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NOVEMBER 2008 Release Date: November 11, 2008 A d i v i s i o n o f A l l e g ro M e d i a G ro u p

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allegro Classical News ALLEGRO CLASSICAL WELCOMES

Contents Sharon Kam Souvenirs Prégardien sings Schwanengesang

p. 8 p. 19

New Labels Hallé

p. 4–5

Label List Albion Alpha Ancalagon Records Arte Nova Classics Arte Verum Bel Canto Society Berlin Classics Bravissimo Opera Library CAvi-music Cedille Records Challenge Classics Clarion Classica d’Oro Col legno Cold Blue Music CORO DiscMedi Doremi Eclectra Records Ecstatic Records Endeavour Classics FineLine Classical Fuga Libera GB Records GM Recordings Gothic Records Hallé hänssler Classic Integra Records Landor Records

Loft Recordings Lyrita MA Recordings Marsyas Meridian Records Metronome Records Moscow Studio Archives Nimbus Records Nuova Era OMAC Records Opera d’Oro Other Minds Palexa Records Paradizo Port Royal Quartz Records Quilisma Royal Philharmonic Masterworks Rubedo Canis Musica (RCM) Reference Recordings ReZound Ricercar Stradivarius Summit Records Tactus Toccata Classics Urtext Digital Classics Well-Tempered Productions Winter & Winter Zig-Zag Territoires

Hallé

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he Hallé is Britain’s longest established professional symphony orchestra. Founded in Manchester by pianist and conductor Sir Charles Hallé in 1858, it gave its first concert in the city’s Free Trade Hall that year. Following the death of Sir Charles, the orchestra continued to develop under the guidance of such distinguished figures as Hans Richter, Sir Hamilton Harty, and Sir John Barbirolli.

Under the direction of Mark Elder, who became Music Director in 2000, the Hallé has received increasing acclaim both in the UK and abroad. Its reputation for artistic excellence and versatility has led to many international tours as well as frequent broadcasts and televised performances.

Hallé comes to Allegro Classical via Nimbus Records.

LAST MONTH’S TOP 10 NEW RELEASES (please see September 2008 new release book)

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Release Date: November 11, 2008

Marsyas

Daniel SCHNYDER Brass

Cat # MRS 1802 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Manhattan Brass Reinhold Friedrich: trumpet David Taylor: bass trombone NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Absolute Ensemble Kristjan Järvi: conductor Daniel SCHNYDER: Little Songbook • Trumpet Concerto • SubZERO (Concerto for bass trombone) “Rambunctious, over the top, and of considerable charm.” — New York Times Some of the world’s best brass players perform extraordinary compositions by Daniel Schnyder.

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Hallé

Release Date: November 11, 2008

Edward ELGAR Symphony No. 1

Hallé Orchestra/Mark Elder: conductor, piano/Christine Rice: mezzo-soprano/Timothy Pooley: viola ELGAR: Symphony No. 1 in A-flat, Op. 55 • In the South (Alassio), Op. 50 • In Moonlight (Canto Popolare) “A performance of exhilarating swagger and sighing poignancy.” — Gramophone

Cat # HLE 7500 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

The Hallé Orchestra gave the world premiere of Elgar’s First Symphony in December 1908. Hans Richter, arguably the greatest musical figure of his age (and Charles Hallé’s successor as Principal Conductor of the Hallé) described the First Symphony as “the greatest symphony of modern times.”

Not Available In Canada

Edward ELGAR Enigma Variations

Hallé Orchestra/Mark Elder: conductor ELGAR: Variations on an original theme, Op. 36 “Enigma” • Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20 • Cockaigne (In London Town), Op. 40 • Chanson de Matin, Op. 15, No. 2 • Original Finale to “Enigma” Variations “A sonorous and spectacular performance of Elgar’s Enigma Variations.” — The Guardian The Hallé is associated with Elgar perhaps more than any other composer. His unique relationship with the Orchestra, together with recent acclaimed concert performances of his work, makes him the perfect choice for two of the Hallé’s opening releases.

Cat # HLE 7501 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Edward ELGAR Falstaff

Hallé Orchestra/Mark Elder: conductor/Graham Salvage: bassoon/Heinrich Schiff: cello/ Andrew Shore: baritone/Hallé Choir ELGAR: Falstaff, Symphonic Study in C minor, Op. 68 • Romance for Bassoon & Orchestra, Op. 62 • Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 • Smoking Cantata (1919) “The Hallé give a superb performance of the work, and it comes to its rollicking conclusion with the engineers catching the orchestra in full flight, in the sympathetic acoustic of the Bridgewater Hall.” — Musicweb-International Cat # HLE 7505 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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The Hallé continues to celebrate its unique association with Elgar with the third “Elgar Edition” CD. Heinrich Schiff, one of the world’s most distinguished and charismatic musicians, performs the hugely popular Cello Concerto.

Release Date: November 11, 2008

Hallé

DELIUS & BUTTERWORTH English Rhapsody

Hallé Orchestra/Mark Elder: conductor/James Gilchrist: tenor/Joseph Taylor: vocal/Hallé Choir/James Burton: director DELIUS: Brigg Fair: An English Rhapsody • Prelude to Irmelin • The Walk to the Paradise Garden from A Village Romeo and Juliet • BUTTERWORTH: A Shropshire Lad: Rhapsody for Orchestra • Two English Idylls • The Banks of Green Willow • GRAINGER: Brigg Fair • TRAD: Brigg Fair “Emotions run deep in this haunting music but Elder’s communicative approach, allied to his sophisticated control of texture and probing harmonic sense, lend Butterworth a decidedly contemporary resonance and cosmopolitan outlook.” — Gramophone The folk song “Brigg Fair” was collected by Percy Grainger in Lincolnshire in 1905. In 1906, Frederick Delius heard Grainger’s choral setting of the tune. He asked Grainger to allow him to use it for an orchestral rhapsody, which was subsequently first performed in 1908. Both pieces, plus a recording of Jospeh Taylor singing the song in 1908, are included on this CD.

Cat # HLE 7503 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Hallé Orchestra Christmas Classics

Hallé Orchestra/Mark Elder: music director/Carl Davis: conductor/Claire Rutter: soprano/ Hallé Choir ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride • ADAM (arr. Cullen): O Holy Night • J.S. BACH (tr. Bridges): Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring • TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz of the Snowflakes from The Nutcracker • BERLIN (arr. Cullen): White Christmas • McCARTNEY/DAVIES: The World You’re Coming Into • RUTTER (arr.): Joy to the World • Nativity Carol • CULLEN (arr.): Angels from the Realms of Glory • Silver Bells • Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas • GOULD (arr.): The First Nowell • Jingle Bells • HAYMAN (arr.): Carol of the Bells • DAVIS/NEWELL: The Most Wonderful Birthday of All A brilliant selection of Christmas classics. This CD shows a different side to the Hallé and features new studio recordings by renowned producer Andrew Keener.

Cat # HLE 7504 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Carl NIELSEN Symphony No. 5

Hallé Orchestra/Mark Elder: conductor/Andrew Anderson: flute NIELSEN: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50 • Entrance March from Incidental Music to Aladdin • Flute Concerto (1926) “If you are looking for this coupling of Nielsen works then this disc is self-recommending and even those who already have recordings of the pieces should make an effort to hear it.”

— Musicweb-International A flawless performance of Nielsen’s engagingly bittersweet Concerto. Both the Symphony and the Concerto form part of the Hallé’s concert repertoire under Mark Elder, and were highly acclaimed when performed only weeks before these studio recordings were made in 2001.

Cat # HLE 7502 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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Zig-Zag Territoires

Release Date: November 11, 2008 Hélène Couvert: piano JANÁCˇ EK: Along an Overgrown Path (first part) • Sonata I.X • In the Mists “Couvert is a cultivated pianist and a potentially distinguished musician.”

— Gramophone Hélène Couvert, a young French pianist, presents an outstanding Janácˇek album full of poetry, style, and musical refinement.

also available HAYDN Piano Sonatas Cat # ZIG 30502 Price Code: R

Leosˇ JANÁCˇEK

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Pieces for Piano

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Cat # ZIG 2041001 Price Code: L

Cat # ZIG 80902 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30

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Claire Chevallier: piano SATIE: Le fils des étoiles • Prélude de la porte héroïque du ciel • Sonneries de la rose • Gymnopédies Nos. 1–3 • Ogives Nos. 1–4 “With Claire Chevallier a most sensitive soloist, very French in style, the piano is more clearly defined over the highly original, generally low-lying orchestration, growling up from nowhere at the start.”

— Gramophone One of the rare recordings on period instrument of Satie’s piano music,

by Claire Chevallier. The choice of repertoire is concentrated on Satie’s esoteric period. also available RAVEL Bolero Cat # ZIG 60901 Price Code: R

Erik SATIE

Gymnopedies Cat # ZIG 80901 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

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Not Available In Canada

RACHMANINOV Suites for Piano Cat # ZIG 61105 Price Code: R Not Available In Canada

Release Date: November 11, 2008

Arte Verum

THIS BLUES TITLE FEATURES LEGENDARY OPERA STAR BARBARA HENDRICKS!

Barbara Hendricks Barbara Sings the Blues Cat # AVE 5 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 15 Not Available In Canada

Barbara Hendricks: soprano Magnus Lindgren Quartet Magnus Lindgren: saxophone, clarinet, flute Mathias Algotsson: piano, organ Fredrik Jonsson: double bass Jonas Holgersson: drums Lady Sings the Blues • My Man • God Bless the Child • Mood Indigo • Tell Me More and More • Trouble in Mind • Don’t Explain • You’ve Been a Good Old Wagon • What a Little Moonlight Can Do • Billie’s Blues • Downhearted Blues • Strange Fruit • Allhelgonablues (instrumental) First blues album and third “non-classical” album, after Gershwin and Ellington, which were both top sellers. Perfectly supported by young Swedish jazz musicians, including the Grammy-winning Magnus Lindgren Quartet.

also available POULENC Tel jour telle nuit: Songs Cat # AVE 4 Price Code: R Not Available In Canada

HANDEL Endless Pleasure Cat # AVE 3 Price Code: R Not Available In Canada

SCHUMANN Lieder Cat # AVE 2 Price Code: R Not Available In Canada

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Berlin Classics

Release Date: November 11, 2008

Sharon Kam Souvenirs

Cat # BER 16342 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Digipak; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Sharon Kam: clarinet Itamar Golan: piano KREISLER: Marche miniature Viennoise • Liebesleid • Schön Rosmarin • Syncopation • BLOCH: Prayer from Jewish Life • MASSENET: Élégie, Op. 10, No. 5 • Méditation from Thais • TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42 (exc.) • Valse sentimentale, Op. 51, No. 6 • CASSADÓ: Requiebros • SARASATE: Playera, Op. 23, NO. 1 • DEBUSSY (arr. Heifetz): Beau Soir • GRANADOS: Andaluza • MILHAUD: Brazileira (Scaramouche No. 3) • RAVEL: Pièce en forme de habanera • GAMPIERI: Il carnevale di Venezia • HEIFETZ: Estrellita • FAURÉ (arr. Casals): Après un rêve • ELGAR: Salut d’amour • SHOSTAKOVICH: Largo (Prelude, Op. 34, No. 17) The world’s leading clarinetist releases her highly anticipated new recital.

also available MENDELSSOHN Clarinet Concertos Cat # BER 17792 Price Code: S Not Available In Canada

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WEBER The Romantic Clarinet Cat # BER 16202 Price Code: S Not Available In Canada

Release Date: November 11, 2008

Berlin Classics

G.F. HANDEL Water Music

Cat # BER 16172 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Digipak; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Concerto Köln HANDEL: Water Music Suites 1–3 • Sinfonias in B-flat, HWV 339 & 347 “The Cologne miracle—Concerto Köln wonderfully produce a synthesis of profound aural sensuality, dramatically heightened tension and analytical precision.” — Fono Forum “Concerto Köln has a distinctive timbre and never-flagging excitement that are sometimes referred to as the ‘Cologne sound.’” — Fono Forum Concerto Köln has been one of the most prestigious orchestras for historical performance practice since its formation in 1985. Their extensive recordings include partnerships with Deutsche Grammophon, Teldec, Winter & Winter, and Harmonia Mundi.

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Loft Recordings

Release Date: November 11, 2008

J.S. BACH

The Bach Organ of Störmthal CAT # LOF 1086 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

William Porter: organ J.S. BACH: 21 selections from the Orgelbüchlein and the Neumeister Collection, including the Fantasia in C, BWV 570, Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland, Jesu meine Freude, and more “Everything about Porter’s playing is expansive … [he] gets under the music’s skin in every way.” — The Organ Magazine (UK) First recording on the historic Hildebrandt organ (1723) of Störmthal, which was dedicated by J.S. Bach. Features works from Bach’s Orgelbüchlein and the Neumeister Collection. Released in cooperation with ConstellationCenter, which funded the documentation and recording of this important instrument. Full-color 24-page booklet with text in both German and English includes an article with full organ specifications.

also available William Porter The 1785 Schiörlin Organ Cat # LOF 1085 Price Code: P Not Available In Canada

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William Porter Music Sweet & Serious (2 CDs) Cat # LOF 1050 Price Code: 2F Not Available In Canada

William Porter One of a Kind Cat # LOF 1025 Price Code: P Not Available In Canada

Release Date: November 11, 2008

Clarion

Conspirare

Requiem (2 CDs) Cat # CLO SACD 917 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

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Conspirare Craig Hella Johnson: piano HOWELLS: Requiem • WHITACRE: Three Songs of Faith • GRANTHAM: We Remember Them • ELLINGBOE: Be Music, Night • PIZZETTI: Requiem • PAULUS: The Road Home • GILKYSON: Requiem “Simply gorgeous choral singing … the Choir achieves near-perfect interpretive consensus and vocal ensemble, with stiletto-sharp intonation and unearthly tonal beauty.” — American Record Guide Front Cover Sticker: Two Grammy Nominations!

Grammy-nominated for Best Choral Performance and Best Classical Engineering. In 2005 Conspirare won the Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence, presented by Chorus America, their highest award for a choral ensemble. Includes singer-songwriter Eliza Gilkyson’s “Requiem,” a response to the catastrophic Asian tsunami in 2004. also available Conspirare Through the Green Fuse Cat # CLO SACD 915 Price Code: R Not Available In Canada

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Stradivarius

Release Date: November 11, 2008 Ensemble Vocale Veneto SCACCHI: 7 Madrigals • Madrigals by Merula, Marenzio, Monteverdi, and Frescobaldi World premiere recordings of valuable music by an unknown composer who lived on the fringes of the musical world in Renaissance Poland.

Marco SCACCHI Scacchi & His Time

Cat # STV 33823 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS

Isao Nakamura: percussion WDR Symphony Orchestra Köln Ken Takaseki: conductor WDR Rundfunkchor Köln Rupert Huber: director HOSOKAWA: Tabi-bito, for percussion and orchestra • Sen VI, for percussion solo • Die Lotosblume, for mixed choir and percussion “Toshio Hosokawa is one of the most intriguing voices working on the Central European scene, as this superb disc of chamber pieces reveals.”

— The Wire “Hosokawa’s music—static, gestural, contemplative—seems somehow quintessentially Japanese. He’s particularly good at making exquisite shapes and colours, exploring unexpected regions. It’s a fascinating sound world.”

— The Sunday Times

Toshio HOSOKAWA Tabi-bito

Cat # STV 33818 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

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WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS

World premiere recordings of major works by a prominent living composer. A new Stradivarius co-production with the prestigious WDR3 radio channel.

Release Date: November 11, 2008

hänssler CLASSIC

Joseph HAYDN

Complete Symphonies,Vol. 9 Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra/Thomas Fey: conductor HAYDN: Symphony No. 70 in D • Symphony No. 73 in D “La Chasse” • Symphony No. 75 in D “From the very first slashing chords of this trio of Sturm und Drang Haydn symphonies, you know that you are in for an appropriately wild ride.”

— All Music Guide [H H H H H performance/H H H H sound, on Vol. 6] A stunning continuation of Thomas Fey’s critically acclaimed Haydn cycle, which has received very positive reviews.

Cat # HNS 98517 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Charles IVES

Psalms: Complete Recording SWR Vocal Ensemble, Stuttgart/Marcus Creed: conductor/Collegium Iuvenum (Knabenchor Stuttgart)/Aleksandra Lustig: soprano/Julius Pfeifer: tenor/Christof Skupin: trumpet/ Frank Szathmáry-Filipitsch: trombones/Franz Bach, Wieland Junge, Robert Kette, Martin Rosenthal: bells/Kay Johannsen: organ IVES: Psalms 14, 24, 25, 42, 54, 67, 90, 100, 135 & 150 Integral recording of the complete psalm settings of Charles Ives features thrilling performances of Ives’ challenging choral works by the leaders of modern choral interpretation. This is a sonically thrilling, valuable recording for all fans of the choral arts and 20th century music.

Cat # HNS 93224 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Igor STRAVINSKY Canticum Sacrum

SWR Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden & Freiburg/Michael Gielen: conductor/ Stella Doufexis: mezzo-soprano/Christian Elsner: tenor/Rudolf Rosen: baritone/SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart STRAVINSKY: Canticum Sacrum • Agon • Requiem Canticles A new CD from Michael Gielen features three late masterworks by Igor Stravinsky. There is very little competition in the catalogue for recordings of Canticum Sacrum.

Cat # HNS 93226 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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hänssler CLASSIC

George ENESCU

Release Date: November 11, 2008

Cat # HNS 98240 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Cat # HNS 98297 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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INCLUDES WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS

Complete Works for Violin & Piano,Vol. II

Franz SCHUBERT Piano Works,Vol. 2

Remus Azoitei: violin/Eduard Stan: piano

Gerhard Oppitz: piano

ENESCU: Tarantelle (premiere) • Hora Unirei (premiere) • Violin Sonata No. 1 in D, Op. 2 • Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 25 “Dans le caractère populaire roumain” • Ballade • Impromptu concertant • Andante Malinconico

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in A, D959 • Piano Sonata in E, D157

Conclusion of the Enescu cycle of the complete works for violin and piano performed by Romanian artists. This final disc provides a compact overview of Enescu’s complete creative life.

Following his celebrated Beethoven Sonata cycle, Gerhard Oppitz now tackles the piano music of Franz Schubert. Future volumes will be released on the average of 2–3 volumes a year.

Oppitz is not only the premier German pianist of his generation, but he has also devoted his life to the study of the works of Beethoven and Schubert.

Cat # HNS 98524 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

Cat # HNS 93220 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Not Available In Canada

Various Artists

Charles KOECHLIN

Iona Brown, Graf Murzha: violins/Sebastian Silvestra: panflute/ Gordon Schulz: piano/Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra/ Bach-Collegium Stuttgart/Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/ Helmuth Rilling, Thomas Fey, Klaus-Peter Hahn: conductors

Michael Korstick: piano

Most Beautiful Classical Melodies,Vol. 2

J.S. BACH: Badinerie • Violin Concerto in A minor (exc.) • HANDEL: Hornpipe • Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 6 (exc.) • HAYDN: Symphony No. 52 in C minor (exc.) • MOZART: Marriage of Figaro Overture • BEETHOVEN: Romance in F • DVORÁK: Humoresque • GRIEG: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen • TCHAIKOVSKY: Nutcracker Overture • SMETANA: The Moldau • PACHELBEL: Canon • VIVALDI: The Four Seasons (exc.)

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Piano Music Vol. 1

KOECHLIN: Andante quasi adagio (first version of Au loin, Op. 20, No. 2) • Sonatinas, Op. 87, Nos. 1–4 • Paysages et marines, Op. 63 • L’Album de Lilian, Opp. 139 & 149 (exc.)

A stunning continuation of hänssler CLASSIC’s critically acclaimed Koechlin cycle focuses on the composer’s piano music.

Release Date: November 11, 2008

hänssler CLASSIC

Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Roger Norrington: conductor BRUCKNER: Symphony No 4 in E-flat “Romantic” [first version, 1874] The third recording of a Bruckner Symphony by Roger Norrington for hänssler CLASSIC. A new performing edition edited by Norrington was used, correcting numerous errors and clarifying the composer’s tempo and metronome markings.

Anton BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4

Cat # HNS 93218 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

SWR Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden & Freiburg Sylvain Cambreling: conductor Laura Aikin: soprano Lani Poulson: mezzo-soprano SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart BERLIOZ: La belle voyageuse • La captive • Le jeune pâtre Breton • Zaïde • Sara la baigneuse • Tristia • Chant sacré • Hélène • Le ballet des ombres Rarely heard vocal/orchestral works by Hector Berlioz. The singers, choir, orchestra, and conductor guarantee that these will be definitive performances.

Hector BERLIOZ

Vocal Works with Orchestra

Cat # HNS 93210 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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Lyrita

Release Date: November 11, 2008

Lennox BERKELEY & Arthur BENJAMIN Piano Works (2 CDs)

Colin Horsley, Lamar Crowson: pianos BERKELEY: Piano Sonata in A, Op. 20 • Six Preludes, Op. 23 • Scherzo in D, Op. 32, No. 2 • Impromptu in G minor, Op. 7, No. 1 • Concert Study in E-flat, Op. 48, No. 2 • Four Concert Studies, Op. 14 • BENJAMIN: Pastorale, Arioso and Finale • Scherzino • Etudes Improvisées • Siciliana Legendary performances from the RCS Mono Series.

Cat # LYR 2109 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Double Slimline; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

2 FOR THE PRICE OF 1

Margaret Kitchin

Modern British Piano Works (2 CDs) Margaret Kitchin: piano WORDSWORTH: Piano Sonata in D minor, Op. 13 • Cheesecombe Suite, Op. 27 • Ballade, Op. 41 • TIPPETT: Piano Sonata No. 1 • HAMILTON: Piano Sonata in D minor, Op. 13 Legendary performances from the RCS Mono Series.

Cat # LYR 2106 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Double Slimline; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

2 FOR THE PRICE OF 1

York BOWEN & Franz REIZENSTEIN Piano Music (2 CDs)

York Bowen, Franz Reizenstein: pianos BOWEN: Ten Preludes from the Set Op. 102 (pub.1950) • Partita, Op. 156 (1960) • Berceuse, Op. 83 (1928) • Moto Perpetuo (3rd Movement: Suite Mignonne, Op. 39) (1915) • Toccata in A minor, Op. 155 (1957) • REIZENSTEIN: Piano Sonata in B, Op. 19 (1944) • Legend, Op. 24 (1949) • Scherzo Fantastique, Op. 26 (1950) • Impromptu, Op. 14 (1939) • Scherzo in A, Op. 21 (1945) Legendary performances from the RCS Mono Series.

Cat # LYR 2105 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Double Slimline; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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Release Date: November 11, 2008

Paradizo

Jean-Philippe RAMEAU La Pantomime (CD+DVD) Cat # PDZ 5 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Double Digipak; Box Lot 15 Not Available In Canada

Skip Sempé, Olivier Fortin: harpsichord RAMEAU: Pièces de clavecin (exc.)

Front Cover Sticker: Bonus DVD (PAL & NTSC). Additional performances by Skip Sempé & Olivier Fortin.

“Here is a player who relishes the sheer sound of the harpsichord and knows, above all, how to exploit its glorious resonance … probably the most exquisite touch you will ever hear on the instrument.” — Gramophone CD and bonus DVD features Skip Sempé, born in New Orleans and known as one of the most famous performers of French music for harpsichord. First album of French baroque music from Paradizo. Booklet includes extensive interview of Skip Sempé on Rameau.

also available SCARLATTI Duende: Harpsichord Sonatas Cat # PDZ 9003 Price Code: R Not Available In Canada

TELEMANN Overture for Recorders Cat # PDZ 2 Price Code: R Not Available In Canada

Skip Sempé La Pellegrina (2 CDs) Cat # PDZ 4 Price Code: R Not Available In Canada

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Challenge Classics

Release Date: November 11, 2008 Ton Koopman: organ BUXTEHUDE: Preludes, BuxWV 149, 140, 148, 145 & 137 • Canzonetta in A minor • Chaconne in C minor • Fugue in B-flat • Auf meinen lieben Gott • Erhalt uns Herr bei deinem Wort • Es spricht der Unweisen Mund • Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt • Nun lob mein Seel´ den Herren • Herr Jesu Christ, ich weiß gar wohl • Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott This is the eighth part of a complete works series and the third part of the organ works, containing Buxtehude’s earlier works from before 1683. Ton Koopman is one of the world’s foremost early music keyboard specialists and directors. also available BUXTEHUDE Complete Works,Vol. 7 (2 CDs) Cat # CHR 72246 Price Code: 2Q

Dieterich BUXTEHUDE

Not Available In Canada

Complete Works,Vol. 8: Organ Works (2 CDs)

BUXTEHUDE Complete Works,Vol. 6 (2 CDs) Cat # CHR 72245 Price Code: 2Q

Cat # CHR 72247 Price Code: 2Q (SRP $31.99) Double Slimline; Box Lot 16 Not Available In Canada

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Ensemble Syntagma Alexandre Danilevski: director 11 vocal and instrumental selections by 14th-century Italian composers “The French ensemble Syntagma plays and sings music of d’Épinal and other thirteenth and fourteenth century trouvères with delicacy and grace; they bring a pastel-hued interpretation to the repertoire rather than the rough-and-tumble vigor that some groups find in the music of this period.”

— All Music Guide [CHR 72190] The Italian music of the 1300s is attractive for the inventiveness and often exquisite complexity of its melodies, all with a character of sensitive and tasteful style.

Ensemble Syntagma

Stylems: Italian Music from the Trecento Cat # CHR 72195 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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also available D’ÉPINAL Remembrance Cat # CHR 72190 Price Code: Q Not Available In Canada

Release Date: November 11, 2008

Challenge Classics

Franz SCHUBERT

Schwanengesang & Songs after Seidl Cat # CHR SACD 72302 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Digibox; Box Lot 15 Not Available In Canada

Christoph Prégardien: tenor Andreas Staier: fortepiano SCHUBERT: Schwanengesang, D957 • 7 Songs after texts by Johann Gabriel Seidl “Challenge Classics’ Die schöne Mullerin with Christoph Prégardien and Michael Gees is a recording worthy of taking pride of place on the shelf alongside such ‘classic’ versions as those by Richard Crooks, Aksel Schiøtz, and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and is in considerably better recorded sound than any of them.” — All Music Guide [H H H H H performance/H H H H H sound, on CHR SACD 72292] “The silvery-toned tenor … is still among the best.” — Gramophone Editor’s Choice [CHR 72292] With this performance of the immortal “Schwanengesang,” Christoph Prégardien and Andreas Staier plant a bright, clearly waving flag amidst the many fine recordings of this famous song cycle. Includes beautiful songs after texts from the poet Johann David Seidl.

Historically reliable, recently recorded performance. also available SCHUBERT Die schöne Müllerin Cat # CHR SACD 72292 Price Code: S Not Available In Canada

J.S. BACH Solo Cantatas for Alto & Tenor Cat # CHR 72282 Price Code: Q Not Available In Canada

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Integra Records

Release Date: November 11, 2008 Christian Forshaw: saxophone Stephen de Pledge: piano BOUTRY: Divertimento • FRANÇAIX: Cinq Danses Exotiques • BOZZA: Aria • Douze Études-caprices (exc.) • DESENCLOS: Prélude, Cadence et Finale • PLANEL: Prélude et Saltarelle • MILHAUD: Scaramouche • GROVLEZ: Sarabande et Allegro • JOLIVET: Fantaisie Impromptu Christian Forshaw’s approach to the saxophone is from a vocal perspective, incorporating the body’s natural resonance chambers and striving to phrase and interpret the music as a singer. This process highlights just how individual the saxophone is, and how the performer—rather than the instrument—dictates the end result.

Christian Forshaw Reflections of France Cat # ITG 1002 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Nimbus Records Jussi Björling: tenor Robert Merrill: baritone/various accompanists Arias & duets from Faust, Les pêcheurs de perles, Carmen, L’Africaine, Don Carlo, Rigoletto, Il trovatore, La forza del destino, Un ballo in maschera, Otello, Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci, La bohème In the early ’50s, the 78 rpm recording of the lovely duet from Bizet’s Pearl Fishers sung by Jussi Björling and Robert Merrill, colleagues at the Metropolitan Opera New York, became a huge seller, introducing two of the finest voices of their generation over the airwaves.

Robert Merrill & Jussi Björling Operatic Arias & Duets Cat # NIM 7945 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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CAvi-music

Goldberg-Trio Bonn Verena Schoneweg: violin Harald Schoneweg: viola Christian Brunnert: cello J.S. BACH (arr. Sitkovetsky): Goldberg Variations for String Trio, BWV 998 One of the most famous pieces from Johann Sebastian Bach, featuring rare arrangements for string trio. Arranger Dmitri Sitkovetzky is a knowledgeable and well-known violin celebrity.

J.S. BACH

also available Goldberg-Trio Bonn Beethoven, Klein, Purcell Cat # AVI 8553009 Price Code: Q Not Available In Canada

Goldberg Variations for String Trio Cat # AVI 8553004 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Camerata Berolinensis Johannes Gebauer, Fiona Stevens: violins Katie Rietman: cello HAYDN: Divertimenti, Hob.V:7, 10, 11, 12 & 17 Haydn as we do not know him! Lovely, entertaining early classical music of the highest quality, released in preparation for Haydn’s 200th centenary.

also available HAYDN Divertimenti for String Trio,Vol. I Cat # AVI BER 3 Price Code: Q Not Available In Canada

STAMITZ & GLUCK Sinfonie a Tre Cat # AVI BER 2 Price Code: Q Not Available In Canada

Joseph HAYDN

Divertimenti for String Trio,Vol. II Cat # AVI BER 896 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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Nuova Era

Release Date: November 11, 2008

Leonardo LEO

Amor vuol sofferenza (3 CDs) Marilyne Fallot, Giovanna Donadini, Marilena Laurenza, Vitalba Mosca: vocal soloists/Nuova Orchestra Scarlatti di Napoli/Daniele Moles: conductor/Mario Borciani: harpsichord LEO: Amor vuol sofferenza (complete opera) First world recording of this outstanding baroque Neapolitan opera. The characteristic features of this style are its transparent structure, its harmonic simplicity, the clear prevalence of the voice over the orchestra, and its predilection for the soprano register.

Cat # NUO 231575 Price Code: 3L (SRP $35.99) Box Set; Box Lot 10 Not Available In Canada

WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING

Giovanni Battista SAMMARTINI

The Complete Early String Symphonies (3 CDs) I giovani di nuova cameristica/Daniele Ferrari: conductor/Riccardo Villiani: harpsichord SAMMARTINI: 20 Symphonies First world recording! It is likely that Sammartini influenced Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782), who was in Milan from 1754 to 1762. It is also certain that the Mozarts had dealings with Sammartini during their stays in Milan, and German Christoph Willibald Gluck was Sammartini’s pupil. These relationships have influenced many musicologists to call Sammartini “the Father of the Symphony.”

Cat # NUO 231996 Price Code: 3L (SRP $35.99) Box Set; Box Lot 10 Not Available In Canada

WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING

Sea Breeze Classical Riverside City College Wind Ensemble Southern California Portrait

Riverside City College Wind Ensemble/Kevin Mayse: conductor/Alaric Albiso: percussion/Amy Cisneros: piano KAMEN: Symphonic Suite from Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves • John WILLIAMS: Olympic Fanfare and Theme 1984 • March from 1941 • LAURIDSEN: O Magnum Mysterium • R.R. BENNETT: Symphonic Songs for Band-Mvt. 3 “Celebration” • Clifton WILLIAMS: Fanfare & Allegro • The Sinfonians • REICHENBACH: Atlantic Crossing • CORIGLIANO: Gazebo Dances for Band • SCHMIDT: Southern California Portrait (premiere) Top flight, beautiful wind ensemble music!

Cat # SBJ SBC 4003 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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Fuga Libera

Release Date: November 11, 2008 La Choraline (La Monnaie Royal Opera House Youth Choir) Benoît Giaux, Florence Huby: conductors Guy Penson: piano Laure Delcampe: soprano FRANCK: Six Duos pour voix égales • Les Plaintes d’une Poupée • Premier Sourire de Mai • Danse lente • DELIBES: Les Abeilles • Les Norwégiennes • Pizzicati • Les Nymphes des Bois • Les Pifferari • Grande Valse from Pas des Fleurs • FAURÉ: Le Ruisseau • PIERNÉ: L’Hiver s’envole • Dans les Blés • Ronde de Fées The Six duos and Premier Sourire de Mai, pages dating from Franck’s fully mature period, would suffice to justify the publication of this disc, of which most pieces have never been recorded before. A couple of rare piano works by Franck and Delibes complete this enchanting fin-de-siècle picture.

La Choraline

Nymphes & Fleurs Cat # FGL 542 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 INCLUDES WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS

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Ricercar Ricercar Consort La Pastorella TELEMANN: Selections from Tafelmusik • Horn concertos & sonatas by Telemann, Vivaldi, Graun, Fasch & Corrette • Flute works by Telemann, Schickhardt, C.P.E. Bach & Quantz This collection contains recordings of chamber music and music for larger groups by Georg Philipp Telemann that were made between 1988 and 1999.

Alongside five CDs devoted exclusively to Telemann and almost every work for recorder that he composed are two other albums, one of music for French horn and the other of music for the rarer instruments of the flute family during the baroque period. Accompanied by extensive introductory material.

G.P. TELEMANN

Les Plaisirs de la Table (7 CDs) Cat # RCE 270 Price Code: 6N (SRP $77.99) Box Set; Box Lot 5 Not Available In Canada

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DOREMI

Release Date: November 11, 2008

Christian Ferras

Christian Ferras,Vol. 1 (2 CDs) Christian Ferras: violin/Monte Carlo Orchestra/Orchestre National de l’ORTF/Carl Schuricht, Charles Bruck, Wolfgang Sawallisch: conductors MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D, K. 218 • Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219 • TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 • MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 Christian Ferras is one of the greatest violinists ever, and this disc features broadcasts dating from the best period of his career.

Cat # DHR 7880 Price Code: 2R (SRP $35.99) Double Slimline; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Zino Francescatti

Zino Francescatti,Vol. 3 Zino Francescatti: violin/Samuel Mayes: cello/Boston Symphony Orchestra/Charles Munch: conductor/Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra/Donald Voorhees: conductor BRAHMS: Double Concerto for violin, cello & orc, Op. 102 • TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 • BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26–3rd mvt. • KREISLER: Schön Rosmarin • Londonderry Air Live performances by the great Zino Francescatti, most appearing on CD for the first time.

State of the art audio restoration.

Cat # DHR 7888 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Andres Segovia

Segovia & His Contemporaries,Vol. 11 (3 CD+DVD) Andres Segovia, Nelly Ezcaray, Maria Luisa Anido, Agustin Barrios, Julio Martinez Oyanguren, Lalyta Almiron, Abel Carlevaro, Miguel Llobet, Maria Angelica Funes, Ramon Ayestaran: guitars J.S BACH: Loure • BARRIOS: Romanza • Aire Popular Paraguayo • Luz Mala • and more A survey of early 20th century classical guitar artists from South America. Most are first time releases since they were first issued on 78 rpm.

Cat # DHR 9755 Price Code: 3R (SRP $53.99) Box Set; Box Lot 10 Not Available In Canada

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Royal Philharmonic Masterworks

AVAILABLE AGAIN IN NORTH AMERICA! Allegro Classical is proud to announce that over the next two years we will release the complete 120-CD collection of these legendary audiophile recordings, redesigned and at a budget price!

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9

Cat # RPM 28210 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Raymond Leppard: conductor Gillian Webster, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Martyn Hill, Robert Hayward: vocal soloists The Ambrosian Singers BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 “Choral” Beethoven’s last completed symphony was given its first public performance in Vienna on May 7, 1824, since which time its meaning and significance have been discussed by succeeding generations of musicologists and music lovers. It is in every sense a revolutionary and magnificent work for its motivic concentration, tonal relationships, sheer volume of sound, and overpowering finale, which consists largely of a choral and vocal setting of parts of Schiller’s Ode to Joy. recent RELEASES MOZART Symphonies 40 & 41 Cat # RPM 28040 Price Code: K Not Available In Canada

HOLST The Planets Cat # RPM 28070 Price Code: K Not Available In Canada

BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique Cat # RPM 28170 Price Code: K Not Available In Canada

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Royal Philharmonic Masterworks

Release Date: November 11, 2008

Pyotr Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Yuri Simonov: conductor TCHAIKOVSKY: “1812” Overture • Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture • Capriccio Italien • Waltz & Polonaise from Eugene Onegin Tchaikovsky’s neurotic, diffident nature is displayed in his extensive correspondence with Nadezhda von Meck, a wealthy widow who made him an allowance, yet few great composers have written music with such instantaneous and universal appeal. His compositions include six symphonies, a number of programmatic orchestral works, four concertos, and numerous operas. He was a brilliant orchestrator, and in Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker, probably the greatest writer of ballet music the world has ever known.

Cat # RPM 28120 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

W.A. MOZART Horn Concertos

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Thomas Dausgaard: conductor/Jeffrey Bryant: French horn MOZART: Horn Concertos Nos. 1–4 • Rondo in E-flat, K,371 It seems likely that all of Mozart’s compositions for the horn were written for his friend Leutgeb, a distinguished horn player. The type of horn that Leutgeb played was quite different from the modern one. In Mozart’s time, horns were valveless, and could only play selected notes in one key at a time. It is a measure of Leutgeb’s technical mastery of the instrument that Mozart was able to write some of the very difficult music contained in the concertos included on this recording.

Cat # RPM 28460 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

John TAVENER The Protecting Veil

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Justin Brown: conductor/Raphael Wallfisch: cello TAVENER: The Protecting Veil • Thrinos • Eternal Memory John Tavener achieved international recognition in 1968 with The Whale, which so impressed the Beatles that they issued it (and other Tavener compositions) on their Apple label. Religious music has always been an important part of his output, even more so since his conversion to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1977. This marked a turning away from his more avant-garde style and a concentration on music that was more spiritual and contemplative.

Cat # RPM 28470 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

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Royal Philharmonic Masterworks

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra David Charles Abell: conductor Claire Rutter: soprano Paul Charles Clarke: tenor Stephen Gadd: bass-baritone PUCCINI: La bohème (highlights) • Madama Butterfly (highlights) This album was compiled with the intention of giving the listener a sense of Puccini’s narrative genius. The excerpts fully convey the drama of these magnificent love stories. Much of the romance, passion, and ultimate tragedy of Mimi and Rodolfo, and of Butterfly and Pinkerton, is told in the space of this single album.

Giacomo PUCCINI

Highlights from La bohème & Madama Butterfly Cat # RPM 28300 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Jane Glover: conductor HAYDN: Symphony No. 101, “The Clock” • Symphony No. 103, “Drum Roll” Joseph Haydn’s output was vast, and Haydn manuscripts are still being discovered today. He composed at least 104 symphonies, several operas, a minimum of 52 piano sonatas, various sets of string quartets and trios, and a vast quantity of religious music, including The Creation.

Joseph HAYDN

Symphonies Nos. 101 & 103 Cat # RPM 28490 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

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Arte Nova Classics

Release Date: November 11, 2008 Zoran Todorovich: tenor Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava Ivan Anguélov: conductor 14 arias from Werther, Roméo et Juliette, Les pêcheurs de perles, La favorita, Rigoletto, Il corsaro, L’Arlésienne, Zazà, La bohème (Leoncavallo), La bohème (Puccini), Lodoletta & Tosca

Zoran Todorovich

Successful debuts as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly at the Vienna State Opera, as Alfredo in La Traviata at the Hamburg State Opera, and as the Duke in Rigoletto at the Teatro della Maestranza in Seville during the season of 1996/97 swiftly paved the way for Zoran Todorovich’s remarkable international career.

Since then he has been a regular guest in roles such as Edgardo, Alfredo, Pinkerton, Faust (both Gounod and Berlioz), or Lenski at the Vienna State Opera, the Deutsche Oper, and Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, the Zurich Opera, the Hamburg State Opera, the Bayerische Staatsoper München, the opera houses in Leipzig and Frankfurt, the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, the New National Theatre Tokyo, and at many festivals. Todorovich achieved spectacular success as Rudolfo in La bohème in his American debut at the San Francisco Opera during the season 1999/2000.

Opera Arias

Cat # ANO 852970 Price Code: C (SRP $5.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

René Clemencic: clavicytherium JOHANNES VON LUBLIN: Tabulatura 1540 (including motets by Senfl, Brumel, Isaac, Josquin, and anonymous composers; songs by Martin Wolff, Georg Brack, Thomas Stoltzer, Phllippe Verdelot, Sebastian Festa, Pierre Sandrin & Josquin) The clavicytherium is a harpsichord with an upright case. Because it saved space, and because the sound issued directly into the room, it enjoyed a wide popularity until the late 18th century. It was first mentioned by Paulus Paulirinus of Prague in a treatise circa 1460, and the first drawing of the instrument can be found in a fresco in the Pfarrkirche St. Leonhard in Dornbach (Kärnten, Austria). Like all early keyboard instruments, the clavicytherium was not only an aesthetical-musical sound-producer, but also a cosmological instrumentum—a manifestation of harmonious world numerology in sound. For the then-receding Middle Ages and the emerging Renaissance, the world’s inner essence—according to Pythagorean theory combined with a cabalistic understanding of the Bible—consisted of numbers and proportions: “But Thou hast ordered all things in measure and number and weight” (The Wisdom of Solomon 11:20).

René Clemencic

The Tablature of Johannes von Lublin Cat # ANO 391160 Price Code: C (SRP $5.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

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world premiere recording

Release Date: November 11, 2008

Arte Nova Classics

Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria Adrian Leaper: conductor MAHLER: Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor In 1878, Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) successfully finished his studies at the Vienna Conservatory. After his first compositions did not meet the foreseen success, he decided to become a conductor and as such conducted at various theatres such as Olmütz, Kassel, Prague, Budapest, and Hamburg. In 1897, he was nominated director of the Royal Opera of Vienna. The opera house being closed during the summer months, he took advantage of this interlude by composing. In the summer of 1901, the first three movements of his Fifth Symphony were completed, followed in 1902 by the two last ones. In autumn 1901, Mahler met Alma Schindler and offered her, in place of his declaration of love, the fourth movement of his Fifth Symphony (Visconti used this music for his film Death In Venice, based on a novel by Thomas Mann). Alma Schindler, being a composer herself, had no difficulty understanding its secret message. Their engagement took place in December 1901, and their marriage in the following summer.

Gustav MAHLER Symphony No. 5

Cat # ANO 340230 Price Code: C (SRP $5.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

Emil Klein: cello Cristian Beldi: piano MENDELSSOHN: Cello Sonata No. 1 in B-flat, Op. 45 • Cello Sonata No. 2 in D, Op. 58 • “Lied ohne Worte” Op. 109 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809–1847) wrote relatively little chamber music. The composer Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758–1832) wrote of his pupil Mendelssohn in a letter to Goethe: “He plays the piano like a devil and there is no holding him back on stringed instruments.” The experience in these instrumental areas is set off especially in the Sonatas for Cello and Piano B major Op. 45 and D major Op. 58. The cantabile violoncello writing is combined with an agile, flowing, and most brilliant piano part. In 1845 a further piece for violoncello and piano followed these two sonatas: the “Lied ohne Worte” (“Song without words”) D major Op. 109. The genesis of this work—as in the case of the Sonatas Op. 45 and Op. 58—leaves many questions unanswered, since it was published from his effects after the composer’s death.

Felix MENDELSSOHN

Sonatas for Cello and Piano Cat # ANO 277880 Price Code: C (SRP $5.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

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Tactus

Release Date: November 11, 2008

Luigi HUGUES & Ernesto KÖHLER Music for Flute & Piano

Francesco Falanga: flute/Lorenzo Bavaj: piano HUGUES: Sonata Fantastica, Op. 100 • Flute Concerto in D, Op. 56 • Allegretto Capriccioso, Op. 93 • Notturno, Op. 94 • Flute Sonata in F, Op. 95 • KÖHLER: Danza Campestre, Op. 43 • Flute Concerto in G minor, Op. 97 Together with other flutists of the time, Luigi Hugues and Ernesto Köhler are considered to be the true initiators of a budding professionalism in the area of performance pedagogy.

They were also the dedicatees of many world premieres. The refined interpretation of the duo underscores clear contrasts in which Italian passion is invariably present without ever boring the listener.

Cat # TCT 830801 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Giovanni SGAMBATI

The Complete Piano Works,Vol. 6 Francesco Caramiello, Francesco Libetta: pianos SGAMBATI: Symphony in D, Op. 16 (tr. piano four hands) • Maestoso for piano four hands • LISZT (tr. Sgambati): Ideale The last volume of the complete recordings of the piano music composed by Sgambati contains all the transcriptions for piano duo of his orchestral works as well as the First Symphony in D major Op. 16, a work of uncertain attribution, and Liszt’s symphonic poem “Die Ideale.”

Cat # TCT 841906 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

Pietro VINCI

Second Book of Ricercare Diego Cannizzaro: organ VINCI: Ricerari for 3 voices, Book II (sel.) • Music for 2 voices, Book I (sel.)

This disc includes the ricercars for three voices by Pietro Vinci and some ricercars by Antonio Il Verso, his pupil.

Cat # TCT 512201 Price Code: L (SRP $11.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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Opera d’Oro

Gioachino ROSSINI Mosè (2 CDs)

Cat # OPD 7063 Price Code: 2L (SRP $23.99) Double Jewel w/ Slipcase; Box Lot 15 Not Available In Canada

Nicolai Ghiaurov, Shirley Verrett, Mario Petri, Teresa Zylis-Gara: vocal soloists RAI Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Rome Wolfgang Sawallisch: conductor ROSSINI: Mosè (complete opera) A fine Rossini opera, once very famous especially for the noble “Prayer of Moses,” but neglected in the 20th century along with the rest of Rossini’s non-comic operas. This 1968 revival in Munich with an international cast of major-name singers is considered the finest of all recorded versions. A Rossini rarity at a rare price!

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