1014–1019 Cat # ZIG 302 Price Code: 2O (SRP $27.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Digipak, Box Lot 18 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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Trio Brancusi Saténik Khourdoian: violin Laura Buruiana: cello Mara Dobresco: piano ENESCO: Trio in G minor (premiere) • Sérénade Lointaine (premiere) • Trio in A minor George Enescu shares with Liszt, Rachmaninov, and Busoni the misfortune of having been a very great virtuoso, both violinist and pianist, who has had to wait a long time before full justice is done to him as a composer. For their first disc, the three young members of the all-female Trio Brancusi present three piano trios by Enesco, including premiere recordings of the Trio in G minor and the Sérénade Lointaine.

Georges ENESCO

Trios

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Meridian Records

Release Date: May 8, 2012

Cat # MER 84608 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

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Ross Winters

C.P.E. BACH & Georg Philipp TELEMANN

Ross Winters, Adam Dopadlik, Michael Keen: recorders/Julian Jacobson: piano, harpsichord/Yuka Matsumoto: violin/Jessica Burroughs: cello

La Fontegara/Maria Diez-Canedo: recorder, flute/Eunice Padilla: harpsichord/Eloy Cruz: baroque guitar, theorbo/Rafael Sánchez Guevara: viola da gamba

BUSH: Sonatina for recorders & piano, Op. 82 • BERKELEY: Concertino for recorder, violin, cello & harpsichord, Op. 49 • Sonatina for recorder & piano, Op. 13 • COOKE: Suite for three recorders • Serial Theme & Variations for solo recorder • Quartet for recorder, violin, cello & piano

C.P.E. BACH: Sonata in G • Fantasia in F • 12 Variations on La folia d’Espagne • Sonata in D • TELEMANN: Concert VI in A minor • Trio Sonata in B-flat • Concert V in B minor

British Recorder Music

Godfather

A CD of rare recordings of British recorder music, expertly performed by Ross Winters alongside a first-class ensemble including world-renowned pianist Julian Jacobson.

Featuring beloved compositions by two of Germany’s most prolific composers, this is an expert performance by La Fontegara, who have dedicated a life-long passion to music from this period.

GIA Publications

Cat # GIA 871 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 30

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North Texas Wind Symphony

North Texas Wind Symphony/Eugene Migliaro Corporon: conductor

MASLANKA: Traveler • ELLERBY: New World Dances • HUSA: Apotheosis of This Earth • GOTO: Songs • MILBURN: Emerald Suite • SIERRA: Alegria

TURRIN: Scarecrow Overture • McTEE: Double Play • HUSA: Divertimento for Brass and Percussion • SALFELDER: Crossing Parallels • HAUSE: Tango Variations • COLGRASS: Arctic Dreams

This disc is the product of a relationship between the North Texas Wind Symphony and GIA Publications, Inc. Ciphers includes music from consummate composers like David Maslanka, Martin Ellerby, Karel Husa, Yo Goto, Dwayne S. Milburn, and Roberto Sierra.

Thanks to GIA’s generous support, it has been possible for the North Texas Wind Symphony to continue to produce recordings of the highest quality. Encryptions includes music from consummate composers like Karel Husa, Michael Colgrass, Evan Hause, Joseph Turrin, Kathryn Salfelder, and Cindy McTee.

Ciphers

Encryptions

Release Date: May 8, 2012

Fuga Libera

Alice Ader: piano RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit • Sérénade grotesque • Pavane pour une infante défunte • Jeux d’eau • Prélude • Miroirs • Le tombeau de Couperin • Menuet sur le nom de Haydn • Sonatine • À la manière de… • Valses nobles et sentimentales • Menuet antique Alice Ader’s Debussy disc Erato won all the awards in the specialist press upon its release 20 years ago, and is still regarded as an unequalled benchmark. Now, this unconventional pianist at last unveils her recording of the complete Ravel piano works. And what better moment could there be than Debussy Year to present these two hours of music in dialogue, “en Miroirs” as it were, with the oeuvre of “Claude de France”? Ravel—hot-blooded Swiss watchmaker, discreet Lisztian, a mediocre pianist who made such extreme demands on his colleagues—deserves only the finest interpreters: those who take the time to explore his deepest recesses. Alice Ader, light-years away from the flashy gestures often encountered in this music, takes us to the very heart of one of the most secretive composers of his time.

Maurice RAVEL

Complete Piano Works Cat # FGL 592 Price Code: 2O (SRP $27.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Digipak, Box Lot 18 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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Piano 21 Cyprien Katsaris, Hélène Mercier: pianos BRAHMS: Sonata for Two Pianos in F minor, Op. 34b • SCHUMANN (tr. Clara Schumann): Piano Quintet in E-flat, Op. 44, arr. for piano four hands This recording brings together two major works from the history of romantic chamber music. It embraces Robert Schumann, the composer; Clara, his transcriber and indefatigable performer of his work; and Johannes Brahms, their intimate friend. The program revisits their masterpieces: Schumann’s Quintet Op. 44 and Brahms’ Quintet Op. 34, and the four-handed version of Schumann’s Quintet may prove to be a discovery! Arranged by Clara Schumann just after the composer’s death, this work bears witness to the importance of the practice of four-hand piano works in the 19th century as a driver of musical progress.

Johannes BRAHMS & Robert SCHUMANN Music for Two Pianos

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Nimbus Alliance

Release Date: May 8, 2012

Richard WAGNER

The Flying Dutchman Overture London Symphony Orchestra/Yondani Butt: conductor WAGNER: The Flying Dutchman Overture • SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 3 • Symphony No. 4

Cat # NIM 6163 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

Hailed by Robert Marsh of the Chicago Sun-Times as “an outstanding talent” and acclaimed by critics and audiences alike for his many CD recordings and concert performances, Yondani Butt received an MRA Gramophone Award in the Symphony Category 1995 for his recording of Glazunov’s Sixth Symphony. He had previously won the same award in 1986, for Rimsky-Korsakov’s Third Symphony. His recording of Glazunov’s Third Symphony is recognized by the Glazunov Society as definitive, and earned him the title of Honorary Patron of the Society.

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Benjamin BRITTEN & Arthur BLISS String Quartets Barbirolli Quartet BLISS: String Quartet No. 2 • DELIUS: Late Swallows • PURCELL: Chacony • BRITTEN: String Quartet No. 2 in C

Cat # NIM 6165 Price Code: P (SRP $16.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DEAL

Following their selection by the European Concert Halls Organization (ECHO) as the UK Concert Halls’ Rising Stars 2009, the Barbirolli Quartet has toured the major concert halls of Europe and holds an international reputation for its diverse, prolific repertoire and dynamic approach to performance. The Times has described them as “forthright, full-blooded musicians, afraid of nothing” and The Strad hailed their “superbly realized performance” and “precision of ensemble at formidable rates of energy.” For this recording they were kindly loaned a set of fine Italian instruments from the Royal Academy, comprised of two Guadagnini violins, a Ceruti Viola, and the 1692 ‘Segelman’ Stradivarius cello.

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William CORKINE

Each Lovely Grace: The Second Book of Ayres Cantar Alla Viola/Nadine Balbeisi: soprano/Fernando Marin: viola da gamba CORKINE: The Second Book of Ayres

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“Cantar alla viola,” the art of accompanying the voice with the viola da gamba, is the largely forgotten technique of using a bowed instrument to play polyphony and harmony as an accompaniment to the voice. The rediscovery of these methods inspired Nadine Balbeisi and Fernando Marin to create their duo of the same name. Detailed descriptions of the practice of this delicate manner of accompanying the voice are found in sources such as “Regola Rubertina” by Sylvestro Ganassi (1542) and in “Il libro del cortegliano” by Baldassare Castiglione, Venezia (1528). As suggested by Ganassi’s instructions, Fernando Marín adapts madrigals and songs from the Renaissance and early Baroque for the voice and viol.

Nimbus Alliance

Release Date: May 8, 2012

Peter GRAHAM

Music Inspired by 44 Scotland Street Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Wind Orchestra/Nigel Boddice: conductor/Alasdair Hankinson: narrator GRAHAM: Music Inspired by 44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith This is music inspired by 44 Scotland Street, the fictional address of a cast of characters who populate Alexander McCall Smith’s serial novel set in the Georgian New Town. The result is immense fun, beautifully envisaged by Peter Graham’s lively score and performed with gusto and humor by the talented young performers of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Cat # NIM 6175 Price Code: D (SRP $6.99) Number of Discs: 1 Cardboard Wallet, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DEAL World Premiere Recordings

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Geoff Eales

Mountains of Fire Geoff Eales: piano/Nigel Hitchcock: sax/Roy Babbington, Laurence Cottle: bass/Mike Smith, Ian Thomas: drums Classics by Lennon & McCartney, Rodgers & Hart, Bernstein, and more including: Here, There and Everywhere • Like Someone in Love • Autumn Leaves • Young and Foolish • Falling in Love Again • Blues for Shirl • Mountains of Fire • You Must Believe in Spring • Have You Met Miss Jones? • I Fall in Love Too Easily • Stella by Starlight • A Child Is Born • Some Other Time A reissue of the record that inspired Eales to dig into his jazz soul; the original release was warmly received by both public and jazz press.

Cat # NIM 6158 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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Nimbus Records Felix MENDELSSOHN & Robert SCHUMANN Trios

Raphael Wallfisch: cello/Hagai Shaham: violin/Arnon Erez: piano MENDELSSOHN: Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 • Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66 • SCHUMANN: Clavierstücke in canonischer form, Op. 56 This recording features three performers from storied backgrounds. Hagai Shaham began to study the violin at the age of six and was the last student of the renowned Ilona Feher. Arnon Erez studied with Arie Vardi, and is a graduate of Tel Aviv University. Raphael Wallfisch is one of the most celebrated cellists on the international stage, and has recorded nearly every major work for his instrument.

Cat # NIM 5875 Price Code: P (SRP $16.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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Gramola

Release Date: May 8, 2012

Cat # GLA 98932 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Packaging TBD, Box Lot TBD

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Franz LISZT

Trio D’Ante Vienna

Thomas Albertus Irnberger: violin/Edoardo Torbianell: piano

Trio D’Ante Vienna

LISZT: Duet (sonata) in C-sharp minor • Grand Duo Concertant • Epithalam • La lugubre gondola No. 1 • The Three Gypsies. paraphrase after Lenau • Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 (arr. Joachim)

CHOPIN: Trio, Op. 8 • LISZT: Tristia • RACHMANINOV: Trio Élégiaque • SHOSTAKOVICH: Trio No. 1

Liszt and the Violin [Hybrid SACD]

Piano Trios [CD+DVD]

Young Salzburg violinist Thomas Albertus Irnberger presents hardly-known works by a well-known composer: violin works by Franz Liszt! PLAYABLE IN ALL CD PLAYERS. For optimal sound, use compatible surround sound system.

After the great success of their previous CD, on this release Trio D’Ante presents four trios all composed by great pianists: Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt (his own arrangement of his piano piece La vallée d’Obermann), Sergei Rachmaninov, and Dmitri Shostakovich. DVD Specs Not Provided.

Cat # GLA 98938 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Packaging TBD, Box Lot TBD

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Johann Nepomuk HUMMEL

C.P.E. BACH

Ingrid Marsoner: piano/Biel Symphony Orchestra/Thomas Rösner: conductor

Richard Fuller: fortepiano

Piano Concertos

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Fantasies, Rondos and Sonatas

BACH, C.P.E.: Fantasias, Rondos & Sonatas HUMMEL: Piano Concerto in A minor • Piano Concerto in C • BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C On her third CD for Gramola, pianist Ingrid Marsoner plays the Piano Concerto No. 2 in A minor by Hummel and Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major alongisde the Symphony Orchestra of Biel (Switzerland) conducted by Thomas Rösner.

Following his sensational CD of Haydn sonatas, recorded on Haydn’s piano in Haydn’s home, American fortepiano specialist Richard Fuller releases a program of piano pieces by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.

Gramola

Release Date: May 8, 2012

Walter ARLEN

Things might be different Rebecca Nelsen: soprano/Christian Immler: bass-baritone/Danny Driver: piano ARLEN: Songs Walter Arlen is one of the last living composers of the generation the Nazis sought to extinguish. After his flight from Vienna in 1939, he made a significant contribution to the cultural transfer of Austrian musical tradition not only as the music critic of the Los Angeles Times, but also as the founder of the Music Department of Loyola Marymount University. This double CD offers a broad cross-section of his important oeuvre. Cat # GLA 98946 Price Code: 2N (SRP $25.99) Number of Discs: 2 Digipak, Box Lot 20 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas

Yoshiko Okada: piano BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 7 in D, Op. 10, No. 3 • Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique” • Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 With his 32 piano sonatas, Beethoven made one of the most pronounced developments in the history of piano music, completing the Classical Age almost single-handedly and setting off Romanticism. Here, Yoshiko Okada—who has studied with Yvonne Loriod, Nikita Magaloff, and Alicia de Larrocha and has performed several times in Carnegie Hall—presents three particularly striking examples of Beethoven’s sonatas.

Cat # GLA 98893 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Packaging TBD, Box Lot TBD 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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Franz LISZT & Franz SCHUBERT Doppelgänger

Dora Deliyska: piano SCHUBERT/LISZT: Liszt piano transcriptions of Schubert songs, including Gretchen am Spinnrade, Der Wanderer, Erlkönig, Ständchen, Du bist die Ruh, Die Forelle, Der Leiermann, Der Doppelgänger, and more On her CD Doppelgänger, young Bulgarian pianist Dora Deliyska exclusively presents Franz Liszt’s piano arrangements of Schubert’s Lieder, the texts of which are printed in the booklet. As is explained in the accompanying text, Liszt treats Schubert’s Lieder with great respect, unlike his arrangements of other composers. Here, we can also hear Dora Deliyska’s love of song, which she developed at an early age as the daughter of an opera singer.

Cat # GLA 98931 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 20 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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Delphian Records

Release Date: May 8, 2012 Peter Hill: piano J.S. BACH: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II “Quite extraordinarily beautiful and right.” — The Times “I listened entranced.” — Gramophone A recognized authority in 20th-century and contemporary music, Peter Hill turns for the first time on disc to another of his lifelong preoccupations: the music of J.S. Bach. On this new recording, Hill brings his customary scholarly acumen and crystalline musical intelligence to bear on Book II of the “48.”

J.S. BACH

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II Cat # DPH 34101 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Slimline, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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Sophie Bevan: soprano Andrew Kennedy: tenor Roderick Williams: baritone Iain Burnside: piano SHAW: 36 songs “Burnside’s delightfully poetic pianism proves irresistible.” — Classic FM Magazine Despite a compositional career spanning both World Wars, remarkably little is known about Martin Shaw’s music. It has yet to enjoy the revival of interest that has benefited the legacies of close friends such as Ralph Vaughan Williams and John Ireland. His songs range from the whimsical and effervescent to the deeply melancholic, and will be a revelation to many. In rescuing these gems from obscurity, Iain Burnside and his singers give new life to an unjustly neglected figure.

Martin SHAW

Songs: The Airmen Cat # DPH 34105 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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Irene Drummond & Iain Burnside The Shadow Side Cat # DPH 34099 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 d

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Cobra

Release Date: May 8, 2012 Ruysdael Quartet Emi Ohi Resnick, Joris van Rijn: violins Gijs Kramers: viola Jeroen den Herder: cello S. PROKOFIEV: Sonata for 2 Violins in C, Op. 56 • TCHAIKOVSKY: String Quartet No. 3 in E-flat minor, Op. 30 • G. PROKOFIEV: String Quartet No. 3 The Ruysdael Quartet continues their journey with part three of the Russian Generations series, featuring works by Tchaikovsky, Sergei Prokofiev, and Gabriel Prokofiev.

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Ruysdael Quartet

Russian Generations 3

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Avanti Philippe Quint: violin Minería Symphony Orchestra Carlos Miguel Prieto: conductor BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 • Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Romance for Violin & Orchestra No. 1 in G, Op. 40 • MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 This new release includes the bonus DVD “Quint for the Record,” a 25-minute documentary on the project including interviews with Philippe Quint and Carlos Miguel Prieto, and featuring images from the recording sessions, entirely shot in Mexico. PLAYABLE IN ALL CD PLAYERS. For optimal sound, use compatible surround sound system. DVD Specs: PAL, Region 0, 16:9 (Widescreen), Color, English/Spanish (Stereo), Not Rated, Run Time: 30 min. DVD is PAL, not NTSC, but will play on most computers.

Max BRUCH & Felix MENDELSSOHN

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Stone Records

Release Date: May 8, 2012 Lisa Harper-Brown: soprano David Wickham: piano Paul PAVIOUR: 7 songs • Geoffrey ALLEN: 8 songs • Roy AGNEW: 7 songs • Raymond HANSON: 5 songs • Michael BERTRAM: Silence of the Night Stone Records is delighted to announce its latest release, a CD of Australian art songs performed by a brilliant Australian-based recital duo. Soprano Lisa Harper-Brown is a favorite of the opera-going audience in Sydney, and David Wickham is one of the country’s most sought-after accompanists. The repertoire will be new to a lot of listeners, although the style is familiar, being informed by the recognizable sound of 20th-century English song. All of the five composers featured are well-known Australian musicians, and between them they have established a new cultural identity: Australian art song. With detailed notes provided by the accompanist, and full texts of the songs, this disc provides an excellent introduction to a largely uncharted area of classical music.

Lisa Harper-Brown The Poet Sings

Cat # SNR 80147 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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British Music Society Nicholas Cox: clarinet Ian Buckle: piano BAX: Sonata • FISKE: Sonata • HAMILTON: Three Nocturnes, Op. 6 • WOOD: Paraphrase on Bird of Paradise, Op. 26 • RODNEY BENNETT: Duo Concertante This collection of works were mostly dedicated to and performed by the great British clarinetist Frederick Thurston. He did a huge amount to encourage composers of the day to write for his instrument, and in 1952 he was awarded the CBE and the Cobbett Gold Medal for services to chamber music.

Nicholas Cox

The Thurston Connection Cat # NIM BMS 440 Price Code: P (SRP $16.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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After reading music at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, Nicholas Cox studied clarinet at the Musikhochschule in Hanover with Professor Hans Deinzer. Appointed Principal Clarinet of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in 1992, he has played as Guest Principal with most British orchestras, and has performed concertos with the RLPO, the City of London Sinfonia, the NDR Radio Orchestra in Hanover, and the Prague Symphony Orchestra. As a soloist he has appeared at the Wigmore and Queen Elizabeth Halls, and the Edinburgh, Cheltenham, Huddersfield and Brighton Festivals. Ian Buckle enjoys a varied freelance career, working as soloist, accompanist, chamber musician, orchestral pianist, and teacher. As a concerto soloist, Ian has appeared alongside conductors Carl Davis, Elgar Howarth, Gerard Schwarz, Yan Pascal Tortelier, and John Wilson, and with orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic, the Orchestra of Opera North, Sinfonia Viva, the Manchester Concert Orchestra, and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. As an accompanist he is in constant demand, performing and recording with singers and instrumentalists throughout the UK and in Europe.

Ramée

Release Date: May 8, 2012 Mieneke van der Velden: viola da gamba Glen Wilson: harpsichord D’ANGLEBERT: Prelude in C • Prelude in G • MARAIS: Suite in C • Tombeau pour Mr. de Lully • Suite in E • DOLLÉ: Tombeau de Marais le Père • FORQUERAY: Second Suite in E • Fifth Suite in C minor • ANON.: Prelude in G Homage in music can express different things: gratitude towards a benefactor, a more personal greeting to a friend or acquaintance, recognition of a colleague’s talent, or a testament raised in memory of a teacher or other departed one. Paying homage to a late musician with a tombeau was already an ancient tradition in the time of Marin Marais. Initially, tombeaux were instrumental transcriptions of Middle Age and Renaissance vocal lamentations, and were developed around the middle of the 17th century for the lute, then for the harpsichord by Louis Couperin and Jean-Henri d’Anglebert, and finally for the viola da gamba by Sainte-Colombe. The Tombeaux of Marin Marais are amongst the most original and expressive of those written for the viol, while the last examples of this tradition are the Tombeau pour Marais le Cadet, by Marin Marais (1725) and the Tombeau de Marais le Père, by Charles Dollé (1737). A program full of worship, grandeur, and sadness.

Mieneke van der Velden

Hommages

Cat # RME 1105 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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Ricercar Lingua Franca Bernard Woltèche: cello Julien Wolfs: harpsichord Benoît Laurent: oboe, director TELEMANN: Sonata in B-flat • Fantasia 4 in B-flat • Fantasia 6 in D minor • HEINICHEN: Sonata 33 in G minor • MATTHES: Oboe Sonata in C • KIRNBERGER: Sonata in B-flat • C.P.E. BACH: Sonata for Oboe Solo in G minor After a fine recording made by the Lingua Franca Ensemble of German music for oboe ensemble, Benoît Laurent now presents a fascinating survey of the baroque oboe repertoire. The French oboe enjoyed considerable success in church music, opera, and chamber music from the moment of its arrival in Germany, for the instrument’s charms seduced every composer of the period. This recording presents works by composers from Telemann to Bach; it demonstrates the development of musical style throughout the baroque era and ends with the first intimations of the pre-classical style.

Lingua Franca

German Baroque Oboe Sonatas Cat # RCE 321 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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Stradivarius

Release Date: May 8, 2012

Gian Francesco MALIPIERO Cordiali saluti

Francesco Parrino: violin/Stefano Parrino: flute/Orchestra of the Province of Catanzaro “La Grecia”/ Francesco Di Mauro: conductor MALIPIERO: Violin Concerto No. 2 (premiere) • Rispetti e Strambotti • Flute Concerto (premiere) • Symphony No. 6 “Degli archi”

Cat # STV 33889 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25

Cordiali saluti contains some of the most significant orchestral works of important Italian composer Gian Francesco Malipiero, whose style is very personal and unique, and can be seen as a bridge between avant-garde and tradition.

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John CAGE

Freeman Etudes Books 3 & 4 Marco Fusi: violin CAGE: Freeman Etudes, Books 3 & 4 A year after his first encounter with the “Freeman Etudes” by John Cage, Marco Fusi faces Books 3 & 4!

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April 5 Cedar City, UT – Thorley Recital Hall April 17 Phoenix, AZ – John Cage Festival @ Arizona State University

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Francesco GEMINIANI Sonatas Op. 4

Liana Mosca: violin/Antonio Mosca: cello/Luca Pianca: archlute/Giorgio Paronuzzi: harpsichord GEMINIANI: Sonatas, Op. 4, Nos. 1, 3, 6, 7, 10 & 12 This CD is completely devoted to Francesco Saverio Geminiani’s Violin Sonatas Op. 4, which are very peculiar and show Geminiani’s attempt to create new musical languages different from Arcangelo Corelli’s old school. Cat # STV 33853 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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Tactus

Release Date: May 8, 2012

Carlo Antonio MARINO

Works for Strings and Continuo Orchestra Carlo Antonio Marino/Natale Arnoldi: conductor MARINO: Sonata a cinque, Op. 3 • Sonat a quattro, Op. 6 • Concerto a Quattro The pieces recorded here represent the climax of this musician’s considerable production for strings and basso continuo. The Sonate a cinque (1697) are elegant and ambitious, while the Sonate a quattro (1706) are more intimate. All these pieces are characterized by a perfect balance between a rigorous, monodic style and a marked lyricism in the slow movements. Cat # TCT 671301 Price Code: T (SRP $14.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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Luigi BOCCHERINI

Quartets Op. 26 for two fortepianos Anna Clemente, Susanna Piolanti: fortepianos BOCCHERINI: Quartets for 2 fortepianos, Op. 26, Nos. 1–6 Luigi Boccherini’s six Quartets Op. 26, composed in 1778, were transcribed for two harpsichords by an anonymous author at the end of the century and are housed, in manuscript form, in Dresden’s Sächsische Landesbibliothek. These transcriptions were probably made during the regency of the Elector of Saxony, Frederick Augustus (1763–1806), who owned several others, all preserved in Dresden. Cat # TCT 740209 Price Code: T (SRP $14.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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Whaling City Sound Paul Cienniwa

Music for a Thin Place Paul Cienniwa: harpsichord F. COUPERIN: Preludes 1, 2, 4 & 5 • L. COUPERIN: Passacaille in C • Chaconne or Passacaglia in G minor • FORQUERAY: La Sylva • La du Vaucel • J.S. BACH: Andante, BWV 964 • Fantasia 10, BWV 797 • RAMEAU: Allemande • Les Soupirs • BELL: Sarabande, Op. 97 • SWEELINCK: O lux beata trinitas • BYRD: Ave verum corpus • FROBERGER: Allemande in D “The Cienniwas are uncomplicated, instinctive musicians with a sure technical command, sound stylistic sense, and a remarkable musical rapport.” — The Strad This recording contains slow, meditative harpsichord pieces, favoring major keys over minor keys. From the selection of repertoire to its preparation to the recording venue itself, the recording was made within a prayerful, meditative context.

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Indésens

Release Date: May 8, 2012

Henri TOMASI

Complete Works with Trumpet Eric Aubier: trumpet/Paris Opera Orchestra/Marius Constant: conductor TOMASI: Trumpet Concerto • Gregorian Variations on a Salve Regina for trumpet & organ • Holy Week in Cuzco • Tryptique for trumpet & piano • Etudes for solo trumpet • Liturgical Fanfares for ensemble of horns, chorus & soprano Accompanied by exceptional musicians, French music specialist Eric Aubier enhances Tomasi’s music—sometimes expressive, sometimes intimate. Cat # IDS 38 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 28 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN & W.A. MOZART Quintets for piano & winds

Sebastian Manz, Marc Trénel, Herbert Schuch, David Fernández Alonso, Ramón Ortega Quero: instrumentalists BEETHOVEN: Quintet in E-flat, Op. 16 • MOZART: Quintet in E-flat, K. 452 Said Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to his father Leopold: “I consider this quintet as the best composed in my life … How I wish you would have been able to hear it!” (April 10, 1784) Cat # IDS 39 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 35 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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Musiques à la Chabotterie Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER Music for Molière’s Plays

La Simphonie du Marais/Hugo Reyne: conductor CHARPENTIER: Le dépit amoureux Overture • La Comtesse d’Escarbagnas Overture • Le mariage forcé: Intermezzi • Le Malade imaginare: Prologue & Intermezzo • Le Sicilien Overture & Serenade

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Molière and Lully are known as the founders of the “comédie-ballet.” In 1762, after seven years of partnership, the collaboration came to an end and Molière, looking for a new musical partner, met Marc-Antoine Charpentier. While the former was approaching the last part of his life, the latter was just starting his career as musician. His name was associated with Molière’s for the first time for the double staging of Mariage forcé and La Comtesse d’Esarbagnas. Later, Le Malade imaginaire was the crowning achievement of all “comédie-ballets” conceived by Molière. La Simphonie du Marais here proposes this last piece in Charpentier’s version, following the restraints imposed by Lully through royal decrees.

Etcetera

Release Date: May 8, 2012

Willem JETHS Monumento

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Ed Spanjaard: conductor/Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic/Otto Tausk: conductor/Doelen Quartet JETHS: Scale “Le tombeau de Mahler” • Intus trepidare (Third String Quartet) • Meme, for 2 violas & orchestra • Monument to a Universal Marriage Willem Jeths studied composition under Hans Kox and Tristan Keuris in Utrecht, completing his studies there with the Composition Prize in 1988. He gained his doctorate in musicology in Amsterdam in 1991. The Willem Jeths Festival, held in Rotterdam in May 2000, was the first of a series of retrospectives of Jeths’ works, and his music is now performed throughout the world.

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Robert SCHUMANN Works for cello and piano

France Springuel: cello/Jan Vermeulen: fortepiano SCHUMANN: Märchenbilder, Op. 113 • Fünf Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102 • Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 • Drei Romanzen, Op. 94 • Adagio & Allegro, Op. 70 A mere glance at Robert Schumann’s catalog of works tells us that he was subject to whims. As such, the first decade of his existence as a composer was almost exclusively dedicated to piano music. In 1840, he threw himself into the song repertoire, 1841 became the year of the symphony, and 1842 the year of chamber music. The following years Schumann was troubled by an unstable physical and mental condition. However, in 1849 he had enough energy for a genuine compositional outburst. Except for the Märchenbilder Op. 113 (from 1851), all works on the CD were composed during this, the composer’s self-described “most fertile year.”

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Henry BUTLER The Division Violist

Roberto Gini, Marco Angilella: bass viols/Sara Dieci: harpsichord, organ/Elena Spotti: harp BUTLER: Divisions upon a Ground in D, G, E minor (2), A minor, C, D minor & F • Prelude and Sonata in E minor • Prelude and Divisions upon a Ground in F • Divisions upon a Ground in D minor, Pavana di Spagna As a virtuoso on the viola da gamba, Henry Butler’s fame stretched beyond the region and epoch in which he was employed. This is remarkable, since his work was never published during his lifetime because of an exclusive contract with his employer, the Spanish court. Butler’s style of Divisions is very elaborate, and demonstrates a profound knowledge of the instrument. In his music one can find a level of technical difficulty that remains unmatched in all successive epochs.

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LAWO Classics

Release Date: May 8, 2012

Antonio ZACARA DA TERAMO Spinato intorno al Cor

Currentes/Kristin Mulders: cantus/Kjetil Almenning: tenor/Hans Lub: medieval fiddle/David Catalunya: clavicembalum/Jostein Gundersen: recorders, director ZACARO DA TERAMO: Ferito già d’un amoroso dardo • Movit’ a pietade • Benchè lontan me trov’ in altra parte • Plorans ploravi perché la Fortuna • Nuda non era, preso altro vestito • Le temps verrà tamtoust après • Spinato intorno al cor (2 versions) • Un fior gentil m’apparse • Rosetta che non canbi mai colore

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Spinato intorno al Cor is devoted entirely to the music of Antonio Zacara da Teramo (c. 1365–1416), and is the first available CD portrait of this significant Roman composer.

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Johannes BRAHMS

Sonatas for Viola & Piano Henninge Landaas: viola/Tim Horton: piano BRAHMS: Sonata in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1 • Sonata in E-flat, Op. 120, No. 2 On this recording from LAWO Classics we hear violist Henninge Landaas in brilliant collaboration with English pianist Tim Horton.

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Landaas Duo

Violin and Viola Duos Henninge Landaas: viola/Elise Båtnes: violin/Oslo Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra MOZART: String Duo for violin & viola in G, K. 423 • String Duo for violin & viola in B-flat, K. 424 • BRUSTAD: Capricci for violin & viola • HALVORSEN: Passacaglia for violin and viola after Handel

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The works on this recording are written by composers who themselves played the violin. The three works differ greatly from one another, yet each is expressive, idiomatic, and reveals close connections to a living performance tradition. Sisters Elise & Henninge have played together for more than 30 years, and the repertoire heard here has been a part of their musical upbringing. Elise and Henninge are first concertmaster and co-principal viola, respectively, of the Oslo Philharmonic.

Release Date: May 8, 2012

La Bottega Discantica

W.A. MOZART

Requiem (transcription by Carl Czerny) Costanzo Porta Choir/Antonio Greco: conductor/Silvia Frigato: soprano/Anna Bessi: alto/Raffaele Giordani: tenor/Riccardo Dernini: bass/Diego Maccagnola, Francesco Pasqualotto: pianos MOZART (tr. Czerny): Requiem, K. 626 This Requiem version is extremely interesting because it is not—and it doesn’t aim to be—a mere transcription of Mozart’s work; instead, it is a translation into a new specifically pianistic language, casting a new light on the masterpiece and enhancing its most refined patterns and even the slightest contrapuntal play. Carl Czerny gives us his personal interpretation of Mozart’s masterpiece, but with the utmost respect for the original composition and with the same musical intentions of the Salzburg genius.

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Paola Devoti

Jewish Memories Paolo Devoti: harp BUSS: Awakening • DEVOTI: Ikh hob dikh lib (Ti voglio bene) • Freylekhs: Frammenti di danze • Canto sefardita • Niggun: canto senza parole • Tumbalalayka • METTI: Alenu: fantasia per arpa • DEL RE: Suonando nello scantinato • Suite of Yiddish melodies • GENTILI: Sognando • BEN-HAIM: Poème These popular melodies, born from the heart, prove to be surprisingly modern. They speak of the battles and hopes of the Jewish people, but the themes are universal. The original tunes are treated in an instrumental version, without lyrics. Paola Devoti graduated in Italy at Conservatory “G. Verdi “ of Milan with the highest marks, when she was very young. She attended masterclasses in France with Jamet, and also attended the Superior Conservatory of Geneva.

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Trio Ecoensemble

Music for Flute, Oboe and Piano Trio Ecoensemble/Morena Mestieri: flute/Paolo Fundarà: oboe/Anna Bellagamba: piano DRING: Trio • STRAVINSKY (tr. D’Andrea): Suite • GAUBERT: 9 Tarantelle • ARNOLD: Suite Bourgeoise • DELANOFF: Noble Tafelmusik • LANDUZZI: Il canto di Orfeo—quaderno 3 • DEMERSSMAN: Fantasia concertante, Op. 36 Madeleine Winefride Isabelle Dring was a woman of many talents, whose exceptionally original creative spirit encouraged her to develop a wide range of interests. In 1947 Madeleine married Roger Lord, the principal oboist of the London Symphony Orchestra, for whom she wrote her many pieces for oboe. In 2006, Ecoensemble Trio commissioned an arrangement of the Stravinsky Five Easy Pieces for trio flute, oboe, and piano by Italian composer Giulia D’Andrea, and this is the first recording of this trio version. The Tarentelle by Gaubert for flute, oboe, and piano, composed in 1903, was his first published piece and demonstrates Gaubert’s mastery of counterpoint and his innate gift for melody.

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Globe

Release Date: May 8, 2012

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Netherlands Chamber Choir

Brisk Recorder Quartet Amsterdam

Gilad Nezer: bass/Netherlands Chamber Choir/Klaas Stok: conductor

Brisk Recorder Quartet Amsterdam/Marian Banis, Saskia Coolen, Alide Verheij, Bert Honig: recorders/Greetje Gijma: vocals/Guus Janssen: virginals/Ramon Lormans: percussion, marimba

Tehilim: Psalms between Judaism and Christianity

18 Psalm selections by Mendelssohn, Gokkes, Rossi, Avni, Sweelinck, Sulzer, Schoenberg, Lewandowski, Rosenblatt, & Anonymous Gilad Nezer specializes in Jewish liturgical song and has studied extensively with Prof. Elijahu Schleifer and Josse Wolf. He has been the regular cantor for the Liberal Jewish Community in Amsterdam since August 2005.

Dutch Diversity: Recorder Music

16 selections by Phalèse, Janssen, Martini, Isaac, Bijma, Josquin, Koolmees, Ghiselin, Mensingh, & Anonymous Brisk celebrates its 25th birthday with this remarkable album, which combines the old and the new with compositions spanning over 500 years.

Editions Hortus

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Michel CORRETTE

György KURTÁG

Le Concert des Dames/Catherine Greuillet, Emmanuelle Martin, Julie Robard: vocals/Damien Colcomb: organ/Frédéric Bourdin: conductor

Jean-Sébastien Dureau, Vincent Planès: pianos

CORRETTE: Messe à l’usage des Dames Religieuses

Parallel to Games, his eight volumes of miniature pieces for piano, György Kurtág also transcribed a number of chorales by Johann Sebastian Bach for two pianos or four-hand piano. Juxtaposing the Hungarian composer’s original works with his transcriptions entices us to listen beyond all historical and stylistic references.

Messe à l’usage des Dames Religieuses

The Concert des Dames is a choir of the highest level, bringing us this music directly but exuding all the charm of its typically French embellishments, delivered with a Gallican accent.

Play with Infinity

KURTÁG: Games • Transcriptions of Chorales by J.S. Bach

Release Date: May 8, 2012

Querstand

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Günter RAPHAEL

Fritz Wunderlich: tenor/Paul Doktor: viola/Günter Ludwig: piano/Párkànyi Quartet/Emil Manz: saxophone/WDR Symphony Orchestra/Wolfgang Sawallisch: conductor

Hartog/Brandner Duo/Bernhard Hartog, Nari Brandner: violins

RAPHAEL: Viola Sonata in E-flat, Op. 13 • String Quartet in A, Op. 28 • Concertino for Alto Saxophone and Small Orchestra, Op. 71 • Palmström Sonata, Op. 69

The second CD in the Edition series contains the Dialoges for two violins (written in 1951 and 1957) in their entirety. A highly original collection of 45 miniatures!

Edition Vol. 1: Entrée

Edition Vol. 2: Dialogues for Two Violins

RAPHAEL: Dialoge • Dialoge II

The first disc in a series, which will present the works of one of the most important German composers of the 20th century, contains the Palmström Sonata sung by famous tenor Fritz Wunderlich and the Concertino for alto saxophone and orchestra, one of the first German orchestra works to use the saxophone as a solo instrument.

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Michael DAUGHERTY

Gee’s Bend: Guitar Concertos of the 20th and 21st Centuries Thorsten Druecker: guitar/WDR Radio Symphony Orchestra/ Rasmus Baumann: conductor

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Sigismund THALBERG Songs and Chamber Music

Marija Raschka: mezzo-soprano/Felix Plock: baritone/Andreas Hartmann: violin/Stefan Burkhardt: piano THALBERG: 24 selections of songs & chamber music

DAUGHERTY: Gee’s Bend for electric guitar & orchestra (premiere) • E. BERNSTEIN: Guitar Concerto • ARNOLD: Guitar Concerto, Op. 67 This interesting combination of works for acoustic and electric guitar includes the world premiere recording of “Gee’s Bend” by Michael Daugherty as well as guitar concertos by highly renowned film score composers Elmer Bernstein and Malcolm Arnold (both Oscar winners).

To celebrate the 200th birthday of Sigismund Thalberg in 2012, this disc contains numerous world premiere recordings, especially from Thalberg’s lied compositions which are nearly completely forgotten today.

Melodiya

Release Date: May 8, 2012

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Anatoly LYADOV

ˇ Mikalojus CIURLIONIS

USSR State Symphony Orchestra/Evgeny Svetlanov: conductor

Various pianists

LYADOV: From the Apocalypse • About Olden Times • Baba Yaga • The Enchanted Lake • Kikimora • Eight Russian Folk Songs

ˇ CIURLIONIS: Piano works

Symphonic Works

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The Piano Works

Anatoly Lyadov was born in 1855 and grew up surrounded by arts and music. A teacher in the St. Petersburg Conservatory, a conductor, and a composer, his musical heritage presents a truly outstanding phenomenon of Russian musical culture.

ˇ Mikalojus Ciurlionis was the father of Lithuanian professional music; a composer, artist, philosopher, and poet. In his bright yet short life, he created about 300 paintings and about 350 musical compositions, most of which were piano miniatures.

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Sergei RACHMANINOV

Pyotr Il’yitch TCHAIKOVSKY

Moscow Chamber Choir/Vladimir Minin: conductor

USSR State Symphony Orchestra/Evgeny Svetlanov: conductor

RACHMANINOV: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 31

TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake • The Sleeping Beauty • The Nutcracker (complete ballets)

Liturgy of St. John Chyrsostom

This work was first performed by the Synodal Choir conducted by Danilin in November 1910. In his liturgy, Rachmaninov extensively used intonations of popular vocal music and plainchant, continuing the traditions of his predecessors.

The Ballets

The repertoire of any ballet company has three performances penned by Tchaikovsky—Swan Lake (1877), The Sleeping Beauty (1889), and The Nutcracker (1892). This Firma Melodiya program features the music performed by the USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra lead by prominent conductor Evgeny Svetlanov.

Melodiya

Release Date: May 8, 2012

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Triple Concerto, Op. 56 & Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3 Lev Oborin: piano/David Oistrakh: violin/Sviatoslav Knushevitsky: cello/Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent: conductor BEETHOVEN: Triple Concerto in C, Op. 56 • Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3 In this legendary trio of brilliant musicians—David Oistrakh, Lev Oborin, and Sviatoslav Knushevitsky—each adds individuality to the ensemble without opposing the others, harmonically merging into a cohesive whole. Cat # MYD 1001937 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 30 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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Franz LISZT

Dedicated to the 200th Anniversary Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lazar Berman, Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Gleb Akselrod, Alexander Slobodyanik, Pavel Serebryakov: pianos/Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra/Kirill Kondrashin: conductor/Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra/Gennady Rozhdestvensky: conductor/USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra/Mark Ermler: conductor LISZT: Mephisto Waltz No. 1 • Tarantella • Transcendental Etude No. 9 in A-flat “Ricordanza” • Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor • Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in D-flat • Sonata in B minor • Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat • Les Preludes • Tasso • Orpheus • Prometheus A daring innovator, Liszt stirred up a revolution in both the art of piano playing and composing. Said music critic Vladimir Stasov, “If not for Liszt, the fate of new music would have been different.”

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Robert SCHUMANN Symphonies

Estonian Symphony Orchestra/Gennady Rozhdestvensky: conductor SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat, Op. 38 “Spring” • Symphony No. 2 in C, Op. 61 • Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 97 “Rhenish” • Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 This Firma Melodiya release features Schumann’s symphonies, edited by George Szell and performed by the Estonian Symphony Orchestra conducted by the celebrated Gennady Rozhdestvensky. In the conductor’s own words: “The remarkable conductor George Szell made superb versions of Schumann’s four symphonies. These recordings have been made based on his versions … they are a result of the conductor’s tremendous experience combined with a most delicate feeling for style.”

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Melodiya

Release Date: May 8, 2012 Soloist, Chorus & USSR State Academic Bolshoi Theatre Yuri Temirkanov: conductor SHCHEDRIN: The Dead Souls (complete opera)

Rodion SHCHEDRIN Dead Souls

Cat # MYD 1001837 Price Code: 2R (SRP $35.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Digipak, Box Lot 20

Nikolai Gogol’s heritage has played a tremendous role in the evolution of the Russian musical culture. Many of the greatest Russian composers turned to his works, finding inspiration in the author’s romantic stories. The Fair at Sorochyntsi, May Night, and Christmas Eve are all masterpieces that have seen rebirth on the operatic stage in compositions by Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Outstanding contemporary composer Rodion Shchedrin set himself a very different task in the 20th century. While continuing the Gogolian traditions in Russian operatic music, he turned to the great writer’s realistic prose—the epic poem “Dead Souls.” The composer worked on it for 10 years, undertaking a seemingly impossible task of realizing all the richness of the ideas and characters in opera. Humor and tragedy, emotional tension and extraordinary poetic value all make Dead Souls a masterpiece of the operatic art and the composer’s greatest achievement. Premiered at the Bolshoi Theatre of the USSR in Moscow, 1977. Directed by Boris Pokrovsky, designed for stage by Valeri Levental, and conducted by Yuri Temirkanov.

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Soloists, Chorus & Symphony Orchestra of All-Union Radio Gemal Dalgat: conductor PROKOFIEV: The Love for Three Oranges (complete opera) The Love for Three Oranges, an opera by Sergei Prokofiev, is one of the 20th centuries’ best examples of a musical work for theatre stage. Prokofiev composed the opera in 1919, and it was first staged Chicago in 1921 with the composer himself was behind the conductor’s stand. This double CD features a legendary recording of the opera performed by the soloists, choir, and Symphony Orchestra of All-Union Radio conducted by Gemal Dalgat, recorded in 1961.

Sergei PROKOFIEV

The Love for Three Oranges Cat # MYD 1001944 Price Code: 2R (SRP $35.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Digipak, Box Lot 20 8% RESTOCK DEAL

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Melodiya

Release Date: May 8, 2012 Soloists, Chorus & State Academic Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra Boris Khaykin: conductor MUSSORGSKY: Khovanshchina (complete opera) Awarded the Prix “Michel Hofmann” du Disque Academie Charles Cros in France in 1976, and First Prize for the section of foreign recordings in Japan in 1975! Famous critic Vladimir Stasov, a close friend of Mussorgsky, brought the story of Khovanshchina to his attention, and the composer dedicated this work to him. Mussorgsky began to compose the opera in the summer of 1872, when Boris Godunov had not been completed. He was engrossed in the new opera, and had every reason to say, “I am living in Khovanshchina like I used to be in Boris.” Mussorgsky wrote the libretto himself, without relying on a literary source. He wrote in one of his letters that he was possessed with one thought—“to tell people a new word of friendship and love, a direct word and one as wide as the Russian fields, a word resonating with the truth from a humble musician yet a fighter for the right idea of the art.” He said this word in his great works, among which the popular musical drama Khovanshchina takes one of the highest places.

Modest MUSSORGSKY Khovanshchina

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