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october 2008 Release Date: October 14, 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 Mark O’Connor Folk Mass Messiaen Complete Works for Orchestra Eterna LPs

p. 7 p. 19 p. 24–25

New Labels Royal Philharmonic Masterworks

p. 8–9

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 hänssler Classic Integra Records UK 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

ROYAL PHILHARMONIC MASTERWORKS

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Release Date: October 14, 2008

Zig-Zag Territoires

Antonio VIVALDI

The Four Seasons & Unedited Concertos Cat # ZIG 80803 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

Amandine Beyer: violin, conductor/Gli Incogniti VIVALDI: The Four Seasons • Concerto for 2 violins, in G minor, RV 578a • Violin Concerto in B-flat “Per signora Chiara,” RV 372 • Violin Concerto in B minor, RV 390 “Majestic, gossamer, hypnotic. Perfect in every inflection of the phrasing, which the young soloist sculpts with a sense of space, magnificently served by the recorded sound.” — Le Monde Amandine Beyer, who won the 2001 Vivaldi international competition in Turin, is now set to release her superb recording of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. This is truly a performance that blows any cobwebs from the popular piece, and includes premiere recordings of newly reconstructed Vivaldi concertos.

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Zig-Zag Territoires

Release Date: October 14, 2008 Collegium 1704 Collegium Vocale Václav Luks: conductor ZELENKA: Missa Votiva, ZWV 18 (1739) A premiere recording, on period instruments, by a rising ensemble conducted

by Václav Luks. Zelenka was based in Dresden, the hub of European culture.

Listeners will hear French and Italian influences, as well as some premonitory ideas of Mozart’s emotional world. Recorded in August 2008 at the Sablé Festival.

Jan Dismas ZELENKA Missa Votiva

Cat # ZIG 80801 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

World Premiere Recording

Cedille Records Ursula Oppens: piano CARTER: Piano Sonata • Night Fantasies • 90+ • Two Diversions • Retrouvailles • Intermittences • Caténaires • Matribute “Oppens played [Carter] with an unfailing sense of drama and almost cinematic color.” — New York Times [January 2008 recital review] Elliott Carter at 100: The Complete Piano Music! Includes a piece Carter wrote for Ursula Oppens (who has long been associated with his music). This is the only up-to-date recording of Carter’s complete piano music, released in conjunction with his 100th birthday in December.

Elliott CARTER

The Complete Piano Music Cat # CED 108 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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also available CARTER Early Chamber Music Cat # CED 48 Price Code: Q Not Available In Canada

Release Date: October 14, 2008

Marsyas

Sabine Meyer Paris Mécanique

Cat # MRS 1801 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25A Not Available In Canada

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Sabine Meyer: clarinet Trio di Clarone Michael Riessler: clarinet Pierre Charial: barrel organ RIESSLER: Introduction Mécanique • I Venti • Conchita • Mots croisés • CHARIAL-DÔLE: La flaneur des deux rives • PIERNÉ: Marche des fauves, from Cydalise et le chèvrepied • FRANÇAIX: Danses exotiques (sel.) • POULENC: Sonata for 2 Clarinets • MILHAUD: Scaramouche • SATIE: Jack in the Box 1 & II • Java Martienne • ANDERSON: The Typewriter • The Syncopated Clock • Fiddle Faddle • Jazz Pizzicato • GOYONE: Le vilain petit canard • JOPLIN: Solace • MORRICONE: A l’aube du cinquième jour “Stellar clarinet player Sabine Meyer has never been heard in a similar program and instrumentation. A program of fun and tuneful short works.” — Audiophile

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Stradivarius

Release Date: October 14, 2008 Sviatoslav Richter: piano J.S. BACH: Sonatas, BWV 966, 963 & 964 • Capriccio, BWV 993 • Four Duets, BWV 802–805 • Concerto italiano, BWV 971 • English Suites, BWV 806, 808, 809 & 811 • French Suites, BWV 813 & 815 • Toccata, BWV 913 • Fantasie, BWV 906 Legendary digital recordings of the late Sviatoslav Richter from the year 1991. Musical milestones available in luxury packaging.

Sviatoslav Richter

Richter Plays Bach (4 CDs) Cat # STV 33820 Price Code: 3R (SRP $53.99) Box Set; Box Lot 10 Not Available In Canada

4 for the price of 3

Antonio VIVALDI Dixit Dominus

Monique Zanetti, Emanuela Galli: sopranos/Susanna Moncayo von Hase: contralto/Ian Honeyman, Mario Cecchetti: tenors/Furio Zanasi: bass/Ensemble Vocale Il Canto d’Orfeo/ Ensemble Pian&Forte/Francesco Fanna: conductor VIVALDI: Dixit Dominus, RV 595 • Dixit Dominus, RV 807 • Ascende laeta, RV 635 • Canta in prato, ride in fonte, RV 636 Rarely performed, gorgeous choral music! A wonderful project by the greatest living Vivaldi scholar, Michael Talbot, with two Dixit Dominus settings introduced by relative Motets. World premiere recording of the Dixit Dominus with introductory Motet RV 636.

Cat # STV 33812 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 37 Not Available In Canada

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Includes world premiere recording

Release Date: October 14, 2008

OMAC Records

Mark O’CONNOR Folk Mass

Cat # OMC 10 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

Gloriæ Dei Cantores/Mark O’Connor: violin O’CONNOR: Folk Mass • Let Us Move “Master instrumentalist and Nashville session veteran Mark O’Connor’s list of awards and credentials is longer than his fiddle bow. A child prodigy turned adult virtuoso, he’s an innovator in both performance and composition, bridging the gap between country and classical.” — LA Times “In view of the range of his musical activities and his ability to dazzle listeners with things both new and personal, [O’Connor] stands apart in the faint afterglow of great violinistic tradition.” — Fanfare Mark O’Connor creates a choral CD masterpiece with his compositions Folk Mass and Let Us Move, sung by one of the great virtuoso church choirs in the world. Folk Mass, featuring the acclaimed Massachusetts-based Gloriæ Dei Cantores vocal ensemble, comprises the choral works to date of one of America’s most gifted composers and musicians. also available O’CONNOR Double Violin Concerto Cat # OMC 8 Price Code: Q Not Available In Canada

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Royal Philharmonic Masterworks

Release Date: October 14, 2008

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Peter Guth: conductor Johann STRAUSS, Sr.: Radetzky March • Johann STRAUSS, Jr.: Emperor Waltz • Blue Danube Waltz • Die Fledermaus Overture • Tritsch-Tratsch Polka • Perpetuum Mobile • Tales from the Vienna Woods • Thunder and Lightning Polka • Roses from the South Waltz • Josef STRAUSS: Feuerfest Polka • Eduard STRAUSS: Bahn Frei Polka • Johann & Josef STRAUSS: Pizzicato Polka Sir Thomas Beecham, who was the Music Director until his death in 1961, founded the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 1946. By handpicking the personnel of his Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas attracted some of Britain’s most outstanding musicians. Peter Guth is repeatedly invited as guest conductor by over 50 renowned symphony orchestras and is internationally regarded as one of the most important exponents of Viennese music. His recent activities include concert series and CD recordings with the NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo, Musical Director of the first Viennese Operetta Festival in Japan, and a sensational American debut with the San Francisco Symphony.

The STRAUSS Family Waltzes & Polkas

Cat # RPM 28150 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Jane Glover: conductor MOZART: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K.550 • Symphony No. 41 in C, K.551 “Jupiter” • Marriage of Figaro Overture Through its many concerts, recordings, and broadcasts, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra became internationally established as a virtuoso body quite unlike any other orchestra, founding a unique tradition in which there was a combination of discipline, flexibility, individual artistry, and virtuosity. One of the most respected British conductors of Mozart, Jane Glover was from 1984 to 1991 Artistic Director of the London Mozart Players. She has conducted the London Philharmonic (with whom she made the recording of violin concertos by Richard Strauss and Christopher Headington which was shortlisted for the 1992 Brit Awards), the Royal Philharmonic, London Symphony, Royal Scottish National, Philharmonia, and English Chamber Orchestras.

W.A. MOZART

Symphonies 40 & 41 Cat # RPM 28040 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

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Release Date: October 14, 2008

Royal Philharmonic Masterworks

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Vernon Handley: conductor HOLST: The Planets, Op. 32 • St. Paul’s Suite, Op. 29, No. 2 One of Britain’s best-known and popular conductors, Vernon Handley has been a constant champion of British music throughout his career. Here, he conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with the Ladies of the Ambrosian Chorus.

Gustav HOLST

The Planets

Cat # RPM 28070 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras: conductor BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 • Roman Carnival Overture Sir Charles Mackerras was born in the US of Australian parents. He studied in Sydney and Prague, and made his debut in opera at Sadler’s Wells. From 1966 to 1969 he was first conductor with the Hamburg State Opera, and from 1970 to 1977 he was musical director of Sadler’s Wells (later English National Opera). Mackerras is a specialist in the Czech repertory, notably Janácˇek, and has recorded a cycle of his operas with the Vienna Philharmonic. These Decca (London) recordings won numerous awards throughout the world.

Hector BERLIOZ

Symphonie fantastique Cat # RPM 28310 Price Code: K (SRP $5.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

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Quartz Records

Release Date: October 14, 2008

Cat # QTZ 2061 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Edvard GRIEG

Paul DUNMALL & Roman MINTS

Katya Apekisheva: piano

Paul Dunmall: soprano saxophone/Roman Mints: violin

GRIEG: Holberg Suite, Op. 40 • Tone-Pictures, Op. 3 • Lyric Pieces (12 sel.)

DUNMALL & MINTS: Exodus (6 improvisations)

Piano Music

Exodus

An amazing debut album from a very talented young pianist.

Beautifully played and recorded. Outstanding review in the September edition of Gramophone. Heralded by critics, this disc has been selected as CD of the Week on Classic FM.

Cat # QTZ 2056 Price Code: P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

A unique, completely improvised album from Paul Dunmall and Roman Mints. Dunmall is a world-respected improviser on the jazz saxophone. Mints, an exponent of contemporary music, fits neatly with Dunmall to create a memorable album.

Cat # QTZ 2045 Price Code: 2P (SRP $31.99) Double Slimline; Box Lot 25

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Malcolm ARNOLD

Dimitri SHOSTAKOVICH

Northern Ballet Theatre Orchestra/John Pryce-Jones: conductor

Ruth Palmer: violin/Alexei Grynyuk: piano/Philharmonia Orchestra/Benjamin Wallfisch: conductor

The Three Musketeers

ARNOLD (arr. Longstaff): The Three Musketeers (music for the David Nixon ballet) David Nixon’s The Three Musketeers, with the music of Malcolm Arnold, was premiered by NBT in September 2006 on the very day that Sir Malcolm died. The score offers a very representative Arnold mix.

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Works for Violin & Orchestra (CD+DVD)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77 • Violin Sonata, Op. 134 An outstanding album from Ruth Palmer, winner of the Young British Classical Performer Award at the Classical Brits 2007.

Palmer is fast developing an international reputation as one of the most gifted and musical players of her generation. Her sound is deeply sonorous, with an intense physical performance. DVD is playable in all regions; run time approx 30 minutes.

Release Date: October 14, 2008

Winter & Winter

Teodoro Anzellotti: accordion Sonia Turchetta: vocals WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne SCIARRINO: Storie di altre storie, for accordion & orchestra • Il giornale della necropoli, for accordion & orchestra • Autoritratto nella notte • Efebo con Radio, for voice & orchestra Salvatore Sciarrino is a featured composer of this year’s Salzburg Festival.

Born in 1947, he counts among the most influential contemporary composers, especially known for his dramatic stage compositions. also available JANÁCˇ EK Anzellotti Plays Janácˇek Cat # WTR 89 Price Code: S Not Available In Canada

Salvatore SCIARRINO

Storie di altre storie

D. SCARLATTI Vivi felice!

Cat # WTR 62 Price Code: S

Cat # WTR 144 Price Code: S (SRP $18.99) Smartpak; Box Lot 20 Not Available In Canada

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CORO The Hilliard Ensemble Bob Peck: director Four previously released albums: Pérotin and the Ars Antiqua • For Ockeghem • Antoine Brumel • Guillaume Dufay “Unforgettable live recordings.” — Goldberg All four of The Hilliard Ensemble’s live discs on CORO in one box set!

Includes the award winning Pérotin and the Ars Antiqua, winner of a Diapason d’Or. Rare repertoire from the 12th and 15th centuries from one of the world’s most celebrated exponents of early choral music. also available The Sixteen The Flowering of Genius Cat # CRO 16001 Price Code: Q Not Available In Canada

TALLIS Spem in Alium Cat # CRO SACD 16016 Price Code: R Not Available In Canada

The Hilliard Ensemble

The Hilliard Live Collection (4 CDs) Cat # CRO 16064 Price Code: 3Q (SRP $47.99) Box Set: Box Lot 6 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT 4 for the price of 3

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Toccata Classics

Release Date: October 14, 2008

Mieczyslaw WEINBERG Complete Songs,Vol. 1

Olga Kalugina: soprano/Svetlana Nikolayeva: mezzo-soprano/Dmitry Korostelyov: piano WEINBERG: Children’s Songs, Op. 13 • Beyond the Border of Past Days, Op. 50 • Rocking the Child, Op. 110 Like Shostakovich, Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s literary interests were wide-ranging. His vast output includes 26 symphonies, 17 string quartets, and some 200 songs. The three song-cycles recorded here date from across Weinberg’s career. They demonstrate his extraordinary ability to create atmosphere from just a handful of notes and encompass a wide range of emotion, from wartime suffering to maternal love.

Cat # TOC 78 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

5% PREORDER DISCOUNT World Premiere RecordingS

Sir Donald TOVEY Chamber Music,Vol. 1 London Piano Trio TOVEY: Piano Trio in B minor, Op. 1 • Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 8 “Style tragique” Toccata Classics is proud to introduce this third volume in a series of CDs dedicated to the works of Sir Donald Tovey. These two lyrical trios, written in 1895 at the start of Tovey’s career, present his first love: chamber music. Includes a comprehensive booklet containing Tovey’s own essay on the music, with an introduction by Peter R. Shore and translations in both German and French.

Cat # TOC 68 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

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Alexander GOLDENWEISER Piano Music,Vol. 1

Jonathan Powell: piano GOLDENWEISER: Skazka (Folk Tale), Op. 39 • Sonata-fantasia, Op. 37 • Contrapuntal Sketches, Op. 12 This CD encompasses the many contrasting facets of Goldenweiser’s complex personality, from the compositional and pianistic virtuosity demonstrated in his Contrapuntal Sketches to the resolutely modern and original Sonata-Fantasia. Jonathan Powell studied with one of Goldenweiser’s students, Sulamita Aronovsky.

Cat # TOC 44 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

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Nimbus Records

Release Date: October 14, 2008

Nicolai Gedda

Nicolai Gedda in Opera (2 CDs) Nicolai Gedda: tenor/various accompanists 22 arias from Les pêcheurs de perles, Mireille, Roméo et Juliette, Faust, Manon, Werther, La Muette de Portici, Boris Godunov, Ruslan i Lyudmila, Eugene Onegin, Martha, L’elisir d’amore. La favorita, Rigoletto, La Gioconda, L’Arlesiana, Die lustige Witwe, Das Land des Lächelns The recordings for this 2-CD set have been carefully selected to show the extraordinary control Gedda has over his vocal resources, and to demonstrate his remarkable gift for language. The French opera excerpts all display an appealing sense of style and excellent musicianship, both traits admired in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Cat # NIM 7943 Price Code: J (SRP $9.99) Double Slimline; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT 2 FOR THE PRICE OF 1

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Dimitri SHOSTAKOVICH & Nikolai MIASKOVSKY String Quartets Kopelman Quartet SHOSTAKOVICH: Quartet No. 1 in C, Op. 49 • Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 • MIASKOVSKY: Quartet No. 13 in A minor, Op. 86 “Some of the most uninhibited quartet playing I have heard in a long while, on or off record … A tremendous success.” — Musicweb-international [NIM 5762] Founded by experienced chamber musicians steeped in the standards and style of the classic Russian school, the Kopelman Quartet carries forward a rich inheritance of technical excellence, lyricism, grace, and musical integrity. This is their second disc recorded with Nimbus Records.

Cat # NIM 5827 Price Code P (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25

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Paco PEÑA

A Compás! (2 CDs) Paco Peña Flamenco Dance Company PEÑA: Alboreá • La Guitarra Solista • Palillos Rítmicos • Martinete y Caña • Alegrías • Suite Guitarra y Baile—Homenaje a Montoya y Sabicas • Cantiñas • Soleá • Explorando el Compás • Ritmo Nuevo “One of his best: serious but seriously entertaining.” —Telegraph on Sunday Live performance of Paco Peña’s newest show, currently being performed around the world.

Cat # NIM 7721 Price Code 2E (SRP $15.99) Double Slimline; Box Lot 25 5% PREORDER DISCOUNT 2 for the price of 1

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Ricercar

Release Date: October 14, 2008

Millenarium

Danza: Medieval Dances Millenarium 19 selections of medieval instrumental pieces by anonymous composers

Cat # RCE 274 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30

It is in dance that we can find the extremely rare written descriptions of medieval instrumental music that was composed before the appearance of polyphony. The instrumentalists of Millenarium have researched these texts and, using their finds as an incontrovertible base, have reconstituted other dances from songs of various origins. In doing so, they have also rediscovered the gestures of the original players, who had clearly developed a taste for displaying their virtuosity and their power to move the listener.

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Fuga Libera Jean-Luc FAFCHAMPS Lignes

Danel Quartet/Marc Danel, Gilles Millet: violins/Vlad Bogdanas, Vincent Royer: viola/Guy Danel: cello/Jean-Philippe Collard-Neven: piano/Jean-Michel Charlier: clarinet/Centre de Recherches et de Formation Musicales de Wallonie/Jean-Marc Sullon: director FAFCHAMPS: Les désordres de Herr Zoebius, for string quartet • Inselberg de Goundam • Une matrice booléenne pour le docteur Atlan • Les étranges attracteurs du professeur Baumol • Chant magnétique • Back to the Voice, for piano • Bryce, for clarinet & string quartet • Lettre Soufie: Z(1), for viola, piano & electronics Cat # FGL 537 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30

Jean-Luc Fafchamps is the key member of the reputed ICTUS ensemble as well as its pianist.

He is one of Belgium’s foremost contemporary composers.

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Wibert Aerts Violin Faces

Wibert Aerts: violin HARTMANN: Second Sonata for violin solo • ZIMMERMANN: Sonata for violin solo • BERIO: Sequenza VIII for violin solo • CHONG: For another better world, for violin solo The least one can say is that it takes real courage for a young artist to launch and achieve a project of such ambition! But Wibert Aerts, the violinist of the Het Collectief ensemble, is totally fearless and successfully tackles Himalayan difficulties while producing a very convincing performance.

Cat # FGL 704 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

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Release Date: October 14, 2008

Alpha

Robert SCHUMANN

Piano & Chamber Music,Vol. 5 (2 CDs) Eric Le Sage: piano SCHUMANN: Novelletten, Op. 21 • Piano Sonata, Op. 22 • Nachtstücke, Op. 23 • Drei Phantasiestücke, Op.111 • Gesänge der Frühe, Op. 133 Eric Le Sage continues the flamboyant exploration of Robert Schumann’s solo piano repertoire, all of them cornerstones of 19th century musical history. This momentous endeavor has received critical acclaim. The complete recording of these works will come to an end by 2010 (the anniversary of Schumann’s birth).

Cat # APH 129 Price Code: 2N (SRP $25.99) Double Digipak; Box Lot 15 Not Available In Canada

J.S. BACH

Missae Breves Pygmalion Ensemble/Eugénie Warnier: soprano/Magid El-Bushra: alto/Emiliano Gonzalez-Toro: tenor/Sydney Fierro: baritone/Raphaël Pichon: conductor J.S. BACH: Missa Brevis in G minor, BWV 235 • Missa Brevis in A, BWV 234 • Motet, “Der Gerechte kommt um” First recording of a newly created ensemble under the direction of Raphaël Pichon.

The four Missa Brevis of Johann Sebastian Bach are highlights of 18th century musical literature, although they’ve been neglected in recorded versions. The second set will be recorded in November 2009.

Cat # APH 130 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

Pierre-Jean de BÉRANGER Le Pape musulman & other songs

Freddy Eichelberger: pianino/Yves Rechsteiner: harmonium/Arnaud Marzorati: baritone, conductor BÉRANGER: Notre Globe • Les infiniment petits • L´alchimiste • Laideur et beauté • Ce n´est plus Lisette • Les cinq étages • Le vieux vagabond • Les gueux • Le vieux caporal • Mon enterrement • Le soir des noces • Mon habit • La mort du diable • Le Pape musulman • La bonne vieille Yet another unknown section of French music that remains to be discovered! Béranger, who was hugely successful during the 19th century, was considered the “Balzac of songwriting” at a time when the genre occupied a respectable place in the literary world.

Political songs, social and religious satire—no subject escaped Béranger. Especially not a provocative one!

Cat # APH 131 Price Code: R (SRP $17.99) Digipak; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

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Challenge Classics

Release Date: October 14, 2008

J.S. BACH

Actus Tragicus Barbara Schlick: soprano/Kai Wessel: alto/Guy de Mey: tenor/Klaus Mertens: bass/ Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir/Ton Koopman: conductor J.S. BACH: “Gottes Zeit ist die allerbest Zeit” (Actus Tragicus), BWV 106 • “Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis,” BWV 21 Featuring two of Bach’s earliest cantatas, this CD is a perfect introduction to Koopman’s impressive Complete Cantata Cycle as well as a splendid tenth volume in the series of single CD compilations from this cycle.

Cat # CHR 72289 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

J.S. BACH

Dialogue Cantatas 1 Sybilla Rubens, Sandrine Piau, Ruth Ziesak: sopranos/Bogna Bartosz: alto/Jörg Dürmüller, James Gilchrist: tenors/Klaus Mertens: bass/Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir/Ton Koopman: conductor J.S. BACH: “Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen” (Dialogus), BWV 49 • “O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort,” BWV 60 • “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme,” BWV 140 • “Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten,” BWV 59 Ninth volume in a series of single CD excerpts of the most significant cantatas from the world-famous series by Ton Koopman. Four dialogue cantatas in a wonderful performance by the world’s greatest specialist.

Cat # CHR 72288 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

J.S. BACH

Funeral Cantatas Lisa Larsson: soprano/Elisabeth von Magnus: alto/Paul Agnew: tenor/Klaus Mertens: bass/Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir/Ton Koopman: conductor J.S. BACH: “Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl,” BWV 198 • “Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir,” BWV 131 Seventh volume in a series of single CD excerpts of the most important cantatas from the highly praised series by Ton Koopman features two mourning cantatas.

Cat # CHR 72286 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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Lyrita

Release Date: October 14, 2008

Justin CONNOLLY Chamber Music

Vesuvius Ensemble/John Alldis Choir/Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/Jane Manning: soprano/The Nash Ensemble/Justin Connolly: conductor CONNOLLY: Verse for 8 soloists, Op. 7b • Triad III for oboe, viola & cello, Op. 8 • Cinquespaces for brass quintet, Op. 5 • Poems of Wallace Stevens I, for soprano & 7 instruments, Op. 9 Legendary performances on CD for the first time.

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Ian PARROTT

String Quartet No. 4 University Ensemble of Cardiff PARROTT: String Quartet No. 4 • WYNNE: Piano Sonata No. 2 • String Quartet No. 3 • HARRIES: Piano Quintet, Op. 20 Legendary performances on CD for the first time.

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Sir Arnold BAX

Legend-Sonata (2 CDs) Florence Hooton: cello/Wilfred Parry: piano BAX: Legend-Sonata • Folk-Tale • Cello Sonata • Sonatina • JACOB: Divertimento for solo cello • Elegy for cello and piano Legendary performances from the RCS Mono series.

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Reference Recordings

Release Date: October 14, 2008

Various Artists

Tutti! Orchestral Sampler Minnesota Orchestra/Eiji Oue, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski: conductors/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/José Serebrier: conductor/Seattle Symphony Orchestra/Gerard Schwarz: conductor/Turtle Creek Chorale/Timothy Seelig: conductor RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Dance of the Tumblers • CHADWICK: Suite Symphonique (exc.) • STRAVINSKY: The Firebird (Berceuse & Finale) • MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 21 (Andante) • PARAY: Symphony No. 1 (Allegretto) • VIVALDI: Concerto in F, RV 569 (Allegro) • JANÁCˇ EK: Symphonic Synthesis of The Makropoulos Case, Act II • MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition (Finale) Cat # REF SACD 906 Price Code: U (SRP $19.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

First SACD from Reference Recordings! Contains world premiere recording of Eiji Oue conducting the Minnesota Orchestra in his own composition, “E.C.F. from Presque Isle.”

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MA Recordings J.S. BACH

The Little Organ Book—Transcribed Ensemble Mare Nostrum/Andrea De Carlo: director J.S. BACH: Orgelbüchlein (transcribed for vocal ensemble, string instruments & portative organ A stunning realization of Bach’s church organ work, arranged for ensemble featuring a portative organ. One-of-a-kind arrangement performed by period music masters. True-to-life sonics from MA’s minimalist recording techniques. Location recording made in the Church of Franc Waret in the French Belgian countryside.

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hänssler CLASSIC

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2008 Musical Advent Calendar Mainz Cathedral Choir/Salut Salon/Vocalisa Vocal Ensemble/Ensemble 85/Duo Chaminade/ Secret des Muses/Voice Event/Vivaldiana Violin Ensemble/and more

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J.S. BACH: Siciliano • TRAD (arr. Laup): O Heiland reiß dei Himmel auf • SCHUMANN (arr. Salut Salon): Andante cantabile • MENDELSSOHN: Hark, the Herald Angels Sing • PACHELBEL: Canon in D • TRAD (arr. Hofmann): Kommet, ihr Hirten • M. HAYDN: Wie trostreich ist uns Menschenkindern • RHEINBERGER: Prope est Deus • VIVALDI: Concerto in D (allegro) • THOMAS: Grand Duett • CORELLI: Concerto Grosso, Op. 8, No. 6—Pastorale • HASSLER: Dixit Maria • TRAD (arr. Swartam): Und behüte uns • GRUBER (arr. Speck): Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht A very special holiday celebration from SWR Radio! This is the third installment of the popular Musical Advent Calendar series. Musical treats for every day of Advent!

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Olivier MESSIAEN

The Works for Orchestra (8 CDs) Cat # HNS 93225 Price Code: 7R (SRP $125.99) Box Set; Box Lot 10 Not Available In Canada

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Yvonne Naef: mezzo-soprano Roger Muraro: piano Valérie Hartmann: ondes martenot EuropaChorAkademie SWR Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden & Freiburg Sylvain Cambreling: conductor MESSIAEN: Les Offrandes oubliées • L´Ascension • Poèmes pour Mi • Turangalîla-Symphonie • Réveil des oiseaux • Oiseaux exotiques • Chronochromie • Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum • La Transfiguration de Notre-Seigneur Jésus-Christ • Des Canyons aux étoiles ... • La Ville d´En-Haut • Un Sourire • Éclairs sur l´Au-Delà In honor of the 100th birthday of Olivier Messiaen, the SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden & Freiburg has prepared a sumptuous 8-CD box set. This is the first time that Messiaen’s complex orchestral scores have been performed by a single orchestra and a single conductor, which results in a consistant interpretation.

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CAvi-music

Release Date: October 14, 2008 Antje Weithaas: violin Silke Avenhaus: piano SAINT-SAËNS: Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75 • RAVEL: Violin Sonata in G • FAURÉ: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A, Op. 13 A rare combination of three sonatas, the composers of which were basically related through teacher/pupil relationships. Elegant, fascinating, and virtuosic!

“The performances given on this CAvi album feature violinist Antje Weithaas and pianist Silke Avenhaus. Their playing is almost always ideally suited to the music at hand, with a very lovely, intimate sound quality that allows both musicians to play with rich, robust sound without the need to force it.

Interplay between the duo reflects their deep commitment to obtain a mutual understanding of the score and communicate that to listeners. Technical aspects are strong, as well: precise intonation, clear articulation, well-integrated dynamics, and rubato.” — All Music Guide [AVI 8553059]

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Joseph HAYDN

Divertimenti for String Trio,Vol. 1 Camerata Berolinensis/Johannes Gebauer, Fiona Stevens: violins/Ulrike Rüben: cello

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Johann STAMITZ & Christoph W. von GLUCK Sinfonie a tre

Camerata Berolinensis/Johannes Gebauer, Fiona Stevens: violins/Katie Rieman: cello/Yea Yat-Soon: harpsichord

HAYDN: Divertimento in G (Hob V:20) • Divertimento in C (Hob V:16) • Divertimento in E-flat (Hob V:4) • Divertimento in B-flat minor (Hob V:3) • Divertimento in D (Hob V:21)

STAMITZ: Sinfonia in G minor, Op. 4, No. 5 • Sinfonia in C minor, Op. 4, No. 3 • GLUCK: Symphonia in E-flat • Trio in F

Preparing for the 200th anniversary of Haydn’s death, these rarely heard pieces show Joseph Haydn as an intelligent chamber music composer.

Pre-Mozartian music from the mid-18th century played out of the original score on period instruments. Featuring rarely-heard composers, these are most certainly world premiere recordings!

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CAvi-music

Release Date: October 14, 2008 Lars Vogt, Andreas Bach, Alexander Lonquich: piano Christian Tetzlaff, Antje Weithaas, Isabelle Faust, Julia Fischer, Daniel Hope: violin Isabelle van Keulen, Tabea Zimmermann, Tatjana Masurenko: viola Boris Pergamenshikov, Alban Gerhardt, Heinrich Schiff, Claudio Bohórquez: cello DVORˇ ÁK: Piano Quintet, Op. 81 • String Quartet, Op. 87 • Piano trio, Op. 65 • Sonatina, Op. 100 • KOMAROVA: Piano Trio • STRAVINSKY: The Soldier’s Tale (excerpts) • SCHOENBERG: Transfigured Night (string sextet version) • Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 • MESSIAEN: Quartet for the End of Time • HAYDN: Piano Trios XV:15 & XV:27 • SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C, D956 • BRAHMS: Piano Trio, Op. 8 • Piano Quartets, Opp. 25, 26 & 60 • MOZART: Sonata for cello & bassoon, K292 • Divertimento/string trio, K563 • Quartet for piano & woodwinds, K452 • Flute Quartet, K285 • String Quintet, K516 • String Quartet, K 478 • String Trio, K502 • Piano Concerto, K488 • HINDEMITH: Sonata, Op. 11, No. 6 (premiere) • Sonata for 10 instruments (premiere) • BERG: Adagio from Kammerkonzert • Piano Sonata, Op. 1 (arr.) • POULENC: Trio for piano, flute & bassoon • PROKOFIEV: Quintet, Op.39 • SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 67; • SAINT-SAËNS: Le Carnaval des animaux—fantasy, Op. 124 • MENDELSSOHN: String Quintet, Op. 87 • TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Trio, Op. 50 • DEAN: Recollections • DAVIES: Eight songs for a mad king; etc.

Lars Vogt & Friends

Spannungen: Live Recordings 1999–2006 (14 CDs)

Cat # AVI 8553100 Price Code: 14K (SRP $83.99) Box Set; Box Lot 6

Front Cover Sticker: Award of the German Music Critics 2007.

A documentation of the best European chamber music festival features world-class soloists in live recordings.

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Ruhr Piano Festival Portraits,Vol. 3 (9 CDs)

Francesco Piemontesi, Ben J. Kim, Ya-Fei Chuang, Alice Sara Ott, Mirjana Rajic, David Kadouch, Irwin Gage, Gwilym Simcock, Christopher Tainton: piano BEETHOVEN: Sonata, Op. 110 • Sonata, Op. 57 • Sonata, Op. 10, No. • Sonata, Op. 54 • Sonata, Op. 14, No. 1 • Sonata, WoO 47, No 3 • MOZART: Sonata K281 • DEBUSSY: Trois Préludes • Suite Bergamasque • Images I • STRAVINSKY: 3 pieces from The Firebird • CHOPIN: Sonata No 2 • Nocturne, Op. 27, No 2 • SCHUMANN: Sonata No 1 • MENDELSSOHN: Songs without words (sel.) • WEINER: Toward the Center • RAVEL: Gaspard de la Nuit • RACHMANINOV: Sonata No. 2 • LISZT: Grandes Etudes de Paganini • Spinnerlied (Wagner) • SCHUBERT: Sonata D 959 • PROKOFIEV: Sonata, Op. 8 • 4 pieces, Op. 32 Cat # AVE 8553088 Price Code: 9K (SRP $53.99) Box Set; Box Lot 6

Live recordings from the world’s largest piano festival.

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Summit Records

Release Date: October 14, 2008 Mike Vax: trumpet Ohlone Wind Orchestra Clifton WILLIAMS: Dramatic Essay • Tutti CAMARATA (arr.): Trumpeter’s Prayer • ARBAN (arr. Glover): Yankee Doodle Variations • Philip FIELD: Vaxuosity • Don JACOBY (arr.): Carnival Variations • ANDERSON: Trumpeter’s Lullaby • Vincent BACH: Hungarian Melodies • VIVALDI (arr.

Glover): Concerto for 2 Trumpets (allegro) • DeLANGE, JENNEY, LAKE (arr.

Nestico): The Man with the Horn • Bomhr KRYL: Josephine • CARMICHAEL (arr. Barker): Star Dust • Warren BARKER: Braziliance • Jack HAYES: Cornucopia • TRAD: Danny Boy “Best trumpet: Mike Vax, an alumnus of the Kenton Band, who plays every style with a bright cutting edge, throwing in bop riffs here and there.” — San Francisco Chronicle Mike Vax has played lead and solo trumpet with the Stan Kenton Orchestra, Clark Terry Big Bad Band, and US Navy Show Band, a “jazz man” for the most part. Here, he lends his scorching hot trumpet playing to the front of the Ohlone Wind Orchestra (OWO), California’s premier wind band. The results are breathtaking!

Mike Vax Vaxuosity

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Carolina Brass BERNSTEIN (arr. Gale): West Side Story (sel.) • LLOYD WEBBER (arr. Gale): The Phantom of the Opera (sel.) • RODGERS (arr. Wulfeck): The Sound of Music: Preludium • RODGERS (arr. Gale): The Sound of Music (sel.)

“Carolina Brass’ often lush and multi-colored sound engulfs the listener like a warm bear hug.” — Winston-Salem Journal North Carolina’s premier national touring brass ensemble presents familiar show tune favorites with a fresh spin.

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My Favorite Things

Carolina Brass ART Collection Cat # SMT 406 Price Code: R

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Release Date: October 14, 2008

Summit Records

Daniel ASIA

Piano Trio & Violin Sonata Cat # SMT 509 Price Code: Q (SRP $15.99) Jewel Case; Box Lot 25 Not Available In Canada

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Frantisek Soucek, Curtis Macomber: violin Vladimir Fortin: cello Richard Ormrud, Christopher Oldfather: piano ASIA: Piano Trio (1996) • Violin Sonata (2001) “American classical music has finally taken a sharp turn for the better—back towards tonality, accessibility, and immediacy. Daniel Asia is one of the composers who has his hands on the wheel.” — Terry Teachout “Engaging, energetic, and playful.” — Audiophile Audition A critically acclaimed modern-day composer scores again with another genius plate of works dialed up in typical Asia fashion.

Ninth recording on Summit. also available ASIA Solos Cat # SMT 422 Price Code: R Not Available In Canada

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Berlin Classics

Release Date: October 14, 2008

Felix MENDELSSOHN String Symphonies (LP)

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Kurt Masur: conductor MENDELSSOHN: String Symphonies Nos. 1–6 Front Cover Sticker: ETERNA Collection. 180-gram vinyl. English text inside.

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Leopold MOZART Orchestral Works (LP)

Berlin Chamber Orchestra/Helmut Koch: conductor L. MOZART: Toy Symphony • Peasant Wedding • The Musical Sleigh Ride Front Cover Sticker: ETERNA Collection. 180-gram vinyl. English text inside.

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Georges BIZET

Carmen Highlights (LP) Sona Cervena, Maria Croonen, Rolf Apreck, Robert Lauhöfer: vocal soloists/Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Herbert Kegel: conductor BIZET: Carmen (highlights sung in German) Front Cover Sticker: ETERNA Collection. 180-gram vinyl. English text inside.

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Berlin Classics

Release Date: October 14, 2008

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” (LP)

Dresden Staatskapelle/Franz Konwitschny: conductor BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 55 “Eroica” Front Cover Sticker: ETERNA Collection. 180-gram vinyl. English text inside.

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Modest MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition (LP)

Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra/Herbert Kegel: conductor MUSSORGSKY: A Night on the Bald Mountain • Pictures at an Exhibition Front Cover Sticker: ETERNA Collection. 180-gram vinyl. English text inside.

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Carl ORFF

Carmina Burana (LP) Celestina Casapietra: soprano/Horst Hiestermann: tenor/Karl-Heinz Stryczek: baritone/ Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Herbert Kegel: conductor ORFF: Carmina Burana Front Cover Sticker: ETERNA Collection. 180-gram vinyl. English text inside.

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Berlin Classics

Release Date: October 14, 2008

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G.P. TELEMANN

W.A. MOZART

Virtuosi Saxoniae/Ludwig Güttler: trumpet, conductor/Berlin Staatskapelle/Helmut Koch: conductor/Peter Schreier: tenor/ Berlin Chamber Orchestra/Heinz Rögner: conductor

Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra/Kurt Masur: conductor

Tafelmusic Excerpts (10 CDs)

Great Concertos (8 CDs)

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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Dresden Staatskapelle/Herbert Blomstedt: conductor

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Kurt Sanderling, Vaclav Neumann, Franz Konwitschny, Kurt Masur: conductors/Edda Moser, Peter Schreier, Rosemarie Lang: vocal soloists

The Complete Symphonies (5 CDs)

Legendary Masterwork Recordings (8 CDs)

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Franz SCHUBERT

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Dieter Zechlin: piano

Dieter Zechlin: piano

The Piano Sonatas (9 CDs)

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The Piano Sonatas (9 CDs)

Release Date: October 14, 2008

Berlin Classics

David Oistrakh, Igor Oistrakh: violin Naum Walter: piano Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Franz Konwitschny: conductor Dresden Staatskapelle Otmar Suitner: conductor J.S. BACH: Concerto for 2 violins in D minor, BWV 1043 • VIVALDI: Concerto Grosso for 2 violins in A minor, Op. 3, No. 8 • MOZART: Violin Concerto in A, K219 • LECLAIR: Violin Sonata in D • KODÁLY: 3 Hungarian Dances • MEYER: Violin Concerto (1963/64) Anniversary edition, digitally remastered—not just for Oistrakh fans!

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David Oistrakh

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Etta Scollo: vocals, guitar Berlin Pops Orchestra Wroclaw Score Orchestra Ottava Nova Quartet Sebastiano Scollo: lute Fabio Tricomi: mandolin Handreas Henze: double bass Ferdinance von Seebach: piano SCOLLO: Preludio • Un solo bacio • Corro con te • Calice • A Ibn-Hamdis • Aiuta il liquore e ti da gioia • Una luna • E cosi snello • Fin quando durera • Sicilia mia • Janchi • Non credete • Apparve (Trilogia della visione) Etta Scollo presents songs inspired by a thousand years of Arabic poetry on the island of Sicily! This is a fascinating musical journey into a far-off multicultural past, and a unique experience that is impossible to pigeonhole.

Etta SCOLLO

Il fiore splendente

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Arte Nova Classics

Release Date: October 14, 2008 Ricardo Castro: piano Schmidt-Gertenbach Sinfonia Varsovia Complete Nocturnes • Piano Concertos 1 & 2 • Sonata No. 2, Op. 35 • Sonata No. 3, Op. 58 • Valse Op. 64 Ricardo Castro was born in Brazil in 1964. He studied with Esther Cardoso in Salvador de Bahla and had his first official piano performance at the age of eight. He moved to Europe in 1984, studying with Maria Tipo at the Geneva Conservatory and then working with various piano virtuosos, such as Dominique Merlet in Paris. He has been awarded numerous prizes, among them first prize at the International Piano Competition in Leeds in 1993. His concerts throughout Europe lead him frequently to Vienna, Hamburg, Geneva, Zurich, Munich, and London. He has performed with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra in Japan and with Simon Rattle, as well as with the English Chamber Orchestra and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in England.

Frédéric CHOPIN

Piano Masterworks (5 CDs) Cat # ANO 636380 Price Code: 4C (SRP $23.99) Box Set; Box Lot 10 Not Available In Canada

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Russian Philharmonic Orchestra Kostantin Krimets: conductor Daniele Lombardi, Andrei Pisarev, Alexi Nsterenko: piano Moscow Soloist Ensemble Novosibirsk “Filarmonica” String Quartet Vladimir Goncharov: trumpet Gleb Karpushkin: horn Kyrill Rodin: cello Alexander MOSOLOV: Piano works • String Quartets • Alexander F. GOEDICKE: Orchestral works • Julian KREIN: Music for cello & piano • Michail F. GNESIN: Music for cello & piano • Symphonic & chamber music • Georg KIRKOR: Music for cello & piano • Nikolai ROSLAVETS: String Quartets • Lev KNIPPER: String Quartets

Various Artists

Russian Futurism,Vols. 1–V (5 CDs) Cat # ANO 487230 Price Code: 4C (SRP $23.99) Box Set; Box Lot 10 Not Available In Canada

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“Mosolov’s masterly, mechanistic String Quartet No. 1 with its long first movement and three tiny others should be required listening for anyone interested in modernism; it represents Russian Futurism much as sunlight represents the sun itself … This is probably the best disc Arte Nova has ever produced of twentieth century Russian music.” — All Music Guide [ANO 487222, Russian Futurism Vol. V]

Release Date: October 14, 2008

Arte Nova Classics

Pyotr Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY Complete Symphonies (6 CDs) Cat # ANO 592030 Price Code: 5C (SRP $29.99) Box Set; Box Lot 10 Not Available In Canada

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Russian Philharmonic Orchestra Philharmonic Orchestra of Nizhny Novgorod State Symphony Orchestra of Tatarstan Samuel Friedmann: conductor TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 1, Op. 13 “Winter Daydreams” • Symphony No. 2, Op. 17 “Little Russian” • Symphony No. 3, Op. 29 “Polish” • Symphony No. 4, Op. 36 • Symphony No. 5, Op. 64 • Symphony No. 6, Op. 74 “Pathétique” • Suite Mozartiana • Rococo Variations • Nutcracker Suite • Slavonic March, Op. 31 • Coronation March • Sleeping Beauty Suite Samuel Friedmann was born in Kharkov in 1940. He graduated from the Kharkov Conservatory as a violinist in 1964 and from the Leningrad Conservatory as a conductor in 1966. Until 1973, Friedmann performed throughout the Soviet Union. He then emigrated to Israel and began his international career. His concert activities led him to the US and many European countries. During this time, Friedmann took over the positions of Musical Director or Chief Conductor of the Haifa Symphony in Israel (1973–75), the Württembergische Philharmonie in Germany (1979–83), and the St. Gallen Opera House in Switzerland (1983–89).

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Opera d’Oro

Release Date: October 14, 2008 Anna de Cavalieri, Gianfranco Cecchele, Lydia Marimpietri: vocal soloists RAI Orchestra & Chorus, Rome Ferruccio Scaglia: conductor PUCCINI: Turandot (complete opera) There can never be enough recordings of this beloved opera, and this rare one from Radio Italy in 1965 highlights not only the fine tenor Gianfranco Cecchele, little remembered today, but also the fascinating soprano “Anna de Cavalieri”—who was actually Anne McKnight, a native of Aurora, Illinois who made her career mostly in Italy under an assumed name! She was a very popular artist there in the 1950s and ’60s.

Giacomo PUCCINI Turandot (2 CDs)

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Robert Rounseville, Otakar Kraus, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Jennie Tourel, Hugues Cuénod: vocal soloists La Scala Orchestra & Chorus Igor Stravinksy: conductor STRAVINSKY: The Rake’s Progress (complete opera) “Though it is exciting to hear Elisabeth Schwarzkopf as the original Anne Trulove and Robert Rounseville as Tom Rakewell, the most fascinating performances to follow are Otakar Kraus’ suavely diabolical (if thickly accented) Nick Shadow, Jennie Tourel’s delightfully grotesque Baba the Turk, and Hughes Cuénod’s comically virtuosic Sellem.” — All Music Guide Historical recording of the opera’s world premiere in 1951, conducted by Stravinsky himself.

Igor STRAVINSKY

The Rake’s Progress (2 CDs) Cat # OPD 1488 Price Code: 2K (SRP $11.99) Double Slimline; Box Lot 30 Not Available In Canada

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Release Date: October 14, 2008

Opera d’Oro

Montserrat Caballé, Piero Cappuccilli, Flaviano Labò: vocal soloists Florence May Festival Orchestra & Chorus Franco Capuana: conductor BELLINI: Il pirata (complete opera) “Caballé’s even limpid tone, pianissimo floated notes to die for, immaculate technique across her wide vocal range as well as her capacity for vocal heft and colour constituted her great vocal strengths.” — Musicweb-international 1967 live recording from Italy of this early Bellini opera, starring the immortal Montserrat Caballé in the heyday of her magnificent voice. The baritone and tenor are also major artists of that era.

Vincenzo BELLINI

Il pirata (2 CDs)

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Beverly Sills, Marilyn Horne, Franco Bonisolli, Justino Diaz: vocal soloists La Scala Orchestra & Chorus Thomas Schippers: conductor ROSSINI: The Siege of Corinth (complete opera)

Live performance from La Scala in 1969 of this Rossini rarity, with much the same cast as the studio recording now out of print and very rare! Two of opera’s authentic superstars, Beverly Sills and Marilyn Horne, head the cast in this thrilling performance of a Rossini spectacular led by the late Thomas Schippers, one of the greatest American conductors.

Gioachino ROSSINI

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