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Altus Records
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Altus Records is the label of composer Richard Harvey, founder of the mediaeval rock band Gryphon and a longtime collaborator with John Williams. His skills as multi-instrumentalist and conductor are often called upon for feature films, including Disney’s The Lion King and several of the Harry Potter films. Altus Records comes to Allegro Classical via Wyastone/Nimbus Records.
Malachite Records
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Malachite was set up with the aim to give a platform to creative artist-led projects. The label’s first release presents the debut recording of pianist Maria Razumovskaya; future projects include the release of a recording supported by Arts Council England as part of the project Performing Interpreted Reflections. Malachite Records comes to Allegro Classical via Launch Music International.
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Ëvoe Records was founded in 2015 in Poland. The label is dedicated to early and classical music performed on period instruments in historically true performance. One of Ëvoe’s most important goals is to promote unknown masterpieces, recording them in a fresh way for the contemporary audience. Ëvoe Records comes to Allegro Classical via New Arts International.
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Cappella Romana
Cappella Romana
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Cappella Romana Alexander Lingas: director
ANONYMOUS: Responsory: Letare Cyprus (from the Office of St. Hilarion) • Motet 8 Gemma florens/Hec est dies (MS Torino J.ii.9) • Sticheron Prosomoion for St. Hilarion in Mode 4 • Sticheron for St. Hilarion in Mode 2 • Motet 17 Magni patris/ Ovent Cyprus (MS Torino J.ii.9) • Orthros Trisagion MS Sinai 1313 • Kyrie for St. Hilarion (MS Torino J.ii.9) • Gloria (MS Torino J.ii.9) • Alleluia: Ave Sancte Ylarion (MS Torino J.ii.9) • Sequence (MS Torino J.ii.9) • Motet 33 Da magne/Donis (MS Torino J.ii.9) • C. ASAN/KLADAS: Kalophonikon, from EBE 2406 • N. ASAN: Eis mnymosynon, EBE 2406 • KASAS, PROTOPSALTIS OF CYPRUS/ NIKOLOAS, PROTOPSALTIS OF RENTAKINOS: Katavasia [=kratema] in Mode 4 “Simply beautiful.” — New York Times “A disc to savour.” — Gramophone Cappella Romana’s latest release is an intrepid musical exploration of late medieval Cyprus. Hear both Byzantine Greek and Latin chants in honor of St. Hilarion, the patron saint of Cyprus, and music from the famous Cypriot Codex (Torino J.ii.9) infused with Mediterranean flair and vocalism unlike any recording of it to date. Among the medieval Byzantine chants on the disc, two feature exuberant “kratemata,” textless songs of boundless joy. Radio Service to All Classical Radio and KING FM. Email Newsletters (5,000+ impressions). Social Media Marketing via Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
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Ancalagon Records
| KÜLFÖLDI GADJI | | Чужестранка ΞΑΣΠΡΟΥΛΙΑΡΑ | FUREŠTA | גויה MATT HERSKOWITZ, Piano
Lara St. John Shiksa
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Lara St. John: violin Matt Herskowitz: piano
KENNEDY: Czardashian Rhapsody • ST. JOHN: Variaiuni “Bar Fight” • Naftule Shpilt Far Dem Rebn • Kolo • Oltenian Hora • PARANOSIC: Cocek • FARAH: Ah Ya Zayn • BOGUINIA: Misirlouri • KRADJIAN: Sari Siroun Yar • HERSKOWITZ: Nagilara • LUDWIG: Five Ladino Songs • PRITSKER: Moscow • PSATHAS: The Pain Will Find Us • ATKINSON: Ca La Breaza “A volcanic violinist with a huge, fabulous tone.” — Los Angeles Times Lara St. John has long been a collector of music from Eastern Europe, beginning with her first trip to Hungary at 11 years old. She met jazz pianist Matt Herskowitz several years ago, and he proved a catalyst to her idea that some of these tunes might be well heard anew. This project includes songs from Armenia, Palestine, the Jewish Diaspora, Russia, Macedonia, Serbia, Greece, Romania, and Hungary. Some are fully written, some are partly improvised, but they all come from tunes that Lara has known and loved for years. Public Relations Campaign in the works. Significant Radio Play expected, with service to 200 stations.
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AVIE Records
Antonio Meneses
Cassadó & Kodály: Works for Solo Cello BUZZ ALERT
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Antonio Meneses: cello Claudio Cruz: violin CASSADÓ: Suite for solo cello • KODÁLY: Duo for violin and cello, Op. 7 • Sonata for solo cello, Op. 8 “Commanding Brazilian virtuoso Antonio Meneses surmounts every hurdle with ease.” — Gramophone Following the success of Capriccioso, a solo spectacular of works written by cellists for cellists, Antonio Meneses’ dazzling virtuosity is on display again with the rarely recorded Suite for Solo Cello by Spanish cellist-composer Gaspar Cassadó. The program also features two early works by his Hungarian contemporary Zoltán Kodály: the Duo for Violin and Cello, with violinist Claudio Cruz who was conductor on Antonio’s Grammy®-nominated recording of Elgar & Gál Concertos, and the Sonata for Solo Cello, written in 1915 and released in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the work. Advertising with Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine. PREVIOUSLY Released Antonio Meneses Capriccioso CD: AVR 2328 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 d
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Franz LISZT
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Olivia Sham: piano LISZT: Valse oubliée No. 1, S. 215 • Etudes pour le piano-forte en quarante-huit exercices dans tous les tons majeurs et mineurs, S. 136 • Petite valse favorite, S. 212 • Valse oubliée No. 2, S. 215 • Etudes d’exécution transcendante, S. 139: IX. Ricordanza • Symphonie fantastique, Op. 4 (Berlioz), S. 470: IV. Marche au supplice • Liebesträum No. 2 “Seliger tod”, S. 541 • Valse oubliée No. 3, S. 215 • Etudes d’exécution transcendante, S. 139: VII. Eroica • Etudes d’exécution transcendante, S. 139: VIII. Wilde Jagd • Apparitions No. 1, S. 155 • En rêve, nocturne, S. 207 • Valse oubliée No. 4, S. 215 • Schlaflos, Frage und Antwort, S. 203 • Trauervorspiel und Trauermarsch, S. 206 • Bagatelle sans tonalité, S. 216 • Fünf kleine klavierstück, S. 192: V. Sospiri! • Fünf kleine klavierstück, S. 192: I. Sehr langsam “A player of very high caliber. She combines a virtuoso technique with a great deal of musicianship and sensitivity.” — Liszt Society AVIE introduces Australian-born pianist Olivia Sham, now a resident of London, where she recently completed a doctorate degree at the Royal Academy of Music. Her debut recording explores links between Franz Liszt’s evolving compositional technique and the development of the 19th-century piano. She performs early works including Etudes d’exécution transcendante and the arrangement of Marche au supplice from Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique on two different Parisian Érard pianos from the 1840s, and later works such as Valse oubliée on a 1920s Hamburg Steinway. Early Press Interest from Washington Post. Advertising with Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine.
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Stone Records
Modest MUSSORGSKY Songs and Romances
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Katherine Broderick: soprano Sergey Rybin: piano MUSSORGSKY: Night • Gathering mushrooms • Desire • Darling Savishna • Hebrew Song • Tell me, why, dear maiden • Apparition • Where are you, little star? • Sunless • Songs and dances of death “Broderick’s star-bright soprano creates sensuous nocturnes of silent love.” — BBC Music Magazine “Sumptuous.” — Opera Now A thrilling recital of songs by Mussorgsky, including his famous cycles “Songs And Dances of Death” and “Sunless” with some rarelyheard but equally ravishing gems. Pianist Sergey Rybin, an expert in the field of Russian song, joins prize-winning soprano Katherine Broderick, and together they provide performances that are simply stunning. For anyone with an interest in Russian music, or art song in general, this is essential listening. Advertising with BBC Music Magazine and Gramophone.
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Challenge Classics
Richard STRAUSS
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Jacquelyn Wagner, Agneta Eichenholz, James Rutherford, Will Hartmann: vocal soloists Dutch National Opera Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Marc Albrecht: director R. STRAUSS: Arabella (complete opera) “Jacquelyn Wagner is luminous as Arabella … she conjures a true Strauss heroine: keenly sensitive, half-ecstatic, questing.” — Minneapolis Star Tribune “Jacquelyn Wagner is exceptional as she turns each of Arabella’s arias into a heartfelt expression of love, longing, introspection, and understanding, all the while making this compassionate chanteuse a fascinating figure.” — TwinCities.com A luxurious edition of Arabella, the last collaboration between Strauss and von Hoffmanstahl, in a 3-CD set with gorgeous 200-page book and featuring a super-cast of Straussian singers! The Dutch National Opera is the largest opera company in the Netherlands. Under the leadership of artistic director Pierre Audi, DNO has grown into one of the most important and pioneering opera companies in Europe. Jacquelyn Wagner (Arabella) studied at the Manhattan School of Music and the Oakland University in Michigan. She has won numerous international competitions. In the 2013–2014 season, she debuted in the role of Arabella in Minneapolis. She has also made her debut in Carnegie Hall, where she performed Diemut in Feuersnot with the American Symphony Orchestra. PLAYABLE IN ALL CD PLAYERS. For optimal sound, use compatible surround sound system.
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Robin DE RAAFF
Waiting for Miss Monroe [Hybrid SACD] BUZZ ALERT
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Laura Aikin: soprano Dutch National Opera Netherlands Chamber Orchestra Steven Sloane: conductor
DE RAAF: Waiting for Miss Monroe (complete opera) “Diverting … a brilliant realization … In Laura Aikin’s tour-de-force portrayal of the title role … she soars in the vocal stratosphere, shaping phrases expressively and with purpose.” — New York Times “Laura Aikin gives a tour-de-force performance in the title role, sashaying through her part’s huge range and spectacular effects with polish and charisma.” — Financial Times World premiere recording of the new opera by leading Dutch composer Robin de Raaff, starring soprano Laura Aikin in the role of Marilyn Monroe. PLAYABLE IN ALL CD PLAYERS. For optimal sound, use compatible surround sound system.
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Challenge Classics Peter Orth: piano SCRIABIN: 24 Preludes, Op. 11 • RACHMANINOV: Sonata No. 1, Op. 28 Solo piano by Peter Orth, recorded at the Wuppertal’s Immanuelkirche in March 2014 on his own Steinway D. After winning First Prize in the 1979 Naumburg International Piano Competition, Peter Orth was catapulted into the American musical mainstream with a highly acclaimed recital debut in Alice Tully Hall. Not long after, he was awarded the Shura Cherkassky Prize by the 92nd Street Y in New York, and the Fanny Peabody Mason Award in Boston. Since that time, he has been heard as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, and the orchestras of Detroit, Montreal, Pittsburgh, and Saint Louis.
Alexander SCRIABIN 24 Preludes, Op. 11 CD: CHR 72684 Price Code: P (SRP $16.99) Number of Discs: 1 O-Card Jewel, Box Lot 22 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT
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Fryderyk Chopin Institute Janusz Olejniczak: piano Akiko Ebi: piano Orchestra of the 18th Century Frans Brüggen: conductor CHOPIN: Piano Concerto in E minor, Op. 11 • Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 21 The latest disc in the “Concerts Frozen in Time” series contains both of Fryderyk Chopin’s piano concerti in the rendition of Janusz Olejniczak and Akiko Ebi. Both artists — distinguished Chopin specialists and laureates of Warsaw’s Chopin Competition — play an Erard piano from 1849, held in the collections of the Fryderyk Chopin Institute. The pianists are accompanied by the Orchestra of the 18th Century, whose conductor Frans Brüggen passed away last year. Early Press Interest from American Public Media.
Frédéric CHOPIN
Piano Concertos 1 & 2 CD: FCS 42 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30
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Summit Records
Mark Hetzler
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Mark Hetzler: trombone Vincent Fuh: piano, keyboards Martha Fischer: piano Anthony Di Sanza: percussion Sean Kleve: marimba Joseph Murfin: vibes Brett Walter: vibes, gongs Todd Hammes: drums Nick Moran: bass Yorel Lashley: congas COLGRASS: Mystic with a Credit Card • LLINAS: Javier’s Dialog • CRESPO: Improvisation No. 1 • SCHNYDER: Sonata for trombone and piano • SUDERBURG: Night Set for trombone and piano • LYNN: Doolallynastics • STEVENS: Ballad • COOPER: Sonata “One of the world’s great trombone players.” — American Record Guide Blues, Ballads and Beyond features jazz-influenced music by contemporary classical composers, including Michael Colgrass, Dennis Llinas, Enrique Crespo, Daniel Schnyder, and Robert Suderburg. Promo Service to classical journals, independent writers, reviewers, and programmers. Social Networking & Email Campaign; focused mailings to special interest/instrument groups.
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Allegro Classical Welcomes Altus Records Ben Kingsley: narrator Ian Holm, Penelope Wilton, Kym Amps: voices Choir of New College, Oxford Edward Higginbottom: director New London Children’s Choir Ronald Corp: director English Chamber Choir HARVEY: Plague and The Moonflowers Narrated by Academy Award®-winning actor Ben Kingsley, and featuring the voice talents of Academy Award® nominee Ian Holm (Lord of the Rings) and venerable actress Penelope Wilton (“Downton Abbey”), Richard Harvey’s oratorio Plague and the Moonflowers draws us inside a world uneasy with itself, trembling on the brink of the millennium and haunted by muddled dreams and somber fears. Commissioned by Richard Gregson-Williams in 1989 for the Exeter Festival, and previously only available as an import, this CD and the rest of the Altus catalog are now available through Allegro Classical in the U.S. Altus Records is the label of composer Richard Harvey, a graduate of the Royal College of Music whose passion for musical instruments from around the world has led him to work on an extraordinary range of composing projects, from Hollywood movies to TV dramas and documentaries. As a performer, he was a founder of the mediaeval rock band Gryphon and has been a long-time collaborator with John Williams. His skills as multi-instrumentalist and conductor are often called upon for feature films, including Disney’s The Lion King and several of the Harry Potter films.
Richard HARVEY
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The Chinese Virtuosi Autumn Moon
The Chinese Virtuosi/Yang Jing: pipa/Lin Ling: zheng /Zhao Jiazhen: guqin /Li Baolin: quanzi/ Lin Ling: zheng/Liu Yeuning: yangqin/Zhan Yongming: xiao/Miao Xiaoyun: dan ruan/Shen Cheng: banhu/Zhan Yonming: dizi A Spray of Flowers • Chao Yuan Song • Snowing Blossoms in a Jade Green Forest • Liu Quing Niang • Parting at Yang Guan • Quang Ling San • Hujia Eighteen Beats • Fishing at Sunset • Plum Blossom Variations • Ducklings at Play • Flying Partridge • Ancient Melody from Zhongnam Mountain • Grand Upbeat CD: AUS 3 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25
The Chinese Virtuosi are a chamber ensemble comprising some of the best Chinese classical musicians of the present generation. Founded in 1994 by Josef Fung, the Beijing-based ensemble made its concert debut at the festival of Asian Arts in Hong Kong.
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Altus Records
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Richard HARVEY
VIVALDI: Concerto in C major, RV 443 • Concerto in C minor, RV 441 • Concerto in F major, RV 442 • Concerto in C major, RV 444 • Concerto in A minor, RV 108 • SAMMARTINI: Concerto in F major • NAUDOT: Concerto in G major • SCARLATTI: Concerto Grosso in D minor
HARVEY: Sons of Heaven • Dynasty • Omens • 1582 • Eclipse • The Dragon Throne • Memorials • Concubines • The Eunuch’s Story • Myriad Treasures • The Death of Kangxi • The Sun at Noon • Parting at Yang Guan • The Unwelcome Tribute • The Dragon Wall • The Last Emperor • The Forbidden City
The rapid evolution of the solo concerto for the recorder can be traced through the eight fine examples brought together in this collection, from the sheer virtuosity of Vivaldi, through the Concerto Grosso style of Alessandro Scarlatti, to the elegant musicality of Sammartini and Naudot.
In this score to the eponymous film made by the Discovery Channel, Richard Harvey’s rich music weaves a mood as narrator Rod Steiger eloquently reports on palace doings.
Vivaldi & Contemporaries:Virtuoso Recorder Concertos
The Great Within: The Forbidden City
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Richard HARVEY
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HARVEY: The Court of Ayuthaya • For the Heart of a Princess • A Nation’s Honour • The Gates of Hell: Siege • The Hand of Fate • A Royal Tribute • Deadly Enchantment • The Poisoning of King Chai • Under Cover of Darkness: Assassins! • Eternal Flower • War’s Tragedy • The Death of a Hero • Lord Piren’s Pledge • A Vision of Fear • Queen Suriyothai’s Destiny • Love and Remembrance • Now and Forever
HARVEY: Shroud for a Nightingale • To Each His Own • Melissa • Goodbye Codes • A Sort of Innocence • A Small Dance • A Change of Heart • Jake’s Story • From A Cold Land • The Wimbledon Poisoner • Game, Set and Match • A Different Story • The Cloisters of San Jacinto • The Forbidden City • Death and Renewal • A Dance to the Music of Time • Hostages • Endings
Original film soundtrack to The Legend of Suriyothai, a 2001 Thai film directed by Chatrichalerm Yukol, which portrays the life of Queen Suriyothai, a female historical figure regarded by Thai people as the “great feminist.”
This selection of television themes includes Richard Harvey’s wistful, elegiac “Shroud for a Nightingale” theme, likely the world’s best-known piece of viola music given the inexhaustible popularity of P.D. James’s Commander Dalgliesh detective stories.
The Legend of Suriyothai: Original Film Soundtrack
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Shroud for a Nightingale
Winter & Winter Uri Caine: piano Ralph Alessi: trumpet Stefano Bassanese: electric Zach Danziger: drums Joyce Hammann: violin Nguyên Lê: guitar Tim Lefebvre: bass CAINE: Goldberg Variations - Aria • Goldberg Variation 1 • Goldberg Variation 5 • How long has this been going on • Drinking Song • This is a Thing Called Love • The Contrapunto Variation • Blackbird • Strom’s Theremin • Im wunderschönen Monat Mai • Only Love Beauty • Yellow Stars in Heaven • Introduction for Symphony No. 5 • Symphony No. 5 “Adagietto” “Uri Caine’s composer projects are in a league by themselves.” — DownBeat HHHHH
Uri Caine
Introducing Uri Caine: Shortlist 1992–2015 CD: WTR 910228 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 28
Uri Caine is one of the few artists at home in jazz clubs, vaudevilles, classical concert halls, and at the opera. A knowledgeable master of both serious and light music, his artistic creativity and joy of experimentation seem unending. Through his interpretations, not only do Bach and Beethoven sound unexpectedly new, but also Gershwin, the popular songs of the Tin Pan Alley, and the great American songbook. This new CD, subtitled the “Shortlist,” presents highlights from 1992–2015.
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Allegro Classical Welcomes Malachite Records Maria Razumovskaya: piano LISZT: Variations on a Theme by Bach “Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen”, S. 180 • Petrarch Sonnet 47 “Benedetto sia il giorno”, S. 161/4 • Petrarch Sonnet 104 “Pace non trovo”, S. 161/5 • Petrarch Sonnet 123 “I’ vidi in terra angelici costumi”, S. 161/6 • Sonata in B minor, S. 178 “Electrifying performance … combined astonishing technique and intellect.” — Time Out UK Enigmatic and controversial in equal measure, Franz Liszt forces us to reconsider our understanding of what it means to be an artist. This debut recording for Maria Razumovskaya presents Liszt’s most iconic work, the Sonata in B minor, along with his great masterpiece, the rarely performed Variations on a Theme of Bach ‘Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen’ and the set of Petrarch Sonnets.
Franz LISZT
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CAvi-music Markus Schäfer: tenor Tobias Koch: piano BERGER: Songs from the Liederspiel “Die schöne Müllerin,” Op. 11 (premiere) • SCHUBERT: Die Schöne Müllerin, D. 795 This world premiere recording of Ludwig Berger’s pre-Schubert song cycle using the poems of Friedrich Müller’s “Die schöne Müllerin” gives new insights into the well-known score. Tobias Koch plays a rare example of a fortepiano by Johann Fritz (1830).
Franz SCHUBERT & Ludwig BERGER
Die schöne Müllerin CD: AVI 8553333 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT
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Tobias Koch: piano Pleyel Quartett Köln R. SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44 • HILLER: Piano Quintet in G major, Op. 156 (premiere) This new release includes the world premiere discovery of Ferdinand Hiller’s Piano Quintet. Hiller was an influential musician in 19th-century Germany and a contemporary of Schumann, whose Piano Quintet, Op. 44 is also featured. It is rare for Schumann’s masterpiece to be played on a fortepiano; the instrument here is from Schumann’s house in Zwickau, and is said to be an instrument that the composer himself played.
Robert SCHUMANN & Ferdinand HILLER Piano Quintets
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Allegro Classical Welcomes Ëvoe Records Natalia Kawalek: soprano Dawid Biwo: bass-baritone Il Giardino d’Amore Stefan Plewniak: director VIVALDI: Concerto, RV 208 - Il Grosso Mogul • Cessate omai cessate, RV 684 • Motet, RV 626 • HANDEL: Samson, HWV 57 • J.S. BACH: Sonata, BWV 1023, arr. O. Respighi • CHERDAVOINE: Une Jeune Fillette • CHARPENTIER: Les Fous Divertissants • Celle qui fait mon tourment, H. 450 • RAMEAU: Hippolyte et Aricie • LULLY: Ballet des Muses • MONTEVERDI: Quel sguardo sdegnosetto • STRADELLA: Ah! troppo é Ver - Sinfonia • CARESANA: La Veglia • CORELLI: Concerto grosso Op. 6, No. 4
Il Giardino d’Amore
French and Italian Baroque love songs from the lovely Natalia Kawalek, winner of Third Prize and the Audience Award at International Baroque Opera Competition “Pietro Antonio Cesti” in Austria. Natalia specializes in historically informed performances, and regularly appears as a soloist in opera houses in Vienna as well as music festivals throughout Europe.
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Piano 21 Cyprien Katsaris: piano Alexander Ghindin: piano GLINKA: Kamarinskaya, Fantasy on Two Russian Folk Songs: Air de noces - Air de danse, arr. Balakirev • Waltz Fantasy in B minor, arr. Lyapunov • Capriccio on Russian Themes • Trot de cavalerie No. 1 • Trot de cavalerie No. 2 • TCHAIKOVSKY: 50 Russian Folk Songs With the collaboration of pianist Alexander Ghindin, Cyprien Katsaris explores lesser-known pieces of Russian music for four-hand piano. Occasional pieces, transcriptions, settings of popular songs, or original compositions, these works by Glinka and Tchaikovsky will delight all who take pleasure in veering from the beaten path. From the famous Fantasy on Two Russian Folk Songs transcribed by Balakirev, reputedly leader of the “Group of Five,” to the traditional melodies of Slavic folklore in all its abundance, this highly original program is delivered in close understanding between two inspired virtuoso pianists.
Mikhail GLINKA
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VANITAS La Reverencia Paloma Gallego: soprano Manuel Pascual: cornetto Pavel Amilcar: violin Jorge Miró: viola da gamba Thor Jorgen: violone Andrés Alberto Gómez: harpsichord, organ, director FROBERGER: Suite XVIII in G minor • BECKER: Sonata in D minor: Lento • BUXTEHUDE: Her, wen ich nur dich hab, BuxWV 38 • Ostinate final de la toccata in G major • Coral (excerpt) • COUPERIN: Allemande, Sarabanda, Courante I, Courante II, Gigue • SCHMELZER: Second Sonata, Nuremberg 1664 • TUNDER: Ach Herr, lass deinde lieben Engelein • J.S. BACH: Goldberg Variations: Aria, 3, 12, 17, 18, 21 • MONTEVERDI: Si dolce il tormento
La Reverencia
El Instante Desvanecido CD: VTS 5 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 O-Card Jewel, Box Lot 22
El Instante Desvanecido (“The Vanished Instant”) is the soundtrack to the documentary film De Occulta Philosophia. This project arose from the encounter between musician Andrés Alberto Gómez, and filmmaker Daniel V. Villamediana. The two had already collaborated on Villamediana’s La vida sublime, where La Reverencia contributed to the soundtrack. Subsequently, Andrés suggested the idea of doing something in relation to Baroque music.
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Querstand Leitzinger Bassoon Quartet David Petersen: bassoon Teodor Naumov: bassoon Karl Ventulett: bassoon Dominik Schulz: bassoon WAGNER: Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 3 • BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 • MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No. 7 in D minor, MWV N 7 Playing off “Leipziger Allerlei,” the name of a popular German vegetable dish, the Leitzinger Bassoon Quartet bring forth a new CD of audio delicacies. The result is made to be tasted and enjoyed!
Leitzinger Bassoon Quartet Lei(p)tzinger Allerlei CD: QUE 1518 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 30 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT
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Stradivarius Stefano Innocenti: harpsichord J.S. BACH: Toccata, BWV 910 • Toccata, BWV 915 • Toccata, BWV 916 • Toccata, BWV 911 • Toccata, BWV 914 • Toccata, BWV 913 • Toccata, BWV 912 In 1708, a 23-year-old Johann Sebastian Bach moved to Weimar in order to occupy the position of organist at the court of Duke Wilhelm Ernst. When he arrived, Bach had probably already embarked on the composition of some of his seven Toccatas BWV 910–916. Unlike other great collections for keyboard instruments, such as the Suites, the Partitas, and the WellTempered Clavier, the toccatas were never organized by Bach into a unitary cycle. This fact, which undoubtedly makes it more complicated to investigate the process of their composition, should not induce us to overlook the governing principle that unites them: the Toccatas are stylistic laboratories through which Bach perfected and consolidated his musical language, making the most of the expressive potential of keyboard instruments.
J.S. BACH Toccatas
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Roberto Fabbriciani: flutes Massimiliano Damerini: piano DE PABLO: Soliloquio • Melisma Furioso • Per Flauto • Cuatro Fragmentos de “Kiu” Luis de Pablo’s fondness for the flute, well documented by the works contained on this CD, stems back to his childhood years. He first encountered the instrument quite by chance, when his aunt gave him a flute she had bought in an antiques shop. It was a 19th-century flute and Luis, who was about 10 years old, started to play it almost like a game, mostly out of curiosity and fascination. His interest soon turned into a passion for music, and he began to study the flute at the Conservatory in Madrid.
Luis DE PABLO Per flauto
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Stradivarius Gli archi di Zinaida Vivaldi, Locatelli & Leo
Gli archi di Zinaida/Maria Caterina Carlini: conductor LOCATELLI: Concerto Op. 3, No. 1 • VIVALDI: Concerto, RV 531 • Concerto, RV 580 • LEO: Concerto in D major The choice of music pieces in this program is a clear tribute to Italian concerts of the Baroque period, where string instruments were dominant, and is linked to the teaching project of the Zinaida Gilels Violin School. CD: STV 37018 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT
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Louis MARCHAND & Louis CLÉRAMBAULT Complete harpsichord works Luca Oberti: harpsichord MARCHAND: Suite in D minor • Suite in G minor • CLÉRAMBAULT: Suite in C major • Suite in C minor Among the French harpsichord repertoire of the early 1700s, two composers in particular have attracted attention time and again: Louis Marchand and Louis Nicolas Clérambault. In Paris, when both were about 30 years old, they each published two books of harpsichord works. CD: STV 37025 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT
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Dino Betti VAN DER NOOT Notes are but wind
Dino Betti Van Der Noot Orchestra VAN DER NOOT: Notes Are But Wind • Memories from a Silent Nebula • In the Deep Bosom of the Ocean • Midwinter Sunshine • The Rest Is Music Throughout this jazz-inspired album, listeners will find three new compositions as well as two that are 30-something years old: it was not a matter of nostalgia, but a desire held by Dino Betti Van Der Noot to see whether what he had conceived at that time is still valid and coherent today. The results speak for themselves! CD: STV 57915 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 32 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT
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SOMM Recordings Sally Silver: soprano Richard Bonynge: piano MASSENET: Les amoureuses sont des folles • Si vous voilez bien me le dire • A Mignonne • Beaux yeux que j’aime • La chanson du ruisseau • Dialogue nocturne • Adieu! • Je t’aime! • Oiseau des bois • Sainte Therese prie • Horace et Lydie • Coupe d’ivresse • Tout passe! • On dit! O ruisseau • Depart • Oh! ne finis jamais • Le temps et l’amour • Dans le sentier, parmi les roses • Amoureuse • Les yeux clos • Les extases • Eternit • Menteuse Cherie Sally Silver and Richard Bonynge follow their first disc of Massenet songs, released on another label in 2012 with great success, with this second volume. The songs are beautifully suited to Silver, who has an illustrious career in French song and opera. Promo Service to BBC Radio 3, Classic FM, Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine, and more.
Jules MASSENET
Les amoureuses sont des folles CD: SMM 151 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT
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Willowhayne Records Jake Barlow: countertenor Stella Pendrous: piano Mark Hartt-Palmer: violin QUILTER: 5 Shakespeare Songs, Op. 18 • HOWELLS: King David • BARBER: Sure on this shining night Op. 13, No. 3 • TIPPETT: Songs for Ariel • FAURÉ: Automne Op. 18, No. 3 • Clair de lune Op. 46, No. 2 • Les berceaux Op. 23, No. 1 • POULENC: Le bestiaire ou Cortège d’Orphee • BRITTEN: I know a bank where the wild thyme blows • MCDOWALL: White Bee (premiere) • FINZI: Let us garlands bring, Op. 18
Jake Barlow
A beautiful and mood-filled program of modern English, French, and American art songs, this CD includes song cycles from Roger Quilter, Gerald Finzi, Francis Poulenc, and Michael Tippett, as well as Herbert Howells’ masterpiece “King David.” Also featured is the world premiere recording of “White Bee,” a song by award-winning contemporary British composer Cecilia McDowall. Featuring countertenor Jake Barlow accompanied by Stella Pendrous (piano) and Mark Hartt-Palmer (violin), this is a recording not to be missed.
For the Love of Nature CD: LNH WLW 19736 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT
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BMC Records László LAJTHA
Complete Works for String Orchestra Budapest Chamber Symphony/Simone Fontanelli: conductor/Imre Rohmann: conductor/Péter Csaba: conductor LAJTHA: Symphony “Les Soli” for string orchestra, harp and percussion, Op. 33 (premiere) • Sinfonietta No. 1, Op. 43 • Sinfonietta No. 2, Op. 62
CD: BMH 189 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 40
László Lajtha (1892–1963) is one of the greatest Hungarian composers of the first half of the 20th century, a contemporary of Bartók and Kodály known as a collector of folk music in the 1910s. His international career as a composer began in 1929 with the award of the Coolidge Prize for his Third String Quartet.
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László SÁRY
Hyperion’s Song of Destiny Klára Csordás: mezzo-soprano/Lajos Lencsés: English horn/Horia Dumitrache: clarinet/Lajos Rozmán: clarinet/Anna Mérey: violin/István Lukácsházi: double bass/BHKZ Academy/MR Symphony Orchestra Winds/Schola Cantorum Budapestiensis/Géza Gémesi: conductor SÁRY: There’s only ever what there is • In memoriam Igor Stravinsky • Journey to Ixtlan • Hyperion’s Song of Destiny • El viaje definitivo • Ludus choralis • Hexagramm
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Listening to the multifaceted music of László Sáry, one is hard-pressed not to conclude that these sounds could have only been dreamed up by a composer in whose soul there remained some measure of childlike omniscience. Rather than focusing on the playfulness of the eternal child, this CD highlights another aspect of childhood: openness to sacred things. The piece “Hyperion’s Song of Destiny” (Hommage à Hölderlin) is one of his works that comes closest to sacredness.
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Béla BARTÓK
Complete works for male choir Balázs Szokolay Dongó: flute, bagpipe, tárogató/Márk Bubnó: gardon (percussive cello)/Saint Ephraim Male Choir/Tamás Bubnó: director BARTÓK: Four Old Hungarian Folksongs, BB 60 • Evening, BB 30 • Slovak Folksongs, BB 77 • Székely Folksongs, BB 106 • From Olden Times, BB 112 • Four Old Hungarian Folksongs, BB 60 (rev. circa 1926) • TRADITIONAL: Hungarian and Slovak folk music
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Béla Bartók died 70 years ago, in 1945 in New York. Only he could know what he had not yet written; all we have to work with is what he left behind. The Saint Ephraim Male Choir began to work with Bartók’s music in 2007. Over the years it became increasingly clear that all six of his works for male choir contain music of unparalleled beauty, yet in terms of vocal chamber music, are highly taxing for the performers — obviously this is the main reason they are performed so rarely!
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Meridian Records Christine Croshaw: piano FAURÉ: Barcarolle No. 1 in A minor, Op. 26 • Ballade, Op. 19 • Romance sans paroles No. 3 in A flat major • Nocturne No. 4 in E flat major, Op. 36 • ValseCaprice in D flat major, Op. 38 • Barcarolle No. 3 in G flat major, Op. 42 • Pièces brèves Op. 84, No. 4 • Pièces brèves Op. 84, No. 5 • Nocturne in D flat major, Op. 63 • Après un rêve (transcribed by Percy Grainger) “Croshaw is a first rate artist.” — Gramophone “Her nuanced, revelatory pianism seems almost outside of time in its understated eloquence.” — MusicWeb-International Following a critically acclaimed series of chamber music discs, this is distinguished pianist Christine Croshaw’s solo debut. A former winner of the Chappell Gold Medal at the Royal Academy of Music, she has endured a personal story of real triumph through adversity, after losing her sight 10 years ago. This record contains the hypnotic masterpiece of Gabriel Fauré’s early period, the Ballade Op. 19, as well as Percy Grainger’s arrangement for solo piano of Fauré’s timeless song “Après un reve,” included here as an affectionate encore.
Gabriel FAURÉ Music for piano
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Eudora Records Jonas Nordberg: theorbo, baroque lute DE VISÉE: Suite in A minor • Suite in E minor: Tombeau des Mesdemoiselles • Suite in E minor: Gigue and Double • Suite in E minor : Rondeau “La Montfermeil” • WEISS: Prélude, Fuga, Ciaccona, Fantasie • DUFAUT: Suite in G minor: Tombeau de Mr. Blancrocher For his debut solo recording, Swedish lutenist Jonas Nordberg presents a delightful selection of works for Baroque lute and theorbo. The grandeur and elevated spirit of the French Baroque music of Dufaut and de Visée alternate with the refinement and extraordinary originality of the works of Silvius Leopold Weiss, who was regarded as the finest lutenist of his time. Jonas Nordberg, who has recorded three CDs for BIS with recorder virtuoso Dan Laurin, gives personal and intense performance of these pieces, recorded in the gorgeous acoustic of the 13th-century Spanish church of San Francisco, in Ávila.
Jonas Nordberg
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Priory Records Sigfrid KARG-ELERT
Complete Organ Works Vol. 12 Stefan Engels: organ KARG-ELERT: Trois Impressions, Op. 72 • Harmonies du Soir • Claire de lune • La Nuit • Homage to Handel, Op. 75 • Partita for organ, Op. 100 • Entrata • Canzona • Corrente e Siciliano • Rigaudon • Sarabande • Gavotte e Carillon • Finale quasi ritorno
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With the 12th volume in this unique series, Stefan Engels plays two of Karg-Elert’s best known pieces. “Homage to Handel” is a vast work of many variations, which uses the colors of the organ and gives a superb demonstration of its sounds and possibilities. “Trois Impressions” is a beautiful and haunting work of colors and ethereal beauty. The Partita is a lesser-known work, but suits the Steinmeyer organ perfectly. There are now just two volumes left to complete this groundbreaking series!
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Aliud Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy Semper Iuvenalis [Hybrid SACD]
Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy/Drums and Fifes of the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps/Major Peter Kleine Schaars: music director
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KOCH: Semper Iuvenalis • TRAD: Franse mars, No. 8 • Dienstmars, No. 1 • LARO: Qua Patet Orbis • SWIGGERS: Mars 1488 • FABIANI: Venezia, arr. Rundel • WATERER: Royal Salute • STROBL: Mit vollen Segeln • VOIGT: Kaiser Friedrich Fanfare, arr. Ahrens • DOHLIN: Marinens Krigshögskola Marsch • TCHERNETSKY: Hello, Red Marines, arr. Leersum Jr. • FUČÍK: Kinizsi, arr. Mestrini • PAKHMUTOVA: Marshal Zhukov March, arr. Dynaeva • KHACHATURIAN: Lustiger Marsch, arr. Baumann • KING: The Gateway City March, arr. Glover • OFFENBACH: United States Marine Corps Hymn • SOUSA: George Washington Bicentennial March • BELSTERLING: March of the Steel Men • DUBLE: Bravura, arr. Edmondson • FILLMORE: Rolling Thunder March, arr. Fennell.
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CuGate Classics Djansug Kakhidze Legacy Vol. 3
Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra/Djansug Kakhidze: conductor TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 • RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34 • STRAVINSKY: The Firebird Suite • The Rite of Spring
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Famous Georgian conductor Djansug Kakhidze belonged to the small but highly prestigious group of East European conductors who set up a cultural counterdraft to the political conflicts in the times of Cold War. Together with the Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra, which he founded in 1993, he shaped the character of music.This 80th Anniversary collection consists of four volumes, which provide a summary of Kakhidze’s artistic legacy. These releases come from the 24 bit/96 khz state-of-the-art recordings out of the St. Petersburg Classics archive, carefully remastered by the prestigious B-Sharp Studio in Berlin using the original source material.
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Regent Records J.S. BACH
Organ Works Vol. IX Margaret Phillips: organ
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J.S. BACH: Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 553 • Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 554 • Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 555 • Prelude and Fugue in F major, BWV 556 • Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 557 • Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 558 • Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 559 • Prelude and Fugue in B flat major, BWV 560 • Fantaisa duobus subjectis in G minor, BWV 917 • An Wasserflussen Babylon, BWV 653b • Fantaisie in C minor, BWV 1121 (earlier Anh. 205) • Trio in G minor, BWV 584 (transcription of BWV 166ii) • Prelude, Trio and Fugue in B flat major, BWV 545b • Ricercar a 3 (The Musical Offering), BWV 1079 • Fantasia sopra Wo Gott der Herr nicht bein uns halt, BWV 1128 • Ricercar a 6 (The Musical Offering), BWV 1079 In this supplementary volume to Margaret Philips’ critically-acclaimed recording of Bach’s organ works, we find pieces that were not included in the original set of 16 CDs recorded between 2005 and 2009.
Richard LLOYD illumine me
The Bede Singers/Ian Shaw: organ/Daniel Hyde: organ/David Hill: director LLOYD: The Lichfield Service (premiere) • Chichester Mass • Thankful of heart for days gone by (premiere) • Adam our father (premiere) • All so still • I wonder as I wander (premiere) • Now glad of heart (premiere) • Keep me, O Christ (premiere) • What songs are these? (premiere) • Rejoice and sing (premiere)
CD: REG 455 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25
This recording is a personal collection selected by the composer, representing a number of favorite compositions written over the last 60 years, many of which have never been recorded before. A wide range of styles are included, from a simple two-part carol written for a school choir to demanding a cappella works.
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Simon Nieminski
Alfred Hollins and Friends Simon Nieminski: organ HOLLINS: Concert Overture No. 3 in F minor • Theme with Variations and Fugue • Morceau de Concert • A Song of Sunshine • Concert Toccata in B flat • BOND: Chorus in E flat • JOHNSON: Elfentanz • WOLSTENHOLME: The Seraph’s Strain • Le Carillon • MACMILLAN: Cortège Académique • LEMARE: From the West: In Missouri • From the West: In North Dakota
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Launched to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Alfred Hollins’ birth, this disc showcases the 1930 Kilgen/1947 Möller organ at Third Baptist Church in Saint Louis, Missouri. In 2012 the organ was rebuilt and enlarged by the Reuter organ company, and now contains 72 stops across seven divisions. It is ideal for the music of Hollins and his contemporaries, containing as it does a wealth of pipework from the 1930s.
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Resonus Classics Richard Pinel
French Organ Works from Windsor Castle Richard Pinel: organ VIERNE: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 20 • ROGER-DUCASSE: Pastorale • DURUFLÉ: Suite, Op. 5
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On his recording debut, award-winning organist Richard Pinel records a scintillating program of virtuosic French organ music celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Harrison & Harrison organ of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, where Pinel is assistant director of music. Rarely heard on disc, the organ in its current guise was completed in 1964 and demonstrated much influence from French organs of the Classical and Romantic periods.
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Sheva Collection Peter SEABOURNE
Steps Volume 5: Sixteen Scenes before a Crucifixion Alessandro Viale: piano SEABOURNE: Sixteen Scenes Before a Crucifixion The latest installment of Seabourne’s acclaimed Steps piano cycle series, which has been praised by Gramophone, Pizzicato, Music Web-International, and many leading international pianists. This fifth volume was initially inspired by paintings of Caravaggio relating to events from the Passion story. CD: SCV 136 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT
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Peter SEABOURNE Viola Dolorosa
Georg Hamann: viola/Akari Komiya: piano SEABOURNE: Pietà • I Berceuse • II Enigmas • III Elegy • IV Seven Roads • V Reminiscence • BRITTEN: Elegy • Lachrymae This new release features a substantial new work from Peter Seabourne alongside two works for viola by Britten: his schoolboy “Elegy,” and the more famous “Lachrymae.” Renowned Viennese violist Georg Hamann is widely recorded, and here gives one of his greatest performances in partnership with rising star Akari Komiya. CD: SCV 137 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT
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Stone Records
SPECIAL WINTER FEATURE: NEW HOLIDAY RELEASES FOR 2015
Sam Robson
A Cappella Christmas BUZZ ALERT
CD: SNR 8059 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Digipak, Box Lot 32
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Sam Robson: vocals
YOUTUBE
GAUNTLETT: Once In Royal David’s City • WOOD: I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday • KIRKPATRICK: Away In A Manger • LAKE: I Believe In Father Christmas • ANONYMOUS: Gaudete • I Saw Three Ships • Deck The Halls • O Come All Ye Faithful • LENNON/ONO: Happy Xmas (War Is Over) • HOPKINS: We Three Kings • MCCARTNEY: Wonderful Christmastime • FINER/MACGOWAN: Fairytale Of New York • DARKE: In The Bleak Midwinter • BLAKE: Walking In The Air • COOTS: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town • ADAM: O Holy Night • WELLS/TORMÉ: The Christmas Song “Sam Robson proves you only need one person to make a choir … chillingly good.” — Huffington Post Following his hugely successful debut CD Hymns, this is a collection of Christmas carols and songs performed in unique a cappella arrangements. The result is a wonderfully entertaining CD that makes the perfect audio backdrop for the Christmas period. Promo Service to U.S. press and radio and media. Advertising with BBC Music Magazine and Gramophone. PREVIOUSLY RELEASED Sam Robson Hymns CD: SNR 8049 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 d
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CORO
The Sixteen
The Complete Traditional Christmas Carols Collection
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The Sixteen Harry Christophers: conductor
DISC ONE: The First Nowell • Once in Royal David’s city • The Sussex Carol • While shepherds watched • I saw three ships • Angels from the realms of glory • O little town of Bethlehem • Silent night • Away in a manger • Rocking • In dulci jubilo • Ding dong! merrily on high • In the bleak midwinter• Good King Wenceslas • Deck the hall with boughs of holly • The holly and the ivy • God rest you merry, Gentlemen • See amid the winter’s snow • The Coventry Carol • O come all ye faithful • Hark! the herald angels sing DISC TWO: Of the Father’s heart begotten • The truth from above • Gabriel’s Message • Masters in this hall • Past three a clock • Jesus Christ the apple tree • In the bleak midwinter • Gloucestershire Wassail • In dulci jubilo • O come, O come Emmanuel • Adam lay ybounden • Wither’s Rocking Hymn • The Cherry Tree Carol • It came upon the midnight clear • Personent Hodie • Down in yon forest • Wexford Carol • Joys Seven • As with gladness men old • Unto us a boy is born Due to popular demand, CORO has packaged The Sixteen’s two most popular Christmas titles into one box set! The ensemble’s Traditional Christmas Carol Collections Volumes I & II feature some of our best-known and best-loved Christmas carols, in arrangements with traditional harmonies and original words.
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J.S. BACH
Organ Works Vol. III CD: CRO 16132 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT
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Robert Quinney: organ J.S. BACH: Fantasia and Fugue in G minor BWV 542 • Three preludes on ‘Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland’ BWV 659–661 • Pastorella BWV 590 • Prelude and Fugue in C BWV 547 • Einige Canonische Veränderungen über das Weynachts-Lied ‘Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her’ BWV 769 • Prelude and Fugue in G BWV 541 Following two highly acclaimed recordings, CORO is delighted to be releasing its third recording with one of The Sixteen Orchestra’s principal members — organist Robert Quinney. This new album features as its centerpiece the wonderful Einige Canonische Veränderungen über das Weynachts-Lied ‘Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her’ (BWV 769). These wonderful variations on the Christmas hymn are full of passionate vitality and poetical feeling. They are accompanied on this disc by a selection of festive preludes and fugues.
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AVIE Records
Apollo’s Fire
Christmas Vespers: Music of Michael Praetorius BUZZ ALERT
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Apollo’s Fire Jeanette Sorrell: director PRAETORIUS: Selections from Polyhymnia caduceatrix, Musica Sionae and Puericinium , and Terpsichore “Music for the people” could have been the motto for 17th-century German composer Michael Praetorius. He adhered to the ideals of Protestant pioneer Martin Luther — of whom his father was a disciple — that music, like religion, should be open and free to all. Praetorius was an extraordinarily versatile composer and, along with J. S. Bach, was one of the greatest composers of Protestant church music in Germany. With his music he strived to bring together people of all walks of life, an aim mirrored in the present day’s USA Network program “It Takes a Choir.” Like the Vespers settings in the 17th century — most notably the Vespers of 1610 by Monteverdi, who inspired Praetorius — this Christmas Vespers is an assemblage of works by Praetorius that Apollo’s Fire’s founder/director Jeanette Sorrell has compiled. It highlights his virtuosic vocal and instrumental writing, and includes as interludes his popular carol settings “O Morning Star” and “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming.”
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Choir of the Queen’s College, Oxford Carols from Queen’s
CD: AVR 2345 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT
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Choir of the Queen’s College, Oxford Owen Rees: director TAVENER: O do not move • TRAD. Basque carol, arr. Jim Clements: Gabriel’s message • TRAD. arr. Andrew Carter: Angelus ad virginem • HOWELLS: A spotless rose • STOPFORD: Lully, Lulla, Lullay • ADAM, arr. John Rutter: O Holy Night • MENDELSSOHN, arr. David Willcocks Hark! The herald angels sing • WARLOCK: Bethlehem Down • HOWELLS: Sing lullaby • TRAD. arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams and Thomas Armstrong: O little town of Bethlehem • ANON. (from Piæ cantiones, 1582): Gaudete • DARKE: In the bleak midwinter • TRAD. arr Martin Shaw: Coventry carol • 16th-century French tune, arr. Charles Wood: Ding dong merrily on high • TAVENER: The Lamb • TRAD. (The Queen’s College, Oxford) The boar’s head carol • LEIGHTON: Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child • BERLIOZ: The Shepherds’ Farewell • DOVE: Welcome all wonders • CORNELIUS, arr. Ivor Atkins: The three kings • TRAD. arr. David Willcocks: Sussex carol • O come all ye faithful The Choir of the Queen’s College, Oxford is one of the world’s most renowned choral institutions, and the new album Carols from Queen’s presents the choir in all its luxuriant glory. This blockbuster holiday album celebrates the Choir’s illustrious history, and offers some of the most beloved carols from throughout the ages.
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Nimbus Records Christ Church Cathedral Choir Stephen Darlington: director BYRD: A solis ortus cardine • MATHIAS: Ave Rex – A Carol Sequence, Op. 45 • TAVERNER: Mater Christi sanctissima • BYRD: Hodie Christus natus est • O magnum misterium • Puer natus est nobis • SHEPPERD: Gaude, gaude, gaude Maria • POULENC: Salve Regina • PALESTRINA: Magnificat • ESTEVES: Beata Dei Genitrix • Verbum caro factum est Christmas is a time when we celebrate long-held traditions: family gatherings, exchanges of presents, snow-covered scenes, and images of the baby Jesus lying in a crib surrounded by the adoring shepherds, wise men, and Mary and Joseph. Music is a crucial part of this annual festival. There is no shortage of Christmas carol repertoire recorded by Christ Church Cathedral Choir on the Nimbus label, but in this selection we have decided to bring together music that reflects some different aspects of the season. This is music to lift the spirits and transport the listener into a world of mystery.
Christ Church Cathedral Choir Christmas Music
CD: NIM 7096 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT
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Saydisc DISC ONE: 6THC TRAD: Christe redemptor • 13TH/14TH C TRAD: Gabriel from Heven-King • 12THC TRAD: Laetabundus • 14THC GERMAN TRAD: In dulci jubilo • Angelus ad Virginem • Personent hodie • 15THC TRAD: Dominus dixit • 16THC TRAD: Gaudete • Joseph, dearest Joseph mine • Lullaby (Byrd) • O magnum mysterium (Victoria) • Sweet was the song the Virgin sung • While shepherds watched their flocks by night • Coventry Carol • 17THC TRAD: Sing unto God • Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Praetorius) • The old year now away is fled • Remember O thou man • 19THC TRAD: Bells/Hark the herald angels sing • It came upon the midnight clear • Virga Jesse (Bruckner) • Rejoice and be merry • Silent night medley
Various Artists
Christmas Music Through The Ages CD: SAY 437 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 2 Double Slimline, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT
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DISC TWO: 19THC TRAD: Arise, and hail the Sacred Day • The boar’s head in hand bring I • Hail happy morn • Angels from the realms of glory • Stille Nacht • All hail to the days • Angels from the realms of glory, Away in a manger, O little town of Bethlehem, The first noel • As with gladness men of old, To God in the highest, See amidst the winter snow • A Virgin most pure • Oh, Christmas now is drawing near at hand • Good people all this Christmastime • Cold winter is come • On Christmas night all Christians sing • God rest you merry, Gentlemen • Down in yon forest • The angel Gabriel • Kanomp nouel • Hark the glad sound • The holly bears a berry • The holly bears a berry • Ar gyfer heddiw’r bore • Calennig • 20THC TRAD: A Hymn to the Virgin (Britten) • I sing of a maiden (Bush) • Come to Bethlehem (Warlock/Murray) • When Jesus Christ (Bush/Belloc) • ua Bethlem dref (Arthur/Ifan) A celebration of festive music, with 50 pieces from the 6th to 20th centuries. The enormous range of music, from deeply liturgical to folky frivolity, make for a rewarding and sometimes unusual Christmas music experience. This double album forms part of Saydisc’s 50th Anniversary celebration, and is drawn from recordings made over the years by outstanding performers and recorded in historic buildings with beautiful acoustics such as Forde Abbey, Stanbrook Abbey, Dartington Hall, old churches and an historic Quaker Meeting House.
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Challenge Classics La Petite Bande Sunhae Im: soprano Petra Noskaiova: mezzo-soprano Stephan Scherpe: tenor Jan van der Crabben: baritone Sigiswald Kuijken: conductor J.S. BACH: Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 A new Christmas Oratorio by one of the leading Baroque music ensembles: La Petite Bande! This new account of Bach’s masterpiece reflects the latest information and research on “period instrument” practice, with a “one to a part” standard for both voices and instruments. PLAYABLE IN ALL CD PLAYERS. For optimal sound, use compatible surround sound system.
J.S. BACH
Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 [Hybrid SACD] CD: CHR SACD 72394 Price Code: Y (SRP $24.99) Number of Discs: 2 Slipcase Double Jewel, Box Lot 12 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT
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Summit Records William VerMeulen: horn The Rice Horn Crew Dale Clevenger: conductor Track Listing: Carol of the Bells/O Sanctissima •12 Days of Christmas • Horn’s Pop Christmas • Fum Fum FUN! • O Holy Night• Frosty and Rudolph • A Christmas Love Song • Most Wonderful Time of the Year • I’ll Be Home for Christmas • Christmas is Coming • O Christmas Tree • Holiday Horn Carols • Jingle Bells • The Secret of Christmas • A Bunch of Horns at Christmas • Gesu Bambino • Snowfall • Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas • Hallelujah Chorus A great production team, led by Grammy®-winning producer Blanton Alspaugh, was brought aboard to record, edit, and master this extremely enjoyable Christmas recording featuring fabulous arrangements for the best horn ensemble around — the Horn Crew from Rice University — conducted by the legendary Dale Clevenger and led by their accredited teacher, performer, and principal horn of Houston Symphony, Bill VerMeulen.
William VerMeulen & The Rice Horn Crew The Christmas Horn CD: SMT 648 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 30 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT
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Resonus Classics Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys, Fifth Avenue, New York John Scott: conductor MARTIN: Novo profusi gaudio • HADLEY: I sing of a maiden • BRITTEN: A Ceremony of Carols • A New Year Carol • SCOTT: King Jesus hath a garden • RUTTER: Dancing Day • LEDGER: On Christmas Night ‘Sussex Carol’ • MATHIAS: Wassail Carol The internationally renowned Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys and their director John Scott make their second appearance on the Resonus Classics label with a thrilling album of music for Christmas. Focused around settings of medieval and traditional texts & music for the season, the two main works of the disc are Britten’s evocative A Ceremony of Carols and its later companion piece for harp and treble voices, Dancing Day, by the contemporary composer John Rutter.
Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys Dancing Day: Music for Christmas CD: RSN 10158 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT
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Will Fairbairn: organ The Choirs of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge BENNETT: The Holly and the Ivy • LEFANU: Saint Ita’s Lullaby • LARKIN: Adam lay ybounden • SWAYNE: There is no rose • DAVIES: Christmas Eve • MACMILLAN: Nova! Nova! Ave fit ex eva (premiere) • PANUFNIK: Alma redemptoris mater (premiere) • MCDOWALL: Before the paling of the stars • TAVENER: A Cradle Song • FOX: A Dream of Winter (premiere) • ANDREW: Hevene Quene • WISHART: Te Deum Laudamus (premiere) • Let’s be merry as bird on berry • Lullaby for Freya • BEAMISH: In the stillness The Choirs of St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge make their Resonus debut showcasing recent contemporary carols, some of which were written specially for the choir. The college’s girls’ choir — the only college-based Oxbridge choir of its type — appear on disc for the very first time in this collaboration with the college’s mixed student choir.
Choirs of St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge
Nova! Nova! Contemporary Carols from St. Catharine’s CD: RSN 10159 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT
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Resonus Classics Choir of Worcester College, Oxford Stephen Farr: conductor, organ JACKSON: Nowell sing we • RUBBRA: The Virgin’s Cradle Hymn • BERKELEY: Sweet was the song • MUHLY: O Antiphon Preludes • BENNETT: Puer Nobis • SCOTT: Nova! nova! • MUHLY: O Antiphon Preludes O Adonai • MATTHEWS: The Angels’ Carol • HOWELLS: O mortal man • MUHLY: O Antiphon Preludes, O Radix Jesse • DAVIES: Kings and Shepherds • MOORE: Lo, that is a marvellous change • SWAYNE: O magnum mysterium • MUHLY: O Antiphon Preludes, O Clavis David • HALLGRÍMSSON: Christ was born on Christmas Day • BENNETT: I Saw Three Ships • POTT: Lute-Book Lullaby • MUHLY: O Antiphon Preludes, O Oriens • IVES: This is the record of John • LLOYD: Drop down, ye heavens • MUHLY: O Antiphon Preludes, O Rex Gentium • FINNISSY: Ave regina coelorum • BENNETT: Nowell, nowell, tidings true • HALL: As I lay upon a night • MUHLY: O Antiphon Preludes, O Emmanuel Following on from the critical acclaim of their first album with Resonus, the Choir of Worcester College, Oxford — under the direction of Stephen Farr — returns with a second album of contemporary Christmas carols.
Choir of Worcester College, Oxford
Nowell sing we: Contemporary Carols,Vol. 2 CD: RSN 10138 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT
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Regent Records Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum: vocals Simon Bell: director Carleton Etherington: organ LEDGER: Adam lay ybounden • CHILCOTT: Nova! Nova • MATHIAS: A babe is born • CHILCOTT: The night he was born • ENGLISH TRAD. (arr. Vaughan Williams & Armstrong): O little town of Bethlehem • MOORE: Into a quiet world • 16TH C. FRENCH (arr. Wilberg): Ding dong! merrily on high • KIRKPATRICK (arr. David Hill): Away in a manger • BÉDARD: Noël huron from Deux Noëls • WARLOCK: Benedicamus Domino • GARDNER: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day • WARLOCK: Bethlehem Down • EDWARDS: No small wonder • WADE (arr. Willcocks): O come, all ye faithful • ENGLISH TRAD (arr. Lloyd): I saw three ships • CULLEN: In excelsis Gloria • ENGLISH TRAD (arr. Moore): This is the truth sent from above • RUTTER: Candlelight Carol • HEWITT JONES: Verbum caro factum est • MENDELSSOHN (arr. Willcocks): Hark! the herald-angels sing • BÉDARD: Toccata sur Il est né le divin enfant from Deux Noëls
Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum Christmas from Tewkesbury CD: REG 440 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25
This collection of festive music is a selection from the repertoire that the choristers and lay clerks of Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum can be heard singing during the run up to Christmas each year. Some of the pieces are new recordings of well-known favorites, while others will be less familiar.
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Regent Records Choir of Christ’s College, Cambridge Jonathan Ellse: organ Sidharth Parbhu-Naik: organ David Rowland: director WARLOCK: As dew in Aprylle • Benedicamus Domino • Bethlehem Down • A Cornish Carol • I saw a fair maiden • Cornish Christmas Carol • Adam lay ybounden • Balulalow • Where riches is everlastingly • HOLST: Four Old English Carols • Lullay my liking • VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Blessed Son of God (from Hodie, 1954) • No sad thought (from Hodie) • Eight Traditional English Carols (1919) (premiere) A most unusual collection of early 20th-century original English carols and carol arrangements by Peter Warlock, Gustav Holst, and Ralph Vaughan Williams, sung by the excellent mixed choir of Christ’s College, Cambridge directed by David Rowland. This is the choir’s eighth recording on the Regent label, and includes a selection of nine well-known carols by Warlock, a set of four lesser-known carol arrangements, and the ever-popular “Lully my liking” by Holst.
Choir of Christ’s College, Cambridge Christmas from Christ’s CD: REG 446 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT
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William Whitehead: organ Géraldine Bruley: viola de gamba La Maîtrise de Toulouse Mark Opstad: director MOUTON: Noe, noe, psallite noe • BOUZIGNAC: Noe pastores cantate canticum novum • Ave Maria • Dum silentium tenerent Omnia • Stella refulgent • MOULINIÉ: Magi videntes stellam • CLÉRAMBAULT: Hodie Christus natus est • CHARPENTIER: Salve puerile • POULENC: Salve Regina • Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noël • ROGER-DUCASSE: Chant de la Nativité • BLEUSE: Hodie Christus natus est • PROVENÇAL: Guillaume, Antoine et Pierre, arr. Bouvard • BASQUE: Birjina gaztettobat zegoen, arr. Opstad (basque) • ROUSSILLONNAIS: El noi de la Mare (catalan), arr. Opstad; TOULOUSAIN: Anan auzi las aubados (occitan), arr. Opstad • FRANÇAIS: Noël nouvelet, arr. Opstad • Quelle est cette odeur agréable?, arr. Opstad ALSACIEN (ARR. OPSTAD): Dormi, fili, dormi!, arr. Opstad The third recording from La Maîtrise de Toulouse on the Regent label features an inspirational survey of French Christmas music from the 16th to 21st centuries. Some of the items are for upper voices, and some feature the newly-formed tenor and bass sections of the choir.
La Maîtrise de Toulouse Noël Français
CD: REG 470 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Number of Discs: 1 Jewel Case, Box Lot 25 8% RESTOCK DISCOUNT
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